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\section{Introduction}
Microscopic investigations of strongly correlated electron systems are
usually based on lattice models, the simplest of which is the one-band
Hubbard model. In this model two particularly important features of real
materials, the structure and the dimension of the underlying lattice,
enter only via the kinetic energy. In the past, most model calculations
started from a given lattice (mostly hypercubic) and, for simplicity,
assumed the hopping to be restricted to nearest neighbors (NN). In this
case lattices are either bipartite or not. In dimensions $d>1$ and at half
filling bipartite lattices generically lead to an antiferromagnetic
instability in the ground state for any $U>0$ due to Fermi surface
nesting.

It has recently become clear, however, that pure NN-hopping with
amplitude $t$ cannot account for some important features of correlated
systems and that next-nearest neighbor (NNN) hopping with amplitude $t'$
has to be included for both qualitative and quantitative reasons.
Indeed, realistic band structures, photoemission data and
neutron-scattering measurements of high-${\rm T_c}$ and related materials
usually cannot be fit by an energy dispersion that originates solely
from NN-hopping \cite{Benard 93,Tohyama 93,Stemmann 94,Andersen 95};
estimates for $|t'/t|$ range from 0.15 to 0.5.
A particularly clear-cut example is the antiferromagnetic insulator
${\rm Sr_2 CuO_2 Cl_2}$ where the inclusion of a $t'$-term is essential to
understand the ARPES data \cite{Andersen 95}.
The hole motion in the $t$-$J$-model is
also greatly affected by NNN-hopping \cite{Schiller 95}.
Furthermore, it became
clear only most recently that the stability of metallic ferromagnetism
in the one-band Hubbard model strongly depends on the presence of a
$t'$-term in all dimensions $d\ge 1$
\cite{Tasaki 95,Penc 96,Daul 97,Hlubina 97,Ulmke 98,Wahle 97}.

On bipartite lattices in $d\ge 2$ the $t'$-term has profound consequences:
the frustration introduced by $t'$ suppresses the perfect-nesting instability
towards antiferromagnetism at small $U$. Up to now this effect was mainly
studied in $d=2$. Lin and Hirsch \cite{Lin 87} calculated magnetic properties
within Hartree theory and by exact diagonalization of small systems.
Tremblay et al.\ \cite{Benard 93} studied both magnetic
and pairing correlations
by quantum Monte-Carlo simulations and a two-particle self-consistent
approach. Duffy and Moreo \cite{Duffy 95} investigated the renormalization of
$t'$ by the interaction $U$, and presented results \cite{Duffy 97}
suggesting the
existence of an itinerant antiferromagnetic ground state at
half-filling. Metallic antiferromagnetic phases are known to exist, for
example, in ${\rm V_{2-x} O_3}$ \cite{Carter 91} and ${\rm NiS_{2-x} Se_x}$
\cite{Sudo 92}.

In this paper we wish to obtain analytic insight into the suppression of
the antiferromagnetic nesting instability at small $U$ and half filling
due to the frustration introduced by $t'$. To this end we solve the
$t$-$t'$ Hubbard model
\begin{eqnarray} \label{Hamiltonian}
{\cal H} &=& -\sum_{<ij> \atop \sigma} t\;(c_{i\sigma}^{\dagger}
c_{j\sigma}^{\phantom{\dagger}}
+ h.c.) + \sum_{(ij)\atop  \sigma} t'\;(c_{i\sigma}^\dagger\;
c_{j\sigma}^{\phantom{\dagger}} + h.c.)
\nonumber  \\
&& +\, U\;\sum_{i} (n_{i \uparrow} - \frac{1}{2})(n_{i\downarrow} - \frac{1}{2}) -
\mu\sum_{i\sigma} n_{i\sigma}.
\end{eqnarray}
within Hartree theory at $T=0$ and thereby calculate $U_c(t')$, the
critical value of $U$ for the onset of antiferromagnetism. For small $t'$
the results for $U_c$ become asymptotically exact\cite{van Dongen statement},
at least in dimensions $d>2$.

We will calculate $U_c(t')$ explicitly in $d=2,3,\infty$, both numerically
and analytically and will also determine the order of the transition into
the antiferromagnetic state.

\section{Hartree equations}
The Hubbard interaction is purely local and therefore does not include any
direct exchange. Consequently, there is no Fock term and Hartree-Fock theory
reduces to Hartree theory.
Within that approach
spontaneous symmetry breaking with
an antiferromagnetic order parameter (N\'eel order) is introduced by the \emph{ansatz}
\mbox{$\langle n_{i\sigma} \rangle = \frac{1}{2} (1+\sigma (-1)^{|i|} \Delta )$} with
$\sigma=\pm 1$,
where $\Delta$ is the staggered magnetization. We can then decompose the electron
number operator into its expectation value and a fluctuating part $:n_{i\sigma}:$
according to $ n_{i\sigma} = :n_{i\sigma}: + \langle n_{i\sigma} \rangle $.
Neglecting terms quadratic in the fluctuations, the Hartree Hamiltonian takes the
form
\begin{eqnarray}
\lefteqn{{\cal H}_{H} = \frac{U N \Delta^2}{4}+}  \\
&& \sum_{\sigma \atop {\bf k} \in \frac{1}{2} B.Z.}
\left(c^\dagger_{{\bf k}\sigma}, c^\dagger_{{\bf k}+{\bf Q}\,\sigma} \right)
\left(\begin{array}{cc} \epsilon_{\bf k}  - \mu& -\sigma \frac{U\Delta}{2} \\
-\sigma \frac{U\Delta}{2} & \epsilon_{{\bf k} + {\bf Q}}  - \mu
\end{array} \right)
\left( \begin{array}{c} c_{{\bf k}\sigma}^{\phantom{\dagger}}
\\ c_{{\bf k}+{\bf Q}\,\sigma}^{\phantom{\dagger}}
\end{array} \right),  \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where the summation is restricted to half of the Brillouin zone.
Here we have introduced the number of sites $N$ and the nesting
vector \mbox{${\bf Q} = (\pi,\ldots ,\pi)$}.
The dispersion of the free electrons on the lattice is given by
\begin{equation}  \label{free_electrons}
\epsilon_{\bf k} = -2 t\sum_{i=1}^d \cos k_i + 4 t' \sum_{i<j}^d \cos k_i \cos k_j.
\end{equation}
For $t'\ne 0$ the perfect nesting property $\epsilon({\bf k}) = -\epsilon({\bf k}+
{\bf Q})$ of the free dispersion no longer holds.
In the following we shall use the notation ${\bf k}' = {\bf k} +{\bf Q}$.
After diagonalization of the above quadratic form the mean-field Hamiltonian can be
written as
\begin{equation}
{\cal H}_{H} = \sum_{{\bf k}\sigma} (\tilde{\epsilon}_{\bf k} - \mu)
\tilde{c}^\dagger_{{\bf k}\sigma} \tilde{c}_{{\bf k}\sigma}^{\phantom{\dagger}}
+ \frac{U N \Delta^2}{4}
\end{equation}
with the single particle energies
\begin{equation} \label{HFenergies}
\tilde{\epsilon}_{\bf k} = \frac{1}{2} \left(\epsilon_{\bf k} + \epsilon_{{\bf k}'} +
(\epsilon_{\bf k} - \epsilon_{{\bf k}'}) \sqrt{1+ \frac{U^2
\Delta^2}{(\epsilon_{\bf k} -
\epsilon_{{\bf k}'})^2}}\right).
\end{equation}
Since $\epsilon_{\bf k}$ does not fulfill the perfect nesting condition,
one has to adjust the chemical potential as a function of $\beta$, $\Delta$, $U$ and $t'$
to ensure the correct filling $n=1$.
In addition, the value of the order parameter $\Delta$ is determined self-consistently
by the condition that the free energy
\begin{equation}
F[\beta,\Delta,U] = -\beta^{-1} \ln \textrm{Tr} \exp(-\beta {\cal H})
+\mu N,
\end{equation}
be minimal with respect to $\Delta$.
This leads to two self-consistency equations:
\begin{eqnarray}
1 &=& \frac{2}{N} \int \frac{d^d k}{(2\pi)^d}  \textrm{f}(\beta, \tilde{\epsilon}_{\bf k} - \mu) \label{self2} \\
1 &=& \frac{2 U}{N} \int \frac{d^d k}{(2\pi)^d}
\textrm{f}(\beta, \tilde{\epsilon}_{\bf k} - \mu)
\frac{1}{(\epsilon_{\bf k} - \epsilon_{{\bf k}'}) \sqrt{1 + \frac{U^2 \Delta^2}
{(\epsilon_{\bf k} - \epsilon_{{\bf k}'})^2}}}, \label{self1}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\textrm{f}(\beta,\tilde{\epsilon}_{{\bf k}} - \mu)$
is the Fermi function.
The trivial solution $\Delta=0$ of the minimum
condition has been excluded in (\ref{self1}). In the following, (\ref{self1}) and
(\ref{self2}) will be analyzed for dimensions $d=2,3$ and $\infty$ at $T=0$.

\section{Results and discussion}

\subsection{$d=2$} \label{d_equals_two}
We set $t=1$.
The presence of $t'\ne 0$ prevents an analytic evaluation
of the integrals in (\ref{self2}) and (\ref{self1}).
We therefore computed them numerically by ${\bf k}$-summation on reciprocal
lattices of sizes up to $8000\times8000$.
Introducing the notation
\begin{equation}
\gamma := \frac{U\Delta}{2}
\end{equation}
for the energy gap of the Hartree dispersion (\ref{HFenergies}),
we notice that both the integrals in (\ref{self2}) and (\ref{self1})
only depend on $\gamma$.

We find that for any $t'\ne 0$, the integral in (\ref{self1})
has a finite limit for $\gamma\to0$. This implies that below a critical
value $U_c$ of the interaction a stable solution with $\Delta>0$ no longer exists.
For $d=2$ this fact was already noted  by Lin and Hirsch \cite{Lin 87}.
The dependence of $U_c$ on $t'$ is shown in fig.\ \ref{fig:UC_2d}.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig1.eps,width=0.93\linewidth}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig:UC_2d}Critical interaction $U_c$ vs. next-nearest neighbor hopping
matrixelement $t'$ in $d=2$. Dashed line: asymptotic behaviour, (\ref{approx2d}).}
\end{figure}
\noindent For $t'\to 0$, $U_c(t')$ decreases very slowly.
An analytic description of the behavior of
$U_c(t')$ may be obtained by noting that the divergence of the integral in (\ref{self1})
for $t'=0$  is cut off just at the value of $\gamma$ where the
indirect bandgap \cite{bandgap}
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig2.eps,
width=0.9\linewidth,height =0.9\linewidth,angle=0,bbllx=0,bblly=40,
bburx=440,bbury=555}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig:hartree_dispersion}Hartree dispersion
$\tilde{\epsilon}_{\bf k}$ in $d=2$ for $t'=0.4$ and
$\gamma=1.0$ with an indirect bandgap between $(\pi/2, \pi/2)$ and $(0,\pi)$.}
\end{figure}
\noindent in the Hartree dispersion (\ref{HFenergies})
closes, namely at
\begin{equation} \label{close_bandgap}
\gamma^* =  2t'.
\end{equation}
The asymptotic behaviour of $U_c(t')$ for small $t'$ may thus be found by
setting $t'=0$ in (\ref{self1}) and using $\gamma^*$ as a cut-off. This leads to
\begin{equation}  \label{approx2d}
[U_c(t')]^{-1} =  c_1 \int_0^4 d\epsilon \, K\left(\sqrt{1 -
\left(\frac{\epsilon}{4}\right)^2 } \right) \frac{1}{\sqrt{\epsilon^2 + (2t')^2}}
\end{equation}
where $K$ is the complete elliptic integral and $c_1 = 1/(2 \pi^2)$.
The approximation (\ref{approx2d}) is very
good up to $t'\approx 1$, as can be seen from fig.\ \ref{fig:UC_2d}.
For small $t'$, (\ref{approx2d}) reduces to \cite{van Dongen statement}
\begin{equation}
[U_c(t')]^{-1} = \frac{c_1}{2}\, (\ln t')^2 + c_2\,\ln t'
\end{equation}
where $c_2\approx -0.15$.
The quadratic dependence of $U_c$ on $\ln t'$ is characteristic for $d=2$, where
the logarithmic divergence of the density of states (DOS) for $t'=0$ at the
Fermi level introduces an additional factor $\ln t'$.

The behaviour of the order parameter $\Delta$ at $U\approx U_c$ can be characterized
as follows:
For $t'$ below a threshold value $t_0' \approx 0.4$ the order parameter $\Delta$
jumps to $0$ discontinuously when the interaction
is reduced below $U_c(t')$, indicating a first order phase transition.
For $U>U_c$, the order parameter takes exactly
the same value as for $t' = 0$.
For $t'>t_0'$ and $U\to U_c$ the order parameter goes to zero continuously,
but extremely fast.

\subsection{$d=3$}
We evaluate the Hartree equations numerically
at zero temperature, using lattice sizes up to $400\times 400\times 400$.
As before we notice that the divergence of the integral in (\ref{self1})
for $\gamma\to0$
is cut off for any finite $t'$. The resulting critical interaction $U_c(t')$ is
shown in fig.\ \ref{fig:UC_3d}.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig3.eps,width=0.93\linewidth}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig:UC_3d} Critical interaction $U_c$ vs.\ $t'$ in $d=3$.
Dashed line: asymptotic behavior, (\ref{logarithmic}).}
\end{figure}
The indirect bandgap again closes at $\gamma^* = 2 t'$,
but in this case the order parameter goes to zero continuously as $U\to U_c$,
indicating a second-order phase transition.
The logarithmic divergence of the integral in (\ref{self1}) is cut off
at $\gamma^*$, which leads to the asymptotic expression \cite{van Dongen statement}
\begin{equation} \label{logarithmic}
[U_c(t')]^{-1} = -c_3 \ln t' + c_4,
\end{equation}
where $c_4 \approx 0.25$ is a fit parameter and
$c_3 = N(0)\approx 0.14$, with $N(0)$ as the DOS at the Fermi level in $d=3$
for $t'=0$.
Eq.\ (\ref{logarithmic}) represents a good fit for $t'<0.4$.

\subsection{$d=\infty$}
To analyze the model (\ref{Hamiltonian})
on a hypercubic lattice in the limit of infinite dimensions,  one
has to ensure that the hopping remains finite; this is achieved by the scaling
\cite{Metzner 89,Mueller-Hartmann 89}
\begin{equation} \label{scaling}
t = \frac{t^*}{\sqrt{2d}}\ ,\ \ \ \ \ \ \  t' = \frac{{t'}^*}{\sqrt{2d(d-1)}}
\end{equation}
for the NN- and NNN-terms, respectively. In the following
we set $t^* = 1$.
As shown by M\"uller-Hartmann \cite{Mueller-Hartmann 89}  the dispersion
of the free electrons then reduces to
\begin{equation}
\epsilon({\bf k}) \to  \epsilon - \frac{t'^*}{\sqrt{2}} (1-\epsilon^2).
\end{equation}
Here $\epsilon$ is the kinetic energy without the $t'^*$-term, which has
a Gaussian distribution \cite{Metzner 89}
\begin{equation}
N(\epsilon) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \exp\left(\frac{\epsilon^2}{2}\right).
\end{equation}
As a result,  we can write the Hartree dispersion in the form
\begin{equation} \label{HFdinf}
\tilde{\epsilon} = \frac{1}{2} \left\{+\sqrt{2}\, t'^* \left(\epsilon^2 - 1\right)
+ 2 \epsilon \sqrt{1 + \frac{U^2 \Delta^2}{4 \epsilon^2} } \right\};
\end{equation}
as before, it only depends on $t'^*$ and  $\gamma = U\Delta /2$.
We note that due to the exponential band-tails of the hypercubic DOS there is
no true gap between the two Hartree bands for any value of $\gamma$.
The Hartree equations can be written as one-dimensional integrals and are readily solved
numerically. Again we find a critical interaction $U_c$ for the stability of
long-range antiferromagnetic order at $T=0$. A plot of $U_c({t'}^*)$ is shown in fig.\
\ref{fig:UC_dinf}.
Due to the absence of a band gap, the asymptotic behavior of $U_c$ for small $t'^*$
is qualitatively different from that in $d=2,3$.
In the present case, the cut-off for the integral in
(\ref{self1}) is provided by a small filling in the upper one of the two Hartree
bands (\ref{HFdinf}) which vanishes exponentially for $t'\to 0$ i.e.\
$\gamma^* \approx \frac{|t'^{*}|}{2}\, \exp(-\frac{1}{(t'^{*})^2})$.
This leads to an asymptotic behaviour \cite{van Dongen statement} of the form
\begin{equation} \label{dinf_asympt}
U_c = c\, (t'^*)^2
\end{equation}
where $c\approx \sqrt{2\pi}$. Hence $U_c$ decreases much faster than in $d=2,3$.
As in $d=3$ the order parameter $\Delta$  goes to zero continuously for $U \to U_c$.
A second-order phase transition is therefore seen to be generic for $d>2$.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig4.eps,width=0.93\linewidth}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig:UC_dinf} Critical interaction versus $t'^*$ in
$d=\infty$. Dashed line: asymptotic behavior, (\ref{dinf_asympt}).}
\end{figure}
We note that in $d=3$ , the continuously vanishing order parameter
implies a (small) range of $U$ values where the band gap is zero but $\Delta$
is still finite. This implies the existence of a \emph{metallic}
antiferromagnetic phase for $t'\ne 0$ as shown in fig.\ 5.
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig5.eps, width=0.93\linewidth}
\end{center}
\caption{\label{fig:metallic_AF} Region of stability of a metallic antiferromagnetic
phase (AFM) in $d=3$ in the $U$-$t'$ phase diagram. Full line: $U_c(t')$, dashed line:
value of $U$ where the band gap closes. Outside the AFM region the system is either
an antiferromagnetic insulator (AFM) or a paramagnetic metal (PM).}
\end{figure}
In $d=\infty$, on the other hand, there is never a true bandgap anyway,
as described above. Therefore, for $t'\ne 0$ and $U>U_c$
we always find metallic antiferromagnetism.
The existence of such a phase was already discussed by
Georges et al.\ \cite{Georges 96}. Quite generally, in dimensions $2\le d < \infty$
a next-neighbour hopping term $t'$ is found to be very effective in suppressing the
perfect nesting instability towards an antiferromagnetic ground state.

\subsection*{Acknowledgments}We would like to thank P.G.J.\ van\ Dongen,
A.\ Chubukov, K.\ Held, A.\ Kampf, W.\ Metzner, M.\ Ulmke and, in particular,
J.\ Schlipf
for several useful discussions.

\subsection*{Note added in proof:}
\noindent In $d=2$, if the $t'$-hopping occurs only along \emph{one} of the diagonals
of the squares, the dispersion reads
\mbox{$\epsilon_{\bf k} = -2 t \, (\cos k_x +\cos k_y ) + 2 t' \cos(k_x + k_y)$}.
The corresponding $t-t'$-Hubbard model may be viewed as a simple dimer model
of the two-dimensional organic superconductor $\kappa - ({\rm BEDT-TTF})_2 {\rm X}$
which was investigated by Kino and Fukuyama [J.\ Phys.\ Soc.\ Jpn.\ {\bf 65}
(1996) 2158] within Hartree-Fock theory. In contrast to the results
of section \ref{d_equals_two}, one then obtains a region of stability of an AFM phase
which is qualitatively similar to the result for the regular $t-t'$-model in
$d=3$ shown in \mbox{fig.\ 5.}
The discontinuous transition from the paramagnetic
metal into the antiferromagnetic insulator obtained by Kino and Fukuyama
is found to occur for $|t'| > 0.6$ when this AFM phase is unstable. \\
We thank R.\ McKenzie for drawing our attention to this variant of the
$t-t'$-Hubbard model, and to H.\ Kino and H.\ Fukuyama for correspondence.

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Some massage therapists receive referrals from medical doctors. A new survey shows more than 75 percent of medical students believe patients would benefit if physicians were knowledgeable about complementary medicine—practices such as massage therapy and chiropractic—as well as conventional medicine. Almost three-quarters of respondents also say our medical system should include complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
In the largest national survey of its kind, researchers from UCLA and UC San Diego measured medical students' attitudes and beliefs about CAM.
* 77 percent of participants agreed to some extent that patients whose doctors know about complementary and alternative medicine in addition to conventional medicine, benefit more than those whose doctors are only familiar with Western medicine.
* 74 percent of participants agreed to some extent that a system of medicine that integrates therapies of conventional and complementary and alternative medicine would be more effective than either type of medicine provided independently.
* 84 percent of participants agreed to some extent that the field contains beliefs, ideas and therapies from which conventional medicine could benefit.
The findings were published recently in the online issue of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM).


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Product Family | RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in G Minor / Yuja Wang
RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in G Minor / Yuja Wang
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Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
Gautier Capuçon
VÖ: November 19, 2021
Yuja Wang joins her friend and regular collaborator Gautier Capuçon to present a new recording of Rachmaninoff's monumental Sonata for Piano and Cello. Cast in four movements, the Sonata makes equally high demands on both players and is filled with the turbulent emotions and striking expressive contrasts typical of Russian Romanticism.
The work was written for and dedicated to virtuoso cellist Anatoliy Brandukov, who gave its first performance in Moscow in December 1901 with the composer at the keyboard. Because of the work's symphonic scope and the prominence and difficulty of its piano part, Rachmaninoff was reluctant to call it a cello sonata and it was published in 1902 under the title "Sonata for Piano and Cello in G Minor".
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Best Games Of 2020 – Spiritfarer
Over the next week, we will be posting features for what we've nominated to be the best games of 2020. Then, on December 17, we will crown one of the nominees as GameSpot's Best Game of 2020, so join us as we celebrate these 10 games on the road to the big announcement. Be sure to check out our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best Games of 2020 hub.
Spiritfarer is a cozy resource management and farming sim with a dreamy, colorful art style and adorable talking animals. It's also a game about death, grief, and the process of letting go. Though these two aspects may seem at odds, Spiritfarer finds a delicate balance between its lighthearted adventure gameplay and the heavier themes woven throughout, offering a large, intriguing world to explore and characters you'll come to love along the way.
Spiritfarer has an amusing connection to one of our other Game of the Year nominees, Hades, both of which feature the mythological ferryman Charon, who transports souls to the world of the dead. But while he plays a more minor role of shopkeeper in Hades, Spiritfarer dives deeper into the role of Charon–the Spiritfarer–and what it might entail if someone else stepped into his shoes. In this case, Charon's successor is a young girl named Stella, who, with the help of her fluffy cat Daffodil, must take on the responsibilities of the Spiritfarer and accompany recently deceased souls to the world beyond this one, marked by an ancient bridge called the Everdoor. Charon's role has ended, and even he must pass through the Everdoor–an early reminder that no one can escape death in the end, even the ferryman of souls.
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On the run and in the shadows, the life of a killer is bleak indeed. Jon Harper is no more, and the soulless shadow he has become lingers in the darkness, craving solace and answers.
In order to make sense of his past and the creature he has become, V must seek out another vampire, Cassius. With his dangerous lover and sole companion, Thorn, by his side, V must venture into the unknown in an attempt to make sense of his actions.
So what is the truth behind vampires? What is the purpose of this dark, strange and destructive creature V has become? Will the truth set him free—or is his salvation shrouded in shadow as well?
Dive back into the heart of darkness in P.A. Ross' dark fantasy series Vampire Formula in this all new thrilling sequel that will leave you thirsty for more. Embrace the darkness and grab your copy of The Truth of Vengeance today!


Obstetric fistula is an injury to the birth canal, resulting from prolonged labour, that has devastating physical and psychological effects on women's lives. Its persistence reveals vast inequities in access to and quality of reproductive health care.
Living Testimony: Obstetric Fistula and Inequities in Maternal Health brings together the voices of women from 29 countries in Africa, the Arab States, and Asia, who speak out about life with obstetric fistula. Their families, community members, and health care providers share knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives on pregnancy, delivery, and fistula. This advocacy publication presents promising practices and strategic recommendations for policy makers, programmers, and researchers seeking to improve access to vital maternal health services and strengthen fistula prevention and treatment programmes in affected countries. Living Testimony was produced by Family Care International and UNFPA in 2007, and is available in English and French.
Other resources, including useful websites focused on maternal health and obstetric fistula, regional and national statistics on maternal health, related publications, and multimedia resources, are available on the CD-ROM version of the toolkit, which can be ordered by contacting pubs (@) familycareintl (dot) org.


Creates a taste pavilion with Nestlé S.A.
Among the world's major events, only the Expos seem to be in a position to rival the scale of the Olympics and the Football World Cup. But this kind of event now seems to attract mostly developing countries. What sense does it make for a mature —and stagnant— economy such as that of Europe to host an Expo? Milan is issuing a challenge to the world by tackling one of the crucial themes affecting the future of humanity: food.
'Feeding the Planet, Energy for life' is the name given to Expo Milano 2015, which will be held in Milan from May 1 to October 31. Expo has not yet opened its doors, but has already broken a few records, chief among which for its 53 national pavilions that have attracted over €1.2 billion in foreign investments.
Among the most interesting pavilions is the Swiss one, whose foundation stone was laid on September 12, and the work carried out with Swiss precision and timing. In fact, Switzerland's immediate involvement and interest in the exhibition was due to its theme, which attracted various international organizations headquartered in the Swiss Confederation.
The Swiss Pavilion —which extends over an area of 4,432 square meters— is characterized by a large open platform with four tall silos filled with food products. "Visitors enter the towers by means of lifts and, once at the top, can taste products such as water, salt, coffee, and apple rolls: chosen because they represent Swiss sustainability, accountability, responsibility, innovation, and tradition. The coffee capsules are provided by the Nestlè sponsor, the salt comes from the Swiss Saltworks, and the apple rolls are a symbol of our agriculture," said the curators of the Swiss Pavillion.
It is Nestlé, in fact, that will present the secrets of the fascinating relationship between people and food. An interactive exhibition will lead to the discovery of how and why the mind and body interact continuously to the stimulus of food, and will explain the mechanisms that lead us to desire, choice, and the enjoyment of what we consume every day. The interaction between food, mind, and body can induce people to adopt proper nutritional habits.
"This exhibition," says Robin Tickle, head of corporate media relations Nestlé Global, "aims to increase our knowledge of the connections between food and the human body: we have translated sound scientific references into a project that will be disseminated by means of interaction and enjoyment. Tickle goes on to say that through its research centers, Nestlé is now the largest private network of knowledge related to applied nutrition. "We wanted to share and integrate this strong heritage with a 'Made in Italy' excellence of nutritional medicine. The result is an enjoyable exhibition that offers visitors different kinds of experiences and levels of analysis: a journey to the discovery of various themes that allow complete freedom to the visitor to satisfy his personal curiosity and interest," he said. The contents of the exhibition were developed by three major players of international scientific research on nutrition: the Nestlé Research Center, the world's largest private facility on nutrition research, the Nestlé Institute of Health Science, specialized in research aimed at developing specific nutritional needs, and the (IAI) Italian Auxologic Institute, the 'Made in Italy' excellence in nutritional science.
Switzerland was the first to sign up and was thus able to choose the most sought-after site on the long Decumano Avenue. The Exhibition Site is built along two intersecting lines, which symbolize the Latin castrum, with its structural layout of two main streets that are perpendicular to each other: the Cardo and the Decumano. The pavilions have been built along these two streets. Decumano, the main street crosses the whole site from east to west for about one and a half kilometers. On either side of the Decumano are the national pavilions of the participating countries, and out of 130, around 60 will develop their own pavilion. All the others are inside a Cluster. Symbolically, the Decumano is connected to where food is consumed (the city) and where food is produced (the countryside). The Cardo, crossing Decumano, is 350 meters long. It connects the exhibition site from north to south and is where the Italian pavilion is placed. In this area, called Palazzo Italia, all the cultures and traditions typical of the Italian food industry are showcased.
PiazzaItalia is the main square where the two streets cross, symbolizing the place where Italy meets the rest of the world. At the four extremities of the Cardo and the Decumano there are some of the most important structures of Expo Milano 2015: the Mediterranean Hill, the Expo Center, the Open Air Theater, and Lake Arena. These landmarks give visitors a sense of direction and will offer locations for hosting some of the biggest Expo events.
While the great exhibitions of the past aimed at celebrating the idea of economic, social, and scientific progress, which seemed limitless, the world has now entered a phase of history in which the focus is on capping it. Rather than unlimited growth, the watchword is now sustainability. Expo Milano 2015 aspires to be the first major global event that looks at ways of development that consider the scarcity and limited resources of food and energy, including environmental issues and natural resources. Every nation has to guarantee a percentage of greenery within an allotted area. At Expo 2015 there will be natural vegetation, cultivated vegetation, and architectural vegetation. There will be 12,000 trees up to 12 meters tall, 85,300 shrubs, and 107,600 water plants, including 151,700 herbaceous plants.
The geopolitical aspect involving food is not the same as that which supports global finance or national governments. A different world order will thus be represented at Expo Milano 2015. For instance, Africa, the continent with the greatest number of participating countries, is presenting —for the first time— three natural pavilions: Angola, Morocco, and Nigeria. Africa is the biggest surprise of this edition of Expo. Africa is growing at an unimaginable pace with mature markets and a few emerging ones: it has a population of one billion, made up of very young people, with 44 percent under 15 years of age. Its subsoil is rich in raw materials and possesses infinite acres of fertile land. It has a GDP rate among the highest in the world that is equal to 5 percent. According to studies by the World Bank, over the next twenty years more than 50 percent of Africans will move to cities. Its middle class is likely to grow in size, income, and life expectancy. According to the McKinsey report, by 2030, 18 major cities on the continent might reach a spending potential of nearly US$1,300 billion —an upward trend that obviously carries many contradictions.
The participating countries at Expo Milano 2015 are not the traditional ones, and this will be more evident than ever at the Decumano. Visitors will not pass from Europe to Asia, from Africa to America, as has always been the case, but rather through a great global melting pot.
Thus, we can only hope and rely on the success of Expo Milano 2015 to boost the value of the site and bring millions of visitors.


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The Australian Boys of Mowtown
Feature Act available for hire, based in Victoria
We are proud to present "Australia's Boys of Motown". A modern twist on that distinct soul-pop sound that is MOTOWN
Featuring familiar faces from many of Australia's touring musicals including; Jersey Boys, Wicked, Hair Spray, Xanadu, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Grease, Fame, The Voice & many more. These boys blend the world's best known originals, covers and remakes of Motown with current chart hits in one crowd pleasing Motown inspired spectacle!
A fully choreographed show with LIVE vocals & sharp suits to match, this show is an interactive crowd pleaser. Available in a variety of Feature Show to Full length show versions.
Start the night off with some Motown classics and then watch the boys kick in the night with some of music's most current Motown inspired hits.
Let Australia's Boys of Motown take you back to that distinct up-beat, soul-pop sound that is ..... MOTOWN


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Cybersecurity, Policies and Training, Security Hardware and Technology
Apple, Google, and Microsoft Partner to Scrap Passwords
By Total Security Advisor Staff May 11, 2022 Cybersecurity, Policies and Training, Security Hardware and Technology
In a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. The companies said the new capability will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms.
Password-only authentication is one of the biggest security problems on the web, and managing so many passwords is cumbersome for consumers, which often leads consumers to reuse the same ones across services. This practice can lead to costly account takeovers, data breaches, and even stolen identities. While password managers and legacy forms of two-factor authentication offer incremental improvements, the tech companies noted there has been industry-wide collaboration to create sign-in technology that is more convenient and more secure.
The expanded standards-based capabilities will give websites and apps the ability to offer an end-to-end passwordless option. Users will sign in through the same action that they take multiple times each day to unlock their devices, such as a simple verification of their fingerprint or face, or a device PIN. According to the companies, this new approach protects against phishing and sign-in will be radically more secure when compared to passwords and legacy multi-factor technologies such as one-time passcodes sent over SMS.
Standard Expansion
Hundreds of technology companies and service providers from around the world worked within the FIDO Alliance and W3C to create the passwordless sign-in standards that are already supported in billions of devices and all modern web browsers. Apple, Google, and Microsoft said they have led development of this expanded set of capabilities and are now building support into their respective platforms.
These companies' platforms already support FIDO Alliance standards to enable passwordless sign-in on billions of devices, but previous implementations require users to sign in to each website or app with each device before they can use passwordless functionality. The companies are now extending these platform implementations to give users two new capabilities for more seamless and secure passwordless sign-ins:
Allow users to automatically access their FIDO sign-in credentials (referred to by some as a "passkey") on many of their devices, even new ones, without having to reenroll every account.
Enable users to use FIDO authentication on their mobile device to sign in to an app or website on a nearby device, regardless of the OS platform or browser they are running.
In addition to facilitating a better user experience, the broad support of this standards-based approach will enable service providers to offer FIDO credentials without needing passwords as an alternative sign-in or account recovery method.
These new capabilities are expected to become available across Apple, Google, and Microsoft platforms over the course of the coming year.
An 'Important Milestone'
Andrew Shikiar, executive director and CMO of the FIDO Alliance, said, "This new capability stands to usher in a new wave of low-friction FIDO implementations alongside the ongoing and growing utilization of security keys—giving service providers a full range of options for deploying modern, phishing-resistant authentication."
Kurt Knight, Apple's Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, said, "Working with the industry to establish new, more secure sign-in methods that offer better protection and eliminate the vulnerabilities of passwords is central to our commitment to building products that offer maximum security and a transparent user experience—all with the goal of keeping users' personal information safe."
"This milestone is a testament to the collaborative work being done across the industry to increase protection and eliminate outdated password-based authentication," said Mark Risher, Senior Director of Product Management of Google. "For Google, it represents nearly a decade of work we've done alongside FIDO, as part of our continued innovation towards a passwordless future."
"The complete shift to a passwordless world will begin with consumers making it a natural part of their lives," said Alex Simons, Corporate Vice President of Identity Program Management at Microsoft. "Any viable solution must be safer, easier, and faster than the passwords and legacy multi-factor authentication methods used today."
Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), applauded the agency's private-sector partners.
"At CISA, we are working to raise the cybersecurity baseline for all Americans," said Easterly. "Today is an important milestone in the security journey to encourage built-in security best practices and help us move beyond passwords. Cyber is a team sport, and we're pleased to continue our collaboration."
Tags: Apple, CISA, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FIDO, Google, IT, Microsoft, passwordless, passwords, Phishing, security industry, security news, World Wide Web Consortium


Roles of Gab1 and SHP2 in paxillin tyrosine dephosphorylation and Src activation in response to epidermal growth factor.
A novel positive feedback loop mediated by the docking protein Gab1 and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling.
Role of Gab1 in heart, placenta, and skin development and growth factor- and cytokine-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.
Identification of an atypical Grb2 carboxyl-terminal SH3 domain binding site in Gab docking proteins reveals Grb2-dependent and -independent recruitment of Gab1 to receptor tyrosine kinases.


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Home Rocking Chair Artists Barbara Frohmader, "Summer's Geraniums", "Sunflower Basket"
Barbara Frohmader, "Summer's Geraniums", "Sunflower Basket"
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Barbara Frohmader
Website: www.barbarafrohmaderart.com
Summer's Geraniums
Barbara Frohmader was born and raised in Mexico, so color and verve are in her blood. When I reached her by phone to make an appointment to chat, she was in her car with her granddaughter. I offered to call her back when she was less busy, but she said that she probably would never be less busy, so she pulled over and we talked about her career then and there.
Barbara moved to this area ten years ago from Augusta, Georgia, where she raised her family and taught high school Spanish. Later she was a volunteer coordinator in a hospital. And after that she used her language skills to be a medical interpreter.
After retirement she took some classes in plein air painting which took her to Arizona, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. She will be traveling to Taos to paint in September and to Portugal. Barbara has studied with several masters including one water colorist in Myrtle Beach. Overall nature is her source of inspiration, whether she is doing photography, water color, or acrylics.
Barbara's work will be featured in a fall WNC Open Studio Tour. The organizers wanted to move out of the River Arts District and feature the work of artists from the towns surrounding Asheville. The show will span the dates of October 1-16.
Sunflower Basket
When: 16 days – from October 1–16, 2016
What: 40 local artists at 30 studio venues
Where: 3 counties in Western North Carolina—Buncombe, Polk, and Transylvania
Why? As a visitor to our studios, you will be welcomed, appreciated and inspired.
Barbara has enjoyed participating in the Rocking Chair project, and will do so again. She is currently chair of the Swannanoa Valley Art League, and her work can be seen at the Red House and in the Monte Vista Hotel.
Written by Stephanie Wilder, owner of Chifferobe Home and Garden
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Libba Tracy – "For the Birds"
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According to mciu.org, the Reading Olympics is a competition where student teams are given forty to fifty books that have been carefully selected by a committee of librarians, reading specialists and classroom teachers to read. The student teams then compete to correctly answer questions related to the selected books. Generally, the Reading Olympics is regarded as a celebration rather than a contest. Its objectives are to promote independent reading among the younger generation and to foster within them a greater love and appreciation towards the commendable activity.
Earlier this year; R.E.A.L International School, Shah Alam Campus organized its very own Reading Olympics with the purpose of cultivating the habit amongst students and encouraging them to read more. The event also aims to make reading an exciting and enjoyable hobby to pursue. This year saw a total of 38 students from Year 4 & 5 (Primary section) and Year 7 & 8 (Secondary section) participating.
Participants were divided into two groups per level. Three judges, a recorder and question readers were also assigned to facilitate the competition. In the end, the results were tabulated and students from Year 4H, 5A, 7B and 8V came out trumps in their respective levels. Much like the burning torch of real Olympic fame, the Reading Olympics proved successful in fanning the flames of interest amongst students to not only read more, but to read a variety of books and other literary materials.
In this modern age and digital era that we are living in, the time-honoured tradition of reading books is in real danger of diminishing. Slowly but surely, libraries are becoming redundant relics of the past while the Internet is seemingly growing in influence by the day. Lest we forget, reading books is still an essential tool for active, lifelong learning. How so? For one thing, not every book can be found online. Books still hold a treasure trove of information and continue to serve as valuable sources of knowledge.
R.E.A.L Schools and the Reading Olympics in particular, are steadfast in conserving the culture of reading, especially amongst the youth in order to preserve this proud practice for generations to come. If knowledge is power, then a society of readers is a reflection of its status or standing in today's world.
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GATE #01 — It's Time For Sonic Speed!
Which is ironic since most things are stills.
It's weird how his imagination isn't animated, but completely realistic that a cell phone game isn't. Cutting corners in the production is the name of the game here. At least when it's not being insultingly redundant. In the first five minutes of the show, we have someone declare the protagonist to be an otaku, watch him on a train imagining himself playing an MMO and losing at it, and then after running into a pillar, so another person comes up, looks at his phone plastered with girly crap and goes basically "Ooh, you play otaku games too?" That was a third of the episode goddamned well spent. If you saw the animation in the promo, then great! You've seen about 50% of the animation in the episode. And then, everything just stopped for the second half. It already was moving at the speed of a dead cow, and somehow, despite a three month time jump, only just barely managed to reach the second sentence of the premise blurb.
Which isn't to say that they didn't manage to be utterly ridiculous with the visual direction while they were busy going absolutely nowhere and making a giant fuss about it. My favorite was how right in the middle of them trying to be all hardcore and bloody by having the protagonist deal a no quarter kill to a guy he already had subdued, an orc unveiled a truly terrifying attack, curling up into a ball. Yes, that thing in the thumbnails at the top is an orc, rolling around like Sonic the goddamned hedgehog. That little splurge of half-effort quickly drained away again after barely a minute or two, leaving just CGI to fill in the role of "things moving on screen". Between the stills, the speedlines, the awful picture-in-picture of absolutely nothing happening, this is not what one would call a visually appealing, visually adept show, or engaging episode in any way.
I'm already bored.
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Germanguy says:
Well, perhaps they did not make the same error like Tokyo ESP done it. Began with Bumm bang pew pew peng peng, then for 2nd Episode or such, have a time jump into the Past for 90% of the rest of the show. Here they try the world build around the MC. Well, they also could insert his Otaku life through recaps or flashback of his "peaceful earlier Days as civilian". But hey, there is not Master fallen from the Sky. or lately i hear the Nippon compare for this. "even Monkeys fall from trees"
Let's see. right now and the OP suggest me. "We are the mighty JSDF and we are save your World, You need US!!"
Well, as long they have a Real World support line, for Ammo, Fuel, Repair parts and such. Outbreak Company does not have that, only a Bazooka and an old WW2 Air Fighter, with Magic copied Air Fuel
Let's See, there is 2 other Episodes to explain our "JSDF" heroes…
SonyaUliana says:
"Outbreak Company does not have that, only a Bazooka and an old WW2 Air Fighter, with Magic copied Air Fuel"
The Bazooka and WW2 fighter is from Familiar of Zero, not Outbreak Company.
Ups, your right. Yeah, Outbreak Company had a working supply Line. I messed this up. My fault
The manga version seems for the most part seems somewhat different than the anime.
It was much better when the Gate was a Stargate. Like far too often, Japan never ceases to amaze with their ability to throw big money at nothing.
And this is a A-1 production, it's only getting uglier.
A.Nagy says:
I think they wanted to end the first episode going into the fantasy world and had to find a way to kill the extra time.
Aroduc says:
They could've done all kinds of things to fill the time that didn't suck and still ended at the same point. The obvious thing would have been to make the invasion portion longer and more in-depth, which would also have been a good chance for the protagonist to prove his worth.
But that's not very budget friendly.


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TIME TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE: A LEGISLATOR'S PERSPECTIVE
GEARING UP FOR ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE DAY 2015
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Guest Editorial by State Senator Rita Hart
Iowans rely on their vehicles to get to work, pick up groceries, drive their children to school and more. This includes Iowans living with disabilities. People with disabilities can find it difficult or impossible to gas up their vehicles if they are unable to use the controls, hose or nozzle of a fuel pump. They may not be able to get their gas at self-service stations, and may be forced to use full-service stations (when those are even available), where fuel is more expensive. I was aware of the problem, but my constituent, Gary McDermott of Clinton, wrote an email that really got my attention. He told me how his independence is undermined by the lack of accessibility at fuel pumps at gas stations and convenience stores.
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), authored by Iowa's retired U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, gave civil rights protections to people with disabilities. The ADA requirements, however, do not provide a system that works well enough for the disabled community it intends to assist. The call button that is presently required on gas pumps is inaccessible for many disabled individuals who require a button that can be operated with a closed fist. In addition, it is impossible to reach the ADA's small, flush button from the vehicle.
I responded by working on legislation over the past couple of years that would provide for a large call button that is reachable from inside the driver's vehicle with a closed hand. I serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee and was pleased when we approved a bill to strengthen state law for assistance with fuel pumps at Iowa gas stations. Senate File 396 is now under consideration by the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
Senate File 396 mandates the installation of a Fuel Assistance Device only if a new gas station is built or pump stations are remodeled. The bill also provides an income tax credit to stations who qualify as a small business that voluntarily make these changes. The tax credit partially defrays the cost of compliance, which will benefit those with disabilities. I am hoping that this bill will be signed by the Governor this year. It would make me so happy to know that I helped people like Gary McDermott to be a bit more independent. Filling up your car with gas should be a routinely easy task so that you can travel on to the rest of your day and the rest of your life's adventures.
I have also had many conversations, particularly with elderly constituents, but also with people with disabilities or people with children with disabilities, who struggle to remain in their homes. Often they need to modify the home in order to live comfortably. Perhaps they need to widen doorways for a wheelchair or remodel a bathroom to accommodate a new disability or prepare for the next debilitating step in a chronic, progressive condition. Not only is it important to help people continue to live in their homes where they are happiest, it saves money in the long run to avoid more expensive long-term care or nursing home situations.
Senate File 475 is a bill that I've been working on with the Prevention of Disabilities Council. The bill provides a $2500 refundable tax credit to people who are at 250% or less of poverty level income so that they can make these changes in their homes. It makes sense to help people be able to afford these modifications so that they can live more comfortably in their own homes.
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State Senator Rita Hart Rita Hart was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2012, representing Clinton County and northern Scott County. Senator Hart is Chair of the Senate Economic Growth Committee, and is Vice-Chair of the Economic Development Budget Subcommittee. She also serves on the Senate Agriculture, Education, Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committees. Senator Hart earned her Associate of Arts degree from North Iowa Area Community College, a Bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from the University of Iowa. She worked as a teacher for more than 20 years in the Calamus-Wheatland and Bennett school districts. She and her husband Paul have been married for more than 30 years and are lifelong Iowans who've owned and operated a farm in the Wheatland community since 1986. They have five children.
As you can see from Sen. Rita Hart's editorial this week, you can make a difference! For her, all it took was an email from a constituent to make her an advocate for more accessible fuel pumps. A few calls from others led her to advocate for home modification assistance, a challenge faced equally by people with disabilities as well as older Iowans wanting to maintain their independence in their own homes and communities. So take a challenge from ID Action - and help us Advocate for Change on April 22 - when more than 400 Iowans with disabilities come to the Captiol to advocate on the issues important to them.
We'll start Advocating for Change Day 2015 off with a basic training on the legislative process and tips on talking to your legislators. After that, we'll head to the Capitol to meet (and hopefully have lunch with) your legislators. Later we will rally with special guests Sen. Liz Mathis of Cedar Rapids and Rep. Linda Miller of Bettendorf, the Chairs of the Senate and House Human Resources Committees.
In addition to the issues Sen. Hart discussed in our opening article and funding for programs and services, there are dozens of other issues you might talk about this year. Here are just a few of the remaining bills that might pique your interest:
HF257 & SSB1268 - Tax Deductions/Employment of Persons with Disabilities | Makes larger companies eligible for a tax deduction for employing people with disabilities (increases size of company from 25 employes to 500 employees, and from $3 million in annual revenues to $21 million). This could give businesses more incentives to hire employees with disabilities. it's currently in the House Ways & Means Committee (no subcommittee assigned) and Senate Ways & Means Committee (subcommittee of Sen. Janet Petersen, Chair; Sen. Rob Hogg, Sen. Randy Feenstra).
SF 345- Governor's Anti-Bullying Bill | This bill requires all school districts provide training on how to investigate bullying incidents in schools, establishes a student mentoring pilot program to prevent bullying by having peers support each other, and expands definition of bullying to include social media, social networking, and off-school sites. Studies show that students with disabilities are 2-3 times more likely to be bullied. In fact, one study shows that 60% of students with disabilities reported being bullied regularly, compared to 25% of all students. This bill is currently on the House Unfinished Business Calendar (Rep. Quentin Stanerson is the House Floor Manager for the bill).
SF439 - Iowa ABLE Savings Plans| This bill directs the State Treasurer to establish (once federal rules are ready later this year) savings accounts that were authorized federally in the ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in December 2014. People with disabilities could open these "ABLE" Accounts, which allow friends and family members of Iowans with disabilities to contribute up to $14,000 annually. The accounts could be used to pay for education, transportation, housing, assistive technology, employment support and training, personal support services, health care expenses, and other "qualified disability expenses." These savings would not affect eligibility for Medicaid and Social Security benefits, and savings accounts.The bill is in the Senate Appropriations Committee, but has passed the subcommittee it was assigned to (Sen. Joe Bolkcom, Chair; Sen. Pam Jochum, Sen. Michael Breitbach).
SF484 - Medical Cannabis Act | Thanks to the advocacy of Iowans with epilepsy and their families, Iowa passed a very limited medical marijuana bill last year that allowed Iowans whose neurologists have certified they have a debilitating form of epilepsy to get cards allowing them to carry small amounts of "cannabidial oil" that can be used to treat seizures. The downside, Iowans had to travel to other states where it is legal to sell the substance, and transport it across state lines (a federal felony). This bill creates a broader "Medical Cannabis Act." It allows patients with other debilitating medical conditions (epilepsy, ALS, cancer, Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis, glaucoma, MS, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, PTSD, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or others identified by a Medical Advisory Board established by the bill) to use medical cannabis (not just the cannabadiol oil). It cannot be smoked, but can be obtained from one of 12 dispensaries to be set up under the legislation. A person would need to get a note from their doctor saying they need the medication; would need to get a medical cannabis card from IDPH and DOT saying they are authorized to possess the product; and up to four medical cannabis manufacturers will be selected by the state. All must be ready to begin dispensing by July 1, 2016.
There are many other bills you might be interested in - click here to review the infoNET Bill Tracker for more and view the most updated status.
Friday, April 3 was the end of the road for hundreds of bills that failed to make it out of committee before the Legislature's second (and final) legislative deadline. To continue on the path to becoming law, Senate Files must have passed out of House committee, and House Files must have passed out of Senate committee, by the end of the day on April 3. Bills in the following committees are not subject to deadlines, so are eligible for debate at any time during the legislative sessoin: Appropriations (including all Appropriations Subcommittees), Government Oversight, and Ways & Means.
Only a few dozen bills made the cut this time - you can look a complete list of survivors in this list compiled by the House Republican staff here. You can see where there was a lot of interest this year in the number of surviving bills by issue area:
Agriculture - 7 bills
Commerce - 17 bills
Economic Growth - 3 bllls
Education - 18 bills
Environmental Protection - 3 bills
Human Resources - 19 bills
Judiciary - 30 bills
Labor - 1 bill
Local Government - 13 bills
Natural Resources - 5 bills
Public Safety - 6 bills
State Government - 23 bills
Transportation - 13 bills
Veterans Affaits - 4 bills
We have talked a lot over the years about these important deadlines, called funnels. But there is also another little trick that legislative leaders use to kill off even more bills after these deadlines. Starting this week and until the end of the legislative session, legislators can only debate bills on the "Unfinished Business Calendar," bills from the exempt committees (Appropriations, Government Oversight, Ways & Means), and bills that have passed by both chambers in different forms (called "bouncing bills" because they are amended and bounce back and forth between House and Seante until agreement is reached).
So starting Monday, the Iowa Senate has only 34 bills and the House has only 45 bills that meet these requirements (although both can and will add bills coming out of Appropriations, Government Oversight, and Ways and Means Committees). You can read these daily calendars here. For Monday (April 13) there are:
Unfinished Business Calendar - 28 Senate, 20 House
Appropriations Calendar - 2 Senate, 2 House
Ways & Means Calendar - 13 House (none in Senate)
Bouncing Bills - 3 Senate, 7 House
Conference Committee - 2 House/Senate
Regular Calendar - 2 House (Government Oversight bills)
As you can see, the list of bills keeps getting narrower and narrower, until all that is left is the budget.
Normally this time of year, the Legislature is entering its final phase, and policy debates start to wind down and budgets take shape. This year, legislators say it could be another two weeks before we see budget targets from both chambers (putting us right at the "end" of session). While we call the 110th day of session (this year May 1) the "end" of session - it's really only the day legislators lose their expense payments and therefore have to pay for their own rooms, meals, transportation, and staff. They can stay as long as they like, but it starts to get expensive when they pay for a hotel room every night and restaurant meals every day.
The first step in the budget process is for legislative leaders in both House and Senate to divide up the budget pie, and tell each of the 7 appropriations subcommittees how much they have to spend. They take the total amount of revenues expected, and divide up 99% of that (usually, although we hear the House wants to go much lower, maybe even as low as spending 93% of that number). But this year legislative leaders have not been able to do that because they still have not decided how much they want to give to K-12 education this year (an amount that is supposed to be set by the end of February).
The conference committee on education funding met two weeks ago to work out the differences between the House proposal to increase K-12 funding by 1.25% and the Senate 4% proposal. The Senate offered to split the difference at 2.65%, but the House quickly rejected it. The House proposal would cost about $50 million; the Senate compromise costs more than $100 million.
A few other budget challenges emerged as well. The Social Services Block Grant, which provides $16 million in funding for the Department of Human Services and Mental Health/Disability Services regions, will probably not be funded by Congress this year. Right now, funding is in neither the US House nor US Senate budget bills. In addition, the House Judiciary Committee sat on an important child support bill that will cost the state $30 million in federal funding for DHS and another $2 million for the courts if not passed this year. This is one of those issues that will likely end up thrown into a budget bill.
The continued stalemate over education funding spells trouble for the resolution of the rest of the state's $7 billion budget. It's beginning to look like legislators mayl get out just in time for their Fourth of July parades.
Rep. Walt Rogers wants people to know that legislators do listen. "We often get accused of not listening to people," said Rep. Rogers. "This time we did a good job of hearing you...and doing something about it." Rep. Rogers was one of a three-person subcommittee that worked on a bill that is usually an easy assignment. Every two years, legislators pass a "Federal Block Grant Bill" that shows how the state will spend money from various federal block grants. These grants pay for everything from community development to low-income heating assistance to illegal drug education to community mental health centers.
This year, the Department of Human Services had proposed giving $2.1 million in Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) block grant funds directly to Mental Health and Disability Services (MH/DS) regions. That created problems for community mental health centers (CMHCs), who use this money for a wide array of services that are not currently paid for by any other funding source, such as trauma informed care for kids, ACES (Adverse Childhood Experience), and other evidence-based practices. MH/DS region representatives told legislators that there would be additional costs if they were to administer the funds, even if they were passed on to the CMHCs. Advocates told legislators that they would be filling one hole in the system, but creating another. It's what some call "robbing Peter to pay Paul."
Three subcommittees and one public hearing later, legislators said they had heard from providers and advocates "loud and clear" and changed the CMHC funding back to the way it has been for the past 12 years (going directly to CMHCs for evidence-based practices). If this was an important issue for you, be sure to thank Rep. Ken Rizer, Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt, and Rep. Walt Rogers, who all served on the subcommittee. The bill (now House File 630) passed out of the House Appropriations Committee, and is one of the two bills ready for debate on the House Appropriations Calendar.
While block grants are only one small part of the state's budget, we do count the Federal Block Grant Bill as one of the ten budget bills that must pass each year. Here is where we are at with those ten budgets as we enter the final two weeks of session:
Administration/Regulation (no bill)
Agriculture/Natural Resources (no bill)
Economic Development (no bill)
Education (no bill)
Federal Block Grant (HF 630 - ready for House debate)
Health/Human Services (no bill)
Justice Systems (no bill)
Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, or RIIF (no bill)
Standings (no bill; this is the catch-all last budget bill)
Transportation (HF 637 - ready for House debate)
Funding for mental health and disability services is still up in the air, whether funded by Medicaid or the regional system. We know that services funded by Medicaid (including HCBS Waiver services) will likely continue under managed care, but we do not know if that means waiting lists will end, be reduced, or continue to grow. But the best way to make sure they do not grow is to fully fund Medicaid, which the Governor did not do. The Governor did not fund the $68 million shortfall in this current fiscal year, and underfunded next year by $200 million (and more if managed care companies do not meet that $50 million savings target in the first half year of operation).
The Governor also did not recommend funding for MH/DS regions this year, but because most regions are in the process of rolling out their core and core-plus services, only two regions do not have enough money to get through next year and maintain enough money in the bank for cash flow purposes (25%). Those regions are Southern Hills and Polk County; their need for next year is $4.6 million, just about what was recommended by DHS from the TANF block grant (which is the one block grant that is appropriated in the Health/Human Services Budget, not the Federal Block Grant bill). All other regions expect to have enough money to sustain and grow services through June 30, 2016 (but they freely admit that isn't permanent - they will need money again after this year).
None of these funding decisions have been made - nor has anyone really started to discuss them seriously. Until budget targets are in the hands of the budget subcommittee chairs, it'll be hard to know the impact.


The celebrated Hindi novelist Vishwanath is heartbroken by the recent loss of his son in an accident. The tragedy spurs him to write a novel set in the household of Lala Motichand. It follows the lives of the wealthy lala and his three sons: Self-confident Dinanath, the true heir to Motichand's mercantile temperament, lonely Diwanchand, uninterested in business and steeped in poetry; and illegitimate Makhan Lal, a Marx-loving schoolteacher kept to the periphery of his father's life. In an illuminating act of self-reflection, Vishwanath, the son of a cook for a rich sethji, also tells the story of the lala's personal servant, Mange Ram and his son, Parsadi. Fatherhood, brotherhood and childhood, love, loyalty and poetry all come to the fore as sons and servants await the lala's death. By writing about mortality and family, Vishwanath confronts the wreckage of his own life while seeking to make sense of the new India that came into being after independence. Spellbinding and penetrating, Half the Night Is Gone raises questions of religion, literature and society that speak to our fractured times.


I hear that Santa loves this stuff.
Thanks again Carly for sharing. You have always been such a good supporter of The Frilly Apron. It means a lot to me, a whole lot. Enjoy the holidays – sending much love from my family to yours.
Line a cookie sheet in parchment paper and lay out crackers in a single layer on the sheet.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Continue to stir and heat until boiling. Boil for 2 minutes until bubbly and smooth.
Sprinkle chocolate chips over the crackers. Bake for an additional minute.
Spread chocolate to cover the crackers.
Sprinkle with any kind of topping – almonds, toffee chips, or coarse salt, to name a few suggestions. Or just leave them naked – your choice.
Sprinkle with any kind of topping - almonds, toffee chips, or coarse salt, to name a few suggestions. Or just leave them naked - your choice.
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Awww, ditto!! I love The Frilly Apron, and this really is one of my favourite traditions now.


Dennis A. Anderson, 51, Claremont, DUI, first offense, fined $480 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with 59 days suspended. Humberto Munoz, 33, Gainesville, Texas, DUI, first offense, fined $480 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with 59 days suspended. Scott A. Sauer, 47, of 1314 S. Seventh St., failure to yield, fined $94. Rodney S. Conica, 27, of 515 Second Ave. S.E., second degree petty theft, fined $160 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with 28 days suspended. Amber Delphine Kuno, 24, of 1717 S. Lawson St., No. 204, speeding, fined $70; violation of promise to appear, fined $129. Jon Charles Caron, 21, of 907 S. 16th St., ingesting intoxicant other than alcoholic beverage, fined $263 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended; DUI, first offense, charge dismissed; possession of two ounces of marijuana or less, charge dismissed; use or possession of drug paraphernalia, charge dismissed. Duane Larry Rude, 57, Groton, DUI, second offense, fined $580 and sentenced to 90 days in jail with 60 days suspended; ingesting intoxicant other than alcoholic beverage, charge dismissed; possession of two ounces of marijuana or less, fined $263 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended; use or possession of drug paraphernalia, charge dismissed. Justin L. Heilman, 23, of 204 S. Illinois St., ingesting intoxicant other than alcoholic beverage, fined $263 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended; possession of two ounces of marijuana or less, charge dismissed; use or possession of drug paraphernalia, charge dismissed. Dawn Renae Hauge, 34, of 39853 135th St., making false report to authorities, fined $263 and sentenced to 60 days in jail with all of the jail sentence suspended. Katie Marie Kehrwald, 28, of 102 Gorder Drive, No. 3, speeding, fined $110. Michael David Harmon, 40, Chelsea, allowing unauthorized person to use vehicle, fined $104. Sally Schlepp, 69, of 38333 134th St., allowing livestock to run at large, fined $154 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with all of the jail sentence suspended. Sty Ochotorena, 22, of 822 S. First St., speeding, fined $110. Justin Loren Bahr, 32, of 126401 E. Shore Drive, speeding, fined $70. Joshua R. Lincoln, 22, Ellendale, N.D., failure to maintain financial responsibility, charge dismissed; driving with suspended license, fined $254 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with all of the jail sentence suspended; speeding, fined $440 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 days suspended. Cody Allen Worrell, 20, of 1109 Third Ave. S.W., seat belt violation, fined $25. Seth Sidney Twiggs, 21, of 719 S. Jackson St., driving with suspended license, fined $254. Doreen Anne Jenkins, 66, Garden Ridge, Texas, speeding, fined $90. Carole Margaret Harlow, 66, of 1307 N. Main St., speeding in construction zone, fined $126. Darin Dale Latt, 42, of 12995 Willowwood Drive, speeding, fined $90. Deborah Ann Tank, 32, Ellendale, N.D., speeding, fined $110. Winfield Scott Templeton, 48, Albuquerque, N.M., speeding, fined $90. Robert Leo Arneson, 80, of 2222 Third Ave. S.E., No. 4, careless driving, fined $104. Randal James Bender, 33, 1907 Prospect Ave., seat belt violation, fined $25. Carolyn Joan Kuhn, 44, Timber Lake, speeding, fined $90. Landon Cole Sutton, 19, of 1892 Spruce Drive, speeding, fined $90. Justin Allan Langley, 26, of 216 Ninth Ave. S.E., speeding, fined $110. Tiffany Marie Morris, 22, of 21 13th Ave. N.W., unsafe/illegal backing, fined $105. Jordan Michael Knopf, 23, Sioux Falls, open container, fined $105. Scott Michael Olson, 23, Bowdle, speeding, fined $90. Rondelle Perry Green, 39, West Monroe, La., speeding, fined $110. Brian Lee Jenson, 30, of 37816 Deer Creek Run, speeding, fined $90. Gerald Robert Easterby, 17, of 629 S. Rock St., speeding, fined $90. Randy L. Larson, 27, Sioux Falls, stop sign violation, fined $105. Michael Xavier Rath, 18, of 929 N. Second St., No. 1, no driver's license, fined $105 and sentenced to five days in jail with all of the jail sentence suspended; seat belt violation, fined $25. Jessica Mae Pigors, 32, of 12 N. Harvard St., No. 5, warning ticket violation, fined $101. Mark John Haberling, 47, Faulkton, speeding, fined $90. Delbert Justin Lefthand, 60, of 710 S. Harrison St., No. 5, allowing unauthorized person to use vehicle, fined $104.


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#include "daemonControl.h"

/************* VARIABLES STATIC TO THIS FILE  ********************/
static  int		        lockFile = -1;
static  char		    lockFilename[PATH_MAX];
static  unsigned char	runningAsDaemon = FALSE;

/************************ STOP DAEMON **************/
void stopDaemon( const tReaderManager   *pManager ){
   char		messageString[MAX_LOG_MESSAGE];
   char 	pidString[20];
   int		pid;

   /* open lock file to get PID */
   sprintf(lockFilename, "%s/%s.lock", DEFAULT_LOCK_FILE_DIR, DAEMON_NAME);
   lockFile = open( lockFilename, O_RDONLY, 0 );
   if (lockFile == -1)
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Could not open lock file %s, exiting", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      sprintf(messageString, "Check you have the necessary permission for it");
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   /* get the running PID in the lockfile */
   if (read(lockFile, pidString, 19) == -1)
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Could not read PID from lock file %s, exiting", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   close( lockFile );

   if (sscanf( pidString, "%d\n", &pid ) != 1)
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Could not read PID from lock file %s, exiting", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   sprintf(messageString, "Stopping daemon with PID = %d", pid );
   readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_INFO, 1, messageString);

   /* might need to be root for this to work ?  - try and kill nicely*/
   kill (pid, SIGTERM);

   /* TODO else, use a bit more brute force */
   /* check if running? */
   /* remove the lock file myself if I can ! */
   sleep(1);
   remove( lockFilename );
}
/************************ STOP DAEMON **************/

/********************** GET LOCK OR DIE *********************/
/* This runs in the forked daemon process */
/* make sure we are the only running copy for this reader number */
static void getLockOrDie( const tReaderManager *pManager ){
   char 	pidString[20];
   char		messageString[MAX_LOG_MESSAGE];
   struct flock lock;

   sprintf(lockFilename, "%s/%s.lock", DEFAULT_LOCK_FILE_DIR, DAEMON_NAME );
   lockFile = open( lockFilename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH );
   if ( lockFile == -1 )
   {
      sprintf(messageString,
              "Could not open lock file %s, check permissions or run as root, exiting", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   /* Initialize the flock structure. */
   memset (&lock, 0, sizeof(lock));
   lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;

   /* try and get the lock file, non-blocking */
   if ( fcntl(lockFile, F_SETLK, &lock) == -1 )
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Could not lock file %s", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      sprintf(messageString, "Probably indicates a previous copy is still running or crashed");
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      sprintf(messageString, "Find PID using \"cat %s\" or \"ps -ef | grep %s\". Exiting.",
             lockFilename, DAEMON_NAME);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   /* store the running PID in the lockfile */
   sprintf( pidString, "%d\n", getpid());
   if (write(lockFile, pidString, strlen(pidString)) != strlen(pidString) )
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Could not write PID to lock file %s", lockFilename);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }
}
/********************** GET LOCK OR DIE *********************/

void daemonTerminate( const tReaderManager *pManager ){

    if ( runningAsDaemon )
    {
        readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_INFO, 1, "Closing and removing lockfile, closing log. Bye.");

        close( lockFile );
        remove( lockFilename );
    }

}

/************************ DAEMONIZE *************************/
void daemonize( tReaderManager *pManager ){
   int		pid;
   char		messageString[MAX_LOG_MESSAGE];

   /* fork a copy of myself */
   pid = fork();
   if ( pid < 0 )
   { /* fork error */
      sprintf(messageString, "Error forking daemon %s, exiting", DAEMON_NAME);
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   if ( pid > 0 )
   { /* fork worked, this is the parent process so exit */
      sprintf(messageString, "Started daemon %s with PID=%d, see /var/log/syslog",
              DAEMON_NAME, pid );
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_INFO, 1, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   /* from here on I must be a successfully forked child */
   runningAsDaemon = TRUE;

   /* tell the library we are now going to be calling it from a daemon */
   readersSetOptions( pManager, IGNORE_OPTION, runningAsDaemon );

   /* set umask for creating files */
   umask(0);

   /* start logging --> /var/log/syslog on my system */
   openlog(DAEMON_NAME, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);

   /* get a new process group for daemon */
   if ( setsid() < 0 )
   {
      sprintf(messageString, "Error creating new SID for daemon process %s with PID=%d, see in /var/log/syslog", DAEMON_NAME, pid );
      readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_ERR, 0, messageString);
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }

   /* change working directory to / */
   if ( (chdir("/")) < 0 )
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );

   /* These following lines to close open filedescriptors are recommended for daemons, but it      */
   /* seems to cause problems for executing some xternal scripts with system() so they are avoided */
#if 0
   /* close unneeded descriptions in the deamon child process */
   for (i = getdtablesize(); i >= 0; i--)
      close( i );

   /* close stdio */
   close ( STDIN_FILENO );
   close ( STDOUT_FILENO );
   close ( STDERR_FILENO );
#endif

   /* make sure Iḿ the only one reading from this reader */
   getLockOrDie( pManager );

   /* ignore TTY related signales */
   signal( SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN );
   signal( SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN );
   signal( SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN );

   sprintf(messageString, "Daemon Started" );
   readersLogMessage( pManager, LOG_INFO, 1, messageString);
}


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Maribeth Badertscher, a spokeswoman for the company, said the new White Lily was the result of thorough product testing and promised that customers "won't know the difference." But in a blind test for The New York Times, two bakers could immediately tell the old from the new.
For Cathy Riddle, another Appalachian Fair champion who uses White Lily for everything from green tomato bread to "sad" dumplings (the kind with a chewy center), the selling point is consistent good results.
The passion for White Lily is more than simple nostalgia.
The difference in White Lily flour begins with the kind of wheat it is made from, soft red winter wheat, a low-protein, low-gluten variety. "Protein is the enemy of light, high-rising, delicate baking!" the package says.
Most other all-purpose flour is made from a blend of wheat varieties that differs from region to region and generally has a much higher protein content. "It's a little bit good for everything, but not that good for anything," said R. Carl Hoseney, a retired grain science professor at Kansas State University who is now a cereal consultant.
It may also explain why many Northerners' attempts to replicate Southern delicacies fall flat. Low-protein flour absorbs less liquid, so a recipe designed for White Lily won't work with other flours. Cake flour or another low-protein flour like Martha White are the closest substitutes.
Ms. Badertscher said that the new White Lily is also made solely from soft red winter wheat. But there are many other variables, like the grind of the flour. The Knoxville plant has long claimed that White Lily is ground finer and sifted more times than any other flour on the market. All that work costs a bit more — at an Atlanta supermarket this month, five-pound bags of White Lily went for $2.99, more than Gold Medal, which sold for $2.79, or the store brand, $1.82, but far less than specialty and organic brands.
Then there is the matter of what part of the grain is used. Underneath the husk of a wheat kernel, a layer of bran encloses the germ and a white substance called endosperm. White Lily is a patent flour, meaning it uses only the heart of the endosperm, the purest part. With wheat prices more than double what they were last spring, some fans fear that selectivity may be compromised.
Unlike most all-purpose flours, White Lily is bleached with chlorine, a process that not only whitens the flour but weakens the proteins. Chlorination alters the starch particles to make batters more viscous, and thus less likely to fall. It loosens the strict balance of starch, liquid, fat and sugar that baking requires to allow for higher proportions of sugar — thus, sweeter cakes.
The chlorine makes White Lily more like cake flour than other all-purpose flours. But there again is another subtle difference, Ms. Corriher said. While White Lily can be used in cakes, it is not bleached as much as cake flour, which gives White Lily a better, less acidic taste, Ms. Corriher said. Pastry flour is also made from soft wheat, but it is not chlorinated.
Milling experts said that in theory, it should be possible to replicate White Lily. "If the source of the wheat is the same, the mill itself won't be that hard to duplicate," Mr. Hoseney said. Ms. Corriher, on the other hand, was more skeptical that a process perfected over more than a century of milling and subjected to Knoxville's intensive quality control could be easily replicated.
A blind test by two bakers, who were sent bags of the old and new product marked only A and B, underscored Ms. Corriher's concern.
Zoellyn Smith, who worked in both quality control and research and development at the Knoxville plant, accurately identified the new product before she began to bake. Sample A, the new product, had "a grayish color" and made a "dense and chewy" cake, while Sample B, the old, made for silky, rather than stiff, dough and a "light and airy" cake.
For many Southerners, though, comparison is a moot point. At a Knoxville grocery store, Peggy Melhorn, 85, was spied with a bag of White Lily flour in her cart and asked if it was better than other flours.


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A Thor amerikai folyékony hajtóanyagú hordozórakéta-család, amely a PGM–17 Thor interkontinentális ballisztikus rakétán alapul.

Története
Az amerikai hordozórakéták fejlesztését 1945-ben kezdték el a zsákmányolt német rakéták és kutatási eredmények alapján.  Az amerikai légi haderő 1955–1957 között a többek között a Convair MX–774, Hermes rakétaprogram, Thor, Atlas, Titan folyékony hajtóanyagú ballisztikus hordozórakétákat fejlesztette.

A NASA 1958. október 1-jén történt megalakulása után a szárazföldi haderő és a haditengerészet befejezte saját rakétafejlesztéseit, minden intézményét átadta a NASA-nak mesterséges holdjait pedig a légi haderő indítja. A kifejlesztett hordozórakéta-családból kiválasztották a műholdak hordozására alkalmas típusokat. A NASA különböző intézeteiben tervezték és fejlesztették ki (tovább), többek között a Thor–Delta, Atlas–Centaur, Saturn V majd a Space Shuttle hordozórakéta-rendszereket. Az amerikai légi haderő a meglévő és leváltott ballisztikus rakétákra építve fejlesztette ki saját hordozórakéta-sorozatait, többek között Thor–Agena – ennek A,- B,- D változatait –, Titan 3B–Agena D. Ezek alkalmazásával fokozatosan felhasználták a rendszerből kivont típusú, folyékony hajtóanyagú, katonai-ballisztikus rakétákat. 1958–1962 között 60 darabot Nagy-Británniában is szolgálatba állítottak. A kubai rakétaválság miatt kivonásra kerültek.

Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Légiereje (USAF) a hadsereg Jupiter hordozórakétájával versenyezhető rakétatípus fejlesztésébe kezdett. 1956–1958 között a McDonnell Douglas Corporation fővállalkozásával fejlesztették, építették. Az első sikeres repülésre 1957 szeptemberében került sor.

Amerika legmegbízhatóbb, leggazdaságosabb és a leghosszabb életű rakétája, megbízhatósága miatt 2010-ig gyártották.

Rakétaváltozatok: Thor-Agena A; Thor-Agena B; Thor-Agena D; TAD-Thor-Agena D; Thor–Able 1; Thor–Able-Star; Thor–Delta-1; Thor–Delta-2; TAD–Delta.

Egy fokozatú, hajtóanyaga oxigén és kerozin, hatótávolsága  kilométer. Hossza 22,86, átmérője 2,44 méter. Starttömege 47,63 tonna. Szolgálatba állításának ideje 1963. A TAD (Thrust Augmented Delta) jelölés a megnövelt tolóerőre utal.

Források

 Nagy István György-Szentesi György: Rakéta-fegyverek (típuskönyv); 1983. Zrínyi Katonai Kiadó – Budapest,

Külső hivatkozások

Amerikai hordozórakéták

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