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\section*{Supplementary material}
\subsection*{Details for the thermodynamical model}
We model the system including heat transport via radiation, heat conduction in silica, and heat diffusion through the surrounding gas. The assumption that no temperature gradients appear in the surrounding background gas is valid for mean free path lengths that are much larger than the distance from the fiber to the heat sink, such as, e.g., the fiber mount or the vacuum chamber wall. We estimate the pressure up to which this condition is fulfilled by assuming a typical distance to the heat sink in our system of 10~cm and thereby obtain $p<10^{-3}$~mbar. We note, however, that the transition to the regime in which the background gas exhibits a temperature gradient can take place in a pressure range that covers several orders of magnitude. For this reason, we also performed an experimental check of the validity of our assumption, see Fig.~2d in the article. The system can then be described by the following differential equation in units of power \cite{Demtroeder1}:
\begin{multline}
		c\sub{p}\,\rho\,\partial_t T\,\mathrm{d} V = - \mathrm{d} H\sub{rad}(T) +\mathrm{d} H\sub{rad}(T_0) + \mathrm{d} P\sub{heating}\\
		+\nabla(\lambda \nabla T)\,\mathrm{d} V -
		\sqrt{\frac{k_\mathrm{B}\,f^2}{8\pi\,M\,T_0 }} p\, (T-T_{0})\,\mathrm{d} S  \label{eq:heat:ode:3d}
\end{multline}
where $\mathrm{d} P\sub{heating}$ is a heat source, the remaining quantities are given in Tab.~\ref{tab:heat:ode:parameters}, and the dependencies on space and time are omitted for clarity.
\begin{table*}[htb]
	\centering
	\begin{tabular}{|c|c|>{\centering}m{4cm}|>{\centering}m{3cm}|c|}
		\hline
		symbol & description & value from $T_0$ to the highest temperature covered in Ref.& temperature range convered in Ref.& Ref. \\\hline
		$T_0$ & room temperature & $(294\pm0.5)$~K & - & - \\\hline
		$\lambda$ & heat conductivity & $(1.3-2.1)$~W/(K$\cdot$m)&$(0.1-1650)$~K& \cite{Freeman1986}\\\hline
		$c\sub{p}$ & specific heat (silica)& $(700-1500)$~J/(kg$\cdot$K)&  $(0-2000)$~K&\cite{Horbach1999}\\\hline
		$\rho$ & density (silica) & $2200$~kg/m$^3$ & - & \cite{Freeman1986} \\\hline
		$f$ & degrees of freedom of N$_2$& $6$ & - & - \\\hline
		$M$ & molecular mass of N$_2$ & $4.653\cdot 10^{-26}$~kg & - & -\\\hline
		$k_\mathrm{B}$ & Boltzmann's constant & $1.381~\cdot 10^-{-23}$~J/K & - &-\\\hline
	\end{tabular}
	\caption{Model parameters and their values with references.}\label{tab:heat:ode:parameters}
\end{table*}
The radiated heat $\mathrm{d} H_\mathrm{rad}$ can be either calculated using Planck's law in combination with the spectral emissivity of a silica$-$vacuum interface (see below) or using the predictions from FED calculations \cite{Krueger2011,Golyk2012}.

We assume the fiber is heated via surface absorption so that the local heating power per unit length is given by the local surface intensity $I(a(z))$ of the fiber mode multiplied by the fiber circumference $\partial_z P_\mathrm{heating}(z)=2\pi\,a(z)\,I(a(z))$. Due to the small diameter of the nanofiber, we assume that it exhibits a constant temperature across its diameter. Moreover, the fiber exchanges an extremely small amount of heat with the vacuum chamber which, therefore, stays at room temperature during the experiment. This allows us to reduce the equation to one dimension in space along the fiber axis ($z$-axis). After differentiating the resulting equation with respect to $z$, we then find the following differential equation in units of power per length :
\begin{multline}
\pi a^2\,c\sub{p}\,\rho\,\partial_t T = - \partial_z H\sub{rad}(T)+\partial_z H\sub{rad}(T_0)  + \partial_z P\sub{heating}\\
+\pi a^2\partial_z\left(\lambda\,\partial_z T \right)- \sqrt{\frac{k_\mathrm{B}\,f^2}{8\pi\,M\,T_0}} \,p\,(T-T_{0})\,2\pi a \label{eq:heat:ode:1d}
\end{multline}
where $\partial H_\mathrm{rad}$ describes the radiated power per unit length. This equation is solved numerically for a given radius profile using the method of lines implemented in Mathematica with a spatial discretization of 0.1~mm along the fiber axis for a TOF section that extends at least 1~cm beyond either side of the waist: $L_\mathrm{sim}=L_\mathrm{waist}+2$~cm. At these points, the fiber diameter has increased to $\sim$10~$\mu$m and is thus a factor of 20 larger than the waist diameter. As a consequence, the evanescent field and hence the heating power vanishes and the heat capacity per unit length increases by a factor of 400. The boundary conditions are chosen such that the fiber is thermalized to ambient temperature at the beginning of the simulation $T(t=0,z)=T_0$ and no heat flow occurs at the boundary of the simulation cell: $\partial_z T(t,\pm L_\mathrm{sim}/2)=0$. By solving equation~\ref{eq:heat:ode:1d}, we obtain a temperature profile as a function of time and position along the fiber, $T(t,z)$. We then use the latter to compute the optical path-length for discrete time-steps via the thermally induced effective refractive index change (see below) and compare the results from this simulation to the data.

\subsection*{Complex refractive index of fused silica}
The complex refractive index, $\hat{n}=n+ik$, is the sole material property that enters the calculation of the spectral emissive power of thermal radiation. We take the uncertainty of the literature values into account by using all four combinations of the maximum and minimum of each $n$ (refractive index) and $k$ (extinction coefficient), respectively, in order to compute the total radiated power. We then use the maximum and minimum value of the latter for our further calculations.

Optical fibers are made of high-quality synthetic fused silica, which is an amorphous glass, with a core with typically a few weight percent of dopants such as, e.g., germanium. Four types of fused silica are commercially available \citep{Kitamura2007}: Type I and Type II are produced from crystal quartz by electric melting and from quartz powder by flame fusion, respectively, whereas Type III and Type IV glasses are synthetic glasses produced from SiCl$_4$ in a H$_2$-O$_2$ flame and in a water-vapor free plasma flame respectively. The synthetically produced glasses feature the lowest impurity content and, thereby, exhibit a higher transmission than the Type I and Type II glasses, in particular in the near-infrared and in the ultraviolet spectral ranges.

Since our TOF fabrication employs a H$_2$-O$_2$ flame for the tapering process, we consider the glass in the TOF to be a mixture of Type III and Type IV silica. We therefore extract the minimum and maximum values of both $n$ and $k$, respectively, that are available for these two types of glass for our calculations. For wavelength regions in which we did not encounter literature values for these particular types of glass, we also use data for other types of fused silica. The resulting minimum and maximum contributions of the complex refractive index that we employ for our calculations were derived from \citep{Afsar1984,Grischkowsky1990,Naftaly2007,Cunningham2010,Kitamura2007} and are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:nhat:silica} as function of the optical wavelength.
\begin{figure}[h]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{nvals.png}\vspace{2mm}
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{kvals.png}
	\caption{Refractive index and extinction coefficient of fused silica as function of the wavelength. Red curve: maximum value; blue curve: minimum value.}\label{fig:nhat:silica}
\end{figure}

We note that the values given for the extinction coefficient in the visible spectrum are at the lower limit of the parameter range that is experimentally accessible and therefore can be considered as maximum values. Since no further data is available and heat radiation in the visible spectrum contributes only marginally to the total heat transfer rate, we do not consider smaller values.

\subsection*{Far-field heat radiation of a cylinder}
In this section we resume the equations used to compute the far-field heat radiation of a cylinder as derived in \citep{Golyk2012}. The radiated power per unit length, $\partial_z H\sub{rad}$, of an infinite cylinder of radius $a$ at temperature $T\sub{c}$ that is composed of an isotropic material with the spectral dielectric function $\epsilon$ and spectral magnetic permeability $\mu$ can be expressed as
\begin{multline}
	\partial_z H\sub{rad} =\frac{4}{c_0} \int_0^\infty
 \mathrm{d}\nu\; \frac{h\,\nu^2}{\func{exp}{h\nu/k_\mathrm{B} T\sub{c}}-1}
 \sum_{P=\parallel,\perp}\;\sum_{l=-\infty}^{\infty}\\
 \times \int_{-1}^{1}\mathrm{d} \xi\;\left(\func{Re}{T_{l,\xi}^{PP}}+|T_{l,\xi}^{PP}|^2+|T_{l,\xi}^{P\bar{P}}|^2\right) ~,\label{eq:therm:rad:cylinder}
\end{multline}
where $\nu$ denotes the optical frequency, $c_0$ is the speed of light in vacuum, $P=\{\perp,\parallel\}$ denotes the polarization of the radiated light with respect to the plane given by the propagation direction of the emitted radiation and the cylinder axis (z-axis), $\bar{P}$ is the polarization perpendicular to $P$, $l$ is the mode number, $k_0=2\pi\,\nu/c_0$ is the vacuum propagation constant, and $\xi = k_z/k_0$ ratio of the axial propagation constant ($k_z$) and the vacuum propagation constant, and therefore the cosine of the emission angle with respect to the fiber axis $\xi = \cos(\theta)$ with $\theta \in [0,\pi]$.

The T-matrix elements are given by
\begin{gather*}
	T_{l,\xi}^{\perp\,\perp} = -\,\frac{J_l(q\,a)}{H^{(1)}_l (q\,a)}\,\frac{\Delta_1\Delta_4-K^2}{\Delta_1\Delta_2-K^2}~,\\
	T_{l,\xi}^{\parallel\,\parallel} = -\,\frac{J_l(q\,a)}{H^{(1)}_l (q\,a)}\,\frac{\Delta_2\Delta_3-K^2}{\Delta_1\Delta_2-K^2}~,\\
	T_{l,\xi}^{\perp\,\parallel}=T_{l,\xi}^{\parallel\,\perp} = \frac{2\mathrm{i}\,K}{\pi\,\sqrt{\epsilon\mu}\,(q\,a\,H_l^{(1)}(q\,a))^2}\,\frac{1}{\Delta_1\Delta_2-K^2}~,
\end{gather*}
where $J_l(x)$ is the Bessel function, $H_l^{(1)}(x)$ is the Hankel function of the first kind and the prime denotes the derivative with respect to the argument: $f'(x)=\partial_x f(x)$. The variable $q=k_0 \sqrt{1-\xi^2}$ denotes the component of the propagation constant that is perpendicular to the cylinder axis. Furthermore the following definitions have been used:
\begin{align*}
	\Delta_1 &= \frac{J_l'(q_1\,a)}{q_1\,a\,J_l(q_1\,a)}-\frac{1}{\epsilon}\frac{H_l^{(1)\prime}(q\,a)}{q\,a\,H_l^{(1)}(q\,a)}~,\\
	\Delta_2 &= \frac{J_l'(q_1\,a)}{q_1\,a\,J_l(q_1\,a)}-\frac{1}{\mu}\frac{H_l^{(1)\prime}(q\,a)}{q\,a\,H_l^{(1)}(q\,a)}~,\\
	\Delta_3 &= \frac{J_l'(q_1\,a)}{q_1\,a\,J_l(q_1\,a)}-\frac{1}{\epsilon}\frac{J_l'(q\,a)}{q\,a\,J_l(q\,a)}~,\\
	\Delta_4 &= \frac{J_l'(q_1\,a)}{q_1\,a\,J_l(q_1\,a)}-\frac{1}{\mu}\frac{J_l'(q\,a)}{q\,a\,J_l(q\,a)}~,\\
	K&=\frac{l\,\xi\,k_0\,c_0}{\sqrt{\epsilon\mu}\,R^2\,\omega}\left(\frac{1}{q_1^2}-\frac{1}{q^2}\right)~\mathrm{,~and }\\
	q_1&=k_0\sqrt{\epsilon\mu\,-\xi^2}~.
\end{align*}
The material properties enter solely via the dielectric function and permeability which is given above. We note that these results are the same as the ones obtained from Mie theory.

From Eq.~\ref{eq:therm:rad:cylinder} we now compute the spectral emissivity $\epsilon(\nu)$ of a silica cylinder by normalizing the total radiated power per surface area of the fiber $\partial_x\partial_\omega H\sub{rad}/(2\pi a)$ to the spectral emissive power of a black body given by Planck's formula \citep{Lienhard2011}:
\begin{align}
	P_\nu(\nu,T)\;\mathrm{d}\nu&= \int \mathrm{d} \Omega\;\cos(\theta)\, W(\nu,T)  \notag\\
	&=\frac{2\pi\nu^2}{c_0^2}\,\frac{h\nu}{\exp{(h\nu/k_\mathrm{b}T)}-1}\;\mathrm{d}\nu~,\label{eq:Plancks:law}
\end{align}
where we have already integrated the spectral radiance, $W(\nu,T)$, over all emission angles in the hemisphere, $\mathrm{d} \Omega =\smallint_0^{2\pi}\mathrm{d}\phi \smallint_0^{\pi/2}\mathrm{d}\theta\,\sin(\theta)$, while simultaneously considering the geometry factor: $\smallint\mathrm{d}\Omega\;\cos(\theta)=\pi$. Then, the total radiated power of the fiber can be computed using:
\begin{equation}
H\sub{rad}(T) =S\sub{cyl}\,\int_0^\infty \mathrm{d}\nu\,P(\nu,T)\,\epsilon(\nu)~,
\end{equation}
where $S\sub{cyl}=2\pi\,a\,\Delta z$ is the surface area of the cylinder. From Eq.~\ref{eq:therm:rad:cylinder} and Eq.~\ref{eq:Plancks:law} we obtain the following expression for the spectral hemispherical emissivity:
\begin{multline}
	\epsilon(\nu) = \frac{c_0}{\nu\,\pi^2\,a}\;
	\sum_{P=\parallel,\perp}\;\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-1}^{1}\mathrm{d} \xi\;\\
	\times\left(\func{Re}{T_{l,\xi}^{PP}}+|T_{l,\xi}^{PP}|^2+|T_{l,\xi}^{P\bar{P}}|^2\right) ~.
	\label{eq:emissivity:cylinder}
\end{multline}
We would like to stress that this spectral emissivity is only valid for the particular fiber diameter it has been computed for and yields incorrect results when used for different diameters by scaling the surface area, as in standard heat radiation theory. In particular, the heat radiation of very thin cylinders scales with the volume. This illustrates that the concept of emissivity as material and surface property cannot be applied to subwavelength objects. However, a structure-dependent emissivity is a useful tool for the numerical computation of the radiated power because the costly numerically integration of the T-matrix only needs to be evaluated once for each diameter and then may be used to compute $H\sub{rad}$ for several temperatures.

The spectral emissivity of a fused silica cylinder of 500~nm diameter is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:emissivity:fiber}.
\begin{figure}
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{spectralEmissivity250nm}\vspace{2mm}
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{spectralEmissivity250nm_Lin}
	\caption{Spectral emissivity of the a nanofiber and black-body spectral emissive power, $P_\nu(\nu,T)$, as function of the optical frequency plotted double-logarithmically and linearly respectively. The lines delimiting the area are computed from the two curves delimiting the uncertainty region of the dielectric function, see Fig.~\ref{fig:nhat:silica}. The gray lines show the  spectral emissive power per unit surface area for the temperatures denoted within the plot. \label{fig:emissivity:fiber}}
\end{figure}
This graph immediately shows the cause for the different scaling of the radiated power of a nanofiber compared to a black body: With increasing temperature, a black body would emit an increasing fraction of the radiated power in the visible wavelength range. However, in this spectral range, the nanofiber is transparent and its emissivity is low. As a consequence, for the temperature range considered here, the increase of the radiated power with temperature is much lower for a nanofiber than for a black body.

\subsection*{Emissivity of a silica--vacuum interface}
We now sketch the steps that are necessary for computing the emissivity of a polished silica–vacuum interface. A comprehensive treatment of thermal radiation of surfaces can be found in the literature \citep{Siegel1972,Lienhard2011}. The total thermally radiated power of an object can be calculated by using the Stefan-Boltzmann equation $H(T)=\epsilon(T)\,\sigma_\mathrm{B}\,T^4\,A$, where $A$ is the surface area of the object, $\sigma_\mathrm{B}$ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, and $\epsilon (T)$ is the total hemispherical emissivity. The latter can be derived using Kirchhoff's law, which states that the emissivity of an interface is equal to its absorptivity. For a semi-infinite silica–-vacuum interface, all light that enters the silica will be absorbed. For this reason, the directional spectral emissivity is given by $\epsilon(\nu,\Omega)=1-R(\nu,\Omega)$, where $\nu$ is the optical frequency, $\Omega=\{\theta, \phi\}$ stands for the polar and the azimuthal angle, and $R(\nu,\Omega)$ is the directional spectral reflectivity. We note that this approach neglects the transmission through the body and is thus in principle only valid for structures which are much larger than all absorption lengths in the thermal radiation spectrum. This condition is, however, not fulfilled in the case of silica at high temperatures for which the thermal spectrum significantly extends into the visible range where fused silica is highly transparent. However, in order to be able to compare to compare the FED prediction to Planck's law including a color correction that does not make any assumptions regarding the size of the object, we still pursue this approach. By using Planck's law for the spectral radiance, see Eq.~\ref{eq:Plancks:law}, the hemispherical emissivity can then be computed:
\begin{equation}
\epsilon(T) = \frac{\int\mathrm{d} \Omega\int\mathrm{d}\nu\,W(\nu,T)\,\epsilon(\nu,\Omega)\,\cos(\theta)}{\sigma_\mathrm{B}T^4}~.
\end{equation}
The directional spectral reflectivity can be derived from Frensel's formula for absorbing media by averaging over both polarizations \citep{Jackson1999}:
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
	R(\nu,\Omega) = \frac{1}{2}\left( \left|\frac{\hat{n}_1(\nu)\cos(\theta)-\sqrt{\hat{n}_2^2(\nu)-\hat{n}_1^2(\nu)\sin^2(\theta)}}{\hat{n}_1(\nu)\cos(\theta)+\sqrt{\hat{n}_2^2(\nu)-\hat{n}_1^2(\nu)\sin^2(\theta)}}\right|^2\right. \\
	\left. +\left|\frac{\hat{n}^2_2(\nu)\cos(\theta)-\hat{n}_1\sqrt{\hat{n}_2^2(\nu)-\hat{n}_1^2(\nu)	\sin^2(\theta)}}{\hat{n}_2^2(\nu)\cos(\theta)+\hat{n}_1\sqrt{\hat{n}_2^2(\nu)-\hat{n}_1^2(\nu)\sin^2(\theta)}}\right|^2 \right )~,
\end{split}
\end{equation}
where $\hat{n}_1=1$ and $\theta$ are the complex refractive index and the angle of incidence in vacuum, respectively, and $\hat{n}_2$ is the complex refractive index of silica.
The total hemispherical emissivity is plotted in Fig.~\ref{fig8} as a function of temperature for all combinations of the maximum and minimum values of the real and imaginary part of the refractive index.
\begin{figure}[h]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{Fig8.png}
	\caption{Emissivity of a polished silica–vacuum interface as function of temperature.}\label{fig8}
\end{figure}
 As explained in the main text of the manuscript, only the minimum and maximum emissivity traces (green and yellow lines, respectively) are used for further calculations.

\subsection*{Modification of the emissivity by pollutants}
The fact that the absorption of the heating laser is dominated by pollutants implies, according to Kirchhoff's law, that heat radiation in the spectral region of the heating laser wavelength is primarily emitted by the pollutants. Here we show that the overall emittance of the fiber is, however, only weakly modified by the presence of the pollutants and is well-described assuming a pure silica fiber. We first give a brief summary of the arguments which are then presented in detail.

In essence, the absorption of the pollutant in the near infrared (NIR: $\sim(0.7$--$2)~\upmu$m) spectral range only dominates because of the extreme transparency of the silica. However, it is still extremely small and, in particular, negligible compared to that of silica in the long-wavelength infrared (LWIR: $\sim(6$--$30)~\upmu$m) range where the latter is opaque, see Fig~\ref{fig:nhat:silica}. As a result, the emittance of the total structure (silica nanofiber including the pollutants) is dominated by the properties of silica in the relevant spectral regions, i.e., where the vast majority of the heat radiation is emitted.

More in detail, we determined the TOF transmission loss caused by the pollutant from a measurement of the intracavity loss at the probe wavelength and found $A\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})< 2\cdot 10^{-2}$ \cite{Wuttke2012}. Only a fraction of this transmission loss is actually caused by absorption as it also includes scattering losses due to non-adiabatic mode transformation in the taper sections and scattering losses caused by the pollutants. As a conservative estimation, we still assume that the entire transmission loss through the TOF is due to absorption caused by the pollutants. From  $A\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})$ we determine an effective extinction coefficient at the probe laser wavelength
\begin{equation}
	k\sub{eff}(\lambda\sub{probe})=\frac{A\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})\,\lambda\sub{probe}}{4\pi\,L\sub{waist} }< 3\cdot 10^{-7}~.
\end{equation}
This is seven orders of magnitude smaller than the peak extinction coefficient of fused silica in the LWIR range $k\sub{silica}\sim 1$, see Fig.~\ref{fig:nhat:silica}.
As a consequence, even for temperatures as high as 2000~K, the spectral radiated power of the pollutants in the NIR range is much smaller than the spectral radiated power of silica in the LWIR range because the corresponding ratio of spectral radiances given by Planck's formula does by far not overcompensate this factor.

Moreover, from $A\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})$, we can infer an estimate of the effective layer thickness of the pollutants by comparing this value to what is observed in surface absorption spectroscopy of nanofiber-adsorbed dye molecules \citep{Warken2007}: If the pollutants were perfectly black molecules with an extinction coefficient $k\sub{pol}$ on the order of 1, the absorption of $A\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})=2~\%$ in the NIR spectral range would correspond to less than 1~\permil~of a closed monolayer of these molecules on the nanofiber surface or, equivalently, an effective layer thickness of less than $1$~pm. Even if $k\sub{pol}(\lambda\sub{probe})$ was two orders of magnitude lower (i.e., slightly more transparent than indium tin oxide) the corresponding effective layer thickness would still be below 0.1~nm. This means that the pollutant would contribute a volume fraction below $f\sub{V}=5\cdot 10^{-4}$ to the nanofiber which we take as an upper limit in the following.

Using $f\sub{V}$, we can now estimate the maximum value that the effective extinction coefficient can possibly reach in any part of the spectrum. It is given by the maximum possible value of the pollutants extinction coefficient (which is on the order of $k\sub{pol}\sim 1$) multiplied by the volume fraction, yielding $k\sub{eff}(\lambda\sub{max})\sim 5\cdot 10^{-4}$. This is more than four orders of magnitude smaller than the peak value for fused silica in the LWIR range.

Assuming this worst-case value for the entire spectrum, we find a maximum relative deviation of the radiated power with and without pollutant of 20~\% at 2000~K, see Fig.~\ref{fig:deviation}.
\begin{figure}
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{WorstCaseDeviation_5e-4.png}
	\caption{Calculated relative deviation of the radiated power with and without pollutant. The upper estimate of the absolute radiated power with pollutants that enters into this ratio has been obtained by adding $k\sub{eff}=5\cdot 10^{-4}$ to the spectral extinction coefficient of fused silica and computing the far-field radiation of a 500~nm cylinder composed a material with the resulting dielectric function. We also show the relative uncertainty of the emittance due to the uncertainty of the dielectric function of silica (see above). We find that the worst case estimate of the deviation caused by the pollutants is smaller than the uncertainty caused by the dieletric function. \label{fig:deviation}}
\end{figure}
We note that several worst-case estimations entered this value: We overestimated the pollutant's absorption by assuming it solely responsible for the entire TOF transmission losses. We assumed that the pollutants have a low extinction coefficient at the probe laser wavelength yielding a large layer thickness of pollutants and thus a large volume fraction. And finally, we assumed that pollutants are totally opaque ($k\sub{pol}~\sim 1$) at all wavelengths except for the probe laser wavelength.

\subsection*{Pre-heating procedure}
Prior to each cycle of heating and successive cooling, we establish a reproducible thermal situation by an initializing pulse sequence of the heating laser: First the heating laser power is set to a high value (80$-$160~mW) and is sent through the TOF for 30~s. This heating time is significantly longer than the thermalization time constant of the unprocessed fiber parts of $\sim$8~s, determined in an independent measurement by tracking the central wavelength shift of the FBG stop-band. Then, the heating laser is switched off for 2~s. This cooling time is ten times longer than the thermalization time constant of the nanofiber, see main text. This ensures that the nanofiber is thermalized at ambient temperature while the unprocessed fiber exhibits a constant initial condition.

\subsection*{Optical path length change}
The optical path length change has its origin in three basic effects: The thermo-optic and the strain-optic effect of silica, i.e., the temperature- and strain-dependence of its refractive index, $n$, as well as the radial thermal expansion of the fiber. All effects lead to a change of the so-called V-parameter of the vacuum-clad fiber waist \citep{YarivOE}, $V=2\pi a \sqrt{n^2-1}/\lambda_0$, either via a change of $n$ or via a change of the fiber radius $a$. This results in a change of the effective refractive index of the fundamental HE$_{11}$ fiber mode in which the light is guided through the TOF, $n_\mathrm{eff}=\beta(V)/k_0$, where $\beta(V)$ is the $V$-dependent propagation constant of the HE$_{11}$ mode \citep{YarivOE} and $k_0=2\pi/\lambda_0$.

The tensile stress of the fiber varies with temperature because of the axial thermal expansion of the fiber: Following the heat-and-pull process, the TOF is pre-strained before fixing it to its mechanical mount, leading to an elongation of the nanofiber waist by $\Delta L_\mathrm{strain}/L_0=5\cdot 10^{-2}$ of its original physical length $L_0$. This elongation is much larger than the axial thermal expansion of the nanofiber which, assuming an unstrained nanofiber and a thermal expansion coefficient of silica of $\alpha_\mathrm{te}=(\Delta L/L)/\Delta T=(4-7)\cdot 10^{-7}\,/$K \citep{NISTSRM739}, would be of the order of $\Delta L_\mathrm{therm}/L_0\approx 10^{-3}$ for the maximum measured temperature of 2000~K. As a consequence, the axial thermal expansion of the nanofiber does not modify the length of the pre-strained nanofiber but rather lowers its tensile stress. This leads to a change of $n$ via the strain-optic effect and to an increase of $a$ due to the reduced transversal contraction of the nanofiber.

The thermally-induced change of the effective refractive index for a given fiber radius is thus given by:
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
\frac{\mathrm{d} n\sub{eff}(a,T)}{\mathrm{d} T} = \frac{\partial n\sub{eff}(a)}{\partial n}\left(\frac{\partial n (T)}{\partial T}-n\,\alpha\sub{te}(T)\,\alpha \sub{so}\right)\\
+\frac{\partial n\sub{eff}(a)}{\partial a} (1+\mu\sub{P})\alpha\sub{te}(T)\,a,\label{eq:dndT}
\end{split}
\end{equation}
where $\partial n(T)/\partial T$ is the thermo-optic coefficient of silica, $\alpha\sub{so}=(\Delta n /n )/(\Delta L\sub{strain}/L_0)=-0.206$ is the strain-optic coefficient of silica \citep{Borrelli1968}, and $\mu\sub{P} = -0.168$ is Poisson's ratio for silica \citep{Borrelli1968}.

In the literature, the thermo-optic coefficient of silica is well characterized for room temperature. However, few studies have been carried out for temperatures exceeding $\sim$800 K. To our knowledge, the widest temperature range (300~K $-$ 1570~K) has been characterized using the thermally induced wavelength shift of a FBG-mirror stop-band $\Delta\lambda_\mathrm{B}$ \citep{Liao2009}. From the latter, the thermo-optic coefficient has been extracted for a wavelength of $\sim$1570~nm by using
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{\lambda\sub{B}}\,\frac{\mathrm{d} \lambda\sub{B}}{\mathrm{d} T} = \left[(1-\alpha\sub{so})\alpha\sub{te}(T)+\frac{1}{n} \frac{\partial n(T)}{\partial T} \right]
\end{equation}
where $\lambda\sub{B}$ is the central wavelength of the FBG stop-band \citep{Pal2004}. Based on this data, we applied an established model that predicts the dispersion of the thermo-optic coefficient \citep{Palik1998} to compute its value at the probe wavelength of $\lambda_0=852$~nm used in our experiment. By fitting the temperature-dependent refractive index change with a 2nd-order polynomial function (coefficient of determination: $R^2=1-6\cdot 10^{-6}$) and by differentiating the latter with respect to the temperature, we obtain the temperature dependent thermo-optic coefficient:
\begin{equation}
	\frac{n(T)}{\partial T} = 9.627(9)\cdot 10^{-6}+7.74(1)\cdot 10^{-9}\,(T-299~\mathrm{K})\label{eq:therm:thermooptic:coefficient}
\end{equation}
 We compared the prediction of our fit with values extracted from several literature sources that use various methods \citep{Wray1969,Palik1998,Tan2000,Pal2004} and find a relative error of the predicted refractive change index change with respect to the literature values of $\Delta(\partial n/\partial T)/(\partial n/\partial T)<10~\%$. We note that the data from all cited works also qualitatively agrees with the temperature dependence predicted by equation~\ref{eq:therm:thermooptic:coefficient}. We also note that, to our knowledge, the thermal expansion coefficient is known up to 1000~K \citep{NISTSRM739}. For higher temperatures we therefore employ a linear extrapolation of the two highest temperature values measured in \citep{NISTSRM739}.

The resulting thermal change in the effective refractive index is plotted as function of temperature in Fig.~\ref{fig4}.
\begin{figure}[h]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{Fig4.png}
	\caption{Temperature dependence of the effective thermo-optic coefficient and its contributions for a fiber diameter of 500~nm.}\label{fig4}
\end{figure}
In all the above considerations, the effect of the fiber core has been neglected. This is justified because the core constitutes a negligible fraction ($<0.5~\%$) of the fiber material which contributes to the guiding of the light in the nanofiber section and, in addition, has similar optical properties as the cladding material.

\subsection*{The TOF radius profile }
The tapered optical fibers used in this experiment are produced from standard single-mode optical fibers with a cladding diameter of 125~$\mu$m. For this purpose, we employ a custom-built computer-controlled fiber pulling rig which allows us to fabricate TOFs with a predetermined radius profile. We chose a TOF radius profile which includes a nanofiber waist with a constant subwavelength diameter that is enclosed symmetrically by two fiber tapers as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig5}.
\begin{figure}[htb]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{Fig5.png}
	\caption{Simulated radius profile of the tapered section of TOF-resonator \#1.}\label{fig5}
\end{figure}
In a standard optical fiber, the light is guided by the core–cladding interface whereas in the nanofiber section the core has a negligible effect and the light is guided the cladding–vacuum interface. In these subwavelength optical nanofibers, a significant fraction of the optical power propagates outside of the fiber in the form of an evanescent wave that extends several hundred nanometers into the vacuum. A standard fiber exhibits a small refractive index difference between the core and the cladding and the fundamental fiber mode can be approximated by the weakly guided LP$_{01}$-mode. To reach a high transmission through the TOF, this mode has to be adiabatically transformed by the taper transition to match the fundamental HE$_{11}$-mode of the strongly guiding nanofiber \citep{YarivOE}. This is achieved by a taper profile that is composed of three linear sections followed by an exponential decrease adjacent to the waist (see Fig.~\ref{fig5} for TOF-resonator \#1). In the first and third linear section of the taper, the fiber diameter is reduced with comparably large angles, $\Theta_1$ and $\Theta_3$, whereas in the second linear section, the transition from a core- to cladding-guided mode takes place and the angle $\Theta_2$ has to be chosen small enough to ensure an adiabatic transformation.

The TOFs used in the experiment are produced from Fibercore SM800 single mode optical fibers, using the parameters given in Tab.~\ref{tab1}, where $r_1$ and $r_2$ are the cladding radii at the transitions between the linear taper sections.
\begin{table}
	\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
		\hline
		sample & $\Theta_1$ & $\Theta_1$ & $\Theta_1$ & $L_\mathrm{waist}$\\\hline
		TOF-resonator \#1 & 5 mrad & 2 mrad & 4 mrad & 10 mm\\\hline
		TOF-resonator \#2 & 5 mrad	& 2 mrad & 4 mrad & 5 mm\\\hline
	\end{tabular}
	\caption{Parameters of the two TOF radius profiles of the two samples used in this experiment.}\label{tab1}
\end{table}
Previous measurements have shown that the actual TOF radius profile agrees with the simulated radius profile within the measurement accuracy of $\approx 10$~\% \citep{Wiedemann2010,Stiebeiner2010}.

\subsection*{Mechanical stability at high temperatures}
While the upper temperature limit exceeds the glass transition temperature of fused silica of about 1450~K \citep{Doremus2002} no breaking due to melting has been observed. To investigate this further we heated TOF-resonator~\#2 to its breaking point by increasing the heating power step-wise. Here, the pre-heating procedure has been omitted to prevent it from damaging the fiber and the heating time was extended to $1.25$~s. We found a maximum heating power at which the fiber maintained its mechanical stability as high as $192(10)$~mW with $\Delta L_\mathrm{opt}^\mathrm{max}=235(5)~\upmu$m, the latter corresponding to a predicted equilibrium waist temperature of $T\sub{waist} = (2515\pm 255)$~K. We note, that the uncertainty only includes that of the heat exchange rates and is actually higher due to the extrapolation used for the thermo-optic coefficient.

We now theoretically examine the mechanical stability of the fiber by treating it as a thin viscous filament with a temperature dependent viscosity $\eta(T)$. Therefore, we compute the characteristic time of the viscous dynamic in dependence of the temperature and compare it to the measurement cycles. As the fiber is pre-strained we have to consider two different characteristic time constants: The relaxation from the initial strain in the fiber $\sigma_i$ by elongation which happens on the timescale of
\begin{equation}
	\tau_s=\frac{3\,\eta}{\sigma_i}
\end{equation}
and the fusing at which the initial strain is already released and gravity causes the deformation
\begin{equation}
	\tau_v = \frac{\eta}{3\,\rho\,g\,L_0}~,
\end{equation}
where $g$ is the gravitational acceleration \citep{Koulakis2008}. We use an Arrhenius-model fit to the viscosity of silica from literature which was obtained from measurement values in the temperature range $(1400-2500)$~K:
\begin{equation}
	\eta(T) = 5.8\cdot 10^{-8}\,\exp\left(E\sub{a}/(RT)\,\right)\mathrm{~Pa\,s}~,
\end{equation}
 where $R$ is the molar gas constant and $E_a=515.4~\mathrm{kJ/mol}$ is the activation energy \citep{Doremus2002}. The results for the characteristic times are shown for the cases in which the fiber only experiences gravity and that of axial strain in Fig.~\ref{fig:chartimes}.
\begin{figure}[htb]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=8.4cm]{Fluid_dynamic_timescale_paper.png}
	\caption{Characteristic time scales of the viscous deformation dynamics caused by gravitation and different axial strains. The interpolated range is marked blue. \label{fig:chartimes}}
\end{figure}
We find a rapid decrease of the characteristic times with increasing temperature that covers many orders of magnitude. When the fiber is heated, the strain is released due to viscous elongation of the fiber up to the point at which the strain is too small for a significant change on the time scale of one measurement cycle $\tau_s > 60$~s. With that we estimate the remaining stress after heating to temperature of $T\approx 1800$~K to be $\sigma> 100$~kPa. As this is the stress at the maximum temperature and, thereby, maximum thermal elongation, it is ensured that the fiber stays stressed during the measurements.

The temperature at which the fiber fuses should occur when the characteristic time $\tau_v\approx(0.5-5)$~s becomes comparable to the measurement cycle which occurs at a temperature of $T=(2710\pm140)$~K. This is in excellent agreement with the value obtained from the measurement

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Kay Motsepe Schools Cup dates confirmed
The eagerly anticipated Kay Motsepe Schools Cup will kick off on July 29, with Kanyamazane Stadium in Mpumalanga hosting the first round of provincial matches.
The ultimate goal that schools around the country will be fighting it out for is the majestic trophy and R1 Million prize money that was claimed by Clapham High School, who have now won the competition back to back in two different years.
The Kay Motsepe Schools Football Cup has been in existence for the past 10 years and is regarded as having the largest prize money in the world for school's football; with the winning school receiving R1 million from a total annual prize money of R3.4 million. The runners up receive a prize money of R600 000 while the third placed finishers receive R500 000. The fourth placed finishers are guaranteed R400 000 in prize money.
The schools that win the competition in each of the nine provinces of South Africa receive prize money of R100 000 each.
The National Championships are scheduled to take place in KwaZulu-Natal between 3-7 October.
Schools that have made it to the provincial championships, with well over 25 000 invited from around the country, will meet in provincial events that will be played in Mokopane in the Limpopo Province, Boksburg in Gauteng, Mahikeng in the North West Province, Kuruman in the Northern Cape and Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal.
The last provincial meets will be in Cape Town in the weekend of 15-16 September.
For youngsters that will take place in the football extravaganza, the biggest goal is to emulate Kay Motsepe alumnus such as Mamelodi Sundowns star Percy Tau, Jabulani Shongwe and Phakamani Mahlambi, who is a PSL champion with Bidvest Wits, as well as Sundowns Multi Choice Diski Challenge winners Keletso Makgalwa and Motjeka Madisha.
All the players have at one stage graduated to national teams, with Tau making and scoring on his Bafana Bafana debut. Makgalwa is currently in South Korea, where he is representing South Africa in the U20 World Cup with Thabo Senong's team.
The success stories also give hope as this will positively contribute to the brilliant SAFA Vision 2022 program that seeks to unearth quality players who will star for the country at the next FIFA World Cups.
Clapham head into the tournament as firm favourites after winning the competition three times in the last five years.
They will face stiff competition Rosina Sedibane, who are past Champions, and Harmony High School, who are last year's runner ups.
Tshwane based Clapham claimed the crown in 2013, before winning it in 2015 and in the last year, where they won against Harmony High School from Free State to claim the coveted title.
The tournament is also know to attract scouts from all over the country, with Junior national team coaches, as well as coaches of professional teams who are looking for raw talents to plan for the future.
DATE PROVINCE AREA VENUE
29th July 2017 Mpumalanga Mbombela Kanyamazane Stadium
5th August 2017 Gauteng Boksburg Reiger Park Stadiun
12th August 2017 Limpopo Mokopane Mahwelereng Stadium
9th August 2017 Free State Welkom Bronville Stadium
19th August 2017 North West Mafikeng N.W. University
25/26 August 2017 N. Cape Kuruman Kalahari H School
2nd September 2017 KZN New Castle Arbour Park
15/16 September 2017 W. Cape Mossel Bay/Cape Town Van Riebeek Moss gas/UWC

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Dave 'Smudger' Smith, a vastly experienced football journalist, respected by players and managers alike, has passed away suddenly.
Dave's early career was spent writing for both Match and Shoot magazines, where he worked his way through the editorial ranks, as chief feature writer, sub editor, assistant editor and then editor.
He was an early convert to digital journalism and for 10 years was editor of givemefootball.com, the official website of the Professional Footballers' Association of England and Wales (PFA).
In addition, he worked alongside the Press Association (PA), both providing content and editing the PFA's magazine, The Players' Club.
Gordon Taylor OBE, chief executive of the PFA, commented: "Dave was instrumental in establishing the PFA's online presence 17 years ago, as well as being the backbone as editor of its offline publications.
In recent years, Dave had been regularly working for both The People and the Sunday Mirror.
For the last three years, Smudger had been working alongside ex-England player and manager Glenn Hoddle, as editor of the new football news and views website zapsportz.com.
Here, Dave was using his vast experience in the digital world to deliver a new and exciting twist on the normal, mundane football sites that currently fill the online space.
Dave was taken ill last week and very sadly passed away only two days later. He is survived by his wife Carole and two children.
The funeral is 1pm on Wednesday 4 October, at Peterborough Crematorium, PE6 7JE. The wake is after at The Harrier, Gunthorpe Rd, Peterborough, PE4 7DS.
Dave, reading your articles was a pleasure. We will miss you.


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const HeapNode = require('../../src/_utils/heap-node');
const MinHeap = require('../../src/_utils/min-heap');
const assert = require('assert');
describe('min-heap', function () {
    describe('#pop()', function () {
        it('should return 1 then 2,3,6,7 when inserting 2,3,1 and then 7,6', function () {
            const minHeap = new MinHeap();
            minHeap.insert(new HeapNode(2));
            minHeap.insert(new HeapNode(3));
            minHeap.insert(new HeapNode(1));
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop().value, 1);
            minHeap.insert(new HeapNode(7));
            minHeap.insert(new HeapNode(6));
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop().value, 2);
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop().value, 3);
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop().value, 6);
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop().value, 7);
            assert.equal(minHeap.pop(), undefined);
        });
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With Harden back, Nets' Big Three available against Bulls
Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13) celebrates after his basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
CHICAGO (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets will have all three superstars available for just the second time this season when they meet the Eastern Conference-leading Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
James Harden was ready after missing a game because of a hyperextended left knee. So was Kyrie Irving after a sprained left ankle threw his status into question.
With those two joining Kevin Durant, the Nets were set to get a rare look this season at their Big Three in a showdown against the East's top two teams.
"It's really early," coach Steve Nash said. "But anytime those three get on the court together — we haven't seen it a lot over the course of the last year or so — it's exciting for us. If we can get dozens of games under our belt with those three playing, I think we can really develop something."
Harden did not play in Brooklyn's loss at Portland on Monday. The three-time NBA scoring champion was averaging 22.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 9.7 assists.
Irving tweaked his ankle against the Trail Blazers. But against Chicago, he was set to play for just the third time this season.
Irving, who has refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, is barred from suiting up in New York due to the city's mandate. He has resumed playing on the road.
Chicago implemented a similar vaccine mandate last week. But visiting professional and college athletes are allowed to play, as are non-resident performance artists.
More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
High School Game of the Week
2021 UConn Men's Basketball Schedule
2021 UConn Men's Basketball
Date Opponent Time TV
9/9 @Central Connecticut 6:30pm FS1%
9/13 @ Coppin State Noon FS2
9/17 @ Long Island 6:30pm FS2
9/20 @ Binghamton non FS2
9/24 vs. Auburn 2:30pm ESPN
9/25 vs. Michigan State/Loyola-Chicago TBD ESPN/ ESPN2
9/26 vs. TBD TBD TBD
9/30 @ Maryland-Eastern Shore 7:00pm CBS SN
12/4 @ Grambling State 4:00pm FS2
12/8 @West Virginia TBD TBD
12/11 vs. St. Bonaventure 3:30pm ESPN2
12/18 @ Providence 5:00pm FOX
12/21 @ Marquette 9:00pm FS1
12/28 @ Xavier 7:00pm FS1
1/1 vs. Butler 4:00pm FS1
1/8 @ Seton Hall Noon FOX
1/12 vs. St. John's 8:30pm FS1
1/15 @ Providence 2:00pm FS1
1/20 @ Butler 9:00pm FS1
1/25 @ Georgetown 8:30pm CBS SN
1/29 @ DePaul 6:30pm FS1
2/1 vs. Creighton 6:30pm FS1
2/5 @ Villanova Noon FOX
2/8 vs. Marquette 6:30pm FS1
2/13 @ St. John's Noon FOX
2/16 vs. Seton Hall 8:30pm CBS SN
2/19 vs. Xavier noon FOX
2/22 vs. Villanova 8:00pm FS1
2/27 @ Georgetown Noon CBS
3/2 @ Creighton 8:30pm FS1
3/5 vs. DePaul TBD TBD


https://trim-it-quick.myshopify.com/admin/settings/account/plan10-12' Tree Lighting Kit: Incandescent – Trim-It-Quick!
Due to back order of our 35" clear light sets, we have temporarily substituted the 7-35" light sets (100 ct) with 7-47" light sets (150 ct). The Kit will include 2300 Lights instead of 1950 for same price of $111.99. We apologize for the inconvenience.
5. Working toward the bottom of the tree, repeat with the remaining hook-strands, using the 18"" hook-strand at the top and the 35", 47", and 60" hook-strands as you work your way down. 6. For tangle-free storage hand the Trim-It-Quick hook-strands by the hooks or simply lay them in storage containers.


Your office might not look like The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL but it should look inviting.
The landscaping around your office or home says a lot about you. It of course has signs and directions informing people what kind of business you are, where they enter, drive, park, etc. However, subliminally it says how much care and attention you pay. If you pull up to a business which is run down or poorly maintained, it does not speak well to the level of excellence one can expect from that company. This may not be altogether true, however, it is certainly a common impression people get. With this in mind, it's important to keep your office's landscape looking sharp, and to mix it up every once in a while with a new addition. Here are some ideas.
When analyzing your landscaping, start with the entrance. It makes the biggest impression, is the most commonly seen, and is annoying when it is hard to find. While you should follow architectural and landscaping consistency, remember the main goal is to make the main entrance of the building as obvious and inviting as you can. This is best accomplished by adding things which attract the eyes like bright colors. A simple flower bed is a good balance between uncluttered and attractive. For instance, if your lawn requires a retaining wall, a small flower bed atop the wall would catch the eye while remaining out of sight. A well-marked, well-lit, nicely designed entrance will impress your clients and business partners.
Although you don't want to go too crazy with decorations surrounding your entrance, they are a great way to use the space around your building's lawn or driveway. As a true business person, get the best "return on investment" by picking a plant or shrub which does not require a great amount of care. You are not going to want to water plants daily. Plants are a great way to add some color and variety to your facility. Let's face it, most offices and company properties are not terribly exciting. They are designed for efficiency and production so a well-planned landscape can really make your business stand out from the competition.
Another great idea is to add furniture and accessories to increase the character to your outside space. There are new trendy looking pieces to go with classic and antique looking designs to suit whatever your style is. In addition, functional furniture like benches, chairs, and tables come in handy whether it's the public or your employees who need to sit down. Depending on your business, this could pull potential customers toward your entrance. As a final touch, you should consider adding some lawn ornaments, like garden statues, or modern pieces of art.
At Greener Horizon in Middleboro MA, we understand the planning and strategy which goes in to landscape design is not only vital, it can be intimidating. If you need help deciding what to do in regards to your lawn, gardens, or any other landscaping services be sure to contact our expert team. We will walk you through the process, answer any other landscaping questions you may have, and schedule a complementary consultation.


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Charlie Puth - We Dont Talk Anymore
"We Don't Talk Anymore" is a song produced and performed by American singer Charlie Puth from his debut studio album Nine Track Mind (2016). It features guest vocals from Selena Gomez. Jacob Kasher assisted the artists in writing the track. The song was released on May 24, 2016, as the third and final single from the album. It is a tropical house song with dance influences.
Music-EDM (Electronic) → Charlie Puth
Clean Bandit - Rockabye
"Rockabye" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring Jamaican dancehall singer Sean Paul and British singer Anne-Marie. It was released on 21 October 2016 and was their first single since Neil Amin-Smith's departure from the group. The song is about hardships of single mothers and alludes to the nursery rhyme, "Rock-a-bye Baby".
Music-EDM (Electronic) → Clean Bandit
The Chainsmokers - Paris
Paris is a single of the American duo The Chainsmokers . With the participation of the singer and composer American Emily Warren. It was released January 13, 2017, by the label Disruptor Records and Columbia Records .
Music-EDM (Electronic) → The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers - Closer
Closer is a piece of music producers EDM US Chainsmokers with the collaboration of American singer Halsey. Andrew Taggart, author of Chainsmokers, sings with the collaboration of the singer in the song. The single was released on iTunes and Spotify July 29, 2016 by the Disruptor and Columbia Records . The song was written by Andrew Taggart, Ashley Frangipane , Shaun Frank, Fredic Kennett, Isaac Slade and Joe King, and produced by the same Chainsmokers.
J Sutta - Distortion
"Distortion" is a single recorded by American singer/songwriter Jessica Sutta (released under her shortened "J Sutta" billing). The track, taken from her 2017 album I Say Yes, became her fourth number-one single in the United States on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, reaching the summit in its February 18, 2017 issue.
Music-EDM (Electronic) → J. Sutta
DJ Snake - Let Me Love You
"Let Me Love You" is a song recorded by French electronic music producer DJ Snake, taken as the third single from his debut studio album, Encore (2016). It features vocals from Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The artists co-wrote the song with Andrew Watt, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, and Louis Bell, while the song's production was handled by DJ Snake. The song was released on 5 August 2016, through Interscope Records. Its music video was released on 29 November 2016 in YouTube.
Music-EDM (Electronic) → DJ Snake
Music-EDM (Electronic)
Charlie Puth (1)
DJ Snake (1)
J. Sutta (1)
The Chainsmokers (2)


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Refuting some doubts regarding Aisha (r.a)
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Gift2Shias
As we seen AA moved their trash to new site. They have changed the address but not a content or approach. We can still see them doing their best in attempt to accuse companions and Islam in general. In this post we would deal with two accusations against Aisha, mother of all believers.
Shiapen says:
Ayesha and Hafsa tried to create rift between Prophet (s) and his wife Asma by attributing a lie to Prophet (s)
We read in Tabaqat Ibn Saad: Hamza bin Abi Usaid narrated from his father that he said: 'Allah's messenger got married to Asma bin al-Numan al-Jaunia. He sent me to bring her to him, then Hafsa said to Ayesha or Ayesha said to Hafsa: 'You color her hair while I will comb her hair'. Then they both did that, then one of them said to her (Asma): 'The prophet (pbuh) likes a woman to say to him: 'I seek refuge in the Lord of you'. When she entered on the prophet and he (prophet) closed the door and advanced his hand to her, she said: 'I seek refuge in the Lord of you."
Tabaqat Ibn Saad, Volume 8 page 145
Chain of this is following: Hisham ibn Muhammad – Ibn al-Ghasil (that's Abdurrahman ibn Sulaiman ibn Abdullah) – Hamza ibn Abu Sayyad – Father.
Hisham ibn Muhammad al-Kalbi was abandoned. Rafidi, and not truthful. ("Mizanul itidal" 4/304/*9237).
Ibn al-Ghasil was saduq with softness in him. ("Taqrib" 3887)
And shiapen says:
Ayesha tried to incite Prophet's wife Malika against Him (s)
We read in Tabaqat Ibn Saad:
Abu Masher said: 'The prophet (pbuh) got married to Malika bint Kaab, she was very beautiful, thus Ayesha went to her and said: 'Are you not ashamed of getting married to the killer of your father?'
Ibn Sad reported it from his shaykh Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi, which was abandoned.
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Terry grew up in Texas, and her Samuel Craddock series, set in the fictitious town of Jarrett Creek, is based on the fascinating people, landscape, and culture of the small town where her grandparents lived.
The first book in the series A Killing at Cotton Hill received the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery of 2013. It was nominated for The Strand Critics Award and a Left Coast Crime award for Best Mystery.
The Last Death of Jack Harbin was nominated for a Macavity Award for Best Novel and was named one of the top ten mysteries of 2014 by Library Journal. MysteryPeople named Shames one of the top five Texas mystery authors of 2015.
Her sixth, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock, a prequel, January 2017, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it a "superior" novel with "resonance in the era of Black Lives Matter." Read more from Publishers Weekly on An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock.
Terry's background
Terry grew up in Lake Jackson, on the Gulf Coast, attending Brazosport High School, where her friends will not be surprised to learn that she was heavily involved in theater, acting and directing, and in the school chorus.
To finance her undergraduate years at the University of Texas in Austin, she worked as a secretary to a larger-than-life law professor, a waitress, and for two summers worked at Yellowstone National Park—some of the most fun she ever had, and where she made lifelong friends from all over the country.
After graduating from UT, she joined the CIA, where she was trained at Langley, Virginia as a computer programmer/analyst. She worked in that field for the next several years, moving from Washington, D.C., to Denver, Colorado and eventually settling in San Francisco.
Burned out in the stress of the computer world, and wanting to concentrate on writing, she attained her real estate license and worked in that field while she got her MA in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
No matter what job she pursued, she was always writing, and had a few short stories published in small literary magazines.
Her first foray into novel-writing was a sci-fi novel of the extra-terrestrial variety—now safely tucked away in a drawer. From there she began writing mystery novels, taking a break while her son was in school. When he was a senior, she went back to writing, and soon began work on the Samuel Craddock series.
Terry now lives in Berkeley with her husband and two rowdy terriers. Her son, Geoffrey, lives in Los Angeles, where he works in social media. She is president of Northern California Sisters in Crime and on the board of Northern California Mystery Writers of America.


Curiosity is the father of invention.
Education. Exploration. Exploitation. I call them 3Es, my continuous phase in life as a designer. There will always be a working period where your skills are highly exploited, but do not be worry, that is just part of the phase. The fourth E is Evolution, but that is only for primates.
Today, design is no longer—merely—about design.
Design do not kill people, bad designs do.
There is no single truth in this world—as well as in the others, if we are living in a parallel universe.
People are free to judge. People are free to have their own opinions. You are also free to ignore.
The absence of—vehicle—horn makes you a patient driver.
Your temper is reflected by how you drive.


Kånken was created in 1978 to help prevent back problems among Swedish school children and, since then, has become one of Fjällräven's most appreciated products. The Mini-version is suitable for small children.
The shoulder straps are long and adjustable and fit both small and big backs. They can be fastened with a clasp so that they are not in the way when at their tightest. The material is hard-wearing, lightweight Vinylon F fabric that is able to withstand dirt and wetness. The main compartment has a large zipped opening, which makes it easy to pack and unpack. Two flat side pockets and a zipped pocket on the front. The included PE foam seat cushion is stored in the interior back pocket and also prevents the contents in the main compartment from poking against your back.


It's become an annual tradition for me to post on Memorial Day. Since shortly after the Civil War families of those who were killed in war have felt the need to commemorate their sacrifices. Since 1868 it has been a national holiday, now celebrated on the 4th Monday of May. Last year I noted that 4083 of our young men and women have died in Iraq since 2003. The number is now 4300.
That is, in a sense, good news in that only 217 have died in the last year, but that's of little consolation to their families. The major focus of the war is moving to Afghanistan and I'm having a hard time finding a web page that tracks casualties there.
Regardless, it's a good day to thank a veteran.
Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons. I want to apologize to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation.
OK, now for some facts.
First, I'm not impressed with the fact that he passed about 15 drug tests; we expect the players to pass all their drug tests, not 15 out of 16. Many people in this country who don't play baseball (myself included) work for companies that do drug testing and none of us could imagine defending ourselves by claiming that we're usually clean.
Second, he tries to distance himself from this by claiming that he went to a physician for a "personal health issue." I'm not sure what this issue is, but the team physicians on all teams tell players not to take anything they haven't approved. They are the MD's who know what is allowed and not allowed and even if Manny felt the need to seek medical treatment outside the team, he could at least have shown the medication to the team MD and asked if it was allowed.
Finally, this medication is not something you'd expect a healthy 36 year old man to take. It's called human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG. This is normally taken by women who are trying to conceive and it's also used as an early pregnancy test. Manny is probably not trying to get pregnant but it's also used to mask the use of artificial testosterone which was also found. You can read an excellent article on ESPN; it states that a test during spring training showed an elevated level of testosterone. Further tests showed the testosterone came from an artificial source, and there was other evidence of hCG use. This gave MLB the justification for the suspension.
The worst of this is that the Dodgers were doing so well. They are currently 21-9 and until just recently were undefeated at home. They are still a good team and I expect they will win the NL West this year but there's no way around the fact that Manny has let down his teammates, his team, and the fans in Los Angeles. His bat will be silent for the next 50 games and this was because he made a poor choice.
I hope he spends the next 50 games looking for ways to pay back the fans of Los Angeles.
It's the beginning of May and that means it's time for Nancy's annual PAS meeting. Last year was in Hawaii and we knew it would be hard to beat. While Nancy goes to meetings, I get to explore the city and do some genealogy research. Or at least I could if it weren't raining the whole time. We're planning to leave today and it's been raining nonstop since we arrived.
Baltimore may appear to be a strange place to do family tree research, but there is a connection. Some of my ancestors were Acadians who inhabited present day Nova Scotia (I was called "Acadia" then). In 1763 the British deported them. My ancestors went to New Brunswick, many went to New Orleans (where they became Cajuns) and a few went to Baltimore. One of these was my 2nd cousin, 6 times removed, Daniel LeBlanc (1729-1810) who died in Baltimore. The chance of finding his tombstone is essentially nil (the original cemetery was abandoned and the bodies moved with the stone. Stones at that point were marble and would not have survived 200 years and a move) but perhaps there were some descendants I could trace. Alas, the idea of taking a bus halfway across town and tramping around a cemetery in the pouring rain didn't sound very appealing and I'll have to wait until my next trip to Baltimore for this.
The good news department is that we leave today for Virginia. My nephew Nathan is graduating from Old Dominion University on May 9th and I'll be able to be there for that. I just hope the weather breaks.


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India became a great nation due to its Constitution: Somu Veerraju
"No country could ignore India as it made rapid strides in diverse fields over the years amidst heavy odds that were stacked against it," Somu Veerraju said.
January 26, 2023 12:10 pm | Updated 08:48 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA
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A file photo of BJP State President Somu Veerraju. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
BJP State president Somu Veerraju hailed the Constitution as an instrument that made India a great nation and the world's largest democracy which every citizen is proud of.
"China might be the most populous country but it is not a democracy and monarchy is still continuing in Britain whereas India emerged as a global power by virtue of it being a democracy built on the foundation of its Constitution that has a few parallels," he said.
Unfurling the national flag at the BJP office in Vijayawada on the occasion of the 74th Republic Day on January 26, Mr. Veerraju said various democratic institutions stood India in good stead and its Presidential system is unique. "It is the Constitution that made the rise of a tea vendor to the exalted position of Prime Minister possible," he said.
Eminent persons such as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam raised the stature of the office of President of India. Mr. Veerraju further said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was striving to make India a great nation whose importance cannot be overlooked.
"India is becoming stronger by the day whereas Pakistan is spending a fortune on defence even as its people were fighting on the streets for daily ration due to the unprecedented economic crisis prevalent in that country. Today, India is holding the presidency of the Group of Twenty nations."
"No country could ignore India as it made rapid strides in diverse fields over the years amidst heavy odds that were stacked against it. Every individual should rededicate to the national well-being and progress on this day that marks the coming into force of the Constitution, Mr. Veerraju said.
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"And the rain falls gently on the town" is the English translation of a verse by Arthur Rimbaud ("il pleut doucement sur la ville") that Jim Morrison included in a not very popular song of his, "The Hill Dwellers". When one reads Morrison's lyrics, it is noticeable that Rimbaud immensely influenced one of the most poetic singers in the history of American music ("The Chrystal Ship" was obviously influenced by Rimbaud's Le bateau ivre, for instance).
Yes, Eileen! This poem is beautiful and Rimbaud's verse is precisely its epigraph, which seems to refer to the difficult relationship he had with Rimbaud.


We knew Sleepy Hollow was getting an ambitious retooling for the third season, and now we know a few more characters who will join Abbie and Ichabod as series regulars.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Appelman and Lance Gross have been promoted to series regulars for the show's third year. We'd previously heard Appelman would be reprising his role as Joe Corbin this year, but we didn't know how much we'd actually see of him until now. Appelman played the son of late Sheriff August Corbin. His character is a Marine and will team up with Jenny (Lyndie Greenwood) to research the spookiness that Sheriff Corbin was studying before his death.
Gross will play Abbie's new boss Daniel Reynolds, the FBI special agent in charge in Sleepy Hollow. He apparently has a history with Abbie, though we don't know exactly how he'll adjust to the weirdness of Sleepy Hollow. Gross will hopefully bring a fresh angle to the series as it looks to reinvent itself, but we'll still miss Orlando Jones' Frank Irving. He was a great character who suffered from bad writing and a general lack of ideas. You will be missed, Irving.
"Lance and Zach are both very talented and welcome additions to our Sleepy cast," new showrunner Clifton Campbell told The Hollywood Reporter. "There are rich stories to be told with these characters and we believe that fans will embrace these new -- and quite mysterious -- developments in the Sleepy Hollow world."
The new season of the new-look Sleepy Hollow is set to premiere Thursday, Oct. 1, on Fox.


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Q: Class/Activity instance passed as parameter is null when assigning it to a class-wide variable and using it I'm having some trouble with figuring out why my class-wide variable is null when I assign it in the method that receives it. I've tried reading other questions with regards to difference between references to variables, objects and so on but I can't really wrap my head around it and figure it out.
public class Class1 {
  private TestActivity testActivity;

  // This line of code is ran when an event is triggered:
  // But  testActivity seems  to be null and I get
  // Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException:
  //Attempt to invoke virtual method on this line:
  testActivity.getBackData(var);

  public void setParam(TestActivity testA){
    // Running testA.getBackData(var) here works fine.
    // But assigning this.testActivty makes testActivity
    //null outside of this method.
    this.testActivity = testA;
  }
}

The activity:
public class TestActivity extends Activity {
  protected void onCreate...{
    Class1  c = new Class1();

    c.setParam(TestActivity.this);
  }

  public String getDataBack(String str){}

}

Thank you.

A: You are trying to call the method of TestActivity with:
public class Class1 {
  private TestActivity testActivity;

  // calling the method
  testActivity.getBackData(var);

}

which is a logic error.
You can only call the specific method of a class inside your method like this:
public class Class1 {
  private TestActivity testActivity;

  public void setParam(TestActivity testA){
    this.testActivity = testA;

    // calling the method
    testActivity.getBackData(var);
  }
}

Your following comment:
  // This line of code is ran when an event is triggered:
  // But  testActivity seems  to be null and I get
  // Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException:
  //Attempt to invoke virtual method on this line:
   testActivity.getBackData(var);

is not how the Java works.

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For Release –September 14, 2019
Bristle Vale by KB Home Opens for Sales in
Summerlin's Stonebridge Village
Bristle Vale by KB Home, the newest neighborhood in the village of Stonebridge in the master-planned community of Summerlin®, is now open for sales. This new gated neighborhood, located just minutes from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, features 11 floorplans that are new to the community.
Homes at Bristle Vale will offer from three to six bedrooms, from two to four-and-one-half bathrooms and all include a two-car garage in a variety of single- and two-story elevations. Bristle Vale homes range from 1,787 to 3,063 square feet and priced from the mid-$300,000s.
Homes built by KB Home adhere to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® 3.0 guidelines, and each home is certified by an independent testing company to be ENERGY STAR® compliant. That means every home at Bristle Vale will meet or exceed stringent energy saving requirements to provide optimal energy savings throughout the life of the home.
All these features, coupled with KB Home's built-to-order program, make Bristle Vale an especially strong value for homeowners looking for quality in a premier location, according to Danielle Bisterfeldt, VP-Marketing, Summerlin.
"Stonebridge is one of the most stunning Summerlin villages," said Bisterfeldt. "That's because the topography and location are exceptional, and there is a wide range of accessibly priced homes, including Bristle Vale, perfect for today's modern families."
Stonebridge is a 502-acre residential village featuring a Prairie Highland design theme that reflects and enhances the surrounding Mojave Desert environment through community elements, architecture, landscape, walls and color. Located on elevated topography just north of W. Charleston Blvd. near Summerlin's boundary with Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Eight neighborhoods are now selling at Stonebridge. In addition to Bristle Vale and Caledonia by KB Home they include Scots Pine and Skye Knoll by Richmond American Homes, Shadow Point by Toll Brothers, Westcott and Graycliff by Lennar and Bixby Creek by Woodside Homes.
Stonebridge Park, a 12-acre village park, is in the planning and design process. It is slated to include lighted soccer fields, basketball court with half courts at both ends, an adult exercise area, pickleball courts, shaded playground and picnic pavilions and restrooms. Other village amenities include Doral Academy Red Rock charter school serving grades K-11. Stonebridge is within close proximity to The Paseos Park, The Vistas Park, Community Center and Pool and the popular climbing- and adventure-themed Fox Hill Park.
A Stonebridge village address comes standard with all that Summerlin offers, including parks of all sizes; resident-exclusive community centers, pools and events; 150-plus miles of interconnected trails; ten golf courses; 26 public, private and charter schools; and the Downtown Summerlin® area with fashion, dining, entertainment, Red Rock Resort, office towers, City National Arena, home of the Vegas Golden Knights National Hockey League practice facility, and Las Vegas Ballpark®, a world-class Triple-A baseball stadium and home of the Las Vegas Aviators.
For information on Bristle Vale and other neighborhoods in the village of Stonebridge and throughout Summerlin, visit Summerlin.com.
CAPTION: Bristle Vale by KB Home, the newest neighborhood in the village of Stonebridge in the master-planned community of Summerlin, is now open for sales. This new gated neighborhood, located just minutes from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, features 11 floorplans that are new to the community. Homes at Bristle Vale range from 1,787 to 3,063 square feet and are priced from the mid-$300,000s.


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AIRPORT PROFILE
Why is San Francisco International making terminals quieter?
San Francisco International is trying to reduce noise pollution on site through its 'Quiet Airport' programme. The project includes initiatives such as eliminating over 90 minutes of unnecessary announcements each day and making elevators and walkaways less noisy. Adele Berti finds out more.
The seventh busiest airport in the US, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) used to be criticised for its prolonged public announcements, loud paging and excessively loud terminals. Now, it is en route to becoming one of the quietest airports in the US as a result of its 'Quiet Airport' programme, a two-year initiative aimed at tackling noise pollution at SFO's four terminals.
Rolled out between the end of 2019 and early 2020, the scheme has already helped remove over 90 minutes' worth of unnecessary daily noise throughout the airport and reduced overall on-site noise by more than 40%.
San Francisco Airport director of guest experience Christopher Birch discusses how the project came to life and the role it is playing in welcoming passengers back after Covid-19.
The 'Wild West' of sound
As Birch explains, 'Quiet Airport' was conceived to address customer complaints at SFO's international terminal.
"The sound environment there is a little bit different [from the other three] and there was no real consistency in the way that public announcements (PAs) were made, so being able to have a conversation with these constant interruptions became problematic," he says. "We also noticed that all carriers there were pushing their announcements out through all areas of the terminal, for every single flight, and paging off missing customers both in English and in their native language . . . and it was insanity."
Some airports were really clear to say that we needed to make an infrastructure change in collaboration with our partners
High noise levels were also coming from stereo systems at boarding gates, ticket and check-in counters, as well as automated features such as escalators and moving walkways – making SFO, as Birch puts it, the "Wild West in terms of sound".
Bringing noise levels down became paramount for the airport, which decided to look across the ocean for inspiration. "In Europe and Asia, [the concept of quiet airports] is somewhat common and some airports were really clear to say that we needed to make an infrastructure change in collaboration with our partners."
This led to a trial run with SFO's main carrier United Airlines, which vowed to limit its public announcements to active gates and the gate adjacent to them. The pilot's success led to a broader, airport-wide rollout between December 2019 and March 2020.
Inside the terminal at SFO. Credit: SFO
Breaking down the 'Quiet Airport' programme
The fast spread of Covid-19 in the US gave SFO only a few weeks to test the programme with normal volumes before it had to restrict traffic due to national lockdowns. However, this gave the airport's legacy airlines a chance to try different parts of the scheme without risking excessive disruptions.
The bulk of the programme was reducing the frequency and duration of unnecessary and intrusive sound through a restructuring of the airport's entire paging system. With four terminals spanning over 21,000km2, SFO worked to create individual zones that allowed it to push pages out to relevant areas only. "That was where we reduced [total noise levels] by probably 40% or maybe 50%," he says.
"We physically unplugged [carriers'] ability to make boarding area-wide paging, we removed [this option] from the boarding and the paging systems at the gate," explains Birch. "In place of that, we provided some tips to the agents on making more effective announcements, such as enunciating, going slower and rehearsing the customer's name before saying it on the PA."
The airport then moved on to ban all automatic announcements apart from those made by the Transportation Security Administration and anything safety and security related. "We pushed everything to the website and visual paging," he continues. "For example, we used to remind people not to get in unauthorised cabs, but that is not really a problem any more thanks to Uber and Lyft, so we removed it."
We provided some tips to the agents on making more effective announcements
Decibel limits were also imposed in areas operated by SFO's concessionaires, while passengers were encouraged to engage with airline apps, consult flight information screens or use the SFO text service to receive flight information updates. "At one point we had a situation where we had three carriers next to each other," Birch says. "All three had their separate systems, all playing music […] so we also told them they could not have stereo systems at boarding gates."
Achievements include reducing individual paging from 492 to 261 individual occurrences, whose cumulative duration went down from 145 minutes to 58 minutes. This equalled a 47% reduction in occurrences and a 60% cut to duration.
The exterior of SFO in 2016. Credit: Daily Travel Photos / Shutterstock.com
Improving the ambience at terminals after Covid-19
At the core of Quiet Airport was the idea that customers appreciate a less stressful airport environment. "Airports are places where people are nervous and anxious and you really don't want to add to that," comments Birch. "So whatever noise or sound is employed as a marketing vehicle or just to improve the ambience has to take everybody into consideration."
SFO first realised this in 2012, when it opened a yoga room at its Terminal 2. "Not a lot of people use the yoga room but everybody wants a picture of it and I think that was our first inkling of the fact that there's a health and wellness component at the airport," he says. "Health and wellness concepts definitely belong in an airport because a lot of people value that, whether it's the yoga room or sensory rooms or the type of food that we're providing."
This concept will acquire even more importance for SFO in the aftermath of Covid-19, which has added further stress to flying. "This is the industry's biggest reset button, it's never going to happen again," Birch continues. "So we're feeling like now is the time to implement new things and we can figure out what was really making customers' experience miserable."
This is the industry's biggest reset button, it's never going to happen again
With most of the scheme now underway, Birch and his team are now working on decreasing noise from airport equipment such as elevators, escalators and walkways, as well as looking at how to tackle anti-social behaviour on site.
"An area we're curious about is mobile devices and speakers," he says. "A lot of people have absolutely no reservations about having conversations on their phone or listening to music on speakerphone, so we're working on a campaign that makes the point that most people really don't want to listen to someone's calls or music."
Once these are implemented, efforts can then move on to supporting passengers with disabilities, who may struggle to cope with San Francisco's quiet programme. Becoming a silent airport will have to wait until issues such as emergency paging and aiding hearing-impaired customers are fully addressed. "We have Americans with Disabilities Act requirements here and that's going to be the tough one to incorporate," Birch concludes.
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Q: Installing StormCrawler 2.0 I want to install StormCrawler 2.0, but I am unable to locate the appropriate installation instructions. In particular, what versions of Apache Storm, Zookeeper, and Java is StormCrawler 2.0 compatible with?
Thanks!

A: The POM file for 2.0 contains the information you are after.

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*Java 8

*Apache Storm 2.1 (likely to be upgraded to 2.2 shortly)

*according to Storm's documentation ZK 3.3.3

You could have a look at Ansible Storm and see if you can get it to work with Storm 2 with a few changes?


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We Christians like to be comfortable. In addition to physical comfort, we also want our relationships to be comfortable. Since we are obsessed with comfort, we are reluctant to do anything ministry related if it makes us uncomfortable. However, Paul used a word in the first sentence of Philemon that illustrates a very different mentality we should emulate. Notice the word prisoner.
Paul was put in jail because of his ministry, but that didn't stop him from doing ministry. Paul continued to follow Jesus no matter how severely uncomfortable it was. We should have Paul's mindset because Jesus demands self-denial.
If we are serious about following Jesus Christ, we need to follow Paul's example and serve Jesus even when it is very uncomfortable to do so.


Why Chinese investors acquiring European Football Clubs?
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Why Chinese investors acquire European Football Clubs?
Since 2014, many Chinese companies targeting football clubs have sparked a buying spree among Chinese investors throughout China. According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2017, capital from China has already acquired stakes in 23 European football clubs, and this number is still growing continuously.
Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux, formerly known as Sino-Europe Sports and led by Chinese businessman Li Yonghong, completed the purchase of AC Milan's 99.93 percent stake from Fininvest in 2017. The deal, which valued the club at 740 million euros; China Media Capital (CMC) and CITIC Capital purchased a 13 percent stake in Manchester City's parent company, City Football Group (CFG), for $400 million; China's retail giant Suning Group has acquired 70 percent stake in Italian football club Inter Milan, a deal worth 270 million euros; Dalian Wanda scores 20% stake in Spanish football club Atletico Madrid for 45 million Euros; IDG Capital has purchased 20 percent of French football club Lyon.
After a series of acquisitions, there are many Chinese capitals in the five major European leagues (Premier league, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Ligue 1). On the one hand, it shows that China's sports industry, especially the football industry, has risen sharply in recent years. Through the power of capital to achieve its industrial upgrading and expansion. On the other hand, it has also demonstrated the ambition of Chinese corporations in their international strategy.
However, from a business perspective, Inter Milan's liabilities are more than 300 million Euros, and AC Milan also have more than 240 million Euros liabilities, these clubs are clearly unable to make profits in the short term. So, why is Chinese capital still enjoying this? What do they really want?
The good news from domestic related policies is an important impetus for enterprises to start layout and set foot in the sports industry spontaneously.
Football is China's earliest sport to promote professional reform. In 1994, the association started the current league system, and football became the first sport to achieve commercial success in China. However, due to the weak foundation of football and immature social conditions, especially since the sports industry was still under "the State-run sports system", football has not undergone much material reforms.
On February 27, 2015, at the 10th Meeting of the Central Reform Leading Group, headed by President Xi Jinping , 'The General Plan of Chinese Football Reform and Development' was passed. It is very rare that the central reform leading group has developed a reform program for one sport, which also explains the status of football in all sports. The implementation of the policy has set the agenda for the revitalization of football——as an important task for developing sports and construction of sports power.
The influence of policies is inestimable, and the top-down power of China is very powerful, especially in terms of execution. As we all know, Chinese President Xi Jinping is a big fan who has particularly deep affection for football. During the visit to the United States, Britain, Germany, Argentina, Russia, Ireland, France and other countries, President Xi has talked and even kicked the ball around the court.
"To qualify for a World Cup, to host a World Cup and to win a World Cup championship are three of my wishes." he said.
In view of this, Chen Jian, vice president of the China Society of Economic Reform (CSER), made it clear that the development of the football industry 'must be combined with private capital' and only rely on the government operation will not work.
This has enabled Chinese entrepreneurs to see the potential of the football industry, and to seize this opportunity to contribute to the development of Chinese football and to meet the golden age of football.
First of the all, the owners of Chinese consortia are most interested in the brand effect of the club, and most Chinese companies participating in overseas investments regard the overseas football industry as a bridge, which can connect the markets between domestic and overseas, and open up various channels to help enterprises achieve the international strategic goal of the brand.
In addition, the owners of Chinese consortia focus on the Academy and perfect youth training system of overseas clubs and seek to fundamentally promote the progress of Chinese football.
In the partnership between Wanda and Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid pledged to take a series of measure that will support the growth of Chinese football players and promote the development of football industry in China, such as developing training programs specifically for young players in China, investing in a new youth training center in Madrid, establishing three football schools in China and so on.
Li Jianguang, the partner of IDG Capital who acquired Lyon Club, said: "The most important part of this cooperation is bringing advanced experience and systems to China. We hope to promote the popularity of footballand build the talent selection and training to the new heights in China."It can be seen that most people are optimistic about Chinese capital M&A(Mergers and Acquisitions) overseas clubs. There is no doubt that the Chinese football industry has an immeasurable prospect.
Although the industry structure of China's overseas investment is continuously optimized, the strategy of supporting "going global" will not change for a long period of time, it is not a good thing to grow too fast.
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange(SAFE), Chinese companies invested in 7,961 overseas enterprises in 164 countries and regionsin the world, with a cumulative amount of RMB 1.1 trillion ($170.11 billion) in 2016, China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) increased 44.1% year-on-year.
In the aforesaid football clubs which Chinese capital has been invested, most of the acquisitions use non-equity capital. The domestic debt ratio of these consortia is very high. Once an overseas investment goes wrong, it will increase the risks for domestic banks and domestic financial environment.
Due to the lack of systematic planning and overheating of overseas investment in China, the follow-up management caused large economic loss. To address this situation, The State Council made public a series of measures that ensured the steady growth of foreign investment in August 2017. Its purpose is to hope investors can careful analysis of overseas investment risk before the decision-making, in order to deploy the corresponding prevention.
Policy clearly pointed out the limitation of overseas investment in sports clubs. Before and after the implementation of the policy, with the tightening of the China's financial policies on overseas clubs' investment, the project is still in process are influenced by different degree. The acquisition of AC Milan have to delay to pay the deposit and almost cannot complete the transaction because of domestic financial controls; Dalian Wanda's acquisition also experienced some twists and turns.
The new measures have proven effective. In the first ten months of 2017, China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) dropped 40.9% compared with the same period a year ago, official data showed.
On December 26, 2017, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) releases new rules to regulate outbound investment. The new rules, effective from March 2018, strengthened the regulatory measures for overseas investment, in order to ensure the stability and sustainability of overseas investment.
To some extent, the trend of capital indicates the prosperous conditions of the industry in the future. From sponsorship to the acquisition of the club, Chinese capital let the world football industry see the Chinese power. With the continuous improvement and standardization of policies and regulations, Chinese football is expecting a more long-term and more positive effect.


This XMMS plugin tries to convert sound into trajectories..
Watch the points move according to the music, and see the algorithm in action! The visual effect is that the points move in different directions corresponding to the sound components, effectively splitting the screen in different music zones. When a bass is played, the point moves in one direction, and in another for the trebles. With some training, one can "see" the instruments.
For the curious, here are more details. XMMS decomposes music in frequencies and send them to the plugin. For each frequency, a direction is associated computed on a logarithmic scale (and in an attempt to "linearize" the angle with the music notes). Then, a vector sum of all the directions defines a unique move for each audio canal.
Thus, the hope is that different note successions lead to different zones on the screen. If XMMS plays a bass or a percussion instrument, the point will move in a direction. And so on for the other instruments.


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Today, I am thinking about having clarity about life's purpose.
It was a powerful moment. The Scriptures go on to say that everyone in the synagogue just sat there and stared at him intently because he made it very clear who he was and why he was there.
Personally, this passage reminds me of the days when I tried to explain to someone what I believed God was calling me to do. I'd ramble on and on, confusing both myself and the person I was talking to.
One thing I observed in this passage is that prior to Jesus' appearance in the synagogue, he spent forty days and forty nights in the desert, being tested and being tempted. Clearly, going through a period of testing can bring about great clarity.
So today, if you were tested last year, clarity may follow this year.
Thanks for today's thought! Clarity will be my watch word.
Clarity in focus dealing with myself and then my world.
In 2019 I am a blessing to all in my world!
When I have clarity, I feel empowered!