Disclaimer: I wish they were mine, but really, they're not.
For all the things we've gone together, all the near deaths, all the narrow escapes, all the silent nights watching each other sleep and all the little details daily routine makes us share, it's never "the game is on" with Lois. Nothing that spells out a winner at the end is ever a game with her. The minute the pieces are in place, and we face each other, there's a silent declaration of war.
And I can swear tonight that woman is hunting for blood.
Kryptonian blood, to be exact.
So why on Earth does she pick Scrabble? It's not only the fact that she has certifiably atrocious spelling, but the very obvious reality that I can practically speak every single language on this planet, making my vocabulary well...extensive. She puzzles me.
I suddenly think it has something to do with Jason's spelling bee contest next week and that she might be a bit annoyed with everyone making fun of said atrocious spelling.
It is a running joke in the family by now, after all.
But open war or cold war, I generally try to make her have a good time, make the most of our time together, especially when Jason is not around. It's sort of a compromise, I guess, that I will make all the responsibilities of my life work: Father, superhero, husband and friend. Besides, it's not like this is a torture. I do love to see her stare in concentration at her next move -or her next word- practically hearing her thoughts coming to life.
The outstanding thing is that, what Lois lacks in vocabulary, she more than compensates with strategy. So what if she's spelling it "wierd" instead of "weird"? As I point it out, she happily corrects it, earning a triple word score and being 37 points ahead of me. Besides, her spelling is improving. Has been since the fourth game.
Believe me, I can tell. I can definitely tell. Years of proof reading and all.
Her heartbeat goes skyrocketing as a grin spreads across her face, and she hurriedly arranges letter after letter on the board.
I make nothing of it - it's just a word, after all - until her next sentence absently leaves her lips: "I would so definitely get the house."
It's just an afterthought for her. She happily bends down to scribble her score, a 50 point bonus added for getting down all her tiles at once. It's my heart that goes skyrocketing this time as I stare at her for a full minute before she finishes counting her score and starts fishing 7 new tiles from the bag.
"What?" she asks me once she notices the game is not moving forward. I hardly ever take more than a minute to figure out my next move.
"Do you mean it?" I quietly ask, frowning a little. She frowns in return, clearly not following what I'm saying. Then she frowns even deeper.
It sounds kind of stupid when she says it a second time. That uneasiness that sprung so fast into life seems kind of... paranoid now. I lower my eyes and start forming "N O S E" on the board.
"Well, of course," she continues in typical Lane fashion, once she's reading through me and what I had meant. "Think about it," she says in a more practical tone. "You and me, getting a divorce. How bad do you think it would have to get for us to be there?"
Bad. Actually, make that "bad" all in capitals and bold, please. This brings a whole new set of mental pictures to my mind, none of them pleasant. I can so vividly see myself in the middle of a 183 pile-up car accident while a furious Lois is still yelling at me about an argument I have had to leave unfinished. It wouldn't be fair for me, of course, since I wouldn't be able to argue back.
Granted, we hardly argue, but when we do, I like to have a saying on the matter.
I had bailed on her on so many occasions in our first year of marriage that she had to sit me down once and say that I needed to stop for a minute and think if that was the life that I wanted. She never made the argument about her. Or about Jason for that matter. Somehow, through the whole thing, it was implied that whatever choice I made she would stick to it, but for all the considerations I was making, all the people and their lives I was balancing, had I truly considered what I needed in my life?
"And the Fortress," Lois says nonchalantly as she starts rearranging her tiles in front of her, not a trace of a smile on her face. There's something inheritably wicked about that statement, and she knows it. What's worse: she knows that I know that she knows it.
I cringe as it finally dawns on me what she's really saying: "Divorce" would become just another game where she wouldn't lose. Forgetting the fact that Lois could ultimately declare my true identity to the world, Lois Mad Dog Lane would just make my life a living Hell in every single way she could find. I'm the first to state that I'm dreading dealing with a soon-to-be teenage Jason, with his mood swings and the oh so not niceties of being a teenager's father, but Lois has just put all that in perspective.
Suddenly, and with no real reason, I think that maybe she never outgrown her teenage years.
The realization that a divorce would be some sort of hellish game is so sudden and so hard that I faintly notice that I could have written "N O I S E S" on my last turn, earning a double word score.
"You wouldn't," I say, a little bit more stern than what I had intended. But the thing is, in this new view of how we would play the divorce game, I realize one fundamental thing about myself and games: I might not be an "out-for-blood" competitor, but I'm sure as hell not just playing for the thrill of it.
Besides, it's the Fortress what we're talking about here.
She smiles at her tiles as if she finds them amusing. Maybe it is amusing.
"You wouldn't be able to get it since the Fortress is not Clark Kent's property," I rationalize, as if there was any logic in this argument to begin with, and if it wasn't creepy enough that I'm referring to myself in the third person.
"You think it would stop me, since technically I'm also married to Superman?"
"What would you want the Fortress for?" I ask her, changing the fact that she is, in fact, married to me and me. It just happens that the entire world knows me only by my alias.
She shakes her head barely suppressing a smile, as she forms "T H E O R Y" on the board. "Would it really matter..." she says as she studies her letters one last time, contemplating her work, "what I do with it?" She has earned 42 points with that move alone.
I think her point is that, as long as she wins it over me, there are no other reasons why she should care about it. Somehow, that is just sad.
Coincidentally, that's exactly the word I play: S A D.
"It would actually get nasty," she says as a matter of fact, as she surveys the board in search for one free letter she can use to her advantage. I add three points to my score as I contemplate it, a cartoonish version of her and me playing in my mind, sitting in opposite sides of the table, while we argue to death and our lawyers try to calm us down and have a civilized divorce.
Is there such a thing? Not a civilized divorce, but a Lois that wouldn't argue to death?
"You're so easy to sabotage..." Lois quietly says, as she forgets the game and looks at me with half a smile and such warmth in her eyes.
Have I mentioned, that she's a brilliant strategist? Or that she's 84 points ahead of me, as my last three turns have been absurdly poor choices with my letters?
That her evil plan to distract me has actually won her the game?
"Don't you realize," she slowly says as she moves forward in the couch, the board beginning to move and the tiles starting to disarrange, "that after all we've gone together, all the near deaths, all the narrow escapes, all the silent nights watching each other sleep and all the little details daily routine makes us share..." barely inches from me, she closes her eyes as the board all but falls to the floor, the game utterly forgotten by now, "that you are stuck with me forever and ever?"
And as she kisses me, making the world truly and completely disappear, I can't help but swell in pride at her words. At the reassurance that long forgotten fears and past mistakes have no place in our marriage or our future together.
"Though I would get the Fortress," she murmurs one last time, making me laugh.
Somehow, I have no doubt that she would.


New Air-Cooled Radial on Test Develops 525 hp. and Weighs 1.28 lb. per Horse Power Installed. Likeness of Engine to Well-Known Wasp Type Enables Ready Interchange in Aircraft.
FROM THE tentative program and the list of names on the various committees, which are printed below, it will be seen that the All-American Aircraft Display has shaped itself into a comprehensive survey of the American Aircraft Industry.
THE NECESSITY for letting government contracts out through a system of public competitive bidding has, unfortunately, proved necessary as a result of long experience, and, apparently, there is no other method which will convince the public that no influence or favoritism is being shown in the allocation of contracts.
Colonial Air Transport, Inc., carried pay passengers over the night air mail run to Hadley Field for two weeks until the single-engine planes replaced the tri-engine transport on the line. Men, women, children, old and young made the trips and the company officials were delighted with the interest shown by the Boston public.


Here you can find a downloadable Excel-database for scientific articles, book contributions and working papers on music business/industry topics. Papers in English, German as well as French are already searchable, but articles, book chapters and working papers in other languages are also welcomed.
All the datebase entries are alphabetically ordered by author. Each entry is searchable by a main and up to six additional keywords, which can easily be found by Excel's search function. Almost all articles, book chapters and working can be downloaded by following a link to the pdf-file or at least to the original source (e.g. the scientific journal in which the contribution is included).
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German home-school families take refuge in the US
Home schooling is illegal in Germany, with tough penalties and the threat that children could be taken away from parents.
But there are families who still want to teach their children outside of the school system - and some of them have moved to the United States, where they have tried to claim asylum, arguing that they are being persecuted for their beliefs in their own country.
But the US authorities have been reluctant to accept this claim and unless the Supreme Court intervenes these families face deportation.
The BBC's Jane O'Brien met one family who moved to Virginia to continue home-schooling their children.
Home-school families take refuge in the US. Video, 00:02:52Home-school families take refuge in the US
Up Next. Ros Atkins On... China's zero-Covid dilemma. Video, 00:05:53Ros Atkins On... China's zero-Covid dilemma
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Gen Z marchers praying for an end to US abortion. Video, 00:02:08Gen Z marchers praying for an end to US abortion
Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC. Video, 00:01:55Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC
Meat Loaf: The music legend's life in video. Video, 00:02:52Meat Loaf: The music legend's life in video
Meat Loaf on his love of performing. Video, 00:02:24Meat Loaf on his love of performing
The radio station bringing worried Tongans together. Video, 00:02:47The radio station bringing worried Tongans together
One-minute World News. Video, 00:00:59One-minute World News
Taking music to people isolating. Video, 00:01:47Taking music to people isolating
How Kazakhstan's peaceful protests turned violent. Video, 00:03:34How Kazakhstan's peaceful protests turned violent
Pet owners' terror over hamster Covid cull. Video, 00:02:28Pet owners' terror over hamster Covid cull

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A new Middle East crisis erupted last night as Dubai Television was refused permission to broadcast "The Flintstones". A spokesman for the channel said, 'A claim was made that people in Dubai would not understand the humour, but we know for a fact that people in Abu Dhabi Do.
I haven't spoken to my wife for 3 weeks. I didn't want to interrupt her.
My girlfriend started smoking, so I slowed down and applied lubricant.
A bus stops at a bus station, a train stops at a train station, my desk at work is called a work station.
Green Belt (Journeyman)
Northerner says 'Hello'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YxLiLFjYKc&t
Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 13:06
These people are amongst us.
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's take-out window and I gave the girl a £5 note. Our total was £4.20, so I also handed her a Twenty pence piece She said, 'you gave me too much money.' I said, 'Yes I know, but that way you can just give me a pound back. 'She was puzzled and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I did so, and he handed me back the 20 pence and said 'We're sorry but they could not do that kind of thing.' The girl then proceeded to give me back 80 pence in change! Do not confuse the staff at MacDonald's.
#2 We had to have the garage door repaired.. The GARADOR repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one GARADOR made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, 'Madam, you need a 1/4 horsepower.' I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two.' We haven't used Garador repair since. Happened in Moor Park, Nr Watford
#3 I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbour call the local town council office to request the removal of the "DEER CROSSING" sign on our road. She said the reason was: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.' ,
#4daughter went to a local Kentucky Fried and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce. From South Oxhey. Herts. ,
UK... IDIOT SIGHTING #5 I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an Irish airport employee asked, 'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge"? To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.' Happened Luton Airport ...
UK IDIOT SIGHTING #6 The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.. Appalled, she responded, 'what on earth are blind people doing driving?!' She is a Local County Councillor employee in Harrow, Middlesex,
UK IDIOT SIGHTING #7 When my husband and I arrived at Our Local Ford dealer to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. 'Hey,' I announced to the Fitter/Mechanic, 'its open!' His reply, 'I know. I have already done that side.' This was at Ford dealership in St Albans, Hertfordshire UK.
IDIOT SIGHTING #8 A coach party were out for the day, stopped off at a refreshment halt in Hertfordshire and queued up for tea and coffee. One group asked for "Six decaffeinated please", to which the girl replied: "Sorry, we only do coffee!" Story from Luton Probus.
Can't believe it's November and I'm feeling Christmassy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy4BGRAwCfg
Bon Si Fi - Isn't it all kidology? We endeavour to make them appear older than they are and change their shape anyway.
Sum of me limericks for the new peeps.
There's a lass who grows bonsai in Lincoln
who had a blue Spruce and a pink 'un
being new to the game
she made them the same
by putting the pink 'un some Quink on
A West country member of Weetrees
bought a stick in a pot from our CTs
to bulk up the b****r
he fed it on sugar
and now it's gone down with diabetes
There once was fella called Don
who liked a good laugh - and it shone
a pun or a quiz
leaves us all in a tiz
may it continue and never be gone.
Partially sighted grower.
A girl weetrees member on Sark
identifies trees by their bark
she waters at night
while using flash-light
'cos its awkward to see in the dark.
Are there any IT experts that can give me some advice please?
Eighteen months ago I upgraded to Girlfriend 1.0 from Drinking Mates 4.2 which I'd used for years without any trouble. However, there are apparently conflicts between these two products and the only solution was to try and run Girlfriend 1.0 with the sound turned off. To make matters worse, Girlfriend 1.0 is also incompatible with several other applications, such as Lads Night Out 3.1, Football 2 and Playboy 6.1. Successive versions of Girlfriend proved no better.
A shareware beta-program, Slapper 2.1, which I tried, had many bugs and left a virus in my system, forcing me to shut down completely for several weeks. Eventually I tried to run Girlfriend 1.2 and Girlfriend 1.0 at the same time, only to discover that when these two systems detected each other they caused severe damage to my hardware.
Sensing a way out, I then upgraded to Fiance 1.0 only to discover that this product soon had to be upgraded (at great cost) to Wife 1.0, which I reluctantly agreed to because, whilst Wife 1.0 tends to use up all my available resources, it does come bundled with FreeSex Plus and Cleanhouse 2013.
Shortly after this upgrade however I then discovered that Wife1.0 can be very unstable and costly to run. For example, any mistakes I made were automatically stored in Wife 1.0's memory and could not be deleted. They then resurfaced months later when I had forgotten about them. Wife 1.0 also has an automatic Diary Explorer and E-mail porn filter, and can, without warning, launch TurboStrop 2016 and Whingezip 3.1! These latter products have no helpfiles and I have to try and guess what the problem is myself.
Additional costly problems are that Wife 1.0 needs updating regularly, requiring Shoe Shop Browser for new attachments and also Hairstyle Express which needs to be reinstalled every other week. Wife 1.0 also spawns unwelcome child processing that also drains my resources. It also conflicted with some of the new games I wanted to try, stating that they are an illegal operation.
When Wife 1.0 attaches itself to my Audi TT programme it often crashes or runs the system dry. Wife 1.0 also has a rather annoying pop-up called Mother-in-Law, which can't be turned off. Recently I've attempted to try Mistress 2017, but there could be problems: a friend has alerted me to the fact that if Wife 1.0 detects the presence of Mistress 2017 it tends to delete all my MS Money files before un-installing itself.
Please can you help me.


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Richard Chycki
Mixer/Engineer/Musician,
Barrie, ON, Canada
@chycki
Richard Chycki has earned more than 75 gold and platinum albums in his career, mixing and recording such heavy-hitters as Aerosmith, Rush, Dream Theater, Mick Jagger and many more. He's best known for his breakthrough work in the world of 5.1 mixing, with dozens of sales awards in that area alone.
Richard's ongoing work with Alex Lifeson and Rush is well-balanced with young contemporaries like
Skillet and Simple Plan, making him one of the most in-demand mixers and engineers today.


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\section{Introduction}

The flexibility of oxoperovskites for accepting a large number of cationic dopants is extremely useful for the systematic study of the correlations between crystalline structure, electronic structure, and functionality.  Their high chemical stability also makes them well suited materials for growth in single-crystalline and thin film form. Combining these characteristics with the mixed valence states of 3$d$ transition metal ions, results in some of the most remarkable properties and functionalities found in  solids.\cite{GoodenoughMCB,TsudaSSS}
A good example of this richness is the case of SrTiO$_3$ (STO), a diamagnetic quantum paraelectric insulator \cite{Montu}, in which cationic vacancies induce polar regions of nanometer size stabilized by stress.  \cite{CBE_Science,PRLCBE}
 Oxygen vacancies, (V$_{O}$), are also readily formed in this material; due to their donor-character and the very large electron mobilities characteristic of delta-doped STO, even the slightest concentration of vacancies produces a measurable electrical conductivity.\cite{Son2010,Santander-Syro2010,Meevasana2011,Reagor2005}
 Actually, reduced STO was the first oxide reported to show superconductivity, with a maximum T$_C$$\approx$0.3 K for electron densities of $n$$\approx$10$^{20}$ cm$^{-3}$.\cite{Schooley,Schooley2}

The unintended presence of oxygen vacancies could be particularly important in thin films of STO: first, typical deposition conditions imply high temperature and low oxygen pressure, which favors the reduction of STO. Second, donation of the extra charge of ionized oxygen vacancies to non-bonding orbitals of the perovskite results in expansion and local TiO$_6$-octahedral  rotation.\cite{PetrieADFM, GazquezSrCoO3}
Ab-initio calculations actually support a lowering of the V$_{O}$ formation energy under tensile strain for SrTiO$_3$ \cite{ChoiNL} and other perovskite oxides, like CaMnO$_3$,\cite{SpaldinPRBCaMnO3,SpaldinNL2017} LaAlO$_3$,\cite{PhysRevB.88.174101} or SrCoO$_{3-\delta}$. \cite{PetrieADFM}
The same chemical expansion mechanism should in principle disfavor anionic vacancy formation under compressive stress. In this case several calculations have been published in the last few years, but the results are diverse for different oxides: in CaMnO$_3$, the calculated effect of a moderate compressive stress is almost negligible,\cite{SpaldinPRBCaMnO3} while it results in a considerable increase of V$_{O}$ formation energy in LaAlO$_3$,\cite{PhysRevB.88.174101} SrCoO$_{3-\delta}$ \cite{PetrieADFM} and ferroelectric BaTiO$_3$.\cite{YangJAP1}
For the case of SrTiO$_3$, however, different authors suggest that both compressive and tensile strain can stabilize V$_{O}$. \cite{HamadanyJAP,ChoiNL,Zhang}

It is vital the inclusion of the precise pattern of TiO$_6$ octahedral rotation and the actual charge of the vacancies in the calculations, to obtain reliable results. Furthermore, the presence of cationic vacancies can have a strong influence and should be taken into account, although rarely are considered jointly with V$_O$ in the calculations.\cite{RondinelliAM}

Given the relevance of oxygen vacancy formation in the functional properties (e.g. resistive switching, improved catalytic properties, etc) of STO thin films and other oxides,\cite{PetrieJACS,TahiniJACS} it is very important to experimentally measure the effect of tensile and compressive stress on the formation energy of oxygen vacancies in STO thin films.

Here, we report a thermodynamic study of the process of oxygen vacancy formation in thin films of electron-doped STO under different degrees of epitaxial strain. Our main finding is the experimental demonstration of a significant reduction of the enthalpy of oxygen vacancy formation, for both compressive and tensile stress. This points to a common mechanism irrespective to the sign of epitaxial strain, most probably due to a reduction of the energy gap. Furthermore, we show that even though the actual TiO$_6$-octahedral rotation pattern observed in the film is due to the presence of cationic vacancies, they are cooperative throughout the whole film, and not just around point defects. Finally, we demonstrate that oxygen vacancy manipulation by an electric field can lead to non-volatile changes in the local volume. This offers the possibility of mechanical control of the local electrical properties.

\section{Experimental Details}

Oxygen vacancies are characteristic e-donor defects and therefore their concentration can be determined by Hall effect experiments. In order to detect small concentrations of oxygen vacancies created at relatively high deposition oxygen pressure and high temperature, any source of intrinsic acceptor impurities should be previously neutralized. It is known that nominally undoped SrTiO$_3$ single crystals contain small concentrations of acceptor impurities.\cite{DeSouzaPRB} These occur mainly in the form of ionized Sr vacancies (V$_{Sr}$), which trap part of the electrons donated by the V$_O$ to the conduction band of the oxide. The presence of V$_{Sr}$ is even more important in thin films, particularly in those deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). Achieving the correct stoichiometry in this case requires a very fine tuning of the laser energy, substrate temperature, and background oxygen pressure during deposition. Furthermore, our acceptor-doped films show an accumulation of oxygen vacancies at the surface and a complex dependence of the conductivity with oxygen pressure.\cite{DeSouzaPRB2014}
Therefore, in order to minimize the effect of extrinsic acceptor impurities over the charge donated by V$_O$, we have chosen Nb-doped  SrTiO$_3$ for this study. Around 2\% Nb results in a density of free electrons which compensates the presence of intrinsic acceptor impurities, as measured by Hall effect.\cite{Sarantopoulos} As a consequence, even small amounts of V$_O$ produce measurable changes in the conductivity and Hall effect. On the other hand, we have kept the concentration of Nb small enough for the oxygen vacancies to produce an observable effect at any pressure.

Following this approach, Nb:STO thin films  were grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition (KrF, $\lambda$=248 nm) on different substrates (see supporting information for a complete list of the substrates and orientations used in this work), with lattice parameters ranging from pseudocubic a$_s$=3.791 $\AA$ of LaAlO$_{3}$ to a$_s$=3.970 $\AA$ of GdScO$_{3}$, changing the epitaxial stress in the interval s(\%)=[-2.91, +1.66] (s(\%)=$\frac{a_s-3.905}{3.905}$$\times$100; 3.905 \AA refer to the lattice parameter of bulk STO).
 The deposition conditions were previously optimized in order to minimize the presence of cationic vacancies in the as-deposited films:\cite{Sarantopoulos} laser fluence $\approx{}$0.9 J/cm$^{2}$, repetition rate 4 Hz, 800\textordmasculine{}C under oxygen pressure of P(O$_{2}$)= 100 mTorr.  The films were cooled down to room temperature at 5\textordmasculine{}C/min under the same atmosphere. The nominal Nb concentration, $\approx$2$\%$, and the thickness $\approx$20$\pm$2 nm, were kept constant for all films studied in this work.

A controlled amount of oxygen vacancies was introduced in the films by post-deposition annealing at different temperature (either 800\textordmasculine{}C or 600\textordmasculine{}C ) and oxygen pressure, P(O$_{2}$), according to the following process:

\begin{equation}\label{eq1}
SrTiO_3\ (s)\rightleftharpoons{}SrTiO_{3-x}(s)+\ \frac{x}{2}O_2(g)\uparrow{}
\end{equation}

Samples were left to reach equilibrium with the background oxygen pressure for 2 hours, and then rapidly quenched to room temperature at a cooling rate $\approx$100 \textordmasculine{}C/min, to keep the concentration of vacancies unchanged during cooling. The [V$_O$] was quantified immediately after this by Hall effect measurements, using the Van der Pauw configuration.

The local distribution of oxygen vacancies was studied using Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM mode), in an NX-10 Atomic Force Microscope (Park Systems).

\section{Results and Discussion}

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{Figure1_150dpi.eps}
\caption{HAADF-STEM image of as-grown Nb:STO thin films deposited on DSO (a). The corresponding GPA analysis with the in-plane $\varepsilon_{xx}$ and out of plane $\varepsilon_{zz}$ contraction with respect to the substrate are shown in b) and c), along with the corresponding line profile in d). e)  Evolution of the unit cell volume with experimental strain for all the samples used in this study. The dashed line indicates the theoretical volume of the stoichiometric unit cell with a Poisson ratio of $\nu{}$=0.23. The solid line is a guide to the eye. f) XRD $\theta{}$-2$\theta{}$ scan of the sample as-grown at 100 mTorr and after the annealing process at 1x10$^{-6}$ Torr, showing the negligible effect on the lattice parameters.}\label{fig:1}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

High-resolution reciprocal space maps (RSM, see supporting information Figure S1) indicate a good epitaxial matching to the substrates for all films, except for these grown on LAO. This is the substrate with the smallest lattice parameter used in this work, and the films are already partially relaxed.
As an example of the crystalline quality of the films studied, the Geometrical Phase Analysis (GPA) of High Angle Annular Dark Field-Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (HAADF-STEM) images is shown in Figures \ref{fig:1}a) to d). The GPA analysis also confirms that the out of plane  positive (negative) distortion ($\epsilon{}$$_{zz}$) in response to the compressive (tensile) in-plane strain ($\epsilon{}$$_{xx}$) is homogeneous throughout the films, and in complete agreement with the RSM data. For example, for the STO deposited on DSO the c-axis parameter of the film contracts $\approx$1.1\% with respect to the substrate (see Figure \ref{fig:1}d) and Figures S1 and S2 in the supporting information).

The change of volume with strain was calculated from the X-ray data, and is shown in Figure \ref{fig:1}e) for the as-grown Nb:STO films. This is compared to the theoretical volume assuming the Poisson ratio $\nu$ = 0.23 characteristic of bulk SrTiO$_{3}$.\cite{Ledbetter} Introducing oxygen vacancies by post-annealing has a negligible effect in the volume of the lattice (Figure \ref{fig:1}f), at least for the amount of vacancies explored in this work.\cite{Onishi} There is a clear and progressive deviation of the theoretical prediction for tensile stressed samples. From this point of view, it is particularly interesting the elongation of the out of plane lattice parameter by  $\approx$1$\%$, for the samples deposited on STO substrates, despite the nule epitaxial stress induced by the substrate in these films. The deviation from the value of $\nu$ = 0.23 points towards slight variations of the stoichiometry, namely V$_{Sr}$.\cite{Sarantopoulos}

The effect of cationic vacancies on the structural properties of the films was carefully investigated through the presence of different X-ray half-order reflections.
These experiments (see Figure \ref{fig:2}) confirmed a complex rotation pattern of the TiO$_6$ octahedra of the films. In the case of samples deposited on STO, the half-order reflections are characteristic of either an a$^+$b$^+$c$^0$ or an a$^+$a$^+$c$^0$ tilt system in the Glazer notation.\cite{Glazer} These are consistent with a tetragonal or orthorhombic space group, different from the a$^0$b$^0$c$^0$ of cubic STO.  Therefore, given the negligible lattice mismatch between the Nb:STO film and the STO substrate, this result reflects the effect of V$_{Sr}$ introduced during growth over the lattice symmetry of the film. Moreover, the clear observation of the X-ray half-order reflection implies that the tilting of the TiO$_6$ octahedra occurs along the whole sample, not just around a local vacancy.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{Figure2_150dpi.eps}
\caption{High resolution reciprocal space maps around half-order reflections for a Nb:STO thin film deposited on different substrates. The figure shows the rotation pattern characteristic of a$^+$b$^+$c$^0$, found for samples grown on STO and under compressive stress. The percentages of stress induced by the different substrates on the Nb:STO films are indicated along the vertical line on the left of the figure, while the different rotation groups of the film and substrates are shown in the pictures on the right.}\label{fig:2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The tolerance factor, $t$, quantifies the mismatch of the equilibrium A-O/B-O bond-lengths in ABO$_3$ perovskites. For cubic STO $t$=1, also being true for 2$\%$-Nb:STO. However, a progressive reduction of the ionic radius at the A-site is expected to induce a cooperative rotation of the BO$_6$ octahedra, which reduces the symmetry to tetragonal ($I4/mcm$, rotation along [001] axis), rhombohedral ($R-3c$, rotation along [111] axis), and orthorhombic ($Pbnm$ or $Pnma$, rotation along [110] axis) as t decreases.\cite{JBG1}
The presence of V$_{Sr}$ introduces a distortion similar to an average reduction of the ionic radius of the A-cation. This decreases the tolerance factor and puts the Sr-O (Ti-O) bonds under tensile (compressive) stress. The amount of compression of the Sr-O bonds is usually larger than the one of the Ti-O bonds, resulting in dt/dP$<$0, and therefore compressive stress goes in the same direction as the reduction of the ionic radius.
Consistent with this hypothesis, the same rotation pattern was observed for all the films grown under compressive stress, either on cubic LSAT or orthorhombic LAO, in spite of the trigonal $R-3c$ symmetry (a$^-$a$^-$a$^-$) of the latter (see Figure \ref{fig:2}).

 On the other hand, tensile stress has the opposite effect. For the films deposited under tensile stress only half-order reflections corresponding to the a$^-$b$^+$c$^-$ rotations of the substrate (orthorhombic $Pnma$) were observed. The positive stress dominates over the effect of V$_{Sr}$, imposing on the films the rotation pattern of the crystal underneath.

Moreover, we confirmed experimentally that V$_O$ introduced by post-deposition annealing do not affect the rotation pattern of the TiO$_6$ octahedra.\cite{Zhang,PhysRevB.88.174101} Only cationic vacancies determine the octahedral rotation pattern in unstrained and compressed STO films.

These results demonstrate that different octahedral rotation patterns are induced in thin films prepared under similar conditions (identical composition), but subject to different degrees (and sign) of epitaxial stress (i.e. deposited on different substrates). This could play a double role: i) changing the formation enthalpy of a vacancy, given the change in local distances and coordination; and ii) influencing the diffusion coefficient of the oxygen vacancies along the different directions of the perovksite structure.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{Figure3_150dpi.eps}
\caption{a) Variation of the carrier concentration of Nb:STO@LSAT with the oxygen pressure, for samples annealed at 800\textordmasculine{}C (circles) and 600\textordmasculine{}C (triangles). The solid line represents the expected behavior according to equation \ref{eqnvsP}, for doubly ionized oxygen vacancies. b) Re-oxygenation process, annealing the reduced samples at higher oxygen pressures, at 800\textordmasculine{}C (squares) and 600\textordmasculine{}C (triangles). Lines in b) are guides to the eye.}\label{fig:3}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The formation of oxygen vacancies in SrTiO$_3$ thin films may occur as a Schottky defect to compensate acceptor vacancies Sr$^{2+}$ formed during deposition at low oxygen pressure. Alternatively, V$_O$ can be introduced in stoichiometric films by post-annealing in a reducing atmosphere.
We introduced a controlled amount of oxygen vacancies in our films by post annealing at high temperature, either at 800ºC or 600ºC, under different oxygen pressures.
Although V$_O$ in electron-doped STO are not stoichiometric vacancies (cation+anion), a simple mass action law for (\ref{eq1}) is applicable as long as the concentration of vacancies is not too large, so the crystal can be still considered nearly stoichiometric. In this case,  we can formulate the following equilibrium equation for the material annealed at low oxygen pressures:

\begin{equation}\label{eq2}
O^{2-}\rightleftharpoons\frac{1}{2}O_2+V_O+2e
\end{equation}

where O$^{2-}$ represents the oxygen ions at their corresponding STO lattice sites. These can be included in an effective equilibrium constant $K$:

\begin{equation}\label{reaction1}
K=\left[V_O\right]n_e^2P_{O_2}^{1/2}
\end{equation}

If the effect of Sr$^{2+}$-acceptor vacancies is compensated by Nb$^{5+}$-donors originally present in the sample, then the reduction reaction (\ref{eq2}) will produce a change in the carrier density that can be measured by Hall effect experiments. If  n$_e$=2[V$_O$], i.e. each O$^{2-}$  vacancy donates two electrons to the conduction band, substituting this result in the equation for the equilibrium constant, we obtain:

\begin{equation}\label{eqnvsP}
log{n_e}\propto-\frac{1}{6}\log{P_{O_2}}
\end{equation}

An extrinsic source of oxygen vacancies, for example due to acceptor impurities or an excess of TiO$_2$, will render the concentration of vacancies mostly independent of the oxygen pressure; the reduction reaction (\ref{eq2}) will not be the main source determining the concentration of vacancies in this case. According to equation (\ref{reaction1}) the slope of the $n$ vs PO$_2$ plot (equation \ref{eqnvsP}) will change from 1/6 to 1/4 .

The experimental results are shown in Figure \ref{fig:3}a). The carrier density, determined by Hall effect measurements, increases progressively after high temperature-low pressure annealing, up to a saturation value of $n$ $\approx $6-7$\times$10$^{20}$cm$^{-3}$ at $\approx$ 10$^{-5}$Torr of oxygen background atmosphere. The increment of $n$$_e$ as oxygen pressure decreases is in good agreement with the expectations for doubly ionized vacancies (equation \ref{eqnvsP}), confirming the validity of the previous hypothesis.
On the other hand, while re-annealing the previously deoxygenated samples at higher oxygen pressures and 800\textordmasculine{}C completely recovers the initial state, this is not the case when the samples are annealed at 600\textordmasculine{}C, or lower temperatures (see Figure \ref{fig:3}b). Temperature is a critical factor in the creation/annihilation of oxygen vacancies in Nb:STO, and should be taken into account in the synthesis and post-annealing protocols of fully oxygen-stoichiometric samples.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{Figure4_150dpi.eps}
\caption{a) Carrier concentration as a function of the annealing temperature at 1 mTorr oxygen pressure for the samples grown on DSO and STO substrates. b) Enthalpy of formation of oxygen vacancies as a function of the epitaxial strain. Dashed lines are guides to the eye.}\label{fig:4}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

In addition, the thermodynamic equilibrium constant entering the mass action law is related to the Gibbs free energy of the crystal, and therefore to the enthalpy and entropy of oxygen vacancies formation . Assuming that the change in entropy is only due to the increasing possibilities of configurational arrangements, the equilibrium constant is:

\[
K=K_0e^{-\Delta H/k_BT}
\]
which, through equation (\ref{eqnvsP}) can be related to the temperature dependence of the carrier density through:

\[
\log{n}=K_0'-\frac{1}{9}\log{P_{O_2}}-\frac{\Delta{}H}{3\kappa{}T}
\]
and, at constant pressure yields:

\begin{equation}\label{eqDH}
\log{n}=K_0''-\frac{\Delta{}H}{3\kappa{}T}
\end{equation}

According to the equation (\ref{eqDH}), the formation enthalpy of an oxygen vacancy can be obtained from the slope of an isobaric plot of log $n$$_e$ versus the inverse of the annealing temperature. This is shown in Figure \ref{fig:4} a) for two films, grown respectively on STO (s(\%)=0.0) and DSO (s(\%)=+1.15) substrates. The value of $\Delta$H calculated for s(\%)=0.0 is $\approx$0.51 eV, and decreases about 23\%, down to $\approx$0.39 eV, for a tensile stress of s(\%)=+1.15. This behavior is very similar for the films synthesized under compressive strain, as shown in \ref{fig:4} b), with a progressive reduction of  $\Delta$H about 33\% for every 1\% of either positive or negative epitaxial stress. Hence both compressive and tensile epitaxial stress have a very similar effect on the reduction formation enthalpy of oxygen vacancies in electron-doped STO thin films, suggesting a common mechanism for the reduction of $\Delta$H under compressive and tensile strain. This is in agreement with ab-initio calculations by Choi et al.,\cite{ChoiNL} which suggested to a decrease of the band-gap energy under epitaxial strain (either positive or negative) as the main reason behind this effect.\cite{NeatonPRL} Indeed, creating an oxygen vacancy involves a redox process, as explained in equation (\ref{eq2}), regardless of whether the stress on the film is positive or negative.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{Figure5_150dpi.eps}
\caption{AFM Topography image (top) and corresponding height profile (bottom) after aplying  +/- 10V on different regions of the sample, as indicated. The cartoon at the bottom represents the elongation (contraction) due to the accumulation (depletion) of oxygen vacancies (grey open circles).}\label{fig:5}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

Finally, once the parameters which control the formation of oxygen vacancies under different degrees of strain were established, we have studied the migration of vacancies throughout the film under the influence of an electric field. The change in the local concentration of vacancies was studied by EFM. Applying a positive/negative voltage to the sample is able to repeal or attract the positively charged oxygen vacancies, therefore creating regions of vacancy depletion/accumulation.

The results for a Nb:STO film deposited on DSO are shown in Figure \ref{fig:5}. Applying a local voltage of -10 V attracts the positively charged V$_O$, changing the electrostatic potential (see supporting information Figure S3). Although a similar effect over the local surface potential and conductivity was recently reported by Waser et Al., \cite{AndraNanoscale} we observed a clear change in the local volume of the sample, consistent with the local chemical expansion associated to the oxygen vacancies. This is further appreciated through the reversibility of the mechanical effect: application of a negative (positive) voltage produces a local expansion (contraction) of the sample, from its original value. The observed increase of the height in different samples ranges between $\approx$0.15-0.4 nm, roughly the size of a half to one unit cell size.
 Given the low diffusion coefficient of oxygen vacancies at room temperature in these oxides, they undergo an extremely low relaxation after removing the electric field. Therefore, these effects are stable for hours after removing the electric field.

The observation of this voltage-induced mechanical effect opens new possibilities to control the local concentration of oxygen vacancies (and hence the local conductivity) now by purely mechanical methods, i.e. mechanically assisted resistive switching.\cite{CBENanolett}

Further experiments to determine the kinetics of this effect, as well as the influence of surface termination (effectiveness of the electric field through SrO terminated with respect to TiO$_2$ terminated films\cite{Sitaputra}) are underway.

In summary, we have experimentally demonstrated the reduction of the formation energy of oxygen vacancies in films of SrTiO$_3$ under epitaxial stress. The similar trend observed under tensile and compressive stress calls for a common mechanism, probably a reduction in the band gap. We have also demonstrated that the pattern of TiO$_6$ rotations are mostly determined by the concentration of cationic vacancies unintentionally introduced during growth. This effect must be taken into account for a proper understanding of the changes in the electronic band-structure of this material under strain.
Oxygen vacancy accumulation/depletion can be achieved by an applied bias voltage, resulting in non-volatile changes of the local electrical potential and, more importantly, a change in the local volume. The latter opens the possibility of a mechanical control of the local concentration of oxygen vacancies, and associated properties, e.g. conductivity, catalytic properties, etc.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work was supported the Ministry of Science of Spain (Project No. MAT2016-80762-R), the Conselleria de Cultura, Educacion e Ordenacion Universitaria (ED431F 2016/008, and Centro singular de investigacion de Galicia accreditation 2016-2019, ED431G/09) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).L. I. B. also acknowledges the Ministry of Science of Spain for an FPI grant.
\end{acknowledgments}

\section{Supporting information}

\begin{table*}[t]
\centering
\caption{List of substrates used in this work for deposition of Nb-doped SrTiO$_3$ films under different degrees of epitaxial strain. Where 3.905 (\AA) and a$_s$ refer to the lattice parameter of bulk STO and to the pseudocubic lattice parameter of the substrate, respectively.}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline
       & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Pseudocubic lattice parameter\\ (\AA)\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Strain \\ (\%=$\frac{a_s-3.905}{3.905}$$\times$100)\end{tabular} \\ \hline
(100) LaAlO$_3$ (LAO) & 3.791                                                                       & -2.91                                                                        \\ \hline
(100) (NdAlO$_3$)$_{0.39}$-(SrAl$_{0.5}$Ta$_{0.5}$O$_{3}$)$_{0.61}$(NSAT)
   & 3.840                                                                         & -1.66                                                                        \\ \hline
(100) (LaAlO$_3$)$_{0.29}$-(SrAl$_{0.5}$Ta$_{0.5}$O$_{3}$)$_{0.71}$(LSAT)   & 3.868                                                                       & -0.95                                                                        \\ \hline
(110) LaGaO$_3$ (LGO) & 3.885                                                                         & -0.51                                                                        \\ \hline
(100) SrTiO$_3$ (STO) & 3.905                                                                      & 0                                                                            \\ \hline
(110) DyScO$_3$ (DSO) & 3.950                                                                         & +1.15                                                                        \\ \hline
(110) GdScO$_3$ (GSO) & 3.970                                                                         & +1.66                                                                        \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{FigureS1_150dpi.eps}
\caption{High-resolution X-ray Reciprocal Space Maps (RSM) around different Bragg peaks for Nb-STO thin-films deposited in the different substrates used in this work.}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{FigureS2_150dpi.eps}
\caption{HAADF-STEM image of as-grown Nb:STO thin films deposited on LAO (a). The corresponding GPA analysis showing the in-plane $\varepsilon_{xx}$ and out of plane $\varepsilon_{zz}$ elongation with respect to the substrate are shown in b) and c). d)  XRD $\theta{}$-2$\theta{}$ scan of the sample as-grown at 100 mTorr and after the annealing process at 1x10$^{-6}$ Torr, showing the negligible effect on the lattice parameters.}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=200pt]{FigureS3_150dpi.eps}
\caption{Topography (top), phase (middle) and amplitude (bottom), along with their respective profiles from an Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM) experiment on Nb:STO deposited on DyScO$_3$. The applied voltage was - 10 V inside the area delimited by the yellow dashed line.}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

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Wheel Of LIfe In Buddhism (Bhavacakra)
by Rinchen Dorjay July 9, 2019
"Strive to eliminate (the defilements)
Enter into the teachings of the Enlightened One;
Just as an elephant in the midst of huts,
Destroy the host of the lord of death."
About 2600 years ago these lines were said by the Buddha. During that time a great king named King Rudrayana asked the Buddha for spiritual guidance for his kingdom. Then the Buddha seeing this as a wonderful opportunity to impart a teaching drew the Bhavachakra or "The Wheel of Life". In our busy lives surrounded by work and all the latest gizmos and constant notifications of social media platforms, we do have rare moments of insight where we wonder about the grand scheme of things, about our lives. Science tremendously helps us to reach a point where we can rationalize our existence to some extent. They have even gone to the extent of creating a 30 mile long laboratory at the border of Switzerland, called CERN. The whole purpose of putting so much effort is to find out where it all began and questions like how it must have been at the time of Big Bang are just waiting to be answered.
But coming back to the story of the Indian King the Buddha gave him a map of how the consciousness goes on and on in this endless cycle of births and deaths, thus providing him an answer as how to end this vicious cycle. There is no mention about the Big Bang or how the whole universe came into being, but there is an explanation of how our own inner universe operates. A lot of this is surely metaphysical but there are various literature which interprets this profound teaching on a psychological level and recently I read a book by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpochay called "Transcending Madness" which gives us a psychological explanation of the 6 realms and their corresponding bardos or intermediate stages.
The Wheel of Life contains a very frightening figure called the Yama or Lord of Death holding a wheel in his hands. He represents the truth of universal impermanence that is operating every moment. In this wheel there are four concentric circles in which the innermost circle has three animals, a cock, a snake, and a pig symbolizing greed, hatred and ignorance respectively. These are the three poisons which bind us in this cyclic existence or Samsara and each animal is biting the tail of the other which shows that craving, aversion and delusion are all interlinked. On a psychological level our mind is said to be always shackled and never totally independent until we are totally Liberated or achieve Buddhahood. Our mind looks at the phenomenal world and sees things as attractive and craves for it and in a sense it is being pulled by the object thus losing control over itself. Or it sees things as repulsive and wants to avoid it, in a sense it is being pushed by the object thus losing control again. Underlying all this push and pull of the mind there is a constant feeling that all this inconvenience(suffering) is caused by the outside world and not realizing that the root of this vicious tree is inside us and this is the underlying ignorance which guides all our actions and forms a wrong world view.
The second circle is divided into a black and white portion. The black portion symbolizes negative actions and white portion symbolizes positive actions. In Buddhism the concept of an act being "good or bad" doesn't necessarily totally depend on the act per se. A lot of it depends on the intention and motivation of the perpetrator. And accordingly his karma is formed which results in a favorable or unfavorable situation. There is even a story of a great Bodhisattva (highly realized practitioner) who was on a ship with five hundred other merchants. He came to know about the intention of one merchant which was to kill all the other merchants and take the bounty for himself. Upon realizing this and seeing the gravity of the situation he had made the decision to kill the person himself and was ready to bear the consequences of willfully killing a person by his own hands. But if the merchant would have been successful in killing other merchants then he would have to carry the negative karma of killing five hundred people. So seeing his future suffering in the vicious hells and out of compassion for him he made that selfless decision. This selfless act is often given as a towering example of how intention is one of the main factors in karmic formation.
The third circle is divided into six portions. Where the above three represents favorable births and lower three represents unfavorable births. And if a person has more positive karmas then he or she is born in the higher realms and if the person has more negative karmas then he or she is born in the lower realms. The highest and most luxurious form of life is said to be of the Devas or the gods. They lead a very long and prosperous life, where there is no gross or manifest suffering which is the most apparent form of suffering in our human world (three types of suffering: manifest suffering, suffering of change and all pervasive suffering). All their wishes are instantly granted and all their sensual desires are met spontaneously. But even in this realm there is a constant danger of being attacked by the asuras or demi gods. Asuras form the second portion and in between them and the devas there is a symbolic tree which bears fruits of nectar. The root of this tree is in asura realms but the fruits reach the deva realms so there is a constant fight between them. Relatively asuras have less power than the devas so every battle is won by the devas. In terms of these realms not being physical but a psychological state of the human mind itself, the god-realm represents a very refined state of the human mind which is basically in a meditative absorption state. This is not necessarily a spiritually positive state as the ego is still in play here and is constantly engaging with this blissful feeling and as soon as the feeling is over it becomes frustrated. The demi-gods aspect is very energetic and trying to grasp everything as soon as possible. It is a state where you constantly trying to reach the top level of the hierarchy and thus a very jealous state.
The third realm of the higher realms is that of the humans. Human birth is said to be the most precious of the births, even among the higher realms. As it is said to be the most favorable for our spiritual growth. In the deva and asura realms there is lack of manifest suffering and in the lower realms there is so much suffering that one cannot think anything other than that. In our world there is suffering and we can turn our minds towards Dharma or teachings by using this suffering as a stepping stone towards our ultimate goal of Buddhahood. Also in the deva realms the devas and devis are totally intoxicated in their sensual pleasures that there is no opportunity for them to reflect on the teachings. In the asura realm, they are constantly preparing for the battle with the devas and there is overwhelming fixation to reach the highest level of hierarchy, which is the deva realm and thus they never have the opportunity to reflect on the dharma. Human birth being the most precious birth needs a lot of positive karma and it is extremely difficult to find. The human realm in terms of our psychological makeup is a cruder form than devas and asuras. It is where we have a lot of passion and desire and are indulged in complex relationships which gives us physical intimacy.
Moving on to the negative actions we come to the lower three realms where Hell or naraka realm is the most cruel and painful realm. Here all beings suffer tremendous physical and mental pain constantly. These hells have many sub divisions according to the individual's karma. When that karma exhaust then there is an opportunity for them to move onto the higher planes, until then they die and take rebirth here instantly until their karma exhausts.
Then there is hungry ghost realm or pretas. These beings are deformed with constricted necks, spindly arms, swollen torso which culminates in a bloated sagging belly. Whenever they try to consume water it turns into pus and blood. Whenever they try to consume food it turns into ashes and excrements. Hence there is a constant struggle to consume and an overwhelming feeling of dissatisfaction much like our present times where our consumerist society always looks for things to buy and consume and the very next moment they tell you that it isn't enough. This culture of excess is surely depleting the planet of its precious resources but the consumerist society much like the pretas always are concerned with their hungry stomachs which has no bottom.
Then there is the animal realm which is basically our planet's animal kingdom. In terms of our experience in the animal realm it is a very impulsive and instinctive level of experience where we are unburdened by the complex intellectual and emotional relationships. Even animals have interpersonal relationships and strive together in a group. But the complexity of relationships compared to other species like Homo Sapiens, who can gather in millions and wage humungous wars and at a personal level can form very deep and meaningful relationships, animals don't too fare well. And the hungry ghost realm is the experience in which there is a heightened state of poverty, poverty not in the sense of not having material possessions but in the sense of not wanting to give anything away and only wanting to take. And ultimately this sense of not wanting to give anything away leads to aggression which is the hell realm experience.
Now the last circle is the one which tells us the mechanism of the wheel, how the wheel is set in motion. It is divided into twelve portions and are called the "the twelve links of dependent origination" or the "twelve nidanas".
Ignorance or Avidya-A Blind person walking
Volitional Action or Samskara –a potter shaping a vessel
Consciousness or Vijnana – a monkey grasping a fruit
Name and Form or Namarupa- four men in a boat
Six Senses or Sadayatna-a house with five windows and a door.
Contact or Sparsa-lovers kissing each other
Feeling or Vedana- an arrow to the eye
Craving or Trsna- a person receiving a drink
Grasping or Upadana- a man or monkey picking fruit
Becoming or Bhava- a couple engaged in intercourse
Birth or Jati- woman giving birth
Old age and Death or Jaramarana- corpse being carried
This sequence is not always necessarily in this order. To better explain this sequence we can have three time periods, past life, present life and future life.
PAST LIFE - Say in our past life due to our ignorance we have committed some volitional action and like a potter we can decide to act negatively or positively. This ignorance is the ignorance of not knowing the suffering, cause of suffering and not knowing the true nature of reality.
PRESENT LIFE- Due to which we have our present consciousness which has left the body of the past life and now dwelling in our present life's body. Then forms our Name and Form which is our mind and body basically. Then our six senses develop due to which we make contact with the outside phenomenal world of six sense objects like smell, taste, touch etc. Then feeling or emotions start developing when there is a contact which may be pleasant or unpleasant. Due to which we develop craving for the attractive objects and repulsion for unwanted objects. Then the sense of grasping or attachment forms towards the object of our craving. That is the feeling of not letting go of objects of our cravings or letting go of unwanted objects arise.
FUTURE LIFE – This further propels us to take next birth which is also called "throwing karma" or the karma which propels us to our next existence and the whole cycle is repeated until we reach old age and death.
Then there is a moon which represents liberation from this cycle. An image of Buddha is pointing towards this moon symbolizing the path towards gaining liberation.
Our whole lives are spent in search of comfort and happiness. Most of the time we look for this happiness in the material things like a car, or a big house. While not realizing that there is no real or inherent happiness in these objects and the kind of temporary happiness we feel comes from our emotions and how we deal with these objects. So training our minds can give us a sense of peace and stability but real or long term happiness can only be felt if we truly understand the nature of reality and the nature of our minds. Finally conquering or rooting out the cause of this samsara and understanding the nature of reality can only give us ever lasting happiness. The constant feeling of I will be happy when I get promoted or when I get a pay-raise. Even we get that promotion we are happy for a while and soon enough when our friends or colleagues get a better pay raise we are again left with the feeling of not having enough and wanting more and left with the same feeling of dissatisfaction we had before, thus it is like a cycle. The "Wheel of Life" has been used by practitioners and common people to realize that we ordinary beings can also come out of this vicious cycle by learning, contemplating and meditating on these profound teachings. Even looking at this picture can make us think and reflect on how our lives revolves around in this circle and can make us live a more mindful and meaningful life.
Buddha pointing to the moon said these words so that we can also come out of this vicious cycle like he did 2600 years ago under the Bodhi tree;
"Those with conscientiousness,
engaging in the dharma of practice
Abandon the cycle of birth,
And bring an end to the miseries."
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Who Is Jermaine Fowler? 5 Things To Know About The 2017 Emmys Announcer
Meet the fresh face and voice of the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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By Lauren Porter	· Updated October 26, 2020
A voice at the 2017 Emmys had everyone asking, "Who is the announcer?" Comedian and actor Jermaine Fowler's hilarious off-the-cuff commentary while announcing set a different tone at the Emmys.
Fowler kept the audience hype with his engaging delivery and high energy. Here's what you should know about the 29-year-old comedian.
1. He's an actor.
Fowler is the star and executive producer of Superior Donuts, a sitcom on CBS. His other acting credits include The Eric Andre Show, Friends With People and HBO's Crashing.
2. He's from Washington D.C.
Fowler was born in the nation's capitol and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland. He relocated to New York City at the age of 20 to pursue comedy and acting.
3. He's appeared on Lip Sync Battle.
The comedian took to the stage of the LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen co-hosted Spike TV series to channel Kanye West in a battle against supermodel Ashley Graham. Performing "Flashing Lights," Fowler put on a show.
4. He received a glowing endorsement from CBS Entertainment EVP Jack Sussman as the announcer.
"What most awards show do is have the announcer locked in a closet reading from a script on cue," Sussman told Deadline of Fowler. "What we will do is have Jermaine be an active part of the show. He will be connected with what's happened on the telecast and what happens next. What we want to do is get a peek behind the curtain in a fun, engaging way."
5. He's a father.
Jermaine is the proud dad of a daughter, Thebe Orion Fowler.
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KRISTINA MAKANSI
Writing as Marie Savage | Murder, Intrigue and Romance in Ancient Greece
The Oracles of Delphi
About Delphi
Author's Notes
The Prophecies
The Actors
"Your writing sings, the plot is a page-turner, and you're a master at character development." – a 2011 Pikes Peak Writers' Contest Judge*
I'm a writer, editor, and publisher. Before I started writing ORACLES OF DELPHI, I worked on a novel set in Palestine and focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, a novel about a young poet and her husband who lived as prairie nomads in the late 19th century, and a novel about dysfunctional family in small town Illinois. I even wrote a children's novella about a group of homeschooled kids who put on Shakespeare's Scottish Play (a.k.a. Macbeth) only to have spooky things happen to them during the rehearsals.
Although THE ORACLES OF DELPHI is the fourth novel I've worked on, it's the first one I've edited and edited and edited (and edited) until I feel it is ready to go out into the world. After four trips to Greece, many early readers, including a classics professor and archaeologist with field experience in Greece, countless editing sessions with numerous critique partners, and more glasses of wine and discussions about the oracles than my family and friends want to think about, I submitted to several agents, was recognized in the historical fiction category at the Pikes Peak Writers conference, and came close with one well known editor who asked me to rework it a bit and resubmit.
My original aim was to go the old fashioned route and get published "traditionally." However, since I first started this process, I have also started two companies (Blank Slate Press & Treehouse Author Services) and have edited and published multiple award-winning novels and have edited numerous manuscripts both fiction and non-fiction for authors seeking representation and for those seeking to self-publish. I've also written and published theThe Sowing, the first book in The Seeds Trilogy, a sci-fi/YA trilogy, with two extremely talented writing partners who also happen to be my daughters. The second in the trilogy, The Reaping will be Fall 2014.
If you love mystery, intrigue, romance and Ancient Greece, I hope you'll purify yourself in sacred spring water, pour libations of oil, eat a warm barley cake, and (figuratively) sacrifice a ram to Apollo, Dionysos, and Gaia–the gods and goddess of Delphi–as you settle in for an adventure with Althaia, Theron, Praxis, Nephthys, and, of course, Nikos.
And if you love ancient history, the Greek myths, Delphi, Athens or all things Greece, I'd love to hear from you. If you are into mysteries, romances, or political intrigue, are a writer, a reader, or a traveler with a great story to tell about your visit to Greece, I'd love to hear from you.
Please leave a message email me at kbmakansi @ blankslatepress.com.
*Oracles of Delphi won third place in the 2011 Pikes Peak Writers' Contest historical fiction category.
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Barge collides with bridge, spills oil into Mississippi River
Monday Jan 28, 2013 1:16 AM
A sheen of oil has been spotted three miles downriver after a barge carrying 80,000 gallons of crude oil hit a bridge. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
By Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press
A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged.
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The towboat Nature Way Endeavor banks a barge against the western bank of the Mississippi River on Sunday as vehicles travel on the Interstate 20 bridge.
Investigators did not know how much had spilled, but an oily sheen was reported as far as three miles downriver of Vicksburg after the 1:12 a.m. (2:12 a.m. ET) incident, said Lt. Ryan Gomez of the Coast Guard's office in Memphis, Tenn.
Authorities were still trying to determine the source of the leak, but it appeared to be coming from one or two tanks located at the stern of the first barge, Gomez said. He said there was no indication that any oil was leaking from the second vessel, and said it was still unclear whether the second barge also hit the bridge or was damaged through a collision with the first.
"Investigators are still trying to figure out what happened," he said.
United States Environmental Services, a response-and-remediation company, was working to contain the oil with booms before collecting it and transferring it to one of the barge's undamaged tanks, then ultimately to a separate barge, Gomez said. He could not say how long the river would remain closed in the area. Five northbound and two southbound vessels were waiting to pass, he said.
"It's still considered an active leak," Gomez said. "We don't have an estimate or accurate amount of what was released."
Railroad traffic was allowed to continue after the bridge was found safe for trains, Petty Officer Carlos Vega said.
The last time an oil spill closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River, it was for less than a day last February after an oil barge and a construction barge collided, spilling less than 10,000 gallons of oil. In 2008, a fuel barge collided with a tanker and broke in half, dumping 283,000 gallons of heavy crude into the waterway, and closing the river for six days.
The oil sheen from Sunday's incident was unlikely to pose a threat to the Gulf of Mexico, located 344 river miles south of Vicksburg.
Residents and businesses in Gulf Coast states are still recovering from the April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.
Associated Press Writer Lisa J. Adams contributed to this report.


My grandma gave me this tablecloth. Usually when I see embroidered tablecloths, I think to myself "Wow, that is huge and way too much work!" But this one is bright and fun and uses 6 strands of floss, so something similar would work up quickly. I like it a lot, so I took lots of photos.
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Wow I like that. Looks like it would be fast to whip up. Are the flower pots applique or cut out?
If you look closely at the edge of the flowerpot in the closeup, you can see there's tiny white thread stitches attaching the flowerpot shape to the background.
Oh I see it now, thank you. Sorry Just did a quick glance. Those are some tiny stitches.
yes they really are! They barely show up at all.
Oh how beautiful. Thanks for reminding me that I can embroider on any color fabric. I tend to get in a rut with those white/ivory/ecru backgrounds. This is very inspiring!!
glad you like it! Sometimes white just doesn't provide the extra oomph you can get from a contrasting background.
Also remember that you don't need to embroider the whole tablecloth – just a central section or an edge, to make it look pretty..!


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Элиас Хоу (; варианты написания имени Элиас Хоу, Элиас Гоу, Элиас Хоув, Илайес Хау, , , , США — , , США) — американский механик и предприниматель; один из изобретателей швейной машины.

Биография
Элиас Хоу родился в городе  штата Массачусетс, в 15 км от Вустера.

Хоу провёл детство и юность в Массачусетсе, проходил обучение на ткацкой фабрике, где затем работал мастером-механиком.

В апреле 1845 года Элиас Хоу создаёт первую рабочую версию своей швейной машины, 10 сентября 1846 года получает патент США #4750 на разработку машины, использующую стежок типа  (закрытый, челночный стежок). Элиас Хоу был не первым, кто придумал и создал швейную машину, до него в этой области работали такие инженеры, как Бартелеми Тимонье и Уолтер Хант, но именно Хоу стал обладателем патента на ключевую технологию. Швейная машина Хоу могла делать прямые швы со скоростью до 300 стежков в минуту, журнал «Scientific American» называет изобретение «экстраординарным».

Хоу не смог организовать производство и продажу машин у себя на родине и в 1846 году отправляется в Англию, где продаёт права на использование своей машины на территории Великобритании Уильяму Томасу, производителю корсетов, обуви и зонтов. После возвращения в США Хоу обнаруживает, что швейные машины похожей конструкции уже продаются, в частности машина Айзека Зингера выглядела усовершенствованной версией машины Хоу. Элиас подаёт в суд и после 5 лет разбирательств, в 1854 году, суд признаёт приоритет Хоу, остальные производители вынуждены платить ему роялти. Хоу и Зингер временно объединяют свои активы и получают по 5 долларов со всех проданных швейных машин, но их сотрудничество длится недолго.

Во время Гражданской войны с 14 августа 1862 года по 19 июля 1865 Элиас Хоу служит в качестве рядового в армии Соединённых Штатов.

В 1865 году в городе Бриджпорт (штат Коннектикут) основывает компанию «Howe Machine Company», швейные машины этой марки отмечены золотой медалью Парижской выставки 1867 года.

Элиас Хоу умирает в 1867 году в возрасте 48 лет. Похоронен на кладбище Грин-Вуд в Нью-Йорке. Хоу, как и его конкурент Зингер, стал к концу своей жизни мультимиллионером. В 2004 году Хоу был представлен в .

Упоминания в массовой культуре
 Фильм «Help!» группы The Beatles заканчивается строчкой «С уважением посвящается Элиасу Хоу, который в 1846 году изобрёл швейную машину».

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Whisk all ingredients in a bowl (or mini blender), making sure no lumps remain. If you want thinner tortillas, add 1-2 tsp. more water. Preheat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Place about 1 tsp. of coconut oil in the pan. Swirl around to coat.
Pour about 3 tbsp. of the batter into the pan, tipping the pan from side to side while you pour the batter (to get a very thin tortilla). Do not attempt to flip the tortilla until you are sure the first side is golden brown. Otherwise the tortilla will rip. Once nice and golden, flip over and brown on opposite side. Remove to plate and repeat process (adding more coconut oil as needed).You should get about 8-10 medium sized tortillas, less if they are very thick.
Do-ahead:Make these a day or two in advance, store them in a Ziploc bag, and reheat them as needed.


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4 rooms luxurious apartment featuring 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, renovated kitchen and spacious living-room.
The apartment is well lit and quiet. There is a large Succah balcony, Shabbat elevator and private parking spot. Private land, within a walking distance to the Old City and the German Colony.
The apartment was finished to the highest standards. The kitchen has custom-made glass cabinets, Bosch appliances and 2 integrated refrigerators/freezers and recessed lighting in the living area. There is also a full sized laundry sink (not often found in Israel) and a stackable Bosch/Dryer. There is also a reverse osmosis water filtration system for your drinking water and to entry filters to reduce water contaminants for infiltrating the water system. There are 2 stainless steel sinks in the kitchen, both with garbage dispoosals. The "Hardoor" electric built in closet with integrated Samsung TV would. The furnishings, which include custom made built-in furniture in the living room, a Swiss System electric bed in the upper master bedroom. Both king sized beds are American sized kings). The lower level king sized bed has storage under each of the mattresses.
There are numerous other enhancements, which make this property unique. The house is wired with CAT6 Internet cable, there is a permanent aluminum pergola/sukkah, patio furniture and screened patio doors and windows. There is a retractable awning. There are window treatments throughout the apartment.


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The Music of Taiwan
Did you know the haunting chant in Enigma's "Return of the Innocence" was originally recorded by an aboriginal Taiwanese couple? Neither did I.
An inside look at Taiwan's music industry.
BY PHILL FELTHAM
"Return of the Innocence" was a very popular song worldwide. The song, created by Enigma, is an exact representation of the aboriginal culture of Taiwan. In fact, the song's haunting chant belongs to an old Taiwanese couple.
The popular New Age band from Germany sampled the voices of an elderly Amis couple, Guo Yingnan and Guo Xiuzhu, without their knowledge, according to "World Music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific," a book written by Simon Broughton and Mark Ellingham. The couple was later compensated in an out-of-court decision in 1999, five years after the song was an international success.
However, despite the song's controversy, it gave the world a taste of Taiwanese aboriginal music. Modern Taiwanese music, however, is heavily influenced by the West, as well as other countries such as China and Malaysia.
Locals often sing ballads of popular Taiwanese singers Teresa Teng and Faye Wong in KTVs, private medium-sized rooms with karaoke equipment used for social outings.
Teresa Teng was a very popular singer who died in 1995 of an asthma attack, during a trip to Thailand. The pop icon gave many Chinese communists headaches with the pro-democratic messages in her songs. However, the Asian public admired her greatly for her heart and spirit.
A white statue was built at her mountainside tomb on Jinbao Mountain, Taipei County. Her clothes can also be found on display with her music playing in the background.
Teng's music is still extremely popular today in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and some parts of Mainland China. Faye Wong, a very popular singer of today's Taiwanese pop music, idolized Teresa Teng. She even released a tribute album.
Chinese native Faye Wong's popularity soars through Asia and is considered the most distinguished female singer in Chinese music history. The singer has a large fan base; the media in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China call her tiānhou(diva or goddess), while her Japanese fans call her "Diva of Asia."
Jay Chou, another Taiwanese singer, is popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, and among Chinese-Americans in the United States. He mixes R&B and rap, combining both Chinese and Western music styles. The song "Dad I Am Back" touches on domestic violence, "Rice Fields" mentions eco-awareness, and "Wounds of War" speaks on the destructiveness of war.
Other popular Taiwanese singers and bands include eVonne, Cyndi Wang Xin Ling, Chen Chi Chen (Cheer Chen), Energy, and 5566. Taiwanese pop culture has influenced other Chinese-speaking countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. iT!
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Iyad Hayatleh is a Palestinian poet and translator, who was born and grew up in Syria. He has lived in Glasgow since 2000, and has taken part in many literary events (operating translation and poetry workshops). Iyad has given numerous readings nationwide, including at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and has found publication of his poems in magazines and collective poetry books.
His first collection was published by Survivor's Press in 2007, entitled Beyond All Measure. He has collaborated with poet Tessa Ransford, on a two-way translation project for Rug of a Thousand Colours (featuring poems inspired by the Five Pillars of Islam, published by Luath Press in September 2012). He has featured on BBC radio programmes, and gained further media exposure in the Scottish press.


Introduce younger children to music with a fun, musical storytime at a local public library. A reader from the library will tell the stories while an Oregon Symphony musician brings them to life with live music. At the end, the kids get to try the instruments for themselves!
In a very special Symphony Storytime, Grimm star Claire Coffee teams up with the Oregon Symphony's Marilyn de Oliveira to tell the classic Brothers Grimm story of the Bremen Town Musicians – with a little help from Leopold the Leopard!
Symphony Storytimes bring stories to life for young listeners, enhancing them with live music played by Oregon Symphony musicians like Marilyn de Oliveira, assistant principal cello.
Featuring Claire Coffee, Marilyn de Oliveira, and Victor Yerrid (Leopold). Directed by Misty Eddy. Produced by Claire Coffee. Special thanks to Cedarwood School.


The dynamic Fendi family of Rome, Italy, has built a successful fashion for three generations. The house was founded by Adele Casagrande and Eduardo Fendi; they first produced high-quality fur and leather goods in 1925 in Rome. The next generation of 5 sisters began to join their parents in the business in 1946. Paola, Anna, Franca, Carla and Alda each brough different talents and interests to invigorate Fendi products. The following year Fendi began working with young designer Karl Lagerfeld, who gradually changed the modern concept of fur in fashion ,and was also responsible for their logo design of interlocking 'F'. Fendi has been on the forefront of fashion since the introduction of their Fendi Baguette, which was responsible along with Chanel, Gucci and Prada for igniting the handbag wars of the mid-to-late 1990s.
Selleria bags are in our opinion Fendi's top products. They are entirely handcrafted and handstiched (you can see how the large and regular stiches are always very noticeable on Selleria bags. This highlights quality. Selleria internal tags are silver plated (Sterling Silver). Leather is also incredibly soft and of superior quality. Look for a long digit serial number which in most cases in embossed on a leather tag inside on the of internal pockets.
Fendi's 2 most popular patters have always been "Zucca" and "Zucchino" monograms. Here are 2 examples of each.
Below you can see a late 1990s top handle or shoulder bag with brown Zucca tones.
This is another beautiful blue tones zucca monogram Top handle shopper from the early 1980s. You can have a look at Fendi's SAS leather logo attached in the internal canvas.
Top handle purse with both silver metal plate and serial number inside.
This recent boston bronze tones zucchino monograms bag has internal logos, serials and Fendi code hologram inside.
SERIAL NUMBERS, HOLOGRAMS, HARDWARE, LEATHER LOGOS, RFID - from when... to when?
We start finding serial references in ALL Fendi bags from the beginning of the '90s. Fendi started using hologram labels in a consistent way from 2004/2005. In 2010/2011, they started using another more advanced system called RFID, with more advanced authenticity purposes.
if they are between the end of the beginning of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Hardware is also extremely important. Fendi hardware on vintage bags is highly recognizable. Below are some examples of bags and what to look for. Look for YKK metal zippers (could have FENDI logo), and beware plastic ones.
This splendid '70s top handle bag with its matching little purse and mirror has a very old Fendi logo inside.
2 more examples of 1970s and 1970s Bags with their internal logos and hardware.
End of 1980s, very early 1990s - here's a gorgeous Cartella, in classic Fendi striped pattern, with Fendi vertical logo's along the sides of the dark stripes. Focus on the FENDI SAS gold metal logo, and also on the 8 digit early serial references.
Here's an example of a beautiful tote gray leather Fendi from the late first decade of 2000s. See how many aspects there are to check genuineness, from the hardware, to the serial print on a leather small tag which will be probably hidden in one of the internal pockets, as this one was.
This "Bag De Jour" (2008), has the middle part of its serial number which corrisponds to the model number (1st part), of the shop card. Sorry that code is not perfectly visible, but to help you out, the part "8BN162" which is the central part of the leather embossed serial on the top right (below picture) is the same as the initial part of the "ART." number on the shop card bottom right.
"To You" Bag, 2008. Again, central part of serial number (8BL100) corresponds to the 1st part of the number on the shop card.
A very recent Fendi 3Jour, with its RFID internal tag, and its serial number on its internal leather tag. A quick 360 video to help you out in focusing on the details of this bag.