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Sumi Calligraphy and Painting Workshop with Yuming Zhu Sunday, February 19th, 2017, 9:30am– 3:30pm Central Art Classroom Fee $85.00 "A Hint of Spring of Oregon" One-day Sumi Painting Workshop Welcome the coming of Spring!
This workshop will concentrate energetic strokes and create paintings of early greens in Sumi style. We will use sumi ink to paint on Sprinkle Gold paper, to interpret flowers in Sumi style. The fusion of western and Eastern techniques is encouraged. Photos of local blooming and live flowers, branches are welcome. Please for repeating students, bring your sketch screen books and we will transfer sketch to paintings.


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John Travolta, Madonna, Usher and other celebrities debut shocking new looks in 2019
By Jennifer Earl | Fox News
John Travolta shocks fans with fresh new look
New year, new looks: Celebrities are ringing in 2019 with shocking new transformations.
Some changed their iconic hairstyles — whether they picked up a curling iron or hair dye — while others simply updated their style.
Madonna was one of the first stars to draw attention as the clock struck midnight. Photos of the singer went viral on social media after she took the stage at Manhattan's Stonewall Inn with a seemingly curvier than usual buttocks. The speculation of a potential surgery prompted many to come to Madonna's defense, reminding fans it's "her body, her choice."
After all, Madonna did explain to everyone the importance of being kind to others in a moving New Year's Eve speech.
MADONNA ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER EYEBROW-RAISING PICTURE EMERGES
"If we truly took the time to get to know one another, we would find that we all bleed the same color and we all need to love and be loved. Let's remember who and what we are fighting for — ourselves, for each other," she urged the crowd, according to USA Today.
Here's a running list of celebrities who have wowed fans with their new looks so far this year.
No, that's not Bruce Willis — though the pair may now share the same "hairstyle."
Travolta, 64, went razor crazy in the New Year, showing off a newly shaved head and thickening beard.
"I hope everyone had a great New Year!" Travolta captioned an Instagram post on Jan. 7.
Travolta posed in the picture with his daughter Ella.
This isn't the first time the famous "Grease" lead has been spotted completely bald. The actor also shaved it all off in the 2010 flick "From Paris With Love" and again in 2018 for his role in the crime drama "Gotti."
Madonna's curvy derrière turned heads at a New Year's Eve celebration at New York City's famous gay club Stonewall Inn.
The singer surprised fans, performing her hit song "Like a Prayer" and the classic Elvis Presley hit "Can't Help Falling in Love" during the event. But it wasn't necessarily Madonna's vocals that had people talking. Rather, people were more focused on the 60-year-old's backside.
Many questioned whether the 80's icon had gotten injections or implants.
In true Madonna style, the singer refused to entertain other people's comments or opinions about her body.
"Desperately Seeking No Ones Approval..................😂. And Entitled to Free Agency Over My Body Like Everyone Else!! Thank you 2019 🎉🎉🎉! Its Going to Be an amazing Year!! 🔥🔥🔥!" the celebrity captioned a Jan.3 Instagram post.
Usher went retro in 2019, displaying a new pompadour hairstyle on Instagram.
Donning a fur coat, round spectacles and gelled hair, Usher joked that he was a member of the "Rat Pack" on Jan. 1.
The new hairdo comes after speculation swirled in late December that the singer permed his hair.
But the new look likely isn't permanent. The Cut reports the 40-year-old simply straightened his hair for a New Year's Even theme party. He even documented the transformation on his Instagram Stories, showing his stylist with a curling iron in hand.
Isla Fisher briefly bid farewell to her iconic ginger locks in 2019 — confirming to fans that she is, in fact, a different person than fellow actress Amy Adams. The stars, both known for their vibrant red hair, often get confused for one another.
On New Year's Day, Fisher revealed a whole new look: platinum blonde hair and bronzer.
"Go blonde in '19 or go home," Fisher, 42, captioned an Instagram image of her transformation.
A handful of people said the star looked "unrecognizable" and joked that Shakira may be her next celebrity lookalike.
The Australian actress has previously joked about being mistaken for Adams, revealing to Jimmy Kimmel in October 2017 that Lady Gaga even once mixed the pair up during a post-Oscars party.
"The crowd parted and there was Lady Gaga and she's heading right toward me and she says, 'Thank you. Your performance in 'American Hustle,' Amy ... So I just gracefully thanked her and bowed my head," Fisher joked, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Nick Cannon's curly new 'do was short-lived.
The star sported curly long locks in the New Year but quickly got a haircut after fans mocked the TV host's style following the premiere of "The Masked Singer" on Fox. But first, he took the time to retweet some hilarious memes about his hairstyle, encouraging viewers to "keep them coming."
"Y'all gonna respect my Curl Pattern! LOL🤣 @karlousm said my hair look like Easter Basket Grass!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Y'all gonna stop hating on my John Witherspoon Glow Up!! 🙌🏾🤣🤣🤣 Luckily I got a fresh cut now, so drink my activator haters!!" Cannon later joked in a Jan. 4 Instagram post.
Jennifer Earl is an SEO editor for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter @jenearlyspeakin.
Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn opens up about childhood: 'I was a prop'
'Justice League' director Joss Whedon responds to Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher's claims of poor behavior
Christina Haack shuts down 'too fast, too soon' criticism over relationship with fiancé Josh Hall
Betty White's assistant shares 'one of the last photos' taken of beloved star: 'Radiant and beautiful'
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5.5.2.1. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology Scenario in France (2019- 2032)
5.5.3.1. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology Scenario in Italy (2019- 2032)
5.5.4.1. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology Scenario in Spain (2019- 2032)
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Figure 1 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in 7MM (2019-2032)
Figure 2 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in 7MM (2019-2032)
Figure 3 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in the United States (2019-2032)
Figure 4 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in the United States (2019-2032)
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Figure 6 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in Germany (2019-2032)
Figure 7 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in France (2019-2032)
Figure 8 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in France (2019-2032)
Figure 9 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in Italy (2019-2032)
Figure 10 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in Italy (2019-2032)
Figure 11 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in Spain (2019-2032)
Figure 12 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in Spain (2019-2032)
Figure 13 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Epidemiology in the United Kingdom (2019-2032)
Figure 14 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in the United Kingdom (2019-2032)
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Figure 16 Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Diagnosed and Treatable Cases in Japan (2019-2032)
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Sail the Beryl Seat with Boating!
BOATS. Yes, I refuse to cease wishing for boats. So here is what I've been thinking in terms of boats. This is of course an idea that will likely never come to fruition since it would take a lot of coding. But, given the popularity of fishing, boats do seem like a logical secondary 'minigame' of sorts. Also boats would just be fun!
With Aetolia's current design, there is no need for boats so far as travel goes. Boats could instead be a buy-in skill that is part of a faction group, like fishing, that then rewards the player in terms of quests + some small exploration opportunities tied in with them. These quests and exploration opportunities (little islands, often containing the quests) could result in gold, tradeskill ingredients, or other small items (such as collectibles). More skill ranks (gained through doing boat quests) leads to bigger and better boats that can get more quests and go more places.
Fishing could of course be tied into boats as well, with boats allowing access to new and interesting fishing areas. Have fishing but can't afford the boats skill and want to go to a boat-accessible fishing area? It would be a great opportunity to make some friends with boats, since what good is a boat if you can't have multiple people on it (with the number of people allowed scaling up according to the size of your boat).
When you first buy the Boating skill, you would get a nice little two-man rowboat, not good for much apart from some minor errands for the Dockmasters. These errands would raise your faction with the Dockmasters, and as your skill goes up, unlock the ability to purchase progressively bigger boats. At transcendent Boating, you gain a large boat with a good-sized deck, a couple cabins, and a hold, with the ability to customize these at a (expensive) cost. All boats could of course be named for a small fee (like a minipet).
The special fishing areas would just be a nice addition to Boating as well as Fishing. The meat of Boating would be in the boat-accessible weekly (or monthly) miniquests to be performed on small islands reachable by boat. The gold offered from these quests wouldn't be immense, more like fishing gold, but special tradeskill items could be found, whether dropped by island mobs, spawned in certain locations (island fruit, as an example), or perhaps dredged up in the harbors. Small items like these could also be a common quest reward, with some sort of collectible line offered as rare rewards (a collect-them-all sort of thing, like the figurines that are now in the ranking system).
So, yeah. Boats. Boats would be awesome.
TL;DR- Make Boating a skill like fishing and part of the faction system. Make them for minigame-type quests instead of travel, since we don't need them for getting around Aetolia. Go fishing on a boat! Sail the Beryl Sea to get gold and new tradeskill items and other shiny things. Customize boats for a goldsink.
All of this, except airships instead. Achaea has boats, Lusternia has spaceships, we (as the cogs and gears game) should have airships. Ylem-powered monstrosities that you can fish off of, build up with gold/comms/forged gear, etc.
This is in no way related to hidden urges to be a sky pirate.
Geting FF9 flashbacks (Mist-powered airships), and I wholeheartedly approve.
I am all for BOTH. Both is better. Sail the seas and sail the skies! Ylem-fuel could also be a major Ships quest theme as well as abilities within the skill set (harvesting ylem-oil, refining ylem-oil, etc.).
I am SO down for airships. I need my flying tomb-ship which heralds death, despair, and hilariously ineffective masquerades. If we do boats, please make them customizable with big awesome verbose descriptions! I'd love to see the differences between a Carnifex galleon and a Templar schooner, or a Syssin stealth airship and Rasani's inevitable flying bar.
I definitely like airships more than regular boats, so if I had to pick one I'd pick airships, but both is so much better. Also, I'm kind of a nerd about IRL modern naval combat, so getting to brush up on less modern ships would be awesome too.
It would probably be difficult, but extra functionality for boats would be nice, like skipping taking ferries, and being able to putter yourself around to land at different docks around Sapience.
Hell, while we're at it, let's make sand-ships for the Mhojave too.
I think customization would be a huge draw of a Ships skill and a great reason to strive for transcendency. I was thinking a few basic transcendent 'ship templates' to choose from with basic descriptions, but with each room and the exterior descriptions (ie, for probing the ship in port) customizable if a player wants to do so. The powers that be seem to love gold sinks these days, and what better way to waste our gold than in outfitting elaborate vessels?
Now I'm just thinking of new events that could take place either in the sky (for airships), at sea (for boats), or both at once.
The word that's coming to mind is "ylemstorm."
Sailing is going to be it.
-You could have Rajamala Harem Island reachable by airship, just saying.
I do not need to be convinced of the awesomeness of Airships. We'll discuss tentative year schedule in the town hall and such.


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When your cruise ship docks in Amsterdam, set off from port with your very own guide to discover the city like a local. On this private, 4-hour shore excursion, you'll explore Albert Cuyp street market, the Museum District and the Jordaan district, whose jumbled streets are laced with cafes, galleries and quirky shops. Learn about life in the liberal capital; try a typical Dutch snack in Leidseplein and visit the Houseboat Museum to learn about the city's houseboat culture.
questions or photos!!. Ample time for viewing and food. We enjoyed mingling with the locals the whole time too.
Loved this tour. Our guide was great. She loves her city and it really came across.
This tour was outstanding. Lia our tour guide was fantastic. She was very informative. Great guide to have if you have never been to Amsterdam.
Really enjoyed this tour of City. Flower market was breath taking in it's beauty. Max was a fun and experienced guide.


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Time to stop flogging the dead parrot
by Alan Collins • Wednesday 08 December 2010
'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. Much like Monty Python's famous Norwegian Blue parrot, private sector defined benefit pension schemes are dead. They are not resting, stunned or even pining for the fjords – they're stone dead. I therefore believe the calls by the UK pensions industry to shield defined benefit pension schemes from the effects of Solvency II are somewhat misplaced. If the only reason for not adopting Solvency II is to prevent the further closures of such schemes, then these calls do not stand up to scrutiny. Schemes have been closing rapidly under the existing regime and will continue to do so irrespective of European legislation. Many employers overburdened by regulation and the dawning realisation of the real cost of pension guarantees have called time on defined benefit provision. The adoption of Solvency II may well further hasten this inevitable demise. For a large number of schemes, accepting this now will be a good thing in the long run. The closure of schemes leaves two main issues: (1) should defined benefits constitute a cast-iron promise to beneficiaries and (2) how do we best close the funding gaps to ensure all liabilities are met? The magnitude of UK defined benefit obligations have grown over time, often beyond the sponsors' control. Layer upon layer of legislation, primarily relating to guaranteed indexation, has left employers to fund obligations which were not present or intended when schemes were first set up. In effect, this has hindered the private sector from delivering pensions which can be guaranteed. Beneficiaries certainly believe a promise is a promise and fully expect employers to stand behind their obligations irrespective of the above problems. This feeling is heightened by the fact that fewer and fewer beneficiaries have an ongoing mutual interest in the prospects of the sponsor. However, by allowing measures which rely so heavily on employers, it is also clear that the UK funding regime has never been set up in a way to match the understanding of the beneficiaries. It is a structure based on hope rather than expectation. As integration across member states continues and the workforce in the EU becomes increasingly mobile, I would expect that benefit promises made by companies in all EU states will face harmonised regulation and enforcement. UK residents who end up working in other EU states would fully expect benefit promises to be honoured just as our European counterparts would surely expect the same protection working in the UK. The expectation of benefit promises being honoured seems to make it inevitable that there will be levelling up of pension legislation across the EU, whether by Solvency II or other means. The National Association of Pension Funds claims that the UK system already provides a strong level of protection for its members through the employer covenant, The Pensions Regulator (tPR) and the Pension Protection Fund. While the current regime is undoubtedly more robust, any inference that the existence of the PPF is a justification for a lower funding target should be discounted. In support of this view, the Association of Consulting Actuaries believes that the current directive with its requirement for the prudent funding of technical provisions is providing 'an appropriate balance between protecting members' benefits and keeping the cost to employers at an affordable level'. While balance is appropriate, I believe it would be a mistake to retain a lower funding target because it is all that can be afforded in the short-medium term. It is much better to aim for the right target, even if it is going to take longer to get there. As well as possible directives on Solvency II, there are a number of additional factors which support stronger funding targets such as the views of the Accounting Standards Board; the ultimate legal obligation on employers is already set at buyout; and the dominance of solvency levels in pension related discussions during mergers & acquisitions, where FRS and technical provisions are cast aside. For all but the very largest of schemes, the only realistic end game is to buy out all of the remaining benefits with an insurance company as soon as it is affordable and efficient to do so. In the meantime, the need for employer flexibility and the reluctance of tPR to accept very long-term recovery plans have lead to the adoption of weaker funding targets which rely on the ethereal employer covenant. However this is the system we must work within at the moment. Whichever way we end up reserving for and funding schemes, the UK pensions industry needs to face up to the fact that its biggest task is dealing with legacy deficits and not propagating the virtues of future benefit accrual. The private sector defined benefit experiment has failed and the best that can be done is to ensure that current obligations to members are met. It is time to admit that the parrot is truly dead.
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using System;
using System.Linq;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace HandlebarsDotNet.Test
{
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    public class NumericLiteralTests
    {
        public NumericLiteralTests()
        {
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Camboida Costs and Review – Do your dream!
Cambodia was a massive surprise. Before we came we only read information on how we'd be ripped off at every opportunity; and how the roads were awful and dangerous; and how bad some accommodation was. Our real findings though were vastly different.
Not once were we ripped off (maybe short changed a few pence), and not once did we feel unsafe. The locals were unbelievably friendly, and even the kids happy to say a quick hello and not want/expect anything in return other than a hello and wave. Very undemanding.
Cambodia has an awful history that we need to look at in more detail, and find out why the UK still supported Pal Pot of the Khmer Rouge years after he got booted out and millions (25% of Cambodian population) were murdered.
Considering what the country has been through we think it is amazing, and with so many kids at school the future is bright. We only hope it doesn't get ruined by being too touristy and then treating all westerners as walking ATMs.
Siem Reap, Battambang and Phnom Penh were great, though we disliked the beach areas – though may have just been a bad choice. We know we missed other parts off, and we didn't go too far off the beaten track so haven't really gone too deep, but we think we got a good view on the country.
Our daily spend of £39 is so little, and yet we did so much. A fairly cheap country to get around in, and you could easily reduce our hotel costs by 50% if you like it rough, At our level it was rather pleasant!
Currency: Most big items priced in USD, whereas smaller items priced in Reil. 4000 Reil=$1 and they are interchangable everywhere. e.g. $1.75 item, pay $2 get 1000 reil in change. $1.25 item, pay 5000 reil, or $1 and 1000 reil. Easy really.
Chemists: Reasonable selection – also big supermarkets (Lucky) in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh for all western toiletaries.
Food: Street food easy to access.
Sihanoukville wasn't worth the trip, though Kep and surrounding places may have been. Potentially we should have done more research surrounding these places and amended our routing. But apart from that, we'd keep all as was.


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About the University of Leicester
Philip Hammersley CBE
We have learned with regret of the death of Mr Philip Hammersley CBE, a long-time supporter of the University who served on Council from 1991 to 2004.
Mr Hammersley retired in 1991 from a career in the chemical and footwear industries, during which he had served as Chairman of CBI East Midlands, Chairman of the Shoe and Allied Trades Research Association and President of the British Footwear Manufacturers' Federation. He promptly threw himself into a busy retirement serving on a whole new range of boards and committees.
He was Vice-Chairman of the Leicestershire Health Authority and then, in succession, the first Chairman of Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Chairman of Trent Region NHS Executive and, on the merger of the three Leicester hospitals, the Chairman of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He retired from this post in 2006.
He became a Trustee of the National Space Centre in 1998 and a director of the property company responsible for building it, and then the first chairman of its operating company prior to launch in 2001. In a tribute on Facebook, National Space Centre Chief Executive Chas Bishop wrote: "His contribution to its success cannot be over-stated."
While serving on Council, Mr Hammersley was a key contact between the University and both the NHS Trust and the National Space Centre.
He was appointed OBE in 1989 for services to the footwear industry and CBE in 2000 for services to the National Health Service. In 2008, we acknowledged his contribution to the University and the city with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws.
The picture below, kindly provided by the National Space Centre, shows Philip Hammersley introducing Buzz Aldrin to Professor Ken Pounds.


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The Church of St. Luke is a regional church in Lisko. It is a concrete building, erected above the settlement in 1928. The concrete was of poor quality and the church was in danger of collapsing. The complete restoration of the church was carried out in the 1980s while don Josip Delaš was the pastor, when all the walls were repaired and reinforced, and the shrine was renovated as well. Both the inside and outside walls were replastered. At this time, an altar was set up toward the congregation.
The New Church, St. Michael's, Dugopolje
The new parish church, St. Michael the Archangel, was built in 1983, not far from the old church.
The Old Church, St. Michael's, Dugopolje
The old parish church of St. Michael the Archangel is located in the local cemetery in Dugopolje. The church was completely restored in 1997.
St. Rocco's Church, Dugopolje
The Church of St. Rocco is located in the hamlet of Kute, on the eastern side of Dugopolje. It is a single-nave building with a square apse, probably built in the early 19th century.
Chapels in the Dugopolje Area
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Fields and the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosegarden.
Church of All Saints, Koprivno
The parish church of All Saints was built in 1901 with funds from the so-called Seminary foundations and contributions from parishioners.
St. Peter and Paul Church, Kotlenice
The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Kotlenice was built in 1873 while don Stipe Šimunić was pastor.
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Numerous events are occurring across the globe that are increasing awareness of the real value of water.
Recently, Australia experienced a one in a 1 000-year drought, while two separate state-wide emergencies were declared in California, USA – both of these related to droughts. In early 2016, countries in southern Africa were experiencing the worst drought in decades with record low levels in lakes, rivers and reservoirs resulting in severe water and power shortages in the region. Large parts of Johannesburg, the economic hub of South Africa, were without water for almost a week due to heat waves and operational issues.
Clean and safe water is the single, most important prerequisite for life, the environment and for healthy living. Sadly, while many countries spend up to 20 percent of their national budgets on healthcare, investment in quality water supply remains inadequate. Globally, 1.1 billion people still do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people – half of the developing world – lack even basic sanitation facilities1. As a result, four out of five illnesses in developing countries have been linked to poor water and sanitation, and one in every five child deaths worldwide (under the age of five) is related to waterborne diseases. Even in developed countries, a lack of attention to the protection of critical water supply sources can have significant human health implications.
Food production is totally dependent on water. Without water security, our crops and livestock are put at great risk. By 2050, it is expected that food production will demand 20 percent more water than it does currently due to the increase in global standards of living, and the trend towards diets consisting of meat and dairy products. The volumes of water intrinsically required in the cultivation and production of food and other products is significant. It takes 600 litres of water to produce 500 g of wheat, 1 000 litres of water for one litre of milk, and 4 600 litres of water to produce one 300 g beef steak2.
World leaders are now realising the true value of water and how improved water stewardship pays high economic dividends in the long term. At the 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, water once again took centre stage in the forum's Global Risk Report. The report reflected a growing recognition that diminishing supplies of reliable, clean water will significantly impede the economic growth of poor and rich economies alike. Water is also considered to be one of the primary channels manifesting the social and economic impacts of climate change. According to a recent World Bank report, the price of poor water stewardship or water scarcity could prove costly to economic growth. In some regions, GDP growth could decline by as much as six percent in just a few years, primarily due to the impact of climate change on water resources availability.
The increasing risk of reduced water security forces governments and businesses to focus on the value that water brings, and the importance of investing in the careful management of this precious resource. Big business' now recognise the true value of water, prompting many to consider the availability of water resources when making decisions about where to invest or locate their facilities, while also making significant investments in improving their water use efficiency. Considerations around unreliable water supplies, more frequent and extreme floods and droughts, water pollution and the threat of climate change that may put bottom lines at risk, are now becoming the norm. This has resulted in companies proactively making efforts to protect critical water resources areas through catchment rehabilitation, while supporting the development of water supply systems to surrounding communities, as well as to their own factories and plants.
Water-dependent sectors such as agriculture, fishing, power, mining and industry, as well as downstream sectors such as manufacturing, are major contributors to employment particularly in developing economies. According to the 2016 United Nations World Water Development Report on Water and Jobs, three out of four jobs worldwide are water-dependent. This further highlights the co-relationship between water and socio-economic development. Access to clean drinking water and sanitation is also necessary for a healthy and productive workforce. Cities, the primary economic drivers for most economies, are dependent on water supplies, and have traditionally developed in areas close to a reliable source of fresh water. Hydropower, which represents approximately 16 per cent of total global electricity production, poses huge opportunities as a clean and renewable energy source, particularly in Africa. However, it needs to be carefully managed and planned for to avoid un-intended consequences and to mitigate future uncertainties.
Improved water stewardship also contributes to other social and ecological co-benefits. This is demonstrated by the highly successful programmes implemented by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs: Working for Water, Working for Wetlands, and other 'Working for' programmes ‒ excellent examples of what is considered 'quality infrastructure' by the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) ‒ essential for future sustainable development.
One of the greatest challenges for the future is how to ensure sufficient and sustainable water supply for a global population in excess of 7 billion. Sustainable water resources management requires collaborative partnerships among diverse stakeholders that aim to unite different interests, consolidate knowledge, maximise benefits and manage conflict.
While the human right to water and sanitation acknowledges water as a shared resource, this right brings with it complex hydrological, social, environmental and economic interdependencies. Our growing world, with more people and general activities, will demand more water and generate more pollution. This impacts and threatens ecosystems, water sustainability, peace and security.
Along with other global human factors, such impacts threaten the future and certainty of our global water supply. Exacerbated by inadequate infrastructure spending, maintenance and poor management or governance, risks are set to deepen, and today's extremes might become the norm.
The growing funding gap to keep up with the rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of ageing water infrastructure is a global concern, particularly in the current age of austerity. Water also suffers from the 'tragedy of the commons', in that it is often thought to be somebody else's problem to ensure sustainable management of the resource.
It is pivotal that new water systems are built to cope with increasing populations, shifting consumption patterns, improving technologies, an uncertain future and a changing climate. This is the only way we can guarantee the security of our water in the complex times of our future.
How do we tackle these challenges? We need to think differently. We need to create new sustainable and resilient water realities based on a comprehensive understanding of problems, imaginative approaches, cooperation, new paradigms, and new technologies.
For over 80 years, Aurecon has been contributing to improved water security through sustainable water resources planning and management in many of the large, transboundary river basins across Africa. Projects include integrated water resources and management development plans, catchment management strategies, hydromet network designs, catchment rehabilitation and various planning, feasibility and operational studies ranging from small hydropower projects to large and complex water resources systems. A showcase project was the pilot application of the Nile Basin Decision Support System. Aurecon is involved with climate change studies related to water resources and recently completed a study of the economic impacts of climate change in South Africa, and the critical importance of an integrated bulk water supply infrastructure system to mitigate these impacts3.
Aurecon is also currently supporting the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) with the rehabilitation of numerous wetlands as part of the Working for Wetlands programme in South Africa.
In addition to water resources management, Aurecon designs and develops bulk conveyance systems and innovative water treatment and waste water treatment plants. Examples include the Preekstoel Water Treatment Works in South Africa, which has provided cost-effective and innovative means of securing the water supply requirements of the Greater Hermanus area, and the Adelaide Desalination Plant in Australia, which has made the introduction of desalinated drinking water into Adelaide's water supply network a reality.
Both projects have gone on to win a number of industry awards such as the 2015 Construction World Best Projects Award in South Africa, and Project of the Year at the 2013 Project Management Institute Awards in Australia.
These are a small selection of our water related projects that showcase 'out-of-the-box' solutions, the benefits of which the local communities enjoy and will keep enjoying for years to come. Looking ahead, Aurecon will continue to deploy its global pool of creative thinkers to address critical water resource challenges of the future. As part of our Design to Innovate philosophy, we invite you to join us.
Together we can co-discover innovative solutions that realise the true value of water.


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Why the NCAA sues over the use of 'March Madness'
By Ross Crowell, Law Library Sports Law Correspondent
As the men's NCAA Tournament just wrapped up with Kansas taking down North Carolina in the National Championship, one interesting legal issue that often arises around the tournament is the NCAA's trademark on the term "March Madness".
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The NCAA has "aggressively protected" its trademarked marketing programs, including "March Madness". The first time the phrase was first used as a reference to the NCAA Tournament was in 1982 by announcer Brent Musberger. The NCAA attempted to trademark the term in the 1990s, but the term was already trademarked by the Illinois High School Association, which previously purchased the term's trademark rights from a Chicago television company.
The Illinois High School Association ended up suing an NCAA licensee to enjoin it from the use of the term. However, the NCAA won, as the Seventh Circuit found that "March Madness" had become a dual-use term, as it could reference both the Illinois High School Association and NCAA basketball tournaments. While both associations used the term for a period of time, the NCAA ended up buying out the Illinois High School Association's ownership of the trademark.
Along with "March Madness", there are several other basketball tournament terms that the NCAA has trademark protection over, such as "Elite Eight", "Final Four", "68 Teams, One Dream", "March Mayhem", "March to the Madness", "Road to the Final Four", "Selection Sunday", "The Big Dance", and even "Read to the Final Four", among many other terms. Thus, the use of the term "March Madness" or any of these other NCAA trademarked terms requires NCAA approval.
As the NCAA has trademark rights to this term, that means the term cannot be used as a catchphrase by anyone else, even in an unrelated industry. For example, a local country club could not promote a golf tournament under the name "March Madness", despite the event being completely unrelated to the NCAA basketball tournament.
While it is impossible for the NCAA to find every commercial use of the term in violation of its trademark protection, the NCAA often sends cease-and-desist letters to owners of bars, restaurants, and other companies that are using the trademark without a license.
The NCAA strictly enforces potential trademark infringements in order to maintain the rights to their trademarks. If the NCAA does not enforce protection of their trademarked terms, they could lose the rights to their protected use of the terms. For example, the terms "thermos", "yo-yo", "laundromat", and "hacky sack" were once trademarked, but became revoked once the terms became generic due to not being protected by the terms' owners.
Thus, while the NCAA may appear aggressive for vigorously protecting the use of "March Madness" and other trademarked terms, they police the use of the term in order to maintain their trademark privileges. The NCAA likely does not want "March Madness" to become a generic term, so it must enforce the use of the term, even if the use by other parties does not impact the NCAA's business interests.
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The Real 8,000,000th
Earlier this week the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted patent number 8,000,000 to Second Sight Medical Products Inc. for a device that helps people with degenerative vision problems to see better. It's certainly a far cry from patent number one granted after the Patent Act of 1837 for enhancements to locomotives wheels.
Now I don't want to crash anyone's party, namely the USPTO's party at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Sept. 8, 2011 recognizing granting patent number 8,000,000, but patent number 8,000,000 is not actually the 8,000,000th patent granted. It is worth noting that patent number one is not the first US patent issued. Rather there were around 9,900 patents issued prior to patent number one. These patents were originally unnumbered; however, the USPTO has since gone back and numbered the surviving early patents, prefacing the number with an "X". Today these patents are commonly known as the X-Patents. That being said I am unaware of these patents having any special mutant abilities, save an immunity to fire. Unfortunately less than 2,000 of the early patents survived the patent office fire of 1836.
So the US actually issued its 8,000,000th patent about 9,900 patents ago and with an eye to being more precise and giving credit where credit is due, I propose here that we instead recognize Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s patent for a Battery control device for hybrid forklift truck —US PAT 7,990,100– as the closest thing we will ever come to a 8,000,000th US patent.
So please join in the USPTO celebration on September 8th but also have a drink in the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd 8,000,000th US patent and X-Patents.
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With a new baby, we haven't had much energy to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. More than ever we're looking towards big, batch cooking options to get us through the week. This weekend, I realized that we had not roasted a whole chicken in a while, and whole chickens are a great way to make multiple meals from one dish. This whole chicken recipe uses our take on the Latin American spice mixture, Adobo. It's straightforward and delicious. Serve it with Cauliflower Rice and/or sautéed peppers for a complete meal. Leftovers can be shredded for lettuce boats or stir-fried with mixed vegetables.
Preheat your oven to 425° F. Rinse and pat dry the chicken; be sure to empty the cavity if gizzards are included.
Stuff two quarters of the lime into the cavity of the chicken. Add the garlic cloves. Then, put the remaining two quarters of the lime into the cavity.
Blend adobo seasoning ingredients in a small bowl. Sprinkle the adobo seasoning over the entire chicken.
Pour oil in a medium oven-safe sauté pan. Place the chicken breast-side facing up into the pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Rotate the pan after 35 minutes.
Allow the chicken to rest for 15 minutes before carving and serving.


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Lakeshore Legal Aid (LLA) seeks a new executive director to lead the organization.
LLA is a Legal Services Corporation-funded program providing legal services to low income persons and seniors in seventeen southeast Michigan counties, including the City of Detroit.
LLA has been providing legal services for 53 years and has a distinguished history of providing broad access to services for individual clients, of working closely with community organizations and the courts, and of engaging in impact advocacy on a state and national level. LLA has approximately 140 staff persons in 16 locations with an annual budget exceeding $10 million. The mission statement of LLA is "Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system." See https://lakeshorelegalaid.org/ for more information about LLA.
William Knight has been the successful and respected executive director of LLA for 20 years and has announced that he will be retiring in the near future and in no case later than December 31, 2019. The new executive director will succeed Mr. Knight and will assume the strategic and day-to-day management of LLA, including visioning and leading substantive advocacy, financial and operational management, fund development, and regulatory compliance. The new executive director will be the public face of LLA and will represent the program to the courts, the private bar, government officials, client and community organizations, funders and donors. LLA is governed by a board of directors of 9 individuals—the new executive will work closely with and support the board as it governs the program.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to high quality advocacy for low income persons and communities; the candidate will also need to demonstrate a strong commitment to the leadership of an organization that is well-managed operationally and fiscally and values organizational and personal integrity.
It is preferred that candidates have a minimum of 5 years leadership experience in a legal services programs and/or non-profits providing services to low income persons or other comparable leadership experience; are a member of the Michigan Bar (or a member of the bar of another state with the ability to become a member of the Michigan bar promptly); have experience and a passion for working with low income persons and communities; have demonstrated expertise in poverty law; have demonstrated the capacity to work with non-profit boards; and have demonstrated the capacity to work with a broad range of stakeholders and cultures.
It is anticipated that there will be only a short time of transition between the hiring of the new executive director and Mr. Knight's full retirement. Depending upon the wishes and needs of the new executive director, it may be possible to have Mr. Knight remain as a consultant to his successor for a limited period of time.
The hiring decision will be made by the LLA board. Those interested in the position should send an application letter and detailed resume to Thomas W. Linn, Lakeshore Legal Aid Board President, at linn@millercanfield.com or by mail or other delivery service to Mr. Linn at Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, 150 West Jefferson, Suite 2500, Detroit, Michigan 48226. In the letter, applicants are encouraged to highlight skills and accomplishments which would make them a successful leader of LLA. All applications will be acknowledged. While the position will remain open until filled, applications are requested on or before May 24, 2019.
LLA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Date Posted: Apr 30, 2019


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European Medicinal Leech Fact File
The European medicinal leech has a cylindrical body which is divided in to narrow segments.
A sucker is present at either end of the body. One is used for holding on to items while the other contains the teeth and jaw. This is used to grab on to the prey and suck its blood.
Their body is colored green or brown with a darker color to the dorsal side and a light stripe running along the ventral stripe.
Located at the front of the head are five pairs of eyes.
Their diet is made up of blood. When the European medicinal leech grabs on to prey it will inject anticoagulants and anaesthetics which help to increase the time they can suck blood for.
In a single feeding the leech may eat up to 10 times its own body weight.
They may go as long as a year between feedings.
Hirudo medicinalis
12cm (4.75in)
European medicinal leeches are found across Europe and Asia. Here they can be found in Austria; Belarus; Croatia; Czechia; France; Germany; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine and the United Kingdom .
Unlike the majority of other blood sucking leeches capable of penetrating human skin which live in tropical environment the European medicinal leech can be found in temperate waters.
These animals are semi-aquatic and can move between land and water. They can only survive in fresh water.
Breeding for the European medicinal leech takes place from June through to August. Despite this they are fertile year round.
Mating will take place on the land. Like other leeches they are all hermaphroditic.
A cocoon will be formed around a thickening of the body ring which is known as the clitellum. This egg sac is then deposited in to damp soil. It may contain up to 50 eggs.
The eggs hatch from this sac after 14 days. At birth they look like a small version of the adult.
Young European medicinal leeches typically feed on amphibians as their jaw is not strong enough to break through the skin of mammals.
In water they move by contracting the body muscles. On land they will move by alternating between the anterior and posterior suckers.
They will rest under objects on the shoreline.
Predators and Threats
Populations of the European medicinal leech suffered heavy declines from over-exploitation during the 19th century. Populations are still yet to recover from this.
Leeches previously benefited from farming which would bring horses (a favored food source) to areas in large numbers along with the creation of water supplies for livestock. The transition to modern machinery and as such the reduction in horse use has removed this benefit.
Other losses come from habitat destruction and alteration.
The European medicinal leech is one of the 700 species of leech and is among the many which have been used in medicinal treatments.
European Medicinal leeches also produce a range of anticoagulants which have medical benefits.
Leech therapy is still used to this day. A Medicinal leech may be used to help stimulate circulation following a therapy.
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Destine var ett rockband startat år 2006 i Nederländerna av Robin van Loenen (gitarr och sång), Hubrecht Eversdij (gitarr), Laurens Troost (keyboard), Tom Vorstius Kruijff (bas) och Robin Faas (trummor). Deras debutplatta fick namnet "Lightspeed" och kom  ut år 2010. Bandet slog igenom med singlarna "In Your Arms" (som även blev soundtrack i tv-spelet Pro Evolution Soccer 2011), "Stars" och "Spiders", bandet har även turnerat i länder som Belgien, England, Wales, Frankrike och Tyskland, där det bland allat har varit förband till Fall Out Boy och New Found Glory. Den 18 oktober 2011, lämnade trummisen Robin Faas bandet på grund av personliga problemn och hans plats blir tagen av Jordy Datema. Bandets andra platta "Illuminate" släpps i mitten av 2012. Några månader efter att bandet släppte sitt tredje album "Forevermore" år 2015 tog de farväl av sina fans i ett sista gig och splittrades kort senare.

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\section{Introduction}
Pulsars are well known for their very stable spin periods. However,
long-term timing observations of young pulsars have revealed two
categories of rotational irregularities: timing noise which is usually
characterized by continuous and erratic fluctuation in rotation
period, and glitches which are sudden increases in their rotation
rates.  Typical increases in rotational frequency during a glitch are
of the order of $\Delta\nu_{g}/\nu~\sim~10^{-9}~$ to $10^{-6}$. Large
glitches are predominately found in young pulsars with characteristic
ages between 10 kyr and 1000 kyr and are often followed by a
relaxation process in which some of the glitch decays. It
is believed that glitches and post-glitch variations reflect the
dynamics of the interior of the neutron star rather than
magnetospheric phenomena. Observing glitches and measuring their
subsequent decay processes, in addition to providing insights into the
phenomenon itself, offer one of the few probes of the neutron star
structure and thus the physics of ultra-dense matter
\citep[e.g.,][]{ll02,ab06}.

The young pulsar PSR B2334+61 (PSR J2337+6151) was discovered in the
Princeton-NRAO survey using the 92-m radio telescope at Green Bank
\citep{dtws85}; it is located near the center of, and probably
associated with, the supernova remnant G114.3+0.3 \citep{frs93}.  The
pulsar has a rotational period $P \sim 0.495$~s and a period
derivative $\dot P \sim 1.9\times10^{-13}$, implying a characteristic
age $\tau_c = P/(2\dot P) \sim 41$~kyr.  B2334+61's spin-down power,
$\dot{E}=-4\pi^{2}I\nu\dot{\nu}$, is 6.23$\times10^{34}$ erg~s$^{-1}$,
where the moment of inertia $I$ is taken to be 10$^{45}$ g
cm$^{2}$. This suggests that the pulsar may be a $\gamma$-ray emitter,
although its distance of $\sim 3$~kpc puts it at the bottom end of the
$\dot E^{1/2} d^{-2}$ metric for pulsars detectable by the {\em Fermi}
Space Telescope \citep{aaa+10c}. X-ray emission from the
pulsar was first detected in a ROSAT pointing \citep{bbt96} and was shown
to be thermal using an {\em XMM-Newton} observation \citep{mzc+06}.

In this Letter we present the timing solution of PSR B2334+61 obtained
from seven years of observation with the Nanshan 25-m telescope. The
timing analysis reveals the largest known glitch ever observed, with a
fractional frequency increase of
$\Delta\nu_{g}/\nu~\sim~20.5\times10^{-6}$, a double exponential decay
of a small part of the glitch, a large permanent increase in spindown
rate and a quasi-sinusoidal oscillation apparently triggered by the
glitch. We give a short discussion about the implications of these
results for glitch theories.

\section{OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS}
Timing observations of PSR B2334+61 using the 25-m Nanshan radio
telescope at Urumqi Observatory commenced in 2002 July. The observing
system is described in \cite{wmz+01}. In brief, the two hands of
circular polarization at a frequency of 1540 MHz are fed through a
$2\times 128 \times 2.5$~MHz-channel filter bank and digitized at 1~ms
intervals. The observation time for this pulsar was 16 minutes.

Off-line data reduction was performed in stages using the {\sc
  psrchive} package\footnote{See http://psrchive.sourceforge.net}. The
data were dedispersed and summed to produce a total intensity
profile. Local times-of-arrival (TOAs) were determined by correlating
this profile with a standard pulse profile of high signal-to-noise
ratio. Correction of TOAs to the Solar-System barycentre and fitting
of the timing model were done using {\sc tempo2}\footnote{See
  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/tempo2} with the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory DE405 ephemeris \citep{sta98b}. TOAs were
weighted by the inverse-square of their estimated uncertainty. The
basic timing model is the Taylor series
\begin{equation}\label{eq:model}
   \phi(t)=\phi_{0}+\nu(t-t_{0})+\frac{1}{2}\dot\nu(t-t_{0})^{2}+
         \frac{1}{6}\ddot\nu(t-t_{0})^{3} + \frac{1}{24}\dddot\nu(t-t_{0})^{4}
\end{equation}
where $\phi_{0}$ is the pulsar phase at the reference barycentric time
$t_{0}$.  Glitches can be modelled as combinations of changes in
$\nu$, $\dot{\nu}$ and $\ddot{\nu}$, of which parts may recover on
various timescales:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:glitch}
  \nu(t)=\nu_{0}(t) + \Delta\nu_{p}+\Delta\dot{\nu}_{p}t
     + \frac{1}{2}\Delta\ddot{\nu}_{p}t^2 + \Delta\nu_{d}\;e^{-t/\tau_{d}}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:glitch2}
 \dot{\nu}(t)=\dot{\nu}_0(t) + \Delta\dot{\nu}_p + \Delta\ddot\nu_p t +
  \Delta\dot\nu_{d}\;e^{-t/\tau_{d}}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:glitch3}
 \ddot{\nu}(t)=\ddot{\nu}_0(t) + \Delta\ddot\nu_p +
 \Delta\ddot{\nu}_{d}\;e^{-t/\tau_{d}}
\end{equation}
where $\Delta\nu_p$ and $\Delta\dot\nu_p$ are permanent changes in
$\nu$ and $\dot\nu$ relative to the pre-glitch solution,
$\Delta\nu_{d}$ is the amplitude of a decaying component with a time
constant of $\tau_d$, $\Delta\dot\nu =
-\Delta\nu_d/\tau_d$ and $\Delta\ddot{\nu}_{d} =
\Delta\nu_d/\tau_d^2$. The total frequency jump at the time of the
glitch is $\Delta\nu_g = \Delta\nu_p + \Delta\nu_d$. The degree of
recovery is often described by the parameter $Q=\Delta \nu_d/\Delta
\nu_{g}$. If required, multiple decay terms with different decay time
constants can be fitted; the total frequency jump is then the sum of
the permanent and decaying frequency jumps, and similarly for
$\dot\nu$ and $\ddot\nu$.

\section{RESULTS}\label{sec:results}

The data presented here were recorded between 2002 July 31 and 2009
August 1 (MJDs 52486 and 55044). Figure~\ref{fg:dnu} gives an overview
of the results of a timing analysis, showing that a large glitch with
$\Delta\nu_{g} \approx 41\times10^{-6}$ Hz occurred between 2005
August 26 and September 7 (MJDs 53608 and 53621). The regular timing
observations of this pulsar at Nanshan allow us to track the recovery
process in detail. Most of the frequency jump $\Delta\nu_{g}$ persists
beyond the end of the data span, but the expanded $\Delta\nu$ plot
given in Figure~\ref{fg:dnu}(b) and the plot of $\dot\nu$ given in
Figure~\ref{fg:dnu}(c) show that there was an initial exponential
decay with a timescale of $\sim 150$~days and an apparently permanent
increase in slow-down rate $|\dot\nu|$. As is described in detail
below, there was an additional more rapid exponential decay with a
timescale of $\sim 21$~days following the glitch.

The rotational and positional  parameters for PSR B2334+61
from fitting of the timing model, Equation~\ref{eq:model}, to the pre-
and post-glitch data are given in Table~\ref{tb:par}. Pulsar
frequencies are in TDB units and uncertainties given in parentheses
are in the last quoted digit and are twice the values given by {\sc
  tempo2}. The position was derived from the pre-glitch data assuming
the proper motion given by \citet{hlk+04} and held fixed for the
post-glitch solution. To avoid most of the short-term post-glitch
decay, the post-glitch solution was fitted to data starting
approximately one year after the glitch. Even with this, there were
significant systematic period variations beyond the second-derivative
term, most of which were absorbed by a third-derivative term.

Figure~\ref{fg:dnu}(c) shows that there was a very
significant long-term increase in $|\dot\nu|$ at the time of the glitch;
the values of $\dot\nu$ given in Table~\ref{tb:par} reflect this
change. Furthermore, there was a significant long-term change in
$\ddot\nu$ at the time of the glitch, with the rate of decrease of
$|\dot\nu|$ increasing by more than four after the glitch. The
corresponding braking indices are $10.5\pm 0.2$ and $46.8\pm 0.3$
before and after the glitch, respectively.

Table~\ref{tb:glitch} gives glitch parameters from a fitting of a
model to the timing data. Because of the large
amplitude of the glitch, the final fit was obtained in several
stages. For the first stage, fits the data span were terminated at MJD
54000, just over a year after the glitch, to avoid contamination by
the long-term decay in $\dot\nu$. $\Delta\dot\nu_p$ was held fixed at
the value given by subtraction of the pre-glitch value of $\dot\nu$
given in Table~~\ref{tb:par} from the post-glitch value, viz,
$-7.625\times 10^{-15}$~s$^{-2}$. Then, based on Figure~\ref{fg:dnu},
a single decay with an assumed time constant of 150~d was fitted to
the TOAs, giving values of $\Delta\nu_p \sim 4.1203\times 10^{-5}$~Hz
and $\Delta\nu_{d1} \sim 1.30\times 10^{-7}$~Hz. Post-fit residuals
from this fit are shown in the upper part of
Figure~\ref{fg:decayres}. It is clear from this plot that there was an
additional initial decay with time constant $\sim 20$~d. Fitting for this with
the parameters of the longer decay held fixed gave $\Delta\nu_{d2}
\sim 1.9\times 10^{-7}$~Hz and $\tau_{d2}=18.5$~d. Residuals for this
fit shown in the lower part of Figure~\ref{fg:decayres}
demonstrate that the observed TOAs over this data span are very well
modelled by increments in $\nu$ and $\dot\nu$ together with two
exponential decays with time constants around 20~d and 150~d
respectively.

Using these parameters as starting points, it was then possible to fit
the entire dataset from 2002 to 2009 to give the glitch parameters
listed in Table~\ref{tb:glitch}. The pulsar position, proper motion,
$\nu$, $\dot\nu$ and $\ddot\nu$ values were held fixed at the
pre-glitch values from Table~\ref{tb:par}. All other parameters were
solved for with the fit being iterated several times to ensure
convergence\footnote{Solving for the pulsar position, $\nu$, $\dot\nu$
  and $\ddot\nu$ also converged well and did not change any of the
  parameters outside their uncertainty range, demonstrating that the
  covariance between the various parameters is small.}.  \textbf{There
  was a gap of 12 days between observations around the glitch; the
  assumed glitch epoch is in the middle of this gap. Although most
  derived parameters are essentially independent of the assumed epoch,
  the amplitudes of the decaying components do change
  significantly. Quoted uncertainties in the glitch parameters include
  a contribution from the uncertainty in the glitch epoch } Residuals
from this final fit are shown in Figure~\ref{fg:allres}. Values for
$\Delta\dot\nu_p$ and $\Delta\ddot\nu_p$ are close to the differences
between $\dot\nu$ and $\ddot\nu$ for the post- and pre-glitch fits
(Table~\ref{tb:par}) as expected. They do not coincide exactly (within
the estimated errors) mainly because the exponential terms included in
the final fit absorb some of these terms.

This final fit clearly represents the glitch and the subsequent decay
extremely well. To put the scale of the residuals in
Figure~\ref{fg:allres} into context, $\Delta\nu_g$ represents a phase
gradient of one turn every 6.2 hours and the $\Delta\dot\nu_p$ and
$\Delta\ddot\nu_p$ terms correspond to a total phase contribution over
the post-glitch data span of 66.2 and 2.76 turns respectively. The
final rms residual corresponds to 0.0035 turns. Although good, the
final fit is not perfect, with a reduced $\chi^2$ of 3.32. The
$\chi^2$ is dominated by systematic deviations from the fit after the
glitch. These appear to be quasi-sinusoidal; a Lomb-Scargle spectral
analysis shows a periodicity in the post-glitch post-fit residuals of
364~d with an uncertainty of $\sim 5$~d and a significance (false-alarm
probability) of 0.0005. The fact that the period of the post-glitch
oscillations is equal to a year within the uncertainty immediately
suggests that the oscillations are due to a position error or proper
motion. However, we believe that this is not the correct
explanation.

The position derived from the pre-glitch data (Table~\ref{tb:par}) is
fully consistent with the position extrapolated to MJD 53100 based on
the position and proper motion obtained by \citet{hlk+04} using
Jodrell Bank data spanning 16 years: 23$^{\rm h}$ 37$^{\rm m}$
05\fs779(28), +61\degr 51\arcmin 01\farcs54(17). A fit of position
only to the post-glitch data, holding all glitch and pulse frequency
parameters constant at the final-fit values, moves the position by
+0\fs059 of right ascension and $+0\farcs36$ of declination, about
four times the combined uncertainties. Compared to the extrapolated
\citet{hlk+04} position, the shifts are about twice the combined
uncertainties. Including position, proper motion, $\nu$, $\dot\nu$,
$\ddot\nu$ and all glitch terms in a fit to the whole data set
produced small changes in all glitch parameters (less than the
uncertainties given in Table~\ref{tb:glitch}) and gave a proper motion
of +111(24)~mas~yr$^{-1}$ in the right ascension direction and
+75(23)~mas~yr$^{-1}$ in declination. These values are inconsistent
with the \citet{hlk+04} values. Furthermore, the final post-fit
residuals have significant annual terms of opposite sign before and
after the glitch. These considerations strongly suggest that the
solution illustrated in Figure~\ref{fg:allres} is the best possible,
that the oscillations are confined to post-glitch epochs and that they
are not caused by a position error or proper motion of the pulsar.

There is no evidence for a change in pulse shape at the time of
the glitch, but the limits are rather poor as the typical
signal-to-noise ratio from each 16-minute observation was only about
10.

\section{DISCUSSION}
The glitch in PSR B2334+61 is the largest in $\Delta\nu_g/\nu$ terms
(and equal largest in $\Delta\nu_g$ terms) ever observed for any radio
pulsar and probably in any pulsar (including magnetars).\footnote{See
  the Glitch Table in the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue
  (www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat).} With a characteristic
age of 41~kyr it is in the age range of pulsars known to exhibit large
glitches \citep[see, e.g.,][]{ywml10}. In fact, it lies very close in
the $P-\dot{P}$ plane to PSR J1806$-$2125 which in 1998 had a glitch
with $\Delta\nu_{g}/\nu \sim 16\times10^{-6}$ \citep{hlj+02}.  There
are other six pulsars close to PSR B2334+61 in the $P-\dot{P}$ plane:
PSRs J1551$-$5310, J1737$-$3137,
B1758$-$23, J1838$-$0453, J1841$-$0524 and B2000+32. For PSR
B1758$-$23, six glitches of moderate size ($\Delta\nu_g/\nu$ in the
range $(0.017 - 0.35)\times10^{-6}$) have been detected. For PSRs
J1737$-$3137 and J1841$-$0524 a single glitch of relative size $\sim
1.3\times10^{-6}$ and $1.0\times10^{-6}$ respectively have been
reported \citep{wjm+10}. Other pulsars have not been reported to
glitch so far.  This is the first glitch reported for PSR B2334+61;
since the pulsar was observed for 16 years from 1987 by
\citet{hlk+04}, the time between glitches is at least 22 years.

In contrast to the case for PSR J1806$-$2125, for PSR B2334+61
observations were obtained close to the date of the glitch allowing a
detailed examination of the post-glitch behaviour.
PSR B2334+61 continues the trend for minimal post-glitch
recovery of $\Delta\nu_{g}$, i.e., small $Q$, for large glitches in
middle-aged pulsars \citep{lsg00,ywml10}. Despite this, the good sampling of
the post-glitch behaviour shows clear evidence for two distinct
exponential recoveries and, together with permanent jumps in $\dot\nu$
and $\ddot\nu$, these provide a remarkably accurate description of the
post-glitch behaviour. Previously, only the Vela pulsar has shown
clear evidence for multiple exponential decays associated with a given
glitch \citep{dml02}. For Vela, the longest decay timescale
observed by \citet{dml02} is about 19~d, comparable to the shorter
decay timescale observed for PSR B2334+61. There is evidence
for longer exponential decays in the Vela pulsar glitches which
ultimately become more linear \citep{lpgc96,lsg00,wmp+00}.

The standard model for large pulsar glitches envisages a sudden
transfer of angular momentum from a superfluid component to the rest
of the star -- the vortex unpinning model \citep{ai75,als84}. The
theoretical understanding of glitches includes the trigger mechanism
for the glitch, the strength of the vortex pinning and the post-glitch
evolution. \citet{ll02} investigated a model in which vortex unpinning
results from a sudden heating of the star, possibly due to a starquake
or crustal movement, whereas \cite{ga09} suggested that an r-mode
instability may trigger a global unpinning of vortices leading to a
glitch. \citet{accp93} and earlier papers by these authors attribute
the long-term post-glitch relaxation to vortex creep, with different
regions of the star having different properties to account for the
sometimes complicated post-glitch behaviour. \citet{rzc98} suggested
that crustal motions could account for essentially all glitch
properties; see also \citet{rud09}.

The fractional jump in $\dot\nu$ at the time of the glitch was very
large, about 15\% (Table~\ref{tb:glitch}), much larger than the value
of 1.7\% found by \citet{lsg00} to represent most pulsars.  For PSR
B2334+61, $\Delta\dot\nu_g/\dot\nu$ is dominated by the fastest decay
term, with the relative contributions for the 21-d decay, the 147-d
decay and the permanent jump being 85\%, 8\% and 7\%, respectively. In
most glitch theories, $\Delta\dot\nu_g/\dot\nu$ represents the moment
of inertia fraction which is in a superfluid state not tightly coupled
to the neutron-star crust \citep[see, e.g.,][]{acp89,accp93}. The
large value for PSR B2334+61 suggests that a considerable fraction of
the star is weakly coupled superfluid, with most of it returning to an
equilibrium rotational state within about 20 days. About
1\% of the rotational inertia appears to be more loosely coupled,
leading to the 147-d decay, and a further 1\% barely coupled at all.

The very significant quasi-permanent change in $\dot\nu$ associated
with the PSR B2334+61 glitch (Figure~\ref{fg:dnu}) is unusual. Such
clear quasi-permanent changes in $\dot\nu$ have previously only been
observed in the Crab pulsar \citep{lps93}. Although it is fairly
common for only part of $\Delta\dot\nu_g$ to recover exponentially
after a large glitch, in most cases there is a continuing
approximately linear recovery of $\dot\nu$. As discussed above, this
was seen in the Vela pulsar period, and other examples have been
presented and discussed by \citet{lsg00} and \citet{ywml10}. For PSR
B2334+61, the fractional change $\Delta\dot\nu_p/\dot\nu$ is about
1.1\%, about 25 times larger than the value of $\sim 4\times 10^{-4}$
observed for the Crab pulsar. These sudden changes in $\dot\nu$
implies equally sudden changes in the effective braking torque at the
time of the glitch since a change in the stellar moment of inertia of
this magnitude is ruled out by the fact that $\Delta\nu_p/\nu$ is
several orders of magnitude smaller. The observed change in $\dot\nu$
for PSR B2334+61 seems too large to be accounted for by exterior
magnetic field changes as suggested for the Crab pulsar
\citep{rzc98,rud09}. Furthermore, there was no major change in the
pulse shape at the time of the glitch, suggesting that magnetospheric
changes are not responsible. Therefore it is most likely that changes
interior to the neutron star are responsible. The effective braking
torque is the difference between magnetospheric torques and internal
torques believed to be due to vortex creep
\citep[e.g.,][]{aaps84a}. This model predicts a linear increase in
$\dot\nu$ over long timescales as is seen in the Vela pulsar
\citep{accp93}. For PSR B2334+61 the observed value of $\ddot\nu$
is two orders of magnitude smaller than for Vela, which is in
accordance with the predictions of the vortex-creep model \citep{ab06}.

The observed long-term step in $\ddot\nu$ (Table~\ref{tb:glitch})
could be interpreted as indicating a third exponential decay with a
very long timescale. Large positive values of $\ddot\nu$ are commonly
attributed to the long-term effect of (sometimes unseen) glitches
\citep[e.g.,][]{hlk+04,ab06}. For an exponential decay,
$\Delta\ddot\nu_{d3} \sim \ddot\nu_p =
\Delta\nu_{d3}/\tau_{d3}^2$. Since we do not know $Q_{d3} =
\Delta\nu_{d3}/\Delta\nu_g$, we can just set a limit on $\tau_{d3} <
70$~years corresponding to $Q_{d3} = 1$. In principle, the observed
post-glitch value of $\dddot\nu$ (Table~\ref{tb:par}) could be
interpreted as $\Delta\dddot\nu_{d3}$ and used to solve for $Q_{d3}$
and $\tau_{d3}$, but it is inconsistent with this, implying a decay
timescale $-\Delta\ddot\nu_{d3}/\Delta\dddot\nu_{d3}$ of less than one
year. Evidently the shorter-term decays are not exactly exponential or
other noise processes contribute to the observed value of $\dddot\nu$.

The oscillations in the post-glitch timing residuals are a remarkable
feature of the timing behaviour of PSR B2334+61
(Figure~\ref{fg:allres}). These oscillations have a period very close
to one year, but in Section~\ref{sec:results} we showed that an
interpretation in terms of position error or proper motion is very
improbable. Quasi-periodic oscillations in timing residuals have been
seen in the Crab pulsar \citep{lps93} and many other pulsars
\citep{hlk10}. In none of these cases though are the oscillations
clearly associated with a glitch although glitches have been mentioned
as an excitation mechanism \citep[e.g.,][]{zxw+04,tim07}. The
observed quasi-periodic oscillations have often been interpreted as
due to Tkachenko oscillations in the superfluid vortex array
\citep{rud70,pop08}. Under certain reasonable assumptions, these
oscillations have a period given by
\begin{equation}
P_T \sim 1.77 R_6 P^{1/2} {\rm yr}
\end{equation}
where $R_6$ is the neutron-star radius in units of $10^6$~cm and $P$
is the pulsar period in seconds. For PSR B2334+61, this gives a period
of $1.24 R_6$~yr, remarkably close to the observed period of 1
yr. This suggests that Tkachenko
oscillations are a viable mechanism for the observed
oscillations. Further investigation is needed to understand the
triggering mechanism and whether or not the observed oscillation
amplitude can be accounted for.

\begin{acknowledgements}
We thank George Hobbs for helpful discussions. This work is supported by
National Basic Research Program of
China $-$ 973 Program 2009CB824800, NSFC projects 10673021, 10778631 and 10903019,
Knowledge Innovation Program of The Chinese Academy Sciences  KJCX2-YW-T09, West Light Foundation of  CAS  (No. XBBS200920) and Xinjiang Natural
Science Foundation (No. 2009211B35).
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