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The Story of Judas Is Unveiled at BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios is excited to announce JUDAS, a new comic book series launching in December from Emmy and WGA Award-nominated writer Jeff Loveness (Marvel's Nova) and artist Jakub Rebelka (Namesake) that follows the path of the most famous traitor in history. In a story perfect for fans of Preacher and The Goddamned, JUDAS picks up after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, as Judas Iscariot wakes up in Hell and grapples with his role in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"—and how much of his part was preordained.
"Growing up, I always felt sorry for Judas," says Loveness. "He's always portrayed as a villain and the epitome of betrayal, but the entire Christian narrative of redemption and forgiveness hinges on him. He was born and destined to play this part in the story. There was never a chance for him to be anything else."
Loveness continues, "I'm really looking forward to diving into an unexplored corner of Christianity as Judas journeys through Hell, trying to make sense of himself and his place in the story. Judas in Hell is such a striking image to me. Hell is full of broken people, used by God in His grand story, then cast aside forever. Everyone feels alone and wasted… and it's up to Judas to navigate through them all as he claws towards something resembling closure."
"Working on this story is a strange journey back to a time when watching images of Hell was my weekly routine," adds Rebelka. "I grew up in a place that has more churches per square meter than anything else. When I was a kid, everyone was attending Sunday mass, it was a strong cultural thing. With JUDAS, I wanted to bring those childhood memories back to life, reminiscent of the overwhelming atmosphere of church with candlelight, gold, and blood."
"Jeff and Jakub are crafting a literary, challenging piece of graphic fiction, pulled from between the lines of 'the Greatest Story Ever Told' and starring a tragically tortured protagonist in the vein of The Sandman's Dream or Preacher's Jesse Custer," says Eric Harburn, BOOM! Studios Editor. "No matter what your religious beliefs may (or may not!) be, we promise: this story is for you."
JUDAS #1 features a cover illustrated by Jakub Rebelka. Print copies of will be available for sale in December at local comic book shops (usecomicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
JUDAS is the latest release from BOOM! Studios' eponymous imprint, home to a world-class group of licensed comic book series and ambitious original series, including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, WWE, Big Trouble in Little China, Victor LaValle's Destroyer, Godshaper, Grass Kings, and Klaus.
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NAILED TO OBSCURITY - »Black Frost« enters the German album charts at #37, first part of tour diary video series online, EU tour w/ AMORPHIS, SOILWORK & JINJER is under way!
2019-01-18 - German melodic death/doom metallers NAILED TO OBSCURITY released their Nuclear Blast debut »Black Frost« last Friday. Today the group can proudly announce that their 4th studio album has hit the German album charts at #37. Congratulations to East Frisia!
States the band, "We didn't expect that we would enter the charts at all and now this... Let's celebrate this success together at the upcoming shows of our tour with AMORPHIS, SOILWORK and JINJER, which has just started a couple of days ago. Thanks for the incredible support!"
Re-issues of two of the band's older albums, »Opaque« & »King Delusion«, are available now too.


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The Paper Case: Managing Your Documents Under IDEA, Part Two:
What Documents Should You Create?
Why create any documents? One simple reason is that you may have to tell your child's story to another person – perhaps to an evaluator, an advocate or lawyer, or a hearing officer – in order to get help, and documenting events as they occur will help you tell the story accurately and in good order. Another reason is that documents can help clarify understandings you reach with people – particularly with service providers or school administrators. Yet another reason is that a note written at the time something significant has happened may help to support you when you need to prove to another person that the event happened the way you claim it happened.
It sometimes takes years before parents realize that they should have kept better notes of meetings, telephone calls and significant events in their child's educational career. If you are the parents of a very young child with a disability in need of special education, you can get ahead of the game by developing this habit now. The notes you take may be important later when you need an accurate description of what key people said at a TEAM meeting, in the hall after a parent-teacher meeting, in an evaluator's office when you were given a report, and so on.
Some parents keep a journal or simply a running chronology with dates, short descriptions of events or conversations and names of people concerned. This does not need to include every tiny detail of your child's life, but a well-kept journal or chronology can help you explain to others (or to yourself) how you got to the current situation if you have recorded key events and communications along the way.
Among other events, you should record dates of meetings with school personnel, dates you received key documents (notices of TEAM meetings, etc.), dates you sent or delivered key documents (e.g., "December 1, 2005 – hand-delivered our consent to the proposed school evaluations"), dates on which you gave school personnel important information (e.g., "January 6, 2006 – told Mary's teacher that Mary had been spending 3 hours every night trying to do 15 minute math homework assignments"), dates on which your child was suspended or otherwise disciplined, and so forth.
Some documents are created in order to record understandings reached with others. The most formal example of this type of document is a contract signed by the parties who agree to its terms. (An IEP should be treated as a contract. It records an agreement reached between parents and school systems to govern the types of services to be delivered to a child for a specific period of time, the location of those services, the identity of service providers and so on, and is signed by each party.)
Even without such an official agreement, however, you can create a document yourself that can help prove that an understanding was reached. Suppose, for example, that you have a conversation with your special education director in which s/he says that the school system will hire an expert on inclusion techniques to consult to your child's classroom and that you will be given the opportunity to meet with that consultant about your child. You should follow up this conversation with a friendly letter to the director thanking her for taking the time to discuss your concerns about the classroom and describing your understanding of what steps s/he promised to take. You should conclude such a letter by requesting the director to respond immediately if your understanding is incorrect in any way. Such a letter may not actually "prove" that the director said the things you claim, but if s/he doesn't respond with a correction, there is at least an implication that s/he did say those things.
There may be other documents you could create that will help your child. Have there been years of repeated testing in which scores have declined steadily? You might want to create a chart of test results to focus the TEAM on that history. Have people working with your behaviorally involved child wondered what precipitates his/her aggressive outbursts? Keep a record of things said or done immediately before such explosions for a while – whether seen by you personally or reported to you. Perhaps you can help solve the mystery and focus service providers on developing a plan to work with those behaviors. (Note: There is a kind of evaluation called a "functional behavioral assessment" which is a more formal version of this kind of analysis. You should request that such an evaluation be performed if you become concerned that your child may fall into the disciplinary system because of behaviors that you believe are caused by a disability.)
Documents In The Hearing Process: Preparing To Meet Your Lawyer.
When parents ask an attorney or lay advocate to advise them about their child's rights under IDEA, the first thing the adviser must do is review all the relevant documents. How should you organize them?
We ask parents to send copies of all their documents in strict chronological order before we meet so we can read them and get as full a picture as possible about who the child is and what has been done for him or her in the special education system. Unless the attorney or advocate asks you to do so, don't try to organize your documents by category (e.g., placing all the IEPs in one file, all the evaluations in another, all the correspondence in another, etc.). The most efficient way for the advocate or attorney to get the picture and the history is to see the development step by step. Note that in the sequence of those documents, an IEP should be placed according to the date of the Team meeting that developed the IEP.
Because any document might eventually have to be introduced as an exhibit at a hearing or in court, we ask that parents not write any comments on them. (You can point out particular items or ask questions by using sticky notes.)
You should also give the attorney or advocate a chronology of the events that have led you to consult with him/her – not an extremely detailed description of every thing that happened, but an outline that will give the advisor a perspective on what led to your child's current situation.
Finally, you should give your attorney or advocate a list of all the key people that have been involved with you or your child, with full names, addresses and phone numbers if you can find out that information.
Documents In The Hearing Process: Formal Discovery.
If your quest for services leads to a formal due process proceeding, you will have whatever "discovery" rights are available to parties under the rules in your state's due process system. (Some states' hearing procedures do not provide for any such formal discovery process at all.) Typically, those rules allow parties to have the opposing parties produce documents that are either relevant in their own right to the issues the hearing officer must decide or could lead to relevant evidence.
Here are some of the kinds of documents we would typically ask school systems to produce in formal discovery:
descriptions of proposed programs;
copies of the child's proposed daily/weekly schedule under the proposed IEP;
copies of the daily/weekly schedules of proposed service providers;
copies of curricula, materials, behavioral plans, etc. that are used the classroom(s) where the child would be placed;
resumes and information about certification, training and experience of proposed service providers;
profiles of other students with whom the school system has proposed to place the student;
IEPs, with names blacked out, of those other students;
reports of any program or fiscal audits of the school system and of the particular program in which the school system proposes to place the child;
annual or other periodic reports the school system files with the state education agency concerning special education programs;
minutes taken by school system personnel at any key meetings about the child (particularly TEAM meetings).
It is a long road from the beginning to the end of your child's school life. If your child has a disability, you will be hauling a wagon that grows heavier with documents every year along that road. I hope the guidelines I've given you here will help you keep, organize and use those documents in a way that will help you make the most of your child's entitlements under IDEA.
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Q: How can a Mechromancer be optimized for Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode Salpe86's Assassin's Guide has been a great help in gearing my character up to better handle Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Since following his recommendations, I've gone from constantly fighting for my life and burning through handfuls of ammo clips when facing what should be the most trivial of enemies to killing even Badass-level monsters without having to reload more than once.
However, my wife hasn't been so lucky. She plays a Mechromancer and still has trouble even down to True Vault Hunter Mode. She only made it into UVHM with the help of my escorting her through the endgame missions of TVHM.
I presume the weapon selections recommended for Assassin will probably port over to Mechromancer fairly well, but are there any changes I should make to that - does the Mechromancer tend to handle some particular weapon types better or worse than Assassin? How about Shields, Artificats, and Class Mods? What skills are essential for a Mechromancer in UVHM?

A: wow, old question, so my answer is probably late.
I play a mechromancer.  I've not gotten to UHVM yet, but I've solo'd most of TVHM so far with very little problem (I do die occasionally, but I never got 'stuck')
I invest in anarchy (I keep the stack limit at 150) with maxed type I iconocast and rational anarchist.  I always pack a one-shot jakobs; even if its weak; purely to build anarchy; though you have to be far from the enemy and stay safe while you charge it up.  It takes very little time to get to 100 stacks and Deathtrap does a fine job at keeping them from getting to me while I charge up.  At about 100 stacks or so, I switch to my main guns and start chewing through enemies very quickly.  Anarchy, at least for me, has been key for Mechromancer.  Shotguns are your friend; 5/5 close enough, standing close to the enemy, and 150 stacks of anarchy = awesome offensive power.  Throw in 5/5 bloadsoaked shields and you can stay alive as long as you keep killing stuff; an easy thing to do with the anarchy/weapons mentioned above.
Rest of my points generally go into Best Friends Forever tree to beef up Deathtrap. He is seriously a beast even on TVHM late game; so long as you spec him for it.
I do admit; I am nervous to see how this build fares in UVHM..

A: I have some idea for you
1. Mechromancer must be use weapon with fastest reloading type :
Tediore
Jacobs
Hyperion
because almost all primary skill gaige activated during reloading process (example : Anarchy or Discord skill)
torgue weapon also good for necromancer but i recommend to invest in "Smaller, Lighter, Faster" skill in ordered chaos skill tree since torgue reload time is slow

*normally you must learn 1 skill anarchy in order of chaos skill tree and after that is depending of your wife play style :
best friend forever : use this skill tree if your wife really really like use deathtrap as back up
little big trouble : primary for elementary weapon (especially shock type), is not powerful like siren skill tree but is good to burn your enemy (check Shock and "AAAGGGGHHH!" skill)
Ordered chaos : this skill tree can make your weapon 300x more powerful but this require high skill combat since to get 300 anarchy is not easy for some people

best friend forever & little big trouble is the most choice by many gamer

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Q: Two classes differ only in an inner class. How can they be derived from the same base class by the less effort? Consider a class  C where C.Sub1.Sub2.Sub3 is defined,
and another class D where D.Sub1.Sub2.Sub3 is also defined, but Sub3 has a different type than in class C. E.g Sub3  in C is a Dictionary, while Sub3 in D is a string.
Suppose that Sub1 and Sub2 are complicated structures, and the difference between C and D is only in Sub3.
I want to derive C and D from the same base class, say B. I know, that I can make this in the following way:
class B
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class C : B
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class T2_C : T2
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class D : B
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class T2_D : T2
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    public new string Sub3 { get; set; }
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Cannot it be made by less effort somehow ? Are T1_C, T2_C, T1_D and T2_D really unavoidable?

A: You can make the types generic:
class B <InnerType>
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No updates for a long time. Real life gets in the way. A lot to put up, will do so soon….
Anyone seen George Galloway? I think his 'friends' across the pond got him. He maybe in Guantanamo or an Egyptian prison.
Don't mess with an angry Scotsman.
1-0 to Japan. I must say I was supporting Japan today since I'm a huge fan of Ninja Warrior. Especially Rie Komiya. Anyway that's another story.
The BBC ran a report early this morning saying there was some trouble regarding protesting match stewards who were paid less than they had been promised after the Germany vs. Australia match. Initially they said some were arrested, detained and later released but this was then changed to 'no arrests were made'. Hmm. No we don't want to spoil all the lovely flag waving and face painting adverts with images of tear gas and rubber bullets now do we?
Many of the stewards carried the small brown envelopes in which they had been given their pay and said that they had received just 190 rand (£16.95) after being promised 250 rand (£22.30). Some said that the official daily rate promised by Fifa, the governing body of world football, is 1,500 rand (£133).
Bloody disgraceful. How much do the top strikers get paid? And FIFA can't pay the people who make the matches possible?
How Old is 15 Really???
Warning – explicit language. Not for kiddies. Gordon Ramsay will love it though.
Right lads, we're going to discuss the dangers of smoking to your health and others around you. First let's have a fag break.
We deserve what we get from our MPs. Let's all keep bending over and getting shafted. Make sure you say thank you afterwards. Stupid pills strike again.
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Gov't Mule: The Tel-Star Sessions
Recorded across the magical summer of 1994, these tracks show that Gov't Mule arrived with the passion and fire that would characterize the group's style and sound for 20 years to come.
By PopMatters Staff / 2 August 2016
The Tel-Star Sessions
Evil Teen
Having met during an extensive tenure with the Allman Brothers Band, guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody developed a fast friendship and musical kinship. With the Allmans mothballed for most of 1994, the pair recruited drummer Matt Abts from the Dickey Betts Band and retreated to Brandon, Florida. There, the trio cut material that forms this collection.
The trio was enamored of Cream, Mountain, Free and the like, preferring the dirty, gritty rock that had largely fallen from favor by the year that Nirvana came to an end and Lisa Loeb ascended the charts.
Like-minded acts were also rising at the time. Phish's prowess as a live act had begun to earn the Vermont quartet accolades. Blues Traveler stood at the forefront of a mini-movement that included a H.O.R.D.E. of backward-gazing and forward-thinking groups. Each of these acts and their many friends would soon shape the future of rock music. Haynes, Abts, and Woody couldn't know that when they entered Tel-Star to record this material. They hunkered down with Bud Snyder, sound engineer for the Allmans, and hoped to record a low-key album, release it and toss back a couple shows.
That album would have included a smattering of originals and covers that spoke to the group's roots. It wasn't to be, though, because by the time the sessions wound down and word reached the wider world about how good GM was, there was a call for a more polished debut. That 1995 self-titled release contains versions of several pieces tracked the year before. But it and many subsequent Mule releases hold neither the innocence nor energy heard here.
"Blind Man in the Dark" heralds the arrival of a lean, attitude-driven blues-rock machine. Haynes' guitar rips and shreds the listener's inner core while the Woody/Abts axis quickly reveals itself as one of the most dangerous rhythm sections in the history of rock. Woody proves himself equal to four-string gods such as Jack Bruce and Andy Fraser within a few measures. Haynes, who probably doesn't earn enough accolades for his singing, sounds like one of the freshest and most grounded voices of his generation. And, yes, that's just the first track.
Haynes also proves himself a more than capable double for then-boss Gregg Allman via "Rocking Horse", scorches the earth via "Monkey Hill" and channels Bridge of Sighs-era Robin Trower with the eerie, ethereal "World of Difference". (There are two versions here, the second serving as a bonus track with the original mix restored.)
The internally-penned numbers offer plenty of treasure but there are several brilliant and revealing covers, including Free's "Mr. Big". Faithful to a point, the track nearly crushes the original under its boots, grinding deep into the soil of 1994 with a groove that would become a Mule trademark. A reading of Willie Dixon's "The Same Thing" marries an appropriate level of reverence with a high dose of devil-may-care, an approach that Cream took with Robert Johnson's material.
Haynes and Woody once more prove themselves masters of their craft via a jaw-dropping take on ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid". All that made the original great is present in this version: Playing that crawls from the earth and into your ear with soulful and sweet slither, vocals that spit like bullets and an overall immediacy that keeps the listener rap for all four minutes and 23 seconds. It's amplified here, though, made more visceral, the way rock in the decades after punk can't help being.
Add to this a daring take on Memphis Slim's "Mother Earth" and "Left Coast Groove", a track filled with tenacity and boastful strut, and you have the makings of a game-changing debut. Too bad we had to wait 22 years to hear it but better that we got to hear it at all than having it slip into the ages unappreciated.
Archival photos and liner notes about the recording process are made more poignant in light of Woody's 2000 passing. Still, nothing can rob you of the pleasure hearing these cats plugging in, turning up and creating utter devastation brings.
RATING 7 / 10
TAGS allman brothers band gov't mule jam bands southern rock Warren Haynes
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The QPR Transfer News/Rumours Thread
Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Atouk, Jun 9, 2003.
Atouk BigSoccer Supporter
#101 Atouk, Jan 27, 2004
Originally posted by QPR Kevin H
According to a recent article, they also seem to think that our American footie league is named the MSL and Landon Donovan starred in the 2000 World Cup.
Intern alert
Also, although the BBC story on the Bocanegra signing contained no such error, the caption under their photo of Boca said "Bocanegra starred for the States in the 2002 World Cup."
Umm.. OK. Bocanegra did star for the States in the 2002 Gold Cup, but that's not quite the same thing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/3393413.stm
The BBC reports that a deal to bring Jamie Cureton to Rangers fell apart "at the last minute." According to the article, a supporter was set to pay Cureton's wages, but the deal wasn't completed because of a dispute over the transfer fee to be paid to Busan Icons. Based on earlier reports, I thought he was essentially released from his Busan contract and available on a free.
"We thought we were going to do that deal but it's off," Holloway admitted. "It doesn't look like we're going to be able to do that now."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/3434701.stm
With the possibility of needing to play Gallen some in midfield, another prolific striker in the Thorpe mold (isn't that what Cureton is meant to be?) wouldn't be a bad thing. Hope this works out in the end.
Reports now indicate that one-again-off-again QPR target Jamie Cureton is close to signing a 2 1/2 year contract with Peterborough United after Posh have agreed a transfer fee with Busan Icons and have made an offer of personal terms to Cureton's agent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/3441571.stm
QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter
#104 QPR Kevin H, Jan 30, 2004
Originally posted by Atouk
Reports now indicate that one-again-off-again QPR target Jamie Cureton is close to signing a 2 1/2 year contract with Peterborough United
Not so fast...
QPR snap up Cureton
Queens Park Rangers have finally clinched the signing of Jamie Cureton.
A deal to sign the ex-Reading striker from Korean club Busan Icons collapsed earlier this week.
But a fee has now been agreed and 28-year-old Cureton, who played under QPR boss Ian Holloway at Bristol Rovers, will complete the move after a medical.
The transfer is being paid for by money raised by Our QPR, a fund-raising initiative set up by fans last month to help the cash-strapped club.
Holloway is also looking to sign Burnley defender Arthur Gnohere on loan for the rest of the season.
Gnohere had a loan spell at Rangers earlier in the campaign.
Thanks for the link, Kev. Peterborough, schmeterborough, Jamie Cureton is ours! On a year and a half deal. Yeah! Finally!
http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~481020,00.html
art Member
#106 art, Jan 31, 2004
Leeds for Carlisle
http://www.qpr-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=140422
this is from Sky originally, and they're not the most reliable of sources to say the least, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true; this would seem to be a very poor idea at the moment for QPR however, what with Shittu out and Olly seeking depth in defense, it wouldnt make much sense to sell your best remaining defender. Unless you were able to get a couple good defenders for the cash gained.
Like Langley, I think Carlisle's moving on is probably inevitable.
Originally posted by art
I'm not surprised that someone would be interested in Clarke, but I'm definitely surprised that Leeds would be linked with anything that'd cost money at the moment. Hopefully, we'll be able to re-sign Clarke to some kind of deal, even if it's one that is linked to promotion.
Thanks for the link, Art.
#108 Atouk, Feb 3, 2004
A fee for Wes Daly had been agreed with Grays Athletic, but he didn't agree to personal terms. He made a late substitute appearance for Rangers on Satuday and now has been loaned to Grays for the rest of the season, with the agreement that he cannot be recalled during the length of the deal.
Richard Pacquette, now one further back in the pecking order after the signing of Jamie Cureton, has gone for a trail at Mansfield Town in Division Three with the prospect of a loan if they like what they see.
The local Times reports that Arthur Gnohere is near signing on a loan through the end of the year in a deal that will see him become a permanent squad member with a small fee if the R's are promoted and with a further fee if we remain up in Division One the year after. According to the report, all that remains for Gnohere to sign is medical clearance to determine whether a hamstring problem he's had has yet cleared up.
http://www.queensparkrangersfc.com/papers0402.htm
(second article)
On a side note, former Ranger loan player Jerome Thomas, who has not played a league match since leaving Rangers, has now been signed by Charlton Athletic, who paid a 100,000 pound transfer fee to Arsenal, and have given him a contract through summer '06.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=290251&cc=5901
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/football/articles/8938228
#110 QPR Kevin H, Feb 4, 2004
The local Times reports that Arthur Gnohere is near signing on a loan through the end of the year in a deal that will see him become a permanent squad member with a small fee if the R's are promoted and with a further fee if we remain up in Division One the year after.
Great stuff there - Arthur is a solid defender. Hope the injury is not too troubling. Two bad hamstrings (McLeod) is something we could do without.
After impressing in a Mansfield Town reserve friendly against Crewe, Richard Pacquette has joined the Stags on a one-month loan.
#112 Atouk, Feb 12, 2004
Dennis Oli has gone to Farnborough Town on a one month loan.
Former Watford, current Stoke City midfielder Richard Johnson is on trial with Rangers. His short-term contract with Stoke is about to run out and he'll stay with Rangers for a few days before the parties decide if he'll move permanently. No transfer fee would be involved as his contract with Stoke is about to run. He's available on trial now because he's currently on a red card suspension. He's made nine appearances for Stoke this season.
It appears talks to bring Arthur Gnohere back to Loftus Road have failed. Of course, that was said about Cureton too.
In addition to Richard Johnson, mentioned in the previous post, BBC reports that Rangers are interested in Wigan's Matt Jackson.
Wigan boss Paul Jewell says he won't be letting Matt Jackson join Rangers because the centre half is "very close to being in our starting line-up."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/3475069.stm
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#115 Maczebus, Feb 13, 2004
Ooo. we should have had him.
Playing CM4 and he was on loan to us and was performing well, so I bought him for £35k.
I'm now several years down the line but Jerome Thomas' value peaked at around £13m!
Good lad in my book.
Richard Johnson (as discussed above) has signed a three-month deal with Rangers that'll see him with the R's through the end of the season.
In the tradition of the Cureton deal, the formerly-abandoned talks with Arthur Gnohere have been reopened. Let's hope they can get a deal done.
#118 art, Feb 18, 2004
Good call, Atouk!
...and, like the Cureton deal, the signing of Arthur Gnohere has been completed by Rangers!
A 2 1/2 year deal!! No fee now, but a potential fee to Burnley based on promotion and appearances.
He's passed a medical and is signed in time for tomorrow night's match.
Dave Davies said, "the funds have been provided by a fan and without his involvement, this deal would not have taken place. I cannot stress enough how grateful everyone at the Club is for this remarkable act of generosity."
The supporter wishes to remain nameless.
What a club we have, friends.
#120 QPR Kevin H, Feb 19, 2004
Arthur Gnohere signs
Good stuff - valuable addition to the defence.
Ha - nearly beat you to it Mark
great, great news. this has to be a big boost to the team's confidence.
Dean Marney leaves Rangers after a one-month loan from Spurs. He made three appearances for the R's, but an injury interrupted his bid for a first-team place and then the signings of Cureton and Johnson sealed his fate. Holloway decided against trying to extend the loan.
Dean Marney leaves Rangers after a one-month loan from Spurs. He made three appearances for the R's, but an injury interrupted his bid for a first-team place and then the signings of Cureton and Johnson sealed his fate.
This was unfortunate timing, as he seems a decent young player for Spurs. Apparently played very well for their reserves the other night. Could have been useful to us at right back, but (hopefully) Edghill coming back into the squad we are covered there if Ty Forbes needs to move into the center of defence.
Well, anything that stops the jitters and nosebleeds that we get from success, has got to be handy.
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It is that wonderful time of the year and we also welcomed Christmas to Milkyway. The children felt that Christmas spirit in the rooms decorated with snowflakes and Christmas trees. During the Christmas party all the classes entertained everyone with their Christmas-themed performances, which included songs, dances and musical instruments numbers. Not only the children but also the teachers prepared and performed little dance and a musical instruments shows.
After all the children met the long awaited guests, Santa Claus and his Reindeer, who came on a sled carrying bags with Christmas gifts.
The Christmas lunch was also made special buffet style. I hope that all the children enjoyed the party and have had their merry little Christmas.
On November 16th, we did a regular fire emergency drill and also welcomed firefighters from the local Fire Department. They kindly told the children about the danger of fire and instructed the teachers how to use the fire extinguisher. After the practice the chidren had a chance to be introduced to firefighter`s equipment and the inside of the firetruck. They could hear how the firefighters connect through the special transmitters and see how the firetruck is operated. They also could ask firefighters as many questions as they wanted. This was certainly a very exciting and interesting experience for the kinder children.


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Teacher as Sisyphus: On the Occasion of my Retirement
On the Occasion of My Retirement of the School District of Philadelphia – June 2008
Buried beneath the test scores, the rosters, the class lists, the attendance statistics, the roll sheets, the interim reports, the report cards, the serious incident testimonies, the counseling referrals, the truant officer's legal briefs, the probation officer's assessments, the lesson plans, the behavioral objectives and the specific learning outcomes, Bloom's taxonomy of critical thinking skills, Directed Reading Activity and the 5-step writing process, the think-pair share technique, the split page note-taking method, the PSSAs, the PSATs, the SAT-9's the APs and AYP, real people are gasping for breath. Often it feels as if we are living in a place that the rest of the world has forgotten. Except of course, when the bureaucrats, careerists, reporters and statisticians descend upon us like a post mortem team, to dissect the numerical indicators of our adequate yearly progress or to count up the number of school children who have lost their lives to the violence that makes parts of Philadelphia more dangerous than parts of Iraq.
I have been a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia for over thirty years. I have stood in front of almost 5,000 different teenagers, in fifteen different classrooms in five different schools in 8 different grades. I have been known as Miss Rose, Miss
Frozenfrogs, Miss Rose Twig, Mrs. Pincus, Pink-Ass, Yo, Marsh! Marsha Marsha Marsha, Hey teach, Pinky-poo and Teacher of the Year ( twice in 1988 and 2005).
I have been called a racist bitch, a moron, a loser, a pussy. I have been punched, pushed, screamed at and stolen from. My car has been broken into three times. Three different cars in three separate school parking lots. Curse words and threats have been scrawled on my classroom walls, doors and blackboards. I have been locked inside a classroom with 30 14 years olds from 9:30 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon, while crime scene investigators from the Philadelphia Police Department marked every drop of blood that had fallen on the floors of the corridors and stairwells, following the trail left by a panicked dying boy with a kitchen knife dangling from his neck placed there by another frightened boy whom he had bullied and shaken down for money one time too many. He died in the nurse's office.
I have sat in a darkened classroom room with a teen-age girl as she showed me pictures of her still born daughter whom she named Angel. I have hugged another teen-aged girl, comforting her after the death of her grandmother then one month later, listened as she told me of her dream where her grandmother welcomed the child she had aborted into her arms in heaven. I once helped a teen-aged boy select a name for his yet to be born daughter from a book of baby names, a girl, it turns out wasn't even his.
I have heard the pop pop pop of gunshots outside my classroom window. I have heard the urgent blare of a frantic fire alarm and the words, "This is not a drill. I repeat this is not a drill!" as the halls outside my classroom turned white with smoke. I have huddled with a dozen teen-agers under one umbrella in the pouring rain as the Philadelphia Fire Department extinguished a trash can fire whose flames had jumped the can and engulfed the wooden floor beneath it. I have heard a principal lose her mind over the PA system after that very same system had been hijacked by a student who dismissed school and sent everybody home in the middle of the day.
I have read their stories of abuse, rape, incest and murder. I have seen the marks on their bodies from childhood diseases, acne, bullets, knives, razor blades and scalding water and I have seen the other scars which are much more difficult to discern. I have taught the daughters of policemen and sons of cop-killers. In the same class. I have taught children whose only contact with their fathers has been through the armored glass in a prison visiting room. I have listened to the stories of girls who have sold their young bodies in exchange for a place to live after their crack addled mothers threw them out of the house in a jealous rage and boys who were abused and trying desperately not to give in to the violent urges bubbling up under their skin.
I have been laid off, transferred, written up, reprimanded and left to fend for myself. I have been praised, awarded, documented, televised, and even published. But mostly, I have been ignored by a public that disdains public education.
Through it all, for the past thirty four years, I have been more learner than teacher in my many classrooms – filled with the children that many people outside of their communities have already written off. And like an aging Sisyphus, I continued to find meaning and purpose through surrendering myself daily to the struggle.
Today is a good day to be born. I write this in my journal every…
JKill09 says:
The experiences you went through were traumatic ones, and the summaries of them open my eyes. As you say in a later post, we are protected (if that's a word that can be used) from the 'real' world at Masterman. In our school, students walk through the metal detector, beep, and continue walking without being wanded. However, when I traveled to schools such as Gratz and Strawberry Mansion they had a lot more officers guarding the front door and if you beeped you'd be frisked and wanded. It's a different world in Masterman because it was made such a big deal when a student got a blackeye down the street from the school. People are dying all around the city in other schools, but it's a huge deal at Masterman when somebody gets a scratch on them.
On a less serious note I found the nicknames to be amusing and would like to know how those were even conceived. Overall, this post is real life. It's what Philadelphia is all about. People outside of Masterman always say they'd like to get out of Philadelphia while most of our students choose to stay in Philadelphia for college. It's a dangerous place, and I've come to realize that even though I'm fortunate enough not to have to experience it.
I'd really like to commend you on sticking with teaching even after your initial experiences proved to be difficult. You stood up for what you believed in – no matter the criticism. I think everybody living in Philadelphia (and even further) should read this to get a sense of what life is like these days because I know Masterman isn't the only place that is ignorant to what goes on outside of our walls…
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its been since 45 days from now. I-20 was from a public university. On the day of interview VO Officer informed "VISA has been approved, and will be received in 3 to 5 business days." but on the next day received an email with DS-5535 form asking for background information, and requested to collect passport with 221G white form in passport.
After Attending F1 Visa, and while F1 Visa is undergoing in admin processing, Can we apply for H4 Visa and attend interview???


"The Taliban Cricket Club" (Ecco), by Timeri N. Murari: Writing a novel about Afghanistan can be a difficult, unenviable undertaking.
Ideally, the result will be well-informed, nuanced, stylishly written, surprising and free of cliches. At worst, the book will simply perpetuate stereotypes, even "good" stereotypes that to this day frustrate and confound Afghanistan's relations with the world.
Timeri N. Murari's attempt at the Afghan novel genre falls somewhere in the middle. It strives to teach the world about the lives of Afghans under Taliban rule — pre-9/11 — and has a clever, even intriguing premise. But it ends up trying too hard: The various characters and plotlines are almost too perfect, too convenient, as if a bunch of Aesop's fables were bundled together.
The narrator of "The Taliban Cricket Club" is Rukhsana, a headstrong young Afghan woman who works secretly as a journalist — secretly because the Taliban ban women from working (and are not that fond of journalists, either). Rukhsana is engaged to an Afghan who is living overseas, but that is due to a family arrangement. Her real love is a young man in India, where she lived for a while, attending school, and learning to play cricket.
The last bit is especially convenient. The Taliban, who have banned sports along with other forms of entertainment due to their severe interpretation of Islam, have decided to try to seek some world acceptance via cricket. They announce they will host a cricket tournament, and that the winning team will then get a chance to play in neighboring Pakistan. Rukhsana and several of her male relatives see this as a ticket out of hell.
Murari is a writer, filmmaker and playwright living in India. "The Taliban Cricket Club" is billed as his first novel to be published in the United States, and he says he got the initial idea for the novel in 2000 after reading that the Taliban had decided to make cricket an exception to their "no sports" rule.
The book follows Rukhsana as she tries to teach her band of not-so-merry men to play cricket well enough so that they can win the initial matches in Afghanistan. All while trying to hide the fact that she's a woman. And while taking care of her dying mother. And while waiting for her arranged fiance to send for her, and pining away for her gentleman admirer in India. Oh, and did we mention that a top Taliban official has decided he wants to marry her?
Every few pages in the book, the reader is treated to an anecdote or a character that in ways almost too obvious lay out the strengths, but mostly weaknesses, of Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The plucky Afghan woman who once worked as a beautician, and who still puts on makeup in defiance of a government that shrouds her in a burqa, for example. Or the noble household servant whose loyalty includes displaying discretion.
For a reader completely unfamiliar with Afghanistan, this approach may be enlightening. But at a certain point, especially for anyone who knows a bit about how complex Afghans and their history truly are, it borders on condescending. "Afghanistan" does not consist of the neat and tidy concepts and characters that make up "The Taliban Cricket Club."
The novel's saving grace is that you will want to know what happens to Rukhsana and her cricket team. There is a twist in the tale (of course) — and it is a clever one. In the end, you may even wish it was a true story.


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The BeachLife Festival Makes Waves In LA!
Posted: May 09,2019 Written by Crissa Requate
BeachLife Fesitval Photos by TheSurfersView
The BeachLife Festival made a splash in LA's Redondo Beach this weekend for the inaugural three-day immersive experience celebrating Southern California beach culture. Drawing thousands of festival-goers and taking place along the California coastline, BeachLife featured 40 acts including headliners Brian Wilson, Bob Weir, and Willie Nelson, plus sets from Jason Mraz, Ziggy Marley, Slightly Stoopid, Violent Femmes, Steel Pulse, Grace Potter, Blues Traveler, Bruce Hornsby, Everclear, Chevy Metal, Sugar Ray, Donavon Frankenreiter, and many more.
Good vibes were felt throughout the weekend as guests were treated to uplifting performances, special moments, and remarkably perfect weather. On Friday, Slightly Stoopid performed a full set of acoustic songs plus invited surprise guest Bob Weir on stage for a rendition of "Franklin's Tower" and Tom Petty's "You Don't Know How It Feels". Later that night, trio Bob Weir and Wolf Brothers welcomed Chris Robinson and Jackie Greene out for an encore of "Not Fade Away".
On Saturday, Sugar Ray brought us all back to the late 90's with an high-energy performance of his hits "Someday" and "Every Morning"; Taylor Hawkins (of Foo Fighters) held an enraptured crowd in the palm of his hand as he led his band Chevy Metal through an entire cover set of Van Halen classics; and Brian Wilson with special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin closed out the day with hit after hit. The enthusiastic crowd sang along to "California Girls", "Help Me Rhonda", "Good Vibrations", "God Only Knows", and many more. "Wilson and band had the all-ages crowd dancing and singing to every song," reported Forbes. "It was a quintessential Southern California moment."
On Sunday, Blues Traveler made waves with their harmonica-filled pop-single "Run-Around" and thrilled the crowd with a cover of Sublime's "What I Got"; Ziggy Marley transcended peace, love and unity; and Willie Nelson delivered classic tunes under a gorgeous sunset with family members and special guests John Popper (Blues Traveler) and John Densmore (The Doors) sending festival guests "On The Road Again".
LA's biggest beach party was able to maintain a boutique and intimate feel in a laid-back environment with performances across three-stages including sets at the Lowtide stage where guests enjoyed the show with their toes in the sand and a cold beverage in hand. Also unique to BeachLife was the chance to dine at SideStage - a pop-up restaurant overlooking the Hightide mainstage. The first-ever restaurant of-its-kind featured a menu inspired by the festival's headlining performers prepared by three notable California chefs David Lefevre, Michael Cimarusti, and Tin Vuong.
"We threw a massive, highly curated beach party for thousands of our closest friends all set to a soundtrack of iconic bands and legendary musicians who embody the California beach lifestyle, and it was incredible," said BeachLife co-founder Allen Sanford. "From the unforgettable performances to the perfect Southern California weather and the never-before-seen mashup of cuisine and music at our SideStage restaurant, BeachLife exceeded all expectations."
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Smørkoll - round trip is a family friendly slope in Beitostølen that follows groomed tracks. This is a very populat trip and at times can be quite crowded. If the winds are strong or you have smaller children in your party, you can turn left in the 3rd crossing and continue the loop along Green 2. This shortens the trip with approx. 5,7 km.
This trip is 11.5 km (ca. 17 km).
Follow road 51 to Beitostølen and turn left in the centre towards Beito. After 600 m there's a parking lot on the right hand side. The tour starts here.
Take the track Green no. 1 to the right uphill into the birch forest. In the first crossing after 1.5 km, you continue to follow Green 1 but you will come back from the other track Blue 2. The next crossing is just a kilometer ahead, and here you follow the track Blue no. 2. After another kilometer, you reach the forest edge. In the crossing here you turn right uphill towards Blue 3. You can already see the next crossing which is 500 m ahead. Here, turn left onto Blue 7. You can now enjoy a wide view and a slightly downhill run towards the summer farming area of Smørkoll, just below the hill with the same name. Here, the trails turns 90 degrees to the left. For a prolonged trip of an extra 5.7 km, you can choose to follow Blue track 4, but we continue along Blue 7 until the next crossing about 1 km ahead (where Blue 4 comes back from the right). Just before the crossing you'll see a shelter hut you can warm up in or just take a break. In the crossing you turn left, and after 600 m you reach Blue 2 again. Follow it to the right. After 2 km you are back on Green 1 which again you follow to the right downhill back to the parking lot.
Be aware! Parts of this trip cross open, flat country and can be very exposed to wind and weather.


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\section{Introduction and motivation}
Micro- and nanomechanical systems in the quantum regime offer exciting perspectives for fundamental tests of quantum physics as well as for quantum technological applications. It is a unique feature of these systems that they can be strongly coupled to a plethora of other quantum systems:\ optomechanics explores interactions with light based on radiation pressure~\cite{Kippenberg2008,Aspelmeyer2010}, dipole gradient~\cite{Li2009,Xuereb2012a}, or photothermal forces~\cite{Pinard2008,DeLiberato2011,Restrepo2011}; electromechanics investigates the coupling of electronic and mechanical degrees of freedom~\cite{OConnell2010,Taylor2011}; and magnetic forces can couple a mechanical oscillator to magnetic moments~\cite{Forstner2012}, even of single electrons~\cite{Rugar2004}. It is this versatile nature of mechanical systems which makes them attractive as basic building blocks for hybrid quantum systems~\cite{Wallquist2009b}. In the current paper we elaborate on the recent findings reported in Ref.\ \cite{Usami2012} demonstrating the interplay of photonic and electronic degrees of freedom in a micromechanical semiconductor membrane.\par
The photothermal effect~\cite{Pinard2008,DeLiberato2011,Restrepo2011,Metzger2004,Metzger2008} elegantly overcomes one fundamental limit encountered by any optomechanical cooling mechanism based on the radiation-pressure interaction~\cite{Kippenberg2008,Aspelmeyer2010}. That is to say, a single photon of frequency $\omega_\mathrm{L}$ can only provide an energy change $\Delta E\sim(v/c)\hbar\omega_\mathrm{L}$ upon reflection off a mirror with velocity $v$, and this due to the Doppler shift~\cite{Restrepo2011}, but absorption of the same photon, as per the photothermal effect, implies $\Delta E\sim\hbar\omega_\mathrm{L}$. How this $\Delta E$ translates to a change in motional energy is a less well-defined concept, but it is clear that, in principle, the latter effect can give rise to cooling forces that eclipse the radiation-pressure force produced by the same number of photons.\par
In the semiconductor GaAs, the absorption of an above-bandgap optical photon and subsequent decay of the associated bound states~\cite{Segall1968,Gartner1961} is a complicated process; the energy liberated by the photon first creates an electron--hole bound pair (an exciton), which decays by scattering phonons throughout the structure of the material. This scattering process, which manifests itself primarily as the transport of heat and takes place over the \emph{thermalisation time} $\tau_\mathrm{th}$, changes the properties of the material. The drumhead modes of a membrane are critically dependent on these properties, and this process therefore couples the absorption of the light to the motion of these modes. Our main aim in this paper is to describe a phenomenological Hamiltonian model for this process and to predict the cooling or heating effect imparted by this photothermal interaction. We take particular care to model the details of the experimental system of Ref.~\cite{Usami2012}; we notice, for example, that the coupling of the excitonic field to the continuum of input field modes is crucial to describing the experimental data.\\
This paper is structured as follows. In the next section we shall build our system Hamiltonian and derive the equations of motion of the field operators. Following this, we shall insert a memory kernel in these equations to account for the delay in the thermalisation process. After we fit our model to the experimental data, we briefly discuss the possibility of using pure deformation-potential effects to achieve cooling in similar systems, and then conclude.

\section{System Hamiltonian and Equations of motion}\label{sec:HamEoM}
\begin{figure*}[t]
 \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=1.2]{fig2}
 \caption{(a)~The full set of interactions that our model describes; each interaction is labelled by the relevant coupling constant in the effective description of \sref{sec:AEMem}. (b)~Adiabatic elimination allows us to describe the system in terms of one cycle of interactions, with the mechanics modifying the optical fields, which act on the excitonic fields, which in turn couple to the mechanics. A memory kernel, used to describe a delayed interaction, will later be introduced into the segment connecting $\hat{c}_\lambda$ and $\hat{b}$.}
 \label{fig:Processes}
\end{figure*}
Let us start by considering the physical system represented in \fref{fig:System}:\ a Fabry--P\'erot cavity is bounded by a perfect mirror on one end and a semi-transmissive GaAs membrane on the other. We shall describe the exciton fields inside the membrane by means of a bosonic approximation, which is valid when the exciton population is not too large, and assign to these fields the operators $\hat{c}_\lambda$ (frequency $\omega_\lambda$ and decoherence rate $\gamma_\lambda$), where $\lambda$ is some, possible continuous, index labelling the modes. Any sum over $\lambda$ is to be interpreted as either a sum, if $\lambda$ is discrete, or an integral, otherwise.\par
These fields interact with the cavity field, $\hat{a}$ (frequency $\omega_\mathrm{c}$ and HWHM linewidth $\kappa_\mathrm{c}$), as well as with an infinity of field modes $\hat{a}_\omega$ that represent the free field that forms the input to the cavity field. The excitonic fields also interact with our chosen mechanical mode, which we describe using the operator $\hat{b}$, and which has a mechanical frequency $\omega_\mathrm{m}$ and HWHM linewidth $\kappa_\mathrm{m}$.\par
The Hamiltonian $\hat{H}$ is made up of four different contributions. The free Hamiltonian reads (we shall take $\hbar=1$ throughout this paper for conciseness of notation)
\begin{equation}
\hat{H}_\mathrm{free} = \omega_c\hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a}
+\int\rmd\omega\,\omega\hat{a}_\omega^\dagger\hat{a}_\omega+\sum_\lambda\omega_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda^\dagger\hat{c}_\lambda+\omega_\mathrm{m}\hat{b}^\dagger\hat{b}\,,
\end{equation}
and describes the fields in the absence of any interaction or dissipation. The next set of terms describes dissipation, and reads
\begin{equation}
\hat{H}_\mathrm{diss} = i\sqrt{\frac{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}{\pi}}\int\rmd\omega\,\bigl(\hat{a}_\omega^\dagger\hat{a}-\hat{a}_\omega\hat{a}^\dagger\bigr)+\hat{H}_\mathrm{mech,diss}+\hat{H}_\mathrm{exc,diss}\,;
\end{equation}
we have chosen to write down explicitly only the Hamiltonian describing the cavity field decay. $\hat{H}_\mathrm{mech,diss}$ ($\hat{H}_\mathrm{exc,diss}$) similarly describes the dissipation of the mechanical (excitonic) operator(s). There are two sets of interaction terms, illustrated pictorially in \fref{fig:Processes}(a); the first couples the excitons to the electric field:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Habs}
\hat{H}_\mathrm{abs} = \sum_\lambda\Biggl(\int\rmd\omega\,\frac{\Oin}{\sqrt{\pi\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\hat{a}_\omega+\Oc\hat{a}\Biggr)\hat{c}_\lambda^\dagger+\hc\,,
\end{equation}
where $\Oc$, which is assumed to be real, is the coupling rate of exciton mode $\lambda$ with the cavity field, and $\Oin$ with the free-field modes. The coupling of the exciton modes to the free field cannot be neglected in this case:\ the membrane is thick enough for interference effects between the input field and the cavity field to be significant, and $\abs{\Oin/\Oc}$ to be of order unity. The two terms in $\hat{H}_\mathrm{abs}$ therefore interfere, leading to an asymmetric cooling spectrum (see \sref{sec:OMC}, below, and \fref{fig:Fits}); this phenomenon is closely linked to the Fano line-shapes observed in optomechanical systems where the mechanical oscillator is coupled both to a cavity field and to the free field~\cite{Elste2009,Xuereb2011b}, although the dominant coupling of the optical fields to the mechanics is indirect in the present case.\\
The second set of interaction terms describes the coupling of the mechanical motion to the cavity field and to the excitons~\cite{Toyozawa1958,SteynRoss1983}:
\begin{equation}
\hat{H}_\mathrm{mech} = g_0\hat{a}^\dagger\hat{a}\bigl(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^\dagger\bigr)+\sum_{\lambda,\lambda^\prime}h_{\lambda,\lambda^\prime}\hat{c}_\lambda^\dagger\hat{c}_{\lambda^\prime}\bigl(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^\dagger\bigr)\,.
\end{equation}
$g_0$ is the usual (radiation-pressure) coupling constant and $h_{\lambda,\lambda^\prime}$ describes the deformation-potential coupling. We omit any direct coupling of the motion to the free field, since such effects would be very small~\cite{Xuereb2011b} compared to the terms in the preceding equation. Finally, we can write
\begin{equation}
\hat{H} = \hat{H}_\mathrm{free} + \hat{H}_\mathrm{diss} + \hat{H}_\mathrm{abs} + \hat{H}_\mathrm{mech}\,.
\end{equation}
This Hamiltonian can be used to generate the Heisenberg--Langevin equations of motion for the field operators. We choose to work in a frame rotating at the frequency of the driving field, $\omega_\mathrm{L}$, and define the detunings $\Delta_\mathrm{c}=\omega_\mathrm{L}-\omega_{c}$ and $\Delta_\lambda=\omega_\mathrm{L}-\omega_\lambda$. At this point we shall make two further assumptions regarding the exciton fields. The quantities $\Oc\to\Ocnolambda$, $\Oin\to\Oinnolambda$, $h_{\lambda,\lambda^\prime}\to h_0$, and $\gamma_\lambda\to\gamma$ are assumed to be independent of the index $\lambda$. We also assume that the exciton density of states is constant in the relevant region, which is a good approximation for pumping well above the band-gap energy. In order to avoid introducing new symbols we shall displace each operator $\hat{o}$ by its mean value $\bar{o}$:\ $\hat{o}\to\bar{o}+\hat{o}$, where the operator on the right-hand side has zero mean. Therefore, \emph{all operators in the following will have zero mean}. The linearised equations of motion can now be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
\dot{\hat{a}}=-(\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i\Delta_\mathrm{c})\hat{a}-\sqrt{2\kappa_\mathrm{c}}\hat{a}_\mathrm{in}-ig_0\bar{a}\bigl(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^\dagger\bigr)\,,\\
\dot{\hat{b}}=-(\kappa_\mathrm{m}+i\omega_\mathrm{m})\hat{b}-\sqrt{2\kappa_\mathrm{m}}\hat{b}_\mathrm{in}-ig_0\bigl(\bar{a}^\star\hat{a}+\bar{a}\hat{a}^\dagger\bigr)-i\sum_\lambda\bigl(h^\star\hat{c}_\lambda+h\hat{c}_\lambda^\dagger\bigr)
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
\dot{\hat{c}}_\lambda=-(\gamma-i\Delta_\lambda)\hat{c}_\lambda-\sqrt{2\gamma}\hat{c}_{\lambda,\mathrm{in}}-ih\bigl(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^\dagger\bigr)-i\bigl(\Oinnolambda+\Ocnolambda\bigr)\hat{a}\nonumber\\\qquad\qquad-i\sqrt{\frac{2}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\Oinnolambda\hat{a}_\mathrm{in}\,,
\end{eqnarray}
where terms without a significant contribution were dropped, and where we defined $h=h_0\sum_\lambda\bar{c}_\lambda$.. The operators $\hat{c}_{\lambda,\mathrm{in}}$ describe the zero-mean Langevin forces associated with the excitonic modes, whereas the optical field input operator $\hat{a}_\mathrm{in}$ is defined as per the usual input--output theory (cf.\ Ref.~\cite[\S 5.3]{Gardiner2004}), but we note that the interaction of the excitons with the free field modifies the input--output relation for the system, yielding
\begin{equation}
\hat{a}_\mathrm{out}=\hat{a}_\mathrm{in}+\sqrt{2\kappa_\mathrm{c}}\hat{a}-i\sqrt{\frac{2}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\Oinnolambda^\star\sum_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda\,.
\end{equation}
The mean values of the fields satisfy ($\bar{c}_\mathrm{in}=0$)
\begin{eqnarray}
-(\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i\Delta_\mathrm{c})\bar{a}-i\bigl(\Ocnolambda-\Oinnolambda\bigr)^\star\sum_\lambda\bar{c}_\lambda-\sqrt{2\kappa_\mathrm{c}}\bar{a}_\mathrm{in}=0\,,\mathrm{ and}\\
-(\gamma-i\Delta_\lambda)\bar{c}_\lambda-i\bigl(\Oinnolambda+\Ocnolambda\bigr)\bar{a}-i\sqrt{\frac{2}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\Oinnolambda\bar{a}_\mathrm{in}=0\,.
\end{eqnarray}
We have absorbed $\bar{b}$ into an effective redefinition of $\Delta_\mathrm{c}$ and $\Delta_\lambda$, and therefore we have $\bar{b}=0$. It is now apparent that the equations for the optical and mechanical fields involve only sums of the type $\sum_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda$ or $\sum_\lambda\bar{c}_\lambda$. These sums can be performed easily due to our assumptions, yielding
\begin{equation}
\bar{a}=\Biggl(-\sqrt{\frac{2}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\bar{a}_\mathrm{in}\Biggr)\frac{\kappa_\mathrm{c}\gamma+\nu\Oinnolambda\bigl(\Ocnolambda-\Oinnolambda\bigr)^\star}{\bigl(\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i\Delta_\mathrm{c}\bigr)\gamma+\nu\bigl(\Ocnolambda+\Oinnolambda\bigr)\bigl(\Ocnolambda-\Oinnolambda\bigr)^\star}\,,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
\sum_\lambda\bar{c}_\lambda=\sqrt{\nu}\Biggl(\sqrt{\frac{2}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}}}\bar{a}_\mathrm{in}\Biggr)\frac{i\kappa_\mathrm{c}\sqrt{\nu}\Ocnolambda-\Delta_\mathrm{c}\sqrt{\nu}\Oinnolambda}{\bigl(\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i\Delta_\mathrm{c}\bigr)\gamma+\nu\bigl(\Ocnolambda+\Oinnolambda\bigr)\bigl(\Ocnolambda-\Oinnolambda\bigr)^\star}\,,
\end{equation}
where $\nu\equiv\gamma\sum_\lambda\bigl(\gamma-i\Delta_\lambda\bigr)^{-1}\in\mathbb{R}^+$ accounts for the number of exciton modes we are interacting with.

\begin{figure*}[t]
 \centering
 \subfigure[\ Dataset 1; $\lambda_\mathrm{L}=870$\,nm]
  \includegraphics[width=\figurewidth]{fig3}}\quad
 \subfigure[\ Dataset 2; $\lambda_\mathrm{L}=852$\,nm]
 \includegraphics[width=\figurewidth]{fig4}}\\
 \subfigure[\ Dataset 3; $\lambda_\mathrm{L}=852$\,nm]
 \includegraphics[width=\figurewidth]{fig5}}\quad
 \subfigure[\ Dataset 4; $\lambda_\mathrm{L}=852$\,nm]
 \includegraphics[width=\figurewidth]{fig6}}
 \caption{Fits to four sets of experimental data; Dataset 1 is the set reported in Ref.~\cite{Usami2012}. The four sets of data differed in the location of the driving beam on the membrane and in the driving wavelength $\lambda_\mathrm{L}$ used. All other system parameters are reported in the text and in \tref{tab:FitParams}.}
 \label{fig:Fits}
\end{figure*}
\section{Adiabatic elimination and memory kernel}\label{sec:AEMem}
The system we aim to describe has a hierarchy of dynamics determined by $\gamma\gg\kappa_\mathrm{c}\gg\kappa_\mathrm{m},\omega_\mathrm{m}$. Sequential adiabatic elimination of the fields is therefore possible, first solving the equation of motion for the excitonic fields, on whose time-scale $\hat{a}$ is approximately constant, and then for the cavity field. We concentrate on the regime where the exciton-mediated effect dominates over the radiation pressure force. At this level of approximation we can describe the web of interactions in our system via the following process:
\begin{enumerate}
\item the position of the mechanical oscillator changes the photon number inside the cavity ($\hat{b}$ affects $\hat{a})$,
\item the exciton populations follow the changing cavity field ($\hat{a}$ affects $\hat{c}_\lambda$), and finally
\item the changing exciton populations modulate the mechanical properties, coupling to $\hat{b}$ ($\hat{c}_\lambda$ affects $\hat{b}$).
\end{enumerate}
\fref{fig:Processes} illustrates the different interactions that take place in the system we are describing, together with the reduced system that results after adiabatically eliminating the optical and excitonic fields.\\
With the above in mind, and ignoring the contributions from the input field, we can write the adiabatic solution of the cavity field operator familiar from the radiation-pressure cooling literature~\cite{WilsonRae2007,Marquardt2007}:
\begin{equation}
\hat{a}\approx-ig_0\bar{a}\Biggl[\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}+\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}+\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}-\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}^\dagger\Biggr]\,,
\end{equation}
which is substituted into the equation of motion for $\hat{c}_\lambda$ to give
\begin{equation}
\hat{c}_\lambda\approx-\frac{g_0\bar{a}\bigl(\Ocnolambda+\Oinnolambda\bigr)}{\gamma-\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\lambda-\Delta_\mathrm{c})}\Biggl[\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}+\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}+\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}-\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}^\dagger\Biggr]\,.
\end{equation}
We see from this equation that the function of the excitons at this level of approximation is to act as a channel for the absorbed optical energy to interact with the mechanics. Noting that $\gamma$ is much larger than all the other frequencies, we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
\sum_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda\approx-\frac{\nu}{\sqrt{\nu}}\frac{g_0\bar{a}\sqrt{\nu}\bigl(\Ocnolambda+\Oinnolambda\bigr)}{\gamma}\Biggl[&\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}+\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}\nonumber\\
&\qquad\quad+\frac{1}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\Delta_\mathrm{c}-\omega_\mathrm{m})}\hat{b}^\dagger\Biggr]\,.
\end{eqnarray}
Substitution of this solution into the equation of motion for $\hat{b}$ gives us the adiabatic dynamics when the excitons couple to the mechanics through the deformation potential. Because we want to describe the \emph{time-delayed} effect of the excitons on the mechanics, however, we must introduce a memory kernel $\mathcal{M}(t)$ into the equation of motion for $\hat{b}$. This follows the ideas outlined in related treatments of the photothermal effect~\cite{Metzger2008,Pinard2008,DeLiberato2011,Restrepo2011}, and in our notation corresponds to setting:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:IntroMK}
h_0^\star\sum_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda\rightarrow\eta^\star\int_{-\infty}^\infty\mathcal{M}(t-\tau)\sum_\lambda\hat{c}_\lambda(\tau)\,\rmd\tau\,,
\end{equation}
and similarly for the term involving $h_0$. This process changes the physical meaning of these terms. We emphasise that $\eta$ no longer describes the deformation-potential coupling, but is a phenomenological coupling constant that describes the strength of the delayed interaction linking the exciton fields with the mechanical motion. Physically, \eref{eq:IntroMK} tells us that the modulation to the mechanical properties takes into account the entire history of the exciton fields. We choose to use an exponentially-decaying memory kernel~\cite{Restrepo2011}:
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{M}(t-\tau)=\frac{1}{\tau_\mathrm{th}}e^{-(t-\tau)/\tau_\mathrm{th}}\Theta(t-\tau)\,,
\end{equation}
where $\Theta(t)$ is the Heaviside step function and accounts for the causal nature of the memory kernel; this $\mathcal{M}(t)$ leads to the same expressions as the ``$h(t)$'' chosen by Metzger and co-workers, cf.\ Ref.~\cite{Metzger2008}, upon integration by parts of the relevant terms. The use of a memory kernel in the equation of motion for $\hat{b}$ can be motivated by making use of an extended model that includes a bath of phonon modes which act as the intermediary between the excitons and $\hat{b}$. Elimination of the these modes in $\rmd\hat{b}/\rmd t$ naturally gives rise to a time-integral of a sum of decaying exponentials, which we identify with an exponentially-decaying memory kernel; this process is outlined in \aref{app:MemoryKernel}.\par
A brief note about the effect of noise terms is due. It lies outside the scope of this paper to consider the effects of noise on the limits of this cooling mechanism; being interested in cooling rates in this article, we accordingly discard such terms. As discussed in Ref.~\cite{Restrepo2011}, the nature of the photothermal effect does not preclude reaching the ground state, even in the bad-cavity limit, despite the absorption of light in the mechanical oscillator. The thermal noise induced by the absorbed light can be effectively modelled as a Langevin force term as in, \eg, Eq.~(5) of Ref.~\cite{Pinard2008} or Eq.~(15) of Ref.~\cite{Restrepo2011}. This Langevin force can be viewed as having its physical origins in the thermal fluctuations of the phononic bath described in \aref{app:MemoryKernel}, which couples the exciton modes to $\hat{b}$.\\
A unique feature of our setup lies in the interference between the cavity and input fields, discussed after \eref{eq:Habs} above, which could, in analogy with dissipative optomechanics~\cite{Xuereb2011b}, lead to a situation where the effect of the noise originating from the optical fields cancels out, and therefore to a more efficient cooling mechanism and a lower base temperature.

\begin{table*}
\caption{\label{tab:FitParams}Experimental parameters and coupling constant extracted from the data. The datasets are numbered as per \fref{fig:Fits}.}
\footnotesize
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|ccccc|c}
\br
 & $\lambda_\mathrm{L}$ [nm] & $P_\mathrm{in}$ [$\upmu$W] & $\kappa_\mathrm{m}$ [s$^{-1}$] & $f_\mathrm{abs}$ [\%] & $\Ocnolambda^2/\gamma$ [$2\pi$\,MHz] & $\eta_\mathrm{th}/\gamma\times10^2$\\
\hline
$1$ & $870$ & $20$ & $1.8$ & $50$ & $32.3$ & 7.5\\
$2$ & $852$ & $25$ & $2.2$ & $55$ & $35.4$ & 4.6\\
$3$ & $852$ & $25$ & $2.2$ & $55$ & $35.4$ & 7.6\\
$4$ & $852$ & $25$ & $2.2$ & $55$ & $35.4$ & 6.2\\
\br
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

\section{Optomechanical cooling rate}\label{sec:OMC}
Proceeding from the previous section along the same lines as standard optomechanical theory, we can now derive a simple expression for the optomechanical cooling rate due to this photothermal effect. Indeed, we can show that the mechanical decay rate changes from $\kappa_\mathrm{m}$ to $\kappa_\mathrm{m}+\kappa_\mathrm{th}$, where for $\tau_\mathrm{th}\gg1/\omega_\mathrm{m}$ and $\Ocnolambda\in\mathbb{R}$
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{eq:kth}
\fl\kappa_\mathrm{th}=\frac{P_\mathrm{in}}{\hbar\omega_\mathrm{L}}\frac{2g_0}{\bigl(\kappa_\mathrm{c}^2+\Delta_\mathrm{c}^2\bigr)\omega_\mathrm{m}\tau_\mathrm{th}}\frac{\eta_\mathrm{th}}{\gamma}\frac{\Ocnolambda^2}{\gamma}\,&\re\Biggl\{\frac{\bigl(1+\Oinnolambda/\Ocnolambda\bigr)\bigl(\Delta_\mathrm{c}\Oinnolambda^\star/\Ocnolambda+i\kappa_\mathrm{c}\bigr)}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\omega_\mathrm{m}+\Delta_\mathrm{c})}\nonumber\\
\fl&\qquad\qquad+\frac{\bigl(1+\Oinnolambda^\star/\Ocnolambda\bigr)\bigl(\Delta_\mathrm{c}\Oinnolambda/\Ocnolambda-i\kappa_\mathrm{c}\bigr)}{\kappa_\mathrm{c}-i(\omega_\mathrm{m}-\Delta_\mathrm{c})}\Biggr\}\,,
\end{eqnarray}
with $P_\mathrm{in}=\hbar\omega_\mathrm{L}\abs{\bar{a}_\mathrm{in}}^2$ being the input power coupled into the cavity (in watts), the sum over $\lambda$ was absorbed into the phenomenological coupling constant $\eta_\mathrm{th}=\nu\eta$, and we have absorbed $\sqrt{\nu}$ into each of $\Ocnolambda$ and $\Oinnolambda$. In accordance with the approximations made during adiabatic elimination, \eref{eq:kth} excludes higher-order terms in $\Ocnolambda$ and $\Oinnolambda$. It is worth noting that the sign and magnitude of $\eta_\mathrm{th}$ depend on the shape of the membrane. The membrane in the experiment has a slight curvature, such that any thermal expansion has a well-defined effect on its effective position $\hat{x}\equiv\bigl(\hat{b}+\hat{b}^\dagger\bigr)/\sqrt{2}$; if the membrane were to be flipped over, the sign of $\eta_\mathrm{th}$ would change. For a perfectly flat membrane, the membrane `would not know' which way to buckle under thermal expansion; $\eta_\mathrm{th}$ would then be zero and other terms would be expected to dominate.\par
The expression for $\kappa_\mathrm{th}$ depends critically on $\Oinnolambda$, whose relationship to $\Ocnolambda$ is fixed by the geometry of the cavity and membrane. In the good-cavity limit, which is valid whenever the finesse of the cavity is $\gg1$, and taking into account the large refractive index of GaAs, we obtain
\begin{equation}
\frac{\Oinnolambda}{\Ocnolambda}=-\frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}e^{i(k_\mathrm{L}d/2-2L\Delta_\mathrm{c}/c)}\sin(k_\mathrm{L}d/2)\,,
\end{equation}
where $d$ is the thickness of the membrane, $L$ the length of the cavity, and $k_\mathrm{L}=\omega_\mathrm{L}/c$. $\Ocnolambda$ itself can be fixed by observing the fraction $f_\mathrm{abs}$ of power absorbed by the membrane, since it can be shown that on cavity resonance ($\Delta_\mathrm{c}=0$) and for $\Ocnolambda^2\ll\kappa_\mathrm{c}\gamma$,
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:fabs}
f_\mathrm{abs}=\frac{4\Ocnolambda^2}{\gamma\kappa_\mathrm{c}}\,.
\end{equation}
It is worth noting the physical significance of \eref{eq:fabs}:\ in our model $\Ocnolambda$ and $\Oinnolambda$ effectively give rise to the imaginary part of the refractive index of the membrane, conventionally labelled $\kappa$. $f_\mathrm{abs}$ therefore exhibits a wavelength-dependence, as does $\kappa$, cf.~\tref{tab:FitParams}. Independent experimental measurements give us values for:\ $\kappa_\mathrm{c}$, $\Ocnolambda^2/\gamma$, $\omega_\mathrm{m}$, and $\tau_\mathrm{th}$. $g_0$ is fixed by the geometry and by the reflectivity of the membrane, whereas $P_\mathrm{in}$, $\omega_\mathrm{L}$, and $\Delta_\mathrm{c}$ are determined by the experiment. The only independent fit parameter in \eref{eq:kth} is therefore the photothermal coupling strength $\eta_\mathrm{th}/\gamma$.

\section{Fit to experimental data}\label{sec:Exp}
We shall now use $\kappa_\mathrm{th}$ to model four sets of experimental data. The experimental runs differ in the transverse location of the membrane vis-\`a-vis the cavity field, and the values of $\eta_\mathrm{th}$ obtained for the four sets are consistent with the coupling of the excitons to the $(2,1)$ drumhead mode of the membrane.\par
\begin{figure}[t]
 \centering
(a)\ \vtop
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  \includegraphics[width=\figurewidth]{fig7

}\quad
(b)\ \vtop
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  \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{fig8

} \caption{(a) The coupling parameters that fit the four data sets are consistent with the excitation of the $(2,1)$ mode of the membrane [shown in (b)]; the solid curve represents the sinusoidal profile of the squared amplitude of this mode. (b) Vibrational profile of the $(2,1)$ mode of the membrane.}
 \label{fig:Couplings}
\end{figure}
The independently-determined parameters used in the model and common to every dataset were as follows:\ $L=2.9$\,cm, $d=160$\,nm, $g_0=2\pi\times(-5.1)$\,Hz, $\kappa_\mathrm{c}=2\pi\times258$\,MHz, $\omega_\mathrm{m}=2\pi\times23.4$\,kHz, and $\tau_\mathrm{th}=6.6$\,ms. Other parameters differed between datasets and are listed in \tref{tab:FitParams}. This table also lists the photothermal coupling rates resulting in the fits shown in \fref{fig:Fits}. These coupling rates, when plotted as a function of the position of the driving beam on the membrane, are consistent with a membrane displacement profile matching the $(2,1)$ drumhead mode, cf.\ \fref{fig:Couplings}, and therefore conform to our expectations. In other words, a single fit parameter, corresponding to a maximal coupling strength $\eta_\mathrm{th}^\mathrm{max}/\gamma=0.099$, suffices to fit \emph{all} the datasets if we also take into account the location of the driving beam on the membrane.

\section{Cooling through electronic stress}
Let us now consider a different system where the mechanism that provides the cooling force is no longer the thermal stress set up by decaying excitons but pure electronic stress. For a system such as the one we described above to enter this regime, the photothermal effect must be switched off. In the case of GaAs, this can be achieved by operating at a temperature of ca.\ $12$\,K~\cite{Usami2012}. Under these conditions, the excitons interact with the mechanics directly, and only through deformation potential, as expressed in the model of \sref{sec:HamEoM}. In an equivalent picture, we may say that the effective memory time is zero, and the memory kernel reduces to a delta-function:\ $\mathcal{M}(t)\to\delta(t)$.\\
By placing the membrane \emph{inside} a cavity~\cite{Thompson2008} ($\Oinnolambda=0$), the finesse of the cavity can be made significantly larger if level of absorption in the membrane is lowered, leading to a correspondingly smaller $\Ocnolambda$. This can be done in GaAs by running the experiment at longer wavelengths, \eg, at $884$\,nm, where the absorption is significantly lower than at $870$\,nm.

\section{Conclusion}
We have explored optomechanical cooling through the photothermal effect in a semiconductor membrane. Our model uses a coupling similar to the deformation-potential coupling but makes use of a memory kernel to model the long thermalisation time typical of such structures. The introduction of the memory kernel was based on entirely phenomenological grounds, following Refs.~\cite{Metzger2008,Pinard2008,DeLiberato2011,Restrepo2011}, but we justify the use of an exponentially-decaying kernel by introducing additional phononic degrees of freedom that are then eliminated. The resulting model only has one free parameter, with all others being determined independently or by the geometry of the situation, and provides a remarkably good fit to the experimental data.\par
By using different forms of the memory kernel we can also compare the different physical mechanisms in promoting optomechanical cooling. Thus, for example, an instantaneous memory kernel $\mathcal{M}(t)=\delta(t)$ reduces our description to one taking into account pure deformation-potential effects, similarly to what was originally envisioned in Ref.~\cite{WilsonRae2004}. Such a mechanism could be important under conditions where the photothermal effect is cancelled out, \eg, at temperatures where the membrane undergoes no photothermal deformation~\cite{Usami2012}.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
KH and AX acknowledge support through the Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research (QUEST) at the Leibniz University Hannover. AX also acknowledges support from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. We thank Ata\c{c} \.{I}mamo\={g}lu and Ignacio Wilson-Rae for illuminating discussions.

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Day 3 14 OCTOBER - WATERFALLS!
Arrive in Reykjavik which is the capital of Iceland. The world's most northerly capital combines colorful buildings, quirky, creative people, eye-popping design, wild nightlife and a capricious soul. Visit the Blue lagoon which is a geothermal spa and one of the most frequented spots in Iceland. The waters are laden with minerals and the lagoon serves as a luxury spa pit stop which sits in a mesmerizing lava landscape. Enjoy a local welcome dinner and overnight in Reykjavik.
The great outdoors in all its glory is an intrinsic part of any trip to Reykjavik and today you can begin your day by sighting some gorgeous whales, creatures that are endemic to the region, from the comfort of your boat. Go sightseeing in town and get a taste of Icelandic history as you tour the Settlement Exhibition built around the unearthed Viking longhouse of the area's earliest inhabitants. The popular National Museum is also a must visit with its precious artifacts. The Old Harbor has the Saga Museum which is interesting to learn more about the region's maritime history. Overnight in Reykjavik .
After breakfast we embark on our drive to the Seljalandsfoss waterfall which is one of Iceland's most scenic waterfall. Interestingly, you can walk behind the waterfall. Next we will proceed to visit the unique Reynisfjara black sand beach which is quite a change from the white sandy beaches. This lava beach has risen from the ashes and is very popular with tourists because of its sand, basalt columns, lava formations, towering cliffs, and caves. This is followed by a visit to the Dyrholaey arch portal, the impressive Skogafoss waterfall, and the volcano & earthquake LAVA Centre at Hvolsvollur which gives you glimpse into what makes Iceland's topography unique. Dinner and overnight in Vik. (Total driving time: 3 hours approximately).
After breakfast, embark on the Golden Circle which is the holy grail of travel in the region and a must-do for those looking to immerse themselves in the Icelandic experience. Few kilometers away from Gullfoss waterfall is the Geysir geyser area. The original Geysir is dormant but the geyser Strokkur is active & erupts on average every 8 minutes. Take a stroll between the mud pots and fumaroles. We stop at the Fridheimar greenhouse for a short tour to see how they can harness geothermal energy to grow tomatoes year round despite harsh winter climate followed by a hearty tomato soup for lunch. Next, we visit Kerid, a colorful crater with a lake at the bottom. We continue our visit to Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site. Later we will proceed for farewell dinner in Keflavik town. After dinner depart to the airport to fly back home.
You can use your phone via international roaming, though its expensive. You also have an option of picking local SIM cards from the airport.
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Solingen [DE] - Extension to Vohwinkel Station from 2014?
In May 2012, Wuppertal council received a grant offer letter from Transport Authority Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) totalling approximately 556,000 Euros for the planned reconfiguration of the forecourt at Vohwinkel to make it disabled-friendly. The transport hub will be equipped with six bus stops with dynamic passenger information systems, to create a modern interchange between the railway and the municipal transport systems. Construction is thus not expected before October 2013, depending on the duration of the authorization procedure and the weather. A construction period of four months is expected so that in 2014 trolleybus route 683 can be extended to Vohwinkel station. The 800 m distance will be covered using diesel power, as it not possible to erect overhead in the flat underpass without major structural changes. Following a decision of the District Council and the local traffic committee, Rubensstraße, which is currently the terminus of the line is 683, will in future be served in both directions. At the bottom end of Rubensstraße at Vohwinkelerstraße near the terminus of the Schwebebahn (monorail) trolleybuses coming from Vohwinkel will rewire and go on a new trolleybus spur on Rubensstraße in the direction of Solingen. The request of a representative of the traffic committee to relocate the stop at Obere Rubensstraße towards the intersection with the Westring, is still under consideration.
Stops for trolleybus route 683 between Burg and the city limits of Wuppertal-Vohwinkel are being fitted with timetable information on electronic boards. There have been contract and construction delays since the tender at the beginning of 2012. So far, only a few stops have been equipped with the necessary preparatory work. Specially manufactured masts and stop canopies have been seen in Gräfrath, Bergerbrühl and Central, and completion of all stops is not expected before September 2013.
Road works begun on 30.1.2012 in the Aufderhöhe area currently require a replacement bus service. Since the beginning of the year, a third section of road, approximately 150m from the junction of Steinendorferstraße in the direction of Aufderhoehe is being renewed, including sewage, water, gas and electrical connections. The overhead line cannot be used at the moment, as this is directly over the construction work in the middle of the street. Therefore mostly diesel buses are being used. In addition, since April 2013, a supplementary run operates because of the single line operation controlled by traffic lights. Thus four runs instead of three operate from 6:00 am to 8:00 am on routes 685/6, the fourth run changes around 8:30 am from route 684 and the additional run returns to the depot.
On 12.02.2013, a two-stage tendering process was published, namely for 10 low-floor standard buses and 4 articulated vehicles. These will replace diesel buses built from 1995 to 1997, including the remaining 13 vehicles from the first batch articulated diesel buses procured in 1996. The current diesel fleet comprises 49 buses.
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