Now, scientists have discovered such a site. In fact, with the help of HiRISE, a powerful camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, they've found several.
In this week's issue of Science, researchers led by USGS planetary geologist Colin Dundas present detailed observations of eight Martian regions where erosion has uncovered large, steep cross-sections of underlying ice. It's not just the volume of water they found (it's no mystery that Mars harbors a lot of ice in these particular regions), it's how mineable it promises to be. The deposits begin at depths as shallow as one meter and extend upwards of 100 meters into the planet. The researchers don't estimate the quantity of ice present, but they do note that the amount of ice near the surface is likely more extensive than the few locations where it's exposed. And what's more, the ice looks pretty damn pure.
The ice found this time isn't crystal clear. Over years, observations showed that the ice is slowly surrendering water to the atmosphere through a process called sublimation, and signs suggest that boulders and sediment are dislodging from the ice as it recedes. But some debris is to be expected. Dundas and his colleagues hypothesize that the ice originated as snow, falling in waves over millions of years. Some rocky material probably found its way in, in between snow events—but the surrounding ice, the researchers think, is relatively clean.
"On Mars, when you see something bright, it usually means ice," says Richard Zurek, chief scientist for the Mars Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who was unaffiliated with the study. Most of the material on Mars reflects little light, "but the albedo readings on these exposed sections show that this is very bright stuff," he says. "And the spectrometer readings support that this is water ice and not ice-cemented soil, which would be much harder to convert into water as a resource."
Now, don't pack your bags for Mars just yet. The eight sites Dundas and his colleagues observed were all located at upper mid-latitudes, between 55 and 60 degrees north or south of the equator, where temperatures can drop extremely low. Most Mars missions, though, restrict their landing sites to within 30 degrees of the equator—as would future crewed missions to the planet's surface, most likely. As Zurek puts it: "If you wanna stay warm, it's better to be in Hawaii than Alaska."
But that close to the equator, warmer temperatures could drive subsurface ice reserves deeper into the ground, where they'll be harder to get to. "So that's something you'll want to follow up on and investigate before you put your base down," Zurek says.
Plans to do so are already in the works. "I'm sure we haven't found all of the exposures at this point," Dundas says, and more could certainly exist closer to the equator. NASA's Mars 2020 rover is equipped with a ground-penetrating radar that could allow it to probe the mysterious upper layers of the planet's surface. The European Space Agency's ExoMars rover, also slated for a 2020 launch, will come outfitted with a drill designed to sample geology at depths of up to two meters.
Another option: artificial meteors. Scientists imagine sending spacecraft to hitch a ride through Mars' atmosphere on larger vehicles, only to break off at low altitude and collide with the planet. They'd land with enough impact to bury themselves a few meters into the planet's surface, detect the composition of the area around them, and relay their observations back to Earth by way of satellites in Mars orbit. "That one, the technology's not quite there yet, but it's rapidly developing," Zurek says.
Fortunately, scientists still have some time to pinpoint Mars' reservoirs of water ice. Humans will likely return to the moon before they venture into deep space. Optimistic timelines put our arrival on the Red Planet some time during the 2030s. Where we land, how long we visit, and what we bring along will all depend on the resources that await us—and how hard we'll have to work to get them.


We are thrilled to share news that the construction of a new opera house, which Rural Solutions achieved planning permission for, at the Nevill Holt Opera site in Market Harborough is underway and due for completion next month with the first performance taking place on 14th June.
The new 400 seat theatre is now rapidly taking shape, to designs by Stirling Prize winners Witherford Watson Mann.
This new theatre design is concealed completely within the Grade II* listed Nevill Holt stable courtyard and will not visible at all from the house and gardens. The stage is positioned at ground level with a large roof light at the centre of the ceiling, brilliantly maintaining the luminous, external atmosphere.
A new balcony in curved wood will be supported on fine steel columns, set slightly apart from the historic walls, with the proscenium panels hinged so that the space can be opened up for concerts or events.
For years, audiences at Nevill Holt have willingly made the best of a tarpaulin and scaffolding structure, fitted up to enclose the 18th Century courtyard.
Our rural planning experts at Rural Solutions took on the exciting and ambitious project to achieve permission at this infamous and delicate site ensuring a detailed and effective pre-application consultation process. Coordinating the inputs of the District Council (Planning, Conservation, Ecology), the County Council (Archaeology) and Historic England in the pre-application process.
Director of planning, Duncan Hartley who worked on the project says "We had to ensure the final submitted scheme met the client's desires whilst also meeting the relevant requirements of the consultees. The subsequent applications were determined promptly and under the Council's scheme of delegation. An entirely collaborative approach was undertaken by all parties.
"The scheme will also provide 40 full and part jobs for the local area. A great further benefit to this exciting project".


This is one of those recipes that you think "there is no way there isn't a ton of sugar in that thing!"
If you need to have your buttercream while on keto then this is the route to go. This dairy-free avocado buttercream is just the right thing for your sweet tooth, especially if you're lactose intolerant.
In a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water so you can melt the chocolate. You want to stir the chocolate until it is smooth and then set it aside.
Grab your food processor (the one over there) and combine the avocados, Swerve, cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Process that bad boy on high until the ingredients have combined well. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time (go up to 4 if needed), until all avocado chunks are blended and the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Slowly pour the melted chocolate in the food processor and begin to process again until smooth.
You now have some buttercream that you can either pipe or spread onto your favorite cake or brownies. Or if you're like me you'll just eat it straight up because who needs to spend time baking a pastry?


The California Supreme Court announced last Thursday that it will hear oral arguments in an important pension reform case on Dec. 5, 2018.
The case — Cal Fire Local 2881 v. California Public Employees' Retirement System — involves a challenge to a provision of the California's Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA).
The California Supreme Court has an opportunity to reconsider the "California rule" in this case. However, there is also a chance the Court may decide the case on narrower grounds.
The lower court found that the option to purchase airtime was not a "vested" pension benefit because the Legislature did not explicitly state that the benefit could or would not be eliminated or modified in the future. However, the lower court also concluded that even if the airtime benefit was "vested," it was not unconstitutional for the Legislature to eliminate it because the Legislature acted reasonably. The lower court rejected the "California rule," and concluded that modifications to pension benefits can be reasonable even if no comparable new advantage is provided to offset a resulting disadvantage.
If the California Supreme Court disagrees with the lower court and finds that the airtime benefit was "vested," then the Court will likely address the California rule. If the Court agrees that the airtime benefit was not vested, however, then the Court is less likely to address the California rule, because it can dispose of the case on the basis that there are no constitutional protections under the contract clause for benefits that are not vested.
This case has important implications for cities that are facing fiscal hardships due to the unsustainable rise in pension costs, as documented in the League's Retirement System Sustainability Study and Findings published in January. The League filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, which advocated for more flexibility for cities to sustainably manage their pension obligations.
Gov. Jerry Brown has also been a strong advocate for more flexibility in managing rising pension costs. In what can only be characterized as an unusual course of action, the Brown Administration rejected the interveners brief drafted by the State's Attorney General opting to submit their own brief in this case. Moreover, the Administration drafted a letter in October urging the Court to hear this case while Governor Brown is still in office.
Under the California Rules of Court, once oral argument is held and the Court takes the case under submission, it has 90 days within which to issue an opinion. Any ruling would likely require state legislation to codify any direction given by the Court prior to cities being able to take action. Governor-elect Newsom has expressed concern about rising pension costs, specifically for local agencies but has not gone as far as the Brown Administration about the need for immediate reforms.
For more information on this case and the pension sustainability issue, visit the League's Hot Issues page.


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Financial literacy should be taught in schools
Win Gatchalian > Newsroom > Financial literacy should be taught in schools
October 14, 2022 at 11:03 am PHT
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that will require the teaching of financial literacy in elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including technical-vocational institutions.
PASAY CITY – Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that will require the teaching of financial literacy in elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including technical-vocational institutions. 13 Oct. 2022. file. Photo by Mark Cayabyab/OS WIN GATCHALIAN
At the elementary level, the EPF course will cover basic economic principles such as, but not limited to, individual and family financial goal setting, evaluating expenses, and budget preparation. At the secondary, tertiary, and technical-vocational education levels, the course will cover topics such as credit, savings, investment, and retirement, among others.
"Providing financial education to the younger generation is essential to ensure their security and well-being in the future. A financially literate Filipino youth will be able to make well-informed financial decisions that will positively impact their personal financial circumstances, empowering them to take better advantage of economic opportunities," said Gatchalian, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.
"Sa mahabang panahon ng pag-aaral ng ating mga kabataan, tinuturuan natin sila ng kaalaman at kakayahan upang makakuha ng maayos na trabaho, ngunit hindi natin itinuturo kung paano ang tamang paggamit ng salapi. Kung matuturuan natin sila ng financial literacy, matuturuan natin silang makamit ang pag-asenso at mamuhay nang mas matiwasay," he added.
Gatchalian pointed out that while 89% of Filipino youth rely on their parents' financial knowledge, the Global Financial Literacy Survey conducted by Standard and Poor's shows that only 25% of Filipinos are financially literate. This means that 75% of Filipino adults, including the parents and teachers who will be the younger generation's source of financial knowledge, are not financially literate.
While government agencies such as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Department of Finance (DOF), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Credit Council (NCC), and the Department of Education (DepEd) have all launched financial literacy programs, Gatchalian pointed out that these may not be sustainable if not institutionalized within the education system.
The proposed measure also seeks to provide EPF professional development to teachers.

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Gluten, Dairy, Soy Free Cooking Class: Maureen asked us if we could offer a cooking class for her friend who was having a birthday. She offered that her friend had some dietary restrictions. We were happy to put together recipes avoiding Gluten, Dairy and Soy. (a little butter was okay).
Would you like a private cooking class for you and your sweetheart, or maybe for a girls' night out. Join Beechwood Inn chefs in our modern kitchen and prepare a variety of gourmet meals including ethnic dishes from around the world.
The Beechwood Inn has many awards and is a Wine Spectator Award of excellence restaurant. The Inn also features a 3,000 bottle wine cellar. Each class includes wine, a serving of each dish, an apron to keep and a complete recipe collection from that class. Students receive a 10% discount on wine or food product purchases made the day of the class and a 10% discount off their next culinary class at the Beechwood Inn. Classes can be tailored to your preferences. These run as short as 3 hours long and usually run from 2:30PM to 5:30PM, followed by a short break and then dinner.


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Avvocato di grido, diventò famoso per aver fatto assolvere nel 1870 il principe Pietro Napoleone Bonaparte, cugino di Napoleone III, che aveva ucciso il giornalista Victor Noir, verdetto che contribuì all'impopolarità e poi alla caduta del regime napoleonico. In seguito difese politici di ogni orientamento dalle accuse più varie.

Ruolo nell'Affare Dreyfus
Nel 1894, dopo l'arresto di Alfred Dreyfus, è a lui che si rivolge il fratello Mathieu Dreyfus per difenderlo. Demange accetta, a una condizione: «Se dovessi scoprire che è davvero colpevole di spionaggio, abbandonerò il caso, e lo farò pubblicamente, così da far capire la verità all'opinione pubblica». Demange in realtà si convince subito dell'innocenza dell'imputato e dell'esiguità delle prove contro di lui, al punto da esclamare: «In 30 anni di carriera è la seconda volta che difendo un innocente». La sua difesa nel primo processo, quello del dicembre 1894, è estremamente rispettosa del tribunale militare, e tutta incentrata sull'impossibilità di attribuire con certezza il bordereau a Dreyfus, ma il suo lavoro viene vanificato dal dossier segreto consegnato ai giurati poco prima della sentenza.

Nel corse degli anni successivi, Demange resta vicino alla famiglia Dreyfus che però gli affianca un altro avvocato, dall'impostazione più polemica e antimilitarista, Fernand Labori. La differenza di vedute tra i due avvocati non favorisce la causa di Dreyfus. Quando, durante il nuovo processo di Rennes del 1899, Labori viene ferito gravemente, tocca a Demange difendere in aula l'imputato: non riesce però a contrastare con efficacia le bugie degli alti vertici militari, che portano a una nuova condanna. Sarà sempre lui, diversi anni dopo, a ottenere l'annullamento della condanna a Dreyfus.

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AWARD-winning jazz guitarist and composer Martin Taylor has teamed up with acoustic and slide guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson for a tour across the UK including one night in Worcester.
The pair will share the stage throughout the performance next Wednesday (November 28), adding to each other's songs and instrumental pieces and taking them to new levels.
Martin Taylor MBE was mentioned on BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show as being considered the best guitarist by well-known English guitarist Jeff Beck and has enjoyed a musical career spanning five decades.
He has collaborated with musicians from many different musical genres including Stephane Grappelli, Chet Atkins, Bill Wyman, George Harrison, Dionne Warwick, Diane Schuur and Jamie Cullum.
Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin Simpson has the most nominations of any performer in the 18 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 12 of those as Musician of the Year, an accolade that he twice went on to win.
Tickets for the show at Huntingdon Hall are £20 and available from the Worcester Live Box Office on 01905 611427.


A new video from the University of Texas Libraries (U. of Texas at Austin).
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection will celebrate its centennial in 2021. Learn more about this special collection at The University of Texas at Austin.


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Thursday called on cable networks to permit a la carte market tests by cable companies to determine whether such a program-purchase system can hold down cable rates.
"I urge companies in the content industry to work with these providers to allow a valid market test to proceed so that policymakers can debate the merits of channel choice for the first time with concrete data in hand," McCain said.
McCain's statement came in response to the recent Federal Communications Commission report showing that cable rates rose 5.4% in 2003. The senator claimed that cable rates keep rising faster than inflation due to the absence of significant wireline competition to cable incumbents.
The FCC report, McCain said, showed that cable rates don't rise as quickly in so-called overbuild markets, where consumers can choose between two local cable providers.
"Competition matters. Therefore, I will continue to champion policies that promote competition to the incumbent cable operator from other technologies, including overbuilders, satellite providers, wireless carriers and telephone companies using Internet-protocol-enabled services," he added.
McCain was chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee last year, but he had to yield the gavel this year to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) under Senate GOP rules that limit the terms of committee chairmen.
McCain said RCN Corp. and PrairieWave Communications were two cable companies willing to conduct tests in which consumers may purchase channels a la carte or select from several packages.
"These carriers want to allow consumers to purchase additional options of bundles or individual channels, thereby providing consumers with more control over their bills, particularly those consumers who watch only a few channels, and over the content they welcome into their homes," McCain said.
"A market test is the only true way to understand both the merits and shortcomings of alternate channel packaging," he added.


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Can Brandon Marshall win his bet with Antonio Brown?
by Joe Kuzma (joe_kuzma) on July 28, 2016
What a difference a day makes! At least, if you are Brandon Marshall…
Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets agree to terms on a new contract, bringing the quarterback back to the Meadowlands for at least one more season, following a lengthy holdout.
Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Jets have agreed on a 1-year, $12 million fully-guaranteed contract. (via @AdamSchefter) pic.twitter.com/JRbKz90Zue
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 27, 2016
The news prompted Brandon Marshall to make a crazy bet on social media; the receivers is betting he will gain more yards than Antonio Brown in 2016. Fitzpatrick's signing is significant, in that Marshall waited for his QB to rejoin the team before making the bold statement.
That's because the New York Jets had no other proven talent at the position. 2013 2nd round pick Geno Smith never lived up to his pre-draft hype, starting all 16 games in his rookie season, but got benched in favor of Michael Vick in 2014. The Jets have also drafted QBs in the last two drafts, selecting Bryce Petty in the 4th round of the 2015 NFL Draft, and Christian Hackenberg in the 2nd round of this season's iteration. (Side note: Hackenberg was taken with the 51st overall pick while Smith was selected 39th overall in the same round 3 years prior.)
Heading into 2015, Geno Smith was presumed to be the starter; that was, before getting in a locker room scuffle with linebacker IK Enemkpali, in which Smith's jaw was broken. Due to surgery, Geno would miss the team's first two games, which lead way to journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, in his first season with the team, to take over the reins.
Fitzpatrick would lead the Jets to a 2-0 start to open the season, leading head coach Todd Bowles to stick with well-traveled QB for the remainder of the season. Fitzpatrick would have career highs in passing yards and touchdowns, though his completion percentage dipped to a five-year low.
Since none of the other quarterbacks would likely help Marshall achieve his goal. With Fitzpatrick now under contract, the Jets fortunes are looking brighter for 2016; so much brighter, that wide receiver Marshall was willing to bet his Porsche on gaining more yards than Antonio Brown this season!
Brandon Marshall talks that talk, bets his Porsche he'll outplay Antonio Brown (via bmarshall/Instagram)https://t.co/ZjvJcNqdJl
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 28, 2016
Marshall is putting his money where his mouth is, but if I were him, I'd be careful. Fitzpatrick's 2015 numbers were nearly good enough to lead the Jets to their first playoff berth since 2010 (when they lost their 2nd straight appearance in the AFC Championship game to the Pittsburgh Steelers.)
Let me say that again: Fitzpatrick's numbers were nearly good enough: the QB imploded in the Jets' final game of the regular season, throwing three interceptions against the Buffalo Bills, and enabling the Steelers to move on to the postseason.
That game signifies why Ryan has been a traveling QB in the latter stages of a 12-year NFL career. Last season was the first time that Fitzpatrick had a winning record under center. His previous seasons were marred with throwing picks, low touchdown totals, and fairly unproductive passing numbers overall. In 2015, Fitzpatrick was 29th in completion percentage, ranking middle of the pack with 15th in yards and 10th in touchdowns, but 5th-most in interceptions and 24th in QB rating (88.0.)
With the Texans in 2014, Fitz was 26th in passing yards (12 games) while in 2013, playing for the Titans, he was 26th, starting 9 of the 11 games he played. As the full-time starter in Buffalo over a 3-year span, the QB would throw for over 3000 yards in each season, however, he's only thrown for more than 3,500 yards twice in his career: last year with the Jets, and 2011 with the Bills.
The reason all of this is significant, is that Brandon Marshall is hedging his bet on a quarterback who doesn't regularly average 250 yards per game. Fitzpatrick's 244.1 yards-per-game average last season was his career-best, but he's going to have to do better if Marshall wants to keep his car.
Over the last 3 seasons, Antonio Brown has beat Marshall in targets, receptions and yards:
Furthermore, Ben Roethlisberger's numbers overshadow Fitzpatrick's in every major statistical category, with being having played only one more game over that same period of time.
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2011-2015 72 44-27-0 1710 2623 65.2 20493 128 61 284.6 95.5
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If I was a betting man, and considering everyone remains in good health, I would surmise that Antonio Brown, who has the NFL creating records for the videogame numbers he's put up over the last few years, will be driving a new Porsche into Saint Vincent College for next year's training camp.
Antonio Brown responds to Brandon Marshall's wager. (via @TMZ_Sports) pic.twitter.com/1EewrAJKS5
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We love a good design and we love sustainable !
The Dutch stroke again ! The designers Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen have been utilizing traditional asian plaiting techniques and 'the bamboo chair' by is made solely from weaving the eco-friendly wood.
The lightweight piece is also extremely durable; it is constructed using 24 cm by 10 cm strips that are bent into semi-circles to form the main base.
Resembling a tub chair, typical of deck chairs on passenger ships, the project combines typical dutch design with ancient construction techniques to make a comfortable, modern and importantly, sustainable product.
Very cleaver and looks very stylish !


Is it Good-Bye for Blue Eyes?
Will Blue Eyes be Behind Bars for Good?
On Thursday, August 25th 2011, Blues Eyes, one of MDA's most wanted elite citizens, will be facing the Burlington Lockup in Mt. Holly, NJ. Blue Eyes has been charged with being caring, good-natured and influential with her friends and associates.
She has been sentenced to serve time at MDA's maximun appreciation jail site. Once she arrives, she will have her mug shot taken, sample MDA's jailhouse grub, meet people from her community and have a ball being a jailbird.
She must bring her bail – CASH, CREDIT CARD, CHECK CONTRIBUTIONS, and ONLINE DONATION record – to the LOCK-UP.
Will Blue Eyes ever be able to visit Air Venture – Oshkosh again? Also, no need to worry about getting your monthly statements. Frank will drop off a computer at the MDA's Burlington Lock Up so Blue Eyes can still complete the monthly billing.
Please click on MDA'S BURLINGTON LOCK UP 2011 to Donate for a great cause… and also help Blue Eyes from being a long time jailbird. She only wants to eat jailhouse grub for one afternoon.
She will be freed after she has posted bail and will return to work with a "clean record" and MDA's sincere thanks.
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The D Note in Olde Town Arvada is celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend. The two-night celebration will be bittersweet, as it will also serve as a goodbye party of sorts for the DeGraff family, who recently sold the venue to Dave and Mernie Rosenberg. Adam DeGraff, who has booked bands and curated art at the spot for the last decade, says that while some things will change, some will also stay the same, including the wildly popular salsa night on Sundays that draws between 200 and 300 people.
"The whole family bought it in the same way it was family owned for us," DeGraff reveals of the new owners. "My brothers and I and my parents were kind of involved," he notes, adding that the Rosenbergs "have got a family thing, too. There's four kids, and they're all working now at the D Note. So they'll keep that kind of family vibe going on. They came to the D Note as fans, which is kind of an ideal situation."
While DeGraff originally envisioned the D Note as a performance space/art gallery, he says that never really panned out. "I was somewhat naive," he admits, "in that would have never financially worked out, trying to do a real art gallery where you've got some edgy art and that kind of thing."
After DeGraff joined forces with his brother Matthew, who Adam says is much more sensible about business, and Matthew's wife, the D Note eventually opened its kitchen and began serving pizza. It also started being more family oriented. Since Matthew and Monica took over most of the financial burden, Adam considers them patrons of the arts since the venue was never really a profitable enterprise for them. And since they both had day jobs and three kids, Adam says it was hard for them to really focus on the business. "They just needed to get someone in there that could really focus on it and help it to thrive," he explains. "I think it will be a good breath of fresh air to have the new owners in there."
Over the last decade, Adam DeGraff says that thousands of bands, most of them local, have played at the D Note. Even the Fray played a handful of shows there when the act was starting out, he says. With an eclectic variety of entertainment and sometimes four different events happening on weekends, DeGraff says it was at times difficult to build crowds. "It was always kind of a balancing act trying to get the music in there that we really love but also get people out," DeGraff says. "That was kind of the hard part, especially in the early years when nobody had heard of us."
DeGraff also says the D Note became a place where musicians hung out. Some musicians even met there for the first time. "That's been a really cool part of it," he says. "Just being a nexus for that community."
While the D Note was a meeting place for musicians, a lot of communities call the place home, and the spot has hosted hundreds of benefits. "In the beginning I never thought we'd do so many benefits and that kind of thing," he says. "Those kind of things end up meaning the most in the long run."
The tenth anniversary celebration kicks on this Friday, February 15, with Laughing Hands, which features flamenco guitarist Steve Mullins; then Opera on Tap and Cabaret Otaku performing selections from Mozart's The Magic Flute, Bizet's Carmen and Rossini's Duet for Cats at 9 p.m. International Blues Challenge winner Lionel Young closes out the night.
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Oklahoma receives more than its fair share of significant weather events during any given year with everything from floods, wildfires, blizzards, tornadoes, drought and even earthquakes impacting the state. In 2011 and 2012 Oklahoma received nearly 40 disaster declarations and is one of only five states to have more than 100 disaster declarations.
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No need to curb NRL aggression: Burgess
South Sydney skipper Sam Burgess has vented his frustration at the NRL match review committee (MRC) after being being rubbed out of his side's qualifying final against the Sydney Roosters for a hair pull.
Burgess will be forced to watch the monster clash against the Rabbitohs' bitter rivals from the SCG stands, after copping a one-week ban for contrary conduct for pulling the hair of Roosters winger Billy Smith last week when the two sides met.
While the English Test forward was determined to keep his head down and himself out of the limelight this week, he couldn't hide his dissatisfaction and frustrations with the MRC.
"The decision has probably been made the next morning in front of a computer without a feel or anything for the game," Burgess said at the NRL's finals series launch on Monday in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens.
"There's no point in me making any more noise - I don't want the headlines.
"I'm disappointed; everyone else is probably disappointed; I'm sure some people in the NRL are probably disappointed as well."
Burgess' place in the side is likely to be taken by one of his brothers, George (suspension) or Tom (knee), who are both tipped to return.
Burgess would have ordinarily been free to play, with a grade-one contrary conduct charge usually carrying a financial penalty.
But he was made to pay the price for his poor disciplinary history.
Under NRL rules, players cannot incur more than two financial penalties in a year, with a third offence automatically incurring points.
Burgess has been suspended for a total of 11 weeks during his NRL career and, earlier in the year, had narrowly escaped suspension for a careless high tackle on Matt Moylan after successfully having the charge downgraded.
But he bristled when questioned whether he needed to curb his aggression.
"No," Burgess said.
"I'm disappointed so that's how I feel."
He added: "It is a fine line. The context of the game, it's hard for me to comment. I don't want to draw away from the game and what's coming on Friday night. I don't want it to be about me."
However, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg defended Burgess' suspension, saying there needed to be some additional punishment for repeat offenders.
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"Remembering if that happens on your first occasion, you don't miss a game.
"But when you've had multiple issues like that to face, you're going to spend time on the sidelines and I think most fans understand that."
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\section{Post-Newtonian approximation}\label{Metric}
Let us consider a standard Schwarzschild metric written in Schwarzschild coordinates corresponding to a set of stationary observers, where $t$ is the proper time at infinity \cite{Dragan2021}:
\begin{align}
\dd s^2=\left(1-\frac{2GM}{rc^2}\right) c^2\dd t^2-\left(1-\frac{2GM}{rc^2}\right)^{-1}\dd r^2-r^2 \dd\Omega^2,
\end{align}
and $\dd\Omega^2=\dd \theta^2+\sin^2\theta\dd\phi^2$. Let us reparameterize the radial coordinate according to $r(\varrho)=\varrho\left(1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}\right)^2$ so that the resulting metric has an isotropic spacial component:
\begin{align}
\dd s^2=\underbrace{\left(\frac{1-\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}}{1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}}\right)^2}_{g_{00}(\varrho)} c^2\dd t^2-\left(1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}\right)^4\left(\dd \varrho^2+\varrho^2\dd\Omega^2\right).
\label{eqn:Metric1}
\end{align}
In these coordinates the spacial part $(\varrho, \theta, \phi)$ is proportional to the Euclidean metric. Let us now introduce a reparameterized temporal coordinate $\tau_0$ that corrsponds to the proper time measured by a stationary ideal clock placed at $\varrho_0$. We have $\dd \tau_0=\sqrt{g_{00}(\varrho_0)}\dd t$ and the metric in these new coordinates takes the form:
\begin{align}
    \dd s^2=
    \left(\frac{1-\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}}{1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}}\right)^2
 \left(\frac{1-\frac{GM}{2\varrho_0 c^2}}{1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho_0 c^2}}\right)^{-2}
 c^2\dd\tau_0^2-\left(1+\frac{GM}{2\varrho c^2}\right)^4\left(\dd \varrho^2+\varrho^2\dd\Omega^2\right).
\end{align}
Let us proceed with the post-Newtonian expansion of the metric, in which we expand it assuming that the coefficients $GM/\varrho c^2$ and $GM/\varrho_0 c^2$ are small:
\begin{align}
   \dd s^2&\approx
   \left(1-2\frac{GM}{\varrho c^2}+2\left(\frac{GM}{\varrho c^2}\right)^2\right)
   \left(1+2\frac{GM}{\varrho_0 c^2}+2\left(\frac{GM}{\varrho_0 c^2}\right)^2\right)
   c^2\dd\tau_0^2
   \nonumber
   \\
   &-\left(1+2\frac{GM}{\varrho c^2}+\frac{3}{2}\left(\frac{GM}{\varrho c^2}\right)^2\right)
   \left(\dd \varrho^2+\varrho^2\dd\Omega^2\right).
   \label{postnewtonianexpansion}
\end{align}
This brings us to the approximate form of the metric \eqref{metricexp} used in our study.

\section{Evolution of the density matrix}\label{Evolition}
The approximate solution to Eq.~\eqref{eqn:Neumann} can be found in the first order of the Dyson series:
\begin{align}
\hat{\rho}^I(t)\approx\hat{\rho}(0)-\frac{i}{\hbar}\int_{0}^{t}\dd t' \comm{\hat{H}_\t{int}^I(t')}{\hat{\rho}(0)}.
\end{align}
After going back to the Schr\"{o}dinger picture in which $\hat{\rho}(t)\equiv e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}(\hat{H}_\t{clock}+\hat{H}_\t{cm}) t}\hat{\rho}^I(t) e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}(\hat{H}_\t{clock}+\hat{H}_\t{cm}) t}$ we can compute the reduced density matrix of the clock's internal state by tracing out the kinematic degrees of freedom $\hat{\rho}_\t{clock}(t) \equiv \Tr_\t{cm}\hat{\rho}(t)$:

\begin{align}
    \hat{\rho}_{\t{clock}}(t)\approx e^{-i\hat{H}_{\t{clock}} t}\hat{\rho}_{\t{clock}}(0)e^{i\hat{H}_{\t{clock}} t}
    -\frac{i}{\hbar}\int_{0}^{t}\dd t'\Tr_{\t{cm}}\left(e^{-i\left(\hat{H}_{\t{clock}}+\hat{H}_{\t{cm}}\right) t} \comm{\hat{H}_{\t{int}}^I(t')}{\hat{\rho}(0)}e^{i\left(\hat{H}_{\t{clock}}+\hat{H}_{\t{cm}}\right) t}\right).
    \label{eqn:rhoc}
\end{align}
The first term of \eqref{eqn:rhoc}, $e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{clock}} t}\hat{\rho}_{\t{clock}}(0)e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{clock}} t}$,  characterizes the evolution of the internal degrees of freedom of the clock in the absence of coupling with the kinematic degrees of freedom. We will denote this term with $\hat{\rho}^0_\t{clock}(t)$. In order to evaluate the second term we will assume that the initial state of the system exhibits no correlations between the kinematic and internal degrees of freedom: $\hat{\rho}(0) \equiv \hat{\rho}_\t{cm}(0)\otimes\hat{\rho}_\t{clock}(0)$. A relation between the interaction picture and the Schr\"{o}dinger picture for the interaction Hamiltonian \eqref{int} is given by:
\begin{align}
\label{intham}
\hat{H}_\t{int}^I(t')
= e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}(\hat{H}_\t{clock}+\hat{H}_\t{cm}) t'}
\left(
\hat{H}_\t{clock}\hat{V}_1+
\hat{H}_\t{clock}^2\hat{V}_2
\right)
e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}(\hat{H}_\t{clock}+\hat{H}_\t{cm}) t'}.
\end{align}
Plugging \eqref{intham} into \eqref{eqn:rhoc} and using the fact that $\comm{\hat{H}_{\t{clock}}}{\hat{H}_{\t{cm}}}=0$ allows us to rewrite \eqref{eqn:rhoc} in the following way:
\begin{align}
    \hat{\rho}_{\t{clock}}(t)\approx
    \hat{\rho}^0_\t{clock}(t)
    &-\frac{i}{\hbar}\comm{\hat{H}_{\t{clock}}}{\hat{\rho}^0_\t{clock}(t)}
    \int_{0}^{t}\dd t'
    \Tr_{\t{cm}}\left(
    e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
    \hat{V}_1
    e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
    \hat{\rho}_{\t{cm}}(0)
    \right)
    \nonumber
    \\
    &-\frac{i}{\hbar}\comm{\hat{H}_{\t{clock}}^2}{\hat{\rho}^0_\t{clock}(t)}
    \int_{0}^{t}\dd t'
    \Tr_{\t{cm}}\left(
    e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
    \hat{V}_2
    e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
    \hat{\rho}_{\t{cm}}(0)
    \right).
    \label{rhoint}
\end{align}
Let us now employ the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula $e^{\hat{X}}\hat{Y}e^{-\hat{X}}=\hat{Y}+\comm{\hat{X}}{\hat{Y}}+\ldots$ in order to find the exact form of the operators appearing in the trace from \eqref{rhoint}:
\begin{align}
\label{BCH}
e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
\hat{V}_1
e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
&\approx
\hat{V}_1
+
\frac{i}{\hbar}t'
\comm{\hat{H}_{\t{cm}}}{\hat{V}_1},
\\ \nonumber
e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
\hat{V}_2
e^{-\frac{i}{\hbar}\hat{H}_{\t{cm}} t'}
&\approx
\hat{V}_2
+
\frac{i}{\hbar}t'
\comm{\hat{H}_{\t{cm}}}{\hat{V}_2},
\end{align}
where we neglect quadratic contributions in $t'$ irrelevant in the short-time limit considered in this section. Substituting the result \eqref{BCH} into \eqref{rhoint} finally leads us to \eqref{eqn:rho1}.

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O'Donnell highlights need for more effective, efficient C-sUAS
By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs / Published October 21, 2019
BEDFORD, Mass. – At this year's current Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems Symposium, Oct. 9 and 10, attendees and presenters discussed operational and acquisition challenges and all were in agreement that countering UAS is a difficult problem.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management Chris O'Donnell, the government keynote speaker on Oct. 10, said C-UAS is a top priority at the Pentagon right now.
"This has been a real team fight over the last few years," he said to the combined industry and government audience. "We've been getting good gear downrange to the warfighters."
He added that now the services need to go beyond that. He provided an example of a C-UAS exercise in 2016 where all the systems worked "very well," and after two weeks of training, no matter if it was Air Force force protection personnel, a Marine Corps air defender or an Army infantry soldier, all were able to operate the gear.
Then personnel from Hanscom Air Force Base's Force Protection Division, who co-hosted the conference, worked to help get the equipment into theater within a few months. However, the feedback from the field was not positive. They wanted more effective equipment, and to get it quicker.
O'Donnell went with a senior steering group to Iraq to see the challenges for himself.
"We were providing good technical solutions, but not capabilities for the warfighter," he said.
In the rush to field, there was not a lot of time to train. Therefore government employees and field service representatives were providing just-in-time training, maintenance and sustainment, and in some instances, operating the equipment themselves.
"There was variation on who was using the systems, from air defenders and electronic warfare officers to infantrymen and force protection personnel," O'Donnell said. "Often there was no understanding of how to use the system; the user expected to be able to just turn it on."
O'Donnell also mentioned the ingenuity of personnel on the battlefield, citing as a prime example a time in Iraq when a group of Soldiers took a defeat mechanism off one system and strapped it to a vehicle, and the Iraqis praised it as "the day the drones died."
Although the DOD then took on the challenges of a mobile system, it took nine months to get it to the field.
"We want to have the ability of our acquisition system to keep up with the ingenuity of the American Soldier," O'Donnell said.
Another issue at the forefront is whether this is a contingency or homeland defense issue, and O'Donnell said it's both.
"These are different communities we're dealing with," he said. "On the battlefield, we have a lot of flexibility. In the homeland, who is going to be trained to do this?"
He said personnel standing watch at bases already have multiple screens, messages and display consoles they need to view and adding more items such as radar and electronic warfare imagery will not work.
"There are lots of great technical ways to do this, but simplifying the information flow to the watch stander has yet to be overcome," he said. "How we define the user experience for force protection personnel will be the critical link for any of this equipment."
O'Donnell said the UAS operators our personnel might need to counter fall into three categories – dumb, deceitful or dangerous. He said with the dangerous ones, in addition to beating the threat, the tool should be able to help find the controller as well.
He mentioned three main goals for C-UAS going on at the DOD level right now. First, how does DOD improve reporting to understand the threat? Personnel need to ensure the data they are getting is accurate, so DOD is looking at a standardized reporting chain. Next, DOD wants to ensure equipment is working the way it should be. Therefore, the director for Operational Test and Evaluation has an independent team in theater talking to the government employees, the field service representatives and the true operators. And third, DOD personnel are completing a security classification guide. The guide will allow government personnel to know what they can share with industry or allies.
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Small steps toward better mental health
Bree Alexander
There is still a long way to go before Australian society is free of mental health stigmas and adequate services are funded and accessible. This is especially important for Australians who are at the intersections of multiple oppressions. But there has been progress, as a number of recent initiatives illustrate.
Horse slaughter and the ethics of animal welfare
Moira Rayner
When the ABC published footage of cruel treatment of healthy former racehorses in a Qld abattoir, everyone said they were appalled. This revelation has again brought into the public eye the dirty secret about the business of horse breeding and trading, gambling and associated industries. They are vast, and they are important.
Jobs key to reviving flailing economy
Joe Zabar
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's attack on banks for failing to pass on the full rate cut to consumers is a political distraction. There are two clear signals coming out of the latest cut. First, monetary policy is not enough to spark a revival of the economy. Second, it's now all about jobs. Frydenberg and his officials would be wise to heed these signals.
Borders blur at Australia's northern tip
Catherine Marshall
It's the final outpost, symbolically, demarcating Australia from its closest neighbour, PNG. The islands beyond it are a link to the cultures and geologies that lie to the north, giant stepping stones that guide Australia's Torres Straight Islanders home. For white Australians, they're the barrier marking the country's fiercely-held border.
Sympathy for the poor or bunyip aristocracy
Daniel Sleiman
Adam Smith wrote 'no society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable'. Poverty and inequality lead to non-participation in work and inhibit social mobility, which negatively affects economic growth. The concentration of economic power is bad for democracy.
Inmate internet access more than a prison perk
For a nation with such a significant convict history, Australians take a peculiarly puritanical approach to prisoner welfare. Punishment, not rehabilitation, is often viewed as the point of the justice system. We take a very dim view of anything that could be construed as a prisoner perk. One such perceived privilege is access to the internet.
Living in Australia's social credit dystopia
If government is concerned for citizens' wellbeing, it should properly resource services — drug and alcohol support, parenting support, subsidised childcare, education and so on. Instead, it is generating a system of social credit: rewarding those who toe the line and punishing those whose 'score' falls below that of the 'good citizen'.
History repeating in lacklustre NDIS regime
The latest underspend of the NDIS budget has reached the eye-popping amount of $4.6 billion. Every single one of these dollars is a dollar not getting to disabled people. Every single dollar represents change not being delivered. It's a door being closed, a phone call not being answered. This is getting worse, not better.
In praise of Aboriginal trailblazers
Michele Madigan
Narungga Elder Tauto Sansbury died 23 September after a lifetime of campaigning to make the criminal justice system just for Aboriginal people, among other matters. He and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trailblazers set a benchmark to which we can all aspire in the pursuit of positive change.