I would be fabricating if I told you I have been thinking "long" and "hard" about this decision to step away from blogging for Houston Belief under the umbrella of the Houston Chronicle. It really wasn't much to consider.
In light of my last phone conversation with Kate Shellnut, by the time you finish reading this it probably will have already been removed because it will be considered "too offensive" and a "violation" of the so-called blogging guidelines of this site.
My first few entries went right at some of the myths associated with the Nation of Islam and Minister Farrakhan. I was immediately and unsurprisingly attacked as a follower of a "hate teacher" and an "anti-Semite" from people leaving comments. It didn't bother me at all, I just continued to blog.
Then in May 2010 I was invited to have an in person lunch with Ms. Shellnut. The conversation started off casual and I thought she was sincerely trying to get to know me as a new blogger. However, she eventually told me the true purpose of the meeting, which was the fact that several members of the Jewish community were pressing her and the editors of the Houston Chronicle to have me removed immediately from the site because I "hated Jews and should not be allowed to blog among dignified religious people."
Well, that never happened because within weeks Lee Wunsch, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, posted an article on his blog titled "Compromising the Mission of Houston Belief" revealing that he was calling for my removal. Mr. Wunsch even wrote, "when a Nation of Islam member was invited to blog, a line was drawn in the sand."
The original link to that June 6, 2010 blog is now unavailable due to them changing everyone over to a Wordpress platform. However, the proof that he wrote it is found in the response written by fellow blogger Menachem Wecker, who came to my defense. Mr. Wunsch even followed it up with another blog two months later outright attacking me. His words truly didn't bother me because he was only recycling the same falsehoods that members of the Jewish community have been saying about Minister Farrakhan and the NOI since 1984.
I chose to come to this site because I believed the readers deserved to hear from someone that's actually in the NOI. Also to dispel some of the myths and unjust labels attached to Minister Farrakhan and the NOI. Over these past two years I believe we have been blessed to accomplish that with those who had an open mind. I have learned from many comments, smiled at the onslaught of attacks, and even had many of my posts featured on the Chron.com homepage. One of my posts was once picked up by the Village Voice and this blog was a finalist for the 2011 Black Weblog Awards in the Faith category.
On March 21 we had a phone conversation in which she expressed "certain people" had an issue with my blog, "Clear and present danger? Nation of Islam responds to Glenn Beck", that I posted on March 14. She said "some people" found it offensive to the Jewish community and then she started reminding me of the site's so-called guidelines.
During the conversation, I logged into my account and noticed that she had already put that blog post back in "draft mode", meaning she took it down. Then I noticed that my other blog, "Jewish Rabbi declares Bishop Eddie Long a King?", that I posted on Feb. 4 was also taken down. All of this was done without discussing it with me first.
Also in the conversation I pointed out to Ms. Shellnut that Mr. Wunsch attacked and lied on Minister Farrakhan and the NOI in the first paragraph of his March 20 post, "Anti-Semitism on the Rise: Or, Am I Just Paranoid?". She had nothing to say about that and that post is still on the site.
So it is with great happiness that I am writing this final post because Ms. Shellnut, the online editors of the Houston Chronicle, and those that influence them have made it very clear that this site is not about open dialogue, free speech or sincerely learning about other religions. It's about trying to suppress certain people to please a specific group.
I want to sincerely thank them for adding further validity to what the NOI has said about certain members of the so-called Jewish community. Now if anyone wants to disagree after reading this blog, help yourself.
As for me, I'm going to continue to do what I was doing before Houston Belief even came into the picture: BLOG!
Until the lion tells it's story, the hunter will always be the hero. If the Houston Chronicle will not let you tell the truth as you know it, I applaud you in going somewhere where your truth can be told. It appears that anti-defamation efforts have become exactly what they hate, Hitler-like tyrants that discriminate based on race and religion and use their financial & political power to control.
Job well done! Keep up the GREAT work!!!
you made the only principled decision.
Thank you Brother Jesse for not being afraid to speak and stand for truth and justice. You are, greatly, appreciated by many.
Thank you for not bending on principles and standing for TRUTH!


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Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 10:13am
"Woodland Pulp seeks to clarify the misperception that it will simply open the dam gates and draw down the impoundment without
considering public benefits."
Woodland Pulp LLC announced its offer to convey to any interested stakeholders, at no cost, ownership of the Forest City Dam and its associated land and water rights.
On November 23, 2015 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a new 30 year license to Woodland Pulp. As acknowledged in the license itself, the cost to the company of operating the project is at least $6,000,000 more than the generation benefits the storage dam would provide. Further, the way the new license is structured requires considerable expenditures early in the life of the license, making more urgent the resolution of the project's ultimate disposition.
Woodland Pulp stated repeatedly to FERC and stakeholders involved in the relicensing process that it was willing to continue to own and operate the dam, including underwriting upkeep, maintenance, and safety, if the new license did not add additional operating costs and complexities to a project that already has negative economics to start with, but the new license nonetheless included numerous additional, and unnecessary, burdens.
"Let me make it perfectly clear that Woodland Pulp does not want those who live near or visit the lake, who enjoy the fishing, boating, and natural beauty of the area, to lose it," said Scott Beal, Environmental Manager for Woodland Pulp. "Those of us who work at Woodland also enjoy the natural beauty and benefits of the lake system behind the Forest City Dam. Woodland Pulp seeks a community-based solution that is fair and that, as much as possible, maintains what has been in place for decades."
That is why Woodland Pulp requested assistance from Congressman Bruce Poliquin last summer to introduce legislation that would exempt the Forest City Dam, among others, from FERC jurisdiction. With FERC's regulatory oversight eliminated there would remain multiple other state, federal, and international agencies that could retain regulatory authority.
When it eventually became clear that Congressman Poliquin's legislation would not move forward, Woodland Pulp filed an application with FERC to surrender the dam license, necessitating removal of the dam gates and lowering of the impoundment's water level. FERC announced yesterday that the application has been accepted for processing.
There have been many misrepresentations about the situation. For example, some have asserted that the solution is simple — all Woodland Pulp needs to do is set the dam gates at a certain level and leave them there. Others have asserted that the financial impact Woodland Pulp has communicated is not accurate.
Woodland Pulp's response to these misstatements is, first, that setting the gates at a static state is not workable, primarily for flood, stream flow safety and dam stability reasons. Second, with respect to costs, there are many aspects of the new license that have not been quantified so, in fact, the cost of operating the project under the new license would be greater than the $6,000,000 figure mentioned above.
Woodland Pulp reiterates its offer to transfer the dam to a new owner so that the lake system behind the Forest City dam would remain unchanged.

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Josef Berounský (31. srpna 1895 Slaný – 30. dubna 1942 Barentsovo moře) byl účastník 1. a 2. československého odboje a letec RAF.

Život

Mládí a první světová válka
Mládí prožil v carském Rusku, po absolvování gymnázia v Sumách navštěvoval 4 semestry právnické fakulty na univerzitě v Charkově. V roce 1916 dobrovolně narukoval do československých legií v Rusku. Účastnil se bitvy u Zborova a bojů na transsibiřské magistrále. Byl několikrát zraněný v boji.

První republika
V roce 1920 se navrátil do Československa, zůstal v armádě a zvyšoval si vojenskou kvalifikaci. V roce 1922 přešel k vojenskému letectvu. Absolvoval kurs leteckého pozorovatele, pilotní a stíhací výcvik. V roce 1929 byl přidělen na ministerstvo národní obrany.

Druhá světová válka
Po okupaci Československa odešel s rodinou do exilu. Ve Francii vedl až do příjezdu generála Janouška celou organizaci letců. Ve Velké Británii poté působil v leteckém odboru Československé vojenské správy, velel československému leteckému depu v Cosfordu a působil jako československý styčný důstojník ve 3. bombardovací skupině RAF. Třikrát se účastnil bojových letů jako palubní střelec. V červenci 1941 byl vyslán do Moskvy jako zástupce náčelníka Československé vojenské mise do Sovětského svazu. Na jaře 1942 vyplul z Murmansku (s důležitým poselstvím náčelníka Československé vojenské mise plk. Heliodora Píky – zpráva o československých občanech, kteří jsou vězněni v sovětských gulazích, spolupodepsáno pplk. pěchoty Ludvíkem Svobodou – pro československou vládu) zpět do Velké Británie na křižníku HMS Edinburgh. 30. dubna 1942 byl křižník napaden německou ponorkou a Josef Berounský zahynul ve své kajutě.

Ocenění
Josef Berounský byl nositelem československého, britského, rumunského a francouzského státního vyznamenání a řady dalších vysokých československých a zahraničních vyznamenání.

 V roce 1946 byl povýšen na brigádního generála in memoriam.
 Na Vinohradském hřbitově má umístěn na hrobu své ženy symbolický náhrobek.
 V rodném Slaném má umístěnou pamětní desku.
 Je připomenut na pomníku Obětem druhé světové války na Praze 6 (v Bubenči).

Galerie

Vyznamenání
  Československá revoluční medaile (1920)
  Řád britského impéria – třída Commander (CBE, 12.3.1942)
  Národní řád rumunské hvězdy – IV. třída
  Řád čestné legie – V. třída (rytíř)
  Československý válečný kříž 1914–1918 (1920)
  Československý válečný kříž 1939 (31.8.1942 in memoriam)
  Československá medaile Za chrabrost před nepřítelem (21.6.1941)
  Československá vojenská medaile za zásluhy, I. stupeň
  Mezispojenecká vítězná medaile (1920)
  Pamětní medaile československé armády v zahraničí se štítky Francie, Velká Británie a SSSR
  Válečný kříž 1914–1918 s palmou (30.6.1919)
  Válečný kříž 1939–1945
  Válečná medaile 1939–1945

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Vojenský ústřední archiv Praha, fond Kvalifikační listiny vojenských osob 72238.
 Láník, Jaroslav a kol.: Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939-1945. Ministerstvo obrany ČR – AVIS. Praha 2005. ISBN 80-7278-233-9.
 VHÚ Praha, VHÚ Bratislava – Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939–1945. Avis Praha 2005.
 Loucký, František: Mnozí nedoletěli, Naše vojsko, 1989.
 Biografický slovník českých zemí 4, Praha 2006, s. 455.
 Radosta, Petr: V uniformě RAF. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko 1991, s. 27, 129. ISBN 80-206-0183-X.
 Rail, Jan; Formánek, Vítek. Žít na věky: osudy příslušníků čs. letectva padlých 1939–1945. 1. vyd. Praha: Ostrov, 2003. 222 s. ISBN 80-86289-27-3.
 Váňa, Josef; Sigmund, John; Padior, Emil. Příslušníci československého letectva v RAF. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky – AVIS, 1999. 272 s. ISBN 80-86049-58-2.
 Vančata, Pavel: Letec po hvězdách: válečný deník Jana Gellnera, legendy RAF a RCAF. 1. vyd. Praha: Ostrov, 2009, s. 79–80, 94. ISBN 978-80-86289-64-9
 Veselý, Vlastimil; Veselý, Jaroslav: Ke hvězdám a do mraků: z válečných deníků československého stíhače. 1. vyd. Hradec Králové: Garamon, 2006, s. 29, 159. ISBN 80-86472-26-4.
 Rajlich, Jiří: Na nebi hrdého Albionu (2. část).

Českoslovenští vojenští letci
Čeští válečníci
Čeští emigranti a exulanti
Českoslovenští legionáři v Rusku
Příslušníci Royal Air Force
Čeští generálové
Narození v roce 1895
Narození 31. srpna
Narození ve Slaném
Úmrtí v roce 1942
Úmrtí 30. dubna
Padlí v boji
Muži
Držitelé Československé revoluční medaile
Nositelé Řádu britského impéria
Nositelé rumunských státních vyznamenání
Rytíři Řádu čestné legie
Nositelé Československého válečného kříže 1914–1918
Nositelé Československého válečného kříže 1939
Nositelé Československé medaile za chrabrost před nepřítelem
Nositelé Československé medaile za zásluhy
Držitelé Československé medaile Vítězství
Nositelé Pamětní medaile československé armády v zahraničí
Nositelé Válečného kříže 1914–1918
Nositelé Válečného kříže 1939–1945
Nositelé Válečné medaile 1939–1945
Pohřbení na Vinohradském hřbitově

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\section{Introduction}

A domain is a region in a ferromagnetic material with the magnetization along a given
direction. A magnetic material contains many domains with  different
magnetizations pointing in different directions in order to minimize the
total magnetostatic  energy. Regions with different orientations of their
magnetization can be close to one another albeit with a boundary called a domain wall
(containing typically about 10$^{2}$ -- 10$^{3}$ atoms). \\
Saturation occurs when all these regions align along some common direction
imposed an external applied field, the total magnetization
reaching its largest value $M_s$. \\
 The width of a domain wall is equal  to $\pi \sqrt{A/K}$ where $A$ is the typical
nearest neighbor Heisenberg exchange interaction and $K$ the typical anisotropy
constant (see Table~\ref{ferro}). Hence, a magnetic wall results from exchange and anisotropy, being thinner for
higher anisotropy or smaller exchange (In Fe it is about 30 nanometers whereas in a
hard material like Nd$_{2}$Fe$_{14}$B it is about 5 nanometers, only).
Domain wall energy is given by $4\sqrt{AK}$ illustrating once again
the competing role of exchange and anisotropy. \\
For bulk materials, walls of the Bloch type occur whereas in thin films N\'{e}el type walls are
encountered when the film thickness is close to the exchange length (defined by $\ell_{ex}=\sqrt{A/K}$,
which is a few nanometers for ferromagnetic materials like Ni, Fe or Co, see Table~\ref{ferro}).
In the case of soft or amorphous materials characterised by a vanishing
anisotropy constant $K$, one uses rather the magnetostatic
exchange length defined by $\ell_{ex}= \sqrt{A/M_s^2}$. In all cases, the wall width $\delta$
is obtained from the exchange length via  $\delta= \pi \ell_{ex}$. \\
A single parameter $Q=2K/M_{s}^{2}$ allows to discriminate between simple
($Q<1$) and complex wall profiles $(Q>1)$ (see Malozemoff and Slonczewski \cite{malo}).
For example, in fig.~\ref{bwall} a Bloch wall, belonging to the class ($Q<1$)
is depicted with the magnetization rotating in a vertical plane. \\
Mathematically, a domain wall appears as a result of a non-linear two-point boundary
value problem (TPBVP) since it separates two distinct regions with a well
defined value of the magnetization. The TPBVP originates from a minimization
of the total magnetic energy that contains in general a competition between
the anisotropy and exchange energies. \\
In this work, a general numerical approach based on the relaxation method
is applied to the study of domain profiles in several geometries: bulk,
wires and thin films. \\
This report is organised as follows: In section 2, the numerical relaxation
method is described; in section 3 we discuss Bloch walls, whereas
radial walls in cylindrical wires are described in section 4.
In section 5 N\'eel walls are described and finally section 6 contains
a discussion and a conclusion.

\section{The relaxation Method}
\label{der}
Traditionally, TPBVP are typically tackled with the shooting method.
The shooting method typically progresses from one boundary point to another
using, for instance, Runga-Kutta integration \cite{recipes} with a set of initial
conditions attempting at reaching the end boundary. \\
For regular Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE), simple shooting is
enough to reach the solution. In more complicated ODE, one has to
rely on double shooting  also called shooting to a fitting point.
The algorithm consists of shooting from both boundaries to a middle
point (fitting point) where continuity of the solution and derivative
are required. In certain cases, one even has to perform
multiple shooting in order to converge toward the solution \cite{stoer}. \\
In the case of presence of singularities (within the domain or at the
boundaries) the shooting method in all its versions: simple, double or multiple
does not usually converge. We find that it is the case also with domain walls
because of a rapid drop of the solution somewhere in the integration interval (due
to the rapid change of the magnetization orientation in the wall).
In this work, we develop, a new method to tackle the domain wall problem based on
the relaxation method and find it quite suitable to handle relatively fast changes
in the solution.  \\

The basic idea of the relaxation method is to convert the differential
equation into a finite difference equation (FDE).
When the problem involves a system of $N$ coupled first-order ODE's represented
by FDE's on a mesh of $M $ points, a solution consists of values for $N$ dependent
 functions given at each of the $M$ mesh points, that is $N \times M$ variables in all.
The relaxation method determines the solution by starting with a guess and
improving it, iteratively.
The iteration scheme is very efficient since it is based on the multidimensional
Newton's method (see {\it Numerical recipes}~\cite{recipes}).
The matrix  equation that must be solved, takes a special,  block diagonal
 form, that can be inverted far
more economically both in time and storage than would be possible for a general
matrix of size $(MN) \times (MN)$.
The solution is based on error functions for the boundary conditions
and the interior points. \\
Given a set of $N$ first-order ODE's depending on a single spatial variable $x$:
\be
\frac{\bm{dy}_j}{dx}= \bm{g}_j(x,\bm{y}_{1},\dots,\bm{y}_{N}), j=1,2, \dots N
\ee
we approximate them by the algebraic set:
\be
0= \bm{E}_{k} = \bm{y}_k- \bm{y}_{k-1}-(x_{k}-x_{k-1})\bm{g}_k(x_{k},x_{k-1},\bm{y}_{k},\bm{y}_{k-1}),
k=2,3, \dots M
\ee
over a set of  $M-1$ mesh points defining  $[x_{k-1},x_{k}]$ intervals with $k=2,3, \dots M$. \\
The FDE $\bm{E}_{k} $ provide $N$ equations coupling $2N$ variables at the
mesh points of indices $k-1,k$. The FDE's provide
a total of $M(N-1)$ equations for the $MN$ unknowns.
The remaining equations come from the boundary conditions \cite{recipes}: \\
At the first boundary $x_1$ we have: $0= \bm{E}_1 = \bm{B}(x_1,\bm{y}_1)$  \\
At the second boundary $x_2$, we have: $0= \bm{E}_{M+1} = \bm{C}(x_M,\bm{y}_M)$  \\
The vectors $ \bm{E}_1$ and $\bm{B}$ have $n_1$ non-zero components corresponding
to the $n_1$ boundary conditions at $x_1$.
The vectors $ \bm{E}_{M+1}$ and $\bm{C}$ have $n_2$ non-zero components corresponding
to the $n_2$ boundary conditions at $x_2$, with $n_1+n_2=N$ the total number of ODE's. \\

The main idea of the relaxation method
is to begin with initial guesses of $\bm{y}_{j}$ and relax them to the
approximately true values by calculating the errors $\bm{E}_{i}$ to correct the value of
$\bm{y}_{j}$ iteratively.  Relaxation might be viewed
as a rotation of the initial vector (representing the solution)  under the
constraints defined by $\bm{E}_{i}$.
The evolution of the relaxation process, is obtained from solution-improving
increments $\Delta \bm{y}_k$  that can be evaluated from a first-order Taylor expansion
of the error functions  $\bm{E}_{k}$. \\
It is that expansion that results in  the matrix equation possessing a special
block diagonal form, allowing inversion economically in terms of time
and storage (see ref.~\cite{recipes}).

\section{Bloch walls}

The energy of an uniaxial ferromagnetic material comprises
anisotropy and exchange terms. An infinite volume is
considered to exclude any shape related demagnetization energy.
Exchange energy density is given by \cite{landau}:
\be
\frac{A_{ik}}{2} (\frac{\partial M_l}{\partial x_i})(\frac{\partial M_l}{\partial x_k})
\ee
where Einstein summation convention is used for repeated indices $i,k,l=1...3$.
The uniaxial anisotropy energy is given by $K_{ij}M_i M_j$ with $i,j=1...3$.
For simplicity, we assume a single uniform exchange constant $A$ (see Table~\ref{ferro})
and a sole dependence on the $x$ coordinate of all components of the magnetization $\bm{M}$. We have
$\bm{M}= (0, M_s \sin\theta(x), M_s \cos \theta(x))$ (see fig.~\ref{bwall}).
$\theta(x)$, the angle the magnetization makes with the $z$ axis considered as
the anisotropy axis. The sought profile is the function $\theta(x)$.
$M_s$ is the saturation magnetization when all individual
magnetic moments in the material are aligned along the same direction. \\

Integrating  over all the volume, the total energy is given by:

\be
E=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\{\frac{A}{2}{(\frac{\partial \bm{M}}{\partial x})}^2
 + \frac{K}{2}M_y^2 \}dx
\ee

This can be rewritten as:

\be
E= \frac{M_s^2}{2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} [A{(\frac{d\theta}{dx})}^2+ K \sin^2 \theta ]dx
\ee

The energy minimum is found by nulling the variational derivative of $E$ with
respect to $\theta$. We find:

\be
\frac{d^2\theta}{dx^2}-\xi \sin \theta \cos \theta=0
\ee

with $\xi=\frac{K}{A}$. The Bloch wall profile is given by the solution to the above
second-order ODE written as a system of two first-order equations:

\ba
\frac{dy_1}{dx} & = & y_2  \\
\frac{dy_2}{dx} & = & \xi \sin \theta \cos y_1
\ea

where $y_1=\theta(x)$ satisfies the boundary conditions:

\be
 \lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty} y_1(x) = \pi;  \hspace{1cm}  \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} y_1(x) = 0
\ee

It is understood that the sharp transition between the $\theta=0$ phase and the
$\theta=\pi$ is behind the failure of all shooting methods.

Using the relaxation method, we easily obtain the wall profiles for any value of $\xi$
as displayed in fig.~\ref{bloch}.

Actually, the Bloch wall problem is single scale and we can without performing the calculation
for every $\xi$ value, do it for one value and then change the scale accordingly.
This is done as follows:  The width of the domain wall is
given by $\delta = 1/\sqrt{\xi}$ as explained previously.
We perform a scaling transformation to the $x$ coordinate as: $\tilde{x}=x/\delta$ turning
the ODE into:

\be
\frac{d^2\theta}{d\tilde{x}^2}- \sin \theta \cos \theta=0
\ee

The exact  analytical solution of the above equation given by:
$\theta(\tilde{x})=2 \tan^{-1}(e^{-\tilde{x}})$ is indistinguishable from the relaxation
method results displayed in fig.~\ref{bloch}.

Numerically, this means one can do the calculation for $\xi=1$ and later on rescale the $x$ variable
in order to get the solution for any value (arbitrarily large or small) of $\xi$.
Despite the power of the relaxation method, we noticed that when  $\xi \le 10^{-5}$ or
when  $\xi \ge 10^{4}$, convergence becomes difficult due to rounding and conditioning
errors.

That rescaling works for many types of walls except
N\'eel wall where we have an additional scale controlling the profile (see section V).

\section{Radial walls}

The energy density of an infinite cylindrical (see fig.\ref{cylinder})
uniaxial ferromagnetic material comprising uniaxial anisotropy and exchange terms is
given by:

\be
\frac{A}{2}[{(\frac{\partial \bm{M}}{\partial r})}^2
+ {(\frac{\partial \bm{M}}{r \partial \phi})}^2
+ {(\frac{\partial \bm{M}}{\partial z})}^2]
\ee

For simplicity, we assume a single uniform exchange constant $A$ and a sole dependence
on the radial coordinate  $r$ of all the magnetization components of $\bm{M}$.
Integrating  over all a cylindrical volume of radius $R$, the total energy is given by:

\be
E=\frac{1}{\pi R^2}\int_{a/2}^{R}\{\frac{A}{2}[{(\frac{d\theta}{dr})}^2 +\frac{\sin^2 \theta}{r^2}]
+ K \cos^2 \theta \} 2\pi rdr
\ee
where $\theta$ is the angle the magnetization makes with the $z$ axis (see fig.~\ref{cylinder}).
$a$ plays the role of a lattice parameter, the minimal core radius, regularising the integral
(see for instance \cite{frei}). As in the Bloch wall case, we consider that $\theta$ is a function
of one spatial coordinate only ($r$ in this case). Since the anisotropy energy is given by:
 $K \cos^2 \theta$ with $K$ positive, the base plane (perpendicular to the $z$ axis) is easy, meaning
the minimum of anisotropy energy is obtained when $\theta=\pi/2$  (see fig.\ref{cylinder}).

The total energy minimum is found by nulling the variational derivative of $E$ with
respect to $\theta(r)$. We find:

\be
\frac{d^2\theta}{dr^2} +\frac{1}{r}\frac{d\theta}{dr}+
\frac{\sin 2\theta}{2}[ \xi -  \frac{1}{r^2}]=0
\ee

with $\xi=\frac{2K}{A}$. The radial wall profile is given by the solution to the above
second-order ODE (equivalent to system of two first-order ODE's like the Bloch case)
with the boundary conditions:

\be
 \lim_{r\rightarrow a} \theta (r) = 0;  \hspace{1cm}  \lim_{r\rightarrow R} \theta (r) = \pi/2
\ee

The limits: $ a \rightarrow 0; R \rightarrow \infty$ are taken afterwards.

Using several values of $\xi$ we obtain the radial wall profile in fig.\ref{radial}.
Again, like in the Bloch case, there is a single length involved and it suffices in fact to
solve the TPBVP for a single case $\xi=1$ and rescale all variables accordingly.
This is not the case of N\'eel walls as decribed in the next section.

\section{N\'eel walls}

N\'eel realized that in a regime where the
thickness of a ferromagnetic film becomes comparable to the Bloch wall width,
a transition mode within the plane can lower the total energy decisively.
Unlike the Bloch wall problem where only two energy components (exchange and anisotropy)
exist balanced by a single length scale, the N\'eel wall problem incorporates
two characteristic length scales. The new length arises from the competition
with an additional energy component, the internal  field energy.
This has important physical, mathematical and numerical consequences.
On the physical side, a very rich behaviour of N\'eel walls in thin films was shown
recently in ref.~\cite{garcia}. \\
Domain structures in thin inhomogeneous ferromagnetic films with smooth and small
inhomogeneities in the exchange and anisotropy parameters yield very complex domain
structures~\cite{garcia}. Domain walls are fixed near certain inhomogeneities
but do not repeat their spatial distribution. In addition there are metastable chaotic
domain patterns in periodically inhomogeneous films. \\
The mathematical description of N\'eel walls entails the introduction of an internal
magnetic field $\bm{H}$ created by $\rho$ the
induced pole density induced by the rotation of $\bm{M}$. Mathematically we
have div$\bm{H}$=-div$\bm{M}$=$\rho$.
The magnetization is expressed as $\bm{M}=(M_s \sin\theta(x),M_s \cos \theta(x),0)$ in the $xyz$
coordinates defined in fig.~\ref{nwall}. Since the divergence of $\bm{M}$ is not zero, we
have an induced pole density $\rho$.
In contrast, $\rho=0$ in the Bloch wall case since we
recall in this case (see section III), $\bm{M}= (0, M_s \sin\theta(x), M_s \cos \theta(x)$).
Assuming as done previously, that the components of $\bm{H}$ depend solely on the
spatial variable $x$ (see fig.~\ref{nwall}), we obtain:
\be
\rho=-{\rm div}\bm{M}=-\frac{\partial M_x}{\partial x}=-M_s \frac{d(\sin\theta)}{dx}
\label{rho1}
\ee

The ODE that controls the wall profile $\theta(x)$ is derived exactly as before (taking
account of the exchange and anisotropy terms) with the addition of the Zeeman term
accounting for the presence of the internal field $H(x)$:
\be
2A \frac{d^2\theta}{dx^2}-K \sin 2 \theta + M_s H(x) \cos \theta=0
\label{neelODE}
\ee

The uniaxial anisotropy term is $K \sin 2 \theta$ with $\theta$, the angle
the magnetization makes with the $y$ axis (the anisotropy axis).

Note that the demagnetization energy (due to the finite thickness of the film
along the $z$ direction) is zero, since it is given by $2\pi N_{ij}M_i M_j$
with $N_{xx}=N_{yy}=0, N_{zz}=1$, and $M_z=0$.

The difference between this equation and the previous ones (Bloch and Radial cases)
is that the internal field term $\bm{H}$ depends on the profile $\theta(x)$. Writing
$H(x)$ instead of $H(\theta(x))$ makes the wall-profile equations
non-autonomous because of the explicit $x$ dependence in $H(x)$. Additionally
these equations are integro-differential because of the dependence of $H(x)$ on
$\theta(x)$ (see for instance \cite{cervera}). \\
In this work we consider the thin film approximation and retrieve a system of three ODE's
by introducing a third function  $y_3=H(x)/H_K$ with $H_K=2 K/M_s$ the anisotropy field.
The ODE system to solve is written with respect to normalised coordinates $\tilde{x}=x/\delta$
where $\delta$ is the wall thickness ($\delta= 1/\sqrt{\xi}$ where, as before,
$\xi=\frac{K}{A}$):

\ba
\frac{dy_1}{d\tilde{x}} & = & y_2  \\
\frac{dy_2}{d\tilde{x}} & = &  \sin y_1 \cos y_1 - y_3 \cos y_1 \\
\frac{dy_3}{d\tilde{x}} & = & -\pi C y_2 \cos y_1
\label{neelsys}
\ea

The magnitude of the coupling constant $C=\frac{M_s}{\pi H_K}$ has a strong
effect on the solution of the system. In the limit $C=0$ we recover the
simple case with no internal field $H(x)=0$ like the Bloch wall case.
As the magnitude of $C$ increases, we get
a greater variation in the spatial dependence of $y_3(\tilde{x})$  and the system
might become unstable and display numerical oscillations in spite of a drastic
reduction of the integration step.

We convert the boundary conditions from the $] -\infty, +\infty[$ interval
to the $[0, +\infty[$ interval:
\be
 \lim_{\tilde{x}\rightarrow 0} y_1 (\tilde{x}) = \pi/2;  \hspace{1cm}
  \lim_{\tilde{x}\rightarrow \infty} y_1 (\tilde{x}) = 0  \hspace{1cm}
 \lim_{\tilde{x}\rightarrow \infty} y_3 (\tilde{x}) = 0
\ee

We describe below a special algorithm, that we developed,
based on the relaxation method coupled to an iterative procedure.
The pseudo-code follows:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Initially, we introduce a guess profile
(say $\theta_0(x)$), extract from it the pole density $\rho_0(x)$
using eq.~\ref{rho1} and determine from it the field derivative using the
divergence equation: $\frac{dH(x)}{dx}=\rho(x)$.
\item The ODE system is solved and that allows us to extract a new profile
(say $\theta_1(x)$) that yields a new pole density $\rho_1(x)$ (using eq.~\ref{rho1}).
\item We repeat this procedure to the
$n$-th step with a profile $\theta_n(x)$ yielding a pole density $\rho_{n+1}(x)$
that provides a profile $\theta_{n+1}(x)$. The procedure stops when the difference between the
two profiles  $\theta_n(x)$ and $\theta_{n+1}(x)$ in the mean-square sense becomes
smaller than an error criterion.
\end{enumerate}

The latter profile will have then relaxed self-consistently to the
sought optimal profile that minimises the total energy (see ref.~\cite{cervera}
and references within).

The results we obtain with various values of $C$
for $\theta(\tilde{x})$ and the internal field $H(\tilde{x})/H_K$  are displayed in
fig.~\ref{field} and fig.~\ref{neel}. The analytical result obtained for $C=0$ (Bloch case),
given by: $\theta(\tilde{x})=2 \tan^{-1}(e^{-\tilde{x}})$
is displayed in fig.~\ref{neel} and is indistinguishable from the numerical
results we obtain with the relaxation method on the system~\ref{neelsys}. \\
The results obtained for the internal field displayed in fig.~\ref{field} show,
as expected (see for instance ref.~\cite{cervera}), that when $C$ increases, the
field (absolute) amplitude becomes larger close to the origin. In addition, as $C$
increases the field extends to larger distances farther from the origin. That,
in fact, points to the origin of the integro-differential nature of the problem.
Inspection of eq.~\ref{neelODE} shows that in addition to the usual length scale (wall width)
$\delta= 1/\sqrt{\xi}$, we have another length given by: $\delta_N=\sqrt{A/(KC)}=\delta/\sqrt{C}$
arising from the internal field whose strength is given by the coupling constant $C$.
As $C$ increases, non-local effects increase, the length ratio  $\delta_N/\delta=1/\sqrt{C}$
decreases (making the competition between the two lengths harder to deal with because of
the disparity of the two lengths) and it becomes more and more
difficult for the relaxation method to find an optimum result satisfying
the TPBVP.

\section{Discussion and Conclusion}

The magnetic domain profile is a challenging mathematical and numerical problem.
In this work, we treated with the relaxation method, in the simple domain structure case ($Q<1$),
wall configurations in several interesting physical cases: Bloch walls in ferromagnetic
bulk systems, radial walls in cylindrical ferromagnetic wires and the Neel walls in thin
ferromagnetic films assuming in all cases uniaxial anisotropy. \\
In the N\'eel case, we showed than in the  thin film approximation
(in present technology, thin means $\sim 10-100 \AA$) one is able to solve the wall problem with the
relaxation method with a  proper selection of the variables. Nevertheless, a major
difficulty appears at higher value of the thickness
$t$ along the $z$ direction (see fig.~\ref{nwall}). \\
When the thickness of the film increases the system becomes a full integro-differential
system whereas in the thin film approximation, we get a set of coupled non-linear ODE's that
we have to treat with a special self-consistent algorithm.
The non-locality of the internal field is responsible for the appearance of
logarithmic tails in the spatial variation of the magnetization angle.
That means the TPBVP must be solved over an ever increasing interval size.
The algorithm we have developed still applies but one has to use the finite thickness formulas for the
field $H(x)$ (eq.~\ref{fieldeq}) and its derivative $\frac{dH(x)}{dx}$
(eq.~\ref{deriv}) as shown in the Appendix.
The extension of this work to other types of walls (originating from other types
of anisotropy for instance, or the complex wall shape case $Q>1$) or wall dynamics is
challenging since the wall profile rapid
change imposes a constraint on the time integration step. \\
Previously, Smith treated  domain wall dynamics in small
patterned magnetic soft thin ($\sim 100 \mu$m) films and turned the dynamic Landau-Lifshitz equations
into a set of coupled non-linear ODE's. It turns out that the system of equations, he found
is stiff (see for instance ref.~\cite{ascher}), imposing a very small integration timestep slowing down considerably the integration process on top of the difficulties of the TPBVP. \\

The extension of this work to domain structures in inhomogeneous media (see ref.~\cite{garcia})
is also quite interesting,
particularly to the case of thin magnetic films that are of high technological interest such as
recording, memories (Magnetic RAM's and Tunnel Junctions) and Quantum computing and communication. \\

\section{Acknowledgements}
The  authors wish to acknowledge friendly discussions with M. Cormier (Orsay)
regarding dynamic effects in ferromagnetic materials and N. Bertram (San Diego) for sending some of his
papers prior to publication.\\

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So here is a quick update on Brian Pothier, who continues to try to come back from a concussion. He said there has been some tangible process — he has been working out in the weight room, for instance — but there is plenty more to be made before he can consider getting back on the ice again.
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Financing Unanswered at Mall Community Meeting
By George Nelson | December 14, 2019
BOARDMAN, Ohio – Washington Prime Group hosted a Coffee with the Community session Friday at the mall where they have announced plans to spend up to $30 million to upgrade. But some who attended felt many questions, particularly those regarding financing, were left unanswered.
Originally, the company planned to close the session to media coverage. After receiving objections from local newsrooms, the company reversed course before the session began at 11:30 a.m., permitting reporters to attend but no video cameras.
About 40 people attended the forum that sought to provide "an opportunity for the community to have an authentic conversation with us in an informal setting" regarding redevelopment of the mall, said Kim Green, vice president, investor relations and corporate communications for Washington Prime, in an email requesting comment. No new announcements were made, "which was why this particular event was not intended to be a press event," she added.
"We just wanted to create a forum for people to ask questions and voice their opinions, and we did just that," affirmed Brian Gabbert, mall general manager.
During the session, Gabbert fielded questions regarding the kinds of physical improvements being made to the mall, the DeBartolo Commons addition and a planned retention pond on property the mall owns east of the Tinseltown movie theater. The company is targeting a late summer completion for the work.
"This is my seventh mall. I've been all over the country," he said. "This is the biggest project I've ever been a part of."
Brian Gabbert, general manager of the Southern Park mall, chats with Linda Macala, executive director of the Mahoning County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
That malls are struggling is no secret, he said, in part because of online shopping, which he confessed he does as well.
"So the question we've had to ask ourselves is what do we do with our real estate that's more relevant," he said. "The answer is to do something experiential."
Upgrades inside the mall include upgrades to the mall's lighting, flooring, restrooms and the food court. "There was some talk about pushing that off until '21 but now the idea is to do the whole thing at once. It's going to be interesting for a while," Gabbert said.
Outside the main mall building, plans include an ice-skating rink and a cut Christmas tree farm during the cold-weather months in the new the DeBartolo Commons, he said. The elevation of the retention pond site is too high to take in water from other sources and alleviate township flooding issues, but it will at least alleviate "what we're contributing," he said.
Some of those in attendance had questions regarding the incentives and financing tools being sought to assist the project, including a proposed income tax applied to employees in the space being added and a property tax abatement, as well as a Joint Economic Development District, which would require Boardman to partner with a local municipality.
Gabbert said he could not address those questions, but those issues would be directed to the Columbus-based real estate developer's corporate office for a response.
Those attending included Anthony Cafaro Jr., president of the Niles-based Cafaro Co. In February, the company purchased the former Dillard's department store building at Southern Park for $8.92 million.
"We've been working diligently to secure an appropriate user or users to occupy the space," Cafaro said. The viability of that space "is in many ways dependent upon the plans here with Southern Park Mall as a whole."
Cafaro was among those at the meeting seeking more information about the incentives than has already been reported by media outlets, as well as information more broadly on how the property would be used. A situation in which the proposed income tax would be applied to workers in the former Dillard's space "could be something that would potentially keep businesses away," he said.
Youngstown City Council President DeMaine Kitchen also attended to find out more about the potential incentives. He recalled the controversy when former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams proposed using JEDDs as an economic development tool.
"If they don't get the abatement, if they don't get the JEDD, where does that leave the project? I thought it was going to be more of that conversation but unfortunately those people who could answer that weren't even in attendance," Kitchen said.
Others were enthusiastic about the project.
"It's great. We need something for this mall. It's pretty sad, all of the stores going out," said Boardman resident Angela Walsh.
Milly Acevedo, a division lead with Primerica Financial Services, is eagerly anticipating the project. Her company is opening a branch in a building across from the mall.
"Seeing this happening is really exciting," the Columbiana resident said. "It's exciting to see something that would have a better experience for the community."
Jeff Barone, president of the Boardman Board of Education, also expressed his support for the project. "This is a win-win for the community," he said.
The school board will act on approving language for a proposed Community Reinvestment Area for the mall, Barone said. If approved by the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners, the CRA would cap the valuation of the mall property at its value following the demolition of the former Sears section – but prior to the improvements being planned – for 15 years.
"If we don't let them spend $30 million, we have zero chance of this mall increasing in value over the years," Barone said.
"Ever been to a community where the mall's dead? It's not a good look," he added.
Boardman Township will take up the mall's request to create a Community Entertainment District at its Dec. 30 meeting. The district would provide up to five additional liquor permits, which would allow the mall to attract restaurants and other venues that would require them, township Administrator Jason Loree said.
Ken Platt of Struthers shared mixed feelings about what he heard at the meeting.
"It sounds really good to fix up the place and to reinvent itself," but the financing "seems like a moving target," he said. He also was concerned about the income tax on the workers, many of whom don't make much more than minimum wage, he added.
"I hope it all works out."
Pictured above: Work continues at the Southern Park Mall as construction equipment makes way for the forthcoming DeBartolo Commons project.
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RGT Asteroid, RAGT's most recent spring barley offering which was promoted to the 2018/19 Recommended List, is set to corner the grain distilling market if it gains approval from the malting barley committee next spring.
Paul Huntley, cereal seeds director at Berwick-upon-Tweed-based MSP Agriculture, says the variety exhibited some significant traits in last season's micromalting trials that suggest it will be very well suited to this sector.
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Marquee's entertainment picks for fall
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CONCERTS TO SEE
Justin Vernon of Volcano Choir. Photo via purevolume.com
Kid Cudi with Tyler, the Creator– Sept. 18 at The Rave
Kid Cudi has come a long way since his first album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" in 2009, breaking away from Kanye West to start his own record label and racking up hit after hit. Expect to hear songs from his third and latest album "Indicud" and crowd favorites like "Pursuit of Happiness," "Erase Me" and "Just What I Am." Tyler, the Creator, alternative rapper of the group "Odd Future," and up-and-comer Logic will join the show in The Rave's Eagle's Ballroom. (Brian Keogh)
Volcano Choir – Sept. 28 at the Pabst Theater
If you like Bon Iver, you'll like Volcano Choir. Justin Vernon, frontman of Bon Iver, teamed up once again with the Milwaukee band Collection of Colonies of Bees, for a new album,"Repave." The album is a strong contender for the best in Vernon's recent work at once sounding like a new chapter in Vernon's career while retaining the best of the past. These Wisconsin boys are coming home this September for what is sure to be a memorable (and likely sold-out) show. (Erin Heffernan)
The Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary Celebration – Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 in Milwaukee
You only turn 110 once, so why not throw a four-day long party? Harley-Davidson has been celebrating its 110th anniversary since last August with special events all around the world. Now, the motorcycle manufacturer is throwing its biggest party yet in Milwaukee over Labor Day weekend.
Between August 29 and August 31, patrons with a ticket will be able to see more than 60 bands at the Summerfest grounds – featuring Bret Michaels, Chiddy Bang, Dropkick Murphys, Lynyrd Sknyrd, and ZZ Top – with headliners Toby Keith, Aerosmith, and Kid Rock. Bikers will travel from all over the world to attend and are sure to fill the city with the sight of leather and the sound of roaring engines. Unfortunately for them, all of the Milwaukee hotels have been booked for months. Some have resorted to renting houses for the weekend, offering as high as six figures for just three nights. (Claire Nowak)
The 7th Annual Tomato Romp! – Sept. 14 on Milwaukee's east side
Milwaukee's Tomato Romp! is ripe for a triumphant return. The celebration on the east side revels in all things tomato, culminating in a giant slinging match, with last year's festivities using 6,000 rotten tomatoes in an all-out food brawl. "A countdown starts and then a blazing bugle horn goes off and then you pummel each other with liquefied tomato guts" Elizabeth Owen, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and 3 year Tomato Romp! veteran, said. In addition to the tomato fight, the festival also includes a "Best Bloody Mary Contest," so come thristy and ready for a mess. (Brian Keogh)
Marquette Theatre's presentation of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"– Oct. 6 at the Halfaer Theatre
Set in the French Riviera, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is a musical comedy exploring fame, money and love with a stunning twist.
The musical follows con men, Lawrence and Freddie, who make their living scamming rich women and one day decide the town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree that the first man to cheat a woman out of $50,000 will stay, driving the loser out of town forever. Both set their sights on the same woman, but find she may not be as easy a mark as they think. Marquette's production will use big dance numbers, a slew of European accents, a cast of 17 Marquette undergrads and ten-piece-band to make this Tony-winning musical come alive. (Brian Keogh)
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Colectivo (Formerly Known as Alterra) – 10 locations in the Greater Milwaukee area
Last month, Milwaukee underwent a change that left residents shocked and confused: Alterra Coffee became Colectivo Coffee
On July 28, during the popular Milwaukee coffee companys' 20th anniversary celebration, co-founders and owners Ward and Lincoln Fowler and Paul Miller announced the name change, after the funky buses that run throughout Latin America. The change comes after Mars, Inc. bought the rights to the name "Alterra" with plans to market the coffee globally. But never fear, Alterra lovers – all of the products you've come to know and love are here to stay. Whether you're in the mood for coffee, tea, a Wisconsin grilled cheese or a delicious cupcake, Colectivo has you covered. See? Change doesn't always have to be scary. (Claire Nowak)
Tattoo: Flash Art of Amund Dietzel – running through Oct. 13 at the Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum is featuring the work of Milwaukee tattoo artist Amund Dietzel this fall in the museum's first exhibition of tattoo art. An emigrant from Norway, Dietzel lived in Milwaukee and worked as a tattoo artist for most of his life. This year marks a hundred years since he came to the United States and became one of the earliest masters of tattoo art, influencing the way tattoos are done to this day. The exhibit puts his ink work in the spotlight and celebrates the art many people wear on their sleeves daily. (Brian Keogh)
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import * as iframeHelper from '../../../src/iframe-helper';
import {Observable} from '../../../src/observable';
import {PositionObserver} from '../../../ads/inabox/position-observer';
import {Services} from '../../../src/services';
import {
  ViewportBindingInabox,
  prepareBodyForOverlay,
  resetBodyForOverlay,
} from '../../../src/inabox/inabox-viewport';
import {
  installIframeMessagingClient,
} from '../../../src/inabox/inabox-iframe-messaging-client';
import {installPlatformService} from '../../../src/service/platform-impl';
import {layoutRectLtwh} from '../../../src/layout-rect';
import {toggleExperiment} from '../../../src/experiments';

const NOOP = () => {};

describes.fakeWin('inabox-viewport', {amp: {}}, env => {

  let win;
  let binding;
  let element;
  let positionCallback;
  let onScrollCallback;
  let onResizeCallback;
  let topWindowObservable;
  let measureSpy;

  function stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
    requestType, responseType, callback, opt_sync, opt_once) {
    const methodName = opt_once ? 'requestOnce' : 'makeRequest';

    return sandbox./*OK*/stub(
        binding.iframeClient_, methodName).callsFake((req, res, cb) => {
      expect(req).to.equal(requestType);
      expect(res).to.equal(responseType);

      if (opt_sync) {
        callback(req, res, cb);
      } else {
        setTimeout(() => callback(req, res, cb), 10);
      }

      return NOOP;
    });
  }

  beforeEach(() => {
    win = env.win;
    win.Math = {
      random() {
        return 0.12345;
      },
    };
    win.innerWidth = 200;
    win.innerHeight = 150;
    topWindowObservable = new Observable();
    win.top = {
      addEventListener(event, listener) {
        if (topWindowObservable.getHandlerCount() == 0) {
          topWindowObservable.add(listener);
        }
      },
      document: {scrollingElement: {}},
    };
    const iframeElement = {
      getBoundingClientRect() {
        return layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100);
      },
    };
    win.frameElement = iframeElement;

    installIframeMessagingClient(win);
    installPlatformService(win);
    binding = new ViewportBindingInabox(win);
    measureSpy = sandbox.spy();
    element = {
      getBoundingClientRect() {
        return layoutRectLtwh(0, 0, 100, 100);
      },
      measure: measureSpy,
    };
    sandbox.stub(
        Services.resourcesForDoc(win.document), 'get').returns([element]);
    sandbox.stub(Services, 'resourcesPromiseForDoc').returns(
        new Promise(resolve => { resolve(); }));
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    sandbox.restore();
  });

  describe('should work for size, layoutRect and position observer', () => {

    let viewportRect;
    let targetRect;

    it('cross domain', () => {
      sandbox./*OK*/stub(iframeHelper, 'canInspectWindow').returns(false);
      stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
          'send-positions',
          'position',
          (req, res, cb) => { positionCallback = cb; },
          /* opt_sync */ true);
      binding.connect();
      testPositionCallback();
    });

    it('same domain', () => {
      sandbox./*OK*/stub(iframeHelper, 'canInspectWindow').returns(true);
      toggleExperiment(win, 'inabox-viewport-friendly', true);
      sandbox.stub(PositionObserver.prototype, 'observe')
          .callsFake((e, callback) => {
            topWindowObservable.add(() => callback({viewportRect, targetRect}));
          });

      positionCallback = data => {
        viewportRect = data.viewportRect;
        targetRect = data.targetRect;
        topWindowObservable.fire();
      };

      return binding.listenForPositionSameDomain().then(() => {
        testPositionCallback();
      });

    });

    function testPositionCallback() {
      onScrollCallback = sandbox.spy();
      onResizeCallback = sandbox.spy();
      binding.onScroll(onScrollCallback);
      binding.onResize(onResizeCallback);

      // Initial state
      expect(binding.getSize()).to.deep.equal({width: 200, height: 150});
      expect(binding.getLayoutRect(element))
          .to.deep.equal(layoutRectLtwh(0, 151, 100, 100));

      // Initial position received
      positionCallback({
        viewportRect: layoutRectLtwh(0, 0, 100, 100),
        targetRect: layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 50, 50),
      });

      expect(onScrollCallback).to.not.be.called;
      expect(onResizeCallback).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(measureSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(binding.getLayoutRect(element))
          .to.deep.equal(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
      sandbox.reset();

      // Scroll, viewport position changed
      positionCallback({
        viewportRect: layoutRectLtwh(0, 10, 100, 100),
        targetRect: layoutRectLtwh(10, 10, 50, 50),
      });

      expect(onScrollCallback).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(onResizeCallback).to.not.be.called;
      expect(measureSpy).to.not.be.called;
      expect(binding.getLayoutRect(element))
          .to.deep.equal(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
      sandbox.reset();

      // Resize, viewport size changed
      positionCallback({
        viewportRect: layoutRectLtwh(0, 10, 200, 100),
        targetRect: layoutRectLtwh(10, 10, 50, 50),
      });

      expect(onScrollCallback).to.not.be.called;
      expect(onResizeCallback).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(measureSpy).to.not.be.called;
      expect(binding.getLayoutRect(element))
          .to.deep.equal(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
      sandbox.reset();

      // DOM change, target position changed
      sandbox.restore();
      sandbox.stub(
          Services.resourcesForDoc(win.document), 'get').returns([element]);
      positionCallback({
        viewportRect: layoutRectLtwh(0, 10, 200, 100),
        targetRect: layoutRectLtwh(20, 10, 50, 50),
      });

      expect(onScrollCallback).to.not.be.called;
      expect(onResizeCallback).to.not.be.called;
      expect(measureSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(binding.getLayoutRect(element))
          .to.deep.equal(layoutRectLtwh(20, 20, 100, 100));
    }
  });

  it('should center content, resize and remeasure on overlay mode', () => {
    const allResourcesMock = Array(5).fill(undefined).map(() => ({
      measure: sandbox.spy(),
    }));

    sandbox.stub(binding, 'getChildResources').callsFake(
        () => allResourcesMock);

    const prepareContainer =
        sandbox.stub(binding, 'prepareBodyForOverlay_')
            .returns(Promise.resolve());

    const makeRequest = stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
        'full-overlay-frame',
        'full-overlay-frame-response',
        (req, res, cb) => cb({
          success: true,
          boxRect: {
            left: 0,
            top: 0,
            right: 1000,
            bottom: 2000,
            width: 1000,
            height: 2000,
          },
        }));

    return binding.updateLightboxMode(true).then(() => {
      expect(prepareContainer).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(prepareContainer).to.be.calledBefore(makeRequest);

      allResourcesMock.forEach(resource => {
        expect(resource.measure).to.have.been.calledOnce;
      });
    });
  });

  it('should reset content and request resize on leave overlay mode', () => {
    const resetContainer =
        sandbox.stub(binding, 'resetBodyForOverlay_')
            .returns(Promise.resolve());

    const makeRequest = stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
        'cancel-full-overlay-frame',
        'cancel-full-overlay-frame-response',
        (req, res, cb) => cb({success: true}));

    return binding.updateLightboxMode(false).then(() => {
      expect(resetContainer).to.be.calledOnce;
      expect(resetContainer).to.be.calledAfter(makeRequest);
    });
  });

  it('should update box rect when expanding/collapsing', function*() {
    const boxRect = {
      left: 20,
      top: 10,
      bottom: 310,
      right: 420,
      width: 400,
      height: 300,
    };

    const updateBoxRectStub = sandbox.stub(binding, 'updateBoxRect_').callsFake(
        NOOP);

    stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
        'full-overlay-frame',
        'full-overlay-frame-response',
        (req, res, cb) => cb({success: true, boxRect}));

    sandbox.stub(binding, 'prepareBodyForOverlay_').returns(Promise.resolve());

    yield binding.updateLightboxMode(true);

    expect(updateBoxRectStub).to.be.calledWith(boxRect);
  });

  it('should update box rect when collapsing', function*() {
    const boxRect = {
      left: 20,
      top: 10,
      bottom: 310,
      right: 420,
      width: 400,
      height: 300,
    };

    const updateBoxRectStub = sandbox.stub(binding, 'updateBoxRect_').callsFake(
        NOOP);

    stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
        'cancel-full-overlay-frame',
        'cancel-full-overlay-frame-response',
        (req, res, cb) => cb({success: true, boxRect}));

    sandbox.stub(binding, 'resetBodyForOverlay_').returns(Promise.resolve());

    yield binding.updateLightboxMode(false);

    expect(updateBoxRectStub).to.be.calledWith(boxRect);
  });

  // TODO(zhouyx, #12476): Make this test work with sinon 4.0.
  it.skip('should center the fixed container properly', function* () {
    const w = 120;
    const h = 90;

    const el = document.createElement('div');

    sandbox.stub(win, 'innerWidth').callsFake(w);
    sandbox.stub(win, 'innerHeight').callsFake(h);

    yield prepareBodyForOverlay(win, el);

    expect(el.style['position']).to.equal('absolute');
    expect(el.style['left']).to.equal('50%');
    expect(el.style['top']).to.equal('50%');
    expect(el.style['bottom']).to.equal('auto');
    expect(el.style['right']).to.equal('auto');
    expect(el.style['width']).to.equal(`${w}px`);
    expect(el.style['height']).to.equal(`${h}px`);
    expect(el.style['margin-left']).to.equal(`-${w / 2}px`);
    expect(el.style['margin-top']).to.equal(`-${h / 2}px`);
  });

  it('should undo styling when the fixed container is reset', function* () {
    const el = document.createElement('div');

    yield resetBodyForOverlay(win, el);

    expect(el.style['position']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['left']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['top']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['bottom']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['right']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['width']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['height']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['margin-left']).to.be.empty;
    expect(el.style['margin-top']).to.be.empty;
  });

  it('should request the position async from host', () => {
    sandbox./*OK*/stub(iframeHelper, 'canInspectWindow').returns(false);
    const requestSpy = stubIframeClientMakeRequest(
        'send-positions',
        'position',
        (req, res, cb) => cb({
          targetRect: layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100),
          viewportRect: layoutRectLtwh(1, 1, 1, 1),
        }), undefined, true);
    return binding.getRootClientRectAsync().then(rect => {
      expect(rect).to.jsonEqual(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
      expect(requestSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
    });
  });

  it('should request the position directly from host if friendly', () => {
    // this is implicit but we make it explicit anyway for clarity
    sandbox./*OK*/stub(iframeHelper, 'canInspectWindow').returns(true);
    toggleExperiment(win, 'inabox-viewport-friendly', true);
    sandbox.stub(PositionObserver.prototype, 'getTargetRect')
        .returns(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
    return binding.getRootClientRectAsync().then(rect => {
      expect(rect).to.jsonEqual(layoutRectLtwh(10, 20, 100, 100));
    });
  });

  it('should disconnect friendly listener', () => {
    sandbox.stub(PositionObserver.prototype, 'observe')
        .returns(sandbox.spy());
    sandbox./*OK*/stub(iframeHelper, 'canInspectWindow').returns(true);
    return binding.listenForPositionSameDomain().then(() => {
      expect(binding.unobserveFunction_).to.not.be.called;
      binding.disconnect();
      expect(binding.unobserveFunction_).to.be.called;
    });
  });
});


Northwest of the Great Lakes, between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods, lies a vast network of smaller lakes and streams – a region once famous as the water highway of the Voyageurs, whose birch bark canoes carried explorer, trader and trapper ever northward to such distant points as Athabasca, Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean. In the heart of this wilderness lies the United States' Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. They join together at the international border to form an area of more than two million acres known as the Boundary Waters canoe country. This area has been designated as "primitive wilderness" and has been set aside to be preserved in all its primeval beauty.
The wilderness of the BWCA canoe country is the same today as it was in the days of the Voyageur, and when the Ojibway Indians hunted the Caribou here. It has not changed since the glaciers of the Ice Age carved the pattern of these rockbound lakes. The pictographs of the Ojibway can still be found.
Let Canadian Waters Inc. be your Boundary Waters Canoe Outfitter and your adventure will be unique! Its moods can change from day to day, moment to moment, and place to place: from the wild booming of Chatterton Falls to the cathedral calm of lakes such as Cairn and Keats, from laughing springs and streams to the thundering roar of Split Rock Falls, from the sanctuary of a quiet bay to the wind-whipped waves of a momentary squall – these are the moods of North America's largest wilderness canoe country. If you seek seclusion you will find it here; away from the more traveled routes you seldom see mankind.


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Trump Voters Not Worried About Trump-Russia Links (Video)
A group of Trump voters expressed no concern on March 31 about the reported links between the Russian government and President Donald Trump's team (video below).
CNN's Alisyn Camerota asked the six Trump supporters: "How many of you are concerned about the Russian implications and allegations that you've heard?"
None of the supporters spoke up.
"Why aren't you worried about any possible ties between the Trump team and Russia?" Camerota followed up.
Sara Marie Brenner, a former Delaware County Chairman for the Trump campaign, offered a defense for team Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin:
Because that's what they are supposed to do during campaigning. Dozens of diplomats who meet with senators and congressmen. A lot of people misunderstood, I think, when Trump compliments Putin. You might respect them just because of what they've been able to accomplish.
And if you look at Putin, even if we don't agree with what he does, as far as his agenda, he's done a pretty good job of accomplishing it in Russia. But people on the left have misconstrued that as meaning as Trump wants to be like Putin.
According to Human Rights Watch, Russia, under Putin, cracked down on human rights in 2015, and "intensified harassment and persecution of independent critics."
Russia banned so-called "undesirable foreign organizations" and threatened its own citizens with jail time and fines if they had ties with "undesirables."
Political opposition leaders were assassinated and jailed in Russia, noted Human Rights Watch.
Russian authorities cracked down on LGBT rights rallies under the country's "propaganda" law, and Russia continued to support armed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Tens of thousands of disabled children reportedly cannot go to school and end up staying at home, isolated, while hundreds of thousands of disabled Russians are living in closed institutions.
Back with the Trump voters, Josh Youssef said the U.S. has "Russiaphobia in place from the Cold War or something" while, at the same time, the U.S. uses electronic surveillance on its own citizens through the National Security Agency and points fingers at other countries.
"When was the last time Russia actually did something terrible to the United States?" Youssef asked.
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Toni Dibartolo said: "I think that we have to be very careful with Russia. I feel that there should be mutual respect between the United States and Russia. I am concerned, but I think we should just listen to history in regards to Russia as far as walk softly and carry a big stick."
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December 17, 2020 December 17, 2020 Aipate Team
Adée returns with "Resuscitate" video
Swedish artist and songwriter Adée did emerge from the lockdown with a heartrending new single, "Resuscitate". An electro-pop song about a heartbreak, the artist reveals it was written just 7 hours after that devastating experience.
Adée worked with producer Dan Evans, who also co-wrote in with her. The track was mastered by Frida Cleasson Johansson. For the "Resuscitate" music video, the singer recruited director Isabelle Bringert.
Watch the clip above via YouTube.
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Q: DNS - Load Balancer - SINGLE Apache Server - Tomcat This is my configuration, I have bought a domain in godaddy.com. Linked my Load Balancer[in Rackspace] IP in domain setting. Behind the Load Balancer, there is one active server which responds all request.
Now I when I change the Load Balancer IP in godaddy to the server IP which has that SINGLE Apache and tomcat behind that apache. But now the server stops serving the request after 30 minutes. Even I could not access with my server IP address.[Godaddy have changed the IP to new server, I have checked through ping also for the first 15 minutes it responds through the Load Balancer after that godaddy changes the IP to the Server. The server will work for next 15 minutes and thats it.]
I have changed my server from azure and AWS and checked the same thing in both, but both had the same problem.
Do I need to learn any resource for this?
Does the apache which is in my server can't handle 200 request for 2 minutes?
Does the problem is related to Rackspace Load Balancer?
Please shed some light on this. Thanks

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Paxtons ham is made using an old, traditional method of curing whereby the pork leg is immersed for several days in brine, which gives it a wonderfully moist, but never wet, texture. The addition of unrefined brown sugar to the recipe adds a subtle sweetness to this mild and delicious ham. Produced with only British pigs.


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Last chance to take advantage of the adjusted S/U policy
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Should We Renew the Sustainability Projects Fund?
McGill's Sustainability Projects Fund is up for renewal in the ongoing SSMU special referendum that ends on April 13th. The fund, which awards money to projects that encourage sustainability on McGill's campus, is partly funded by a non-opt-outable student fee of 50 cents per credit (with a maximum of $15/year). This amount is then matched by the McGill administration. According to the fund's latest annual report, it has collected a total of $2.5 million since its inception.
"McGill has the right people and the right ideas to encourage sustainability," said SPF Administrator Lilith Wyatt. "The SPF doesn't go around convincing people to think ecologically or change the way things are done. Our job is to provide the money, knowledge and network of connections to those people who have the ideas and might already be doing these things."
In addition to being equally funded by students and the administration, the SPF Working Group accepts project proposals and consists of equal numbers of students and faculty. The group's composition is stipulated as three undergraduate students (two appointed by SSMU and one by MCSS), one graduate student (nominated by PGSS), and four administrative or academic staff (nominated by the administration).
Wyatt credits the joint student-administration approach as crucial for SPF's appeal. "Changing the long term sustainability of the university will never happen if it's only the students or only the faculty. It needs both."
The SPF was founded in 2010 in a joint effort by all three of McGill's highest governing student organizations: SSMU, Macdonald Campus Student Society (MCSS), and the Postgraduate Student Society (PGSS). Under SSMU bylaws, new projects need to be renewed by referendum three years after their launch. "The first time it's approved is a three year pilot period so we knew we would be back here in three years," explained Wyatt.
In that time the SPF has funded 99 projects and had over 180 applicants. Original projects were mostly centered on food. Perhaps the most visible of these is the student run Farmer's Market that runs on McTavish during the summer and fall months.
The SPF also funded the 'Egg Grader Project' that allowed Macdonald Campus' poultry unit to grade its own eggs for use in residence dining halls, rather than shipping them off to be graded and then buying them back. The 'Egg Grader Project' was itself inspired by an earlier plan, "McGill feeding McGill," which has seen the Mac campus provide 60 tonnes of food a year to dining halls downtown.
'Shut Your Sash' is another sustainability project that aims to raise awareness of waste from fume hoods in McGill laboratories. "Shut Your Sash' cost $4000 to set up," said Wyatt, "but it saved $77,000 a year by getting people to reduce fume hoods when not in use."
Any member of the McGill community can propose ideas to the working group at any stage of the process. "It's not so competitive like other grants," said Wyatt. "Our job isn't to reject or accept so much as it's to give feedback and help you."
Incoming ideas are judged by a committee based on a series of fixed criteria that aim to measure their contribution to sustainability. Applications must shift business as usual at McGill, engage the community, change behaviour, and have a clearly communicated purpose. Applicants are also required to give their own possible indicators for their projects' success.
"All projects are different," said Wyatt. "They could be kilograms of food, the number of students, the number of jobs generated, or the number of blog hits. We want to understand what success looks like for them."
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Sullivan, Sun, Secrecy — Get Us Out Of Here
Photo courtesy of wikipediaEverywhere we live these days, governance problems — big, self-destructive, delusional, guaranteed-to-fail governance problems — are the talk of the town.
In Charlottesville, the University of Virginia just survived a 'near death experience,' as Rector Helen Dragas described it.
Two weeks ago, UVa's Board of Visitors (equivalent to a board of directors), led by Rector Dragas, fired the university's popular and respected president, Teresa Sullivan. Chaos erupted. Faculty, students, alumni, and donors protested daily on the campus lawn. And oh yes, Virginia's governor threatened to fire the entire Board of Visitors on Wednesday this week if they didn't fix things at their Tuesday meeting. The Visitors relented and rehired Sullivan.
In Singapore, leaders of a mega-church just landed in boiling oil. Police this week arrested the founder of the 33,000-member City Harvest Church, Kong Hee, and four others. They were charged with fraud. Prosecutors said they secretly used at least US$18 million in church funds to finance the music career of Ho Yeow Sun, pictured above, who is Pastor Kong's wife and co-founder of the church.
Associate Professor Mak Yuen Teen from the National University of Singapore Business School said: 'If you look at this organization, you can see that the board was dominated by people who were essentially employees of the church. So the question therefore is where are the checks and balances.'
Back in Charlottesville, at the university Thomas Jefferson founded in 1819, a superstar professor named Bill Wulf resigned shortly after President Sullivan was fired. 'In my opinion,' he said, 'the [Board of Visitors] has perpetrated the worst example of corporate governance I have ever seen.'
He had a point. The final decision to fire Sullivan was carried out by three of sixteen BOV members, acting as a super-executive committee, on a Sunday morning and without any formal vote. The other two super-executive committee members were absent — one was reportedly recovering in New England from hip surgery, and the other was in Hawaii. Both, apparently, were supporters of President Sullivan.
The three Visitors who canned Sullivan, who had served only two years, were all from the business world. They said Sullivan wasn't adapting fast enough to changes in higher education, like cutting money-losing departments (classical studies and German) and promoting cash-generating online programs. Sullivan had said she was looking at all options 'incrementally,' because top-down, corporate-style management doesn't work at great research universities. (It sure didn't work for UVa's Board of Visitors.)
Anyway, President Sullivan is back now and calm is returning to Charlottesville. No word from Singapore on the whereabouts of Pastor Sun, as she called herself, the wannabe rock star. She had been spotted in Hollywood, in a mansion she rented for US$20,000 a month, just down the street from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Our point? Poor governance practices produce terrible decisions by boards of directors, visitors, overseers, church fathers, or whatever they're called. Secret meetings, super-executive sessions with no recorded votes, evasive Sunday morning maneuvers, domination by insiders, rock-star ambitions — they all point to impending institutional disasters.
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import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.IconRegister;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemFood;

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