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In View of the Upcoming Apple Event, TrendForce Presents Its Latest Estimates on Smartphone Production and Shipments of Other End Devices for 2021
14 September 2021 Consumer Electronics TrendForce
Apple is set to unveil the successors to its current device lineups at this year's fall product launch on September 14. Please see below for some of TrendForce's latest data pertaining to the global consumer electronics market:
Although the tight supply of certain components due to complications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic remains Apple's primary production-related challenge, iPhone production will unlikely be drastically affected. Total iPhone production for 2021 is expected to reach 229.5 million units, a 15.6% YoY increase, with the upcoming iPhone 13 models accounting for about 37%-39% of Apple's annual iPhone production. In addition, iPhones are also expected to account for about 77% of total annual production of 5G smartphones in 2021, making them the market leader in this segment and representing a drastic increase from 39% in 2020.
Regarding technical specifications, the Pro model of iPhone 13 is expected to include 1TB storage capacity as an optional upgrade. Other improvements over previous models include the adoption of A15 processors manufactured with TSMC's 5nm+ process technology. All four iPhone 13 models will feature flexible AMOLED + On-cell designs for their display panels, while the Pro series will also feature a 120Hz refresh rate as well as LTPO technology for reduced power consumption. Furthermore, all four models' primary cameras will be equipped with sensor shift image stabilization. The Pro model, in particular, will have its ultra-wide camera upgraded to a 6P lens, with the addition of autofocus capability as well. Much like the iPhone 12, LiDAR functionality is available only for the Pro model of the iPhone 13 lineup.
In view of the lackluster sales performances of the iPhone 12 mini, which reached EOL ahead of time, the iPhone 13 mini is expected to account for less than 10% of total iPhone 13 production, since Apple will focus its sales efforts on the other three models. TrendForce indicates that the global economy, markets, and personal incomes are all still experiencing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also led to price hikes for electronic components and transportation services, thereby compounding Apple's difficulties in setting retail prices for the new iPhone models. TrendForce expects Apple to continue the aggressive pricing strategy that it adopted for last year's models in order to attract smartphone buyers, raise its revenue from services via increased handset sales, and make up for the aggressive prices via increased service revenue.
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Onica, an Amazon Web Services Premier Consulting Partner and audited Managed Service Provider, has been named to ChannelE2E 's list of the Top 100 Public Cloud MSPs for 2018.
The list and research identifies and honors the top 100 managed services providers (MSPs) that support Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers, according to ChannelE2E's findings.
The overall global managed services market now spans more than 80,000 MSPs. However, fewer than 500 of those MSPs are extensively certified to support AWS, Azure and/or GCP workloads.
Demand for public cloud MSPs continues to escalate as customers attempt to move, activate, manage, and optimize workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, and other public clouds. The global cloud managed services market was $23.19 billion in 2016, and is forecast to generate a 15.4 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2025, according to Grand View Research.
With a continually growing portfolio of AWS cloud computing solutions and enterprise clientele, Onica has grown more than 300% over the last two years to become a global cloud transformation company. Onica joined the AWS Partner Network (APN) in 2013 and quickly earned audited Managed Service Provider status. Since that time, the company has led some of the fastest, most complex migrations to AWS and ranks among the top APN Partners globally boasting more than 250 AWS certifications, nine AWS competencies, and a large customer base continually consuming AWS services.
This year, the company has accelerated its growth through the acquisition of TriNimbus Technologies, Canada's first Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), expanding its geographic reach and making it one of the largest AWS consultancies in North America. Onica was also excited to earn a position on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure MSPs, Worldwide, in addition to ranking on CRN's Managed Service Provider 500 list (CRN MSP 500 list) as one of the 150 companies to earn a spot in the MSP Elite 150 category and earn the CRN Triple Crown Award for the second year in a row.


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Lecture Notes: Realities Inside White House Energy Policy
Steve Fetter, a professor of public policy at University of Maryland, spoke to a packed room at Princeton University today about his experience working on science and technology in the White House. He first worked in the federal government during the Clinton administration, and then for three years in the Obama White House, setting priorities for policy and research. Some take-home points:
Much to his chagrin, he realized after his years of service that what he was most proud of was all the bad ideas he had been able to stop. It's far easier to stop bad ideas than to bring good ideas to fruition.
One of his good ideas, in his estimation, was to protect the grid from any potentially debilitating massive solar storm that could occur in the future. The protecting technology is available and relatively inexpensive, and the risk, though only 1% in any given year, is substantial enough to be taken seriously. To bring the idea to fruition, however, would require working with some 2300 distributors of energy, and 50 states each with their own regulatory framework that would have to be amended.
He thinks new initiatives in nuclear energy in the U.S. will prove impossible in the near term, because the "revolutionary" decline in cost of natural gas due to fracking technology will be maintained for at least ten or fifteen years.
He thinks there is some chance that a carbon tax could be part of comprehensive tax reform (if such reform is allowed to happen) in coming months. He said that Republicans are open to new consumption taxes. Bob Inglis, the former Republican congressman from South Carolina who was ousted in the 2010 primaries by a Tea Party candidate, was mentioned again, as one of the people advocating among fellow Republicans for a carbon tax.
He believes the Obama administration has done everything it could to promote green energy through executive order, given the resistance to larger initiatives requiring congressional support.
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The results are in for the Penny Wars Contest. This is a Class B Contest for Spirit Week, worth 50-40-30-20 points for the classes.
First, let me say that an unbelievable amount of money was raised to benefit the less fortunate in our community. Students, faculty, and staff contributions was $2318.35. This is a phenomenal amount of money, and it goes to a worthy cause, brightening the Holidays for those whose holidays would otherwise be gloomy. A sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of those who participated. I am proud that we did not lose sight of the ultimate goal and that our motivation stayed mostly clear.
Having said that, we do keep score. Remember that pennies were credited on the plus side, while silver and bills were credited on the negative side. So, here are the results:
In 4th place, with a grand total of $-455.63, the hacks were out for the SILVER SOPHOMORES. The sophomores had $126.32 to the good, but were attacked by the hacks from the other classes with $306.95 in silver, and $275.00 in bills. This earns 20 points for the sophomores.
In 3rd place, with a grand total of $-288.73, it is the SLINGIN' SENIORS, who had $80.07 in pennies, but a combined $368.80 in silver and in bills which SUNK the SENIOR SHIP. The seniors come away from the contest having earned 30 points.
In 2nd place, with a grand total of $-257.63, let's give it up for the JAMMIN' JUNIORS. The total deposit of the juniors was $1047.57, with an astounding 39,497 pennies, but also with $652.60 in silver and bills. The juniors net 40 points for Spirit Week.
First place, with a grand total of $-51.36, goes to the VERY FRESH FRESHMEN. They had the smallest amount of pennies accumulated for each class (only $31.14), but the other classes did not attack them as they attacked each other. Their silver and bills totaled $82.50, and they slept their way to a first place finish. The freshmen pick up 50 points towards their totals.
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In our travels to Italy it was evident that romance & passion are central factors in the Italian way of life. There is beauty everywhere you turn; the architecture, food, people & fashion. There is a certain air of confidence inherent in the culture which boasts sex appeal. With each return to this breathtaking land one thing that became clear was that products produced in Italy have unparalleled quality due to the standards set by the artisans, it simply demands excellence.
Back home in the States women would stop us in the street to compliment a garment or accessory that had been purchased in Italy. What we immediately realized was that these garments stood out because they were exclusive and their quality was evident. People want to radiate beauty and confidence and a well made product does just that. That's when it came to us, the idea: creating not just a store, but an experience for women; a place where a woman would be able to shop with the peace of mind that all products are made by Italian artisans, always exclusive and always made of the finest Italian materials. We needed to create a boutique tailored to offer true Italian authenticity and quality at affordable costs and do so by cutting out the middleman and making this all available online.
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Since 1998, Minnesota has offered low-income families a refundable tax credit called the Minnesota K-12 Education Credit ("Tax Credit") for non-tuition educational expenses like tutoring and educational and arts afterschool programs. The Tax Credit reimburses families 75% of eligible expenses up to $1,000 per child in grades K-12. So, if a family spends $1,333 on qualified expenses for a child in a given year, the State of Minnesota will reimburse the family $1,000 after they file their taxes for that year.
Currently, the Tax Credit is incredibly underutilized. EdChoice, a national educational policy nonprofit, reports that 20% of Minnesota's roughly 625,000 families with children, or 125,000 families with approximately 250,000 children, are eligible for the credit. However, as of 2015, only 49,000 families took advantage of it with an average credit of only $255 per family (approximately $12.4 million credits in total). This amounts to only 39% of eligible families using only 5% of the approximately $250 million annual statutory funding capacity of the Tax Credit.
There are two main reasons the Tax Credit is so under-utilized.
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\section{Introduction}} The two important stages in the evolution
system are chemical and kinetic freeze out. The degree of
excitation of the interacting system at the two stages are
different from each other. The chemical and kinetic freeze out
temperatures are used to describe the different excitation degree
of two stages. In general, the ratios of different kinds of
particles are no longer change at the stage of chemical freeze
out. The chemical freeze out temperature can be obtained from
different particle ratios in the framework of thermal model
[1--3]. The transverse momentum spectra of different particles are
no longer changed at the stage of kinetic freeze out and
thermal/kinetic freeze out temperature can be obtained from the
transverse momentum spectra according to hydrodynamical model [4].

It is important to point out that the transverse momentum spectra
even though in a narrow $p_T$ range, but it contains both the
contribution of thermal motion and transverse flow velocity. The
random thermal motion reflect the excitation and the transverse
flow velocity  reflects the degree of expansion of interacting
system. In order to extract the kinetic freeze out temperature
($T_0$), we have excluded the contribution of transverse flow
velocity ($\beta_T$), that is to disengage the random thermal
motion and transverse flow velocity. There are various methods to
disengage the two issues. The methods include but are not limited
to blast wave fit with boltzmann Gibbs statics [5--7], blast wave
model with Tsallis statistics [8--10], and alternative methods
[11--17].

The dependence of $T_0$ and $\beta_T$ on centrality is very
complex situation. There are two schools of thought.  (1) $T_0$
increase decrease from central to peripheral collisions [18--21]
(2) $T_0$ increase from central to peripheral collision [22--23].
Both have their own explanations. Larger $T_0$ in the central
collisions explain higher degree of excitation of the system due
to more violent collisions, while smaller $T_0$ in the central
collisions indicates longer liver fireball in the central
collisions. It is very important to find out which collision
system contains larger $T_0$. Furthermore, there are several
opinions about the freeze out of particles which include single,
double or multiple kinetic freeze out. It is also very important
to dig our the correct freeze out scenario.

In the present work, we will analyze the $p_T$ spectra  of proton,
deuteron and triton and will extract $T_0$ and $\beta_T$. Deuteron
and triton are light nuclei. The fundamental mechanism, for light
nuclei production in relativistic heavy ion collision is not well
understood [24--26]. Coalescence of anti-(nucleons) is possible
approach [27--31]. Because of small binding energies (d with 2.2
MeV and t with 8.8 MeV), the light nuclei cannot persists when the
temperature is much higher than their binding energy. The typical
kinetic freeze out temperature is around 100 MeV for light
hadrons, so they might disintegrate and be formed again by final
state coalescence after nucleons are decoupled from the hot and
dense system. Hence the study of the light nuclei can be useful in
the extraction of information of nucleons distribution at the
freeze out [27, 30, 32].

Before going to the formalism, we would point out the concept of
volume is important in high energy collisions. The volume occupied
by the ejectiles when the mutual interactions become negligible,
and the only force they feel is the columbic repulsive force, is
called the kinetic freeze-out volume (V ). Various freeze-out
volumes occurs at various freeze-out stages, but we are only
focusing on the kinetic freeze-out volume $V$ in the present work.
The information about the information of the co-existence of
phase-transition, and is important in the extraction of
multiplicity, micro-canonical heat capacity and it's negative
branch or shape of the caloric curves under the thermal
constraints can be obtained $V$.

The remainder of the paper consists of method and formalism in
section 2, followed by the results and discussion in section 3. In
section 4, we summarized our main observations and conclusions.
\\

{\section{The method and formalism}} In high energy collisions
there are two types particles production process. (1) soft process
ad (2) hard process. For soft process, there are various methods
which includes but are not limited to blast wave model with
boltzmann Gibbs statistics [5--7], blast wave model with Tsallis
statistics [8--10], Hagedorn thermal model [20] and Standard
distribution [33, 34] etc. We are interested in blast wave model
with Tsallis statistics. According to [8], the blast wave fit with
Tsallis statistics results in the probability density function be
\begin{align}
f_1(p_T)=&\frac{1}{N}\frac{\mathrm{d}N}{\mathrm{d}p_\mathrm{T}}=C \frac{gV}{(2\pi)^2} p_T m_T \int_{-\pi}^\pi d\phi\int_0^R rdr \nonumber\\
& \times\bigg\{{1+\frac{q-1}{T_0}} \bigg[m_T  \cosh(\rho)-p_T \sinh(\rho) \nonumber\\
& \times\cos(\phi)\bigg]\bigg\}^\frac{-1}{(q-1)}
\end{align}
where $C$ denotes the normalization constant that leads the
integral in Eq. (1) to be normalized to 1, $g$ is the degeneracy
factor which is different for different particles based on
$g_n$=2$S_n$+1, $m_T=\sqrt{p_T^2+m_0^2}$ is the transverse mass,
$m_0$ is denotes rest mass of the particle, $\phi$ shows the
azimuthal angle, r is the radial coordinate, $R$ is the maximum
$r$, $q$ represents the measure of degree of deviation of the
system from an equilibrium state, $\rho=\tanh^{-1} [\beta(r)]$ is
the boost angle, $\beta(r)=\beta_S(r/R)^{n_0}$ is a self-similar
flow profile, $\beta_S$ represents the flow velocity on the
surface,as mean of $\beta(r)$,$\beta_T=(2/R^2)\int_0^R
r\beta(r)dr=2\beta_S/(n_0+2)=2\beta_S/3$, and $n_0$ =1.
Furthermore, the index $-1/(q-1)$ in Eq.(1) can be substituted by
$-q/(q-1)$ due to the reason that $q$ is being close to 1. This
substitution results in a small and negligible divergence in the
Tsallis distribution.

In case of a not too wide $p_T$ range, the above Eqn. can be used
to describe the $p_T$ spectra and we can extract $T_0$ and
$\beta_T$. But if we use the wide $p_T$ spectra, then the
contribution of hard scattering process can be considered.
According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) calculus [35--37], the
contribution of hard process is parameterized to be an inverse
power law.
\begin{align}
f_H(p_T)=&\frac{1}{N}\frac{\mathrm{d}N}{\mathrm{d}p_\mathrm{T}}=
Ap_T \bigg( 1+\frac{p_T}{p_0} \bigg)^{-n},
\end{align}
which is the Hagedorn function [38, 39], $A$ is the normalization
constant while $p_0$ and $n$ are the free parameters.

The superposition of soft and hard scattering process can be used
if the $p_T$ spectra is distributed in a wide range. If Eqn. (1)
describes the contribution of soft process, then the contribution
of hard process can be described by Eqn. (2). To describe the
spectrum in a wide $p_T$ range, one can superpose the
two-component superposition like this
\begin{align}
f_0(p_T)=kf_S(p_T)+(1-k)f_H(p_T),
\end{align}
where $k$ denotes shows the contribution fraction of soft
excitation and  $(1-k)$ shows hard scattering process, $f_S$
denotes the soft process which contributes in the low $p_T$ region
and $f_H$ is the hard process which contributes in a whole $p_T$
region. The two contributions overlap each other in the low $p_T$
region.

We may also use the usual step function to superpose the two
functions. According to Hagedorn model [38]
\begin{align}
f_0(p_T)=A_1\theta(p_1-p_T) f_S(p_T) + A_2
\theta(p_T-p_1)f_H(p_T),
\end{align}
where $A_1$ and $A_2$ are the normalization constants that
synthesize $A_1$$f_S$$(p_1)$=$A_1$$f_H$$(p_1)$ and $\theta$(x) is
the usual step function.
\\

{\section{Results and discussion}} Fig. 1 presents the transverse
momentum ($p_T$) spectra [(1/2$\pi$$p_T$) $d^2$$N$/$dyd$$p_T$] of
proton, deuteron and triton in Au-Au collisions at
$\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=54.4 GeV. The $p_T$ spectra is distributed in
different centrality bins of  $0-10\%$, $10-20\%$, $20-40\%$,
$40-60\%$ and $60-80\%$ for $p$ and $d$, and $0-10\%$, $10-20\%$,
$20-40\%$ and $40-60\%$ for triton at $|y|<0.5$, where $|y|$
denotes the rapidity. The symbols represent the experimental data
measured by the STAR Collaborations [40] and the curves are our
fitting results by using the blast-wave model with Tsallis
statistics. Each panel is followed by its corresponding data/fit.
The related parameters, $\chi^2$ and degree of freedom (dof) are
listed in Table 1. One can see that Eq. (1) fits well the data in
Au-Au collisions at 54.4 GeV at the RHIC.
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig1}
\end{center}
Fig. 1. Transverse mass spectra of (a)-(c) $p$, $d$, and $t$
produced in different centrality bins in Au-Au collisions at
$\sqrt{s_{NN}}=54.4$ GeV. The symbols represent the experimental
data measured by the STAR Collaboration at $|y|<0.5$ [40]. The
curves are our fitted results by Eq. (1). Each panel is followed
by its corresponding ratios of Data/Fit.
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig2}
\end{center}
Demonstrates the dependence of $T_0$ on centrality
\end{figure*}

To show the trend of the extracted parameters, Fig. 2 shows the
dependence of kinetic freeze out temperature on centrality. One
can see that $T_0$ in central collisions is smaller and it is
increasing with decrease of centrality which indicates a decrease
of lifetime of fireball from central collisions to peripheral
collisions. Furthermore, $T_0$ is observed to be mass dependent,
as it larger from triton, followed by deuteron and then proton
which means heavy particles freeze out early than lighter
particles.
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig3}
\end{center}
Fig. 3. Demonstrates the dependence of $\beta_T$ on centrality.
\end{figure*}

Fig. 3 shows the centrality dependence of transverse flow
velocity. $\beta_T$ is observed to decrease with the decrease of
centrality due to the reason that in central collisions the system
undergoes more violent collisions and the system expands very
rapidly. In addition, $\beta_T$ is observed smaller for heavy
particles.
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig4}
\end{center}
Fig. 4. Demonstrates the dependence of $V$ on centrality.
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig5}
\end{center}
Fig. 5. Variation of $T_0$ with $\beta_T$.
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig6}
\end{center}
Fig. 6. Variation of $T_0$ with $V$.
\end{figure*}
\begin{table*}
{\scriptsize Table 1. Values of free parameters $T_0$ and
$\beta_T$, V and q, normalization constant ($N_0$),
$\chi^2$, and degree of freedom (dof) corresponding to the curves
in Figs. 1--6. \vspace{-.50cm}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccccc}\\ \hline\hline
Collisions       & Centrality       & Particle  & $T_0$ (GeV)   &
$\beta_T$ (c)    & $V (fm^3)$      & $q$          & $N_0$
& $\chi^2$/ dof \\ \hline
Fig. 1           & 0--10\%          & $p$       &$0.082\pm0.006$  & $0.454\pm0.009$  & $4000\pm220$ & $1.012\pm0.004$   &$0.019\pm0.005$                  & 5/13\\
Au-Au            & 10--20\%         & --        &$0.086\pm0.005$  & $0.434\pm0.008$  & $3800\pm300$ & $1.015\pm0.005$   &$0.0072\pm0.0004$                & 6/13\\
54.4 GeV          & 20--40\%         &--        &$0.090\pm0.007$  & $0.420\pm0.010$  & $3650\pm234$ & $1.018\pm0.007$   &$0.0019\pm0.0005$                & 11/13\\
                 & 40--60\%         & --        &$0.094\pm0.006$  & $0.370\pm0.008$  & $3400\pm190$ & $1.022\pm0.006$   &$6\times10^{-4}\pm6\times10^{-5}$& 7/13\\
                 & 60--80\%         & --        &$0.099\pm0.002$   & $0.340\pm0.011$   & $3100\pm200$ & $1.024\pm0.007$   &$1.2\times10^{-4}\pm4\times10^{-5}$& 29/13\\
\cline{2-8}
                 & 0--10\%          & $d$       &$0.127\pm0.007$  & $0.360\pm0.010$  & $3000\pm177$ & $1.004\pm0.006$   &$4.15\times10^{-4}\pm4\times10^{-5}$& 10/12\\
                 & 10--20\%         & --        &$0.130\pm0.005$  & $0.340\pm0.009$  & $2700\pm220$ & $1.007\pm0.005$   &$1.5\times10^{-4}\pm5\times10^{-5}$ & 11/12\\
                 & 20--40\%         &--         &$0.134\pm0.005$  & $0.280\pm0.010$  & $2500\pm180$ & $1.011\pm0.004$   &$5.1\times10^{-5}\pm6\times10^{-6}$ & 39/12\\
                 & 40--60\%         & --        &$0.138\pm0.006$  & $0.224\pm0.008$  & $2200\pm200$ & $1.013\pm0.005$   &$1.2\times10^{-5}\pm6\times10^{-6}$ & 3/12\\
                 & 60--80\%         & --        &$0.142\pm0.008$  & $0.130\pm0.009$  & $2000\pm200$ & $1.016\pm0.006$   &$2.7\times10^{-6}\pm4\times10^{-7}$ & 16/10\\
\cline{2-8}
                 & 0--10\%          & $t$    &$0.136\pm0.005$  & $0.340\pm0.007$  & $2200\pm165$ & $1.0002\pm0.004$   &$9.17\times10^{-7}\pm3\times10^{-8}$ & 4/3\\
                 & 10--20\%         & --     &$0.139\pm0.006$  & $0.320\pm0.009$  & $2000\pm150$ & $1.0006\pm0.006$  &$4\times10^{-7}\pm4\times10^{-8}$     & 3/3\\
                 & 20--40\%         &--      &$0.148\pm0.007$  & $0.250\pm0.008$  & $1823\pm135$ & $1.0009\pm0.007$  &$1.4\times10^{-7}\pm6\times10^{-8}$   & 12/8\\
                 & 40--60\%         & --     &$0.154\pm0.006$  & $0.170\pm0.010$  & $1500\pm180$ & $1.0012\pm0.006$ &$3.7\times10^{-8}\pm6\times10^{-9}$    & 6/3\\
\hline
\end{tabular
\end{center}}
\end{table*}

Fig. 4 is same as fig. 3 but shows the centrality dependent freeze
out volume. The freeze out volume decrease with decrease of
centrality due to decreasing the number of participant nucleons.
There are large number of binary collisions due to the
re-scattering of partons in central collisions and therefore the
system with more participants reaches quickly to equilibrium
state. Furthermore, the volume differential scenario is observed
and heavy particles is observed to have less freeze out volume and
this shows the early freeze out heavier particles. The different
freeze out of different particles exhibits different freeze out
surfaces different particles.

Fig. 5 and fig. 6 are the same. Fig. 5 shows the correlation of
$T_0$ and $\beta_T$  and fig. 6 show the correlation of $T_0$ and
$V$. one can see that both $T_0$ and $\beta_T$  and $T_0$ and $V$
exhibits a two dimensional anti-correlation band. Larger the
$T_0$, smaller the $\beta$ and $V$.

\begin{figure*}[htb!]
\begin{center}
\hskip-0.153cm
\includegraphics[width=15cm]{fig7}
\end{center}
Fig. 7 Dependence of $q$ on centrality.
\end{figure*}

Fig. 7 shows the dependence of $q$ on centrality. The parameter
$q$ is smaller in central collisions but as we go from central to
peripheral collisions it is going to increase. The parameter is
varying with mass of the particle, larger $q$ is observed for
light particles. The interacting system stays at equilibrium
because $q$ is being very close to 1.
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Fig. 8. Dependence of $N_0$ on mass and centrality.
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In  Fig 8 the parameter $N_0$ decrease with the mass of the particle. $N_0$ basically shows the multiplicity and it is larger in central collision which decrease towards periphery
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 The study of $p_T$ spectra of the particles may give some fruitful information about effective temperature ($T_{eff}$), initial temperature ($T_i$), thermal/kinetic freezeout temperature ($T_0$), thermal freezeout volume ($V$) of the interacting system, and transverse flow velocity ($\beta_T$) of the final sate particles. We use the fitting method to extract these information by using different models and distributions. In the present work, the blast wave model with Tsallis statistics is used.

The structure of transverse momentum ($p_T$) spectra of charged particles generated in high energy heavy ion collisions is very complex. It is not enough to use only one probability density function to describe the $p_T$ spectra, though this function can be of various forms. Particularly, in case when the maximum $p_T$ reaches to 100 GeV at LHC collisions [41]. Several $p_T$ regions are observed by the model analysis [42], including the first region $p_T$$<$ 4-6 Gev/c, 4-6 Gev/c$<$$p_T$$<$17-20 GeV/c and the third region with $p_T$$>$17-20 GeV/c. The boundaries of different $p_T$ regions at the RHIC are slightly lower. It is expected that different $p_T$ regions  correspond to different interacting mechanisms. Even for the same $p_T$ region, there are different explanations due to different model methods and microcosmic pictures.

According to [42], different whole features of fragmentation and hadronization of partons through the string dynamics corresponds to different $p_T$ regions. The effects and changes by the medium take part in the main role in the first $p_T$ region, while it has weak appearance in second $p_T$ region. At the same time, in the third region, the nuclear transparency results in negligible impact of the medium. From number of strings point of view, the maximum number of strings are in second $p_T$ region that results in fusion and creation of strings and collective behavior of partons. The second $p_T$ region is proposed as a possible area of Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) through the string fusion. While due to direct hadronization of the low energy strings into mesons [42], the first $p_T$ region has the minimum number of strings and maximum number of hadrons. In some cases there may be the contribution region ($p_T$ $<$ 0.2-0.3 GeV/c) of very soft process which is due to resonant production of charged particles e:g pions, and this region is considered as the fourth $p_T$ region. Different components in a unified superposition can describe the four $p_T$ regions. We have two methods in order to structure the unified superposition. First method is the common method of overlapping of the contribution regions of various components, however the second method is the Hagedorn model [38] which exclude this overlapping. If the contribution of hard component in the first method is be neglected in low $p_T$ region due to its small value, the first method can be changed into second method. Indeed the contribution to $T_0$ and $\beta_T$ is less for the hard component. If the spectra in low $p_T$ region is analyzed to extract only $T_0$ and $\beta_T$, then we can give up the second part of eqs.(3) and (4). That is, $f_S(p_T)$ can be used directly from eqs. (1) which also includes the contribution of very-soft component that comes from resonance decays if available in the data. In the present work, the contribution of hard component in low $p_T$ region if available is included in the extraction of $T_0$ and $\beta_T$ which may cause a slight increase in $T_0$ and/or $\beta_T$ but the relative increase can be neglected due to small values [43]. In the present work we only use eqn. (1), which means that the fraction of hard component is zero in low $p_T$ region. But we also show eqs.(3) and (4) to show a method for further analysis if necessary.
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 {\section{Conclusions}}
 The main observations and conclusions are summarized here.

 a) The transverse momentum spectra of proton ($p$), deuteron ($d$) and triton ($t$) are analyzed by the blast wave model with Tsallis statistics and the bulk properties in terms of the kinetic freeze out temperature, transverse flow velocity and kinetic freeze out volume are extracted.

 b) The kinetic freeze out temperature ($T_0$) is observed to increase from central to peripheral collisions. However the transverse flow velocity and freeze out volume is decreasing from central to peripheral collision.

 c) The entropy index ($q$) increasing with from centrality while the parameter $N_0$ is decreasing with centrality.

 d) The kinetic freeze out temperature, transverse flow velocity and freeze out volume decrease with the increasing mass of the particle. Therefore mass differential kinetic freeze out scenario and volume differential freeze out scenario is observed.

 e) both the entropy index ($q$) and the parameter $N_0$ decreasing the mass of particle.

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{\bf Data availability}

The data used to support the findings of this study are included
within the article and are cited at relevant places within the
text as references.
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{\bf Compliance with Ethical Standards}

The authors declare that they are in compliance with ethical
standards regarding the content of this paper.
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{\bf Acknowledgements}

The authors would like to thank support from the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11875052, 11575190, and 11135011).
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Trade unions from Portugal's Common Front of the Public Administration decided on Tuesday to call a national strike for 15 February, Common Front head Ana Avoila announced at the end of a meeting held in Lisbon.
Avoila said, trade unions agreed to call a strike to protest against the government's lack of proposals to raise salaries in the public sector.
She told journalists at the end of the session that strikes were always a "last resort" and said she hoped the government would "take note" of that.
At the end of the plenary session, leaders and activists paraded up to the ministry of finance.
At the centre of the protests is a government proposal to raise salaries for the public service from €580 in 2018 to €635.07 in 2019.
The salary increase in 2019 is expected to cover around 70,000 civil servants and could cost €50 million, according to the government.
While employers' associations accept the agreement to raise the national minimum wage next year to €600, trade unions demand a bigger increase.
Portugal has seen strong recovery since the 2011-2014 financial crisis and the ruling minority Socialist government has been rolling back austerity over the past three years, with the economy supported by foreign investment, tourism and rising exports.


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A little less than 11 months ago, Guelph, Ont.'s Robert Wickens was fighting for his life in hospital. Many thought he would never walk again, let alone drive a car, but the Canadian is getting back behind the wheel this weekend.
No, Wickens isn't racing, but he'll be pacing the NTT Data IndyCar Series drivers ahead of the Honda Indy Toronto driving an Acura NSX equipped with hand controls on Sunday.
"I was able to get a couple practice laps in yesterday, and it put a huge smile on my face. Just to think how fortunate I am, one, to have such great partners around me to make this happen. Racing is my dream, it's my passion, it's all I want to do. And to have a company like Arrow to be so hands-on building the hand controls and then a company like Honda that somehow trusts me with a very expensive car is — I still don't know why. But I actually bent a wheel already," Wickens said in a Friday press conference. "I'm notoriously hard on equipment. I tell everyone that when I start working with them.
Wickens was severely injured in a crash at Pocono Raceway last August that left him with a spinal cord injury. He was placed in a medically-induced coma for nearly two weeks. When he emerged, it would be a long road to recovery, one that isn't finished yet.
"It's been a big eye-opener for me, this whole injury. I have a whole new perspective on life, which I guess there's good to take away from that, but the biggest thing for me is when I was in rehab every single day, it was the support that I had from my racing partners, from my family, from [my fiancee] Karli, from all the fans, from everyone that kind of was getting me there to the gym the next day, and I was always — when I was at rehab, I was just patient 31265, and then you get to become friends with these patients and you hear their story, and then like I get back to my place at the end of the day and I kind of think like, man, I'm so lucky that I have such great support everywhere.
"If I'm having a bad day, just all my fans can just come and pick me up where everyone else can easily get into this big spiral and get into some depression and everything," Wickens said.
Returning to his hometown, Wickens bore witness to hordes of fans wearing his hats and t-shirts, a sight he doesn't take lightly, especially still being so new to IndyCar fans.
"It's phenomenal. The support that I got from this race last year was a crazy, crazy experience," he said. "Everyone — when I look back on my season, like this race was the highlight of my year. It wasn't the Indy 500, it wasn't my first podium in Phoenix, it was this one, just because it was my first home race in 12 years, and to get on the podium and to feel the home support, again, for the first time in so long, it was just incredible.
"And then to be honest, since I've been back, since post-injury, every race I've been to has almost had that same atmosphere. Everyone is just so supportive of me in my recovery to get back, and the INDYCAR fans are one of the best in the business, and they're so loyal and they're so passionate. Like I touched on before, it's them that really kind of picked me up on my down days, and being here, seeing so many hats and shirts is — it makes me want to get back. I want those guys to have a reason to wear the shirt, not to make it a pajama shirt or something."
As Wickens gets ready for another set of hot laps on Sunday, he still has his eyes on the future; making it to the finish line, of which he has many. His first finish line is dancing with his fiancee Karli at their wedding in a few months.
"I think the target after the wedding is to hopefully have a trial basis steering wheel setup so I can get on the Honda IndyCar simulator and get to work," he said.
Before all that, he'll drive the Acura NSX on Sunday, and if he has it his way, he'll make more than the intended one-and-a-half pace laps around the circuit.
"I'm trying to figure out what that penalty would be if I just kept going."
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Obscure esoterica, obsolete scholarship, yesteryear's pamphlets of the utopian imagination, poetic ravings from the far side of the canon, self-published novels whose entire print runs would (and did in fact) fit in a shoe box, cookbooks espousing the culinary aesthetics of the eighties – anything goes, as long as it's the sort of thing that seems to leap off the shelf with ferocious oddness.
Poring over, say, Bible Object Lessons for Boys and Girls, Practical Astral Projection or The Book of Garnishes, one may find the imagination running wild. What kind of person would have written such a thing? Who might have bought this book, read it, proudly displayed it as a mark of good taste? Through what procession of circumstances did it end up here, on this shelf, to be leafed through by me?
Dog-eared hauls takes these questions as the departure point for a series of playful meditations upon the life of ageing books. It explores the historical situations in which they were created, and takes the reader on a tour through their yellowing pages. It serves as a homage to the gracefully, and sometimes less gracefully deteriorating cultural artifacts that line the walls of second-hand bookstores, those underappreciated palaces of forgotten lore that always seem to be on the verge of going out of business.
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In an interview with NIQASH, the representative of the Syrian Kurdish party running Kurdish parts of Syria talks about their contingency plan, for after the revolution.
Talk to any Syrian Kurd and he or she will tell you that ever since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, the Kurdish have been managing their own affairs in areas of Syria where mostly Kurdish live, and they are doing it very well indeed, thank you very much. And it is true that, unlike many other parts of Syria, many of the Kurdish-dominated areas have not faced as much violence or unrest.
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Order of Battle: Sandstorm - A look at the new scenarios
In 1940 Italy joined World War II on the Axis side. In the same year, an offensive was launched with an aim of defeating the British forces in Egypt. Disaster followed, with a British counterattack where Italian forces were defeated in detail and lost part of their Libyan colony. Germany hastily sent a small blocking force to prevent the loss of all of North Africa and it is here that the player enters!
The Campaign starts with first the German clashes with British and Commonwealth forces over the Cyrenaica region. The Campaign in North Africa was characterized by a high degree of motorization on both sides, leading to dynamic and mobile warfare. This feature is included in the game as well where you will need lots of trucks for your army to keep up with your tanks.
Another characteristic of war in the desert was its dire supply situation. Partly due to delivery across the sea, partly to distances on the ground and of course partly due to enemy action, there was never enough of it for all ambitions. Order of Battle's supply mechanics shine in this respect and a variety of situations related to supply are a watchword of the Sandstorm Campaign.
Historically Axis forces were defeated and expelled from Africa, but many what-if speculations have arisen since. The Sandstorm Campaign will allow you to explore some of those what-ifs by exploring semi-historical situations without going too much into fiction. But most importantly, based on your success of achieving secondary objectives, the next scenarios could feature significant territorial and tactical changes.
Historical setting:
After the crushing defeat of the Italian army, Rommel arrived in Africa in February 1941. After his troops were unloaded they staged military parade in Tripoli and were immediately sent to front. They were followed by more troops via the same route.
Their task was to establish a defensive line at El Agheila and protect Tripolitania from further British advances. This proved to be unnecessary because the British had outrun their supply capacity and were diverted to Greece to counter incoming attacks there.
At the end of March, Rommel decided to launch probing attacks and since the British had insufficient strength remaining they ordered a retreat. This only motivated Rommel to push even harder disobeying orders and neglecting all supply difficulties.
In a very short time all of Cyrenaica was in Axis hands. All but one harbour - Tobruk.
Scenario description:
Immediately at start of campaign player can fill his core with German and Italian units.
The map itself provides for several routes of advance once the first line is breached and all require use of motorized transportation for Infantry. Your Supply dwindles with time and it is imperative to acquire your opponent's supply bases in order to keep the offensive going.
Many historical events could repeat themselves, like the blowing of supply bases during the British retreat, capturing General O'Connor, Australian units moving towards Tobruk while the rear-guard is protecting their retreat. Additionally some things could go differently than the historical operation, like the capture of Tobruk.
Since the capture of Tobruk is a secondary objective and is a very challenging one to achieve, the player is allowed to fulfil their primary objectives first before proceeding to secondary ones.
The British plan to relieve Tobruk was to send armoured groups through the desert with an aim to attract Axis armour and defeat it in one big tank battle. Their Infantry was to swing behind the frontier positions, seal it and continue down the road supported by slower infantry tanks. The Tobruk garrison was to break out when circumstances became favourable.
The Movement of the tank groups did not attract Axis armour because Rommel thought it was a faint and an Axis planned attack on Tobruk was just about to start. At this moment British separated their tanks into three columns. One going to Bir el Gubi, other one to Sidi Rezegh and the third one was kept in reserve. Soon enough the fiercest battles emerged around Sidi Rezegh and units from both sides were rushed there, creating a confusing battle with shifting frontlines and layers of enemy units running into each other.
Two things saved the British, Rommel's idea to turn his armour into the British rear in an attempt to destroy their supply and the intervention of Commander-in-Chief Middle East to relieve the British commander and prevent the British units from retreating. New replacements were poured into battle and the British continued the battle at Sidi Rezegh whilst the Axis were driving deep into their rear.
The Battle of attrition went in favour of Allies, connection with Tobruk was established and Rommel ordered a retreat, leaving frontier garrisons to their fate.
The player cannot be utterly defeated in this scenario. You can either crush the Allied forces and change history or, if the pressure becomes to strong, you can authorize a strategic withdrawal and fight another day at the Gazala line. This means that this is the spot where the campaign branches before it rejoins again in semi-historical invasion of Malta.
This scenario also has two variant setups depending on whether Tobruk was captured in the previous scenario. If Tobruk is already held by the Axis, then the Allies will not try to relieve it but just to recapture it. This brings different starting positions and a few tricky changes in strategy by the British.
The Scenario itself is intense and demanding with many areas to cover. Will you form a defence line in front of Allies or will you rush into their rear to destroy supply and hamper all of their army? If Allies establish connection to Tobruk, don't worry, you will get a second chance to nullify their gains but in a tight time limit.
Do you want to feel that you are making an influence on the battlefield? Well this one is for you.
Gazala
After the see-saw battles of late 1941 and early 1942, the frontline had stabilized at the so-called Gazala Line. Both sides were preparing an attack on the other. Rommel was faster. The Northern sector was heavily defended and the Axis only staged a feint attack there while their main force swept across the desert and outflanked the line to the South.
Finding itself behind Allied static positions and minefields and confronted by armour on the other side, Rommel realized that he needed to shorten his supply routes before proceeding further. This sequence of events is known as the Cauldron battles where the main Axis force resisted British armour with an anti-tank screen while, at the same time, reducing the British 150th Brigade in their rear and clearing extensive minefields for their supply convoys to pass.
When the shortening of their supply route was complete, and British armour was destroyed, the Axis mobile columns hurried towards the Allied supply bases. The Base at Belhamed rail station was blown up whilst Tobruk surrendered! The Capture of fuel at Tobruk allowed the Axis forces to move forward.
The Allied unit dispositions, including minefields, were made based on historical sources. Rommel's greatest victory will ask nothing less of you. As long as you avoid heavy defenses on the north momentum can be maintained. The Southern part of the map, as well as the rear, provides more approaches.
The Secondary objectives are lined up in a way to facilitate your path to victory and maintain focus, as well as being historically inspired. Transporting cargo trucks will give you actual supply output to help fight against dwindling supply over time.
Also, besides controlling territory you are tasked to destroy the British Army. But do not worry, if they are cut from their rear this will cause units to abandon heavily dug in positions and make them easier to destroy. Who knows, if you get lucky maybe the Tobruk garrison will surrender to you, Herr General!
This is actually a semi-historical setting because Operation Herkules, the Axis invasion of Malta, was planned and could have happened, but didn't. The Germans had reservations about it due to heavy losses of Fallschirmjäger on Crete and because a seaborne operation would depend upon the Italians. When Rommel captured stocks of fuel at Tobruk he was eager to continue with his offensive and Operation Herkules was called off.
This Scenario features airborne and seaborne amphibious landings followed by land combat, while the Regia Marina holds the Royal Navy at bay and on top of this there is a need to control the skies.
But, before the scenario escalates into full scale battle involving all military branches, its elements are introduced gradually and in subsequent phases.
The first phase is the airborne invasion with the task of establishing an operational airfield. The player can select the difficulty of this task. They can aim for more airfields at the same time at the expense of a dispersed and more vulnerable force or they can concentrate on fewer objectives but with stronger force concentration. Higher the risk, higher the reward!
The Second phase includes seaborne landings but, in order for it to start, certain coastal batteries need to be neutralized first. There are several landing places to choose from and it is wise to destroy the coastal batteries covering those approaches.
In the third phase of attack you are to proceed to your objectives whilst at the same time protecting the supply routes of the land forces on the island. The Royal Navy will be alerted by this time and only thing between them and your invasion force is the Regia Marina.
Kasserine Pass
Tunisia is characterized by mountainous terrain and while those mountains had several passes those that had road and railroad networks were more important than the others.
Kasserine was one such important pass with two rail-lines from the Tunisian coast meeting there before proceeding inland and further, to the Algerian coast.
If the Axis were to destroy the Allied forces in Tunisia, then they needed to get through the Kasserine Pass then break out toward Algerian coast and encircle the Allied armies, leaving them with no major port to resupply.
Logistics and Axis strength at the time was what made such plans impracticable.
Higher levels of command had disagreements about the scope and purpose of forthcoming Axis offensives. Various plans were laid down. A less ambitious one called for the capture of Thala and Sbiba as prerequisites for an attack on Le Kef to disrupt the Allied flank and gain time. A more ambitious plan called for capture of Tebessa as a prerequisite for an attack on Bone at Algerian coast.
In such unclear conditions Rommel tried too much with too little probing along all lines and eventually retreated.
The objectives in this scenario depict this strategic dilemma.
The Victory objectives are contradictory to one another, meaning you can achieve only one and never both.
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Q: Is the Cartesian product of finitely many metric spaces also a metric space? If so, what about completeness? Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let  $p$ be a real number such that $p \geq 1$. Let $(X_1, d_1), \ldots, (X_n, d_n)$ be metric spaces, and let the set $X$ be given by
$$X \colon= \Pi_{k=1}^n =  X_1 \times \cdots \times X_n.$$
Let the function $d \colon X \times X \to \mathbb{R}$ be defined as follows: for any points $x \colon= (x_1, \ldots, x_n)$, $y \colon= (y_1, \ldots, y_n) \in X$, let
$$
d(x, y) \colon= \sqrt[p]{ \sum_{k=1}^n \left[d_k (x_k, y_k) \right]^p}.
$$
Then is $d$  a metric on $X$?
What if $0 < p < 1$?
For verifying the properties (M1) through (M3) for $d$, we can apply the corresponding properties of the "coordinate" metrics.
What about (m4), the  triangle inequality?
My feeling is that $d$ is a metric at least for $p \geq 1$.
Moreover, if $d$ is a metric, then  what about the following assertion?
$(X,d)$ is complete if and only if $(X_k, d_k)$ is complete for each $k = 1, \ldots, n$.

A: Yes its an $l_p$ metric for $p \geq 1$ for $0 < p < 1$ its a pseudometric, you need to prove 2 previous inequalities before proving M4), Young's and Hölder's. As for the second question, yes its complete, I'll do the one for $n=2$ just to simplify.
Suppose $(X_1, d_1)$ and $(X_2, d_2)$ are complete, then given a cauchy sequence in any of the spaces you know it has a limit which resides in them. Now take a cauchy sequence in the product space, $z_n = (x_n, y_n)$, you know that given $\varepsilon$ there is some $N > 0$ such that for all $n, m > N$, $d(z_n, z_m) < \varepsilon$. But this means that $$d(z_n, z_m) = \sqrt[p]{ d_1 (x_n, x_m)^p + d_2(y_n, y_m)^p } < \varepsilon$$
From here you get that the coordinates are cauchy themselves, because  $$d_1(x_n, x_m) = \sqrt[p]{ d_1 (x_n, x_m)^p} < d(z_n, z_m) = \sqrt[p]{ d_1 (x_n, x_m)^p + d_2(y_n, y_m)^p } < \varepsilon$$ and $$ d_2(y_n, y_m) = \sqrt[p]{ d_1 (y_n, y_m)^p} < d(z_n, z_m) = \sqrt[p]{ d_1 (x_n, x_m)^p + d_2(y_n, y_m)^p } < \varepsilon$$  if you pick the original limit in each for each coordinate you'll get that this new 2-tuple is the limit  in the product space. To prove the the inverse you use a similar logic but this time getting a limit in the product space (for this in the product space let all the coordinates be constant except the one that is cauchy in the space you want to prove is complete).

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Sunbury sizzling this weekend
By Lenny C. Lepola - For The Gazette
Southwynd goes onstage at 3:30 during Saturday's Sunbury Sizzle & Sounds, and plays until 5.
Sunbury's Sizzle & Sounds event returns for another summer on Saturday.
Four years ago, Teresa Dronsfield gained approval from Sunbury Village Council to hold a late August food and music festival, Sunbury Sizzle & Sounds, on Sunbury Village Square.
Unbeknownst to Dronsfield, Jane White, then-owner of Mudflats Bar & Grill, had received a nod of approval from Galena council for the Greater Galena Civic Association to hold Galena Summerfest on the same date.
It could have been a scheduling disaster, until Dronsfield and White put their heads together, made lemonade by joining the two festivals via a shuttle bus, and what began as an accident turned into a Big Walnut area end-of-summer staple.
Affectionately known as Dos Festivals, Sunbury Sizzle & Sounds and Galena Summerfest drew better-than-expected crowds, estimated at more than 7,000 at each festival last summer; and both festivals return this year from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Leadership has changed. White sold Mudflats and is less involved in Galena Civic Association events. Sizzle & Sounds, now under the Big Walnut Civic Association umbrella, is co-chaired by Dronsfield, owner of the Giant Lemonade Cup concession; Cindy Erndt, a member of the Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors; and Sunbury Fiscal Officer Kathy Belcher.
Both festivals have outdoor beer gardens – Galena Summerfest all day long, Sunbury Sizzle & Sounds from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m.; and both festivals are served by a 55-passenger air-conditioned coach for shuttling between Sunbury and Galena.
For safety reasons this year, Sunbury Village Council members banned all dogs, except medical assistance dogs, from the Sizzle & Sounds fenced beer garden area.
Dronsfield said Sizzle & Sounds will host an 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. BBQ cook-off this year instead of a best pizza contest – won last year by PaPa Steve's Pizza.
"The Big Walnut High School classes of 1995 and 1985 are having their reunions during the festival, and it's also an unofficial class of 1984 reunion," Dronsfield said. "We're adding some additional picnic tables around the square near the bandstand to make that area more user-friendly, although we still encourage people to bring blankets and lawn chairs."
Dronsfield said the Sizzle & Sound Kids Zone would be open to 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with a giant slide, bounce houses, a petting zoo and a bull-riding machine; the bull-riding machine will be moved to the beer garden area for a bull-riding contest later during the evening.
Entertainment at the stage area begins at noon with Midwest Cheer Elite Columbus. At 12:30 Brittany Hatfield & Dustin Miller come onstage, followed at 1 p.m. by Lex Center Dance. At 1:30 Jordan Apple is onstage, followed at 2 p.m. by a one-hour DJ Mix.
Following the 3 p.m. announcement of the BBQ cook-off winner, Southwynd will play until 5; Nashville Crush plays until 6:30; Lepolion Effect until 8; Shucking Bubba Deluxe until 9:30; and the evening closes out with Lt. Dan's New Legs.
"We owe the success and growth of Sizzle & Sounds largely in part to the creation of the Big Walnut Civic Association," Dronsfield said. "Kathy Belcher, Cindy Erndt and myself are the official committee, but we couldn't do it alone. We have amazing people in place to ensure that all areas of Sizzle runs smoothly. We look forward of the support of the community and a day filled with friends, music and sunny skies."
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By Lenny C. Lepola
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