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We solve the (2+1)D nonlinear Helmholtz equation (NLH) for input beams that collapse in the simpler NLS model. Thereby, we provide the first ever numerical evidence that nonparaxiality and backscattering can arrest the collapse. We also solve the (1+1)D NLH and show that solitons with radius of only half the wavelength can propagate over forty diffraction lengths with no distortions. In both cases we calculate the backscattered field, which has not been done previously. Finally, we compute the dynamics of counter-propagating solitons using the NLH model, which is more comprehensive than the previously used coupled NLS model.
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The nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) is the canonical model in nonlinear optics for propagation of intense laser beams in isotropic Kerr media. In the case of propagation through a bulk medium, Kelley [1] used the 2D NLS to predict the possibility of a catastrophic collapse of beams whose input power is above the critical power for collapse. In the case of propagation through planar waveguides, the 1D NLS was used to predict the existence of spatial solitons [2]. Both beam collapse in bulk medium and spatial solitons in planar waveguides were observed in experiments [3, 4]. More recently, configurations of two counter-propagating beams were modeled by two coupled NLS equations [5].
In nonlinear optics, the NLS is derived from the nonlinear Maxwell equations via a series of approximations. First, if the electric field is monochromatic and third harmonic generation is neglected, Maxwell's equations reduce to the vector nonlinear Helmholtz equation (NLH). If the field is also linearly polarized, the vector NLH reduces to the scalar NLH [6]. Finally, the NLS is derived from the scalar NLH using the paraxial approximation, which is valid when the beam radius is sufficiently large compared with the wavelength. As, however, the 2D NLS predicts that the beam radius shrinks to zero at collapse, the paraxial approximation breaks down at this point. In the case of spatial 1D solitons, the paraxial approximation sets a lower limit on the soliton radius.
The singular behavior of the 2D NLS solutions for collapsing beams is non-physical. Therefore, an important question is whether the singularity formation is already arrested by taking one step back in the aforementioned series of approximations and employing the scalar NLH model, or only in a more comprehensive model. Both the mathematical analysis and simulations of the scalar NLH have proved to be considerably more difficult than for the NLS, since for the NLH one solves a nonlinear boundary-value problem, whereas the NLS requires solving an initial value problem. An additional computational obstacle is that unlike the NLS, which governs the slowly varying envelope, the NLH has to be approximated with sub-wavelength resolution. For these reasons, the question of collapse in the scalar NLH model was not fully answered for over 40 years.
Previously, numerical simulations and asymptotic analysis [7, 8, 9] suggested that nonparaxiality arrests the collapse in bulk medium. These studies, however, applied various simplifying approximations to the scalar NLH. In particular, they considered only forward traveling waves and completely neglected the backscattered field. Even though backscattering is generally believed to be "small", it may still significant affect the overall propagation, because collapse dynamics in the 2D cubic NLS is extremely sensitive to small perturbations [10].
To study the arrest of collapse in the scalar NLH with no simplifying assumptions (and in particular, with the backscattering included), Fibich and Tsynkov developed a fixed-point iterative numerical method for solving the NLH as genuine boundary value problem [11, 12], which is based on freezing the nonlinearity at each iteration. This method converged for input powers below the critical power for collapse Pcr, but diverged for input powers higher than Pcr. It was unclear, however, whether the divergence above Pcr was due to limitations of the numerical method, or because collapse is not arrested in the scalar NLH model. Subsequently, the method of [11, 12] was used to show numerically the arrest of collapse in the linearly-damped scalar NLH [13]. In that work, however, the magnitude of damping was much larger than in actual physical settings, and could not be reduced to zero. More recently, Sever proved existence of solutions (and hence arrest of collapse) in the scalar NLH with self-adjoint boundary conditions [14]. The proof in [14], however, relies heavily on self-adjointness, whereas propagating fields satisfy radiation boundary conditions (BCs), which are non self-adjoint. Therefore, until now, there has been no conclusive evidence that the collapse is arrested in the scalar NLH model.
Fig. 1.
In [15], we studied numerically the (0+1)D NLH, which models the propagation of plane waves in a Kerr medium. In this case, the solution always exists, but becomes non-unique (bistable) above a certain input power threshold [16]. Numerically, we observed that the fixedpoint frozen nonlinearity method of [11, 12] converges for low input powers, but diverges for higher powers which are still below the threshold for non-uniqueness. This indicates that the divergence of the fixed-point frozen nonlinearity method is due to the numerical methodology itself, rather than to non-uniqueness or non-existence of the solutions. Therefore, an alternative iterative solver, based on Newton's method, was constructed and shown to have much better convergence properties. In this Letter, we extend the Newton-based method of [15] to the multi-dimensional case. The resulting technique enables us to solve the (2+1)D NLH for input powers above Pcr. Hence, we obtain the first ever computational evidence that the collapse of the beam is indeed arrested in the scalar NLH model. We also calculate the field backscattered from the domain. Moreover, we solve the (1+1)D NLH for a "nonparaxial" soliton with radius equal to half a wavelength, and observe that it propagates virtually unchanged over 40 diffraction lengths. This indicates that such beams are still in the paraxial regime. Finally, we solve the (1+1)D NLH for two counter-propagating beams and compare the results to those obtained using the coupled NLS model.
The propagation of linearly polarized, continuous wave beams in isotropic Kerr media is governed by the scalar nonlinear Helmholtz equation:
where E is the electric field, k 0 is the linear wavenumber, n 0 is the linear index of refraction and n 2 is the Kerr coefficient. In the bulk medium (2+1)D case x ⊥=(x,y) and Δ⊥=∂2 x+∂2 y; in the planar waveguide (1+1)D case x ⊥=x and Δ⊥=∂2 x. We consider an incoming beam traveling in the positive z direction (henceforth "forward" or "right") impinging on a finite-length Kerr material slab at the z=0 interface and exiting the Kerr medium at the z=Z max interface, see Fig. 1(A). A portion of the field may be reflected by the interfaces at z=0 or z=Z max, or backscattered inside the Kerr medium, because of the variations of the index of refraction induced by the forward-propagating beam. To derive the NLS, the standard approach is to represent the field as , where the envelope A is assumed slowly varying. Using the standard rescaling x̃ ⊥=x ⊥/r 0, z̃=z/2LDF and , where r 0 is the input beam radius and LDF=k 0 r 2 0 is the diffraction length, the NLH can be written in the dimensionless form
where is the nonparaxiality parameter. Typically λ 0≪r 0 so that f 2≪1 and f 2 Ã z̃z̃≪Ãz̃. Therefore, the paraxial approximation, which consists of neglecting f 2 Ãz̃z̃, leads to the NLS
In our simulations, the (2+1)D NLH with cylindrical symmetry, i.e., E=E(z, r) where , is approximated with a fourth order finite-difference scheme. The solution is computated for -δ≤z≤Zmax+δ in order to implement the BCs in the linear regions. At the material interfaces z=0 and z=Z max where the index of refraction is discontinuous, Maxwell equations for a normal-incident field imply that E and Ez are continuous across the interfaces. At z=Z max+δ we imposed the radiation BC that the field does not have any left-going component for z>Z max, see Fig. 1(C). Similarly, at z=-δ we implement the two-way radiation BC that for z<0 the field does not have right-going components except for the prescribed incoming beam which impinges on the interface z=0 with a transverse profile E inc(r), see Fig. 1(D). Because z=-δ and z=Z max+δ are outside the Kerr slab, the field propagation there is linear, which simplifies the implementation of the radiation BCs, see [11, 12] for more details. The discretized system of nonlinear algebraic equations is solved using Newton's method [15].
In order to focus on the effects of the Kerr nonlinearity, the values of n 0 in the Kerr medium (0≤z≤Z max) and in the surrounding linear medium (z<0 and at z>Z max) are chosen to be equal, so that to eliminate the reflections due to discontinuity of n 0 at the interfaces. However, discontinuities in the nonlinear coefficient are not eliminated, and are a source of reflections at z=0,Z max. Our numerical method can be applied to the case of different n 0 with no change [15]. Note that, since we solve the NLH in non-dimensional form, simulations in this Letter are valid for any physical value of k0, n0, n2 that corresponds to the same dimensionless quantities f 2 and P/Pcr.
The (2+1)D NLH (1) was solved for an incoming collimated Gaussian beam of radius r 0=1.27λ 0, corresponding to nonparaxiality parameter of f 2=(k 0 r 0)-2=1/64, and input power of P=1.29Pcr. The NLH solution initially self-focuses, until z≈0.8LDF where the collapse is arrested, after which the solution defocuses, see Fig. 2(A). The corresponding NLS solution collapses at zc=0.68LDF, see Fig. 2(C). This comparison of the NLH and NLS provides a direct numerical evidence that collapse is arrested in the scalar NLH model.
The fast oscillations of |E|2 in the z direction in Fig. 2(A) are not a numerical artifact, but rather account for the actual physics. Indeed, let us first note that a part of the forward-propagating wave is reflected backwards by the material interfaces at z=0 and z=Z max. In addition, since the forward propagating beam induces changes in the refraction index, part of the beam may be backscattered inside the Kerr medium. The presence of both forward and backward traveling fields, i.e,
implies that . Hence, |E|2 should undergo oscillations with wavenumber ~2k 0. Note that the analytical solutions of the (0+1)D NLH also exhibit these 2k 0 intensity oscillations [16]. The prediction that the intensity undergoes 2k 0 oscillations implies that the index of refraction also oscillates. In other words, the backward traveling field induces a 2k 0 Bragg grating. This prediction may be tested by pump-probe experiments. In order to find a smoother representation of the solution, recall that for the NLS (3) the conserved beam power is PNLS=∫|Ã|2 d x̃ ⊥. For the NLH (1), however, the conserved beam power is PNLH=∫Sz d x ⊥, where S=k 0Im(E*∇E) is the energy flux, or Poynting vector, and is its z-component. Specifically, for the field (4) the value of Sz reduces to the flux difference Sz≈k 2 0 (|A|2-|B|2). It is therefore much smoother than |E|2, and provides a "more natural" depiction of the NLH solution, as confirmed by comparing Sz of Fig. 2(B) with |E|2 of Fig. 2(A). The energy flux Sz shows the arrest of collapse and the focusing-defocusing dynamics more clearly, see also Fig. 2(C).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
In order to analyze the effect of the nonparaxiality parameter f 2, in Fig. 3 we fix the wavelength and vary the input beam radius r 0 (while keeping the power unchanged) so that f -2=36, 64, and 144. All the NLH solutions initially follow the collapsing NLS solution, but later the collapse is arrested and the solution defocuses. As expected, for a wider input beam (lower nonparaxiality), the deviations from the NLS solution and the arrest of collapse occur later, and the maximum self-focusing is higher. Again we see that |E|2 has 2k 0 oscillations (whose magnitude increases as the input beam becomes more nonparaxial), while the energy flux Sz is smooth.
Our numerical algorithm for solving the NLH also enables the computation of backscattering from the Kerr medium. In Fig. 3(C), we present the backward propagating field profiles for the previous three solutions, just before the material interface at z=0. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever calculation of the backscattered field of collapsing beams, which is due to backscattering from inside the Kerr medium and reflections from the nonlinear interface. As the input beam radius r 0 decreases, the power of the backscattered field increases from 0.46% to 0.63%, to 2.1% of the incoming beam power. This, as well as a comparison of magnitudes of oscillations in Figure 3(A), shows that the backscattered field increases as the input beam becomes more nonparaxial.
Fig. 4.
In (1+1)D configurations, the NLS possesses stable soliton solutions. It is generally believed that the paraxial approximation breaks down when the beam width becomes comparable to λ0 and that, therefore, no solitons of such narrow width exist. To see that this is not the case, the (1+1)D NLH (1) is solved for the incoming NLS-soliton profile sech (x/r 0) with width r 0=λ0/2, impinging on a Kerr slab of finite length Z max=40LDF. As in the (2+1)D case, we impose continuity of E and Ez at the material interfaces z=0 and z=Z max, and apply the radiation BCs in the linear regions at z=-δ and z=Z max +δ. The solution inside the Kerr-slab resembles a "nonparaxial soliton" which propagates virtually unchanged, see Fig. 4(A). We note that even for such a narrow beam, the nonparaxiality parameter is still moderate, as f 2=1/π 2≈0.1, which may explain why there there still exist soliton-like solutions. Similarly to the (2+1)D case, because a part of the forward propagating beam is backscattered, |E|2 exhibits the fast 2k 0 oscillations (Fig. 4(B)), while Sz is smooth. In this case, the backscattered field leads to 10% oscillations in |E|2.
Posada, McDonald and New [17, 18] studied solutions of the (1+1)D Helmholtz equation over a semi-infinite Kerr medium, of the form . In later works they found similar stationary states for different nonlinearities [19, 20]. These solutions do not have any backward propagating components. In contrast, for the finite-length Kerr medium simulation of Fig 4, some backward moving waves must exist, because of reflections from the material discontinuity at z=Z max, and the full NLH as a boundary-value problem must be solved.
Another (1+1)D configuration of recent interest is that of counter-propagating beams, when a right traveling soliton impinges at the left interface and a left traveling beam impinges at the right interface (Fig. 1(B)). This configuration was analyzed numerically by Cohen et al.[5] using a coupled NLS system, which is derived from the NLH by employing the paraxial approximation and further assuming that asynchronous terms of the Kerr nonlinearity can be neglected. In doing so, the BCs should simultaneously account for the coupled incoming and outgoing fields at each interface. As noted in [5], these BCs can only be approximately accommodated in the coupled NLS model. In contrast, they can be fully implemented in the NLH model, without any approximation. Figure 5 presents our solution of the NLH for counter-propagating beams of radius r 0=λ 0 that enter a Kerr material slab at the opposite interfaces with a transverse displacement of d=4.4λ 0, and propagate over 10LDF. It shows that the beams are slightly attracted toward each other and also become wider as they propagate. The results are in close agreement with the coupled NLS model, see Fig. 5(B). Therefore, the more comprehensive NLH model confirms the validity of the coupled NLS model for counter-propagating beams even for the "extreme" parameters of r 0=λ 0 and d=4.4λ 0.
In this work, we solve the scalar NLH (1), which is the simplest model for the propagation of light in Kerr media that incorporates nonparaxial effects, backscattering and reflections from material interfaces. Moreover, unlike the NLS, it accurately models the propagation of oblique beams and reflections from interfaces at arbitrary angles. This model neglects vectorial effects, i.e., linear and nonlinear coupling between the three components of the electric field. We note that the vectorial effects scale as f 2, and hence are of the same order of magnitude as nonparaxiality. In bulk media, they have been shown to have the same effect as nonparaxiality, which is to arrest the collapse [21, 6]. In contrast, in planar waveguides, the solitons are stable. Hence, when r 0=λ 0/2, f 2 is small, and so we expect that both nonparaxial and vectorial effects are likely to have a secondary effect on the propagation dynamics. Therefore, the sub-wavelength solitons predicted in the Letter are likely to remain stable also in the more comprehensive vector NLH model.
Fig. 5.
The research of G.B. and G.F. was partially supported by Grant No. 2006-262 from the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF). The work of S.T. was supported by the US NSF, Grant No. DMS-0509695, and US Air Force, Grant No. FA9550-07-1-0170.
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It's not what Elizabethtown resident Aaron Rucker does so much as what he doesn't do that put him on the trail to become president of Greenspace Inc.
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Comedian Groucho Marx is attributed as saying "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
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Weise was among those who helped re-establish Friends of the Hardin County Public Library last May, and he became president of the organization.
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2015 Legends Regatta
The Bay of Plenty's Largest Sailing Regatta is once again under way.
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The Labour Weekend dash to Great Mercury Island for the Legends Regatta proved a success again for the 11th time. All boats that entered (32) all made it to The Cove, along with a handful of "unregistered" boats. With the Skippers Briefing bought forward to the Wednesday night, a 3rd of the fleet left early on Thursday in light conditions to make a real weekend of it. The best of the wind blew the balance of the fleet in on Friday but thankfully with no reported "miss adventures" as usually happens.
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The customary buzz of tenders making their way between yachts occurred on Friday night as skippers and crews settled in for a weekend of socializing. Two men in a boat named "Invincible" started visitations with the skipper manning the outboard on departure…only to give control to the crew for a safe return passage home after several hours. According to the skipper, the next day, the key to avoiding any "un wellness" post partying, is to simply not go to sleep and to continue festivities. Something not recommended if skippering your vessel in a race the next day.
On Saturday the race course took the fleet around Never Fail Rock. Formula One did everyone the courtesy of sailing half the race with just her mainsail up. On behalf of us "Mino's" chasing you, thanks for that.
Santana didn't rush to the start line……….and why should she! The crew was so confident they made their approach to the start line and signed in during the final countdown.
The crew on Instigator 111 looked like they were out for a Sunday sail………but quietly and casually made it extremely difficult for Hanse Free to sail over top of her.
Every year, some time during the weekend, a skipper becomes the proud recipient of the "Silver Spade" award. This year, it looked like all yachts remained "upright" and that no one would be worthy of the trophy but it has come to the committees attention that "Psychic" , one of the Auckland Stewarts was seen with a slight lean. Congratulations.
Sundays round the island race was thwart with peril for some vessels, especially the start boat. With enough wind to make for a good race, Hanse Free as start boat had some trouble maintaining position at the start line. Persuader gave no leniency to the "motor vs sail" rule expecting the start boat to move for her.
A protest came from Not Negotiable that the start line was too short so to ensure they didn't get themselves boxed in, they jumped the line………..by a boat length. Unfortunately this tactic was unsuccessful with the start official calling them back for a 2nd start.
The prize giving and customary rum gathering on the island was a little more colourful this year with a silly hat competition. Congratulations Megan….your hat was so silly it deserved the 1st prize. We also had an opportunity to thank one of the islands owners this year, Michael Fay, as he joined us for the prize giving. Great Mercury Island surely is a little piece of paradise and on behalf of everyone that participates in this regatta, we thank the owners for tolerating our small invasion year after year.
The weekend usually reveals a few yarns and tall tales but this one is worthy of a mention. Protocol made a detour to Opito Bay to drop off a crew member. I was windy and a few rollers were crashing on the beach so not the best condition to be negotiating in a small tender. Nevertheless, the chivalrous and gallant skipper bravely transported his female crew member to shore………well….not quite to shore. In order to prevent himself and the tender from being dumped, he commanded her out of the tender……..in waist deep water! Struggling ashore she turned around to see that the skipper had came shore a little further up the beach in order to get a better line to row back. Maybe "chivalrous and gallant" was a bit too much of an embellishment!
For those boats that sailed home on Monday, the conditions were perfect. The wind started at 15 to 18 knots aft of the beam and slowly increased all afternoon peaking at around 28 knots. All day we watched two yachts on the horizon doing battle with kites up. Dad's Navy on Not Negotiable (with a combined age in excess of 265) were determined not to let too much distance get between them and younger more agile crew sailing Berenice. After a couple of "wipe outs", they abandoned their kite and we viewed them changing direction. Meanwhile, the kite stayed up on Berenice with the red hull becoming less visible as the bow wave increased with the wind speed. It was a spectacular finish with Hanse Free, Berenice and Not Negotiable coming in around "A" beacon just a couple of boat lengths apart.
Berenice approaching the finish line
Even when a race is over…..it isn't really until the boats are home and tied up. The 3 cockpit skippers on Not Negotiable where still chasing that red hull through the harbour entrance while their 4th and most "junior" crew member tidied the decks.
The Legends Regatta Mission statement reads as follows:
To Create New Zealand's BEST Annual REGATTA
To Promote;
Fair Play
For all keelers and multihulls
Mission Accomplished! There is always much to be learnt if you participate in this regatta and I'll share the following that I learnt this year;
– The fridge light is turned on by a little man that lives behind the cabbage
– When the water disappears from the marina, it can filled up again by turning the taps on at end of the jetty's…….but be patient because it does take approximately 6 hours!
– If your sail bag drops over the side whilst hoisting a sail, simply push a crew member overboard to retrieve it, followed closely by a rescue ring.
Dora…..you must have had a traumatic childhood!
Many thanks to the sponsors of the Legends Regatta.
Powerco: Steve's Marine Supplies: Radio Live: Electrical Works: Bridge Marina Travelift: David Peet Jewellers: Wild Kiwi: Blokart Recreation Park: Plumbing World: Southern Hospitality Ltd: Mills Reef: House of Travel: Windsheer: Sew Hot Monograms.
Legend Regatta Winners were:
1st Place – Persuader
2nd Place – Not Negotiable
3rd Place – Berenice
The draw for the $3,000 travel voucher went to Dennis Bouverie skippering "Sunrise".
See you next year.
Carol Andrews.
Legends Regatta. Great Mercury Island.
The 10th Anniversary.
Labour Weekend 2013
It's never a dream run……..well hardly ever. You're likely to get a "pasting" going up or coming back from Great Mercury Island. This year it was for those boats that left on Friday in stiff winds right on the nose. A hand full of "cunning" skippers departed on Thursday, travelling thru the night with no wind and maxing out the motoring clause. It was worth it, tucked up in the Cove on Friday resting up while news trickled in of those less fortunate battling wind, tide and broken gear….only to find themselves heading for Mayor Island instead of the Coromandel.
Hat's off to the little guys like Manhattan (actually…not so little) with novice crew that hid at Mayor Island until it was only half bad. There was an all important netball game that delayed their departure….yes….the chosen sport of the Skipper…that's "Netball", not "Basketball". Go figure!
The "seasoned" sailors (and Steely) off Not Negotiable, also waited to poke their noses out from behind Mayor Island. This crew was also conspicuous by their absence at the Saturday Island gathering. I believe they made an appearance for 5 minutes then retreated…..for a nap perhaps……..or maybe they were too bloated with scallops to endure the party.
There is a trophy awarded each year to the boat that finds itself involuntarily "Up on the Hard"! Foxy Lady's crew jumped ship on the Saturday to complete the round the island race and came back to their boat ungraciously leaning over baring all. Every year it happened to someone. This year was your turn Dora!
The regatta's most noisy boat award must go to "Marbles" this year whose soundz were blasting as the gathering wound up on the island at midnight. I believe one of their crew was appointed "Cleaner" part way thru the night. Hate to see what ended up in their bilge but it was enough to send Murray scurrying back to Bluebird Free.
The "Stewarts" made a presence again this year…Princesses and Princes alike. These sturdy vessels had a much nicer ride in from Auckland and dotted themselves throughout the anchored fleet. They're a proud little bunch….flying their "Big S's"….but their presence was surpassed by another make of Boat………..
"Beneteau"…..6 of them…..one could have been fooled into believing it was a "Beneteau Regatta" with their over 40's hulls muscling for room in the Cove.
The round the island race on Saturday was supported by a good number of the fleet. Winds were light at the top end of the island but gathered strength and posed a challenge down the bottom end.
The return trip home began for some boats on Sunday. A mini fleet gathered at Boat Harbour on Sunday evening. All weekend a procession of tenders could be seem coming and going from Instigator 3's transom but on Sunday evening the skipper himself manned his tender along with that of Jade Lady. Together they were seen slipping off into the twilight in pursuit of dinner using a long line. I believe the result was NOT a feast!
Not entirely sure why Santana wound in her
genoa…"Self Handicapping" maybe?…but she soon recovered, zipping around the
outside of On Y Va.
On Y Va came perilously close to Bluebird Free but scampered away after having her gennaker collapsed by a true pirate skipper!
Congratulations to Persuader, the Race winners of the Regatta and also to Gannet who drew the major prize and generously donated it.
The Committee, Skippers and Crew of this regatta would like to thank the sponsors and in particular PowerCo for their generous support. We hope the PowerCo employees enjoyed this event.
Attachment C2013 Legends Regatta 25th -28th October
2013 Entry Form Entry & Prize conditions
Sailing instructions and Notice of Race Sailing Instructions Legends Regatta 2013
2013 Entries
|Steve Livingstone
|Beneteau 461
|Andy Kennedy
|Jade Lady
|Noelex 30
|Barry Farr
|Chico 30
|Doug Harrison
|Mike Way
|Summer Magic
|Arthur Elworthy
|Hanse Free
|Hanse 371
|Colin Davidson
|On Y Va
|Terry Spitz
|Sea Beagle
|Euan Armstrong
|Farr 1020
|Kawau Island YC
|Bill van der Vlerk
|Lotus 920
|Shane Buxton
|Lotus 10.6
|Adam Yates
|Challenger 29
|Jim McCrone
|Wright 10
|J Berrington
|Chelsea Hotel
|Crowther 12.5
|Gary Urwin
|Not Negotiable
|Young 9.9
|Bryan Jenkins
|Gulf 30
|Neil Heath
|Stewart 34
|Stu Clark
|Wright 36
|Brian Jones
|Bavaria 38
|Wayne Eaton
|Kaimai Express
|Beneteau First 40
|Theo Vondervoort
|Dave Peet
|Instigator III
|Wright 43
|Murray Rhodes
|Bluebird Free
|Tom Wheeler
|Force 10
|Wright 10
|Jim McCracken
|Chico 30
|Pete Linde
|Challenge 29
|Sally Clark
|Davidson 35
|Roy Petch
|Code Zero
|Lotus 10.6
|Mike Evans
|Genisis 400 Launch
|Rick Murrell
|Sea Change
|Hanse 415
|Zane Edlin
|Happy Hour
|Nicole Harris
|Tiare Iti
|Compass H28
|Brett Henshaw
|Prince Hal
|Stewart 34
|Les McDonald
|Stewart 34
|Ray Carter
|Déjà vu
|Baltic 42
|Dave Simons
|Chad Heads
|Foxy Lady
|Spencer 28
|Bill Falconer
|Stewart 34
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Nice looking pillow! I need to learn how to sew :/
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Today, a group of more than 50 dedicated creative professionals is gathering in Birmingham at the AIGA Alabama Design Summit to learn, solve and model how creativity can be harnessed to defeat the limitations facing social and economic development in rural Alabama.
The Summit is an invitational event where attendees use design thinking to develop innovative contributions toward solving social and environmental issues that affect people's everyday lives. Over three days, teams of participants will share ideas and experiences as they focus on four specific initiatives, then document best practices about how the design profession can influence and lead a social change agenda through active community involvement.
AIGA, as the professional association for design, is deeply committed to the Birmingham gathering, its experiences and its outcomes. The aim is to facilitate the kind of creative interaction among many types of professionals, all with a shared interest in solving a problem, that can be so successful in finding new solutions to stubborn problems that bear directly on the human experience. We want to help by convening the right people from many disciplines; channeling their interaction through a thoughtful process toward purposeful ends; and serving as a catalyst for real action.Our interest is to serve the needs of real people, while empowering all involved. And in this case, to document a process that we can encourage to be used in communities around the country. We expect this to be an extraordinary several days—enriching for those who have offered to help; enabling for those who have shared problems seeking solutions; and enlightening in how we can learn from these days to inform others in communities where AIGA has chapters that could lead additional local change.
Follow the Summit over the weekend on Twitter and on Flickr.
The July 21–24 event in Alabama includes design leaders from more than 20 local AIGA chapter boards, businesses, and social institutions:
Renna Al YassiniInteraction designer, CooperMatt AllisonPrincipal, Matthew Allison Graphic DesignMarshall Anderson, AIADesign InitiativeJessi ArringtonFounder and owner, WORKSHOPDoug BarrettAssistant Professor, Graphic Design, University of Alabama at BirminghamDavid BlumbergDesigner and Associate Creative Director, Slaughter GroupRoy BurnsDesign Director, Lewis CommunicationsCharlie CannonAssociate Professor, Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of DesignDirector, Research and Design, LOCAL Architecture Research DesignAmy ChapmanProject manager, AIGARobert ClouseDirector of the Office of Archaeological Research, University of AlabamaDwight CooleyProject Leader, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge ComplexSteve CoxCo-founder and executive director, International ExpeditionsRichard DendyFaculty member, Samford UniversityAnthony DihleSenior Designer and Associate, MV+A ArchitectsRobert DoddRecent BFA Graduate, Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of DesignMark DudlikDirector, Lost CreatureSusie FaggIntern, Auburn University Urban StudioJared FultonArchitectural Designer, Slaughter GroupBrian GhiloniSenior designer and partner, Locust Grove StudiosJillfrances GrayManaging Principal, JFGTim HamiltonDirector of Sales and Marketing, American Printing Co.Philip HawthorneCOO, Executive Consulting ServicesSally HermantoAssociate director, reDesignJames HersickPresident and creative director, RocketFuel Design CompanyWendy JacksonExecutive director, Freshwater Land TrustPaul JohnsonProgram supervisor, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity CenterRyan JonesPrincipal, Seedbomb CreativeJeremy KayeCo-Founder, Co*LabCarol KerrDesigner and faculty member, UWM and MIADBruce LanierPrincipal Architect, Standard Creative, LLCMatt LeavellProject manager, AL Innovation EngineMin LeeAssistant professor and director of Graphic Design, University of MontevalloLea Ann MacknallyPresident, Macknally Land DesignRachel MartinPrincipal, Rachel Martin DesignWeston McWhorterDesigner and interactive strategistNisa MirandaDirector, University Center for Economic DevelopmentDan MonroePart owner and chief wordsmith, Cayenne Creative GroupCheryl MorganDirector, Urban Studio; Professor of Architecture, Auburn UniversityGwen O'BrienCo-principal and creative director, PlentyDoug PowellCo-founder, Schwartz Powell Design and HealthSimpleZev PowellSophomore, College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University St. LouisStacy ReinhardtSenior Interaction Designer, frogKaren RolenCommunity Foundation of Greater BirminghamVincent ScatliffeFounder and Creative Director, Contnuous Lne and SXCSheri SchumacherAssociate Professor, Architecture, Auburn UniversitySam SheltonPrincipal, KINETIKSarah Tripp StephanSenior Vice President, Pyramid CommunicationsBeth StewartExecutive Director, Cahaba River SocietyBill TaylorPresident, Economic Development Partnership of AlabamaTracy WestCreative Director, 50,000feetRoy WilhelmWeb designer, National GeographicKen ZinserBFA Student, Graphic Design, Corcoran College of Art + Design
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In the summer of 2012, AIGA Nashville paired three groups of design students with professional designers. The teams used design thinking to create short-term deliverables and long-term strategies for nonprofits and then presented the work to the community. This case study features work done with Urban Housing Solutions.
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Inspiration can be found everywhere in Baltimore, whether out in the open or lurking around the corner, but it can be easy to miss if you're not looking. The centrally located Station North Arts District is an effervescent area that's constantly evolving with the ebbs and flows of MICA's art students, community creatives, and local business owners.
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Why Do Firms Evade Taxes? The Role Of Information Sharing And Financial Sector Outreach
Informality is a wide-spread phenomenon across the globe. The authors show that firms in countries with better information sharing systems and greater financial sector outreach evade taxes to a lesser degree, an effect that is stronger for smaller firms, firms in smaller cities and towns, and firms in industries relying more on external financing, with higher liquidity needs and with greater growth potential. However, it is variation in firm size that dominates firm variation in location and industry variation in explaining cross-firm and cross-country variation in tax evasion. This effect is robust to controlling for an array of other measures of the financial and institutional environment firms face.


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Bideford Community Hospital was built in 1924 and extended several times, with the latest extension opened in 1994. We have two inpatient wards, Willow Community Unit and Elizabeth Ward.
Many different consultant out-patient clinics are held here, including general surgery, urology, orthopaedics, ear, nose & throat, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurology, rheumatology, paediatrics, geriatric medicine and gynaecology. Many nurse-led specialist clinics are also held here.
Other services include:
- Minor Injuries Unit, open daily from 8.30am to 8.30pm (closed Christmas day)
- X-ray Department, open 9am to 5pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 2-5pm Friday
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Podiatry
- Speech & language therapy for both children and adults
- Children's orthoptic (eye) service
- Sexual health clinics
The Bideford Complex Care Team is also based here.
In the patient parking areas, there is a pay and display system which is clearly signposted. Spaces are limited so please allow plenty of time to park.
Drivers displaying a valid blue disability badge can park in designated spaces at no charge.
The pay and display charges are:
- Up to 2 hours – £1.80
- Up to 4 hours – £2.10
- Up to 24 hours – £4.10
Parking charges apply at all times. These can be paid by cash, phone or online. Details are clearly displayed on the tariff signs.
Mealtimes for patients
Breakfast: 8.30am
Lunch: 12.30pm
Tea: 5.00pm
During protected mealtimes, visitors are not permitted, unless they are helping you to eat. This allows patients time to eat their meal in peace. Protected mealtimes may vary slightly. Please check with the individual ward about times.
Visiting times
We welcome visitors:
- Willow Community Unit – 2pm to 4.30pm and 6pm to 8.30pm daily
- Elizabeth Ward – 2.30pm to 4.30pm (except Wednesdays) and 6pm to 8.30pm
Hospital Map
Volunteer services
WRVS volunteers bring a library trolley around on a weekly basis.
There is a payphone in the outpatient waiting area for patients to make calls to friends and family, so please be sure to bring change. On Willow Ward, the cordless phone can also be taken to patients if there are incoming calls.
League of Friends
Bideford Hospital League of Friends plays an important role in supporting the hospital. Members raise money for 'extras' to support patients.
If you would like to find out more or to help, please ask at the hospital reception for League of Friends contact details.
Hospital contact details
Tel: 01271 322577
Postal address: Bideford Community Hospital
Abbotsham Road
The hospital is managed by a Matron. If you would like to talk with Matron or the Sister/Ward Manager, please ask a member of staff or call 01271 322577 and ask for the Matron at Bideford Hospital or the Ward Manager for either Elizabeth Ward or Willow Community unit at Bideford Hospital.


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Opposition to a nearly $1 billion bond proposal to build a new public hospital and modernize the county's health system is beginning to take shape, with critics questioning why the county even needs a safety-net hospital. The Maricopa Integrated Health ...Read More »
Small business proposals could make health insurance more affordable
President Obama marked the recent conclusion of the open enrollment period for the federal health care law's insurance exchanges with a celebration at the White House. The administration exceeded its goal of signing up 7 million Americans for insurance coverage.Read More »
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The state House on Thursday gave final approval to legislation designed to pave the way for a five-year lifetime limit on Medicaid benefits.Read More »
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Graphic showing statistics from the National Health Interview Survey on pain in the United States.
Charts and graphics on use of complementary health approaches in the U.S., from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey.
This NCCIH infographic highlights the importance of chronic pain as a public health problem and explains how some complementary health approaches may help people manage it.
There's an unmet need for managing chronic pain with nondrug approaches among U.S. military personnel and veterans. View this NCCIH infographic to learn more.
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Posted by Scouts Inc.'s Matt Williamson
There are two new head coaches in the AFC West (Josh McDaniels in Denver and Todd Haley in Kansas City) and Tom Cable takes over full-time duties for the Raiders. Coaching changes and transition are never trouble-free, and it doesn't make things any easier on these new head men that they got the unfortunate draw of having to play the rugged NFC East in their interconference matchups. Let's take an early look at some of the intriguing themes that should develop from these matchups and how they might impact the AFC West race.
1. Cross-country trips: Though it could have been worse, both the Chargers and Raiders will have cross-country flights before facing the New York Giants. At least neither team faces Philadelphia or Washington on the road. And though their trips aren't as far, the Chiefs do travel to Philadelphia in Week 3 and Washington in Week 6. Denver also travels to Washington (Week 10) and Philadelphia (Week 16). As it stands now, none of those games look to be favorable excursions for the teams in the AFC West.
2. The Raiders' pass protection vs. the Giants' and Cowboys' pass rush: New York's defensive line is loaded with great talent and depth. The Giants' ability to bring pressure from the linebacker position has also improved from a year ago. Meanwhile, Dallas led the league in sacks last season and there is no reason to believe there will be a drop-off in 2009. These are major problems for any passing attack, but especially for one as weak as the Raiders'. Oakland has a suspect offensive line and a starting quarterback who doesn't sense pressure well. Match that with a desire from the organization to use wide receiver speed to create a deep passing game and it sounds like a formula for many sacks.
3. Philip Rivers and the Chargers' passing game vs. the Cowboys' secondary: Led by DeMarcus Ware, the Cowboys are able to get after the quarterback, but they are very light at cornerback and safety. With pass-catchers such as Vincent Jackson, Chris Chambers and Antonio Gates, San Diego can throw on anyone. The Cowboys are going to be tested heavily on the back end in Week 14 when the Chargers come to town. The Cowboys may also have their hands full in the secondary from a depth perspective when they play Denver and Kansas City, teams that should opt for a high number of snaps out of the shotgun and with multiple-receiver sets.
4. Nnamdi Asomugha vs. the NFC East: While there are good cornerbacks in the NFC East, none of them is on par with Asomugha, who is far and away the best player at his position in the NFL. With Plaxico Burress and Terrell Owens no longer in the NFC East, the division doesn't have the star power at wide receiver it once did, so dictating who will draw coverage from Asomugha is not as easy to predict. The Raiders should be able to be quite aggressive with their coverage schemes with Asomugha, eliminating one option with very little assistance. The same may be true for Champ Bailey as well, and the Chargers also have a potentially suffocating pair of cover men in Quentin Jammer and Antonio Cromartie.
5. Shawne Merriman vs. Jason Peters: These are two of the elite players at their respective positions and they enter the 2009 season with plenty to prove. The Chargers' Merriman was sidelined for most of last year because of injury. He should rebound in a huge way as he looks for a massive new contract and to once again be considered a top player at his position. Peters also had a down year in 2008 and now, with a new team and a new contract, will try to show the Eagles that he was worth their investment. Keeping Donovan McNabb's blind side clean against the likes of Merriman will not be an easy chore. It should make for a classic one-on-one confrontation.
6. The Chargers' back-to-back games against the Giants and Eagles: The Chargers look to be the class of the AFC West, but they have a crucial seven-game stretch coming out of their Week 5 bye. San Diego has three division contests in a row before doing battle with the Giants and Eagles in Weeks 9 and 10. After those games, the Chargers have their final two division
contests. The road game against the Giants and the home game against the Eagles may get more national publicity as potential Super Bowl matchups, but the Chargers would be very wise to focus on the five division games.
7. The Chiefs vs. the murderers' row of NFC East teams: The Chiefs open the season at Baltimore and play host to the Raiders before playing four straight games against the NFC East. They cap it off with a home game against the Chargers before finally getting their bye week. That is a brutal stretch for a franchise that will be undergoing a fair amount of philosophical change with a new regime in place. Getting off to a fast start would go a long way to instilling confidence in these changes, but that will not be easy. A 1-6 record heading into their bye looks like a distinct possibility.
Who benefits most? The AFC West and its new coaches are going to have their hands full with the NFC East, the NFL's toughest division. San Diego can play with any team in the league, but the Raiders, Chiefs and Broncos are all at a distinct disadvantage in any venue against Washington, Dallas, New York and Philadelphia.


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I am trying to set up a small network at work using a tower running Microsoft Server 2008 and client laptops running Windows 7. They are all connecting to the network fine, but none of the client computers can browse the internet. I have already installed ADDS, DNS and DHCP roles on the server. What else do I need to do?
At first, I thought you needed assistance setting up Internet Sharing. Then, I kept reading and now it sounds like the other computers are just having problems connecting to the internet.
The problem is you have the Windows Server set up to route all the network traffic. This is fine, if you were using Internet Sharing and you have this configured properly, but if all the devices are connected to the network segment that has access to the Internet, all you have to do is change the default gateway or add a static route for the default gateway on the Windows Server to route 0.0.0.0 to your wireless "modem".


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|Character designs for "Sparta, U.S.A."
At the ComicsPRO retailers meeting in March, WildStorm announced a new creator-driven series of books, featuring a lineup of writers and artists that includes David Tischman, Philip Bond, Jeff Mariotte, Francesco Francavilla, Aaron Williams and Fiona Staples.
A new David Lapham project was also announced that day, âSparta, U.S.A.â The series, featuring art by relative newcomer Johnny Timmons, came at the perfect time for fans of the Eisner Award-winning creator, as it has recently been revealed that Laphamâs series, âYoung Liars,â has been canceled by Vertigo.
CBR News checked in with the man behind indie darling âStray Bulletsâ to see if we couldnât find out what a little town in the Midwest has to fear beyond a tough opponent for its high school football team.
CBR : Before we get to âSparta, U.S.A.,â the big question for your fans is whether or not you were given enough lead time to wrap âYoung Liarsâ up the way you had intended, now that has been canceled?
David Lapham: Umâ¦yes, but also no. Iâd been thinking about the series a lot before things went down and theyâd have to give me three more arcs to get it the way I intended. But getting to finish the arc is big because they could have cut us off at #15 and that would have been really sad. So by getting to #18, I do get the room to have an ending, but like everything else in this series, itâs probably a lie â unless itâs not. Hereâs the deal, if Iâm lucky enough to continue this book one day then #18 will be a lie. If not then itâs the end and the closest thing to the truth as I can get to from here. Deal?
|Artwork from"Sparta, U.S.A."
So youâre holding out hope that âYoung Liarsâ may come back to life again some day by either Vertigo or another publisher?
Iâm moving forward and on, because I have to, but honestly and truly, I love this book. I know, by its nature, it loses some people who need their comics more straight ahead. But the people we did have absolutely loved having their heads blown every issue. Itâs not every day a book evolves into what âYoung Liarsâ became. âStray Bulletsâ didnât. It was straight as an arrow compared to âYoung Liars.â Every time I sat down to write one I was so happy. I could just open up my head and be as creative as I wanted, looking for connections in the chaos, looking for interesting ways to get at Dannyâs character. Iâm so happy with the book. I loved working with my editor on it, I loved Lee [Loughridgeâs] coloring.
The only thing I would have loved more would have been a few more fans. âYoung Liarsâ is not âFables,â itâs not âSparta, U.S.A.â It was a very personal and surreal book that just didnât quite get the numbers it needed to sustain.
What, if anything, can you tease us about what weâll see in the final four issues?
Iâm not backing off now. For all the fans that wrote me every month saying âThanks for blowing my mind,â Iâm going to keep crankinâ the amp for four more issues.
Does launching âSparta, U.S.Aâ at the same time make the news of the cancellation any easier to swallow?
No. I love âSparta, U.S.A.â A few weeks ago, though, I had both.
So far all we know about âSparta, U.S.A.â is that it's a magical tale set around a town that loves its football. What more can you tell us about the story? How did the idea come about?
|Artwork from"Sparta, U.S.A."
Sparta is a typical middle-America town, and yes they love their football. In fact, their whole culture is built around football and apple pie. Oh, and upward mobility through subterfuge. I wanted to set a story in a self-contained town with an idyllic façade but behind the scenes it was all spy games and sabotage. Sort of âDesperate Housewivesâ on crack. And not a soap opera. Youâre the stock boy, you want to be shift supervisor, so you arrange for the old supervisor to have an accident, or a scandal.
Weâve seen this kind of thing happen before but in Sparta everyone does it, so you have to be on your toes. You also have to make sure it doesnât spill out into the public, because thatâs a big no-no. If that happens you get a visit from the Maestro, the mysterious seven-foot tall man who runs the town.
The idea sprang from this, and then thinking about this town and why itâs that way and how it came to be, and then there was this wonderful magical element that came into the story and the whole thing exploded into this world.
Are you a football fan? Maybe Greek history? Both?
Fairy tales, too. My wife, particularly, is a voracious reader of kidsâ books, fairy tales, etc. So I end up reading a lot.
Who are the main characters of âSparta, U.S.A.?â
Our main guy is named Godfrey McLaine. Godfrey used to be the Johnny Unitas of Sparta â the best of the best, and in this town that made him basically a God. But then one day three years ago he up and disappeared. Some say he went up into the mountains that surround Sparta and was killed by the Yeti that live up there. Of course Godfrey didnât die â or he wouldnât be our main character would he? â and now heâs returned. Not only is he back, but heâs taller stronger and red. Godfreyâs been beyond the mountain, he knows whatâs out there and heâs come back to take on the Maestro and free Sparta.
âCourse the people of Sparta arenât convinced they need freeing.
Does evil lurk in Sparta?
Thereâs no lurking. Evil marches in parades down Main Street.
|Artwork from"Sparta, U.S.A."
Is âSparta, U.S.A.â an ongoing or a miniseries?
Youâd have to ask WildStorm. Right now, itâs a six-issue complete story with an ending, but itâs also set up for a continuation. Iâm guessing sales will decide the matter. Iâm very hopeful though. I love how this has come together. Itâs a great high concept, which I canât reveal all of without spoiling the ending, and ripe for tons of stories. Itâs a straightforward adventure/fantasy series in the vein of âSandmanâ or âFablesâ with my own âStray Bulletsâ-esque twist to things. The artist, who weâll get to in a minute, is amazingly talented. Plus itâs fun as hell to write.
Tell us about the artwork of Johnny Timmons.
This is one of the things Iâm most excited about. Johnny and I did a Wolverine short story for a book I did for Marvel. I loved his work from the start and we kept in touch. When this came up, I called him right away. His style has a strong Caniff/Mazzuchelli vibe. Heâs young and one of the most exciting things is watching him become a better storyteller and better artist with each page. Donât mistake me, he starts off at a very high level and goes up from there. Heâs brought Sparta completely to life. This kidâs the real deal.
What else are you working on these days?
Well, thereâs still a few âYoung Liarsâ to go. âSparta, U.S.A.â It looks like Iâm going to write a series with Avatar, a noir book with a unique protagonist that I pitched them. Iâm also doing a few things for Marvel right now, and I have a few other ideas cooking â a lot of writing. Iâd like to find something I can pull double duty on, but meanwhile, Iâm rollinâ on.
Any more âStray Bulletsâ stories coming in the near future?
Well, the only confirmed âStray Bulletsâ sighting is that Iâm doing a 10-page âStray Bulletsâ short story for Dark Horseâs âNoirâ anthology. Beyond that, I would like to figure out the best way to do more but I donât want to promise anything right now.