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Ice Bowl Participants Brave Cold Weather
Disc golfers showed up at the annual Ice Bowl, regardless of the chilly weather.
"If it's foot of snow, or pouring rain, you come out, and you suffer through it," said disc golfer Jerome Dubinski.
There wasn't much suffering going on, despite the cold temperature.
"I don't think you'll find anyone that the cold scares around here," Dubinski said.
Dibinski is one of 67 golfers that played on Saturday, but the tournament's about more than just a good time.
"It's just a charity event, so we just do it for a good cause," said coordinator Keith Amerson.
This year the bowl raised more than $500 for the Missouri Food Bank.
This is the twentieth year for the tournament. It started here in Columbia, and eventually went nation-wide. Even though it was cold, the players said they've experienced worse.
"Two years ago it was sleeting rain, it was pretty nasty," Dubinsky said.
Amerson played in last year's snow, but it wasn't the worst weather he's seen.
"Last year we had a couple inches of snow, I played the year we had 26 inches of snow," he said.
Dibinski said he loves the game so the cold doesn't really matter.
"You can hang out with your friends, drink some beer, and not get too awful competetive, and there's not a lot of running!" Dubinski explained.
This is the highest turn out the bowl has ever seen. Last year the tournament raised more than $125,000 dollars nationally.

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Blog Archives
Blood Bowl Daily Week 47! – "So the Bretonnians are… "fun"?"
Hello Nurglings!
Welcome to another week of Blood Bowl Daily episodes, this week only have 4 episodes sadly becuase of some health issues with my dog, but I still managed to get 5 games recorded becuase of some lucky dice rolling!
The past week we played Bretonnia and I've never been a huge fan of the human teams and I feared that I would have a equal experience here. Even tho I did enjoy them more, they were still not all that for me (Dwarfs are still the best btw).
But we had a good week, hope you enjoy the games and I will cya here next week after 5 games of nasty ratyness!
Until next time, take care.
Cya soon!
The MetaPod – XY: BREAKthrough set review w/ WanderingVenser
Hello Nurglings!
Welcome to the first official blog post where I announce the fact that our "Pokémon talk" recordings shall now be called:
I'm aware that this recording is VEEERY long, but we talked about every single card and we may have spent a bit to much talking about the early bad cards just to rush through them towards the end.
BUT, still had a great and fun time reviewing this card for card, and I hope you will enjoy it as well.
Thanks for watching/listening!
Pokémon TCG Online – Talking About Anicent Origins w/ ReclusiveSlowbro & WanderingVenser
Hello everybody!
Just uploaded a YouTube vid for the first time in ages! Well, it was recorded live on stream but still a video. It's Me, WanderingVenser and ReclusiveSlowbro (two other great Pokemon TCG Online streamers) that talk about the latest Pokemon TCG set!
Sadly Twitch decided to mute some of the audio but it's only about 10 minutes out of 2 long hours. So still plenty of cool things to listen in on.
You can find us all on Twitch.tv:
Nurgleprobe (me): http://www.twitch.tv/Nurgleprobe
WanderingVenser: http://www.twitch.tv/wanderingvenser
ReclusiveSlowbro: http://www.twitch.tv/ReclusiveSlowbro
Boardgames with Nurgleprobe #9 – Video Game High School / VGHS
Nurgleprobe Podcast #8 – Carcassonne
Hello one and all!
Time for another podcast episode, this time covering the tile-laying / worker placement game Carcassonne. It's one of those games that you can find anywhere these days usually next to Monopoly and Ticket to Ride in the toy stores and even at supermarkets. But is the game any good?
Listen and find out!
You can listen on the go on Soundcloud right here:
Listen right now, right here via YouTube:
Thans for listening, take care, cya soon!
Short Boardgame sketches on – "Last Will" & "City of Thieves"
Nurgleprobe Podcast #2 – Tanto Cuore
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Nurgleprobe Podcast #1 – The Resistance
Hello Nurglings!
Enjoy this very first podcast I recorded about the game "The Resistance."
I do also mention a Instagram video during this podcast, and you can find it here: https://instagram.com/p/0FObCbpJmx/
Until next time, take care.
Cya soon!
Conquest: Let's take a quick look on Chaos in "Gift of Ethereals"
So FFG just showed us the three Chaos card coming out with the War Pack – Gift of Ethereals and if you didn't already know I'm a huuuuuge Nurgle fan (my nick is Nurgleprobe and Nurgle among friends so… yea), and I love the fact that we will be getting more for our puss-and-plague-infected-kind. Let's begin!
I have some hate love for this card, cause it's one that gives your opponent options and you never want the option to be in your opponents hands. Of course you can play this whenever you just need that 1 extra damage to kill something or hunt away weaker units. But… we're not seeing a TON of weaker units at the moment. The marines are sturdy enough to probably take that one damage and stay and do a good fight. And to pay 3 resources for an effect that may work your way is not always that great. I would rather stick around with a card that makes sure there is damage happening or something that makes sure that the enemy is routing.
Oh and it wont… hurt your Nurgle units. So that's a thing.
Maybe this may end up being good in late games when there can be bigger masses of units at the planets. I'm also not sure if I like this more or less than Warpstorm at the moment. Sure it hurts you as well but 2 damage to everything that they can't run away from… I like.
Why do I love this card, cause he can do his effect at many different opportunities. He is one of the few cards that can virtually fight at a planet without having a warlord there. Which means that he is great for being around planets where you just want those resources. Killing of weaker enemies that are trying to do same.
Not sure how bananas this will be in the long run, but having a card that can do his damage even before ranged units… I would not laugh at that before I get a chance to try it.
Oh and also, they can damage Ku'gath for you, so if you know for sure that you will have the first action and want to make sure that Ku'gath has a damage to move around, you can also do that. And the reason for this? It's 1 damage more or less anyway? The difference: Ku'gaths moving of damage can not be shielded. So… yea. That's a thing.
I love putting out tokens, and I sure love making small annoying units hat has to be taken care of. BUT, I do not enjoy the fact that it's something that MAY trigger. And something that may remove a card you very well may need for your next action. You can combo this with a few other effects in the game that want cards in the graveyard. But overall I think this card is kind of a miss if you don't try and build around it. And well… maybe that will be a good thing.
And if you're gonna try, remember that those tokens that you put out make deamons cheaper, which means you could build around that and make sure that you have 2 extra resources every turn. Tho, remember that you can also lose by not having any cards left in your deck!
Until next time Nurglings, take care.
Cya soon!


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We report on the results of a systematic ab initio study of the magnetic structure of Fe rich fcc FeNi binary alloys for Ni concentrations up to 50 at. %. Calculations are carried out within density-functional theory using two complementary techniques, one based on the exact muffin-tin orbital theory within the coherent potential approximation and another one based on the projector augmented-wave method. We observe that the evolution of the magnetic structure of the alloy with increasing Ni concentration is determined by a competition between a large number of magnetic states, collinear as well as noncollinear, all close in energy. We emphasize a series of transitions between these magnetic structures, in particular we have investigated a competition between disordered local moment configurations, spin spiral states, the double layer antiferromagnetic state, and the ferromagnetic phase, as well as the ferrimagnetic phase with a single spin flipped with respect to all others. We show that the latter should be particularly important for the understanding of the magnetic structure of the Invar alloys.
We review basic ideas behind state-of-the-art techniques for first-principles theoretical simulations of the phase stabilities and properties of alloys. We concentrate on methods that allow for an efficient treatment of compositional and thermal disorder effects. In particular, we present novel approach to evaluate free energy for strongly anharmonic systems. Theoretical tools are then employed in studies of two materials systems relevant for nuclear energy applications: Fe-Cr and Zr-based alloys. In particular, we investigate the effect of hydrostatic pressure and multicomponent alloying on the mixing enthalpy of Fe-Cr alloys, and show that in the ferromagnetic state both of them reduce the alloy stability at low Cr concentration. For Zr-Nb alloys, we demonstrate how microscopic parameters calculated from first-principles can be used in higher-level models.
We demonstrate the importance of thermal effects such as temperature-induced electronic, magnetic and vibrational excitations, as well as structural defects in the first-principles calculations of the magnetic critical temperature of complex alloys using half-Heusler Ni1-xCuxMnSb alloys as a case study. The thermal lattice expansion and one-electron excitations have been accounted for self-consistently in the Curie temperature calculations. In the Ni-rich region, electronic excitations, thermal expansion, and structural defects substantially decrease the calculated Curie temperature. At the same time, some defects are shown to increase T-C in Cu-rich samples.
We study the thermodynamics of cubic Ti1-xAlxN using a unified cluster expansion approach for the alloy problem. The purely configurational part of the alloy Hamiltonian is expanded in terms of concentration- and volume-dependent effective cluster interactions. By separate expansions of the chemical fixed lattice, and local lattice relaxation terms of the ordering energies, we demonstrate how the screened generalized perturbation method can be fruitfully combined with a concentration-dependent Connolly-Williams cluster expansion method. Utilizing the obtained Hamiltonian in Monte Carlo simulations we access the free energy of Ti1-xAlxN alloys and construct the isostructural phase diagram. The results show striking similarities with the previously obtained mean-field results: The metastable c-TiAlN is subject to coherent spinodal decomposition over a larger part of the concentration range, e.g., from x >= 0.33 at 2000 K.
We describe an efficient first-principles method that can be used to calculate mixing enthalpies of transition metal nitrides with B1 structure and substitutional disorder at the metal sublattice. The technique is based on the density functional theory. The independent sublattice model is suggested for the treatment of disorder-induced local lattice relaxation effects. It supplements the description of the substitutional disorder within the coherent potential approximation. We demonstrate the excellent accuracy of the method by comparison with calculations performed by means of the projector augumented wave method on supercells constructed as special quasirandom structures. At the same time, the efficiency of the technique allows for total energy calculations on a very fine mesh of concentrations which enables a reliable calculation of the second concentration derivative of the alloy total energy. This is a first step towards first-principles predictions of concentrations and temperature intervals where the alloy decomposition proceeds via the spinodal mechanism. We thus calculate electronic structure, lattice parameter, and mixing enthalpies of the quasibinary alloy c-Ti1-xAlxN. The lattice parameter follows Vegard's law at low fractions of AlN but deviates increasingly with increasing Al content. We show that the asymmetry of the mixing enthalpy and its second concentration derivative is associated with substantial variations of the electronic structure with alloy composition. The phase diagram is constructed within the mean-field approximation.
The magnetic properties of Fe/Co(001) superlattices have been studied using fully-relativistic first-principles theories. The average magnetic moment shows a behavior similar to bulk Fe-Co alloys, i.e., an enhanced magnetic moment for low Co concentrations, as described by the Slater-Pauling curve. The maximum of the magnetization curve, however, is lowered and shifted towards the Fe-rich compositions. The increased average magnetic moment for the Fe-rich superlattices, compared to bulk Fe, is due to an enhancement of the Fe spin moment close to the Fe-Co interface. The orbital moments were found to be of the same size as in bulk. The effect of interface roughness on the magnetic properties was investigated, and it was found that-despite local fluctuations due to the varying coordination-the average magnetic moment is only slightly affected. From a mapping of first-principles interactions onto the screened generalized perturbation method, we calculate the temperatures for when Fe/Co superlattices break up into an alloy configuration. Furthermore, the tetragonal distortion of the superlattice structure was found to only have a minor effect on the magnetic moments. Also, the calculated easy axis of magnetization is in the film plane for all compositions studied. It lies along the [100] direction for Fe-rich superlattices and along the [110] direction for Co-rich compositions. The transition of the easy axis occurs around a Co concentration of 50%.
The pairwise interaction energies of O–O and N–N in bcc metals of group VB, which were calculated earlier using first-principles methods, have been employed to analyze the effect of the interatomic interactions on the configurational contribution to the thermodynamic activity. The strong effect of interstitial- interstitial interaction has been shown. The configurational contribution grows in the row (Nb–N) → (V–N) → (Ta–N) → (Nb–O) → (V–O) → (Ta–O), which is caused by a weakening of the mutual attraction of interstitial atoms in these solid solutions. The strong repulsion that characterizes the majority of coordination shells only weakly affects the thermodynamic activity. The character of the temperature dependence of the configurational contribution is defined by the strength of the mutual attraction of the interstitial atoms, i.e., upon strong attraction, the contribution increases with increasing temperature (Nb–N, V–N, Ta–N, and Nb–O) and, upon weak attraction, it decreases (V–O and Ta–O).
It is common knowledge that interstitial-interstitial interaction influence on the Snoek relaxation. We used a computer simulation of this effect in the Nb-O alloy to test the adequacy of various models of the O-O interaction and clarify the mechanism of this effect The energy calculations in the first twelve coordination shells have been performed by the projector augmentedwave (PAW) method as implemented in the Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP). The energies have been calculated in different ways which vary in the method of determination the energy of non-interacting O-O pairs. The energies calculated on the various variants are similar but in one case there is O-O repulsion in all first twelve coordination shells, whereas in another one can see attraction in four of twelve shells. Internal friction Q -1 was calculated as a sum of the contributions from individual interstitial atoms in different environments, each of which being assumed to be the Debye function. It is assumed that long-range interaction of oxygen atoms affects the distribution of these atoms and the energy of each interstitial atom in the octahedral interstices before a jump and after a jump. The Monte Carlo method is used for simulating short-range order of interstitial atoms and for calculating values of energy changes. Comparison of the calculated temperature and concentration dependence of the Snoek peak with the published data showed that the PAW supercell calculation of the O-O interactions in Nb describes the behavior of the interstitial solid solution adequately. It proves also that the impact of interstitial atom concentration on the Snoek relaxation is connected to the mutual attraction of these atoms.
Chemical and strain-induced interactions of oxygen and nitrogen interstitials in bcc V and Ta have been obtained for the first 12 coordination shells in the supercell first-principles calculations by the Viena ab initio simulation package (VASP). It is shown that the chemical interactions are dominating at the first several coordination shells while the strain-induced interactions become important at more distant coordination shells. The latter are in reasonable agreement with the earlier results of a microscopic phenomenological Krivoglaz-Kanzaki-Khachaturyan model (KKKM). The obtained interstitial-interstitial interactions have been used in calculations of the concentration dependence of the oxygen Snoek peak, which is in good agreement with the existing experimental data.
The atomic structures of interstitial solid solutions O and N in V at relatively low concentrations O(N)/V = 1/16 or 1/8 are calculated using the Monte Carlo method. A combined model of long-range interaction between interstitial atoms is employed. The first 12 shells contain ab initio energies and the energies in shells 13–18 are calculated on the basis of a phenomenological model of deformation interaction. The ordered solid solutions are long-period structures with body-centered tetragonal crystal lattices and tetragonality c/a < 1.
Strain-induced (elastic) interactions of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon atoms in IVA group metals, alpha-Ti, Zr, and -Hf, are calculated in the framework of the microscopic Krivoglaz-Kanzaki-Khachaturyan theory. The experimental elastic constants, lattice spacing of the host metal, and concentration expansion coefficients are used as the input numerical parameters. The resulting interactions are stronger in a-Ti than in alpha-Zr and alpha-Hf. A comparative analysis of interactions in the hcp IVA group metals with those in bcc and fcc solid solutions reveals the crystal structure effect. In general, the strain-induced interactions of O, N, and C in hcp IVA group metals are weaker than in bcc solid solutions and are stronger than in fcc solid solutions.
A systematic ab initio study of the influence of local magnetism on the generalized stacking fault energy (GSFE) surface in pure fcc iron at 0 K has been performed. In the calculations we considered ferro- and antiferro-(single- and double-layer) magnetic order of local moments as well as their complete disorder, corresponding to paramagnetic (PM) state. We have shown that local magnetism is one of the most important factors stabilizing austenitic structure in iron (with respect to more stable at 0 K hcp) and that the perturbation of magnetic structure by the formation of stacking fault is a short-range effect. Local magnetism also strongly influences the GSFE surface topology and, therefore, the material's plasticity by reducing the energetic barriers that need to be overcome to form the intrinsic stacking fault (ISF) or return from the ISF structure to fcc. The influence of atomic relaxations on such barriers is moderate and does not exceed 15%. In addition, a methodology to evaluate the PM ISF energy using a superposition of the ISF energies obtained for ordered magnetic structures is proposed to overcome computational impediments arising when dealing with disorder in the PM state. The complications of the proposed methodology together with the ways to overcome them are also discussed.
Large databases that can be used in the search for new materials with specific properties remain an elusive goal in materials science. The problem is complicated by the fact that the optimal material for a given application is usually a compromise between a number of materials properties and the cost. In this letter we present a database consisting of the lattice parameters, bulk moduli, and heats of formation for over 64 000 ordered metallic alloys, which has been established by direct first-principles density-functional-theory calculations. Furthermore, we use a concept from economic theory, the Pareto-optimal set, to determine optimal alloy solutions for the compromise between low compressibility, high stability, and cost.
The vacancy formation Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy in fcc Al, Ag, Pd, Cu, and bcc Mo are determined by first-principles calculations using the quasi-harmonic approximation to account for vibrational contributions. We show that the Gibbs free energy can be determined with sufficient accuracy in a single-volume approach using the fixed equilibrium volume of the defect-free supercell. Although the partial contributions to the Gibbs free energy, namely, the formation enthalpy and entropy exhibit substantial errors when obtained directly in this approach, they can be computed from the Gibbs free energy using the proper thermodynamic relations. Compared to experimental data, the temperature dependence of the vacancy formation Gibbs free energy is accounted for at low temperatures, while it overestimates the measurements at high temperature, which is attributed to the neglect of anharmonic effects.
A first-principles stuy of ordering phenomena in hcp interstitial solid solutions of oxygen and nitrogen in Ti, Zr and Hf has demonstrated that the dominant contributions to the interaction energy of interstitial atoms are of chemical nature; thus, it is necessary to modify the previously established concepts about the priority role of deformational interactions in interstitial solutions. We have continued studies of the role of chemical and deformational interactions of interstitial atoms by the example of solid solutions of carbon in nickel. The results obtained also confirm a significant role of chemical interactions between carbon atoms in these solid solutions. The results were compared with the experimental data on the enthalpy of carbon dissolution in nickel and on the coefficient of solutal expansion of the lattice.
First-principles calculations of the total energy of interstitial and substitutional solid solutions in intermetallic compound Ni3Al were performed based on methods using Vienna ab-initio simulation package (VASP). The results of the calculations for interstitial solutions of carbon in Ni3Al confirmed the priority role of chemical interactions over deformational ones for the nearest neighbors. We attempted to use first-principles methods of calculation of the deformation interaction and continuum approaching in the theory of solutions to calculate coefficients of the concentration changes of the lattice spacing. Comparison of the calculation results with experimental data of substitutional impurities in Ni3Al has shown that the proposed method can aid in the study of the distribution of impurity atoms on the sublattices of the ordered phases, intermetallic compounds. We have proposed a method of calculating the partial molar volume of impurity in interstitial solid solutions.
A method is proposed for calculating coefficients of concentrational variations in lattice constants in solid solutions, based on first-principles determination of the total energy of solid solutions and the continual approximation in the solutions theory, allowing for the deformation interaction of impurity atoms due to distortions of the solvent crystal lattice.
We apply the exact-muffin-tin-orbitals (EMTO) method to investigate structural properties, formation enthalpies, mechanical stability and polycrystalline moduli in Ni-Re, Ni-Cr and Cr-Re disordered fcc, bcc and hcp phases. Substitutional disorder is treated by using the coherent potential approximation (CPA). We predict the alloy lattice parameters in good agreement with the experiment. We find a continuous softening, as a function of Cr composition, of the tetragonal shear modulus C' in fcc Ni-Cr phase indicating mechanical instability in Cr-rich Ni-Cr alloys. On the other hand, we show that the mechanical stability of fcc Ni-Re alloys persists through the whole composition range. We observe an intriguing behaviour of the Young's modulus vs. the intrinsic ductility curve in Ni-rich Ni-Re fcc phase.
We perform density functional theory based first-principles calculations to identify promising alloying elements (X) capable of enhancing the compressive uniaxial theoretical (ideal) strength of the fcc Ni-matrix along the 001 direction. The alloying element belongs to a wide range of 3d,4d, and 5d series with nominal composition of 6.25 at. %. Additionally, a full elastic study is carried to investigate the ideal strength of fcc Ni and fcc Co. Our results indicate that the most desirable alloying elements are those with half d-band filling, namely, Os, Ir, Re, and Ru.
The uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) of L1(0) FePt and Fe1-xMnxPt, x=0-0.25, was studied from first principles using two fully relativistic computational methods, the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbitals method and the exact muffin-tin orbitals method. It was found that the large MAE of 2.8 meV/f.u. is caused by a delicate interaction between the Fe and Pt atoms, where the large spin-orbit coupling of the Pt site and the hybridization between Fe 3d and Pt 5d states is crucial. The effect of random order on the MAE was modeled by mutual alloying of the sublattices within the coherent potential approximation (CPA), and a strong dependence of the MAE on the degree of chemical long-range order was found. The alloying of FePt with Mn was investigated with the virtual crystal approximation and the CPA as well as supercell calculations. The MAE increases up to 33% within the concentration range studied here, an effect that is attributed to band filling. Furthermore, the dependence of the MAE on the structural properties was studied.
Based on density functional calculations, we discuss the effect of alloying Pt with other metals for use as anode catalyst materials in low-temperature fuel cells. We discuss why a few parts per million of CO in the H-2 fuel can poison Pt surfaces and how this problem can be alleviated by alloying, and an extensive data base of the effect of alloying on the reactivity that includes all binary combinations of the transition metals to the right in the periodic table is given. We also discuss the effect of surface segregation and give a calculated data base of segregation energies of binary transition metal alloys. Based on extensive Monte Carlo simulations we show that while the adsorbate-free surface of a Ru0.5Pt0.5 alloy has no Ru in the first layer, the presence of CO can move some Ru to the surface, but all these Ru atoms are covered by CO.
Ab initio calculations of pair nitrogen interstitials interaction in the first 12 coordination shells of a Nb crystal lattice are performed using the Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP), and chemical and strain-induced contributions are analyzed. It is shown that rapidly decreasing chemical repulsion prevails in the nearest coordination shells, whereas strain-induced (elastic) interaction makes the main contribution in more distant shells.
Chemical and strain-induced effective pair interactions of interstitial oxygen atoms in bcc Nb have been determined in supercell first-principles calculations using Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP). The strain-induced interactions are in reasonable agreement with those obtained earlier within a phenomenological microscopic Krivoglaz-Kanzaki-Khachaturyan model (KKKM). At the same time, the chemical interactions, which have been considered to be small in earlier theoretical considerations, turned out to be dominating at the first several coordination shells. The obtained interactions have been used in calculations of the concentration- and temperature-dependence of the internal friction Snoek peak. The theoretical results are found to be in good agreement with the existing experimental data.
U-Nb alloys decompose via discontinuous precipitation (DP) over a broad range of aging conditions, adversely affecting their properties. The growth kinetics, lamellar spacing, and Nb partitioning have been measured, but the thermodynamic and kinetic factors underlying these specific transformation characteristics and reaction paths, vis-a-vis the monotectoid reaction, are not fully resolved. In this work, a hierarchical computational thermodynamic and kinetic approach was carried out to investigate DP. The hierarchical approach started with density-functional theory (DFT) investigations of ground-state formation energies of bcc-based U-Nb alloys. The estimated energetic data was then utilized as an imposed first-principles-based constraint to improve the consistency of the CALPHAD thermodynamic and, subsequently, kinetic assessments of U-Nb. Phasefield simulations were then carried out to study DP's microstructure evolution using the assessed CALPHAD thermodynamic and kinetic representations. Good agreement with experiments on different physical/length scales was achieved, which validates the present theoretical contributions to a better understanding of DP in U-Nb alloys.
Thermophysical properties of gamma-and delta-Mn phases have been investigated using first-principles calculations in their thermodynamically stable temperature range. An adiabatic approximation is used for partitioning of the Helmholtz free energy into electronic, magnetic, and vibrational contributions from the corresponding temperature induced excitations, where the fastest degree of freedom has been included in the slower ones. Namely, electronic excitations (on a one-electron level) have been included directly in the first-principles calculations at the corresponding temperatures. Magnetic excitations in the paramagnetic state then have been taken into consideration in the two opposite limits: localized, considering only transverse spin fluctuations (TSF), and itinerant, allowing for the full coupling of transverse and longitudinal spin fluctuations (LSF). Magnetic contribution to the free energy has been included in the calculations of the vibrational one, which has been obtained within the Debye-Gruneisen model. The calculated thermophysical properties such as lattice constance, thermal lattice expansion, and heat capacity are in good agreement with available experimental data, especially in the case when the itinerant magnetic model is chosen. We also present our results for elastic properties at high temperatures.
In magnetic alloys, the effect of finite temperature magnetic excitations on phase stability below the Curie temperature is poorly investigated, although many systems undergo phase transitions in this temperature range. We consider random Ni-rich Fe-Ni alloys, which undergo chemical order-disorder transition approximately 100 K below their Curie temperature, to demonstrate from ab initio calculations that deviations of the global magnetic state from ideal ferromagnetic order due to temperature induced magnetization reduction have a crucial effect on the chemical transition temperature. We propose a scheme where the magnetic state is described by partially disordered local magnetic moments, which in combination with Heisenberg Monte Carlo simulations of the magnetization allows us to reproduce the transition temperature in good agreement with experimental data.
Diffuse x-ray scattering under grazing incidence was measured of a Ni-23.2 at. % Pt(110) surface at 923 K. The modulation of in-plane and out-of-plane scattering is characterized by the maxima in short-range order scattering located at positions of the X type (as for the bulk microstructure). The Warren-Cowley short-range order parameters from diffuse scattering are in good agreement with theoretical simulations based on bulk effective pair interaction parameters from first-principles theory. The nearest-neighbor interaction parameter is dominant also when determined from short-range order scattering. Its value is larger than for the bulk microstructure of Pt-rich alloys, what might reflect the difference in composition and is not compellingly due to the near-surface microstructure. Allowing for the presence of a tetragonal site occupation, indications for a segregation profile are weak in diffuse scattering and hardly resolvable for the Warren-Cowley short-range order parameters. This is consistent with the findings for layer-resolved short-range order parameters from theory. Theoretical simulations also demonstrated that the strong Ni enrichment of the surface layer has the same origin as the segregation reversal for the (110) surface in the case of Ni-50 at. % Pt.
We discover that hcp phases of Fe and Fe0.9Ni0.1 undergo an electronic topological transition at pressures of about 40 GPa. This topological change of the Fermi surface manifests itself through anomalous behavior of the Debye sound velocity, c/a lattice parameter ratio, and Mossbauer center shift observed in our experiments. First-principles simulations within the dynamic mean field approach demonstrate that the transition is induced by many-electron effects. It is absent in one-electron calculations and represents a clear signature of correlation effects in hcp Fe.
Short-range order formation in dilute Fe-Si and Fe-Al alloys has been investigated by statistical Monte Carlo simulations with effective interactions deduced from first principles calculations for different magnetic structures of bcc Fe. We find that the variation of the magnetic order from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic leads to significant changes in effective cluster interactions and, as follow, in short-range order parameters of alloys. It is shown in agreement with experiment the B2 type short-range order is formed above the Curie temperature, TC, while the D03 type short-range order is preferred below TC.
This paper reviews recent progress in the field of ab initio based simulations of structure and properties of Fe-based alloys. We focus on thermodynamics of these alloys, their decomposition kinetics, and microstructure formation taking into account disorder of magnetic moments with temperature. We review modern theoretical tools which allow a consistent description of the electronic structure and energetics of random alloys with local magnetic moments that become totally or partially disordered when temperature increases. This approach gives a basis for an accurate finite-temperature description of alloys by calculating all the relevant contributions to the Gibbs energy from first-principles, including a configurational part as well as terms due to electronic, vibrational, and magnetic excitations. Applications of these theoretical approaches to the calculations of thermodynamics parameters at elevated temperatures (solution energies and effective interatomic interactions) are discussed including atomistic modeling of decomposition/clustering in Fe-based alloys. It provides a solid basis for understanding experimental data and for developing new steels for modern applications. The precipitation in Fe-Cu based alloys, the decomposition in Fe-Cr, and the short-range order formation in iron alloys with s-p elements are considered as examples.
Vacancy-solute interactions play a crucial role in diffusion-controlled phase transformations, such as ordering or decomposition, which occur in alloys under heat treatment or under irradiation. The knowledge of these interactions is important for predicting long-term behavior of nuclear materials (such as reactor steels and nuclear-waste containers) under irradiation, as well as for advancing our general understanding of kinetic processes in alloys. Using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and employing the locally self-consistent Green's function technique, we develop a database of vacancy-solute interactions in dilute alloys of bcc Fe with 3p (Al, Si, P, S), 3d (Ti – Cu), and 4d (Nb – Ag) elements. Interactions within the first two coordination shells have been computed in the ferromagnetic state as well as in the paramagnetic (disordered local moment) state of the iron matrix. Magnetism is found to have a very strong effect on the vacancy-solute interactions.
Vacancy-solute interactions play a crucial role in diffusion-controlled processes, such as ordering or decomposition, which occur in alloys under heat treatment or under irradiation. Detailed knowledge of these interactions is important for predicting long-term behavior of nuclear materials (such as reactor steels and nuclear-waste containers) as well as for advancing our general understanding of kinetic processes in alloys. Using first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory and employing the locally self-consistent Green's function technique, we develop a database of vacancy-solute interactions in dilute alloys of bcc Fe with 3p (Al, Si, P, S), 3d (Sc-Cu), and 4d (Y-Ag) elements. Unrelaxed interactions within the first three coordination shells have been computed in the ferromagnetic state as well as in the paramagnetic (disordered local moment) state of the iron matrix. Magnetism is found to have a strong effect on the vacancy-solute interactions. Implications of the obtained results for interpreting the effects of vacancy trapping and enhanced impurity diffusion are discussed.
The formation of a short-range order in soft magnetic Fe-Si alloys depending on the annealing temperature has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The B2-type short-range order has been observed in samples quenched from temperatures T > T(C) (where T(C) is the Curie temperature) with the content c(Si) close to the boundary of the two-phase region. Annealing at temperatures T < T(C) for the content c(Si) >= 0.08 leads to an increase in the fraction of regions with the D0(3)-type short-range order. The mechanism of the formation of the short-range order in Fe-Si solid solutions has been analyzed by the Monte Carlo simulation with the ab initio calculated interatomic interaction parameters. It has been shown that the energy of the effective Si-Si interaction in bcc iron strongly depends on the magnetic state of the matrix. As a result, the B2-type short-range order is formed at T > T(C) and is fixed at quenching, whereas the D0(3)-type short-range order is equilibrium in the ferromagnetic state. The results reveal the decisive role of magnetism in the formation of the short-range order in Fe-Si alloys and allow the explanation of the observed structural features of the alloys depending on the composition and temperature.
Theoretical modeling of the decomposition in bcc Fe-Cu alloys has been performed using a combined approach which includes ab-initio calculations of the effective cluster interactions and statistical-mechanical (Monte Carlo) simulations. We showed that the effective Cu-Cu and Cu-vacancy interactions in the bcc Fe matrix have a strong dependence on the global magnetic state of iron. As a result, all the related thermodynamic properties of the alloys (such as solubility limit and diffusivity) are expected to have a pronounced non-Arrhenius temperature behavior, originated from variation of the global magnetization with temperature. We find that strong Cu-vacancy interactions in the bcc Fe matrix lead to a remarkable effect of vacancies on the Cu precipitation and significantly modify the alloy decomposition kinetics under irradiation.
Using density functional theory based calculations, employing the locally self-consistent Green's function method and the projected augmented wave method, we develop a database of solute-solute interactions in dilute alloys of bcc Fe. Interactions within the first three coordination shells are computed for the ferromagnetic state as well as for the paramagnetic (disordered local moment) state of the iron matrix. The contribution of lattice relaxations to the defect interaction energy is investigated in the ferromagnetic state. Implications of the obtained results for modeling the phenomena of point defect clustering and phase precipitation in bcc Fe-based alloys and steel are discussed.
Decomposition in bcc Fe-Cu-Ni and Fe-Cu-Mn alloys is studied using statistical thermodynamics simulations with ab initio effective interactions. It is demonstrated that magnetic state strongly affects the effective interactions in these systems, substantially increasing phase separation tendency with magnetization. Simulations show that Ni is promoting precipitation of Cu by segregating to the precipitate matrix interface, while Mn produces almost no effect distributing more homogeneously in the system. The obtained distributions of Ni and Mn are in good agreement with experimental data.
The effect of composition on the antiphase boundary (APB) energy of Ni-based L1(2)-ordered alloys is investigated by ab initio calculations employing the coherent potential approximation. The calculated APB energies for the {111} and {001} planes reproduce experimental values of the APB energy. The APB energies for the nonstoichiometric gamma' phase increase with Al concentration and are in line with the experiment. The magnitude of the alloying effect on the APB energy correlates with the variation of the ordering energy of the alloy according to the alloying element's position in the 3d row. The elements from the left side of the 3d row increase the APB energy of the Ni-based L1(2)-ordered alloys, while the elements from the right side slightly affect it except Ni. The way to predict the effect of an addition on the {111} APB energy in a multicomponent alloy is discussed.
The methods of quantum-mechanical simulation have been used to study alloys of bcc iron with 3d transition metals in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states. It has been shown that the main factor that determines the solubility of the 3d elements is their electronic structure. The energy of the solution, mixing, and effective interatomic interactions vary regularly depending on the position of the element in the Periodic Table and on the magnetic state of the matrix. In some cases, depending on the magnetic state, changes in these quantities lead to the violation of the Hume-Rothery rules that determine the solubility of substitutional elements in alloys. The results obtained help us to understand the microscopic mechanisms that determine the solubility of alloying elements and their effect on the phase stability and structural state of steels.
The temperature-dependent solubility of Cu in alpha-Fe and initial stages of Cu precipitation are investigated in first-principles calculations and statistical thermodynamic and kinetic modeling based on ab initio effective interactions. We demonstrate that the weakening of the phase separation tendency with increasing temperature, especially close to the magnetic phase transition, is related to the strong dependence of the "chemical" interactions on the global magnetic state. At the same time, our calculations demonstrate that the vibrational contribution obtained in the quasiharmonic approximation is relatively small for temperatures near the Curie point. The results of Monte Carlo simulations of Cu solubility and clustering are in good agreement with experimental data.
Interatomic interactions and ordering in fcc Ni-rich Ni-Re alloys are studied by means of first-principles methods combined with statistical mechanics simulations based on the Ising Hamiltonian. First-principles calculations are employed to obtain effective chemical and strain-induced interactions, as well as ordering energies and enthalpies of formation of random and ordered Ni-Re alloys. Based on the nonmagnetic enthalpies of formation, we speculate that the type of ordering can be different in alloys with Re content less than 10 at.%. We demonstrate that effective chemical interactions in this system are quite sensitive to the alloy composition, atomic volume, and magnetic state. In statistical thermodynamic simulations, we have used renormalized interactions, which correctly reproduce ordering energies obtained in the direct total energy calculations. Monte Carlo simulations for Ni 0.91 Re 0.09 alloy show that there exists a strong ordering tendency of the (112 0) type leading to precipitation of the D1 a ordered structure at about 940 K. Our results for the atomic short-range order indicate, however, that the presently applied theory overestimates the strength of the ordering tendency compared to that observed in the experiment.
Interatomic interactions and phase transformation in Ni-rich Ni-W alloys are investigated using rst-principlesmethods and statistical thermodynamics simulations. The formation enthalpies of fcc and bcc random as wellas some fcc-based ordered structures are determined in the ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic states. The effective interactions are calculated in supercell ab initio calculations and using screened generalized perturbation method(SGPM). We find the stable fcc-based ordered structures are D1a, DO22 and Pt2Mo phases and they can be observed in the Ni-25 at.% W, Ni-25 at.% W and Ni-33 at.% W alloys, respectively. The calculated atomic short-range order results are in reasonable agreement with experiments and other theoretical investigations.
We have performed an ab initio study of the surface energies, surface electronic structures and work functions for the (10 0) surface of the, existent and hypothetical, cubic 3d (Sc-Cu), 4d (Zr-Ag) and 5d (La-Au) transition metal carbides. The calculated surface energies have been compared to predictions using a so-called bond-cutting model and a model based on the so-called bonding energies. The absolute values and rough trends of the surface energies are fairly well predicted within the simple bond-cutting model, as compared to fully self-consistent calculations, while both trends and absolute values are well reproduced within the bonding energy model. The electronic structure (densities of states) of the transition metal carbides at the surface and in the bulk have been calculated. The trends are discussed in relation to the behavior of the surface energy and the work function across the series.
We show that density functional theory calculations have reached an accuracy and speed making it possible to use them in conjunction with an evolutionary algorithm to search for materials with specific properties. The approach is illustrated by finding the most stable four component alloys out of the 192 016 possible fcc and bcc alloys that can be constructed out of 32 different metals. A number of well known and new super alloys are identified in this way.
A Comment on the Letter by M.J. Lipp et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 101, 165703 (2008)10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.165703
The atomic site distribution of the complex σ-phase structure (P42/mnm) has been studied using density functional theory (within the EMTO and WIEN2k codes) applying the cluster expansion method in a mean field approximation at finite temperatures. We found that at low temperatures Fe atoms predominantly occupy the icosahedrally coordinated (A,D) sites, Cr atoms prefer the (B,E) sites with the high coordination numbers, while the C site remains mixed. However, at higher temperature close to 1000 K all occupations become more and more mixed and reproduce well the available experimental data.
Configurational thermodynamics of the Fe-Cr sigma phase is investigated on the basis of an Ising-type configurational Hamiltonian and a single-site mean-field model for the free energy. The parameters of the statistical models are obtained from efficient first-principles calculations using different computational techniques. We demonstrate that the effective pair and multisite interactions in the sigma phase are relatively small, which allows using a simplified model for distributing Fe and Cr atoms among sublattices. We also show that this system exhibits a nontrivial magnetic behavior at high temperatures, which affects the site occupation by Fe and Cr atoms. The structural variation (volume and c/a) that might be present due to neutron irradiation and thermal expansion can lead to an additional atomic redistribution.
An efficient first-principles-based mean-field theory is applied to study the site occupations in the Fe-Cr sigma phase. It is based on the expansion of the total energy of a random alloy close to the equiatomic composition in the paramagnetic state in terms of the effective on-site interactions and takes into account longitudinal spin fluctuations at high temperatures. The calculated site occupation is in very good agreement with the existing experimental data.


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This is a recording of the webinar our CEO and Founder, Dr Mike Talbot, presented on mediation in the housing sector. He draws upon his extensive experience of providing mediation training and conflict resolution services to housing associations, homelessness charities and private landlords to present some valuable insights into using mediation in the housing sector.


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FlySight is the strategic business unit in Defence and Security of Flyby S.r.l., a company which is specialised in satellite remote sensing.
FlySight team provides design and development cutting edge solutions in the field of C4ISR systems (Command, Control, Computer, Communication for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance).
The proposed solutions are based on AI (Artificial Intelligence) approaches, exploiting the latest cognitive signal processing and adaptive data fusion algorithms. Typical applications are in the avionics, naval and underwater sectors, in order to provide geospatial situational awareness both for the on-ground segment and for the on-board one.
Real time PED (Processing Exploitation and Dissemination) is possible due to the integration of our products in already existing architectures, thanks to the interoperability of our systems with STANAG and OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) standards.
Moreover, the adoption of Deep Learning methodologies together with Augmented Reality makes it possible to define disruptive ISTAR (Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) systems.
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text: This paper presents ongoing critical research staged against the backdrop of global consumerism, which is of continuously escalating importance, both for humanity at large and more concretely in the daily lives of individuals, where consumption choices are increasingly associated with lifestyle and identity. In order to develop an adequate model for our investigation, we focus on a limited and strategically selected material, perfume reviews, which are analysed by means of a combination of argumentation analysis and Appraisal analysis. Consumer reviews in different domains of luxury consumption are of particular interest since they concretize the ambiguity of the concept of consumerism: From the addresser perspective, consumption reviews explicitly function to protect consumers' rights by providing advice concerning the appropriateness of consumption choices, while also, at least in the range of domains that are not immediately related to the basic necessities of life, implicitly encouraging ever-growing consumption of such excessive products. Consumption reviews also construct ambivalent recipient identities: On the one hand, seeking consumption advice construes a critical persona that is rightly sceptical of the value of products and information from producers. On the other hand, the very existence of consumer reviews in the luxury domain simultaneously invokes an uncertain consumer persona, reluctant to rely on personal taste and therefore in need of guidance. Importantly, these ambivalent identities operate in an environment where what is seen as the basic necessities of life is an ever-changing construction, constantly renegotiated in accordance with both explicit and implicit socio-cultural norms and expectations. The analytical model developed for the current project is subsequently intended to be applicable to a larger corpus of consumer reviews from different domains with the ultimate goal of being able to generalize across present-day consumerism discourses and thus contribute to exploring what we see as a human identity crisis of the 21st century that leads to increasing commodification of our identities.


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Tata Capital managed private equity funds are investing Rs 120 crore (around $20 million) to pick 17.36 per cent stake in Mumbai-based Standard Greases & Specialties, which is into greases and lubricating oils, through issue of fresh securities.
The PE firm is investing through Tata Capital Growth I and Singapore-based Alpha TC Holdings, a fund backed by Mizuho Securities and managed by Tata Capital. Both the funds would own 8.68 per cent each.
The proposed investment has just received approval from the Competition Commission of India.
The deal was signed in June this year, following which Tata Capital and Alpha TC Holdings approached the Commission for its approval on July 18.
Standard Greases is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing and processing of greases and lubricating oils. Presently, the company has five plants in operation, of which two are located in Tarapur, Maharashtra; two in Silvassa and one in Turbhe, Maharashtra.
Tata Capital manages private equity and venture capital funds with cumulative assets under management of approximately $1 billion. Its five funds include Tata Capital Growth Fund, Tata Capital Healthcare Fund, Tata Capital Innovations Fund, Tata Capital Special Situations Fund - Trust and Tata Opportunities Fund.
The Tata Capital Growth Fund is a $240 million fund and targets private equity growth capital investments in companies that derive a substantial portion of their revenues from operations in India. The Fund invests between $10 million and $25 million per transaction and primarily holds significant minority stakes in its portfolio companies.
Even though some other Tata Capital managed funds have struck fresh deals, this is the first new deal for Tata Capital Growth Fund this year.
It had previously co-invested with Alpha Holdings in group firm Tata Technologies, where the two had brought in around $30 million together.
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Tsomoriri is, in my opinion the most beautiful of all the 3 big lakes in Ladakh. So a trip there well worth the effort, especially if you make it a circular route and come back via the TsoKar lake and Taglang La.
The distance between Leh and Tsomoriri lake (Korzok village) is around 220km and it can be covered on a bicycle in 3-4 days. A major chunk of the route (~150km from Leh to Mahe bridge checkpost) follows the Indus river and road climbs gently (with a few up/down sections ofcourse) from 3300m in Leh to about 4100m at the Mahe bridge. 800m change in elevation over a span of 150km is not much of an issue.
From Mahe bridge the road climbs to the rustic Sumdo village (~25km away), located downstream from the Puga hot springs. From Sumdo the road climbs up to a 5000m pass, goes around the beautiful Tso Kyagar lake and then finally descends down to the Tsomoriri lake. This strech of road from Sumdo to the Tso moriri lake is probably one of the most beautiful streches of road you'll encounter in Ladakh. Especially the grasslands surrounding the Tso Kyagar lake.


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A Comprehensive Guide to PPTP, L2TP, and Other VPN Protocols
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Streetstar is a member of the Guard City team, the main force in the war against the invading Decepticon forces led by Scrash.
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The Shanghai Composite index was down fell 2.5% to 2,882.30, losing 1.9% for the week. The blue-chip CSI300 index also lost 2.5% on Friday, accumulating weekly losses of 2.2%.
CSI300's financial sector sub-index was lower by 2.3%, the consumer staples sector lost 2.6%, the real estate index slid 3% and the healthcare sub-index fell 2.5%.
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To evaluate the efficacy of psychophysical tests to differentiate patients with ocular hypertension (OHT) and those with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in relation to the data of the Visual Field (VF) and mean Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) by OCT.
We enrolled 60 patients, 32 male and 28 females, aged between 39 and 65 years (mean age 50.2±7.3), with 115 eyes, 40 patients with OHT (IOP>21mmHg) and 20 patients with POAG in hypotonic treatment with IOP<20 mmHg. All patients had a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA)≥20/40. We excluded patients with diabetes, vitreoretinal diseases, media opacities, primary closed angle glaucoma. All patients were submitted to: measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP), fundus examination, Visual Field Humphrey 30-2, optical coherence tomography (OCT), with the study of the RNFL by SD-OCT (Heidelberg Engineering). The psychophysical tests are: Contrast sensitivity (CS), static and dynamic, Glare Test at 2.5 meters, using the device MonPack One (Metrovision), questionnaire NEI-VFQ 25items. P-value obtained was considering as statistically significant for P≤0.05. The study was conducted from July 2011 to December 2013.
Our results showed a statistically significant correlation between the Glare Test and Static CS for the spatial frequency (SF) of 3.5 cycles per degree (cpg) (P=0.048), a positive and statistically significant correlation between SD-OCT RNFL mean and Static CS atSFof 3.5 cpg (P=0.017) and SF of 7 cpg (P=0.002), statistically significant differences between SD-OCT RNFL mean and Dynamic CS atSF of 0.5 cpg (P=0.034) and SF of 15 cpg (0.039). The analysis of Static CS between POAG and OHT showed a statistically significant difference in SFof 3.5 cpg (P=0.02). The analysis of the NEI VFQ-25 showed statistically significant difference in the questions 6,9,11,21,A11a (P=0.02).
The analysis of CS provides information on the status of the photoreceptors and on the integrity of the bipolar cells and ganglion cells (magnocellular and parvocellular). The magnocellular pathway (MP) has high CS, while the parvocellular is sensitive to the colors. Glaucoma is characterized by an early reduction in MP. Our study shows a clear correlation between CS, static and dynamic, at the SF of 3.5 cpgwith mean RNFL by OCT. TheCS is a fast, accurate and reliable device for the early diagnosis of patients at risk of developing POAG (OHT group).
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"Do you go around looking for things like this?" – Mirela Davorija, Vice President, Bank Manager, Chase Consumer Banking, 7007 Dempster Ave., Niles, IL to IWPCHI correspondent.
Soooooo… our correspondent was up in Niles, Il – just next door to where he caught the Morton Grove Fire Department dumping toxic chemicals into the North Branch of the Chicago River
and he came across something even more revolting. Imagine! In the pristine suburbs of Chicago there lurks at least one racist pig, and a police department and a phalanx of corporate shits who couldn't care less!
Here's what happened: our correspondent was intending to go to the Dunkin Donuts on Dempster St. in Niles, where scores of students from India and Pakistan, the Middle East and many other countries congregate nightly to do their homework – and he found the Dunkin facility so crowded that he couldn't obtain a seat with an outlet where he could plug in his laptop. What is a member of the Independent Workers Party of Chicago to do? Well, it turns out that just a few doors down is a Panera Bread franchise, which offers "Free Wifi" and is a nice, well-maintained place to sit and eat and have a cup of coffee and etc. ! So our hero goes to Panera and finds a seat with an outlet and he sets up his computer (this was on 13 October, 2012 by the way) and he tries to log on to the Panera Internet connection and sees that among the 8 or so wireless networks available in the area is one named "NIGGER_DICK"!
Well, this did not sit well with our correspondent, who is a communist, a Trotskyist and who has been of that political persuasion since 1980. He was mightily pissed off to see this, and suspected that the Panera Bread managers knew about it and had done absolutely nothing to stop it. So he went up to the counter and asked for the manager.
[All the following quotes are approximations, not verbatim quotes from the individuals quoted. Though we can not confirm that these are verbatim quotes, we assure our readers that they are as close to the actual speech of the quoted people as it is possible to obtain. Our correspondent has given us his solemn word that these are the quotes as close to the originals as he can remember, and we, knowing this person well and accepting his honesty as unimpeachable, reiterate his quotes here. These are quotes taken from our correspondent's notes in his notebook written down right after the conversations occurred. IWPCHI]
On the night of the 13th of October, when our correspondent first noticed this racist broadcast, when he asked for the manager of the Panera Bread restaurant at 7023 Dempster Ave., Niles, IL, Amanda Sharbaugh, she came to the counter. Our correspondent asked her: "Have you seen this racist network for "NIGGER_DICK" and she responded: "Oh is he back again?" Our correspondent replied: "What do you mean, "he's back again?" How long has this been going on?" Amanda Sharbaugh stated that this racist network broadcast had been happening for weeks. Our correspondent asked her what she had done to stop it. She replied that she didn't know what to do and offered our correspondent free drinks and food. Our correspondent declined the free food and drinks and left the building after registering his complaint about the racist broadcast. Ms. Sharbaugh stated that she suspected that the broadcast was coming from another merchant in her strip mall.
Our correspondent then left the Panera Bread location and used his laptop to do a cursory site survey of the wireless networks in the area, hoping to find unequivocal evidence that the broadcast was coming from any specific location. Though our correspondent's laptop is not equipped to perform such a search in anything like a scientific manner, he did perform the search and located a possible source for the broadcast directly across the street from the Panera Bread franchise. However, this site survey can not be considered to be accurate enough to accuse anyone at all, though it did indicate that the source of the broadcast was not from the south of the Panera Bread location, nor from the strip mall itself, but from the houses across Dempster Ave.
Our correspondent took the information he had developed and went home, intending to pursue the matter further as soon as possible.
On 16 October, 2012, at approximately 10:11 AM, our correspondent went, once again, to the Panera Bread location at 7023 Dempster Ave. , Niles, IL to see if the racist router was still broadcasting its foul message. It was. Once again, our intrepid correspondent asked to see the manger. The cashier asked what the problem was. Our correspondent said: "It's about the racist wireless network broadcast". The cashier said she didn't know what that meant. Our correspondent said: " The "NIGGER_DICK" network." The cashier expressed extreme shock: "WHAT? SHH! SHH!" She tried to get our correspondent to quiet down his statement of facts. Then she went to get the manager.
This time, not only was the manager, Amanda Sharbaugh present, but the General Manager, Divietta Starr came up to speak to our correspondent. Amanda Sharbaugh stated that the company providing the WiFi network was "Wandering WiFi", and that she had asked them to look into the issue and "Wandering WiFi" said that there "was nothing they could do" to stop the racist broadcast.
Amanda also told our correspondent that she had called the Niles, IL Police Department and that they had told her that there was nothing that they could do as it was a freedom of speech issue – meaning that the racist broadcasting this vile message was protected by the Constitution of the United States!
Our correspondent told Ms. Sharbaugh that he was quite sure that broadcasting racist messages over the airwaves was in fact a violation of the Civil Rights Laws of the United States. He asked her what steps she had taken to have this racist brought to justice. She informed our correspondent that she had found that the Panera management was reluctant to do anything to oppose this racist and that she had not spoken to any of the other businesses in the strip mall who were undoubtedly affected by the same racist broadcast.
She also told our correspondent that she suspected that another business in the same strip mall was the source of the broadcast – an allegation that our correspondent's site survey did not confirm.
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The National FFA Organization (formerly known as Future Farmers of America) prepares young people in the United States for careers in the agriculture industry through hands-on learning and leadership experiences.
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