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Chocolate Babies + Introduction
Through a campaign of fabulous surprise attacks, an underground band of radical queer HIV+ activists, addicts, and drag queens take to the streets of New York City to combat conservative politicians and government apathy towards the AIDS crisis.
A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s recent announcement that the government would reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting was in keeping with the coalition’s overall tough-on-crime approach. The move was called “ridiculous” and “stupid” by opposition spokespeople, largely because it contradicted findings by the Supreme Court and the Waitangi Tribunal.
A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s recent announcement that the government would reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting was in keeping with the coalition’s overall tough-on-crime approach. The move was called “ridiculous” and “stupid” by opposition spokespeople, largely because it contradicted findings by the Supreme Court and the Waitangi Tribunal.
A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s recent announcement that the government would reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting[1] was in keeping with the coalition’s overall tough-on-crime approach. The move was called “ridiculous” and “stupid” by opposition spokespeople, largely because it contradicted findings by the Supreme Court and the Waitangi Tribunal.
Charles Agosta | Faculty
C. Agosta is a low temperature experimental physicist who was originally trained to study the properties of fluids at very low temperatures. His present research interests are lower dimensional superconductors in very high magnetic fields, dc microgrids, and heat transfer in gas boundary layers.
Quantum order by disorder is a key to understanding the magnetic phases of BaCo2(AsO4)2 - npj Quantum Materials
Abstract BaCo2(AsO4)2 (BCAO), a honeycomb cobaltate, is considered a promising candidate for materials displaying the Kitaev quantum spin liquid state. This assumption is based on the distinctive characteristics of Co2+ ions (3d7) within an octahedral crystal environment, resulting in spin-orbit-coupled Jeff = 1/2 doublet states. However, recent experimental observations and theoretical analyses have raised questions regarding this hypothesis.
Pressure-dependent magnetism of the Kitaev candidate Li2RhO3 - npj Quantum Materials
Abstract We use magnetization measurements under pressure along with ab initio and cluster many-body calculations to investigate magnetism of the Kitaev candidate Li2RhO3.
Understanding the microscopic origin of the magnetic interactions in CoNb2O6 - npj Quantum Materials
Abstract Motivated by the on-going discussion on the nature of magnetism in the quantum Ising chain CoNb2O6, we present a first-principles-based analysis of its exchange interactions with additional modeling, addressing drawbacks of a purely density functional theory ansatz. This method allows us to extract and understand the origin of the magnetic couplings—including all symmetry-allowed terms - and resolve conflicting model descriptions in CoNb2O6.
Moments from the Life, Death, and Thereafter of Elliott Grant
Stephen Winter · Follow 2 min read · -- MOMENTS FROM THE LIFE, DEATH, AND THEREAFTER OF ELLIOTT GRANT is a 69,000-word science fiction dystopian novel set against the backdrop of a near-future fractured by climate change. The story spans the entirety of Elliott’s life (and afterlife (and thereafter)). I don’t know how to comp this book other than Fahrenheit 451 meets The Martian Chronicles meets C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy meets The Good Place.
Throne of Three Shadows and the Dreamless Dreamer
Stephen Winter · Follow 2 min read · -- THRONE OF THREE SHADOWS AND THE DREAMLESS DREAMER is a 123,000-word dark fantasy inspired by diverse global mythology, including Greek, African, Buddhist, and Abrahamic traditions. Siella, a High Elf born within the sacred First Tree, is destined to one day lead her people as the coming Moon Priestess. But that time is far away, and for now, she bears another burden — the Gift of a Dreamer. Every night, Siella dreams.
Abuse in care: Survivors know how redress should work. Will the Government finally listen? - Stephen Winter
OPINION: Survivors of abuse in care are owed substantial redress for their injuries. Powered by the Echo RSS Plugin by CodeRevolution.
Survivors of abuse in care know how redress should work - will the government finally listen?
When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stood in Parliament last week to apologise to survivors of abuse in care, his words were among many fine speeches by government officials and survivors that day. But to understand what is really happening, we now need to set those words alongside what the government has – and has not – been doing. The apology arose from a recommendation in the Abuse in Care Royal Commission’s 2021 report on redress.
Survivors of abuse in care know how redress should work - will the government finally listen?
When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stood in Parliament last week to apologise to survivors of abuse in care, his words were among many fine speeches by government officials and survivors that day. But to understand what is really happening, we now need to set those words alongside what the government has – and has not – been doing. The apology arose from a recommendation in the Abuse in Care Royal Commission’s 2021 report on redress.
Hybrid spin-orbit exciton-magnon excitations in FePS3 - npj Quantum Materials
Abstract FePS3 is a layered van der Waals (vdW) Ising antiferromagnet that has recently been studied in the context of true 2D magnetism and emerged as an ideal material platform for investigating strong spin-phonon coupling, and non-linear magneto-optical phenomena. In this work, we demonstrate an important unresolved role of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the ground state and excitations of this compound.
Tragedy and hope: what the abuse-in-care report will say and what has to happen now
The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care – to be tabled in parliament tomorrow – is a monumental achievement. It is a repository of immense tragedy and grief – and a storehouse of hope. The product of nearly six years’ work, the report’s 16 volumes cover accounts of survivors’ suffering in state and faith-based care between 1950 and 1999.
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
Embark on a tour of the iconic Manhattan building decades after it first became a breeding ground for avant-garde artists - in cinemas and on VoD on Friday, January 20th One long-standing resident of the famed establishment explains: “I think the Chelsea is the product of New York City and the culture”. There’s been many a famous name that has walked down the halls of this grand building.
Making monetary redress work
There are hundreds of thousands of survivors of abuse in care around the world. Many survivors experienced grievous physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or severe neglect while in out-of-home care. Their experiences of systemically injurious orphanages, residential schools, and foster care are gaining popular attention through films such as Spotlight (2015), theater works such as Reckoning (2016), and books such as The Lost Child of Philomena Lee (2010).
Magnetic anisotropy reversal driven by structural symmetry-breaking in monolayer α-RuCl3 - Nature Materials
Abstract Layered α-RuCl3 is a promising material to potentially realize the long-sought Kitaev quantum spin liquid with fractionalized excitations. While evidence of this state has been reported under a modest in-plane magnetic field, such behaviour is largely inconsistent with theoretical expectations of spin liquid phases emerging only in out-of-plane fields. These predicted field-induced states have been largely out of reach due to the strong easy-plane anisotropy of bulk crystals, however.
Low temperature insights into the crystal and magnetic structure of a neutral radical ferromagnet
Low temperature insights into the crystal and magnetic structure of a neutral radical ferromagnet† Craig M. Robertson, *a Stephen M. Winter,b Judith A. K. Howard, c Michael R. Probert d and Richard T.
Magnetoelastic coupling and effects of uniaxial strain in $\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{RuCl}}_{3}$ from first principles
Abstract We present first-principles results on the magnetoelastic coupling in α−RuCl3 and uncover a striking dependence of the magnetic coupling constants on strain effects. Different magnetic interactions are found to respond very unequally to variations in the lattice, with the Kitaev interaction being the most sensitive.
Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Winter on
Clara’s Ghost is a profoundly heart-rending and downright perverse “haunt” film about motherhood, marriage, siblings, aging, show business, petty jealousy, runaway narcissism and (what looks like) an undiagnosed bout of depersonalization disorder – a stress-related condition where an individual begins perceiving the world with an out-of-body, loss-of-control detachment.
Electronic Properties of $\ensuremath{\alpha}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{RuCl}}_{3}$ in Proximity to Graphene
Abstract In the pursuit of developing routes to enhance magnetic Kitaev interactions in α−RuCl3, as well as probing doping effects, we investigate the electronic properties of α−RuCl3 in proximity to graphene. We study α−RuCl3/graphene heterostructures via ab initio density functional theory calculations, Wannier projection, and nonperturbative exact diagonalization methods.
State Redress as Public Policy: A Two-Sided Coin
Osgoode Home > Osgoode Digital Commons > Journals > JLSP > Vol. 31 (2019) English Abstract Monetary redress programs that respond to injuries suffered by survivors of out-of-home care are increasingly common and very expensive. This article’s distinctive contribution is to approach these redress programs as a form of social policy. Both survivors and states have interests in the operation of redress programs. Some of those interests are mutually compatible, but there are obvious conflicts as well.
Critical spin liquid versus valence-bond glass in a triangular-lattice organic antiferromagnet
Abstract In the quest for materials with unconventional quantum phases, the organic triangular-lattice antiferromagnet κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 has been extensively discussed as a quantum spin liquid (QSL) candidate. The description of its low temperature properties has become, however, a particularly challenging task. Recently, an intriguing quantum critical behaviour was suggested from low-temperature magnetic torque experiments.
Letter to My Dead Mother About the '80s Actresses That Remind Me of Her
Dear Mom, I met Gena Rowlands! At her retrospective gala at New York’s Metrograph. Mom, you would be near her age now and precisely as gorgeous. Do you remember pre-teen me begging you to see Gloria, where La Gena plays a hilarious and radical cynic pledged to protect a Latino boy? You refused. “You’re too young for Cassavetes,” you said. I snuck to see it anyway and was struck how much Gloria reminded me of you.
3 Must-See Movies at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Indie Black Cinema Series This Weekend
With a program called Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968 – 1986, a slew of independently made black films are being shown at Lincoln Center this weekend that I have never seen. Some are so rare they’re only spoken about as legends, some I never even heard of.
Breakdown of magnons in a strongly spin-orbital coupled magnet
Based on previous ab initio studies18, 25,26,27,28, the largest terms in the spin Hamiltonian of ?-RuCl are generally expected to include nearest neighbor Heisenberg J , Kitaev K , and off-diagonal ? couplings, supplemented by a third neighbor Heisenberg J term: where and refer to summation over first and third neighbor bonds, respectively (see Fig. 1).
film from the editors Archives
You might notice a new look at Talkhouse – a "reinvention" of sorts Lloyd Kaufman, Darren Lynn Bousman, Larry Fessenden, Rodney Ascher, Emily Hagins and more remember the much-loved father of the zombie movie. Our staff share behind the scenes commentary and context with each talk, plus an unreleased outtake. This month, we're thinking about Leonard Cohen, (re)birth, falling in reverse, and other forms of moving on/letting go.
A Modest (Black Art by Black Artists) Proposal
When black artists protest art by a white artist that depicts horrors of black life, the object of the protest gains fame. The black people doing the protesting remain unknown; the white artist whose work is objected to is uplifted in the national conversation. Largely, people of color are blocked by the white dominated “art-world” for money, appreciation, opportunity, gratitude and regard.
Watch Get Out and Be Scared by Something Other Than the News - Talkhouse
Nothing is scarier in America, than the specter of black chattel slavery. So in many essential ways, there’s nothing scarier to watch right now, outside of the State of the Union address, than Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Get Out is all about the human body as a meat prison. And the desire, oh yes, the sweet hot desire for flesh. Black body, white body, corpulent or lean, deteriorating or robust, in this film the body is the thing. Especially black bodies.
Fine Tuning the Performance of Multiorbital Radical Conductors by Substituent Effects
A critical feature of the electronic structure of oxobenzene-bridged bisdithiazolyl radicals 2 is the presence of a low-lying LUMO which, in the solid state, improves charge transport by providing additional degrees of freedom for electron transfer. The magnitude of this multiorbital effect can be fine-tuned by variations in the ?-electron releasing/accepting nature of the basal ligand.
Mike Drop - How Channing Tatum and President Obama redrew the template for masculinity
Simran Hans considers the link between two of America’s most prominent and progressive leading men. Just as Reagan had Die Hard and Bush had The Dark Knight, so America’s 44th Commander in Chief, Barack Obama, will come to be associated with specific films from the last eight years. So what exactly is Obama Era Cinema, and what does it reveal about the world we live in today? Have your say @LWLies #ObamaEraCinema.
A New Hope - Black empowerment and symbolic casting in contemporary blockbusters
Our Obama Era Cinema series continues with Caspar Salmon reflecting on the vitriolic online backlash to recent progress in Hollywood cinema. Just as Reagan had Die Hard and Bush had The Dark Knight, so America’s 44th Commander in Chief, Barack Obama, will come to be associated with specific films from the last eight years. So what exactly is Obama Era Cinema, and what does it reveal about the world we live in today? Have your say @LWLies #ObamaEraCinema.
Spin Frustration in an Organic Radical Ion Salt Based on a Kagome-Coupled Chain Structure
Electro-oxidation of the quinoidal bisdithiazole BT in dichloroethane in the presence of [Bu N][GaBr ] affords the 1:1 radical ion salt [BT][GaBr ], crystals of which belong to the trigonal space group P3. The packing pattern of the radical cations provides a rare example of an organic kagome basket structure, with S = 1/2 radical ion chains located at the triangular corners of a trihexagonal lattice.
The Loneliness of the Black Gay Moviegoer
There was once a great black actor, Meshach Taylor, a hair younger than the Morgan Freeman generation, the brilliant black heterosexual thespians capable of embracing their feminine side (all that Shakespeare training, perhaps). Meshach played “Hollywood Montrose,” a flamboyant gay window-dresser who befriends a dim straight white boy called Jonathan Switcher (haha!) in a dumber-than-bricks ’80s B-movie, Mannequin.
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