A world-class tourist destination and a fabulous place to live, London is overflowing with exciting experiences. With each district possessing its own unique feel, it's a city of amazing contrasts where there's something fascinating around every corner; from historic buildings to striking contemporary architecture. These interesting juxtapositions create the illusion that many cities fused into one melting pot of modern life, but it is in the street markets that London feels at its most vibrant, diverse and alive.
From fabulous street cuisine to curiosities, latest fashions to arts and crafts, London's markets have it all. You can shop till you drop while soaking in a sensory overload like no other.
Borough Market delivers a fiesta of foods to explore from more than 100 stalls and restaurants. British specialities vie with cuisine from the four corners of the earth to fill the air with enticing aromas. Whether you are looking for a fine French cheese to complete your dinner party menu or a delicious snack while walking the South Bank, the market will draw you into its hubbub. Open Monday to Saturday, with the full market operating Wednesday to Saturday, you'll find Bourgh Market next to London Bridge Station. It's never short of visitors – testament to the fact that food markets in London don't get any better than this.
With Borough Market closed, Sundays are a great time to head east, when Brick Lane Market bursts into life between 10am and 5pm. Funky collectables, bric-a-brac and antiques sit cheek by jowl to create an Aladdin's cave of treasures just waiting to be discovered. Famous for its Asian restaurants, Brick Lane itself is also something of a foodie treat.
A London institution, the exciting Portobello Road market has been welcoming visitors since the 19th century, but it was in the 1950s that it became famous for antiques. These days you can find everything from fine art to vegetables, or vintage clothes to ceramics, as you explore the diverse fare. The full market is on Friday and Saturday, but some stalls are open every weekday. Located in Notting Hill, Portobello Road is undeniably cool.
Hugely popular since the 1970s, this former timber yard for the shipping industry is a fascinating feature of Camden Market. Open every day, its many stalls offer delights including vintage clothing, jewellery, artwork and crafts. Food stalls are dotted around serving irresistible international cuisine. Every day is a good day to visit Camden Lock.
If you are heading south of the river, Greenwich Market is worthy of your attention. On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, you will discover antiques and collectables, on other days arts, crafts and designer wares. The historic covered market showcases the best of British design together with delicious international street food and is surrounded by independent shops and cafes. To make your day extra-special why not arrive by riverboat?
Broadway Market in Hackney has experienced something of a renaissance in recent years. The centre of the local community, this market has been home to a variety of traders since the late 19th century. Numerous stalls are crammed into this East End street, stocking an eclectic mix of fresh produce, crafts, original clothing and street food. Bordered by independent shops and galleries, Broadway Market is a welcoming place to visit - open Saturdays.
If you enjoy a stroll along the South Bank, plan your walk for a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. It will give you the opportunity to experience the Southbank Centre market. Situated behind the Royal Festival Hall, the market welcomes independent traders and producers, selected for their commitment to sustainable and ethical food. Treat yourself to wonderful meats, confectionery and other culinary delights.
In the heart of the West End, Covent Garden Market is always a hive of activity. The World-famous fruit and veg market is now an elegant shopping centre, but market stalls also feature. The Apple Market is a fabulous place to find handmade gifts. From Tuesday to Sunday, it is filled with jewellery, art and beautiful crafts but on Mondays, the stalls showcase antiques and collectables. The East Colonnade market is open every day with stalls selling a huge variety of goods. Walk through to the South Piazza and you can explore the Jubilee Market which offers somethings different every day.
Another great reason to visit the East End, Columbia Road is near Brick Lane and boasts a colourful flower market on Sundays. Packed with stunning blooms and interesting plants, it is renowned for its friendly atmosphere. The street itself is lined with independent shops and there are plenty of places to eat. As Brick Lane Market is also open on Sundays, you can easily visit both on the same day.
Tooting Market opened in 1930 and has been at the heart of this south London community ever since. The last decade has, however, seen the market go from strength to strength, with an influx of hip new bars and cafes, global dining options, arts and crafts and vintage stalls. Its popularity also contributed to Lonely Planet naming Tooting one of the Top 10 Coolest Places to Visit in the World – so it's definitely worth a look. You can pop by seven days a week, with bars and restaurants open till 10.30pm in the evening.
Every day is market day somewhere in the capital. Providing a welcome departure from big chains and malls, London's street markets each possess their own special character. Expect a memorable day out and some very special finds.


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Robert Stanton (San Antonio, Texas, 8 de Março de 1963) é um ator estadunidense.

Filmografia

Televisão
 2006 Law & Order como Douglas Preston
 2005 Jonny Zero como Stuart
 2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent como Dennis Griscom
 2001 Third Watch como Donald Simkins
 1998 Frasier como Ben
 1997 Cosby como Sr. Acker
 1995 Central Park West como Tom Chasen
 1995 The Cosby Mysteries como John Chapman

Cinema
 2009 Os Delírios de Consumo de Becky Bloom como Derek Smith
 2006 Find Me Guilty como Chris Newberger
 2004 The Stepford Wives como Ted van Sant
 2002 The Quiet American como Joe Tunney
 2000 Happy Accidents como Fetishist
 1998 Mercury Rising como Dean Crandell
 1998 Next Stop Wonderland como Robert
 1997 Red Corner como Ed Pratt
 1997 Hudson River Blues como Jeff
 1997 Washington Square como Arthur Townsend
 1996 Striptease como Erb Crandal
 1992 Bob Roberts como Bart Macklerooney
 1988 The House on Carroll Street como Dyonisus

Ligações externas

Robert Stanton at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Stanton, Robert

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Ellie Harmon
I could imagine it would be just like swimming in the ocean. It would be like watching the bubbling waves circle around my fluid arms and swallow my essence whole. The feeling of such freedom. Like there is nothing that could possibly drown you. Where even your lungs are full of clouds. There you are, suspended like a folded paper bird on a kindergartner's mobile, rotating around, slowly, and never finding an end. You are falling with style, with a gift-wrapped parachute, nonetheless. For a moment, you are no longer a puppet. For a moment, you are no longer controlled by anything above you, or below you. For a moment, you can breathe as deeply as you feel and you can feel as deeply as you exist.
I could imagine this feeling of eternal suspense as being like swimming in the largest body of water known to man. Oceans born of oceans. Fishes housed in seaweeds—for as far as the eye can see and as far as the mind takes the time to imagine. But with even as much breath as I could picture, I told myself that this experience would be even better than assuming the personality of a driftwood. You see, in the ocean, I might snag my foot on a rock or a sea urchin if I got too close to the coral prickles on the floor. I might make a permanent razor scratch along the top of my foot from beating my legs too hard on a sea tumor as I try to tread enough water to stay buoyant. But up there, where the feeling of liberty cohabits with the exhilaration of danger, up there where the floating birds live, nothing can ever hurt.
The aircraft hangar was our dock. Where we could sit, watching the waves of anxiety lap at the stable shore. It was as vast and as empty as the entirety of existence. These thick, strong, metal bars held the metal plates above us. It was an enormous warehouse, like a Walmart for giants, meant to contain these small planes that would release people into the adventure of their lives, like they were just jumping into a canoe and sailing straight downward. A vertical adventure, with only one task—to pull a string.
My fiancé Will told me on the day that he met me that he might like to be one of those buffoons that goes up into a plane to be dropped on the edge of oblivion. He said that it was something he wanted to do since he was a kid. I told him he was completely senseless and wild. But, I guess the joke was on me. In the end, it was this senselessness and foolish taste for adventure that convinced me to marry him, and so I decided almost two months before our big day that it would be a good experience after all to jump out of a plane before writing his last name with my first name on a piece of paper.
Will gave a nod to the worker at the front desk. It was his way of showing respect and acknowledgement to people that he felt were doing good work. Our desk attendant was a skinny red-haired college student. He walked around the front of the desk to pull my harness tight, looking at all of the bells and whistles to ensure that everything was in place. He responded to my very obviously panic-infused question with a mellow sort of stoner voice: "I'm sorry Ma'am, I should know exact numbers, but I know that it is significantly less than one percent."
"Just relaaax, Tiff," Will, planted his hand on my shoulder with a soft grip. You relax—buddy. My eyes narrowed playfully.
I looked at the straps nestled around my body. A fake sense of security swept up over my skin. I mean, people do this all the time, and what is there to worry about? Less than one percent? It's more likely I would die in a car accident than not have my parachute inflate. I knew for a fact that I was just talking around the subject. That is the problem with adrenaline junkies like my fiancé, they believe in their hearts that they are going to die, and they can face it with such beautiful certainty. I wished in that moment that I had that awareness of audacity.
Will gave me a wink with that sparkling diamond flash in his emerald gaze. He smiled his most giddy smile and said the three words you are always supposed to say before you leave someone alone. It was a little habit of ours to always say goodbye and I love you and all of those necessary things. Although, I would say that this is more for my benefit than for his. I always make a point to have things closed and sealed, taped up and put neatly away. Just in case something were to happen. It is a side-effect of being an altruist. Will, however, doesn't mind a little mess of emotions or a few unsaid words. That is a side-effect of being a daydreamer. Whereas I wouldn't dare try to leave someone with something as un-heartfelt as an "I love you" tackily slapped together last minute, he believes in a more clandestine sense of sentiment, where the affections themselves hold such a density that doesn't need passing acknowledgement to be valid. Maybe that's just what I adore about him. He never really needed much from me other than to feel hopelessly devoted. But I shouldn't get carried away with myself. We can save all that gush for after the wedding, when we have been advised that we will certainly need it.
He reached for my hand like a middle schooler trying to figure out what his mom would deem appropriate. I could tell that he was just trying to make sure that I felt okay about the whole situation. I like to know how things are going to end up and I don't like to feel the heavy pounds of uncertainty before I am about to do something ridiculous. I knew that Will loved me, and I knew that he wouldn't put me into any situation that he didn't believe on his life would be a safe decision. That is what that skinny red-head told us after all. Less than one percent. Part of me still wondered why I was still freaking out in the first place.
We climbed into the plane and chatted a little with the pilot. He told us to 'be safe' like he was a grandfather trying to teach a sex-ed class he didn't believe in. Will put his arm around me as the craft hiked higher and higher into the cloud infested blue. We leveled off and I felt immediately the sensation of "this is it." I wondered to myself if walking down the aisle would produce this kind of anxiety. I thanked God that I could experience something like this before I made such a mammoth legal decision as signing my name on a marriage license. I toyed with my diamond and the man told us to stand and get ready.
Head down and jump straight. You are going to roll. It won't hurt, all you are touching is air. Count sixty seconds, and pull this cord here.
I nodded to show that I understood what he was saying. Will kissed me on the mouth. A sensation came over me that made my stomach squeal with butterfly kisses and my fingers tingle with the voltage of a secluded log cabin catching electricity for the first time in years. The air was screaming with engines and wind, so he mouthed "I love you babe" as best as he could. He squeezed my hand a last time and silently fell out of the plane. With a pint of boldness, he drank in his dreams, and I tried to follow him with as much bravery as I could conjure.
The freedom was instantaneous. Only a moment had passed, but this warm calming breeze of energy pushed itself into my body and I breathed in so full, as if I had just discovered two open nostrils after a fit of pollen-season sneezes in the night. I closed my eyes and began counting. I was sure that there was nothing beyond this moment. There was nothing beyond falling from a plane, singularly re-entering the world. I was a comet, falling towards the subterranean cornfields. If it had not been daytime, maybe the children would have wished upon me from their cozy laced-up beds. Maybe they would have secretly told their friends about their innocent desires. I maybe could get them a pony, or a kiss from a boy, or the whole family together for Christmas. The smell of power encapsulated my muscles. I was a flying fish. I was a falling star.
Will opened his parachute to reveal bright green stripes surrounded by tea-colored swirls. I could only imagine what kind of flips and tricks he would tell me about when we reached the ground. I felt like the boring one—again—as I had only decided to fall instead of take full advantage of this once in a lifetime drop. I decided to myself that I had quite enough time falling and I reached backwards to pull my lifeline.
Jackson Wartel was a troubled boy. His history of mental illness and desire to wreak havoc on society only manifested itself one time. His father was not a dad and his stepmother was not a person, and so it had come to a point where he just wanted someone to pay attention to him. He was delivering his load to the skydiver's club downtown—a full set of brand-new-federally-marked-safe-parachutes. He pulled out the knife from his pocket. A small Swiss Army knife, and he ripped into the seams of a single parachute. Tampering. That is what they might charge him with. Just a bit of fun for a troubled boy now grown into a psychotic specimen. He would turn himself in after he heard about the news story. He would march right up to the asylum and ask for help for his issues. That didn't mean that he didn't want to regret at least one thing in his sad little life. He needed to control something. He needed to be heard. He slashed a hole into one of the packages. Just big enough to set fire to the Earth. He was going to ruin someone's life. He was going to ruin many lives. It was that kind of thought that made him feel this sense of revenge. Finally, his father would listen to him. Finally, his father would notice him instead of Tracy, or Maria, or Yelania, or Penny. He ripped apart the veins of strong woven fabric. Someone would have a terrible day too. He was going to see a counselor tonight.
I pulled the bungee-like rope with as much force as my little biceps could create. I felt a weight leave the pack against my shoulder blades. It opened full and bright above me. Perhaps a little too bright. Why was the sun shining through the chute? Is that what it is supposed to look like?
I noticed a gaping hole, cut wide into my salvation. My mind scrambled for the alternative solution. What had that red-head kid said? A reserve? A reserve? I felt for the other string, suddenly becoming hyper-aware that this was wrong. So, so wrong. So very, very wrong. This was wrong. This was wrong. This was wrong.
I pulled the other rope with a striking adrenaline that even would have surprised my future husband. It inflated like a jellyfish and put my mind at ease.
Why is there still sunlight?
Where did these holes come from?
I have three minutes before I am attacked by the Earth.


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THE GOOD RAIN: An Exploration of the Pacific Northwest
A mesmerizing ode to the Pacific Northwest, convincing us that the wilderness is a source of ""renewal""--if we will only stop treating ""paradise"" like a ""vacant lot."" ""To see what a century can produce from scratch,"" Egan retraces a journey made in 1853 by young New Englander Theodore Winthrop through wilderness that is now Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. In a book about his trip, The Canoe and the Saddle, Winthrop predicted that this ""strong, savage and majestic"" land would produce a ""full growth of the American Idea."" Egan's riveting travelogue (which includes maps, not seen) surveys what civilization (in places like Seattle and rose-filled Victoria) has brought about since the time of the ""prophetic"" Winthrop, while taking in the incredibly varied drama of this landscape (from the ""incorrigible breakers"" of the Columbia River Bar to the primeval Olympic Rain Forest and the North Cascades' ""museum of ice""). A New York Times reporter and Northwest native, Egan writes about this land and ""its icons--salmon and trees and mountains and water"" with the nightmare of urban traffic at his heels. Street-smart and image-stocked prose animates landscape where water is ""the master architect"" and giant trees are falling in today's timber boom ""like a retreating army in winter."" Egan alerts us to the cries of slaughter still echoing from the white man's wilderness rampage, which left native tribes decimated, land stripped, and water poisoned. We feel the loss of sea otters, harbor seals, wolves, and salmon (the ""soul"" of the rivers), and see the madness of continually leveling 62,000 acres a year of ancient, irreplaceable forests. ""Winthrop thought the land here would change a man, not the other way around,"" Egan writes. "". . .We have yet to prove him entirely wrong."" Glimpsing ""exalted life in the iced pinnacles,"" readers from any landscape will respond to Egan's timely, pantheistic call.
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Forty years ago, in 1978, the University started out with a few dozen staff and just a few hundred students, sent here, to the border region between Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany, by the central university admissions body. By the year 2025, we expect to grow to approximately 15,000 students and 1,500 employees in academic and support functions. We are preparing for this by positioning the University of Passau accordingly – in terms of subject areas and by adopting suitable policies in the areas of finance, organisational structure, personnel and by expanding space capacities.
Having received full approval on our application for an extension of the campus onto to the former premises of the Lowenbrau brewery by the responsible state ministries in September 2018, we are now in a position to reflect the University's growth into one of the world's excellent universities in our structural development. On the Spitzberg site, the 'Passau International Centre of Science and Research' will be established, which will bring the university as a centre of excellent, competitive research and strong, innovative teaching closer to the city centre of Passau and create a gateway to Passau as a city of academia. The premises will also be an important place of music and culture, for which we are very grateful to the Free State of Bavaria.
The basis for all our efforts is the University Development Plan, which was adopted by the Extended University Executive with the support of all member groups of the University in the summer semester of 2018. With these, we will enter into the negotiations with the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts for the next round of target agreements, which represent a great opportunity to set the course for the future development of the University of Passau.
Further information on the research, teaching and knowledge transfer activities of the University of Passau and its four faculties can, furthermore, be found on our website, in our official university magazine, Campus Passau (German only), and in the new digital research magazine, which went live in November 2018.
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Is Lebesgue's "universal covering" problem still open?
The following problem has been attributed to Lebesgue. Let "set" denote any subset of the Euclidean plane. What is the greatest lower bound of the diameter of any set which contains a subset congruent to every set of diameter 1? There are a number of interesting geometric problems of this type. Is it possible that some of them may be difficult to solve because the solution is a real irrational number which (when expressed in decimal form) is not even recursive-and so cannot be approximated in the usual way?
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$\begingroup$ Are you interested in minimal diameter of a universal cover or minimal area? $\endgroup$
– Fedor Petrov
Oct 16, 2018 at 5:12
$\begingroup$ The Quanta Magazine article about recent (2018) progress is nice. $\endgroup$
– Mark S
The question is still open. There are at least two versions. The most popular asks for the minimal-area convex subset of the plane such that every set with diameter 1 can be translated, rotated and/or reflected to fit inside it. Here is the best lower bound I know:
Peter Brass and Mehrbod Sharifi, A lower bound for Lebesgue's universal cover problem, Int. Jour. Comp. Geom. & Appl. 15 (2005), 537--544.
Their lower bound is 0.832, obtained through a rigorous computer-aided search for the convex set with the smallest area that contains a circle, equilateral triangle and pentagon of diameter 1.
The best upper bound I'm 100% sure of is 0.8441153, proved here:
John Baez, Karine Bagdasaryan and Philip Gibbs, The Lebesgue universal covering problem, Jour. Comp. Geom. 16 (2015), 288-299; arXiv:1502.01251 .
Our paper also reviews the history of this problem, which is rather interesting.
In 1920, Pál noted that a regular hexagon of area circumscribed around the unit circle does the job. This has area
$$ \sqrt{3}/2 \approx 0.86602540 $$
But in the same paper, he showed you could safely cut off two corners of this hexagon, defined by fitting a dodecagon circumscribed around the unit circle inside the hexagon. This brought the upper bound down to
$$ 2 - 2/\sqrt{3} \approx 0.84529946 $$
He guessed this solution was optimal.
In 1936, Sprague sliced tiny pieces of Pal's proposed solution and bring the upper bound down to
$$ \sim 0.84413770 $$
(Image from Hansen's paper, added by J.O'Rourke.)
The big hexagon above is Pál's original solution. He then inscribed a regular dodecagon inside this, and showed that you can remove two of the resulting corners, say $B_1B_2B$ and $F_1F_2F,$ and get a smaller universal covering. But Sprague noticed that near $D$ you can also remove the part outside the circle with radius 1 centered at $B_1$, as well as the part outside the circle with radius 1 centered at $F_2.$
In 1975, Hansen showed you could slice off very tiny corners off Sprague's solution, each of which reduces the area by $6 \cdot 10^{-18}$.
In a later paper, Hansen did better:
H. Hansen, Small universal covers for sets of unit diameter, Geometriae Dedicata 42 (1992), 205--213.
He again sliced two corners off Sprague's solution, but now one reduces the area by a whopping $4 \cdot 10^{-11}$, while the other, he claimed, reduces the area by $6 \cdot 10^{-18}$.
One author, in a parody of the usual optimistic prophecies of accelerating progress, commented that
...progress on this question, which has been painfully slow in the past, may be even more painfully slow in the future.
In 1980, Duff considered nonconvex subsets of the plane with least area such that every set with diameter one can be rotated and translated to fit inside it. He found one with area
which is smaller than the best known convex solution:
G. F. D. Duff, A smaller universal cover for sets of unit diameter, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. 2 (1980), 37--42.
In 2015, Philip Gibbs, Karine Bagdasaryan and I wrote a paper on this topic, mentioned above. We found a new smaller universal cover, and noticed that Hansen had made a mistake in his 1992 paper.
Hansen claimed to have removed pieces of area $4\cdot 10^{-11}$ and $6 \cdot 10^{-18}$ from Sprague's universal cover, but the actual areas removed were $3.7507 \cdot 10^{-11}$ and $8.4460 \cdot 10^{-21}$. So, Hansen's universal covering has area
$$ \sim 0.844137708416 $$
Our new, smaller universal covering had area
$$ \sim 0.8441153 $$
This is about $2.2 \cdot 10^{-5}$ smaller than Hansen's.
To calculate the area of our universal cover Philip used a Java program, which is available online. Greg Egan checked our work using high-precision calculations in Mathematica, which are also available online. See the references in our paper for these programs and also a Java applet that Gibbs created to visualize Hansen's universal covering. It's fun to look at the smallest sliver Hansen removed, because it's 30 million times longer that it is wide!
More recently Philip Gibbs wrote a paper claiming to have an even smaller universal covering, with area
$$ \sim 0.8440935944 $$
Philip Gibbs, An upper bound for Lebesgue's universal covering problem, 22 January 2018.
Gibbs is a master at this line of work, but I must admit I haven't checked all the details, so it would be good for some people to carefully check them.
I've written a slightly more detailed account of the Lebesgue universal covering problem with some pictures here:
J. Baez, Lebesgue's universal covering problem (part 1), Azimuth, 8 December 2013.
J. Baez, Lebesgue's universal covering problem (part 2), Azimuth, 3 February 2015.
J. Baez, Lebesgue's universal covering problem (part 3), Azimuth, 7 October 2018.
If anyone knows of further progress on this puzzle, please let me know!
Martin Sleziak
John BaezJohn Baez
$\begingroup$ 15 October 2018 - I've updated my answer to discuss the new improved upper bound found by Philip Gibbs. $\endgroup$
– John Baez
$\begingroup$ OP asks about minimal diameter (not minimal area), which is probably not the Lebesgue's original problem, but still interesting. Do you know anything about this question? $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ Philip Gibbs says this other problem is harder; I don't know anything about it. $\endgroup$
The problem has been studied for various groups $G$ of isometries of $\mathbb R^n$. A set $K\subset \mathbb R^n$ is called $G$-universal cover iff every set of diameter 1 is contained in $gK$ for some $g\in G$.
V. Makeev proved that the mean width of a $T_n$-universal cover is greater or equal to $\sqrt{2n/(2n+1)}$, where $T_n$ is the group of translations of $\mathbb R^n$. For $n=2$ the estimate is sharp; the perimeter of a $T_2$-universal cover $\geq 2\pi/\sqrt{3}$ (link).
M. Kovalev obtained a rather explicit description of all minimal $D_2$-universal covers, where $D_2$ is the group of all isometries of $\mathbb R^2$.
Theorem. Every minimal universal $D_2$-cover $K$ is star-shaped. There is a polar coordinate system (with the centre in $K$) such that $$\partial K=\{(\phi,\rho(\phi)):\ 0 < \phi\leq 2\pi\},$$ where $\rho=\rho(\phi)$ is Lipschitz and for any $\phi\in[0,2\pi]$ $$c^2\leq \rho(\phi) \leq 1 - c^2,\qquad c=1-1/\sqrt{3}.$$
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Andrey RekaloAndrey Rekalo
$\begingroup$ It's worth noting, for nonexperts, that "minimality" here means that the set $K$ doesn't contain a subset with the desired property. This is implied by, but does not imply, area minimization. Indeed, "minimal" solutions to the Lebesgue universal covering problem are known, while area-minimizing ones are not. $\endgroup$
Dec 8, 2013 at 7:36
$\begingroup$ The link to the search will only work for people with MathSciNet subscription - as previously discussed on meta. But it seems a reasonable guess that it is supposed to be Kovalev, M. D. The smallest Lebesgue covering exists. (Russian) Mat. Zametki 40 (1986), no. 3, 401–406, 430; MR869931. $\endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
It's Lebesgue Minimal Problem. It's still open, though there are some bounds to the area of such set, for example there are lower bound for area $S\ge \frac{\pi}{8}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$
it's not hard to show that such set must have diameter larger or equal to $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}+\frac{1}{2}=1.077350...$
Our set must have a subsets congruent to the equilateral triangle with side 1(ABC) and to the circle with radius 0.5(with center O). If I - the incenter of triangle ABC, and $O \in BIC$, then consider point D which lies on the radius perpendicular to BC. Then $AD \ge AI+OD=1.077...$.
Nurdin TakenovNurdin Takenov
$\begingroup$ You say $O \in BIC$ but your diagrams seems to have $O \notin BIC$. Still, it obeys $AD \ge AI + OD$. $\endgroup$
As other answers have pointed out there are different versions and generalizations of Lebesgue's Universal Covering Problem. His original question from 1914 in a letter to Pál has been quoted as
"What is the smallest area of a convex set in the plane that contains a congruent copy of every planar set of unit diameter?" (see "Research Problems in Discrete Geometry" Brass, Moser, Pach.)
Variations of the question ask for the minimum diameter or perimeter. Sometimes the convexity condition is relaxed but an advantage of the convex case is that the existance of a universal cover with minimum area is then ensured by the Blaschke selection theorem. Congruence allows reflections as well as translations and rotations but in some statements of the problem reflections are not allowed. The universal covers found by Pál and improved by Sprague do not require reflections. The best known convex universal cover by Hansen from 1992 does require reflections. Hansen's area is 0.844137708435197570894066994 and Duff gave a smaller non-convex cover of 0.84413570 (see other answers for references)
However, it is possible to improve on these upper bounds as follows: Start with a regular hexagon circumscribed round a circle of diameter one. As Pál showed this is a universal cover. Pál considered the eight sided shape formed by removing two corners from this hexagon using cuts made with two lines tangent to the circle in such a way that the new edges are sides of a regular dodecagon inscribed in the hexagon. Now consider a more general case where the two cuts are still tangent to the circle and still at an angle of 60 degrees to each other but at a small angle $\sigma$ to the edges of a dodecahedron. The remaining shape is still a universal cover.
To see this consider the six triangles at the corners of the hexagon each outisde a line tangent to the circle and at the same slant angle away from the edge of a regualar dodecagon. In the diagram these are labelled A,B,C,D,E and F. Any shape of diameter one can be fitted inside the hexagon. The least distance between opposite triangles such as A and D is one, so the shape cannot be in the interior of both triangles. This is true for each of the three pairs of opposite triangles so the shape can only be inside the interior of at most three of these triangles. Each of the possible cases can be checked to see that the shape can then be rotated through some multiple of sixty degrees around the centre so that it is still inside the hexagon but not inside the triangles E and C. Therefore the hexagon with these two triangles removed is a universal cover.
This cover can be reduced further by generalising the argument used by Sprague. First observe that any shape of diameter one can be contained inside a curve of constant width one (such as a cirle of unit diameter, or a Reuleaux polygon) so to prove that a set of points is a universal cover it suffices to show that it can cover a set congruent to every curve of constant width one. When such a curve is fitted inside the hexagon it will touch each of the six sides of the hexagon at a unique point. On the side running from D to C it must be to the left of the point P on the corner of the removed triangle C. This means that all points near A outside an arc of radius one centred on P can be removed. Similarly the curve must touch the edge of the hexagon from E to D somewhere right of N, the corner of the triangle E that has been removed. So all points outside an arc of radius one centred on N can also be removed. The remaining cover then has a vertex at X where these two arcs meet. This reduces the cover but not enough to make it smaller for any non-zero value of $\sigma$ than Sprague's universal cover which is the case $\sigma=0$.
One more piece can be removed if we use the freedom to reflect shapes. The axis of reflection to use is the line from the midpoint M of the side of the hexagon from E to D, to the midpoint of the opposite side. A shape fitted into the hexagon with the corners E and C removed can be reflected about this axis provided it also does not enter the triangles F' and D' which are the reflections of C and E about the axis. When this is the case we will choose to reflect the shape if it touches the side from E to D at a point nearer to E than D. Remember that it touches the opposite side at the opposite point which is therefore also reflected to be nearer the corner of the hexagon at B than the one at A. If we draw an arc centred on M of radius one it cuts off a larger region near A and no shape that can be reflected can be beyond this line. The point where this meets the arc centred on P is marked W.
This means that the only shapes that can have points outside that arc are ones that cannot be reflected. This means they must enter some point inside the regions F' or D' If they have a point in D' then they cannot have a point in A' which is the triangle whose points are at a distance of more than one from all points in D'. Draw one more arc centred on Q at the corner of the triangle C' which is the reflection of the region F. All points in C' are at a distance of one or more than one from points in F' so the arc will touch the region F' but not enter it. This arc will meet the arc centred on M at a point Z and the arc centred on N at a point Y. Now consider the fate of points inside the region XYZW bounded by the four arcs. It is a general property of curves of constant width one that if two points are inside the curve then all points on an arc of radius one through the two points are also inside the curve. Suppose then that a shape fitted inside the hexagon had a point in XYZW and also in F' We could then join those two points with an arc but between the two points it would be outside the arc centered on Q and would therefore go outside the hexagon. This is in contradiction with the premise so we conclude that no shape fitted in the hexagon can have a point in both XYZW and F'. It can also be verified that for angles $\sigma$ less than 9 degrees the region XYZW is inside the triangle A'. Therefore shapes with a point insode XYZW do not have points in F' or D' and can be reflected. However, we have already determined that such shapes will not have points in this region. This proves that the region XYZW can be removed from the universal cover.
It turns out that this is now sufficient to construct a universal cover smaller than the ones of Hansen and Duff. Even if we restrict ourselves to the convex case and remove only the part of this region that leaves a convex shape, the area of the universal cover for an angle $\sigma = 0.4$ degrees can be computed to be 0.8441177
There are other small pieces that can be removed from this cover to reduce it further.
This of course does not solve Lebesgue's Universal Covering Problem which is hard because of the complexity of the problem (not because the numbers involved are irrational as asked in the question) However I can break the problem down with three conjectures
1st conjecture: The minimal convex cover for any subset of curves of width one will always fit inside a hexagon circumscribed around a circle such that opposite sides are parallel. It can be shown that such a shape is a universal cover but only computational evidence supports the truth of this conjecture.
2nd conjecture: For any such hexagon there is a minimal convex cover. The conjecture is that the minimum area for such a cover is found for the case of the regular hexagon. Again computation supports this conjecture.
3rd conjecture: For a regular hexagon the minimum cover within the hexagon for any subset of curves of width one fits inside the shape formed by removing two corners by two lines tangent to the inscribed circle and at an angle of 60 degrees to each other (as above)
If all of these three conjectures are true then the problem of finding the minimal convex cover reduces to finding the minimal cover inside a shape of this form. The conjectures may be hard to prove but if are true then the final problem may be tractable using methods similar to the above proof.
Philip GibbsPhilip Gibbs
Philip Gibbs wrote:
the area of the universal cover for an angle $\sigma=0.4$ degrees can be computed to be $0.8441177$.
I believe Philip later noticed an error in this area computation. He also later noticed that there's a constraint that $\sigma$ needs to obey, which is not obeyed by this choice: the best choice of $\sigma$ is about
$$ \sigma = 1.294389444703601012^\circ $$
and the area of the universal covering this gives is about
$$ 0.844115297128419059\dots .$$
We wrote a paper on this together with Karine Bagdasaryan, and Greg Egan did some high-precision calculations that give the above numbers. Our paper explains the details:
John C. Baez, Karine Bagdasaryan and Philip Gibbs, The Lebesgue universal covering problem.
Abstract: In 1914 Lebesgue defined a "universal covering" to be a convex subset of the plane that contains an isometric copy of any subset of diameter 1. His challenge of finding a universal covering with the least possible area has been addressed by various mathematicians: Pal, Sprague and Hansen have each created a smaller universal covering by removing regions from those known before. However, Hansen's last reduction was microsopic: he claimed to remove an area of $6 \cdot 10^{−18}$, but we show that he actually removed an area of just $8 \cdot 10^{-21}$. In the following, with the help of Greg Egan, we find a new, smaller universal covering with area less than $0.8441153$. This reduces the area of the previous best universal covering by a whopping $2.2 \cdot 10^{−5}$.
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Fashion Designer Lost Trademark Dispute Over His Name
On July 29, 2020, the Japan IP High Court ruled to dismiss an appeal by Kabushiki Kaisha Soloist, founded by Takahiro Miyashita, a Japanese fashion designer, who contested a decision by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to deny trademark registration for a compound mark consisting of "TAKAHIROMIYASHITA" and "TheSoloist." under Article 4(1)(viii) of the Trademark Law.
[Judicial case no. Reiwa2(Gyo-ke)10006]
Disputed mark (see below) was filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Soloist, founded by Takahiro Miyashita, on September 21, 2017, covering various fashion items in class 14, 18, and 25. [TM application no. 2017-126259]
In 2010, immediately after starting a company 'Kabushiki Kaisha Soloist', Takahiro Miyashita allegedly has launched his new brand "TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist." and used the disputed mark on clothing, sandals, sunglass, eyewear, accessories designed by him since then and the disputed mark has become famous for his fashion brand. Consequently, relevant consumers and traders would not associate the disputed mark with any individual other than him.
Refusal decision by JPO
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) refused the mark in contravention of Article 4(1)(viii) of the Trademark Law, on the ground that the disputed mark contains a full name of private individual named "Takahiro Miyashita". It is obvious that there are several Japanese people with the same name.
Article 4(1)(viii)
Article 4(1)(viii) of the Trademark Law prohibits registration of trademarks which contain the representation or name of any person, famous pseudonym, professional name or pen name of another person, or famous abbreviation thereof for the purpose of protecting personal rights of a living individual. Notwithstanding the provision, the article is not applicable where the applicant of the disputed mark produces the written consent of the person.
The Supreme Court of Japan has ruled the article shall be interpreted to protect the personal rights of a living individual. In line with the Supreme Court ruling, Trademark Examination Manuals (TEM) set forth that the article is applicable not only to natural persons (including foreigners) and corporations but also associations without capacity.
On January 29, 2019, the Appeal Board of JPO decided to affirm the examiner's refusal on the same ground. [Appeal case no. 2019-1138]
To contest the administrative decision, the applicant filed an appeal to the IP High Court.
IP High Court Ruling
The court dismissed the allegation entirely, by stating that:
Even though the disputed mark contains literal elements unrelated to the name of a living person, Article 4(1)(viii) is still applicable since relevant consumers would conceive the literal portions of "TAKAHIROMIYASHITA" as a name of a Japanese person.
It is indisputable that there are several Japanese with the same name as Takahiro Miyashita and some of their names are written in different Chinese characters.
The applicant failed to prove that he obtained consent from them.
Alleged facts that the founder of the applicant has become famous as a fashion designer and because of it, relevant consumers and traders are unlikely to connect the disputed mark with any individual other than the designer would be construed irrelevant in applying Article 4(1)(viii).
Based on the foregoing, the IP High Court sided with the JPO and upheld the refusal decision.
Click here to see the Court's official ruling (Japanese only)
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Derek Blake - February 13, 2020
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The game with the largest handle over the weekend was the New York Guardians versus the Tampa Bay Vipers. With FanDuel's presence as one of the bigger operators in the neighboring state of New Jersey, the betting totals were not completely unexpected for the home town Guardians.
Will the XFL Stay Relevant With the Help of Sports Betting?
One of the big factors why the XFL should stay solvent throughout the first season is that the company has two television deals with ABC/ESPN and Fox Sports.
The most interesting of the two is the Fox Sports deal because the media company has its own sports betting app, known as FoxBet. The Fox mobile app works much like the DraftKings app because both companies are authorized partners and can stream live feeds from the XFL directly to their platforms.
DraftKings did not allow live bets on XFL games, something that could change after gauging the early excitement for the league from bettors. FoxBet did take live bets on the moneyline only, but not the total score of games.
"The XFL was as big as some other popular leagues on our sportsbook," said DraftKings spokesman Stephen Miraglia. "Nearly 25% of bettors, who placed a bet with us this weekend, placed a bet on the XFL."
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School officials, police, and health advocates say they are alarmed by the trend on several fronts. They say while it's becoming increasingly popular among high school students, the real health risks are still unknown and that parents, in many cases, are in the dark.
As he took his first hits from a fruit medley-flavored JUUL, Brett, slowly began to feel more at ease.
Smoking it was a mellowing experience, said Brett, a Burlington County high school student who asked that his last name not be used. He took up using the electronic cigarette after seeing many of his classmates do it, and initially liked that it soothed his nerves.
But as Brett started "Juuling," also known as vaping, more often, he began to feel crippling nausea after taking multiple hits.
He quit cold turkey, but admits many of his peers vape in school bathrooms and class lectures, on the bus and in the hallways.
Juuling, named for the JUUL brand, adds its own concerns to their worries. It's easy to conceal a habit, they said.
Unlike other bulky, tube-shaped e-cigarettes, JUULs sport a sleek, modern design that is nearly identical to a flash drive, which wouldn't be uncommon for any student to have in school. And like its USB twin, the device can be plugged into a computer to charge.
JUULs, relatively inexpensive and easily available in stores and online, are by far the most popular device of choice, according to multiple teachers, police officers and health officials.
Some parents even buy the products for their teens, reasoning it's safer than drugs or smoking. Others don't realize the vape juice does can contain nicotine.
"It's something better than a cigarette or a blunt," Brett reasoned.
E-cigarette users fill a liquid cartridge with a vape juice of their choice, which can contain up to 16 mg of nicotine. Some are nicotine free. When smokers take a drag, the e-cigarette vaporizes the liquid. Then they hold the vapor in their mouth for several seconds and exhale it out of their nose or mouth.


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State of the Climate 2014? It's warmer.
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The State of the Climate 2014 focused on the changes that have been observed in Australia's long-term climate trends and it shows that temperatures across Australia were, on average, almost 1°C warmer than they were a century ago.
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Every two years CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology get together, crunch the numbers and release a definitive report on long term trends in Australia's climate – The State of the Climate.
The SoC 2014 released today is focused on the changes that have been observed in Australia's long-term climate trends and it shows that temperatures across Australia were, on average, almost 1°C warmer than they were a century ago, with most of the warming having occurred since 1950.
"Australia's mean temperature has warmed by 0.9°C since 1910," BoM chief Dr Vertessy said. "Seven of the ten warmest years on record in Australia have occurred since 1998. When we compare the past 15 years to the period 1951 to 1980, we find that the frequency of very warm months has increased five-fold and the frequency of very cool months has decreased by around a third.
"The duration, frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased across large parts of Australia since 1950. Extreme fire weather risk has increased, and the fire season has lengthened across large parts of Australia since the 1970s.
"We have also seen a general trend of declining autumn and winter rainfall, particularly in southwestern and southeastern Australia, while heavy rainfall events are projected to increase. Australian average annual rainfall has increased slightly, largely due to increases in spring and summer rainfall, most markedly in northwestern Australia."
History of data collection
State of the Climate 2014 draws on an extensive record of observations and analysis from CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, and other sources.
CSIRO boss Megan Clark said Australia has warmed in every State and Territory and in every season.
"Australia has one of the most variable climates in the world. Against this backdrop, across the decades, we're continuing to see increasing temperatures, warmer oceans, changes to when and where rain falls and higher sea levels," Dr Clark said. "The sea-surface temperatures have warmed by 0.9°C since 1900 and greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise."
CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology play a key role in monitoring, measuring and reporting on weather and climate, contributing to improved understanding of our changing global climate system. State of the Climate 2014 is the third report in a series and follows earlier reports in 2010 and 2012.
Below are some of the main facts from the report.
Australia's mean surface air temperature has warmed by 0.9°C since 1910.
Seven of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1998.
Over the past 15 years, the frequency of very warm months has increased five-fold and the frequency of very cool months has declined by around a third, compared to 1951–1980.
Sea-surface temperatures in the Australian region have warmed by 0.9°C since 1900.
Rainfall averaged across Australia has slightly increased since 1900, with a large increase in northwest Australia since 1970.
A declining trend in winter rainfall persists in southwest Australia.
Autumn and early winter rainfall has mostly been below average in the southeast since 1990.
Heatwaves and fire weather
The duration, frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased across large parts of Australia since 1950.
There has been an increase in extreme fire weather, and a longer fire season, across large parts of Australia since the 1970s.
Global atmosphere and cryosphere
A wide range of observations show that the global climate system continues to warm.
It is extremely likely that the dominant cause of recent warming is human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and not natural climate variability.
Ice-mass loss from the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has accelerated over the past two decades.
Arctic summer minimum sea ice extent has declined by between 9.4 and 13.6 per cent per decade since 1979, a rate that is likely unprecedented in at least the past 1,450 years.
Antarctic sea-ice extent has slightly increased by between 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent per decade since 1979.
Indicators of a world experiencing a consistent pattern of warming.Oceans
The Earth is gaining heat, most of which is going into the oceans.
Global mean sea level increased throughout the 20th century and in 2012 was 225 mm higher than in 1880.
Rates of sea-level rise vary around the Australian region, with higher sea-level rise observed in the north and rates similar to the global average observed in the south and east.
Ocean acidity levels have increased since the 1800s due to increased CO2 absorption from the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases
Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase due to emissions from human activities, with global mean CO2 levels reaching 395 ppm in 2013.
Global CO2 emissions from the use of fossil fuel increased in 2013 by 2.1 per cent compared to 3.1 per cent per year since 2000.
The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations from 2011 to 2013 is the largest two-year increase ever observed.
Future climate scenarios for Australia
Australian temperatures are projected to continue to increase, with more hot days and fewer cool days.
A further increase in the number of extreme fire-weather days is expected in southern and eastern Australia, with a longer fire season in these regions.
Average rainfall in southern Australia is projected to decrease, with a likely increase in drought frequency and severity.
The frequency and intensity of extreme daily rainfall is projected to increase.
Tropical cyclones are projected to decrease in number but increase in intensity.
Projected sea-level rise will increase the frequency of extreme sea-level events.
Download the full report on our website. Follow the conversation on Twitter with #SoCAus
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7th March 2014 at 10:31 am
Thanks Steph … and others.
Your words "suggest" and "likely", nor the use of the skeptical science site as a reference do not give much confidence.
As I said previously, AGW requires that the greenhouse gas CO2 must not be saturated. This can be determined rather easily with IR measurements. However, satellite-based IR measurements, such as the one on the skeptical science site, give unsaturated – and these are the only type quoted by AGW – whereas ground-based show saturation so that increases in CO2 can trap no more heat.
Anyway, the point is satellite measurements are not the same as ground-based.
AT LEAST ONE SET IS WRONG!
Satellite based instruments measure radiation emanating from Earth's outer atmosphere. BUT those data are contaminated by solar reflections, which contains lots of IR (from clouds, dust, etc) – which is well known – plus solar radiation refracted from the different density layers – which is less well recognised. Satellite data will therefore show less IR absorption than ground-based instruments do.
One can see this substantiated in IR observations of Venus' atmosphere (96% CO2) where CO2 bands are still appear to be about 15% unsaturated (!!), cf Earth's (0.04% CO2) about 40% unsaturated (as measured from satellite).
Something's obviously wrong here.
Ground-based IR instruments measure the radiation leaving, or conversely, being absorbed, from Earth's surface. This is what we want. It's where global temperatures are being measured. It matters little what is doing the absorbing of the Earth's radiation in the CO2 bands, ie if it's CO2, dust, moisture, clouds, etc. (Although as it's in CO2's bands, one would expect that it is CO2). As all the radiation in CO2's bands is being absorbed, any more CO2 cannot cause more absorption.
For example, Gemini Observatory's D.Lord (1992) measured the IR spectrum vertically. Gebbie et al (1951) measured IR horizontally at (100 ft above) sea-level with photometers. Both showed saturation with 2 different methods. Neither group was associated with climate change considerations; Lord was interested in observing the heavens, Gebbie was contracted to the British Admiralty.
Finally, land-based measurements are compatible with the Vostok ice-core records. Satellite measurements are not.
Trevor Barry
7th March 2014 at 4:24 am
Thanks for this incredible(ly scary, but impressive format) work, ozzie friends.
As someone working in another climate-leading jurisdiction (British Columbia, Canada), I beleive you have set the bar very high in respect to communicating/reporting.
6th March 2014 at 9:46 pm
The free market system combined with over population is destroying our planet. My thanks to the CSIRO . Their unbiased research is keeping us up to date.
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All the sudden I thought wow its time to stand up and fight this, stop feeling sorry for me and be strong Praise the Lord today! God woke me up today and I will not be defeated! There are so many blessings to be thankful for and today I will be praising the Lord!
I hope her blog post encourages you as it did me, enjoy Terra's blog and have a blessed day.


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Only with unrestricted access to information citizens can monitor the authorities and make empowered decisions.
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It was a time of bandit capitalism and extreme poverty, but also one of hope, openness and — for the first time since the Russian Revolution — press freedom. For the first time, Russian citizens were free to explore history, exchange opinions and criticize power: cornerstones for any open and democratic society.
In present-day Russia, where the vast majority of the media is state-controlled, most of those achievements have been rolled back , but the seed of honest and independent journalism was sown in those early '90s. And many brave Russian journalists continue to tell their stories independent from state interference or business interests. It is an uphill struggle — sometimes dangerous, always difficult.
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To help with organizational skills, and reduce a tendency to misplace things, specific locations for possessions in the home should be assigned. Your child may need frequent reminders to put items away after using them.
When giving instructions, parents can focus the child's attention by gently holding his/her face so that he can see their lips while being addressed. They should then ask the child to immediately repeat the directions. This will help the child to remember and follow instructions.
Rules, feedback and consequences must be consistently applied both at home and away from home. Feedback or consequences should immediately follow the child's actions, and it should be made clear what was done or done wrong. Parents should try to focus more on encouraging positive behaviour rather than punishing negative behaviour.
Physical affection, praise and encouragement of the child's efforts will help build self-esteem, while motivating him/her to be well-behaved. Since ADHD children often seem to need more concrete goals and rewards than other children, parents may need to develop a system of (non-materialistic)rewards. This may be in the form of reward stickers, or a point system in which the child accumulates points that are translated into extra privileges or treats.
If persistent attempts to modify the child's behaviour through positive reinforcement fail, parents may need to use alternative tactics. If they are using a point system to reward good behaviour, they might choose to subtract points. The child may have to work harder in order to earn extra privileges or treats or may temporarily lose some privileges. Parents should make it clear why the child is being reprimanded in this way.
If the child becomes very emotionally or physically wound up, parents may send him to a designated "time-out" location in the house. This should not be a place of punishment, but one where the child can calm down and reflect. There are times when reprimanding the child for misconduct may be inappropriate or impractical. In such situations, parents might find it more effective and less disruptive to simply redirect the child's attention to something else.
Disruptive or difficult behaviour by the child can sometimes occur in public places, such as at the grocery store, in church or at a restaurant. Such situations can cause parents a great deal of stress and embarrassment, and it can be difficult to respond effectively in these circumstances. But many problem situations can be controlled quickly - or prevented altogether - if potential difficulties are identified in advance.
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Strategies work best if parents maintain a patient, compassionate and positive approach. This means that the child should not be judged too harshly, and unrealistic expectations of him should be set aside. Parents should resist expressions of anger, frustration, or resentment - which can promote a confrontational attitude and poor self-esteem in the child. They should try to bear in mind that the child can't always help his/her behaviour, and be willing to forgive his/her mistakes. Parents may find it helps them remain calm in difficult situations if they avoid taking it personally, and psychologically distance themselves from their child's misbehaviour. Family counselling is also valuable in helping parents and other family members cope with the considerable frustration and tension that the ADHD child's behaviour may produce in the home.


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The onslaught of attacks on our election systems
The president may not have a grasp on the extent to which Russian and other outside forces are trying to meddle in U.S. elections, but the people in charge of running elections in each of the 50 states certainly do.
They met this week in Philadelphia for a convention of the National Association of Secretaries of State. Utah is one of only three states without someone with the title of secretary of state, an office that typically oversees elections. But Utah's Elections Director Justin Lee, who answers to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, attended. I spoke to him by phone as he was waiting to board his flight home.
"We spent half of our time talking about security," he said. Those discussions were not necessary prompted by President Trump's refusal to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over attempts to compromise U.S. elections. These people don't need anyone else to tell them what's going on.
Hacking attempts on Utah's database of voter registrations reached the level of a billion per day earlier this year when Mitt Romney entered the Senate race, according to a Deseret News report by Art Raymond.
That's enough to keep any security team on its toes, and it is easy to understand what is causing it.
Remember the presidential debate in 2012 when Romney identified Russia as the nation's top geopolitical foe? President Obama answered with, "The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War's been over for 20 years."
As Cox told Utah Policy recently, Romney's outspoken criticisms of Russia back then may well be connected to this surge. It turns out Obama's retort, so clever at the time, keeps coming back like the remnants of a bad meal. Not withstanding the end of the Cold War, Russian attacks are very much a late-teens foreign policy concern.
These Russian operatives seem to understand the value of a billion failed attempts, which can be just as effective, or perhaps even more so, than one successful attempt. The idea is to nudge Americans into losing faith in their own elections, just as planting fake stories on Social Media — something U.S. intelligence also ascribes to Russians — leads to a general distrust of official institutions.
The truth is, it would be nearly impossible to rig an American presidential election. That's because 3,143 separate counties, boroughs and independent cities count votes, each with separate methods and rules. Someone might be able to target strategic precincts, but many of those agencies use closed systems that bypass the Internet entirely. Bribing election judges and people in charge of counting machines would be costly and messy.
But merely attempting to influence the outcome of a presidential race could be the perfect crime. In today's United States, whichever side you help will discount your efforts while the side you hurt can't help sounding petty and whiny. Soon the truth becomes just another matter for debate, with no fact beyond the reach of accusations it was just made up.
I wrote something similar to this two years ago, only the context was different. Donald Trump, then a candidate widely expected to lose, was the one warning the election might be rigged against him.
That adds a touch of irony to his performance in Helsinki on Monday, when he discounted evidence Russian forces hacked computers belonging to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. "We ran a brilliant campaign and that's why I'm president," he said.
Now he has changed his tune again. After enduring bipartisan criticism, Trump said Tuesday he had misspoken. He now accepts that Russia meddled in the election. He fully supports U.S. intelligence agencies.
Will that be enough? It may erase confusion over the impression Trump gave Monday that there is a moral equivalence between U.S. intelligence and mere denials from the Russian president, but the erosion of faith in American governmental institutions seems to have a momentum of its own.
As he prepared to board a plane, Lee assured me Utah's election workers are doing all they can to stay ahead of the bad guys. The database is backed up every night. Counties count votes in Utah, but the state keeps the database of voters. Hackers could sow confusion by getting in and changing that.
"We're confident, but we're not naïve, he said.
That sounds like a great position for all Americans to take, from the top down.