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H.S. baseball: Cape Elizabeth batters Poland in 6 innings for first win
The Capers scored more runs in Wednesday's win than they had in their first eight games combined, and pitcher Ryan Oberholtzer shut down the Knights.
By Wil KramlichSun Journal
POLAND — It took half the season, but the Cape Elizabeth bats woke up and the Capers finally earned their first win, which came at Poland's expense Wednesday.
The Capers pounded out 15 hits and scored more runs Wednesday than they had in their first eight games combined, using a pair of five-run frames to down the Knights 12-1 in six innings.
"We swung the bats like we haven't swung it yet," said Capers (1-8) coach Glenn Reeves, whose team entered Wednesday's game having scored 11 total runs and no more than two in any previous game.
The game was tied 1-1 after one inning when the Capers strung together four straight two-out hits to go up 6-1. The Capers were able to hold onto that momentum as starting pitcher Ryan Oberholtzer threw three hitless innings in the second through fourth frames.
"In the first inning we did scratch the run, but I think they got us early, and then they responded back to our run and I think that took a lot of momentum out of our sails," Poland coach Charles Pray said.
The Knights (2-9) subbed in Adrien Melanson at pitcher for starter Dylan Sellinger in the third, and the senior was able to keep the Capers scoreless for a couple innings before they added another run in the top of the fifth.
Pray said the Capers had "timed (Sellinger) up pretty well" in his two innings of work.
Reeves said despite his team's seemingly safe lead he wasn't comfortable until the final out, and the threat the Knights displayed in the bottom of the fifth was a big example why.
Melanson led off with a double (the first hit Oberholtzer allowed since the first inning), Gawain Tibbetts walked and Hunter Gibson bunted for a single to load the bases with nobody out. But Oberholtzer fought back with his first strikeout of the game and then got out of the jam with a squeeze-bunt attempt that was popped up for an inning-ending double play.
"You know, I was expecting two runs that inning and we got out of it with zero, so that was tremendous," Reeves said.
"It's one of those things, definitely looking for a couple runs to close the gap and I think the boys did feel a little deflated when they came in," Pray said.
Cape Elizabeth put the game away with another five-run frame in the next half-inning. Mike Mackenzie led off with a single that started a string of five-consecutive batters reaching, which included Jameson Bakke reaching on a wild-pitch third strike that scored one of the runs. Bakke had doubled twice and singled in his first three at-bats to lead the Capers' offense. Mackenzie, Sean O'Sullivan and Colin Smith each had two hits.
"Hats off to them," Pray said. "They put the ball in play and made us make the plays, and we couldn't make all the plays we needed to. But good teams put the ball in play and make things happen, and that's exactly what they did."
The Knights tried to extend the game to a seventh inning with singles by Sellinger and Colby Bell (two hits in the game) in the bottom of the sixth, but Oberholtzer picked up his second strikeout and then a fielder's choice ended the game.
"He had a good fastball, good slider going today, so he was in control," Reeves said. "Limited walks, so that's the secret. Pitch to contact."
Oberholtzer scattered six hits and walked just one batter.
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Neither a Neuroscientist Nor a Statistician
By drorzel on May 31, 2011.
A bunch of people I follow on social media were buzzing about this blog post yesterday, taking Jonah Lerher to task for "getting spun" in researching and writing this column in the Wall Street Journal about this paper on the "wisdom of crowds" effect. The effect in question is a staple of pop psychology these days, and claims that an aggregate of many guesses by people with little or no information will often turn out to be a very reasonable estimate of the true value. The new paper aims to show the influence of social effects, and in particular, that providing people with information about the guesses of others leads them to revise their guesses in a way that can undo the "wisdom of crowds" effect completely-- you can get tight clusters of guesses around wrong values for purely social reasons.
The blog post is very long and takes quite a while to come around to the point, which is really two related claims: first, that Lehrer cherry-picked the example he used in his column, and second, that Lehrer was deceived by unjustifiable claims made about the research. The whole argument centers on this table:
The cherry-picking charge is, I think, on the mark-- Lehrer used the median value for the third question as his illustration, because that particular aggregate value of the guesses falls within 1% of the true value. However, it's the only one of the 18 aggregate values to get that close-- in fact, it's the only one to come within 10% of the true value. Using it as the only example is a little sleazy (though not really outside the bounds of normal journalistic practice, which says more about journalistic practice than anything else).
As for the other claim... Well, as I said on Facebook last night, the author of the post, Peter Freed, lost me completely when he wrote "The geometric mean (circled in blue, below) - whatever in God's name that is."
This puts me in a slightly odd position, I realize, as I have often expressed skepticism about statistical hair-splitting in psychology experiments. In fact, another much-derided piece by Lehrer on the "decline effect," which he describes as an apparent loss of validity of scientific studies over time struck me as probably the result of taking some fairly arbitrary statistical measures a little too seriously.
In this case, though, I think the criticism of the research, and thus of Lehrer for taking it too seriously, is off base. And the manner in which is is expressed really rubs me the wrong way.
For one thing, the geometric mean is a fairly standard technique in statistical analysis for dealing with certain kinds of data. It's something to be used cautiously-- as Bill Phillips noted once in a group meeting, one second is the geometric mean of a nanosecond and thirty years (or whatever choice of absurdly large and small values you prefer-- an attosecond and the age of the universe, or whatever)-- but it's a perfectly legitimate characterization of certain types of distributions.
If you're going to take people to task for abusing statistics, you really ought to know what it is and when it's appropriate. Brushing it off with a "whatever in God's name that is" comes off as just a nicely dressed version of the "just plain folks" anti-intellectualism of groups like the Tea Party, rejecting overly eggheaded science.
It's particularly bad because the geometric mean is defined in the paper. Twice, once in the Results section, and once in the Methods and Materials section. Both of these mention also include detailed justifications of why it's an appropriate choice. Freed does airily dismiss the Introduction and Conclusion sections as too spin-laden to be worth reading, but evidently didn't look all that closely at the sections he claimed to focus on, either.
Since this is the point on which the whole argument turns, Freed's proud ignorance of the underlying statistics completely undermines everything else. His core argument is that the "wisdom of crowds" effect is bunk because the arithmetic mean of the guesses is a lousy estimate of the real value. Which is not surprising, given the nature of the distribution-- that's why the authors prefer the geometric mean. He blasts Lehrer for using a median value as his example, without noting that the median values are generally pretty close to the geometric means-- all but one are within 20% of the geometric mean-- making the median a not-too-bad (and much easier to explain) characterization of the distribution. He derides the median as the guess of a "single person," which completely misrepresents the nature of that measure-- the median is the central value of a group of numbers, and thus while the digits of the median value come from a single individual guess, the concept would be meaningless without all the other guesses. Median values are often the more appropriate choice for data that are unbounded on the high end, and thus tend to be skewed by outliers-- as noted in the comments, the original "wisdom of crowds" paper a century ago used the median value as its aggregate guess. And, as the authors note at the end of the Methods and Materials section, the median should be equal to the geometric mean for a log-normal distribution, so it is a perfectly reasonable choice to characterize their data.
Even the claim that the data fail to show a "wisdom" effect ("Every single question, the arithmetic mean, and really even the geometric mean, was from a human standpoint wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong. The end.") is off the mark for statistical reasons explained in the article. Though I prefer the description offered by one of Freed's commenters, who makes an analogy to a "Fermi problem." Given the open-ended nature of the questions, and the fact that they are by design questions that people in the sample wouldn't have expert knowledge of, the guesses span many orders of magnitude, so you're doing pretty well if you can get the answer to within a factor of 10. For this sort of process, the geometric mean is an appropriate choice of aggregate measure, and the fact that all the aggregated guesses come within a factor of 3 (and most within a factor of 2) is reasonably impressive.
So, essentially, Freed's post is a long discussion of the dangers of being "spun" through not carefully considering scientific data that is based largely on not reading the underlying paper very carefully. The authors actually address most of the issues Freed raises, and have solid arguments for why they did what they did with their data. He doesn't engage with their arguments at all, preferring to pontificate grandly about how it's all just spin.
Moreover, this table isn't even the point of the research-- it's just a summary of the starting conditions. The actual research looks at how the initial measures of "wisdom" change as the information available to the guessers changes, and when they look at that, they see a fairly clear narrowing of the range toward results that aren't necessarily better than the initial guesses-- in fact, the final answers are generally worse. At the same time, the self-reported confidence in the answers increases, as the guesses all converge toward the same (wrong) value. That's the core finding, which is exactly as Lehrer describes it in the article. You can argue about how significant this effect really is-- but again, if you're going to do that, you need to engage with what they actually wrote.
So, despite all the social-media buzz about this (which I suspect has more to do with the way the conclusion plays into people's pre-existing negative opinions of the mainstream press), I find myself deeply unimpressed. It's an argument about the misuse of statistics by someone who proudly proclaims ignorance of some of the key statistical techniques used in the research. And it's an argument about the dangers of not reading research carefully enough by someone who apparently hasn't read the relevant paper very carefully.
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The importance of being median
Peter Freed wants to you to know that Jonah Lehrer is Not a Neuroscientist. Lehrer doesn't claim to be, of course. He's a journalist and science writer who covers developments in neuroscience, and a good one at that. Freed is concerned about how Lehrer handled a recent study on "the wisdom of…
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While I liked the original post you're critiquing, I like this too. Criticism is the way to improvement.
By Zen Faulkes (not verified) on 31 May 2011 #permalink
Hey - I really like this response to my blog post & appreciate it sincerely! However in my defense, I said "whatever that is" in an attempt to empathize with my readers; I was not going to bother readers with an explanation of logarithms that had nothing to do with my point, which is that Lehrer used a statistic from a column the authors did not recommend the use of, and did not use a statistic from a column that the authors did recommend the use of. This was a paper on journalism, not statistics - Call me old school, but I believe that a journalist should represent papers as-is, not as-coud-have-been. Second, when all six answers are considered, even in the median column, rather than just cherry-picking the best one, the crowd does not look wise. I didn't bother with the rest of the paper because that's all I cared about - it's premise, as I said in the piece. And third, as I will talk about in an upcoming blog post, statistics' dislike of long right tails is *not a scientific positiion.* It is an aesthetic position that, at least personally, I find robs us of a great deal of psychological richness. If you care about a mean per se, go ahead and use a median. But to understand the behavior of a crowd - a real world crowd, not a group of prisoners in segregation - or of society in general, right tails matter, and extreme opinions are over-weighted. The general public knows this, as all of Lehrer's examples - presidential elections, American Idol, and stock markets - manifest repeatedly the outsized effects of right tails on the mean. To me that is the bigger issue. I will try to get to this in my next post!
By Peter Freed (not verified) on 31 May 2011 #permalink
Call me old school, but I believe that a journalist should represent papers as-is, not as-coud-have-been. (sic) ... I didn't bother with the rest of the paper because that's all I cared about - it's premise, as I said in the piece.
How do these two statements jive? "I want to represent the papers as is, without tainting the author(s)'s original message," and, "I will focus only on small portions of this paper and neglect what does not fit the argument I am trying to construct," seems a bit contradictory.
By Herp N. Derpington (not verified) on 01 Jun 2011 #permalink
I've let this go for the whole day, because I really don't know what to say in response. I agree that criticizing Lehrer for cherry-picking the best data point is valid, but after that... I just really don't have a response to blithely waving off a vast amount of research into the statistics of various types of distributions. I mean, I guess you can assert by fiat that there is no mean but the arithmetic mean, but it doesn't exactly improve my opinion of your credibility.
By Chad Orzel (not verified) on 01 Jun 2011 #permalink
Thank you for illuminating this issue. I would like to add that this misuse of statistics extends to pharmaceutical studies as well. I was recently at a conference and someone in the audience asked the presenter (a Ph.D.) why the study she was presenting on neurofeedback training was so small (albeit, very impressive). She answered that the study was actually quite large (n=121) for an independent University study. She continued to say that healthcare practitioners are conditioned to believe that larger studies are better, however, pharmaceutical companies often fund their own research; therefore, they have the resources to champion larger studies. When the study is conducted by an independent institution such as a university there are often less participants, but the results are unbiased and often more credible than the larger studies.
By H. Harris (not verified) on 03 Jun 2011 #permalink
Chad - hey - I'm confused - where did I say (let alone decree by fiat) that the arithmetic mean is the only average worth having? I really don't believe that. I feel like you focused on the right tail of the points in my post and not my median point, which is about fairly representing the data of a science article in a pop neuroscience article. Are you saying Lehrer did a good job representing that paper? That's the real question.
I'm not saying he did it intentionally - my whole post was aimed at saying he didn't - but his datapoint misrepresented the paper's underlying data. But when a reporter cites a single central tendency value with no SD, no skew, no kurtosis I think it is fair to imagine that the median reader won't get a fair picture of the underlying data bc they are assuming its a bell shaped curve. You and I both know that in science nobody would present the median all by its lonesome; really only means are talked about that way. In my experience medians are always presented with additional information that allow the reader to understand the shape of the curve. As we both know, some people really care about tails and want to know if the curve is skewed.
By far and away, however, my biggest point was that when you report the results of a study you need to report the outcome measure used in the paper, not some other measure they could have used but didn't.
I'm interested in whether you think the WSJ article fairly represented the underlying study. To me, that's the heart of the curve - this median/mean business is a right tail.
By Peter Freed (not verified) on 14 Jun 2011 #permalink
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In 1996, after more than a decade of researching the effects of over-population and the consequent pollution of the greater metropolitan New York City area, Carl Sindermann published his observations and conclusions in Ocean Pollution: Effects on Living Resources and Humans, a mostly technical document that emphasized the pathological effects of coastal pollution. The stressed species inhabiting the coastal waters of New York Bight had been the subject of several laboratory programs, which when integrated with ongoing pollution studies, provided a superb opportunity to assess the effects of human impact upon a fragile coastal system. Coastal Pollution: Effects on Living Resources and Humans is a highly lucid expansion and revision of that earlier book that preserves some of the technical aspects and enlightening vignettes recorded in the original. Organized into three distinct sections this work- I. Recounts eight specific horror stories based mostly on the consequences of coastal pollution II. Surveys the effects of coastal pollution on resource species such as fish and shellfish and marine mammals III. Examines the effects of coastal pollution on humans Sindermann ends the work by drawing conclusions and offering predictions for the future. Reflecting back over his notable career and beyond, the author ventures back as far as the 1950s in an effort to make readers appreciate the long historical record that is often forgotten due to our focus on the here ad now. « Science practiced without occasional genuflection to its history is too flat and featureless – intense but without depth – stimulating but lacking an important link with the past. We can do better. » Intending to express insight that goes beyond the discussion of any one area, the author uses his experiences at the Sandy Hook laboratory as a lens to provide us with a poignant and well-documented understanding of the human impact on the inshore marine environment and its inhabitants, worldwide.


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Q: How can you justify the delta function equation $\int_0^\infty~\delta(r)~dr = 1$? How can you have, when working with spherical polar coordinates ($r,\theta,\phi$), that
\begin{equation*}
\int_0^\infty~\delta(r)~dr = 1
\end{equation*}
When $\delta(x)$ is defined as
\begin{equation*}
\delta(x)=0~~~~~~if ~~x\neq0;~~~~~~\int_{- \infty}^{ \infty}~\delta (x)~dx=1
\end{equation*}
Hence,
\begin{equation*}
\delta(r)=0~~~~~~if ~~r\neq0;~~~~~~\int_{- \infty}^{ \infty}~\delta (r)~dr=1
\end{equation*}
Also please note that the above does not really make any sense, as a "radial coordinate" r, cannot take on negative values.

A: You can't justify the delta function equation $\int_0^\infty~\delta(r)~dr = 1$, working with the usual definition of the delta function.
You have to redefine what you mean by your symbol $\delta(x)$, hence $\delta(r)$.
To eventually work with a radial coordinate, r, you could take the following, as your basic definition of $\delta(x)$,
\begin{equation*}
\delta(x)=0~~~~~~if ~~x\neq0;~~~~~~\int_0^{ \infty}~\delta (x)~dx=1
\end{equation*}
Hence, for $\delta(r)$, we have the definition
\begin{equation*}
\delta(r)=0~~~~~~if ~~r\neq0;~~~~~~\int_0^{ \infty}~\delta (r)~dr=1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(1)
\end{equation*}
where $r\in [0,\infty)$.
Barton, Reference 1, pg 33 , would call the above definition a 'one-sided' definition.
This definition contains the delta function equation that was to be justified.
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*G.Barton, Elements of Greens Functions and Propagation. Potentials,
Diffusion, and Waves, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1989.

NB: Pgs7-40 , contain material on the 'Dirac Delta Function'
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You would then also have the rule,
\begin{equation*}
\int_0^{ \infty}~f(r)~\delta (r)~dr=f(0)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(2)
\end{equation*}
For those with access to Barton, (1) is almost the same as (1.4.12) on pg 33, and (2) is very similar to an equation on pg 9.
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LONGREAD: easing Australia's housing pain
Kath Walters
Content marketing consultant and freelance journalist
The housing affordability crisis in Australia is a product of the cause and effect of numerous factors including the way we fund and build apartments on multi-residential developments.
Source: Peter Clarke
But emerging financial models may help ease the pain.
"Typically, about 3 per cent of buyers walk away from their purchases." - Walters
The word baugruppen means 'building group' in German. It is also the name of a new funding model promising savings of up to 30 per cent on the cost of housing for multi-residential development buyers.
Baugruppen the model is attracting the attention of home buyers priced out of the market as well as banks interested in its claims to reduce one of the most significant risks in multi-residential construction.
Settlement risk is when off-the-plan apartment buyers, usually investors, change their minds at the last minute. This is generally because the value of the property upon completion of construction is lower than expected.
Instead of paying for their apartment, they walk away.
Typically, about 3 per cent of buyers walk away from their purchases but the number can rise in an apartment building glut like the one we are seeing in big cities such as Melbourne. In June 2016 the figure had risen to 5 per cent, according to a law firm Maddocks.
One innovative financial model in apartment funding is the Nightingale model. The model is non-profit, with no developers or real-estate agents playing a part.
Melbourne architecture practice Breathe initiated the model then formed an independent, not-for-profit organisation, Nightingale Housing. This organisation raised funds from banks and investors for two multi-residential developments – The Commons and Nightingale One.
The apartments sold for about 15 per cent under market value and both developments achieved 100 per cent presales.
So what did Breathe get out of it?
A commission to design the block with a group of buyers excited about common ideas: community, sustainability and housing affordability.
Pic: The Commons in Melbourne Source: Peter Clarke
The newest Nightingale project encapsulates an entire precinct in Brunswick. Seven architecture practices are involved, each designing a multi-residential apartment block and offering another level of saving for some buyers.
Two of the architecture practices hope to use an innovative Baugruppen finance model developed by consulting company, Urbau.
Urbau founder Duncan McGregor says this is model was developed exclusively for Nightingale projects.
"Nightingale targets 15 per cent less than market prices; we can target 30 per cent less. The difference is significant," he says.
But Australians prefer not to live in apartments; they want houses. They love them - they commit time, energy and pride to them.
That's one reason suburban homes are more valuable than apartments.
Those emotions are bankable meaning in purely economic terms; our emotional investment makes settlement risk in suburban dwellings low. By contrast, investors buy 85 per cent of new apartments built in inner-city Melbourne.
When just two or three investors walk away from a settlement they gouge the profitability of multi-residential developments.
Banks and investors charge a premium for the risk, which drives up the cost of funding and, therefore, the price of the apartments. The Baugruppen model reduces the risk; buyers are emotionally invested in the apartments because they have helped fund and design them.
Close to 5,000 people registered their interest in the latest Nightingale project - which will provide about 280 apartments – significantly reducing the risk and costs.
How does it work? Let's look at a typical multi-residential development first. Banks stump up 70 per cent of funding and investors provide the rest at high-interest rates. In many cases 30 per cent interest is not unusual.
For the first two Nightingale projects the group secured bank funding at the usual rates but found socially-conscious investors prepared to lend for lower interest rates of 15 per cent.
Baugruppen aims to replace some or all of the investor funds with money from the buyer's group, cutting down the overall cost of funding.
Several models are developing in Australia. Geoffrey London, a former chief architect of both Victoria and Western Australia, is part of a group working pro-bono to foster a Baugruppen project in White Gum Valley on the fringe of Freemantle with support from the state government.
If London can bring together a group of buyers for the 16 to 19 dwellings planned for the land, the state government won't expect the buyers to pay until the project is built.
The White Gum Valley development has several goals:
To create affordable housing;
build better designed medium-density apartments which are more sustainable;
explore the potential of shared amenity; and
increase a sense of community.
The downside for this project is the building group must provide about 25 per cent of the funding, a prohibitive contribution for many buyers.
Urbau's Baugruppen model is more accessible, asking for only a 10 per cent deposit from buyers, with the other 20 per cent coming from Nightingale's social investors.
Will it help?
The process is similar to buying land and engaging a builder. The difference is the building group buys land and constructs individual strata-titled apartments. The model also saves buyers GST and stamp duty.
McGregor is awaiting a final tax ruling from the tax office, but if all goes to plan, these additional saving will be passed on to buyers.
So what is to stop speculators selling as soon as the project is complete, pocketing the profit, and leaving housing affordability unchanged?
London says he has advised the Baugruppen buyers to discourage speculators.
"We have proposed to the group that they focus on owner-occupiers and discourage investors by inhibiting windfall profits for the first five years," he says.
"Should a group member need to sell in the first year, they retain only 20 per cent of the profit, with the rest going back to the group. In the second year, the seller gets 40 per cent, then 60 and 80."
Urbau's model has harsher penalties for profit-harvesters.
All the Nightingale projects have a 20-year covenant which restricts profits, and McGregor will only work with Nightingale projects because he feels jaded from years in the traditional property development market.
So, what is in it for McGregor? Simply this - he gets paid a consulting fee. Neither Baugruppen nor Nightingale are about profits.
"Baugruppen is just something I am determined to see happen," he says.
The risk for buyers
Sounding a bit too good to be true? There are three main risks.
Unlike a traditional deposit for an apartment - which is held in a secure account by a solicitor - the Baugruppen funds are used in construction.
If the project were to fail, there is no guarantee that the funds could be returned.
With 40 people on the title (the maximum allowed), there is a risk that individuals go bankrupt or fall out with others in the group.
"The land transfer is signed so that, in the event of a default by a participant, they can be replaced by another participant," McGregor says.
This protects the development as a whole but not necessarily the individual. Otherwise, defaulters might force the project to sell the land.
This clause is a fascinating element of the Baugruppen model.
While demanding high levels of trust, it's not in Nightingale Development Company's interest to use such a clause to "ruin" people, McGregor says.
The clause protects the group from an individual buyer who works against the group's interests.
McGregor calls it "a**hole insurance".
The final risk is that development costs are unpredictable.
"We can't say from day one what your apartment is going to cost," McGregor says. "Participants sign up for a contract price which is the estimated cost of the apartment plus 15 per cent."
"The only reason the profit is there is if you show banks a spreadsheet with zero profit, they won't fund it. But any profit that remains once all costs are paid is returned to the buyers."
McGregor says buyers need to offset these risks against the inherently reduced risks of the Baugruppen at Nightingale model.
Compare the pair
In essence, the Baugruppen model is an experiment based on a precedent in Europe and many groups are banking on its success.
Architects, because they prefer to work directly with home buyers than through developers.
Buyers, because it lowers the price of their apartment (and potentially prices generally) and lands them among like-minded neighbours.
Banks and investors - because of the reduced settlement risk, especially in a market glut.
Planners - because they need city dwellers to start loving multi-residential developments to stop urban sprawl.
The only real losers are the tax department, developers and real estate agents who get nothing from it and stand to lose more if the model succeeds in reducing housing prices.
Such developments might remain the purview of the middle classes, who have the money, education and time to grapple with a new model.
In Europe Baugruppen peaked at 20 per cent of the total development market and has since fallen back to around 10 per cent. On such numbers, it's an alternative and not a threat.
Suburban Baugruppen
Baugruppen building groups can form around any set of common interests but they typically form around energy efficiency and sound design principles.
In part this is economic; such designs reduce ongoing energy costs. In part they attract left-leaning buyers.
The Green Swing is a small-scale suburban developer which pioneered building three dwellings on a single suburban block in Perth.
The success of this initiative attracted media attention, public speaking opportunities for co-founder Eugenie Stockmann, who now runs workshops on sustainable co-operative housing. She says people make different decisions as home owners.
"When I ask people if they would put solar panels on their roof, everyone puts up their hand," Stockman says. "Then I say 'now you are an investor'."
"Suddenly, they are asking 'would I be able to sell the house for more, could I charge more rent, what is the return on investment?' for something that is a no-brainer."
Stockmann now runs a website fostering cooperative housing projects, called Green Fabric. The idea is to connect buyers with cooperative, sustainable housing.
"While housing affordability is a key driver, what's interesting is that owners take a long-term perspective," Stockman says.
"It is not just the cost of building; it is about how easy is it for me to get around, are there car share schemes? It includes a whole lot more."
Kath Walters is a freelance journalist
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Kaylee Darnell looks for an open teammate on Saturday evening against Fairland.
WAVERLY — Wheelersburg entered their game against Fairland on Saturday averaging 66 points per game in the opening two games of the tournament.
The 16-4 Pirates looked impressive in the first couple rounds of play, but knew they would have their hands full with a 19-2 Dragons squad.
Hanging around early, Wheelersburg would ultimately fall 61-34.
In the first quarter, Wheelersburg hit three three-pointers from three different players to set the pace early.
Abbie Kallner, Ellie Kallner, and Leann Spradlin all hit a three to help the offense of the Pirates play well early.
Spradlin and Abbie Kallner had five points apiece after one, and Wheelersburg was tied with Fairland at 14 all.
Fairland had four different players score in the first, led by seven points from Emily Chapman. Chapman would finish the game with an impressive 26 points.
In the second quarter, Chapman continued to shine with nine points in the period. The Pirates, though, had the answer in Abbie Kallner who hit two threes in the quarter to keep Wheelersburg hanging around.
Late in the period, Spradlin tied the game at 25 with a basket off an Ellie Ruby steal with 1:25 before the half.
From there, the Dragons got a late push from their offense.
First, Allie Marshall scored for Fairland on a steal. Then, Kelsie Warnock hit a triple for the Dragons right after.
Not done yet, Fairland sank a shot at the buzzer from Chapman to take a 31-23 halftime lead. The Dragons closed out the half on a 10-2 run to take some momentum into the second half.
Out of the break, Fairland would score six unanswered points before Kaylee Darnell was able to stop the run with a three.
Wheelersburg would struggle to connect on some open looks in the latter part of the game.
The Pirates would score just 11 points total in the second half, and were outscored 30-11 in the final two quarters by the Dragons.
Wheelersburg missed all 10 of their free throw attempts in the second half, and shot just 2-for-16 on the game.
"We weren't good from the foul line, at all," Spradlin said.
Though the Pirates had some issues on offense late in the contest, they kept the fight coming on the defensive end and were able to fight until the bitter end.
As the game ended 61-34 with a Wheelersburg loss, the careers of Ruby and Spradlin come to a close as well.
Ruby will be remembered for her overall tenacity in the way she played for the Pirates. A relentless defender who was tough to get past, Ruby always gave her all when she was on the floor for Wheelersburg.
Spradlin was a big part of the Pirates team in her career as well. An outstanding shooter who could stretch the floor offensively, Spradlin spent her final year with Wheelersburg working hard.
The Pirates head coach will certainly miss having his two seniors from this season's team around.
The game was a lesson learned and a teaching opportunity for Spradlin.
Spradlin has no doubts they will be a success given their work ethic they've shown over their careers.
Looking ahead to next year, Wheelersburg has some pieces to build around. Abbie Kallner will be a senior next year, and Darnell and Ellie Kallner will return as sophomores.
All three started for the Pirates against Fairland, and have been vital to the success of Wheelersburg throughout the season and will continue to be moving forward.
Spradlin also cited sophomore Mallory Bergan as another player to watch if she can continue to develop as a player in the varsity game next year.
Overall, Spradlin is optimistic about his team's future.


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Q: Help understanding a proof on Taylor's formula in Schwartz space $S(\mathbb{R}^n)$ I am having trouble understanding a proof to establish a specific version of Taylor's formula.
I'll first give the statement and then below cite the part where I am stuck, so here is what I'd like to prove:
Let m be a non-negative integer, $f \in S(\mathbb{R})$ (Schwartz Space) and $y \in \mathbb{R}$ be a fixed point. If $f$ and all its derivatives up to the order $m$ vanish at $y$ then there exist functions $h_\beta \in S(\mathbb{R})$ such that
\begin{equation}
f(x) = \sum_{\beta \colon\\, |\beta| = m + 1} (x-y)^\beta h_\beta(x), \qquad \forall x \in \mathbb{R}
\end{equation}
And this is how the proof starts:
Let $\zeta \in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and $\zeta \equiv 1$ in a neighborhood of the point $y$. Denote $f_1 = (1 - \zeta)f$ and $f_2 = \zeta f$.
Obviously, the function
\begin{equation}
h(x) := |x-y|^{-2m-2}f_1(x)
\end{equation}
belongs to $S(\mathbb{R})$.
The last sentence is what troubles me - how is it obvious that the function above is Schwartz in $\mathbb{R}^n$? In particular, what is the value of $h(x)$ at $x = y$ ? I would say it's not defined, and even if the limit exists because $f_1(y) = 0$ I cannot have $h$ to be smooth then ...
What am I missing ? Thks alot for helping me!

A: Let $r_0$ such that $\zeta(x)=0$ if $x\in (y-r_0,y+r_0)$ and $A$ such that $\operatorname{supp}\zeta\subset [-A,A]$. We have
$$h(x)=\begin{cases}0&\mbox{ if }x\in (y-r_0,y+r_0)\\\
\frac{(1-\zeta(x))f(x)}{(x-y)^{2(m+1)}}&\mbox{ otherwise}.\end{cases}$$
This shows that $h$ is smooth.
Let $d,p\in\mathbb N$. The map $x\mapsto x^ph^{(d)}(x)$ is bounded on $[-A,A]$ as a continuous map on a compact set, and if $x\notin [-A,A]$ then $h(x)=\frac{f(x)}{(x-y)^{2(m+1)}}$, so
\begin{align*}x^ph^{(d)}(x)&=x^p\sum_{k=0}^d\binom dkf^{(k)}(x)\frac{\partial^{d-k}}{\partial x}\frac 1{(x-y)^{2(m+1)}}\\
&=x^p\sum_{k=0}^d\binom dkf^{(k)}(x)(x-y)^{-2(m+1)-(d-k)}C_{m,d,k},
\end{align*}
so $$|x^ph^{(d)}(x)|\leq \sum_{k=0}^d\binom dkN_{p,d}(f)C_{m,d,k}(|A|-|y|)^{-2(m+1)-(d-k)},$$
where $N_{p,d}(f)=\sup_{x\in\mathbb R}|x^pf^{(d)}(x)|$. This show that $h\in\mathcal S(\mathbb R)$.


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[Film Review] For a Few Dollars More (1965)
English Title: For a Few Dollars More
Original Title: Per qualche dollaro in più
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Language: English, Italian
Fulvio Morsella
Luciano Vincenzoni
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Massimo Dallamano
Editor: Eugenio Alabiso, Giorgio Serrallonga
Mario Brega
Luigi Pistilli
Aldo Sambrell
Klaus Kinski
Roberto Camardiel
Tomás Blanco
Mara Krupp
Joseph Egger
Benito Stefanelli
Lorenzo Robledo
Antonio Molino Rojo
Panos Papadopulos
Peter Lee Lawrence
The second chapter of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE sets two bounty hunters Manco (Eastwood) and Douglas Mortimer (Van Cleef) against their quarry El Indio (Volontè), the notorious leader of a ragtag of bank-robbing outlaws.
Fairly trifurcating into three segments introducing our two protagonists and one antagonist, the film ascertains the commonality among them is that they are all quick-on-the-draw gunslingers, while Mortimer is formidable, Manco is flippant, a drug-addled El Indio is plumb cold-blooded and vengeful, so the stakes are set quite high when the subplots of Mortimer and Manco converges, an alliance is tentatively formed (confirmed by their boots-stomping, hats-shooting antics).
Segueing into daredevil infiltrations, a set piece of snatching a safe from the bank in El Paso, an abolished ambush, then further dragging our two heroes into the treacherous water when they are caught in the act by El Indio and left totally at his mercy, the plot, then gives our arch-villain an Achille's heel of avarice, who untimely decides to hog the whole haul and let loose Manco and Mortimer, in hoping that an internecine outcome will lean towards his favor, it is a vacuous idea, and the rest is par for the course leading to a 2-versus-1 final duel, which also reveals Mortimer's ulterior reason in insisting taking on El Indio personally, with a parochial view on a woman who is assaulted by "a fate worse than death"".
Admittedly, the story of this spaghetti western sounds like a patchy work churned out in haste, yet, the defining characteristics of its cinematic legacy are rooted in its production swagger, an iconic set design by Carlo Simi of the town of El Paso, shot in Almería, Spain, ensconced with Ennio Morricone's lilting, solacing score, and a macho simplicity dominating the lawless realm. Action sequences are painstakingly framed with an ascendancy of anticipation of the shoot-out, in Leone's fashion, every shot likens an ejaculation, one lethally ends a life and another might start a new one, that is why he pays much attention to construct the pre-ejaculation stage, with heightened suspense (those breathless gazes, motionless stances) acting like prolonged foreplay, even without any crucial female characters, one can still see why this film is a draw to virile male audience, every firefight is a frisson vicariously experienced to see who survives la petite mort.
Among the trinity of the main players, Eastwood is basically on automatic pilot after extending his laconic performance from A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, embodies the perfect coolness that has become his screen alter ego; an aquiline Van Cleef impresses with his soul-reaching glare that betrays a simmering anguish; but ultimately, it is an expressive Volontè makes the biggest splash here for yoking a tragic madness with a trigger-happy unpredictability, despite of the disservice of its timeworn plot. Half a century later, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE still qualifies as invigorating and entrancing for a first viewing, Leone's legacy lives.
referential entries: Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968, 8.4/10), THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, 8.3/10), A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964, 7.6/10).
April 14, 2019 by lasttimeisaw	1965, 7.6/10, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Molino Rojo, Benito Stefanelli, Clint Eastwood, Ennio Morricone, Gian Maria Volonte, Italian Film, Jesús Guzmán, Joseph Egger, Klaus Kinski, Lee Van Cleef, Lorenzo Robledo, Luigi Pistilli, Mara Krupp, Mario Brega, Panos Papadopulos, Peter Lee Lawrence, Roberto Camardiel, Rosemary Dexter, Sergio Leone, Tomás Blanco


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Q: Issue with huge listview OK, here's the issue :
I'm building a simple dictionary app (going to be a PhoneGap/Cordova-based native iOS app) using jQuery Mobile.
The thing is I'm using a listview component which is supposed to be able to handle lots of items (some tens of thousands).

item 1

item 2

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As you've probably guessed, it's SLOW : it takes too much time to load, scrolling is simply horrible, not to mention filtering (a.k.a. as-you-type).
The amount of data that the listview seems to be able to handle properly (at least when tested on a browser) is somewhere between 1000 and 2000 entries - which is still far from enough.
So, what would you suggest? Any ideas on how to make this work?

P.S. Note that I'm not such a jQuery Mobile guru. I'm just experimenting with it, to see whether (if at all) it could be speed up the development of some types of iOS apps (while making them portable to other mobile platforms as well). Well, yes, it seems I've stumbled upon the first real issue... lol


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Home » News » Stop destroying INEC properties, youths warned
Stop destroying INEC properties, youths warned
By Fortune Eromosele, ABUJA
Amid the upsurge of attacks on the properties of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President of the Princeton Leadership Forum, Dr. Chibuike Echem, has warned youths to desist from the act.
Speaking during a press conference in Abuja ahead of the Princeton leadership summit, Echem said election periods were times to elect leaders and not a time for war and destruction.
He said, "Today we want to speak to Nigerians, especially with the situation of things in the country as regards the destruction of INEC properties and the violence relating to the electoral process, it is important that we understand that as young people in this country, the country belongs to us.
"The process of electioneering is for us to be able to elect credible leaders with capacity and empathy to govern us as a people.
"I want to discourage the idea of young people going to destroy properties of the federal government because at the end of the day we're wasting resources. Those things need to be put in place to be able to deliver a credible election, we must as a matter of fact prepare ourselves to elect leaders not just we're related, but by their leadership qualities and track record."
On the coming summit, Dr Echem explained that it would seek to breed transformational leaders that would change the situation of things in the country.
According to him, "We're trying to bring a lot of young leaders for the PLF leadership summit later this year happening on the 8th of December at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
"We would look at the impact of leadership on different sectors of the country, we can't continue to have transactional leaders, we need transformational leaders – people that are concerned about our education, economy, social amenities and health system. All of this would be looked at in the course of this year's conference.
"We would be recognizing some individuals that have distinguished themselves in that sector of leadership so as to encourage them."


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M11 traffic as serious crash completely shuts road
Motorists trying to travel to Stansted are asked to find an alternative route
Fiona Leishman
The M11 has been closed in both directions, following what has been described by Highways England as a "serious road traffic collision".
The closure is in place between junction 6 for Theydon Bois, and junction 7 for Harlow.
All drivers trying to use the M11 for Stansted Airport this evening (June 27) are asked to find an alternative route.
There is heavy traffic building around the closures, so allow extra time for any journeys.
Essex Police have been contacted for commment.
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That's where we're leaving this for tonight. We'll be sure to bring you any further updates tomorrow.
Photos show the aftermath of the crash
Pictures show the crash after the lorry crashed through the central reservation.
Northbound carriageway has been reopened
Trapped traffic is beginning to move
Trapped traffic is beginning to be released, with reports that the southbound carriageway is now on the move.
Highways push back time to clear accident
Highways England have updated their alert to warn drivers that: "The event is expected to clear between 01.45 and 02.00 on 28 June 2019."
That's added around an hour onto the wait times for many drivers stuck in the queues
Drivers could be stuck for another three hours
Highways England have put out an alert for both the northbound and southbound carriageways, warning that the accident may not be fully cleared until past midnight.
At this time it reads: "The event is expected to clear between 01.00 and 01.15 on 28 June 2019"
Highways are urging those stuck in queues not to move their vehicles
Southbound diversion
Anyone wishing to travel southbound on the motorway is advised to exit the M11 at junction 7 and follow the solid circle symbol via the A414 westbound.
Take the A10 at Hertford heath southbound to join the M25 at junction 25. From there take the M25 anti-clockwise to junction 27 and re-join the M11 at junction 6.
Traffic queueing at junction 6
Traffic queueing on the M11 at junction 6 (Image: Highways England)
Northbound diversion
Anyone wishing to travel northbound on the motorway is asked to exit the M11 at junction 6 and follow the solid diamond symbol via the M25 clockwise to junction 25.
Then take the A10 northbound to Hertford Heath.
From there take the A414 eastbound to re-join the M11 at junction 7, past the closure.
Traffic at a standstill at junction 7
Traffic at a standstill on the M11 at junction 7 (Image: Highways England)
Comment from Highways England
A spokesman for Highways England said: "Northbound and southbound are both closed between junction 7 and 6.
"It's a collision believed to be involving a lorry and a car.
"We know that the central reservation has been damaged and until we have been in and assessed it we won't know what works have to be done to repair it."
He also said that they cannot know for certain yet when the road is likely to re-open.
Highways warn of a serious crash


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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 0:34:37
NA Standing Committee prepares for plenary sitting
The 38 th session of the 12th National Assembly Standing Committee will discuss a number of important issues in Hanoi from May 11-15 in preparation for the 9th sitting of the 13th legislature.
Wednesday, May 06, 2015 18:25
The 38th session of the 12th National Assembly Standing Committee will discuss a number of important issues in Hanoi from May 11-15 in preparation for the 9th sitting of the 13th legislature.
Lawmakers will offer opinions on the Government's supplementary reports on the implementation of socio-economic development plans and the State budget in 2014 and early 2015 as well as solutions to allocating the funds exceeding the central budget collection last year and the 2013 State budget balance.
They will discuss proposals and plans of the People's Supreme Procuracy and the People's Supreme Court on the organisation, missions, and power of units under these two agencies and the establishment of the high-level People's Procuracy and People's Court.
Delegates will give feedback on preparations for the 9th sitting of the 13th National Assembly and the 2014 report on the practice of thrift and wastefulness prevention.
Also on the agenda are Government projects on establishing the Duyen Hai town in Tra Vinh province; Long My town in Hau Giang province; Phu Rieng district in Binh Phuoc; Pho Yen town and Song Cong city in Thai Nguyen province; and Gia Rai town in Bac Lieu.
The drafts of the revised Civil Code, Law on Referendum, Law on Hydrometeorology and Law on Veterinary will also be under discussion.-VNA
On behalf of the Vietnamese Government, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has sent via the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam a video-recorded speech to Chinese people on the occasion of the 72nd founding anniversary of the two nations' diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 – 2022).
President urges An Giang to tap advantages in high-tech agriculture, tourism
An Giang should bring into full play its advantages in high-tech agriculture and tourism to move ahead, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told incumbent and former leaders of the Mekong Delta province on January 18 as part of his working trip to the locality on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.
Vietnamese, German parties eye stronger cooperation
The relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and political parties in Germany have contributed to creating a foundation for the relationship between the two countries, said a Vietnamese high-ranking Party official.
Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Ashca spoke highly of Vietnam's successful response to COVID-19 during a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, saying he is impressed to see the significant growth in the trade volume between the two countries over the last two years despite the COVID-19 challenges.
Vietnam, Poland beef up defence cooperation
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Pham Hoai Nam hosted a reception for Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Wojciech Gerwel on January 17.
Foreign Minister: Vietnam has successful tenure at UNSC
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has affirmed that Vietnam had a successful tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021, a difficult period for the world and the UNSC in particular due to complicated, uncertain and unprecedented developments in the world.


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Q: Count occurrences in column in R I have a dataset with large number of observations. The follow dataframe is just a smaller version of it. the dput output is given below
structure(list(Tags = c(1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1), County = c("USA",
"UK", "USA", "UK", "USA", "UK")), row.names = c(NA, -6L), class = c("tbl_df",
"tbl", "data.frame"))

I want R to display the top 10 numbers that appear and the number of times they appear.
Currently i am using the following code
table(Data$Tags)

While my dataset has a lot many observations than this one hence I want the top ten.

A: You may apply sort() and head() to the output of table(), e.g.,
head(sort(table(Data$Tags), decreasing=TRUE), 10)

A: Here is dplyr version using slice_max with an example dataset:
library(dplyr)

set.seed(1)

as_tibble(sample(1:10, size = 300, replace = TRUE)) %>%
  count(value, sort = TRUE, name="myCount") %>%
  slice_max(myCount, n=10)

   value myCount
   <int>   <int>
 1     7      39
 2    10      36
 3     3      33
 4     9      33
 5     8      31
 6     6      30
 7     4      29
 8     2      25
 9     5      25
10     1      19


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Taco Bell's Nacho Fries Are Back For 2020 & They'll Be Here Very Soon
By Daffany Chan
Get ready for the return of a best-selling menu item at everybody's favorite fast-food restaurant. Mark your calendar, because Taco Bell's Nacho Fries are back for 2020. It's time to ring in the new year with cheesy treats.
Taco Bell announced that Nacho Fries are returning to restaurants nationwide beginning Jan. 30. Featuring bold Mexican spices and nacho cheese, the menu item will cost you only $1. To make things more exciting, Taco Bell is even releasing the Nacho Fries in an all new flavor this year to celebrate its comeback. Since the mystery flavor hasn't been revealed yet, you'll have to keep your eyes out for more details.
Taco Bell's Nacho Fries were first released in Jan. 2018 at locations across the United States. As a limited edition menu item, the fries were an instant hit with customers and were quickly raised to a cult-favorite status among foodies. Fans shared their excitement about the return of Nacho Fries in Taco Bell's Twitter post unveiling the news, along with the caption, "The saga continues... January 30th."
While you're swinging by your local restaurant this winter, you'll also want to take advantage the return of Taco Bell's $1 Double Stacked Tacos, which will include the OG flavor, Nacho Crunch, as well as two new flavors, Chipotle Cheddar and and Reaper Ranch. Double Stacked Tacos, which include both a hard shell and soft shell in a single taco, first joined Taco Bell's menu in 2016.
Including Double Stacked Tacos, there are a total of 21 items available on the $1 menu this year. You can look forward to getting your hands on vegetarian options, such as the Spicy Tostada and the Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito. Other tasty items on the $1 menu include Beefy Fritos Burritos, Cheesy Roll Ups, Cinnamon Twists, Spicy Potato Soft Tacos, Triple Layer Nachos, Mini Skillet Bowls, and a Mountain Dew Kickstart. With so many new and returning options, Taco Bell is the place to be in 2020.


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Prosopocera bipunctata is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the subfamily Lamiinae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from Sierra Leone.

Description
General colour brownish grey. Head deep and grey; one of the sexes having a remarkable thick and strong tubercle issuing from the middle of the face, terminating in two black acute angles, like horns. Mouth armed with two strong black jaws, and four grey palpi. Antennae grey, and longer than the insect. Thorax grey, the sides terminating in a thick spine; having a broad, white streak crossing it on each side, and extending along the abdomen, beyond the middle legs, narrowing to its extremity. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra grey and margined, having two round black spots on each, the largest placed about the middle near the suture; the other (a small one) is on this side joined to the margin. A cream-coloured spot is situated just below the former, which extends from thence to the lateral margin. Legs grey, without any spines or marks. Body length 1¼ inches (32 mm).

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The Packers took care of business in their first preseason game, not that it matters.
Score notwithstanding, we got our first good look at two major position battles: quarterback and wide receiver. Here are some quick thoughts on each of those positions with some other overall observations about the first Packers game since last December.
The quarterback group as a whole looked better than I suspected it would, but at times it also looked worse than I thought it could be.
Brett Hundley looks about 75% more comfortable in the pocket than he did during his extended showing last season. He was poised under pressure and navigated the rush well. At least, most of the time. His interception was the result of badly misreading the pressure. If the rusher had wanted to, he could have pretty much erased Brett Hundley from existence. That was a big mistake.
DeShone Kizer put together two really good drives but was abysmal in the red zone. He attempted seven passes in that part of the field but only completed one, and his timing on a couple fade routes was really bad. He doesn't seem quite as far along as Hundley.
Tim Boyle can play. Though all three quarterbacks completed deep balls, Boyle's looked the best and his big arm is clearly evident. His 52-yard touchdown pass to Jake Kumerow was gorgeous. But he also misses badly at times for no reason, to the extent that you wonder who he was throwing to at all.
The wide receiver position battle is going to be a fight throughout camp. Jake Kumerow has been getting the headlines but the three drafted receivers each had their moments too.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling is a physical marvel. Even among professional athletes his speed is evident. He still showed inconsistency with his hands, but he wasn't the worst of the group.
That dubious honor belongs to J'Mon Moore, who couldn't come up with a few tough opportunities on the sideline. His body positioning looked solid on every target, which was good to see, but he couldn't complete the catch.
Equanimeous St. Brown, meanwhile, looked the strongest after the catch. His size is something to see.
And then there's Kumerow, who lived up to his press. His NFL-caliber experience is evident in his route running, which is much more polished than his competition. Just look how he uses his arms to redirect the defender slightly, creating separation. Impressive stuff.
The question now is whether he'll be able to do it against better competition. It's one thing to tear up guys who will be out of the league in three weeks. He has to go against a real defense in a game setting.
DeAngelo Yancey got some early looks. He's not out of the hunt yet.
Davante Adams looks like he's put on some muscle. He looks thicker than in past seasons.
Geronimo Allison did a great job of catching the ball away from his body.
I wanted to reserve judgement until I saw them in action, but Tennessee's new uniforms are hot garbage. The two-toned gray on the shoulders is stupid and makes the TV numbers impossible to read. They've got a unique color scheme (navy, powder blue, and red has some great possibilities) and it's disappointing they did so little with it.
I like the 2018 sideline hats for the Packers but I wish they had a bit more yellow.
Kyle Murphy and Byron Bell were not great and Mike McCarthy's postgame comments about Jason Spriggs are concerning. Tackle questions aren't going away any time soon.
Dillon Day was the first center off the bench and got reps at guard when Austin Davis came in later. That bodes well for his roster chances.
Demetri Goodson and Marwin Evans took reps as gunner on the punt team in the second half. Despite his devastating knee injury in 2016, Goodson can still get down the field in a hurry.
Mike Pettine and company must want to make sure they give Quinten Rollins every chance to rule himself out. He got early looks at corner and took most (if not all) of the punt return reps, giving up (along with Davon House) and early touchdown and fumbling his first punt return. This could be his last extended action.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling's nameplate appears to use narrower lettering. Tough to get all those characters on there!
Mike McCarthy continued his practice of wearing a flag pin on his pullover, something I believe he started in 2017.


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The Scariest Shark Movies That Aren't 'Jaws'
by Haleigh Foutch August 17, 2019
Everybody knows that Jaws is the best shark movie. Hell, for a lot of folks, it ranks as the best movie of all time. So it's not exactly a surprise that, when Steven Spielberg set the template for the modern blockbuster with his 1975 masterpiece, he also set a bar for aquatic terrors so high that no shark movie has managed to top it in the decades since. In fact, there aren't many people who have even tried. Until recent years, shark cinema was pretty dormant, but the subgenre has slowly carved out a comeback over the last twenty years, culminating in the public furor for Shark Week, Sharknado, and the recent string of bigger-budget shark movies.
The genre is still pretty slight, especially if you're looking for scary over silly, but filmmakers have managed to turn out a few anxiety-inducing thrillers between every six Syfy movies or so. For the purposes of this list, all Jaws movies are out. Not just the Oscar-winning original, but also the 100% Oscar-free sequels. So with the Greatest White Shark in movie history out of the equation, let's take a look at the other shark movies to turn to when you're looking for a good scare.
(Editor's Note: We originally published this list tied to the release of The Meg, but with 47 Meters Down: Uncaged now in theaters, we're delivering a fresh update.)
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Рустем Фанюсович Камалетдинов () — советский и российский хоккеист, защитник. Тренер.

Воспитанник уфимского хоккея. В первенстве СССР начинал играть в команде первой лиги «Салават Юлаев» в сезоне 1987/88. В сезонах 1992/93 — 1994/94 выступал за клуб в МХЛ. Параллельно играл за уфимские фарм-клубы «Авангард» и «Новойл». В дальнейшем выступал за команды чемпионата России и КХЛ (2008—2009) ЦСКА (1995/96, 1999/2000 — 2000/01), «Кристалл» Электросталь (1995/96 — 1998/99), «Салават Юлаев» (2001/02 — 2003/04), «Химик» Воскресенск (2004/05, 2007/08 — 2008/09), «Витязь» Чехов (2004/05 — 2005/06), ХК «Дмитров» (2006/07, первая лига), «Амур» Хабаровск (2006/07), СКА Санкт-Петербург (2007/08). Завершил карьеру в команде высшей лиги «Ермак» (2009/10).

Серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы среди юниоров 1990.

Участник турниров Еврохоккейтура 2001/02 в Чехии и России.

Тренер (2016/17 — 2019/20) и главный тренер (2020/21 — 2021/22) команды МХЛ «Русские витязи».

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Q: Limit of $\frac{\frac{(\sqrt{n}+n-1)!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!}}{2^{\sqrt{n}}}$ as $n \rightarrow \infty$. I'm trying to show $$\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{(\sqrt{n}+n-1)!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!}}{2^{\sqrt{n}}} = \infty$$ as wolfram says it should. But can't seem to get it. This is what I've tried so far:
$$\begin{align}\frac{1}{2^{\sqrt{n}}}\frac{(\sqrt{n}+n-1)!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!} & =  \frac{1}{2^{\sqrt{n}}}\frac{[\prod_{i=1}^{n-1} (\sqrt{n}+i)](\sqrt{n})!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!} \\ &= \frac{1}{2^{\sqrt{n}}} \frac{\prod_{i=1}^{n-1} (\sqrt{n}+i)}{(n-1)!}\end{align}.$$
But I'm not sure where to go from here.

A: Without Stirling's approximation, we can do the following:
let $p \le \sqrt n \le p+1$ Then
$$\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{(\sqrt{n}+n-1)!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!}}{2^{\sqrt{n}}} > \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{(p+n-1)!}{(p+1)!(n-1)!}}{2^{\sqrt{n}}}= \lim_{n, p \rightarrow \infty} \frac{n\cdot (n+1) \cdot ... \cdot(n+p-1)}{2^{p+1}(p+1)!} > $$ $$\lim_{p \rightarrow \infty} \frac{p^2\cdot (p^2+1) \cdot ... \cdot(p^2+p-1)}{2^{p+1}(p+1)!} > \lim_{p \rightarrow \infty} \frac{(p^2-1)^{p}}{2^{p+1}(p+1)^{p+1}}=\lim_{p \rightarrow \infty} \frac{(p-1)^{p}}{2^{p+1}(p+1)}=\infty$$

A: $$a_n=\frac{1}{2^{\sqrt{n}}}\frac{(\sqrt{n}+n-1)!}{(\sqrt{n})!(n-1)!}$$ Take logarithms
$$\log(a_n)=-\sqrt n \log(2)+\log((\sqrt{n}+n-1)!)-\log((\sqrt{n})!)-\log((n-1)!)$$ Use three times Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series
$$\log(a_n)=\sqrt{n} \left(\log \left(\frac{\sqrt{n}}{2}\right)+1\right)+\frac{1}{4}
   \left(2-\log \left(4 \pi ^2 n\right)\right)+O\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt n}\right)$$
So, $ \log(a_n)\to \infty$


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Just this week I was shopping and I saw a Kamen Rider DVD on offer. On the cover it is all the classic riders and it look great.
The "Movie" wording was printed on the cover but it was not clear. Since I missed the old movies and the price was affordable, I went on to purchase.
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Archaeologists Find Perfectly Preserved Gold Coin of Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas in Bulgarian Black Sea Resort Balchik
August 4, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages
A perfectly preserved gold coin of 10th century Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas (r. 963-969) has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the medieval fortress Karvuna in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Balchik.
Temple of Goddess Cybele – Krounoi – Dionysopolis – Karvuna – Balchik, Bulgaria
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The Temple of the ancient goddess Cybele in Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Balchik (successor of ancient Krounoi and Dionysopolis, and medieval Karvuna) was discovered by accident in April 2007 during the construction of a hotel on private property. Cybele…
Krounoi – Dionysopolis – Karvuna – Balchik, Bulgaria
Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Balchik is the successor of a total of three ancient and medieval settlements. It first originated as an Ancient Thracian settlement which was later colonized by the Ancient Greeks, and was first named Krounoi and…
Bulgaria's Balchik to 'Move' Cybele Temple of Ancient Dionysopolis Closer to Black Sea Beaches
May 21, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism
The local authorities in Bulgaria's Black Sea resort of Balchik are mulling "moving closer to the sea" a well preserved temple of ancient goddess Cybele, which was discovered by accident in 2007.
Diver Stumbles Upon Sunken Ancient Greek Ship in Black Sea off the Coast of Bulgaria's Sozopol
September 1, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Antiquity, Underwater Archaeology
An amateur diver has discovered a sunken Ancient Greek ship in the Black Sea, near the St. Ivan (St. John) Island off the coast of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort Sozopol whose name as a Greek colony in the Antiquity…
Bulgaria's Black Sea Resort Balchik Restores Early Byzantine Fortress Dionysopolis in Cultural Tourism Project
August 18, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire
Part of the Late Antiquity Early Byzantine fortress Dionysopolis has been restored in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort town of Balchik together with a Christian – Muslim shrine, and an old industrial mill as part of аn EU funded project…
Water Utility in Bulgaria's Varna Cracks 5th Century Earthen Jar, Submerges Ancient Odessos 'Like Atlantis'
March 28, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity
Employees of the water supply utility in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna have broken the recently found 5th century earthen jar lying in situ in the downtown where archaeologists from the Varna Museum of Archaeology have been conducting rescue…
'Giant' Man's Skeleton Found under Odessos Fortress Wall in Bulgaria's Varna Turns Out to Be 'Only' 165 cm Tall
The allegedly "tall man" whose skeleton of an allegedly tall man has been discovered under the fortress wall of the ancient city of Odessos in Bulgaria's Varna during rescue excavations has turned out to have been "only" 165 cm (about…
Archaeologists in Bulgaria's Varna Unearth 3 More Skeletons, Identify Necropolis under Fortress Wall of Ancient Odessos
Bulgarian archaeologists carrying out rescue excavations in the Ancient Thracian, Greek, and Roman city of Odessos, today's Black Sea city of Varna, have discovered three more skeletons in what essentially appears to be an ancient necropolis, lead archaeologist Prof. Dr….
'Giant' Skeleton Found under Odessos Fortress Wall in Bulgaria's Varna Not Fully Dug Up, Measured Yet, Archaeologists Inform
The skeleton of a tall man that has been discovered under the fortress wall of the ancient city of Odessos in Bulgaria's Varna during rescue excavations earlier in March 2015 has not been completely unearthed and measured yet.


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Q: What is the adjective of "daughter-in-law" if she is "the wife of my younger son"? Here, I am confused. I cannot say "younger daughter-in-law" as the order of sons is defined by their age but we can't say that about their wives. So shall I say "my second daughter-in-law"?

A: If you can't use her name (e.g. if you're introducing her), and need to specify exactly which daughter-in-law, I'd suggest "my younger son's wife".
Second daughter-in-law is ambiguous since you aren't clear on what is being counted.  It's not clear which you mean: younger daughter-in-law, or wife of younger son, or wife of son who married second.


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Cecelia "Francine" Miller, age 76, of Waterloo, met her Lord face to face on February 21, 2019 with her family by her side.
Francine was born to the late Ronald and Freda Clausen on July 29, 1942, in Mason City, Iowa. She graduated from Mason City High School and then attended North Central Bible College from 1960-1961.
She married Jerry Miller in 1961, and began a life of service to the Lord. Francine and Jerry served faithfully in ministry for 57 years in several churches in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa. Francine is survived by her four children: David, of Waterloo, IA; Becki (Jeff) of Farmington, MN; John (Kristen) of Stephens City, VA; and Matt (Nicole) of Waverly, IA. She is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and her beloved brother, Mark (Sharon) of Mason City, IA.
Francine loved the Lord with all her heart. Her life's passion was to love people; in Jesus' name. She nurtured and cared for everyone as if they were her own. Francine was a mighty prayer warrior and her faith and relationship with her God was unmatched. Her positive, life-giving words gave encouragement and hope to so many.
Francine was immensely proud of her family, and leaves behind nothing but beautiful memories of a life well lived, and was certainly dearly loved.
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By: Joe Sollman | Posted December 11, 2018 12:01pm CETIt's been quite a year for CinTime.
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There is something truly incredible about being able to hear the excitement and the heart an artist pours into their music. Sure, it is easy to recognise and see when the artist is on stage – seeing them thrash around; flip the drumsticks in between beats; watch the fingers flash up and down the necks of the guitars and bass; your eyes widen in awe as the vocalist trusts themselves with the audience to catch them as they stag dive.
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Swedish rock trio, STEW, has recently released their new EP, Hot, which entices just that. In simply four tracks, right under the twenty-minute mark, STEW has managed to create a truly awesome experience.
The guitar work is as phenomenal Jimi Hendrix, where Nicklas Jansson has managed to conduct his fingers and pick as if he had taken a piece of his soul and mixed it together into the riffs and chords throughout each song. It is inspiring to hear.
Bassist and singer, Markus Åsland has a voice that is not afraid to be heard. He perfectly matches Jansson's guitar work along with Dahlgreen's drumming in a way that only the most passionate vocalists can match. As the EP plays along, one cannot help but shut their eyes and envision the thrill it must be to witness Åsland throwing his all into the microphone. And don't forget his bass, which flows effortlessly into Nicklas Dahlgreen's drum work.
There is no doubt that Dahlgreen has rhythm. Across each breakdown in the individual tracks, he creates a beat that will have you tapping your foot and humming throughout the day. With each strike of his drumstick against the symbols and his foot beating on the pedal, Dahlgreen is an absolute jam!
With a classic 70's rock and blues-rock blend, STEW has meshed together a complete work of art. After listening to Hot, you will be rolling the windows down and blaring this EP as the wind blows through your hair, driving in the middle of the desert with your sunglasses on in no time.


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Q: Using AVCaptureAudioDataOutput to record data instead of AVAudioRecorder Currently I am using the code mentioned below to record audio using AVAudioRecorder. However I would like frame level recording of audio for mz project, so I need to use AVCaptureAudioDataOutput and it's setSampleBufferDelegate method. is there any was I can modify the code below minimallly so that I can have frame/level audio information? maybe transferring the data from AVAudioRecorder to AVCaptureAudioDataOutput... not sure...
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