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Ottery St Mary launch new Under-18 team in Devon League
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Ottery St Mary have had an Under-18 team accepted into the Devon County League and a change in the age qualification for the league will mean that Ottery can widen their search for players who will be age qualified.
Otters senior team boss Dave Fairweather explained, saying: "It's great news as now the age qualification is that any youngster over the age of 15 as at August 31 this year can play in the league as can anyone who has not reached the age of 18 as at September 1."
He continued: "What this means is that we can draw from school years 13, 12 and 11, which will make a big difference in terms of the numbers we can draw from.
"When I was at school there were lads in year 11 able to step up and play in senior men's football and I have no doubt there will be year 11 players quite capable of stepping up into the Under-18 football next season."
The new age qualification criteria also helps in terms of the 'bigger picture' at Ottery, one that senior boss Fairweather is very passionate about.
He said: "What we now have is a clear pathway from the earliest age group youth teams right up and into the club's senior side and that can only be good for the longevity of the club.
"Craig Allen will manage the Under-18s and he has been with his own particular age group since the early days and we are now looking at bringing in additional youth coaches to strengthen what we can offer younger players in terms of their development."
Fairweather is highly regarded as a coach and he has no doubt that the future of a club the size of Ottery St Mary needs to be fully focussing on 'developing their own'.
He says: "Given the state of things in terms of our off-the-pitch operation and now the advent of an Under-18 team, I feel we really do have something to offer a young footballer to get onto a path that takes them from the youngest junior team all the way into the senior eleven."
He continued: "I also see a scenario where the new crop of Under-18s can also then ultimately become the club's second team, which would become an Ottery Development team and provide a link between the youth and senior sections."
There's more good news for Ottery followers with an announcement via the club's social media outlets that last season's leading scorer Corey Ringer (sponsored by Visual Artist Garments) has committed himself to the club for another season as has ladies' captain Georgia Chapman (sponsored by Carpets Collect).
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Medieval Hay Castle restoration receives £4.46 million boost
The trust aiming to restore Hay Castle has secured £4.46 million pounds worth of funding to get the most out of the medieval site.
The regeneration project took a giant step forward thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund grant to help restore the Grade 1 listed property.
Hay Castle Trust will use the money to save and consolidate the castle ruins, provide access to the keep while also restoring the mansion and reopening the ancient gate. Further plans are in place to create a museum-standard gallery, educational space and café, and to provide space within the Castle for community groups.
Nancy Lavin Albert, managing director of Hay Castle, said: "We are grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund which does crucial work saving irreplaceable buildings across the UK.
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In addition to the award of £4.46million grant, the trust has also raised more than £1million with the help of its supporters.
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Houdini Does Last Show And Dies In MI 95 Years Ago
Tommy Carroll Published: February 18, 2021
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Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini did his final show in Detroit 95 years ago and died shortly after the performance.
There have been lots of famous magicians, escape artists and illusionists over the past 100 years. Names like David Copperfield, Penn and Teller, Lance Burton, David Blaine and Criss Angel to name only a few, but hands down still to this day, Harry Houdini remains king.
Sure many magicians with technology have been able to do more flashy tricks, escapes and illusions but Harry Houdini was like what Jimi Hendrix was to rock guitar playing, a pioneer.
Houdini really set the standard for magicians and escape artists world wide, especially at a time where news didn't now travel as fast and live events were not as common as they have become pre-Covid.
Not many are considered an icon, but in the magic world Harry Houdini definitely earned the title. Here is a list of his most daring escapes:
Escape From the Belly of a Whale
East Indian Needle Trick
Milk Can Escape
The Overboard Escape
Buried Alive Stunt
Escape From Murderous Row
Suspended Straitjacket Escape
Chinese Water Torture Cell
In October of 1926 at the age of 52, Houdini performed in Toronto, Canada. Before he was set to perform that show, a couple of college students had heard about his ability to take any punch in the stomach, thought they would put Houdini to the test and punched him in the gut four times.
Being the performer that Houdini was, he still went and performed the show even though he was in severe pain from the punches he didn't see coming. Normally when Houdini would do the punch trick, he was always able to brace himself for the punch. The punches one of the college students delivered, Houdini didn't see coming.
After the Toronto performance, Houdini saw a doctor who diagnosed him with appendicitis. Most people at that point would have received surgery or at least take a break but Houdini insisted on performing the next night.
The next show for Houdini was at Detroit's Garrick Theater. Still in pain from the punches he went on stage to perform. During the performance, Houdini collapsed on stage but after a short intermission, he came back to complete what would unfortunately be his last performance.
After the show, Houdini was rushed to a Detroit hospital but unfortunately died with his wife at his side on Halloween night in 1926. His final words to his wife were, "I'm tired of fighting."
When his body was transported to New York where he would eventually be buried, he was shipped in the very casket that he used during his buried alive stunts.
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Just as 2011 was the year for celebrity pregnancies, 2012 is shaping up to be the year for celebrity babies with big names like Beyonce, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Garner and Hilary Duff all expecting babies in 2012. Bloggers, tabloid writers and adoring fans will be keeping a keen eye on these soon-to-be celebrity moms anxiously awaiting word that the little ones are ready to make their world debut.
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Q: Why doesn't the Earth's acceleration towards the Moon accumulate to create noticeable motion of the earth, towards the moon I get that Earth's mass is very large, so its acceleration is very tiny. But wouldn't the acceleration accumulate over a period of time and become noticeable?

A: It seems you have the same misunderstanding like most people have
before fully understanding Newtonian physics.
They think: Only the moon rotates around the earth, and the earth stands still.
But this is wrong.
Actually the earth does accelerate towards the moon,
in much the same way as the moon accelerates towards the earth.
And that's why not only the moon, but also the earth rotates around their common barycenter (the $\color{red}{+}$ in the animation below), albeit with a smaller radius.

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The attractive force is pointing vertically down to the center of the earth.
It has no horizontal component.
Therefore this force adds no horizontal speed to the moon's movement.
The moon had already a horizontal speed since its creation billion years ago.
The attractive force acts only vertically.
Therefore the moon's path is a curve bending towards the earth,
instead of just a straight line.
The same applies to you when standing on the earth.
The attractive force adds no horizontal speed to your movement,
And since you had no horizontal speed from the beginning,
it stays like this.

A: The Earth's acceleration is towards the moon (ignoring forces from other things such as the sun). This is because the force of gravity between them is in the same direction of the geometric line connecting them, and according to Newton's second law the acceleration due to a force is in the same direction as that force. Just considering an Earth-Moon system, they both orbit about the center of mass of the system. So both bodies would be undergoing acceleration, where the acceleration of one body is towards the other.
I'm unsure what you mean about accumulation of acceleration. Forces determine acceleration. Acceleration isn't something that accumulates over time. It's just a result of the current net force acting on an object.

A: The acceleration of the Moon due to the force of the Earth is perpendicular to the velocity of the Moon.  That's why the path of the moon is a circle.  The same is true concerning the acceleration of the Earth due to the force of the Moon.  The acceleration of the Earth is perpendicular to its velocity.  Hence it does not "accumulate"; the Earth follows a circular path, as does the Moon.
In fact, the Moon does not orbit the Earth.  It orbits the common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system.  The same is true of the Earth; it orbits the common center of mass.  However, the center of mass of the system lies inside the Earth, so the radius of the Earth's orbit is much smaller than the radius of the Moon's orbit, and is ignored for many purposes.   It is detectable, and must be taken into account when doing precise astronomical calculations.
While it is true that the orbits are actually elliptical, that fact has no bearing whatsoever on the question of whether or not acceleration accumulates.

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Why doesn't the Earth's acceleration towards the Moon accumulate to push the Earth off its orbit?

Because the Earth doesn't orbit the sun, the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system does. Earth and Moon in turn orbit this center of mass.
Orbits are a consequence of motion, which is aptly measured by kinetic energy. In order to change an orbit, kinetic energy must be expended in order to slow down, speed up, or redirect the orbiting entity. The orbiting of Earth and Moon is largely conservative, and does not produce nor consume energy, so they cannot alter their orbit.

But wouldn't the acceleration accumulate over a period of time and become noticeable?

No. When you accelerate in your car, you apply acceleration. When you brake, you apply more acceleration (you can prove this by having your friend sit in the car with an accelerometer). The result is not that your car goes really fast, the result is that your car is stationary. Direction of acceleration also matters.
For orbiting bodies, the acceleration is such that it is always orthogonal to velocity, so it only changes the direction of movement, never its speed. It also happens to be quite predictable, so the directional change results in the orbiter going in a circle.
The acceleration imparted on the Earth by the Moon will not make it collide, because the direction of the acceleration is always towards the Moon. Earth already has a large velocity orthogonal to that direction (ie. it is flying "past" the Moon) so the acceleration can only curve its trajectory in a circle.
Generally, you can think of orbits as falling towards an object, but constantly missing.

A: It does: both the Earth and the Moon accelerate towards each other all the time.  As you say, the acceleration of the Moon is significantly larger than that of the Earth.  Both bodies, therefore, end up following trajectories for which the acceleration is always towards the other: those trajectories, of course, are the orbits they take around a common point, which is the barycentre of the Earth-Moon system.  This is the centre-of-mass of the system, and for a two body system of masses $m_1$, $m_2$ the distance of the centre of the $i$'th body from it is given by
$$d_i = r\frac{m_j}{m_i + m_j}$$
where $r$ is the separation of the centres of the bodies, $i,j\in\{1,2\}$ and $j\ne i$.
If you take the Earth-Moon system and assume the orbit is circular (which is a pretty good approximation I think), then for Earth we get $d_1 \approx 4671\,\mathrm{km}$, which means the Earth is orbiting (and hence accelerating towards) a point about that far from its centre.  This point is inside the Earth, sine the radius of the Earth is about $6371\,\mathrm{km}$.
By contrast, for the Pluto-Charon system, the barycentre is outside Pluto, and the bodies can be clearly seen to be orbiting a common central point: the Wikipedia page for barycentre has a rather nice little animation made up of images from New Horizons which shows this.

'Accumulation of acceleration'
I wanted to address the other notion, that acceleration somehow 'accumulates'.  This is true, in the sense that the velocity of something is the integral of its acceleration over time:
$$\vec{v}(t) = \vec{v}(t_0) + \int\limits_{t_0}^t \vec{a}(\tau)\,d\tau$$
But the critical thing here is that $\vec{v}$ & $\vec{a}$ are vectors, which means we can arrange life so that this integral does not become very large, even if the magnitude of the vectors is never zero (indeed, even if it is constant).
So the obvious example is to think about an acceleration like this, in cartesian coordinates in 2 dimensions:
$$\vec{a}(t) = (a\sin\omega t + a\cos\omega t)$$
We can integrate this to get $\vec{v}(t)$ (dropping the constant of integration which we can safely do as it involves a change of frame):
$$\vec{v}(t) = \left(-\frac{a}{\omega}\cos\omega t, \frac{a}{\omega}\sin\omega t\right)$$
And we can integrate again to get the position, $\vec{p}(t)$, again dropping the constant of integration which corresponds to a choice of origin of coordinates:
$$
\begin{align}
\vec{p}(t)
 &= \left(-\frac{a}{\omega^2}\sin\omega t, -\frac{a}{\omega^2}\cos\omega t\right)\\
 &= -\frac{1}{\omega^2}\vec{a}(t)
\end{align}
$$
Well, now, this is motion in a circle, of course, and importantly, the magnitude of the acceleration, $|\vec{a}(t)| = a$: it's constant.  And the direction of $\vec{a}(t)$ is always towards the centre of the circle.
This is what is going on in orbiting systems: the bodies are continually accelerating towards the barycentre of the system, and if the orbit is circular, then they never get any closer to it, and the magnitude of the acceleration is constant (if the orbits are elliptical then they do approach & recede from it, and the magnitude of the acceleration varies over time).

A: The moon is actually moving away from the Earth; 4 billion years ago it was much closer.
The moon raises tides which have the effect of slowing down the rotation of the Earth, so that the daylength is now much longer than it used to be, but some of the energy which has been lost by the Earth was captured by the moon, and it has boosted it into a higher orbit. It is still receding from us at the rate of a few centimetres per year.

A: The Earth is in free fall. We only experience acceleration because we are not at its centre, by tidal forces, and because of its rotation.

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Are you an opera fan? Or has it always been a dream of yours to have a night at the opera? The drama, the luxury, the beauty and the emotion — it is a truly unique and special way to spend an evening. In Ireland we have our very own award-winning Wexford Opera Festival, if you have been a long standing attendee or would like to dip your toe this October here's whats on the line-up this year.
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BENTON, Ky. (AP) — This was supposed to be Spirit Week at Marshall County High School.
Instead, homecoming events were canceled, the governor was in town lamenting the nation's moral decay, and preparations were being made for the funerals of two 15-year-old children.
Tuesday's attack by a fellow classmate at the high school left more than a dozen survivors with gunshot wounds or other injuries, and three of them remain hospitalized. Hundreds more were scarred by what they saw.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin called on Americans Friday to "wake up" and recognize that school shootings are a "cultural problem."
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"We can't celebrate death in video games, celebrate death in TV shows, celebrate death in movies, celebrate death in musical lyrics and remove any sense of morality and sense of higher authority and then expect that things like this are not going to happen," he added.
The Republican governor spoke at a community event in Benton, where he was followed by the father of one of the slain students. Sobbing, Jasen Holt asked for prayers for all the "sweet kids" who were killed, injured or traumatized.
"It's not only ours, it's about all of them," said Holt, whose daughter Bailey Nicole Holt was the first to die. "Just pray and take care of each and every one of them."
The governor declared a statewide day of prayer Sunday for the grief-stricken county. It was reminiscent of his response to a wave of urban gun violence last year. Bevin called then on the power of prayer to help combat Louisville's rising murder rate and urged people to form prayer groups to walk high-crime neighborhoods. Skeptics wondered aloud whether that would deter gun-wielding thugs.
Bevin, a social conservative who has made it clear that he won't sign laws that restrict guns, said he's prepared for more skepticism as he once again asks Kentuckians to pray. But he said he believes God intervenes on behalf "of his people" when they call out to him in prayer.
"There are people who do not understand and do not believe in the things we're talking about right now," he said. "And there will be all the social media trolls and people that will scorn and mock and will ridicule the fact that we would call out to our creator at a time like this."
At the same time, Bevin said prayer won't help explain the inexplicable.
"There really are no answers to the questions that are in our minds," he said. "And even when we have all the facts, we still don't have the answers. That's just a harsh reality of this. Because this side of eternity, there are no answers to the very things that have torn this community apart. But this I know: We can sustain one another, we can support one another."
Authorities, meanwhile, are hoping to discover why 15-year-old boy would have opened fire on his classmates, all 14 to 18, as they waited for the morning bell Tuesday. Bailey Holt died at the scene, while Preston Ryan Cope was declared dead at a hospital in Nashville.
Brian Cope told the Louisville Courier Journal that he knew his son was among the victims when he peered into an ambulance and saw the Nike socks he had laid out the night before.
"We want to thank each and every person, from the East Coast to the West Coast, because we feel the prayers, we feel so much love," Cope said.
The high school reopened Friday with an assembly in the gymnasium. Funerals for the two teens will be held Sunday. The families requested privacy but said they will make a public statement on Saturday.
Schreiner reported from Frankfort, Kentucky. Associated Press Writer Adam Beam in Frankfort contributed to this report.
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Azerbaijani parliament discloses agenda of today's plenary session
The next plenary session of the Azerbaijani Parliament will be held on Wednesday, during which MPs will have to discuss 21 issues, AzVision.az reports.
The day before, in the second reading the deputies discussed and adopted bills on the state budget of Azerbaijan, on the budget of the State Social Protection Fund, and on the budget of the Unemployment Insurance Fund for 2022.
The following issues will be considered at today's parliamentary meeting:
- "On the subsistence level in Azerbaijan in 2022"
- "On the level of need criterion in Azerbaijan in 2022"
- "On Amendments to the Tax Code of Azerbaijan"
- "On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of Azerbaijan"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Local (Municipal) Taxes and Payments"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Lawyers and Advocate Activity"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Social Insurance"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Cashless Payments"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Execution"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On State Registration and State Register of Legal Entities"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Public Procurement"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On State Duty"
- "On Amendments to the Water, Customs, Urban Planning and Building Codes, Law "On Subsoil", "On Fishing", "On Animal World", "On Environmental Protection", "On Hunting", "On the State Register of Real Estate", "On Veterinary Medicine", "On Medicines", "On Physical Education and Sports", "On Culture", "On Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements" and "On Licenses and Permits"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On the Status of the Deputy of the Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On State Compulsory Personal Insurance of Servicemen"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On State Compulsory Personal Insurance of Employees of Judicial and Law Enforcement Agencies"
- "On amendments to the Law "On compulsory insurance of persons serving in diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan, functioning in foreign countries and international organizations"
- "On Amendments to the Law "On Insurance Activities"
- "On Amendments to the "Regulations on Service in State Tax Bodies", approved by the Law of Azerbaijan No. 141-IIQ of June 12, 2001
- On the cost estimate of the Milli Mejlis for 2022
- On the cost estimate of the Accounts Chamber for 2022.
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Matthew Neuhaus is the first assistant secretary, Middle East and Africa Division at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and former Australian ambassador to Zimbabwe. He says engagement may be hampered by having too much focus placed on conflict in Africa and not enough on the improving economic conditions and the growth in democracy. He mentions South Africa, Kenya and Ghana among others who have shown strong economic and civil foundations to build from.
In an interview at the AIIA National Office, Neuhaus told Australian Outlook Editor Karan Dhamija that Australia has long provided humanitarian assistance and development aid to Africa. This has recently been accompanied by large investment by Australian businesses in the continent's resources sector. However, as a G20 member with a global approach in its engagement there are strong opportunities for increased cultural and educational engagement by Australia in the near future.
Matthew Neuhaus is the first assistant secretary, Middle East and Africa Division at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and former ambassador to Zimbabwe.
Interview by Karan Dhamija.
Filmed by Simon Harrison.
Edited by Yidan Qu.
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I was a pilgrim on October 13, 2013. I did not set out to be a pilgrim, but found myself, along with the many thousands around me greeted with, "Bem vindos piregrinos" (welcome pilgrims). And just like that, I was a pilgrim.
My journey to Fatima, Portugal, began as a child. You cannot grow up in a Portuguese family without knowing of Nossa Senhora de Fatima (Our Lady of Fatima). As a child, my overnight companion was a glow-in-the dark plastic statue of Nossa Senhora. To the Portuguese and the her faithful around the globe, a pilgrimage to Fatima, located two hours north of Lisbon, is a must in your lifetime. And so I make my journey as a Portuguese woman. One with strong roots in the faith. One who still believes in the power of prayer. One who questions.
The story of Our Lady of Fatima began on May 13, 1917, when the Virgin Mary appeared to three small peasant children. For six straight months, beginning in May and ending in October, the Virgin Mary showed herself to these same children on the 13th of each month. The children told their story, but they were taunted and not believed. On October 13, 1917, a large crowd gathered at the site of the apparitions. A miracle was witnessed. The doubters were converted, and the pilgrimages began. To this day, on the 13th of each month, between May and October, thousands flock to Fatima. The largest celebrations occur during the month of May and October.
As I arrive on a cool October 13th morning, I am taken aback by the sheer magnitude of the space. The square is at least three times the size of St. Peter's in Rome. Maybe more. The original church is small, so in 2004 a church accommodating 8000 people was built. The new church is sleek, chic and massive and does not have the warmth of the old (small) church. That's modernization for you.
Out in the public square is where all the activity is anyway, as thousands upon thousands of people make their way onto the open area. They arrive in waves, from all corners. Watching the many faces around me, most unlike me—devout and faithful, I am overwhelmed.
Original church
There are people clutching candles five feet tall, purchased as offerings. A candle burning 'pit' designed specifically for candle offerings, shoots large flames into the air. I see people sitting alone, silently reciting the rosary.
Fire pit for candle offerings
Then there are the peope on their knees—'walking' on their knees down a long marble stoned path. I see mothers carrying their infant children. Others are holding their young child's hand. There are young men, teenage girls, husbands, holding the hand of the woman making the journey on bended knees. There are fathers with his entire family walking silently behind him as he struggles to maintain balance. What has life thrown at these people to drive them to make such a commitment? It is heartbreaking. It is overwhelming. I sit on the concrete pavement along this path of kneeling sorrows, and give in to what I have been fighting for a while—I cry and then cry some more. I am not alone. All around me there are people praying as silent tears flow down their cheeks.
Children holding a parent's hand.
5 foot tall candles
As I stand among thousands of strangers united in prayer and faith, I cannot help but reflect on the name, Fatima. Not the religious association with the name, but the origin of the name itself.
The Portuguese claim Fatima as their own, and many a Portuguese woman is named Fatima. But the name is far from being Portuguese. The name Fatima, after which the city in Portugal was named, is in fact Arabic (Fatimah) and derived from the Moors who ruled the Iberian Peninsula for years. The Moors were Muslim. Fatimah, was a Moorish princess, the daughter of Muhammad, prophet of Islam.
As I think about this, I wonder if it is a mere co-incidence that a Christian religious figure, so deeply loved by her faithful followers, randomly chose FATIMA to show her miracles and ask for prayer? Or was she, by showing herself in FATIMA, trying to tell us that regardless of faith, we are one race, and that somehow, for the love of all religious beliefs, we should just simply all try to get along?
I choose to believe it is not at all a co-incidence.
Other images from the day
My personal space where I sat and had a good sob
Image of Nossa Senhora de Fatima
Several picnics popped up afterwards


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This was first noted at this ask.sagemath.org question. Here are some of the symptoms.
Ideally this would be fixed by #1173 or #13050, but if there is something else we can do (and soon) that would be fine too.
trac_13193.1.patch (4.4 KB) - added by benjaminfjones 7 years ago.
Note that up until about 1.42*i we are fine, first noted by Jeff Denny.
I'd been ... discouraged from this in the past. But I'll try. Part of the problem is that I don't have access to a more recent Pari, in case it's been fixed since our version.
Okay, I tried this. I am not sure where to look for it yet, but when I find it online I'll put up a link.
Update - this is now Pari bug 1335.
The madness with erf has gone on long enough! Here is a patch to tide us over until the algorithm=... parameter to _evalf_ can be implemented.
I only had to make one (tiny) change to one doctest after switching the numerical eval to mpmath. I also added a couple of doctests that reference this ticket.
correctly now? If you are still passing doctests, then apparently not.
where is the doctest you are referring to?
In sage/symbolic/expression.pyx I found one. I didn't run full tests (was waiting for patchbot). I'll update the patch.
@kcrisman, it looks like your reviewer patch on #11948 was merged in 4.8.alpha6, but then my patch at #13001 reorganized the doctests (moved a bunch from __init__ to the class docstring) and the erf(3*I).n() doctest got removed in the process (oops!).
Should I add it back in do you think? I have erf(3.0*I) which calls _evalf_ just the same.
That's hilarious! You must have done this at the Sage Days, and not mentioned it to me :) So you removed an erroneous doctest. Glad you nabbed the one in symbolic/expression.pyx, though.
No, the one you changed is sufficient, since it does integer times I instead of real times I. Nice.
Should this be a blocker for Sage 5.2, since it is mathematically wrong? Anyway, on a first glance this seems like a good patch.
Sometimes slower, sometimes faster, except on the one that was wrong before, where it's faster.
Looks pretty good. I'll see what the patchbot says.
I think this looks good. How on earth does patchbot test the entire library on Volker's computer in 540 seconds? My computer's a dinosaur in comparison - or, better, my computer's not a quick, lean, agile dinosaur in comparison.
I was wondering that myself :) Why bother running doctests locally when Volker's machine will power through them in under 10 minutes! Thanks for the review.
If you need to change something to avoid a conflict, change the function parameter instead.
I thought this hack was used in several other place, though, so that we're being consistent with other stuff? Also, in that case we would need some deprecation period, and we'd still need the hack to actually fix the problem.
Incidentally, the Pari bug is now fixed, so if/when we ever implement various backends for special functions, we can use Pari for this one!


I do a lot of people watching. I've had a knack for it since ever since I was a kid. Can't really explain why I do it because I just do it automatically. No matter where I may be, I see things and I analyze, make mental notes and laugh to myself about observances I make. I like to think that I may have a thing for sociology since I do it so often and through an academic lens, it would seem there is more to it than noticing simple mannerisms and social behavior. Everything a person does, conscious and sub say more about how they are than what they're words, case in point, actions speak louder than words.
Everyday I see something and on some days, depending on my mood and metal state, I write poetry or just make mental observations for future reference. Friday evening I paid my uncle-cousin a visit at his tailor shop. I say uncle-cousin because his dad is cousin-brother with my dad who married my mom, who's aunt was married to my dads cousin-brother, making their kids uncle-cousins. Yeah, I know. I bought some pants with money that I was going to initially use to buy a bike, so me being the short man that I am, had to the pants leg shortened to my height. His tailor shop is in the L.A. Fashion District. Initially I was going to write a post about my observations in the fashion district because it really is something special in terms of the dynamics and separate world that it is. I'll keep things to what I saw at his shop.
During my wait to get my pants fixed three different customers came in to get something fixed or to pick something up. I can't remember the order they came in but one man was Chilango, another African American and the third middle eastern. These are the dynamics and social behavior I observed from all three watching from the side and not interfiring.
~ Chilango is a term used for residents of El Districto Federal in Mexico. They have regional accents and mannerism that are obvious to anyone that understands the Latino community and the different, regional dialects. When he walked into the shop, he greeted my uncle with comradery and slang that easily establishes a mutual relationship between the two and segways or incorporates small talk of how business is going and how the family is doing, if he knows them. He proceeds to tell him what he needs fixed, down playing himself and how he's always getting holes in his clothes and how he is a dork. My uncle ask him if he's in a hurry and he replies that he's not. In fact, he stresses that he is in no rush and for him to get to it when he cans. Since he is a regular customer and most likely works nearby, his job is done quick, as it's just putting a patch on his jeans. He ask my uncle how much it is, money ready in hand and my uncle says to him that it is free of charge because he is a regular. He tells him not to worry about it, that whenever he has small stuff like that, to bring it in and he'll take care of him. The man thanks him, gives a hand shake and goes on his way.
~ The Black man walked into the shop and immediately commanded attention and service from my uncle with his loud voice. This was not done in a disrespectful manner, the mans personally was is loud and territorial in the sense that he wants everyone to know of his presence there. He told my uncle that he needed his pants altered and exclaimed and asked if the job was going to be done fast because of the urgency and tone in his voice that was if he was wearing headphones and didn't know he was talking too loud. He talked loudly to his friend who was out side about his pants and couldn't stand still when my uncle was adjusting the length to his desired length. He changed back into his regular pants and waited outside with his friend as he talked on his cell phone through a wireless ear piece. His conversation was overtly loud and he discussed his personal issues with the person over the phone, always making sure to let everyone know that he is there. As time passed, he was beginning to grow inpatient just as my uncle was putting the finishing touches on the pants. He charged him $7 for the service and he was on his way.
~ The Armenian man had already left a shirt earlier in the day and was just now coming to pick it up, along with a pair of pants as well. He greeted my uncle with a loud, "my friend" and he replied. He told him that his clothes were ready and asked if he wanted to try on the pants to see if they fit to his liking. He said no and just tried on a shirt that was also altered. The man was accompanied by an older man that could be his father, but I could not establish that. He tried on the shirt, looked in the mirror and liked it. All the while he talked to the older man in his language very rapidly and loudly as well. Of course I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I know that part of their conversation was about the clothes, mostly because they looked and grabbed the clothes like anyone else having a conversation about an article would. He paid and asked if he could leave through the back door of the shop.
I paid special attention to the mannerism of the Armenian men because they say soo much with little to no words. Latinos/as are of course friendly with Latinos/as because of the race association and established common ground between the two. The Black man didn't know if my uncle would be able to speak fluent English and had a loud, natural presence that comes being over masculine and personal issues of not being the center of attention and letting others know of his presence where ever he may be. In particular, I have noticed that while the Latino and Black men were direct in their contact, the Armenian man played dumb in the sense that he used language as an excuse to play down any notions of being able to understand business or any other transactions. I've noticed that the less English they know, the more they rely on communicating with demands and overt gestures to frustrate others into getting their own way. They use it almost as a handicap, knowing full well what they are doing, but still doing it to save a buck or to get faster service.
I have seen this in other Armenian men and in some women when conducting business or being involved in a transaction. If things don't go their way, they are quick to anger, place blame on the other party and easily frustrated when cooperation is not in their favor. This, of course doesn't describe all Armenian people, just the one's I've seen. When they are able to speak fluent English or are Americanized, those same habits still surface, with more attitude. Much like an empowered Black women who doesn't take being disrespected lightly and is quick to anger and place blame and fault in others for her own short comings. Fueling a napoleon like complex and harboring a negative attitude toward anyone that doesn't fulfill her wishes. But, these are just my own personal observations.
You know i noticed this type of "pretending not to speak English fluently" from of all things a salvadorena women the other day- she tried to communicate with me in English but then i spoke back in Spanish and she was a bit surprised.
Yo le explique bien claro y directo.
Everything in life is an exchange of wants.
I expect ignorance from youth- someone young, but not from someone that is old..older...they have the knowledge and experience of living..so playing dumb or trying to manipulate things is not acceptable.
Y sabes lo mas gacho es que e visto mas y mas que "nuestra misma gente no lo trata de hacer a nosotros"
you know how Bernie Madoff screwed his fellow jews.
Well there are also latinos trying to screw latinos.


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New Sylvie Simmons video: The Thing They Don't Tell You About Girls
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Video: Sylvie Simmons – "The Thing They Don't Tell You About Girls"
Sylvie Simmons: "The Thing They Don't Tell You About Girls"
Video by Ryan Sarnowski. From Blue on Blue, out now on Compass.
Sylvie Simmons is a writer for Mojo and author of the definitive biography of Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man (Harper Collins, 2012) and recently helped Debbie Harry write her memoir, Face It (Dey Street, 2019). She also plays the ukulele and writes gentle little songs that might sneak up on you and break your heart.
A few years ago her song "Hard Act to Follow," originally released on her self-title debut (Light in the Attic, 2014), was featured in a Nicky Hornby movie. Which makes sense. Another author who is obsessed with music…
She told Pop Matters, "You shouldn't make an album if you're a music journalist and don't use ukulele to do it. I was expecting to be quite humiliated, and it was quite the opposite. It was an absolute wonder to me."
Now Simmons has released her follow up, Blue On Blue. Once again produced by Howe Gelb, the recording sessions were interrupted by a debilitating accident that ultimately required her to alter her ukulele style. "There were songs that took a lot more movement of my hand than I was able to do. But they'll be on the next album."
Simmons describes her new single as "a sad song that came out sounding happy. Songs do that sometimes; they have no respect for the people that write them."
Sounds like the song turned out just the way it was supposed to!
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New Sylvie Simmons video: Hard Act to Follow
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Video: Sylvie Simmons – "Hard Act to Follow"
Sylvie Simmons, Hard Act to Follow, from "Juliet, Naked" soundtrack
From Sylvie, released in 2014 on Light In the Attic Records.
Sylvie Simmons is one of my favorite music journalists. I've been reading her stuff in Mojo for over a decade. She almost singlehandedly made me despise Lou Reed after reading her 2005 interview with him.
It's rare for a rock critic to cross over to the other side and make decent music. Have you ever heard any of the songs Lester Bangs recorded? Not great. But "Hard Act to Follow" succeeds because it doesn't sound like it's trying too hard. Simple strummed ukulele and direct vocals that sound honest and comforting. This song came out a few years ago but it was just featured in the new Nicky Hornby movie, "Juliet, Naked" so Simmons made a video for it.
A couple of weeks ago I went to a big downtown movie theatre to see a new movie called "Juliet Naked." It's a romantic comedy based on a book by Nick Hornby, a former rock critic, directed by Jesse Peretz, a former rock musician (remember the Lemonheads?) and featuring a soundtrack that includes songs by Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Robyn Hitchcock, M.Ward… and me!
I sat watching the movie and listening hard, because I didn't know what scene it was going to be in, but after a while I got into the story and forgot all about my song. Then, during a scene shot in the Tate Modern in London, one of my favourite places in the world, suddenly out of the giant speakers there I was, singing "Hard Act to Follow." I almost jumped out of my seat.
So to celebrate my song getting its first major movie role, I decided to make it its own little film, working with San Francisco video maker, Carlos Forster.
It's really good!
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Cover Reveal: A First Look At Amy Klein's The Trying Game
Amy Klein's The Trying Game
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Ravishly is thrilled to present the cover reveal for Amy Klein's The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind!
When we found out that Ravishly contributor Amy Klein was writing a fertility book, we were ecstatic! Fertility is something our staff and readers have wanted and needed to read and write about, and there is no one better equipped to write the essential book on the topic than Amy. We asked Amy to share a little bit about the book and why she wrote it.
Book Synopsis
Imagine if you had a best friend you could call for advice on trying to get pregnant, finding a fertility doctor, whether or not you should freeze your eggs, dealing with nosy nellies asking When Are You Going to Have a BABY already?, and getting through life/work/relationships while hopped up on crazy-making hormones trying to get AND stay pregnant. Well, now, you do.
In her upcoming book The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind
(Penguin/Random House, April 2020), former New York Times "Fertility Diary" columnist Amy Klein takes you through the emotional and practical journey of trying to have a baby, from the Oh Shoot! Am I Infertile question to the How The Hell Am I Going to Afford This conundrum. All the way through the I Hate All My Pregnant Friends stage to Is it Time to Move On? or the Motherhood After IVF ending.
In this comprehensive road map to navigating the confusing world of infertility, she includes advice from medical experts as well as their patients in a compassionate and down-to-earth way. The Trying Game will show you, with heart and humanity, what to expect when you're not expecting.
Why I Wrote This Book
As a health and science writer and essayist, I started writing about my journey because I couldn't find any information out there except for these fertility boards where women would discuss "magic baby dust" and use acronyms I did not understand (like BD for baby dance for sex). The NYTimes asked if I wanted to do a weekly column, and then transition it over to a pregnancy column in a few months when I got pregnant. HA!
That didn't happen, and I wrote more than 30 columns for them over the next three years.
I always imagined that when I finally had a baby, I would write a memoir about the whole journey. But with people contacting me for advice nearly every day, I realized that this was bigger than my story. People wanted help.
And although it seems like the fertility advice market has exploded—now there is almost too much information available—people still had the same questions and complaints, from the emotional ones like Do I have to attend my best friend's shower? (no) to the practical ones like How many embryos should I transfer? (Usually one). So I used my own experiences and interviewed the very best doctors and other patients to give them the advice I wish I had during my journey.
After four miscarriages, ten doctors, nine rounds of IVF, two donors, and one rabbi, I finally had a baby. I made many, many mistakes along the way, and I wanted to help other people avoid the same mistakes I made.
Bio: Amy Klein is a journalist and essayist. Her work has appeared in The New York Times (Modern Love: "What the Rabbi Said," "My Very Own Cyberstalker," Draft: "The Writer's Workshop Glossary") The Washington Post, Slate, Salon, Aeon, NPR, and other publications. She is a Moth storyteller. She lives with her husband and daughter in New York City.
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Religious groups urge federal appeals court to protect Oak Flat
Ryan Heinsius
A broad coalition of religious groups are urging a federal appeals court to protect an Apache sacred site in Arizona from one of the nation's largest copper mines.
Tribes seek more details on water use at Arizona copper mine
The Bureau of Land Management says an environmental review for the proposed Resolution Copper mine near Superior falls short on details about water and the potential impacts of climate change.
Biden administration awards high-speed internet access grant to Arizona tribes
KNAU STAFF
Arizona's five Tribal entities have been awarded a collection grant to expand high-speed internet access on First Nations land.
San Carlos Apache Tribe set to receive federal funds for wastewater infrastructure
The San Carlos Apache Tribe will receive vital federal funds for wastewater and sanitation infrastructure as part of a pilot program that aims to bring basic wastewater management to communities.
Federal appeals court allows Oak Flat land exchange to move forward
A federal appeals court has ruled that a land exchange paving the way for one of the nation's largest copper mines can move forward. Oak Flat in central Arizona is a sacred site to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, who've opposed the project for years.
AZ senators announce funding for White Mountain and San Carlos Apache Tribal land projects
Federal funding has been approved for two projects supporting river wildlife and flooding mitigation on White Mountain and San Carlos Apache tribal lands.
Apache elders urge Sen. Mark Kelly to help stop Oak Flat mine project
A group of elders from the San Carlos Apache Nation have gathered to urge Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to back legislation that will keep lands they call sacred from being torn up for a massive copper mine.
Apache holy ground at Oak Flat vandalized
Apache holy ground at Oak Flat on the Tonto National Forest has been vandalized for a second time.
Apaches ask appeals court to back bid to halt land transfer
An attorney for members of the San Carlos Apache tribe has asked the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to back their efforts to halt…
US House Budget Proposal Would Repeal Oak Flat Land Exchange
Congressional Democrats are attempting to undo a controversial federal land swap in southeastern Arizona. A budget proposal in the U.S. House of…