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Q: Gulp 4.0 Ignore watch not working I have the following code:
 gulp.task('watch:Feature', function() {
        gulp.watch(['./js/Feature/**/*.ts', '!./js/Feature/.gulp-tsc-tmp*.ts'], function () { console.log("Test"); });
    });

I've substituted my typescript build task for console.log("Test") and am copying a file with the name: .gulp-tsc-tmp-1151023-9976-e1a1h3.ts into the Feature directory, which causes "Test" to be output to the console.
I've tried all sorts of exclude patterns including specifying the exact filename I'm copying into the directory, none of which seem to work.
What would be the correct way of ignoring files with a particular prefix?

A: I encountered this a few weeks back and was informed that feature was removed, I didn't have time to establish if that was true but certainly none of my previously working 'ignores' were working on updated release.

A: The correct way to ignore files in a watch in gulp 4 is this:
gulp.watch('js/Feature/**/*.ts', {
    ignored: 'js/Feature/.gulp-tsc-tmp*.ts'
}, function () {
    console.log('Test');
});

See the documentation.

A: I was having this problem too, and solved it by removing "./" from the beginning of my paths:
gulp.task('watch:Feature', function() {
    gulp.watch(['js/Feature/**/*.ts', '!js/Feature/.gulp-tsc-tmp*.ts'], function () { console.log("Test"); });
});

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Q: Venn Diagram of $A$ and $B$, When $A \cap B =\varnothing$ If $A$ and $B$ are two sets which $A \cap B =\varnothing$, can we draw their Venn diagram as follows:

Or it MUST be this way?

A: You can draw it either way: any region in a Venn diagram may in principle be empty. However, if you know for a fact that $A\cap B=\varnothing$, it's pointlessly misleading to draw it the first way: one of the main reasons for using Venn diagrams in the first place is to aid your intuition, so you should draw it in the way that best does so. In this case that's your second picture, with disjoint regions.

A: It must be the second way. The first picture you drew clearly has elements (interpreted as area) in both sets, or the intersection.


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SEC announced: Ripple officially sued
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has formally sued Ripple and its two managers.
The agency accuses Ripple and executives CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen of $ 1.3 billion in unrecorded securities sales.
In the complaint filed by the SEC, it is stated that since 2013, Ripple has obtained financing by selling unrecorded securities (XRP) to investors in the US and around the world. It is also alleged that the company distributed billions of XRP for non-cash consideration.
According to the SEC's claim, Ripple broke the rules set to protect investors and did not record XRP sales, leaving potential buyers without adequate disclosure about XRP.
With the emergence of such a case, the scenarios of XRP being taken off the list from crypto money exchanges began to be discussed. It is stated that if the SEC proves that XRP is a security in court, the exchanges will have to take the XRP off the list since they do not have a license to sell the securities.
At this point, the Crypto Rating Council, an initiative led by Coinbase, previously rated XRP at 4.00, and this rating shows that XRP is likely to be a security.
Ripple's CEO made a statement yesterday that the SEC is planning to file a lawsuit against Ripple. Garlinghouse described this as an attack against the entire cryptocurrency industry, accusing SEC Chairman Jay Clayton of surrendering the future of the global financial system to China.
"We are right and we will fight aggressively and win," says Garlinghouse. says.
Ripple (XRP) payments peaked in three major corridors
Ripple has been considering moving the company's headquarters from the US for a while due to legal uncertainties. In fact, the company recently opened a regional office in Dubai. Japan, England, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates were considered as possible new centers.
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The 2016 Summer Road Trip: A Long Drive Across the West
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson (One Minnesota Writer) July 11, 2016 Photography, travel
It rained the day we left Medora, North Dakota and headed toward the state of Washington. My husband Mick and I gave ourselves two days to cross Montana, Idaho, and Washington to reach our destination of Port Angeles, on the edge of Olympic National Park. The first few hours were soggy, but we had coffee and my iTunes library connected to the car stereo.
The first rest area we stopped in was at Wibaux, Montanta, where I wanted to get a state road map. I like state maps, with their little symbols and folds and the details that are left out of a larger atlas. I like the people in the welcome centers who, full of state pride, ask if we would like to sign their guest register. We signed the one at Wibaux, and noticed two young men talking to the older woman working there.
Mick nudged me. "Hey, those are the two guys who sat near the door of the pub in Medora last night."
I looked at them. Yes, yes they were. And they were from Minnesota, too, as we discovered by their entry in the visitor log. We chatted for a minute – they were heading to Billings that day and we were heading to Butte – and then we got in our respective cars and sped off.
Damned if we didn't see them at the next rest stop we pulled into. I can't remember where that was, but it was still raining. We wondered if we would bump into them again before Billings.
We didn't. Our next stop was at a place called Pompeys Pillar National Monument, part of the Lewis and Clark Trail, in Worden, Montana, just a bit east of Billings. The Lewis and Clark expedition stopped here in 1806 on their way down the Yellowstone River, and William Clark's signature is etched into the stone pillar there. The signature has been preserved under glass. The name Pompey comes from nickname Clark gave to Sacagawea's son, who accompanied her on the expedition.
When we arrived in Butte, our overnight stopping point for this segment of our road trip, we visited the Butte Brewing Company first. After a blonde ale for me and a flight of assorted beers for Mick, we took a look at the Berkeley Pit. The Berkeley Pit is an example of a former open pit copper mine that was run first by Anaconda Copper, and later by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), and closed in 1982. The pit, a 1700+-foot deep hole, has filled with water now that the underground pumps are turned off. The water is full of heavy metals and chemicals, and has a pH of 2.5 (acidic), which means it's not so great for living things. It is being monitored as the water level rises. Clean-up efforts are ongoing.
I enjoyed the brewery a lot more than the open pit mine.
The next day's leg took us through the rest of Montana, Idaho, and into Washington. It was our longest day of driving so far as we covered over 600 miles. The best part of this drive was coming upon the Columbia River. The area is breathtaking.
Our first view of the Columbia River at Vantage, Washington. It was a welcome sight after the drive through dry eastern Washington.
We held onto that image later when we hit the Seattle-Tacoma area at rush hour and sat in traffic for a long time. Our goal was to get to Lacey for the night before heading to the Olympic National Park area. Once we got to our hotel, we asked the desk clerk for a place to walk to for dinner; we were so done being in the car. He laughed with us and directed us to an Irish pub. Perfect.
We recovered enough the next day to take a detour through Washington's capital, Olympia. What a beautiful city! The climate is perfect for all kinds of flowers and trees, which made the area around the Capitol into one glorious garden. It was our last major stop before heading north to Port Angeles, where we would stay for our first forays into Olympic National Park.
We were excited to be on our way to the park that shaped the length of our entire road trip.
What next? Mountains! Ocean! See you next week.
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Ya know, I liked this one a lot.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:27 AM, ONE MINNESOTA WRITER wrote:
> Kathleen Cassen Mickelson posted: "It rained the day we left Medora, North > Dakota and headed toward the state of Washington. My husband Mick and I > gave ourselves two days to cross Montana, Idaho, and Washington to reach > our destination of Port Angeles, on the edge of Olympic National Park." >
Thanks! Xoxo
Love the little slide show feature! Glad you made it across Montana with wits intact. 🙂
Thanks! I would like to drive across other parts of Montana soon. Those mountains are beautiful.
You went west, I went east. You had time to explore, I didn't. Some day perhaps I shall aim west, when time allows to explore.
Don't wait for "some day", Audrey! Make your plans. Just sayin'.


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New Book | The Sculpted Ear
Posted in books by Editor on June 20, 2021
From The Pennsylvania State UP:
Ryan McCormack, The Sculpted Ear: Aurality and Statuary in the West (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2020), 224 pages, ISBN: 978-0271086927 (hardcover), $90 / ISBN: 978-0271086934 (paperback), $33.
Sound and statuary have had a complicated relationship in Western aesthetic thought since antiquity. Taking as its focus the sounding statue—a type of anthropocentric statue that invites the viewer to imagine sounds the statue might make—The Sculpted Ear rethinks this relationship in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of sound studies. Ryan McCormack argues that the sounding statue is best thought of not as an aesthetic object but as an event heard by people and subsequently conceptualized into being through acts of writing and performance.
Constructing a history in which hearing plays an integral role in ideas about anthropocentric statuary, McCormack begins with the ancient sculpture of Laocoön before moving to a discussion of the early modern automaton known as Tipu's Tiger and the statue of the Commendatore in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Finally, he examines statues of people from the present and the past, including the singer Josephine Baker, the violinist Aleksandar Nikolov, and the actor Bob Newhart—with each case touching on some of the issues that have historically plagued the aesthetic viability of the sounding statue. McCormack convincingly demonstrates how sounding statues have served as important precursors and continuing contributors to modern ideas about the ontology of sound, technologies of sound reproduction, and performance practices blurring traditional divides between music, sculpture, and the other arts.
A compelling narrative that illuminates the stories of individual sculptural objects and the audiences that hear them, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the connections between aurality and statues in the Western world, in particular scholars and students of sound studies and sensory history.
Ryan McCormack is a writer and independent scholar based in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Introduction: Elvis Leaves the Building
1 Animation Introduces Animation
2 Breathing Voice into Laocoön's Mouth
3 Imperial Possessions
4 Hearing a Stone Man
5 Aural Skins
6 Now You Have to Go, Comrade
7 Museums of Resonance
Conclusion: I Now Present Sergei Rachmaninoff
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APPA > BOK: PART III Abstracts > Abtract: Energy Generation Alternatives
Abtract: Energy Generation Alternatives
Utilities are classified as electric; thermal (heating and cooling) for space conditioning; or thermal for process requirements, water, and sewer. Supplying a utility from a central production station is based on economies of scale (e.g., equipment, real estate, labor, operations) outweighing inefficiencies of the distribution system and required local converters (e.g., electric, water, sewer utilities). Central plant operations can extract useful mechanical energy (to turn an electric generator) and thermal energy (to generate steam, hot water, or both) from the same fuel source or cogeneration.
Definition. Cogeneration has no single accepted definition. In this chapter, cogeneration is the sequential generation of electric and useful thermal energy from a single energy source, a term interchangeable with combined heat and power and with combined cooling, heating, and power (trigeneration).
Three basic cogeneration cycle configurations apply:
A topping cycle (most common at universities) occurs when electricity is generated in the first process and rejected heat becomes an energy source for a subsequent process, such as heating and cooling (see Figure 11 a-c).
A bottoming cycle occurs when the first process produces rejected heat that is used to generate electricity in the second cycle, usually with a waste heat recovery boiler to produce steam to drive a turbine generator (see Figure 12).
A combined cycle includes both a topping and a bottoming cycle, producing electricity on both ends (see Figure 13).
Operations Management. Cogeneration systems are complex, interactive, and interdependent; many primary and secondary variables affect cost-effective operations (as can operating permit conditions or statutory requirement changes). Advance planning is needed for routine and preventive maintenance activities to minimize downtime. The engineering staff supports long-range planning and performance testing, design, and implementation of modifications. Cogeneration decision process data must be captured and preserved. Operators must understand how the system works, how to operate equipment, and how the plant and outside campus react to operating practices. A cogeneration system provides electric and thermal energy, but requirements for each are independent, so preferred operation mode depends on the root system justification. If the generator is connected and synchronized to the grid, basic operating scenarios are available to manage electric loads, thermal loads, and cogeneration system size.
Overview of Technologies. Cogeneration systems have a prime mover that consumes input fuel to drive the first process and equipment to recover waste heat to use in the second process. In this section, the first process is electricity generation, and prime movers (each explained) are (1) combustion turbines, with varying electrical efficiencies (smaller units tend to be less efficient, but even similar-sized units from different manufacturers can perform differently) and operating conditions with potentially larger impacts than initial equipment selection (e.g., part-load operations, dirty filters, inlet air temperatures warmer than rated temperature); (2) reciprocating engines, with high electrical efficiency and less sensitivity to part-load operations and inlet air temperatures; (3) steam turbines, with electrical efficiency based on generator sizing and (more important) exhaust conditions; and (4) fuel cells, with battery-like operations (see Figure 3.14).
Performance Ratings. Marketing data and cogeneration system nominal ratings are based on standard test conditions and assumptions that allow product and manufacturer comparisons but can set unrealistic performance expectations. Rating characteristics include combustion turbine performance specified at ISO standard conditions, fuel input for combustion turbines and reciprocating engines based on lower heating value, electric power output typically quoted at generator terminals, and recoverable heat claimed dependent on temperature assumptions.
Fuels. Cogeneration system fuel selection affects equipment specifications and performance. Primary fuel selection depends on availability, quality, pipeline or truck delivery, onsite storage needs, and backup fuel source needs. Options include natural gas (preferred primary fuel; clean burning, high quality; wide distribution pipeline; propane as backup fuel source); fuel oil (no. 2; quality standards met but limited use as primary fuel; possible air permit requirements; backup for natural gas in dual-fuel installations); coal (complex fuel; significant emissions issues; gasification technology not commercially viable); biogas, digester gas, and landfill gas (alternative renewables composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide; site-specific quantity and quality; possible impact on equipment warranties); and biomass (renewable; site-specific quality and quantity; moisture content issue; gasification technology still under study).
Waste Heat Recovery. Waste heat recovery systems must be designed for the specific application (typically heat recovery to generate steam and hot water). Special applications use exhaust in direct-contact drying processes, air-to-air heat exchangers, or hot oil heat recovery.
Regulatory Issues. Key legislation on fair treatment of cogeneration system owners is national, but regulations vary by political and geographic region (e.g., exemption from rigorous utility scale generator process, environmental impact statement, air emissions permit, air emissions permit to construct, electric interconnection agreement). As other examples, planned installation specifics can dictate other studies, permits, and agreements; and adjacent properties can raise concerns (e.g., noise, viewshed, traffic flow).
Screening Checklist for Cogeneration. Many questions must be addressed early and revisited as needed during the cogeneration system assessment process, including (1) reasons for cogeneration, such as specific quantifiable defined needs (e.g., increased reliability, energy cost savings, infrastructure upgrade, suitable year-round thermal load, future energy requirements); (2) availability of historical operations data to evaluate potential for higher future costs for some budget items, supplemented by additional data collection; (3) people who will perform the evaluation (e.g., preliminary screening by in-house staff; later external assessment by experts); and (3) final decision- maker (many stakeholders, but one can say yes).
Alternative Electric Generation
Depending on the site, solar photovoltaics and wind turbines can fit a renewable energy portfolio; their diffuse and intermittent nature makes them a supplement (not a replacement) for the grid or cogeneration.
Photovoltaics. Made of semiconductor materials (usually silicon), photovoltaic (PV) cells generate electricity from light. The three silicon cell types are based on cell structure (monocrystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous silicon), with different costs and efficiencies. Most practical solar PV applications use rigid flat panel assemblies of monocrystalline or polycrystalline cells, with fixed-array, single-axis tracking, or dual-axis tracking (active or passive). Manufacturers provide solar panel ratings at standard test conditions (STC) or PVUSA Test Conditions (PTC); solar cell temperature is higher for PTC, resulting in a lower power rating. PV cells generate DC electricity, and power ratings are measured in DC watts, so inverters convert to AC. Inverter losses, module mismatches, wind losses, and other factors reduce output; the peak AC output rating is about 75 to 80 percent of the DC rating. Solar PV systems operate automatically, but operators monitor inverter malfunctions and binding of tracking mechanisms. Annual maintenance (e.g., inspection; solar panel cleaning; sensor and actuator calibration) is needed. A tracking system reduces the number of arrays in an area because shading of adjacent arrays is minimized. Weather conditions and timeliness of corrective responses affect array output. PVWatts, a free online calculator from the Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a relatively easy and quick tool for estimating annual power production.
Wind Turbines. Wind turbines convert kinetic energy in wind to mechanical energy to drive an electric generator. The two types are based on rotation axis, vertical or horizontal (main type for commercial power generation). NREL uses wind power density to rate wind resource potential on a scale of 1 to 7; wind speed increases for each class by about 25 percent, and power density doubles between 10 m and 50 m above surface level, the two common reference elevations (Class 3 is the minimum for grid-connected wind turbine applications). Wind characteristics vary by terrain and obstructions (e.g., other wind turbines in multiple-unit installation, vegetation, structures), so site-specific data are needed. Wind turbine certification is based on IEC Standard 61400 compliance, but annual output estimates and performance curves vary for units with the same power rating depending on many factors (e.g., rotational speed, gearing, tower height, blade swept diameter) that also affect cut-in (starting) and cut-out (stopping) wind speed, survival wind speed, noise, and weight. (1) The primary operations objective is to keep complex wind turbine systems available so turbines run when the wind blows. The turbine controller enables automatic operation, but a minor component failure can shut down the turbine. A qualified staff must implement an O&M plan based on manufacturer-defined tasks and frequency (e.g., inspection, blade cleaning, oil and filter change, sensor and actuator calibration, new brake pad and seal). (2) Regulatory constraints vary (e.g., no special requirements; formal permit process with environmental impact and mitigation analysis; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife agency project permitting if wildlife or habitat is affected; FAA approval if structures are more than 200 feet tall or near airports).
Evaluating the Business Case
The business case quantifies economics in a financial model to support sound financial decisions (e.g., ownership costs and sensitivity to major variables). Such knowledge is useful in contract negotiations with fuel and utility suppliers (cogeneration or not), as the basis for reconsidering the decision if major variables change, and as the basis for monitoring performance and making strategic decisions about future operations management. The financial analysis includes explicit or implied data or assumptions regarding existing conditions and proposed conditions. The economic analysis for photovoltaics and wind turbines is simplified because these projects only generate electricity (valued in cost per kWh). Cogeneration outputs are electric and thermal utilities, so costs must be allocated to each output.
Valuing the Electric and Thermal Streams. Quantifying the value of electricity and heat recovery starts with the input fuel stream and three energy output streams (electricity, recovered useful heat, waste heat), but the proportion of each output stream can vary based on planned operating methodology. Values of an average system load are useful for cost allocations and comparisons. The waste heat stream can be split between the other two (e.g., demonstrated cogeneration cost less than purchased electricity cost; divided equally; allocated by output proportions). O&M system costs are included in valuing electricity and thermal production; full-service contract costs are a good estimate. If electricity is sold to the grid, a value for excess electricity is calculated based on system operation for incremental power increases.
Project Risks. Risk evaluation balances risks that apply to the proposed project against those for any alternatives (or no project). Common risks are associated with capital costs, new or obsolete technology, alternate fuel sources, future regional and global utilities and fuel costs (short term and long term), and O&M (purchase or generation). Such project risk elements overlap and interact. A contingency fund or project changes can be appropriate risk-mitigating strategies.
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Home/Sightseeing/Grand Prix Formula 1/Monaco Grand Prix: Champions through the Ages
Monaco Grand Prix: Champions through the Ages
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On the last weekend of May, engines roar almost as loud as the enormous crowd of 37,000 people. The atmosphere is filled with both glamour and danger as the most skilled drivers risk their lives on one of the most demanding circuits on the planet. Monaco's Grand Prix is more than a race, it's the event everyone wants to attend, it's the most important challenge any driver can hope to face.
More deals are made during Monaco's Grand Prix than at any other race and that's because Monaco's F1 isn't only about speed, it's about skill. Even the slightest error can prove to be fatal on the streets of the Principality. Only the best drivers win the most important Grand Prix of the year. And only the best of the best can hope to win the legendary event more than once. As a special homage to these exceptional athletes, here is our list of Monaco's Grand Prix superstars.
Mr. Monaco: Graham Hill
One of the greatest drivers of his generation, Graham Hill is the first and only driver in history to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500, and the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. He became known as Mr. Monaco after winning Monaco's Grand Prix an astounding five times in the 1960s.
Today, the average age of F1 drivers is 26, so it's surprising to know that Mr. Monaco himself did not pass his driving test until he was 24 years old.
Graham Hill in 1969 @ wikipedia.org
In the year 1965, while the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones were topping the charts, Graham Hill was preparing for the Monaco Grand Prix, soon to be regarded as the best race he ever competed in. Graham Hill always said that Monaco is one of the trickiest circuits in the world, because it is so easy to hit a curb with a wheel, break the suspension or cause yourself to spin off.
"There is just nowhere to spin at Monte-Carlo; you bounce off hotels, nightclubs, brick walls, telegraph poles, and street lamps," he said in 1965.
During lap 25 of the race, Hill went up an escape road to avoid hitting a slow back-marker. Rejoining in fifth place, Hill set several new lap records on the way to finally winning the race.
"I spent the next day on the beach at Cap Ferrat and I really felt completely relaxed… I knew that I had taken a lot out of myself mentally and physically, but the victory had really put a glow in me. I don't think I have ever felt quite like it before," Hill said in 1965.
Graham Hill at the 1962 German Grand Prix @ wikipedia.org
Off the track, Hill was involved with four films between 1966 and 1974, including appearances in Grand Prix and Caravan to Vaccarès. A staunch campaigner for road safety, Hill appeared in a television series entitled Advanced Driving with Graham Hill.
After a crash at the end of the 1970 Formula One season, he retired to run the Embassy Hill team. Tragedy struck Hill while he piloted a light aircraft, which crashed while attempting to land in a thick fog. On board with him were five other members of the Embassy Hill team. No one survived. He left behind a legacy of achievements and records that still stand today.
King of Monaco: Ayrton Senna
Taking place since 1929, the mythical Monaco Grand Prix race has seen the patronage of three generations of Monaco's royal family: Prince Louis II, Prince Rainier III and Prince Albert II. But there has only been one King of Monaco, and that's Ayrton Senna.
Senna holds the record for the most Monaco Grands Prix wins ever, with six victories and five consecutive wins between 1989 and 1993. Although Monaco's sharp twists and turns are motorsport's toughest challenges, Senna relished the challenge and excelled at pushing himself and his vehicle to the absolute limit. He began his love affair with Monaco's difficult circuit in 1984, with a brilliant display of his talent during his rookie season.
Ayrton Senna in 1994 @ www.alamy.com
Sadly, as with so many other drivers in this dangerous sport, he was taken away too soon. Senna had a deadly collision at high speed with a barrier at the age of 34 during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, devastating millions in his home country of Brazil and causing three days of national mourning.
To this day, many drivers, including Lewis Hamilton, still look up to the notorious King of Monaco. He is still the fifth-most successful driver of all time in terms of race wins and has won more races for McLaren than any other driver in history.
Tempers flare at the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix
Senna's successful career was made all the more fascinating with his turbulent rivalry with French driver, Alain Prost. The Senna–Prost rivalry is still regarded as one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history. The clashes between the two champion drivers can be best described through Monaco's 1984 Grand Prix.
Alain Prost at the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix @ www.alamy.com
Colourful umbrellas were held up against grey skies. The 1984 Grand Prix took place under heavy rain and became one of the most controversial races in Formula One history. With rain soaking the track and delaying the race, Niki Lauda sought out Bernie Ecclestone on the grid in a bid to have the tunnel flooded. The tunnel was dry but coated with oil from the previous days, which turned it into a skid pad. Local fire trucks were called in to water down the only dry road on the track.
As soon as the race began, Prost was in the lead. Martin Brundle was not participating in the race after a huge crash at the Tabac corner during practice, which gave him a concussion. Senna had started thirteenth in his first Formula One street race in his rookie season and was showing his wet weather skills that would later become legendary. Ayrton Senna quickly began to close in on Prost.
On lap 29, Prost waved to the stewards of the race to indicate that he felt the race should be stopped. He was suffering from a major brake imbalance, the same problem that had caused Lauda to spin at Casino Square on lap 23. Senna managed to pass Prost's slowing McLaren before the finish line. However, the positions were counted according to the rules, or from the last lap completed by every driver, at which point Prost was in the lead. Prost ended up being declared the winner, but not without controversy, which began the infamous rivalry.
The Professor: Alain Prost
Alain Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories for almost fifteen years, until Michael Schumacher surpassed Prost's 51 victories in 2001. Prost was born near the town of Saint-Chamond, near Lyon. He won the Monaco Grand Prix four times, more than any other French driver.
Alain Prost in 2005 @ www.shutterstock.com
Prost's intellectual, calculated and relaxed style behind the wheel helped him pick up 'The Professor' as a nickname. Skilled at setting up his car for race conditions, Prost would often conserve his brakes and tires early in a race, leaving them in good shape for any challenges towards the end.
Before Senna's tragic end, the celebrity rivalry came to a beautiful conclusion when Senna and Prost reconciled their relationship. During a race, Senna, was quoted as saying, "A special hello to our dear friend Alain. We all miss you, Alain." Prost was touched by Senna's words and the pair agreed to meet before Monaco's Grand Prix to discuss safety and regulation changes in the sport. Even today, both drivers are considered some of the best to ever compete in the F1.
At the time of his retirement from the sport in 2012, Michael Schumacher held the record for the most wins (91). Schumacher has won the Monaco Grand Prix a whopping five times. He raced in Monaco 18 times and almost clenched many more wins, but the Principality's tricky circuit took several wins away from him. In 2004, Schumacher won a record 12 of the first 13 races of the season, only failing to finish in Monaco after an accident with Juan Pablo Montoya.
Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt, Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari team, in 2006@ www.shutterstock.com
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc
No F1 racing list would be complete without Sir Lewis Hamilton, a resident of Monaco who holds the current record for most wins (95). He has won three Monaco Grand Prix and may continue to win more.
Lewis Hamilton in 2020 @depositphotos.com
Over the years, Monaco has become a home for many champion Grand Prix drivers including Gilles Villeneuve, Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton. Drivers whose races in Monaco end early can usually get back to their apartments in minutes. (Ayrton Senna famously retired to his apartment after crashing out of the lead of the 1988 race.) In 2010, Hamilton, like many other Formula One drivers, moved to Monaco, purchasing a home worth a reported 11 million euros.
Charles Leclerc in 2020 @depositphotos.com
With its small population, Monaco has produced only four native Formula One drivers: Louis Chiron, André Testut, Olivier Beretta and Charles Leclerc. Louis Chiron is the only native of the Principality to have won the Monaco Grand Prix. He took the victory in 1931 while driving a Bugatti. Charles Leclerc, Monaco's rising racing star, will hopefully win his first hometown Grand Prix in the near future.
Lewis Hamilton at the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix@depositphotos.com
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CK-wired LED replacement bulbs can fit SRCK- and SACK-compatible boat and RV applications such as navigation lights, cabin lights, dome lights, tail lights, brake lights, reverse lights, turn signals or side marker lights. This 3157 dual-contact, dual-function bulb has 18 LEDs (5050 SMD) that create a 360° viewing angle for better, allover light emission with reduced hot spots. Produces 70 lumens. Tower-style design with a 16-mm wedge base for easy plug-and-play installation. The energy-efficient bulb operates within a wide 9-14.8V DC range and is designed to last 30,000 hours on your motorhome or boat—25 times longer than incandescents. CK bulbs contain both grounds on the same side of the wedge. Use a ground tester or contact your dealer to see if your vehicle has CK light sockets. Available in amber and red. Not sold in pairs. Price per bulb.


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The Yavapai County Courthouse is located at 120 South Street, Prescott, AZ 86303; phone: 928-771-3312.
Yavapai County is located in north-central Arizona; it covers an area of land over 8,000 square miles, its boundaries stretching south to north reach from just north of the Phoenix Metro Area to approximately 60 miles south of the Grand Canyon. With Maricopa County adjacent to its southern border, Coconino County to its northern and northeastern boundaries, Mohave and La Paz Counties to the west, and Gila County to the southeast, Yavapai County encompasses a vast area of the state as well as a diverse physical and cultural landscape. Yavapai County has extremely varying topographies with low Sonoran Deserts at 1,700 ft. above sea level to mountain ranges with peaks at almost 8,000 ft. above sea level.
Yavapai County is one of Arizona's four original territorial counties, and Prescott, Yavapai County's County Seat, was the first territorial capitol in Arizona. However, Yavapai County's history extends long before territorial times. The area is believed to have been populated by indigenous peoples as early as 700 A.D. The Sinagua people from the north and east migrated to the Verde Valley about 400 years later and much of the evidence of this ancient civilization can be found in the Tuzigoot ruins, Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well. By the late 1500's the Yavapai People were contacted by early Spanish explorers. The County was named for the Yavapai Indians.
Yavapai County was established by the Arizona Territorial Government in 1864, with 85,000 square miles, it stretched from New Mexico to Mohave County and from the Gila River to Utah. The territorial capitol was established in Prescott from 1864 to 1867 and again from 1877 to 1899. With the construction of Forts Whipple and Verde in the 1860's, miners migrated into the mountains of southern and western Yavapai County. In the 1870's, large copper deposits were discovered at Jerome and smelters were constructed, resulting in the early development of the Jerome-Verde Valley area.
With the end of the Indian wars in the 1880's, as well as the construction of a railroad across Northern Arizona, Yavapai County's population began to grow. The existence of grasslands attracted farming and ranching to the Verde Valley, Chino Valley and Peeples Valley. During this period and beyond the turn-of-the-century, successful mining, farming and ranching in the Jerome-Verde Valley area and the southwestern mountain regions meant expansion for the County's cultural amenities, housing and population.
Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, Yavapai County Comprehensive Plan, September 2012, www.yavapai.us, accessed February, 2013.


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Manitoba farmer concerned by selfies sprouting in sunflower crop
A Winnipeg-area farmer is losing his sunny disposition over the number of people showing up and damaging his sunflowers while taking selfies.
Selfie enthusiasts damage flowers, leave behind garbage, Bruce Stewart says
Kelly Geraldine Malone · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 31, 2018 10:19 PM CT | Last Updated: August 1, 2018
People stop to take photos in a Bruce Stewart's sunflower field just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Stewart is concerned that the amateur photographers are damaging his crop. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Thousands of sunflower shutterbugs have been gathering along a gravel road on the edge of Winnipeg to revel in the rows and rows of the bright yellow flowers of Bruce Stewart's oilseed crop.
"Saturday and Sunday there was at least 1,000 people here on the weekend each day," said Stewart.
"Do you know how many sunflowers are knocked down by 1,000 people? Quite a few."
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On Tuesday afternoon, two vans full of people were parked on the side of the road as several people crowded into the crop taking pictures of each other. They walked deep into the sunflowers, touching their heads despite nearby signs that declared it private property.
Stewart has been growing sunflowers for many years but it's the first time on this stretch of land. He doesn't know if it's the close proximity to the city or that word has spread online about the beautiful view, but crowds of people have started to show up for photos.
People have been stopping to take photos in a Bruce Stewart's sunflower field just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Stewart is concerned that the amateur photographers are damaging his crop. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
While some of the produce paparazzi stay on the road, many wander deep into the field causing damage to the plants. On Sunday, Stewart even spotted people with lights, tripods and light modifiers for a special shoot.
Stewart pointed to a sunflower ripped right out of the ground, and another whose head was damaged.
"I don't know what they are doing back there but I guess we will find out when we combine them two months from now," he said.
Others leave behind garbage, Stewart said. On Monday, he had to walk the stretch of road picking up discarded coffee cups.
Taking a photo? Stay on the road
The farmer said he doesn't mind people taking snaps of the sunflowers and he even put up a sign with his phone number for photographers to contact him. However, he said he wants everyone to understand that going into the field causes damage.
"I think they are not educated. They are not up to speed on the whole process," he said.
"It's just too many generations removed from primary agriculture or primary food production."
As long as people stay on the road, Stewart said they can "take pictures all day long."
"I don't have to pay for your film or your camera or whatever ... I should be charging $5 a head," he said with a laugh.


Last year, I brought you my DIY home pedicure guide (here), so I thought I'd update you with my current routine and the products I am using to get my feet ready for my Summer 2015 sandals.
I am using ClearZal products this year (you can buy them on their website), and I'm loving them. I begin by giving my feet a nice soak in a basin of hot water with ClearZal's Tea Tree Foot Soak (£12.99). This is so refreshing and reviving as it contains Tea Tree, Peppermint and Eucalyptus. The tea tree is also great for giving your feet a good clean and getting rid of any germs too.
I then follow this with their Exfoliating Scrub (£9.99). As my feet have had a good soak, the skin on them is soft at this stage, so a lot easier for the scrub to remove dead skin. This is a really effective scrub as it contains natural pumice; and the Aloe Vera and Jojoba ingredients leave my feet extra soft.
Next, I finish off removing dead skin with the ClearZal Foot File (£5.49), and then trim my toenails using their Nail Clippers (£9.99). What a difference it makes to use clippers that are specially designed for toenails!
Finally, I end with a good foot massage with the ClearZal Foot Food Nutritional Cream (£9.99). This is a very moisturising and luxurious treat for my feet, and the Lavender, Thyme and Rosemary scent makes it a relaxing way to wind down after a busy day too.
What do you use to look after your feet? Have you tried any other ClearZal products you would recommend?


A mural on rubble in Daraya memorializes people forcibly disappeared in 2016. Photo courtesy of Majd el-Maaddamani.
AMMAN: Abdulrahman al-Dabaas' brother, Islam, was wearing a sweater that bore one word—"Freedom"—the last time they met, through the bars of a Saydnaya prison cell in 2012.
Al-Dabaas and his mother had been permitted a two-minute visit with Islam, who was picked up by security forces on the streets of Daraya in the Damascus countryside earlier that year. Abdulrahman remembers Islam looking painfully skinny and frail. It would be the last time he'd see or hear from his brother.
Last week, the family finally discovered that Islam was one among tens of thousands of others to have died in government-administered detention facilities since 2011, after a cousin visited the civil registry office in Daraya last week. The family's worst fears were confirmed.
Similar scenes have been repeated across Syria since May, when the Syrian government first started discretely closing civil registry files belonging to thousands of detainees arrested or disappeared over the course of the uprising and ensuing conflict. Families have discovered news of relatives during routine visits to local civil registry departments, or following unexpected phone calls from local reconciliation committees. As word has spread, crowds have flooded civil documentation offices with queues backing up for hours.
Interviews with families of the disappeared, human rights groups and legal experts suggest the Syrian government is now reorganising a messy, labyrinthine bureaucracy of detention records as well as a paper trail that could one day leave officials vulnerable to international prosecutions.
A mid-July report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) monitoring group was the first to allege that families were beginning to learn of detained loved-ones' deaths accidentally, with hundreds of confirmed incidents in Damascus, Homs, Latakia, Moadamiyet a-Sham, Hama and Hasakah.
Abdul Ghany told Syria Direct that the numbers of newly identified dead among the civil registry rolls is growing each day, with the network so far confirming approximately 350 cases identified by relatives.
It appears that there is no set procedure for informing families, with some learning of changes in ad hoc and inconsistent ways that varied from city to city, municipality to municipality.
Hundreds discovered the deaths by accident during routine visits to the civil registry to file paperwork on behalf of the missing. Other families have received phone calls from local reconciliation committees, stating that a family member had died and instructing them to change their civil registry status at local offices.
A Russian military policeman stands guard at the Wafideen checkpoint outside Damascus in March. Photo courtesy of Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images.
As well as the 350 cases confirmed by SNHR, there have also been larger numbers of unconfirmed cases in several other cities across Syria.
During the final week of June, at least 30 Palestinian-Syrian families from camps in Homs and Hama, whose civil documentation falls under the separate administration of the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) in Damascus, received phone calls from the agency instructing them to go immediately to the civil registry office and change the status of their loved ones from living to dead.
The names of at least 600 dead have also reportedly turned up in the civil registry in Hasakah, in addition to 90 in Hama.
Then on June 28, officials issued a handwritten list of names from Moadamiyet a-Sham in the Damascus countryside—individuals arrested or forcibly disappeared by Syrian security forces in recent years, some as early as 2013—declaring them dead. The list was written on paper bearing an Interior Ministry letterhead. About 300 names appeared on the original list, though only 170 have been confirmed by civil registry officials as individuals who died in government-administered detention facilities.
The file closings have apparently continued, with more calls reportedly being made last week to 25 families of Saydnaya Prison detainees in the south Damascus town of Kanakar, from the local reconciliation committee.
It is not yet possible to know the full scope of the government's sweeping changes to the civil registry, or how many of the deceased cases are authentic.
For most families, learning of loved-ones' deaths is the first news they have heard in years. And yet others are still waiting.
Wafa al-Ayoubi's 21-year-old son, Mohammad, left their family home in Damascus one morning in 2014 and never came back. After five days of frantic searching by al-Ayoubi and other family members, security forces raided the house—with Mohammad in tow—as they searched the premises for supposedly incriminating evidence. The memory of his face, almost unrecognizable from torture, has haunted her ever since.
Ordinarily, families, in the company of witnesses, update civil registry status—not the government itself. The changing of records reflects a significant change in policy.
Lama Fakih, deputy director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) for the Middle East, says it amounts to an effort by the Syrian government "to try and turn the page in a very superficial way," by closing files in a bid to avoid culpability for likely crimes against humanity.
Satellite image of Saydnaya Prison, where thousands have been executed since 2012. Image courtesy of Google Earth.
"The reality is that unless we see accountability for crimes perpetrated in this conflict, we are not actually going to see a peaceful transition," adds Fakih.
Among numerous roadblocks standing in the way of any post-conflict settlement, the question mark hanging over the fate of tens of thousands of detainees disappeared into government custody during the course of the war remains one of the most intractable.
While it is impossible to know the true number of people who have been arrested or forcibly disappeared since the conflict began in 2011, the number of officially confirmed cases is in the tens of thousands.
The Violations Documentation Center (VDC) monitor has linked the Syrian government to at least 66,922 cases of enforced disappearances since 2011—92 percent of all documented cases. SNHR meanwhile reports that 81,652 people were disappeared between March 2011 and June 2018. Many researchers believe the true number could still be tens of thousands higher.
Beyond disappearances, the Assad government has also been accused of atrocities against detainees, with some of the most egregious crimes detailed in an Amnesty International report from February 2017. The investigation charged the Assad government with torture and extrajudicial executions on an industrial scale at the Saydnaya Prison on the outskirts of Damascus—where Dabaas' brother Islam was last seen.
Between 2011 and 2016, the report said, at least 13,000 people were tortured in Saydnaya alone, before being tried summarily in three-minute military trials and hanged from the ceiling.
The international community caught a chilling glimpse of that underworld of Syrian government detention in 2015, with the leak of the now-infamous "Caesar" photos. In August 2013, a military defector—codenamed "Caesar"—smuggled 53,275 photographs out of the government's forensic archives, showing gruesome images of bodies mutilated and tortured by security officers.
According to analysis by HRW, 6,786 unique victims could be identified among the massive trove. The vast majority of these victims were abducted by five intelligence agency branches operating around the Syrian capital.
The brutal photos prompted international uproar, and launched a number of initiatives aimed at bringing justice for the families of detainees murdered in government custody. Recently founded organizations such as the Families of Caesar Association have worked to collect evidence and detainee testimonies for use in future prosecutions.
Abdul Ghany sees the first round of closed case files as an experiment by the Syrian government, an attempt to address the messy bureaucracy of detention as military operations wind down elsewhere in the country.
"We think that the regime is trying to check the reaction from the international community toward this behavior," says Abdul Ghany, adding that a "weak reaction" may see government departments "continue registering all missing people" in this way.
No Syrian government or military officials have been tried for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity or other serious international crimes, although several cases have made their way into European courts. Under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which states that some crimes are sufficiently egregious that foreign courts have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators, European courts can hear cases related to the Syrian conflict.
On June 8, Germany's chief prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Jamil Hassan, a high-ranking figure in the Syrian military apparatus. As the head of Syria's powerful Air Force Intelligence Branch, Hassan had direct oversight over some of the most notorious detention facilities where thousands are thought to have been tortured and murdered. The arrest warrant is likely to be extended as an Interpol red notice, sending a potential chill through government circles and raising the specter of increasingly restricted international travel for officials in the future.
But for families of the disappeared, and mothers like al-Ayoubi, legal proceedings in far-away courts bring little respite in the daily search for answers about what has happened to their loved-ones.


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Q: compute Hessians w.r.t higher rank variable not work neither by tf.hessians() nor tf.gradients() When we need to calculate double gradient or Hessian, in tensorflow, we may use tf.hessians(F(x),x), or use tf.gradient(tf.gradients(F(x),x)[0], x)[0]. However, when x is not rank one, I was told the following error when use tf.hessians().

ValueError: Cannot compute Hessian because element 0 of xs does not
  have rank one..  Tensor model_inputs/action:0 must have rank 1.
  Received rank 2, shape (?, 1)

in following code:
with tf.name_scope("1st scope"):
      self.states = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None, self.state_dim), name="states")
      self.action = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None, self.action_dim), name="action")

with tf.name_scope("2nd scope"):
  with tf.variable_scope("3rd scope"):
    self.policy_outputs = self.policy_network(self.states)
    # use tf.gradients twice
    self.actor_action_gradients = tf.gradients(self.policy_outputs, self.action)[0]
    self.actor_action_hessian = tf.gradients(self.actor_action_gradients, self.action)[0]
    # or use tf.hessians
    self.actor_action_hessian = tf.hessian(self.policy_outputs, self.action)

When using tf.gradients(), also causes an error:

in create_variables self.actor_action_hessian =
  tf.gradients(self.actor_action_gradients, self.action)[0]
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'dtype'

How can I fix this, does neither tf.gradients() nor tf.hessians() can be used in this case?

A: The second approach is fine, error is somewhere else, namely your graph is not connected.
self.actor_action_gradients = tf.gradients(self.policy_outputs, self.action)[0]
self.actor_action_hessian = tf.gradients(self.actor_action_gradients, self.action)[0]

errror is thrown in second line because self.actor_action_gradients is None, and so you can't compute its gradient. Nothing in your code suggests that self.policy_outputs depends on self.action (and it shouldn't, since its action that depends on policy, not policy on action).
Once you fix this you will notice, that "hessian" is not really a hessian but a vector, to form a proper hessian of f wrt. x you have to iterate over all values returned by tf.gradients, and compute tf.gradients of each one independently. This is a known limitation in TF, and no simpler way is available right now.


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These lovely Young Women values art prints will be a beautiful addition to your monthly themes and hand outs. Use them to decorate Young Women's room or print out for the girls to frame at home.Easy to print and use at home or send to your favorite print shop.
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You have to read the arXiv report to understand this figure. There's no way around it.
As described in an earlier post, Espen Bernton, Mathieu Gerber and Christian P. Robert and I are exploring Wasserstein distances for parameter inference in generative models. Generally, ABC and indirect inference are fun to play with, as they make the user think about useful distances between data sets (i.i.d. or not), which is sort of implicit in classical likelihood-based approaches. Thinking about distances between data sets can be a helpful and healthy exercise, even if not always necessary for inference. Viewing data sets as empirical distributions leads to considering the Wasserstein distance, and we try to demonstrate in the paper that it leads to an appealing inferential toolbox.
In passing, the first author Espen Bernton will be visiting Marco Cuturi, Christian Robert, Nicolas Chopin and others in Paris from September to January; get in touch with him if you're over there!
We have just updated the arXiv version of the paper, and the main modifications are as follows.
Nature transporting piles of sand.
Hi! It's been too long!
In a recent arXiv entry, Espen Bernton, Mathieu Gerber and Christian P. Robert and I explore the use of the Wasserstein distance to perform parameter inference in generative models. A by-product is an ABC-type approach that bypasses the choice of summary statistics. Instead, one chooses a metric on the observation space. Our work fits in the minimum distance estimation framework and is particularly related to "On minimum Kantorovich distance estimators", by Bassetti, Bodini and Regazzini. A recent and very related paper is "Wasserstein training of restricted Boltzmann machines", by Montavon, Müller and Cuturi, who have similar objectives but are not considering purely generative models. Similarly to that paper, we make heavy use of recent breakthroughs in numerical methods to approximate Wasserstein distances, breakthroughs which were not available to Bassetti, Bodini and Regazzini in 2006.
Here I'll describe the main ideas in a simple setting. If you're excited about ABC, asymptotic properties of minimum Wasserstein estimators, Hilbert space-filling curves, delay reconstructions and Takens' theorem, or SMC samplers with r-hit kernels, check our paper!
Just to play a bit with the gganimate package, and to celebrate National Coupling Day, the above plot shows different couplings of two univariate Normal distributions, Normal(0,1) and Normal(2,1). That is, each point is a pair (x,y) where x follows a Normal(0,1) and y follows a Normal(2,1). Below I'll recall briefly how each coupling operates, in the Normal case. The code is available at the end of the post.
When a Beta random variable wants to act like a Bernoulli: convergence of optimal proxy variance.
for anyone interested. This is part of the winference package that goes with our tech report on ABC with the Wasserstein distance (joint work with Espen Bernton, Mathieu Gerber and Christian Robert, to be updated very soon!). This enables standard MCMC algorithms for the g-and-k example. It is also very easy to compute the likelihood for the multivariate extension of , since it only involves a fixed number of one-dimensional numerical inversions and differentiations (as opposed to a multivariate inversion).
Surprisingly, most of the papers that present the g-and-k example do not compare their ABC approximations to the posterior; instead, they typically compare the proposed ABC approach to existing ones. Similarly, the so-called Ricker model is commonly used in the ABC literature, and its posterior can be tackled efficiently using particle MCMC methods; as well as the M/G/1 model, which can be tackled either with particle MCMC methods or with tailor-made MCMC approaches such as .
These examples can still have great pedagogical value in ABC papers, but it would perhaps be nice to see more comparisons to the ground truth when it's available; ground truth here being the actual posterior distribution.
Fearnhead, P. and Prangle, D. (2012) Constructing summary statistics for approximate Bayesian computation: semi-automatic approximate Bayesian computation. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 74, 419–474.
Rayner, G. D. and MacGillivray, H. L. (2002) Numerical maximum likelihood estimation for the g-and-k and generalized g-and-h distributions. Statistics and Computing, 12, 57–75.
Drovandi, C. C. and Pettitt, A. N. (2011) Likelihood-free Bayesian estimation of multivari- ate quantile distributions. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 55, 2541–2556.
Shestopaloff, A. Y. and Neal, R. M. (2014) On Bayesian inference for the M/G/1 queue with efficient MCMC sampling. arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.5548.
Banff, also known as not the worst location for a scientific meeting.
Last week I attended a wonderful meeting on Approximate Bayesian Computation in Banff, which gathered a nice crowd of ABC users and enthusiasts, including lots of people outside of computational stats, whom I wouldn't have met otherwise. Christian blogged about it there. My talk on Inference with Wasserstein distances is available as a video here (joint work with Espen Bernton, Mathieu Gerber and Christian Robert, the paper is here). In this post, I'll summarize a few (personal) points and questions on ABC methods, after recalling the basics of ABC (ahem).


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Losing all your images you took on your iPhone is a nightmare. Having not backed up those memories is like adding insult to injury. Why not find the preventive steps first and know the elementary steps long before it occurs to you. Here are some handy things you need to know to on How to Import Photos From iPhone to Mac PC. Also, let us not be absolutely confident that if you imported these photographs once, you wouldn't need to do it again. You might need it in future as well.
There is a kind of tendency of humans, and that is never realizing the importance of something until we lose it.What suffices here is what exactly I talk about. The same quest has led to the reason you're here. In the following simple or simplest guide, I'll be sorting and sifting out the Best Apps to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Mac. An array of supportive yet trusted Apps are there to help you copy your memories from iPhone to PC, here are some of the best and trusted ones that are genuinely supporting users all around the circle.
For those of you not having iTunes on their Mac, try this free app from EaseUS akaMobiMover Free. Tyr imagining getting it donefor iPhone to iPad, Mac,or PC. Including photographs, it is an easy way to go to put music, movies, and home videos to a safe storage place.
Tap Trust on iPhone once connected to computer.
Launch MobiMoveron your computer and get to theone-click transfer screen.
Set the path for to-be-imported files by clicking the folder icons appearing on the screen.
By default, the location is set to Desktop.
Choose the category for further selection else, star transferring files with just a click.
Check for imported photographs by expanding the directory on your system further.
Photos App leads your way to Import Photos From iPhone to Mac which you can put up easily via iPad or iPod touch (alongside iPhone evidently) without using iCloud.
Things Required: iTunes12.5.1 or above, a USB Cable, and Mac.
You get a prompt soon after you connect your iOS device to your computer.
Tap top Trust this Computer.
Sooner it opens the photos on your device on the UI of Mac.
If not, try it manually using Photos App.
The Photos App UI shows all the videos/ captured images currently residing on your iPhone.
If that doesn't happen automatically, then proceed as instructed below.
Click Import in Photos App UI or Device's Name in the Sidebar.
Make a selection and continue importing process.
It is always safer to store your stuff an online space so you can collect the same from a universal location (for Apple users). Be that a fact that you may choose to operate an iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, etc.
Things to Need: an updated iCloud configured on your Mac and iDevice, Same Apple Id to get authorized, and a reliable Wifi connection.
Go to iDevice Settings> You Name>iCloud>Photos and activate iCloud Photos.
Go to your Mac> System Preferences >iCloud> Options button >Photos and then choose iCloud Photos.
Download Google Photos from Store and Login.
Grant your approval to access your photos on the iDevice and create a new directory using three vertical dots on the top right.
Push Done to finalise the Import/Upload to Google.
Name the album if you want.
The next time you login to your Google account through your computer, you'll be relieved to see all the saves.
Download Google Photos on your iDevice and log in after opening the App.
Tap the three flat bar on the top right corner and then to Settings.
Choose Back up &Sync that enables the images sync with the Computer automatically.
You can get a peek at your saves any time sorted date wise.
Numerous options,offline or online, are flooding the market there but it's still hard to predict which one comes in handy at the right moment. My suggestion on How to Import Photos From iPhone to Mac would still be Google Photos. I Hope this settles the dust for you pretty much. Let me have a word of your opinion to that.


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OIC to Distribute Meals, Fresh Produce on April 15th
By Shae Ashe April 11, 2020 Press ReleaseLeave a Comment on OIC to Distribute Meals, Fresh Produce on April 15th
Norristown, PA – For the 6th consecutive week, Montgomery County OIC will distribute free meals and produce to the community on Wednesday, April 15th at 4:30 PM until supplies last. "OIC has served the community for over 50 years," said Denise Ashe, CEO of the nonprofit located at 1101 Arch Street in Norristown. "While we can't offer in person services, we are finding innovative ways to continue to serve the community."
Since the announcement of the Governor's order to stay at home and close all non-essential businesses, OIC quickly sprung into action to become a temporary distributer of donated produce and meals. Since the closure, OIC has received donations of goods from Norristown Area School District, Central Montco Technical High School, Greener Partners, Philabundance, Kriebel's Custom Bakery, and Imperial Catering.
The next distribution will begin at 4:30 PM on Wednesday, April 15th. We have bee fortunate each week to receive enough supplies to serve 200 families per week, but can not guarantee everyone will receive items. Food will be distributed on a first come first serve basis. The address for distribution is 1101 Arch Street, Norristown, PA 19401. Those planning to receive a bag of produce should follow the signs to the Spruce Street side of the building for pickup. We are urging all attendees practice social distancing by doing the following:
Wear a mask or cloth covering over your mouth and nose to protect yourself and others
If you are using gloves, please follow CDC guidelines on proper use
Stay 6 feet apart from the next person in line (cones will be arranged to guide those waiting in line)
Montgomery County OIC is fortunate to have this food distribute continue until the foreseeable future. This program is made possible by support of community businesses and individual donors. If you would like to support this program, you can make a donation through our website.
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By , TOKYO, November 17 – Japan has slipped into recession for the first time in seven years as the global financial crisis mauls its export-dependent economy, official data showed on Monday.
Japan joins Germany and Italy on the list of major economies that are now officially in recession, despite emergency steps by world powers to try to stem months of turmoil on financial markets.
"This is not going to be a short or painless recession," warned Noriko Hama, a professor and economist at Doshisha University.
"When financial crises of this magnitude occur, as a rule of thumb we generally have a 10-year recession. We had that in the 1990s in Japan," she said.
Japan\'s economy, the second largest in the world, unexpectedly contracted 0.1 percent in the third quarter, 0.4 percent on an annualised basis, after shrinking 0.9 percent in the second, the Cabinet Office said.
The data "showed that the economy is in a recession phase. There is a risk it may worsen further," said Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano.
The last time Japan fell into recession, which is usually defined as two or more consecutive quarters of economic contraction was in 2001 after the Internet bubble burst.
The latest recession began even before the Tokyo Nikkei stock index sank to a 26-year low in October, dealing a heavy blow to consumer and business confidence.
Business investment slumped 1.7 percent in the third quarter while exports were worse than expected, as the financial crisis triggered by a US housing slump squeezed other major economies.
"Japan was dragged down by the weakness in the global economy," said Kyohei Morita, chief Japan economist at Barclays Capital, who expects the recession to last for four quarters.
Although Japan has not suffered financial turmoil on the same scale as the United States or Europe, its trade-dependent economy remains highly vulnerable to global downturns.
"Japan is as export-driven as ever. So as long as exports are slowing due to the weakness of the global economy, we cannot escape," said Morita.
After suffering a series of on-off recessions in the 1990s, Japan had been slowly recovering on the back of brisk exports and business investment.
Corporate profits, however, are now sliding as exports suffer from the global slowdown and a stronger yen, prompting companies to slash investment in new equipment and factories, which had been a key driver of economic growth.
"Companies have repeatedly frozen or shelved capital expenditure plans given negative feedback from the overseas financial markets," noted Morgan Stanley economist Takehiro Sato.
He expects Japan\'s economy to shrink 1.1 percent in 2009 and believes interest rates will be cut back to zero next year as the recession drags on.
Consumer spending rose 0.3 percent in the third quarter helped by a hot summer and demand for televisions ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
But analysts said Japanese consumers are likely to tighten the purse strings as the economy worsens and companies shed workers. With energy costs now dropping, some analysts even expect a return to deflation.
"We are already seeing the start of a vicious cycle in which a worsening labour market leads to slack consumption," said Naoki Murakami, chief economist at the Monex brokerage firm.
Japan\'s government is trying to cushion the impact of the economic slump by pushing through a fiscal stimulus package worth about 277 billion dollars, but analysts said the spending boost was likely to have a marginal effect on growth.
"Even if we all go out and party, that will be one big shot and that\'s all," said Professor Hama.
On the other hand, "people might hold on to the cash for a rainy day or to pay back debt," she said.


1) What's your tried-and-true recipe for picky eaters?
Picky eaters are not my forte; there aren't any living in my house. The youth group kids who are picky eat at home before they come out for our weekly gatherings. My sister was a picky eater growing up, though, and one thing my mom could always get her to eat was baked chicken breasts coated with crushed cheese crackers.
2) Breakfast for dinner: totally cheating or a lifesaver? Discuss.
It's fine, if that's what you want. The youth group kids love it when they show up and I'm cooking pancakes. I don't do it at home very often, mostly because I often cook a big brunch on Sundays after church.
3) Go-to casserole for potlucks, new parents or your family's favorite?
Lasagna Casserole, also known as "Heavenly Hamburger." One of my aunts got it from a women's magazine ages ago. It consists of some kind of wide pasta (mini lasagna noodles, or bowties, or something like that), topped (in this order) with 1) meat sauce; 2) a mixture of sour cream, cream cheese, and green onions; and 3) shredded mozzarella or Italian blend cheese. You can freeze it right there, or bake it. I love it, my church folks love it, the youth group kids love it, and it's the easiest thing in the world to make.
Another one I like, and the youth group kids like, is one that's inelegantly known as "two-cup dump." Two cups cooked chicken, two cups uncooked macaroni, two cups chicken broth, two cans cream of whatever-you-like soup, two cups shredded cheese, and half a cup of onion if you want it. The whole thing goes into a 9×13 pan, which is then covered with foil and baked for an hour and a half in a 350-degree oven.
Taco Bell. When we lived in Oregon we had three of them within a one-mile radius of our house. Here the nearest one is 45 miles away, and that's probably a saving grace for us, since we really don't need to be eating that kind of stuff as often as we did when it was handy.
5) 'Fess up! What's your "bad-for-me-but-super-easy" dinner?
I've never watched "Chopped," so I don't know if you are required to use everything on the list or not. I believe I would make some hummus to dip the peppers in; then saute the chicken in olive oil with garlic and herbs (my front yard is almost entirely taken over by oregano at this point) and serve it sliced, atop a salad made with the radicchio and whatever other kinds of greens I have in the refrigerator (currently I have fresh spinach and lots of romaine lettuce), dressed with olive oil and lemon juice and maybe some feta cheese if I have any.
I'd take the Testa-mints to the meeting, put them in a bowl, and pass them around the table.