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Victor Cano is an Olympic Gymnast from Barcelona, Spain. He competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games as an artistic gymnast and holds over 30 medals from national championships. Victor graduated in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences from the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalunya at the University of Barcelona. Victor was the former acrobatics and physical conditioning coach for the Spanish National Team for three years, during which the team secured two olympic medals. Currently, Victor works as the acrobatics and physical conditioning coach for the US National Artistic Swimming Team. He is also the co-founder and innovation and research director of the company Synkrolovers.
LASHINDA DEMUS - TRACK & FIELD
Lashinda Demus is an Olympic silver medalist, world champion, and American record holder in the 400-meter hurdles. Lashinda made her first Olympic team in 2004 while competing for the University of South Carolina. The world's top-ranked 400m hurdler in 2006, Demus took the 2007 season off to give birth to her twin boys, Dontay and Duaine. In 2011, Demus topped the podium, winning the World Championships 400m hurdles and setting an American Record in the process. She followed it up with a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, and a bronze at the 2013 World Championships. As one of the most decorated hurdlers of all time, Demus has learned how to apply the mentality her athletic career has fostered to her family life and career goals.
LUIS HERNANDEZ - FIGURE SKATING
Luis was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 5. Luis took up skating at the age of 8. By the age of 17, Luis had competed at two US Nationals and represented the USA internationally. By 18, Luis had severe and life-altering hip injuries that led him to seek answers in order to be able to continue to pursue his passion. With a very different approach, and slightly unconventional coaching, he was able to continue pursuing what he loved and was lucky to be able to represent his country of origin, Mexico, on the world stage for more than a decade (along with winning 6 National Titles). Today, Luis serves as Co-Founder/CFO of Lasso Safe. He also teaches part-time with an "athlete first" focus and volunteers his time on several committees, including the SoCal Interclub DEI Committee.
RENATE GRIMSTAD
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LSU Sends Gear for Congressional Baseball Game after Attack
The Republicans, including Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), left, celebrate after defeating the Democrats 8-7 at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on June 23, 2016. Photo: Jeff Malet, The Advocate
Louisiana State University (LSU) is supplying hats, shirts and other items to help supplement the gear already gathered together for the annual congressional baseball game scheduled for this evening near Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, members of the Congressional Republican team were attacked by a gunman while practicing for the annual charity game in the early morning hours in Alexandria, Va.
The Republican and Democrat teams will wear the LSU gear during the game in honor of Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.), who was still in critical condition on Thursday after being shot during the attack. Scalise, the United States House Majority Whip, earned his bachelor's degree from LSU in computer science with a political science minor in 1989.
Scalise remains hospitalized in critical condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, according to news reports. At least two Capitol police officers and several congressional staffers were also injured in the attack. The shooter, identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., was fatally shot by Capitol police.
"We are grateful to Congress for thinking of Rep. Steve Scalise during this difficult time and recognizing him by wearing LSU gear in support of his recovery," LSU President F. King Alexander said. "Rep. Scalise is a proud LSU alumnus and great supporter of the university, and we are proud to help out even in this small way. The thoughts and prayers of the entire LSU community are with Rep. Scalise, his family and all of those injured."
The local LSU alumni chapter in Washington, D.C., has also offered its assistance in helping in any way during the game in handing out LSU items or other tasks as needed.
"The entire LSU Board of Supervisors stands united with our nation, our state and the entire LSU family in extending our thoughts and prayers to Congressman Steve Scalise at this critical time," LSU Board of Supervisors Chair Scott Ballard said. "Congressman Scalise is a proud LSU alumnus and we pray for his full and complete recovery."
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In This Issue: Dusty Rhodes is a staple and a Legend in WWE History, so it's no wonder he would be the one to help teach these young kids a thing or two about what it takes to make it to the top. Going around the WWE Performance Center, checking and helping out talent like the USO's in only ways he can do. Even stopping fights between big names Seth Rollins and Jindar Mahal backstage. It's all a stage to him, even when stars like Xavier Woods and Big E are wrestling, Dusty, is always thinking how to make them and the show great. But he's not above getting his hands dirty with stars like Bray Wyatt and even having a hand in the Woman's Evolution with up and coming star Paige. No matter what or who, Dusty is there to work and put on a show, either in the ring or backstage. . .
One Super Star on the roster, Samoa Joe, considers NXT his family. Until he betrays Finn Balor, "The Demon King" and the NXT family. When he arrived at the Performance Center, it was already a proving ground for the best of the best, and no one thought he was the best despite his Indy accolades. Except the for Irish Talent and NXT favorite Finn Balor who also came up through the ranks in his Indy Days in Japan. But it's Kevin Owens who's the NXT Champion and he wants to fight until news of Dusty's Death hits the locker room. It's at this time, that Finn, as The Demon King, becomes the new NXT Champion in Tokyo Japan that Samoa Joe sees his opportunity to make an impact. But his plan has to wait a while because, in honor of the Legend, Hunter (HHH) and General Manager William Regal have decided that Finn and Joe are to work together in the First Annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. While Joe isn't too thrilled with the idea, he and Finn work together to win the Classic and coveted Trophy. But that just isn't satisfying enough for Joe, and despite Regal's advice, decides to take things into his own hands when it comes to Finn Balor.
Years later, The Women's division is hotter than ever, and the Women's Evolution is taking over. Superstars like "The Empress of Tomorrow" Askua, Ruby Riott, Live Morgan and Ember Moon are catching the eyes of not only the WWE Universe but one WWE Woman Superstar, Paige. She's at NXT to check out the talent for herself and is not disappointed in what she sees in the ring. Backstage, Paige tries to recruit Asuka and Ember in her big return to the WWE but both ladies know better. William Regal also sees what she's doing and instead of scolding, asks her to maybe look at other talents for her cause. After all, Paige was a former NXT Women's Champion, won the Diva's Championship her very first night on RAW and is one of the staples of the Women's Evolution. Until she was injured, and now the landscape has changed without her. But she won't sit behind the sidelines anymore and backstage decides to recruit Ruby Riott, Live Morgan and Sara Logan. But the girls have a plan of their own and it takes Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville for Paige to see what she's been missing.
Aleister Black is a man of few words but big actions as shown with his body covered in Tattoos for the scars he has survived over the years. All he wants to do is fight, and when he gets a letter from William Regal wanting him to do that, Aleister is more than ready to face the impressive fighters they have. He has been sitting in the dark far too long after all. His first night on NXT, Aleister is surprised that Regal just wants him to talk but who is he to say no when he has the chance to fight. But when "The Velveteen Dream" has other ideas, this is the fuel that Aleister needs to make his mark in NXT with each fight to the top in his Dark Mass. At NXT Takeover, New Orleans, Aleister has a chance for the title against Andrade Cien Almas AND his manager Zelina Vega that he finally wins the belt to no one's surprise. But his victory is short-lived when Regal points him to a fight going on backstage with former friends Gargano and Ciampo and suggests a good first title defense. One Black can't say no to. But when Gargano gets involved with his match against Ciampo, Aleister has had enough of the feuding and realizes, it's time to take things into his own dark hands. . .
NXT has without a doubt made its mark on the WWE as far as performance and the amazing characters that come out of it. It's where many of today's roster started and without it, many wouldn't have survived and found their place on RAW and Smackdown. It is definitely noted that it is the beginning of the Women's Evolution and shows in the pages that the Women of WWE are not forgotten. Seeing the roster as young wrestlers finding their way and their stories is always entertaining even when you know them front to back as a wrestling fan. Not to mention the nostalgia of the great Dusty Rhodes makes any fan more than proud to see him in the pages being the good old Blue-Eyed American Dream. After all, many of the Superstars such as Paige credit a lot of their success to him. The art is always a delight and I could look at comic Finn's abs all day (and if you know me, I could look at Finn's abs ALL DAY) as well as the detail of the whole roster. There isn't much about this issue as a Wrestling Fan that you can't live honestly as the art for every story is different for the story it tells and it all works in conveying the message. Work hard and maybe, you can make it to the Top Rope too.


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Q: Event not firing when pressing help button on Messagebox I have a C# app where I'm using Messagebox.Show with a help button, as per Microsoft's example at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/szwxe9we.aspx
I add the event to the form, but pressing the help button never fires the event - pressing F1 on the form DOES however.  Even taking Microsoft's example almost completely does not fire the event.  The whole code is below.  Any ideas what I'm not doing?
There is another post where someone had noticed the same.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication4
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            DialogResult r = AlertMessageWithCustomHelpWindow();
        }
        // Display a message box with a Help button. Show a custom Help window
        // by handling the HelpRequested event.
        private DialogResult AlertMessageWithCustomHelpWindow()
        {
            // Handle the HelpRequested event for the following message.
            this.HelpRequested += new System.Windows.Forms.HelpEventHandler(this.Form1_HelpRequested);

            this.Tag = "Message with Help button.";

            // Show a message box with OK and Help buttons.
            DialogResult r = MessageBox.Show("Message with Help button.",
                                              "Help Caption", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                                              MessageBoxIcon.Question,
                                              MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
                                              0, true);

            // Remove the HelpRequested event handler to keep the event
            // from being handled for other message boxes.
            this.HelpRequested -= new System.Windows.Forms.HelpEventHandler(this.Form1_HelpRequested);

            // Return the dialog box result.
            return r;
        }

        private void Form1_HelpRequested (System.Object sender, System.Windows.Forms.HelpEventArgs hlpevent)
        {
            // Create a custom Help window in response to the HelpRequested event.
            Form helpForm = new Form();

            // Set up the form position, size, and title caption.
            helpForm.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
            helpForm.Size = new Size(200, 400);
            helpForm.DesktopLocation = new Point(this.DesktopBounds.X +
                                                  this.Size.Width,
                                                  this.DesktopBounds.Top);
            helpForm.Text = "Help Form";

            // Create a label to contain the Help text.
            Label helpLabel = new Label();

            // Add the label to the form and set its text.
            helpForm.Controls.Add(helpLabel);
            helpLabel.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

            // Use the sender parameter to identify the context of the Help request.
            // The parameter must be cast to the Control type to get the Tag property.
            Control senderControl = sender as Control;

            helpLabel.Text = "Help information shown in response to user action on the '" +
                              (string)senderControl.Tag + "' message.";

            // Set the Help form to be owned by the main form. This helps
            // to ensure that the Help form is disposed of.
            this.AddOwnedForm(helpForm);

            // Show the custom Help window.
            helpForm.Show();

            // Indicate that the HelpRequested event is handled.
            hlpevent.Handled = true;

        }

    }
}

A: Take the line
DialogResult r = AlertMessageWithCustomHelpWindow();

out of the Form1 constructor - maybe put it in a button click handler on the main form. It looks like you're blocking the UI thread with MessageBox.Show() stopping the help dialog displaying.

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Layoffs Loom Over iHeart Radio Stations in Denver
This building, at 4695 South Monaco Street, serves as the mothership for iHeartRadio in Denver.
Michael Roberts | January 16, 2020 | 8:31am
Editor's note: Get updated information about the iHeartRadio layoffs and see an internal memo that reveals plenty about the company's strategy at "Inside iHeartRadio Memo Calls Layoffs 'Dislocations,' Touts AI." Continue for our previous coverage.
According to knowledgeable sources, layoffs are looming over KOA, The Fox, KHOW, KBPI, KBCO, The Party, The Bull, Channel 93.3 and Freedom 93.7, the Denver cluster of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia. The massive broadcasting conglomerate has been slashing staff at outlets across the country in recent days.
Terms such as "bloodbath" and "the culling" have been applied to the iHeartRadio cuts, which are likely the largest by a single firm in the history of the industry. One local insider estimates the number of employees affected across the country at 1,500, or more than 10 percent of the company's total workforce. This page presents a running list of victims made public so far.
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As for what's going on in Denver, reports are mixed. One source tells about selected employees being marched out of the iHeartRadio headquarters, at 4695 South Monaco Street. Another says the folks in the crosshairs mostly work behind the scenes, but acknowledges that there are rumors aplenty about big names potentially headed to the chopping block.
The first to publicly acknowledge his exit is Colorado Rockies game-caller Jerry Schemmel, who's gone through worse. In our 2001 profile of Schemmel, penned during the period when he was delivering play-by-play for the Denver Nuggets, he talked in detail about surviving the 1989 crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa — a calamity that claimed 112 lives. After escaping through a fissure in the fuselage, Schemmel climbed back into the plane to rescue a baby, Sabrina Michaelson, who almost certainly would have perished without his assistance. (He found the child in an overhead luggage compartment.)
Denver-based iHeartRadio executives contacted by Westword forwarded our inquiries to Wendy Goldberg, chief communications officer for iHeartMedia. She responded with the following statement:
We are modernizing our company to take advantage of the significant investments we have made in new technology and aligning our operating structure to match the technology-powered businesses we are now in. This is another step in the company's successful transformation as a multiple platform 21st century media company, and we believe it is essential to our future — it continues our momentum and adds to our competitiveness, our effectiveness and our efficiency with all our major constituencies.
During a transition like this it's reasonable to expect that there will be some shifts in jobs – some by location and some by function — but the number is relatively small given our overall employee base of 12,500. That said, we recognize that the loss of any job is significant; we take that responsibility seriously and have been thoughtful in the process.
Layoffs at the Denver group of stations are hardly unprecedented, as evidenced by cuts in 2009 and 2012, when iHeartMedia was known as Clear Channel. No less a legend than the Fox's Gregg "Uncle Nasty" Stone was let go during the latter wave, only to subsequently be invited back into the fold — but earlier this year, talk-show personalities Michael Brown and Krista Kafer, as well as the Party's JJ Kincaid, were given their walking papers shortly after KOA obtained the services of big-money free agent Alfred Williams. (Brown has since returned to KHOW, where he's hosting a 2-4 p.m. weekday program.)
Ratings at KOA since Williams came aboard, and syndicated star Rush Limbaugh was relocated to Freedom 93.7 (simulcast on 760 AM, formerly Orange & Blue Radio), have been disappointing — but the former Denver Broncos standout signed a new contract last month. Nonetheless, iHeartMedia as a whole isn't exactly swimming in cash. The corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2018 and continues to struggle for revenue as more advertising dollars move away from traditional (read: pre-Internet) media.
It's too soon to tell right now how Denver stations, and listeners, will be impacted by iHeartRadio's downsizing. But there are plenty of worried people sitting behind microphones right now.
This post has been updated to include information about Jerry Schemmel.
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Greg Stewart can take a slab of moist clay and mold it until it turns into someone's face, but his creations do not belong on the fireplace mantel or perched on top of a marble pillar in the hallway. They are used to identify skeletons.
The figures are photographed and passed around by detectives. Photographs of them are published in newspapers with a telephone number for people to call if they can identify the dead.
Sergeant Stewart, who is with the Ocala Police Department, has spent the better part of his 14-year career collecting evidence from crime scenes, much of it focusing on death investigations and facial reconstruction.
"There are few witnesses in death cases," Sergeant Stewart said. That makes his work with evidence and clay models even more important.
"Most of your cases are solved through evidence," he said, "and someone needs to speak for the dead people. It is up to the police to do that."
One recent day, the 36-year-old sergeant was sitting in the kitchen of his northeast Ocala home. The table was bare of fruit bowls or flower arrangements. Instead, a skull, with menacing glass eyes and half covered with red clay was perched a top a clear pole.
Despite his ability to create, Sergeant Stewart insists he is a police officer, not an artist. "I have taken a few art classes throughout my lifetime, but I've never been that good as an artist," he said. "What you need is some type of sculpture skill and an eye for particular details."
Facial reconstructions were first tried in the 1870's and again in 1898 when two Swiss anatomists proposed a process for reconstruction. The process was actually used in 1939 after a father reported his son missing and a skull was found. Clay facial reconstructions might eventually be passed over by computer technology.
Sergeant Stewart, a native of Flint, Mich., moved to Florida when he was a teen-ager. He has bachelor's degrees in criminal justice, public administration and political science from the University of Central Florida in Orlando and an associate's degree from Central Florida Community College.
Supervising patrol officers in the city's west side, Sergeant Stewart is certified to determine the cause and origin of fires.
At times, he finds he has to keep himself from molding his ideas of what the person may have looked like. "The skull tells you the way it should be," he said. "That is one of the hardest parts about doing this. You may have someone with a very pointed jaw and it may look funny but you have to resist your idea to change it."
He also finds himself trying to rein in his emotions, which has become easier over the years. "I have to completely disassociate myself from thinking this was a human being," he said. "This is pretty gruesome stuff."
The sergeant is quick to point out that reconstructions alone will not identify a body but serve as an investigative tool. "From there, we can begin to show the picture around, maybe get a name and dental records," he said.
Of the clay figures he has completed, the police have failed to identify only one, representing a stabbing victim from the Orlando area.


Right now, teacher education varies tremendously within the US. Nearly all teacher training and certification programs are housed in colleges and universities, where they are widely regarded as "cash cows"—easy to get into, and profitable for their institutions. Some of these programs are excellent, many are fair to middling, and some are very poor. We have the kind of variation you'd expect in a country this big, with as decentralized an education system as we have. It is our way.
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Teacher training once took place primarily in normal schools, which provided students with a better education than they might otherwise be able to access, and provided prospective teachers with hands-on training under the guidance of master teachers.
Our system today is that teacher candidates take classes in a university, and complete their internships in nearby schools that have at best a weak connection to the university. In the best of these programs, efforts are made to align the mentorship of the master teacher with the content of the teacher education program, but usually this consists of a single workshop or class for mentor teachers.
Mentor teachers, in exchange for their time, are usually paid between $50 and $500 for hosting an intern. Meanwhile, universities commonly take in $20,000 or more per teacher candidate, to cover the cost of providing instruction, credits, and field supervision during the internship.
What if we flipped this? What if teacher education were done by master teachers who currently work in schools (perhaps part-time, perhaps full-time with assistance), who could supervise all aspects of the teacher's internship?
Say a master teacher obtains accreditation to take on three interns at a time, and charges them $10,000 or $20,000 each (or better yet, charges a third party such as a school district or foundation). Over the course of the year, this master teacher supervises their teaching, reviews and provides feedback on their academic work, and ensures that they emerge from the program ready to teach.
All of the content that's currently taught on college campuses could be delivered online, Khan-Academy style, and the candidates' work could be scored by the mentor teacher, who can make better connections to their daily teaching practice.
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PXI Vector Analyzer Tackles MIMO
Wide analysis bandwidth is an essential requirement for certain modern communications testers—notably, for systems based on multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. A wideband MIMO PXI vector signal analyzer (VSA) has been introduced to serve this need.
Jack Browne | Aug 10, 2012
Wide analysis bandwidth is an essential requirement for certain modern communications testers—notably, for systems based on multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. Unfortunately, conventional test tools like spectrum analyzers provide only limited analysis bandwidths. To create a solution for such challenges, Agilent Technologies (www.agilent.com) recently introduced a wideband MIMO PXI vector signal analyzer (VSA). Essentially a test system in the modular PXI format that is capable of providing an analysis bandwidth as wide as 780 MHz, it is ideal for evaluating new IEEE 802.11ac wideband wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) systems. The modular test system operates over a frequency range from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz.
The PXI VSA (see figure) was just one of many test solutions from Agilent on display at the recent 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Montreal, Canada. The PXI mainframe includes a model M9362A-D01 four-channel frequency downconverter module, one M9202A 12-b digitizer per channel, an M9302A local-oscillator (LO) module, an M9168C RF attenuator, and an M9352A intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier/attenuator module.
This PXI-based modular test system provides four-channel vector signal analysis to 26.5 GHz across analysis bandwidths as wide as 780 MHz for MIMO testing.
The wideband four-channel VSA is made possible by the M9362A frequency downconverter module. It is based on the PXI Express (PXIe) backplane format. With a frequency range of 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz, the frequency downconverter can simultaneously translate four channels with instantaneous bandwidths as wide as 1.5 GHz. This makes it ideal for wideband signal capture. Frequency downconversion is performed with the aid of the model M9302A LO, a two-slot 3U PXI module that generates stable output signals at levels to +16 dBm from 3 to 10 GHz.
At RF/microwave frequencies, signal levels are controlled by the model M9168C programmable PXI step attenuator module. It provides an attenuation range of 0 to 101 dB in 1-dB steps from DC to 26.5 GHz with attenuation accuracy of ±0.4 dB at 26.5 GHz. The manufacturer quotes impressive 0.03-dB insertion-loss repeatability throughout each attenuation section for an operating lifetime of 5 million cycles. The insertion loss is only 2.5 dB through 6 GHz, 4.0 dB through 18 GHz, and 5.0 dB through 26.5 GHz.
Once signals have been downconverted to the IF range, they can be processed by the single-slot model M9352A four-channel PXI hybrid IF amplifier/attenuator. It has a frequency range of 10 MHz to 1 GHz, offering 31.5-dB attenuation in 0.5-dB steps and a 31.5-dB gain range in 0.5-dB steps. The unit is linear, with a third-order intercept point of +43 dBm, and features a low noise figure of 3 dB. Isolation between channels is better than 60 dB.
At that point, they are ready for conversion to the digital realm, achieved via the M9202A single-slot 12-b 3U PXIe digitizer. It features a 1-GHz-wide bandwidth (with 30-MHz nominal instantaneous bandwidth) and sampling rates to 2 GSamples/s. The digitizer is backed by 512-MB on-board memory and powered by a Virtex-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) from Xilinx (www.xilinx.com). It uses the PXIe backplane for fast data streaming and achieves a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of typically −60 dBc with 9-b effective-number-of-bits (ENOB) performance.
The modules are housed within a model M9018A PXI/PXIe chassis and orchestrated under the command of a controller module. Working with Agilent's 89600 VSA software and an additional display screen, the software-defined system provides flexible measurement capabilities—allowing for testing communications configurations as large as 4 x 4 MIMO systems.
Agilent Technologies, Inc.,5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051; (877) 424-4536, (408) 345-8886, FAX: (408) 345-8475, e-mail: [email protected],www.agilent.com.
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Q: I can t write in pascal expression I try ti write this expression in PascaL (sin(x*g))^3 - cos(g^2) but i have always mistake
My code here:
 z:=exp(ln(sin(x*g))*3)-cos(exp(ln(g)*2));
 Writeln('z=',z);

z,x,g is real

A: Your code has three potential problems.
Firstly, if there is any chance of the sin function returning a negative value (or if g is negative), the log function will fail with an error.
Secondly, Sqr(g), or even g*g, is far more efficient, and is clearer, than exp(ln(g)*2).
Thirdly, it is clearer to understand, probably more efficient, and may be numerically more accurate to use the Power function rather than your exp/ln method.
So I would replace your code with something like the following:
 Temp := Sin(x*g);
 z := Sign(Temp)*Power(Abs(Temp),3) - cos(Sqr(g));


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Spokesman Rules Out Any Chance for Iran-US Talks
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi ruled out the possibility for holding talks between Tehran and Washington on regional issues.
"The US hostile measures against Iran have quashed any possibility of talks between Iran and that country," Qassemi told reporters on Monday.
He reiterated that the US has already unveiled its untrustworthy nature.
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said that the possibility of negotiations between Iran and the US is mostly media coverage and no particular official has made any comments about it.
"The US policies against Iran and the case of the Iran nuclear deal are all very clear," he added.
Qassemi underlined that given the US hostile measures against Iran after its withdrawal from the JCPOA and the reinstatement of economic sanctions, there is no possibility for talks (between Iran and the US).
"Mr. Trump thinks that every morning the world wakes up with him. One should not take him seriously," he added.
US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that Washington would no longer remain part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and promised to re-impose the highest level of economic sanctions against Iran.
The sanctions reinstated on Iran on May 8 included boycott of Iran's crude supplies and bans on transfer of its crude revenues. There is a 180 days interval before these sanctions come into effect. Other US secondary sanctions are reinstated this month.
After Trump's declaration, the Iranian government issued a statement, calling the US withdrawal as "unlawful". The statement underlined Iran's prerequisites for continuing the deal with the five world powers. These conditions that were reiterated later by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei later mainly included Iran's guaranteed crude sales and transfer of its revenues back home.
Two months later, the other five powers party to the nuclear deal have failed to satisfy Iran. President Rouhani voiced his disappointment over a recent package of incentives proposed by the European Union countries to Tehran, and said that the Islamic Republic expected a much better, clearer and explicit stance by the EU.
"Unfortunately, the EU's package of proposals lacked an operational solution and a specific method for cooperation, and featured just a set of general commitments like the previous statements by the European Union," President Rouhani said in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 5.
President Rouhani pointed to US' unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal, and said, "After the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, Iran has been dealing with economic issues and problems in banking relations and oil, and foreign companies that have invested in Iran are skeptical about continuing their business."
The Iranian president, however, said that the package proposed by the three European countries (the UK, Germany, and France) on how they are going to live up to their commitments and cooperation under the JCPOA was "disappointing".
President Rouhani reiterated that the JCPOA was a mutual commitment, and said, "Iran had expected a clear plan from the three European countries after the two months' time they have been given to come up with solid guarantees to ensure Iran's economic interests would continue to be met despite US pullout and reinstatement of sanctions."
The Iranian president, however, said that Tehran would continue cooperation with Europe if the outcome of the July 6 Vienna talks would be promising.
"If the process of the European foreign ministers' meeting in Vienna, which is aimed at encouraging Iran to cooperate, is promising, we will continue our cooperation with Europe," Rouhani added.
But the Vienna talks July 6 among foreign ministers from Iran and the five world powers (Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain) failed to satisfy Iran with senior officials in Tehran complaining that the Europeans had offered nothing new to ensure Iran's continued merits under the deal.
On July 8, the Iranian parliament's research center has readied a comprehensive plan that includes a detailed list of policies and moves to fight off sanctions as Washington sped up attempts to rally international support for intensified pressures on Tehran.
The comprehensive "active anti-sanctions plan" that has been compiled at the parliament research center after long studies and consultations with experts from Iranian research and academic centers, traders and entrepreneurs is now under study by senior Judiciary, Parliament and Government officials for a final editing.
The program that mainly aims to make the country "unsanctionable" has been developed in contrast to the US sanctions program and has reportedly been edited seven times so far, several MPs told FNA.
Information obtained by FNA reveals the program offers a package that also involves social and cultural measures to reinvigorate the country's economy and infrastructure against the US sanctions that come into effect from 90 to 180 days after their re-imposition and seek to wear off Iran's economy step-by-step.
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Meantime, several other plans have also been compiled by university and research centers for improving economy through reinvigoration of national potentials to make the country sanctions-proof.
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Hands of Stone (2016)
"Hands of Stone" stars Edgar Ramirez, Robert De Niro, Usher Raymond IV, and Oscar Jaenada. Released on August 26, 2016, the film follows the life of Roberto Duran and his boxing career.
The film is directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, who also directed Secuestro Express in 2005. So far in my film reviewing career, I saw two boxing films that left a big impression on my face: Creed and Southpaw. There was also another boxing film that I liked called Real Steel, but I'll get to that one someday. This is the latest movie in that category that strives to be as great as the ones listed above. I mean, come on, it's got Robert De Niro and Usher Raymond as a boxer. Two famous celebrities in a boxing drama. That should be enough to make me happy, right?
Good performances.
The boxing scenes were passable.
The execution of the concept was poor.
The characters didn't really click for me. I didn't actually care that much for Duran.
Generic sports narrative.
The emotional depth wasn't deep enough.
Final thoughts: "Hands of Stone" has a chance to reach for the gold, but gets knocked out quickly in the first round, resulting in one of my biggest disappointments of 2016. The cast did a nice job portraying their characters, but everything else, in my opinion, just didn't do that much for me. I guess I was expecting it to be like Rocky Balboa, Creed, or Southpaw, but you know what they say, you win some, you lose some. People who enjoyed boxing films may or may not like this film more than I did.


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Well, you don't really need a radio. Nope, you don't. You need at least three radios. Before I tell you which radios you need to have, I want to share with you "why" you need radios to begin with. I could just be a wise guy and tell you, "To communicate with!" But, as you know, I am never a wise guy…no, never.
The ability to communicate is absolutely essential during any incident, large or small. I have reviewed hundreds of accidents that occurred on incidents, and my personal research validates that "communications issues" are always present when there is a death or serious injury. Sometimes is it a complete absence of the ability to communicate, sometimes it is very poor communications. The "poor communications" is based about 50/50, the equipment and the people.
People issues – These kinds of issues are really the most troublesome to understand and the most difficult to correct. There just seems to be something about people that don't want to admit to others that there is a problem occurring. In my firefighting world there are a whole lot of Type A personalities. And we tend to be very mission driven and focused…a "can do" bunch of folks. And anything that would jeopardize that image tends to be suppressed within ourselves. The problem is…it is injuring and killing us.
During an incident we are given a task, a mission, and we agree to do it. But, we don't operate in a vacuum. Our success or failure has a direct impact on others' success or failure. And the last thing we want to do is be responsible for someone else failing, let alone ourselves. So we keep our head down and keeping working towards accomplishing our task, our mission.
While working to accomplish our mission we want to see ourselves as successful. However, not everything we do is successful, or works out the way we want it to. When that happens we can either admit that it isn't working, or we can keep our heads down, work harder, and assume we can make it right. And that is where we get into serious trouble, sometimes fatal trouble. And that is what is called a "mindset"…a mindset of disaster.
When are task/mission begins to go sideways (badly) that is the time to communicate it, not later when it is too late for people to compensate for it. Unfortunately, all too often people think that they can fix it themselves, when many times they can't. We have to be able to communicate our problems, and do so as soon as they start to become problems.
A couple years ago 19 Hotshots died on a fire. There was a myriad of reason why, but communications was chief among them. They weren't able to hear how badly the fire was actually going, they couldn't hear the change in the fire behavior and direction, they couldn't hear the aircraft trying to change strategies, and they wouldn't (yes, wouldn't) communicate with their supervisor. Then the fire blew-up and went bad.
The Hotshot crew began some kind of work that no one will ever know what it was because they never told anyone what they were doing or why. Then the fire was racing up on them and they tried to give a status update but no one could really tell what they were saying. An aircraft flying above the fire couldn't tell what they were trying to say and told them so speak clearly or "shut up." Within 10 minutes they were all dead. Every last man of them was dead.
People are far too often the reason for poor communications…DON'T YOU BE ONE OF THOSE!
Equipment Issues – This is truly one of the most frustrating aspects of fatal or near-fatal incidents. Why? Because for a relatively small amount of money equipment issues can be overcome! But, once again, all to often we don't want to make that change, that investment, until after the problem has killed or injured.
During an incident if you depend on your cell phone you are a fool. Cell phones are amazing pieces of technology capable of doing so many things now that it is sometimes hard for this old man to comprehend. But along with all of the technology capability comes at a price…or more than one. So use a cell phone while you can, but have a back-up plan…or two.
The most reliable form of communications during any incident is a radio. They are not fool-proof, but they have been proven to be the most reliable. Ironically, they are actually becoming less reliable than they once were. Thirty years ago there was essentially UHF/VHF for incident communications. When a larger area of communications was needed beyond line-of-sight, they put up repeaters. But, with the addition of repeaters there was one more link in the chain to break.
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Mobile UHF/VHF Ham radio (optional). The radio needs to be able to transmit and receive on at least the 2m (144Mhz), 70cm (441Mhz) bands, and it would be nice if it had some HF band capability as well. Along with the radio, appropriate basic accessories are also needed.
With these basic radios your family can stay informed of the incident swirling around them. You can stay in contact with each family member far beyond what any cell phone can provide. You can have peace of mind that communications will not be your weakness…or an open door to injury or death.


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The end of one year and the beginning of another naturally brings about a period of reflection, and it's no different with us here looking at cranes! Much of the world continues to develop at a rapid pace, and the invention of new technologies naturally helps to further the development in all industries, including with lifting gear.
While there haven't been any ground breaking new discoveries in this industry in 2017, lifting equipment as a whole continues to innovate at a steady pace. We've had a look at what some of this equipment has achieved in 2017, and what new opportunities may present themselves for cranes in 2018.
What did cranes help do in 2017?
2017 saw the commencement, continuation or completion of a number of successful and large projects around the world. New railway lines were a key project, with the Melbourne Metro Tunnel in Australia, the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya and the Crossrail in the UK all having work done using cranes.
Where will technology take us in 2018?
Alongside this, the construction of new homes hit its highest level in the UK since the financial crisis of 2007. This represents a 21% increase from 2016, a huge rise. Cranes and other pieces of lifting equipment have been at the heart of this increase.
It's important to note that the UK is expecting a slower period of growth in the construction sector in 2018, and so opportunities are likely to be less prevalent than they were in 2017. But, perhaps those operating with lifting equipment can look to other areas to broaden their horizons; namely the technology industry.
Self-driven cars have become a huge phenomenon recently; could we perhaps soon see smart, self-operating cranes too? The Internet of Things (IoT) is another technology which continues to dominate, and it will be interesting to see if this dips its toe into the lifting industry as well.
And, perhaps unsurprisingly, the entertainment industry has found a way to utilise cranes to their advantage too. The World Crane Championship remains an event in 2018, should you fancy testing your skills there?
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