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Christopher "Chris" Frank Capuano (born August 19, 1978 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American professional baseball player. He is a starting pitcher and currently plays for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.
Capuano graduated from St. Thomas School in West Springfield in 8th grade. 4 years later, Capuano was the valedictorian of his class at Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts and went on to earn a degree in Economics at Duke University, where he earned membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a brother of the Xi Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Capuano was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft (238th overall). On May 17, 2002, he had Tommy John surgery and missed much of that season.
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One final note: In my Lahn profile, I refer to two unpublished studies (although portions had been presented at meetings at the time I wrote) which failed to show that there was a correlation between IQ, head size, and other parameters, and the alleles supposedly favored by natural selection on genes that Lahn thinks might be involved in cognition. One study was led by Rushton, with genotyping by Lahn; the other was led by Lahn and two researchers who have long studied the genetics of IQ, Danielle Posthuma in Amsterdam and Nick Martin in Brisbane. Both of these studies have now been published, despite their null findings, the first in Biology Letters and the second in Human Molecular Genetics, both within the past month or two. They did not sweep these negative findings under the rug. Life, and the politics of science, is not so simple as it may seem.
On 2/21/07, Michael Balter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
You may well be right, but you offer a scientific critique yourself, citing that part of your comment:
"But also still the last time I looked, in May about genetics and crime, the egregious practice of confusing parameter estimation for hypothesis testing in twin studies, for not offering experimental controls (comparison of same sex fraternal twins to opposite sex fraternal twins for example) and not including standard errors in any estimates of heritability is firmly still the practice. So is the practice of firmly ignoring published critiques as they have appeared in journals such as Nature and Behaviour Genetics. . That fact that such elementary errors continue to escape the notice of referees and editors of "scientific" journals is a symptom of how deeply held these socially created prejudiced views are."
Whether these scientific errors are made deliberately or because of ideological blinders and preconceptions, they are still scientific errors and you have dealt with them as such. So must other progressive scientists. That does not mean you must ignore the political context for the errors, but you must still point them out to be effective.
On 2/21/07, joseph schwartz < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
I would like to add that the ideological intensity of the race IQ issue is such that you cannot trust the so-called scientific investigation of the possible connection. There was the scandal of Sir Cyril Burt simply copying out the IQ scores of a presumed 30,000 father-son pairs from the table of the normal curve. But also still the last time I looked, in May about genetics and crime, the egregious practice of confusing parameter estimation for hypothesis testing in twin studies, for not offering experimental controls (comparison of same sex fraternal twins to opposite sex fraternal twins for example) and not including standard errors in any estimates of heritability is firmly still the practice. So is the practice of firmly ignoring published critiques as they have appeared in journals such as Nature and Behaviour Genetics. . That fact that such elementary errors continue to escape the notice of referees and editors of "scientific" journals is a symptom of how deeply held these socially created prejudiced views are. Although I am not sympathetic to Mitchell's using the word fascist to describe this so-called theory he certainly is correct in intuiting that there is prejudice operating here so deeply held that normal and routine techniques get (unconsciously) thrown out the window.These so-called investigators set to prove what they already believe to be true rather than finding out whether it is actually true or not.
Many of us have indeed taken IQ-race literature seriously (not just SJG) and universally the above is what we have found.
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This year the Karl-Schwarzschild-Fellowship goes to Dr. Kitaura
In the fall of 2010 the AIP has advertised for the first time the Karl-Schwarzschild-Fellowship to support the independent research programme of a young and promising scientist. We received about 75 applications to this advertisement.
Dr. Kitaura studied in Madrid and Munich, where in 2003 he got a Master in Physics with a thesis on "Hydrodynamical Simulation of the Stellar Collapse of O/Ne/Mg cores with Boltzmann Neutrino Transport". He then moved on to the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics where he worked with Simon White on his PhD thesis "Cosmic Cartography: Bayesian Reconstruction of the Cosmological Large-Scale Structure" which he defended in 2007. Afterwards he was Marie-Curie Fellow at Trieste and Pisa. and is currently part of the Excellence Cluster "Universe" in Munich.
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The Absence of Betsy DeVos
Every prior education secretary has spoken at the Education Writers Association's annual seminar, but DeVos declined this year's invite. Here's what her predecessors used the platform to say.
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When U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos declined the Education Writers Association's invitation to speak at its 70th National Seminar, it prompted coverage from The Associated Press, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, among others, in part because of her already limited press availability during the nearly four months since she was appointed to the cabinet post.
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The national seminar takes place this week at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. DeVos's eight predecessors have spoken at EWA's conference at some point during their tenure. The first education secretary, the former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Hufstedler, was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in the fall of 1979 and addressed EWA members the following spring.
Hufstedler acknowledged it was a challenging transition to being a public figure after 18 years on the bench, joking that "It is hard to remember that I cannot sustain a single objection—not even my own." However, she pledged to be accessible, noting that "I believe the Education Department is an important story, and that people are interested in learning how this 13th seat at the cabinet table will affect their lives."
She also promised to avoid the temptation to lecture the reporters in the room on stories they should be covering. She did offer, in exchange for a self-addressed stamped envelope, to mail her list of story ideas to anyone who wanted them. "Please remember the stamp," Hufstedler said, in a nod to the downturn in the nation's economy at the time. "This is not a good year for new budget items."
Several education secretaries, including John King, Arne Duncan, and Margaret Spellings, spoke at the conference during their first year in office. Below is a look back at what some prior secretaries had to say when they addressed the largest annual gathering of the nation's education journalists.
William Bennett was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. In addition to his more political work, Bennett authored and edited The Children's Book of Virtues, which inspired a late-1990's animated PBS Kids television series. Speaking at EWA's event in 1988, he devoted the bulk of his speech to urging a free exchange of ideas.
"There should be no tolerance of intimidation of free speech and debate," he said, singling out for criticism a protest by black students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. "Martin Luther King Jr. said protest should come after you have exhausted all other means of achieving of progress. … I'm not sure the students at the University of Massachusetts went through all those steps. If they did, it certainly was not in the accounts I read."
(The Washington Post, reporting on the Amherst protest at the time, chose the headline "Campus Minorities Confronting Racism With Mature Methods.")
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee, spent two years as education secretary under President George H.W. Bush, starting in 1991. Alexander was a key architect of the recent Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind as the nation's main federal law for K-12 education. The bill won strong bipartisan support, considered a rare occurrence given how starkly divided Congress is today.
During his EWA National Seminar appearance in 1991, Alexander laid out an education agenda reflecting his consistent positions on the perceived perils of federal overreach into local decision-making on public schools.
"We can't do what we need with orders from Washington," he said, adding that much must be left to communities, from deciding how schools teach to setting rules for private schools that participate in a tax-supported choice program.
In 1993, President Clinton approached the former South Carolina Governor Richard Riley about a possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Riley turned him down, and the seat was ultimately filled by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But Riley agreed to serve as the education secretary, holding the cabinet position for both of Clinton's terms.
At EWA's National Seminar in April 1993, Riley focused on Clinton's plan to expand expectations for student knowledge, reported Laura Wisniewski of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. He cited "physics, foreign language, geometry, and the arts" and greater competency in both "academics and occupational areas" as targets.
"Some of the goals will be almost impossible to reach; we know that," Riley said. "Our task is immense and somewhat risky, and the cost of failure is very, very high, but the cost of not trying is even higher."
The former Houston schools superintendent Rod Paige was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and held the post until Bush's second inauguration. Paige spoke at the EWA seminar in 2002, months after the No Child Left Behind Act—the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's education law in decades—took effect. At the time, Paige praised its bipartisan support, while promising greater transparency and accountability for the tax dollars that support public schools.
"Clearly resources are important, but I continue to run into people who say we can spend our way out of this [low student achievement]," Paige said. "I'm frustrated that the connection between spending and performance is so intense. Who is responsible for all those expenditures without results? It is useless to spend more money if the system itself is not sound."
Margaret Spellings followed Paige as Bush's education secretary, speaking at EWA's annual seminars in both 2005 and 2007. In her first appearance, Spellings was on the NCLB defensive, as the education rank and file had begun to chafe at the federal law's design, which included singling out schools that were deemed low-performing based on the feds' metrics. Spellings criticized the news media for fanning those flames. As Alan Richard reported for Education Week, the term "failing school" was not in the No Child Left Behind Act, "yet this anxiety-provoking term is commonly used in headlines and in the bodies of your stories," she said. Spellings noted that the statute refers to schools "in need of improvement."
With the election of Barack Obama, the nation got a new education secretary: the former CEO of the Chicago school district Arne Duncan, who served from 2009-2016. This was an era of big carrots—billion-dollar grant programs intended to push states to adopt policies in line with the administration's priorities. Duncan spoke at six EWA National Seminars during his seven-year tenure, and in 2014 asked, "where's the outrage" over the persistent achievement gap for underserved student groups. "When students of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately suspended or expelled, and when that disciplinary action stems from discriminatory policies or practices, it's a civil-rights violation," Duncan told the audience at Vanderbilt University.
To be sure, Duncan's invocation of education as a civil-rights issue echoed prior education secretaries, including Spellings and Paige. Duncan's successor, John King, took a similar tone last year at EWA's 69th National Seminar at Boston University.
"There's a new sense of urgency in the country of talking about race and class," said King, who served in the education secretary post for the final year of the Obama administration. King contended that segregation is no accident, but rather "the result of policy choices … around schooling and around housing" and the "systematic lack of investment in high-needs communities."
But King also had a less familiar form of discrimination to respond to: newly proposed state laws related to gender identity, including North Carolina's plan to require students to use the bathroom that matched their sex as listed on their birth certificates.
"They are hateful laws and they should be repealed," King said.
This article appears courtesy of the Education Writers Association.
Emily Richmond is the public editor for the National Education Writers Association. She was previously the education reporter for the Las Vegas Sun.


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Val è un documentario biografico del 2021 diretto e prodotto da Leo Scott e Ting Poo, incentrato sull'attore Val Kilmer.

Trama
Il film segue la vita e la carriera dell'attore Val Kilmer. È stato realizzato grazie a centinaia di ore di video che Kilmer ha accumulato nel corso di 40 anni, passando da filmati amatoriali in Super 8 e 16 millimetri a riprese in VHS e digitale. Il documentario immortala con uno sguardo intimo e toccante la vita personale e il percorso di Kilmer attraverso il cinema, la sua giovinezza, la perdita dell'amato fratello Wesley a 17 anni, l'ammissione alla prestigiosa accademia Juilliard School come il più giovane studente di recitazione mai ammesso, dietro le quinte inediti, fino alla battaglia contro il cancro alla gola.

Il documentario è narrato dal secondogenito di Val Kilmer, Jack.

Almeno una volta al giorno per anni mi sono guardato intorno e ho avuto questa sensazione agrodolce che ci sono mille ragioni per cui questo progetto avrebbe potuto naufragare. Voglio dire, come potrebbe essere un film di un uomo che riprende se stesso, a volte ogni giorno, anni alla volta? È inimmaginabile che questo film sarebbe potuto venire alla luce senza la collaborazione dei miei cari amici, Leo e Ting, e dei miei partner di produzione. Ore instancabili di editing e infinite emozioni con ogni nuovo taglio! Non potrei essere più orgoglioso di condividere questo con il mondo!Val Kilmer

Distribuzione
Il documentario è stato presentato in anteprima mondiale alla 74ª edizione del Festival di Cannes il 7 luglio 2021, È stato distribuito limitatamente nei cinema il 23 luglio, ed è approdato sulla piattaforma digitale Prime Video il 6 agosto successivo.

Accoglienza
Val ha ricevuto una calorosa accoglienza. Sull'aggregatore Rotten Tomatoes detiene una percentuale di gradimento del 94% con un voto ponderato di 7,7 su 10, sulla base di 110 recensioni professionali, e un giudizio generale che recita: «Un documentario avvincente e riflessivo che beneficia della cronaca personale del soggetto, Val offre uno sguardo intimo su una vita e una carriera uniche». Su Metacritic ha ottenuto una valutazione di 73 su 100 basata su 29 recensioni professionali, corrispondente a «recensioni generalmente favorevoli».

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When we think of Oprah Winfrey, we think of her emotional celebrity interviews, her extensive involvement with several charities (including her own) and an audience giveaway or two – "you get a car, you get a car! Everybody gets a car!" From hosting her own talk show for over 25 years to launching several ventures under the Oprah brand, including Harpo Productions, O Magazine and The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, Oprah has become a household name and cultural icon. Aside from her being one of the most powerful people in the world, she is also the owner of five dogs, which puts her pretty high up in our books.
Underlying Oprah's business strategy, interactions and strong personal brand is empathy. Known for her ability to connect with her audience, fans and talk shows guests, this soft skill is the cornerstone of her career success and personal brand.
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the experiences and feelings of another person. While empathy is essential to maintaining personal relationships and our everyday interactions, empathy is also a critical soft skill in the workplace environment, with the ability to improve your leadership skills and relationships with your colleagues and clients.
Everyone wants to be Oprah or be friends with her – either way, we could all learn a thing or two from her. Here are 3 lessons Oprah Winfrey teaches us about empathy.
"The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me".
Oprah overcame a difficult childhood riddled with abuse and family troubles, demonstrating resilience as she bounced back with determination and a strong desire to help others. Oprah credits the adversity she faced in her early life for her empathy towards others, teaching us that no matter what struggles you face, your ability to overcome adversity helps you to relate to others who may be experiencing similar difficulties.
Applying this empathy to your personal life and the workplace will help you improve your relationships and communication with others. As leaders and colleagues, our personal and career-related struggles can be used to create better teams and more supportive organizational culture.
"Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives".
One of the reasons for Oprah's talk show success was her "rapport-talk" style that acted as a conversation between her and the audience. By using a style that deviated from the previous talk show format, Oprah was able to successfully bond with her audience, specifically with her female audience members. Oprah was able to foster this connection with empathetic body language, active listening and open-mindedness toward individuals of diverse backgrounds and points of view.
Every day in the workplace we are interacting with those around us – whether we are leading a team, working with colleagues on a new project or attending a networking event. At the heart of these everyday interactions is relationship building and connecting with others. By practising empathy, you can improve communication and be able to build and maintain the relationships at the center of your professional and personal life.
Oprah's empathy not only helped her foster a connection between herself and her audience, but this ability to relate to others became an integral part of her personal brand. With one of the strongest personal brands (when have you ever had to explain to someone who Oprah is?), her empathy became one of her most well-known traits and formed the basis of her multiple ventures, which were largely centered around helping others achieve happiness and wellbeing.
Because you are your personal brand and your personal brand represents you, caring for others in an authentic way is crucial to your interactions and forming relationships with others. Sharing and feeling the experiences of others will help you better communicate and build a positive brand image in a genuine way.
While Oprah may have taught you a lot about your favourite celebrities, personal health and mental wellbeing, some of the most valuable lessons we can learn from Oprah come from her ability to relate to and connect with others. By integrating these 3 lessons about empathy into your personal and professional interactions, you will be better equipped to develop your soft skills in the workplace and improve your relationships with your colleagues, clients, friends and yourself. Plus, you'll be one step closer to being Oprah, which isn't so bad.


Drexel prez John Fry and Thomas Jefferson leader Stephen Klasko kept it real at Thinkfest on Thursday.
By Fabiola Cineas·	 11/10/2017, 3:46 p.m.
Stephen Kalsko, John Fry, and Bruce Katz at Thinkfest 2017.
So just how well do Philly's top institutions get along? According to two of Philly's top leaders, execs at some of Philly's biggest institutions hardly even speak to one another. At Thinkfest on Thursday, Drexel University president John Fry and Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health president and CEO Stephen Klasko spoke candidly about the state of connection in the city.
"It's not common for university presidents to talk to each other," Klasko told the audience, "We don't do enough of that in Philadelphia." Stronger collaboration is the secret ingredient that can push Philadelphia forward and guarantee its spot as a leading metro ten years from now.
Another side of Philly's connectivity problem is in how the city brands itself. According to Klasko, companies in metro areas like Cambridge, for example, are able to explain why they're in Cambridge without mentioning institutions like MIT or Harvard or Massachusetts General Hospital. "We have to be able to say, this is what Philadelphia is without mentioning Penn or Drexel or Jefferson or Comcast," Klasko said. "What is our role and how is it different from Pittsburgh's or Boston's? What is our brand?" he asked.


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Sindh CM appears before NAB in fake bank accounts case
Monday Mar 25, 2019
RAWALPINDI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) Rawalpindi branch in connection with the long-running fake bank accounts case.
A five-member NAB investigative team probed the Sindh chief minister for over an hour. Irfan Naeem Mangi, who is the head of the joint investigation team probing the case, also met Shah upon arrival at the old NAB headquarters.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nayyar Bokhari and Mustafa Khokhar accompanied the Sindh chief minister to the headquarters of the accountability watchdog.
Speaking to the media following his appearance, Shah said, "I appeared before NAB for the first time. I have nothing to hide and am fully prepared for an investigation."
"I answered all their questions and assured NAB of my full cooperation. I expressed reservations that the JIT report's conclusion was wrong and the counsel of the investigative team admitted that. The chief justice also stated that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is innocent," he added.
"My media trial is being conducted," the Sindh CM further said. "I came here today on my personal expenses and hundreds of guards were deployed here, however, had I been asked to appear in Karachi I would have appeared quietly. The case is being heard in Rawalpindi but all the people are in Karachi and none of our experiences in Rawalpindi have been good," he added.
Earlier ahead of his appearance before NAB, Shah held a consultative meeting with party leaders at the Sindh House.
The anti-graft body, through a notification issued to Shah, had asked him to make an appearance at the old NAB headquarters on March 26. The chief minister, however, had requested to appear a day earlier, which was approved.
Shah had been instructed to bring along all records pertaining to the Thatta Sugar Mills, as investigation continues into the mega money laundering and fake accounts case.
The FIA is investigating more than 30 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious accounts, including Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. Zardari's close aide Hussain Lawai was arrested in July 2018 in connection with the probe.
The former president's other close aide and Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed a close aide and Omni Group chairman and his son, Abdul Ghani, were arrested by FIA in August 2018.
Fake accounts case: SHC approves 10-day protective bail of Zardari, Faryal
SHC turns down request for stay order against allowing NAB to transfer the fake accounts case to Rawalpindi
Several 'benami' accounts at multiple private banks were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made, according to sources.
The amount, according to FIA sources, is said to be black money gathered from various kickbacks, commissions and bribes.


A construction company was sentenced today after an employee fell from the first floor of Sandal Endowed Primary School in Wakefield.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that George Hurst Sons Ltd failed to implement the British Standard for edge protection.
George Hurst Sons Limited of Don Pottery Yard, Rowms Lane, Swinton, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and as the company have gone into administration has been fined £1.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Yolande Burns commented: "This accident would not have happened if the standard had been met. The breaches were ongoing for a period and many other employees were exposed to the risk of falling over the edge of the building.


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Innovation in Action: The Next Cool Thing
By Amy Anselm, Engineering Communications
Ever wondered if there was an easier way to control all your favorite devices? Something easy to use and intuitive, at once inconspicuous yet stylish? Something to revolutionize how you access technology? Thanks to the inspiration of a course in NC State University's College of Engineering and the innovative minds of a few students, that "next cool thing" is in the works.
"We're calling it the Manus Glove," said Ameir Al-Zoubi, a senior in computer science at NC State and member of the four-student team who developed the device. "Basically, it is the mouse of the future."
Based on technology similar to that used in the "Wiimotes," the primary controllers for the Nintendo™ Wii game console, the Manus Glove uses motion control to interpret small motions into acceleration.
"This maps the movement of your hand, not the position of it," Al-Zoubi explained.
"The learning curve takes maybe a half an hour at most," said team member Matthew Crenshaw, a senior in computer science.
While explaining the device, he flicked his way through application windows, browsing web pages and dragging and zooming online maps to demonstrate the glove's capabilities. He controlled the speed of the cursor's movement with the angle of his hand, quickly and easily changing the cursor's direction, increasing, decreasing and stopping its motion all with small turns of his wrist. A flick of his finger backward sent his browser window back a page; pinching his fingers together opened documents and links.
"That's one of the key features, it's just so fun to use," said Al-Zoubi.
The glove has sensors attached to the ends of each digit so that touching the thumb to other digits acts as a "click" and activates hotkeys. It works with computers and other devices that rely on Bluetooth technology, utilizing the capabilities already used in the individual control of cell phones, mp3 players, headsets, keyboards and other devices.
One of the group's main goals for the development of the glove was to unify control of these and other wireless devices, according to Al-Zoubi.
"There's been great movement towards multi-functional devices in the market," he pointed out. Cell phones evolved into cameras and mp3 players; now they're more like mini computers with phone capabilities. Even shoes can record the distances and paces of a run and can sync up to the playlist on the runner's mp3 player. There are examples everywhere.
"We have designed a glove to control your computer," said Al-Zoubi. "It's also easy to use and more intuitive than a standard mouse."
There are many devices in the market currently working towards convenience and centralization, but not in such an intuitive — or stylish — way. There are now ergonomic keyboards and better headsets and microphones, but the mouse is the one thing that hasn't really changed.
"People are too scared to change it, to shake up the market," said Al-Zoubi. And that's exactly what the group wants to do with the Manus Glove.
"As far as I can see, no one's really gotten into this," said Dr. Alan Tharp, professor of computer science at NC State and leader of the "Innovating in Technology" course that inspired the project. "With the iPhone, the iPod, etc, it's more an idea of touching the screen and getting a visual display. But no one's really caught on to this idea of having this three dimensional motion that gives you so much freedom. With the mouse you're stuck right there, but with the glove you can do all sorts of things."
So how did this idea come to be a prototype?
"We had a design project for a class; we were told to come up with something that bugged us and then a solution to it," said Al-Zoubi, who worked with Crenshaw, David Catchings and John Lewis, all seniors in computer science. "We were bugged by new mice that look fancy but that are the same thing, really."
The ease-of-use and intuitive nature of the device, plus it's ability to centralize the control of wireless devices, create a wealth of possibilities for the future of the project and product.
"We're thinking we could make this like a leather driving glove," said Al-Zoubi. "As a businessman, you could wear it all the time and control all your devices at once. Everything you need is already in the glove."
This is the main market the group targeted in their business plan, and they see its greatest selling point as a tool for professionals and a particularly helpful aid in presentations. The glove is more natural, easier to use and less distracting. Instead of having to hold a mouse, remote, or even clicker in your hand, simply slip on a sleek glove and control all the necessary electronics with simple and innocuous movements of your fingers and wrist.
In addition to the business class, the device will have a great appeal to the "cool tech" people, said Al-Zoubi, those that have the coolest laptops, that get the newest phones and mp3 players.
"Devices like those, and this, make a statement about who you are and how you like to access technology," he said. "Technology is a part of everyone's daily life, devices like these personalize it." And just as the white earbuds of the iPod have become a fashion statement, the group can see the Manus Glove becoming the next cool thing to wear.
There are many aspects and possibilities, according to Al-Zoubi and Crenshaw, that could be explored and developed with additional funding. Physically impaired users could simplify the use of all their devices into one and have complete and accurate control with minimal movements. There are also many possibilities in the area of design so that users could track their hand motions over any type of surface and transfer it instantly to a computer program.
Funding was the group's largest difficulty in developing the device. "Our budget was zero," said Al-Zoubi. "The school bought some circuit boards and a chip for us. The rest of it was all up to us."
There were also a few construction and hardware difficulties for the group. "Soldering wires onto the board was the hardest thing ever," said Crenshaw, laughing. "Keep in mind, we're computer science, not electrical engineering."
"One of the harder issues is making the components small and compact enough to fit in a glove and still feel like a glove," added Al-Zoubi. "We don't want something big and clunky; we want it small, sleek, business-like."
The group's design process took about two months.
With the prototype they have now, the group is obviously focusing on functionality above aesthetics, but they did make a few adjustments for color.
As Al-Zoubi said, "The colors we were aiming at were black and red."
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During his 25 years at Crater Lake National Park, seasonal ranger Brian Ettling has seen warmer winters, less snow and rainier summers.
Brian Ettling, a long-time seasonal ranger with the National Park Service, gave many examples of how climate change is harming national parks during his Wednesday talk at Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City.
Photo by Helen Wilbers /News Tribune.
At his talk Wednesday evening at Runge Nature Center, Ettling made it clear his own observations mirror a much larger, climate change-related problem facing national parks.
"We're seeing it big time in our national parks," he said.
Ettling is part of Citizens Climate Lobby, a national non-partisan, nonprofit that advocates for policies designed to curb climate change. Today, he and George Laur, leader of the Columbia and Jefferson City branch of the group, will meet with Sen. Roy Blunt to address the topic.
However, back in his early days with the National Park Service, Ettling had not heard of climate change.
"When I was leading ranger talks in the Everglades, people started asking me about this global warming thing," he said.
Ettling began reading up on the topic, and what he learned alarmed him.
"In the 21st century, sea levels around southern Florida could rise three feet and swallow up most of the park and part of Miami," Ettling said.
He learned about rising carbon dioxide emissions, generated by vehicles and coal-burning power plants (the source of 80 percent of Missouri's energy) and the blanketing effect it created in the atmosphere.
"The earth has experienced a 1-degree Celsius increase in its average temperature since the 1880s," Ettling said.
He added while it might not sound like much, an increase of 1 degree in a person's body temperature would be a noticeable fever. Much like a person, the Earth is feeling the effects.
At Crater Lake, annual snowfall has decreased each decade since the 1950s, and the surface temperature of the water has increased by 6 degrees Fahrenheit. The water in the lake is the some of the clearest and purest in the U.S., Ettling said, but now, algae blooms may thrive and cloud the water.
And then there are pine beetles.
"What keeps pine beetles in check is cold, snowy winters," Ettling explained.
These days, the beetles survive the winters and are decimating whitebark pine trees, a species that shelters and feeds 50 species within Crater Lake National Park.
Ettling said national parks are already taking steps to curb their own carbon emissions. Crater Lake's rangers now drive electric or hybrid vehicles, and visitors can ride around in trolleys. He encouraged audience members at the talk to ask rangers about these measures when they visit parks.
"Hold our feet to the fire; be tough on us," he said.
He also asked people to join groups like the Sierra Club, Beyond Coal and Citizens Climate Lobby. While the Citizens Climate Change lobby meets with officials on both sides of the aisle, Laur said they tend to meet the most resistance from Republicans.
"Republicans we meet tell us Missourians don't care about climate change," Laur said.
Laur and Ettling said calling and emailing elected officials to voice support of protecting the environment can be effective.
"Nothing's worse than doing nothing," Laur said.
Ettling added it's also important to make it clear to Republican officials they'll have the peoples' support if they back climate change control measures.
"We like to blame it on politicians, but you really have to look around the room," Ettling said.


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Q: Position: absolute a div over Flash Is it possible to position: absolute a <div /> over a Flash banner without adding wmode="transparent" to the banner?
I have a lightbox that needs to appear above my ads but I can't directly modify the banners as they come from a third party.
Edit: The problem mainly occurs in IE where the Flash banner is shown above the lightbox.

A: No it's not but you can just hide the banners when the lightbox is active.

A: I am afraid no, if this was the case, we wold not have resorted to wmode="transparent", but i hope there is a way around it.

A: try wmode="opaque" i think this will allow html div to be displayed over flash. It works for me many times but it behaves differently in different browsers.

A: I haven't tested this, but you could try the iFrame hack you would apply for IE to show an absolute div over a select element. It consists of dynamically (or even hard-coded, why not) creating an iFrame container that you position above the Flash (in your case) with the lightbox content inside it.
Someone correct me if they tested and does not apply here, but even if it does, I wouldn't recommend it unless it's a life or death situation.

A: set the wmode="transparent" attrobute using javascript ??
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Discussion in 'Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics' started by EGCKillshot, Jan 29, 2013.
So i currently have the rifle pictured in my signature. It is a Remington 700 XCR ii chambered in .270. I would like to trade it in for a more long range capable rifle. (I just have to throw the old stock on and its in mint condition) The stock i have is a Choate tactical stock that is obviously a long action stock.
I could also buy a normal Remington 700 SPS 300win mag with a normal carbon steel barrel. I like the long range capabilities of the 300 win mag and it would also fit my current stock. I would like a heavy barrel though to avoid having to buying a seperate heavy barrel later for added cost.
Im not entirely sure what would be the best choice. I wish they had a Remington 700 SPS long range in 300 win mag. That would be my optimal choice because its the 300 win mag round with a heavy barrel as well.
Any idea what rifle i should choose? I do a lot of deer hunting and would like long range capability (1000+ yards) Either choice im going to have to upgrade either the stock or barrel eventually. The 300 win mag i would likely upgrade the barrel first and later upgrade the stock again.
I just looked at your 2 links it says the 308 is sold pending funds. Did you buy it or did someone make up your mind for you? I would have went with the 300wm any way.
Lol i just noticed that too. Looks like 300 win mag it is! Ill see how accurate the factory barrel is and then look into a heavy barrel after i recover from my recent AR-15 build.
Are you set on a Remington? If you are going to change the stock as well, why not look for a Savage in 6.5 x 284 Norma. This would give you the long range capability. I have a 308 which is excellent for the medium ranges circa 600 yards but the bullet drop becomes high at 1000 yards. I am building a custom 6.5 x 284 Norma for the 900 to 1200 yard shots. Barrel wear is greater but how many long range hunting shots will you take in a year?
The reason I said I would go the 300wm route I am picking up a 5R Mil spec in 300WM Friday. Hope it shoots. Now if only I can find some brass.


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In a fascinating discussion with Dr. Jeff Chang, a researcher and professor at Oregon State University, he described a project where he is trying to potentially thwart the spread of a disease-causing bacterium, or Agrobacterium that harms, among other things, apple and pear trees.
A team led by Oregon State University scientists has developed a way to potentially thwart the spread of a disease-causing bacterium, or Agrobacterium that harms more than a hundred plant species worldwide, an advance that could save the nursery and fruit tree industries billions of dollars a year.
The research has important implications for commercial plant growers because it could help halt the spread of Agrobacterium. The bacterium causes crown-gall disease, which impacts more than 100 plant species, including fruit trees, roses, grape vine, nursery plants and shade trees. Those species have a combined value of more than $16 billion annually in the United States alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The methods developed for the study can also potentially be applied to track diseases in humans and animals and even foodborne disease outbreaks. For example, plasmids spread antibiotic-resistant genes, a pressing problem for human and animal health.
The Oregon State scientists worked with researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service on the study. The findings were just published in the journal Science.
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Perioperative care: percentage of patients, regardless of age, who undergo a procedure under anesthesia and are admitted to an ICU directly from the anesthetizing location, who have a documented use of a checklist or protocol for the transfer of care from the responsible anesthesia practitioner to the responsible ICU team or team member.
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Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Intensive Care Units, Transition
Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Perinatal care: proportion of infants with temperature less than 36 degrees Celsius among those with temperature measured within one hour of admission to the NICU.
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Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Intensive Care Units
Perinatal care: proportion of infants with temperature measured within one hour of admission to the NICU.
Perinatal care: proportion of nosocomial bacterial infection for eligible infants whose birth weight is between 401 and 1500 grams or whose gestational age is between 22 and 29 weeks.
Inpatient perinatal care: the number of live-born neonates less than 2,500 grams that arrive to a Level 2 or higher nursery whose qualifying temperature falls within the criteria for that stratum: cold, very cool, cool, euthermic, and overly warm.
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Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Intensive Care Units, Other
Inpatient perinatal care: the distribution of temperatures of live-born neonates less than 2,500 grams that arrive at a Level 2 or higher nursery.
Inpatient perinatal care: percent of live-born neonates less than 2,500 grams that have a temperature documented within 15 minutes after their arrival to a Level 2 or higher nursery.
Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older admitted to hospital with an injury diagnosis and a tertiary survey documented in the medical record within 24 hours of hospital admission.
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Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older admitted to hospital with an injury diagnosis and DVT prophylaxis prescribed within 24 hours of hospital admission.
Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older admitted to hospital with an injury diagnosis from a blunt force mechanism and documented assessment of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine and decision to continue or discontinue spine immobilization within 36 hours of admission to hospital.
Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older with a primary injury diagnosis admitted to ICU from the ward.
Adult trauma care: percentage of discharges of patients age 18 years and older with a primary injury diagnosis and one of the following secondary diagnoses: decubitus ulcer, hospital acquired infection, iatrogenic pneumothorax, foreign body left during procedure, myocardial infarction, acute renal failure.
Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older admitted to hospital with an injury diagnosis who die.
Planning, organization, and management: percentage of patients discharged from the critical care department with the information required for codification.
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Planning, organization, and management: number of days in which multidisciplinary clinical rounds are carried out.
Planning, organization, and management: percentage of regulated exchanges of information.
Planning, organization, and management: percentage of scheduled surgical interventions suspended due to unavailability of previously reserved ICU beds.
Planning, organization, and management: percentage of patients with precipitated or inappropriate discharge from the critical care department.
Planning, organization, and management: percentage of stays with delays at discharge from the critical care department.


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El flato es una congestión venosa del bazo que surge en ocasiones al realizar ejercicio físico. También se puede contraer si se conversa durante la práctica de un deporte. Suele suceder al inicio del ejercicio o ante un cambio de ritmo. Se cree que este dolor es causado por el roce del estómago inflamado con el diafragma, aunque esto no explica por qué el dolor ocurre con frecuencia durante la práctica de natación, donde existe poca o ninguna fuerza hacia abajo que pueda provocar este roce. En algunas regiones de Hispanoamérica es conocido como «dolor de caballo» o «bazo».

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Existen varias teorías sobre las causas que lo originan:

 Aporte insuficiente de sangre al diafragma que es el músculo principal de la respiración. Pero esto no explica por qué el dolor se desplaza hacia la zona abdominal.
 Sobrecarga en los ligamentos del diafragma, originada por movimientos arriba-abajo. En ese caso tendría que soportar el empuje de los órganos situados por debajo de él. Si hay alimentos este empuje es mayor debido al mayor peso del estómago.
 Según las últimas teorías, el estómago roza cuando está lleno con el peritoneo y éste se irrita produciendo dolor. El peritoneo es una membrana muy sensible que rodea al estómago y las vísceras.
 Si se practica algún deporte mientras se habla, se puede producir el flato.
Para evitar el flato es conveniente no comer al menos dos o tres horas de una sesión de ejercicio y evitar los alimentos con mucha azúcar, grasa y sal, beber mucho pero a pequeños sorbos, y nunca bebidas con gas.

En el caso de que duela, lo mejor es parar la actividad, flexionarse hacia delante y presionar, masajeando las zonas doloridas. También ayuda respirar muy profundamente.

Referencias

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Q: Number-theoretic dot-product property? For each $k\ge 1$ there is a sequence $x_{1,k},\ldots,x_{k,k}$ of positive integers such that for all nonnegative integers $ a_i $,
                $$
     \sum_{i=1}^k a_i x_{i,k}
     =2\sum_{i=1}^k x_{i,k}
      \quad\Longrightarrow\quad a_1=\cdots= a_k=2
    $$
(For $k=3$ the minimal example seems to be $(9, 12, 17)$.)
This is easy to prove by induction using only knowledge of modular arithmetic.
But is there a more general theory that this result fits into?

A: Many results of this type can be proven by a basic existence of rational points argument. For any finite set of nontrivial linear equations, we can find a set of integers that does not satisfy any of them. To replace the infinite set of equations in the question with a finite set, we need some kind of bound on the $a_i$, which we obtain from a bound on the $x_i$.
If $N< x_1, \dots, x_k < 2N$, then any $a_i$ satisfying the equation $\sum _{i=0}^k a_i x_i = \sum_{i=0}^k 2 x_i$ must satisfy $\sum_{i=0}^k a_i \leq 4 k$. This gives us finitely many linear equations to not satisfy. Specifically, the number of nonnegative integer solutions to $\sum_{i=0}^k a_i \leq 4k$ is $\left(\begin{array}{c} 5k \\ k \end{array}\right)$ because it is equal to the number of ways to place $4k$ balls into $k+1$ boxes.
It takes $N-1$ linear equations to cover all the integer points in the hypercube $N< x_1, \dots, x_k < 2N$, since there are $(N-1)^k$ points and each hyperplane can contain at most $(N-1)^{k-1}$. So setting $N= \left(\begin{array}{c} 5k \\ k \end{array}\right)+2$, we can find $x_1,\dots,x_k$ which have your desired property.
This bound is exponential, about $12.21^k$. One could be much more careful in finding the bound by choosing the convex region more carefully, eliminating more of the equations, using better estimates for the number of points on the hyperplanes, and so on. I'm not sure how much one could improve this bound - could one do better than exponential?


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In the Spotlight: Prado
Story by Melody Lau | September 25, 2019
When Benita Prado was gifted a guitar as a young teenager, her mom wanted her to play classic rock. But rock took Prado to a whole other place: hip-hop. "The way the legends sampled those rock and funk records, that's a big part of who I am and how I grew up," she says.
From there, Prado, a B.C. native, started making music using GarageBand, and posting the results on a SoundCloud page – which drew the attention of high-profile acts, including artists on the Owsla record label.
For a while, Prado ghost-wrote for rappers under the name AlienKanye, but soon felt the urge to write her own music. "It felt a little oppressive to have men sing your words," she says. That led her to shed her handle in favour of just using her surname: "It all happened on some caterpillar-to-butterfly shit."
Prado's music isn't hip-hop or rock. Instead, it's a collection of sounds and influences coalescing to make something sonically mesmerizing: woozy beats and hi-hats fuse together to create a launching pad for Prado's R&B melodies, casting an intoxicating spell on listeners.
With Prado prepping a debut EP release in 2020, she has big goals for the coming year: "Uhh, world domination." But as she sets her sights on the world at large, she wants her journey to inspire those most local to her.
"I don't feel responsibility as much as I feel a sense of care for those kids and communities," she says, of the young people of colour in her East Vancouver neighbourhood, in which she's established a co-op space for them that includes a dance studio and recording studio. "I know what they've been through, and are going through, so I want all my future successes to reflect onto them, and create opportunities for them."
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Ajay Bhattacharyya hopes he doesn't have a signature sound. The B.C.-born (now L.A.-based), Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer – who goes by the name Stint – has been making music for almost a decade. And with some of the biggest names in the business, too, from Demi Lovato, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Lana Del Rey to Gallant and NAO. But that success, according to him, is because of his ability to grow, adapt, and continually experiment.
"As soon as I notice myself doing one thing too much, I try and squash that, because I never want to become predictable or boring," he says. "I've made a conscious effort over time to try and shed any ego when going into sessions, because I want to be there for the artist to fully realize their sound and style. If I'm bringing too much of who I am into the room, it stops being as much about them, and I'm not into that."
Bhattacharyya's malleability can be traced back to his origins, when he attended Vancouver Film School. Originally, his goal was to "get a job working in audio at a videogame company doing sound effects," but music soon found its way into his career, when he was asked to soundtrack a friend's film. "From that point, I just kept tripping and falling into more music gigs," he says.
Stint's work now spans songwriting, producing, mixing, re-mixing, and engineering – an all-in-one package. But songwriting seems to be the part he's most passionate about, because "it's the area I'm still the weakest at."
So far, he says the biggest lesson he's taken, from working with others, is that less is more. "Creating a sense of expectation and then surprising the listener," he says. "And making sure there's connection between the vocals and the listener, like the feeling that they're singing directly at you. Most of my favourite pop music has that quality to it."
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Simon Kearney: Hold On, I'm Coming!
Story by Catherine Genest | September 25, 2019
Four years after La vie en mauve, singer-songwriter Simon Kearney goes tabula rasa, broadens his musical horizons, and embraces pop 'n' roll. Say what? He'll explain everything…
We first became acquainted with him as more of a rocker, slinging his six strings expertly through complex, virtuoso solos. "Now, it's the instrument I like the least," he says. "All the songs on Maison ouverte started with a bass line. I'd start with a drum loop and then come up with a bass riff. I tried using the guitar last, because I couldn't help falling back into old habits with it, since I've always composed that way up to now. Whether I like it or not, I had old patterns. I really wanted to break them… I also wanted to do simpler stuff. If I played you the riff for "Hey Man," you'd think it makes no sense!"
Stepping out of his comfort zone was Kearney' leitmotif right from the inception, and all through this creative cycle. On this second album, which he himself considers to be his first, Kearney even raps during bridges ("Bad Girl Mama," "Mes pants") and forays into funk. It comes as no surprise, then, that his guitar playing is more reminiscent of Prince than Fred Fortin. His creative stance has completely changed.
"When I look at rap in the United States, I think we're on more of a glam trajectory," says Kearney. "It's all about grillz, purple drinks, and showing off. We don't have that here in Québec. We like being more solemn and minimalist in our musical approach, because of folk music and all that. I think we're starting to lean towards glam a little more, and I wanted to exploit that on Maison ouverte. That's also why I had a bit of a hard time writing lyrics, because I only listened to Anglo music."
Almost paradoxically, his lyrics ended up being as Québécois as it gets, grammatically and thematically. Take for example "Câline," where he sings with a powerful head voice we've never heard before. Or "Mes pants," a song which – under the guise of being corny, yet subtle – delivers a vibrant message to his peers.
"I've noticed I always try to have different ways of reading the lyrics when I write them," he says. "People can then choose for themselves what they take away from it, a bit like Richard Desjardins. If you don't pay close attention, you might think it's a Kaïn song, but if you pay close attention, you might notice what he's saying is really big… The chorus in "Mes pants" is silly and simple, but it's about being in control, and being oneself, and it's really about the people of Québec. It's like when I say, 'It's not always pretty when I speak my language,' I'm addressing our weird inferiority complex…"
For the wheat to grow
Kearney's career began precociously, and now has two very distinct but very complementary phases. On the one hand, there are his own concerts as a headliner and frontman. On the other hand? All the gigs he books as a session musician. On tour with Jérôme 50 and Pascal Picard, and he also played guitar on a few tracks of Hubert Lenoir's Darlène. He uses teamwork and sharing as fuel, and feeds his ideas to others without keeping score Quite the contrary. "[That duality] is fine with me, because they're projects in which I get really involved, personally," says Kearney. "It's like with Jérôme, it was implicit that if I was going to play guitar for him, I wouldn't be held back to play strictly and exactly what he asked… In the end, I'm composing the guitar riffs with him. It's my guitar style, and I think if he chose someone else, his project would be different."
Such a double life allows Kearney to diversify his revenue streams. As a matter of fact, the songwriter in him is brutally honest about the financial pitfalls of his trade in songs like "Pop 'n' roll" and "Mon chien est mort" (literally, "my dog is dead," but also a Québécois colloquialism meaning "all hope is lost"). He sings about losing talent contests, and dreams that, at the end of the day, don't pay his rent.
"Copyrights help a lot, but I didn't want to make any compromises when it comes to my music," he says. "I call it pop 'n' roll and I fully assume there's a pop element to it, I really don't mind. Whether you like it or not, adding a touch of pop music makes the radio a lot more interested. I manage to make a few bucks with that."
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Q: Finding a vector space or group structure on a set of complex 4-tuples Consider the set of 4-tuples of complex numbers $(x_1,x_2,y_1,y_2)$ for which
$$\Im\left(  -\frac{-y_1 x_1-y_2 x_2}{x_1^2+x_2^2} \right)=0 \tag{1}$$
and
$$\Im\left(\frac{i (y_1 x_2-y_2 x_1)}{x_1^2+x_2^2}\right)=0 \tag{2}$$
(1) and (2) are equivalent to the condition that there exist some real $a,b$ such that
$$
\left[\begin{matrix} a & i b \\ - i b & a \end{matrix}\right]
\left[\begin{matrix} x_1\\ x_2 \end{matrix}\right]=\left[\begin{matrix} y_1\\ y_2 \end{matrix}\right] \tag{3}
$$
(1) and (2) are what you get by solving (3) for $a,b$ and demanding they are real.
This is a somewhat open-ended question: I hope to find some sort of vector space or group structure on this set, (or even just a binary operation), something that would allow me to find a third 4-tuple that obeys (1) and (2), given two 4-tuples that obey (1) and (2).
Some thoughts: Clearly, if $(x_1,x_2,y_1,y_2)$ obeys (1) and (2), then so does any multiple $(r x_1,r x_2,r y_1,r y_2)$ for any complex $r$. So, a useful reformulation might be
$$ (r \cos(\theta),r \sin(\theta),r y_1,r y_2)$$
with both $r$ and $\theta$ complex. Then (1) and (2) reduce to
$$\Im\left(  y_1 \cos(\theta)+y_2 \sin(\theta) \right)=0 $$
$$\Im\left(  [y_1,y_2]\cdot [\cos(\theta),\sin(\theta)] \right)=0 $$
and
$$\Re\left(-y_1 \sin(\theta)+y_2 \cos(\theta)\right)=0 $$
$$\Re\left(  [y_1,y_2]\cdot [-\sin(\theta),\cos(\theta)] \right)=0 $$


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Planning for home to Med cycle ride…. – Do your dream!
Well, we've committed to cycle from home to the south of France for some sunny beach time! Its only 700 miles or so, so can't be that tough – surely? But considering we normally just load up and take the 'van this trip will require quite a bit of planning and surprisingly quite a lot of expense!
Our bikes are quite good but are mountain bikes, and not really tourers, but then we're not really cyclists, so I'm sure they will be fine with some modifications and kit!
The start is a bit awkward, but drops you onto the V42 velo vert route, down to Redon where you pick up the EV (European Velo) EV1 which goes just south od Bordeaux, and then cutting across forest cycle routes to the Canals, and Canal de Midi (V80) which with other routes drops into Montpellier.
Of course, it would be helpful to access the route remotely. So, I'm using Android phones, so using OSMAnd which is free (but limited) – but the free version is fine for this entire route. It only allows you to download 10 areas, and that is enough. With this installed, download the maps off line, upload the GPX route, then the entire map is available with all open street map POIs! It really is fantastic! (You can find nearest campsite, toilet, bike shop etc – all very good indeed).
Works, but a pain – so if you want them here is the Archies Camping and ACSI database is OSF format for you.
But, bottom line, everything from detailed map, POIs and detailed route all available offline on our mobile phones!
The only downside, is the route is 843 miles! That's without detours to/from pubs/campsites etc and getting lost, so it'll end up being a 900+ mile trip – and maybe even 1000 miles!!!! Oh. We expected 600-650 ish! Oh well – committed now…. How hard can it be?!
Well here is a list of the new equipment we've had to buy….
Pannier bags. Again, having had cheap bags before, we bought these Altura dryline bags which are large enough (we hope!) but also fully waterproof. They clip onto the racks and don't foul anything and just fit perfectly. Quick-release clips should mean a hassle free system!
Camping stove. After taking advice, we opted for a new spirit stove (with pans etc) – rather than gas, as white-spirit/meths is available anywhere and no need to worry about finding a niche supplier of proprietary gas canisters. Lightweight and functional, and with a kettle!
Bike tyres. Of course, our bikes are mountain bikes with knobbly tyres which would be fairly hard work on the road, so we changed to these Schwalbe Marathon Supreme tyres which will make the journey a lot easier as well as being Kevlar lined to minimise punctures.
Tent. We are hoping to take a new Vango Halo 200 which we've not bought yet. It seems the best size/weight combination with areas to store the pannier bags in the dry.
Sleeping Bag: We have lightweight trekking bags, but for this trip wanted something more comfortable, and so we wanted a 2 season double sleeping bag. Sadly, most were 3.5-4kg or more which is quite an increase. Outwell released their Campion double in March 2014, perfect timing, so we bought one of these which is around 2.5kg which is reasonable enough weight and compact enough to be a good choice.
Tech: I will need to have some sort of "remote access" tool, so we are taking the Nexus 7 with an amazing Bluetooth keyboard and USB mouse connected via an OTG cable. This gives laptop-esque functionality, and with remote access tools like TeamViewer, I should be okay…. Of course, the Nexus 7 will have all the maps and route on as well. We will also have our smartphones (MotoG & Nexus 4) for GPS and mapping.
Along with a new pump, that's the bikes sorted out….
Well, as we won't be fit when we start, and the journey is basically cycling North coast to the South coast of France, then we're going to cheat and cycle to the train station and get the train from Trowbridge to Portsmouth! Then an overnight crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo on Brittany Ferries – and then cycle from St Malo… This works quite well in terms of timing as well.
On the return we're going to take the bus – more specifically European Bike Express from Montpellier direct back to London, probably Potters Bar, where we can then get the train back to Chippenham and cycle home. Again, timings look pretty good.


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Kevin Trapp and fiancee Izabel Goulart meet with Manchester United
Jake ElomanPosted on 25/08/2022 25/08/2022 inModelsLeave a comment
Kevin Trapp and his girlfriend and fiancee, Izabel Goulart, are in talks with Manchester United and it is thought that this transfer will be completed soon.
Manchester United, who could not make the start to the English Premier League, continues to work on transfers to strengthen their squad. It was claimed that the Red Devils, who recently added Casemiro from Real Madrid, took action for Eintracht Frankfurt's German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
Manchester United, who could not make the start of the English Premier League and added Casemiro from Real Madrid, took action to strengthen his castle.
According to the news in Bild, Manchester United presented its offer to Eintracht Frankfurt for the transfer of German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
MODEL IZABEL GOULART AND GERMAN SOCCER PLAYER FIANCÉ COULD BE ON THEIR WAY TO MANCHESTER UNITED
Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp could be moving soon. He's in chats with Manchester United about joining the Premier League club.
Manchester United is hoping to add a goalkeeper to contend with their ongoing manager, David de Gea. Albeit, the requesting that cost finish the arrangement may be excessively high.
Should the exchange push ahead, Trapp's model life partner Izabel Goulart will be obliging him. It's notable that the two can't part ways, except if it's following a misfortune.
The 37-year-old Brazilian model once overshared about their sexual coexistence. Izabel Goulart said that she and Trapp engage in sexual relations as much as four or five times each week. Yet, there is no activity following his misfortunes, regardless of how much exertion she places into it.
Goulart said at that point, "Kevin and I make love a great deal — four or five times each week."
"Be that as it may, assuming he has played in a significant game and his group loses, I can make myself lovely, have my nails done and wear my best unmentionables — there actually won't be any sex."
Izabel Goulart (@izabelgoulart)'in paylaştığı bir gönderi
I value battling with a misfortune as much as anyone else, however this sounds somewhat outrageous to me. It's conceivable Trapp realized this also.
Perhaps a transition to Man. Utd will convert into a couple of additional successes and not many less evenings off. Trust everything turns out for him.
The couple met in Paris back in 2015 while Trapp was an individual from the Paris Saint-Germain soccer club. They got drawn in a couple of years after the fact in 2018.
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