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Notodonta tritophus, the three-humped prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (although it is a very rare immigrant Great Britain), east to the Caucasus and Armenia.

The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae mainly feed on Populus species, mainly aspen (Populus tremula), and sometimes willows (Salix species) and birch (Betula species). Larvae can be found from June to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies
Notodonta tritophus tritophus
Notodonta tritophus irfana (de Freina, 1983)

External links

Fauna Europaea
Lepidoptera of Belgium
Lepiforum e.V.
De Vlinderstichting

Notodontidae
Moths described in 1775
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Michael Denis
Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller


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from nutils import numeric
import numpy
from nutils.testing import *

@parametrize
class pack(TestCase):

  def setUp(self):
    assert self.nbits in (8, 16, 32)
    self.dtype = numpy.dtype('int{}'.format(self.nbits))
    self.nnan, self.nnil, self.nmin, self.nmax, self.ninf = n = numpy.array(
      [-128, 0, 1, 126, 127] if self.nbits == 8 else
      [-32768, 0, 1, 32766, 32767] if self.nbits == 16 else
      [-2147483648, 0, 1, 2147483646, 2147483647], dtype=self.dtype)
    self.amin, self.amax, self.aclip = numpy.sinh(n[2:]*self.rtol)*(self.atol/self.rtol)

  def pack(self, a):
    return numeric.pack(a, atol=self.atol, rtol=self.rtol, dtype=self.dtype)

  def unpack(self, n):
    return numeric.unpack(n, atol=self.atol, rtol=self.rtol)

  def test_decode(self):
    self.assertTrue(numpy.isnan(self.unpack(self.nnan)))
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(-self.ninf), -numpy.inf)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(-self.nmax), -self.amax)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(-self.nmin), -self.amin)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(self.nnil), 0)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(self.nmin), self.amin)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(self.nmax), self.amax)
    self.assertEqual(self.unpack(self.ninf), numpy.inf)

  def test_encode(self):
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(numpy.nan), self.nnan)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(-numpy.inf), -self.ninf)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(-self.amax), -self.nmax)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(-self.amin), -self.nmin)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(0), self.nnil)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(self.amin), self.nmin)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(self.amax), self.nmax)
    self.assertEqual(self.pack(numpy.inf), self.ninf)

  def test_clip(self):
    with self.assertWarns(RuntimeWarning):
      self.assertEqual(self.pack(-self.aclip), -self.ninf)
    with self.assertWarns(RuntimeWarning):
      self.assertEqual(self.pack(self.aclip), self.ninf)

  def test_round(self):
    b01 = numpy.sinh(0.5*self.rtol)*(self.atol/self.rtol)
    b12 = numpy.sinh(1.5*self.rtol)*(self.atol/self.rtol)
    a = -b12*1.001, -b12*.999, -b01*1.001, -b01*.999, b01*.999, b01*1.001, b12*.999, b12*1.001
    n = self.pack(a)
    self.assertEqual(tuple(n), (-2, -1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2))

  def test_spacing(self):
    for a in -1., 0., 1.:
      n = self.pack(a)
      da = numpy.sqrt(self.atol**2 + (a*self.rtol)**2)
      self.assertLess(self.unpack(n-1), a - da/2)
      self.assertGreater(self.unpack(n), a - da/2)
      self.assertLess(self.unpack(n), a + da/2)
      self.assertGreater(self.unpack(n+1), a + da/2)

pack('int8', atol=2e-6, rtol=2e-1, nbits=8)
pack('int16', atol=2e-15, rtol=2e-3, nbits=16)
pack('int32', atol=2e-96, rtol=2e-7, nbits=32)

class sorted_index(TestCase):

  def test_None(self):
    for a, b in ([], []), ([1], []), ([1,2], [2,1]):
      self.assertEqual(numeric.sorted_index(numpy.array(a, int), b).tolist(), [a.index(v) for v in b if v in a])

  def test_None_exception(self):
    for a, b in ([], [1]), ([1], [2]), ([1,2], [3,1]):
      with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
        numeric.sorted_index(numpy.array(a, int), b)

  def test_int(self):
    for a, b in ([], []), ([1], []), ([1,2], [2,1]), ([], [1]), ([1], [2]), ([1,2], [3,1]):
      self.assertEqual(numeric.sorted_index(numpy.array(a, int), b, missing=-1).tolist(), [a.index(v) if v in a else -1 for v in b])

  def test_mask(self):
    for a, b in ([], []), ([1], []), ([1,2], [2,1]), ([], [1]), ([1], [2]), ([1,2], [3,1]):
      self.assertEqual(numeric.sorted_index(numpy.array(a, int), b, missing='mask').tolist(), [a.index(v) for v in b if v in a])

  def test_invalid(self):
    with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
      numeric.sorted_index(numpy.array([1], int), [1], missing='foo')

class sorted_contains(TestCase):

  def test(self):
    for a, b in ([], []), ([1], []), ([1,2], [2,1]), ([], [1]), ([1], [2]), ([1,2], [3,1]):
      self.assertEqual(numeric.sorted_contains(numpy.array(a, int), b).tolist(), [v in a for v in b])

class asboolean(TestCase):

  def test_bool(self):
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean([True, False], 2), [True, False])

  def test_int(self):
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean([1], 2), [False, True])
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean([0], 2), [True, False])

  def test_none(self):
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean(None, 2), [False, False])
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean([], 2), [False, False])
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean((), 2), [False, False])

  def test_float(self):
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([1.5, 2.5], 2)

  def test_wrongsize(self):
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([True, False, True], 2)

  def test_wrongdimension(self):
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([[True, False, True], [False, True, True]], 2)

  def test_outofbounds(self):
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([-1], 2)
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([2], 2)

  def test_unordered(self):
    self.assertAllEqual(numeric.asboolean([2,1], 3, ordered=False), [False, True, True])
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      numeric.asboolean([2,1], 3)

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Q: jquery conditional - check class="" and input type="" I am pretty new to jquery/javascript and pretty much have to dig for an hour to write what i need, so in an attempt to save time, i am trying to write a conditional statement to check the class of an element and also that the "type" attribute is "text". This statement worked when I was just chacking .hasClass, and brok when adding && .is('[text]'). Is my syntax wrong? I have this, but it is not working:
if(!$("input").hasClass("input-block-level") && .is('[text]')) {
     $("input").addClass("input-block-level");
}

my reason for doing this is that we have input fields that are dynamically added via python and TMPL_VAR. This is just a band-aid until the other team member can get the python script changed, but also as a fall back if we miss it somewhere else :)

A: You might want to change the condition to this :
var $input = $("input");
if($input.hasClass("input-block-level") && $input.is('input:text')) {
  //your code
}

Or, you could change your selector to get elements of type=text alone :
var $input = $("input[type=text]");
if($input.hasClass("input-block-level")) {
 //your code
}

Another good way to do this is using filter :
$("input[type=text]").filter(":not(.input-block-level)").addClass("input-block-level");

A: The addClass() method adds the class, but it won't duplicate it. You can go with:
$("input[type='text']").addClass('input-block-level');

The function will cycle through all text input elements and adds the class. It's a good solution if you have a lot of inputs.
The addClass method will check if the element has the class on it's own, you don't need to check it before.

A: From what I understand you are trying to add a class input-block-level to input elements which does not have the class and has type text
a simple one liner will do
$('input:text').not('.input-block-level').addClass("input-block-level");

A: Is this what you looking for?
jsFiddle
if(!$("input:text").hasClass("input-block-level")) {
    $("input:text").addClass("input-block-level");
}

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La platja de la Roda és una platja del municipi valencià d'Altea, a la comarca de la Marina Baixa.

La platja està situada a la Badia d'Altea, al nord del port pesquer i continuació pel sud de la platja del Cap Negret. Amb una longitud de 700 metres i una amplada de 50, de còdols i grava i densament urbanitzada, comta amb un passeig marítim el que la dota de vitalitat turística amb múltiples serveis de restaurants, hotels, botigues, gelateries, etc.

Compta amb el distintiu de la Bandera Blava, a més de certificats que reconeixen la qualitat ambiental del paratge. La platja també està adaptada a persones amb dificultats de mobilitat.

Vegeu també
 Platges del País Valencià

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa de la platja a la web turística de la CV
 Fitxa a la web www.alteascope.com

Geografia d'Altea
Platges de la Marina Baixa

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CEMATRIX Corporation Announces Signing of Definitive Agreement for Acquisition of Pacific International Grout Co.
GlobeNewswire September 9, 2019
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CEMATRIX Corporation (CVX.V) (the "Corporation" or "CEMATRIX") is pleased to announce that the share purchase agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") between the Corporation's US subsidiary, Cematrix (USA) Inc. ("Cematrix USA") and Pat Stephens (the "Vendor"), for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares (the "PIGCO Shares") of Pacific International Grout Co. ("PIGCO") which was initially announced on January 21, 2019 has been executed and is anticipated to close on October 1, 2019 (the "Closing Date"), with an effective date of August 31, 2019.
"The acquisition of PIGCO solidifies CEMATRIX as a leading supplier of cellular concrete in North America, in addition to now being a leading supplier of tunnel grout in the same territory, which is PIGCO's key market expertise," stated Jeff Kendrick, CEO and President of CEMATRIX. "Pat Stephens, through PIGCO has over 40 years of experience in tunnel grouting and geotechnical applications using cellular concrete, in North America, and internationally. Pat Stephens has been the go-to expert for large and problematic tunnels. This bodes well for the CEMATRIX Group of Companies, as Mr. Stephens will continue to be part of the CEMATRIX team under a four-year contract following closing. CEMATRIX and PIGCO also have technologies that can benefit the other, which will also make CEMATRIX, PIGCO and last year's acquisition, MixOnSite USA, Inc., stronger in their respective markets."
Upon closing, PIGCO has approximately $35.6 million (CDN) in contracted and verbally awarded sales based on yesterday's closing exchange rate. Approximately $8.1 million (USD) of this amount is contracted, with several contracts in process. $24 million (USD) of this amount relates to the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. This increases the CEMATRIX Group of Companies contracted and verbally awarded sales at closing to approximately $68.4 million (CDN) of which approximately $31.3 million (CDN) are contracted and approximately $36.9 million (CDN) are scheduled to be completed in 2020/21.
Pursuant to the Definitive Agreement, the purchase price for the PIGCO Shares shall be paid on the Closing Date to the Vendor as follows:
cash in the amount of $2.8 million (USD) (the "Cash Purchase Price");
Vendor Financing in the amount of $0.575 million (USD), to be repaid over six months commencing January 1, 2020; and
3,305,250 common shares of CEMATRIX (the "CEMATRIX Shares") issued at a deemed price of $0.20 per CEMATRIX Share.
The consideration paid for the PIGCO Shares shall be approximately $3.875 million (USD) as well as payment of the Earn-out and payment of the Vendor Loan.
The earn-out payment ("Earn-out") shall be calculated on the operations of PIGCO for four years following closing of the Acquisition, ending August 31, 2023 and will pay the Vendor 65% of the EBITDA above $0.5 million (USD).
The Vendor loan totaling $0.43 million (USD) shall be paid back to the Vendor following Closing, interest-free, in twelve equal monthly payments (the "Vendor Loan"). The Vendor Loan represents a shareholder loan advanced by the Vendor to PIGCO in the last 7 months to ensure that the equipment would be in a state that would put CEMATRIX in a better position to execute on the backing of sales contracts.
In addition to the consideration payable pursuant to the Definitive Agreement, the Vendor has agreed to be appointed as the President of PIGCO for a period of four years from the Closing Date. The Vendor shall receive 200,000 stock options ("Options") for his role as President of PIGCO. The Options all vest as to one-third at 12 months, one-third and 24 months and one third at 36 months from the date of grant and have a three-year term to expiry.
Closing of the Acquisition is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory, corporate and third party approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions: including; payment of the Purchase Price; PIGCO retaining working capital of $0.25 million (USD) at closing; compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and conditions in connection with the acquisition; the absence of any material adverse condition with respect to the financial and operational condition or the assets of PIGCO; and the delivery of customary closing documentation.
On the Closing Date, the Cash Purchase Price shall come from the term loan obtained from BDC.
CEMATRIX is an Alberta corporation with its head offices in Calgary, Alberta. The Corporation, through its Canadian and US subsidiaries, is a rapidly growing company that manufactures and supplies technologically advanced cellular concrete products developed from proprietary formulations. This unique cement-based material with superior thermal protection, delivers a cost-effective, innovative solution to a broad range of problems facing the infrastructure, industrial (including oil and gas) and commercial markets. The Corporation is a reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Jeff Kendrick - President and Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Walker, The Howard Group – Investor Relations
jeff@howardgroupinc.com
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to the closing of the Acquisition and associated transactions, including statements regarding the terms and conditions of the Acquisition and the Corporation's debt financing. The information about MOS contained in the press release has not been independently verified by the Corporation. Although the Corporation believes in light of the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because the Corporation can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements depending on, among other things, the risks that the parties will not proceed with the Acquisition and associated transactions will differ from those that currently are contemplated, and that the Acquisition and associated transactions will not be successfully completed for any reason (including the failure to obtain the required approvals or clearances from regulatory authorities). The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this release. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made by third-parties in respect of the Corporation, MOS, their securities, or their respective financial or operating results (as applicable).
For additional information on the assumptions made and the risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from the anticipated results, refer the CEMATRIX's Management Discussion and Analysis dated August 7, 2019 under CEMATRIX's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and other reports filed by CEMATRIX with Canadian securities regulators.
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Report from Dadri
Hate culture
SAGNIK DUTTA in Bisara Kaimrala Chhaulas
Mohammad Akhlaq's son Danish, who was also attacked on September 28, in a hospital in Noida, on October 6. Photo: PTI
Asgari Begum, mother of Mohammad Akhlaq, with his bloodied clothes in their Bisara home two days after the lynching. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
Jan Mohammad (left), Jamil (centre) and Afzal (right), brothers of Mohammad Akhlaq, at a peace meeting in Dadri on October 7. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
Police deployment in Bisara village following the lynching. Photograph taken on October 7. Photo: PTI
The lynching at Dadri came after months of concerted attempts at communal polarisation.
BISARA, a sleepy village in Dadri block of Gautam Budh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, came alive on September 28 as word spread that a Muslim resident, 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq, had slaughtered a calf and had beef at home. Some 25 Muslim families form a minuscule minority in this village with its predominantly Rajput population. The Muslims here are mostly landless labourers and take up odd jobs such as washing clothes or working as farmhands to eke out a living. Akhlaq's modest home in a narrow lane, with paint peeling off the brick walls, presents a stark contrast to the bungalows of the Thakurs on the main road with their stately iron gates and fancy cars parked on the lawn.
Residents say there was never any communal violence in the village in the past. On September 28, however, there were concerted efforts by fringe elements to mobilise villagers around the emotive issue of cow slaughter. The Rajput reaction to the lynching also points to communal polarisation that must have preceded the crime. Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from the Gautam Budh Nagar constituency, has claimed that the lynching was not a premeditated action. But interactions with villagers on the ground suggest the contrary.
Dharamveer Singh, a Rajput who owns a flour mill in Bisara and has lived in the village for 30 years, admitted that he received a message on WhatsApp with a clip of a carcass of a calf on the morning of September 28. "I am pretty sure that the cow slaughter actually happened. Images of a killed calf were all over social media. I do not have any enmity with Muslims, but they should not do things that hurt the sentiments of Hindus. Now, Muslim leaders from Hyderabad [Asaduddin Owaisi] and other places are coming down and trying to communalise the issue. The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh has spoilt the Muslims," he told Frontline.
Other Rajputs shared the sentiment. One resident, Mahinder, said: "I did see the leg of a calf in front of their [Akhlaq's] house," he said. He also said that he was present at the scene of the attack, and on being asked why he was there, he said: "I got to know about it from other villagers, and I was curious." Om Veer, a Rajput who owns a grocery store, said: "There is no communal tension in this village. We [Rajputs] have even donated land for their [Muslims'] mosques. But, of course, they cannot be allowed to slaughter the sacred cow. My understanding is they were doing this earlier, too, but stealthily. When they were caught, people expectedly were outraged."
Amit Sharma of the Sarvadaliya Gau Raksha Manch, an umbrella organisation working across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana to prevent cow slaughter, said: "There is evidence on social media to suggest that a cow slaughter actually happened. There are images of the slaughtered calf still being circulated on Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media. We demand that the district administration order an inquiry."
Akhlaq's brother Jan Mohammed does not live in Bisara, but he rushed to the village on the night of September 28 as soon as he heard of the attack. He said that rumours about Akhlaq being involved in the slaughtering of a cow and having beef in his house had been doing the rounds in the village that day. Around 10 p.m., an announcement was made on the loudspeaker that a calf had been slaughtered and that its remains had been found on the street where Akhlaq's house stood. Villagers were exhorted to assemble. A mob of some hundred people gathered around the house and broke into it just as Akhlaq was getting ready for bed after having offered his namaaz. They ransacked the house, broke the doors and windows and beat up Akhlaq and his 18-year-old son, Danish. They then dragged Akhlaq out and attacked him with bricks. Both Akhlaq and Danish were rushed to Kailash Hospital in Noida, where Akhlaq succumbed to his injuries. At the time of writing this article, Danish was still in a critical condition.
Akhlaq's one-room house with a small courtyard is surrounded by homes of Hindu and Muslim neighbours. Akhlaq's daughter, Sajida, and friends of the family said that he had shared cordial relations with his neighbours and never had a fight with anyone. Shaqir Ali, an engineer from Dadri who has been a friend of the family for several years, said Akhlaq was a peace-loving person. That night, however, no one came forward to help the family.
The policemen on patrol outside Akhlaq's house at present claim that they arrived within 15 minutes of receiving information of the attack, around 10:45 p.m. Indrapal Singh, a police officer from Jarcha police station who has been on patrol from the night of the incident, said that the police had done their best to protect the family. "We rushed to the spot as soon as we received information," he said.
In a first information report (FIR) filed on the attack by the Uttar Pradesh Police at Jarcha police station on October 5, 10 young men from Bisara village have been named as the accused. Eight of them have been arrested. Seven of the accused are from local BJP leader Sanjay Rana's family, and one of them is his son, Vishal. Vishal has been accused of having forced the priest of a local temple to announce that Akhlaq had beef at home. He is among those who have been arrested.
In a curious move, the police sent a sample of the meat found at Akhlaq's home for an examination to a forensic laboratory in Mathura, though a vet had said it was mutton. (And mutton, indeed, it has turned out to be after the Mathura laboratory's test results were announced.)
The State administration's handling of the case does not appear entirely impartial. This reporter was present when on October 2 the Sub-divisional Magistrate of Dadri, Rajesh Kumar, virtually threatened Jan Mohammad in the courtyard of Akhlaq's house. "Some of your people are issuing false statements to the media. You will have to face the consequences of this," Kumar told Jan Mohammad. Some residents of the village, angry over the threat, blocked the SDM's car for a while. In another shocking incident on October 3, a group of village residents attacked some journalists who were trying to enter the village. The car of a major television channel was ransacked and a cameraman was injured. Uttar Pradesh Police personnel posted at the site reportedly made no attempt to thwart the attack.
The lynching seems to have followed a build-up of communal polarisation and demonisation of minority religious and cultural practices in the village. Jan Mohammad said: "Our family has lived in this village for generations. There was no animosity between Hindus and Muslims. But over the last year, some organisations in the village have been working towards building up an atmosphere of hatred against the minority communities, especially Muslims. The Rashtravadi Pratap Sena and the Samadhan Sena have been targeting people in the 25-35 age group. They put up posters with anti-Muslim messages. The younger people in the village are becoming intolerant. They are more willing to listen to the propaganda of the fringe groups than the older people."
Efforts are now under way to use the incident to further demonise Muslims and exercise control over their dietary choices. Members of the Sarvadaliya Gau Raksha Manch, an organisation ostensibly dedicated to cow protection, are going around the village mobilising support for a probe into the cow slaughter that they claim took place on September 28.
Amit Sharma, a member of the organisation, spoke at length about the ways in which it is working towards cow protection in Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh. He boasted that Muslims in large numbers attended the organisation's meetings. The organisation has also been active in Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand over the last five years.
Sharma said, "All religious texts, including the Quran, prohibit cow slaughter. Our organisation is dedicated to the preservation of cows. We are trying to enrol members in Dadri now. Our aim is to prevent cow slaughter and encourage the breeding of cows. There are a number of benefactors in cities who want to contribute to the cause. City dwellers often do not have enough space to rear a cow, so they pay a sum of about Rs.2,500 to Rs.3,000 to a villager for tending a cow. We want Muslims to participate in this initiative. In Mewat last month, about 25,000 Muslims participated in a meeting for cow protection. Some of the Muslim members have even been persuaded not to sacrifice cows on Bakrid. They want to reform the existing religious customs. The implementation of cow protection across religions is essential for an undivided India. Muslims have to respect our religious sentiments. In the Vedas, gau mata is venerated as sacred."
Sharma also said that a Muslim wing of the cow protection committee worked towards discouraging Muslims from slaughtering cows or eating beef. He said, "The Rashtriya Muslim Mahasabha is spreading the message of cow protection among Muslims. There are several Muslim members in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. They have taken upon themselves the task of convincing Muslims to protect cows."
Kaimrala village
In Gujjar-majority Kaimrala village, about 20 kilometres from Bisara, Muslim men find themselves targeted on the pretext of preventing cattle theft. aIn September, a mob lynched three young Muslim men suspected of having stolen a couple of buffaloes. The similarities with the Bisara incident are stark. The villagers make no bones about the fact that the lynching took place and see it as fitting retribution for the act of stealing cattle. The communal overtone is hard to miss. Village residents also say that the police did not arrive in time to control the mob.
Gujjars are a farming community and own most of the land in Kaimrala village. There are a few villages around it that have sizeable Muslim populations.
Shripal Bhati, a farmer who witnessed the lynching, said, "Three Muslim guys were caught trying to steal two buffaloes from Baburam Bhati's house around 10 at night. Cow theft has become a nuisance. There was a truck waiting on the highway nearby, on which the cattle thieves were planning to put the buffaloes. About 500 people from the neighbouring villages gathered. A jagaran [Hindu religious event involving night-long song and dance performances] was under way in the neighbouring village of Bhogpur. Religious passions ran high. The people started beating up these two youths and set fire to the truck waiting on the highway."
He said the police arrived too late to control the mob. "The police arrived at about 2:30 a.m. The three men were dead by that time. They recovered some identification cards from the bodies of the dead men. This is how we got to know that they were Muslims. Two of them were from Bulandshahar and one was from Mussoorie."
There was no sense of outrage in Shripal Bhati's narration at the lynching of two people. On being asked about the recent incident in Bisara, he said, "When a cow is killed, passions get ignited and these things can happen."
Baburam Bhati, the farmer whose buffaloes were allegedly stolen, admitted that two men had been lynched but refused to share further details.
Satish Kumar, a farmer, tried to rationalise the lynching: "This was the third incident of cattle theft that was about to happen in the village in the last one year. A farmer spends about Rs. 1-1.5 lakh in buying a buffalo or a cow. He is devastated when it is stolen. So it is only expected that at some point he will react."
Dhiraj Bhati, also a farmer, said: "I had six buffaloes, but all got stolen in just one year. This is really a problem. Groups of villagers have to stand guard every night to prevent cattle theft."
Balraj Bhati, a leader in the village panchayat, described the lynching as an "accident". He was aggrieved that the State police was not able to prevent "cow slaughter and cow theft", which he termed as a serious law and order problem. He did not think of the lynching as a law and order problem.
He said, "In the panchayat meeting organised about two weeks ago in the village, we have decided to step up vigil at night to prevent cow and buffalo theft. There will be 10 to 15 people in every lane on guard at night."
Chhaulas village
Chhaulas, about 10 km from Kaimrala, is a predominantly Muslim village with some Brahmins and Valmikis. The Muslims eat beef, the Brahmins are vegetarians, and the Valmikis eat pork. Residents of the village say that there has never been any violence or hostility between the communities despite their cultural differences. Over the past one year, however, Hindutva groups have been trying to engineer conflicts.
Jarrar Rizvi, an advocate whose ancestral house is in the village, said: "Over the last one year, members of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh [RSS] have been active in and around the village. Every day at the time of the azaan [call for prayer] in the village mosque, a number of temples from the neighbouring villages start playing music on loudspeakers. Some of the neighbouring villages—Noorpar, Nangla—are dominated by Gujjars. This has been happening for a year, ever since [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi came to power. It's a deliberate ploy of the RSS to disturb the understanding and amity between communities in the village. This village has traditionally seen amicable relations between communities. We are tolerant towards one another's dietary preferences and food habits. The Valmikis, living next to the Muslim colony, eat pork. We have never objected to it. Also, a large section of the population is involved in selling meat. No one has ever objected to these practices. The Muslims would enthusiastically participate in the Ramlila performances in the village. But things are changing now."
Rizvi added: "There is a dargah for a Sufi pir at the entry to the village. The RSS and the VHP [Vishwa Hindu Parishad] have been trying to mobilise villagers to construct a temple at that very site for the last one year."
Rizvi's father, Zabbar Hussain, who has lived in the village all his life, lamented the growing intolerance towards minorities. The village's butcher community (some 30 families) has been facing some vigilantism for about a year.
Suraj Pandit, a shopkeeper in the village, said, "A Muslim butcher was arrested about nine months ago after remnants of a cow were allegedly recovered from his house." Mohammed Lukma, a mechanic, betrayed the self-censoring that Muslims resort to in this atmosphere of fear and paranoia. He said, "I would think it is best that the Muslims avoid eating beef as it creates an atmosphere of distrust between communities. Anything that disturbs the peace is best avoided."
Subhash Sharma, a Brahmin resident of the village said, "Most Muslims in the village do not eat beef. If beef slaughter is carried out illegally, our Muslim brothers themselves hand over the culprits to the police."
The murder of Akhlaq in Bisara village comes in the backdrop of increasing attempts at demonising the Muslim as a religious and cultural "other". It polarises society and intensifies the sense of fear and paranoia among minorities. Looking at it as merely a law and order issue would mean ignoring the larger implications of Hindutva politics for pluralism and tolerance in the country.
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We live in fractured times. Our experience of reality and ourselves often seems to be dominated by a sense of isolation and separation. In the cannon of philosophy this sense of division is often spoken about as a product of The Western Enlightenment.The Enlightenment's monumental leap forward in consciousness was in large part a movement of objectification.
The great Enlightenment thinkers made the heroic effort to dis-embed themselves from the life process,to carve out an intellectual space that was separate from nature, from life,and even from themselves. From this new vantage point they could look back and understand nature, life and themselves.
No longer were we simply tossed on the seas of reality with no outside reference point to navigate from. We had created a way to separate ourselves mentally from the world so that we could keep track of everything, identify the patterns through which reality was unfolding, and be in a better position to predict future events.
Imagine taking someone like Rene Descartes on a month long tour of modern Paris and you will get a sense of the advances that have been made through the miracle of objectification. I can only imagine Descartes falling to his knees in a modern hospital, or an airport, or even a movie theater, weeping to see the miracles that he helped make possible.
And yet this great leap forward also came with its unanticipated negative consequences. We had created a space within which we could separate and look back on the world – but had we lost our connection to the world? Had we severed a cord that could not be rejoined? Had we permanently distanced ourselves from the world? Would we now always be separate?
Rectifying this sense of separation and isolation was part of what was driving the Romantic thinkers of the 18 and 19th centuries and the Existentialists of the twentieth century. They were aware that something had been lost in the human spirit through the process of objectification. Some essential connection to who we really are had to be reclaimed.
To begin a personal exploration of this sense of isolation and separation the only thing we have to do is look at our experience right now. Can you find the part of your self that is separate from you and is watching you? We refer to this simply as being self-conscious or self-aware. When self-consciousness gets strong and negative we call it neurosis. When it gets strong and positive we call it vanity.
This self-consciousness when it is not extreme is a good thing. It allows us to be able to watch ourselves and make better decisions and faster corrections. But it has also left us with a deep sense of being a split personality. Most of us feel very divided at least at times.
If you think about it, you might find that there is a deep sense of separation and isolation at the core of your experience. You don't really feel like you are a part of anything. In every circumstance you feel outside of everything looking in at it. Even your experience of being you is usually one that you view from an outside vantage point. Those rare moments when you find yourself inside of life, deeply absorbed in something so that you forget yourself, are moments of happiness, joy and even bliss.
The American Psychologist and Philosopher, William James, was very bothered by the sense of separation or division in the self. He himself suffered from a very neurotic and indecisive personality and he knew that there had to be a deeper unity of self underneath it all.
This post is the start of a series in which I will explore the sense of separation of self from reality in an effort to discover how to come in from the outside of reality and finding a way to stay on the inside of it.
Reading your post I had to think about the difference between the right and left side of the brain. You're describing the extreme objectification that can happen through identification with the left side of the brain (as we do). I think spirituality is at least connected to the right side of the brain. My example is always a drawing book where was explained that children loose most of their creativity at the age of 7/9 years old when they learn to make concepts of for example 'how an eye looks or a face' after that they don't draw what they see (right brain) but what they know (left side) which is a concept of the eye.
According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking. Additionally, people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a person who is "left-brained" is often said to be more logical, analytical and objective, while a person who is "right-brained" is said to be more intuitive, thoughtful and subjective. The right side of the brain is best at expressive and creative tasks. Some of the abilities that are popularly associated with the right side of the brain include: Recognizing faces, Expressing emotions, Music, Reading emotions, Color, Images, Intuition, Creativity.
The concept of right brain and left brain thinking developed from the research in the late 1960s of an American psycho-biologist Roger W Sperry. He discovered that the human brain has two very different ways of thinking. One (the right brain) is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The other (the left brain) is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981, although subsequent research has show things aren't quite as polarized as once thought (nor as simple).
She describes the sense of one-ness with all, the natural love and well-being when the left side of her brain is damaged. Later she learns to shift consciously to the objectifying function of the left brain.
It does appear many favor the left brain, esp. with scientific materialism having discredited spirituality and metaphysics that came to dominate intellectual thinking which has swept aside anything that could not be "proved". There's also that many have opted to become atheists dispensing with belief in God or religions. For myself, I do not subscribe in formalized religions or the concept of a God, at least for now. What I do admit however is that I do miss having that Something or Someone with whom to confide, thank or acknowledge as greater than any other personage in my reach. This amounts to a kind of alienation though I do not feel "alone, subscribing to the idea that we humans are all connected. But I therefore do not dismiss the possibility of accepting a (God) at some time in my future.
I recognize that, I sometimes visit the Brama Kumaris, http://www.bkwsu.org/.


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COP27: More Loss and Damage Ahead
D. Raghunandan 24/11/2022
The mild applause that greeted the Egyptian Chair gaveling through the agreement reached at the end of COP27, after almost two full sleepless days of last-minute extensions, probably best captured the spirit at Sharm el-Sheikh. The delegates and all the observers were not just tired; they were relieved that the Summit was finally over, with some or other agreement. There were the usual claims of a successful COP by the UN Secretary-General and other important players. Still, there were also many serious grievances and disappointments and much grumbling.
The main achievement, indeed one of considerable significance, was the agreement on a fund for loss and damage (L&D), a subject of much contention dating back to the very beginnings of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Conferences of Parties (COP) held under its aegis. L&D funds have been demanded by the most vulnerable nations, which have already undergone considerable damage due to climate change, with the funds being required to help them deal with the massive losses suffered as a result.
However, as we shall see below, this was not an unqualified success since numerous aspects are to be decided upon later, and many devils are undoubtedly lurking in the yet unknown details. Nevertheless, small island nations and many least developed countries (LDC) could at least go home with a sense of having got something tangible.
Apart from this limited success, there was little to celebrate after COP27. On the contrary, there were many losses to mourn. In particular, there was absolutely no progress made concerning raising ambition on mitigation, that is, no additional commitments were arrived at to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions further than what was pledged at COP26 in Glasgow, so the global goal of restricting global warming to well below 2 degrees C, or preferably 1.5C, is no nearer.
There were also many machinations in dark corners of COP27, which even saw reversals of direction, and many delegates were critical of the Egyptian Chair for allowing, some said encouraging, this to happen.
Going by the huge and very visible damage caused all over the world by climate change in the recent past, including last year, such as floods, droughts, forest fires and rapid melting of the arctic, even more, L&D funds would be required in coming years, not just for past destruction, but for disasters sure to come due to the ongoing failure to cut emissions to the extent required.
Loss & Damage
A special fund for L&D was thought to be necessary based on the estimation that serious climate-related damage from extreme events and slow onset processes like droughts and sea-level rise could sometimes be irreversible or exceed capacities enhanced by adaptation or resilience measures to withstand such damage.
Following increasing pressure from island states and LDCs, COP19 instituted the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss & Damage. Since then, successive COPs have witnessed efforts by particularly vulnerable nations to institutionalise L&D funds in the internationally agreed COP measures. Developed countries, notably the US and the EU, have strongly resisted these efforts because L&D funds were, in one way or another, cast as compensation or some kind of reparation for past damage, opening the door to putting the US and EU in jeopardy of litigation and potentially unlimited legal liability and damages, even though the Warsaw Mechanism had, in most people's eyes, done its best to avoid that implication.
That danger was finally laid to rest at Sharm-el Sheikh by suitable language in the relevant document recording the decision on L&D funds.
The launching of a separate fund for L&D, distinct from climate funds to assist developing countries for mitigation and adaptation measures, indeed marks a significant breakthrough. However, all important questions, such as what exactly has been agreed to, how much funding is estimated to flow to vulnerable countries and when, which countries are expected to be donors to such funds, and what kinds of mechanisms would be set up for the administration of such a fund, are all up in the air.
A "Transition Committee" is to be set up by March 2023, which will work towards more detailed proposals expected to be finalised at the next COP in Nov-Dec 2023. The L&D document makes clear that the fund would not exclusively be government or public funding and, as in other climate funding, speaks of the involvement of diverse agencies for raising finances, thus making clear that governments are not taking on responsibility for funding or, by implication, for the damage caused.
Some estimate of the total funding required by developing countries to cope with climate change, presumably including L&D as well as financial assistance from developed countries towards mitigation and adaptation measures, is provided in the main summary or "cover" document of COP27, namely the Sharm-el Sheikh Implementation Plan, which gives a figure of US$ 5.8-5.9 trillion till 2030. The same document also "expresses serious concern" that the $100 billion/year pledged by developed countries by 2020 has not yet materialised.
So, while the agreement on L&D funds is certainly an achievement, the stark reality is that all climate-related financial assistance, by name, from developed countries comes from the same kitty, which has remained very much under par.
Of special relevance for India, there were many informal remarks. Also, some formal mentions by a few European countries that leading emitters, especially "large countries," clearly indicate China and India, but also Russia and Brazil should take on responsibility for L&D funding. That clash was averted at COP27 but is almost certain to become a major issue during 2023 and at COP28.
Mitigation Workplan
While so much attention, in the media commentary and, of course, at the COP with its two-day-long extensions, has been on the gains in L&D, this writer believes the big loss at Sharm-el Sheikh has been in mitigation. Not only did COP27 not raise ambition on emission reduction, but it has taken a retrograde turn in many important ways. This spells worse climate disasters than the world has already seen, given what various scientific reports tell us about current and foreseeable emission levels and atmospheric carbon budgets in relation to the global goal of keeping global warming to well under 2 degrees, it now being widely recognised that climate disasters will be much worse even at 1.5C.
A new feature at Sharm el-Sheikh was a High-level Ministerial Roundtable, possibly a regular meeting at future COPs seeking to give impetus to serious action to control climate change. This year, the Roundtable opened with a presentation of a new Report released in late October 2022 by UN Climate Change highlighting current trends in GHG emissions and requirements for restricting global temperature rise to 1.5C.
The Report highlights that, given the enhanced commitments tabled at Glasgow, there is a slight improvement in the trend, with total emissions increasing by 10.6% by 2030 compared with 2010 levels and then levelling off, compared with 13.7% last year and continuing to increase after 2030. But that's the end of the good news!
In sharp contrast to the above trends, the latest and Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC calls for global emissions to peak by 2025 and decline by 43% by 2030 compared with 2010 levels. We are very far away from that. Yet there was no indication of urgency at COP27 to raise ambition significantly or seriously huddle to work out ways to achieve that.
While the EU, and the UK, represented by the Chair of Glasgow COP Alok Sharma, were seen loudly bemoaning the failure of COP27 to raise mitigation ambitions, the record of their own countries and regions showed a cynical disregard for their lack of ambition and a tendency to point fingers at others. Towards the end of COP27, the EU offered a miserly increase in their emission cut target from 55% relative to 1990 levels to 57%; they have conveniently "forgotten" that the IPCC had, back in its 4th Assessment Report, called for developed countries to cut emissions by 80-90% relative to 1990 levels. The EU had then accepted that as its aspiration, but since then, it has continually scaled down its ambition!
Many observers thought that a push for reducing emissions was unlikely this year, given the ongoing war in Ukraine and the related energy crunch and looming recession in many parts of the world, especially in Europe. The shortage of natural gas from Russia has already led to a revival of coal power plants in many European countries such as the UK, France, Germany, Finland, Norway and so on. It has also driven an increase in coal imports from Indonesia, etc.
At the same time, big European energy consumers are rapidly building up natural gas supplies and storage. For instance, Germany just last week commissioned a huge floating LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal completed in just six months. Again recently, Qatar has signed the longest-ever deal to supply LNG to China over the next 27 years, i.e. till mid-century. All this while the EU and others object to coal-fired plants in India and China — which had resisted a call in Glasgow to phase-out coal, preferring the phrase "phase-down" — and also to natural gas projects in Africa.
In a formal and cynical acceptance of this new reality, and in stark contrast to the urgency needed to cut emissions, the Mitigation Workplan adopted in COP27 referred several times to "low-emission energy sources" rather than renewable energy. Many delegates saw this new terminology manipulated by oil and gas-rich nations and their rich country consumers. This is coded for the new, long-term acceptability of natural gas, earlier considered to be an undesirable but necessary transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources.
Currently, COP27 is being hailed for having finally formalised a loss and damage fund, which may not prove as beneficial to vulnerable nations as expected. But perhaps COP27 will be remembered best for having struck a huge nail in the coffin of the global emissions control regime.
The writer is with the Delhi Science Forum and All India People's Science Network. The views are personal.
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O Túnel ferroviário do Fréjus (em França, mas mais conhecido como Túnel ferroviário do Monte Cenis  na  Suíça)  liga Modane na Saboia, França e Bardonecchia no Piemonte, Itália no  Vale de Susa, na Linha Culoz-Modane do lado francês e Linha do Fréjus do lado italiano.

O Vale de Maurienne foi desde sempre uma via de troca entre  e de passagem entre a França e a Itália pelo Alpes do Norte. A passagem pelo Monte Cenis que culmina a  foi durante muito tempo o caminho mais rápido para passar essa montanha. No final da Segunda Guerra Mundial, as trocas transalpinas aumentam, e com elas o número de camiões e automóveis que passam o Colo do Cenis , mas a estrada do colo, que provoca regularmente acidentes, e ainda por cima está fechado de Inverno, leva a pensar furar um túnel para permitir a passagem segura e durante todo o anos.

A construção do caminho de ferro entre Turim e Susa, em 1854, foi terminada com a construção do túnel do Fréjus que foi inaugurado em Setembro de 1871 com uma só via, que viria a ter duas, e electrificada entre 1912-1920.

Ainda hoje o Túnel ferroviário do Fréjus continua a ser uma importante ligação Roma-Paris via Turim-Chambéry. Devido ao sucesso da ligação foi construído entre 1974 e 1980, num trajecto idêntico, o Túnel rodoviário do Frèjus .

Dinamite
A história do túnel está intimamente ligada com o dinamite de Alfred Nobel, cuja produção foi posta ao serviço do túnel do Fréjus, que previsto para ser furado em 25 anos só levou 14! Com os seus 13,6 km foi o maior até 1882, altura em que foi aberto o Túnel ferroviário de São Gotardo.

A casa inclinada
Como o túnel era considerado um ponto de invasão, foram construídos várias fortificações na proximidades de Modena, como o Forte de Replaton e o Forte de Sapey, assim como uma casamata junto à linha. Na retirada de 1944, os alemães quiseram destruir o túnel pelo que meteram dois vagões cheios de dinamite para fazerem explodir a entrada do túnel. A violência da explosão obstruiu a galeria, mas o sopro projectou a casamata que "aterrou" num declive. Quando se penetra na casa, a perda de equilíbrio faz dela uma atracção.

Antiga entrada
Depois da explosão foi construída uma nova entrada e esta antiga, e com esta locomotiva a vapor servem de museu.

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 Túnel rodoviário do Fréjus

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Túneis ferroviários da França
Túneis ferroviários da Itália
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Tulovic saves sixth on the line – early end for Marcon
The second FIM Enel MotoE World Cup race emerged as a tough one for Tech3 E-Racing today in Jerez, but Lukas Tulovic tried his best to bring home as many points as possible.
Following his start from the first row, Tulovic got mixed up in a group fighting for the top spot, but was pushed wide already on the first lap, which made him loose several positions. Mounting back from 10th, he eventually saw the chequered flag in sixth place, which means important 10 championship points for the German.
Tommaso Marcon go off a good start as well from P16 and already made up three positions in the first corner, but unfortunately went down in his chase for a decent result in turn six of the first lap. Luckily, he escaped without serious injuries.
Position: 6th
Championship: 5th
"The race went a little bit under my expectations. But it wasn't my fault, I was pushed wide at the back straight in the first lap from Granado. I don't know what his plan was, but he was way too late on the brake and we both went wide and I lost six positions there, which is really hard in a short race like this. But I managed some good lap times, was even faster than in Qualifying and got some positions back. Unfortunately, I didn't have the speed in the end, to fight for the podium, but ending the race in sixth position after this first lap is ok. We take home good points for the championship, I learned some things for the next races to improve my speed a bit with the used tyre and also to be more consistent. We have to work a bit on the rear grip, but for the championship it's ok. Anyway, it would have been nice to be in the fight for the podium without the incident in the first lap."
Tommaso Marcon
Position: DNF
Championship: 17th
"My race was quite short, only six corners. I tried to do my best to get further to the front. In turn six, I crashed and I didn't feel like it was my fault, but apparently, I made a mistake. So, I'm sorry for this. The bike of another rider hit my back and it hurts quite a lot, but luckily it seems that there are no serious injuries. For sure, we will try to be a lot stronger in Misano."
Hervé Poncharal
"Another positive weekend for Tech3 E-Racing. Qualifying went well for Lukas, he got another front row and with it two in a row, which is great for a rookie. Bad luck for Tommaso, but we knew he had the pace to do a decent race, although the grid position was very far down. Lukas had another great start, but in the middle of the first lap, the fight was very intense and he was pushed outside, but in a clever way, he didn't try to stay as we saw with this big bike you can't play too much. So, he just went outside, lost a lot of positions and came back to the track in P10 and managed to recover to P6, which is good. He is fifth in the championship now, but we got to score points everywhere. It's a rookie season for Lukas and there are a few older and more experienced guys up there, but we are definitely very close, we just need to have a bit more of race craft. Overall, it was definitively another good job from Lukas, congratulations for his hard work. Bad luck for Tommaso. When you start on the last row for a six laps race, it's always a tough job. He was doing a good first lap, was pushing and unfortunately, he's been touching somebody else and went down. I also would like to thank him, especially after what happened yesterday, which was absolutely not his fault and he should have been on a better grid position. Anyway, this is the past. We have to carry on working, we are happy with our two guys ad we need to put our heads down and prepare the next round in Misano."
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13. I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Do you believe that scripture? If not, what is it you are focusing on?
When we set our hearts on the goodness of the Lord we carry His presence into every situation. No matter what the circumstances are we must focus on the goodness of the Lord. If we look at our circumstances and 'give in to our feelings' we will sink into the circumstance.
David knew he could not let his circumstances dictate his feelings ; he had to keep his eyes on the Lord. He said, "I would have fainted if I had not expected to see the goodness of the Lord." He did not always have a perfect day; his days were actually very hard, so hard that he said he would have fainted if he had pondered on how bad things were. David discovered how to overcome the bad days; he set his heart and his expectations on seeing the salvation of the Lord. He set his sights high; he set his sights and expectations on the salvation of the Lord. He expected to see God's deliverance and salvation in each situation he faced.
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock (Psalm 27:5).
What are you giving into today that is pulling you away from expecting to see the Goodness of the Lord?


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\section{Introduction}

In classical analysis the following inequality is attributed to Bernoulli: for a real number $x>-1$ and a nonnegative integer $n$, it holds:

\begin{equation}\label{Bern}
(1+x)^n \geq 1+nx.
\end{equation}
One can find in the literature several (elementary) different proofs of inequality \eqref{Bern} (see e.g. \cite{Alfaro,Nelsen}). Moreover, various generalizations were also obtained throughout the years (cf. \cite{Mit}) as well as different kinds of applications (see e.g. \cite{Klen}).

In this work we obtain an inequality that generalizes \eqref{Bern} in a completely different direction than the ones mentioned before. The reasoning is that we use the theory of discrete fractional calculus \cite{Goodrich}, in particular, the (delta) Riemann--Liouville fractional operators which were introduced by Miller and Ross in 1988 \cite{Mill0} and for which real developments happened only in the past eight years. Therefore, we actually believe our main results to be new and obtained following a novel procedure.

In order to accomplish our desires we need to further develop the theory of linear fractional difference equations, which was initially started in the work \cite{Atici} and generalized afterwards in \cite{Ferreira}. More specifically, we solve explicitly the IVP\footnote{This result alone might obviously be used by researchers in other contexts.},
\begin{align*}
(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1}
x)(t)&=y(t+\nu-1)x(t+\nu-1)+z(t+\nu-1),\ t\in\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\},\\
x(a+\nu-1)&=x_{a+\nu-1},
\end{align*}
and, after deducing some of its important consequences, we use a recent (comparison) result of \cite{Jia} to deduce our Bernoulli-type inequality.

This paper is organized as follows: In Section 2 we provide the reader some
background on the discrete fractional calculus theory. In Section 3 we present our achievements.

\section{Preliminaries on Discrete Fractional Calculus}\label{sec0}

In this section we introduce the reader to basic concepts and
results about discrete fractional calculus (the monograph \cite{Goodrich}, particularly Chapter 2, could be useful to that matter).

Throughout this work and as usual we assume that empty sums and
products equal 0 and 1, respectively.

The power function is defined by
\begin{align*}
x^{(y)}&=\frac{\Gamma(x+1)}{\Gamma(x+1-y)},\mbox{ for}\ x,x-y\in\mathbb{R}\backslash\{\ldots,-2,-1\},\\
x^{(y)}&=0,\mbox{ for } x\notin{\mathbb{Z}^-}\mbox{ and } x-y\in{\mathbb{Z}^-}.
\end{align*}

For $a\in\mathbb{R}$ and $0<\nu\leq 1$ we define the set
$\mathbb{N}_a=\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\}$.
Also, we use the notation $\sigma(s)=s+1$ for the shift operator
and $(\Delta f)(t)=f(t+1)-f(t)$ to the forward difference
operator.

For a function $f:\mathbb{N}_a\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, the
\emph{discrete fractional sum of order $\nu\geq 0$} is defined
as
\begin{align}
(\Delta^{0}_a f)(t)&=f(t),\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_a,\nonumber\\
(\Delta^{-\nu}_a f)(t)&=\frac{1}{\Gamma(\nu)}\sum_{s=a}^{t-\nu}(t-\sigma(s))^{(\nu-1)}f(s),\quad
t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1},\ \nu>0.\label{def0}
\end{align}
\begin{remark}
Note that the operator $\Delta^{-\nu}_a$ with $\nu>0$ maps
functions defined on $\mathbb{N}_a$ to functions defined on
$\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}$. Also observe that if $\nu=1$, then we
get the summation operator:
$$(\Delta^{-1}_a f)(t)=\sum_{s=a}^{t-1}f(s).$$
\end{remark}

The \emph{discrete fractional derivative of order
$\nu\in(0,1]$} is defined by
$$(\Delta^{\nu}_a f)(t)=(\Delta\Delta^{-(1-\nu)}_af)(t),\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.$$
\begin{remark}
Note that if $\nu=1$, then the fractional derivative is just
the forward difference operator.
\end{remark}

\section{Main Results}\label{sec1}

This section is devoted in great part to deduce our generalized Bernoulli's inequality.

In \cite{Ferreira} it was shown that, for $t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}$,
\begin{equation}\label{eq5}
x(t)=\frac{(t-a)^{(\nu-1)}}{\Gamma(\nu)}x_{a+\nu-1}+\frac{1}{\Gamma(\nu)}\sum_{s=a}^{t-\nu}(t-\sigma(s))^{(\nu-1)}f(s+\nu-1,x(s+\nu-1)),
\end{equation}
is the solution of the following nonlinear fractional difference
initial value problem:
\begin{align*}
(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1}
x)(t)&=f(t+\nu-1,x(t+\nu-1)),\quad t\in\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\},\\
x(a+\nu-1)&=x_{a+\nu-1}.
\end{align*}
For our purposes we need the solution of \eqref{eq5} in the particular case when
$f(t,x)=y(t)x+z(t)$. The next result is obtained following the same procedure as for the case $f(t,x)=y(t)x$ done in \cite{Ferreira} and, therefore, we leave the details of its proof to the reader.

\begin{theorem}\label{thm7}
Let $a\in\mathbb{R}$ and $\nu\in(0,1]$. Suppose that
$y:\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a function. Define
an operator $T$ by
\begin{align*}
(T_y^0f)(t)&=f(t),\\
(T_y^1f)(t)&=(T_yf)(t)=\left(\Delta^{-\nu}_ay(s+\nu-1)f(s+\nu-1)\right)(t),\\
(T^{k+1}_yf)(t)&=(T_yT_y^{k})(t),\quad k\in\mathbb{N}^1,
\end{align*}
for $t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}$. Then, the function
\begin{equation}\label{eq0}
x(t)=\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\left[\frac{x_{a+\nu-1}}{\Gamma{(\nu)}}\left(T^{k-a}_y(s-a)^{(\nu-1)}\right)(t)+\left(T^{k-a}_y\Delta^{-\nu}_a z(s+\nu-1)\right)(t)\right],\
\end{equation}
is the solution of the summation equation
$$x(t)=\frac{(t-a)^{(\nu-1)}}{\Gamma(\nu)}x_{a+\nu-1}+\left(\Delta^{-\nu}_a[y(s+\nu-1)x(s+\nu-1)+z(s+\nu-1)]\right)(t),$$
for all $t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{remark}
In Theorem \ref{thm7}, the notation
$$\left(\Delta^{-\nu}_ay(s+\nu-1)f(s+\nu-1)\right)(t),$$
stands for $\left(\Delta^{-\nu}_a g\right)(t)$ where $g(s)=y(s+\nu-1)f(s+\nu-1)$.
\end{remark}

Let us now introduce some notation. We define a function $E:\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}\times\mathbb{R}^5\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ (it can be thought of as a discrete Mittag--Leffler function) by:

\begin{equation*}
E(t,a,\nu,\beta,c,\lambda)=\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\beta)}}(t-\lambda+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\beta-1)},
\end{equation*}
whenever the right hand side makes sense.

\begin{corollary}\label{cor0}
If $y(t)=c$ for some $c\in\mathbb{R}$ and all
$t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}$ in Theorem \ref{thm7}, then the solution
given by \eqref{eq0} is
\begin{equation*}
x(t)=x_{a+\nu-1}E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,a)
+\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,\sigma(r))z(r+\nu-1),\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.
\end{equation*}
\end{corollary}

It is pertinent to formulate the following consequence of Corollary \ref{cor0}.

\begin{corollary}
Suppose that the function $z$ is a constant equal to $K$ in Corollary \ref{cor0}. Then,
\begin{equation*}
x(t)=x_{a+\nu-1}E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,a)
+KE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a),\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.
\end{equation*}
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Let us first note that (cf. \cite[Theorem 1.8]{Goodrich}): $$\Delta_t(s-t)^{(r)}=-r(s-\sigma(t))^{(r-1)},\ s, r\in\mathbb{R}.$$
Moreover,
$$\sum_{k=a}^{b-1}\Delta f(k)=f(b)-f(a).$$
Therefore,
\begin{align*}
    &\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,\sigma(r))z(r+\nu-1)\\
    &=K\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}}(t-\sigma(r)+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
    &=K\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}}\sum_{r=a}^{t-(\nu-1)-1}(t-\sigma(r)+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
    &=K\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}((k-a)\nu+\nu)}\\
    &\hspace{1cm}\cdot\sum_{r=a}^{t-(\nu-1)-1}-((k-a)\nu+\nu)(t-\sigma(r)+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
    &=K\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu+1)}}[-(t-r+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}]_{r=a}^{r=t-(\nu-1)}\\
     &=K\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu+1)}}(t-a+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}\\
     &=KE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a),
\end{align*}
and the proof is done.
\end{proof}
We now need to address the question of the sign of the function $E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,a)$. First we note that it is the solution of the fractional IVP:
\begin{align*}
(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1}
x)(t)&=cx(t+\nu-1),\quad t\in\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\},\ 0<\nu\leq 1,\\
x(a+\nu-1)&=1.
\end{align*}
Let us now recall a recent result proved by Jia \emph{et.al}:

\begin{theorem}\cite[Theorem 4.2.]{Jia}
Assume $c_1(t)\geq c_2(t)\geq -\nu$, $0<\nu<1$ and $x(t)$, $y(t)$ are solutions of the equations
$$(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1}
x)(t)=c_1(t)x(t+\nu-1),\quad  t\in\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\}$$
and
$$(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1}
y)(t)=c_2(t)y(t+\nu-1),\quad  t\in\{a,a+1,a+2,\ldots\},$$
respectively, satisfying $x(a+\nu-1)\geq y(a+\nu-1)>0$. Then,
$$x(t)\geq y(t),\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.$$
\end{theorem}
A closer look to the proof of the previous theorem permits us to conclude immediately that $y(a+\nu-1)$ might be equal to zero and the result still remains. Moreover, the representation for the Riemann--Liouville fractional difference,
\begin{equation}\label{op}
(\Delta^\nu_a f)(t)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(-\nu)}\sum_{k=a}^{t+\nu}(t-\sigma(k))^{(-\nu-1)}f(k),\ t\in\mathbb{N}_{a-\nu+1},
\end{equation}
is used to prove the result and, hence, the restriction $\nu\neq 1$. Nevertheless, M. Holm showed in \cite[Theorem 2.2.]{Holm} the continuity of the fractional difference operator \eqref{op} with respect to $\nu$ and, therefore, one may also consider $\nu=1$. In conclusion, for a real number $a$, $0<\nu\leq 1$ and $c\geq -\nu$:

\begin{equation}\label{pos}
E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,a)\geq 0,\quad t\in \mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.
\end{equation}

We are now ready to prove our main result:

\begin{theorem}(Generalized Bernoulli inequality)
Let $\nu\in(0,1]$, $c\in[-\nu,\infty)$ and $a\in\mathbb{R}$. Then, the following inequality holds:
\begin{equation}\label{GBer}
 cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a)\geq c\frac{(t-a)^{(\nu)}}{\Gamma(\nu+1)},\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}.
\end{equation}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Let $c\geq -\nu$ and $x:\mathbb{N}_{a+\nu-1}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be the function defined by:
$$x(t)=c\frac{(t-a)^{(\nu)}}{\Gamma(\nu+1)}.$$
Then $x(a+\nu-1)=0$ and $(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1} x)(t)=(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu} x)(t)=c$ by \cite[Theorem 2.40]{Goodrich}. Therefore,
$$cx(t+\nu-1)+c=c^2\frac{(t+\nu-1-a)^{(\nu)}}{\Gamma(\nu+1)}+c\geq (\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1} x)(t).$$
Define the function $m$ by:
$$m(t+\nu-1)=cx(t+\nu-1)+c-(\Delta^\nu_{a+\nu-1} x)(t),$$
which is nonnegative. By Corollary \ref{cor0} we get (note that $x_a=0$)
$$x(t)=\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}E(t,a,\nu,\nu,c,\sigma(r))(c-m(r+\nu-1)).$$
Hence,

\begin{align*}
 x(t)&=cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a)-\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}m(r+\nu-1)\\
    &\hspace{.5cm}\cdot\sum_{k=a}^{t-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}}(t-\sigma(r)+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
     &=cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a)-\sum_{r=a}^{t-\nu}m(r+\nu-1)\\
     &\hspace{.5cm}\cdot\sum_{k=a}^{t-\sigma(r)+a-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}}(t-\sigma(r)+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
    &=cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a)-\sum_{r=0}^{t-a-\nu}m(r+a+\nu-1)\\
    &\hspace{.5cm}\cdot\sum_{k=a}^{t-\sigma(r)-(\nu-1)}\frac{c^{k-a}}{\Gamma{((k-a)\nu+\nu)}}(t-\sigma(r)-a+(k-a)(\nu-1))^{((k-a)\nu+\nu-1)}\\
   &=cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a)-\sum_{r=0}^{t-a-\nu}m(r+a+\nu-1)E(t-\sigma(r),a,\nu,\nu,c,a).
   \end{align*}

Finally, by \eqref{pos} we conclude that
$$x(t)\leq cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a),$$
which is equivalent to
$$c\frac{(t-a)^{(\nu)}}{\Gamma(\nu+1)}\leq cE(t,a,\nu,\nu+1,c,a).$$
The proof is done.
\end{proof}

We finish this work showing that inequality \eqref{GBer} truly generalizes the Bernoulli inequality, i.e. when we let $\nu=1$ (and $a=0$) in \eqref{GBer}, then we get \eqref{Bern}:
\begin{align*}
    & cE(t,0,1,2,c,0)\geq c\frac{t^{(1)}}{\Gamma(2)}\\
    & \Leftrightarrow \sum_{k=0}^t\frac{c^{k+1}}{\Gamma(k+2)}t^{(k+1)}\geq ct\\
    & \Leftrightarrow -1+\sum_{k=0}^t\frac{c^{k}}{\Gamma(k+1)}t^{(k)}\geq ct\\
    & \Leftrightarrow (1+c)^t\geq 1+ct,\quad t\in\mathbb{N}_0,
\end{align*}
where the last equivalency follows from \cite[Remark 3.7.]{Ferreira}.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
The author would like to thank the referees for their careful reading of the manuscript and their suggestions that undoubtedly contributed to its final draft.

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Pathaan star Shah Rukh Khan returns on twitter: बॉलीवुड सुपरस्टार शाहरुख खान की फिल्म पठान बॉक्स ऑफिस पर आते ही धमाकेदार कमाई में बिजी है। इस बीच अपनी फिल्म के हिट होते ही सुपरस्टार शाहरुख खान फैंस के बीच लौट आए। शाहरुख खान का ट्वीट इस वक्त चर्चा में हैं।
Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan is creating a box office storm unseen for Hindi films before. While many may be surprised, Khan knew he has a winner up his sleeve.
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Currently watching Rockwiz on SBS. The iPhone 3G ad came on where the guy buys an app then uses maps to find something. At the start of the ad at the bottom of the screen the words "sequence shortened" pops up.
Was this always at the bottom or has it only appeared after people began suing Apple and complaining that the 3G speeds aren't that fast in real life?
Been like that since people started whinging (a few months now).
Oh ok. Haven't really watched live TV for at least 6 months now. I'm a little behind the times with all the EyeTV ad skipping and Channel BT, I don't normally watch commercials.


What Happens When Parents Do Too Much for Their Kids?
My young Piranhas. They are never too young to learn responsibility for their actions.
I read an interesting article that a friend posted on FB called "8 Things Kids Need to Do By Themselves Before They're 13" by Amy Carney. Carney is the mother of triplet teen boys and two other younger children and she's got parenting down.
Her article listed things that parents need to stop doing or we won't have independent well-functioning kids. I thought it made some really good points, and I wish I would have heard about this list before my kids were in middle school. I have been known to bail my kids out, rushing to school with their forgotten homework or lunches. Their lack of planning on big projects became my emergencies and stress. I wasn't helping them at all by picking up the pieces. In truth, I bailed out one child more than the other, and that child almost failed out of college his freshman year. He was not ready to go because I was doing everything for him, including waking him up in the morning.
Here are four of the eight things on her list. To read her complete list click here.
Parents don't miss opportunities to provide natural consequences for your teens. Forget something? Feel the pain of that. Kids also get to see, that you can make it through the day without a mistake consuming you.
What happens when we do too much for our kids? In my opinion, they aren't allowed to grow up. They have no consequences for their actions or lack of action. They don't know how to plan, be responsible or own up to their mistakes. If you're a parent who is continually jumping in to save your child, stop. You can't move into the college dorm with them and by then it's too late.
When they were young and at the beach.
Both of my kids swam from elementary school through high school and one continued in college. I liked having my kids in year-round swimming because it taught them there was a direct correlation between their actions (how hard they tried) and outcomes (getting faster.) Also, practice every day, six days a week with a few doubles thrown in, taught them time management. They were responsible for their own equipment, too. There are tons of life lessons in the pool. But, because of how busy and dedicated they were, I overcompensated in other areas of their lives.
In 11 Tips for Parents on What Our Kids Need to Know Before College, I have created a list of life skills that we should check off before the kids move out.
In 12 Hints You Might Be a Hovering Helicopter Swim Parent, I write about the little things we do for our kids without a second thought, that will put them at a disadvantage when they move away.
What are your thoughts about getting kids ready for the real world? Are we helping or hurting our kids by doing too much for them?
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Album of the Week: Pond – 9 (2021 LP)
Dylan Marshall
Always willing to try their hand at being a little bit left of centre, over the past decade Pond has created their own comfortable absurdist niche in the psych-rock genre in the Australian music scene. Generally treading that fine line between chaotic incoherence and a controlled mastery of music, the West Australian band are back with their ninth album, the aptly titled 9. Coming two years after 2019's psych-pop Tasmania, Pond has continued with the trend of indulging in spaced-out psychedelia and raggedness while leaning into moments of disco and jazz.
Crafting the album on the back of some truly cooked jam sessions, 9 was developed by piecing together the offcuts from these jam sessions into something that resembled what could be described as a song. The improvisation of these sessions, while at the time done as an exercise of fun, has led Pond into creating one of, if not, their best releases. Taking pride in being able to create and release music that is divisive and not for everyone, frontman Nick Allbrook has well and truly tried to create division on 9, and depending on how you look at it, has succeeded (I'll give you a hint: the album is different, but you'll like it).
Opening track "Song for Agnes" is a true look into what you can expect from the rest of 9. Allbrook's vocals are as unmistakable as ever (and as strong as ever), while the layered controlled chaos of a choir and distorted guitars all come together in a climactic rock opera encompassing 4 minutes. It's the exact start to 9 you'd expect from the band and the perfect introduction to where the band's head was at when commencing those jam sessions.
The shortest track on 9 comes in the form of "Human Touch", the one song on the album that could probably have been on any of the previous eight albums from Pond. Its pulsating backbeat and a hypnotic keyboard loop from Jay Watson helps "Human Touch" reach a strange but ultimately satisfying peak, especially considering the song was inspired by a cooked conversation with an attempted car thief.
A funk-driven almost four minutes of sleek and distinguished guitar, "America's Cup" is straight out of the '80s, with an elastic disco beat that is prime for a feature in a dark club, post-midnight set, G&T in one hand and a fond look into a terrible hangover in the other. If this imagery doesn't sell it to you, you're a lost cause. The good times roll on with "Pink Lunettes". Acting as the first taste of the album the public got to experience, "Pink Lunettes" is a filthy near six minutes of dancefloor-ready chaos. This is the exact song the human race has been missing out on in clubs over the past two years.
At near enough to five minutes long, "Czech Locomotive" is mostly spoken word from Allbrook in its opening half, before the drum fills kick in, leading into a completely satisfying closing half that continues to embrace the creative abandon the band indulged in during the album's initial recording stages. Following "Czech Locomotive" is a surprising peak for 9. Featuring a Jungle Giants type of vibe mixed with an almost afro-beat (think Contra era Vampire Weekend), "Rambo" is probably the lightest and most fun of the nine cuts from the album (with lyrics like 'And if you can't see a problem with Batman, then your poetry is no good to me', it's hard to argue). Getting as close to a full-blown pop moment as Pond wanted to touch on 9, "Rambo" ends in layered vocal joy from Allbrook, before its exit ascends into a washed-out escapist dream.
Album closer "Toast" is probably the most dour moment on 9, as the band slowly eases out of the relative insanity of the release. It's a calming completion to an album that at times is rabid, but always charming. Pond is a band not bound by expectations or trends and 9 is just a continuation of what they do best. Embrace the weird nature of Pond; you might need it more than you think.
FOUR STARS (OUT OF FIVE)
9 is out Friday 1 October. Merch bundles are available HERE.
Header image credit: Matsu
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This father made this dangerous play look waaaay too easy.
During Thursday's Blue Jays-Phillies game in Philadelphia, a father holding his little girl snagged a foul ball coming right toward them with the breeziness one might reserve for ordering a hot dog.
His daughter is completely oblivious to the major league-caliber play her old man just pulled off. And even though we're all told to use two hands in Little League, this father wound up being forced into showing off he could do it with one hand because his other was occupied with his daughter and a tray of food and, seriously now, you can't expect him to put those down or, you know, not make a play for the ball or duck out of the way.
And just be thankful he made the catch -- if he had missed it and the daughter got hurt the trolls would be out quicker than a pinch hitter in the on-deck circle, ready to criticize the man for being a horrible parent.