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is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist making works with empathy, interaction, and dialogue at their core, often for unfiltered audiences. Conversation and collaboration are central to her practice: between makers of different disciplines, public contributors, and audiences.
Rhiannon is recipient of the Adrian Howells Award for Intimate Performance 2019.
an interdisciplinary performance artist
Rhiannon is driven by dialogue and context, and works across mediums to find the most suitable way to engage audiences within a given issue or setting. She brings the audience-focus of a theatre background to work that has included
intimate performance and audio works
large scale public interventions
collaborative theatre projects
interactive digital art
Rhiannon works in contexts ranging from town centres, galleries, prisons, theatres, management consultancies, museums, and online public space.
with a growing digital practice.
Rhiannon is evolving a reputation for internet-situated work and innovative uses of digital mediums. She was awarded the inaugural commission for a web-based performance from The Space in 2015, regularly presents on audience-focussed design and integrated access, and will lead a Jerwood-funded training and commissioning process for interactive works using handheld technology in 2019.
Advocacy, mentoring and training
As well as mentoring artists through creative processes, Rhiannon also privately supports individuals and organisations to look carefully at the way in which they work with others, helping the industry to become more sustainable by addressing access and inclusion issues, and exploitative working practices in the sector.
Teaching and facilitation
Rhiannon regularly delivers presentations and workshops drawing on her artistic practice both nationally (at Central School of Speech and Drama) and internationally (at ARTEZ Netherlands), covering various areas including:
intimate performance practice
relational work in public space
art as intervention (in public space and online)
embedding access in the creative process
immersive and interactive theatre
digital media in performance practice
autobiographical art
experimental museological practice
Rhiannon was research and curatorial assistant to Professor Adrian Heathfield (2009-2012), Professor of Performance and Visual Culture at Roehampton University as part of the three year AHRC-funded project Performance Matters. She often employs a research-led process in her collaborative works across disciplines, such as:
the two large-scale exhibitions in Museums and Heritage settings: INK (UCL Museums and Collections, 2010) and BONE (Florence Nightingale Museum, 2012) co-curated with Simon Gould
impact-led creative partnerships with academics such as Dr Sarah Fine (senior lecturer in philosophy at King's College London), Dame Professor Henrietta Moore (director of the Institute for Global Prosperity at UCL and chair of Culture, Philosophy and Design)
in dramaturgical support for fellow artists and theatre makers including Coney, Nicole Elocin, J. Fergus Evans, and Rachel Mars
research reports and recommendations for arts trusts and foundations such as How The Light Gets in Festival and The SHM Foundation


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Q: Вычисления площадей различных фигур C++ Создать базовый Kласс Shape с виртуальной функцией Area. Создать производные классы Triangle, Rectangle, Circle...
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

class Shape
{
  public:
    string name;
    double width, height, radius;
  public:
    void set_data (double a, double b)
    {
        width = a;
        height = b;
    }
    virtual double area() = 0;
};

class Rectangle: public Shape
{
public:
    double area ()
    {
        return (width * height);
    }
};

class Triangle: public Shape
{
public:
    double area ()
    {
        return (width * height)/2;
    }
};

class Circle : public Shape
{
  public:
    double area ()
    {
        return 3.1415 * (radius * radius);
    }
};

int main()
{
    int N;
    cin >> N;

    Rectangle Rect;
    Triangle Tri;
    Circle Circ;
    string* S = new string[N];

    if (N == 1)
    {
      cin >> Rect.name >> Rect.height >> Rect.width;
      cout << Rect.area();

      return 0;
    }
    else
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            cin >> S[i];

            if (S[i] == "Rectangle")
            {
                cin >> Rect.height;
                cin >> Rect.width;
            }
            else if (S[i] == "Triangle")
            {
                cin >> Tri.height;
                cin >> Tri.width;
            }
            else if (S[i] == "Circle")
            {
                cin >> Circ.radius;
            }
        }
    }
    cout << Rect.area() << " " << Tri.area() << " " << Circ.area();

    delete [] S;

    return 0;
}

Код работает в первых двух тестах а в третьем дает ошибку...
Нужно вводить N количество и вывести все площади в порядке возрастания...
Примеры
====== Тест #1 =======
Входные данные:
1
Rectangle 4 3
Результат работы:
12
Правильный ответ:
12
Вывод проверяющей программы:
OK
====== Тест #2 =======
Входные данные:
3
Triangle 4 6
Rectangle 2 3
Circle 3
Результат работы:
6 12 28.2735
Правильный ответ:
6 12 28.2735
Вывод проверяющей программы:
OK
====== Тест #3 =======
Входные данные:
5
Triangle 4 6
Rectangle 2 3
Circle 4
Triangle 7 11
Triangle 3 5
Результат работы:
6 7.5 50.264
Правильный ответ:
6 7.5 12 38.5 50.264
Вывод проверяющей программы:
Неправильный ответ!

A: Захотелось извращений :)
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <functional>
#include <map>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

class Shape
{
public:
    Shape(const vector<double>& data):data(data)
    {
    }
    virtual double area() = 0;
    virtual ~Shape(){}

    static void reg(const string& name,function<Shape*(const vector<double>&)> f)
    {
        registry.insert(make_pair(name,f));
    }
    static Shape* make(const string& s)
    {
        istringstream is(s);
        string name;
        vector<double> data;
        is >> name;
        for(double d; is >> d; data.push_back(d));
        if (auto it = registry.find(name); it != registry.end())
        {
            return it->second(data);
        }
        return nullptr;
    }
protected:
    vector<double> data;
    inline static map<string,function<Shape*(const vector<double>&)>> registry;
};

class Rectangle: public Shape
{
public:
    Rectangle(const vector<double>& data):Shape(data){}
    double area ()
    {
        return (data[0]*data[1]);
    }
    static Shape* make(const vector<double>& data)
    {
        return new Rectangle(data);
    }
};

class Triangle: public Shape
{
public:
    Triangle(const vector<double>& data):Shape(data){}
    double area ()
    {
        return (data[0]*data[1])/2;
    }
    static Shape* make(const vector<double>& data)
    {
        return new Triangle(data);
    }
};

class Circle: public Shape
{
public:
    Circle(const vector<double>& data):Shape(data){}
    double area ()
    {
        return 3.1415926*data[0]*data[0];
    }
    static Shape* make(const vector<double>& data)
    {
        return new Circle(data);
    }
};

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    Shape::reg("Rectangle",Rectangle::make);
    Shape::reg("Triangle", Rectangle::make);
    Shape::reg("Circle",      Circle::make);

    int N;
    (cin >> N).ignore(1024,'\n');
    vector<double> areas;
    for(int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
    {
        string s;
        getline(cin,s);
        Shape * sh = Shape::make(s);
        if (sh) areas.push_back(sh->area());
        delete sh;
    }

    sort(areas.begin(),areas.end());

    for(auto ar: areas) cout << ar << "  ";
    cout << endl;
}

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I lived with you, I grieved, and many a tear I shed.
In truth, I never did a noble soul defy.
Now it is time for me to go and join the dead.
Seems like it's joy I leave on earth – so sad am I.
For aye it shall remain an empty sound and tame.
And with the ship I drowned when vanquished down she went.
But with the splendor of my ancient fathers splendid.
And this sad heart of mine in leaves of aloe burn!
And give it then to her who's given it to me.
Thus mothers are repaid: with ashes in the urn.
And drink unto my funeral and their poor lot.
If God may spare me pain and torture – I shall not.
But I beseech you – there is hope while there is breath.
As God-hurled stones that densely over ramparts fly.
Who for my haughty heart much love did have and room.
And I agree to have an unlamented tomb.
And then as lightly as a ghost to vanish hence?
So that, bread-eaters, you become sheer angels all.
This poem has been included in my small anthology of Polish poems: Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry.
Lecz świetnościami dawnych moich przodków świetny.
I zgodziłem się tu mieć – niepłakaną trumnę.
Iść... taką obojętność, jak ja, mieć dla świata?
I tak cicho odlecieć, jak duch, gdy odlata?


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Q: Search for a number within cell range I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can search for a certain number in a range of cells? For example =SEARCH(M5,A:A). That returns #VALUE! error. Anyone has experience on this?

A: You can use the COUNTIF function which will count a range for a specified value. You can then wrap the COUNTIF function in an IF statement to display a nicer message
=IF(COUNTIF(YOUR_RANGE, YOUR_CRITERIA) = 1, "Found", "Not Found")


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Biophysics is a discipline at the interface of physics and biology where physical concepts and tools for observing and modelling physics are applied to biological phenomena.
Several fields of biology in its broadest sense have benefited from the advances made by biophysics. Ecology, species evolution, development, medicine, cell biology or molecular biology are some examples of the application of biophysical understanding.
An approach inherited from physics is used to:
produce internal body images: MRI, radiography, treatment, detection of cancerous tumours: radiotherapy, positron emission tomography;
highlight the structure of constituent elements of living organisms: DNA or proteins;
to measure and manipulate more and more precisely the constituent elements of life. For example, it is possible to use optical clamps to move organelles or to unroll the double helix of DNA by measuring the applied force.
Modern biophysics can be divided into a few categories: medical biophysics1 (imaging, radiation, detection, optics), molecular biophysics (protein structure, protein-protein interactions, 3D structure of DNA), cellular biophysics2 (cell and component mechanics, modeling of genetic signaling networks), tissue biophysics3 (organ growth processes, biomechanics, collective migration phenomena) and environmental and population biophysics (biosphere environment components, evolution theory).
Physiologists, who were the first biophysicists, later demonstrated that the laws of physics are necessary and sufficient to explain living things. In the mid-19th century, a multidisciplinary school was set up in Berlin, based on figures such as Johannes Müller and Hermann von Helmholtz, and explored in particular the role of electrical currents in nervous processes, or physiological optics. At the beginning of the 20th century, Darcy Thompson published his magnum opus, Form and Growth, in which he showed how complex processes of embryonic form development can be explained by simple physical and mathematical principles, inspired for example by foam physics. During the 20th century, the theory of vitalism fell into disuse, and biophysics had as its general goal the characterization of living organisms by means of physical and chemical techniques. After the Second World War, several researchers, particularly at the University of Cambridge, revolutionized biophysics, using X-ray crystallography, for example, to discover the structure of DNA (James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, the first three winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for this discovery), electrophysiology to discover the propagation of the potential for action in nerves (Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley, winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963), or the role of chemical processes in pattern formation in the embryo5 (Alan Turing in 1952).
Theoretical aspect
Biophysics aims to explain biological phenomena by the same laws that apply to the rest of the world. In this respect, it is the direct heir to the physiology of the early 20th century. As with many other complex systems (plasmas, superconductors, etc.), biophysicists seek to develop theories adapted to the phenomena typical of the living world. In many cases, such theories highlight certain common points between observations that are very different in principle, and open up new perspectives. Living organisms happen to be part of the most complex and diverse physical systems available for our observation. However, there is a remarkable unity at the cellular level, already demonstrated by the first observations of cells under the microscope (Schleiden 1838, Schwann 1840, Virchow 1855). One of the main examples of universality in the physical and mathematical description of biological processes is the reaction-diffusion theory developed by Turing in 1952 to explain the ex nihilo formation of patterns such as stripes or peas in the fur of animals during their development. This theory, which is still the subject of intense research in developmental biology, is also applicable to describe chemical, ecological or geological processes.
The progressive discovery of the unity of the physical processes involved in all living cells has been an important driver for the development of biophysics. Physicists seek to explain most of the observations by proposing synthetic theories. The most important successes are obtained when several observations in different contexts, in different organisms, are linked to the same physical explanation.
Experimental aspect
Observation techniques developed mainly through advances in physics:
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which solves the three-dimensional structure of small molecules;
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI);
X-ray diffraction used in crystallography, which allows the structure of molecules of any size to be resolved, provided they form regular crystals;
electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR);
surface plasmon resonance (SPR);
mass spectrometry, which makes it possible to identify proteins;
electrophysiology, which measures the electrical activity of cells, potentially of a single cell at a time using the Patch-clamp technique;
biophotonics and fluorescence microscopy;
microcalorimetry, which measures heat changes during a reaction, such as the binding of water molecules to a protein;
microtensometry, which measures the interaction forces within a lipid bilayer;
polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which has many applications in the field of DNA manipulation.
All this requires the manipulation and purification of these molecules using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), electrophoresis, crystallogenesis, flow cytometry, genetic engineering and techniques to obtain sufficient quantities of identical molecules, such as polymerase chain reaction.
The devices are not yet able to "see" a molecule but by "illuminating" a large number of identical molecules with controlled radiation, from X-rays to radio waves (NMR, EPR), it is possible to deduce their common structure by analyzing the re-emitted radiation.
The use of a fundamental theoretical model based on quantum physics, and therefore the use of computer tools, is essential and often linked to the Internet.
Re-emitted radiation is also used to locate these molecules in space; this is what is used in imaging. This often involves coupling the molecule of interest to a biophotonic fluorophore.
There are countless examples of the use of these techniques in medicine. For example, the decoded genome, AIDS and TAT protein, use of EPR. One discipline uses these different tools and techniques to apply them to medicine: structural genomics.
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European Biophysical Societies' Association
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JQ Magazine: Nippon in New York — Hatsune Miku, JAPAN CUTS, Sailor Moon
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.
Before and after the outdoor fireworks, enjoy some summer events in the cool indoors, whether it's catching one of the dozens of films premiering at Japan Society's annual festival, or enjoying anything from interpretative theater to the latest pop sensation.
This month's highlights include:
© 2018 Movie Inuyashiki Production Committee : Hiroya Oku : Kodansha
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street
Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street
$15, $12 seniors and students, $10 Subway Cinema members
From vicious, life-destroying phone scams to balletic battles between equally corrupt cops and yakuza, NYAFF offers films that reflect on contemporary society while offering extreme genre pleasures. There are self-referential takes on cinematic zombies, existential date nights, and teens finding their own corners of the world despite familial and societal expectations. showcasing the most exciting comedies, dramas, thrillers, romances, horrors and arthouse films from East Asia. Features the North American premieres of Japanese films Blood of Wolves (July 2), River's Edge (July 3), Liverleaf (July 8), Midnight Bus (July 11), One Cut of the Dead (July 13), and Inuyashiki (July 15).
July 3, 5, 7
E-Walk 42nd Street 13, 247 West 42nd Street
Empire 25, 234 West 42nd Street
Producer Genki Kawamura follows up his mega-hit Your Name with another anime tale of star-crossed teenage lovers with a sci-fi fantasy twist. Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother's decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has secretly chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don't go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multi-color ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and give them a second chance to be together. But each reset adds new complications and takes them farther and farther away from the real world—until they risk losing sight of reality altogether.
Courtesy of Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Premieres Friday, July 6
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Francesca Beale Theater, 144 West 65th Street
$15, $12 seniors and students
From his start pioneering synth pop music with Yellow Magic Orchestra, in the late '70s to winning an Oscar for his score for The Last Emperor in 1988, Ryuichi Sakamoto quickly established himself as one of the most original and intuitive composers of his generation. But, never content to rest on his laurels, Sakamoto's life journey eventually led him to find musical inspiration in the unlikeliest of places: the Fukushima nuclear disaster and a personal battle with cancer, both of which gave way to a late-life shift in his artistic process. With Coda, director Stephen Nomura Schible (a co-producer on Lost in Translation) crafts a portrait of the artist as an ageless man, one who can turn the worst news into the most refined and purposeful moment of productivity in an already storied career. Shot over five years, this graceful music documentary is an elegantly observed examination of the creative process, following as Sakamoto builds from nothing the album he must assume will be his swan song. Sakamoto and Schible will appear in person for the 7:00 p.m. (Q&A) and 9:30 p.m. (intro) screenings on July 6 and the 4:45 p.m. (Q&A) and 7:30 p.m. (intro) screenings on July 7. Q&As moderated by Sasha Frere-Jones.
Mijabi
Coppé: 23rpm Tour
Nublu Classic, 62 Avenue C (July 7, 10:00 p.m.)
Silvana, 300 West 116th Street (July 9, 9:00 p.m.)
The legendary "godmother of Japanese electronica," Coppé is a pioneering vocalist, producer and collaborator with plaid, atomTM and other luminaries. Coppé returns to New York to debut her new disc of electro-inflected jazz standards, Milk, out now. Her special guests at these shows include Marc Urselli, Grammy-winning engineer/producer for artists including U2, Sting and Keith Richards; MJ12, the union of fretless bassist Percy Jones (Brand X) and drummer Stephen Moses (Alice Donut); and J-MUSIC Ensemble, sax phenom Patrick Bartley's stellar ensemble of Manhattan School of Music graduates who re-envision the J-pop and Japanese video game music that inspires them in a jazz context.
Courtesy of AXS.com
Saturday, July 14, 8:00 p.m.
Miku Expo 2018
Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street
Hatsune Miku, whose name means "first sound of the future," is a Vocaloid (machine-made vocals) digital female avatar who also performs cutting edge concerts. Massively popular in Japan, Miku's appearances with major artists like Lady Gaga and Pharrell Williams have continued to boost her international appeal. Her third U.S. tour consists of live concerts that feature a range of hits from across her career as well as utilizing the latest holographic projection and voice synthesizing technology to create the ultimate Hatsune Miku experience, as well as an exhibition of Miku fan art by artists from Japan and local areas plus workshops and other events. July 13 hosts Miku Expo Digital Stars 2018 New York at Trans-Pecos in Queens, a club event where fans can come together with musicians and DJs from inside and outside the Miku community. Exclusive merchandise will be available at each location.
© Tite Kubo: Shueisha © 2018 BLEACH Film Partners
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street
$15, $12 senior and students, $10 Japan Society Members
Now in its 12th year, JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film continues to grow as the largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema in North America. Bringing a wide range of the best and hardest-to-see films coming out of Japan today—from blockbusters, cutting-edge independent films and anime, to documentaries and short films—JAPAN CUTS is the best place to experience Japan's dynamic contemporary film culture in New York City. Every year, this thrilling 10-day festival offers exclusive premieres, special guest appearances, fun-filled parties, live music and much more!
Courtesy Ninagawa Production Company
July 21, 22, 24-25
Ninagawa Macbeth
David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza
The 1980 premiere of Yukio Ninagawa's "legendarily beautiful" Japanese-language production of Macbeth (Independent, U.K.) was a watershed moment in global theater. Transposing Shakespeare's tragedy from medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, Ninagawa created a breathtaking world filled with samurai, kabuki witches, a highly expressive cherry tree, and a moving musical score of Buddhist chant and western classical music. This revival, the last production overseen by Ninagawa before his death in 2016, transforms the Bard's brutal tale of greed, ambition, and revenge into a poetic meditation on the ephemeral nature of existence. Pre-performance lecture on Saturday, July 21 at 6:15 p.m. by Alexa Alice Joubin in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.
July 22-23, 25
From the legendary Studio Ghibli and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki comes an epic masterpiece that has dazzled audiences worldwide with its breathtaking imagination, exhilarating battles and deep humanity. Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Featuring the voices of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton. The July 22 and July 25 screenings are presented in English, with the July 23 screening presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Courtesy of Lvpac.org
Thursday, July 26, 8:00 p.m.
The Paramount, 370 New York Avenue (Huntington)
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Published Fri, Aug 20 20217:09 AM EDT Updated Fri, Aug 20 20218:08 AM EDT
Kevin Stankiewicz@kevin_stank
Stock futures lower as Wall Street is set for a losing week
Joaquin Duato to replace Alex Gorsky as J&J CEO
China approves a major data protection law
Tesla plans to build a humanoid robot prototype, says Elon Musk
NATO will try to speed up evacuations from Afghanistan, official says
1. Stock futures are lower as Wall Street is set for a losing week
A view of the New York Stock Exchange Building on Wall Street.
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U.S. stock futures were lower Friday, one day after the S&P 500
inched out a slight gain to sever a two-session losing skid. S&P 500 and Dow futures were down about 0.4%, while Nasdaq futures dipped about 0.25%. All three major indexes enter Friday in the red for the week. The 30-stock Dow is riding a three-day losing streak and on pace for its worst week since June. The Nasdaq, which eked out a 0.1% advance Thursday, is on track for its worst week since May. Among the factors weighing on Wall Street this week are concerns about a possible Federal Reserve tapering of its asset purchases and the trajectory of the economic recovery in the face of rising Covid cases. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note
stood at 1.235% Friday morning, down nearly 1 basis point.
2. Joaquin Duato to replace Alex Gorsky as J&J CEO
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Joaquin Duato will replace Alex Gorsky as chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson
, beginning Jan. 3, the pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday. Shares of the Dow component were slightly lower in premarket trading Friday as investors processed the news. Duato, currently vice chairman of the executive committee, also will be elevated to J&J's board. Gorsky, chairman and CEO since 2012, will transition to executive chairman. Gorsky has led the company while it faced a series of legal troubles related to its talc-based baby powder and other products, as well as the opioid crisis.
3. China approves a major data protection law
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China's legislature on Friday approved a major data protection law, according to state media, a development that follows Beijing's tougher regulatory approach to technology companies in recent weeks. While a final version of the Personal Information Protection Law has not been released, it is said to lay out stricter rules on how companies collect and store users' personal information. The law goes to effect Nov. 1, according to Reuters, and is likely to add to the compliance rules firms operating in the country need to follow.
Investors have adopted a more skeptical attitude to Chinese companies since a government crackdown on ride-hailing giant Didi Global
and other industries intensified in early July. On Thursday, star money manager Cathie Wood told CNBC she believes those recent events, particularly involving the online education industry, will "sear our memories for a long time." She added, "That could happen to any industry."
4. Tesla plans to build a humanoid robot prototype, says Elon Musk
Elon Musk is yet to show off a real Optimus robot but he has used a person in a morphsuit to hype up the machine.
Elon Musk Tesla Bot
CEO Elon Musk said Thursday the electric vehicle maker plans to build a humanoid robot, dubbed the Tesla Bot, that has a goal of eliminating "dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks." Musk, who made the announcement during Tesla's AI Day, said the company will "probably have a prototype next year that looks like this," while standing nearby an on-stage human actor who wore a white, robot-like bodysuit. Musk has been known to make predictions about forthcoming Tesla products or initiatives that do not end up materializing on his initial timeline, if at all. Shares of Tesla were higher by about 0.5% in Friday's premarket trading. At its AI Day, Tesla also rolled out plans for a custom chip to be used inside its data centers.
5. NATO will try to speed up evacuations from Afghanistan, official says
A handout photo obtained from Twitter via @Bw_Einsatz on August 17, 2021 shows evacuees from Afghanistan as they arrive in an Airbus A400 transport aircraft of the German Air Force Luftwaffe in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Marc Tennessohn | via Reuters
NATO plans to intensify its efforts to evacuate people from Kabul as the Taliban tighten their grip on Afghanistan's capital city, an official told Reuters on Friday. The pledge comes as the U.S. and other Western nations face criticism for how they've handled the process of getting desperate Afghans out of the country. According to the NATO official, more than 18,000 people have flown from Kabul since the Taliban seized the capital Sunday. In the past five days, the U.S. has airlifted roughly 7,000 people out of Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Thursday. The Taliban, which swiftly captured back Afghanistan as the Biden administration followed through on its promise to pull all troops out of the nation, has in recent days used violence to quell protests across the country.
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Earthquake Report: Loyalty Islands Update #1
I just got back from one of the best conferences that I have ever attended, PATA Days 2017 (Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics, and Archeoseismology). This conference was held in Blenheim, New Zealand and was planned to commemorate the 300 year anniversary of the 1717 AD Alpine fault earthquake (the possibly last "full" margin rupture of the Alpine fault, a strike-slip plate boundary between the Australia and Pacific plates, with a slip rate of about 30 mm per year, tapering northwwards as synthetic strike slip faults splay off from the AF). While the meeting was being planned, the 2016 M 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake happened, which expanded the subject matter somewhat.
Prior to the meeting, we all attended a one day field trip reviewing field evidence for surface rupture and coseismic deformation and landslides from the M 7.8 earthquake in the northern part of the region. The road is still cut off and being repaired, so one cannot drive along the coast between Blenheim and Christchurch (will be open in a few months). During the meeting, there were three days of excellent talks (check out #PATA17 on twitter). Following the meeting, a myajority of the group attended a three day field trip to review the geologic evidence as reviewed by earthquake geologists here of historic and prehistoric earthquakes on the Alpine fault and faults along the Marlborough fault zone (faults that splay off the Alpine fault, extracting plate boundary motion from the Alpine fault). The final day we saw field evidence of rupture from the M 7.8 earthquake, including a coseismic landslide, which blocked a creek. The creek later over-topped some adjacent landscape, down-cutting and exposing stratigraphy that reveals evidence for past rupture on that fault. The trip was epic and the meeting was groundbreaking (apologies for the pun).
This region of the southern New Hebrides subduction zone is formed by the subduction of the Australia plate beneath the Pacific plate. There has been an ongoing earthquake sequence since around Halloween (I prepared a report shortly after I arrived in New Zealand; here is my report for the early part of this sequence). Today there was the largest magnitude earthquake in the sequence. This M 7.0 earthquake generated a tsunami measured on tide gages in the region. However, there was a low likelihood of a transpacific tsunami. The sequence beginning several weeks ago included outer rise extension earthquakes and associated thrust fault earthquakes along the upper plate. I have discussed how the lower/down-going plates in a subduction zone flex and cause extension in this flexed bulge (called the outer rise because it bulges up slightly). Here is my report discussing a possibly triggered outer rise earthquake associated with the 2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake. Here is my report for this M 6.0 earthquake from 2016.08.20.
While looking into this further today, I found that there was a similar sequence (to the current sequence) in 2003-2004. For both sequences, there is an interplay between the upper and lower plates, with compressional earthquakes in the upper plate and extensional earthquakes in the lower plate. Based upon the 2003-2004 sequence, it is possible that there may be a forthcoming compressional earthquake. However, there are many factors that drive the changes in static stress along subduction zones and how that stress may lead to an earthquake (so, there may not be a large earthquake in the upper plate). This is just a simple comparison (albeit for a section of the subduction zone in close proximity).
I list below some USGS earthquake pages for earthquakes in this report.
These are earthquakes from this current sequence.
2017.10.31 M 6.8
These are earthquakes from the 2003-2004 sequence.
Below is my interpretive poster for this earthquake.
I plot the seismicity from the past month, with color representing depth and diameter representing magnitude (see legend). I include earthquake epicenters from 1917-2017 with magnitudes M > 6.5.
I placed a moment tensor / focal mechanism legend on the poster. There is more material from the USGS web sites about moment tensors and focal mechanisms (the beach ball symbols). Both moment tensors and focal mechanisms are solutions to seismologic data that reveal two possible interpretations for fault orientation and sense of motion. One must use other information, like the regional tectonics, to interpret which of the two possibilities is more likely. The moment tensor shows northeast-southwest compression, perpendicular to the convergence at this plate boundary. Most of the recent seismicity in this region is associated with convergence along the New Britain trench or the South Solomon trench.
I include the slab contours plotted (Hayes et al., 2012), which are contours that represent the depth to the subduction zone fault. These are mostly based upon seismicity. The depths of the earthquakes have considerable error and do not all occur along the subduction zone faults, so these slab contours are simply the best estimate for the location of the fault.
I include some inset figures.
In the upper right corner I include the map and seismicity cross section from Benz et al. (2011). These maps plot the seismicity and this reveals the nature of the downgoing subducting slab. Shallower earthquakes are generally more related to the subduction zone fault or deformation within either plate (interplate and intraplate earthquakes). While the deeper earthquakes are not megathrust fault related, but solely due to internal crustal deformation (intraplate earthquakes). I highlight the location of the cross section with a blue line labeled G-G' (and place this cross section in the general location on the main interpretive map.
In the lower left corner I include some tide gage records from the region, which are from the UNESCO IOC online Sea Level Monitoring Facility. These three records are labeled A, B, and C and the locations of these gages are designated by red dots on the main map, along with A, B, and C labels in white.
Above the raw tide gage records are some reported wave heights from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. These are basically the wave heights recorded on the tide gages, but interpreted by a subject matter expert to estimate the timing of wave arrival and the water surface elevation in excess of the ambient sea level.
In the lower right corner I include a comparison between the 2003-2004 sequence and the current and ongoing sequence. I plot moment tensors for earthquakes [largely] from after my initial report (though I include the largest magnitude earthquake in the upper plate). I plot USGS moment tensors for the larger magnitude earthquakes from the 2003 sequence. I also label the along strike extent for these two sequences. They overlap by a very small amount, but generally seem to be happening in adjacent sections of the fault system here. All things being equal, the 2003 sequence included M 7 earthquakes in both the upper and lower plates. If the 2017 sequence is similar, there may still be an M 7 earthquake in the upper plate. Of course, there is also a possiblity of a large subduction zone earthquake here too. We just don't really have enough information to really know (it is difficult to know, if not impossible, the state of stress on the megathrust fault. this make it impossible to predict if there will be more or larger earthquakes here.).
In the upper left corner I include a figure from Lay et al. (2011) that shows the general tectonic setting at subduction zone faults. There are three examples. Lay et al. (2011) modeled the Japan trench subduction zone after the 2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and estimated the static stress changes imparted in the adjacent crust as a result of the M 9.0 earthquake. Lay et al. (2011) determined that the downgoing plate to the east of the M 9.0 earthquake experienced an increase in static stress. This was used to support the hypothesis that the M 6.0 earthquake along the outer rise, east of the M 9.0 slip patch, was statically triggered by the M 9.0 earthquake. The two sequences along the southern New Hebrides trench are probably playing out a similar fault-geometry and static stress relation.
Here is my poster from the beginning of this sequence.
Here is a map from the USGS report (Benz et al., 2011). Read more about this map on the USGS website. Earthquakes are plotted with color related to depth and circle diameter related to magnitude. Today's M 6.8 earthquake occurred south of cross section G-G'.
This is the legend.
Here is a cross section showing the seismicity along swatch profile G-G'.
Craig et al. (2014) evaluated the historic record of seismicity for subduction zones globally. In particular, the evaluated the relations between upper and lower plate stresses and earthquake types (cogent for the southern New Hebrides trench). Below is a figure from their paper for this part of the world. I include their figure caption below in blockquote.
Outer-rise seismicity along the New Hebrides arc. (a) Seismicity and focal mechanisms. Seismicity at the southern end of the arc is dominated by two major outer-rise normal faulting events, and MW 7.6 on 1995 May 16 and an MW 7.1 on 2004 January 3. Earthquakes are included from Chapple & Forsyth (1979); Chinn & Isacks (1983); Liu & McNally (1993). (b) Time versus latitude plot.
Here is a summary figure from Craig et al. (2014) that shows different stress configurations possibly existing along subduction zones.
Schematic diagram for the factors influencing the depth of the transition from horizontal extension to horizontal compression beneath the outer rise. Slab pull, the interaction of the descending slab with the 660 km discontinuity (or increasing drag from the surround mantle), and variations in the interface stress influence both the bending moment and the in-plane stress. Increases in the angle of slab dip increases the dominance of the bending moment relative to the in-plane stress, and hence moves the depth of transition towards the middle of the mechanical plate from either an shallower or a deeper position. A decrease in slab dip enhances the influence of the in-plane stress, and hence moves the transition further from the middle of the mechanical plate, either deeper for an extensional in-plane stress, or shallower for a compressional in-plane stress. Increased plate age of the incoming plate leads to increases in the magnitude of ridge push and intraplate thermal contraction, increasing the in-plane compressional stress in the plate prior to bending. Dynamic topography of the oceanic plate seawards of the trench can result in either in-plane extension or compression prior to the application of the bending stresses.
Here is a great figure from here, the New Caledonian Seismologic Network. This shows how geologists have recorded uplift rates along dip ("perpendicular" to the subduction zone fault). On the left is a map and on the right is a vertical profile showing how these rates of uplift change east-west. This is the upwards flexure related to the outer rise, which causes extension in the upper part of the downgoing/subducting plate.
The subduction of the Australian plate under the Vanuatu arc is also accompanied by vertical movements of the lithosphere. Thus, the altitudes recorded by GPS at the level of the Quaternary reef formations that cover the Loyalty Islands (Ouvéa altitude: 46 m, Lifou: 104 m and Maré 138 m) indicate that the Loyalty Islands accompany a bulge of the Australian plate. just before his subduction. Coral reefs that have "recorded" the high historical levels of the sea serve as a reference marker for geologists who map areas in uprising or vertical depression (called uplift and subsidence). Thus, the various studies have shown that the Loyalty Islands, the Isle of Pines but alsothe south of Grande Terre (Yaté region) rise at speeds between 1.2 and 2.5 millimeters per decade.
Here are the figures from Richards et al. (2011) with their figure captions below in blockquote.
The main tectonic map
bathymetry, and major tectonic element map of the study area. The Tonga and Vanuatu subduction systems are shown together with the locations of earthquake epicenters discussed herein. Earthquakes between 0 and 70 km depth have been removed for clarity. Remaining earthquakes are color-coded according to depth. Earthquakes located at 500–650 km depth beneath the North Fiji Basin are also shown. Plate motions for Vanuatu are from the U.S. Geological Survey, and for Tonga from Beavan et al. (2002) (see text for details). Dashed line indicates location of cross section shown in Figure 3. NFB—North Fiji Basin; HFZ—Hunter Fracture Zone.
Here is the map showing the current configuration of the slabs in the region.
Map showing distribution of slab segments beneath the Tonga-Vanuatu region. West-dipping Pacifi c slab is shown in gray; northeast-dipping Australian slab is shown in red. Three detached segments of Australian slab lie below the North Fiji Basin (NFB). HFZ—Hunter Fracture Zone. Contour interval is 100 km. Detached segments of Australian plate form sub-horizontal sheets located at ~600 km depth. White dashed line shows outline of the subducted slab fragments when reconstructed from 660 km depth to the surface. When all subducted components are brought to the surface, the geometry closely approximates that of the North Fiji Basin.
This is the cross section showing the megathrust fault configuration based on seismic tomography and seismicity.
Previous interpretation of combined P-wave tomography and seismicity from van der Hilst (1995). Earthquake hypocenters are shown in blue. The previous interpretation of slab structure is contained within the black dashed lines. Solid red lines mark the surface of the Pacifi c slab (1), the still attached subducting Australian slab (2a), and the detached segment of the Australian plate (2b). UM—upper mantle;
TZ—transition zone; LM—lower mantle.
Here is their time step interpretation of the slabs that resulted in the second figure above.
Simplifi ed plate tectonic reconstruction showing the progressive geometric evolution of the Vanuatu and Tonga subduction systems in plan view and in cross section. Initiation of the Vanuatu subduction system begins by 10 Ma. Initial detachment of the basal part of the Australian slab begins at ca. 5–4 Ma and then sinking and collision between the detached segment and the Pacifi c slab occur by 3–4 Ma. Initial opening of the Lau backarc also occurred at this time. Between 3 Ma and the present, both slabs have been sinking progressively to their current position. VT—Vitiaz trench; dER—d'Entrecasteaux Ridge.
Here is a figure that shows the coulomb stress changes due to the 2011 earthquake. Basically, this shows which locations on the fault where we might expect higher likelihoods of future earthquake slip. I include their figure caption below as a blockquote.
Maps of the Coulomb stress change predicted for the joint P wave, Rayleigh wave and continuous GPS inversion in Fig. 2. The margins of the latter fault model are indicated by the box. Two weeks of aftershock locations from the U.S. Geological Survey are superimposed, with symbol sizes scaled relative to seismic magnitude. (a) The Coulomb stress change averaged over depths of 10–15 km for normal faults with the same westward dipping fault plane geometry as the Mw 7.7 outer rise aftershock, for which the global centroid moment tensor mechanism is shown. (b) Similar stress changes for thrust faults with the same geometry as the mainshock, along with the Mw 7.9 thrusting aftershock to the south, for which the global centroid moment tensor is shown.
Here is a figure schematically showing how subduction zone earthquakes may increase coulomb stress along the outer rise. The outer rise is a region of the downgoing/subducting plate that is flexing upwards. There are commonly normal faults, sometimes reactivating fracture zone/strike-slip faults, caused by extension along the upper oceanic lithosphere. We call these bending moment normal faults. There was a M 7.1 earthquake on 2013.10.25 that appears to be along one of these faults. I include their figure caption below as a blockquote.
Schematic cross-sections of the A) Sanriku-oki, B) Kuril and C) Miyagi-oki subduction zones where great interplate thrust events have been followed by great trench slope or outer rise extensional events (in the first two cases) and concern about that happening in the case of the 2011 event.
Here is an animation that shows the seismicity for this region from 1960 – 2016 for earthquakes with magnitudes greater than or equal to 7.0.
I include some figures mentioned in my report from 2016.04.28 for a sequence of earthquakes in the same region as today's earthquake (albeit shallower hypocentral depths), in addition to a plot from Cleveland et al. (2014). In the upper right corner, Cleveland et al. (2014) on the left plot a map showing earthquake epicenters for the time period listed below the plot on the right. On the right is a plot of earthquakes (diameter = magnitude) of earthquakes with latitude on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. Cleveland et al (2014) discuss these short periods of seismicity that span a certain range of fault length along the New Hebrides Trench in this area. Above is a screen shot image and below is the video.
Here is a link to the embedded video below (6 MB mp4)
New Britain | Solomon | Bougainville | New Hebrides | Tonga | Kermadec
2017.11.19 M 6.8 Loyalty Islands Update #1
2017.11.07 M 6.5 Papua New Guinea
2017.11.04 M 6.8 Tonga
2017.10.31 M 6.8 Loyalty Islands
2017.08.27 M 6.4 N. Bismarck plate
2017.05.09 M 6.8 Vanuatu
2017.03.19 M 6.0 Solomon Islands
2017.03.05 M 6.5 New Britain
2017.01.22 M 7.9 Bougainville
2017.01.03 M 6.9 Fiji
2016.12.08 M 7.8 Solomons
2016.10.15 M 6.4 South Bismarck Sea
2016.08.12 M 7.2 New Hebrides Update #2
2016.08.12 M 7.2 New Hebrides
2016.04.06 M 6.9 Vanuatu Update #1
2015.03.30 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #5)
2015.05.24 M 6.8, 6.8, 6.9 Santa Cruz Islands
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A different approach to classifying social capital based on economic development research.
The academic research on social capital can be hard to digest because researchers focus on a wide range of fields, including families, education, civic participation, public health and economic development. There are also diverse perspectives among researchers within each of these fields, and it's not always clear how to categorize them.
Luckily, Woolcock and Narayan provide some clarity within the field of economic development in their paper Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research and Policy. We'll break down their classification for you here and look at possible implications.
Woolcock and Narayan categorize research on social capital and economic development into four broad perspectives. Let's first look at how each perspective defines and measures social capital.
Focuses on social capital as equivalent to the presence of local organizations, where more is always better.
Measures social capital by looking at the number and density of those organizations.
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Measures social capital by looking at the balance of bonding and bridging relationships of individuals within a community.
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Measures social capital based on the quality of these institutions and their involvement in society. Some examples of quality include trust, rule of law and civil liberties.
Focuses on social capital as a factor of the synergy between public institutions and private citizens.
Measures social capital based on the presence of symbiotic relationships between institutions and citizens, and the depth of ties between them.
While there are researchers that fall into each of the four categories above, the Synergy View is a recent trend that seeks to combine the Networks and Institutional Views, while both of the latter are older but wider in scope and more influential. The Communitarian View was an earlier perspective that has useful insights, but has been shown to be too narrowly focused (e.g.: research has shown that more community organizations do not necessarily lead to increased economic prosperity).
The primary unit of analysis. We interpret this as the vehicle for social capital.
The categorization of social capital as a variable: independent, dependent or mediating. The concept of social capital as a mediating variable was not clear in the context of this paper; however, we interpret it as a situation in which social capital is part of dynamic interaction between multiple variables, instead of a direct cause or effect.
The incorporation of a theory of state. We interpret this as questioning whether there is inclusion of an analysis of government's impact on a community's social capital.
Below, we contrast the four perspective based on our interpretation of these points of difference.
This classification has some conceptual overlaps with other frameworks we have discussed; however, it adds fresh perspective in a couple of areas.
First, the concept of social capital as an independent, dependent or mediating variable is interesting, and not one that we had considered before. Our standing definition of social capital as the resources embedded in relationships leans towards social capital as a dependent variable, since it's implied that trust converts the human capital of an individual into the social capital of the relationship. However, in light of the authors' insights, it may be more accurate to say that social capital is a mediating variable in a relationship because it's part of a dynamic state of trust between two people. We plan to explore this concept further.
Second, the discussion of public institutions and government's involvement in social capital provides a starting point for analyzing current events and international policies. We plan to expand on the theories in both the Institutional and Synergy Views to support this analysis.
To learn more about the research behind these perspectives, please refer to Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy.


Trail Conditions: (for the visitor) Click on [pic] for photo.
For those of you who haven't been on our club trails, let me explain a bit. We are a coastal village, which translates as windswept [pic]. There are no trees here and therefore we get a lot of snow drifting and sastrugi [pic]. This makes for slow trails, or icy where the snow has blown away. Of course, there may be some of you, used to groomed trails through the forest, who would hesitate to use the word 'trails' to describe our race courses. The race times may reflect these conditions.
The Cape Horn trail wasn't staked yet so we ran a 34 mile trail that started at the bypass road by AC, crossed the Teller Road and went up the Snake River Valley 15 miles. There was a slight north wind during the race. The race started at 10 a.m. under sunny skies. Thanks to Jim for putting in the trail, Mike Webber, Kim and Bob Lewis for helping out with the race at the start, road crossings, turn around and finish!
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the Nome Kennel Club Businessman's Race 2002!
Special thanks to the team owners and trail support folks for your able assistance and support!!
This year the race went through Topkok, White Mountain, Council, came back to Topkok, and on into Nome. The checkpoint at Whitew Mountain was new this year. A mandatory 6-hour layover was also added to this year's race. The layover could be taken at any of the checkpoints in any time increments.
1. Bill Cotter, of Nenana: finished at 7:30pm, Saturday - total time: 25 hours 30 minutes, with 10 dogs.
2. Nils Hahn, of Nome: finished at 10:04pm, Saturday - total time: 28 hours 4 minutes, with 9 dogs.
3. Greg Parvin, of Nome: finished at 11:22pm, Saturday - total time: 29 hours 22 minutes, with 11 dogs.
Weather for the trip was perfect for the race volunteers, good for the mushers, and perhaps a little warmer than ideal for the dogs.
Special thanks to trail breaker Dave Holly, White Mountain coordinator Dan Harrelson, Topkok checkers Tom & TW Brannon and Pat & Anna Hahn, White Mountain checker Kim Waldrep, Council checkers Mitch Erikson and Nickolai (KGB), Race vet Dr. Leedy and family, Race Marshall Bryan Timbers, Race Official H. Conner, race volunteers Mark Cardinal, Lance Cannon, and Linnea Baker. Additional thanks to Gary Longley for trail breaking around Hastings' overflow and for checking teams into Nome at the finish!
The trail started at the Teller Road crossing outbound on the west trail with a right turn at Thompson Creek over to Glacier Creek, up the hill to the ditch line. The trail followed the ditch line all the way till it dropped down on the old railroad bed and then up Leonard Seppalas driveway and back into the ditch, down Grub Creek and into the Snake River following the west side of the valley back to the Teller Road crossing. The trail was 40 miles long.
The weather was a warm 28 degrees with overcast skies and some light snow. There was lots of fresh snow from the previous days storm that had passed through.
Thanks to Jim Rowe for the amazing extreme mushing trail that he put in for this race and for being race marshal. Also thanks to Kirsten and Nils for helping stake the trail.
Next weekend will be a 10 mile race that runs a loop of this same trail. Prizes will be historical photos from the musem that have been enlarged and framed. Starting place will be the Teller Road crossing @ 11 a.m. Saturday April 20th unless otherwise announced.
The race was run over a six-mile course from the by-pass starting line to the Nome River then via the beach back to the east end of town. Temperature 22°F with light easterly winds, overcast skies.
We had a great race tonight for the season year ender. Race started at 7 PM under overcast skies and temps of 22f. Tomorrow promises a spring blizzard by evening so the timing was good. Good luck to Nils and Chris who along with Joe Garnie from Teller and Percy Nayokpuk from Shishmaref all head to Kotzebue tomorrow for the 150 mile Port Site Race. Fridays weather will look a little intimidating but by race time on Saturday things will have calmed down but with lots of new snow.
Thanks to everyone for showing up and to Bob Lewis for help on the trail.
Junior mushers Melissa and Mike Owens made a great showing and Melissa would have been a top finisher in the adult class.


Mystery Chunks of Ice Pelt Iowa City.
Large pieces of ice fall from the sky in an Iowa neighborhood, damaging trees and one home. Authorities say the ice could simply be the work of Mother Nature -- or it could have fallen from a plane.
I'd like to know which "authorities" say that chunks of ice that size could fall simply as a result of weather.
Airplane. Duh. And as for the "authorities" who think it's a new type of hail: time to start collecting social security.
First I'm giving you a rep point for this one, then I'm selling a hundred sixty acres of oceanfront property in Arizona! You have been pre-approved. Send cash immediately.
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