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DOI:10.1017/S0144686X03001193
Promoting independence: but promoting what and how?
@article{Secker2003PromotingIB,
title={Promoting independence: but promoting what and how?},
author={Jenny Secker and Robert L. Hill and Louise Villeneau and S Parkman},
journal={Ageing and Society},
pages={375 - 391}
J. Secker, Robert L. Hill, +1 author S. Parkman
Published 1 May 2003
Ageing and Society
'Promoting independence' is a central theme of recent United Kindgdom health and social care policy development but is rarely defined. Instead it is generally assumed that we know what independence means. Based on a review of the literature on independence in older age, this paper examines the terms and meanings. While the most common conceptualisation equates independence with the absence of reliance on others, for older people themselves independence is a broader concept that encompasses not…
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The Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) share price is up 2.5% in response to its new online partnership with Ocado.
After 10 years being owned by Wesfarmers, Coles Group was split from the broader Wesfarmers conglomerate (which owns Bunnings Warehouse) in November 2018. However, the Coles name has operated in Australia for 100 years. Today Coles is one of the largest retailers in the country, serving 21 million customers per week across its supermarkets, Coles Express, Online, Vintage Choice and others.
Coles has entered into a service agreement with Ocado so that the Australian supermarket company can gain access to Ocado's Smart Platform technology.
Coles described Ocado as the world's leading online grocery website with automated single pick fulfilment technology and home delivery solution.
The two automated Coles distribution warehouses that have been previously announced, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney, are expected to be operational by FY23. Each of them have a sales capacity of between $500 million to $750 million per annum.
Coles said capital expenditure inclusive of upfront Ocado fees is expected to be approximately $130 million to $150 million over the four year development and construction period.
Some of the selling points of the parternship include a seamless digital customer experience, greater range, improved product availability and freshness, more regular delivery windows, increased network capacity at a lower cost to serve, a safer working environment for Coles team members.
Overall, this is expected to double Coles' Australia-wide home delivery capacity and is expected to improve the profit margin for Coles Online.
According to CommSec, Coles is valued at 18 times FY19 earnings, so it's not as cheap as it was earlier this month.
Coles is doing a number of things to boost its earnings such as creating a joint venture for its hotel business. Even so, it's important not to overpay for a business that only generates a low level of growth each year.
I think there are better ideas on the ASX that don't face so much competition.


IBM and The Weather Company are working together to forge effective real-time emergency response plans through data analytics.
IBM and The Weather Company have teamed up to develop forecast systems to give communities the keys to better prepare for natural disasters and weather events.
As the hurricane season in the United States gets underway, a collaboration between Big Blue, The Weather Company and its global B2B division has been announced. On Monday, the companies revealed they are developing a new emergency management solution which combines weather data analytics and data to "help communities predict and plan for natural disasters far more accurately and deploy the right resources in advance."
Hurricanes are known to cause chaos across the US in the majority of cases the season comes around. Unfortunately, the weather event not only can cause serious destruction to homes and leave citizens destitute, but can also destroy communication channels.
If government agencies and emergency response teams are given a more accurate heads-up as the season approaches, this can direct them to the areas most likely to be hit and the people in the most need.
The Weather Company runs a number of global weather forecast centers designed to track tropical weather, climatology and severe weather events for the company's clients and is also a well-established broadcaster. The company's contribution to the effort is the collection of weather data, while IBM's new Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for Emergency Management will collect this data -- as well as historical records and sensor data from a variety of sources -- in order to analyze patterns, create visualizations and predict what's coming next.
Weather predictions and the subsequent analysis will then be forwarded to agencies to help people prepare for natural disasters and for organizations to support more effective response efforts.
According to IBM, integrating weather data within the IOC will lead to an increased tropical weather forecast of a day and a half over publicly available hurricane alerts -- and WSI algorithms will give emergency response teams a better idea of where the worst areas hit will be and respond as a result.
In addition, the forecast system is expected to give government bodies the option to create more realistic prediction scenarios of how particular weather events -- such as snowstorms or hurricanes -- could unfold, leading to improved decision making in the event of a natural disaster or serious weather.
"Big data is revolutionizing emergency management and transforming how communities protect citizens and property in times of emergency - which can range from hurricanes and snowstorms to highway accidents and riots," said Robert Griffin, General Manager, Safer Planet at IBM. "The IOC for Emergency Management from IBM enables data sharing across organizational boundaries and applies sophisticated analytics to provide insight for future incident planning and response."


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From Hässleholm you take a train towards Helsingborg, getting off in Perstorp. From Helsingborg you take a train towards Hässleholm, getting off in Perstorp.
You can take a taxi from Perstorp. We can pick you up in Perstorp some times, upon agreement. The farm is 6 km north of Perstorp.
There are a variety of ways to come from the continent. Personally, we prefer taking the ferry from Puttgarden to Rödby, driving through Denmark to Copenhagen and then over the Öresunds Bridge to Malmö. At that point, you can choose to drive via Helsingborg or Hässleholm. From Helsingborg you take E4 and then Riksväg 21 toward Kristianstad or from Hässleholm you take Riksväg 21 toward Helsingborg, turning into Perstorp.
There is a traffic circle/round-a-bout at the junction of 21 and 108 on the west edge of Perstorp. Drive towards Örkelljunga on 108 and turn right at the next traffic circle. After 300 meters you will turn left towards Köpinge. After 5 km you turn right towards Röke and Strandböke. After 1 more kilometer you will turn right at the sign for Hultet. After 150 meter you are here. The farm is on the north (left) side of Hultet Road.


Apple's list of beautiful devices is nearly endless. I think the AirPort Extreme — and, in extension, the Time Capsule — top the list.
Apple's AirPort Extreme is a high-end wireless router capable of creating a high speed, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi network in your home. In all honesty, I don't know what any of those specifications mean short of knowing how big of an improvement there was in my wireless speeds at home. There are three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for wired Internet1 and a USB 2.0 port for connecting a hard drive or a printer. If you plug in a hard drive, all the computers connected to your network can use the hard drive as a Time Machine backup drive, and if you plug in a printer, all those same devices can print wirelessly. It's a slick setup.
The AirPort Extreme can be configured using an iPhone or iPad as well via the AirPort Utility app on the App Store. I appreciate how Apple has brought equality across all their platforms.
I had been searching for an improved wireless router for quite some time and had originally set my sights on Apple's Time Capsule. Some friends advised against this idea though, as Time Capsules are known to fail — once the hard drive goes, the wireless router goes as well. You can pick up an AirPort Extreme and a hard drive for the same amount of money and be sure your wireless network won't fail at the same time as your hard drive.
Do I need to write a full review of this device? I don't think so. It's been around for a while and many, many people have had the device for years. It's a tad expensive considering it no longer has the latest Wi-Fi standards, but its design and its ability to turn any printer or hard drive into a wireless option still make it a great buy.
Let me reiterate how impressively the AirPort Extreme's design holds up against newer routers.
I'm very happy with the speed boost around the house. I should have purchased this device a long time ago.


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Q: What is the equation for a solid torus? I know that the equation for a torus is given by
$$\left(R - \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}\right)^2 + z^2 = r^2$$
where $R$ is the larger radius and the $r$ is the smaller radius. Now I was reading about the solid torus, which can be constructed by forming a cartesian product of a disc in $D^2 \in \mathbb{R}^2$ and a circle $S^1$. Suppose for example my disc has radius $r$ and the circle has radius $R$, then what does the equation representing a solid torus look like?

A: Just replace $=$ with $<$ or $\le$.

A: Some parametrization is helpful.
$$\rho= R+r \cos\phi\quad z= r \sin \phi \;$$
$$(\rho-R)^2+z^2=(R-\sqrt{x^2+y^2})^2 +z^2=r^2 $$

We can employ a variable along the normal to the circle section $ 0< rt<r $. Then the solid is the sum of many layers of expanding $r$ with $ 0<t<1 :$
$$\left(R - \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}\right)^2 + z^2 = r^2 t^2$$
Simply put, this  exterior surface is associated with the torus. If the inside of the toroidal surface is filled with a fluid then the volume is associated with the solid torus.
Sections on Torus show some outer profiles of the layered solid when sectioned along a radius.
Parts of sections of such tori can be seen through oval annular rings  in lumber/plywood/studs around knots and single cut bent branches.

A: If you carefully read the article that you have cited, you will notice that it says the solid torus is homeomorphic to the Cartesian product $S^1\times D^2.$ To say two things are homeomorphic is quite different from saying one is a construction of the other.
Notice that the same page tells you that the ordinary torus is homeomorphic to $S^1\times S^1.$ If you can explain how this statement leads directly to the equation $\left(R - \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}\right)^2 + z^2 = r^2$ then I think you should write your own answer to your question about the solid torus.
I can only get to that equation by an indirect route shown below.
Since the solid torus is homeomorphic to $S^1\times D^2,$ however, that gives us some clues about how we might parameterize a solid torus. We can use the Cartesian product of a parameterization of a disk with a parameterization of a circle.
If we take a disk of radius $r$ as a region in a plane with Cartesian coordinates $(u,v)$ that satisfy $u^2 + v^2 \leq r^2,$ then the coordinates $(u,v)$ are a reasonable parameterization of the disk.
Cartesian coordinates are not a good parameterization of a circle. A better parameterization is the angle $\theta$ from some reference point on the circle.
So if we have a circle of radius $R$ in a plane with Cartesian coordinates
$(s,t),$ you can find any point on the circle by setting
\begin{align}
s &= R \cos\theta, \tag1\\
t &= R \sin\theta. \tag2\\
\end{align}
You can easily confirm that then $s^2 + t^2 = R^2.$ But when it comes to naming points on the circle, it is better to forget about the coordinates $(s,t)$ and just use $\theta$ as a coordinate (that is, just the angle component of polar coordinates).
This is because the circle is a one-dimensional object and should have just one coordinate.
We end up then with coordinates $(u,v,\theta)$ for the solid torus, with the "equation" (actually inequation)
$$ u^2 + v^2 \leq r^2.$$
If we write the coordinates in the sequence $(\theta,u,v)$ instead then we have parameterized the solid torus literally according to its homeomorphism with
$S^1\times D^2.$
That is, we have a parameter of $S^1$ concatenated with parameters of $D^2.$
If the $v$ axis of the disk at each $\theta$ is aligned with the axis of rotation of the torus and the positive $u$ direction is oriented away from the axis, then these are (almost) the cylindrical coordinates for a torus.
To get the usual cylindrical coordinates we merely need to set $\rho = u + R$ and then the inequation of the solid torus in cylindrical coordinates $(\rho,v,\theta)$ is
$$ (\rho - R)^2 + v^2 \leq r^2, $$
Note the similarity to the Cartesian equation for the torus,
setting $\rho = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}$ and $v = z.$
Indeed, an equation for the torus (the boundary of the solid torus) in cylindrical coordinates is
$$ (\rho - R)^2 + v^2 = r^2 $$
or equivalently $(R - \rho)^2 + v^2 = r^2.$
The substitution $\rho = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}$ and $v = z$ then turns this equation into the known equation
$\left(R - \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}\right)^2 + z^2 = r^2.$
If you insist on using Cartesian coordinates for both $S^1$ and $D^2$ in the Cartesian product $S^1\times D^2$ and applying those same coordinates to the solid torus,
keep in mind that for some objects, such as an arbitrary straight line in three-dimensional space with Cartesian coordinates, there is no single literal equation that describes the object.
The "equation" of the object may actually consist of several equations or a combination of equations and inequations; for example, the pair of equations
\begin{align}
x + y &= 2, \\
x - z &= 1 \\
\end{align}
describe a particular line in $(x,y,z)$ coordinates.
Using $s^2 + t^2 = R^2$ as an equation for a circle $S^1$
and $ u^2 + v^2 \leq r^2$ as an inequation for a disk $D^2,$
then an "equation" for the solid torus can simply be the combination of that equation and inequation,
\begin{align}
s^2 + t^2 &= R^2, \\
u^2 + v^2 &\leq  r^2. \\
\end{align}
As a description of a torus this leaves a lot to be desired.
For one thing, it gives us four coordinates, $(s,t,u,v)$ for an object that exists in three-dimensional space. We could take the view that the $s$ and $t$ specify a coordinate $\theta$ as the simultaneous solution of Equations $(1)$ and $(2)$.

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Independent reporting this week that negotiations for the 25-year-old's move to Old Trafford this summer are at "an advanced stage," with United prepared to pay his €100 million buyout clause.
When asked about those reports, Simeone said: "I don't tie anybody down. I simply work in order to continue getting better for the good of the club.
on the scoresheet. He is currently in great form and it's normal that the top clubs in the world want him.
"I'm not surprised that those that can afford him are seeking him."
with Paul Pogba at club level in the future and that he had asked his France teammate about United.
His agent has previously said the forward, who is under contract with Atletico until June 2021, rejected an offer from Paris Saint-Germain in July.
Lionel Messi, after an impressive 2015-16 campaign.
Griezmann was the top scorer with six goals at Euro 2016, where hosts France ended runners-up to Portugal.
The Frenchman, in his third season at Atletico, scored his 12th goal of the campaign in his team's 3-2 defeat to Las Palmas in the Copa del Rey round-of-16 return leg on Jan. 10.
Griezmann has set up six more goals in 25 starts for Atletico this season.
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New Delhi, First Published Mar 12, 2019, 11:04 AM IST
Hardik Patel is all set to join the Congress party on March 12, ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha election and is expected to contest the polls from Jamnagar
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Also read: Hardik Patel, aides gets two-year jail term in Visnagar rioting case
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4. On March 9, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani \ expanded his cabinet by inducting three members, including former Congress lawmaker Jawahar Chavda, who was made a minister a day after he joined the BJP. Chavda can strengthen the party's OBC outreach.
5. As for the Patel vote-bank, there are strong leaders of the caste, both Leuva and Kadva, in the BJP. The recent addition of Ashaben Patel adds heft to the club.
6. Finally, Hardik Patel had risen to prominence demanding a quota for the Patidars. The Modi government has pre-empted the plank by offering 10% reservation in educational institutions and employment to the general category candidates.
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In what episode of TOS did a character on the bridge make a comment about raising the number 1 to some power?
Long, long ago, I was watching an episode of TOS when a character usually or often on the bridge of the Enterprise made a comment about raising the number 1 [sic] to some power.
I don't remember who it was, or what point he was endeavoring to make -- I do remember that the comment was not ironic -- but it sure was a low point in Star Trek for me. That I just groaned and continued to watch says multitudes about the addictive power of Star Trek.
Who said this, and in what context? (Actually, after so many decades, I can't be 100% positive it was in TOS.)
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SCOTT: Scotty, sir. We have a reading on the power source Mister Spock requested. When we first monitored, it was generating alternating cycles totalling one hundred to the twentieth power Waltham units. - TOS: The Apple – Valorum May 27 at 20:03
"Court Martial" (TOS 1x15)
Kirk is facing a court martial. In his defense, the Enterprise crew are trying to find someone hiding aboard the ship.
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KIRK: Gentlemen, this computer has an auditory sensor. It can, in effect, hear sounds. By installing a booster, we can increase that capability on the order of one to the fourth power. The computer should bring us every sound occurring on the ship.
Kirk says the line in this video clip, starting at the 55-second mark:
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So obviously mathematical language has changed a little since the 20th century. – Harry Johnston May 28 at 1:11
I'm surprised by the fuss about this. It's simply 1E04, or 1*(10^4). He's just talking scientific notation in short form. – motoDrizzt May 28 at 5:06
I think Behrens' interpretation makes the most sense to me, but these are all plausible; I think I'd say "one to the fourth power" as "x^(1..4)" or "1e4" would be a misspeak if ever said seriously, but it's the sort of mistake a tired or distracted mathematician could really make. – lahwran May 28 at 5:28
@motoDrizzt Saying "one to the fourth power" as a shortened form of the number 1E4 would be like saying "eight" as a shortened form of the number 38. (The actual shortened form would be "ten to the fourth", or just "ten thousand".) One can easily retcon why Kirk would have misspoken, but you can't seriously argue that it wasn't a mistake. – Sneftel May 28 at 8:24
@Galastel Was it actually in the script? It's possible the script had something similar (like 10 to the fourth) and he happened to misspeak it in the take they used. – IllusiveBrian May 28 at 12:37
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USL teams prosper in CCL, unlike MLS counterparts
By Montry,
November 8, 2008 in Major League Soccer
MLS teams can sell whatever excuses they want to explain their dismal performances in the CONCACAF Champions League, but it seems most people aren't buying them.
"Maybe the [busy] schedule was a lot for them," Montreal Impact coach John Limniatis said. "But the schedule for us and Puerto Rico was, to some extent, almost inhumane."
The Impact and the Islanders still managed good showings in the USL First Division playoffs while balancing two preliminary and six group-stage matches in the Champions League. Their success -- both clubs already have advanced from the group stage to February's quarterfinals -- has been a boost for the image of the USL First Division, which ranks a rung below MLS on America's soccer ladder.
"I think people have to realize the USL is a much better league than they think," said second-year Puerto Rico coach Colin Clarke, who brings a unique perspective having coached in MLS with Dallas from 2003 to 2006. "I think that league, MLS, has gotten weaker, and ours has gotten stronger."
Were a congested schedule and fatigued players the undoing for MLS? Could the USL squads have better depth?
Did the MLS teams simply not take the Champions League seriously enough, treating it like they usually do early rounds of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and not using their best players?
Could the USL's style of play, considered more physical and aggressive than that of MLS, have helped Montreal and Puerto Rico against teams from Central America and the Caribbean?
It probably was a combination of all that, Limniatis and Clarke said.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=589625&sec=us&root=us&cc=3888
the biologist
Good article, coming from ESPN. It shows there's at least one guy on this site who knows there's a soccer league called USL. I went through the comments section and the first one posted was that:
Well done to Puerto Rico and Montreal but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
The Puerto Rico Islanders' season started in mid-April.
The Houston Dynamo season started in mid-February.
The Puerto Rico Islanders' season ended at the end of October.
The Houston Dynamo season won't end till the end of November...even if they don't advance past the conference semis.
The Puerto Rico Islanders played 41 games, across all competitions, in their season.
If the Dynamo advance to MLS Cup, they will play nearly 60.
The schedules can't even be compared...Houston's is obviously much more taxing. If Montreal's schedule was "inhumane" (I imagine that both Montreal and Puerto Rico have similar lengths to their season), than Houston's schedule must be considered torture.
Again, for the 56th time, that's why no soccer team will ever get some consideration in NA as long as it doesn't play in the MLS. There's always gonna be someone somewhere to find some BS reasons to discredit non-MLS teams, like this dude. [V]
quote:Originally posted by the biologist
Pointing out that Houston will play 20 more games than either Montreal or Puerto Rico (assuming those stats are correct) is far from BS.
Facts are facts. Whether you feel they discredit anyone is your interpretation.
quote:Originally posted by Rudi
I believe Montreal's total for the year is 44 (30 regular season + 4 Canadian Championship + 6 CCL + 4 USL Playoffs), and spread over a schedule which, as the commenter points out, was 3 months shorter, makes for a schedule that is just as congested.
The problem is MLS rules that make having a deep roster a near impossibility.
SteveBeau
that would be 46...2 more games in the CCL preliminary round againt Real Esteli
Well, those stats ARE NOT correct and that's why this is all BS. Mmmmmm, where do I start...
1) Here's a link to Houston's schedule ON THEIR WEBSITE:
http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/scoreboard/season.jsp?team=t200
w/o friendlies: 50 or 52* GP in 281 days (from Feb. 20 to Nov. 26) = 1 game / 5.62 or 5.40* days
w/ friendlies: 55 GP in 288 days (from Feb. 13 to Nov. 26) = 1 game / 5.24 days
*If they reach the MLS Cup Final
Note: 2 of the games that were NOT COUNTED AS FRIENDLIES were "Pan-Pacific Championship" games, another Mickey Mouse tournament set in place this year by the MLS. It is supposed to involve the champs of Australia's A-League (but actually it was the 4th (!!!) ranked team that participated because of a scheduling conflict), the champs of Japan's J.League and 2 other teams: MLS cup winners and Superliga winners, but the latter's spot was taken by the Galaxy (JOKE !!!) because Pachuca was just not interested in participating in such a Mickey Mouse tournament (in Hawaii !!!!).
2) Here's a link to Montreal's schedule ON THEIR WEBSITE:
http://www.montrealimpact.com/Statistics/Calendar.aspx?language=EN
w/o friendlies: 46 GP in 200 days (from Apr. 12 to Oct. 28) = 1 game / 4.35 days
w/ friendlies: 54 GP in 279 days (from Feb. 13 to Oct. 28) = 1 game / 5.17 days
Note: They played 3 friendlies against clubs in Italy (Jan. 24, 30 and 31), 3 against clubs in Portugal (Feb. 21, 26 and 27), 1 against Lynn University in Florida (Mar. 22) and 1 against Honduras' NT (Mar. 24, which they won 3-1 BTW). So it's not like they only started to play on April 12. And I also didn't count the game vs the Attak.
Finally, I calculated this rate for every MLS and USL team that played in the CCL and Superliga taking only OFFICIAL GP (not friendlies) into account: regular season games, playoffs, CCC, CCL, Open Cup and Superliga (and even PPC for Houston). For PR, I added the CFU Club Championship 2-leg 3rd place series they played in May against San Juan Jabloteh that sealed their place in the CCL. Here's the results in order:
1) Impact: 1 game / 4.35 days
2) Islanders: 1 game / 4.56 days
3) DCU: 1 game / 4.94 days
4) Revolution: 1 game / 5.31 days
5) Dynamo: 1 game / 5.62 or 5.40* days
6) Chivas: 1 game / 5.89 or 5.98* days
Conclusions
1) When the guy who posted on ESPN.com says: The schedules can't even be compared...Houston's is obviously much more taxing. If Montreal's schedule was "inhumane" (I imagine that both Montreal and Puerto Rico have similar lengths to their season), than Houston's schedule must be considered torture., that is, actually, BULLSH*T.
2) The Impact played more games than Chivas and NE, and they played as many games as DCU, but still managed to go further than them all. Actually, Houston played more games and they still have a chance to reach the QF. So I don't give a sh*t about any "insane schedule" excuse like this gem from the NE Rev head coach:
"We had an impossible task tonight," New England coach Steve Nicol told the Boston Herald after a 2-1 loss at Joe Public in its first qualifying match Aug. 26. "We showed our heart tonight. It had nothing to do with our football. What are you supposed to say when they don't have it in their legs?" [xx(] [xx(] [xx(]
Actually, MTL played 18 games in 46 days from Aug. 24 to Oct. 8. It's one game every 2.56 days, so what was he complaining about ???
3) MTL = 6.9 games a month for 6½ months. HOU = 5.3 games a month for 8½ months. Simple math: 4 or 6 more games than MTL for Houston (not 20), but spread over 2 more months !!! How's Houston's schedule more difficult than Montreal's ???
4) Oh, and yes, that's my interpretation...
ag futbol
Ok, I don't think the gap is THAT big, in some cases there is none. But at the end of the day money doesn't lie, MLS has more and for that reason i attracting some of the USL's best playrs. Sure USL can pay you more if your not a top player, but if your comparing first 11s, MLS is going to be better providing the team is properly run, because they can spend way more and the salary difference is only going up from here.
On top of that, if we're going to talk about USL vs. MLS, the best measure is the US Open Cup.
Results since the pro-era:
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First team is the winner, second team is the runner up. USL 2/14 champs, represented 5/28 times overall in the finals.
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i think your statistics ag futbol are a bit misleading....in the last 9 years, the USL has been represented only once (this year). which adds some credence to the USL closing the gap in the last few years but certainly in the naughties it would seem the MLS has dominated.
I don't think i would quite look at it that way. One appearence could just as easily be an anomaly as an actual trend. On top of that if we're comparing early / late: USL is represented 4x as much in the first half of the sample (95-01), than the 2nd half (02 - 09).
Another point is that following each time a USL team made the finals, the length of time it took a USL team to re-appear increased: It starts with 1 year (or no gap), jumps to three, and then nine years before we way a team re-appear this year.
This would tend to suggest the gap widened (or was created) as opposed to closed over time. Now if we actually saw another USL team appear next year or the year after, that would start to suggest the trend is starting to reverse.
Edit: sorry i adjusted a few numbers above, as my ability to add seems to be severly affected by being hungover.
Unlike MLS teams, you've come up with a good excuse for your poor showing
Seriously, I wasn't looking for another MLS vs USL debate in terms of talent, money or whatever. I just intended to show you all (on the MLS board [} ]) that MLS teams CAN'T complain about their schedule. Many pro-MLS fans (like the one in my example) are always looking at new BS ways of bashing the USL. There's just no need in that. That's the case even more when you actually bring BS arguments like this dude did.
Bottom line is, I agree that both leagues are good. That's just a bad habit MLS fans have to always state it's the best of the best. This league has as much Mickey Mouse aspects as the USL. But USL teams NEVER COMPLAIN. When MLS teams lose against USL teams, 99.9 % of the time they say that's because they "weren't really well prepared bacause of their 'hectic' schedule", that they "could have used all of their starters but have some more 'important games' coming up" and all and all. If you don't take the Open Cup or the Voyageurs Cup seriously, and the CCL as well, THEN THAT'S JUST YOUR F*CKING PROBLEM and grow up a bit.
Oh, and sure, in the USL you can have a roster with more depth, that's just one of the aspects where the USL looks better than MLS.
I agree, the schedule arguement really doesn't wash. It's a shame that rather then try and make an improvement, Don Garber is basically Mo Johnstoning his way out of it.
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quote:Originally posted by ag futbol
Don Garber is basically Mo Johnstoning his was out of it.
Great Metaphor
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Biologist, your work calculating schedules is appreciated, good job. And interesting too.
I suppose you would have to factor in a couple of more things, like travel miles, size of roster, players used over the season, and even how many subs you can do in a game.
In any case, any team playing twice a week is playing like a European team in UEFA Cup or Champions and their league cup, which is a lot. I think it has to be respected.
Thanks. Feedback is also appreciated.
quote:Originally posted by Jeffrey S.
Travelwise, I think it's safe to say both teams had an almost equally hardcore schedule. Look at Montreal's final 9 games:
1) In Montreal
2) Then all the way to the west coast in Seattle
3) Then back east in Montreal
4) Then to Central America in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
5) Then back home in Montreal
6) Then back to the west coast in Vancouver
7) Then back east and all the way south to the Lesser Antilles in Port-of-Spain, T&T
8) Then back home again in Montreal
9) And finally headed south again to Cancun, Mexico
For the rosters comparison, Houston has 28 players on their full roster. I wasn't sure if they're all eligible on game day. I checked on mlsnet.com and yes they are:
http://web.mlsnet.com/about/league.jsp?section=regulations&content=overview
The full roster shall exceed no more than 28 total players: 18 players on the Senior Roster and no more than 10 players on the Developmental Roster. All 28 players are eligible for selection as part of the game-day squad during the regular season and playoffs.
Montreal has 26 players on their full roster. We can consider Surprenant and Uwimana as developmental players. So Montreal has an edge in terms of senior players (I said it in my previous post), but Houston can choose between 28 players come game time, 2 more than Montreal. So I don't think USL teams have that much of an edge. If Houston doesn't want to use them all, that's their problem, cause Montreal used all of their 26 players, even Surprenant and Uwimana. The main difference resides in the number of subs possible: 3 in MLS vs 5 in the USL. Sure it helps, but still...
Yes it has to be. I mean, I agree Houston's schedule is hardcore too, but so is Man U's when they play for the PL championsip, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Champions League, while they also have internationals called up. It's just the way soccer is when you are good enough to compete in more than one championship. But I also agree on a reform in scheduling in both USL & MLS cause sometimes, I must admit it's simply too much (like 4 games in the same week). But MLS fans, remember that USL's schedule ain't a piece of cake for its teams.
Great stats.
Especially the 18 games in 46 days.
quote:Originally posted by An Observer
....in the last 9 years, the USL has been represented only once (this year). which adds some credence to the USL closing the gap in the last few years but certainly in the naughties it would seem the MLS has dominated.
Exactly. One year does not make a trend. There are so many other factors ( mostly off the pitch) to consider when you look at long term strenght on the pitch and those factors do not support the fact that there is parity or even superior strenght in USL. Simply, you need to be able to pay for talent and quality and, who is in a better position when you look at it in that way.
Of course, in any given year, anything can happen. That, doesn't diminish the achievement of the USL sides in CCL, we are all happy from them. However Millwall, not too long ago, played in UEFA cup. But no one is running around saying that the CCC stronger that the EPL.
If the success of the current USL teams was evidence of something more permanent, then why the hell are there four teams willing to fork out 40-50 mill to join the MLS?
quote:Originally posted by Free kick
Did someone on the board stated USL teams are better overall than MLS teams ? You should read the posts correctly instead of being defensive. There's way more MLS fans who say USL's quality of play on the field is just crap than USL fans who say the same about MLS. The dude I talked about in my previous posts is a good example of guys trying to look sympathetic towards the Impact's achievements so far, while clearly devaluing them at the same time, be it by means of irrelevant or BS arguments.
Nobody said USL as an ORGANIZATION is superior to MLS. BUT USL as a PRODUCT ON THE FIELD (I'm not talking about quality of star players), most of the time, can match the MLS, especially in terms of entertaiment. If you take into account every game that occured between MLS & USL teams, you can say what you want except "It's so obvious there's not even an ounce of parity between the leagues". C'mon...
Because of the hype and the $$$ associated with it. What came first, the egg or the hen ? That's the same question here. Is the money bringing the hype or the hype bringing the money ? The Impact, as a club, wants more attention and more hype so they can be well-recognized as an organization and fill a 20K seater instead of a 13K. Soooooo simple.
If a movie starring Lindsay Lohan ranks #1 at the box-office and an other one starring Philipp Seymour Hoffman ranks #9, does that mean Lohan's movie is obviously and without a doubt the best of the two ? Can it be the producers' $$$ that creates all this hype ? Can it be just that same hype that makes this movie grossing more $$$ ? Is Requiem for a Dream a lame movie because it had poor box-office numbers ?
Now replace Lohan with Beckham and producers with owners. What do you get ?
MLS.
So basically you're saying that MLS is far crappier, yet much richer and more popular.
I'd try another analogy, you've completely missed the mark.
[:0] Where did I say Lohan's movies were crap ?
Much richer ? Yes I said so.
More popular ? Yes I said so.
MLS is "far crappier" ? Where did you learn to read ? From now, read slowly so you can understand what I'm saying: More hype and more $$$ doesn't mean that it is OBVIOUSLY better like many, many, many, (did I say many ?) MLS fans like to say (Free kick ?). I gave an EXAMPLE to show what I said HAPPENS in real life. Still disagree ?
MLS AIN'T FAR CRAPPIER (otherwise, why would I want my team to play in this league ?). But USL's quality of play ain't crappier just because expansion fees are lower too. If I was an actor, I'd like to be in Hollywood instead of making movies locally in order to get more famous and make more $$$, but not necessarily in order to make "far better movies because they got more hype and $$$". That's what the Impact & the Caps are willing to do: make a move to Hollywood. But "low-budget movie" doesn't mean at all "OBVIOUSLY inferior" in overall quality and entertainment-wise.
Is it clear enough ?
EDIT: Hey, what about my first post that also had "completely miss the mark" ???? It looks like you're slower on the trigger when it comes to acknowledge I was right...
I'm sorry, but when you compare MLS to Lindsay Lohan, and the USL to Philip Seymour Hoffman, then you are most definitely making a statement about the relative quality of the two leagues. Whether you mean to or not.
So yes, you missed the mark. And no, I wasn't any slower on the trigger in responding to either of your posts. I respond when I see them and if I feel they merit a response, just like I do with every other post I read here and on other boards.
I read the posts thank you very much, maybe you should do the same. And whose being defensive?
Yeah, that's what I understood as well!
Am I the only one to understand that I compared MLS to the movie Lindsay Lohan plays in, not herself ? I said "replace Lohan with Beckham", not "replace Lohan with MLS", IN TERMS OF STARDOM, NOT QUALITY/TALENT/WHATEVER.
Man, you focus on 5% of what I said. What about the rest ?
Anyway, all of this comes from the post in the "comments" section of ESPN about which schedule is worse, MLS' or USL's ? I just tried to illustrate what I think about it. I just believe there's more parity between the league than you think.
If we are going to use analogies from the movie industry then this one applies just as well to this topic:
Having a bigger budget doesn't guarantee that you will produce a better movie than someone with a smaller budget. But, the production with the bigger budget will produced a better movie most of the time. Or, its much harder to make a successfull production with a comoarably smaller budget. But it doen't mean that every now and then a low budget film will be very and win the big award.


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Q: Voronoi polygons that run out to infinity? I have been working on implementing the voronoi.py script (Bill Simon's translation of Steve Fortune's code).  According to the QGIS link it is basically the same code that I am working with, but the way to generate the polygons that can extend to infinity differs between the two.  In the QGIS case, I presume that some bounding rectangle is generated at some extent beyond the site point extents.  In my case, I generate false site points as a circle surrounding the site points of interest.  The circle points have a radius twice the diameter of the extent of the site points.  The results between the two are shown in the attached figure, QGIS implementation on the left and my implementation on the right.
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As one can see, the QGIS implementation produces weird polygons which have no site points (see site 473 as an example in both implementations).  This is obvious wrong, but I am not sure whether my implementation is correct either.  Since I don't have access to an ArcInfo license for ArcMap, I can't compare it what ArcMap generates natively and I can't see a way to a way to attach the site point shapefile for someone to test.  So if anyone has any commentary on my use of an "infinity circle" to help force edge polygons versus an "infinity rectangle", I would appreciate it.  Better still, if anyone is interested in testing the output on some other GIS platform I can provide the shapefile of the site points I used.

It appears part of the problem is that the polygons beyond the site points overlap, so when symbolized without a fill, then appear as distinct polygons.  The following figure shows what happens when the polygon about site 473 and 415 are selected.  So the original questions remain, but there is a new wrinkle.

It is a bug (or an "incompleteness"), the correct results in QGIS if a buffer of 0% is used.  What still needs to be resolved is whether a dense pattern of circular "infinity points" will yield the same result as rectangular "infinity edges".

A: I was able to confirm that my implementation at least compares to ArcGIS (but requires an ArcInfo license).  The QGIS implementation is in error if a buffer distance is used.  For those using ArcGIS with an ArcView license, the toolset for Voronoi and/or Delaunay can be found as the Triangulation Tools.


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'Learn to Win' – Another DJI Product Launch is Coming
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DJI is set to launch a new product on June 11.
A mysterious video posted on the Chinese manufacturer's Youtube channel – titled 'Learn to Win' -includes a series of clips of the new product from a number of angles.
As you'd expect, it's pretty hard to tell what exactly this is. Our first impression is that it's not actually a drone.
The launch follows on from last month's release of the new Osmo Action Camera, which looks set to pit DJI against GoPro once more after the latter's decision to exit the drone market.
DJI was built by tireless engineers who never stopped looking for answers and pushing boundaries. Now, get ready to push yours. If you're ready to win, be prepared to learn. – DJI
Here's the teaser video…
DJI: Learn to Win
So what can we take from the video and the words that come with it?
As usual, the words will have been chosen very carefully. The full caption is: "DJI was built by tireless engineers who never stopped looking for answers and pushing boundaries. Now, get ready to push yours. If you're ready to win, be prepared to learn."
Snapshots from DJI's Learn to Win teaser.
Our best guess is that it's some kind of racing machine. From the video, it looks as though there are wheels involved. And the backing track sounds a lot like cars revving up on a race track.
If we are wrong about the wheels, DJI could be stepping into the FPV drone racing market. That would be a huge boost to a hobby that's on the rise and garnering a lot of global media attention. The DJI website has recently been reorganized, so there's plenty of space for an FPV racing drone in the new 'Spark Series'.
But the learning theme shouldn't be overlooked. The launch could also be some kind of educational initiative from DJI; maybe something that combines robotics with AI, racing and computer vision – not dissimilar from DJI's annual Robomaster AI events.
It's also important to note that this appears to be an online-only launch. There's no big press event, which might indicate that it's an educational initiative rather than a product for the mass market.
We'll know for sure on June 11.
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Jan Pallado (ur. 12 lutego 1953 w Krakowie, zm. 29 czerwca 2016) – polski architekt i urbanista, wykładowca i profesor nadzwyczajny Politechniki Śląskiej w Gliwicach.

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Był absolwentem i od 1979 roku pracownikiem Politechniki Śląskiej. W 1989 roku otrzymał stopień doktora nauk technicznych na Politechnice Krakowskiej. Od 2009 roku kierował Katedrą Projektowania Architektonicznego Wydziału Architektury gliwickiej uczelni. Jako dydaktyk był promotorem 40 prac magisterskich oraz 6 prac doktorskich. Pracował również w Spółdzielni Pracy "Inwestprojekt-Katowice", a od 1985 roku prowadził własne Biuro Projektów Architektonicznych (z Aleksandrem Skupinem).

Należał do katowickiego oddziału Stowarzyszenia Architektów Polskich oraz Śląskiej Okręgowej Izby Architektów RP, w której od 2014 roku pełnił funkcję Wiceprzewodniczącego Okręgowej Komisji Kwalifikacyjnej. Był również członkiem Athens Institute for Education and Research w Atenach.

Został laureatem ponad dwudziestu konkursów architektonicznych oraz nagród m.in. ministerialnych i wojewódzkich za zrealizowane projekty, w tym Wysokiej Rekomendacji brytyjskiej organizacji World Architecture News (2011). Za zasługi został odznaczony Srebrnym i Brązowym Krzyżem Zasługi oraz złotą i srebrną Honorową Odznaką Izby Architektów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.

Został pochowany na cmentarzu przy ul. H. Sienkiewicza w Katowicach.

Wybrane publikacje i redakcje
 10 przypadków architektury usługowej z Aleksandrem Skupinem (2005)
 Architektura wielorodzinnych domów dostępnych (2007)
 Optymalizacja wykorzystania terenu pod nową zabudowę mieszkaniową na przykładzie miasta Ruda Śląska (2010, red.)
 Nowa siedziba Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Śląskiego (2010, red.)
 Roundabout - Market Square area in Katowice (2011)
 Zabudowa wielorodzinna: podstawy projektowania (2014)

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Polscy urbaniści
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Odznaczeni Brązowym Krzyżem Zasługi
Urodzeni w 1953
Ludzie urodzeni w Krakowie
Zmarli w 2016
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SMITE's Super Regionals LAN started today. Here, teams will fight for a spot at January 2018's Hi-Rez Expo, home of the SMITE World Championship. For spectators and players at home, this means some pretty cool exclusive skins have become available for direct purchase again.
COG Scylla, Epsolon Sol, NRG Chronos and Eager Ratatoskr are all skins released to honor SMITE World Championship teams: 2015's champions COG, 2016's Epsilon, 2017's NRG and 2017's Xbox champions, Eager. At the moment, they're all directly purchasable on the SMITE store for 300 gems, which is 25% off their former direct-purchase prices of 400 gems.
Normally, these skins are sold as direct purchases for a short time before being relegated to the Divine Chest. Opportunities to roll the Divine Chest are rare (for example, you can get a Divine Chest roll with this year's Digital Loot Pack), so if fans didn't buy them when they were purchasable, they're out of luck to obtain them at will.
Presumably, the skins will be on sale throughout this week's Super Regionals, which runs until Sunday, November 5th. You might want to get them as soon as you can, just in case.
Shoutout to reddit user BonhartDraconi, whose post alerted users to the sale, which wasn't widely advertised as of this writing.
Update: Hi-Rez has since officially tweeted out the sale, which also include past Season 4 Season Ticket Split bundles. The skins included with Split Bundles are marked as Limited, so if you didn't pick them up earlier, this may be the last time (or one of the last times) to get them.