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Island of Shame:
of the U.S. Military Base
on Diego Garcia
The U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold War to the war on terror and may house a top-secret CIA prison where terror suspects are interrogated and tortured. But Diego Garcia harbors another dirty secret, one that has been kept from most of the world--until now.
Island of Shame is the first major book to reveal the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people--the Chagossians--and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where most live in dire poverty to this day. Drawing on interviews with Washington insiders, military strategists, and exiled islanders, as well as hundreds of declassified documents, David Vine exposes the secret history of Diego Garcia. He chronicles the Chagossians' dramatic, unfolding story as they struggle to survive in exile and fight to return to their homeland. Tracing U.S. foreign policy from the Cold War to the war on terror, Vine shows how the United States has forged a new and pervasive kind of empire that is quietly dominating the planet with hundreds of overseas military bases.
Island of Shame is an unforgettable exposé of the human costs of empire and a must-read for anyone concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its consequences.
The author is donating all royalties from the sale of this book , as well as book talk honorariums, to the Chagossians.
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'Team Australia': a nationalism framed in terms of external threats
Tony Abbott (AAP)
The language of Team Australia reflects the Abbott government's pivot from domestic to foreign policy.
By Shaun Crowe
By Shaun Crowe, Australian National University
Tony Abbott's "Team Australia" is a confusing concept. The latest image of Australian nationalism is headed by a staunch monarchist who campaigned against a local head of state. The same "captain" recently revived the British system of honours, which were seen as so foreign that even John Howard, hardly a republican, labelled them "anachronistic".
Abbott's nationalism isn't about cultural independence or the construction of a distinct Australia. Like Howard in the early 2000s, it's defined in opposition to a military threat, not an overbearing Britain or United States.
The language of Team Australia reflects the Abbott government's pivot from domestic to foreign policy. The military success of Islamic State in Iraq - and the small number of Australians joining its crusade - has put the question of national loyalty back at the centre of politics.
But if Abbott is now trying to own it, Australian nationalism hasn't always been the natural home of conservatives.
Nationalists once came from the left
In the 19th century, the nationalist tradition was much more likely to be associated with the radical and republican left. Henry Lawson, a poet who flirted with socialism, defined nationalism in opposition to a Britain that belonged to "the lord and the Queen". He described this as a choice between "the old dead tree and the young tree green". Lawson's mother Louisa, a republican and early feminist, wrote poems with the chorus "Australia forever!".
Revolving around the popular Bulletin magazine, this brand of nationalism emphasised cultural independence and egalitarianism. Its obvious downside was that, because it valued isolation, it tended towards an ugly form of racism. For years, The Bulletin's motto was "Australia for the white man".
Nationalism as a loyalty test
During World War I, Australian nationalism took a different, sectarian turn. Prime minister Billy Hughes accused opponents of conscription of variously being German sympathisers, Irish republicans and industrial revolutionaries. Nationalism was now defined as unquestioning loyalty to a country under military threat.
Under the leadership of Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Irish Catholiics were particularly suspect. William Holman, a Labor premier who supported conscription, later admitted that this was Hughes' deliberate attempt to harness anti-Catholic sentiment.
Hughes' nationalism was very different to the one expressed by the Lawsons. It valued loyalty, not independence, and feared military vulnerability, not imperial influence. It defended Britain, it didn't rebel against it.
The Cold War revived this style of nationalism. Robert Menzies claimed that Australia must prepare for World War III against the "communist forces of the world". With the Liberal Party attempting to ban the Communist Party following industrial unrest in the late 1940s, patriotism was defined as a commitment to liberal capitalism.
Those who didn't toe the line were accused of treachery. The Sydney Morning Herald argued that "any Australian born in this country who embraces Communism is a traitor - there is no half-way". H.V. Evatt, the Labor leader who opposed the bill, was deemed insufficiently loyal. Harold Holt described him as "the most notable defender of Communism in Australia".
A 'new nationalism' emerges
Australian nationalism again reversed in the 1960s and 1970s. As Britain removed its military from Asia and attempted to join the European Economic Community, Australians again looked to their own independent identity. This was known as the "new nationalism".
Gough Whitlam embraced the term. According to Whitlam, the new nationalism meant "self-confidence, maturity, originality and independence of mind".
In its first year in government, Labor dumped God Save the Queen as the country's anthem. Whitlam went to Britain to remove the Privy Council as the last court of state legal appeal. He considered it "humiliating" that a foreign body had the final say over Australian laws.
While embraced by progressives intellectuals, the "new nationalism" wasn't the sole domain of the left. John Gorton was also an enthusiast. The Liberal prime minister shocked Alexander Downer senior when, while driving through London, he described England as a "foreign country". We owe the Barry McKenzie movies to Gorton's funding of Australian film.
Back to wartime nationalism
Abbott's "Team Australia" fits into the nationalist tradition of World War I and the 1950s. It also follows Howard's approach to nation. Howard wanted to quash the "perpetual seminar" on national identity, which he associated with Paul Keating's republicanism.
Progressive nationalism still lingers in the Australian left, though the republican movement currently lacks vitality. Philosopher and Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane has written about "reclaiming patriotism". But many progressives now see nationalism as opposing universalism and defending war and cruelty. After Tony Abbott announced "Team Australia", Twitter users responded with the #TeamHumanity hashtag.
It's sometimes said that the prime minister has the second most important job in the country - just after the Australian cricket captain. Where does that leave the captain of "Team Australia"? With Abbott increasingly emphasising his own brand of Australian nationalism, we'll soon see.
Shaun Crowe does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.
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Q: Problem while implementing Find() method for a disjoint set Been trying to solve this for a while now. I've been given a Node in a Disjoint Set.The Node's implementation is as a class where either it has a different parent node or is it's own
class Node {
    Node parent;
    int rank;
    //...constructor and method declarations}

Now, I have to implement the Find method for this class with path compression, called the getParent() method. I wrote the following code:
Node getParent(){
    while(parent != this)
    {
        parent = parent.getParent();
    }
    return parent;

I get infinite recursion with this code. I know it's problematic, but I do not know how to fix it. I tried using the this keyword, but it led to the same errors.
Please help. Also, an insight on how to write this code in an iterative manner would be a great plus.
Also, I would like to restructure the tree such that all intermediate nodes between the node on which the getParent() is called and the root have a common parent i.e. the root node.

A: Node getParent() {
    while (parent != this) {
        parent = parent.getParent();
    }
    return parent;
}

The problems:

*

*You are mutating the parent field.

*You should be testing if the parent's parent is itself ... not this.

Your code should probably be:
Node getParent() {
    Node p = parent;
    while(p.parent != p) {
        p = p.parent;
    }
    return p;
}

Or recursively:
Node getParent() {
    return (parent == this) ? this : parent.getParent();
}

(In this case, the iterative version is safer.  You should not get "infinite" recursion, but there is still a risk that you may recurse too deep, with a pathologically deep data structure.)

UPDATE - apparently, it is your intention that getParent should (incrementally) collapse the parent chain of each Node it visit.  In that case, the recursive solution would be:
Node getParentAndCollapse() {
    if (parent == this) {
        return this;
    } else {
        parent = parent.getParentAndCollapse();
        return parent;
    }
}

An iterative solution that collapses the entire chain requires two traversals of the chain:

*

*Traverse the chain find the ultimate parent.

*Traverse the chain again, updating all the parent fields to refer to the ultimate parent.

*Return the ultimate parent.

Something like this
Node getParentAndCollapse() {
    Node p = getParent();  // iterative version
    Node n = this;
    while (n.parent != p) {
        Node np = n.parent;
        n.parent = p;
        n = np;
    }
    return p;
}

A: The first part of your question is already answered by Stephen, and I think this is complete enough.
About the second part of your question, I assume you have all the nodes in a list. So you have List<Node> allNodes. The needed method to restructure the tree would be:
public void reStructureTree(List<Node> allNodes){
    for(Node item: allNodes){
        Node p = item.parent;
        List<Node> branch = new ArrayList<>();

        while (p.parent != p){
            branch.add(p);
            p = p.parent;
        }

        for(Node branchItem : branch){
            branchItem.parent = p;
        }
    }
}

The order of this method in the worst case would be O(n^2) and I did not look for a better way, cause you didn't mention the importance of it.

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Im not doing this The Queen song Freddie Mercury shut down
GMB: Brian May remembers Freddie Mercury's final days
A year after Queen's 1986 Magic tour, Freddie Mercury was diagnosed with HIV – a fact he kept secret at first, even from his bandmates. Despite an uncertain future, the singer threw himself into his work when the group gathered for their 1988 recording sessions of The Miracle album. This creative period was the most unified the band had felt in years, yet some clashes in the studio couldn't be avoided.
Over the year-long recording sessions, Queen produced around 30 songs that would be whittled down to just 10, with classics like I Want It All, Breakthru and The Miracle making it onto the album.
Now as the band release a collector's edition, six previously unheard songs have been included for the first time. Unearthed from the treasure trove are the likes of Face It Alone, which was released as a single last month and even hit No 1 on the Rock chart. However, there was another song that the band loved that was pulled last minute from the album entirely following a dispute.
The track in question is Too Much Love Will Kill You, which Brian May had written on his own with a couple of other people. The lyrics were inspired by a dark period in his life, following the break up of his first marriage.
The 75-year-old told Guitar World: "[I had been] away from the group because I was so depressed that I couldn't have anything to do with any of our public life. I was in a bad way because I was struggling with personal issues, and I recorded it for my solo album but never thought of it as a track for Queen. But at some point, I played it to the boys, and Roger [Taylor], John [Deacon], and Freddie; they loved it and said, 'This has to be a Queen track. We have to do a Queen version of it,' which I was very happy about."
After agreeing, the guitarist was surprised to see how Freddie saw the song differently, as it was transformed into a "big, bombastic and dramatic" Queen song from the "understated and small" original take.
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Brian continued: "I didn't realise was Freddie was seeing it from a different perspective. He was seeing it from the point of view of his own life, and then his own life, of course, was something only he knew about, and we didn't. So, looking back on it, I have a very different appreciation of what he was putting into his interpretation of the song. And I think people tend to remember the song now as Freddie saying something to himself, as opposed to me saying it for different reasons. But that's all good; songs have a way of developing their meanings as they go along and evolve. And I'm very fond of the Queen version."
The guitarist then shared the real reason Too Much Love Will Kill You didn't make it onto The Miracle, despite the initial enthusiasm from Freddie and the band.
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Brian confessed: "It came down to a dispute about the publishing. Because I had written the song with two other people, and they both wanted a third or something like that. So, now we were sharing the publishing with those two people and the boys in Queen, and it got a bit messy. It would have been something where Freddie would have gotten a quarter of one-third."
At this point, the late singer shut down the song's inclusion on The Miracle.
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Brian added: "He basically said, 'I'm not agreeing to that.' I could see his point, and we were all very frustrated. And I felt even worse about it than he did because I put a year of my life into that song. But Freddie, probably quite rightly, put his foot down and said, 'I'm not doing this.' And so, an impasse was reached, and the song came off the album."
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Billy Beane is finally rebuilding the Oakland A's, and it had better work
Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics embrace the "rebuild," a term they've resisted for so long. But can Beane see the A's all the way through?
By Jeremy F. Koo@jfkooAN Jul 16, 2017, 11:13pm PDT
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After trading Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson, A's executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane has conceded to the word "rebuild" to describe the plan in place. It's a term he has been reluctant to use—preferring "reload," "retool," or "representative product" in the past.
This shift in tone signals two things. On the one hand, Beane and A's general manager David Forst have convinced A's president Dave Kaval that they have a plan that will work and I believe Kaval is someone who will insist he be able to understand it, or else he'll find someone who can give him a plan he can understand. On the other, Kaval and the money behind him have convinced Beane and Forst that they're not again crying wolf (Wolff?) with promises of a new stadium to come lest they be left holding the bag when it comes time to call for free agents or contract extensions.
Beane's past reluctance to "rebuild" hasn't been out of any disbelief in the rebuilding process. You just can't do it with only homegrown talent, and Beane believes he can't get the free agents he would need to complete the rebuild until he gets a new stadium. It's not always a lack of money that keeps free agents away—players like Edwin Encarnacion and Chase Headley have reportedly turned down big offers from the A's—it's the facilities themselves.
Since his promotion to general manager, Forst has typically been the one tasked with press duties after major transactions, so it's notable that Beane himself came out to address the direction of the club. From the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser:
This is not something Billy Beane has said before: pic.twitter.com/tkwH1zTr0W
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) July 16, 2017
The year 2021 is a realistic Opening Day for a new A's stadium. At that point, the current set of rookie call-ups would be hitting their last pre-arbitration or first arbitration years, with a loaded farm still behind them. In that vein, the A's can start marketing a brand new facility to free agent targets just as today's wave of new call-ups like Matt Chapman, Franklin Barreto, and Ryon Healy are hitting their peak years.
Lest you think you've heard this all before, just remember that Dave Kaval is not someone who will suffer through bad years without a plan he is convinced will work. Kaval was the one who ended John Doyle's term as San Jose Earthquakes general manager after eight years, and he ended Frank Yallop's run as head coach just a year after winning the Supporters' Shield for the league's best regular season record, citing a changing MLS and the need to take the team in a new direction.
And so A's ownership has asked Dave Kaval, Billy Beane, and David Forst to jump off a cliff with the A's all-in on every front in asking for their fans to trust them. Dave Kaval cannot break his promise of a stadium timeline by the end of the year. Billy Beane and David Forst cannot blow this rebuild. Missing on one would merely be the latest blow to fan trust. Miss on both, and I could not see how the franchise's future, much less this trio's, would ever recover in Oakland.


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Until now, air conditioning that you could actually afford simply didn't exist. And in a soundproofed studio, it's something you really need. But now you can get proper air conditioning at a sensible price.
Apologies to readers from hot countries. I know you can already get air conditioning at reasonable prices. But elsewhere in the world where there are only a couple of hot months, air conditioning can be damnably expensive.
The problem is that people don't generally see air conditioning as something they need at home, and for a business to spend $3500 on a system isn't out of line with their other expenses. So historically the market has been 'conditioned' to pay high.
But things have been changing recently. I remember when portable air conditioners first appeared, they cost around $2000, and some models still do. But now you can get quite a good one for $500.
The problem with portable air conditioners however is that they are noisy. They are noisy because they contain a powerful compressor and fan which necessarily must be located in the room you want cooled. I do not recommend a portable air conditioner for a studio.
What I would call a 'proper' air conditioner is a so-called split system. In a split system, there is an outdoor unit that does most of the work and can, within reason, be as noisy as it likes. The indoor unit of a split system does have a fan, but it is much quieter than a portable unit as it doesn't have to work so hard.
The problem with a split system is not just that it is expensive in itself, it also needs to be professionally installed. You can't just buy one and plug it in. This is because the units have to be connected via two copper pipes, one carrying liquid coolant, the other returning heat-bearing vapor to the outside unit.
Connecting copper pipes is normally regarded as plumbing. And of all of the DIY (do-it-yourself) skills, plumbing is regarded as second only to plastering in degree of difficulty. And then, once plumbed, the system has to be charged with coolant. To do this requires specialized equipment and skills that are simply beyond home handyperson level.
As I write, it is a hot sweaty day in the Oxfordshire countryside in England. But I am as cool as a cucumber. In fact I might just have a cucumber sandwich in a moment.
Cool, thanks to my newly-installed split system air conditioner that cost me less than $500 (£250). If I had engaged a contractor to supply and install a system, I would have paid closer to $4000 (£2000).
Well first, I was getting so fed up with being hot and sticky while I work that I was really considering paying all that money. Not that I can't afford it, but it's the cost of a nice tube microphone or preamp. One has to have priorities. To try and bring the price down I thought it might be useful to see what was available on eBay, and that's when I struck lucky. I found a split air conditioning system available for a mere $600 NEW!
I was planning on buying the system, then paying through the nose to get someone to install it. I got a quote of $1500 for that (the weather was getting warmer by this time, and aircon contractors apply the law of supply and demand to raise their prices). Then I noticed something interesting in the listing. Apparently you could install this unit yourself. Hmm, how could that possibly work?
To cut a long story short, yes indeed this unit is pre-gassed and can be installed by a raw amateur, such as myself. I trawled the Internet some more and found the same unit available for $500, so I bought it. It was delivered a couple of days later and I started reading the installation instructions.
There were a few things in the instructions I had never done before. I have drilled holes through the walls of my house before, but never 70 mm in diameter, so I had to research the type of drill I would need for this. It turned out to be quite easy to do.
Handling the copper pipes was more difficult. I thought at first I would need a pipe bender, but it turned out that these small pipes bend quite easily without collapsing, if you are careful. The trickiest part was making flares in the ends of the pipes. This is where the copper splays out to make a gas-tight seal inside a compression fitting. I bought a cheap pipe flaring tool from eBay and practised. Yes, I needed the practice, but after a few tries I found I could flare successfully.
So I connected the system and followed the instructions precisely on venting the air in the pipes. I connected the electrics and powered up.
Hey - instant cool! And as for noise - I have computers that are noisier.
So cheap air conditioning is now at last available even in the UK, provided you are prepared to have a go yourself at installation.
I should mention that in addition to the $500 for the system, I also had to buy a torque wrench, pipe flaring tool, crows' feet, core drill and a few other items that altogether came to around $200. Still, I'll have them handy for my next aircon installation.
Now, on to the next domestic problem. How do I stop horses from eating my kids' sunflowers?


Dinajpur is one of the largest districts of Bangladesh, situated in the northern part of the country. To travel at Dinajpur is more pleasant by railway than by road. This district has great significance in historical and cultural aspects. It is also one of the administrative districts in the northern part of Bangladesh.
People come here for many purposes. So if you are thinking to visit Dinajpur and also want to travel by railway then you are visiting at the perfect place. Here we are trying best to give you specific information which will make your journey safe and pleasing. In this article we give information about Dhaka to DINAJPUR train schedule, mail train schedule of Dinajpur, Dinajpur to Dhaka train schedule, Dhaka to DINAJPUR train ticket price.
As Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and people from this district is full of activity than others. So, to travel at Dinajpur by railway is the better option for ones. Here I am giving you the information about Dhaka to Dinajpur train schedule.
EKOTA EXPRESS: The train number is 705. It leaves from Dhaka at 10 AM for Dinajpur. At 7.40 pm it arrives at Dinajpur station. As we see, it is a long journey so it is a better option to travel on Ekota Express for the safe and comfortable trip. But this train service is not available on Tuesday.
DRUTAJAN EXPRESS: 757 is the serial number of these train. Journey on Drutojan Express make you feel comfortable. This intercity train leaves from Dhaka at 7.40 AM from Kamalapur Station. It arrives in Dinajpur Station at 5.30 AM. Except for Wednesday, this intercity train is available all day of a week.
Ekota Express and Drutojan Express both of this train also travel from Dinajpur to Dhaka. Here I have enlisted all the information about Dinajpur to Dhaka train schedule.
EKOTA EXPRESS: The serial number of this train is 706. It leaves from Dinajpur Station at 11 PM. At 8.10 AM it arrives at Kamalapur Station. This train service is not available on Monday.
DRUTAJAN EXPRESS: It is 7568 serial number intercity train for Dhaka from Dinajpur. This intercity train is not accessible on Wednesday of a week. It leaves for Dhaka from Dinajpur Station at 9.15 AM. It reaches in Dhaka at 6.10 PM.
Except for this two intercity trains, there has much mail train which is leaves from Dinajpur Station.
Here we presented all the mail train schedule which travel on the other northern parts of Bangladesh.
UTTARBONGA MAIL: This mail train travel at Panchagar and Santahar from Dinajpur Station. This train leaves for Panchagar at 6.10 PM and arrives in Panchagar at 9.30 PM. It leaves for Santahar at 12.50 OM from Dinajpur Station and arrives at 10.40 PM. This train is available at all day of a week.
KANCHAN COMMUTER: To go for Panchagar and Parbatipur from Dinajpur one can get on this mail train. It leaves for Panchagar at 8.49 AM and arrives at 11.45 AM. For Parbatipur it leaves at 3.55 PM and arrives at 4.50 PM.
RAMSAGAR EXPRESS: The serial number of this train is 60. This train travel to Bonarpara. It leaves at 2.50 PM and reaches at 9.45 PM.
DINAJPUR COMMUTER: This train travel to Birol and Lalmonirhat. At 10.25 AM it leaves for Birol and at 11.20 AM for Lalmonirhat. It arrives at 10.40 AM at Birol and in Lalmonirhat it arrives at 2.50 PM.
PANCHAGAR COMMUTER-1: This mail train only make trip for Panchagar. It leaves from Dinajpur Station at 4.00 PM. At 6.20 pm it arrives at Panchagar.
PANCHAGAR COMMUTER-2: It travels at Parbatipur. It leaves at 8.45 PM and reaches at 9.35 PM in Parbatipur.
All this mail train are available on all day of a week.
So, here is the all information about all train Schedule of Dhaka to Dinajpur hopefully you will enjoy your journey. So, make plan for a trip and enjoy the journey ever.


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http://www.celebritycruises.com/htmlpage/html-page-test
I use the CSS3 animate property to change the background image of one of the tiles. Works in Chrome, Safari, IE 10+, but it's not working in FF (with or without -moz-)
Any ideas?
main #onboard section:nth-child(3) section:nth-of-type(1) {
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    background:url(/media/en_US/images/cel_deployment/Global_Culinary/800x400/food01_800x400.jpg) center center no-repeat;
    background-size:cover;
    height:55%;
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    background-size:cover;
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A: This may be the answer. According to this, the background-image property is not supposed to be animatable. Which doesn't mean that it can't be animated, since Chrome, Safari, and IE all do.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/CR-css3-background-20140909/#background-image


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2013/12/04/2013-winter-sports-supplement-in-19th-season-schafer-86-continues-reaching-milestones/)
2013 WINTER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT | In 19th Season, Schafer '86 Continues Reaching Milestones
By The Cornell Daily Sun | December 4, 2013
By EMILY BERMAN
Twelve games into his 19th season behind the Cornell bench, head coach Mike Schafer '86 has been the leader of the men's ice hockey program for nearly as long as some members of this year's freshman recruiting class have been alive. A former defensive standout during his time as a player, Schafer transitioned to coaching directly after graduating and assumed the head coach position during the 1995-96 season.
In addition to the usual crop of statistics thrown around about his tenure here — five ECAC championships, nine NCAA appearances, one Frozen Four appearance — Schafer reached the 350-win mark during the current season with the Red's 4-2 victory over Princeton in early November.
Man behind the bench | In his 19-year career with the men's hockey team, head coach Mike Schafer '86 has built an impressive resume, inclduing five ECAC championships, nine NCAA appearances and one Frozen Four appearance.
EQUESTRIAN | Near-Perfect Score Sends Red to Victory
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By ARIEL COOPER
The equestrian team finished its fall show season in style Nov. 23 with a win at Alfred.
Department Chairs Say No Preparation Enough for the 'Demanding' Role
By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA
Transitioning from solely being a professor to being the head of a university department is often a difficult task, as many aspects of the job can only be learned over time, Cornell professors say. Like professors quoted in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article, many department heads at Cornell said that although their job remains primarily academic, taking on a chair position comes with unique challenges.


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UK MoD to provide two Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ships to Egypt
Naval News October 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry
Posted On Friday, 29 October 2021 13:40
According to information published by the UK Ministry of Defense on October 29, 2021, in a landmark deal, the UK has sold military vessels to Egypt for the first time in more than 30 years.
Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship Fort Austin (Picture source: UK MoD)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie were sold by the Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA).
Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie will be replaced by the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships, which will form part of the UK's Carrier Strike Group.
At the end of August, four consortia successful at the pre-qualifying stage for the FSS build were awarded Competitive Procurement Phase contracts to enable designs to be matured.
The consortia are Larsen & Toubro, which includes UK company Leidos Innovations; Serco/Damen, which includes UK company Serco; Team Resolute, which includes UK companies Harland & Wolff and BMT; and Team UK, which includes UK companies Babcock and BAE Systems.
The Fort Rosalie or Fort class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary were designed to replenish Royal Navy task groups with various armaments and victualling stores while underway.
Unlike the bigger Fort Victoria class, they supply dry stores and not fuel. RFA Fort Rosalie was originally known as Fort Grange but was renamed in 2000 to avoid confusion with the new Fort Victoria-class replenishment oiler RFA Fort George. Both ships were withdrawn from service and placed up for sale in 2021.
They have the capacity to store 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) of stores, including refrigerated items, in four holds. They are capable of replenishment at sea (RAS), using three 10-ton and three 5-ton cranes and vertical replenishment (VERTREP).


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Holiday Travel Increases by More Than a Third
Allianz Partners Reveals New York City and Mexico are Americans' Favored Destinations
Holiday travel will increase by 34 percent in 2021 compared to 2020 according to Allianz Partners USA's Top 10 Holiday Destinations survey, which found that Americans are planning trips to New York City and Cancun, Mexico as their top domestic and international locations.
After reviewing four million itineraries* for roundtrip flights departing from U.S. airports beginning Saturday, December 18 and returning by Thursday, December 30, the travel insurance and assistance company found that 87 percent of the itineraries reviewed are for domestic travel and 13 percent are for international travel.
With fewer travel restrictions and availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, Americans are putting their travel plans in motion this holiday season. New York (#1) made its return as the favored destination after slipping out of the top 10 last year, followed by Seattle (#2) which was 2020's top holiday destination. Americans are also planning trips to warm-weather destinations including Orlando (#3), Los Angeles (#4) and Phoenix (#5). The only New England contender, Boston (#6) follows, and Atlanta (#7), Las Vegas (#8), Salt Lake City (#9) and Dallas-Fort Worth round out the top 10 list for domestic holiday travels.
"Americans are eager to travel again and one trend we've seen is travelers returning to the places they love, whether that's a cosmopolitan Christmas in New York City or basking in the sun on the beautiful beaches of Mexico," said Daniel Durazo, director of marketing and communications for Allianz Partners USA.
Travelers seeking an international holiday getaway are putting three destinations in Mexico on their holiday wish lists, and checking them twice. Cancun (#1) came out on top this year, followed by San Jose Del Cabo (#2) and Puerto Vallarta (#3). With eight Caribbean destinations featured in the top 10 international ranking, it's fair to say Americans are looking for a winter escape and a warmer change of scenery this year.
Allianz Partners Holiday Travel Data: Where Americans Are Traveling
Top Domestic Destinations
1 New York Seattle New York New York
2 Seattle Orlando Orlando Los Angeles
3 Orlando Los Angeles Los Angeles Orlando
4 Los Angeles Boston Boston Boston
5 Phoenix Phoenix Atlanta Seattle
6 Boston Dallas-Fort Worth Seattle Atlanta
7 Atlanta Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale
8 Las Vegas Salt Lake City Las Vegas San Francisco
9 Salt Lake City Fort Myers Salt Lake City Minneapolis
10 Dallas-Fort Worth Portland Minneapolis Salt Lake City
1 Cancun, Mexico Cancun, Mexico Cancun, Mexico Cancun, Mexico
2 San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico
3 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico Nassau, Bahamas San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico
4 Montego Bay, Jamaica Puerto Vallarta, Mexico San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico Nassau, Bahamas
5 Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad, Aruba Montego Bay, Jamaica Montego Bay, Jamaica
6 London, United Kingdom Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Mexico City, Mexico Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
7 Nassau, Bahamas Montego Bay, Jamaica Oranjestad, Aruba Mexico City, Mexico
8 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Higuey, Domincan Republic Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Oranjestad, Aruba
9 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Santiago, Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
10 Paris, France Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Toronto, Canada Paris, France
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Operative Neurosurgery
severe_traumatic_brain_injury
Severe traumatic brain injury
see also Pediatric Severe traumatic Brain Injury.
Severe traumatic brain injury is defined as a brain injury resulting in a loss of consciousness of greater than 6 hours and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3 to 8.
56–60% of patients with GCS score ≤8 have 1 or more other organ system injured. 25% have "surgical" lesions.
Patients presenting with an early GCS score of 3-5 after blunt or penetrating skull-brain assaults are categorized as having sustained a very severe Traumatic Brain Injury (vs-TBI). This category is often overlooked in literature.
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology.
Pathophysiological changes arising after primary brain injury lead to the secondary brain injury 1) 2) 3).
Neuroendocrine dysfunction occurs often in the acute phase of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury, more commonly in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, patients with pressure effects and low Glasgow Outcome Scale.
Autonomic impairment, as measured by heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity, is significantly associated with increased mortality after traumatic brain injury. These effects, though partially interlinked, seem to be independent of age, trauma severity, intracranial pressure, or autoregulatory status, and thus represent a discrete phenomenon in the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury. Continuous measurements of heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity in the neuromonitoring setting of severe traumatic brain injury may carry novel pathophysiological and predictive information 4).
First cCT
The timing of the second cCT scan is not standardized. Recommendations range from 6 to 48 hours after the first scan 5) 6) 7) 8). Over the years the time from accident to the first cCT immediately after admission has decreased continuously. Therefore initial cCT scans might be unremarkable despite intracranial trauma sequel 9) 10). . For that reason some trauma centres schedule the second scan 6 to 24 hours after the admission scan in order to detect early progression of brain injury 11) 12) 13) 14).
see Severe traumatic brain injury guidelines
Severe traumatic brain injury complications.
see Severe traumatic brain injury treatment.
see Severe traumatic brain injury outcome.
see Severe traumatic brain injury cost.
No Phase III trials have been clearly successful, in human neurotrauma, although several Phase II studies have shown apparent benefit. A review is an attempt to identify factors that could be responsible for some of these failures. Recommendations are made that attempt to avoid these pitfalls in the future. Five criteria for future conduct of clinical trials are proposed. The usefulness of animal models for traumatic brain injury and their ability are discussed. Clearly, it is now becoming accepted that mechanism-driven trials, in which individual pathophysiological mechanisms are targeted, may be preferable in this heterogeneous patient population. The degree of brain penetration, the safety and tolerability of the compound, and end points used for outcome assessment are major influences upon the success of these trials. New approaches in developing, conducting, and analyzing these clinical trials should be considered in the future, if the costly failures of the past are not to be repeated, with the advent of newer "neuroprotective agents" and techniques 15).
see Severe traumatic brain injury case series
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from lifxlan import *
import rumps
from PIL import Image

rumps.debug_mode(True)

# LIFX Controller class
class LifxController(rumps.App):
    # Initialise the class
    def __init__(self):
        super(LifxController, self).__init__('LifxController', None, 'icon.png', True)
        self.reset()

    # Reset menu, lights and groups
    def reset(self):
        self.menu.clear()
        self.lights = {} # Dictionary mapping LIFX light names to their LIFX objects
        self.groups = {} # Dictionary mapping group names to the names of the lights in them

        # Add initial menu items to the menu
        resetMenuItem = rumps.MenuItem('Hard Reset', callback=self.onReset)
        self.menu.update(['Groups', None, 'Individual', None, resetMenuItem, None])

    # Will attempt to refresh the active lights
    def onReset(self, sender):
        # Reset menu and restart light search
        self.reset()
        self.menu.add(self.quit_button)
        self.updateActiveLights()

    # Will run when a power button has been clicked
    def onPowerUpdate(self, sender):
        # Get the associated LIFX object or group
        light = self.lights.get(sender.name)
        group = self.groups.get(sender.name)

        # If no light or group was found, soft fail
        if light is None and group is None:
            return

        # Update state and label, toggle power
        sender.state = not sender.state
        sender.title = 'Power is ON' if sender.state else 'Power is OFF'

        # Update power for all lights in a group, or just the individual light
        try:
            if group:
                [self.lights[name].set_power(sender.state, 0, True) for name in group]
            else:
                light.set_power(sender.state, 0, True)

        # A light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

    # Will run when a slider has been updated
    def onSliderUpdate(self, sender):
        # Get the associated menu, LIFX object and group (if applicable)
        menu = self.menu.get(sender.name)
        light = self.lights.get(sender.name)
        group = self.groups.get(sender.name)

        # If no menu item or group or light was found, soft fail
        if menu is None or (light is None and group is None):
            return

        # Get all menu items
        items = dict(menu.items())

        # Get all the current HSBK slider values
        h = items['h_' + sender.name].value
        s = items['s_' + sender.name].value
        b = items['b_' + sender.name].value
        k = items['k_' + sender.name].value

        # Update values for all lights in a group, or just the individual light
        try:
            if group:
                [self.lights[name].set_color([h, s, b, k], 0, True) for name in group]
            else:
                light.set_color([h, s, b, k], 0, True)

                # Get and set infrared value if supported
                if light.get_infrared():
                    i = items['i_' + sender.name].value
                    light.set_infrared(i)

        # A light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

    # Add new group light as a submenu with it's own controllable buttons/sliders
    def addGroup(self, name):
        # Get the associated group
        group = self.groups[name]

        # If no group was found, soft fail
        if group is None:
            return

        # Get initial light values
        # Note: HSBK values are retrieved from first light in group as an estimate
        try:
            h, s, b, k = self.lights[group[0]].get_color()
            powers = [self.lights[l].get_power() for l in group]
            p = 'ON' if 65535 in powers else 'OFF'

        # Light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

        # Create power button and colour sliders
        powerButton = rumps.MenuItem('Power is ' + p, name=name, callback=self.onPowerUpdate)
        powerButton.state = p == 'ON'
        hueSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('h_' + name, 0, h, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        saturationSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('s_' + name, s, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        brightnessSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('b_' + name, b, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        kelvinSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('k_' + name, k, 2500, 9000, self.onSliderUpdate, name)

        # Create light menu and first element (necessary to create submenu)
        groupMenu = rumps.MenuItem(name)
        groupMenu.add(powerButton)

        # Add rest of submenu elements
        groupMenu.update([None, 'Hue', hueSlider, 'Saturation', saturationSlider,
                          'Brightness', brightnessSlider, 'Kelvin', kelvinSlider])

        # Add light submenu to the individual light list menu
        self.menu.insert_after('Groups', groupMenu)

    # Add new individual light as a submenu with it's own controllable buttons/sliders
    def addIndividual(self, name):
        # Get the associated LIFX object
        light = self.lights.get(name)

        # If no light was found, soft fail
        if light is None:
            return

        # Get initial light values
        try:
            h, s, b, k = light.get_color()
            i = light.get_infrared()
            p = 'ON' if light.get_power() else 'OFF'

        # Light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

        # Create power button and colour sliders
        powerButton = rumps.MenuItem('Power is ' + p, name=name, callback=self.onPowerUpdate)
        powerButton.state = p == 'ON'
        hueSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('h_' + name, h, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        saturationSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('s_' + name, s, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        brightnessSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('b_' + name, b, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
        kelvinSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('k_' + name, k, 2500, 9000, self.onSliderUpdate, name)

        # Create light menu and first element (necessary to create submenu)
        lightMenu = rumps.MenuItem(name)
        lightMenu.add(powerButton)

        # Add rest of submenu elements
        lightMenu.update([None, 'Hue', hueSlider, 'Saturation', saturationSlider,
                          'Brightness', brightnessSlider, 'Kelvin', kelvinSlider])

        # Create and add infrared slider if supported
        if i:
            infraredSlider = rumps.SliderMenuItem('i_' + name, i, 0, 65535, self.onSliderUpdate, name)
            lightMenu.update(['Infrared', infraredSlider])

        # Add light submenu to the individual light list menu
        self.menu.insert_after('Individual', lightMenu)

    # Update the state a LIFX light
    def updateLightState(self, name):
        # Get the associated menu and LIFX object
        menu = self.menu.get(name)
        light = self.lights.get(name)

        # If no menu or light was found, soft fail
        if menu is None or light is None:
            return

        # Get updated light values
        try:
            h, s, b, k = light.get_color()
            i = light.get_infrared()
            p = 'ON' if light.get_power() else 'OFF'
            groupName = light.get_group()

        # Light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

        # Get all menu items
        items = dict(menu.items())

        # Update values
        powerMenuItem = items.get('Power is ON') if 'Power is ON' in items else items.get('Power is OFF')
        powerMenuItem.state = p == 'ON'
        powerMenuItem.title = 'Power is ' + p
        items['h_' + name].value = h
        items['s_' + name].value = s
        items['b_' + name].value = b
        items['k_' + name].value = k

        # Update infrared value if supported
        if i:
            items['i_' + sender.name].value = i

        # Update this light's group if it has one
        if groupName in self.groups:
            self.updateGroupState(groupName, [h, s, b, k])

    # Update the state of a group
    def updateGroupState(self, name, colourValues):
        # Get the associated group and menu
        group = self.groups.get(name)
        menu = self.menu.get(name)

        # If no group or menu was found, soft fail
        if group is None or menu is None:
            return

        # Get group power values
        try:
            powers = [self.lights[l].get_power() for l in group]
            p = 'ON' if 65535 in powers else 'OFF'

        # A light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

        # Get all group menu items
        items = dict(menu.items())

        # Update group values
        h, s, b, k = colourValues
        powerMenuItem = items.get('Power is ON') if 'Power is ON' in items else items.get('Power is OFF')
        powerMenuItem.state = p == 'ON'
        powerMenuItem.title = 'Power is ' + p
        items['h_' + name].value = h
        items['s_' + name].value = s
        items['b_' + name].value = b
        items['k_' + name].value = k

    # Removes the menu item from the menu as well as any dictionaries it is in
    def removeMenuItem(self, menuItem):
        if menuItem in self.menu:
            del self.menu[menuItem]
        if menuItem in self.lights:
            del self.lights[menuItem]
        if menuItem in self.groups:
            del self.groups[menuItem]

    # Timer event that keeps the list of active lights up to date
    @rumps.timer(10)
    def updateActiveLights(self, _):
        # Discovers all active LIFX lights on the network
        lights = LifxLAN().get_lights()

        # Loop through the discovered lights
        for light in lights:
            # Get light name and group if it has one
            try:
                name = light.get_label()
                group = light.get_group()

            # Light did not respond
            except WorkflowException:
                continue

            # If the light is a new light, add it to the dictionary of lights
            if name not in self.lights:
                self.lights[name] = light

            # If the light has no group, continue onto next light
            if group is None:
                continue

            # If the light has a group that's not in the dictionary of groups, add the new group
            if group not in self.groups:
                self.groups[group] = [name]

            # If the light is a part of a group, add it to that group if it hasn't been already
            if name not in self.groups[group]:
                self.groups[group].append(name)

        # Get active lights and groups
        try:
            activeLights = [l.get_label() for l in lights]
            activeGroups = [l.get_group() for l in lights]

        # A light did not respond
        except WorkflowException:
            return

        # Remove any inactive lights and groups from the menu
        for menuItem in list(self.menu.keys()):
            if menuItem not in self.lights and menuItem not in self.groups:
                continue
            if menuItem in activeLights or menuItem in activeGroups:
                continue
            self.removeMenuItem(menuItem)

    # Timer event that updates the menu with the active light's and their states
    @rumps.timer(2)
    def updateAllStates(self, _):
        # Update all updated light states
        [self.updateLightState(l) for l in list(self.lights.keys())]

        # Filter out any new lights or groups that aren't in the menu yet
        newLights = [l for l in self.lights if l not in list(self.menu.keys())]
        newGroups = [g for g in self.groups if g not in list(self.menu.keys())]

        # Add any new lights and groups to the menu
        [self.addIndividual(l) for l in newLights]
        [self.addGroup(g) for g in newGroups]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Create LifxController menu and run it
    LifxController().run()

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Australian Parliament calls for release of Baha'is
May 28, 2009 , editor , Leave a comment
The Australian Parliament has called upon Iran to release without delay seven Baha'i leaders who have been imprisoned for more than a year.
Six Members of Parliament from both major parties spoke in support of a notice of motion in the House of Representatives.
The motion notes with "serious concern" that the detained Baha'is have had no access to legal representation and have not been subject to due legal process.
It expresses concern about charges of spying, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic and that these could attract the death penalty.
The Parliament called upon Iran to respect rights to freedom of religion and the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression and association in accordance with international human rights conventions.
The MP who introduced the motion, the member for Leichhardt, Mr Jim Turnour, called on Iran to drop the charges against the seven Baha'is.
"The Australian Government is concerned that these charges are part of a pattern of official discrimination against members of the Baha'i Faith in Iran," Mr Turnour said.
"More recently, a number of incidents indicate that there has been a resurgence of extreme religious persecution against the Baha'is, which is clearly disturbing," he said.
"We will maintain close interest in this case and will continue to raise our concern with the Iranian Government," Mr Turnour said.
The member for Isaacs, Mr Mark Dreyfus, said that to be a Baha'i in Iran is "to live with the fear of state sanctioned abuse hanging over your family and your community".
Mr Dreyfus referred to the "long catalogue of oppression and mistreatment" stretching back years and including the abduction of other Baha'i leaders and the hanging of 10 Baha'i women, the youngest 17 years old.
"All the evidence suggests that the repression of the Baha'i emanates from the highest Iranian authorities," said Mr Dreyfus, who referred to an official statement saying that a plan must be devised "to confront and destroy their cultural roots outside Iran."
"Dehumanising any group of people and denying them rights because of their beliefs or race or religion has all too often been the first step towards physical attacks on or the murder of people in that group," he said.
"In the face of dawn raids on their homes, the desecration of their cemeteries with bulldozers, the vilification of Baha'i children in their classrooms, the disbarring of Baha'is from designated professions and threats against Muslims who associate with Baha'is, the community has shown substantial bravery."
The member for Cowan, Mr Luke Simpkins, said the charges had no validity and were inconsistent with Baha'i teachings.
Mr Simpkins said that the most recent charge of 'spreading corruption in the world' "has nothing to do with offences, and everything to do with political control and religious persecution." He called for the Baha'is to be "released immediately."
"The Iranian government should also restore the rights of Baha'is and withdraw discrimination and religious intolerance towards the Baha'is-that should happen now," Mr Simpkins said.
The member for Hindmarsh, Mr Steve Georganas, said he was very proud that there were Baha'is in his electorate.
He said that on 17 April 2009 the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Stephen Smith, conveyed the Australian Government's serious concerns about the imprisoned Baha'is directly to the Iranian foreign minister.
"Over the past year the Australian Government has regularly raised its concerns about the seven Baha'i detainees with the Iranian authorities and will continue to do so," Mr Georganas said.
"Others who have spoken out this year in condemnation of the actions of the Iranian authorities against the Baha'is include the European Union and the governments of Great Britain and the United States, as well as many parliamentarians in Brazil, Canada and Germany," he said.
"I call on the Government of Iran to release the seven Baha'i detainees without a single minute of delay."
The Member for O'Connor, Mr Wilson Tuckey, said he had found Baha'is to be people of peace and good will. The charge of spying was "ridiculous".
"The Baha'i just say, 'Can we please have the freedom to act in accordance with our faith?', " Mr Tuckey said.
"This is an important motion which, above all else, deals with religious freedom and the prevention of persecution, particularly on religious grounds," Mr Tuckey said.
The member for Longman, Mr Jon Sullivan, said the seven imprisoned Baha'is have relatives in Australia and "it is important that we as Australians support our fellow Australians of the Baha'i Faith".
"As has been said, the Baha'i people are a wonderful, brave, peace-loving people," Mr Sullivan said.
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Q: Suppose that a and b are real numbers with $0< a <1 $ and $0< b <1$. Prove by contradiction or contrapositive: If $a^2+b^2= 1$, then $a+b >1$. So far I get the below:
To prove the above statement with contrapositive, we need to show that if $a+b \leq 1$ then $a^2 + b^2 \ne 1$. If $a+b \leq 1$, then $a \leq 1 - b$. If we square both sides of the inequality we get $a^2 \leq (1 - b)^2$, which is $a^2 \leq 1 - 2b + b^2$, then $a^2 - b^2 \leq 1 - 2b$.
I get to this step but I get $a^2 - b^2$ instead of $a^2 + b^2$, I don't know if I am on the right track or if it is possible to prove with contrapositive?

A: If $$a+b \le 1$$ upon squaring both sides we get, $$a^2+b^2+2ab\le 1$$
That implies $$1+2ab\le1$$ or $$2ab\le 0$$
Which is impossible due to $0<a<1$ and $0<b<1$

A: If you start with $a+b\leq1$ then $b\leq1-a$. We also have by hypothesis that $a^2+b^2 = 1$, which means that:
$$a^2 + b^2 = 1$$
$$a^2 + (1-a)^2 \geq 1$$
That can be written:
$$2a^2-2a\geq0$$
So:
$$2a(a-1)\geq0$$
To be true, this means that $a = 0$ or $a\geq1$.

A: Using geometry (Pythagoras) : a rectangular triangle with hypotenuse 1 and other sides a and b. For sure: a + b > 1 (as is so for any 'non flat' triangle).
Agreed: not really proof by contradiction or contrapositive (except in that a rectangular triangle is never 'flat')
discrete mathematics is perhaps not optimal adequate tag.


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Graphic video shows car slam into man attending vigil for hit-and-run victim
Posted 12:56 AM, April 12, 2018, by Tribune Media Wire
LOS ANGELES – A pedestrian was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon during a vigil for a bicyclist who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver a day earlier at the same location in South Los Angeles, video from the scene showed.
A pedestrian is struck in a South L.A. intersection on April 11, 2018 where a vigil was being held for a bicyclist who was fatally struck in a hit-and-run crash the day before. (Credit: KTLA)
Now Los Angeles police are looking for the drivers and vehicles involved in both hit-and-run crashes.
Pedestrians and cyclists had gathered at the intersection of Normandie and Manchester avenues for the vigil remembering cyclist Frederick Frazier, 22, who was killed almost exactly 24 hours earlier after being struck by the driver of a white Porsche Cayenne, which didn't stop.
About 100 cyclists were at the vigil, and some drivers appeared upset that they had difficulty getting through the intersection. Several vehicles, including an apparent older-model gold Toyota sedan, were seen trying to push through the cyclists.
Frederick Frazier is seen in a photo held by a mourner at a vigil for him in South L.A. on April 11, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
When the Toyota began moving through the crowd, some cyclists appeared to punch at the car, according to a KTLA reporter who was covering the vigil. The Toyota then took off but returned, speeding through a red light at the intersection and striking the pedestrian, who went flying.
The KTLA news crew at the scene recorded video of the crash. The crew's news photographer was nearly struck by the Toyota, which didn't stop after striking the pedestrian and continued westbound on Manchester Avenue.
The pedestrian victim, who was apparently a friend of Frazier, was thrown in the air from the impact of the crash. He was able to get up and limped toward the sidewalk, where others ran to help him, the video showed.
A gold Toyota Avalon flees after striking a pedestrian in South L.A. at a vigil for a cyclist on April 11, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
He appeared to not be seriously hurt, at least initially. The car narrowly missed several other pedestrians and a dog, the video showed.
As it struck the pedestrian, the Toyota driver, apparently a woman, passed right by an LAPD patrol SUV that was stationed in the intersection for the vigil. The LAPD vehicle was stopped with its lights flashing.
The sergeant in that LAPD vehicle had happened upon the gathering by chance and was trying to clear the intersection with cyclists approached his vehicle violently, Ramirez.
"The group started surrounding him, and then started damaging the police car," Ramirez said. "Hitting the vehicle, kicking it, throwing the bikes at it, and then also breaking a window and slashing the tires."
Around the time of the confrontation with the police vehicle, the hit-and-run occurred.
The man who was struck appeared to have been trying to help keep things under control. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a hospital.
Participants at a South L.A. vigil for Frederick Frazier, a cyclist killed in a hit-and-run, target an LAPD patrol vehicle on April 11, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
LAPD spokesman Officer Tony Im said the crash occurred about 1:05 p.m. when 30 to 40 people were in the intersection, blocking all lanes of traffic.
Im said police were looking for the driver and the vehicle that fled, which he described as an older model, tan four-door Honda Accord. KTLA's video showed what appeared to be an early-2000s gold Toyota Avalon with a California license plate No. 8BUK639. The passenger side of its windshield appeared shattered.
The driver may have been afraid for his or her safety due to the size of the crowd, but that wouldn't excuse fleeing the scene of a crash, Ramirez said.
"We're asking for that individual to go to the police station ... identify themselves and tell us their side of the story," the captain said.
On Twitter, LAPD asked people to avoid the area, and described the incidents as a hit-and-run and an "officer needs help call."
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The Full Works Concert - Monday 29 July 2013: New Releases
Join Jane Jones as she picks out another selection of some of the best new classical releases.
Tonight, Jane Jones highlights some of her favourite recent classical album releases, ranging from the Baroque to an accordion rendition of one of Lady Gaga's biggest hits.
The concert kicks off with Rimsky-Korsakov's vividly brilliant Capriccio Espagnol. Composed in 1887, it was given its premiere in St. Petersburg with the composer himself conducting. Tchaikovsky declared to Rimsky-Korsakov "your 'Spanish Capriccio' is a colossal masterpiece of instrumentation, and you may regard yourself as the greatest master of the present day." It's performed with typical gusto tonight by the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Scottish multi-instrumentalist Phamie Gow has gained international recognition for the quality of her compositions and performances over the years. Her newly-released piano album, Softly Spoken, brings together some of her most popular pieces such as Annandale, Rackwick Bay and War Song, already well known to Classic FM listeners, with a number of new compositions that demonstrate how her music has been evolving.
Antonio Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D major comes from a new album by the Baroque ensemble, La Serenissima. Titled 'A Tale of Two Seasons', the album focusses on two seasons 16 years apart when Vivaldi was working in Venice. The concerto known as the Grosso Mogul comes from the 1717 season and is played and directed brilliantly by Adrian Chandler.
The Fantasy in E major for String Orchestra by Harold Darke is included in a beautiful collection of English string music, Over Hill Over Dale, featuring some real discoveries. The Chamber Ensemble of London is developing quite a reputation for discovering and championing little-known or lost repertoire for string orchestras. This latest album ranges across the centuries - from Purcell to the present day - and Harold Darke's Fantasy in E major for String Orchestra gets a memorable world premiere recording.
Franz Schubert's Symphony No.6 in C major is a tribute to one of Schubert's heroes: Rossini. Both the style and spirit of the work call to mind Rossini's overtures. Proud of the work, Schubert called it his 'Great Symphony in C major', not knowing that the same designation would later be applied to his final symphony, Symphony No.9 in C major, D944.
The debut CD from the gifted young violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen explores the influence of black American music on composers including Ravel and Gershwin. Tonight we hear Jascha Heifetz's violin transcriptions of five songs from Gershwin's magnificent opera, Porgy and Bess.
We've been hearing a lot on Classic FM lately about the Lithuanian accordionist Martynas - pictured - whose debut CD entered the Classic FM Chart at number three the other week. It's an eclectic mix showing off his brilliant technique to the full. Jane tonight plays his version of Verdi's overture to La Forza del Destino as well as his unique take on Lady Gaga's hit, Telephone.
Tonight's concert ends with a piece by Edward Elgar, La Capricieuse, played by the superstar violinist David Garrett when he was just 14. It comes from a formerly 'lost' album he made aged 14 with Alexander Markovich on the piano. And very talented he was too.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Zubin Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Phamie Gow: Rackwick Bay
Piano: Phamie Gow
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D major RV208
Adrian Chandler directs La Serenissima from the violin
Harold Darke: Fantasy in E major for String Orchestra
Peter Fisher conducts the Chamber Orchestra of London
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.6 in C major
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Swedish Chamber Orchestra
George Gershwin: Five selections from Porgy and Bess
Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Piano: Huw Watkins
Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Overture
Accordion: Martynas Livickis
Lady Gaga: Telephone
Edward Elgar: La Capricieuse
Violin: David Garrett
Piano: Alexander Markovich