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Q&A with Richard Hasen on his New Scalia Book
At SCOTUSblog, Ronald Collins interviews Richard Hasen (UCI) on his new book The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption. Here is a question on originalism:
Question: When it came to constitutional interpretation, was Scalia an originalist or texualist or both?
Hasen: This is quite an interesting question. For constitutional interpretation, Scalia said he believed a constitutional provision should be interpreted in line with its original public meaning at the time of enactment. For statutory interpretation, in contrast, he said that statutes should be read in line with how a fair reader of the English language at the time of enactment would have understood the words.
These two approaches are similar but not identical. For example, consider the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. A pure textualist reading would ask what the words "equal protection" would have meant in the 19th century. And sometimes Scalia would just look at the text to understand how it applied, arguing, for example, against affirmative action for racial minorities. But at other times he looked not only at the words but at social context to consider how a provision was understood at the time, arguing, for example, that the equal protection clause did not protect against sex discrimination because no one at the time of ratification would have understood it that way. So this answer goes beyond the text of the equal protection clause to look at social practices and tradition for its meaning.
Scalia was criticized for not explaining why as a public-meaning originalist he rejected looking at social context at the time of ratification when it came to affirmative action. The Congress right after ratification passed laws benefiting newly freed slaves. As I show in the book Scalia was pushed repeatedly to explain why this history would be irrelevant under his theory of public-meaning originalism to the permissibility of affirmative action and never responded — sometimes deflecting such questions with a joke, other times ignoring the point altogether.
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Top Google News Story Today: "Google Search Isn't 'Rigged'". Wow, That's Believable.
Isa |
I feel like all of fake news can be summed up by Jim Acosta's refute to the President's requesting a question from a "real network" rather than "fake news CNN" back in July:
"We are a real network, sir," Acosta feebly attempted, over John Roberts from Fox, whose question the President had agreed to take.
Well, after being slammed by POTUS for biased search results, that everyone knows are biased, Google is using the top position on their trending news lists to tell POTUS "we don't have biased search results, sir."
No joke: the top news story on Google this week was a CNN article entitled "Trump slams Google search as 'rigged' — but it's not."
Here's the President's claim:
The Daily Wire reports on how Google tried to demonstrate they were totally not biased with clearly biased results for news stories as a result:
In the midst of the Tuesday fury over allegations that Google News uses a biased algorithm that results in far fewer links to conservative news sites, the top story on Google News was a CNN article defending Google News.
You can't make this stuff up, people.
When readers went into Google, clicked "news," then clicked "top stories" in the U.S., the No. 1 link was a CNN article headlined "Trump slams Google search as 'rigged' — but it's not."
The piece lays out what President Trump has said about reports of Google bias, then provides a platform for the search engine to deny, deny, deny.
"Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology," a Google spokesperson told CNN. "We continually work to improve Google Search and we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment."
The hilarity came after PJ Media conducted an informal study on Monday and found that liberal news outlets appear in Google News search results far more frequently than conservative outlets, which are often completely missing. When searching "Trump," for instance, CNN had "nearly twice as many results returned as the second-place finisher, the Washington Post."
I mean, I was just going on the basis of every Google search I've literally every done to conclude that their algorithm favored left-leaning sites but since they went ahead and said "nuh-uh, no we're not", to be backed up by fake news CNN who said "no, really guys, they're totally not," that's good enough for me.
Glad we settled that.

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Q: docker : npm ERR! enoent ENOENT Hello i have the following setup docker:
docker-compose.yml:
version: "3"

services:
  micro-hr:
    build: ./backend/micro-hr
    entrypoint: ./backend/micro-hr/.docker/entrypoint.sh
    container_name: micro-hr
    environment:
      - CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=true
    ports:
      - 3001:3000
    volumes:
      - .:/home/node/app

dockerfile:
FROM node:12.14.0-alpine3.11

RUN apk add --no-cache bash git

RUN touch /home/node/.bashrc | echo "PS1='\w\$ '" >> /home/node/.bashrc

RUN npm config set cache /home/node/app/.npm-cache --global

WORKDIR /home/node/app

COPY --chown=node:node . ./

COPY package*.json .env ./

USER node

and
entrypoint.sh
#!/bin/bash

npm config set cache /home/node/app/.npm-cache --global

cd /home/node/app

npm install
npm run start:dev

but i got this errors on docker-compose up:
micro-hr              | npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/node/app/package.json'
micro-hr              | npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/node/app/package.json'
micro-hr              | npm WARN app No description
micro-hr              | npm WARN app No repository field.
micro-hr              | npm WARN app No README data
micro-hr              | npm WARN app No license field.
micro-hr              |
micro-hr              | up to date in 1.154s
micro-hr              | found 0 vulnerabilities
micro-hr              |
micro-hr              | npm ERR! code ENOENT
micro-hr              | npm ERR! syscall open
micro-hr              | npm ERR! path /home/node/app/package.json
micro-hr              | npm ERR! errno -2
micro-hr              | npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/node/app/package.json'
micro-hr              | npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
micro-hr              | npm ERR! enoent
micro-hr              |
micro-hr              | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
micro-hr              | npm ERR!     /home/node/app/.npm-cache/_logs/2020-09-01T01_00_33_229Z-debug.log

I had suspected it was in relation to the node user, but I tested it without and it was not
i got this with docker-compose log.

A: Your docker-compose.yml says
volumes:
      - .:/home/node/app

Remove these two lines, build application locally (without Docker), and only build the Docker image when you are deploying it.
for further explanation refer this docker-compose fails to start with npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/usr/src/app/package.json'

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Q: Angular 7 - How does work the HTML5 Fullscreen API ? I've a lot of errors I use Angular 7 and I would like have a button for put my app in fullscreen. I use the HTML5 Fullscreen API and I've make 2 functions :

openfullscreen() {
    // Trigger fullscreen
    console.log('gg');
    if (document.documentElement.requestFullscreen) {
      document.documentElement.requestFullscreen();
    } else if (document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen) { /* Firefox */
      document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen();
    } else if (document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullscreen) { /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
      document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullscreen();
    } else if (document.documentElement.msRequestFullscreen) { /* IE/Edge */
      document.documentElement.msRequestFullscreen();
    }
    this.isfullscreen = true;
  }

  closefullscreen(){
    if (document.exitFullscreen) {
      document.exitFullscreen();
    } else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen) { /* Firefox */
      document.mozCancelFullScreen();
    } else if (document.webkitExitFullscreen) { /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
      document.webkitExitFullscreen();
    } else if (document.msExitFullscreen) { /* IE/Edge */
      document.msExitFullscreen();
    }
    this.isfullscreen = false;
  }

It worked in the beginning but I had a lot of error :

error TS2339: Property 'mozRequestFullScreen' does not exist on type
  'HTMLElement'.
error TS2339: Property 'mozRequestFullScreen' does not exist on type
  'HTMLElement'.
error TS2339: Property 'webkitRequestFullscreen' does not exist on
  type 'HTMLElement'.
error TS2339: Property 'webkitRequestFullscreen' does not exist on
  type 'HTMLElement'.
error TS2551: Property 'msRequestFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'HTMLElement'. Did you mean 'requestFullscreen'?
error TS2551: Property 'msRequestFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'HTMLElement'. Did you mean 'requestFullscreen'?
error TS2339: Property 'mozCancelFullScreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'.
error TS2339: Property 'mozCancelFullScreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'.
error TS2339: Property 'webkitExitFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'.
error TS2339: Property 'webkitExitFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'.
error TS2551: Property 'msExitFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'. Did you mean 'exitFullscreen'?
error TS2551: Property 'msExitFullscreen' does not exist on type
  'Document'. Did you mean 'exitFullscreen'?

When I restart my code I've the same errors but, in addition, I've that :
Failed to compile.

And my app don't work. How I can compile without errors?

A: Defining types:
type ExitFullscreen = typeof document.exitFullscreen
type RequestFullscreen = typeof document.documentElement.requestFullscreen

declare global {
  interface Document {
    webkitExitFullscreen: ExitFullscreen;
    mozCancelFullScreen: ExitFullscreen;
    msExitFullscreen: ExitFullscreen;
  }

  interface HTMLElement {
    webkitRequestFullscreen: RequestFullscreen;
    mozRequestFullScreen: RequestFullscreen;
    msRequestFullscreen: RequestFullscreen;
  }
}

A: You can tell typescript about the methods that you're going to use by using the as keyword to cast the interface of document and document.documentElement.
Like this:
const docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions = document.documentElement as HTMLElement & {
  mozRequestFullScreen(): Promise<void>;
  webkitRequestFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
  msRequestFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
};

const docWithBrowsersExitFunctions = document as Document & {
  mozCancelFullScreen(): Promise<void>;
  webkitExitFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
  msExitFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
};

Please note that this just prevents compile error and you still should check if the methods exist like you did.
So your methods will be like this:
openfullscreen() {
  // Trigger fullscreen
  const docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions = document.documentElement as HTMLElement & {
    mozRequestFullScreen(): Promise<void>;
    webkitRequestFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
    msRequestFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
  };

  if (docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.requestFullscreen) {
    docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.requestFullscreen();
  } else if (docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.mozRequestFullScreen) { /* Firefox */
    docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.mozRequestFullScreen();
  } else if (docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.webkitRequestFullscreen) { /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
    docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.webkitRequestFullscreen();
  } else if (docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.msRequestFullscreen) { /* IE/Edge */
    docElmWithBrowsersFullScreenFunctions.msRequestFullscreen();
  }
  this.isfullscreen = true;
}

closefullscreen(){
  const docWithBrowsersExitFunctions = document as Document & {
    mozCancelFullScreen(): Promise<void>;
    webkitExitFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
    msExitFullscreen(): Promise<void>;
  };
  if (docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.exitFullscreen) {
    docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.exitFullscreen();
  } else if (docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.mozCancelFullScreen) { /* Firefox */
    docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.mozCancelFullScreen();
  } else if (docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.webkitExitFullscreen) { /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
    docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.webkitExitFullscreen();
  } else if (docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.msExitFullscreen) { /* IE/Edge */
    docWithBrowsersExitFunctions.msExitFullscreen();
  }
  this.isfullscreen = false;
}


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\section{Introduction}
New physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) can be parametrized at energy scales much below the mass of the first
new BSM particles by an effective lagrangian which is given in terms of higher dimensional operators involving the known particles and
respecting the original symmetries of the Standard Model (SM) (see, {\it e.g.} \cite{Buchmuller:1985jz,Grzadkowski:2010es,Contino:2013kra}).
The complete list of dimension-six operators containing SM fields consists of 59 independent terms~\cite{Grzadkowski:2010es}.
The coefficients of the higher dimensional operators are in principle correlated:
they can be computed from a given UV-complete model at high energies and can mix under the renormalization
group running towards low-energy \cite{Jenkins:2013zja,Jenkins:2013wua,Alonso:2013hga,Elias-Miro:2013mua}.
However, in the absence of a convincing UV model and given that measurements are performed at low energies it is legitimate
to consider the coefficients as independent.

One expects that among operators with fermions, the ones involving the third generation will be more
important. Although there is no general proof of this statement,
in many BSM scenarios the top quark can present sizeable deviations from its expected couplings.
An example is the scenario with warped extra dimension, where the top quark is localized towards the so-called infrared (IR) brane;
since the heavy resonances, such as the Kaluza-Klein gluon, are also IR localized, their couplings are enhanced, generating large coefficients for the higher dimensional effective operators involving top quarks at low energies, when the heavy resonances are integrated-out.
The experimental bounds on the effective higher dimensional operators are much stronger for the first and second generations. Hence it is important to obtain bounds on operators involving the third generation, the least tested ones, and new data can always help in improving them.
A more serious consideration comes from the expectations on the size of the top dipole operator vis-\`a-vis the rest of the set of dimension-six operators.
This is again an UV question beyond the scope of this study which is focused on the effects of the dipole operators.
However, one should mention that there are UV models with significant dipole moments   \cite{Agashe:2006wa}.

Constraints on anomalous top quark couplings have been intensively scrutinized from both direct and
indirect probes  (see, {\it e.g.} \cite{AguilarSaavedra:2011ct,AguilarSaavedra:2012va,Zhang:2012cd,Kamenik:2011dk,Degrande:2012gr,Degrande:2010kt,Degrande:2012zj}).

In this paper we assume that the leading contributions to deviations from the SM are encoded in the so-called top quark dipole operators and we
present constraints on the coefficients of these operators arising from direct probes at the LHC. In our study we include the
$W$ helicity fractions in top quark decays, t-channel single top production, top pair production,
associated $tW$ production and, for the first time, associated $t \bar{t} V$ production.

In this work we use the available LHC data for the processes listed above and we employ a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method to perform a Bayesian analysis in
order to extract the posterior probability distributions for the coefficients of the dipole operators and the $1(2)\sigma$ confidence level (CL) contours.

\section{Effective dipole operators}
We will consider the following dimension-six dipole operators which parametrizes some of the effects of new physics in the top quark sector
using the notation of \cite{Contino:2013kra}:
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{dipole}
{\cal L}_{NP}&=&\frac{\bar c_{tB}g'\, y_t}{m_W^2} \bar q_L \, H^c\, \sigma^{\mu\nu} t_R B_{\mu\nu} +\frac{\bar c_{tW}g\, y_t}{m_W^2} \bar q_L \,\sigma_i\, H^c\, \sigma^{\mu\nu} t_R W_{\mu\nu}^i +\frac{\bar c_{tG}g_s\, y_t}{m_W^2} \bar q_L \,\lambda_A\, H^c\, \sigma^{\mu\nu} t_R G_{\mu\nu}^A + \mbox{h.c.}\nonumber\\
\end{eqnarray}
where  $\bar c_{tB},\bar c_{tW},\bar c_{tG}$ are the dimensionless coefficients controlling the strength of the interactions,
$g, g^\prime, g_s$ are the $SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y \times SU(3)_c$ coupling constants respectively,
$y_t$ is the top Yukawa coupling, $q^T=(t\,\,b)$ is the top quark doublet, $H^c$ is the conjugated Higgs doublet, $m_W$ is the $W$-boson mass,
$\sigma_i$ are the Pauli matrices and $\lambda^A$ are the Gell-Mann matrices. We assume that the lagrangian is CP-conserving and hence the coefficients are taken to be real.

This parametrization reflects the enhanced couplings of the top quark to new physics that can take place in some BSM scenarios.
These coefficients are easily related to the ones commonly used in the literature:
\begin{equation}
\frac{c_{tB}}{\Lambda^2} = \frac{\bar c_{tB} g'\, y_t}{m_W^2}  ;\qquad
\frac{c_{tW}}{\Lambda^2} = \frac{\bar c_{tW} g\, y_t}{m_W^2}  ;\qquad
\frac{c_{tG}}{\Lambda^2} = \frac{\bar c_{tG} g_s\, y_t}{m_W^2} .
\end{equation}

\section{Methodology and input data}
We perform the parameter estimation of our model using Bayesian inference. In this approach a probability distribution function (pdf) is associated not only with data but also with the value of the parameters. The fundamental equation of Bayesian inference is the following, involving a set of parameters $\{\theta\}$, data $D$ and a model $M$:
\begin{equation} \label{Bayes}
P(\{\theta\}|D,M)\propto P(D|\{\theta\},M) P(\{\theta\}|M)
\end{equation}
where $P(\{\theta\}|M)\equiv \pi(\{\theta\})$ is the pdf which encodes some prior information about the parameters $\{\theta\}$ of the model $M$; $P(D|\{\theta\},M)\equiv{\cal L}(\{\theta\})$ is the likelihood function, i.e. the joint pdf for the data viewed as a function of the parameters $\{\theta\}$; $P(\{\theta\}|D,M)$ is the so-called posterior pdf, whose integral over any given region is related to the degree of belief for the parameters $\{\theta\}$ to take values in that region, given the data $D$. A Bayesian posterior probability may be used to determine regions that will have a given probability of containing the true value of the parameters.

In our case the model $M$ is the Standard Model extended with the higher dimensional operators in eq.~(\ref{dipole}), the parameters $\{\theta\}$ are the coefficient of those operators $(\bar c_{tB}\,,\bar c_{tW}\,,\bar c_{tG})$ and the data D are given by the measurements of LHC observables $\{{\cal O}_k\}$. A list of the LHC observables considered in the analysis with their experimental and theoretical uncertainties is shown in Table \ref{table:1}, together with the different coefficients of the dipole operators that contribute to each observable. It is interesting to notice that the coefficient of the hypercharge dipole operator $\bar c_{tB}$ only contributes to $t \bar{t} V$ process.

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | c|}
    \hline
    LHC observables & Experimental value  & Theoretical SM value & Couplings  \\
    \hline
    \hline
     $t\bar t V$ production & $0.43^{+0.17}_{-0.15}$ pb \cite{Chatrchyan:2013qca} & $0.306^{+0.031}_{-0.053}$ pb \cite{Garzelli:2012bn,Campbell:2012dh} & $\bar c_{tB}$ , $\bar c_{tW}$ , $\bar c_{tG}$ \\
    \hline
    Single top t-channel & $67.2\pm 6.1$ pb \cite{Chatrchyan:2012ep}& $64.6^{+2.1}_{-0.7}{}^{+1.5}_{-1.7}$ pb \cite{Kidonakis:2011wy} & $\bar c_{tW}$   \\
    \hline
    $tW$ production & $23.4\pm 5.4$ pb \cite{Chatrchyan:2014tua} & $22.2\pm {1.5}$ pb \cite{Kidonakis:2012rm} & $\bar c_{tW}$ , $\bar c_{tG}$    \\
    \hline
    $t\bar t$ production & $237.7\pm 1.7 $(stat)$\pm7.4$(syst)$\pm$ & $251.68^{+6.4}_{-8.6}(\mbox{scale}){}^{+6.3}_{-6.5} $(pdf) pb \cite{Czakon:2013goa}& $\bar c_{tG}$  \\
                                     & $ 7.4$ (lumi) $\pm 4.0$ (energy) pb \cite{TheATLAScollaboration:2013dja} &  &\\
 \hline
     W helicity fractions & $F_0 = 0.626 \pm 0.034$ (stat.) $\pm 0.048$ (syst.) & $F_0 = 0.687 \pm 0.005$ &  \\
                                   & $F_L = 0.359 \pm 0.021$ (stat.) $\pm 0.028$ (syst.) & $F_L = 0.311 \pm 0.05$ & $\bar c_{tW}$ \\
                                   & $F_R = 0.015 \pm 0.034$  \cite{ATLAS:2013tla} & $F_R = 0.0017 \pm 0.0001$ \cite{Czarnecki:2010gb} &   \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{List of the LHC observables considered in this analysis together with their theoretical and experimental values and
the coefficients of the dipole operators that contribute to a given process.}
\label{table:1}
\end{table}
The likelihood function is taken to be
\begin{equation}\label{like}
{\cal L}(\bar c_{tB}\,,\bar c_{tW}\,,\bar c_{tG}) \propto \exp\left[-\sum_{k}^{} \frac{\left( {\cal O}_k^{th}(\bar{c}_i) - {\cal O}_k^{exp} \right)^2}{(\delta{\cal O}_{k}^{exp})^2 +(\delta{\cal O}_{k}^{th})^2 \ } \right],
\end{equation}
where $\delta{\cal O}_{k}^{exp}$ and $\delta{\cal O}_{k}^{th}$ are the experimental and theoretical uncertainties associated to ${\cal O}_k^{exp}$ and ${\cal O}_k^{th}(\bar{c}_i)$. We consider uncorrelated uncertainties and add them in quadrature.

In order to study the effects of new physics operators on the LHC observables, we have used the FeynRules~\cite{Alloul:2013bka} implementation of these effective operators provided by~\cite{Alloul:2013naa}. FeynRules generates the so-called Universal FeynRules Output with the Feynman rules of the model, which were used in MadGraph 5~\cite{Alwall:2011uj} (MG5) to compute the cross sections and W helicity fractions as a function of the coefficients $\bar c_i$. In order to obtain an analytical expression for the observables in terms of the coefficients we performed a fit to a second order polynomial in the parameters for each observable. These fits are used to compute the likelihood function.

In the case in which the considered observable is a cross section we cannot use directly the result obtained with MG5 because next-to-leading order effects are not taken into account. Therefore we compute $\sigma^{th}(\bar{c}_i)$ by adding to the best SM next-to-leading order (NLO) theoretical calculation available $\sigma_{SM}^{NLO}$ a leading order deviation $\Delta \sigma^{MG5}(\bar{c}_i)$ computed by MG5
\begin{equation}
\sigma^{th}(\bar{c}_i) = \sigma_{SM}^{NLO} + \Delta \sigma^{MG5}(\bar{c}_i),
\end{equation}
where $\Delta \sigma^{MG5}(\bar{c}_i) = \sigma^{MG5}(\bar{c}_i) - \sigma^{MG5}(0)$. This approximation is valid as long as the interference terms between NLO SM diagrams and new physics contributions are negligible. In this case the theoretical uncertainty $\delta{\sigma}^{th}$ that enters in the likelihood is taken entirely from the SM NLO order computations assuming no uncertainty in $\Delta \sigma^{MG5}(\bar{c}_i)$. The values of these uncertainties for the considered cross section are reported in the second column of Table~\ref{table:1}.

In the case in which the considered observable is the $W$ helicity fraction  in top quark decay, we compute it by taking the ratio between the polarized decay width $\Gamma_\alpha^{MG5}(\bar c_i)$ and the total width $\Gamma_{tot}^{MG5}(\bar c_i)$ computed at leading order with MG5
\begin{equation}
F_\alpha^{th}(\bar c_i)=\frac{\Gamma_\alpha^{MG5}(\bar c_i)}{\Gamma_{tot}^{MG5}(\bar c_i)}\,,
\end{equation}
where $\alpha=0,L$. We do not consider the case $\alpha=R$ because it is not an independent observable, since $\sum_\alpha F_\alpha=1$ by definition.  Polarization fractions are almost insensitive to NLO contributions because
those mostly factorize and cancel out in the ratio that defines these observables and therefore using the leading order result obtained with MG5 is a good approximation. Also in this case the theoretical uncertainty $\delta F_\alpha^{th}$ that enters in the likelihood is taken from the SM NLO order computations.

We assume flat priors for the parameters, with uniform probability densities in the range  $\bar c_{tB}\in [-0.8,0.8]$, $\bar c_{tW} \in [-0.2,0.2]$  and $\bar c_{tG} \in [-0.01,0.01]$. The intervals for $\bar c_{tB}$ and $\bar c_{tW}$ have been chosen by considering the $95\%$ CL regions we obtain by switching on only one effective operator at a time.
The interval for $\bar c_{tG}$ is chosen using as a prior information the result of \citep{Fabbrichesi:2013bca} where the the bounds on the coefficient of the chromomagnetic dipole operator are obtained by considering its effect on $t\bar t$ production cross section and spin polarization asymmetries.

We use the Markov Chain Monte Carlo code \texttt{MULTINEST} \cite{Feroz:2008xx} to find the three-dimensional posterior probability distribution function for the coefficients using the likelihood function given in eq.~(\ref{like}).

\section{Results}
The main result of this work is presented in Fig. \ref{fig:1}. The figure shows the two-dimensional 1(2)$\sigma$ confidence level contours for the three possible combination of the parameters, as well as the marginalized plot of the posterior probability for each parameter. We did not find large correlations among the coefficients. This can be explained by the fact that for each coefficient there is a single different observable that drives its determination.

As expected, the bounds on the coefficients $\bar c_{tW}$ and $\bar c_{tG}$ are rather sharp, with well defined peaks in the corresponding marginalized pdfs. On the other hand, the parameter $\bar c_{tB}$ has a very broad pdf because it contributes only to $t \bar{t} V$ process which is currently a poorly measured observable with relatively high uncertainty ${\cal O}( 40\%)$. It is possible to notice the appearance of two approximately symmetric peaks due to the  fact that the $\bar c_{tB}^2$ contribution dominates over the linear one. Measurement of other observables at the LHC sensitive to this coupling would help to break the degeneracy between the two allowed regions.

\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{bounds.pdf}
\caption{\label{fig:1} Two-dimensional contour plots for the 1$\sigma$ (dashed line) and 2$\sigma$ (solid line) confidence levels.
The marginalized posterior probability distribution for each parameter is also shown.}
\end{figure}
We can summarize the $2\sigma$ CL bounds for each of the three parameters obtained from the marginalized posterior probability as follows:
\begin{equation}
-0.4\lesssim \bar c_{tB} \lesssim 0.4\qquad\qquad -0.002\lesssim \bar c_{tW} \lesssim 0.024
\qquad\qquad -0.007\lesssim \bar c_{tG} \lesssim 0.002\,.
\end{equation}
The MCMC code computes also the maximum likelihood parameters which are reported below for completeness
\begin{equation}
|\bar c_{tB}^*| =0.21 \qquad\qquad \bar c_{tW}^*=0.010\qquad\qquad \bar c_{tG}^*=-0.001\,.
\end{equation}

\section{Comparison with indirect bounds}
Dipole operators can also contribute indirectly through loop diagrams
to electroweak observables that can be measured to a good degree of precision. Indirect bounds obtained from electroweak precision measurements are in general quite strong. A detailed analysis was recently presented in \cite{Zhang:2012cd} where the electroweak dipoles are studied together with other dimension-six effective operators. Considering only one nonzero coefficient at a time they find at $2\sigma$ CL:
\begin{equation}
-0.028\lesssim \bar c_{tW} \lesssim 0.020\qquad
-0.106\lesssim \bar c_{tB} \lesssim 0.280\,.
\end{equation}
A stronger indirect bound on $c_{tW}$ was obtained from $B_{d,s} - \bar{B}_{d,s}$ mixing (also at $2\sigma$)  \cite{Drobnak:2011wj}:
\begin{equation}
-0.016\lesssim \bar c_{tW} \lesssim 0.015
\end{equation}
In reporting the above bounds we translated the 1$\sigma$ results quoted in the respective references into 2$\sigma$ CL intervals assuming gaussianity.

In addition,  the top quark chromo-magnetic dipole operator can affect the process $b \rightarrow s \gamma$ through its contribution to the matching condition of the Wilson coefficient of the corresponding operator involving $b$ and $s$ quarks. However, the estimated bounds discussed in the literature are either too weak~\cite{Hewett:1993em} or present large uncertainties~\cite{Martinez:1996cy} and thus we do not consider them in this comparison.

\section{Conclusions}
We have performed a combined analysis of direct bounds on dimension-six dipole operators, that could arise from new physics beyond the SM, using recent LHC measurements. We have used a Bayesian inference method to find the marginalized pdfs for the effective operator coefficients as well as the 1(2)$\sigma$ confidence level contours. We find that our estimates, which are more conservative than ones obtained in previous studies where one parameter is considered at a time, are comparable to the indirect bounds in the case of the $W$-dipole operator but not competitive in the case of the hypercharge dipole operator. In our analysis, the hypercharge dipole operator enters only in associated $t \bar{t}V$ production. This process was used here for the first time to put direct bounds on this operator. However, current LHC data has large experimental uncertainties and therefore does not allow to probe the $\bar{c}_{tB}$ coupling with enough sensitivity. A better measurement of  associated $t \bar{t}V$ production would result in more pronounced peaks for the corresponding pdf in Fig.~\ref{fig:1} but one needs other observables to break the degeneracy that we found.
Finally, our analysis shows a bound on $\bar{c}_{tG}$ which is comparable to previous bounds obtained in the literature. Our results show the power of the Bayesian inference in combining different observables to constrain a set of parameters.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
We thank Gero von Gersdorff  for his participation in the initial stages of this project, Veronica Sanz and Sasha Belyaev for discussions, Filipe Abdalla for teaching us how to use the \texttt{MULTINEST} code and especially Flavia Sobreira for help in generating Fig. 1 from the MCMC chains.
This work was supported by the S\~ao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) under grants 2011/11973-4 and 2013/02404-1 and a CNPq grant.

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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (Review)
Posted on April 2, 2013 by Darren
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the longest-running science-fiction show in the world, I'll be taking weekly looks at some of my own personal favourite stories and arcs, from the old and new series, with a view to encapsulating the sublime, the clever and the fiendishly odd of the BBC's Doctor Who.
Planet of Evil originally aired in 1975.
He used the neutron accelerator. If he hit Sorenson, it could be disastrous.
You mean things can get worse? I don't believe it.
– the Doctor and Sarah Jane make sure we understand the stakes
I feel a bit sorry for Planet of Evil. I mean, it sits near the start of one of the best seasons of Doctor Who, and yet it's generally overlooked. It's not that Planet of Evil is bad – The Android Invasion from the same season is actually bad, and is remembered as such. It's more that Planet of Evil doesn't really feel as exceptional as it could be. The Hinchcliffe and Holmes era of Doctor Who was cranking out classic adventures and iconic images to beat the band, but Planet of Evil just wound up feeling relatively generic. That's not necessarily entirely fair. The opening two episodes of Planet of Evil are superb, but it is let down by a fairly average conclusion and undermined by a fairly weak supporting cast.
It is nowhere near the best story of the season, but it's hardly a spectacular failure. there are times in the history of Doctor Who where Planet of Evil would be a welcome relief. However, it suffers from being a reasonably mediocre adventure in a fantastic season.
In the jungle, the peaceful jungle…
It's worth pausing to remark that it is a great title, that. It's overblown, melodramatic and sensationalist, but it's one of those titles that evokes Doctor Who. It's pure and unadulterated pulp – a title like The Deadly Assassin. It's the kind of title that evokes overgrown alien jungles and soon-to-be-slaughtered space marines and the sort of trippy imagery of Tom Baker tumbling into distorted darkness, being almost attacked by the camera.
And, to be fair, there's a lot that Planet of Evil does right. I love the first two episodes. The jungle sets are downright amazing, some of the best studio work the show has ever done – there's a very clear sense that Zeta Minor is quite unlike any other planet we have ever visited. It's not quite like something out of Hammer Horror, like in The Brain of Morbius. Instead, it's very clearly a science-fiction locale, albeit one tainted and infected by the horror genre. It's like the twisted cousin of Spiridon from Planet of the Daleks. Which feels appropriate, since both stories are "Planet of…" adventures directed by David Maloney.
Maloney is a wonderful director, and he does some absolutely fantastic work on the first two episodes. The shots of people wandering (and running) through the jungles of Zeta Minor are surprisingly creepy. We don't see any life on the planet except for the expedition and the anti-matter monster, but there's very clearly a sense that the cast should be watching where they are going. It's not too difficult to imagine somebody taking the wrong turn and getting stuck in the jungle forever.
However, there's another side to that coin. The final two episodes take place on what might be the most generic space craft we've yet seen on Doctor Who. It's all well-lit white corridors and large rooms. Maloney does what he can with the sets and the material, but it all suddenly feels a bit less pulpy and exciting. Suddenly, the story is a lot more sterile. Even by virtue of being on a ship in somewhat familiar surroundings, the stakes seem tangibly lower.
Oh, freakout!
It doesn't help that the serial has a fairly weak supporting cast, and that the weaker members steal the focus of the story once we board the ship. Prentis Hancock is genuinely terrible as the young commander of the mission, Salamar. There are several moments that should be quite powerful, but Hancock simply isn't up to handling – most notably a moment where Salamar is very clearly meant to be overwhelmed by the situation and paralysed with fear. Instead, it looks like Hancock forgot his lines. Hancock is one of those crappy actors who would recur with surprising frequency throughout the history of Doctor Who.
Hancock is the weakest link, but Ewen Solon feels a little miscast as Vishinsky. He's hurt by the fact that he spends most of his scenes playing off Hancock, but he also doesn't quite exude the quiet maturity you'd expect from a seasoned veteran serving under an inexperienced young officer. He also looks especially strange in his uniform – that low collar not doing him any favours. That said, Frederick Jaeger is great as the adventure's obligatory mad scientist, Sorenson. Indeed, another reason that the first two episodes work better is because we get more focus on Sorenson.
The rational explanations are drying up pretty quickly…
Still, there's a lot to like about Planet of Evil. For one thing, there's the eponymous planet – and I don't just mean that fabulous set. There's something brilliantly Lovecraftian about the planet of Zeta Minor, "the last planet of the known universe." It doesn't just house monsters, it is a monster. It is other, almost beyond human comprehension, a living gateway to a world where everything we know is wrong. "Is this where the thing lives?" Sarah Jane asks, prompting the Doctor to respond, "No, it doesn't live anywhere. It just is." That's quite a frighteningly absolute statement.
Again, the notion of a living and thinking alien planet is a beautifully sinister one and it drives most of the first two episodes. Unfortunately, it get a bit diluted towards the end of the serial when we meet countless antimatter monsters. I'll admit that the special effects hold up surprisingly well, but the Hinchcliffe production team always had a surprisingly firm grasp of their limitations. However, once they start appearing en masse, it feels like the serial gets a bit more conventional, the horror a bit less abstract and unknowable.
The creature from the pit…
There's something refreshingly dark about Planet of Evil, and I don't just mean metaphorically. This is Hinchcliffe's first full season as producer, taking over on the second story of Tom Baker's first year. These episodes aired in the autumn of 1975, shifting from an early slot in the year. In fact, audiences were practically spoilt for Doctor Who in 1975, with Tom Baker's first season running early in the year, and his second starting before the year had ended. And, given the general quality of both seasons, audiences were especially lucky.
I've always preferred the idea of watching Doctor Who as the nights got darker, rather than brighter. I'm not a big fan of Steven Moffat using his mid-year split to make a single season of the show run over two years. However, his decision to air a few episodes on darker nights is a welcome return to the Hinchcliffe era. There's something ethereal about the idea of heading deeper and further into darkness, with our time in the light getting shorter and shorter. "Doesn't it like daylight?" Sarah Jane asks, but the answer is obvious. Monsters never do.
Well, somebody had to do something about Prentis Hancock…
There's a wealth of nice touches to be enjoyed here. Again, the production team underscore how serious the threat is by making the Doctor afraid of it. After all, Baker's Doctor is so much larger than life that something must to truly terrifying in order to frighten him. There's a sense that the Doctor's back is against the wall. It's very weird to see him punching out Salamar, or gunning down Sorenson, but it makes the threat seem surprisingly credible.
Best of all, however, is the fact that the Doctor is very clearly irritated by the military personal. He's not threatened by them, and he doesn't take them seriously, but there's an increasing since of irritation, as if his patience is wearing thin. The soldiers aren't really anything to worry about on their own, but they are cluttering what would be a fairly simply adventure. "Get back!" the Doctor angrily yells at one point. "Didn't you learn anything? You're tampering with the balance of nature on this planet in ways you don't understand. It may already be too late." Naturally, they continually refuse to even listen to him.
We're all in grave danger…
It's also worth noting that this is the first solo adventure with this iteration of the Doctor and Sarah Jane. Harry Sullivan has been dumped back on Earth, and the two are free to wander around the universe like a pair of intergalactic tourists. It's remarkably how much better the dynamic works without Harry cluttering things up. His stiff-upper lip attitude never quite gelled with Baker's Doctor and the show often found itself struggling to figure out what he should be doing. For her part, Sarah jane was always the more competent of the two, but suffered from having to share focus.
Together and alone, it's easy to see how well the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane work as a team. Not that there was really any doubt, but it is still wonderful to see Tom Baker and Lis Sladen interacting. There's a number of nice touches to their banter here – I especially like the way that Sarah Jane has completely figured out how this iteration of the Doctor works. She smiles, amused when he forgets to give her the key to the TARDIS. When they wander through the overgrowth, she's not afraid to call him out and suggest that he has no idea where they are.
Encountering a (Zeta) Minor problem…
Planet of Evil suffers a bit for being a consistently entertaining romp in a season that is saturated with classic stories. After all, it's a story sandwiched between Terror of the Zygons and Pyramids of Mars. It's hard to imagine any adventure short of a masterpiece measuring up to that sort of competition. On the other hand, it's not so bad that it is remembered like The Android Invasion. Instead, Planet of Evil stands out because it doesn't stand out. It's a perfectly functional piece of Doctor Who, with two stellar opening episodes undermined by two rather lacklustre closing episodes.
You might be interested in our reviews of the thirteenth season of the classic television show:
Terror of the Zygons
Planet of Evil
Pyramids of Mars
The Android Invasion
The Brain of Morbius
The Seeds of Doom
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After an incredible 10 day adventure down under with Contiki, i extended my stay for another 5 days in Sydney to jam pack in some more exploring.
As soon as my flights were booked, I popped a message to one of my best friends who, last year, moved over from the UK to Auckland, New Zealand.
We hadn't seen each other for over a year at this point, so to be on the same side of the world as each other and not catch up seemed crazy.
Fortunately she had some spare holiday left and managed to hop on a 3.5 hour flight over from NZ to join me on the last leg of my Australian adventure.
As you know, I've been lucky enough to explore Sydney before when I backpacked the East Coast last Christmas. But for my friend, it was her first time. The day she arrived we put our tourist hats straight on, grabbed our cameras and took to the streets.
The second day had us take on a roadtrip.
One of my favouritest things in the WORLD to do.
From following various Australian bloggers on Instagram (come join me – @molliebylett), I had made note of a couple of bucket list beaches that looked incredible on the East Coast.
Hyams beach is renowned for having 'the whitest sand in the world' winning the Guinness World Record in 2006.
And, well, you know me.
I'm a sucker for a white beach, a blissful spot and a gorgeous photo – Hyams beach seemed to boast it all.
The idea was very quickly sold to me and, too, approved by my friend.
We decided to not book a car in advance as we wanted to play it by ear and see where the wind (nights out) took us.
This obviously meant missing out on some early bird deals online, but sometimes it's nice to escape routine and just be spontaneous.
We ended up hiring a car from Redspot Car Rentals, located just on Hyde Park next to the Marriott hotel (where we actually hired a car to see the Kangaroos last time we were in Sydney).
We got a top of the range car fitted with Sat Nav for $100 AUD.
This included breakdown cover, lowered excess on any damage, an additional cost for being under 25, and just excluded Petrol.
We did 6 hours driving in one day though and it only cost around $40 between us (about £10 each).
The car was SO smooth to drive, and the service was pretty faultless.
The only downside was, the car rental shop shuts at 7pm so if you want to stay out later and make the most of your 24 hour hire, you can, but you need to find somewhere to park it.
Sydney parking is very much like London, few and far between and also very expensive. We managed to find somewhere near our hotel and just got up at 8am before the charge begun. Just an additional cost to bear in mind when renting a car!
With a car finally sorted, we headed out through the suburbs of Sydney to begin our journey south to Jervis Bay – the host of Hyams Beach.
You can take the inland motorway to head south or drive along the coast, both of which take a similar space of time.
Obviously with a choice of a sea view or a non-sea view drive we went with the sea view option.
Little did we know we would be encountering one of the most beautiful drives Australia has to offer – the Grand Pacific Drive.
Just under an hour south of Sydney we joined onto this incredible stretch of road which took us alongside epic coastlines, beaches and rock pools all the way down to Nowra, through Shell Harbour, Wollongong and Bulli.
We had a long drive ahead of us and had only allocated a day for this roadtrip so unfortunately didn't have time to stop off and explore all the villages we found along the way.
If you do find yourself in this corner on the world, you can find out more about the amazing routes and stop offs on the Official Grand Pacific Drive Website HERE.
Hyams beach really did give The Whitsundays a run for its money.
You know when you're looking at the sea and the colours are just out of this world.
So gorgeous you can't believe they are real.
Yep – Hyams Beach owned it.
I have to admit here, when we arrived some girls came over to warn us that a shark had been sighted in the shallow waters 3 times that day already.
But after all, we are in Australia, the waters are bath temperature kinda warm and apparently it's Shark season.
After splashing around in the shallows, eating our picnic and dozing off in the afternoon heat, it was already time to head back to Sydney.
Have you been to Hyams Beach?


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Letter No Reason to Consider Charter Schools
Member families with fewer than six students enrolled in their private school received copies of a letter from the Morongo Unified School District. The letter alarmed some of our members. It was from the Coordinator of Child Welfare and Attendance. The letter references each parents' filing of a Private School Affidavit to establish a private school in their homes. The letter also includes a summary of the law pursuant to Education Code �48222 and �33190.
The most chilling part of the letter indicated that exemptions from compulsory school attendance are valid only after verification by public school officials that the private school has complied with the provisions of Ed Code �33190. The concern expressed by our members was, "what does verification mean?"
The school district letter goes on to state correctly that this verification is properly initiated only when there is a complaint against parents that their child is not attending school. The school district then is required to make contact with the private school to determine whether an affidavit has been filed pursuant to Ed Code �33190, and confirm that the child in question is enrolled in the private school. Upon confirmation of these two facts, the child is deemed exempt from public school attendance.
There have been some school districts in the past, and probably will continue to be some in the future, whose officials believe that their authority to "verify" goes beyond the actual confirmation of attendance and the filing of the private school affidavit. They assume they are a regulatory agency over private schools and can determine whether the school is in compliance with the requirements of Ed Code �48222, which requires private schools to be taught by persons "capable of teaching" and provide instruction in the "several branches of study required to be taught in the public schools," among other things.
The good news at the Morongo Unified School District letter is that they acknowledge that they are not a regulatory agency.
Nevertheless, this information provided by the school district regarding their investigatory powers has been considered by some homeschoolers as an implied threat, and the conclusion is, you should enroll your children in a public-school-at-home program.
To further support this concern, the second paragraph of the Morongo USD letter references greater emphasis on standards-based instruction and school accountability because of No Child Left Behind legislation. The conclusion that could be drawn is that if parents have any concerns about the education of their children, they should investigate the alternative of enrolling their children in a public-school-at-home education program such as a school district-run independent study program using state-approved materials.
We want to assure you that if you continue to comply with the private school exemption in California, you are legal and your child is legitimately exempted from public school attendance. Additionally, many homeschool graduates are entering college without difficulty today. There is no need to be concerned about your child being discriminated against because you privately homeschool.
The University of California system schools are the most difficult for homeschoolers to enter. However, it is not because of the No Child Left Behind legislation. The California Board of Regents now requires that courses taken by students in high school be approved by an accrediting agency, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. We're not aware of any private independent study homeschool programs that have sought accreditation.
There are two options available to homeschoolers, however. The first option is if a student achieves high scores on his or her college admissions tests, or qualifies as an "exception" student, as determined by the registrar of the school.
The bottom line is there is no reason for homeschoolers in Morongo USD to give up their private homeschool status by enrolling their children in a public-school-at-home program through the school district. We have addressed this issue in many articles. To find out in more detail why HSLDA strongly discourages enrollment in public-school-at-home programs, view our issue analyses on virtual charter schools.


The building — which had been renamed Franklin Sports Hall in November — will become the TOA Sports Performance Center.
FRANKLIN — The facility long known as A-Game Sportsplex will change its name after a new agreement between the building's ownership and the Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance.
As part of the agreement, TOA leases more than 8,500-square-feet of the facility to serve as its Williamson County hub for urgent care, physical therapy and performance training. TOA will take over both sides of the main entry hall with major renovations.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance to expand our commitment to our sports medicine services and further engage in a highly active community," alliance CEO Rob Simmons said. "The TOA Sports Performance Center is a premier youth athletic facility in the southeast. Having a diverse presence allows us to provide a more holistic approach to those seeking an active lifestyle by interacting with the hundreds of active families coming in and out every single week."
TOA had been servicing Williamson County through its orthopedic clinic at Williamson Medical Center. After renovations are complete, the organization will move into its new space in fall 2019, where it will add specialized physical therapy, preventative and post injury performance and conditioning training. Simmons said the sports medicine group services 24 high schools and seven colleges.
TOA will join Premier Athletics, Music City Dance, Tennessee Performance Volleyball and Nike Basketball as tenants in the building. Since purchasing the building in fall 2018, Tennessee Youth Sports has invested more than $2 million in capital improvements.
"When our group purchased this facility in 2018, our objective was to attract the leading sports-related organizations in the region," building owner Roy Dano said. "TOA is a natural addition. We are thrilled to have them be a part of this vision. TOA will be able to provide much-needed services right here on-site for our young athletes and their families and throughout Williamson County."


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Her goal is to relink the material world and its affordances with the aesthetic, the juridical, and the political. Endorsement "Susan Schuppli's book arrays the various matters of war, of ecological disaster, of surveillance, and the gaps in transmissions to explain how matter becomes the agent to bear witness.
A new book from the wonderful Susan Schuppli – I was going to say 'of Forensic Architecture' fame, except that her work involves so much more than that!
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LOS ANGELES (August 10, 2016) – The Longines Masters of Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong will start the amazing journey spanning three continents with the American leg taking place September 29 to October 2 at the Long Beach Convention Center, the first major equestrian competition following the current international competition. The Longines Masters of Los Angeles will bring together the best riders in the world for four days of competition and a unique cultural experience. The event will offer guests a custom-designed menu by 2 Michelin star Belgian Chef Yves Mattagne, a live musical performance by world-renowned singer JAIN, art installations from the Long Beach Museum of Art, high-end shopping in the Prestige Village, a star-studded opening Gala, and a Kids Corner with educational experiences and family-friendly activities.
The full experience provides unparalleled networking and social opportunities with some of the top businessmen and international brands in the world, while the event's red carpets are graced by Hollywood notables such as Jessica Springsteen and parents Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, Jennifer Gates and parents Bill and Melinda Gates, Destry Spielberg and parents Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, actress Kaley Cuoco, Denise Richards, and many more.
Longines, the Title Partner and Official Timekeeper of the event, will have an elegant showcase to display some of its most emblematic watch collections. Additional international luxury brands will also be present to offer unique shopping experiences for guests at their exclusive pop-up shops in the Prestige Village.
Spectators will be treated to a glimpse of other equestrian disciplines, including dressage and polo. Dressage is as much an art as it is a sport, a skilled form of riding that is known to create a unique and special bond between horse and human. Spanish horseman Santi Serra, who has traveled the world performing and is known for his Sercam shows which involves "natural dressage," will also give a dazzling performance that demonstrates the graceful movements of horses and the harmonious balance between man and animal.
Completing a weekend full of equestrian sports, guests can expect to experience the thrill of a high-speed indoor polo experience when the La Martina Polo Experience at the Longines Masters takes the ring on Saturday. The fast pace and physical contact of the game, the strength and maneuverability of the horses, and the skill and accuracy of the players, makes for a real treat for Longines Masters fans.
In addition to the family-friendly activities in the Kids Corner, children will enjoy customized educational programs and unique experiences such as meet-and-greets with riders, grooms, and other event staff.
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Established in three of the world's most iconic cities — Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong — the Longines Masters Series, "Grand Slam Indoor of Show Jumping" is renowned as one of the most prestigious equestrian events in the world.
Created by EEM and inspired by the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the Series rapidly developed abroad, with the Longines Masters of Hong Kong in 2013 and the Longines Masters of Los Angeles in 2014. In 2015, the intercontinental trilogy became the Longines Masters.
The Super Grand Slam, a bonus of 2.25 million Euros for winning 3 consecutive Longines Grand Prix in the same season: Los Angeles, followed by Paris and then Hong Kong.
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EEM CEO and Founder Christophe Ameeuw and his team have set no less a goal than to reinvent the sport of show jumping. For over ten years they have been dedicated to bringing equestrian sports to the international front stage. Inspired by the legendary tournaments of the tennis Grand Slam, EEM gathers under one roof the best of show jumping, entertainment and lifestyle experience. 2009 was a crucial milestone for EEM with its revival of the "Jumping de Paris" and the creation of the Gucci Paris Masters. EEM then set off to conquer new continents, with an Asian edition which took place in Hong Kong in 2013, followed in 2014 by the first American stage of the Longines Masters in Los Angeles. In 2015 the intercontinental trilogy of which EEM is the creator, owner and organizer, became the Longines Masters "Grand Slam Indoor of Show Jumping".
Said Christophe Ameeuw, "If equestrian sports are a matter of taste, there is still a consensus that no one can question: the beauty of the horse transcends the sportive exploit, and beyond the extraordinary performance of the riders, conveys a feeling of wonder.
And this is doubtlessly what makes show jumping universal, transcending countries, cultures and populations. Its treasured values do not need rules to exist. They are shared without effort as a testimonial. There is something profoundly captivating in the competition, like a theatrical play that mesmerises and transports you.
Based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland since 1832, the watchmaking expertise of Longines reflects a strong devotion to tradition, elegance and performance. Longines has generations of experience as the official timekeeper for world championships and as a partner of international sports federations. Over the years, Longines has forged solid and lasting ties with the sports world. Known for the elegance of its timepieces, Longines is a member of the Swatch Group Ltd., the world's leading manufacturer of timekeeping products. Featuring the wingedhourglass as its emblem, the brand operates in more than 150 countries.


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What are the aphelion and perihelion of Mercury
In your studies, you learned how to write the equation for an ellipse. The equation for an ellipse depends on the orientation of its major axis. The equation for an ellipse with a horizontal major axis is x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1 , where a and b are the coordinates of the endpoints of the major and minor axes, respectively, and the ellipse is centered at the origin.
There are many real-world applications for the equation of an ellipse. One of the most important uses is to model planetary motion.
Assignment: Ellipse Application
The planets in our solar system do not travel in circular orbits. Rather, their orbits are elliptical in
shape with the Sun located at one of the foci of the ellipse. The major axis of the elliptical orbit
lies along the x-axis.
The perihelion is the closest a planet comes to the Sun.
The aphelion is the planet's furthest distance from the Sun.
A planet's mean distance from the Sun is equal to one-half of the length of the major axis of the
ellipse, as shown in the figure below.
In the sketch below, elliptical orbit is exaggerated to demonstrate the difference between the
perihelion and the aphelion. In reality, the orbit is much more circular.
mean distance
major axis
Think about the elliptical orbit of the planet Mercury. The closest that Mercury comes to the Sun is
about 46 million miles, while the farthest away is about 70 million miles.
Use this information and the standard equation for an ellipse to solve each problem. Show all
work leading to your answer. Write explanations for your answers using complete sentences.
For all calculations use "million miles." For example, write "46 million miles" rather than
"46,000,000."
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1. What are the aphelion and perihelion of Mercury? Explain what each of these measurements
means.
2. The sum of the aphelion and perihelion is equal to the length of the major axis of the elliptical
orbit. Find the approximate length of Mercury's major axis.
3. Use the length you calculated for the major axis to find Mercury's mean distance from the Sun.
x2 y 2
= 1 . The orbit for Mercury
can be plotted on the coordinate plane with the center at the origin and the Sun located at one
focus. Use this information and the Mercury's calculated mean distance from the Sun to find the
value of a. Express your answer in millions of miles.
4. The equation for an ellipse with a horizontal major axis is
5. To write an equation for the elliptical orbit of Mercury, it is necessary to find the value of b. The
equation b 2 = a 2 − c 2 can be used to find the value of b. Find the value of b rounded to the
nearest million miles. (Hint: c is equal to the coordinate of the focus, which is the location of the
Sun. To find the Sun's location, subtract Mercury's perihelion from its mean distance from the
Sun). Explain your steps.
6. Use the approximate values you calculated for a and b to write the equation for Mercury's
elliptical orbit.
7. Even though planetary orbits are elliptical, some are nearly circular. What does the equation
you wrote tell you about the shape of Mercury's orbit?