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Impact of a Novel Diabetes Support System on a Cohort of Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Treated With Multiple Daily Injections: A Multicenter Randomized Study
Alessandro Bisio, Stacey Anderson, Lisa Norlander, Grenye O'malley, Jessica Robic, Selassie Ogyaadu, Liana Hsu, Camilla Levister, Laya Ekhlaspour, David W. Lam, Carol Levy, Bruce Buckingham, Marc D. Breton
Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
OBJECTIVE Achieving optimal glycemic control for many individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains challenging, even with the advent of newer management tools, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Modern management of T1D generates a wealth of data; however, use of these data to optimize glycemic control remains limited. We evaluated the impact of a CGM-based decision support system (DSS) in patients with T1D using multiple daily injections (MDI). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The studied DSS included real-time dosing advice and retrospective therapy optimization. Adults and adolescents (age >15 years) with T1D using MDI were enrolled at three sites in a 14-week randomized controlled trial of MDI + CGM + DSS versus MDI + CGM. All participants (N = 80) used degludec basal insulin and Dexcom G5 CGM. CGM-based and patient-reported outcomes were analyzed. Within the DSS group, ad hoc analysis further contrasted active versus nonac-tive DSS users. RESULTS No significant differences were detected between experimental and control groups (e.g., time in range [TIR] +3.3% with CGM vs. +4.4% with DSS). Participants in both groups reported lower HbA1c (20.3%; P = 0.001) with respect to baseline. While TIR may have improved in both groups, it was statistically significant only for DSS; the same was apparent for time spent <60 mg/dL. Active versus nonactive DSS users showed lower risk of and exposure to hypoglycemia with system use. CONCLUSIONS Our DSS seems to be a feasible option for individuals using MDI, although the glycemic benefits associated with use need to be further investigated. System design, therapy requirements, and target population should be further refined prior to use in clinical care.
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Bisio, A., Anderson, S., Norlander, L., O'malley, G., Robic, J., Ogyaadu, S., Hsu, L., Levister, C., Ekhlaspour, L., Lam, D. W., Levy, C., Buckingham, B., & Breton, M. D. (2022). Impact of a Novel Diabetes Support System on a Cohort of Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Treated With Multiple Daily Injections: A Multicenter Randomized Study. Diabetes Care, 45(1), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-0838
Bisio, Alessandro ; Anderson, Stacey ; Norlander, Lisa et al. / Impact of a Novel Diabetes Support System on a Cohort of Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Treated With Multiple Daily Injections : A Multicenter Randomized Study. In: Diabetes Care. 2022 ; Vol. 45, No. 1. pp. 186-193.
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Bisio, A, Anderson, S, Norlander, L, O'malley, G, Robic, J, Ogyaadu, S, Hsu, L, Levister, C, Ekhlaspour, L, Lam, DW, Levy, C, Buckingham, B & Breton, MD 2022, 'Impact of a Novel Diabetes Support System on a Cohort of Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Treated With Multiple Daily Injections: A Multicenter Randomized Study', Diabetes Care, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 186-193. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-0838
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AU - Lam, David W.
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N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments. The authors acknowl edge Chad Rogers, Stephen Patek, Colin Steele, Patrick Keith-Hynes, Antoine Robert, Benton Mize, and Laurie Wright from Type-Zero Technologies for their provision of the DSS, unwavering technical support, and commitment to see this study through. Funding. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK051562 and DP3DK101055), and material support was provided by Dexcom, Novo Nordisk, and Type-Zero Technologies. Duality of Interest. S.A. receives research support from Medtronic (paid to institution). G.O., S.O., and C.Levi. receive research support from Tandem Diabetes Care, Insulet, Dexcom, and Abbott Laboratories (paid to institution). L.E. has received consulting fees from Tandem Diabetes Care and Ypsomed. D.W.L. receives research support from Tandem Diabetes Care and Insulet (paid to institution). C. Levy receives research support from Tandem Diabetes Care, Insulet, Dexcom, and Abbott Laboratories (paid to institution) and has served as a consultant for Dexcom and Eli Lilly. B.B. has received research support from Tandem Diabetes Care, Insulet, Dexcom, JDRF, the National Institutes of Health, and the Helmsely Foundation (paid to institution) and served as a consultant for Novo Nordisk, Medtronic Diabetes, ConvaTec, Dexcom, Insulet, and Tandem Diabetes Care. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported. Author Contributions. A.B. participated in data analysis and manuscript writing and editing. S.A. was the principal investigator (PI) at the University of Virginia (UVA) and participated in study design, contributed to manuscript writing and revisions, led participant enrollment, and monitored site safety and assumes responsibility and accountability for UVA site data. L.N., G.O., and J.R. participated in study enrollment, conducted study visits, and contributed to manuscript revisions. S.O. participated in study enrollment, conducted study visits, performed study device and data management, and contributed to manuscript edits. L.H., C.Levi., and L.E. participated in study enrollment, conducted study visits, and contributed to manuscript revisions. D.W.L. participated in study enrollment and contributed to manuscript revisions. C. Levy was the PI at the Icahn School of Medicine and contributed to manuscript writing and revisions, led participant enrollment, and monitored site safety and assumes responsibility and accountability for Icahn School of Medicine site data. B.B. was the PI at Stanford and contributed to manuscript writing and revisions, led participant enrollment, and monitored site safety and assumes responsibility and accountability for Stanford site data. M.D.B. is the guarantor of this work and, as such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the American Diabetes Association.
N2 - OBJECTIVE Achieving optimal glycemic control for many individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains challenging, even with the advent of newer management tools, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Modern management of T1D generates a wealth of data; however, use of these data to optimize glycemic control remains limited. We evaluated the impact of a CGM-based decision support system (DSS) in patients with T1D using multiple daily injections (MDI). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The studied DSS included real-time dosing advice and retrospective therapy optimization. Adults and adolescents (age >15 years) with T1D using MDI were enrolled at three sites in a 14-week randomized controlled trial of MDI + CGM + DSS versus MDI + CGM. All participants (N = 80) used degludec basal insulin and Dexcom G5 CGM. CGM-based and patient-reported outcomes were analyzed. Within the DSS group, ad hoc analysis further contrasted active versus nonac-tive DSS users. RESULTS No significant differences were detected between experimental and control groups (e.g., time in range [TIR] +3.3% with CGM vs. +4.4% with DSS). Participants in both groups reported lower HbA1c (20.3%; P = 0.001) with respect to baseline. While TIR may have improved in both groups, it was statistically significant only for DSS; the same was apparent for time spent <60 mg/dL. Active versus nonactive DSS users showed lower risk of and exposure to hypoglycemia with system use. CONCLUSIONS Our DSS seems to be a feasible option for individuals using MDI, although the glycemic benefits associated with use need to be further investigated. System design, therapy requirements, and target population should be further refined prior to use in clinical care.
AB - OBJECTIVE Achieving optimal glycemic control for many individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains challenging, even with the advent of newer management tools, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Modern management of T1D generates a wealth of data; however, use of these data to optimize glycemic control remains limited. We evaluated the impact of a CGM-based decision support system (DSS) in patients with T1D using multiple daily injections (MDI). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The studied DSS included real-time dosing advice and retrospective therapy optimization. Adults and adolescents (age >15 years) with T1D using MDI were enrolled at three sites in a 14-week randomized controlled trial of MDI + CGM + DSS versus MDI + CGM. All participants (N = 80) used degludec basal insulin and Dexcom G5 CGM. CGM-based and patient-reported outcomes were analyzed. Within the DSS group, ad hoc analysis further contrasted active versus nonac-tive DSS users. RESULTS No significant differences were detected between experimental and control groups (e.g., time in range [TIR] +3.3% with CGM vs. +4.4% with DSS). Participants in both groups reported lower HbA1c (20.3%; P = 0.001) with respect to baseline. While TIR may have improved in both groups, it was statistically significant only for DSS; the same was apparent for time spent <60 mg/dL. Active versus nonactive DSS users showed lower risk of and exposure to hypoglycemia with system use. CONCLUSIONS Our DSS seems to be a feasible option for individuals using MDI, although the glycemic benefits associated with use need to be further investigated. System design, therapy requirements, and target population should be further refined prior to use in clinical care.
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Bisio A, Anderson S, Norlander L, O'malley G, Robic J, Ogyaadu S et al. Impact of a Novel Diabetes Support System on a Cohort of Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Treated With Multiple Daily Injections: A Multicenter Randomized Study. Diabetes Care. 2022 Jan;45(1):186-193. doi: 10.2337/dc21-0838


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Patrick J Adams, lead in the TV series, announced he and Troian Bellisario would be hosting a game night livestream. The event is in support of the Senate runoffs in Georgia on January, and will raise funds for the Democrats ahead of the crucial election.
Mr Adams sparked excitement in royal fans when he said a "very special guest" would join the event.
Posting on Twitter, he said: "We have a very special guest joining us tonight. You'll need to tune in to find out who, though!"
He added later: "All I'll say is our special guest knows the ins and outs of both law and politics…"
Meghan played Rachel Zane, who was Mr Adam's love interest, on Suits from 2011 to 2018.
Royal fans speculated the Duchess would reunite with her former castmates, but some were sceptical.
One fan said: "It's really Meghan isn't it and you're about to save the year of 2020."
Another added: "Boy, if Meghan comes back, you better start discussing a comeback of Suits."
But another Twitter user said: "It's Meghan or I will… do nothing actually because I'm already so excited about the reunion."
Mr Adams previously said to the Radio Times he was scared to talk to the now-Duchess after she married Prince Harry.
He said: "Quite frankly, I think I'm intimidated. I have no doubt I could pick up the phone and call her at any moment, but I don't know what I would say.
"After our children were born, there were some texts sent and gifts sent, but I guess I'm a little scared. I think it's pure fear.
"I guess I'm scared about the idea of breaking through whatever walls exist to have that conversation."
Others raised eyebrows about the Duchess' rumoured appearance, with some taking issue with the political aspect of the livestream.
One user said: "I used to like Suits, but if Game night becomes another surprise visit from Mrs Attention Seeker I won't be watching."
Another added: "I didn't mind Markle then as she wasn't the phony humanitarian narcissist we now know her to be."
But a fan of the royal said: "It would be very appropriate for Meghan to support this cause. So I am rooting for her to say hello."
Meghan was savaged earlier this year by royal experts for urging American's to vote in the US election.
The Duchess made a series of online appearances at "get out the vote" events urging women to cast their ballot, but did not make a specific endorsement of any candidate.
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All I want for Christmas is EU (withdrawal clarity)
In a November Workplace Law article we highlighted the continued uncertainty of the position of the three-to-four million EU nationals residing in the UK, and the employers that employ them, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
On 6 December 2018, the Government published a policy paper on EU citizens' rights, and provided further information on the status of EU workers after 29 March 2019 if no formal agreement between the UK and the EU had been imposed.
We can only imagine that Workplace Law has a solid readership within the halls of Parliament and the Civil Service, who have taken our articles on board.
Who would be able to apply for settled status under a no-deal Brexit?
Any EU citizen living in the UK by 29 March 2019 (and not 31 December 2020 as in the "deal" scenario) would be eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. This is because there would be no implementation period under a 'no-deal' scenario.
The deadline for application to this scheme would be 31 December 2020 (not 30 June 2021 as in the "deal scenario). This is because there would be no grace period. EU citizens could rely on their national ID card or passport to show their right to reside up until this deadline (including when needed for applying to a job).
Could EU citizens be joined in the UK under a no deal Brexit?
EU citizens with settled status under the scheme could be joined by existing close family members (children, spouses, partners, parents, and grandparents) until 29 March 2022. The relationship must have existed by 29 March 2019, continued to exist when that family member applied, and close family members must have been living overseas on 29 March 2019.
To what extent could an EU citizen leave the UK without losing their right to return?
The UK would continue to honour the right of those who obtain settled status under the scheme to be able to leave the country for up to 5 consecutive years without losing their right to return.
What else does the paper cover?
The Government also spend much of the paper seeking to protect the rights of UK nationals in the EU in the event of a 'no-deal', and expresses that the Withdrawal Agreement 'is the only way the UK government can guarantee the rights of the one million UK nationals living in the EU"
The Government has been keen to guarantee residence rights of EU citizens in the policy paper, indicating: "We have been clear. EU citizens are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues, and we want them to stay." The paper has already received criticism, however, for "watering down" EU rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
These are turbulent times. As evidenced by this update, new Brexit developments are occurring continuously, and it is difficult for employers to keep on top of developments.
If you have any concerns about the circumstances involving the EU nationals in your business, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Employment team.
For the full policy paper, please visit the following link: Citizens' Rights - EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU
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A shoe thought to have been used to keep witches and demons at bay in the dim and distant past has been discovered in the chimney of an island home.
The brown leather boot, which could date back to the year 1800, was found in a hidden fireplace at a property on Holy Island, by workmen.
Roger and Lesley Andrews, who live at Market Square, asked builders to take out their fireplace in order to find out whether there was an Inglenook fire place behind it.
The workmen confirmed that there was and inside its chimney they discovered the battered old shoe, alongside a broken glass bottle.
Mr Andrews, a retired 70-year-old who used to run a telecoms company, has been carrying out research into the finds.
This has led him to believe that the boot could date back to 1800, with shoes before this time the same for left and right feet but that in his home - parts of which date back to the 17th century - being for a right.
He has come across two possible explanations for why the shoe would have been left in the chimney, the first of which involved evil spirits.
"The theory is that in the medieval times when people were doing renovations or building work they would put a shoe in the fireplace or in the floor boards and the point of this was to attract witches and demons and spirits and what would happen is that eventually demons were attracted to the smell in the shoe.
There was a similar belief about bottles with it believed inquisitive spirits would go inside and not be able to escape.
It was thought witches and demons could get into a house easily down its chimney which is the reason many shoes were left in chimneys.
The alternative reason for shoes being left lying around in homes was because they were believed to be linked to fertility.
The explanations for this link are twofold, with the fact shoes are tied to the bumpers of wedding cars one. The second is the reference in a nursery rhyme to an old woman who lived in a shoe and having so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Whatever the reason, the Andrews are planning to put a new shoe in the chimney when their fireplace is replaced, and possibly the old one, with a note of explanation by way of time capsule.


Yarmouth senior Conor O'Donnell steals second as Wells shortstop Liam Bell fails to come up with the throw during the teams' marathon Monday afternoon. The Clippers couldn't hold a 6-4 seventh inning lead and suffered their first setback, 8-7, in 10 innings.
Snyder reached on infield single, Cawley scored. Harnett scored on error.
Skeats singled to right, Nick Cousins scored. Liam Bell tripled to right, Skeats scored. Liam Bell scored on error. Ramsey singled to center, Charlie Bell scored.
Cawley and Harnett scored on error. Kinsman singled to left, Klenda scored.
Snyder singled to center, Harnett scored.
Ramsey reached on infield single, Liam Bell scored. Cam Cousins hit sacrifice fly to right, Charlie Bell scored.
Liam Bell hit into force out, Skeats scored.
Snyder reached on infield single, Cawley scored, Harnett thrown out at home.
Cody Cousins hit into force out, Wrigley scored.
YARMOUTH—Yarmouth's baseball team has had almost everything go its way this spring, but the Clippers' luck finally ran out Monday afternoon in a home tilt versus Wells which went on and on and on.
On a day which saw Yarmouth commit errors in the field and on the basepaths and fail to come up with the big hit, an undefeated record proved to be the casualty.
The Clippers got off to a fast start in the first inning, when, after senior ace Luke Klenda stranded two runners in the top half, Yarmouth scored twice in the bottom half, as senior catcher Jack Snyder singled home a run and a second scored on an error.
The Warriors then hinted that it might not be Yarmouth's day in the top of the second, when they got an RBI single from third baseman Drew Skeats, an RBI triple from shortstop Liam Bell, an RBI single from second baseman Sam Ramsey and a fourth run on an error.
As they so often do, the Clippers clawed right back on top in the third, as an error scored the tying runs and an RBI single from senior second baseman Andrew Kinsman put them ahead, 5-4.
Yarmouth tacked on a run in the fourth, on an RBI single from Klenda, who set Wells down in the fifth and sixth innings, putting the hosts on the brink of victory, but the Warriors refused to go quietly.
In the seventh, an infield single from Liam Bell, followed by a ringing double from centerfielder Charlie Bell put the tying runs on. With one out, Ramsey singled off Klenda, scoring Liam Bell and a sacrifice fly from first baseman Cam Cousins scored Charlie Bell to tie the score and eventually force extra innings.
Wells went ahead, 7-6, in the eighth, as Liam Bell drove in Skeats, but in the bottom half, the never-say-die Clippers got a clutch two-out, infield RBI single from Snyder to tie the game again.
After both teams left runners on in the ninth, the Warriors got a one-out double from catcher Michael Wrigley in the 10th and eventually loaded the bases. Designated hitter Cody Cousins' ground ball was hit too slowly for a double play and Wrigley crossed the plate with the go-ahead run.
In the bottom of the 10th, senior first baseman Conor O'Donnell was hit by a pitch leading off, but he never advanced, as senior rightfielder C.J. Cawley, junior leftfielder Gibson Harnett and Klenda all struck out swinging against Charlie Bell, who had a terrific relief stint, and Wells prevailed in a 2-hour, 44-minute marathon, 8-7.
The Warriors improved to 5-2, got a sought-after signature victory and dropped Yarmouth to 6-1-1 in the process.
"We didn't play our best, but it's a big win for us and one we can build on," said Wells coach Todd Day.
"We've had a lot go our way so far and I'm confident we'll bounce back," said Clippers coach Marc Halsted.
Yarmouth has become notorious under Halsted for doing whatever it takes to prevail. The Clippers are always aggressive on the basepaths, use their whole roster and sometimes even turn to the most unlikely of characters to take the mound or hit in a key spot.
All of that has remained true this spring as Yarmouth impressed from the get-go. The Clippers had to go nine innings to take the opener at Wells, 4-2, then won at home over Freeport (4-1) and Fryeburg Academy (9-0) and at Gray-New Gloucester (8-5). Last Tuesday, Yarmouth settled for a 4-4 tie at Greely (in a game which saw the Clippers go on top, 7-4, in the top of the 10th, only to see the game called by darkness, forcing the score to revert back to what it was after nine innings and the teams split the Heal Points). Yarmouth then won, 9-7, at Lake Region last Wednesday behind O'Donnell's first career start and downed visiting Poland Friday, 13-3.
Wells opened with a 4-2 (nine-inning) home loss to Yarmouth, then handled visiting Fryeburg Academy (9-1) and Gray-New Gloucester (8-0). After a 4-3 loss at Greely, the Warriors held off visiting Lake Region and Poland by identical 3-2 scores.
Last season, the Clippers beat the visiting Warriors, 7-4.
Monday, on a 54-degree day with a brisk 15-mile-per-hour blowing out to rightfield, Wells saved its best for last and came away with a key victory.
Klenda started the game by getting Liam Bell to fly out to right, but Charlie Bell drew a walk and Cody Cousins singled to right. Ramsey then hit the ball hard, but it was right at senior third baseman Joe DeFusco for the second out. Klenda then struck out first baseman Cam Cousins swinging to end the frame.
Yarmouth got right to work in its half of the first, as O'Donnell led off by going the other way, singling into the hole between shortstop and third base. After O'Donnell stole second, Cawley reached when Liam Bell couldn't handle his ground ball. When Harnett hit the ball to Skeats at third and he mishanded it, the bases were loaded with none out. Klenda had a chance to strike a big early blow, but he hit the ball right back to Wells starter Nick Cousins, who threw home to Wrigley for one out and Wrigley threw on to first to complete the double play.
That brought up Snyder, who has been a Wells-killer this school year. In November, Snyder ran for a touchdown and caught a long TD pass in the Clippers' 17-14 win over the Warriors in the Class C South Final. Last month, he had the go-ahead RBI in Yarmouth's nine-inning win at Wells. He salvaged the inning by lining a single off Nick Cousins' leg, bringing home Cawley. Ramsey threw the ball away in an attempt to catch Snyder at first and the third error of the inning allowed Harnett to score too. DeFusco grounded out to short, but the Clippers had a quick 2-0 lead.
In the top of the second, Nick Cousins led off with an infield single. He was wild pitched to second and after leftfielder Tim Barnard grounded out to the pitcher, moving Cousins to third, Skeats singled to right to cut the deficit to one. Wrigley flew to right for the second out, but Liam Bell got a hold of a pitch and lined it over Cawley's head in right for an RBI triple. Charlie Bell walked, then took off for second. When Snyder's throw went through, Liam Bell raced home and Charlie Bell took third on an errant throw. Cody Cousins walked and Ramsey followed with an RBI single to left. Klenda retired Cam Cousins on an excuse me swing grounder to third, but the Warriors had batted around and took a 4-2 lead.
In the bottom half, Kinsman struck out swinging and junior shortstop Chris Romano was robbed by a nice stab at third by Liam Bell for the second out. After senior centerfielder Noah Pellerin drew a walk, O'Donnell grounded into a force play to end the frame.
Klenda settled down in the third, getting Nick Cousins to look at strike three, Barnard to ground out to second and Skeats to also ground out to Kinsman.
Yarmouth retook the lead in the bottom half, sending eight batters to the plate.
Cawley got the uprising started with a single to right and Harnett beat out an infield single. A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position. Klenda then hit a sharp grounder to Ramsey, but the ball got through him for an error and both runners came home to tie the game. After Snyder struck out, Klenda stole second and took third on an error. DeFusco walked and Kinsman followed with a single to left, plating Klenda for the go-ahead run. Romano walked to load the bases, but Pellerin wasn't able to break the game open, hitting into a pitcher-to-catcher-to-first double play to keep the score 5-4 after three innings.
Klenda started the fourth by getting Wrigley to ground out to second on a 3-2 pitch. He then struck out Liam Bell, but Charlie Bell beat out an infield single on a ground ball to short. Klenda then fanned Cody Cousins to end the threat.
The Clippers added to their lead in the bottom half.
O'Donnell led off with a single to left on an 0-2 pitch. Cawley struck out swinging, but Harnett beat out an infield single. On the play, however, Skeats caught O'Donnell off second and picked him off for the second out. Klenda kept the inning alive with a single to right and Snyder followed with a single up the middle to plate Harnett. A wild pitch put runners at second and third, but again, Yarmouth couldn't get the big hit to break the game open, as DeFusco grounded out to third keeping the score 6-4.
Klenda cruised along in the fifth, getting Ramsey to fly out deep to left, Cam Cousins to fly out to right and Nick Cousins to line to center.
In the bottom of the fifth, Nick Cousins was replaced by Ramsey, who allowed an infield single to Kinsman leading off. Romano laid down a nice sacrifice bunt, but Kinsman tried to go to third on the play and Cam Cousins threw to Liam Bell to tag him out, with Bell making an acrobatic leap in the process. Pellerin lined out to second to end the inning.
Klenda got even stronger in the sixth, again retiring the Warriors in order. Barnard grounded out to short, Skeats grounded out to third and Wrigley hit a ground ball to second to get Yarmouth within three outs of victory.
O'Donnell led off the bottom half of the inning with a sharp ground ball that appeared ticketed for centerfield, but Ramsey snared it with his bare hand, only to throw it away, allowing O'Donnell to reach. Ramsey didn't allow any further damage, as Cawley struck out, Harnett grounded into a first-to-pitcher putout and with O'Donnell at second, Klenda grounded out to second to end it.
Wells roared back to tie the score in the seventh.
Liam Bell led off with a grounder to second, which appeared to be the first out, but Bell raced out of the box and beat Kinsman's throw by a half-step. Charlie Bell then made solid contact, lacing a double over Pellerin's head, putting the tying runs in scoring position. Klenda fanned Cody Cousins swinging, but Ramsey singled off Klenda's leg, scoring Liam Bell and putting runners at the corners. Cam Cousins then hit a fly ball deep enough to right to score Charlie Bell to tie it. Nick Cousins grounded out to third, but the score was 6-6 and the game headed to the bottom of the seventh.
There, the Clippers had a chance to end it, but after both Snyder and DeFusco grounded out to third and Kinsman doubled to left-center and Romano walked, junior pinch-hitter John Thoma's line drive to right was caught to send the game to extra innings.
Wells built on its momentum by taking the lead in the top of the eighth against Harnett, who replaced Klenda on the mound.
Barnard flew out to right leading off, but Harnett hit Skeats and Wrigley singled to right to put runners at the corners. Liam Bell then appeared to single to right, but Cawley threw to second for the force out. Regardless, Skeats scored for the lead. Charlie Bell then lined out to short, but the Warriors were on top.
They couldn't hold the lead.
O'Donnell grounded out to second leading off the bottom of the eighth, but Cawley drew a walk and Harnett singled to left to bring up Klenda. Day pulled Ramsey in favor of Charlie Bell, who didn't have much time to warm up, but he did get Klenda to ground out to third, with the runners moving up. That set the stage for Snyder, who, on an 0-2 pitch, hit the ball slowly to short and he stretched to beat the throw. Cawley scored to tie the game, 7-7, and Halsted send Harnett home to try and win it, but Cam Cousins' throw home was in plenty of time to catch Harnett and send the game to a ninth inning.
Cody Cousins grounded out to second and Ramsey grounded out to a diving DeFusco to start the ninth, but Cam Cousins walked and Nick Cousins hit a ground ball single up the middle which bounced over both Harnett and Romano's gloves. Barnard then sent a drive deep to left, but Harnett ran it down to retire the side.
DeFusco was hit by a pitch leading off the bottom of the ninth, putting the winning run on and Kinsman walked to make victory even more likely, but with Romano at the plate, Wrigley picked Kinsman off. Romano and Pellerin then both grounded out to short and it was on to inning number 10.
There, Wells finally secured victory.
Senior Tyler Waaler came on to pitch for Yarmouth and got Skeats to ground back to the mound leading off, but Wrigley doubled to the gap in left-center and DeFusco couldn't handle Liam Bell's sharp grounder to put runners at second and third. Charlie Bell was walked intentionally to load the bases and set up a force at home, but Cody Cousins managed to hit the ball slowly to short and even though Romano threw to second for one out, Kinsman's relay to first was too late for the double play and Wrigley scored for the lead. Ramsey was hit by a pitch to reload the bases, but Cam Cousins' line drive to right was caught to keep it a one-run game.
O'Donnell led off the bottom of the 10th by being hit by a pitch, giving the Clippers a chance to rally once more, but Charlie Bell saved his best for last, striking out Cawley, Harnett and Klenda swinging in succession and at 6:42 p.m., after nearly three grueling hours, the Warriors were 8-7 victors.
Wells' offense featured two hits apiece from Charlie Bell, Liam Bell, Nick Cousins, Ramsey and Wrigley. Charlie Bell, Liam Bell and Skeats all scored two runs, while Nick Cousins and Wrigley touched home once each. Liam Bell and Ramsey both drove in a pair of runs and Cam Cousins, Cody Cousins and Skeats also had RBI.
The Warriors stranded 12 runners, but overcame.
Charlie Bell improved to 3-0 after earning the win thanks to 2.2 innings of shutout relief. He allowed one hit, one walk and hit two batters, but struck out three. Nick Cousins gave up nine hits and six runs (just one earned) in his four inning starting stint. He walked three, threw three wild pitches and fanned three. Ramsey allowed a run on three hits in 3.1 innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Yarmouth got three hits apiece from Harnett, Kinsman and Snyder and two from O'Donnell. Cawley and Harnett both scored three runs, while Klenda scored once. Snyder had three RBI and Kinsman drove in a run. Klenda and O'Donnell had stolen bases.
The Clippers left 12 runners on base.
Waaler fell to 0-1 after giving up the one unearned run on one hit in one inning. He walked a batter and hit another. Klenda surrendered six runs (five earned) on nine hits in seven innings, walking three, throwing two wild pitches and fanning five. Harnett gave up a run on two hits and a walk in two innings of relief. He hit a batter and walked another.
Wells (now fifth in the Class B South Heal Points standings) continues its road trip Wednesday at York and visits another undefeated squad, Falmouth, on Friday.
Yarmouth (now third in Class B) is in the hunt for a high playoff seed, but there is a lot of business to take care of first, starting with a home game versus York Friday. The Clippers host Falmouth for a showdown Monday, then have to travel to Kennebunk, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth and Poland in succession. Home games against Gray-New Gloucester and Cape Elizabeth close the season.
Yarmouth expects to quickly bounce back.
Yarmouth senior starter Luke Klenda delivers a pitch early in the game. Klenda went seven innings, but didn't earn a decision.
Yarmouth senior rightfielder C.J. Cawley makes contact.
Yarmouth junior shortstop Chris Romano soars to catch a line drive.
Yarmouth senior second baseman Andrew Kinsman fields a ground ball.
Yarmouth senior rightfielder C.J. Cawley catches a fly ball.
Yarmouth junior Gibson Harnett is greeted by senior Joe DeFusco after scoring a run.


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Wealth Lifestyle Advice
Uber - Safer than a Regular Taxi?
By Rachael R. Hyde
In 2010, Uber launched its ride-sharing app, revolutionizing the taxi service/ridesharing industry, and since, it has recognized tremendous growth. As of 2018, Uber has over 3 million drivers and 75 million riders worldwide, doubling the amount realized the year prior. However, this sensational growth might hit a bump in the road because of increasing concerns about safety. High-profile cases of assault and word-of-mouth anecdotes have many wondering how safe Uber's ridesharing service really is.
Assessing Uber's safety record involves comparing it with the safety of taxi rides, but stats about the frequency of safety breaches in both Uber rides and regular taxis, like Yellow Cab, are hard to obtain. For now, the best way to compare the safety of Uber with the safety afforded by regular cabs is to see what both offer and their respective features. You'll find that, in some areas, Uber is safer than regular cabs, and in other areas, it's not. (For more, see 4 Challenges Uber Will Face in the Next Years.)
Who's Driving
Uber's website says "driver-partners" are screened through a multi-step process, which includes reviewing criminal and driving history. It is reported that applicants must submit their Social Security data, driver's license, proof of insurance and car registration numbers, which are vetted by three private background-check firms.
Uber has claimed that it exceeds what is required of local taxi companies. However, because local governments have different ordinances, it is only in cities like Seattle and Boston (with very basic taxi regulations) that Uber's background checks are likely to be more stringent. Some U.S. cities require taxi drivers to be finger-printed and drug tested, whereas the drug-testing requirements for Uber drivers are more ambiguous and no finger-printing is required. In such places, Uber falls short of the requirements that regular cab companies must meet.
These differences are more profound in other nations where Uber is located. For example, in certain parts of Australia, Uber driver-partners use their personal cars, and anyone over 21 who has a full driver's license, has a relatively clean criminal record and driving history, and has third-party insurance can qualify to be an Uber driver. A registered taxi driver in New South Wales, on the other hand, must meet additional requirements, such as speaking sufficient English, undergoing a medical assessment, being of "good repute" and completing a training course for taxi drivers.
Because Uber drivers use private cars, they are also able to fly under the radar of the rules that apply to professional drivers, making Uber drivers less accountable. Taxi drivers undergo frequent monitoring, while the assessment of Uber drivers is said to be a one-off check. In addition, taxi drivers guilty of a misdemeanor suffer quick penalties and possible suspension, but a misdemeanor by an Uber driver, who is not registered under any federal or state body, may never be exposed. For example, in some places, taxi drivers cannot have alcohol or drugs in their bloodstream, while Uber drivers are allowed to have alcohol in their bloodstream if it's below the prescribed limits of the law. Police officers do not necessarily recognize Uber drivers as professional drivers, so they may slip past enforcement.
What They're Driving
The question of safety also includes the condition of a cab driver's car. In some ways, Uber has an edge in safety since it requires its fleet to be relatively new (post-2005 models). On the other hand, that advantage weakens when you consider that Uber cars are not examined beyond the once-a-year checkup. Taxis elsewhere, however, usually undergo regular safety checks beyond yearly registration, including machinery checks by independent entities.
The Technology Behind the Ride
In some places, taxis are fitted with extra security devices, including security cameras. Uber cars, because they are privately owned, usually do not have these features. Also, some worry that the current version of the Uber app enables communication with Uber only via email. Non-Uber cabs, however, typically have communication devices like two-way radios that allow information (such as when an accident occurs) to be relayed in real-time. (For more, see Uber Versus Yellow Cabs in New York City.)
The Uber app, however, may be the very feature that makes Uber a safety standout. The app means passengers can input their information into the app and get specific information about the driver picking them up; so there's no such thing as a random pick-up. Riders also do not need to leave secure premises and stand outside in an unsafe neighborhood as with hailing a cab.
Also, Uber's app makes cashless transactions possible, diminishing the likelihood of robberies. The profile information of riders, which is also transmitted via the app, ensures safety for drivers, too. In addition, there's a rating system for drivers and riders that helps filter out risky characters. An Uber driver is quoted saying, "Before riding with Uber, riders are required to create an account with their personal and payment information – and rides can only be requested through the app, so there's a detailed record of every rider and every trip. As a female driver with Uber, I feel safe in the car."
In fact, Uber is reportedly installing even more technological features in some areas. After a rape allegation in India, Uber implemented new safety measures, including a panic button on the app that connects riders to local authorities, as well as an upgraded function that allows passengers to alert others about their whereabouts in real-time. It also appointed a chief security officer to implement digital and physical security measures.
How Liable Is Uber?
The very nature of Uber's service causes safety concerns. The company's fine-print terms for its U.S. service states that it cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to a passenger's property or any personal injury suffered by that passenger. The passenger must agree to assume the risks that come along with entering the vehicle of a stranger to the extent permitted under law. That's because Uber claims it's just software that connects riders to cars; it's neither an owner nor an operator, so it's not liable for incidents involving Uber driver-partners. In most cities, taxi owners and operators, in addition to drivers, must answer for claims against them. That makes a huge difference in the speed and nature of the response to claims by victims of assault and other misconduct. (For more, see What's Uber Worth?)
Determining whether an Uber ride is safer than a taxi ride depends, to some extent, on the screening requirements, the specific profile of the driver and the condition of the car. However, less enforcement and monitoring, as well as lack of liability on the part of Uber, might result in a riskier ride. At the same time, using Uber (its hailing app) means you don't have to engage in a random pickup, and you can probably get a prompt ride, even in an unsafe neighborhood. So is Uber safer for you? The answer depends on where and who you are.
Uber vs. Yellow Cabs in New York City: What's the Difference?
4 Reasons Why Riders Choose Uber
Uber: Advantages and Disadvantages
How to Become an Uber Driver: A Step by Step Guide
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4 Challenges Uber Will Face In The Next Years
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September 9, 2020 Nick Leghorn
Whiskey Review: Mars Iwai Whisky
Most whiskey in the world has a single root: Scotland. Both America and Japan were inoculated directly from that source, with Scottish immigrants bringing their expertise to these newer whiskey regions. But where Japan perfected the Scottish tradition, America (in typical fashion) hot-rodded it and added some twists. Now that Japan is a major player in the global whiskey market, though, it seems like they are also trying to branch out and test some of those improvements that the U.S. has been working on.
The Hombo Shuzo distillery company was founded in 1872 in Kagoshima, Kyushu. They originally distilled shochu, a traditional Japanese distilled spirit dating to the mid-16th century, which is similar to vodka and uses potato paste as its base before being distilled multiple times.
Suntory was the first to successfully apply the Scottish methods in the Japanese market, and several of the major Japanese whiskey brands can trace their roots back to it. In the 1930's, Masataka Taketsuru took experience learned in Scotland from whiskey masters to help Suntory to develop their local Japanese whiskey production. Taketsuru would eventually end his contract with Suntory and found the competing Nikka distillery, and similarly, his mentor Kiichiro Iwai took some of those same designs and concepts to Hombo Shuzo and started whiskey production there in 1949.
Eventually, Hombo Shuzo would move whiskey distilling to a new location and founded the Shinshu Mars distillery in 1985. What sets this distillery apart from the others is that this is the highest distillery in the country of Japan, located in a small village in Nagano at an elevation of about 800 meters (2,600 feet). The designs for the copper pot stills used at the facility come straight from the notes of Masataka Taketsuru.
The Shinshu Mars distillery produced a combination of spirits depending on the season, specifically doing runs of whiskey in the winter and switching to brandy and other spirits in the summer months, until it was mothballed in 1992 due to a sluggish demand for their products. However, that all changed in 2011 when market demand for Japanese whiskey significantly increased and the plant returned to full production.
This particular spirit is a bit of an odd duck when it comes to the production process of Japanese whiskey. Typically, the Japanese style takes after the Scottish tradition: heavily relying on malted barley and blending the results together. For their Iwai product, though, Mars wanted to take some concepts from American bourbon and see how they contributed to the Japanese style of whiskey.
Mars Iwai starts with a blend of about 75% corn and 15% malted barley – the correct proportions to be called a "bourbon" back in the States. Once distilled, the whiskey is aged in previously used bourbon barrels (so, charred American oak barrels which had been filled with bourbon) for an undisclosed period of time.
In general, the bottle is simple-yet-tasteful. The bottle itself is roughly the shape of a traditional whiskey bottle with a round body, gentle shoulder, and slightly longer neck… but there are some differences. Both the base and the shoulder are slightly flared, giving the body a thinner looking waist. There's also some pattern work embossed into the glass which adds some interesting shapes and colors to the bottle.
Similarly, the label is relatively plain. As always, I'm going to complain a little bit that it takes up far too much of the bottle and prevents the whiskey within from shining through as clearly as you'd like. But, to be fair, there's still an acceptable amount of room above and below, so the whiskey isn't entirely obscured. Printed on the label are a stylized Japanese characters and the brand information, and that's all you really need.
Taking a whiff of the whiskey, I can definitely see the bourbon aspects coming through. Not only is it a much darker and richer color than most of the other Japanese whiskey I've had, but there's also a dark toffee flavor coming off the glass as well. It's mixed together with some dark cherries and charred oak for an appealing (if a touch rich) aroma.
The flavor isn't what I was expecting at all, though. Up front, there's a buttery sweet flavor that's surprisingly light, with some floral aspects, but that is quickly joined by a hint of the more traditional bourbon flavors of caramel and vanilla. Those flavors don't last unfortunately, and the last thing I'm left with is primarily just candy corn. It's not offensive… but it's not quite the exciting aftertaste I was expecting. Definitely more bland and mellow than I would have liked.
With the addition of some ice, the flavors that made this whiskey interesting are almost completely wiped out. At this point, it's pretty much just that candy corn flavor remaining, which (as we know from Lewis Black) is the worst of all possible Halloween candy.
While there was something interesting about the neat version of this whiskey, on the rocks this is tasteless and (at best) reminiscent of the blandest Halloween candy.
I liked where they were going with this whiskey. It's a solid concept that should work in theory… but in the end, something about the execution just isn't right. Scotch has been "finished" in bourbon barrels for decades now, there's no reason why a Japanese-made whiskey (basically a first cousin of Scotch) can't do the came thing. I feel like the culprit here is the underlying spirit just not pulling its weight, and the extra strength bourbon barrels might have been an attempt to finish that spirit into something passable. But they just didn't hit the mark.
Mars Iwai Whisky
Produced By: Mars
Owned By: Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd.
Production Location: Japan
Classification: Blended Whiskey
Points for creativity, but not enough to overcome the below average experience.


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Parrondo's paradox
Parrondo's paradox, a paradox in game theory, has been described as: A combination of losing strategies becomes a winning strategy.[1] It is named after its creator, Juan Parrondo, who discovered the paradox in 1996. A more explanatory description is:
There exist pairs of games, each with a higher probability of losing than winning, for which it is possible to construct a winning strategy by playing the games alternately.
Parrondo devised the paradox in connection with his analysis of the Brownian ratchet, a thought experiment about a machine that can purportedly extract energy from random heat motions popularized by physicist Richard Feynman. However, the paradox disappears when rigorously analyzed.[2] Winning strategies consisting of a combinations of losing strategies have been explored in biology before Parrondo's paradox was published.[3] More recently, problems in evolutionary biology and ecology have been modeled and explained in terms of the paradox.[4][5]
Probability space of Parrondo's paradox from Shu & Wang, 2014.[2]
1 Illustrative examples
1.1 The saw-tooth example
1.2 The coin-tossing example
1.3 A simplified example
3 Name
Illustrative examples[edit]
The saw-tooth example[edit]
Consider an example in which there are two points A and B having the same altitude, as shown in Figure 1. In the first case, we have a flat profile connecting them. Here, if we leave some round marbles in the middle that move back and forth in a random fashion, they will roll around randomly but towards both ends with an equal probability. Now consider the second case where we have a saw-tooth-like region between them. Here also, the marbles will roll towards either ends with equal probability (if there were a tendency to move in one direction, marbles in a ring of this shape would tend to spontaneously extract thermal energy to revolve, violating the second law of thermodynamics). Now if we tilt the whole profile towards the right, as shown in Figure 2, it is quite clear that both these cases will become biased towards B.
Now consider the game in which we alternate the two profiles while judiciously choosing the time between alternating from one profile to the other.
When we leave a few marbles on the first profile at point E, they distribute themselves on the plane showing preferential movements towards point B. However, if we apply the second profile when some of the marbles have crossed the point C, but none have crossed point D, we will end up having most marbles back at point E (where we started from initially) but some also in the valley towards point A given sufficient time for the marbles to roll to the valley. Then we again apply the first profile and repeat the steps (points C, D and E now shifted one step to refer to the final valley closest to A). If no marbles cross point C before the first marble crosses point D, we must apply the second profile shortly before the first marble crosses point D, to start over.
It easily follows that eventually we will have marbles at point A, but none at point B. Hence for a problem defined with having marbles at point A being a win and having marbles at point B a loss, we clearly win by playing two losing games.
The coin-tossing example[edit]
A second example of Parrondo's paradox is drawn from the field of gambling. Consider playing two games, Game A and Game B with the following rules. For convenience, define C t {\displaystyle C_{t}} to be our capital at time t, immediately before we play a game.
Winning a game earns us $1 and losing requires us to surrender $1. It follows that C t + 1 = C t + 1 {\displaystyle C_{t+1}=C_{t}+1} if we win at step t and C t + 1 = C t − 1 {\displaystyle C_{t+1}=C_{t}-1} if we lose at step t.
In Game A, we toss a biased coin, Coin 1, with probability of winning P 1 = ( 1 / 2 ) − ϵ {\displaystyle P_{1}=(1/2)-\epsilon } . If ϵ > 0 {\displaystyle \epsilon >0} , this is clearly a losing game in the long run.
In Game B, we first determine if our capital is a multiple of some integer M {\displaystyle M} . If it is, we toss a biased coin, Coin 2, with probability of winning P 2 = ( 1 / 10 ) − ϵ {\displaystyle P_{2}=(1/10)-\epsilon } . If it is not, we toss another biased coin, Coin 3, with probability of winning P 3 = ( 3 / 4 ) − ϵ {\displaystyle P_{3}=(3/4)-\epsilon } . The role of modulo M {\displaystyle M} provides the periodicity as in the ratchet teeth.
It is clear that by playing Game A, we will almost surely lose in the long run. Harmer and Abbott[1] show via simulation that if M = 3 {\displaystyle M=3} and ϵ = 0.005 , {\displaystyle \epsilon =0.005,} Game B is an almost surely losing game as well. In fact, Game B is a Markov chain, and an analysis of its state transition matrix (again with M=3) shows that the steady state probability of using coin 2 is 0.3836, and that of using coin 3 is 0.6164.[6] As coin 2 is selected nearly 40% of the time, it has a disproportionate influence on the payoff from Game B, and results in it being a losing game.
However, when these two losing games are played in some alternating sequence - e.g. two games of A followed by two games of B (AABBAABB...), the combination of the two games is, paradoxically, a winning game. Not all alternating sequences of A and B result in winning games. For example, one game of A followed by one game of B (ABABAB...) is a losing game, while one game of A followed by two games of B (ABBABB...) is a winning game. This coin-tossing example has become the canonical illustration of Parrondo's paradox – two games, both losing when played individually, become a winning game when played in a particular alternating sequence. The apparent paradox has been explained using a number of sophisticated approaches, including Markov chains,[7] flashing ratchets,[8] Simulated Annealing[9] and information theory.[10] One way to explain the apparent paradox is as follows:
While Game B is a losing game under the probability distribution that results for C t {\displaystyle C_{t}} modulo M {\displaystyle M} when it is played individually ( C t {\displaystyle C_{t}} modulo M {\displaystyle M} is the remainder when C t {\displaystyle C_{t}} is divided by M {\displaystyle M} ), it can be a winning game under other distributions, as there is at least one state in which its expectation is positive.
As the distribution of outcomes of Game B depend on the player's capital, the two games cannot be independent. If they were, playing them in any sequence would lose as well.
The role of M {\displaystyle M} now comes into sharp focus. It serves solely to induce a dependence between Games A and B, so that a player is more likely to enter states in which Game B has a positive expectation, allowing it to overcome the losses from Game A. With this understanding, the paradox resolves itself: The individual games are losing only under a distribution that differs from that which is actually encountered when playing the compound game. In summary, Parrondo's paradox is an example of how dependence can wreak havoc with probabilistic computations made under a naive assumption of independence. A more detailed exposition of this point, along with several related examples, can be found in Philips and Feldman.[11]
A simplified example[edit]
For a simpler example of how and why the paradox works, again consider two games Game A and Game B, this time with the following rules:
In Game A, you simply lose $1 every time you play.
In Game B, you count how much money you have left. If it is an even number, you win $3. Otherwise you lose $5.
Say you begin with $100 in your pocket. If you start playing Game A exclusively, you will obviously lose all your money in 100 rounds. Similarly, if you decide to play Game B exclusively, you will also lose all your money in 100 rounds.
However, consider playing the games alternatively, starting with Game B, followed by A, then by B, and so on (BABABA...). It should be easy to see that you will steadily earn a total of $2 for every two games.
Thus, even though each game is a losing proposition if played alone, because the results of Game B are affected by Game A, the sequence in which the games are played can affect how often Game B earns you money, and subsequently the result is different from the case where either game is played by itself.
Applications[edit]
Parrondo's paradox is used extensively in game theory, and its application to engineering, population dynamics,[3] financial risk, etc., are areas of active research. Parrondo's games are of little practical use such as for investing in stock markets[12] as the original games require the payoff from at least one of the interacting games to depend on the player's capital. However, the games need not be restricted to their original form and work continues in generalizing the phenomenon. Similarities to volatility pumping and the two-envelope problem[13] have been pointed out. Simple finance textbook models of security returns have been used to prove that individual investments with negative median long-term returns may be easily combined into diversified portfolios with positive median long-term returns.[14] Similarly, a model that is often used to illustrate optimal betting rules has been used to prove that splitting bets between multiple games can turn a negative median long-term return into a positive one.[15] In evolutionary biology, both bacterial random phase variation[16] and the evolution of less accurate sensors[4] have been modelled and explained in terms of the paradox. In ecology, the periodic alternation of certain organisms between nomadic and colonial behaviors has been suggested as a manifestation of the paradox.[5] There has been an interesting application in modelling multicellular survival as a consequence of the paradox[17] and some interesting discussion on the feasibility of it.[18][19] Applications of Parrondo's paradox can also be found in reliability theory.[20] Interested readers can refer to the three review papers which have been published over the years,[21][22] with the most recent one examining the Parrondo effect across biology.[23]
In the early literature on Parrondo's paradox, it was debated whether the word 'paradox' is an appropriate description given that the Parrondo effect can be understood in mathematical terms. The 'paradoxical' effect can be mathematically explained in terms of a convex linear combination.
However, Derek Abbott, a leading Parrondo's paradox researcher, provides the following answer regarding the use of the word 'paradox' in this context:
Is Parrondo's paradox really a "paradox"? This question is sometimes asked by mathematicians, whereas physicists usually don't worry about such things. The first thing to point out is that "Parrondo's paradox" is just a name, just like the "Braess' paradox" or "Simpson's paradox." Secondly, as is the case with most of these named paradoxes they are all really apparent paradoxes. People drop the word "apparent" in these cases as it is a mouthful, and it is obvious anyway. So no one claims these are paradoxes in the strict sense. In the wide sense, a paradox is simply something that is counterintuitive. Parrondo's games certainly are counterintuitive—at least until you have intensively studied them for a few months. The truth is we still keep finding new surprising things to delight us, as we research these games. I have had one mathematician complain that the games always were obvious to him and hence we should not use the word "paradox." He is either a genius or never really understood it in the first place. In either case, it is not worth arguing with people like that.[24]
Parrondo's paradox does not seem that paradoxical if one notes that it is actually a combination of three simple games: two of which have losing probabilities and one of which has a high probability of winning. To suggest that one can create a winning strategy with three such games is neither counterintuitive nor paradoxical.
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^ a b Harmer, G. P.; Abbott, D. (1999). "Losing strategies can win by Parrondo's paradox". Nature. 402 (6764): 864. doi:10.1038/47220.
^ a b Shu, Jian-Jun; Wang, Q.-W. (2014). "Beyond Parrondo's paradox". Scientific Reports. 4 (4244): 4244. arXiv:1403.5468. Bibcode:2014NatSR...4E4244S. doi:10.1038/srep04244. PMC 5379438. PMID 24577586.
^ a b Jansen, V. A. A.; Yoshimura, J. (1998). "Populations can persist in an environment consisting of sink habitats only". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 95 (7): 3696–3698. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.3696J. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.7.3696. PMC 19898. PMID 9520428. .
^ a b Cheong, Kang Hao; Tan, Zong Xuan; Xie, Neng-gang; Jones, Michael C. (2016-10-14). "A Paradoxical Evolutionary Mechanism in Stochastically Switching Environments". Scientific Reports. 6: 34889. Bibcode:2016NatSR...634889C. doi:10.1038/srep34889. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5064378. PMID 27739447.
^ a b Tan, Zong Xuan; Cheong, Kang Hao (2017-01-13). "Nomadic-colonial life strategies enable paradoxical survival and growth despite habitat destruction". eLife. 6: e21673. doi:10.7554/eLife.21673. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5319843. PMID 28084993.
^ D. Minor, "Parrondo's Paradox - Hope for Losers!", The College Mathematics Journal 34(1) (2003) 15-20
^ Harmer, G. P.; Abbott, D. (1999). "Parrondo's paradox". Statistical Science. 14 (2): 206–213. doi:10.1214/ss/1009212247.
^ G. P. Harmer, D. Abbott, P. G. Taylor, and J. M. R. Parrondo, in Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations, D. Abbott, and L. B. Kish, eds., American Institute of Physics, 2000
^ Harmer, G. P.; Abbott, D.; Taylor, P. G. (2000). "The Paradox of Parrondo's games". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A. 456 (1994): 1–13. Bibcode:2000RSPSA.456..247H. doi:10.1098/rspa.2000.0516.
^ G. P. Harmer, D. Abbott, P. G. Taylor, C. E. M. Pearce and J. M. R. Parrondo, Information entropy and Parrondo's discrete-time ratchet, in Proc. Stochastic and Chaotic Dynamics in the Lakes, Ambleside, U.K., P. V. E. McClintock, ed., American Institute of Physics, 2000
^ Thomas K. Philips and Andrew B. Feldman, Parrondo's Paradox is not Paradoxical, Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Working Papers, August 2004
^ Iyengar, R.; Kohli, R. (2004). "Why Parrondo's paradox is irrelevant for utility theory, stock buying, and the emergence of life". Complexity. 9 (1): 23–27. doi:10.1002/cplx.10112.
^ Winning While Losing: New Strategy Solves'Two-Envelope' Paradox at Physorg.com
^ Stutzer, Michael. "The Paradox of Diversification" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Stutzer, Michael. "A Simple Parrondo Paradox" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Wolf, Denise M.; Vazirani, Vijay V.; Arkin, Adam P. (2005-05-21). "Diversity in times of adversity: probabilistic strategies in microbial survival games". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 234 (2): 227–253. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.11.020. PMID 15757681.
^ Jones, Michael C.; Koh, Jin Ming; Cheong, Kang Hao (2018-06-05). "Multicellular survival as a consequence of Parrondo's paradox". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (23): E5258–E5259. doi:10.1073/pnas.1806485115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6003326. PMID 29752380.
^ Nelson, Paul; Masel, Joanna (2018-05-11). "Reply to Cheong et al.: Unicellular survival precludes Parrondo's paradox". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (23): E5260. doi:10.1073/pnas.1806709115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6003321. PMID 29752383.
^ Cheong, Kang Hao; Koh, Jin Ming; Jones, Michael C. (2019-02-21). "Do Arctic Hares Play Parrondo's Games?". Fluctuation and Noise Letters. 18: 1971001. doi:10.1142/S0219477519710019. ISSN 0219-4775.
^ Di Crescenzo, Antonio (2007). "A Parrondo paradox in reliability theory" (PDF). The Mathematical Scientist. 32 (1): 17–22.
^ Harmer, Gregory P.; Abbott, Derek (2002-06-01). "A review of parrondo's paradox". Fluctuation and Noise Letters. 02 (2): R71–R107. doi:10.1142/S0219477502000701. ISSN 0219-4775.
^ Abbott, Derek (2010-03-01). "Asymmetry and disorder: a decade of parrondo's paradox". Fluctuation and Noise Letters. 09 (01): 129–156. doi:10.1142/S0219477510000010. ISSN 0219-4775.
^ Cheong, Kang Hao; Koh, Jin Ming; Jones, Michael C. (2019). "Paradoxical Survival: Examining the Parrondo Effect across Biology". BioEssays. 41 (6): 1900027. doi:10.1002/bies.201900027. ISSN 1521-1878.
^ Abbott, Derek. "The Official Parrondo's Paradox Page". The University of Adelaide. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
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Doering repeated that mantra, changing his response from a terse "no comment" to "next question."
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Though he's been in the newspaper and on television countless times over the past two days, few outside Glynn County are familiar with him.
Doering joined the police department 25 years ago and worked his way up through the ranks. Glynn County Commissioners appointed him chief in December 2003 of the department, which has 128 employees, including 114 police officers.
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Doering was equally tight-lipped and blunt the last time he was in the media spotlight when 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. was abducted, sexually abused and slain March 8, 2007.
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Q: Centerless CR-radical: A Result Independent of the Axiom of Choice. D.J.S. Robinson, A Course in the Theory of Groups, 2d edition, 3.3.17, p. 88, states and proves : "In any group $G$ there is a unique maximal normal centerless CR-subgroup." ("CR" means "completely reducible". Robinson, p. 85, defines a completely reducible group as a group that is the "direct product" of a possibly infinite family of simple subgroups and in 3.3.1, he proves that a group generated by normal simple subgroups is completely reducible. Note that he says "direct product" where Scott says "direct sum" and where Bourbaki says "somme restreinte".)
This unique maximal normal centerless CR-subgroup of $G$ is called the centerless CR-radical of $G$. It seems clear to me that the centerless CR-radical of $G$ is in fact the largest normal centerless CR-subgroup of $G$.
The proof given by Robinson for the existence of the centerless CR-radical uses Zorn's lemma, but, if I'm not wrong, it can be made independent of Zorn's lemma and even of the axiom of choice.
My question is : do you know a reference for a proof independent of the axiom of choice ? Thanks in advance for the answers.

A: In any normal centerless CR-subgroup $N$ of $G$, the simple direct factors of $N$ are clearly subnormal subgroups of $G$, and they are nonabelian because $Z(N)=1$.
Now let $K$ be the subgroup generated by all subnormal nonabelian simple subgroups of $G$. All such subgroups commute (that result is due to Wielandt, and is proved in a later chapter of Robinson's book, in 13.3.1 in my edition), so $K$ is the direct product of all of these subgroups, and then clearly $K$ is the maximal centerless CR-subgroup $N$ of $G$.
That argument doesn't appear to use Zorn's Lemma.

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