Well… It's starting to look better. I did a few minor css changes and modified the header on soft-graphix.com and some tweaking to twitter & wordpress. At this point, I'm going to try and incorporate the chosen color (#35290f) to bring consistency across the various sites. I'm not entirely sure what my limitations are with WordPress, though I'll put that thought on the back burner for the time being. The new theme that is in use now has a sans-serif font and a white background… so it's closer than before.
On the checklist of things needed, a tripod. Because my hand is less-than-steady I opted for a high iso instead of a slower shutter speed. By doing that, I caused my picture to become very grainy indeed. I did run the image through a photo editing program to crop and add some different lighting techniques. The goal was to try and make an interesting image with the refrigerator. Came out kind of dark and bleak. Has a very 'homemade' feel to it.
inconsistent design & layout throughout my sites and social media.
So my next step will be creating a consistent feel throughout the sites. Step one: I will get some rough ideas together on paper. My main goal in this will be building consistencies throughout the sites. This probably means major changes but those changes are desperately needed, and at the end of the day, it will be worth it.


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LeBron James discusses David Stern's vision and place in basketball history
Brendan Bowers
LeBron James expressed his condolences on Instagram shortly after the NBA announced the passing of legendary commissioner, David Stern, on Wednesday. Stern presided over the league's massive growth from 1984 until 2014 while helping to prepare current commissioner, Adam Silver, for the position he now holds.
After sharing those heartfelt sentiments on social media, James spoke on Stern's vision and place in basketball history alongside Dr. James Naismith following the Lakers 117-107 win over the Phoenix Suns.
"We lost a great visionary," LeBron said of Stern's passing after the game. "I think him and Dr. James Naismith were two of the most important people for the game of basketball. Obviously, Dr. Naismith because he created the game and then David because of his vision to make the game global.
🎥 LeBron James shares his best memories of David Stern's legacy and how the team can learn from tonight's victory. pic.twitter.com/s0hlXuITfv
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"I'm not sure how many people believed in him on that. Or thought it was something that couldn't be done. But he's made this game global. This game is watched in over 250 countries throughout the world. Look at the collective group of players. We got Giannis, the Dirk's, the Manu's, the Luka's now. So on and so on. You have to give him so much credit because of that.
"He saw the game being so much greater than just in the states domestically. If you saw my IG post, for me personally the dream come true was to step on that stage and shake David's hand knowing where I come from. Then just gaining a relationship with him throughout my career was great. So my prayers and condolences go out to his family."
Stern completed his 30-year tenure as NBA commissioner on February 1, 2014. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2014 and the International Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He was born in New York City, New York in 1942 and will be celebrated throughout the NBA community for as long as the game is played.
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module Main (main) where

import MediaType (mediaType, destination)
import Prelude hiding (FilePath)
import Turtle

main :: IO ()
main = do
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moveFile :: FilePath -> IO ()
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Samsung UN88JS9500FXZA Review
By Will Greenwald
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Samsung's flagship JS9500 series of curved 4K LED HDTVs have a striking design and multitudinous features, but the screen we tested showed significant light bloom.
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Loads of connected features.
Accurate colors.
Very low input lag.
Very expensive.
Distracting light bloom in very dark scenes.
All major HDTV manufacturers have flagship lines, and those flagships typically come with large price tags and very-good-to-excellent pictures. Samsung's JS9500 series of curved ultra high-definition (UHD, or 4K) LCD televisions certainly has the first part down, with the 65-inch UN65JS9500FXZA we tested retailing for $4,999.99. And on paper, it has the second part locked as well, with excellent color accuracy and contrast. Unfortunately, this television also suffers from light bloom thanks to the very LED backlighting system that lets it display such strong contrast numbers. This means you'll have to choose between dark scenes that either look washed out or covered with distracting haze. If you're willing to spend even more, LG's EG9600 series is a better choice, with a superb OLED panel that offers far superior black levels and not a hint of light bloom.
Editors' Note: This review is based on tests performed on the Samsung UN65JS9500FXZA, the 65-inch version of the series. Besides the screen-size difference, the 88-inch UN88JS9500FXZA is identical in features, and while we didn't perform lab tests on this specific model, we expect similar performance.
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The 65JS9500 is eye-catching, as curved screens tend to be. The panel is framed by a half-inch brushed aluminum bezel that angles slightly inward. A glowing Samsung logo sits on the bottom bezel, marring the elegant look of the screen with its harsh white light. Fortunately, you can set the logo to only glow when the TV is off, only when it's on, or you can turn it off entirely. The HDTV sits on a sturdy, three-ended metal foot that fits with the design aesthetic of the TV.
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The back of the 65JS9500 holds a single A/V connection in addition to the power port. Rather than place all of the inputs on the HDTV itself, Samsung moves them all to a separate OneConnect box that plugs into the HDTV with the included cable. The 1.3-by-14.4-by-4.3-inch (HWD) plastic rectanglular box is the same silver-color as the TV, with all of the ports you need on the back and right side. The back of the box holds four HDMI inputs, an Ethernet port, an EX link port, a component/composite video input port that works with the included component and composite connectors, a USB 3.0 port, and an antenna/cable connector. The right side of the box holds an optical audio output, a 3.5mm IR blaster port, and two USB 2.0 ports. It keeps all of the ports in a single place that's much more accessible than the back of the screen, but you still need to find a place to put the separate box. Fortunately, it's small enough to tuck on or behind most Blu-ray players and cable/satellite boxes.
There's a four-direction control stick on the lower-right corner of the back of the screen, providing basic menu navigation functions if you can't find the remote. Just like with all connected HDTVs, you're going to want to stick to the remote (or app-based control) most of the time. The control stick is mostly just a backup.
The included Smart Control remote is a radical change from Samsung's earlier designs. It's a rectangular, slightly curved wand with a black, faux-brushed aluminum finish and a minimum of buttons. It's similar to the air mouse remotes Samsung included with its high-end 2014 HDTVs, but it's smaller and sleeker. All controls center around the remote's prominent, square navigation pad and its motion pointer controls. The navigation pad is a standard four-way direction pad with a center button. The motion pointer control is a tiny button above it that says "Pointer." Just touch your thumb to the button and a mouse pointer will appear on the screen that moves with the remote. This version of the motion control remote is much more comfortable to use, because the touch area that activates the pointer is much smaller, so you're less likely to make the on-screen pointer move accidentally.
The remote also has Power, Source, Menu/123 (which brings up an on-screen conventional button remote for controlling other devices), Volume Up/Down, Channel Up/Down, Return/Exit, Extra (basically an Options button), and Smart Hub buttons. While the remote has a Play/Pause button, it lacks the Fast Forward/Rewind and Skip Forward/Back buttons found with most playback controls.
Connected Features
As is to be expected from a high-end HDTV, the 65JS9500 is loaded with connected features through its built-in Wi-Fi (or optionally the Ethernet port on the back). Samsung's Smart TV interface looks very similar to LG's WebOS connected TV interface, with colorful, easy-to-identify icons offering access to apps, games, live television, and the standard selection of streaming media services like Netflix (with support for Netflix 4K content), YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon Instant Video.
Besides plenty of media apps, the 65JS9500 includes a functional Web browser that works well with the motion-sensing remote, Skype compatibility with a small webcam built into the HDTV's frame (the camera stays retracted and invisible when not in use, and pops up from the top of the screen when you want to video chat), and Miracast/WiDi support.
The 65JS9500 supports 3D with active glasses. However, it only comes with a single pair of them. If you want more than one person to watch 3D on the screen at once, it's an extra $20 per additional set of SSG-5150GB glasses.
We test HDTVs with a Klein K-10A colorimeter, a DVDO AVLab 4K test pattern generator, and SpectraCal's CalMAN 5 software. The chart above shows ideal color values as boxes and measured color values as dots. The 65JS9500 was spot-on with white, red, and blue, with green just slightly undersaturated. These are very strong color measurements, attributed to Samsung's nanocrystal panel technology, analogous to Quantum Dot technology, a growing trend that uses a special layer of particles on the panel to separate the picture into a wider range of colors.
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After a basic dark room calibration, the 65JS9500 showed a peak brightness of 239.9cd/m2 and a black level of 0.03cd/m2 for an excellent 8,313:1 contrast ratio. While this number is impressive, it's crushed by the perfectly dark blacks of the LG EG9600 series' OLED panel. More importantly, the effective performance of the 65JS9500 in dark scenes comes with a slew of problems.
The 65JS9500's excellent contrast ratio comes from the screen's LED backlighting, which can selectively dim and brighten based on the picture. Unfortunately, that same feature produces a great deal of light bloom with the feature enabled. Daredevil in 4K on Netflix suffers from constant flaring clouds of light around bright objects in dark scenes, and even the opening credits are surrounded by halos that brighten the entire area of the screen compared with the rest of the panel. Turning off the selective dimming feature brightens the whole picture enough to look washed-out, and shadow details are consistently consumed by either darkness or by muddy grayness. We've seen similar issues with the Vizio P652ui-B2 , but it's a bit more forgivable on a $1,700 screen than on a $5,000 screen.
We've seen many curved screens over the last few years, and we've yet to be sold on their value. They're certainly visually striking, but we fail to see any significant advantage in the viewing experience compared with flat panels. As such, the premium a curved screen usually represents simply isn't justified in practice, and that's doubly the case on an HDTV like the 65JS9500, which suffers from such drastic light bloom.
Input Lag and Power
Input lag is the amount of time it takes for a display to update after receiving a signal, and the lag we measured with the 65JS9500 seems, frankly, impossible. Our Leo Bodnar Video Signal Input Lag Tester read just 1 millisecond, putting the 65JS9500 up there with the best gaming monitors available. Most HDTVs we've tested have shown input lags of 20 to 50ms, and some 4K HDTVs have broken 100ms. This is a very large 4K display that registered 1ms, and that's very, very unusual. It means the 65JS9500 could be surprisingly well-suited for fighting and character action games that require very precise timing of inputs. It's a benefit most users might not notice, but serious gamers will be impressed by the lag numbers.
Under normal viewing conditions, the 65JS9500 consumes 269 watts. With the Energy Saving feature set to Low, that number drops to 167 watts. Setting Energy Saving any higher dimmed the screen uncomfortably. This is relatively normal for big LED-backlit HDTVs, and is even comparable with OLED displays. The 65-inch LG 65EG9600 consumed a maximum of 377 watts under normal viewing conditions in our tests, but setting its Energy Saving feature to Medium cut it to 187W.
Samsung's JS9500 series is striking looking, comes packed with features, and its color accuracy certainly fulfills the company's claims about its nanocrystal technology. However, it can offer good contrast and deep blacks only alongside noticeable light bloom, and this means poor performance in dark scenes. For an expensive flagship HDTV line that starts at $5,000, it's a pretty big flaw to overlook. If you're looking in this high-end price range, spending more for the LG EG9600 series will get you a far better HDTV all-around.
If you just want a solid 4K TV and don't need a curved screen with lots of bells and whistles, the 65-inch version of the Editors' Choice Sharp LC-55UB30U we tested is worth checking out. The LC-65UB30U uses local dimming for its backlighting while the other UB30U models don't, so we haven't included it as an alternate size screen for testing and review purposes. However, everything else about the $1,900 65-inch model is effectively identical to the smaller UB30, and will likely offer a better viewing experience.
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ESB launches first stage of regional rollout
The ESB's ambitious plans to roll out broadband across the regions kicked off today with the switching on of the southern loop.
The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Dermot Ahern did the honours at a ceremony in Limerick today.
The first instalment will link Dublin to Waterford, Dublin to Shannon and Waterford to Limerick and Cork.
Altogether it's planned to roll out 1,300km of fibre optic cable across the regions. It's hoped that the entire network will be completed before the end of this year.
The fibre-optic backbone planned will comprise 193km from Shannon to CityWest in Dublin, 191km from Dublin to Waterford, 172 km Waterford to Limerick, 163km from Clare to Galway, 230 km from Roscommon to Sligo-Leitrim, 159kms Donegal-Meath-Louth-Monaghan-Cavan and 129kms in Donegal.
Approximately 600km have been completed in the southern region with 300 in the northern.
The company said that the network consists of 48 fibres (24 pairs, each of which is capable of delivering 2.5GB) wrapped around the ESB's high voltage network.
At the ceremony, Minister Ahern congratulated the ESB for adding to the telecommunications infrastructure in Ireland: "We must recognise the vision of the board of the ESB in the development of such a comprehensive fibre optic network. The company's capital outlay on this network is a measure of that vision."
ESB Chairman, Tadhg O Donoghue said the installation of the broadband network was a continuation of ESB's commitment to Irish society: "It is a story of partnership, innovation and expansion. Today's development represents an exciting advance in the provision of broadband infrastructure in Ireland."
The technology has been used extensively in Europe and is said to be up to 10 times more reliable than equivalent underground networks
The project began three years ago, in 2000 when the ESB signed a IR£10m contract with AFL Focas to provide infrastructure that would assist all regions of the country to attract high-tech industry by building a nationwide fibre-optic telecommunications network along its transmission and distribution network.
In the same year the ESB formed a telecommunications division in the engineering and commercial business unit to manage and develop this area, including broadband, third-generation mobile and the provision of antennae towers for the telecoms industry.
The national fibre optic backbone system is designed to act as a platform for ESB participation in the Irish telecoms sector.
The new network will provide the ESB with the chance to sell or lease capacity and offer managed-bandwidth services to other licenced operators.
Their principal customers will be fixed-line operators, mobile operators – for back haul and the wireless network businesses.
The project had been due to be completed by the end of last year. However the foot and mouth crisis in 2001 meant that the company took a decision not to go across farmers' land – taking three months off their schedule. There were further hold-ups last year when bad weather meant that they couldn't get onto land to gain access to the pylons.
Speaking to siliconrepublic.com spokesman for the company, Peter Kelly said the project could be seen as a joint strategy with the Government's plans to spend €65m on the first phase of its regional broadband strategy to build fibre-optic networks in 20 towns and cities.
The first phase of this is well under way but last year the Government announced it was reviewing its plans.
The ESB network is the first service to offer a uniform bandwidth across the country.
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performanceClub and friends event at VITRINE surrounds the ideas of Panopticism to coincide with the preview of Docile Bodies, on Thursday 5 July. performanceClub will open with a performance on Bermondsey Square at 9pm, leading onto an after-opening event hosted at the Bermondsey Arts Club including Jamie Hudson and Ashley Holmes artist DJ set.
performanceClub are an artist run collective providing a platform for emerging artists. Founded in 2016, they aim to reimagine cabaret, enabling a framework for experimentation in the live field.
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Nokia is a one of the most popular smartphone brands in the world. Nokia Lumia series phones are very popular worldwide as well as in India. Read this post to know the top 3 Nokia Lumia series smartphones which are economically priced.
Nokia smartphones are popular all over the world including India. Their phones are known for its high quality specifications and features, value for money pricing, durability, good after sales service etc. Nokia Lumia series phones are one of the most popular smartphones in India. If you are looking forward to buy a mobile phone in coming days, then I would strongly suggest you to go for Nokia Lumia series phones. In this post, I have included 3 most popular Lumia series smartphones. However please note that the mobiles listed here are not listed in any particular order.
Nokia Lumia 520 is one of the most popular phone in the Nokia Lumia series and also one of the cheapest in this list. This is a single sim mobile phone. It has a 4-inch IPS LCD screen with super sensitive touchscreen. It has a 5MP primary camera but no secondary camera. The phone has lots of smart features like Auto-Focus, Geo-tagging etc. It runs on Windows platform (version 8). It has a fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. It comes with lots of business and productivity features like MS Office apps, text to speech message reader, Emails, Instant MEssaging apps etc. Apart from these, the phone comes with several other preloaded important apps. This phone is available in trendy and attractive colours.
Nokia Lumia 525 is another attractive Nokia Lumia phone. It has a single SIM. It has a 5 MP primary camera with lots of smart features which make it easier to click high quality pics from this smartphone. It has also has HD recording facility. It has a 4 inch LCD touchscreen. It has a superfast 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual Core Processor and runs on Windows operating system. It comes with lots of features which help you with in managing your business and increasing your productivity. The phone also has several preloaded apps like Whatsapp, Gmail, Yahoo mail, Facebook, Twitter etc.. Like all other Nokia lumia smartphones, even this phone is available in different attractive colours.
Nokia Lumia 720 is a single SIM phone. It has a screen size of around 4.29 inches and has capacitive touch screen. This phone has a 6.7 Megapixel primary camera and 1.3 Megapixel secondary camera. The camera has LED flash and HD recording facility. Even this phone has a superfast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual Core Processor and runs on Windows operating system. Even this phones comes with preloaded social and other apps and business features. This phone is available in trendy and attractive colors.
These are the 3 most popular Nokia Lumia series smartphones. All the three phones are reasonably priced and you can opt for any one of them based on your choice and budget.
All these phones are available at all leading eCommerce sites as well as traditional offline mobile shops in your city. Many merchants and e Commerce sites offer EMI facility, so you can even buy these phones in easy monthly installments.
If you have already used these phones, please do share your experiences with these phones through the comment/response box below.
In this article, you will know the detail on Nokia Lumia 1520 Smartphone and Nokia Windows RT tablet Lumia 2520. It could be a rumor as well, since Nokia has not officially announced it yet. Find the comparison between Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Windows RT tablet Lumia 2520. Also, find Nokia Lumia 1520 specs, price and review detail. Nokia Windows RT Tablet Lumia 2520 specs, price and review detail.
Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia's giant phablet finally comes to India. What may be its all new features? Read this article to find out its features, specifications and the prices at various online shopping sites in India.
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Smartphones have become a necessity for the youth in India. There are a number of companies manufacturing Smartphones in Indian in different price range. This post explains in detail about the Top 5 Costliest Nokia Smartphones in India 2014.
Here is the Comparison between Sony Xperia Z1 And Nokia Lumia 1520. This will help you to make a better and informed decision while buying a phone. For more information be in touch.
What about Nokia Lumia 1320?
Nokia Lumia 1320 is also a popular and really good smartphone. The aim of this article was to tell the readers some of the lowest priced Nokia Lumia smartphones. So I haven't included Nokia Lumia 1320 in this article. But nonetheless, it is a very good smartphone.


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Q: How to incorporate np.argmax into broadcasting to replace the given for-loop code (if possible) I have been playing around with Numpy to speed-up code where I can. It really is beautifully fast. However, it does require some clever thinking at times. I suppose practice will make perfect.
Instead of me explaining my problem , here is what I am trying to replace:
# We use U and A to compute V

U = np.array([[1,2],
             [4,3],
             [5,6],
             [7,8]])

V = np.zeros(U.shape)

A = np.array([[1,3],
              [3,4]])

# The for loop to be replaced

for t in range(len(U)):
    V[t] = np.argmax( U[t]*A.T ,axis = 1)

My attempt:
V = np.argmax(U[:,np.newaxis]*A.T,axis=1)

# U[:,np.newaxis]*A.T

Fear not, I do know what is wrong in my Numpy version. The commented out code does give the correct intermediate, however, I am failing to incorporate the np.argmax part correctly as in my for loop code. I don't think one can perhaps. Please help me if this is possible. I will really appreciate this.

A: You're in the right track, just the wrong axis. Also you don't need to transpose A:
(A * U[:,np.newaxis]).argmax(-1) # or equivalently axis 2

array([[1, 1],
       [1, 0],
       [1, 1],
       [1, 1]], dtype=int64)

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Jayson Tatum (ankle) out against Washington on Sunday
This is more than likely a mandated rest game.
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The Boston Celtics have a bit of room at the top of the standings, and as such, Jayson Tatum will be sitting out Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards with an ankle injury, the team announced.
#NEBHInjuryReport for tomorrow vs. Washington:
Danilo Gallinari (left knee ACL repair) - OUT
Jayson Tatum (left ankle sprain) - OUT
Robert Williams (left knee surgery) - OUT
Tatum joins Danilo Gallinari and Robert Williams on the injury report. While Gallinari is out for the year, Williams continues to inch closer and closer to a return before Christmas, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Tatum recently said that he wants to play in every game and that team management is always fighting with him to sit. After injuring his ankle on Monday evening against the Chicago Bulls, Tatum continued on to a head-to-head matchup with fellow MVP candidate Luka Doncic with a dominant performance. He followed that up with another 30-point performance against what was previously the league's best offense in last night's game against the Sacramento Kings. Now as the Celtics face a home game against the Wizards, it's finally time for Tatum to miss some time to get some rest.
Tatum is near the top of the league in minutes played, and he's in the top 10 in scoring. An extra game of rest to get the ankle right won't kill the team's momentum, especially with other players stepping up as they have recently. Boston is 11-1 in its last 12 games, and it owns the best offense in the league (and in NBA history in terms of points per possession) as the defense is slowly catching up.
This is all before Robert Williams has played a single minute this year.
The Celtics may go with a familiar face in Grant Williams to start tomorrow's game, or maybe Joe Mazzulla will go with an off-the-wall choice like Sam Hauser. We'll have to wait and see.
The 15-4 Celtics will take on the Wizards tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. ET.


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Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that after an eight-day trial, a federal jury convicted Glenn Pernell, 41, his sister Whitney Pernell, 29, and their cousin Fatima Ford, 33, all of Marion County, and Santerrio Smith, 31, and Terrence Dunlap, 25, of Columbia, on drug trafficking charges. These five defendants were charged along with 11 others in a 53-count Superseding Indictment alleging drug conspiracy and related charges.
"This case shows once again that the unfettered use of contraband cell phones enables inmates to continue committing crimes that harm the public even while they are behind bars," said U.S. Attorney Lydon. "In partnership with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, we will continue to fight the public safety threat caused by contraband cell phones in our prisons. We applaud the FBI's Columbia Violent Gang Task Force and the trial team for their tireless work in dismantling this drug trafficking ring, which was responsible for pouring cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin into our neighborhoods."
According to the evidence, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Columbia Violent Gang Task Force (CVGTF) began investigating Smith in 2016 for drug trafficking. Wiretaps on Smith's phones revealed a network of individuals with whom Smith was heavily involved, including Terrence Dunlap, Smith's "right-hand man," who stored cocaine and heroin for Smith and who cooked cocaine into crack cocaine for sale on the streets of Richland County. Agents discovered that one of Smith's primary drug suppliers was Glenn Pernell, an inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville. Pernell used contraband cell phones to communicate with Smith and arrange for deliveries of cocaine and heroin to Smith. Pernell relied on family members and close friends, including his sister Whitney Pernell and his cousin Fatima Ford, to store drugs and money for his drug trafficking organization.
Three other women testified that, while he was incarcerated, Glenn Pernell contacted them through Facebook. After he made a personal connection with the women, Pernell sent each of them gifts and money to help pay their bills. Eventually, Pernell began asking for favors in return; the women began making drug and money runs for Pernell until July 3, 2017, when one of the women was stopped by law enforcement while on her way to deliver a large amount of cocaine to Smith.
After deliberating for nearly a day, the jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges:
Glenn Pernell was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin. He was attributed 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 1 kilogram or more of heroin. He was also convicted of four counts of use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Whitney Pernell was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin. She was attributed 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 1 kilogram or more of heroin. She was also convicted of one count of use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Fatima Ford was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin. She was attributed 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 1 kilogram or more of heroin.
Santerrio Smith was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin. He was attributed 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 280 grams or more of cocaine base, and 100 grams or more of heroin. He was also convicted of two counts of use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin.
Terrence Dunlap was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin. He was attributed 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin. He was also convicted of one count of use of a communications facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
As a result of the convictions, each of the defendants faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years up to life in federal prison. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Columbia presided over the trial and will impose a sentence on each of the defendants after receiving and reviewing pre-sentence reports prepared by the United States Probation Office.
"Dismantling drug trafficking organizations is a continuing priority for the FBI," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Jody Norris. "These verdicts are the results of the commitment and perseverance of our Agents and partners within the Violent Crime Task Force, to include the dedicated staff of the United States Attorney's Office. Together, we will continue to work to make South Carolina a safer and better place to live."
"This is another example of why we need to allow state prisons to jam cell phone signals," said South Carolina Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling. "Inmates are physically locked away behind bars, but with a contraband cell phone, they are virtually out amongst us. They are able to continue their criminal activity, and they keep wrecking lives in the process."
This case was investigated by the FBI's CVGTF, which is comprised of law enforcement officers from the FBI, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Columbia Police Department, Richland County Sheriff's Department, Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Lexington Police Department, Sumter Police Department, and the South Carolina National Guard, with assistance from the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Marion County Sheriff's Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jane B. Taylor, Benjamin N. Garner, and Christopher D. Taylor of the Columbia office.
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Professor Turing enters the classroom. In his hand, there are copies of old newspapers about eclipses and other astronomical phenomena. As he enters the classroom, he reveals a few images, each of which features two astronomical bodies.
Syzygy Types
Good evening, students, and welcome back to Astronomy. Last week, we discussed the concept of syzygy. What do you recall about a syzygy? Yes, a syzygy is an event that occurs when three astronomical bodies line up with each other. In the case of spring tides, we are talking about the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. But a syzygy can also be two planets and a moon, two moons and a planet, or any combination of astronomical bodies.
Syzygy is quite rare in Astronomy. As I mentioned in the previous lesson, spring tides occur during syzygy or near syzygy. We do not often get true syzygys during most Full Moons and New Moons. Because of the angles of orbits, as well as the timing involved, it is hard to obtain a full syzygy, as it would require the three astronomical bodies to be fully aligned with each other. When we do achieve a full syzygy, though, we will know because we will experience a rather unique event - an eclipse.
When you are standing on the Earth (or any astronomical body - but for simplicity, I will use the Earth as a reference point), there are a few ways to know that the Earth and two other bodies are in syzygy. Three of these situations are transits, occultations, and eclipses. Please note that in the definitions below, the words "smaller" and "larger" refer to observed size from one's point of view.
Transit: Io Transits Jupiter
Image Source: NASA
When a smaller astronomical body moves in front of a larger astronomical body, this event is called a transit. The above picture shows Io transiting Jupiter. When referring to transits, please use the form {smaller body} transits {larger body}. During a transit, you should be able to see the larger body behind the smaller body. Please note that while the picture above happens to be taken from a Muggle spacecraft, and since the spacecraft is not an astronomical body, it is not an example of syzygy. However, if the picture had been taken from Earth, such a transit would show a syzygy between the Earth, Io, and Jupiter.
Occultation: Just Before Jupiter is Occulted by the Moon
Image Source: Wikipedia
When a larger astronomical body moves in front of a smaller astronomical body, the event is called an occultation. During an occultation, you may only be able to see the larger body, as the smaller body may be hidden behind it, but just before the occultation, you will be able to see both the larger and smaller body. The image above was taken a few moments before Jupiter is occulted by the Moon. When referring to occultations, please use the form {smaller body} is occulted by {larger body}. As stated previously, the words "smaller" and "larger" refer to observed size, not actual size. Jupiter is the smaller object in the upper right corner, while the Moon is the larger object in the image. Since this image was taken from the Earth, the occultation of Jupiter by the Moon also resulted in a syzygy between the Earth, the Moon, and Jupiter.
When the interaction between two astronomical bodies results in one being momentarily hidden from view, the event is a special kind of occultation called an eclipse. Eclipses can occur either when an astronomical body directly blocks another from view, such as a solar eclipse, or when a shadow of an astronomical body blocks another from view, such as a lunar eclipse.
Solar and Lunar Eclipses from Earth
Daily Prophet Article on an Eclipse
Image Source: Harry Potter Wiki
When we talk about eclipses seen from the Earth, we are usually talking about solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. I will talk a little about both in this lesson, as it is important to know the difference between them. However, while this year will have more of a focus on lunar eclipses, I will explain more about solar eclipses next year. You will also learn about eclipses and their effects in other classes.
Total Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses are an example of an occultation. In a solar eclipse, the Moon moves in between the Earth and the Sun. When seeing a total solar eclipse from the Earth, we would see the Moon covering all but the corona, or outer edge, of the Sun. Based on the definition, we can also see that a solar eclipse happens during New Moons and that a solar eclipse is also an occultation in which the Sun is occulted by the Moon. The image of the eclipse above depicts a solar eclipse. In particular, the image above shows a total solar eclipse. Partial and annular solar eclipses are also possible. In these cases, the Moon does not completely block out the Sun. Solar eclipses are a syzygy of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
In lunar eclipses, the Earth's shadow covers the view of a Full Moon. In other words, a lunar eclipse is a syzygy between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. A total lunar eclipse is distinguished by its distinctive red color, as seen in the picture above. In this situation, the shadow of the Earth completely falls over the Moon. Partial lunar eclipses are also possible when the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon are not completely aligned.
If you want to watch an eclipse, please refer to NASA's page on eclipses. On this page, you can see when and where to view future solar and lunar eclipses. When you do view a solar eclipse, please only do so through indirect means, as looking at a solar eclipse with your magical telescope or with your naked eye could cause irreversible damage. Lunar eclipses are Full Moons and thus cannot be viewed through your magical telescope. However, they are safe to view with your naked eye, and if you get some friends to watch the eclipse with you, they make great social events.
Thank you for your time. Class is dismissed, and see you next Wednesday evening.
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Radio Gdansk News in English: Polish economy set to contract this year, but grow in 2021
Poland's central bank has updated its GDP growth forecasts for the country, saying it now expects the economy to contract by 5.4 percent this year, but grow by 4.9 percent in 2021.
In its latest Inflation Report, released at the end of last week, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said that "the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and administrative restrictions imposed on economic and social life in the first half of 2020 led to a deep recession in the global economy, including Poland."
According to the report, the fall in domestic GDP is primarily a result of "reduced household and corporate expenditures in response to uncertainty, limited activity in industries and sectors directly affected by the lockdown, and weaker external demand."
The figures are a sharp departure from initial projections back in March, in which the bank predicted the Polish economy would grow 3.2 percent this year and 3.1 percent in 2021.
Despite the gloomy short-term forecast, the central bank did offer some optimism in the long term, emphasizing that "domestic economic activity will pick up, supported by the government's anti-crisis measures and monetary easing." It added, however, that "it will take some time for GDP to return to the pre-COVID-19 level."
Source: Radio Poland
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The Warsaw-based Instytut Pileckiego is hosting the special five-day video-conference in English to help educators from other countries better understand Poland's recent turbulent history, marked by decades of resistance against two totalitarian regimes.
The program will consist of a five-day online conference from August 15–19, which will be followed by a study trip to Poland in the near future. Participants will have access to podcasts, workshops, discussions, and presentations, as well as the opportunity to present and discuss the historical experience of their own countries.
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but places are limited and preference will be given to applicants delivering a presentation. For more information on how to register, visit this site.
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The Warsaw club finished the 2019/2020 campaign three points ahead of Lech Poznań and eight points ahead of defending champions Piast Gliwice to regain their title.
Lechia Gdańsk finished a respectable fourth overall after beating Śląsk Wrocław yesterday 2-1. Fans of the White and Green are hoping for one more chance to celebrate later this week when Lechia faces off against Cracovia for the Polish Cup, "the most important game of the season." Radio Gdańsk will be broadcasting the match, which is set for 21:00 on Friday, June 24.
Source: Radio Poland, Radio Gdańsk
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Source: Radio Gdańsk
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe: Strategies to combat Violence against Women and Girls
Barbara Morrison January 11, 2022
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All women deserve to feel and be safe, at home, in their communities, on the streets and at work. The murders of Sarah Everard, Nicole Smallman, Bibaa Henry, Sabina Nessa, 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne McLeod in Plymouth and many others have shone a light on the epidemic of male violence against women and the way it blights every single day of the lives of all women and girls.
For many years, an average of 2 to 3 women per week have been murdered by men in the UK. More than 80 women have been murdered by men since Sarah's death. Vigils have been held, candles lit and tears shed, but we know that millions of other instances of abuse will never make the headlines. The scale of the problem is enormous and pressure has been mounting on government to tackle violence against women and girls more effectively.
Reported cases of sexual violence showed an 8% increase in the year ending June 2021 (164,763 offences) compared with the previous year, according to the latest ONS report. Rape offences were the highest ever recorded in a 12-month period, with 61,158 offences recorded by the police in the latest year.
The number of domestic abuse-related crimes also rose by 6% in the year to nearly 850,000 offences. This was during the periods of lockdown. While some may argue that this increase is atypical, reflecting the particular circumstances of the pandemic, it may well be simply highlighting new opportunities to abuse during domestic isolation.
What then, are this Conservative government's plans to tackle this?
Sexism and sexual harassment of girls in school must stop
The Government Strategy on violence against women
In June last year the government unveiled its long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy which is to respond to and ultimately prevent VAWG, to improve the experiences of survivors, to ensure perpetrators are brought to justice, and to enhance the way different organisations work together.
A raft of commitments were made, including a new national policing lead on VAWG, a £5 million 'Safety of Women at Night' Fund, the criminalisation of virginity testing, additional support for helplines, a communications campaign targeting perpetrators and harmful misogynistic attitudes and an online tool where women and girls can log areas where they have felt unsafe.
However, many have said that these plans are not far-reaching enough. Jess Phillips noted in the Commons that –
"Today rape prosecutions are at a record low, domestic abuse in this country is soaring, charging is falling. Sexual abuse in schools is being normalised, according to the recent Ofsted inspections. Ending violence against women and girls is a cross-party issue, on all sides of this House there is a profound concern and desire for an ambitious strategy that would deliver. The strategy today is not ambitious enough."
In response to the government's new strategy, the former Tory minister, Caroline Nokes, said she was disappointed there is "no current commitment to outlawing public sexual harassment". The laws governing sexual harassment are piecemeal and antiquated. It is outrageous that if a girl is going to school on public transport and a man presses against her and whispers obscene comments in her ear, she is not protected by existing laws.
A survey by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust reveals a "concerning prevalence" of unwanted violent, aggressive or sexual behaviours against women and girls travelling on public transport over the last five years with disproportionate rates amongst women in LGBTQ+, black and ethnic minority communities. A shocking 88% of respondents surveyed experienced some form of unwanted behaviour on public transport, despite reduced footfall during the pandemic. On this issue, there is remarkably little in the new strategy.
Change is urgently needed to ensure individuals' right to mobility across public space, including their right to travel safely on public transport.
One key problem of VAWG is what happens when women do report sexual assault to the authorities. In June 2021, the then Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, confessed that he was "deeply sorry" many victims had been denied justice "as a result of systemic failings". Of course, this follows from years of Tory-imposed austerity.
In the past 12 months just 41 extra suspects were charged with rape by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) compared with the year before, while the figures for prosecution of domestic abuse continue to fall: the number of CPS prosecutions fell for the fifth consecutive year. In the year ending March 2016, there were 75,236 convictions for domestic abuse; in the year ending March 2021, that figure had dropped to 42,574.
The appointment of a new national police lead for violence against women and girls is a welcome first step but as Vera Baird, the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales argues, VAWG should be made a strategic policing requirement to give the issue central direction and extra resources, particularly for specialist officers, so that there is "no doubt what obligations the police have towards victims".
By introducing two separate strategies – one for domestic abuse and another for other forms of violence against women – there is a risk that the root causes of these crimes – gender inequality and misogyny– will be obscured. One single, integrated strategy is needed. Failure to do so risks fragmenting the response to VAWG and will result in ineffective actions which are not rooted in the experiences of women.
Much of the criticism of the government's strategy focuses on the question of funding. A sticking plaster is offered instead of sustained support for victims. Frontline services have suffered significant cuts over the last decade or so.
While the government's commitment to provide additional funding for specialist support services and to fund a new rape and sexual assault helpline is welcome, it is far from adequate and is yet another example of short-term funding which will not guarantee the long-term provision of life-saving services. Women's Aid estimates that £393 million is needed for domestic abuse services alone. Demand is much higher than the provision available, with 57.2% of refuge referrals declined during the year – 18.1% of all referrals were turned down due to lack of capacity in a refuge.
Misogyny, police culture and workplace grooming
An alternative holistic approach
Labour has also published a Green Paper on how to end the epidemic of violence against women and girls. It advocates a holistic approach – a cross departmental, long-term response to tackling the misogyny that underpins the abuse and violence women and girls face.
Calling for misogyny to be made a hate crime would compel police forces to record when a crime was motivated by hatred of someone's sex or gender. Stella Creasy, Labour MP, has long campaigned on this issue. She suggests that where it has been introduced by police forces:
"it has also helped with confidence in police and changing the culture in the police about how the deal with violence against women."
Labour's proposals also include toughening existing sentences for perpetrators of rape and stalking, creating new specific offences for street sexual harassment and the practice of landlords asking for sex in lieu of rent, as well as introducing bold measures to reverse record low conviction rates for rape. The Green Paper itself calls for a 'duty to commission sufficient specialist domestic abuse services for all victims of domestic abuse and sustainable long-term funding for services.'
Labour would also create a specific ministerial position with oversight for rape and sexual violence survivors which would involve the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office, the attorney general's office, and public health departments. Labour also proposes that the government should be held to specific targets to measure progress on male violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
The piecemeal proposals in the government's strategy alone won't end femicide (the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female), domestic abuse, or sexual harassment. Misogyny underpins violence against women and girls. The elimination of misogyny in all its forms, institutional and personal, should be the focus of any strategy to combat violence against women and girls. A holistic approach is vital.
The Law Commission has decided to reject a proposal to make misogyny a hate crime, concluding that the move would not solve the "real problem" of hostility or prejudice directed against women because of their sex or gender. Instead, it recommends introducing a specific offence to tackle public sexual harassment, which it claims would be more effective.
In response, more than 20 leading women's rights, hate crime organisations and campaigners such as Stella Creasy and Sue Fish (a former police officer) say it doesn't address the failings of the judicial system. In a joint response to the commission's report, campaigners said that many women would be left "disappointed and frustrated." Shadow justice secretary, Steve Reed, argued that Labour's plan to make misogyny a "specific form of hate crime" would allow prosecution of "anyone who targets women on the basis of who they are".
Rape culture in UK secondary schools
One more encouraging sign may be found in the work of the charity, White Ribbon UK, which calls on all men to be prepared to speak out against sexist and misogynist behaviour. It isn't enough for men to not be violent towards women – for there to be lasting change so that the violence stops, men need to take responsibility for helping to make that change happen. West England Bylines already raised this vital action back in April 2021.
To end all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls, comprehensive and multi-sectoral solutions are required. Crime prevention and criminal justice responses are a key part of this approach. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has also recently reported on the "Police response to violence against women and girls", noting there are inconsistencies between forces in their use, and limited data to explain why this is the case, concluding that –
information recorded on case files to support this decision-making is often patchy, again limiting opportunities for forces to assure themselves that it is correct;
low use of evidence-led prosecutions means these alleged perpetrators are at liberty and may offend again;
some forces then exclude victims whose cases are closed, meaning another missed opportunity to check decision-making.
These are the recommendations the report made:
that the response to VAWG offences is an absolute priority for government, policing, the criminal justice system, and public-sector partnerships. This needs to be supported at a minimum by a relentless focus on these crimes, mandated responsibilities, and sufficient funding so that all partner agencies can work effectively as part of a whole-system approach to reduce and prevent the harms these offences are causing.
There needs to be an immediate upwards shift in the prioritisation of VAWG offences in policing. The report highlights the inconsistencies that still exist in the police response to violence against women; it confirms that a postcode lottery still exists for too many women who report sexual offences and abuse. Importantly it recognises the need for VAWG to be given a much higher profile and recommends that women who have experienced violence must be given 'wrap-around, tailored support'.
In conclusion, violence against women and girls is not inevitable, yet it is pervasive in our society.
Prevention is a key strategy: tackling the structures, institutions and attitudes which continue to perpetuate and enable VAWG, alongside properly funded, specialist support services that are available, sustained and accessible for every woman and girl who seeks them. More effort must be directed at bringing perpetrators to account.
The response must change from one that places the responsibility for survivors to manage their experiences of violence and abuse, to one which holds perpetrators accountable.
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Q: If $\text{Var}(X) < \infty$, is $\text{Var}(XY) < \infty$ for $0 \le Y \le 1$? I have a variable $X$ that I know has finite variance (and therefore also finite mean). Is it always true that its variance remains finite after scaling by $0 \le Y \le 1$?
Note that $X$ and $Y$ are not necessarily independent.
Edit: I believe the "worst-case" $Y$ is $0$ whenever $X < c$ and $1$ whenever $X \ge c$, for some $c$ (and the mirrored case)?

A: I've unaccepted kjetil's answer since, as was pointed out in the comments, it assumes $X$ and $Y$ are independent.
The following answer should work when $X$ and $Y$ are dependent, by using whuber's suggestion:
\begin{align}
\text{Var}(XY) &= E((XY)^2) - E(XY)^2 \\
&\le E(X^2Y^2) \\
&\le E(X^2)\sup(Y^2) \\
&= E(X^2) \\
&= \text{Var}(X) + E(X)^2 \\
&< \infty
\end{align}
Note that the result also holds for any bounded $Y$ (since $\sup(Y^2)$ will be finite).

A: You need to use the formula
$$  \DeclareMathOperator{\Var}{\mathbb{V}} \DeclareMathOperator{\E}{\mathbb{E}}
   \Var (XY) = \E (\Var (XY | Y)) + \Var (\E (XY | Y))
$$
where $\Var $ is the variance operator. Take it term for term, write $\mu=\E X, \sigma^2=\Var X$, $\E (XY | Y= y) = \E (yX) = y \E (X) =\mu y$ with variance (over $Y$) $\Var (\mu Y) $ which is finite since $Y$ is bounded.
Then the other term, $\Var (XY | Y=y) = \Var (yX) = y^2 \Var (X) = \sigma^2 y^2$ which again has a finite expectation since $Y$ is bounded. So the answer is yes.


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Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
The Pirnot Lecture Series is named in honor of Dr. Tom Pirnot. Dr. Pirnot served as a Kutztown Mathematics professor from 1970-2008.
The 2019 Pirnot Lecture was given by Dr. Karen McCready of King's College.
The 2018 Pirnot Lecture was given by Dr. Steve Butler of Iowa State University.
The 2016 Pirnot Lecture was given by Dr. Liz McMahon and Dr. Gary Gordon of Lafayette College.
The 2015 Pirnot Lecture was given by Dr. Neil Sloane, founder of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
The 2014 Pirnot Lecture was given by Dr. Derek Smith of Lafayette College.
2019 - 12th Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Boehm Hall 262
"When You Can't Believe Your Eyes: A Look at The Mathematics of M. C. Escher"
Dr. Karen McCready, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, King's College of Pennsylvania
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a twentieth century Dutch artist. Referred to as a "thinking artist," he is known for his mathematically themed work, although he was not himself a mathematician.
We will look at some of the ideas that appear throughout his work that intrigued and inspired mathematicians. This includes explorations of infinity, symmetry, perspective, and the portrayal of impossible figures.
We will also consider some of his pieces that depict tessellations and non-Euclidean geometries.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in Boehm Hall 262
"An Introduction to the Mathematics of Juggling"
Dr. Steve Butler, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University
Juggling and mathematics have both been done for thousands of years, but the mathematics of juggling is a relatively new field that dates back a few decades and looks at using the tools of mathematics to analyze, connect, and count various juggling patterns.
We will introduce some of the very basic results related to the mathematics of juggling with a particular emphasis at looking at the various methods used to describe juggling patterns. A few "practical" applications will also be demonstrated.
The 2017 Pirnot Lecture was held in conjunction with the EPaDel (Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America) section meeting hosted by Kutztown University on April 1.
2016 - 9th Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in Boehm Hall 260
"The Joy of SET®: The Mathematics In a Card Game"
Dr. Elizabeth McMahon and Dr. Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
The card game SET® is played with a special deck of 81 cards. There is quite a lot of mathematics that can be explored using the game. We'll look at questions in combinatorics, probability, linear algebra, and especially geometry. The deck is an excellent model for a 4-dimensional finite affine geometry. If you'd like some practice before the talk, go to www.setgame.com for the rules and a Daily Puzzle.
Friday, April 10, 2015 at 6:15 p.m. in Boehm Hall 145 (part of the PASSHE Mathematics Association conference hosted by Kutztown University)
"My Favorite Integer Sequences, or, Confessions of a Sequence Addict"
Neil J.A. Sloane, Ph.D., Founder of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) and President of the OEIS Foundation
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (or OEIS, oeis.org) is a free web site that contains information about a quarter of a million sequences, and is often called one of the most useful mathematical sites on the Web. I will discuss some of my favorites, including the van Eck, Zizka, Fredkin, Quet, Kelly, Yellowstone, etc. sequences. There will be music, movies, and a number of unsolved problems. Warning: some of these may prevent you sleeping at night.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in Boehm Hall 260
"Pondering Packing Puzzles: Research in Recreational Mathematics"
Derek Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, Lafayette College
Here's a puzzle for you: Is it possible to assemble six 1x2x2 blocks and three 1x1x1 blocks into a 3x3x3 cube? If so, in how many ways can this be done?
Don't look up the solution! Try to figure this out on paper or with a model first. But let me tell you that this is the Slothouber-Graatsma-Conway Puzzle, often called the smallest non-trivial 3-dimensional block-packing puzzle.
I will describe an infinite family of packing puzzles that includes the Slothouber-Graatsma-Conway Puzzle, and I will prove a nice result about them. I will also introduce you to Burr Tools, a cool computer program that helps with investigations of packing and other types of puzzles.
Wednesday, March 26, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. in McFarland Student Union Building 250
"Cantor and the Paradise He Gave Us"
Robert Vallin, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Boehm Hall 261
"Adventures with The Moore Method as a Student and Teacher," a MILK Lecture
Dr. E. Lee May, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Salisbury University
Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in Lytle Hall 214
"Solving Differential Equations Numerically Using Steepest Descent"
Dr. W. Ted Mahavier, Professor of Mathematics, Lamar University of Texas
We demonstrate a method for solving differential equations numerically by
recasting them as integral equations and then applying steepest descent to obtain
a solution. For example, to solve y′ = y without a boundary condition, one might
let φ(y) = 0∫1 (y′(t) − y(t))2 dt and seek out a function y so that φ(y) = 0.
For many years it has been known that applying steepest descent based on
the Euclidean norm is inefficient (disastrous) but that changing the norm on our
space can result in obtaining solutions very quickly. We will give an outline of
this process with lots of arm waving and simplifications while addressing the recent
research by a graduate student that shows that if the perfect norm is chosen, one
can expect convergence to a solution after one numerical iteration!
2010 - 3rd Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in Lytle Hall 228
"A Tribute to Euler"
Dr. William Dunham, the Truman Koehler Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg College
Among history's greatest mathematicians is Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), the Swiss genius who produced an astonishing 25,000 pages of pure and applied mathematics of the very highest quality.
In this talk, we sketch Euler's life and describe a few of his contributions to number theory, algebra, and other branches of mathematics. Then we examine a particular Eulerian theorem: his simple but beautiful proof that there are as many ways to decompose a whole number into the sum of distinct summands as there are ways to decompose it into the sum of (not necessarily distinct) odd summands.
Condorcet, in his Eulogy to Euler, wrote that "All mathematicians now alive are his disciples." It should be clear to those who attend the Pirnot Lecture that these words are as true today as when they were first set down over two centuries ago.
2009 - 2nd Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
"Ramsey's Theorem: The Extremal Limits of Party Planning"
Dr. Michael Picollelli, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, LaFayette College
Out of any six people, there are three mutual acquaintances or three mutual strangers." This simple-looking statement may appear as little more than a recreational problem for mathematics contests (where it did once appear).
In fact, it is the very tip of a mathematical iceberg known as Ramsey Theory, a field which has played a pivotal role in the development of
modern combinatorics.
In this talk, we will explore the fundamental result in this area,
Ramsey's Theorem, which guarantees, among other things, that a large
enough party will be very good or very bad.
2008 - 1st Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. in Boehm Hall Room 260
"A Weierstrass Quartet: Four Ideas from the Father of Modern Analysis"
Dr. Jerry King, Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University
The talk will examine four Weierstrass ideas and discuss briefly where
in mathematics each idea might lead.
(1) the construction of an everywhere continuous, nowhere differentiable function which takes many of us away from real analysis and leads some of us to Brownian motion, fractals, chaos, or wavelets.
(2) The Approximation Theorem which is the foundation of modern approximation theory and connects this subject with both probability theory and the theory of summability.
(3) "There is nothing but power series" - a statement and a theory which reduces complex analysis to a kind of high-toned arithmetic.
(4) "A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician" - a philosophy that yields both a model for mathematics and a way of teaching.