Johannesburg - South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius thanked his supporters on social networking site Twitter after his historic qualifying sprint at the Olympic Games in London on Saturday.
"Thank you to everyone who has supported me, that was UNBELIEVABLE! Was so amazing to feel the energy from the crowd! semi-final tomorrow! :)," he wrote.
Pistorius made history by becoming the first double amputee in a track event at the Games and also clocked 45.44, just 0.37 seconds off his personal best, to qualify automatically in the first of seven heats for Sunday night's semi-finals in London.
Luguelin dos Santos of the Dominican Republic won the race in 45.04, with the top three in each heat going through to the second round.
Earlier, the Pretoria boy was lauded on Twitter, his achievement listing as a trending topic on the global microblog.
Olympic swimmer Ryk Neethling tweeted straight after the race that Pistorius had to change his blades from the Cheetah Flex-Foot blades that he got clearance for after a long battle, to other prosthetics to go through the stairs of the mixed zone after his race.
Neethling wrote: "the obstacles this man has 2 overcome, now an Olympian".
Straight after the race, Pistorius handled a flurry of media interviews while comments and congratulations ticked over on social media for him.
One Twitter user called him "most inspirational story of the Olympics".
Another user wrote: "Who cares who wins gold. The Olympic spirit is about celebrating stories like that of Pistorius competing in track!"
The New York Times website pictured him racing towards the finish line, recapping his prolonged battle over whether his carbon-fiber prosthetic blades give him a competitive edge.
The writer noted that other disabled athletes have competed at the Olympics, including another South African, swimmer Natalie Du Toit, whose left leg was amputated above the knee.
The UK's Daily Telegraph called him the "History Maker" and the Mailonline called him "History Boy". Earlier, he said: "I've worked for six years ... to get my chance.
"I found myself smiling in the starting block. Which is very rare in the 400 meters," he was quoted as saying.
In a statement released before the Olympic Games, Pistorius said he felt confident that he would peak in time for the Olympics.
His website explains that he was born without the fibula, the long, slender bone running along the outside of the leg from below the knee joint and down to the ankle, in each of his legs.
His parents took medical advice and agreed to have his legs amputated below the knees at a young age and he started living with prosthetic legs.
Always keen on sport, it eventually became clear that he had track potential and spurred on by achievements at Paralympic Games, he began focusing on events for able-bodied athletes.


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Cenk Uygur running for Katie Hill's Vacant Congressional Seat
Posted on November 15, 2019 by ryanglover102782 in Blogs // 0 Comments
Liberal host Cenk Uygur is running for Congress in hopes of winning the vacant seat left behind by Rep. Katie Hill D-Calif., following her resignation after being exposed about her extramarital affair.
Uygur, the founder of the web series The Young Turks and a former MSNBC host, announced Thursday night that he was launching a campaign for California's 25th congressional seat, which previously belonged to Hill before she stepped down amidst the controversy.
"I'm running for Congress to represent CA-25. If we fight together for this seat, it will be the People's seat," Uygur tweeted,
Cenk Uyger is running on a progressive platform and set an anti-establishment tone in declaring his campaign, saying in a statement that he is running as an alternative to elected officials who have been corrupted by "bribes from corporate interests and lobbyists." He recently blamed the Santa Clarita shooting on the NRA even though California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
Several Republicans are attempting to win the seat, which will figure into the party's broader efforts to roll back Democratic control of the House — among them former Rep. Steve Knight, who lost to Hill in 2018.
Right-wing media favorites have also speculated running for the seat. Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, whose involvement by special counsel Robert Mueller has made him a recognized figure among some conservatives, has launched an exploratory committee.
Cenk Uygur

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Happy 100th birthday to Northampton's-own Reginald Blunt who has lived his whole life in our town
Reginald Blunt, with his wife of 79 years Pauline, celebrated his 100th birthday on January 14.
Alastair Ulke
Published: 15:56 Wednesday 15 January 2020
It was a busy day for Reginald Blunt on January 14 as he welcomed more than 40 of his closest friends and family into his home for his 100th birthday.
The born-and-bred Northampton salesman, who flew Tiger Moth planes for a passion and is a keen gardener, has lived at his home in St Leonard's Road for over 60 years.
But his birthday card from Her Majesty The Queen is, in fact, the second royal card he has had in his lifetime - because he and his wife Pauline got one for their 75th wedding anniversary in 2014.
Now a great-great-great-grandfather, Reginald, Pauline and their family celebrated his 100th year with a lively house party on January 14.
Reginald was born in Far Cotton on January 14, 1920. His mother and father were well known themselves for decades as the team behind the Far Cotton Working Men's Club
He told the Chronicle & Echo: "In 1939, I remember replying to an advert in the paper from the Army, who needed two dispatch riders to start duty immediately. I had just got a motorbike so I went for it.
"Two days later, the war started.
"I volunteered a number of times for service and to be a pilot. But at five-foot-three, they turned me down for being too short."
Reginald would later be called up for pilots training towards the end of the war, but was never needed for combat missions before the end for the conflict.
He then joined the RAF volunteer reserves for five years, where he was able to fly Tiger Moth planes twice a year to keep his pilot's licence in order.
Back in Northampton, Reginald became a salesman for Northampton-based firm W.Ekins in Bridge Street and sold men's clothing for around 35 years.
As a longtime resident in St Leonard's, Reginald and his wife were also struck by the Easter Floods in 1998. The stains from when the River Nene burst its banks can still be seen at high-water marks in his own living room.
"We lost a lot," said Reginald. "Everything had to go. But when everything was finally sorted we just went to Kenya for a holiday to get away."
'Wheel of fortune' event coming to Weston Favell Shopping Centre next month
This week, Reginald and Pauline welcomed dozens of friends to their home for a celebration.
He told the Chron: "I've got a good family - they've been as good as gold to me."
Today, Reginald and Pauline are grandparents to 16 children, great-grandparents to 11 more, and great-great-grandparents to one child.
His daughter-in-law Mary Blunt said: "We had a really fab time on the 14th. The house was packed. I think Reginald was shattered by the end of the day but we all had a lovely time."
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Southern Cross Austereo's Sea FM, 2GO and Gold FM Officially Rebranded to Hit and Triple M Network Names
Southern Cross Austereo's (SCA) Central Coast stations, 2GO and Sea FM, and the Gold Coast's Gold FM, officially rebranded on Friday November 8 with special events held in each location.
Last month, it was announced that SCA would continue the rollout of its rebrand strategy with Gold 92.5 becoming Goldie's 92.5 Triple M and 107.7 2GO becoming Central Coast's 107.7 Triple M and the Central Coast's 101.3 Sea FM rebranding to Central Coast's Hit101.3.
To celebrate this milestone, hundreds of guests, including clients, media and friends of SCA attended special rebrand events on the Gold and Central coasts.
Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club lit up the Central Coast with local music duo Miniq and local comedian Kabba keeping the crowd entertained throughout the evening. SCA's Central Coast executives were joined by Gemma Fordham, Head of the Hit Network, to launch the new era for these stations.
"We are so excited to welcome the Central Coast as our newest member of the Hit family. We've already had a great response from advertisers and listeners to our authentic and funny shows, such as Gawndy and Ash, Carrie and Tommy and Hughesy and Ed. We'll continue to deliver the latest hit music, old-school favourites and of course RNB Fridays to the coast. Just like Sea FM was, Hit 101.3 will be an integral part of Coasties' listening, we live and breathe the local community and we treat that as a privilege every day," Fordham said.
Further north on the Gold Coast, guests were officially welcomed to Triple M by Head of Triple M, Mike Fitzpatrick, and SCA's Gold Coast executives. Aussie music talents Conrad Sewell and Birds of Tokyo, along with Triple M's very own comedian Lawrence Mooney, performed on a stage set up in the heart of Surfers Paradise, allowing for passers-by to also join in the celebrations.
"What a privilege it is to bring this iconic radio brand to the Goldie and Central coasts. It's hard to describe Triple M other than to say it's a unique combination of music, sport and comedy and we'll continue to provide our listeners entertaining and compelling local radio, as well as the best of our national line-up. From our launch event, it's easy to see that we already have passionate fans and excited advertisers on both the Gold and Central coasts," Fitzpatrick said.
SCA's ongoing rebrand strategy has been unprecedented in Australia; it has allowed for local listeners to unify with two of Australia's largest radio brands - Triple M and Hit. This simple name change will see more opportunities for listeners, advertisers and stakeholders, such as access to national promotions, global artists and much more, while ensuring stations remain focused and dedicated to delivering all the local news and content that keeps listeners connected to their Gold Coast and Central Coast communities.
Check out images from Friday's events here!
Eliza.Elliott@sca.com.au
About Triple M:
After nearly 40 years, Triple M continues to be one of Australia's best-known radio entertainment brands and the only radio network that provides its listeners with a unique combination of Rock, Sport and Comedy. With 40 stations across Australia and four digital stations, Aussie, Classic Rock, Country and Greatest Hits, Triple M has become known for music, iconic talent and shows that get people talking.
The iconic brand entertains more than 3.9 million radio listeners each week and is home to some of Australia's biggest sporting heroes, comedians and music gurus including Eddie McGuire, Mick Molloy, Jane Kennedy, Lawrence Mooney, Mark Geyer, Gus Worland, Jess Eva, Wil Anderson, Margaux Parker, Wendell Sailor, Ryan Girdler, Peter Sterling, The Chaser, Luke Darcy, James Brayshaw, Billy Brownless, Chris Judd, Gorden Tallis, Greg Martin, Dennis Cometti, Mark Ricciuto, Chris Dittmar, Andrew Jarman and Dale Lewis, to name just a few!
About The Hit Network:
As the #1 network for Females 25-54 the Hit Network is dedicated to creating shows that are genuine, down to earth and relatable to women, is the leader among audiences under 40 years of age and is home to popular personalities including Fifi Box, Kate Langbroek, Ed Kavalee, Abby Coleman, Dave Hughes, Brendan Fevola, Carrie Bickmore, Tommy Little, Heidi Anderson and Ash London.
With a focus on hit music, old-school favourites and RNB Fridays, the Hit Network entertains over 5 million radio listeners every week across 46 stations in metro and regional Australia, including four digital stations: Old Skool Hits, Buddha Hits, Easy Hits & Urban Hits.


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Twitter must identify racist tweet authors – French court
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A French court has ruled that Twitter must help police to identify the authors of racist or anti-Semitic tweets. The ruling follows a legal complaint lodged by France's Union of Jewish Students that racist tweets had breached French law.
French judges ruled Thursday that Twitter must identify the authors of racist tweets within the framework of the French site. Twitter has 15 days to comply with the order after which it will be fined 1,000 euros a day until it does.
The Jewish student union (UEJF) had been pressing Twitter since October to exercise greater control of what was allowed on the site, after a string of anti-Semitic tweets, although Twitter later removed the offensive messages.
"This is an excellent ruling that will stop a feeling of impunity among Twitter users that they can post whatever comments they like," the student union'slawyer Stephane Lilti told reporters Thursday.
Twitter had previously said that it would only handover details of account holders if ordered to do so by a judge.
A surge of offensive hash tags have been trending on Twitter in France in recent months, including #UnBonJuif (a good Jew) and # UnJuifMort (a dead Jew). Twitter did delete some of the offending posts, but users continued in the same vein with #UnBonNoir (a good black) and #SiJetaisNazi (if I was a Nazi).
The French government argues that they were illegal under French laws against the publishing of discriminatory and racist hate speech.
The Jewish student union in the current court case was backed by France's largest anti-racism groups.
The ruling has highlighted the row between the right to freedom of expression, which is championed by the American based social networking site and European laws on hate speech.
The campaign to name and shame the offenders has met with support among the French government. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the minster for women, published an opinion piece in the French daily Le Monde last month in which she appealed to Twitter to respect "the values of the French Republic" and to consider putting in place security alerts to stop hate speech spreading via the site in France.
Guy Birenbaum, a French commentator on new media and social networks, told the UK newspaper the Guardian that this was just one element of a cultural problem and that censorship was not the answer.
"I don't think this [French]is a government like China which is interested in control or censorship. The real answer is education for young people in schools about how to use internet, speech and responsibility," he said. He likened the offensive tweets "to a kind of game to push a hashtag up the trending ranks, like the competition to burn the most cars at New Year."
Twitter's position has consistently been that it does not moderate its content. But the site does have a procedure to flag up potential child abuse and can suspend accounts that it considers illegal.
Last October Twitter suspended the tweets of a neo-Nazi group in Germany following a request from the German government, which was the first case where Twitter withheld country content.
The site was also forced to turn over all private information submitted by an account holder arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest last year after a New York State Supreme Court judge rejected the social network's appeal.
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Google reports record requests for private info
Graphic 'Graph Search': New Facebook system reveals too much


Thanks to the hospitality of the owners of the kennels of Tajadera Del Tio Roy, Wela Brillante and Del Paso Del Oso that we have these wonderful photos and memories to remember.
Tajadera del Tio Roy, Spain - Karin with good friend Rafael Malo Alcrudo. It is with thanks to Rafael and the selections of many others involved with the mastines in Spain that made all our work with the PM's in the USA possible.


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Изгошка, Изгожа, понегде и Игожица () малена је река на западу европског дела Руске Федерације. Протиче преко централних делова Псковске области, односно преко територија њеног Опочког рејона. Десна је притока реке Кудке у коју се улива на 17. километру њеног тока узводно од ушћа, те део басена реке Великаје, односно Финског залива Балтичког мора.

Свој ток започиње као отока маленог Изгошког језера. Њена најважнија притока је речица Лисовка. Укупна дужина водотока је 35 km, док је површина сливног подручја око 214 km².

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Q: How to compute big geographic distance matrix I have a dataframe of ids and coordinates. I need to calculate the geographic distance between all my ids, drop the ones that are too far from each other, and then go on with my analysis.
I have 30k ids, which would generate a 30k x 30k matrix. Here is a sample:
 latitude longitude        id
-23.52472 -46.47785 917_62346
-23.62010 -46.69345 244_42975
-23.61636 -46.48148 302_75289
-23.53826 -46.46756 917_96304
-23.58266 -46.54495 302_84126
-23.47005 -46.70921 233_97098
-23.49235 -46.49342 917_62953
-23.52226 -46.72710 244_42245
-23.64853 -46.72237 635_90928
-23.49640 -46.61215  244_2662

x2 = structure(list(latitude = c(-23.5247247, -23.6200954, -23.6163624,
-23.5382557, -23.5826609, -23.4700519, -23.4923465, -23.5222581,
-23.6485288, -23.4964047), longitude = c(-46.4778499, -46.6934512,
-46.4814794, -46.4675563, -46.5449536, -46.7092093, -46.4934192,
-46.7270957, -46.7223717, -46.6121477), id = c("917_62346", "244_42975",
"302_75289", "917_96304", "302_84126", "233_97098", "917_62953",
"244_42245", "635_90928", "244_2662")), .Names = c("latitude",
"longitude", "id"), row.names = c(12041L, 18549L, 13641L, 28386L,
9380L, 6064L, 12724L, 21671L, 18939L, 3396L), class = "data.frame")

First I tried to go straight for it, using the geosphere package:
library(geosphere)
library(data.table)
d.matrix <- distm(cbind(x2$longitude, x2$latitude))

This does not work, because of memory issues, Error: cannot allocate vector of size 15.4 Gb. My second attempt was to first generate all the pairwise combinations beforehand, than merge with the original data set to get the lats and lons, and then calculate the distances, such as
dis.long <- expand.grid(x2$id, x2$id)
dis.long <- merge(dis.long, x2, by.x = "Var1", by.y = "id")
dis.long <- merge(dis.long, x2, by.x = "Var2", by.y = "id")
dis.long <- dis.long[ , dist_km2 := distGeo(matrix(c(longitude.x, latitude.x), ncol = 2),
                                        matrix(c(longitude.y, latitude.y), ncol = 2))/1000]

However, expand_grid runs out of memory. This is strange to me, since the resulting matrix would be 900mi rows by 2 cols, and I already deal with data sets way larger (like 200 mi x 50 matrices).
Another observation, I already tried using ids such as new_id = seq(1L,30000L,1L), to see whether integers would solve it, but I get the same memory issue when I try to expand.
I am currently under these configurations, besides a 16gb Ram desktop
> sessionInfo()
R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows >= 8 x64 (build 9200)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] xlsx_0.5.7        xlsxjars_0.6.1    rJava_0.9-8       geosphere_1.5-5   sp_1.2-5          haven_1.0.0
[7] stringr_1.2.0     data.table_1.10.4

Can anybody give me an idea of how to calculate these distances? And why I cant generate this specific expand.grid while being able to construct bigger objects?

A: You do not need to compare all-vs-all, which includes self-comparison and directional comparison (A-B != B-A); therefore you should try combn instead of expand.grid
Your data
x2 = structure(list(latitude = c(-23.5247247, -23.6200954, -23.6163624,
-23.5382557, -23.5826609, -23.4700519, -23.4923465, -23.5222581,
-23.6485288, -23.4964047), longitude = c(-46.4778499, -46.6934512,
-46.4814794, -46.4675563, -46.5449536, -46.7092093, -46.4934192,
-46.7270957, -46.7223717, -46.6121477), id = c("917_62346", "244_42975",
"302_75289", "917_96304", "302_84126", "233_97098", "917_62953",
"244_42245", "635_90928", "244_2662")), .Names = c("latitude",
"longitude", "id"), row.names = c(12041L, 18549L, 13641L, 28386L,
9380L, 6064L, 12724L, 21671L, 18939L, 3396L), class = "data.frame")

expand.grid
OP <- function(df) {
            x3 = expand.grid(df$id, df$id)
            Y <- merge(x3, df, by.x = "Var1", by.y = "id")
            Y <- merge(Y, df, by.x = "Var2", by.y = "id")
            return(Y)
      }

vs combn
CP <- function(df) {
            Did = as.data.frame(t(combn(df$id, 2)))
            Z <- merge(Did, df, by.x = "V1", by.y = "id")
            Z <- merge(Z, df, by.x = "V2", by.y = "id")
            return(Z)
      }

Comparison
dis.long <- OP(x2)
object.size(dis.long)
# 7320 bytes

new <- CP(x2)
object.size(new)
# 5016 bytes

Much larger example
num <- 5e2
bigx <- data.frame(latitude=rnorm(num)*-23, longitude=rnorm(num)*-46, id=1:num)

bigdl <- OP(bigx)
object.size(bigdl)
# 10001224 bytes

bignew <- CP(bigx)
object.size(bignew)
# 4991224 bytes

About half the size

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Q: How can i set a height to div according to step by step div When i am listing products i want them to have fixed height according to its step by step div's max height. For example below there is a screenshot from amazon that has what i want. All 4 elements' height are same.

and i'm using the code below to list products

                                            <?php foreach ($products as $product): ?>

                                                            <a href="<?= $product['url'] ?>"><img class="lazy"
                                                                                src="<?= public_url('images/other/thumbnail.jpg') ?>"
                                                                                data-src="<?= image_url($product['image_small']) ?>"
                                                                                alt="">

                                                            <a onclick="wishlist.add(<?= $product['product_id'] ?>)"
                                                               class="add-to-wishlist">

<a
                                                                        href="<?= $product['url'] ?>"><?= $product['product_name'] ?>

                                                                    <?php if ($product['product_discount_price']): ?>
                                                                        <?= (100 - (round(($product['product_price'] * 100) / $product['product_discount_price']))) . '%' ?>
                                                                    <?php endif; ?>

                                                                        <?= $product['product_discount_price'] ?> TL
                                                                        <?= number_format($product['product_price'], 2) ?> TL

                                                                <a onclick="cart.add(<?= $product['product_id'] ?>,1)"
                                                                   class="add-to-cart">Add to cart

                                            <?php endforeach; ?>

and when i listing products they all take the height they can according to their content such as its name and so that they don't have the same height. How can i make them have same height step-by-step.
Sorry for my bad english.

A: You have to use div tag with same class name for every product item and add a parent div like this...

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Then use flex box for parent and child element...
.parent{
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-content: stretch;
  height: 600px; /*or something*/
}
.child{
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  width: 100px;
  margin: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 75px;
  font-size: 30px;
}

Please visit those links for more information about flex box...
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_flexbox.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss3_flexbox_align-content_stretch


on Saturday the 21st. Are you celebrating? Previous post has more quilt pictures and how it was made.
Click and download the .pdf file then print out instructions. Hope you have fun with it and or pass on to a quilting friend.
So glad you like it. Please send a picture if you make it or any variation. Thanks.
Thanks for the fabulous pattern!
You are so welcome. Hope you have fun making it.


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2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Review
2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2
The Lamborghini Huracan is one of the superpowers of performance cars. The immense naturally aspirated V10 engine lying inside the Huracan has tons of power. It can take along anything that comes in its way.
Well, being a superpower is a luxury, but at times you need to step down to balance the competition. The 610 hp 5.2 L V10 is an attraction for eyes, mind and ears. But the buyer needs to align the budget before getting into a car.
Ultimately, Lamborghini, the beats producer, brought in a detuned and de-wheeled version of Huracan. It has earned a lot of fame and even got some more response from the consumers than the bigger Huracan. It is the Huracan LP 580-2.
The Huracan, with all wheels active and 610 horses is presently available for as low as $279,985. Reduction of 30 horses and two wheels, brought the price down to $233,985. Well for the spyder edition you have to add almost $30,000 more.
In 2015, the Italian counterparts of Lamborghini began to research and develop something modest that could fit in the hot mod market. The grand tourers were actually making their way up to the consumers. But the supercars started to lag behind.
Lamborghini sensed the market trend and introduced the Huracan LP 580-2 in 2016. Unlike its siblings, the Huracan LP 580-2 have not participated in motorsports yet. While, Lamborghinis are famous because of sports, movies and music.
See Also: Top 10 Supercars of 2016
5.2 L 7 – speed automatic 572 hp 398 lb – ft
3.4s 199 mph Coupe
Convertible (Spyder) 14 city/ 26 highway
Hood of 2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2
The Huracan LP 580-2 is meant to balance the power. Well, this Huracan derivative gets the same naturally aspirated 5.2 L V10 engine. Here this engine is rated at 572 hp delivering 398 lb – ft of torque. The title 580 implies to the power of the car measured in CV.
Well, this powertrain is mated with a 7 – speed dual clutch automatic transmission. The same transmission is part of the all – wheel – drive configuration as well. But here this system performs well because of the reduced wheels. The gearing ratios are subtle to make this ride drive as required. While in the AWDs it seems like underpowered.
It is really hard to find performance and handling together in superpower rides. If they are good performers, they lack somewhere with the handling. The lateral grip or the braking lacks to a major extent. But in the case of Huracan LP 580-2, the handling is doing absolutely fine. The oversteered handling with giant brake calipers, the handling has reached to a new level for Lamborghini.
Well, the Lamborghini lovers won't like the two wheel drive car from this company. Rather, they would call it an underpowered car. Or something like a mishap of production. But believe it, the Huracan LP 580-2 is one of the finest cars of Lamborghini. It's not a rough rider. Instead, it is a car that drives quite smoothly. We haven't got any soothing Lambo yet besides this car.
It was definite that we aren't going to get the actual Huracan figures. But we were not even demoralized with the power of Huracan LP 580-2. The coupe displayed some fantastic show of power after launching from 0 – 62 mph in 3.4 seconds. While the spyder took 3.6 seconds.
2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Exterior
Too much of exterior redesigning was to be done after removing the front – wheel – drive configuration from Huracan. And it was not just about the two wheels, it was the whole system. Further, a lot of weight distribution has to be plotted once again because of the removal of the whole system.
Well, Lamborghini has done it pretty nicely. The front fascia of the car has been redesigned with almost a new nose added to the Huracan. Further, to maintain a pleasant stability on the car, the weight was distributed to 40:60 (front: rear). Overall, 73 – 75 lbs of weight has been lost by the baby Huracan.
The Pirelli P Zero Tires have been revamped to perform on 19-inch alloy wheels and lesser weight. Thanks to Pirelli for providing a good drifting ground to the Huracan LP 580-2. By the way, the 20-inch wheels are even available for this Huracan.
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Interior of 2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2
There a super cabin inside the Huracan LP 580-2. The interior appoints the premium sports seats, leather upholstery and leather interior trim. Besides leather, there are a number of other materials available for the interior designing. Certainly, Lamborghini has left the interior design open to choose. Well its purely a driver's oriented interior. And it is perfect for the performance rides on the tracks.
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Features of 2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2
Where is the infotainment system of Huracan LP 580-2? There is nothing like a touchscreen on the center stack. There are some vehicle information gauges, some performance switches, weather control, a couple of knobs with few switches surrounding them and a gear lever. But there is no infotainment system anywhere on the center panel.
We initially thought that Audi has taken away the infotainment system out of Lamborghinis. But we were wrong, as the system sits behind the steering wheel. There is a 12.3-inch cluster display with amazing graphic design and amazingly responsive processors. This system uses the Nvidia Tegra 3. Well, there is Bluetooth streaming, navigation and multimedia supported on this system.
2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Safety
The Huracan LP 580-2 has plenty of airbags available for the occupants. Further, it has side protection system to reduce the impact of collision from the sides. While there is even a collapsible rear surface which protects the engine when any collision takes place. However, the front fascia even features the same to protect the occupants in a head-on collision.
The active safety features the electronic stability, anti-lock braking system and traction control.
The 4.0 L V8 driven McLaren 720S competes the Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2. Well, this V8 McLaren 720S has 710 horses to offer and makes the 0 – 62 mph run in no more than 2.8 seconds.
Well, Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 offers a delicate driving environment than the other Lamborghinis. It's pretty sure that the AWD Lamborghini lovers would call it a loser, but the tech freaks would love the way it drifts.
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The leaf extract is considered quite beneficial for the hair and has been traditionally used externally on the hair (and scalp) to stop hair loss, promote luxuriant hair growth, stop graying of hair and improve hair color. It's used as a hair tonic and hair conditioning agent.
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The stereotype is that Muslim men beat their wives. But I was the one being abused and for years I didn't even recognize my ex's behavior as abuse. Once I did, it was really hard for me to connect with help. I couldn't reach out to people in my community, and most shelters are set up to care for women, not men.
It started in 2000 when my ex and her family targeted my family, looking for money and connections. They were stuck in a prairie town in Canada and got introduced to my family in Maryland through mutual friends. My ex's mom started calling my mom and "love-bombing" her. I heard my mom laughing on the phone every day, and it made me curious.
I had been born in Pakistan and came to the U.S. when I was 4 years old. I did well in school—I now have a master's degree—and when I was young I skipped two grades. As I got older, being two years younger than my peers meant I had trouble socializing. When my ex and I started talking she was always praising me—she would send messages listing 10 things she liked about me, for example. She sounded great, and after about a month my family and I went to visit her family in Canada. At the time I was 29 or 30 years old.
After meeting in person only three times, we were engaged. She seemed perfect. We were married in 2001 and her abuse started right away. But I didn't realize what was happening.
My ex took financial control. She moved to Maryland and transferred to her company's Washington, D.C., office, which meant I had to quit my job and move to D.C. She told me that she would manage our money so I didn't have to worry about finances. Within a month of moving, her parents came to visit and didn't leave for several months. I was making six figures and my ex was giving me an allowance of $100 a week for gas and food. I didn't know where our money was going—it turns out it was going to her and her parents.
I had two businesses—a hair salon and a consulting firm. With checks from them and an income tax refund, one month I had deposited $50,000. Two weeks later she told me we didn't have enough money to pay our mortgage. I didn't know what she was talking about. She was funneling off all the money into her own bank account. She acted like I needed to make more money.
She monitored my phone and computer. On our wedding night she gave me a new cell phone. I found out later she was tracking who I was calling on that phone. At one point her brother gave me some CDs of Photoshop. And, along with Photoshop, I had unknowingly installed a key-logging program that tracked everything I was typing and sending it to her brother.
She limited access to my family and friends. We moved to Michigan in 2004 and started a family. Our daughter was born in 2005 and our son followed in 2007. We would visit my ex's family, but not mine. I would call my parents on Sundays and she would rush me off the phone. And all of my friends were her friends' husbands—I didn't have any friends of my own.
I spent a year and a half soul-searching. I talked to a minister—I didn't want to talk to anyone in the Muslim community because everyone knows everyone else and they gossip. I started seeing a therapist who suggested marriage counseling. My ex said if I made her go to counseling she would take the kids to Canada and I would never see them again. She and the kids had dual Canadian-American citizenship, while I only have American citizenship, so the threat was real.
By 2009, I was considering divorce and feeling conflicted and terrible. I decided to drive to Maryland to talk to my parents. My receptionist—who my ex's brother had secretly sent to apply for the job—asked if she could ride along so she could see her brother in DC. That turned out to be a setup. As soon as we left my ex told everyone I had left her for the receptionist. I lost all my friends.
Once I filed for divorce, my ex hired an expensive lawyer and she ended up getting everything she wanted. I tried to kick her parents out of the house and it ended with me moving out instead. I lost both businesses. She got all of our assets and all I got was the debt. I had nowhere to go. During all of this she was attacking me and screaming at me. When I touched her shoulder at one point her family called the police. They arrested me and put me in jail. No one would believe this because I'm a guy, but basically, she raped me, just to have control over me.
Because of the stereotype that Muslim men beat their wives, and the prevailing belief that domestic violence is only a man beating a woman, it was a struggle for me to reach out for help. I couldn't turn to my friends since she convinced everyone that she was the victim. When I tried to tell people she was abusing me, they would laugh at me.
When I finally called the National Domestic Violence Hotline, I still thought domestic violence only happened to women. I told them I was a man but I didn't know where else to turn. I was in terrible shape. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I had anxiety and PTSD. They spent 20 minutes convincing me that what I was experiencing was, in fact, domestic violence. They referred me to First Step, a Michigan domestic violence agency.
I don't know how many men even know they're being abused. A lot of times people are so busy walking on eggshells they don't realize that they are with an abusive partner. And when they do, there's nowhere for men to go. There are shelters for women, but I believe there are only two for men in the entire country.
Our divorce was final in 2011, and we have joint physical and legal custody of the children, though it's two thirds with her and one third with me. We still battle over the shared custody—it's a continuation of the power and control she likes to exert.
Recovery has been a long and painful process. I went to First Step for counseling—they are trained trauma counselors. They were like a breath of fresh air. At that point, if someone told me the sky was green I would have believed them—I was so gaslighted and confused. I felt like my entire world had shimmered and disappeared. I was living in a false reality she put there with her gaslighting, and when that got stripped away I was devastated.
I also went to a Muslim-run agency. They understand the dynamics of the community, and how important religion is to me.
Support groups are helpful, though they can be challenging for men. When my social worker invited me to a support group she had to ask all the women in the group if it was OK first.
It helped me to read the book, Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft, even though I had to cross out "he" and change it to "she." Things started to make sense. I didn't know why my ex was attacking me when I was trying to leave. But she wanted her power and control. Another book that was helpful was A Primer on Evil by T. Park.
Financially, I'm recovering. When my ex kicked me out of the community I lost most of my clients. I'm finding other groups to bring me business. My family has helped me. I'm getting back to where I was before. My kids are very happy when they're with me, and we have a lot of fun together.


roadtosurfdom .. The private mortuary firm that mishandled the body of Private Kovco is none other than Kenyon International, self-styled "world's leading disaster management company", and full-time Bush crony capitalists.
how crappy are Kenyon's plywood coffins? Aint contracters grand?
eurekalert - We may actually have a Science based method to identify and possibly even modify stem cells. Up to now, with clones like Dolly, we have been operating in a barely-scientific way, jolt cells with an electric charge, and hope they become pluripotent. No idea really what is happening at a molecular level, just shock it and see. The existence of networks of multiple feedback regulators seems to be a characteristic of life. It seems possible to me that these networks are so complicated that we may never be able to mimic them. It may need those hundreds of millions of years of evolution to assemble such complicated systems. It may not be possible to fiddle with them in a lab in a timescale of a few years. Total biological control, nanobots... such things may be impossible.
1. In the absence of an imminent threat (with the Iranians at least several years away from having a nuclear arsenal), the attack would be a unilateral act of war.
If undertaken without formal Congressional declaration, it would be unconstitutional and merit the impeachment of the president.
ft China is investing those WalMart dollars all over the globe.
..Nigeria is finalising a deal to give China preferential rights in bidding for four oil drilling licences in exchange for $4bn in infrastructure investment in the world's eighth largest oil exporter.
..Over the last few years, energy hungry China has ramped up its interest in Africa's Gulf of Guinea .. ..currently supplies 15 per cent of US import needs..
As part of the agreement China will buy a controlling stake in a Nigerian state owned refinery and invest in a railway line and power plants. ..Since 2004, China has struck a deal with Gabon to buy oil, as well as promising over $2bn in loans to Angola in return for oil concessions ..
"At least 500,000 people - perhaps more - have already died out of the 2 million people who were officially classed as victims of Chernobyl in Ukraine," said Nikolai Omelyanets, deputy head of the National Commission for Radiation Protection in Ukraine. "[Studies show] that 34,499 people who took part in the clean-up of Chernobyl have died in the years since the catastrophe. The deaths of these people from cancers was nearly three times as high as in the rest of the population.


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Changing the Landscape for Transgender People in the Family Court System
I am hard-pressed to think of a family law case involving a transgender person with a fair or just outcome. And that is saying a lot.
Jennifer L. Levi, Contributor
Director of the Transgender Rights Project at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
May 3, 2012, 06:09 PM EDT | Updated Feb 2, 2016
I am hard-pressed to think of a family law case involving a transgender person with a fair or just outcome. And that is saying a lot. As the director of the Transgender Rights Project at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), a non-profit that works in the New England states on discrimination cases involving LGBTQ clients and those with HIV/AIDS, I hear from many transgender people facing discrimination in the formation, expansion, or dissolution of family relationships.
A recent case on which I worked is representative of the systemic problem of cultural and social bias against transgender people that is reflected in our family court systems. Anne (all names listed are pseudonyms) has been the primary caretaking parent of her 5-year-old child, Molly. She had Molly with an ex-partner, Tom. Although Tom saw Molly occasionally, Anne was the constant, stable presence in Molly's life. Tom never objected to that arrangement. Anne recently fell in love with and married Brian, a kind, loving, supportive partner. He is also transgender, a fact Tom learned by doing an Internet search on Brian. After learning of Anne's marriage to Brian, Tom filed for sole legal and physical custody of Molly. Because Brian is a caring and competent stepfather and Anne has been a stable and loving parent for Molly her entire life, Tom was unable to attack Anne's parenting rights directly. Instead, Tom threatened to bring into court the fact Brian is transgender and threatened to "out" Brian to his employer and community.
It's not a fair fight. In fact, it shouldn't be a fight at all. But transgender people caught up in domestic relations matters have much to lose and, sadly, few protections.
A new book, Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy, which I co-edited with Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder, is intended to improve the legal landscape for transgender people and our families. It is designed to be a roadmap for transgender clients and their attorneys navigating family court systems in an evolving area of law. Reversing bad precedent, establishing favorable outcomes, and changing public attitudes are the goals of this book.
In recent years GLAD has brought lawsuits that successfully challenged transgender bias in all types of settings: a middle school's mistreatment of a transgender student, a prison system's denial of essential health care for a transgender inmate, a government agency's denial of insurance coverage for a transgender person's medically necessary care, the federal government's unequal treatment of a transgender taxpayer, among others. Yet transgender family law cases with favorable outcomes remain elusive. In speaking with my colleagues about why that is so, I realized that one of the challenges in bringing family law impact cases on behalf of transgender clients is the dearth of knowledge among family law attorneys -- even those deeply committed to advocating for transgender clients -- about effective representation for our community. As a result, many transgender clients have been negotiating away family law protections out of fear, often well founded, that they will fare worse in the courts, which often share the widespread community and social bias against transgender people. Rather than risk draconian results, many people agree to negotiated agreements that unfairly and unjustly restrict their familial rights.
For instance, an attorney once told me about a client she represented some years ago, a transgender woman who, prior to her gender transition, was in a lawful different-sex marriage. The client was being divorced by her wife of many years but had a close, loving relationship with their daughter. However, the wife threatened that if her estranged spouse challenged the divorce in court, the transgender client would never see the child again. She quickly turned to poisoning the relationship between the parent and child. Although this sounds like a common family law scenario, the difference is that courts predictably side with the non-transgender spouse in imposing all kinds of unprincipled restrictions on transgender parents up to and including terminating a person's parental status. Understanding the risk she faced, the transgender client chose not to challenge the wife's legal custodial status, asking only that she be allowed to retain her parental status and a financial obligation of child support. The transgender parent, fearing the worst, wanted her child to know that regardless of what happened to their relationship, she would always provide for her.
Stories like this are common and heartbreaking. They cry out for advocacy and education to reverse the negative legal precedent, bias, and discrimination against transgender people that infuses our legal system. I hope publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy marks the beginning of the end of unfair and unjust outcomes for transgender people in family law matters.
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Just one statement cape wasn't enough!
Stepping out for the first time since her glam New Orleans wedding, Solange Knowles hit up Art Basel in Miami Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 3—and you know she was wearing the only ensemble that could have possibly followed up her stunning caped wedding dress by Kenzo.
PHOTOS: See Solange's wedding album!
Beyonce's sister, 28, attended—and even took the stage at—the IWC Schaffhausen 'Timeless Portofino' event in lemon pants and a matching strapless top, complete with a ruffled train, keeping the superhero accessory trend alive and well.
The mom to Daniel Julez Smith, Jr., 10, accessorized her sunny look with golden accessories—bangles and heeled sandals. Solange kept her makeup minimal, and let her natural curls bounce free as she sang and danced for the audience.
The bold two-piece brought to mind the singer's wedding dress, a plunging ivory stunner with a dramatic long cape train (as seen on Vogue.com), which she wore to tie the knot with Alan Ferguson in NOLA on Nov. 16.
While Knowles was performing at the evening event, celebs like Emily Blunt, Adriana Lima, and James Marsden milled about, eager to start shopping the annual art show's famed collection. "I just got a new house, and I don't have a single piece of work on my walls. I'm trying to decorate my whole house in two days," Marsden, 41, jokingly confessed to Us Weekly. "I'm not a collector, but I aspire to be."


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\section{Introduction}

Information, not so long ago, used to always mean knowledge \textit{about something}.   Even today, under layers of abstraction, that's still the usual meaning.\footnote{The technical concept of Shannon Information is distinct from this everyday meaning, although they are often erroneously conflated.  Shannon Information is perhaps better termed ``source compressibility'' or ``channel capacity'' (in different contexts), and is a property of (real) sources or channels. \cite{Timpson}  This essay utilizes the everyday meaning of ``information": an agent's knowledge.}  Sure, an agent can be informed of a string of bits (via some signal) without knowing what the bits refer to, but at minimum the agent has been informed about the physical signal itself.

Quantum theory, however, has led many to question this once-obvious connection between knowlege/information and an underlying reality.  Not only is our information about a quantum system indistinguishable from our best physical description, but we have failed to come up with a realistic account of what might be going on \textit{independent} of our knowledge.  This blurring between information and reality has led to a confusion as to which is more fundamental.

The remarkable ``It from Bit'' idea \cite{Wheeler} that \textit{information} is more fundamental than reality is motivated by standard quantum theory, but this is a bit suspicious.  After all, there's a long ``instrumentalist'' tradition of only using what we can measure to describe quantum entities, rejecting outright any story of what might be happening when we're not looking.  Using a theory that only comprises our knowledge of measurement outcomes to justify knowledge as fundamental is almost like wearing rose-tinted glasses to justify that the world is tinted red.

But any such argument quickly runs into the counterargument: ``Then answer the question: What \textit{is} the (objective) reality that our information of quantum systems is actually \textit{about}?"  Without an answer to this question (that differs from our original information), ``It from Bit" proponents can perhaps claim to win the argument by default.  The only proper rebuttal is to demonstrate that there is some plausible underlying reality, after all.

This is generally thought to be an impossible task, having been ruled out by various ``no-go'' theorems \cite{Bell,KS,PBR}.  But such theorems are only as solid as their premises, and they all presume a particular sort of independence between the past and the future.  This presumption may be valid in a universe that uses dynamical laws to evolve some initial state into future states, but if ``The Universe is Not a Computer'' \cite{FQXi4}, there is a natural alternative to this dynamic viewpoint.  As argued in last year's essay, instead of the universe solving itself one time-slice at a time, it's possible that it only looks coherent when solved ``all-at-once''.

This essay aims to demonstrate how this all-at-once perspective naturally recasts our supposedly-complete information about quantum systems into \textit{incomplete} information about an underlying, spacetime-based reality.  After some motivation in the next section, a simple model will demonstrate how the all-at-once perspective works for purely spatial systems (without time).  Then, applying the same perspective to spacetime systems will reveal a framework that can plausibly serve as a realistic explanation for quantum phenomena.

The result of this analysis will be to dramatically weaken the ``It from Bit" idea, showing that it's possible to have an underlying reality, even in the case of quantum theory.  We may still choose to reject this option, but the mere fact that it is on the table might encourage us \textit{not} to redefine information as fundamental -- especially as it becomes clear just how poorly-informed we actually are.

\section{Instants vs. Spacetime}

The case for discarding dynamics in favor of an all-at-once analysis is best made by analyzing quantum theory \cite{FQXi4}, but it's also possible to frame this argument using the \textit{other} pillar of modern physics: Einstein's theory of relativity.  The relevant insight is that there is no objective way to slice up spacetime into instants, so we must not assign fundamental significance to any particular slice.

Figure 1 is a standard spacetime diagram (with one dimension of space suppressed).  If run forward in time like a movie, this diagram represents two spatial objects that begin at a common past (C.P.) and then move apart.  But if viewed all-at-once, the figure instead shows two orange ``worldtubes" that intersect in the past.  In relativity, as we are about to see, it is best to analyze this picture all-at-once.

The most counter-intuitive feature of special relativity is that there is no objective ``now''.  Simultaneous events for one observer are not simultaneous for another.  No observer is right or wrong; ``now'' is merely subjective, not an element of reality.  An illustration of this can be seen in Figure 1.  Observer \#1 has a ``now" that slices the worldtubes into two white ovals, while Observer \#2 has a ``now" that slices the worldtubes into two black ovals.  Clearly, they disagree.

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\centerline{\includegraphics[width=.5\textwidth]{Fig1.pdf}}
\caption{A spacetime diagram, demonstrating the unreality of ``now''.  (See text.)}
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\end{figure}

This fact implies that any dynamical movie made from a spacetime diagram will incorporate a subjective choice of how to slice it up.  One way to purge this subjectivity is to simply view a spacetime diagram as a single 4D block.  After all, with no objective ``now'', there is no objective line between the past and the future, meaning there can be no objective difference between them.

Such a claim is counter-intuitive, \textit{but this is a central lesson of relativity.}  The only difference between the future and the past, in this view, is subjective: we don't (yet) know any of our future.  Arguments such as ``But the future isn't real \textit{now}" are no more meaningful than arguing ``Over there isn't real right here".

A more reasonable fallback for the dynamicist is not to deny that spacetime \textit{can} be viewed as a single 4D block, but rather to note that if dynamical equations govern the universe\footnote{Along with other subtleties, such as the existence of Cauchy data.} then \textit{any} complete spacelike slice suffices to generate the rest of the block (via dynamical equations).  So while no one slice is special, they're all equally valid inputs from which the full universe can be recovered.  Taken to an extreme, this viewpoint leads to the notion that the 4D block is filled with redundant permuted copies of the same 3D slice.  It also forbids a number of solutions allowed by general relativity, spacetime geometries warped to such an extent that they only make sense all-at-once.

The other problem with this sliced perspective is that it all but gives up on objectivity.  Even if it's \textit{possible} to generate the block from a single slice (a point I'll dispute later on), how can one 3D slice truly generate the others if it is a subjective choice?  In Figure 1, if \textit{both} the white ovals and the black ovals are different complete descriptions of the same reality, it's the 4D worldtubes they generate that makes them consistent.  The clearest objective reality requires a bigger picture.

This point becomes even clearer when one introduces (subjective) uncertainty.  Suppose each of the worldtubes in Figure 1 represent a (temporally extended) shoebox, each containing a single shoe.  Also suppose that you knew the shoes were a matched pair, but not which shoe (R or L) was in which box (1 or 2).  To represent your information about the two boxes after they had separated (say, the white ovals in Figure 1), you might use an equal-probability mix of both possibilities:  $S_{mix}=[50\%(L_1R_2), 50\%(L_2R_1)]$.  This is not a potential state of reality, but a state in a larger ``configuration space" that weights possibilities that \textit{do} fit in spacetime.  Note that having less knowledge forces a more complicated description, even if the underlying reality is assuredly either $L_1R_2$ or $L_2R_1$.

For these restricted-knowledge situations, the all-at-once viewpoint is invaluable if we are to make sense of what is going on when we open a shoebox and learn which shoe is inside.  If we take the dynamic view that we need only keep track of the 3D white ovals in Figure 1 to describe the entire 4D system, then $S_{mix}$ might seem to give us everything we need; from it we can compute outcome probabilities and the correlations between the two boxes.  Upon learning that (say) the left shoe is in box 1, we can even update our knowledge of the 3D state $S$ to the appropriate $[100\%(L_1R_2)]$.  But what is lost in this viewpoint is the mechanism for the updating; if our entire description is that of the 3D white ovals, this updating process might appear nonlocal, as if some spooky influence at box 1 is influencing the reality over at box 2.

Sure, we know that nothing spooky is going on in the case of shoes, but that's only because we already know there's an underlying reality of which $S_{mix}$ represents (subjective) \textit{information}.  If the existence of an underlying reality is doubt (as in quantum theory), then analysis of the 3D state $S_{mix}$ cannot address whether anything spooky is happening.  To resolve that question, one has to look at the entire 4D structure.  All at once.

In the all-at-once viewpoint, after finding the left shoe in box 1 we update our local knowledge to $L_1$ (updating occurs when we learn new information).  But thinking in 4D, we also update our knowledge of the \textit{past}; we now know that that $L_1$ back in the C.P.  This in turn implies $R_2$ back in the C.P, and this allows us to update our knowledge of $R_2$ in the present.  It's the continuous link, via the past, that proves that we did not change the contents of box 2; it contained the right shoe all along.  Throw away the analysis of the 4D link, and there's no way to be sure.

Before moving on, it's worth noting that this classical story cannot explain all quantum correlations; in fact, it's exactly the story ruled out by a no-go theorem \cite{Bell}.  Such theorems generally start from the classical premise that we can assign subjective probabilities $p_i$ to possible 3D realities, $W_i$.  States of classical information then naturally take the form $S=[p_1(W_1), p_2(W_2),...,p_N(W_N)]$, a function on $3N$-dimensional configuration space.  (Note the probabilities are all subjective; only one particular $W$ is real; the rest are not.)  The quantum no-go theorems have proven that such a state cannot explain quantum measurements without some classically-impossible feature, such as negative probabilities.

The standard thinking is that since any workable version of $S$ cannot be classical information, it must be a new kind of reality in its own right.  Effectively, the standard view\footnote{Including both deBroglie-Bohm \cite{dBB} and Everettian \cite{Everett} approaches.} extends reality from spacetime to configuration space.  But an alternative option, explored below, is that reality merely requires an extension from 3D to 4D, along with an all-at-once analysis.  At this point it's probably not obvious how anything might change if the $W$'s spanned 4D spacetime, but that's because the standard dynamical viewpoint makes any such extension trivial.  (Thanks to dynamics, all the interesting information is always encoded in a 3D slice).  Exploring this option therefore requires jettisoning dynamics.

Still, old habits die hard; it's difficult to think about time without also thinking in terms of dynamical equations.  The 4D block is a good start, but it's time to demonstrate how it can be used to make physical predictions.  Fortunately, it's a standard procedure, so straightforward that it's nearly trivial.

\section{A Dynamics-Free Model}

Physicists know how to do physics without dynamics, because we can analyze 3D systems for which there are no dynamics, by definition.  A particularly useful approach is found in classical statistical mechanics, because in that case we never know the exact microscopic details, allowing us to deal with restricted knowledge situations.

The basic approach works like this.  First, determine the possible underlying realities; call each one a ``microstate'' $W_i$.  The key next step\footnote{Sometimes known as the ``fundamental postulate of statistical mechanics".} is to assign each $W_i$ an equal \textit{a priori} probability, $p_i$.  (Initially treat all possible states as equally likely.)  If we learn new information -- say, that $W_{9}$ is ruled out -- we set $p_{9}\!=\!0$ and renormalize the remaining probabilities such that they sum to 1.  Finally, we can determine the probability that the system has any particular feature by simply adding the probabilities of the microstates with that feature.  One \textit{could} introduce dynamics on top of this framework, but it's not a logical necessity.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=.5\textwidth]{Fig2.pdf}}
\caption{Two geometries of a model, in which each circle can be Heads (H) or Tails (T).  There are two line colors that connect matching circles (HH,TT) and a third line color to connect opposite circles (HT, TH).  The interesting case is where one does not know whether the geometry is that of 2a or 2b.}
\label{Figure:Fig2}
\end{figure}

For a simple example that will prove particularly relevant to quantum theory, consider Figure 2.  Each circle (perhaps a coin) can be in the state heads (H) or tails (T), and every line connects two circles.  Each line has one of three internal colors; red, green or blue, but these colors are \textit{unobservable} (they can sometimes be deduced, but not directly measured).  The model's only ``law" is that red lines must connect opposite-state circles ($H\!-\!T$ or $T\!-\!H$), while blue and green lines must connect similar-state circles  ($H\!-\!H$ or $T\!-\!T$).\footnote{This is effectively a much-simplified version of the Ising Model.}

Consider the following puzzle in the statistical mechanics framework:  In Figure 2a, if it is known that the bottom circle is $H$, what is the probability that the two circles in the dotted box are in the same state?  It's easy enough to work out (see the Appendix for details) that there are 4 microstates where these two circles are $HH$, 2 microstates for $HT$, 2 for $TH$, and only 1 for $TT$.  By assigning each of these 9 states an equal probability, it should be evident that there is a 5/9 chance those two circles are the same, and a 4/9 chance that they're different.

For Figure 2b, the same puzzle is trickier because now there's a fourth circle.  In this case, the same style of analysis (in the Appendix) reveals that the different geometry changes the probabilities.  In place of a 5:4 probability ratio, here one finds a 25:16 ratio.

The most interesting example is a further restriction where one \textit{does not know} whether the actual geometry is that of Figure 2a or 2b.  Specifically, one knows that the bottom circle is heads, and that the next two circles are connected, but not whether a fourth circle is connected (2b), or whether it is not (2a).

This is not to say there is no fact of the matter; there \textit{is} some particular geometry -- it's just unknown.  This is not quite the same as the unknown circles or links (which also have some particular state), because this model provides no clues as to how to calculate the probability of a \textit{geometry}.  All allowable states may be equally likely, but that doesn't help us if we don't know which states are allowable in the first place.  With this further-restricted knowledge, we would most naturally use an even higher-level configuration space to describe the probability of similar states in the dotted box, something like: $S_{?}\!\!=$[If 2a then 5/9; If 2b then 25/(25+16)].\footnote{There is nothing quite like this higher-level space in quantum theory, but as we'll see, that's the point.}

The next section will explore a crucial mistake that would lead one to conclude that \textit{no underlying reality exists} for this statistical-mechanics-based model, despite the fact that an underlying reality does indeed exist (by construction).  Then, by applying the above logic to a dynamics-free scenario in space \textit{and} time, we'll see how we are making this same mistake in quantum theory.

\section{Implications of the Model}
\subsection{The Independence Fallacy}

Given the previous model, one might reasonably want to analyze a ``slice" of the system (the dotted box) independent from the rest.  But this can only be done by expanding the description of the box such that it includes \textit{each} possible external geometry -- effectively removing the ``ifs" from $S_{?}$.  Then, one can later use the actual geometry to extract the appropriate probability from the larger state space (either 5/9 or 25/41).

But this new perspective becomes quite mistaken if one further demands that the state of reality in the dotted box must \textit{be} independent of the external geometry.  It's obviously not true for this model, but given such an ``Independence Fallacy" one would be led to some interesting conclusions.  Namely, this all-possible-geometry state space would seem to be irreducible to a classical probability distribution over realistic microstates.

Given the Independence Fallacy, the argument would go like this:  Geometry 2a implies a 5/9 probability of similar circles, while geometry 2b implies a 25/41 probability.  But since the state must be independent of the geometry, the question ``Are the two circles the same?" cannot be assigned a coherent probability.  And if it cannot be answered, such a question should not even be asked.

This, of course, is nonsense: such a question \textit{can} be asked in this model, but the answer depends on the geometry.  It is the Independence Fallacy which leads to a denial of an underlying reality -- stemming from a motivation to describe a slice of a system independently from what lies outside.

\subsection{Information-Based Updating}

Leaving aside the Independence Fallacy, it should be clear how the $S_{?}$ description of the dotted box should be updated upon learning new information.  For example, if an agent learned that the geometry was in fact that of Figure 2b, a properly-updated description would simply be a 25/41 probability that the two coins were the same.  And upon learning the actual values of the coins (say, $HT$), further updating would occur; $HT$ would then have a 100\% probability.

But the central point is that some information-updating naturally occurs when one learns the geometry of the model, even without any revealed circles.  And because this is a realistic model (with some real, underlying state), the information updating has no corresponding feature in the coin's objective reality.  It is a subjective process, performed as some agent gains new information.

\subsection{Introducing Time}

The above model was presented as a static system in two spatial dimensions.  The only place that time entered the analysis was in the updating process in the previous subsection, but this subjective updating had no relation to anything objective about the system.  Indeed, one could give different agents information in a different logical order, leading to different updating.  Both orders would be unrelated to any objective evolution of the system; after all, the system is static.

Still, an objective time coordinate can be introduced in a trivial manner: simply redefine the model such that one of the spatial axes in Figure 2 represents time instead of space.  Specifically, suppose that the vertical axis is time (past on the bottom, future on the top).  It is crucial not to introduce dynamics along with time; one point of the model was to show how to analyze systems without dynamics.  And since this analysis has already been performed, we don't need to do it again.  The dotted box now represents an instantaneous slice, and the same state-counting logic will lead to exactly the same probabilities as the purely spatial case.

One might be tempted to propose reasons why this space-time model is fundamentally different from the original space-space model, perhaps assuming the existence of dynamical laws.  Such laws \textit{would} break the analogy, but they are not part of the model.  Besides, the previous section is an existence proof that such a system \textit{can} be analyzed in this manner, which is all that is needed for the below conclusions.  It is logically possible to assign an equal probability to each temporally-extended microstate (or more intuitively, ``microhistory'')  and then make associated predictions.

Sure, it's an open question whether there is some \textit{other} way to analyze systems without dynamics, or if this approach has any chance of actually making \textit{good} predictions.  But this approach \textit{is} empirically successful for spatial systems without dynamics, and the early indications are that it looks promising for temporal systems as well \cite{Wharton13}.

One unusual feature of the original model should now be obvious.  Not knowing the spatial geometry (say, 2a or 2b) was an artificial restriction.  But it's quite natural not to know the future, and once the vertical axis represents time, it's obvious why an agent might be uncertain whether the fourth circle would ever materialize.  But this does not break the analogy between the spatial and temporal models.  Sure, we tend to learn about things in temporal order, but it's not a formal requirement; we can film a movie of a system and watch it backwards, or even have spatial slices of a system delivered to us one at a time.\footnote{As in the final section of \cite{EPW}.}  The link between information-order and temporal-order is merely typical, not a logical necessity.

In this temporal context, it's also more understandable how one might fall into the Independence Fallacy.  If we expect the future to be generated from the past via some dynamical laws, then we would also expect the probabilities we assign to the past to be independent of the future experimental geometry.  But without dynamics, if we assign every microhistory an equal probability, the standard information-updating that made sense in the spatial case also makes sense in the temporal case.  When we learn about the experimental geometry of the future, this all-at-once analysis typically updates our probabilistic assessment of the past.

\section{Quantum Reality}

The modern arguments against an underlying reality for quantum systems typically involve hard-to-summarize ``no-go theorems'', but the central issues do not require anything so difficult, and indeed were well known to the founders of quantum mechanics.  A useful framework is the famous Double Slit Experiment, which in Richard Feynman's words reveals the ``central mystery" of quantum theory. \cite{Feynman}

In Figure 3, a source (at the bottom) creates a single photon that passes up through a pair of slits.\footnote{The vertical axis is performing double-duty as both time and a second spatial axis.} The classical concept most closely related to photons are classical electromagnetic waves/fields, but photons behave in a way that disagrees with the dynamical Maxwell equations which govern such fields.  (A strike against dynamics.)  Namely, photons always seem to be measured in particle-like chunks, rather than spread out as classically predicted.  For example, when a lens (or two) images the slits (as in Figure 3a), one always finds that the photon-wave went through one slit \textit{or} the other.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=.5\textwidth]{Fig3.pdf}}
\caption{Two geometries of a double slit experiment, in which a single photon passes through a pair of slits.  3a) Lenses and (black) detectors measure which slit the photon passes through; 3b) A screen records a photon that contributes to a two-slit interference pattern.}
\label{Figure:Fig3}
\end{figure}

And yet it appears that photons \textit{do} spread out, at least between measurements, if one considers the experiment in Figure 3b.  Here a screen records the interference pattern produced by waves passing through \textit{both} slits, built up one photon at a time.  In the many-photon limit, this pattern is predicted by classical dynamics \textit{only} if the waves pass through both slits and interfere.  Since each individual photon conforms to this pattern (not landing in dark fringes), it seems evident that each photon also passes through both slits.

Where reality seems to fail here is the description of the photon at the slits -- one slice of the full spacetime diagram.  In 3a the photon seems to go through only one slit; in 3b it seems to go through both.  And since the status of the photon at the slits is ``obviously'' independent of the future experimental geometry, it follows that the actual location(s) of the photon-wave at the slits cannot be assigned a coherent probability.

Except that this is \textit{exactly} the Independence Fallacy!  Compare Figure 2 (temporal version) to Figure 3; they are quite analogous.  In 2a and 3a the right and left branches stay separate; in 2b and 3b the geometry begins in the same way, but then allows recombination.  Following the above logic, \textit{avoiding} the Independence Fallacy allows a coherent underlying reality for the double-slit experiment.

The answer is something like [If 3a then 50\%(left),50\%(right); If 3b then 100\%(both)].  Upon learning the future geometry, an agent would update her assessment of the past probabilities, just as before.  Once this updating occurs, a classical reality is revealed.  (For 3b, it is perfectly realistic to have a wave go through both slits.)  It only looks strange if you \textit{don't} analyze it all-at-once, or attempt to map this process onto a story with dynamical evolution.

Unlike other resolutions of the double-slit experiment, \textit{this} resolution naturally resolves more problematic situations.  The no-go theorems against realistic models all use the Independence Fallacy in one form or another.\footnote{Outcome independence \cite{Shimony}, preparation independence \cite{PBR}, etc.}  The typical assumption is that it's always fair to describe spatial slices independently from the future experimental geometry.  But if one updates past probabilities upon learning which measurement a system will encounter, the premises behind these theorems are explicitly violated.

Even so, this complicated updating of probabilities on different time-slices is not the most natural picture.  Relativity tells us that the slicing is subjective; the objective structure lies in the 4D spacetime block.  It is here where the microhistories reside, and to be realistic, one of these microhistories must \textit{really be there}.  A physics experiment is then about \textit{learning} which microhistory actually occurs, via information-based updating; we gain relevant information upon preparation, measurement setting, and measurement itself.  And the best way to coherently describe this updating is with an all-at-once analysis.

\section{Conclusions}

If there is a plausible reality underlying quantum theory, the ``It from Bit'' idea looks wrongheaded.  The microhistory-reality proposed here demands that one gives up the intuitive universe-as-computer story of dynamical time evolution, so one may still choose to cling to dynamics, voiding this analysis.  But in the process, one is also rejecting a spacetime-based reality.  Is this a fair trade-off?  Is dynamics really so crucial that it's worth delving into some nebulous ``informational immaterialism'' \cite{Timpson} or elevating configuration space into some weird reality in its own right?  And why should dynamical laws be so important if one is giving up on a fundamental reality in the first place?

After all, there are excellent reasons for dropping dynamics, the quantum no-go theorems being prime examples.  We also have the beautiful path integral where \textit{all} possible histories must be considered (whether they obey dynamical laws or not; see, \textit{e.g.}, \cite{WMP}).  And is it really so crucial that we live in a universe where nothing interesting happens in the time-direction, where everything about the present was encoded in some initial cosmic wavefunction?  It's not such a stretch to view our world as one \textit{possibility} of infinitely many, unshackled from strict predeterministic rules.

After giving up on reality via the Independence Fallacy, the standard quantum story ironically responds by making almost everything \textit{interdependent} in some strange configuration space.  (Almost everything, just not the future or the past.)  The simpler alternative proposed here is simply to link everything together in standard 4D spacetime.  This casts our information in the classical form: $S=[p_1(W_1), p_2(W_2),...,p_N(W_N)]$, with the crucial caveat that the $W$'s are now micro\textit{histories}, spanning 4D instead of 3D.  So long as one does not additionally impose dynamical laws, there is no theorem that one of these microhistories cannot be real.

Still, qualitative arguments are one thing; the analogy between the above model and the double slit experiment can only be pushed so far.  And one can go \textit{too} far in the no-dynamics direction: considering \textit{all} histories, as in the path integral, would lead to the conclusion that the future would be almost completely uncorrelated with the past, contradicting macroscopic observations.

But this approach can be made much more quantitative.  The key is to only consider a large natural subset of possible histories,\footnote{Those for which the total Lagrangian density is always zero.} such that classical dynamics is usually recovered as a general guideline in the many-particle limit.  Better yet, for at least one model, the structure of quantum probabilities naturally emerges.\footnote{The Born rule can be derived for measurements on an arbitrary spin state in reasonable limits \cite{Wharton13}.}  And as with any deeper-level theory that purports to explain higher-level behavior, intriguing new predictions are also indicated. \cite{Wharton13}

Even if the arguments presented in this essay are not a convincing reason to discard fundamental dynamical equations, they nevertheless serve as a strong rebuttal to the ``It from Bit'' proponents.  Whether or not one \textit{wants} to give up dynamics, the point is that one \textit{can} give up dynamics, in which case quantum information can plausibly be \textit{about something real}.  Instead of winning the argument by default, then, ``It from Bit'' proponents now need to argue that it's \textit{better} to give up reality.  Everyone else need simply embrace entities that fill ordinary spacetime -- no matter how you slice it.

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