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Celebrate The Vivid Cinco De Mayo Festival 2019: in Puebla
Puebla, Mexico Start Date: 05/05/2019 End Date: 05/05/2019
Cinco de Mayo Puebla
Transport yourself to the beautiful colonial city of Puebla in Mexico and picture yourself surrounded by the exhilaration of thousands of patriots that for more than 150 years.
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View of Popocatepetl volcano. By By Russ Bowling, Puebla, Mexico via flickr
Transport yourself to the beautiful colonial city of Puebla in Mexico and picture yourself surrounded by the exhilaration of thousands of patriots that for more than 150 years continue celebrating the Cinco de Mayo Festival (May 5th), one of the biggest fiestas (parties) hosted in this city.
If you're heading to Spain in May then see the Seville April Fair
You will be enchanted with this international festivity, which delivers all the Mexican charm that you can indulge yourself into with its delicious traditional food, music, colorful art and more.
Locals and tourist can appreciate every moment of this celebration as the city stops its regular activities to give full attention to the much anticipated fiesta, here are some of the festivities not ought to miss:
Civic Parade
Every year thousands of people gathered by the Cinco de Mayo Boulevard in Puebla to witness the parade.
It is an enchanting moment to watch the display of colorful allegorical cars embellished by Mexican culture, accompanied by the enthusiastic students' bands playing up beat songs including other entities as the National Military marching the streets wearing their official uniforms.
Of course, also the charros (cowboys) parade on their horses and the Air force planes flying above the sky intensify this exuberating moment.
Puebla State Fair
The Cinco de Mayo festival celebrations continue at the fair running for several weeks in May, where whole families will enjoy the arcade games, rides, exhibitions, and live entertainment offered at various scenarios throughout the fair.
Visit the several open air stands containing all kinds of local art guarantying you will find a souvenir for everyone on your list.
Diverse Scenarios
The festivities in Puebla last almost a month with free activities for every age group. Here is a list of some of these activities:
At Reform Auditorium; the crowds can listen to classical music, jazz or dance salsa.
At Children's Park; the young ones can participate in several fun activities.
At the Zocalo; music lovers can enjoy concerts from international artists.
At the Principal Theatre; attendees can find pleasure watching a play.
At the Cultural House; people can appreciate the gastronomy and art of an invited Mexican State.
So Why Cinco de Mayo Festival?
The city of Puebla is already a top destination for visitors due to its amazing colonial architecture. Combine that with the mesmerizing experience to participate in one of the most important celebrations of the city.
Everyone will attest celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Puebla is the ultimate place to experience the true origin of this holiday.
Puebla Location
1# Direct Bus From Mexico City
It is recommended to take a direct bus from Mexico City to Puebla as buses that do stops (-can be intercepted by robbers-), even though these incidents are rare it is better to avoid them.
2# Keep Your Belongings Safe
Puebla is the 4th most populated city in Mexico so be cautious in agglomerate places by keeping your belongings secured at all times.
3# Negotiate Taxi Prices
Public buses can be confusing and crowded so taxis are a great option costing higher but negotiate the fare before entering the taxi, a normal procedure since taxis do not carry meters and if you do not get the fare you want you can always take a different one.
In the city of Puebla located southeast of Mexico City, considered one of the five most influential Spanish colonial cities of Mexico.
It is surrounded on its four sides by a beautiful valley of mountains and located only 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the famous Popocatepetl volcano, offering great views of its snow-topped peak.
Even though it has been active on and off for decades with the last eruption in 2016, locals do not worry about these incidents since evacuations have not been necessary.
The variety of hotel accommodations in Puebla is immense including traditional, modern and chic styles.
The historic center is a great location close to the famous Zocalo, Cathedral, and the Cinco de Mayo celebrations. In addition, this great hotel selection offers visitors an array of options at every budget from four to five start hotels at competitive prices!
Therefore, it does not matter your standards and budget it is guarantee you will find what you desire in this charming city, so do not hesitate and book now to lock the best deals.
Mexican food is internationally known to be deliciously extensive and fortunately Puebla is the home of the most famous Mexican dish 'mole poblano,' made with an exotic sauce composed of chilies, ground nuts (almonds, pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds), and simmered with dark bittersweet chocolate, a dish so rich in flavors to spoil your palate.
Also, try the savory 'chalupas,' a fried corn tortilla with your choice of chicken or beef topped with sizzling salsa a local favorite.
The 'rajas poblanas,' a favorite among cheese lovers as this chili pepper is grilled with corn and topped with Oaxaca cheese, a must taste.
Plus, do not forget to drink the refreshing horchata and the array of natural juices including pineapple, watermelon, and many more flavors.
Surely, the intensive selection of Mexican food would keep you satisfied but do not leave without eating the Mexican chili candy spicy and bitter but delicious
International Flights To Puebla
The International Puebla airport (PBC) will be your best choice arriving by plane. For international flights, most connections are through the US, such as Houston airport or Dallas airport.
Also most of the flights also have an extra connection at Monterrey before arriving at Puebla.
More connecting airports to Puebla include Mexico City (MEX), and also Panama City (PTY) for international flights.
Domestic Flights To Puebla
Domestic flights depend from the area of arrival. From Mexico City almost all flights have a connection stop at Monterrey before arrival to Puebla. Usually the flights are 4-5 hours including the connection. From Cancun most flights are direct to Puebla and the flight duration is around 2 hours.
Driving from MEX airport to Puebla is about 2 hours via Mexico/Puebla 150D but it varies depending on the traffic and weather conditions of the day.
From Puebla Airport there is no direct bus. It is advised to take a taxi, but negotiate the price before. The price range is 27-33 and the time duration to the city centre is around 30 minutes.
From MEX airport take the 4 Poniente bus nonstop to Puebla for about 2 hours.
Transportation In Puebla
once in Puebla there are public buses and taxis available, however, it is recommended to stay in the historic center as you will be able to walk to the most popular destinations and enjoy the majestic views of this colonial city.
The Battle of Puebla
In the battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862, Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, led a small poorly equipped military of about few thousand men to fight the prestigious French army of several thousand soldiers send to Mexico by Napoleon III.
Zaragoza's militia victory stopped the French invasion on the country, for this reason, this battle is celebrated as a glorious moment at a critical time of war, as it promoted a much needed national unity and patriotism.
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I am running suite u-bf152 with UM version 10.7 on Archer. Some outputs are produced under (/home/n02/n02/zliu/cylc-run/u-bf152/share/data/History_Data, e.g. nudg_asia_memb01a.pd1981sep). But the ouput cannot be opened use xconv.
Actually, I ran this suite successfully before. What I changed are the variables in STASH and run length.
Could you please help me with this problem. Thanks.
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Xconv can read the file, it's just that there is no data in it. More worrying is that the job.err and job.out for the atmos app are missing. Where are you getting the error message from? 137 translates to 'kill' so it looks like the job was killed it before the model could produce output.
Did you run the job for long enough that monthly means could be computed i.e. greater than one month.
Morning! Great to receive your replies.
I didn't kill it. I thought that the daily output with 'pd' should have data even I run shorter than a month. Moreover, I changed the simulation time for more than one month, but atmos_main still failed.
The error file is under /home/n02/n02/zliu/cylc-run/u-bf152/log/job/19810901T0000Z/atmos_main/01. You can grep ERR to find the problem. Thanks.
I realize that in namelist→Model Input and Output, the mean_reftimeim is 01/12/1981. My simulation start date is 01/09/1981. Does this mean the model won't produce any output until 01/12/1981. Thanks.
In the job.err for the atmos task it says that there has been a segmentation fault - this is a major error which has caused the job to terminate. Which STASH items did you modify?
I include a lot of variables for output. The suite u-bf152 I am running is copied from u-av526. I look at the differences between and write in one log file attached. From line 84 to line 1016, I make a lot of changes to STASH items.
If the segmentation fault is induced by STASH item, I am wondering if there are some ways to diagnostic which item is the cause. Thanks.
Switch off all of the new STASH and see if it runs. If it doesn't then it's not STASH and you should look elsewhere for the error. If it does, then reintroduce the STASH one at a time until the error re-appears.
It is better to make small changes, test and then, if it works, commit your suite to the repository.


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EMILY's List worked with the national organization Progressive Kick to raise money for outside electioneering activities in nine recall elections involving six Republican senators and three Democratic senators in 2011. The nine faced recall as fallout from the March 2011 passage of GOP Governor Scott Walker controversial bill sharply curtailing employee collective bargaining rights. The Progressive Kick also registered a corporation in Wisconsin for the purpose of making independent expenditures.
Wisconsin WOMEN VOTE! sponsored two television ads - here and here - attacking incumbent Republican Senators Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls and Dan Kapanke of La Crosse. The anti-Harsdorf ad showed a child climbing on playground equipment. "Every child has to climb the ladder of success but Sheila Harsdorf is making it harder for our children to succeed" by supporting cuts of more than $800 million in public education but giving tax breaks to corporations and wealthy individuals, the ad says.
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Surprising Findings: Spilling the Tea
I thought I was seeing double! As an avid tea drinker, an article investigating tea consumption with cancer risk caught my eye. But, spoiler alert! This "surprising finding" isn't specifically about tea or cancer risk. During a perusal of the literature, I had stumbled upon not one, but two meta-analyses assessing tea consumption and cancer risk in observational studies published within months of each other in the same journal by different authors. While repetition and validation are important aspects of the scientific process, it is not every day that articles appearing to address the same research question and objectives are published in the same journal so close together, unless there is a debate on the topic. So, I was curious to investigate "why?"
My investigation had two main questions.
First Question: What did the authors find and did the findings between the two articles differ?
To provide a bit more background, both research teams meta-analyzed observational findings examining the association of black tea, green tea or total tea intake on the risk of any type of cancer (1,2). Neither study reported excluding articles from their analyses based on the type of participants being studied, the duration of the follow up or the setting of where the study took place.
Surprisingly, overall, there appeared to be little evidence to support an association between tea drinking with cancer risk; however, the findings did differ between the two articles.
Kim and colleagues were the first to publish their research showing a significant inverse association between tea consumption and the risk of oral cancer (1). Inverse associations with other types of cancer were also reported; however, the authors noted the findings were not supported by consistent or convincing evidence.
Zhao and colleagues showed, except for an inverse association between lymphoid neoplasms with green tea intake, no consistent associations were observed between tea consumption and cancer risk when there was more than one cohort, either for assessment of the highest compared to the lowest tea intake nor in dose-response analyses (2).
Second Question: What could have led to these differences?
A key difference was in the methodology, specifically the type of meta-analysis conducted. Kim and colleagues conducted an umbrella review (i.e. a meta-analysis of meta-analyses, which syntheses information from all systematic reviews and meta-analyses on a given topic) (1), whereas Zhao and colleagues meta-analyzed individual prospective cohorts (2).
An umbrella SRMA has been called one of the 'next-generation' SRMAs being touted to "raise the bar and help shape a new generation of more reliable evidence synthesis" (3). While an umbrella SRMA certainly has the potential to enable an efficient method for higher level synthesis of evidence allowing for detection associations, effects, uncertainties and knowledge gaps, its strength is still dependent on the type of data available and included. Kim and colleagues present one example of an umbrella SRMA acknowledging limitations based on the types of studies included (1). Specifically, the authors reported inclusion of systematic reviews with both cohort and case-control studies, and due to the potential biases that may affect case-control studies, such as recall and selection bias, recommended further analysis of only prospective studies.
Zhao and colleagues met this call as they purposely included only prospective cohort studies in their analyses to reduce potential bias (2). As well, they provided separate analyses by tea type (black, green, total) (2), which had not been done by Kim and colleagues (1).
Additional methodological comparisons consisted of the umbrella SRMA including only English language publications (1), whereas the articles included by Zhao and colleagues had no language restriction (2). Only the Zhao article reported publicly registering their study protocol (2), which allows for greater transparency. Given the observational nature of both studies, a causal relationship between tea and cancer could not be inferred in either case. Despite limitations, both articles should be acknowledged for their strengths, specifically their comprehensive designs affording an overview of at least 25 cancer sites using standardized SRMA methods.
These studies serve as a reminder of the importance of assessing the strengths and limitations of research methods. One of the earliest research lessons I received was to read and critically assess the methods of a paper first (even before the abstract!). This advice highlights the importance of research methodology and continues to stay front of mind as I ponder the next article over a cup of tea.
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Kim TL, Jeong GH, Yang JW, Lee KH, Kronbichler A, van der Vliet HJ, et al. Tea Consumption and Risk of Cancer: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Adv Nutr. 2020 Jul 15:nmaa077. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa077. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32667980. Abstract available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32667980
Zhao LG, Li ZY, Feng GS, Ji XW, Tan YT, Li HL, Gunter MJ, Xiang YB. Tea Drinking and Risk of Cancer Incidence: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies and Evidence Evaluation. Adv Nutr. 2020 Oct 1:nmaa117. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa117. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33002099. Abstract available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33002099
Ioannidis J. Next-generation systematic reviews: prospective meta-analysis, individual-level data, networks and umbrella reviews. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Oct;51(20):1456-1458. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097621. Epub 2017 Feb 21. PMID: 28223307. Link available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28223307
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Canadian woman blasts Metallica song to scare off encroaching cougar
"I would love to contact them someday and tell James Hetfield that he saved my life"
by Spencer Kaufman
on July 31, 2019, 5:01pm
A quick-thinking Vancouver Island woman turned to the mighty Metallica to fend off a cougar in her path, blasting the legendary metal band's "Don't Tread on Me" to scare away the ferocious feline.
According to local news outlet Kelowna Now, Dee Galant and her dog Murphy were out for their usual stroll when they saw a creature that she couldn't quite make out at first. "It was crouched down, doing that kind of prowl, predator walk that they do — that was when I waved my arms and yelled, 'Hey, you stop!' and it did," she recalled.
"Initially I wasn't that scared," she continued. "I remember thinking, 'Cool, that's a cougar,' and then it was, 'Why is it still there?' before turning into, 'Oh my God, it's coming toward me, I need to make it stop.'"
That's where Metallica came into play. Gallant took out her phone and spotted "Don't Tread on Me" by Metallica in her music library. "I thought it was the noisiest thing on my phone that would probably scare it, that was also the message I wanted to convey to the cougar."
And wouldn't you know it, the "Black Album" track scared the cougar off. "As soon as the first notes blared out, it ran into the bush," said Galant.
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Now that Gallant and her dog are safe, she wants to personally thank the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band. "I would love to contact them someday and tell James Hetfield that he saved my life," she concluded. Update: Turns out Hetfield hear Galant's story and got in touch!
For your convenience, we've embedded Metallica's "Don't Tread on Me" below, so the next time you encounter a cougar, just bring up this article and hit play.
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This video is a brief introduction about all the product offerings of Elastic and how each product fits into the stack.
- [Karthik] Section one, the Elastic Stack, In this section we are going to take a look at all the products of the Elastic family, followed by the importance of analyzing your data with Elastic Stack. Finally, we'll be installing and starting Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana in a system running with Windows operating system. Chapter one, the Elastic family. In this video we are going to take a look at a brief introduction about all the product offerings of Elastic and how each product fit into the stack.
The first and most important product of the Elastic Stack family is Elasticsearch. A distributed, full text search server and analytic engine. That is build on top of Apache Lucene. It serves as the heart of the Elastic Stack. Elasticsearch was first developed by Shay Banon, and was open-sourced as a distributed search engine in 2010. Right from its first release, it gained popularity for its ease of use and was implemented by many companies.
Later in 2012 the Elasticsearch company was founded by the people behind Elasticsearch and Apache Lucene. In March 2015 the company was renamed to Elastic, to better align the company with the broad solution it provided. The next product in the Elastic Stack family is Logstash. An open source data collection engine with real-time pipelining capabilities. It was started by Jordon Sissel in 2009, later in 2013 Logstash was added to the Elastic family.
A few months later, a new product by the name Logstash Forwarder was introduced. The main difference between Logstash and Logstash Forwarder was that Logstash Forwarder was used only to ship logs from server. Where as Logstash had capabilities of converting the files to JSON document and had the ability to send to various output nodes like Kafka file, etc. The other reason being for the existence of Logstash Forwarder was that Logstash is a Java-based program and it was heavy to install on all the host servers.
In contrary Logstash Forwarder was a light-weight product and was used to collect log files from all these servers. The next member in the product line is Kibana. An open-source browser based analytic and search dashboard for Elasticsearch. It was created by Rashid Khan in 2011. Later in Jan 2013, Rashid joined the Elasticsearch team and it became the visual front end of the Elastic Stack. Together these three products became a very powerful tool called the E L K Stack or the ELK Stack.
Where E stands for Elasticsearch, L stands for Logstash and K stands for Kibana. The ELK Stack become an instant hit and was widely adopted by many companies. Wikipedia, GitHub, Ebay, Facebook, Cisco, and NASA are a few examples, among a large number of companies who have benefited by the ELK Stack. In May 2015 Elastic introduced the Beats family.
A platform for building lightweight open sourced data shippers that can send data to Elasticsearch, which can be analyzed later. You'll be seeing in detail about the Beats platform in the upcoming slides. With Beats added to the product line, Elastic unveiled the Elastic Stack in Feb 2016. Which consisted of Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and Beats. A new product by the name Xpack was introduced in Feb 2016.
That extends the Elastic Stack with features such as security, alerting, monitoring, reporting and graph. We will look into each product of Xpack later in this video. The Beats platform. Packetbeat, a real-timie network and packet analytics solution was developed by Tudor and Monica. And was acquired by Elastic in May 2015. Along with this, they also unveiled the Beats platform. In the same release another Beats was also introduced by the name File beats, which was the replacement of Logstash Forwarder.
Metricbeats. Metricbeats is a lightweight shipper that can be installed on servers to periodically collect metrics from the operating system and the services running on it. Previously the product was knows by the name Topbeats. In Feb 2016 Winlogbeats, a lightweight shipper for Windows Event Logs was introduced. It acts like a Windows Service and can ship even log data to Elasticsearch or Logstash.
Later in July 2016, the libbeat framework was unveiled through which the developers can develop their own Beats. Some of the famous community beats are BingBeats and DockerBeats. Xpack. Monitoring. In Jan 2014 Elastic introduced their first commercial product by the name Marvel. A product which will monitor Elasticsearch deployments in real-time giving system administrators complete transparency into the state of their deployments.
As part of the Xpack package it was later renamed to Monitoring. Shield. In Jan 2015, Elastic introduced a commercial plug-in by the name Shield to enhance the security and administrative functionalities in Elasticsearch. A few features of Shield are providing role-bases access control, LDAP-based authentication system support, and audit logging. Alerting. In May 2015, a new product providing alerting and notification capabilities for Elasticsearch was introduced which was called by the name Watcher.
Watcher allowed companies that used Elasticsearch for real-time search and analytics to set up alerts and notifications around the changes and trends in their data. A new feature called Reporting was introduced along with the Xpack package. Reporting was used to generate scheduled and email dashboard as PDF reports to any user on or group to collaborate among the team. Graph. In March 2016, Graph a new extension of Elasticsearch and Kibana was introduced which allows users to uncover, understand and explore the relationship between the data.
In the next video, we will be seeing how to make sense of your data using the Elastic Stack.


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Goodflex, the UK's leading silicone rubber hose supplier, is on the Move
The Goodflex Rubber Co., one of the UK's leading silicone rubber hose suppliers of rubber hoses, mouldings and assemblies is excited to be opening its new manufacturing facility, part of the company's ongoing plan to better support its existing customers, partner with larger OEM customers seeking to localise supply in the UK and support the significant acceleration in prototyping projects.
Notwithstanding the disruption of a global pandemic and BREXIT uncertainty, Goodflex shareholders voted unanimously in March to push ahead with the move, relocating the entire operation from eight thousand square feet to thirty-two thousand square feet, representing an increase of three hundred percent.
Combined with an additional technology investment package and supported by grant awards from Coventry & Warwickshire 'Business Support' Programme and 'Green Business' Programme, Goodflex will invest over half a million pounds in the most strategically significant undertaking for the company in its twenty-year history.
Always Moving Forward
Mark Dufty, Managing Director
Speaking about the move, Managing Director Mark Dufty said:
"In business, the one constant is change and if you're not moving forward, you're actually moving backward. And we're very fortunate to be working with some of the leading manufacturers and some of the best engineering and procurement teams in the world."
"When you're sat around a table and you're being asked for compressed lead times, shorter project cycles or to manage supply volumes historically associated with China or India, you know that you have to respond quickly. And that's always been in our DNA."
The move enables the business to double raw material process capacity, vitally important at a time when material shortages, price increase and supply chain disruption are impacting heavily on business. Further investments in new product development, testing, clean room technology and upgraded manufacturing capacity were all identified as critical to support the demands of customers over the next three years.
"And as we know, we're not out of the woods yet in terms of Covid," Mark continued. "The increased space will also enable us to continue to protect and safeguard our staff and customers which ultimately enables us to remain fully operational, as we have done throughout COVID so far"
Meticulously Planned
The move was meticulously planned by an internal Goodflex team lead by a Process Efficiency Consultant with experience in managing major business change programmes. The move provided Goodflex with the opportunity to complete extensive workflow analysis with the final factory design supporting maximum efficiencies for both the rapid prototyping and long-term supply sides of the business.
Based in Alcester in the United Kingdom, with ease of access from the M42, M5 and M40, the new facility is a thirty-minute taxi-ride from Birmingham airport and Warwick Parkway train station, all part of the plan to enable quicker access to Goodflex for all customer teams and for Goodflex to be able to respond ever quicker.
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NASA Lays Out $28 Billion Plan to Land First Woman on the Moon
With the Artemis mission, NASA will get astronauts again on the Moon by 2024.
by Satviki Sanjay
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Last year, NASA had said that in four years, it would be landing the first woman ever on the moon, and returning to Earth's only natural satellite for the first time since 1972, through its Artemis programme. Now, in a release on September 22, NASA has shared an update outlining its plan, announcing a whopping $28 billion plan for the return to the lunar surface.
The funds are all going to be used for the development of machinery; one billion dollars of the budget will go directly to the development of a commercial human lunar system that will take humans to the moon's surface. An allotment of $651 million will be used to support the Orion Spacecraft and the rocket that Boeing is building for the moon mission—called the Space Launch System or SLS, on which NASA has already spent at least $11.9 billion.
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The mission is named Artemis after the Greek goddess of the moon and the twin sister of Apollo. It's the antithesis to the NASA mission which last landed humans on the moon, Apollo 17. Only 12 humans, all male, have ever walked on the moon and they were all American, according to Bettina Inclán, NASA Communications Director. And with Artemis, they are finally planning to launch women on our satellite too.
Currently, there are just 12 active women astronauts, excluding the five other female astronauts who graduated from training earlier this year. The crew for the 2024 mission, however, has not yet been named. According to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, the first woman to walk on the moon would be somebody "who has been proven, somebody who has flown, somebody who has been on the International Space Station already."
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The Artemis programme is set to search for and potentially extract resources such as water from the Moon, which can be converted into other usable resources such as oxygen and fuel. NASA also hopes to develop new mobility capabilities that will allow astronauts to explore new regions of the Moon.
"We're going back to the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and inspiration for a new generation of explorers," said Bridenstine in their press release. "As we build up a sustainable presence, we're also building momentum toward those first human steps on the Red Planet."
The mission is set to launch in 2023. According to their plan, the astronauts will be fitted with modern space suits that allow for greater flexibility and movement than the spacesuits used by Apollo-era astronauts, and they will be tasked with collecting samples.
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The first instalment of the Artemis I mission, on track to launch in 2021, will not be with any astronauts. Instead, it plans to use robots, using commercial delivery services to "send dozens of new science investigations and technology demonstrations" to the Moon twice.
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318) AUTHORSHIP OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS – THE DISCOVERY OF A LOST TEXT FROM CHASSIDEI ASHKENAZ:
A commentary on the Book of Psalms by Rashbam (1085-1158) from just before the period of R. Eleazar of Worms.
INTODUCTION:
Pursuant to previous posts about lost texts (and even lost Talmudim) which were discovered in what became known as the "European Geniza", this article - based extensively on the research of Professor Simcha Emanuel[1] - explores another fascinating text with interesting implications.
The European Geniza is a term that has come to refer to old texts that were glued together and 'repurposed' as binding material to form a hardcover for newer books. These books are scattered throughout Europe in various libraries and archives. Their often-accidental discoveries yield important information about works from towards the end of the Middle Ages[2] which were until recently either not known or thought to have been lost.
A COMMENTARY ON THE SIDDUR?
R. Eleazar of Worms (1176[3]-1238) was the last of the mystical group of German Pietists known as Chasidei Ashkenaz. The Chasidei Ashkenaz were a significant group who were to have some influence on the Tosafists. R. Eleazar of Worms wrote the Sefer haRoakeach as well as extensive commentaries on the Siddur (prayer book). As we shall see, the discovery of textual fragments which are now housed at the Bodleian Library, revealed hitherto unknown commentaries of R. Eleazar.
Manuscript Oxford, Ms. Heb. c. 66 contains a number of textual fragments which include some from the European Geniza.
Simcha Emanuel's trained eye picked up the clues in one of the fragments which had:
"…precise folds of the parchment pages, which at times were sliced with a sharp knife and along straight lines, [and][4] clearly indicate that these pages had been used in bookbinding…
The first two pages of this manuscript (a single folio page) were obviously used in the binding of a book. The binder trimmed the edges of the page so they would suit his purpose, and the sharp creases in the page also eloquently attest to its new use."
Upon further investigation, Emanuel identified what he first thought was an additional commentary (to an already large collection of commentary) on the Siddur by R. Eleazar of Worms.
Emanuel explains that R. Eleazar:
"…wrote an extensive commentary on the prayerbook, some of which is based on literal explanations, while the rest employs esoteric teachings, as was the practice of the Hassidei Ashkenaz. The several manuscripts of this commentary differ significantly from one another, attesting the author's repeated revisions of his book over the course of at least thirty years."
This discovery was therefore thought to be one of these additional commentaries which differed somewhat from the published version of R. Eleazar's commentary on the Siddur, in Pirushey Siddur ha-Tefilah La-Rokeach.[5]
The words in the text which caught Emanuel's attention and which were initially identified as R. Eleazar's commentary on the Siddur, were as follows:
בשב׳ צריך לדרוש דברים הנחמדים מזהב [...] שצריך להקהיל קהילות בשבת ולדרוש
"On the Sabbath, things more pleasing than gold must be expounded [. . .] the people must be assembled on the Sabbath, to hear sermons."[6]
Because this fragment contained words Emanuel was familiar with from his knowledge of the known version of R. Eleazar's commentary on the Siddur, he naturally assumed he had discovered a new and unknown version of the commentary on the Siddur.
The fragment appeared to be from the section in the prayer book which contains the Psalms recited during the morning service, known as Pesukei deZimra (between Baruch She'amar and Yishtabach).
Thus, Emanuel thought he had found another version of R. Eleazar's commentary on the Siddur.
A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS:
However, on further investigation Emanuel realised that the fragment was not from R. Eleazar's commentary on the Siddur but rather from his more formal commentary on the Book of Psalms itself.
Emanuel soon realised that since some of the Psalms are included in the morning service, R. Eleazar simply copied passages from his Siddur and placed it in his commentary on the Psalms. Apparently, R. Eleazar was quite adept at this practice which today we would call 'cut and paste'.
Now that Emanuel had established that this commentary was in fact a commentary on the Book of Psalms and not on the prayer book, the comments carried more weight than the perhaps more incidental comments on the Siddur.
This is an important point because until then it was not known that R. Eleazar had even written a commentary on the Book of Psalms.
Emanuel writes:
"… until the present we did not know that R. Elazar of Worms had written a commentary on the book of Psalms, and the two pages at Oxford are the only extant remnant of this commentary."
In keeping with R. Eleazar's style in his commentaries, he first explains the literal meaning of the words, then moves on to gematriot (numerology) and then on to matters more mystical.
Two interesting observations emerge from these fragments:
1) THE NUMBER OF PSALMS:
According to tradition, there are 150 Psalms. According to R. Eleazar of Worms, there are 147 Psalms as his configuration of the Psalms differs from the traditional chapter division.
"Thus, the division of the book of Psalms known to R. Elazar of Worms differed from the commonly accepted demarcation."
Interestingly, putting the number of Psalms at 147 also happens to be the view of the Talmud Yerushalmi (the Jerusalem or Palestinian Talmud).[7]
And Emanuel brings another source for 147 Psalms from the first edition of Yalkut Shimoni:
"Yalkut Shimoni, a midrashic work composed in Germany in the late thirteenth century, also divides Psalms into 147 chapters, at least in the editio princeps of Salonika, 1521; in later editions, the printers brought the division into psalms in line with the traditional division."
Nevertheless, Emanuel points out that:
"The earliest evidence of this numeration appears in the commentary by R. Elazar of Worms, which was revealed for the first time in the bookbinding at Oxford."
2) THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS:
Then, another and more astounding discovery was made.
We generally regard the Book of Psalms as the work of King David and they are often called the Psalms of David.
This is based on the Talmudic statement:
"David wrote the book of Psalms by means of ten elders of previous generations, assembling a collection that included compositions of others along with his own. He included psalms authored by Adam the first man, by Melchizedek king of Salem, and by Abraham, and by Moses, and by Heman, and by Jeduthun, and by Asaph, and by the three sons of Korah."[8]
Emanuel then makes a surprising observation from within the same fragment:
"In his commentary [on the Psalms][9], however, R. Elazar of Worms, as an aside, denies the authorship of Psalms to King David, and attributes it to Ezra the scribe."
Although R. Eleazar expresses himself rather nonchalantly, this view is unconventional and non-traditional, and certainly not something one would expect from one of the members of Chassidei Ashkenaz.
Ezra the Scribe (480–440 BCE), who rebuilt the Second Temple and established the judicial body known as Anshei Kenesset haGedolah (Men of the Great Assembly), now emerges as the author of the Book of Psalms in place of King David (1010–970 BCE).
OTHER SOURCES ATTESTING TO EZRA AS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS:
Emanuel continues to explain that this is not the only reference to Ezra as the Author of Psalms:
"This view appears in several midrashim, and is especially mentioned by the commentators on Psalms from Ashkenaz, the Franco-German center, who write, as a matter of fact, that Ezra was the author of this biblical book.
My late teacher Professor Ta-Shma wrote of this at length in several essays,[10] and now we see that this opinion was shared by R. Elazar of Worms."
Emanuel thus shows that R. Eleazar of Worms' theory about the authorship of the Psalms is not an isolated perspective as it does fit within some traditional parameters.
The notion that Ezra may, according to some views, have authored the Psalms is as interesting as it is unusual.
On a contemporary Ask the Rabbi section of an outreach institution website, a certain Julie asks:
Dear Rabbi,
How could King David have written "Shir Hama'alot" if it describes the Jewish return to Israel which happened long after his time?
The rabbi responds:
Excellent question. The Psalms, written by King David, describe events that happened long after David lived. Here's another example: In Psalm 137, King David describes the destruction of the Second Temple. He even names the nation, Edom (Rome), which is to destroy it. How can this be?
The answer is really very simple. Starting with Moshe and ending around the beginning of the Second Temple, the Jewish Nation enjoyed a period of prophecy. King David was one of the many prophets among the Jewish Nation during that period. We find the phrase "As G-d said to David" several times in the written Torah. King David wrote Psalms using his prophetic abilities.
Perhaps, with knowledge of different sources as to the authorship of the Book of Psalms, one could explain some difficult questions without having to revert to supernatural answers. If we mention that there is a view that Ezra wrote the Psalms, the answer becomes even more simple.
Of course, even if one did say that Ezra wrote the Psalms, by drawing attention to Psalm 137, a similar question begs: How could Ezra, who died about five hundred years before the destruction of the Second Temple by Edom (Rome), write about events yet to occur?
We would have to leave that to another Ask the Rabbi section to find the answer.
[1] Simcha Emanuel, New Fragments of Unknown Biblical Commentaries from the "European Geniza".
[2] The Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the late 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. In Jewish history, both dates are significant as the we transitioned out of the Talmudic period in around 450 [followed by the Savoraim (450-589), Gaonim (589-1038) and Rishonim (1038-1500)], and entered into period of Acharonim in 1500.
[3] Emanuel puts the birth date at around 1160.
[5] Pirushey Siddur ha-Tefilah La-Rokeach, ed. M. Hershler and Y. A. Hershler (Jerusalem: Makhon ha-Rav Hershler, 1992), 81.
[6] Translation by Emanuel.
[7] Palestinian Talmud, Venice 1523, Shabat 16:1 (15c).
[8] b. Bava Batra 14b. Translation and commentary by Sefaria.
[10] See See I. M. Ta-Shma, Studies in Medieval Rabbinic Literature, I (Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2004), 278–288. See also R. C. Steiner, "A Jewish Theory of Biblical Redaction from Byzantium: Its Rabbinic Roots, its Diffusion and its Encounter with the Muslim Doctrine of Falsification," JSIJ—Jewish Studies, an Internet Journal 2 (2003), 123–167.
Labels: 147 Psalms, Authorship of the Book of Psalms, Chasidei Ashkenaz, Commentary on Book of Psalms, Commentary on the Siddur, Ezra, Lost texts, R. Eleazar of Worms, Simcha Emanuel, Tehilim
mitnad 16 March 2021 at 17:42
The concept of the "European Geniza" has really only come to the fore in the 21st Century, with earlier finds being verified and peer-reviewed The whole exercise appears to have received little or no approbation or approval from the "religious community" The publishers "Brill" have simply been "brill-iant" in having this whole area of our lost past recovered with numerous articles and the books. "Genizat Germania" by Andreas Lehnard and the follow-up "Books within Books" (both in English) have amazing chapters on the finds in different parts of Europe. Other prominent researchers such as the abovementioned Emanuel, Perani, Schlanger, Isserles and others have been no less awe-inspiring. The question as to the apparent paucity of these spectacular discoveries must be properly addressed. But one must also remember that, at the same time, many other researchers are also discovering non-Jewish documents which serve to enrich their cultures as well. All-in-all, it seems that the field is vastly underfunded. Who remembers, or was even aware of, the Afghan Geniza, heralded when it was found and now appears to have disappeared without trace due to lack of funding?
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A 3D mouse apparatus is disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus is mainly utilized to calculate, recognize, analyze and output the 3D gestures which include the physical quantity such as 3D position coordinate, displacement, velocity and acceleration of a point light source and the moving behavior of human hand, so as to achieve the purpose of 3D mouse apparatus.
The present invention relates to a 3D mouse apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus comprising a point light source device which is installed on human hands or fingers and a 3D gesture reading and recognizing device is utilized to calculate, analyze, recognize and output the 3D gestures which include the physical quantities such as 3D position coordinate, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of the point light source device and the moving behavior of human hand, so as to achieve the purpose of 3D mouse apparatus.
The conventional mouse, as one of the well known personal computer's peripheral, is manipulated on a 2D plane to achieve the operation of free movement, pressing button, depressing button, single clicking, double clicking, and dragging via the mechanical structure of button and the manipulation of hand and fingers, so as to achieve the purpose of operating a computer. Therefore, the conventional mouse can be treated as a simple 2D gesture recognizing apparatus. However, due to the limitation of performance, the conventional mouse is not able to provide 3D position coordinate and 3D gestures. Therefore, the conventional mouse is no way to satisfy the demand for more complicated software operations which require much and more complicated man-machine interface. Additionally, there is an inevitable drawback that the hands and fingers may suffer from great fatigue caused by a long-time operation of the conventional mouse.
In view of the disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides a 3D mouse apparatus for recognizing more diversified and more complicated 3D gestures and eliminating the possible hand fatigue due to the long-time operation.
Therefore, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a 3D mouse apparatus and take advantage of a point light source device attachable to a hand or fingers, a three 1D optical lens system, and a gesture analysis process, so as to achieve the replacement purpose of the conventional mouse and satisfy the demand for more complicated man-machine interface which requires more diversified and complicated 3D gestures. Since the hand or the finger can arbitrarily move in the free 3D space, thus the fatigue of hand or wrist muscle can be avoided. The optical structure, the fundamental optical theory, and the definition of all parameters used by the present invention are recited in details in the R.O.C. Pat. Application Nos. 096108692 and 096113579 or U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 12/047,159 and 12/105,630, so that the fundamentals are not described again here, and only the characteristics related to the present invention are described as follows.
FIG. 11( e) shows the schematic view of a dragging gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
L3 respectively. Since their principal optical characteristics are the same, the following description will no longer mention the case of the 90-degree rotation.
Ω=0°. Namely, in the present invention, the world coordinate system O(X,Y,Z) is fixed and the coordinate system is devoid of angular rotation.
O3(X3,Y3,Z3) are intersected at one point V(XV,YV,ZV), namely, convergent point.
As depicted by FIG. 2, the composition of the object point space disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
Zmin≦z1≦Zmax, and this limited region is named as a detectable zone, or hereinafter called an object point space 1. The center point of the object point space 1 is disposed at the convergent point V(XV,YV,ZV), so as to achieve the most effective optical imaging transformation.
As depicted in FIG. 3, the composition of the system disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
A 3D mouse apparatus 100, comprises a point light source device 101, a 3D gesture reading and recognizing device 120, and an object point space 1. The point light source device 101, is mainly formed by a point light source for emitting a scattered light with arbitrary wavelength, and can be an active point light source for emitting a scattered light 102 or can be a passive point light source for reflecting a scattered light 102. Besides, the point light source device 101 can be installed on the hands or fingers to transmit the moving behavior of hand to the 3D gesture reading and recognizing device 120. The device 120 receives the scattered light 102 emitted by the point light source device 101 and can periodically calculate, analyze, and output a 3D gesture signal 197 in a fixed time period. In addition, the object point space 1 is a maximal movable range for the point light source device 101, and the center point of the object point space 1 is set at the convergent point V(XV,YV,ZV).
As depicted in FIG. 4, the composition of the active point light source device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
The active point light source device 101 disclosed in the present invention is composed of a power control circuit 111, a battery 112, an illuminating element 113, an optical scattering element 114, a pin-hole 115, and a mechanical device 116. The power control circuit 111 comprising an electronic control circuit and a switch is connected to the battery 112 and the illuminating element 113 for controlling the power supply of the battery 112 and the brightness of the illuminating element 113. The battery 112 provides the electricity to the illuminating element 113 and the power control circuit 111. The illuminating element 113 can be one or a plurality of semiconductor laser diodes or LEDs for emitting a visible light or a non-visible light. The optical scattering element 114, composed of a spherical lens with a short focus length, receives and focuses the light emitted by the illuminating element 113, and outputs a scattered light with a larger divergent angle. The pin-hole device 115, which is an optical element with a small round aperture, is disposed at the focal plane of the optical scattering element 114. By properly adjusting the size of the aperture, the scattered light deviated from the focus point can be appropriately eliminated, so as to produce a scattering light source which is close to a point light source. Furthermore, the mechanical device 116 is used for affixing the power control circuit 111, the battery 112, the illuminating element 113, the optical scattering element 114, and the pin-hole 115.
As depicted in FIG. 5, the composition of the 3D gesture reading and recognizing device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
The 3D gesture reading and recognizing device 120 is composed of three sets of 1D optical imaging device 121, 124, 127 and a gesture analysis device 150.
Is3. The signal 197 can be transmitted by a wireless transmission or a cable. In addition, the gesture analysis device 150 can output synchronous control signals 122, 125, 128 simultaneously to drive the scanning process of the three 1D optical imaging device 121, 124, 127 synchronously.
As depicted in FIG. 6, the composition of the three sets of 1D optical imaging device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
The three 1D optical imaging device 121, 124, 127 share the common structure and comprise an optical filtering element 131, a 1D optical lens module 132, a 1D optical image sensor 133, and an image reading and processing device 135.
The 1D optical lens module 132 is composed of an optical lens capable of performing a 1D focus. The optical axis of the 1D optical lens module 132 is disposed at the axis Zj of the image coordinate system, and the focusing direction is set parallel to the axis Yj of the image coordinate system. The 1D optical lens module 132 transforms the scattered light 103 into a stripe typed beam 104 which is focused to form a line image on the 1D optical image sensor 133. Furthermore, the directions of the longer axis of the stripe typed beam 104 is perpendicular to the longer axis of the 1D optical image sensor 133.
The 1D optical image sensor 133, composed of M×1 pixels with a pixel width Δw, is used for receiving the stripe typed beam 104 and individually outputting the image pixel signals 134 from the first pixel to the M-th pixel by an analog voltage, wherein the center of the sensor 133 is disposed at the origin of the image coordinate system and its longer axis is set parallel to the Yj axis of the image coordinate system.
Is3. Additionally, the image reading and processing device 135 receives a synchronous control signal 122, 125, 128 which is used to synchronously driving the scanning process so that said image pixel signal 134 can be fetched synchronously by the three sets of 1D optical imaging device 121, 124, 127.
As depicted in FIG. 7, the composition of the gesture analysis device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
The interface 154 can be a generic standard interface, such as USB, which is used for receiving the physical quantity signal 195 and gesture signal 196, and converting both signals 195, 196 into the 3D gesture signal 197 and outputting the 3D gesture signal 197. Additionally, the gesture analysis device 150 simultaneously outputs a synchronous control signal 122, 125, 128 to drive the three 1D optical imaging device 121, 124, 127 simultaneously, so as to achieve the purpose of reading the image pixel signal 134 synchronously.
As depicted in FIG. 8, the schematic view of the error correction process disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
As depicted in FIG. 9, the memory allocations of the physical quantity disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
For the single point light source moving freely in the 3D space, how to define and recognize a meaningful gesture from the arbitrary movement of the single point light source is the most important topic for the gesture recognition. Hereby, we firstly define a general gesture and then use the general gestures to define the gestures for mouse operations.
As depicted in FIG. 10( a), the schematic view of the general gesture disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
δr are a variable, relatively small, but larger-than-zero values. As to the definition of another temporary hold state 3 (203), it is identical to the state 1 (201) with the different time frame and spot location. Namely, the spot light source device 101 located at r2(t), within the time frame of t2≦t≦t2+Δthold, maintains the still state of |r2(t)−r2(t2)|<δr.
The specific movement state 2 (202) can be defined as the spot light source device 101, within the time frame of t1+Δthold<t<t2, moving from state 1 (201) to the state 3 (203) by the specific movement state. For instance, the specific movement state can be a straight-line movement (as depicted in FIG. 10( b)) or a curve movement (as depicted in FIG. 10( c)) or a back-and-forth movement (as depicted in FIG. 10( d)). Thus, all movement states except the aforementioned movement are defined as an arbitrary movement in the present invention and do not belong to any sort of meaningful gesture.
As depicted in FIG. 10( b), the schematic view of the general straight-line gesture definition disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
As the aforementioned definition of the gesture, the general straight-line gesture can be defined as being composed of three consecutive physical states such as a temporary hold state 1 (201), a straight-line movement state 2 (202), and a temporary hold state 3 (203). The definition of the straight-line movement state 2 (202) stands for a state that the spot light source device 101, within the time frame of t1+Δthold≦t≦t2, moves from r1(t1) to r2(t2) substantially along a path which is approximate to a straight-line.
As depicted by FIG. 10( c), the schematic view of the general curve gesture definition disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
As the aforementioned definition of the gesture, the general curve gesture can be defined as being composed of three consecutive physical states such as a temporary hold state 1 (201), a curve movement state 2 (202), and a temporary hold state 3 (203). The definition of the curve movement state 2 (202) stands for a state that the spot light source device 101, within the time frame of t1+Δthold≦t≦t2, moves from r1(t1) to r2(t2) substantially along a path which is approximate to a curve. The curve can be a curve of second order polynomial such as an arc, a parabolic, an ellipse or a curve of higher order polynomial.
As depicted by FIG. 10( d), the schematic view of the general back-and-forth gesture definition disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown.
As the aforementioned definition of the gesture, the general back-and-forth gesture can be defined as being composed of three consecutive physical states such as a temporary hold state 1 (201), a back-and-forth movement state 2 (202), and a temporary hold state 3 (203). The definition of the back-and-forth movement state 2 (202) stands for a state that the spot light source device 101, within the time frame of t1+Δthold≦t≦t2, moves from r1(t1) to r2(t2) substantially in a straight line or a curve, and satisfies the condition of |r2(t2)−r1(t1)|<δR where δR is a variable, relatively small, but larger-than-zero values and δR>δr.
As depicted in FIG. 11( a), the schematic view of a pressing button gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The pressing button gesture 210 can be defined as being composed of three consecutive physical states such as a temporary hold state 1 (201), a straight-line movement state 2 (202), and a temporary hold state 3 (203). The definition of the straight-line movement state 2 (202) stands a short straight-line movement from the top to the bottom and satisfies a condition |r2(t2)−r1(t1)|<ΔL where ΔL is a variable and relatively small but larger-than-zero value.
As depicted in FIG. 11( b), the schematic view of a releasing button gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The releasing button gesture 211 can be defined as being composed of three consecutive physical states such as a temporary hold state 1 (201), a straight-line movement state 2 (202), and a temporary hold state 3 (203). The definition of the straight-line movement state 2 (202) stands for a short straight-line movement from the bottom to the top and satisfies a condition |r2(t2)−r1(t1)|<ΔL where ΔL is a variable and relatively small but larger-than-zero value.
Since the apparatus disclosed in the present invention has the capability of obtaining the 3D position coordinate of the spot light source device 101, in addition to the up-to-down or down-to-up movement, the moving direction can also be defined in other arbitrary directions such as forward-to-backward, backward-to-forward, right-to-left and left-to-right moving directions. Namely, there exists a movement relationship of reverse directions for the straight-line movement state 2 (202) in the gestures of the pressing button and the releasing button.
As depicted in FIG. 11( c), the schematic view of a single clicking gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The single clicking gesture 212 can be composed of a pressing button gesture 210 and a releasing button gesture 211.
As depicted in FIG. 11( d), the schematic view of a double clicking gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The double clicking gesture 213 can be composed of two single clicking gestures 212.
As depicted in FIG. 11( e), the schematic view of a dragging gesture used to emulate the mouse operation disclosed the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The dragging gesture 215 is composed of a pressing button gesture 210, an arbitrary gesture 214 other than the pressing button gesture 210 and the releasing button gesture 211, and a releasing button gesture 211.
The invention is disclosed as above, and it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Is3 which is analyzed and obtained by said image processing procedure after said image pixel signal is recorded in said memory, and for receiving a synchronous control signal which is used to synchronously driving said scanning process so that said image pixel signal can be fetched synchronously by said three sets of 1D optical imaging device.
a mechanical device, for affixing said power control circuit, said battery, said illuminating element, said optical scattering element, and said pin-hole element.
Is3, said synchronous control signal and said 3D gesture signal is transmitted by a wireless transmission or a cable.
4. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said image processing procedure is Fourier image processing.
an interface, being a generic standard interface, for receiving and converting said 3D gesture signal to an electrical signal complying with said generic standard interface and outputting said 3D gesture signal.
7. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said 3D gesture signal comprises a physical quantity signal and a gesture signal.
8. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein said physical quantity signal is the 3D position coordinate, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of said point light source device in object point space.
9. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein said gesture signal is composed of a plurality of consecutive gesture units, wherein said single gesture unit is composed of three consecutive physical states.
δr are a variable and relatively small but larger-than-zero value.
11. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein said specific movement state is defined by that said point light source device moves from said state 1 to state 3 by a specific defined movement state within the time frame of t1+Δthold<t<t2, wherein said specific defined movement state can be a straight-line movement, or a curve movement, or a back-and-forth movement.
14. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the maximum space range for said object point space is defined by (Xmin, Ymin, Zmin) and (Xmax, Ymax, Zmax) and the center of said object point space is located at the convergent point V(XV, YV, ZV).
X 1 = X i + Δ   X Δ   X + ( δ   X i + 1 - δ   X i ) × [ x 1 - ( X i + δ   X i ) ] ; Y 1 = Y j + Δ   Y Δ   Y + ( δ   Y j + 1 - δ   Y j ) × [ y 1 - ( Y j + δ   Y j ) ] ; and Z 1 = Z k + Δ   Z Δ   Z + ( δ   Z k + 1 - δ   Z k ) × [ z 1 - ( Z k + δ   Z k ) ] .
16. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said generic standard interface is USB.
17. The 3D mouse apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said time interval is the line scanning time interval or the integral times of line scanning time interval, wherein said line scanning time interval is the time frame for scanning and acquiring all image pixel signal of said 1D optical image sensor.
Ming-Yen Lin, Method of Recognizing and Tracking a Spatial Point, U.S. Appl. No. 12/047,159, Mar. 12, 2008.
Ming-Yen Lin, Method of Recognizing and Tracking Multiple Spatial Points, U.S. Appl. No. 12/105,630, Apr. 18, 2008.


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– 39 singel grupy Morning Musume. Wydany 13 maja 2009 roku.

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Słowa i kompozycja ułożona przez Tsunku
Aranżacja - Nao Tanaka, Shōichirō Hirota

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 "3, 2, 1 Breakin' Out!" – 4:36
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Limitowane DVD A
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 "Making Of" (メイキング映像, Meikingu Eizō?)

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Looking for a holiday in Buxton? Try the holiday cottage "Bailey Flatt Barn"
Bailey Flatt Barn in Buxton, Derbyshire is a stone barn conversion which has been converted into this holiday cottage sleeping 7 people. Containing plenty of character with its exposed stonework and beams; you also have a rural location to enjoy some peace and quiet. The nearest pub and restaurant to Bailey Flatt Barn are a couple of miles away, With Bakewell and Matlock being a short drive. Chesterfield can also easily be reached by car. Bailey Flatt Barn is also well suited to get out there and explore the Peak District National Park.
There are 4 bedrooms at Bailey Flatt Barn - 2 doubles, a twin and a single; so Bailey Flatt Barn sleeps 7 people.
There is a wood burning stove in the living room; with central heating as well. A washing machine and dish washer are also provided. Bed linen and towels are included in the price of your holiday.
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I did mention the hot tub, but thought I'd mention it again - having a private hot tub can really make a holiday extra special.
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Previous work has considered the use of common space station modules launched by the Skylon reusable launch system to construct a large in-orbit infrastructure composed of many small space stations. This previous work assumed this infrastruc- ture extended out to geostationary and lunar locations but without detailed consideration of the implications of operations beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This paper considers the implications of the extension of the approach to the geostationary and lunar environments. These environments impose both different requirements and constraints on the station modules. It is shown, through feasibility concept designs, that these new requirements can be easily incorporated in the core modules so that they can also be used both in LEO and in CIS-lunar space without any significant impact on their effectiveness, although all the requirements do need to be included at the start of the module development. It is also argued that the inclusion of lunar infrastructure requirements into the common modules completely scopes the additional requirements for operation in geostationary orbit. The concept is also extended to lunar surface bases and it is concluded while many new elements would be required some use of common modules is possible but may not be the optimum strategy.


For some reason Unicorns have always fascinated me and yet I don't like horses. Maybe its the idea that they don't exist that I like or the fact that it's a horse with a spike. Actually yes, I think that must be it. Animal + spike = awesome. There aren't enough animals with spikes these days. Sure there are plenty with horns but some how that's not as good. Rhino's are pretty good and they have spikes and apart from that (it's really a horn though isn't it?) there's the Narwhal. It has a crazy big spike like a unicorn's, right in the middle of it's head. It's probably the greatest animal living today.
Here's a picture of a Narwhal that I drew to give you an idea how awesome they are.


The nice thing about the election being so close to Halloween is all the Electionweenie parties the bars throw. that the sales of presidential Halloween masks would only reflect how uncreative and slipshod we are when it comes to costumes, not much more or less.
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Yakubu move breaks down, as Everton FC miss out on Demba Ba
AYEGBENI YAKUBU'S potential move from Everton to Leicester City is on the brink of collapse with the Nigerian reluctant to drop down into the Championship on a permanent basis.
Demba Ba
The 28-year-old striker scored 11 times in 20 games whilst on loan at the Walkers' Stadium last season, and Foxes boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is eager to retain his services ahead of a promotion push next year.
Yakubu was quoted earlier this year as saying he would be happy to return to the Midlands permanently, but with Turkish giants Fenerbahce having expressed an interest in the former Middlesbrough man, and able to match his Everton wages, his stance appears to have changed.
Everton manager David Moyes is eager to offload his former record signing, along with fellow Nigerian Joseph Yobo, in order to finance a move for Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia. Burnley's Chris Eagles has also been linked.
Moyes is also keen on West Ham's Demba Ba, but could be forced to admit defeat in his attempts to sign the Senegalese forward, after it emerged that Newcastle had agreed terms with the 26-year-old.
Ba is available on a free transfer following the Hammers' relegation from the Premier League, having activated a clause in his contract. But with estimated wages of £50,000 per week, Everton have been reluctant to force through a deal.
Meanwhile, Jack Rodwell admits it has been a frustrating season for him personally, but says he is looking forward to bouncing back next season.
The 20-year-old midfielder was tipped to be one of Everton's key players last season after a strong start to his Goodison Park career, and having signed a lucrative five-year contract extension last summer.
But his campaign was disrupted by an ankle injury sustained against Aston Villa back in September and the England under-21 star struggled to regain full fitness afterwards.
He ended the season having made just 28 appearances in all competitions, most of them as a substitute.
"I have had injuries that have halted my career but that is part and parcel of being a footballer," admitted Rodwell. "You just have to bounce back and remain focused. It's about the future now, not about the past.
"I just stopped still because of one thing and another. When I have been out of the team, I haven't been able to get back in.
"The couple of seasons before that, I had felt as if I had done really well, I'd played in a lot of games and I have tended to play in age groups ahead of the ones I was in.
"I just hope it's finally behind me now and I am looking forward to next season already."
Rodwell was a second-half substitute for England's under-21 side in their creditable 1-1 draw with Spain at the European Championships in Denmark on Sunday, and says he owes a debt of gratitude to Everton skipper Phil Neville for his support and advice during a difficult season.
"I'm a strong person and when I am not in the team, I can motivate myself to keep focused and be prepared for when I get called on," he said.
"There are a lot of senior pros to look up to. Phil Neville has been great in terms of the pointers he has given me.
"He's told me what to do and when to do it when I have been injured, how to deal with any frustrations I have had when I have not been picked.
"It's been great to have him around to get that kind of support.
"It's been a tough year and I haven't played a lot for the Under-21s. The others have played close to 10 games each. I've only played one or two. I was disappointed not to start but I'm sure everyone else was too.
"I felt good when I came on (against Spain). I finally feel fresh. I've shaken off a lot of injuries this season but I feel good now, mentally and physically.
"It's not for me to say whether I will get on Wednesday night (against Ukraine) but I always want to play so let's hope so, fingers crossed."


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The Page Plugin: This replaced the like box and allows brands to transfer aspects of their Facebook profile directly onto their website. From here, customers can like and share a page …... Include the location to show live weather information on the countdown widget, also add webcam images for live views of event location Watch as your event is counted down in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, and receive an alert when the event happens.
I want to have a long term countdown as part of my wallpaper but I can't find anything good that seems to do that. I've found clocks, and screensaver programs, but nothing that seems like it would overlay a large timer on the wallpaper image or even just replacing it would be fine as well.... When you link your blog to Facebook, each time you publish a new post, a snippet of that post appears on your profile's home page as a status update. Every friend that you're connected with on Facebook will automatically see your blog post on their Facebook account where they can click through and visit your blog to read the rest of the post.
Obviously it can be used to countdown to any event – but with 6 months until the Olympic Cycling Road Race comes to Surrey, the Olympic opening ceremony will be my focus! The effect Every day, the Twitter profile image for the countdown account changes to show how many days are left.
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Just one day before the 4th AGM in Berlin, on July 4th, the Coordinating Board met for the third time in their mandate. It was more of a preparatory meeting before the AGM, discussing mainly about the details of the event. But the Board has also come up with some important changes related to the New Board Elections and "Organise your own event".
The Events Coordinator has now become the Professional Development Coordinator, with some new tasks such as organising an online career fair, as well as other training programs that will strengthen the professional development of the network.
The Board also discussed on how to best present the role of each coordinator for the call of the New Board. It was everybody's desire that members applying for the positions would be aware of the type of commitment required. Each Board member went through the benefits, responsibilities, and requirements that their position entails, in order for the new board applicants to be well informed before applying.
Moreover, in order to stimulate more members to apply for the Organise your own event scheme, the board has decided to become more flexible with the minimum amount of members, and maximum cap of reimbursement, where funding of events proposed by members will be decided case by case. This means that the members are not responsible to fill the minimum number of participants and are free to apply for events that are bigger than what they were limited to. For the approved event proposals, the Coordinating Board will be working with the applicant for the promotion of the event within the network.
The Board also went through the organisation of the Handover Meeting planned on the 20th-21st of September in Brussels, the moment in which the old Coordinating Board meets the newly elected coordinators of OCEANS. It was decided that there will be a session in which the Coordinators can all meet informally, talk with the old Board and learn from their experiences.
Needless to say, we encourage you all to apply for a position within the CB; it's been a lot of fun and we've definitely learned a lot!


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HomeNewsRain Drenches Race and Jenks Perseveres!
Rain Drenches Race and Jenks Perseveres!
Jenks takes win as Gonzalez is struck down by mechanical failure on last lap.
As the rain continued to beat down, the cars rolled onto track. Goikhberg, supposed to be the second place position was late to grid and as a result he filled in the last position.
The cars rolled towards the start line and Gonzalez grouped the pack up as much as the conditions would allow. The green flew, but by the time they got to the bus stop it was Jenks with the lead. The outside line into turn one was the better of the options. Gonzalez had fallen to second, but by the time the field crossed line he had regained the lead. Jenks followed in second and Goikhberg had progressed nicely to get into the third spot. Bob Wright and Dave Weitzenhof would fill the top five.
The next time by, it was Goikhberg with the advantage over Jenks, but Gonzalez was out front and had generated a three second gap. Meanwhile, Kerry Jacobsen overtook Dave Weitzenhof to claim the fifth spot.
With nine laps remaining, both Gonzalez and Goikhberg run their fastest laps, there's only a tenth between the two. The advantage again goes to Gonzalez. The game of chicken is on once again, who can extract the most speed without mistake? For now, it's nearly a dead heat.
With seven laps left, Gonzalez and Goikhberg take more time back from the track, this time Goikhberg with a slight advantage over Gonzalez. The difference in lap time is only two tenths of a second, the two are separated by just two seconds. Jenks is circulating comfortably in third, Wright is in fourth, while Jacobsen sits in fifth and is closing on Wright.
At this juncture it became obvious that the race would end on time, not lap count, the conditions just didn't allow for the drivers to complete full race distance. At the front, Goikhberg closed to within a second of Gonzalez and looked poised to take the top spot heading towards the bus stop. Gonzalez wasn't having any of it. At the completion of the lap Gonzalez held the lead.
With just two laps remaining, the race ended for Goikhberg, he spun off the final turn of the bus stop going into the wall backwards severely damaging his Citation. In these conditions, that game of chicken can be cruel. Only a local yellow was shown as Goikhberg was out of the way and indicating that he was okay.
Gonzalez now safe for the first time in the race, Jenks following comfortably, Bob Wright held third. Jacobsen was following just a second behind Wright. It's worth noting that Brandon Dixon got back on the racing surface but because the repairs from his qualifying crash delayed him, he started his race six laps down.
Unbelievably, it was not to be for Gonzalez. Despite having led nearly the entire race, he ground to a halt with less than a lap to complete. Jenks took the win, Bob Wright in second, and Jacobsen in third.


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'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2' Cast Interviews with Peter Weller
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Cast Interviews with Peter Weller
Warner Home Video has provided us with three video interviews for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 featuring stars Peter Weller (Batman), Michael Emerson (The Joker), and Mark Valley (Superman), before its impending release on Blu-ray and DVD January 29. The studio has also released three new photos of these superheroes from this animated sequel, picking up where Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 left off. Take a look at how these celebrated actors got into character to portray such iconic heroes.
The Dark Knight, along with new sidekick Robin, have finally reclaimed Gotham City and allowed a ray of hope to penetrate the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. With Batman back in the spotlight, the extended media coverage has awoken a far worse evil at Arkham Asylum, The Joker! Forever destined to be mortal enemies, The Joker has a diabolical scheme that may pull Batman down to the darkest levels of insanity. While on the horizon, a global catastrophe races towards Gotham and with it comes a familiar face, The Man of Steel, though this time he has Batman in his sights. Witness as the aging Dark Knight wages a tireless war against crime while proving that courage and will are indeed timeless.
Three classic DC Comics cartoons
Digital comic
Preview of the upcoming animated feature Superman: Unbound