Archive for Fall
Nature snapshots
Posted in Books, pictures with tags Chernobyl disaster, cold fusion, European Community, Fall, India, Nature, Neal Stephenson, nuclear energy, open access, open and free access on July 16, 2019 by xi'anO’Bayes 2019: poster deadline extension
Posted in pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags BAYSM 2018, BNP12, conference, conference fees, Fall, ISBA, O'Bayes 2019, poster, quadrangle, University of Warwick on January 31, 2019 by xi'an
For potential participants to the ISBA O’Bayes 2019 conference in Warwick next June 28 – July 02, that is, almost everyone except the participants who have already submitted!, this post is to announce that the deadline for poster submission has just been extended till March 15, to account for BNP 12 potential participants having not yet been notified of the accepted contributed sessions. Or the poster presentations there, since the same poster can be discussed at both places, by all means! (Thank you Robin for pointing this out!) As an aside, the construction of the webpage is still under development for registration fees (low) and university accommodations (cheap), but should be out next week! (The current links are to BAYSM 2018, which took place last year, obviously.)
free fall [fake]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags background, climbing accident, Coventry, fake image, Fall, jatp, Microsoft Windows 10, rock climbing, running injury, tendinitis, Warwickshire on January 12, 2019 by xi'an
As I was looking for the location of a picture serving as a background image for Windows 10 log-in page, I came across several versions of the above, supposedly showing a climber failing to grab another climber’s hand and as a result falling. Or “falling” as the image is obviously doctored, most likely by removing the ropes securing both climbers. This is fairly ridiculous, from the top climber hanging by his hand to the bottom one carrying quickdraws on his harness, as in the worst climbing movies… Still, I wish the location of the shot was provided on the website. (As an insider joke, I had a fall when running that was definitely not fake during the Xmas vacations, scraping a fair amount of skin on the gritty sidewalk, but with no apparent lasting damage, although I am barred from running by a tendinitis which started in Warwick last month..!)
free Fall
Posted in Statistics with tags cycle path, Fall, Porte Dauphine, raspberries, red light, short course, summer, tomatoes on September 15, 2018 by xi'an
Summer is off, Fall is back, as now the open air swimming pool has closed, the park opens too late for my schedule, shorts have all but disappeared from the streets and classrooms, the last raspberries have dried out, green tomatoes in my garden are unlikely to get any redder, the ant traps are no longer needed, the watering hose has been stored inside along the umbrella, and eating outdoors becomes a challenge, but the return from the traditional August vacation break has seen an explosion in the number of cyclists on my way to Dauphine, meaning I end up on most trips biking with (or against) other [100% nuke free] cyclists, with an improved trip duration (if not safer trips!). And no connection with the free fall tee!
