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Olympics: Pearson Advances To Quarter-Finals

The Bermuda team has commenced competition in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, with rower Shelley Pearson advancing to the Rowing Women’s Single Sculls Quarter-Finals after finishing third in her heat this morning. Pearson delivered a time of 8:22.15 during the heats to advance to the next round. The photo below, courtesy of Patrick Singleton from […]

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Olympics: Pearson Is “Calm And Confident”

[Written by Don Burgess] Shelley Pearson is “calm and confident” ahead of Tuesday’s women’s single sculls quarterfinals at the Olympic Games. She will be competing in the third quarterfinal heat in lane 6 and will be up against three Africans: Algeria’s Amina Rouba, Nigerian Chierika Ukogu, Zimbabwe’s Micheen Thornycroft as well as Canada’s Carling Zeeman and […]

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Olympics: Pearson Finishes 4th In Quarterfinals

[Written by Don Burgess + Updated] By fractions of a second, Shelley Pearson narrowly missed out on advancing to the women’s single sculls rowing A/B semifinal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Denmark’s Fie Udby Erichsen, who won silver at the London Olympics, was victorious in Pearson’s heat. The Bermudian was in in a fierce competition to […]

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Olympics: Pearson Finishes 2nd In Semifinal

[Written by Don Burgess] Shelley Pearson stroked her way to a second place finish in her semi-final C/D heat today to advance to the women’s Olympic single sculls C Final on Saturday. Pearson — rowing in lane three — was third at the 500 metres mark, trailing both Sanita Puspure of Ireland and Felice Chow from […]

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Olympics: Shelley Pearson Finishes 4th In C Final

Bermuda’s Shelley Pearson finished fourth in this morning’s women’s single scull rowing C final, recording a time of 7:34.41 in her final race of the 2016 Olympic Games. Pearson — the first female rower to represent Bermuda — advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing third in her heat on August 6th; she then finished 4th in the quarter-finals […]

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Annabelle Collins Is Heading To 2020 Olympics

The Bermuda Equestrian Federation advised that the Federation Equestre Internationale [FEI] has “now confirmed that Bermuda is eligible to compete with one individual athlete/horse dressage combination at the upcoming 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.” “Although Annabelle and her the 11 year old Stallion, Joyero VG, have already achieved the requisite qualifying scores for the 2020 Olympics, […]

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Pedal For Paralympics Fundraiser On January 12

The Bermuda Paralympic Association [BPARAS] will be hosting a charity cycling event dubbed ‘Pedal for Paralympics’ on Sunday, January 12 starting at 9.45am from Dockyard and finishing at Ferry Reach Park. Registration costs $25 if done prior to the event or $30 if done on the day of the event; all participants who raise $100 […]

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Photos & Videos: 2020 Pedal For Paralympics

[Updated] The Bermuda Paralympic Association [BPARAS] is hosting a fundraising cycling event today [Jan 12], with participants riding from Dockyard to Ferry Reach Park to help raise funds for the island’s para-athletes. The event getting underway in Dockyard this morning: The cyclists were joined along part of the route by Paralympian Jessica Lewis, who was […]

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Photo Set II: Annual Pedal For Paralympics

Over 90 riders teamed up with the Bermuda Paralympic Association as a fundraising cycling event saw participants ride from Dockyard to Ferry Reach Park, with the ‘Pedal for Paralympics’ event serving to assist in raising funds for the island’s para-athletes The cyclists were joined along the causeway by Paralympian Jessica Lewis, and also present at the […]

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Winter Olympics '06




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Top 10 Searched Topics Online (blog post)

One of the biggest challenges when starting a new blog or website is deciding what the topic of your site is going to be about. You also want to take into consideration what people are looking for online. If you’re stuck on an idea for your site here are the 10 most popular topics that are searched for online besides porn of course and the rough percentage of traffic each one gets.




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testing... testing... my con pics! yatta!!

as my office's server is based overseas or whatever i think i can access here while i'm working thus a great reason to O.T. here are my trip's pic^^http://www.flickr.com/photos/fybabe/sets/72157624890186184/




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A few more pics

Mum and babies are now at home doing fine. Although the night feeding is exhausting with the two of them often waking at the same time. Thanks to all those that emailed.




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LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard top list for U.S. team at 2020 Olympics

Lakers star LeBron James heads a list of 44 players nominated to represent the U.S. at the upcoming Summer Olympics. Others include Kawhi Leonard and Damian Lillard.




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Can you get an airline ticket refund due to postponed Olympics or coronavirus crisis?

If you were headed to Tokyo or any other destination, here's what you must know to get a refund. It may not happen — you may get a voucher instead — but you can get some relief.




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Former UCLA gymnast Danusia Francis believes postponed Olympics will be even better

Former UCLA gymnast Danusia Francis is looking forward to "another year to get stronger, another year to get more confidence" amid the Olympics postponement.




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'Doyel & Derek' podcast: Coronavirus, IU basketball are hot topics

IndyStar's columnist and radio man Derek Schultz cover the Hoosiers, Boilermakers, Bulldogs and what disease concerns mean to fans

      




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Olympics can wait — Plainfield diver Daryn Wright first wants state title

Daryn Wright has a résumé, and a routine, unlike any other girl in this weekend's state swimming and diving championships.

      




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Your World Cup pics - 10 July

Your fan photos from around the world



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Sport24.co.za | Phillies star lashes 'dumb' rule: Let baseball stars play Olympics

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper believes Major League Baseball should relax its "dumb" rule preventing top players from competing in the Olympics.




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Episode 23 - The Internet of Top Tech Topics (IoTTT) Brexit, Pokemon Go & Tesla

For the second week running hosting duties are taken by Henry Burrell, who is joined by Techworld.com editor Charlotte Jee to discuss the impact of Brexit on the UK's startups. Producer Chris then jumps in to discuss the Pokemon Go launch in the UK and a debate breaks out over whether it is for adults (13:00) Finally, online editor at Computerworld UK Scott Carey brings the latest news around driverless cars, from Tesla's recent struggles and how it may affect the industry in general (25:00)  


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Episode 90 - The Internet of Meaty Topics (IoMT) Digital afterlife, net neutrality and GDPR emails

Oh boy what a meaty session we have for you as Christina Mercer, Somrata Sarkar, David Price and Henry Burrell tackle three whopics (whopping topics) head on.


Somrata takes us into the sometimes scary thoughts of our own digital afterlives. Should we be worried that we'll end up as misrepresentative chat bots one day? Who will have the authority to police the companies that harvest our data?


Then Christina explains the knife edge America is on when it comes to net neutrality. Despite recent hope, there's still a chance the web across the pond will be ruthlessly metered and segmented.


Finally David asks us if we've checked our unused email accounts recently, as there might be a lot of desperate noodle companies in there begging you to stay on their mailing lists.


 

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Bryce Harper calls MLB 'dumb' to keep stars out of Olympics

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper thinks Major League Baseball is "dumb" for its policy that makes the Olympics off-limits for baseball's best players.




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Special Olympics athletes get dental help thanks to ADA member dentist

As the world gets ready for the Special Olympics Sweden Invitational Games in February, one of the ADA’s member dentists will be watching as the Special Smiles program he founded will be used to screen and attend to the dental needs of the competing athletes.




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Wetter climate to trigger global warming feedback loop in the tropics

As the tropics get wetter, soils are likely experience greater rates of respiration and decomposition, limiting the carbon storage abilities of tropical soils and intensifying global warming.




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Horses Recognize Pics of Their Keepers

Horses picked out photographs of their current keepers, and even of former keepers whom they had not seen in months, at a rate much better than chance.

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Sex and Psychology Podcast: SexTech, Sexting, and Dick Pics in the Time of COVID-19

Lockdowns and “social distancing” guidelines are changing our intimate lives in major ways. For example, think about people living alone in heavily restricted areas right now. What we’re seeing in our research is that many of these folks are turning to sextech to fill the void in their sexual lives, such as by increasing their participation in activities like sexting and cybersex—and many are trying these things for the very first time. In order to explore the various ways that people are leveraging sextech right now, I spoke to two sextech experts: Dr. Erin Watson and Tasha Falconer.




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Dissertations on leading philosophical topics / by Alexander Bain.

London : Longmans, Green, 1903.




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A fast algorithm with minimax optimal guarantees for topic models with an unknown number of topics

Xin Bing, Florentina Bunea, Marten Wegkamp.

Source: Bernoulli, Volume 26, Number 3, 1765--1796.

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Topic models have become popular for the analysis of data that consists in a collection of n independent multinomial observations, with parameters $N_{i}inmathbb{N}$ and $Pi_{i}in[0,1]^{p}$ for $i=1,ldots,n$. The model links all cell probabilities, collected in a $p imes n$ matrix $Pi$, via the assumption that $Pi$ can be factorized as the product of two nonnegative matrices $Ain[0,1]^{p imes K}$ and $Win[0,1]^{K imes n}$. Topic models have been originally developed in text mining, when one browses through $n$ documents, based on a dictionary of $p$ words, and covering $K$ topics. In this terminology, the matrix $A$ is called the word-topic matrix, and is the main target of estimation. It can be viewed as a matrix of conditional probabilities, and it is uniquely defined, under appropriate separability assumptions, discussed in detail in this work. Notably, the unique $A$ is required to satisfy what is commonly known as the anchor word assumption, under which $A$ has an unknown number of rows respectively proportional to the canonical basis vectors in $mathbb{R}^{K}$. The indices of such rows are referred to as anchor words. Recent computationally feasible algorithms, with theoretical guarantees, utilize constructively this assumption by linking the estimation of the set of anchor words with that of estimating the $K$ vertices of a simplex. This crucial step in the estimation of $A$ requires $K$ to be known, and cannot be easily extended to the more realistic set-up when $K$ is unknown. This work takes a different view on anchor word estimation, and on the estimation of $A$. We propose a new method of estimation in topic models, that is not a variation on the existing simplex finding algorithms, and that estimates $K$ from the observed data. We derive new finite sample minimax lower bounds for the estimation of $A$, as well as new upper bounds for our proposed estimator. We describe the scenarios where our estimator is minimax adaptive. Our finite sample analysis is valid for any $n,N_{i},p$ and $K$, and both $p$ and $K$ are allowed to increase with $n$, a situation not handled well by previous analyses. We complement our theoretical results with a detailed simulation study. We illustrate that the new algorithm is faster and more accurate than the current ones, although we start out with a computational and theoretical disadvantage of not knowing the correct number of topics $K$, while we provide the competing methods with the correct value in our simulations.




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Curling wants 2021 world championships to determine qualifying for Beijing Olympics

The World Curling Federation announced Thursday it is proposing to the International Olympic Committee that the 2021 world curling championships will determine which countries will book their tickets to Beijing 2022.



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2020 Special Olympics Summer Games canceled, will shift to virtual games

The 2020 Special Olympics Summer Games, slated for June 11 to 13, are being canceled due to concerns related to coronavirus. The games will shift to virtual events, with details to be announced in the near future.




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Special Olympics in Slovenia

We look at how the Slovenian FA is tackling disability football.





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Youth Olympics futsal qualifying report

The future of European futsal – male and female – was displayed over the last week in qualifying for the 2018 Youth Olympic games with Russia and Portugal coming out on top.




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LinkUp: Relevent topics for youth

During OM France’s last LinkUp, an interdenominational event for all teens and young adults in the Nantes region, OMers focused on the theme of sexuality.




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Fin24.com | PICS: What it's like to retire in style - see inside SA's top 5 luxury retirement villages

These places give new meaning to the term "golden years". And no fewer than four of the five top retirement villages listed in the 2019 Estate Ratings report by New World Wealth are in the Western Cape.




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Fin24.com | PICS: Fancy owning a boutique wine farm? Here's what buyers are paying

Opting for a boutique wine farm might be the way to go, according to Kevin Layden, the Seeff Property Group' agent for farms in the Stellenbosch and Boland areas.




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Unity at the Olympics

Churches and organisations in Brazil united during the 2016 Olympics with the sole purpose of sharing the gospel.




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Once Again, Inside Sonam And Anand's Wedding In Pics And Videos

"May you be blessed with all the love and happiness, just as we feel blessed to have you in our lives!" Anil Kapoor wrote for Sonam and Anand




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In pics: Stunningly modified BMW G310 GS! From an ADV to Scrambler!




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In Pics: Maruti Suzuki S-Presso exterior, interior images: Features smart cabin, airbags and more




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In Pics: Hrithik Roshan’s DC modified Mercedes-Benz V-Class interior looks extremely luxurious




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Udemy for Business launched in India, curates courses on relevant topics across fields

Udemy for Business is powered by Udemy, which enables the world’s experts to develop courses and share their knowledge.




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IOC ‘committed’ to Tokyo Games despite virus: Olympics chief

The statement came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday requested the closure of schools nationwide in a drive to curb the spread of the coronavirus.




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Japan committed to hosting Olympics on schedule even as virus spreads

Hashimoto told the upper house on Thursday that organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would continue to work together closely.




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Coronavirus outbreak: IOC official says no deadline for decision on Olympics

More than 77,000 people have recovered from it so far, mostly in China where the outbreak started late last year.




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Coronavirus pandemic: IOC set for crisis talks as fears grow for Tokyo Olympics

The IOC's executive board will meet via conference call to prepare an "information exchange" ahead of a series of talks with athletes' representatives, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Federations (IFs), planned for Tuesday and Wednesday.




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Coronavirus outbreak: All national camps, except those preparing for Olympics, postponed due to COVID-19, says Kiren Rijiju

In India, the shooting World Cup and Indian Open Golf has been postponed so far, while badminton's India Open was also deferred after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) suspended all World Tour and sanctioned events.




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Coronavirus impact: PV Sindhu goes for self-quarantine, Pullela Gopichand asks for Tokyo Olympics postponement

If the Coronavirus goes on to postpone the Tokyo Olympics scheduled in July this year, it will hit yet another prominent sporting event after it delayed the Indian Premier League to April 15 from the scheduled March 29 start.