HJC Europe has announced the recent appointment of Richard Todd as the new European brand and sales director for HJC Sports Bicycle Helmets. This is a newly-created position overseeing all commercial and marketing activities for the brand within Europe, working closely with the Korean HQ. Todd is a veteran of the industry, taking commercial and … Continue Reading »
Pauls Cycles has reported a nearly 20% year-on-year sales growth over the last six months, following 13.7% growth last year. Despite the rocky industry landscape, the online bike retailer is climbing steadily, reporting a 16% increase in profit in the same period. The independent brand’s success is in part credited to its continued focus on … Continue Reading »
Cyclesense, a family-run bike shop and a cornerstone of Tadcaster since 1991, has debuted a fresh new look. The rebrand, which includes a new visual identity, represents the evolution of Cyclesense from its humble beginnings to its status today as a thriving independent retailer serving cycling enthusiasts both locally and nationally through its growing e-commerce … Continue Reading »
Saddleback has announced a distribution partnership with Trickstuff, bringing easier access to the premium German braking brand for dealers and consumers in the UK. Founded in 2004 by Michael Habighorst through the desire to improve the status quo of braking performance, Trickstuff has built a reputation for making some of the most desirable and high-performance … Continue Reading »
Madison is teaming up with Cytech and the Rediscovery Centre in Ireland, to offer a first-class bicycle mechanic training facility by providing a full Park Tool workshop. The Rediscovery Centre is the National Centre for a Circular Economy and since 2004 has been committed to Ireland’s sustainability ambitions. In April 2024, the Rediscovery Centre partnered … Continue Reading »
Amazon has just announced the next Prime Big Deal Days scheduled for Oct. 8-9, 2024, offering shoppers the ability to save big on products they need or for holiday gift shopping. Continue Reading »
To complete the perilous project his mother never finished, a filmmaker documents Indigenous resistance in war-torn Colombia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
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Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process - by David C Krakauer & Chris Kempes Read at Aeon
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‘Marks of weakness, marks of woe.’ William Blake captures the suffering and oppression on the streets of 18th-century London - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
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Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds, while also serving as unsettling reminders of the abyss - by Tishani Doshi Read at Aeon
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The company is setting a per-employee annual funding cap of $5,250, equal to the IRS limit on tax-free benefits for educational assistance programs. Continue Reading »
The two private Catholic institutions signed a letter of intent that would bring the Ohio-based Ursuline under the umbrella of Gannon, in Pennsylvania. Continue Reading »
Leaders at the private liberal arts college said the move is part of a broader goal to decrease student stress and improve campus well-being. Continue Reading »
The defendants, including Elsevier and Wiley, have done "tremendous damage to science and the public interest,” the complaint alleged. Continue Reading »
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As other districts shut down virtual programs, Tullahoma City Schools is adding grades and requires students to earn "social points" to stay connected. Continue Reading »
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This research focuses on a novel convertible unmanned aerial vehicle (CUAV) featuring four rotors with tilting capabilities combined with a tapered form. This paper studies the transition motion between multirotor and fixed-wing modes based on the mechanical and aerodynamics design as well as the control strategy. The proposed CUAV involves ... Continue Reading »
The tensioned reinforced soil retaining wall, a novel retaining structure, utilizes either anchors or geosynthetic materials as reinforcements that contribute to load-bearing and friction within the structure. This study aims to explore the tension distribution and strain patterns in the reinforcements, and their influence on the reinforced soil retaining walls. ... Continue Reading »
The quality of the refill friction stir spot welding (RFSSW) process is heavily dependent on the selected welding parameters that influence the resultant joint characteristics. Thermomechanical phenomena integral to the process were investigated using finite element (FE) analysis on two dissimilar materials. This FE analysis was subsequently validated through controlled ... Continue Reading »
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (DLBCL, NOS) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Significant efforts have been focused on utilizing advanced genomic technologies to further subclassify DLBCL, NOS into clinically relevant subtypes. These efforts have led to the implementation of novel algorithms to support ... Continue Reading »
Soil moisture is a critical parameter that significantly impacts the global energy balance, including the hydrologic cycle, land–atmosphere interactions, soil evaporation, and plant growth. Currently, soil moisture is typically measured by installing sensors in the ground or through satellite remote sensing, with data retrieval facilitated by reanalysis models such as ... Continue Reading »
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: US Supreme Court’s Roberts hears key Democrat’s call for enforceable ethics code (Nate Raymond, Reuters) Durbin Tells Judiciary Supreme Court...
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: How Elizabeth Prelogar Stands Up to a Runaway Supreme Court (Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair) John Roberts Gets His Turn in...
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak (Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak, The New York Times) Green Party urges...
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: U.S. Naval Academy, affirmative action foe square off at Baltimore trial (Nate Raymond, Reuters) Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened...
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At her swearing-in ceremony to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2013, Ketanji Brown Jackson quipped to the group assembled, “It takes a village to raise a judge.” Jackson’s new memoir, “Lovely One” – the English translation of her first and...
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The Register's Jessica Lyons reports: Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm's network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server. In an exclusive interview with The Register, Binary Defense's Director of Security Research John Dwyer said the cyber snoops first compromised one of the victim's three unmanaged AIX servers in March, and remained inside the US-headquartered manufacturer's IT environment for four months while poking around for more boxes to commandeer. It's a tale that should be a warning to those with long- or almost-forgotten machines connected to their ... Continue Reading »
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved the AM for Every Vehicle Act, which mandates that automakers include AM radio in new vehicles without additional charges. The Verge reports: The bill passed the committee on a roll-call vote of 45-2 and now heads to the full House for final approval. The bill, titled the AM for Every Vehicle Act, would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue a rule that "requires automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their vehicles without a separate or additional payment, fee, or surcharge." Supporters say they are pushing the bill ... Continue Reading »
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: At its Made On YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to interact with their fans and viewers. The space, called "Communities," is kind of like a Discord server built into a creator's channel. With Communities, YouTube is hoping creators won't need to use other platforms like Discord or Reddit in order to interact with viewers. Communities are a space for viewers to post and interact with other fans directly within a creator's channel. In the past, viewers have been limited to leaving comments on a ... Continue Reading »
OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is "thinking." From a report: Since the company launched its "Strawberry" AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini, OpenAI has been sending out warning emails and threats of bans to any user who tries to probe how the model works.
Unlike previous AI models from OpenAI, such as GPT-4o, the company trained o1 specifically to work through a step-by-step problem-solving process before generating an answer. When users ask an "o1" model a question in ChatGPT, users have the option of seeing ... Continue Reading »
All seven independent directors of DNA-testing company 23andMe resigned Tuesday, following a protracted negotiation with founder and Chief Executive Anne Wojcicki over her plan to take the company private. WSJ: It is the latest challenge for 23andMe, which has struggled to find a profitable business model. The stock price fell to $0.30 per share after hours on Tuesday. At that price the company is worth less than the cash on its balance sheet. In a letter addressed to Wojcicki, the directors wrote that "after months of work, we have yet to receive from you a fully financed, fully diligenced, actionable ... Continue Reading »
A decomposing body has been found in the woods near an Interstate 75 exit in Kentucky where a man opened fire on highway travelers earlier this month, wounding five people. Investigators have been searching for Joseph Couch since the September 7 shooting, as CrimeOnline reported. Initially, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office handled the search for … Continue Reading »
An investigation is underway in Indiana after a woman and three children were reportedly found dead in a home on Tuesday. State police said Wolcottville officers performing a welfare check when they discovered the four bodies. Police said there is no threat to the public even though their investigation is ongoing, according to WPTA. WSBT … Continue Reading »
A convicted murderer is release a review of his case after accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged with a similar murder. According to Newsday, John Bittrolff was convicted in the early 1990s murders of Rita Tangredi and Colleen McNamee. He was also suspected, but never charged with the of Sandra Costilla, Now … Continue Reading »
On Wednesday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorney filed an appeal asking a New York federal judge to reconsider yesterday’s ruling to keep him jailed until trial. According to the Associated Press, Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo asked Judge Andrew L. Carter to place Combs on home detention with GPS monitoring. Combs, who was arrested in Manhattan on … Continue Reading »
September is National Preparedness Month. In coordination with our partners at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) is producing a series of weekly articles to help radio amateurs and their families stay safe.See previous stories:https://www.arrl.org/news/resilience-through-amateur-radio-for-national-preparedness-month https://www.arr... Continue Reading »
Ham radio operators volunteering with the ARRL® Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) have successfully completed operations for Hurricane Francine, now a tropical storm. “We had a huge positive showing of ARES team members checking in and doing the ‘thing.’ I sincerely appreciate everyone leaning into this activation,” said Robert Hayes, KC5IMN, Section Emergency Coordinator of the ARRL Mis... Continue Reading »
With sunspot numbers up and solar flux decreasing, we saw ten newsunspot groups this week; two on September 6, three on September 7,two on September 8, one on September 9, and two on September 11.Average daily sunspot numbers increased from 155.3 to 178.4, whileaverage daily solar flux declined from 230.3 to 223.7.Geomagnetic indicators were quiet, with average daily planetary Aindex dropping f... Continue Reading »
HJC Europe has announced the recent appointment of Richard Todd as the new European brand and sales director for HJC Sports Bicycle Helmets. This is a newly-created position overseeing all commercial and marketing activities for the brand within Europe, working closely with the Korean HQ. Todd is a veteran of the industry, taking commercial and … 
Pauls Cycles has reported a nearly 20% year-on-year sales growth over the last six months, following 13.7% growth last year. Despite the rocky industry landscape, the online bike retailer is climbing steadily, reporting a 16% increase in profit in the same period. The independent brand’s success is in part credited to its continued focus on … 
Cyclesense, a family-run bike shop and a cornerstone of Tadcaster since 1991, has debuted a fresh new look. The rebrand, which includes a new visual identity, represents the evolution of Cyclesense from its humble beginnings to its status today as a thriving independent retailer serving cycling enthusiasts both locally and nationally through its growing e-commerce … 
Saddleback has announced a distribution partnership with Trickstuff, bringing easier access to the premium German braking brand for dealers and consumers in the UK. Founded in 2004 by Michael Habighorst through the desire to improve the status quo of braking performance, Trickstuff has built a reputation for making some of the most desirable and high-performance … 
Madison is teaming up with Cytech and the Rediscovery Centre in Ireland, to offer a first-class bicycle mechanic training facility by providing a full Park Tool workshop. The Rediscovery Centre is the National Centre for a Circular Economy and since 2004 has been committed to Ireland’s sustainability ambitions. In April 2024, the Rediscovery Centre partnered … 
To complete the perilous project his mother never finished, a filmmaker documents Indigenous resistance in war-torn Colombia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process - by David C Krakauer & Chris Kempes Read at Aeon
‘Marks of weakness, marks of woe.’ William Blake captures the suffering and oppression on the streets of 18th-century London - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds, while also serving as unsettling reminders of the abyss - by Tishani Doshi Read at Aeon
W Eugene Smith’s photos of the Minamata disaster are both exquisite and horrifying. How might we now look at them? - by Joanna Pocock Read at Aeon
The company is setting a per-employee annual funding cap of $5,250, equal to the IRS limit on tax-free benefits for educational assistance programs. 
Some 37% of teens said they were unsure if their school had developed rules on AI use, according to a Common Sense Media survey. 
Working with local industry can help schools stay on top of needs and ensure educators have opportunities to upgrade their own skills, says one expert. 
An Illinois principal writes that vaping companies that target their products to teens often receive little more than a warning letter. 
Older buildings in need of repairs face stagnant capital improvement budgets and need plans for preventive maintenance and more, IncidentIQ says. 
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: US Supreme Court’s Roberts hears key Democrat’s call for enforceable ethics code (Nate Raymond, Reuters) Durbin Tells Judiciary Supreme Court...
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At her swearing-in ceremony to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2013, Ketanji Brown Jackson quipped to the group assembled, “It takes a village to raise a judge.” Jackson’s new memoir, “Lovely One” – the English translation of her first and...
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The Register's Jessica Lyons reports: Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm's network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server. In an exclusive interview with The Register, Binary Defense's Director of Security Research John Dwyer said the cyber snoops first compromised one of the victim's three unmanaged AIX servers in March, and remained inside the US-headquartered manufacturer's IT environment for four months while poking around for more boxes to commandeer. It's a tale that should be a warning to those with long- or almost-forgotten machines connected to their ... 
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A convicted murderer is release a review of his case after accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged with a similar murder. According to Newsday, John Bittrolff was convicted in the early 1990s murders of Rita Tangredi and Colleen McNamee. He was also suspected, but never charged with the of Sandra Costilla, Now …