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As a run This is particularly true in areas of north- pedestrians MUST use sidewalks if they row, though? ner, I'm willing to step aside. west Waterloo such as Laurel Creek. Erb- exist, I couldn't find evidence to support Local bylaw defines a V After all, knowing my legal sville and inure-mm, this. shoulder as “that part or the ' rights will stand up in court For years, the vicinity has been a Nor could i determine whether pedestri- highway lying adjacent to ’n is a moot point ifl fail to favourite training ground for runners and ans can use bike lanes. i know many folks the roadway that is stand up against a car. cyclists. but as more and more homes feel runners shouldn't have a choice. espe- improved with granular or “ 7 Let common sense pre- devour the countryside. road congestion is a cially sincecyclistsdon't. pand surface and is not " . Vail when you're out on nar~ , growingproblem. Only bicycles with very small wheels intended for the passage of 1 = ‘ row roads. Challenging this ~ Notably absent in northeast Waterloo are (50cm diameter or less) are allowed on side- motor vehicles or pedestri- instinct may be your legal j sidewalks and bike lanes. As well, shoulders walks. Even the one my daughter has had ans." right in some cases ~ but at f are often narrow and flanked by ditches, cre- since the age of eight doesn‘t qualify. According to this defini- PENNY what cost? ating a tight fit when runners. cyclists and All other bicycles are oomidered vehides tion, runners can use roads. WWI“) ‘ driverstopasseach other. and must use the mad. staying as far to the but not shoulders. Then . Who has the legal right of way? For rightaspoestble. . again, I'm not sure l’d use ‘ \ answers. I recently consulted the Ontario Narrow roads are an exception. Cyclists the word 'Improvod" to describe the edge of no 5 __ roads in northeast Waterloo Being a lawyer Afivelanawriter. blowerandoommum’ca- f 1'“; [fl,\\‘ 1‘ ii. {1 fl ' i :3. < mustbesuchfun. nons' WWinWazertaAPenny t " :â€"'_‘_â€"_<_:’ ,Ik:”"i“i.â€"'“,"’" jg :_, V l'dlihetoaeethedefinitionofabikelane Wmlariymnrblaonaboutlifeut ; q ' .fl‘ rug t,- ~11 at? V - addedtoourlomlbylawassoonaspossible. wwsrucbtwordwom ‘ ‘ " ” t ‘ Profh 1 IV 40 Id bl ‘ 0 A team of mathematicians has solved a step in their epic project. ’ . ' - m problem first posed more than 40 years ago Rota's Conjecture relates to a specialized Mm ' In 2 STARE “7- PM that has confounded modern mathemati- area of mathematics known as matroid the» IO- . I“ 3 m It.“ Fem clans. until now. cry. a modern form of geometry, which was 1m ’Nl‘ W I" 30." Prof. lim Geelen of the University of pioneered by the world-famous. Waterloo 0 “as :m Waterloo and his colleagues. Prof. Bert based mathematician Bill Time. Gerard; of Centmm Wflunde & lnformati- The theory investigates the embedding ' ' ' .Mlmm w ca and the University of Mantricht in the of abstract geometric structures. or M you choose "‘88“, you am your (fun! Netherlands, and Prof. Geoff Whittle of matroids. into concrete geometric frame~ Victoria University of Wellington in New works â€" namely. projective geometries over W Zealand have proved the famous Rota's a given finite field. The conjecture is that. for m.- .- .‘ a Conjecture. each finite field. there is a finite set of “u I g The three men workzd for almost is obstructions preventing such a realization. . i _ _' m“ years to solve this probl m posed by the The conjecture was posed by Rota at the ' ’ 1' ' r, , 3â€" _ _ ‘ famous mathematician and philosopher lntemational Congress of Mathematics in . - ‘ ‘ . ‘ - V ” r l Gian~Carlo Rota in l970, Earlier this year. in l970. serendipitously, one week before (lee . 1 * '_ Waterloo, the trio completed the final lenwasbom. .. \ \ \ ~ ‘ W 2 BlllillS Ham ” H 5 ll gamut ~ , t it! at] Tm m ' . chantâ€"a- , . RF” JP .3 .. mount-unannouncâ€" 3'9 N7 2227 will 3 35 eta-unnatur- . j. _ “gunman“, ...t...§./Slill.C3 We: l()l l’()\ «tam... Wag». , . fiawdvg-‘lkg ‘2'?” ”3%: at” m m ”it. "‘ """r‘ 2' 2"" ' - .51" . 7‘- .. ». 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