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Knee injuries are common among active kids, especially athletes, and a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) — a ligament that helps give the knee its stability — is a common type of knee injury.
Kids who play contact sports, like football and soccer, are most likely to have a torn MCL. The injury happens when the outside of the knee is struck, causing it to unnaturally bend inward (toward the other knee). This creates tension on the MCL, a rope-like band, and it stretches or breaks in half.
Children with a partially or completely torn MCL might have swelling and pain within the first 24 hours of injury. Fortunately, this injury can heal on its own with anywhere from 1 to 6 weeks of resting the joint.
Most kids will still need to undergo rehabilitation ("rehab") therapy to help regain strength in the joint.
What an MCL Does
The MCL is one of the four main ligaments in the knee joint that connect it to the shinbone (tibia) and thighbone (femur). It is located on the side of the knee that is closer to the other knee. One end of the ligament is attached to the femur, while the other end is attached to the tibia.
Together with the lateral collateral ligament (LCL), which is in the same location on the outside of the knee, the MCL helps prevent the overextension of the knee joint from side-to-side.
Signs and Symptoms
A child with a partially or completely torn MCL may or may not have symptoms, depending on the severity of the injury.
Pain and swelling can be very intense initially, and some kids (with more severe injuries) will have some instability when walking, feeling "wobbly" or unable to bear weight on the affected leg.
Many kids, especially those who are familiar with the injury or have torn a ligament before, report hearing a "pop" sound — the sound of the ligament tearing.
A child who has injured a knee — whether out on the field or at home — should stop all activity (to prevent further injury) and seek immediate medical care. In the meantime, keep the area iced and elevated as much as possible to reduce swelling. Do not let the child bear weight on the knee.
At the doctor's office or emergency room, doctors will perform physical exams and imaging tests to determine if there is a knee injury and, if so, how severe it is.
These tests can help diagnose an MCL injury:
- Lachman test. During this exam, a child will lie down flat on his or her back with the affected knee lifted and flexed at a 20- to 30-degree angle. The doctor then places one hand on the back of the shin and the other on the top of the thigh, applying pressure to move the shin forward. If it moves too far forward, it can signal a torn MCL.
- Varus load test. As in the Lachman test, a child lies down flat, and the affected led is moved out to the side, and the knee is flexed at about 30 degrees. The doctor places one hand on the back of the knee joint and the other on the top side of the ankle. Pressure is applied, rotating the shin bone, to see how far the MCL will extend. Too much flexibility can signal an injury.
To properly diagnose MCL injuries, doctors usually perform these tests in combination or in addition to other physical exams.
While X-rays might be taken to determine the extent of the injury, they only image bone and, therefore, can only confirm the presence of bone fractures in the knee. An MRI, which images tissue (like ligaments and muscles), can confirm a partial or complete MCL tear so some doctors will order one to confirm a diagnosis.
Types of Injuries
Doctors categorize MCL injuries according to the following criteria:
- Grade I tear. This is a slight tear (or stretch) of the MCL. Both ends of the ligament are still attached to the bone, but a portion of the ligament may sag and be less taut. Recovery usually takes 1 to 2 weeks; therapy may not be needed.
- Grade II tear. This is a slightly more severe tear of the MCL, with a portion of the ligament sagging. Pain and swelling is usually more severe than with a grade I tear. Kids usually need 3 to 4 weeks of rest and sometimes therapy.
- Grade III tear. With this type of injury, the MCL breaks in half. Many kids are unable to bend the knee or bear weight on it without pain. They may be unstable while walking, and the knee may sometimes "give out." Kids with this injury need to wear a knee brace and undergo therapy for 6 weeks or longer.
In addition to tearing the MCL partially or completely, some kids have "collateral" injuries. This means that other ligaments, bones, or tissue in the knee joint are also affected. And sometimes during a tear, the MCL detaches from the tibia or femur. Any of these complex cases would require longer recovery times, more therapy, and sometimes even surgery to repair the ligaments
Treatment of MCL injuries requires long-term rest of the joint. Depending on the severity of the injury, a child will need to walk with the assistance of crutches, limit physical activity, and wear a knee brace. Putting too much pressure on the knee can cause reinjury.
Rehabilitation ("rehab") therapy is needed to help heal the knee and to:
- restore range of motion
- regain strength in the knee, thigh, and shin muscles (and prevent atrophy, the breakdown of muscle tissue)
- reduce pain and swelling
- improve balance
Most kids undergo rehab at a center three times a week, with daily exercises they practice at home. Accelerated rehab programs require more frequent therapy and can speed up recovery.
In the early stages of recovery, keep the knee iced and elevated to help to reduce pain and swelling. Over-the-counter or prescription painkillers and anti-inflammatory medicine can help kids deal with the pain and feel more comfortable.
While most sports are off limits — especially the activity that caused the injury in the first place — kids can do some low-impact activities that may be fun and even therapeutic, like swimming, bike riding, or protected running. Talk to your doctor about what activities might benefit your child.
Helping Your Child Cope
Being told that you can't do the things you love — like running or playing football, field hockey, or softball — can be a devastating blow to any child. Kids recovering from an MCL injury, especially a severe one, may feel angry, frustrated, and even depressed, especially if they're no longer participating in team sports with their friends.
But in the meantime, there are ways to still feel like part of the team. Keeping score, being a coach's assistant, or bringing water to the games may help. If your child doesn't want to do these, suggest starting a hobby, like playing the guitar, painting, drawing, or another sedentary activity that won't put too much strain on the knee. Low-impact activities, like swimming, are another option.
In time, your child can again do the things he or she loves. But if, during recovery, your child continues to feel angry or depressed, consider talking to a school psychologist or counselor, who may be able to help your child cope and look ahead to better days.
Reviewed by: Kenneth Rogers, PhD, ATC | Date reviewed: June 2009


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CHANNEL 4 is intent on "vigorously defending" claims of ageism by John McCririck after the former pundit initiated legal proceedings against the broadcaster seeking damages totalling £3million.
McCririck was one of a number of faces dropped from the presenting team after Channel 4 awarded the production contract for its racing coverage to IMG Sports Media, ending its previous agreement with Highflyer.
McCririck was vocal in his criticism of the decision when it was announced last October and has decided to pursue Channel 4 and IMG Sports Media through the courts.
However, a Channel 4 spokesperson said: "We are grateful to John McCririck for his contribution towards the success of Channel 4 Racing over many years.
"However, we reject the suggestion that discrimination on the basis of age played any part in the decision not to renew his freelance contract and we will be vigorously defending this claim."
In a statement, McCririck said: "Channel 4 and production company IMG Sports Media were yesterday each served a letter before action for age discrimination.
"After 29 years with Channel 4 Racing, on a rolling annual contract, I have been sacked without any consultation or cogent explanation. I am 72. For loss of future earnings, unfair career damaging, public humiliation, stress and mental anguish, I will be seeking £500,000.
"Ageism is illegal. For tens of thousands of employees it has become the feared scourge of our society.
"This litigation should prove to be a watershed. There's no upper limit to the amount of damages employment tribunals can award under the Equality Act 2010.
"I am seeking a further exemplary, punitive £2.5m, part of which will be donated to charitable organisations helping to prevent negative prejudice in the workplace."
McCririck said he was being represented on a no-win no-fee basis by employment and sports law specialist solicitor Stephen Beverley, of the London West End Cavendish Legal Group.
McCririck said his solicitor had served papers on the executives he says are responsible for his sacking.
The veteran presenter said: "Mr Beverley is insisting on full disclosure of all documents, phone records and emails up to the present day that led to, and followed, my dismissal. My legal team will also be calling past and present Channel 4 Racing presenters and production staff, media executives, journalists and others to be cross-examined in public by my QC, who is also acting no-win no-fee."
McCririck admitted the legal action will have its consequences. "It won't be pleasant, the vitriol will hurt," he said. "Some is bound to stick and further threaten my future prospects. But that is the price when asserting what is right against entrenched powerful interests.
"I believe this landmark action will be a beacon to motivate numerous workers still productive as ever, but now living in dread of being unjustly axed."
McCririck said he would drop the legal action if he is "fully" reinstated, receives an apology from Channel 4 and all his costs are met.
IMG Sports Media assumed production control on January 1, with former BBC racing presenter Clare Balding and Racing UK anchorman Nick Luck heading up the new team.

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If it's just a matter of avoiding "that guy" or helping its co-creator avoid his ex, then the new "anti-social" app Cloak—which sources your contacts' locations based on their check-ins on Foursquare and Instagram, so that you can avoid them—is just another coddling mechanism that allows us to construct miniature worlds from our "likes," excluding anything that causes us discomfort. This ends, of course, in a boring, predictable, and ultimately doomed utopia, when suddenly everyone is too "Nearby" on Cloak's green-on-black world map, and no one can be "Far enough."


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Coach Kirby Dean has successfully changed the basketball culture at Eastern Mennonite University, guiding the Runnin Royals to new heights as he enters his 15th season at his alma mater. EMU has become a national name in the past couple of years with Dean registering back-to-back 22-plus-win seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight of the NCAA D-III National Championships.
Since the beginning of the 2008-09 season, the EMU men's basketball program has had six of the top seven seasons in school history including the top three of all time. Before Dean took over, the program had only seven winning seasons in 37 years, with a 16-win season representing the highpoint. Over the past seven seasons, the Runnin Royals have averaged 17.6 wins, including 25-win and 22-win seasons.
Dean had a strong core of seniors in 2014-15, earning their second straight 17-win season and trip to the ODAC Tournament Semifinals. Senior David Falk and Marcel Crump each earned repeat All-ODAC selections, with Falk on the First Team and Crump on the Second Team. Falk was also named All-Region and All-State, as he finishes with the EMU records for blocks in a season and career and is third in career rebounds.
Falk made national headlines as a junior with his appearance on ESPN's top plays with two thunderous dunks vs. Randolph College which had him as high as No. 4 on SportsCenter's Top Plays, one spot behind Jabari Parker of Duke!
During the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons, the up-tempo Runnin Royals were among national leaders in scoring offense, scoring margin and turnover margin. The men have averaged 87.0 and 87.8 points per game, giving their huge crowds a lot to cheer about while they racked up a 47-10 combined record.
In 2009-10, the men not only advanced to their first-ever national tournament, they also hosted games on the opening weekend in front of packed crowds of more than 1600 fans. The Royals finished 14-2 in the ultra-competitive Old Dominion Athletic Conference that year, claiming just their second regular season title in program history.
Dean was named ODAC Coach of the Year after the 2009-10 season as well as the National Assosication of Basketball Coaches South Region Coach of the Year. He also mentored four men on the 2009-10 All-ODAC teams, including Todd Phillips who was named First Team All-American by D3hoops.com. In his senior season, Phillips was named ODAC Player of the Year, becoming just the third EMU men's basketball player to earn the award.
Dean played four years at EMU from 1988 to 1992. He was named best defensive player in 1989, 1990, and 1992. In 1992, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education and a minor in Coaching. Following graduation he spent two years as an assistant coach with the Royals.
In 1994, Dean, who grew up in nearby Penn Laird, Va., moved down Interstate 81 to the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. He spent eight years from 1994 to 2002 as an assistant coach at the Division I institution. In 1995, the team went 18-10 overall and 10-4 in the Southern Conference. It was the most wins by a VMI squad since the 1970s. From 1994 to 1999, VMI went 40-33 in conference games, the most successful five-year run at the military school since the 1970s.
The Valley called Dean back closer to home in 2002 when he spent a year as the high school boys' basketball coach at Waynesboro High School and taught middle school. After one season, EMU came calling and Kirby Dean was named Head Coach of Men's Basketball.
In addition to his undergraduate degree, Dean also holds a Master of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in Athletic Administration from James Madison University. He currently lives in Harrisonburg with his wife, Regina, who is an elementary teacher in the Augusta County Public School District, and daughter, Maycee.
Dean has two bible verses that speak to him both in his life as EMU basketball coach and in his personal life. "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord…plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11) "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)
Through many years of coaching basketball, Dean most enjoys the relations that he develops with players. He greatly appreciates that many of his players from years ago at VMI still call or e-mail to keep in touch.


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An employee of a store at the Inner Harbor jumped into the freezing cold water Tuesday to save a complete stranger who it appears was trying to take her own life.
Eric Muskat, an employee at the Urban Outfitters in Harborplace, said Wednesday he's flattered but he doesn't think of himself as a hero.
It all started at about 2 p.m. Tuesday when Muskat said a woman in her late teens or early 20s walked into the store.
"She then handed me a piece of paper -- there was a bunch of names and phone numbers. She said, 'Could you call one of these numbers in a couple of minutes? Just give this to any one of them.' She turned around and walked briskly to the door and said, 'I'm going to jump in the harbor,'" Muskat said.
Muskat and his colleagues watched in horror as the woman ran toward the Inner Harbor and jumped in. Without hesitation, Muskat threw his cellphone on the ground and jumped in after her.
"Immediately, everything went cold. I could feel my muscles tensing up right away, my lungs as well," Muskat said. "I reached around to find her. It feels like she's sinking like a rock, so I try to pull her up. As I pull her up, I'm coming down, so it's a struggle to keep both of us afloat."
Muskat has severe asthma, so he yelled for a friend to get his inhaler, gasping for breath while pulling the woman to the edge of the water. Police officers patrolling the harbor threw a life preserver and, once they were in shallow water, helped pull them onto shore.
"She was very scared. She was shaken. She was crying as I had her in my arms dragging her along to the shallow part," Muskat said.
The woman was taken away in an ambulance before Muskat even learned her name. He was taken inside the store for his inhaler and some dry clothes.
Reflecting on all of it, he said he'd do the same thing again: "There was no thought. It was completely impulse. I lost my grandmother three days prior, and you just know how precious life is. I just hope she's well. I hope she has a new lease on life. I hope she appreciates it. I saw the fear on her face, so maybe that knocked it into her."


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Forty years in the business means Rich Howard can tell a lot about a company from a simple phone call.
"I wouldn't call it intuition," he says. "I'd just call it experience."
Which isn't to say he doesn't feel hitting the road and kicking the tires is important in due diligence, it's just not as important as most people think. Howard, lead manager on the Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund, has a reservoir of knowledge developed over decades that includes portfolio management stints at names like Fidelity and T. Rowe Price, where he ran the famed Capital Appreciation Fund. In 1997, he broke away to help start Guilford, Conn.-based Prospector Partners. Along with two partners, Kevin O'Brien and John Gillespie, the firm started as an institutional asset manager (hedge funds and SMAs with about $3.5 billion under management) before opening that expertise and infrastructure to retail investors.
Today, Prospector Capital Appreciation is a five-star, value-focused fund with $60 million in assets and one of the largest cash buyers of convertible securities (arbitrage players dominate the market), which Howard views as an excellent means to manage risk.
"We like the risk/reward characteristics," he says. "We have all the advantages of an asset allocation fund without having to give up some of the reward potential."
What sets the fund apart, Howard explains, is that they're value managers, in the best sense of the word. By that, he means they try to stay well-diversified to get an appropriate margin of safety behind their investments. But a favorite sub-sector focus, he says, is to ask themselves what they believe the private market would pay for a company.
"Let's say a piece of an oil field sold for X and a company we're interested in owned a large piece of that same oil field," he explains. "We would try to apply that to say 'this part of the company is worth X' and if that's a significant portion of the company's value, then of course that would be an attractive investment for us."
In addition to this current market value, Howard and his team mainly look to financial statements. But he notes the market typically focuses on income statements first, cash flow statements second and balance sheets third. He reverses the process and mainly focuses on balance sheets, followed by cash flow and income statements.
"We believe it is easier for the management of public companies to inappropriately manipulate the income statement than the balance sheet," he says. "Therefore it's a better document, in terms of the quality of information it gives you. So we often use balance sheet changes as a way to measure companies. We look for a catalyst to improve internal performance, e.g. new management, sale of a division. So this balance sheet focus is something that separates us from other managers."
Where is he currently finding alpha? Blue chips, believe it or not. They've underperformed so dramatically that they're attractive to a value manager like Howard. He mentions Johnson & Johnson as one he was buying on the day of our interview. Its multiples have almost been cut in half in the last decade, and are trading at a very favorable price.
But his attraction to blue chip, large-cap stocks at the moment doesn't mean he's simply a large-cap value manager; quite the contrary. Howard points to his "go anywhere" mandate as one reason for his success.
"We certainly prefer to buy small-cap stocks because they tend to have the most bang for the buck," he says. "And they are most likely to have a 'value capture' event, like a merger or a takeover. Large-caps are our second choice, but at the moment we are adding more large-caps than small-caps."
Another area of focus recently has been in the gold mining space. While he doesn't think of himself as a gold bug, over 10% of the fund is currently in gold mine stocks. The metal itself has risen dramatically in price, but the company stocks have risen less; a classic value play, he says.
"One of the reasons why gold mining stocks have not been terribly good is because there are so many more investment vehicles available today to the individual and the small institution, whether it's an ETF or just a share in gold itself, like GLDs. Gold mining, on the other hand, has really been left behind relative to history because of that competition. I think that makes it more attractive rather than less attractive."
So with such a good bead on attractive returns, is he looking to grow the fund, and, specifically, is he using consultants to do so? Surprisingly, no; he doesn't feel it's a good use of his time. While he says he'd certainly like the fund to be larger, he's not prepared to share fees with consulting and marketing organizations.
"We feel we would rather plow that money into our own research efforts to make the fund better," he says. "We feel that if you do a good job running a fund, the money will eventually come. And not unlike most small fund companies, there's no negative in our small size because we have so many assets from our private account business."
It might seem odd that a top fund manager and Harvard Business School grad would choose Gilford, Conn. to manage money, but its convenience is in its centralized proximity to eastern seaboard financial hubs.
"It takes 15 minutes to get to the New Haven Train Station. In one hour and 45 minutes you can be in Manhattan. You can also get to Boston easily. You can get to several airports, so it's been a wonderful location. We have a very good staff. We have eight excellent senior analysts and they have a very good support staff."
Which brings us back to the issue of hitting the road and proper due diligence. While Howard likes to say he "gives good phone," he still makes sure to attend conferences and routinely meet with the managers of the fund's top holdings. It comes back to his experience. While at Fidelity and T. Rowe, he met with so many managers and so many investment research staff members that he knows what he wants and what to ask for in a relatively short period of time.
"If you've been doing this for 40 years like I have, you've met an awful lot of people and you've talked to a lot of analysts," he says. "I have a reservoir of knowledge and certainly have benefited very much from working at Fidelity and T. Rowe Price. It is a wonderful advantage having worked at those places."


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- Allyson Pecilunas said...
Those tulips are gorgeous!! Everything looks so pretty! Happy Easter!!
- April 23, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- Donna~One Simple Country Girl said...
I love the comment about the lamb! So true!!! Love your tulips and that bunny is too cute. I hope you and your family have a blessed Easter!
- April 23, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...
Love that quote....may have to use it.....Have a wonderful day tomorrow
- April 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- PAINTORDIG.blogspot.com said...
Wonderful quote about the lamb. Love the little reclining rabbit, maybe he is tired after delivering all those baskets!
- April 24, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Becca said...
What a cute bunny !! It all looks beautiful. Happy Easter!!
- April 24, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Sue said...
I agree...bunnies are fun and I love the "Easter stuff" but I also love to remember the real meaning of this day.
Happy Easter!
- April 24, 2011 at 7:33 AM
- Melissa Miller said...
Happy Easter Kristen! Beautiful post.
- April 24, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Pinky at Designs by Pinky said...
The tulips are beautiful and I think the white flowers are spirea??? Not positive. Love the bunny, he looks so RELAXED:). Thanks for the reminder of the true meaning of Easter! XO, Pinky
- April 24, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- Shelia said...
Easter blessings to you!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
- April 24, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- Happy walker said...
nice blog... visited here with a smile, take care always... feel free to visits me back at http://www.lonelyreload.blogspot.com (A Growing Teenager Diary)... thanks ~~~
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WD has released a 4TB desktop drive, an extension of its Caviar desktop range, now branded the WD Black.
As with previous versions, it comes in a 3.5-inch form factor, rotates five platters at 7,200rpm, has a 64MB cache and a 6Gbit/s SATA interface. It carries over technologies like the dual-stage actuator head from the previous versions - which is like an arm with both an elbow and a wrist joint for more precise positioning of the read/write head.
WD has added dual processors to the system and there may be an element of laying the ground for hybrid disk drives here, the ones with a flash cache.
The company's disk products include 4TB nearline drives, RE SAS and RE SATA, both spinning at 7,200rpm, and announced in September. These have five 800GB platters. Toshiba's 3.5-inch line maxes out at 3TB. No doubt 4TB is on its roadmap.
What about the desktop drive competition? Seagate's Constellation ES.3 tops out at 4TB and has a 6Gbit/s SAS or SATA interface.
Hitachi GST, the WD subsidiary, has a 4TB Deskstar 5K4000, spinning at 5,400-5,900rpm - but the company is coy about the rest of the specs. It has 4 X 1TB platters and a 32MB cache plus the standard 6 gig SATA interface.
The WD Black 4TB GB hard drives, with capacities ranging from 500G to 4TB, are available through WD's channel now, with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $339.00 and at £239.50 in the UK, a cost averaging out to around $10/GB - or a cent for a megabyte. ®
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly claimed that the 4TB drive has three platters. In fact, it has five.


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In what might best described as a "platform deepening" exercise, PaaS vendor dotCloud is now supporting WebSockets, MongoDB 2.0, and vertical scaling as the company continues to align towards the needs of so-called "full stack" developers.
These developments have come about due to the impact of both HTML5 and the rise of the full stack developer; i.e., a programmer (often primarily web focused) capable of taking on the design, markup, and styling as well as behavioral and programming elements of a project. The full stack developer will also typically be conversant with multiple languages and multiple databases.
According to dotCloud, its latest total offering represents the only PaaS to deliver production-grade native support for multiple databases and languages, WebSockets, and both vertical and horizontal scaling in a single platform.
New technology support on the dotCloud platform includes WebSockets support so that all dotCloud applications can now leverage WebSockets for bidirectional communication between the browser and the backend.
There is also support for mongoDB 2.0, considered to be a "major update" for the high-availability database service, with "guaranteed" backwards compatibility. Vertical scaling means that dotCloud becomes the first PaaS to support both horizontal and vertical scaling. To scale their application, developers can choose between increasing concurrency (horizontal), larger memory allocation (vertical), or both.
"We believe there is a fundamental shift happening in the application development space where languages and databases are agnostic and sets services can be leveraged to build products from beginning to end," said Solomon Hykes "This is FullStack development and we are focused on delivering that promise."
Note: As an industry term, we do not appear to have settled on a de facto format for this discipline/skillset; so expect to read FullStack, Full Stack, full stack, and full-stack for the time being — they mean the same thing.


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Re: ClearAll[f]; f[x_] := x^2; f[y_] :=y^4; (*What is:*) f[2]
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- Subject: [mg84393] Re: ClearAll[f]; f[x_] := x^2; f[y_] :=y^4; (*What is:*) f[2]
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:20:22 -0500 (EST)
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Hi, may be the pattern matcher now finds out out that f[x_] and f[y_] describe the same pattern, while the early versions of Mathematica where not able to do that. Regards Jens cebailey wrote: > ClearAll[f]; f[x_] := x^2; f[y_] :=y^4; (*What is:*) f[2] > > Evaluating this line in Mathematica 5.2 or Mathematica 6 returns 16. This makes sense, because the second definition replaces the first, as we can see when ?f returns: > Global`f > f[y_]:=y^4 > > But in _A_Physicist's_Guide_to_Mathematica_ on p.314, Patrick Tam shows an example like this returning the other answer, 4, defined in the first definition. He then demonstrates that ?f returns: > Global`f > f[x_] := x^2 > f[y_]:= y^4 > He says his book was developed with Mathematica 2.2 and a prerelease of Mathematica 3 and is compatible with both. > > He goes on to explain: > "Contrary to expectation, Mathematica used the first definition. The ? operator reveals that Mathematica stores both definitions in the global rule base, giving higher priority to the first definition. (This problem cannot, perhaps, be called a bug because developers of Mathematica are well aware of this design flaw, which is quite difficult to mend....)" > > What is he talking about? Did Mathematica 2.2 and 3 treat this differently? If earlier versions worked in this surprising way, there must have been a reason - what was it? Was it changed to prevent surprises like this example? Did changing it create other unfortunate consequences? Was Tam just wrong? Or do I misunderstand? >


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Designed as a complete software solution, the product includes both the QNX Acoustics for Voice signal-processing library and the QWALive tool for tuning and configuration.
The signal-processing library manages the flow of audio during a hands-free voice call. It defines two paths: the send path, which handles audio flowing from the microphones to the far end of the call, and the receive path, which handles audio flowing from the far end to the loudspeakers in the car:
QWALive, used throughout development and pre-production phases, gives developers realtime control over all library parameters to accelerate tuning and diagnosis of audio issues:
A look under the hood
QNX Acoustics for Voice 3.0 builds on QNX Software Systems' best-in-class acoustic echo cancellation and noise reduction algorithms, road-proven in tens of millions of cars, and offers breakthrough advancements over existing solutions.
Let me run through some of the innovative features that are already making waves (sorry, couldn't resist) among automotive developers.
Perhaps the most significant innovation is our high efficiency technology. Why? Well, simply put, it saves up to 30% both in CPU load and in memory requirements for wideband (16 kHz sample rate for HD Voice) and Wideband Plus (24 kHz sample rate). This translates into the ability to do more processing on existing hardware, and with less memory. For instance, automakers can enable new smartphone connectivity capabilities on current hardware, without compromising performance:
Another feature that premieres with this release is intelligent voice optimization technology, designed to accelerate and increase the robustness of send-path tuning. This technology implements an automated frequency response correction model that dynamically adjusts the frequency response of the send path to compensate for variations in the acoustic path and vehicle cabin conditions.
Dynamic noise shaping, which is exclusive to QNX Acoustics for Voice, also debuts in this release. It enhances speech quality in the send path by reducing broadband noise from fans, defrost vents, and HVAC systems — a welcome feature, as broadband noise can be particularly difficult for hands-free systems to contend with.
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Like its predecessor (QNX Aviage Acoustic Processing 2.0), QNX Acoustics for Voice 3.0 continues to offer maximum flexibility to automakers. The modular software library comes with a comprehensive API, easing integration efforts into infotainment, telematics, and audio amplifier modules. Developers can choose from fixed- and floating-point versions that can be ported to a variety of operating systems and deployed on a wide range of processors or DSPs.
We're excited about this release as it's the most sophisticated acoustic voice processing solution available to date, and it allows automakers to build and hone systems for a variety of speech requirements, across all their vehicle platforms.
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The Khronos Group has the public release of the OpenCL 1.1 specification, the latest version of the open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors. At the same time, Khronos also announced the release of a C++ wrapper API for use with OpenCL, and the immediate availability of OpenCL 1.1 conformance tests.
"The clear commercial opportunity to unleash the power of heterogeneous parallel processing that drove multiple OpenCL 1.0 implementations has also fueled the ongoing industry cooperation to create OpenCL 1.1," said Neil Trevett, chair of the OpenCL working group, president of the Khronos Group and vice president at NVIDIA. "The OpenCL 1.1 specification is being released 18 months after OpenCL 1.0 to enable programmers to take even more effective advantage of parallel computing resources while protecting their existing investment in OpenCL code."
OpenCL 1.1 adds functionality for enhanced parallel programming including:
- New data types including 3-component vectors and additional image formats;
- Handling commands from multiple hosts and processing buffers across multiple devices;
- Operations on regions of a buffer including read, write and copy of 1D, 2D or 3D rectangular regions;
- Enhanced use of events to drive and control command execution;
- Additional OpenCL C built-in functions such as integer clamp, shuffle and asynchronous strided copies;
- Improved OpenGL interoperability through efficient sharing of images and buffers by linking
The Khronos Group is an industry consortium creating open standards to enable the authoring and acceleration of parallel computing, graphics and dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. Khronos standards include OpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL, EGL, OpenCL, OpenMAX, OpenVG, OpenSL ES, OpenKODE, and COLLADA. OpenCL working group members include: AMD, Apple, ARM, Blizzard Activision, Broadcom, Codeplay, Electronic Arts, Ericsson, Freescale, Graphic Remedy, IBM, Imagination Technologies, Intel, Kestrel Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Movidia, Nokia, NVIDIA, Petapath, Presagis, Qualcomm, Renesas, S3 Graphics, Seaweed Systems, Sony, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Symbian, and Texas Instruments.


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The White House has ordered the military to start planning for the possibility of cutting $500 billion from its budget over the next 10 years as part of the fiscal cliff, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday.
Agency spokesman George Little told reporters that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed the Defense Department to start internal planning for possible spending reductions on top of other cuts already in the pipeline.
The military had been ordered for months not to get ready for the automatic budget cuts - also known as sequestration - related to the fiscal cliff that would hit January 2.
"Naturally, we hope very much that sequestration will be avoided and that we don't enter that phase in early January 2013. We don't want to go off the fiscal cliff, but in consultation with OMB, we think that it is prudent at this stage to begin at least some limited internal planning," Little said.
The fiscal cliff is a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that are due to take effect if the White House and Congress cannot agree on a framework for tackling deficit-reduction by year's end.
As part of a budget agreement in 2011 that allowed the Obama administration to raise the debt ceiling last year, a congressional "super committee" was tasked to find more than $1 trillion in government savings over the next decade, but no solution was reached.
Absent a deal in coming weeks, the Pentagon's share of budget cuts would be $500 billion - about half the government-wide total - over the next decade.
This would come on top of a similar amount in other longer-term spending cuts identified by the Obama administration previously.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said fiscal cliff cuts would destroy the new military strategy the department announced this year that had accounted for the other big Pentagon spending cut.
While the Pentagon has said cuts would not hit troops or their families, it would most likely target most other accounts, including research and technology, weapons and civilian defense department jobs.
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Let the cuts begin. Maybe then the Neocons will start promoting their children into going to a war of choice. Hope they can still find those weapons of mass destruction. Maybe President Cheney or Mary Cheney can go look for weapons of mass destruction. No more proxy wars and no to death, destruction, disease, and horror. Imagine a bake sale for the military. We need education not wars.
Military industrial complex go broke. War is only death, destruction, disease, and horror. Want a war go enlist yourself.
Let the Defense cuts take place. The Military Industrial Complex needs to go on a diet. Also, have the first cuts in the rest of the government spending come from Congressional budgets. Cut the staff budgets by 1/2 and the Congressional salaries by 2/3. End government supported healthcare for Congress an have them pay into Social Security and Medicare like the rest of the country. Maybe then they will do the work they were elected to do.
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I love reading how some want to cut the DOD budget to zero. Got a message for you, NOT much will actually be cut. The actually warfighter budget will be cut some, but not the rest of the programs in the DOD budget. Every try to look up the CIA budget, you can't fine it, that is because it is hidden in the DOD budget along with a number of other agencies.
It is about time! The biggest cost boondoggle in American history that is never challenged on legitimacy!
President Eisenhower warned us all about the reality of a Industrial Military Complex that would go -Out of control.
We do not need a Naval Task Force in every damn ocean on the planet and Military bases in every region in the World!
Telling the World that we want reductions of Nuclear weapons and at the same time spending Billions developing the Next Generation Nuclear weapons ourselves.
We could educate all of our youth many times over with the cost of false redundancy of the Military!
It has been said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, the context of which may have changed these past 200 years yet remains right on point. We've ended up with a huge defense industry working in collusion with a hopelessly mismanaged DoD civilian bureaucracy robbing America blind in the name of national security.
This is long overdue, the Pentagon outright squanders way more than a measly $50 billion annually. This is the only way to get them to take a hard look at the way they do business and reform their wasteful operations. The DoD civilian workforce in weapons development has been a standing joke for the past half century, most of their operations exist simply to stimulate the local economies with almost all the work being done by contractors, meaning the cost of that sector alone is twice what it should be.
Eeeeehhhhhh, it is kind of late. The cliff is about three weeks away from us. This plan should have been in place 2 months ago. Is this how you guys plan your wars? On the fly?
Obama should be tried for treason...he robbed the American tax payer...he flushed trillions down the toilet and now he wants to make us suseptible to an attack by the Russians and the red Chinese his buddies...what a slime...
No Roberto. Your neocon buddies in the prior administration spent all our money on military expansion, and two unjustified invasions, while cutting taxes and putting the cost of the wars on credit cards. Now you have to pay the piper.
you are obviously a clown...we spend more money on our military then ANY other country in the world, and even with these cuts we'll still be outspending our enemies on the military...
So basically, what you are saying is, America's military needs to outspend everyone 3 or 4 times over to be effective, when i'm sure there's plenty of ridiculousness we can cut from their budget and not affect their capability. Tried for treason? Are you kidding me? Your boy Bush should be tried for treason for getting us into a war for no reason whatsoever.
Funny how republicans seem to easily forget that, when all Bush had to do was not go to war to appease his daddy and his war profiteer vice president (Halliburton), and not only would we not have lost thousands of brave American lives, but we wouldn't be in nearly the dire financial straits we are now.
If we need to cut anything from the military, i say we cut these ridiculous outside contracts where people charge hundreds of dollars for a toilet seat...
So very true!
............The good ol' US of A ...spends what the...... NEXT 16 COUNTRIES SPEND COMBINED.....on Defense..........Come ON. We are thinking of STARVING GRANDMA, NO HEALTH CARE, and we have MILITARY BASES ON EVERY CONTINENT AND SEA...............WHAT ARE WE DEFENDING?......................STARVING GRANDMAS?
The Robertos of this world make excellent cannon-fodder.
Who 'trained' you to use a keyboard?
Roberto, Perhaps you might try reading something besides comic books before you make a fool of yourself in public.
The Russians and the Chinese are not our enemies, only ignorance like your displaying should be our country's main concern these days!
Education is the key to success in our future.
The GOP cheerfully announced how excited they were to see President Obama "take the lead" after his successful (albeit deceitful) re-election bid. So far, Obama has not disappointed his base. He has displayed "very impressive and stellar leadership skills." No one has any reason to complain. Kudos to the POTUS for strerring our Nation towards prosperous waters - our STRONG Captain and "Inglorious Commander-In-Chief."
Translation for "civilian defense department jobs" is "contractors." The military probably has more contracted employees than permanent employees. There has not been an audit of our military operations for decades, and none is scheduled soon. $500 billion over 10 years is only $50 billion per year. We are currently borrowing almost $4 billion per day, so $50 billion will help in that respect. We need to get our $1.3 trillion annual deficit down, down, down. $50 billion is less than 4% of that. We simply must stop adding credit cards every year to our debt!!!! $50 billion is a good start. Add in increases to the top tax rate brackets, plus increases to capital gains and reduced limits to deductions for mortgage interest and we're starting to get somewhere!
Please do the math. 4 billion a day debt equals out to 1.46 trillion a year. so how is saving 50 billion a year going to solve anything? were is the rest of the 1.41 trillion cuts coming from to equal ( that means 0 add to the debt, we still need to lower it)? just asking. And I keep read that people want to take spending from one area and move it to others. That like paying your credit card with your other credit card. It makes no sense. If you make cuts take that cut and put it towards the national debt not other programs like education, health care, etc.
If our Foreign Policy as originally intended was followed which is to protect the United States and not police the world and get involved in Nation building in other Nations. Then we would not be spending so much money that we are borrowing against our future generations and devaluing the purchasing power of our debased fiat currency. Eventually with our debt and sinking credit rating the policing the world and corporate and public welfare gig will be up its not a matter of if but when. When the dollar loses its reserve currency status and the chickens come home to roost as a result of our runaway government spending w will have stagflation inflation and a broke nation, it will be a rude awakening for anyone who is unprepared for the day of reckoning
.........Attention......: At ease. Ok boys. we must reduce our DEFENSE SPENDING by 10%. You KNOW what that means...............Since we SPEND WHAT THE NEXT...........16 COUNTIRES DO...........COMBINED..................we NOW MUST CUT ...........what Israel and Spain spend TOTALLY on Defense. I know boys that those _Planes from outside Philly we dont want, we wont get. And we wont get that 19th aircraft carrier. That means those 125 jets wont be bought ever. This means will will NOT be able to provide air cover for the eskimos on their yearly seal hunt.
Time to fire some janitors.
Does this mean we have to cut back on the number of generals in the Pentagon?
what will happen to all their mistresses now?
Gamesmanship. Anyone who follows the defense industry press knows that the components of the DoD have been planning in all but name for sequestration. Now the administration makes this announcement to add a little pressure on the Republicans.
Your an idiot.
I guess the Republicans rather sellout the military so that their friends – the top 2% income earners in this country, can enjoy their lavish tax breaks which most of them don't need or care about. The Republicans have no moral compass. They would sellout the military and stick the middle-class and poor with a higher bill to reduce the deficit before asking their wealthy donors and friends to pay a bit more. You know how we all get outraged when we see someone taking advantage of a helpless individual, well, this is the kind of outrage we should feel towards the Republicans.
Yea you are right the Republicans have no moral compass but nor do the Democrats I love it the idea that one of these political parties is better than the other.They both are pathetic, morally corrupt and bankrupting America.So lets see, these two parties have both been in power for over 150 years and look where both parties have got us. $16 Trillion Dollars in debt and counting neither the Republicans or Democrats party is exempt from criticism.
Do your jobs. Or lose them.
Pretty sure the DoD can do with $500,000,000,000 less. The world would be relieved...
Your an idiot.
Do you mean you're an idiot?
I read " kevin you are an idiot".
You freaking kidding me? THe job of the government is to provide infrastructure and safe environment to pursue happyness, own property, and conduct business... not FEED everyone. And the first thing that gets hit is the military? Wow. Talk about backwards priorities. Even the private market benefits. MOST technology comes from the military sector. What are we coming to?
I'm a Canadian, we rely on you guys to defend all of North America! What Now?
Start drinking.
Don't worry, we will Still have plenty stuff to keep you safe......
With sequestration everything gets hacked, not just the military. It is telling that of all the various government functions that will suffer cutbacks in services under sequestration, it is defenes spending that seems to most concern people.
I think they need to make a goal for a 50% cut in the DoD. That would be hased in over some years. Mostly attrition in the lower ranks and RIFs at the upper end. 50% in ten years is reasonable. It would free up hundreds of billins for education, health care and infrastructure and tax relief.
Stupid Liberal.
Oh no! We're going to have less ways to kill brown people now!


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NBA fans swell Galleria-area shops and streets for events
Out-of-towners and locals swarm for a chance to meet their favorites
Lines, crowds and celebrities. Oh my.
NBA All-Star festivities brought Christmas Eve-type crowds to the Galleria on Saturday, where fans spent their money and free time shopping, dining, attending celebrity events and, of course, circling for parking spots.
The area was inundated with cash-flush out-of-towners and some brave locals attending numerous special events, including merchandise signings with basketball icons Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh and Anthony Davis. Fans lined up to try out the new Jordan XX8 shoe and completed an obstacle course to get inside the new Jordan lounge with a bar and floor-to-ceiling art of NBA players.
San Antonio residents Tony Dittman and Nick Hocker, who were walking along gridlocked Post Oak, said they were enjoying free tickets that Hocker won in a sales competition for their company, Time Warner Cable. "We have tickets to all the events," said Dittman, a technician for 21 years.
Traffic along Westheimer to Richmond slowed to about 14 mph around 1 p.m. to just 6 mph by early evening, according to Houston TranStar. Taxis and hotel rooms were tough to come by, fans reported.
Some businesses touted record sales.
"As far as the customer rate goes, we've seen increased numbers just like everyone else," said Matt Holm, who works the front desk of Hotel Indigo at the Galleria.
Reggie and Yvette Franklin, former Houstonians who now live in Roswell, N.M., were browsing at a furniture store near the Galleria.
They were in town to baby sit their grandchild while their son and daughter-in-law, who flew in from Chicago, took in the All-Star events this weekend.
"Our son is a big basketball fan," said Reggie Franklin, athletic director at New Mexico Military Institute.
Jordan XX8 a big draw
Daniel Harper of Baytown waited with his 16-year-old nephew, Terry Casanover of La Porte, to try Nike's Dare to Fly event. They were in line so Casanover could try the Jordan XX8 shoe on a small basketball court inside a tent near the Galleria food court.
"I like the shoe," Casanover said of his willingness to wait 45 minutes or longer for the experience.
Abigail Betner of Houston, was waiting outside Foot Locker on crutches while a friend checked out the action inside, which included Nike shoe designer Marc Dolce autographing shoe boxes.
Betner said she couldn't let a ruptured tendon keep her away from the weekend action.
"I wanted to check out the shoe," she said.
Staff writer Amanda Hilow contributed to this report.


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
All the fun of the BBC Proms
Today the Cirque du Soleil announces a touring show featuring the songs of Michael Jackson and the BBC Proms 2010 season is launched featuring a concert of film music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, including Carousel, The Sound of Music and South Pacific, plus another paying tribute to Stephen Sondheim. All great fun, but what is the real price of the BBC Proms?
* Full programme for the 2010 BBC Proms season available here.
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7 comments:
- Pliable said...
Talking of the price of the BBC Proms -
- 9:36 am
- Pliable said...
'Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and Doctor Who's Matt Smith are some of the highlights of this year's BBC Proms, which has just announced its line-up.
ITV lunchtime news presenter Katie Derham is leaving the channel to host some of the Proms coverage on BBC Two.
Other highlights of this year's season include Stephen Fry introducing a complete performance of Wagner's opera The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , starring Bryn Terfel; Jamie Cullum performing in concert; and a celebration of US composer Stephen Sondheim in honour of his 80th birthday.'
It's not that important, it really isn't.
- 12:18 pm
- saintrussell said...
"I earnestly hope it may never be necessary to remind the B.B.C. that the perpetuation of the name of Henry Wood in connection with 'The Proms' should be regarded as a sacred trust." (Joe Batten, 1955)
- 12:55 pm
- Antoine Leboyer said...
Will I be eternally banned from comments if I publicly admit to enjoying Doctor Who and finding that it is not a bad way to bring kids to her an orchestra ?
- 6:38 pm
- Pliable said...
Antoine, both your points are well made. But this is not about the merits of Doctor Who or whether novelty Proms get kids to listen to an orchestra. Nor is it about the merits of the music of Richard Rodgers whose scores for the Victory at Sea TV series sparked my interest in orchestral music in the 1950s.
In fact it suits BBC Radio 3 controller and Proms director Roger Wright and his magic circle if this becomes an argument about 'dumbing down' or about whether Doctor Who should feature at the Proms. It suits him because it deflects attention away from the following much more important points:
BBC Radio 3 is not funded to promote live concerts for children or adults. It is funded to provide a quality arts programming network for UK license payers. By any criteria, objective or subjective, it is failing to do this – see data below. This failure is being hidden by an increasingly frantic smoke and mirrors routine of which the Proms and Doctor Who events are part.
The UK has a perfectly acceptable popular classical format station in Classic FM. It does not need another one, especially one funded by a poll tax on UK residents. BBC Radio 3 does not have a mandate to re-invent itself as another Classic FM complete with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim etc. just as the BBC does not have a mandate to buy publishers such as Lonely Planet Guides nor become an online newspaper with its website. What it does have is a toothless BBC Trust that is allowing this to happen.
All that not withstanding the BBC has its own network, BBC Radio 2, which caters perfectly well for fans of Jamie Cullum and similar music. Classic FM and Radio 2 are between them covering the bases. So why does BBC Radio 3 need to replicate this repertoire?
The classical music community, not just the BBC, really needs to sit down and come up with some hard facts as to whether the never ending series of gimmicks is actually attracting new audiences. So far there appears to be no factual support for this at all.
My statement is based on empirical data in the form of the official RAJAR figures for UK radio audiences. The latest RAJAR data shows that in Q4 ending December 2009 1.874 million people listened to BBC Radio 3 for on average 5.8 hours. In the same quarter in 2008 1.981 million listened for 6.4 hours, while in 2007 1.950 million listened for 6.1 hours. In Q4 2009 Classic FM had 5.134m listeners listening for an average of 6.8 hours.
So despite gimmick after gimmick BBC Radio 3's audience is declining and is now 37% of Classic FM's. Coincidentally along the way it has lost many longstanding listeners including me. So much for the Doctor Who effect.
- 7:58 pm
- Pliable said...
Email received from Garth Trinkl:
The Minnesota Orchestra performances, under Osmo Vänskä, at the Proms concerts on Aug. 27-28, will be broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio's classical stations.
In December 2009, that orchestra launched a six-concert broadcast series on BBC Radio 3. It is reported to be the only American orchestra to do so in the current season
- 8:11 pm
- Pliable said...
Email received:
Is this the institution that premiered "The Mask of Time" all those years ago, or put on "The Mask of Orpheus" last year? There are some attractive events this year, but the only one that promises extraordinary to me is Rattle's period Tristan. This is the most sophisticated audience in the world, they shouldn't waste it.
Steve Freeman
- 6:25 am