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Who are Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Posted by Kim Graae Munch in Esoterics, Rosicrucianism on June 4, 2010
Who are Gilgamesh and Enkidu
There are at least two levels or stories in this epos. There are the story about two human beings and their endeavors, and there is the story about mankind, where Enkidu symbolizes the sentient soul and Gilgamesh the Mind soul, the Ego.
On the personal plane we learn through Enkidu the descent into the physical plane and through Gilgamesh the ascent up from the physical plane.
I will here try to find the deeper aspects of these beings in the esoteric history of man, looking at them as persons and as symbols. The first part will mainly build on Rudolf Steiner's "Occult History" lectures 1 and 2, concentrating on the persons of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, or Eabani as Steiner calls him. In the second part I will look at the events on the spiritual plane to show their symbolic nature.
From Occult History by Rudolf Steiner
In Occult History Rudolf Steiner tells:
These beings are the highest developed persons within the human wave, and already on the old Moon were they selected for their part in the development of Earth. We know them as the twelve Bodhisattvas, the seven Sages, and as Christian Saints.
In the start of the second lecture RS elaborates on this theme:
This is the definition of the Bodhisattvas and their helpers, who are guiding the human history through the recurring crises caused by the powers of resistance.
The Gilgamesh epic is a remarkable myth, describing the esoteric path as it is until our time and written as it was written for us.
The myth describes the development until the initiation, which first became possible later.
Who are Gilgamesh?
As the previous quote says, Gilgamesh is a being with enormous potential.
Now Gilgamish was a personality who had many incarnations behind him and may therefore be called an "old" soul within the evolution of humanity…The souls who came down early have therefore more incarnations behind them in earth-evolution than those who came down later; hence we can call these latter, in contrast to the former, "younger" souls — souls who have taken less into themselves…
In the case of Gilgamish, the Being who was to reveal himself through him, and who could do so only by leading him presently to a kind of initiation, kept a guiding hand upon him from the outset and set him at the place where he came to recognise his own position in the history of the world…
The whole nature of an old soul will enable it early in life to grasp not only the essential element, the essential factor, in the existing culture, but also that which strikes into it as a new impulse, opening up a wide vista into the future. [2]
Gilgamesh incarnated back in Lemuria, maybe as the first of the development wave of man. Through his many incarnation he had reached a stage about where man were at the time of the Maid of Orleans. 2 This is one of the reasons why RS uses the word personality about him, he has developed the Ego as no other person have at this time in history, he have lost all connections to the spiritual world, and is as Ahrimanic as a man can be, as the son of Adam, Cain. His task is to form the development of the Earth, he is the archetypal Hero.
It could be understood as nephesch (sentient soul) and ruach (mind soul) are full developed, but that n'schamah (consciousness soul) is not, two out of three.
Gilgamesh – The Archetypal Hero
Who are Enkidu?
Enkidu (Eabani) is a diametrical different being; Enkidu is a being with few incarnation, ego-less and without karma, he lives in innocence with the animals. Through Enkidu's encounter with a woman he acquires karma and becomes part of humanity, becomes part of civilization.
Eabani is depicted as being clothed in skins of animals. This is an indication of his wild nature; but because of this very wildness he is still endowed with ancient clairvoyance an the one hand, and an the other hand he is a young soul who has lived through far, far fewer incarnations than other souls who have reached a high level of development. Thus Gilgamish represents a being who was ready for initiation but was not able to attain it, for the journey to the West is the journey to an initiation that was not carried through to the end. [1]
In contrast to Gilgamesh, Enkidu is a young soul, without Ego, but with highly developed spiritual faculties, which Gilgamesh have lost. It can be said that Enkidu is the most Luciferic being born on Earth.
Enkidu's task is to give Earth the Heavenly Wisdom to help man form the future. He is the archetypal Seer or Priest, as the son of Adam, Seth, the last born.
Enkidu letting wisdom stream out over the world
Here we see Enkidu placed as a helper for Gilgamesh, where the Luciferic Enkidu should bring equilibrium with the Ahrimanian Gilgamesh, helping him to purify humanity.
Enkidu represent wisdom.
Gilgamesh and Enkidu
These two are born again and again through history, as the bringer of Wisdom and of Form, as Teacher and Hero, as Aristotle and Alexander, or Aquinas and Christian Rosenkreutz.
In the bible we see them showing the shift from the old clairvoyance to the knew, for example as Esau (red and hairy hunter) and Jacob, or as Solomon and Hiram Abiff [Temple Legend]
The spiritual strength of these two are shown through
These great 'personalities' incarnates each hundred years, as Steiner describes in connection with Christian Rosenkreutz and Master Jesus, and it's naive to believe that these big human beings only have been incarnated the few times as some seems to believe. If you read the Occult History and look for the word 'personality' it will point to further incarnations of these persons.
From the Gilgamesh Epic
Steiner tells that this epic describes physical reflections of the spiritual, and that should be considered in the mentioning of Ahriman and Lucifer in the following. I try here to show the two companions relation to the Ahrimanian and Luciferic, to explain their physical roles described in the previous chapter.
Gilgamesh is described as a man with all knowledge, showing him as a highly developed human being, with full control of the physical world, a doer:
The text on the stone states that he is two third god and one third human, king and super human, but he oppresses his people harshly, uses his power egoistically for his own satisfaction.
The people call out to the sky-god Anu, the chief god of the city, to help them. In response, Anu creates a wild man, Enkidu, out in the harsh and wild forests surrounding Gilgamesh's lands. This brute, Enkidu, has the strength of dozens of wild animals; he is to serve as the subhuman rival to the superhuman Gilgamesh.A trapper's son, while checking on traps in the forest, discovers Enkidu running naked with the wild animals; he rushes to his father with the news. The father advises him to go into the city and take one of the temple harlots, Shamhat, with him to the forest; when she sees Enkidu, she is to offer herself sexually to the wild man. If he submits to her, the trapper says, he will lose his strength and his wildness.
Shamhat meets Enkidu at the watering-hole where all the wild animals gather; she offers herself to him and he submits, instantly losing his strength and wildness, but he gains understanding and knowledge. He laments for his lost state, but the harlot offers to take him into the city where all the joys of civilization shine in their resplendence; she offers to show him Gilgamesh, the only man worthy of Enkidu's friendship. [3]
Here Enkidu incarnates to be the helper and companion of Gilgamesh. He is shown in his pre-human state running wild with the animals, and how he becomes human through creating karma, through lust for living.
The woman Shamhats power is thinking and forming where Enkidu lived in wisdom. Six dayes and seven nights hints at the seven chakras who are prepared for the life on Earth.
He is like a good now, he have become a sentient being, conscious of his own I. He wants to rule over Gilgamesh, but the courtesan told him that Gilgamesh, the Ego, the mind soul, was stronger than Enkidu, the sentient soul. These two soul-bodies are joined together, and even to this day they fight each other, only the day that they don't fight each other, are they released.
Separation of the sexes – Twin Soul Aspects – Dual's
He enters the Earth fully:
Cooked food, bread, and wine all weight the physical body down, binding the etheric body to the physical body.
Enki. About 2,500 BCE. Note the image of planets revolving around the Sun!
The sentient soul were the connection to the spiritual world, and wisdom, at that time. Here we also see the descent into the physical.
Here Enkidu gave tribute to Gilgamesh, representing the mind soul. The next tells about the sacred marriage between the sentient and mind soul, or the etheric and physical body:
The language of Gilgamesh, from his prophetic dreams ("I loved [Enkidu] and embraced [him] as a wife") to the bridal bed in Uruk — Enkidu's in retrospect — clearly refers to a "sacred marriage": the spiritual union or blending of the inner and outer man. None of the extant material names a victor, but the Old Babylonian story given above suggests that the initial strife or "wrestling" is brought to an abrupt end by mutual recognition: Gilgamesh "bent his knees" (to Enkidu's stature) and "planted his foot in the ground." Both phrases are apparent wordplays on Enkidu's name, indicating a successful (or "victorious") bonding and assimilation. Enkidu's subsequent acknowledgment and friendly embrace with Gilgamesh confirm their acceptance of the relationship.Up to this point the story has been prologue — an allegory about the evolution and creation both of mankind and of a truly human individual. From here on Gilgamesh and Enkidu go as one, faithful to each other until death. In the Sumerian stories, Enkidu remains the servant of Gilgamesh; in the Babylonian version, Gilgamesh's mother adopts Enkidu — he becomes not only the servant, companion, and friend of Gilgamesh, but also his younger "brother." Viewed as a single composite character, Gilgamesh-Enkidu represents the conjoining of heaven and earth, of spirit, soul(s), and body, in a full sevenfold partnership (5) necessary for one to succeed in the hero's quest. [4]
The one tells that the sentient soul (Enkidu) is below (sevant of) the mind soul (Gilgamish), where he is a younger brother in the other tradition.
With Humbaba the terrible we are in Eden and he is known by Enkidu, which means they are related, and he guards the trees of wisdom and life. Enkidu, representing the Luciferic wisdom, is not ready to fight the Ahrimanic spirits, so he works against Gilgamesh.
This is part of the life of man, going through the twelve signs of the Zodiac:
Gilgamesh and Enkidu with Humbaba
As Gilgamesh and Enkidu approached the forest, their trepidation grew. Shamash sent a message from the sky: "Humbaba has removed six of his seven cloaks. … They saw the height of the Great Cedar. Where Humbaba walked, a path was made. The road was good… [4]
The seven is connected to the chakras, and the seven-terrored was the chakras to clean. The path is the path of Karma.
On the six days travel (and seven nights?) Enkidu interprets the dreams of Gilgamesh, demonstrating that he is closer to the spiritual world. On the entrance to the Cedar Forrest:
Gilgamesh wins over Lucifer/Enkidu and they work together against Ahriman.
Here the Ahrimanic Humbaba tries to split the two, but Enkidu now inspires Gilgamesh with courage. When man has won his fight with Lucifer, he works as helper for man, as a holy spirit.
Here again Enkidu/Lucifer helps Gilgamesh against the Ahrimanic, which on it's side bans the Luciferic from the physical plane. Enkidu dies, separates man from the spiritual, which introduces death, as man no longer remember his previous lives. The Sentient soul looses it's sight into the spiritual world, the end of the old clairvoyance.
Shamash (the Sun) between Mashu's Twin Peaks,
Akkadian, 3rd millennium BC (British Museum)
He now starts his journey on the pure physical plane incarnating through the twelve star signs:
Ziggurat in the Eanna Sector at Uruk (Andre Parrot, Sumer)
1. Rudolf Steiner: Occult History, Lecture 1;
2. Rudolf Steiner Occult History, Lecture 2;
3. Richard Hooker Mesopotamia Gilgamesh Summary, Washington State University;
4. W. T. S. Thackara The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Spiritual Biography
Full text of Gilgamesh Epic, Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world.
- The Temple Legend by Rudolf Steiner
- The Masonic Legend by Max Heindel
- The Hiramic Legend by Manly P. Hall
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Tazawa gives up game-winner in loss to Cards
ST. LOUIS -- Junichi Tazawa was on the verge of rolling through the bottom of the eighth inning on Tuesday night and handing the ball to closer Koji Uehara in what could have been a nice start to a three-city road trip for the Red Sox.
But after retiring the first two batters he faced, Tazawa gave up three straight hits, the last of them a go-ahead RBI single by Jon Jay.
That proved to be the difference, as the Cardinals downed the Red Sox, 3-2, in the first meeting between the tradition-laden franchises since Game 6 of last year's World Series.
"It seemed like Junichi had the eighth inning well in hand, two outs, two strikes, nobody on base and three base hits consecutively," said manager John Farrell. "That's the difference in tonight's game."
This couldn't exactly be classified as a World Series rematch, not with Boston dealing numerous key members from the 2013 squad within the last week.
As John Lackey watched the game from the Cardinals' dugout, the Red Sox once again had a young pitcher on the mound -- this time righty Rubby De La Rosa. De La Rosa turned in a strong effort, holding the Cardinals to six hits and a run over six innings. He walked three and struck out three.
"I feel good," said De La Rosa. "I feel everything worked. I had a couple of walks. I missed a couple of pitches."
The man who scored the winning run for the Cardinals? None other than A.J. Pierzynski, whom the Red Sox designated for assignment on July 9.
Down, 0-2, against Tazawa, Pierzynski sparked the winning rally with a lined single to left.
"The pitch to A.J., the split, was not too bad of a pitch, but it wasn't low enough. I think I should have bounced it," said Tazawa.
Up next was Oscar Taveras, who came through with a single to center, and Pierzynski roared into third.
Jay then belted a 1-0, 94-mph heater to plate Pierzynski.
"I know, having caught Taz all year, he's got really good stuff," Pierzynski said. "I was just hoping he'd make a mistake. He threw me three mistakes the first three pitches, and the one good pitch he had was the one I hit, which was pretty funny. I haven't seen him give up three hits in a row. … I don't think he's done that all year, especially with two outs."
For the rebuilt Red Sox, one encouraging sign was the 3-for-4 night -- including a triple -- from Yoenis Cespedes.
"Obviously, we know about his power," said third baseman Will Middlebrooks. "At the same time, he's a good hitter and a good defender, and so far he's been a great teammate. He's going to add a lot to our lineup and our team in general."
It was Cespedes who helped put the Red Sox in front in the seventh, when he led off with a single up the middle.
Daniel Nava lofted a single to left, and the Red Sox had two on with none out. Xander Bogaerts sacrificed the runners to second and third with a bunt. Instead of facing Christian Vazquez, the Cardinals had starter Lance Lynn intentionally walk him.
They instead challenged Middlebrooks, and it nearly worked, as Middlebrooks tapped one back to the box. But Lynn bobbled it, erasing the golden opportunity he had for an out at the plate. Instead his only play was to first, and the Red Sox had a one-run lead.
"Well, you know, he's looking for a pitch on the plate, and if he squares it up, we've got a different situation," said Farrell. "But a sinker keeps a ball in the middle of the infield. Still, we're looking for a pitch that he can handle and drive, and unfortunately, that didn't happen in that case."
With two outs, Farrell called on Mike Napoli, who didn't get the start on a night David Ortiz started at first.
Napoli fumed when home-plate umpire Mark Ripperger rung him up on a called third strike.
"It looked like Nap takes what looks like a ball off the plate for strike three," said Farrell.
St. Louis came right back in the bottom of the seventh, as an RBI single by Kolten Wong against Tommy Layne tied it.
Yet again the Red Sox created opportunities for themselves but couldn't cash in.
"Baseball's tough sometimes," said Middlebrooks. "We had a few balls hit hard today that were right at people. Look at [Bogaerts'] ball in the last inning. That ball is torched. If it's right at somebody, that's the way it goes."

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It's been a slow year so far for buying CDs and collecting but I made up for the last few months with a quality buying spree in June. There were a bunch of new releases on sale, a few hidden bargains in the used CD racks, trips to a few different record stores and the discovery of my childhood record store re-opening in the local flea market! June was definitely a good month for the Hunt…..
Luke's Record Exchange (@ The Big Flea Market in Cumberland, RI)
Luke's Record Exchange was my childhood record store that got me started as a record store regular and a CD scavenger hunt expert. Unfortunately, the long time Pawtucket, RI location closed a few months ago for good but a chance trip to The Big Flea Market in a neighboring town provided a link to my record store past…..Luke's re-opened as a large booth. Prices were pretty good: 50% off the stickered price on all CDs! My oldest daughter loves music and has the record store addiction like her dad and she absolutely loved searching the racks and dark corners that the original Luke's store had. I've tried to teach my oldest daughter as much about Metal and collecting as possible, now it's up to her to decide what direction to go in.
Hair Of The Dog – Rise (2000) – $7: I started scouring the racks of CDs Luke's had and I found plenty that used to be at their store and plenty that I already owned but with 50% off you have to buy something. I saw this Hair Of The Dog CD and remembered the name from the late '90s editions of Metal Edge magazine so I snatched this up to try the band out. When I got home I realized I mixed up Hair Of The Dog with another band, American Dog, but a quick check of my back issues and this purchase was worth making. I've read some positive reviews online on Hair Of The Dog, and the band was signed to Spitfire Records back in 2000 (a label with plenty of Hard Rock bands and reissues) so I will definitely check them out when I get around ripping the cellophane off the case! Regular stickered price was $14 so it was really $7 for a brand new sealed copy of RISE. Saved $7.
Vince Neil – Live At The Whiskey: One Night Only (2003) – $6: I always meant to buy this live album when it came out but I had read some bad reviews and I decided against it back then. I did keep it on the want list just in case I came across a used copy somewhere. Over the years I've seen this album still at regular price anywhere from $12 to $15 and I've passed each time. I've seen Vince Neil in concert twice with his solo band and he's been just OK performance wise and the set is always dominated by the big Motley Crue hits so it's no surprise to only get one Vince solo song ('Look In Her Eyes') on this live record. maybe if there was more from EXPOSED (1993) or CARVED IN STONE (1995) then this would have been a more essential buy. Like I said, you can't beat 50% off so I finally filled a hole in the Vince Neil solo collection. Another brand new sealed copy stickered at $12, the 50% off making it $6. Saved $6.
Def Leppard – Mirror Ball (Live & More) (2011) – $10: I hate going to Wal-Mart! In my life there is no reason to ever set foot in one but some of my favorite bands like KISS, AC/DC, Journey and now Def Leppard have forced me to enter the worst shopping place on earth to buy their exclusive releases! Sure, I could have someone else go in and buy it for me, or maybe buy it online, but sometimes we must sacrifice for the thrill of the Hunt! Definitely an old school move by the Leps with the old bulky multi-disc packaging for their double disc live record with the bonus DVD included. I've seen Def Lep on every tour since the 1999 EUPHORIA Tour and I saw them back in the day on the HYSTERIA Tour in 1988 so I know how good these guys are live. It's a little surprising that it's taken 31 years to finally get an official live album from Def Leppard but it looks like the band's last few successful tours have finally given it to us. This was more about the new songs for me and their are three of them on Disc 2. The only positive thing I can say about the Wal-Mart experience is that the price can't be beat…..$10 is a small price to pay for 21 live tracks, 3 new studio songs and a DVD.
Newbury Comics
Twisted Sister – Under The Blade (Special Edition) (2011) – $12: I already own UNDER THE BLADE on CD and on vinyl but I had to pick this up because of all the bonuses included. First, this is the original mix of UNDER THE BLADE as heard on the original Secret Records pressing (the 1985 reissue is remixed) so that saves the vinyl. Second, the RUFF CUTTS E.P. (1982) is the bonus on the CD. The RUFF CUTTS vinyl is easy to find but high in price for a mint copy, it's nice getting the music on CD. Finally, the bonus DVD is the band's performance at th 1982 Reading Festival. This is how you do a reissue! Unfortunately, some of the other Twisted Sister reissues on Armoury Records leave a lot to be desired as far as bonus material but this reissue was worth getting even at the regular price of $16. I bought this the day it was released so I got the $12 sale price saving $4.
Black Stone Cherry – Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (2011) – $10: Black Stone Cherry is one of those newer bands that I've followed from their first album to present but I haven't really gotten totally into them. I have the band's first two albums, and I enjoy them, but the band hasn't had the staying power for me to keep coming back. I'm hoping that BETWEEN THE DEVIL & THE DEEP BLUE SEA breaks that cycle and also forces me to revisit the band's first two records for a fresh listen. Good band and good music but I'm just not completely hooked. This was another day of release purchase to get the sale price of $10 and save $4 but even the $14 regular price seems reasonable. Of course, the day I purchased the album, I get home from the record store and check my email and find a link from Roadrunner Records PR dept for a download of the album so i could review it! I would have bought the album anyway.
Warrant – Rockaholic (2011) – $13: Frontiers Records was kind enough to send me a download of the album for review so I have been enjoying ROCKAHOLIC for a few months prior to it's U.S. release. In most cases when I receive a promo download for review, I buy the album for my collection if I enjoy it so I caved on buying the new Warrant. For me Warrant has a stigma…..the Jani Lane stigma. Back in the '80s, I liked Warrant like most Hard Rock fans tuned in to FM radio and MTV but I started to really dislike the band after I got the internet in 1998 and started reading about all the dumb ass things Jani Lane used to do (cancel concert, quit and rejoin, go onstage drunk, etc). Anyway, after seeing the band reunite on the Poison summer tour a few years ago, I had hope but Jani screwed it up again and again. I thought the band's move to replace Jani with Jaime St. James from Black 'N Blue for BORN AGAIN (2006) was a great move resulting in a solid record. This time around it's Robert Mason (formerly of Lynch Mob) replacing Jani (again!) and Jaime (who has a reformed Black 'N Blue) at the mic and it's a solid album that actually charted on Billboard's Top Hard rock Albums Chart at #22! It's such a good record that I would have easily paid the $17 import price but I saved $4 by waiting for the U.S. release.
Whitesnake – Live At Donington 1990 (Special Edition Box Set 2CD/DVD) (2011) – $16: Again, thanks to Frontiers Records, I was able to preview the CD portion of LIVE AT DONINGTON 1990 for a few weeks before it was released but this special edition wasn't one I was going to miss adding to my collection. Recorded on 8/18/1990 at the Monsters of Rock Festival at Donington Park, this is Whitesnake at it's chart-topping best: a live album with mostly all the big hits from 1984 to 1990 and a DVD of the exact performance all packaged it a double gatefold CD digipak with full color graphics and booklet. Remember how big Whitesnake was back then? Well their bands before them were The Quireboys, Thunder, Poison and Aerosmith! Import prices online were around $25 plus shipping at most shops but the U.S. release was a regular $20…..I bought it day of release so I saved $4.
Hammerfall – Infected (2011) – $10: I had no idea that Hammerfall was releasing a new album until about a week before the release date…..and I have been following the band since 1998! It's no secret that I'm a big Power Metal guy and Hammerfall has been one of my favorites since the Power Metal resurgence of the late '90s so this was a no-brainer purchase for me. "No-brainer"…..that's a funny way of putting it because the concept here seems to be zombies and being infected as one. It's a different direction for Hammerfall but one I'm hoping to enjoy as much as their last few records. I'm a little puzzled by the lack of vibrant graphics and no sign of Hector, the band's knight mascot that has been on every album cover, but if it's something different then why not try it? Regular price was $16 so I saved $6 buying the album the day of release but I was lucky to get a copy because there were only two copies available when I hit the new release rack at the shop.
U.D.O. – Rev-Raptor (2011) – $12: Here's another album that I received a promtional download for so I could review it but I added it to my want list. I've been an U.D.O. fan since he formed the band after his time in Accept so I'm going to buy every album that comes out but I really wanted to get the European limited edition with the bonus tracks but the online shops sold out quick and I didn't really want to drop around $25 for a couple extra songs and a couple videos. I'll give Udo Dirkschneider credit, he knows how to do it Gene Simmons style because there were four pressings of REV-RAPTOR: the regular jewel case, the limited edition European with 2 bonus tracks & videos, the Japanese with different bonus tracks and the special box set with a t-shirt and other souvenirs. I wish there was an easier way to get all the bonus material instead of having to buy to high price imports but I'm happy with my U.S. version. Regular price was $16, sale price was $12, saved $4.
Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions (2 CD Limited Edition) (2011) – $14: It's only been recently that I've really gotten into Arch Enemy so this new album is kind of a new start for me. There's been a lot of press on KHAOS LEGIONS so I'm hoping that it's as good as the older material I've been listening to. What makes this release interesting is that there are 2 versions: the regular jewel case or the limited edition with a 4 track bonus disc and a code for a free t-shirt. I was grabbing the double disc version but what astounded me was the regular prices: $16 for the single, $25 for the double! Good thing I buy the new releases the day they come out because I save a lot of money…..in this case, the single disce was on sale for $11 and the limited edition for $14. How could I not buy the limited edition and save $11? Add in the free t-shirt and it's a great buy even if I have to pay the shipping for the shirt and then give it to my daughter because I can't fit in an XL!
Pagan's Mind – Heavenly Ecstacy (2011) – $12: I got into Pagan's Mind with 2007's GOD EQUATION but I really haven't gone back and tried to acquire the band's previous releases. I like the band and I'm a fan of Progressive Metal but Pagan's Mind just hasn't taken hold in my listening rotation, hopefully that will change with this new album. This is another band that I didn't know was releasing a new album but I was pleasantly surprised to find out in the Newbury Comics weekly newsletter. There are two versions of this album too: the single disc or the limited edition with 2 bonus tracks. When I went to the record store the day of release they only had the limited edition (the version I was buying anyway!) and they had plenty of copies. Regular price was a high $17 for the two extra songs but the sale price was only $12 for a savings of $5. I have been to the record store since I purchased this in the middle of June and I still haven't seen the standard version but I assume that it's without the bonus tracks and priced around $15 regular price.
Black Country Communion – 2 (2011) – $13: Black Country Communion is Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian and Jason Bonham…..now that's a supergroup! The debut BCC album was awesome and made my list of the Top 30 Albums of 2010 at #5 so I was surprised when I read that the band had a new record ready to go. I waited on buying the first BCC album and ended up paying full price, the sting of that purchase was easier to take because the album was so good, but I wasn't waiting around this time. Day of release and on sale for $13, I pulled the trigger. I like the old school stadium rock sound BCC has and Glenn Hughes keeps sounding better as he gets older while I am totally into Bonamassa's guitar sound and now checking out his solo material…..good to see this album get on the U.S. Hot 100 chart with it's debut. Regular price was an expensive $17 so I was glad to get the sale price and save $4.
Alestorm – Back Through Time (2011) – $13: Alestorm is another band I've followed from the beginning and I've grown to enjoy their Pirate Metal that's a continuation of what Running Wild was doing a decade plus before. The thing is that the pirate themes and concepts are going to wear thin on the ultra serious metal fans but it's all done well and in good fun so I don't mind dropping a few bucks for good pirate party. I ended up buying the special edition of this album too with the hardbound book packaging and the two bonus tracks that are included. I didn't see a regular jewel case edition at the record store but I read only that it exists. I actually almost pre-ordered this online through Napalm Records with the free t-shirt but they didn't have the 2XL I need, the price on that package was $25 with shipping. Regular price for the special edition was $17 at the shop but I bought this on sale for $13 saving myself $4.
AC/DC – Live At River Plate DVD (2011) – $12: I've had my eye on this concert DVD for a few weeks but I never picked it up because the local shop had a ton of copies for weeks and the sale price kept going. Usually they take off the sale price after a couple week but they had so many copies of this DVD that the sale price was still there about a month after release. I had a little extra money to burn so I went to go pick up a copy but there was only two left this time! I'm not sure if the shop had a run on them all of a sudden or maybe transferred some to other locations but where there were many stood only two and one copy was regular price $15. Lucky for me the other copy still had the sale sticker on it so I knew that I'd be getting the price I wanted. Sure enough, when I got to the register, the DVD rang regular price but they price adjusted to the $12 sale price and I saved $3. I saw the Black Ice Tour in Foxboro, MA so LIVE AT THE RIVER PLATE will be a nice tour souvenir.
Night Ranger – Somewhere In California (2011) – $14: This is another album that I've had the promotional download for through Frontiers Records but I decided to pick the album up for the collection. I remember when DAWN PATROL came out back in 1982 and I was a fan of the band straight through to the break-up and reformation in the late '90s…..this is another no-brainer purchase for me. I didn't really get into the band's last album, HOLE IN THE SUN (2008), right away because of the more modern sound the band used but it was still Night Ranger and it grew on me. From what I've read and my initial spin, SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA sounds like classic '80s Night Ranger. I caught the band's tour last year in Connecticut and it was a high energy show and the band sounded great, maybe taking that energy into the studio proved successful? Regular price here was $17 because it's technically an import but I got it on sale for $14 and saved $3.
Symphony X – Iconoclast (2 CD Special Edition) (2011) – $13: I haven't really listened to Symphony X since 2002's THE ODYSSEY and I had no idea that they were releasing a new album (I've got to keep up on my Metal news!) so I was a little hesitant when i saw this album in the new release rack at the record store. Do I take a chance on a band that has released only two records since 2002? I noticed that there were two versions of this CD also (a trend for June I think!): the single disc and the special edition digipak that's two CDs and has extra songs. I'm a sucker for bonus tracks and the sale price for this version was only $2 more than the regular so I snatched it up! I also noticed that there were a lot of copies of both versions of the album, a lot of which are still unsold and still onsale in mid-July. Regular price for the special edition was $19 so I saved $6 on the day of release. I'm hoping ICONOCLAST is a surprise record for me this year.
Queensryche – Dedicated To Chaos (Deluxe Edition) (2011) – $16: Another deluxe/special/limited edition for June's hunt! Things with Queensryche have been hit or miss since 1994's PROMISED LAND but I really enjoyed AMERICAN SOLDIER (2009) and I'm hoping that DEDICATED TO CHAOS is a continuation of the quality material I know the band is capable of. The wild card here is Geoff Tate and the direction his writing and leadership takes the band, one look at the back cover and seeing a bald Tate could either be a bad sign of he's channelling his friend Rob Halford. Either way, I've been a fan of the band since the QUEENSRYCHE E.P. (1982) and THE WARNING (1984) so I'm always going to support the band. I bought the deluxe version for the three extra songs for only $3 more than the standard version. If you're going to spend $13, why not just spend the $16 and get the whole package? Regular price for the deluxe version was a scary $22 so there was no way I was going to let a sale price pass me by with an opportunity to save $6 on an album I would easily buy.
Zebra – No Tellin' Lies (1984) – $6 used: This was easily my bargain of the month and well worth the time spent digging through the used sections. I had gone to a different Newbury Comics location that had better selection than my usual store with my daughter and niece so I gave them each some money to shop so I could dive into the used bins. Unfortunately, I own most of the discs I found but NO TELLIN' LIES, Zebra's second album, was sitting there at a perfect price at $6 used! I'm not passing that up especially since all the Zebra records are on my want list so I can replace my cassettes. I was particularly psyched about finding a Zebra album because they had just played a local club in Massachusetts back in May (that I missed!) and the band's hit from the first album, 'Tell Me What You Want', has been all over the local rock stations. My online research tells me that an original Atlantic Records pressing of this CD retails at about $15 if you can find it and the double disc reissue with the band's third album, 3.V (1986), goes for around the same price and is easier to find. My digging saved me about $9.
Zebra – 3.V (1986) – $10 used: When out on a CD hunt always be mindful that where there's one Zebra CD, there could be another! Zebras travels in herds don't they? Seeing that I had good luck finding NO TELLIN' LIES in the used bins, I decided to take the hunt over to the "Misc. Z" section of the Rock/Pop bins and there it was…..bargain #2 of June…..Zebra's thierd album, 3.V from 1986! Here's another pristine original pressing that goes for the same $15 alone or in the latest reissue with NO TELLIN' LIES so I wasn't about to pass it up! I haven't seen original pressings of these Zebra albums in local record stores in at least ten years so I'm hoping that the recent concert at Showcase Live made some people clean out their collections. I'm not saying Zebra is a bad band, quite the contrary, but you would be surprised how many people dump their collections after a concert comes through town or the extra used stock the stores have in back makes it to the sales floor. Either way, it pads my collection and gets the want list a little shorter. Spending $10 for a used CD is a little high but I was sure I wouldn't see it again and I still saved $5 off what would be a $15 regular price.
Helix – Walkin' The Razor's Edge (1984/2009 reissue) – $20: Now this was a big purchase but a necessary one. Ever since I rediscovered Helix back in 2005 when I bought lead singer Brian Vollmer's autobiography Gimme An R!, I have been snapping up a lot of their back catalogue. Rock Candy Records in the U.K. are a great reissue label that takes great care in releasing high quality reissues of classic albums by working alongside the artist in getting the album back in the stores. In the case of WALKIN' THE RAZOR'S EDGE, I do have a cassette that is well worn and I have the single 'Rock You' on an '80s Metal compilation CD so I've been content to wait out the last couple years and get this reissue at a good price. Depending where you look online, you can get this reissue anywhere between $15 and $25 plus shipping charges, that's too high. When I saw the record store actually stocked the album, I jumped on it despite the price. I figured I'd pay at least $20 on the low end of the online price so I decided to buy it now instead of having to wait a week or two because of the mail services.
Total = $239
Total (year) = $559
Average Price (per item) = $10.75
Total Savings (month) = $97
Total Savings (year) = $336
Total CDs (year) = 49
Total DVDs (year) = 2
Total Box Sets (year) = 0
Total LPs (year) = 1


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It bounces along at such an antic pace that its 100 minutes feel like far fewer. But there's a quiet contemplativeness at the movie's heart, exemplified by a long scene in which Woody and Forky make their way along the shoulder of a highway, plastic hand in pipe-cleaner hand, discussing the meaning of life as a plaything.
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The custody arrangement for the boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James, was initially put in place for Spears' ongoing Circus tour. But TMZ reported that the deal has been extended through the rest of the year.
Federline gets $20,00 a month in child support and another $20,000 when the kids are outside of California. Spears must also foot the bill for lodging if Federline wants to follow his ex and their kids on tour.
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The area around the Unmunsa temple is beautiful. What makes it even better is the small village that sits just outside the entrance. It is a charming area filled with restaurants and shops. Everything that you'd expect to find in a small village in the mountains in Korea. Everything except the homestyle German restaurant, Tulla. When I first heard about it, I was not expecting much. I have been burned by this "homestyle {insert foreign country} food" claim before. Too many times I have eagerly anticipated a delicious meal only to receive stale food bought at the discount section of Home Plus. TULLA IS THE REAL THING! **Please Make A Reservation First – 054-372-8410** We were lucky when we went as they typically only allow tables who have reserved in advance. This seemed odd at first but they explained that the food is prepared in such a way that they only have so much to go around. This makes sense when you realize that they have two locations and the Chef works at both. Thus, they have to transport all of the food from Busan to Unmunsa themselves. Good Food What concerned me the most was that this restaurant, given the location, would be subpar to what you could get in a larger city....Read More
The Lighthouse: Classic Pizza in a Comfortable Space
If you have lived in Ulsan long enough, you will know that good pizza is hard to comeby. Pizza in Korea for the most part is a different type of thing than what we are used to back home. Sadly, while many Koreans enjoy a pizza with sweet potato, steak, shrimp and chocolate sauce. However, the average foreigner does not share the same opinion. Lighthouse bridges the gap so to speak. It is close enough to what foreigners think a pizza should be but also has the variety that Koreans have come to expect. This is all wrapped up in a comfortable environment that doesn't feel like you are eating dinner at an elementary school cafeteria. The Pizza On the number of occasions that I have eaten at the Lighthouse, I have zeroed in on their combination pizza as being a favourite. However, they do have a formidable hawaiian pizza if that is your thing. The pizza comes in 2 sizes basically personal and a large for 2 people. This is sort of their downfall as the price is reasonable but I would like a little bit more. The prices are around 13,000 won for a small cheese pizza and up to 23,000 won for a large potato pizza that is basically a pizza...Read More
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Bela Moti
Before we start, I should probably explain that I adore Indian food. I'm British, so a Tikka Masala is basically our national dish and I was also the Secretary of my University's Curry Society (Yes, we had one.). I have personally high curry standards and whilst Namaskar and Shalimar have filled a gap, neither has really truly satisfied me. But this has all changed now. I went along on a Saturday night with three friends. Bela Moti is...Read More
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On the ground floor of Mar Lodge, this recently refurbished apartment is a haven from which to explore the countryside around the estate. Its one-storey design makes this a perfect place for assisted disabled visitors. The sitting room looks out onto Mar Lodge's majestic Caledonian pine forests.
Dogs are permitted in this apartment.
Mar Lodge has been preserved in splendid style, creating a relaxing Highland retreat in the mode of decadent country living.
Derry is one of 5 apartments in Mar Lodge. 2 self-contained luxury grounds houses are also available to book.
Dogs are now permitted within Derry at a fee of �15.00 per dog per stay (maximum of 2 dogs). Please note that dogs must be kept under proper control and are not allowed in any of the bedrooms or any of the furniture, nor left unattended in the property for long periods.
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- Ground floor
- Sleeps 4 - 1 double, 1 twin
- Large sitting room/kitchen with dining area
- Bathroom with wheelchair accessible shower, WC and roll-top bath
- Separate WC and washbasin
- Central heating running off biomass
- Free Wi-Fi internet access available in apartment.
- EPC Rating: D55
About the Mar Lodge Estate
At the heart of the Cairngorms National Park lies Mar Lodge, a a restored Victorian sporting lodge set in 29,380 hectares of wilderness, heather and ancient pine.
Visited by nobility since the medieval period, this prime Highland estate is now recognised as one of Scotland's most important conservation sites. From significant archaeological finds, to rare wildlife, and four of Britain's highest mountains, the estate is a jewel in the crown of one of the country's most iconic landscapes.
About the Area
Royal Deeside weaves along the River Dee, overlapping the Cairngorms National Park and Aberdeenshire. Best known for its majestic scenery, it is also an area rich in wildlife from alpine flora to Scottish wildcats.
Deeside's most famous admirer, Queen Victoria, purchased the Balmoral estate in 1848, and the royal connections continue to this day, with Princes William and Harry being regular visitors to the area. The nearest town to Mar Lodge is Braemar where you'll find local amenities as well as bases for hiking and skiing.
Things to do
- Adventure-lovers can test themselves with challenging mountain hikes, while gentler walks can be enjoyed along lowland paths through magnificent countryside.
- Summertime is perfect for mountain-biking, and in winter downhill and cross-country skiing at Glenshee are only a short drive away.
Interested in our ranger-led activities?
The following activities are available on the estate by prior arrangement:
-"Live like a laird"- journey out as dawn breaks to see the waking of the black grouse, the return to the Lodge for a hearty, full Scottish breakfast and
-"Shoot with a camera"- accompany the estate's stalkers into the hills to see stags roaming as the mist lifts.
-Traditional field sports: stag stalking,grouse shooting and salmon fishing
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The Stag Ballroom, adjacent to the Lodge, is a popular venue for wedding receptions, ceilidhs and family gatherings, with room for up to 160 guests. Within the Lodge, the more intimate setting of the Craggan Ballroom can accommodate 50 seated guests and the grand dining room, which seats 30. For further details on corporate entertaining or any events, please contact Mar Lodge on +44 (0)13397 41276.
Horse owners can now bring their equine friends. Enquire about Mar Lodge's horse B&B when you book.
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Braemar is 60 miles west of Aberdeen and 50 miles north of Perth on the A93. Aberdeen airport is situated in Dyce on the outskirts of Aberdeen. Mar Lodge estate is 3 miles West of Braemar, in Aberdeenshire.
Subject to availability, visitors may make use of the public rooms in the Lodge; the library, billiard room and drawing room. The grand dining room, which seats 30 people, and a caterers' kitchen are available to guests booking all five apartments. Please note there is an extra charge for this.
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I have this line of code:
System.out.printf("%8.1f", solutions[i][j]);
Where solutions is a two-dimensional array. This is within a nested for loop, but don't worry about all of that. This line of code is successfully printing the value of "solutions", rounding to 1 decimal, and aligning each result to the far right of 8 spaces.
I want to align it in the center, not the far right.
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Complete Printf for Java Format String Specification
Which says I can use the "^" flag to center the result in the given specified width.
And that I should use this format: %[flags][width][.precision][argsize]typechar
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Which compiles, but creates a run time error.
This is the error:
HTML Code:Exception in thread "main" java.util.UnknownFormatConversionException: Conversion = '^' at java.util.Formatter.checkText(Formatter.java:2547) at java.util.Formatter.parse(Formatter.java:2533) at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2469) at java.io.PrintStream.format(PrintStream.java:970) at java.io.PrintStream.printf(PrintStream.java:871) at HW1.printTable(HW1.java:95) at HW1.main(HW1.java:23)
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During heavy rain the water from the drains outside my apartment overflow. The doors have an almost 1 inch gap at the bottom, and the water floods the apartment.
How can I seal that door gap temporarily during the rain to avoid flooding the apartment?
Currently I live in a small town in Argentina. So I do not have access to all materials and do not have any tools. I was thinking about pressing some sort of modeling material into the gap. Today I was using some towels but that holds the water only if I renew them every few minutes. And I don't know what to do when I leave the apartment for a few days and rain starts while I am absent.
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JVC's distinctive design philosophy is clearly in evidence with the TH-S5, and the slim unit boasts a respectable set of features. There are Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, along with Pro-Logic II, and the system can even play back DVD-A discs. And happily, there's progressive scan technology for top-notch pictures via the JVC's component video sockets.
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St. Anne's museum quarter in Lübeck is home to a range of exhibition spaces – some modern, some historical – covering nearly 9,000 square metres.
Walking through the courtyards, gardens and the late-Gothic cloister from 1512, you get to explore the basic forms of human interaction: art, faith and society. The history of Lübeck is presented in its entirety here. There are priceless cultural treasures to discover, including the unique collection of religious artworks on display where the former abbey once stood.
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Height-increase insoles are also known as taller shoe pads, extra-height shoe inserts or heel-lifts. These insoles are suitable for casual shoes or leather shoes and they hide discreetly underneath your heels. This is a simple product with instant effect. You appear naturally taller and more confident. EVA foam is light and comfortable and you can even trim with scissors if necessary. The affordable price has encouraged many people to try and most of them eventually buy more for every pair of shoes they own!
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I've decided to pair the seabass with Saffron-infused risotto, chose Saffron because it goes very well with seafood.
I got the Seabass recipe from Dave Lieberman. This recipe is very easy and a "5 stars" for me =)
Here's the recipe...
- 5-ounce sourdough bread or other leftover bread
- 1 tablespoon butter, plus 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 4 (6-ounce) sea bass fillets
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- Few sprigs thyme, leaves removed
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 cup fresh parsley leaves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Pulse the bread in a food processor to get slightly coarse bread crumbs.
Coat a casserole dish just large enough to hold the fillets with 1 tablespoon butter. Place the fillets in the dish and season with salt, pepper, lemon zest and juice, and thyme leaves.
Melt the remaining 1/2 stick of butter in a large skillet with the smashed garlic. As soon as the butter starts to bubble, turn off the heat and let the garlic infuse the warm butter.
Remove the garlic chunks from the butter. Add the bread crumbs and lightly toss until all the butter has been absorbed. Turn the heat off, stir in the parsley and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
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Not sure if this is a one-time event or if he is going to try to host shows regularly, semi-reg or what the calendar is like but apparently they are holding a cruiserweight tourney called "The King of Flight" in Huntington Beach, CA on 3/24/2013. Might be worth checking out.
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-- On March 24th, Brian Kendrick will be running his first show in California at the Pappy Pineda Dome. The show, titled "King of Flight," will feature a one night tournament with Kendrick, The Young Bucks, Samuray del Sol, Paul London, Ricochet, Amazing Red, Ricochet and Rich Swann competing. Here is a preview for the show…
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It pays to be a member of "The Hills."
According to a new report, several of the stars of MTV's favorite docu-soap are earning $100,000 an episode.
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The Daily Beast reported on Monday that Audrina Patridge, Lauren "Lo" Bosworth and Heidi Montag are all earning $100,000 an episode, just $25,000 less than ex-"Hills" star Lauren Conrad earned before she departed the show this summer.
Former "Laguna Beach" star Kristin Cavallari joined "The Hills" with a reported $90,000 per episode salary, giving her a bigger paycheck then series regular, Hollywood bad boy King Spencer Pratt.
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Spencer, the report claimed, is earning just $65,000 an episode. But his salary is still more than his pal Brody Jenner, who the report claimed earns just $45,000.
But the reality stars and starlets can make money outside of their MTV neighborhood too, thanks to personal appearance fees.
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Shares of Groupon Inc. closed at $15.02 on Tuesday. That's the lowest since the company went public in November, when its initial public offering of stock priced at $20 a share.
The Chicago-based company is facing a shareholder lawsuit and a possible review by federal regulators. It revised its fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, lowering its reported revenue by 3 percent and widening its losses. Groupon said it hadn't set enough money aside for refunds.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the Securities and Exchange Commission is examining Groupon's revision. That's a common practice for any company that issues a restatement, but it may have raised a red flag for Groupon investors who were already looking at the company closely because of previous blunders.
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That Groupon revised its results and disclosed weakness in its internal financial controls are "two things that are not good," said Walter Van Dorn, a former special counsel in the SEC's corporation finance division who now heads law firm SNR Denton's corporate practice in New York.
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Former lawmaker and presidential candidate John Edwards, whose political career crumbled amid revelations of an extramarital affair and allegations of campaign finance violations, is heading back to private practice.
Edwards, who worked as a plaintiffs-side personal injury and product liability attorney in North Carolina before being elected to the U.s. Senate and later launching vice presidential and presidential campaigns, is looking to start a new firm based in Raleigh, sources tell CNN (HT: National Law Journal).
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This tutorial will introduce the basics of eigentheory, which is the study of eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and the characteristic polynomial. Eigentheory is renowned for its usefulness in topics such as dynamical systems. This tutorial will introduce solving for eigenvalues and eigenvectors, describing their multiplicities, and diagonalizing a matrix.
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Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Only square matrices are defined to have eigenvalues and eigenvectors. In order to solve for the eigenvalues, it is first necessary to derive the characteristic polynomial: f(x) = det(A - xI) (lambda is the common character; but for the sake of this tutorial, x will be used). The eigenvalues are the roots of the characteristic polynomial. Their associated eigenvectors satisfy the equation Av = xv, where v is a non-zero vector. This property does scale, so Anv = xnv.
Let's look at an example. Consider the matrix below. Its characteristic polynomial is derived from the determinant of A - xI. So f(x) = (3-x)[(4-x)(2-x) - 10] + (-6 + 2x) = -x3 + 9x2 - 14x - 12. The eigenvalues are x = 3 +- sqrt(13), 3.
|3 0 1| |1 4 5| |2 2 2|
Now let's solve for the eigenvectors. To do this, solve for: (A - xI)v = 0. Note that this is equivalent to solving Av = xv. Plug in an eigenvalue for x and solve for the vector v that satisfies the above equation. This vector is the associated eigenvector for the eigenvalue.
Doing this yields the following eigenpairs (eigenvalue, eigenvector):
- x = 3 +- sqrt(13): (sqrt(13)/13, 1/26 * (13 +- 11sqrt(13)), 1)
- x = 3: (1, 1, 0)
The number of times an eigenvalue occurs is called its algebraic multiplicity. The number of eigenvectors associated with each eigenvalue is called the geometric multiplicity of the eigenvalue. So in the example, each eigenvalue has an algebraic and geometric multiplicity of 1.
Deriving eigenpairs for linear transformations consists simply of deriving a transformation matrix and solving for the eigenpairs as described above. Just as with matrices, if v is an eigenvector for a linear transformation T, then T(v) = xv and Tn(v) = xnv. So xn is an eigenvector for Tn. This property can be shown by induction on the integer n:
Consider the base case of n = 1. Here, T(v) = xv by definition.
I will assume that Tn(v) = xnv holds true from n = 1 up to an arbitrary integer k. I will now prove true for the k+1 case.
Consider Tk+1(v) = Tk(T(v)) = Tk(xv) by the inductive hypothesis.
By linearity, Tk(xv) = x(Tk(v)
= x(xkv), also by the inductive hypothesis
= xk+1v by rules of exponents.
I have assumed true from n = 1 up to k and proven true for the k+1 case. Therefore, Tn(v) = xnv for all integers n >= 1, where xn is an eigenvector associated with Tn and v is the associated eigenvector.
Note that an analogous theorem holds true for matrices, and the proof is similar.
Now let's interpret eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Each eigenvalue is a solution to the equation det(A - xI) = 0. By the determinant test for linear independence, each eigenvalue renders a matrix linearly dependent. Similarly, an eigenvector is in the null space for A - xI when x takes on the value of a specific eigenvalue. So (1, 1, 0) is in the null space of A - 3I in the example above.
Further more, if the algebraic and geometric multiplicities are equal for each distinct eigenvalue, then the column vectors of the matrix are linearly independent. Since the characteristic polynomial is of degree n, it follows that there are n eigenvalues. If two eigenvalues have the same eigenvector, it follows that there exist two linearly dependent columns in the matrix. Looking at it differently, Eigenspace is a subspace of the vector space represented by the matrix. Each Eigenspace has a dimension represented by the geometric multiplicity of the corresponding eigenvalue. Thus, if each eigenvalue has a distinct eigenvector, then the set of all eigenvectors form a basis for the vector space represented by the matrix.
So if there are n eigenvalues: x1, x2, ..., xn, with the algebraic multiplicity for a given x1 equivalent to its geometric multiplicity. Thus the Eigenspace associated with each xi has a basis Bi consisting exactly of the eigenvectors associated with the given eigenvalue xi. Thus, a basis for the vector space associated with the original vector space is B = B1 U B2 U ... U Bn.
Using Eigenvectors as bases provides applications for diagonalization. Essentially, diagonalization allows a matrix A to be broken up based on the eigenvalues and eigenvectors. It is in the form: A = QDQ-1 = Q-1DQ, where D is the matrix whose diagonal entries are the eigenvalues of A, and Q is the matrix whose column vectors are the eigenvectors corresponding to the eigenvalues. So if D11 = x1, then the eigenvector associated with x1 is the first entry in Q.
In order to diagonalize a matrix, two conditions must be met. The first condition states that the characteristic polynomial must split of the Field. This means that the characteristic polynomial can be written as a product of linear terms in the form below, where c, a1, a2, a3, etc., are all constants in the Field.
f(x) = c(x-a1)(x-a2)(x-a3)...
Consider the characteristic equation f(t) = t2 + 1. This does not split over the real numbers as it cannot be factored; however, it does split over the complex numbers. Consider t2 + 1 = (t + i)(t - i).
The second condition for diagonalization states that each eigenvalue must have the same algebraic and geometric multiplicity. This point was addressed to a certain extent in the previous section. If there exists an eigenvalue with a geometric multiplicity smaller than the algebraic multiplicity, then then the matrix Q will not be a square matrix, as there will be fewer than n eigenvectors (given that the original matrix is n x n). Thus, Q is not invertible.
The equation A = Q-1DQ can be thought of as a change of basis formula as well. If A is written in terms of a basis B, then Q-1 is a matrix that changes the basis from B to C. The matrix D is in terms of the basis C. Finally, the matrix Q changes the basis back from C to B. Often times, dealing with a different basis can provide insights or make it easier to solve certain problems.
Let's look at a couple examples of diagonalizing matrices. Consider the matrix A below:
6 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 8
It has the characteristic polynomial f(x) = (x-8)(x-6)2, so it splits over the real numbers. The eigenvector associated with x = 8 is (0, 0, 1). The eigenvector associated with x = 6 is (1, 0, 0). Thus, the algebraic multiplicity for x = 6 is greater than its geometric multiplicity, so this matrix is not diagonalizable.
Consider a second example, with the matrix B below:
0 -4 2 6
Here, the characteristic equation is f(x) = (x-4)(x-2), with the eigenvectors (-1, 1) for x = 4, and (-2, 1) for x = 2. Thus, B is diagonalizable since its characteristic polynomial splits; and for each eigenvalue xi, the algebraic multiplicity and geometric multiplicity are the same for each xi.
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If you live in the United States or have your music played in the United States, you probably have dealt with the byzantine and outdated U.S. copyright and publishing apparatus that pays artists royalties for when their songs are paid in various mediums from radio to TV to the internet. Figuring out how and when you will be paid can be complicated if you aren't clued in, even for lawyers. The Music Modernization Act, which was passed on October 11, 2018, looks to update many of these rules for the internet age, creating better ways for artists to get paid, simplifies things along the way, closes some crucial loopholes and provides copyright protection for key players. So what does the Music Modernization Act do and how will it impact you as an artist, producer, songwriter or engineer? It will depend on your career, but we will go into how the bill updates current music law and helps out music makers across the board.
One of the large components of the law is the updating section 115 of the U.S. Copyright Act and the creation of a new central U.S. mechanical licensing collective (MLC), which would be funded by digital services. It ends the bulk notice of intent process for songwriters, which would require paper notices to be sent in the mail for mechanical royalties. This has been a sticking point for large lawsuits against major streaming services and also a problem with copyright agencies that can't keep up with the massive piles of paper involved with these NOIs...
A public database has been created that would identify songs that have not been matched to songwriters or publishers and allow them to be claimed. MMA also tweaks the way rates are set by the copyright board to consider free market conditions. When settling rate disputes, there wouldn't just be one judge from the Southern District of New York that would adjudicate all cases, as in the past, but rather a group of judges who rotate to take turns looking at rate disputes.
A massive portion of the law that may not impact some of our readers, but will be important to a lot of artists is the Classics Act portion of the bill. FINALLY, artists and songwriters will receive royalties on songs recorded pre-1972 as protected by federal law, instead of dealing with state copyright law. This will also extend federal protection for pre-1972 recordings for another 95 years. For pre-1923 recordings, this "transition period" is three years; recordings published between 1923 and 1946 get five additional years; and recordings from 1947–1956 get 15 additional years according to the Congressional Research Office.
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text: SlowCheetah - Web.config Transformation Syntax now generalized for any XML configuration file August 23, '11 Comments [71] Posted in ASP.NET | Tools Sponsored By I did a post last year called If You're Using XCopy, You're Doing It Wrong that also included a video of my talk at Mix10 where I show how to deploy website with Web Deploy. One of the cooler not-very-well-known features is called Web.config Transformation. Once folks see it, then immediately want a general solution. First, from the previous post: You can right-click on your web.config and click "Add Config Transforms." When you do this, you'll get a web.debug.config and a web.release.config. You can make a web.whatever.config if you like, as long as the name lines up with a configuration profile. These files are just the changes you want made, not a complete copy of your web.config. You might think you'd want to use XSLT to transform a web.config, but while they feels intuitively right it's actually very verbose. Here's two transforms, one using XSLT and the same one using the XML Document Transform syntax/namespace. As with all things there's multiple ways in XSLT to do this, but you get the general idea. XSLT is a generalized tree transformation language, while this deployment one is optimized for a specific subset of common scenarios. But, the cool part is that each XDT transform is a .NET plugin, so you can make your own. <?xml version="1.0" ?><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"><xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy></xsl:template><xsl:template match="/configuration/appSettings"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/> <xsl:element name="add"> <xsl:attribute name="key">NewSetting</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="value">New Setting Value</xsl:attribute> </xsl:element> </xsl:copy></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet> Or the same thing via the deployment transform: <configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform"> <appSettings> <add name="NewSetting" value="New Setting Value" xdt:Transform="Insert"/> </appSettings></configuration> This kind of config file transformation is so useful in fact, that it's one of the #1 feature requests...as a generalized solution. Folks want to transform their app.configs, or any XML file as part of their builds. Additionally, the current system only runs the transforms as a part of the publish process and folks would rather the transform happen "on F5" or on build. So, my team members Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi and Chuck England have done just that as a small VSiX called SlowCheetah XML Transforms. In this screenshot I've created a simple Console Application, made a basic app.config, then right clicked and selected "Add Transform." This gives an app.debug.config and app.release.config. You could make and name these however you like, for example app.testing.config, etc. For example, here's a basic app.config for my Console app: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><configuration > <appSettings> <add key="appName" value="Something"/> <add key="url" value="http://hanselman.com/"/> <add key="email" value="email@example.com" /> </appSettings></configuration> And here's the transform to change my one value in my development time config to a debug value (or test, staging, etc). You can do this for connectionStrings, app keys, compiler settings, anything in an XML or config file. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform"> <appSettings> <add key="appName" value="Demo-debug" xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(key)"/> <add key="email" value="email@example.com" xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(key)"/> </appSettings></configuration> Note the Transform="Replace?" That can be replace, or insert, etc. Lots of choices. The ShowCheetah XML Transform Add-In also adds a "Preview Transform" right-click menu which makes writing these way easier. The clever part is that there's no magic. All the functionality is installed to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v1\ and lives in a standard MSBuild .targets file. You don't even need the plugin if you are installing this on a build server, just copy the files or even check them in with your source and refer to them in your project or MSBuild files. It's added in your project file for you via the tooling like any custom targets: <Import Project="$(LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v1\Microsoft.Transforms.targets" Condition="Exists('$(LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v1\Microsoft.Transforms.targets')" /> Between the build targets and the added menu items, you get: Added tooling to desktop project to create XDT transforms Ability to transform app.config for desktop projects based on build configuration any XML file to the output folder based on build configuration Added tooling to enable previewing XDT transforms For web projects you can easily transform other XML files during package/publish Let Sayed and the team know what you think, if it's useful, and if you use it at Sayed's blog, or the SlowCheetah project site on the VS Gallery. Enjoy! About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. 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I never understood my mum's obsession with leftover food. To this day she never throws anything away. We're talking tiny remnants of meals here, a blob of tuna, a spoonful of potato salad. Nobody ever fancies it the next day. Instead the contents of those small pots and plastic boxes at the back of the fridge would gradually turn putrid before finally ending up in the bin, a few weeks later.
I used to think it was some kind of war-baby thing. You know, she lived through rationing so of course it's only natural she'd save the lumpy dregs of the gravy, that lonely slice of a boiled egg, those wrinkly three peas. Where was the next meal was coming from, right? It's only now, when I find myself rescuing my own despondent fragments of meals, carefully placing a spoonful of beans into a tiny tupperware container or plonking one small cooked potato into a pot, that I realise it's motherhood that does it.
For one thing, once you've watched your kids throw most of your hard cooking work onto the floor, "wasting good food" takes on a new meaning. This is personal. Those peas aren't just any old peas, they're your blood-sweat-and-tears peas. And they'll damn well eat them up even if it means adding them cold to their lunch plate the next day. And the next.
Yes. Of course we're poor too. Dirt poor. We don't have rationing, but our belts have got damn uncomfortable of late. Just look at the cost of childcare – which has now jumped to a third more since the recession according to a report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. You eke out each meal because you can't do a 'weekly' shop. Why? Because the weekly shop seems to have doubled in price (like, when did that happen?). So you stretch it out to a fortnightly event with some limp veg bought at Costcutter in between.
And yes. We are digging this whole budget living vibe right? We're all eco-warriors now. We recycle our food because 'waste not want not' is the buzzy thing to do. Yesterday's spag bog is tomorrow's chilli con carne. At the very least that old bit of courgette will be going on the compost-heap, right? Oops, I meant the Bokashi bin, of course. We don't recycle anymore, for crying out loud, we UPcycle. Yeah.
But truly, it's really because, with a toddler to look after, there is NO TIME. You can't be cooking from scratch every meal – are you insane? No. You cook one meal. On Monday. And you take their next meal out of its leftovers and arrange it on the plate into a face shape for lunch on Tuesday. Oooooh. Look at the funny man! And you hope by tea-time on Wednesday the kid doesn't realise it's the third time he's been eating from that same batch. Bon appetit!