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Marple Fired Again
CHARLESTON (AP) – Despite facing harsh criticism for its recent vote to fire Jorea Marple as West Virginia schools superintendent, the state Board of Education stuck with that decision Thursday as a way to change direction after chronically poor student performance.
But the board held off on selecting a permanent replacement during a meeting that included a lengthy pair of closed-door executive sessions. Board President Wade Linger said it would resume the discussion in December, noting calls to revamp the job's duties and search for a successor nationally. Chuck Heinlein, who was a deputy superintendent, will continue to head the department in the meantime, the board decided.
Two former board members, at least seven active or retired educators and leaders of groups representing teachers, principals and school workers were among the 19 speakers who on Thursday praised Marple, denounced her firing or called for her reinstatement.
"While it's your right to hire and fire at will, we are shocked at Dr. Marple's abrupt termination, and the manner in which it was conducted," said Jenny Santilli, a Harrison County foreign language teacher.
After the public comment period, the board met privately for about 90 minutes before voting to affirm its firing of Marple, this time by 6-2. Lloyd Jackson joined the five fellow board members who had voted Nov. 15 to oust Marple.
As they had at the earlier meeting, board members Jenny Phillips and Priscilla Haden opposed Marple's firing Thursday. Haden noted how the public speakers had called her a dedicated educator, a visionary and an innovative problem-solver.
"Dr. Marple is and was an excellent superintendent," Haden said.
Both she and Phillips have said they'll resign at the end of the year over the firing. Marple did not appear at the meeting.
The board scheduled the do-over vote amid concerns that its Nov. 15 actions violated the state open meetings law. Following a second, executive session lasting about 75 minutes, the board decided Thursday to postpone any hiring decision. When Marple was initially fired, Linger had endorsed Randolph County schools chief James Phares for the job.
Following Thursday's vote to dismiss Marple, the board adopted a statement from Linger that referred to how state students score below the national average on 21 of the 24 indicators of student performance as reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Linger also cited how Education Week recently flunked West Virginia for K-12 student achievement, and that one in four high school students fail to graduate on time if at all.
"We are not saying that Superintendent Marple is any more responsible than governors, legislators, educators or board members for these shortcomings. We are not here to affix the blame," Linger said. But he later added, "The board determined that in order to fix these problems, we need to head in a new direction with new leadership."
Linger further alleged that a "defensive" Department of Education showed no sense of urgency regarding the lagging performance, and instead stonewalled or offered excuses when pressed to change.
But several of the public speakers noted that Marple had carried out numerous recommendations from the recent audit of the public schools system. The board responded to that wide-ranging review of education spending, policy and organization last week by embracing all but a handful of its findings, declaring the end result "a clear path for student success."
The audit described a system with plenty of bureaucrats and ample funding but short on accountability and results. The board's response lists more than 70 steps taken under Marple that responded to or mesh with the audit's more than 120 recommendations.


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The question is to prove the set $S$ of all the functions $f:\mathbb{N}\to \{0,1\}$, for which $f^{-1}(\{1\})$ is finite, is countable.
After considering this for a while I do understand what it means, but I have no idea how to solve it. How do I even make a function from neutral numbers to functions and how can I prove such function is bijective?
I'm not even sure how to start this, so I'll be happy with any push in the right direction.
edit: Thanks you guys for your answers. from them I realized I'm missing something since I didn't understand half of what you said. Though I'm a bit surprised since I only missed a 1-hour lecture once and I don't remember discussing most of what written here. The exercise itself is due in a bit less then a week. I'll go study for a bit and come back to this soon. Will leave the question open in the meantime.
Edit 2: OK, after asking around for a bit and reading some stuff, and then sitting for 15 minutes just thining about all the pieces, I think I finally understand this. I haven't written the proof yet, but I feel like I know how to do this, so I'll be closing the question. Thanks again everyone.

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User Comments for Week 6 WR Rankings
WOW, andre? Over CJ, Roddy, Julio, Cruz, AJ? What has he done to deserve the top.....hmmmm I guess 1 reception for 15 yards will do it!
pinktri 10/09/12 04:58 PM
I need some HELP with a WR Dilemma and who to start from my roster for week 6 NON PPR League?
Since Danny Amendola got inured and will be out an estimated 6 to 7 weeks I wanna drop him bc there's a lot of good WR's in my NON PPR Leagues Waiver Wire to be picked up, who should I go with for dropping him? These r some of the Waiver Wire WR's to choose from: James Jones, Andrew Hawkins, Denarius Moore, Armon Binns, Jerome Simpson, Devery Henderson, Brandon Tate, Leonard Hankerson, B. Laflel, D. Driver, H. Douglas, D. Avery, M. Crabtree, Kendall Wright, Malcom Floyd, Lance Moore, K. Britt, Santana Moss, R. Moss, J. Cribbs, G. Little, Golden Tate, Micheal Jenkins, M. Mannigham, Brandon Gibson, Sydney Rice, J. Kerley, Rueben Randle, Kevin Walter, D. Branch, Emanuel Sanders, T.Y. Hilton, T.J. Graham, Chris Givens, Donald Jones, Josh Morgan, D. McCluster, Josh Gordon, Kyle Williams, Jordon Norwood, B. Stokley, Devone Bess, J. Avant, D. Aromashodu and etc basically there's a lot of pretty good players that still haven't been picked up yet and if there's any WR's that you think I should pick up that might still be in my Leagues Waiver Wire that aren't listed above let me know who they are so I can check whether or not there available? I had to drop my Kicker S.Janikowski bc week 5 was his BYE Week, So I picked up Kicker G. Zuerlin and was wondering if i should keep K. G. Zuerlin or drop him and get S. Janikowski back, wat do u all think? Also I was wondering if i should drop any of my WR's that i currently have now for any of the Waiver Wire WR's that i mentioned above? I'm stuck and unsure if I should drop any of them and who i should pick up for dropping Amendola, so please Let me know wat ur input and thoughts are on this? I'd appreciate it very much Thanks.
Oh yeah I'm in a NON PPR LEAGUE.
My Team Roster it's NON PPR LEAGUE
QB:(Matthew Stafford) and (Joe Flaaco)
RB:(LeSean McCoy), (Jamaal Charles), (Alfred Morris)
and (Mikel Lesheour)
WR:(Andre Johnson), (DeSean
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WR:(DeSean Jackson), (Andre Roberts), (Dominek Hixon) & (Danny Amendola)
TE:(A. Hernandez) & (D. Pitta)
K:(G. Zuerlin)
DEF:(San Francisco)
This is the rest of my last comment witch is rite above I guess it was too long lol.
I gotta start 1QB, 2RB's, 2WR's, TE, 1Flex(RB/WR), K and DEFENSE who should I go with for WEEK 6?
IF u need help just ask when u comment on this thanks!!
Six19R_OG-Mobsta 10/09/12 05:43 PM
no one would ever read something that long ^
strahl9 10/10/12 12:36 AM
xxjonesy87 10/10/12 11:46 AM
Malcom Floyd home against den or V-Jax home agaisnt kc this week??
Kidmikey23 10/11/12 10:20 AM
I'm in a ppr league...Floyd home against den or V-Jax home agaisnt kc this week??
Kidmikey23 10/11/12 10:22 AM
Flex play... Willis McGahee @ SD or Denarius Moore @ ATL this week?
CAHoya07 10/11/12 12:27 PM
Malcom Floyd, Michael Crabtree, or Brian Hartline? Or two instead of DeMarco Murray?
warpedimitation 10/11/12 04:41 PM
In a ppr league...Vincent Jackson or Malcolm Floyd?
Kidmikey23 10/12/12 10:41 AM
What does anyone think about jahvid best return. Will he be the starter
Hgriff1 10/12/12 09:53 PM
I too am curious why Andre Johnson is WR #1. I was planning on benching him but now I'm second-guessing myself. Why is he #1?
... and who do I bench? Reggie Wayne, Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, or Percy Harvin?
jaxidian 10/13/12 10:08 AM
(standard scoring league, sorry)
jaxidian 10/13/12 10:09 AM
Need a wr. Stevie Johnson, Buffalo, Brandon Tate, Cincu, Micheal Jenkins, Vikings. Thanks
tmtaz 10/13/12 11:01 AM
Sidney Rice, Seattle. What is the feeling for him against New England.
tmtaz 10/13/12 11:25 AM
@tmatz, who r u thinking of starting against sidney rice?
conlijac000 10/14/12 12:20 PM
Johnson. Buffalo
tmtaz 10/14/12 12:45 PM
Jordy Nelson or Green-ellis in PPR...???
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The 6 Most Terrifying Allergies You Can Actually Get
Allergies are your body's way of saying it hates you. About one in five of you are allergic to something, whether you know it or not. And while those of you who go into sneezing fits around cats or pollen may think you've got it bad, you have no idea.
Here are six allergies that would probably make you consider investing in one of those huge plastic bubbles.
#6. Electricity
Electrosensitivity (or the more impressive-sounding Electrical "HyperSensitivity") is the term used to describe this growing phenomenon. In essence, it's simply an allergic reaction to electricity or electromagnetic fields. You know, like the ones your entire body is sitting in right now.
Reports about sensitivity to electricity began with the introduction of computer monitors. People complained about a whole host of symptoms, and this was before the spread of wi-fi and cell phone towers (which release a related but more powerful type of electromagnetic energy than electrical wiring) made the whole thing much worse.
About three percent of people complain of electrosensitivity symptoms, though there is no reliable way to test for it so it's difficult to know how many of those people actually have the allergy and how many just like to bitch.
"What's it going to do to me?"
Let's see, we've got nausea, fatigue, headaches, sleeplessness, ringing in the ears, depression, difficulty remembering things and skin rashes. You name it, this allergy has it. Basically, it can inflict pain on every part of your body with the possible exception of your hair.
Probably best to avoid this thing
And while it's not listed as an official side effect, the most disorienting side effect may in fact be that it makes the Amish look like sane and reasonable people. Hell, Ted Kaczynski will probably start to make a lot of sense after your laptop gives you a third degree sunburn all over your groin.
"For the love of God, what do I do?"
Let's face it, if you think electromagnetic fields are hard to avoid now, come back in 20 years when everything from your kitchen table to your dog has a flat screen display built into it.
Your only real recourse is installing very expensive EMF filters in your home. There are companies that specialize in EMF protection, such as LessEMF who sell special electromagnetic field-repelling clothes. Their catalog does not make it clear if these are all reflective jump suits, so we'll go ahead and assume they are, and that 1960s science fiction was right about the future.
But more importantly, does any of it actually help? Well, that's where it starts to get weird.
The problem is, since the whole phenomenon is kind of new, we don't know much about it. And the long list of varied, seemingly unrelated symptoms have caused some researchers to assert that patients are, "Making shit up." In fact, some test subjects apparently showed symptoms even when there was no electrical fields around, or only when they thought there were.
You can tell the sufferers it's all in their head, but that's what they say about our fear of clowns and that doesn't magically make it go away.
#5. Exercise
They call it Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis--pretty much any arduous activity can trigger it. And when triggered, it has a nasty habit of killing you. Imagine the joy an actual exercise allergy would bring to the fat-marbled hearts of children across America who think they now have a permanent excuse to get out of gym class.
"Why yes, I have been playing video games for 17 straight hours," they say from their sweat-soaked sofa. "It's the only thing keeping me alive."
"What's it going to do to me?"
Symptoms begin after you've finished exercising. It can start with hives and skin irritation. Then comes tightness in the chest, difficulty breathing and then coughing.
Of course, any out of shape person will recognize most of those symptoms from their own bouts with exercise (or trips to the mailbox without a mobility assistance scooter). The important question in determining if you're actually allergic is what happens next. Do the symptoms recede while you leaf through your catalog of gender-neutral tent dresses? If so, you're probably just in bad shape.
If you do have an exercise allergy, things should be progressing from the already crappy hives, coughing, chest-tightness stage to what's called anaphylactic shock. It's easy to recognize because your blood pressure plummets, your lungs close and you experience fainting and many other things doctors call symptoms and we call "dying."
By this point, someone should be calling an ambulance. If not, either no one likes you or they decided your retarded exercise allergy is simply natural selection at work.
"God says oxygen is for closers."
"For the love of God, what do I do?"
As you've probably guessed by now, this isn't just a "get fat for free" card. In fact with all this attention being paid to exercise, your doctor's still going to want you to move around, just at a slower pace. So now you're the guy walking 2 MPH on the treadmill, creeping everyone out at the gym. Your only solace will be how much worse it would get if you did decide to push it to 2.5, making you the guy who collapses mid-lunge forcing the cute receptionist to call 911 while you wheeze and crap your pants, and everyone crowds around you, whispering, "That guy looks like he's going to die any second. Let's watch."
#4. The Cold
This allergic reaction can occur when stepping outside on a cold day or if, say, all of your hot water was used up by your roommate and you get blasted by a cold stream when you turn on the shower.
"What's it going to do to me?"
Everyone's reaction can be different, but the main symptoms will show up on the skin (rashes) or in the nose and chest (wheezing breath). Cold allergies can cause generalized fatigue and--get this--decreased learning ability. Yes, this allergy can turn you into a moron, which goes a long way towards explaining most of the events in the Winter Olympics.
Some people develop hives (red itchy spots) on the skin when they encounter cold temperatures (called cold uticaria) and it can be triggered by any rapid cooling. So you can even get it during warm weather, when you first climb out of a swimming pool for instance. In fact, if you have cold urticaria, jumping in very cold water can kill your ass. This means that old trick where you run up to the edge of the pool and stop short while your friend jumps in could technically be a form of manslaughter. Yes, even if there was actually water in the pool this time.
Probably best not to do this.
"For the love of God, what do I do?"
This is one your doctor can test for, using the ingenious method of holding an ice cube against your skin and seeing if a rash forms. That actually doesn't seem like the kind of test you need a doctor to do, but maybe they use special ice or something.
After telling you that you have a cold allergy and your life as you know it is effectively over, he'll likely give you antihistamines and advise you to avoid the cold, which again makes it seem like pretty much anybody can be a doctor with a few hours training. Either way it means for a few months out of the year (depending on where you live) you'll be known as that creepy shut-in who stares longingly out the window and scares the shit out of the local children. Though we should note that some of you are already that guy without the aid of any medical condition.
So what else could you be allergic to that would give you even more of an excuse to stay inside and surf for internet porn?


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Do you mean the whole sight base or just the post?
I'll have to check mine, but I think it's a standard AKM front sight base.
You could also get ahold of Cadiz Gun Works, they are the official warranty repair shop for all RAA Saigas.
I picked up a used siaga 308 missing the front site. Can one be purchased any where? thanks
Do you mean the whole sight base or just the post?
I'll have to check mine, but I think it's a standard AKM front sight base.
You could also get ahold of Cadiz Gun Works, they are the official warranty repair shop for all RAA Saigas.
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BigAl just did a Saiga .308 conversion. He should still have an extra Saiga front sight base. Give him a PM.
Thanks guys, yea, the whole thing is gone.
On a couple of my Saiga .308 conversions I used the Ace Front site. Excellent little piece of hardware.
I removed the stock FSB and threaded and attached a muzzle brake. Added the Ace Clamp On Site. The shorter distance between the rear and front site significantly improves my accuracy using irons for sure. After hundreds of milsurp 7.62X51 both guns are rock solid.
100 yard target:
couple of attempts at 200 yards;
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I can acquire the site picture much quicker with the shorter distance between front and rear. Now in all fairness my eyesight is that of an old man. What a minute....I am an old man So a younger guy with better eyesight may not realize a benefit.
Here I just took a few pics in my gun "closet"....and yes I built it off the master...it is climate/humidity controlled and my wife took it over and now have clothes hanging all over everywhere.....just like my beer fridge in the shop is now full of her stuff....oh well.....
Here is a Saiga .308 I have converted/AK74 muzzle brake and the Ace front sight I am talking about.....
Here is another Saiga .308 I just moved the FSB back and muzzled it...
Couple of other Saigas I have in there....
Many more in the safes out in the shop
And for the record....that "lil" .308 I moved the FSB back on, has a Primary Arms M3 red dot and a 5X quick disconnect magnifier. Thing is deadly out to 400 yards.....I highly recommend that setup for close and medium distance work. Very dependable and inexpensive.


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The New Year has come and gone, which means it's time for the torrent of resolution-related ads for diet aids, exercise equipment and home products -- furniture in particular. No doubt, you've heard the pitch -- "No payments for 12 ... 24 ... 36 ... 48 months!" It's as if the retailers are intent on mutually assured financial destruction. Or are they?
Deferred payment plans are as old as dirt; dating back to when the first merchant made a sale to the first customer who didn't have enough rocks to pay for his club. On the surface, a deferred payment plan sounds like a good deal -- get the product today, pay for it tomorrow.
That's fine, but what about the cost for this accommodation? Since it takes money to produce or acquire the product that's being sold, and because it costs money to get money, the merchant will have to build that cost into his price if he wants to preserve a profit margin. Therefore, it's reasonable to presume that when a furniture retailer offers a no-payments deal for a period of time, the customer will end up paying more for his sofa tomorrow than if he'd plunked down the cash for it today.
As it happens, this is the fundamental concept behind the time value of money: cash on the barrelhead today is worth more than the same amount tomorrow.
The reason is inflation. Today, $100 in hand is worth 2 percent more than the same amount a year from now when the rate of inflation is 2 percent. The reverse is also true: Money that's invested today will grow as long as there's a positive rate of return. So the same $100 invested today will be worth $102 this time next year, if the rate of return (interest) is 2 percent.
Here's how all this comes into play with a furniture deal.
How it Works
The merchant has to pay for the goods he's sold even though no cash is changing hands on the day of the sale. So he asks the customer to sign a promissory note to memorialize the customer's obligation to pay for the furniture in full on a certain date in the future. The merchant can then take that note and use it as collateral for a bank loan. This process is known as discounting (or present-valuing) because the value of the customer's future obligation is discounted to the value of today's dollars. (If you're curious, you can read about the formula here under the heading "Calculating the Present Value of an Annuity Due.")
For example, let's say the merchant's bank prices the loan at 5 percent interest. Let's also say the underlying deal is for $10,000 and it spans 24 months (two years). Using this time value of money calculator, courtesy of Zenwealth.com:
The answer is $9,050.25, which represents the amount of money the bank would be willing to loan to the retailer today in exchange for the two-year, $10,000 promissory note that was signed by his customer. It also suggests that the merchant should be indifferent about accepting $9,050.25 from his customer today instead of jumping through an extra hoop or two with his bank. (Incidentally, you can take the same approach to determining the true cost of one of these arrangements when the price for the no-payment financing option is higher than it is for cash, as Gerri Detweiler explains in her article.)
Enter: The "Bullet" Loan
Few customers are in a position to pay cash for large purchases, which is why these types of single-payment, sales-inducing schemes -- known as bullet loans -- exist. The question is, do they put consumers at risk? Let's play out a typical scenario for one of these things and we'll see.
Say you sign a promissory note, get your bonded leather sectional and enjoy it for the next two or three years. One day, a notice comes in the mail reminding you that the full amount of your purchase will be due at the start of the following month. Will you be able to pay it off? I hope so, because the odds are you won't be able to refinance this type of debt. Think about it. Two- or three-year-old furniture is worth a whole lot less than if it were brand new. The banks agree. That's why they won't be inclined to roll your note -- certainly not for the original amount, if at all.
Lengthy deferred payment plans are dangerous for precisely the same reason they're so popular -- they separate the actions of buying and paying. (I have these same discussions with my students as it pertains to the interest-deferral period for their student loans!) So here's how to make the right choices.
Test the value of the plan. Use a time value of money calculator to estimate the present value of the plan that's in play and decide if it's worth your while to save up and pay cash instead. Keep in mind that the higher the interest rate you plug into the tool, the lower the present value will be, which means the greater the value of the upfront discount you'll enjoy. I suggest using a 5 percent interest rate until rates start increasing.
Budget for the payback. Be sure to set a calendar reminder for the date your deferred payment plan ends so you can be prepared for it. Then, set up a forced savings program by directing a portion of your net pay into a separate savings or investment account. You can estimate how much you'd need to set aside each month by using the same time value of money calculator.
Don't get separated. Last but not least, no matter how enticing they may be, don't let any type of payment plan tempt you into making a larger purchase than you intended. As much as financing can help us to afford the things we need and want -- particularly when cash is tight -- it can be just as easily used to help us get in over our heads too. That's when the big problems hit home.
-- Mitchell D. Weiss is an experienced financial services industry executive, entrepreneur and adjunct professor of finance at the University of Hartford. He is also the author of the recently published College Happens: A Practical Handbook for Parents and Students and Life Happens: A Practical Guide to Personal Finance from College to Career-2nd Edition.
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Can the second Test of the five-match Ashes cricket series between England and Australia possibly live up to the first? Those five days saw England squeeze out a win by just 14 runs, the fourth narrowest margin in the last decade of international Test cricket, according to ESPN Cricinfo.
Australia's Ashton Agar stole the show on his Test debut. The 19-year-old was 11th in the batting order, the spot reserved for the worst batsman, and posted a gargantuan 98 runs to knock England on the back foot. With Phillip Hughes, the pair posted the highest 10th wicket partnership in Test history. That certainly won't happen twice in this series.
More significant to the outcome was the performance of England bowler James Anderson. He took 10 wickets in the match, a feat comparable to a pitcher striking out 14 in a baseball game. But he might not be in a position to do that again. England was so reliant on him that Anderson bowled 89 of the 239 balls delivered on the final day—a huge proportion for a fast bowler when you consider that each delivery comes with a long run-up.
So you wouldn't be crazy to expect the second Test to revert to the somewhat less dramatic cricket we're used to. Then again, at the start of the series, this was supposed to be the most one-sided Ashes in years.
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Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz began the Cabinet session in Riyadh today by thanking, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Arab leaders who attended the 3rd Arab Economic and Social Development Summit last week. The Crown Prince reaffirmed the Kingdom's commitment to advancing Arab development, as evidenced by King Abdullah's initiative, announced at the summit, to increase the capital of Arab financial institutions and joint companies by no less than fifty percent.
Then, the Cabinet listened to a report on the latest regional and international developments. The ministers reiterated the Kingdom's positions regarding the Palestinian situation and the crisis in Syria, as expressed recently before the regular session of the United Nations Security Council.
Turning to its weekly agenda, the Cabinet authorized the Crown Prince to sign a draft agreement between the Saudi Ministry of Defense and the German Ministry of Defense in the field of protection of classified information; approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Saudi Red Crescent Authority and the Turkish Red Crescent Society signed in Ankara on 3/14/12; approved the unified system for anti-dumping and countervailing and preventive measures of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, which was endorsed by the GCC Supreme Council in its 31st session in Abu Dhabi on 12/07/10; and approved the amendment of Article 8 of the regulation of the Saudi Standards and Quality Organization issued by Cabinet decision No. (216).
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Majdi Al-Mansur as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Othman Al-Afaisan as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Abdulaziz Al-Mady as Assistant Undersecretary for Classification at the Ministry of Civil Service (14th rank); Yousuf Al-Hamed as Assistant Undersecretary for Employment at the Ministry of Civil Service (14th rank); and Abdulrahman Al-Howaimel as Management Consultant at the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta (14th rank).


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Let $\phi$ be an undecidable statement of ZFC set theory, for example let's take continuum hypothesis.
What is the ontological status of the "set" $X=\bigl\{x\in\{1,2\}:x=1\text{ or }(x=2\text{ and }\phi)\bigr\}$ in ZFC?
Let $\phi$ be an undecidable statement of ZFC set theory, for example let's take continuum hypothesis.
What is the ontological status of the "set" $X=\bigl\{x\in\{1,2\}:x=1\text{ or }(x=2\text{ and }\phi)\bigr\}$ in ZFC?
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Although you've been given a hard time in the comments, I think that this is actually a serious question in the philosophy of mathematics, whose answer depends on one's philosophical position concerning the nature of mathematical truth.
What is the nature of existence for the mathematical objects that we define?
There are a variety of natural positions to stake out, so let me describe at least a few of them. There are of course many more; I mention several perspectives specifically on CH in my answer to Gil Kalai's question on solutions to the continuum hypothesis, which you may find relevant.
As you describe the example, the puzzling thing here is that you seem to have defined a fairly simple set, yet we also find ourselves unable to answer some fairly simple questions about it, such as whether it has one or two elements. To my way of thinking, the philosophical question about the ontological status of your set is very similar to the philosophical question about the ontological status of the truth of $\phi$ itself; the two simply go together. So we could ask the question like this:
When a statement $\phi$ is independent of ZFC, what is the ontological status of the truth of $\phi$?
For example, does it still make sense to say that $\phi$ is definitely true or false, but definitely only one of these? Ontology has to do with the nature of reality---in our case, mathematical reality---independently of, say, our knowledge about it. But provability and non-provability (and thus independence) seem to have to do with our ability to know certain things, and thus relate to epistemological rather than ontological concerns.
Let me describe a few of the philosophical positions that are commonly held about this kind of question.
Traditional set-theoretic Platonism. On the traditional Platonist view, sets exist in a unique real Platonic realm---the realm consisting of all sets---and every set-theoretic assertion has a definitive truth value in this realm. On this account, there is a fact of the matter about whether CH is true or false, or whether your assertion $\phi$ is true or false. On this account, the set you have described is either in fact identical to $\{1\}$ or is identical to $\{1,2\}$. The fact that $\phi$ is independent of the ZFC axioms merely illustrates our lack of knowledge about which one of these sets you have actually described. On this account, the set is definitely one of them or the other, depending on whether it is the case that $\phi$ is true or not, and exactly one of these is the case. The independence of $\phi$ is an irrelevant distraction from whether $\phi$ is true. On this view, the pervasive independence phenomenon is seen as a side-show about our epistemological weakness---the weakness of our theories---rather than indicating any issue about the singular nature of mathematical truth.
Formalism. On this view, there is no realm of real existence for mathematical objects like sets, and rather the mathematical process consists of the manipulation of sequences of symbols, such as the definition in your question. On this view, assertions of existence in mathematics are merely a way of speaking, and no actual existence of mathematical objects is being asserted. Formalism thus trivializes the ontology of the mathematical objects that mathematics is about.
Plural realism, or the multiverse view. On the plural realist or multiverse conception of set-theoretic truth, one holds that there are diverse concepts of set, each giving rise to its own set-theoretic universe, a plurality of set-theoretic worlds with their own set-theoretic truth, but which can be connected in various ways, such as by forcing or by large cardinal embeddings. On this account, your sentence $\phi$ may be true in some of these worlds and false in other worlds, and your set will accordingly change its nature depending on the current set-theoretic background concept of set under which it is being interpreted. You can read more about the multiverse perspective in set theory in some of my recent papers, especially "The set-theoretic multiverse", RSL 2012.
Consider the following descriptions of sets:
(1) $X=\lbrace i\in\omega: i=0\rbrace=\lbrace0\rbrace$,
(2) $Y=\lbrace i\in\omega: i=0\iff CH, i=1\iff \neg CH\rbrace=\lbrace 0\rbrace$ or $\lbrace 1\rbrace$, and
(3) $Z=\lbrace i\in\omega: \text{ the $i$th Diophantine equation (in some natural listing) has an integral solution}\rbrace$.
Now, the short version is: $ZFC$ (actually, much less than $ZFC$) proves that $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ exist.
A slightly longer version, which might help you understand what's going on here: really, what I have is not three sets $X$, $Y$, and $Z$, but rather three first-order formulas $\phi_1(x), \phi_2(x)$, and $\phi_3(x)$ with a single free variable. Now, for every such formula $\phi(x)$, $ZFC$ proves that $$ \lbrace i\in\omega: \phi(i)\rbrace$$ exists; this is just Separation + Infinity.
There are really three potential issues here, and none of them have to do with the "ontological status" of (2).


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What is the difference between these forms of moving water?
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Are there other forms of moving water that I am missing?
What is the difference between these forms of moving water?
Are there other forms of moving water that I am missing?
You missed run, burn and kill, bayou, and seaway. A canal also has moving water, but is man-made.
Generally, the difference is size: you can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade across a stream, and swim across a river. But the distinction between them (especially creek and stream) is somewhat hazy, and depends on who named them and when they were named. A run (such as Bull Run in Virginia) is a "small stream". Streams and rivers named kill (from the Middle Dutch word kille) occur frequently in New York (and occasionally in nearby states), and were most likely named by the Dutch. Some of these have had "creek" or "river" added to them later (Catskill Creek, Fishkill River).
Size matters. Here's a fairly good explanation:
Here are the differences as laid out by the Maine Geological Survey:
As to your second question, there's also:
canal, channel, branch, crik, rivulet, streamlet, brooklet, runlet, runnel, rundle, rindle, beck, gill, burn, sike, freshet, fresh, millstream, race, tributary, feeder, confluent, effluent, billabong, flow, and course (of course).
"Brook" and "Creek" mean just about the same thing, "a small stream" "Creek" is chiefly used in American English, and Australia.
"River" refers to a stream that is fairly large in size.
The confusion comes in "stream".
"Stream" can refer to a "small river or brook". But 'stream,' in general, actually refers to any flow of liquid, of any size i.e. The Gulf Stream, which is a massive current of warm water.
To sum up, a brook, creek, refers to "small streams", a river is a "large stream".
A "stream" is usually understood to be a "rivulet, or small river", unless specified to be a different stream i.e.Stream of blood, Stream of hot air in the atmosphere, Gulf Stream, etc.
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Dependent choice, for example. Or choice for well-ordered families, see Existence of model of ZF without AC, but with many choice function
There are many many many axioms.
For example you have the Principle of Dependent Choice, you also have the generalized axiom of choice for $\kappa$, "For every family of size $\kappa$ of non-empty sets there is a choice function." and whenever $\kappa>\aleph_0$ this is a strictly stronger axiom. In a similar fashion the principle of dependent choice is extended to what is known as $\mathsf{DC}_\kappa$.
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America, Syria and the World
How is President Obama's turnaround on Syria playing abroad? Seven views from around the globe
Leon Aron | Russia
From the outset, the Kremlin's aim in the Syrian conflict has been to strengthen its domestic legitimacy and to bolster its international repute by "standing up to the United States." This comes at a time when the regime's popularity is sagging under the weight of corruption, the economy is bordering on recession, trust in Vladimir Putin is plummeting, and there is suddenly a major political challenge from the charismatic (and vehemently anti-Putin) lawyer Alexei Navalny, who garnered close to a third of the votes in Moscow's mayoral elections last Sunday.
The overarching imperative of Mr. Putin's foreign policy has been to preclude regime change—in Russia or anywhere else. This goal acquires particular urgency when a threat to an authoritarian regime occurs on former Soviet territory, which Russia considers its sphere of influence, or among Soviet or Russian client states.
In this context, President Obama's speech and the U.S. policy that seems to be emerging from it can only be interpreted by Mr. Putin as exceeding his most optimistic hopes.
Domestically, this turn of events has bolstered Mr. Putin's image as someone who not only has unflinchingly confronted the U.S.—still the nation most feared and respected by Russians—but forced it to change its course. Internationally, it has established Mr. Putin as a kind of go-to broker who has scuttled a seemingly imminent military strike by the U.S.
Most importantly, from Moscow's perspective, Mr. Obama's move has delayed or perhaps eliminated what Russia sees as the worst possible outcome: regime change in a faithful major client in a geostrategically crucial region. Whether with vodka or Champagne, they ought to be celebrating in the Kremlin.
—Mr. Aron is the director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Kenneth M. Pollack | Iran
Iran is the country whose reaction to Mr. Obama's Syria decision we probably care most about—and the one whose reaction will be hardest to discern. The Iranian regime is opaque, fragmented, Byzantine. And it often reaches conclusions that no American—no Westerner, no foreigner—would expect.
That said, there are some things we can be reasonably confident of. First, the Iranians are no doubt relieved that the U.S. is not going to strike the Syrian regime now and might never do so. Even if the attack were "unbelievably small," no country likes to get bombed. It is always dangerous and humiliating, and in a situation like that of the Syrian regime—besieged by rebel forces and suffering from its own mistakes—even a small strike might create big problems. Much better for Bashar al-Assad that it never happen, and given how the Iranians have lashed themselves to his ship of state, better for them too.
Second, the virulent war-weariness evident in the congressional vote count and the public opinion polls that lay behind it probably did not increase Tehran's fear of an American strike. But it is impossible to know if it will actually cause them to dismiss that fear, as many proponents of a strike have argued.
The Iranians rarely read things the way that we expect them to, and one thing we do know is that Iranian leaders believe they are far more important and powerful than the Syrians. The Iranians might have dismissed an American strike on Syria as something the U.S. was willing to do to the weak, trifling Syrians, but would never dare with mighty Iran. Certainly, Mr. Obama's failure to enforce his chemical-weapons redline after earlier Syrian infractions does not seem to have had any impact on Iranian thinking about whether we would enforce the red line regarding their nuclear program.
Finally, it is possible that the administration's mishandling of the crisis, and the president's unwillingness to take dramatic action without congressional backing, could unnerve Iran's new president, Hasan Rouhani, who appears to want to strike a nuclear deal with the U.S. Mr. Rouhani has already signaled that he needs the U.S. to act quickly and decisively to allow him to hold off the challenge of Iranian hard-liners trying to quash his initiative. If Mr. Rouhani reads Washington's Syria performance as a sign that Mr. Obama can't be counted on to do what is necessary when he faces difficult foreign policy challenges, that might make him less willing to fight the battles with his own domestic foes.
—Mr. Pollack is the author, most recently, of "Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy" and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Elizabeth C. Economy | China
Mr. Obama's Syria debate with himself, Congress and the American public marked open season on the U.S. in China. No matter which path Mr. Obama pursued—a military strike or adoption of the Russian plan to put Syrian chemical-weapons stocks under international control—Chinese analysts claimed that he had weakened his presidency and American standing in the world.
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In discussing the military option, the Wenzhou City News, for example, argued that the president was in a no-win situation: If Congress vetoed the proposal but Obama still pursued war, the opposition would "bind his feet" on other initiatives; if Congress vetoed a military strike and Obama complied, the "president's credibility and America's influence" would "take a hit"; and if Congress supported the president, then Obama would earn himself "infamy" in public opinion, which did not support military action.
President Obama's decision to delay a congressional vote on military action in favor of the Russian plan prompted criticism in China's Global Times: Washington, said an editorial, has "lost its sense of direction in the Middle East," and the "Kremlin's proposal, resolute and tactical, dealt a blow at Washington's Achilles heels [sic]."
It is hard to know whether such commentary is representative of Chinese popular opinion. Its real purpose is to serve the broader political and strategic objectives of the Chinese government. Focusing on U.S. weakness underscores an impression of U.S. decline and the onset of a power transition in the international system, something that Beijing has actively sought to promote over the past few years.
Harping on U.S. indecisiveness and Russian leadership also masks China's inability to find its own diplomatic legs. Beijing has yet to play a significant role—much less lead—in formulating or implementing a response to a global challenge. Beijing's observations about U.S. indecisiveness say at least as much about the state of Chinese diplomacy as American.
—Ms. Economy is the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Martin Kramer | Israel
What would the Middle East look like during a possible Iran crisis? Israelis got a preview this past week, and they didn't like what they saw.
It wasn't Mr. Obama's reluctance to get involved in Syria's civil war. Israel shares the view that placing bets in Syria is risky, and it hasn't urged the U.S. to do so. Yes, it would like Syria out of Iran's orbit, but Mr. Assad respects Israeli power. So Israel hasn't played favorites, preferring instead to draw its own "red lines." It doesn't want al Qaeda on its Syrian border, and it won't tolerate leaks of sophisticated weaponry from Syria to Hezbollah.
What Israelis found alarming was the way Mr. Obama shifted the burden of decision. Every one of Mr. Obama's Syrian maneuvers was viewed as a dry run for his conduct in a likely future crisis over Iran's nuclear drive. That's where the stakes are highest for Israel, and that's where Israelis sometimes question Obama's resolve.
Israelis always imagined they would go to Mr. Obama with a crucial piece of highly sensitive intelligence on Iranian progress, and he would make good on his promise to block Iran with a swift presidential decision. So Mr. Obama's punt to Congress over what John Kerry called an "unbelievably small" strike left Israelis rubbing their eyes. If this is now standard operating procedure in Washington, can Israel afford to wait if action against Iran becomes urgent?
Israel's standing in Congress and U.S. public opinion is high, but the Syrian episode has shown how dead-set both are against U.S. military action in the Middle East. Israel won't have videos of dying children to sway opinion, and it won't be able to share its intelligence outside the Oval Office. Bottom line: The chance that Israel may need to act first against Iran has gone up.
—Mr. Kramer is president of Shalem College in Jerusalem.
Josef Joffe | Europe
In Europe, Clausewitz is either dying (Britain and France) or dead (Germany and the rest). Recall the famous counsel of the Prussian general: "War is the continuation of policy with other means"—that is, with force.
Germany, the loser of two world wars, cut this seamless web in 1945, followed by all those former warrior nations from Spain to Sweden. Force as tool of statecraft? Heaven forfend! Europe shall be an "empire of peace." Britain and France, ex-imperial powers both, are going down the same road. David Cameron was trashed by Parliament when he asked for a war resolution on Syria. France's François Hollande would suffer the same fate if he went to the National Assembly.
In his heart, Mr. Obama also would like to ditch Clausewitz, as he signaled in his Tuesday speech. He would like to turn the U.S. into an XXL medium-power. He wants to unshoulder the burden of global leadership and to drag the U.S. out of harm's way. As in Europe, his priority is welfare rather than warfare—"nation-building at home." If it has to be force, it must be on the cheap—"limited" and "narrow." Mr. Obama is probably as grateful as Mr. Assad for the reprieve cooked up by the Russians, who want to save the despot at all cost. Ms. Merkel and Messrs. Cameron and Hollande are delighted as well. There is now no shame in hanging back.
There is just one problem, and it is bigger than to strike or not. Or to extract well-hidden chemical weapons from a war zone the size of Oklahoma. The U.S. is not an XXL medium-power but the housekeeper of the world. If it outsources the job, there is nobody else—not Europe, Russia or China. And the vandals are watching.
—Mr. Joffe, a fellow of the Hoover Institution and the Institute for International Studies, teaches U.S. foreign policy at Stanford. His "The Myth of America's Decline" will be published this fall by Norton.
Marc Lynch | The Middle East
Mr. Obama's remarks on Syria had little resonance with Arab audiences, who puzzled over why death by chemical weapons moved him so much more than did the deaths and suffering of countless others. Leaders in the Gulf states and parts of the badly fractured Syrian opposition fumed over what they saw as an American failure to act. But they don't speak for the wider Arab public, which is deeply divided over Syria.
Public sympathy with the Syrian rebels is strong among most Sunnis in the Gulf states, but many vocal Islamist backers of the Syrian opposition have gone silent as discussion turned to U.S. intervention. Their hatred of Mr. Assad does not translate into support for the U.S. military. Beyond the Gulf, reaction is even more mixed. Many Egyptians have denounced American intervention, seeing the Syrian opposition as aligned with their own recently toppled Muslim Brotherhood government. Shiite leaders in Iraq have warned against a U.S. attack, but even leading Sunni figures have spoken out. Jordan, with its leaders frightened by the potential fallout of a war, has disavowed any use of its territory for a strike.
Mr. Obama's push for a limited military response, followed by his turn to diplomacy, does reinforce one of the most prevalent Arab tropes on his presidency: beautiful words that are not backed by action. The lack of follow-through on his June 2009 Cairo speech to the Muslims of the world and his failed attempt to get an Israeli settlement freeze established this reputation early on, and little has changed since. Many Arabs desperately want the Syrian conflict to end. They fear its growing extremism and are horrified by its terrible human toll. But the one thing that seems to unite them, at least beyond the palaces of the Gulf, is their desire to see the U.S. stay far, far away.
—Mr. Lynch is associate professor of political science and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington University.
Steven A. Cook | Turkey
The Syrian civil war is the greatest strategic challenge for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party since it came to power in November 2002. Turkey's Syria policy has evolved from encouraging Mr. Assad to undertake reforms to pushing for the overthrow of the Syrian regime.
The Turks deserve credit for the way they have handled the flow of refugees across their border and for their effort to persuade the international community to respond more forcefully to the civil war. But Turkish policy has been long on rhetoric and short on action. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to convince the U.S. and other Western powers to intervene, but only with U.N., NATO and Arab League approval. Now Turkey seems to have dropped those preconditions and signaled its support for an American strike.
The diplomatic process that has unfolded over the past week has put the Turks in a difficult position. President Abdullah Gül praised the idea of placing Syria's chemical weapons under international control but bemoaned the Russian proposal because it fails to address the underlying civil war. The Turks can see what is coming, and they don't like it: an agreement between Washington and Moscow that relieves pressure on Mr. Assad, allowing him to conduct the war without the threat of U.S. intervention. This would leave the Turks to contend with more refugees and more violence on its doorstep. But there is little Turkey can do to alter these circumstances. Left with few options, Ankara will default to what it has already been doing: supporting factions within the Syrian opposition, providing refugee relief and advocating for international intervention to bring the conflict to an end.
—Mr. Cook is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Why I Write My Blog in English
1. I've got family in Australia and Canada. The Australian family I know, the Canadians I don't. Maybe this English blog will be cousin bait for the family I know emigrated to Canada, as well as their descendants. I've also got relatives in Germany, and English seems to be the language most people are able to read, so hopefully they will find their way here as well.
2. The genealogical community – most genealogists are English-speaking, and US based. They have a very broad knowledge base and a far larger precense on the internet. At least, that's what I've experienced. To be able to easily communicate with that group, belong to that group by virtue of blogging in the same language, there's a virtual army of people who can help me, point me in the right direction, or point out errors.
3. There might be a lot of people interested in doing genealogical research in the Netherlands that do not speak Dutch and don't live in the Netherlands. If all Dutch genealogists only write in Dutch, how will they learn? Yes, there's research guides for research in the Netherlands, but they usually deal with the common sources. If you want to go any deeper, research becomes harder, sources become more 'hidden' and the best way to discover them is by looking at what other genealogists are doing. I know I've found a lot of sources simply because other people were using them in their research and then blogging about it. So this is me, spreading Dutch genealogy across the globe.
Do you blog in English while it's not your countries language? Why do you blog in English?
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I blog in English and have found German cousins. I put a Google translate link on the blog and have used the link when I send emails. I live in the US.ReplyDelete
It is great because without it I probably would not have found them.Replies
English is more and more an international language a lot of people speak. And for those that don't, there are indeed lots of free translation options. Great for finding those cousings across the border!Delete
My research is global (Netherlands, Germany, USA, Norway, UK, Indonesia) so my blogging and web language needs to be understood globally. Same as yourself, I'm Dutch, but blog (although not very regularly at the moment) in English, as my wife and her relatives are American, a large part of the genealogical community speaks English, and, as you say, to reach out to non-Dutch speakers all over the world to help them on their way with the Dutch part of their research.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Your research sounds very interesting, and global indeed! It's a good thing so many people speak English nowadays, it makes communicating so much easier.Delete


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The ghostly passage of one body through another is obviously out of the question if the continuum assumption were valid, but we know that at the micro, nano, pico levels (and beyond) this is not even remotely the case. My understanding is that the volume of the average atom actually occupied by matter is a vanishingly small fraction of the atom's volume as a whole. If this is the case, why can't matter simply pass through other matter? Are the atom's electrons so nearly omnipresent that they can simultaneously prevent collisions/intersections from all possible directions?
Things are not empty space. Our classical intuition fails at the quantum level.
Matter does not pass through other matter mainly due to the Pauli exclusion principle and due to the electromagnetic repulsion of the electrons. The closer you bring two atoms, i.e. the more the areas of non-zero expectation for their electrons overlap, the stronger will the repulsion due to the Pauli principle be, since it can never happen that two electrons possess exactly the same spin and the same probability to be found in an extent of space.
The idea that atoms are mostly "empty space" is, from a quantum viewpoint, nonsense. The volume of an atom is filled by the wavefunctions of its electrons, or, from a QFT viewpoint, there is a localized excitation of the electron field in that region of space, which are both very different from the "empty" vacuum state.
The concept of empty space is actually quite tricky, since our intuition "Space is empty when there is no particle in it" differs from the formal "Empty space is the unexcited vacuum state of the theory" quite a lot. The space around the atom is definitely not in the vacuum state, it is filled with electron states. But if you go and look, chances are, you will find at least some "empty" space in the sense of "no particles during measurement". Yet you are not justified in saying that there is "mostly empty space" around the atom, since the electrons are not that sharply localized unless some interaction (like measurements) takes place that actually force them to. When not interacting, their states are "smeared out" over the atom in something sometimes called the electron cloud, where the cloud or orbital represents the probability of finding a particle in any given spot.
This weirdness is one of the reasons why quantum mechanics is so fundamentally different from classical mechanics - suddenly, a lot of the world becomes wholly different from what we are used to at our macroscopic level, and especially our intuitions about "empty space" and such fail us completely at microscopic levels.
Since it has been asked in the comments, I should probably say a few more words about the role of the exclusion principle:
First, as has been said, without the exclusion principle, the whole idea of chemistry collapses: All electrons fall to the lowest 1s orbital and stay there, there are no "outer" electrons, and the world as we know it would not work.
Second, consider the situation of two equally charged classical particles: If you only invest enough energy/work, you can bring them arbitrarily close. The Pauli exclusion principle prohibits this for the atoms - you might be able to push them a little bit into each other, but at some point, when the states of the electrons become too similar, it just won't go any further. When you hit that point, you have degenerate matter, a state of matter which is extremely difficult to compress, and where the exclusion principle is the sole reason for its incompressibility. This is not due to Coulomb repulsion, it is that that we also need to invest the energy to catapult the electrons into higher energy levels since the number of electrons in a volume of space increases under compression, while the number of available energy levels does not. (If you read the article, you will find that the electrons at some point will indeed prefer to combine with the protons and form neutrons, which then exhibit the same kind of behaviour. Then, again, you have something almost incompressible, until the pressure is high enough to break the neutrons down into quarks (that is merely theoretical). No one knows what happens when you increase the pressure on these quarks indefinitely, but we probably cannot know that anyway, since a black hole will form sooner or later)
Third, the kind of force you need to create such degenerate matter is extraordinarily high. Even metallic hydrogen, the probably simplest kind of such matter, has not been reliably produced in experiments. However, as Mark A has pointed out in the comments (and as is very briefly mentioned in the Wikipedia article, too), a very good model for the free electrons in a metal is that of a degenerate gas, so one could take metal as a room-temperature example of the importance of the Pauli principle.
So, in conclusion, one might say that at the levels of our everyday experience, it would probably enough to know about the Coulomb repulsion of the electrons (if you don't look at metals too closely). But without quantum mechanics, you would still wonder why these electrons do not simply go closer to their nuclei, i.e. reduce their orbital radius/drop to a lower energy state, and thus reduce the effective radius of the atom. Therefore, Coulomb repulsion already falls short at this scale to explain why matter seems "solid" at all -- only the exclusion principle can explain why the electrons behave the way they do.
If it were possible for one object to pass through another object, then it would be possible for one part of an object to pass through a different part of the same object. Therefore the question asked here is equivalent to the question of why matter is stable. See this question on mathoverflow. That question was more about the stability of individual atoms, but in my answer there, I gave a reference to a paper by Lieb. Section II discusses the stability of bulk matter. The argument depends on both the properties of the electromagnetic interaction and on the Pauli exclusion principle. Therefore anyone who tells you that the stability of bulk matter is purely due to one or the other of these factors is wrong.
The same holds for the normal force. People will try to argue that it's only due to electromagnetic interactions or only due to the exclusion principle. That's wrong for the same reasons.
Although Lieb's treatment is complicated, there is a pretty straightforward argument that quantum mechanics is necessary for the stability of matter. There is a theorem called Earnshaw's theorem that says that a classical system of interacting charged particles can't have a stable, static equilibrium. It's not a difficult or deep result; it's just an application of Gauss's law. Letting the equilibrium be dynamical rather than static doesn't help, since then the charges would radiate.
In answer to the main question, matter does, in fact, "pass" through other matter. Starting from the macro scale (stars , galaxies), down to the micro scale (atoms), it happens all the time. The "free" movement of matter starts to get impeded, as the atoms start making latices (solids, crystals). But even at this scale, as Rutherford demonstrated, matter (alpha particles), passes matter (thin film of gold). It's only at the scale where one is trying to "pass" atoms at a distance equal or less that the outer electron orbit (orbital), that you run into electrons repulsive forces and the Pauli exclusion principle, which do prevent matter "passing" matter.
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In the Spanish Bible, I believe the English "justice" and "righteousness" are both translated as justicia. Is justicia the only word that can translate both of these terms? Is there any way to know which is intended other than through context?
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In Spanish you have adjective justo, which primary meaning is fair, just or righteous, and noun justicia. One of the meanings is having these qualities.
In English you have 3 nouns: justice, righteousness and fairness. They are synonyms, although the context in which they are used varies.
Now, for justicia as righteousness, indeed you can only know from the context. However, that usage is quite uncommon. The only one I can think of is hacer algo con justicia, which would be translated to: to do something righteously. Again, let me stress that it's not very colloquial, so you won't hear that in every day conversation.


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In some text I am reading, there is an exercise asking to show that KeeLoq decryption function is the inverse of the encryption function. Details about KeeLoq are given in the Wikipedia article.
As I am no hardware guy, I have no clue how to approach this problem. Does someone happen to see, how to show the requested property?


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One road to the west of the Capitol in Lansing will be closed to vehicle and foot traffic on Monday, and traffic and parking will be banned on several other roads in the area from 6 a.m. Tuesday, state police said in a statement.
Hundreds of chanting, whistle-blowing demonstrators thronged the Capitol last Thursday as right-to-work bills were introduced and approved hours later.
Inside, eight people were arrested after authorities say they disobeyed orders and tried to rush past two state troopers and into the Senate chamber. Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings said Monday that he was filing felony charges of resisting and obstructing police against the eight.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has pledged to sign the legislation.
Police said rules governing access to the state Capitol will be strictly enforced this week.
"All of the measures we are taking at the Capitol are to ensure the safety of those working and conducting business in the Capitol and the surrounding state buildings," state police director Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue said in the statement. "Our responsibility includes safeguarding the Constitutional rights of those attempting to petition their legislators, and enforcing these rules allows us to provide a safe forum for everyone."
Opponents of right-to-work laws spent the weekend mapping strategy for protests and acts of civil disobedience. More protests are expected on Monday. They plan to gather Monday evening near Snyder's home in Washtenaw County's Superior Township, near Ann Arbor.
About 50 protesters picketed Monday outside Michigan government offices Monday in downtown Detroit, chanting slogans that included, "Gov. Snyder: Just say no."
Earlier in the day, about a dozen members of the Michigan Nurses Association stood on the steps of the state Capitol and covered their mouths with tape. Organizers said the gathering was meant to symbolize the silencing of unions could happen with the legislation.
More demonstrators are expected in Lansing on Tuesday, when the House and Senate may reconcile wording differences.
The Warren Consolidated Schools canceled class for 16,000 students because 500 of 800 teachers took personal days Tuesday, the district announced. The 9,000-student Taylor School District also canceled class.
Right-to-work laws prohibit requiring employees to join a union or pay fees similar to union dues as a condition of employment. Supporters say it's about freedom of association for workers and a better business climate. Critics contend the real intent is to bleed unions of money and bargaining power.
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Every year I do this poll. So once again place your votes with a short reason for your choice.
Too early to comment
Haven't bought the game yet
Every year I do this poll. So once again place your votes with a short reason for your choice.
It's not even out yet
what Poll man!?
look at the top
With the majority of people not having the game then the results of this poll are going to be pretty meaningless. I mean what's the point in my clicking have not bought the game yet?
Lets get some market research - without people having tried the product - sounds logical!!! I don't mean to be harsh but just give it time!!!
That poll wasnt there!!! me thinks someone forgot!
some people got there copy about 2 days ago
I'd like to get at least 3 seasons in before even venturing an opinion on whether the entire game is a hit or miss. As I don't even have the game yet that's going to be a while
Hmm, I remember this thread from last year. I hope your maths has improved since then, amer.
lol welcome back
patch is out
After playing a small amount on the demo I voted a bit too early to judge. However it was a difficult choice as i think FM11 will most probably be a hit!
where you buying your copy
Er... too early to judge. Because I haven't got it yet.
From what I've seen in the demo and the two hours I've played the unpatched game today so far, it's definitely a "hit". I trust in SI's work and believe the patch won't influence this negatively
just heard steam might unlock in about 25 mins
hence the word might!!!
hope this is true
I can't believe there isn't a "Graham" option.
Well I really hope its a quality and polished version this year fingers crossed
graham option
I haven't bought the game yet.
why would you do this sort of poll when the game is not even officially out, and a lot of people will be waiting for the weekend to play it properly?
care to explain
I still have to buy the game cause I still have to be ready for it.
where is this retro skin from
Yeah I know
I ordered it off amazon, it will probably be arriving midday. So from that point in it'll be just me and FM. Listening to warhammer podcasts. In my pants. With coffee.
it will be an fm weekend
I simply can't believe this. I was going to game all night, but now I wont.
When I play matches (with commentary) and there is a goal, the replay is shown in the background!!!!! The same happens when I click on replay a goal (when clicking on the minute number)!!!!! Then I have to be quick enough to switch screen before the goal has been shown!!!!!!
This, embarresing, problem has been going on for years... Let's see if I'm in the mood for FM tomorrow...
Ps. The agent part hasn't wow'ed me up yet... Seems to me I have to waste alot of time negotiating contracts... But what the heck, it's apparently a "realistic" add to the game...
Pps. Great to see the 3D has been improved alot. SI has really stepped up here compared to recent versions, despite having a long road to go until it's "perfect"...
Oh not sure yet, give me a month and I will tell you. At the moment I am liking it though
February is a joke of a long time to wait for that. Anyway at the moment i'm really digging the game, but no-one can tell having played it for a few hours, so...
A hit, Bullseye hit
I had two games I was going to alternate between tonight: Barcelona and Ireland. The La Liga bug means I'm not going to play La Liga and there's a minor bug which means I'm not going to manage at International level either (I can't organise friendlies for next year). Bit disappointed tbh, but I'm going to take the opportunity to manage in a league I've never managed before.
what spanish bug??
not a miss, but a flawed cheap game...
Cracking game. Absoultely cracking. Dare I say best one yet?
Way too early to reach any conclusions.
Wait until after Xmas patch and until you're a good 5-10 seasons into a long-term save. That's the only way to judge FM in my opinion.
Loving the game,expecially the transfer negotiations,private chats and agents!awesome stuff
When the irks are sorted out has the potential to be a superbly good game!!
In the past, I have always bought FM when the game releases but due to real life circumstances last year, I did not have time to pick up FM 2010 until some time in the middle of this year. It was a rather refreshing experience, playing an FM game fully patched up right off the bat.
However, when I got news of FM 2011's impending release a while back, I had honestly not felt any hesitation in waiting for the 11.3 patch to be delivered before buying FM 11 at that time. Reading about agents and the improved player interaction, coupled with the anticipation of certain improvements and tweaks to the match engine, got me chomping at the bit whilst waiting for the demo to arrive.
Alas, the demo crippled my enthusiasm when after playing it some, I was quickly irritated by the quirks of player interactions, things like players getting oddly devastated at being shifted to the Reserves squad when they stand absolutely no chance of being in the First Team in real life (Emilio Martinez of Arsenal, this has been documented quite a lot on the forums I know), players tossing their dummies out of the pram when being assigned a world-class tutor (Lansbury rejecting Cesc as a tutor, seriously?). Hence, I decided to simply wait for the game to be released and read the first impressions of others before making my purchase.
Thus, it is rather disappointing for me to read of a lot more oddities being experienced by others. Granted, a lot are not what you would classify as 'game-breaking bugs', but experiencing them can only take away from the immersion factor which I personally feel is important to me enjoying my game. The yellow cards situation in Spanish leagues, the TV mode widgets constantly switching between home and away, the inadequencies of the player interaction resulting in one seeing an awful lot of "I had better walk away before I say something I regret", stuff like these are pushing me further and further away from the "Add to Cart" button unfortunately.
I know FM 11 will be a certain hit once it is polished up more, and seeing as my FM 10 purchase had been rather recent and my current save on that is getting to that exciting time where the majority of players are now newgens instead of real world ones, I guess I will hold back on buying FM 11 till at least after the Christmas patch.
TLDR version: Haven't bought the game yet.
Hit. Glaring problems like the Spanish suspensions and the French "international" bans, but still a great game.
havent really played even though i have it since thursday,its killin me lol. waitin for the coldfix coz whenever its out whatever game i would of or want to start will be a waste of time coz it be dropped like a hot snot.
A massive hit! :-) Just one serious bug (spanish bug), otherwise everything works fine. No further patch needed if you dont play in spain. I love it!
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A big hit, I'm loving it. The ME is superb and I really like the contract negotiations and player/board interaction. Conferences are still tedious but I expect they always will be
I really like some of the new things implemented in this version. Asking the board for extra money to be made available and being told by the board that they trust you in the market and thus getting a little more money is a feature I like. I also like how your responses to the board change the out come - I recently asked the board to sign a player for me they said that they had given me more than enough money I then said he would really add something to the squad - they went out and bought him. Whereas if I had said I think you are wrong they wouldn't have signed him for me!
Hit except Italian research (1/3 of 0(random) PAs in the game is from Italy-near all young italian players have random PA)
Not even a Question really, Its a hit, You pay between £25 - £30 for a game that will gives you thousands of hours, If anyone thinks FM is a miss then that means every game is a miss, 99% of games have some kind of bug, But atleast SI will fix the bugs we report, Other games never get patches to fix the bugs / glitches, So huge massive hit for me :-)
These little things definitely do not break the game, but it is not unreasonable for some of us to feel bothered by them as they do indeed detract from the enjoyment of the game. Nothing wrong for people wanting to wait for fixes and patches to get their FM 11 experience off to a more perfect start.
I liked FM when they where simply pick-up and play the game. Now you need to have a lot of free time, play regularly and micromanage a lot of stuff, which for me makes the game simply boring.
Also I firm believe this is no longer the FM\CM that I fell in love and play endless hours with it, why because was simple game to understand and to play. Now you need a PHD in Football Manager to even to play the game and I feel there is now a thousand ways to fail and only one to succeed.
Then there is your comment, that shows how little you know about the game industry. I don't deny that EA has the wrong to treat their costumers, but I remember a few times about two years ago that some mods and Si personel treated people not the correct way (aside of their helps with users with issues) who some tried to gave proper criticism. Also I play about 5 to 10 games a years of different spectrum and developed by different studios and in the last 5 years all of them patch their games.
The only difference between you and me, is that I'm actually glad that people are enjoying the game, when I am not. While you (and others) can't understand there is people who don't enjoy it and prefer old games due to many different reasons.
How about some more understanding that there is people that voted a miss and most of them will never buy FM11?
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50% hit votes - lack of interest
it is a MISS
- All kind of interaction goes wrong..., ALWAYS NEGATIVE
- this leads to unhappiness and ridiculous transfers
it's like all the players and staff in FM11 are about the explode...
I voted hit - this may or may not be related to the fact that I am about to take Burnley back to the Premier League (1st place, 5 pts clear of 2nd (Sheff Utd) and 9 pts ahead of 3rd place team (Middlesboro) with 6 games left).