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What is a quick way of finding out what is hitting your database especially when the log files are going crazy. SQL profiler? If so, how?
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The quickest (and cheapest) way to find out what is hitting your databases is to use sp_whoIsActive (http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2010/10/21/who-is-active-v10-00-dmv-monitoring-made-easy.aspx)
Can you add more details? I hope you are using SQL Server and which version + edition? Are your log files are filling up? Are you taking transaction log backups regularly? What are the result of the below?
You can use profiler to trace all the current activity but on a busy system, it can hurt the performance? Do you know how to do server side trace? You can try that below. But you need to share more details to get good responses.
If you want to use profiler for this without being resource intensive on server, I would do the following:
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In Oracle if you have the diagnostics pack available, simply go to the Performance tab in Grid Control or DBConsole and see which sessions are currently playing with your database. If it happened longer ago, take a dive into the awr reports and find the top SQL based on various metrics. It would help, if you mentioned a bit more about the actual database you are using, for example, brand, sometimes platform and versions.


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If I were to have a text box for someone to enter an integer and dropdown list from which my user would select day(s), hour(s), minute(s) or second(s), is there a single word that would describe what is selected in the dropdown list. The best I can think of is "time unit", but was hoping for a single word to describe an arbitrary unit of time.
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"Time unit" is correct here. "Duration" and similar terms refer to a slice of time (like two hours) not merely to the unit itself.
Of course you may be able to simply leave the box unmarked -- if someone sees "days" in a dropdown they'll know what it's there for.
Period, interval, or duration?
Since you mentioned that you're looking for an appropriate variable name:
It sounds like the real purpose of this variable is to control the scale (order of magnitude) of the time interval. So why not "scale" or "scaleFactor"? This clearly conveys the relation it has to the other variable.
Time-span, timespan, or time span, maybe?
So, what you're left with is a unit of time, to what measurement is left for guessing.
Or you could use unit of measurement, but again, this leaves quite a bit to the imagination of the reader - and who exactly going to be reading it? The user? Or other developers? Personally, I would choose what is going to be clearest to both, including to you in the future. If something represents a day, call it
How about "duration"? I think that'll work for you…
In this case, it really depends on the context. While there are single words that describe a unit of time, it depends on what you're using it for.
For example, if you were making a program that would act as a timer, "duration" or "interval" would be a good choice.
There are also cases where simply using "unit" may send the message across, because the user will know what kind of units are being used by looking at the options and the context of the field.
Despite there being single words that may represent units of time, "unit of time" might be the best description in certain cases as well. Do not be afraid to use multiple words if it sounds better.
Where [2] and [seconds] are filled fields, with [seconds] being a drop-down box for the unit of time.
As you mention coming up with a variable name, perhaps you want to take a different approach entirely.
Most drop down boxes us a combination of (Label, Value) pairs. In your original question you attempt to come up with a name for the Labels "day(s)", "hour(s)", "minute(s)" and "second(s)", but if you're seeking a variable name for use in your code perhaps you would really like a term which describes the values.
For example, the values in your drop down box may be 86400, 3600, 60, 1. In which case the name SecondsPerUnit or UnitsToSeconds may be more appropriate. And a variable name describing the numeric portion of the time entered by the user could be "TimeInUnits".
Thus it's clear your dimensions are correct when you write "Seconds = TimeInUnits * UnitsToSeconds".

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You may know of The Chef's Plate, a weekly half-hour show that features local chefs from all over New Hampshire who will be rpreparing favorite recipes. You can catch the show on WBIN-TV and NH Public Access. It's a wonderful way to learn about some of the best places to eat in the state, and because of that we're super proud to have Chef Stan and the Christmas Farm Inn restaurant featured! After all, this is one New Hampshire B&B that offers more meals than just breakfast!
We were recently one of a few White Mountain area restaurants visited by Helen of Chef's Plate, who got to try a variety of dishes. The Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in a white wine sauce of tomatoes, garlic, red chili flakes and chorizo gets rave reviews, as does the Crispy Calimari seasoned with Chinese five spice and Szechuan peppercorns atop a seaweed salad.
Moving in from the sea, there is the Green Apple Bourbon Strip Steak, a delicious 12 oz NY strip steak char-broiled and served with a green apple bourbon demiglas. The Braised Lamb Shank is always a favorite, as is the best-selling Maple Pecan Salmon! Helen also got to try the suburb Oven-Roasted Tuscan Haddock baked with creamy artichoke, roasted tomato, and spinach topping. For dessert they sampeld the Maple Crème Brulee and the famous Chocolate Bag,
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In addition to sampling the food, Helen got a tour of the Christmas Farm Inn property and spa, inclduing the many diffrent types of rooms and the fantastic Carriage House Suites. Sandra also took her on a tour to the AVEDA concept spa. The products are all based on sustainable, organic sourced ingredients, similar to the philosophy of the restaurant's seasonal items.
We're so glad to have shared our New Hampshire Inn with Helen and the Chef's Plate team! With so many delicious dishes included in the video, it's almost impossible to not have your mouth watering by the end. Don't prolong your hunger-- come to Christmas Farm Inn for dinner soon and try something spectacular for yourself! You'll see why we're one of New Hampshire's best travel destinations!


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The 7 Biggest Dick Moves in the History of Superheroes
For a while now, comic book companies have been desperately trying to shock readers into spending more money by turning every classic character into a gritty, foul-mouthed, murderous bastard, which is why every current issue of Superman ends with him telling Lex Luthor to "eat a dick."
Well, old-time comics may be less violent and explicit than current ones, but that doesn't mean the heroes weren't sometimes colossal dicks while they saved the universe. If you don't believe us, let us tell you about the time ...
#7. Green Lantern Was Racist Toward His Sidekick
Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan is part of an intergalactic peacekeeping organization where each member is armed with the single most powerful weapon in the universe. In his early comics, his only weakness was the color yellow ... which, incidentally (and offensively), was also the color of the skin of his Asian sidekick, whom he seriously called "Pieface." This is like giving Superman a sidekick made of kryptonite.
Green Lantern #4 (1961)
Out of necessity, Pieface was the first Asian in comics who could pronounce the letter L.
Pieface was actually an Eskimo, a fact later writers clumsily tried to use to explain away his horribly racist nickname. This, of course, only made things worse:
Secret Origins #36 (1989)
"White, huh? The only white people I've met have been insensitive and hurtful. I'll call you ... 'Sir,' I guess. This sucks."
The only thing the "Eskimo pie" explanation accomplished was establishing that Hal was definitely the one who came up with the nickname, and also that he was a shithead.
Anyway, Pieface was Hal's mechanic in his secret identity as a test pilot. After Pieface finds out his boss is also Green Lantern, Hal asks him to become his sidekick ... despite Pie being a teenager with no superpowers and no combat training. The poor kid was probably too scared to lose his job if he said no -- the same issue establishes that he's responsible for supporting his entire village in Alaska.
Green Lantern #2 (1960)
Alaska: Primary exports include fishhooks, pies and whimsy.
This exposed Pieface to a host of dangerous situations he was clearly not prepared to deal with, like that time someone turned him into a chimp dressed in a Green Lantern costume:
Green Lantern #5 (1961)
You can tell it's him because he referenced fishhooks, you see.
Or the time Green Lantern turned him into a seagull in his sleep because Hal was having a bizarre dream where Pieface wanted to be a bird:
This panel alone held back civil rights for at least five extra years.
"And then -- Oh, I am a bird? Well, sure, my life wasn't already horrible. Sure."
Pieface did eventually get a superpower -- the power to "bring out the best in people." Unfortunately, this had no effect whatsoever on Hal Jordan, because he still went on to commit genocide.
#6. Superman Drops His Cousin in an Orphanage, Makes Out With Her
Supergirl is Superman's teenage cousin who, by a staggering coincidence, also survived Krypton's explosion and arrived on Earth, because comics. When Supergirl first appeared in 1959, Superman decided she wasn't allowed to make her presence known to anyone until she had been properly trained in using her powers.
So where did she live in the meantime? Clark Kent's cozy apartment? Superman's giant, mostly empty Fortress of Solitude? Nope:
Action Comics #252 (1959)
"I was raised by a set of loving parents, but I hear these are fun, too."
So wait, this young girl had just gone through a horribly traumatic experience (having watched everyone she knew slowly die from Kryptonite poisoning), and Superman's way of helping her deal with that is to ... abandon her in an orphanage and forbid her from making human contact? And this wasn't just for one story -- she stayed there for years. She only once disobeyed and revealed herself to, um, Superman's flying dog, and Superman punished her by exiling her to a remote asteroid.
Action Comics #258 (1959)
"Of course I get off on this, Krypto. Why else would Superman do such terrible things?"
This, of course, turned out to be part of some dumbass scheme that Superman could have easily carried out without necessarily stranding Supergirl in outer space. This sort of thing happened a lot: Another time, Superman forced her to pretend to be his wife from another dimension, "Mighty Maid" ...
Action Comics #260 (1960)
The crossing she refers to is dangerous because it usually results in deformed babies.
... and, yes, this plan involved making out with his underage cousin:
Action Comics #260 (1960)
Lois was way too old for him anyway.
After becoming engaged to "Mighty Maid," Superman announces that he will be leaving our dimension forever to live in hers. Eventually we find out that Superman had made Supergirl pretend to be his wife to fool some aliens into thinking that Superman was leaving our dimension. We have, like, six different ways to accomplish this goal off the top of our heads, and not one of our schemes would force our underage cousins into making out with us. None of our schemes have that. (It's why we'll never be Superman.)
When the aliens are no longer a problem, Superman explains away the situation to Lois by admitting to be an accidental pedophile, and everything is back to normal.
Action Comics #260 (1960)
"Now let's go to the movies," Lois said, as she casually fell off another building.
#5. Professor X Loves Trolling the X-Men, Raping Minds
In recent years, Marvel Comics has gone through great effort to retcon Professor Charles Xavier, the venerable leader of the X-Men, as an unscrupulous, manipulative jerk, but it turns out that none of that was necessary -- he was a bastard from the beginning. Look at those early X-Men comics and you'll notice a pattern of deception, evil and baldness.
On early missions, Professor X would constantly pull shit like pretending to lose his powers when the X-Men needed him the most ... and they'd always, always fall for it.
X-Men #4 (1964)
"OK, then carry me, but don't go too fast, and can we stop somewhere and get milk? I have to pee, also."
X-Men #5 (1964)
"More smug! Smugger than the sun!"
The Professor claimed he only deceived the X-Men to "test" them. A more likely explanation is that he simply got fed up of listening to the inane romantic problems of a bunch of superpowered brats and lied to get himself some alone time. This might also explain the time he intentionally let the X-Men believe he was dead for two years.
See, in X-Men #42, the team watches Professor X painfully die from a deadly combination of a strange disease and being blown to shit.
X-Men #42 (1968)
He was so sick that he accidentally pasted an extra set of eyebrows to his face.
He left them a taped will and everything, so this was all pretty deliberate. The young X-Men are forced to continue without their leader, which results in them immediately getting captured by Magneto and almost killed. And then, two years later, a live Professor X comes out of nowhere and says he's actually been in the mansion's basement all along. The only one who knew was Jean Grey, but he forced her to lie to the others.
X-Men #65 (1970)
"I only came up for more Cheetos and diapers."
The Professor explains that the guy who died was actually just a shape-shifter he hired to pose as him while he prepared for an upcoming alien invasion. It would have taken him 10 seconds to say "Hey, I'm gonna be very busy for a while and it's very important that you don't bother me." Instead, he opted to stage a needlessly complicated hoax that caused his pupils extreme mental anguish.
But hey, at least he didn't use his powers to delete the minds of innocent people or some --
X-Men #3 (1964)
#4. Batman Returns Robin to the Orphanage
Batman has never once in his career been accused of being a nice guy, which almost makes it too obvious to put anything he does on this list. But even though Batman's not one to group hug away a problem, he will without a doubt always be willing to defend the innocent and do anything to protect the people he cares about ... except for that one time he completely disowned Robin for talking back to him.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
It's an imaginary story. You know, as opposed to all the real Batman adventures in real Gotham.
In this story, Batman and Superman are the same badasses we know and idolize, with the only difference being that Bruce has grown up believing that Superman killed his dad when they were young.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
He's the passive-aggressive wuss-basket Gotham deserves, not the passive-aggressive wuss-basket Gotham needs.
Other than this change, basically everything in this universe is the same as the one we're familiar with. Bruce still becomes Batman and fights crime, and years down the road still adopts Robin as his sidekick. Business as usual, except Batman's actually just been training all these years to get ready to take down Superman. Things take a twist into the tragic for the dynamic duo, though, when Robin accidentally overhears Batman talking about how much he hates Superman and asks what that's all about.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
"No, Batman, I'm sure a teenager with godlike powers would be far more responsible than that."
After revealing his plans to get revenge against Superman for killing his dad, Robin rightfully points out that that goes against everything Batman's been teaching him about justice, and crime-fighting, and all that other stuff they stand for. Batman doesn't handle this well.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
And sure, we've all wanted to slap Robin a few times, but Batman takes it a bat-step further and returns Robin to an orphanage like a broken toy to a department store.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
And he wipes Robin's mind, which, holy shit. It's not just that Batman has stolen part of Dick's life, but now Dick is going to show up at the orphanage with no memories of the last few months. He's most likely got a shitload of old bruises and injuries from crime-fighting, no friends or family can explain to him where he's been or what's going on and probably the last real memory he's been left with is that of his parents dying horribly in front of him. So what the orphanage will now have on their hands is basically Robin the Boy Psych Patient ... if he had any idea he was Robin, of course, which he doesn't because Batman has stolen all his memories.
The icing on the asshole-Batman cake is that at the end of the story, after teaming up with Lex Luthor to try to kill Superman, Batman realizes that Superman didn't kill his father, Lex did (shock!). After realizing this, Batman then dies like a chump, saving Superman from Lex to redeem himself.
World's Finest #153 (1963)
"Come to think of it, I have absolutely no idea why I suspected you to begin with. Oh well. Hindsight's 20/20 and all that."
This sacrifice is all well and good for Batman's relationship with Superman, but what the hell does that mean for Robin? Nobody besides Batman knew who Robin was, so now that Bruce is dead, Dick is presumably stuck at the orphanage for good. Despite the fact that the kid was right about Superman the whole time, all he gets for his trouble is being abandoned, having months of his memory wiped and not inheriting Bruce Wayne's billions of dollars now that he's dead.
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The Hobby Center had a packed house for Theatre Under the Stars' annual gala, this year themed Moonlight Serenade and chaired by Melissa Edwards and Amy and Rob Pierce. After dinner on the stage in Sarofim Hall, guests danced the night away to tunes by the Richard Brown Orchestra. Houston native and Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris was a special guest of the evening, as was actor Brent Spiner and Broadway star Sally Mayes, both also from Houston. The night also featured a performance by Glee's Brad Ellis, who's a native Houstonian as well. Proceeds for TUTS' education and community engagement programs topped $615,000. Photography by Kim Coffman


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Chefs Feed Regulars Party
Chefs Feed, a chef-powered restaurant guide app, hosted an intimate party for it's regulars at The Venue May 30th. The event was hosted by Chefs Feed and Cynar and offered attendees the chance to meet some of the chefs from the app, sample Cynar cocktails, mingle with fellow Regulars and nosh on bites prepared by Contributing Chef Joey Campanaro.
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BEECH BOTTOM - When Beech Bottom area residents and others sit down to eat or just cool off under the new shelter at the village's Third Street Playground, they will have students from Brooke High School to thank for it.
That's because career technical students in Ralph Smith's carpentry class gained some hands-on experience building the shelter last week using materials purchased from the Wheeling Lowe's.
Beech Bottom Councilwoman Becky Uhlly, who chairs the village's playground committee, said Lowe's also offered a discount on the materials that brought their cost down to about $2,000.
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WORKING TOGETHER — Brooke High School carpentry students have built a shelter for Beech Bottom's Third Street Playground using materials provided at a discount by Lowe's in Wheeling and purchased by the village. With the shelter are, from left, front: Don Meredith and Bobbi Jo Connor, pro-service specialists for Lowe's; students Stephen Iverson and Christopher Taggart, instructor Ralph Smith, student John Dickonson, Beech Bottom Councilwoman Becky Uhlly, who chairs the village's playground committee; Beech Bottom Mayor George Lewis and Jerry Haddon, Beech Bottom maintenance supervisor; middle: students Frank Sonson (on ladder), Nicholas Casini and Gregory Yost; back: students Brandon Dillon, John Fox and Trevor Aracich; and on the roof: students Austin Coen, Andrew Reed, Hunter Sayre, Michael Petroski and Adam Bert. -- Warren Scott
"I think it looks great, and that's just in two days," Uhlly said as 14 students in Smith's second-year carpentry class and two advanced carpentry students completed the shelter on Oct. 18.
Smith said the work would have been done sooner, but the students' efforts were cut short by rain at about 3 p.m. the previous day.
But that's the kind of complication they will face when they enter the work force, he noted.
"This is really good because it gives them on the job experience," Smith said, adding the cool temperatures and mud they encountered are typical of the outdoor sites they will find.
Mayor George Lewis said union crews will lay concrete under and around the shelter, which will be stained.
He said the new pavilion is the continuation of improvements to the playground planned in 2008.
Village officials had eyed $220,000 in renovations to the park but lacked the funds to carry them out. He said that's why a sidewalk was extended to the top of the playground where the pavilion is being built.
In recent years new playground equipment, chain link fences and benches were installed and the basketball court was repaved and extended through a combination of grants, private contributions and village funds.
Lewis also was impressed by the efforts of Smith and his students.
"If they make a mistake, Ralph not only tells them about it but explains what they're doing wrong," he said.
Smith said before leaving the school for Beech Bottom, his students were given a list of tools they needed to pack for the project.
Smith said he was approached by Uhlly about the project last spring but lacked the manpower needed because the seniors in his class and throughout the school finish earlier in the year.
He said students in his class have built five 12-by-16 storage sheds for the school district and sets for the high school's spring musical.
But the course's rigorous curriculum, which involves book work and hands-on activities, allows little time for work outside school so students are involved in more projects in the classroom.
"They'll bring in their own materials and work on their own projects," he said, adding, "I had one kid last year who made all of the furniture for his dorm room when he went to college."
Smith said those who complete the course may go on to college or trade school or directly into the work force.
Each may receive certification, through an examination, from the National Center for Construction Education and Research, which actually is an international organization that sets standards for the training of workers in various fields.
All must complete the ACT WorkKeys examination, which measures their proficiency in reading, math and ability to apply what they have learned in their chosen field.
"If they score well on that, it goes a long way to getting a good job with benefits," Smith said.
Uhlly said the new shelter will benefit not only Beech Bottom residents but also visitors from many other areas. She said the park's charm and close proximity to state Route 2 has attracted many to the park, and its other smaller shelter is used frequently.
As with the older shelter, the new one may be reserved by Beech Bottom residents at no charge and by non-residents for $25.
Uhlly said there are plans to post a plaque at the shelter bearing the students' names.
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Sex-Off! Women of the '70s vs. Today
If you're like us, you yearn for a time when fondue, tennis and cognac ruled the social scene and the women were bra-less and easy. We're not talking about last Wednesday at Burt Reynolds' windowless Malibu chateau-we're talking about the 1970s. Not surprisingly, the women of that carefree, mustache-accepting decade were notably more attractive.
Why? Maybe it was the fact that their breasts were made of playfully droopy fat deposits rather than sacks of plastic, and their faces weren't stretched out and injected with horse semen (that's what Botox is, right?). Or maybe it's just the simple fact that cocaine hadn't really caught on yet. Either way, we conducted some scientific-ish research and proved indisputably that the women of the 1970s are tits and ass above the women of today.
TODAY: Lindsay Lohan
THE '70s: Bo Derek
During the 1970s, Bo Derek sent a strong, womanly message to men under 40: "Hey, why don't you jack off while you look at me?" And jack off they did. With four-inch-long nipples and the face of a sexy, whorish angel, Derek became a shower companion to men nationwide.
Lohan, however, fluctuates between 47 and 182 pounds, and her daily breakfast is usually a surprisingly accurate recreation of the last scene from Scarface. Oddly enough, she was a lot hotter back when she was 15. Yeah, we'd much rather bang the 15 year-old Lin-what? Nothing. Oh yeah-we were going to say that she also appears to be African-American from the waist down, and that's just weird.
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Pottermore Website Details Revealed by J.K. Rowling: Pottermore Interactive Site for Harry Potter Fans (Video)WendyM
The Pottermore website details were revealed this morning by author J.K. Rowling, who calls Pottermore an interactive "reading experience unlike any other."
Look for Pottermore to launch on October 1, allowing fans of the book series to share and participate in the Harry Potter stories.
Pottermore is "built around the Harry Potter books," J.K. Rowling explains, adding, "but with a few crucial additions. The most important is you. Just as the experience of reading requires that the imaginations of author and reader work together to create the story, so Pottermore will be built in parts, by you."
Pottermore will also be the exclusive place for Potter fans to buy e-books for the first time, as well as digital audio books of the series.
J.K. Rowling will also be part of the Pottermore website experience, as she shares, "I'll be joining in, too, because I will be sharing additional information I've been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter."
While the Pottermore website experience opens in October, Rowling teases that "a lucky few can enter early and help shape the experience." The website says to return on July 31 to find out how to "get the chance to enter Pottermore early."
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Okay, So we are going over vectors in class, given Cartesian coordinates and convert them to polar, and vice-versa. So the question is that a skateboard rolls up a ramp shown in the image shown, at a initial speed of $85.0\:cm/s$ and slows down at $4.15\:m/s^2$. What is the initial velocity? Here is the image:
I honestly have no idea what to do, and my book doesn't seem to explain anything. I do know that $velocity\:=\:speed\:*\:direction$ and the book says (How do you find the angle from the diagram?) but I have no idea what to do.
So how do I find the initial velocity, and how do I find the acceleration (it's slowing down)? This can be in either polar or Cartesian coordinates.


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What is the difference between respect of others and respect by others? Is there any rule that applies here?
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Prepositions have slippery meanings in English. Sometimes they look like one thing, other times something else.
'Respect by others' is the respect from others to oneself.
'Respect of others' ('for' would probably be clearer to you) is respect from oneself to others.
'By' and 'for' are fairly clear here, but 'of' is as ambiguous, but is pragmatically in this context obviously the respect one has for others.
There's no steadfast rule, but vaguely what I have outlined here.
Respect of others is pretty much the same with respect by others (they both mean the respect that other people of the community have for you) You can focus on slight differences, such as you would say "you gain the respect of others" but "you gain respect by others", but the meaning would still be the same.


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The runner and matching napkins (April Cornell) were the inspiration.
The flatware is equally strong.
Shades of ruby and…
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With the bright white of the hydrangea, it was hard to capture the deep amethyst of the cut bowl (amazingly a Home Goods find several years ago).
The little red mercury glass plate on the top of the stack was from Christmas Tree.
The shallow black and white bowl a Pier One purchased (on clearance this past Summer).
The purple plate is by Mikasa. The charger was a Pier One splurge from the Fall, with a red charger from years ago below highlighting the intricacies of the charger.
Kathleen, of Cuisine Kathleen, was good enough to capture these for me one day last year while at Christmas Tree.
Individual salt and pepper complete the scene.
Winter inspires me to try something different. Give it a try!
Combine some colors you might not have thought to bring together.
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Dean visiting world leaders to undermine Bush
posted at 5:06 pm on March 15, 2007 by Allahpundit
Probably the most irritating thing about this is how superfluous it is. No one needs to be personally informed by the American left's minister plenipotentiary that U.S. policy will change if a Democrat's elected. He's announcing this purely for domestic consumption, so that the nutroots can get their rocks off imagining Dean-o urging various heads of state to run out the clock on Bush rather than cooperate with him.
It's the sort of thing that usually involves Waffles, not Dean, and tends to happen in front of crowds, not behind closed doors, but it comes from the same not-in-my-name impulse that's tying the Dems in knots now over their withdrawal plans. They're looking for a way to take control of the war without "owning" it, ownership being reserved for Bush alone. Same with foreign policy: it's not America's, it's his, which is why Dean can be so casual in admitting to having flouted it and Hillary can be so cavalier about the prospect of ethnic cleansing in Iraq. Why should she have to worry about that as president? That's Bush's mess, not America's.
I don't know what's more alienating, the fact that they care so unduly what "the world" thinks of them or that disclaiming allegiance to the Chimperor is so mainstream that Ace could float a joke like this with perfect confidence that everyone would get it.
More here from the Princess. Exit question: Which "world leaders" has Dean-o been chatting with?
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If enough of us do it, they might charge him.
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Hope and faith mostly.
Can't hurt.
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I do what I can. I'm still registered as a republican, only because it looks like the Libertarian Party throws money at silly lawsuits.
Even My congressman from the NC 3rd district, Walt Jones, who's always ben good to me, has been sellin out trying to court the "Emotional Military Souse." vote.
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Charleston, SC- The Charlotte 49ers men's tennis team has won 11 singles matches and six doubles matches over the first two days of the Charleston Challenge at the College of Charleston Tennis Center.
In Flight One singles, Charlotte's Jordi Massalle Ferrer defeated Appalachian State's Sebastian King, 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Friday. Then, he defeated Wofford's Jackson Keith, 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Saturday.
In Flight Two singles, Charlotte's Jack Williams defeated Appalachian State's Zach Bost, 7-6, 4-6, 6-1. Then, Williams defeated Wofford's Drew Superstein, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
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In Flight Four singles, Charlotte's Paul Cisti defeated Appalachian State's Robert Jenkins, 7-5, 6-3. Then, he lost to Wofford's Graham Duncan in three hard fought sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In Flight Five singles, Charlotte's Alex Calott defeated Appalachian State's Steven Lake, 7-5, 6-1. Then, he defeated Wofford's Walker Heffron, 6-4, 6-3.
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In Flight One doubles, Charlottes Ferrer and Williams defeated Appalachian State's Bost and King, 8-3. Then, they defeated Wofford's Keith and Galloway, 8-6.
In Flight Two doubles, Charlotte's Cisti and Kwasniewicz lost to Appalachian State's Jenkins and McKinnon, 9-8. Then, they defeated Wofford's Duncan and Heffron, 8-5.
In Flight Three doubles, Charlotte's Edwards and Calott defeated Appalachian State's Lake and Pyle, 8-4. Then, they defeated Wofford's Sklar and Superstein, 8-4.
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וְלֹא יָכֹל יוֹסֵף לְהִתְאַפֵּק — Yosef could not forbear (Gen. 45:1) — but had he done so, had he completed the brothers' reconciliation that he had started, then the kingdom would never have split after Sh'lomo's death. It is for this reason that, just after, he cried over the destruction of the bes hamikdash, which would have been due to animosity among Jews, animosity that would not have been had Yosef forborne.
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I am proud to say that I have showered 1 less day each week this month (I actually started my change in November so have done this for 3 weeks now). Monday seems to be my new no shower day and it works out great! It is so freeing knowing that I don't have to shower on Mondays!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to hear how your changes are going!
Mine is going really well. I haven't used any little plastic baggies at all. And I realized as I'm writing this that I never linked up my post. How do I do that?ReplyDelete
Jessica..so glad to hear it is going well! To link to your post, just add it to your post..here is a link to your post, but feel free to repost it if you likeReplyDelete
To follow up on November's change: This month (alas) I used the Lunapads I bought last month, and I really liked them. I still have to figure out the best way to clean them after they've been used, and I also have to find information about using them on the go. But so far so good.ReplyDelete
As for December's change: We haven't sent our cards yet — by mail or e-mail — but it was great to order just the 25 photo cards. And it turns out that this year the siblings in my generation are giving gifts only to our parents and to our children. An ancillary benefit has been much, much less stress this holiday season. Funny how consumption is "sold" to us as pleasure, when actually it causes stress. Or maybe I just don't like shopping.
I never linked up my post! Here it is: http://www.thevariegatedlife.com/small-changes-december/.


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I would like to sign up my whole QA department up for some SQA training in testing. Not sure of any good places/organizations to look at for providing the training though. Any one do any training and have good experiences from it? Thanks.
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I'm currently enrolled in the BBST Foundations class through the Association of Software Testing. It's a great course on the basics of software testing - oracles, heuristics, impossiblity of complete testing, etc. It's an online class that uses the free materials from Cem Kaner's research published here. It is an online class but it uses a lot of group work and is quite intense but I'd definitely recommend it.
A few people from your company could complete the class and then try to train the others in your organization. Even better would be to send a couple people through the class, then have them take the Instructor class so they could better train anyone in your organization.
If you are looking for classroom training I'd check out testing conferences like StarEast, StarWest which are put on by Software Quality Engineering (they also put on other conferences). I went to StarWest in 2011, took the Rapid Software Testing course with Michael Bolton and that kickstarted my learning experience. I've since followed it up with the Rapid Testing Intensive onsite and will be taking the online version in January.
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The 1,200 mile race begins June 20 in Broken Arrow, Okla., and ends June 26 in Naperville, Ill. Topeka is the only Kansas stop on the tour, which marks 20 years of organized solar events in America. Approximately 350 people are traveling with the competition as each of the 16 cars will have drivers, teams and fans.
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I'm not a native English Speaker, so forgive me for my language proficiency.
I'm currently enrolled in Simon Fraser University majoring in Interactive Arts and Technology. I will be a 3rd year student after summer. The name "IAT" sounds vague and seems to be game industry related, but no, it is not. There are only 3 to 5 courses related to game in a 4 year curriculum.
The school intends to let us expose to different kinds of media and design field so that we can become designers with flexible thinking and not ground to specific theory and medium. The idea is great, but I would say it turns out to be disastrous as we will graduate without any specialized skills and focus.
Since my first year, I learned graphic design, filming, experience (interface) design, 3D animation (from modeling to animation in 1 term), software hardware interaction, information design, game design, architecture and urban planning study, and interactive art forms. All included in the first two years of curriculum.
Since if I want to pursuit a game industry related career, I will definitely need to attend a career training school after graduation, I started to think about an alternative path. As it will still take me roughly another 3 or 4 years, why not I just transfer/apply a game design dedicated program?
And so I did some research and looking for schools that has a game design focus program.
My first pick is Digipen, Bachelor of Art in Game Design.
As this seems to be one of the few program that really focus on the design aspect of making a game while also providing some fundamentals about arts.
I understand that, though the quality of the portfolio is still the most important, some employers also treat 4 years regular education as a big plus. Yet, I'm not quite sure if that includes 4 year BA from schools alike Digipen.
My question is:
Is this the right choice for me to give up a much widely accepted Degree at this point, and go for schools like Digipen?
Or should I just finish my current Degree and think about additional training afterwards?
If school accreditation and Degree is not really that important, but hard work and good quality portfolio. Are there any other schools that offers Game Design focus program while covering some art fundamentals and 3D animations, similar to BAGD in Digipen?
It will be a big help if anyone can give me some suggestion as I am currently applying for Digipen, but hesitate if this is right for me.
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You're trying to decide between 2 schools.
a. Stay at SFU and finish your IAT degree, or
b. Transfer to Digipen, maybe not all your credits will transfer, maybe start over again? Or maybe some or all of them transfer, but anyway: obtain a Digipen degree.
I recommend you make a decision grid. In doing that, read these:
Also, you wrote: "Since if I want to pursuit a game industry related career, I will definitely need to attend a career training school after graduation"
Where did you ever get that idea? What makes you think that?
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hi, tsloper,
Thank you for providing those valuable links. I will be going over them shortly.
The reason why I consider taking a career training or vocational school after graduation as a must is due to the curriculum of my current school.
As I've mentioned, the school is trying to cover too many topics and many courses are poorly designed. It makes me feels like having Art 11 back in highschool; you spent 2 to 3 weeks on drawing, 2 to 3 weeks on painting, 2 to 3 weeks on sculpture. You won't get anything deep about each medium, but you get to feel what they are like. Furthermore, every single course in SFU-IAT is heavy team project focus; not even one class focuses on individual work. This results in huge gap of performance difference between quality student and slackers. lLogistic issues and all these meetings happen in weird time simply doesn't allow you to do self-cultivated projects while taking full time credit hours.
Not saying that the school is totally bad though. Since I have to work with at least 3 to 4 different teams a term, and maybe even switch teams on a monthly basis, I will say most of the IAT students are pretty comfortable working with team projects under time pressure. Many courses also demand doing presentation on a weekly basis, so people also benefit from that experience too. (how to make beautiful slides, how to BS your way through, and how to cover up stuff you didn't even have time to study)
However, we still have to learn 3D animation starting from polygon model to texture, rigging, lighting until animation and rendering in 4 months.
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Hi, Tom,
I have finished the links you posted, and I have to say a BIG THANK YOU for providing those information for us aspiring game industry workers. After reading through your columns and FAQ, I am now much more familiar about game designer as a job, and what kind of education I should be looking into. Furthermore, after doing some self exploration and grid chart analysis, I'm also much certain about my own passion and interest.
That being said, I will still apply for Digipen- BAGD, but for a much different reason than before.
I have to say, I'm not a very social person. I am very easy going, but just being very passive in making friends. Thus I do believe its one of the big plus to attend school like Digipen, as I get to build networks among people with same interests.
I hold equal interest in game design and 3D animation. One of my biggest interest besides thinking about unique battle system or strategy gameplay, is finding the design related visual cues or visual representation of game mechanics in video games. As I go through the course sequence in BAGD, it seems that Digipen manage to hold a good balance for the two disciplines, while also providing some basic number of general studies like composition, math, history and philosophy.
I totally understand and agree that a 4 year post secondary education is necessary to better prepare my self for a job. Furthermore, though Im still in my early 3rd year, I do feel the benefits of taking electives from many non-gaming related courses. I constantly notice theories from economy, urban planning, discrete mathematics, and knowledge of many other disciplines being used in games.
That being said, the most valuable gift I receive from a regular university education is being able to do research/analysis on my own, good problem solving skills, understanding the importance of seeking solution in other disciplines, and being able to work under multidisciplinary context.
With such mindset I learned from my years in SFU, I believe I'm ready to pursuit what I'm really passionate about: 3D animation and game mechanic/system design. Combine with the years I spent in SFU, I think this will be a much better path for me.
Thank you for your help Tom, as your valuable information really help me make up my mind and help me understand what I am really looking for.
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One thing I will add about the school you currently go to is find out what you like and pursue that. I went to a school that was similar to yours; it wasn't a specialist school, we learned all areas of game design. And what I did there was find out which area of game design I liked most and really pushed my portfolio towards that area (Level Design). Even though we only had 2 or 3 classes on level design, my portfolio is geared towards Level Design, and I was able to learn a lot on my own outside of class.
That being said, going to DigiPen is not a bad decision and that's good that you are further pursuing your game design passion! Keep up the hard work and it will pay off in the end.
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Thanks you Zack!
I think there are many people who just like me, just want to know everything about game design! But after attending a couple workshops made by professionals, people always say that specialization is very important in this field. Just like you say, I will certainly look for that specific area I am most passionate about, and build my portfolio around it. Thanks for your reminder
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I'm trying to write a computer program to generate simple random chord progressions. Is there a way of ranking chords based on how nice they will sound after the previous ones?
Any advice would be amazing, thanks.
I'm trying to write a computer program to generate simple random chord progressions. Is there a way of ranking chords based on how nice they will sound after the previous ones?
Any advice would be amazing, thanks.
That is a very complex question. If you are just looking for simplicity, you could follow some fairly straight-forward guidelines though.
Choose some "candidate" chords. I would think
Choose the order of the progression. (Note that these are not requirements for chord progressions in general, but they do provide some programmatic "rules" for a nice sounding progression).
These are just some basic guidelines, but it could be a start for what you're trying to do. Good luck!
EDIT: I don't want to make an assumption about your knowledge of musical notation. So, just to be clear, when I say
Use the chord ladder to determine your chord progression. There's a thorough explanation of it here, but basically, you want to move down the ladder.
So the iii goes to the vi, which can go to either the ii or the IV. Note that in the last measure, you can either resolve to the I, ending your progression or you can go back to the second rung and play the vi and then go either to a ii or IV.
You could follow this in either major or minor. So either do I ii iii IV V vi vii* for Major or i ii* III iv V VI vii* for minor
So pick major or minor. Then pick a chord to start on. Then follow the chord ladder (making a random choice if one is available). When selecting chords, either play two consecutive chords for 2 beats each, or play one chord for 1 or 2 measures. Always end on your I.
It won't be the most interesting thing musically, and you may get the odd funny result, but it will almost always sound pleasing.
The answer by jadarnel27 is a good one, but there are other scenarios one would prefer when a computer program is created.
For example:
1) Your computer program can be used to create abstract forms of music. Which brings other interesting questions to the table: what is random? And how to connect randomness?
I would like to advise you not (only) to think (to much) in the 'progression way'
Example: Your computer program creates a 'chord' (so this means multiple sounding notes) Now the question is: how to build the next chord and connect those notes. For example (easy one) C (c-e-g) to G (g-b-d) would go like: c->b e->d g=g
You can play with these connections (look at big band composers but also Stravinsky) learn how you can connect chords. You could find standards that would apply to all chord connections.
Believe me, the most strange random chords will sound awesome.
You can also think in upper structures, so: CMaj7(b9, b13) would be a C chord and a C#min chord at the same time. How can they move in combination?
Long story short: think of ways 'how to connect' the chords, if this is a consistent one, your music will sound coherent.
PS: Also take a look (=listen) at Stockhausen how he deals with this question.


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12 Sep 2012 10:20 PM #1
Are "Sencha Desktop Packaging" and "Business Data Connectivity" only in Team version?
As a one person company, I was wondering on how I could get a complete suite with "Sencha Desktop Packaging" and "Business Data Connectivity"?
My clients are small businesses or charities who cannot support the cost of a 10 seats product when there is only one developer, while they would like to benefit for Desktop Packaging for the few computers (generally < 5) they have.
Are there any plan to change this or could you explain the reasons of such a decision ?
13 Sep 2012 3:42 AM #2
I have exactly the same question.
Single Developer, and I'm interested mainly in getting more Information about Desktop packaging (will it be possible to use native Print System/silent Printing) and if there will be an option for Licensing it for smaller companies.
13 Sep 2012 3:53 AM #3
I think a lot of small businesses would like to see Desktop Packaging coming to Sencha Complete. At least I do!Richard
13 Sep 2012 1:09 PM #4
As self employed i'm interested in Desktop Packaging too. Is possible to buy this feature separately?
13 Sep 2012 5:10 PM #5
Some alternatives
Hey, If you need the desktop packager maybe you can use the open source alternatives:
appjs - www.appjs.org
tidesdk - www.tidesdk.org (formerly titanium desktop)
But it would be great to have the desktop packager available at a lower price
18 Sep 2012 6:49 AM #6
Samething here, we are a couple of developpers using the Sencha Complete and we would like to be able to purchase the Desktop Packager.
18 Sep 2012 6:58 AM #7
Guyz if Sencha does not bother respond there are plenty of viable alternative. Just like nazcasistemas said.
To that list i will add Adobe AIR.
18 Sep 2012 7:57 AM #8
18 Sep 2012 12:13 PM #9
A connector for Adobe Air / ExtJS 4 would also be my favourite.
But it doesn't look like there is any working with 4.x
25 Sep 2012 11:44 AM #10
Too much
I'm also a developer who would like to see the desktop packaging be available for less than $21,950 (10x $2,195). I would assume that the packaging application is tightly built with Extjs. So there may be not too much fuss in creation.
Until I can purchase it with the Sencha Complete, I will continue to use another packager that I've been using for the past year. It also creates Chromium-based exes and can include PHP coding.
For those interested in an alternative packager, it is at: http://exeoutput.com
An alternative is to band together as a "Team" and purchase it together. But at $2,195, with the only difference being the inclusion of the Desktop Packaging app and "Business Data Connectivity", I'd rather keep with the $995 single-user package ($1,100 difference between the packages if you can get qualified as a "Team").


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If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book at the beginning of your career as a mathematician, which book would it be?
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Polya's "How To Solve It"
A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy. I did in fact read this in high school, and it raised my view of mathematics from a thing of utility to a thing of beauty and wonder. It inspired me to go on to study mathematics at Cambridge myself.
It's a pity that the "introduction" by C P Snow is longer than the original and contains a rather depressing view of Hardy's later life. I would recommend readers to skip the introduction altogether and concentrate on Hardy's own words.
When I was in my fourth year of high school I got a copy of What is Mathematics? by Courant and Robbins. That book showed to me that Mathematics is far more than a "boring tool" to do Physics and opened up new worlds. I would recommend it to any bright high school kid with an interest in math and sciences.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter:
William Dunham's "Journey through Genius."
Well, rather that is the book I read that made me want to be a mathematician.
I am not a mathematician but Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions blew my mind. I read it when I was a college student in a class on Special Relativity and wish I had read it way earlier.
Anybody who wants to be a serious mathematician better read W. Rudin's "Principles of mathematical Analysis". It gives a rigorous foundation to the basic notions analysis and introduces the reader to the world of rigor, after the sloppy days of calculus courses. One must learn the notion of rigor properly if one wants to be a mathematician. More than anything else, it is an exercise in the rectitude of thought. No other book is so universally used that would teach this notion, than Rudin.
Not a book, but an essay: "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.
What? What?
(I note that the original question doesn't say that the book has to help with mathematics. It also seems to conflate 'influential' with 'should be read'; as others have pointed out, there is no pressing reason for someone who wants to be a mathematician to read the influential books rather than the useful or the interesting ones.)
This is an extremely broad question, especially given the wide variety of mathy people here, but I'll bite.
HSM Coxeter's Introduction to Geometry is a book that was very important to the development of my interest in mathematics and inclination towards its geometric aspects.
T.W.Körner, The Pleasures of Counting. It shows how mathematics is alive.
Geometric Algebra by Emil Artin. Though not for the beginner, it can do wonders for an intermediate undergraduate in terms of expanding their horizons and helping them appreciate the beauty and interconnectedness of mathematics. It did for me and I think convinced me that I'm a geometer at heart.
Following Noah's lead I will mention;
"The Man Who Loved Only Numbers"
"How to Read and Do Proofs"
I'll recommend two, which are similar in that they take fairly elementary mathematical problems and give very thorough and careful "talking out loud" illustrations of how a proper mathematician would go about thinking them through - what's really going on, what's a good example, what's a definitive counterexample, how to generalise, how to realise you've reached a dead end, and so on. "Proofs and refutations" by Imre Lakatos (just one, geometrical, problem, in glorious detail). "Mathematics and plausible reasoning Vol 1" by G. Polya (a little more advanced, and much more satisfying, than "How to solve it").
I've been rereading Littlewood's Miscellany recently. It's a very readable collection of the writings of J. E. Littlewood, carefully edited by Béla Bollobás. Any budding mathematician will draw much inspiration from it. I like A Mathematician's Apology, but if I was forced into choosing only one book, it would be Littlewood's Miscellany.
Newton's Principia Mathematica
Ideally in the original languages of Ancient Greek and Latin respectively! No, just kidding. But they are true classics that any accomplished mathematician should read at some point during their career. Not because they'll teach you something you don't already know, but they provide a unique insight into the mind of these giants.
Probability Theory: the Logic of Science.
Or anything by Edwin T Jaynes.
Title: The Mathematical Experience
Authors: Davis and Hersh
Short Description: A really accessible and funny introduction to the philosophy of mathematics. I think the description of the "ideal mathematician" is particularly hilarious.
Recommending one single book at the beginning of a young mathematician's career is a little like asking someone what particular vitamin they should make sure is in a child's diet. It's absurdly restrictive.
That being said-there are certainly 3 books I would recommend without reservation to any young student just getting interested in serious mathematics: Micheal Spivak's Calculus, Klaus Janich's remarkable Topology and Paul Halmos' I Want To Be A Mathematician.
The last one in particular inspired me to leave pre-med to begin the path to be a mathematician. The other 2 are remarkable works that will begin to open the edifice of modern mathematics to the novice.
I can recommend a hundred others,but those are the absolute must-reads for the beginner to me.
Visual Complex Analysis by Tristam Needham.
I always like to see mathematical problems in pictures whenever I can, and this one pushes the 'keep it visual' approach to the limits.
Needham won an award for some of the work in there.
Nicolas Bourbaki's Éléments de mathématique (specifically Topologie Générale and Algèbre).
the man who loved only numbers, innumeracy, a beautiful mind. these three books have shaped my thinking and love of mathematics...books on math..not exactly a lot of math in them however.
Every undergrad should read in areas outside mathematics especially in areas that can be influenced by mathematics. Theoretical physics and computer science are prominent examples. Biology and chemistry are not far. The DNA and polymers can be understood using knot theory and feynman's path integrals . Feynman's path integrals facilitated the quantization of nonabelian gauge field theories ( Quantum chromodynamics ) and is used to study complex systems and stochastic processes.
So here are two books that I found very interesting :
The road to reality by Roger Penrose Kleinert's path integrals in physics , financial markets & Stochastic processes
There are lots of books that talk about the applications of math in physical science just search Amazon.
dummit and foote's abstract algebra
it taught me, more than anything, how to be precise.
disclaimer: i'm computer science not math
This question does not have a unique answer. I will concur with Jonathan in that Jayne's "Probability Theory: the logic of science" is a great book.
This book changed my life as a scientist, converting me into a fervent Bayesian. For me it was a truly irreversible experience when I, for the first time, understood and comprehended that probability (as applied to understanding the real physical world) essentially stems from our lack of knowledge, our incomplete information, of reality. Fantastic book, although I admit that Jayne's style might not suit everyone's taste.
god created the integers by Stephen Hawking is the best book...... for mathematics.
There are so many, and I've already seen three that I would mention. Two more of interest to lay readers:
The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel. Excellently written, ultimately a tragedy, but a real source of inspiration.
Goedel's Proof by Nagel & Newman. Really, a beautiful and short exposition of the nature of proof, non-euclidean geometry, and the thinking that led Goedel to his magnificent proof.
I do recommend: Hugo Steinhaus - one hundred problems in elementary mathematics Hamilton - Perelman's proof of the Poincare conjecture and the geometrization conjecture
Also there are many great books written by polish authors (especially Kuratowski, Banach, Mostowski, Steinhaus, Leja) but I am not sure is it available in english language.
I would read a book about Perelman's proof of the Poincaré conjecture (or even the papers themselves). Oh, you mean the book had to be written when I was starting?


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Anderson improved to 2-0 on the young season, while Lees-McRae slipped to 0-4. Three Trojan hurlers combined to shut down the Lees-McRae offense, holding the Bobcats hitless through 10 innings and did not issue a walk while striking out 13, as they faced 31 batters through the two five-inning contests. The Anderson offense blasted four home runs on the day, while also ripping four doubles.
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Senior shortstop Abby Child was a perfect 3-for-3 in the opener, including a double, and scored twice. Senior first baseman Danielle Swygert notched a run-scoring double, single and a walk, while senior catcher Laura Jansky added a pair of singles and a walk in three trips to the plate. Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh blasted a three-run homer to key a four-run fourth inning.
Junior hurler Katelynn Howser did not allow a hit and did not issue a walk in four innings of work to earn the win in her debut for the Black and Gold, with freshman Augie Pena tossing a perfect inning of relief in the fifth frame, while striking out two of the three batters she faced.
The Trojans broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the bottom of the second inning, as nine batters came to the plate and AU capitalized on three consecutive two-out singles. Anderson again batted around in the third inning, with Neidigh highlighting the frame with a three-run shot over the right-field fence, giving AU an eight-run lead.
Game #2
Anderson 10, Lees-McRae 0 (5 innings)
Sophomore center fielder Molly Child was 2-for-3, with a two-run homer in the nightcap, while Jansky added two more singles and crossed the plate once. Senior Charlotte Sieber added a two-run double in the third inning, with newcomer Courtney Czentnar recording a three-run home run in the decisive fourth inning. Senior catcher Carly Hudson tallied a two-run single in the fourth inning and junior Rebecca Martin blasted a solo home run over the left-field fence.
Freshman Lauren Rudesheim got the start in the circle and struck out five in four innings of no-hit, no-walk softball. Pena again struck out two in an inning of relief.
Molly Child staked Anderson to a quick 2-0 lead with a one-out home run beyond the center-field fence in the bottom of the first inning, and the Trojans added two more runs in the third frame on Sieber's two-run double to the gap in left-center.
The Trojans put the game out of reach with six runs in the bottom of the fourth, as Hudson's two-out seeing-eye single back up the middle plated both Molly Child and Abby Child. Two batters later, Czentnar lifted a three-run shot over the left-field fence to score Swygert and Hudson. Martin followed with her homer to left to finish the scoring.
Anderson will get back on the diamond on Thursday, when the Trojans visit North Greenville. First-pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.


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NEWELL - Progress not perfection was the message Tuesday from Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher to the people of Newell at a meeting about crime in the unincorporated community.
Tuesday's meeting at the Newell Lions Den was less heated than the one held in February in which residents aired their complaints and concerns about a rash of home burglaries and car break-ins in the town.
"Last time, it was pitch forks and hot oil," Fletcher joked. "I'm seeing a lot more friendly faces this time around."
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SHERIFF IN NEWELL — Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher addresses a questioner at Tuesday night's meeting in Newell, while Newell Community Improvement Coalition officers Bev Enochs and Sue Thompson listen. -- Stephen Huba
The Newell Community Improvement Coalition called the follow-up meeting to continue the dialogue between residents and the Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
"We are thrilled that you're here, and we are thrilled at the work that you've been doing," said Coalition Treasurer Sue Thompson.
The estimated 60 people who attended the meeting applauded Fletcher several times during the evening, including when Fletcher said the department has been increasing patrols in the area.
"Have you noticed?" he said.
Several people nodded and said, "Yes."
"For me, it was not a one-shot deal. I don't believe in that kind of law enforcement," Fletcher said. "Hopefully, there's going to be more of a law enforcement presence here."
Fletcher said his department is making progress, but much work remains to be done. When asked specifically about the home burglaries, Fletcher said, "We couldn't tie them all together. We're working on it."
Fletcher said some of the burglaries were the result of illegal drug activity in the area.
"There should be help with the thefts from the drug arrests we've made ... but that's just a start," he said.
Fletcher was referring to a large drug sweep in Hancock County by local, state and federal authorities on April 4 in which 39 adults and one juvenile were arrested on multiple drug trafficking charges. The arrests were the result of a multi-state, six-month investigation by the Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug Task Force into the illegal sale of heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine, marijuana and oxycodone in Hancock County.
While the investigation pre-dated his time in office, Fletcher said he pressed for more manpower and an expanded investigation upon taking office in January.
"The sheriff's department doesn't have enough manpower to handle all the drug enforcement," he said.
Help had to come from surrounding departments and bordering states, he said.
Help also had to come from the people, he said.
"My biggest concern (at the last meeting) was getting the community involved in helping us help you," he said. "It's people like yourselves who understand there's a problem and want to do something to help."
Fletcher said he has noticed an increase in the number of reports and tips from the public. He cited a recent string of daytime burglaries in which the suspects and their vehicle have been described by several witnesses.
"They're texting us and they're calling us and it's working," he said. "We're building some good, solid leads. ... I've seen more community involvement recently than what I've seen in the past few months."
Fletcher said the public also was instrumental in the identification, and ultimate arrest, of the suspects in the Feb. 19 robbery of the Hancock County Savings Bank in New Cumberland.
Describing ways his department is trying to do more, Fletcher said:
He has "tentative permission" to reassign two deputies to the road patrol but that he has not found a way to add personnel.
He is getting ready to hire a deputy to fill a vacancy.
He wants to increase the detective division, which currently has one officer (compared to five in the Weirton Police Department).
He and his sergeants are developing a plan for instituting zone patrols.
He has established "new rules and regulations" that, during certain times of the day, result in "more manpower on the street."
The department has applied for a state grant that would put three officers in Hancock County elementary schools.
The department is preparing to launch a website that will enable the public, through a "Tip 411" feature, to make anonymous tips via a computer or smartphone application.
Fletcher also addressed questions about school bus safety, vacant buildings, unkempt properties, traffic and parking enforcement, juvenile delinquency and missing persons.
"I want to thank you for what you've done," Newell resident Tom Powers said. "We in Newell appreciate it, and I hope you tell your deputies we're thankful for them."
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The Ohio Hospital Association estimated that the Barnesville facility would lose more than $1 million by 2018 just from the sequester cuts.
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This is the first reduction in staff for Barnesville hospital since the late 1990s. Doing so, Phillips believes, will enable the facility and its remaining staff to still be able to meet the current needs of the community while not compromising patient care.
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Must the expectation value of an observable always be equal to an eigenvalue of the corresponding operator? I already know that 0 is not an eigenvalue, but are there any other examples?
I would actually expect this to be rare, and only generically true when the state of the system corresponds to an eigenstate. This simply because, for a state $\psi = \sum a_{n}\lvert\phi_{n}\rangle$ with eigenvalues $V_{n}$, you would have $\langle V\rangle = \sum V_{n}\lvert a_{n}\rvert^{2}$, which is not constrained to be equal to one of the $V_{n}$. It's easy to check this for a two state system with the two values of $V_{n}$ different.
A specific quantum mechanical example to show the contrary is spin for spin 1/2 systems. If you are in an eigenstate of the Sz operator, the expectation value of Sx is 0, but it has eigenvalues h/2, -h/2, where those are h-bars. Not exactly sure how to do latex here..


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