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Turkey with Blueberry Pan Sauce
Blueberries have just the right mix of acid and pectin so that they're terrific in both sweet and savory dishes. They work especially well with thyme - so this easy turkey saute can be a delight whenever the berries are in season. To make this dish into a meal, dress some quick-cooking barley with lemon and pepper and offer steamed green beans on the side.Yield: 4 servings
Active Time: 35
Total Time: 40
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 pound turkey tenderloin, (see Ingredient note)
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped shallots
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 cups blueberries
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge turkey in the mixture. (Discard any leftover flour.)
- Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over high heat. Add the turkey; cook until golden brown on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn the turkey over and transfer the pan to the oven. Roast until the turkey is just cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer the turkey to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
- Place the skillet over medium heat. (Take care, the handle will still be very hot.) Add shallots and thyme and cook, stirring constantly, until the shallots begin to brown, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add blueberries, vinegar and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; continue cooking, stirring occasionally and scraping up any brown bits, until the blueberries burst and release their juices and the mixture becomes thick and syrupy, 4 to 5 minutes. Slice the turkey and serve with the blueberry pan sauce.
Tips & Notes
- Ingredient Note: A turkey tenderloin is an all-white piece that comes from the rib side of the breast. Tenderloins typically weigh between 7 and 14 ounces each and can be found with other turkey products in the meat section of most supermarkets.
Nutrition Per Serving
|5 g (1 g sat, 3 g mono)
|45 mg
|15 g
|29 g
|2 g
|273 mg
|104 mg
Nutrition Bonus Vitamin C (15% daily value).
Carbohydrate Serving 1
Exchanges 1 fruit, 4 very lean meat
From EatingWell August/September 2005, The EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook (2006)


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[Columbia, Mo.]-Dr. Chris Mazurek, assistant professor of psychology at Columbia College, recently competed on the television game show "Jeopardy." His appearance is scheduled to air locally at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26 on ABC-17.
Mazurek, a childhood fan of "Jeopardy," competed to become a contestant in St. Louis during the spring. He said the competition involved practice versions of the game with other potential contestants.
Mazurek flew to Los Angeles for the taping in mid-September. He is bound by a contract with "Jeopardy's" production company not to provide information about the show's outcome, including the number of days he may appear.
"I want to win one day," he said before the taping. "If I can win just one day, I'll feel like I did something."
Mazurek is originally from the Chicago area. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and both his master's degree and doctorate from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He later taught at High Point University in High Point, N.C., and Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Ala.
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Prove the following: $\displaystyle a^{n}-b^{n} = (a-b) \sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}$.
So one could use induction on $n$? Could one also use trichotomy or some type of combinatorial argument?
Prove the following: $\displaystyle a^{n}-b^{n} = (a-b) \sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}$.
So one could use induction on $n$? Could one also use trichotomy or some type of combinatorial argument?
I have no idea what you mean by "use trichotomy," but here is the combinatorial argument. $a^n$ counts the number of words of length $n$ on the alphabet $\{ 1, 2, ... a \}$ and $b^n$ counts the number of words of length $n$ on the alphabet $\{ 1, 2, ... b \}$. Assume $a > b$. Then $a^n - b^n$ counts the number of words of length $n$ on the alphabet $\{ 1, 2, ... a \}$ such that at least one letter is greater than $b$.
Given such a word, suppose the last letter greater than $b$ occurs at position $k+1$. Then there are $a - b$ choices for this letter, $a^k$ choices for the letters before this letter, and $b^{n-k-1}$ choices for the letters after this letter. Thus there are $(a - b) a^k b^{n-k-1}$ such words, and summing over all $k$ gives
$$a^n - b^n = (a - b) \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} a^k b^{n-k-1}$$
as desired.
Someone should mention the "polynomial multiplication" or "telescoping" proof, which may be viewed as a variant of the "geometric series" method.
$$\begin{align*} (a-b)\sum_{k=0}^{n-1} a^k b^{n-1-k} &= \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k+1} b^{n-1-k} - \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} a^k b^{n-k} \\ &= \sum_{k=1}^n a^k b^{n-k} - \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} a^k b^{n-k} = a^n - b^n. \end{align*}$$
Proof by induction
$n=1$ is valid.
Supose valid by n, then
$$a^{n+1}-b^{n+1}=a(a^{n})+b(b^{n})$$, using the hipotesis :
$$a(a^{n})+b(b^{n})=a\left[b^{n}+(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}\right] + b\left[a^{n}-(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}\right]=$$
$$\left[ab^{n}+(b-a)a\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}\right] + \left[a^{n}b-(b-a)b\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-1-k}\right]=$$
$$\left[ab^{n}+(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k+1}b^{n-1-k}\right] + \left[a^{n}b-(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-k}\right]=$$
$$\left[ab^{n}+(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k+1}b^{n-1-k}+(b-a)b^{n}-(b-a)b^{n}\right] +$$ $$ \left[a^{n}b-(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-k}-(b-a)a^{n}+(b-a)a^{n}\right]=$$
$$\left[(b-a)[\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k+1}b^{n-1-k}+b^{n}]+b^{n+1}\right] +\left[(b-a)[\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1} a^{k}b^{n-k}+a^{n}]-a^{n+1}\right] +$$
$$\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}+b^{n+1}\right] +\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}-a^{n+1}\right] =$$
$$-a^{n+1}+b^{n+1}+2\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}\right] =$$
Thus: $$a^{n+1}-b^{n+1}=-a^{n+1}+b^{n+1}+2\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}\right] $$, then
$$2(a^{n+1}-b^{n+1})=2\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}\right]$$
$$a^{n+1}-b^{n+1}=\left[(b-a)\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a^{k}b^{n-k}\right]$$
So $n+1$ is valid.
Complete the proof
You can apply Ruffini's rule. Here is a copy from my Algebra text book (Compêndio de Álgebra, VI, by Sebastião e Silva and Silva Paulo) where the following formula is obtained:
$x^n-a^n\equiv (x-a)(x^{n-1}+ax^{n-2}+a^2x^{n-3}+\cdots +a^{n-2}x+a^{n-1}).$
Translation: The Ruffini's rule can be used to find the quotient of $x^n-a^n$ by $x-a$:
Thus, if $n$ is a natural number, we have
$x^n-a^n\equiv (x-a)(x^{n-1}+ax^{n-2}+a^2x^{n-3}+\cdots +a^{n-2}x+a^{n-1})$
Yes, you could use induction on n. I don't see an easy trichotomy or combinatorial argument.
Can we build a combinatorial argument along these lines?
Say if we have say $n$ students to be allotted in $a$ rooms with $b$ of the $a$ room being non air-conditioned. (Assume the students are distinguishable so we can order the student as $1,2,3,...,n$)
The total number of ways is $a^n$.
Suppose all students are allotted to the $b$ rooms, the number of ways is $b^n$.
If the first $n-1$ students are allotted to the $b$ rooms, and the final dude in some other room, the number of possible ways is $b^{n-1} \times (a-b)$.
Now if the first $n-2$ students are allotted to the $b$ rooms, and the remaining two students are now left. If the $(n-1)^{th}$ student chooses from the $b$ rooms then we are back to the earlier case. So the $(n-1)^{th}$ student needs to choose from the remaining $(a-b)$ rooms. Now the $n^{th}$ student can choose from any of the $a$ rooms. The number of possible ways is $b^{n-2} \times (a-b) \times a$.
In general, if the first $n-k$ students are allotted to the $b$ rooms, and the remaining $k$ students are now left. If the $(n-k+1)^{th}$ student chooses from the $b$ rooms then we are back to the previous case. So the $(n-k+1)^{th}$ student needs to choose from the remaining $(a-b)$ rooms. Now the students from $(n-k+2)$ to $n$ can choose from any of the $a$ rooms. The number of possible ways is $b^{n-k} \times (a-b) \times a^{k-1}$.
So, the total number of ways is $b^n + \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^n b^{n-k} \times (a-b) \times a^{k-1}$.
Both the counting must add up and hence we get $a^n = b^n + \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^n b^{n-k} \times (a-b) \times a^{k-1}$.
You could use geometric series to conclude the result as well.
The right hand side is $(a-b) b^{n-1} \displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} (\frac{a}{b})^k = (a-b) b^{n-1} \frac{((\frac{a}{b})^n - 1)}{(\frac{a}{b})-1} = (a-b) \frac{a^n - b^n}{a-b} = a^n - b^n$
If you know the sum of a geometric sequence, then set $x=a/b$ and conclude $ x^n-1 = (x-1)(1+x+x^2+\cdots+x^{n-1}) $. Now multiply by $b^n$. (If $b=0$, then the identity is obvious.)


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Based on the stoner term weaksauce, nubsauce is directedly more specifically at a person who completely fails at life. Usually tossed around in online circles, it denotes somebody who is not just a noob, but is completely lame as well.
Dude, GenericH4x0r is nubsauce.
Dude, why you gotta be like that?
Like what?
Don't talk back to me nubsauce.
Did the nubsauce get the chopper? Fuck!
Dude, why you gotta be like that?
Like what?
Don't talk back to me nubsauce.
Did the nubsauce get the chopper? Fuck!
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Man that guy's pure nub sauce. He couldn't head-shot me if he was standing on me.
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An idiot online who has been around for ages, and still doesn't know how the hell to do things in the video games he plays. Nubsauce is often used together with l2play.
Halo's been out for forever, and he still plays it, and he still sucks at it. What a nubsauce.
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Somebody who is such a noob that their lameness oozes from them like a bowl of spaghetti with too much marinara sauce.
"I totally just owned that kid in DDR!"
"Dude, you are such a Nubsauce."
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A newb that is playing (newbishly)and he invites his mega fag newb frind over to be more sucessful at being a newb
Dude, let him fight his own fight Nub Sauce
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a term used to describe one who executes most nerdly activities poorly and with no style or originality whatsoever, usually used by those of the nerdly persuasion
synonymous with n00b, nub, etc.
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taht d00d cant use teh awp!!1 h3 1s teh t0t4l nubsauce!
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1. a term used by computer obsesed losers to define a computer obsesed loser who sucks at being a computer obsessed loser. Originated from l337 n00b, then nub, then nubsauce.
2. A verb meaning to ejaculate.
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1. You stupid nubsauce, you suck as CS.
2. I nubsauced in your face.
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The first
full report of the National Audit of Dementia has identified a
need for significant improvements in hospital ward environments,
staff training and the overall approach to care delivery for
patients with dementia.
Although the majority of wards meet basic
safety requirements, the audit shows that many had not addressed
simple measures that could lessen the distress caused to dementia
patients by an unfamiliar and confusing hospital environment.
The audit also reveals deficiencies in staff
training. Less than a third of staff said that their training and
development in dementia care was sufficient. Observations of care
carried out for the audit found that care is often delivered in an
impersonal manner, by staff who did not fully understand the needs
of patients. This resulted in staff not greeting or talking to
patients during care, explaining what they were doing or offering
choice. Sometimes, staff were seen failing to respond to patient's
requests for help.
The audit was commissioned by the Healthcare
Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and carried out by the Royal
College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement in
partnership with other organisations. The main audit looked at data
collected from 210 hospitals across England and Wales. Ward level
data was collected from a sample of 145 wards across 55 hospitals.
This included 2,211 staff questionnaires, and 105 observations of
care on the ward, carried out by hospital staff.
Key findings from the report include:
The report makes a series of recommendations
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Hospitals have begun work locally to address
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for improvement, including:
Staff on audited wards are working on actions
to improve the experience of care, including making sure that staff
understand the preferences and needs of the people with dementia
they see, encouraging positive communication and conversation, and
making sure that leadership from champions and role models is in
place to support front-line staff.
Professor Peter Crome, Chair of the National
Audit of Dementia Steering Group, said: "This report provides
further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia
in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up. We have a provided a
number of recommendations that if implemented will enable patients
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It is good to see that several hospitals have responded to the
results of the interim findings with programmes of quality
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Dr Kevin Stewart, Clinical Director of the
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with dementia get the best possible care in hospital. They
deserve no less, and we are delighted that the NHS in England has
made the care of this group one of its top priorities. The
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The audit is managed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement, working in close partnership with professional and service user representatives. The collaborators in this project are the professional bodies for five of the main disciplines involved in providing dementia services, and one of the main voluntary sector providers of supports and services: the Royal College of Psychiatrists; the British Geriatrics Society; the Royal College of Nursing; the Royal College of Physicians; the Royal College of General Practitioners; the Alzheimer's Society.
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership is led by a consortium of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and National Voices. Its aim is to promote quality improvement, and in particular to increase the impact of clinical audit in England and Wales. HQIP hosts the contract to manage and develop the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). The programme comprises 30 clinical audits that cover care provided to people with a wide range of medical, surgical and mental health conditions.
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10 Nov 2011 5:20 PM #11
Apparently, this JS Builder tool gives no indication when it fails, other than to produce bad output.
It is not compressing or obfuscating my scripts, and I wind up with the following in my directory:
11/10/2011 04:54 PM 733,798 sjs-all-debug.js
11/10/2011 04:54 PM 733,665 sjs-all.js
11/10/2011 04:54 PM 733,665 sjs-all.js-temp-707842769255.8569
12 Nov 2011 3:09 PM #12
Here is a JSBuilder 3 Document
Hello Bill,
I just posted a link to a resource that may help you.
13 Nov 2011 4:08 AM #13
Here is the direct link.
23 Jan 2012 5:28 AM #14
... * Compress and obfuscate appName.js... rsync: -: unknown option rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1455) [client=3.0.9] java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/NAME/PATH/TO/APP/www/nameOfBuildJSFile.js-temp-882015127581.6014 (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:120) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:79) at com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor.YUICompressor.main(YUICompressor.java:92) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at com.yahoo.platform.yui.compressor.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:20)
5 Feb 2012 2:17 PM #15
sencha create jsb -a http://chat.stewardsencha.com/index.php -p chat.jsb3
2012-02-05 14:07:58.545 phantomjs[15311:903] Error loading /Users/stewardsencha/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WebEx.plugin/Contents/MacOS/WebEx: dlopen(/Users/stewardsencha/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WebEx.plugin/Contents/MacOS/WebEx, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Users/stewardsencha/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WebEx.plugin/Contents/MacOS/WebEx: mach-o, but wrong architecture 2012-02-05 14:07:58.595 phantomjs[15311:903] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/agcore: mach-o, but wrong architecture 2012-02-05 14:07:58.630 phantomjs[15311:903] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin, 265): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/QuickTime Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Plugin: no matching architecture in universal wrapper plugin,NP_Initialize start plugin,NP_Initialize end plugin,NP_GetEntryPoints start Private_Initialize plugin,NP_GetEntryPoints end 2012-02-05 14:07:58.956 phantomjs[15311:903] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoPhotocast: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
No idea if my machine has gone sour or Sencha is serving up more mystery.
Anyone know what "phantom.js" is? Are these messages for real?
6 Feb 2012 12:58 AM #16
compiled and installed newest rsync, then rebooted - all good now!
25 Sep 2012 8:04 PM #17
Sencha Touch 2 tools on MacOS 10.8.2: create jsb hangs, or reports 'Ext not found'
I've spent hours trying to get this to work on my own project ("ReferenceError: Can't find variable: Ext"), so I thought I would start with the Jog With Friends example, since it has a jsb3. But when I run:
sencha create jsb -a index.html -p tc.jsb3 -v
it just hangs. (Freshly downloaded 220.127.116.11 sencha touch.
It also hangs on Windows 7. And if I do -a file:///..., it loops printing "Can't find variable: Ext"
Last edited by trevorcox; 25 Sep 2012 at 10:08 PM. Reason: more testing
25 Sep 2012 10:26 PM #18
'Tools' is now called 'CMD' and although still in beta, seems to be much better then its predecessor. Description and download links here: http://blog.sencha.com/blog/all-new-sencha-cmd/
26 Sep 2012 10:45 AM #19
Sencha Touch 2 tools on MacOS 10.8.2: create jsb hangs, or reports 'Ext not found'
Thanks! It looks like Sencha Cmd v184.108.40.206 is close to working on Sencha Touch. When I run
sencha compile -debug -classpath=ftapp/app.js,ftapp,sdk/src page -in=index.html -out=built.html
It processes quite a bit before terminating with:
Processing class inheritance graph
[ERROR] Failed to resolve dependency Ext.scroll.scroller.CssPosition for file Ext.scroll.scroller.Infinite
[ERROR] Error executing page compilation Unknown definition for dependency : Ext.scroll.scroller.CssPosition
The latest version of Touch does not have CssPosition, but it is referenced.
26 Sep 2012 11:48 PM #20
For building Sencha Touch apps with Sencha Cmd V3, you will need Sencha Touch 2.1 Beta 3. To build the app, you should use "sencha app build" from the application folder. Using the compiler directly for Sencha Touch applications can be done, but it is not really the simple wayDon Griffin
Director of Engineering - Frameworks (Ext JS / Sencha Touch)
Check the docs. Learn how to (properly) report a framework issue and a Sencha Cmd issue
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I'm developing a plugin workspace for ArcGIS. Internally, the plugin uses an OleDBconnection. All of the sample code I see seems to stress the importance of closing and disposing the connection.
When the client retrieves all rows from my plugin cursor, this is not a problem - when OleDBDataReader.Read() returns false, I close the connection and set IPluginCursorHelper.IsFinished to true.
However, in the case where the client doesn't retrieve all of the rows I am not able to find an appropriate place to close the connection.
Since the client is required to call
ReleaseCOMObject when he's finished with the cursor, is there some way the plugin cursor could be informed of this event and close the
OleDBConnection OleDbReader if it is still open?
I tried implementing IDisposable, but ArcGIS doesn't call dispose. I tried using a destructor, but when I try to close the connection there I get an exception saying "COM object that has been separated from its underlying RCW cannot be used."
After having no luck with the COM hacks offered in the comments, I changed my code so that now the IPluginDatasetHelper is responsible for opening the OleDBConnection the first time a cursor is requested. It passes the open connection the cursor's constructor, which keeps it as a member variable. Now the problem is this: how can the IPluginDatasetHelper close the OleDBConnection?
Fortunately, the issue is no longer anywhere nearly as urgent - apparently only one instance of the IPluginDatasetHelper ever gets created. The test code below works without a memory leak, and the IPluginDatasetHelper's constructor only gets called once. When justone is true, the test code would show severe memory leakage when the cursor is responsible for opening the connection and
justOne true. With the dataset helper responsible for opening the connection and justOne true it climbs to 200MB and stabilizes. Still, it would be nice to know where to close the connection in the dataset helper.
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
Type t = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("esriGeoDatabase.MyPluginWorkspaceFactory");
var factory = Activator.CreateInstance(t) as IWorkspaceFactory;
var fws = factory.OpenFromFile(dbcPath,0) as IFeatureWorkspace;
var fc = fws.OpenFeatureClass(tableName);
IFeatureCursor fCur = fc.Search(null, false);
IFeature feat;
while ((feat = fCur.NextFeature()) != null)
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Running the test in the VS debugger, I get this rather strange exception. I'm hoping it is a result of running it in the debugger from a console exe and will not happen within arcmap. (10000 iterations for test loop).
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Are "我在哪里可以买火车票" and "我哪里可以买火车票" both correct sentences? If one isn't, why?
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The proper way of asking is "我在哪里可以买到火车票?". Most Chinese would be able to understand your question even if you were to use the two sentences you have just written.
I saw many comments asking about the correctness of different variations to the question. Although not directly relevant to the question itself, here are some of the variations:
If you are asking a stranger for directions, it would be prudent to ask in this manner:
"我在哪里可以买到火车票?" is the correct way to ask where you can buy the ticket, but in oral language "我哪里可以买到火车票?" is used quite often.
Actually there are 2 ways how "我哪里可以买到火车票" can be interpreted. The first one is a question asking where you can buy train tickets. The second one is a statement meaning there is no place where train tickets can be bought. In oral language people will know what you mean by the context, the tone of your voice and your expressions.
Sometimes 我哪里可以买火车票 without a questioning tone means can be used to indicate someone who can't buy a train ticket for some obvious reason (both talker and listener understanding the situation). Similar to the rhetorical "Why can't I buy a train ticket?" in English.
This case occurs in some disputation, and 我哪里 is emphasized.
there is a case: A: 你从火车站回来怎么不买火车票呢,明天买票排队要花很长时间呢。 B: 我哪里可以买火车票啊,昨天不是把钱都给你了嘛,我现在身无分文。 A: 哦,我忘记了。
In oral Chinese, we can understand you, but in writing Chinese, only one statement without tone, there may be misunderstanding.
1.我哪里面有时间陪你看电影啊,我今晚要加班。(I can't go to the cinema with you because I must go overtime work this night)
I'm Chinese.
"哪里" sometimes means "how can I do this" or "It's too difficult for me".
我在哪里可以买到火车票 = Where can I buy a train ticket? 我哪里可以买到火车票 = Why do you think I could buy train ticket?
When 哪里 follows 在、去、到 it means somewhere.
When 哪里 follows someone or something it may mean "how can I do this" or "It's too difficult for me".
他哪里能完成这个项目 = He cannot finish it
你哪里能承担责任 = You cannot be responsible for this thing
They're actually the same sentences, except the latter one is used a little more often in Chinese daily lives.
我在哪里可以买得到火车票 is the same as 哪买火车票.
A Chinese will understand even you just say"火车票"
BerR's answer is correct. I have a supplement of the second expan of "我哪里可以买到火车票". It is not only a statement that there is no place where the tickets can be bought, but no ways, no time or the tickets are sold out objectively like and so on, any situations that you can not buy the tickets, you can say that sentence with falling tone.
BertR's answser is right. But it depends on the circumstance you can saying it, if you are in front of the train station, you ask someone "我哪里可以买到火车票" instead of "我在哪里可以买到火车票?", one can unterstand you want to buy ticket, they are almost the same though it seems not correct to say "我哪里可以买到火车票" to some extent. But when your friend ask you to visit him, and you are failed to buy a ticket, you can say "我哪里可以买到火车票", it means the ticket is difficult to buy, this saying is a kind of complaint.
The first one is proper, and for the second one most Chinese people will understand what you want to say, but it is incorrect.


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My question is coming from the method Reid and Chris suggested in solving the problem here. Help on any point is greatly appreciated!
Question 1. For a real manifold $M$, consider $C^{\infty}(M,\mathbb{R})$. For a point $p\in M$, consider the ideal $I_p=\{ f : f(p)=0 \}$. Is $I_p^n$ equal to the set of smooth maps $f$ which have $n-1$st order contact (ref. Golubitsky, Guillemin pg. 37) with the $0$ function?
Question 2. Consider $C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ and the ideal $I_0= \{ f : f(0)=0 \}$. Is it the case that $I_0^2 = \{ f : f(0)=f'(0)=0\}$? Is it the case that $I_0^n=\{ f : f(0)=f'(0)=...=f^{(n-1)}(0)=0\}$?
To question 2, the one inclusion is immediate. However the inclusion $ \{ f : f(0)=f'(0)=0\} \subseteq I_0^2 $ doesn't seem obvious to me right now. It seems like one could perhaps find a function which doesn't agree with it's Taylor series that satisfies the derivative condition, but not be in $I^2_0$.
I hope this isn't too elementary for MO. Thanks for your help!


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Star Wars or Star Trek - Which one do your prefer?
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There is no picking one because they both have their positives for different situations.
If you're looking for an action film, Star Wars Episode 4 is great. If you're looking for a sci-fi flick, then Star Trek.
This question has been asked many times, with too many answers and too many parameters.....
Do I have to pick just one?
Star Trek
Star trek by far, star wars was like watching CSPAN in space
More than half of Star Trek is watchable. I can't say that about Star Wars.


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Not really an example, but note to dimensio: "A nigga that wants ta' be a cracka" isn't a sentence. Phrases are okay to use. Learn some damn English grammar.
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I have just completed an introductory course on analysis, and have been looking over my notes for the year. For me, although it was certainly not the most powerful or important theorem which we covered, the most striking application was the Fourier analytic proof of the isoperimetric inequality. I understand the proof, but I still have no feeling for why anyone would think to use Fourier analysis to approach this problem. I am looking for a clear reason why someone would look at this and think "a Fourier transform would simplify things here". Even better would be a physical interpretation. Could this somehow be related to "hearing the shape of a drum"? Is there any larger story here?
Experience with Fourier analysis and representation theory has shown that every time a problem is invariant with respect to a group symmetry, the representation theory of that group is likely to be relevant. If the group is abelian, the representation theory is given by the Fourier transform on that group.
In this case, the relevant symmetry group is that of reparameterising the arclength parameterisation of the perimeter by translation. This operation does not change the area or the perimeter. When combined with the observation (from Stokes theorem) that both the area and perimeter of a body can be easily recovered from the arclength parameterisation, this naturally suggests to use Fourier analysis in the arclength variable.
It seems to me that it is worth mentioning that only the 2-d isoperimetric inequality is easily proved using Fourier analysis but not higher dimensional geometric inequalities. In addition to the group invariance property cited by Terry Tao, there is the simple fact that a closed curve can be represented by a pair of periodic functions, and, if the curve is parameterized properly, its length and area are nicely represented by integrals of quadratic polynomials of the periodic functions and their derivatives. All in all, a nice setup for Fourier series. If the integrands were higher degree polynomials, a proof might still be possible but I'm not sure it would be as easy. And is there an analogous proof in higher dimensions?
This doesn't answer the question of why Fourier analysis works, but it certainly is an answer to how one might think "Hmm ... perhaps we're in the domain of Fourier analysis here." It's that the surface area of a shape X is defined in terms of the volume of X+B when B is a small ball. There is a close relationship between sumsets and convolutions (the sumset is precisely the set of points where the convolution of the characteristic functions of the two sets is non-zero), and every time you have a convolution, thoughts of Fourier analysis should be triggered.
The reason I say this doesn't answer the question of why Fourier analysis works is that there is a difference between the convolution and the support of the convolution, and the latter does not transform nicely. But that shouldn't stop one thinking of Fourier analysis and attempting to find some way of relating surface area to convolutions.
I'd like to add a few words on what happens in higher dimensions. First, a convexity assumption becomes essential (as in the second proof of Hurwitz which works only for convex domains). The isoperimetric inequalities in $\mathbb R^n$, $n>2$, are much easier to deal with in case of convex bodies, and the whole problem in some sense looks most natural under the convexity assumption. Second, there are many different isoperimetric inequalities in higher dimensions. And Fourier analysis (or rather harmonic analysis on a sphere) can be successfully applied to prove at least some of them.
There is a classical approach to isoperimetric problems based on Steiner's theorem. Let $K$ be a convex body in $\mathbb R^n$ and let $K_r$ denote the "parallel" body $$K_r=\{x\in\mathbb R^n|\ dist(x, K)\leq r \},\quad r>0.$$ Then, by Steiner's theorem, there exist $n+1$ numbers $W_0^n(K),W_1^n(K),\dots,W_n^n(K)$, such that $$V(K_r)=Vol(K_r)=\sum\limits_{i=0}^{n}{n \choose i}W^n_i(K)r^{i}.$$ It can be shown that $$W^n_0(K)=V(K),\quad W^n_1(K)=\frac{S(K)}{n},\qquad(1)$$ where $S(K)$ is the surface area of $\partial K$. Moreover, $W^n_n(K)$ is equal to the volume $\pi_n$ of the unit ball in $\mathbb R^n$ and $$W^n_{n-1}(K)=\frac{\pi_n}{2}w(K),\qquad\qquad\qquad\quad (2)$$ where $w(K)$ is the mean width of $K$. Note that for $n=2$ the perimeter $P(K)$ equals $\pi w(K).$ The numbers $W_i^n(K)$ give some information on how the convex body $K$ is different from a ball (for the unit ball in $\mathbb R^n$, obviously $W^n_i(K)=\pi_n$ for all $i$.)
A convex body is completely determined by its support function $$h(x)=\sup\{x\cdot y|\ y\in K\}$$ which measures the directed distance of the origin to the tangent plane of $K$ at direction $x\in S^{n-1}.$ Now, the second proof of Hurwitz deals with the Fourier decomposition of the support function of a convex 2D domain. The problem is that in dimension $n>2$ the formulas for volume and surface area in terms of the support function cannot be expressed nicely by means of spherical harmonics. However, it is still possible to derive an isoperimetric inequality for the numbers $W^n_{n-2}$ and $W^n_{n-1}$ via harmonic analysis, namely $$W^n_{n-1}\geq\sqrt{\pi_n W^n_{n-2}}. \qquad\qquad\qquad(3)$$
When $n=2$ this is the standard isoperimetric inequality $P^2\geq 4\pi A$.
If $n=3$ $(3)$ gives the isoperimetric inequality between the mean width and surface area of a convex body $$\pi [w(K)]^2\geq S(K).\qquad\qquad\qquad (4)$$
The proof is a straightforward extension of the second Hurwitz proof (using a decomposition of the support function into a series of spherical harmonics) and can be found here.
Update (concerning the question in Victor's comment below). If we assume as known the inequality $$W_{1}^3\geq \sqrt{W_{0}^3W_{2}^3},$$ then together with (1),(2) and (4) it implies that $S^3\geq 36\pi V^2$. ("Known" means that I don't know how to obtain the inequality using only harmonic analysis. It follows from the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality for mixed volumes.)
My two cents. It is known since Antiquity that the circle is the curve of minimal length maximizing inscribed area. So you know that you are looking for the circle, from the start.
A series in cos(x) and sin(x) is certainly a good way to represent circles, and composition of circles. Circles turning around circles, turning around circles, were called epicycles in the terminology of Middle Ages and Renaissance. They were used to approximate the trajectories of planets, which are close to circles. So using trigonometric functions to approximate curves close to circle is an idea which is quite old, and from the historical viewpoint, quite natural.
Now in modern courses in Fourier analysis, justifications for introducing these series usually come from the heat equation, faithful to the original application Fourier had in mind, or from purely mathematical considerations about the nice properties of orthogonal basis. So the link with curves close to circles is somehow lost.


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Assume we are given a quantum field theory described by some functional. If $J$ is a Noether current, i.e. it is associated with a symmetry of the functional and satisfies $\partial_s J^s=0$ (Noether theorem), we can always obtain a conserved quantity as $Q(x^0) = \int J^0(x^0, x^1,...,x^n)d^{n}x$. What is the converse to the previous statement? I would like to know what assumptions are necessary to build a conserved current $J$ given $Q$ swith $\dot Q = [H,Q]=0$ where $H$ is the Hamiltonian of the (quantum field) theory.
The answer to the question in your title is "no" in general. Noether current and conserved charge only go hand in hand if the symmetry that gives rise to them is a continuous symmetry, such as translation (conserved momentum) or a $U(1)$ symmetry (conserved charge). A discrete symmetry will, in general, give rise to a conserved quantity that can only take on discrete values, so it cannot "flow" and there is no current associated with that conservation law. An example is inversion symmetry, with parity as a conserved quantity. There is no current associated with parity.


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Is there a benchmarker (a tool to measure computer performance) for Ubuntu (like SuperPI, 3DMark, or PCMark)?
There look to be a number of them listed in the Ubuntu Software Center (search "benchmark"), although the only one I've tried is System Profiler and Benchmark. It gives a lot of computer information and I've found it very useful, but you might want to try out a number of them.
The most complete benchmarking software is probably Phoronix test suite, which is available in the repositories and can be installed with:
When running
It is up to you whether you choose yes or no, but there is nothing to be concerned with. You can still later upload results manually to openbenchmarking if you wish with the options in the program:
For more information about
To list all the tests available (but not necessarily downloaded), run:
which gives tests such as these and many others:
To find information on any particular test, you can use:
Many of the tests are not installed by default and you can either download an individual test and run it with, for example:
To find the lists of thematic test suites, run
which returns such things as
As an example, you might want to run the entire suite of audio tests (instead of just one from those listed with the
For this test, some more of the related audio tests are downloaded and installed by the program and then the test is run.
There are a huge amount of tests to install and options to experiment with, but this test suite is definitely the one to use if you want to get some genuine benchmarks from your Ubuntu system that you can compare online at openbenchmarking and Phoronix.com.
It is not a quick, simple benchmarking application, but one that, with its multiple tests, will satisfy most areas of interest in regard to how things perform on Ubuntu.
However, benchmarking is a topic much debated and the forums are best suited for analysing which tests give the most useful results and how the tests should be setup; the one mentioned above,
Another option is sysbench. It is a command line tool with built in tests for CPU, memory, file, threading and database. There is an article about it here. Install is a single package, and running tests is quick.
Likely the quality of results is lower than more sophisticated tests, but I found it useful for a quick sanity check when evaluating potential VPS hosting.
Based on the popular answer by user76204, I did try Phoronix test suite. As the author says, it is not quick or simple. There are 100s of tests available and it's not obvious which to use. Some require 100s of MB of downloads, some take an hour or more to run, some may not run on your server. On Ubuntu, I hit a bug described here.


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As a very visual person, I have always considered plotting a story to be somewhat like knitting or macrame. How do series authors handle multi novel story arcs? Do they just keep throwing out lines and pick them up when they feel the need to pull together a connection, or is it all planned out well in advance? Is there a technique for keeping track of the loose threads or plotting out a series that is better than notecards/stickies/or a huge whiteboard?
After short brainstorming and small talk with myself, here is what I got:
1) You are inventing the next part of arc while working on current.
While writing I frequently experienced a feeling that told me: "Yes, I'm going to use this in the further scene\book". If you feel so, you already should have a next-things list, and put all resembling feelings there. If you haven't got that list, then acquire one.
That is the simplest "technique" available and I think you should use it instead of anything else.
2) One big arc for all novels.
That's it, you've got to invent a one big arc. And you are not going to write a word in any of your novels, belonging to this arc, until you've finished it. I think this plan should be used only for "project-of-my-life" type of things. If you're not going to make something as epic as "The Lord of The Rings", don't bother.
I think the comparison with the World War II will be appropriate:
The problem here, you have to look through the eyes of all your participants to see the big picture. And yet you are not going to fully discern it.
I hope you got me.
3) Hooking
The sweet part of series-writing and desired talent of every bad TV-show script writer is the scheduling talent. But their scheduling is different from standard project-manager scheduling. I guess that subject I'm going to talk about is one of TV-showers community dirty little secrets.
What do we know about TV-shows and series? Well, the Dumas "Three Musketeers" was a series one day, wasn't it? Series have many peculiarities, and one of them is that scripters should give some hooks to future cases in the universe they creating.
But you should consider that hooking may quickly turn into a big disaster, if you will try to bind something to every of your previous hooks. If you have many related events, your bond would be looking awful, unnatural and made up out of whole cloth. "Lost" TV-show looked bad in the end because of too many ties. So did "Prison Break" script. I think 80/20 rule is appropriate here: with 20% of hooks you bind to something and 80% of hooks you leave unused.
That's all I've came to in my little inmind research. I hope others also will have something to add, because the subject is interesting.
Disclaimer: I've never actually written a series before.
I just had a project I was working on kind of explode. It was originally intended to be a short story -- just a pre-NaNoWriMo writing exercise. Then all of a sudden, I realized that I had too many notes for a short story -- this would be a novella if not a full-fledged novel.
I started laying out plot points in WritersCafe, but I'm too easily distracted for an app with so much going on. I ended up writing out bits on index cards and sitting in my son's playroom one day, laying them out on the carpet until I had what seemed like a coherent timeline. Then I transferred it all to Freemind, where most of my notes end up living.
I've been tempted on and off to write a stand-alone timeline app that I can use outside my favorite minimalist editing environment, but as my free time is currently microscopic, not much non-paying work is making it on to my plate these days.


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Cutlery was a bit dirty at arrival. Kingsize bed is very nice, but the blankets are a bitt small (for tall persons like 1.95 mtr). Too bad because the bed slept very well.
Andrew was super nice and helpful! He gave us the right tips on how to enjoy a beautiful city like Prague! The apartment is very cozy, well located between Prague1 and Prague2. I would recommend his apartment to anyone!
Andy was extremely helpful. Flat is like on picture all great . Highly recommend
Super apartment, perfectly equipped, Good windows keep the city noise typical street back largely, when they are closed; then you can sleep well. Andrew is a nice landlord who is also valuable tips on the city.
Super Wohnung, perfekt ausgestattet, Gute Fenster halten den großstadttypischen Straßenlärm weitgehend zurück, wenn sie geschlossen sind; dann kann man gut schlafen. Andrew ist ein netter Vermieter, der auch wertvolle Tipps zur Stadt gibt.
Andy was extremely helpful. When we arrived at the local metro station, he met us and guided us to the flat. Great flat - very central, tastefully decorated, good bed, loads of space. Living in Prague, Andy was also very helpful in providing the local knowledge we required. Along the way, we encountered a small problem with the plumbing. Again, Andy made sure this was fixed very quickly. Great holiday! Simon, Inge and Carla
Andrew is so nice and helpful its worth it to stay there to meet him! The apartment is very well located. It has all you need to cook, wash and dry your clothes. The bed is confortable. You don't need anything else.
We were 4 persons on a very nice trip to Prag in week 14 2014. The apartment was very fine and clean. Andy gave us many informations about Prag in the week with sms. It was super. The apartment is very near to allthings in Prag. There is very many resturants near Miru just 5 min. walk and they are good and the prices low. So in all it has been a super stay.
Linda, Bjarne, Henny & Per
Ps: Do use this apartment.
Andrew is a nice host and attends well to his guests. The apartment was comfortable and looked just as described and photographed. The location is awesome - walking distance to everything in Prague's centre. As a couple we had a pleasant time there (also thanks to Andy's insights where to go/what to see). We can definitely recommend this accommodation to anyone going to Prague.
Andrew was a fantastic host.
He took time to tell is where and what's.
His view of where to go to meet the locals was specific and helped us alot.
The apartment was fantastic, and the location was just perfect. 4 min walk to the nearest metro.
Will stay there again next time.
Thx Andrew
It was a wonderful stay with Andrew. The apartment is clean, nicely decorated and quiet. In the kitchen everything is there that you need. The park in front of the house is unfortunately not possible because these parking lots are reserved for residents, but about 100 meters down the road you will find a parking space in the next district. Nearby there are also some nice restaurants where you can eat well and on a budget, we needed for dinner with drinks together about 30 €. The city is best explored with the tram line or subway. Tickets are available from the vending machine (coins erfoderlich) or at the subway station Miru at a cash register. Many thanks to Andrew for the nice and easy absorption in the apartment. We wish you all a happy and a happy new year 2014. Parg is worth the trip. Greetings Stefan
Es war ein wunderschöner Aufenthalt bei Andrew. Die Wohnung ist sauber, schön eingerichtet und ruhig gelegen. In der Küche ist alles vorhanden was man braucht. Das parken vor dem Haus ist leider nicht möglich da diese Parkplatze für Anwohner reserviert sind, aber ca 100m die Strasse runter findet man einen Parkplatz im nächsten Bezirk. In der nähe gibt es auch ein paar schöne Lokale in denen man Gut und Günstig essen kann, wir brauchten für Abendessen mit getränken zusammen ca. 30€. Die Stadt erkundet man am besten mit der Starssenbahn oder U-Bahn. Tickets gibt es am Automaten (Münzen erfoderlich) oder an der U-Bahnhaltestelle Miru an einer Kasse. Herzlichen Dank an Andrew für die nette und unkomplizierte Aufnahme in der Wohnung. Wir wünschen allen einen guten rutsch und ein gutes neues Jahr 2014. Parg ist eine Reise wert. Gruß Stefan
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Financial site Money-rates.com used cost of living, average salary, unemployment rates and workplace conditions to rank the best and worst states to make a living. Here are the top and bottom 10:
10. South Carolina -- Wages are too low to be justified by the low cost of living. Also, workplace conditions here scored below the norm.
9. New Jersey -- High wages are undermined by a very high cost of living. The state's unemployment rate is also fairly high, and workplace conditions are rated below average.
8. Arkansas -- Like many Southern states, it suffers from the problem of low wages and high unemployment negating the benefit of a low cost of living.
7. Alabama -- Again, low wages and high unemployment make a low cost of living less of a benefit than it would be otherwise. Workplace conditions are also rated very low.
6. Alaska -- Despite having no state income tax, Alaska's workers are effectively taxed by a high cost of living. Unemployment is also above average, according to Money-rate.com.
5. Connecticut -- Here again, high incomes are not enough to make up for a high cost of living. Also, unemployment remains above average.
4. Rhode Island -- In Rhode Island, a high cost of living more than neutralizes the benefits of a high average income and a low state income tax burden.
3. Mississippi -- Here, the problem is that wages are very low even when measured against the state's low cost of living. On top of that, unemployment is high.
2. New York -- Incomes in this state may be above average, but when you factor in a high cost of living and a high state income tax, New Yorkers come out behind the typical worker.
1. Hawaii -- This state's primary problem is a cost of living more than 50 percent higher than the norm, which makes it very difficult to make a decent living. Wages in the state are not nearly high enough to compensate.
10. Nebraska -- Nebraska earned high honors again, thanks primarily to one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. The cost of living is also very reasonable.
9. Oklahoma -- Oklahoma's virtues include a low cost of living, low unemployment and excellent workplace conditions.
8. Nevada -- Nevada's unemployment rate, though still a problem, has fallen by more than 5 percent over the past four years, and employees give the state's workplace conditions high marks.
7. Virginia -- Virginia benefits from high incomes, a moderate cost of living and low unemployment. However, the typical tax burden is heavier than average.
6. North Dakota -- North Dakota benefits tremendously from the nation's lowest unemployment rate, and employees gave the state's workplace conditions the highest rating of any state. Income levels are below par though.
5. Utah -- Cost of living and unemployment in the state are very low, and workplace conditions are above average.
4. Colorado -- The greatest strength Colorado has going for it is a high average income level in a state where the cost of living is about average. Workplace conditions are considered decent, and unemployment is about average.
3. Minnesota -- This state moved up three slots from last year, largely on very low unemployment and excellent workplace conditions. Taxes and cost-of-living are higher than average, but income levels make up for it.
2. Texas -- While the typical income in Texas is only about average, the state benefits from a cost of living and unemployment rate that are both lower than average.
1. Washington -- Washington's strengths include one of the highest average incomes in the nation, no state income tax and workplace conditions that ranked in the top 10 in the Gallup-Healthways survey, according to Money-rates.com.
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WATERBURY — Wilby High athletic director Steve Baldwin just can't hand enough praise to Wildcats senior Darren Cook, especially after Cook recently earned the distinction of being admitted to the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
"How many kids from around here get into West Point? We've had one in my 16 years here, and now Darren is my second," Baldwin said. "It just takes a special kid to get in there."
Cook, a four-year member of the Wilby football team and a captain at all three levels of the program, said he started considering the military academies when he was a freshman and eventually decided upon West Point after a visit.
He said his experience as a captain and starting offensive lineman for the Wildcats has been important in his decision to attend West Point.
"It's played a large role," said Cook, who captained the varsity squad during the last two seasons. "I've had a lot of leadership experience, and it's taught me a lot about myself. I would like to play football (at Army), but it's kind of unlikely. I'm going to look into it."
Baldwin points to Cook as a role model for not only those at Wilby, but to students everywhere.
"You want 300 kids like this in every class," Baldwin said. "It's what a student-athlete truly is. He has good sportsmanship and sets a great example for everyone. This is the role model you want for every student in America. Getting into West Point is like getting into Harvard."
Cook hopes others can see his achievement and know they can do it, too.
"The service academies don't have a lot of representation from Waterbury," Cook said. "Being from the Waterbury public school system, it's tough to get into the top-tier colleges and service academies. But with a lot of hard work, it's definitely doable."
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A bit annnoying - all that plate-changing thing. When taking Panos and POIs in between each other
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You just want to be a member of the SS so bad you see the initials everywhere.
You just want to be a member of the SS so bad you see the initials everywhere.
I want Globo's international package. I hope it's a clump of facial hair.
We all want Glowie's package, Changarang.
Bought my SS present today, it's so fluffy I kind of want one for myself.
Just need to organize my stuff and mail it. Not bad for the first week of December.
My package just got caught in my zip.
I'd take a picture for proof but I maybe banned. Ow.
That's why God invented PMs.
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I'd need to borrow the Hubble to get a picture of it.
All I know is I caught a very sensitive area and it hurts like all hell has gone to war on my genitalia.
Right, I've sent my items to the direction of my Secret Santa. Fingers-crossed that he'll enjoy them.
Will be mailing my shit in a few days. My gift may or may not start WW3.
Sending my badass bombshell of a gift out tomorrow.
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Gergiev's pronouncements on the ballet's general aspect have unearthed that he dislikes Forsythe ballets being done in the Kirov
I dislike Forsythe ballets being done by any classical company. I think I'm beginning to warm to Maestro Gergiev.
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Gergiev's pronouncements on the ballet's general aspect have unearthed that he dislikes Forsythe ballets being done in the Kirov
Posted 09 April 2008 - 06:37 AM
It would be interesting to know what this is all about, especially given Gergiev's position with, and ocmmitment to, the Metropolitan Opera.
This turmoil has been reignited since, in America, as Gergiev "urgently" called up Igor Zelensky to dance in the US, abandoning his planned performances in the Mikhailovski theatre in St Petersburg. This is seen as indicating favour for Zelensky as Kirov company leader and currying favour with American audiences.
Is this a new stance on Geregiev's part? Based on what I've read here on Ballet Talk, I had the impression that he was not terribly interested in the ballet portion of the Maryinsky.
She also remarks that if Gergiev is now making blanket criticisms of the ballet policy
Ah ... Gergiev joins the club of other powerful chief executives (going back to Caesar at least) of whom this can had has been said.
For Vaziev the writer has a lot of sympathy. She says that all mistakes will be put down to his account, including of course Gergiev's -- since "Gergiev can hardly be wrong".
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...Zelensky was booked already on the NYC tour months ago (was he not)? ....
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...Zelensky was booked already on the NYC tour months ago (was he not)? ....
Oh but he was not, Catherine. Kolb was to have danced Scheherazade with Vishneva on that Sunday afternoon. I know some Kolb fans who traveled from Japan to the USA specifically to see Kolb w/ Vishneva, who were extremely disappointed to get Zelensky -- not looking his greatest at age 40ish -- instead.
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Today a brochure from the White Nights Foundation of America arrived. It turns out that the Sunday, April 6 performance is to be a Gala. Following the 3 PM performance, there is to be a cocktail reception followed by a seated dinner with the Artists, at the NYCC Atrium. Valery Gergiev is slated to conduct Scheherazade.
According to the brochure, Igor Zelensky and Daria Pavlenko are to be among the dancers during the City Center season, but no specific dancers are mentioned for the Gala performance. The document is not dated, so it might well pre-date Ardani's casting, or may not. In a way, perhaps a cautionary note regarding reliability of Mariinsky casting.
The organization's phone number is 212-757-9632 and they give their website as www.wnfa.org
The event is very expensive; the organization is headed by former Pepsi Chair and Goodwill Ambasador for Presidents Nixon and Bush pere, Donald M. Kendall.
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One was sent to me. I am not a member and do not know why (I had purchased some tickets well before October: could they have obtained a list of such people from City Center?). I was motivated to then buy tickets (upstairs) for that performance, just on the hunch I might get to see Zelensky. I was not disappointed in his performance. Even the updated casting list that's been available in the outer lobby since the season began made no mention of Kolb's replacement.
Who got that brochure, drb? How would Kolb's fans in Japan know this, for example?
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Even the updated casting list that's been available in the outer lobby since the season began . . .
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Russian papers report that Makhar Vaziev is out and is succeeded as company manager by ballet master Yuri Fateyev.
Interview with Valery Gergiev about the matter in Rossiskaya Gazeta and article in Kommersant.
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5 Reasons The Terminator Franchise Makes No Goddamn Sense
With the release of Terminator Salvation (aka Terminator With Batman and Transformers!) we'd like to take a closer look at the franchise that has explored such pressing issues as our dependence on machines, what it means to be human and how utterly incredible it would be if Robert Patrick could turn his arm into a fucking knife.
However, in our exploration of this series, we have come across a few gaps in logic, which we felt compelled to share with you. Why? Because we don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and we absolutely will not stop, ever, until every movie you have ever loved is ruined.
#5. Daddy Issues and Paradoxes
If you've found your way to this article, odds are you remember The Terminator, but let's refresh some key plot points. In the mysterious and distant future--1997, to be exact--Skynet, a highly-advanced artificial intelligence, is introduced to the world. Humans decide to hand over all military control to this system because in the Terminator universe the people have not seen The Terminator.
Decades later, the humans are at war with the robots and a brave warrior named John Connor takes charge and turns the tide. The machines strike back by sending the Governor of California back to the 80s to kill Connor's mom before he's born. The humans send Michael Biehn back to protect her.
Along the way, he makes it part of his mission to protect her vagina from not having his penis in it. And that, readers, is where everything in the space-time continuum gets "iffy."
As it turns out, when Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton sleep together, they conceive John Connor. And, as we learn in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, when the Terminator is destroyed in the first film, the microchip in its skull survives, falls into the hands of computer company Cyberdyne Systems, and allows for the creation of Skynet in the first place.
Therefore, the only reason either John Connor or the machines exist is because the Terminator went back in time, and the only reason the Terminator went back in time is because the machines and John Connor exist. Get it?
"I have to protect your unborn child, but first let's go ahead and get you pregnant."
Oh, and John Connor and our heroes spend the last act of the second movie trying to prevent said war, meaning John Connor is trying to prevent his own existence, by eliminating the reason for his dad to travel back in time to conceive him. And, if he does prevent his own existence, well, he certainly won't be around to prevent the war thus prevent his existence and...
Well, you get the idea.
#4. If At First You Don't Succeed...
So, we've established that the first Terminator failed and was in fact killed by a waitress. Consider how embarrassing that must have been for it.
But neither Skynet or Hollywood give up on good ideas, they merely try them again when the technology improves. Hence Terminator 2, in which a highly-advanced liquid metal Terminator is sent back again, only this time it's the 90s and the target, being young John Connor, can barely tie his shoes.
Luckily, the original T-800, his balls now safely removed, is sent back to protect John after being reprogrammed by him in the future. They meet up with Linda Hamilton and once again, our heroes thwart the bad guy, despite his obvious technological advantage. Did we mention he can turn his arm into a knife? C'mon.
The third time around, Skynet throws a little something called the T-X John Connor's way.
The T-X has a liquid metal substance for skin, futuristic weapons built into its endoskeleton, and can make its breasts grow at will. Yet, once again an outdated T-800, Nick Stahl and Claire Danes defeat this wonderful creation. Is your disbelief still suspended?
If so, answer this for us: Can't Skynet just keep on trying until it gets John Connor?
We highly doubt that the time machine has an "only three assassination attempts per user" rule. And anyway, why do they keep on trying to attack John Connor at different periods in his existence anyway? Couldn't they send the T-X back to the 80s to deal with Linda Hamilton again?
Or even earlier? After all, why lose the element of surprise by traveling to a time when the targets know what they're up against? It'd make a lot more sense to send the Terminators to earlier in the character's lives, when they were still oblivious to the threat. Get Sarah Connor as an infant, damnit. Hell, even if it was just one day earlier than the first movie, it would still make all the difference in the world.
Honestly, who programmed this shit?
#3. Breaking the Law (Their Own)
The Terminator series really only establishes two rules for its futuristic technology:
1. The robots cannot show emotion;
2. The time machine can't transport non-living matter.
First, the emotion thing. This one seems pretty easy to nail down, right (they're fucking robots)? And it's stated right in the second movie when Arnold says, "I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do" (though some students of the franchise speculate that was just Schwarzenegger thinking out loud on the set and the microphone happened to be on).
So why then, at the end of that very film, does the T-1000 give us the world's greatest "oh shit" face just moments before his destruction:
Pictured: The clinical, calm detachment of a robot.
And he's not the only one. When the T-X discovers that she is on the trail of her main target John Connor, she displays an odd mix of excitement and what appears to be arousal, because hunting down the savior of mankind must be so damn hot.
Come on, lady, your one job in this movie was to not act.
And then there's the non-living matter time machine issue. As Kyle Reese explains in the first film, no advanced weaponry can be brought back from the future because the time machine can only transmit living tissue. That's why we had to tolerate naked Schwarzenegger ass for two films before somebody finally remembered to put a hot woman in the role.
Now, technically, the first Terminator is a machine with living tissue layered over its endoskeleton, so it gets a pass, we guess. Enter the T-1000, the second film's liquid metal Terminator that can take nearly any shape and recover from nearly any wound. Oh, and it can turn its arm into a knife.
The problem is, this Terminator is composed entirely of liquid metal. No living tissue, no flesh, just 100% mimetic-poly alloy (thank you, James Cameron). That means, according to the rules clearly established in the first movie, it cannot travel back in time.
But, it does. Same goes for the T-X in the third movie. That Terminator is liquid metal on top of a heavily armored endoskeleton. It shouldn't be able to venture to the past either.
Now, the whole point of adding that rule in the first movie was that it closed the "why don't they just send back a nuclear bomb?" plot hole. Fine. But just to further piss all over that logic, we find out in the third film that, in fact, the T-800 has the equivalent of little nukes stored in its abdomen. That's how he ultimately defeats the lady Terminator. So... why didn't he use those against Sarah Connor in the first movie?


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What is the difference between ignorant and uninformed? In ordinary usage, is one considered a put down and the other considered a statement of fact? If so, why? Am I ignorant or simply uninformed?
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People often contrast "stupid" from "ignorant". "Stupid" means a lack of intelligence, an inability to comprehend information. "Ignorant" means a lack of information.
"Uninformed" means pretty much the same thing as "ignorant". It has a milder tone, but that's about the only difference.
Ignorant means the person in question did not bother to "get informed". Being uninformed can have several causes, not necessarily that of not showing concern.
Well, I hate to disagree with @Milosz, but negativity attaches to both adjectives. Calling someone uninformed is simply a politer way of calling them ignorant.
If you're looking for a more neutral adjective, try unaware.
As can be seen from the form of the word, 'ignorant', strictly speaking, means 'having ignorance, ignoring the facts, not caring'. However, as is often the case, people use the word loosely to suggest lack of knowledge. It is certainly pejorative. It can also imply lack of social grace, particularly in the expression 'pig ignorant'.
I would say 'uninformed' was designed to be emotionally neutral, a mere statement of fact that someone is not in full possession of the facts. However, the manner of delivery of the word can convey contempt. If a governmental policy etc. is described as uninformed, it implies that not enough trouble has been taken to ascertain the facts.


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Why does the battery for android phones perform much better after 2 or 3 weeks of usage? Is there any logical reason?
I'll agree with Al Everett and say that the amount of playing with the new toy is certainly a factor early on.
I also did not notice any intrinsic changes in the systems battery management over time. I did however notice a massive increase in battery life by turning off auto-sync, and even mobile on occasion. With those two on, I'd see a significant drop in battery when I slept overnight, but it doesn't budge with those two off.
I use two power control widgets, the HTC data dashboard and the Android power control widget. Between the two, it's a piece of cake to tweak power settings to make sure I get the most out of the battery.
It does not. If you don't change any settings, Android will always do power management the same way. Installing and removing apps can affect battery life since running processes may eat battery while your acreen is locked, and the like.
Actually battery life can change and according to this post from HTC it can even be improved by the steps outlined in the post.


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Is there a cyber warfare equivalent to the JTLS? Is a "cyber range" the correct term for something like that?
Are you familiar with the the DETER project? It might be the sort of thing you are looking for.
A note of caution: I find that those new to the area sometimes have a lot of enthusiasm for the idea of "cyber testbeds", "cyber ranges", and the like, but personally, I am more skeptical. Unless you already have substantial experience in the field, I think it is easy to overestimate the benefits of these things. There is no silver bullet to security.
Yes, both JFCOM and DARPA have worked on cyber ranges for the US Government.
If you search for the JFCOM Information Operations range you will find several published pdfs and papers regarding the architecture of the range.
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I currently brew in my garage but everything that I need is in the basement, so I was wondering if it would be reasonable to think about power venting the fumes, and therefore to CO outside to make it safe.
If you want to brew indoors you should seriously consider using electricity. If done correctly death by CO and fire are much less of an issue. There are lots of great options for electric brew setups (e.g. http://theelectricbrewery.com/)
Just make sure your wiring is up to spec and use GFI outlets to reduce the risk of death by electrocution. Brewing safety should be priority number one. As we all know that drinking a homebrew while brewing is an imperative leading to at least one stupid mistake per brew session. Making the mistakes less like to be fatal is a good thing.
In the winter I have brewed in an averaged size two car garage with the bay doors closed if it was really cold out. I use a two burner propane driven system and both burners run for most of the 4-5hour brewing session. I have never had a problem with CO. As a result I don't think you need to move much air. TO be safe I'd simply try and set up your indoor equipment near a door or window, and use a small fan for make up air.
A CO monitor nearby would help increase the safety level certainly.
While CO is a real concern not to be taken lightly, the reality is I don't think we really create enough of it with properly functioning burners to be a concern.
I've boiled many batches in our basement using a turkey-fryer style propane burner. I keep a CO alarm nearby and put a box or other fan near the stairs. I've never had the CO alarm go off, but our basement is approximately 800 sq-ft and our house (built in 40s) is most likely pretty poorly insulated. If you have a smaller basement or more airtight insulation then you may need to move more air. Definitely keep an alarm nearby and you'll probably need someone somewhere else in the house to hear it.
(disclaimer, I'm not a fireman nor an expert on CO, please don't die)
I have just looked up what the requirements for a gas powered cooking stove in germany are (quite common if you are heating with gas), and the regulations say that you need a room of at least 20m3 volume to be allowed to operate this and "sufficent" venting.
The biggest risk is the gas though, so I would suggest you install a gas alarm in the room. The CO2 is also dangerous, but you will notice CO2 very early (your body reacts to it, giving you the impression of bad air very early), gas might be odorless...


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CAMERON (January 21, 2013)--The Cameron City Council is holding a special meeting Tuesday to include discussion of the September Annual Audit as well as the city manager and police chief.
The agenda for the meeting also includes the discussion of expenditures.
The meeting will get underway at 5:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at city hall.


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Ian Summers
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Ian Summers
Stockton, New Jersey
Prostate Roar
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on March 15, 1998.
I was angry.
Since I was unable to travel, I built a studio in my barn and recommitted myself to bringing art into being by drawing on my own experiences. Prostate Roar shows the anger I felt with my diagnosis.


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Any employee who is the victim of a domestic violence offense or has witnessed a domestic violence offense may be granted, upon request, unpaid time off to appear as a witness, consult with the district attorney, or exercise his or her rights provided in criminal procedure law, the family court act, or the executive law, provided that the request is made prior to the date of the absence. The employee must provide verification of the employee's service from the party who sought the employee's attendance or testimony.
Retaliation against an employee for requesting or obtaining such a leave is prohibited.
|Effective Date:
|September 01, 2008
|Issuing Authority:
|Executive Vice President and Provost
|Responsible Officer:
|Vice President for Human Resources
|Office Name:
|Human Resources
The purpose of this policy is to comply with the provisions of Section 215.14 of the New York State Penal Law, which prohibits employers from penalizing eligible employees for taking leave to participate in a domestic violence proceeding.
This policy applies to all employees who are employed by New York University. Such employees are deemed "eligible".


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That's my Champions' League over for another season. Out in the 1st Knockout Rd again to Man City. Back to the league I suppose.
[Edit] - I do at least have the pleasure of introducing the latest player to come through the club's increasingly absurd youth academy. Welcome aboard Sérgio Rodrigues, another Azorean to look like they have a future in the first team. Born in Madalena do Pico (not on my island of Terceira, but instead Pico) he does not have quite the potential of some of the more recent products, but if I can train his physical stats up a bit and he can learn the mental side of the game then he has a place in the first team squad.
The success of the youth academy is making me wish this was happening in a challenge like the old San Marino double challenge (which I notice no-one has started this season, I might think about putting that right) and the youngsters were going into an Azorean national team rather than just the Portuguese team.
[Edit2] - And he's making his debut in the League Cup Semifinal, becoming the youngest player in our history. And he's just gone and got himself a goal on his debut!