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On 1x people often say that to complete a story you need to have a third element. Fine, but what can you do when you don't have a human around to pose for you?
How to compose the following scene so that it doesn't look "empty"?
On 1x people often say that to complete a story you need to have a third element. Fine, but what can you do when you don't have a human around to pose for you?
How to compose the following scene so that it doesn't look "empty"?
If you think the scene looks empty, I don't think there's much you can do to recompose the scene to make it look less empty whilst maintaining the original point. If the point was the line of trees, then you could play with the focus point (focusing on a closer tree would have put less emphasis on the bench), but doing much beyond that, in my mind is changing the scene.
If you don't want it to look empty, change the scene. You could take a tricycle with you. You could take some bird / animal food and scatter it on the floor in front of you to attract some wildlife to the scene (have no idea how practical this is where you are). You could cut down what's visible in the image, focus on the bench, a smaller number of trees, the poles between the trees... Or, you could embrace the emptiness and make that the focus of the scene. An empty bench by the trees, a discarded book, glove, hat, broken umbrella, newspaper, letter...
You seem to be listening to people on 1x telling you that you need 3 things to tell a story... Great, I've heard similar things about 5 and odd numbers in general. But fundamentally if you're trying to tell a story you need to know what the story is. If you know that, then you're far more likely to figure out what it is that is missing from the shot. A line of trees can make an attractive picture, but it's not a story. The rigid restrictions placed on nature so that it can exist in built up areas might be the start of a story... but then you'd be looking for something to emphasise that order, such as more of the straight lines from the block of flats in the distance... or contrast it with the chaotic pile of pipes behind the trees.
If you want to tell a story, the first thing to do is decide what story you want to tell... and it may be that it needs several pictures to tell it... Personally, I don't see anything wrong with empty as long as it's there for a reason...
You need to know what you are trying to do and (perhaps) why.
Given that scene to play with I'd try all sorts of angles and subsets. Mainly bench, through the hole in the legs, looking down, and up, and overhead tress framed by bench etc.
Given that exact position and subject material - feet may not move -
I may desperately try things like you see here
Here's one of them - BUT I'd try to find other views and angles in preference.
You have just mentioned a whole new subject.
"How do I get people to pose for me?". I can get 80%+ of random strangers to pose for me - women are easier to persuade than men - women understand that a man may wish to take their photo for whatever reason. Men wonder why you'd want to. BUT that's a whole new question. Ask it :-).
Many of the people here are strangers. (The two young women hat the sequence starts at had never met me before.
As can be seen, quite a large % in these photos don't know I'm there even when I am right in front of them, but many people will say yes when asked if they are comfortable enough with you. (In many cases here I'm an oldish white guy in Asia and people expect some of us to be camera mad, so some of the barriers are gone, but it works at home too).
@Anisha Kaul - I just came across your "Life cycle" 'story' on 500px.com . It's stunning.
I'd be hard put to say how many "elements" it had. Has it got 3? I don't know, but the story aspect was wonderful. The theme is well enough explored, some might perhaps say over explored, but your photo was marvellous to come upon suddenly and unexpectedly, evocative of a number of aspects of the theme, such that you look for other aspects, find some, and wonder if they were in your mind when you created the image. If I was crafting the image I'd probably have done some things differently, but that's wholly irrelevant. I may have added more burning candles with some suggestion of small flame growing and then shrinking - but odds are that that would just have over complicated it. Things one wonders about - it doesn't matter whether they were intended or not - the fact that they may have been - or may not have been - just adds to the effect:
Did the photographer intend all these "messages" ? - very probably not.
Why am I posting this here and not on your question that used this photo as its basis?
Who am I that my opinion should count, or not? - another of your questions.
If you continue with photos like "Life cycle" with its 'story' you can add me to your "people who are pleased" list :-).
Composition actually varies from person to person. It's not that you can just copy cat their idea into your one. To increase your composition skill I would rather suggest you to spend time watching other people's photo and then come out with something of your own. Just dont copy someone's frame - rule number one!
Now this photo is not attractive for many reasons.
Well there could be many more but in simple, to make photo of empty space more attractive - use people or use props. Always keep some small toys in your pocket because they come handy. And also read about "how to use negative space in photos". The following article could be useful
I like the first picture better. I think that the blur is very good. It gives the impression of secretly watching someone that's all alone, and wondering if I should go over there and give them some comfort. Even though the image doesn't have any people in it, to me, the empty bench depicts a person that is alone and without friends. I think that you can build on the impression of emptiness instead of trying to fill it up. I think the construction and scaffolding behind the bench portrays other people who have outcast the invisible person on the bench. I think that when I think about it, I am seeing more and more the empty bench as an empty person.


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Shakespeare's Sonnets, a heat-seeking missile, the local Matthew 25 Mission, a John Masefield poem and an antique lawn mower blade lying in the grass provide the inspiration for some of the compositions that will be showcased at the third annual ECU Faculty and Friends Composer Concert on Feb. 12 [THURSDAY]. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center.
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Students from 75 high schools are expected to compete Tuesday morning [FEB. 10] in the 93rd annual Interscholastic Meet at East Central University, the oldest and largest meet in Oklahoma.
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This tutorial will show you how to create a scrolling panorama from a picture file. Requires Kdenlive >= 0.7.3
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 23:37
Followed the tutorial on ubuntu jaunty with self-compiled kdenlive 7.4. This effect can't be applied on PNG-pictures with transparancy-backgroundlayer in it... Have I forgotten an dependency in compilation? And the picture would not move if you select the number of the layer. So I marked the track to black (right side in menu transition / next to selection of composite). Then everything worked just fine. Many thanks for this great tutorial.
With this effect you can also make moving titles (like in the movies). With inkscape I make a canvas of 720x2100 for a dvd-pal. Put the names in it (black symbols on white canvas), export it to png, convert it to jpg or flatten the png so that the background is white. Then follow the tutorial, select scale - original size, first keyframe on top-positon and last keyframe bottom-position.
Sat, 07/18/2009 - 19:34
I couldn't get this to work. No matter what I did on resizing, the changes would not be reflected in the image. In the video the picture easily changed when the user was setting to 230, then 228. No matter what I did nothing would effect the zoom factor of the image.
It was a jpg image using 0.75 (the repository on the download page) and a fresh install of jaunty.
I'll keep working at it but it's a bit frustrating because I would like to use the software for my project.
Update: Worked more on this and I was able to get it to work with another image. Rendered and it came out OK...a little choppy. Rendered once and just got a black screen. Definitely takes some practice and experimentation to get right.
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 06:12
The Composite transition expects 2 tracks to work with. If you put the image on the bottom video track, then it works as expected because there is always a hidden black track (if you read the .kdenlive XML project file you will see it). If you do not put the image on the bottom track, then in the Composite parameters panel, for "with track" you must select "Black."
Sat, 10/10/2009 - 22:29
This works for me only when using a jpg still image. I can't get the Composite resize to work at all with video clips or slideshow sequences. Is that expected behavior, or should this work will all types of media?
using 0.7.3 under ubuntu 9.04
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 06:29
Yes, it does work with video clips; however, by default Composite does not scale the top image greater than 100% of its original size. By default, the rectangle acts as a bounding rectangle. You must enable the Fill option in the Composite parameters to make it scale the source over 100% and "fill" the rectangle. In the video tutorial, since he was working with a large digital photo it was always downscaling the image to fit within the rectangle. Since a slideshow is wrapped up to act like a virtual video clip, it falls under the same rules as a "low res" (as compared to multi-megapixel digital photo) video.
Petros Palaistis
Thu, 12/10/2009 - 11:03
Thank you very much for this nice video tutorial , now i have to try it too !
Thu, 01/07/2010 - 15:07
when I render the film it is NOT DOING the composite. it shows the image as a still.
I did exactly what was explained in the tutorial and it looks alright in the red preview, where I added just to keyframes. but even playing the image with the composite effect in kdenlive is not showing any effect of moving or whatsoever.
is there something to enable before that works?
thanks for any suggestions.
Tue, 04/20/2010 - 02:45
Very nice. One important thing to note ( I missed it and it took quite awhile to discover ) is that the image needs to be added to video time line 2. It won't work on 0 or 1.


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On Thursday, November 14, 2013, the Immigrant Rights Fellows at Rutgers School of Law–Newark will host a panel on the reasoning and implications behind Newark's non-compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) holds.
On July 24, 2013, Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio signed a policy refusing to honor requests from I.C.E. to detain suspects of minor criminal offenses. I.C.E. had asked law enforcement agencies across the country to hold an individual in custody on behalf of the federal immigration enforcement agency, even if the individual had posted bail. Newark law enforcement officials concluded that the initiative would clog the already crowded prison system. Opponents of the request also fear that compliance with the request would turn police officers into immigration enforcers and create distrust in the community.
The three panelists – Udi Ofer of the American Civil Liberties Union-New Jersey, Amy Gottlieb of the American Friends Service Committee Immigrant Rights Program, and Eugene Squeo of Saint Patrick's Church – will discuss why the policy was implemented, what it means, and where Newark will go from here.
|"A Brick City Victory: Newark Police Refuse to Honor I.C.E. Detainers" presented by the Immigrant Rights Fellows at Rutgers School of Law-Newark
|Udi Ofer, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union-New Jersey
Amy Gottlieb '96, Program Director, American Friends Service Committee Immigrant Rights Program
Eugene Squeo, Saint Patrick's Chrich
|5:00 pm, Thursday, November 14, 2013
|McCarter & English Lecture Hall (room 070), Rutgers School of Law–Newark


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This sandwich tastes so much like a treat, the kids will be tempted to gobble it down before the lunch bell rings!
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- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons Cary's Sugar Free Maple Syrup
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) chopped dry roasted peanuts
- 8 slices reduced-calorie whole-wheat bread
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Fresh Fall Container Gardens
Pumpkin pretty
Emphasize the bounty of autumn by packing your fall container garden with a variety of plants. They don't need much elbowroom for end-of-the-season growing. This planter, an antique cream separator, makes good neighbors of (clockwise, from top middle) red cockscomb celosia, yellow pansies, blue fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'), orange 'Peter Pan Mix' zinnias, 'Pink Pewter' lamium, 'Deep Orange' pansies and rosemary. Pumpkins and gourds displayed next to your fall container add an extra splash of seasonal color.
Tub of color
Ornamental grasses bring handsome height to a metal laundry tub. 'Burgundy Giant' red fountaingrass provides a rusty backdrop for dark pink, daisylike 'Cecilia' chrysanthemum and cheerful Sundaze Golden Yellow strawflower. Petite blue fescue adds texture at the front of the vintage container.
Crazy for kale
One of fall's healthiest veggies looks as good in a vase as it does on your plate. Group flowering kale with vibrant flowers for easy autumnal arrangements.
Find colorful kales at your local farmers market or flower shop. To grow in your garden: Plant them in moist, well-drained soil in full sun.
In our container at back, vibrant orange Ranunculus and pincushion flowers give white flowering kale a boost. In the smaller container, purple mini calla lilies blend with purple kale, while globe-shape yellow billy balls (Craspedia) provide happy accents.
Overflowing wheelbarrow
A mound of bold purple mums becomes the focal point among foliage in a wheelbarrow. In front of the mums, purple flowering kale blends with trailing bacopa. Spurge brings a hint of red to the far right and left corners. The purple-tinted leaves of bugleweed separate two clumps of spiky santolina. Fox-red curly sedge adds an airy note in back.
Bountiful birdbath
A weathered concrete birdbath elevates a spicy plant mix. 'Blushing Emily' chrysanthemum and wispy 'Pink Champagne' rubygrass bring bursts of cinnamon-red to green kale and yellow-green Golden Globes loosestrife. The dark foliage of red-centered Tiny Toes coleus and bronzy Dolce Crème Brulee coral bells round out the arrangement.
Vertical drama
Give your fall container height and texture by adding dried pampas grass and iris pods. Peacock kale and mums mound together at the base.
Super simple
Beautiful containers can be as simple as one type of plant per pot. Group several one-plant pots for maximum impact. Here, pots of mums, pansies, burning bush and kalanchoe add bright fall color to the patio setting.
Easy transition
Red twigs add cheer and height in this fall-to-winter container of wintergreen, Mugo dwarf pine, the white-variegated foliage of Hebe Variegata, maidengrass 'Morning Light', and ornamental millet 'Purple Baron'.
Tall advantages
Tall plants such as cannas provide dramatic focal points in containers. This half wine barrel holds generously sized orange-blooming Tropicanna cannas, purple fountaingrass, firebush (Hamelia patens), lantanas and zinnias.
A bit of everything
Tuck a variety of annuals, perennials and grasses into an antique galvanized container. A swath of red-burgundy 'Helen' chrysanthemums anchors this arrangement, encircled by purple ornamental cabbage; Superbells Trailing Blue Calibrachoa hybrid; Goldilocks Lysimachia nummularia; 'Tricolor' sage (Salvia officinalis); and in the back, fountaingrass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'). Make sure your container has good holes for drainage.
Color punch
Burgundy and purple pair naturally and beautifully in fall containers. Inside this pot: 'Wine and Roses' weigela; Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof', 'Longin' Russian sage, 'Thyra Viking' aster, Kong Scarlet coleus and 'Osaka' flowering cabbage. Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau' rounds out the scheme but is obscured in this photo.
Container to go
Wheelbarrows make creative containers for fall plants--with the added benefit that you can wheel them into the garage on cold fall nights. A red wheelbarrow accents tall red-leaf hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella 'Red Shield') and a host of other colorful plants: grasses leatherleaf sedge (Carex buchananii) and Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'; burgundy-leaf coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides); bright green basil (Ocimum basilicum 'Nufar Hybrid') and lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Little Gem'); trailing Lysimachia nummularia 'Goldilocks'; and pumpkins, hedge apple and pansies (Viola x wittrockiana).
Fall fireworks
This vivid container features bold Aster 'Purple Dome' and flowering kale, creating a festive feel with bright colors. The arching lines of variegated sedge (Carex hachijoensis) offer a striking complement.
Graceful plumes
The proportions of this 2-foot-tall urn support the height of the purple fountaingrass, Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'. Add more autumn color with red-leaf coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Sedona', upper left); the bronze-and-golden blooms of Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherokee Sunset', Calibrachoa 'Million Bells Terra Cotta' and 'Scarlet' pansies around the base. The brown grass Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist' fills out the right edge.
Texture and color
A splash from a fall aster and a purple-blue petunia is all the color this handsome container needs. The rest is done with texture. The crock uses 'Sungal' aster, 'Shenandoah' switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), donkeytail spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites), purple petunias and tricolor sage.
October colors
Pair similar containers of varying heights to add visual interest. Both containers feature 'Orange Symphony' osteospermum hybrids and blue leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides). The large pot also includes 'Ace of Spades' sweet potato vine, Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' and purple fountaingrass. The small container adds purple 'Plum Pudding' coralbells and Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist'.
You can enjoy the beauty of a frosty morning--knowing it won't harm your container garden--with this simple grouping of hens-and-chicks (Sempervivum), Ajuga reptans 'Mahogany', and flowering kale. All three plants take the autumn chill with ease.
Simple and soothing
This easy container features a rugged dwarf hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and a pair of lavender violas (Viola spp.) for a soothing look. A mulch of coarse stones accented by one larger stone helps create a natural scene in miniature.
Sunny delight
Silvery thread-leaf licorice plant (Helichrysum 'Icicles') and a galvanized bucket contrast with bright yellow pansies to make a dramatic statement. Ivy (Hedera helix) flows over the container edge.
All frills
Ruffly 'Redbor' kale, a variety that grows darker with each frost, pairs nicely with a petal-filled pink Chrysanthemum. Silver dusty miller, with its fine-texture foliage, gracefully finishes the picture.
Natural beauty
Harvest hues come naturally in this pairing of a terra-cotta pot with plants that reflect the container's reddish color. Purplish-red Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) anchors the grouping along with green-and-russet coleus (Solenostemon 'Ulrich'). Orange mum (Chrysanthemum 'Festive Ursula') and green-leaf Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Efanthia' provide accents.
Fall window box
A potting shed window box overflows with golden yarrow, green asparagus ferns and dried hydrangeas, plus vinca and Swedish ivy.
Chair garden
A willow chair serves as a rustic container for a mixture of dried hydrangeas, pumpkins and potted plants that include geraniums, Swedish ivy, dusty miller, petunia and 'Tricolor' sweet potato vines.
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Susan Jarvis, Suzuki Department Chair
Shinichi Suzuki believed that "any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue." This approach to learning is based upon a close relationship between the child, parent, and teacher. The parent is present at all classes and lessons and learns how to become the daily home teacher. The principles of the Suzuki method include daily listening, development of concentration and memory skills, learning to work with other students, parents, and teachers in group activities, and continual repetition, mastery, and refinement of techniques, which allows students to build on successes. The Suzuki approach sustains a positive environment for growth.
Students are required to register separately for private lessons and weekly group class.
Beginning Suzuki students are encouraged to participate in the Eurhythmics program.
Suzuki String Faculty
Susan Jarvis, violin
Angela Leidig, violin
LeeAnn Sutton, viola
Jenny Fan, cello
Nancy Hair, cello
Ming-Hui Lin, cello
Suzuki Group Classes
Suzuki Violin
- Suzuki Violin Beginners with Susan Jarvis: Saturdays, 11:15am-12pm
- Suzuki Violin Book 1 with Susan Jarvis: Saturdays, 1-1:45pm
- Suzuki Violin Book 2 with Angela Leidig: Saturdays, 11-11:45am
- Suzuki Violin Book 3 with Angela Leidig: Saturdays, 10:15-11am
- Suzuki Violin Book 4 with Angela Leidig: Saturdays, 9:30-10:15am
Suzuki Viola
- Suzuki Viola Book 1+ with Lee Ann Sutton: Saturdays, 10:15-11am
Suzuki Cello
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I'm looking for an alternative to Fancy Hands in Germany. They offer personal assistants for everyday tasks, that don't want to get off your todo list. Here is a list of typical tasks from their homepage:
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MINGO JUNCTION - Residents in New Jersey and New York lost a lot of items during the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy. Now members of the Mingo Junction Knights of Columbus, Council 4361, are getting a surge of food and clothing items that will be shipped east on Monday.
The Knights of Columbus hall, 117 Legion Drive, will be open again from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. today and Sunday to accept donations. The drive began earlier this week, and Lou Kakascik of the Knights of Columbus said they have "been overwhelmed" with the donations throughout the week.
A box truck from Columbiana County and several pickup trucks pulled up at the hall on Friday afternoon and it was full of about 400 cases of bottled water, clothing and food items.
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HELPING SANDY VICTIMS — The Mingo Junction Knights of Columbus, Council 4361, has been overwhelmed with the response from the community to a request for food and clothing to help those on the East Coast impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Items will continue to be collected from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. today and Sunday. Helping with the hurricane relief drive are front to back, Toni Pastore of the Joshua Project, Columbiana County, and Knights of Columbus members Lou Kakascik, Richard Herrick and Bill DellaPenna.
Toni Pastore of the Joshua Project in Columbiana County said donations were received from the Destiny House in Calcutta, First United Methodist Church, Lisbon, Wellsville First Christian Church and the Wellsville Nazarene Church. All the items were collected in a week, she said.
Kakascik said he got help from the United Way of Jefferson County on a list of contacts and organizations that can be asked for help.
"We reached out to various organizations. We reached out to schools and churches. The response from them has been overwhelming," he said.
Kakascik said Toronto schools have been collecting canned goods. He said Catholic Central High School brought in a van full of items.
The Mingo Junction Knights of Columbus is collecting canned meats (chicken, beef stew, hearty soups), canned fish (tuna, salmon and sardines), chili, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter in plastic jars, canned vegetables and fruits of all kinds, canned spaghetti sauce, enriched pasta, rice, oatmeal and other breakfast cereals and bottled water.
Undergarments are needed in all sizes. Assorted diapers and baby formula also are requested.
Kakascik said it is a good time to clean out the clothes closets since clothing is needed.
Kakascik said monetary donations for food banks also is being accepted. He said New Jersey food banks are able to buy $10 worth of food for every dollar they are given.
A tractor trailer and other vehicles will pull out of the Knights of Columbus hall at midnight Monday to travel to Hillside, N.J., and Estoria, N.Y.
"I never thought we would get this much. We wanted to do well. It shows how many people in the valley care. We got our own problems, and look how we reached out to help," he said.


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Do other characters know where the bulette is if it doesn't attack? If they can attack it, how do I handle it? Do I give it total cover? Can they even attack it when it is underground?
If they don't know where it is and they want to guess, how do I randomize that? Or should I just take the creature off of the board when it is underground and try to remember where it is?


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Suppose $S$ is an uncountable set, and $f$ is a function from $S$ to the positive real numbers. Define the sum of $f$ over $S$ to be the supremum of $\sum_{x \in N} f(x)$ as $N$ ranges over all countable subsets of $S$. Is it possible to choose $S$ and $f$ so that the sum is finite? If so, please exhibit such $S$ and $f$.
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No. $S$ is the union of the countably many sets $A_n=\{s\in S:f(s)>1/n\}$, so some $A_n$ must be infinite (in fact uncountable). Thus, your sum contains infinitely many terms all of which are at least $1/n$.
Actually, I just realized how to solve the problem. The answer is that it is not possible.
Suppose the sum is finite. Let $S_n$, for positive integer $n$, be the set of $x \in S$ such that $f(x) \ge \frac{1}{n}$. Then for each $n$, $S_n$ must be finite, if the sum is finite. But $S = \bigcup_n S_n$, meaning that $S$ is at most countable.
In other words, the sum of uncountably-many non-negative real numbers is finite only if all but countably many of those real numbers are $0$.
This is a standard result in undergraduate analysis, although it is admittedly somewhat hard to find in the standard references. The following is a very non-standard reference: see the last exercise in II.9.4 of these notes on sequences and series (see p. 69...for now; page numbers are subject to change). They occur in the context of a larger discussion on unordered summation, which is what you are looking into above. The general definition of unordered summability is a bit more complicated (it is a nice special case of convergence with respect to a net, although one needn't use the term), but in the case where the values of the "$S$-indexed sequence" are non-negative, it coincides with what you have given: see Proposition 82.
Note that this fact comes up sometimes in practice. In this math.SE question I set as a challenge to give a proof of the following fact -- there is no function $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ with a removable discontinuity at every point -- which does not use the kind of uncountable pigeonhole principle argument that you need to answer the current question. And I got a very nice answer!


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I'm currently running QGIS on Win7 64bit. My installation says it was compiled against and running against PyQt 4.7.1, although according to the Osgeo4W installer and PyQt4.QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR, I actually have PyQt 4.8.3 installed under the Osgeo4w directory.
I'm running into a bug in my PyQt code (related to QNetworkAccessManager) that, according to the bug tracking log, was fixed in PyQt 4.8.0. It seems, then, that the PyQt 4.7.1 module is being used, and the 4.8.3 module is being ignored. I'd like to resolve this issue.
I've seen a few posts on various forums that suggest that the generic distribution of QGIS 1.8 is compiled against PyQt 4.8. I've tried reinstalling QGIS using the Osgeo4w installer after removing all references to PyQt from my system path, but I still end up with QGIS compiled and running against PyQt 4.7.1.
Could anyone shed some light on this issue for me? Should QGIS 1.8 installed through Osgeo indeed be a distribution compiled against PyQt 4.8+? That is, am I doing something wrong in the installation process? Or will I need to compile QGIS manually if I want it to be compiled against PyQt 4.8?
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Is there any day of the week when airfares are statistically the cheapest to buy?
A number of people will tell you different things, but I'll say Tuesday or Wednesday.
Now, there are two parts to this question. Firstly, what day is the cheapest to fly, and then what day is the cheapest to buy.
To fly, is generally during the week days, not Monday or Friday as people are coming back / going on trips - leisure or business. Morning/evening flights are more expensive, etc etc.
Now, the key part you're asking is when do you buy.
Firstly, NOT the weekends. It's been shown, and I've seen personally, that airline ticket prices will often rise on the weekend, then drop again on Monday. The theory being that more people shop for tickets on the weekend. Annoying, but there you go.
Now, the best day? It's going to be Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on a few factors.
Travelocity's Director of Flights, Dominique Philips, says that most airlines tend to release sales on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
John Morrey, vice president of retail air at Expedia says in his opinion, booking on Tuesday evenings is ideal. He notes that airlines tend to release fare sales on Tuesday mornings, and if other carriers match, they usually do so by the evening. Fare sales generally end on Fridays, and Morrey says, "In addition, when airlines raise fares, they tend to do this on a weekend, so Saturdays and Sundays [are] less attractive."
The CEO of Farecompare.com, Rick Seaney, states:
He's so emphatic about this, that he has an entire article devoted to it.
So it depends a little on what you're searching for. For upcoming weekend flights, you should probably consider booking on Wednesdays. For far-ahead (not this weekend) flights, the release times described on Tuesdays seems to be the way to go :)


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This is a thread for feedback on today's blog, which is now LIVE here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...blogs-GUI-pt-2
This is a thread for feedback on today's blog, which is now LIVE here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...blogs-GUI-pt-2
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Have to sign in to Yahoo to view screenshots :S.
What everyone else has said. pitty you need yahoo to view them properly :/
Damn you SI, first we have to use Steam to play FM12 and now we have to sign up with Yahoo to view screenshots.
Says the screenshots are private
It's fixed now.
Yeah sorry guys, you should be able to see them now
Very nice. Particularly the dark skin.
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*DROOL* Looks great. Really looking forward to it.
very nice.
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looks very slick
look's very good
Damn work - can't see them!!
Loving the skin colors function, looking good so far
sexy. slick and call me a big girl but changing the colours for everything has made me very happy!
Yep, all good stuff! Roll on October 21st!!
Even when I zoom these pictures are tiny/blurred. Is it just my resolution?
Like the squad depth screen, any chance the main squad screen could look like this. I particularly like the way the squad positions are split up into different sections.
Question on squad depth - What is the bit about players not excluded from position? Does this mean we can choose to exclude certain players and it will show our best 3 not including him? I hope so, because it's annoying when you have a player who is good in many positions but you only play him in one, and want to know who is best other than him.
Wow, team talks are completely overhauled. Looking good.
First picture, the tactic screen. Where is the "load tactic" and "Save tactic" buttons?
I noticed something in the inbox of one shot saying "squad numbers announced". W00t!
Really like the look of the Skin Colours page. Some handy options there.
Still nothing on Finances or Board Interaction, both areas that sorely need to be fixed.
Starting to think we'll get the same "no financial projections" and "board are idiots" stuff that's been in the last few options.
Love the Squad Depth feature.
Question One
About the attribute color screen
a) Made come changes, close the game. Next time i run FM, will the changes remain?
b) Will the changes only afect the skin i'n playing with, or will overight despite the skin i choose?
Question Two
In the team talk picture, i notice the "body language item. I think this is something like a immediate "response" from the players to your team/individual talk.
a) If i talk to them, and i notice the react baddly, can i change my team talk? Or it will be "locked", and dont allow me to try and try again untill i see a good response from them? I ask this because in FM2011 we only knew the reaction to your team talk after the game... now, we will know it "in teal time".
Are players now rated star wise out of 4? Looks like it in the screenshot of the squad with the seb brown attribute pop-up.
EDIT: Although just realised a few sceenies later there are players showing 5 stars...
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I see the scouting assignments UI still sucks
Love the fact that the reactions to team talks are easy to get to.
I liked what is saw, but there is one thing i missed. That is if a player is left or right footed. You can't see it annymore or did i just overlooked it?
Looks very nice. However, I've noted a few strange things:
Screenshot 1 (tactics screen): Why are the players outside of the match squad not listed in order of position (e.g. GK DR DL DC DMC etc.)?? Actually, I have found this to occur also om my FM2011 game and for me this is a massive annoyance and I also cannot remember this was the case for earlier FM versions. I hope this will be fixed for the full game.
Screenshot X (transfer centre 3): Why are these French clubs listed as npower Championship??? This surely is a bug???
I find it hard to believe, but actually this advice has solved my problem! If you hold shift you can select more than one sorting critera. I never realised this, stupid me...
I should have asked this earlier, because this annoyed me every time when I was making my line-up.
Apologies to SI for naming this a 'bug'!
Gotta say I'm very impressed with what I've seen so far for next years game, looking at the minute like this version will surpass past versions.
Roll on October 21st!!!
Very interesting to note that SI are using a real names fix of their own, with npower League 1 and such!! And all of the team badges!! If only it was released like that!!
On the Transfer Centre 3 picture. Why is npower Championship listed under all the French clubs? I never really look at the Transfer Centre in previous games so maybe I am being thick and don't get how it works, but it makes it look like those clubs are in the npower Championship.
Overall it is looking good, and now I ahve a new 1920x1080 monitor I can take advantage of the extra horizontal space over my old 1280x1024 res. Probably take a lot of getting used though.
On the "Team Report - Dark" screenshot showing the squad depth, 1st team, 2nd team and third team, you can see tick boxes on the right of the screen. What are these for?
New GUI looks awesome. One of the best features so far in my opinion. The tactics/picking-the-squad screen looks much much better, the little floating windows with the player attributes is a great idea, likewise for the dynamic player search without having to open a new window for the filters. Even the dark skin looks great.
The only thing I disliked from the screenies were the team talks which seemed slightly over-complicated, I'm not a huge fan of this whole tone system and the dividing of talks between defenders/midfielders/attackers. I also thought the news item of the key players for the season was a bit daft and an unnecessary extra click, but it's not a huge deal.
The 'I' button on the squad and tactics screen is genius!
Such a brilliant addition!
I must admit to being slightly skeptical about the GUI Blogs as I thought that a few interface modifications would mean nothing to me as I was more interested in the content of the game but this has caught my attention.
It looks very slick and the additions to the interface look to have made an actual impact on how I would play my game.
Very Impressed
New interface looking great
I did notice on the second screen shot that none of the scorelines are next to fixtures so we can't see the results of any of the games - Are they just filtered out in this screen ?
Considering results are still there on this screenshot, I'd say it just means we can customize the columns on that screen.
finally u can change the attributes without goin into xml editing. very handy.
Wonder when the match engine will get a mention? All bells and whistles so far.
do you and Pauly have to bring this up in every single thread?
First time I have mentioned it Slight exaggeration there. GUI looks nice though.
I love the fact that you can actually change the skin of different things now rather than downloading different skins. Love how you can alter the looks of the different areas.
Love how a lot of it all has been condensed into the same view as well. Like in the tactics screen where the Match Preparation is now and that you can click on the "i" next to the players name to see their attributes - all this rather than going into the different other screens like how it is now.
Loving the way it's all looking so far


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Pregnancy: Weeks 27-30
In the seventh month, almost all the parts are in place. Your baby is very busy making faces, hiccuping, crying, kicking, and elbowing you.
Week Number 27
- The network of nerves to the ear is completed.
- The fetus takes some breaths and although breathing in water, not air (in utero, babies breathe in amniotic fluid through the nose and it passes through the lungs and exits back into the amniotic sac), it is good practice for their lungs.
- Because the retinas of the eyes are not finished forming yet, an eye problem called retinopathy of prematurity can occur in babies born at this time.
Week Number 28
- Brain tissue continues to develop.
- The baby begins to dream.
- The eyes open and close.
- The baby sleeps and wakes at regular intervals.
- Although the lungs are still immature, they are capable of sustaining life in the event of a premature birth (often with the help of a respirator).
Week Number 29
- Your baby can turn his head to find the source of a bright light.
- The fat layers continue to form.
- Fingernails are budding.
Week Number 30
- In male babies, the testicles move from near the kidneys through the groin en route to the scrotum.
- In female babies, the clitoris appears large and exposed because it's not yet covered by the folds of skin called the labia.
- The baby's head is getting bigger.
The seventh month is both busy and long. There's so much to do, but there's still so long to wait. Your baby seems anxious to join the world, too, as her kicking and punching become stronger and more frequent.
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If someone sold all the chumatz in their home before pesach, but forgot to sell any chumatz left at their place of work, are they allowed to eat the food left in their office after the holiday?
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Typically, your rabbi will ask you and remind you to sell Chametz at your workplace.
If, however, this slipped past you and you remembered (before noon on) Erev Pesach but it was too late to find your rabbi to sign a contract, you could gather two male Jewish witnesses and tell them that all of your chametz belongs to John Doe (pick a non-Jew who you know), and that would be effective as a sale -- even if you never contacted John Doe about the sale.
If you forget to do this before pesach, it would be assur to eat that chametz -- it would be chametz she'avar alav ha pesach.


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I know all the evidence points to the experimental being section #3 but does anyone have any real proof? Is it mandatory that the experimental section is the same for everybody?
The experimental is always one of the first three sections.
Quote from: Rachelb1 on June 15, 2004, 07:21:19 AMThe experimental is always one of the first three sections.Please insert the word "almost" in front of "always." Thank you.


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This Puma Ferrari Men's Hoodie is clean. This is designed for the guy who likes the finer things in life. This Hoodie features a material change through the collar and the inside of the arms. This will surely grab the attention that you are looking for. Don't settle for Ford or Toyota, its time you rock Ferrari.


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WACO (March 12, 2013)--After deliberating for 45 minutes Tuesday, McLennan County Commissioners approved a request from the McLennan County Sheriff's office for nearly $500,000 to upgrade to new digital radios.
The sheriff's office said it will cost an estimated $477,000 to equip patrol vehicles and deputies with the digital radios.
The request came after the sheriff's office learned that the Waco Police Department's dispatch center will switch from analog to digital radios in June.
Since the early 1990's, the police dispatch center has handled the job of dispatching deputies in response to 911 calls in the county.
"Times are changing. Analog is on its way out, and digital is on its way in," McLennan County Chief Deputy Matt Cawthon said.
"If we don't go digital...and the analog system goes down, then we will be without a dispatch service," he said.
"Imagine a call going to 911, if we are unable to respond because we don't have a radio system, then we're in trouble," Cawthon said.
"We will be in trouble and the people who need us will be in trouble."
The only other option, Cawthon said, would have been to create a new dispatch center for the sheriff's office, but that would have cost taxpayers millions of dollars, significantly more than the conversion to digital radios.
"This solution is a fraction of what it would cost to build a new dispatch center," Cawthon said.
"Not only is this solution cost effective, but it is a solution that will serve for many years to come," he said.


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I'm using Firefox 5 on a Mac. When I perform a Google search, now that the results auto-update, the results will auto-update while I type as it's supposed to whenever I search for something. However, when I finish typing, sometimes it will also update again to show the results for the same term, but missing a letter.
For example, I type "Firefox" in Google, so when I finish typing it shows me the results for "Firefox". Half a second later, though, it sometimes updates again and shows the results for "Firefo", missing the last letter, even though my full search term is in the search box. And of course, they will still show the text that says "Did you mean: Firefox?"
Any thoughts on why the results still update after I finish typing?


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Successful training is a combination of both art and science -- it must involve the right combination of overload, recovery, and insight. Because the body responds to exercise in the same way it responds to stress it is critical to remember that "stress needs rest". When we do not sufficiently respect the balance between training and recovery, overreaching, and if left untreated, overtraining can occur.
Unfortunately these physiological states are not only related to physical training loads but rather the sum of life stressors (lifestyle factors, environmental factors and physical factors). See my previous blog post, "Don't Worry - be happy!" for more information.
Fortunately overreaching and overtraining have been well studied--McNair, Lorr and Doppleman (1971) initially developed the Profile of Mood States (POMS) Questionnaire for people undergoing counseling or psychotherapy. The POMS was made popular in the area of sport and exercise through the research of Morgan & Pollock (1977) and Morgan & Johnson (1978). POMS, which contains 65 questions, has subsequently demonstrated that it can be used successfully to assess performance status in athletes (yes, as a participant in the Spinning™ program - you are an athlete…). Brianmac, Sports Coach has the questionnaire posted on his website. To take it and see your score got to: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/poms.htm
For a shorter version (Anderson (2002), each morning assess yourself against the following six questions:
- I slept well last night
- I am looking forward to today's workout
- I am optimistic about my future performance
- I feel vigorous and energetic
- My appetite is great
- I have little muscle soreness
Rate each statement on the following scale:
- 1 - Strongly disagree
- 2 - Disagree
- 3 - Neutral
- 4 - Agree
- 5 - Strongly agree
If your score is 20 or above you have probably recovered enough to continue with training, if not consider rest or an easy workout until your score rises again.
The Spinning™ Energy Zones provide a template for avoiding overreaching and overtraining. So train smart and remember that "stress needs rest". Next time: distinguishing between overreaching and overtraining.


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I've been thinking about switching to Ubuntu full time, but there are still some programs left behind that I haven't found any equivalent to yet. Does anyone know of a music player similar to Foobar2000 (I've read it doesn't handle well in WINE)?
DeadBeef is actively developed and in a way that brings it closer and closer to Foobar2000.
(what it lacks in Foobar2000-features (numbers of addons) it compensates in being light and up-to-the-point - the most straightforward and non-bloated music player/handler I have seen until now in Ubuntu).
With File browser plugin:
With Infobar plugin:
to install it:
Or download as .deb and install (i686 or amd64)
To install plugins, wich are
For the static portable version it is
Considering problems of incompatibility and other issues in using the plugins, see this related answer
To convert audio files, see this question+answer.
Considering memory use, Deadbeef is much lighter than other players that might be considered foobar-like.
The latest versions (now 0.6.2) bring it even closer to foobar by the 'Designer mode' feature (similar to the layout editing mode in foobar) by which built-in or plugin features (file browser, infobar etc) are integrated to the interface:
File conversion is now very close to Foobar2000's - see the link above on conversion.
Already mentioned in answers, a great alternative is Clementine.
I like Clementine .
Exaile is an alternative. Look for Clementine in Ubuntu software Center
Why no one mention DeadBeef http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/?
Try Guayadeque.
It is an extremely customizable music player, and should support most of the features you are looking for. I'm not sure if it will match foobar2000 100%, but at least it should fill the gap :)
Maybe you are happy with audacious a lightweight skinnable player that can be extended with many plugins.
Wikipedia has a Comparison of audio player software which could be helpful.
Amarok seems to be a decent match functionality-wise, but it probably depends on which features are most important to you.
Honestly, I've been in the same position as you for years, looking for a comparable music player to Foobar2K in linux...
MPD & GMPC is good, as is gmusicbrowser... clementine is coming along nicely, but nothing can take the place of foobar for me, and thankfully with the newer builds of wine nothing has too - try installing winepulse from the ppa here https://launchpad.net/~c-korn/+archive/ppa.
Listening to Foobar 1.1.7 on Natty right now, and it runs flawlessly :)
Foobar 2000 itself in Wine:
The image above that shows the use of 92MB of RAM is related to the use of a 270 GB media library. Otherwise, Foobar2000 in Wine is very light even with many addons.
But even in this case it looks lighter than very recommendable Ubuntu native players and it is not heavier than it used to be in Windows with the same addons installed.
And what about it's version without manually added addons and naked interface ? It looks extremely light!
Also, considering the looks of Foobar in Wine, a good method of improving this is:
1. enable font smoothing - fire one after the other these lines in Terminal:
(select third option in terminal)
2. install a windows msstyle file in Wine/Configure Wine/Desktop Integration
3. increase the screen resolution in Wine/Configure Wine/Graphics
It comes to smth like this (but colors and fonts are customizable):
Don't forget Quod Libet (disclaimer: I'm one of the current devs)...
It's popular with a lot of ex-Foobar users possibly due to the advanced tag editing features (including multi-tag support) and also complex searching with with regular expressions, boolean algebra, numeric aggregation etc.


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STEUBENVILLE - The city water department is asking all LaBelle Water District customers to conserve water until repairs are completed at the LaBelle main pumping line.
Assistant Water Department Superintendent Bill Skinner estimated the repairs will start at 8 a.m. Wednesday and continue until 4 p.m. and will include the repair or replacement of a leaking main water transmission line elbow at 1575 University Blvd.
"We will restore water service once the repair is completed. The repair is necessary to maintain water to customers in the LaBelle Water District," explained Skinner.
"The LaBelle Water District includes all water customers in the LaBelle, Pleasant Heights, Lincoln Heights, College Heights including Franciscan University of Steubenville, Bel-Air Terrace, Brady Estates, Manhattan Subdivision, Shirley Circle, Lower Hollywood Estates, Langley Avenue, 1400 through 2217 Sunset Boulevard, 1400 and 1500 blocks of University Boulevard, Brady Avenue, Spring Avenue, Elm Street, Mears Avenue, Terrace Avenue, Ward Place, Main Street, George Street, the 900 and 1000 blocks of West Adams Street," said Skinner.
"Some water customers may experience reduced water pressure and possible loss of water service until the repair is completed. A boil water advisory may be required after the repairs are completed," added Skinner.
"We thank all affected water customers for being understanding and patient during this time of inconvenience. And any residents that may have concerns or questions may call the staff at the water filtration plant at (740) 283-6041," Skinner stated.


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- Insert the tip of the butt section into the butt of the tip section with the guides offset by 90 degrees as shown in the image.
- Align the guides by firmly twisting the butt until the sections are tight.
- Check tightness by attempting to pull the sections straight apart without twisting. If the connection holds, they're tight enough.
To disassemble, simply reverse by twisting apart.
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Atlanta's Whiff Club for Men
Braves Strike Out at a Historic Rate, but Make Up for It With Homers; 'We Might Miss'
The last time the Atlanta Braves led the major leagues in home runs, their best hitter was Hank Aaron.
Forty years later, they've assembled a lineup that appears capable of slugging its way to the top again. But in its quest for power, this team is paying a price that would have been unthinkable in the days of Hammerin' Hank: a dizzying number of swings and misses.
The Braves have, by design, developed the closest thing in baseball to a boom-or-bust offense. Entering play Tuesday, Atlanta led the majors with 29 home runs. They were also striking out at a higher rate (24% of all plate appearances) and making contact with the ball at a lower rate (75% of all swings) than any other team in the National League.
If they held over a full season, the Braves' strikeout rate would be the second highest in major-league history and their contact rate would be the lowest by any team since 2003.
"We're not worried about working pitch counts and drawing walks," said outfielder Justin Upton, who hit his major-league-best 10th home run in Atlanta's 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday. "We're worried about getting a good pitch to hit and trying to handle it."
The overall rise in strikeouts across baseball has been well documented. Hitters struck out 36,426 times in 2012, an 18.3% increase from 2003. And the trend has hardly resulted in more power. Over the last decade, home runs fell by 5%.
What's fascinating about the Braves is that they seem to have found a way to make huge gains in both categories, even if they'd prefer only increase their power. While they're on pace to smash the franchise record for strikeouts this season, they're also on pace to increase their home run total by 83% from 2012.
So far, it seems to be working. After the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader, the Braves had the best record in baseball, at 14-5. Twice already, they have struck out 16 times in a game and won anyway, something they had done only eight times in the previous 92 years, according to Stats LLC.
They owe their success primarily to their pitchers, whose combined 2.36 earned-run average entering Tuesday was the best in the majors. But stellar pitching has been a hallmark of the organization since the days of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.
The question in recent years has been whether Atlanta had enough offense to go along with it. In the last five years combined, they had the third-best ERA in the majors but ranked just 17th in runs scored. They struck out plenty last year, too, with the seventh-highest total in the majors, but finished just 19th in home runs.
If strikeouts were rising across the board, they reasoned, why not acquire the players who inflict the maximum damage when they do make contact?
The Braves allowed outfielder Michael Bourn, who struck out 155 times last year but hit only nine home runs, to leave as a free agent. They replaced him with Upton's brother, B.J., who had 14 more strikeouts than Bourn but more than tripled his home run output.
There simply aren't many players these days that put up big power numbers without striking out often. "In a perfect world, we'd have more guys that strike out 50 or 60 times and hit 30 home runs," Braves general manager Frank Wren said. "But that's just not realistic. If that's going to be our criteria, it's going to be tougher and tougher to put a team together."
There are two schools of thought about the wisdom of embracing strikeouts. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series last year in part by fighting the notion. By hoarding contact hitters, the Giants excelled by putting the ball in play and exposing the defensive weaknesses of opponents. The strategy helped them overcome a dearth of power and a pitcher-friendly ballpark.
Before this season, the Arizona Diamondbacks took a step in the same direction by trading Justin Upton, who averages around 130 strikeouts per year, to the Braves for a package of players highlighted by Martin Prado, whose 90.4% contact rate was baseball's eighth-best in 2012. "We're kind of a ball club now that doesn't have to rely as much on the home run," Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers said. "The two previous years, if we homered, we won. If we didn't homer, we didn't win."
At the other end of the spectrum are teams such as the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles, who both made the playoffs last year with high-power, high-strikeout attacks. Although things could change (it's only April, after all), the career numbers of Braves hitters coupled with their early numbers suggest they're a similar team.
"I don't know that it is a right or wrong issue," Wren said. "It's looking at your personnel, looking at the players you have on your team and working with what you have. In our case, we had a good core of young players and we wanted to add more power."
If there is a downside to the Braves' style of offense, it is inconsistency. They have hit as many as five home runs in a single game, yet their first three losses were all shutouts. When they go a few games without a home run, as they did in three consecutive losses last weekend, their lineup looks feeble.
But the tendency only figures to increase, with first baseman Freddie Freeman coming off the disabled list Tuesday. Freeman slugged 23 home runs last year while striking out 129 times.
To be clear, Braves hitters say they're not just swinging for the fences. And they aren't entirely indifferent to strikeouts. But if strikeouts are the cost of power, they have no problem with that.
"We're going up there looking to hit the ball hard, not thinking, 'Oh, we might swing and miss,'" second baseman Dan Uggla said. "We're looking to get a pitch we can hit and hit the ball hard. If we catch it right, or even if we don't catch it right, it'll still carry out of the ballpark."
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Let G be a finite subgroup of U(n), the unitary group acts on $\mathbb{C}^n$. If there is a unit vector $x$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$ such that g(x) is almost orthogonal to x, for all $g\in G$ except the identity, can we perturb x so that g(x) is exactly orthogonal to x, for all $g\in G$ except the identity? More precisely, can we find a very small number $\epsilon>0$, so that if there exist a unit vector $x$ and the inner product $|(g(x),x))|<\epsilon$ for all $g\in G$ \ {1}, then we can find another unit vector $y$, such that $(g(y),y)=0$ for all $g\in G$ \ {1}? Is it possible to further require that $||x-y||$ be small too?
If gx is a bounded distance away from x (which in particular occurs when gx is nearly orthogonal to x), then g is a bounded distance away from the identity. Since U(n) is compact, this and the pigeonhole principle forces the group G to have bounded cardinality; in particular, the set of all such groups is compact (if one chooses closed conditions for properties such as "bounded distance away from origin") in the Hausdorff distance topology, as the limit of a sequence of finite groups with bounded cardinality in the Hausdorff metric is again a finite group with bounded cardinality. For any single group, the claim is true for some epsilon by continuity (and the compactness of the unit sphere), so the claim is true in general by compactness of the space of groups.
With a bit more effort one can extract an explicit value of epsilon by making the compactness arguments quantitative, though the bounds are likely to be somewhat poor.
(More generally, for studying finite subgroups of compact linear groups, a useful fact to know here is Jordan's lemma, which says that one can always find a bounded index subgroup of such a group which is abelian (the bound can depend on the ambient dimension of the linear group). Here, of course, much more is true, because we are able to exclude group elements from getting too close to the origin, but Jordan's lemma is useful in situations in which we do not have this luxury.)
I'm in a hurry but I think that your question can be deduced as a consequence of the fact that every compact groups has the property (T) of Kazhdan. In particular finite groups have them. Therefore, your question holds in a much more general context. Does it make sense?
2nd UPDATE: Forget the old solutions. Let's assume that the representation does not contain the trivial representation, then $\sum_{g\in G}gx=0$ for every $x$. Therefore, for a norm one vector $x$, $$ 1=|(x,x)|=|\sum_{g\ne 1}(gx,x)|\le\sum_{g\ne 1}|(gx,x)| $$ So it will never occur, that $|(gx,x)|<\frac1{|G|-1}$ for every $g$.


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HARKER HEIGHTS (December 13, 2012)--A pedestrian hit last week by a pickup that left the scene is still recovering at Scott and White Hospital.
The victim's mother Kathy Vaughn said Thursday police still have not located the late model Ford Ranger pickup truck nor identified the driver that struck Michelle Newton at around midnight Saturday at the intersection of West Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Harley Drive.
Police said in an earlier release that the truck should have damage to the passenger side headlight.
Newton, who suffered two broken legs and damage to her pelvis and lower back, has a four-year-old son and no insurance, her mother said.
A fund has been set up to alleviate the burden of some of the medical expenses at First Texas Bank under the name Kathy Vaughn – Special Account.
Investigators are still asking that any information about the accident be directed to the Harker Heights Police Department at (254) 953-5400.


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The 6 Creepiest Lies the Food Industry is Feeding You
As we've talked about before, the food industry is based almost entirely on a series of lies that, quite frankly, most of us just prefer to believe ("'All natural?' Sounds healthy to me!"). But we have to draw the line somewhere, right? Especially when the food you buy has nothing to do with what it says on the label.
#6. Your Honey and Spices Are Fake
If you're like us and you only use spices to impress the opposite sex with the illusion that you know what to do with them, then it's possible that you don't even really know what that stuff is supposed to be made of. And that's exactly where the food industry wants you, if they're going to sell you fake bootleg spices.
The Horror:
Take honey, for example. You'd think it's a pretty straightforward product -- bees make it, bears steal it from the bees, you eat it. Or something. But the truth is that pretty much all the major players in the industry knowingly buy their honey from dodgy sources in China -- a country that, for instance, has no qualms in purveying pepper that is entirely made from mud.
Wait, does that mean that pork comes pre-seasoned?"
Bootleg Chinese honey frequently has all of the pollen filtered out of it to disguise its origin, and it's then cut like back-alley cocaine with cheap corn syrup and artificial sweeteners. The FDA says that a substance can't legally be called "honey" if it contains no pollen, and yet most of the stuff tested from the main retailers contained not a trace of it.
Soy sauce is another thing you'd assume no one would feel the need to fabricate, seeing as soy isn't exactly a rare commodity. Again, you'd be wrong. Proper soy sauce takes a pretty long time to make, so many manufacturers have started producing an imitation product that takes only three days to make and has a longer shelf life. It is made from something called "hydrolyzed vegetable proteins," as well as caramel coloring, salt, and our good old friend corn syrup. Most of the soy sauce that you get in packets with your sushi is actually this fake stuff. But at least it comes with wasabi, too, right? If by "wasabi" you mean "horseradish mixed with mustard." Let's face it, you probably weren't even served by a real Japanese person.
"I'm actually Korean as all get-out."
The worst offender is possibly saffron. The real stuff is up there with the most expensive spices at roughly $10,000 per pound. That's especially impressive, considering that a lot of "top-quality" saffron consists of roughly 10 percent actual saffron. The rest is just random, worthless plant bits, ground up and mixed with the real thing.
And that's what you get when you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you get the complete forgery:
Via Couriermail.com
See if you can taste which one has crayon shavings.
On the left, you see real saffron. On the right -- saffron-flavored gelatin. Its appearance is convincing enough, until you put it in water and it completely dissolves, leaving behind little more than a bland aftertaste and a patch of froth shaped like a middle finger.
#5. Your Chicken Is Pumped Full of Weird Liquids
There's nothing as appetizing as a nice, plump, juicy chicken carcass, roasted to a golden sheen. We're getting hungry just thinking about it. But as much as everything with a kind of indescribable taste is said to "taste like chicken," it's kind of ironic that you probably don't actually know what real chicken tastes like, because ...
"Think I'll just have some bugs tonight."
The Horror:
For decades, the vast majority of our "fresh" chicken has been infused with a whole bunch of other substances, up to and including beef and pork waste. That's bad news for Hindus, Muslims and anyone else who is choosing the chicken dish from the menu because contact with beef or pork is expressly forbidden by their religion.
But even when the chicken is untainted by cloven-hoofed contaminants, you're still likely eating a bird that's pumped full of chicken stock, brine and "flavor enhancers." It's called plumping, and it's been standard practice in chicken production since around the '70s. The industry explains that it's to add juiciness to chicken that would otherwise be too lean and chewy. Sure, they neglect to mention the fact that the chicken is stringy and inferior because they've deliberately bred it to be faster and cheaper to manufacture, but at least they're not technically lying, at least not at this point.
"Not bad. Now get it into the mold and compress it into a rough chicken shape."
But food companies often blatantly overdo the required amounts to "plump" a chicken to tenderness by pumping their fowl up until the extra substances make up as much as 30 percent of the total weight, and we're sure it's just coincidence that chicken is priced by the pound.
But the weight issue is just the beginning. The industry describes the plumping process as "completely harmless," in the same way a marathon runner's nuts could be described as "pleasantly savory." Plumping can up to quadruple the meat's sodium levels, leaving it riddled with unnecessary salts. All attempts to "improve" the plumping formula to fix the sodium problem have led to a giant spiral of more and more crap being thrown into the mix, to the point where you probably don't know what percentage of your chicken is even kind of chicken.
Of course, you can try to avoid it by only buying chicken that has "100 PERCENT NATURAL" printed on the label, and they will laugh at your cute attempts to cheat the system. Due to a technicality in regulations, all chicken -- plumped or not -- can be labelled as a completely natural product ... as long as the ingredients in the plumping solution can be described as "natural" without anyone bursting into laughter.
#4. Your Meat Might Be Made from Glued-Together Scraps
Unless you're one of those people who substitute a lump of tofu for a real turkey on Thanksgiving, meat is meat. And don't worry, we're not about to tell you that the juicy slab of rib eye that you brought home from the shady discount butcher isn't a real steak. In fact, it's quite likely half a dozen steaks ... as well as whatever else they swept off the slaughterhouse floor.
"Just take it over to Vat 12. We're making Spam."
The Horror:
There's a substance in the meat industry's bag of tricks called "transglutaminase." That's an awful lot of syllables, so most people just call it by its nickname -- meat glue. It's exactly what it sounds like. Its intended purpose is for fancy chefs who sometimes need to stick different parts of a meal together after preparation (to make crab cakes and such), but it has another, shadier purpose among renegade butchers.
It goes like this: During the heavily industrialized process of turning animals into delicious food, there tends to be a lot of pieces left over that aren't good for much but pet food. Transglutaminase can be used to glue these tiny bits together into a sort of patchwork slab, which looks a lot like one consistent cut of meat.
Via Wikipedia
"The log is actually the most natural form for meat to take in the wild."
Since the process doesn't leave a trace, and transglutaminase isn't among the substances required to be mentioned in the table of ingredients, you have fat chance of knowing it's there unless you're an expert at interpreting the seams in your meat. This process not only sells you scraps for the price of prime meat, but it also leaves you with a "steak" that might well be made from a dozen different cows, making it next to impossible to trace the source for your food poisoning, the chances for which are incidentally now tenfold, thanks to the uneven consistency of what you're trying to fry up.
Meat glue works its magic just as well on chicken and seafood, which is bad news once again for our Muslim, Jewish and Hindu readers -- transglutaminase comes from pig and cow blood. Well, at least that tofu turkey is pretty kosher.
And it can also be used as meat glue itself.


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'Ello guyz when I was chillin around I suddenly asked myself what could be da best mono. Well, here's my Top 3:
1. Fire because it is fast, has CC and PC and has nearly a counter to all things when right built.
2. Entropy because.. Well I guess all of you agree when I say antimatter is awesome and it has good defense + damage output.
3. Darkness because it has badass vampires, devourers, steals. It drains a lot of damage and makes it difficult to kill someone fastly.
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March 12, 2013
Find accommodation along the Absa Cape Epic route
These days, the word "epic" is bandied about quite freely, but it is by no means used lightly to describe one of cycling's toughest races: the Absa Cape Epic.
March is a great month for cyclists in Cape Town – just last weekend, the local (bare) leg of the World Naked Bike Race took place, followed by the largest individually-timed cycle race in the world, the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. Starting on Sunday, 17 March, the Absa Cape Epic is another highlight for cycling enthusiasts – it's the largest full-service mountain bike stage race in the world.
The race is held over eight days and includes a time-trial prologue. The route changes every year, and leads aspiring amateur and professional mountain bikers from around the world through the unspoilt nature of the Western Cape, and over some of the most magnificent passes in South Africa.
Teams of two compete over the eight stages of the race with the winners of the day receiving prizes, and the leaders in the overall classification awarded their leader jerseys. There's a large focus on making sure the riders enjoy the experience, and 24-hour service facilities are provided, including tented accommodation in race villages, carbo-loaded breakfasts and dinners, race nutrition, bike servicing, masseurs, and entertainment every evening.
This is the 10th year the Epic is being staged, and this year's route will see cyclists cover about 698km, with 15 650m of climbing through stage locations including Meerendal, Citrusdal, Saronsberg in Tulbagh, Wellington and Stellenbosch, before they again finish at the Lourensford Wine Estate, as has been tradition for the past six years.
Family and friends are also welcome to come and support the riders, and supporter villages are set up at each of the stage locations. Check out our list of some great accommodation and dining options at each of the stage locations for this year's Absa Cape Epic:
Prologue: Meerendal in Durbanville
Places to stay:
Alba Guest Farm
Clara Anna Fontein
Clouds Guest House
Dagbreek Selfcatering Apartment Complex
D'Aria Guest Cottages
Feathers Lodge
Kolping Guest House
Rondekuil Estates CC
Looking for a place to eat? Try the Durbanville Hills Wine Estate.
Stage 1: Citrusdal
Check out these accommodation options in nearby Clanwilliam:
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat
Clanwilliam Lodge
Stage 2 & 3: Citrusdal-Saronsberg in Tulbagh
For accommodation options in Tulbagh, check out the Tulbagh Hotel.
Stage 4 & 5: Saronsberg in Tulbagh-Wellington
Wellington accommodation options:
Bovlei Valley Retreat
Grand Dedale Country House
Stage 6 & 7: Wellington-Stellenbosch-Lourensford Wine Estate
Stellenbosch accommodation options:
Aan Dorpstraat Guest House
Allegria Guesthouse & Vineyard
Asara Wine Estate & Hotel
The Beautiful South Guest House
Caledon Villa Guest House
Fynbos Villa Guest House
Life and Leisure
Stellenbosch Lodge Country Hotel
Wedgeview Country House and Spa
Looking for a place to eat? Make sure to visit Vrede en Lust, or for a unique township dining experience with a musical twist, catch AmaZink Live.
Somerset West accommodation options:
40 Winks Accommodation
Blaauwheim Guesthouse
Huis Waveren
Ivory Heights
Ridgemor Villa
Room with a View
The Beautiful West Guest House
Vrede Selfcatering
Restaurant options nearby include Cattle Baron Steak Ranch, Imibala Restaurant & Crafts, Morgenster Wine Estate and The Lord Charles Hotel.
This year's Absa Cape Epic promises to be a truly epic event. Contact us if you are interested in finding out more information about the event, or any of the accommodation or restaurant options mentioned here.


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TEMPLE (February 4, 2013)—Temple Special Investigations Unit officers and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized 299 packages of synthetic marijuana after serving a federal warrant at a local smoke shop, police said Monday.
Authorities served the warrant at around noon Friday at Smoke Bazaar at 403 Van Dyke Drive in Temple.
The synthetic pot has a retail value of nearly $12,000, police said.
Authorities also seized all of the paraphernalia in the shop that "could be used to ingest the illegal substance," police said.
It was valued at $20,000.
No arrests were made, but the case was referred to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Waco, police said.


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personality as the cow. Cows may be responsible for many of the healthy
dairy products we eat on a daily basis, but they are also stars of their
own commercials, books and even movies. We all enjoy the friendly
personalities of many of these cows and its rare to see a cow coloring page
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life, cows are very content animals. They graze, eat and simply enjoy a
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We were just discussing at lunch if there are any such flights.
As Mark noted, no scheduled flights pass directly over Antarctica. As to which goes closest, I think the Qantas flight QF17 / QF18, between SYD (Sydney) and EZE (Buenos Aires), is a good candidate.
Mark said BA to Auckland would be the southernmost flight, but the post he quoted is from 2005 and Qantas started the QF17/18 service in November 2008. Also, looking at the (great circle) map, it only makes sense that BA - Sydney would go farther south than BA - Auckland.
In this post at Sydney Airport Message Board I found route details for QF17, from its inaugural service, apparently written by one of the pilots. The southernmost latitude reached on the SYD-EZE flight was 63°. And looking closer, on the return leg (EZE-SYD), they flew much closer to Antarctica, at 72°, at one point passing "over Thurston Island and Cape Flying Fish, part of continental Antarctica".
Quoting some interesting commentary:
So, at least at the time of that writing (Nov 2008), 72 degrees S was the southernmost limit for regular Qantas flights. The post also has some interesting photos, e.g. of the (1st leg) route plotted on a "Jeppesen South Pole Plotting Chart".
Incidentally, I took the QF18 from BA to Sydney last spring. I found it pretty interesting and was actually wondering at the time whether it would pass over Antarctica or just near it. Here are some photos I took:
Looking left (towards the South Pole):
Looking right (north):
According to Airliners.net, Aerolineas Argentinas operates the world's southernmost (scheduled) commercial route in the world, from BUE (Buenos Aires) to AKL (Auckland), which flies in about 50-55 deg South of the equator.
(As it happens I've taken this flight, which is a nice bit of knowledge for me :))
Second is probably JHB to SYD (Johannesburg to Sydney) with Qantas or South African Airlines, which goes down to 45S.
it turns out that commercial flights are actually NOT allowed over Antarctica for security reasons (see Mt Erebus disaster), aside from Boeing who in 2003 went from SYD to GIG (Sydney to Rio de Janiero), crossing over the south pole in the process.
This has been mostly brought in due to the fact that most of Antarctica is out of ETOPS range, and this is also why LAN Chile and Aerolineas Argentinas fly the Southern Pacific with 4-engine planes.
There are sightseeing flights, but not regularly scheduled commercial routes over the continent any longer.
I flew from SYD to SCL at the start of last year (Jan 2013) specifically to go on a 20-day Antarctica cruise. We got as far south as just shy of 65 degrees on the cruise.
On the flight back (Qantas QF28) from SCL to SYD we got so far south that I was able to take some photos of tabular icebergs from the aircraft. Around the same time I managed to grab one of the pilots who was walking down the aisle to have a chat (I'm an aircraft engineer and we probably ended up chatting about half an hour). I specifically grabbed him aside in the first place to ask him what lattitude we were flying at, and he said we were at 70 degrees! Further south than the 20 day cruise took us, plus inside the Antarctic circle!
To expand on Mark's JHB-SYD suggestion, the Johannesburg to Sydney route generally does not go far enough south to sight Antarctica because it can take advantage of the winds in the Roaring 40s. However, SYD-JHB will sometimes travel within sight of Antarctica (if not actually over it for obvious reasons) to avoid those same winds. The below photo shows us travelling over the sea ice looking south towards Antarctica.
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In the Euclidean setting, the Dirac operator was constructed so as to give the square of the Laplacian. Now for a K\"{a}hler manifold with a spin$^c$ structure we have the a corresponding Dirac operator $D$. Moreover, we have a Laplacian $(d+d^{\ast})$, where $d^{\ast}$ is the coadjoint $\ast d \ast $, for $\ast$ the Hodge $\ast$-mapping. Now in the case where the manifold is also symmetric we get a relationship between the square of the Dirac and the Laplacian that involves an extra curvature term. Does this extend to all K\"{a}hler manifolds, and if it does, what is the exact relationship?
This is a very general statement valid for any first order differential operator such that its square has the same principal symbol as a Laplacian. One can then prove that the square of that first order operator differs from the covariant Laplacian $\nabla^*\nabla$ by a zeroth order term. For more details, see the monograph of Berligne, Getzler, Vergne.


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Let $f:X\to Y$ be a morphism in a category. It is easy to see that if $f$ is a monomorphism then there exists a pullback $X \times_Y X$.
Here the question is whether the converse is true.
If two projections of $X\times_Y X$ equal then it is easy to check.
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According to those who pray Mincha only up to Shekiya (sunset), are you required to finish Mincha before Shekiya or just required to begin it before Shekiya? (Sources.)
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Aruch HaShulchan 110:5 says that if one began on time, even if he finished after the Zeman it is considered Tefila B'Zmana.
However I have heard that the Mishna Berura disagrees and says that one must finish the entire Tefila by the Zeman. (will put in source as soon as it is found)
The simple answer (which is used for so many other things as well) is from Bilaam. No wonder you ask it now this week.
The gemoro says in B'rochos 7a that Bilaam could work out the exact microsecond when G-d was angry. Tosfos asks what Bilaam could possibly say in that microsecond. One answer given is that he could say just one word: Destroy. Another answer given is that, once he started speaking his curse at the exact microsecond, he could continue speaking (and cursing) as long as he wanted.
So according to Tosfos's first answer you have to finish in time, but according to the second you don't.
The same as when G-d is angry, if you start 'on time' that means catch the second you can keep his anger 'going'. How much more so that when he is not angry and awaits our t'fillos to fulfill them that if one starts on time, hashem will have patience to wait until we finish.


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I am new to Ubuntu but really enjoy it. A couple days ago I was prompted to upgrade to 11.04, or whichever is the newest version. I think I had 10.10 before. Something happened overnight while installing and when I turned my computer on this morning the screen looked crazy. I reset the computer and now I just get the Ubuntu splash screen but nothing seems to be happening.
I am able to launch from a CD, and it sees my hard drive and all my files, but I don't want to have to wipe the hard drive and start all over again. I even tried backing up some of my files while booting from my CD, but there is an X mark on some of the files saying I don't have privileges to access them.
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Durango resident Mary Beth Edwards died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at her home. She was 70.
Mrs. Edwards was born to Louis Edwards and Bertha Laverne Bates on April 9, 1942, in Morgan, Utah.
In 1970, she married Harvey Edwards in Ogden, Utah.
Mrs. Edwards attended Heneger Business College, graduating in 1962. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service, Hill Air Force Base and for Navy Supply in San Diego.
After her husband�s death in 1998, she lived in Bayfield for a year with her daughter, Carolyn Murga.
She lived in Durango for 14 years, where she had been a member of Mountain View Community Church. Her family said that�s where, �she worshipped her Savior, Jesus Christ.�
After arriving in Durango, she worked briefly with people with disabilities through Community Connections.
Mrs. Edwards participated in activities at the Durango-La Plata Senior Center and had a lot of friends at Tamarin Square.
Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by her husband of 28 years, Harvey Edwards, in 1998.
She is survived by children Carolyn Murga of Bayfield, Joann Anderson of Springfield, Ill., and Harvey Edwards and Randy Edwards, both of Pahrump, Nev.; sisters Laverne Weger and Joann Bates, both of Ogden, Utah; and nine grandchildren.
Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield. Memorial services will take place afterward at the First Baptist Church of Bayfield. The Rev. Barry Mooney of Mountain View Community Church will officiate.
Financial and floral contributions may be sent to Carolyn Murga, c/o First Baptist Church of Bayfield, 560 County Road 521, Bayfield, CO 81122.


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