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Observation: Entropy is a metric over some non commutative ring. Indeed, if we exponentiate the standard entropy definition
$\displaystyle H(X) = -\sum_{x \in \mathcal{X}} p(x) \ln p(x).$
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$\displaystyle exp(H(X)) = -\prod_{x \in \mathcal{X}} p(x)^{p(x)}.$
The later is just a sum of squares if we interpret multiplication as summation and power as multiplication. This triggers all kind of questions, the most important one: can summation of probabilities be demoted and, possibly, entirely excluded from the theory?


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Heart rate training is the next step we take our students after they have mastered riding the Spinner®. The easiest formula is to use the age predicted maximum heart rate formula. However, the calculation of maximum heart rate is an inexact estimate at best. The age predicted maximum heart rate formula (220 - age for men and 226 ? age for women) can be off by as much as 12 to 24 heart beats. Consider the implications just that variation may have on training. If someone is 24 beats higher than their age predicted maximum heart rate, they will be under training. Conversely, those that are lower than their maximum heart rate calculation may be over training at the intensities we plan in our profiles. To dial in the proper heart rate, you will need to consider adding perceived exertion to your cues and then linking them to target heart rate. This task isn?t easy to do. Perceived exertion is sometimes difficult to define for our students to help them dial in on their target heart rate. I often use a simple approach to how I want my students to dial in their 85% of their maximum heart rate. I tell them they shouldn?t be able to talk without having to break their sentences into small two-word phrases at best. This effort is not maximal and they should still be able to work a little harder. If you are using a 1-10 RPE scale this effort rates about a seven or an eight. Your legs will start to feel the burn!! Ultimately, the best way to determine target heart rate ranges is to have your students get metabolically tested. These tests may not give a maximum heart rate, but will provide lactate threshold and VO2max heart rates for the student. If you start to develop training around these numbers, your students will experience phenomenal progress in their fitness journeys. Heart rate training allows us to systematically help our students train efficiently. However, without coupling target heart rates with perceived exertion, a student may not be training properly. If your students have the motivation to take their training to the next level, then metabolic training is the best way to dial in heart rate training targets. blog by Ralph Mlady for community.spinning.com 5/8/11Share


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As always, the point of these articles is not to glorify war, which is horrible, but to appreciate the men and women who, in the midst of the horror, became superhuman.
It's not just that the people on this list were brave, or even crazy. It's that they seemed to be fighting a real war with the same selfless abandon with which you'd fight in a video game. The difference being, if you saw any of these happen in a game you'd call bullshit:
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#6. Michael J. Fitzmaurice Jumps on a Grenade, Keeps Fighting
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A specialist fourth class (U.S. Army) who was tasked with guarding an airstrip at a Marine base in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam.
The Badass:
Michael Fitzmaurice had just returned from guard duty and was settling in to his bunker when the base came under heavy artillery and mortar fire. This was followed by the attack of charging North Vietnamese suicide bombers (or "sappers"), quickly turning the base into a pretty darn convincing imitation of Hell.
As if that wasn't bad enough, Fitzmaurice and his men had barely managed to fire off a few rounds at the enemy before the Vietnamese sappers threw three grenades into his bunker. Fitzmaurice grabbed two of the grenades and tossed them back outside, but knew he was running out of time on the third. So he jumped on it and covered it with his flak jacket. Yes, just like Captain America.
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If he was played by Mr. Belvedere.
You have to realize that no one dives on a live grenade with any expectation of life afterward, and Fitzmaurice was no exception. Incredibly, though, he did survive, although not unscathed (See: fucking grenade). The flak vest kept him from becoming a Jackson Pollock painting, but he still suffered severe shrapnel wounds, partial blindness, and partial deafness due to ruptured eardrums.
His immediate reaction to becoming violently deaf and blind was to have a word with the people responsible, and that word was the sound of enraged gunfire. Fitzmaurice jumped out of his hole and began firing on the enemy, aiming with the help of a nearby soldier who shouted target locations to him. He fired until the enemy threw yet another grenade at him.
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If you kill him, you'll just make him mad!
The grenade, apparently not being made of Kryptonite, managed only to destroy Fitzmaurice's rifle. That was OK, though, because he still had his bare hands. After he murdered one armed enemy soldier with only his fists, the other attackers finally retreated and presumably drank themselves to death trying to forget the time they barely survived a Punisher storyline.
#5. Matt L. Urban Earns a Badass Nickname From the Enemy
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A U.S. Army officer who in 1989 was named the most decorated soldier in U.S. history.
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Among his awards: Most Likely to Be Mistaken for Vincent Price.
The Badass:
Matt Urban was nicknamed "The Ghost" by his German enemies during WWII for his quirky habit of coming back from shit that would kill 10 normal men. We could end this article right here and let your imagination fill in the details, but you probably wouldn't even come close to the insane truth.
His campaign of carnage began in June 1944 in France, when his company came up against a German unit with machine guns and tanks. But where his men probably saw panzer death tractors with cannons mounted on them, Urban saw some odds he really liked. Snatching up a bazooka, he dodged roughly a million bullets and blew up two of the tanks. Later, while still in the fight, Urban unfortunately took a 37mm tank-gun round to the leg. However, shrugging that shit off, he continued leading his men through to the next day, when, in a different attack, he suffered a second wound and was evacuated ... but only briefly.
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"Wait, this isn't the way to Berlin!"
For you see, while recovering from his wounds in an English hospital, Urban learned that his unit had suffered severe casualties in Normandy. So he left the hospital and hitchhiked/limped back to rejoin his men. By the time he'd reached them, they were under heavy enemy fire with two of their tanks destroyed and a third left unmanned. Literally having to support himself with a cane due to his badly injured legs, Urban manned a machine gun (completely exposing himself to the enemy) and covered his men as they climbed into the tank and rained fire and death on the Germans.
Days later, possibly worrying that his reputation as an immortal was in danger, Urban strategically took a bunch of shrapnel to the chest and survived. Unfortunately, the unbreakable captain finally ran out of luck when he got shot in the fucking neck and- Wait, what? He actually survived that, and despite losing his voice, led his men to victory, survived the war, and lived for another 51 years?!
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Urban explaining to President Carter that the hug is over when he says it's over.
Well, that's all well and good for him, but what about all of those mentally scarred Germans who probably kept checking under their bed for The Ghost well into their nineties?
#4. John P. Bobo Fights Through Losing a Leg
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The Man:
A Marine second lieutenant who served as a weapons platoon commander during the Vietnam War.
The Badass:
While serving in the Quang Tri Province in Vietnam, John Bobo was ordered to get the jump on some enemies by setting up night ambush sites. Unfortunately, the North Vietnamese had the exact same idea, and ambushed the ambushing American troops. They blew off Bobo's right leg with a mortar round in the process.
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Severely pissing off Bobo, who had just shined his boots.
This would normally end a man's participation in a battle, or anything else. But instead of getting as far away from the slaughter as possible, John P. Bobo decided to get angry.
Refusing to evacuate, he ordered his men to drag his body to a tactical position and just roughly point him toward people to kill. Lacking a tourniquet, he wrapped a web belt around the remains of his leg, and after seeing this wasn't working to his satisfaction, Bobo utilized the lesser-known practice in field medicine known as "sticking your mangled body part into the dirt to stop the bleeding and die just a little bit slower."
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This treatment has not been evaluated by the FDA, but holy shit it is badass.
He then drew up his rifle and started laying fiery devastation onto the enemy. Although mortally wounded, Bobo fucked the enemy up so badly that his last stand inspired his men to hold the NVA at bay until the command group could settle into a protective position and ultimately repel the attack. Bobo was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery and presumably forever cursed a patch of enemy terrain by rage-bleeding into it.


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I want to uninstall Ubuntu because I just don't like it... I have windows 7 and no boot disk or anything special to uninstall, when I installed Ubuntu it said easy to uninstall and I would love to know how to actually uninstall it. Thank You.
I will hate my answer since I always tend to tell people to use Ubuntu and give a chance (Either adapting to the new ways of using it or checking if the benefits it offers over Windows outweigh the amount of problems they face on a daily basis with Windows)
That will eliminate the bootable part of GRUB and reinstall the Windows 7 Boot way. After that you will have to remove the Ubuntu partition or partitions created with it. You can later merge them with Windows or install Ubuntu in case you feel you made a mistake ^^.
If this does not work, or for more information about Wubi uninstallation (or general Wubi information), follow the instructions to manually remove Wubi
In any case I would give Ubuntu a chance, at least a 1 week test drive. Of course, remember to update everything since 12.04 has many changes that need updates after a fresh installation. I could mention the MANY benefits of using Ubuntu but I leave it to you to feel the force.
Luring Link - Benefits of Ubuntu - Google Search (Feel the force)
The "easy to uninstall" part implies that you did a Wubi install, which is the easiest to remove. A Wubi install is performed by booting Windows then inserting the Ubuntu Installation CD in the drive. The autorun will then prompt you to start the Ubuntu Wubi installation (install inside Windows). There is also a Wubi installer that can be downloaded and run while online that installs direcly off the internet.
To Uninstall the Wubi installation from Windows 7 follow these steps:
1) Boot Windows 7
2) Open "Programs and Features" in the Control Panel
3) Find the entry for "Ubuntu"
4) Uninstall Ubuntu
Note that in step (3) above, if you can't find the listing for Ubuntu then you might have performed an install "alongside of" Windows, in which case it would have re-arranged your partitions. It seems likely that you have done a Wubi install however.
Yes, Ubuntu is different from Windows. If it was the same it couldn't be better, only "as good as...". Perhaps you'll have another look sometime.
If you installed Ubuntu from Windows, using Wubi, then you can simply use the normal Windows uninstall ability (add/remove programs or something similar). But, if you installed it alongside Windows, using a normal install, then removing Ubuntu will leave you with an unbootable system, which can be fixed using a Windows repair disk, but it's not something most people know how to do - plus, you need the Windows repair disk.
So, before listening to anyone suggesting that you delete the Ubuntu partition, make sure you understand what the next steps are.
The gory details: installing Linux alongside Windows requires that you replace the normal windows/Dos boot loader code that is in the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the disk. This little bit of code knows to look in a certain place for the rest of what it needs, but deleting the partition with Linux will delete this code, too. So, the MBR must be restored if you do this.
I've never done this before, but I this is what I would do:
Step 1 - Give a second chance to Ubuntu. I this fails, go to step 2.
Step 2 - First, backup everything just in case. Secind, reboot your computer with an Ubuntu Live CD. Open the "GParted Partition Editor" to remove Ubuntu.
I can't give you detailed steps because I never did this. But I hope this answer can help you a little bit.


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The "Afternoon of a Faun" is lovely if a tad literal, with that special grace and refinement that was only his.
on the other hand, had she chosen an amateur skating career -- it was "amateur" in those days -- would have faced formidable competition in the US ranks, and her jump limitations would have made her a long-shot at best, even if she didn't have other serious interests and options, like ballet and Princeton. To have turned professional at age 11 means that her skating training was as least as formidable as her dance training
She does not appear to have been making the same degree of progress in both fields.
John Curry in his amateur career, even within the restrictions and expectations of competitive skating, showed that elusive artistry: his "Don Quixote" Long Program was masterful in the seamless transitions in music and movement, the posture, the glide the characterization, while Robin Cousins, who is an amazing skater, had musical cuts four years later that are un-listenable and his program has little coherence outside the requirements of competitive skating.
The musical cuts were customary at the time and continued to be so for some time. Curry had cuts in his beautiful and masterly (if dated in some respects) program, although he used the same piece of music (which can be quite as jarring, although Curry handled it better than others. Cousins, like Curry, selected and edited his own music with a view to offending the ear to the minimum and he was and is quite musical.
You could choose almost any other LP of the era as your HE, but I should suggest Dorothy Hamill's LP from the same year. It's by no means horrible and neither is the music choice, and America's Sweetheart is just fine, but it's lacking in structure and choreography; it just goes on and on until it stops. As Buttons rhapsodized in this commentary, Curry's program "has a beginning, a middle, and an end!"


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According to Moses, the fifth plague of Egypt killed all livestock except that of Israel. If all were killed, then why did Moses warn the Pharaoh to bring his cattle to shelter before the hail? The text states that many animals were killed as they did not bring them in. I don't understand this.
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Your question really comes earlier, for in the plague immediately after the pestilence, we find:
which implies that the Egyptians had animals on which boils "broke forth".
Abarbanel, in his description of the pestilence (דבר), writes that part of the greatness of this plague was that the Jews in Egypt were able to profit from it. The Jews had an abundance of livestock (they lived in Goshen for this reason), and were able to sell animals to the Egyptians after the plague for exorbitant prices.
It seems, according to this theory, that the Egyptians did indeed have animals that were to be afflicted with boils in the subsequent plague and then killed if left outside during the plague of hail (barad).
Exodus 9:3 (emphasis mine):
This limits the scope of the plague to the animals in the field. Hence, any animal brought inside was not afflicted. So when Verse 9:6 says "all the livestock of the Egyptians died", it is referring to all the livestock that were in the scope of the plague, every one of the animals in the fields died. (Rashi to 9:10 based on the Mechilta).
Then the plague of boils, which was non-lethal, "attacked" every Egyptian person and animal, regardless of whether they were inside or not. (Exodus 9:10)
Then came the plague of hail, and Moshe warned the Egyptians that any animal or man left outside would get killed by the hail (Exodus 9:18-19), but any animal or man brought inside will be safe. Verse 20-21 tell us that the "G-d fearing" Egyptians brought their servants and animals inside, but the rest of the Egyptians did not. Verse 25 then tells us:
Once again only the animals in the field were struck, animals that were inside were unharmed by the plague.
Incidentally, this answers something else. In Exodus 14:6-7, it says that Pharaoh harnessed his chariot, and took 600 chariots with him. Where did those horses come from? Weren't all the animals killed in the plagues. The animals came from the "G-d fearing" Egyptians, who brought their animals inside for the plagues. (Rashi 14:7) (Which is why I put "G-d fearing" in quotations. They may have been scared of G-d's plagues, but as soon as they saw that their free labor had left, they gladly offered their horses to try and get the Jews back).


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I'm reading quite a lot professional literature, it's often about information technologies, programming books, computer science etc.
The problem is that there are many books that are poorly written. On the other sides there are books that are very enriching, their authors know how to explain things, how to go to the core ideas and create good background for advanced topics. Some authors are really masters. Some authors give you also guidelines and references for further readings.
Could you describe me your guidelines or algorithm, how to find out that the book is high-quality before you buy it and start to read? How you will narrow the choice of 100 books about technologies (programming language, computer science, electrical engineering) and choose a few that are pearls?


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The military-themed Elite Operations action figures sold at Toys "R" Us have been recalled for a violation of the lead paint standard. Four models are implicated in the recall: Super Rigs, Command Patrol Center, Barracuda Helicopter, and 3 Pack 8-inch Figures. For product numbers and further information, visit the Toys "R" Us website.
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Avoid spreading cold and flu germs to others by coughing or sneezing into a tissue. If none is available, don't cough or sneeze into your hands! Instead, do it into your upper sleeve or the inside bend of your elbow. Turn your head away from nearby people. Try this fun cover your sneeze craft with your kids!
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The Home of New Orleans Saints is Now Known as the Mercedes-Benz Superdome
The New Orleans Saints announced that Mercedes-Benz is signing a deal to have its name on the dome where college and pro football teams have played. The superdome is not only important due to the sports events it hosted, but also because it serves as a refuge for those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. In fact, the place was considered a loss and authorities debated over its renovation after the terrible things that happened to the place. However, in 2006, the stadium reopened, with big improvements from the renovation project worth $336 million. Saints spokesman Greg Bensel announced that the deal will be a 10-year naming rights, the specifics… Continue Reading »


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William (Bill) Macedonio Delgado, 65, our beloved brother, uncle, father and friend passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 10, 2013 in Liberal.� He was born on May 6, 1947 in Garden City, to William and Avelina Delgado. He attended Panhandle State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree.� He is survived by his son, Anthony, Enid, Okla.; sister and brotherin-law, Irene and Ray Velasquez, Ulysses, Kan.; brother-in-law, Johnny Martinez, Liberal; grandchildren, nieces and nephews.� He was predeceased by his parents, William and Avelina, and his sister, Elsie Martinez. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Thursday at the St. Anthony Catholic Church, Liberal, with Father James Dieker presiding. Interment will follow at Liberal Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 - 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. -6 p.m. Wednesday at Miller Mortuary.
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My 32 qt. aluminum stock pot was just delivered that I was planning to use this weekend. Taking it out of the box and inspecting it, there is a fairly sizable chip on the inside about 3/4 of the way down. The chip is about 1/4 in x 3/8 in. and is chipped deep enough to expose the inner material of the pot. I was planning on using this for my batch sparge water. Do you think it is safe to use? My gut is telling me to send it back, but if I do that I won't be able to brew this weekend. What could be some of the potential negatives from using it as is?
A chipped aluminum pot will function, but if I just bought it and haven't used it yet I would definitely return it and demand that Amazon pay the shipping.
In the mean time, look into Sam's Club if you know someone with a membership, I got a 24 quart for $30 there.
A chipped aluminum pot will function the same as a non-chipped aluminum pot. Be sure to keep it as clean as possible. Since you are boiling whatever touches the chip, it really won't matter a whole lot. Return it if you are super worried about it. Better yet, get a stainless steel pot.


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The word "Jew" originates from the name of the eldest son of Jacob. The term "Jew" was introduced many generations and decades after him. I wonder whether Adam, Noah, Lot, Abraham and Moses were all Jews?
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The term "Jew" is relatively recent. The Hebrew form of it ("Yehudi") first appears (I believe) in Megillas Esther and in Zechariah. Before that, Jews were referred to as "Ivrim" or "(B'nei) Yisrael" (The Children of Israel). (Thanks @IsaacMoses, for bringing up @Menachem's excellent links. I'd like to reemphasize that those should really be checked out, especially the Chabad.org one on the origin of the term "Jew".)
I'll use the word "Jew" hereinafter because it's convenient, but remember that I'm talking about the people, not the name.
Generally, Avraham (Abraham) is considered to be the first of what we now call Jews. We actually have an interesting discussion here on when he became so, and what made that happen.
Traditionally, we do not call Adam, Noah, or Lot Jews. Only from Avraham and down do we start to refer to people as Jewish.
That's not to say that Adam and Noah* weren't holy people, just that they didn't have that same special status that G-d gave to Avraham and his children. But don't worry about them, they've got their own unique places in Jewish history. (Adam, the first man, the archetype of humanity. Noah, the only worthwhile guy in the universe at the time.)
*Noah's relative holiness is disputed by the rabbinic commentators. Some say he was only considered righteous compared to the rest of his (really evil) generation, while others say he was indeed righteous by any standard. I have intentionally left out Lot, as Jewish tradition does not consider him to be much of a holy guy at all, as far as I know.)


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What's the difference of a monoid and a group? I'm reading this book and it says that a group is a monoid with invertibility and this property is made to solve the equation $x \ast m=e$ and $m \ast x=e$ for $x$, where $m$ is any element of the structure.
I got confused because it's similar to the monoid's commutativity property which says that $m \ast n=n*m$ for all $m, n \in M$.


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In 2005, a Republican-controlled Congress, under President George W. Bush, with strong support from the financial sector, for-profit colleges, and collection agencies, passed draconian legislation which is putting more and more students into debt that they may never get out of. The Republican-controlled Congress in 2005 removed bankruptcy protections to those who hold college loans. This despite the fact that student bankruptcy from student loans was at 1 percent, which is about the same that was found in the rest of society.
The result of this law has resulted in inflating the cost of education. Predatory lending practices have become common, particularly at for-profit colleges. We now have over 7 million students who have graduated or left college who are in default, with many facing a life with little chance of lifting themselves out of debt. Legislation passed by Congress has put many students into financial peril.
According to studentloan.org, the law passed by Congress not only prohibits bankruptcy, but also contains severe measures meant to protect the finance industry and the federal government. In addition, Congress included in the law that students would be denied refinancing rights, statute of limitations protection, truth in lending requirements, fair debt collection practice requirements, and even made it so that state laws dealing with students loans were subject to the new federal law.
Collection practices included in the law engage collection agencies to wage garnishment, attaching tax returns, attaching Social Security payments, disability income garnishments, suspension of state issued professional licenses, termination from public employment and other predatory practices. In addition, Congress established a fee system that allows the creditors to attach a 20 percent fee to loans that are in default, as well as the interest and principle. Students who take out college loans should not be discriminated against and Congress should act immediately to bring fairness to the college loan crisis.
In his book, "The Price of Inequality," Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Economics believes the 2005 bankruptcy law made it impossible to declare bankruptcy, which resulted in doing away with any incentives for banks as well as the federal government to provide loans for an education that will result in student success.
When reforms were advanced that would tie graduation rates and successful jobs to student loans, the banks, credit agencies, and for-profit schools fought back and were successful in preventing reforms. We have a system in place with for-profit schools where 90 percent of their funding ($26 billion) comes from the federal government and, with their lobbyists hard at work, a corrupt system that preys on students will remain in place.
The question that should be asked is why a country would allow an industry to prey on students in this fashion. The answer is that in 2005, both branches of Congress and the presidency were under the control of the Republican Party, which had strong ties to the finance sector. The Democrats share some responsibility because when they regained control of Congress, they failed to enact meaningful reforms. Currently the finance industry, collection agencies, and for-profit colleges have a stranglehold on Congress with more lobbyists then members of congress.
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Unfortunately, with the House of Representatives under the control of the Republicans, there is little hope that any changes will come soon.
The result will be that predatory practices will continue, for-profit colleges will continue to hand out loans at record rates, and more and more students will be in default and the growing inequality in our country will continue unabated. For more information on this topic, read U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's book, " A Fighting Chance" and check us out on our Facebook page, Citizens for Economic Justice.
Kenneth Pottel is a Fairhaven resident and a member of Citizens for Economic Justice.
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The River City's recent recognition as a top tourism destination may have confirmed its reputation as a great place to visit, but ask any fellow Louisvillian and he or she will likely assert that it's an even better place to call home.
Residents of the friendly Shelby Park neighborhood will boast that their little slice of the 'Ville is proof of this.
Established in 1847 and originally settled mainly by German immigrants, Shelby Park sits between the Old Louisville and Germantown neighborhoods, with a nearly 17-acre Olmsted firm design park as its main feature. Metro Parks and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy are currently in the third phase of a master plan to update the park, one of the first play parks laid out in quadrants for recreational purposes, around its original design.
"The neighborhood association is focused on both the park development and encouraging people to consider our shotgun housing stock as a viable option for downtown living," shared Shelby Park Neighborhood Association President Charles Rogalinski. "We are branding ourselves as the next walking neighborhood as we have a supermarket, various churches, Billy Hertz's art gallery and a small commercial district focused on trades."
"Shelby Park is not for everyone, but we have affordable housing and the chance to create new homes," he added. "I moved there three years ago and see so many opportunities for contemporary living within walking and biking distance."
A mix of shotgun-style houses and larger turn-of-the-century homes dominate the area. Typical interiors offer classic features like hardwood floors, original wooden supports and numerous uniquely-shaped passages. A neighborhood association member and his wife, who both chose to remain anonymous, offered The Voice-Tribune a glimpse inside their not-so-typical shotgun style home, which reached its landmark 100th birthday this year.
"I definitely like the character of older homes," the Shelby Park resident explained. "I enjoy the unique details and just how well the old homes are made."
Favorite aspects of the house's cozy interior include two windows retaining frames and glass original to the structure, and soft, blonde-colored pine flooring that has weathered a century of living by the many families who've called it home. The current homeowners are in the process of uncovering and re-staining wooden supports that frame the sitting room entrance, with the hopes of matching it to the glossy fireplace mantle.
"They did a terrible thing when they covered up the original wood," asserted the lady of the house. "You can get back inside the closet where they didn't paint, and you can see the original wood is just gorgeous."
But while uncovering the home's original elements is important to the couple, so is introducing aspects of modernity to make the place feel like their own. Bold red trim and corresponding accents keep the spacious dining room, a feature which distinguishes the house from a classic shotgun, feeling fresh and up to date. An heirloom cabinet in the corner helps to ground the room. In the living room, a comfy neutral-covered couch is accented by yellow pillows and creamy corresponding walls. A wooden coffee table will soon be painted a complementary color to keep the room from feeling too wood-heavy.
Upstairs, a brightly painted, newly-installed second bathroom ensures that the couple will never have to fight over a space to get ready in the mornings. "You think this is the act of a loving husband, but really it's because he didn't want my makeup all over his bathroom!" the young woman laughed. In addition to the bathroom, walk-through closet space was added to maximize space for the couple's respective wardrobes, beyond which lies a guest room with a whimsical sloped ceiling, the ideal space for a children's bedroom someday.
It's not just their house, but the neighborhood as a whole that makes the couple want to stay in their Shelby Park home for the forseeable future. They make the most of the location by regularly enjoying casual dinners on the front porch, socializing with a mix of both longtime and new neighbors, and opening up their doors for church and community gatherings. "We're kind of here to plant down roots and stay," the young man confirmed. "We've got lots of friends who live in the neighborhood, and we enjoy the neighbors who were here, and others that have moved here since." As far as children, his wife joked, "We'll see how many we can pack in here!"


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Sunscreen ingredients, labels, and more.
Sunscreen Safety: What to Know
Sunscreen Hazards continued...
Dermatologists emphasize that sunscreen, though essential, is just one part of sun protection. Along with sunscreen, you should also wear hats and protective SPF-rated clothing as well as seek shade during the hours of most intense sunlight.
"The more things you can do to set yourself up for success, the better," says Ellen Marmur, MD, FAAD, author of Simple Skin Beautyand vice chair of cosmetic and dermatologic surgery at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center.
What's on the Label?
Here are some of the numbers, phrases, and instructions found on a sunscreen label.
SPF: SPF 15, for example, means it would take your skin 15 times longer to get red than if you were wearing no protection at all. So if your unprotected skin begins to redden after 10 minutes in the sun, then with a generous coat of SPF 15, it would take 150 minutes for your skin to begin to turn red, Marmur says.
But to get this protection, you'd have to slather sunscreen on as thick as icing.
"So we're really getting, say, half the number that's on the bottle so just buy the [SPF] 30," Marmur says. That's what the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommends, too.
If a sunscreen has an SPF below 15 or does not offer broad-spectrum protection (protects against UVA and UVB), the new label will say that it only guards against sunburn but not skin cancer.
There's no need to go over SPF 50. We may soon not see labels that promise protection over 50 because the FDA believes there isn't proof that a product can provide such high levels of sun protection.
But to get SPF protection, you must reapply often. By the end of 2012, all labels will tell users to reapply sunscreen at least every two hours. If a brand claims its product lasts longer than two hours, the company will have to prove it to the FDA.
Waterproof, Sweatproof, Sunblock: You can kiss those terms good-bye. The FDA has ordered sunscreen labels to quit using those words because they go too far. At best, you'll see "water-resistant" or "sweat-resistant" and just plain old "sunscreen" rather than "sunblock." Labels will also have to tell you if the product is water- or sweat-resistant for 40 minutes or 80 minutes. After that length of time, you'll have to reapply.


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The Wikipedia article is full of general relativistic and differential geometry jargon, and its accuracy is questionable. So, without such (or explaining said jargon without more jargon), what is the 'apparent horizon' of a black hole?
The apparent horizon is a technical term, so you're going to have to have SOME jargon to explain it--the distinctions between trapping, apparent, dynamical and event horizons does just require some knowledge of differential geometry and general relativity, even if you can explain them using common words, as below.
Freeze a moment in time in some particular coordinate system. Then, if that coordinate system contains an apparent horizon, it will be closed two-dimensional surface (think a ball, but not necessarily undistorted) where all light rays but one are forced to move into the surface when evolved in time, and the last light ray will be 'frozen' on the surface at that moment of time (think of the outgoing light ray at $r=2M$ in the Schwarzschild solution--it tries to get away, but is just stuck on the surface).
It is called apparent because it:
Simply, The apparent horizon is the outermost trapped surface surrounding a black hole.The name Apparant is given because it separates light rays that are trapped inside a black hole from those that can move away from it.


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BRUCEVILLE-EDDY (December 12, 2012)--A large fiberglass container loaded on a semi-trailer was too high to clear a bridge Wednesday on Interstate 35 in Bruceville-Eddy and the resulting crash left the cylinder on the roadway.
By late afternoon, northbound traffic was backed up for seven miles or more because of the accident.
No injuries were reported in the noontime accident, but traffic was be re-routed onto an access road around the crash site while crews cleared the debris.
The State Highway 107 bridge that crosses Interstate 35 at mile marker 315 was closed while Texas Department of Transportation workers made repairs.


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I know (to some extent) a few languages, including C, Java and Python. I'm also (somewhat) familiar with Scala and Scheme, plus I can read (but not write) x86 Assembly. Say I want to learn C++, what is a good book which doesn't try to teach me what a class is, teach me inheritance, polymorphism or loosely coupled classes again, nor does try to teach me other basics, just the C++ language (as well as how to write idiomatic C++ code, not e.g. Java with C++ syntax) and its standard library?
Note: "Detailed" as used in the title means that it doesn't try to cover C++ in 100 pages, I want to know the details of the language. Of course, mastery comes from practice, but I don't want to learn just a little bit of C++ from the book, but learn it quite thoroughly.


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As I've no doubt mentioned previously, my mother's side of the family is pretty much a blank wall for me. At the beginning of my genealogy journey one of the few stories I knew about Mom's extended family had to do with her maternal grandmother Jennie Kyle Harrison. Jennie died in the "spanish" flu epidemic after World War I as did her teen daughter Ruth. Losing both her mother and her sister in this way devastated my grandmother. In fact, when I learned their real full names (Virginia and Ruth) the meaning of my mother's name, Virginia Ruth, became clear. My grandmother gave my mother, her only daughter, their names as a way of honoring their loss.
The other tidbit I knew about my grandmother was that there were twins in her family. Exactly where in the family I didn't know. My younger sisters are twins so this trait apparently runs in the family. When I started researching I found out that the twin I was searching for was actually my great grandmother Jennie! Identical or fraternal I had no idea but according to the 1870 census they were born in 1866, just after the Civil War and that Jennie's twin was named Tennessee or "Tennie"! Virginia and Tennessee. Jennie and Tennie. Hmmm.... Given the timing of their birth and their names, if Daddy wasn't a Confederate soldier I'll eat my hat.
Anyway, back to Ancestry. I was poking around on the site one day when I found some information about Tennie and her descendants on another tree. I emailed the tree owner Pat and not only did she reply but she sent me pictures....the only picture I've ever seen of my great grandmother.
|Jennie (left) and Tennie Kyle
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The originals were tintypes taken about 1880. There is some damage, especially to Tennie's, but it is obvious that the girls are identical.
Pat also shared some family stories with me. Tennie gave birth to 2 sets of twins, one set identical and one fraternal. She also died young... in another flu epidemic 10 years before her twin Jennie died of the "Spanish" flu. Ironically, just like her twin, Tennie also lost a daughter in that same 1908 epidemic.
After Jennie and Tennie, there were no more twin births in our branch of the tree until my mother gave birth to my twin sisters. But obviously this tendency to twins runs in the family. If the old wive's tale about twins skipping generations hold true I may be knitting a lot of grandbaby booties in the future!


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6 Movie Plots That Could Have Been Solved In Minutes
#3. Saw
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In one of this franchise's trademark ridiculously over-elaborate murder plots, the Jigsaw Killer shackles Cary Elwes to a pipe and makes him follow a series of clues to solve a bunch of puzzles so that he can win the ultimate prize of getting killed.
After all the pieces come together and the film hits its climax scene, Elwes's character, Lawrence, is faced with one final decision: cut off his foot with a hacksaw and then murder his cellmate or answer a cell phone.
What to do, what to do...
While we don't want to go into too many spoilers that aren't already obvious from the fact that the movie spawned six sequels, it is worth noting that on the other end of the ringing cell phone is his wife and daughter and the entire city's police force, who are waiting for him to answer so that they can bust in and save everybody.
If he answers the phone, everybody lives, Jigsaw goes to jail and Wesley gets to safely return home to his princess bride. The whole movie, nay, the entire never-ending facepalm that is the Saw franchise, hinges on this one scene. His decision...
Let's just say he'd make a poor podiatrist.
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There is one important element to this equation that we have yet to mention: how far away the cell phone is from Lawrence. Or should we say... how close it is.
This close.
While we admit we're not MacGyver, you don't need to be any kind of Gyver to think up creative ways to reach something lying only (ahem) one foot away if a body part depends on it. Consider the fact that, because they are chained to the sides of the room, the characters spend the entire movie trying to reach nearby objects through various improvised means.
In fact, one of the opening scenes involves Lawrence's Australian cellmate using his shirt and a bathtub stopper to shimmy over a tape recorder that lies much further away than that phone does now. In the pivotal scene, we nod in approval when Lawrence smartly begins to remove his own shirt... and then sigh heavily when he fashions it into a tourniquet instead of a phone lasso. Meanwhile, the phone keeps ringing.
Hell, we realize Lawrence isn't in the right state of mind. But surely, instead of screaming and crying in abject horror like the great actor he isn't, the cellmate could have lobbed one of the various shards of glass or broken tiles at his disposal just to nudge the damn phone closer to the other guy.
Of course, nothing beats the real kicker: After Lawrence cuts off his foot and frees himself, he still doesn't answer the fucking cell phone.
Ah well. The important thing is that Cary Elwes is working.
#2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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In the second film of the series, archetypically emo 18-year-old Bella Swan breaks up with her Anne Rice fantasy boyfriend Edward, so he turns into a bat and flies away. With Edward, the money-maker, off-screen for much of the film, the producers overcompensate with half a dozen tanned, muscular werewolves who wax their bodies and wear their jeans low enough that you don't have to use so much of your imagination.
"Here's your movie, ladies."
However, once Edward mistakenly thinks that Bella committed suicide, he falls into a suicidal depression of his own. The whole plot of this film then surrounds Bella's frantic attempts to contact Edward and reveal that she is alive, so that he doesn't kill himself in turn. Just in case the homage isn't explicit enough, Bella is seen at one point being deeply engrossed in a copy of Romeo and Juliet.
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Shakespearean allusions aside, the threadbare scrunchie holding this whole goddamn movie together is the idea that Bella and Edward are unable to communicate with each other in the Information Age.
This gaping plot abyss could easily have been avoided had it been explained that there's some kind of ancient curse preventing vampires from using anything more technologically advanced than a wheelbarrow. We could suggest that, if not for the fact that Bella spends half the movie exchanging emails with Edward's sister.
The idea of Edward being led to believe that Bella killed herself when she didn't is a feat virtually impossible to pull off in the 21st century, never mind in the Twilight universe. For one, Edward is freaking telepathic. However, should Edward choose to check Bella's vitals the old fashioned way, here's an idea: Call her on her white Nokia 7360. Yes, a phone, like the one that was used to tell Edward about Bella's apparent suicide in the first place.
Apparently, even at this proximity it's not clear whether Bella died.
Unfortunately, this route has fewer bare-chested teenage boys. Unless, of course, Edward chose to Google them while checking up on Bella in Facebook chat.
#1. Return of the Jedi
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After retrieving Han Solo from the clutches from the vile pimp Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels send Han on a ridiculous mission to go undercover and blow up the deflector shield on Endor that's protecting a second Death Star. He fails. Fortunately, the entire Rebellion is saved by Ewoks.
We can't in good faith blame the Emperor for not foreseeing this.
What Would Have Made More Sense:
Blowing up the Death Star is supposed to be trickier this time around, on account of the deflector shield guarding the station.
See that little circle on Endor where the energy shield comes from? That the radar dish of the Death Star's SLD-26 planetary shield generator, sticking out of the jungle like a gigantic robotic mushroom.
The second Death Star, and with it the entire Imperial leadership, are protected only by a single radar tower which, according to the movie and our own eyes, is a thousand feet tall and unprotected by air. Ultimately, the Rebels don't need Han, the Ewoks or possibly even the Force to blow up the second Death Star. They just need an air raid. Hey, it's a good thing that their military is made up almost entirely of spaceships with lasers on them!
You know, like the one that later brought down the Super Star Destroyer Executor after, you guessed it, shooting out its unprotected shield generators.
Total destruction time: 22 seconds.
This was a simple hit-and-run job made infinitely easier by the fact that the Emperor chose to park his whole goddamn navy on the "far side" of Endor as part of his brilliant trap that got him and everyone he knew killed. This meant no TIE fighters, Star Destroyers or even probe droids to stand between the Rebels and the Death Star. They could not have bribed their way into better conditions. Hell, the Battle of Endor could probably have happened off-screen.
"Heyyy... Guess what? The war ended while you were gone, and Leia is into incest!"
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Council of Europe language education policy
The Council of Europe's activities to promote linguistic diversity and language learning in the field of education are carried out within the framework of article 2 of the European Cultural Convention, which commits the states party to the Convention to promote the reciprocal teaching and learning of their languages.
Each Contracting Party shall, insofar as may be possible:
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In the spirit of this article the Council of Europe's work in the area of language education policy has developed over five decades in response to the changing needs and priorities of member states. The Council promotes policies which strengthen linguistic diversity and language rights, deepen mutual understanding, consolidate democratic citizenship and sustain social cohesion.
Council of Europe language education policies aim to promote:
The emphasis from an early stage in Council of Europe projects on successful communication skills, motivated by increasing opportunities for interaction and mobility in Europe, remains important, but globalisation and internationalisation pose new challenges to social cohesion and integration. Language skills remain essential if individuals are to benefit from opportunities in employment and mobility but they are also necessary to participate actively in the social and political processes which are an integral part of democratic citizenship in the multilingual societies of Council of Europe member states.
This increasing focus on language policies for democratic citizenship and social cohesion reflects the priority which the Council of Europe accords to education for citizenship and intercultural dialogue in the 21st century. It is reflected in the goal of education for plurilingual and intercultural citizens capable of interacting in a number of languages across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
- 'Multilingualism' refers to the presence in a geographical area, large or small, of more than one 'variety of language' i.e. the mode of speaking of a social group whether it is formally recognised as a language or not; in such an area individuals may be monolingual, speaking only their own variety.
Council of Europe policy attaches particular importance to the development of plurilingualism – the lifelong enrichment of the individual's plurilingual repertoire. This repertoire is made up of different languages and language varieties at different levels of proficiency and includes different types of competences. It is dynamic and changes in its composition throughout an individual's life.
The use and development of an individual's plurilingual competence is possible because different languages are not learned in isolation and can influence each other both in the learning process and communicative use. Education systems need to ensure the harmonious development of learners' plurilingual competence through a coherent, transversal and integrated approach that takes into account all the languages in learners' plurilingual repertoire and their respective functions. This includes promoting learners' consciousness of their existing repertoires and potential to develop and adapt those repertoires to changing circumstances.
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I was going through the fundamental theorem in Number Theory where any non zero integer n can be represented as a product of distinct primes. A related problem with this theorem is to prove that for every such number, there exists a prime $p$ such that $p< \sqrt n$.
I was wondering if there is any mathematical proof that no prime $p$ exists for the number $n$ such that $p> \sqrt n$.
I was going through the fundamental theorem in Number Theory where any non zero integer n can be represented as a product of distinct primes. A related problem with this theorem is to prove that for every such number, there exists a prime $p$ such that $p< \sqrt n$.
No. Consider that the square root of $14$ is about $3.74$ but $14$ has $7$ as a prime factor. Also consider that any prime number such as $2$ is its own (only) prime factor, and any number greater than $1$ is greater than its square root. The theorem you have stated is incorrect: $25$ has no prime factor less than $5$, and $3$ has no prime factor less than $1.732$; however, it is true that every composite number has a prime factor less than or equal to its square root.
You seem to be confused with another statement, which is that the smallest prime factor of a composite number N is less than or equal to $\sqrt N$.
Proof: Suppose $n$ is a positive integer s.t. $n=pq$, where $p$ and $q$ are prime numbers. Assume $p>\sqrt{n}$ and $q>\sqrt{n}$. Multiplying these inequalities we have $p.q>\sqrt{n}.\sqrt{n}$, which implies $pq>n$. This is a contradiction to our hypothesis $n=pq$. Hence we can conclude that either $p\leq \sqrt{n}$ or $q \leq \sqrt{n}$.
N=a*b=ab+b^2-b^2=b^2 + b(a-b)
if b < a then b^2 < N so b < sqrt(N)
if b = a a = b = sqrt(N)
It doesn't mean that every factor of $n$ would be less that $\sqrt{n}$, in fact at least one factor would be less than $\sqrt{n}$ if $n$ is not a prime number. Explanation: $$ n=\sqrt{n}\cdot \sqrt{n},\quad n=a\cdot b, $$ so 1) if one factor is less than $\sqrt{n}$ then other will be greater than $\sqrt{n}$, 2) if there is no such factor less than $\sqrt{n}$ then both factors would be greater than $\sqrt{n}$ but it's not possible; so, that number must be prime if it doesn't have a factor less than $\sqrt{n}$.
I know the answer is late. But, maybe its useful for reference.
For a number n consider these cases:
1 - No other prime factors -- Eg. 11
Clearly, the only cases 1,2,3 touch or cross the sqrt(n) border.
Think of square-root as splitting a number into two in the multiplicative sense.
There can be at most 1 prime factor of n greater than sqrt(n). Proof : If possible let there exists two greater sqrt(n) then their product should also divide n but which excides n, which contradicts our assumption. Application : If u want to prime factorise n then you need at most primes upto sqrt(n) which largely improves the complexity. The number left after dividing n with all possible powers of primes less than sqrt(n) is indeed a prime or 1.


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Back soon with recipes. In the meantime, enjoy your families, dads!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Happy Father's Day
Back soon with recipes. In the meantime, enjoy your families, dads!
20 comments:
- Cyclediva said...
Now that we've seen your picture, we can truly say, Vegan Dad is HOT.:-) Happy Father's Day!
- June 20, 2009 at 11:11 PM
- Vegemommy said...
Congratulations on your new little girl. I am the mother of two little girls and a newborn baby boy. Sleep is indeed at a minimum. I have followed your blog for quite some time and always enjoyed your recipes. Not doing much cooking lately as I am breastfeeding an infant with intolerances to milk, soy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and wheat (and all gluten-containing grains.) So, currently my meals consist of lots of beans and rice, quinoa, seeds, and fruits/veggies. I've actually considered eating meat but as I never have...doubt I could bring myself to do it.
- June 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
- Oraphan said...
Happy Father's Day, vegan Dad!!!
Hope you have a wonderful day.
- June 21, 2009 at 2:47 AM
- Virginia said...
wow, vegan dad, you are really cute! totally not what i expected! congrats again on your new family addition, you are so blessed to have so much food brought to you!
- June 21, 2009 at 7:15 AM
- BJ said...
Happy Father's Day to you - and I hope you and your wife will soon be able to get some sleep! Sounds like you have a great circle of friends generous with their food gifts!
- June 21, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Heather C. said...
Happy father's day! Extra special with the addition of a new person to call you dad! =) Enjoy!
- June 21, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Chaos Mom said...
wow...talented AND good looking! Vegan Mom is a lucky lady! ;)
(btw...i am married to a meat loving farmboy sasquatch who will never give up eating meat...but even he has been coming to your site to get interesting recipes to try! yippee!)
- June 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Anke said...
You kind of look like what I expected you to look like :-)
Congratulations on Vegan Daughter!
- June 21, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Aww. You're vegan, adorable, and you teach Foucault. Vegan Mom is a lucky lady!
- June 21, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- Olga said...
Vegan Dad is handsome....
- June 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Cooking With Dia said...
That cornbread looks delicious. I so miss it. We don't get those things over here, and it is even hard to make our own because of the lack of cornmeal.
- June 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Caroline said...
I spent Fathers Day baking vegan whoopie pies at my parents' house! My omnivore parents were shocked by how delicious they were. Right on.
- June 21, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Michelle said...
No... not at all disappointed! It will be nice to be able to picture you when I read your blog now!
Happy Father's Day to an amazing father - you provide the healthiest food to your kids while looking after our precious earth at the same time!
- June 21, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- AdvisorKarin said...
Hey Vegan Dad, I was thinking of you earlier today while doing some Father's Day cooking. Happy Father's Day! You look different than I expected but I like the photo!
- June 21, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
So funny to see your picture! I always thought you'd have to be much older to have so much wisdom... huh! Hope you had a very happy father's day!
- June 21, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- AliBee said...
Happy Fathers Day ! I was expecting a grizzly canadian with a beard.
Congrats on Vegan Daughter
- June 22, 2009 at 4:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
I was picturing the dad from Family Ties... instead he's some dude probably only five years older than me! Practically a peer! Pretty funny that you predicted my reaction so well.
- June 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Congratulations on the sweet new vegan daughter, you handsome devil. :)
- June 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Sophia.Pflieger said...
Congrats on the New Vegan Daughter, I'm sure she's beautiful! I never pictured you to be older, actually you look somewhat like I pictured you.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- carrie said...
Wow, vegan dad, you don't look at all like I was expecting....graying, wise old man is totally how I had you pegged.
No matter how young you are, your cooking is still brilliant.
Hope you had a happy father's day...you derserve it!!
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Has anybody's organization started the migration from Java to Scala? If yes, how do you do that? What can I do to encourage my colleagues to do the same?
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Probably the easiest way is to first use Scala only for testing. In this case, you might even not have to tell your boss :-) If he asks, tell him "that's just my private test case, it's so much easier and faster to use Scala for it". Once you (and your organization) has enough experience with Scala you can start using it for the 'real' code.
From the companies perspective it is better to stay with Java if there is no distinct advantage that they will get by migrating to Scala. It is easier for them to hire Java programmers to build and maintain the application. You might just leave after implementing everything in Scala :-) No offenses :-)
Have your boss read experiences like this:
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Over the past two years we've progressed a fair way along this journey at guardian.co.uk - our Open Platform is built on Scala, our core CMS (originally in Java) is gradually incorporating more Scala (we're soon moving from Maven to SBT for our build) and it's been a wonderful experience - really invigorating our devs, some of whom were becoming a bit jaded with Java :)
I'd encourage you to read these two articles about our transition, and maybe use them as supporting evidence with your pointy-haired:
Some quick tips:
This question dove-tails in another question. That is for what kinds or projects does migrating to Scala provide added value? I do Java day my day job, but dream about the day I can use Scala "in anger".
A couple answers to my own question:
Any other insights or better yet experiences?
I'm writing tests for my Java apps in Scala and agree that it's a good place to start. My test coverage is better because it's quicker and easier to write them (also since I get to use Scala, I willingly focus on writing tests more).
I've also started doing prototypes and throwaway POCs in Scala pretty much exclusively. I try to make managers and supervisors as aware as possible that I used Scala for these one-offs and emphasize that I was able to get something up and running quickly because of Scala. We needed (well, kind of needed) a web app to track our holiday party white elephant game - 1.5 hours with Scalatra and MongoDB and my entire department is seeing this app and asking about it. Let's face it, you'll never get anywhere describing to managers how much more expressive the language is or that its concurrency model is so much better. But if you show them you can get more done more quickly, you gain ground.
But I think the biggest piece is getting developers excited about Scala. I'm sure we all work with developer who don't actively keep up with new technology, and sometimes it's hard to get those folks excited about doing anything new (why, I really don't understand). Showing those folks some benefits of Scala (try the REPL) is key. If you get enough developers buzzing about the same benefits of productivity, then you're far more likely to get Scala officially adopted in your organization.
Spreading the word and getting that grassroots effort rolling is my key goal in 2011. We shall see how it pans out, because I can't wait for the day I get to use Scala for the bulk of my work.
I'm wondering why choose one or the other? Why decide to throw Java out the door and go Scala all the way?
There is no such thing as the perfect tool for the job. There's no reason to throw expertise in one language out the door completely and replace it with another.
I wouldn't want to work (anymore) at a company that focusses on one language or environment, tbh. It's better to know many things and pick the right tool for the job.
Next to that, it's hard if not impossible to get your organization to switch over to Scala completely. Instead, I'd try to get some projects (or even parts of projects) done in Scala, instead of going for the all-or-nothing approach. You could, for example, opt to test your Java code with Specs2, which has a pretty nice syntax compared to plain old JUnit - and it's not complex, confusing and hard Scala code and paradigms either, just syntactic sugar around defining behavior of your application.
A good way is to demonstrate two versions of the same program. By doing that you can show to your colleagues (in practice) Scala's Expressiveness. Doing the same thing for other problems (XML, concurrency, etc.) can demonstrate the benefits of using Scala instead of Java for tackling specific problems.
Of course don't expect the migration to happen in one day. There are many problems that you might underestimate: The learning curve, the existing codebase, etc.


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I want to buy a wide or fisheye lens for taking panoramic (360°) photos. My camera is the Nikon D7000 . I am a little bit confused about FX and DX lenses; could you guide me to select the correct lens?
I agree that a wide angle lens gives too much distortion to allow auto-stitching software to function correctly.
The 50mm Nikkor 1.8 might be a good choice, but bear in mind that 50mm on a Nikon cropped sensor is 75mm. This might make it a bit too zoomed in for your liking. It really depends on your subject matter. If it fits, the 50mm is a great lens. It's extremely sharp for the money. And can be used for great portrait shots too.
If the 50mm's no good, Nikon do a 35mm 1.8 that might fit better.
FX lenses can be used with a full frame or cropped sensor body
DX lenses can only be used with a cropped sensor - if used on a full frame camera, you will have dark areas in the corners.
If you have a D7000 you can use either type of lens (D7000 is a cropped sensor camera, not full frame )
You can get wide/panoramic images with your camera in two ways basically:
if you take multiple photos, it's easier to do if the lens doesn't have a lot of distortion at the edges, so a wide angle lens tends to be a disadvantage
Nikon makes a 10.5mm DX lens. Not sure if it's quite what you had in mind when you said panorama. It would get you around 180 degrees, not 360.
The lens you choose should first depend on the resolution you need from you panorama. You can do it with pretty much any lens but if you go with a 50mm, as someone suggests, you will be stitching a ton of images. The more images, the more chances of screwing and the most chances of things (people and vehicles) moving between frames and accross boundaries.
If resolution is not important you can do that in very few shots with a circular fisheye. Many panorama software are highly specialized nowadays and support this time of lens. A Sigma 4.5mm fisheye would give you the least amount of shots. You can get more resolution using the Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye but still not need that many shots.
If you do not have panorama software already, I have reviewed several - both free and paid ones - at Neopanoramic. Not all perform the same and not all support fisheye lenses. If you ever see panoramas of interiors with plenty of people or in crowds, they are almost always done with a fisheye lens.


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