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Charter schools and Catholic schools
The push is on in Washington this week to put more federal money into the charter-school movement. That may be good news for parents whose children are in substandard public schools, but it's bad news for Catholic schools, which are losing enrollment to the publicly funded charter schools.The Obama administration's push for increased federal funding comes on top of vast corporate philanthropic support for charter schools from the Gates Foundation, The Broad Foundation and others. As I wrote in Commonweal last year, the charter schools often pick up some of the trappings parents find attractive in Catholic schools, such as strong discipline and uniforms.I don't see how all but the strongest Catholic schools can survive the competition with charter schools unless there is a stronger financial commitment to Catholic schools on the part of major foundations and, yes, Catholics themselves. Catholic schools have long provided a refuge from the educational fads that afflict public education. Setting aside their religious mission, that alone is reason enough to save them. The campaign to use corporate methodology - performance data, bonuses, marketing - that is behind the charter-school movement may well prove to be another educational fad that goes nowhere. No less than Diane Ravitch, an educational historian who had advocated a more business-like approach to education, seems to have come to that conclusion. "The more I saw, the more I lost the faith," she writes in her upcoming book "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," according to The Washington Post.
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Paul Moses, a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY, is the author of The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace (Doubleday, 2009) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (NYU Press, 2015).
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My two daughters are in parochial school in a neighborhood which has a very good public school. Their school is small, less than 20 children in each of my daughters' grades, and I know it worries about enrollment. Tuition is about $8,000 for the two of them. Cheap for a private school, but still $8,000 more than "free". I'm happy to pay it, and feel like I'm getting a bargain, but I'm sure there are a lot of families where $8,000 puts Catholic school out of reach for them. I agree that Catholics need to make a greater financial commitment to Catholic education. And we need to be especially committed to supporting schools in poor neighborhoods. But I don't think private philanthropy by itself will bridge the funding gap; Catholic schools need to be able to access some public money to subsidize their operations. I think government funding of charter schools actually brings us one step closer to government funding of Catholic schools. The more charter schools there are, with their diverse programs and focus areas, the more difficult it is for opponents to frame a policy argument against public subsidy for Catholic schools. My major concerns with Catholic schools and charter schools are around how they treat their workforce. Compensation is shockingly low for Catholic school teachers, and I've heard a few stories where charter school teachers aren't doing much better. I think that's a fairness issue that really needs to be addressed.
Developing strong Reading, comprehension, and analytical skills grounded in The Universal Truth of Love, was the foundation of the Catholic grammar school that I attended.
Charter schools are a fad in and of themselves. So it's utterly unclear on the concept to choose charter schools supposedly to avoid educational fads.
That being said, I believe that Catholic Schools should qualify as Charter schools and be eligible for funding except for funding in instruction in Catholic That being said, Catholic Schools should be eligible for Charter School funding except for Religious instruction.
What I meant to say is that Catholic Schools should qualify as Charter Schools and be eligible for Charter school funding except for Religious Instruction.
Hi Paul, I noticed your blog and wanted to add my two cents. In my view, and as I write in my new book, charter schools are contributing to the demise of Catholic education because they claim to offer a safe, disciplined refuge at no charge. For working families, that is an attractive offer. Turning Catholic schools into charter schools is no solution, because to qualify for public funding, they would have to remove anything that identifies them as Catholic schools, To become a charter, they would have to stop being Catholic school, so that is a very bad bargain indeed. I have been a friend and supporter of Catholic schools for many years (although I am not Catholic and attended public schools). I have provided scholarships to Catholic students in high schools, and I regularly contribute to the parochial school in my neighborhood. In the interest of diversity and quality, I hope that Catholic schools survive as Catholic schools. The big philantrhopists now pumping many millions into public education should turn their attention to Catholic education. Gates, Broad, Dell, Walton and other big foundations could save Catholic education and preserve one of the great institutions of our democratic society. If we acted on the principle of public money for public schools, and private money for nonpublic schools, the future of Catholic education would be secure.Diane Ravitch
Nancy --I agree. There is no reason why, if a Catholic school spends 10 per cent of the tuition on religious instruction, the government couldn't just give those students grants of 90 per cent of the cost. This would be a simple bookkeeping matter. The money could be given directly to the parents who would then pay the school. As I remember, the original GI Bill veterans at Catholic colleges got the money directly from the federal gov't. and then paid the school. This avoided the issue of "entanglement" of church and state. However, I can see renewed opposition to such a system because Islamic schools would also be eligible, and that can be a bit frightening, depending on who runs the Muslim schools.About charter schools--Since Katrina (2005) New Orleans public education is undergoing a massive experiment with charter schools. An enormous amount of help been given by universities and individuals from out of state, including places like Yale. My nephew is a volunteer math tutor, and he tells me that some of the charter schools have made enormous progress, but others have not. What is important, I think, is that the successful ones show that *it can be done*. Now to figure out why some programs are working extremely well while others aren't. I don't think they know yet.One way the charter schools are alike is in having a principal who has a great deal of power in running the school. But not every such principal is succeeding, so that is not *the* key change, at least not by itself.
Diane Ravitch's statement about private vs. public funds for catholic education is true. Private funds will save catholic education, as they always have. I also agree with the Post statement in Ravitch's article that the challenges of the teacher handling diverse students is underestimated. I am a "seasoned" public school teacher. The "elephant in the room" when public education is considered by administrations, is the decline in parent support that students have today. That translates into a whole host of problems that public education never even considered in the past. We are the parents, and often we even study with the children because it is not done at home. Homework often cannot be an expectation. Getting information home and back again is an ordeal. Education is more people driven than most professions. It is the relationships of the teachers and students and parents and administrators that will drive the success of the school--not a public education policy. Our schools mirror society, and we have to deal with the myriad of problems brought to us from that diverse group. Education is a messy word, because it is not as simple as most would presume.
Denise --One of my friends was a very fine remedial English teacher. She says that it isn't just parental interest that is needed, that if a child doesn't see it's parent(s) reading there is no way it will grow up to read. The sad thing is that many parents who want to help are themselves functionally illiterate. My friend says that they should read simple stuff, anything, including what we would call trash, e.g., the National Inquirer. Kids MUST see the parent(s) reading. Kids imitate their parents for good and ill. Unfortunately there aren't many adult books for adults who read at a fourth grade level supplied by public libraries. I wonder if any studies have been done about this.
Ann--You and your friend are right. Reading is all important, and often the parents are not equipped to help their children. Children at the elementary level do have a variety of ways that reading is presented to them. A program called "Accelerated Reader" helps kids compete for reading points by reading at their own level. As far as books at a more elementary level for adults, perhaps a GED program teacher could be of help.
it used to be that pastors had a lot of power over their parish schools. If that is still so, I wonder whether objections might be made to Catholic schools on constitutional grounds because of the passtors' authority.
Maybe the answer is obvious to other people, but for those who don't think government should subsidize private schools, why exactly? I'm saving the state a fair chunk of money by not taking advantage of a pretty huge entitlement. A voucher or tax credit program would help me a lot and would still save the government a nice chunk of money, so why not do that?
"...Islamic Schools will also be eligible, and that can be a bit frightening, depending on who is running the Muslim schools."This is true for those schools run by those who worship the god of coercion rather than The God Who Is Love, Nature's God.
Those children who are able to master the art of reading through proper Reading Instruction, which includes phonics, as well as developing reading comprehension and analytical skills, are the children most likely to suceed in school and continue to read as adults.
Nancy --That might be true, but the problem is not so simple.Can you read this? Strng aftrshck ws rprtd n Sndy. Th dth tll s xpctd t rs pst 400.You don't need phonics for that. Ovr=smplfctn s th nmy f trth. Smplfctn, ys, ovr-smplfctn, no..
Paul, what "fads" in public schools are you referring to? Perhaps we could use as an example the shift in my son's public school from reading a list of age-appropriate "great books" to reading from a list of many books within a particular genre.I suspect that, to a large extent, this move is less a fad than a response to parents who have yanked their kids out of English classes b/c they or their denomination rejected certain of these books, often for what I would consider uninformed reasons. (Much ado was made about not reading "Huck Finn" because of the word "nigger.")Catholic schools attract a much more homogenous group of children and parents, and so are able to resist "fads" (as well as change and innovation) because the curriculum is designed to promote their religious objectives. These schools are also ill-equipped to handle special needs children (though public funding could correct this to some extent).Such schools can also be extremely unsupportive of kids with emotional problems arising from family problems like divorce. At my son's school, the parental volunteer requirement effectively screened out children of single working mothers.Moreover, to address Nancy's point, the religious element is often woven into the entire curriculum in any sectarian school. At my son's school, the Christmas program was a thinly disguised screed against the Anglican Church's persecution of Catholics. Amish schools teach that the earth is flat and that black people are "mistakes." As a taxpayer, I would be very hinky about my money going to fund such ventures unless those schools were willing to make changes in that type of curriculum.
Some of the points Jean made are also some of my concerns about Catholic Schools. I sent my children to a Catholic School until middle grades largely because the curriculum could not compete well enough with what the public schools had to offer. I know this varies widely with location. Sometimes the homogenous catholic school group can be detrimental. I remember my fifth grader stating that his new school (the public school) was more Christian than his Catholic School. I think that spoke volumes about the cliques that had formed among the students as well as the teachers.
Can you read this? Ann, I can, because I have mastered my vowel and consonant sounds, but I have worked with children who would have difficulty reading the sentences you have provided because they need instruction in phonics.Perhaps someone can give some examples of how the Christian ethic, woven into the curriculum of a school, would be detrimental to that curriculum.
Thanks very much, Diane. I'm looking forward to the book! I hope it gets a wide audience.Jean, when I refer to educational fads, I am thinking about such things as not teaching grammar. The Catholic schools have not been so quick to fall for the dictates of the National Council of Teachers of English regarding the dangers of teaching grammar.
Christianity is practice more than teaching.Nancy--Not all Catholic students show their christianity in practice that I'm sure they have been taught. I think the sameness of their student population does not challenge the practice of their christianity. The public school is just that--the public. And the challenge is for the Catholic student or teacher to stretch their Christian principles and apply them. I'm sure each Catholic school situation is different.
Paul, thanks for clarifying. At the college level, my test of K-12 grammar instruction is to ask students how many were taught to "put a comma where there's a pause," which is usually a sure sign that the teachers they've had either don't know grammar themselves or don't pass it on to students.The number of students who raise their hands has been going down steadily, and some have even heard of a relative clause. I spend less time on remedial grammar and punctuation. I continue to see traditional (18-21 year olds) struggle with larger comp issues (coherence, unity, development). Older students have less trouble with this, and my sense is that some of these problems have to do with age and immaturity as much as instruction.Nancy, I see no danger in teaching Christian values in a Catholic school whatever. Nor do I have a problem with the code of student conduct at my kid's public school having Judeo-Christian-based values, ex., treating others as you want to be treated, showing concern for the marginalized, etc.It's the teaching of a particular religion's dogma that I would object to paying for out of public funds. And I would object to sending my kid to a Catholic school that relegated dogma to an hour of optional religious instruction. So I guess I'm on the side of separation of public funds from sectarian schools on this one.
Try to remember that if public funding becomes available for sectarian schools, not only Catholic schools will qualify for such funding. Of course you can justify funding for your own "reasonable" choices, but the proper thought experiment for determining how you feel about public funding for religious schools is to ask yourself how you would feel about funding Islamic schools that teach children that Christians are infidels who deserve death if they fail to convert. Regarding teacher salaries: How do you think your tuition is kept so low? Whose pocket do you think it comes out of?Regarding "saving" the PSD money by going to parochial school: Not really. Much of the cost of education is overhead -- the marginal cost of educating one or two kids is small. A smart board doesn't cost less because there is one less student in the class. Moreover, since, at any time, you could change your mind (as someone up thread did) and opt for the public alternative, most public school districts (at least in the suburbs) have to plan facilities with the assumption that all kids living in the district might be attending. Mine certainly does -- fewer than 5% of students in the district go to private schools, and many of those hop back and forth depending on their grade level and parental income situation.
We provide government grants and below market loans to needy students attending accredited colleges- both private and public. I can also get a tax deduction for college expense, even at a church-run school, as long as it is accredited. As a working mom, I was also able to pay for some of my daughters' preschool on a pretax basis. Since we have been able to figure out how to subsidize private education at both the preschool and college levels, it seems like we should be able to do so at the primary and secondary levels, too. How we choose to educate our children seems to be a very personal decision. The issue of public funding also seems to be purely political. I would go for a system that maximizes parent choice.
Vouchers can be done in a manner that will pass constitutional muster, but they don't really give a choice to anyone except at the margins. The decision not to enact them is a political not a constitutional choice. The reality on the ground is that in most communities, the overwhelming majority of people don't resort to private schools and don't want to fund them. They certainly would object to the funding of the Islamic academies I postulated above, and these cannot be constitutionally fenced out while Catholic schools are fenced in.
In Albuquerque, there is big tension between the public school administration and the charter schols over finance management of the latter.How well public monies are used, when public education funds are in jeopardy, makes me wonder about an increase in charter schools.I don't see a lot of movement towards public funding of parochial schools, not only because of Church State issue perceptions but also issues about who will be served.That laps over into the private funding area. If you live in an area where public schools are excellent, why would you want to send your child to parochial school instead of demanding quality religious ed from your parish?Still, one might look at the Memhis example and ask if Church leadership is really trying to reach out to business leaders sufficiently in terms of whom it's trying to reach?If you live in an area with poor public schools, do you think man ywill step up to the plate and donate in this era of looking out for numero uno?
"o question is raised concerning the power of the state reasonably to regulate all schools, to inspect, supervise and examine them, their teachers and pupils; to require that all children of proper age attend some school, that teachers shall be of good moral character and patriotic disposition, that certain studies plainly essential to good citizenship must be taught, and that nothing be taught which is manifestly inimical to the public welfare. (268 U.S. 510, 534) "" This is from an Oregon decision. If this holds, it seems to me that it is at least theoretically possible to regulate Muslim schools which preach the overthrow of the government. How to deal with dogmas such as violent jihad would be a much more difficult challenge. However, the killing of Christians who refuse to convert shouldn't be a practical problem for kids of other religions because their parents wouldn't send them to such schools.Which raises the question: should such violent Muslim teachings be tolerated in *private* Muslim schools?
"How we choose to educate our children seems to be a very personal decision. The issue of public funding also seems to be purely political. I would go for a system that maximizes parent choice."It seems to me the best choice, then, is to have NO public education, to let parents keep their education tax dollars and invest them instead in any number of private options, including home-schooling.Whether the elimination of public schools would further erode unity in American society--which I think was and is a laudable goal of public education--strikes me as moot; I think our society has already begun to fragment beyond the ability of public education to repair it.
Jean, I actually disagree with you that our society is more fragmented than ever. We certainly have higher income inequality than we did 30 years ago. We also have had a resurgence of residents born outside the U.S. -- but there have been other times in our history when both of these trends were much higher than they are now. When I was in school, I am sure like you, my clases were relatively homogenous -- mostly white, 99% English speaking parents. While the current status quo may feel like regression, as someone once said to me, the fact that previous generations of immigrants were forced to give up their cultures to the degree that they were was not necessarily positive for them or for society. The balance may be hard to find, but I think it would be wrong to say that today's diverse group of students are not legitimately searching for a way to be assimilated into the larger culture, even if it is not in the same way that previous generations were.
The fad that teaching phonics should be replaced with "the whole word method" rather than teaching phonics and the whole word method simultaneously, has contributed to reading difficulties for many children.
Despite all of the criticism leveled at public schools, there is no better way to unify our society than through a free, public school education. Positive attributes of the system are a fairly unified curriculum, testing standards, technology instruction, expected behaviors, and a fair amount of consistency for such a sprawling system. There are critcisms to be sure, but we need to see the glass as half full not the reverse. I'm for as much federal aid to private schools as those schools can obtain because their parents are taxpayers too.
Barbara, I suppose perception is everything, but, just to clarify, I'm not talking about ethnic or cultural fragmentation, but a sense that Americans just don't want to get along with other Americans anymore, but prefer to live in their own little enclaves away from polluting influences. But, then, I live in a highly polarized extended family, in an area with a lot of teabaggers and militia types, and hang around the perimeters of a Church that seems to be pretty polarized.
If you are hanging around the perimeters of The Church, you can expect polarization. It is through, with, and in His Church, that His Church is One.
When I was in grad school at Fordham, classes were held in the late afternoon and early evening. I supported myself by teaching during the day in the East Bronx at a wonderful public elementary school that accepted all comers, and because of an unusually positive atmosphere, was often sent students who were not doing well elsewhere. Many of the most troubled students we took in then were transfers from the local parochial school system, rejects, really, who had been convinced they could not learn just because they were difficult to teach. It often took years to help them rebuild their confidence in their own abilities. Today, many charter schools don't pretend to accept students with learning problems, and so avoid doing that sort of harm, though their exclusionary policies present other problems. Having seen its good effects, I do believe strongly in the wholesome effect of public education on the elementary level, open to a variety of students of differing abilities and backgrounds.
Many parents here in the Bronx are very supportive of charter schools. In the neighborhoods where I organized in the Northwest Bronx, parents were generally very unhappy with the public schools. (These were all low-income neighborhoods ) Behind public safety, education was the number two organizing issue; those two concerns are actually the things that drive people to move away. It's been almost 20 years since I was a neighborhood organizer, but I know education is still a big organizing issue in these communities. What I've noticed is that, in my middle-class Bronx neighborhood, the public elementary school is very good, but in poor neighborhoods just adjacent, the public schools are still not very good at all. To Susan's point about student transfers from parochial schools to public schools, I just want to add that those transfers also work in the opposite direction. My daughters' Catholic school often gets children from the local public school whose parents were unhappy with thepublic school (for a whole variety of reasons). I think there is room for many types of schools to respond to community needs and family preferences. One thing I would really hope to see is a system that gives poor families a range of educational choices closer to what the children of affluent parents have.
My memory of New York is fading as the city is obviously changing, but I seem to remember that the scholos in Riverdale in the Northwest Bronx were a-one, and "down the hill" were some of the"savage inequalities' spoken about then.So the issue of who gets served is very important and the mission of parochial schools and perhaps charter schools should be eminently clear as well as its impact on the local community and the community at large.
Bob Nunz- That's still about right, though down the hill is better now (especially the charter schools). There was a really toxic campaign about ten years ago or so, when Riverdale parents, unhappy about the quality of the middle school, were successful in having a new school built "down the hill" which syphoned off all of the children from the Marble Hill Housing Projects, keeping them out of Riverdale and in their "own" neighborhood.
One last memory -when I worked in the Bronx Courthouse, Sacred Heart in Highbridge was one of the poorest areas around, but Fordham was trying to work in conjunction with the local parish school to upgrade.Also remember the jesuits making big efforts in Harlem,Keep wondering if diocesan approach to education is sotied up in maintainin gwhat it has that only the religious orders wil become the servants of the really poor.Just a question???? But an important one, I think, with refernce to education.
If anyone is still following this thread, today's Baltimote Sun has an interesting op-ed by Dan Rodricks on the isue of maintaining catholic schools there and priorities and episcopal leadership and example.


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tcacek January 21, 2011
A wonderfully intense exploration of design. This thoughtfully constructed set gives students in science an 'artful' real world experience. Well done mwinbig. Congrats!
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I guess that each geodesic on a plane is a straight line. Is it right? What can I use to prove it? I guess I have to use somehow Levi-Civita connection.
This just adds a few words and references, but maybe it will help you organize your thoughts. If you use the standard coordinates for $\mathbf R^2$, then the Euclidean metric has constant matrix \[ (g_{ij}) = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}. \] Therefore, the Christoffel symbols of the Levi-Civita connection are all zero. If you trace through the definition of the covariant derivative along a curve $\gamma(t) = (\gamma_1(t), \gamma_2(t))$ applied to the tangent vector field of $\gamma$, then you end up with the geodesic equation, which in this case requires that \[ \frac{\partial^2\gamma_1}{\partial t^2} = \frac{\partial^2\gamma_2}{\partial t^2} = 0. \]
I think it is quite simple, it is a classical example of calculus of variations. You find a function that minimizes a Lagrangian that represents the function's length. You use Euler-Lagrange equation to find that the function's second derivative is zero, concluding that it must be a straight line.
For a full proof, see here.
Similar to what Dylan said, let $\mathbf{u}$ be a tangent vector to a path $\gamma$, then $\nabla_{u}u=0$ describes geodesic motion. Then noting that the Christoffel symbols vanish, we have $\partial_{A}u^{B}=0$. If we parameterize in $\tau$ we have $$ \frac{d u^{x}(\tau)}{d\tau}=0$$ and $$ \frac{du^y(\tau)}{d\tau}=0$$ which imples $u^x=v_{0}^x$ and $u^y=v_{0}^y$ and $x(\tau)=v_{0}^x\tau+x_0$ and $y(\tau)=v_{0}^y\tau +y_0$. These are lines.
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Can someone point me to a proof that the set of irrational numbers is uncountable? I know how to show that the set $\mathbb{Q}$ of rational numbers is countable, but how would you show that the irrationals are uncountable?
Given that the reals are uncountable (which can be shown via Cantor diagonalization) and the rationals are countable, the irrationals are the reals with the rationals removed, which is uncountable. (Or, since the reals are the union of the rationals and the irrationals, if the irrationals were countable, the reals would be the union of two countable sets and would have to be countable, so the irrationals must be uncountable.)
Just for fun, we can prove this using way more machinery than necessary.
Assume for contradiction that the irrational numbers are countable. Now let $q_1,q_2,\ldots$ be an enumeration of the rationals, and let $r_1,r_2,\ldots$ be an enumeration of the irrationals. Now set $F_i=\mathbb R\setminus \{q_i,r_i\}$. Then the sets $F_i$ are open and dense in the usual topology on $\mathbb R$, and so by the Baire Category Theorem, $\bigcap_{i=1}^\infty F_i$ is dense in $\mathbb R$. However, $\bigcap_{i=1}^\infty F_i=\emptyset$ which is not dense, and hence the irrationals mustn't have been countable.
Let $b$ be an infinite binary sequence. Define $$ E(b) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \left(\frac{1}{(2k)!} + \frac{b_k}{(2k+1)!}\right). $$ Wikipedia's proof of the irrationality of $e$ extends to show that $E(b)$ is irrational for every infinite binary sequence $b$. So if you believe that the set of all infinite binary sequences is uncountable, you must also believe that the set of irrational numbers is uncountable.
We could also define $$ E(b) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{b_k}{k!}, $$ but then $E(b)$ is irrational only if $b$ has infinitely many $1$s, or in other words, it doesn't end in an infinite sequence of zeroes.
One can use a variant of the familiar Cantor diagonalization argument. Let us suppose that $x_1,x_2,x_3,\dots$ is an enumeration of the irrationals. Let $d_n$ be the $n$-th decimal digit of $x_n$ after the decimal point.
Let $w_n=5$ if $d_n$ is not equal to $3$ or $4$, and let $w_n=6$ if $d_n$ is equal to $3$ or $4$.
Now we give the decimal representation of an irrational $y$ not in the list $x_1,x_2,x_3,\dots$. Very roughly speaking, it is the number whose $n$-th digit after the decimal point is $w_n$. But some modification is made to ensure irrationality.
First we describe the $n$-th digit $e_n$ after the decimal point of $y$, where $w_n=5$. List these $n$ as $n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4,\dots$. Let $e_{n_1}=5$. Let $e_{n_2}=6$. Let $e_{n_3}=e_{n_4}=5$. Let $e_{n_6}=6$. Let $e_{n_7}=e_{n_8}=e^{n_9}=5$. Let $e_{n_{10}}=6$. Continue, leaving longer and longer strings of unchanged $5$'s.
The same procedure is used to produce the $n$-th digit $e_n$ after the decimal point of $y$, where $w_n=3$. Leave longer and longer strings of these unchanged, and switch the digit to $4$ occasionally.
The number $y$ we produce has decimal expansion which differs in the $n$-th place from the corresponding digit of $x_n$. The occasional switches from $5$ to $6$ or $3$ to $4$ ensure that the decimal expansion of $y$ is not ultimately periodic.
Assume that the set of irrational numbers is countable. This implies that we could show that every number in the set of irrational numbers has a one to one correspondance with the elements of N. Note that all irrational numbers are characterized by having an infinite number of decimal places. We can list these numbers as follows: N *R-Q* 1 .a_11 a_12 a_13 a_14… 2 .a_21 a_22 a_23 a_24... 3 .a_31 a_32 a_33 a_34... 4 .a_41 a_42 a_43 a_44... ... ... Choose some x that is an element of R-Q such that x = .b_1 b_2 b_3 b_4... where b = 1 if a_nn =/= 1 and 2 if a_nn = 2 for all n that is greater than or equal to 1.
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CionSystems currently hosts active directory aministration tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 in IIS on premises. CTO Zubair Ansari talks with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle about how the company plans to support for Active Directory Federated Services 2 and the move to hosted AD administration in Windows Azure.
Zubair demos how IT Pros use CionSystems' product Active Directory Manager to simplify user provisioning and AD administration through a Web interface. The solution features a Dashboard UI for IT Pros to view and manage the full user lifecycle, along with automating tasks and generate reports on Active Directory environment.
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PLYMOUTH - This Saturday, the Plymouth Harbor Roots & Folk Festival will be held at Pilgrim Memorial State Park.
This event kicks off at 10 a.m. and runs to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 12.
Crafters, kids activities, international food court and music are scheduled from noon to 7.
Scheduled performers: noon, Chakulla; 1 p.m., Dave Rowe; 2 p.m., Digney Fignus; 3 p.m., Lance Norris & Dog Track Gravy; 4 p.m., Grace Morrison & RSO; 5:30 p.m., Soul Box.
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December 08, 2009
Cape Town Stadium from across the Atlantic – Flickr pic of the day
On the right of this silhouette you can see Cape Town Stadium, a view from across the Atlantic taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Out_In_Africa.
Following Friday night's 2010 FIFA World Cup Draw in Cape Town, it has been confirmed that this newly built venue will host the following matches during next year's big event:
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Mangwanani Spa
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The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced. We distribute vouchers, cash or emergency rations, working with local suppliers to speed delivery, save money and boost local economies.
In addition to emergency responses, we focus on long-term solutions that build future food security.
Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
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Was wondering who tweets here, I have been trying to follow people in my industry. Twitter took me a little time to actually see a need/benefit but i feel it does have both. My twitter is @Ryanhdd follow me if you would like and I will follow you. So what your thoughts?
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I have some problems designing a WP-based website (www.interactiva.cc/~cristall/cristallini) It works fine on all the browser, but not in IE 9 (is it something new ? ;)). I tried to declare the DOCTYPE to avoid the quirksmode with this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
However it still erase completely any CSS rule I have used.
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4 Oct 2012 7:49 AM #1
Failed to build on RHEL5 x86
The "sencha ant build"command return an error on RHEL 5.
[INFO ] Capturing theme image
[ERROR] com.sencha.exceptions.ExProcess: phantomjs process exited with code 127 :
[ERROR] /opt/Sencha/Cmd/126.96.36.199/phantomjs/phantom/bin/phantomjs: error while loading shared libraries: /opt/Sencha/Cmd/22.214.171.124/phantomjs/phantom/bin/../lib/libQtWebKit.so.4: ELF file OS ABI invalid
[ERROR] at com.sencha.command.theme.ThemeCommands$CaptureCommand.execute(ThemeCommands.java:201)
[ERROR] at com.sencha.command.theme.ThemeCommands$BuildCommand.execute(ThemeCommands.java:142)
I had the same error on phantomjs with the 2.X senchaSDK tools
I do not have this error on ubuntu 12.04 x64
Do someone have an idea on how to fix this ?
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It sounds like a PhantomJS issue. We are looking at options to remove PhantomJS that would leverage new Java API's in JRE 7. We are not ready to do that just yet because the switch over will take some effort. Would JRE 7 be an option if/when we get to that point?Don Griffin
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Yes it's a phantomJS build issue. It was compiled with a debian/ubuntu and the libs just not work with our RHEL version and maybe with all RPM based distrib.
I was able to fix this issue with https://github.com/jbraeuer/phantomjs-rpms instructions. I build my own RPM and replace phantomjs 1.5 from Sencha Cmd with a symbolic link to the server version.
If you change phantomJs version in a future Cmd release, it might be a good idea to include the change in the changelog so I can compile the new phantomJS version.
For JRE 7, If this can help you to build a more reliable tool than I would say let's go !


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These days, many of us find ourselves in the position of taking minutes without a clue of how to go about it. The following is a guide for making this task easier:
Ensure that all of the essential elements are noted, such as type of meeting, name of the organization, date and time, venue, name of the chair or facilitator, main topics and the time of adjournment. For formal and corporate meetings include approval of previous minutes, and all resolutions.
Prepare an outline based on the agenda ahead of time, and leave plenty of white space for notes. By having the topics already written down, you can jump right on to a new topic without pause.
Prepare a list of expected attendees and check off the names as people enter the room. Or, you can pass around an attendance sheet for everyone to sign as the meeting starts.
To be sure about who said what, make a map of the seating arrangement, and make sure to ask for introductions of unfamiliar people.
Don't make the mistake of recording every single comment. Concentrate on getting the gist of the discussion and taking enough notes to summarize it later. Think in terms of issues discussed, major points raised and decisions taken.
Use whatever recording method is comfortable for you, a notepad, a laptop computer, a tape recorder, a steno pad, or shorthand. It might be a good idea to make sound recordings of important meetings as a backup to your notes.
If you are an active participant in the meeting, be prepared! Study the issues to be discussed and have your questions ready ahead of time. If you have to concentrate on grasping the issues while you are making your notes, they won't make any sense to you later.
Don't wait too long to type up the minutes, especially while your memory is fresh. Be sure to have the minutes approved by the chair or facilitator before distributing them to the attendees.
Don't be intimidated by the prospect of taking minutes. Concise and coherent minutes are the mark of a professional. The very process of recording minutes can give you a deeper understanding of the issues faced by your organization along with ability to focus on what's important.
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Does anyone know whether QTP supports parallel test execution on multiple browsers now? I am looking for something similar to Selenium Grid.
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QTP does not support parallel runs on different browsers, you can run the same test on different browsers by defining the browser in the data table and then iterate on that.
Parallel execution can be achieved by integration with Quality Center, in which case you can set up a test set to execute against a number of different hosts. Alternatively, you can build your own, or utilize another system, such as your build farm, to dole out QTP jobs.
Going off of both existing answers, you can create Test Configurations within QC to specify different data table values for a single test.
When I require testing on multiple browsers, I create two or more configurations which specify the browser for that run.
If you have multiple hosts, you can then run the test in parallel on each host. If not, you are limited to running them consecutively on one host, which in practice would function similar to the data table iterations Motti suggested.
Setting it up this way does allow for an easy transition to parallel testing should you expand the number of hosts available to you.


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Prince Saud Al-Faisal attends Foreign Ministers' Joint Regional Meeting on Syria
May 14, 2013
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt held a joint meeting yesterday in Abu Dhabi to discuss the current situation in Syria from a regional perspective. The Kingdom's delegation was led by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal.
During the proceedings, the delegates expressed their ongoing, serious concern over the events in Syria, which have cost the lives of 80,000 people, caused untold human suffering, and threaten to destabilize the wider region. They maintained that the primary responsibility for the continuing violence lies with the regime of Basher Al-Assad. The Syrian government's tactic of targeting civilians and systematically denying them access to humanitarian aid has created a desperate situation inside Syria and pushed 1.5 million refugees into neighboring countries, the ministers noted. Agreeing that the conflict should be brought to an end with a political solution, they insisted that the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people must be met and that Al-Assad – and his associates with blood on their hands – have no place in a future government.
The ministers expressed strong condemnation of the bombings in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11, warning about the dangers of a regional expansion of the conflict as a result of such attacks. They also viewed with extreme concern the strong indications that the Syrian regime employed chemical weapons, emphasizing the importance of enabling the United Nations to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the allegations.
Finally, the ministers reiterated their support for the Syrian National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people and welcomed the expansion of the coalition to reflect the diversity of Syrian society. Furthermore, they vowed to maintain cooperation and coordination between themselves and their international partners, emphasizing the principles of burden-sharing in regards to the dire humanitarian situation.


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(CNN) -- Top campaign spokespersons for Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama both had a hard time on Thursday decidedly expressing confidence in their candidate's prospects in the presidential election.
Asked on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" if he felt "increasingly confident" about the campaign, Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom hesitated on giving a definite "yes" or "no" answer.
"I don't know if I could say it in one word," he said. He went on to explain that if the election came down to the country's economic conditions, as he predicts it will, then voters will favor Romney over Obama.
"This election is not a brain-teaser of an election. If you believe that the economy is going in the right direction, if you believe that there are jobs for everyone, then that will improve the re-election prospects of the president," Fehrnstrom said.
He continued: "If, however, you believe that we can do better, that we need to take very specific actions to stimulate this economy and get it moving forward, then that improves the prospects of Mitt Romney's election."
Ultimately, he concluded Romney would fare better if the economy does not improve.
"So if that's going to be the basis in which this election is decided, then yes, I'm very confident."
Obama's deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter also gave a less-than-certain answer Thursday on their expectations of the president's re-election bid.
Asked if she felt more or less confident than one month ago, Cutter said simply: "Neither."
"We knew that this was going to be a tough election. We knew that we were going to be in this place. We're exactly where we knew we would be. This is going to be a very close election up until Election Day, and we're not taking anything for granted," she said.
Both Romney and Obama held dueling campaign events in the swing state of Ohio Thursday, marking the first time the two candidates appeared in the same state on the same day this cycle.
Recent polls in battleground states have shown the race in a dead heat between the two contenders, and debate over the economy has especially picked up in the last week as the dominant campaign issue.
Fund-raising figures also reveal a tightening race. Last week, Romney's team announced it had raised $77 million in the month of May, surpassing the $60 million raised by Obama's side. The May overhaul marked the first time Romney had out-raised the president.
Team Obama points out, however, that it was also the first time Republican efforts had coalesced around Romney since he became the presumptive GOP presidential nominee in late April.
Republicans said they ended May with $107 million in the bank. Obama's campaign did not disclose their cash on hand for May, though they ended April with $115 million.


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well....surpise....chrismations and baptisms are going to be TONIGHT.... wow!
....and that's it....we are official! My daughter has been baptised, and all 12. of us have been chrismated. Simply amazing...too tired for words, will fill in more later.
Thank God he said I was a politician because Aristotle defined the human person as 'animal politicus.' So at least I am a human person.
Congratulations and Blessings to all around.God willing there may be two more Priests, one deacon and some laity following your footsteps hopefully the last of this month or first of December. Baptisms are such a special thing to those being baptized and to all present. We offer our hopes for every success in you new church and will certainly pray for each of you at mass tomorrow. In Christ's Love,Fr. Bob
What a wonderful thread. Congratulations, many years and welcome home.James
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What is your favorite fast food item?
Single menu item at any fast food chain.
McDonald's 20 pc. Chicken McNuggets (w/ Ranch).
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Crunchy Taco at Taco Bell
Wendy's apple pecan chicken salad
Crave Case of White Castle sliders :) (w/ Cheese)
Love Arbys!!!
dominos pan pizza with extra sauce and ham.
closely followed by chili cheese fries at der Wienerschniztzel.
Onion rings at BK.
mcnuggets at McD.
plain old soft tacos at taco bell.
Chili cheese fries at Del taco.
mashed potatoes and gravy at KFC.
Western bacon cheeseburger at CarlsJr/Hardees.
Teriyaki chicken at Panda Express.
plain grilled sourdough jack at jack-in-the-crack.
Chocolate shake at In-n-out (hate their fries, though, so I barely ever go there).
Ham-n-cheese (a #2) on white at ToGo's.
can't stand subway or arby's... yuck.
If a Burger King Original Chicken Sandwich is FRESH and HOT they are fantastic. But as soon as they get cold they dry out and taste like turkey ass.
Yes, I have tasted turkey ass.
I used to love me a good White Castle.
Dang, them were the days.
tacobell - meximelt...no matter what i get i always add a meximelt or two.
pretty much anything deep fried. especially after a night out
Short and sweet version: Portillos Chicago Style hotdog.
Long Version:
My preferences have changed so much over the years I have no idea what I like. Makes things interesting whenever I go for fast food.
Used to love McChicken, but I think they do it different between US and Canada, because I don't like it in the US (haven't dont extensive sampling to prove this theory though). Nowadays if I am at McDs I'll go for a standard big mac. Similarly I'll get a Whopper at BK (or maybe a couple of whopper jrs).
Wendys has the Jr Bacon Cheeseburger, which I could eat a million of.
Culver's Butterburgers are pretty darn amazing (but the only location within like 150 miles has terrible service and food quality issues specific to it).
Finally, if I had to pick an alternative food item, it would be a "wreck" from Potbelly's, and if no Potbelly's is available, then the Quiznos Honey Bacon Club sandwich.
Oh, and for dessert; a Blizzard, duh.
My favorite I CAN'T get: A nice In-N-Out burger and a shake.
My favorite I CAN get: When fresh and prepared to perfection, nothing beats a Big Mac, McDonald's french fries and a Coke.
My work is done here.
Long John Silvers Fish
A double cheeseburger!
McD's single hamburger
BK Whopper
Arby's Max
McD's fries
Arby's onion rings
Shamrock Shake is the sweet yet minty nectar of the gods.
I recently had a Hand-Breaded-Jalapeno-Chicken-Sandwich from Hardees. Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, it was awesome. I'm sold.
A classic chicken burrito from el pollo loco. Shredded chicken, beans, rice and cheese. So good!
Big Mac from McD's!
I always get the meal, and never finish the fries, lol!~
Great...now I have a craving!
McRib. For all its processed saucy goodness.
@coondogg97: Thanks, I was going to ask.
To me fast food is a gamble. I like steak n cheeze at sub way, but if they do not put the right amount of ingredients on it, not so much. Quiznos careful or they drown the sandwich in flavored liquid. I like the plain un-breaded chicken, but too cold and no thank you. Fries must be hot and crispy...
Jimmy Johns was bad. I tried it because so many here said they liked it.
For me Quiznos does it right most of the time.
Five Guys burger, with the works.
the ONLY proper sauce for chicken McNuggets is sweet & sour
....ranch.... as if...
@frosty2469: ohh five guys, so good, but i can feel my arteries clogging just thinking about it...
Jack in the Box: 2 tacos and 3 stuffed jalapenos
I know I was supposed to pick 1 thing, but I always get this combo when I go.
Taco Bell 7-Layer Burrito
The @frosty2469 answer works for me : )
Double double, animal style - In N Out
Chicken Club w/Santa Fe Sauce - Carl's Jr
Chili Cheese Dog - Weinerschnitzel
I really miss all of those, we don't have any of them here.
Here? Regular fast food is bleh. But there's a drive in burger joint open in summer - their cheeseburgers are pretty dang yummy.
A Carl's Jr. Breakfast Combo with OJ for me, please!
Does a COFFEE count? If so, I'd say strong, dark roast coffee without a doubt!
@mattysc: My Hero !
The only sane foodie here.
@computiac: Get a room! ;)
@countdown: You had me at Portillo's but lost me with the hot dog. It's all about the Italian beef!
Portillo's Big Beef, extra hot peppers, dipped.
YES, YES, YES. I make sure to fly back to Chicago at least once a year just to be able to order this. We've done the mail order Italian beef from Portillo's, but it's just not the same.
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@90mcg112: haha ya ive always been tempted by their mail order system but never pulled the trigger. and i was totally thinking the italian beef at the same time I wrote that post as the other top choice, guess its just down to personal preference (and mood). And what about those beef n cheddar croissants eh?
I only make it to chicago every couple of months now, but I definitely hit up portillos almost every time I go.
We all know that the best fast food item is the Popeye's 3 piece tenders with cajun fries and a biscuit with blackened ranch dipping sauce for only $4.99
Anybody ever have a burrito from Pancheros? I don't think it's a widespread chain but it's fantastic.
I'm also really liking the Cantina menu stuff from Taco Bell.
And I will second the Shamrock Shake comment. Mmm.
McNugget's with sweet & sour. Although I miss the old dark & white meat mixed nuggets before they went all white. They had more flavor and were more moist.


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WACO (October 30, 2012)--Waco police were searching Tuesday for a suspect after a man reported that he was robbed outside of a South Waco motel.
The victim said another man robbed him just after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday behind the Motel 6 on Interstate 35.
The robber didn't show a weapon and no one was injured.
Officers said the victim handed over about $200 in cash and as the robber began to leave, the victim chased him around the motel and toward LaSalle Avenue, but never caught him.
A housekeeper at the motel witnessed the confrontation between the two men and called police, but by the time officers arrived the robber was gone.


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BROCKTON - After Thursday, Brockton Police officer Frank Czarnowski knows at least one aspect of what it's like to be a Super Bowl winning coach.
Czarnowski, who is also a Brockton High School freshman football coach, had a Gatorade bucket full of ice water dumped over his head at the 50-yard line of Rocky Marciano Stadium on Thursday.
"It's cold, very cold. Especially this amount, I made sure we filled this thing up and we got a good amount of ice. I emptied the ice machine," he said.
Czarnowski was taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, an effort that has gone viral on social media this week to help raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dares people to douse themselves with buckets of ice water on video, post that video to social media, then nominate three others to do the same within 24 hours, all in an effort to raise ALS awareness.
Those who don't accept the challenge are asked instead to donate $100. Those who complete the challenge are asked to donate $25.
Czarnowski accepted the challenge from his niece who lives in Brockton. He had fellow football coach Sam Bersons stand on top of a bench placed at the 50-yard line and pour the bucket over his head.
"My niece called me out and hey it's for a good cause for ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, the awareness of it," Czarnowski said dripping with frigid water. "Any good cause I'm willing to help out with and this one's a fun one."
"I challenged by brother Mark Czarnowski, my buddy Keith Hayes and Adam Williams from Channel 7. I have a buddy who's a cameraman over there and he thought it'd be a good idea to challenge him," he said.
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What is your favorite chocolate bar?
So the wife and i were in Hershey, PA over the weekend and are completely chocolated out!! Soooooo many chocolate martinis...yumm!
Anyway, as we bounced around "Chocolate World" the candy choices were endless. It is rare that I can find a 5th Avenue bar so that is what I picked up, along with a Whatchamacallit and a Take 5. That should last me a couple of weeks.
Whats your chocolate choice? Alright, I guess you can through your fruity crap in here too. Mine would be Twizzlers....or maybe Skittles.
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I know they're not really considered a chocolate bar, but Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite! I've loved them since I was a child and still enjoy snacking on them as an adult.
If I can find the white chocolate Reese's Cups, I will gorge on them until I am filled with shame and self-loathing. There is no such thing as 'moderation' if I come into contact with them.
Galaxy Ripple. That's my bane right there.
In the almost exclusively chocolate category, my favorites are (edit: In no particular order):
Nestle Crunch
Most Lindt/Lindor varieties
It's hard to pick a favorite as they all have their own personalities.
Almond Joy
@eraten: I would absolutely consider that a chocolate bar. It may not in the shape of a bar, but all the characteristics mimic a chocolate bar.
Oh, they had Reese's Peanut Butter Martini's too. Ever have a Peanut Butter cup infused with vodka.....yummmmmmmm:
I came home from Hershey with one of those huge hershey bars (5 lbs? 10? i forget) - took us a while to get through it lol.
@eraten: same here for the peanut butter cups (minis, regular, or large lol - i'll take any of them) :) in terms of chocolate snacks, it's one of the few "candy store" one i'll stick with. I also enjoy hershey's almond bar, I get too much after-taste with the rest of hershey's or nestle's line-up.
Other than reese's cups - i like the lindt touch of sea-salt dark chocolate, as well as their truffles (nearly all flavors) but in general, and after some expensive dentist bills as an adult, resulting from a severe sweet tooth while younger... i've shied away from chocolates a lot.
I like white chocolate best (I know, a misnomer), and the darkest blackest hearted chocolate second best. Consequently, when I am treating myself to chocolate, I usually buy small batch premium chocolates. I do enjoy Lindt truffles as well. When I am just grabbing something to eat on a plane or at a meeting, I like Mounds ( I like Bounty better, it's just not available where I live) and KitKat, but my favorite candy bar is Payday, with no chocolate at all. I love the contrast beteween the salted peanuts and the caramel, and I like the caramel texture in Payday better than in any other caramel candy.
PayDays.. They also double as my favorite day of the week
I liked Hershey's products before they stopped making their bars out of chocolate. Mr. Goodbar, Take 5, and all the rest. Look, I'll pay more for a superior product. Don't make me eat that crap and thank you for it. I'll still eat Hershey bars and those with almonds but that's about it. Otherwise I like to eat German Mars w/almonds.
A Caramilk from Cadbury is pretty much unbeatable to me, but they are so hard to find in the states.
Reese's in any cup form (i.e. not pieces) would be the second place.
Snickers third.
hmm...for american candy, i like twix, reese's peanut butter cups (especially holiday versions...more peanut butter to chocolate ratio) and york peppermint patties.
from europe, i love lindt stracciatella truffles and lion bars.
from japan, i love green tea kit kats.
i really just love chocolate, though...mmmm.
My current favorite for fulfilling the occasional chocolate yearning is Vosges' milk chocolate Mo's Bacon Bar. The mix of bacon, chocolate, and salt is absolute perfection and I love to take a little piece and just let it slowly melt and fall apart on my tongue and then crunch up the remaining bacon bits with my front teeth and debate with myself if I really want another piece and then take another little piece and then another and suddenly the whole bar is gone.
Gertrude Hawk's Chocolates.....the best in the world!!!
@countdown: ooh is that the canadian caramilk? i've heard good things about that one. i guess the stores around here just carry caramello and say "it's the same thing". :(
Baby Ruth!
There are so many good ones, but if I had to chose one to eat for the rest of my life......3 Musketeers
Lindor Truffles -- I like them all, but my favorite are the dark varieties.
this is my favorite Chocolate Bar
Well, I really like any milk or dark chocolate, but my favorite depends on the my mood or what's nearby.
I usually prefer milk chocolate with peanuts or caramel, dark chocolate with coconut or almonds, or dark chocolate with just a hint of mint. Yummy!
It's hard to choose a favorite when they are all so good!
@kfujita: Yes it is. So amazing. Interesting, i wasn't aware of the caramello. Caused me to do a bit of research though. Apparently those are licensed from Cadbury by Hershey, so its definitely not the same chocolate or ingredients, so you're right, not the same. I think I found something much closer though in the past. The "Dairy Milk" lineup from Cadbury is available in the states. They make a "Dairy Milk Caramel" variety which is pretty close (I have not had an opportunity for a side-by-side comparison). At least it's not being made just under license. I think I found it just in my local walgreens with the rest of their Dairy Milk bars. I keep forgetting to look when I've been there more recently because I never get the craving when I am in the states cause I just think "oh those don't exist here anyway" and move on.
I don't know if this qualifies either, but I'm addicted to Andes Mints.
"Any" fits here.
Simply the best candy bar I've ever had:
Guess what, it's discontinued. I have no idea why. It was the perfect candy bar. No fancy BS; just milk chocolate, nougat and peanut butter.
And, a more recent contender:
I tend to like the fancy smanchy ones (very dark or white ideally), but as for the more simple ones, Kit Kats and Twix are my favorites. Snickers are pretty good too. I freeze the Kit Kats and Snickers.
The white chocolate sea salt caramels from The Candy Basket were flipping amazing, too.
My very favorites are from the UK though. Lion bars, Raisin Yorkie, and Boost... So delicious... Love when my mother in law sends care packages with a couple of those inside for me!
Dark Choco Reese cups.
Peanut Butter cups from Aldis grocery stores~creamy p.b. and great chocolate, and sponge candy.
I stopped eating mass-market chocolate years ago. Besides tasting inferior to specialty chocolate bars, much of it is loaded with HFCS, stabilizers, emulsifiers, extenders and other junk. And virtually ALL of the mass-market producers are against the GMO labeling initiatives popping up around the country. I like Dagoba but stopped purchasing their product after Hershey bought them. Hershey is a leading opponent of truth-in-labeling.
My faves are : Theo Chocolate, Guittard, Lindt, Girardelli, and most independent artisan shops. I like to search out the best chocolate shops wherever I travel, but I am a hardcore foodie and have cooked on & off in fine restaurants most of my life.
Like many in the area went on a field trip to the Hershey factory, back when they actually allowed tours through the factory on a catwalk, unlike now where the tour is through an exhibit building. The smell of chocolate permeates into your pores and is something you will remember for the rest of your life.


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HARKER HEIGHTS (February 21, 2013)—Rametria Barnes, 30 of Harker Heights, who was arrested in August 2012 after authorities said she tried to kill herself and her two children, was back in the Bell County Jail Thursday named in an upgraded complaint charging attempted capital murder.
Barnes was originally charged with injury to a child, but was indicted in November 2012 on the upgraded charge.
Harker Heights officers arrested her Wednesday, but it's not clear why she wasn't re-arrested after the indictment was handed up in November.
Officials contacted by News 10 either didn't know or wouldn't comment on the delay.
Barnes was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bond, according to online jail records.
The original arrest warrant affidavit says Barnes wrote a suicide note and texted both a friend and her husband saying she was going to kill herself and her two children, ages 1 and 6.
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Cindy Vogels had a litter of options for Best in Show at last year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. As the final judge, she could have chosen a German Shepherd, a Doberman pinscher or even a Dalmatian.
Instead she picked a Pekingese named Malachy—and everyone else judged her.
One person, Vogels said, called the Pekingese "that awful dog." Vogels recalled another saying: "Why would you give Best in Show to the dog that couldn't walk?"
"The American public was horrified," Vogels said. "The public has no appreciation for a Pekingese."
It is the ultimate honor for a show judge to name the Best in Show winner at Westminster, the year's glitziest dog show, which concludes Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. But it also can bring out the worst in people.
The math behind this logic is basic: There are 187 breeds, only seven will win their groups and just one will win the opinion of Michael Dougherty, the Best in Show judge on Tuesday.
"You go in there alone," said Elliott Weiss, the 2010 Best in Show judge, "and you come out alone."
In fact, for the Best in Show judges, the entire Westminster show can be weirdly lonely.
Best in Show judges aren't only sequestered from the rest of the show but also avoid all coverage so as not to know which breeds they will see Tuesday night. To pass the time, Weiss watched the Vancouver Olympics. Sari Brewster Tietjen, the 2009 judge, went shopping. "I wasn't far from Fifth Avenue," she said.
The judges enter the Garden through a back door and are given the breed standards, the definitions for each dog's appearance and movement, of the seven group winners. By that time, the Westminster crowd and television audience already have picked their favorites.
Those who are familiar with show dogs tend to pull for the best technical dogs, former judges said. They understand what made Malachy such an impeccable Pekingese.
When he won, "the dog people were uniformly delighted," Vogels said.
But those who happen to catch the Westminster show on television "go more on appeal than the standard," said Matthew Stander, co-founder of Dog News, a weekly trade publication.
A ferocious show dog, Malachy entered the Westminster competition ranked second overall in breed points, and he treated the Garden like his personal playground, staring down his opponents with wide eyes and waddling around the ring with his tongue hanging out. Malachy was Michael Jordan with hair—although that wasn't how most people saw the poor little pooch.
Stump, the 10-year-old Sussex spaniel who won Best in Show in 2009, earned more applause in the Garden that year than the Knicks. He was old. He was retired. And he proved himself even more relatable than Uno, the Beagle who took a sledgehammer to people's knees while winning Best in Show a year earlier.
So once he won his breed, and then the group, of course he was the crowd favorite. "Westminster is not that milieu," said Cecelia Ruggles, his owner. "But when Stump was in there, it was mayhem."
Tietjen was the judge who gave the raucous crowd what it wanted—a Best in Show win for Stump—but not because it was what the crowd wanted. "I hadn't even thought about it," she said. "It wasn't up to me to think about what other people would think."
Weiss gave his Best in Show distinction to Sadie, a Scottish terrier, and was greeted with a positive reaction. He called Sadie a "one-percenter," the sort of dog who makes it worth it "when you get to an airport and miss your flight and say to yourself, what the hell am I doing this for?" he said. "Every once in a while, you see a dog that makes your heart beat faster and thrills you a little to see."
Vogels had the only say that mattered last year, and she felt the same way about Malachy, the Pekingese.
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I am supposed to find the points (x,y,z) satisfying the condition $x^2+2y^2-z^2-1=0$ that are the closest to origin (0,0,0). So basically, the idea was to find the minima of $$\Lambda(x,y,z,\lambda) = \sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}+\lambda(x^2+2y^2-2z^2-1)$$
For that I determined $$\Lambda_x(x,y,z,\lambda) = \frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}} + 2\lambda x$$ $$\Lambda_y(x,y,z,\lambda) = \frac{y}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}} + 4\lambda y$$ $$\Lambda_z(x,y,z,\lambda) = \frac{z}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}} - 2\lambda z$$
But that would mean for $\lambda \neq 0$ $$\lambda_1 = -\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}}$$ $$\lambda_2 = -\frac{1}{4\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}}$$ $$\lambda_3 = \frac{1}{2\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}}$$
Since $\lambda_1 \neq \lambda_2 \neq \lambda_3$ doesn't that mean that this function doesn't have any minima? I'm probably having a huge misunderstanding somewhere, but I just can't figure out where I went wrong, so please help me with this.