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Show that a map $f:X\to Y$ is onto iff $f(f^{-1}(C))=C$ for all subsets $C\subseteq Y$.
My workings so far: Because this is an if and only if proof we need to show it both ways. First let's assume $f$ is onto, that is, $\forall y\in Y\ \ \exists x\in X$ such that $f(x)=y$. Now $$f^{-1}(C)=\{ x\in X| f(x)\in C \}$$ Let $f^{-1}(C)=D \subseteq X$ for simplicity. This means $D$ is the subset of $X$ containing all $x$ that get mapped to an element in $C$ under the map $f$. Now $$f(f^{-1}(C))=f(D)=\{ y\in Y | \exists x \in D | f(x)=y \}$$ We can be sure this set is well defined by the fact that $f$ is onto. By the previous definition of $D$ it seems rather trivial that $f(D)=C$. Is this enough to prove the statement in this direction. Maybe using the more elaborate notation $$f(f^{-1}(C))=\{ y\in Y | (\exists x \in \{ x\in X| f(x)\in C \}) | f(x)=y \}$$ Makes it a little bit more obvious (if possibly more confusing).
Now for the other direction we assume that $f(f^{-1}(C))=C$ for all $C\subseteq Y$. Here I really have no idea how to get started. If anyone could point me in the right direction and possible check if argument for the first part is rigorous enough that would be great!

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From the sound of their classmates support it's clear how well the Edmonson County Middle School Academic Team fared at this year's Governor's Cup. And that has a lot to do with the school taking top prize in a new division of the competition, the Spirit Award.
Academic Coach, Greg Grey says: "Posters, marquise, signs across our county. What we were able to do is we created a photo-CD that we turned into the directors of the Kentucky Academic Association and we won the community spirit award and we'll actually be receiving $1000 for our academic team."
Cara Beth Florence is on the academic team. She says: "Our community was absolutely wonderful. The spirit was just fantastic and it was more support that we have ever had. When we came in all the fire trucks were out and it was just fabulous. We won The Spirit Award for a good reason."
The team fourth overall in the Ashland Incorporated Governor's Cup with 279 middle schools from across the state in Louisville for the competition.
Brittany Pidgeon is also on the team. She says: "I placed second in language arts. I tied for first but I got beaten by one point in the tie-breaker. And I got 10th in composition."
More than 2500 students from around Kentucky took part in the competition. Erica Ashley was on Edmonson County Middle School's quick recall team, which placed second.
Ashley says: "It takes really hard work and dedication to do what we did and it just paid off in the end."
In the end, the spirit of the Edmonson County Middle School Academic Team is what got them the most respect.


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Honorary Degree Recipients Also Include NY Times Columnist David Brooks, Humanitarian Patrick Desbois, and Molecular Biologist Charles Weissmann
Philanthropist Sylvia Hassenfeld to Receive Gallatin Medal; Metropolitan Museum of Art President Emily Rafferty to Receive Rudin Award
NYU President John Sexton and Board of Trustees Chairman Martin Lipton today announced the names of those to be honored at the University's 180th Commencement Exercises, which will be held Wednesday, May 16 in Yankee Stadium.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor – the 111th Supreme Court justice, and the Court's first Hispanic member – will address the graduates and guests. Justice Sotomayor will receive a Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, at the ceremony.
This year's other recipients of honorary doctorates are:
David Brooks – author, journalist, and New York Times columnist – will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, honoris causa.
Patrick Desbois – Roman Catholic priest, long-time advocate of improved Catholic-Jewish relations, and President of Yahad-In Unum, the organization he founded to identify the mass graves of Jews and Roma killed by Nazis in Eastern Europe during WWII-- will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, honoris causa.
Charles Weissmann – molecular biologist, chairman of infectology at Scripps Florida, and leading researcher into prion-based illnesses – will receive a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa.
The "Albert Gallatin Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Society" will be presented to philanthropist Sylvia Hassenfeld.
The "Lewis Rudin Award for Exemplary Service to New York City" will be presented to Metropolitan Museum of Art President Emily Rafferty.
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Albert Hammond jr. plays lead and rythm guitar in (i'll try not to be too subjective here) the absoloute BEST and revolutionary band in the world, The Strokes. Albert was sent to the elite boarding school "Institut Le Rosey" at 13, where he was lucky enough to stumble accross the sexiest man alive and fellow Stroker Julian Casablancas ( see Julian Casablancas). Albert is probably one of the best dressed men i have ever seen, and enjoys wearing formal suits, usually a different one for each show. He holds the guitar in a high horizontal position, and this in conjunction with his affro mimics sexual intercourse to screaming fans alike.
Albert Hammond jr. your hair is a god in the form of an affro.
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by eltonjohn May 27, 2006
Albert Hammond Jr is one of the two guitarists of the Strokes, basically the best band on earth. he plays a fender stratocaster and dresses in a fine suit most of time, and when not in a suit, he is still dressed very nicely. he and the rest of the Strokes, Nikolai Fraiture, Nick Valensi, Fab Moretti, and Julian Casablancas, rule the world. Albert has a gigantic afro now and he is an amazing showman on stage. Always looks like he is high, too. He poses as it it most pictures
Albert Hammond Jr. owns.
by Rhodesie June 29, 2006
probably the coolest member of the Strokes, Albert possesses a kickass sense of style, major wit, and the best down stroke technique seen since Buddy Holly. Albert is the shit...
"Ah shucks. I wish all guys could be as cool as Albert Hammond JR."
by abnumedahl June 21, 2006
Rythm guitarist for the New York rock group and my personal favorite band, The Strokes. Has pouffy 70's afro hair, brown eyes(i think) and sometimes a small unshaven beard.
His father is also a famous musician.
Rythm guitarist for the New York rock group and my personal favorite band, The Strokes. Has pouffy 70's afro hair, brown eyes(i think) and sometimes a small unshaven beard.
His father is also a famous musician.
I threw my 'fro pick at my friend in rage when Albert Hammond Jr. walked by and it accidentally got stuck in his hair with out him noticing. How awsome is that shit!?
by Blode & Food October 27, 2005
A guitarist for the Strokes (along with Nick Valensi). Credited for accentuating the unique, palatable fashion of the band.
Has the biggest hair and personality of all 5 members.
Has the biggest hair and personality of all 5 members.
His father, Albert Hammond, was a producer.
Attended New York Film School.
Attended New York Film School.
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April 19, 2012
NYU Steinhardt's new interview series, "Inside the Internet Garage," featuring personal reflections on the first 20 years of internet history from some of the internet's leading personalities, will launch on April 24. The series welcomes tech industry innovators, leaders, and visionaries to converse in front of a live studio audience.
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So for some time I've been taking various actions to manage my sleeping habits. You know, what time you get up in the morning, how undisturbed the sleep is and so on.
All this has been motivated by an assumption that by getting more control over my sleeping patterns (read, sleeping less) I'll be in a better position to get more out of life in terms over workload, exercise, leisure.
It occurs to me that it might be worth challenging that assumption - maybe things might be better/easier/sensitive to think of sleep as the thing that I should be measuring to see how much I'm get more out of life in terms over workload, exercise, leisure.
The idea being that, by getting more out of life one would spring out of bed energised in the morning - rather than "springing out of bed energised in the morning makes one get more out of life"
My question is - is this an idea that is commonly used? Has it appear in productivity literature before? what are the commonly held beliefs about the cause and effect here?


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Keeping Up With...News about PNB Veterans
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In "Sonnambula," a newcomer, Sokvannara Sar, was strikingly focused as the male Moor, partnering Ms. Holowchuk.
Posted 28 November 2010 - 10:47 PM
from Eva Kistrup's review on danceviewtimes here
The second performance I caught starred Jodie Thomas and Thomas Lund as the lead couple. Soloist Jodie Thomas joined the company last year and is a strong, small and competent dancer, although not dramatically strong nor able to match Lund in elegance and style. But she was wise enough to follow his lead and thereby this performance gained not only a heart but also a significant style and expression.
A big step for her -- I'm glad to hear about the casting.
Posted 30 July 2011 - 12:11 AM
After years of painful and difficult training Sy first joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle in 2007 and more recently has moved to Carolina Ballet as a soloist.
Posted 02 August 2011 - 12:36 AM
Given Ms. Cao's academic track record and history of multi-tasking, I would not be surprised if one of the lures of the company is proximity to a great university.
Posted 03 August 2011 - 02:07 PM
Sokvannara Sar has joined Carolina Ballet as a Soloist:
After years of painful and difficult training Sy first joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle in 2007 and more recently has moved to Carolina Ballet as a soloist.
I am so glad to see that he's back performing -- he has a great stage presence.
Posted 10 August 2011 - 08:36 AM
P.S. I liked the movie, but overall I was not particularly impressed.....the slow motion dancing particularly bothered me.
Posted 15 August 2011 - 10:33 AM
Olivier Wevers Receives Princess Grace Award
First Seattle Choreographer To Receive Award For Seattle Dance Company
Olivier Wevers, Artistic Director of Seattle dance company Whim WHim, has been awarded the prestigious Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship. Wevers, a former principal dancer at Pacific Northwest Ballet, is the first recipient of the choreographic fellowship award residing in Seattle, as well as creating a new work for a Seattle-based company.
Donald Byrd, Artistic Director of Spectrum Dance Theatre, nominated Wevers for the prestigious award. A portion of the award will go towards funding a new creation by Wevers for Spectrums upcoming season. In nominating Wevers, Byrd said As he leaves his career as a dancer Olivier enjoys strong public and critical interest in his choreography and I would like to help to build that support. At Spectrum Dance Theater he will find a platform for deep investigation of his ideas and ideas are what will sustain his career."
Wevers choreographic career started in 2002 and the new works hes choreographed for Whim WHim s sold-out audiences since 2009 have caused a stir not only on the local and national dance scene but also abroad. In April, Whim WHim was the first and only US dance troupe invited to compete in the 4th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition. In 2010 Whim WHim picked up the Grand Prize Award at the 13th Annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival in Palm Desert.
Two of Whim WHims dancers, PNB principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite and PNB corps dancer Andrew Bartee were the recipients of Princess Grace Dance Awards in 2008 and 2007.
Wevers will be recognized in an award ceremony hosted by Prince Albert II of Monaco November 1st at Cipriani in New York City. Joining him will be his husband, Lucien Postlewaite. They are the first married couple in the country to both be Princess Grace award recipients.
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is a national foundation dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance, and film by awarding grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. It was named after Princess Grace of Monaco.
Spectrum Dance Theatre Under the artistic direction of choreographer Donald Byrd since 2002, Spectrum Dance Theater has thrilled audiences in Seattle and across the nation with dynamic, rigorous, thoughtful and provocative contemporary dance. " . . .the toughest, sexiest, wiliest dance troupe in town.", Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times.
Whim WHim: Recently voted 2011 Best Arts Organization by Seattle Weekly readers, Whim W'Him is Seattles hottest young dance company, led by former PNB principal dancer and choreographer Olivier Wevers. Committed to innovation, collaboration, and high caliber relevant art that engages and challenges audiences Whim WHim is both entirely classic and entirely now.
Posted 18 August 2011 - 01:31 PM
Almost as soon as he received notice of the award, Wevers started to think about the piece hell create for Spectrum. Hes chosen music by Johan Johannson that he says has a dark and mysterious feeling and has some ideas about costumes, but the hard work of creating the movement is yet to come. Given the local buzz about Wevers all recent Whim WHim performances have received critical acclaim and performed to sold-out houses the new work is bound to get a lot of attention whenever it opens.
Wevers has worked with some past and current Spectrum dancers in his own company, including the splendicious Kylie Lewallen, Ty Alexander Cheng, Kelly Ann Barton, and Hannah Lagerway. It will be interesting to see with whom he works and how many dancers he'll use for this new piece.
Posted 24 August 2011 - 03:19 PM
Teatro ZinZanni Invites PNB Patrons to Ariana's Debut in Bonsoir Liliane!
In the last 17 years, you have witnessed the elegance and grace of Ariana Lallone as a principal ballerina at Pacific Northwest Ballet; now see her like never before! Teatro ZinZanni would like to invite her supporters to celebrate her 17 amazing years as principal ballerina and her upcoming debut at Teatro ZinZanni by offering $17 off select performances of Bonsoir Liliane!
Bonsoir Liliane! is an original production directed by Broadway legend and nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune. The all-new show features the extraordinary life of French dancer and Tony Award winning star Liliane Montevecchi. The show will take you on a journey through Liliane's fondest memories and boldest fantasies in Moscow, Paris and beyond. The spiegeltent is transformed to showcase spectacular new dance numbers featuring former Pacific Northwest Ballet star Ariana Lallone.
Dripping with dance, glamour and excitement, Bonsoir Liliane! proves that under the spiegeltent your fondest memories never die and your greatest wishes always come true.
To make your reservation, please contact the Teatro ZinZanni Box Office at 206.802.0015 and ask for the "PNB Rate" or order online.
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Ballet Arizona's David Marshalsay was one of the choreographers this year, as was School of Ballet Arizona faculty member Kevin Jenkins and local Highly Qualified Teacher, dance teacher, and choreographer Tracy A. Marion.
Posted 12 September 2011 - 01:23 PM
I just love this line from the PR of the Grace awards receiptants (Wevers & Postlewaite) posted above by sandik.
Posted 29 September 2011 - 11:08 AM
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We're planning to upgrade an existing farm from 2007 to 2013. I learned that the best way and maybe the only way to achieve this is by migrating in two steps. 2007 to 2010 and 2010 to 2013. The actual farm is a sql-server(2008r2 64 bit) and a sperate sharepoint-server(web-frontend, etc....) I want to keep the sql-server as it is, if possible and we want to install a new 64bit host for sharepoint 2013. We will design a new branding for 2013 afterwards, so we need to keep the content, but not the layout. There's so much about migration available on the web, but Can I find something like best practises?
You are correct in that there isn't a direct path from 2007 to 2013. You will need to upgrade 2007 to 2010 first and then upgrade 2010 to 2013.
My suggestion to you would be to setup a new virtual environment (you could even use the demo VMs you download from Microsoft) for 2010 and 2013. Then using the database attach method, migrate to 2010 and then to 2013.
Once you have your content upgraded to 2013 and working, migrate it to your production 2013 environment.
If you're planning a move from 2007 to 2013, consider this: as a move from 2003 to 2010, the pathway is through the interim release (2007->2010->2013).
Microsoft has defined a support plan for the upgrade from 2010 to SharePoint 2013 preview, but no support is offered from 2007 to 2013 since 2007 Mainstream support has already ended in October 2012. An incremental upgrade from 2007 to 2010 will ease your upgrade to 2013.
As previously stated there is no direct upgrade path from 2007 to 2013. You have to go via 2010.
Unfortunately that is where the advice can really stop. Migration is a very complex activity and there are a lot of factors involved.
If your environment is very much out of the box with no customisations then you should have a fairly smooth ride. However if you have invested in custom development, SharePoint designer customisation, branding updates, third party add-ons then you have some testing to do.
I am just exiting a project migrating a 140,000 user, 100 Site Collection Intranet and 10,000 team site migration from 2007 -> 2010 with terabytes of data and it has taken around 21months from start to finish and a team of over 100 people! It was a resounding success but took a lot of work.
Depending on the size and complexity of your environment it might be worth engaging a partner with experience in this activity.
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- Paper, plastic, or glass cups from which guests can drink cold beverages; guests will grab a clean glass at least once, so plan accordingly
- Insulated cups or mugs for hot beverages
- Large plates for eating the main meal
- Small plates for desserts and appetizers
- Enough knives, forks and spoons plastic or metal so that each guest has a complete set, plus a few extra, just in case
- Twice as many paper napkins as you think you will need (linen napkins are great for the table, but guests will need cocktail napkins for drinks and appetizers)
- An adequate stash of serving bowls, pitchers, and platters in assorted sizes, shapes, and colors
- Any tools you will need to actually serve the food and drinks: large spoons, meat forks, a ladle, a corkscrew, a bottle opener, and a carving knife
Take a cue from moderately priced restaurants and make "rollups" several days before your party. Nestle a complete set of cutlery knife, fork, and spoon in one napkin, and roll it up. Secure the roll with clear tape (if you're using paper napkins) or some other festive touch, such as theme-related napkin holders, or tuck the end of the napkin into the roll.
How Much Booze Do You Need?
If you're serving alcohol at your party, how much booze do you need? Although this subject is covered in greater detail in Appendix B, it's worth mentioning a little basic math right here:
- Plan for two drinks per person for the first two hours of the party, and then one drink per person for every hour thereafter.
- One 750-milliliter bottle of booze (wine, champagne, or liquor) will yield about six 4-ounce glasses.
- Plan two cans or bottles of soda per person change that quantity to three if you are hosting a sober party.
- If you're hosting a party heavy on drinks that require ice, such as iced soft drinks or blended or shaken cocktails, you'll need 1/2 pound of ice per person. Based on the preceding facts, we can calculate the following:
- For a 4-hour party of 20 expected guests, you would plan to serve a total of 120 drinks.
- To fill glasses 120 times, you will need 20 bottles of booze.
- For this same party, you'll also need 80 cans or bottles of soft drinks or water, as well as 20 pounds of ice.
Thrifty Ways to Stock a Party Closet
Consider starting a "party closet." Similar to the fabled "gift closet," a party closet is a storage container large enough to safely store your party tools: dishes, cutlery, glassware, linens, candles, and leftover favors that might be put to some future use. Because these items are stored in one place, and only pulled out for parties, you'll always have a good supply on hand. One less detail to plan!
If you aren't independently wealthy and would like to stock your party closet nonetheless, scour local second-hand stores for dishes, glassware, and flatware. Keep one element the same color, style, or pattern and your guests will think of you as eclectic, rather than dirt-poor.
Whether you're using matched china or thrift-store finds, always make sure your party tools are clean, polished, and in good repair. Everything looks better when sparkling!
If you are thrift-store shopping for your party tools, avoid any plates or glasses made with lead. Generally, old china, glazed terra cotta or clay dishes, or dishes with highly decorated, multicolored interior surfaces can contain lead. If you are in doubt, err on the side of caution. Lead poisoning can lead to serious health consequences.
Cloth napkins don't have to be expensive! Most housewares stores sell white cloth napkins in bulk for under $20. Invest in a couple of packages and you'll be covered for a long time. Also look for plain, matching napkins at discount and closeout stores. Starched napkins fold and retain their shape better than limp napkins, so bust out that can of spray starch and heat up the iron.
Planning Party Entertainment
Although you might think your menu and your sparkling personality are enough amusement or any party, you might want to consider adding some entertainment into the mix. Whether it be music, activities, or professional entertainment, your guests will have a great time if the entertainment is presented with the right attitude fun!
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WINTERSVILLE - Village Council on Monday spread holiday cheer by announcing the winners of the 2012 holiday lighting contest.
Mayor Bob Gale proclaimed the seven winners, including picks from each council member as well as mayor's choice, during Monday's council meeting.
Council had been scheduled to meet last Thursday, but had to postpone the meeting to Monday due to a lack of a quorum.
The winners are Charles Albert, 105 Starkey Ave., chosen by Councilman Tom Bottorf; Edward Johnson, 328 Bradley St., chosen by Councilman Jason Mattern; Shawn McCart, 178 Selma, chosen by Councilman Bob Merriman; Mike Chichick, 400 Fernwood Road, chosen by Councilwoman Phyllis Foreman; Robert Laukert, 166 Rex Ave., chosen by Councilman Robbie Martin; and Thomas Bodo, 185 Crawford, chosen by Gale. Gale also honored the Blessed Sacrament Men's Club in honor of the late Robert Cochrun.
"We want to thank everyone who participated this year," Gale said, noting that each winner will receive a $50 gift card and a plaque. "We appreciate your effort to make Wintersville beautiful during the Christmas season."
During the meeting, council also voted on two village ordinances.
The first was an ordinance establishing a video service provider fee to be paid by any video service provider offering video service in the village.
"This ordinance has to be passed in order to continue receiving an annual fee from Comcast," Village Administrator Walt Ziemba explained. "We get a substantial amount each year, which in turn goes into our general fund."
The ordinance had to be passed before the end of the year, he noted. Council passed the first, second and third readings.
A first reading then was passed on a 2 percent pay raise for all employees in 2013.
"A second and third reading will be heard at the next meeting," Ziemba said. "If the ordinance is passed, then the pay raise will go into effect."
The next council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 3.


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ASHTON'S La Fille Mal Gardee in the 2000's.Reflections on a real charming ballet
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 07:25 PM
It was almost an accident that I went -- I was a student at Oxford, and a classmate and his girlfriend insisted I had to go see it with hem. THe terain trip was not difficult, but it WAS a trip to go up to London -- Saturday matinee at the Royal Opera House, very cheap in those days; it wsa Leslie Collier's debut in a full-length role, 1969 or 70. After that I was going back by myself or with them whenever i could get away.
Nanarina, you might want to know that Ashton choreographed it because "Karsavina was always begging him to revive it." he got the mime scene directly from her.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 03:27 PM
In 1960 I was nineteen years old, and had just started my Apprenticeship at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The first production I worked on was in fact "Fille" for it'S Premier the same year. I had to learn the Costume and prop schedules, which I completed, after then I found myself helping at fitting sessions costume parades, and a photo call. In the meantime, I had also become a dresser for the Ballet, and as part of this I learnt the quick changes. Due to illness of one of the Senior dressers who worked on the top floor, I found myself seconded to the Ballerina's level, and put on the spot, literally dropped into it, I suddenly had to undertake my first quick change in the wings. I had always done my upmost to learn everything I could, so I was soon in demand, as it turned out I was very quick and reliable in helping the Dancer's change their costumes. I went on to learn all the Ballet's in the Repertoire, the very comprehensive Costume Lists, as well as becoming a Costumier.
I stayed at the ROH until I was over 21 years old, and then transferred to the Touring Company, again stepping in due to staff illness. Actually, I never did return to work in "the garden", only when our Company performed there, when the resident Co. were on tour. I ended up in charge of the Ladies Wardrobe, on tour. It was quite a hard, but rewarding life, with Monday to Saturday nights, two matinee's, and travelling on Sunday. But I loved it, we were a big happy family, enjoying friendship and got to know each other very well. In some of the big cities like Liverpool, we would go with members of the Orchestra to rehearsals of the famous Orchestra's, or visit places of interest on our day off.
Fille mal Gardee was a much loved and regularly performed favourite all over the UK, and even abroad. The Touring Company began well thought of, and some later stars of the Royal Ballet made their debut in it. The orginal cast in London had been Nadia Nerina (Lise) David Blair(Colas), Alexander Grant(Alain), Stanley Holden(Widow Simone) Lesley Edwards(Farmer Thomas). Our Dancers to portray the roles equally as well were, Lise - Doreen Wells, Shirley Grahame,Brenda Last, Colas - David Wall, Gary Sherwood, Michael Coleman, Widow Simone - Ronald Emblem, David Gordon,Brien Shaw, Alain - John Sale, Gary Grant, Farmer Thomas Henry Legerton ( To the best of my memory).
The roles Sir "Fred" created were unique, Widow Simone was essentially based on a Pantomine dame, Lise her wayward naughty daughter, was a truly comic role, and Alain her reluctant simple but rich groom, (her Mother's but not her choice), was extremely funny, and would often have the cast in fits of laughter. Which was perfectly acceptable for this humorous delightful ballet.
The choreography included wonderful variations featuring wide pink satin ribbons, used to marvelous effect, from the Lovers knot, made by Lise and Colas, to the shapes the friends made to support the cornfield pas de deux, and a brilliant pose on one point, Lise makes, holding eight ribbons, when the other girls turn her on the spot, which never failed to get huge applause from the audience. The corp de ballet boys and girls dances contained traditional national dances, Morris, stick dances, a full size maypole, and the much loved clog dance where Widow Simone shows off her over zealous skills and nearly comes unstuck. Alain with his red umbrella, with it's ducks head handle, that uses as a horse, when the charming little white shetland pony, appears, and later during the storm, he is swept up high as the wind and rain catch him.
The famous mime scene, where Lise dreams of being married to Colas and having his children, after being locked in by her Mother when she has yet again tried to sneek off with the villagers, and the shock and embarresment she experiences when she learns Colas has hiden behind the hay bales and seen her.
This ballet is so essentially English, I wonder how other companies abroad, cope with the role portrayal. In recent times The Australian Ballet have made a DVD, which is very close to the original, which is well worth buying. However, The Paris Opera Ballet have also performed it , and I sincerely wonder what they make of it. I do not doubt their technical ability, this side of the production should not be difficult for them, but I do question the authenticity of how they would create the so very special roles of the main character's. I just cannot picture some of the Etoile's getting anywhere near the humerous and charming characters. I suppose the only way to find out, is to attend a performance, and hope I would not be disapointed, having been so closely involved with the original production.
Has anyone seen "Fille" recently? if so, what did you think?
Posted 09 June 2008 - 04:55 PM
I first saw it at Kennedy Center in the 70s - Merle Park and Nureyev.
The chickens, Rudy bursting out of the bales of hay, Park hanging from his arms in the window - legs doing tick-tock, the ribbons, maypole and clog dances I recall the most.
In the 80s I had the honor of dancing Alain having been taught by Faith Worth and coached by Alexander Grant. My Widow Simon was none other than Stanley Holden! When I look back I can't help but be extremely thankful for those experiences.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 08:39 PM
This ballet is so essentially English, I wonder how other companies abroad, cope with the role portrayal.
Beautiful memories Nanarina-(BTW, i love your screenname ). I grew up watching "Fille" in regular basis in Havana. It's still a highly appreciated ballet among cuban balletomanes, and Mme. Alonso keeps presenting it every year, non stopping. Particularly one Principal Ballerina of the 70's-80's, Maria Elena Llorente, was well known for dancing the role-(which in Cuba i knew by the name of Lissette, her counterpart as Colin). This production is Mme.'s own revival dated from 1952, and it's still in active repertoire.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 10:05 PM
The French dancers who've moved here and dance with San Francisco Ballet ALL seem to have a great sense of humor and a natural feel for gesture, so I bet they do do it well. But htat's just my guess.
Still, I know what you mean about its Englishness. In fact, Edwin denby commented on its mild gentle Englishness in his review of Fille and wondered if Americans would feel the charm. As Glebb recalls, it does seem to go from highlight to highlight -- but it does that without ever going for some over-the-top feat of bravura. Even when Lise is leaping about or spinning in hte midst of all those ribbons there are no show-stopping effects --
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meanwhile, the attached, undated photocard shows much-loved moscow ballerina Sofia Fedorova as Liza at her spinning wheel in the last act of Gorsky's production. (Fedorova took on the role in 1905, when Gorsky seems to have re-staged his previous '01 production, with Grimaldi as Liza, for his russian ballerina, who danced opposite m. mordkin as Kolen/Colas.
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Posted 10 June 2008 - 09:19 AM
La Fille... have always been a favorite of mine and i enjoyed the ABT staging a few years ago. Apparently,it was not a big crowd-drawer and it has not been repeated. I wished ABT would do it next season. Herman and Sarah would be wonderful in this ballet, i think.
The last time I saw it was with ABT and it's one of the best things I"ve ever seen them do. You would have thought the ballet was set on them, about a week ago. (Alexander Grant staged it.) The cast was Ashley Tuttle and Ethan Stiefel, with Kirk Peterson as the Widow Simone. They had the tone right, the mime right, the dancing was musical, the audience howled, the critics wrote and wrote and WROTE about it -- and I don't think they've done it since.
Posted 10 June 2008 - 04:24 PM
It's always appealed to me to think that Petipa came up with "DOn Quixote" as a way of using the same story -- our girl gets rescued from having to marry a rich foolish suitor that the parent INSISTS she marry, and gets to marry the guy she wanted all along, which is a fable of a revolutionary idea (the woman gets to choose) -- as a hook to hang all hte Spanish dancing he learned in his 3-year job dancing in Madrid, when he got a chance to choreograph something big and splashy in St Petersburg.
Petipa certainly kept Fille alive in St Petersburg, as well as doing DOn Q several times over.
One wonders if hte mime scene goes all hte way back. Karsavina , who taught it to Ashton, learned it from Pavrel Gerdt who'd partnered the divine ZUcchi, who'd starred as Lise in Petipa's production. Wonder if it was the same that Petipa had seen in the 1840's, and if it was Vestris's -- or maybe even Dauberval's in all its essentials to begin with?
THe Royal Ballet's DVDF on mime has a long sequence teaching the mime scene which is EXTREMELY affectingly performed (by Sarah Lamb?)
There is by the way an astonishingly detailed and amusing and impressively knowledgeable account of the history of "FIlle" at Wikipedia. The list of choreographers who kept the ballet alive is itself a hall of fame -- Petipa's production was a revival of Taglioni's. Makes for excellent reading -- I must quote the following:
"A feature of the Ivanov production was the use of live chickens on stage. One evening when Preobrajenskaya danced the role of Lise, her rival, Kschessinskaya, let all of the chickens out of their coups during her variation, with many of them landing in the orchestra pit and even on the laps of many of the musicians. Preobrajenskaya kept on dancing as if nothing happened."
PS THANK YOU, Nanarina, for that wonderful account of your life backstage with Fille. It's wonderful to know about all that. We don't really know about the quick changes; the REAL time backstage is quite different from the stage-time the audience is aware of.
Posted 10 June 2008 - 04:40 PM
Humor is such a personal thing. I love the pas de trois for Lisa, Colas, and the out-of-it Alain (sorry, glebb) It's one of the most charming and witty bits of character play in ballet. On the other hand, speaking only for myself, I fail on the chicken-appreciation test.
I've only seen the Royal Ballet dvd with Lesley Collier and Michael Coleman, to designs by Osbert Lancaster. How does that peformance compare to others you have seen?
And how about other dvds? Amazon has The Australian Ballet production of the Ashton ballet, with Fiona Tonkin, and David McAllister. Nanarina recommended this above. Amazon also has a dvd of a version by Heinz Spoerli for Basler Ballett, with Valentina Kozlova and Chris Jensen. Any comments about either of those?
Posted 10 June 2008 - 05:49 PM
And who will be first, in the "Ballet Videos, Films, and Broadcast Performances" forum, to review the Royal's new release?
And how about other dvds? Amazon has The Australian Ballet production of the Ashton ballet, with Fiona Tonkin, and David McAllister. Nanarina recommended this above. Amazon also has a dvd of a version by Heinz Spoerli for Basler Ballett, with Valentina Kozlova and Chris Jensen. Any comments about either of those?
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Robert Velter, who went by the pen names Rob-Vel and Bozz, is best known as the creator of the famous bellboy 'Spirou' for the magazine of the same name. Ironically, the Parisian Velter began his career working in a hotel himself, at the Ritz Charlton in London at age 16. He subsequently was a waiter and steward on ships like the Majestic and the Île-de-France. Since he had lived in London with his father since the age of 10, he also served as a translator on board of the ship. It was during these transatlantic trips that he made caricatures of the passengers and adorned menu cards and announcement posters with drawings that were crowded with bellboys.
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It was during one of these trips that he met the comic artist Martin Branner. Branner taught Velter the comics profession by taking him as his assistant on 'Winnie Winkle' in his New York studio in 1934. Velter returned to France in 1936, where he created his first comic character for the Opera Mundi agency, that was strangely enough called 'Tintin'. The strip was a predecessor to Velter's long-running gag strip 'M. Subito', that appeared in Le Petit Parisien. Velter signed it with Bozz, as an hommage to Charles Dickens. He was also translating the American comic strips that were published in the newspaper of the Excelsior press group.
In 1937, he developed the title comic of Le Journal de Toto in cooperation his wife Blanche Dumoulin, who wrote most of the comic stories drawn by Velter, who by now signed with Rob-Vel. In that same year, he was approached by the Belgian publisher Dupuis from Marcinelle to develop the title hero for a new children's magazine. Velter returned to his earlier bellboy scribbles and created 'Spirou', whom literally came to life from a painter's canvas on the front page of the first issue on 21 April 1938. In addition to the title comic, Rob-Vel also made illustrations for the magazine, as well as the comic series about the sailors 'Bibor et Tribar' and the gag strip 'Babouche'. Because of the workload, he was again aided by his wife, and also by close family friend Luc Lafnet.
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In the books 'Spirou par Rob-Vel L'Intégrale 1938-1943' and 'La Véritable Histoire de Spirou: 1937-1946', that were published by Dupuis on the occasion of the magazine's 75th anniversary, the possibility was revealed that it was not Rob-Vel but Lafnet who drew the very first 'Spirou' page and that the featured painter was a self-portait. Since Velter himself was busy with his weekly 'Toto' and 'Subito' strips, as well as his translation work, it is well possible that he handed over this "commission" from Dupuis to an assistant. A not so regular method in Europe at the time, but not unlikely since Velter himself had worked for Branner in the States a couple of years earlier. Adding to the mystery was the use of the "Davine" signature in other comics that until recently has been attributed to Blanche Dumoulin, but was apparently also employed by Luc Lafnet until his death in September 1939.
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Velter and his helpers started out with independent one-page gags, that often embodied elements of Belgian folklore and current affairs. He eventually turned to longer stories, and during one of these adventures, Spirou found his loyal companion Spip, the squirrel. When World War II broke out and Velter was mobilized and eventually imprisoned, his wife (who signed with Davine) continued 'Spirou' with the aid of several ghost artists, including J. van Straelen (Lafnet had passed away in September 1939).
Bibor et Tribar
However, it became increasingly difficult to send the pages from Paris to Marcinelle, and by October 1940 the running story was finished by local artist Jijé, who continued the strip until March 1941. By then, Velter had returned to Paris and was able to resume his work. He had to leave the strip to Jijé one final time in December 1942, when postal problems and the magazine's publication ban caused a final rupture between the artist and the publisher.
Toto in Mexico (Bravo, 1948)
During the war, Rob-Vel still worked for the magazine Pierrot, for which he produced several stories, such as 'Ce Pauvre Plouck', as well as the 'Bibor et Tribar' series. He also worked for André Rigal's animation studios. After the war, Velter created many other comics, but none of them ever reached the same level of success as Spirou with the general public. He continued to work for the Opera Mundi agency, that continued to distribute his textless 'M. Subito' strip from 1949 to 1969. He also made hundreds of illustrations for postcards, biscuit boxes, etc.
Babouche et Babouchette
He returned to a revamped version of Pierrot, where he continued 'Bibor et Tribar' (1947-51), 'Le Père Pictou' (1948) and 'Les Tribulations du Chien Petto' (1949), among other creations. Velter was also present in Le Journal de Bébé-Poucet with 'Bizouk et Pélik' (1947), in Bravo! with stories like 'Toto au Mexique' and 'Mic Mac aux États-Unis' (1947-49) and in Lisette with 'Babouche et Babouchette' (1947-1953).
He revived 'Ce Pauvre Plouck' in Récréation and La Dernière Heure in 1956. In 1971, he assumed the pseudonym Darthel and created new adventures with André Daix's 'Nimbus' character for Opera Mundi. He returned to Spirou one final time in 1970 with a special anniversary story written by Raoul Cauvin starring the character he had created back in 1938. After that, his work could be found in Confidences (1971) and Lectures Pour Tous (1974), but he hardly produced any more comics. He settled in Saint-Malo after the death of his wife in 1975. He regularly attended the local comics festivals until he passed away in 1991.


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I know a secret about El Dorado. Actually, I know several secrets, and they all involve works of art. One lies in an alley, another sits on the sidewalk, and one's in a back room. Since it's not hush-hush, however, I'll first reveal the best-kept secret of all…it's the Coutts Memorial Museum of Art. Did you know it houses one of the largest collections in the Midwest of bronze sculptures by Frederic Remington? Or that is has the largest collected works in the country by world-renowned painters Americo, Eva, and A.B. Makk? The artwork here is diverse; you'll find Renoir, Degas, Thomas Hart Benton, and Charles M. Russell. My favorite exhibit features the Prairie Print Makers, a group organized in 1930 to promote art in Kansas.
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Out of the blue? I just heard a conversation like below;
Jesus. Out of the blue, man. What brought that up?
what are the other possible cases that this phrase might be used?
It means "coming on you without warning" as if falling from the sky directly onto your head. "The blue" in this case is the blue of the sky.
This is probably derived from the old idiom "a bolt from the blue":
I have heard this did not originally refer to lightning, but to crossbow bolts in medieval times raining down after having been shot vertically. I'm not close to my reference materials at the moment, however, so I will look later.


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Dont see the free shipping option
whole site is FS for a limited time... no code needed. I just bought one of these clocks for $10 a couple days ago.
it is there you dont have to click the option just finish the order and double check that its 5 bucks.
Just got this for my girlfriend's Xmas package, she's wanted one for her office, $6.29 with sales tax.
nice one! in fer one
Got one-Free Shipping
damn. just bought it and received it today from amazon for $12.03
btw the ticking is rather loud. not sure if it's on purpose. "to drive you insane"
For this price and free shipping, you cant buy too many of these.
I really really want to buy stuff from ThinkGeek but even at the sale price some items are and the free shipping, it just feels cheesy, not as fun as it use to be.
Ordered a couple of these for gifts for "artsy" friends. I think Salvador Dali would have liked the cheesiness of it. :)
In for one! As a Christmas gift for my artsy grandma...
@acousticfish: After you click "Go to Checkout," the top right will show the order summary with the "free Economy Shipping" promotion subtracted. I actually had to change to a different shipping method and back to economy to apply it to my whole order, for some reason....
DANG IT! Totally paid a lot more for this a few days ago!
@etherium: Agreed. But I bet he wouldn't appreciate the lack of royalties.
@doomtothee: RETURN IT!!!
Been wanting one of these for a long while and have seen prices continue to drop so just kept holding off. This, with the free shipping, is the best price I've seen them yet. Took me a few extra minutes to order just because I was trying to find excuses to order more than 1 lol.
@jesterfx: Ditto! I have almost pulled the trigger on this at a higher cost several times, but just couldn't let myself do it. I wish I could think of someone around here who would appreciate one of these as a gift, but no one has come to mind, dang it!
Does anybody have any experience with the average shipping times from Think Geek?
In for 1. Will look great on the FIL's desk.
@evawheel: I've only ordered from them durring the holiday season but they tend to be quick. My recent orders all came from Ohio


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5 Ways to Stop Trolls From Killing the Internet
#3. Unify the Culture
Experts agree that the Internet has the magical power to turn normal people into fuckwads simply by granting them anonymity and an audience. But there's another cause that gets overlooked. Specifically, that a comment screen abhors a vacuum and will quickly fill it with assholes.
It works like this: Everybody is an asshole in some circumstances, and a nice guy in others. You go to Mardi Gras and scream for a lady to show you her boobs, but you don't do the same when sitting at the dinner table with Grandma on Sunday. As this article put it: "The largest determinant of behavior is the perceived social environment." But often on the Internet, there is no social environment.
To again use our own site as an example, the Cracked forums are consistently less angry and/or insulting than the article comments. Why? Because when you show up on the forums, you find yourself in an existing community, looking at a long list of threads and posts that establish the culture. Just a few minutes of reading gives you a sense of what is and is not acceptable.
But in the comments under an article (or YouTube video, or blog post), it's a clean slate. If just one dude comes in and submits "LOL WHAT A FAT BITCH" as the first post, he's set the tone for everybody and it will only go downhill from there. That's why modular post situations, where each conversation is completely isolated from the rest, make for some of the shittiest posting. A man sees an empty room and says, "Well, nobody here, guess I can flip out my dong."
So how do you fix that?
Universal Moderation Policy:
Something like this has been proposed by some prominent bloggers calling for a blogger Code of Conduct.
Some kind of guidelines for what is and is not acceptable in the comments would be drawn up, and everybody who agrees can adopt it. Those sites would be marked with some kind of symbol or badge, just as copyright and Creative Commons symbols indicate at a glance how intellectual property can be used.
In a world where those badges are common and commonly recognized, even looking at an empty comment box would let the poster know what's acceptable there.
Not the actual badge
Obviously a Lemonparty spammer won't see a badge and think, "Oh, you mean you don't want me to act like a douchebag? I do apologize, kind sir!"
But huge chunks of the population will modify their irritating behavior if you make it clear it's unacceptable (theater chains that reminded patrons to turn off their cell phones--and kicked out people who didn't--saw immediate results). For some people, they just need a sign in that empty room saying, "NON-COCK EXPOSURE ZONE" to keep their pants zipped. Give it to them.
And if that doesn't work...
#2. Up the Stakes for Membership
We've established that anonymous communication makes people assholes. But it also works the opposite way: Real life, in-person communication suppresses many of us who wish we could be assholes around the clock.
In the real world, getting a bad reputation can screw us over in countless ways, from losing future favors to getting punched in the nuts. A whole lot of people are civil for purely selfish motives. The Internet strips all that away.
Online you can drop by a blog and create an ID in seconds. You have absolutely nothing invested in it or its reputation. With that cardboard persona, you're free to rip shit up and if people get pissed, who cares?
Hell, you can even log out, create another ID, then join the others in their condemnation of the first ID. The rewards and consequences are all gone; your inner asshole is free to emerge.
This is why people tend to be less obnoxious in something like Second Life. Users there have an investment in their avatars, in time and energy and--usually--money. So how do you extend that to the rest of the web?
Charge Money for Membership:
When SomethingAwful.com started charging to join their forums a few years ago, it had the dual effect of raising cash for the site and slashing the number of retarded posters. It was just a one-time fee of $10--the cost of a few ringtones--but still far more than what some 13 year-old troll will pay to pop in and call Zach Parsons a fart zeppelin.
Persistent ID's:
There's no realistic way to do this at the moment, but fast-forward ten years and don't be surprised if every major site makes you stick with the same user ID (maybe the one your ISP assigned you). And don't be surprised if that ID happens to look a whole lot like your real name.
I know, I know. You're saying, "But nobody wants that! That can only happen if they passed some kind of law or something ending anonymous Internet use!"
Well, that's why #1 is...
#1. Pass Some Kind of Law or Something Ending Anonymous Internet Use
And here we go. If all else fails--and I suspect it will--this will happen, eventually. And it will simply be the death of what most of us know as the World Wide Web. But of course this is silly, alarmist thinking, right? How can you ever regulate the wild-wild-west Internet?
Well, they've already started doing it in Korea. Everybody gets a 13-digit PIN and you've got to enter it any time you want to leave a comment somewhere. They enforce it site by site, via a government agency (the Korean version of the FCC). They've started from the top down, forcing every site with more than 200,000 visitors to require the PIN, and they're going to expand it to every site with 100,000 or more.
There's a similar movement in Brazil and years ago they tried to do it in France. And don't forget that American lawmakers are pushing for the same.
And no, there is nothing about the Internet that would keep them from making such tracking universal. All they need is a redesign of the protocols, which is why the US military is doing exactly that. Once they've got their secure, transparent network in place, it's just a matter of forcing its adoption.
If Web 2.0 was about social networking, Web 3.0 will be about the death of anonymity. You say nobody wants that, but there are three very important and powerful somebodies who do:
1. Copyright holders who want to be able to track pirates;
2. Law enforcement agencies who want to track child predators (don't forget the Oprah moms demanding the same) and to hunt down hackers;
3. Online advertisers who want to make billions off that 92% of housewives and adults who don't use social networking for fear of being called a Shitwhale in public.
Yes, it turns out there's a reason the Wild West didn't stay wild. The gunslingers loved it, but the other 99% of the world wanted laws and security and highways. And they were the ones with the money.
To get legislative momentum for this, all it'll take is some highly publicized deaths. You know, like that girl that committed suicide a year ago after a MySpace prank. Or Choi Jin-sil, the 40 year old entertainer from Korea who killed herself after relentless online harassment. Or Kathy Sierra, a popular blogger who canceled public appearances after getting death threats in her comments (and we're talking about the kind that come with people posting her home address). And don't forget this horrifying article in the New York Times chronicling the kids who very smoothly transitioned from online trolling to doing real-world harm without blinking an eye.
Next we'll get experts explaining that it's not just that anonymity makes offenders harder to catch, but in fact actually causes the bad behavior. Like this article does ("They are not the first to be grotesquely transformed by a new technology that offers easy availability and anonymity to its users").
Or this research paper that says due to that interpersonal disconnect, some people are unable to recognize anything that happens on a computer screen as having real-life consequences.
Now we've elevated anonymity itself to a public safety threat. We'd better do something about it! With laws!
And, behind every politician trying to kill anonymity "to protect our children," there will be an ocean of Time-Warner stockholders applauding the effort, dreaming of a future where every P2P downloader gets a knock on the door from the cops minutes later.
Sure, there'll still be untamed corners of the web in the future, just as there are still some cowboys around. But in that future, 10 or 20 years from now, us holdouts will all just be sad, deluded men in ridiculous hats.
To find out how the trolls got that way, check out Dave's look at 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable. And to find out how the 21st Century got that way, you should probably let Dave answer the most important question you never asked: What is the Monkeysphere?. Or, find out how you can write for Cracked here.


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In Mathematica 9, a purely imaginary number, e.g.
0.9 I, will display as
0. + 0.9i in the output form. How can I eliminate the real part
0. in the output form?
In Mathematica 9, a purely imaginary number, e.g.
This is not a specific issue of
Mathematica 8 and 9
First, looking at
(see e.g. Meaning of backtick in floating-point literal) and then examining this behvior :
we can conclude that assuming the real part as an exact number it will be rewritten as a machine precission number given that the imaginary part is a machine precision number. Reverse need not be always true because e.g.
Nevertheless you can still get the expected result using e.g.
However if the imaginary part is not an algebraic number you cannot expect that
Mathematica 7
We have in
therefore :
nevertheless this behavior is not quite consistent, e.g. :
there is even worse problem :
To sum up the behaviour in
while its defect in
I don't seem to have this problem in version 7:
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Update : Should have left the Arithmetic out of this question, the new modified question is posted here : $\wedge,\cap$ and $\vee,\cup$ between Logic and Set Theory always interchangeable?
Although have not seen this anywhere stated, but so often mentally swapping the frameworks of Logic, Set Theory and Arithmetic following operation $\wedge,\cap,\times$ and $\vee,\cup,+$ are seem to be always interchangeable (Isomorphic?).
My question is are $\wedge,\cap,\times$ the same thing and just different symbols are being used depending on the framework? same question regarding $\vee,\cup,+$
PS: In arithmetic setting we get the case of $[0, \text{any number other than 0}] \equiv [false , true] $
For example De Morgan's laws for Sets and Logic just becomes the distributive and associate laws.
What about infinite cases? does this type of intuition break down between Arithmetic, Logic and Set theory?


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Oil, gas boom fuels Harrison safety issues
CADIZ - Ohio's natural gas boom, rumbling into Harrison County in recent months, is drawing complaints from some residents.
Oil and natural gas wells are popping up around the area as well as a web of pipelines which are being constructed to access drilling sites, which prompted Harrison County Commissioners and Sheriff Ronald J. Myers to address road conditions and traffic safety at Wednesday's meeting.
"The safety of the residents, and the condition of the county's roads, are major concerns for us," said committee chair Don Bethel.
Myers explained that he had hosted a safety meeting with area companies which the commissioners attended at which the concerns with the increased truck traffic were discussed.
"Chesapeake was tired of getting complaints of its vehicles speeding on the roads over in Carroll County and they have been proactive on that issue," Myers told the board. "They purchased signs which state a speed limit for Chesapeake traffic and these signs also take photos of vehicles which they can check for any violations."
"Most of the county and township roads, which were part of our discussion the other day, are 55 miles per hour," Myers explained. "Chesapeake has posted speed limits which are below those legal limits."
"We are getting complaints all the time about speeding issues," Myers said. "We were getting a lot of complaints about traffic on Bower Road."
Rural roads designed for light traffic now are handling thousands of trucks per day, some weighing more than 170,000 pounds, he said.
And the number of vehicles needed to bring one well into production, about 1,184 loaded trucks, has the equivalent impact of years of normal traffic.
"They are unfamiliar with the roads and some of these vehicles are going too fast for the winding highways here in the county," Myers stated. "I have driven a truck here in the county and I can tell you that if they just slow down 5 or 10 miles an hour they can travel the roads safely, maintaining their own lane."
"Initially the Midstream people stated that the drivers were subcontractors and not under their control," Myers said. "We explained to them that they were a responsible party and they agreed that it should be their concern as the contractor and have been very diligent since in monitoring their hired truck drivers for safety and speed."
Myers attended Chesapeake's safety meeting on Jan. 17 in Canton and set up his own meeting with Atlas, Gulfport, Chesapeake, Midstream, Hess and Chevron representatives to address the issues in Harrison County.
"We brought up traffic safety issues and it was not a bloodbath where the oil and gas companies were beat up on," Myers stated. "The meeting went very well, we discussed the issues and decided that we will conduct these safety meetings once a month."
"I thank all the commissioners and all of the elected officials who attended," Myers stated the topics included roads, stop signs and guard rails.
Doug Crabtree brought a road use agreement before the board at which time Bethel took the opportunity to introduce an amendment to all future contracts which will specify that authorization from the engineer's office must be obtained to cross any highway, adding that the county must approve and coordinate any transportation detours.
"I feel they are a little bit confused as to what they can and cannot do, and specifically, I do not want anybody cutting across any roads," Bethel explained. "We are aware that this has been happening."
"One recent example is a pipeline which crossed CR 2 and my concern is that there are no stipulations as to how the road must be restored," Bethel said.
The sheriff announced that Feb. 25 will be the next safety meeting to be held at the Cadiz Library, time to be announced.
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I'm computing the radii of convergence for some complex power series. For one I need to compute $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\frac{n!}{n^n}\right)^{1/n}.$$
I know the answer is $\frac{1}{e}$, so the radius is $e$. But how could you compute this by hand? I tried taking the logarithms and raising $e$ by this logarithm, but it didn't lead me to the correct limit. (This is just practice, not homework.)


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Triathlon in New Mexico Canceled Due to Security Concerns
The Jay Benson Triathlon, a sprint-distance swim, bike, and run scheduled to be held on the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., this weekend, was abruptly canceled on Monday by its owner when the organizers were unable to comply with last-minute additional security requirements imposed by the base.
Duane Kinsley of Sport Systems, an athletic store in Albuquerque which owns the race, said the last-minute decision to cancel was spurred by the store's inability to provide additional personal details for all of the estimated 2,000 race participants and spectators within a short time frame. Kinsley said the base was requesting each individual's full name, including middle initial, driver's license, and full social security number, in order for background checks to be performed before the race, compared with the standard procedure of first and last name and last four digits of one's social.
He said that the base officials he spoke with did not expressly state that the ramped-up security was because of last month's Boston Marathon bombings, which killed three and injured more than 200, but all of the additional security requests came within the last two weeks.
"We were on track with security requirements until two weeks ago. We're not upset that they have these requirements, its just unfortunate timing," he said. Kinsley said that organizers believed they wouldn't be able to comply with another request from the base: that all participants and spectators arrive between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, before the 8 a.m. start time.
Because of the cancellation, which will be "financially devastating" for his store, Kinsey said he will look for another venue for next year's triathlon. Sport Systems doesn't have insurance to cover the variety of refund options it is offering participants, Kinsey said, adding that he wasn't yet aware of the precise financial impact it will have.
Many other athletic events have been staged successfully in the wake of the Boston bombings, albeit with ramped-up security, including Sunday's Five Boro Bike Tour in New York City and last month's Penn Relays track and field competition in Philadelphia.
A spokesperson for Kirtland Air Force Base said, "Regrettably, compressed timelines since the Boston incident did not allow all participating individuals to provide necessary information to access the installation."
—Sara Germano
No Additional Penalties For Canadiens, Senators
Despite a brawl-marred third period Sunday that left the teams' two benches all but empty of players, no members of the Montreal Canadiens or Ottawa Senators will receive any supplementary discipline from the NHL after Game 3 of their first-round playoff series, the league announced Monday. An NHL spokesman said that the league's department of player safety reserves the right to change its mind, should more information or evidence come to light, until the start of Game 4 on Tuesday night. The Senators won 6-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series, but the third period featured 14 fighting majors and nine game-misconduct penalties. The two teams combined for 236 penalty minutes, the second-most in an NHL postseason game since 1990, and 53 penalties, the third-most over the same period. The Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues racked up playoff records for penalties (66) and penalty minutes (298) on April 12, 1991.
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Student Housing
Both at Union and colleges and universities nationwide, students who live on campus are tend to get better grades, feel more connected to campus life, and take fewer years to finish their degree. Because of the connection between residence halls and success in college, Union requires younger students not living with their parents to live on campus.
Policy for 21 and 22+ year olds living in the dorm: Dorm Incentive Package
Women's Residence Hall: Rees
Dean of Women
docaster [at] ucollege.edu
Assistant Dean of Women
emmcfady [at] ucollege.edu
Rees Hall amenities, dimensions and handbook
Each room includes:
- Two closets with doors
- Mini blinds on the windows
- Two beds (most rooms have bunk beds)
- Sink/mirror
- Air conditioning
- Intercoms in the rooms
- Active phone line with its own number
- Ethernet connections, hard-wired and wireless
Men's Residence Halls: Culver and Prescott
Dean of Men
dotallma [at] ucollege.edu
Assistant Dean of Men
rododds [at] ucollege.edu
Prescott Hall amenities and layout
Each room includes:
- Wall-to-wall carpeting
- Central A/C and heat
- Mini blinds
- Two desks
- Two chairs
- Sink/mirror
- Walk-in closet
- Bathroom suites
- Two beds
- Active phone line with its own number
- Ethernet connections, hard-wired and wireless
- Cable television
Culver Hall amenities
Each room includes:
- Wall-to-wall carpeting
- Window A/C units/central heat
- Mini blinds
- Two desks
- Two chairs
- Sink/mirror
- Two closets
- Two beds
- Active phone line with its own number
- Ethernet connections, hard-wired and wireless
- Cable television
See the handbook for the men's residence halls (PDF).
Village/Off-Campus Housing
Salli Jenks (Housing manager)
sajenks [at] ucollege.edu
Application: Off Campus Housing Form
To accommodate students who are married, 22 years of age or older, divorced or single parents, Union College owns approximately 70 units - apartments, duplexes and single family dwellings. All college-owned properties are conveniently located within one or two blocks of campus.
We are very excited about our newest rental option, Cooper Place Apartments. This 24-plex has all of the latest conveniences including central heating & air, washer/dryer in each unit, free computer connectivity through the college, its own parking lot, glass top stove with self-cleaning oven, frost-free refrigerator, dishwasher and garbage disposal. An added benefit is that it is located just a few yards from the Larson Lifestyle Center and tennis courts.
The number of available units varies from semester to semester. Usually by March or April, units may be arranged for the coming summer and fall. Students are advised to contact the housing manager as soon as possible.
- Pets are not allowed.
- Tenants must be taking at least 8 semester hours to rent at Cooper Place.
- Numerous apartments are available in the immediate vicinity of the campus, should Union's housing not be available.
- In addition to the International Student deposit, students wanting off-campus housing are advised to bring extra money to pay for a rental deposit, first month's rent, utilities and other expenses. Please plan to bring at least an extra $1,500 to help cover these expenses.
Cooper Place: One-bedroom Apartments (PDF)
Cooper Place: Two-bedroom Apartments (PDF)
Cooper Place Connectivity (PDF)
Off-campus housing policy
Union College Off-Campus Housing Policy
The Union College Student Handbook states the following regulations concerning housing:
Union College is primarily a residential college requiring residence hall housing of its students. Exceptions are:
- Students who are 22 years of age at the beginning of a semester
- Students taking 5 semester credit hours or less (other than first year freshman)
- Students living with parents whose primary residence, as verified by their income tax statement, is Lincoln
- Students living with close relatives who are 25 or older, having established homes
- Students who are married, divorced, separated or widowed
- Students who are 21, have senior standing, a cumulative GPA of 3.0, three consecutive semesters of meeting worship expectations, and excellent citizenship; and have been approved by Deans' Council
- Students living with an approved, non-related family
The following specific conditions pertain to off-campus housing for students requesting to live with a family:
- Students may live for no charge with an approved family in the community. Students can not live in a separate apartment (separate entrances and cooking facilities) in the same building as the family with whom he/she lives. They must live in the same, single family dwelling as the family assuming responsibility for their conduct.
- No money, equivalent goods, or household supplies may be exchanged for room and board. Room and board must be supplied free of charge.
- The family with whom the student is residing must assume full responsibility for the conduct of the student.
Arrangements for moving off campus must be approved by Deans' Council before signing any rental/lease agreement.
Two weeks should be allowed for processing this application: Off Campus Housing Form (PDF)


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I have simple question: given a bounding box, how can I count the number of specific values (say, I am interested in the number of
value == 1 ) in a raster in 1) arcpy, or 2) raster package in R?
As an example, let's create a 1 degree grid covering the globe:
The bounding box is converted to an
Having done that, tabulation is straightforward:
In this output the first row lists the values and the second lists their corresponding counts:
As a check we can plot the raster and the extent:
A minor addition: you could also use (memory-safe) function "freq":
Following the answer by whuber:
But now do:
It only matters for very large objects (raster on file). 'freq' returns a two-column matrix (value/count) whereas 'table' returns a table.


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Whenever I bench press I notice that the weight is transferring back onto my wrists. I feel I could go to a higher weight but slight pain when doing this is holding me back. Is this because of bad form (I googled this but wasn't sure) or, alternatively, do I need to get more strength in my wrists before this goes away?
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When you bench press, it is very important to try and keep your wrists from bending back from the weight in your hands. In other words, you want to have your elbow inline all the way up with your knuckles. If it's too hard to do that with the weight you're using, than that's a sign that you're using too much weight.
This page should help you understand the correct form and technique for bench pressing safely. There is also a video of Mehdi demonstrating the correct form. If you'll pay attention to his wrist you will notice that he keeps them almost perfectly inline with his elbows.