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Sweats Aren't Small Stuff
Fashion cozies up to a sports staple, taking the sweatshirt from scruffy to stylish
THE APPEAL OF LUXURY fashion has typically resided in its luxuriousness—the drape of a dress, the cut of a coat, the workmanship on a handbag. But lately, a rogue element has gate-crashed the party.
Once relegated to sports fields and sofas, the sweatshirt is now strutting down the runways in Paris. In the past two years, houses as storied as Balenciaga, Givenchy and Céline have all produced their own versions.
Some of these trophy sweatshirts deploy leather, lace or organza inserts, but, in general, they are your stock-in-trade crewnecks. Where they veer from tradition is in their design, featuring fanciful florals, space-age digital prints and aggressive animals, of the velvet-painting genus.
Created in limited quantities, they have become instant hits. A suite of neoprene Balenciaga sweatshirts with neon-hued sci-fi prints was an instant sellout. A 2012 green sweatshirt from Kenzo, featuring a tiger's head and the brand's logo, flew off the shelves within days. "We would sell out of every reorder within a few hours," says Judd Crane, womenswear director at London department store Selfridges. "People would be literally angry if they were called and didn't get to the store fast enough."
'Trophy jumpers are such a big part of the street style and outside-the-fashion-shows style circus that they almost embody it.'
Anders Christian Madsen, a London consultant and features editor at fashion magazine iD, attributes the current thirst for sweatshirts to the street-style mania, which reaches its heights during fashion week. "Trophy jumpers are such a big part of the street style and outside-the-fashion-shows style circus," he says, "that they almost embody it."
Despite their now cult status in fashion circles, sweatshirts—like perfume or cosmetics—can be an affordable entry into designer brands. For example, an organza top with an embroidery of the MRI scan that inspired Christopher Kane's much-lauded fall collection is £1,195; a sweatshirt with the same psychedelic print is £275.
Plus, there's the insider appeal. "If you're wearing a Raf Simons sweatshirt, you know that other people who know Raf Simons are going to recognize it," says Mr. Crane. "The fact that you're wearing something recognizable to those in the know, who understand the integrity of that brand—there's a certain fun in that aspect."
How to Wear It
News flash: Sweatshirts are no longer scruffy. So how do you pull off fashion's favorite street style?
"A sweatshirt is a very versatile item," says Tiffany Hsu, womenswear buyer at Selfridges. "I'm wearing a Raf Simons menswear sweatshirt right now!"
She pairs hers with leather skirts, pencil skirts, skater skirts and shorts. "I've worn one with a sheer maxi dress," she says. "There's no limitation: that's why it's so appealing."
For men, Ms. Hsu recommends pairing a sweatshirt with sporty shorts and high-tops. "I've seen men wearing them with shirts layered underneath like it's a classic sweater—but it's a sweatshirt."


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GEARY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- On June 12th and 13th, the Geary County Sheriff's Department spearheaded a joint operation to combat a prostitution problem that officials say has been "plaguing the community."
Deputies from the Geary County Sheriff's Department along with officers from the Junction City Police Department and the Grandview Plaza Police Department ran an undercover sting using classified advertisement websites.
Undercover officers made contact with different men and women via the internet on common web sites such as Craigslist and Backpage.com. Once a "date" was set up at a Junction City hotel and a deal for sex was made, officers and deputies swooped in and more than one dozen arrests were made.
The two-day operation led to the arrests of 16 people- suspected prostitutes, pimps and "johns."
Geary County Undersheriff Tony Wolf stated: "Not only did we successfully arrest these individuals on charges of prostitution, patronizing prostitution and promoting prostitution but we were also able to recover stolen property, including a stolen gun out of New York. We also served arrest warrants and made several cases of drug possession.
Wolf says the sting took place at a Junction City hotel but he declined to say which one. He told 13 News that of the suspected prostitutes, pimps and "johns" who were arrested, some were from the local area and others traveled to Junction City from Topeka, Wichita and Manhattan.
The sting was prompted by reports from across the country of sex trafficking using underage girls. In April, the Riley County Police Department revealed that a 15-year-old girl from Sedgwick County was brought to Manhattan for the purpose of prostitution. Wolf said local agencies wanted to see if underage prostitution has made its way to way to Geary County.
"We looked to try to tackle the underage prostitution and the human trafficking element. We thought that this was an opportune time to see if we couldn't dive into that and see if that was a problem in our community. Luckily, we didn't encounter any of that but what we did encounter was worthy of this operation and we took a lot of the criminal element off of the street which is always a good thing for our community," Undersheriff Wolf said, adding that the Geary County Sheriff's Department plans to do similar operations in the future.

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Well, it's almost garter stitch. Anxious to get started, I used the only Ultra Alpaca Light I had in the house – one hank of charcoal and one hank of lavender. Figuring I needed both hanks to make a scarf of any significance, I decided to alternate the colors – one row of each. This is a job for double pointed needles (or circular). Always knit and always use the color you haven't just used. You'll find yourself working from both ends of the needle. The result is a very subtle two tone "double garter" ridge with the colors intertwined. As soothing as garter stitch, but a little mind bending.
I have 31 sts on my scarf. I could have sworn I cast on 30, but you know how it goes… The needles are size 6 (US). Wanting to know how long my scarf was going to end up I weighed the remaining yarn with a kitchen scale. I started with 100 grams – 55 grams are left unknit. The 45 grams used so far resulted in about 18″ of scarf (depending on how hard I tug on it).
Let's see, here's one way to look at this:
18″/45 gr = .4″/gr
and .4″/gr x 100 gr = 40″
Seems like my scarf will measure about 40″ when I finish the yarn I have. That's good for a neat little number that tucks under one's dress coat. I'm more inclined to favor a 60″ scarf that can wrap around my neck at least once. Maybe I'll throw in a little unexpected solid garter at the far end. Should it be a third color? Hmm… I don't have to decide yet.
Oh and BTW, my scarf's about 5″ wide.
The charcoal and lilac work beautifully together. A solid color section at the end could be a nice touch. A friend of mine knit a scarf from one skein of worsted-weight Malabrigo, but when the skein ran out, she wanted it to be longer. Her LYS was out of that color in worsted, so she got bulky instead. This made the last section of her scarf is thicker and wider, of course, but the change adds interest and takes it from a merely nice scarf to an exceptional one.November 13, 2007
Well I'm with Eliza—– the concept is a mind bender of a bit. I'm going to count on the fact that I'll understand as well. I love the subletly of the two colors. Perfect for a simple project with a bit of panache! Thanks!
The solid garter at the end is a great idea, can't wait to see what color you choose!November 13, 2007
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BOTH ENDS OF THE NEEDLE! I get it, and now I understand why I couldn't figure out a scarf pattern I bought on vacation near Rhinebeck!November 14, 2007
Hmmm…it might be nice to get the third color now (or, preferably, more of one of these two) and do a section of solid color….maybe ribbing? no, that would pull in too much…some other stitch pattern though…and then end with a small section of the two colors together again in the garter stripe.December 4, 2007


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A friend recently challenged me on communicating an idea clearly, and we ended up discussing clear thinking. I explained that in the idea communication process, concepts sometimes get tangled amidst becoming sentences; other concepts interrupt or intertwine with them. It's like trying to read a sentence from a page overlayed with layers of moving sentences. That was new to him. He sees only the page.
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For a presheaf $F$ on a category equipped with a pretopology, one has the sheafification $F^{\sharp}$ of $F$.
I know well the plus-construction of sheafification, which is presented in Artin's paper "Grothendieck Topologies", for example.
I have heard that there is another construction of sheafification by using hypercovering, but I can not find good explanation of it.
So, I want some examples to feel the essence of the construction.
In particular, I am interested in the following situation:
Let $C$ be a category with a pretopology $T$.
For an object $X \in C$, denote by $F_{X}$ the presheaf on $C$ represented by $X$ i.e. $F_{X}=Hom_{C}(-,X)$.
Now, let $X_{\bullet} \to X$ be a $T$-hypercover of $X \in C$.
Then, how can the sheafification of $F_{X}$ be written by using $F_{X_{\bullet}}$ ?


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discussing in classroom lectures, and to observe differences
between one body and another," says
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The instructor and an assistant are on hand to help students
work with the cadavers, and are available to answer
questions. In addition, the lab is equipped with a smart
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Most other undergraduate anatomy programs combine the study of
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Okay so this is kind of weird, I have some code that creates particle.cs instances
public void AddParticle()
for (int i = 0; i < Density; i++)
particle = new Particle();
Randomnum = new Random();
Direction = Randomnum.Next(360);
InitialVel = AngleToVector(Direction);
particle.Initialize(Texture, Position, 10, 2, InitialVel);
When I set a breakpoint on particles.add I can see that the InitialVel is different for each entry in the particles list. When it gets down to the draw function the initialvel is the same in each and every entry in particles list thus they all draw on top of each other.
the wierd thing is when i set the breakpoint at particles.add and f5 through each of the 10 steps of the for loop the game pops up after the break points are done and all 10 particles are going in random directions as intended but without the break points they are stacked on top of one another and the InitialVel are all the same when it reaches the for loop in the draw method.


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Senior Associate Dean Fran Bouchoux '87 Appointed Chair of National Association of Women Judges' Amicus Committee
Fran Bouchoux, Senior Associate Dean at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, has been appointed 2011-2012 Chair of the Amicus Committee of the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ).
Dean Bouchoux, a 1987 graduate of the law school, was co-chair of the NAWJ 33rd Annual Conference, held at Rutgers and other Newark venues in October 2011. Hon. Sue Pai Yang '84, judge of the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Court, was conference chair. "Global Women's Issues," one of the top two best-attended conferences NAWJ has presented, attracted more than 500 people, 50 of whom were international attendees from 23 different countries.
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Editor's Note
Our review of The Night Porter (1974) (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection, published December 29th, 2014, is also available.
The Charge
The most controversial picture of our time!
Opening Statement
The Night Porter is a psychologically complex and disturbing film, which cannot be dismissed simply. This film certainly has some flaws, but overall is challenging and repulsive all at the same time.
The Evidence
The Night Porter is a 1974 film directed by Italy's most famous female director, Liliana Cavani. The film is set in post-war Vienna in 1957. Maximilian Theo Aldorfer is a former SS officer who consoles his personal guilt through his passionate devotion to his work as a night porter. Other former SS officers who meet periodically to eliminate any "witnesses" to Nazi atrocities populate Max's circle of friends. Max is enjoying his newfound life and freedom until his world is turned upside down by the arrival of Lucia at his hotel. Lucia was a concentration camp inmate who was seduced and became Max's lover.
Lucia and Max recognize each other and slowly the memories begin flooding back into both their minds. Eventually, both revert back into old habits as the flames of their torrid and forbidden past come rumbling to the surface. The film deals with the deep psychological underpinnings of the captor/captive relationship as well as the heightening of senses and adrenaline that war and other extreme circumstances can create as well as the dependency we can have on those feelings.
Watching this film through to its conclusion took a lot out of me. This is one very disturbing film. Not in the same sense as something like Happiness is disturbing (graphically depicted subject matter) but rather a deeper rooted sense of despair and isolation. This is one of the most powerfully shocking films I have ever seen. But it's great!
The Night Porter is so well acted, that the film hardly comes off as contrived. Rather, it almost has a documentary sense about it. Dirk Bogarde is wonderful as the cool and collected Max. We get an immediate sense of Max as completely and totally in control of his surroundings. A fastidious creature, he is impeccably dressed and always on time. Max's world is thrown into turmoil with the arrival of Lucia, and Bogarde plays this moment beautifully.
Charlotte Rampling turns in an equally stunning performance as Lucia. Her bony good looks allow for the several flashbacks Cavani employs where Lucia is still a Nazi captive in the concentration camps. Lucia is also a psychologically challenging character to understand. Why would she adopt a submissive attitude towards sex with her captor? Is it out of a sense of survival, or does she actually enjoy this role? Thankfully, Cavina provides no easy answers, leaving it up to you, the viewer, to decide which is the more appropriate motivation. Typical of foreign films, The Night Porter is anything but formulaic.
The DVD is presented in it's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, but is not anamorphically enhanced. The video transfer is awfully good, though, and does not suffer from any of the problems we have seen so often with other non-enhanced discs. There is no digital over-enhancement or ringing. Edges are clean and crisp. The colors are well saturated, if a bit muted at times, which strikes me as the director's intent. There were a few nicks and scars, but never enough to distract from the overall presentation. All in all, this is another wonderful picture from the folks at Criterion, not that I would expect anything less from this great company.
The audio track is presented in its original mono configuration. It sounds about as good as a mono soundtrack from 1974 could possibly sound. The dialogue is clear and well centered. There are no pops or hisses present. Once again, Criterion proves that the sound is just as critical as the picture, and there is nothing better than a well-restored original soundtrack.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
My only disappointment worth registering on this disc is the literal complete lack of extras, not even a trailer. I know that Criterion has to make business decisions with what will and won't command the higher special edition prices. But, being a fan of extras, especially with films like this one, I can't help but think this one would have sold an equal number of discs. I guess that number wasn't high enough to warrant the added expense of things like commentary tracks.
Closing Statement
The Night Porter is a taut psychological examination of sado-masochism and Nazi culture. Be sure to grab this one for at least a rental, unless you find the subject matter too disturbing. This film was one of the first in a sub-genre of Italian filmmaking dealing in Nazi-sexploitation. While not nearly as sleazy as some of its followers, it clearly treads a fine line, successfully I think.
The Verdict
Criterion is commended for bringing this film to DVD. I am glad to have it and will certainly watch it again. They are cautioned that this court would prefer extras, especially the quality commentary tracks they are known for. The director and actors are all applauded for their work here, and released with the court's apologies.
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Let $S$ be the blow up of $\mathbb{P}^n$ in a point $P$. Let $h$ be the class of the pullback of an hyperplane of $\mathbb{P}^n$ and $e$ the class of the exceptional divisor. Why is the divisor $l=h-e$ nef? Thank you very much!
Not every effective divisor is nef. By definition a divisor is nef if it intersects every curve non-negativelly. For instance the exceptional divisor $E$ is effective but not nef as it intersects any line contained in it negatively.
To see that $\tilde H$ is nef one can use Emerton's argument to show that the linear system $|\tilde H|$ is free from base points since it contains all the strict transforms of hyperplanes through $P$. So given a curve $C \subset S$ we can choose among these strict transforms one which does not contain $C$ to show that $\tilde H \cdot C \ge 0$.
We can choose a representative of $h$ which is the preimage of a hyperplane $H$ passing through $P$. This preimage is then equal to $\tilde{H} + E$, where $\tilde{H}$ is the proper transform of $H$ and $E$ is the exceptional divisor. Thus $\tilde{H}$ is a representative for $h - e,$ and is an effective divisor.
As a complement to JVP's answer, here is a direct proof to that $\tilde{H}\cdot C\geq 0$.
Note that nefness is numerically invariant. To check the nefness of $h-e$, we only need to show that for any irreducible curve $C$ in the blowing-up, the intersection number $(h-e)\cdot C$ is nonnegative. If $C$ is not contained in $e$. then the image of $C$, denoted by $D$, is still a curve. In this case, by projection formular, $(h-e)\cdot C=H\cdot D\geq 0$, where $H$ is any hyperplane in $\mathbb{P}^n$. In the case $C$ is contained in $e$, $h\cdot C =0$ however $-e\cdot C =-\deg N_{e/X}|C=1$, where $N_{e/X}$ is the normal bundle of the exceptional divisor in the blowing up $X$. Therefore $h-e$ is nef.


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Just 3 minutes from J34 of the M4, and 30 minutes from the Wales Millennium Centre, the Vale Resort is the perfect place to combine a love of theatre and golf in Wales this summer.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - If it seems that giant lottery jackpots have people lining up at convenience stores more frequently, just wait.
Most of the attention has been on Powerball since its rules were changed a couple years ago to boost payoffs. On Wednesday, Powerball's $400 million jackpot will be the nation's fifth-largest ever.
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Given the qualifications for an overseer in 1 Timothy 3:1-2 and Titus 1:7, would a pastor threatening to expose the sins of another pastor's family member unless he choose a course of action be a disqualifying event? What about if that pastor never made good on the threat of exposure?
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We are located in one of the best zones of Valencia. You can reach the main attractions of the City, bars and restaurants just walking. Two blocks from our place you can find a Taxi station and Bus stop.
We have an equipped kitchen for guests with Microwave, Burner, Sink, Skillet, Dishes, etc. Open for 10am to 9pm each day.
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We offer some services for an extra fee: Breakfast. SURF / SUP / LONGBOARD Classes at any level. English and Spanish classes at any level. Laundry (except august).
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We had very nice stay at the apartment! We found the room very comfortable and clean. Lilli and Daniel are very friendly and helpful people. The location of the apartment is great - many restaurants and shops around. It was great stay and we hope to be back soon! :)
Great appartement/rooms. Everything is kept really clean and Lili and Dani are very nice! Keep up the good work :)
A very nice and clean room and the shared bathroom was cleaned every day. The only thing we could of wished for was a mini fridge in our room or at least one in the common kitchen. We could of put our things in Daniel and Lili's fridge but it would of felt easier to be able to take our things when ever we needed to. But the location and the nice room made up for it.
I had an excellent stay at the apartment. It is a beautiful place with several rooms, I had one with a small balcony. I found the room very cute and comfortable, I really felt at home there. You can use the kitchen which is very helpful – and there is a supermarket and a fruit shop a few meters away. I was very warmly welcomed by Lilli and Daniel and they had answers to all my many questions, also before I came to stay. I also really enjoyed the breakfast, brought on a tray to enjoy at my leisure. It was a great stay and I hope to be back some time!
Unos chicos geniales y encantadores, super atentos de nosotros y facilitándonos muchísimo las cosas. Un sitio estupendo, se lo recomiendo
We arrived in the morning and Lilli and Dani were there to welcome us very friendly.
They gave us information about the city, Fallas, restaurants etcetera. We were allowed to use our room immediately. Our room, the bathroom and the kitchen were new, stylish and cosy. Also very, very clean during our whole stay... The pictures give a good sight of the apartment. There are many little extras and everything is so well organised.
The location is perfect: near a metro station, between the city centre and Turia garden (in the neighbourhood of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias). Lots of restaurants and a big supermarket are very near.
Lilli and Dani were always available and helpful. We had a great stay in Valencia because of the wonderful city and because of Fallas, but also because of those two lovely people.
We definitely highly recommend this place. If in doubt: don't hesitate, just do it, you won't regret it. Lilli & Dani, thank you very much!
We kwamen al 's morgens aan en Lilli en Dani waren aanwezig om ons heel vriendelijk te verwelkomen.
Ze gaven ons informatie over de stad, Fallas, restaurants etcetera. We mochten onze kamer onmiddellijk gebruiken. Onze kamer, de badkamer en de keuken waren nieuw, stijlvol en gezellig. Ook heel erg schoon tijdens ons hele verblijf. De foto's geven een goed inzicht van het appartement. Er zijn veel kleine extra's en alles is heel goed georganiseerd.
De locatie is perfect: in de buurt van een metrostation, tussen het centrum en de Turia tuin (in de buurt van de Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias). Veel restaurants en een grote supermarkt zijn vlakbij.
Lilli en Dani waren altijd beschikbaar en behulpzaam. We hadden een geweldig verblijf in Valencia vanwege de prachtige stad en vanwege Fallas, maar ook vanwege deze twee aardige mensen.
We zouden zeker deze plek aanbevelen. Bij twijfel: aarzel niet, doe het, u zult er geen spijt van hebben. Lilli & Dani, heel erg bedankt!
Die Unterkunft ist wirklich hervorragend. Das Zimmer und die Küche sind toll. Die Lage ist ausgezeichnet. Alles ist sehr gut zu Fuß zu erreichen, ganz in der Nähe gibt es tolle Tapas-Bars und außerdem den Park Rio Turia. Ich fahre bestimmt wieder hin. Allerdings finde ich die Vermittlungsgebühren von Wimdu zu hoch.
En primer lugar agradecer la amabilidad de Lili,Nina y Dani, que se preocuparon en todo momento de que estuviéramos bien y nos ayudaron en todo lo que les fue posible. El edificio es muy centrico, la casa es preciosa y cuenta con unas amplias habitaciones. La limpieza es absoluta y resulta muy agradable pasar unos días ahí. Recomdable 100%.
Amazing!!!everything was perfect!!!Lili and Daniel are so kind and helpfull. The room was clean and with all the confort, close to lot of good restaurant, public transport and everything you need to visit valencia! i'll suggest to everyone this accomodation
Having just arrived home from travelling through the South of Spain for a few weeks, we are all too happy to share here how wonderfully we started that journey with our stay with Lili and Dani. Not only a very patient couple (our arrival was hours late because of our delayed flight, and they waited for us and welcomed us with ease and cordiality) but also such joyous, helpful and warm people. For us, the most memorable thing of our stay in Valencia is having met with Lili & Dani. But we also felt very welcome in our little studio that was decorated and furnished with impeccable taste,designed to make you feel at home! If you love the pictures of the rooms - well, nothing is exaggerated, it is at least as nice as you see in the photo! Also really comfy is the location of their place: near the park, on walking distance to the old city, and in the middle of nice places to eat very Spanish tapas or to have a nice breakfast. We think we will be back one day...
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Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl (left) chats with U.S. Congressman Chris Lee in the college's spectrometry laboratory. Lee was on campus to announce funding for a new state-of-the-art spectrometer for the chemistry department.
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- U.S. Congressman Chris Lee, whose 26th district in New York includes Livingston County, has announced a $500,000 federal appropriation for 2010 to replace the college's aging and undersized nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer in the department of chemistry. He made the announcement during a visit to campus Dec. 4.
"The work Geneseo faculty and students are doing with science and technology clearly has practical application in the private sector and I am pleased to have secured funding for this project," said Lee. "I was particularly pleased to see the amount of public/private collaboration that is happening here. This sharing of technology is the smart thing to do and will help private business prosper in this region."
Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl thanked Lee for his efforts to support the college and said it would be particularly helpful in boosting Geneseo's growing undergraduate research programs. A spectrometer employs a powerful magnet to analyze organic compounds, vital to the study of chemistry and biochemistry. Funding for the new spectrometer will come from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
"Our current spectrometer was obtained in 1996 through a National Science Foundation grant and we are delighted to learn of the funding for the updated equipment," said David Geiger, chemistry professor and chair of the department. "The new one will be state-of-the-art with a more powerful magnet to give us more flexibility."
Lee also visited the college's Pelletron particle accelerator, obtained in 2007 for undergraduate research in physics. He met with James McLean, associate professor of physics and lead researcher on Geneseo's NYSTAR grant to optimize the performance of granular ceramic armor against the threat of armor-piercing projectiles. McLean and Homma Farian, a faculty member in the computer science department, showed Lee the distributed computer lab, a cluster of 36 computers programmed to work together to enhance significantly their power for problem-solving and computations. The lab has been vital to McLean's research.
Lee also conferred with Dick Barth, director of Geneseo's Small Business Development Center in the School of Business, to learn about programs the center offers to support area business owners.
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Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan's largest refining and petrochemical companies, said it hopes to modernize its control systems at Tokuyama while adopting global best practices and applications that can be added onto the Experion architecture quickly and with minimal disruption to operations.
Idemitsu Kosan has selected Honeywells Experion
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in 1923 Hardy and Littlewood proposed the conjecture $\pi (m+n) \leq \pi (m) + \pi (n)$. Is there any progress towards solving this conjecture?
As Robin Chapman points out, this conjecture is probably false. Nonetheless, similar results have been obtained, usually using sieve theory. Montgomery and Vaughan have proven $$\pi(x+y)\leq\pi(x)+\frac{2y}{\log y}.$$
Combined with a standard Chebyshev estimate, this gives $$\pi(x+y)\leq\pi(x)+16\pi(y),$$ say (for all $x,y\geq2$). Erdos conjectured that $$\pi(x+y)\leq\pi(x)+(1+o_{y\to\infty}(1))\frac{y}{\log y}$$ which, combined with the prime number theorem, would give $$\pi(x+y)\leq\pi(x)+(1+o_{y\to\infty}(1))\pi(y).$$
This may be as close as possible, and some (possibly including Selberg, see comments) believe even this to be false, and the constant 2 in the first result mentioned is the best possible.
The historical highlights for this conjecture are:
1923 : Hardy and Littlewood's classic paper, Partitio Numerorum III, elevates an obvious question to a conjecture. More precisely, H & L note that $\pi(x+y) \leq \pi(x) + \pi(y)$ (for large enough $y$) is "forcibly suggested" by the data for $x,y \leq 200$; prove some upper and lower bounds on the (lim sup) densest packing of primes in an interval of length $x$; calculate the densest packing for $x=35, 59$ and $97$; and finish with the remark that "beyond $x=97$ it would seem that [the densest packing] falls further below $\pi(x)$, at least within any range in which calculation is practicable". These speculative comments from the paper become known as a conjecture.
1973 : Ian Richards and his doctoral student Douglas Hensley explode the conjecture by showing that it contradicts the (much more plausible) prime k-tuplets conjecture
2004 to today: Green-Tao theorem and later developments lead to proofs of statements similar to the k-tuplets conjecture, giving hope that "moral certainty that H-L 1923 is false" can be replaced by "a proof that k-tuplets conjecture is true (and HL1923 is therefore false)".
The $\pi(x+y)$ conjecture never had much evidence for it. Hensley and Richards set out to disprove it by a computer calculation. They ended up proving the existence of subsets $D$ of {1,2,...,$n$} denser than the first $n$ primes ($|D| > \pi(n)$) and with no congruence obstruction to $x + D$ being a set of primes for infinitely many $x$ (for no prime $p$ do the elements of $D$ fill all congruence classes modulo $p$). Sets free of congruence obstructions are called "admissible prime constellations" and the other more credible conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood is that for any admissible constellation, infinitely many copies exist in the primes. For $D$ this implies that for infinitely many $x$,
$\pi(x+|D|) - \pi(x) \geq |D| > \pi (D)$.
The optimal example (according to http://www.opertech.com/primes/k-tuples.html ) is with $n = 3159, |D| = 447 > \pi(n) = 446$, so conjecturally,
$\pi(x+3159) > \pi(x) + \pi(3159)$ infinitely often, with the number of examples less than $N$ being of order $cN/(\log N)^{447}$
Hensley and Richards' technique for constructing dense constellations of primes is to take all the primes and their negatives in a symmetrical interval $[-K,K]$, and delete enough of the first few primes to prevent congruence obstructions. They proved that this construction is, infinitely often, denser than $\pi(2K+1)$.
As has already been pointed out, Montgomery and Vaughn have proven that $$\pi(x+y) \leq \pi(x)+ 2 \frac{y}{\log(y)} $$ from which, with some care, one can derive that: $\pi(x+y) \leq \pi(x)+ 2\pi(y)$ (this is worked out in the original paper of Montgomery and Vaughn).
The natural question is thus to further refine the constant $2$. There seems to be no unrestricted result on this problem, however Friedlander and Iwaniec (in their recent book on sieve theory) have shown that
$$\pi(x+y) \leq \pi(x) + (2-\delta) \frac{y} {\log(y)} $$
holds for $x^{\theta} < y < x$ where $\delta:= \delta(\theta)$ is a function of $\theta$. In other words, one can improve the constant $2$ as long as $y$ isn't too small compared to $x$.
Recently Bourgain and Garaev have refined this result to give the quantitative relationship of $\delta \sim \theta^2$.
Some partial results, as well as the proof of the claim mentioned by Chapman are given in the book The Little Book of Bigger Primes by Ribenboim.
Zhang's work on bounded gaps between primes connects with this conjecture and there is a candidate counterexample. See http://sbseminar.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/the-quest-for-narrow-admissible-tuples/


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The death of the mall has been a meme long enough to have inspired an eponymous website, a documentary, and, with the onset of the recession, a slew of mall deathwatch trend stories. So...how much longer do these monstrosities have?
Well, we're happy to report that all indicators still show that the entire "mall" concept should collapse into rubble any day now! The latest figures, from the WSJ—first, the bad news, for malls:
- "Vacancies at large malls in the top 80 U.S. markets rose to 9% in the second quarter."
- Mall vacancies have increased steadily for nearly four years(!)."
- Lease rates at US malls fell for the seventh consecutive quarter.
- Plus, strip mall vacancies rose to nearly 11%, the highest rate in almost two decades.
- Lease rates rose in 11 markets; vacancy rates were down in 31 markets.
- Retailers are selling more at existing stores, which bodes well for survival, if not expansion.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak review: A classic resurrected
Resurrecting a series as legendary as Homeworld? After twelve years? That's an unenviable task—but Blackbird Interactive pulled it off with Deserts of Kharak.
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'An unlocked frame rate in Need for Speed is a massive priority for you,' says developer. 'Duh,' says community.
Alienware built its reputation over the years on building high performance gaming PCs.
Alienware continues its push into the mobile PC market the introduction of its Alienware 13 notebook.
The original Company of Heroes received a pair of expansion packs, so it was only a matter of time before the sequel got one as well. This time, however, the multiplayer experience and not the single player campaign has been extended.
It's been nearly a decade since the last Unreal Tournament. A decade.
After many months of speculation and hype, Respawn Entertainment's highly anticipated Titanfall is finally out. The multiplayer based shooter has a lot of expectations to live up to, as it is created by a team that contributed to the success of the Call of Duty series.
There are countless games dedicated to playing the sport of football (soccer, not handegg). However, they are mostly designed to let you live out the fantasy of being a player on the field. Sega's Football Manager, on the other hand, allows you to live out the fantasy of controlling a team from the sideline, and it's been doing that for almost a decade. Here's what we think of the latest version.
Sega recently released Total War: Rome II, the sequel to its 2004 real-time strategy game. Massive battles have been a trait of past Total War games, and Rome II tries to make use of today's modern PC technology to recreate epic clashes between Romans and their adversaries.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
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I'm always on the hunt for pop and hip-hop songs that celebrate our different cultures, genders, abilities and races. That's why one of my all time favorite songs is Earth, Wind and Fire's "Shining Star". How could you not smile with lyrics like these?: You're a shining star, no matter who you are Shining bright to see what you … [Read more...]
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Acorns Golf Links
Acorns Golf Links is located in Waterloo, Illinois featuring 6,701 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 72.3 and it has a slope rating of 125. You will not find subdivision golf at Acorns; just nature, beautiful scenery, challenging design, and you. Making Acorns the premier public course to test your game, have fun with good friends, or to get away from your daily hussle and bussle. Acorns features zoysia fairways, five tee boxes; matching every level of golf and large bent grass greens. Designed by William Ebeler, the Acorns golf course opened in 1997.
Annbriar Golf Course
Ranked seventh-best golf course in the state of Illinois, Annbriar is an 18-hole, par 72 course. Photo Credit-Annibriar-Golf-Course
Belle Clair Speedway
Stock car races, drag races and demolition derbies are regular events at this speedway.
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Exposition Center
Home to the annual St. Clair County Fair, several craft shows and monthly flea markets, the complex also includes the Belle-Clair Speedway, with stock car races and demolition derbies.
Chester Country Club
Golf the par 9 course at this country club.
Clinton Hill Golf Club
Boasting some of the largest greens in the Midwest, the 18-hole Clinton Hill has matured into one of the finest public golf courses around, with a great blend of par 3s, 4s and 5s.
Columbia Bridges Golf Course
Putt along this nine-hole golf course.
Columbia Golf Club
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Al Linkogel.
Coyote ATV Trail Riders & Junkyard International Raceway
Fifty to 60 trucks carrying ATVs pull in every weekend to ride through the 10 miles of trails. You can also race go-karts on the track.
Fairfield Golf Club
This club features an 18-hole, regulation length golf course.
Family Sportsplex
Family Sportsplex is known throughout Southern Illinois as a great soccer complex, boasting seven outdoor fields that support league games and several club tournaments each year. The facility can be configured to accommodate four basketball/volleyball courts and an indoor soccer field for year round competition.
King's Point Sports Club
This sports club offers resistance training, aerobics classes, cycling, tennis courts and aquatics.
Mascoutah Country Club
This nine-hole golf course was designed by Darryl Stein.
North County Country Club
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1971.
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River Lakes Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course features bermuda grass fairways.
Southwestern Illinois College
The Belleville campus at SWIC has two gymnasiums: the Varsity and Intramural (IM), which can accommodate up to three basketball or volleyball courts at one time. Outdoors, the property features one baseball and one softball diamond, along with a full-size soccer field.
Southwestern Lakes Golf Course
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1967.
Sparta Country Club
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1910.
Tamarack Country Club
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Pete Dye.
The Edge
The largest laser tag arena in the region also includes mini-golf, a big video arcade with the coolest games on the market, and food at D.S.Vespers Sports Pub and Eatery.
The Orchards
The Orchards offers an 18-hole golf course.
The Ridge Golf & Country Club
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Don Horell.
Town Hall Archery
Town Hall provides archery supplies and training to athletes.
Triple Lakes Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course opened in 1962.


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| Romanow, Stephany, Hydrocarbon Processing Staff, Houston, TX
[natural gas]
Throughout this year, Hydrocarbon Processing (HP)
has investigated the last 90 years of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI)
through its monthly editorial, Insight. The HPI has a
rich history; this industry is completely ingrained into our
daily lives. This month, we will publish the final
Insight editorial for this series. Before we leave
this project, there are a few final
observations that may provide value to HP readers over
the next 10 years as we prepare to celebrate HPs
centennial milestone in 2022.
It may be considered a Darwinian idea, but longevity in the
HPI belongs not to the strongest or the most intellectual
organizations. Instead, survival hinges on flexibility and
long-term planning. Through the years, we have witnessed
numerous mega-companies defeated due to unintended consequences
stemming from behemoth organizational structures and protocols,
and the inability to quickly adapt to market and industrial
changes. Change is a constant for the energy industry.
Too often, the sources of these changes are beyond the control
of HPI organizations.
The energy industry has always had a contentious
relationship with government at all levels. From the beginning,
the HPI has protested taxes levied on oil, natural gas and
refined products. In looking ahead, the politics of
hydrocarbons will continue and, in some cases, become a bitter
contest on sustaining jobs vs. environmental agendas. No nation is
immune from this debate; even developing nations must address
energy policies in constructing their emerging energy
infrastructure. Unfortunately for the HPI, elected politicians
operate on political time while the HPI functions
under energy time. Depending on the office and nation,
political time can be as little as a two-year office cycle.
Energy time is the service life of the HPI facility (60 to 80
years) and is much longer than political time.
Politics can disrupt the energy market. In several developed
nations, politics have villianized coal and crude oil as energy
resources. Coal is an excellent resource for power generation;
yet, permitting barriers are driving power companies to natural
gas to avoid the bureaucratic red tape on
coal-fired facilities. In addition, reactionary
politics nearly banned nuclear energy after the 2011 Fukushima
nuclear event.
Far-left environmental groups continue to
impede drilling efforts and pipeline developments around the
world. Such politics ignore the well-paying jobs from drilling,
pipelines and, ultimately, the downstream business that are
made possible with the exploration and development of
all hydrocarbon resources. The pettiness of
politics regarding energy sources hobbles economic growth for
many nations.
Interruptions of crude oil sources or refined product
supplies pose both concerns and opportunities, depending on the
condition and position of the HPI facility. Transportation
costs have decreased for crude oil and its refined products.
Crude oil and clean transportation fuels are commodity
products. This condition will not change much over the next 10
How HPI companies view their business opportunities will
evolve. More HPI companies are leaving the refining and marketing/distribution
businesses. New independent, nonintegrated refiners own and
operate a greater share of refineries. Many of the new owners
are financial groups; this is a major change for the refining industry.
These new entrepreneurs must handle the same problems as the
previous owner/operating company. The difference now will be
the ability to leverage different assets by the new owner. Over
the past 90 years, there have been periods in which small and
agile groups trump large, integrated organizations. Also,
mergers of great companies have failed to overcome the tests
and hardships generated by the global economy. Such mergers
again divide in hopes that the surviving parts will
Innovation will continue. Developments will focus on
conserving energy and producing desired refined products and petrochemicals. Over the next 10
years, the HPI will continue to rely on new equipment,
catalysts and so forth to increase production, eliminate waste,
reduce emissions, and increase the safety
and reliability of facilities.
Communication/automation/monitoring systems are the latest
round of innovative advancements creating economic
opportunities. Information from the processing unit is
captured, recorded and presented to stakeholders, who can then
make informed business decisions. Likewise, the Internet and
social media now quickly relay news about fires, releases and
other negative events. The HPI is interconnected to the global
economy, no matter its location or size.
The HPI has adapted to the numerous changes from its past.
Likewise, this industry continues to introduce changes that
improve the quality of life for all nations. It will be
interesting to see what the next years will hold for the HPI
and the global economy.
HP itself is making changes for the new year.
Beginning in January 2013, HP will launch a daily
newsletter entitled News Brief. Knowledge is power.
With the interconnectivity of the global HPI, events across the
world have a ripple effect on other economies. The availability
of energy supplies is a critical reality.
All comments are subject to editorial review.
All fields are compulsory.
As an environmental scientist, I wholly agree with the part about the energy needing to continuously adapt, both to societal as well technical/economic changes. Unfortunately, even in oil and gas capitols such as Houston, the vast majority of the populace remains grossly ignorant of what is required in order to get energy out of the ground and into their fuel tanks and/or fuse boxes. Worse, our detractors love to use that ignorance to spread half-truths and outright lies in order to advance their self-serving agendae. Increased outreach to the media and youth education is sorely needed to counter this situation.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
Too soon to tell
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eBooks from Birmingham Libraries
What you need to know
This 24/7 ebook service is free and is designed to be used by library members outside the library. Due to licensing restrictions, this service is available only to members who live, work or are currently being educated in Birmingham.
New this month ! More titles added in ebook and eaudiobook format.
You can download fiction, non-fiction and children's books to an e-reader, mobile phone, PC or tablet PC. We do not yet have a licence for use with a Kindle in the UK.
This is the link to the site birmingham-uk.lib.overdrive.com
You will need a full library card to create your account. Sign in with the usual library card login - without spaces and missing off the last two numbers or letters.
You will also need to get an Adobe ID in order to download the Adobe Digital Editions software required to download the ebooks. This is explained on the site when you start downloading.
What can I download to ?
You'll find a list of compatible devices and which formats they can use at www.overdrive.com/resources/drc. We have bought the EPUB and PDF formats.
You can download up to three titles at a time and can choose between a 14 day and 21 day loan period. At the end of this period, the ebook will stop working.
Reserving eBooks
If the title you want has already been downloaded, you can add your name to the Waiting List.
You'll be notified by e-mail when the ebook is ready and you have just 3 days to download it before it's returned to the collection.
How do I return eBooks early?
Adobe eBooks can be returned early using Adobe Digital Editions. To return Adobe eBooks early.
1. Open Adobe Digital Editions on your computer
2. Select the 'Library View' icon (this is the image of books in the upper left corner).
3. The Adobe Digital Editions library is displayed.
4. Under the 'Bookshelves' heading, select 'Borrowed'.
5. Click on the eBook you want to return.
6. Click the 'Item Options' arrow (in the upper left corner of the selected eBook).
7. Select 'Return Borrowed Item' from the drop-down list.
8. Click 'Return' to verify that you want to return the title or 'Cancel' if you do not want to return this eBook.
The eBook is now returned.
See this link for a step by step guide
* eBooks can also be returned early using the latest OverDrive Media Console app (v126.96.36.199) for Android.
If you receive an error message when using your 14 digit library card number to sign in to the ebook service, please contact as at email@example.com.
Our eAudiobooks are still available at www.birmingham.gov.uk/eaudiobooks
Free eBooks OnlineThere are many websites which offer free ebooks. This is a link to some of the free books online.
Welcome to the Public Library Online
Public Library Online (a division of Bloomsbury Publishing) offers access to a dynamic range of fiction and non-fiction titles, from a range of renowned publishers. Access the books using any internet enabled device in the library, whilst you're on the move, or from the comfort of your own home.
Public Library Online have made two of their bookshelves available to Birmingham Library members
- Ten of Shakespeare's best-known plays in the Arden Edition with notes and criticism
- Our Environment - eleven titles on this important topic
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Is it possible somehow to drag and drop image files from a browser or files directly to LyX when creating a latex document? If not, is there any other editor for OS X that can do this? I find it really slow to add images to a latex document, or if you can tell me an easy approach. Thanks
No. It is not possible to drag and drop image files directly into LyX. If you keep all of the graphics that you are going to be using in the document in a single subfolder, it is fairly quick to go through the insert graphics dialog since you don't need to search through multiple directories.
I do not use emacs, but apparently somebody has hacked together a way to automate the process of inserting images into LaTeX documents. This is discussed here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2010-12/msg00010.html.
Not by drag & drop, but it is possible with copy & paste. Just put the image in the clipboard and select Edit->Paste Special. LyX will then immediately open a "Save as" dialog, where you can specify where and under which name the image will be saved. However, you can also just press Enter to choose the selected name and path.
Specifically for MacOS there is also the option to Paste as LinkBack PDF, which is enabled if the source application of the image supports the LinkBack technology. Basically, this is what OLE once was for Windows: You can later right-click the pasted image to edit it in the original application. LinkBack is supported by many OS X applications, among them EazyDraw, OmniGraffle, and LaTeXIt.
I think the easiest way to add graphics is to paste them. For example, in a browser right-click and go to copy image. Then go to LyX and go to Edit > Paste Special > Paste as JPEG or Paste as PNG. This also works for me from copying from open office. This works for me using Firefox and Ubuntu with the newest (trunk) LyX version.


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Forgive the stupid question but when colliding particles together, how does one know that a particle is actually a new form of sub-atomic matter and not simply just some shattered fragment of the larger particle?
I am not quantum theory literate, I do not pretend to understand more than abstract concepts and the math is beyond my comprehension. But I have never heard anyone explain how they know they have discovered a new particle and not some shattered fragment of something larger.
If I throw a baseball at a glass window, I expect the window to shatter into smaller pieces of glass. Its still glass. Why doesn't this occur at a sub-atomic level too? Granted particles are too small to observe behavior in this manner but how does one know that some split nucleus of an atom is nothing more than a shattered fragment of the larger whole which in itself might be shattered further still?


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Cedar Ridge by Bonaventure Resident Testimonials
Welcome to Cedar Ridge
Good times, good friends, good place
On long summer evenings, sit on the patio or go for a walk. During the holidays, cozy up to the fireplace or meet up with your friends without having to brave the winter weather. In every season, enjoy one of the many activities and events. You'll always be minutes from excellent shopping, banking, restaurants, healthcare and more. This really is the best of everything.
Retirement Perfected, right here
That's life on your terms at our community. Create the home you want with choices, flexibility, independence, respect, good times and exactly the amount of expert help and care you desire, from a little to a lot.
Cedar Ridge is a great example of how Bonaventure Senior Living makes it easy to create the home you want on your terms -- and why doctors, referral agencies, churches, not to mention 96% of our residents!, enthusiastically recommend us to their friends and families.
Come see why we're different
We cook from scratch, often with local and seasonal ingredients. Your meals are made by a chef; they don't come in a can. Our healthy and delicious food is often listed as a number one reason people make their homes here.
We're here for you. Compare our transportation options to the others and you'll see how easy we make it to stay on the go.
Freedom is the word, so you can enjoy life on your terms. You can enjoy sunny walking paths, a well-stocked library and a place to garden while relying on us for top-notch building security and an advanced emergency call system. Your home at Bonaventure offers what you need to maintain the freedom and independence you want.
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Consider the situation: You know that every $x$ that has property $P$ must have property $Q$. $Q$ is a rather strong condition but not strong enough to fulfill $P$. What is missing?
Consider the formulas of a first-order language, a distinguished set of axioms $S$, and the formulas with exactly one free variable, factored out by provable equivalence $P(x) \sim_S Q(x)$ iff $S \vdash P(x) \leftrightarrow Q(x)$ – for short: properties.
There is a partial order on the set of properties by $[P(x)] \Rightarrow_S [Q(x)]$ iff $S\vdash P(x) \rightarrow Q(x)$ – for short: $P \Rightarrow Q$.
Let $P \Rightarrow Q$, but $Q \not\Rightarrow P$, read: $Q$ is a proper necessary condition of $P$.
A property $D(x)$ may be called a defect of $Q(x)$ with respect to $P(x)$ if
- $D \not\Rightarrow P$
- $Q \wedge D \Rightarrow P$
A defect $D(x)$ may be called minimal if there is no other defect $D'(x)$ with $D(x) \Rightarrow D'(x)$.
Question #1: Is the search for (minimal) defects so manifest – in the working mathematician's life – that it is performed every day without needing a proper name? And is the notion ´– thus – of no (meta-)mathematical importance?
Question #2: ... or is there already a proper – and more common – name?
Question #3: ... or is the definition above and its presuppositions flawed?
The common divisor graph on the natural numbers shares one strong property $Q$ with the Rado (= random) graph: it contains any finite graph as an induced subgraph (which I guess is a quite general necessary condition for randomness). But it's not isomorphic to the Rado graph, i.e. does not fulfill its defining property $P$. I am now interested in the "defect" of the common divisor graph: which property $D$ - as minimal as possible - prevents the common divisor graph from being truly random?


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I'll always remember exactly how I felt when I heard the words, "America's oldest teenager died today at the age of 82." I as at work that day, April 18, 2012. When my co-worker told me that the legendary radio and TV personality had passed, a wave of sadness washed over me. Dick Clark is the same age as my Grandpa, who isn't in the best of health. There is a certain time in my childhood, my "halcyon days" of which my Grandpa, and Dick Clark, were a big part.
During the early 80's I spent a lot of time with my Grandparents, often spending the weekend at their house. Saturday mornings were always the same. I woke up to my favorite breakfast, typically consisting of french toast or waffles. My Grandpa got up early and liked to work in his yard, so would often finish up his breakfast as I sat down. He was typically pretty serious but always had kind words and nicknames for me. My Grandma loved to spend time in the kitchen and kept a pretty tidy house. That meant that after breakfast, I got to watch cartoons and keep myself busy until her cleaning was done. During that time I always measured the time of day by what TV shows were on. I always knew that when American Bandstand started, my TV time was soon coming to a close. Once Soul Train came on, it was time to shut the TV off and "be productive".
I still remember the American Bandstand theme song like I just heard it yesterday. Dick Clark was a handsome man, so friendly and full of good energy. Not to mention, pretty cool too! He was bringing all these great new musicians to the small screen, right in our home. Otherwise I may have only heard them on the radio but never actually see them perform since I was still too young for concerts. American Bandstand brought all kinds of people together to dance and have a good time. I didn't find out until many years later but in the early days of American Bandstand these shows were some of the first to have desegregated live audiences. I enjoyed watching the attendees of the show dance and smile at the camera just as much as I enjoyed the music. As a young girl with a future ripe with possibility, I always hoped that when I was old enough I would someday make it in to the audience of American Bandstand. It just looked like so much fun.
Time moved on, and as I got older I started dreaming of other things. I spent less weekends at my grandparents. I watched less American Bandstand. However, Dick Clark was always a staple on New Year's Eve. Without fail, for most of my life I rang in the new year watching the ball drop in Times Square and doing the countdown with Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve. If there was a year here and there where I missed the broadcast, I always knew I could count on watching the next year. Over the years, Dick Clark aged, but never lost his good looks or amiable personality. I was heart broken in when he had his stroke in 2005. That year, I was with friends in Santa Cruz, CA. We had our families together to ring in the new year and we were looking forward to seeing Dick Clark make his first appearance after spending much time rehabilitating. We were all quiet when he spoke. We had to listen intently. His speech was slurred and garbled, but he still had that friendly, happy look in his eyes. It made me so sad, because he was trying so hard, and wanted so badly to be there. It was HIS show. HIS baby. But it was clear he had long way to go before things would be the same again.
It turns out, things wouldn't be quite the same. Due to complications of his stroke, his appearances on New Year's Rockin' Eve would be minimal and Ryan Seacrest would take the helm. The show was still entertaining, but I missed Dick Clark. Sadly, after his massive heart attack last week, he won't be back at all. America will feel a void for a very long time, as for most, it feels like losing a part of the family as many of us grew up with him in our homes.
I'll leave you to enjoy this clip of a Daytime Emmy Awards tribute to Dick Clark and American Bandstand, in which you can see how touched he was at the very end and became emotional. I'll admit I did as well while watching the clip. I am glad he received this tribute while he was alive, so he would know how much he meant to everyone. Goodbye, Dick. We'll miss you.


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Food Safety for the Entire Family
Everyone who eats is at risk for getting ill from consuming food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, and natural and manmade chemicals. Children, particularly infants, are even more vulnerable than adults to food contaminants because their immune systems and intestinal tracts are not as hardy. That's why it's more difficult for a youngster's body to fend off the germs that can cause health problems. Once foodborne illness takes hold, a child's system cannot battle it with the same intensity as an adult's can; kids with weak immune systems fare even worse. Diarrhea and vomiting, the most common effects of eating germ-laden food, are much harder on a little tike, in part because they lead to dehydration, which can have serious health implications. Your child's reaction to eating contaminated food depends on any number of factors, including the strength of his immune system, the health of his intestinal tract, the contaminant and its potency, and how much of the offending food he ate.
Home Food Safety: It's in Your Hands
Most foodborne illness can be chalked up to bacteria found in animal foods. Viruses can be equally troublesome. They are simple organisms that require only food, moisture, and warmth to thrive to the point of wreaking havoc on your health. When bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus (a.k.a. staph), or the Hepatitis A virus hitch a ride in foods held between 40°F and 140°F, these potential troublemakers have all that they need to make you miserable.
Parasites are less common intruders, but they still pose a health threat. They can be found in raw meat and seafood. As a kid, you may remember your parents cooking your pork chops well done. They were trying to avoid trichinosis, a foodborne illness caused by parasites in pork. Trichinosis is much less common today due to diligent industry efforts to curb it.
Outbreaks of illness caused by germs such as Salmonella and E. coli in foods including undercooked and raw poultry, eggs, and beef gamer publicity, but lower profile organisms cause problems, too. For instance, strains of Campylobacter found in undercooked meat and poultry and in unpasteurized milk are the most common cause of diarrhea.
Food is an easy mark for germs, since it contains the prime conditions for growth: food, water, and warmth. Problem is, you cannot see, taste, or smell the elements of food bound to make you sick. Since no food is completely sterile, you should always treat it carefully when handling it and storing it. Take the Food Safety Quiz to see how much you know, and then read on to learn how to keep food safe at home.
Shop Smart
Food should be in good condition before you toss it into your shopping cart. Check the expiration dates of dairy products, meat, and poultry. Refrigerated food should be cold to the touch, and frozen food should be rock-solid hard. Avoid canned goods with dents, cracks, or bulging lidsthey indicate a serious food poisoning threat. Stay away from meat and poultry products with punctured plastic wrapping. After making a selection from the meat case, place it in a clear plastic bag. This will prevent any leakage of juices from the animal product onto other foods in your shopping cart. As for baby food, check to see that the safety button in the middle of the lid is down and that the jar is properly sealed. Even so, if the lid doesn't make a popping sound when opened at home, discard it immediately. Leave unpasteurized milk and juice on supermarket shelves, or at farm stands.
Bring It on Home
Shop last for cold foods such as meat and milk. Then go directly home and put them away. Never leave items such as milk, eggs, and poultry to sit in your car or in the trunk, which tends to be warmer than the rest of the car. If you must, store perishables in a cooler immediately after making your purchases. Take care, even when it's cold outside. Chances are, your car's interior registers well above the 40°F mark.
Wash Up
Frequent hand washing could cut by half the rate of foodborne illness and significantly reduce cases of cold and flu. Use warm water to lather up and wash carefully, especially before preparing food for yourself or your family. Always wash your hands after changing a diaper, visiting the bathroom, and handling pets. When working with raw animal foods such as chicken and seafood, wash your hands thoroughly before touching any other food, utensil, or any other surface, and before touching your child. Researchers at the University of Arizona have found that people had the most germs on their hands after making a meal, possibly because they failed to wash their hands after handling raw animal foods.
Be diligent with your youngster, too. Adults should stress the importance of washing up after every trip to the bathroom, before eating meals and snacks, and before helping you prepare food. Teach kids to wash for as long as it takes to sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice (about twenty seconds) while lathering up with warm soapy water. That's how long it takes to destroy most of the germs on your hands, Dry hands with disposable towels or a clean cloth, or air dry completely.
More on: Nutritional Resources for Families
Copyright © 2002 by Elizabeth M. Ward. Excerpted from Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids with permission of its publisher, Adams Media Corporation.
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26 Aug 2012 9:47 PM #1
Unanswered: how to package(minify) two extjs files
As per earlier suggestion, I have divided the application into two part :
1) login.html => to handle login/authentication [Written in Extjs]
2) main.html => user dashboard [Written in Extjs]
How will I deploy above application? Do I have to minify both login.html and main.html and deploy ? Or I have to minify only one file and then deploy?
27 Aug 2012 1:12 PM #2
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Separate your HTML and JS and minify your JS code. You should only have 1 html file. Splitting your JS code is however recommended and then minify into 1 file.
30 Aug 2012 3:30 AM #3
Thanks for reply.
I have made one html file. But after minimizing this it still needs the app folder.
I was under the impression that after minimizing, it only needs
1) app-all.js
2) all-classes.js
3) app.jsb3
But when I deleted the app folder, it gives error? Does it still needs app folder after minimization or I am doing it wrong?
I was following the instruction of http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!...etting_started to minimize it.
sencha create jsb -a http://localhost/helloext/index.html -p app.jsb3
sencha build -p app.jsb3 -d .
30 Aug 2012 4:06 AM #4
Check the jsb3 file
Hi Sujeet
First tip: Check if all files are listened in the jsb3 file. Sometimes there are some requirements who are not defined but still needed. I fixed this with either:
- check the jsb3 file, and add the missing files manually
- Add requirements to the app.js file
Additionally: Check that the ext.js file is linked and dynamic lode is enabled.
Then recreate the jsb3 file and regenerate the app.
30 Aug 2012 5:41 AM #5
Thanks for reply.
When I checked the jsb3 file, it does not include the controllers that are loaded dynamically.
How can I include dynamically loaded controllers in the jsb3 file?
--- I don't want to add every controller manually, as there are many controllers.
If I put "requires" in the app.js and put all the the dynamically loaded controllers in it, then the application doesn't load ?
added requires : "App.controller.Test" in app.js
Also if I write all the dynamically loaded controller in the requires => it will first load these controller => Then the whole purpose of dynamically loaded controllers is defeated.
30 Aug 2012 5:45 AM #6
Define controllers in controllers[]
Controllers have to be defined in the array controllers[]. http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!/api/Ext.app.Application
That should work.
Edit: This property does not exist before version 4.1
Last edited by Swissbite; 30 Aug 2012 at 5:48 AM. Reason: API
30 Aug 2012 7:57 PM #7
Earlier I defined the controllers in the array controllers. But as the number of controllers increased, the application takes significantly more time to load. To overcome this problem, I decided to load controllers dynamically. But now I can't minify the application as controllers are not mentioned in the controllers[].