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I have often seen people fighting over that their favorite language is more "powerful" than others. When it comes to describing a programming language, I can understand what an object oriented language is or what a dynamic language is, but I still can't figure out what exactly a "powerful" language is. What are your thoughts?
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We can't define what a "powerful" language is without first defining the word "powerful."
The literal definition of power would be "potency", and I think we can all agree that the vast majority of compilers - and even many interpreters that aren't Turing-complete - do an equally good job of getting the processor to execute their instructions. So as far as the literal definition, the answer to the question would be "almost any language at all."
Practically, we really ought to stop there; defining a "powerful language" is a bit like defining a "good person" or a "quality product." There is absolutely no objective definition of these words that you could get everybody, or even a majority of experts, to agree upon, and most definitions simply end up begging the question. Depending on who you talk to, power could be any of the following:
Does everybody see what's going on here? Virtually every bullet-point feature can be interpreted as a sign of "power", and so can its exact opposite!
Somebody, somewhere, obviously thought that variable variables were an awesome idea that would make the language very powerful. I won't judge; I'm not a PHP guy.
I propose that instead of all this holy-war nonsense, we all use this Really Simple Definition:
The most powerful language is the one that allows you to ship the highest-quality product at the lowest cost in the shortest amount of time.
Vague? You betcha. That's why anyone who wants to call him/herself a professional has to understand both the programming concepts and the project domain. That's the only way you're going to be able to decide what's "powerful" for you.
Otherwise, you might just be bringing a really big knife to a gun fight.
I maybe biased because I'm a system programmer. I would think a programming language used for all of kernel, system, server and application programming, or support multiple programming paradigms, or both can be called "powerful".
C, C++, D are powerful, but obviously this is just my humble opinion.
There are a few definitions of power beyond Turing completeness. Mark's cited what I tend to think of as "the Paul Graham definition." It's a pretty good definition, with one serious flaw: it's wrong. It's theoretically a very good definition of language power, but you know what they say about the difference between theory and practice...
If everyone was capable of writing perfect code, not only perfectly bug-free but also perfectly future-proof, consistently, then the Paul Graham definition would be correct. But that's obviously not the case. In the real world, the majority of time and effort that goes into software engineering is not taken up by initial creation of the product, but by maintenance afterwards. Depending on which statistics you listen to, (and it probably varies quite a bit from project to project,) maintenance can account for anywhere from 60% to 90% of the total effort that goes into a program.
Maintenance is often performed by people other than the person who wrote the code initially, and frequently months or even years after the initial writing of the code, which means that even to the original coder it may as well be "other people's code" by that point. If you want to be productive during maintenance, you need to be able to quickly ascertain the original intent of the code by reading it.
Therefore, a more powerful language is one that makes code easier to read quickly, not one that makes code easier to write quickly. There tends to be a fair amount of overlap between the two, but the concepts are often at cross purposes as well, since terse syntax will often omit details that a compiler/interpreter is able to infer a lot more easily than a maintenance programmer.
EDIT: There's another important point in describing a language's power: the range of concepts that you're able to express, and how easily you can hit both ends of it. Paul Graham likes to evaluate this one on how high a level of abstraction you can reach, but that's only half of it. Any language that imposes a lower limit of abstraction, beneath which you can't go when necessary, is crippled because the details that are being abstracted away are there for a reason. This is the difference between an easily-readable toy language like COBOL and an easily-readable powerful language: COBOL has no pointers and no access to inline assembly, where you can express any computation, even ones that COBOL is not well-suited to.
COBOL is also not particularly good at hitting the high end of the abstraction spectrum either. According to Wikipedia it has "no user-defined types, and no user-defined functions," which makes it very difficult to create algorithms and data structures.
The right balance of brevity and flexibility.
Great question. Given that many languages are "Turing complete", we can put them all on equal grounds with regards to what they're theoretically capable of. But we don't do that because languages obviously differ from one another. And what is the difference?
The difference is the ability to say a lot of different things with very little. If we could jump right to the extremes, I could make a language that is the best language for automatically initializing a content management system using just one character, 'c'. But what would the point of that be? Sure, it's powerful in a sense of being very brief, but it's not flexible. What you want is a language that allows you to say many different complex things without being too verbose. Without being like assembly, capable of everything under the sun, infinitely flexible but extremely verbose.
A powerful language is a language that allows you to say many different things with the least amount of length possible.
This has been debated repeatedly at great length (e.g., on comp.lang.lisp, several times). I don't think anybody's ever come up with a "right" answer but a lot of people have come up with answers that strike me as obviously wrong.
In the answers I see here, let me pick on Mason Wheeler's answer. On one hand, the issues he covers are important -- but on the other, I can't quite imagine calling them at all related to "power." It's a bit like he's saying his Honda mini-van is more powerful than a top-fuel dragster because it's safer, quieter, has better handling, more passenger room and a much more comfortable ride. All of this is absolutely true, and it's all important. Those factors (among many others) make the minivan much more practical and reasonable for most people -- but they don't change the fact that the minivan's engine produces only about 250 HP whereas the dragster's produces somewhere around 8000 HP.
The problem, of course, is that with vehicles there's a clear-cut definition of what constitutes "power" and what doesn't. With programming languages, it seems to me that the discussion ends up being about equivalent to treating handling, comfort, speed, cargo capacity, and cruising range as all being parts of "power". The result tends to be threads that run on endlessly, generating a great deal more heat than light. Most of the questions that arise basically come down to the degree of importance you attach to completely unrelated and orthogonal features -- e.g., is the ability to program the MMU in assembly language more or less "powerful" than the ability to create higher level functions in Haskell? At least IMO, there's no meaningful way to compare the two, and no meaningful answer to which is "more powerful", or implies more power, or anything of that nature.
As such, as much as I hate to I have to say that in this case, the only meaningful answer is basically a relativistic one -- a powerful language is one that you find helps you to accomplish what you want to. Differences in peoples' goals render most "absolute" measurements of power meaningless at best.
Once you hit Turing complete (and it's easy for a language to do this), "power" doesn't mean much, in the sense that anything you can say in one Turing complete language you can say in another. Mark Canlas' answer nails it: brevity and flexibility makes the difference.
Having said that, Matthias Felleisen's paper On the Expressive Power of Programming Languages makes for interesting reading. In it he attempts to formalise the notion of expressiveness in languages.
There seems to be a lot of disagreement over what constitutes linguistic power. Is it terseness, legibility, adaptability, or just plain Turing completeness? I think that all of these factors come into play, so perhaps the best way to look at it is in terms of stat points. Yes, I'm talking pen-and-paper RPG, here.
The idea is that each language has (roughly) the same number of "points", which can be distributed arbitrarily across a number of categories. For the purposes of discussion, say the only factors are brevity, legibility, and flexibility. A language then might be extremely terse and flexible, but consequently very difficult to read; or very legible and flexible, but extremely verbose.
(Arguably, the number of points that a language has to distribute is defined by the skill of the designer and implementor, but let's pretend that all language designers are equally good at what they do.)
When a language designer decides to increase the strength of a language in one category, they logically take away a fraction of that potential strength from every other category. This is why it's so often said that programming language design is all about trade-offs. From this point of view, the overall power of a language is still not definable, and we have to revert to the tried and true method of categorising languages based on their relative strengths. Not satisfying? Too bad.
You can argue two ways: that a powerful language is one with a relatively even distribution of points (jack of all trades, master of none), or with as many points as possible in one area without leaving others unattended (specialist). There is no such thing as a "renaissance man" language, with perfect mastery in numerous fields. And if that's your definition of the most powerful possible language, then you're just plain out of luck.
For further reading, this article (coincidentally also by Paul Graham, who seems to have mixed opinions) touches on the idea that, difficult though it may be to determine how, programming languages do indeed vary in power. He argues rather persuasively that it's very easy to see how a language is less powerful than your preferred one—it's missing feature X—but very difficult to see how a genuinely more powerful language is in fact so—it's basically equivalent to language X, but with a bunch of other stuff thrown in. I leave you with a quote from that paper:
By induction, the only programmers in a position to see all the differences in power between the various languages are those who understand the most powerful one. (This is probably what Eric Raymond meant about Lisp making you a better programmer.) You can't trust the opinions of the others, because of the Blub paradox: they're satisfied with whatever language they happen to use, because it dictates the way they think about programs.
I think the the power of a language (and thus its usefulness) is proportional to the tools it gives you to translate abstract concepts in code. In this definition, I find C++ extremely powerful, even if mastering it (see also: metaprogramming) it's not easy.
What I like most is that C++ is powerful AND fast. So said dynamic languages (python, Perl etc) are also powerful but that power comes often (but not always) with a big cost: speed. That's because you can do magic with runtime code instead of compile time one. This is not always true,of course.
Programming languages are tools - nothing more, nothing less. Some tools are extremely specialized and well suited for particular purposes; others are generalized and simplified to the point of near uselessness.
I would argue that the most "powerful" language is the one which allows you to achieve your goals with a minimum investment of time, energy and other researces; that is, the language which provides the greatest ROI. In some situations it could be C; in others, Java; in still others, Haskell.
The best thing to do would be to familiarize yourself with a wide variety of languages and what they're useful for. Then, when the time comes to begin a new project, you can make an informed decision about which would be the most appropriate.
Discussions about programming languages are - IMHO - like discussions about mail clients in some Linux newsgroups: they tend to be a flame war. I can remember times when VB6 was popular. There were people even arguing that it isn't a programming language at all, while others created stunning applications with it.
I think programming languages differ already in the concept as the creators had different things in mind when they created/designed the language. So a language that fits one purpose - and under that circumstance is powerful - might not fit another. Naming the language powerful or not is then purely subjective. That said, I do not think that there is a metric that can be applied.
The most Powerful programming language is the one that solves the following linear programming problem:
+ Ease of reading code
+ Ease of debugging
+ Succinctness/brevity of expression
+ Ease of learning/teaching
- CPU usage
- Memory requirements
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(And yes, I know, I already posted a completely contradictory answer. That's because I'm a dialectcian.)
This was written in regard to natural languages, but I think it is appropriate to programming languages as well:
A belief that some languages are intrinsically superior to others is widespread, but it has no basis in linguistic fact. Some languages are of course more useful or prestigious than others, at a particular period of history, but this is due to the preeminence of the speakers at that time, and not to any inherent linguistic characteristics.
"Power" simply isn't attributable to one language over another. It would be silly to say "Chinese is a more powerful language than Korean." Likewise, it is silly to say "APL is a more powerful language than COBOL."
There have been several attempts to equate linguistic power with some objective measure. I believe these attempts fail:
My opinion is that discussions of "the power of one language over another" are veiled expressions of the speaker's feelings of superiority over some other group. In short, its prejudice and stereotyping. Of course, people who are prejudiced really, really believe their stereotypes quite strongly, and its unlikely you could persuade them to change their minds.
They are all tools in your tool chest. A hammer can be powerful, but not if you need a wrench. C/C++ is great if you are a systems programmer, but Adobe Flash is probably a better fit for that gaming web site you want to build.


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By a wide margin, the US maintains its place at the front of the line when it comes to spending on R&D, as well as its perceived leadership in different areas of research, including healthcare, energy generation and aerospace, the 2011 Global R&D Funding Forecast by Battelle Memorial Institute, found. Battelle, based in Columbus, Ohio, is a charitable trust dedicated to scientific, educational, technology and community endeavors.
Still, this isn't the time to get cocky. A number of other countries have significantly increased their R&D spending and are gaining ground. China, for instance, boosted its R&D outlays by about 10 percent annually over the past few years. It now accounts for 12.9 percent of global R&D spending, having inched ahead of Japan, which is expected to record 12.1 percent of R&D expenditures this year. Europe's share has slipped from 24.1 percent in 2009 to a forecasted 23.2 percent in 2011.

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Rush Limbaugh has been spending a lot of time calling the new plans for an overhaul of immigration laws little more than "amnesty" for some 11 million undocumented immigrants already in this country. A lot of time, that is, except for the 15 minutes of an extremely deferential interview Tuesday with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
At age 41 and in just his third year in Congress, the Cuban-American Rubio is the man many Republicans believe can lead them out of the doghouse among Latino voters, and perhaps persuade moderates that his party cares about people outside of the older, white, predominantly Southern base.
He is also among the bipartisan group of eight senators backing an immigration plan that has quickly drawn a lot of fire from conservatives.
Yet the only times the word "amnesty" came up in Tuesday's interview with Limbaugh was when Rubio mentioned it himself — talking about President Reagan's immigration reform in 1986. In the end, Limbaugh had only high praise for Rubio, a darling of Tea Party conservatives and among the possible cadre of 2016 presidential candidates.
"Best to you, and good luck," Limbaugh said in closing.
Is this an indicator of how immigration might proceed? Muted criticism from Republicans because of Rubio's involvement? Or will populist opposition to a "pathway to citizenship" bubble up and come to dominate?
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I've heard of TDD as an organizational development paradigm, where all developers are asked to let testing drive development, and I've also heard of organizations who don't embrace TDD so long as unit test coverage reaches close to 90 percent for the application. One thing I never hear is why an organization would set a standard for TDD specifically when it is an individual development discipline.
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The main benefit of using TDD instead of building your tests afterward is that the system tends to be more "clean", and by that I mean less coupling, responsibilities where they belong and a clear public API. Testing after the facts tend to produce tests designed to pass, jumping to the hoops that the system imposed (like having to connect to the database because the DAO is coupled with the database code).
All in all, I tend to mix approaches: Most of the time I TDD, some times I just code (specially when I'm experimenting) and use tests afterward to clean my mess.
Here's what I think you are getting at. Take a team/organization that is well entrenched in TDD. They hire a new programmer who is very good, but no experience with TDD and in fact, isn't convinced it really works (They hired this person to provide diversity and potential new ways of thinking.).
As long as the new person writes good code that meets the specifications and happens to fit in with the entire project without testing first, who cares? It's not the process but the product. I think it does matter. You don't code on an island. Eventually someone else is going to have to work with this code.
It doesn't matter if it is following formating standards, naming conventions, TDD, Scrum, OOP or EIEIO all members should work within the framework of the team. It doesn't make them a bad programmer; just a bad fit. Not all teams are perfect nor are all methodologies, but unless you can change everyone else, you need to get on board at least for the current project.
One really good thing about TDD is that it forces you to think about the requirement first. Unclear spec can be hashed out before implementation. In organization level, it reduces the waste of resource, which is what every organization tries to achieve.


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In Melochim there is a famous occurance of the Eliyahu Hanavi reviving the Dead Child of Ovadiah's Hanavi's widow's child who some say was Yonah Hanavi. If Eliyahu was a Cohen how was he allowed to be in the room with him or carry him up to the attic room to perform the Techias Hameisim (revival of the dead)?
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If Eliyahu is Pinchas and Pinchas is a Cohen how was he in the Room when he did Revival of the Dead?
In :בבא מציעא דף קיד Tosafot comments on "אמר ליה לאו כהן". He says:
Tosafot raises the question of how Eliyahu could bring the child of the widow back to life if he was a Cohen? The implication being that since the child is dead, the child would be טמא, and prohibited for a Cohen to come into contact with.
Tosafot answers this question by suggesting that it was clear to Eliyahu that he could bring him back to life, so it would be permitted because of פיקוח נפש (saving a life).
Tosafot is raising the question and provides an answer to your question. For those who are just looking for a source, this is a source. However, I do have some questions on this Tosafot that I believe will lead to a clearer understanding of Tosafot. But it is an interpretation of how to understand Tosafot.
Tosafot seems difficult because if in fact the child is dead then how will the principle of פיקוח נפש help? The child is dead!
If on the other hand the child was in fact still alive, then there is no problem for the Cohen to be in contact with a live child? The child wouldn't be טמא. Either way you go, Tosafot seems difficult to understand. What is the premise he is operating with? Was the child dead or alive?
Perhaps an approach I heard to answer this question revolves on two different definitions of מתה, death. You could define מתה from the perspective of פיקוח נפש or you could define מתה from the perspective of the laws of טומאה.
The question of death by פיקוח נפש revolves around the issue of whether the person could be revived. If the person is capable of being revived then פיקוח נפש applies. It is the revive-ability that determines the status of the person. This would be determined by the expert. In the case at hand, Eliyahu was the expert that made the determination. He knew that שהיה ברור לו שיחייהו it was clear that he could revive the child.
However, by Tumah and Tahara the question of death would follow a different criteria. The definition would be based on certain objective criteria. The definition is concrete and objectified. This would not be determined based on Eliyahu's expertise through prophecy or what not. It is a Halachik שם, status, that applies under certain conditions. In the case of the child and Eliyahu, Tosafot presumes the child met the criteria for being טמא. This would be regardless of the child's ability to be revived.
So in conclusion, the child met the criteria for being טמא while simultaneously meeting the requirements for פקוח נפש. Since in Halacha פקוח נפש allows one to violate the Torah (except for idol worship, murder, certain sexual prohibitions) to save a life, Eliyahu could become טמא in order to save the child.
The Gemara (Niddah 70b) records "three nonsensical questions" (שלשה דברי בורות) that the Alexandrians asked R' Yehoshua. One of them was, "Would the son of the woman from Shunem [who was revived by Elisha, II Kings ch. 4] cause impurity?" He replied, "A dead person causes impurity, not a living one."
The Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l analyzed this question and answer, along with the other two in that group, which also were related to questions of corpse tum'ah (Reshimos #129; Likkutei Sichos, vol. 18, pp. 239ff). He points out that they didn't ask about the earlier case of the son of the woman from Tzorfas (the one whom Eliyahu revived), because in that case it was his own original life-force that was returned to him. (This is implied in Eliyahu's plea to Hashem, "תשב נא נפש הילד הזה על קרבו" - "let the soul of this boy return into him.") By contrast, the boy whom Elisha revived actually received a new infusion of life from Elisha (Zohar II:44b). So they knew that the boy from Tzorfas, in retrospect, couldn't be considered "dead"; their question, basically, was whether the permanent replacement of one soul by another (as in the case of the boy from Shunem) could counteract the earlier cessation of life that triggers corpse tum'ah. (R' Yehoshua's reply was that it really doesn't matter; the fact that he's now alive automatically disposes of any possible tum'ah. This, indeed, the Rebbe says, is why the Gemara characterizes their question as "nonsensical": it turns out to be based on a flawed premise.)
According to this approach, then, there's no room to consider Yonah as ever having been dead - hence no question about Eliyahu's being allowed to be in the same room as he. (This makes it exactly analogous to the case of the doctor that I mentioned in the comment to Avi's answer.)
Perhaps Eliyahu is not Pinchas. However, Chazal are trying to indicate that there is a similarity in the personality and perfection of both of them. Eliyahu exemplifies a quality of Pinchas.
The Ibn Ezra says explicitly that Eliyahu is not Pinchas in Sefer Bamidbar, Pasrshas Pinchas, Perek 25, Verse 13:
A Cohen may come into contact with a dead person in order to save a life (pikach nefesh), especially if he is the only one capable of doing so.


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I searched on the web how to access in an efficient manner to a central database at a remote location and I met suggestions to use web services instead direct access (i.e. JDBC etc ) to a database.I wonder the reason of that and any other suggestions.
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Adding a web service layer gives you an opportunity to make your client more lightweight, both in terms of the required CPU power and the bandwidth used during the processing. Both factors are extremely important to end-users:
By introducing a web application layer you move the bulk of the processing from a hand-held mobile low-power, low bandwidth, low-memory client to a plugged-in, high-power high-bandwidth, server that has more memory than it needs - an environment where processing and communications cost a fraction of what they cost on a client.
But wait, there is something in it for you as well: by splitting the system you get more control over your business rules, the structure of your database, and the versions of what's out there. Once you let a mobile client connect directly to the database, your design is "married" to that database structure: almost any change would break backward compatibility to a client that may be reluctant to upgrade his app.
In contrast, adding a web service in between lets you evolve the interface to mobile clients in more manageable ways: for example, you could keep the old interface in place, add a new one that works "in parallel" with it, and then entirely restructure your database without breaking a single client.
If you follow some pretty basic design principles while designing your web service, you could also get significant benefits by reusing mature server-side infrastructure that has been put in place: for example, you can get cache and proxy services for free.
Finally, this will open the door to other developers exposing your application to platforms that you could not service yourself, ultimately playing to your company's advantage.
It puts a layer of abstraction between the app and the DB. This gives you a lot of advantages such as:
One other reason not to expose the DB directly -- transport. Most relational databases, the kinds of things one talks to with JDBC, are not designed for the public internet in general. Wireless internet is a horribly unreliable end of said public internet. Exception handling would be nightmarish and you'd probably end up writing the reverse of the web services layer inside your app to avoid losing transactions.
There are some newer sorts of databases that do speak HTTP and might be suitable for this sort of thing. They also tend to feature ways to put application code of sorts in the database. You might want to look out CouchDb or RavenDb -- both are document dbs with map/reduce capabilities that work over json and http, much like many modern web services.


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Hip Fracture Repair (Hip Pinning)
Surgery is usually the best treatment for a broken (fractured) hip. Two types of surgery are used.
- Hip repair (internal fixation). Hip repair involves stabilizing broken bones with surgical screws, nails, rods, or plates. This type of surgery is usually for people who have fractures in which the bones can be properly aligned. This may also be called "hip pinning."
- Hip replacement surgery (arthroplasty). Total hip replacement involves replacing part or all of the joint with artificial parts made of metal, ceramic, or plastic.
Hip pinning surgery to repair a hip fracture involves two main steps:
- Reduction (getting the bone lined up correctly)
- Internal fixation (stabilizing broken bones)
During surgery to fix a fractured hip, your doctor will make one or two cuts (incisions) over the broken bone in your hip. The pieces of bone are moved back into the right position, then held in place using metal pins, screws, nails, rods, or plates. You may have X-rays to see if the pins and plates are in the correct place. The doctor uses stitches or staples to close the incisions. The surgery takes 2 to 4 hours.
Doctors usually use general anesthesia for hip fracture surgeries, which means you'll be asleep during surgery. But sometimes they use regional anesthesia, which means you can't feel the area of the surgery and you are sleepy but awake. The choice depends on your doctor, on your overall health, and, to some degree, on what you prefer.
What To Expect After Surgery
Right after surgery for a hip fracture, you will have medicine to control pain and perhaps medicine to prevent blood clots. You may have a urinary catheter so you don't have to get out of bed to urinate. You may also have a compression pump or compression stocking on your leg, which squeezes your leg to keep the blood circulating and to help prevent blood clots. And you may have cushion placed between your legs to keep your hip in the correct position. It is not unusual to have an upset stomach or feel constipated, so talk with your doctor or nurse if you don't feel well.
Your doctor may teach you to do simple breathing exercises to help prevent congestion in your lungs while your activity level is low. You may also learn to move your feet up and down to flex your muscles and keep your blood circulating. And you may begin to learn how to keep your hip in the right position while you move in bed and get out of bed.
Moving around
It is very important to start moving around soon after surgery. This will speed recovery and reduce complications. On the first day after surgery, you will most likely be moved out of bed into a chair for a short time. And on the second day after surgery, you will probably begin light exercises.
Over the next few days, your physical therapist will help you get in and out of bed and chairs, walk, and perhaps go up and down stairs. He or she will help improve the movement (range of motion) and strength in your hip.
You will probably stay in the hospital for about 2 to 4 days after surgery. You may be moved to an extended-care facility for rehabilitation (rehab) before going home. There, you can get help with daily activities, such as bathing on a bath stool. You will probably need a walking aid-a walker, cane, or crutches-for several months. And full recovery may take up to a year.
After hip surgery
There are many issues to consider after hip surgery. Older adults often need extensive care, including physical therapy and help with cooking, taking medicine, and personal care. Blood-thinning medicines are prescribed to reduce the risk of blood clots and associated stroke, pulmonary embolism, or thrombophlebitis.
After hip fracture surgery, your doctor will encourage you to participate in a rehab program. Research shows that 6 months of outpatient rehab that includes strength training can improve quality of life and reduce disability.1 Following a rehab program is very important, because it will speed up your recovery and allow you to return to daily activities sooner.
Why It Is Done
Surgery is done to keep the broken pieces of the hip in place so they can heal faster. Some kinds of broken bones heal on their own in a cast. But a broken hip is not likely to heal well without surgery.
How Well It Works
Surgery usually works well, but you will need to be patient. Getting better will probably take a long time. And you may never be able to get around as well as you could before.
Surgery is usually the best choice after a hip fracture, because it stabilizes the bone so you can move around sooner.2 This helps prevent other problems such as pressure sores and weakness. Surgery also makes it more likely that the bone will stay in place so the fractured leg is not a little shorter than the other leg after it is healed.2
The risks of hip repair surgery can be divided into two groups:
- Risks of the surgery and recovery period, such as:
- Bleeding.
- Infection.
- Blood clots.
- Delayed wound healing.
- Problems with the anesthesia.
- Long-term risks that may happen, or may be noticed, months to years after the surgery. Some of these problems may happen with or without surgery but are more likely if you do not have surgery. They include:
- Nonunion. This means the pieces of bone do not heal back together.
- Fracture around the screws, nails, or rods used to repair the bone.
- Difference in leg length. This means that when the fractured leg is healed, it is a little shorter than the other leg.
- Problems with the blood flow inside the bone, which can cause part of the bone to die (osteonecrosis).
What To Think About
Reduction (getting the bone lined up correctly) and internal fixation (stabilizing broken bones) often are done on younger, active people. Hip replacement surgery often is done on older, less active adults. One long-term study compared older adults who had a hip replacement to others who had a hip repair. Those who had hip replacement were able to be more active and were less likely to need the surgery redone.3 In deciding which of these methods to use for repairing a hip fracture, your surgeon will consider the type of fracture, your age and activity level, and also the possible trade-offs.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
Binder EF, et al. (2004). Effects of extended outpatient rehabilitation after hip fracture: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 492(7): 837-846.
Oliver D, et al. (2010). Hip fracture, search date April 2009. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.
Chammout RK, et al. (2012). Total hip replacement versus open reduction and internal fixation of displaced femoral neck fractures. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Version, 94-A(21): 1921-1928.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerWilliam H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerKenneth J. Koval, MD - Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma
Current as ofJune 4, 2014
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-------------------------------Minaska calls are now "MAD" calls, by the decoy maker Flambeau.
I really like my foxpro. My buddy bought a minaska at the same time that they were bought by PLANO(I think it was Plano, they were definately bought out), he waited a long time to get his caller and wasn''t thrilled with the service. It could have just been because they were making a transition but who knows. I do know that you can't go wrong with a foxpro.
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I was thinking about that model but I read that it only takes four AA batteries. I can't imagine it lasting for six hours of non-stop crow calling. If it was going to be used just for predator hunting that is definitely the one I would get. Can you plug it to an external power source to make it play for longer periods of time?
Give the Fox Pro Spitfire a look. For 200 bucks you get 24 sounds of your choice and mine works great and has called in at least 20 Coyotes and 2 Bobcats and i have not had it a year yet.
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Foxpro is the way to go with e-callers!
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Those eastern coyotes called Tim in.
...and just so you know Tim Lewis moved back East. He moved several months ago.
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-------------------------------------------Jim,I would love to see some photos of the patterns you are getting at 100 yards. I have never yet seen any choke/load combo that delivers anything even close to "sure kill" patterns on coyotes at 100 yards. Maybe yours will be the very first.
Call Tim Lewis. Foxpro rep in this area, and see if he can find one used someone's trying to sell cheap. I have the Foxpro 416b with 16 sounds and remote and it works just fine. You don't NEED 500 sounds to be successful. You probably only need a handful of sounds that are realistic to attract them. I'm sure the Indians did just fine without their e-callers. They are nice to have but you don't have to have the top-of-the-line model to be successful. I love all the whistles and bells not to mention decoys but it's not a necessity. Our bet our most successful callers keep it very simple. KISS. Keep It Simple, Seriously. You can go to Bass Pro and pick up "Coyote Rage" and Tim and Mike will walk you through what you need. It's simple. You can wear gray pants to match standing against a tree with an earth colored plaid shirt and blend in with your environment. Don't move. You don't have to have expensive camo and ghillie suits. I know two very successful predator hunters that rely almost exclusively on the shotgun. Also, my choice of comfort. I swear by the Benelli Super Black Eagle in 3.5 " with Carlson's Dead Coyote choke and Dead Coyote shot. It works out to near the 100 yard range. See the 95 yard shot taken in "Coyote Rage I." Go out there and do it. It's a learning experience every time you go out.
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The unit plus rechargeable batteries, charging cord, and shipping came out to just under $465. I had my friend put my old sounds on it and I made an external battery pack out of two six volt batteries hooked up in line with a 4 amp fuse. It works great. I couldn't take a gun with me but I ran it out at a buddys place just to test it and it brought the crows in no time. Here's a pic of the crow hunting set up. For predator hunting I'll just use the unit by itself without the extra speaker and battery pack.
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Judge Clark Douglas was almost too kind with his review, my nephew and I barely made it through this thing. The "monster" barely has a screen time of 45 seconds and when it does make an appearance it's cheap ass CGI. This movie was ninety minutes of coma inducing torture. The movie has a surprise kicker ending only if the viewer has never seen a movie before in his or her life. Boring actors, lame script, and bland locations all add up to a movie not even worth mocking.
So of last couple of movies I've watched recently this and The Haunting of Molly Hartley were both just so damn boring and not worth the time spent watching them. Hell, neither of them could even pull off a single cheap scare.
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Safety and Security
Mission Statement
The Department of Campus Safety & Security's mission is to provide professional and courteous service to the Lakeland College students, faculty and staff by providing a safe and secure environment in which to learn, grow and enjoy the Lakeland College community experience. Please visit any time to talk with us about any safety concerns or questions you may have. Always remember, your voice and opinion in our community matters.
Call 24 hours a day: 920-565-1126 for immediate service or assistance.
|Emergency Numbers
|On Duty Security Officer
|920-565-1126 x1126
|Director of Safety and Security
|920-565-1000 x2501
|Campus Nurse
|920-565-1034 x2385
|Counseling Services
|920-565-1034 x2387
|Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department
|Sheboygan Police Department
|Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Hospital
|Sheboygan County Mental Health Crisis Line
|Safe Harbor
|Poison Control
|National Center for Victims of Crime
|Salvation Army
Lakeland College is fortunate to be located in a safe and friendly community; however, everyone must take precautions to protect themselves from becoming a victim of crime. Crime can occur anywhere; Lakeland College is no exception. It is our hope that you will take advantage of the services and programs we provide to help keep the Lakeland Community a safe place to learn, live, and work. We are located on lower level of Brotz Hall North Entrance, W3745 North Drive.
Safety Measures
More Info about Safety Measures
In the event of an emergency:
- First, dial 911 to state your emergency and give your exact location.
- Next, dial extension 1126 or from your cell phone 920-565-1126 and give Campus Safety the same information.
Student Responsibility
It is the responsibility of ALL Lakeland College students to provide identification to any College official upon request. Thus, students are required to have their Lakeland College student identification card in their possession at all times while on campus property.
On Campus Housing Safety Measures
The vast majority of crimes on campus involve theft of personal property. Almost always, the theft is from an unlocked room or unattended common area. YOU can prevent these "crimes of opportunity" by following these steps:
- Always lock your door when you leave no matter how long you plan to be gone.
- Do not prop open residence hall doors for any reason.
- Keep your valuables—such as wallets, purses, money and jewelry—out of sight.
- Do not leave notes on your door announcing that no one is present.
- Never loan out your key or ID card.
- Report anyone acting suspiciously in and around campus housing or Greek Suites to Campus Safety & Security or a Residence Life staff member.
- Report any doors, locks or windows in need of repair to a Residence Life staff member.
- Do not let non-residents into halls. Visitors should be let in by the expecting student.
Securing Your Belongings:
- Do not leave personal objects (wallet, purse, books) unguarded in academic buildings, recreational facilities or residence halls.
- Bicycle locks and locks on car doors should be utilized to protect against theft.
- Do not leave keys outside under door mats or in an unattended area. Also, do not attach your keys to your College ID or driver's license; if lost, these items provide identifying information.
Safety Measures Elsewhere on Campus:
Campus Safety & Security officers are available 24 hours a day for safe walks and safe rides if students feel uncomfortable walking from one point to another on campus. Contact Campus Safety & Security at ext. 1126 or from your cell 920-565-1126 for more information.
Medical Emergency Intervention Policy
Lakeland College has a passionate interest in maintaining the health and safety of its students, employees and campus guests. In order to provide the best and safest response to a medical emergency, the following guidelines have been established:
- In the event of an emergency, dial 911. State the nature of your emergency and your location.
- Contact the Department of Campus Safety & Security at ext. 1126 or from a cell 920-565-1126.
- Someone should stay with the victim(s) until help arrives.
Safety and Security Services
More Info about Safety and Security Services
We provide the following assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
- Vehicle lockouts
- Vehicle jump start
- Safe ride/walk program
- Engraving personal items
- Room or building lockouts
- Secure storage of firearms, long guns, and bows
- Student/Staff Driving Certification
Identity Theft
Safety and Security Programming
More Info about Safety and Security Programming
The Safety and Security Department Offers:
- Sexual Assault Program/Brochures
- Self Defense Classes
- Harassment training (Sexual, Physical, etc.)
- Alcohol/Drug Awareness brochures and programs
- Healthy Relationships (Domestic & Dating Violence, Stalking, etc.)
Parking Regulations
More Info about Parking Regulations
- All Lakeland College Main Campus parking lots require a parking permit 24 hours a day.
- Lot C & Lot J: Are reserved for faculty and staff only from Monday - Friday from 7am to 7pm
- Lot I: Is reserved for Krueger residents only (If there are no available spots as an over-flow parking lot students must park in LOT H If for any reason you feel unsafe walking from Lot H, contact security for a safe ride)
- Lot A & Lot B:Are reserved for students registered to live in Kurtz, Morland, Hill, & South apartments only.
- Lot D is for residents who reside in Muehlmeier Hall. (If there are no available spots as an over-flow parking lot students must park in Lot E, If for any reason you feel unsafe walking from Lot D & E, contact security for a safe ride)
- Lot F & Lot G: Are designated for students/faculty/staff/visitors & guest of the college. All vehicles may park in these lots with a valid permit from 7:00am - 11:00pm( Lot F & Lot G are not overnight parking lots)
- Lot D, Lot E, & Lot H Are designated for students/faculty/staff/visitors & guests of the college and residential students for over-flow lots. All vehicles may park in these lots with a valid permit 24hrs a day. (Lot D, Lot E, Lot H are the only three OVERNIGHT parking lots on the MAIN CAMPUS)
- Handicap, Visitor, & United Way Fair Share Giver parking slots is reserved for that purpose 24 hours a day and student, staff, & faculty are prohibited from parking in reserved spaces unless authorized to do so with a valid permit.
- Students/Staff/Visitors and Guests should not drive or park their vehicles on lawns or walkways at any time including: when loading or unloading personal property to and from the residence halls. If you need to park in an unauthorized area to load or unload your vehicle, contact Campus Safety & Security for permission. We will allow reasonable time for you to be parked there. Campus Safety & Security will not authorize you to park on lawns or sidewalks. If you do not contact us, you are subject to being ticketed and including the cost of repairs to lawn or sidewalk.
- All parking violations equate to monetary fines, or having the vehicle immobilized.
- Students wishing to appeal a ticket must do so within 5 daysof ticket issuance date. To get an appeal form go to: http://lakeland.edu/pdfs/security/LC%20Parking%20Appeal%20form.pdf
or stop by the Safety & Security office to pick up an appeal form. Please note when completing a parking appeal form a copy of the ticket must accompany the appeal form itself. An email will be sent with the results of your appeal within a reasonable amount of time.
- Students wishing to appeal a ticket must do so within 5 daysof ticket issuance date. To get an appeal form go to: http://lakeland.edu/pdfs/security/LC%20Parking%20Appeal%20form.pdf
- Vehicle Immobilizing
- Vehicle(s) that accumulate four or more continuously parking tickets can be immobilized.
- Vehicle(s) that are reported and found to be driving carelessly (failing to obey 'Stop" signs, excessive speeding, etc.) throughout the Lakeland Community will be immobilized.
- Vehicle(s) that are observed by Campus Safety & Security Officers, being operated while the driver is intoxicated will be reported and or immobilized or both.
- Vehicle(s) on campus that are unregistered and accumulate two or more parking tickets are subject to being immobilized. If a vehicle is immobilized for Illegal parking due to failure to register for a parking permit, the owner must register and obtain a valid parking permit for their vehicle and pay the boot removal fee before the immobilization device is removed.
- Please understand that tampering, removing and/or damaging Lakeland College Campus Safety & Security equipment, including the vehicle boot, will result in an incident report being forwarded to Student Conduct for replacement of such equipment at the owner's expense.
- Guests & Visitors
- Lot C, Lot H, Lot I, & Campus Center Lot All have designated areas for visitors and guests. (If there are no available parking slots please read the next bullet point.)
- Lot E, Lot F, Lot G, and Lot H Are available to Visitors and Guest of Lakeland College if there are no available slots.
- Abandoned Vehicles
- Lakeland College prohibits partially dismantled or otherwise inoperable motor vehicles to be park or stored in any parking lots. This also includes any vehicle, operable or inoperable, that does not have a valid license plate displayed. Any vehicles in these categories can be towed at the owner's expense and, in addition, may be ticketed and forwarded to owners account.
- Snow Emergencies
- To aid in the prompt and efficient removal of snow from parking lots, cooperation is necessary. Once an announcement of a snow emergency has been made, students are asked to move their vehicle to a cleared area by the posted time so that the area where vehicles were originally parked can be plowed. After the lot in which you were originally parked has been cleared, you must return your vehicle to it. Snow emergency statements will be posted in each residence facility.
- Loading Zones
- Use of Lakeland's loading zone at Brotz hall must be authorized by the Department of Safety and Security. To avoid a citation, please call the Department of Safety and Security at (920) 565-1126 as soon as you arrive on campus to load/unload your vehicle. The loading area is restricted for loading/unloading at all times. Due to space constraints, abuse of this privilege will not be tolerated.
- Fines for Citations Issued
- Visitor Parking $30.00
- Over-time Parking $30.00
- Illegal Parking $30.00
- Parked in Front of Dumpster $50.00
- Parked in Roadway $30.00
- Parked in Handicap $80.00
- Vehicle Boot removal fee $35.00
Parking Permit & Appeal Forms
More Info about Parking Permit & Appeal Forms
Download the Student Vehicle Registration Application and return it to the Safety and Security Department.
Download the Faculty/Staff Vehicle Registration Application and return it to the Safety and Security Department.
All citations are assumed to be valid; however, if you believe that you were issued a citation that you do not deserve, you may appeal it. To appeal a college citation, download the Parking Ticket Appeal Form and return it to the Safety and Security Department within 5 business days of receiving the citation.
Severe Weather & Tornado Procedures
More Info about Severe Weather & Tornado Procedures
The National Weather Service issues a severe weather watches and warnings when severe conditions exist.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - conditions are conducive to the development of severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - a severe thunderstorm has actually been observed by spotters or indicated on radar, and is occurring or imminent in the warning area. Severe weather storms are usually characterized by intense electrical activity, heavy rains, high winds, and hail.
Tornado Watch - conditions are conducive to the development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.
Tornado Warning - a tornado has actually been sighted by spotters or indicated on radar and is occurring or imminent in the warning area. If a tornado warning is issued, all residents should seek shelter immediately.
Lakeland is equipped with a weather siren that will sound continuously to signal you to take cover during a tornado warning. Safety and Security staff, residence life staff, and other members of the professional staff of Lakeland College will inform you when it is safe to come out of shelter.
If you become aware severe weather or a tornado watch, or you have questions about severe weather call security 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at ext. 1126.
Designated Shelter Areas
All shelter areas are labeled with a "Severe Weather Shelter" sign in each building.
- Bradley Building - Take shelter in the Auditorium or Men's and Women's Bathrooms.
- Brotz Hall - Take shelter in the lower level away from windows.
- Campus Center - Take shelter in the Men's and Women's bathrooms, the Resident Life hallway has numerous severe weather shelter areas, or by start of the mailboxes to the doors leading into the Laun Center.
- Chapel - Proceed to the west end of the Chase basement hallway.
- Chase - Take shelter in the basement level hallway, west end.
- Esch Library - Take shelter in the interior offices.
- Friedli-Hofer Suites- Proceed to Krueger or Brotz Hall and take shelter in the basement.
- Grosshuesch Hall - Take shelter in the basement or the first floor hallway.
- Hill, Morland, South and Kurtz Apartments - Take shelter in lower level and laundry room area.
- Krueger Hall - Take shelter in the laundry room and basement hallway.
- Laun Center - Take shelter in Campus Center lower level main hallway and Laun Center Mechanical room.
- Muehlmeier Hall - Take shelter in basement or the first floor hallway.
- Nash Center - Take shelter in basement.
- Old Main - Take shelter in the Men's and Women's Bathrooms and basement areas excluding the classrooms.
- Outdoors - Take shelter in nearest building or if time does not permit lie flat on the ground in a depression or ravine.
- Verhulst - Take shelter in the rehearsal hallways.
- Wehr - New Side- All of the Men, Women, and Staff locker rooms. Old Side- Entire Gymnasium, Assistant Coaches Offices, classroom (located next to the Assistant Coaches Offices), all of the Men and Women locker rooms, and the Training Room.
- Wm. A. Krueger Hall - Take shelter in the basement hallway or rooms that lead off of the hallway.
Room Search Policy
More Info about Room Search
- Lakeland College reserves the right to enter and search a residence hall room or apartment if any of its authorized personnel (e.g., resident assistant, residence hall director, maintenance, Safety and Security) has reason to believe:
- That there is a possibility of imminent hazard to persons or property; or
- That there is a violation of state or local law or college policy; or
- That contraband items are present but concealed from view
- If entry becomes necessary under these conditions, college personnel will knock and identify themselves. If there is no response, a passkey will be used to enter the room. Contraband items in plain view (e.g., items prohibited by law or college policy) may be confiscated by college personnel and used as evidence in student conduct hearings. If a room search is necessary, it will be conducted by Safety and Security (or by law enforcement, if necessary). If possible, a residence hall director will be present during the room search. When practical, the resident(s) whose room is to be searched will be allowed to be present during the search and will be informed of the reason for the search. The resident(s) need not give permission to search. College personnel will ask to open locked boxes and/or safes that belong to the resident(s). During a search, Safety and Security shall make a reasonable attempt not to unnecessarily disrupt belongings, and an effort shall be made to leave the room in the condition that it was found. A resident who believes his or her room has been wrongfully entered should report the matter to the Residence Hall Director.
What to do during an active shooting
More Info about What to do during an active shooting
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Fire Safety
More Info about Fire Safety
Firefighting equipment, fire alarm systems, smoke detectors and evacuation procedures are provided for the protection of life and property of residents. Residents should familiarize themselves with the type and location of equipment, exits, windows, and the evacuation procedures from their floors of residence halls. Fire drills will be practiced. Everyone is required to vacate the building during a fire drill. Fire drills and safety practices in the residence halls must be taken seriously. Students are prohibited from having the following items in their rooms:
- Incense and candles
- Open ovens or pizza cookers
- Firearms and ammunition
- Firecrackers, fireworks, gunpowder, and other combustible materials
- Any gasoline-powered machines
- Halogen lamps
- The use of paneling or plywood
- Hanging items from ceilings such as fishnets, parachutes, sheets, flags, posters, etc. is also prohibited.
The following are also prohibited:
- Obstructing hallways and exits
- Tampering with fire sprinkler systems and smoke detectors
- False fire alarms endanger the safety of students and interfere with students' abilities to enjoy a safe, peaceful living environment. Students found responsible for activating a false alarm, tampering with fire alarms, fire extinguishers, or fire equipment will be just cause for dismissal from housing and/or dismissal from Lakeland College. Persons causing false alarms, interfering with the proper functioning of the fire alarm systems or interfering with the lawful efforts of firefighters are subject to prosecution under Wisconsin State law. If a fire results from your negligence, you may be held financially responsible for property damage and personal loss.
Sexual Assault Awareness
More Info about Sexual Assault Awareness
Campus Safety 101 Sexual Assault Prevention
Be an active bystander
Understanding what is Campus Security Authority
Anonymous Tip Form
Anonymous Tip Form
Download the Anonymous Tip Form and return it to .
Campus Security Authority (CSA) Registration Form
Registration Form
Download the Campus Security Authority (CSA) Registration Form and return it to .
Campus Security Authority (CSA) Incident Report form
Incident Response form
Download the Campus Security Authority Incident Report Form and return it to .
ASR Annual Security Report
More Info about ASR Annual Security Report
These charts include offenses that were reported to the Lakeland College Safety and Security Department, Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department, and other College officials who have significant responsibilities for student and campus activities. These offenses are compiled in accordance with the provisions of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.


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My question @ StackOverflow just got closed as not programing related so I'm posting here.
Please refer to the question @ SO, since:
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Back in the days when I was in high-school I developed a big interest about number theory specifically prime numbers and prefect numbers, I used to stay awake all night long with a bunch of sketch papers trying to come up with a formula to generate / test prime numbers. I discovered a lot of things by my own like $p(p + 1)/2$ is a perfect number when p is a Mersenne prime.
I was so obsessed back then that I used to make mental calculations when I was asleep, I remember one day waking up really excited because I had discovered that $2^p - 2 = 0 \pmod p$ when $p$ is a prime, only to discover a few weeks later that Pierre de Fermat had a similar idea but, unfortunately it didn't work for pseudoprimes. I was very disappointed back then and I started playing with the Pascal triangle.
Blaise Pascal, Marin Mersenne and Pierre de Fermat were contemporaneous and shared thoughts with letters, in fact if you think a bit both the Mersenne prime formula and the Fermat primality test seem to be closely related with the rows of the Pascal triangle (the sum of all numbers in row $n$ is $2^n$ where the first and last numbers are $1$, hence the $-1$ in the Mersenne formula and $-1$ or $-2$ in the primality tests).
I coded a Pascal Triangle generator with PHP and HTML that highlighted all the numbers that were multiples of a specific number and the results amazed me, and until this day I don't know why this happens and I would very much like to know why. Instead of trying to explain, I'll post here the images.
Composite Example:
Prime Example:
I think the difference [between the prime and composite cases] is obvious, but if you're confused just say so and I'll try to go into it a bit more...
Can anyone explain me why does this happens?


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GameStop teams with Microsoft for interactive Azure content
Retailer GameStop will use Microsoft's Azure cloud computing network to power a number of new interactive content offerings.
Green Man Gaming now selling OnLive subscription bundle
Green Man Gaming has become the first retailer to be able to sell OnLive's Games Bundle.
Microsoft to stream Xbox One and Xbox 360 games to PC browsers - report
Consumers may soon have access to both current and last-gen Xbox games without the need for a console.
OnLive expands game streaming service offering in Europe
Cloud gaming firm OnLive has announced the expansion of its eponymous game streaming service to six new European regions.
Microsoft cloud 'DeLorean' system can (sort of) see the future
Microsoft Research is working on a new cloud gaming system that aims to reduce network latency by predicting what input players will enter next.
Console and PC game revenues to decline by 12% by 2019
The growth of mobile gaming will erode the console and PC games market by 12 per cent over the next five years.
Cloud users to hit 3.6bn by 2018 - report
3.6bn people will rely on cloud technology by 2018, a new report from Juniper Research forecasts.
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I was recently posed the following puzzle:
You have a pot of meat. You put in milk. It becomes pareve. How can this be?
Any ideas on how this is possible?
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From Ohr Sameyach's archive, #156:
Mix 1 fluid ounce of beef gravy with 59 fluid ounces of water. We don't have 1:60 yet, so the pot is "meaty." Then pour in 1 fluid ounce milk. The pot now contains 60:1 against the milk, but also 60:1 against the meat. It's therefore pareve.
Compared to my previous answer:
-- Both answers only work if there are no recognizable pieces of meat.
If the milk was halachically pareve to begin with (e.g. human milk), and you added 60:1 by volume against the meat, the result would be pareve.


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This question is quite specific, but it may admit answers in more general contexts.
Consider a subset $\Lambda \subset D^2$ where $D^2$ is the two dimensional disk.
We consider in $\Lambda$ an equivalence relation such that the equivalence class of each point is a contractible compact set.
Assume that the quotient map $p: \Lambda \to \Lambda / \sim$ which is continuous has as image a cantor set.
The question is: If we extend the equivalence relation to the whole disk by considering for each point $x\in D^2 \backslash \Lambda$ the equivalence class is the singleton $\{x\}$ do we have that the proyection to the quotient of the whole disk is homeomorphic to the disk?
If the answer is negative, can we ask more to the equivalence classes in $\Lambda$ in order to have the result?
Maybe the question is trivial or well known, but I could not find either a reference nor an answer by myself.
EDIT: In view of Franklin's answer. I am supposing that $\Lambda$ is contained in the interior of the disk (which I am assuming closed).


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6 Human Character Flaws (That Saved the Species)
Eat right. Lay off the booze. Take a damned bath. It's all good advice, we suppose, but scientists say if our ancestors had followed it, we'd probably still be hanging out in the forest munching chiggers off each other's backs.
It turns out that all of our bad habits came about for a reason, and in order to become nature's biggest winners, we first had to act like pretty big losers.
#6. Bad Hygiene
Ever stop to wonder why humans don't have fur? Scientists have; after all, humans are one of the few mostly hairless mammals on the planet.
With some exceptions.
It's not a minor point; our hairlessness is a big reason why human civilization even exists. Without that natural insulation of fur covering us, we had to create clothing, and groups living in different areas produced varying levels of pigmentation to protect their exposed skin from the sun, leading to the development of our various races.
Oh, and the need to keep warm may have also contributed to our ancestors learning one other mildly important skill: making fire.
"Awesome! Let's throw some shit on here and see what happens to it."
So how did we wind up as the hairless monkeys we are today?
We were filthy.
Yes, one leading theory is that we did such a horrible job keeping our fur clean, parasites became rampant. Particularly body lice we picked up from gorillas (don't judge, the Pleistocene period was a crazy, experimental time). So eventually, not having fur for the little bastards to nest in became an evolutionary advantage, and hairless offspring became the norm. It was certainly better than, you know, washing.
Bathing is for pussies.
So if you've ever worn an outfit purely made up of the only items of clean clothing you had left, or gone to the laundromat in your pajamas because all of your clothes were so dirty you didn't think they were medically safe to wear (Yeah, you know who you are), it's time to stop feeling bad.
After all, we as a species actually went naked because we couldn't be bothered to clean our once naturally occurring monkey suit.
#5. Gluttony
Obesity is the plague of the Western world--here meaning any place where you can purchase fried chicken filled donuts.
Obviously we know why people want to eat. In addition to filling the void where something called earnestness used to be, it gives us the energy to go on living. But why would humans have evolved to crave fat and grease even if our brain knows it will kill us? If evolution's so smart, why don't we hate deep-fried chocolate cake?
Yes, that actually is a thing. From This Is Why You're Fat.
Well, speaking of that big brain of yours, you have it thanks to gluttony. Specifically high fat and high calorie food. There are plenty of animals that eat simple, healthy, plant-based diets, and for the most part, they don't tend to be particularly bright.
Dumb, yet delicious.
Most of the planet's sharper animals are, like humans, essentially scavengers. A certain amount of intelligence and long-term memory is required to remember which berries are a tasty treat and which will make you shit your intestines inside-out. But what vaulted humans above and beyond competing animals like rats, to the point that we build the cities and they have to crawl through our sewers?
What we did better than them was discover ways to cram our fat faces with the richest, fattiest foods mother nature had to offer. We used tools to crack open animal bones and skulls to get to the greasy bone marrow and brains, and if we could have deep-fried the animals we caught, we would have.
Our large, juicy brains are really all that sets us apart, and they consume a huge amount of energy. The kind of energy that could only be provided by big fatty slabs of animal flesh. Experts believe that only the relentless stuffing of our faces with the ancient equivalent of fried cheese kept us going as a brainy species. And we used this increasing brain power mainly to find (you guessed it) new, creative ways to stuff our faces.
Early humanity built its whole operation around it--the parties that went out hunting ancient critters for their awesome, fatty meat contributed to the creation of the first tools, and strengthened tribal bonds. So laugh at the fat guy chowing down on buffalo wings all you want, but he's the reason your brain is complex enough to realize how hilarious he is.
#4. Drunkenness
While we're no prohibitionists, you have to admit you get a lot less done on those days you come to work drunk. It's a good thing our ancestors didn't have hooch around, or they'd have been too drunk to run from those saber-toothed tigers, right? After all, isn't alcohol a byproduct of our decadent modern civilization? And what great inventor ever wound up pantsless on an episode of Cops?
Well believe it or not, without booze there's a good chance modern civilization would never have happened.
First of all, scientists suspect that humans have been boozehounds since our very earliest days when we looked like something you'd hire an exterminator to chase out of your attic. Our bodies are actually designed for alcohol consumption, with portions of our livers specifically designated for metabolizing alcohol.
So human beings have been getting tanked for ages. But that just means that somehow we survived despite our drunkenness (and the fact that it helped ugly cavemen hook up), right?
Actually, some researchers think it goes way beyond that. Human beings only truly started to thrive once we developed agriculture, as it allowed us to settle down and start multiplying like catholic bunnies. And while a guy out on his own could maybe grow enough grain to feed himself and his family, to grow enough grain so that you have excess to brew beer with, well, that takes a lot of people working together. That takes a village.
And beer gnomes.
This is why when you look back at Sumer, aka the very first actual civilization in human history, you find they used half of their grain for beer. Beer was what put asses in the seats, the one big draw of city life. It was something you just couldn't get as a roaming solitary nomad. For ancient man, beer was nothing short of a wonderful promise of what civilized human life could be, distilled into liquid form.
Sorry, we teared up there for a second.


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Steinhardt and Indiana University Team Up to Explore "Lifewide Learning" Phenomenon in New York City Children
Jul 30, 2013
Children today are learning in-school and out-of-school, online and offline, 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. They are "lifewide" learners.
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COPPERAS COVE (October 2, 2012)--A Copperas Cove teenager who was arrested over the weekend on a complaint charging indecency with a child by exposure was free on bond Tuesday.
Adam Christopher Hoemke, 17, posted a $10,000 bond Monday and was released from custody.
The charge stems from an incident on a Copperas Cove school bus on Sept. 25.
A 14-year-old girl reported that she was riding on the bus when an older male student pulled up the leg of his shorts and exposed himself to her.


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great series, books are fantastic (I suggest reading them first)
Good call. I watched the series first and was lost without the books to clarify some of the characters and backstory. Sort of like Rankin & Bass' versions of The Hobbit or The Return of the King. I didn't recall those snappy tunes until I read Tolkien's lyrics.
First off the previous two posters are correct: The books are the best. Second, i got the Blu-ray set for $35 ($38 with tax) when is came out, so for those looking for the blu's you might want to hold off with black friday right around the corner.


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