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LOS ANGELES—After an emotional five-month trial and less than a week of deliberation, jurors found entertainment giant Anschutz Entertainment Group not liable in the wrongful-death suit brought by the family of the late pop star Michael Jackson, sparing the concert promoter a massive judgment and clearing its reputation.
Mr. Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and his three children, Paris, Prince and Blanket, had sought a total of $1.2 billion in damages, a figure that was largely based on what their lawyers claimed was Mr. Jackson's future earning potential, had he lived.
Mr. Jackson died in 2009 while preparing for a 50-concert run in London, after a doctor hired by AEG administered a powerful surgical anesthetic as an aid for the pop star's sleeplessness.
The Jacksons argued that AEG Live, AEG's concert-promotion arm, had been negligent in hiring the personal doctor, Conrad Murray, amid preparations for the tour, which had been scheduled for the summer of 2009. Mr. Jackson died in his Los Angeles home after a rehearsal before any concerts took place.
A jury convicted Dr. Murray of involuntary manslaughter in 2011, finding that he inappropriately treated Mr. Jackson with the sedative, propofol.
Dr. Murray was sentenced to four years in prison but is scheduled to be released this month under rules to reduce prison crowding.
The Jacksons' lawyers managed to convince jurors of only one out of four necessary points: that AEG Live had hired Dr. Murray, even though a written contract was never fully executed.
But because the jury found Dr. Murray wasn't incompetent to care for Mr. Jackson, AEG Live was off the hook.
The jury voted unanimously that AEG had hired Dr. Murray and 10-2 that he wasn't incompetent.
Though the jury found Dr. Murray wasn't incompetent, "that doesn't mean that we felt he was ethical," said jury foreman Gregg Barden.
Jurors were dismissed without even being asked about their findings on two other key points, neither of which would come into play unless they had found Dr. Murray incompetent.
A group of about 150 people heard the jury's decision. None of Mr. Jackson's three children attended, and the singer's mother left the courthouse without comment.
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This comes from Turducken, an American way of cooking turkey for Thanksgiving dinner: a chicken is placed inside a duck, and the duck inside the turkey. Hence, Turducken.
This is a play on turducken, a dish created by stuffing a chicken into a duck into a turkey. He is discussing a situation where an immigrant is pregnant (having an immigrant inside) and that baby also an even smaller one inside it. So, similar to a turducken in that it is also 3 layers nested inside one another.
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1This percentage was obtained by adding the number of slides from passive case detection reports and from voluntary collaborators and then dividing the sum by the number of slides acquired through active case detection.
2Statistics drawn from a U.S. Agency for International Development review in 1973-1974 of the malaria eradication program in Brazil and based on regions that were in the attack phase. There was greater reliance on active and epidemiologic surveys in such areas than in areas of consolidation or maintenance. Therefore, the overall percentage of slides derived from passive case detection was undoubtedly higher than 35%.
3The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is a North American environment commission established by a North American Free Trade Agreement side agreement. The CEC draft agreement entitled "North American Regional Action Plan on DDT, Task Force on DDT and Chlordane," dated October 10, 1996, calls for the elimination, distribution, and use of DDT for malaria control in Mexico in 10 years.
4Recommended weekly treatments of 0.9-1.36 kg (2-3 pounds) of DDT per 0.004 km2 (1 acre) of cotton. Using a 7-week period and a treatment of 1.13 kg (2.5 pounds) per 0.004 km2, 340 kg (1.750 pounds) of DDT is required for 0.4 km2 (100 acres) of cotton.
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Anyone know if this printer will can do printable CD's? Can't find any information on it.
What is up with the weird mix. A printer & CHOCOLATE??
@roni24: guess it's a mother's day promo?
Disclosure on OfficeMax site says $50.00 trade-in good on printers "$279.99 and above". Are we sure about the rebate here?
@elt100: check out this weeks ad (available on officemax.com) - it looks like they will accept the $50 trade-in for any printer regularly priced at 279.99 and above. This epson here is regularly 299.99. Check this out -- in this example, it is on sale for $70 off, plus it still qualifies, even though the sale price is lower than 279.99.
I just bought the the Epson WF-7510 All-In-One. Its the exact same printer with a 250 sheet tray instead of the 500 which makes the WF-7520 more than 3 inches taller. The WF-7510 is $100 bucks cheaper and you can get it at Office Depot right now for $179.00.
I'd rather save over $129 and have to put paper in every other week instead of every 3 weeks!
@michaelmm: what's your point? this was a better deal. now the deal is over. why come back a month after the deal is done, talking about a different product?
I've been an HP guy for ages. I put up with the quirky install software, intermittent network connectivity, punitive ink charges and middling print quality. Why, you might ask? I have no idea; perhaps, deep down, I'm just not that bright. Anyhow, the point here is that this Epson product has been an absolute joy thus far. Simple setup, rock-solid connectivity, great print quality, and big-time speed. The install went flawlessly, and I did the whole procedure wirelessly. I will never purchase another HP product, ever, and I'm seriously considering shorting the stock, just for spite...
BTW, forgot to mention. I have NO idea how to get the rebate. No form in the box, nothing on ODEP's site, nothing. I don't really care, since the printer is worth far more than I paid, but I thought I'd mention it...
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What would happen if you enable data compression (either row or page-level) on a replicated table (merge replication) where the publisher is SQL 2008 Enterprise (Supports data compression) and the subscriber was SQL 2008 Standard (does not support data compression). Would the compression attribute get politely dropped and the subscriber continues happily not-compressed or would it cause replication to hit an error and stop?
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It will fail if you try to save replicate including compression, but if you set it to only "replicate the partition scheme but not compress the data on the Subscriber."
Source : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280449.aspx
Following from that, what happens when you restore a backup from sql 2008 enterprise with some table compression enabled, onto a sql 2008 standard server instance.. I've not actually tried and it's an interesting concept.


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What does the classical proof of the proposition "there exists irrational numbers a, b such that $a^b$ is rational" want to reveal? I know it has something to do with the difference between classical and constructive mathematics but am not quite clear about it. Materials I found online does not give quite clear explanations either. Could someone give a better explanation?
Presumably, the proof you have in mind is to use $a=b=\sqrt2$ if $\sqrt2^{\sqrt2}$ is rational, and otherwise use $a=\sqrt2^{\sqrt2}$ and $b=\sqrt 2$. The non-constructivity here is that, unless you know some deeper number theory than just irrationality of $\sqrt 2$, you won't know which of the two cases in the proof actually occurs, so you won't be able to give $a$ explicitly, say by writing a decimal approximation.
The proposition can also be proved without explicitly knowing any particular irrational number:
Fix a positive rational number $c$. Then for any positive irrational real number number $a$, the equation $a^b = c$ has a solution, and the solutions for different $a$ are different. Now assume that there would be no irrational numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $a^b$ is rational. Then all these solutions would be rational, thus we would have an injective mapping from the positive irrational real numbers to the rationals; however we know that the rationals are countable and the positive irrational reals are not, so there is no such injection, and we have a contradiction.
From a more abstract point of view, suppose you have a set $X$, a subset $\mathcal{I} \subset X$, an element $a \subset \mathcal{I}$ and a map $b : X \to X$ satisfying $b^n(a) \not\in \mathcal{I}$ for some $n$.
Then necessarily there exists $m$ such that $b^m(a) \in \mathcal{I}$ and $b^{m+1}(a) \not\in \mathcal{I}$.
The proof you refer to is not really mysterious; it's only presented to look mysterious, specifically by the choice of $\sqrt{2}$. There are plenty of choices for irrational $a$ and $b$, such that $a^{b^n}$ is rational for some $n$, and exactly the same conclusion can be drawn.
The classical proof You have mentioned shows how powerful logic may be. The crucial point of the proof is the use of the law of excluded middle (A or not(A)). In that case we are lucky to have knowledge of which of the two possibilities:
i) $\sqrt{2}^{\sqrt{2}}$ is rational or ii) $\sqrt{2}^{\sqrt{2}}$ is not rational
takes place to be. But You can imagine a statement A about natural numbers such that neither A nor not(A) is provable (in, say, ZFC). Now we may use analogously the particular statement of the law of excluded middle "A or not(A)" in some proof of some statement B. In that case the statement B is proved both by supposing A and by supposing not(A) and at the same time we know in advance that we shall not resolve which of the cases has the place to be. In such a proof the purely logical priciple of excluded middle becomes even more important (or at least as important) than the axioms of actual mathematical structure (in this case that of natural numbers). It is this power that made some mathematicians (e. g. intuitionists under the head of Brouwer) to think that logical principles such as that of exluded middle have caused the paradoxes discovered in the beginning of the XX century. For a classical mathematician the proof of B would be a legitimate proof since he/she believes that either A or not(A) is valid for natural numbers even if we shall never prove neither of them. (This position is often called platonism because it presupposes the "independent existence" of natural numbers.) Intuitionist, however, says that it is a hypothesis and to turn this reasoning into a valid proof one should prove that indeed one of those possiblities has the place to be.


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The request to Implement a Tag Black List was first raised back in Aug '09, but as one of the mods on English Language & Usage pointed out only a few days ago, even moderators don't have access to modify the blacklist; only devs have that ability (I'm not a mod, by the way).
- Can moderators have the ability to add blacklisted tags to their own site?
What I'm asking for is quite limited in scope. I'm not interested in burnination - before blacklisting a tag, it can be a prerequisite that no current questions are linked to it. I also don't see it matters if we have to go back to the devs if somehow a tag was mistakenly blacklisted, and this needs to be revoked. Nor do I care that any individual mod can arbitrarily blacklist (let the relevant mods agree to discuss things in chat if they want to implement some kind of quorum consensus).
I realise there would be an implementation overhead, and I'm certainly not qualified to either quantify it, or have an opinion on whether TPTB "should" stand the overhead.
I ask because I would like this feature implemented. I can't upvote my own question, but I'm hoping others who agree will do so, and if anyone sees any downsides (apart from the implementation overhead), they'll post these as answers that others can vote on.
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As you get out onto the ocean, you notice a few raindrops. Then you notice the sky darkening. The air pressure begins to fall rapidly.
What do you do: continue your voyage or pull into port?
When traders examine the historical record for what markets have done under particular conditions, they come up with their own weather forecasts for the market. When conditions have been bullish, the forecasts after market declines are apt to be bullish.
But suppose you begin to venture into the market and notice fewer stocks making new highs. Then you observe more selling pressure than buying with respect to the NYSE TICK. You see the advance-decline line making new lows. You see continued signs of risk aversion among institutional traders.
What do you do: continue buying the market or pull back?
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Hi again, Brett;
I've noticed on the S&P and the Nasdaq that we've about reached the 10% correction "standard" from the highs of a few weeks ago (though the Dow isn't quite there yet).
Do you anticipate a turnaround soon? It seems the downward path the last days is more due to a lack of buying than heavy selling. Maybe it'll look attractive enough to enough buyers to start pushing the prices back upward again.
Of course, whether such a resumption upward is sustainable or fizzles out would be a bigger question.
Thanks as always,
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With today's drop on the $SPX below previous support of 1427 (it is now 1406), it looks like the edge is trading with a short bias on this particular index. Do you agree?
RSI on $SPX is still 33 (not below 30). However, other indicators, such as stocks above 200 day moving average is very low (under 40%), a contrarian indicator.
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Does OMPI have shared memory capabilities (as it is mentioned in MPI-2)?How can I use them?
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 23:19, Andrei Fokau <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:Here are some more details about our problem. We use a dozen of 4-processor nodes with 8 GB memory on each node. The code we run needs about 3 GB per processor, so we can load only 2 processors out of 4. The vast majority of those 3 GB is the same for each processor and is accessed continuously during calculation. In my original question I wasn't very clear asking about a possibility to use shared memory with Open MPI - in our case we do not need to have a remote access to the data, and it would be sufficient to share memory within each node only.Of course, the possibility to access the data remotely (via mmap) is attractive because it would allow to store much larger arrays (up to 10 GB) at one remote place, meaning higher accuracy for our calculations. However, I believe that the access time would be too long for the data read so frequently, and therefore the performance would be lost.
I still hope that some of the subscribers to this mailing list have an experience of using Global Arrays. This library seems to be fine for our case, however I feel that there should be a simpler solution. Open MPI conforms with MPI-2 standard, and the later has a description of shared memory application. Do you see any other way for us to use shared memory (within node) apart of using Global Arrays?Andrei
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 19:03, Durga Choudhury <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:I think the 'middle ground' approach can be simplified even further if
the data file is in a shared device (e.g. NFS/Samba mount) that can be
mounted at the same location of the file system tree on all nodes. I
have never tried it, though and mmap()'ing a non-POSIX compliant file
system such as Samba might have issues I am unaware of.
However, I do not see why you should not be able to do this even if
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Eugene Loh <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> It seems to me there are two extremes.
> One is that you replicate the data for each process. This has the
> disadvantage of consuming lots of memory "unnecessarily."
> Another extreme is that shared data is distributed over all processes. This
> has the disadvantage of making at least some of the data less accessible,
> whether in programming complexity and/or run-time performance.
> I'm not familiar with Global Arrays. I was somewhat familiar with HPF. I
> think the natural thing to do with those programming models is to distribute
> data over all processes, which may relieve the excessive memory consumption
> you're trying to address but which may also just put you at a different
> "extreme" of this spectrum.
> The middle ground I think might make most sense would be to share data only
> within a node, but to replicate the data for each node. There are probably
> multiple ways of doing this -- possibly even GA, I don't know. One way
> might be to use one MPI process per node, with OMP multithreading within
> each process|node. Or (and I thought this was the solution you were looking
> for), have some idea which processes are collocal. Have one process per
> node create and initialize some shared memory -- mmap, perhaps, or SysV
> shared memory. Then, have its peers map the same shared memory into their
> address spaces.
> You asked what source code changes would be required. It depends. If
> you're going to mmap shared memory in on each node, you need to know which
> processes are collocal. If you're willing to constrain how processes are
> mapped to nodes, this could be easy. (E.g., "every 4 processes are
> collocal".) If you want to discover dynamically at run time which are
> collocal, it would be harder. The mmap stuff could be in a stand-alone
> function of about a dozen lines. If the shared area is allocated as one
> piece, substituting the single malloc() call with a call to your mmap
> function should be simple. If you have many malloc()s you're trying to
> replace, it's harder.
> Andrei Fokau wrote:
> The data are read from a file and processed before calculations begin, so I
> think that mapping will not work in our case.
> Global Arrays look promising indeed. As I said, we need to put just a part
> of data to the shared section. John, do you (or may be other users) have an
> experience of working with GA?
> http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/docs/global/um/build.html
> When GA runs with MPI:
> MPI_Init(..) ! start MPI
> GA_Initialize() ! start global arrays
> MA_Init(..) ! start memory allocator
> .... do work
> GA_Terminate() ! tidy up global arrays
> MPI_Finalize() ! tidy up MPI
> ! exit program
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 13:44, Reuti <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> Am 24.09.2010 um 13:26 schrieb John Hearns:
>> > On 24 September 2010 08:46, Andrei Fokau <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> We use a C-program which consumes a lot of memory per process (up to
>> >> few
>> >> GB), 99% of the data being the same for each process. So for us it
>> >> would be
>> >> quite reasonable to put that part of data in a shared memory.
>> >
>> > http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/docs/global/
>> >
>> > Is this eny help? Apologies if I'm talking through my hat.
>> I was also thinking of this when I read "data in a shared memory" (besides
>> approaches like http://www.kerrighed.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page). Wasn't
>> this also one idea behind "High Performance Fortran" - running in parallel
>> across nodes even without knowing that it's across nodes at all while
>> programming and access all data like it's being local.
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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'on' of undefined
My application is here.
It does not have any error in Ext Designer, even when loading data, but the following message is occurred if it is uploaded to the web server.
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'on' of undefined
The changes are only a store type and a store name after stable running.
When I went into the source code, I found the undefined value is a store variable.
In the grid view control, it occurs when setting event handler which is a kind of "on load data".
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"I found a work-around for the particular issue I was facing. Basically, in the store I was setting the userClassName and storeId properties, but to different values, and this is what was causing the issue. Once I set both of these properties to the same value the exported project loaded in the browser."
so I tried to edit these two values to the same and no errors occur anymore!!
2 Apr 2012 8:18 AM #3
In Ext JS 4.0.x's MVC package it is a requirement that the userClassName and storeId be the same thing when working within Designer.Aaron Conran
16 Apr 2012 8:40 PM #4
I'm not working with Designer and i'm having this problem, how can I change the storeId and userClassName ? I tried changing it in the store but it didn't work. Help please :/
17 Apr 2012 6:31 AM #5
Ensure that the subclass you created is named the same thing as the storeId you specifyAaron Conran
28 Aug 2013 6:45 AM #6
This still occurs in Architect 3 preview. I created two other stores successfully but the third store continually throws this error when I "preview" the app.
30 Aug 2013 5:59 AM #7
rfender can you redefine the issue as the project shared earlier is gone. Also can you do so on a new thread in http://www.sencha.com/forum/forumdis...ct-3.x-Q-amp-APhil Strong


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The original question to me (from a friend) was stated as
Q:Find the first four Laurent series of $f(z) = \frac{\sin z - z}{z^2 \cos z}$ in the region $0 < |z| < 2 \pi$
I'm not sure how to do it, if possible I wish only to know this expansion about zero.
The coefficients are given by $$ a_n = \frac1{2i\pi}\int _\gamma \frac{f(z)}{(z-0)^n} dz $$ So I change $z = r e^{i \theta}$ and integrate from $0$ to $2\pi$ putting $r=1$ $$ a_n = \frac1{2i\pi}\int _\gamma \frac{\sin (r {e^{i \theta}) - r {e^{i \theta}}}}{r^{n+2}e^{i\theta {(n+2)}} \cos (re^{i\theta})} r ie^{i \theta}d\theta $$
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$$(P \lor Q) \land (P \to R) \land (Q \to S)$$
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(b) $S \to R$
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EDIT: Let R be a commutative ring with unit ring and $I$ a maximal ideal in R. The completion of R with respect to $I$ is the inverse limit of the factor rings $R / I^k$ under the usual quotient maps.
A ring is said to be complete with respect to a maximal ideal if the map to its completion with respect to that ideal is an isomorphism.
See this page for additional info on convergence and ring completions.
Let $R$ be a ring such that it is complete w.r.t. some ideal $I$ and let $(x_n)_n$ be a sequence in $I$. I was told that $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty x_n\quad\mbox{converges}\iff x_n\mbox{ converges to }0.$$ The direction $\implies$ is trivial, the other direction is harder. How can I prove this part?


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For a detailed introduction to JAWS, please see here.I've spent the better part of the past month examining the 2013 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot in light of my JAWS system, the basis of which is comparing each candidate to the average enshrined player at his position in terms of Wins Above Replacement, and highlighting those candidates who are above that average, which I often refer to as "the standard" at the position. I've chosen to focus on that average (the mean, technically speaking) while fully recognizing that there exists a significant discrepancy in quality between players voted in by the BBWAA and those voted in by the various iterations of what we commonly refer to as the Veterans Committee.When the Hall was founded in 1936, BBWAA voters were given jurisdiction over 20th century players, while a separate Old Timers Committee was given jurisdiction over 19th century players. Believe it or not, nobody stopped to think too long about how to handle players whose major league careers significantly straddled the turn of the century, and the resulting confusion left no 19th century player with the requisite 75 percent of the vote for the inaugural class, which is why Cy Young, whose career spanned from 1890 through 1911, wasn't voted in the first time around, while Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner were; among that group, only Wagner (1897) reached the majors before 1900.Eventually that was straightened out somewhat, but when the BBWAA shifted from an annual to a triennial balloting cycle, the backlog of candidates piled up high enough that it was tough for any player to gain the needed supermajority, so just one player was elected in 1942 and none in 1945. In an effort to compensate for this, the Old Timers Committee opened the floodgates for 20 players (and one manager) over the next two years. After adding two more players in 1949, the Old Timers Committee was disbanded, and not until 1953 did a replacement Veterans Committee come about.Despite playing shorter schedules, with rules that were considerably in flux until just before the turn of the century, some of the players voted in by the Old Timers or Veterans Committees measure up well against those elected by the BBWAA — others, not so much. Over the years, the various iterations of the VC have skewed towards the latter, particularly when it comes to the offense-heavy era of the 1920s and 1930s, when .300 batting averages were a dime a dozen. Even so, in my work with JAWS, I've always felt that any voter (or otherwise interested party) reckoning with the definition of a Hall of Famer should consider the entire spread of enshrined players rather than just a subset, but I do think taking a peek at what a strict BBWAA standard at each position would look like can be revealing.Before pulling back that curtain, I've got another wrinkle to add. Many smart individuals, fans of my system as well as critics, have questioned why I don't compare players to the median at the position rather than the mean. I've considered that option many times, and even written about it in years past. The basic problem is that so many more players exceed the median that even before this year's packed slate of 37 candidates, the average ballot yielded far more than 10 candidates worthy of election. That's an extreme position, to say the least, and one that would create a nightmare for any voter trying to apply it.As an experiment, what I've decided to do is show the consequences of using these different cutoffs to construct a virtual ballot. I've designated any candidate who exceeds the median JAWS at his position a Level 1, any candidate who exceeds the mean JAWS (the current standard) a Level 2 and any candidate who exceeds the BBWAA average JAWS a Level 3. I'm throwing out all subjective considerations for this exercise — awards, milestones, postseason accomplishments, PED allegations — and also ignoring the career and peak subtotals lest anyone's eyes glaze over in the resulting flood of numbers. Given that, here's how the position-by-position standards look like at the various levels:PosLevel#JAWSC11438.721440.73845.81B11850.221851.53955.52B11951.921954.431068.93B11256.921253.43762.1SS12152.522152.131157.3LF11945.421950.731056.0CF11846.721854.83875.7RF12450.222455.431370.3SP15853.325857.833162.7RP1534.52532.33532.3Note that for some positions such as first base, shortstop and third base, the three numbers are clustered fairly closely together, while for others such as centerfield and rightfield, they're spread quite far apart. At shortstop and third base, the median is actually higher than the mean. All of that is a reminder that within the small sample of Hall of Famers, WAR-based value isn't distributed evenly, either within a given position or across positions.Taking another look at this year's 37-candidate slate, here's how the players on the ballot would classify:PlayerPositionJAWSLevelBarry BondsLF114.63Roger ClemensSP99.03Jeff Bagwell1B61.73Mike PiazzaC48.43Curt SchillingSP61.42Larry WalkerRF56.42Alan TrammellSS55.22Tim RainesLF53.72Kenny LoftonCF53.51Rafael Palmeiro1B51.31Edgar Martinez3B53.10Craig Biggio2B51.30Mark McGwire1B49.40Sammy SosaRF48.50Dale MurphyCF40.80Bernie WilliamsCF40.80Fred McGriff1B40.70David WellsSP39.10Don Mattingly1B37.10Steve FinleyCF35.40Jack MorrisSP35.10Julio FrancoSS34.40Reggie SandersRF30.90Shawn GreenRF30.40Jeff Cirillo3B30.30Woody WilliamsSP24.20Lee SmithRP23.70Rondell WhiteLF22.70Ryan KleskoLF22.50Aaron SeleSP17.50Roberto HernandezRP16.90Royce ClaytonSS15.90Jeff Conine1B15.70Mike StantonRP13.80Sandy AlomarC11.70Jose MesaRP10.80Todd Walker2B8.60Viewed through this lens, the current ballot has four players who exceed the strict BBWAA standard at their position, which is to say that their JAWS are above the positional averages of the players voted in by the writers since 1936: BArry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Jeff Bagwell and Mike Piazza. Four other players fall short of that but exceed the mean at their positions: Curt Schilling, Larry Walker, Alan Trammell and Tim Raines. All eight of those players made the cut on my virtual ballot.Two other players exceed the median but not the mean at their positions: Kenny Lofton and Rafael Palmeiro, neither of whom made my ballot. Meanwhile, two players who did not exceed either the median or the mean at their positions did make my ballot: Craig Biggio and Edgar Martinez. In reviewing their candidacies, I argued that both should be measured against modified position standards reflecting their trajectories around the diamond — up-the-middle players for the former, since he spent significant chunks of his career at catcher and centerfield, and all Hall hitters for the latter, who spent most of his career as a DH out of injury concerns. By this alternative methodology, it's a bit harder to justify those votes.Further down, it's worth noting that some of the ballot's more controversial candidates also fall below even the median at their position. That group includes both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, whose candidacies are clouded by PED allegations, Jack Morris, who's well below any sabermetric standard for starting pitchers, and Dale Murphy, who's gotten a fair bit of attention given that this is his final year on the ballot.Among this year's crop, the median produces a manageable 10-candidate slate, but in years past it didn't, and in future years that may be the case as well. If I were to shift to a system along those lines, it might mean advocating for the elections of a whole lot more players via either the BBWAA or Veterans Committee processes. Those ballots already appear quite full, and produce only a trickle of inductees as it is; widening the field would likely make it harder for any candidate to reach 75 percent.Consider centerfield, for example: unenshrined players surpassing the WAR-based median include Ken Griffey Jr., Lofton, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran, Jim Edmonds, Jimmy Wynn and Willie Davis. Griffey and Edmonds aren't yet eligible for the BBWAA vote and Jones and Beltran are still active, while Wynn and Davis are eligible for nomination during the next Expansion Era ballot cycle in 2014; the last time around, in 2011, they didn't even make the final ballot, and they've fallen well short when appearing on previous VC ballots. Both are a significant distance below the mean, and if they were to join the ranks in Cooperstown, that number would drop by a small fraction, lowering the standards a hair. Incorporating some kind of striation into the JAWS system in the future is an idea I'm not entirely against, but it does have the potential of making the coming crowd of candidates even more unwieldy, and makes the system a bit harder to explain to someone exposed to it for the first time. JAWS has made significant inroads with actual voters over the years, and I'd hate to undo that by making the system harder to follow. So for now, I'm playing it straight down the middle, and sticking to the average as the standard by which candidates are measured. More The Strike Zone


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I'm a programmer with a decent background in math and computer science. I've studied computability, graph theory, linear algebra, abstract algebra, algorithms, and a little probability and statistics (through a few CS classes) at an undergraduate level.
I feel, however, that I don't know enough about statistics. Statistics are increasingly useful in computing, with statistical natural language processing helping fuel some of Google's algorithms for search and machine translation, with performance analysis of hardware, software, and networks needing proper statistical grounding to be at all believable, and with fields like bioinformatics becoming more prevalent every day.
I've read about how "Google uses Bayesian filtering the way Microsoft uses the if statement", and I know the power of even fairly naïve, simple statistical approaches to problems from Paul Graham's A Plan for Spam and Better Bayesian Filtering, but I'd like to go beyond that.
I've tried to look into learning more statistics, but I've gotten a bit lost. The Wikipedia article has a long list of related topics, but I'm not sure which I should look into. I feel like from what I've seen, a lot of statistics makes the assumption that everything is a combination of factors that linearly combine, plus some random noise in a Gaussian distribution; I'm wondering what I should learn beyond linear regression, or if I should spend the time to really understand that before I move on to other techniques. I've found a few long lists of books to look at; where should I start?
So I'm wondering where to go from here; what to learn, and where to learn it. In particular, I'd like to know:
- What kind of problems in programming, software engineering, and computer science are statistical methods well suited for? Where am I going to get the biggest payoffs?
- What kind of statistical methods should I spend my time learning?
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To clarify what I am looking for, I am interested in what problems that programmers typically need to deal with can benefit from a statistical approach, and what kind of statistical tools can be useful. For instance:
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What is the proper technique to perform an upward and downward glissando on piano? In particular, how should you position your hand, and is it important which finger(s) you use?
Personally I choose to use my thumb nail (going down at least, sometimes a finger nail going up depending on what's easiest, but always the nail.) This hurts to start with, but before long you'll get used to it.
The "down then up" Glissando in Rhapsody in Blue for instance I find easier with the thumb going down, and a finger on the way up - when it's just upwards, often still the thumb nail on the way up.
Alternatives that don't tend to hurt as much for the first times often involve using the fleshy part of your finger, which can work, but for me always sounds like more of a compromise - the tone seems more varied and soft. Of course, this is all subjective, but usually when glissandos are involved in music it's a brighter, louder tone that's sought after.
You may use the nail, but fingertips also work for a (downward) louder glissando.
It's not that simple. For downward glissandos, use your thumbnail (RH 1). For upward glissandos, use RH 3 (use RH 4 too when doing it for the first time)


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text: I was just browsing amazon.co.uk, and as well as noting that book 5 of ASoIaF's due next month, I noticed that GRRM also has his name attibuted to a series of books called 'wild cards.' I've read ASoIaF so far, along with Fevre Dream (which I preferred), and was wondering what people thought of Wild Cards. They seem a lot more orientated to 4 colour superhero comic storytelling, and seem like fun. Here's the blurb from book 1 Has anyone read these? How many volumes are there? Is the series complete? What did people think?


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Don King Boxing promoter Don King promoted George W. Bush during the 2004 U.S. presidential election and attended the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. King supported John McCain in 2008. (AP)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Former "Survivor" contestant and panelist on "The View" Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a registered Republican. (AP)
James Woods Academy Award-nominated actor James Woods is a Republican, and he was a vocal supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. (AP)
Jamie Farr Former M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr has donated to the Republican National Committee. (AP)
Janine Turner Actress Janine Turner is a frequent contributor to Republican Party candidates and organizations. (AP)
Jessica Simpson Musician Jessica Simpson supported George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. In this photo, Simpson launches her new fragrance "Fancy" at Macy's at the South Coast Plaza on Dec. 13, 2008, in Costa Mesa. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
John Elway Hall of fame quarterback John Elway has contributed to a number of Republican Party candidates in recent elections. He considered running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. (CBS)
Karl Malone Former basketball star Karl Malone has contributed to Republican causes and candidates, including President George W. Bush. (AP)
Kid Rock Musician Kid Rock supports the Republican Party and George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. (Skip Bolen/Getty Images)
LeAnn Rimes Country music singer LeAnn Rimes sang for the GOP faithful at a party aptly called "Red, Rhythm & Rimes." (AP)
Mary Lou Retton Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton delivered the Pledge of Allegiance on the second night of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. (AP)
Mike Ditka Former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka is a self-described "ultra-ultra-ultra conservative." He reportedly considered running against Democrat Barack Obama for an open seat in the U.S. Senate for Illinois in 2004. (AP)
Patricia Heaton Actress Patricia Heaton is a registered Republican and is vocal in her support to pro-life causes. (AP)
Pat Sajak "Wheel Of Fortune" host Pat Sajak was a major donor to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and often posts political commentary on his official website. According to public records, Sajak has donated over $17,000 to Republican candidates. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
Robert Davi Actor Robert Davi narrated several film montages that aired during the 2008 Republican National Convention. (AP)
Robert Duvall Actor Robert Duvall was personally invited to Republican President George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. Duvall also narrated videos for the 2008 Republican Convention. (AP)
Ronan Tynan Irish tenor Ronan Tynan performed at the prayer service marking George W. Bush 's second inauguration. (AP)
Sammy Hagar Former Van Halen member Sammy Hagar is a Republican and contributed thousands of dollars to George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004. (AP)
Scott Baio Actor Scott Baio was a member of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative youth organization. (AP)
Shirley Jones Singer and actress Shirley Jones is a registered Republican who appeared at the 1988 Republican Convention and sang the National Anthem. She also sang at the 2003 lighting of the National Christmas Tree at President George W. Bush's request. (AP)
Ted Nugent Hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, and was rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race. (AP)
Tom Clancy Author Tom Clancy has generally been regarded as a political conservative, and has donated more than $200,000 to Republican Party political candidates and committees. Some of his books bear dedications to Republican political figures, most notably Ronald Reagan. (AP)
Tom Selleck Actor Tom Selleck is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association. He endorsed Senator John McCain in the 2008 Presidential Election. (AP)
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What is the best way to take advantage of the new auto layout features of iOS 6 while still providing compability with older devices on earlier versions of iOS?
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
Autolayout can be enabled or disabled on each .storyboard or .xib file. Just select the particular file and modify the "Use Autolayout" property using the File inspector in Xcode:
Using autolayout enabled interface files with the deployment target set to an iOS version prior to 6.0 results in compilation errors, e.g.:
One of your options to use autolayout in a project and still preserve compatibility with iOS4-5 is to create two targets: one for deployment target iOS 6.0 and one for an earlier iOS version, e.g.:
You can create two versions for each of your storyboard and XIB files as well and use the autolayout enabled with the 6.0 target and the other with the legacy target, e.g.:
You then add MainStoryBoardAutoSize to the iOS6 target's Build phases and the other file to the iOS4 target. You can learn more about using multiple targets here.
For me, the cost of the added complexity of maintaining multiple targets and interface files seems to outweigh the benefits of using autolayout. Except for a few special cases, you are probably much better to use plain old auto sizing (or layoutSubViews from code) exclusively if iOS4-5 compatibility is required.
Do you really need two targets? I got it working like this, I have 2 storyboard like Imre Kelényi said, one with auto layouts enabled and the other without, then in the app delegate i just check which version they are using and select the right storyboard:
Having 2 targets works aswell but seems like overkill to me
If the layout differences are not large, it's a lot easier to use Springs and Struts to position elements.
Inspired by @marchinram's one target idea, this is the solution I finally came up with. Two storyboards, one for struts-and-springs and one for autolayout. In the target summary, I set the autolayout storyboard as the default. Then, in the appDelegate, I check whether I need to load the pre-6.0 struts-and-springs storyboard after all:
Also, I set the deployment target of the struts-and-springs storyboard to iOS 5.1, and that of the autolayout storyboard to Project SDK(iOS 6.0).
I really wanted to do the switch before the default in storyboard is loaded, in willFinishLaunchingWithOptions: but that results in an 'NSInvalidUnarchiveOperationException', reason: 'Could not instantiate class named NSLayoutConstraint' no matter what I tried.
Try to use RRAutoLayout: https://github.com/RolandasRazma/RRAutoLayout It's iOS6 AutoLayout backport to iOS5.
I've found setting the Xibs main view size to Freeform, and then using Autosizing works a treat. No messing about in code for a view issue.


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I've accumulated probably over a hundred interesting articles (mostly pdfs, but some web sites), that I want to periodically review. I'm not sure what's the best way to do this.
I could print physical copies, then stick them in a physical tickler file, but that seems like a lot of work. There must be a way to set up a rotation system so I read the articles regularly (for instance each article once per year).
How could I make this work?


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When chemical energy is released mass is reduced, if only by a negligible amount. Presumably that's true for all energy. And presumably that works in reverse as well: storing energy involves an increase in mass. It seems to follow that moving some object against a gravitational gradient, increases the mass of the object -- potential energy is being stored. Somehow that's difficult to understand. Is it really true?
From your question and your comments on Google+, it appears you think there is a problem with having the increased energy stored in the gravitational field since the gravitational field is really just curved space-time. That is not a problem, curved space time does have an energy density and in fact can cause additional curvature of space time. That is why general relativity is much more difficult than Newtonian gravity or electrostatics - the equations of general relativity are non-linear exactly because the energy stored in the curvature of space-time causes additional curvature of space-time.
In fact, John Archibald Wheeler conceived of the possibility of a gravitationally bound object that is only made from gravitational waves. From Wikipedia:
It is believed that a geon could be formed, but that the "particle" would dissipate due to gravitational waves that escape from the object, thereby reducing it's mass.
So, to get back to your question, two different configurations of particles that had the same total rest mass but different gravitational fields would, indeed, have different overall total mass/energies due to the different amount of energy stored in the differently curved space-times around the objects.
I'm explaining this for an electrostatic situation first, as gravitational potential energy is a strange concept in GR. The basic explanation should be the same for gravity, too, just that the formula may be different.
Let's take two positive point charges, and let's bring them together. So we did some work.. Where did the energy go? It wnt into the field (you'll find this written in many places as 'the configuration of the system'). And electric field requires energy to be generated. So, there is an energy density, $\frac{1}{2}\epsilon_0E^2$ associated with the field at every point in space. Integrating this formula with respect to dV will give us the energy enclosed in a certain area. So basically, this energy is spread throughout the universe (or atleast the local region). So if you draw an imaginary box near these charges (but not containing the charges), you will find that its mass-energy has changed. Even though the box has no massive particles in it.
One way of looking at this energy stored in an electromagnetic field is that it comes from the photons which mediate the field. Wherever there are field lines, there have to be photons which transmit the field. These photons have an energy, thus giving rise to the net energy density.
A similar thing exists for gravitation, though here the energy goes into the curvature of space. So no, moving a point body against a gravitational gradient does not increase its mass, but it increases the mass of its surroundings, however 'empty' the surroundings may be. If the body is not a point body, then its mass can change, as the field has some energy stored inside its volume as well. But this new mass won't exactly be part of the body's mass, it will just be in the same spot as the body. The rest mass used in the relativistic expressions will not change unless the body is heated by the change in PE (In this whole explanation, i have assumes an external force is moving the masses around. If there is heating involved, the masses will change due to the mass-energy equivalence)
Summing up, potential energy is stored in the field itself and not inside the masses that make up the field.
Let's say we have thousand identical masses spread around in space. These masses coalesce into one large mass, without any energy being radiated away, which means the large mass will become hot. Mass is conserved, so mass of the large mass equals thousand times the mass of one small mass.
Now one thousandth part of the large mass is winched up, so it's far away from the large mass, floating in space as in the beginning. It's like an original small mass, with some heat added into it.
We want to know where the mass of the fuel of the winch went. Into the lifted mass went a mass that is equal to the mass of the heat energy.
Lifting the next chunk, identical to the previous one, will require one thousandth part less energy, because gravity field is now one thousandth part smaller. This energy came from the winch fuel, and was stored into the large mass. As there are 999 of these chunks, almost the same amount of energy that went into the small mass, went into the large mass. The exact ratio is 999/1000.
EDIT: Let's consider Alice, who holds a rope, and Bob, who descends into a gravity well, sliding along the rope, wearing gloves. The gravity field is homogeneous, so Alice will say that weight of Bob does not change. Bob will say that the gloves get hot, and their mass and weight increases.
Now let's say Bob slides down so slowly that any extra heat is radiated away. In this case Alice will say that mass and weight of Bob decreases. Bob will say that his mass and weight do not change.
If braking energy leaves Bob, Bob loses mass.
If Alice is lowering Bob into a well, mass moves from Bob to Alice. The reverse process of this is Alice pulling Bob up from a well, mass moving from Alice to Bob.
When Bob is descending, there is NO energy moving from anywhere into Bob, although physicists may so claim. Alice will confirm this. Bob's weight newer increases, during descending process, that's what Alice will say.


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For the past year Ive been reading loads of the threads in here and decided that I was going to give writing my own thread a shot. So here we go! Ill give you a quick insight into my FM2011 game, it was my only save on FM2011 and the only time Ive ever got past the 4th season in any version! I got the 22nd season.
Manager History (from my FM2011 game)
Also my reputation got to World Class after starting from Sunday League.
In this game I am simply going to enjoy international management. I am interested to see what sort of game it pans out to be. I will be starting with Northern Ireland and once I get sacked, I simply don't think there is anything more I can do or there just aren't enough good players coming through to keep the game enjoyable I will simply leave and take on a new international side. I am hoping to stay with Northern Ireland as long as possible but we shall see how that works out. If you want to have a read of my club career thread then its here: Conquering the world? It's like taking candy from a baby... Both threads will be active and have updates!
I have edited the league names and some teams names like FCP, so that theyre named correctly. If you would like the database then I will gladly upload it, would just need some help on how to do that. So, here is my initial game setup:
Game Setup
Starting in England July 2011 with a large database (7200 players)
Manager Profile
World Rankings
Northern Ireland Season 2011/2012
Group Table
Remaining Fixtures
Squad (before any changes)
Expectations: - Give the Qualifiers as good a shot as possible. Im not expecting to get near the Play-Offs, mainly due to the fact I will try and bed my own tactics into the team and that may cost us a few results.
Whilst managing Northern Ireland I will do an update every match.


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As the title says, if a number is divisible by a number, is it always divisible by that number's factors?
An example being that $100$ is divisible by $20$, it is also divisible by $10, 5, 4, 2$ as well?
Does this always apply?
As the title says, if a number is divisible by a number, is it always divisible by that number's factors?
An example being that $100$ is divisible by $20$, it is also divisible by $10, 5, 4, 2$ as well?
Does this always apply?
Yes. It is indeed true. The proof also follows immediately. Before looking at the proof, lets us understand what it means to say that $x \in \mathbb{Z}$ divides $y \in \mathbb{Z}$.
We say that $x \in \mathbb{Z}$ divides $y \in \mathbb{Z}$, if there exists $n \in \mathbb{Z}$, such that $ y = x \times n$.
For instance, $6$ divides $-30$, since we have $-5 \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $-30 = 6 \times (-5)$.
Similarly, $27$ divides $108$, since we have $4 \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $108 = 27 \times 4$.
Now lets prove your claim.
Claim: If $a$ divides $b$ and $b$ divides $c$, then $a$ divides $c$, where $a,b,c \in \mathbb{Z}$.
Since $a$ divides $b$, we have $n_1 \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $b = a \times n_1$.
Similarly, since $b$ divides $c$, we have $n_2 \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $c = b \times n_2$.
Making use of the fact that $b = a \times n_1$ in the above equation, we get that $$c = \underbrace{(a \times n_1) \times n_2 = a \times (n_1 \times n_2)}_{\text{By associativity of multiplication}} = a \times n$$ where $n = n_1 \times n_2 \in \mathbb{Z}$.
Hence, $a$ divides $c$.
Yes, suppose $n$ is divisible by $m$, and $m$ is divisible by $k$. This means $n=m\ell$ and $m=kj$, all integers. Then $n=m\ell=(kj)\ell$, so $k\mid n$ by the definition of divisibility.
Yes, divisibility is transitive, i.e. $\rm\:a\:|\:b,\ b\:|\:c\:\Rightarrow\:a\:|\:c,\:$ since $\rm\: b = aa',\ c = bb' = aa'b'.$
In terms of fractions: $\rm\ a\:|\:b,\,b\:|\:c\ \Rightarrow\ \dfrac{b}a,\,\dfrac{c}b\in \mathbb Z\ \Rightarrow \dfrac{b}a\dfrac{c}b = \dfrac{c}a\in\mathbb Z\ \Rightarrow\ a\:|\:c$
i.e. divisibility is transitive because integers are closed under product $\rm\:\mathbb Z \times \mathbb Z \subset \mathbb Z$
Similarly $\rm\:a\:|\:b,c\:\Rightarrow\:a\:|\:b+c\:$ since integers are closed under sum $\rm\:\mathbb Z + \mathbb Z\subset \mathbb Z,\:$ viz.
$$\smash{\rm a\:|\:b,c\ \Rightarrow\ \dfrac{b}a,\,\dfrac{c}a\in\mathbb Z\ \Rightarrow\ \dfrac{b}a+\dfrac{c}a = \dfrac{b\!+\!c}a\in\mathbb Z\ \Rightarrow\ a\:|\:b\!+\!c}$$
Divisibility is a partial order on the positive integers.


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The San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and County Public Health Department are advising the public of deteriorating air quality in the Oceano Dunes/Nipomo Mesa area due to blowing dust and sand. High winds, blowing sand and dust is forecasted to occur from Tuesday, June 18 through Sunday, June 23 from 11 am to 7 pm, with the dust forecasted to peak from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Very sensitive individuals such as infants, as well as children and adults with existing respiratory or heart conditions, may experience adverse health effects during blowing dust periods.
County officials recommend that the public reschedule outdoor activities to occur when there is no visible dust. If blowing dust and sand is visible in the air, County officials recommend all adults and children avoid strenuous outdoor activity, remain indoors as much as possible, and set any heating/air conditioning/ventilation systems to recirculation.
The public is advised to consult your doctor if you are experiencing health problems in an area with blowing dust and sand. If staying indoors does not provide relief, temporarily leaving the area and going to a location where the sand is not blowing and dust is not visible is advised.


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Is there a way to make onself remember facts from an audiobook (containing for instance a list of countries and their capitals) played out loud while sleeping?
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Theoretical perspective: No. I don't think so. From a cognitive information processing perspective, I would hypothesise that declarative learning of new facts would not occur while sleeping. Of course, learning declarative facts while awake, but in bed (e.g., when going to sleep or when waking up in the morning) is possible, and sleep is important in consolidating what is learnt during the day. I don't think the mind is capable of the kinds of information processing required to process facts when asleep.
Empirical perspective: Nonetheless, my theoretical perspective above may be wrong, so it is worth while looking at the empirical evidence. I found an early review of research in Simon and Emmons (1955). The study critically evaluates 10 or so studies on sleep learning and suggests that each of them suffers from some form of methodological weakness.
Wood et al (1992) provide a more recent summary of the literature:
Specifically, it appears that in their study Wood et al (1992) did not find any effect:


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February 27, 2012
A designer's day out in Cape Town
With Cape Town appointed the World Design Capital for 2014 there is no doubt that all creative eyes will be on the city in the coming years. Cape Town's creative community is getting ready to welcome visitors with open arms this year, starting with the annual Design Indaba at the end of February, and Infecting the City's Public Arts Festival at the beginning of March. Until then we've put together a list of places to visit to get those creative juices flowing.
No morning is complete without a great cup of coffee so start your day at Haas Coffee Collective in Bo-Kaap. The coffee shop and studio combo is a great place to start your creative journey around Cape Town. Once you've got your caffeine buzz going, head down to the Freeworld Design Centre, South Africa's only gallery space dedicated to interior design. Another must-visit for interior design fans is the Daddy Long Legs Art Hotel on Long Street. Each of the hotel's 13 quirky rooms were uniquely decorated by some of South Africa's best artists, poets, photographers, designers and musicians, who were afforded complete freedom to interpret the space as they pleased.
If you're feeling a little peckish from your busy morning, stop in at the Field Office for lunch. The popular "coffice" is a great place to refuel before checking out Cape Town's innovation district knows as The Fringe, an up-and-coming area filled with design studios. Theatre lovers will delight in a tour of the beautifully restored Fugard Theatre, home to the internationally acclaimed Isango Portobello Theatre Company, and named after Athol Fugard, one of South Africa's most significant and internationally acclaimed playwrights.
From there head to Woodstock, one of Cape Town's oldest suburbs and a hub of creativity, and pay a visit to artist and genius recycler Heath Nash at his studio. Around the corner you'll find award-winning furniture designer Haldane Martin who is well-known for his work in Cape Town's many boutique hotels.
To round off your day head back to town and visit one of Cape Town's most loved micro-breweries, &Union, for an artisanal beer and a bite to eat. The watering hole offers a brilliant selection of craft beers and is frequented by creative types looking to wind down after a hard day's work.


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This page is a sampling of some of the items available at Bakery Nouveau. Our menu varies seasonally and sometimes even weekly, depending on what ingredients are in season. Because we strive to have the freshest products possible, pricing and availability are subject to change without notice, and might not be reflected on this page. For our current selection and prices, please call us at 206-923-0534 (West Seattle) or 206-858-6957 (Capitol Hill), and we'll be happy to answer your questions!
Product Orders
Our café always has a large selection of fresh baked goods and desserts to choose from, which are sold on a first come, first serve basis. However, if there are specific items you want, and they are currently in season, we are happy to take a pre-paid order. For this, we require a minimum of 48 hours advanced notice. Why 48 hours? It lets us place your order into our production schedule, either adjusting our normal batch sizes or starting a batch just for that order. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff can assist you in person while you are in the café, or by phone at 206-923-0534 (West Seattle) or 206-858-6957 (Capitol Hill). We currently do not take orders through e-mail, although we are happy to answer questions about product availability. Please note that chocolates and macarons may require 72 hours or more, due to a longer production cycle. Please call or e-mail for further information, we would be happy to help you"
Breakfast Pastries
At Bakery Nouveau we make all our products with only the very best natural ingredients. You will savor every morsel of out buttery croissants and fresh fruit Danish. The following is a sample of assorted favorites and traditional pastries. Our pastries are baked several times daily to ensure ultimate freshness.
As in France, a light, flaky breakfast pastry with a wonderful buttery flavor that is never greasy.
Twice Baked Almond Croissant
Our classic croissant soaked in simple syrup and filled with delicious almond cream. It is topped with sliced almonds and additional almond cream.
Twice Baked Chocolate Croissant
Our classic chocolate croissant soaked in simple syrup and filled with delicious almond cream. It is topped with sliced almonds and additional almond cream and a bar of decadent chocolate.
Cherry Almond Croissant
A balance of sweet almond cream and dried sour cherries wrapped in flaky croissant dough.
Sugar Brioche
A breakfast roll that is rich with the flavors of butter, eggs and sugar.
Chocolate Chip Brioche
Traditional Brioche filled with chocolate chips.
Pear Danish
A very flaky and flavorful pastry filled with pastry cream, almond cream and a delicious pear half.
Parisian Macaroons
These traditional Parisian cookies are light and airy. They are rumored to be the best outside of Paris! Flavor choices vary by day and feature: Café, Passion fruit, Chocolate, Raspberry, Pistachio, Coconut, Caramel, Salt Caramel, Blood Orange and Cassis.
The most divine chocolate brownie you have ever eaten! These gems are even wrapped to go in parchment paper.
An assortment of favorites: chocolate chip, peanut butter, shortbread, snickerdoodle and others.
Traditional & Specialty Breads
We shape all our breads by hand and bake several times daily to ensure ultimate freshness. A warm baguette may not make it all the way home.
Parisian Baguette
A hand crafted jewel that can accompany any meal. This is the classic symbol of French bread.
An authentic bread of Italy. This rustic country style loaf has a creamy, chewy interior and a crisp, crackly crust.
This flat bread has been seasoned with both herbs and extra virgin olive oil brushed on top to enhance this timeless classic.
Oat and Date
Originally developed for the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie 2005, we feel that these flavors marry well for toast at breakfast or a hearty accompaniment to dinner.
Country Sour
The true character of a European staple, the unique flavor in this chewy bread is developed through a series of long fermentations.
Sandwiches, Pizza & Quiche
We take great pride in the quality of our lunch offerings. Everything is made fresh daily with as many local ingredients as possible. Our lunch menu changes seasonally. Please check the chalkboard for the Chef's specialty sandwich or quiche.
Ham and Cheese on Baguette
A Bakery Nouveau favorite combining hickory smoked ham, emmenthaller cheese and cornichons on our own baguette.
Roast Beef on Brioche
Roasted Duck
Sicilian Pizza
Pizza by the slice
You will want to try every flavor of our fantastic quiche! We are currently offering: Lorraine, Spinach and Ricotta with Pine nut and Mushroom with Goat Cheese. Please see our display case for specials of the day like Three Cheese Quiche and Smoked Salmon with Roasted Potatoes.
Assorted Chocolates
Wonderful handmade candies created with only the finest French and Belgium couverture chocolate. Our chocolates can be enjoyed individually or taken home in beautifully packaged gift boxes.
Many flavors will rotate through the seasons and are subject to availability.
Cakes, Tarts & Desserts
Bakery Nouveau excels at creating unique and delicious desserts. Whether you are looking for a cake, tart or specialty dessert you're sure to be delighted with our selection. The style and presentation of these beautiful and flavorful products will vary throughout the year to complement the seasons and the best possible ingredients.
For prompt personal service regarding cake selection please call 206-923-0534 (West Seattle) or 206-858-6957 (Capitol Hill).
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|Serves 1-2
|6 inch
|Serves 4-6
|8 inch
|Serves 8-10
|10 inch
|Serves 10-12
Sheet Cakes come in both standard and specialty cakes. Standard flavors are chocolate, butter and carrot. Fillings and frostings can be chosen individually and are: chocolate mousse, vanilla buttercream, cream cheese, lemon and raspberry crémeux and chocolate glaze. Specialty sheet cakes are our Praline Dream or Phoenix Cake.
|¼ sheet cake
|Serves 15-20
|½ sheet cake
|Serves 40-50
|Whole sheet cake
|Serves 90-100
Try the Carrot Cake made with carrots and black currants, or the Chocolate Mocha Cheese Cake made with 60% chocolate and fresh coffee, or our famous Classic Triple layer Chocolate Cake prepared with super moist chocolate cake and decadent 64% chocolate mousse.
Carrot Cake
Spiced cake with carrots and black currants finished with cream cheese frosting and shredded coconut.
Chocolate Mocha Cheese Cake
60% Chocolate and coffee ganache on a chocolate crumb crust and finished with a chocolate glaze.
"Classic" Chocolate Cake
This cake is prepared with super moist chocolate cake and 64% chocolate mousse. It is finished with chocolate glaze and chocolate shards.
Rich and creamy our mousse is unsurpassed in flavor and quality. Try the gorgeous Chocolate Raspberry Dome, Passion Fruit Mousse Dome, Banana Mouse, Black Current Panna Cotta or Praline Dream which was awarded best chocolate dessert from Seattle Magazine in 2007. Also try our award winning Phoenix cake. In 2005, William and his teammates won the bronze medal in The National Pastry Competition. The Phoenix cake scored highest in flavor at the competition.
This cake scored the highest points in the National Pastry Championship, 2005. It is a triple layer mousse cake with a delicate balance of pear mousse, 70% chocolate mousse, caramel mousse, pecan dacquoise and chocolate sponge cake. All covered with a caramel glaze.
Chocolate Raspberry Dome
64% chocolate mousse with raspberry crémeux (a curd) center on a chocolate biscuit (sponge cake) finished with a raspberry glaze.
Banana Mousse
64% chocolate mousse surrounds caramelized fresh bananas in a banana mousse, finished with caramel mousse, caramel glaze, and chocolate glaze.
Praline Dream
As featu64% chocolate mousse with a praline Feulletine mixture (delicate and flakey milk chocolate and praline paste) layered on a chocolate biscuit finished with Gianduja (milk chocolate with hazelnut paste).
Black Currant Panna Cotta
This beautiful dessert features Cassis Mousse (chocolate and black currant mousse) with a vanilla bean panna cotta center, sitting on a brenton cookie and finished with cassis glaze.
70% Mousse
A dark 70% chocolate mousse on a chocolate biscuit base coated with a black glaze (very dark, strong cocoa powder) decorated with a 60% chocolate bar.
We have tarts for all tastesTry the Cherry Almond Pear, Salt Caramel Apple, Strawberry, Lemon Meringue, Chocolate Ganache and Tart Tartin. Flavors are seasonal; please contact the café staff for a current selection.
Cherry Almond Pear
Cherry and pear fruit layered over frangipan over a thin layer of raspberry jam in a pate sucre crust. It is finished with an apricot glaze and toasted almond slivers.
Salt Caramel Apple
Sliced Granny Smith apples baked in a pate sucre crust, layered with a salt caramel apple frangipan (pastry cream with almond cream and apple filling). Finished with an apricot glaze and toasted streusel.
Strawberry Tart
Pistachio Pastry Cream in a Pate Sucre crust covered with fresh vibrant strawberries and chopped pistachios.
Lemon Meringue Tart
This is an amazingly light tart with freshly squeezed lemon juice and delicate lemon cremaux (lemon curd) in a pate sucre crust is finished with torched Italian meringue.
Chocolate Ganache Tart
Rich 60% chocolate ganache in a pate sucre shell topped with a chocolate glaze and a piped chocolate ganache border.
Passion Fruit Tart
Our Chocolate Ganache Tart topped with a passion fruit mousse dome and piped with a chocolate ganache border.
Tart Tartin
Baked custard in a pate sucre shell with a rich caramel apple dome surrounded by a whipped caramel Chantilly cream.
Other desserts
(Cream puff dough) filled with chocolate, caramel, vanilla or coffee pastry cream and topped with matching fondant. Flavors are subject to change and availability is limited.
Pot de Crème
Very rich chocolate custard topped with a dark glaze and a signature 70% Nouveau chocolate bar.
Crème Brulee
A creamy vanilla cooked custard with a caramelized crust and topped with fresh fruit.
This Bakery Nouveau favorite is made from layers of delicate puff pastry and filled with crème madame. Flavors are seasonal and availability is limited.
Information on food allergies
We at Bakery Nouveau are committed to exceptional standards of quality and kitchen organization. However, as we are a small shop, all of our equipment is shared. In addition to dairy and wheat products, other ingredients that may be of concern to those with food allergies include, but are not limited to, tree nuts (almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts and pecans), pinenuts, and peanuts. Please do not hesitate to ask if you have a question or concern about a particular product.