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Warner Bros. // 1995 // 172 Minutes // Rated R
Reviewed by Judge Sean Fitzgibbons (Retired) // August 1st, 1999
An epic tale of crime and obsession and two men on opposite sides of the law.
Michael Mann's modern day crime classic finally comes to DVD with an outstanding transfer, but little else.
When Heat came out four years ago its big selling point was the fact that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro would be squaring off on-screen. While this is definitely one of Heat's greatest attributes, the supporting cast in this film is certainly not to be overlooked. Watching this film is almost like a treat while you try to spot the numerous great actors; including Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Dennis Haysbert, Natalie Portman, Hank Azaria, Henry Rollins, Tone Loc, Jeremy Piven, and William Fichtner.
So what could attract so many great actors to one film? Heat is a true epic tale of cops and robbers that revolves around two men. Detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino) is an obsessed member of the LAPD who constantly places his family second as he is called in to investigate crimes. Neil McCauley (De Niro) is a career criminal who lives on one rule, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." Both men are stretched to their limits as McCauley plots a bank heist that will set him up for the rest of his life. As the heist approaches, McCauley, Hanna, and McCauley's partner in crime, Chris Shiherlis (Kilmer), must confront problems in their personal lives. McCauley and Shiherlis soon learn they might be too close to their personal lives this time to be willing to evade the "heat." Once the heist begins, lives are destroyed and renewed as McCauley and Hanna head towards one final confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles.
Heat is an extremely intricate film with many fine plot points involving many of the film's supporting characters. Some supporting characters are more well-developed than others, but when the action goes down you begin to feel attached to all the characters, as the film has shown a human side to each of them. Never before have I seen a film that so well develops the two opposite sides of a crime that you wish for both sides to succeed. To fully engross the viewer in the plot, Heat runs almost three hours long, but once you're sucked into the film you cannot stop watching. Heat is, by far, Michael Mann's greatest film to date.
Since the onset of the DVD format consumers have been craving a Heat
DVD. The laserdisc version of this film proved to be a great showcase for Dolby Digital surround sound and an instant classic. Thankfully, the DVD version of Heat can be considered a classic in its own rite.
Spread over two layers, the 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer on the Heat
DVD is pristine. I thank God every time I look at this disc because it is anamorphically enhanced, which will allow me to enjoy the film for a long time to come (hopefully) on my future widescreen TV. Throughout its three hour run there are no compression artifacts visible on the transfer. Both day and night sequences look stunning on this disc with great flesh tones and a black level that is dead on.
What has always set Heat apart as a film, in a technical sense, has been its outstanding audio track. The action sequences in this film are brought to life by gunfire and explosions, which are heard loud and clear on this disc's Dolby Digital 5.1 track. The dialogue is intentionally quieter than the gunfire for action sequences, tricking you into turning up the volume to hear what the characters are saying, then turning around to blow your eardrums away during a shootout. This track rivals my other favorite audio track from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which only holds up better because of the many more instances of action in that film.
Putting a great anamorphic transfer of a three-hour film (along with an equally stunning audio track) on a dual layered DVD is not going to leave much room for anything else. Therefore the extra content on this DVD is rather sparse, limited to three theatrical trailers
No matter what the film, moviegoers are always reserved about those films that run three hours in length. It takes a truly outstanding film to succeed in holding the attention of an audience for three hours. If a film is decent, but runs for three hours, audiences will hate it (take The Postman for example). The length of Heat is daunting but pays off in a big way. Heat demands to be watched at once, not an hour here and an hour there, to fully engross you in its complex storyline. Therefore, all those who are considering watching this film (whether on DVD or any other format) should be prepared to set aside a three-hour block of time.
As I said before, there is not much extra content on this disc, but I think there really wasn't much room for it either. A commentary by Michael Mann would definitely make for a better disc, along with some production notes, possibly a behind the scenes featurette, or interviews with some of the actors involved in this film.
At an MSRP of $20 (which you can translate into $15 on the street) Heat is a good enough film to make this DVD, without a lack of extra content, definitely worth a purchase. You'll be buying a DVD that has such a great transfer it will be able to stand the test of time and still look good for many years down the road.
Acquitted on all counts. The Heat is on! (Oh, come on! I had to say it!)
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Scales of Justice
Video: 95
Audio: 99
Extras: 30
Acting: 98
Story: 97
Average: 84
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Studio: Warner Bros.
Video Formats:
* 2.35:1 Anamorphic
Audio Formats:
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English)
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (French)
* English
* French
Running Time: 172 Minutes
Release Year: 1995
MPAA Rating: Rated R
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Just snagged a standard set with free pickup. Should makes good Xmas gift.
Bought one of each. Good deal!
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It is very easy to travel by plane, train, bus, and car from Shanghai to other Chinese cities and villages. Within the following pages you will find various descriptions of destinations that students have chosen to see during past semesters at the NYU Shanghai program. These villages and cities within China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guilin, Hangzhou, Hongcun, Huangshan, Jiuzhaigou, Xidi, Xitang, and Yangshuo.
One important thing to remember is that China is HUGE! While it is relatively easy to book flights or train rides, students often miscalculate the time that it will take to travel from Shanghai to other destinations. For example, the train ride from Shanghai to Beijing is approximately twelve hours non-stop; however, a flight from Shanghai to Beijing only takes about two hours. Keep these times in mind when you are planning weekend trips!
Making flight or train reservations can be somewhat tricky for students who have never traveled around China, as you may run into issues because of a language barrier. The NYU in Shanghai staff is happy to assist students who wish to purchase weekend travel tickets. However, make sure you ask for assistance at least a few weeks in advance to allow for processing time.
Have an idea of sites you want to visit and things you want to do during your trip. Do some research on travel blogs and communities. You should ask friends and family who have traveled before about places they enjoyed the most. Read through site-specific guide books like Lonely Planet, Let's Go, Rough Guide, Rick Steves, or Frommers.
Book all travel far in advance. However, do not book anything until after the first week of classes. You may find there are NYU-sponsored trips already in place.
Located north of Shanghai, you can travel to Beijing on a short, direct flight or take the cheaper option: the 12 hour overnight train. Beijing is the center for Chinese government and politics, thus their buildings and points of interest are older and rich with ancient Chinese history. You cannot leave Beijing without exploring the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Ming tombs, the new Olympic stadium, and of course the Great Wall. There are many hotel chains located in Beijing, so lodging is not a problem.
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province and serves as an economic and transportation center. Although it is older than Shanghai, Chengdu is home to great shopping, tourist sites, and of course, amazing Sichuan-style spicy food. While visiting Chengdu, make sure to check out the Sichuan Opera and the Panda Breeding and Research Center, where you will have a chance to see pandas up close and even take a picture with one! Chengdu is also the main inland access to Tibet, so combining those two trips together during spring break is very feasible.
Chongqing is like Shanghai on steroids. There are more people, brighter lights, and more buildings. It is the largest municipality in China, with 30 million people, the population of the entire country of Canada. From Chongqing, you can board a cruise down the Yangtze river and get a good look at the three gorges, an absolutely gorgeous site.
The city of Guilin is located in Guangxi Province, near another popular travel destination mentioned in this guide, Yangshuo. Located on the west bank of the Li River, Guilin boasts many beautiful views and water sports destinations. Students traveling to Guilin and Yangshuo should definitely take advantage of the bamboo rafting opportunities. Being situated along a mountainous region, Guilin also offers hiking adventures for those athletic tourists! One of their most popular hiking adventures is a trip up to Moon Hill, pictured below. Take time out to enjoy the beauty of China's countryside.
Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province is renowned for its natural beauty and the artistic influences of its historic inhabitants. The West Lake is the center of Hangzhou, with boats that can take you from bank to bank to explore the multiple pagodas, hiking trails, and the Buddhist carvings inside the Feilai Feng Caves. Hangzhou is also home to the oldest Buddist Temple, Lingyin Si, and has gained a notable reputation for its teas and silk. Hangzhou is great for a two day vacation because is just a three hour train ride from Shanghai. Feel free to take a trip to the Long Ji Rice terraces, too. We must warn you, though, that it is a 3-4 hour bus ride to the mountain village. Students loved Hangzhou because it allowed them to leave the hustle and bustle of Shanghai and enjoy a peaceful afternoon with clean air and the relaxing comfort of nature.


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This is question has been really killing me. In XNA when you want to convert an image to color data using Texture.GetData, it only lets you make it a one dimensional array instead of a 2D one. This makes it much more difficult to work with. Is there a specific reason it's like that?
Xna is built uppon Directx and Directx use this strategy cause this is how the the display driver exposes information it gets from the video board. (actually it exposes an array of bytes). Also to give you a 2d array, the api would need to know the "size" of each texel and the dimensions of you texture to make the conversion. For performance reason, they let the user decide if they want/need to make the conversion.
You can always convert the recovered array in a 2d one. (or you can wrap it in a class that make the coordinate conversion)
As Tpastor had a great answer on why, here is how to convert it from the hard to read 1D array, to a simple 2D array for easy access to each pixel.


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I am making game and need to prepare view for level selection. Could you recommend me some opensource library which could I use? I need icons to vibrate after long pressing one of them, some callbacks after choosing them, possibility to prepare custom icon's view, page control and horizontal scrolling. I was trying to use OpenSpringBoard but weirdly couldn't see scrollview and pagecontrol working in this project - it seems that there's possibility to use only one page. On the other hand, myLauncher(https://github.com/dlinsin/myLauncher) isn't so easy to include in project, as I need a seperate view with some delegate methods.
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I've heard many rumors of the infamous movie mistake - the white van, visible in the background of one of the battle scenes in Braveheart. However I've never spotted it. Does anyone have a time code or key identifying moment and quadrant of screen to look for the van?
The scene is the second "goof" of this YouTube video:
It's a bit different to Seanland's answer, but this site gives a couple of instances (both on the first page).
It's not during a battle scene like you asked, but (apparently) it is van and not a car.
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WEIRTON - The Weirton United Way's 2012 campaign is fully under way, and already is more than half way to its goal of $280,000.
Campaign officials and guests gathered at the Serbian American Cultural Center Friday for the Weirton United Way's first report luncheon of the campaign year to hear the status of the ongoing fundraising efforts.
"It's been a really exciting start to the campaign," Executive Board President John Frankovitch said.
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Following the divisional reports, it was announced the campaign has brought in $147,891.98 - or 53 percent - of this year's goal.
"We're more than half-way home," Campaign Chair John Greco said.
The guest speaker for the luncheon was Tina Edwards, representing the Dunbar Center.
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Tina Edwards, of the Dunbar Center, discusses the impact of the Weirton United Way on the center and the programs it can provide for local children. Edwards was the guest speaker Friday during the United Way's first report luncheon of the 2012 campaign. -- Craig Howell
Hancock County Savings Bank recently contributed to one of the Weirton United Way's campaign fundraisers by purchasing 100 totes as part of a 31 party held by the United Way during its kickoff week. A percentage of the profits from the party will go to the United Way. The bank will use the totes in its own marketing efforts. Pictured are, from left, United Way Executive Director Kristin Bowman Cross, Campaign Chair John Greco, Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Ferrari and Campaign Vice Chair Don Gianni Jr. -- Craig Howell
Edwards noted, as a child, she spent time at the center herself and learned much about helping others and giving back to the community under the guidance of Roberta Colliers.
Edwards explained the Dunbar Center works to provide a variety of events for children, including tutoring, bible study and assistance with developing social skills.
Among some of their newer activities is a program to honor students at the center who have been named to their school's honor roll and graduated from high school.
"We just wanted to try it and see how it turned out," Edwards said.
She noted the recent work of a local Boy Scout who performed a beautification project at the Dunbar Center, including the installation of a new sign, as well as the addition of line dancing each Wednesday for the parents of children who attend the center.
"Without the help of the United Way, none of this would be possible," Edwards said.
Frankovitch said the Dunbar Center is one of the local organizations he personally holds close to his heart, and he often stops by to see how things are with the children and everyone there.
He explained the Dunbar Center is a place where the children are able to enjoy themselves, adding visitors can tell the children are there of their own desire.
"That was their home," Frankovitch said. "That is where they're comfortable. That's where they wanted to be."
The Weirton United Way represents 15 area agencies, including the American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Club of Weirton, Girl Scouts Black Diamond Council, Boy Scouts of America, CHANGE, Inc., Community Bread Basket, Dunbar Recreation Center, Healthways Inc., Hancock/Brooke/Ohio/Marshall Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Hancock County Sheltered Workshop, Hancock County 4-H Foundation, Weirton Medical Center Foundation, Mary H. Weir Public Library, Salvation Army and the Weirton Christian Center.
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After a session of full concentration, I usually like to take a 5-10min break, usually take a coffee break, or go for a quick stroll around the office. I find that this allows my "batteries to be recharged" for the next session, but sometimes it does not get back to the same level as before. I do not expect it to until I get a full session of rest (sleep).
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When non-Hodgkins lymphoma invaded Indie Dunlap's 12-year-old body, it stole her childhood and almost took her life. Dunlap is 18 now — four years cancer-free — and she finally trusts in the future. But catching up on all she missed isn't easy.
Dunlap needed a giant do-over for school years zeroed out by hospitalizations and chemo treatments, and for several sad, gray years that followed. During those, she holed up in her room in Syracuse, Utah, certain the cancer would return to claim her. High school life seemed trivial — she didn't fit in there. Doing homework felt pointless. Meanwhile, her parents' marriage crumbled, adding to her gloom.
She drifted along, going nowhere. About a year ago, though, something took hold. Dunlap embraced her life.
"I finally came to the realization of what the future can actually hold for me," she said. "Instead of just giving up, I started planning for the future — going to college, getting a good job, stuff like that."
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Online learning is a popular option for fast learners, too. Forty-seven percent of dual enrollment students — those taking high school and college courses at the same time — took them online. And 29 percent of students in advanced placement courses did them online, according to the 2012 figures from NCES.
Online learning gives second chances to students who might not otherwise find the support or flexibility they need to be successful, said Susan Patrick, president and CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. That means a student doesn't have to sit through a class for an entire semester when all they need is a review of certain key elements to fill gaps and achieve mastery.
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21 Dec 2011 5:32 PM #1
GXT 3.0 - expand and collapse events for TreeGrid
I can't find any way to intercept expand and collapse events for the TreeGrid... am I missing something or is this just not supported?
23 Dec 2011 4:38 AM #2
Have you tried tree.addBeforeExpandHandler(...)?
23 Dec 2011 3:29 PM #3
Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I need to use a TreeGrid not a Tree.
Actually, I would happily use a Tree but I also need it to be editable and can't find any way to make an editable Tree.
Seems like a bit of a catch 22, need an editable Tree use a TreeGrid, need to handle expand and collapse use a Tree. Need both...
24 Dec 2011 12:32 AM #4
I think you will be able to use a tree for editable items.
Just write your own cell, based Cell<C>, override onBrowserEvent and onRender with the behavior you want and use setCell(yourCell) to set the Cell inside the tree.
I would give this a try.
11 Apr 2012 6:07 AM #5
Is there a reason, expand and collapse events are not supported in a TreeGrid? I also miss that feature.
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TreeGrid now implements HasBeforeCollapseItemHandlers, HasCollapseItemHandlers, HasBeforeExpandItemHandlers, and HasExpandItemHandlers. Changes are in RC2:
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Marcelo Gomes guesting with the Royal Ballet
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:38 AM
Gomes replaces Sergei Polunin as Oberon in just one performance of The Dream next week - 9 Feb - dancing with Alina Cojocaru. This sounds like good news to me (that Gomes is coming, not that Polunin has gone!) - any comments from people who've seen him in the role?
My memory is rusty on him in this, but really I think getting Gomes is always a good thing.
He is an incredibly dedicated and engaged dancer who is one of the most fantastic partners around. Superb technically, but also at creating emotional connections with his partners. I know there should be reviews of him in the role in the archives of the NYTimes online...
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I think it's the first time he's danced with the RB so there will be a lot of interest - though it won't make much difference to the box office as the performance, which also includes Marianela Nunez making her debut in Song of the Earth, is already 'returns only'. My only slight concern is that he may be a bit tall for Cojocaru.
I wouldn't worry too much about that. He really has the ability to make any partner look marvelous, it is really one of his great gifts. And while given the relative lack of tall strong men at ABT he often partners the taller women, he does partner smaller ones as well on occasion, and I've never heard nor observed it to be an issue.
I look forward to reports!
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Is there an actual definition of "direction" (that is, spatial direction) in physics, or is it just one of those terms that's left undefined? In physics textbooks it's always just taken for granted that the reader knows what it means (and it is true that just about everyone does indeed have an "intuitive" idea of what it is). But it would be more satisfying to have an concrete definition, if possible.
In a slightly philosophical vein, direction acquires meaning only when you compare two objects. For example, when you attribute a "direction" to a vector,you are comparing it to the basis set of that vector space. By comparing I mean taking the inner product. I must emphasize that "direction" has meaning only as a representation.
A representation is a list of coefficients from the field over which the vector space is defined.
A representation is meaningless unless the basis set is specified. If somebody gives you a list of three numbers (a,b,c), there is not much you can say unless they give you the basis set $\{v_{i}\}_{i=1,3}$
The definition of direction is by three numbers--- (a,b,c) which represent the components of a vector along an arbitrary x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis. But if you ignore the motivation, a vector is a triplet of numbers. This reduces the description of direction to the description of real numbers, and has been the standard definition since the time of Descartes.
The reason this definition took so long to formulate is because there is an arbitrariness in the choice of coordinates. Given a collection of directions (triplets of numbers) which describe a physical situation, one can always transform all the directions by a rotation matrix (which is defined noncircularly as a matrix all of whose columns are perpendicular to each other and have unit length), and the situation is not altered.
Because of the rotation business, mathematicians are often uncomforable with the definition of direction by triplets of numbers, but this is really the best way, since all other methods are more complicated and needlessly so. The issue of an arbitrary coordinate frame to describe invariant objects is important for other reasons, and is central to gauge theories.
LATER EDIT: The proper definition of a pure direction is the ratio of a nonzero vector to its length, which is algebraically simple, because the length is the square root of the sum of the squares of the components. This defines a pure direction. But a vector with direction and magnitude is simply the three numbers together. This obvious clarification is because of a downvote and comment below.
I reckon it describes a non-commutative relationship between two objects (or events) which is completely determined by their position in some (measurable) space, independent of their distance (by some well defined measure of distance) and some set of operations on both of them (probably just translation really).
Can anyone do better? (I expect they can)
As an aside, I guess you could use a method more suited to analytical philosophy. If I wanted to examine what a direction as used by physicists was, I would do something like: 1) Acknowledge that most physicists would agree on what a direction is. 2) Look at how they use it and write about it, I expect I would see that it is a relationship between two things, that it requires some concept of a space, probably some set of coordinates etc, 3) Try and concisely write down what I learned, probably tearing my hair out at the same time. 4) go to 2 and check what I wrote
Take the tangent vector at the start of the shortest path between a pair of distinct points, and mod out by distance. What you have left is "direction". In a Euclidean space with a standard metric, you can do this by just dividing any non-zero vector by its length. The resulting normalized vector is a "direction". For curved spaces, it is a bit more complicated, but still the same basic idea.
Simply: Points are well defined in a space (e.g Euclidean space). Now consider two points. One can assign two information to these two points 1) distance and 2) direction. I skip the concept of the distance. The choice (or information)of which point be first and the other be second point defines the direction.
Man, some of the answers are way of the heads of morons like me, but anyway...
At a basic level, a vector is construced from the difference between two coordinates a-b. The number that represents the distance between them is the magnitude of displacement vector ab. There is nothing else, certainly no direction intrinsic to it. Introducing a third coordinate means you can define a second displacement vector ac. Let's suppose the magnitude of ab = ac. We can define the angle between ab and ac as the ratio of the arc distance between b and c to the circumference of a circle of radius equal to the magnitude of ab=ac. That's one way of doing it, but essentially you're just assigning a number to a pair of vectors.
Direction is measured by angle and therefore is a function that assigns a number to two vectors. It isn't intrinsic to a vector.
I'll take this to a different level of abstraction, since you seem to want a more Philosophical approach.
Given a measure of distance between two places $x$ and $y$, $d(x,y)$, a concept of direction can be formed by considering all the dimensionless ratios of distances between pairs of places from a set $P=\{x_1,x_2,...,x_n\}$. In some cases we might convert a dimensionless ratio $-1\le r\le 1$ into an "angle" $\arccos(r)$ (which is a purely algebraic assignment that will only be helpful in some cases). If there is a (not necessarily unique) subset $S$ of the dimensionless ratios of distances that determines all the other dimensionless ratios, we might consider those to be "directions", relative to that subset. If I give you the directions $S$ and the way in which those directions determine the whole set of dimensionless ratios, and nothing extra, you can reconstruct the whole set of dimensionless ratios $R(S)$, or, more interestingly, if I give you a way in which directions determine the whole set of dimensionless ratios and give you a subset $U\subset S$, that determines $R(U)$, which is, so to speak, where I want you to go. [There are many other mathematical constructions one could contemplate, but space here and my time and everyone else's are all finite.]
This depends on us being able to identify $n$ "places" and on us assigning as many as $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ distances between them. How one does that in elementary cases is learned in geometry classes, at increasingly sophisticated levels from before kindergarten to beyond Euclid. At some point there is a move from a finite number of points/places to a countably infinite number of points/places, and then, if one doesn't mind such things, to an uncountably infinite number of points/places, but those are just ways to fill in the between (I feel happier filling it up, giving a space a continuous topology, but that's a prejudice and it's not clear that it's necessary for Physics).
It's not uncommon in Mathematical Physics to assign distances to pairs of much more abstract places. I work with individual functions or with sets of individual functions as a single place. Where differences arise, it is often because the set of places cannot be embedded in a low-dimensional space. In general it will be possible to embed a set of places and the distances between them into a lower-dimensional space than otherwise if one allows the space to be curved. Another significant difference arises if there are negative as well as positive distances, which prevents whatever system one constructs being embedded into a Euclidean space of any dimension, but might allow it to be embedded into a Minkowski or pseudo-Riemannian space.
A Physicist's criteria for how useful any given such assignment of places and distances might be will presumably include some notion of reproducibility, which gets into more difficult abstract territory, including the now ever-present relationship between probability and statistics.
Another Question, of course, is "What is Distance"? Ultimately I suppose one comes to some irreducible definitions, where one throws up one's hands and asks whether we're just going to talk about stuff or do something interesting with what we all just know, until someone points out persuasively that we don't and that it's useful to just know something different.
There is no reference to "direction" of a vector in the definition of a vector or vector space. However, we may have various examples of vector spaces. For example, the real numbers form a vector space ( without any direction). As another example, geometric arrows can form a vector space. In latter example, arrows are sketched with "direction" respect to a reference (implicitly or explicitly) for example with respect to edge of the paper or an axis or an oriented line connecting two points.


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Detour planned on Elm Grove bridge after inspection finds deterioration
Severe cracks, peeling and exposed steel were found on the Watertown Plank Road bridge in Elm Grove, raising safety concerns for the village's Board of Public Works.
The damage was found during an annual inspection conducted by Collins Engineering of the 50-year-old bridge, which crosses Underwood Creek at the 13400 block of Watertown Plank Road.
In a report given to the board of public works, the engineer noted overburden, section loss, and corroded reinforced steel evident on the north side of the bridge. »Read Full Article(8)
Employee at north side grocery killed during holdup
A grocery store employee was shot to death Friday night during a robbery on the north side, police said.
The victim, a 53-year-old man, was shot about 9 p.m. during the robbery in the 1900 block of N. 32nd St., police said.
The man became involved in a struggle with a masked gunman, who had entered the store, confronted the employee and demanded money, police said.
The robber fled in a dark colored SUV and was being sought by police late Friday.
Clevert a trailblazer in federal court
Charles Clevert came to Milwaukee 40 years ago, planning to stay just long enough to break in as a lawyer and then return to his native Richmond, Va., hang a shingle and start litigating on behalf of the little guy.
But Clevert never did leave Milwaukee. After short stints as a state and federal prosecutor, Clevert became the first black bankruptcy judge in Wisconsin. Appointed at age 30, he was the youngest to fill such a post in the nation. In the mid-1990s, Clevert became the first - and still only - black federal judge in the state.
After 35 years as a judge, Clevert announced earlier this year that he is going to senior status - semiretirement for federal judges, where they continue to draw their salary but are able to cut back their caseload. He said he will keep his current cases but cut new cases in half. »Read Full Article(10)
Authorities search Cedarburg area for missing man, 24
Authorities in Ozaukee County are searching for a man reported missing while visiting his parents from out of state.
Robert E. Steinbrecker, 24, was last seen about 2 a.m. Thursday by two friends from whom he ran while the three were walking on Cedar Creek Road from the City of Cedarburg to his parents' home in the Town of Cedarburg, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.
Steinbrecker is described as white, six feet tall and weighing 165 pounds with red, shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a dark green heavy parka, brown pants, a green and gold Green Bay Packers knit hat, black tennis shoes and an off-white button-up shirt with a black T-shirt underneath.
Anyone who has seen Steinbrecker since 2 a.m. Thursday is asked to call their local law enforcement agency or the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office at (262) 284-7172.
Madison woman tries to shoot husband, gun misfires, police say
Madison - Madison police say a woman tried to shoot her husband but the gun misfired.
The 46-year-old man woke up last Saturday to see a revolver pointed at him. A police spokesman said the man's wife smashed his cellphone after seeing some text messages on it, and then pulled the trigger.
The gun didn't fire, and the husband took the gun away and emptied it. »Read Full Article
Man accused of beating woman over Christmas gift
Madison - Police have arrested a man who allegedly beat a woman because the woman had been out shopping too long and had bought the wrong Christmas gift.
Police say the 23-year-old Madison man was arguing Sunday with a 30-year-old woman.
Officers were sent after getting reports of a man with a gun. When police arrived they saw a man running from the building. He jumped over a fence but was stopped by officers.
'Airplane' co-creator's mother set her own course
When she reached a certain age, Louise Abrahams Yaffe did what a lot of people do. She joined AARP.
"She figured that's what people should do," said her daughter, Jane Butenhoff. But Yaffe was also the kind of person who got involved, and getting her AARP card marked her entry into a new frontier - working on behalf of seniors.
A longtime advocate for the aging and the mother of "Airplane" co-creator Jim Abrahams - she was proud of the one line she had in the film - Yaffe died Wednesday at her Milwaukee home of complications of age. She was 97. »Read Full Article
Couple had hoped to spend Christmas with new sons
There is a bedroom waiting for 3-year-old Maxim and 4-year-old Anton at a home in Union Grove. There is a dresser full of clothes for the brothers, a Winnie the Pooh lamp and blue pillows on their beds made by a woman who thought she would soon be their grandma.
But Carrie and Wiet Crook aren't sure if the boys they thought would soon be their sons will be allowed to leave the Russian orphanages where they now live.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. »Read Full Article(18)
Authorities investigating 17-year-old girl's death in Crandon jail
Sheriff's officials from two counties are investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl in the Forest County jail from an apparent suicide.
Cody Lynn Wolfe, of Lac du Flambeau, was being held on charges of taking and driving a vehicle without consent, obstructing an officer and disorderly conduct.
She had been charged in early October, and was released on a $1,000 signature bond later but then failed to appear for a Dec. 5 hearing. A warrant was issued and she was in Vilas County Dec. 13 and transported back to Forest County's jail in Crandon. As a 17-year-old, Wolfe was charged as an adult and housed with adult inmates. There is no juvenile detention facility in Forest County. »Read Full Article
Andersen poised to hire Ludwig as offensive coordinator
Los Angeles - Andy Ludwig, the offensive coordinator at San Diego State for the last two seasons, appears to be Gary Andersen's top choice to run Wisconsin's offense in 2013.
Ludwig watched UW's Rose Bowl practice Friday and according to two sources is poised to be named UW's offense coordinator.
Andersen, who arrived in Los Angeles Friday, told reporters after practice he still cannot announce any new hirings because Wisconsin state law requires the jobs to be posted for two weeks. »Read Full Blog Post(43)
Roggensack: High court getting along, despite contentious reputation
Madison - State Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack said the state's high court is "doing just fine" Friday, despite recent personal disagreements, including one in which a justice put his hands around the neck of another.
"I think we're doing a good job," Roggensack said after turning in nomination signatures to run for a second, 10-year term on the court. "We are doing just fine."
Her opponents immediately disputed that assessment. »Read Full Article(134)
Appeals panel rules against parents of MPS student who drowned
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against Milwaukee Public Schools officials over the drowning of a seventh-grader during a supervised field trip.
Kamonie Slade died hours after being pulled from Mauthe Lake in the northern Kettle Moraine State Forest on June 14, 2010, the last day of school.
His parents filed a civil rights and wrongful death claim in 2011, naming as defendants the MPS School Board, the Roosevelt Middle School principal, an assistant to the principal, an assistant principal and a teacher who was on the trip. The assistant to the principal was later dismissed from the case. »Read Full Article(16)
Slain cop's friends congregate on Facebook to remember her
Those grieving the loss of Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer L. Sebena found a uniquely contemporary way to congregate Friday.
On Facebook.
People from near and far shared stories and sentiments on a Facebook page dedicated to her: "Remembering Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena." Some were strangers who wanted express sympathy and support. »Read Full Article
Atheist group files lawsuit over church tax status
Madison - The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Internal Revenue Service is giving unconstitutional preferential treatment to churches and other religious organizations.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Madison says the IRS is violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment as well as constitutional equal protection rights by exempting churches from having to file a detailed application form, fee and annual information form to receive and maintain tax-exempt status.
The lawsuit says that preferential treatment gives churches an exclusive and discriminatory benefit not afforded other secular nonprofits such as the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
An IRS spokesman did not immediately return a message seeking comment. (122)
Man, 89, who drowned in Outagamie County pond identified
Town of Center - Authorities have released the name of an 89-year-old man who drowned in a private pond north of Appleton.
Outagamie County Coroner Ruth Wulgaert said Bryce Spoehr drowned after his all-terrain vehicle plunged through the ice.
Divers from the sheriff's department recovered Spoehr's body and an ATV equipped with a plow from Spoehr's property in Center on Thursday. The Post-Crescent reported authorities think Spoehr was clearing snow from the frozen pond for recreational purposes. »Read Full Article
Former prisoner exonerated in homicide to receive $25,000 from state
A Milwaukee man wrongly convicted of a homicide later linked to a serial killer will get $25,000 from the state for the six years he spent in prison, but a Middleton man whose attempted sex assault conviction was overturned was denied compensation.
The Wisconsin Claims Board said late Thursday it would compensate William Avery, who was cleared by DNA evidence two years ago in the murder of a prostitute. But the board denied a similar request from Forest Shomberg, who also spent six years in prison, saying he didn't show "clear and convincing evidence" of his innocence as required by state law.
State law limits the board to awarding a maximum of $25,000 for those wrongly imprisoned, or $5,000 a year. The board can ask the Legislature for more money in specific cases, but the panel said it wouldn't ask lawmakers to give more money to Avery. »Read Full Article(9)
Brewers add LHP Mike Gonzalez to bullpen
The Brewers, who didn't have any lefties in their bullpen until last week, now have two.
The Brewers have come to terms on a 2013 contract with left-hander Mike Gonzalez, a $2.25 million deal first reported by FOX Sports.com's Ken Rosenthal. Gonzalez joins lefty Tom Gorzelanny, signed last week to a two-year free agent deal.
Both Gonzalez, 34, and Gorzelanny pitched last season for the NL East champion Washington Nationals. He began the year in the minors but was called up in June and In 47 appearances, he was 0-0 with a 3.03 ERA, with 13 games finished. In 35 2/3 innings, he allowed 31 hits and 16 walks with 39 strikeouts. Gonzalez held left-handed hitters to a .179 batting average. »Read Full Blog Post(151)
Police arrest homicide suspect after tactical situation ends peacefully
It reportedly took several hours and some tear gas, but officers from the Milwaukee Police Department's Tactical Enforcement Unit managed to get a homicide suspect to surrender overnight at a duplex in the Sherman Park neighborhood on the city's west side.
Officers from the department's neighborhood task force had information that a 30-year-old man, who is a suspect in the Dec. 10 homicide of Eddie Taylor, may be at a residence in the 4200 block of W. Roosevelt Drive.
At about 2:40 a.m. Friday, officers approached the home. They saw the suspect outside, but he retreated into the duplex. »Read Full Article
Driver accused of drinking, texting before fatal crash in Kewaskum
West Bend - Keith L. Wiedmeyer Jr. had been drinking alcohol Christmas Eve before he started driving northbound on state Highway 45 in the Village of Kewaskum, and then he started texting while driving, according to a criminal complaint.
Witnesses told police that Wiedmeyer's car recklessly rocketed through the village at speeds of 65 to 80 mph, shaking one other northbound car as if it were buffeted in heavy winds.
Wiedmeyer, 34, moved into a southbound lane to pass other northbound cars when his Pontiac Grand Prix slammed head-on into the Chevy Cobalt driven by Mark Matenaer of West Bend at 9:50 p.m. Monday, the complaint says. The collision occurred in the 1000 block of the highway, or Fond du Lac Ave., near the Gateway Café. One witness said he did not see brake lights on Wiedmeyer's car before the crash. »Read Full Article
Stanford has proved it can finish strong and win close games
Los Angeles – As Wisconsin and Stanford continue preparations for their showdown Tuesday in the 2013 Rose Bowl, one set of numbers might be telling.
Stanford is 7-2 in games decided by seven points or fewer this season. That includes a 2-1 record in overtime games.
Wisconsin, by contrast, is 2-5 in games decided by seven points or fewer. That includes a 0-3 mark in overtime games.
UW has outscored opponents, 122-77, in the fourth quarter, but is a minus-13 in overtime (16-3).
Stanford has outscored foes, 67-39, in the fourth quarter. The Cardinal defense didn't allow a point in the fourth quarter against Oregon State, Oregon and UCLA in the Pacific 12 title game.
Stanford rallied in the final quarter to win all those games.
"When you look at our defense," Stanford center Sam Schwartzstein said Friday, "in the fourth quarter, nobody scores.
"And sometimes we're way too inconsistent for what a Stanford offense should look like – early.
"But we do have the playmakers and the mentality that the fourth quarter has got to be our quarter." (5)
The Other Side: Wiederer on Peterson's season, Ponder, Frazier's coaching
Green Bay --- This week, we catch up with Dan Wiederer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune again. Wiederer says Adrian Peterson "has to be the MVP," discusses Christian Ponder's "ordinary" play these last three weeks and breaks down Leslie Frazier's coaching style:
Q: Last week, you wrote an in-depth story on Adrian Peterson's remarkable season. Do you consider this one of the best years ever for a running back?
Wiederer: "How can you not? It's been less than a year since Peterson hopped onto an operating table in Alabama to have surgery on his torn ACL and MCL in his left knee. And here he is with a legitimate chance of breaking the single-season rushing record – a mark that's been in place his entire life. Not only that, but Peterson has delivered this ridiculous surge in a season during which the Vikings' passing attack has been a disaster. Defenses have the simplest game plans possible against Minnesota. Load up the box with eight and nine defenders, use single coverage and one deep safety against the receivers and aim all the ammo at Peterson. And yet Adrian has been on a tear like none we've ever seen. Before Houston held him to 86 yards last week, Peterson had been over 100 yards in eight consecutive games, averaging 164 yards per contest and 7.5 yards per carry during that surge. That's just ridiculous. The guy has to be the MVP. »Read Full Blog Post(62)
Packers WR Cobb practices, tests ankle
Green Bay --- Wide receiver Randall Cobb may be on the verge of playing this weekend at Minnesota. Then again, maybe not. Coach Mike McCarthy will speak here at Lambeau Field shortly, but Cobb did appear to move well in the portion of practice open to the media Friday.
Today, Cobb (ankle) went through a test to determine whether or not he can play Sunday. In the corner of the Don Hutson Center, Cobb worked with a team trainer through multiple drills based on quick, sudden footwork. One drill, he sped forward and backward in a condensed area through cones. In another, he circled around the cones.
Overall, the second-year receiver tested his ankle by starting and stopping on a dime. »Read Full Blog Post(10)
Man arrested after wrong-way crash early Friday
A 35-year-old suspected drunken driver from Milwaukee has been arrested after driving the wrong way on state Highway 145 early Friday morning. Authorities say the man crashed into a car, injuring three people.
The man was seen driving north in a green van in the southbound lanes of Highway 145 near Silver Spring Road shortly after 2 a.m., Milwaukee County sheriff's office spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin said Friday.
Dispatch made a call to the sheriff's office about the wrong-way driver. Before deputies could make it to the scene a few minutes later, the driver drove more than two miles and crashed into a Toyota Camry with three passengers near the Park Place overpass just north of Good Hope Road at the juncture with U.S. 45. The Camry ended up in the ditch. »Read Full Article
Chicken alerts Wisconsin family to house fire
Alma Center - A western Wisconsin couple can credit a pet chicken for helping save them from a house fire.
Alma Center Fire Chief Jeff Gaede said they were sleeping when the chicken woke them at about 6:15 a.m. Thursday. He said the smoke alarms didn't go off when the fire started in an attic above the attached garage.
He said the chicken and a cat also escaped, but another cat died. »Read Full Article(9)
MPS board member Blewett not running for re-election
Peter Blewett, a 12-year member of the Milwaukee School Board, has filed papers with the City of Milwaukee indicating he will not run for re-election in 2013.
Four of the nine school board seats for Milwaukee Public Schools are up for election this spring: District 4 (currently held by Annie Woodward), District 5 (Larry Miller), District 6 (Peter Blewett), and District 7 (David Voeltner).
According to the city's Election Commission, Woodward, Miller and Voeltner have filed initial paperwork indicating they will run for re-election. The spring election takes place April 2, with a primary on Feb. 19. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
Wisconsin retirees could see 13% cut in payments
Madison - Retired public employees in Wisconsin could see their monthly pension payments decrease by as much as 13% starting in May, the last in a series of reductions caused by the most recent recession, the Department of Employee Trust Funds warned Friday.
Pension payments are based on the performance of funds managed by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, as well as other actuarial factors like the number of retirees entering and leaving the system.
Payments to retirees invested in the Wisconsin Retirement System's Core Fund are smoothed over a five-year period, and the declines are the result of a 26% loss in investments in 2008. »Read Full Article(240)
Drivers slide into ditches as Highway 16 turns slippery
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department is asking drivers to avoid Highway 16 in Hartland after multiple cars have slid off the road and some have had minor accidents.
Calls started coming in around 8 a.m. about vehicles in the ditch and minor damage as a result of accidents near North Shore Drive and Jungbluth Road, possibly as a result of ice on the road, a supervisor with the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department said.
The department has sent tow trucks to the scene.
The road was also backed up as of 9 a.m., so officials asked drivers to avoid that stretch if they don't want to be stuck in traffic.
Two $1 million Wisconsin lottery winners claim prizes
Madison - Two $1 million lottery winners in Wisconsin have claimed their prizes.
The winners were in central Wisconsin and southeastern Wisconsin.
Kathryn McGowan of Wausau bought a $1 million Powerball ticket on Dec. 19 in Rib Mountain. Wisconsin lottery officials say she received $672,500 in a lump sum payment after taxes. »Read Full Article
Agencies that help kids, fight homelessness get $230,000 in grants
Seven Wisconsin agencies will be able to provide more food for infants, housing and activities for homeless people, after receiving $230,000 in grants from the Assurant Foundation.
The Guest House received $50,000 to help get homeless people into long-term housing.
"We've always been a forward-thinking organization providing innovative services, but this gift from Assurant Health, through the Assurant Foundation, is catapulting us forward," said Cindy Krahenbuhl, executive director of The Guest House, in a statement. "This will allow us to transition and implement a program, called Housing First, to get people into a place they can call their own rather than requiring them to stay a lengthy time in a shelter." »Read Full Article(3)
DOT warns buyers to watch for cars damaged in Sandy
Madison - Wisconsin transportation officials are warning car buyers to watch out for vehicles damaged in superstorm Sandy.
The Department of Transportation warns the storm caused water damage to tens of thousands of vehicles, making their electrical systems suspect. Agency officials say it's likely the vehicles will start showing up on used-car lots across the country as their owners complete insurance settlements.
Buyers should look for musty smells, water-spotted upholstery, dirty taillights, silt around the air filter, discolored or painted hood insulation, brittle wiring and rust in unexpected places.
Consumers also can check a vehicle's history by running its identification number through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System's website. Insurance companies are now required to report to NMVTIS any vehicle deemed a total loss.
Winter weather advisory issued for northern counties
Meteorologists have issued a winter weather advisory for parts of Wisconsin north of Interstate 94, where 1 to 3 inches of snow could fall Friday and possibly another 2 inches Friday night.
The winter weather advisory includes Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Dodge, Washington and Ozaukee counties and goes until 3 a.m. Saturday.
The National Weather Service predicted as much as 4 to 6 inches of snow could fall in the Port Washington, Sheboygan and West Bend areas, north of a line from Portage to Watertown to Mequon. »Read Full Article(1)
Packers Podcast: McGinn and Dunne on Jordy Nelson, Ryan Grant, Adrian Peterson, the Pro Bowl, Packers-Vikings
In this week's podcast, Bob McGinn and Tyler Dunne discuss Jordy Nelson's return, Ryan Grant's resurgence, Adrian Peterson's pursuit of the rushing record, the Pro Bowl and the Packers-Vikings matchup.
Listen here, or download the mp3 file here. You can also find the podcast in the iTunes store. (1)
State takes comments on Marquette Interchange construction
The state Department of Transportation is now accepting comments by email on its proposals to "unjam" the Marquette Interchange.
On its website, the state has listed six alternatives it considered in coming up with the final proposal and the reasons why the five other options weren't chosen. The site also includes a map.
The final plan involves adding an auxiliary lane on westbound I-94, approximately from 25th through 35th St. »Read Full Blog Post(21)
The restaurant closings (and refashionings) of 2012
Every year has its share of restaurant closings. In 2012, an unusual number of restaurants closed but reopened fairly quickly with new concepts under ownership that was the same or just somewhat different.
Those include: »Read Full Blog Post(6)
On Tap Today: Hollywood elbows its way back
Who'd a-thunk Hollywood still had the juice? But the mainstream film industry did indeed seize this year, striking back at the box office against the relentless trendiness of indie films. Learn more as Movie Critic tells us what movies he put on his 2012 Top 10 List – and why -- in Friday's Weekend Cue.
Dining Critic Carol Deptolla has a "Best" list of her own. She gives us a roundup of "Best New Restaurants of 2012." Among them: Braise, c.1880 and Odd Duck . Find out what other new dining places made it to the top this year, and why you should check them all out.
This Friday also shows that the holiday spirit isn't running dry. Winter Fest is in the midst of its run, with a lineup of activities for every member of the family. Remember: Velcro Wall climbing keeps the season bright.


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Charlotte, NC- The 23rd-ranked Charlotte 49ers men's soccer team (15-3-3) will play 6th -ranked and third-seed Georgetown (17-3-1) on the road in Washington, D.C. in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, November 18 at 1 pm. The 49ers advanced to the second-round of the NCAA Tournament after a 3-2 victory over UAB at Transamerica Field, yesterday. In that game, Jennings Rex recorded his fourth multiple goal scoring game of the season with the 49ers' first two goals. Then, Giuseppe Gentile scored his third game-winning goal of the season for the 49ers.
Last season, the 49ers advanced to the College Cup Final for the first time in school history. Charlotte has reached the College Cup twice in 1996 and 2011. The 49ers are 7-5-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
Currently, Gentile and Rex are tied for the most NCAA Tournament goals scored in school history with four goals apiece.
Rex leads the team with 11 goals. Gentile is second on the team with nine goals. Donnie Smith, who was recently named A-10 Midfielder of the Year, is third on the team with four goals. Gentile, Rex and Smith each have three game-winning goals this season. Gentile leads the 49ers with seven assists. Isaac Caughran and Tyler Gibson are tied for second on the team with six assists apiece.
The 49ers defense behind the play of first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection goalkeeper Klay Davis and defenders Anthony Perez, Thomas Allen, who also earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors, Nick Barnhorst, David Mayer, Aaron Weldon and Biko Bradnock-Brennan, who was named to the A-10 All-Rookie team, has been stellar this season. The 49ers have recorded nine shutouts and limited 17 foes to a goal or less this season.