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There are lots (an infinitude) of smooth functions that coincide with f(n)=n! on the integers. Is there a simple reason why Euler's Gamma function $\Gamma (z) = \int_0^\infty t^{z-1} e^t dt$ is "best"? In particular, I'm looking for reasons that I can explain to first-year calculus students.
The Bohr–Mollerup theorem shows that the gamma function is the only function that satisfies the properties
The condition of log-convexity is particularly important when one wants to prove various inequalities for the gamma function.
By the way, the gamma function is not the only meromorphic function satisfying $$f(z+1)=z f(z),\qquad f(1)=1,$$ with no zeroes and no poles other than the points $z=-n$, $n=0,1,2\dots$. There is a whole family of such functions, which, in general, have the form $$f(z)=\exp{(-g(z))}\frac{1}{z\prod\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(1+\frac{z}{m}\right)e^{-z/m}},$$ where $g(z)$ is an entire function such that $$g(z+1)-g(z)=\gamma+2k\pi i,\quad k\in\mathbb Z, $$ ($\gamma$ is Euler's constant). The gamma function corresponds to the simplest choice $g(z)=\gamma z$.
Actually there are other (less-frequently) used extensions to the factorial, with different properties from the gamma function which may be desirable in some contexts.
See here for more information.
For whatever reason, Nature (by which I mean integrals) seems to prefer the Gamma function as the "correct" substitute for the factorial in various integrals, which seems to come more or less from its integral definition. For example, for non-negative integers $a, b$, it's not hard to show (and there's a really nice probabilistic argument) that
$\displaystyle \int_{0}^1 t^a (1 - t)^b \, dt = \frac{a! b!}{(a+b+1)!}.$
For (non-negative?) real values of $a$ and $b$ the correct generalization is
$\displaystyle \int_0^1 t^a (1 - t)^b \, dt = \frac{\Gamma(a+1) \Gamma(b+1)}{\Gamma(a+b+2)}.$
And, of course, integrals are important, so the Gamma function must also be important. For example, the Gamma function appears in the general formula for the volume of an n-sphere. But the result that, for me, really forces us to take the Gamma function seriously is its appearance in the functional equation for the Riemann zeta function.
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Following Qiaochu Yuan, the gamma function shows up in the functional equation of the zeta function as the factor in the Euler product corresponding to the "prime at infinity", and it occurs there as the Mellin transform of some gaussian function. (Gaussian functions occur in turn as eigenvectors of the Fourier transform.)
This is at least as old as Tate's thesis, and a possible reference is Weil's Basic Number Theory.
EDIT. Artin was one of the first people to popularize the log-convexity property of the gamma function (see his book on the function in question), and also perhaps the first mathematician to fully understand this Euler-factor-at-infinity aspect of the same function (he was Tate's thesis advisor). I thought his name had to be mentioned in a discussion about the gamma function.
Wielandt's theorem says that the gamma-function is the only function $f$ that satisfies the properties:
(See also the related MathOverflow thread Importance of Log Convexity of the Gamma Function, where I learned about the above theorem.)
Looking for a difference that makes a difference.
Flipping the gamma function and looking at Newton interpolation provides another angle on the question:
Accepting the general binomial coefficient as a natural extension of the integral coefficient through the Taylor series, or binomial theorem, for $(1+x)^{s-1}$ and with the finite differences $\bigtriangledown^{s-1}_{n}c_n=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^n \binom{s-1}{n}c_n$, Newton interpolation gives $$\bigtriangledown^{s-1}_{n} \bigtriangledown^{n}_{j} \frac{x^j}{j!}=\frac{x^{s-1}}{(s-1)!}$$
for $Real(s)>0,$ so the values of the factorial at the nonnegative integers determine uniquely the generalized factorial, or gamma function, in the right-half of the complex plane through Newton interpolation.
Then with the sequence $a_j=1=\int_0^\infty e^{-x} \frac{x^{j}}{j!}dx$,
$\bigtriangledown^{s-1}_{n} \bigtriangledown^{n}_{j}a_j=\bigtriangledown^{s-1}_{n} \bigtriangledown^{n}_{j}1=1=\bigtriangledown^{s-1}_{n} \bigtriangledown^{n}_{j}\int_0^\infty e^{-x} \frac{x^{j}}{j!}dx=\int_0^\infty e^{-x} \frac{x^{s-1}}{(s-1)!}dx$.
This last integral allows the interpolation of the gamma function to be analytically continued to the left half-plane as in MSE-Q132727, so the factorial can be uniquely extended from it's values at the non-negative integers to the entire complex domain as a meromorphic function.
This generalizes in a natural way; the integral, a modified Mellin transform, can be regarded as a means to interpolate the coefficients of an exponential generating function (in this particular case, exp(x)) and extrapolate the interpolation to the whole complex plane. (See my examples in MO-Q79868 and MSE-Q32692 and try the same with the exponential generating function of the Bernoulli numbers to obtain an interpolation to the Riemann zeta function.)
From these perspectives--its dual roles as a natural interpolation of a sequence itself and in interpolating others and also as an iconic meromorphic function--the gamma function provides the "best" generalization of the factorial from the nonneg integers to the complex plane.
To more sharply connect pbrooks interest in fractional calculus and the gamma function with Quiaochu's in the beta integral, it's better to look at a natural sinc interpolation of the binomial coefficient:
Consider the fractional integro-derivative
$\displaystyle\frac{d^{\beta}}{dx^\beta}\frac{x^{\alpha}}{\alpha!}=FP\frac{1}{2\pi i}\displaystyle\oint_{|z-x|=|x|}\frac{z^{\alpha}}{\alpha!}\frac{\beta!}{(z-x)^{\beta+1}}dz=FP\displaystyle\int_{0}^{x}\frac{z^{\alpha}}{\alpha!}\frac{(x-z)^{-\beta-1}}{(-\beta-1)!} dz$
where FP denotes a Hadamard-type finite part, $x>0$, and $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are real.
For $\alpha>0$ and $\beta<0$, the finite part is not required for the beta integral, and it can be written as
$\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}\frac{(1-z)^{\alpha}}{\alpha!}\frac{z^{-\beta-1}}{(-\beta-1)!} dz=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty } (-1)^n \binom{\alpha }{n}\frac{1}{n-\beta}\frac{1}{\alpha!}\frac{1}{(-\beta-1)!}$
$=\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\frac{\beta!}{(\alpha-n)! n!}\frac{\sin (\pi (\beta -n))}{\pi (\beta -n)}=\frac{1}{(\alpha-\beta)!}, $ or
$$\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\frac{1}{(\alpha-n)! n!}\frac{\sin (\pi (\beta -n))}{\pi (\beta -n)}=\frac{1}{(\alpha-\beta)!\beta!},$$
where use has been made of $\frac{\sin (\pi \beta)}{\pi \beta}=\frac{1}{\beta!(-\beta)!}$, and $\alpha$, of course, can be a positive integer. The final sinc fct. interpolation holds for $Real(\alpha)>-1$ and all complex $\beta$.
Euler's motivation (update July 2014):
R. Hilfer on pg. 18 of "Threefold Introduction to Fractional Derivatives" states, "Derivatives of non-integer (fractional) order motivated Euler to introduce the Gamma function ...." Euler introduced in the same reference given by Hilfer essentially
For me another argument is the convincing one.
Consider the log of the factorial resp the gamma-function; this is for the integer arguments a sum of logarithms of the integers. Now for the interpolation of sums to fractional indexes (which is required for the gamma to noninteger arguments) there exists the concept of "indefinite summation", and the operator for that indefinite summation can be expressed by a power series. we find, that the power series for the log of the Eulerian gamma-function matches exactly that of that operator for the indefinite summation of the sum of logarithms.
Conclusion: the Eulerian gamma-function is "the correct one", because it is coherent with the indefinite summation-formula for the sums of consecutive logarithms.
Doesn't one choose the Gamma Function because it satisfies the functional equation $\Gamma(x) = (x-1)\Gamma(x-1)$ for all positive $x$ and therefore looks a lot like the factorial?


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Being $\rho_v(T)$ the spectral enegy density of a black body for a given temperature and electromagnetic wave frequency. And everywhere it's mentioned that he proved this using thermodynamical arguments in a paper from 1893. I haven't been able to find that paper or that thermodynamical argument, which is what I'm interested in. I've been looking for a few days already.
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In Bentching (grace after meals) - both in the Ashkenazic and in the Sefardic version - we say V'Al Brischa SheChasamta Bivsoreinu - ועל בריתך שחתמת בבשרנו - "and for Your covenant, which you sealed on our flesh". This refers, presumably, to the Brit Mila. Does a lady say these words? Why?
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The Mishna Berura says:
Loosely translated: "These days the Minhag is that women also say "for the covenant...", and it refers to the covenant of the Males, upon whose flesh the covenant is signed. And [the same applies to] "for the Torah..." that the Males learn, for in the merit of the Males' Torah and [the Males'] Bris the Jewish people [which includes the woman] merited the Holy Land. Additionally, women also have a commandment to study the Mitzvos [in the Torah] that are pertinent to them, to know how to perform them." (translation & square brackets mine)
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With gigabytes of pictures accumulating over time, I'm wondering what systems (software, strategies, etc.) people are using to keep track of their collections? Let's say you remember a picture and you want to find the file on disk, how do you ensure that this will be successful?
I'm a fan of Adobe Lightroom - its way of working seems to fit my mental model so I find it fairly natural to use. That does depend on you tagging the photos with appropriate metadata of course and not everyone thinks the same as me, so you may not get on with it.
Picasa has matured nicely over the years and has a nice "face finder" that does a pretty reasonable job of auto-finding people in photos and matching them to people you've previously named.
Supporting this I have a fairly simple folder structure of
\photos \ shoot description
Because I rely on tags in the software I don't really need too much hierarchical organisation and IMO hierarchies are the wrong tool for the job anyway because a photo will naturally fit into multiple categories but a hierarchy only lets you express one.
I think the short version of the answer is "Tag everything" - doing it on import isn't that painful and means you can finds it later, but going back through gigabytes of history to add the tags is a soul destroying task.
This management is exactly what Lightroom is designed to do. I used to be responsible for document control for a CAD department, and came up with lots of tracking and revision systems. I can say that using Lightroom is the easiest and best way to manage lots of images. I have over 40,000 images organized using Lightroom.
I have mine setup to place the images in the following structure: Year Month Day
Then I add lots of keywords. Using Lightroom I can find pictures quickly and easily. Including ones that are keepers and ones that the electrons can be recycled without missing anything.
Lightroom has a 30 day trial for both Mac and Windows, so you can try it out and see what you think. Adding in the ability to do editing and management just adds to the power of the program.
Before all this digital hype, I stored my slides in boxes after having numbered each of them (from 1 for the very first picture to more than 7000). In a simple text file I carefully noted the index of each slide, where and when it was taken and a little description of the subject.
Finding a picture was (and still is) just a matter of remembering some of these infos (where, when and what) and searching through the file.
In my long process of scanning my slides, I continue to use this text file for feeding infos in the cataloguing software I use (this is iView Media Pro).
For digital photos I use both iView Media Pro and iPhoto.
Well, I think Lightroom is your power answer, but I'm similar in the old fogey category in that I structure on disk. Basically, my layout is:
So, for example, one would be:
I do the numeric/textual month thing for quick glance and sorting. It's been working for me, though it may start to fail if my memory starts to slide. ;)
Another vote for Adobe Lightroom here. It combines the Adobe Camera Raw processing engine with a powerful backend database to allow you to store your images and more importantly find them again easily. A side benefit is even the processing is stored in the database, you only need to store one copy of each image (the raw) and the processing is applied on the fly.
For Mac users Apple Aperture does much the same thing, but Apple have chosen to price this at about 1/4 of the price of Lightroom, so that is worth a look.
For a more consumer level option Google Picassa also offers cataloguing as well as image processing, it works well, especially considering it is free software.
I created software, the SeaRisen Image Browser to organize and quickly find your images. I too have gigabytes of images and find it a real time saver when looking for particular images, or series of images.
For managing larger collections, 25,000 - 250,000 images, you just can't beat DBGallery (www.DBGallery.com). It's tagging and search support is excellent, and has numerous other tools for organizing a larger collection.
More specifically, here are the main ways this software is used to make larger collection manageable:
1) Logical Views. Explore your collections by year and month, by camera, keywords, photographer, and dozens of others. Basically it slices any data it has on images and lets you explore based on the results.
2) Virtual Sets. Over time most want to have a collection of "greatest skiing photos", or "photos that coulxd go in a calender". Of course copying images around folders is no way to do this. Virtual Collections simply point back to the original photos (they can be called anything, Light Boxes, Buckets, etc.). Doing this has extra goodness because if tags are added to the original photo or the photo is modified the Virtual Set is instantly updated as well.
3) Tagging tools. Examples include Data Templates, editing any number of images at once, and smart options such as a retrieving the data from the previously saved photo via a keystroke.
4) Great seach capabilities. Search all data for a photo, fine tune a search by searching jsut specific data fields such keywords/title/author. Also get all photos which were imported, viewed, or last updated recently, e.g. show all photos added in the past week; show all updated today; etc.
5) Will find duplicate images across the entire collection.
6) Has been tested with hundreds of thousands of images.
Also very important: this is an open system, where you can move photos to other tools or stop using DBGallery altogether...your data is still there because it's written directly to the file, not just the database.


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The state recently levied a steep fine against a vendor that provides wheelchair service for Alaska Airlines, but the workers still aren't happy.
The people who wheel passengers to and from their planes say the stuff they deal with is not only disgusting, but potentially life-threatening.
Not everyone who flies can negotiate the airport on their own, and the ill and disabled often ride in wheelchairs. The workers who push them claim they're exposed to germs and pathogens and have no training or means to avoid contact.
"I had one passenger who threw up from the time I picked him up at the airplane to the time I dropped him off at the ambulance," said Carol Worman of Bags, Inc.
Afraid they or passengers might be exposed to hepatitis B or other life-threatening pathogens, employees of Bags, Inc. -- a vendor for Alaska Airlines -- took their complaints to the state.
"It saddens me to know that management and the CEOs of our corporations just aren't paying attention to what the workers are having to deal with," said Riverton Park United Methodist Church Rev. Jan Bolerjack.
The state found Bags, Inc. had no procedure to clean contaminated wheelchairs and keep employees protected. The state Department of Labor and Industries imposed a $12,000 fine.
"It was simply for training documents," said D'Anne Mica of Bags, Inc. "We have no reports of any exposure incidents or anyone coming in direct contact with that."
Officials from Alaska Airlines say they're pleased with the response from the vendor, but workers are not.
Supporters recently lined up to hand over complaints, and many passengers seemed to agree with them.
"It really surprises and upsets me that Alaska would contract with companies that treats workers so poorly," said passenger Nicki Olivier.
Duane Burge with Alaska promised the workers their complaints would reach the appropriate people.
Workers say they are now being supplied with wipes to disinfect the wheelchairs. The company has three weeks to correct the violations or face further penalties.


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The Butler County 4th Annual State qualifier archery shoot along with the 3D Archery Fun Shoot will be held on Saturday, August 10.
The competition will take place at the City of Towanda baseball diamonds beginning at 8:30 a.m. FITA and 3D targets will be used. Youth ages 9 to 18 years old and members of a Kansas 4-H group will compete in the shoot.
Medals will be awarded to the top 3 in each age division per bow class. Bow classes include: Barebow, Olympic, Bow-Hunter and Open.
Team awards will also be given. Spectators and archery enthusiasts are encouraged to come out and support the 4-H Youth. Bleacher seating will be available.
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Why do bicycles have two individual brake levers that work independently to brake each wheel? I've always used my right brake lever because it is more comfortable to do so and I haven't noticed any difference between the two.
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I see several reasons:
Personally, I tend to use the rear brake for controlling my speed (slowing down just a little) and either the front brake or both brakes for stopping (especially a fast stop). An awareness at any given time of which tire is more likely to slip and using the other brake is good, though.
Worth noting: it's a specialty item, but you can get a brake lever that controls both brake levers at once. This is mostly popular with bike polo players (who use one hand for a mallet) and people with physical conditions that limit their ability to use the brake with one hand. If you don't have any special reasons to need just one lever, you're probably best off with separate levers. http://www.paulcomp.com/duplexlever.html
Linking the two brakes would have a detrimental effect on braking power.
Your front brake will bring your bike to a halt far quicker than your rear brake will, and should be used almost exclusively. When braking with the rear brake, your back tire won't have much weight on it, and will skid along the ground. This results in a dramatic reduction of braking power. On the other hand, when you compress your front brake, the forward momentum of the bike will be partially converted to downwards force, sticking the tire hard against the road surface and maintaining maximum traction. In a real-life scenario, this can easily be the difference between slamming into a car that suddenly brakes in front of you versus screeching to a halt with an inch to spare.
Of course, if you squeeze the front brake too hard at too great a speed, you can flip over the handlebars. However, if you primarily use your front brake, you will quickly learn exactly how quickly you can safely stop the bicycle. Being low in the drops helps with this immensely.
The few scenarios in which you should be using your rear brake are during fast downhill descents, where even a little braking on the front at fast speeds can cause your center of gravity to go over the front of the bike, or on any surface where your front wheel might lose contact with the ground. In this situation, the front brake could bring your front wheel to a complete stop just before it connects with the ground again, causing you to lose control.
It's about security that (at least) two completely independent break mechanisms should exist. If one mechanism fails, the other are there to serve. In competitions and other special circumstances like high speed, slippery roads and down hills, you also are helped with choose front / rear depends on the situation.
Individual brake levers for each wheel give you more options for braking. There are some circumstances when you would only want to apply one brake - e.g. if you get a puncture.
I note that no one has mentioned that you want to have separate control over front and rear to prevent flipping. [Well, on re-reading, I see that Stephen did.] The front brake carries about 80% of the braking power, but if it locks up the bike flips rather quickly. If the rear brake locks up the bike will tend to slide sideways. When attempting to stop as rapidly as possible one should apply the most force (2-3x) to the front brake but then, if the rear wheel begins to slip, release the FRONT brake. (The rear wheel will slip because it's getting "lighter" due to the front brake being near lock-up.)
It's fairly simple; to stop effectively, you need to apply the two controls in a different manner.
When you start braking, you have a given amount of weight on the front and rear wheels. As you apply the brakes, the deceleration shifts weight from the rear wheels to the front wheels, which gives more traction at the front, and less traction at the rear. More traction at the front means that you can apply the brakes more there, less traction at the rear means that you need to reduce the power on the rear brake.
When I used to teach motorcycle safety, we would say "progressive squeeze on the front brake, light to lighter pressure on the rear".


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What the heck are used legos?
I was checking around the gold box deals on Amazon and I saw the warehouse deals. They have "used" Legos through them and really wonder what it is. Returned/open box stuff? Items missing parts? Pre-built models they throw in a box and ship out. The mind wobbles.
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According to the FAQ, an item sold in Warehouse Deals that is "Like New" such as the one you linked to should be in perfect operating condition, but with damage to the packaging.
At Comicon they have these life sized figures and dioramas made of Legos in the exhibit hall. I always wondered what happened to them after the convention. A couple of the ones I photographed:
Legally, if the package has been opened (even if they were opened to damage sustained during shipping), they can no longer sell them as new. Even if all the tidbits are in tact and there is no damage to the item itself, it has to be listed as either refurbished or used.
Warehouse deals has some great prices on all sorts of stuff. Most of the time, you'll save 30% just for letting someone else break the seal for you.
I agree with capguncowboy. I've made a few purchases of Amazon Warehouse items and every time, the items have been brand new, but had the original packaging opened at some point. Can be a great deal if you find one available.
Jumping on the Warehouse bandwagon. We've used them a ton and have never once been disappointed. From a Kinect (with free three games included) at half of normal price, a 47" tv that was pristine for the price of a 37" , and more. You just have to watch the listings, as they go quick, and find "like new" and READ the item's description/condition. Plus if it is foul I have the amazing AMAZON (unless it is about Woot) to back me up!
Used Legos paid for more than half of one of my round trip flights from Brazil to the states. Sold the majority of my collection, keeping my favorites that I wanted to pass to my kids....I was pretty pumped that someone was willing to drop $500 on it :)
@dmaz: I have legos I am ready to sell, do I make sure to separate by kit if I can? Example kits I have HP Spiderman pirates.
First thing I thought of when I saw this question was the ones at Goodwill sold by the pound or box.
@moondrake: The Jack-Sparrow Lego-Statue (Legtue?) reminds me of Money Island
@caffeine_dude: check craigslist, in a big city, for "lego".
after scanning past all the lego video games, you'll see how used legos sell. Some sets are worth selling as the original set if all/most of the pieces are there, some may be better to sell by weight. Some hard-to-find mini figs or pieces may be best to sell individually.
Also check ebay listings for used legos to get an idea of the marketplace. Beware of the scammers on craiglsist looking to take advantage of lego sellers by underpaying for them. They'll often use some heartwarming story about helping schools or their own kid working on some lego project.
Also don't overprice your legos, be reasonable, after all, they are used.
Finally, let me know what, exactly, you have that you want to sell. My kids and I are lego fanatics. I still own my childhood legos from 35 years ago!
@capguncowboy: You say legally if the package has been opened, they can no longer sell the item as new.
Can you show me the law that covers that. You did say legally so I am assuming you mean there's a law that says you cannot do it.
The reason I ask, is that I've worked the beginning of my life in the retail sector and I have sold thousands of display items and opened box items as new. It was standard practice. Even if a customer returned something because they changed their mind or didn't like the product, we would sell the item to another customer.
All the prices were the same regardless if we sold a brand new never touched item, a display unit, a customer return, or an item without a box. I do not believe a company as large as the one I worked for would have it as standard practice to sell things like that if it were illegal.
@cengland0: Whether it's strictly legal or not, I consider it unethical and poor customer service to sell a display item or floor model anything as new. Both of them are likely to have a lot of use, dings, soil, and other minor damage. I've bought discounted floor model items in the past, when the discount made it worth overlooking the obvious usage damage, but I'd be PO'd if it was sold as new.
@magic cave: You may be right that it's unethical but I don't believe it's illegal like @capguncowboy stated.
I have personally demonstrated products then the customer says they will buy one. I look for one in the back room and cannot find one. So I get the empty box and tell the customer the display unit that I just demonstrated is the last one and I can sell them that one. They say yes and I sell it for the same price. I have never, ever, under any circumstances discounted an item for this reason. It was against corporate policy to do so. Therefore, I had to conclude it was legal to sell an open item as new.
We had thousands of stores so this was not a small operation. Even our stores in Hawaii had to sell for the same price even though the freight there cost more.
I have bought many items at radio shack after they were opened for examination at my request by a salesperson. I always paid full price.
However, if an item was an open box or display I would expect a discount. Same thing if an item had been taken home by a customer or shipped out to a customer and then returned opened.
I got kind of excited when I saw you posted the link, but it seems as though they aren't really discounted.
@cengland0: i think your use of the term "sold as new" is not the same as the way @capguncowboy is using it. he is saying that you can't advertise or display an open box item in a manner that mite fool an unsuspecting customer into thinking that the item is new, not that it can't be sold at full price. if a salesperson opens a box in front of a prospective customer, there is a reasonable expectation that that person knows the box was just opened. otherwise, items on the shelf that have been returned ought to be labeled "open box" or "used" or similar. They can still be sold at full price, though.
just my opinion, i have no facts to back this up.
@no1: You might be right that you cannot advertise a product as new when it has been used; however, if the box was damaged or opened during shipment, you still can. That was specifically stated that you cannot and that's where we disagree. I would probably be honest and say "New item with damaged box" or something similar.
I was planning on buying a bunch of products from a friend that is closing their business on the 31st. His lease is running out and he will have inventory of unsold products. I plan to sell these on eBay as brand new -- never used. But first, I will open each one of them to take pictures of the products. I will then carefully put them back into the original boxes. I seriously doubt there is any law on the books anywhere that forces me to sell them as used items now that I've opened those boxes to take pictures of them. Now way, no how. If someone can prove me wrong, I will eat that crow but until then, I'm going to say it's totally legal.
@cengland0: A google search shows that it is illegal to sell a "used" item as "new." However, it appears that there is no uniform standard for "used" and it may vary depending on the item. For example, if a car has been titled in someone's name and returned to the dealer, it must be sold as "used." Some stores appear to sell any returned electronic as "open box" or "used"; others appear to use their judgment. In the situation you're describing, you're the seller, so opening the box doesn't make the item "used." However, according to ebay, it makes the item "new, other see details" rather than "new."
@capguncowboy's description of Amazon Warehouse standards is spot-on; I noticed their use of conditional verb tenses ("a coffee maker might have been removed from its original packaging and the previous customer may have tried to make coffee").
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- BSO Case Number: DR02-01-230
- PIO Number: 02-1-1
- Date: January 2, 2002
- Place of Occurrence: 110 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach
- SunTrust Bank, 110 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach
- Unknown black male, 28-38 years old, approximately 5-foot-11 to 6-feet tall,
- 180-220 pounds, short hair, wire-frame glasses.
Description of Incident:
Security cameras picked up some very clear images of a bank robber who didn't wait long to ply his trade in the New Year.
The suspect walked into a Deerfield Beach SunTrust bank branch at about 9:30 am, Wednesday, January 02, 2002. He displayed a gun to a teller and told her to hand over all the money.
The teller gave the robber an undisclosed amount of cash and he fled from the bank at 110 S. Federal Highway.
The crook is described as a black male, 28-38 years old, approximately 5-foot-11 to 6-feet tall,
180-220 pounds, with short hair and wire-frame glasses.
A reward of up to $1,000.00 may available for information leading to the arrest of this bank robber. If you have any information about this crime, call Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS.
Media note: Very clear images of the suspect are attached to this report on our website at
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- THIS REPORT BY: Hugh Graf/PIO 01/2/02 2:00pm
Posted At: 01/02/2002 02:08 PM
- Wanted Bank Robber - Bank Robber Sought By BSO
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I'm not sure if that is the correct term "Compact Insert Statement" It is just what I have always heard it referred to. It goes as follows:
INSERT INTO [tblUsers]
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VALUES ('user1', 'pass1'),
('user2', 'pass2')
Anyway We have a table of just over 5M rows, and are about to import some data, BUT the probability is high that about 75% of the data is duplicated (we buy data from multiple sources, but they share around 30-40% with each of our sources :/).
If I do a unique constraint on the column, the entire insert fails from that point forward (unless wrapped in a transaction, of course).
I am just at a loss for how to do this efficiently and with code that can be reused going forward.


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Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm. William F. Halsey was one of the leading American personalities of World War II. His reputation as a no-holds-barred fighter and his tough-guy expression earned him the nickname "Bull," yet he was also known for showing genuine compassion toward his men and inspiring them to great feats in the Pacific. Originally disclaiming the praise heaped on him, Halsey eventually came to believe in the swashbuckling legend that surrounded him, and his conduct became increasingly controversial.
Naval historian E. B. Potter, who established his reputation with an award-winning biography of Chester W. Nimitz, gets behind the stereotype of this national hero and describes Halsey at his best and worst, including his controversial actions at Leyte Gulf. To write this book Potter had full access to Halsey's family and to the admiral's private papers and provides detail of Halsey's youth and career before the war. First published in 1985, it remains the definitive study.
The late E.B. Potter, a longtime history professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and former naval officer who served in the Pacific during World War II, is the author of several books, including Nimitz [9], Admiral Arleigh Burke [10], and Sea Power: A Naval History [11], which he wrote with Admiral Nimitz.
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Spray Paint Gun Painting Tips - 12 Spray Gun Tips You Can UseWritten by on February 1, 2009 Useful Knowledge For The Novice Painter
Believe it or not, doing your own paintwork is not something that should be out of the question for the accomplished classic truck hobbyist. sure, along with wiring and upholstery, it is one of the few jobs that most instinctively decide to farm out-but in many cases it really needn't be. It's just a learned skill, one that can be pretty well mastered by trial and error. With this in mind, here are a dozen spray gun tips that will hopefully give you a bit of insight on painting, and perhaps move you closer to convincing you to give it a try.
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Always designate one gun for primers and undercoats, and another for your topcoat finishes only. Many primers, sealers, and undercoats contain huge amounts of solids that can be hard to clean from the gun internals and can ultimately come back to haunt you (granules mixed in) during your topcoat application-usually in the most obvious spot on the vehicle.Suction Versus HVLP
Choose the correct type of equipment for the job. In this case, we're talking about the traditional suction-feed high-pressure or the more modern high-volume/low-pressure (HVLP) gun. HVLP spray guns were designed to reduce overspray and get more material to the surface and less into the air as overspray. There is an internal restrictor inside of an HVLP gun that limits the incoming air pressure in order to provide reduced pressure at the air cap. A conventional gun does not have an internal restrictor, and therefore whatever the inlet pressure is set at, the air cap pressure will be the same. With an HVLP gun, you don't have clouds of noxious paint fumes filling the air (or garage), but they use a large volume of air compared to a standard suction-type gun-making compressor capacity a deciding factor.Become Familiar With The Controls
Get to know your spray gun. Regardless of gun type, it's important to read the owner's manual provided with the equipment so you'll be familiar with its controls and adjustments.Keep It Clean
Always strain your material, be it primer, sealer, or finish color. Contaminants will not only possibly exit the gun, marring your paintjob, but may restrict air or fluid passage, disrupting the spray pattern and causing a less than satisfactory finish.Reduce As Required
No matter what brand or type of finish you're planning on spraying, always thin or reduce the material in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Materials are much more complex these days, and eyeballing the paint rolling off a paint paddle just won't cut it anymore-pick up and learn to use a viscosity cup; it's worth the extra minute or two.Match The Equipment To The Material
Always match your needle and nozzle sizes according to the material to be sprayed. All manufacturers have guidelines and requirements for their respective products-following them will greatly improve your finish results.Handle With Care
Never use a metal object (like a torch tip cleaner or penknife) to clean your spray gun's air nozzle. A bristle brush or, if need be, wooden toothpick should be used so the machining of the openings is not marred or damaged; these openings control correct paint atomization and spray pattern.Technique
Always move your spray gun parallel to the surface being sprayed. Spraying in an arc will produce an uneven coating.
Proper Storage
Storing your spray guns with a bit of clean solvent in the cup will keep the gun's needle packings from drying out and cracking, causing possible air and/or fluid leaks.Correct Pressure
Always spray using the paint manufacturer's recommended pressure. An air regulator at the gun will ensure proper pressure there-air pressure at the source is different, as it is restricted depending on air hose diameter and length.


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The Special Event cards all indicate they may be played "at any time". Are there any restrictions to "any time", i.e. in the middle of someone's turn? Suppose an epidemic card has been drawn -- can the airlift card be played while the epidemic steps are being applied?
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This question was answered by Matt Leacock, the designer of Pandemic, on BoardGameGeek:
So in your specific example, yes you can play the Airlift card, if you do so between Epidemic steps.
In a more recent BGG thread concerning the 2nd edition, the designer has clarified this rule further (be sure to check Matt's second post there).
In short, in the 2nd edition at least, you cannot use a special event card after an epidemic card has been revealed, until the epidemic process has been fully played out. An exception to this is the "Resilient Population" card, as stated on the card.


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You are right to call it a "scandal" to deny children homes with adoptive parents (November 6th).
And what a scandal it is. Compared to their peers children who graduate out of the system parentless are:
- 4 times more likely to be unemployed;
- 4 times more likely to have mental health problems;
- 12 times more likely to leave school with zero qualifications;
- 50 times more likely to be imprisoned;
- 60 times more likely to be homeless; and
- 88 times more likely to abuse drugs.
A quarter of girls leaving are already mothers or pregnant and their children in turn are 66 times more likely to be institutionalised.
On a recent visit to a prison I asked the Deputy Governor if he kept records on how many of the inmates were former system kids. There would not be much point, he told me. Why not, I asked? Well, it's nearly all of them, he replied.
The downstream cost of our failure to get these kids into permanent loving homes is huge.
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1 Apr 2012 6:37 AM #1
when creating a button on tool bar, function named should be filled in automatically
that is, on the screen shot attached, if I did not ytpe in the function description "deleteAllEmail", I would have gotten some strange error message about a fn set not being defined (which means nothing to me). I tried typing into the fn box: function() { ... } but that did not work, then I put the name and it seems to have. I'd suggest putting a default name in there and let me override it if I don't like it.
This is a borderline bug, but I think it is a bug since it yields a confusing error.
1 Apr 2012 7:03 AM #2
As I work on this, I realize I should not be adding a function to this, but adding a click event listener (and function there). So, when I do that, I notice the events don't come up in alphabetical order. I think that's a bug also.
2 Apr 2012 8:20 AM #3
2 Apr 2012 8:37 AM #4
I knew that. I was thinking that if that is the order, then the events should be prefixed with the class (or grouped), otherwise, the listing does not make any sense.
2 Apr 2012 8:57 AM #5
Stay tuned for future enhancementsAaron Conran
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October 6, 2011
"Designing Resilience in a Black Swan World"
WHO: David W. Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College and Executive Director of the Oberlin Project
WHAT: Public lecture: "Designing Resilience in a Black Swan World"
WHEN: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 6-7:30 PM
WHERE: NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study's Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1 Washington Place, NYC Subways: N, R (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place).
The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. RSVP online at: http://www.nyu.edu/rsvp/event.php?e_id=3847
For more information about the Educating for Sustainability series, or other NYU Sustainability programming, please call 212.998.1073 or go to www.nyu.edu/sustainability/.
Black Swan events are those with low or unknown probability, but high and long-lived and often global impacts. They affect financial markets, climate, public safety, and human health and more.
In his public lecture "Designing Resilience in a Black Swan World," David W. Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College, asks how do we begin to design communities, regions, and nations to improve resilience and prosperity? Professor Orr's lecture will examine one case study, the Oberlin Project, and the National Sustainable Communities Coalition.
The Educating for Sustainability series, which brings environmental scholars and leaders to NYU for public lectures, is cosponsored by the Sustainability Task Force, the Environmental Studies program. Special thanks to the Gallatin School of Individualized Study for the use of their Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre.
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I was AFK for about 24 hours and came back to find
gnome-system-monitor saying all four CPU cores on my laptop were running at full throttle.
mysqld is taking up more than one full core; when I tried to end the process, it restarted with a new PID. Then there's
ksoftirqd/0-3, which apparently has something to do with interrupts, but I can't tell from Google what I'm supposed to do with those four particular processes. They're taking up a quarter or more of my processor cycles. Then there's Chrome, but I can probably handle that on my own -- how do I cool down the other processes giving me problems?
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There is a bug in the kernel that causes a failure because of the "leap second" that happened on June 30.
Here is a description of the problem and the fix: http://blog.mozilla.org/it/2012/06/30/mysql-and-the-leap-second-high-cpu-and-the-fix/
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Looks like a cool set. It's a shame that Bugs Bunny and friends are hard to find on TV nowadays.
Not "Politically Correct" and too violent for the bland children our society wants to raise. At least the kids still have pot and teen pregancy to keep them busy.
Looney Tunes: The Hasenpfeffer Collection
Excellent mixture of sarcasm and slapstick humor. Be aware that this is not Dora, but everyone will laugh, and the cartoon violence is not scary, gory, or generally even unwarranted. Almost always the character that is "bad" gets what's coming to them. There's a very strong cause and effect relationship portrayed in most of these cartoons where it's easy to see and understand why the bad thing is happening to the character.
Of course that's not universally true throughout the series. Bugs bunny is a self confessed stinker, after all.
But you won't be hearing swearing or sexual inuendo.
Just violence. Lots and lots of slapstick cartoon violence.
If you like Mel Blanc (the voice of most of these characters), check out the recent Radiolab Shorts episode that aired on NPR. He voiced somewhere around 1,500 characters. One of the most interesting tidbits is that most of the first Flinstones episodes he did were performed while in a body cast after coming out of a coma. www.radiolab.org
@mistamoose: They actually have a new Looney Tunes series out its on its 2nd season...its nothing like the old toons more of a bugs and daffy sitcom but i like it...they make fun of Porky not wearing pants all the time.
@jwildman16: Thanks for the link! I really enjoyed the story about Mel Blanc. Sad, and almost eerie, about his last words.


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Modex 2012: Compact laser scanner suits AGV market
February 07, 2012 - MMH Editorial
SICK (Booth 3304) is showcasing its new S300 Mini Safety Laser Scanner, a small and light safety-rated laser scanner that can be used in applications such as collision prevention for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and automatic guided carts (AGCs).
"In applications such as AGCs or AGVs, you don't want to take up much of footprint of the vehicle with the scanner," said Corey McAtee, safety systems product manager for SICK. "With its small size, it can be out the way, and still be highly functional."
Part of the high function comes from the scanner's ability to communicate with the safety system controller so that users have more data for safety-related diagnostics.
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Linda Toote is the principal flutist of the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) and a member of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Most recently, she has performed as a regular piccolo player for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Boston Pops, appearing as soloist with both groups. Previous positions include principal flute with the Atlanta and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and the Santa Fe and Lake George Opera Orchestras.
Locally, Toote performs with Boston Musica Viva, Collage New Music and the Boston Artist Ensemble. She is faculty at Boston University, Boston Conservatory and MIT, and during the summer months, she has coached chamber music and given lessons at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She has also given masterclasses throughout the U.S., Canada and Taiwan.
Toote is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with John Wion and was a student of Thomas Nyfenger at Yale University. Her recordings as solo flute include many symphonic works with the Atlanta Symphony on the Telarc label and several discs with the Boston Symphony and Pops on piccolo.
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RICHMOND - Bellaire's Kenny Hess made his team's biggest play on Edison's longest offensive gain in the Big Reds' 26-20 victory over the Wildcats Friday at Cartwright Memorial Stadium.
Trailing 26-20 with under 30 seconds left, Edison quarterback Nolan Marcus hit Rich Springer on a slant and the speedy receiver broke away from defenders looking destined for the end zone. Hess didn't quit on the play though, taking the pursuit angle, and forcing Springer out of bounds at the Bellaire three-yard line for a 66-yard gain with just over 11 seconds left.
"It's funny, he said to me that I always joke around with him and tell him he's slow," said Bellaire head coach Jose Davis of Hess. "He did a great job of hustling down there and making that play. I can't doubt him on his speed now."
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LOOKING FOR MORE — Edison's Chris Graziani receives the handoff from quarterback Nolan Marcus during Friday's tough 26-20 loss to Bellaire at Cartwright Field.
The hustle play set up a game-ending stand that started with a two-yard Marcus run, then a clock call with 3.1 seconds left, and culminated when Marcus was tackled for no gain on third-and-goal from the one as time expired to set off a Big Reds' celebration.
"It's kind of crazy," said Davis. "We've been in so many like that. We've always been on offense though, but the defense finally had its chance , and they stepped up and took care of defense.
"That's just guys stepping up and taking care of business. When their number's called they take care of business. I can't tell you how proud I am of our guys, of our coaching staff, and everybody that's involved here."
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Bellaire 26, Edison 20
Bellaire 13 0 6 7 - 26
Edison 6 0 8 6 - 20
B: Hess 9 pass from Badia (Kick failed)
E: Graziani 10 run (Bad snap)
B: Westlake 63 pass from Badia (Conroy kick)
E: Graziani 1 run (Andreozzi run)
B: Conroy 27 field goal
B: Conroy 32 field goal
B: Patrone 36 pass from Badia (Conroy kick)
E: Tennant 59 pass from Marcus (Kick failed)
RUSHING: Bellaire 31-99 (Badia 15-70, Maffe 10-20, Westlake 6-9); Edison 34-181-2 (Marcus 15-52, Graziani 14-67-2, Shannon 4-11, Pasek 1-51).
PASSING: Bellaire 18-36-304-3TD-1INT (All by Badia); Edison 11-24-205-1TD-2INT (All by Marcus).
RECEIVING: Bellaire (Westlake 6-120-1, Patrone 4-86-1, Maffe 4-26, Crosby 2-55, Hess 2-17-1); Edison (Springer 8-141, Tennant 1-59-1, Andreozzi 1-4, Graziani 1-1).
FIRST DOWNS: Bellaire 14; Edison 17.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Bellaire 7-47; Edison 8-60.
FUMBLES-LOST Bellaire 1-1, Edison 2-2.
Added Edison head coach Mike McKenzie of his team's effort, "I couldn't be prouder of them. They never quit. They never quit fighting. Once again there were so many chances for them to give up and we didn't.
"We kept pounding away and fighting and believing something was going to happen. We were one yard away from it. I don't care what the numbers on the scoreboard say, we were winners tonight."
The first quarter saw a pair of scores by Bellaire with Edison finding the end zone once.
Hess started off the scoring on a nine-yard pass from Spencer Badia. The touchdown came after the Big Reds were set up at the Wildcats' 20 when Nick Maffe recovered an Edison fumble on the fourth play of the game. Dalton Conroy missed the point after leaving the score 6-0 Bellaire.
After the teams exchanged punts Edison got on the board for the first time on a Graziani 10-yard run. Josh Pasek wet up the score with a 51-yard jaunt. A bad snap kept the extra point from being kicked and the score was tied at 6-all.
Bellaire answered two plays later. Badia connected with Hunter Westlake from 63 yards away for the score and Conroy's PAT was true for the 13-6 Bellaire lead.
After a scoreless second quarter, Edison capitalized after Cole Wargo recovered a Bellaire fumble on the first play of the third quarter. Graziani's punched in from one-yard for the touchdown four plays later and Marcus' point after put the Wildcats up 14-13 just 2:09 into the second half.
The ensuing possession gave Bellaire the lead right back. The Big Reds traveled 59 yards in 12 plays to set up a Conroy 27-yard field goal and a 16-14 lead.
A fumble recovered by Nick Patrone on the Edison's next play from scrimmage put Conroy in position to put another kick through - this one from 32 yards - and Bellaire led 19-14.
"The turnovers hurt us," said McKenzie. "They hurt every game, but we held them to a field goal on the one so our kids didn't hold their heads down and pout."
On its next possession Bellaire extended the lead to 12. Badia hit Patrone who slipped through a pair of tackles and speed to the end zone on the 36-yard play. Conroy put through his second extra point and the scoreboard read 26-14 Big Reds.
With 6:51 left in the game, and Edison sitting at fourth-and-10, Marcus threw a bomb to a wide open Devan Tennant down the visitors' sideline for a 59-yard touchdown. A missed extra point set the score at 26-20 with 6:51 remaining.
Two Bellaire punts sandwiching an Edison punt led to the final drive madness.
Badia completed 18-of36 passes for 304 yards with three scores and an interception. He also added 70 yards rushing on 15 carries, including some big scrambles for first down.
"That's kind of what it is," said Davis. "We talked at the beginning of the year how he had to become a better runner this year because teams are going to drop a couple more guys into coverage because of what we do.
"The better athlete he can be for us, the better we can be as a team."
Badia's top target was Westlake with six grabs for 120 yards and a touchdown. Patrone pulled in four balls for 86 yards and a score.
Marcus threw for 205 yards on 11-of 24 passing with a touchdowns and a pair of picks. Springer caught eight balls for 141 stripes to lead the Wildcats. Graziani led the rushing attack with 67 yards on 14 touches and two scores.
Edison closes its season Saturday at playoff hopeful Indian Creek.
"We'll look at that Saturday (today) and start breaking down Indian Creek," said McKenzie. "It's our last game and it's a rivalry game. that's the nice thing about ending with your rival in Week 10.
"You always have that to look forward to. I don't know what the outcome is going to be, but I do know I have kids that will play 48 minutes and will play their tails off every second they're out there."
Bellaire travels to Martins Ferry Friday looking to continue its march to the postseason.
"I would imagine this win is going to help us out, but again we have to take care of our business," said Davis. "The chips will fall where they fall, and we have to make sure we take care of what we can take care of. The rest will take care of itself from there."


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Erica Wallskog is currently the Early Arrival Coordinator, Receptionist, and Kindergarten Assistant teacher for Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. She assisted in the Red Oak classroom from 2004-2006 with Judy West. She has also been a summer camp teacher. Erica has a BA in Art History with a minor in Philosophy from Purdue University. She was also in the Purdue Dance Company and Band. Erica's 5 year old daughter, Clara, will be attending the Catalpa Pods class.
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5 Examples of Americans Thinking Foreign People Are Magic
In the good old days, white colonial powers went to poor foreign countries asking themselves, "What do these people have for us to steal?"
Nowadays, enlightened white people go to poor foreign countries and ask, "What do these noble people have to teach us?" The results are less murderous but more annoying.
Don't get me wrong, it is great that Westerners are now trying to understand foreign cultures and not murder them, but a lot of what's going around these days is less an attempt to understand foreigners as other human beings and more about trying to mine them for whatever mystical foreigner powers they possess. So try to avoid...
#5. Believing In Superstitions Just Because They Are Foreign
Everyone knows superstitions are dumb, like throwing salt over your shoulder if you spill some, never opening an umbrella indoors or wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle. If you tried to start a business teaching people how to hang horseshoes over their doors and avoid black cats, you would be on welfare pretty soon.
See, I tried this and nothing happened.
But bring the superstition from a foreign culture, and suddenly you are in business. You can apparently still convince a shockingly large portion of the population that you can see the future if you're doing it with Tarot cards. They come from the gypsies after all. Of course, these same people would slap you if you offered to tell their fortune from a standard card deck.
"Okay, so I guess three guys are going to ... beat you to death with a club?"
Wear a turban and call yourself Madame Zarisha, and a client will get a chill up their spine when you tell them they are going to die. If you took off the turban and admitted your name is Nancy, you'd get hit with a restraining order.
Applying the transitive property to the movie Drag Me to Hell, this Sikh cabdriver knows how you're going to die.
But now in this global era, Americans are increasingly lumpimg gypsies in with Europeans, and Europeans aren't exotic. People who really want to believe in stupid superstitions have to look to places like China, which has feng shui (sounds more like "phone shway" than "fang shooey"). Feng shui is a really really complex bunch of rules for organizing your house or business or sex dungeon or whatever.
Step 1: Build your house in the shape of an octagon.
Some of those rules are practical but blindingly obvious, like, "Put some thought into your house and don't fling your crap all over the place," and, "Don't block your door," but most are about how facing your front door east or painting it certain colors will increase the flow of "chi". Or if your house is getting too much "chi," you can put a mirror outside to reflect it away. Really.
Apparently chi works like lasers.
Despite being pretty stupid, feng shui got particularly hot in the 90's, with Donald Trump, Oprah, and firms like Salomon Smith Barney hiring feng shui consultants to maximize their chi. Of course, this is the equivalent of a Chinese Executive pinning 4-leaf clovers all over his office.
#4. Blindly Trusting Foreign Medicines
Hypothetical question. Suppose that someone handed you a jar of moldy tea and told you to drink it. How fast would you run away?
What if instead of asking you to have some moldy tea, they said it was "kombucha," an ancient Chinese remedy that could cure cancer and cleanse you of toxins? If you are one of millions of American health food nuts, apparently you will chug it, nevermind that it probably doesn't come from China and it's given people food poisoning.
It's actually from Russia, which is well known for its healthy products.
Likewise, because you just can't trust boring American doctors, but can trust rainforest fruits that Amazon tribesmen have been eating for centuries, you have the latest craze: acai.
Before acai, this woman was an overweight man.
Although most research seems to indicate that acai is about as healthy as non-exotic berries, Oprah and health fad opportunists are jumping all over it because Brazil. Tribesmen.
If this guy isn't a health authority, I don't know who is.
Imaginations ran wild and soon it was marketed for weight-loss, and anti-aging, and penis enlargement, because why not. This would be a harmless, stupid fad, if it hadn't driven acai to 60 times its normal price so that those traditional Brazilians can barely afford their own staple food anymore.
Another thing people are (literally) swallowing wholesale is hoodia, a plant product that the San (or Bushmen) of the Kalahari use to suppress hunger on long trips and Americans use to try and stop being fat.
"The Americans need it for WHAT?"
Tell American customers it's "natural" and chewed by a tribe that talks in clicks, and people are so completely hooked they won't even bother to pay attention to quality of the hoodia pills you hand them, many of which are apparently just made from whatever random crap the manufacturer could find lying around the factory.
Honestly, I suspect they're just grinding up things confiscated by the TSA at airports.
But peddle the same customers an American weight loss pill and they'll start clucking about their distrust of "drugs" and "Western medicine."
Anyway, if you really want to put your faith in ancient exotic medicine, you know what ancient Chinese emperors actually did drink for longevity? Mercury! Try that!
#3. Treating Foreigners as Having Unearthly Wisdom
The recent movie Eat, Pray, Love was about a lady that lost her passion for life or something, and went on some vacations all over the world until she found it again. It's based on a real story which hopefully is not that stupid and oversimplified, but some of its audience will definitely be people who believe meditating with a random nonwhite person in a foreign country will solve all your spiritual ills.
As Salon.com's Sandip Roy puts it, "I couldn't help wondering, where do those people in Indonesia and India go away to when they lose their passion, spark and faith? I don't think they come to Manhattan. I wonder if there could be an exchange program for the passion-deprived, a sort of global spark-swap." Imagine it ...
"So it turns out I had to go to Fargo to really discover what was wrong inside."
At first glance, this might look similar to people who go volunteering overseas with the Peace Corps or a church or whatever, and come back gushing about how much they learned, but there's a not-so-subtle difference between learning what life is like for other people in the world by actually working with them, and acting like those people were placed there like stations in a bird watching obstacle course designed to restore your Western pluck.
If it actually sounds appealing to have your spiritual enlightenment mapped out for you, you can book a number of different meditation tours to Thailand or Peru (or for the budget conscious, the "there are lots of non-white people there so it's sort of exotic, right?" Arizona tour).
Sedona, Arizona: The hippies' retirement home.
What it's hard for some people to grasp is that in any culture, there are wise people and stupid people, positive lessons and negative lessons, tacos and Montezuma's revenge.
...or Captain Kirk and Celine Dion.
Some random tai chi instructor might really be a Mr. Miyagi type who has a lot to teach you about how to not let your possessions possess you, or he might have flunked tai chi instructor training and moved to Kansas City, where people wouldn't ask to check his license. Chinese culture has a lot to teach us about respecting the elderly, but could learn a lot from America about how to not turn gift-giving into a grueling test of character.
If picking and choosing sounds too complicated, there's an ancient Chinese proverb my grandmother passed down to me that should do the trick: Don't believe someone has something deep to say just because they have a funny accent.


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