I am applying for jobs and certain job postings specifically "welcome applications from" certain groups that "contribute to diversification."   I am in one of these groups that they state, but you have to get to page 4 of my CV or page 2 of my teaching statement to find out.  Why are they especially welcoming these groups? Is there part of their evaluation criteria that considers this diversification? Should I make the committee more aware of my belonging to such a group? If so, how?  [Nota bene: This is a North American job.]
I was browsing PhD position offers in Europe on different websites and I was quite surprised to find that several offers contained sentences such as     University of X value equality and diversity. We strongly encourage women and BAME applicants for this position.    where BAME stands for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities; or     The research group aims to increase the number of women in scientific positions. Female candidates are therefore encouraged to apply.   Is it considered normal in the academic environment to discriminate between  candidates according to their race and/or gender for "egalitarian" reasons?   How is the choice of a candidate based on their gender and/or race considered "egalitarian"?
SQL To search the entire MS SQL 2000 database for a value Is the latest version of Ubuntu 100% FREE I'd like to know how many downloads of a given package in a PPA there have been since it was first published.  I remember there was  about it about getting these metrics on the web UI, but as far as I know, it never got implemented.  But I think the number of downloads can nevertheless be obtained via the  if I'm the owner of that PPA. Any pointers? First quick glance at a dataset Please pardon my ignorance, but...  I keep finding myself in a situation, where I'm faced with a bunch of new data I managed to find. This data usually looks something like this:  Date     Number1  Number2  Category1  Category2 20120125      11      101        Dog      Brown 20120126      21       90        Cat      Black 20120126      31      134        Cat      Brown (...)   Usually at first glance I can't really tell if there are any trends here. The correlations between the various columns may not be very significant, but I would be delighted if I didn't have to manually create a plot for every possible combination of columns/categories.  Is there a tool out there which would accept a table of data along with information which columns should be treated as numbers, dates and categories and then proceed to plot:   correlations between each two numerical columns correlations between each two numerical columns, with separate trend lines for each category each number column as a time series, each number column as a time series, separated by category, etc.   In the end this would generate a large number of plots, most of which would show only noise. Ideally, the tool could score the plots by correlation and in the end display a slideshow starting with the highest scoring plots. This would be a very imperfect, but useful first glance at the dataset.  So? Is there a tool everyone uses for this and I just don't know about it, or is this something we need to make? I just bought a new HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition laptop that has HDMI out. I already have a couple of monitors that are VGA and I'd like to hook up one of these to dual monitors.  I've read some sketchy reviews of products that try to convert directly from HDMI (digital) to  VGA (analog), so I was wondering if someone has a good recommendation on how to hook these two together. Why won't Mathematica display an answer? I started to work with EEVEE short time ago and I was amazed by the capabilities of this engine. However, I noticed something strange when I was rendering some tests. Some objects/reflections/shadows dissapear when they're off canvas. I imagine that maybe this is for save memory data, but it can be not suitable to some projects. To make my point graphical, I made a simple scene with simple objects. The main object is the sphere with a mirror-like shader. Out of focus there are different objects with different shaders. A yellow cone, a blue cylinder and a white cube light. But surprisingly, those objects dissapear when the composition is rendered. See the rendered animation below:  Notice that the blue cylinder is not even showing at all in the final render. And the blooming effect from the light cube also dies. I would like to improve this bahaviour and render the objects that are still out of canvas using EEVEE. Do I missing something like memory configuration or reflection/shadow tweaks? Is this caused by the EEVEE engine or by my GPU config (GTX1060)? Thank you in advance! Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted Definite article, repetition in lists Which would be correct?        The fridge, the shelves, the walls, the floor, and John himself, were all covered in foam.   The fridge, shelves, walls, floor, and John himself, were all covered in foam.      The the can be applied to all the nouns, so is there a need to repeat it? Proof of $\lim_{n\to \infty} \sqrt[n]{n}=1$ Thomson et al. provide a proof that $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \sqrt[n]{n}=1$ in . It has to do with using an inequality that relies on the binomial theorem:  I have an alternative proof that I know (from elsewhere) as follows.  Proof. \begin{align} \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \frac{ \log n}{n} = 0 \end{align} Then using this, I can instead prove: \begin{align} \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \sqrt[n]{n} &amp;= \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \exp{\frac{ \log n}{n}} \newline &amp; = \exp{0} \newline &amp; = 1 \end{align}  On the one hand, it seems like a valid proof to me. On the other hand, I know I should be careful with infinite sequences. The step I'm most unsure of is: \begin{align} \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \sqrt[n]{n} = \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \exp{\frac{ \log n}{n}} \end{align} I know such an identity would hold for bounded $n$ but I'm not sure I can use this identity when $n\rightarrow \infty$. Question: If I am correct, then would there be any cases where I would be wrong? Specifically, given any sequence $x_n$, can I always assume: \begin{align} \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} x_n = \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \exp(\log x_n) \end{align} Or are there sequences that invalidate that identity?  (Edited to expand the last question) given any sequence $x_n$, can I always assume: \begin{align} \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} x_n &amp;=  \exp(\log \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} x_n) \newline &amp;=  \exp(\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \log x_n) \newline &amp;=  \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \exp( \log x_n) \end{align} Or are there sequences that invalidate any of the above identities? (Edited to repurpose this question). Please also feel free to add different proofs of $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \sqrt[n]{n}=1$. I work at a nursery and I have a hard time managing the toys that the kids play with. I watch them put things in their mouths, cough and sneeze on the toys, and throw everything on the ground. Even though I see all of these things, it is hard to find the time to clean all of the toys, simply because there are too many and I do not have that much time. Any input would be appreciated! Universal Chord Theorem SQL Server replication subscriptions marked as inactive Is there any way to force SQL Server NOT to mark subscriptions as inactive, ever?  It happens sporadically when there are connection issues and I don't want to have to reinitialize the subscription every time.  Note, I'm not talking about the subscriptions being marked as expired...just as inactive.  We have retention set to 0 (infinite). I'd rather have a big distribution database than have to reinitialize a 15GB database to a subscriber over the WAN. Anyway, the real issue here is that they are getting marked as inactive within just a few hours sometimes...or sometimes a few days...it seems sporadic. Is there any way to tell WHY SQL decided in its wisdom to mark them inactive? When starring a message from the star board, it's not reflected in the main chat window Why does cycle rendering only use one core from an AMD GPU? I want to express $$\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty \dfrac{1}{(z+n)^2+a^2}$$ in closed form. What comes to mind is the formula $$\pi\cot\pi z = \dfrac{1}{z}+\sum_{n\ne 0}\left(\dfrac{1}{z-n}+\dfrac1n\right)=\dfrac{1}{z}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\dfrac{2z}{z^2-n^2}$$  and also $$\dfrac{\pi^2}{\sin^2\pi z}=\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty \dfrac{1}{(z-n)^2}.$$ But neither of these gives the term $(z+n)^2+a^2$ that we want. Perhaps we can adjust somehow? Wi-Fi not working on Lenovo ThinkPad E570 (Realtek RTL8821CE) Short circuit or disconnect to bypass a compressor Close vote review audit flawed - fails without casting vote Having just  from any of the queues, it was reviewing close votes; however, this audit was flawed in that I didn't even cast a close vote.  Often I press the Close button to preview greater detail and sentiment of the closure, spawning the Why should this question be closed dialog box:    Especially for duplicates, where functionality is solely dependent on spawning this dialog.  From Closing > Duplicate, I can search or view selected duplicates:    Although, I realize general closure reasons are summarized on the page:    This question had 6-upvotes, but seemed very localized referencing subjective query is "taking too long" and even had a sqlfiddle link.  Maybe overly broad regarding performance tuning, the OP was posting like a forum with two answer posts to his own question  and  with one of those answers asking follow-up questions.    Wanting to gauge community response, current closure totals struck my curiosity.  So, I pressed the Close button and boom - oh, the humanity!  I failed, and didn't even cast a close vote.    Votes are not cast until a reason for closure is selected and Vote to Close is pressed.  Taking any review very seriously on this site, it only seems fair that my review quality is tested through actionable steps instead of clicking for more detailed information, leveraging the functional design of the close vote user interface.  Sure, it's complex to seed fake vote totals, and then there's controversy of mindless voting in the majority or people who simply cherry pick 4-vote questions.  Still though, it seems unfair I should hesitate to review further information of vote totals and duplicates before skipping due to the implementation of this audit. Will I miss anything by watching Dragon Ball Z Kai instead of the other series? I've read that Dragon Ball Z Kai is an HD remaster and recut of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. However, Kai has  while Dragon Ball has  and Z has .  If I watch only Dragon Ball Z Kai, do I miss anything I would get by watching the other two series? And is anything censored in Kai that is not censored in the others?