is it 'a usual' or 'an usual'? 'A usual' sounds more correct in my head ('Today was a usual day.') than 'an usual', but u is a vowel. Which one is correct and why?
In the following example, is it appropriate to use a or an as the indefinite article, and why?     He ate __ green apple.   I know that in the case of just "apple", it would be "an apple," but I've heard conflicting answers for "green apple," where the noun is separated from the article by an adjective.  Also, which is more appropriate in this case:     He ate  __ enormous Pop-Tart.
When should I use # and = in ASP.NET controls? I have been using ASP.NET for years, but I can never remember when using the # and = are appropriate.  For example:  &lt;%= Grid.ClientID %&gt;   or  &lt;%# Eval("FullName")%&gt;   Can someone explain when each should be used so I can keep it straight in my mind? Is # only used in controls that support databinding? I have a Toshiba satellite A-200 laptop with a Vista OS on it with 4 NTFS partitions  (C:) Vista  (D:) Entertainment  (E:) Work  (F:) Sources   and I wanted to start using Ubuntu instead. So I tried it first from the live CD and everything was OK and all the partitions were shown and working and so I decided to install Ubuntu to replace Vista on the (C:) drive. After I did that I can no longer find my folders and files on the (D:), (E:), (F:) partitions and the only file system that is shown is one 198 GB although my HDD is 320 GB.  I can't access the lost data on the remaining 120 GB which I hope is still there and not totally lost  I am now working from the live CD but I am unable to install testdisk. Can I recover the Vista partitions by the product recovery CD to get my laptop back to the factory settings? Can I recover the NTFS partitions using a recovery program for Windows or will that make the problem worse?   I need these data badly as I don't have a backup for them. How to configure a firewall that only allows a few webpages and dropbox and U1 services? How can I split an equation over two (or more) lines I am having the following equation:  \begin{equation}   Q(\lambda,\hat{\lambda}) = -\frac{1}{2} P(O \mid \lambda ) \sum_s \sum_m \sum_t \gamma_m^{(s)} (t) \left( n \log(2 \pi ) + \log \left| C_m^{(s)} \right| + \left( \mathbf{o}_t - \hat{\mu}_m^{(s)} \right) ^T C_m^{(s)-1} \left(\mathbf{o}_t - \hat{\mu}_m^{(s)}\right) \right) \end{equation}   which does not very well fit on one line. How can I split this over two lines? What I have in mind is that I specify the splitting place, and that the first line is left aligned and the second line right aligned to make clear that it is still the same equation.  The linebreak \\ does not work. Is QImage able to open and render pure 16-bit images? Is the current obtained using Ohm's law that which passes through the resistor or that which passes through the circuit? Shouldn't the current passing through a resistor be lesser than that which passes through a circuit? My understanding is that since Current = Charges/Time. If there exists a resistance to the flow of charges, then that must mean the charges slow down, meaning that more time is required to pass through a point. So, the current should then decrease. But, since this opposition to the flow of charges doesn't exist in the ENTIRE circuit, it should really only decrease the current in the resistor, right? Am I confusing the resistance of the resistor with the resistance of the wire? Any help will be appreciated! Thanks a bunch for lending me some of your time :D Strip whitespace from jsp output Windows 10 has an extensive collection of lock screen photos, many of which have  here on Travel.SE.  Is there a website which lists the location of all of these photos? I imagine Microsoft has purchased an official license, so they should have a record about the photographer and the place where the photo was taken. How can I use std::maps with user-defined types as key? Sensor for detecting airsoft bullet I'm trying to make airsoft chronograph/chronometer (a device that measures airsoft bullet speed). The idea is to measure time in which bullet is traveling from point A to point B, and then I can calculate bullet speed. Bullet is shot into plastic pipe with diameter of 32mm. I've tried to put on one side IR LED and on the other side phototransistor (BPW 40), both at the start and end of the tube. Something like this:  Blue circles are phototransistors, red circles are IR LEDs and white circles are airsoft bullets. When bullet passes through area where bullet 2  is drawn (just in between IR LED and phototransistor), everyting works perfectly. But when the bullet passes where bullets 1 and 3 are drawn, it isn't detected. That is expected, but unwanted behavior. So my question is: how can I detect bullets regardlessly of it's position ? I've thought about putting IR LEDs and phototransistors around the pipe (not only in one place), like this:  but this solution isn't cheapest: 5 IR LEDs + 5 BPW 40 = cca $12 times 2 (because I need it on both sides of the pipe) = $24. Is there any cheaper solution ? Is BPW 40 good choice for phototransistor ? I don't know which IR LEDs I'm using (and salesman in the store also doesn't know - he told me these are generic ones for remote controllers, like TV or DVD controller). Diameter of the pipe is 32mm and it will be long about 14cm (sensors will be 10cm apart). Diameter of airsoft bullet is 6mm. EDIT: I'll go for my second idea. I just have one more question: is it better to arrange IR emitters and photo transistors this way:  or this way:  Thanks !! Combine 4 cells in a table Here is a simple table.  I want to merge 4 cells. I want to combine the three "this" cells area in this table. I thought I have to use multirow and multicolum at same time. However, I could not find how to use it.  If possible, could you post the modified LaTeX source code?     My LaTeX code:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{multirow}% http://ctan.org/pkg/multirow \usepackage{hhline}% http://ctan.org/pkg/hhline \begin{document}  \begin{table}[ph] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c|c} \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Raaa (k)} &amp; \multicolumn{4}{c}{C ()} \\ \hhline{~----}  &amp; 3.3 &amp; 2.5 &amp; 1 &amp; 0.5 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Raaa (k)} &amp; \multirow{2}{*}{this} &amp; this &amp; 0.5 &amp; 0.6\\ \hhline{~~~--}            &amp;                       &amp; this &amp; 0.7 &amp; 1.2 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \caption{R, C ripple size} \label{T:peak} \end{center} \end{table} \end{document} How to combine paths in Java? Is there a Java equivalent for  in C#/.NET? Or any code to accomplish this?  This static method combines one or more strings into a path. How do I change the email address used for Google Play? My email address I use for the Play Store will be invalid soon, so I need to change it. However I don't want to make a new account because I want to keep all my apps. How can I do that? Even though JRE 8 is installed on my MAC OS Yosemite, the error - " No Java Runtime present,requesting to install " How many maximum CPUs does Ubuntu support by default? I think this is kernel dependent and probably will change over time depending on the kernel a release uses, correct me if wrong  I'd like to know two things for all the currently supported Ubuntu releases:  How many maximum CPUs can Ubuntu handle (by default) at the same time with a standard desktop kernel? Is that count different from a server kernel and 32bit/64bit systems?  Where can I find that information on my system? Uses of the 3D Cursor A sum of series problem: $\frac{3}{1!+2!+3!} + \frac{4}{2!+3!+4!} + \cdots + \frac{2008}{2006!+2007!+2008!}$ I have a question regarding the sum of this series: $$\frac{3}{1!+2!+3!} + \frac{4}{2!+3!+4!} + \cdots + \frac{2008}{2006!+2007!+2008!}$$ My approach: I found that this sum is equal to: $$\sum_{n=3}^{2008}\frac{n}{(n-2)!+(n-1)!+(n)!}$$  I reduced it to : $$\sum_{n=3}^{2008}\frac{1}{n(n-2)!}$$  Please suggest how to proceed further. Does linear ordering need the Axiom of Choice? A typical $L^p$ function does not have a well-defined trace on the boundary Installed Teamviewer using a 64-bit system, but I get a dependency error