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Richmond County school board member A.K. Hasan says he is looking out for the system and that is why he wants Superintendent Charles Larke's contract to end in 2008 instead of him possibly getting a one-year extension if he gets a satisfactory review.
But this situation is not the first of its kind Hasan has been involved in. Back in 1993 A.K. Hasan was on the board. He was part of a group that voted to terminate the contract for the superintendent back then. Dr. Charles Larke says it all comes down to micromanaging.
Richmond County School Board Superintendent Dr. Charles Larke says there is nothing illegal about his contract. There's a beginning and ending date, also an opportunity to renew for an additional year. Board member A.K. Hasan disagrees with the structure.
"I'm sure he acknowledges the first day we met which is when list was presented that I thought the contract he currently operates under should be his last contract June 30, 2008," Hasan said.
But Dr. Larke, a 36-year veteran of the school system, 11 of those years spent as superintendent, thinks it is a personal attack after he refused to hire some of the people on this list brought by Hasan.
"Some of the things appear to be illegal, unethical and to me this is micromanaging which goes against the board's code of ethics," Larke said.
And this isn't the first time Hasan has had trouble with a superintendent. As a board member back in 1983, he helped take out the superintendent during that time.
"At that time was not functioning in the best interest of the school system. As a result the majority of the board voted him out, I was a part of that and very proud to be a part of that," Hasan said.
But Hasan says Dr. Larke is not doing a bad job, it's just time for a change. It's something Dr. Larke doesn't understand and wonders about age discrimination.
"He's looking after his future. I'm looking after the system," Hasan said.
"I'm concerned about the appearance based on age and gender based on some comments that were made to me and I plan to discuss those in executive session," Larke said.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, March 6, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- More fallout over three Augusta commissioners doing business with the city. There's finger-pointing, blame and even punishments, this time from members of the Augusta Interfaith Coalition.
"I know where my heart lies. My heart lies with the good Lord to do the right thing," said Commissioner Wayne Guifoyle.
Apologies abound but overall, will things really change?
"I'm still going to show up at the house when the coroner has to get them out," Commissioner Joe Jackson said.
"So you're still going to do work with the city?" asked News 12's Ryan Houston.
"If I have to do it for free, yeah, I will do it," Jackson said.
"No, I'm not. Every job I've done, I'm the lowest bidder. I'm a subcontractor," said Commissioner Grady Smith.
The commission voted to officially reprimand Commissioners Guilfoyle, Jackson and Smith for breaking the city's ethics code and doing business with the city.
The punishment wasn't enough for Rev. Chris Johnson and The Augusta Interfaith Coalition.
"If it had been a black person, Hispanic or Asian, they would be in jail," Rev. Johnson said.
His group wants the commissioners involved to step down and repay all money. The demands continue.
"We are also asking if they don't do it, we will turn it over to the state ethics board and let them handle it," Johnson said.
Commissioners Jackson and Guilfoyle say their businesses have completed all city projects. Commissioner Smith's company is still involved in what some are calling a lengthy contract.
"I can look you in the eye and say anybody that I've ever taken money from illegally, I'll pay him off right now," Smith said.
"Mr. Smith has to make a decision with his family, from a business standpoint, is it worth it for him to sit up here and make $14,000 or making $250,000 on business with Fort Gordon?" said Commissioner Alvin Mason.

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SAN JOSE -- Less than a month after completing his review of San Jose State's embattled administration, the CSU chancellor is again investigating possible problems at the campus -- this time, auditing allegations of fiscal impropriety in a department.
More than a year ago, an internal San Jose State review found "no indication of fiscal improprieties" -- even as it reported that the former head of its justice studies department spent $6,868 from a Department of Justice Studies bank account on "inadvertent charges" for himself, including parking tickets and an iPad.
But President Mo Qayoumi has reopened the case, asking CSU Chancellor Timothy White on May 15 to audit the whole justice department. The move came shortly after NBC aired a segment about the questionable expenditures and the internal audit.
"I think the timing looks suspicious," said justice studies professor Sang Hea Kil, who said her own two complaints alleging mismanagement and fraud in the department went nowhere. "I tried my best and nothing came of my multiple requests."
The department head, Mark Correia, repaid the money before he left San Jose State last summer; in April, Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced he had been hired as dean of its College of Health and Human Services.
Shortly after Correia's departure was announced, an internal controller's report documented the inappropriate spending but deemed it inadvertent.
"Even though those expenses appear to be not following university procedures when incurred, they are now refunded and resolved," wrote Ninh Phambi, San Jose State's director of internal control. "Therefore I do not believe that they constitute reportable improprieties."
The chancellor's office launched its second probe as the ink was still drying on another intervention. Its review of campus governance, requested by frustrated members of the campus's Academic Senate who complained of poor communication and low morale, last month resulted in Qayoumi apologizing and vowing to consult more closely with faculty and other campus leaders.
But the fragile peace between the president and his faculty has been shaken by the sudden resignation of Charles Bullock, dean of The College of Applied Sciences and Arts, who oversaw the justice studies department and five others, in addition to four schools.
Bullock's unexpected resignation -- announced this week by Provost Andy Feinstein in an email thanking the dean for his contributions -- has upset and puzzled some faculty members, including one member of a review committee that gave Bullock good ratings this spring as part of a regularly scheduled five-year evaluation.
"We were very disappointed, because our review was very positive, and we're looking for a reason for why this happened," said Shirley Reekie, head of the kinesiology department.
Student activists, meanwhile, are seeking answers of their own, demanding an independent audit of all San Jose State's departments. The Student Coalition for SJSU Accountability has been requesting and scrutinizing public records on campus expenditures since it formed last fall, said one of its organizers, Michelle Pujol, a justice studies major who graduated last month.
Pujol says students and the public deserve to know some fundamental questions about the university: "Where's the money? Where's the power? Who's making the decisions and who is it serving?"
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Backstage in a 1,400-square-foot hallway beneath the Hard Rock Cafe Nashville, country music's biggest stars assembled for the sold-out Country Weekly Fashion Show Presented by Wrangler—hosted by Clay Walker. At fire-code capacity and high temperatures up to 85 degrees, it was the place to be with over 26 celebrities, 54 wardrobe changes, $250,000 in diamonds from Tiffany & Co., 18 pairs of Wranglers and 283 autographs signed for online auction items to be found at musiciansoncall.org. Be sure to check out the July 16 issue of Country Weekly (on newsstands July 2) for complete photo coverage! Check out these exclusive, behind-the -scenes photos from the sold-out event.


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Morgan Stanley Strategist: Still Bearish as 2013 Approaches
Morgan Stanley strategist Adam Parker isn't as bearish heading into 2013 as he was a year ago, but he's still pretty gloomy.
Parker, the most bearish strategist on Wall Street this year, isn't exactly exuding optimism when it comes to next year's forecast. He expects the S&P 500 to finish at 1434, or only about 2% above Monday's closing price of 1406.
Still, the forecast is a far cry from his 2012 target of 1167 that he stuck to the whole year (the S&P finished 2011 at 1258, for what it's worth).
"Our concerns around US deficit/debt and the obvious borrowing from the future that occurs from unconventional policy, the European sovereign crisis, and slower growth in emerging markets generally remain, but the acuteness of these issues appears for now to be less sharp," Parker said in a note to clients. "Our 2013 year-end target calls for low-to-mid single digit upside predicated on our view that 2014 corporate earnings are likely to modestly recover from our 2013 forecasted level, perhaps with profits troughing during the April 2013 earnings season."
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Parker recommends investors hold more cash, increase dividend-growth exposure and retain a bias toward mega caps. Among sector recommendations, the firm upgraded industrials to overweight and energy to market weight, and downgraded technology to market weight and financials and consumer staples to underweight. Health care remains overweight.
Last year, Parker was also the most bearish strategist on Wall Street — and the most accurate — having correctly predicted a year of weak earnings gains and a pullback in investor confidence. But sticking to that same bearish outlook this year has, so far, proved more problematic.
Parker has even acknowledged the trials and tribulations that go with sticking to a view that has been proven to be so wrong for so long. "We admit we were too dismissive of this mindset [that the market would cheer bad economic data in hopes of Fed action] the past few weeks," Parker said in a research note in September. "We hope we learned the lesson for the future, but we're not sure we're that smart, so we will see."
In his most recent note, Parker explicitly states his disdain for price targets.
"We wish we didn't have to set a year-end target. Having had a very accurate one in 2011 and a pretty bad one in 2012, we are living proof that there is a negative asymmetry," he says. "We felt little joy in 2011 and lots of pain in 2012 related to the target, and find few credible investors really care where we think the market is going to be on a particular day one year in the future."
One of the main reasons for his less-than-upbeat 2013 price target is based on the assumption that earnings growth continues to diminish. The firm has an 2013 S&P 500 earnings estimate of $99/share, well below the Street's consensus view of $114. "The primary debate surrounding market performance will likely surround investor reaction (i.e., fear) as the earnings outlook declines, not whether earnings will decline," he says.
–Tomi Kilgore contributed to this post.
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DUBLIN -- An 18-year-old man who was shot and killed by Dublin police Sunday night fought with officers from Livermore the day before -- but was released from police custody even though they were forced to subdue him with a stun gun.
Oscar Herrera, of Dublin, attacked a friend and threatened to eat him Saturday afternoon in Livermore in a possibly drug-fueled incident, police said. On Sunday evening, Herrera was fatally shot after using a baseball bat to hit a Dublin police officer after a family friend called police to report that Herrera was threatening his mother.
Livermore police said Monday that Herrera was not placed on a psychiatric hold after the Saturday incident because he had not threatened to harm himself, and he was released from police custody because officers believed he would be sedated in a hospital intensive care unit until prosecutors could file criminal charges against him.
Herrera had a criminal history of assault, resisting arrest, and possession of drugs and weapons, Dublin police said Monday.
When Livermore police responded to call for help Saturday, they found Herrera covered in blood from a fight with his friend. When he attacked police and threatened to kill them, they used their Tasers on him, but eventually had to wrestle him to the ground and handcuff him.
Police took him to a hospital to be treated for possible drug use and for injuries from his earlier fight. A Livermore police statement said that because no officers were hurt in the fight and they believed that Herrera would remain sedated in the hospital for several days, police released him from their custody.
The next morning, Herrera checked himself out of the hospital against his doctor's advice and called his mother to pick him up, police said.
Around 6:15 p.m. that evening, Dublin police were called to the Alamo Creek Villas apartment complex in the 7000 block of Dublin Meadows Street.
Dublin police Chief Tom McCarthy said Herrera's sister's boyfriend called 911 because he feared for the safety of Herrera's mother. The boyfriend -- who was not at the apartment at the time -- told police that he believed Herrera was coming off drugs because he had just been released from a hospital.
Officers met Herrera, who was holding an aluminum baseball bat, at the front door of the unit.
An officer drew his gun, and Herrera hit the officer's right hand with the bat, police said Monday.
"Herrera then raised the baseball bat over his head in a motion which would direct the bat at the officer's head," Dublin police Lt. Herb Walters said in a statement. "The officer felt his life was in immediate danger and fired four rounds striking (Herrera) and stopping the threat to his life."
Herrera was pronounced dead at the scene.
McCarthy said Monday that Dublin officers did not use a Taser on the combative man because the assault happened so fast.
The officer who shot Herrera -- whose name was not released -- is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation, a routine move after an officer-involved shooting. The officer's hand remained swollen Monday, McCarthy said.
McCarthy said he believed Herrera was either detoxing from methamphetamine or bath salts, but toxicology reports have not been completed. Police said that Herrera had pushed his mother to the ground, causing her minor to moderate injuries. She was recovering Monday.
In the earlier incident, Livermore police were called Saturday about Herrera using methamphetamine and attacking and threatening to eat his friend.
When Livermore police approached Herrera ¿in the 3800 block of East Avenue about 4 p.m., he ignored officers' commands and charged at them before they used the Taser and wrestled him to the ground, according to a statement from Livermore police spokesman Steve Goard. The Livermore police statement says he was placed under arrest at that time, before officers determined that he needed medical care.
Herrera was taken to a hospital and admitted to the intensive care unit, "where he was expected to stay for the next couple of days," according to the police statement. At that time, police released him from their custody and planned to seek a criminal complaint from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Goard said investigators were following the department's common practice for when a suspect is admitted into a hospital's intensive care unit.
"Generally in ICU, they sedate them to the point they are not responsive," Goard said. "The officers were under the impression he would be there a couple of days and opted to complete the investigation and send it to the (district attorney's office)."
Police said that Herrera's friend told them he had seen Herrera ingest what he believed to be methamphetamine earlier in the day. The friend said began to act strangely, including trying to put his hands inside his friend's mouth before police arrived. The friend declined to press charges against Herrera.
Although Dublin contracts with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office for police services, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said Dublin police and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office will investigate the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 925-833-6670.


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- May 30:
- DA: No charges in fatal friendly-fire shooting of BART police detective
- Jan 29:
- BART police shooting: Family offers message of grief and gratitude
- BART police shooting: Thousands mourn at funeral for slain police sergeant
- Jan 28:
- BART police shooting: Hundreds come to pay respects to slain officer at visitation
- Jan 27:
- BART police shooting: Officers required to get written approval before future searches
- Jan 25:
- Police: Media reports on details of fatal shooting of BART sergeant last week 'inaccurate'
- Jan 23:
- BART police shooting: Tom Smith killed by bullet that passed through gap in bulletproof vest, autopsy finds
- Jan 22:
- Reforms didn't prepare BART police for latest tragedy
- 'Stay safe': Brothers' last words to BART officer killed on duty
- BART police shooting: Still unclear whether fellow officer mistook sergeant for threat
- BART officers mourn slain comrade; questions persist in shooting incident
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- BART police sergeant shot and killed by fellow officer during search in Dublin
- BART police officer fatally shot by fellow officer during apartment search
When a police officer dies in the line of duty, it is a tragedy beyond measure for any community. But when one is killed accidentally by a fellow officer, it is a shocking reminder of the dangers faced by police officers when they go to work each day.
Sgt. Tom Smith Jr., a 23-year law enforcement veteran and member of the BART police force, was shot and killed Tuesday by a fellow officer. The 42-year-old Smith, who headed the department's detective division, was part of a team searching an apartment at 6450 Dougherty Road in Dublin. It was the home of a suspect in several robberies on BART property.
Although details remain sketchy, officials with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, the agency in charge of the investigation, said Smith was part of a team that entered the apartment with guns drawn and wearing bulletproof vests. According to the official account, once inside, a single shot was fired by an officer who has 10 years experience. Smith was struck by the bullet and was killed.
While such instances of so-called "friendly fire" are rare, they do occur. In California, 35 other police officers have been killed by accidental gunfire since 1895. The last local one occurred in January 2001 in Alameda County when an undercover detective was shot and killed by two Oakland police officers.
Of course, anyone who puts on a police uniform knows that danger is part of the job, but we would surmise that few ever expect the danger can also come from fellow officers.
If anyone understood the inherent dangers in the job, it was Smith's wife who is also a BART police officer in the K-9 unit.
Smith is the first BART police officer to be killed in the line of duty in the 42-year history of the force.
It is vital that investigators in this case reconstruct the details of the events as thoroughly as possible because there are so many questions that are in dire need of answers. Was there an error in procedure? How experienced are BART police at conducting searches? Is there a need for better training? Just to name a few.
This death will have reverberations far beyond BART headquarters. It will chill officers in police agencies throughout the country.
Of course, it will devastate Smith's colleagues, friends and family, but we also rather imagine it will dramatically alter the life of the officer who fired the shot.
We join the entire community in expressing sadness for this tragedy and offer our most sincere condolences to both families.


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Protest at Waterbury Walmart fizzles for lack of permit
|Keri Hoehne, left, organizing director of United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Locl 371, talks with Steve Schrag, a community organizer with Waterbury Community United, in the parking lot Friday outside Walmart on Wolcott Road in Waterbury. The union was told it could not conduct its protest in support of Walmart workers or hand out leaflets -- even on the sidewalk surrounding the plaza -- because they did not have a permit. David Krechevsky Republican-American
WATERBURY -- The planned protest at Walmart on Wolcott Street was short-lived Friday.
Participants in the informational picketing led by Local 371 of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union arrived at the store shortly before 10 a.m., prepared to hand out leaflets and show support for the employees of Wal-Mart Inc. nationwide who have been protesting poor working conditions for the past couple of weeks.
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A year ago Lauderdale County's Fire Service launched a major recruitment campaign. With less than 200 volunteers at the time, LCFS officials say there was a dire need for it. A year later, and things are changing!
'We've brought in an additional 100 volunteers.'
Keith Reed is the Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for Lauderdale County's Fire Service. He credits a more than $331,000 grant that the department received from FEMA with aiding in the recruitment effort.
'With that grant we're able to give back to the volunteers with a $5 reimbursement per call, just for expenses they have had while responding,' says Reed.
Aside from providing money for reimbursements, the grant is also being used to pay for a full-time recruiter for the agency, plus materials that are needed.
'Out of the last 100 people that we've recruited, 75% are probably in the 18 to 25 or 26 age range,' says Reed.
In coming months Reed says he plans to place posters, that encourage young people to volunteer, inside every high school in Lauderdale County. With so many young people volunteering, he's optimistic that the posters will attract even more.
'If we could get another 100 to 150 people of any age who qualify, we would be happy with that,' says Reed. 'That would not stop our recruitment efforts; we're always looking for people, but 400 to 450 would be adequate to do everything that we would have to do.'
Currently there are about 300 volunteer firefighters who serve 40,000 residents in Lauderdale County. Each year they respond to almost 2,500 emergency calls. In all, there are 16 volunteer fire departments in Lauderdale County with 21 different fire stations.


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Goldberg's Picks: The 7 Best Exchange-Traded Funds for 2013
In these uncertain times, you can still buy high-quality blue-chip stocks at discounted prices. So when investing in exchange-traded funds in 2013, make funds that invest in such companies the biggest part of your stock portfolio. But don't ignore fast-growing emerging-markets companies; many of them are also cheap.
SEE ALSO: Our Investing Outlook for 2013
1. Start with Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Growth ETF (symbol MGK). It seeks to replicate the faster-growing half of the MSCI US Large Cap 300 index. Over the past three years, the ETF returned an annualized 12.6% -- an average of one percentage point per year better than Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. (All returns in this article are through December 17.) And the ETF charges just 0.12% annually for expenses.
In recent years, for inexplicable reasons, stocks of faster-growing large companies haven't commanded anywhere near the premium price-earnings ratios that they normally do compared with their value-stock brethren. The stocks in this ETF trade at an average of 16 times estimated 2013 earnings, compared with a price-earnings ratio of 13 for the S&P 500. The gap is usually much wider. Perhaps investors are shunning large growth stocks because of the shellacking they took in the 2000-02 bear market. But before that selloff, large growth stocks traded at obscenely high P/Es. That is certainly not the case today.
Apple (AAPL), the ETF's biggest holding, at about 11% of assets, is a case in point. As a result of its recent retreat, the stock sells for just 10 times analysts' estimated earnings for the fiscal year that ends in September. Overall, one-third of the ETF's assets are in tech stocks.
2. Next add Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG), which costs only 0.13% annually. Don't buy this ETF for its yield: a modest 2.3%. Buy it for the high-quality stocks it owns. It invests only in companies that have raised their dividends in each of the past ten years. It also insists on companies with strong balance sheets. More than one-fourth of its holdings are low-risk consumer-staples companies, such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), its largest holding. This ETF is so good that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) recently bought more than 5% of its shares. Over the past five years, the ETF returned an annualized 4.0% -- an average of two percentage points per year more than the S&P 500.
3. Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) owns the picks of Morningstar's 100-plus stock analysts with the strongest barriers against competitors. Hence the name. Morningstar is far better known for its fund research, but it actually has three times as many stock analysts as fund analysts.
The ETF is new, but a nearly identical exchange-traded note (which we wouldn't buy for reasons having nothing to do with the quality of the stock picks) returned an annualized 10.2% over the past five years. That put it in the top 1% of large-company blend funds.
4. For emerging markets, Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) is my choice. Its holdings trade at just 11.6 times estimated 2013 earnings, despite investing in companies based in some of the world's fastest-growing economies. The ETF was launched in 2005, but over the past ten years, a regular Vanguard fund that is a clone of the ETF returned an annualized 15.6%, crushing foreign developed-markets indexes. Just remember that the ride on emerging-markets stocks is often bumpy. In 2011, for instance, the Vanguard ETF plunged 18.8%. Its expense ratio is 0.20%.
5. You can't build a diversified portfolio and ignore the developed world outside the U.S. So put some money in Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF (VEA), which charges just 0.12% annually. After all, one day the euro zone might actually solve its problems. Japan might, too, for that matter. Besides, the market has discounted these stocks. The ETF's stocks on average trade at just 11 times estimated 2013 earnings. The S&P 500, by contrast, sells for 13 times estimated 2013 profits.
6. For investing in bonds, I prefer regular mutual funds (see my best bond fund picks for 2013) over ETFs. But if you'd rather use an ETF, choose Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT). It offers a good portfolio of single-A bonds for just 0.14% annually and yields 2.5%. Should interest rates on similar bonds rise by one percentage point, this ETF should lose about 6% in price. But you'd still get the interest -- in fact, the yield would rise.
7. For tax-free bonds, consider iShares S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond (MUB). The yield is a meager 1.5%, equivalent to 2.2% for a taxpayer in the 35% bracket. The average credit quality for its bonds is single-A. This ETF will also likely lose about 6% if interest rates rise one percentage point.
Steven T. Goldberg is an investment adviser in the Washington, D.C. area. He and clients own shares of Apple and Berkshire.
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Dominique Henley leads Lady Bucs to big win
Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 12:14 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Dominique Henley scored 16 points to lead seventh-ranked Shelton State Community College to a 99-54 rout of Wallace State-Selma in women's basketball action Thursday night.
Shelton State had a halftime lead of 48-25 and kept up the scoring pace in the second half.
Also for Shelton, Porshia Blue scored 13 points, Brittany Agee had 12 points and Brianna Lancaster and Kendara Watts each scored 11. Watts also had eight rebounds.
Sharin Rivers added nine assists, and Amber Yelding had 10 steals.
For Wallace, Jameshia Kaver had 20 points.
Shelton State (11-0) will host Enterprise State at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
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Htop, a tip-top ncurses interactive tool for system monitoring your desktop
You don't have to be an uber system administrator of a network to use Htop. It might have been designed with the masters of the universe in mind but just because you are a mere solitary desktop user in a Pizza-strewn study room staring at a single machine doesn't mean you can't get it and use it too. This article will show you how to configure and use htop to monitor system resources and how to use this dinky interactive application to manage running applications and processes on your desktop.


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It is my pleasure to present to you two new members of Capella Ixtapa's culinary team: Executive Chef Rurik Salazar, and Sous Chef Miguel Baltazar. Both are amazing chefs and I am excited to announce they are also both finalists for Mexico's Chef of the Year contest! I had to sit down and get to know a bit more about their culinary passions and of course, share them with you.
Chefs, you clearly both have a love of food. How would you describe your cuisine, your culinary style?
RS: I enjoy experimenting with unknown products in a search for the highest quality and the most adequate technique to bring out the best of every ingredient. I am in a constant search of the perfect dish. My culinary style is Mexican, whether traditional or contemporary, it is what moves me. I also appreciate foreign gastronomies such as Thai. Regardless of their origins, I love Fine Dining Cuisine.
MB: I have great respect for traditional Mexican ingredients and techniques. I truly enjoy cooking with what I know best and taking it to the contemporary scene. My cuisine is bold, colorful and very Mexican.
I am so excited that you both are the finalists for the Chef of the Year contest, which will be held in June 2014! Will you be practicing together for the finals?
RS: I won the first national semifinal in the Bajío region last June. I am thrilled to be representing Capella Ixtapa along with Miguel. This is the most important culinary contest in Mexico, so it is amazing that we have both made it so far! Together we will put Capella Ixtapa on Mexico's culinary map!
MB: I won the second national semifinal that included the states of Michoacán, Morelos and Guerrero. I loved the experience of being tested in every possible way. From my perspective what gives you edge is controlling your nerves. I am so happy to represent Capella Ixtapa and it is an honor to be head-to-head with my Executive Chef! I am sure we will practice together because at the end our goal is to finish first and second.
What innovations are you bringing to Capella Ixtapa's dining experience?
RS: Our main goal is to create unique culinary experiences for our guests. This will come from having the best local ingredients in an attempt to showcase regional gastronomy. We will have seasonal menu changes through the year while keeping our signature dishes. My biggest professional challenge is to take Capella Ixtapa's cuisine to a national and international spotlight.
MB: Chef Rurik and I have a very similar conception of food and I think great things are about to take place. I am bringing a fresh twist on traditional Mexican Cuisine. We are both bringing our own personal experience and vision to the food. We want guests to visit Capella Ixtapa because of our cuisine.
Fall has come to Ixtapa, and with it the new seasonal menu at Capella Ixtapa. What can the guests expect at our restaurants?
RS & MB: Be prepared to taste real Mexican flavors, from smoked cow's tongue to black berry tamales. We are cooking a very interesting menu for A Mares, where we are combining gastronomy of the Guerrero's coast with ingredients and techniques from central Mexico. Also not to be missed is our special set menu for the Tequila tasting, it is as Mexican as it gets!
For my final question, what is your favorite Mexican dish?
RS: There is nothing that takes me back to my hometown as much as a Mole de Caderas. Every year I wished for Día de Muertos to come because I knew I was getting a nice hot bowl of this flavorful soup made with goat's hip and spine. It's unique flavor comes from goats who have dieted on salt throughout their lives.
MB: I am a simple man and I love eating, but there is nothing that I enjoy as much as a big plate of Morisqueta made by my grandma. Steamed rice, slowly cooked beans, spicy tomato salsa, aged Cotija cheese and sour cream; every spoonful is a childhood memory.
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Senior Associate Dean Bhaskar Chakravorti interviews Professor Laurent Jacque, Walter B. Wriston Professor of International Finance and Banking.
Bhaskar Chakravorti: Forget BRICs. Are the U.S. & Eurozone tomorrow's emerging markets?
Laurent Jacque: It depends whom you ask. On one hand, you have asset managers who will invest money for pension funds and hedge funds and the like, and will continuously appraise the attractiveness of different asset classes and different markets. And the second category of actors are business people, and their perspective is different. It's more about market growth, industry concentrations, and potential demand. For the first group, the answer is unclear. For the second group, the BRICs will continue to be much more interesting than the U.S. and the Eurozone.
BC: Let's talk about the asset managers first.
LJ: From an asset manager's perspective, the BRICs may have run their course, and the U.S. or the Eurozone could step in to fill the vacuum. If I'm an asset manager, what initially attracted me to emerging markets were a couple of things: Higher return, faster growth, but accompanied by more risk. So traditionally emerging capital markets had a much lower correlation vis à vis the bigger, developed markets, and the BRICs were very attractive. Thus by investing in BRICs you were, in fact, increasing return while reducing risk from an overall portfolio point of view. Today, BRICs have of course surged ahead in terms of growth rates, but they've also been the victim of quantitative easing – QE2.
BRICs were the victim of QE2 in the sense that the U.S. interest rate policy pushed a lot of hot money to these markets. And in some of those cases, it has pushed the exchange rate to an abnormally high level and those currencies have become grossly overvalued. Any asset manager looking at Brazil or South Africa or even Russia today would say, "Hey, there's still exciting opportunity in these markets, but is the currency going to crash?" So I think what we've seen with the spiking of BRICs, or emerging markets, is that in a number of cases the exchange rate has gone way too high much too fast, and there's a risk of a crash that may wipe out the higher return those markets bring. So for an asset manager, the BRIC proposition right now is a bit more questionable than maybe five years ago, or even two years ago.
BC: Does that mean we do a U-turn back to the U.S. and the Eurozone?
LJ: What you have in the U.S. and the Eurozone is very low, if any, economic growth. Recently, we've seen a wakeup call – no growth and correction in value. Does that mean another dip? Possibly. What we know we do have – and something that's spooking investors – is the Euro zone in a financial crisis that is different from the U.S. subprime crisis, but may be just as nasty. It is not clear that growth is going to pick up any time soon.
Consider, first, the Eurozone. What would it mean if one or two or three members of the Euro were to drop out of the single currency? I think there it may not be as nasty as people think, because what may happen is that those countries – say Greece, Portugal or even Spain – if they're freed from the Euro shackle, in fact would for a short period of time go through a very nasty transition where the new currency or resurrected old currency would take a nosedive, and then come back up.
In the meantime, the Euro crisis that is being called a budgetary crisis is, in my book, more of a competitiveness crisis. And that one-time devaluation may in fact revive the fortune of Portugal and Greece, and perhaps one or two others by making their economy competitive again.
So the scenario in the next two to five years is no growth, and in some cases negative growth, in Europe. We're going to have to see a spiking of risk, which may lead to a dramatic restructuring of the Euro where we would have a handful of core countries staying in the Euro and three or four countries dropping out, and that would be traumatic initially for banks, but may resolve the competitiveness crisis that those countries have. Down the road, this may actually revive those economies and boost growth in Europe.
In the U.S., the picture is not as clear. I don't think we're facing a lot of risk, but we are facing high unemployment, we are facing low growth, and it's not clear where it's going to go. We've kind of exhausted monetary policy as a way of reviving growth.
BC: Seems as if there are arguments leading us away from both categories. Maybe, the answer lies in going one level lower, into specific markets for a deeper exploration of investment opportunities. For what it is worth, Barron's (on August 20, 2011) suggested that it is time to buy stocks in emerging markets. But let us turn from the to the business perspective.
LJ: For businesses – both big and not so big – it's a different proposition. If you're thinking of introducing a new product in South Africa, Brazil or India, then depending on whether it's locally manufactured or imported, the equation is very traditional – looking at disposable income, demand, competitors. If you're a local manufacturer in a country with an overvalued exchange rate, it's less of an issue, except that it may bring unwelcome competitors because imports are subsidized through the exchange rate overvaluation. But your eyes are really on market growth and disposable income. If those countries continue to grow, and it seems that they will, then the BRICs are still very attractive. You're never going to have in France the kind of growth you may have in South Africa or in India where you have millions and millions of people all coming out of poverty and starting to enjoy a higher level of disposable income. Now for those companies, I think the BRIC is still a very strong option. And depending on what business you are, it's not clear that the U.S. and the Eurozone are as exciting.
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BC: You mentioned earlier – and you were referring to Europe primarily, but I suspect some of this also has implications with the United States – that it's actually a competitiveness crisis in this region. In addition to the competitiveness crisis, there is also political crisis – a crisis of leadership – in both the Eurozone and in the United States. How do you manage these regions without unified leadership? Another way to frame this question: if you could wave a magic wand and have the kind of political leadership that China has – or even Russia has, to some extent – would that fix the problems of the Eurozone and the U.S.? That is, could the answer be a very clear and extremely effective leadership, and very effective domestic and foreign policy that is extremely well orchestrated, and aligned with near term and long term strategic objectives?
LJ: In the case of the Eurozone and the EU, I've always felt that we were putting the cart before the horse. There was a lot of boring work to be done that was never done before launching the Single Currency in 1999. And things such as harmonizing tax systems, enhancing portability of pensions, reconciling of industrial standards, synchronizing of electoral calendars. These are very boring issues, but to have a large group of geographically contiguous countries which have historical heritage and strong national identities to start working together, you've got to put in place an infrastructure – regulatory, tax, social, political –before you attempt the big item.
The Euro was a big prize, and people got fixated on it. Absolutely, a single currency makes a lot of sense. The problem is that Europe was not ready for it. We rushed into something that is highly desirable, and if done right would have wonderful implications. But we did it too early, ill-prepared, without giving ourselves the means of making it a success. So in terms of political crisis, I would say they need to crank it down one level, and ask, "Where are the easier, more attainable benefits from the European Union?" Well it's working on all the boring stuff that makes the Eurozone a better integrated economic region.
I would downplay the political crisis element that is getting everybody worked up and go back to things we can do. I think we are driving ourselves into the ground with Greece. It's unnecessary. Greece is 2.5 percent of the Euro zone GDP. Two years ago, I would have said "Okay, clearly you joined the Euro two years late at an undervalued exchange rate. We've decimated Greek industry by driving it into a grossly overvalued and noncompetitive zone. Let's adjust. Let's be nimble about this. You're part of Europe, but you're going to take a leave. Get your house in order, and maybe in 10 years from now you'll rejoin the Euro." And now let's put our energy into things we can do, not into problems we cannot solve.
When it is a question of market versus government, governments always lose. I think we're going to put more money into it, we're going to scream more, and, ultimately, it is going to cost us more for a problem that is misdiagnosed. We can throw a trillion dollars at Greece. Unfortunately Greece five years from now with one trillion dollar would be worse off than it is today. And so is Portugal. Spain: maybe, maybe not. I would tend to say that it would have to go as well. I think Italy can make it.
Let's be realistic. We're not going to have a European government anytime soon. None of the parliaments in Europe believes the electorate is ready to give a blank check and say, we're going to have a federal government that's going to take care of fiscal policies, tax collections, fiscal income redistribution. It's not going to happen. Like the Chinese do, we need to have a longer-term horizon of where we want to be in 2015, 2025, and be realistic of what we can deliver.
The U.S. is different. It feels that there's more than ideological divide. It has deepened over the last decades; maybe it was 9-11. It seems that the center left and the center right have a harder time working together because the right and the left are less likely to compromise. So the center, which has historically been this country and kept it very sturdy, and stable, is increasingly held hostage to minority groups.
BC: Let me ask you the original question, which is: forget the BRICs, are the United States and the Euro zone, tomorrow's emerging markets. One way to interpret that question is that there is a plausible scenario in which these economies remain in a deep funk for a long time, but there are underlying factors that down the road will help them re-emerge. Imagine that the U.S. – and maybe even the Eurozone, for slightly different reasons – goes into a Japan-like stage for the next 20 years. And in the meantime, at least China and perhaps several others, overtake these economies. There's lots of trapped potential in these large markets, and sometime in the future they become the "emerging" regions with creative and innovative ideas that lead to renewal and fast growth. Isn't that how China, India and Brazil used to be characterized before they got started down the path of rapid growth? In other words, the roles would be reversed – is this possible?
LJ: Let me address the issue of the comparison with Japan first. One of the things that does not make you optimistic about Japan is that it is a greying population. They made a strategic choice early on of barring immigration. For all practical purposes, Japan was closed. They never reversed course as the pyramid of age became top heavy. And that is draining the huge reservoir of savings that Japan has its disposal. And any way you look, it's hard to see a reversal of that course in Japan.
If the U.S. becomes moribund, it will be for somewhat different reasons. And I would say that, for the U.S., it might be easier to snap out of 20 years of no growth. And the reason are: first, it's a much younger population; second, it's a country which has a tradition of tremendous creativity and innovation in the realm of business, science, medicine, electronics, and the like. You can have zero growth and unemployment, but that's not going to go away. So then there's a question, the U.S., 20 years of no growth, high unemployment, very possible. But still, you have this vibrant creativity that manifest itself through labs and universities and startups; third, US universities are another major factor in its resilience. Demand for higher education is very price inelastic. It's a premium product that survives the cycle. Net, net, if I put my money down, I would bet on the U.S. first. Europe second. Japan third.
BC: Why isn't Europe more like Japan? What's the bubbling underneath the surface in this moribund scenario for you?
LJ: Because I think – and depending on the country – you continue to have research innovations. You go to a lab in Switzerland and they are doing nuclear physics. And you go to Sweden, and there are only 7 million Swedes, but they export airplanes and jet fighters on par with either the American or the French. And as they had two car companies until not so long ago. So you have this mix of entrepreneurial spirit, high intellectual potential, and that doesn't die away because you have no growth and high unemployment. Japan unfortunately is held back by its population decline. So, all three – the US, EU and Japan – may fall into the same trap, but I would think the U.S. would be the first to be the rising Phoenix, so to speak, ahead of Europe.
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I'm not even listing Ashley Williams because he's had several posts devoted to him, and it's just bound to be an argument and take away from the rest when there are plenty to talk about.
I've been taking a look at all the names that have a serious mention with "LFC" either via player or agent, and then 2-3 of my own, who may have also been in rumors..
First, Samba.. He was a 12.5M purchase, 120K weekly, and in past 3 weeks playing, has 1 own goal, 2 give aways in the box for goals, a 57% clearance rate, shockingly poor and only a 67% tackle percentage. Too much money, too slow, not good on the ball, AND on Sat, he tweeted "Morning people hope we get the 3points we need.", only thing is that QPR's match was Sunday, so he didn't even know when they were playing AND he wasn't in the squad, reason given, illness and knee.. I say bullisht . NO NO NO
- Mobido Diakite of Lazio, France youth Int'l.. He and his agent have mentioned LFC several times, and I watched some video of him, since I don't watch Lazio when watching Serie A, and despite his footage looking good, and a big powerful lad, one thing stood out.. not a single start all year for Lazio!! NO NO!
- Mahmadou Sahko of PSG - He would be my absolute number one choice, but PSG said he's absolutely not for sale. We hear that all the time, but PSG were 1 goal away from the final 4 of the Champions League, and they're not letting quality players go, and he's young while Alex is getting on in age. Sorry for us, but no chance..
- Joleon Lescott - If he's going anywhere, prob Everton. I think he's a little more solid than I give him credit for, but nothing spectacular for me, and he plays the left side which wouldn't work w/ Agger, and when he makes mistakes, they tend to be really bad ones such.. For me, no thanks..
- Martin Skrtel - What to do, what to do ?? I'm a huge fan, last year he was obviously incredible, he didn't seem to have too bad a start aside from the City mistake, and then he was dropped, brought in and dropped and his form gone. He said some things and I think he's had a falling out with BR, so sadly, I think he'll go, and read Zenit his former club really want him.. I suppose 10-12M would be hard to turn down if a good replacement presents himself.
- Coates - For me, either a year long loan at a good European side, or somewhere in the EPL, not outside the league/continent, or just a straight sale. His class with Uruguay and Internacional has never translated aside from a few moments like the QPR goal, and some FA Cup action..
- Stefan De Vrij of Feyenoord - This one's a rumor, recently become a Netherlands first choice, and in addition to his size, good strength, skill on the ball, he's only 22! For me, if he's available, absolutely yes!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YvwKwfOog Could see him 12-15M
- Toby Alderweireld of Ajax - Rumor too, BUT Ajax director has said Liverpool have been the most frequent visitors in regards to scouts, and we're all talking about Christian Eriksen, but I think he's very realistic, in addition to having said this:http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1405324/alderweireld-states-desire-join-liverpool?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901 He's big, quick, very good on the ball, and he competes at Belgium for a 1st spot with Kompany, Vertoghen, and Vermaelen.. Absolutely yes for me, and I think very realistic, maybe 10M ish..
**Wild Card - Steven Caulker.. I don't know what Spurs plans for him are, nor if they' sell to us, but if he was available, I think he'd be a really good one. He partnered with that other guy at Swans last season, and combined for 16 clean sheets, is only 21, will be a future England 1st teamer and quite experienced for his age.. Unlikely but worth a shout IMO..Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Interestingly we had been searching for good cover at left back for quite some time the real talent at Swansea is left back 20yr old Ben Davies of course all we show an interest in is that dud Ashley Williams while the smart guys track Davies and of course he also fits the bill for FSG policy of buy young and watch value increase instead we go after an ageing centre back called Ashley.
Jason u like Skrtel me too and I see bad blood between him and Brenda and thats another disaster along the lines of his bad blood with Andy C...when is all this nonesense going to stop ?
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Yes I was a big fan of Skrtel, but his form dipped and Carra's oddly, has gotten better like a fine bottle of wine, so perhaps at this point he's just forced to wait.. I did read some things Skrtel had said, and sadly I think he'll go, but if he can't fit the mold or regain his form and his money brings us someone else, then so be it.. As far as the bad blood thing, I think you're looking for smoke where there's no fire..
I don't think there's any bad blood from BR and Andy, he simply came out from the very get go and said he isn't the type of player that fits his style. You absolutely love Carroll, and I'm sure you would back him as prime minister of England, perhaps the entire UK, but after that game vs Newcastle, which was one of the fastest, quickest displays I can ever remember, I can't find one single way to even delude myself to say how Andy would have fit in there.. It would take me 3 bottles of Whiskey to have imagined it..
But getting back to the bad blood thing, nothing in it for me mate, and if you recall a certain 3 players, Downing, Enrique, Henderson all verbally and publically subjected to Brendan's criticism and how he felt he could motivate them... Has it worked? Enrique has been like an attacking Winger, Downing has become an amazing asset, and Jordan the best season of his life, and all 3 players came out publically and said that BR's tongue lashing gave them a kick up the backside and helped them.
If Andy comes back and is kept on as a alternative, and the money works, so be it, but as far as Skrtel, for as much as I rated him all these years, if he's also said things, you have to remember it's a two way street, and EVERY manager has a go at their team and players at one point or another.. I think your disdain for Rodgers tends to cloud some of the actual realism, and again, I point to Downing, Enrique, Henderson and even his firm words that Sturridge would never decide how/where he plays, or even when, and he's done quite well I'd say.. Even Sterling too, and he re-signed for long term..
Try to consider all options and a big picture, and while you don't like him, you might as well accept he's the manager for the foreseeable future, and maybe you will get Andy back. Rodgers hasn't said otherwise. Plus you don't know if the owners/Ayre are the ones who are forcing his hand there.. Just food for thought my friend..
All the stories down here in Reading are that Alex Pearce has actually signed a pre contract with Liverpool so will have to see how that unfolds over the next couple of days. I would assume that would suggest he is being brought as a squaddie rather then an upgrade!
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Waste of money on yet more squad dross when is all this nonesense going to end and we start buying in World Class with what our transfer budget is instead of wasting it on bums like this guy from Reading ???
I've seen a similar thing Hobs. Not sure how that works at all to be honest and it worries me. I can't see how it brings any value or improvement to the squad at all. He hasn't played for Reading in a little while.
Pearce (Actually any Reading defender) is to me what Ashley Williams is to Colin. The few times I've seen reading they really lack pace at the back, centrall anyway.
Perhaps Colin is right about this going back to sign old familiar players thing. I hope I'm wrong and Pearce turns out to be a very good purchase but this one worries me a little.
A big consideration is that next year is World Cup year. So, players fighting for a place in the team are not going to sit around on the bench. So, some may decide to move on.
The one that scares me is I keep seeing Alex Pearce being linked to Liverpool. He is only 24 and on a free contract but he doesn't have many fans in the Reading crowd so it seems a bit strange to be honest. There is so many centre halves being banded around but sometimes I have to think the grass just is not always greener. Martin Skrtel has proven in the past many times that he and Agger have a great understanding, he was our player of the year last season and I think for a centre half to come in and be better them him is the minimum requirement, not many of the players in the list can assure that! What I have seen of Sakho, he looks like he might be better, would take a big bid for us to persuade PSG to sell. I would assume there is the likelihood that they will again look themselves for an upgrade to partner Silva so it is not beyond the realms of possibility.
As we have most said many times before, I think Wisdom and Kelly could easily take Coates role in the squad, Carra's is a bit different so I only think we need to bring in the one centre back. It is such a difficult one to get right.
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Interesting comments Jason. I can only respond to those who play in England as I really don't follow much other football. I'll also leave Williams out of the conversation other than to say he'd be on my list of consideration, while I understand he might not be on other peoples lists' for various reasons.
Samaba I agree. To be honest I doubt FSG would go for him due to the age and wages, but you've got to wonder why he's not played much for QPR despite the big song and dance when he came from Russia.
Lescott I think is one we have to look without the prejudice that he used to play for Everton. I don't rate him high enough to be a first choice CB for us, or any club aspiring for top 4, but could be a worthy back up. However, age is against him which would make FSG nervous, and I'm sure the wages would be an issue also. So for me costs a lot but does not deliver much, and I'd rather see a kiddie take the back up role. A youngster might be accident prone, but can't be much worse than Lescott.
Skrtel I'd try and keep. Only if its the player who wants out would I consider selling (unless someone comes in with silly money of course). I know there has been much talk about why he was dropped, but end of the day no matter how well he might be doing behind the scenes in training, the fact is the two CB's currently starting just have not given BR much of a reason to try another option. So I'd discount the conspiracy theories out there about him wanting out (till I actually hear him say it) and remind people sometimes very good players end up on the bench for the simple reason another very good player (in this case Carra) is just playing too well to give the bench-warmer a chance. But is that not what we want when we talk about wanting more depth in the squad?
Coates I'd not give up on yet, again unless its the player who wants out. And, on that front what happens to Suarez may determine what happens in this players mind. But he does need football both for himself and for us to judge whether he can ever get up to speed and be a factor in our squad. I'd prefer he want to another prem side, but would also consider the championship where he'd get lots of games, and while the pace might not be quite as fast, he would get a real taste for the physical side of the English game.
Caulker I think is a non starter. Yes I'd take him, but so would many others, which is exactly why Spurs won't want to give him up.


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If the terms of a series approach zero, must the series converge? Justify or provide a counterexample.
No, the series doesn't have to converge.
The harmonic series is the standard counterexample. The terms of the harmonic series approach zero, but the harmonic series itself diverges. The correct statement is that if a series converges, its terms must approach zero.
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converge or diverge?
Let . This function is decreasing and non-negative on [1,∞), and the nth term of the series is f(n).
diverges by the integral p-test (since is less than 1), the series must also diverge.
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There are also situations where we aren't allowed to use the integral test because the function f doesn't satisfy the hypotheses. In order to use the integral test, the function that describes the terms has to be non-negative and decreasing on [c,∞).
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Since the integral converges, the series converges also.
The sign of sin does weird stuff, which means the function f(x) = x sin x is sometimes negative. There is no point c for which f(x) is non-negative on [c,∞).
This means we're not allowed to use the integral test.
The function
is non-negative and decreasing on [1,∞). From ancient history we know that since 0.5 < 1 the integral
diverges. The integral test tells us that the series
must also diverge.
The shorter version is that we could use the p-test for series to say that since
p = 0.5 < 1
we know by the p-test that the series diverges.
The function factors:
Sadly, from x = 9 onwards this function is negative.
That means we're not allowed to use the integral test.
is non-negative and decreasing. Integrating this requires a formula:
The arctan function approaches as x goes to infinity:
This means the integral works out to
We don't know what this number is, but it's a finite number, and that's all that matters. The improper integral converges, and by the integral test the series does too.
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