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September 15, 2011
Celebrated Music Program Relocating to MBC
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling traveled to Mary Baldwin on Monday to make it official: the Heifetz International Music Institute for elite students of violin, viola, and cello will relocate to MBC in June 2012.
Student Travels through India, Song by Song
Senior Casandra Jones joined a team of more than 20 musicians in Chennai, India, this summer as a part of the world music ensemble Global Rhythms, founded by MBC's Artist-in-Residence Srinivas Krishnan.
New Gateway Expands Latino Outreach and Offerings
The start of National Hispanic Heritage Month provides the perfect opportunity for students in the Latino Culture Gateway to make a big impression on campus, by hosting a series of events that illuminate a vibrant culture.
Annual Community Service Talks Begin
Yesterday marked the start of the weekly Community Service Speaker Series from the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement at MBC, which brings representatives to campus from local non-profit organizations and outreach agencies.
Sophomore Named Conference Runner of the Week
Fighting Squirrel Sophia Stone finished first of 80 runners who represented seven teams at the Washington and Lee Invitational this past weekend. She completed the 6K course in 23:19.00 which put her 49 seconds ahead of second place.
MBC in the News
The news that Mary Baldwin will become the new home to the Heifetz International Music Institute resonated with local and regional news outlets and
the Associated Press.
Social Network Shout-Out
Start Spreading the News
Couldn't make it to Monday's announcement? Watch Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling deliver the news that MBC will become home to the Heifetz International Music Institute. Stay tuned through the end to catch the incredible performance of 17-year-old violin virtuoso Chad Hoopes, a 2011 Heifetz Institute alumnus.
See still images from the event on MBC's
Flickr page
Heifetz International Music Institute moving to Mary Baldwin campus
The move not only brings a renowned training program to campus but also is expected to boost the Staunton area's arts scene and economic development through public concerts and events.
Mary Baldwin College will be home to elite music program
Daniel Heifetz thinks a lot of Staunton, enough to turn down the opportunity to move his music institute to a castle in France.
Mary Baldwin College to Host World-Renowned Music Institute
Staunton is already home to the American Shakespeare Center, ShenanArts, numerous art galleries and other offerings. Monday's announcement is another piece in the puzzle as the city builds itself as a Mecca for the arts and culture.
Featured Event
September 28
Carl Broman Concert: Carol Jantsch, tuba, with Noreen Polera, piano
Jantsch won the position of principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2006, while still a senior at the University of Michigan, becoming the first female tuba player in a major symphony orchestra. Today,
The Philadelphia Inquirer
describes her as having "a sound as clear and sure as it [is] luxurious." Polera, who ranks among the most highly regarded and diverse chamber artists performing today, will also perform in this first Broman concert of the 2011–12 season. The concert series, which honors Carl Broman — a member of the music faculty from 1935–1979 — brings professional musicians and singers to Staunton. Free to MBC faculty, staff, and students. $18 for general admission; $15 for seniors and students with ID from other schools. 7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 West Beverley Street, Staunton.
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Nothing takes the edge off a workday better than a bite of gourmet chocolate, so W's editors were more than happy when a package filled with samples arrived from San Francisco chocolatier TCHO. Co-founded by a former NASA software developer and helmed by a founder of Wired magazine, TCHO has a definite techie vibe—the company boasts a "flavor lab" where employees track the origin and taste of the cacao it uses, and production is monitored via iPhone—but it's the intensely rich flavors and sustainably-sourced ingredients that have foodies (and us) buzzing. TCHO's fans on the West Coast include Los Angeles chef and locavore guru Akasha Richmond, and its chocolates are used in the deserts and coffee drinks at Chez Panisse. The goodies have been carried by Whole Foods since last year, but sweettooths on the East Coast will be seeing more of TCHO in the months ahead: the company plans to launch its first milk chocolate at June's Fancy Food Show in New York.

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Volume 24, Issue 2, February 1983
A generalization of the construction of Ilamed and Salingaros24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525696View Description Hide Description
Ilamed and Salingaros construct the real and complex algebras with three anticommuting elements which can arise in physics. It is shown here that the ''algebra of color'' can be similarly constructed with six anticommuting elements. As a consequence of this construction, these algebras are all simple, quadratic algebras.
Representations of the groups Sp(n,R) and Sp(n) in a U(n) basis24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525697View Description Hide Description
The explicit expressions for the infinitesimal operators and the (finite) matrix elements with respect to a U(n) basis are obtained for the representations of the most degenerate series of Sp(n,R) and for the irreducible unitary representations of Sp(n) with the highest weights (M,0,...,0).
Reduction of inner‐product representations of unitary groups24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525698View Description Hide Description
A direct method for the reduction of inner products of irreducible representations (irreps) of unitary groups has been proposed using the duality between the permutation and unitary groups. A canonical tensor basis set has been used to obtain a closed expression for the Clebsch–Gordan coefficients of U(n). This expression involves the subduction coefficients arising in the outer‐product reduction of S N 1 ⊗S N 2 →S N 1+N 2 of the permutation groups, the symmetrization coefficients of U(n), and matrix elements of the standard representation of S N . The expression holds good for an inner‐product reduction of irreps of U(n), and is independent of n. The method has been illustrated with examples.
An integral transform related to quantization. II. Some mathematical properties24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525699View Description Hide Description
We study in more detail the mathematical properties of the integral transform relating the matrix elements between coherent states of a quantum operator to the corresponding classical function. Explicit families of Hilbert spaces are constructed between which the integral transform is an isomorphism.
On the Laplace asymptotic expansion of conditional Wiener integrals and the Bender–Wu formula for x 2N ‐anharmonic oscillators24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525700View Description Hide Description
Rigorous results on the Laplace expansions of conditional Wiener integrals with functional integrands having a finite number of global maxima are established. Applications are given to the Bender–Wu formula for the x 2N ‐anharmonic oscillator.
Generalized Fokker–Planck equation for non‐Markovian processes24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525701View Description Hide Description
This paper deals with a system of linear non‐Markovian–Langevin equations with memory functions that are not constant in time and a nonzero initial instant of time. A set of statistical means, based on the application of a generalized Furutsu–Novikov formula, was used to derive a generalized Fokker–Planck equation corresponding to this system and holding for both long and short instants of time. Considered as an example is the Brownian motion of a particle in a viscoelastic fluid with a particular relaxation time.
Practical use of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525702View Description Hide Description
We show by means of several examples how the Hamilton–Jacobi equation can be used to solve nonlinear ordinary differential equations whose direct integration is otherwise difficult.
Covariance and geometrical invariance in *quantization24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525703View Description Hide Description
Several notions of invariance and covariance for * products with respect to Lie algebras and Lie groups are investigated. Some examples, including the Poincaré group, are given. The passage from the Lie‐algebra invariance to the Lie‐group covariance is performed. The compact and nilpotent cases are treated.
Interaction‐set scattering equations24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525704View Description Hide Description
The generalization of the pair‐labeled Rosenberg equations for many‐particle scattering are found in the case where there are arbitrary multiparticle interactions. These are called interaction‐set equations because they involve auxiliary transition operators which are labeled by the same set of partitions which characterizes the various connectivities of the interparticle interactions. The technique which we employ also provides the analogous extension of a recently proposed set of connected‐kernel multiple scatteringequations for the Watson‐type transition operators. Further, the structure of the interaction‐set equations leads to the identification of an entire class of interaction‐set connected‐kernel scattering integral equations, each of which is based upon a distinct choice of unperturbed Green's function and its associated connectivity structure. The generalized Rosenberg equations and the connected‐kernel Watson‐type multiple scatteringequations, which are limiting members of this class, correspond to the choice of the N‐free‐particle and two‐cluster‐channel unperturbed Green's functions, respectively.
Improvement of the Froissart–Martin bound for complex scattering angles24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525705View Description Hide Description
Extension of the Froissart–Martin bound for complex scattering angles is improved using the solution of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for doubly connected domains. The Froissart–Martin bound for physical scattering angles is used as input value on one of the two boundaries. The obtained bound is valid in an ellipse smaller than the Lehmann–Martin one. Possibilities for further improvements and applications are discussed.
Conditions of existence for a class of self‐dual solutions of the Einstein equations24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525679View Description Hide Description
We study the integrability of the Einstein equations for a class of empty homogeneous space‐times (Bianchi class A), once the self‐duality constraints are imposed on the space‐time itself. This system is integrable in the case of Bianchi type I and is a subset of Bianchi types VI 0 and VII0. Bianchi type II space‐times do not admit self‐dual solutions and for the case of Bianchi VIII and IX we were unable to find a general integrability condition.
On Riemannian spaces with conformal symmetries or a tool for the study of generalized Kaluza–Klein theories24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525680View Description Hide Description
The Riemann geometry of a space with conformal symmetries is written in terms of intrinsic objects defined from the action of the symmetries. Its application in the study of generalized Kaluza–Klein theories is discussed.
Convergence of multitime correlation functions in the weak and singular coupling limits24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525681View Description Hide Description
For a system coupled to a thermal bath we prove the convergence of the multitime correlation functions of system observables in the weak and singular coupling limits. The limiting correlation functions are given by the quantum regression law. Therefore, our result implies that in the limit the dynamics of the system are governed by a quantum stochastic process in the sense of Lindblad.
Rational von Neumann lattices24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525682View Description Hide Description
A rational von Neumann lattice is defined as a lattice in phase space with the constants a and b in the x and p directions given by a ratio of integers. Zeros of harmonic oscillator functions in the k q representation on such lattices are found. It is shown that the number of zeros of the k q function determines the number of states by which a set on a von Neumann lattice is overcomplete. Interesting relations between theta functions are derived on the basis of their connection with the harmonic oscillator states in the k q representation.
A geometrical theory of energy trajectories in quantum mechanics24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525683View Description Hide Description
Suppose f(r) is an attractive central potential of the form f(r)=∑ k i=1 g (i) ( f (i)(r)), where {f (i)} is a set of b a s i s p o t e n t i a l s (powers, log, Hulthén, sech2) and {g (i)} is a set of smooth increasing transformations which, for a given f, are either all convex or all concave. Formulas are derived for bounds on the energy trajectories E n l =F n l (v) of the Hamiltonian H=−Δ+v f(r), where v is a coupling constant. The transform Λ( f)=F is carried out in two steps: f→f̄→F, where f̄(s) is called the k i n e t i c p o t e n t i a l of f and is defined by f̄(s)=inf(ψ,f,ψ) subject to ψ∈D⊆L 2(R 3), where D is the domain of H, ∥ψ∥=1, and (ψ,−Δψ)=s. A table is presented of the basis kinetic potentials { f̄(i)(s)}; the general trajectory bounds F *(v) are then shown to be given by a Legendre transformation of the form ( s, f̄*(s)) →( v, F *(v)), where f̄*(s) =∑ k i=1 g (i)× ( f̄(i)(s)) and F *(v) =min s>0{s+v f̄*(s)}. With the aid of this potential construction set (a kind of Schrödinger Lego), ground‐state trajectory bounds are derived for a variety of translation‐invariant N‐boson and N‐fermion problems together with some excited‐state trajectory bounds in the special case N=2. This article combines into a single simplified and more general theory the earlier ''potential envelope method'' and the ''method for linear combinations of elementary potentials.''
Exact results for the diffusion in a class of asymmetric bistable potentials24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525684View Description Hide Description
We solve the Fokker–Planck equations with drifts deriving from a class of asymmetric nonharmonic potentials which include bistable cases. An analytical expression for the probability current over the potential barrier is obtained. Finally, we compare our exact results with those obtained by Kramers' approximation.
Quantization of spinor fields. III. Fermions on coherent (Bose) domains24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525685View Description Hide Description
A formulation of the c‐number classics‐quanta correspondence rule for spinor systems requires all elements of the quantum fieldalgebra to be expanded into power series with respect to the generators of the canonical commutation relation (CCR) algebra. On the other hand, the asymptotic completeness demand would result in the (Haag) expansions with respect to the canonical anticommutation relation (CAR) generators. We establish the conditions under which the above correspondence rule can be reconciled with the existence of Haag expansions in terms of asymptotic free Fermi fields. Then, the CAR become represented on the state space of the Bose (CCR) system.
Verification of the global Markov property in some class of strongly coupled exponential interactions24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525686View Description Hide Description
We verify the global Markov property in some class of strongly coupled exponential interactions in two‐dimensional space‐time. To obtain this result we apply the Albeverio and Ho/egh‐Krohn strategy. The basic ingredients we use in order to employ this strategy are the Fortuin–Kastelyn–Ginibre correlation inequalities.
Multiple fiber bundles and gauge theories of higher order24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525687View Description Hide Description
We investigate a theory of gauge fields over multiple bundles, i.e., principal bundles constructed over base spaces which are principal bundles themselves. The Higgs–Kibble field is introduced geometrically, together with the quartic potential. Results of Forgács and Manton are interpreted in this scheme. We also discuss a spherically symmetric ansatz which yields the quartic potential introduced by 't Hooft.
Graded gauge theories over supersymmetric space24(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.525688View Description Hide Description
We generalize the usual gauge theories, as well as the supergauge theories, in the following way. We construct a graded group associated with a compact semisimple Lie groupG. This graded group contains G and the linear space of anticommuting G‐spinors on which G acts through a highly reducible representation. The graded group generalizes the notion of the super‐Poincaré group. Next we construct a fiber bundle the basis of which is the superspace, the structural group being the graded group. Then we introduce the connection, curvature, and calculate the corresponding Yang–Mills Lagrangian. The nontrivial content of such a theory is put forward if we impose the Grassmann parity condition on our connection and curvature; we supposed here that both Grassmann parities (i.e., the one in the superspace and that in the graded group) add up to define the Grassmann parity of the corresponding field components. Together with the Hermiticity condition this supergauge leaves almost no room for arbitrariness in the expansion of the superconnection; it contains only the usual gauge field, the adjoint Higgs multiplet, and the spinor multiplet belonging to the spinorial representation of G. The conformal symmetry of the Lagrangian is broken, and the mass terms appear for the Higgs scalar and the spinor multiplet. The Yukawa and current–current interactions are also obtained, together with the Fermi four‐point interaction term. The theory yields the ratio of the Higgs scalar mass versus the bare spinor mass equal to 27/40; the strengths of other couplings depend on the group via the decomposition of the spinor multiplet into the irreducible representations.


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County chair offers testimony on mandate relief; tax dollars 'consumed by state mandates'
February 29, 2012 —
NEW PALTZ, NY — It is a cry that has been growing increasingly loud since the great recession descended upon the land four years ago: counties in New York are buckling under the weight of state mandates. In other words, Albany forces the counties to spend so much money on programs such as Medicaid that they can no longer provide other essential services to their residents.
That is the message that Scott Samuelson, the chairman of the Sullivan County Legislature, took to New Paltz on February 27 when he testified before the State Mandate Relief Council, which was created by Governor Andrew Cuomo specifically to try to ease the mandate burden.
Samuelson said, "New York State is at a critical point in our state's history and, more importantly, our economic future. Counties can no longer use local property tax dollars for local needs, such as road and bridge maintenance and public safety, because the funds are consumed by state mandates. If the state wants true property tax relief, they must let local officials set the property tax levy for local priorities, rather than paying for state-dictated programs."
Like many local officials throughout the state, Samuelson criticized the property tax cap passed last year because without meaningful mandate relief from Albany, the cap puts a financial squeeze on counties.
Samuelson continued, "Clearly, Sullivan County simply can't sustain the current levels of services that our citizenry deserves, due to the fact that 93.2% of our property tax levy is consumed to pay the bills for the state's programs. And, these bills are projected to grow at a rate that is significantly larger than the revenues that would be realized, if Sullivan County were to conform to the property tax cap law in 2013 and beyond."
Cuomo has proposed several ways to diminish the burden on counties, including a cap on county Medicaid spending, which after a few years would mean the state would pick up all increases in Medicaid spending, and the county share would remain flat. Critics are urging that the state take over Medicaid payments from the counties entirely, which the way Medicaid is funded in 48 states.
Public hearings on mandate relief are underway across the state, and another cost that is seen as crushing to counties is state pension payments. Cuomo has recommended creating a so-called Tier VI option, which would let new state employees choose between the traditional pension program and one that would be more akin to a 401K account that many businesses offer.


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Pierce, Jackson not present for early portion of Ravens' practiceAfter not practicing Thursday, Pierce wasn't at practice during the portion open to reporters Friday. "I'm all right," Pierce said Thursday in the Ravens' locker room. Ravens backup running back Bernard Pierce missed practice Thursday, a day after he said… (more)Source: baltimoresun.com
Ravens rule out Asa Jackson; Pierce, Ellerbe, Leach, David Reed are questionableRavens relatively healthy for Sunday's game against PatriotsThe Ravens officially ruled out cornerback Asa Jackson due to a hamstring injury on their final injury report of the week.Source: baltimoresun.com
Ravens backup back sits out ThursdayRavens backup running back Bernard Pierce missed practice Thursday, a day after he said he would play in Sunday's AFC Championship Game. He was limited Wednesday with a knee injury. Pierce aggravated a knee injury in the third quarter of Saturday's doub…Source: ESPN.com


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Well Im old enough to remember the TV series back in the 1980's and how cheesy I thought was then and what it is now that today it's released as movie for the big screen. I think movies like High School Musical have a little to thank Fame television as one of its inspirations, anyway here is a number of video interviews from director and a few of the stars.
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Brief and to the Point …
>> A question before we get started: Who is Pittsburgh's best current coach/manager?
>> I wrote a week ago from Buffalo that the Penguins shouldn't make any moves, then on Monday that they wouldn't make any moves. And, wow, nothing at all about that changed yesterday. That might have been the biggest dud of any trade deadline ever.
Unless you count Nashville finding a second Kostitsyn. (There's got to be a country song in that tale.)
I'll say it a third and final time: Teams that make moves because they feel some kind of public pressure to do so, those are losers. It just doesn't work.
The Penguins, as currently constituted, could stand to gain a superstar center and a 20-goal support guy. Sidney Crosby and Tyler Kennedy would do. A checking center would have been nice, especially if the team bumps up Jordan Staal to a scoring line, but seeing the Predators give up a first-round pick for Paul Gaustad from Buffalo … wow, no thanks.
The blue line could have used a big body, but that need would be immensely diminished if NHL officiating director Terry Gregson is transported back from 1995 and sees that obstruction is back.
>> I'll give Columbus credit, too, for hanging onto Rick Nash. But man, it's hard to believe that Scott Howson, one of the league's youngest GMs, had the fortitude to pull that off. This has Craig Patrick's fingerprints all over it.
Patrick, for those who don't know, was hired recently as Howson's senior adviser.
>> I'll be working on some college hoops for tomorrow's column. And yes, for those of you cynics who doubted this, that soccer column will run. And it'll run sooner than most of you would like.
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Forget about the tools … buy a decent book and type in the programs by hand. One at a time thinking as you go. After 30 years you will get the hang of this and be a good programmer.
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How would you design a quiet study room? If you know a little about acoustics you might think to avoid hard floors, hard surfaces, parallel walls, and large open spaces. The reading room of the Life Science Library at the University of Texas does the opposite. And yet it is wonderfully quiet.
The room is basically a big box, maybe 100 ft long. The slightest noise reverberates throughout the room. But because the room is so live, the people inside are very quiet.
From astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson:
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A couple years ago I wrote a blog post Has C++ jumped the shark? I wondered how many people would care about the new C++ standard by the time it came out. I doubted that it would matter much to me personally.
… if something is hard to do in C++, I just don't use C++. I don't see a new version of C++ changing my decisions about what language to use for various tasks.
The new standard is out now, and I find it more interesting that I thought I would have. I'd still rather not use C++ for tasks that are easier in another language I know, but sometimes I don't have that option.
When I heard about plans to add lambdas and closures to C++ I commented here that "it seems odd to add these features to C++." Now I think lambdas (anonymous functions) and closures may be the most important new features for my use.
One of my favorite features in Python is the ability to define functions on the fly. If I'm writing a function and need to create a new function to pass as an argument, then I can define that function on the spot. By contrast, C++ has not let you define a function inside a function. Now you can.
(You still cannot define a named function inside a C++ function. However, you can create anonymous functions inside another function. If you save that anonymous function to a variable, then you've effectively created a named function.)
Here are a couple examples of how it can be very convenient to define little functions on the fly. First, optimization software typically provides methods for minimizing functions. If you want to maximize a f(x), you define a new function g(x) = -f(x) and minimize g. Second, root-finding software typically solves equations of the form f(x) = 0. If you want to solve f(x) = c, you create a new function g(x) = f(x) – c and find where g is zero. In both cases, the function g is so trivial that there's no need to give it a name. And more importantly, you'd rather define this auxiliary function right where you need it than interrupt your context by defining it outside.
Anonymous functions can also have associated data obtained from the context where they're defined. That's called a closure because it encloses some context with the function. This is very often necessary in mathematical software development. For example, say you have a function of two variables f(x, y) and you want to integrate f with respect to x, holding y constant. You might then think of f as a function of one variable with one constant, but the compiler sees it as a function of two variables and will not let you pass it to an integration routine expecting a function of one variable. One way to solve this problem is to use function objects. This isn't difficult, but it requires a lot of ceremony compared to using closures.
For specifics of how to use lambdas and closures in C++, see Ajay Vijayvargiya's article Explicating the new C++ standard (C++0x), and its implementation in VC10.
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Welcome to the 79th edition of the Carnival of Mathematics. By tradition, each edition begins with a bit of trivia about the number of the carnival.
Gold has atomic number 79, so this is the golden edition. There is an older tradition of calling 25th things silver, 50th things gold, etc. However, I propose switching to atomic numbers as this system is simpler and easier to look up. 🙂
Not only is 79 a prime number, it belongs to numerous categories of of prime numbers:
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Fëanor at JOST A MON presents Cipher, a history of zero through the Middle Ages.
Historical wanderings
Katie Sorene takes us on a stroll through ancient labyrinths on her blog Travel Blog – Tripbase.
Guillermo Bautista strolls through The Seven Bridges of Königsberg at Mathematics and Multimedia.
Next we wander around a grid of dominoes. Jim Wilder presents The Domino Effect: An Elementary Approach to the Kruskal Count. Starting from this elementary post, you can wander into an investigation of coupling methods for Markov chains.
Peter Rowlett discusses whether there is a generational gap between professors and students on his blog Travels in a Mathematical World.
Alexander Bogomolny from CTK Insights presents An Olympiad Problem for a Kindergarten Investigation. He gives a problem that is simple to describe and that has a simple but sophisticated solution.
Mike Croucher shares a couple videos simulating pendulum waves, one in Maple and one in Mathematica.
Peter Rowlett explains why he supports Relatively Prime, Samuel Hansen's Kickstarter project. Samuel Hansen has produced two mathematical podcasts and is now raising donations to fund the creation of a series of mathematical documentaries.
One of the most fundamental questions you can ask about a computer program is whether it stops. This may appear to be an easy task, yet there is a three-line program that no one knows whether it always terminates. Fëanor shared a link to Brian Hayes' commentary Don't try to read this proof! on a recent proposed proof of the Collatz conjecture.
Applications often involve matrices that are too large to store directly. For an introduction to how large matrices are represented in computer memory, see Storing Banded Matrices for Speed from The NAG Blog. The post promises to be the first in a series.
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From Knuth's book Sorting and Searching:
Computer manufacturers of the 1960's estimated that more than 25 percent of the running time of their computers was spent on sorting, when all their customers were taken into account. In fact, there were many installations in which the task of sorting was responsible for more than half of the computing time. From these statistics we may conclude that either
- there are many important applications of sorting, or
- many people sort when they shouldn't, or
- inefficient sorting algorithms have been in common use.
Computing has changed since the 1960's, but not so much that sorting has gone from being extraordinarily important to unimportant.
Edmund Harriss describes an interesting pattern he sees in mathematics and constructivist art in his interview on Strongly Connected Components. For most of history, mathematics and art have been fairly direct abstractions of physical reality. Then in the 20th century both became more and more abstract. But then a sort of reversal took place. After reaching heights of abstraction — Harriss cites Gödel and Picasso as examples — both mathematics and art began to apply abstractions back to the physical world.
… starting from clearly abstract structures and building something real from the abstract rather than abstracting something from the real. … You have models that you can then apply to the world rather than models you took from the world.
Stephen Wolfram has an analogous idea about computer programs. Until now we have written programs to solve specific problems. Wolfram suggests we reverse this and explore the space of all possible computer programs. As he demonstrates in his magnum opus, simple programs can have surprisingly complex behavior. We may be able to find some relatively small but useful programs that way.
As Edmund Harriss alludes, people have successfully applied very abstract mathematics, mathematics developed with no physical application in mind, to physical problems. I'm more skeptical of Stephen Wolfram's proposal.
Suppose you find a program that appears to solve some problem, such as optimally controlling a nuclear reactor. How do you really know what it does? You didn't write it; you found it. It wasn't designed to solve the problem; you discovered that it (apparently) solves the problem. Wolfram is optimistic that we could discover programs that we might never be able to write. But a program that powerful would likely also be impossible to thoroughly understand.When Wolfram says "Look what interesting behavior tiny programs can have!" I think "Look how hard it can be to understand arbitrary programs even when they're small!"
Computer science might not be that helpful in determining what a found program does. It is theoretically impossible to write a program that can always determine whether another program stops. We would have to study the program empirically. This process would be more like squeezing an extract from some plant root and testing its medicinal properties than designing drugs.
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Gleannloch Farms Spring TX Market Update - March 2012
Gleannloch Farms is one of the most Northwest Houston masterplanned community in Spring, Texas. This months's home market update includes sold history from September 1, 2011 to April 22, 2012; a bit over 6 months of history.
In total, there were 83 sold homes in the community of Gleannloch Farms Spring TX. Topping the charts was a home (44 Gleannloch Estates Dr.) sold at a $2.385Mil, only a 0.625% price reduction from it's originally listed price at $2.4Mil. This home is huge - featuring a little shy of 10,000 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms (that's right - 6), and 2 half baths built in 1979.
At the bottom of the pit was a foreclosure; as expected. The home at 9407 Sagehampton Ct. sold for a measily $55.37/sqft at an affordable $144,900. Pretty amazing to believe the deals to be had in a community also selling million dollar properties; right? That's the major advantage to choosing to live in Gleannloch Farms.
Including the highs and lows, the neighborhood has averaged $88.21 per square foot in value, with homes selling on average of 73 days. The average price in Gleannloch Farms came to be $326,405 for homes averaging in size of about 3,427 square feet.


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EA and Visceral Games present the Gamescom 2012 trailer Dead Space 3 offering players a glimpse inside the hellish planetcracker ship of Tau Volantis.
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The gory frights of Dead Space are back! EA's Steve Papoutsis and Blair Herter go hands-on with the new storylines and necromorphs in our Dead Space 3 E3 2012 game mechanics walkthrough video.
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The Civil Wars' much-anticipated self-titled sophomore album will be released Tuesday, but fans can take a free advance listen via iTunes at this link now. One of the most buzz-generating new groups of the past few years, Joy Williams and John Paul White dazzled critics and audiences alike with the stark, haunting and beautiful vocal harmonies from their 2011 debut, "Barton Hollow." Two Grammy Awards and a high-profile spot on the "Hunger Games" soundtrack later and the duo seemed on top of the music world. But it all seemed to crash down with the abrupt cancellation of a European tour and a quickly announced extended hiatus due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition."
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Because I am not as smart as West Allis "Jeopardy!" champion Michael Falk I could not figure out a way to introduce today's column in the form of a question.
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First Stage's 'Midnight Cry' travels from slavery to freedom
Just after intermission in playwright James DeVita's "A Midnight Cry," the minister (Mark Corkins) hiding a terrified Lida Anderson (Malkia Stampley) tells her that "you need to act like you been living free your whole life."
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When Leon Hairston's bus didn't show on a frigid winter morning, he braved the cold for as long as he could before abandoning his stop at Broad and High streets for the warmth of a nearby coffee shop. He called COTA after his fingers thawed out and learned that the bus had broken down and the next one wouldn't arrive for an hour. Hairston was late for work that day, but he said he accepts that the bus doesn't always run on schedule.
"Once you get the rhythm of the schedule, they're usually on time," he said.
Some riders aren't as forgiving. The most-frequent complaint the Central Ohio Transit Authority fielded in 2013 was buses running off schedule. In the past 12 months, COTA officials said, buses have stayed on schedule about 75 percent of the time.
"In a perfect world, we would be on time 100 percent of the time," CEO Curtis Stitt said. "But that would probably mean it never snows, never rains, there was never an accident, and that we were something other than human."
The agency tweaks its schedules three times a year to try to keep buses on schedule, and drivers report slow points so that buses can be rerouted if necessary, he said.
But the belief that buses rarely run on time is a problem of perception, Stitt said.
COTA's timetables don't list every stop, so riders are left to approximate the arrival times between the stops where times are listed. Publishing every stop would make the timetables too large to carry, he said.
COTA's on-time data, like that of other agencies, gives buses a five-minute window before they'r e classified as late. A bus that arrives before it's supposed to — by as little as one second — is considered early. Buses are tracked through GPS.
Buses ran late 16 percent of the time and were early 9 percent of the time in the past year. COTA has a "zero-tolerance policy" for early arrivals because riders are more likely to miss a bus that arrives too soon, Stitt said.
On a route with runs every hour, a bus that arrives early might cause a rider to have to wait another hour to catch the next one, Stitt said. On lines with more-frequent service, being on time is less significant because the next bus will arrive in a few minutes. During peak travel times, some routes have a COTA bus arriving as often as every six minutes.
Indianapolis' bus system, IndyGo, is about half the size of COTA's, but COTA considers it among its comparative peers. IndyGo buses were late about 20 percent of the time last year and early
5 percent of the time — a rate comparable to COTA's. But IndyGo gives its buses a one-minute window before they're considered early.
The Federal Transit Administration doesn't track how often buses are on time, and the American Public Transportation Association doesn't compile data, either.
More agencies are using real-time technology, such as smartphone apps and websites, to help customers track buses and make it easier to adjust schedules when a bus is running late, said Virginia Miller, spokeswoman for the transportation association.
COTA expects to launch real-time tracking on its website this spring and is installing signs at some Downtown stops that show when the next bus will arrive. Those features will help riders account for unforeseen circumstances, such as traffic jams and construction tie-ups.
Tracking buses on COTA's website was supposed to launch in the first quarter of this year, but it has been delayed as the agency works out problems between the GPS data and its new website.
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The right gloves for the jobFinally a pair of gloves for pulling blackberry brambles.
Too SlipperyMuch too slippery to hold anything; puncture resistance is "fair"; maybe the manufactuers can come up with a "tackier" outer surface; can not recommend until this changes
Tough but not GrippyGlove would receive a better rating if the side of the fingers were a tougher fabric....because it's a light stretch fabric, thorns poke through the area on the sides of you finger which is really not good. The palms are tough which give a false sense of protection until you try to pick up a thistle, then its a painful prick. Additionally, the tough fabric in the palms have little to no traction for holding on to things, so you must remove this glove to keep from dropping things like bottles or plastic parts...especially if that are slightly wet...kinda defeats the purpose of having a workglove. They need to go back to the drawing board on these gloves.
Not Much ProtectionThese gloves are NOT very puncture resistant. I bought the HD gloves for handling shrubs with thorns, and I have a tree with thorns. I picked up tree trimmings and shrub trimmings and the thorns immediately went straight in to my palm and fingers. Not recommended!
Wouldn't BuyThese gloves are more protective that other leather work gloves for sure. However, they are not puncture resistant to tough briars, barbed wire and other sharp material. They also have a hard outer side on the palm that is rather slippery when trying to carry things like tin roofing and other hard objects. I really wanted to like these gloves but I would not buy another pair.
Response By: Garrett Wade Tech Department
Thank you for your review on the Safety HD Work Gloves. Your opinion means a lot to us, and we have forwarded your comments on to our purchaser. Please feel free to send them back for a complete refund.
Work GlovesThis is the second pair of these gloves I have bought for my wife. The first ones lasted several years and gave great protection. We are glad they are still available.
Not Puncture ResistantBecause my property has many, many blackberry bushes, I ordered these puncture resistant" gloves so I could pick up the trimmed blackberry plants without getting punctured by their thorns. First one I picked up during the first trimming today punctured my finger. These gloves are far from puncture resistant. I would definitely NOT recommend these gloves as puncture resistant."
Good Side/Bad Side.I bought these gloves primarily to use in removing holly which grows like a weed here. First the good. The protective side works well. I can even crunch the holly in my fist and feel totally protected. What's not so good is the rest of my hand is totally unprotected by the flimsy green material which does come in contact with the holly a lot. The design of the back is also bad with an opening to the skin at the back of the hand at the strap. Unfortunately they are a bit stiff and uncomfortable on the palm/fingers as well on the inside. So..with a few red spots on the inside of my hand and numerous punctures on the back of my hands, I'm not so happy with these gloves. If the protective side could be combined with leather backs maybe the problem could be solved.
Not as good as expectedI bought these as I work with a lot of rose bushes. They are good gloves but definitely not great gloves for thorns. Not worth the money. I am disappointed.
Not for Cacti 2.0I have to agree with IKF. I bought these gloves (Garden Gloves) on your suggestion they were cactus thorn resistant. First day out, my wife went to transplant two Mexican Fencepost cacti in our front yard, and was bandaging up her hands before putting my own heavy leather gloves over the Garrett Wade gloves. You might want to field test these type of things before you make a claim. Please come on out to the desert with your new models. We'll be glad to put them to a real test.
Good Idea, Poor ExecutionMy wife and I live on a small farm in Oregon that was a vacant property for five years, and we constantly battle the wild blackberries that spread across the property, as well as thistles that spread in the pastures. Both have very nasty thorns. We usually wear heavy leather gloves when cutting the canes and plants and hauling them out, but even those sometimes get pierced by the thorns. I bought a pair of these for my wife, hoping they'd offer better protection, but they're worthless. The puncture resistant material is only on the palm side surfaces. The back of your hand, and even the sides of your fingers, are only covered in a thin stretchy material of the sort that inexpensive garden gloves are made of, which offers no protection whatsoever. We're sending these back, and will keep using the leather gloves.
Not Suitable for Handling CactiI bought the green (heavy duty) gloves, to move a dead and partially rotted saguaro at our vacation home in Baja Mexico. The very first time I gripped the cactus, thorns shot through the material and punctured my hand. These gloves may be suitable for handling smaller tapered thorns, like those found on blackberry bushes. But they are no match for longer thorns, like those found on saguaros and other cacti.
Great Gloves!These are one of the best investments we ever made. I purchased two pairs of these several years ago (one for my husband and one for myself). After several years of use on black raspberries and roses, they are still performing beautifully. Thorns occasionally penetrate the green fabric, but that happens very rarely and mostly with brittle, dry thorns when I am trying to rush and not being as careful as I should be. I hope Garrett Wade continues selling these because I will definitely replace them when they wear out.
May 2014 Rate & Review Honorable Mention $50 Winner. Congratulations, Sharon!!
Best Gloves Ever!These are the best gloves that have ever been made. We have a thorny vine that we dread to tackle every year. This vine gets wrapped in our bushes and is almost impossible to get out without being stuck over and over again! Well, this year it has been a breeze. The thorns have not punctured the gloves and it has made our work go quickly and pain free. Everyone should purchase these gloves. We wondered if they would be worth the cost, but found out they are worth every penny! You won't be sorry.
Great GlovesThese gloves offer great protection. Look and feel great.
Super!I was replanting a rosebush with my new garden safety gloves and before I knew it, the bush was replanted and I didn't get stuck once! Great product!
Poor FitHaven't had a chance to use them yet, but I will share that the fit of the glove is bad. Meaning that I ordered a large, just like usual, and the hand portion of the glove fit well, but the fingers were all about 3/4 too long. Never had a problem like this with other gloves. Also, FYI, there is not a lot of dexterity with these gloves.
Response By: Garrett Wade Tech Department
Thank you for your review on the Heavy Duty Safety Work Gloves. We are sorry to hear that you are not completely satisfied with them and that they do not fit you well. If you'd like you may return them for a refund, using the label which came with them or, you may exchange them to see if the replacement is a better fit. We apologize for the inconvenience. "
Don't BotherI purchased the heavy duty ones and both thistle and raspberry thorns still come through and stab me. I am still searching and find the thick leather gloves still the best defense.
DisappointedMy husband is disappointed in the gloves. He works every day clearing land, moving logs, huge rocks, etc. he says the gloves are too slippery" to grip the logs and rocks very well. I thought they would be great gloves for him considering the description and the price. "
They work!I used them right away to clean out my gutters. In the past I sustained cuts and scratches on my fingers and hands as I have aluminum leaf guards that I have to remove before I can clean out the gutters. These gloves protected my hands from the metal edges. Great Gloves.
FantasticI have been looking for a pair of gloves in which will protect my hands from sharp objects, I fish a lot of fresh water and salt water and looking for gloves to protect against the teeth on fish, your gloves are great for that and they don't cost you an arm and a leg to buy them.
Not as ratedI purchased the garden gloves as it said was good for cacti. I disagree as when I received them, I had some cacti to transplant and it was almost like wearing leather work gloves. I got spines in the gloves to prove it...
Response By: Garrett Wade Tech Department
Thank you for your review on the Safety HD Gloves. We are sorry to hear they didn't work out so well for this purpose. A return label is on its way to you.
SlipperyI ordered these gloves due to the puncture resistance. I thought they would make great diving gloves to capture lobster. My first use find the palm surfaces to be extremely slippery making if difficult to hold onto things. Maybe if they are not wet, this won't be so bad. Time will tell if it gets better.
Best work gloves everI've purchased several items from Garrett Wade. All have worked as advertised. The gloves are a dream. I work with raspberries and I don't get any stickers in my hand. I'm going to try trimming my Russian Olives. That should really test it. I've ordered so many items that I think it would save time if Garrett Wade sent 10 items per month until I have one of everything.
Perfect GlovesI purchased these gloves for myself as I had a lot of wild thorn bushes growing in my yard. I found these were the only gloves I could get a solid grip on these plants with no worries about the thorns going through the gloves. I don't think I would grab anything with long thorns but do well with working around rose bushes and pulling the wild raspberries plants that tend to pop up in my yard.
FELL APART!!These things are supposed to be durable? And how does someone expect to get satisfaction from a 90 day guarantee? I'm going with another reviewer's advice and going cowhide, and I'll probably spray them with rubber to keep them dryer.
Great GiftI gave these gloves to my Father-in-Law who does a LOT of work around the house outside and always seems to damage his hands. He was very happy to receive these gloves and that in turn made me happy :)
Didn't WorkI bought these to use with my cacti plants. Unfortunately, they didn't work as advertised. The thorns of the cacti went right through the gloves. I'll be looking for something else that might work.
Feeble GlovesI found the Garden Gloves to be useless. Did not protect against cactus spines, large or small. (The small ones got inside!!). Even rose thorns penetrated with ease. I pinched the glove in the handle of my pruners and the fabric disintegrated!! Stick with cowhide!!
Great GlovesWe purchased the Garden Gloves for my wife in size medium for my wife who has relatively small hands, and the gloves fit perfectly, feel comfortable and absolutely protect against those sharp garden hazards as advertized. Great gloves to last a lifetime!
Cactus KillerBeen looking for gloves like this - Cactus go thru everything... not these... so cool...
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Working for social justice with NicaraguansSunday, August 1st, 2010
As part of the "Conversations with the Faculty" program of Haverford's Customs Week, Kaye Edwards will be talking with first-year students about the ProNica delegation. Here's how she describes her session:
This conversation is rooted in my long-standing engagement with public health, community-based learning and social justice, and was catalyzed by a trip I took this June, accompanying six Haverford students on a 10-day delegation through northwestern Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western hemisphere, with 16% of the population living on less than $1/day, with only 45% of the population having improved sanitation facilities, and with 35 children out of every 1000 live births dying before the age of 5 (www.who.int/gho/countries/nic.pdf). Although Nicaragua has been buffeted by hurricanes, earthquakes, wars, and economic exploitation, it is a country graced by natural beauty, rich culture, and resilient spirit. Our delegation, which was funded by Haverford's Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, initiated 8-10 week internships for the six Haverford students who stayed on to work with grassroots organizations in urban barrios and rural communities. ProNica, a Quaker organization founded in 1987 to build "sustainable cross-cultural relationships between the people of North America and Nicaragua" (www.pronica.org/about/) led our delegation and coordinated the internship placements and home stays with Nicaraguan families. During our discussion, we will consider how United States foreign policy has impacted the people of Nicaragua, examine demographic data and health indicators to highlight the country's current challenges and opportunities, as well as explore ways that Haverford students can work in solidarity with Nicaraguans to build healthier and more sustainable communities.


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Education Transfer - Middle Childhood
If you enjoy being around children, have the power to motivate and inspire, and have qualities such as patience and creativity, then the Washington State Community College Education Program might be the right choice for you. The program is designed to provide the general education and introductory education courses needed by those desiring a degree that will lead to teacher licensure. The program major is aligned with the standards for pre-service teacher education programs in the State of Ohio and attention has been paid to the guidelines of several accrediting agencies. The Transfer Assurance Guide (TAG) for education has been fully approved and can be earned through this program.
Teachers of chemistry, physics, mathematics, special education, Spanish, computer science, and bilingual education are in demand in almost every region of the United States (www.cnn.com, 2008). Teachers are also needed to teach English and other subjects in many foreign countries. Those seeking employment in the Mid-Ohio Valley will find the market highly competitive.
Toward Ohio Middle Childhood license
The education transfer program is designed to provide the general education courses needed to transfer into four- and five-year programs in teacher education. The middle years program prepares you to teach children nine to 13 years old. In addition to general education courses and a core of professional education courses, students enrolled in this program should begin taking courses in order to have two areas of concentration chosen from language arts, sciences, mathematics, and social studies. See an academic advisor in the field of education or the program coordinator for details.
Students will take courses spread across seven areas of general education: English Composition (3), Speech (1), Arts and Humanities (4), Mathematics (College Algebra or higher, 1), Natural Sciences (2), and Social and Behavioral Sciences (4). At least 57 hours of course work in these areas must be taken from the Ohio Transfer Module list that appears in the Washington State Community College Catalog. Major courses include the Ohio TAG in education and several electives. Education Transfer majors must complete a minimum of 23 hours of education coursework. The Ohio TAG consists of:
- EDUC 1000 Introduction to Education
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The specific general education and major courses required to transfer vary by transfer institution. All education transfer students should work closely with an EDT adviser in order to ensure enrollment in the best classes for transfer to preferred 4-year schools.
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- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of American education and the structure of the American system of education
People earning an AA in Education Transfer can seek employment as a teacher's aide. The No Child Left Behind legislation requires an AA for this position. In some states, those holding an AA degree can be hired to substitute teach. Ohio is not one of those states. Some private schools may hire AA degree holder to teach. Individuals seeking teacher licensure must complete a 4-year degree in education at an accredited college or university and clear a background check. In addition to teaching, graduates of Bachelors degree programs can often find employment in libraries, child care facilities, businesses that need employee trainers, and museums. Additional coursework and teaching experience can lead to positions as a counselor, principal, superintendent, or curriculum supervisor.
Graduates of Washington State Community College's EDT program are now teaching in public and private K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities through out the region and country.
Successful completion of the education transfer program leads to the Associate of Arts Degree for Transfer.
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The problem in what you did is in the first equality about the expectations. How would you justify that?
Hint: what is the distribution of ?
Let X and Y by two independent identically distributed normal random variables with mean 1 and variance 1. Find c so that E[c|X-Y|] = 1.
I went with the 'simple' route
E[c|X-Y|] = cE[X-Y] + cE[X+Y] = 0 + c(1+1) = 2c
And 2c = 1 so c = 1/2
But that was wrong...
I know there's a 1/sqrt(2pi) in the normal distribution but I can't see how that pi can get to the numerator in those integrals...
Answer is sqrt(pi)/2
Ah ok I made a mistake with the abs val...
E[c|X-Y|] = cE[X-Y] + cE[Y-X] = 0 + 0 = 0
The distribution of X-Y is another normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 2.
I found this page but it's not helping..
Normal Difference Distribution -- from Wolfram MathWorld
From that site in my last post:
1/[sqrt(2pi(sigx^2 + sigy^2)] * exp(-[u-(muX-muY)]^2/[2(sigx^2 + sigy^2)]
In my question, since sigx^2 = sigy^2 = 1 and muX = muY = 0 this simplifies to:
1/[sqrt4pi] * exp(-[u]^2/[4])
Going backwards like this, I can sort of see that taking the double integral from the original Px-y with these values for mu and sig^2 could have led to:
4/[sqrt(4pi)] * exp(-[u]^2/[4]) where exp(-[u]^2/[4]) = 1
so E[X] = 4c/[sqrt(4pi)] = 2c/[sqrt(pi)]
Setting E[X] = 1 gives the book's answer.
But...I don't see myself getting a question like this right next time and I also didn't even take into account the absolute value. Honestly I have no idea... :/