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I need to carry out a stratified Wilcoxon test to compare the results in two groups. Each unit receives one of the two treatments; they are stratified by one other factor, which has three levels. The outcome measure is a continuous variable. Specifically, I have two treatment groups in a clinical trial, with three investigator sites, and I have a duration as one of my outcome measures. I plan to do other analyses as well, but this one is absolutely required by previous commitments made by the client. Also, the stratified Wilcoxon test needed here does not appear to be the stratified Wilcoxon test used in a Cox regression analysis, but rather a stratified version of the usual Wilcoxon rank-sum test. My initial literature search turned up no discussion in the SAS documentation (I first looked to do this in SAS), nothing on sas.com, and no detailed description of this test. A further check in the STATA 6 manuals (no, I haven't upgraded yet :-) didn't turn up what I was looking for either, so I'm turning to the list for help. I can see several possible approaches to the problem. One is to normalize the Wilcoxon statistic for each stratum, then combine the normalized values to get another normal incorporating results from all three strata; however, one of the strata is relatively small, so I have some concern about the validity of the normal approximation there. An alternative is to treat this as an exact inference problem, and find the overall significance level either by enumeration or by simulation. Any suggestions of references to the literature or code (in Stata, SAS, or S-Plus) would be appreciated. All I've found so far is a reference in the Stata manual to an article by Breslow in Biometrika, 1970, v. 57 pp. 579-594: "A Generalized Kruskal-Wallis Test for Comparing k Samples Subject to Unequal Patterns of Censorship." Alan Cantor's BBU book, "Extending SAS Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research" cites the same article, and the earlier related article by Gehan (Biometrika 1965 v. 52 pp. 203-223, "A Generalized Wilcoxon Test for Comparing Arbitrarily Singly Censored Samples"). However, both seem to function strictly in a survival analysis context (at least from the examples I've seen), not in a rank-based statistics context. I will pursue that if I don't get anything else, in case they can be applied more generally, but I'm hoping for both some other references and suggestions about implementation. (Anyone happen to know whether StatXact handles this?) Incidentally, I'm rather surprised that I didn't find more on doing Wilxocon rank-sum type tests in a stratified fashion. Any thoughts on why this doesn't seem to be commonly discussed? It's a common technique, and stratification is a common situation. Thanks for any advice. Steve Albert Director of Biostatistics Spectrum Pharmaceutical Research Corp. San Antonio, TX SAlbert at SpectrumCRO dot com * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Phone: (718) 670-2558
To learn more about osteoporosis, visit our Osteoporosis page in Health Information.
"Osteoporosis is my passion," says Magdalena Cadet, M.D., and one can
hear in the tone of her voice that it's true. Dr. Cadet, a
rheumatologist, is director of the Rheumatology Division of the
Department of Medicine. In that capacity, she treats systemic
inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus
erythematosus, and gout. But rheumatology also deals with bone health
and bone disease, she notes, and that is her main focus. Her division
works closely with the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.
Osteoporosis is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and an increase in bone porosity and fragility, contributed to by a loss in estrogen. Estrogen loss results in decreased bone strength and quality. "This condition is not acutely life- threatening," Dr. Cadet explains, "but can lead to fractures of the hip and spine along with various complications. You can be hospitalized for a long stay, and you may not walk very well afterward. Complications from an osteoporotic fracture may significantly impact a patient's daily activities and quality of life."
Dr. Cadet cites a surprising statistic – that the risk of osteoporosis for women is equal to the risk of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers combined. "Women begin to lose bone mass in their 30s," she notes, but they are at greatest risk following menopause, when their ovaries stop producing estrogen, which helps to keep bones strong."
It is estimated that one out of every two women over the age of 50 will be affected by osteoporosis in her remaining lifetime, and that each year, osteoporosis causes an estimated 1.5 million fractures. The cost of hip fractures alone is estimated to be $10-20 billion annually in the United States, and the aging of the population is likely to mean a dramatic increase in these costs.
At NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, Dr. Cadet is implementing a model of care, the "Improving Bone Health Initiative," for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in women who are at risk for this bone disorder.
The goal is to have all internists, gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons, and emergency room personnel who see women patients for fractures refer those patients to her for an evaluation to determine future risk of fracture.
Using a risk assessment tool developed by the World Health Organization, she will assess them for bone density and strength, weight, height, calcium and vitamin D status, smoking and alcohol intake, family history and other factors. The assessment will diagnose osteoporosis status and produce a 10-year probability of additional fractures. Once the patient's risk is determined, she will be asked to participate in a prevention and/or treatment program.
Each woman will be seen by a team that includes a nutritionist and a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist. She will be given education and counseling along with an individual treatment plan, and called at home regularly to check on compliance. "Most patients are not educated about the realities of this disease, Dr. Cadet says, "and if they don't understand it, they can't prevent it."
The plan is now in place in the Emergency Department, where each woman seen for a hip fracture is referred to her and seen while still in the hospital.
"Osteoporosis is a major U.S. public health concern, Dr. Cadet observes, "where some 10 million people have it and 34 million more are at risk. The purpose of this model is to improve bone health, reduce fractures, and decrease costs."
Every patient who thinks he or she may be at risk for osteoporosis should have the physician obtain a bone density test, measuring the bone mass in the hip, spine, wrist, heel or hand. This is called a DEXA scan.

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The most epic science fiction fantasy is about to come true. For the first time ever a human-built vehicle is leaving the entire solar system behind. This is huge. The daily news cycle may mention it in passing along with some nice images. Your kids may hear about it in class. Most people on this lovely blue-green planet won't even know what our species has accomplished. Experts say it could happen any time, most likely within a year.
Thirty-five years ago NASA launched probes designed to explore our solar system. Perhaps to confuse historians, Voyager 2 blasted off first on August 20, 1977. Voyager 1 followed on September 7. They're going where we've never been before. We're talking interstellar space, people. That's defined as "the space between stars." The whole futuristic thing? It's arriving.
We're doing it with 1977 technology too. That year, before many of our readers and writers were born, our species toddled toward greater innovations. For the first time optical fiber was used to carry telephone traffic. New technology debuted, such as Commodore PET, Tandy TRS-80, and Apple II series computers. The Atari 2600 was released. And (coincidence?) Star Wars opened. Continue Reading "Voyager to Solar System: 'Bye-Bye'" »


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Additional Redistricting workshop, June 1, 2011
Original post made by [removed], Alamo, on May 28, 2011
An additional Redistricting Workshop has been added. The workshop will be held in the City of Lafayette, Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 7pm to 8:30PM. 24/680 south corridor neighborhoods are encouraging neighbors to attend this District 2 meeting to better understand the commonality of interests among Lamorinda, Alamo region, Diablo, Blackhawk, Dougherty Valley and the San Ramon Valley neighborhoods.
Redistricting Workshop
Lafayette Community Center (Sequoia Room)
500 Saint Mary's Road
Lafayette CA 94549
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a resident of Alamo
on Jun 1, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Dear Editor,
At tonight's redistricting workshop at the Lafayette Community Center, a few Lamorinda neighbors were worried that the Iron Horse corridor, Alamo to San Ramon, was a right-wing conservative stronghold that would overwhelm the moderate voters of Lamorinda. In suggesting evidence to Lamorinda residents that our Iron Horse corridor holds the same majority of moderate voters, it was easy to point to the election of Joan Buchanan and Jerry McNerney by a majority of our corridor voters.
The small, vocal conservative faction that is comprised of a few thousand residents provides for such a conclusion at public gatherings including the Danville Fourth of July parade. Clearly, those voices are not the majority of voters or do they reflect attitudes of our corridor's majority. Our 24/680 south corridor neighborhoods have strong linkage among our moderate majorities.


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Comedian Bill Murray trudged the final few holes at Pebble Beach on Saturday as if he had miles to go before he could rest. Turns out, he did.
"Sorry, guys," he said to a gaggle of media types hoping to interview him behind the 18th green. "Gotta get to the San Francisco airport. I'm flying to Munich tonight."
Though he had no time for the press, Murray gave his rambunctious best to the enormous crowds lining the fairways for a sun-splashed day at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He limped through his round wearing a red-and-white polka-dotted Smurf hat, a long-sleeved striped shirt, and suspenders holding up a pair of rain pants that accentuated a burgeoning paunch.
At the 15th tee box, home of the rowdy "Club 15" cheering section, Murray seized a giant champagne glass brimming with hundreds of golf tees and emptied it into the gallery.
When somebody handed a football to former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Harris Barton, Murray did his best to kick a field goal. The boot hooked radically to the left, but Murray celebrated as if he'd won the Super Bowl.
After draining a short putt on the 15th green, he acknowledged the applauding crowd first by doffing his silly-looking cap ... then by dropping the suspenders off his shoulders ... then by opening his shirt. Mercifully, the striptease ended there.
Still the tournament's top attraction, Murray opted to walk toward every shot along the rope barriers, signing autographs, posing for photos, tickling babies and chatting up fans.
He also gave generous attention to a pair of "Designated Observers" from Atlanta, Ga. — Scott Shickler and 17-year-old son Jaxson, who won the right to walk the entire round with Murray through a contribution to the Magic Wand Foundation, a nonprofit that empowers young people.
Dad is a golfer. Son is not.
"The joke in our family is the only way to get Jaxon to walk 18 holes would be to let him do it with Bill Murray, so here we are," said Scott, who, at various points of the round, was treated by Murray to a bloody mary, an Angus beef sandwich and at least one free golf ball.
Jaxson got a bag of nuts (he kept one nut as a souvenir), and both posed for photos with Murray in the 18th tee box with Carmel Bay as a backdrop.
All the while, the ultra-competitive Murray was aware that his stay at Pebble would be cut short by a day. Pro partner D.A. Points, with whom Murray won the AT&T's pro-am division two years ago, was struggling through a lousy tournament. At 1-over-par, Points wasn't going to make the cut for Sunday's round, and although Murray had helped them to 11-under as a tandem, that also wouldn't be good enough to make the cut.
As he teed up his ball on No. 18, Murray broke into song, crooning the Donna Summer hit, "Last chance ... last chance ... for love." In mid-note, he struck a perfect drive to the middle of the fairway.
When he finished the round, he attempted to toss his golf ball to spectators atop the sky boxes. When his throw came up short, bouncing off the Plexiglas windows, he asked his caddie for a wedge to loft the souvenir softly into the bleachers.
After leaving the cheering throngs behind, his cheerful face contorted into that of a disappointed man who probably wanted to stay, but had to go.
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Technology Leaders To Be Honored at Annual Dinner
The New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (S3IP) at Binghamton University will host its annual dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, at Traditions at the Glen, located at 4101 Watson Boulevard, Johnson City.
During the dinner, S3IP will join the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition (STOC) in honoring three individuals for their hard work, dedication and excellence in enabling economic development in the Southern Tier. The Technology Leader of the Year recognition will be awarded to an individual who has shaped the technology community through leadership in small-scale systems. The Technology Entrepreneur of the Year will be awarded to an individual who has contributed to the development of the technology economy through the formation of new businesses, generation of wealth and exemplifying the risk-taking entrepreneurial spirit. The Technology Mentor of the Year will honor an individual who has shaped the technology community through championing the STOC vision as well as by offering their time, expertise and knowledge networks in support of individual technology companies.
The dinner will feature remarks by U.S. Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-N.Y.) and Bahgat Sammakia, S3IP director, who will provide a brief overview of current project and activities. John Hayek, STOC's executive director, will join Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo in presenting the technology awards.
The keynote speaker is Frank Murray, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
For more information, call Mary Beth Curtin, associate director of the S3IP at 607-777-7270.


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Community celebrates Belgrade I-90 interchange groundbreaking
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Folks officially celebrated the ground breaking of the new Belgrade I-90 interchange Tuesday, just a couple weeks after crews got to work on the project.
The interchange will be east of Belgrade, near the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Drivers will be able to exit I-90 roughly between mile posts 298 and 301, and travel south to Alaska Frontage Road and north to the Frontage Road.
NBC Montana was there as community leaders dug their shovels in the dirt, and celebrated the official start of the $37.2 million project.
Gallatin County Commissioner Joe Skinner told us the interchange will improve traffic congestion, provide easier airport access and improve safety. He said the interchange will be the only under-railroad access in the area.
Five government jurisdictions worked together, he said, to make this project finally happen after years of discussion.
"I think it's almost unprecedented that that many government jurisdictions in Montana come together with a project like this, with funding and design," Skinner said, adding "it's just very exciting for me to see that happen."
The first phase of construction happening now will involve building a temporary rail line, construction of the new railroad bridge and the new on-off ramps.
The project is expected to be finished within two years.


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But Ahrens says he was forced to take out loans totaling $12,000 for his final two years after his tuition bill grew and his financial-aid package was squeezed.
Ahrens actually considers himself lucky; many of his friends will graduate with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. But as he closes out his final semester in Kingston, Ahrens's future is newly being shaped by his looming college debt and the country's recession.
It's gloomy times indeed for Rhode Island public-college students eyeing their bursar's bills and their job prospects. With the promise of a new semester last month came an unexpected, mid-year tuition hike that compounded students' worries about paying for college during the worst economic downturn of their lifetime.
That announcement of further cuts in the state's dwindling support for higher education — and a warning that another massive tuition hike may be coming — has highlighted the conflicting financial pressures on students, universities, and state government. And it has led to renewed calls for clear funding plans for higher education, with supporters emphasizing the link between a well-educated workforce and a strong state economy.
On the state's public-college campuses, professors report that more of their students are working evening jobs instead of studying. Some students are adding second, or even third, jobs to help pay for books, meals, and tuition. Students scheduled to graduate in May are suddenly considering pursuing advanced degrees, if only to hide away in the safe harbor of academia for a few more years.
At Rhode Island College, some students are reducing their course loads to save cash. In-state URI students are spending more weekends back at home, earning money at local jobs. Some lecture halls at the Kingston campus are bursting at the seams because state budget cuts have forced URI to reduce its teaching force and leave vacant positions empty, resulting in fewer class sections — just as enrollment has peaked.
The financial-aid offices at the Commu-nity College of Rhode Island are getting more applications than ever before, staffers say, as well as tuition waivers requested by the growing ranks of Rhode Islanders receiving unemployment benefits.
An annual financial-aid workshop at CCRI attracted more than double the usual number of attendees. Late last month, 200 high schoolers sought help with filling out those dreaded FAFSA forms at CCRI's "College Goal Sunday" event.
"The feedback we heard was, 'I couldn't have done this without you. It's such an overwhelming process,' " says Kristen Cyr, a CCRI spokeswoman.
URI students are angry about the Board of Governors for Higher Education's mid-year decision to raise tuition by more than 6 percent at URI, RIC, and CCRI, says Ahrens, the outgoing Student Senate president at URI.
"It's extreme disbelief and anger at the situation at this point," Ahrens says of the mood on campus. "What better investment is there than higher education? How are we expected to go to the workforce without it? It's tough for students right now."
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Are you ready for the kids to come running off the school bus on the last day of school and right into the farm yard? Summer vacation for children raised on farms is usually filled with memory-making activities and surely no boredom. We remember the days of playing Little House on the Prairie with neighborhood friends. That, of course, included fetching water the old-fashioned way in nearby puddles and streams and maybe making a fort in the hay loft. But for one family, fond memories like that are now tarnished. We were deeply saddened to hear of one New Hampshire 11-year-old boy who tragically died two days after a silage pile face collapsed on him in late April. These stories should be a wake-up call to all of us. Take proactive steps now to avoid another tragedy like this.
In a recent weekly update from Western United Dairyman, we found some great key factors to prevent accidental injuries and deaths, in addition to preventing liability from accidents. These key factors include:
1. Access control: Dairy farms should have a policy for visitors that requires them to check in with a member of the staff upon arrival instead of giving them free-rein of the farm. If a visitor is near a hazard like a hay stack or feed pile, it should be noted to the visitor.
2. Posting: When biosecurity is a concern (places like parlors, hospital barns, and maternity areas), these areas should be posted for no access unless by authorized personnel. Manure lagoons or pits should be posted with warning signs, and roadways should have signs indicating truck and equipment traffic.
3. Rules and regulations: All employees should be trained on access policies and be instructed never to bring children or other nonemployees to the farm.
4. Housing agreements and rules: If employees live on the premise, housing agreements that are written and signed should be completed. Children should not be allowed to play in roadways or working areas of the farm and dogs should not be allowed to roam free.
5. Compliance: State OSHA compliance can reduce employee injuries by improving safety programs. If you're unsure about regulations in your area or if your farm needs to be in compliance, contact your local OSHA office.


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An 18-year-old Westlake man has been charged with four counts of simple burglary, two counts of theft and one count each of theft of a motor vehicle, theft of a firearm and unauthorized use of an access card, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Ian O. Langley, 1301 Guillory St., was arrested on Friday after being stopped while driving a vehicle that was reported stolen the day before.
"On Oct. 4, deputies were dispatched to homes on Thelma Lane and Brown Road in Moss Bluff in reference to a stolen truck and reports that two vehicles were burglarized," Myers said Tuesday in a news release. "The next day, the Westlake Police Department located the truck and reported it to the Sheriff's Office Vehicle Crimes Unit."
Myers said that when questioned by detectives, Langley confirmed he stole the truck and also burglarized the two unlocked vehicles, taking a debit card, some cash and a firearm. Langley allegedly used the debit card to make several purchases at local stores.
Judge Wilford Carter set Langley's bond at $20,000.
Detective David Doucett was the lead investigator.


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The fabulous guy i talked to through fan mail, who was behind all the madness at woodstock. The guy that all the wannabe flower children DONT know about. The guy who is one of my idols.
wannabe flower child: "im so cool because i have this trippy shirt on and peace sign necklaces and because i 'like' the beatles. too bad i have no clue who michael lang is even though i claim to like woodstock."
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Are you afraid to cross the street in Alamo?
Original post made by Osymo Ron, another community, on Feb 6, 2008
Are you afraid to cross the street in Alamo?
The answer is YES, I am afraid who I might meet on the other side!
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of another community
on Feb 6, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Posted by request of the author
Dear OX,
Do you remember when your mother told you to look both ways when you crossed the street. It seems you are suggesting a 180 degree sweep of the street and the curb across from you. Are you suggesting that certain Alamo people are more dangerous than the cars they drive?
"Paranoia, paranoia, how I enjoy yah, paranoia!" would apply if neighbors were only having delusions of persecution, but your humor is well-taken.
I'll watch your six, laughingly,
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a resident of another community
on Feb 7, 2008 at 11:37 am
Posted at the request of the author
Dear OX,
I don't know any STREETS in Alamo. There are roads, boulevards, avenues, courts and lanes, but where are the STREETS. Before I know if I have any fear of crossing such STREETS, I need to know where they are so I can conduct my own test.
Can someone post a street name and directions for me?
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a resident of another community
on Feb 7, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Madly, Leslie, I rushed out the door, up Livorna to the park and on to EASY STREET. I crossed back and forth, and then walked down the middle of the street.
I had no fear. We should not fear Streets! But, be concerned in crossing anything in our business center where we might be noticed.
OX, smiling,
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of another community
on Feb 7, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Hey nieghbors,
Sounds like downtown Alamo California, you need to look out for snipers!
Paul Sampson,
serving in IRAQ
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a resident of Alamo
on Feb 8, 2008 at 3:13 pm
So dumb. Do you really all have THAT much time on your hands? Really shows that rich people do have a lot of time on their hands and put that time into dumb things.
Or maybe you don't understand the sensitivity of this subject.
a resident of another community
on Feb 8, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Dear HA! and neighbors,
Humor, serious humor, brings commentary and consideration. It is obvious that Danville Blvd does not belong in the Alamo business district due to the traffic it invites. In other postings, removal of Danville Blvd has been given serious justification and consideration.
In this exchange, Iron Horse Corridor neighbors are reviewing dangers beyond crossing the road as the issues of political retaliation that have occurred against various neighbors since December 17, 2007. In humor, neighbors suggested that both dangers are REAL, crossing the road and what might be on the other side.
Clearly, people are more dangerous than the cars they drive.
Hal Bailey


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Hot Properties 37, 1987, printed 2008
Jim Breukelman
Canadian, 1941
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Purchased 2011
National Gallery of Canada (no. 2011.50)
The social and economic conditions related to Vancouver's urban landscape are the subject of Jim Breukelman's photography. Here he presents a taxonomic register of modestly scaled, post-WWII homes built in a style particular to Vancouver. "As a whole," he suggests, "each house and its lot is a one-of-a-kind pocket environment. Looking at the details, you can get a sense of what that person feels about the world outside." Originally shot in 1987 and printed more recently, the title "Hot Properties" references not the simplicity of these homes but rather the extravagant value of the land on which they sit, which has increased exponentially in the decades since the project was first conceived.
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Been reading, I have a couple boxes ready...plan on building a few more here in the next handful of days. I'm curious if most people nail their bars down? is it required/nessicity in this type of hive? (when its not required by law) Simple trick to get your space a guy showed me up here was run a small screw on each end of your bars. either measure or use your spacing tool to get the space, screw in or out as needed, once its set you'll never need a tool again.
Thoughts on starter strips? I have some combs on top bars that are a bit too long (the bars) I thought about stitching a few onto the new warre bars to get a head start and help with guiding combs. I did 'ok' with hair clips last year, though it wasnt steller, I dont have bees everywhere at this point to distract my attention lol. Think it would be worth the effort? I was thinking today I could cut them to fit. it looks like I'll be getting bees the end of the first week of may and I'll likely have to feed into june or possible end of june. I'm not sure if the old comb (some with honey some with dead bees in the comb) would help the new hive out enough to warrent it.
I really need to download the warre book or buy it if I can find it and read it cover to cover....at this point short on time any help is appreciated!


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#1 Sun 28 Oct 12 1:09am
Borlotti beans
I love Jamie and his food, recipes, and passion for good cooking but his pronunciation makes me shudder. Today I watched an episode of Jamie at home and he gave a lovely recipe for borlotti beans with scallops.
But he pronounced it "borlo'i beans". There is not only one t in this word , there are 2!
Now I know it's fashionable in today's England to speak "street" (Ricky Gervais has the same accent: I was honestly embarrassed to be British when he was hosting the Golden Globes) but just imagine those people who watch Jamie in other countries, who have no notion of horrible modern British pronunciation............they simply would not understand! The same goes for the word "better" (Jamie pronounces it "be'er") and I could go on but you get the picture. What do other people think of this weird t dropping? I think honestly that it's more difficult to say "borlo'i beans" than borlotti beans! I can't beleive that a famous person like Jamie doesn' thave advisors to tell him how to speak at least reasonbly intelligibly!
#2 Sun 28 Oct 12 1:10am
Re: Borlotti beans
Sorry, spelt believe wrongly!!
#3 Sun 28 Oct 12 11:55pm
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Re: Borlotti beans
Jamie is how he is and we all admire him here. I have absolutely no qualm (sudden access of usually disturbing emotion) as to the way he speaks. Why should he take elocution lessons when the 'politically literate' have problems understanding them selves.
I'd love to hear the way you voice/express your language. Your writing needs a few corrections.
Signed by one of those 'other people who watch Jamie in other countries'.
#4 Mon 29 Oct 12 2:43am
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Very interesting. Which country? USA I suppose? Or Australia? Isn't it funny that England is the only country where people think it's cool to drop t's?
Massacring the English language is very fashionable these days, more especially in England than elsewhere!
#5 Mon 29 Oct 12 3:05am
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All I'll say is, if you don't like the way he speaks don't watch his shows, simple as that!
#6 Mon 29 Oct 12 4:19am
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I am guessing you have never heard a Canadian say Toronto..
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#7 Mon 29 Oct 12 10:20am
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People from different regions speak/ pronounce differently. It's called dialect.
Ashen, we have a suburb of Newcastle called Toronto. (Some of) The locals pronounce it as "Tronno".
Read an article recently on regional dialects in England. It could possibly have been about anywhere. It was stated that the "t" is often dropped by people from Essex/ the East End" and "th" is often pronounce "v" as in "bover" rather than "bother".
Jamie's a proud Essex boy.
Aren't there more important things with which we need to concern ourselves? Or should that be "Bover ourselves"?
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#8 Mon 29 Oct 12 10:40pm
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Well, I don't really agree with you on that. It's not a question of charming regional patois, it's just slovenly speech! T droppers are everywhere in England, certainly not just in Essex! They're in Yorkshire too! It's fashionable!
But ok I give in: I've said my piece and even if Jamie has a ghastly accent, his recipes are great and I love all other aspects of his art!
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Jelovatt, how I agree with you! There are some regional accents that I just cannot understand, Geordie, thick Liverpudlian and Northern Irish to name 3. Most people have one form of speech for family and friends (usually slang and accented - for instance the 'Gangsta Jafaken' accent) and another for 'Telephone' use.
A lot of it is plain laziness and lack of politeness, also not wanting to stand out from the crowd.
Glad someone feels the same way I do.
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Now then....I agree with you all..let's all be tolerant and enjoy this Mighty Beatles of the food industry.
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Have any of you made candles or figures with the lovely Nativity molds available from Mann Lake? If so, what did you charge for them?
Have any of you made candles or figures with the lovely Nativity molds available from Mann Lake? If so, what did you charge for them?
i am and am trying to figure on a price. I am thinking $20.00 canadian funds...I have to go and weigh them out and see how it fairs and go from there.
I am also wrapping each piece in tissue and have bought kraft boxes for them. The kind of boxes you fold.
The molds and boxes came with the candle stuff i purchased, but it is still a cost.
What is your thoughts on your price?
We charge $25.00 and pack the set in a 10 inch cube box filled with foam peanuts. They are really a nice gift and can be easilly shipped.
I weighed it out and it is equivalent to a candle i charge $25.00 for.
Talked to my neighbor about the nativity set. He was the person we bought the stuff from
they sold it $35 with out a wood for a stable...the wood being old supers cut up and ready assemble, $10.00 for the wood...did not move that many scenes.
THe guy he bought this stuff from sold them for $45.00 + $10.00 for the wood...he sold a pile of them, but then the market was good
I would not bother messing with them at that price.
DH was involved in manufacturing (residential roof trusses) for many years. He is a pro at figuring costs, labor, man hours, etc., down to the last nail and scrap of sawdust. Wholesale, retail, and so on.
Here is where we were going with it, figuring it out at 10 complete, 11 piece sets, no stable.
What Would It Cost Nick And Holly Chrismas To Make This For Themselves?
First, I was making these as ORNAMENTS, not CANDLES per se, figuring I'd get the "oh, but it's too pretty to burn!" therefore, it's more than one season's worth, vs. a set of Advent candles . . .
1.5 pounds wax @ $7.00/lb. (Retail price on bulk beeswax at Dadant.) = $10.50 worth wax. Per set.
Full set of molds currently $210 at Mann Lake, amoritized over 10 uses =
$21. Per set.
Can of Mold Release = $8
Can of Sealer = $8
Pack of Pearlizer powder = $5 (Takes one to fully "burnish" an 11 pc. set.) X 10 = $50
$8 + $8 + $50 = $66. / 10 = $ 6.60 per set.
Gift Box + krinkle shreds (much nicer than styrofoam peanuts, it's a chick thing) =
$1.50 per set.
NO Figure for labor, time, "burnishing" etc.
=$36 per set, COST, at a bare minimum.
Now figure tax, booth rental (for craft show, or so on), time, and cleaning wax drips, handling, and GP. Round up to $40. (VERY conservative. Tax runs 8.25% for me, and I think my time is valuable.)
Emphasizing marketing of NATURAL, HAND-CRAFTED, UNIQUE, ECO-FRIENDLY, HEIRLOOM, OLD-FASHIONED, KEEPSAKE ornaments. (Fontanini Style, Old World European, etc.)
Not worth my time to sell them for less than $80. (Double cost) Thinking $120. The thing I have found is, if I promote how wonderful they are, and price accordingly, some people walk away, and some will pay. In other words, it you think they are worth $120, someone else will too. Same goes if you think they are only worth $12.00. Do you think they are a boutique item, or a Wally World Special from China?
I have not worked out a price on a 3 piece set of the Holy Family, large and small. But I will, once the big set is worked out.
Maybe I'm the one with wax fumes clouding my brain? Highly likely!
I agree with summer that $25 seems like way on the low side. With the cost of the mold and the fact that there are so many pieces making handling costs rise I would charge way more. Maybe not $80-$120, I can't imagine anyone paying that unless they were hand carved , but in the neighborhood of $50-60. I would not make them as candles either but as molded figures. Most would not burn them, but if one were tempted to burn them, some of those shapes would be impossible to use as a decent candle so why risk an unhappy candle customer. Plus you save handling cost by not installing the wick.
Summer, it looks to me as if your estimates of material costs are on the high side. If you are paying $7 per pound, try Ebay. There are many reputable sellers there selling wax for less, even including shipping, if you purchase in more volume than a couple pounds at a time.
Additionally I would like to point out the molds will last more than 10 pours, so your amortization can probably safely be quartered. I have poured hundreds of candles from similar molds.
I have not had a need for candle release, try it without. If you are having trouble with sticking you may be pouring too hot.
i don't know if i would get that price in Manitoba. People here are tight with their money at this time. My friend suggests $40.00 - $50.00 after she saw the candles.
I have never used sealer
As for the pearlizer, we put it on in ceramics, it is a paste, and it works well with candles too. I find that the powder or the paste goes on better with the index finger and a litle goes a long way
I now only use candle release with votives. I find if you pour the silicone molds just above 150 to 155, the candles do not stick. They will damage your molds if you get it too hot. We can not import the candle mold release from mann lake any more. It gets stopped at customs. Something about an aresol can and Canada post or trucks etc. Drove me to the edge more than once...
Wash your molds with dawn and a soft bristle brush...I make sure the warm water has softened the bristles before i use it on a mold. I had some older molds that were getting worn out due to pouring to hot. The next candle seemed to tear out. I put the kettle on, used the candy thermometer and got the water to 150-155. While this was happening, I use my hand to coat the inside of the mold with dawn, poured the hot water...mind the temp or you will do more harm than good...and let it soak for a bit. Then i used the soft brush to clean out the wax caught in the etching. The molds are as good as new.
Now i really watch my pour temp
You might consider putting a loop of wicking in for hanging, if you want to sell as tree ornaments.
okay, made 7 sets, took three to this big sale, lots of looks and ohhs and ahhhs, no takers for $30.00
and to edit, alot of clucks (people) asking where the wicks were so they could burn them. My reply was, "somehow for me burning baby Jesus or an angel does not seem right" One lady even came up and said, lets get this and burn in the fire place when "So and so" comes over.
I do not think i will ever make these molds again. I am glad that i paid a used price on the whole lot of stuff, and not just the set. Now to find a buyer comfortable to handle the crazed masses of stupid comments...not my thing.
I am finding in my area, people ohh and ahh over the decorative candles "to pretty to burn", but prefer the standard geometric shapes since they are more burn friendly.
I have heard from other crafters that the big sales in my area have alot of window shoppers unwilling to part with their $. Unlike the other provinces big shows, where people come to buy.
re edit... the other beekeeper/candle maker at the same sale sold theirs for $25.00
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Incredible! People are always surprising me.
I did a search on Ebay and they show one set has sold for $35.00 shipping included. The cheapest I see from a quick search them offered is $36.+ shipping.
This is the type of item I would put on display in my store. Sooner or later someone will come in and want it and not care what the price is.
I hear ya. I thought about making some molded candles (like ornaments and stuff) but to be honest, I do not think people will buy them in this area and the plain candles (shapes and pillars) do much better.
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I think I may have seen the post, too (now that I think about it) but still, no confirmation in the form of a video or article.
Still, I guess in any case I can't blame her if she felt a bit frustrated that her teammate wasn't going to get it done even if she did. I think the vast majority of US fans shared that frustration (and saw it coming from a mile away).
I just hope Wagner and/or Gold (especially Gold!) don't get too hung up over this "3 spots" thing. Last thing you want to do is think too much and put too much pressure on yourself. They can't control how the other does, but only on what THEY do.
I don't necessarily find Gao to be the most thrilling evah. But she has consistently landed a heck of a lot of triples every time. And in terms of Gracie, Gracie doesn't have exactly a ton of international experience herself. Gao HAS out performed her internationally this year.
Now I DO think Gracie has better jumps more likely to do the 3/3s. But Gracie's 3/3s aren't exactly Yu-na consistent.
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And for the record I'm not censoring Gracie. I"m not sure I have so much of a problem with her on the world team. But what I have a problem with is the double standard. Where some skaters get credit for having good seasons, other skaters don't.
At the end of the day, what I think should have happened is the USFSA should have named Wagner provisionally to the team based on her good season results (but insisted on a test skate before Worlds due to how inconsistent she's been lately). And should have sent Gao, Gold, and Hicks to Four Continents. (I don't think Agnes deserved to place as high as she did at Nationals) and then looked at how well all of these girls did there. Then named the World team. Because I'm sorry Gracie has had one good free skate this season. I think she's a fantastic talent, and I'm not censoring her. But I think using Four Continents would have been a good idea...
Kim's are. Tukt's are becoming very consistent in the long...And a lot of girls have landed them more than Gracie.....And I think her 3/3s are incredible but right now they are extremely hit and miss.Lol. Whose are?
And Gao's been pretty consistently doing more triples in her free skate than Gold has.... And right now being able to consistently do about 5 triples in your program, isn't something to snuff at as uneventful. Especially when you consider Asada got credit for only rotating 4 triples here.
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Gracie Gold's 3-3s 2012-2013 season (international/international comps; not including summer comps)
Successful 3F-3T attempts (no falls/UR): 2/5 (40 percent) Successful at Cup of Russia and FCC
Successful 3Z-3T attempts (no falls/UR): 4/5 (80 percent) Only failure was at 4CC.
Successful 3F-1L-3S attempts: 1/3 (33 percent) She only did this combo at the SLC Senior B early in the season.
So as you can see here, her problem has been with the 3F combos, not sure if it's because she's trying to fix her lip or what.
But her 3Z-3T is actually quite consistent. I believe this is the first competition (including summer comps) that she did not get that combo ratified.
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Honestly I have a lot more problems with how Wagner was scored at Nationals than Gracie. I think Gracie is a huge talent and get why the USFSA wanted her out there but another part of me is just not sure she's ready for this... And I fear she'll be crucified if she's not perfect right away. I think she's a potential World Champ and don't consider her a headcase or even a disappointment.
However, I feel the USFSA has this tendency of shooting some girls up after one/two skates when the girls haven't really consistently performed well. Than they heap on all these kinds of pressure/expectations before they are ready for it...Its my real concern with Gracie....Not that I don't believe in her talent.
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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
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The 2 pics show the syrup all used up. But the baggies still holding their shape.
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Physics is not always the seamless subject that it pretends to be
Tony Rothman
"I want to get down to the basics. I want to learn the fundamentals. I want to understand the laws that govern the behavior of the universe." Thousands of admissions officers and physics department chairs have smiled over such words set down by aspiring physicists in their college-application essays, and that is hardly surprising, for every future physicist writes that essay, articulating the sentiments of all of us who choose physics as a career: to touch the fundamentals, to learn how the universe operates.
It is also the view the field holds of itself and the way physics is taught: Physics is the most fundamental of the natural sciences; it explains Nature at its deepest level; the edifice it strives to construct is all-encompassing, free of internal contradictions, conceptually compelling and—above all—beautiful. The range of phenomena physics has explained is more than impressive; it underlies the whole of modern civilization. Nevertheless, as a physicist travels along his (in this case) career, the hairline cracks in the edifice become more apparent, as does the dirt swept under the rug, the fudges and the wholesale swindles, with the disconcerting result that the totality occasionally appears more like Bruegel's Tower of Babel as dreamt by a modern slumlord, a ramshackle structure of compartmentalized models soldered together into a skewed heap of explanations as the whole jury-rigged monstrosity tumbles skyward.
Of course many grand issues remain unresolved at the frontiers of physics: What is the origin of inertia? Are there extra dimensions? Can a Theory of Everything exist? But even at the undergraduate level, far back from the front lines, deep holes exist; yet the subject is presented as one of completeness while the holes—let us say abysses—are planked over in order to camouflage the danger. It seems to me that such an approach is both intellectually dishonest and fails to stimulate the habits of inquiry and skepticism that science is meant to engender.
In the first week or two of any freshman physics course, students are exposed to the force of friction. They learn that friction impedes the motion of objects and that it is caused by the microscope interaction of the two surfaces sliding past one another. It all seems quite plausible, even obvious, yet regardless of any high falutin' modeling, with molecular mountain ranges resisting each other's passage or running-shoe soles binding to tracks, friction produces heat and hence an increase in entropy. It thus distinguishes past from future. The increase in entropy—the second law of thermodynamics—is the only law of Nature that makes this fundamental distinction. Newton's laws, those of electrodynamics, relativity … all are reversible: None care whether the universal clock runs forward or backward. If Newton's laws are at the bottom of everything, then one should be able to derive the second law of thermodynamics from Newtonian mechanics, but this has never been satisfactorily accomplished and the incompatibility of the irreversible second law with the other fundamental theories remains perhaps the greatest paradox in all physics. It is blatantly dropped into the first days of a freshman course and the textbook authors bat not an eyelash.
To a physicist, moreover, the material world is divided into billiard balls and springs. An ideal spring oscillates forever, but anyone who has ever watched a real-world spring knows that forever usually lasts just a few seconds. We account for this mathematically by inserting a frictional term into the spring equation and the fix accords well with observations. But the insertion is completely ad hoc, adjustable by hand, and to claim that such a fudge somehow explains the behavior of springs is simple vanity.
Perhaps our complacency is due to the fact that we have written down a plausible equation. Physicists have long believed that mathematics is the Rosetta Stone for unlocking the secrets of Nature and since a famous 1960 essay by Eugene Wigner entitled "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences," the conviction has become an article of faith. It seems to me, though, that the "God is a mathematician" viewpoint is one of selective perception. The great swindle of introductory physics is that every problem has an exact answer. Not only that, students are expected to find it. Such an approach inculcates our charges with an expectation that is, in fact, exactly contrary to the true state of the world. Vanishingly few problems in physics have exact solutions and a physicist's career is one of finding approximations and hopefully not being too embarrassed by them.
In a freshman course we introduce the simple pendulum—nothing more than a mass on the end of a string that oscillates back and forth. Initially Newton's laws lead to an equation that is too hard to solve and so we admonish students to simplify it by assuming that the pendulum is executing small oscillations. Then the exercise becomes easy. Well, not only is the original problem too difficult for freshman, it has no exact solution, at least not in terms of "elementary functions" like sines and cosines. Advanced texts tell you that an exact solution does exist, but the use of the term exact for such animals is debatable. In any case, replace the string by a spring and the problem can easily be made impossible to everyone's satisfaction. One must distinguish the world from the description afforded by mathematics. As Einstein famously put it, contra Wigner, "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
The maxim might be taken to heart a few weeks later in a freshman course when instructors introduce their students to Newton's law of gravity. The famous law works exquisitely well, of course, but a singular strangeness goes unremarked. According to the equation, if two objects become infinitely close to one another, the force of attraction between them becomes infinite. Infinite forces don't appear in Nature—at least we hope they don't—and we dismiss this pathology with the observation that real objects have a finite size and their centers never get so close to each other that we need to worry. But the first equation in any freshman electricity and magnetism course is "Coulomb's law," which governs the attraction or repulsion of electrical charges and is identical in form to Newton's law. Now, in modern physics we often tell students that electrons and protons are point particles. In that case, you really do need to worry about infinite forces and it is exactly this difficulty that led to modern field theories, such as quantum electrodynamics. Well Newton himself said, "Hypotheses non fingo": "Look guys, the equation works, usually."
Electricity and magnetism courses certainly hold their share of mysteries. The highlight of any beginning course on this subject, at least for the instructor, is Maxwell's equations, the equations that unified electricity and magnetism into electromagnetism. Soon after postulating them, we demonstrate to our students that light consists of traveling electric and magnetic fields, oscillating at right angles to one another. We next assert that light exerts a pressure on matter; it is this radiation pressure that provides for the detonation of hydrogen bombs and the possibility of solar sails. A common explanation of light pressure in undergraduate texts is that the electric field of the light wave causes electrons to accelerate in one direction, then the magnetic field pushes them forward. Not only is this explanation completely wrong, despite its appearance in fifth editions of books, but to correct it requires introducing a famous ad hoc suggestion known as the Abraham-Lorentz model, which does reproduce the phenomenon. To put the Abraham-Lorentz model on a firm footing, on the other hand, led to the development of quantum electrodynamics. Quantum electrodynamics itself is, however, famously riddled with infinities, and to abolish them requires the further ad hoc procedure of renormalization, which was so distasteful to Paul Dirac that he ceased doing physics altogether. Although the theory of renormalization has advanced since those days, many physicists would echo Richard Feynman, one of the technique's inventors, who called it "hocus-pocus." Thus it is not entirely clear whether physics has ever provided an adequate underpinning to the wisdom so blithely dispensed in first-year texts.
One of the great moments in the lives of young physicists is their first encounter with "Lagrangian mechanics." God parts the firmament to reveal Truth. Lagrangian mechanics finds its roots in ancient Greece and in the 17th century suggestion of Pierre de Fermat that light travels between two points in the shortest possible time. Fermat's principle of least time allows one to derive the famous law of refraction, Snell's law and, apparently, explains the behavior of some dogs in retrieving bones. The idea that Nature minimizes certain quantities eventually led to the "principle of least action," which states that you take a quantity known as the action, minimize it and—Presto!—Newton's equations for the system miraculously emerge! (For classical systems the action is basically the system's kinetic minus potential energy, a quantity known as the Lagrangian, multiplied by the time.) The realization that Newton's laws themselves follow from the principle of least action is genuinely awe inspiring and the young physicist is immediately convinced that, logically if not historically, the action precedes Newton. Moreover, if you recollect (with pain) how difficult it was to even write down Newton's equations in freshman physics for those infuriating systems of ropes and pulleys, it becomes surprisingly easy in the Lagrangian formalism, as the technique is known.
But the great swindle of freshman physics is indeed the conceit that problems have exact solutions. A standard question during my sophomore year was to write down the equations for a double pendulum, which is merely one pendulum swinging from the tip of another. With the Lagrangian formalism, the task is a simple one. What went unsaid, or was perhaps unknown at the time, is that the double pendulum is a chaotic system, and so to solve the equations is strictly impossible. What then did we really learn from the exercise?
Nevertheless, in terms of its avowed purpose of deriving equations, the Lagrangian formalism works extraordinarily well for "standard systems" where the damned pulleys are connected by ideal, unstretchable ropes. Unfortunately, once the ropes are allowed to stretch with time, for example, the Lagrangian technique becomes anything but straightforward and the fixes needed to apply it to a given problem become so elaborate that virtually every textbook author either makes a misstatement or avoids those scenarios altogether. Indeed, the general situation is so delicate that one is often unsure whether one has obtained the correct result.
This is not a moot point. Einstein did not consider his theory of gravitation—general relativity—complete until he could derive his field equations from an action, a feat that the mathematician David Hilbert accomplished five days before Einstein himself. General relativity allows for many model cosmologies, most not resembling the real universe, but in any case today it is known that when deriving the field equations for certain of them from an action one gets an incorrect result. A fair amount of esoteric research has gone into understanding why the failure occurs and how to patch it up but, as far as I am aware, all fixes require assuming the correct answer to begin with—the Einstein equations. Modern physicists take the primacy of Lagrangian mechanics seriously: contemporary practitioners, be they cosmologists or string theorists, invariably begin by postulating an action for their pet theory, then derive the equations, but if one does not have a set of previously accepted field equations, how is one certain that one has obtained the correct answer, especially in this day when theory is so far removed from experiment?
It would be surprising if the strange world of subatomic and quantum physics did not lead the field in mysteries, conceptual ambiguities and paradoxes, and it does not disappoint. The standard model of particle physics, for instance (the one containing all the quarks and gluons), has no fewer than 19 adjustable parameters, about 60 years after Enrico Fermi exclaimed, "With four parameters I can fit an elephant!" Suffice to say, "beauty" is a term not frequently applied to the standard model.
One doesn't have to go so far in quantum theory to be confused. The concept of electron "spin" is basic to any quantum mechanics course, but what exactly is spinning is never made clear. Wolfgang Pauli, one of the concept's originators, initially rejected the idea because if the electron was to have a finite radius, as indicated by certain experiments, then the surface would be spinning faster than the speed of light. On the other hand, if one regards the electron as a point particle, as we often do, then it is truly challenging to conceive of a spinning top whose radius is zero, not to mention the aggravation of infinite forces.
Unfortunately, quantum texts habitually ignore the difficulties that infect the heart of the field. The most fundamental of these is the notorious "measurement problem." The equation that governs the behavior of any quantum system, Schrödinger's equation, is as deterministic as Newton's own, but as many people know, quantum mechanics predicts only the probability of an experiment's outcome. How a deterministic system, in which the result is preordained, abruptly becomes a probabilistic one at the instant of measurement, is the great unresolved mystery of quantum theory, and yet virtually none of the dozens of available quantum textbooks even mention it. One well-known graduate text completes the irony by including a section titled "measurements" without addressing the issue.
Quantum text authors, perhaps because of the perversity of their subject, are particularly adept at sweeping conceptual difficulties under the rug. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the celebrated "two-slit" experiment, which is universally invoked to illustrate the wave-particle duality of light and which brings you face to face with the bedrock inscrutability of Nature. The experiment is simple: Shine a light beam through a pair of narrow slits in a screen and observe the results. For our purposes, the great paradoxes illustrated by the two-slit experiment, that light can act like a wave or a particle but not both at the same time, are not central. What is central is that explanations of the experiment's results invoke both classical lights waves, on the one hand, and photons—quantum light particles—on the other.
Also central is that in analyzing this experiment textbook authors essentially throw up their hands and surrender. Recollecting that light is an electromagnetic wave, authors invariably begin by talking about the intensity of the incident light, which is a measure of the strength of the electric and magnetic fields. Then in a complete non sequitur, they shift the conversation to photons, as if the quantum-mechanical beastlets have electric and magnetic fields like classical light waves. They don't. In fact, an accurate description of the famous experiment requires a more subtle quantum-mechanical entity known as a coherent state, which is the closest thing to a classical light wave.
What's more, by resorting to a classical optics analogy of the experiment, authors are forgoing any explanation whatsoever. "Explanation" in physics generally means to find a causal mechanism for something to happen, a mechanism involving forces, but textbook optics affords no such explanation of slit experiments. Rather than describing how the light interacts with the slits, thus explaining why it behaves as it does, we merely demand that the light wave meet certain conditions at the slit edge and forget about the actual forces involved. The results agree well with observation, but the most widely used of such methods not only avoids the guts of the problem but is mathematically inconsistent. Not to mention that the measurement problem remains in full force.
Such examples abound throughout physics. Rather than pretending that they don't exist, physics educators would do well to acknowledge when they invoke the Wizard working the levers from behind the curtain. Even towards the end of the twentieth century, physics was regarded as received Truth, a revelation of the face of God. Some physicists may still believe that, but I prefer to think of physics as a collection of models, models that map the territory, but are never the territory itself. That may smack of defeatism to many, but ultimate answers are not to be grasped by mortals. Physicists have indeed gone further than other scientists in describing the natural world; they should not confuse description with understanding.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2011/3/the-man-behind-the-curtain/1
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Summer is on the way.
Yes, summer really is coming! In the middle of this winter that is hard for most of us to grasp. Just look at the picture of the couple enjoying the peace and quiet of the riverside in Summer. This could be you! Close your eyes, take a deep breath and I will bet you can hear the water softly bubbling as it flows by and feel the soft summer breeze gentling waving the aspen leaves. It is time to make plans to join us for a visit to the mountains. We look forward to welcoming you back or if this is your first visit to us we are delighted to have you come share our mountains. Please call us and we will help with reservations whenever you want to come.
Winter is here!Like much of the country Winter has taken a firm grip on the Estes Park valley. Here is a picture of Fall River looking West from our covered bridge. No longer the raging flood torrent of mid September, it is now a placid bubbling stream under a blanket of snow. Beautiful scenes in all directions. After several days of unusually cold temperatures our warming trend starts today. Bright sunlight will turn the snow covered landscape into scenes of shimmering diamonds. It's not too late to come join us for this weekend. Next weekend, Valentines weekend is filling fast but we have a few spaces left! Remember to come up US 34 through Loveland or Colorado 7 from Lyons to Estes Park. Don't use US 36 for the next few weeks as the contractors are doing permanent repairs of the flood damage which necessitates some lengthy delays. Come and enjoy our mountains with us.
Winter in Estes Park!
Winter is here! The season of snow, cold crisp days of sunshine, and yes some days of wind. That is part of living in or visiting the mountains. Whatever the weather on a given day, there is a sense of refreshment, vigor, and freshness. Our daily duties of housekeeping, snow removal, filing the wood boxes are tempered by watching the kids frolic in the snow, their parents enjoying a walk in the winter wonderland of fresh snow, and we all enjoy stopping to watch the wildlife pass through the property and the birds (wild turkeys especially) around our bird feeders. Then a hot drink in front of a crackling fire enhances the day. Won't you come join us? We would love to welcome you.
Happy New Year!Happy New Year to you all from the staff at Castle Mountain Lodge! We noticed a momma bunny had adopted a spot by the front door of one of our cabins. We saw her several cold days in a row in that spot and if we approached to go in the cabin she ran off but shortly returned. It finally dawned on us that each entry door has a "sweep" on the bottom, a strip of rubber or felt that seals the space between the door sill and the bottom of the door. An inspection showed that a piece of the sweep, about 4-6 inches long was missing allowing the warm cabin air to seep out and make a nice warm spot for bunny to sit. So if we make up a list of "dumb bunnies" we will need to exclude this one from the list. We hope you have a "warm spot" for the New Year and we look forward to welcoming you back to our warm mountain lodge.
Christmas in the mountains!
Christmas morning in our mountains! Thanks to Dave Rusk for this picture that captures the beauty of the Rocky Mountains, up close, in Winter. The staff at Castle Mountain Lodge wishes you a wonderful Christmas and a blessed and peaceful New Year. We hope your New Year's plans include a visit to our mountain valley. We look forward to welcoming you.
Winter turns our mountain valley into a wonderland! Our friend and local photographer Dave Rusk captured a portion of Trail Ridge Road (the upper portion is closed in the winter of course). At this time of year it is such fun to drive through Rocky and see the animals and the beauty of the mountains in winter. Often, you can also see many of the animals on our local golf courses or wandering the streets. Our village is aglow with the sights and sounds of Christmas. Do come and join us for a few days, sit by a crackling fire, do some Christmas shopping, and enjoy winter in the mountains!
Momma Rabbit
We noticed that Momma Rabbit was resting in the same place for several days in a row. She would be there for a while, then was gone, then back. We got curious as to why she always chose the same cabin–there are three in a row with porches and views of the area. So we went investigating. Sure enough that smart bunny had a reason for being there. We discovered that a part of the door sweep (a soft rubber channel attached to the bottom of exterior doors) was missing right where she was sitting. So there was a gentle current of warm air wafting over her as she sat there. No dumb bunny she! This is such a great time of year see all the animals. We look forward to welcoming you for a visit soon!
Our majestic friendElk mating season is over for 2013 and this big friend has staked out a spot in front of one of our cabins, River Castle 7. Each time we see one of these majestic creatures up close at the lodge we are reminded what a privilege it is to live in Estes Park. GREAT NEWS! While Highway 36 between Estes Park and Lyons has been open for over a week now, today, Nov. 21, US Highway 34 from Loveland to Estes Park opens for travel--yeaaaaa! This makes the trip to Estes Park so much shorter for so many of our visitors. The workers from the private contractors, government agencies, and others have been stunning! What they have accomplished in two months is nothing short of a miracle. Hats off and a prayer of thanks to each of them! Come stay at the lodge and enjoy the late Fall, early Winter activities---Thanksgiving, Catch the Glow Christmas Parade on 11/29 and enjoy part of the Christmas season in our spectacular mountain village. We are ready to welcome you!
As our community continues to recover from the devastating flood, we are daily treated to views of our majestic environment. Thanks to our friend Dave Rusk for this picture of Deer Mountain behind our lodge. Even as we work to repair damaged roads, structures, and lives in our community we look up and out and see the evidence of much beauty. This strengthens our resolve to bring back our Town to its more normal condition so that you, our guests, may enjoy it as we do. And we are making progress in the clean up. Our Town is open and ready have you come and enjoy! Yes, the drive to Estes Park is a bit longer--you need to go through Boulder, up CO 119 to Nederland, then CO 72 up through Ward to CO 7 and then on to Estes Park. It is a beautiful drive in the crisp Fall weather, I made it yesterday. We continue to be grateful for all the help we are receiving from other communities. Last evening I talked with a Larimer County official who is helping assess the damage to structures and
ROCKY IS OPEN!Rocky Mountain National Park reopens Saturday 10/12 at noon! Thanks to Governor Hickenlooper for his work on reopening the park and to the Colorado State Tourism Office for helping supply the funds for the reopening. There is still time to come see the Fall Foliage and watch and hear the elk bugling. Highway 119 from Boulder to Nederland is now open. Then follow the Peak to Peak highway up to Estes Park. It is a pretty drive! You can see the work done by CDOT in repairing Highway 119 from the flooding. They have done a terrific job! Next time you see the workers in the big orange trucks, give them a wave and a smile---they deserve it. Work continues on US 34 and 36 to reopen those roads. We are grateful for all the help in repairing and rebuilding our community as we recover from the flood. Come see us!
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