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Spencer Byles is a very talented French artist who makes sculptures with materials he finds in woods, such as tree branches, leaves and mud.
His work is so unique that it would have been a real shame not to dedicate a whole article to him!
Have you ever heard of someone living in a forest for months to realize an art composition? Before reading about Spencer Byles, I had never heard of wood sculptures.
His art is entirely made of natural materials and this is mainly why it is considered extremely creative, unique and beautiful to see. The shapes of his compositions are also quite peculiar.
There isn't much about Spencer's life and background online; he only talks about his artistic inspirations and his works. So let's see what he says about that!
"A Year in a French Forest" represents my experiences throughout a twelve month period exploring the back regions of three unmanaged local forests making onsite sculptures, in the region of Alpes-Maritimes, France. All the sculptures are temporary, using only natural and found materials sourced at each location.


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Xye is a puzzle game in which the objective is to get all the gems in each level. The mission is not as easy as it sounds: there are traps, monsters, and very hard puzzles everywhere. The player can interact with objects in the game in a lot of ways, and some of the objects can also interact with other objects.
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My first time on linux was to deal with ./configure It scared me out. After some time I got used to it. You can't expect every user to get into it without deciding to go to a more merciful os.
I really think that linux is superior and that's mostly the reason I would want it to be more friendly to new users. It could replace the propietary OSes that are not as good.
I wouldn't live without nautilus' emblems I never had a better organized PC.
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I've been programming for 4 years. Let me compare the (minimal) process involved in developing a windows application, releasing it and then when a user installs it in his system:
- You take a compiler+ide combo , code and compile it.
- You then take the .exe and every file required by it and zip it.
- If the app requires some libraries you can just include them in the zip or tell the users to download them and put them in the same folder as the application.
- You go to some server and upload the zip.
- User X downloads the zip, unzips it and executes the application.
Now when it is linux:
- You find a compiler then an ide or get used to just using a text editor and code the program.
- Now you have a problem, first you have to decide if you are going to release it as source, as rpm or as deb . Each has its own issues.
- Releasing as source involves making a good Makefile that could survive the differences of all the platforms, or using autoconf / automake thus having to follow all the requirements they meet. And you will end up learning some oscure scripting language without the intention of doing so.
- Making rpm or deb requires you to know how to make them.
- You upload the tar.gz or the rpm or the deb.
- A user downloads and has to hope the program has .rpm or .deb depending on what distribution he is using.
- He also has to make sure if the dependencies are installed in his system other wise (the process became recursive) he has to install the dependencies required by the dependency then the dependency.
- Now he has to hope the rpm or the deb would work. If he is using ubuntu or debian he is in trouble cause he may not know if the .deb file would actually work in his distro.
- Or if he is using the source package he has to go command line (and probably first learn how to go command line) and do ./configure (if available) or make and hope it would work.
- Of course, he will then need to install or update GCC and probably make
let's say he survived make or "./configure make make install" now where is the program?
* Alternatives are required.
* Binary packages need an standard.
* We could use an X application to handle the installation of tar.gz source file when they use gnu configure, at least getting rid of the command line 50% of the times would be a lot of help.
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


text: A Season in Eden is a painful read filled with heartache and grief. It is not the type of book I, the love and laughter type,normally choose to read. Written in first person it is the story of Lora, a young woman whose dreams have been shattered by tragedy. It is the story of her coming to terms with her grief, facing it, and reestablishing a relationship with her husband Eli who loves her more than his own life. Although not a typical love story, this book left an emotional impact on me like very few do and I ended up finishing it in one tear blurred sitting. I was wholly satisfied and give it my highest recommendation.


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* Avis offers $46.50 a share for Dollar Thrifty
* Total deal value of $1.33 billion
* Offer still below Dollar's last closing price (Adds analyst comment, details about antitrust, background)
By Michael Erman and A. Ananthalakshmi
NEW YORK/BANGALORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc CAR.N offered about $1.33 billion for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc DTG.N, topping Hertz Global Holdings' (HTZ.N) offer as the two rivals spar to pick up the budget brand.
Still, Avis' $46.50-a-share bid fell about $2 short of Dollar Thrifty's closing stock price on Wednesday. Thrifty's shares fell in extended trading.
Avis said its bid provides a premium of about 17 percent to the value of the Hertz offer, which is worth $39.86 a share.
"We are prepared to enter into a merger agreement that contains substantially the same terms as the Hertz merger agreement, but which includes removing the matching rights, eliminating the break-up fees, and increasing the commitment to secure antitrust approvals," Avis said in a letter to Dollar Thrifty management.
Under the terms of its bid, Avis said Dollar Thrifty shareholders would receive $39.25 in cash and 0.6543 in stock for each share of Dollar. The cash portion of Avis' bid includes a $6.88 special dividend that Dollar Thrifty would pay to its shareholders, as does the Hertz bid.
Avis, which amended its credit facility earlier this week for the bid, said the cash portion of its offer will be funded through a combination of available cash and fully committed financing.
In the current cost conscious environment, budget brands like Dollar Thrifty -- one of the few major car rental brands to post a profit in 2009 -- are increasingly important.
Hertz agreed to buy Dollar Thrifty in April, but Avis said soon after that it planned to make a better offer. Avis also criticized some of the terms of the Hertz deal, including Hertz's right to match competing bids.
"There was speculation that it (Avis' offer) would be higher than that," said Neil Abrams, an analyst with Abrams Consulting Group. "But obviously it's a more than 10 percent premium over Hertz's offer, which is something that the shareholders have to think about and certainly challenge the management of Dollar Thrifty about."
Whether or not either company can receive antitrust approval will also be key in determining who will walk away with Dollar Thrifty.
Both bids could draw close scrutiny from authorities as the consolidation in the rental car business has been rapid. [ID:nSGE63T0J6]
But Hertz is thought to have a clearer path to approval because it mostly focuses on more expensive segments of the car rental market. Avis already has a budget brand that competes with Dollar Thrifty.
Hertz and Avis have already begun the process of getting antitrust approval and have both received "second requests" from the regulator.
Privately held Enterprise Rent-A-Car has the largest piece of the U.S. car rental space, with a market share of 31 percent. A Dollar Thrifty buyout could lead to a scenario where just three companies -- Enterprise, Avis and Hertz -- control almost all of the car rental market.
Hertz has agreed to divest its Advantage brand and up to $175 million worth of revenue-generating business lines or locations to get antitrust clearance.
If it ends up with Dollar Thrifty, Avis would have four brands and the biggest share in the budget rental market.
Dollar Thrifty shares closed at $48.68 on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but fell to $48 in after market trade. They have risen 25 percent since Hertz's offer in April.
Dollar Thrifty is being advised by Citigroup and Morgan Stanley. (Editing by Savio D'Souza, Carol Bishopric and Richard Chang)


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"I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read i"
"It had become clear to me, in a flash of illumination, that for me the only possible goal was psychiatry. Here alone the two currents of my interest could flow together and in a united stream dig their own bed. Here was the empirical field common to biological and spiritual facts, which I had everywhere sought and nowhere found. Here at last was the place where the collision of nature and spirit became a reality."
"I maintained that psychiatry, in the broadest sense, is a dialogue between the sick psyche and the psyche of the doctor, which is presumed to be 'normal.' It is a coming to terms between the sick personality and that of the therapist, both in principle equally subjective."
"I would love to have more shows. Psychiatry remains my passion, but if I can manage to maintain that and creating art, I will."
"I think, in the language of psychiatry and psychology, this is outside the usual daily realm of just about all of us."
"This thing called psychiatry -- it is a European-American invention, and it largely has no respect for nonwhite philosophies of mental health and how people function."
"As long as hairs are there, there are going to be hair problems similarly, as long as shrinks are there, there are going to be mental problems"


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President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president has faced numerous accusations by critics that he is grooming his eldest son, Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to take over after him.
Museveni has severally denied such allegations but a recent move by the President has once again brought such talk to the fore. The President promoted his son to a become a special presidential adviser as he did a reshuffle of army commanders.
See Also: President Museveni's Son, Maj Gen Muhoozi Says He Has No Eye On The Presidency
Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has risen rapidly within the military and has had to fight off rumors that he is being groomed to take his father's place. Museveni is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders and it is not unusual for African strongmen to bequeath some power to their family.
Angola's President, for instance, is currently in a constitutional court in the country to defend his appointment of his daughter to head the country's oil company.
Analysts have said that with the new role granted him by his father Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba will be working more closely with state house and will ultimately gain more experience.
The 42-year-old Major General was (prior to the recent appointment) in charge of the Special Forces who were in charge of his father's security. He is a graduate of the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and in 2016, he was promoted from Brigadier to Major General.
See Also: Lack Of Education Is What Represents Jacob Zuma – Malema
Nicholas Opiyo, a political commentator and rights activist, spoke to Reuters news agency and told them;
"Muhoozi… is going to play a significant role in a post-Museveni Uganda, there's no doubt about it,"
"He is just giving the boy a hand in experiencing how government works on the side of politics."
Other officers who were affected by the reshuffle were Brigadier Peter Elwelu and Army Chief General Katumba Wamala. Brigadier Peter Elwelu who supervised the deadly raid in November on the palace of a regional king was promoted to Army Chief while Army Chief General Katumba Wamala was made a junior Minister for Works in the government. His move was seen as a demotion.
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Combinatorial Game Theory: Surreal Numbers and the Void
[A pdf version is available here; LaTeX here]
Any number can be written as a tuple of games played by the void with itself.
Denote the void by the empty set ∅. We write: {∅|∅} = 0, with | as partition. 'Tuple' signifies ordering matters, so that {0|∅} = 1 and {∅|0} = −1. Then recursively construct the integers: {n|∅} = n + 1. Plug {∅|∅} into {0|∅} to get {{∅|∅}|∅} = 1, then this into {1|∅} to get {{{|}|∅}|∅} = 2…
So if games exist, numbers exist. Or rather: if games exist, numbers don't have to.
Mixed orderings generate fractions, e.g. {0|1} = {{∅|∅}|{{∅|∅}|∅}} = ½. Games with infinity (written ω) or infinitesimals (ε = 1/ω) permit irrationals, and thus all reals. Further, it is valid to define {ω|∅} = ω + 1, etc. Once arithmetic operations are defined, more complex games can define and use such quantities as ∛ω and ωω.
Therefore: by defining numbers as games, we can construct the surreal numbers.(1)
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As well as defining numbers as games, we can treat games like numbers.
{∅|∅} can be played as the zero game. Simply: player 1 cannot move, and loses. Any game where player 2 has a winning strategy is equivalent to the zero game. Take two games G and H, with G a 2nd player win. The player with a winning strategy in H can treat the games separately, only moving in G to respond to the opponent. Player 2 wins G, but does not affect H's outcome. Conversely, given G′ and H′, with G′ a 1st player win, player 1 is last to move in G′, giving player 2 an extra move in H′, potentially altering its outcome. In terms of outcomes, we say G + H = 0 + H → G = 0.
For a game G, −G is G with the roles reversed, as by turning the board around in chess.
G = H if G + (−H) = 0, i.e. is a player 2 win, and so is equivalent to the zero game.
Two more properties are clear: G + (H + K) = (G + H) + K (associativity) and G + H = H + G (commutativity).
We can see that G + (−G) = 0 by a clever example called the Tweedledum & Tweedledee argument. In the game Blue-Red Hackenbush, players are given a drawing composed of separate edges. Each turn, player 1 removes a blue edge, plus any other edges no longer connected to the ground, and player 2 does likewise for red edges. Since in G + (−G) the number of pieces is the same, player 2 can just copy the moves of player 1 until all pieces are taken. Player 1 will not be able to move, and so will lose. Hence player 2 has a winning strategy.
Thus games are a proper mathematical object—namely, an Abelian group.(10)
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A new notation links all this to surreal numbers. For any set of games GL and GR, there exists a game G = {GL|GR}. Intuitively, the Left player moves in any game in GL, and likewise for Right in GR. The zero game {∅|∅} = 0 is valid, and we may construct the surreals as before. Now we can write the surreals more easily with sets: {1, 2, … , n|} = n + 1.
To 'play' a surreal number {n|m}, a player chooses a game on their side, which the next player then plays. A player with no choice (∅) loses. If a player selects the zero game, the next player is the first to play it, and loses.
Consider a game {1|∅}. If Left moves first, they choose 1 = {0|∅} from GL; Right loses. Right moving first is an instant lose. By extension, any game with positive surreal number is a win for Left. The converse holds for negative games {∅|n}. Hence we say: G > 0 if Left has a winning strategy, G < 0 if Right does. Order does not matter.
Yet, recall the class of games G = 0 where player 2 always wins: order matters, Left and Right do not. There is one more case: player 1 always wins. By elimination, such games are not positive, negative, or zero—so are not numbers. We say they are fuzzy: G ∥ 0. One such game is star, denoted ∗ = {0|0}: player 1 chooses the zero game, and thus wins.
The surreal numbers are a subset of games where no member of GL has value greater or equal to any member of GR. In games violating this rule, players eventually reach ∗. Thus there exist more games than numbers—infinitely more. Games such as 0, ∗, or {n|n} that are symmetric for both players are called impartial. We will turn to these first.
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Combinatorial games have two players who take turns. No information is hidden, ruling out poker. As for probabilities, no dice. A player who can't move loses, and there are no draws (unlike chess). Last, the game ends.
The most famous impartial game is Nim, after the German nimm: to take.(11) Given zero or more piles, a player takes one or more (or all) stones from one pile at each turn. When no stones remain, the next player cannot move, and loses. One-pile Nim is trivial: player 1 takes the whole pile to win. Yet, how to win for multiple piles {x, y, z,…} is not clear.
Consider the case of two piles with n stones, {n, n}. Player 2 can win by a Tweedledum & Tweedledee strategy of copying the moves of player 1. Similarly, Player 1 can win {n, m} by taking from m so that the piles are equal: {n, n}.
For more than two piles, we need a more general tool: the nimbers. Nimbers uniquely express each positive integer as a sum of powers of two multiplied by zero or one, e.g. 1 = 1×20, which we write as (1). Likewise, 2 = 1×21 + 0×20 = (10), 3 = 1×21 + 1×20 = (11), 4 = 1×22 + 0×21 + 0×20 = (100)… Each nimber counts stones in a nim-pile.
We denote a nim-sum by the operator ⊕, a form of addition with the rule 1 + 1 = 0. This is called modulo arithmetic (mod 2), meaning: placed top to bottom, a column with an even number of 1's is 0, one with an odd number is 1.(100)
A nim-sum usually differs from the sum of the corresponding integers, unless the nimbers do not share any 1's in the same position, e.g. (010) ⊕ (101) = (111) = 7 = 2 + 5; such cases without modulo addition are called disjunctive sums.
A nimber added to itself is zero. For two piles, the Tweedledum & Tweedledee strategy amounts to keeping the piles' nim-sum at zero. In fact, this generalizes for n piles. To see why, note that the endpoint, a nim-heap without stones, has nim-sum 0. We call this a P-position, since the Previous player (the one who just moved to it) wins. Any position that can reach a P-position in one move is called an N-position, as the Next player can move to the P-position.
Further, any position with nim-sum zero is a P-position, or 'safe position', since no player can move from a P-position to a P-position, but must move to an N-position. For two piles: given a P-position {n, n}, the next player can only make the piles unequal, i.e. nonzero nim-sum. For n piles, P-positions' safety is guaranteed by nimbers' uniqueness. Consider: if, out of three nimbers with nim-sum 0 we know two, we can always figure out the third: there's only one it can be. So if n piles nim-sum to zero and a player only takes from one pile, the new nim-sum must be nonzero.(101)
Since the endpoint is a P-position, the player who can first reach a P-position wins by each turn moving to a new P-position, up to the endpoint. If the initial n piles have nonzero nim-sum, player 1 wins; if zero, then player 2 wins.(110)
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The Sprague-Grundy theorem states that any impartial game is equivalent to a nim-pile of appropriate size. The size is determined recursively by the SG-function, which we may write in two equivalent forms:
g(x) = min{n ≥ 0 ∶ n ≠ g(y), ∀y ϵ F(x)} ⇔ g(x) = mex{g(y) ∶ y ϵ F(x)}
That is, from any x (except an endpoint) we can move to one or more points in the set of followers F(x), each with its own SG-value g(y); listing those g(y)'s in order, the SG-value for the point x is the smallest number, zero or greater, not in that list. To avoid spelling this out, we define mex ('minimal excludant') as the smallest non-negative integer not in the set. If x is an endpoint, F(x) = ∅, and so the mex is just 0. If another x can (only) reach the endpoint, now called y, in one move then y is in F(x), and since g(y) = 0, the new mex is 1. And so on. Clearly, the SG-value is unique.
To see why the theorem works, consider a sum of games. Recall that any games where player 2 has a winning strategy are equivalent to the zero game, and can be removed. So each remaining game is a 1st player win, like a single nim-pile. Next we must show that the aggregate SG-function behaves like the nimbers.
Let b be the sum of the SG-values, and (x1,…,xn) the positions in each game. We'll show that no follower of a position with aggregate SG-value b has the same value b. Imagine that both values are equal to b. For a move from position (x1,…,xn) to (x1′,…,xn), their g(x)'s sum to: g(x1) ⊕ … ⊕ g(xn) = g(x1′) ⊕ … ⊕ g(xn) = b. Then subtract the other g(x)'s from both sides to get g(x1) = g(x1′). But this is a contradiction, since mex by definition excludes g(x1′) to calculate g(x1).(111)
Like with nimbers, the SG-function can get from b to any point a, where b > a ≥ 0. Let d = a ⊕ b. Take powers of two and write a, b, d as nimbers. Consider the leftmost 1 in d. We know b has a 1 in that position and a has a 0. Since b is a sum of g(x)'s, at least one g(x) has a 1 in that position; let's say it's g1(x1). Then d ⊕ g1(x1) < g1(x1), so that there is a move from x1 to x1′ with g1(x1′) = d ⊕ g1(x1). Then we plug the latter equality into the new aggregate SG-function:
g(x1′) ⊕ g(x2) ⊕ … ⊕ g(xn) = d ⊕ g(x1) ⊕ g(x2) ⊕ … ⊕ g(xn) = d ⊕ b = a.
Sprague-Grundy theorem: impartial games are equivalent to nimbers. Next, any nimber can be written in surreal form.
Let's first use surreal form to show ∗ + ∗ = 0. In the game ∗ + ∗ = {0|0} + {0|0}, player 1 chooses a 0 in ∗, so the full game is now 0 + {0|0} = {∅|∅} + {0|0}. But now player 2 can choose a 0 in ∗, so player 1 must choose ∅, losing.
Player 1 wins one-stone Nim, so its value is ∗. For two stones, player 1's moves are {0, ∗|0, ∗} = ∗2. For three stones: {0, ∗, ∗2|0, ∗, ∗2} = ∗3. As k∗+k∗ = 0, so 2∗+3∗ = ∗. Typical nim-sums (⊕) apply, and any Nim game has value 0 or ∗.
Anatol Rapoport notes (1962: 110): "When a strategic game is completely analyzed by game-theory methods, nothing is left of the game." We have borne this out by showing that all impartial games reduce to tuples of the void (∅).
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Historically, the surreal numbers were discovered after John Conway thought very hard about the game Go. He saw that certain endgame positions act like separate subgames, and can be given a value. Go is a partizan game: one player is white, one black. Partizan games have no analogue to the SG-function, but beget various bizarre pseudo-numbers.
In Toads & Frogs, toads only move right and frogs left. Each can move one space, or hop over the opposite species. Game T_TFF has outcomes {_TTFF|TFT_F}; in GL no-one can move, in GR player 1 wins, so {GL|GR} = {0|∗} ≡ ↑. Contrariwise, {∗|0} ≡ ↓, so that ↓ = −↑ → ↓ + ↑ = 0. Now let G = TT_FF = {T_TFF|TTF_F} = {↑|↓}. Take G + ∗, where ∗ = {0|0}. If Left first chooses 0 in ∗, Right moves frog in ↓ to win. If Left moves toad in ↑, Right chooses ∗ to win; symmetrically if Right goes first. Since player 2 wins, G + ∗ = 0, and since −∗ = ∗, therefore G = {↑|↓} = ∗ = {0|0}.(1000)
We may generalize ↑ and ↓. Define Tiny as ☩x = {0|{0|−x}} with x ≥ 0; ☩x is positive. Its (negative) opposite is Miny, ⎶x = {{x|0}|0} for x ≥ 0. Setting x = 0 gives ☩0 = {0|{0|0}} = {0|∗} = ↑ and ⎶0 = {{0|0}|0} = {∗|0} = ↓. In Domineering, Left (Vera) puts dominos vertically on a grid, Right (Horace) does so horizontally. Games Vera wins have values >0, Horace's are < 0. In a 2×4 game, Vera moving first makes a game where player 2 wins, i.e. 0. In Horace's game, Vera going first makes a zero game, or Horace wins and leaves games valued −1 + −1 = −2. Thus:
Partizan games have a temperature. In a hot game players improve their position by moving. Cold games worsen players' position each move. A player in a cold position who would prefer not to move at all (but must) is 'in zugzwang'. Domineering is hot, numbers are cold. Cold games are expressible as surreal numbers, hot games as pseudo-numbers. In Go jargon, moves that increase a game's temperature have sente (先手), moves decreasing it have gote (後手). Games can be cooled by taxing moves (e.g. G − t), and thermographs show how each move's temperature alters as t increases.(1001)
Now we may say: the theory of games is combinatorial in that it observes the void's play with every combination of itself.
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The philosopher Alain Badiou claims that the surreals let us speak of 'Number' as a unified concept, and open the way to "thinking number as a unified figure of multiple-being" (2008: 107), but he disregards their roots in combinatorial game theory. Badiou's main idea is that "mathematics is ontology" (ibid, 122). Games help show its implicit Platonism: it is considered bad form to include a term in its own definition, but this is just what occurs with the little word 'is'.
Rather, combinatorial games support the idea that numbers do not strictly 'exist'—mathematical fictionalism. They show also that games are primordial to numbers. However, games of the void with itself take the form of (and so presuppose) the concept of set supplemented with that of ordering, so as to form a tuple. The notion of difference is thus required as catalyst, perhaps with {∅|∅} as 'difference-in-itself'. Difference is play, and games are its syntax.
As combinatorial games show, games need not exist to be played. More strictly, players never play a game, but play the play of the void. Games' affinity to numbers explains why game theory is so often useful in science. Some ask what makes such models games. Answer: there is only one game, and mathematical models are instances of it.
Therefore: if mathematics is ontology, game theory is the science of the void.
Current research on combinatorial games aims to expand their standard definition, which still excludes many ordinary games, such as those with over two players. Moreover, while no bridge from combinatorial games to economic games has yet been made, research on cooperative and incomplete information combinatorial games shows promise.
The standard definition also leads to the hypergame paradox (Zwicker, 1987). In hypergame, player 1 chooses any game at all for player 2 to play. The problem is that players can keep choosing hypergame so that the game never terminates. So no formal system of games can include hypergame, which is counterintuitive. In practice, theorists define a class of non-terminating loopy games whose graphical representations have loops. These, in turn, open up to transfinite games.
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Applications of combinatorial games are few, but do exist. Lexicodes are a type of error-correcting code where "code words correspond to winning positions in certain impartial games," so that if the underlying game is known, it can be solved to reveal the message (Milvang-Jensen, 2000: 91). Several well-known codes (e.g. Hamming codes) are cases of lexicodes. Games have also been used in computer science to describe types of data structures (Burke, 2015).(1010)
By far the most interesting (potential) application is surreal analysis. Like real analysis, the aim is to provide foundations for calculus on surreal numbers. Many functions used in physics diverge to infinity, giving nonsensical answers to well-posed questions; hence mathematicians hope surreal analysis will let them rigorously work with these infinites. The main obstacle is that no one has yet been able to satisfactorily define integration (Matthews, 1995).
Perhaps someday all of these research programmes may converge to a new foundation for science—a glass bead game.
Nevertheless, the proposition "All the world's a game" is not well-formed. We know that all combinatorial games can be reduced to tuples of the void, and like surreal numbers, they do not exist. If all the world is a game, then there is no 'world' to be a game. So even if everything is fully describable in game theoretic terms, the 'is' remains undefined.
Thus: Existence is itself played by an arché-game prior to difference and ontology. We call this the One-in-One.
(1): Practically, we write the surreals as {L|R}, with L and R as sets of numbers. Surreal numbers obey the rule: no member of L is ≥ any member of R, i.e. ℓ ≱ r (∀ℓ ∈ L)(∀r ∈ R). For x = {XL|XR} and y = {YL|YR}, we say x ≤ y iff no xL in XL is ≥ y and no yR in YR is ≤ x. Then x = y iff x ≥ y and x ≤ y. Define addition as x + y = {XL + y, x + YL | XR + y, x + YR}, e.g. ½ + ½ = {0|1} + {0|1} = {0 + ½, ½ + 0|1 + ½, 1 + ½} = {½|3⁄2} = 1. For the last equality, note: ½ ≱ 1 and 3⁄2 ≰ ½ + ½, so {½|3⁄2} ≤ 1. Next, writing 1 = {0|}, note: 0 ≱ ½ + ½ and 3⁄2 ≰ 1, so 1 ≤ {½|3⁄2}. Thus {½|3⁄2} = 1. For a step-by-step derivation from first principles, see Knuth's quasi-novel Surreal Numbers (1974) which coined their name.
(10): This is from Nowakowski (2009: 7-8). A group has a set and an operation combining two elements to get a third. For games, the operation is addition. Games count as a group since they have an identity element (G + 0 = G, so G is identical), have an inverse (−G), are closed (any G + H is a game), and are associative. Since games are commutative, they are Abelian.
(11): Nim was formalized by Bouton in 1902. The origin of its name is confirmed by Walsh (1953).
(100): As well as nim-sums, one can also do nim-multiplication; thus, in the terminology of group theory, the nimbers are a field (cf. Ferguson, 2014).
(101): Another way to think about uniqueness is that nimbers make a closed system: if a ⊕ b ⊕ c = 0 → a ⊕ b = c. This can be rearranged for any missing nimber in the system. Systems of n nimbers may be solved similarly.
(110): We've only covered normal play, where a player who can't move loses. An alternate convention is misère play: a player who can't move wins. In some simple misère games, such as Nim, misère and normal play are largely similar; yet, in the majority of cases misère games are far harder to solve. Notably, the SG-function does not always apply. Thanks goes to Thane Plambeck for confirming that any misère game is writable in surreal form, in keeping with the main argument of this paper.
(111): The two proofs are from Ferguson (2014), followed by Albert, Nowakowski & Wolfe's (2007) notation for nimbers.
(1000): This example is from Demaine (2009). The next paragraph on ☩x and ⎶x is from Uiterwijk & Barton (2015: 5).
(1001): Another partizan game is Hex, invented by John Nash. It has a rhombus-shaped board with hexagonal spaces. Each player places a stone on some hexagon, and the goal is to form a diagonal line reaching from one end to the other: player 1 uses white stones to form an off-diagonal line (bottom-left to top-right), player 2 wants a black diagonal line. Curiously, draws are impossible in Hex: this is guaranteed by Brouwer's fixed point theorem, the idea behind Nash equilibrium. Further, Nash showed player 1 has a winning strategy by a 'strategy-stealing' argument: if player 2 has an optimal strategy, player 1 can start with an arbitrary move, then copy all of player 2's moves. So player 1 can 'steal' player 2's optimal strategy, plus have the advantage of an extra stone on the board, and thus can win. Yet, this proof is non-constructive: we know an optimal strategy exists, but can't find it. The proof for Nash equilibrium is similarly non-algorithmic.
(1010): A variant of Nim can even be used to derive Chebyshev's inequality (Stolarsky, 1991). As well, algorithmic tools can be used to prove that certain combinatorial games are PSPACE-complete, EXPTIME-complete, or EXPSPACE-complete.
- Albert, M., Nowakowski, R., Wolfe, D. (2007). Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory. Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters
- Badiou, A. (2008). Number & Numbers. Malden, MA: Polity.
- Bouton, C. (1902). "Nim, a game with a complete mathematical theory." Annals of Mathematics 3(1/4), pp. 35-9
- Burke, K. (2015). "An abstract game for each data structure." Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 30(6), pp. 60-1
- Demaine, E. (2009). "Surreal Numbers & Games." Course notes for SP.268 (The Mathematics of Toys & Games) at MIT.
- Ferguson, T. (2014). Game Theory, 2nd Ed. Unpublished textbook, ch. 1: Impartial Combinatorial Games
- Knuth, D. (1974). Surreal Numbers. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley
- Matthews, R. (1995). The man who played God with infinity. The New Scientist 147, p. 36-40
- Milvang-Jensen, B. (2000). Combinatorial Games, Theory & Applications. Unpublished thesis, IT University of Copenhagen
- Nowakowski, R. (2009). "The History of Combinatorial Game Theory." Proceedings of the Board Game Studies Colloquium XI.
- Rapoport, A. (1962). "The Use & Misuse of Game Theory." Scientific American 207(6), pp. 108-18
- Stolarsky, K. (1991). "From Wythoff's Nim to Chebyshev's Inequality." American Mathematical Monthly 98(100), pp. 889-900
- Uiterwijk, J. & Barton, M. (2015). "New results for Domineering from combinatorial game theory endgame databases." ArXiv preprint.
- Walsh, J. (1953). "The Name of the Game of Nim." The Mathematical Gazette 37(322), p. 290
- Zwicker, W. (1987). "Playing Games with Games: The Hypergame Paradox." American Mathematical Monthly 94(6), pp. 507-14
- Any number can be written as a tuple of games played by the void (∅) with itself.
- We can also treat games like numbers. In fact, numbers are a subclass of games.
- In Nim, players take stones from piles. To find a winning strategy, we invent nimbers.
- Sprague-Grundy theorem: any impartial (symmetric) game is equivalent to a nimber.
- Solutions for partizan (asymmetric) games use various other pseudo-numbers.
- Mathematicians want to use surreal numbers for new foundations of mathematics.
- Surreal numbers, nimbers, and pseudo-numbers can all be written as tuples of ∅.
- Therefore combinatorial games support the thesis that numbers do not truly 'exist'.
- It is invalid to say "All the world's a game," since games are solely composed of ∅.
Posted on February 29, 2016, in Game Theory, Mathematics, Non-Philosophy, Philosophy and tagged Badiou, combinatorial game theory, combinatorial games, nim, nimbers, surreal numbers. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Just wanted to ask if you are familiar with Philip Mirowski's work? He is an interesting historian and philosopher of economic thought.
You can easily find many of his papers on academia.edu and the book I would recommend as first would be Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science.
Great work with the blog, BTW, had only the chance to glimpse at it. Hope you are not planning to delete it by any chance :)


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Over the sea the memory of my children is as a dream, fled.
Tell me that I am doing the right thing.
I am building a ship, with my bare hands.
This has taken, so far, over two years. It is not complete yet. I make it of metal, and oak.
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Hello, we have two days in the port of Valletta on 5/6th October 2016. We would like to see as much of the island as possible. Could anyone tell us if there are bus tours that to a complete tour or partial tour of the best sights please? Also, is it worth making the trip to Gozo or any other islands? What about in the evening, where would you suggest for somewhere lively and interesting? May thanks in advance
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My friend and I will be visiting Valetta from 23/10/2016 to 28/10/2016 for our company conference, We will have some free time at our disposal during our stay here and would like to meet with locals as we are interested to know and learn about the Maltese culture. I have visited Valetta for 1 day, at the end of March this year during my cruise on MSC Preziosa and fell in love with the place. It is absolutely beautiful. We are both single females, cultured, educated and would prefer to meet with matured people who would be interested to meet with us and teach us the locals way of life. We will pay our own expenses . We will be staying at the Westin Dragonara Resort. I think it is in a area called St. Julian's. Thank you
Hi everyone,
Any shopping malls in Valetta, Malta or where would be the best area to do some
I've read of a tunnel that can be accessed from the lower level of the MCP car park near the bus terminus, but where do you enter it from the waterfront if arriving on a cruise ship? Also, from the cruise port, where do we need to walk to use the Barrakka Lift. Since we would like to visit the Sunday Market at St. James Ditch first, the tunnel seems to make more sense to get into town and then use the Lift when we return to port. Many thanks for your assistance.
Where can I find a local grocery store in Valletta to buy some prickly pear jam as well as other local goodies? Please not Wembleys! I am looking for a local small grocery store that locals use.I hear Wembleys just caters to tourist and prices are quite over priced. I do not know if the daily street market on Merchant street has vendors selling these items..but surely there must be a small grcery store or two?? Many thanks!
Hello guys,
I will be staying in Valletta in 15 days time, so I would like to know if there are any running / jogging paths that are safe (no traffic)? The path doesn't need to be long, I would run up to 5 km. Can anyone recommend where to run?
Thanks in advance
Hi..sorry guys..another bus question.What is the price for the city sightseeing ticket? Because I am reading that people got it more expensive or cheaper than others..isn't there a set price?
I am hoping to do the Wednesday combined north & south route next month when in Valletta...I would like to get the bus from Valletta..Where is the nearest stop to Castille Hotel? And do I just buy the ticket from the driver??Many thanks again as always!
Hi..I will be in Valletta in August 3 full days. I would like t take a short visits to see the fishing harbour at Marsaxlokk and also visit Birgu and Medina...Question..should I take a public bus? Numbers? What stop do I get off for Marshalokk Harbour? Birgu town? And where would the return bus stops be for Valletta? I am bad at orientation..thus the questions! OR would I be better off to take the Hop On Off bus that goes to all these places for my own peace of mind?? Do advise!Many thanks!
Has anyone been to Rampila recently? Trying to find a nice restaurant for birthday celebration while in Valletta.. Any suggestions?
We want to visit Valletta ,preferably in an apartment, but most seem to be situated on steep streets. As we are in our 80's( although reasonably fit ) ,we don't want to find that we can't explore easily on foot. Any help or advice would be gratefully received .
Are there any Beaches in Valletta near cruise port
We will be visiting Valletta Malta for one day with cruise ship, we would like to explore on our own any suggestions
Wondering if anybody knows of a very small cafeteria in central Valletta were either 1 of the employees or owner's name is Luca.
Here for a week and am running short of wool. Where can I buy double knit? We are in Valletta but doesn't matter! Help please.. Knitting, my addiction!!
Has anyone got a photograph of the new entrance to Valletta ?
I liked the old arch ! I think it was part of Malta's heritage but I have heard it has been destroyed forever.
how difficult/expensive is it to get from Valletta airport to Valletta old town?
Any idea on how to go from airport to Cirkewwa around midnight? Is taxi the only option I could not find busses running that late online.
Top free attractions in Malta by areas: North, South, Valletta, Central. Including museums and 1st wk of september festivals, excluding churches and cathedrals.
What is the Name of the Arch on the road to Valletta
can someone tell me the name of the first souvenir shop on republic street on the right side.and maybe contact details..an email watever..thanks
getting to the port by cruise, i don't like the excursions offered on the boat, what to see,what to do,how to get a good transport from-to the port? 2 persons ,thanks
We are an active senior couple from the USA who will be visiting in Valletta on Tuesday September 11th. We would enjoy meeting an English-speaking resident or couple who would like to show us around your city/town and hopefully create a friendship.
Learning about your culture and way of life is of interest to us. And this is a good way to create peace in the world.
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My girlfriend, my 14yr old son and I have a week's holiday in Gozo in August. We're thinking of taking the seaplane to Valetta for a day trip.
We're open to suggestions as to what to see ... bear in mind that we'd like things that all three of us can appreciate, so we need to satisfy the needs of a 14 year old boy and us two in our late 40s! We've all got at least some interest in history, art and architecture.
I'd earmarked the Malta Experience show (for a good grounding in the history so we know what we're looking at later) the noon-day gun at Barrakka Gardens and the Co-Cathedral.
How long should we allow to cover all those?
Is there anything else that we could fit in without rushing, and that would suit all of us?
Hello, my husband and I are coming for our first trip to Malta next week - we are getting a bus from the airport to Valletta - our destination is the Osborne Hotel.
My husband hates walking - I know the Hotel is only 500 metres from the bus station but we'll have to get another bus - unless the bus from the airport goes down/near South St. Which bus? Am wary of taxis even for short distances - been stung too many times. desperately need some local knowledge, for which I am very grateful in advance. Thanks, Marian
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We are arriving into Valetta at the end of Jan on a cruise ship and was hoping we might be able to do our own little self guided tour??? Any tips on how to get into town and what to see, would be awesome. We have only 7 hrs though so not much time.
Nik and Geoff.
How to get from the cruise-port to the airport ?
Is there any "nightlife" in Valletta in March? I don´t mean nightclubs, I just mean restaurants open late (or do locals eat late like many others in southern Europe? We do, even if we are Finnish,and it´s not common in here) and pubs maybe or some other places to sit down and have a few drinks without being the only ones in a pub/bar.
By the way-do they drive at right side or left side of the street in there?
What would you suggest as a restaurant in Valetta for a romantic dinner for 2? (looking for great food and nice atmosphere, can be expensive)
I read about Fusion 4. Has anyone been?
Other great restaurants you guys know about?
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i need an accomodation for 2 people from 26.sept. - 8.okt. Anyone wants to rent a room out in there appartmant or knows someone who does, please drop me a message for details...many thanks
we are arriving at 1200 hrs and departing at 1800hrs we would like to do a grand harbour cruise. can we only get one from sliema or do the leave from valletta too?how do we get to sliema?
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ok but at the start, they seriously told us with visuals who would pilot the lions, other than their designated pilots………………….
pidge and hunk are the only ones for green and yellow….
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the red lion is in between keith and lance…. lance pilots red at the current time. this makes the shot of the black lion and who is shown with it very intriguing….
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On January 20, 2017, the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan held the online conference on the international negotiations on Syria that are to be hosted by Astana.
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Formerly sheltered residents of the Alexandria Safe-Zone valiantly defend their walled enclave against a zombie invasion on "No Way Out" (Episode 609), the midseason premiere of AMC's "The Walking Dead."
This especially bloody installment begins with a bang, literally, when bikers belonging to a vicious group known as the Saviors waylay Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), Sasha Williams (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) as they drive a tanker truck toward Alexandria.
When Abraham dares question his captors about their mysterious leader, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), one robber (Christopher Berry) draws his guns.
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Suddenly Daryl emerges from behind the truck with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and calmly reduces the bikers to charred corpses.
Back in Alexandria, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his companions are covered in disgusting, smelly "walker" entrails so they can silently move through the zombie herd undetected and retrieve vehicles at a nearby quarry.
But when traumatized youngster Sam Anderson (Major Dodson) starts crying uncontrollably, he's quickly set upon by undead predators. Sam's mother, Jessie (Alexandra Breckenridge), is the next to fall as she screams in horror.
Amid the chaos, Jessie's eldest son, Ron (Austin Abrams), grabs a gun and attempts to avenge the death of his father, Pete (Corey Brill), who was summarily executed by Rick in the Season 5 finale. Just as Rick is about to be shot, however, Michonne (Danai Gurira) plunges her katana into Ron's back.
With that, the Anderson family is no more.
As Ron collapses, a stray bullet from his pistol strikes Rick's son Carl (Chandler Riggs) in the face, causing a potentially lethal wound. Psychiatrist and reluctant surgeon Dr. Denise Cloyd (Merritt Wever) soon steps up and apparently saves Carl's life but probably not his right eye.
Also displaying her bravery during the siege is Enid (Katelyn Nacon), a cynical teenager whose parents succumbed to zombies. When Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) strikes out to rescue his pregnant wife, Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan), who's trapped on a rickety guard tower surrounded by walkers, Enid refuses to stay behind.
"Let's get Maggie," Enid insists. And they do.
Next to step up is Father Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam), who protected Rick's baby, Judith, from the flesh eaters. Now Gabriel prepares to join Rick and the other Alexandrians in a perilous battle against the walkers.
"We've been praying, together, praying that God will save our town," Gabriel says. "And our prayers have been answered. God will save Alexandria because God has given us the courage to save it ourselves!"
Even phobic Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) enters the fray, despite a warning from Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos) to remain on the sidelines.
"No one gets to clock out today," exclaims Eugene, machete in hand. "And hell, this is a story people are gonna tell!"
Quite a story indeed and one that nearly ends with Alexandria's demise. Fortunately for the badly outnumbered residents, Daryl arrives with the tanker truck, sprays gasoline into a pond and fires his RPG. Boom!
Now the walkers are inexorably drawn away from the humans and into the flames. This means the veteran zombie fighters and previously untested Alexandrians all see another sunrise.
"I was wrong," Rick whispers to bandaged, unconscious Carl. "I thought after living behind these walls for so long that maybe they couldn't learn. But today I saw what they could do, what we could do if we work together!"
Then Rick pleads for his son to recover from surgery.
"I want to show you the new world, Carl," Rick tearfully says. "I want to make it a reality for you. Please, Carl, let me show you!"
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"Wansbeck general Hospital,Ashington. labour and delivery,my experience"
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I gave birth in march this year. I hadn't visited the hospital before as i have a slight phobia about them.when i first arrived i noticed the good security on the ward and ow clean and tidy it was. I was in a room with 2 nurses at the start and my babys heartbeat was constantly monitored.When my babys heartbeat started dropping with every contraction i was amazed by how many staff were in the room with me and despite the scary circumstances i felt surprising at ease.The nurses and doctors that i came into contact with were helpful and comforting and felt like they had all the time in the world for you.i have nothing but praise for the staff there.they gave me great advice and despite the complications with the delivery,on the whole it was a positive experience. Thanks you.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ +16 years-old ] With the main performance of Johnny Messner (see full cast), this film directed by Tim McCann was premiered in cinema or TV in 2008. The feature film "The Poker Club" was produced in USA. You can watch The Poker Club online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2008.
Rating: 5 by 308 users./
Runtime: 85 minutes
Johnny Messner, Michael Risley, Jana Kramer, Lenny Levi, Olivia Archer, Loren Dean, Bruce Faulk, Judith Hawking, Lori Heuring, Molly Irwin, Chris Kipiniak, Maja Miletich, Judy Reyes and Johnathon Schaech.
Drama, Thriller, Criminal.
85-minute film (full movie) directed by Tim McCann.
The original audio of The Poker Club has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2008.
Screenplay written by Johnathon Schaech, Ed Gorman and Richard Chizmar.
Frank Barrera.
Bruce Devan, Erin Knapp, Richard Chizmar, Matt Richards, Johnathon Schaech, David Shoshan, Jordan Gertner and Lesa Greenfield.
This film was produced and / or financed by RAM Films.
Composed by Evan Evans.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Poker Club has a duration of 85 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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The Daily Shuffle: Kim Kardashian Voted Most Annoying Celebrity
Parade Magazine teamed up with Yahoo's omg blog and created a pop-culture poll about various pop-culture related topics, and one of the questions asked who the most annoying celebrity was. And it's somewhat not a surprise that Kim Kardashian earned the coveted title after stealing 29% of the vote. She beat out Snooki, Donald Trump, and The Bachelor's Brad Womack for the prestige, and it's kind of disappointing that her mom didn't receive the honor. – Today
Nancy Grace has revealed that she's already lost 10 pounds from competing on Dancing with the Stars. She calls it the "I'm-too-tired-to-eat-diet," and explained, "By the time I get the children ready for school, then practice and then home, I'm like exhausted." She also added that dancing is actually quite different from a murder trial. On how the two compare, she said about dancing, "My nerves are much, much worse. I'm a fish out of water on the dance floor. It's a lot more nerve wracking than trying a murder case." This is a bad thing, I think? Or at least not a good one? – People
Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently writing an autobiography, but apparently he needs some more inspiration because he commissioned an artist to build three statues of him out of bronze (it's so hard for me not to write "bronzer" instead of "bronze" with all the J.Shore I've been watching). Each statue will be about 8 feet tall and will depict Arnold doing some of his favoritest bodybuilding poses. Earlier this month, Arnold checked out the first statue in Oregon and of the work, he reportedly said, "This is fantastic" four times. – Contact Music


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Fluid mechanics, the study of how fluids behave and interact under various forces and in various applied situations—whether in the liquid or gaseous state or both—is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Fully revised and updated with the addition of a new chapter on biofluid mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition is suitable for both a first or second course in fluid mechanics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. The leading advanced general text on fluid mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, 4e guides students from the fundamentals to the analysis and application of fluid mechanics, including compressible flow and such diverse applications as hydraulics and aerodynamics.
Contents: Introduction; Cartesian Tensors; Kinematics; Conservation Laws; Vorticity Dynamics; Irrotational Flow; Gravity Waves; Dynamic Similarity; Laminar Flow; Boundary Layers and Related Topics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Instability; Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Aerodynamics; Compressible Flow; Biofluid Mechanics; App. A Some Properties of Common Fluids; App. B Curvilinear Coordinates; App. C Founders of Modern Fluid Dynamics; App. D Visual Resources; Index


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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business management software is a suite of integrated applications—that your company can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many business activities, including -
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ERP provides an integrated view of core business processes, often in real-time, using common databases maintained by a database management system. ERP systems track business resources—cash, raw materials, production capacity—and the status of business commitments: orders, purchase orders, and payroll. The applications that make up the system share data across the various departments (manufacturing, purchasing, sales, accounting, etc.) that provide the data. ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions, and manages connections to outside stakeholders.
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IFA U-turn on poppy ban for Northern Ireland fans team shirts
Northern Ireland football team shirts, bearing the poppy, are to be made available for the Green and White Army to buy following their temporary withdrawal from sale.
The IFA said it instructed official retailer JD Sports to withdraw the shirts from sale, the Stephen Nolan show reported at 9am on Thursday.
The home shirt featured a poppy to commemorate those who "gave their lives to their country," according to the advertising literature.
IFA officials told the Nolan show they were "concerned" with the language used. An IFA spokesman told the Belfast Telegraph they were concerned as they had no been consulted over the sale of the shirt.
The shirt had been listed as Nike manufactured when in fact it is Adidas made.
The IFA also sought confirmation a donation was to be made to the Royal British Legion, which the retailer did confirm.
The shirts featuring the symbol were no longer available on the JD Sports website.
However, the shirt will return to sale by the afternoon - the IFA said at around 9.15am on Thursday.
In a statement to the Nolan show, the IFA said: "The decision to sell the Northern Ireland shirts with the poppy was one made by JD Sports which is the Irish FA's retail partner. They are selling Wales and Scotland shirts with poppies on them too.
"When we were made aware of the sale of the shirts we asked JD if all profits from the sale go to the Royal British Legion (RBL).
"They have agreed to that request and the shirt will be back on sale later this morning with the new charitable donation element made clear."
This comes after the IFA said poppies would not be worn during the Armistice Day game against Azerbaijan by the players.
The team will wear black armbands instead.
Prior to kick-off a minute's silence will be held and names of players connected with the association who died during World War One will be shown on the big screen.
Fifa said it "could give no guarantee" that there would not be disciplinary proceedings if the Northern Ireland team was to wear a symbol of remembrance on the playing shirt.
Fifa rules state players' equipment should not carry commercial, personal, political or religious messages.
Scotland and England have defied Fifa saying their players will wear the symbol on black armbands, as they have done in the past, for their upcoming Wembley clash.
On Thursday morning, their shirts, along with that of Wales remained on sale on JD Sports website.
In a statement to the Belfast Telegraph, the IFA said: "The decision to sell a Northern Ireland shirt with a poppy on it was one made by JD Sports, who are the Irish FA's official retail partner.
"They are also selling Wales and Scotland shirts with a poppy on them too.
"When the Irish FA was made aware of the sale, it asked JD Sports if all profits from the sale of the commemorative shirts could go to the British Legion."
JD Sports confirmed to the IFA a donation would go to the RBL.
The IFA statement continued: "There were also inaccuracies in the listings on the JD Sports website around the kit brand [the Adidas strip was listed as Nike].
"The shirt will be back on sale later this morning with the correct listing and the new charitable element made clear."
Sales of the shirt resumed on Thursday afternoon.
A JD Sports spokeswoman added: "In commemoration of Armistice Day and ahead of the international fixtures this weekend we have produced a number of limited edition Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland home football shirts printed with a poppy on the front. All profits from the sale of these shirts will go to the Royal British Legion."
Prior to the withdrawal of the shirt from sale, IFA chief executive Patrick Nelson said: "The Irish FA is committed to marking Armistice Day with appropriate acts of remembrance.
"We asked Fifa if permission could be granted for the Northern Ireland team to wear a poppy on the shirt or on an armband.
"As a member of the IFAB, we have placed clarification of the law 4.4 on the agenda for the next annual general meeting of the International Football Association Board, which will be held in London in March."
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Thread: Create Table fails in VB code
10-05-04, 13:27 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: Create Table fails in VB code
I am trying to create a temporary table or recordset in Visual Basic to massage data in and then use as the source for a DataReport object. I have tried several ways to execute the Create Table command that all fail with "The Open method of the (object) failed" or "The Execute method of the (object) failed". If I execute a 'Select * from Customers' command, it works.
There is supposed to be a way to create an empty recordset object and add fields to it, but I can't get that to work, either.
Here is some code.
Dim cmd As ADODB.Command
Set cmd = New Command
Dim cnx As ADODB.Connection
Set cnx = New ADODB.Connection
strcnx = "Provider = PervasiveOLEDB;Data Source=StarTracer;Password=<pwd>;User ID=Master;Persist Security Info=True"
cnx.CursorLocation = adUseClient
'use the open method of the connection object
cnx.Open strcnx
cnx.Execute "select * from customers", , adExecuteNoRecords
'this fails on Create Table but succeeds on Select *
'ok, now try the execute method of the command object
cmd.ActiveConnection = cnx
cmd.CommandType = adCmdText
cmd.CommandText = "create table #temp1 (fld1 integer)"
'Set rs = cmd.Execute()
10-05-04, 17:44 #2Registered User
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What's your Create Table statement look like? Does the Create Table statement work in the PCC?Mirtheil Software
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10-05-04, 17:58 #3Registered User
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Create Table statement
Thank you,
I've been using
create table #temp1 (fld1 integer)
as a simple test. If I go to 'tasks' in the PCC for the database and pick Execute SQL Query, the statement works and the table is created. If I try the same statement in the example in my first post, it fails. Similarly, if I create a stored procedure using 'select * from customers' it works, but if is substitute the create table statement, it says 'error checking sql statement' and 'select syntax error'
10-05-04, 18:12 #4Registered User
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Change provider works
When I change my connect string to
"DSN=STKBB;Persist Security Info=TRUE"
the create table command works.
This makes two things that didn't work with my Pervasive btreive database until I stopped using my PervasiveOLEDB (the other was CONCAT and LEFT in a select statement). I'd like to use the same connect string everywhere.
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THe problem you're running into is the fact that "#" is a reserved keyword. You really shouldn't use it in a table/field name. If you do use it, surround the field/table name with double quotes. For example:
sSQL = "create table " & chr(34) & "#temp" & chr(34) & " (fld1 integer)"Mirtheil Software
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North Dakota vs. Montana - 2/12/15 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Montana Grizzlies (12-10) at North Dakota Sioux (8-14)
College Basketball: Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:00 pm (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
The Line: North Dakota Sioux +5.5 -- Over/Under: See the Latest Odds
The Montana Grizzlies and North Dakota meet Thursday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
The Montana Grizzlies hope to keep things going after winning five of their last seven games. On the season, Montana is averaging 68.8 points on 45.6 percent shooting and is allowing 66.8 points on 44.6 percent shooting. Martin Breunig is averaging 16.9 points and 6.8 rebounds while Jordan Gregory is averaging 16.5 points and 3.1 assists. Mario Dunn is dishing four assists and Brandon Gfeller is shooting 43 percent from the field. The Montana Grizzlies have five players averaging at least 8.4 points, and they're shooting 70.3 percent from the line and 38.3 percent from deep. Defensively, Montana is allowing 35.6 percent shooting from deep and has given up 57 or less points in six of its last eight games.
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North Dakota could use a big win after splitting its last six games. On the season, North Dakota is averaging 65.7 points on 42.7 percent shooting and is allowing 75.4 points on 47.7 percent shooting. Jaron Nash is averaging 12.2 points and 6.7 rebounds while Estan Tyler is averaging 11.6 points and 2.3 assists. Quinton Hooker is the third double-digit scorer and Terrel de Rouen is dishing 2.3 assists. North Dakota has five players averaging at least 7.6 points, and its shooting 67.3 percent from the line and 32.2 percent from deep. Defensively, North Dakota is allowing 38.2 percent shooting from deep and has given up 85 or more points in three of its last five games.
The Grizzlies are 4-13-1 ATS in their last 18 games following a ATS win and 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall. North Dakota is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games. The Grizzlies are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
Montana has owned the series ATS as of late and is playing far better basketball than North Dakota. While winning in North Dakota isn't easy, the Grizzlies should cover the reasonable number. However, there are better bets on the board today.


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Policy paper
National Information Infrastructure
- From:
- Cabinet Office
- Part of:
- Government transparency and accountability and Open Government Partnership Summit 2013
- Published:
- 31 October 2013
- Last updated:
- 24 March 2015, see all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This document sets out how the UK government is progressing National Information Infrastructure.
National Information Infrastructure narrative: first iteration, October 2013
PDF, 358KB, 17 pages
In the government response to the Shakespeare Review of June 2013, the government sets out its aim to create a National Information Infrastructure (NII). Since then we have been developing a collaborative process for identifying this set of important data. This has included identifying and maintaining an inventory of data held by government, prioritising data to be included in the NII and supporting organisations to release data.
The NII will contain the data held by government which is likely to have the broadest and most significant economic and social impact if made available and accessible outside of government, where possible.
These NII datasets are provided as examples:
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Updated: 24 March 2015
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Hi! I'm a 16 year old noob who likes to draw. I've got some problems drawing from my mind. When I draw my mind is usually blank and I don't have any images in my head whatsoever, so I end up experimenting on paper which isn't really the thing I'm after. Then when I go to bed, the images start popping into my head>. Do you have the ability to capture your imagination on paper? Did it come naturally or did you have to practise it? How did you practise it and for how long? Am I driving you mad with these questions?
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The VISE Bowling Ball Compound is a liquid that is applied to the surface of your ball to achieve a later reaction with a strong backend by renewing the surface of the ball. This compound is USBC approved for use before or after play.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the main performance of Greg Ellery (see full cast), this film directed by Christopher Kelley was premiered in cinema or TV in 2009. The feature film "Hampshire" was produced in USA. You can watch Hampshire online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2009.
Rating: 5 by 59 users./
Runtime: 82 minutes
Greg Ellery, Keith Franx, Valerie Hernandez, Victoria Kelley, Gary Liesen, Kevin Minnick, Kirsten Nadine Mitchell, Michael Mitchell, Cassandra Taylor, Patrick Taylor, Robin Taylor, Trenton Tieken and Trevin Tieken.
82-minute film (full movie) directed by Christopher Kelley.
The original audio of Hampshire has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2009.
Screenplay written by Christopher Kelley.
Christopher Kelley.
Victoria Kelley, Christopher Kelley and Jon Terwelp.
This film was produced and / or financed by Table Sixteen Productions.
Composed by Shawna Mitchell.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Hampshire has a duration of 82 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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As the kitchen is the heart of every home, the kitchen table is also the heart of every kitchen. Sometimes, people don't bother themselves about how to get a perfect table for their kitchen. While they should care about what kitchen table that will enhance the kitchen look and will enable all the family to gather around. Before talking about …Read More »
Decorate your kitchen with stylish Modern chairs and table
The kitchen is the heart of your home, is the place where all the family and friends gather and have fun with each other. When creating your kitchen, you should choose the modern kitchen style and one of the important items in the kitchen is the table and chairs that bring all the family together. So you should care well …Read More »
How to Choose the Perfect Kitchen Table and Chairs
Your kitchen table and chairs will have a principal function as a dining area in addition to their aesthetic role that will give the place an attractive look. That's why you should choose the set that will perfectly match the style, design, and color of your kitchen without cluttering the place. If you have a modern kitchen, the stylish and …Read More »
Awesome Multi-functional Table Designs to Save Your Home Space
Your dreams of having a spacious home do not mean necessarily to get a new and larger home. However, you can purchase space saving furniture pieces to give you the needed function without talking a considerable space. Here is a collection of multi-functional tables that will certainly add a great value to your small home. The table with a storage …Read More »
Impressive Table Runner Designs for Different Occasions
The table runner adds a unique charm and elegance to any rectangular dining table, end table or dresser in your modern or traditional home. Such runners are available with different colors, designs, and sizes to complement different table styles and room decor. It will be a great idea to use a special table runner for every occasion, as they can …Read More »
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The outdoor furniture pieces are exposed to various climate changes that can damage several materials. Additionally, you need to spend relaxing and times in your patio enjoying the harmonized look of the place; thus, you should select functional, decorative, and high-quality patio furniture pieces. The patio side table can serve as a coffee table and an end table in addition …Read More »
Dining Room – Pick your perfect fit Dining Table
Everything is easy with a little planning especially in designing and decorating processes. So when you are about to buy a new piece of furniture or redecorate a new room, the first step will be to measure your room accurately. An accurate measurement gives you an idea about the space you are dealing with and also an idea about the …Read More »
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Your dining room is the suitable place for you, your family, and your guests to get together and talk to one another while enjoying delicious meals. To decorate such a room, try to consider the tastes of your family and guests because it will not be a personal room. The most effective decoration in your dining room is its basic …Read More »


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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
New music: Shaun Boothe - "Concepts" feat. Talib Kweli
From the forthcoming Hip in 3D project by Shaun:
Download Shaun Boothe - "Concepts" feat. Talib Kweli [yousendit mp3 link]
I usually have a low tolerance for songs about the art of rapping but this one actually ain't too bad and I always dig when rappers actually trade off lines rather than writing individual verses. Shows they actually really collaborated instead of just IM-ing each other random verses to throw into their laptop Pro Tools rig. Real EPMD throwback ish: more please!
Click HERE for more by Shaun Boothe previously on The Kitchen.
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Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) achieved the 'Customer service appreciation' award in the telecom sector. The award was given to PTCL for providing best customer services at "Service Punch-2014" conference.
The conference was a joint venture of Rozee.pk in collaboration with Pakistan Human Capital Forum, Service punch conference was attended by large number of company CEO's, business heads, guests and delegates, belonging to customer services.
PTCL is Pakistan's leading ICT service provider and received the award due to its tremendous track record in past in the field of telecom innovation and top line services in broadband sector.
The survey was conducted by Active8, responded by some 5,000 respondents from society.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It was a huge win for a program that has come a long way. Not only did this team win their last game of the season for their 29 seniors on their roster, but they also took home a portion of the Mountain Division Championship with the 56-35 win over Wyoming.
"You know I am just really proud of these guys, really proud of these coaches, again you know the seniors. I think you have to take a minute to look at the bigger picture of it all, and it's remarkable. To win 8 games, have a chance to win a 9th game, to win a piece of this conference title. That's pretty good, pretty good", said Head Coach Bob Davie.
UNM finished 6-2 in conference play which tied them with Wyoming and Boise State in the Mountain Division. This was not just a win on Saturday night, it was a statement, as UNM accumulated 690 total yards with 568 of those yards coming on the ground.
This win also marked the programs 11th conference win over 2 years, which is a program record.
"It was something that was really always on our mind, and I remember actually, my class sitting in the freshman dorms on campus all together just talking about how good it would be to win. So, now that we are actually here we were actually just talking about that, and how big it is to know that we kind of help create this culture of winning. I am just very proud of all the guys that stuck through it all, and especially the good and the bad and just proud to go out here and say we have 8 wins and we can share this Mountain Division championship", said UNM Sr. Linebacker Dakota Cox.
Stay with KRQE Sports for the latest updates on UNM football and their location for their 2016 season bowl game.


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In The CardsIn The Cards (2004) Season 1 Episode 005-A- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Anime Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi AnimeAnime Episode GuideEpisode GuideTelevisionSeriesCartoon
- Cartoon Network, Renegade Animation
- Distributed by: Cartoon Network
- Cartoon Characters: Ami Onuki, Yumi Yoshimura, Kaz, Jeng Kang, Tekirai, Peter.
- Voice Actors: Ami Onuki, Yumi Yoshimura, Grey DeLisle, Janice Kawaye, Keone Young, Corey Burton.
- Directed By Darrell Van Citters.
- Produced By Ashley Postlewaite.
- Animated By Joey Adams, John Anderson, Jezreel Mann Carlos II, Douglas Gray, Cesar Henriquez, Walt Holcombe, Erik Knutson, Dave Markowitz, Milton Pool, Douglas Rowell, Tim Szabo, Mark Kausler; more Animators ...
- Written By Adam Beechen, Steven Banks, Greg Benson, Kim Evey, Scott Gray, Steven Kriozere, Michelle Lamoreaux, Robert Lamoreaux, Guy Toubes, Mitch Watson; more Writers ...
- Music: Ami Onuki, Yumi Yoshimura.
- Editor: Joe Campana.
- First Aired on October 12, 2004.
- Originally Aired on Cartoon Network (USA).
- Running Time: 8 minutes.
- Episode Number: 005-A
- Season: 1
- Color
- Japan
Cartoon Summary:
Ami and Yumi both fall in love with Chad, the top player of the battle card game Stu-Pi-Doh. To win Chad's affections, the girls jump into the game, and a ridiculous... (more)
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