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Q: How can I solve this infinite sum? I calculated (with the help of Maple) that the following infinite sum is equal to the fraction on the right side.
$$
\sum_{i=1}^\infty \frac{i}{\vartheta^{i}}=\frac{\vartheta}{(\vartheta-1)^2}
$$
However I don't understand how to derive it correctly. I've tried numerous approaches but none of them have worked out so far. Could someone please give me a hint on how to evaluate the infinite sum above and understand the derivation?
Thanks. :)

A: Several good methods have been suggested. Here's one more. $$\eqalign{\sum{i\over\theta^i}&={1\over\theta}+{2\over\theta^2}+{3\over\theta^3}+{4\over\theta^4}+\cdots\cr&={1\over\theta}+{1\over\theta^2}+{1\over\theta^3}+{1\over\theta^4}+\cdots\cr&\qquad+{1\over\theta^2}+{1\over\theta^3}+{1\over\theta^4}+\cdots\cr&\qquad\qquad+{1\over\theta^3}+{1\over\theta^4}+\cdots\cr&\qquad\qquad\qquad+{1\over\theta^4}+\cdots\cr&={1/\theta\over1-(1/\theta)}+{1/\theta^2\over1-(1/\theta)}+{1/\theta^3\over1-(1/\theta)}+{1/\theta^4\over1-(1/\theta)}+\cdots\cr}$$ which is a geometric series which you can sum to get the answer.

A: let $$S=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{i}{\theta^i}, (\theta>1),$$
then
$$
\begin{align}
S-\frac{1}{\theta}S&=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{i}{\theta^i}-\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{i}{\theta^{i+1}}\\
&=\sum_{i=1}^\infty\frac{i}{\theta^i}-\sum_{i=2}^\infty\frac{i-1}{\theta^{i}}\\
&=\frac{1}{\theta}+\sum_{i=2}^{\infty}\frac{1}{\theta^i}\\
&=\frac{1}{\theta}+\frac{1}{\theta^2-\theta},
\end{align}
$$
which yields
$$S=\frac{\theta}{(\theta-1)^2}$$

A: Hint: Consider the expectation (first moment) of the geometric distribution. Specifically, letting $1 - p = 1/\vartheta $ in the derivation of the formula ${\rm E}(Y)=(1-p)/p$ (in that link) gives exactly what you are looking for.
Elaborating. It is shown in the Wikipedia link how to derive the equality
$$
\sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty  {(1 - p)^k pk}  = \frac{{1 - p}}{p}, \;\; 0 < p \leq 1.
$$
Letting $1-p = 1/\vartheta $, so that $p=(\vartheta - 1)/\vartheta$, this gives
$$
\sum\limits_{k = 1}^\infty  {k\frac{1}{{\vartheta ^k }}}  = \frac{{1 - p}}{{p^2 }} = \frac{1}{\vartheta }\frac{{\vartheta ^2 }}{{(\vartheta  - 1)^2 }} = \frac{\vartheta }{{(\vartheta  - 1)^2 }}.
$$
That is,
$$
\sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty  {\frac{i}{{\vartheta ^i }}}  = \frac{\vartheta }{{(\vartheta  - 1)^2 }}.
$$

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I recently received a shipment of Chilean wines from a program that Whole Foods is having with Wines of Chile to showcase some of what they are offering. Of the four shipped, two were classic Chilean varieties, two were commonly seen but, in my opinion, hard to do at the Monday wine price point. Two were tasty and fun and I'd buy them again. And whether you swing red or blue, red or white, I've got a wine you can toast with or drink away your sorrows.
Odfjell 2016 Armador Sauvignon Blanc from the Casablanca Valley is delightful. Citrus dominates the nose:lime blossoms, zest, grapefruit oil. Tropical and zesty, great acidity, a hint of pyrazine which gives the green, vegetal notes I love. It is priced around $12 and I will buy it again. Serve with goat cheese, lime marmalade on crackers. Or seafood. Or flying insults.
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Delhi/Bombay/Madras/Calcutta, India
The Cruelties and Diseases Connected with Flesh-Eating
JAMES H. COUSINS
Awarded First Prize at the Vegetarian Federal Union, June 1907.
It is a safe prophecy that, if civilized mankind were induced personally to participate in every process involved in the production of a particular article of dress or furniture, those who would come out of the experiment as advocates of a very much simplified system of living would count a thousand to the one who might be inclined to return to the old order of things; for a moment of realization is worth generations of secondhand knowledge.
Our habit, however, of living by proxy through the delegation of labour to others, has forced us to walk - not, indeed by faith, but by credulity; and few of us have more than a vague idea of the processes and persona which lie behind a simple act such as the putting on of a hat or the eating of a meal. We are largely content to take things as they come ; and the pressure of circumstance and custom has hardened us into an indifference which is scarcely more than stirred to curiosity when some event, like the Chicago revelations, lights up for a lurid moment the unblissful ignorance in which the majority of mankind live, and exhibits the horrors and perils that are in the gift of the unscrupulous.
In no department of life, more than in the fundamental and vital matter of food, does this lack of direct personal knowledge prevail; in none, moreover, is the dispelling of such ignorance more urgently needed, for the matter touches not merely the simple act of eating, but involves questions of the deepest significance to the race. The present and the future demand that the individual shall consider whether he shall leave a heredity of disease, or lay the foundations of an efficient posterity ; and his own higher nature demands that he shall give heed as to whether the gratification of one sense is or is not at the expense of a higher - the sense of justice and freedom, and preventing him from doing to all men and all creatures as he would they should do to him. In short, it is incumbent on every individual to answer for himself and herself the simple questions : Is any cruelty involved in the procuring of flesh foods? Is there any risk of disease attendant on their use ?
THE CRUELTIES CONNECTED WITH FLESH-EATING
It is often urged that considerable exaggeration is indulged in by those who champion the cause of the animal kingdom against what they regard as its unjust exploitation by humanity. It is, of course, true that a particular incident may cause one man to shudder and another to smile; but the question which must take precedence of all intellectual subtleties is, whether a sincere enquiry as to mere facts has been made. Since, however, in this matter, as in most others, the bulk of mankind have to take their observation at second-hand, it is the object of the writer to set down as clearly as possible a few of the many things observed during the twenty years' association with the traffic in animal flesh.
We need not linger over minor cruelties and tyrannies that are practised on animals from the moment they are born until the butcher's buyer puts his brand upon them. The heartless parting of parents and offspring ; the denial to the latter of the nourishment intended for them by nature ; the beatings and brandings in markets, are but trifling preliminaries to the tragedy that begins when the creatures leave the fields behind them and enter the way to death. Let us follow one of these "consignments" on its way from Ireland to England.
Along a stony quayside several bullocks and a flock of sheep are slowly wending their way, yesterday they walked several miles from the fields to be packed into railway trucks ; now they have come across the hard and bewildering streets of the city with sore feet, lolling tongues, tired eyes-hungry, thirsty, sleepy, bleating and moaning before the crowd of shouting men and shrieking children all armed with busy sticks, towards and along the steamer's gang way.
One procession is followed by another from the city markets, until, when we glide into the stillness of a calm summer night, there are twelve hundred sheep packed on the upper deck, and three hundred cattle, tied heads down, in the 'tween decks and the lower holds, all sending up a never-ending chorus of protest in lowing and bellowings and bleatings. In the holds there can be heard at intervals the sharp cracks of sticks, accompanied by angry curses, as the drovers stimulate to his feet a bullock that has slipped to his knees with the roll of the vessel or through fatigue.
On deck, the gentle movement of the steamer has pressed the outermost sheep against the rails, and several legs protruding over the ship's side give evidence of discomfort and pain from which there can be no release until we reach the other side of the channel, eight hours hence. Voices shouting: "Here is a stiffy" challenge our attention. A dark figure is dimly seen bending among the sheep. There is a scuffle as the timid creatures jostle each other into greater discomfort. A large sheep unable to keep its feet from fatigue or sickness, has sunk below the level of its companions, and suffocation is inevitable.
To preserve the market value of the "mutton" the animal, at its last gasp, is dragged from among the others and flung on to the lower deck. There is a sound of steel being sharpened on steel. and we turn away from the sight and the growing stench; but our ears cannot shut out the sound of a splash on the deck that is not from the sea. With almost sneaking cowardice we retreat to our cabin ; even there the melancholy chorus penetrates; and we are denied the oblivion of sleep by the clamour of a group of cattle dealers who are spending the night drinking and playing cards, with occasional intervals to give their attention to "another stiffy."
When we returned to the deck at dawn, there is comparative stillness, the stillness of utter weariness. And there, in the sweet light of the rising sun, and in full view of a large proportion of the living "cargo" hang the flayed and disembowelled corpses of the "stiffies." When me reach the dock, there is no time for rest or refreshment for the animals. The same stimuli as accompanied their embarkation now goad them ashore, and we count a goodly number of sheep that are hopelessly crippled, and several cattle with welted hides and bleeding stumps instead of horns. And it is a quiet Sabbath morning.
Such is the merest outline of one aspect of the flesh trade observed under the most favourable conditions; yet, bad as the reality is, it is as nothing compared with what could be told of nights when foul weather has turned men and beasts into very demons of rage and pain and terror: when broken horns and legs, battered bodies, torn hides, and trampled mothers and premature calves, have lost fortunes to dealers and insurance companies: and when we have held on to taffrail and matched the carcasses of cattle that had been washed or thrown overboard float up to us on the crest of breaker, and fall with a ghastly roll back into the darkness.
Even in the case of animals that go direct from the market to the butcher, there is the tale of frosty or foggy nights in small fields which succeeding batches of the condemned have cropped down to the brown earth, or scorching days without water or shelter. Then the last scene of all.
It is "Killing day" in a large public slaughter house and a pile of smoking hides in one corner; rows of carcasses hung up by the hind legs along a wall; and the smell and sight of blood on the floor, walls, and ceiling, and on the aprons, faces, and hands of the sweating men and boys, tell us that business has been brisk since long before our entry. There is a scuffle at the gate leading from a close yard in which we saw a number of cattle and sheep shuffling and crying in a tone that is not heard in the fields or even on board ship. A sheep is pulled into the "killing shed" and where one goes others follow. They are pounced upon by active men, flung on the slippery floor, and their legs quickly and tightly tied. A man at each end swings a sheep with a bang onto one of a row of rough wooden benches.
A large bucket is placed in a position directly under the animal's head, and without any ceremony a slaughterman thrusts a long round, sharp-pointed steel implement down through the skin, flesh, nerves, tendons, and small bones of the creature's throat. There is a shudder, a smothered cry, a splash of blood, and the slaughter man withdraws his steel from a large hole and passes on to the next bench leaving the animal to kick and bleed to death.
A windlass has begun to clank in another corner of the shed, and all hands are on the alert as a fine bull, with lifted head, heaving sides, and wild eyes appears in the gate. He is unwilling to enter among the blood and remains of his predecessors whom he saw forced through same gate never to return, but a twist given to his tail sends him forward with a growl. In a flash a lassoo is over his horns, the windlass hums, the rope comes taut, and the noble head is dragged downwards and forwards with invincible force. He plants his feet firmly on the ground, but the blood has made a foothold impossible, and the huge body goes on and on till the forehead is tight up against the bar - not alas the bar of justice. A poleaxe goes up with a swing and comes down with a crunching thud between the eyes; there is a terrific roar of pain and rage; the poleaxe swings again and yet again: then something like an electric tremor goes through the bull's frame, and the body falls cumbously to the floor, not dead, but beyond troubling the slaughter-man further.
Of the horrible scene which follows the felling of the bull we need not tell in detail; there is a sense of awfulness that the mercy of death has been bestowed upon him: but there is, if possible, a more awful sense of degradation to which a section of mankind - yes, and of womankind in the gutting shed - has been relegated by the indifferent consumers of products that can only be obtained through the enactment of scenes such as these - scenes whose recital only give a faint apprehension of terror and agony, the sweating, straining, moaning, desperate, but utterly hopeless struggle of creatures that show keen sensibility in every movement and fibre against the remorseless skill of man.
And when it is remembered that this scene (and others in the killing of swine, fowl and fish, of which we could tell terrible tales) is repeated every place civilized man is gathered together, it will hardly be marvelled at that those who have had their eyes opened, are moved to an attempt to break the appalling indifference of their fellows to the colossal agony which is daily meted out to the animal creation at the demand of a habit which is not merely unnecessary but is the baleful root of almost all the ills that afflict mankind.
The Diseases connected with Flesh-Eating
To anyone who gives serious thought to the universal disregard of the conclusions of scientific research, that man is not a carnivorous animal by nature, it must appear logically certain that, apart from any ethical consideration, such an outrage on nature must meet its punishment in physical derangement; and a tacit recognition of the connection between diet and disease is shown by the medical profession in the stopping of flesh-foods in rheumatism and gout, Here and there a physician of world-wide renown has voiced the conviction that the root of disease is in the flesh-eating habit: and statistics demonstrate that the quantity of meat eaten, and the number of doctors required, in various countries, rise and fall together.
For complete information, however, on the subject, we must go to the records of those who have given it long and earnest study, not merely as an interesting subject of laboratory research, but as a practical vital concern and who have shown their sincerity by making their own habits of diet square with their conclusions. Amongst these, few names carry greater weight that those of the late Anna Kingsford M. D., of the Faculty of Paris, and Alexander Haig, M.A., M. D., ( Oxon) F. R. C. P- " The Perfect Way in Diet " the thesis written by the former for her degree, has taken its place as a classical exposition of food reform; and Dr. Haigs environmental work " Uric Acid as a Factor in the Causation of Disease,'' has received the approval of a sixth edition.
It is mainly from these works that the diseases connected with flesh which eating are here epitomized, act simply as the complexity of the subject will permit.
The diseases which flesh-eating brings in its train may be divided into two great classes:-
(1) Those transmitted by diseased flesh
(2) Those transmitted by flesh which we may, for the sake of distinction, call healthy, though as will be seen later, no such thing as pure, healthy flesh-food can exist.
(1)Flesh-food may be diseased by the presence in it of parasites, These can only be rendered harmless by a process of equal cooking, which would render the substance distasteful to the majority of habitual flesh-eaters. When taken into the human economy, one species of parasite will develop into a tape-worm, while another will produce trichinosis, a disease which offers the alternatives of an agonized death or a miserable life with the parasite encased in the muscular tissue.
Again flesh-food may be infected with diseases such as pneumonia , anthrax, and tuberculosis, which reproduces themselves when the infected meat (declared to be 80% of the whole) is eaten by mankind.. Flesh, also, in a state of putrefaction is responsible for virulent poisonings and for various inflammatory disorders.
(2) But even if it were possible to eliminate everything in the nature of parasitic, organic, or putrefactive disease from flesh-foods, there would still remain the immense body of functional derangements eventuating in malignant diseases which it is the essential and ineradicable nature of flesh-foods to engender through the direct introduction of poisons into the system. When an animal is killed, the waste matter and poisons passing through its blood and tissues on the way to excretion are cut short in the process, and are retained. These are transferred to the human system, and producing an amount of uric acid in excess of what the body normally can get rid of, set up a condition called Colloemia, or uric acid in the blood. A concentration of the acid in a particular region caused by a sudden fall in the temperature, a shock decline in energy, or a local irritation; or blood pressure arising from the obstruction of the minute vessels by the acid, will manifest itself as epilepsy paralysis, asthma, dyspepsia, diabetes-dropsy, angina pectoris, anaemia, or piles. But should the good fortune of the flesh-eater preserve him from any of these extraneous causes of trouble, let him delay congratulations on having escaped the consequences of his dietetic errors. The daily consumption of flesh may itself push him past the dangers of uric acid in his blood, by driving the former charges of acid out of his blood with the new charge; but it has only pushed him past one danger into the clutches of a greater, for it drives the acid, not out of the system in nature's way, but into the tissues. At any moment a local precipitation may set up acute pain, in the nose t will be called catarrh, in the shoulder rheumatism, in the toe gout, in the stomach or bowels gastric ulcer or appendicitis, in the liver jaundice, in the lungs pneumonia, in the face neuralgia, on the skin eczema; but all these are merely distinctive names for the local manifestations of one fundamental malady - uric acid in the tissues, and all have their root in the habit of flesh-eating in the enjoyment of immunity from these troubles; nevertheless, the price must be paid. Vigorous digestion and nutrition may help in the storing up up the acid; but when the inevitable slackening of the powers of nutrition comes, the long pent-up accumulations break through enfeebling resistance and rush back into the blood, and the cause of death is diagnosed as Bright's Disease, cerebral hemorrhage, or heart failure.
When we add that intemperance, in whatever forms it manifests itself, and the majority of mental disturbances and suicides, are direct results of uric acid poisoning through the consumption of flesh-foods, it will be seen that the price which mankind is paying for the practice is truly and appalling one.
When Shelley - building in his imagination a future golden age for men - wrote:
No longer now
He slays the lamb that looks him in the face
And horribly devours his mangled flesh,
Which still avenging nature's broken law,
Kindles all putrid humours in his frame,
The germs of misery, death, disease and crime,
He voiced the plain cardinal principle that whatsoever a man sows he shall reap; that no crime against his higher nature can go unpunished; that between the suffering which he inflicts on the animal kingdom, and the suffering which he endures in his own body, there is the intimate relationship of cause and effect. The experiment and the research of illuminated science, have substantiated the inspiration of the poet, and have moreover, established the truth that in a return to man's natural diet from the vegetable kingdom there is to be found relief and immunity from disease, health on all planes of his being, prolonged and more efficient service to his fellows, and a satisfied and peaceful departure on
Such a tide as moving seems asleep
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew out from the boundless deep
Turns again home.


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When Your Child is the Wicked Son
Apr 13, 2019 | by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
We need to have faith not only in the Almighty but faith in our children.
Raising children isn't easy. It's a full-time job with no pay. Yet most parents will tell you it's worth it. The rewards are infinite; the joys are indescribable. We take pride in the achievements of our progeny. Their accomplishments mean more to us than our own. They are the source of our greatest happiness.
But what if we need to face the reality that a child of ours is not the "the wise son" of the Haggadah that we prayed for? Rather it appears we are stuck with "the wicked son." We followed all the rules for good parenting but we seem not to have been successful. Our child doesn't share our values. He rejects our traditions. He asks, "What is this service to you?" - mocking our commitment to Judaism and observance of mitzvot, indicating his disinterest in being part of our people.
What comfort does the Haggadah offer these parents on the night of the Seder when they so desperately want to be happy, only to be emotionally shattered by the reality of their personal family misfortune?
An answer perhaps suggests itself from a peculiarity in the order in which the four sons are listed. The Haggadah tells us that "the Torah speaks of four kinds of sons." It then goes on to list them: one is wise, one is wicked, one is simple, and one does not even know what to ask. Logic would have dictated a different sequence. The two extremes, the wise and the wicked, ought to be at the ends, the other two in the center. What is the rationale for the order in which they are presented?
Perhaps the reason is that we follow the simple rule of age. The oldest is mentioned first, the youngest last. With that as our guide, the sequence makes perfect sense. From bottom to top, the last, the youngest, is one who does not even know enough to ask. That is the child who is hardly old enough to speak. It is followed by the simple son, the one whose limited intelligence permits him only to ask "what is this?"
Older still is the child of rebellious teenage years, going through a stage in which his striving for independence makes it difficult for him to accept parental values and guidance. Thankfully though the sequence does not stop here. It is one of the universal blessings that as children come to greater maturity they find the wisdom to acknowledge that their parents are not as stupid as they came to believe when they were teenagers. In the profound words of Mark Twain, "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
The four sons are describing four life stages of one child, from infancy through childishness, passing into rebelliousness and finally maturing to true wisdom.
The four sons may in fact therefore not be speaking of four different children but four stages in the life of every one of them - stages that take them from infancy through childishness, passing into rebelliousness and finally maturing to true wisdom.
That may be why the Haggadah, although ostensibly speaking about four different sons, keeps repeating the word echad - one. One and the same person is no less than four people in the journey of life – and that is why we dare never give up hope when we encounter a child passing through the stage of the rebel.
There is a famous tale told of a Jew from the shtetl who for the first time went to see one of the largest cities in Poland. He came back with an amazing story to share, telling his friends he could hardly believe what he saw there. "I visited Vilna and saw a person who made a great effort to learn Torah all day. And I saw a person who spent all day thinking about how to make money. And I saw a person whose inclination raged within him every time he saw a woman in the street. And I saw a person who would always close his eyes so he would not stumble in seeing forbidden things. And I saw a person who always spoke gossip. And I saw someone who struggled to keep his mouth closed!"
They said to him: "What is so surprising – Vilna is a huge city with many Jews?"
"Yes," he said, "but what was remarkable is that it was only one person!"
It is a mistake to think of people as one-dimensional. The wisest are at times wicked, the sagest temporarily simple or unable even to offer a question. Life is a book with many chapters, open-ended and constantly open to dramatic change and transformation.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable things we have seen in our lifetime is the incredible growth of the movement of hundreds of thousands of Jews returning to Torah, Jewish observance and pride in their Jewish identity. The "wicked sons" of years past almost miraculously have been reborn as the "wise sons" at the Seder.
Passover is a holiday which demands optimism. Its message is redemption – not only national redemption from exile and slavery but personal redemption from estrangement from God and our people. We need to have faith. Faith not only in the Almighty but faith in our children. Faith in those who may have temporarily lost their way. Faith that "the wicked son" is just a stage on the road to becoming "the wise son."
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, a frequent contributor to Aish, is a Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University and an internationally recognized educator, religious leader, and lecturer. He is the author of 19 highly acclaimed books with combined sales of over a half million copies, A much sought after speaker, he is available as scholar in residence in your community. See his website at rabbibenjaminblech.com.
Click here to purchase Rabbi Blech's new book, Hope Not Fear: Changing the Way We View Death.
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(9) Yael, April 28, 2019 9:12 PM
My father is a very wise Rabbi
who told me there is no such thing as a "rasha" nowadays since issues are so murky and the world is so "nuts", obsessed with evolution, turning everything upside down...
(8) Anonymous, April 25, 2019 10:10 PM
The four sons represent the four aspects that coexist in the personality of everyone.
(7) Anonymous, April 20, 2019 7:07 PM
My brother was a serious jerk, who no one wanted to be around. Mama prayed every day for ten years for him to change. She died before she could see him change for the better. Prayer works, so keeping praying please. My brother is actually s joy to be around now.
Anonymous, April 28, 2019 9:11 PM
Wow. That story really inspires me to pray.
(6) Anonymous, April 20, 2019 5:26 AM
yet psychopaths still exist and we ignore their existence at our peril
It is true that people are complex. I think parents need to have a sense of proportion. How evil is their child's behaviour on the entire scale of possible evil behaviours? Yet how is it not wise to say a child is evil when he is Ted Bundy or Hitler any serial murderer, who were still someone's child at some point and they still did horrid evil, over and over! While most children and people who do or say wicked things are not at that horrific level of evil, it is possible (if unlikely) that one's child is at that monster level - a living example is Karla Homolka who helped commit unspeakable evil ending in the death of her own sister yet whose mother saw Karla as a victim when Karla killed her other child. It is wiser to see people for who they actually are, even if what some few of them are is monstrous. What I do not understand is why HaShem made psychopaths who lack the brain wiring to have a conscience. Why would the Holy One make people lacking sufficiently functional anatomical parts in the brain to have a working conscience? Researchers now know that psychopathic behaviour correlates with specific brain malfunctions. How can HaShem have created people who he knew would have little to no conscience and who have been shown to be close to or completely incapable of learning from their mistakes yet expect them to have a conscience?
(5) Nancy, April 19, 2019 8:23 PM
This reminds us to never judge a book by its cover. Mark Twain had it right and so do you Rabbi. Chag Sameach!
(4) shelia, April 18, 2019 3:33 PM
my angry son is also very big hearted and loves deeply,is protective and loves our Lord & God.good to be reminded there's hope.
(3) Naison Mazana, April 18, 2019 12:35 PM
Eye-opening article that breathes wisdom to the reality of parenting!
I may not be Jewish (I am Christian) but I do follow Aish.com and enjoy the articles which I believe impart knowledge and wisdom to all regardless of religious inclination. I feel as if "When Your Child is the Wicked Son" has been penned to uniquely address my personal predicament as I raise a son who I had wished could be a mirror image of myself when I was growing up, but is not. Maybe Almighty God at times probes us to move away from the comfort zone of dealing only with the ideal, the obeying and the wise ones but rather to afford us the opportunity to learn through those very circumstances we would wish could be confined only to dreams. Now I have faith that my son will soon progress to become "The Wise One". Shalom and thank you for a great article!
Thank you for this explanation, which I found to be deep, loving, kind and inspiring of hope. This perspective feels to me like a suddenly uncovered gem. Thank you for your thoughts and for sharing your wisdom.
I hadn't heard the perspective before and will be sharing it at my Seder!
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Use Peloton's new app for tracking workouts with Apple Watch
by Kashaf Musvi Apr 7, 2020
Users who like to work out with Peloton can now use their Apple Watch to track their work out data as they exercise. The company had already worked with Apple Health on iPhone for tracking workouts but the new app designed for it can give more accurate data about workouts. It was named "Netflix of the workout world" by Forbes magazine, providing you unlimited access to workouts.
Peloton describes its new app for Apple watch as follows,
"Introducing the Peloton App for Apple Watch. Track your heart rate in all workouts and your pace and distance during indoor runs. These improved controls and metrics are easily accessible, so you'll never have to slow down during a workout."
The app focuses on presenting heart rate and workout status from indoors. It is a starting point for your own workout system. It makes it easier for users to glance at their metrics at any time while enabling buttons to turn their music up or down by adjusting the Digital Crown.
Peloton's blog post states:
"Runners will especially benefit from the app with all-new pace and distance metrics that will be displayed both on your Watch and iPhone during indoor runs. What's more, all of your workouts will benefit since your Watch will now act as a heart rate monitor, displaying your heart rate on both your Watch and iPhone. This way, you can see how hard you're working as you move within zones. And since all of these metrics will be saved, after class you'll be able to see detailed graphs to capture your efforts."
Peloton subscribes do not necessarily have to be Apple Music subscribers. A special feature is available for users who avail both services. Peloton's treadmill machines integrate Apple and music can be played from Apple Music in workout sessions. Classes have specifically designed playlists that help trainers in workout sessions. iPhone users can easily log their workout data from their bike or treadmills to Apple's Health App.
However, right now, using Apple Watch to track workouts can get a bit confusing at times as Peloton products use tracking methods which are somewhat different from Apple's. This can lead to competing results for information such as burnt calories, distance traveled, etc. Apple watch can be trusted in such clashes in information, as it calibrates to the user's movement over time.
Peloton app for Apple Watch is currently offering a free 90-day trial. The digital membership for the app starts at $12.99/month after the trial. For Peloton Bike or Treadmill owners, the App is free with their membership. Just log in to your account in the app for your complimentary, unlimited access.
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Some say children get all the vitamins and minerals they need from food. Others argue that a typical child doesn't eat enough nutrient-rich foods to absorb the nutrients they need. Many packaged children's foods claim to contain added vitamins or be fortified with iron, calcium or other minerals, but again, it's argued that methods of adding vitamins to manufactured foods make them difficult for the body to absorb.
How can you make sure your kids get the nutrients they need?
Omega 3 is the big one. Omega 3 can only be obtained through food sources including deep sea fish, some nuts and natural oils like rice bran oil. Do your kids eat enough of these? Many don't. Omega 3 is crucial for proper brain development, eye function and heart function. It's associated with improved mood, learning and concentration. Omega 3 is one of the most commonly used supplement for children.
Probiotics – Probiotics help maintain balance in your digestive tract. This assists digestion, elimination and the uptake of nutrients from food. A poor diet, exposure to antibiotics, illness or other medications will affect this natural balance. Probiotic supplements improve digestive health, which in turn builds immune health. In this way, probiotics not only help absorb nutrients and increase gut health, they may also reduce and prevent common illnesses like colds and throat infections in your children.
A healthy balanced diet is the best way to improve your children's health. These supplements may be useful after illness and where diet and lifestyle are inadequate. Find out more by talking to your health practitioner.


Hello again! I'm always excited to share posts here on Somewhat Simple. It's such a great community and I love all your nice comments! I've got another amazing recipe to share with you today… homemade lemon curd! One of my very favorite things to do in the kitchen is to learn how to make my favorite foods from scratch. This last year I've had a lot of culinary adventures, and tried making everything from crepes to croutons to churros! There an awesome sense of accomplishment that comes with figuring out how to make something yourself!
I first tried lemon curd a few years ago after a visit to Trader Joe's. It was love at first bite! There's something wonderful to me about the intertwined tartness and sweetness, and I'm crazy about the silky texture. It goes well on everything, too! I like it on toast in the morning, but it's also great warmed up and poured over ice cream, and it makes an awesome filling for cakes or cupcakes. When I found a big bag of beautiful lemons on the cheap at Costco, I decided it was time to finally give it a try at home. Seriously, look at these beauties!
Notes: I doubled the recipe and it worked great! Also, mine has been going strong in the fridge now for several weeks now, and makes my toast every morning extra special.
YUM! I seriously love lemon curd. I will eat it out of the jar with a spoon! I can't wait to try this recipe out!
I am such a huge fan of lemon curd. You can't beat the taste of homemade lemon curd either. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe.
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This looks delish!!! I need to make some right now- thanks for the fabulous recipe!!!
I adore lemon curd – so glad you shared this recipe!
Ooh, that looks lovely! And you make it look easier than I thought it would be. Thank you!


What exactly is a butter burger? A butter burger is just my take on a regular cheeseburger, but with a toasted butter-soaked bun. Yum.
One of my favorite ways to eat toast is to pan fry on both sides in a ton of pastured butter. So much butter that it's just totally saturated, dripping with butter. OMG SO GOOD. So I took this concept and applied it to cheeseburgers. The only difference is I only fry one side with butter instead of both.
In a medium bowl, knead all ingredients into room-temperature ground beef with clean hands. Form into 5-6 balls. If you have a grill, lucky you! I don't, so I use my cast iron skillet. I heat up the skillet to medium-high and then press the balls into patties on the hot surface. I typically will sear them on medium-high heat for 1 minute, then turn the heat down to medium and cook it a little more slowly before flipping. When it's cooked a little past halfway through, I'll flip the burgers, put cheese on top, and cover with a lid until the cheese is melted. By then, the burger is cooked through and just right!


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local combat = Combat()
combat:setParameter(COMBAT_PARAM_DISTANCEEFFECT, CONST_ANI_EARTH)
combat:setParameter(COMBAT_PARAM_CREATEITEM, ITEM_WILDGROWTH)

function onCastSpell(creature, var)
	return combat:execute(creature, var)
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Noclip World
Noclip World is a research project that uses handmade architectural drawings as a tool to peel apart the contingency of virtual video game worlds. With reference to the work of artists such as Harun Farocki and JODI, I use the 'noclip' cheat code to break and ghost through virtual environments, recording the phenomena witnessed by the virtual camera as a result. These phenomena were then transcribed into a series of 26 pen and ink drawings that reframe these broken video game spaces as architectural constructs in their own right.
Work from this project has been published in journals such as Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice and CLOG: Sci-Fi.
Hall of Mirrors. A phenomena observed in game worlds broken by cheat codes since the days of Doom. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Dissolving Surfaces. The virtual camera become steadily over exposed once placed at the threshold of an interior and exterior space. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
The Clip House. Architectural structures that emerge through the Hall of Mirrors phenomena. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Clipping Frames. The perspectival virtual camera meets spaces designed to be seen from afar, causing a rupture in their spatial composition. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Vertical Ruins. Seen from the proscenium of the level, the bowels of the architectural setting becomes revealed as a landscape of cave-like spaces. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Exposed Weather. Internal spaces and exterior landscapes complete with their weather systems and atmosphere are revealed as the player breaks through the edge of the environment. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Facsimile Structures. At the edge of the game space, the architectural setting dissolves into mapped images that break down in scale once the player navigates to the fringes of the world. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Underwater Distortions. Cutting through the edge of a body of water, we see that it is nothing but a single plane of geometry. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Fragmented Facades. As we traverse through the game space, architectures fragmented, windows become windows within windows and the environment seeps through into interior spaces. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Inside a Cliff Face. Cutting through a cliff reveals all the layers which congregate together to create the game space. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Skybox. Revealing the 'cube-mapped' sky that hangs over the level, implying environmental extents which do not exist. 11 x 17 inch, pen on paper.
Further into the Noclip World. The architectural morphology of a glitched video game world. Digital drawing made on Wacom Cintiq.


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Q: trying to find out places located within list For example I am looking for a way to search every spot in a list to see where an object is located.  Some example psuedocode could go:
for every column in current row:
  if column is the first one:
                  do this
  if column in the last one:
                  do that
  else:
     find the previous row and columns place

Basically I am at a standstill so any insight would be helpful thanks
EDIT Sample Code:
for row in range(0,h+1):
      newrow=[]
      if row==0:
           newrow=[1]
      elif row==1:
           newrow=[1,1]
      else:
          for column,x in enumerate(row):
              if column==0:
                  newrow.append(1)
              elif column==len(row)-1:
                  newrow.append(1)
              else:
                  newrow.append(2)

A: Are you looking for list.index?
l = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
i = l.index('bar')
# i is 1, because l[1] == 'bar'

If you need special handling based on whether it's the first or last item:
# using i from above
if i == 0:
    # it's the first item
elif i == len(l) - 1:
    # it's the last item
else:
    # it's neither first nor last

Or if you need to process all items anyway, consider using enumerate to keep track of indices throughout the loop:
for i, x in enumerate(mylist):
    if i == 0:
        # x is the first item
    elif i == len(mylist)-1:
        # x is the last item
    else:
        # x is in the middle

A: bardockyo:
The problem appears to be that you don't have a list in row... when you run the code 'for row in range(0,h+1):', row will always be an integer with a value between greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to h.
Are you trying to read a file a row at a time, and keep track of the row numbers?  If so, you should use a separate counter to track the row number...
I can't quite follow what you're trying to accomplish, so I can't even generate code to help you...
Added in response to bardockyo's comment:
I believe this accomplishes your goal:
# Setting h to a value so that I can use your 'range' line.
h = 5

# Create a blank dictionary object to store the row data.
rows = {}

for row_number in range(0,h+1):
    row_data = []
    # range isn't inclusive of the end value by default, to 'make it work', we
    # must add 1 to the row_number.
    for val in range(0,row_number+1):
        if val == 0 or val == row_number:
            # Determine if the value in 'val' is either the first number or
            # last number in this row, and if so append '1' to the list.
            row_data.append(1)
        else:
            # Determine if the value in 'val' is not the first number or last
            # number in this row, and if so append '2' to the list.
            row_data.append(2)
    # Store the row data in the row dictionary, with the key of 'row_number'.
    rows[row_number] = row_data

# Iterate through the dictionary.  There's no guarantee as to the order
# returned by the 'keys()' function, so I use sorted() to ensure it's in
# numerical order.
for row_num in sorted(rows.keys()):
    print 'Row Number %d contains the list:' % row_num,
    for val in rows[row_num]:
        print '%d' % val,
    print ''

# There are better (read: cleaner) ways to format the output for printing,
# but they can be hard to read.


Kato, D., Eto, K., Nabekura, J., & Wake, H. (2018). Activity-dependent functions of non-electrical glial cells. The Journal of Biochemistry, AdvanceArticle(6), 1-464.
Kato, Daisuke, Kei Eto, Junichi Nabekura, and Hiroaki Wake. "Activity-dependent functions of non-electrical glial cells." The Journal of Biochemistry Advance Article.6 (2018): 1-464.