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July 5, 2016 FeaturedRestaurants
Sonoma County Cheap Eats
Start the Day DIERK'S MIDTOWN CAFÉ This is the second location for Mark Dierkhising and Karen Brodsky (their first is Dierk's Parkside Café). Their smoked salmon hash ($14.25) commands attention, accompanied by oven-dried tomatoes, green onions and hash browns. The perfectly cooked salmon is topped with two eggs and a chive-lemon-horseradish sauce that brings all […]
Start the Day
DIERK'S MIDTOWN CAFÉ
This is the second location for Mark Dierkhising and Karen Brodsky (their first is Dierk's Parkside Café). Their smoked salmon hash ($14.25) commands attention, accompanied by oven-dried tomatoes, green onions and hash browns. The perfectly cooked salmon is topped with two eggs and a chive-lemon-horseradish sauce that brings all the flavors together. And guess what? It's the most expensive item on the menu, delivering great bang for the buck. (JFP) 1422 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, 707-545-2233, dierksmidtown.com
HOMEGROWN BAGELS
Beautiful bagels and bialys have been made here for nearly 40 years, and there are a variety of breakfast and lunch sandwiches, too. Best deal: six bagels and cream cheese for just $10. (KH) 201 W. Napa St., No. 21, Sonoma, 707-996-0166, homegrownbaking.wordpress.com
TINY TOWN CAFE
This unassuming coffee shop in "downtown" Forestville makes one of the best burritos in the land, the Spicy Bomb Breakfast Burrito ($8). It's huge, enough for two meals, with two eggs, Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, oven-roasted potatoes and black beans folded into an extra-large flour tortilla and toasted on the grill. The kick comes from poblano or jalapeño chiles, added on request. And the chai with almond milk is to die for. (LM)6544 Front St., Forestville, 707-887-1400, visit on Facebook
CRISP BAKESHOP
Executive chef Moaya Scheiman and pastry chef Andrea Koweek keep it local, organic and sustainable. Their breakfast biscuits ($4.25) with eggs and melty cheese sandwiched between knobby buttermilk biscuits are filling superstars, as are the sandwiches, which include pickled egg salad and salmon, and the Cubano (smoked pork loin, soppressata, copa, Holey Cow cheese and spicy bread and butter pickles) for $9.95, with a choice of side salad or chips. Pastries, cupcakes and other sweet things complete a meal.
(KH)
20 W. Napa St., Sonoma, 707-933-9999, crispbakeshop.com
BREAKAWAY CAFE
Bob Rice presides over this popular eatery, with egg dishes available for breakfast and lunch. Hotcakes and waffles, too, plus soups, lots of large salads, sandwiches and burgers, with many dishes under $12. (KH) 19101 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, 707-996-5949, breakawaycafe.com
PICAZO CAFÉ
Sal Chavez and his family and friends serve early coffee and pastries, bagel breakfast sandwiches ($8) and omelets ($10) that come with potatoes, toast, fruit and homemade jam. For lunch, go for the burgers, which are grilled outside and come in a variety of styles and fixins', with fries, for $10. (KH) 19100 Arnold Drive, Sonoma, 707-931-4377,picazocafe.com
CAFE SCOOTERIA
This retro drive-thru surrounded by vintage scooters serves great coffee drinks and chai, doughnuts, bagels, pastries, croissant sandwiches, breakfast burritos, gelato and more, all at very fair prices. A scooter driver will deliver an order to your door, if you're in range. (LM) 55 W. Napa St., 707-938-0800, cafescooteria.com, visit on Facebook
WORTH OUR WEIGHT
With weekends-only brunches prepared and served by enrollees in Evelyn Cheatham's culinary apprenticeship program, Worth Our Weight provides big wows at very fair prices. Her team prepares savory staples such as extraordinary spaghetti carbonara, lamb hash with poached eggs and sautéed greens, and brandade (puree of salt cod) cakes topped with poached eggs and a kale salad alongside, each for $9.95. Ethereal scones with butter and preserves are complimentary. (MAJ) 1021 Hahman Drive, Santa Rosa, 707-544-1200, worthourweight.org
WILLIE BIRD'S RESTAURANT
With weeknight dinner deals that include an entree plus soup or salad for $13.95, it's hard to go wrong at Willie Bird's. Craving Thanksgiving flavors out of season? There are multiple options, including the open-faced hot turkey sandwich, which comes with mashed potatoes, stuffing, giblet gravy and cranberry sauce ($12.95). Show up early for happy hour, Monday through Friday, 4:30-6:30 p.m., for free appetizers along with your favorite libation. (JFP) 1150 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-542-0861,williebirdsrestaurant.com
BERGAMOT ALLEY
Eating in the 'Burg can cost a bunch, but this lively wine shop, music venue and once-a-week movie house sells classic grilled cheese sandwiches, soups and salads at affordable prices. The Healdsburg Classic and Pepper Party (with a slather of handmade pimento) grilled cheeses are $10 and come with kettle chips and house-made sauerkraut and pickles (or a green salad). The Hippie Points sandwich (cashew cheese, arugula, butternut squash, curry cashews and cherry pepper spread on gluten-free bread ($12) should please any vegan and comes with the same sides. (LM).
328 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, 707-433-8720, bergamotalley.com
THE FREMONT DINER
This roadside mecca serves up stellar, Southern-style comfort food in a retro roadhouse atmosphere. The biscuits are buttery and fabulous, particularly when they're used as a vehicle for fried chicken. The chicken biscuit ($4.99) is perfectly seasoned and crunchy, adorned with spicy sausage gravy. If you've got swine in mind, go for the house-smoked ham biscuit ($3.99), slathered with orange marmalade and grainy mustard. At these prices, you can have one of each. (TC) 2698 Fremont Drive, Sonoma, 707-938-7370, thefremontdiner.com
MAC'S DELI AND CAFE
What's not to love about ginormous, really good sandwiches flanked by a pickle? How about when they're just $6.50-$8.50 for stacked-high kosher specialties such as hot corned beef layered with coleslaw? Best ever deal: hot corned beef on rye with choice of salad and a glass of tap beer, all for $8.75. Breakfast is a winner, too, for two eggs with pastrami, home fries or hash browns, and a bagel for $8.95. (CS) 630 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, 707-545-3785, visit on Facebook
RICARDO'S BAR & GRILL
Miss Caffe Portofino? You'll find some of the staff members now at Ricardo's.
Sit at the long bar or grab a booth and check out the grilled cheese and tomato soup with Parmesan-crusted bread ($12) or the four-piece fried chicken plate with mashed potatoes and gravy ($17.50). Happy hour is 2-6 p.m. daily, with $4 cocktails, $5 wine, $2.50-$5 beer and $4-$8 appetizers.(JFP) 2700 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-545-7696,ricardosbarandgrill.com
Chicken biscuit and ham biscuit from The Fremont Diner in Sonoma
BACI CAFE & WINE BAR
Snag a seat at the bar and enjoy insalata Cesare ($12), creamy polenta ($9) with Gulf shrimp ($3 each) and wild arugula ($4); spaghetti with olive oil and garlic ($8), and spinach with pancetta ($8). (MAJ) 336 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, 707-433-8111, bacicafeandwinebar.com
RUSTIC FRANCIS'S FAVORITES
Francis Ford Coppola's beloved Italian dishes are on display here, at his restaurant at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. The fairly priced menu, offered 11 a.m.-9 p.m., includes bargains such as spaghetti al pomodoro ($12), Uncle Mikey's sausage sandwich with peppers and onions ($12), grilled vegetables with rice ($12) and a muffaletta sandwich that feeds three to four ($20).
The L'Ami Louis Gâteau de Pommes — potato cake — is $16 and one is enough for a table of four to six. (MAJ) 300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville, 707-857-1471, francisfordcoppolawinery.com
THE RED GRAPE
Shared New Haven-style, thin-crust pizzas with white or red sauce ($13.50-$18) are the way to go at this neighborhood favorite that's also kid-friendly. Not into a pie? Check out the beef or quinoa burger with fries or cole slaw ($12), truffled onion rings ($10), and tomato basil soup ($4.75 cup, $6.95 bowl) or clam chowder ($5.95 cup, $7.95 bowl). (KH) 529 First St. W., Sonoma, 707-996-4103, theredgrape.com
Chef Mark Hopper's wood-fire fare features delicious individual pizzas, including the Red Eye (Calabrese chile pesto, eggs, mozzarella, mortadella, $17), that are big enough to share, as is the enormous chopped kale salad ($9; with an egg, $11). Fire-roasted potatoes ($6) and addictive rosemary flatbread with spicy Iberico lardo ($13) are also recommended. (MAJ) The Barlow, 6750 McKinley St., Sebastopol, 707-861-3897, vignettepizzeria.com
4 ahoy, matey
Fish and chips were never more spectacular than they are here.
For $11.95, you get a big portion that would demand a doggie bag if you didn't want to consume every last fluffybattered, crisp-fried, steamy bite right on the spot. Shack owner Rick Powers mans his own schooner to haul in the rock cod fresh from the bay, and his cooks turn the sweet flesh into light-as-air masterpieces served with thick-cut fries, lemon wedges and tartar sauce. Best seat: a tiny table overlooking the water. (CS) 1445 Highway 1, Bodega Bay, 707-875-3495, visit on Facebook
FOURTH AND SEA
Anchored on the corner of Fourth and C streets, this humble joint fries up some of the best fish and chips in Sonoma – and some say, the Bay Area. For less than $8, you get a huge piece of grease-free, flaky white fish, served with coleslaw and addictive batter-dipped steak fries. The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating, plus a walk-up window and drive-thru for takeout orders. (TC) 101 Fourth St., Petaluma, 707-762-6424, fourthandsea.com
It's a chain, true, but Santa Rosa is home to the only Quickly in the county, where tasty fried seafood on sticks, bubble milk teas and other Asian snacks draw a Santa Rosa High and Santa Rosa Junior College crowd. At $3-$4 for most items, thrifty eaters can munch on fried baby octopus, squid balls, calamari rings and shrimp trigon, washed down with a mango milk tea. (LM) 1880 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-303-7412,quicklyusa.com Fried mini octopus at Quickly in Santa Rosa
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Fish and chips from Fourth and Sea in Petaluma
Meatball Parm pizza served at Vignette at The Barlow in Sebastopol
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This taco truck sets up shop daily, across from Sonoma Valley High School. Super-popular with kids of all ages, the truck is clean and decorative, the service fast, the prices right.
Breakfast burritos ($5.50-$7.50), tacos ($2-$6.50,) burritos ($7.50-$8.50) and tostadas and taco salads ($5.50-$7.50) are huge and filling. Dinner plates (meat, rice, beans, toppings and tortillas) are just $8.50. (KH) 1001 Broadway, Sonoma, 707-480-5001
EL ROY'S
Before there was the El Roy's Mexican Grill sit-down restaurant in Petaluma, there was El Roy's taco truck. Al pastor and shrimp tacos, burritos, quesadillas and so much more continue to be offered, at great prices, outside the restaurant location. (TC) 210 Edith St., Petaluma, 707-241-6534, visit on Facebook
TACOS JALISCO
Not a truck but a cart, it's run by the family of the women who make flour and corn tortillas inside at Jalisco Tortilleria y Taqueria. The taco cart has a long line before it opens at 5:30 each evening, so bring your patience and use the time to decide whether to get the $2 soft tacos (al pastor, tripe, tongue, pork cheek, chicken or steak), quesadillas ($8) or tortas ($8). Help yourself to the tubs of guacamole, pickled vegetables and spicy salsa.(KH) 847 W. Napa St., Sonoma, 707-935-7356
CROQUES & TOQUES
This Cotati-based truck specializes in croquettes – meat, fish and vegetable rolls that are coated in breadcrumbs and fried. Good-value eats include chicken Parmesan croquettes with mozzarella and marinara sauce ($8), and croque monsieur croquettes with ham and Gruyère and Emmentaler cheeses ($8). The truck appears regularly throughout Sonoma; check the website for details. (LM) 415-830-9046,croquesandtoques.com
TIPS TRI-TIP
This truck really gets around …
Sonoma County. It appears at farmers markets, wineries, music and film festivals and more (check the website), offering dishes such as tri-tip chili with cornbread ($8) and tri-tip "sando" (sandwich), a half-pound of beef with cole slaw and chipotle sauce ($11). (LM)
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Customers line up and pick up orders from El Roy's Mexican Grill food truck off East Washington Street in Petaluma
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ALIOTO'S HEALDSBURGER
The former 1950s A& W is now a virtual burger palace, thanks to owner David Alioto. That means a funky setting and also some of the best burgers around, piled with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, mayo, mustard, ketchup and a choice of seven cheeses. The bomb?
The Mondo Double cheeseburger, weighing in at 14 ounces ($10.50).
Split a side of superb chili cheese fries ($6.50) with your dining accomplice, and it's the only meal you'll need all day. (CS) 48 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, 707-473-9604, healdsburger.com
COCHON VOLANT SMOKE HOUSE
Rob Larman smokes and barbecues meats to perfection and offers tons of sides. Bargains include four pieces of fried chicken with two sides, enough for two ($15), and a barbecued pulledpork sandwich doused in coarseground coriander Carolina sauce, and one side dish ($10). Bring your own wine and there is no corkage fee — a rather rare bonus in Sonoma. (CS, KH) 18350 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, 707-509-5480,cochonvolantbbq.com
The deli is a wonderland of plump breakfast burritos, homemade soups, giant sandwiches and hot entrees such as meatloaf, rotisserie chicken and ribs, all of premium quality from a grocery store that looks like a dive from the outside. The pastrami sandwich with homemade sauerkraut comes griddled or cold, on a choice of nine breads, for about $7, depending on enhancements such as cheese and avocado. One can eat well for $5-$10 throughout the entire menu. (CS) 20511 Broadway, Sonoma, 707-938-2685, broadwaymarketsonoma.com
SADDLES STEAKHOUSE
MacArthur Place's flagship restaurant woos with sumptuous, a la carte $30-$50 steaks. But if you dine in the bar, you can score sweet deals such as a burger with Sonoma Jack cheese, applewood bacon and fries ($12), and a Kobe burger with wild mushrooms, Brie, and a salad of baby greens, candied walnuts and goat cheese ($14). This is where the beef is. (CS)
29 E. MacArthur St., Sonoma, 707-933-3191, macarthurplace.com
THE GIRL & THE FIG
Often voted "Best Burger" in town, Sondra Bernstein's is huge and comes with a pile of shoestring fries ($14). Also tuck into the daily omelet with salad ($13). The $38 cost of the French prix fixe dinner is subjectively inexpensive, since regular entrees range from $23-$30-plus. Bernstein's plats du jour change every Thursday, and can look something like this: Little Gem salad with radicchio, brioche toasts and lemon-Parmesan vinaigrette; braised pork ragout atop polenta with roasted baby carrots and pearl onions; and a brownie sundae topped with salted fig caramel, brandied cherries, cocoa nibs and Chantilly cream. Add wine to the three courses for just $13. (CS, KH) 110 W. Spain St., Sonoma, 707-938-3634, the girl& thefig.com
ROY'S CHICAGO DOGS AT THE YARD
Located in the Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard, Roy's is a world away from the hipster eateries lining Petaluma Boulevard. Take a seat at the long lunch counter and choose from 13 creative dogs. A favorite is the Chicago dog, a snappy Vienna Beef wiener in a poppy seed bun, topped with tomatoes, peppers, neon relish, celery salt, onions, mustard and a pickle spear.
With crinkle-cut fries, it will set you back just $6. (TC) 84 Corona Road, Petaluma, 707-774-1574
TONY'S OF NORTH BEACH
It's in the Graton Resort & Casino, but don't let that stop you from having high expectations for Tony's Prime Rib Mondays. Juicy rosemary- and garlic-encrusted beef is slathered in pan drippings and horseradish cream, and served with a salad of baby greens with creamy Gorgonzola dressing, all for a bargain price of $15.99. The larger Flintstone cut is $18.99. Make it a real waddle-out feast with $4 sides, among them roasted-garlic mashed potatoes and creamed Parmesan spinach with pancetta. (CS) 30 Park Court, Rohnert Park, 707-586-0777, tonysofnorthbeach.com
Pastrami sandwich from Broadway Market in Sonoma
Prime rib at Tony's of North Beach in Rohnert Park
THAI TIME ASIAN BISTRO
With a menu featuring dishes priced $5-$22 (most less than $14), choices abound, and every beautifully presented item tastes as good as it looks. Fans of tom-kha coconut soup will be hooked instantly on the flavorful, rich broth packed with vegetables and a choice of chicken or tofu ($7); add $2 for prawns. The soup has just the right amount of spice and can be a meal in itself. (JFP) 402 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-545-5204,thaitimeasianbistro.com
TING HAU
Look no further than this small, unassuming eatery for high-quality, fresh and inexpensive Chinese food. It might not have the flash of the pricier choices around, yet this is the real deal.
For a perfect spin on a classic dish, go for the honey walnut crispy prawns lunch special ($11), which comes with steamed or fried rice, crispy wontons and hot and sour soup. (JFP) 714 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, 707-545-5204, visit on Facebook
SHISO MODERN ASIAN KITCHEN
Owner Ed Metcalfe's best deal is the lunchtime bento boxes, which include miso soup, edamame, cucumber and seaweed salads, and steamed rice, plus choice of entree, including tofu, vegetarian, grilled salmon, Asian sticky ribs or chicken. ($8-$14). Happy hour is popular here and offers wasabi deviled eggs, miso sardines and crispy chicken wings ($1.75-$5).(KH) 19161 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, 707-933-9331,shisorestaurant.com
GOLDEN SPRING MANDARIN CUISINE
Golden Spring serves some of the best Chinese food in Sonoma, with a special lunch menu that includes appetizer, soup, entree with rice, and fortune cookie ($6.85-$8.25); chicken, beef, pork, vegetables, and prawns are among the choices. The menu also has noodle soups, mu shu, egg foo yung, poultry, duck, lamb, beef, pork, tofu, seafood and sizzling plates ($7.25-$11.70). (KH) 18991 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, 707-938-1275,goldenspring.weebly.com
TIAN YUEN
The work of owners Ming Cheng Kuo and Mei Jung Shih, this modern Asian spot sings with excellent Vietnamese, Thai and Japanese dishes, most under $10. There's an authentic Thai-Indian specialty, praram long song chicken ($9.99), and vegetarians will find plenty to like, such as the tempting tofu hot basil ($9.99). Secret: If you order sushi, ask for it to be a "special," and you get two pot stickers and soup for $2 more. (CS) 421 S. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, 707-894-5697, tianyuen.squarespace.com
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Jackie Beat (born July 24, 1963) is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter Kent Fuher. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including Wigstock: The Movie, Flawless, and Adam & Steve (for which he also wrote and performed the song "Dance Off"). In television, Beat has appeared on Sex and the City and was a writer for the short-lived sketch comedy series Hype on The WB Television Network.

Beat was a fixture on the New York City cabaret scene and performs sold-out Gay Pride and Christmas runs every year. She has performed at clubs such as Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego, CA; Executive Suite in Long Beach,  CA; Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood; Cavern Club in Silver Lake; Badlands in Sacramento, CA; Re-bar and Julia's Restaurant in Seattle, WA; and the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. She has also appeared at Bob's Comedy Funhouse in Cardiff, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, and London; 170 Russell in Melbourne, Australia; FAMILY in Brisbane, Australia, and numerous other venues.

In 2015, Beat was the host of Seattle Pride's Pride Parade.

In March of 2019, Beat appeared as Bea Arthur at an event called The MisMatch Game, hosted by Dennis Hensley, for the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 15th Anniversary celebration. Beat frequently performs as both Arthur and her Golden Girls character Dorothy Zbornak, notably in the parody theater show The Golden Gurlz.

Beat has been profiled by major news outlets such as The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, LA Weekly, and The New York Times.

Early life

Beat was born Kent Fuher on July 24, 1963 to Jack and Liliana Fuher. She debuted her drag persona at Los Angeles's Café Largo in the late 1980s.

Music

Beat is the lead singer of the Electroclash band Dirty Sanchez. She has also released 7 albums as a solo artist, primarily R-rated parodies of mainstream songs.

Personal life

Beat lived in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles for many years. She sold her home there in 2016 and currently resides in Altadena, California. She is a vocal supporter of President Barack Obama and a harsh critic of figures such as Donald Trump and former presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.

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Q: General Relationship Between Standard Error and Sample Size Suppose I empirically estimate the standard error of some statistic to be 10% (perhaps I do this by bootstrapping).
Now, I want to know how much I need to increase the sample size to reduce the error to 5%. The estimate and sample are arrived at through complex procedures, and theoretically determining the relationship between sample size and standard error is not feasible. However, I believe that the standard error decreases as sample sizes increases.
Is it plausible to assume that standard error is proportional to the inverse of the square root of n (based on the standard error of a sample mean using simple random sampling)?
se = s / sqrt( n )
Do standard errors behave (very) roughly in this way in general in relation to  sample size, regardless of the estimate and the sampling procedure? How bad of an assumption is this?

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regardless of the estimate and the sampling procedure?

No, you will not have a "root-n" effect regardless of those things, since at least some standard errors do not scale with $\sqrt{n}$.
Many do -- quite possibly all the ones you will be likely to use -- but that's not all of them.
For things that do scale with $\sqrt{n}$ then you expect to halve the standard error by quadrupling sample size. So (at least if we're ignoring sampling variation in the estimate of $\sigma$), that's probably what you need.
One example of something that isn't proportional to $\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}$ is the standard error of a kernel density estimate when the bandwidth is itself chosen as a function of $n$. [For some common choices of bandwidth formula the standard error goes down as $n^{-2/5}$ instead.]

A: Yes, generally, more samples would lead to smaller standard error. However, since adding more data is generally a random process, the decrease in standard error is not monotonic.
Consider the special case of Monte Carlo. Suppose you draw i.i.d samples from a distribution $F$, $X_1, X_2, \dots, X_n$. Suppose $Var_F(X_1) = \sigma^2$ and the mean is $E_F(X_1) = \mu$. Consider the task of estimating $\mu$ with the sample mean. Then,
$$ \hat{\mu} = \dfrac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} X_i.$$
The variance of $\hat{\mu}$ can be estimated having obtained the sample variance,
$$\hat{\sigma}^2 = \dfrac{1}{n-1} \sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i - \hat{\mu})^2. $$
Note that $\hat{\sigma}^2 \overset{a.s.}{\to} \sigma^2$ as $n\to \infty$. Due to this convergence, with more samples, we keep bettering our estimate of $\sigma^2$, and the general trend is a decrease in the standard error $\hat{\sigma}/\sqrt{n}$.
However, if we add a new observation $X_{n+1}$ that lies in the tails of $F$, it is possible for that the new estimate of the variance $\sigma^2$ is larger than the old estimate, so that $\hat{\sigma}/\sqrt{n+1}$ is larger that the previous standard error.
If I understand the rest of your question correctly, you want the standard error to reduce from 10 units to 5 units. Suppose you have $n_1$ samples that gave you a standard error of 10 units. At the cost of being very approximate, lets equate 10 to the standard deviation of the estimate.
$$10 = \dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n_1}} $$
You want to find $n_2$ so that
$$5 = \dfrac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n_2}} $$
Dividing the two equations,
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2 & = \sqrt{\dfrac{n_2}{n_1}}\\
\end{align*}
and now you can solve for $n_2$ since you know $n_1$. Of course, this will be an approximate sample size calculation since we used the truth, $\sigma$.

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Chicago is a major transport hub in the USA and mobility is one of its vital economic drivers. In light of an estimated population growth of two million in the next decades, its infrastructure is in desperate need of improvement, calling for new investments such as raising taxes and introducing congestion charges. In order to highlight these issues at hand, the elaborately conceived and designed microsite aims to educate and influence policymakers, and at the same time raise public awareness on the topic. The website combines interactive 3D data visualisations, charts, time-lapse videos and aerial photography to tell a complete story of the issues but also of proposed solutions, clearly showing the complex development over time and impressively visualising it from various points of view. The design concept revolves around the idea of "zooming" in and out between macro and micro perspectives on the region. The macro perspective provides insight into major trends and challenges for the region, whereas the micro perspective shows the impact of these developments on its inhabitants and their everyday lives.
This microsite constitutes an outstanding solution to the task of visualising the complex issues of mobility faced by Chicago's infrastructure and development from various viewpoints. The myriad of data is presented through rich images and in a visually transparent form so that the site not only succeeds in conveying the information in an appealing and captivating manner, but is also easy to navigate.


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Fantasy football start sit advice
What to do with Chase Edmonds in Week 9 fantasy football
Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds should benefit from Kenyan Drake's absence and a matchup with the Dolphins defense this Sunday.
By Jason B. Hirschhorn@by_JBH Nov 7, 2020, 5:45am PST
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The Arizona Cardinals have emerged as one of the surprise stories of the 2020 NFL season. Currently sporting a 5-2 record and trailing only the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West, the Cardinals stand in strong position at the halfway point to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2015.
While the rise of quarterback Kyler Murray and the emergence of head coach Kliff Kingsbury have played the largest roles in Arizona's ascendence, but the team's ground game has become a factor as well.
Fantasy Football analysis: Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds
With Kenyan Drake officially on the shelf for Week 9 with an ankle injury, Chase Edmonds can expect to see the lion's share of the workload in Arizona's offense. Already a meaningful contributor — Edmonds has scored three touchdowns and recorded 398 yards from scrimmage — he can now expect to receive double-digit touches in a high-volume offense.
And Sunday's matchup should yield more scoring opportunities for Edmonds. The Miami Dolphins haven't allowed a ton of yards to running backs this season (719 on the ground, 325 through the air), but they have given up eight combined touchdowns to the position group. Edmonds can threaten defenses both as a runner and receiver and, given the likely number of touches the Cardinals will provide him, has a strong chance of delivering big.
Fantasy Start/Sit Recommendation
Start Edmonds in all formats.

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Indonesia has a rich culture, some of which revolves around the temples and sacred archaeological sites scattered through the country. Magnificent monuments with centuries old beliefs, these places are definitely worth a visit while you are on tour to Indonesia. While in the Yogyakarta region there are three of these magnificent monuments not to miss, and if you are as tenacious as me you can hit them all in one day: from sunrise to sunset.
Begin your sacred day in the wee hours of the morning (we woke up at 3:30am!) with the sunrise over Borobudur Temple. The UNESCO World Heritage site is set on a mountaintop in central Java, amidst volcanoes and lush forest. It is the world's largest Buddhist temple, with over 500 Buddha statues scattered around the site.
Climbing to the top of 95-foot high pyramid is like a pilgrimage in itself, providing an inner peace and enlightenment. Beware that the ascent can be difficult, but there are several terraces to explore along the way, each one giving a different perspective.
I stopped at every one to catch my breath!
The corridors, panels and the sheer sculptural works on the stones are the reflection of Buddhists Doctrines and Javanese life; the animals, dancers, music and lifestyle.
The best place to watch the sunrise is from the top platform, where the burnt orange colors peak through the stone stupas. I recommend planting yourself there about a half hour before in order to secure the ideal location.
There will be A LOT of tourists.
It's hard to find the perfect spot, but do it quickly and stay put because if you leave someone will snag your seat in a second.
Even with hundreds of people surrounding me the only sound I heard as the sun came up from behind the mountain, was the roosters crowing from the hills. Very Peaceful.
After witnessing the gorgeous sunrise view at Borobudur Temple, head just a few miles northeast of Yogyakarta to another UNESCO World Heritage site, the Prambanan Temple compound. It is a collection of three main temples dedicated to Hindu deities; Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.
It is said to be the most graceful Hindu temples in Indonesia.
The outer area of the compound is a carpet of lush green, whereas the interior has tall structures (the highest being 47 meters) that emerge from a dirt floor.
Most of the people will be congregated on the inside of the main yard because they are able to enter several of the structures, but I found very minimal tourists on the exterior and it was just a beautiful.
Tip: Be careful on warm days, as there is very limited shade. Apply sunscreen and bring an umbrella for protection.
Just 3 kilometers to the south of Prambanan Temple is a place that can defeat the beauty of many sunsets around the world, Ratu Boko. The 16 hectare archaeological site in Yogyakarta not only the has the remains of temples, but also an audience hall, pool, two caves and a main entrance where unbelievable sunsets shine through.
It makes for a dreamy sunset.
We arrived about a hour and a half before sunset, enough time to explore the expansive grounds which are somewhat of a mystery. Though, the most common belief is that it was a fortified monastery occupied as early as the 8th century.
It is said to have been build by a Buddhist, but the Hindu and Buddhist symbols found throughout Ratu Boko show that the two religions lived together harmoniously.
Just before sunset, I took a seat on the soft grass with dozens of others. This natural show would be the last of one very memorable day.
superb…really nice to see your pictures….three places are amazing and that hindhu temple is awesome nad also you mentioned sunset rising, yeah its very nice to see and their pictures make me to happy and am also want to visit indonesia places………..
Great, these places are looking so beautiful and so goo information you shared about it. Awesome photos you captured of that beautiful palce.
A very well written travel blog. i get immense pleasure when people around the world show interest in knowing about the Hindu temples and its mythology. After seeing these temples, Indonesia is definitely on my bucket list. Beautiful pictures and the ruins speak of its glorious days and defines its serenity.
GREAT suggestions on temples to visit. Much appreciated. I will be there from 31 August 2017 so I look forward to seeing the places you have suggested and creating some material for my own travel blog and YouTube channel (LuxuryTravelCamel). Bye from Abu Dhabi.


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The Original National Lacrosse League (NLL) Retro Games
by Gary Groob | Jan 2, 2021 | Lacrosse, NLL, Wings
Here is a New Year's treat for you! Two games (unfortunately not complete games) involving the Philadelphia Wings and the Long Island Tomahawks!
A big thank you to "GetBenched" on YouTube for originally posting the videos, and following detailed descriptions of both games…
Long Island Tomahawks at Philadelphia Wings
This week I've got a cool 1975 regular season tilt between the Philadelphia Wings and the Long Island Tomahawks from the Spectrum!
There are only 2 periods in this video as they were all that remains of this game. If anyone has the 3rd period feel free to drop me a line!
As a bit of a warning, the video quality is not great and on some occasions unviewable but overall it is an extremely rare find.
The action is very back and forth and we even see a few good fights. The thing I really enjoy about this video is just how dynamic the Wings' offence was with the late Wayne Platt QBing the fast break from the goal crease and frequently joining the rush. When you have offensive weapons like John Grant Sr., the Lloyd brothers and Jim Wasson, you're pretty much guaranteed to be treated to the lacrosse equivalent of Showtime.
To get an understanding of the success of the 70s Wings you have to understand what was going on in Philadelphia in that era. The Flyers touched off a sporting explosion in the city with the Broad Street Bullies being a national sensation, (for better or for worse,) and winning the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975. The Wings rode that wave to success in their own right as the NLL's top draw by a considerable margin. To their credit, the Wings did everything in their power to emulate the Flyers' success. They wore similar uniforms, (even their name and logo was designed to remind sports fans of the Flyers.) and the same colors as the Flyers, hired Gene Hart to be the TV voice of the team and even the notorious "Sign Man" who's crazy signs cheering the team and taunting the opposition, brought his talents and signs to the Wings. (Gene makes references to some of these very funny signs during this game.)
These Tomahawks are actually the former Rochester Griffins, the NLL's first Nations' Cup Champions from the year before. Which is super confusing because the year before there was another team known as the Tomahawks based in Toronto. Those Tomahawks became the Boston Bolts for 1975.
The Wings, along with the Maryland Arrows, innovated sports with the use of "turf board" on the Spectrum floor. Turf board is a wood floor with Astroturf overtop. No other NLL team up to my knowledge used this surface and this was a few years before the North American Soccer League launched their first indoor season. Without the Wings proving this surface was viable it is doubtful that the Major Indoor Soccer League would have gotten off the ground as they played in the winter months and would have needed such a surface to exist in hockey/basketball arenas.
Things to watch for in this video:
How awesome are these referee uniforms? From the black and white "V" design on the shirts, (with fly collars no less,) to those bitchin' bright red bell bottoms, those have to be the grooviest ref outfits of all time. Even the high flying ABA didn't have referee uniforms this cool.
The equipment was anything but uniform at this point as the NLL never had a full equipment outfitter unlike virtually all other pro lax leagues since. The facemasks are all over the place and Platt, the Wings' goaltender, wears a tiny baseball catcher's mask that looks like it came from a local community centre.
The Wings' broadcast team and even the Spectrum management, (who put their name on the scoreboard,) couldn't seem to agree on whether or not the Tomahawks were the NEW YORK Tomahawks or the LONG ISLAND Tomahawks as they go back and forth on that.
The NLL average salary was $10,000 per season for 40 games in the summer of 1974 and 48 games in the summer of 1975. An amazing salary for the time and the kind of money the TOP players in the MILL wouldn't see until well into the 1990s.
Philadelphia Wings at Long Island Tomahawks
This is from the Nassau County Coliseum, August 29th, 1975. This is the last game of the regular season for the Wings and Tomahawks. Unfortunately only the first period and the intermission remain from this game. If anyone has the remainder of this game, definitely let me know in the comments.
This would turn out to be the final game the original Wings would ever play as the NLL would cease operations after the season. The Tomahawks would play one round of playoffs before being eliminated by eventual champions the Quebec Caribous. By January, 1976, the NLL would cease operations. Which brings me to the question of the hour: What the hell ever happened to the original NLL?
Like my relationship status on Facebook, it's complicated.
The "official" reason given to the players and media was that it was a combination of the league's inability to attract expansion teams, (and the revenue expansion would have generated,) and the Montreal Quebecois' being forced to suspend operations for 1976 due to the Forum being booked for the balance of the summer for prep, training and then all indoor events at the Olympics which were held in Montreal that year. This would have left them with less than 5 teams with the likelihood of Boston AND Long Island shutting down.
25 years later on Be-Lax.com's message board, (this was the then official site for the 1997-present day NLL,) former Wings like Jim Wasson had theories of their own and discussed them in the forum. The main theory for the league's inability to attract expansion teams and the dissolution of existing teams aside from Montreal, was the changing of the tax laws that had dominated the Nixon era. For much of that era investing in start up sports teams amateur or professional could be written off as a tax shelter. This was a big reason why the ABA, WHA, WFL, NLL and World Team Tennis popped up almost all at the same time. Once the tax laws changed it's no co-incidence that all of said leagues either shrank into oblivion, contracted with the more serious teams remaining until a merger with an established league could occur or simply disappeared.
There are plenty of articles about the successes and failures in the NLL at Fun While It Lasted. http://www.funwhileitlasted.net/other… The main
issue the league had was few Northeastern arenas in the US or Canada had air conditioning and a summer league with that many games, (40 in 74 and 48 in 75,) was just not attractive to sports fans in places like Toronto and Boston, both of whom only lasted a single season each.
It would be 11 years before someone would attempt to make pro box lacrosse work in the US again. It would be a radical contrast and the results would be far better.
Things to watch for:
The Tomahawks played on a wooden floor over the ice painted WHITE. This made for very slick playing conditions and also made it extremely difficult for fans to see the ball while it was in play. It could not have been fun for fans seeing the game live,
I kept the commercials from the original broadcast in the video. Why? BECAUSE THEY'RE AWESOME!!! Datsun Saves. To think I always thought it was Jesus! 🙂
Gene Hart does an interview with Wings' president and future owner of the Philadelphia 76ers Ed Tepper about the season that was and a look forward to a 1976 season that would never take place.
Sit back, relax, and see how the game has evolved to where it is today. I'm sure you will be able to find pros and cons comparing them to today's game.
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Heinz Chapel Choir celebrates its 80th Anniversary with the premiere performance of a work they commissioned to honor the legacy of the late John Goldsmith. Goldsmith directed HCC from 1989–2014, building it into a renowned ensemble with a fiercely loyal audience. The choir commissioned Bob Chilcott to compose a setting of Charles Bennett's poem "When Spring Comes Walking" intertwined with a verse of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." Join us for this exciting premiere and much more music celebrating 80 years of the Heinz Chapel Choir.


We thoroughly enjoyed our two night stay, with the dogs making the break perfect.
Great breakfast and plenty of reading material.
All very informal, which combined with impeccable service and good planning provided a very enjoyable and relaxing holiday. Everything was arranged to meet the convenience of the guests. Two ol cottages have been combined into one to provide a genuine old world country atmosphere. Downstairs, guests have the use of the combined and well-appointed sitting/dining room and a large conservatory. Bedroom was comfortable and spacious with good views of the surrounding countryside. Good selection for breakfast. We enjoyed one Dinner with two friends. Presentation and food were excellent. A real log fire added to the pleasure. For us, the two friendly dogs added more pleasure. And there was ample car parking space. We hope that we shall be able to return.
The ONLY reason I awarded room quality a *5* was the lack of TV.
HOWEVER, free Broadband was available, and TV is available via that should one wish to watch it.


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Power Poll Results - Economic Development Incentives
Results are in.
Memphis Power Poll members overwhelmingly say they think Memphis and Shelby County leaders need to change economic development strategies to lure companies here. The majority of Power Poll members say those strategies should still incude grants and tax breaks, known here as payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) deals.
However, all (as in 100 percent) poll members were in agreement that if companies get such sweeteners, they'd have to give a portion of them back if their companies left early. That is, the local agencies that gave those incentives should be able to — through clawback provisions — claw back some of those funds.
Here are the specific results from the latest Memphis Power Poll, underwritten by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
When asked whether Power Poll members thought Memphis and Shelby County leaders need to change economic development strategies to lure companies here, results were as follows:
When asked if local government leaders should continue to give companies grants and tax breaks to locate, expand, or keep their businesses in Memphis and Shelby County, results were as follows:
Yes to both grants and tax breaks: 60%
No to both grants and tax breaks: 3%
Yes to grants, no to tax breaks: 17%
No to grants, yes to tax breaks: 21%
When asked if future economic incentive packages should include clawback provisions mandating companies give back some of the incentive money if they leave early, results were as follows:
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
Throughout the Memphis region, the response rate for this survey was 15.09% out of 480 individuals polled. Responses were by email and were anonymous.
When Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris jabbed at tax incentives during his State of the County address last week, his words probably landed on some newly eager ears.
Only about two weeks before, Electrolux officials announced they'll soon vacate the shiny, almost-brand-new building on President's Island. When they go, they'll take some big chunk of an incentive package given by state and local governments in 2010 that totaled more than $188 million, according to The Commercial Appeal. Ouch.
That lingering sting likely raised a few eyebrows when — just a few days later — FedEx Logistics won $34 million in grants and incentives from three separate government agencies to move its headquarters to the soon-to-be-vacant Gibson Guitar factory.
(Both Gibson and Electrolux said they'd relocate those Memphis parts of their businesses to Nashville. Nashville didn't offer them better incentives or anything; they were independent business decisions. But picking Nashville over Memphis is an old knife and the moves were a new twist.)
Nearly a year ago, then-Senator Harris was running for the county mayor seat. During a debate hosted by the NAACP and the National Civil Rights Museum, he took a maverick stance on tax incentives. He said he didn't believe they worked to foster economic development. (His opponent, then-Shelby County Commissioner Sidney Chism, said they were "too much of a giveaway to major companies.")
At the time, Harris said if he won the seat, he wouldn't rush in to dismantle such programs. "Giving away money to corporate interests" had become so engrained in lawmakers that it'd be tough to turn the ship around. Fast forward to Harris' first State of the County address, and you'll find he's still skeptical of business incentive packages.
"I don't believe governments should be in the business of picking winners and losers," he told the Memphis Business Journal last week. "Instead of tax breaks, when it comes to economic development, I believe the focus most of the time should be on investment in public assets and in people. That means we should invest more in workforce."
A quick look back
Electrolux helped birth the area's one-stop-shop for tax incentives and economic development. So, too, did Pinnacle Airlines.
When both companies came knocking around 2010, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said they had to scramble to put together a deal to get the companies through the door. Business-incentive tools (like tax breaks) were spread across the city and county in siloed agencies that rarely worked together.
Wharton and Luttrell knocked on all of their doors and put together sweetener packages worth millions for Pinnacle and Electrolux. After that, leaders wanted all of those agencies to start singing from the same songbook.
"Imagine, if you would, having a choir. And the sopranos have one songbook, the tenors have another one, the basses have another one, and they're all supposed to bring some harmony to a rendition," Wharton told The Memphis Daily News in January 2011. "One of the prime benefits will be that once this is consummated, we'll be able to pull all of the bodies together and come up with one vision so that we have the same opinion with respect to how incentives should be issued, what incentives should be offered, by whom – all the questions that go into successful recruiting."
The agency was to be called the Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE). It would become the home for the Office of Economic Development, the Industrial Development Board, the Port Commission; the Depot Redevelopment Authority, Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park, the Memphis Foreign Trade Zone 77 program; and the Memphis Renewal Community program.
By August of 2011, EDGE was up and running. Since then, EDGE has given companies 85 payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) deals and 53 loans, approved four tax increment finance (TIF) projects, and secured eight bonds for projects. EDGE has worked on 150 projects worth nearly $5 billion in capital investment that have created 31,353 jobs with average salaries of $68,691.
In that time, too, EDGE has abated nearly $500 million in taxes for companies. And it has given an average of $2,586 to companies for each job created.
With no clawback provision, Electrolux will be allowed to simply pocket some of the incentive dollars after operating only about eight years here. Pinnacle got a package worth millions to move into the then-vacant One Commerce Square building downtown. That high-profile win stung Memphis three years later when Pinnacle moved its office to Minnesota.
A broader look and criticisms
Memphis and Shelby County are certainly not alone in giving incentives to spur economic development. For proof, look no further than the competition among cities to land Amazon's HQ2 project last year. Cities from across the country did everything they could (an economic group from Arizona even sent Amazon a giant cactus) to woo the online retail giant.
Governments spent somewhere between $45-$90 billion on incentives (depending on what you count), according to a Brookings Institution review last year. The figures have tripled since the 1990s, according to Citylab.
Government officials and those in the economic development industry say those dollars are necessary to jump-start projects that wouldn't otherwise be possible. And they say the investments yield real gains. For EDGE, they say $2.61 in new taxes are generated by every $1 in tax dollars abated from companies.
In 2015, a Wall Street Journal story said city and county officials here missed out on $48 million in taxes it could've collected in 2014 if it weren't for business incentives. Mark Herbison, then the senior vice president of economic development of the Greater Memphis Chamber, told WREG at the time that "PILOTs grow our economy" and that the Journal story didn't tell of millions in dollars of new taxes and the thousands of jobs they created.
Cities in New York and Virginia won pieces of Amazon's HQ2 project. So did Nashville, after state and local officials there offered up an incentive package worth about $102 million for Amazon's $230 million investment.
But grumblings over the years about corporate welfare and giveaways to big companies turned into protest chants as New Yorkers took to the streets last year. They were angered by the nearly $3 billion package of cash and tax breaks offered to one of the wealthiest companies on the planet.
After so much backlash, Amazon relented recently and decided to kill its planned facility in Queens that would've brought 25,000 jobs.
Bringing it back home again
A task force was organized last year to reform EDGE. However, the goal didn't seem to address whether or not local officials should dial incentives up or down. Though, the group did discuss lowering the fees companies pay for PILOTs. The task force focused mainly on making EDGE leadership more accountable, and shoring up the relationship between EDGE and the Greater Memphis Chamber.
But one day after Amazon's decision to pull out of negotiations in New York, Harris delivered his State of the County address with remarks that seemed to go against the grain of traditional economic development here.
"I believe that the jury is still out as to whether a government official can create a private sector job," Harris said. "I still believe that the private sector creates private sector jobs."
The sentiment was enough to draw this headline on Ryan Poe's 9:01 blog in The Commercial Appeal: "Welcome to Shelby County's new era of fewer development incentives."
Harris called for more work to develop the area's workforce and said that change will come with upcoming new leadership at the local Workforce Investment Network.


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💸💸💸 Jan. 14, 2022
Your Monthly Netflix Tribute Is Going Up
By Eric Vilas-Boas@e_vb_
At your service.
Illustration: Martin Gee
Look, no one ever pretended the sophomore seasons of Bridgerton and The Witcher were gonna come cheap. Netflix revealed today that it would raise its monthly subscription prices in the United States and Canada, according to a report from Reuters. Here in the States, the standard high-definition subscription tier hikes from $13.99 to $15.49 per month; Canada's prices go up from C$14.99 to C$16.49. The price jump goes into effect immediately for all new customers. Current users — about 74 million accounts between the U.S. and Canada, per Netflix's last reported subscriber counts — can expect to see the higher rates on either their next bill or the one after (depending on what day the billing cycle falls).
It's probably fair to say Netflix weathered some hits in 2021, between a subscriber slowdown, the protracted controversy over Dave Chappelle that led to a walkout, and reports that it suppressed search results for Cuties to avoid backlash, to name a few. Still, the service is the closest thing the streaming landscape has to a monoculture these days. Almost everyone you know has a Netflix account — or at least has a friend's or ex's password saved on their TV. It's no shock that after spending $17 billion on content in 2021, it would need to raise prices in 2022. The last time it raised prices was October 2020.
"We understand people have more entertainment choices than ever and we're committed to delivering an even better experience for our members," a Netflix spokesperson said. "We're updating our prices so that we can continue to offer a wide variety of quality entertainment options. As always, we offer a range of plans so members can pick a price that works for their budget." Here's what the service's new U.S. pricing looks like now:
Basic plan: $9.99 (one stream, no HD)
Standard plan: $15.49 (two streams, HD)
Premium plan: $19.99 (multiple streams, 4K+HDR)
How Will Netflix Clean Up Its Latest Mess?
Netflix Ratings Just Got a Little Less Secretive
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Q: How to calculate current value on object based on previous conditions? I am looking for optimization for the following.
I have an object that has a few properties. For simplicity i will show the only 2 that matter in this scenario.
 public class DomainData
 {
   public long Id{ get; set; }
   public long SoldTickets { get; set; }
 }

I make a call to my db and get a list of the above object:
 var databaseData = _iOvervatchManager.GetDomainData(id);// gets date from db

 var model = new List<DomainModel>();

Now I need to calculate how many tickets have been sold between list items.

current = current - previous

I do the calculation with the following code:
    for (int i = 0; i <= databaseData.Count() -1; i++)
    {
        if (i != 0)
        {
            long ticket = databaseData[i].SoldTickets- databaseData[i - 1].SoldTickets;
            model.Add(new DomainModel
                {
                         DomainId = databaseData[i].DomainId ,
                         SoldTicketsLastUpdate = ticket
               });
        }
    }

And now set the value on the original object.
    for(int i= 0; i< databaseData.Count(); i++)
    {
        if(databaseData[i].Id == model[i].DomainId )
           databaseData[i].SoldTickets = model[i].SoldTicketsLastUpdate;
    }

I consider this an awful way of accomplishing this since I recon I can do this in the first loop but I can't figure out how.
my first attempt was :
for (int i = 0; i <= databaseData.Count() -1; i++)
{
    if (i != 0)
    {
       databaseData[i].SoldTickets
                        = databaseData[i].SoldTickets - databaseData[i - 1].SoldTickets;
    }
}

But this was wrong since i change the object value and when I come to the next increment the previous value has been modified so the current for that loop increment gets a wrong calculation.
How can I optimize this?

A: Assuming that no new data will be added after this runs (!!), execute the for-loop backwards:
for (int i = databaseData.Count() - 1; i > 0; i--)
{
    databaseData[i].SoldTickets = databaseData[i].SoldTickets - databaseData[i - 1].SoldTickets;
}

And because the loop only runs for i > 0, the check for i != 0 is unneeded.


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Man Across the Sea
Cover: Man Across the Sea
Problems of Pre-Columbian Contacts
Edited by Carroll L. Riley, J. Charles Kelley, Campbell W. Pennington, and Robert L. Rands
Originally delivered at a symposium held in May 1968 during the national meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, these essays offer differing points of view and considerable evidence on the pros and cons of pre-Columbian contact between the Old World and the New.
Whether humans crossed the seas between the Old World and the New in the times before Columbus is a tantalizing question that has long excited scholarly interest and tempted imaginations the world over. From the myths of Atlantis and Mu to the more credible, perhaps, but hardly less romantic tales of Viking ships and Buddhist missionaries, people have speculated upon what is, after all, not simply a question of contact, but of the nature and growth of civilization itself.
To the specialist, it is an important question indeed. If people in the Western Hemisphere and in the Eastern Hemisphere developed their cultures more or less independently from the end of the last Ice Age until the voyages of Columbus, the remarkable similarities between New World and Old World cultures reveal something important about the evolution of culture. If, on the other hand, there were widespread or sustained contacts between the hemispheres in pre-Columbian times, these contacts represent events of vast significance to the prehistory and history of humanity.
Originally delivered at a symposium held in May 1968, during the national meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, the papers presented here, by scholars eminent in the field, offer differing points of view and considerable evidence on the pros and cons of pre-Columbian contact between the Old World and the New. Various kinds of data—archaeological, botanical, geographical, and historical—are brought to bear on the problem, with provocative and original results. Introductory and concluding remarks by the editors pull together and evaluate the evidence and suggest ground rules for future studies of this sort.
Man across the Sea provides no final answers as to whether people from Asia, Africa, or Europe visited the American Indian before Columbus. It does, however, present new evidence, suggested lines of approach, and a fresh attempt to delineate the problems involved and to establish acceptable canons of evidence for the future.
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Diffusion versus Independent Development: The Bases of Controversy (Stephen C. Jett)
2. Diffusion and Archaeological Evidence (Gordon F. Ekholm)
3. Diffusion: Evidence and Process (David H. Kelley)
4. Style and Culture Contact (Jon Muller)
5. Pre-Columbian Contacts—The Dryland Approach: The Impact and Influence of Teotihuacán Culture on the Pre-Columbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica (Stephan F. Borhegyi)
6. Commentary: Section I (Erik K. Reed)
7. The Sailing Raft as a Great Tradition (Edwin Doran, Jr.)
8. Cultural Patterning as Revealed by a Study of Pre-Columbian Ax and Adz Hafting in the Old and New Worlds (Daniel Randall Beirne)
9. Pre-Columbian Chickens in America (George F. Carter)
10. The Significance of an Apparent Relationship between the Ancient Near East and Mesoamerica (John L. Sorenson)
11. Vinland and the Way Thither (Herbert C. Taylor, Jr.)
12. Quetzalcoatl: European or Indigene? (B. C. Hedrick)
13. A Transatlantic Stimulus Hypothesis for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, circa 3500 to 2000 B.C. (Robert A. Kennedy)
14. Small Boats upon the North Atlantic (Alice B. Kehoe)
15. Commentary: Section II (Clinton R. Edwards)
16. A Reevaluation of the Coconut as an Indicator of Human Dispersal (Jonathan D. Sauer)
17. Endemism and Pre-Columbian Migration of the Bottle Gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl. (Thomas W. Whitaker)
18. Construction of the Hypothesis for Distribution of the Sweet Potato (Douglas E. Yen)
19. The Sweet Potato: An Exercise in Methodology (Donald D. Brand)
20. Travels of Corn and Squash (Hugh C. Cutler and Leonard W. Blake)
21. Pre-Columbian Maize in Asia (M. D. W. Jeffreys)
22. Some Problems of Interpreting Transoceanic Dispersal of the New World Cottons (S. G. Stephens)
23. Phaseolus: Diffusion and Centers of Origin (Lawrence Kaplan)
24. Commentary: Section III (Herbert G. Baker)
Carroll L. Riley, J. Charles Kelley, Campbell W. Pennington, and Robert L. Rands are retired from the faculty of Southern Illinois University.
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Steve Jobs Unveiled The First Macintosh 36 Years Ago
January 25, 2020 May 15, 2020 Hanna
Steve Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh precisely 36 years ago, today. It was probably the most innovative desktop computer, offering a graphical user interface and a revolutionary mouse.
Amidst fierce competition from IBM, the first Macintosh was first unveiled on January 24, 1984, by Steve Jobs at Apple's annual shareholders' meeting. It was a make or break situation for the company. When Steve pulled the Macintosh out of the bag and turned it on, a message appeared on the screen. Needless to say, it amazed everyone who looked at it, and it paved the way for modern personal computers going forward.
The Macintosh featured a 9-inch black-and-white screen, an 8MHz Motorola 68000 CPU, 128KB of RAM, a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, and a price tag of a whopping $2,495 (which is equivalent to $6,000 right now). Compared to the Lisa 2, the Macintosh was quite compact. In spite of its high price tag, it saw unprecedented sales numbers. Apple was able to sell over 70,000 units of Macintosh by May of 1984.
Following the Macintosh's reveal and its subsequent sale, Apple also released the legendary Superbowl commercial that further helped the company by boosting the sales of the computer. The company, which was seeing dwindling computer sales, managed to get back up on its feet due to the Macintosh. Apple then released the Macintosh II, the Macintosh Classic, the PowerBook, the Power Macintosh, and the first iMac (G3).
The company once again lost its hold on the market, but the iMac G3 brought Apple back into the game in 1998, thanks to a compact form factor and an attractive design. The iMac G3's translucent and colorful back caught everyone's eyes. The company released a couple of revisions of the iMac and then shifted to Intel's CPU architecture with the iMac in 2006.
The iMac that we see today is still based on the basic design of the aluminum iMac that was launched in 2007. Now, Apple also sells the Mac in various form factors, including the all-in-one iMac, the professional all-in-one iMac Pro, the compact Mac Mini, and the top-of-the-line high-end desktop computer for professionals: Mac Pro.
You can watch the video of Steve Jobs unveiling the Macintosh for the first time below.
Apple has come a long way from struggling to compete with IBM's PCs to being some of the fastest personal computers in the world. And some of the significant steps it took to course-correct its strategy came with the launches of the Macintosh, the iMac G3, the iMac, the iMac (with an aluminum body), the slim iMac, and the iMac with a Retina Display.
Recently, the company released the Mac Pro, which is a true-blue upgradable and customizable computer that's designed for creative professionals. It is priced at a whopping $4,999, but nothing comes close to it when it comes to performance and ease-of-use. It is being rumored that the company will bring improved iMacs and eventually, Macs with ARM-based processors designed in-house by Apple.
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I wasn't able to attend Patrick's new event in Market Harborough so this was only my second outing with the 2015/16 DBA League.
The theme was armies from the history of Mercia so I opted to dust down my Anglo-Saxons and take King Penda'a Dark Age Mercians, famous as you will all know for his battles at Maserfield and Winwaed. A hundred years before his relative Offa built a dyke.
I took along the longship baggage element with its improbable lateen rig. The Angles and Saxons were great sailors, of course, and first arrived in these islands which they made their own by boat.
The army's DBA terrain is arable, of course, and the boat must be presumed pulled up on an inlet from a river just off the board.
I also refurbished an old earthwork to provide a fort ... Mercians seem to have been good a digging earthworks so I thought I'd throw one into a game.
The interior is actually a 10mm Roman watchtower supplied for review a while back by The Baggage Train. I've always been pleased with the look of this resin piece on the 15mm battlefield.
I suppose I should complete the round up by mentioning the ploughman figure I built to enhance DBA V3's iconic 'plough' terrain type.
This army adds a cavalryman, a skirmisher and a pair of 'hird' warbands (the general and his personal retainers) to an 8 element shieldwall. It doesn't do much singing and dancing but it sure is good at fighting enemy infantry.
I was hoping to hold the line while breaking through with commander's (supported general warband) deadly fighting power. Toughing it out against knights would likely be less productive.
Game Four: with Anglo-Normans ... Charge!
This reverse phase went very well and I won all the games ... making 5 wins and a defeat (propelling me to a countback second place) ... and my cup oveflowed when the player vote picked my Mercians as the best of the bunch.
These were English style quick fire games and all mine were decisive (despite the preponderance of footsloggers) ... We had plenty of potential manoeuvre but everyone gamely got on with it.
A great day out ... and a surprisingly elevated result. Well done everyone!
Why not join the Society of Ancients ... ?
Great report Phil, thanks for posting it. I particularly like the fort and farming vignette.


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"Cop photographed half-naked prisoner" & related articles
Cornwall Standard Freeholder
Joe Lafaro, Postmedia Network
Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:27:19 EST PM
After the OPP started secretly monitoring the phone calls and text messages of one of their own officers, they found out Const. Luanne MacDonald had sent a photo to her boyfriend of a half-naked, intoxicated woman detained in a police cell block.
Her boyfriend also happened to be an OPP constable.
And that's not all the OPP discovered about MacDonald, who worked at the Alexandria satellite office of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment.
In March 2014, MacDonald got a call from a mother who reported her drunken boyfriend had sexually assaulted her 14-year-old daughter. MacDonald not only discouraged the concerned parent from filing a complaint, but she also tried to cover her tracks and lied about what she knew of the assault to an investigator.
The details of MacDonald's on- and off-duty behaviour are revealed in an agreed statement of facts filed with the Ottawa courthouse after she pleaded guilty last week to obstruction of justice relating to her handling of the reported sexual assault.
Her trial was transferred from Alexandria to Ottawa at the request of her defence lawyer.
Unbeknownst to MacDonald, 46, the OPP were secretly monitoring her phone calls and text messages in 2014 under a court order.
In an email to the Citizen on Thursday, an OPP spokeswoman declined to provide a reason for what had prompted the police force to monitor one of its own in the first place.
"This question pertains to a matter of evidence and I won't be speaking to that," said Acting Sgt. Angie Atkinson.
She also said she could not comment about whether MacDonald was the subject of an investigation prior to March 2014.
The document filed with the court contains excerpts of the incriminating calls and messages, but it does not explain why her private communications were being intercepted or for how long.
Her Ottawa-based lawyer, Michael Edelson, declined to comment on the case.
Her trial had been scheduled for Jan. 16 to Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 to March 3. But on the first day of the trial, MacDonald entered a plea of guilty to one count of obstruction.
The probe into the officer also resulted in seven other charges being laid on July 23, 2014, including breach of trust by a public officer, theft of telecommunication, fraud, voyeurism, and distribution of voyeurism material stemming from unrelated incidents. Although she has not entered a plea on any of these other charges, she has admitted certain facts of the case in the agreed statement of facts filed in court.
The document reveals the constable suggested the mother not file a police report and that she made sure the reported sexual assault stayed a secret.
MacDonald agreed with the mother that reporting the sexual assault would tear the family apart and "destroy a business."
"CAS (Children's Aid Society) is going to be in our face," MacDonald told the mother during one of their phone calls, adding that if charges are laid, "(the boyfriend) won't be able to be around your kids, like any of them."
MacDonald told her not to tell anyone about their discussion despite acknowledging in a text message that she had a duty as a police officer to investigate when she said, "I'm sort of obligated to bring that kind of s—t forward."
In a phone call that was secretly recorded by the police, MacDonald told one of her friends that the boyfriend fondled the teen's breasts and removed her pyjamas.
She told that same friend that she was "taking this to the f——-g grave" and "I'm not saying a f——-g word," before telling the friend to delete their text messages about the incident. She recommended the teenaged girl and her accused abuser see a counsellor.
MacDonald also shared details of the mother's allegations with her boyfriend, Const. John Bernard, who works in the same OPP detachment, according to the agreed statement of facts.
In one wiretapped conversation, the pair agreed they would have filed a police report if it had been their own child who had been sexually assaulted.
Bernard, 43, said in an interview with the OPP after his arrest that MacDonald told him that the boyfriend had put his hands in the 14-year-old's underwear.
"In her conversations with Bernard about the incident and her failure to report they discussed how they would make efforts to protect her from her failure to report," according to the court document.
Bernard was later charged in July 2014 with two counts of breach of trust by a public officer. He did not enter a plea on either of the charges last week and is scheduled to return to court on March 3.
Both officers remain suspended with pay, according to the OPP.
When confronted later by another OPP officer tasked with investigating the sexual assault, MacDonald lied about what she knew of the complaint.
Through the investigation, the 14-year-old girl gave investigators a different story about what had happened than what she told MacDonald. In the end, no charges were laid in the teen's case.
Another admitted fact in the court records reveals that while MacDonald was on duty on April 9, 2014, she photographed a surveillance screen in the police station showing a partially clothed woman detained in the cell block.
Police intercepted messages she sent from her BlackBerry to Bernard that included the photo of the woman who was not wearing pants. In the photo, the woman had been sitting on a bench with her knees up to her chest and arms around her legs with her head down, exposing her upper left thigh and left buttock.
MacDonald also sent "inappropriate comments" in another text message to her sister about the female inmate, according to the agreed statement of facts. She was subsequently charged with the two voyeurism charges.
MacDonald also breached an order from her supervisor, an inspector, by contacting an unidentified individual believed to be "deceitful and treacherous in dealing with the police" by exchanging more than 600 phone calls and text messages with the person between 2011 and 2014, according to the agreed statement of facts.
In her email to the Citizen, Atkinson said the OPP will open an internal professional standards section investigation into MacDonald and Bernard after their criminal matters are resolved.
She is scheduled to return to the Ottawa courthouse on March 3 for a sentencing hearing.
OPP secretly monitored officer — discovered she sent photo to her boyfriend of half-naked female prisoner
Published on: January 26, 2017 | Last Updated: January 26, 2017 5:36 PM EST
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Her trial had been scheduled for Jan. 16 to Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 to March 3. But on the first day of the trial, MacDonald entered a plea of guilt to one count of obstruction.
She told that same friend that she was "taking this to the f—–g grave" and "I'm not saying a f—–g word," before telling the friend to delete their text messages about the incident. She recommended the teenaged girl and her accused abuser see a counsellor.
Another admitted fact in the court records reveal that while MacDonald was on duty on April 9, 2014, she photographed a surveillance screen in the police station showing a partially clothed woman detained in the cell block.
Trial venue change for OPP officers in Alexandria?
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 11:55:49 EDT AM
By Greg Peerenboom, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
ALEXANDRIA – Trial dates for two SDG OPP officers facing voyeurism and breach of trust charges could be confirmed next month.
The intention of the Crown attorney's office is to hold joint trials for Consts. Luanne MacDonald and John Bernard in Ottawa.
But assistant Crown attorney Andre White told Alexandria court that a June 20 meeting between appointed trial judge Justice Franco Giamberardino and regional Senior Justice Hugh Fraser needs to occur before officially accepting the Ottawa dates of Jan. 16 to Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 to March 3, 2017.
Justice of the Peace Ginette Forgues agreed the meeting needed to conclude before making the trial dates official, and suggested that court return to confirm these details on July 6 in Alexandria.
It is uncommon for a trial to be held out of the jurisdiction where the alleged crimes took place. Normally, the public is served best if court proceedings are held in the same locale.
Sec. 599 of the Criminal Code of Canada allows for a court location to be selected elsewhere.
White had indicated that an Ottawa-based assistant Crown is needed to pursue the prosecution because of the past professional relationship between local prosecutors and the accused police officers, and that Ottawa would be more suitable for prosecution.
The defence lawyers for MacDonald and Bernard, Michael Edelson and Mark Wallace respectively, work out of Ottawa as well.
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SDG OPP officers' trial could be held in Ottawa
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:02:46 EDT PM
This article has been changed from its original version to add names for a defence counsel and agent and detail on change-of-venue requests.
ALEXANDRIA — There is a looming possibility a legal case of police accountability with considerable public interest could be held in Ottawa, instead in a local courtroom.
Two SDG OPP officers, Consts. Luanne MacDonald and John Bernard, have been charged in relation to incidents involving voyeurism and breach of trust.
Representatives for the Cornwall/SDG Crown Attorney and lawyers for MacDonald and Bernard appeared in Alexandria Wednesday with a request to move the trial to Ottawa. Either the Crown or defence attorneys can request the court consider a change of venue for any trial under Sec. 599 of the Criminal Code of Canada if they feel the local venue isn't suitable to hear the case.
But at the last minute, a court procedural mix-up temporarily shelved the confirmation of the trial's dates and locale.
Earlier, assistant Crown Andre White was in agreement with a Gaye Leroux, who was acting as an agent for Bernard's legal counsel Mark Wallace, to set an Ottawa trial date of Jan. 16. This was accepted by Justice of the Peace Ginette Forgue.
Some minutes later, Cornwall lawyer Terry Mazerolle, acting on behalf of MacDonald's counsel, Michael Edelson, was agreeable to several trial dates: Jan. 16, Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 to March 3.
White, however, voiced his hesitation to confirm the Crown's position, indicating it was his understanding both officers' matters would be heard as a single trial.
A courtroom clerk also noted she had not received any trial co-ordination documentation.
White asked the matter be adjourned for one month, presumably so the defence and prosecution could sort out the discrepancy in the dates.
Forgues told the parties the issue would be revisited on June 8 in Alexandria court.
There was no discussion on why the trial would be held out of the Cornwall/SDG jurisdiction.
For the vast majority of cases, the matters are dealt with in a courtroom within the court system local area.
Interviews with Edelson and Attorney General spokesperson Brendan Crawley were requested.
MacDonald and Bernard were arrested in July 2014 after a complaint was lodged in 2012 about the distribution of private information.
SD&G OPP officers back in court March 4
Monday, February 9, 2015 10:19:13 EST PM
Two SDG OPP officers continued their journey through the court system last week.
Constables Luanne MacDonald and John Bernard, of the Alexandria detachment, were told in Alexandria court to make another appearance on March 4 in regards to their alleged involvement of secretly taping a naked person and sharing it abroad.
MacDonald is charged with voyeurism, distribution of voyeurism material, fraud, theft of telecommunications service, obstructing justice and three counts of breach of trust by a public officer.
Bernard faces two counts of breach of trust.
They were arrested last July.
* Two prominent residents will be back in court March 5 to deal with major fraud offences.
The files for Gilles Latour, the former head of Team Cornwall, and ex-Cornwall minor hockey president, Brian Caskenette, were dealt with in Cornwall court on Feb. 5.
Latour is accused of defrauding five investors of $678,000. Caskenette was arrested last November in connection to missing hockey association funds.
OPP officer Luanne MacDonald accused of secretly filming naked adult
Veteran officer is one of 2 from Alexandria facing serious criminal charges
Posted: Jul 23, 2014 7:37 PM ETLast Updated: Jul 23, 2014 8:17 PM ET
OPP officers charged
Veteran Ontario Provincial Police Const. Luanne MacDonald is facing several criminal charges, including allegations she secretly filmed a naked adult while on duty and then shared the recording, according to court documents obtained by CBC News.
MacDonald, 44, has been charged with voyeurism, distribution of voyeurism material, fraud, theft of telecommunications service, obstructing justice and three counts of breach of trust by a public officer. She is an eight-year member of the OPP based in Alexandria, Ont. east of Ottawa.
A second officer from the same OPP office, 41-year-old Const. John Bernard, has also been charged with two counts of breach of trust in the same investigation. Bernard is a 14-year OPP veteran.
Both officers have been suspended with pay and released with a promise to appear in court in Alexandria on Sept. 3.
OPP launched an internal investigation two years ago after receiving information that a constable in Alexandria was disclosing private information.
"The majority of our officers are good, well-rounded officers," said OPP Sgt. Kristine Rae.
"Unfortunately there are circumstances such as this. We will still investigate, we will charge and we will hold them accountable for what they're doing."
'They should have been more professional'
Residents of the small community of Alexandria are coming to grips with the disturbing news that two of their police officers are facing criminal charges.
"You know, it's sad, it's embarrassing on this town, what happened, and they should have been more professional," said resident Patricia Young.
"I think it does cast a shadow on this force as a whole," said Leo Lehtiniemi.
Resident Joe Seguin recalled how MacDonald, who grew up in the area, once cut him some slack during a traffic stop.
"I can't say nothing against her because she was a nice person. She stopped me on the road and she was OK," he said.
Alexandria, situated 100 kilometres east of Ottawa, has a population of 3,500 people.


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Q: Prove that the divisors of zero in the ring $\mathbb Z_n$ are precisely those elements that are not relatively prime to n.
Show that in the ring $\mathbb Z_n$ the divisors of zero are precisely those elements that are not relatively prime to $n$.

This is one of the problems in my quiz, I had proof but it's incomplete.
Proof: let $m$ be the element of $Z_n$ and $m\neq0$, and let the gcd of $m$ and $n$ be not equal to 1, say $d=\gcd(m,n) \neq1$. Then,
$m(\frac nd) = (\frac md)n$
thus $(\frac md)n$ gives 0 as a multiple of $n$. Hence $m(\frac nd) = 0$ in $Z_n$ this shows that neither $m$ nor $\frac nd$ is equal to zero, so $m$ is a 0 divisor.
This is where my proof ends, but my prof. was asking about the case when $\gcd(m,n) = 1$. I don't know what to do next I hope you could help me.

A: If $\gcd(m, n) = g$, by Bézout's identity there are integers $r, s$ such that:
$\begin{align}
  r m + s n = g
\end{align}$
Multiply by the integer $n / g$ to get:
$\begin{align}
  m \frac{r n}{g} + s \frac{n^2}{g} = n
\end{align}$
This, interpreted modulo $n$ is:
$\begin{align}
  m \cdot \frac{r n}{g} \equiv 0 \pmod{n}
\end{align}$
If $g \ne 1$, $r n / g \not\equiv 0 \pmod{n}$, and $m$ is a zero divisor.
If $g = 1$, Bezóut's identity modulo $n$ is:
$\begin{align}
   r m \equiv 1 \pmod{n}
\end{align}$
and $r$ is an inverse for $m$, and $m$ can't be a zero divisor (in a finite ring, it is easy to prove that an element is a unit, i.e., has an inverse, or is a zero divisor).

A: If $\gcd(m,n)=1$, then there exists a $k$ such that $km\equiv1\mod n$, and therefore $km$ cannot be a zero divisor.


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Q: Show wordpress widget in particular area of a page content area Can anybody suggest me how can I add a wordpress widget to a particular area of mu custom page template?
For example I have a file called blog-template.php and in that file I have a div.
I want to show a widget in that div, not sidebars neither footer.
Thanks in advance

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See, Create New Widget Area Using Custom Function

A: Please do as follow.
Add your widget function to functions.php
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Ashby Ponds Begins Construction on Newest Residence Building
Submitted by Jessica McKay, Public Affairs Manager, Greenspring & Ashby Ponds
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, 9:46am
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Ashby Ponds will introduce Willow Crossing in Summer 2014
(Ashburn, Virginia) – Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Living retirement community, recently began construction on its newest residence building, Willow Crossing. The building will be the first of its kind at Ashby Ponds, featuring both community spaces and amenities as well as apartment homes.
"We are thrilled to be able to meet the strong demand for the Ashby Ponds lifestyle with Willow Crossing," said David Gallagher, Executive Director at Ashby Ponds. "This is truly an exciting time for the community. We recently celebrated our fifth anniversary and will also be introducing our Continuing Care neighborhood early next year."
Willow Crossing, a four-story, 200,000 square-foot building, will feature 101 new apartment homes and additional community amenities including a new restaurant, a theater room, and another fitness space. With a focus on increasing demands for innovative senior housing, Willow Crossing's apartment homes will include open floor plans, modernized kitchens with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, fully-sized, side-by-side washers and dryers, walk-in closets, and custom flooring and lighting options. The apartment homes will consist of an assortment of Ashby Ponds' most popular one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as eight brand new floor plans designed in response to resident feedback.
"Willow Crossing will be a wonderful addition to our community," said Holly Henderson, Director of Sales at Ashby Ponds. "Upon its completion, we expect to welcome more than 150 new residents to Ashby Ponds. The current residents of the community are looking forward to meeting their new neighbors and introducing the benefits of a worry-free lifestyle."
As of November 1, 99% of the apartment homes in Willow Crossing have already been reserved. According to Henderson, the addition of the Continuing Care neighborhood at the community is in part driving the increased demand for a future home at Ashby Ponds. "Without a doubt, future residents appreciate the comfort of knowing that continuing care options will be available if needed," said Henderson. The Continuing Care neighborhood will include residences and person-centered care designed for assisted living, post-acute rehabilitation, nursing care, and memory care.
Willow Crossing has been designed by the award winning, WBE certified architectural firm of Marks, Thomas Architects. With a background spanning more than 45 years, Marks, Thomas Architects is a leader in the design of senior living communities. Ashby Ponds has also selected Whiting-Turner as the general contractor for the new building. Founded in 1909, Whiting-Turner boasts an extensive portfolio in the senior living industry.
About Ashby Ponds: Ashby Ponds, one of 16 retirement communities managed by Erickson Living, is situated on a scenic 132-acre campus in Ashburn, Virginia (approximately 30 miles west of Washington, D.C.). The community is home to more than 725 residents and has over 120 resident-run and resident-driven clubs and groups, an indoor pool, a fitness club, transportation services, 24-hour security, and flexible dining options. More information about Ashby Ponds can be found at www.ericksonliving.com.


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DMV to Expand New Resident Services
Agency adds early morning weekday hours and extended Saturday services
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is temporarily expanding the special hours it offers to new Nevada residents, who have been able to make appointments for Saturday services since September 12.
The DMV offices in Henderson, Las Vegas and Reno will now accept new residents on a walk-in basis from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Customers with existing Saturday appointments will be able to keep them.
"We want to help our new neighbors drive legally and get their vehicles registered here," said DMV Director Julie Butler. "We should be able to process as many as 3,000 new residents per week across the state and hopefully catch up on the backlog created by the COVID-19 closure earlier this year."
This change will also allow new residents to obtain DMV identification so they can register for and vote in the upcoming general election on Tuesday, November 3. Nevadans with a DMV-issued driver's license, ID card or the Interim Document given out at application are eligible to register online through October 29 at www.RegisterToVoteNV.gov. Nevada residents with a DMV-issued driver's license, ID card or Interim Document may also register in person at a polling location during Nevada's early vote period (October 17 – 30) and on election day (November 3).
The Department of Motor Vehicles is following all COVID-related safety protocols. Customers will not be allowed to form long lines outside or wait for their turn inside the offices.
Staff will walk the line outside to screen the new residents for proper documentation. Those who meet the requirements will be given a paper ticket with an appointment time and asked to return at that time.
New residents must be transferring an out-of-state driver's license or ID card to qualify for the special hours. The New Resident webpage at dmvnv.com has the details on license and registration requirements. Customers can have Vehicle Identification Number inspections completed in advance without an appointment.
The new hours are effective October 10 and will continue through November 3. Customers should take note the Reno office will be closed from October 24 – November 1 for the move to the new location at 9155 Double Diamond Parkway. However, new residents can be served on October 24 at the new Commercial Driver's License building at 890 Trademark Drive.
While it's unknown how many new residents have moved to Nevada during the 2020 pandemic, the DMV has historical figures on surrenders of out-of-state driver's licenses and identification cards. The average number of surrenders for the years 2017-2019 are 74,417 per year in Clark County and 101,362 statewide.
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Ok my bad I thought the libretro version could precisely allow us to get rid of the F12 button and use HK+Start instead ?
And you can't get rid of keyboard and mouse, you need it on amiga on most games for passing trainers, launch game or play with mouse for those who need it (joystick controlled mouse is always crap).
@voljega my reply was concerning uae4arm. I know the mouse at least is mandatory. uae4arm lacks a mouse emulation on a "ps pad-like", with the mouse on a stick, buttons on the shoulders, and F12 as a SDL button. I don't know for the libretro version.


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The Supreme Court today accepted the proposal mooted by the Centre that KV students of class VI, VII and VIII will not have to take examination for third modern Indian language Sanskrit in this academic session and they may continue to study German as an optional subject.
A bench headed by Justice A R Dave, however, asked the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to ensure that students, who want to pursue German or any other language as optional subjects, be provided with all facilities in KV schools across the country.
Disposing of the petition filed by some parents of KV students, the court said that it has perused the affidavits filed by the Centre and others including KVS and CBSE and the proposal looked practical.
"There will be no examinations for the students of class VI, VII and VIII for third language (Sanskrit) in this academic session and students can be assessed for German as an optional subject," the bench, also comprising Justice Kurian Joseph, said.
It further said that from the next academic session (2015-16), students will have to take examinations for third Indian language including Sanskrit.
"Students are free to learn German or any other language as an optional subject and facilities will be provided by KVS in this regard," it said, adding, "by virtue of Centre's statement, this petition is disposed of."
At the outset, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Human Resources Development Ministry, KVS and CBSE, referred to the affidavit filed yesterday by KVS and said German will remain as an optional subject and moreover, students will not have to take exams for Sanskrit or any other modern Indian language in the present academic session.
"The students of KV schools are also citizens of the country. The students in private schools are allowed to study foreign language of their choice and why KV students are deprived of their rights?," Reena Singh, appearing for parents of students, said.