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The greatest book you've never read!
Forget those AWFUL, PUTRID Steve Martin movies! They are zero, nothing, nada like the original book!
What book? Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. (Illustrations on the first printing, which I show here, were done by Donald McKay.) (That's right; I stole my parents' copy of the book and kept it for myself!)
The Steve Martin movies showed an inept father of 12 whose lesson to be learned in the first movie (I haven't had the stomach to watch all of the second one) was this: Children are king. Whatever they want, the parent should provide, no matter what the dreams the parent has to give up to achieve that.*
Phooey! Frank Gilbreth would have had a fit!
Frank and Lilian Gilbreth were industrial engineers, the first to do motion studies of various professions. (Look 'em up on Wiki for some fascinating facts.) Their firm operated from 1910 until 1924, when Frank died. After that, Lillian, who was also a psychologist, took over the business. But this book isn't about the business, it's about their family. As the dedication reads:
To DAD
who only reared twelve children
To MOTHER
who reared twelve only children
Can a man shave faster by using two razors? Yes, but he loses time
in administering first aid to himself afterward.
Frank, who was crazy about kids, wanted to see if the improvements he'd made in industrial efficiency could work in a familial setting. (He also knew he had health problems and wanted to make sure the family would survive well without him.) So from the birth of his first child, Anne, he began experimenting.
He asserted that baby monkeys could function at advanced levels compared to human babies, and tried to get Anne to, for example, learn to swim while she was still an infant. Oh well, that didn't work, but other things did.
The family grew, gaining 12 kids in 17 years. (Poor Lillie!)** The Gilbreths instituted family councils, sealed bids for household jobs the kids could do in addition to their regular chores, and such things as learning from language records during "unavoidable delay" (using the bathroom).
Gilbreth painted Morse code on the walls and bedroom ceilings of the family's vacation house, and the kids used their silverware at dinner to tap out messages—and receive rewards—during dinner. CAREless CHILDren: dash dot dash dot = C. I'll always remember that.
The children buried coffins of pencils for advertising newsreels, helped develop the touch typing system (aided by sharp taps of a ruler to their heads when they made mistakes), and they lived in fear of a younger sibling skipping a grade to land in their class.
If one got sick, they all did, and set New Jersey health reports suddenly skyrocketing. There's one section that deals with the kids' tonsils coming out. For some time Frank had been wanting to capture multiple identical operations on film so he could teach doctors how to operate quicker. Now all but one of his kids needed tonsillectomies. Perfect! He decided to have the operations done at home while a cameraman filmed everything.
I'll let you discover what happened along the way.
Anne wasn't keen on wearing long underwear, so she
got a job and bought her own clothing.
The Jazz Age arrived just in time for the older kids, three girls, to be in high school and dating. Bobbed hair, nylons, short skirts, stripped-down Model T's, and greasy-haired collegiate sheiks made Frank Gilbreth's blood pressure skyrocket. Still, he and his wife managed to muddle through and even enjoy the process—a little—along the way.
The ending is sad, but the rest of the book is great fun. There's a sequel, Belles on Their Toes, that I read ages ago and recall that it seemed a bit repetitive. It did mention that Mary, the second child, had died at age five of diphtheria. At Lillian's Wiki page, I discovered that there was also a stillborn baby girl in the Dozen (which was always referred to that way, though after Mary died there were only 11). The eleven Gilbreths who survived childhood ALL graduated college (imagine!) and lived long lifetimes, like their mother. You can read more about the family at this website or here.
Because Amazon is offering the book at only $1.99, I bought it just because, and discovered that Ernestine had written an introduction to the book (which maddeningly listed the questions people most often asked her, without giving any answers), and that there are photos at the end of the book showing the family back then and as time went by. The 1923 photo includes them all, and sure enough, all the girls have bobbed hair. There's another picture from the 80s with Frank Jr. and three brothers, but the brothers aren't named, darn it. The 1920 picture of Frank Sr. and Lillian doesn't show Frank as being nearly as large as the book paints him. Don't know if he was having a good year or if the book was just using literary license. (This could have been the point at which he began slimming down on doctor's orders.)
The main point to take in is this: you'll enjoy this book enormously! In addition to being a memorable family comedy, it also shows the transition society made moving into the Twentieth Century and celebrates that rarity of the time: a professional, educated woman. If you haven't seen the 1950 movie with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, save it until after you read the book. There was also a 1952 movie, Belles on Their Toes. Audible has an audiobook of Cheaper, and the sample sounds pretty good.
*It also showed that you can dream up a book, write it, get it published, and become a best-selling author within the space of something like 3 months. Riiiiight.
**Make that 13 kids in 17 years, counting the still-birth daughter. Lillie also birthed all those kids at home, except for the last one, Jane, whom she had at a hospital. Lillie came home wondering why she hadn't done that before, because it had been such a pleasant experience.
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No new blog this week...
…Because I'm sick. Currently I'm more interested in the fact that I just picked up two boxes of lotioned Kleenex and a bottle of Dayquil.
The only good thing about all this is that I'm catching up on Maverick and Deep Space Nine—both first seasons. Good stuff! (Though so far Maverick's plots have revolved around a "mistaken identity" theme.)
Stay healthy out there!
The apple doesn't fall far...
This morning for some perverse reason I was watching The Roy Rogers Show during breakfast. Well, that and the news and QVC in little blips as I surfed. I noticed that Roy had a male sidekick named Pat, a man with a rubber face who made all kinds of OTT expressions and generally played Barney Fife to Roy's Andy Taylor. Pat was dumb as dirt.
But in this morning's half-hour episode, poor Pat got hit on the head. A lot. I counted at least three times that he was hit so hard he went unconscious. The bad guys on the episode miraculously missed being shot (of course none of the good guys were), even though everyone had unlimited ammunition. Well, except at one point Bad Guy #1 ran out of bullets, Roy jumped him, they had a fist-fight, and the next thing you know, Roy's grabbing BG#1's hand, in which BG is holding that empty gun, and the gun fires into the air.
As Bats-Man (from Mad Magazine) once so wisely noted, "TV writers have no logic!"
But the bad guys also got hit on the head, several times, to the point they were rendered unconscious. I figure that because poor Pat got hit so hard on the head so often was the reason why he was so slow of wit. Keep that in mind…
A couple months ago one of the Legion of Super-Heroes groups on Facebook was talking about Superboy #197, Sept. 1973, the one where the cover has Saturn Girl's gawd-awful bikini miscolored, and where cover artist Nick Cardy used an old reference, which is why cutey Element Lad is wearing a Legion flight belt from the Legion's earliest days.
This was still early, around the seventh or so issue, of the beautiful Dave Cockrum run of the Legion. Each story unveiled new costumes for the Legionnaires. Dave had previewed four of the costumes in The Legion Outpost, the Legion Fan Club's fanzine that I dutifully subscribed to, and I was excited to open up each new issue (if it had a Legion story) to see what other costumes would be showing up. I was mad about costumes! Still am.
(By the time this issue came out I had been notified that Dave was using my suggestion of a new look for Light Lass. He'd already designed one but had forgotten that she and Lightning Lad [for whom Dave had designed one of the all-time spiffiest comic book costumes EVER!!!] were twins. Mine matched the new LLad costume, which was no coincidence as I had dashed off a new design as soon as I'd received the Outpost with the new-look Lighting Lad on the cover, and sent it off to DC. Ayla's new threads premiered in Superboy #202.)
ANYWAYZ, that's not what we're here to talk about. Scripts for both stories in this ish were by Cary Bates. The first story was "Timber Wolf: Dead Hero, Live Executioner!" But we aren't concerned here with ol' Brin Londo, he of the Wolverine 'do.
We are merely concerned with page two. (You should be able to click on these for a larger view.)
Spring is in the air; in fact it is April as Lana Lang and her next-door neighbor, Clark Kent, lounge under an apple tree. Tra la! How could anyone have problems with this?
Well, first it's April. Those are ripe apples overhead. I believe the earliest apples in the continental US ripen in July.
Secondly, Lana (an intelligent and fashionable young woman) is wearing white. And she's sitting on grass. Grass leaves stains; everyone knows that, especially those of the female persuasion because they're usually the ones who have to launder the family clothing. Lana has not spread out a blanket to protect her lovely white outfit from the grass. This story would be taking place in the late Fifties, extremely early Sixties, since Superboy by this time was lagging 15-20 years behind his stories as Superman. Stain-fighting technology now is not the best, but back then…
Lana expresses normal teenaged curiosity, wanting to learn the first practical steps of romance. She'd like to try a kiss with her friend. For some reason Clark is not so inclined. In fact he's sweating bullets about the thought of kissing gorgeous Lana, the only long-lasting opposite-sex-type interest in his boyhood.
Have the Kents been so puritanical in bringing up Clark? Has Red Kryptonite affected his natural desires and/or curiosity? Has he been questioning his sexuality? Man, it's just a kiss. Perhaps he's afraid that one kiss will unleash years of hot teen lust and he'll have Lana on her back in seconds! Well, he does do that, but not in the way you might imagine.
(Though I doubt Clark would do anything counter to the Comics Code he lives by. He's not like the hero in my Three Worlds series, who at intimate moments is too powerful for his own good, and is completely frustrated by his limitations when it comes to human contact. You can get the first book in that series free if you sign up for my newsletter [on top of the right-hand column here].)
In the midst of all this, Clark's alerted by a signal that means that the Legion of Super-Heroes needs his presence immediately.
Immediately, as in: 1000 years from then.
At this point in DC continuity, the Legion existed in the 30th Century. Clark could wait a couple weeks before heading off to the future. There was never any direct connection exhibited, any kind of time warping that showed that the Legion's future was EXACTLY 1000 years to the moment in the future. After all, Supergirl also visited the Legion, and she was from the present day Superman era as opposed to the Superboy era of the past.
So really, Clark has no reason to react quickly. But he does.
He uses his heat vision to prune off two large, ripe apples…
…that KNOCK LANA UNCONSCIOUS!
I'm sorry, but two apples falling on the top of your head are not going to make you black out. Clark had to use his super-breath or something to increase the apples' velocity so as to increase the force when they hit.
And they knocked out Lana. Superboy refers to this as a "nice nap."
I was going to explain this myself, but the website "Explain like I'm five" does it so much better than I could ever do. BiPolah (haw!) says to a questioner who has watched violence in movies, "There's a pretty fine line between knocking [movie characters] out and causing permanent damage, and it's not like they're out for hours so you can stuff them in a cupboard while you go off robbing the place. People that are knocked out from head trauma are usually out for a few seconds, perhaps minutes. Even there could be serious damage or a concussion. If they're out for much longer, you're probably looking at permanent brain damage or death."
mjcapples agrees: "Any time when you experience unconsciousness, it is a life-threatening injury that risks permanent brain damage. The exact ease of causing injury depends on several factors, including the location of the strike, the amount of linear and rotational force, and the duration of the impact. For example, impacts to the side of the head are well documented to cause injury much easier than impacts to the front or back. Also, a linear hit causes different damage than a hit with a rotational aspect, which is linked to breaking the blood vessels that feed your brain.
"As far as a general rule for head injury though, one of the basic formulas for head injury (the Head Injury Criterion), states that a score of 1000 is about a 50% risk of death and a score of 250 being a good indicator for a concussion."
I repeat: It's a "nice nap."
Let me get this straight. In order to respond to an emergency that is not an actual emergency either in terms of time travel or in what Clark finds when he arrives in the 30th Century (read the story), Clark injures his supposed close friend to the point where she likely has sustained a concussion (not a minor injury) and might indeed be lying near death while he departs.
While Lana never went stoopid after this story (she was never as dumb as Lois Lane was often depicted), one has to wonder how she managed to survive, and survive still with brains intact, unlike Roy Rogers' Pat.
We don't see Lana after the main plot has ended. Did she die? Did Superboy replace her with a robot, clone, or parallel-world double? Sure, she showed up in the second story in the book, but she looked decidedly different. (And don't tell me that's just because Bob Brown and Murphy Anderson did the art for that story!)
Threatening Mr. Clark Kent's ideas about his own sexuality does not seem to be a safe thing even for Clark's friends to do. Hm.
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How to Meet Art in Everyday Vienna
This is a guest post from Barbara Cacao of Vienna-Unwrapped.
Art is alive and kicking in Vienna, Austria, my hometown. While Viennese museums are renowned for their historic art treasures, and local galleries draw in a select group of art connoisseurs, you can find a great mix of art in many places of everyday life.
1) Vienna Coffeehouses
The UNESCO-recognised traditional Vienna coffeehouse culture and its modern descendants have helped cultivate places across a wide art spectrum. From the Historistic columns, vaulted ceilings and Imperial paintings of Café Central, the classic Thonet chairs and newspaper holders of Café Griensteidl to 1930ies Bohemian spot Café Korb and 1950ies style lounge Café Prückel with its iconic Oswald Härdtl chandeliers. From March 2013, Café Museum and Café am Heumarkt will revive the traditional Vienna coffeehouse culture through connecting travelers and locals at the Vienna Coffeehouse Conversations (in English).
2) Historic Street Market: Naschmarkt
Most of the green cast iron stands of Vienna's most famous street market, Naschmarkt, date back from the early 20th century. The market itself has been there since 1780. If you like vintage art, visit the vast flea market on Saturdays, just behind the main market area. It is a good place to find local glass and silverware, vintage porcelain, and second hand bags and clothes.
3) Shops and Shopping Arcades
If Habsburg princess Marie Antoinette was still alive, she would have loved to roam the luxury shops around Kohlmarkt, Graben and Tuchlauben in the baroque city centre. The area boasts a few beautifully designed traditional shops that were once suppliers to the Imperial Court, such as porcelain and glassware dealer Albert Denk, book shop Braumüller, and patisserie Demel. In the past years, the area has been booming with international luxury brand shops, from Gucci and Louis Vuitton to Vivienne Westwood.
The elegant shopping arcade that connects Freyung square with Herrengasse is loaded with exquisite boutiques and chocolate shops. Most locals use it to get a break from bad weather and do some window shopping, with the occasional gaze at the historic glass roof and glass dome, the fountain featuring a Danube mermaid, and the cast iron lanterns lining the middle of the roof.
The Dorotheum was the first shop where I bought fine jewellery. It is the largest antiques shop in Vienna and one of the biggest auction houses in Europe. Its shopping outlet on the ground floor, the Glashof, has great vintage glass and silverware, posters, porcelain, small furniture, and jewellery.
Three tips for quirky shops: Kaufhaus Schiepek, pop art heaven for accessories and gifts (Teinfaltstrasse 3, 1010 Vienna),
Frauenzimmer und Maennersachen, vintage fashion gem (Zollergasse 16, 1070 Vienna), Liebenswert, sex shop with taste for ladies (Eszterhazygasse 26, 1060 Vienna).
4) Restaurants
Whenever I feel my Wiener Schnitzel needs an aesthetic background, I go to either the Vestibül at Burgtheater or the Österreicher im MAK. I love how the Vestibül manages to create a warm feeling amidst all the sumptuous stucco and marble columns which are delightfully interrupted by modern art objects. Some of the fine Viennese cuisine offered has its surprising elements, too: The Austro-Hungarian cabbage stew has lobster in it, and the apple strudel is mixed with goose liver to make for an unusual starter.
The Österreicher im MAK perfectly blends the elements of a Viennese tavern with ultramodern design. Slick minimalistic furniture in warm colours goes with a large chalk board announcing the day's specials; the bar area in the middle is topped by a huge chandelier made of dozens of wine bottles. Besides, the Austrian cuisine of top chef Helmut Österreicher follows the restaurant's design concept: Tradition served fresh.
5) Clubs and Bars
My favourite winter club is the Rote Bar at the 19th century building of Volkstheater, a very burlesque place with its red plush seats and sparkly chandeliers. While the bar is open every evening, there is a cool clubbing night every Saturday.
Come April, nothing beats a glass of wine or Almdudler (our classic herbal fizzy drink, similar to ginger ale) at Volksgarten Pavilion. The 1950s style interiors and exteriors haven't changed much since my mother was swinging her petticoats there. The Pavilion's Techno Café on Tuesdays includes a lovely barbecue under the chestnut trees, with a view to none other than the Imperial Palace just opposite.
6) Postal Savings Bank
Locals squirreling away their money can do this in style at Otto Wagner's Austrian Postal Savings Bank (Österreichische Postsparkasse).
The father of Viennese Modernism designed a functional environment that gets its aesthetics through meticulously designed interiors. Even the radiators and safes carry Wagner's signature. Don't miss out on the small museum at the back, including photos, sketches and models of the savings bank.
Barbara Grüll-Cação runs Vienna, Austria travel site Vienna Unwrapped. Barbara is a native and has lived in and around Vienna for 30 years, regularly visiting her hometown from London, where she now lives with her husband and two kids. On Vienna Unwrapped, she shares her knowledge as a native, a former local, and a frequent Vienna traveller with you.
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where (x, y) is an arbitrary point on the tangent.
1. If then the equations of the tangent and normal at (x, y) are (Y � y) = 0 and (X � x) = 0, respectively.
2. If then the equation of the tangent and normal at (x, y) are (X � x) = 0 and (Y � y) = 0, respectively.
(ii) If , then normal at (x, y) is parallel to y-axis and perpendicular to x-axis.
(iii) If then normal at (x, y) is parallel to x-axis and perpendicular to y-axis.
The other angle between the tangents is (180 � ?). Generally, the smaller of these two angles is taken to be the angle of intersection.
If a variable quantity y is some function of time t i.e., y = f(t), then small change in ?t time At have a corresponding change ?y in y.
When limit At ?t? 0 is applied, the rate of change becomes instantaneous and we get the rate of change with respect to at the instant x.
So, the differential coefficient of y with respect to x i.e., (dy/dx) is nothing but the rate of increase of y relative to x.
1. f is continuous in the closed interval [a, b].
2. f(x) is differentiable in the open interval (a, b).
Then, there is some point c in the open interval (a, b), such that f� (c) = 0.
Geometrically Under the assumptions of Rolle�s theorem, the graph of f(x) starts at point (a, 0) and ends at point (b, 0) as shown in figures.
The conclusion is that there is at least one point c between a and b, such that the tangent to the graph at (c, f(c)) is parallel to the x-axis.
Between any two roots of a polynomial f(x), there is always a root of its derivative f� (x).
Geometrically Any chord of the curve y = f(x), there is a point on the graph, where the tangent is parallel to this chord.
Remarks In the particular case, where f(a) = f(b).
f(a) = f (b), f ? (c) = 0 for some c in (a, b).
Thus, Rolle�s theorem becomes a particular case of the mean value theorem.
A function f(x) is said to be monotonic on an interval (a, b), if it is either increasing or decreasing on (a, b).
f(x) is said to be increasing in D1, if for every x1, x2 ? D1, x1 > x2 ? f(x1) > f(x2). It means that there is a certain increase in the value of f(x) with an increase in the value of x.
f(x) is said to be non-decreasing in D1, if for every x1, x2 ? D1, x1 > x2 ? f(x1) ? f(x2). It means that the value of f(x) would new decrease with an increase in the value of x.
f(x) is said to be decreasing in D1, if for every x1, x2 ? D1, x1 > x2 ? f(x1) < f(x2). It means that there is a certain decrease in the value c f(x) with an increase in the value of x.
f(x) is said to be non-increasing in D1, if for every x1, x2 ? D1, x1 > x2 ? f(x1) ? f(x2). It means that the value of f(x) would never increase with an increase in the value of x.
If a function is either strictly increasing or strictly decreasing, then it is also a monotonic function.
(i) A function f (x) is said to be increasing (decreasing) at point x0, if there is an interval (x0 � h, x0 + h) containing x0, such that f(x) is increasing (decreasing) on (x0 � h, x0 + h).
(ii) A function f (x) is said to be increasing on [a , b], if it is increasing (decreasing) on (a ,b) and it is also increasing at x = a and x = b.
(iii) If (x) is increasing function on (a , b), then tangent at every point on the curve y = f(x) makes an acute angle ? with the positive direction of x-axis.
(iv) Let f be a differentiable real function defined on an open interval (a, b).
� If f ? (x) > 0 for all x ? (a, b), then f (x) is increasing on (a, b).
� If f ? (x) < 0 for all x ? (a , b), then f (x) is decreasing on (a, b).
(v) Let f be a function defined on (a, b).
� If f ?(x) > 0 for all x ? (a, b) except for a finite number of points, where f ? (x) = 0, then f(x) is increasing on (a, b).
� If f ?(x) < 0 for all x ? (a , b) except for a finite number of points, where f ?(x) = 0, then f(x) is decreasing on (a , b).
1. If f(x)is strictly increasing function on an interval [a, b], then f-1 exist and also a strictly increasing function.
2. If f(x) is strictly increasing function on [a, b], such that it is continuous, then f-1 is continuous on [f(a), f(b)].
3. If f(x) and g(x) are strictly increasing (or decreasing) function on [a, b], then gof(x) is strictly increasing (or decreasing) function on [a, b].
4. If one of the two functions f(x) and g(x) is strictly increasing and other a strictly decreasing, then gof(x) is strictly decreasing on [a, b].
5. If f(x) is continuous on [a, b], such that f� (c) ? 0 (f ? (c) > 0) for each c ? (a, b) is strictly increasing function on [a, b].
6. If f(x) is continuous on [a, b] such that f ?(c) ? (f ? (c) < 0) for each c ? (a, b), then f(x) is strictly decreasing function on [a, b].
1. A function y = f(x) is said to have a local maximum at a point x = a. If f(x) ? f(a) for all x ? (a � h, a + h), where h is somewhat small but positive quantity.
The point x = a is called a point of maximum of the function f(x) and f(a) is known as the maximum value or the greatest value or the absolute maximum value of f(x).
2. The function y = f(x) is said to have a local minimum at a point x = a, if f(x) ? f(a) for all x ? (a � h, a + h), where h is somewhat small but positive quantity.
The point x = a is called a point of minimum of the function f(x) and f(a) is known as the minimum value or the least value or the absolute minimum value of f(x).
1. If f(x) is continuous function in its domain, then at least one maxima and one minima must lie between two equal values of x.
2. Maxima and minima occur alternately, i.e., between two maxima there is one minima and vice-versa.
3. If f(x) ? ? as x ? a or b and f ? (x) = 0 only for one value of x (sayc) between a and b, then f(c) is necessarily the minimum and the least value.
4. If f(x) ? p -? as x ? a or b and f(c) is necessarily the maximum and the greatest value.
1. If f(x) be a differentiable functions, then f ?(x) vanishes at every local maximum and at every local minimum.
2. The converse of above is not true, i.e., every point at which f� (x) vanishes need not be a local maximum or minimum. e.g., if f(x) = x3 then f ?(0) = 0, but at x =0. The function has neither minimum nor maximum. In general these points are point of inflection.
3. A function may attain an extreme value at a point without being derivable there at, e.g., f(x) = |x| has a minima at x = 0 but f'(0) does not exist.
4. A function f(x) can has several local maximum and local minimum values in an interval. Thus, the maximum and minimum values of f(x) defined above are not necessarily the greatest and the least values of f(x) in a given interval.
5. A minimum value at some point may even be greater than a maximum values at some other point.
Let y = f(x) be a function defined on [a, b]. By a local maximum (or local minimum) value of a function at a point c ? [a, b] we mean the greatest (or the least) value in the immediate neighbourhood of x = c. It does not mean the greatest or absolute maximum (or the least or absolute minimum) of f(x) in the interval [a, b].
A function may have a number of local maxima or local minima in a given interval and even a local minimum may be greater than a relative maximum.
In such a case f(a) is called to attain a local maximum value of f(x) at x = a.
In such a case f(a) is called the local minimum value of f(x) at x = a.
(b) f ?(x) > 0, if x ? (a � h, a) and f� (x) < 0, if x ? (a, a + h), where h is a small but positive quantity.
(b) f ?(a) < 0, if x ? (a � h, a) and f ?(x) > 0, if x ? (a, a + h), where h is a small but positive quantity.
3. (iii) If f ?(a) = 0 but f ?(x) does not changes sign in (a � h, a + h), for any positive quantity h, then x = a is neither a point of minimum nor a point of maximum.
1. x = a is a point of local maximum, if f ?(a) = 0 and f ?(a) < 0.
2. x = a is a point of local minimum, if f ?(a) = 0 and f?(a) > 0.
3. If f ?(a) = f ?(a) = 0, but f? (a) ? 0, if exists, then x = a is neither a point of local maximum nor a point of local minimum and is called point of inflection.
4. If f ?(a) = f ?(a) = f ??(a) = 0 and f iv(a) < 0, then it is a local maximum. And if f iv > 0, then it is a local minimum.
� If n is even and f n (a) < 0 ? x = a is a point of local maximum.
� If n is even and f n (a) > 0 ? x = a is a point of local minimum.
� If n is odd ? x = a is a point of local maximum nor a point of local minimum.
1. To Find Range of a Continuous Function Let f(x) be a continuous function on [a, b], such that its least value in [a, b1 is m and the greatest value in [a, b] is M. Then, range of value of f(x) for x ? [a, b] is [m, M].
2. To Check for the injectivity of a Function A strictly monotonic function is always oneone (injective). Hence, a function f (x) is one-one in the interval [a, b], if f ?(x) > 0 , ? x ? [a, b] or f� (x) < 0 , ? x ? [a, b].
3. The points at which a function attains either the local maximum value or local minimum values are known as the extreme points or turning points and both local maximum and local minimum values are called the extreme values of f(x). Thus, a function attains an extreme value at x = a, if f(a) is either a local maximum value or a local minimum value. Consequently at an extreme point ?a�, f (x) � f (a) keeps the same sign for all values of x in a deleted nbd of a.
4. A necessary condition for (a) to be an extreme value of a function (x) is that f ?(a) = 0 in case it exists.
5. This condition is only a necessary condition for the point x = a to be an extreme point. It is not sufficient. i.e., f ?(a) = 0 does not necessarily imply that x = a is an extreme point.
There are functions for which the derivatives vanish at a point but do not have an extreme value. e.g., the function f(x) = x3 , f ?(0) = 0 but at x = 0 the function does not attain an extreme value.
6. Geometrically the above condition means that the tangent to the curve y = f(x) at a point where the ordinate is maximum or minimum is parallel to the x-axis.
7. All x,for which f ?(x) = 0, do not give us the extreme values. The values of x for which f ?(x) = 0 are called stationary values or critical values of x and the corresponding values of f(x) are called stationary or turning values of f(x).
Points where a function f(x) is not differentiable and points where its derivative (differentiable coefficient) is z ?,ro are called the critical points of the function f(x).
Maximum and minimum values of a function f(x) can occur only at critical points. However, this does not mean that the function will have maximum or minimum values at all critical points. Thus, the points where maximum or minimum value occurs are necessarily critical Points but a function may or may not have maximum or minimum value at a critical point.
Consider function f(x) = x3. At x = 0, f ?(x)= 0. Also, f ?(x) = 0 at x = 0. Such point is called point of inflection, where 2nd derivative is zero. Consider another function f(x) = sin x, f ?(x)= � sin x. Now, f ?(x)= 0 when x = n?, then this points are called point of inflection.
1. It is not necessary that 1st derivative is zero.
2. 2nd derivative must be zero or 2nd derivative changes sign in the neighbourhood of point of inflection.
� Let y = f(x) be a given function with domain D.
� Let [a, b] ? D, then global maximum/minimum of f(x) in [a, b] is basically the greatest/least value of f(x) in [a, b].
� Global maxima/minima in [a, b] would always occur at critical points of f(x) with in [a, b] or at end points of the interval.
In order to find the global maximum and minimum of f(x) in [a, b], find out all critical points of f(x) in [a, b] (i.e., all points at which f ?(x)= 0) and let f(c1), f(c2) ,�, f(n) be the values of the function at these points.
Then, M1 ? Global maxima or greatest value. and M1 ? Global minima or least value.
Then, M1 is the greatest value or global maxima in [a, b] and M1 is the least value or global minima in [a, b].


pipe producers in Europe have invested in the QuickSwitch system from KraussMaffei Berstorff.
A Belgian customer of KraussMaffei Berstorff ordered two complete production lines for the diameter ranges 25-63mm and 70-160mm. Core components of the systems are the KraussMaffei Berstorff 36D single-screw extruder, spiral distributor pipe head and QuickSwitch calibration technology.
Another complete line for pipe in the 160-250mm diameter range is being installed in the German plant of one of the world's major pipe producers. This line also features KraussMaffei Berstorff's Internal Pipe Cooling (IPC) system which will enable the producer to step up output without the cost of a longer cooling zone.
A customer in Italy will soon be producing multi-layer PO pipe up to 160mm on a new QuickSwitch system, revealed KraussMaffei Berstorff.
The QuickSwitch system developed by KraussMaffei Berstorff allows producers to change pipe dimensions along the entire production line within minutes at the touch of a button. At the heart of the system is the QuickSwitch calibrating basket.
The manufacturer claimed that the only waste material resulting from the dimension change is a short piece of tapering pipe and the labor- and material-intensive work processes involved in a conventional pipe dimension change are eliminated.
"This obviously has substantial benefits for producers, ranging from huge savings in material, labor and storage costs to far more flexibility to respond to customer requests for small batches and short order lead times," Mr Kessler pointed out.
As standard, KraussMaffei Berstorff offers the QuickSwitch systems for producing polyolefin pipes in the diameter ranges 25-63mm, 70-60mm and 160-250mm. Special diameter ranges are available on request.
The company also offers a QuickSwitch system for 75-160mm diameter PVC pipes. Already installed production lines can be converted in affordable stages to flexible QuickSwitch systems by investing in individual QuickSwitch modules, KraussMaffei Berstorff added.


Joel McHale is headed for CBS.
The in-demand actor has signed on to star in CBS comedy pilot The Great Indoors, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
From Tosh.0's Mike Gibbons, the multicamera comedy pilot centers on an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss of a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine.
McHale will star as Joel, an outdoorsy guy's guy with a sardonic sense of humor. The longtime star reporter for The Great Outdoors magazine, Joel has climbed mountains, confronted bears and led a life of excitement and adventure. But when he's sidelined by an injury, he's forced to take a desk job in the publication's digital and social media department, surrounded by a team of millennials who view him as an exotic and ancient oddity from another place and time.
Gibbons will pen the script and exec produce the CBS Television Studios comedy.
For McHale, the role marks his first series regular scripted role following Dan Harmon's NBC-turned-Yahoo Screen comedy Community. The actor, who was aggressively pursued for multiple projects at CBS, most recently signed on as a guest star in Fox's The X-Files revival.
The Great Indoors also marks McHale's first full-time gig following the conclusion of his E! pop culture clip series The Soup. The series wrapped up its 12-year run in December.
McHale is repped by WME and attorney PJ Shapiro at Ziffren Brittenham.


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WEEKEND READ: Needed – A Balkan initiative for the NATO summit
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"NATO's leaders will gather at the Brussels Summit in July to strengthen their posture against Russia's threats to its neighbors as well as Moscow's more subtle subversion of democracies throughout the West. It is vital that the alliance declare a bold, new initiative at the summit to protect the most vulnerable target in Russian President Vladimir Putin's sights ― the still unsettled Balkans.
The unfinished Western strategy for the region is to bring the fractious Balkan countries into the stabilization and modernization process of joining the European Union and NATO. Thus far, the picture is mixed: Slovenia and Croatia are both EU and NATO members, while Albania and Montenegro are NATO members but only EU aspirants. Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia are not members of either institution.
Russia's aim in the Balkans is more modest and its tactics more subtle than the brutal invasion of Ukraine. Putin doesn't need to seize any territory. He can win simply by stalling further accession of these states into Western institutions.
To achieve this, the Kremlin is sewing confusion over the facts, rising doubts about Western intentions and resolve, and cultivating loyalty through money, weapons and high visibility appeals to Orthodox Slav kinship and patronage. With the region still deeply polarized, Russia's game plan has heightened the prospects for interethnic violence, an outcome that would play right into Putin's game plan."by Hans Binnendijk and Edward P. Joseph (Defense News)
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Former Edge Hill student David Chambers is an In-Game Animator for BAFTA award winning game LEGO Dimensions.
David graduated from Edge Hill in 2013 with a degree in Animation, which he has put to good use in his current role with Traveller's Tales Games (TT Games) as a full time In-Game Animator. TT Games are part of Warner Bros and have sold over 180 million games.
The latest project David has worked on is LEGO Dimensions, a toys-to-life, action-adventure video game, which has been awarded the 2016 British Academy Children's Award for Best Game. Different minifigures from different worlds can be played together in one video game, for example you can play as Jake from Adventure Time and play through the Fantastic Beasts level.
As an In-Game Animator, David was responsible for creating the in-game animations for ET, Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts) and Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters). He created all of the movements that are seen during gameplay including movements such as running, jumping, falling, fight combinations and special attacks.
"It's important to keep the character in mind when animating as no two characters move in the same way," said David. "We live test animations through the in-house game engine to see how the character feels. Is this a natural way for this character to move? The idea is, if you transfer a run cycle from one character to another then it should look totally out of character. Are they too fast? Is the weight right? If the character is big and heavy but moves really quickly then people will instinctively recognise that the weight isn't right.
David still receives support from Edge Hill and he has returned to speak to students.
Click here for more information about studying for a degree in Animation at Edge Hill.


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What's your favorite city?
I have four. London, because I've lived there for 23 years. Then New York. I think the terrorist attacks in 2001 shook the world so much because everybody who's been there falls in love with it. Buenos Aires, because the people are unbelievable, and my best shows have happened there. And then Manchester, because it's where I'm from, and it still feels like home – plus, I'll get my throat cut next time I'm back there if I don't mention it.
What's the most Manchester thing about you?
My accent. It was the first thing that Americans ever noticed about me when I came to the U.S. I was subtitled on MTV, which I found highly amusing. I'm so proud to be a Mancunian. If I was from Buckinghamshire, I don't even think I'd be in a band. Manchester gave me a great musical education: New Order, the Smiths, Happy Mondays, Joy Division and the Stone Roses were all from there – great bands that gave me something to aspire to.
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Know who you are. Be proud of who you are and fucking own it. A happy wife is a happy house, and a happy house equals a happy life. Always tell your children, and I do this regularly, "You know you're a fucking young guy, you're great and handsome, but you'll never be as fucking cool as me, ever. So get out on your fucking skateboard or go play fucking football with your brother."
What do they say when you say that?
They go, "We fucking know, Oasis, blah-blah whatever." So just be yourself, never take any of the good parts about what you do for granted, and stay focused on your work. If your work is good, then you don't have to be. I don't have to be nice to people because they dig my music – that's where the relationship ends.
So what do you tell people when they ask you for selfies?
I just tell them to go fuck themselves. I'm not beholden to anybody with a camera phone. I don't give a fuck if they think I'm an asshole, either. I say, "I'm fucking busy here buying underwear." Some people get offended, but I don't live my life to have my picture taken by fans. I'm not asking them to buy records. They buy them because they like them.
What do you do to relax?
My life is wrapped up in touring, writing, watching football and my family. To relax, I play guitar. But the older I've got, I've realized it's great to go away on a holiday with my family to some far-flung place and not bring a guitar, and lie on a beach and just listen to the fucking waves crashing.
What's the most indulgent purchase you've ever made?
I had a car made once, a custom 1967 Jaguar convertible. It cost me £110,000. I got it built to my specifications. The fucking driver's seat only fits me. At the time, I couldn't drive, but I thought, "By the time they finish this fucking car, I will easily have learned to drive. It's going to take two years."
Two years after I paid for it, the car turns up at my house and I had completely forgotten about the driving lessons, and to this day I cannot drive. If anybody would like to buy it, I will gladly sell it to them.
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Who are your heroes?
Musically, the Beatles. You can still be in the bathroom and "Strawberry Fields" will come on, and something will hit you like you're listening to it for the first time. There's Paul Weller [of the Jam], who's become a really good friend and a neighbor. U2 have also become friends and neighbors of mine. Growing up, The Joshua Tree was really inspiring because it was such simple songwriting.
My personal heroes are my wife, because she's fucking gorgeous. Through some mad trick of fate I ended up marrying her after meeting in a nightclub, and we have two kids. My teenage daughter is a hero because she's overcome adversity and she's cool as fuck. My mum, because she brought Liam Gallagher up. I mean, fuck me.
How often do you get asked about an Oasis reunion?
Every day of the week. People say, "You'll definitely re-form – you will," and I'm just like, "That's so fucking rude." They try to Jedi-mind-trick me.
There are rumors that Liam is trying to re-form the band without you.
I'd fucking pay to see that. That'd be fucking interesting. We should start a rumor that I'm going to do it without Liam and I'm gonna use a hologram like they did with Tupac at Coachella. Look, to be honest, I don't need the money.
Let's say they come to you in 10 years and offer you $50 million.
Oh, I'm in. I'm fucking in.
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A guide to handling accusations
Issue # 230
ScientometricsEthics
Daniel BuenoWhat should a science journal do when it receives an accusation that an author or editor has engaged in misconduct? The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), a forum on research ethics for science journal editors, has tried to answer this question by proposing a guide with recommendations pertaining to this kind of situation. According to the discussion document, signed by COPE council member Tara Hoke and by Heather Tierney, of the American Chemical Society, any complaint about alleged ethics violations must necessarily be taken into consideration, even if the complainant has previously made weak or baseless allegations; what matters is the consistency of the accusation, not its source. "Notwithstanding this principle, COPE also finds that investigations of vague, superficial, or unsupported complaints can be wasteful of journal resources and harmful to the scholarly publishing community," the authors of the document say.
COPE also recommends that all journals have clear, publicly known criteria for handling complaints, accessible in print or online; they should also have internal processes that can address complaints swiftly. One or more individuals should be assigned to review any allegations received. A threshold of evidence that must be met before opening a formal investigation should also be defined. In determining whether this threshold has been met, the first consideration is identifying a specific act of professional misconduct that occurred during research or the publishing process. Differences of opinion or personal or collective disputes do not constitute grounds for opening an investigation, says COPE. The volume and nature of submitted documentation are crucial in evaluating whether there is due cause for investigating the allegation. The accusation should be shelved if it involves matters that were resolved during the review process. If it involves papers published quite some time ago, an investigation should only be opened in very serious, extraordinary cases, given the challenge of locating both people and proof when it comes to very dated facts. In the case of an anonymous accusation, editors should encourage the complainant to identify him or herself, so that the merit of the allegation can be judged.
The COPE document suggests that when an investigation is not opened, complainants should be clearly informed of the reasons. If the complainant persists without offering any new evidence, the journal should reiterate its position. If the person still perseveres with a groundless accusation, the case should move towards application of legal sanctions against defamation. The complainant's institution should also be notified. The authors of offensive or threatening complaints should be advised that allegations in such language will not be reviewed.

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Daniel BuenoWhat should a science journal do when it receives an accusation that an author or editor has engaged in misconduct? The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), a forum on research ethics for science journal editors, has tried to answer this question by proposing a guide with recommendations pertaining to this kind of situation. According to the discussion document, signed by COPE council member Tara Hoke and by Heather Tierney, of the American Chemical Society, any complaint about alleged ethics violations must necessarily be taken into consideration, even if the complainant has previously made weak or baseless allegations; what matters is the consistency of the accusation, not its source. "Notwithstanding this principle, COPE also finds that investigations of vague, superficial, or unsupported complaints can be wasteful of journal resources and harmful to the scholarly publishing community," the authors of the document say. COPE also recommends that all journals have clear, publicly known criteria for handling complaints, accessible in print or online; they should also have internal processes that can address complaints swiftly. One or more individuals should be assigned to review any allegations received. A threshold of evidence that must be met before opening a formal investigation should also be defined. In determining whether this threshold has been met, the first consideration is identifying a specific act of professional misconduct that occurred during research or the publishing process. Differences of opinion or personal or collective disputes do not constitute grounds for opening an investigation, says COPE. The volume and nature of submitted documentation are crucial in evaluating whether there is due cause for investigating the allegation. The accusation should be shelved if it involves matters that were resolved during the review process. If it involves papers published quite some time ago, an investigation should only be opened in very serious, extraordinary cases, given the challenge of locating both people and proof when it comes to very dated facts. In the case of an anonymous accusation, editors should encourage the complainant to identify him or herself, so that the merit of the allegation can be judged. The COPE document suggests that when an investigation is not opened, complainants should be clearly informed of the reasons. If the complainant persists without offering any new evidence, the journal should reiterate its position. If the person still perseveres with a groundless accusation, the case should move towards application of legal sanctions against defamation. The complainant's institution should also be notified. The authors of offensive or threatening complaints should be advised that allegations in such language will not be reviewed.


This phone was really good. For a given price, it is almost perfect, but there is always something to be done.
Nevertheless, I hope that this review of Meizu 16th will explain why this piece of Chinese Meizu workshops is not only unique but also damn good.
You definitely stay away because you should not let this escape.
Meizu is attacking its flagship models this year at a very popular price tag of around $500.
The hardware is very decent, the design is of high quality and quite unique, the dual camera can take the toughest scales and in the sleeve has a few more es.
At first glance (and above all, touch), Meizu 16th in the analisis may appear to be made of glossy glass.
However, it is only a special modification of the whole-aluminum body. Personally, I'd rather have the producer admitted to coarser aluminum.
On the other hand, this is essentially the only bigger objection to the construction.
Meizu managed to make a really handsome and robust phone with a gently rounded back that makes it fit perfectly into the palm of your hand.
It is incredibly compact due to the traditional aspect ratio of the display and thin frames.
This is just what Meizu did and I hope we will soon find more phones with an 18: 9 display and nearly zero side frames.
I also appreciate beautiful ornaments on antenna dividers, which adds a touch of elegance to the phone.
On the right, it is placed just within reach of the thumb to switch off and pleasantly press.
Likewise, the cradle of the volume on the left side also press nicely, but it may be a bit lower to make it better without having to change the grip of the phone.
The front of the phone of Meizu 16th in our test is not just made thanks to the frames. It did the display between them.
It has 6.0 inches and Full HD Plus resolution, but despite the thin frames it retains an 18: 9 aspect ratio, which is often not seen in today's "elongated noodles".
In addition, there is a function of the fingerprint scanner in the display. This opportunity is only for some phones, and the price for them is much higher than that of Meizu 16th.
The panel is also really nice, and thanks to the Super AMOLED technology that has bright colors and a damn deep black.
It's hard to find on phones under $500, except for Samsung. Only the legibility of the sun could be better and the notification diode should be clearer, but it is not terrible.
The display on a given category is a great one, and the haptic response is just as unexpected as it is.
So far, you have been able to learn that Meizu 16th in our analisis will surprise you with design, display, haptics, and even sound.
This does not mean, however, that the hardware is forgotten. Inside the device, the powerful Snapdragon 845 features 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage (about 51GB free), making it even more demanding.
Thanks to it, the system runs smoothly and quickly. The microSD slot is missing, but 64 GB is enough storage.
But it should also sell a version with larger internal memory, but I do not yet know if it will get us.
Finally, let's take a look at the software provided by Flyme UI OS. This, in comparison with the previous version, brings a new look to the notifications, which are much easier to read.
They look like iOS, but it does not matter to me. Overall, I do not even care about the superstructure.
I also appreciate a lot of features, including the Always On Display or the ability to change the appearance of the application switch. Here you will find the minimum and the environment is pretty fast.
There is a package from Google and a lot of device from Meizu, but such an own browser or App Store is extra.
The brightest of you could have seen occasional English from the enclosed screenshots, but I would not have done that yet.
Our Meizu 16th in the review does not have the final version of the software yet, nor does it have a phone or European premiere date.
Right now I will tell you that this dual camera of Meizu 16th is once again super. The main 12MP sensor does not differ from that in the Huawei P20.
It has a f/1.8 brightness, you do not just hit 1.55-micrometer pixels, the chip itself is even bigger in both the iPhone X and the Galaxy S9 and has great optical stabilization.
These are the parameters of really expensive flag models, not the phone for $500.
So it is not necessary to emphasize how well this Meizu is taking photos of applications could be faster and offer more options, but that's probably all.
Photos look really good, and taking pictures with the phone is a joy. Even worse light makes the phone take time and Meizu postprocessing is not the best, but just look at the price again and you can easily forgive it.
There is also a 4K video (due to the incomplete software I could not test), a good portrait mode and a secondary 20MP sensor that will serve for dual optical zoom or triple hybrid zoom.
Need to say that this camera does not make such nice pictures, but they are especially useful in good light. However, this is a better-added value than when the secondary camera is purely for portrait mode or black and white.
An interesting feature is the six-LED illuminated night-time LEDs or the 20-megapixel front camera and an artificial intelligence beautician. The pictures still look very decent again.
With the rest of the world, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 and full LTE will connect you. This also works on both nanoSIM cards that you can insert into your device.
Even fast A-GPS with GLONASS and BeiDou support cannot be missed.
The battery of Meizu 16th has a total of 3010 mAh, which is not much, but you will find slightly above average.
In normal use, I was always on one charge from morning to night with some 35 percent good.
So there is a reservation on the other day, but I'd rather charge the phone every day, much less when it's no problem thanks to the very fast charging through USB Type-C. This will take the phone from 0 to 100 percent in an hour and a half.
Also in the editorial test, he handled the phone very well and was able to stream Full HD video over Wi-Fi with a high standard of 9 hours and 28 minutes.
And that's how we got to the final assessment that I actually gave you in the introduction. Meizu 16th in our review represents a flagship-class black horse and probably the biggest surprise for me this year.
The price is not yet officially established but should be around $500. Many phones with this type of construction, a nice AMOLED display, beautifully thin side frames, a super dual camera or good stereo speakers will not be worth the price.
In addition, there is a haptic response that you will not find on the vast majority of phones, including the most expensive ones.
For me, Meizu deserves great praise and I am very curious now with what this Chinese manufacturer will come next.
Meizu 16th: Price and Where to buy cheaper?
At the moment you can buy Meizu 16th at a good price for only $499.99. For today, this is the best offer from Chinese stores, and for this price, you will get a modern flagship phone with a wonderful design and functions.


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