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Das Spektrum eines linearen Operators ist ein Begriff aus der Funktionalanalysis, einem Teilgebiet der Mathematik. In der endlichdimensionalen linearen Algebra betrachtet man Endomorphismen, die durch Matrizen dargestellt werden, und ihre Eigenwerte. Die Verallgemeinerung ins Unendlichdimensionale wird in der Funktionalanalysis betrachtet. Das Spektrum eines Operators kann man sich als Menge verallgemeinerter Eigenwerte vorstellen. Diese werden Spektralwerte genannt.

Zusammenhang der Spektraltheorie mit der Eigenwerttheorie

Die Spektraltheorie linearer Operatoren aus der Funktionalanalysis ist eine Verallgemeinerung der Eigenwerttheorie aus der linearen Algebra. In der linearen Algebra werden Endomorphismen auf endlichdimensionalen Vektorräumen betrachtet. Die Zahlen , für die die Gleichung

Lösungen , also ungleich dem Nullvektor, hat, werden Eigenwerte genannt, wobei  eine Darstellungsmatrix des gewählten Endomorphismus ist.
Bezeichnet  die Einheitsmatrix, so sind Eigenwerte also Zahlen , für die  nicht  injektiv ist. Das ist im Endlichdimensionalen gleichbedeutend damit, dass der Endomorphismus nicht surjektiv oder nicht bijektiv  ist, das heißt, dass die Matrix  keine Inverse hat. Betrachtet man jedoch unendlichdimensionale Räume, so ist es notwendig zu unterscheiden, ob der Operator  nicht invertierbar, nicht injektiv und/oder nicht surjektiv ist, denn im unendlichdimensionalen Fall folgt aus der Injektivität eines Endomorphismus nicht automatisch die Surjektivität. Im Folgenden wird der Begriff Spektrum in der Funktionalanalysis erläutert.

Definition
Das Spektrum eines Operators  ist die Menge aller Elemente  des Zahlenkörpers (meistens die komplexen Zahlen), für die die Differenz des Operators mit dem -fachen der identischen Abbildung

nicht beschränkt-invertierbar ist, das heißt, dass es keine Inverse gibt oder diese nicht beschränkt sind.

Das Spektrum des Operators wird mit  bezeichnet und die Elemente des Spektrums heißen Spektralwerte.

Das Spektrum linearer Operatoren

Die obige Definition lässt sich in verschiedenen Kontexten anwenden. In diesem Abschnitt wird das Spektrum linearer Operatoren eines Vektorraums betrachtet. Die Spektraltheorie von linearen Operatoren lässt sich allerdings nur dann in einem gewissen Umfang ausbauen, wenn die Menge der zu betrachtenden Operatoren spezifiziert wird. Beispielsweise könnte man sich auf beschränkte, kompakte oder selbstadjungierte Operatoren einschränken. Im Folgenden sei  ein linearer Operator auf einem komplexen Banachraum .

Resolvente

Die Resolventenmenge  besteht aus allen komplexen Zahlen , so dass es einen auf  definierten beschränkten Operator  gibt mit

.

Der Operator  heißt Resolvente des Operators . Das Komplement zur Resolventenmenge ist die Menge der komplexen Zahlen, für die die Resolvente nicht existiert oder unbeschränkt ist, also das Spektrum des Operators , das heißt, es gilt . In der Literatur findet sich auch die Definition , was zu einem anderen Vorzeichen der Resolvente führt. Die Resolventenmenge ist unabhängig von dieser Vorzeichenkonvention, da ein Operator genau dann invertierbar ist, wenn der mit −1 multiplizierte Operator invertierbar ist.

Aufteilung des Spektrums
Das Spektrum lässt sich in verschiedene Anteile untergliedern. Einmal wird eine Unterteilung in das Punktspektrum, das stetige Spektrum und das Residualspektrum vorgenommen. Diese Komponenten des Spektrums unterscheiden sich gewissermaßen durch den Grund der Nichtexistenz einer beschränkten Resolvente. Eine andere Zerlegung des Spektrums ist die in das diskrete und das wesentliche Spektrum. Für das Spektrum eines selbstadjungierten Operators gibt es noch die dritte Möglichkeit, es in ein Punkt- und ein stetiges Spektrum zu unterteilen, dies wird im Abschnitt zu den selbstadjungierten Operatoren beschrieben. Dabei ist das stetige Spektrum eines selbstadjungierten Operators nicht äquivalent zum stetigen Spektrum, das im folgenden Unterabschnitt definiert wird.

Das Punktspektrum (Eigenwertspektrum, diskontinuierliches Spektrum)

Wenn der Operator  nicht injektiv ist, das heißt , dann ist  ein Element des Punktspektrums  von . Die Elemente des Punktspektrums werden Eigenwerte genannt.

Das stetige Spektrum (kontinuierliches Spektrum, Stetigkeitsspektrum, Streckenspektrum)

Wenn der Operator  injektiv, jedoch nicht surjektiv ist, aber ein dichtes Bild besitzt, das heißt, es existiert ein Inverses, das jedoch nur auf einem dichten Teilraum des Banachraumes  definiert ist, dann ist  ein Element des stetigen Spektrums  von .

Das Residualspektrum (Restspektrum)

Wenn der Operator  injektiv ist, jedoch kein im Banachraum  dichtes Bild besitzt, dann ist  ein Element des Residualspektrums  von . In diesem Fall ist  insbesondere nicht surjektiv. Der zu  inverse Operator existiert, ist jedoch lediglich auf einem nicht dichten Teilraum von  definiert.

Diskretes und wesentliches Spektrum

Die Menge aller isolierten Spektralwerte mit endlicher Vielfachheit wird diskretes Spektrum genannt und mit  notiert. Das Komplement  heißt das wesentliche Spektrum von . Jedoch gibt es auch andere zu dieser Definition nicht äquivalente Definitionen des wesentlichen und des diskreten Spektrums.

Approximatives Punktspektrum
Falls zu einem  eine Folge  in  existiert mit

so nennt man  einen approximativen Eigenwert von . Die Menge aller approximativen Eigenwerte wird als approximatives Punktspektrum oder approximatives Eigenwertspektrum  bezeichnet. Es gilt:

Falls  ein beschränkter Operator ist, gilt außerdem

Beispiele

Multiplikationsoperator für Funktionen

Ein interessantes Beispiel ist der Multiplikationsoperator auf einem Funktionenraum , der die Funktion  auf die Funktion  abbildet, also
 mit .

 Betrachtet man  auf dem Raum der beschränkten Funktionen  mit der Supremumsnorm, so ist sein Spektrum das Intervall  und alle Spektralwerte gehören zum Punktspektrum.

 Betrachtet man ihn auf dem Hilbertraum der quadratintegrierbaren Funktionen , so ist das Spektrum wiederum das Intervall  und alle Spektralwerte gehören zum kontinuierlichen Spektrum.

 Betrachtet man ihn schließlich auf dem Raum  der stetigen Funktionen, so ist sein Spektrum wieder das Intervall  und alle Spektralwerte gehören zum residualen Spektrum.

Multiplikationsoperator für Folgen
Ist  eine beschränkte Folge in , so ist

ein stetiger, linearer Operator auf dem Hilbertraum  der quadratsummierbaren Folgen und es ist

der Abschluss der Menge der Folgenglieder. Insbesondere kommt jede kompakte Teilmenge von  auch als Spektrum eines Operators vor. Ist  eine solche Menge, so wähle eine dichte, abzählbare Teilmenge  und betrachte obigen Operator.

Spektren kompakter Operatoren
Die kompakten Operatoren bilden beschränkte Mengen des Banachraumes auf relativkompakte Mengen desselben Banachraumes ab. Diese Klasse von Operatoren bildet für sich eine Banachalgebra, die zudem ein Norm-abgeschlossenes Ideal innerhalb der Algebra aller beschränkten Operatoren bildet.

Das Spektrum kompakter Operatoren ist erstaunlich einfach in dem Sinne, dass es fast nur aus Eigenwerten besteht. Dieses Resultat geht auf Frigyes Riesz zurück und lautet präzise:

Für einen kompakten Operator  auf einem unendlichdimensionalen Banachraum  gilt, dass  ein Spektralwert und jedes  ein Eigenwert mit endlicher Multiplizität ist, das heißt der Kern von  ist endlichdimensional, und  besitzt keinen von  verschiedenen Häufungspunkt.

Spektren selbstadjungierter Operatoren
In der Quantenmechanik treten die selbstadjungierten Operatoren auf Hilberträumen als mathematische Formalisierung der beobachtbaren Größen, sogenannte Observablen, auf. Die Elemente des Spektrums sind mögliche Messwerte. Daher sind folgende Aussagen von grundlegender Bedeutung:

Eigenschaften
Das Spektrum eines selbstadjungierten Operators ist in  enthalten. Ist  selbstadjungiert und beschränkt, so liegt sein Spektrum im Intervall  und enthält einen der Randpunkte. Ist , so gilt
.
Eigenräume zu verschiedenen Eigenwerten sind orthogonal zueinander. Selbstadjungierte Operatoren auf einem separablen Hilbertraum haben daher höchstens abzählbar viele Eigenwerte. Das Residualspektrum eines selbstadjungierten Operators ist leer.

Ist  ein selbstadjungierter Operator, der auch ein unbeschränkter Operator sein kann, in einem Hilbertraum , so ist diesem Operator eine Spektralschar
 von Orthogonalprojektionen  zugeordnet. Für jedes  ist die Funktion  die Verteilungsfunktion eines Maßes  auf . Die Eigenschaften dieser Maße geben Anlass zur Definition von Teilräumen, auf die der Operator eingeschränkt werden kann. Die Spektren dieser Einschränkungen sind dann Bestandteile des Spektrums von . Dadurch erhält man neue Beschreibungen der bereits oben genannten Teile des Spektrums und weitere Unterteilungen.

Das Punktspektrum

heißt unstetiger Teilraum von  bzgl. . Es gilt
, das heißt das Spektrum der Einschränkung ist der Abschluss des Punktspektrums von .
Gilt , so ist  und man sagt,  habe ein reines Punktspektrum.

Das stetige Spektrum

heißt stetiger Teilraum von  bzgl. .
 ist das stetige Spektrum von .
Gilt , so ist  und man sagt,  habe ein rein stetiges Spektrum.

Das singuläre Spektrum

heißt singulärer Teilraum von  bzgl. . Das Maß  zu einem  ist dann singulär in Bezug auf das Lebesgue-Maß.
 ist das singuläre Spektrum von .
Gilt , so ist  und man sagt,  habe ein rein singuläres Spektrum.

Das singuläre stetige Spektrum

heißt singulär stetiger Teilraum von  bzgl. .
 ist das singulär stetige Spektrum von .
Gilt , so ist  und man sagt,  habe ein rein singulär stetiges Spektrum.

Das absolutstetige Spektrum

heißt absolutstetiger Teilraum von  bzgl. . Das Maß  zu einem  ist dann absolutstetig in Bezug auf das Lebesgue-Maß.
 ist das absolutstetige Spektrum von .
Gilt , so ist  und man sagt,  habe ein rein absolutstetiges Spektrum.

Beziehungen der Spektren
Es gilt , , . Daraus ergibt sich

Die Teile , ,  und  sind abgeschlossen, denn es handelt sich um Spektren. Für das Punktspektrum gilt das im Allgemeinen nicht.

Spektraltheorie für Elemente einer Banachalgebra
Streicht man die zusätzliche Forderung der Beschränktheit der Inversen, so kann obige Definition auch auf Elemente einer Operatoralgebra angewandt werden. Unter einer Operatoralgebra versteht man meist eine Banachalgebra mit Einselement und das Invertieren von Elementen ergibt in diesem Kontext nur Sinn, wenn die Inverse wiederum ein Element der Algebra ist. Da solche Operatoren nicht durch ihre Wirkung auf irgendeinen Vektorraum definiert sind (also eigentlich gar nicht operieren), gibt es auch kein a-priori-Konzept der Beschränktheit solcher Operatoren. Allerdings kann man diese immer als lineare Operatoren auf einem Vektorraum darstellen, zum Beispiel als Multiplikationsoperatoren auf der Banachalgebra selbst. Dann werden diese Operatoren zu beschränkten Operatoren auf einem Banachraum. Insbesondere bildet die Menge der beschränkten Operatoren das Standardbeispiel einer Operatoralgebra. Auch die zuvor schon erwähnten kompakten Operatoren bilden eine Operatoralgebra. Daher umfasst die Spektraltheorie für Banachalgebren diese zwei Klassen linearer Operatoren.

Beispiele

Matrizen
In der linearen Algebra bilden die n×n-Matrizen mit komplexen Einträgen eine Algebra bezüglich der üblichen Addition und Skalarmultiplikation (komponentenweise) sowie der Matrizenmultiplikation. Die -Matrizen können daher sowohl als Beispiel für eigentliche Operatoren in ihrer Eigenschaft als lineare Abbildungen des  angesehen werden, als auch als Beispiel einer Operatoralgebra, wobei es in diesem Kontext unerheblich ist, welche Operatornorm für die Matrizen gewählt wird. Da alle linearen Abbildungen eines endlichdimensionalen Raumes auf sich automatisch beschränkt sind, kann dieser Begriff in der Definition hier außer Acht gelassen werden.

Eine Matrix  ist invertierbar, wenn es eine Matrix  gibt, so dass  (Einheitsmatrix) ist. Dies ist genau dann der Fall, wenn die Determinante nicht verschwindet: . Daher ist eine Zahl  dann ein Spektralwert, wenn  gilt. Da dies aber gerade das charakteristische Polynom der Matrix  in  ist, ist  genau dann ein Spektralwert, wenn  ein Eigenwert der Matrix ist. In der linearen Algebra bezeichnet das Spektrum einer Matrix daher die Menge der Eigenwerte.

Funktionen
Die stetigen Funktionen auf dem Intervall  mit Werten in den komplexen Zahlen  bilden (z. B. mit der Supremumsnorm als Norm, die hier aber nicht von Belang ist) eine Banachalgebra, wobei die Summe zweier Funktionen und das Produkt zweier Funktionen punktweise definiert wird:

Eine Funktion  heißt dann in dieser Algebra invertierbar, wenn es eine andere Funktion  gibt, so dass  (Einsfunktion) ist, das heißt, wenn es eine Funktion  gibt, deren Werte gerade die Kehrwerte von  sind. Man sieht nun schnell ein, dass eine Funktion genau dann invertierbar ist, wenn sie nicht den Funktionswert  besitzt und die Inverse in diesem Fall punktweise die inversen Funktionswerte (Kehrwerte) der ursprünglichen Funktion besitzt:
, wenn  überall.
Eine Zahl  ist also ein Spektralwert, wenn die Funktion  nicht invertierbar ist, also den Funktionswert  besitzt. Dies ist natürlich genau dann der Fall, wenn  ein Funktionswert von  ist. Das Spektrum einer Funktion ist daher genau ihr Bild.

Eigenschaften
Die Spektraltheorie der Elemente von Banachalgebren mit Eins ist eine Abstraktion der Theorie beschränkter linearer Operatoren auf einem Banachraum. Die einführenden Beispiele sind Spezialfälle dieser Theorie, wobei im ersten Beispiel die Norm der betrachteten Funktionen zu spezifizieren ist. Wählt man z. B. den Banachraum der stetigen Funktionen auf einem kompakten Raum mit der Supremumsnorm, so stellt dieses Beispiel den wohl wichtigsten Fall einer abelschen Banachalgebra mit Eins dar. Das zweite Beispiel findet seinen Platz in dieser Theorie als typisches endlichdimensionales Beispiel einer nicht abelschen Banachalgebra, wobei eine geeignete Norm für die Matrizen zu wählen ist. Das Spektrum eines Operators war im ersten Fall der Wertebereich und, da die betrachteten Funktionen stetig auf einem Kompaktum sind, eine kompakte Teilmenge in . Im zweiten Fall ist das Spektrum eine endliche Menge von Punkten in  und daher ebenfalls kompakt. Diese Tatsache kann auch im abstrakten Fall bewiesen werden:

Das Spektrum  eines Elementes  einer Banach-Algebra mit Eins ist immer nicht-leer (siehe Satz von Gelfand-Mazur) und kompakt.

Aus diesem Satz folgt unmittelbar, dass es einen betragsmäßig größten Spektralwert gibt, denn das Supremum

wird auf dem kompakten Spektrum angenommen. Man nennt diesen Wert den Spektralradius von . Im Beispiel der Algebra der stetigen Funktionen sieht man unmittelbar ein, dass der Spektralradius gerade der Norm der Elemente entspricht. Aus der linearen Algebra weiß man jedoch, dass dies für Matrizen im Allgemeinen nicht gilt, da z. B. die Matrix

nur den Eigenwert  besitzt, und daher ist , aber die Norm der Matrix (egal welche) ist nicht . Der Spektralradius ist im Allgemeinen tatsächlich kleiner als die Norm, es gilt aber

Satz: In einer Banach-Algebra mit Eins existiert für jedes Element  der Grenzwert  und ist gleich dem Spektralradius von .

Weitere Anwendungen

 In der Quantenmechanik behandelt man vor allem das Spektrum des Hamiltonoperators. Dies sind die möglichen Energiewerte, die an dem betrachteten System gemessen werden können. Der Hamiltonoperator ist damit (und weil er die Dynamik des Systems bestimmt, siehe Mathematische Struktur der Quantenmechanik) ein besonders wichtiger Spezialfall für die meist unbeschränkten selbstadjungierten Operatoren auf dem Hilbertraum. Die Elemente dieses Raums repräsentieren die quantenmechanischen Zustände, die  selbstadjungierten Operatoren dagegen die Observablen (messbare Größen). Die Selbstadjungiertheit des Operators gewährleistet, wie oben bereits erwähnt, dass die möglichen Messwerte (Spektralwerte) ausnahmslos reelle Zahlen sind. Über diese kann 1.) summiert oder 2.) integriert werden, was mit dem Spektraltyp zusammenhängt:

Das Spektrum zerfällt dabei erstens in einen von den Physikern als diskret bezeichneten Anteil (mathematisch-genauer: in  das Punktspektrum - 1.) -, das auch nichtdiskret-dicht sein kann, analog zu den rationalen Zahlen), was dem Punktmaß ("finite Differenzen", im Gegensatz zum "Differential") einer unstetigen monotonen Funktion entspricht, einer sog. Sprungfunktion; und zweitens in das sog. kontinuierliche Spektrum (genauer: in das  absolut-kontinuierliche Spektrum, - 2.) -, analog zum Differential einer stetigen und überall differenzierbaren streng monoton zunehmenden glatten Funktion.) Der Übergang von 1.) nach 2.) entspricht dem Übergang von der Summation zum Integral,   was approximativ durch Riemannsche Summen erfolgen kann.

In sehr seltenen Fällen, etwa bei hierarchisch geordneten inkommensurablen Segmenten der  potentiellen Energie oder bei gewissen Magnetfeldern, gibt es auch noch einen dritten spektralen Anteil, das sog. singulär-kontinuierliche Spektrum, analog zu  einer monoton wachsenden Cantorfunktion, einer Funktion die zwar stetig und monoton wachsend ist, aber nirgends differenziert werden kann (z. B. die sog. Teufelstreppe).

 In der klassischen Mechanik und der statistischen Mechanik werden Observablen durch Funktionen auf dem Phasenraum modelliert. Ganz analog zur Quantenmechanik gilt auch in diesem Fall, dass die möglichen Messwerte die Spektralwerte der Observable sind, also in diesem Fall einfach die Funktionswerte.

 In der algebraischen Quantentheorie werden Observablen abstrakt als Elemente sog. C*-Algebren (spezieller Banachalgebren) eingeführt. Ohne eine konkrete Darstellung dieser Algebra als Menge linearer Operatoren auf einem Hilbertraum anzugeben, erlaubt es der Spektralkalkül dieser Algebren dann, die möglichen Messwerte der Observablen zu berechnen. Die Zustände des physikalischen Systems werden dann nicht als Vektoren im Hilbertraum, sondern als lineare Funktionale auf der Algebra eingeführt. Die klassischen Theorien, wie die klassische (statistische) Mechanik, können in diesem Bild als Spezialfälle angesehen werden, in denen die C*-Algebra abelsch ist.

Siehe auch
 Gemeinsames Spektrum
 Numerischer Wertebereich
 Spektralmaß, Spektralsatz

Literatur

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Q: Lotus Notes - multiple IF formula statements I'm new in Lotus Notes programming and I need your advices and your help.
My main form contains a table with 8 rows and 2 columns. ( there are 16 cells )  Every each cell has a numeric field. My fields name are :
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What I want to do is:
I have a view called vwMarketing with just one column. I want this view to display only those docs. in which there is at least one or more rows which its cells contains equal values.
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A: *

*if you have small amount of documents in the view, then as u were suggested use Selection Formula to exclude documents with wrong condition.

*you can add computed item/flag into your documents, field will compute if the document should be displayed in the view or not. then you will not have performance issue. i.e.

but code you need should look like that (that will check if documents is fine to be displayed in view or not), if you use it in view - just put after all Select _res = 1 otherwise if you decide to use flag into document (to increase performance) then Select youritem = 1
   _res := 0;
    @For(i:=1;i<=8;i:=i+1;
        _post := @Text(i);
        _txt_n := @GetField("txt_n"+_post);
        _txt_i := @Text(@GetField("txt_i"+_post));
        @If(    (_txt_n=_txt_i) & (_txt_n!="");
                @Do(    _res := 1; i:=9);
                0
        )
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A: I would solve it slightly different:

*

*Create a hidden text field on your form called 'DisplayInView' (or similar).

*Modify the view selection: SELECT DisplayInView="Yes"

*Add the code below to the PostSave event of your form:
Dim thisdoc As NotesDocument
Dim isSame As Boolean
isSame = False
Set thisdoc = source.Document
'*** Loop through all fields in document and compare the field pairs
Forall i In thisdoc.Items
    If Left(i.Name,5) = "txt_n" Then
        If i.Text = thisdoc.GetItemValue( Replace(i.Name,"txt_n","txt_i") )(0) Then
            isSame = True
            Exit Forall
        End If
    End If
End Forall
If isSame Then
    Call doc.ReplaceItemValue("DisplayInView","Yes")
    Call doc.Save(True,False)
End If

I haven't tested it, but I believe it should work.

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Anne Peabody
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath–Force of Nature
Glyndor Gallery | June 7– September 7, 2015
Pictured above: Wildfire, 2015 Copper, wood, glass, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist
Anne Peabody's multimedia sculptural work focuses on the loss and regrowth that occur after devastation wrought by natural disasters. Although wildfires, the subject of her site-specific installation at Wave Hill, are commonly thought of as natural occurrences, experts classify them them as "quasi-natural" hazards because many are caused by humans. "The probability of fires is increasing because people are increasing," said the U.S. Geological Survey's Jon Keeley, who has spent years studying the history of California wildfires.
Using tole-worked copper, glass, rock and wood, Peabody imagines a wildfire in the former dining room of Glyndor House. By creating this immersive environment in the space, the artist succeeds in making a calamity that seems far removed on monitors or smartphone screens, feel more like an immediate threat. Burn patterns made of charred wood, blackened stone and singed foliage offer clues about human involvement in the catastrophe. However, signs of new growth that follow a wildfire also emerge to give hope. In some ways, the installation recalls a past fire, caused by lightning strike, that severely damaged the previous home on this site in 1926; it was demolished and replaced by the current building a year later.
Peabody has exhibited in Glasstress shows at the 2009 and 2011 Venice Biennales; the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY; and Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY. She participated in More Art's 2014 Engaging Artists Residency in New York, NY, and was recently named a recipient of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Peabody's installations are on permanent display at 21c Museum Hotels in Cincinnati, OH; Bentonville, AK; and Louisville, KY. She received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts.
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June 07 - September 07, 2015
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Q: Why does my ArrayList item get converted to an object in Java? I am trying to get an element from my ArrayList by it's position.  I keep getting an error message saying "Object cannot be converted to a string" on the line that gets the ArrayList element.
Here is my code:
ArrayList resources = new ArrayList();

resources.add("Brick");
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resources.add("Wool");
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}

A: You declared resources to be of type ArrayList, which is a raw type, so resources.get(i) returns an instance of type Object, which cannot be assigned to a String variable.
In order for resources.get(i) to return a String, change its type to ArrayList<String>.

A: You should use generics for proper type resolving:
ArrayList<String> resources = new ArrayList<String>();

in you code you've created a list of Object.
Also you can put class cast into resource.get line,
String randomResource = (String)resources.get(i);

but in this case you can get ClassCastException in runtime if someone passed different object into your list.
For example:
ArrayList resources = new ArrayList();
resources.add(1); <-- this is also allowed because Integer is instance of Object

for(int i = 0; i < resources.size(); i++){
        String randomResource = (String)resources.get(i); <-- ClassCastException because Integer isn't instance of String

    }

More information about generics in java: Java Generics FAQs


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Internationally acclaimed writer Julie Powell was born in Austin, Texas on April 20, 1973. She received national attention for her blog, "The Julie/Julia Project," which she subsequently adapted for a memoir. Nora Ephron wrote and directed a 2009 culinary comedy-drama, Julie & Julia, based on Powell's work and the life of Julia Child in 1950s Paris. Powell has published a second book, Cleaving, on butchering and marriage.
Julie Powell was born in Austin, Texas on April 20, 1973. She attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and dance/fiction writing. She later married Eric Powell, an editor at Archaeology magazine, and the couple settled in New York City.
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Nora Ephron wrote and directed modern classic romantic comedies like Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail and 2009's Julie & Julia.


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The god of mooladhar is Lord Shri Ganesha. The Muladhara chakra has four petals bearing the Sanskrit letters va, scha, sha and sa. The center letter is lam. The tattwa of Earth is represented by a yellow square.
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The god of mooladhar is Lord Shri Ganesha. The Muladhara chakra has four petals bearing the Sanskrit letters va, scha, sha and sa. The center letter is lam. The tattwa of Earth is represented by a yellow square. It is symbolized by a lotus with four petals and the colour red. DescriptioneditMuladhara is located near the coccygeal plexus beneath the sacrumit,1 while its kshetram, or superficial activation point, is located between the perineum and the coccyx or the pelvic bone.
Because of its location and connection with the act of excretion, it is associated with the anus. Beautifully formatted Sanskrit texts and stotras in the pdf format, which you can view or print for your personal use. Vedic scriptures Click The four Vedas.
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AppearanceeditIt is symbolized by a red, four petaled lotus with a yellow square at its center. Each petal has one of the Sanskritsyllables va, a, a, and sa written on it in gold, representing the four vrittis greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration.
Alternatively, they may represent dharma psycho spiritual longing, artha psychic longing, kama physical longing and moksha longing for spiritual liberation. Eight spears point out of the sides and corners of the square. The deity Indra is associated with Muladhara.
In these depictions, he is yellow, four armed, and holds a vajra and a blue lotus in his hands. He is mounted upon the white elephant Airavata, who has seven trunks denoting the seven elements necessary for supporting life.
Occasionally, Ganesha is also associated with Muladhara. In these depictions, he has orange skin, wears a yellow dhoti, and a green silk scarf draped around his shoulders. In three hands he holds a laddu, a lotus flower, and a hatchet, and the fourth is raised in the mudra of dispelling fear. Seed mantraeditThe seed mantra syllable is la.
Within the bindu, the point that forms a part of the letter, is Brahma. He is deep red, with four faces and four arms, holding a staff, a sacred vase of nectar, and a japa mala, and making the gesture of dispelling fear. He is seated on a swan.
The goddess Dakini, his shakti, is depicted with him. She is beautiful, with three eyes and four arms. Dakini is usually depicted with red or white skin, holding a trident, a skulled staff, a swan, and a drinking vessel, and is seated on a swan. At times, instead of a swan and drinking vessel, she holds a sword and a shield. Seat of kundalinieditIn the center of the square, below the seed syllable, is a deep red inverted triangle.
The kundalini shakti is said to sleep here, waiting to be aroused and brought back up to Brahman, the source from which it originated. It is represented by a snake wrapped three and a half times around a smoky grey lingam. FunctioneditMuladhara is considered the foundation of the energy body. Yogic systems stress the importance of stabilizing this chakra.
Kundalini awakening begins here. It is also known as the seat of the red bindu, or subtle drop, which rises up to the white bindu in the head to unite the feminine and masculine energies, the Shakti and Shiva. It is associated with the element of earth, the sense of smell and the action of excretion. By meditating thus on Her who shines within the Muladhara Chakra, with the luster of ten million Suns, a man becomes Lord of speech and King among men, and an Adept in all kinds of learning.
He becomes ever free from all diseases, and his inmost Spirit becomes full of great gladness. Pure of disposition by his deep and musical words, he serves the foremost of the Devas.
PracticeseditIn kundalini yoga there are various yogic practices held to incite the energy in Muladhara asanas such as Garudasana, Shashankasana and Siddhasana nosetip gazing, or Nasikagra Drishti specific pranayamas and most importantly the practice of Mula Bandha, involving the contraction of the perineum, which awakens kundalini, and is important for the retention of semen.
This chakra can also be activated by chanting the Seed Mantra. It is said that one who chants the Seed Mantra of Muladhara Chakra for more than 1. Siddhis of the Muladhara Chakra. SiddhiseditHe or she experiences Darduri Siddhi Frog jump in air at various degrees. He or she gains knowledge of the Present, Past and Future. He or she has control over the Elements of the Earth.
Comparisons with other systemseditWhen compared to the other important Tantric system of Vajrayana in Tibet the Muladhara chakra finds no parallel in the same place, unlike the other six chakras. Instead, the Tibetan system positions two chakras on the sexual organ the jewel wheel in the middle, near the tip, and the tip of the sexual organ itself.
These chakras are extremely important for the generation of great bliss, and play an important role in the highest tantric sexual practices. A unique feature, the red drop, called the red bodhicitta, is not located here, but instead at the navel wheel.
In the Sufi system of Lataif there are two lower Lataif. One is the nafs, which is just below the navel. The nafs incorporates all the elements of a persons lower self. The other similar lataif is called the qalab, or mould, which appears in seven lataif systems and corresponds to the physical body, but this is sometimes located at the top of the head. Qalab is usually further divided into the four elements. In the Kabbalah the lowest Sephiroth is known as Malkuth, and performs the same transcendental role as the basis of physical nature.
It is associated with the sexual organ, in close contact with Yesod. In astrology. Saturn is often correlated as being the planet of survival, limitation, the physical plane, and having to do with the earthly nature of the Muladhara, and it is often referred to as being the ruling planet of the Muladhara by many modern astrologers.
In Earth based spiritualities the Eight Directions are often used to represent the Wheel of the Year. The midpoints between those four times of year are the four lesser directions. This Eight Direction model maps perfectly onto the eight arrows of the root chakra. This chakra, being so closely related to the element of Earth, also reflects the earth elements. Puranic Adhara, Muladhara. See alsoeditReferenceseditJudith, Anodea 1. Popular Articles:.
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History[ edit ] Ghurye notes that the text identifies Ganesa with the Brahman and is of a very late origin, [6] while Courtright and Thapan date it to the 16th or 17th century. Sartha published a edition. In his version of the source text he groups verses together to form sections that he calls upamantras. He notes that as a result of this his line numbering and versification may differ from those given in other variants. His version provides no line numbers. You are indeed the visible "That Thou Art" [tattvamasi]. You indeed produce the universe.
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The party sets a high bar for any endorsement: Candidates need more than 60 percent of the votes of the party's delegates. That often leads to the party declaring multiple candidates "acceptable" without offering a formal endorsement.
It's shaping up as a familiar fight between two different networks of South Bay political actors.
Martinez won endorsements from Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, state Sen. Ben Hueso (who used to represent the Council district), and Rep. Juan Vargas. Moreno, meanwhile, has the support of her boss – who bucked the same South Bay establishment eight years ago when he defeated Felipe Hueso, Ben Hueso's brother, to represent the seat for the first time.
The party also voted Tuesday to reconsider its decision from before the June primary to endorse Council President Myrtle Cole in her re-election bid against attorney (and former Cole staffer) Monica Montgomery.
That vote won't happen until the party's September meeting, but it would qualify as a shocking rebuke if the party pulled Cole's endorsement. Even scheduling the vote to reconsider isn't a great look for the person who controls the Council's agenda and who is running for re-election in a safe Democratic seat.
But overturning the endorsement will be a harder lift than scheduling it was. It took just 50 percent of the vote to put the item on September's docket. Rescinding the endorsement will take support from 66 percent of the party's delegates.
"We're a large party and we try to let everyone have their say," said Jessica Hayes, chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party. If Cole's endorsement is revoked, it would also take 66 percent support to endorse Montgomery instead.
"And if that happened, the next time we could consider a re-endorsement would be in October, which is just a few weeks before the vote," she said.
Many of the smaller cities in the county don't hold primary elections. As such, they've just recently finalized who will appear on the November ballot.
But as Democrats increasingly mobilize to win seats that they haven't held, despite often holding registration advantages among voters, there are a handful of interesting races this year.
La Mesa: When Councilman Colin Parent won a seat in La Mesa in 2016, he was the first Democrat to do so there in nearly two decades. Now, two notable Democrats are trying to do the same.
One is Dave Myers, who ran unsuccessfully in the spring to unseat Sheriff Bill Gore. Myers was a commander in the Sheriff's Department under Gore until retiring after a primary bid in which things got heated between him and Gore.
The other is Akilah Weber, an accomplished doctor who is now director of the Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Division at Rady's Children's Hospital. She also happens to be the daughter of Assemblywoman Shirley Weber.
Myers and Weber, both endorsed by the party this week, have tough races ahead. They're trying to defeat Guy McWhirter and Bill Baber, both incumbent city councilmen who were endorsed by the county Republican Party. All four candidates will run on one ballot, with voters choosing any two, and the top two vote-getters winning seats.
Oceanside: Two current Democratic Council members are running for one seat in Oceanside. Chuck Lowery and Esther Sanchez are facing off to represent the city's first district. Also on the ballot are Susan Custer, a real estate professional who has been endorsed by the Republican Party, and Michael E. Maulani K. Odegaard, an educator.
Activists in Oceanside qualified for the ballot the "Save Our Open Space and Agricultural Resources" or SOAR initiative, which would force any developments proposed on agricultural or open space in the city to go to a citywide vote. The Democratic Party this week declined to endorse the initiative.
National City: In June, there were two competing initiatives to revamp term limits in National City. One of them, if passed, would have let Mayor Ron Morrison run for re-election. It failed. But, he's still eligible to run for City Council, and that's just what he's doing.
He's running against Mona Alvarado-Rios, an incumbent city councilwoman. The two feuded on the dais over the last year as the Council in National City has become increasingly acrimonious over a handful of issues, including protests related to a death in police custody, allegations of improper benefits received by a city councilman, a recanted allegation of sexual harassment against a councilwoman, the proposed changes to term limits in the city and state legislation last year that revamped the San Diego Association of Governments.
Morrison, a political independent, has been mayor since 2006. Democratic Councilwoman Alejandra Sotelo-Solis is running to replace him. Democrats in the city outnumber Republicans by a nearly 3-to-1 margin. Also on the ballot are Mitchel Beauchamp, the city treasurer; Daniel Perez, a real estate agent; and Ditas Delossantos Yamane, a businesswoman. Yamane has endorsements from Morrison and Councilman Jerry Cano.
Ry Rivard contributed to this report. If you have feedback or ideas for the Politics Report, email scott.lewis@voiceofsandiego.org or andrew.keatts@voiceofsandiego.org.


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Rock Choir members take part in West End show
Loughborough Rock Choir was approached to provide some extra nuns to appear with the West End cast in their production of Sister Act.
Matt Jarram
Members of Loughborough Rock Choir become nuns in Sister Act.
MEMBERS of Loughborough Rock Choir helped some nuns in need in the West End hit Sister Act based on the Whoopi Goldberg movie.
The Rock Choir was approached by Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire, to provide some extra nuns to appear with the West End cast in their production of Sister Act.
The four Leicestershire Rock Choirs, Loughborough, Hinckley, Lutterworth and Leicester, all run by Sarah Stephens provided a team of 25 members for each of the four weeks.
This is the first time that Rock Choir members from any choir have ever been involved in a professional stage show.
Sarah Stephens said: "It was such an amazing experience to appear in this production.We are now finding it hard to come back down into the real world ready for the start of our new term at Rock Choir."
LoughboroughAlbert Street art exhibition "Originally the exhibition was to be about doorways. Janus was often depicted over doorways by the Romans."
Loughborough UniversityNew public artwork planned at Loughborough UniversityThe work will be located at the main entrance route to the halls and will be seen by thousands of students and visitors as they navigate this route.
LeicestershireMusicians galore lined up for Summer SundownThe much-loved event with music from local bands and entertainers is perfect for families to sit and enjoy during the warm summer evenings.
LeicestershireFilm featuring pupils scoops county awardThe Unquiet Grave, a short drama produced and directed by Pudding Bag Productions, was based on Roesia de Verdun.
LoughboroughCompletion date for £5.9m student flats development"In keeping with the university's focus on sustainability, The Foundry II is being built using integrated panelling, cladding and conduits that are manufactured off-site."
LoughboroughTribute paid to doctor Patrick KingsleyPatrick began his remarkable career as a junior doctor in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados before working for Fisons, the pharmaceuticals company, in Loughborough for eight years.


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Patient Safety & Outcomes
3 states where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) - Monday, October 11th, 2021
New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are falling nationwide, but hospitals in some states are still struggling to treat high volumes of virus patients.
Below is a snapshot of the situation in three states with the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates over the last two weeks, as of Oct. 11. Data is from HHS and tracked by The New York Times.
Hospitalizations per 100,000 people: 35
North Dakota has seen a 17 percent jump in hospitalizations in the last two weeks, according to the Times. State data shows 196 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Oct. 9, including 24 people who were in intensive care.
Amid the flood of COVID-19 patients, Gov. Doug Burgum and local hospital leaders urged residents to get vaccinated and avoid risky activities that could further burden hospitals, reported the Times.
"The pressure on hospitals and clinics in both our urban and rural areas is reaching critical levels, and we all need to do our part to avoid hospitalization and prevent further strain on these facilities and their staff as we work through this incredibly challenging time," Mr. Burgum said.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Michigan have increased 21 percent in the last 14 days, according to the Times. A total of 1,811 people with confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized as of Oct. 8, state data shows. Two hundred fifty patients were on ventilators, and 477 were in intensive care.
Rob Davidson, MD, an emergency room physician in rural Western Michigan, said his ER is still overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
"I had just worked a couple of shifts in a row where I had six, seven people sitting in the emergency department, waiting for beds at other hospitals that didn't exist," Dr. Davidson told CNN Oct. 9. Some ambulances "were six, seven hours away from being able to bring them to those places," he added.
In Minnesota, COVID-19 hospitalizations have jumped 15 percent in the last two weeks, according to the Times. As of Oct. 8, 871 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and 236 required intensive care — the highest figure reported in 2021, according to MPR News.
Last week, hospital leaders and health officials warned of the surge's toll on the state's healthcare system.
"Across the state, we have more hospitals reporting that they have zero available adult medical surgical beds and zero adult ICU beds available during this latest surge," Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said Oct. 7, according to a separate MPR News report. "These are numbers we didn't see even in the worst of last fall's surge."
To view a full list of hospitalization rates by state, click here.


Fixed cost remains high for aviation companies, which makes their businesses unviable at a broader level, says Khurana.
In a chat with ET Now, Amit Khurana, Co- Head Equites & Head of Research, Dolat Capital Market, shares his views on aviation stocks.
ET Now: Is there a 'subscribe' call on IndiGo's forthcoming IPO? Do you like either Spicejet or Jet Airways?
Amit Khurana: I am slightly biased against the aviation stocks. They tend to do pretty well in upcycles. Fortunately, we are in one such upcycle.
IndiGo and other aviation stocks are likely to get a rerating, due to long-term structural demand story that we have for India as a market.
But we saw most of those players actually getting out of the business. Hopefully, this will be a far more mature growth cycle that we can see over the next five-six years.


Cape Split is a narrow little jutting peninsula of land which is part of the larger Cape Blomidon. Together they jut out into the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and divide the Bay of Fundy from the Minas Basin. It is often said that the Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world - though I believe more correctly the Minas Basin does. The numbers you find online are that the tidal range in this area is about 16 meters or about 53 feet. When you experience this with your own eyes it is really quite spectacular! The hike to Cape Split gives you a perfect opportunity to experience these tides first hand. It is a relatively easy hike if you stick to the main trail, and one that 5 and 6 year olds regularly accomplish with their families. If you hike at a fast pace you can make it to the split in just over an hour, but more realistically most people probably want to allot 4 to 5 hours for the return trip. It is about 6.5 km each way if you stay on the main trail.
My apologies if I misrepresent this piece since I've never heard it told directly by a member of the local Mi'kmaw First Nation, but Blomidon is supposed to be the home of the Mi'kmaw god Glooscap, and the tall pieces of Cape Split broken off the end of where you hike are referred to in local lore as "Glooscap's fingers". I would love to hear more about this from someone knowledgable.
I was first exposed to tides in this area in University - at Acadia University in Wolfville NS a standard part of the "frosh" program for initiating freshmen was to take them out onto the mud flats of the Wolfville Harbour during low tide and have them slide down the 30 and 40 foot natural mud slides. Of course everyone got completely covered head-to-toe in mud, which is why arrangements were always made with the local fire hall to pay a visit there afterwards to get hosed down.
Cape Split was originally private land which from 2002 through 2007 got acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia and turned into a Provincial Park. In 2009 the province released a 20 year management plan with details on where they wanted the park to go.


Talented director Chaitanya Dantuluri who made a decent mark with his debut film 'Banam' showing Nara Rohit as a rebellious young man is coming back with his next, this time with the backdrop of realistic incidents again. Titled 'Basanti', the film has Brahmanandam's son Gautham as the hero and debutante babe Alisha Begum as the female lead. Chaitanya is also turning a producer with the film.
Randheer Gatla, Naveena Jackson, Sayaji Shinde, Tanikella Bharani, Dr. KSI Anand, Dhan Raj, Mini Kiran, Bhanu Avirneni, Daya etc played the key roles.
Lyircs: Krishna Chaitanya, Sri Mani; Dialogues: Srikanth Naidu Vissa; Camera: Anil Bhandari, PK Varma; Music: Mani Sharma; Executive Producer: Vivek Kuchibhotla; Story, Screenplay, Producer & Director: Chaitanya Dantuluri.
'Manu' trailer raises the bar!


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Record Watches
Longines Record Watches
In the year 2017, the renowned watch brand, the Longines celebrated its 185th anniversary, honouring its legacy of tradition, elegance and performance with the launch of Longines Record collection. Surprisingly, this is the first all COSC-Certified Collection from the Longines.
Moreover, this entire collection consists of high-precision chronometer watches. The timepieces available under the hood of Record assortment feature the simple yet elegant steel watches that are available in four distinct sizes with a variety of different dials. These Longines watches are a new set of a threshold for the other luxury chronometers. Exuding the timeless elegance and peculiarities in its design and functions the Longines Record watches are sure to leave you astonished.
New Longines Record Watches
Record Automatic Silver Dial Ladies Watch
Record Automatic Mother of pearl Dial Ladies Watch
Record Automatic Ladies Watch
Record Automatic Silver Dial Men's Watch
Record Automatic Black Dial Men's Watch
Record Automatic White Dial Ladies Watch
Record Automatic White Dial Men's Watch
Record Automatic Men's Watch
Record Automatic Black Dial Diamond Ladies Watch
Record Collection Automatic Ladies Watch
History of Longines Record Watches
Celebrating successful 187 years of innovation, precision and elegance, the Longines is a leader in the watch manufacturing. The journey of this celebrated watch brand was started in the year 1832. A well – established and highly esteemed for its unique watch manufacturing, the Longines has created a number of incredible timepieces ever since its inception. Since the start, the brand has been headquartered in the Swiss municipality of Saint-Imier.
Undoubtedly, the Longines has been home to a number of exquisite timepieces. In fact, during the following years the brand stuck the market with back to back inventions. Thus owing to its unique sense of watchmaking the brand established itself firmly in the dedicated segment.
While on the eve of its 185th-anniversary celebrations in Beijing, at Baselworld 2017, the brand launched its another unique collection named, Longines Record. Blending together the expertise and traditions of Longines watch manufacturing, the Longines Record collection comprises of highly functional and elegant timepieces. The launch of these emblematic timepieces was a great success for the brand. Fortunately, it catalysed the growth of the company by featuring a powerful profile and advanced technicalities. Evidently, this Longines Record collection signifies the brand's never-ending quest for excellence and perfection. The entire series of watches under the Longines Record collection have received the cosc certification. Thus you do not need to worry about the accuracy of the watch. Looking at this one can certainly check the Longines level of excellence and dedication in watchmaking. Probably, Longines has across every hurdle to achieve the set milestones in the watch industry. And this is clearly evident from its Longines Record Collection.
While moving on to the Longines Record chronometer watch model designs and functionalities. Featuring a round shape case these Longines watches possess the property of being water resistant up to 3 bars of depth and have a sapphire display case back for wearers to admire the movement beating inside it. Along with being embedded with the modern sophistication the Longines Record collection watches beautifully hold the brand's original signature classic style. This complete range of chronometers consists of single-crystal silicon balance spring combined with unique properties. Thus achieving the highest thresholds of calibre available in the current watch models. Hence the following technicalities secure the place of Record collection among the Longines' most classic timepieces. Fortunately, these Longines watches are relatively affordable, so you need not to worry about the prices. Along with varying sizes, the Longines Record watches are also being offered in the varieties of case designs. Every of the design available is simply very graceful and enchanting. The Longines Record watches are available in four different sizes including 26mm, 30mm, 38.5mm, and 40mm.
The Larger versions including 40mm watch and 38.5mm watch have equipped with the Caliber L888.4 (ETA A31.L11)movement. Whereas the smaller ones including 30mm watch and 26mm watch are equipped with the Longines Caliber L592.4 (ETA A20.L11). These movements have been manufactured by ETA and deliver an exceptional power reserve of 3 days ie for 64 hours. Furthermore, along with being generously finished with perlage the movements also bear the skeletonized "wings" logo of Longines.
Well, now plunging into the description of the Longines Record 38.5mm and 40mm variants, both of the watches have been crafted using stainless steel material. Another fascinating feature of these Longines watches is that they feature the classic vintage Calatrava shape. Moreover, these watches also provide a choice of selecting from two different bracelets, the steel and leather straps. Along with this, there is a wide selection for dials as well. Six different dials with different mix and match are available. And if you want to opt for something very subtle, then the collection is filled with a number of the white matte finished dial with Roman numerals. And if not this as well, then there is more to be offered, the Longines collection also comprises of a chic black lacquered with diamonds indexes, black, blue and silvered dials with Arabic numerals and even a silver-hued dial with bar indexes. Whilst these Longines watches also consist of a date window located at three o'clock position.
Thus the Longines Record collection is incredibly impressive and enchanting. While taking a glance at them one can assuredly admit that the brand is conscious about manufacturing reliable and accurate timepieces. Furthermore, these chronometer watches are available at very convenient rates which are really hard to find in the other luxury watches.
Well, then when are you buying your Longines Record watch? These are simply elegant and stunning. And would surely add charm and allure to your persona. So wrap them around your wrists and let luxury flaunt at its best. Let people take notice of you wherever you go!!


Today, The Poetry Section is pleased to deliver two new poems by Matthea Harvey, who lives in Brooklyn.
No-Hands has hands but he keeps them clenched in fists at his chest. He appeared long ago on the dustiest day. Some say the sunset sent him. The children are fearless-they'll caress the two moles on the back of his right hand, bring their softest animals to rub past his bare ankles. When the town committee put the most delicious cake (with glossy fondant and candied pansies) in front of No-Hands, he didn't lunge for it, didn't even lick his lips. No one has seen him eat, but we imagine him gnawing on the fruit of low-hanging branches, licking the leftover jello from the schoolchildren's lunch trays. If we could discover his diet, we'd remake his food with twice the butter and cream, sit back and wait until his ballooning belly forced his arms out and away from his body. We're not thinking "ta-da!"-flock of doves or drawbridge comma princess, but we do dream about his fingers unfurling like sea anemones. We just want him to understand the hose dribbling next to each tree, why I give you something and you take it from me.
on a day of cartoon clouds and neon sun.
while smoking. Their banter is full of data.
they had can-do cats and piggy-banks.
they whistle dixie, I wonder.
they can mimic the sound of rain.
don't thud against their heads.
into their studies, they study.
Matthea Harvey is the author of three books of poetry: Modern Life (Graywolf, 2007), Sad Little Breathing Machine (Graywolf, 2004) and Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form (Alice James Books, 2000); and a children's book, The Little General and the Giant Snowflake (Tin House, 2009), illustrated by Elizabeth Zechel. Her website is Matthea Harvey.
The Poetry Section can be reached at poems@theawl.com.


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The design celebrates the popularity and subculture of ping pong
Guendalina Perelli December 24, 2021 Playing
Off the wall and on with the game. The Art of Ping Pong's bats, balls and nets are guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of great design and fun times.
Art of Ping Pong celebrates the popularity and subculture of ping pong by colliding it with the passion for art and the craft of design. It is run by Algy Batten and his wife Caroline. Algy is a creative consultant specialising in helping organisations develop their brand and business direction. He was previously the co-founder and creative director of the design and branding agency Fivefootsix, which closed in 2015 after 11 years of success. Caroline was previously the lead window designer for Gap Europe. She now juggles her time between Art of Ping Pong and raising their two kids Silas and Alma. "We have a long-standing passion for ping pong and a background in design. Our idea evolved from the modern need for compact living and the love of beautiful objects. Objects that have a real-life purpose to populate our living spaces. Our ArtTables feature a unique leg design that easily folds into the back of the table, where the net is also stored, so they hang as beautiful works of art when not in use."
The result is a beautiful table that hangs on your wall and gives you a great ping pong experience within seconds. Each table is hand made to order in limited numbers in their East London workshop. Fusing great design with the classic table-top game, the Art of Ping Pong mission is to become the most spirited ping pong brand on the planet.
Born out of its founder Algy Batten's long-standing love of ping pong and eye for design, its colourful ArtBats, ArtBalls and ArtNets are produced in collaboration with leading names in contemporary art and illustration.
ArtBats by The Art of Ping Pong
Following on from successful collaborations with Mr Porter and The Conran Shop, the AoPP's new range includes the 'Blossom' bat, featuring a cheerful pop-art petal design by French illustrator Marylou Faure and the typographic 'Ace' bat, which has been created in collaboration with illustration studio RUDE to bring maximum positivity to your game. All bats are made from FSC-certified wood.
Crafted from powder-coated steel, the ArtNets allow players to convert any table into a ping pong playground within seconds. By overlapping each of the three pieces, the net is easily adjusted to fit almost any table surface. When the game stops, you can hang your colourful ArtNet on the wall as a stylish interior piece. The ArtNets are sold with and without bats.
ArtNets by The Art of Ping Pong
Founder Algy Batten says, "The Art of Ping Pong celebrates the popularity and subculture of the game by colliding it with all the colour and fun of art. Ping pong gives a great workout and is proven to boost brain function, too. It's accessible for players of all ages so Christmas time, when friends and family gather, is the perfect time to play."
Stylish and definitely more entertaining than Charades, the Art of Ping Pong's bats, balls and nets are guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of great design and fun times.
Art of Ping Pong expresses the love of the game through the creation of products, events and collaborations. This has seen them work with Nike, Selfridges, Mr Porter, The Conran Shop, Le Bon Marche, The Hoxton Hotel Group, Estrella Damm and many more.


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"Intergalactic Language" — a short story by James E. Guin
"Intergalactic Language," a short story by James E. Guin, was a finalist in our recently concluded 42nd Short Fiction Contest. It is published with the permission of the author.
"Bee-Bop Into Outer Space," by David "Lebo" LeBatard
Intergalactic Language
by James E. Guin
I was playing my weekly gig at Café Reinhardt when Bella, one of the waitresses, whispered in my ear, "They want you out back."
She had disturbed me from a zone. I had been through all of my arrangements and was improving on the chords to "Minor Swing."
"They?" I asked.
She shrugged her shoulders. Straight to the point, no small talk, Bella was my kind of gal. In the second it took to place my guitar on my guitar stand a million thoughts circled around in my mind. Did Chad, the drummer, want to borrow money again? Had the musician's union caught on to the fact I wasn't paying my dues? Another one of the agent Jimmy's scams? Groupies? Oh yeah, jazz musicians haven't had groupies under the age of forty-five since the 1940s.
I stood up, and as Bella was strolling to a table near the front door, she said, "Take your guitar."
Ah, nothing complicated just someone wanting to test out my chops before a gig. People can be peculiar when it comes to inviting musicians into their home. They want to meet you, form a relationship, and get the feel for the atmosphere you create. They like to know what they are paying for. I placed my guitar in its case and walked through the kitchen.
I opened the back door to the cafe and a tour bus with the engine running was parked across the street. All these eco-friendly vehicles and so many are still running on fossil fuel. With a generic mountain scene painted on the side, it looked like something one of those old bluegrass bands would have toured in. I've seen vintage pictures on the Internet. The door opened and a man in a black Armani suite and shades — the whole nine yards — stepped down onto the street. His suit was too new, too nice, and too expensive for him to be a musician. He motioned for me to cross the street.
This must be something big, I thought.
"Taking me on a tour?" I asked.
"Something like that," he said.
As I was stepping onto the bus, he said, "After tonight, you will be the most famous musician in the galaxy."
That was a lame yarn, man. Ever since the Nuages landed people were making space jokes. Nuages — they were from a planet in the Sagittarius Star Cloud, so that was what we called them.
Two suits waited at the top of the stairs. The one on the right motioned for me to follow him and the other one trailed behind. They were making me nervous. I didn't have anything valuable and no one would go to all of that trouble for a 40,000 credits antique Gitane DG-310 that I got for at a pawnshop for 500 credits. The pawnshop owner had no clue. To me it was priceless, but to the rest of the world holo-screens and virtual sets are current treasures.
The hallway felt like it stretched to about the center of the bus. The suit in front knocked on the door. Someone on the inside opened it. He moved out of the way, motioned for me to step through, and what I saw next was unlike anything I had ever imagined. Two Nuages were levitating about half a meter off of the floor in the back of the room. I had read about them on the Internet, media streams were blowing up about them, and I had watched shows and documentaries on them. Everyone on Earth had. There were three different spacecraft that had landed on Earth passing by on an exploration of the Milky Way.
Like some of the videos I had seen, they sat crossed-legged on some flat, clear glass type of floating plane, but I couldn't see any equipment that made it levitate. Their skin had a dark pinkish color to it. They had head-tentacles, but the rest of their body was like a female human body — a nice female specimen from our species.
Something was floating in the center of the room. I noticed it only because everything in the room reflected off it.
The one stage-right started humming a melody in major and minor thirds.
"Please sit," the one stage-left said in perfect anchor-babe English.
She pointed at the floating plane in the center of the room. I laid my guitar case on the floor. Half expecting to fall on my buttocks, I sat on it like you would sit on a ledge or the high rise next to a sidewalk. After I felt I was in a firm sitting position, it adjusted to a comfortable height. An ideal comfortable height like it was reading my mind.
"This is —–," the one stage-left said.
Trying to repeat the sounds in my mind, I squinted my eyes.
She sensed my confusion and said, "After much training some English speakers could reproduce and recall most of the sounds of my owner's native language, and yes it is a tonal language."
"My owner? Are you a slave?" I asked.
"I am equivalent to Artificial Intelligence on Earth," she said.
As if rehearsed, the A. I. held her arm out and said, "My owner, —–, is female of the species from planet——which is in the Sagittarius Star Cloud near the center of our galaxy which you call the Milky Way. She has traveled 10,400 light years exploring and gathering data on life forms in this galaxy that we share. You have been recommended to us, and we would love to hear your music."
Recommended by whom? I thought as I took out my guitar and tuned it.
I have played for governors, the pope, various members of congress, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and they're the only ones who would have connections so high up.
What should I play for beings who have traveled 10, 400 light years across the Milky Way: "Nuages" (That would be ironic.), "Night and Day", "All The Things You Are", "St. Louis Blues"…Yeah, everyone in the galaxy should know "St. Louis Blues." It wasn't as wild as Django's, but I began an arrangement of "St. Louis Blues" that I had learned many years ago. I wasn't nervous. I was freaking out, and I needed a comfort tune. It was straight and stiff, and I kept playing dead notes and making the strings scratch and buzz.
I stopped and all I could cough up was, "I'm sorry."
The Nuage and the A. I. conversed in their musical language.
"Perhaps you are tired," the A. I. said.
"No, this is too much for me. I'm just nervous," I said.
The owner said something that covered at least two octaves.
"It might be helpful to perform music that is meaningful to you," the A. I. translated.
I thought for a few minutes and then said, "I will improvise for you. That might calm my nerves."
Faking it has always been my thing.
"In Earth music, what is improvise?" the A. I. asked.
Earthlings have asked me that many times.
"I will make up, create, invent, compose music on the spot. Right now, I mean," I said.
The owner said something, but this time the pitches were back to major and minor thirds.
"In our culture only those who are gifted can compose music," the A. I. translated.
"Well, you could say the same about Earth," I said and began to collect my thoughts so that I could redeem my prior performance.
After the mess I had just created, my right hand thumb brushing across the strings felt triumphant. So much power in such a small stroke — to most it would appear insignificant, but the precision of the manipulation of sound felt like a miniature universe contained in a sixteenth of a beat. The scale leading from the first chord to the second chord was only a scale, but it fit. An up stroke on the second chord sounded backwards, but would it sound backwards to the Nuages. Maybe their music sounds backwards to us. Their music and our music may be as different as Cecil Taylor and Django Reindhardt. But considering all of the jazz that's exploded into existence since those two giants, how different are Cecil and Django?
I looked up and saw that she had her eyes closed, listening. The A. I. was staring at me, but her gaze gave me the sense she was listening and enjoying my music. The next three for four minutes were lost in the moment. Scales, chords, melody and accompaniment lost to space and time. All of the fears of this mystifying environment dissipated into music that emerged from an unidentifiable place in my subconscious.
I ended on "the one" and let it ring a full twelve beats. But would that even mean anything to her? Would she feel disjointed or strange?
As soon as I placed my right hand on the strings to finalize the scarcely audible sound to my human ears, she opened her eyes.
With more excitement in her voice than before, a series of pitches rose and fell, crescendo and decrescendo, she made music that was more beautiful than anything I had ever created.
"This music demonstrates a fundamental grasp of physics as well as evoking a wide spectrum of human emotions," the A. I. translated.
"Thank you. Do you want me to play again so that you can record?" I asked.
"Everything that I see and hear is recorded. It will be viewed when we return," the A. I. said.
That was an unfathomable thought: my music traveling across the galaxy.
"May I hear music from your planet or other planets where you have traveled?" I asked.
"As unfair as it may seem, we have decided not to share our findings with other species. We do not know what consequences that may convey," the A. I. said.
She began her musical speech.
"We thank you for your gift and for your time," the A. I. translated.
From the side, one of the suits appeared in my vision and motioned for me to stand up and leave. The next thing I knew I was rushing through the door and down the hallway. The two suits who had escorted me in were leading me out.
I looked at the original suit and said, "Most famous musician in the galaxy, huh."
"There will be a sufficient amount of credits in your account for confidentiality and time," he said.
"Thanks," I said, not really understanding the full weight of that statement.
He turned around, stepped onto the bus, and a few seconds later they drove off. It was only then that I noticed I had gotten off on the opposite side of the street facing the café. We had driven around the city.
Dazed, I walked though the kitchen of Café Reinhardt and into the front. The place was empty except for a slick couple walking out the front door. I started gathering my equipment.
"You disappear like that again and Django's going to call Jean," Bella said.
Django was the owner, and Jean was this Gypsy Jazz poser who couldn't play his way out of a paper bag.
"Bella, look, tell Django I'm sorry. That was a huge gig. I don't expect that type of opportunity to come along again in my lifetime," I said.
"Well, I hope it was worth it. Django's furious, but I told him if you go I go," she said and started stacking chairs on top of the tables.
That Bella's always looking out for me. My kind of gal.
James E. Guin's fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Perihelion Online Science Fiction Magazine, T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog, MetroMoms: Metro Fiction, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and Alternate Hilarities Anthology Volume 1. He received an Honorable Mention in the 2nd Quarter of the 2014 L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest and second place in Jenny Magazine Speculative Fiction Contest 008. For more about James E. Guin please visit jameseguin.wordpress.com
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Author Joe MaitaPosted on July 20, 2016 Categories Short FictionTags james e. guin, short fiction