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Q: Go over/through vs look over/through I'd like to know the difference(s) between the verbs go over, go through, look over and look through.There are other words  that have similar meaning to these verbs too but I chose to compare these verbs because they contains the same prepositions, which are over and through, so this is very confusing for learners.
Here are the definitions by Oxford Dictionary
Go over :Consider, examine, or check (something)
Go through :Search through or examine methodically
Look over : Inspect something with a view to establishing its merits
Look through : Peruse (a book or other written material)
What I observe is that dictionaries cluster their synonyms as  search and examine.
I am familiar with the verb go over that is used to mean study before exams and I think the verb go through implies more detailed examination whereas look over means more like check out (appearance of something) quickly or superficially more than a office document which contains financial figures.
I read also these verbs may have an ambiguous meaning without a context but let's go over them.
Some examples from various dictionaries:
In the competition, the judge goes over each dog and assesses it.
Dave went through his pockets looking for the keys.
Customs officers went through all my bags.
Forensic scientists are going over the victim's flat in a search for clues about the murderer.
We're are still going over the details of the contract.
It's a good idea to get someone to go over your application form before you submit it.
Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?
Students were given five minutes to look through the examination paper before they were told the start writing.

A: As with any good Chinese menu

Column A
Go
  Look
Column B
Over
  Through

The terms

have a look

means to see what is visible on the surface, not too much involvement

have a go (BrE)

means to try to do something, which mean more involvement

gloss over

means to superficially cover

plough through

means to use effort (to move dirt around, in the literal example)
In order of intensity of activity (one from column A, one from column B)

Look over
  Look through
  Go over
  Go through

Arguably, in your dictionary sentences, one could say

Forensic scientists are going through the victim's flat
  We're are still going through the details of the contract


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Leupold Delta Point MOA dot size? - Handgun Techniques - Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo!
I have 7.5 on my Carry Optics. It's all fine and dandy.
If I had to redo it again, I would pick the 2.5. I shot my friends Open with 2.5 and its bright enough on the brightest days but more precise for those 25+ yard targets.
I prefer the 2.5moa for USPSA. It's plenty bright for day use/direct sunlight.
It is so much easier to shoot on a really bright day.
I had a 7.5 triangle, thought it was horrendous. I was fortunate enough to trade for a 2.5, and i'm much happier. The 2.5 is brighter.
I like the triangle. Big dot for hoser stuff. Sighted in on the apex for tight shots.
I concur: 2.5 MOA works in bright sun. A full brightness dot blooms a lot, and isn't really 2.5 MOA any more. On balance, it's best to have the ability to go to a small dot size for high-accuracy shots (e.g. dot drills, head shots), at least during practice.
That said the Deltapoints tend to vary one from another in brightness--although I notice this variance more at the lower intensities.
I find the smaller dots always work better over all. Even if it takes a fraction of a second to find it. Goes with the old saying, aim small, miss small. Big dots can wash out too much.
I use a 6 in my cmore and 3.25 for my RMR. Better to go smaller in a smaller window.
I've got both. I have much more experience with the 2.5 dot though. I recently bought the 7.5 delta to have an extra and will find something to put it on eventually. But after seeing both and messing around with them, i like the 2.5 better for uspsa. There's a lot of theory behind the delta; zero for long shots at tip of triangle and aim center triangle for close stuff etc. But frankly, for uspsa, its just more simple to use the dot. The delta gets complicated and even if you can learn it and be very fast, i think it is an unnecessary hoop to jump through.
But when they first came out as delta points the only one you could see was the delta 7.5".
So I have 10-12 years of using it and find it vary easy to see and use for uspsa and SC.
With that said the 2.5 dot on the DPP is a great BRIGHT dot and if you want to "see" more dot.
Go up in intensity one setting and it will slightly bloom for the given light condition and will appear to be larger.
Problem I have when it blooms; I tend to look at the dot instead of the target.
If you've never had one and you're using it for uspsa open get the 2.5 and practice.
the practice part will solve any of the concerns of not having the right dot.
I have a 7.5 for a shotgun. I think it will work great for that purpose until I run into stupidly long slug shots. For a pistol though I think it is too large for me. I like the idea of being more precise with a handgun.
I have both dots. The 2moa is on my AR I would often lose it when on my carry optics rig. I used my 7.5 on my carry optics gun and have now swapped it over to an open rig. It's easier for me to pick up the larger dot.
I use the top of the delta for a 25y sight in and then just put the delta on the target at any other range.
The RMR is a dim little optic with lousy window clarity.
A triangle DPP is twice as bright as an RMR.
A DPP 2.5 dot is twice as bright as a tringle DPP.
The 2.5 dot looks more like a 6 when it's at full power - on even the brightest day with a blinding white background, it's a huge step up over the triangle.
The RMR type 2 is pretty much just as bright as the DPP.
Deltapoint Pro: larger glass, easier to change batteries, simpler and better controls.
RMR type 2: Controls are meh. Turning on/off not as easy as DPP. Need to remove optic to replace battery. Smaller viewport.
Deltapoint Pro: huge footprint and height (requires suppressor height sights, etc.) Breaks pretty easily (I've seen them shatter when dropped on concrete).
TL;DR, my opinion is DPP for competition, RMR Type 2 for carry.
Agree with you on your summary and on that final point.
The exception being, I see absolutely no reason to run a dot on a carry gun. But that's purely personal preference. Of course.
I'm glad I stumbled across this.
I'm considering a RDS for a revolver that will be used in local matches during the off season. Primarily I'm a rifle/FTR guy.


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State College, Pa.-- UMBC track and field had a strong showing in their final meet before the America East Championships next weekend. Alexios Prodanas continued his historic indoor campaign, by once again rewriting the record books in the weight throw. The junior once again reset his personal and school record in the weight throw for the fourth time this year.
Prodanas finished in second place in the weight throw with a new school best toss of 21.26m, besting his previous best of 19.54m on his third attempt. The throw is also the 14th best throw in the nation this year. Manos Kamtsiklis placed fourth in the event with a toss of 18.13m.
On the track, Brooks Chaney took third in the 400m dash with a time of 53.81 and Nathan Nadal took fifth in the 3,000m with a time of 8:32.35 to lead the male runners. The 4x400m relay team of Isaiah Jensen, Erik Jenks, Miles Smith and Joe Viqueira took gold with a time of 3:29.06.
In the field, Trenson Terry and Rodney Sachiti went three-four in the long jump with jumps of 6.59m and 6.53m respectively. Maurice Johnson and Andrew Haberman finished fourth and fifth in the shot put with throws of 14.83m and 13.80m.
On the women's side, a slew of runners earned a top five finish on the track. Erin Patrice finished the 60m dash in first place in a time of 7.66 while sister Kara Patrice finished third in 7.88. Erin then turned in a third place finish in the 200m with a time of 25.19. Collese Daley was just behind her in the race in fifth place in a time of 25.50.
Kaya Knake and Tori Johnson finished four-five in the 400m with times of 56.70 and 58.22 respectively. Bridgett Redding rounded the top runners with a fifth place finish in the 800m in 2:14.46. The 4x400m relay team of Johnson, Ariella Garcia, Brianna Roberts and Knake took first with a time of 4:01.75.
In the field, Kelechi Nwanaga led the way with a first place finish in the shot put with a toss of 13.60m. Breanna Flores finished third in the event with a throw of 10.95m. Flores then turned in a fourth place performance in the weight throw with a toss of 14.13m, while Eleni Zotou took second with a throw of 15.16m.
The Retrievers will now head to Boston, looking to win the America East title at the 2019 America East Indoor Championships next Friday and Saturday, February 23-24.


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Joseph C. Loran (Partner)
Mr. Loran practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, workers' compensation, and commercial litigation. He has over 30 years of experience in helping people in genuine need of advocacy, including substantial experience in handling interstate trucking claims and pharmaceutical errors. He has been recognized by his peers as among the top five percent of all Illinois lawyers in commercial litigation and personal injury litigation. He has obtained settlements in excess of a million dollars on behalf of many injured people. He has received the highest rating for skill and integrity by his peers and is widely respected as a dedicated and compassionate advocate.
Bar Admission:
He was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois in 1985. He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.
He graduated from Marmion Military Academy in 1977. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1981 and his law degree from Loyola University in 1985.
Honors:
Since 1999, Mr. Loran has received the highest rating from his peers for skill and integrity with an AV Preeminent designation by Martindale-Hubbell. By a survey of his peers, he also has been named a Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law, Personal Injury, and Medical Malpractice. This distinction is earned by fewer than 5 percent of all lawyers practicing in Illinois.
He has been a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs sponsored by the Kane and DuPage County Bar Associations on civil trial issues.
He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association and the Kane County Bar Association (KCBA).
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Lopez v Morley, (2d Dist. 2004) 352 Ill. App. 3d 1174, 817 N.E.3d 592: Successfully argued that the injured plaintiff/patient did not have to pay the hospital more than the contracted amount owed under his health insurance contract, and that the hospital could not recover additional sums from the personal injury action.
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Trucking Litigation: Recovered a sum in excess of $2 million in a wrongful death suit on behalf of the estate of a 61 year old married man with four adult children.
Construction Litigation: Recovered in excess of $1 million for the wrongful death on behalf of a laborer's two adult sons.
Obtained a verdict in Kendall County in excess of $225,000 on behalf of a trucker who sustained knee and wrist injuries while tarping his load at a Menard Distribution Center.
Mr. Loran was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has been married to his wife, Janice, for 30 years. Throughout that time, they have lived in Aurora and Sugar Grove where they raised their children, Stephen and Claire.
Community Involvement:
Mr. Loran has been a member of the Board of Directors for McAuley Manor and the Provena Mercy Center Foundation Board. He has coached baseball, softball and basketball locally for park districts, the YMCA, and Holy Angels Grade School.
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Planet Aid Celebrates Earth Day at EarthFest 2015 - Planet Aid, Inc.
Planet Aid participated in this year's EarthFest. We were one of 270 exhibits in ten sustainability areas, including clean water, zero waste, advanced and renewable energy, environmental science, local and sustainable food, clean transportation, health and fitness, community works, family fun, and green home and garden. Planet Aid bins were set up during the festival, and participants were encouraged to donate bags of unwanted clothing and shoes. Check out some more photos from the event below!
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In our pursuit to understand the solar system we find ourselves in, we sent an explorer to the Saturnian system. The Cassini Spacecraft sent back amazing new data and images of Saturn and it's 62 known moons, 46 of which were unknown when it left. We learned that the moon, Enceladus, may have everything it needs to support life deep in it's global ocean, Titan has a liquid methane sea, and so much more.
Last year, low on fuel after twenty years in space and so much information gained, Cassini took several dives between Saturn and it's rings to learn a little more before it's mission came to an end. To avoid possible microbial contamination of any of Saturn's moons, Cassini dove and burned up in Saturn's atmosphere, while sending back it's final data.
Well done! You've my respect!
Just beautiful... congrats on the DD!
Wow! How awesome is this?!!
The colours look so stunningly beautiful! Amazing work!
Oh man - the colors on this made my jaw drop a little haha. I adore the teals against the yellows here - they pop so much! Super cool.
This is such a gorgeous painting. I love the heavy textures you allowed to remain on the canvas, just beautiful.
So the whole "Dear Moon" mission the Japanese Billionaire is doing and is taking artists to the moon (supposedly). Instantly thought of your art, thinking what you'd make if you were to go by chance, lol. Your art is extraordinary.
A wonderfully dynamic pose, and beautifully painted!
So beautiful! Really, you did a great job!
Awesome painting! It's neat to see since a friend of mine actually had a hand in building the Cassini explorer.
loving every inch of this.
This reminds me of one of those old Space Age posters from the 60's and 70's. Also those old 1800's paintings of Columbia and Manifest Destiny. It's beautiful.
Beautiful love the "wet brushwork"
Excellent luminosity on the neck there. You have really good control of values. I can't really do oil painting well because all my values end up looking muddy. My whites always seem to get contaminated. I'm not sure how you do it.
Holy crap, another mind blower in my inbox today! Thank you for gracing us with such beauty. This is going in my picks of the day journal for sure. Amazing!
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» Governance And Institutions
» Governance
» Government Of India (GOI)
» National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
NH34 expansion by 2011 - Highway authorities plan bypass to skirt Malda town
A congested NH34 in Malda. The highway passes right through the town. Picture by Surajit Roy Malda, July 1: The expansion of NH34 from Barasat to Dalkhola will be completed by 2011, National Highways Authority officials said today. The stretch between Barasat in North 24 Parganas and Dalkhola in North Dinajpur will be widenend to four lanes. "Provisions are being kept to turn it into a six-lane road in future. The land acquisition is being made with an eye to achieving the goal,' said Srikumar Bhattacharya, the project director of the NHAI here.
Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)
Land Acquisition, Highways, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Dakshin Dinajpur, Maldah
Finally, work on Badarpur flyover to begin in Oct
New Delhi: After years of being caught in red tape, the estimated Rs 340-crore Badarpur-Faridabad flyover may finally see the light of day. On Wednesday, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) awarded the contract to Hindustan Construction Company Limited for the 4.4-km elevated, signal-free corridor, which will be made on BOT basis.
Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)
Urban Roads, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Delhi
State Highways to be upgraded
DH News Service, Bangalore: The Union Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways K H Muniyappa on Saturday said the National Highway Authority of India, (NHAI) has identified key highways and roads in the State to be upgraded under phases 2 and 3 of the National Highway Development Project, (NHDP).
Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Highways, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Karnataka
Last year, national highway projects crawled the slowest ever
NHAI posts 56% completion rate across all phases in 2007-08, down from 81% in 2004-05; no dip in spending NHAI blames shortage of staff and raw material NEW DELHI, May 29: The country's biggest infrastructure upgrade under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) has recorded the lowest-ever progress rate under this government in 2007-08.
Habitat And Urbanisation, Highways, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
On the highway to success...
Roads are the lifeline of any country and India has been fortunate to have been blessed with a robust infrastructure of roads and highways that form the economic backbone of the country, facilitating economic growth, expansion of townships and development along their routes.
Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)
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रणनीति: KMP एक्सप्रेसवे पर सियासत?
मोदी ने कुंडली मानेसर पलवल हाइवे के कुंडली-मानेसर हिस्से का उद्घाटन किया. ये वेस्टर्न पेरिफेरल एक्सप्रेसवे है, जिसका गुरुग्राम में उद्घाटन किया गया. उम्मीद है कि इससे भारी ट्रैफिक में निजात मिलेगी. दिल्ली में कम ट्रक अंदर आएंगे और ये दिल्ली के प्रदूषण को कुछ कम करने में मदद करेगा. पीएम मोदी ने इसका उद्घाटन करते हुए कहा कि पिछली सरकारों ने इस काम में देर की.
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Stop work, HP pollution board tells highways authority
Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway.
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package org.dromelvan.struts2;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.dromelvan.modell.Deltagare;
import org.dromelvan.modell.Lag;
import org.dromelvan.modell.Spelare;
import org.dromelvan.modell.Spelare.Position;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Preparable;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.ConversionErrorFieldValidator;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.IntRangeFieldValidator;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.annotations.RequiredFieldValidator;

/**
 * Basklass för actions där man vill lägga in uppgifter om spelare (insert, edit).
 * @author macke
 */
public abstract class SpelareInputAction extends DromelvaAdminAction implements Preparable {

	/**
	 *
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3884544477842186013L;

	private Spelare spelare;

	private String fornamn;
	private String efternamn;
	private int lagId;
	private int deltagareId;
	private int position;
	private int whoScoredId;

	private List<Lag> lagList;
	private List<Deltagare> deltagareList;
	private List<Position> positionList;

	public void prepare() {
		getSessionManager().beginTransaction();

        lagList = getDAOFactory().getLagDAO().findAll();
        Collections.sort(lagList);

        deltagareList = getDAOFactory().getDeltagareDAO().findAll();
        Collections.sort(deltagareList);

		positionList = new ArrayList<Position>();
		for(Position position : Position.values()) {
			if(position != Position.OKAND) {
				positionList.add(position);
			}
		}
	}

    public void validate() {
        String namn = ((getFornamn() != null ? getFornamn().trim() : "") + " " +
                       (getEfternamn() != null ? getEfternamn().trim() : "")).trim();
        if(namn.length() <= 0) {
            addFieldError("namn","Namn saknas");
        } else {
            Spelare spelare = getDAOFactory().getSpelareDAO().findByNamn(namn);
            if(spelare != null) {
                if(getSpelare() == null || spelare.getId() != getSpelare().getId()) {
                    addFieldError("namn","Spelare med givet namn finns redan");
                }
            }
            spelare = getDAOFactory().getSpelareDAO().findByWhoScoredId(getWhoScoredId());
            if(spelare != null && spelare.getId() != getSpelare().getId()) {
                addFieldError("whoScoredId","Spelare med givet whoScoredId finns redan");
            }
        }
    }

	public Spelare getSpelare() {
		return spelare;
	}
	protected void setSpelare(Spelare spelare) {
		this.spelare = spelare;
	}

    @RequiredFieldValidator(message = "Förnamn saknas", shortCircuit = true)
    public String getFornamn() {
		return fornamn;
	}
	public void setFornamn(String fornamn) {
		this.fornamn = fornamn;
	}

    @RequiredFieldValidator(message = "Efternamn saknas", shortCircuit = true)
	public String getEfternamn() {
		return efternamn;
	}
	public void setEfternamn(String efternamn) {
		this.efternamn = efternamn;
	}

    @ConversionErrorFieldValidator(message = "Felaktigt format på lagId.")
	public int getLagId() {
		return lagId;
	}
	public void setLagId(int lagId) {
		this.lagId = lagId;
	}

    @ConversionErrorFieldValidator(message = "Felaktigt format på deltagareId.")
	public int getDeltagareId() {
		return deltagareId;
	}
	public void setDeltagareId(int deltagareId) {
		this.deltagareId = deltagareId;
	}

    @IntRangeFieldValidator(message = "Felaktig position", shortCircuit = true, min = "1", max = "5")
	public int getPosition() {
		return position;
	}
	public void setPosition(int position) {
		this.position = position;
	}

	@ConversionErrorFieldValidator(message = "Felaktigt format på whoScoredId.")
	public int getWhoScoredId() {
        return whoScoredId;
    }
    public void setWhoScoredId(int whoScoredId) {
        this.whoScoredId = whoScoredId;
    }

    public List<Lag> getLagList() {
        return lagList;
	}
	public List<Deltagare> getDeltagareList() {
        return deltagareList;
	}
	public List<Position> getPositionList() {
		return positionList;
	}

}

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From Book Concept to Bookshelf
Sarah Armendariz
Editor's note: A previous version of this article described the novels in this article as "fiction novels." The mistake has been corrected and the article has been updated.
There are few experiences in life that are as grueling as writing a book manuscript and as rewarding as finishing it. Your book is your baby — there are countless hours spent tending to its needs and setting it up for success. Novelists Kirstin Chen and Laleh Khadivi and poet Rachel Richardson joined together in Xavier Auditorium on Sept. 27th for a panel presented by the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program (MFA) to discuss their writing processes and how they went from book concept to bookshelves.
For those who are unfamiliar with the authors, Chen, a Singapore native, is the author of "Soy Sauce For Beginners" and "Bury What We Cannot Take" — novels that have received coverage in Harper's Bazaar, Glamour and InStyle. Poet Richardson, also an MFA professor, has had her two poetry books, "Copperhead" and "Hundred Year Wave," reviewed by The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. USF MFA professor, author and filmmaker Laleh Khadivi is responsible for "The Kurdish Trilogy," a series of novels that have graced the pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and San Francisco Chronicle.
All three women have achieved ample success with their writing projects — but not without their fair share of artist's block and overthinking during the process. Chen referenced her continuous struggle with fact-checking every last detail in her latest work, "Bury What We Cannot Take," a novel about a Chinese family who attempt to flee their home country during Chairman Mao's reign. She found herself constantly "writing a sentence… then Googling it," she said. As a result of this tedious task, Chen took inspiration from Edward P. Jones and his novel, "The Known World." Jones references many censuses and data in his own work — all which was completely made up.
"There was something incredibly freeing that something like that had been done and could be done," Chen said. She went on to write the rest of her work without fact-checking as she went. Instead, she would highlight sentences to refer back to when her novel was finished.
A crucial piece of advice to keep in mind when it comes to praise — "be wary of it," Richardson said. She mentioned that your goal is to reach readers, and along the way, you will most likely receive praise for what you have created. But it shouldn't deter you from creating substantial work. If you were praised from the get-go, "we would all stop writing within three years," Richardson joked.
Now, the million dollar question that every writer faces: what do you do when you're stuck?
Khadivi was quick to address this. "If you are having writer's block, you are thinking about the wrong things and working on the wrong book." To help her own lulls in inspiration, Richardson mentioned the game that she and her husband play — they give each other poem topics that are random and foreign to themes they usually write about. "You don't want to know your work too well," she said. Being too comfortable with your stylistic choices can prohibit you from growing both as a person and a writer.
Chen's approach to being stuck in a writing rut was simpler and more militant. She writes 1,000 words a day to create momentum and sends it to her college best friend, who responds with a simple thumbs up to symbolize "keep going" or a thumbs down for "go back and revise."
On occasion, a manuscript isn't thrown out until it is completely finished, cover to cover. Khadivi mentioned that she has thrown away an entire book herself, saying, "Burn it… only if you're confident about it." Chen agreed to having the same thoughts. "Sometimes you feel like you want to burn it… but it might also mean you are close to finishing," Chen said.
The overarching idea reiterated throughout the panel wasn't how you should outline your book or where to seek inspiration, but to keep writing. "Keep writing forward," Chen said.
"Write, even when you think you aren't producing good poems," Richardson said.
"There is something about the body of work that is within you that will keep you writing," Khadivi said.
Undoubtedly, you will find the silver lining. The book will see itself through, so long as you want it to.
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Q: Matrix which commutes with permutation matrix I'm trying to show that if $A$ commutes with all $3\times 3$ permutation matrices, then $A$ has to be of the following form:
$ A =
\begin{pmatrix}
a & b & b \\
b & a & b  \\
b & b & a  \\
\end{pmatrix}
$  What i've tried so far: Let $A$ be a general $3 \times 3$-Matrix. We are trying to find $A$ such that $AP = PA$. This equation basically means the following:
$AP$ is A with permuted columns. $PA$ is A with permuted rows. This means that $A$ has to be such that permuting columns and rows in the same way leaves the marix looking the same.
For example for the permutations which flip $1$ and $2$:
$
\begin{pmatrix}
d & e & f \\
a & b & c  \\
g & h & i  \\
\end{pmatrix}$ =
$
\begin{pmatrix}
b & a & c \\
e & d & f  \\
h & g & i  \\
\end{pmatrix}$. If we do the same for flipping $2$ and $3$ and flipping $1$ and $3$ we get three matrix equations for the 9 entries  $a$ to $i$
Resulting in the following equations: $a = i, b = h, g = c, f = d , b = d, a = e, c = f, h = g, b = c, f = h, i = e, g = d$ which means : $ a= e = i$ and $b=c=d=g=h$ which is exactly what I was looking for.
The thing now is. If I look at permutations which not only swap two rows/columns (for example $(123) \implies (312)$ ) I get equations which contradict my above equations.
What am I doing wrong? Is the proposition even true i.e. provable?
Thanks in advance!

A: I would suggest you check your calculation that gives you contradictory equations. In particular, if $P$ is the permutation matrix:
$$P=\begin{pmatrix}0&1&0\\0&0&1\\1&0&0\end{pmatrix}$$
then it acts on the right by applying $[3,1,2]$ to the columns, and on the left by applying $[2,3,1]$ to the rows, so you don't apply the same permutation to the rows and colums and compare the answers.
It is enough to consider only the permutation matrices that swap two rows/columns, as general permutation matrices are just products of these (this is the result "the symmetric group is generated by transpositions"). So for example, the permutation $1\mapsto 3$, $2\mapsto1$, $3\mapsto 2$ is just that given by swapping the first and second row/column and then swapping the second and third. As your $A$ commutes with both of these "swap matrices", it must commute with their product.

A: Here's the problem:
$$P[3,1,2]=P[2,1,3]P[3,2,1]$$
$$P[3,1,2]A=AP[3,1,2]$$
$$P[2,1,3]P[3,2,1]A=AP[2,1,3]P[3,2,1]$$
When you premultiply you're doing $[3,2,1]$ and then $[2,1,3]$. When you post multiply you're doing $[2,1,3]$ and then $[3,2,1]$, so your calculations only hold for a permutation matrix that can not be written as the product of two other permutation matrices.

A: The identity matrix commutes with all permutation matrices and the same is true for a matrix whose entries are all the same. Since your condition is linear in $A$ (if $A$ and $B$ permute with all $P$ then $A+B$ also commutes), any linear combination of those matrices will commute with permutation matrices.
This shows that your matrices commute with permutation matrices and the computation using transposition shows the converse.

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Arsenic: A Critical Mineral
This element is colorless, tasteless, inexpensive, and deadly–oh, and as a compound it can turn electricity into light (as in LEDs, fiber optics, telecommunication, and laser scanners).
That last "Star Trek"-style application is just one of the reasons why this "Murder She Wrote" element is on the 2018 US critical minerals list.
What is arsenic?
You might be thinking, wait, arsenic is a mineral? It's not a nefarious white powder?
That powder exists, but it's artificial. Arsenic itself is a metal–one of the weird ones that have a few nonmetal properties. As the chemical element As, it belongs in the same group of metalloids as antimony (Sb), another critical mineral.
The metalloids are green. Reading vertically, from top to bottom, arsenic is in group "15"–the nitrogen group–on the periodic table of elements. This matters for arsenic's use as a semiconductor in electronics and telecommunications. (Links are live at image source.)
There's a bit of gray arsenic metal out there naturally, but arsenic usually combines with sulfur to form a mineral–unlike silicon (which has a thing for oxygen), and like antimony, silver, gold, and some other metals.
These sulfide ores build up wherever volcanic activity heats circulating water, say, a hot spring or hydrothermal vent. (Here is a more technical description of how this process works with arsenic and gold.)
Yes, there is a little bit of natural arsenic coming out of Yellowstone's fumaroles! (In general, though, mining and industrial uses release about ten times as much arsenic into the environment as active volcanoes do, and there is also some in the ground from weathered rocks. Many regions have arsenic in their ground water, too. These environmental issues, while serious–especially in Asia–are beyond the scope of this post.)
Metal sulfide ores also build up in anoxic water–"the dark depths" as this geologist calls it.
He doesn't mention arsenic by name until the very end, but that's appropriate for us, since the white arsenic powder that murder mysteries describe is a byproduct of smelting arsenopyrite and several other ores, including but not limited to lead, zinc, gold, silver, and copper.
Whether the ore it's in comes from hydrothermal deposits or an oxygen-starved ancient sea bed, arsenic vaporizes out of the crushed rock when it is heated, as unfortunate metal workers down through the centuries have found out the hard way.
Arsenic goes straight from a solid form to a gas because it's one of the few elements with a boiling point (at standard atmospheric pressure) that's lower than its melting point. And you definitely do not want to breathe in that garlicky-smelling stuff or otherwise ingest this poison.
After it vaporizes during the smelting process, arsenic then reacts with oxygen in the air and collects on the furnace chimney and flues as a grayish-white dust (arsenic trioxide). This is the material fictional villains and real-life murders slip into food and drink, and it also has many legitimate purposes.
In addition to this manmade "white" arsenic, there are two natural forms of "red" arsenic: bright yellow-orange orpiment and ruby-colored realgar (sometimes of gem quality).
See? Arsenic *is* a metal, one that's as beautiful as it is deadly. Top left, realgar (James St. John, CC BY 2.0); top right, orpiment (James St. John, CC BY 2.0); bottom, arsenopyrite, most common source of white arsenic (James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia)
Down through the centuries humanity has employed all three forms of arsenic for better things than murder (although that has been quite a popular use, too, at least until the Marsh test arrived in the 1830s).
Here are just a few:
Ancient Egypt: Possibly both for embalming (it has a drying effect) and to harden copper, although this is still under debate.
Metal work: Arsenic and antimony are both strengthening alloys, and they both make lead shot round (arsenic has been used for this purpose since the 17th century). Both are also used to make frictionless ball bearings and other Babbitt metals.
Leatherworking: Removing fur from hides. Needless to say, arsenic is no longer used this way.
Pigments: Realgar and orpiment make bright colors that were widely used until safer alternatives like cadmium yellow came along. Mixed with copper, arsenic gave Van Gogh, Monet, and other 19th century artists wonderful shades of green, but it also killed many Victorians when used as a food coloring (candy and pudding in some parts of Scotland) and in wallpaper and clothing dyes.
A hundred years ago, Claude Monet had to use arsenic-based paint to get these green colors. (Source)
Pest control: Killing rodents, insects, snakes, and other pests has been a major historic use of arsenic, though the old practice of distilling it into a liquor and drinking it to repel evil probably killed some people, too.
Medicines: Arsenic trioxide was part of traditional Chinese medicine more than five thousand years ago, although its toxicity was eventually recognized and "arsenic" became a synonym of "poison." Hindu medicines also used it. In the West, various forms of arsenic were used medicinally and occasionally as a tonic from at least the 18th century on. In the early 1800s, arsenic became the first effective chemotherapy against syphilis, parasites, and leukemia and remained the go-to medication for these purposes until the early 20th century, when better treatments took over. However, arsenic still has some veterinary applications. It also may be therapeutic for human hematology and oncology treatment.
Miscellaneous: Fireworks (red and white), explosives, printing, correction fluid on yellow pape (in ancient China)r.
What are arsenic uses today?
Arsenic is present all over the world, but let's focus on its uses in the United States.
The trioxide (white arsenic) was produced in 1901 first by smelting gold and silver ores in Washington State, and then in nonferrous metal smelting elsewhere in the US. (Yes, some of these places are now Superfund environmental cleanup sites.)
There was a domestic market for the stuff.
Early in the 20th century, arsenic was still considered a medicine. Between 1910 and 1920, as an insecticide, it helped Southern cotton farmers fight the boll weevil. Other agricultural applications were herbicides and as a cotton desiccant, while organic arsenic was fed to some farm animals to promote weight gain and treat parasites.
As the environmental movement got going, these uses declined (although arsenic remained in poultry feed until 2015).
In the mid-1970s, arsenic became the "A" in CCA pressure-treated lumber, serving as an insecticide and antibacterial. Chromated copper (the "CC") also protected the wood and gave it a greenish hue. By 1990 the wood preservation industry accounted for 90% of US arsenic consumption.
Once rot sets in, it's hard to stop, and replacement isn't always practical (though it is always expensive). That's why an effective preservative, even if it contains arsenic, is so important. (Pete Brown, CC BY 2.0)
During pressure treatment, arsenic and other toxins are locked up in the wood by chemical stabilization reactions that make them insoluble in water. This takes a few hours at high temperatures (150° F/66° C) or weeks to months at low temperatures (60° F/16° C).
Because of public health concerns around the turn of the 21st century, the Environmental Protection Agency withdrew its approval of CCA-treated lumber for residential purposes, while stating that existing structures did not need to be removed. Today other compounds are used to protect lumber destined for homes, schools, and similar places, while CCA-treated wood is used for industrial purposes (mainly posts, poles, and in highway construction).
Arsenic is still used to preserve lumber, and it's also still in some insecticides. The biggest change from its historical use is a result of the semiconductor revolution that began in the 1950s.
Arsenic and other group 15 elements make good silicon dopants. The physical chemistry is complicated. Suffice to say that arsenic and some other members of the nitrogen group (group 15, formerly known by the Roman numeral V) can be combined with elements in the boron group (group 13, once the III group) to make the III/V compound semiconductors.
As far as I'm concerned, these are magic, but people who know more about them (see source list) say that compound semiconductors are faster than those made out of silicon and they provide natural insulation between the circuit and the device that protects against signal loss, especially at high operating temperature.
Gallium-arsenide and other compound semiconductors are radiation resistant, which is very handy when building spacecraft, and their physical structure can be fine-tuned down to the atomic level.
The ability to make your own electronics material has led to amazing results. For instance:
Gallium-arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors convert electricity directly into coherent light. They are used in everything from LEDs to the light sources that carry lots of data on short- and long-distance optical networks.
GaAs lasers, operating at near infrared wavelengths, work in devices like market scanners and disc players.
Gallium arsenide was also used in the first microwave integrated circuits that enabled mobile communications. Silicon is being used more often now, not because it's faster but because it's a less expensive material.
GaAs thin-film solar panels hold the modern world record for efficiency. In the late 20th century, the USSR's lunar rovers, as well as its Venus lander, were powered by gallium arsenide photovoltaics, as is the Mars rover Opportunity and most Earth-orbiting satellites launched since the 1990s.
At the best of times, Opportunity needs all the efficiency it can get from its GaAs solar panels as it rolls over the loose soil of Mars. This image was taken in 2014. At the time of writing, Oppy has powered down to sit out a huge dust storm that is completely blotting out the distant Sun. Elsewhere on the Red Planet, Curiosity is seeing some dust, too, but this rover runs on plutonium. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona State University)
Compound semiconductors are very expensive to make, which is why a certain region in California is still called Silicon Valley, not III/V Valley, but their future looks promising.
Why is arsenic critical to the US?
According to end-use statistics compiled in 2005 by Matos and Brooks, there were peaks in arsenic consumption in 1991, 1994, 1998, and 2001. I'm just speculating here, but those peaks seem to correlate with some US military actions.
If that's valid, the peaks could be explained by increased use of arsenic during wartime to produce ammunition, metal alloys, and electronics.
More credibly, the US Geological Survey reports that arsenic is important to the sectors of national defense (semiconductors), energy (solar cells), and telecommunications/electronics (cellular phones, integrated circuits, and optoelectronic devices). (Fortier and others)
And the US relies totally on imports. We haven't manufactured arsenic for decades. China supplies most of our arsenic metal, while the arsenic trioxide comes in almost equal parts from Morocco and China (with about 6% imported from Belgium). There are no government stockpiles.
So, what happens next? The US Commerce Department is working on it.
According to the USGS,
. . . the Commerce Department is responsible for organizing the interagency responses into a final report which is due Aug. 16, 2018, to the President. The report will include:
a strategy to reduce the nation's reliance on critical minerals
the status of recycling technologies
alternatives to critical minerals
options for accessing critical minerals through trade with allies and partners
a plan for improvements to mapping the United States and its mineral resources
recommendations to streamline lease permitting and review processes,
ways to increase discovery, production, and domestic refining of critical minerals
This report will, as appropriate, include analyses and strategies to strengthen and sustain the supply chains for all minerals, and analyses and strategies targeted to minerals deemed critical based on this 2018 analysis . . .
We'll only be up to gallium in this Mineral Monday blog series, so it's a good idea to check out the whole critical mineral list (at the USGS link above) if you want to have input into the process through your congressional representatives.
For now, though, we're through with arsenic. It has accompanied us in our journeys for millennia, first as we traveled all across the Earth, and then on spacecraft that we sent to the Moon, Venus, and Mars.
Arsenic is a little like human nature, too. It can be deadly, but when well understood and used carefully, it holds great promise for our welfare in the present and our hopes for the future.
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Italian Studies involves the study of the Italian language as well as its culture. As a language, Italian is rewarding to study – opening up the riches of Italy's cultural past and the fascination of its dynamic present. It is the most widely spoken language in Australia after English because of the ongoing migrant, intellectual, cultural and commercial links between Australia and Italy.
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Q: Read and Split(Parse) data in java I am trying to split some simple data from a .txt file. I have found some useful structures on the internet but it was not enough to split the data the way I wanted. I get a string like this:
{X:0.8940594 Y:0.6853521 Z:1.470214}

And I want to transform it to like this;
0.8940594
0.6853521
1.470214

And then put them in a matrix in order X=[], Y=[], Z=[]; (the data is the coordinate of an object)
Here is my code:
BufferedReader in = null; {
        try {
            in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("file.txt"));
            String read = null;
            while ((read = in.readLine()) != null) {
                String[] splited = read.split("\\s+");
                for (String part : splited) {
                    System.out.println(part);
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem: " + e);
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                in.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
        }
    }

What do I need to add to my code to get the data the way I want?
Right now with this code I receive data like this:
{X:0.8940594
Y:0.6853521
Z:1.470214}

A: You can try using a regex similar to the following to match and capture the three numbers contained in each tuple:
{\s*X:(.*?)\s+Y:(.*?)\s+Z:(.*?)\s*}

Each quantity contained in parenthesis is a capture group, and is available after a match has taken place.
int size = 100;  // replace with actual size of your vectors/matrix
double[] A = new double[size];
double[] B = new double[size];
double[] C = new double[size];
String input = "{X:0.8940594 Y:0.6853521 Z:1.470214}";
String regex = "\\{\\s*X:(.*?)\\s+Y:(.*?)\\s+Z:(.*?)\\s*\\}";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
Matcher m = p.matcher(input);
int counter = 0;
while (m.find()) {
    A[counter] = Double.parseDouble(m.group(1));
    B[counter] = Double.parseDouble(m.group(2));
    C[counter] = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
    ++counter;
}

A: You can use this regex -?\d+\.\d+ for example :
String input = "{X:0.8940594 Y:0.6853521 Z:1.470214}";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("-?\\d+\\.\\d+");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
while (matcher.find()) {
    result.add(matcher.group());
}
System.out.println(result);

In your case you want to match the real number, you can check the Regex .

A: This code will solve your problem.
String input = "{X:0.8940594 Y:0.6853521 Z:1.470214} ";
        String[] parts = input.split("(?<= )");
        List<String> output = new ArrayList();

        for (int i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
            //System.out.println("*" + i);
            //System.out.println(parts[i]);
            String[] part = parts[i].split("(?<=:)");
            String[] temp = part[1].split("}");
            output.add(temp[0]);
        }

        System.out.println("This List contains numbers:" + output);

Output->This List contains numbers:[0.8940594 , 0.6853521 , 1.470214]

A: How about this?
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s = "{X:0.8940594 Y:0.6853521 Z:1.470214}";
        String x = s.substring(s.indexOf("X:")+2, s.indexOf("Y:")-1);
        String y = s.substring(s.indexOf("Y:")+2, s.indexOf("Z:")-1);
        String z = s.substring(s.indexOf("Z:")+2, s.lastIndexOf("}"));
        System.out.println(x);
        System.out.println(y);
        System.out.println(z);
    }
}

A: Your regex splits on whitespace, but does not remove the curly braces.
So instead of splitting on whitespace, you split on a class of characters: whitespace and curly braces.
The line with the regex then becomes:
String[] splited = read.split("[\\s+\\{\\}]");

Here is an ideone link with the full snippet.
After this, you'll want to split the resulting three lines on the :, and parse the righthand side. You can use Double.parseDouble for this purpose.
Personally, I would try to avoid long regex expressions; they are hard to debug.
It may be best to remove the curly braces first, then split the result on whitespace and colons. This is more lines of code, but it's more robust and easier to debug.