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Should Santa Claus Further his Business Education with an MBA?
Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 12am
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Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Joulupukki. By whichever name you know this jolly embodiment of the spirit of giving, he is an internationally-renowned figure steeped in popular folklore.
Santa's personal brand is joyful and triumphant
From a business perspective, this has allowed Santa Claus to obtain a personal brand to die for, especially in terms of global market recognition and unquestioned reputation, as one tongue-in-cheek book concept observes. The 'Santa Brand Book' reimagines his personal brand as that of a global multinational company using a set of guidelines to facilitate its market presence.
The potential use of the Santa's personal brand is therefore something that has not gone unnoticed among other companies. Coca-Cola has used Santa Claus as an integral feature of its winter advertising since the 1930s, greatly contributing to his most recognizable visual image today. At the other end of the scale, Greenpeace has just launched an advertising campaign using Santa to raise awareness of climate change and the melting of the ice caps at the North Pole, thought by many to be Santa's base of operations. However, Lapland is perhaps a better guess at his true home, given the Finnish region's abundance of reindeer.
Santa as Lapland's pre-eminent toy industry leader
Wherever he really resides (let's assume it's in Lapland for now), the true essence of Santa Claus is today most often associated with the tradition of bringing joy to the world's children each year in the shape of a toy manufacturing and magical delivery service, ably aided in each area by a team of elves and a flying sleigh pulled by nine reindeer respectively.
This effectively makes Santa a company leader in the toy industry. In this light, what could he stand to gain from an MBA-level business education?
His 'company' is clearly unique within the toy industry in its annual delivery challenge of reaching children everywhere in a short space of time - from those close to his headquarters in the Northern Hemisphere regions of Europe, Russia and Canada to those living where huddles of penguins roam across the Southern Hemisphere in parts of Argentina, Chile and New Zealand, via Ecuador and Equatorial Guinea.
Despite this, Santa's role should not drastically differ from other leaders within the toy industry. But, rather than leave Santa to toy with the idea of furthering his business education, it seemed wise to source some expert advice and save him some valuable time.
Step forward, Dr. Sinead Roden, senior lecturer in operations and supply chain management at Cass Business School, who agreed to play the roles of the Ghosts of 'Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come' all wrapped in one, from Charles Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol', to assess the modern Santa's role and suggest what he might acquire from top-level business education.
Cass Business School assesses Santa's business challenges
Dr. Roden has nothing but praise for the work of Santa and his team of elves describing his annual operation both as 'exemplary' and 'efficient'. However, it's never a good idea to rest on your laurels in business and the Cass Business School senior lecturer points out some of the major challenges affecting Santa work.
"The challenges are many - increased demand (corresponding to billions of end products) and increasing demand variability from children across the globe increases the complexity of his role. The team in Lapland must skillfully orchestrate their operations and supply chain throughout the year to ensure that the excitable children can wake up to find what they dreamed of following this critical peak period," says Dr. Roden.
MBA skillset could help maintain flawless customer satisfaction levels
"In such a customer-focused industry Santa must also have a keen eye on toy quality and customer satisfaction!" continues Dr. Roden.
The stakes are never higher than when you risk disappointing children on a global scale. Therefore, MBA-level teaching could help Santa ensure his priorities keep customer satisfaction levels right at the very core.
For instance, Dr. Roden stresses out that in a large production line, the possibility of faulty products or merely that one or two items are carelessly mis-sleighed should be strong considerations.
"Santa is likely to have to carry excess inventory in order to continue normal operations on this important night to avoid stock-outs," she says, before mentioning that this in turn will impact upon his mode of transport – the sleigh pulled by Rudolph and his fellow reindeer.
There is clearly no suggestion that Santa is currently lacking in leadership skills, but these, "can always be polished and developed," according to Dr. Roden. This would be another major benefit of any top MBA program such is the importance of harmonious teamwork among Santa's elves to his operation's success and to customer satisfaction.
This is not just applicable to the toy industry as a whole but is also particularly relevant to Santa's special circumstances, in that the team must deal with "dynamic or uncertain environments, and increasingly complex and volatile customer demand," says Dr. Roden.
Supply Chain Management Programs offer a specialized option
Of course, a program tailored towards Santa's industry and role may turn out to be the most beneficial. Specific supply chain management programs, both as an MBA or specialized masters', have become increasingly available for example. MBA specializations in operations management are also well worth considering for any prospective student interested in pursuing a management career in manufacturing and logistics and are one of ten program specializations rated each year by QS.
Cass Business School has been one of the highest risers in this area over the past year, according to the 2013/14 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, and recently announced the launch of a dedicated MSc in Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) to begin in 2014. The one-year course will place operations management alongside topics such as strategic supply chain, global procurement, business sustainability and finance.
"Supply chain management is a core competency and Lapland can't afford to be without it!" enthuses Dr. Roden, before explaining why she thinks that this specialized master's would suit Santa best: "Best practice in supply chain management is evolving rapidly and throughout the MSc GCSM, Santa will learn about 'new tricks' and innovations in operations management, distribution and inventory management, demand forecasting and supply chain analytics that will help him stay at the top of his game!"
The specialist knowledge offered on a program such as Cass Business Schools' should ease Santa's decision-making process and ensure that market fluctuations from one year to the next don't adversely affect that all-important customer satisfaction. In particular, Dr. Roden points to the benefits of using demand forecasting and suggests that Santa might discover the advantages of procuring some toys from outside his workshop to allow Lapland to "focus on making specialist toys," without compromising on its yearly output and reputation.
Santa's elf sector could also benefit from business education.
And what of the elves themselves, the lynchpins of Santa's manufacturing capabilities? Might they not also stand to benefit from learning some of the key principles of business education?
Dr. Roden, who presented on the subject of supply chain disruptions at a Dublin conference earlier this year, agrees.
"Contingency planning is important and obviously Santa is not getting any younger! It is a risky strategy to rely on one key actor in the supply chain to deliver at critical times. This would represent a monumental supply chain disruption if Santa was not able to board that sleigh on Christmas Eve!" she says.
Who knows what kind of effect on Santa's personal brand a single cataclysmic event such as this might entail. One thing that is certain is that Santa must continuously focus on being prepared for any eventuality and furthering his business education with an MBA or specialized master's program could only help in this respect.
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Written by Tim Dhoul
Tim is a writer with a background in consumer journalism and charity communications. He trained as a journalist in the UK and holds degrees in history (BA) and Latin American studies (MA).
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Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Teagan Croft
Directed by: Nick Gomez
Produced by: Weed Road Pictures
Distributors: Warner Bros. Television
Deathstroke toys with the Titans in the latest episode of the series. Esai Morales manages to do a good job as the murderous villain, despite being encased in a costume that covers him head to toe.
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RIVERSIDE: City sues registrar to block marijuana ballot measure
Riverside City Attorney Greg Priamos has filed a lawsuit to block a medical marijuana measure from appearing on the ballot.
Riverside attorney Jason Thompson and other backers of an initiative to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the city gave City Clerk Colleen Nicol petitions backing the measure in May. City Attorney Greg Priamos is now trying to legally block the measure from appearing on the ballot.
By Alicia Robinson | arobinson@scng.com | The Orange County Register
Less than a month after medical-marijuana supporters learned they had collected enough signatures to get their measure on Riverside's ballot in 2015, the city has filed a lawsuit to stop the county registrar from putting the issue before voters.
Riverside currently bans all marijuana dispensaries through its zoning code. Last year, the state Supreme Court sided with the city in a legal challenge to the ban.
The ballot measure would legalize, tax and regulate dispensaries in the city, allowing a small number of them in restricted locations.
The initiative is unlawful and "goes beyond the legislative powers of the electorate" because it would force the city to violate state and federal laws, including the federal Controlled Substances Act, the city's attorneys argue in a June 4 court filing.
Interim Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer said she can't comment because she has not yet been served with the suit.
Attorney Jason Thompson, representing initiative backers Riverside Safe Access, called the city's move "the nuclear option to interfere with the democratic process" and added that typically cities will let an election play out before acting, since the ballot measure might not pass.
The lawsuit against the registrar was filed at the City Council's direction, Riverside spokesman Phil Pitchford wrote in an email. He declined to comment on why officials chose to sue now rather than waiting to see if voters approved the measure.
On Monday, City Attorney Greg Priamos was out of the office and Deputy City Attorney Neil Okazaki was in court, and neither responded to a request for comment.
The suit argues that the ballot measure would cause the city to break local and state laws requiring its rules not conflict with state or federal legislation, and that it would create zoning rules that violate federal drug laws.
The intersection of federal and state marijuana laws is "a hornets' nest of conflicts" but many states – including California – have chosen to allow medical use of marijuana despite the federal prohibition, said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Riverside's argument, that the local marijuana measure exceeds voters' authority, is common in fights over ballot issues, she said.
Levinson said she hasn't read the proposed initiative or Riverside's suit, but if the city is right, "It's not contravening the democratic process. … It says, 'This is illegal, so why should it go through the democratic process?'"
Thompson said he's surprised the city would take this step on the heels of a May 30 vote by the U.S. House to stop federal interference with state medical marijuana laws.
If the city prevails, Thompson believes the decision could invalidate other cities' attempts to regulate medical marijuana. "They're arguing to take away the rights of the local municipality," he said.
City Council members backed the attempt to block the ballot measure, but they appear to have mixed feelings on the issue of medical marijuana.
Councilman Steve Adams, who is running for Congress, opposes allowing marijuana dispensaries in Riverside.
"We can't support activity that's against federal and state law," he said. "If the laws change, then the city of Riverside would have to change."
Councilman Mike Gardner has a different view. He said he sees medical value in marijuana in some cases, but he doesn't support the state's current system that "allows anybody with $125 and a complaint of pain to get a (marijuana) recommendation."
If the city loses its bid to block the measure, Gardner said, he would vote to place the issue on the ballot.
"If there are enough qualifying signatures, I think ethically we have to, whether you agree with it personally or not," he said.
Also contributing to this report: Staff writer Richard K. De Atley
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Birdseye view of Harper's Ferry from Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1915-1924
National Trust Library Historic Postcard collection | Geographical Postcards -- United States, 1893-1970 | West Virginia, 1900-1920 | West Virginia -- Harper's Ferry | Birdseye view of Harper's Ferry from Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1915-1924
Birdseye view of Harper's Ferry from Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1915-1924, ntl-016412. Special Collections and University Archives.
Birdseye view of Harper's Ferry from Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1915-1924, ntl-016412. Special Collections and University Archives. https://archives.lib.umd.edu//repositories/2/digital_objects/20372 Accessed January 20, 2022.


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Don't sweat the weekends/evenings. Accept that your child will be tired when they come home! They are adapting to a new environment, new friends and new routines. With this in mind make sure weekends and evenings are relaxed with plenty of opportunities for children to catch up with their favourite home activities and toys.
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Welcome to the deep end of 2020, the shortest and darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the original mid-winter festival. However, for the United Kingdom this is the Darkest Hour in my lifetime, and I am 60 years old. Not only has the last deadline for the negotiation of the post-Brexit trade treaty between the UK and the EU passed without positive result, but since midnight Germany, along with many European countries, has quarantined the UK due to the new strain of the coronavirus there.
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Their goal is, among other things, to promote a simplified version of British history emphasizing the role of their choice of national heroes to intensify patriotism. Recently, to this end, they have targeted professional historians like Professor Corinne Fowler of the University of Leicester, accusing them of "rewriting" history and being "Marxist". She is the author of an interim report for the National Trust entitled Colonialism and Properties now in the Care of the National Trust, Including Links with Historic Slavery. It makes clear the links between figures like Rudyard Kipling and Winston Churchill and British colonialism. None of that is disputed by anyone else familiar with the facts. Many of Rudyard Kipling's literary works had more or less obvious colonial themes. Winston Churchill was Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1921-22 and decades after that remained committed to preserving the British Empire, as the texts of many of his speeches show.
The National Trust preserves and manages a large number of the stately homes of the UK, and the fortunes of many of the families who built those stately homes were earned in part either directly or indirectly through slavery. During the 18th century investing in slavery was normal among the upper classes and extended into the middle classes. For example, the extremely profitable sugar plantations in British and other colonies in the Caribbean were totally dependent upon slave labour. These are likewise well-known facts.
Fowler has repeatedly pointed out that her work is, "evidence-based scholarship". She, like me, is a member of the reality-based community that rejects the manipulation of and/or suppression of facts. The members of the CSG want to stick with the forthrightly patriotic version of British history they learned at school during the post-WWII period, that I was also taught. When they call this "common sense" what they mean is that it should not ever be questioned. This form of nationalism seeks to avoid and reject everything uncomfortable in Britain's past in order to idealize and glorify a small group of almost exclusively male national heroes. Their assigned role is to be the focus for a form of patriotism implicitly antagonistic to other cultures. For the CSG the waves that Britannia used to rule were also what separated us from the foreigners and all things foreign.
In short, the CSG see Britain as being in opposition to "the continent", i.e. Continental Europe, along with the other continents, excluding only communities descended from British colonists. Their worldview is unashamedly neo-imperialist and, at least implicitly, white supremacist and sexist. They believe that Splendid Isolation from other nations, peoples and cultures is a crucial prerequisite for the UK's future greatness. These are treated as being infections from which the island of Great Britain must be isolated in order to become great once again.
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Faith leaders prod Scott Walker on alleged inmate abuse
By Sarah Maslin of the Journal Sentinel
In response to a five-month investigation that uncovered allegations of staff-on-inmate abuse in the segregation unit of Waupun Correctional Institution, faith leaders demanded Tuesday that Gov. Scott Walker request an independent investigation of solitary confinement practices at Waupun and in prisons throughout the state.
Twenty-eight of the 40 allegations identified in a July 20 report by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism — a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Madison — involve a single guard.
He is accused of physical and psychological abuses against inmates including knee strikes, choke holds, wall slams, racial slurs and genital touching during strip-searches.
"This is yet another case of how the Wisconsin Department of Corrections is out of control," said the Rev. Jerry Hancock, a former Dane County deputy district attorney who is now head of the Prison Ministry Project for the United Church of Christ.
Faith leaders gathered this month at the statehouse to ask a state criminal justice advisory board to hold the governor and Department of Corrections accountable for enacting prison reform. But since then, the leaders have lost faith that an effective internal investigation could be held.
"It is clear that the Department of Corrections cannot be asked to investigate itself," the faith-based coalition WISDOM wrote in a letter to the governor.
WISDOM includes 10 congregation-based community organizations from around the state.
According to the letter, Walker should:
■Request a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged abuses in the segregation unit at Waupun.
■Transfer the guard involved in the majority of the complaints to other duties until the investigation is complete.
■Order the DOC to increase mental health services, rotate segregation unit guards, add training for dealing with "difficult prisoners" and introduce an independent complaint system for inmates.
The governor's office declined to respond to WISDOM's letter Tuesday and referred questions to the Department of Corrections.
"The Dodge County Sheriff's Department routinely investigates allegations," said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Joy Staab in an email. "During the past several years there have been no substantiated allegations of staff-on-inmate abuse at Waupun Correctional Institution."
Segregation reform efforts in Department of Corrections facilities throughout the state are ongoing, Staab said in a phone interview.
In 2012, according to a Department of Corrections report, more than 4,000 male Wisconsin inmates spent more than 30 days in segregation. WISDOM members denounce the figure, citing testimony from a United Nations expert who said in 2011 that no prisoner should be kept in solitary confinement for longer than 15 days.
At Waupun Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison 55 miles northeast of Madison, 131 inmates were in the segregation unit as of early July, according to the Center for Investigative Journalism. Average cells in the unit are roughly 6 feet by 12 feet.
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Since 2011, according to the report, at least 15 lawsuits have been filed against segregation unit guards. Nine are pending and six have been dismissed. The lawsuits allege extreme physical and psychological mistreatment requiring some inmates to seek medical and mental health attention.
Staab said that in some cases, the "violent criminals" housed at the facility "make allegations in an attempt to manufacture lawsuits, gain public sympathy and get attention." She said guards in the segregation unit recently requested wearable video cameras to combat false abuse accusations.
While denying specific abuse allegations at Waupun, Department of Corrections secretary Ed Wall acknowledged a need to examine the state's use of solitary confinement.
"Are we placing inmates in segregation because we are mad at them? Are we placing inmates in segregation out of a sense of retribution?" he wrote in an April memo to Department of Corrections employees. "The best scientific studies show that the actual outcomes of long-term segregation, at least as currently practiced in this country, may not serve corrective or rehabilitative goals as well as they could."
Other states — including New York, Maine and Virginia — have taken steps to reduce the use of solitary confinement. Colorado Department of Corrections director Rick Raemisch, a former Republican Dane County sheriff who ran Wisconsin's prison system from 2007-'11, told the Center for Investigative Journalism that Colorado has reduced the number of prisoners in segregation from more than 1,500 in 2011 to 500 in 2014.
WISDOM said it hopes Wisconsin will follow suit.
State psychologist Eugene Braaksma, who worked at Waupun from 2006 to 2012, provided a written statement in February for use in an inmate lawsuit against prison guards.
Braaksma said that on several occasions he expressed concerns to the Waupun warden about the mental effects of solitary confinement and that he had tried on multiple occasions to get the prison staff to "explore other options" besides segregation. He said his concerns were repeatedly ignored.
Braaksma left Waupun in 2012. Since then, two inmates have committed suicide in the solitary confinement unit.
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Q: How can I start the regression from a certain year in SAS I am running the following simple linear regression:
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My dataset starts with may of 2005m5. I am wondering if there is anyway that instead of going to my dataset and deleting the observations I don't need, that I can start the regression with 2006m12?

A: PROC REG supports a WHERE statement (as nearly every PROC does).  In your case, assuming date is a true date, you could run:
proc reg data=Nationalnew;
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Q: Stuck in solving the Hermite DE? As a part of solving the Schrödinger equation1 for quantum Harmonic oscillator:
\begin{equation}\tag{1}
 \left(-\frac{d^2}{d\tilde{x}^2} + \tilde{x}^2\right) \tilde{\psi}(\tilde{x}) = \tilde{E} \tilde{\psi}(\tilde{x}) \iff \frac{d^2 \tilde{\psi}(\tilde{x}) }{d\tilde{x}^2} = (\tilde{x}^2 - \tilde{E}) \tilde{\psi}(\tilde{x})
\end{equation}
I'm looking for a solution of the form:
\begin{equation}
 \tilde{\psi}(\tilde{x}) = \tilde{x}^{k} e^{-\frac{\tilde{x}^2}{2}} = h(\tilde{x})e^{-\frac{\tilde{x}^2}{2}}
\end{equation}
which, when substituted in (1) leads to the Hermite differential equation:
\begin{equation}
 \frac{d^{2}h}{d\tilde{x}^2} - 2\tilde{x}\frac{dh}{d\tilde{x}} + (\tilde{E} - 1)h = 0
\end{equation}
I'm trying to construct a power series solution $h = \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k}$. Substituting back in the equation:
\begin{equation}
 \sum_{k = 2}^{\infty} k (k - 1) a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k-2} - 2\tilde{x}\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} k a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k-1} +  (\tilde{E} - 1)\sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k} = 0
\end{equation}
After a shift on the first sum and peeling of the initial term of the first and the last sum:
\begin{equation}
 2a_{0} + \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} (k + 2)(k + 1) a_{k+2} \tilde{x}^{k} - 2\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} k a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k} + a_{0}(\tilde{E} - 1) + (\tilde{E} - 1)\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} a_{k} \tilde{x}^{k} = 0
\end{equation}
Powers and indexes match, so:
\begin{equation}
 2a_{0} + a_{0}(\tilde{E} - 1) + \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty}[(k + 2)(k + 1) a_{k+2} - (2k - \tilde{E} + 1) a_{k} ]\tilde{x}^{k} = 0
\end{equation}
Finally, all the coefficients must be equal to zero, so:
\begin{equation}
a_{k+2} = \frac{(2k - \tilde{E} + 1)}{(k + 2)(k + 1)} a_{k}
\end{equation}
First (smaller) problem.
From the above, $\tilde{E} = 2k + 1$. But from the peeled of terms $a_{0}(\tilde{E} + 1) = 0$. What should I do with the second relation?
Second (main) problem.
I expect that by solving the recurrence relation I should somehow deduce that the solution, $h(\tilde{x})$, are the Hermite polynomials, however, I have no idea how to do that. Could you please suggest how to do that?

1.The unit-free time-independent 1D.

A: First of all I can only answer your first minor question for sure. Nevertheless I can provide  argumentation for your major problem but it does not involve an explicit solution for the recurrence relation.

You are right about arguing to peal out the initial terms of the first and the third but you made a slight mistake concerning the first sum. Hence your sums look like
$$\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}(k+1)(k+2)a_{k+2}\tilde{x}^k-2\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}ka_k\tilde{x}^k+(\tilde{E}-1)\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}a_k\tilde{x}^k=0$$
the initial term of the first sum is given by $2a_{\color{red}{2}}$ since we are dealing with the subscript $a_{k+2}$ instead of $a_k$ in connection with the first sum. So your condition would be
$$a_2=\frac{(1-\tilde{E})}{2}a_0$$
which is simply the same as you would get by writing down recurrence relation in general.

I was only able to deduce the recurrence relation back to two different terms concerning odd and even indices. For them I got
$$\begin{align}
a_{2k}&=\frac{(4k-3-\tilde{E})(4k-7-\tilde{E})\cdots(1-\tilde{E})}{(2k)!}a_0\\
a_{2k+1}&=\frac{(4k-1-\tilde{E})(4k-5-\tilde{E})\cdots(3-\tilde{E})}{(2k+1)!}a_1
\end{align}$$
but similiar to you I have no idea how to show that this relaions equal the Hermite Polynomials. However I guess you can dodge solving these relations by just looking at the DE which define the Hermite Polynomials. The general (physicists') Hermite DE is given by
$$u''-2xu'+2nu=0$$
and the solutions are the Hermite Polynomials of the kind $H_n(x)$. Setting $n=\frac{(\tilde{E}-1)}2$ (and $u=h(\tilde{x})$) leads to your DE
$$h''(\tilde{x})-2\tilde{x}h'(\tilde{x})+(\tilde{E}-1)h(\tilde{x})=0$$
and therefore the solutions of this equation are Hermite Polynomials of $\frac{(\tilde{E}-1)}2$th-order. WolframAlpha agrees on this by providing the solution
$$h(x)=c_1 H_{\frac{\tilde{E}-1}2}(x)+c_2~_1F_1\left(\frac{1-\tilde{E}}4;\frac12;x^2\right)$$
where $_1F_1$ is the confluent hypergeometric function and the defined function is closely related to the Hermite Polynomials.

While working on the solution defined by $_1F_1$ I figured out a way how to deduce this function back to the recurrence relation given for $2k$. Consider the Confluent Hypergeometric Function $_1F_1(a;b;x)$ defined as power series
$$_1F_1(a;b;x)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{(a)_k}{(b)_k}\frac{x^k}{k!}$$
where $(a)_k, (b)_k$ denotes the Pochhammer Symbol. Plugging in $a=\frac{1-\tilde{E}}{4}, b=\frac12$ and $x=x^2$ yields to
$$\begin{align}
_1F_1\left(\frac{1-\tilde{E}}{4};\frac12;x^2\right)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{\left(\frac{1-\tilde{E}}4\right)_k}{\left(\frac12\right)_k}\frac{x^{2k}}{k!}
\end{align}$$
The occuring fraction can be simplified by using the definition of the Pochhammer Symbol and the double factorial
$$\begin{align}
\frac{\left(\frac{1-\tilde{E}}4\right)_k}{\left(\frac12\right)_k k!}=\frac{\frac{(1-\tilde{E})\cdots(4k-7-\tilde{E})(4k-3-\tilde{E})}{4^k}}{\frac{(2k-1)!!}{2^k}k!}&=\frac{(1-\tilde{E})\cdots(4k-7-\tilde{E})(4k-3-\tilde{E})}{2^k~k!~(2k-1)!!}\\
&=\frac{(1-\tilde{E})\cdots(4k-7-\tilde{E})(4k-3-\tilde{E})}{(2k)!}=a_{2k}
\end{align}$$
Hence this way can be gone backwards aswell I guess this is a possibility to show the connection of the power series solution of the DE to the Hermite Polynomials. Howsoever I am still not sure about the odd coefficients.


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LOUISVILLE, KY - I switched from U-verse to DirecTV in May 2016 and it has been a disaster! I am so frustrated and upset by what I assume is lack of communication between these two merged companies. I have had billing issues each month since I switched and it has been a circus, spending hours upon hours on the phone with company representatives that have no answers. First, I was told if I didn't like the service I could cancel, no problem (this comes into play later).
Then, the billing issues began. I was to be credited due to the overlap in U-verse/DirecTV service, and was assured all was well. My service was disconnected the first month due to lack of payment because they didn't properly notate my account and I was being charged for both cable services. Lovely! I spent hours HOURS on the phone trying to fix this issue. Finally, I spoke with a young man who took care of the issue, assured me all was well, did not charge a reinstatement fee of $50 (of course not!) and emailed me so I would have proper documentation of this fiasco.
One month later... I paid my bill on time at the beginning of September in full. Two weeks later I turn on my TV and I am not getting any service. I believe it is a technical issue and follow the prompts on the screen. That doesn't work so I call the technical support number to find out my service has been disconnected due to lack to payment AGAIN! And that there is a $400 early cancellation fee because I am on a 2 year contract! What?!
The woman tells me AT&T communicated that my account was past due and needed to be cancelled, but they took money out of my account Sept 2nd for the amount owed in full. This women then tells me I can just sign up with her directly and only owe $6. Um NO!!
I then call AT&T but they aren't available after business hours. I call DirecTV back and because I am so disgruntled they patch me through to an AT&T representative that is now magically available. The very first thing I say to her is tell me the date of the last payment received and for what amount. She confirms what I already knew. I proceed to tell her that I have no service because DirecTV was told to disconnect me because I hadn't paid.
After a looong time on the phone, she tells me my service was cancelled because of a past due home phone account... That when DirecTV installed my equipment it must have linked me with a past tenant and this home phone account is 60 days past due, but she can't tell me the amount that is delinquent. Interesting!! So I have paid my bill on time and you have cancelled me for a past due amount on a phone home (that I don't have!) but you can't tell me the amount due. This makes absolutely no sense - none whatsoever.


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Q: How to update Protocol Buffer runtime library on Jetson TX1? I am trying to get the TensorFlow Object Detection API  to train a Mask RCNN model.
Since I am using a Nvidia Jetson TX1, I installed TensorFlow 1.4 using the prebuilt wheel from this github repo.
While trying to run
cd <tensorflow>/models/research

python object_detection/model_main.py \
    --pipeline_config_path=${PIPELINE_CONFIG_PATH} \
    --model_dir=${MODEL_DIR} \
    --num_train_steps=${NUM_TRAIN_STEPS} \
    --num_eval_steps=${NUM_EVAL_STEPS} \
    --alsologtostderr

I hit the following the error:
[libprotobuf FATAL google/protobuf/stubs/common.cc:61]
This program requires version 3.4.0 of the Protocol Buffer runtime library,
but the installed version is 2.6.1.
Please update your library.  If you compiled the program yourself,
make sure that your headers are from the same version of Protocol Buffers
as your link-time library.
(Version verification failed in
"external/protobuf_archive/src/google/protobuf/any.pb.cc".)
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'google::protobuf::FatalException'

It's telling me to update the protobuf library, but I have no clue how to do that, because I already tried to install the newest version (see below). Actually I don't even know who exactly is throwing this error.
Hopefully someone can help me on this. Thanks in advance!
I installed the Object Detection API following the official tutorial, especially I installed a newer version of protobuf via
# remove old version
sudo apt purge protobuf-compiler

# download prebuilt protoc
cd ~/protobuf
wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.6.0/protoc-3.6.0-linux-aarch_64.zip
unzip protobuf-python*.zip
export PATH=$PATH:~/protobuf/bin

I think this installation works, because I get the desired output:
$ protoc --version
libprotoc 3.6.0

$ which protoc
/home/<username>/protobuf/bin/protoc

But also if I type
$ sudo find . -name "*libprotobuf*"
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf-lite.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf.so.9
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf-lite.so.9

there is something installed by apt. Not sure if that has something to do with the error.
Running on:

*

*Ubuntu 16.04

*Python 3.5

*TensorFlow 1.4


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Monte Grande är en ort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen Salvador Escalante och delstaten Michoacán de Ocampo, i den södra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Mexico City. Monte Grande ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Monte Grande är lite bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km nordost om Monte Grande. Runt Monte Grande är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Ario de Rosales,  km söder om Monte Grande. I omgivningarna runt Monte Grande växer huvudsakligen savannskog.

Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är maj, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är september, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är augusti, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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could, for a limited (sane) set of pages be put in a cron on the webserver?
DOH! That's what you said. Thanks Ryan!
is something trivial for a future release of ProCache, then this seems like a useful win.
However, I will be upgrading ProCache so that it saves the hostname with its cache files so that such a template file could still be cached.
I'm guessing your observation applies also to similar setups to deliver mobile versions, e.g.
Could ProCache be used in the future for this kind of setup?
Couldn't the same level of caching as Pro Cache be accomplished by using plain old static HTML files?
Bootstrap file index.php would include a small PHP file, which would make a static HTML cache of entire output from ProcessWire. Whenever the cache exists, it would be used instead of firing PHP.
If that's all there was to it, I wouldn't have bothered spending weeks developing ProCache. Likewise, if all a CMS needed to do was save and display the contents of a textarea, then I wouldn't have bothered making ProcessWire.
While we use an entirely different method, capturing output from a PHP script and caching it is relatively painless. It's knowing when to save a cache and when to expire, how to maintain and freshen the cache, how to handle the security, URL segments, page numbers, configuration, etc., that's the hard part. There's a reason why this is a commercial module.
Ryan, could you respond to my question above niutech's post when you get a chance? I'm really curious to see if ProCache could achieve that in the near future. Thanks.
Sorry jacmaes, I didn't catch that earlier. But yes, ProCache will be able to cache m.domain.com and domain.com separately, so would work well in that type of setup. Support for that is not yet there, but likely will be over the next week.
There's a reason why this is a commercial module.
for me, coming from a CMS platform which was excellent in many ways but that had too little focus on the business of sustainability for the project, I welcome what Ryan et al do to develop commercial grade plugins.
What they do for the sustainability and health of the PW project is as important to me as the quality of PW.
And not unimportantly, from my albeit limited experience, the cost/benefit and quality of Ryan et al's commercial output has been exemplary and puts many commercial-only products I have used to shame.
Ryan, the tests results are fantastic. Does ProCache supports nginx? I guess that the rewrite rules can be modified accordingly. is there anything Apache specific?
Thanks, Alan! I have read the requirements but I wasn't sure if nginx is 100% apache compatible. Thanks anyway.
Also.. I have read about the satisfaction guarantee and I have no doubts that this module worth every $. I will buy it asap.
Welcome seddass! I bought it and even on a local env where delays are so short it's often hard to spot performance changes it clearly made a significant difference. And the implementation is excellent (it's own panel for control etc). PS: I doubt these are needed but Googling to teach myself what nginx was I found these two pages; just in case they're handy anytime. Enjoy the cache module!
Cool; nginx does sound mad-fast; good luck!
I'm not sure exactly what changes might be necessary to make it work with nginx, but I have no doubt that if you are able to get ProcessWire safely working under nginx, then ProCache should work fine too. However, you may want to remove write access to your .htaccess file so that ProCache can't write to it. That way you are implementing any updates manually (and adjusting them for nginx). I'm curious to know if the ProCache rules work under nginx as they are, or if you have to make any specific changes?
nginx doesnt have support to .htaccess files and all of the rewrite rules are stored in (virtual) host config updated manually. The apache rewrite rules have different syntax so they should to be converted to nginx style. I will send my version of the nginx rewrite rules by email. I believe that it will be easy to implement that ProCache will suggest the necessary rewrite riles for nginx too. Just a suggestion.
Bought. Got a reasonably big site (for me at least) I want to run this on.
edit: This site has it running on most of the templates. It was reasonably snappy before. Now it's lightening quick.
Bought it as well and tested the speed of the delivery of pages through sitebeam.net and all pages now under 0.1 s which is a 10 in their book, so kudos to ryan!
any servers running that application.
performance will dissuade users and search engines from the site.
And the highest score possible is 0.1 sec and that is what all my pages were doing.
In the introduction you write that there is an issue when using ProCache with the LanguageLocalizedURL module.
Is this still an issue and if so when do you expect it will be save to use?
BTW, and thank you and all contributors for making ProcessWire for what it is (and will be in the future).
With Processwire I feel like starting to build what I want instead of first stripping what I don't want.
I've tried several CMSs and examined how far I could get (with my limited coding capabilities) to make exactly what I want. Processwire is the first that hasn't stopped me and doesn't force me to make all kinds compromises.
Thanks u-nikos! I think that nginx support would just be a matter of finding the equivalent rewrite rules. These are a fairly small part of ProCache (only a few rules necessary). So one simple route would be to remove write access to your .htaccess file (so ProCache can't modify it) and then take the rules that it says you should paste, and translate those to the equivalent nginx rules, before pasting them in.
I'm not exactly sure what the issue is, but Soma had mentioned that there was an issue. I don't know the inner-workings of the LanguageLocalizedURL module well enough to understand what the issue might be. I've got a few to-do items on my ProCache list before I can focus on the LanguageLocalizedURL issue. But if anyone has the time to experiment with the LanguageLocalizedURL module and ProCache sooner, to see what the issue is, I can attempt to make updates/tweaks per your feedback. Btw, ProCache should work with the new LanguageSupportPageNames module included with the core. I've not actually tested it yet, but don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
Ok, I've bought the ProCache module (developer version) and it's working great with Nginx!
I'm willing to share my Nginx configuration directives for other people if that's okay with you Ryan?
Absolutely! That sounds great. Thanks for getting it working in nginx.
Just installed it on our new site http://www.milktop.co.uk and seems very snappy. Don't know if it's the same for everyone? I probably haven't tweaked it very well and the site itself hasn't been completely optimised but so far seems like a good purchase!


Tokyo's Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples are some of the most interesting sites in the city to visit. Check out the Imperial Palace, the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan. Early morning you can visit the famous tuna auction in the iconic Tsukiji Fish Market. Many glorious parks make the perfect temporary escape after sightseeing.
Discover the Tokyo Tower, inspired by the Eiffel Tower design, or see the replica of the Statue of Liberty in the artificial island of Odaiba. Experience Tokyo through the ages at the Edo-Tokyo Museum or explore Samurai Museum. Discover Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, showcasing the work of the famous Japanese animation studio.


We are now conducting the election of the CMSDL Coaches Council. This year's election will install the Council for a two-year term: SY2015 and SY2016.
The CMSDL Coaches Council provides input and guidance on the management and administration of the Chicago Middle School Debate League, including maintenance and revision of the CMSDL Guidelines and Policies.
Every coach of the CMSDL can vote for two coaches to represent their conference. Each of our three CMSDL conferences have two representatives creating a CMSDL Coaches Council of six coaches, in addition to ex officio representatives of the CDC and CPS. The CMSDL Coaches Council meets once per semester, two times a year.
Each coach should vote for two coaches from their conference — each coach should vote, rather than each school. If you're not sure of your conference, check the SY2015 CMSDL Conference Roster. Send your two votes to Isabel Juarez (who is doing contracting work for the CDL), by the deadline, 10/1 at 5:00pm — isabel.juarez.90@gmail.com.


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I'll win Osun West by-election, says Adeleke
by Gbade Ogunwale
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Osun West Senatorial District, Ademola Adeleke, has said he will win the by-election on July 8.
Adeleke spoke yesterday in Abuja when the party's National Chairman, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, presented him with PDP's flag at the party's national secretariat.
Adeleke is vying for the vacant seat his brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, occupied until his death on April 24.
Describing his chances as very bright, Adeleke said he was not a political neophyte.
The politician said he cut his political teeth under the tutelage of his late brother.
According to him, the death of his older brother will be a deciding factor in the election while his PDP candidature has elicited fear in the state's All Progressives Congress (APC).
Adeleke, who defected from the APC to the PDP during the selection, said he had returned to his political base.
He said: "I believe victory is ours. We are winning. Nobody can stop us in Osun State. After the July 8 election, we will surely come back to this PDP national secretariat to celebrate our victory.
"The APC is not a steadfast party. They lie too much. I am not new in Osun politics. I have worked closely with my late brother, who was the grand master of Osun politics. The death of Senator Adeleke will surely play a great part in the election and ensure my victory."
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Q: How to allow more lines in specific colums of simple tables respecting the page margins A simple table is needed. The issue is that there is much text in the 2nd column, and it should respect the text margins.
Example:
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\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

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A: Package tabularx can be used to use a column X that allows line breaks and spans the available space:
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\usepackage{booktabs}
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There are many ways to put the source in a table caption, e.g.:
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who & approached the dangerous region in a farmer's wagon, concealed under a
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That's why you don't give a ride to weirdos. British people are just too damned nice.
Holy ghosty, there's a lot of overacting in this episode. Maybe that's where the scares come from?
For an episode with demon summoning, this turns out to be one deadly bore.


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Tonga Weather in May
What is the Weather Like in Tonga in May?
Welcome to winter in Tonga! However, it's probably not winter as you know it… Tonga's winter means that it's just a little less hot and humid, but still warm enough to satisfy beach-lovers with temperatures often around 27°C / 80°F. However, it does take a little longer for northern island groups, like the Vava'u Group and The Niuas to catch up with the winter trend. For travellers, expect a more tranquil atmosphere than the busier tourist seasons that kick into gear next month. So, learn about the typical temperatures, rainfall and more in this guide to the Tonga weather in May!
Before we jump into this weather guide for May, be sure to bookmark Tonga Weather by Month: What is the Weather Like in Tonga? for more advice.
5 Tips for Travelling Tonga in May
May is considered a tourist low season in Tonga, so look out for good deals on flights and accommodation!
Allow extra time to travel between Tonga's far-flung islands, like Vava'u or The Niuas, as flights are often cancelled in the wetter climates
The visibility for scuba diving and snorkelling is better compared to previous months, so pack the snorkel mask or book a dive trip!
Wear high-factor reef-safe sunscreen to protect your skin and the corals
While May is during the "dry season" know that it could still rain at any time.
Typical Temperatures in May
Locals will say that the Tongan "winter" has begun, but to visitors, it will feel far from your typical winter with temperatures reaching highs of 30°C / 86°F. This is particularly to the case with warmer temperatures in the northern islands of Tonga, like Vava'u. Temperatures are slightly cooler the further south you go, ending with the coolest in Tongatapu and 'Eua. The lowest temperatures experienced in May are around 22°C / 69°F, often at night.
Temperatures Across Tonga
Tongatapu & Nuku'alofa – The average maximum temperature is 27°C / 80°F and the minimum average temperature is 20°C / 68°F
Vava'u – The average maximum temperature is 28°C / 82°F and the minimum average temperature is 22°C / 72°F
Ha'apai – The average maximum temperature is 27°C / 81°F and the minimum average temperature is 22°C / 72°F
'Eua – The average maximum temperature is 27°C / 80°F and the minimum average temperature is 20°C / 68°F
The Niuas – The average maximum temperature is 30°C / 86°F and the minimum average temperature is 24°C / 75°F
Sea Temperature in May
Tonga has warm sea temperatures all year round, but start to drop a little after the summer season ends and the dry season begins in May. Sea temperatures in May are at an average of 27°C / 80°F.
Hours of Sun in May
Typical of a winter season, the days start to get shorter in Tonga in May. Nevertheless, "short days" in Tonga might not be considered that short with the average daylight hours still being around 11 hours a day. Sunshine hours are typically around 5 hours a day.
UV Levels During May
While UV levels drop significantly compared to Tonga's summer months, the UV levels are still around 7+ UV index around midday. Be sure to wear high-factor sunscreen. For advice on sunscreen, take a look at our 10 Best Environmentally-Friendly Sunscreens for Tonga.
Sunrise and Sunset During May
May has daylight hours lasting around 11 hours a day in Tonga.
Sunrise – 6.58am at the beginning of May and 7.10am at the end of May
Sunset – 6.17pm at the beginning of May and 6.07pm at the end of May
Learn more about the time zone in Tonga in What is the Tonga Time Zone?.
Rainfall in May
While it's officially the "dry season" that doesn't mean that the rain has gone for the whole season. Yes, May does still experience some rainy days, typically 15 days out of the month as an average. Showers are usually short-lived, however, not causing too much delay to your travel plans or sunbathing sessions.
Tonga receives an average of 111mm / 4.4″ of rainfall in the month of May, with around 15 days out of May experiencing rain.
Average Rainfall Across Tonga
Tongatapu & Nuku'alofa – The average rainfall in May is 111mm / 4.4″
Vava'u – The average rainfall in May is 105mm / 4.1″
Ha'apai – The average rainfall in May is 105mm / 4.1″
'Eua – The average rainfall in May is 111mm / 4.4″
The Niuas – The average rainfall in May is 165mm / 6.5″
Tropical Storms in May
The South Pacific cyclone season starts in November and ends in April, so it's highly unlikely that a tropical cyclone will occur in Tonga in May. Nevertheless, it's always best to be prepared, as small-scale cyclones have historically developed across the South Pacific in May.
Check out our tips on How to Prepare for a Cyclone in Tonga for more information on cyclones in Tonga.
For travellers who find cyclones a major concern, perhaps choose a month with less risk, such as July or August.
Best Places to Visit in Tonga in May
May is a good time to visit most island groups in Tonga. But if you're being picky, there is slightly more rainfall and more humidity in Vava'u and The Niues during May where flights are more likely to be cancelled – so it's best to avoid if you're on a tight schedule. That leaves Tongatapu, Ha'apai and 'Eua!
Ha'apai – Home to some of Tonga's most idyllic island resorts, Ha'apai is well worth retreating to before the tourist crowds arrive. Learn to scuba dive, snorkel in clear waters, kayak and more! Guesthouses and homestays are also available for an authentic cultural experience. Learn more about Ha'apai in The Complete Guide to Ha'apai.
'Eua – One of the closest outer islands to Tongatapu, 'Eua lures adventurous travellers wishing to see some of the best natural landscapes of the islands. Be sure to land a spot in one of the limited guesthouses or eco-fales before the busy tourist season comes up and everywhere gets fully booked! Learn more in The Complete Guide to 'Eua.
May Packing List for Tonga
May is when you can take a look at the dry season packing list for Tonga! Here are a few essentials and recommendations…
High-factor sunscreen (that's reef-safe and water-resistant)
Light cotton layers
Light long-sleeved tops (to cover from the sun and take the edge off those slightly cooler nights)
Light pants/trousers (something to cover up when out in Tongan towns/villages or going to church)
Long skirt or sarong (same reason as above, but for women)
Sunhat
Flip-flops or sandals
Rain jacket (just in case)
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This article was reviewed and published by Robin, the co-founder of Tonga Pocket Guide. He has lived, worked and travelled across 16 different countries before settling in the South Pacific, so he knows a thing or two about planning the perfect trip in this corner of the world. Robin works and consults regularly with the Ministry of Tourism of Tonga. Robin is also the co-founder of several other South Pacific travel guides and is a regular host of webinars with the South Pacific Tourism Organisation.
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