I am 5 months pregnant and on a trip through Thailand. While going to Phi Phi Island I was bitten by a monkey in the achilles region and am worried about infection. What are the chances of something being transferred and what should I do at this stage?|||Please call a doctor. There is no point in taking chances.|||Hi, I am off to Thailand soon...
Did you have all your jabs and tablets before you left?
I would go straight to the doctors and also make sure you have your own syringe to be on the safe side. I do know they reuse them there.
Good Luck
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Will a Nintendo DS bought in the USA be able to play Game Boy Advance games bought in the UK?
I'm aware that a Game Boy Advance game has no 'region' and can be played on a Game Boy Advance that is bought anywhere in the world, but I don't know if this universal compatibility transfers over to a Ninendo DS.|||Yes a DS from the USA can play GameBoy Advance games from the UK. Like the GameBoy Advance, the DS is region free (so it will also play DS games from the UK).|||Yes, it does. UK Gameboy Advance games will work on your DS.|||man the cool with game boy Games is that have no region -so lets say final Fantasy its a japanese game and i play it on my Game Boy-Anyway the main problem is that you might not understand what are they saying so be cool and if you like so bad the game buy it!!! :)
Besides a great GPA-what do these schools look for?
I plan on applying to: University of Chicago, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Indiana University-Bloomington, Minnesota University Twin cities. I am applying for a transfer after my 1st 2 years at the small public university of UW-Parkside. I am doing this because these are the best school in the region tfor Near eastern studies majors... (I plan on being a linguist)
What do all of these schools look for in there transfer students?|||Schools look at GPA the highest, but they are also looking for well balanced people, so doing some sports will give you an advantage. Also do some extra curricular things, such as debate club or student counsel. And make sure you have enough community service hours.
What do all of these schools look for in there transfer students?|||Schools look at GPA the highest, but they are also looking for well balanced people, so doing some sports will give you an advantage. Also do some extra curricular things, such as debate club or student counsel. And make sure you have enough community service hours.
Does Cuba represent a biological or bacteriological threat to America?
Cuba's bacteriological and biological weapons.- The world and the USA believes Cuba "has at least a limited offensive biological warfare" program and may be transferring its expertise to other countries hostile to the United States. We are concerned that such technology could support biological warfare programs in those states. Cuba might be attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction.
The State Department's top nonproliferation official, called on Cuba to cease transfers of biological weapons technology to "rogue states and to fully comply with all of its obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention." this remarks were prepared for delivery to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group. For four decades Cuba has maintained a well-developed and sophisticated biomedical industry, supported until 1990 by the Soviet Union. This industry is one of the most advanced in Latin America, and leads in the production of pharmaceuticals and vaccines that are sold worldwide. Analysts and Cuban defectors have long cast suspicion on the activities conducted in these biomedical facilities.
Secret Intelligence sources reported and concluded that Cuba might represent a significant military threat to the United States or the region. Cuba is part of Axis of Evil.
Fidel Castro cooperated with Iraq's Saddam Hussein in an active chemical and biological weapons program. The report originated in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, an online intelligence newsletter published by WorldNetDaily. Some intelligence analysts believe Castro may have unleashed that program on the U.S. in the form of West Nile Virus.
West Nile was first identified in New York City in 1999. By the end of 2002, there were 4,156 laboratory-diagnosed human cases and 284 deaths, the largest arboviral meningo-encephalitis outbreak ever recorded in North America,
To conduct a bacteriological attack, a country or a terrorist group does not need to have any sophisticated means of delivery, such as a missile. A container the size of a five-pound sugar bag can bring bacteriological materials capable of causing over 50,000 casualties in an urban area, depending on the flow.
Communist Cuba is a threat to U.S. National Security.
Department of Defense remains vigilant on southern Florida and Cuba's terrorist cells.|||No,
The reason that you hear so much negative propaganda about Cuba is because the wealthy 0.1% of the US population controls 99.9% of our wealth is afraid of communism.|||I found a youtube video pertaining exactly to this鈥?how ironic.
You鈥檙e welcome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcdTnQFn鈥?/a>
:)
|||Sorry, but you're gonna believe claims about WMDs?|||maybe, with all the spy's the super Castro bros have flooded the US with it would not be hard to launch such a attack
EDIT:TC negative propaganda its the other way around! JOE it does not matter how many facts or proof you have these useful idiots will not believe anything until they are sitting in a communist jail.
The State Department's top nonproliferation official, called on Cuba to cease transfers of biological weapons technology to "rogue states and to fully comply with all of its obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention." this remarks were prepared for delivery to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group. For four decades Cuba has maintained a well-developed and sophisticated biomedical industry, supported until 1990 by the Soviet Union. This industry is one of the most advanced in Latin America, and leads in the production of pharmaceuticals and vaccines that are sold worldwide. Analysts and Cuban defectors have long cast suspicion on the activities conducted in these biomedical facilities.
Secret Intelligence sources reported and concluded that Cuba might represent a significant military threat to the United States or the region. Cuba is part of Axis of Evil.
Fidel Castro cooperated with Iraq's Saddam Hussein in an active chemical and biological weapons program. The report originated in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, an online intelligence newsletter published by WorldNetDaily. Some intelligence analysts believe Castro may have unleashed that program on the U.S. in the form of West Nile Virus.
West Nile was first identified in New York City in 1999. By the end of 2002, there were 4,156 laboratory-diagnosed human cases and 284 deaths, the largest arboviral meningo-encephalitis outbreak ever recorded in North America,
To conduct a bacteriological attack, a country or a terrorist group does not need to have any sophisticated means of delivery, such as a missile. A container the size of a five-pound sugar bag can bring bacteriological materials capable of causing over 50,000 casualties in an urban area, depending on the flow.
Communist Cuba is a threat to U.S. National Security.
Department of Defense remains vigilant on southern Florida and Cuba's terrorist cells.|||No,
The reason that you hear so much negative propaganda about Cuba is because the wealthy 0.1% of the US population controls 99.9% of our wealth is afraid of communism.|||I found a youtube video pertaining exactly to this鈥?how ironic.
You鈥檙e welcome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcdTnQFn鈥?/a>
:)
|||Sorry, but you're gonna believe claims about WMDs?|||maybe, with all the spy's the super Castro bros have flooded the US with it would not be hard to launch such a attack
EDIT:TC negative propaganda its the other way around! JOE it does not matter how many facts or proof you have these useful idiots will not believe anything until they are sitting in a communist jail.
Why are the home schooled states failing?
http://i.imgur.com/zMaff.jpg
California has the 8th largest economy in the world. Simply put, knowledge is best produced in a liberal culture. This is why the most prosperous and innovative regions of the United States are also the most politically liberal, and why the most conservative regions of the country are also the greatest beneficiaries of transfer payments. Liberals create wealth and government redistributes it to conservatives. This is, of course, the opposite of the received conservative opinion in the media, and indeed in most of academia. But it is true.|||California is bankrupt. When individual students are tested, homeschooled kids always score higher. Always.|||"When individual students are tested, homeschooled kids always score higher."
REALLY? Even when the science portion of the test comes up? Every home schooled person I've ever met thinks that Jesus rode dinosaurs and that evolution is lie made by the devil.|||Those "politically liberal" areas also have the largest income gap and greatest number of people living on government assistance. BTW, what are home schooled states exactly?|||As a CA resident.....we are broke. The schools are in shambles. We are overrun by illegal aliens. Do you have any other false statements?|||I remember when in the 60's and 70's it was liberals that home schooled.|||least homeschooled kids have morals!|||There are a lot of Rock-Ribbed Conservative business and industrial people who would give you quite an argument about Liberals creating wealth (you make it sound like they're the only ones who do) and an even bigger one about your frankly amazing notion that the government redistributes it to Conservatives.
The fact is, once you plow through the vituperation, there's a grain of truth at the core of the Conservative view on how wealth moves around in this country: It is undeniable that tax dollars go into the pockets of folks who've done nothing to earn them, folks who have contributed nothing to society and who have no intention of doing so in the future.
And regarding that link to the chart you included with your question; the one illustrating (among other things) how Blue States are shortchanged by the Feds on tax distribution compared to Red States: I'm betting there's one out there someplace on the web that the Reds can turn to to refute the Blues.
Besides, that chart doesn't really advance your basic argument about "home schooled states failing"; there's nothing in it about home schooling. In addition to the tax data, there are statistics on Diabetes, child deaths, collective bargaining, income inequality, poverty, obesity and a cheap shot regarding IQ levels in Red and Blue States. The only education-related data was on people over age 25 who had a High School Diploma; it didn't address how they earned it. It's safe to say that every state in the union has at least some home schooling but there's nothing here to show which ones are "failing" or how that makes one state politically superior to another.
As for California, they might have an economy the size you say it is, but it's definitely not healthy, for a number of valid reasons. I'll only point to one, but it's a whopper: Public Sector Unions.
California has the 8th largest economy in the world. Simply put, knowledge is best produced in a liberal culture. This is why the most prosperous and innovative regions of the United States are also the most politically liberal, and why the most conservative regions of the country are also the greatest beneficiaries of transfer payments. Liberals create wealth and government redistributes it to conservatives. This is, of course, the opposite of the received conservative opinion in the media, and indeed in most of academia. But it is true.|||California is bankrupt. When individual students are tested, homeschooled kids always score higher. Always.|||"When individual students are tested, homeschooled kids always score higher."
REALLY? Even when the science portion of the test comes up? Every home schooled person I've ever met thinks that Jesus rode dinosaurs and that evolution is lie made by the devil.|||Those "politically liberal" areas also have the largest income gap and greatest number of people living on government assistance. BTW, what are home schooled states exactly?|||As a CA resident.....we are broke. The schools are in shambles. We are overrun by illegal aliens. Do you have any other false statements?|||I remember when in the 60's and 70's it was liberals that home schooled.|||least homeschooled kids have morals!|||There are a lot of Rock-Ribbed Conservative business and industrial people who would give you quite an argument about Liberals creating wealth (you make it sound like they're the only ones who do) and an even bigger one about your frankly amazing notion that the government redistributes it to Conservatives.
The fact is, once you plow through the vituperation, there's a grain of truth at the core of the Conservative view on how wealth moves around in this country: It is undeniable that tax dollars go into the pockets of folks who've done nothing to earn them, folks who have contributed nothing to society and who have no intention of doing so in the future.
And regarding that link to the chart you included with your question; the one illustrating (among other things) how Blue States are shortchanged by the Feds on tax distribution compared to Red States: I'm betting there's one out there someplace on the web that the Reds can turn to to refute the Blues.
Besides, that chart doesn't really advance your basic argument about "home schooled states failing"; there's nothing in it about home schooling. In addition to the tax data, there are statistics on Diabetes, child deaths, collective bargaining, income inequality, poverty, obesity and a cheap shot regarding IQ levels in Red and Blue States. The only education-related data was on people over age 25 who had a High School Diploma; it didn't address how they earned it. It's safe to say that every state in the union has at least some home schooling but there's nothing here to show which ones are "failing" or how that makes one state politically superior to another.
As for California, they might have an economy the size you say it is, but it's definitely not healthy, for a number of valid reasons. I'll only point to one, but it's a whopper: Public Sector Unions.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Is there a difference between Tagalog and Filipino?
Filipino or Tagalog? Is there really a difference? Sometimes, we just shrug this question off. It's easy to say these two don't have a difference since native speakers of these languages will not be strangers when they talk. They will understand each other completely.
But technical translations demand more literal transfers. Consequently whether to use Filipino or Tagalog becomes a conscious question. When source words are without exact equivalents in Tagalog, here is where Filipino becomes useful. In a sense, one often resorts to using Filipino when "pure Tagalog" expressions can't be found. A translation therefore can be a mixture of Filipino or Tagalog, assuming that there is a clear line that distinguishes them from each other.
Tagalog is not a dialect but a major language in the Philippines. Within the Tagalog region, there are many dialects such as the variations found in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal and Batangas provinces. Ninety percent of native Tagalog speakers are born and bred and grew up in these provinces.
Filipino is based on Tagalog. Without Tagalog, I doubt if there will ever be a clear identification of the Filipino language. On second thought, maybe, Filipino will be based on Cebuano, or Ilocano, or Bicolano, or Ilongo which are also major languages. Some Cebuanos are sometimes jealous because majority of the so-called Filipino words and expressions are actually Tagalog.|||generally ~
1.%26gt; " Filipino " is refers to Philippines people,
and the language and dialects of Philippines people.
but there's many dialects in the Philippines.
in Luzon : Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicolano ka-Pampangan......
Vizayas %26amp; Mindanao : Cebuano, Ilongo......
2.%26gt; " Tagalog " is one of them. and
- is the Official " Filipino " language.
- It is the main language of government, the media and education.
- it is spoken by possibly more people than any other dialects.
---------------
many countries also have the same situation, example:
1.%26gt; " Chinese " - refers to China people,
and the language and dialects of China people.
but there's also many dialects in China.
"Mandarin" (官) (Guan) ; "Yue" (Cantonese) (粵) , "Man" (Fujian or Taiwanese) (閩), "Wu" (吳) (Shanghainese), "Hakka" (客家), "xiang" (湘) %26amp; "Gan" (贛)...
2.%26gt; " Mandarin " is one of them. and
- is the Official " Chinese " language.
- It is the main language of government, the media and education.
- it is spoken by possibly more people than any other dialects that for more than over 1 billion.
.|||You have shown in your very detailed question that, however similar the two may be, there are still differences. So, strictly speaking, they cannot the same as long as people resort to Filipino for words without an equivalent in Tagalog.|||Who's the guy in the picture?
You look Filipino to me.
Ang TAGALOG ay lenguahe and Pilipino ay ang Tao.
Pwede ring tawagin ang isang taga Lozun o taga Maynila na "tagalog" kung pupunta sya sa ibang lugar tulad ng Cebu ang tawag naman sa mga taga Bisaya ay bisaya na lenguahe ay bisaya kasama na ang Waray,Masbateno at iba pa..
gets mo na?|||This is a common issue. We Chinese have the same dilemma. Mandarin, the common Chinese language taught in China, Taiwan and Singapore, has its base in Beijing dialect. So naturally the Beijingese are apt to become purist and very protective. Yet, as you noted, a language must be allow to grow new words.
Here we have issues you do not face --- We have China being isolated from the world for 50 years, so that terms they use and what we use in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere are very different. Then we all import words, such as Laser, and the new words in China and Taiwan are different. This problem we share with the English speaking world .. The boot and bonnet of the car as opposed to the trunk and hood of the car in USA ..
The solution --- Time .. Believe it or not, one day this too shall pass, especially with everyone communicating via internet .. pretty soon people will find some way to unify .. one unfortunate example .. Rap music ..
Then people are going to fuss about the dying arts .. as we Chinese are already hollering about ..
My feeling is that art appreciation and collection, like homosexuality, belong to individual bed rooms or castles. Do it if you feel like it, but don't bring it out and make it everybody's business ..
But technical translations demand more literal transfers. Consequently whether to use Filipino or Tagalog becomes a conscious question. When source words are without exact equivalents in Tagalog, here is where Filipino becomes useful. In a sense, one often resorts to using Filipino when "pure Tagalog" expressions can't be found. A translation therefore can be a mixture of Filipino or Tagalog, assuming that there is a clear line that distinguishes them from each other.
Tagalog is not a dialect but a major language in the Philippines. Within the Tagalog region, there are many dialects such as the variations found in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal and Batangas provinces. Ninety percent of native Tagalog speakers are born and bred and grew up in these provinces.
Filipino is based on Tagalog. Without Tagalog, I doubt if there will ever be a clear identification of the Filipino language. On second thought, maybe, Filipino will be based on Cebuano, or Ilocano, or Bicolano, or Ilongo which are also major languages. Some Cebuanos are sometimes jealous because majority of the so-called Filipino words and expressions are actually Tagalog.|||generally ~
1.%26gt; " Filipino " is refers to Philippines people,
and the language and dialects of Philippines people.
but there's many dialects in the Philippines.
in Luzon : Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicolano ka-Pampangan......
Vizayas %26amp; Mindanao : Cebuano, Ilongo......
2.%26gt; " Tagalog " is one of them. and
- is the Official " Filipino " language.
- It is the main language of government, the media and education.
- it is spoken by possibly more people than any other dialects.
---------------
many countries also have the same situation, example:
1.%26gt; " Chinese " - refers to China people,
and the language and dialects of China people.
but there's also many dialects in China.
"Mandarin" (官) (Guan) ; "Yue" (Cantonese) (粵) , "Man" (Fujian or Taiwanese) (閩), "Wu" (吳) (Shanghainese), "Hakka" (客家), "xiang" (湘) %26amp; "Gan" (贛)...
2.%26gt; " Mandarin " is one of them. and
- is the Official " Chinese " language.
- It is the main language of government, the media and education.
- it is spoken by possibly more people than any other dialects that for more than over 1 billion.
.|||You have shown in your very detailed question that, however similar the two may be, there are still differences. So, strictly speaking, they cannot the same as long as people resort to Filipino for words without an equivalent in Tagalog.|||Who's the guy in the picture?
You look Filipino to me.
Ang TAGALOG ay lenguahe and Pilipino ay ang Tao.
Pwede ring tawagin ang isang taga Lozun o taga Maynila na "tagalog" kung pupunta sya sa ibang lugar tulad ng Cebu ang tawag naman sa mga taga Bisaya ay bisaya na lenguahe ay bisaya kasama na ang Waray,Masbateno at iba pa..
gets mo na?|||This is a common issue. We Chinese have the same dilemma. Mandarin, the common Chinese language taught in China, Taiwan and Singapore, has its base in Beijing dialect. So naturally the Beijingese are apt to become purist and very protective. Yet, as you noted, a language must be allow to grow new words.
Here we have issues you do not face --- We have China being isolated from the world for 50 years, so that terms they use and what we use in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere are very different. Then we all import words, such as Laser, and the new words in China and Taiwan are different. This problem we share with the English speaking world .. The boot and bonnet of the car as opposed to the trunk and hood of the car in USA ..
The solution --- Time .. Believe it or not, one day this too shall pass, especially with everyone communicating via internet .. pretty soon people will find some way to unify .. one unfortunate example .. Rap music ..
Then people are going to fuss about the dying arts .. as we Chinese are already hollering about ..
My feeling is that art appreciation and collection, like homosexuality, belong to individual bed rooms or castles. Do it if you feel like it, but don't bring it out and make it everybody's business ..
Do repeated roots of equations occur in the real world?
I'm wondering if repeated roots occur much in reality, outside mathematical analysis? Got any real examples from chemistry, physics, astronomy, biology, cryptology etc?
A repeated root (or "multiple root") of a polynomial equation happens when some root r has a multiplicity m%26gt;1 :
f(x) = (x-r)^m * [rest of the factors]
This complicates analysis a little, and adds special-cases.
[Yes, I know many equations of interest from the real world are not polynomials to start with anyway. But let's talk about those which are, or can be approximated within our region of interest.]
[I can only think of one example: in electronic filter or amplifier design, where we deliberately manipulate poles and zeros in a transfer function to get a desired frequency response. But strictly that is synthesis of a function which we designed, not analysis of a naturally-occurring function.]|||I can think of two off the top of my head which are physically completely different, but mathematically identical
The solution of certain differential equations reduces to a problem of solving polynomials (they are called linear differential equations with constant coefficients)
the differential equations for solving spring systems called damped motion, such as a car oscillating up and down on it's springs with its shock absorbers as the damper
if the system is under damped the car will bounce up and down to much
if it is over damped the car will not bounce enough so it will give a very rough ride
ultimately you want a situation where the spring/damper system is 'critically damped' so the ride of the car will be perfect, this is the situation where repeated roots occur in the polynomial for solving the differential equation.
the other case is in electrical circuits which contain inductors, resistors and capacitors, two examples of their use is in transformers and producing radio signals or filtering out radio interference. In the same sense as above the inductor acts like the spring, the resistor like the damper and the capacitor is like the inertia of the car, mathematically the two situations are identical so in the critically damped situation repeated roots occur in the polynomial for solving the differential equation also. Depending on the application of the inductance circuit you may or may not want the system to be critically damped though.
I'm sure there are heaps of other real life applications, which involve repeated roots, but that is all I can think of at the moment.
the end
.|||Im a theoretician. I dont care about practicality... Im beyond that :-P. Im sure examples exist in reality. Why wouldnt they? If you can construct a real life example of any polynomial, why couldnt you do the same for repeated root polynomials.
Let me tell you this. Imaginary Numbers. Complex Numbers. They dont actually exist... do they? Youd be surprised at how practical they are in physics, electronics, etc. If polynomials can have imaginary roots that have practical meaning, why couldnt repeated roots have meaning?
Instead of asking about the root themselves... ask "What happens at a root?" f(x) = x^4 and f(x) = x^2 have the same root. And the functions, themselves, look similar. But they arent. f(x) = x^4 has four identical roots... and the function acts differently than f(x) = x^2, which has only two identical roots. Its not the roots that matter... but the construction of the function, itself, that matters. The roots are just a consequence.
A repeated root (or "multiple root") of a polynomial equation happens when some root r has a multiplicity m%26gt;1 :
f(x) = (x-r)^m * [rest of the factors]
This complicates analysis a little, and adds special-cases.
[Yes, I know many equations of interest from the real world are not polynomials to start with anyway. But let's talk about those which are, or can be approximated within our region of interest.]
[I can only think of one example: in electronic filter or amplifier design, where we deliberately manipulate poles and zeros in a transfer function to get a desired frequency response. But strictly that is synthesis of a function which we designed, not analysis of a naturally-occurring function.]|||I can think of two off the top of my head which are physically completely different, but mathematically identical
The solution of certain differential equations reduces to a problem of solving polynomials (they are called linear differential equations with constant coefficients)
the differential equations for solving spring systems called damped motion, such as a car oscillating up and down on it's springs with its shock absorbers as the damper
if the system is under damped the car will bounce up and down to much
if it is over damped the car will not bounce enough so it will give a very rough ride
ultimately you want a situation where the spring/damper system is 'critically damped' so the ride of the car will be perfect, this is the situation where repeated roots occur in the polynomial for solving the differential equation.
the other case is in electrical circuits which contain inductors, resistors and capacitors, two examples of their use is in transformers and producing radio signals or filtering out radio interference. In the same sense as above the inductor acts like the spring, the resistor like the damper and the capacitor is like the inertia of the car, mathematically the two situations are identical so in the critically damped situation repeated roots occur in the polynomial for solving the differential equation also. Depending on the application of the inductance circuit you may or may not want the system to be critically damped though.
I'm sure there are heaps of other real life applications, which involve repeated roots, but that is all I can think of at the moment.
the end
.|||Im a theoretician. I dont care about practicality... Im beyond that :-P. Im sure examples exist in reality. Why wouldnt they? If you can construct a real life example of any polynomial, why couldnt you do the same for repeated root polynomials.
Let me tell you this. Imaginary Numbers. Complex Numbers. They dont actually exist... do they? Youd be surprised at how practical they are in physics, electronics, etc. If polynomials can have imaginary roots that have practical meaning, why couldnt repeated roots have meaning?
Instead of asking about the root themselves... ask "What happens at a root?" f(x) = x^4 and f(x) = x^2 have the same root. And the functions, themselves, look similar. But they arent. f(x) = x^4 has four identical roots... and the function acts differently than f(x) = x^2, which has only two identical roots. Its not the roots that matter... but the construction of the function, itself, that matters. The roots are just a consequence.
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