Is the usage of "from where" correct in these sentences?
Is "from where" grammatically equivalent to "from which"?
Maximum likelihood when usual procedure doesn't work I am trying to get the maximum likelihood estimate for the parameter $p$. The distribution is the following:   $$ f(x\mid p) = \begin{cases} \frac{p}{x^2} &amp;\text{for} \ p\leq x &lt; \infty  \ \\ 0 &amp;\text{if not} \end{cases} $$  The sample has size $n$.  The problem is, when I try to estimate it by the procedure I know, I would have to estimate the likelihood function and obtain the derivative of the log-likelihood. We'd have:   $$ L(p; x) = \frac{p^n}{\prod_{i=1}^{n} x^2_i}$$  $$ \ln L(p;x) = n \ln(p) - \sum_{i=1}^{n} \ln(x_i^2) $$   For the derivative:  $$ l'(p;x) = \frac{n}{p} = 0$$   And I am stuck because it has no solution for $p$. How do I evaluate this?  Thanks!   EDIT:  So in this case I can use the indicator variable to write:   $$ L(p;x) = \frac{p^n}{\prod_{i=1}^{n}x_i^2} I_{(x_i \geq p)}$$   for $i = 1,2, \ldots n$ in the indicator variable. So the "closest" non-null value of $x \in X$ to $p$ is $min(X_1, \ldots X_n)$. Is that the point? 'Country have' vs 'country has' 1) Australia has won the World Cup Cricket.      2) Australia have won the World Cup Cricket.   Which sentence is correct? Also, I would like to know more contexts where 'country has' and 'country have' are used. How do I start applications automatically on login? How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in? I'm trying to get a Schengen Visa from my first port of entry, France. I am trying to book an appointment with the French Consulate in SF, and the URL I am using is the following:   I've been checking this page periodically for the past few weeks, and I always see a dialog that that says "We are currently at full capacity. Please try again later." Their calendar provides no direct option for going to the next month. (Using the in-browser developer tools, I noticed that the button for next month is hidden. Un-hiding it and clicking on the Next Month button displays no available appointments either. I checked all the way until September 2016).  My guess is that there are absolutely no appointments for the next 6 months. Or, more likely, their page isn't functioning properly. I'll be traveling in July. Does anybody have any alternate suggestions to book an appointment? I cannot remember anyone writing the letter epsilon in any other way than \varepsilon in any math class; but in LaTeX \epsilon and \varepsilon are different symbols. Do any of you know why there are two different symbols? (I.e. if \epsilon is the correct way to write the letter epsilon, why aren't mathematicians using it, and when is, according to the standards today, the correct situation to use each of the symbols?) Sort by author in Alpha bibliography Using the alpha bibliography style, citations are sorted by the citation key. I'd like to use the same style of authors-year citation keys (e.g., [CP92]) but have the bibliography sorted by the first author's lastname instead of alphabetically by the citation key itself. This would keep the same papers by the same first author together.  For example, alpha would produce the following sorted order:        [Cha81] D. Chaum. Untraceable...   [CL04] J. Camenisch and A. Lysyanskaya. Signature...   [CP92] D. Chaum and T. Pedersen. Wallet...      Whereas, abbr would produce the following sorted order:        [1] J. Camenisch and A. Lysyanskaya. Signature...   [2] D. Chaum. Untraceable...   [3] D. Chaum and T. Pedersen. Wallet...      I am looking for the same sorting as abbr but maintaining the citation key style of alpha.  Is there a way to achieve this hybrid style? How do you round a number to two decimal places in C#? Expression Versus Statement I'm asking with regards to c#, but I assume its the same in most other languages.  Does anyone have a good definition of expressions and statements and what the differences are? Install software from packages, or build it from source? What is Interface method in salesforce How to run scripts every 5 seconds? I have a script that needs to be run every five seconds. I know that cron can do tasks by the minute, but is there a way to run something every second? What books, journals, and electronic resources are most valuable for expanding knowledge of GIS? What books, journals, and/or electronic resources have you found most valuable for expanding your knowledge in the GIS field, and why? Internal "get/set" function of property? Here is my test code and picture:  import bpy   # Simple property reading/writing from ID properties. # This is what the RNA would do internally. def get_float(self):     return self["testprop"]   def set_float(self, value):     self["testprop"] = value  #bpy.types.Scene.test_float = bpy.props.FloatProperty(get=get_float,set=set_float) bpy.types.Scene.test_float = bpy.props.FloatProperty()   bpy.context.scene.test_float = 12.34     When I don't explicitly set the "get/set" function for my property, after assigning the value, I can get the property value by 'scene["test_float"]', but if I explicitly set the "get/set" function, then if I try to type in the same commands, I will receive a error "KeyError: 'bpy_struct[key]: key "test_float" not found'" . So what should I do to get the same results by using explicitly  "get/set" function? What does the minus sign in Maxwell's third equation imply? If we write out Maxwell's equations with magnetic charges, we get $$ \begin{align} \nabla \cdot \mathbf{E} &amp;= 4 \pi \rho_e \tag{1}\\ \nabla \cdot \mathbf{B} &amp;= 4 \pi \rho_m \tag{2}\\ -\nabla \times \mathbf{E} &amp;= \frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t} + 4 \pi \mathbf{J}_m \tag{3}\label{Eq:Faraday}\\ \nabla \times \mathbf{B} &amp;= \frac{\partial \mathbf{E}}{\partial t} + 4 \pi \mathbf{J}_e \tag{4}\label{Eq:Ampere} \end{align} $$ In particular, Faraday's law \eqref{Eq:Faraday} contains a minus sign that Ampere's law \eqref{Eq:Ampere} does not. This always struck me as odd because it's often said the fields are dual to each other (i.e. you can replace E with B and &quot;get the same result&quot;), but that requires a bit of mental recalibration to accommodate that minus. So I'm curious what the origin of that negative is and what it means. Are there any intuitive explanations for how to think about it? How can I deduce/identify an app from a notification icon? SQL-Server: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing Guaranteed lifetime of temporary in C++? request: bragging & boasting but all made up of lies This is a single word, idiom, phrase, expression request - so basically I'll take anything that fits the bill.  Basically I'm trying to translate the Chinese word 吹牛 - which dictionaries will tell you mean to brag &amp; to boast - but it actually also refers to things that are usually all untruths and lies.  I thought, originally, that one of these would work: he's just bragging (i.e.: it's not, actually, true) - but Google only says:     brag      braɡ/      verb      ?verb: brag; 3rd person present: brags; past tense: bragged; past participle: bragged; gerund or present participle: bragging         say something in a boastful manner.   "he bragged that he was sure of victory"         noun      noun: brag; plural noun: brags         a boastful statement.      and     boast1      bəʊst/      verb      verb: boast; 3rd person present: boasts; past tense: boasted; past participle: boasted; gerund or present participle: boasting         talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.      "she boasted about her many conquests"      synonyms:  brag, crow, swagger, swank, gloat, show off, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back; More      exaggerate, overstate;   preen oneself, give oneself airs;   informaltalk big, blow hard, lay it on thick, shoot one's mouth off;   informalskite, big-note oneself   "his mother had been boasting about how wonderful he was to all her friends"   antonyms:   deprecate, belittle   (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride).   "the hotel boasts high standards of comfort"         noun      noun: boast; plural noun: boasts         an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.      "I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast"      Not really seeing anything talking about lies.   Anything about bragging or boasting that involves lies? How can I type "lambda-bar"? which statistic should I use for inter-rater agreement on nominal data, multiple responses I have over 400 open-ended responses. The total has been coded by one rater, and a 10% identical sample of the total has been coded by 2 raters. There is a choice of 14 nominal codes, of which the rater can use any number per case, though most cases have between 1-4 codes. Which statistical test is the most appropriate to determine if I have inter-rater agreement on the 10% sample?   Also am I right in assuming that I will need to treat each code as a variable and look for the level of agreement for each variable?   I'm using SPSS 21.  Much thanks, Kellie