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Bert and Ernie jump rope and munch apples and carrots, and Cookie Monster has his namesake treat once a week, not every day. Can a Muppets mini-makeover improve kids' health, too?
A three-year experiment in South America suggests it can. Now, the Sesame Street project is coming to the United States.
Already, a test run in a New York City preschool has seen results: Four-year-old Jahmeice Strowder got her mom to make cauliflower for the first time in her life. A classmate, Bryson Payne, bugged his dad for a banana every morning and more salads. A parent brought home a loaf of bread instead of Doritos.
"What we created, I believe, is a culture" of healthy eating to fight a "toxic environment" of junk food and too little exercise, said Dr. Valentin Fuster, a cardiologist at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Six years ago, he started working with Sesame Workshop, producers of television's Sesame Street, on a project aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds.
"At that age they pay attention to everything" and habits can be changed, he said.
The need is clear: A third of U.S. children and teens are obese or overweight. Many don't get enough exercise, and a recent study found that kids' fitness has declined worldwide. They're at high risk for heart and other problems later in life.
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For Sesame Street, the project offered a chance to improve the lives of young viewers and give a makeover to certain Muppets.
"While Cookie Monster is an engaging figure, we felt there was an opportunity there to really model healthy eating," said Jorge Baxter, regional director for Latin America for Sesame Workshop.
The new message is that certain things like cookies are "something you can eat sometimes, but there are some foods that you can eat all the time," like vegetables, he said. The healthy messages have been gradually incorporated into the television show, and its producers even made a doctor Muppet — Dr. Ruster (pronounced "Rooster") — in Fuster's image for the preschool project.
It launched in Colombia because U.S. schools that Fuster approached years ago were reluctant, but a wealthy family's foundation was willing to sponsor the experiment in Bogota.
Coming soon
In New York, where the program plans to launch in several early childhood and Head Start programs this spring and fall, project leaders will have to tackle under- and overweight kids.
"A lot of the kids are from low-income families, shelters," and many have poor access to healthy foods, said Rachael Lynch, director of educational services for an Episcopal Social Services preschool, The Learning Center, in Harlem. "It's a mecca for fast food around here. We're trying to get them to walk past the Chinese food or pizza or McDonald's, to go home and make something."
Her preschool tested the Sesame Street project last summer and "it really took off" with kids and parents, she said. "They love it. The kids relate."
Children took home a "weekend update" to list and draw pictures of what they ate. Parents were asked to sign it to encourage an adult focus on healthy meals.


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June's "Since You Asked" digital poll dealt with a subject that's been of particular interest to those of us who monitor the flight training industry. We asked, "How many flight instructors have you had/did you have in primary training?"
For years we've heard horror stories of people dealing with multiple instructors. I wrote about how to cope when you have to change CFIs in the September 2008 Flight Training article, "Same Dance, Different Partner." When the airlines are hiring, flight instructors leave flight schools—sometimes very abruptly—because they've racked up enough time to become attractive hires. Sometimes people wind up with multiple flight instructors because of personality issues. Sometimes it's a run of bad luck—nobody's fault, really. But the end result can be disruptive to your training progress. Just ask Brook Heyel, who told me that it took her a whopping 23 flight instructors to finish her private pilot certificate. (Her story is its own sidebar in "Same Dance, Different Partner." She shocked the normally unflappable Rod Machado at an aviation event when she told him the number.)
Accelerated flight schools like Tailwheels Etc. in Florida see a lot of frustrated students who can't handle yet another change in instructors and they just want to push ahead and cross the finish line without having to start all over. American Flyers (which has several locations in the United States) has a private pilot "finish-up" program.
I was gratified–and a little surprised–that our small and unscientific sample turned out as well as it did. Forty-two percent of those who responded said they had just one flight instructor. Just over half–53 percent–said they'd had two to five CFIs. And just 5 percent reported learning to fly with more than five flight instructors. (Those respondents deserve a medal, in my book.) If I'm drawing conclusions, I'd say that the relatively stagnant state of airline hiring had something to do with this. Flight instructors tend to stay put when the airlines aren't hiring; hence you're more likely to start and finish with the same person. That could change, given that we're starting to see hiring ramp up again.
I was lucky to have just two flight instructors over the course of 18 months (this was back in 2000-2001, to give you an idea). My first CFI left for the airlines, but she was thoughtful enough to hand me off to an instructor she believed would be a good match for me. Turns out, she was right. And even though he also left full-time instructing at the flight school to go to another aviation job, he stayed on as an independent instructor so that he could see me to the checkride. For that, I'm eternally grateful to John Sherman.
How many flight instructors did you have? Please let us know in the Comments section.—Jill W. Tallman
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LAFAYETTE – Thomas Joseph Rubischko, 57, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Lafayette.
A celebration of Tom's life will be held on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 1 pm at Christ the King Lutheran Church, New Ulm, with Pastor Tim Anderson officiating. Interment will follow at the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 pm Sunday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, NORTH CHAPEL in New Ulm and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Monday. To leave an online condolence or sign the guest book for his family go to: www.mvfh.org.
Thomas Joseph Rubischko was born on November 8, 1955 in New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, to Theodore and Patricia (Merkel) Rubischko. He attended Gibbon High School and the University of Minnesota Morris.
On January 1, 1994, Tom married Nancy (Paulson) Niebuhr at Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop, MN. Tom devoted his life to farming and farmed for more than 45 years with his father Ted, father-in-law, Vern, and friend, Tom Wilfahrt.
Tom was a wonderful and compassionate husband, dad, grandpa, and friend. Tom loved farming, hunting, traveling, cooking, playing games and spending countless hours with his family. Tom and his wife Nancy opened their home and hearts to a multitude of foreign exchange students and other visitors from around the world who consider Tom and Nancy family.
Tom had a tireless work ethic and easygoing nature, a fierce devotion to family and friends, and a mischievous grin and wink when he joked around. Tom was a gifted conversationalist and made friends wherever he was.
Tom is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Nancy; their children, Ryan Rubischko, his wife Stephanie, and their children, Claire and Nora, of Stillwater, MN; Nathan Rubischko, his wife Shannon, and their children, Veda and Soren, of St. Paul, MN; Justin Niebuhr, his wife Jenna, and their children Leah and Lora, of St. Charles, MO; Tricia Lancaster, her husband Mark, and their children, Mackenzie, Eleanor, and Coraline, of North Mankato, MN; and Jared Niebuhr of Hopkins, MN; and exchange students, Antoine, Henrique, Leo, Camila, Katharina, Helene, Flavia, Meng, Kristina, Eunsil, Courtney, Ms. Emy, Jasmyn, Katariina, Regine, Michaela, Hilke, and Elke; sisters Barbara Watson and husband Shell; Helen Herschman and husband Richard, and Jean Strauch and husband Gary; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Vern and Neva Paulson, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, David and Terese Paulson, and their children, Stephen and Erik; dear friends Mauricio Bhr and Tom Wilfahrt, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
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Chris Vognar's Top 5, er, 4 Superman movies. And a shout-out to Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
This isn't really a Top five list, since I've only seen four Superman movies that I can think of (If I saw III or IV I conveniently blocked them from my memory. By the way, whose idea was it to put Richard Pryor in one of these?). That said, if someone wants to make a movie version of Superman vs. Muhammad Ali I'd be totally fine with it. Without further ado, my Final Four in descending order:
4. Superman Returns (2006) – Actually I can't remember much about this one either. Doesn't mean I hated it, just that it left no impression on me whatsoever. A Brandon Routh effect perhaps? Poor guy.
3. Man of Steel (2013) – The more I think about it the more I think there's a half a really good movie here – the first half, which deftly layers flashbacks and brings a touch of dark realism to the origin story. Then it becomes a generic summer blockbuster.
2. Superman II (1980) – Ten-year-old me had no idea who Terrence Stamp was, but his General Zod left quite an impression. This was also a time when action/fantasy sequels weren't yet a guarantee, and the continuation of the Clark/Lois romance had just the right amount of teasing.
1. Superman (1978) – Or as we called it back in the day, Superman: The Movie. As in, Hey, did you hear they're making a Superman movie? It had a charming innocence, a coherent story, an overpaid Marlon Brando and the malicious comic timing of Gene Hackman. Winner.


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Homemade sidewalk painting fun
When young children are in the family you need a huge bag of tricks. Those tricks are probably in your kitchen. All you need is a recipe. Painting with homemade sidewalk paint is always a hit. For more ideas to fill a bag of family activity tricks see grandparentsteachtoo.org and wnmufm.org pod casts "Learning through the Seasons." Books are available at the UP Children's Museum and WNMU-FM.
Water, cornstarch, food coloring or poster paint, low containers, and brushes
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Sidewalk and street painting are popular around the world. Many groups sell sections of a street or sidewalk to raise money for many charities. Google "Naples Rotary sidewalk painting" and you will be able to see festivals in the U.S. and around the world with beautiful examples of paintings from all ages.
Families can have their own little festival or just an afternoon of fun that can be safely washed away when everyone is agreeable or during the next rain shower.
Recipes vary depending how well you want the sidewalk chalk paint to spread. The basic recipe is one-cup water, one-cup cornstarch, food coloring or poster paint for the desired colors. Use two cups of water for a thinner paint. Colors, especially the food coloring, will dry lighter so make all colors dark. Containers that don't spill easily are best rather than tippy cups. Some people use small individual plastic food containers with covers. Paint does not keep very well, however.
This is an excellent opportunity to teach color mixing of the primary colors red, blue, and yellow. These colors make secondary colors: red and yellow make orange, red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green. Experiment by adding white to some colors. Add black or mix three colors together. What happens?
Carry on a conversation of what objects in nature have these colors. Family conversation is key to reading and doing well in school. Children need three million words of conversation in their early years to help them learn to read well.
Look at some pictures in children's favorite books ahead of time. Ask children to draw a picture on paper first so you know what colors to make. Children may change their minds, but this helps them plan. They might want to make a rainbow, a portrait of themselves, or family. They may like to draw a cartoon figure, animal, cars, princesses, flowers, or spaceships. Maybe they want to make a design with geometric shapes. This is a good time to use geometry and Ed Emberley's step-by-step drawing books.
Draw 2-foot squares for young children to fill with a painting and help them print their name on the picture. Discuss that these paintings will be washed with the rain so take many photos. Food coloring and paint may stain skin and clothing.
Editor's note: This column is penned by retired Marquette Area Public Schools teachers Iris Katers, Jean Hetrick, and Cheryl Anderegg. Esther Macalady is from Golden, Colorado. Tim Fox currently teaches at Superior Hills Elementary. It's supported by Northern Michigan University Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, the School of Education, U.P. Children's Museum, U.P. Association for the Education of Young Children, and U.P. Parent Awareness of Michigan. Their book "Learning Through the Seasons" is available at area stores and www.grandparentsteachtoo.org. Their mission is to provide fun standards based activities that adults can do in the home to prepare children for school and a lifetime of learning and reduce the stress of child care.


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Generalising Gödel's Theorem with Multiple Worlds. Part I.
In his first incompleteness theorem, Gödel showed us that we can construct a sentence that denies its own provability. In his second incompleteness theorem he showed that an example of such a sentence is the one that asserts the inconsistency of arithmetic. If arithmetic is consistent then it can't prove its own consistency. On the other hand, if arithmetic is inconsistent then we can prove anything, and hence we can prove its consistency.
Can we generalise what Gödel did? For example, can we construct sentences that we can prove assert their own provability? What about sentences that deny that their provability is provable? Or what about sentences that assert that if they're provable then it's not provable that it's inconsistent that they imply that they're inconsistent with the rest of arithmetic?
Not only can we do these things, we can also write a computer program that generates such theorems for us. We can do so by working with the idea that a consistent set of axioms describes a world, and that a set of axioms able to talk about sets of axioms describes a world within a world, and a set of axioms that...well you can guess how it goes. A bit like Inception really.
Gödel's Theorem
Briefly, Gödel's first incompleteness theorem goes like this: we work with PA, the logical system built from Peano's Axioms. Within PA we can state and prove theorems about arithmetic like the fact that 1+2=3 or that for any prime there is always another greater prime. But even though PA is about numbers, we can talk about other things if we can encode them as numbers. In particular, Gödel came up with a scheme to encode propositions of PA as numbers. We use [P] to represent the number for the proposition P in Gödel's scheme. A proof is essentially just a list of propositions where each one is connected to some earlier ones by simple mechanical rules. These rules can be turned into arithmetical statements about the Gödel numbers for the propositions. So in the language of PA it is possible to assert that a particular number is the Gödel number of a provable proposition. Let Prov(n) denote the proposition of PA that says that n is the Gödel number of a provable proposition. Prov(n) is a proposition of PA and so is ¬Prov(n). Imagine we could find a proposition G with the property that G↔¬Prov([G]). It would assert its own unprovability. But it also appears to involve stuffing a representation of the Gödel number of G within G as well as all the rules for determining provability. Amazingly Gödel figured out how to do this (using tricks not unlike those used for quining). If G were false, G would be provable. So if we trust PA as a means of reasoning about proofs in PA, then G is true, though it can't be proved using the axioms of PA.
Provability Logic
We're going to be interested specifically in provability, so we don't need all of the power of PA. So we're going to work with a simplified domain specific logic called GL (for Gödel-Löb), otherwise known as Provability Logic. The idea is that sentences of GL will be shorthand for classes of statement in PA. GL will contain propositional calculus. So here's an example statement in GL: p∧q. The unknowns p and q represent propositions of PA and statements of GL are considered valid if they're provable whatever statements of PA they represent. For example, we could assign p="there are at least 10 primes" and q="7>2", in which case p∧q holds. But we could assign p="there are just 10 primes" in which case it's false. So p∧q isn't a valid proposition of GL as it doesn't hold for all p and q. On the other hand p→p∨q is valid because no matter what crazy propositions we assign to p and q, p→p∨q is true. (Of course, when I say "there are at least 10 primes", I mean a long and complicated sentence of PA that amounts to the same thing.)
But there's more to GL than propositional calculus. It also has the one-argument predicate ◻ which asserts that its argument is provable. More precisely, ◻p says that whatever proposition of PA p represents, let's say it's P, we have Prov([P]). It's just shorthand. Here's another example: ◻(q→◻p) says that whatever P we assign to p, and whatever Q we assign to q, Prov([Q →Prov([P])]). Or in English it says "for any propositions P and Q, it is provable that Q implies that P is provable".
We'll use ⊤ and ⊥ from propositional calculus as the always true and always false propositions in the usual way. ◻⊥ is the assertion that we can prove ⊥. In other words it's the assertion that PA is inconsistent. So now we can state Gödel's second incompleteness theorem: ¬◻⊥→¬◻¬◻⊥. If PA is consistent, we can't prove it.
We can also introduce the symbol ◊. This is just shorthand for ¬◻¬. ◊p says that it's not provable that p is false. In other words, it says that p is consistent with the rest of PA. So ◻ is provability and ◊ is consistency.
A set of assignments of propositions of PA to a bunch of letters in GL can be thought of as a world. For example, we can imagine a world in which p="2>1" and q="2<1". In this world, we have p and ¬q. The GL proposition ◻p says that we have a proof of p so it must be true in all worlds. Conversely, ◊p says that it's not true there is no world where p holds. In other words, it asserts the existence of a world where p holds. So worlds can talk about other worlds. If we have ◊◊p in some world, then it's asserting that there's another world in which ◊p holds. In other words, ◊◊p asserts there is a world in which it is asserted that there is another world where p holds. We can draw pictures to represent this. If a world has propositions that talk about another world then we draw the talked about world as a kind of subworld. Here's how we can picture ◊◊p:
Worlds are assignments of propositions of PA to letters of GL. But most of the time we won't particularly care about specific propositions themselves like "2>1". We'll be more interested in what truth assignments we can make to the propositions represented by the letters. So we can think of a world as a place where the letters of GL have been assigned truth values, true or false. And we can think of each world as containing subworlds consisting of propositions that can be proved or disproved by their parent worlds.
I'm going to spend most of my time looking at how we can explore and unfold all of the implications contained in a world.
The Rules of the Game
We can give some rules. If a world contains p∧q like this:
then it must contain both p and q as well:
I crossed out the p∧q as it became redundant. It's important to note that when I wrote p∧q we could have any propositions of GL standing in for p and q. So a world containing (p∨q)∧r must also contain p∨q and r. Other rules may apply too. If we had p∧q and r∧s we can unfold both to get p, q, r and s. This rule also kicks in if it applies to negated propositions that become conjunctions if we "push down" the negation using de Morgan's laws. For example if a world contains ¬(p→q) then it also contains p and ¬q.
If a world contains p∨q then we don't know exactly what it looks like.
There are two possibilities. We can draw both together like this:
The line in the middle means that the world either looks like what's on the left or it looks like what's on the right. Once we've indicated there are two alternatives then the original proposition became redundant again. When we have a vertical line like this then everything above the vertical line applies in both the left and right possibilities. This saves us having to split our world into two and copy all of our formulae to both sides. Like in the case of conjunctions this rule also kicks in for other kinds of disjunctions. So a world containing p→q splits into two separate worlds headed by ¬p and q.
If a world contains ⊥, or a contradiction, in means that it wasn't really a valid world after all. If we meet a world like this, we know that our starting point must have been been self-contradictory. If a world implies the existence of a subworld that isn't valid, then it must itself be invalid:
On the other hand, if we've split a world into two possibilities because we found p∨q then even if one branch is invalid the world might still be valid if the other branch is valid.
If we have a world containing ◻p:
then we know that p must be in every subworld. Actually, we know it must also hold in any subsubworld too, all the way down. This is because if we can prove something we can then use that proof directly to form a constructive proof that we can prove it. So that means ◻p holds in every subworld too:
We treat negation as above. So if we see ¬◻p we treat it like ◊¬p.
As we have also said, if we have a world with a ◊p in it then it must contain a subworld with p in it. Note that ◊ implies the existence of subworlds, but ◻ doesn't. It just tells us what must be in them if they exist.
But there's one last rule we'll need. It's Lob's theorem. This is the big theorem on which everything else I say depends. It states that ◻(◻p →p) →◻p. If we can prove that proving something implies its truth then we can prove it. I could sketch a proof here, but I highly recommend the cartoon proof here. In a way, Löb's theorem is a bit sad. The raison d'etre of mathematics is that we can use proofs to be sure of things. In other words, we take for granted that ◻p→p. But if we could prove this then we could prove ◻p, even if p were false! ◻p→p is not valid!
(Philosophical digression: Mathematicians assume ◻p→p. They don't assume ◻p→p because there's a proof. They assume it because experience has shown it to work. So I claim that ◻p→p is an empirical fact that we learn by scientific induction. That's controversial because I'm basically saying that much of mathematics is empirical - at least it is if you talk about truth rather than proof. If you disagree, don't worry about it. The rest of what I say here is independent of this digression.)
Anyway, we can flip Löb's theorem around to get ◊p →◊(p ∧¬◊p). So if we have a world in which ◊p holds:
then we have a subworld in which both p and ¬◊p hold:
And that's all we'll need apart from the obvious rule that we can remove double negation. Suppose we have a proposition of GL. We can use the rules above to extract as many implications as we can. Eventually there will come a point where there is nothing more we can do. If we can do this without hitting a contradiction then we've found a bunch of possible worlds for the proposition. If we can't find a valid world, however, the the original proposition must have been false. You might ask whether or not there any other rules we need in addition to the ones above. Maybe there are other theorems like Löb's theorem that we need to use. Amazingly it can be shown that no other rules are needed. This is a sure-fire terminating algorithm for determining whether or not a proposition of GL is valid! This is a powerful tool. We can now start constructing wild propositions like those I started with and find out whether they are valid. (Note that I've not in any way proved this procedure always works. You'll need to look at Boolos's book to see why.)
Some Proofs
Let's work through some examples. First I'll prove something from propositional calculus: (p∧q)∨(p∧r)→p. We start by drawing a world with the negation:
Now ¬(a→b) is the same as a∧¬b. So we get:
Now the only way to proceed is to consider the disjunction and consider two alternatives:
On both sides of the vertical line we find p. But that contradicts the ¬p we discovered earlier. So there is no way the negation of our original proposition can hold in any world. And therefore the original proposition must be valid.
How about showing Gödel's second incompleteness theorem this way. ◊⊤ says that ⊤ is consistent with the rest of arithmetic. Ie. it expresses the consistency of arithmetic. The theorem is then ◊⊤→¬◻◊⊤, ie. if PA is consistent, then PA can't prove it is consistent. We'll start with this:
We can deal with the negated implication like before. We can also deal straightforwardly with the double negation:
There's now no way to proceed except to use the ◊⊤ to open up a new world. Remember that when we use this we must use Löb's theorem as well as inheriting p and ◻p from the parent world's ◻p:
And we get a contradiction because we have both ◊⊤ and ¬◊⊤. So Gödel's second incompleteness theorem is indeed valid. Note that this isn't a demonstration from scratch. We've shown its validity from Löb's theorem. So this isn't really a useful way to show it's valid. But it *is* a useful way to show the validity of generalisations of Gödel's theorem. Unfortunately, I have to stop for now.
In the coming posts I'll implement all of the above as a computer program. If there's any ambiguity in what I've said I hope the source code to the program will resolve those ambiguities. What's more, our program won't just test the validity of a proposition but it will draw out a nice picture of our world with its subworlds. So you'll be able to trace through every step to make sure you understand!
But that's not all. We'll also see how to write a program to illustrate a bunch more theorems like Craig's Interpolation Lemma and Beth's Definability Theorem and then we'll finish with a program that is designed to construct self-referential propositions. In particular, given any self-referential description like "p is a proposition that is equivalent to the proposition that denies that it's provable that p's provability is consistent with p itself" it will solve to find p, even though GL doesn't allow us to directly construct self-referential propositions.
So let me recap: a world is an assignment of consistent truth values to the letters (and consequently propositions) of GL. Some of these propositions imply the existence of other subworlds with different truth values for these propositions. We draw these worlds as subworlds of the original world. For a world to be valid it mustn't contain any contradictions (unless the world contains a bunch of alternatives in which case just one alternative needs to be valid.) A proposition of GL is valid if unfolding its negation doesn't result in an invalid world.
Which are the following are valid? If you report back any difficulties you have I can incorporate any needed revisions into the description above.
1. p→◻p
2. ◻p→◻◻p
3. ◊p→◊◻◻p
4. ◊(p→◻q) →◊(◻(◊(p∧q)))
5. ◻(p∧q∧r∧s) →◻p∧◻q∧◻r∧◻s
Most of this stuff is based on Chapter 10 of The Logic of Provability by Boolos. The idea of using multiple worlds to prove theorems is due to Kripke. I believe the procedure of unfolding the implications of a proposition in the tree-like way I describe above is due to Smullyan.
Solutions to problems:
1. Not valid. Diagram:
3. Valid.
4. Valid.
5. Valid. Diagram:
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- Xamuel said...
The unicode symbol you've used for "box" appears as a weird glitch throughout for me. Might I suggest replacing "box" throughout by K (which has the great bonus of standing for "know")?
To me, a fatal flaw with this multiple worlds system is that if K(p)->p is valid, then so is K(K(p)->p). In words, "every infallible knower knows his infallibility". I've actually got not one but two preprints right now exploring epistemology when it's possible for an infallible knower NOT to know his infallibility... of course this requires a totally different approach than the multiple worlds one. You can see the obvious connection to Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, though.
Of course that's peanuts considering Lob's Theorem... which is why K works so much better as a new modal operator rather than a predicate symbol :P
- Saturday, 11 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
I had a hunch that box might be an issue. It's frustrating because in some browsers every other logical symbol is incorrectly displayed as a box! I'll see what I can do...
- Saturday, 11 December, 2010
- lukepalmer said...
This sounds like a fascinating series! Right up my alley.
My head is spinning around the second phrasing of Lob's theorem: ◊p →◊(p ∧¬◊p). If p is consistent then it's consistent that (p is true and there is a proof of ¬p)? That seems to violate the soundness theorem. I would like a bit more exploration of the meaning of this sentence.
- Saturday, 11 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
It's no worse than Godel's second incompleteness theorem. If, in PA, we can prove ◊⊤ then we conclude that ◊⊤ is false!
- Saturday, 11 December, 2010
- Brian Slesinsky said...
This is great stuff but I'm having a bit of trouble interpreting this world:
This expands to:
Which simplifies to:
Which seems to meant the p is both true and we can prove that it's false? Is this part of a proof by contradiction?
- Saturday, 11 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
It would be a contradiction if we had ◻¬p→¬p, but as I mentioned, this can't be proved.
- Sunday, 12 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
Let me expand on that. The worlds I've been talking about are the worlds of what is *provable* rather than worlds of what is *true*.
So it may seem weird that it's possible to have a world in which we have p and ◻¬p. But what this means is that we can't *prove* that there is a contradiction between them even though it seems obviously *true* that they can't both hold.
Doesn't help that at one point I said *true* instead of *provable* in the article. I've fixed that now.
- Sunday, 12 December, 2010
- mjdominus said...
Wikipedia doesn't give a cite, but it attributes the method of analytic tableaux to Beth, who predates Smullyan.
- Sunday, 12 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
@mjd And I read elsewhere that Smullyan made explicit something implicit in Beth. I've no idea as I've not seen Beth's work.
BTW These tableau are not analytic because of the Lob rule.
- Sunday, 12 December, 2010
- greenlyblue said...
Great post. Looking forward to the implementation.
- Monday, 13 December, 2010
I think ex1 is invalid since it would break Godel's theorem with p=◊⊤. Then I prooved that ex2,ex3 and ex4 are valid with your "subworlds" method but I'm suspicious because I can also proove this way that
◊p →◊(◻(◊q))
for any p and q (I found ¬◻(◊q) and ◻(◊q) in the same subworld thus the contradiction).
What to think about that ?
- Tuesday, 14 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
The first thing to note is that ◊p says that p is consistent with arithmetic which implicitly implies arithmetic is consistent. So ◊p implies the consistency of arithmetic. So it's a pretty strong claim.
- Tuesday, 14 December, 2010
- Tom Crockett said...
Great post! I don't understand how you infer "◊p →◊(p ∧¬◊p)" from "◻(◻p →p) →◻p". The closest I seem to be able to get is "¬◻p → ◊(◻p ∧ ¬p)". Are there some rules I'm missing?
- Friday, 17 December, 2010
- sigfpe said...
◻(◻p →p) →◻p
Flip the direction of the arrow:
¬◻p→¬◻(◻p →p)
Definition of ◊:
◊¬p→◊¬(◻p →p)
◊¬p→◊(◻p∧ ¬p)
◊p→◊(◻¬p∧ p)
Löb's theorem holds for any p. So it also holds for ¬p. Giving:
◊p→◊(¬◊p∧ p)
- Friday, 17 December, 2010
- Robustness said...
You might be interested in
Common sense for concurrency and inconsistency robustness using Direct Logic(TM) and the Actor Model on how to do this in a more powerful way without modal operators.
- Sunday, 26 December, 2010
- byorgey said...
It took me a long time to understand the solution to exercise 1. Finally it dawned on me that it is NOT a contradiction to have p in one world and not(p) in one of its subworlds! It makes sense in retrospect but wasn't obvious to me at first.
- Friday, 07 January, 2011
- sigfpe said...
A good example of this is the fact that if arithmetic is consistent then we can't prove the consistency of arithmetic. In other words, if a world contains ◊⊤ then the subworlds must contain the negation. I gave the rules for what propositions are inherited from a parent world but maybe I should also have pointed out that nothing else is inherited, so the child can contradict the parent.
- Friday, 07 January, 2011
Godel's theorems are based on a correspondence between the meta mathematical act of proving in a theory (the actual manipulation of symbols ) and the behavior of some objects within the theory itself . Only without a clear distinction between those two can P(P(x)-> x) ->P(x) seem weird .
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Ryan or Nate,Do we know what brand of mozzarella cheese Giordano's is now using? As best I can tell, the mozzarella cheese is reported to be whole milk mozzarella that is shredded from block. Stella was mentioned as a brand that was once used by Giordano's but that may no longer be the case.Peter
But if we are talking Giordano's, what is the measuring stick? An objective standard that exists today and can be readily measured against by many tasters, or a historical (apocryphal?) recipe that cannot be verified by anyone, except maybe BTB or someone else who dined there regularly 40 years ago?
So you're right: the old recipes may be *better*. That is absolutely true. But that would also mean qualitatively and factually *different*. That's all. No judgment passed...just reiterating facts.
Ryan,How many grams of flour are you using for your 14in pizzas?
The cheese hasn't changed. Stella WM but I don't think you can buy it.
Ryan,Can you tell me what weight of dough you used to make your 10" (small) Giordano's clones and how you arrived at that weight?Peter
Nate,For some reason, Saputo, the parent of Stella, seems to be deemphasizing the sale of mozzarella cheese by Stella itself, since mozzarella cheese does not appear among the cheeses shown at the Stella website at http://www.stellacheese.com/. However, it appears that some Sam's Clubs are carrying 5-lb blocks of the Stella whole milk mozzarella cheese: http://www.samsclub.com/sams/stella-whole-milk-mozzarella-cheese-5-lbs/160954.ipPeter
For 30 oz of dough (850 g), I'm using 19.26 oz (546 g) of flour. This amount of dough works really well for a 10" pan that's 2" deep (because it is enough dough to comfortably account for what will become scrap dough). If you're using a pan with different dimensions, let me know the dimensions so I can enter everything into my spreadsheet and tell you what the spreadsheet suggests. Like others have said, divide the dough into two pieces that account for 1/3 and 2/3 of the total dough.Oh, wait. I just re-read your post, and you asked about 14".Spreadsheet says to make 53.44 oz (1515 g). Flour is 34.31 oz (973 g).Since you're using a higher hydration than me, your dough batch should weigh a little more than mine. Also, right now I'm questioning the math I used in my spreadsheet because it's telling me to divide the dough into 28.7 oz (814 g) and 24.74 oz (701 g), which is not even close to thirds. However, the difference in pan size may account for this disparity (because it's not linear, or something like that).Just to be safe, you might want to base it on 1092 g of flour.
Thanks Ryan. I've decided to use my 12in cast iron pan for my hi gluten experiment and will use 27oz of flour based off your calculations.
And if you come up with the Nixon era clone, awesome! No one will know, though, whether it is 1974 Giordano's or not. It'll just be good pizza. But maybe it'll somehow taste like the contemporary offering, and that's cool. But if it's nothing like what is offered now...you've got a "tree falling in the forest" phenomenon, more or less...
I want to make a Giordano's pizza using hi gluten flour (55-56% hydration, 8-10% oil) and want a 4 day cold ferment. I will obviously need some sugar right for that long ferment right? How much yeast should I use as well? I've decided to use my 12inch cast iron pan to bake this also.
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National Security
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Monte Solberg Medicine Hat, AB
Mr. Speaker, our foreign affairs minister recently told the foreign affairs committee that the idea of a North American security perimeter was simplistic. He was right, but only in the sense that we need to have much more than a security perimeter to keep Canadians safe and the Canada-U.S. border open to trade. In other words, a North American security perimeter is necessary but it is not sufficient.
This hard reality seems to be lost on the Liberals. What more evidence do they need? We had the bracing attacks of September 11, reports of planned attacks on Montreal's Jewish community, the slowing pace of trade at the Canada-U.S. border and now U.S. military patrols along what was the longest undefended border in the world.
This Liberal reluctance is nothing more than anti-Americanism dressed up as nationalism, and a cheap nationalism it is. Canada is a great country but its greatness is not defined by how often we set out to tweak the nose of the Americans. We should embrace, without apology, a North American security perimeter because it is good for Canadians and all North Americans.
Richard Ditzel Jones
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Dan McTeague Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, ON
Mr. Speaker, last Sunday Dr. Reverend Richard Ditzel Jones, chaplain emeritus of the Toronto Police Association, passed away at the age of 94. A respected member of our community, Reverend Jones was a founding member of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.
He was also a master fundraiser for a host of charities and will be forever remembered as a close personal confidant to countless members of our police force. Among his friends could be counted former prime ministers St. Laurent, Diefenbaker and Pearson, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King.
He was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1972 for his work in fostering better relations among Canadians of different backgrounds. Reverend Jones enriched our community in many ways. We were indeed blessed to have had a person like Reverend Jones provide such a stellar example of dedication, caring and commitment.
While he will be truly missed his good works will continue to live on in all of us who knew him well. I know all members of the House join me in extending our sincere condolences to the family of Reverend Jones and his countless friends.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Wayne Easter Malpeque, PE
Mr. Speaker, I take this opportunity to congratulate George Webster, a potato producer from Middleton, P.E.I., for being the first recipient of the Canadian agrifood award of excellence for environmental stewardship.
George and his brother in co-operation with a local environmental group opened the Maple Plains agro-environmental demonstration site in August 2000 on their respective family farms. The farm is a working potato operation that features soil conservation structures, enhanced wetlands, grassed waterways with filtering systems and enhanced riparian zones.
The work George has undertaken demonstrates that farming in an environmentally responsible manner can integrate successfully into the natural ecosystem. Having met with George this past weekend, he is not stopping there. He is working with farmers and others toward an Atlantic sustainable resource centre to build on ideas for the future. We congratulate George and the Webster family.
Air Canada
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Joe McGuire Egmont, PE
Mr. Speaker, we have a problem in the country. The lack of airline competition is hurting all Canadians. It appears corporate greed has allowed Air Canada to make some poor business decisions.
It swallowed up competition so it could control the sky, but all that resulted in was escalating debt, limited consumer choice, loss of jobs, decreases in flights, escalating prices and very upset passengers.
As soon as any regional or discount airline starts to make a profit, Air Canada steps in and undercuts the competition, even driving some into bankruptcy. Once the competition is gone Air Canada cuts routes and increases prices.
Most recently it appears Air Canada has set its sights on WestJet. By introducing its discount airline, Tango, Air Canada is trying to cut WestJet out of the picture. We all know about Tango in eastern Canada. For years we have had Tango service and high prices. Let us bring back competition.
Persons with Disabilities
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Reed Elley Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Mr. Speaker, this week we place special emphasis on disabled persons in society. Everyday thousands of Canadians face the day with great courage in a world that is not particularly friendly to them.
They struggle to get into buildings which still do not have wheelchair ramps. They work and play in facilities which still do not have washrooms for the handicapped. They face discrimination when they apply for jobs and if they get them they are often the brunt of prejudice in the form of sick humour and rude remarks from some of their workmates.
They come under attack by advocates of a philosophy which would condone the acts of a Robert Latimer in his right to end the life of his disabled daughter.
Why do I know these things to be true? It is because my wife and I are parents to Jill, our very physically challenged 10 year old daughter. She has given us so much, broadened our horizons as parents and brought much joy to our lives with her courage and her humour in spite of her difficulties. Jill keeps us thankful, hopeful and humble.
I have learned not to take the disabled for granted. We are called to be their friends, their protectors, their advocates and their partners in this journey called life. We are in this together and we can all be richer for it.
Dairy Industry
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Guy St-Julien Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian dairy industry has just won an important victory.
The WTO has reversed a decision made earlier this year by a special panel of that body which, as the result of a complaint by the United States and New Zealand, held that Canada was subsidizing its dairy exports.
This decision, according to some, posed a long term threat to the entire system of supply management so dear to agriculture.
The Minister for International Trade and Liberal member for Papineau—Saint-Denis had no qualms about calling this a victory, saying "This decision is very favourable to Canada, which will be able to continue exporting its dairy products".
I thank the dairy industry and the producers and processors who joined with the Government of Canada in presenting a solid case and bringing about this success.
I thank them for their work.
Water Contamination
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Ghislain Fournier Manicouagan, QC
Mr. Speaker, three years ago, the Minister of Transport admitted that his department was responsible for contaminating the water table in the beaches area of Sept-Îles. He promised that he himself would ensure that his department would repair the damage and find a permanent solution to the problem of drinking water.
For three years now, families in the beaches area must drink bottled water and use it for bathing their children. This is absurd in the year 2001. Furthermore, these citizens have formed a committee to put pressure on the minister.
A few weeks ago, members of the Sept-Îles city council voted unanimously in favour of demanding $2.5 million from the Minister of Transport for expenses incurred in correcting the situation. We are still awaiting an answer from the minister.
The minister must resolve this urgent situation. The health of families in the area is at stake.
Larry McCann
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Sarmite Bulte Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday afternoon Her Excellency Governor General Adrienne Clarkson hosted the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Massey Medal award ceremony. I ask the House to join me in congratulating this year's recipient, Dr. Larry McCann.
Dr. McCann is a University of Victoria geographer. His work on Canadian urban and industrial landscapes is second to none. He has published widely on family economies in industrializing societies and on the historical geography of Canadian cities.
The Massey Medal is Canada's highest geographical honour. I am proud to congratulate Dr. McCann.
International Aid
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, in the post-September 11 world there is growing consensus that Canada must do more to promote broad based economic growth and the alleviation of suffering in the developing world. Today the Canadian Alliance is calling on the Minister for International Cooperation to launch a new international development white paper process to address Canada's approach.
CIDA has only had marginal success. It has been subject to criticism by the auditor general and subject to Liberal political interference, the last being CIDA funds going to the minister's campaign workers.
Parliament needs to debate key issues on Canada's approach such as tied aid, crisis response, economic growth, charity support and country selection. The launch of this process would ensure transparency and accountability for Canadians.
Jim Coutts
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Albina Guarnieri Mississauga East, ON
Mr. Speaker, today a great Liberal who made an indelible contribution to the success of the Pearson and Trudeau governments will be honoured with the Order of Canada.
Nanton born Jim Coutts was principal secretary to Prime Minister Trudeau during the years that defined our Liberal concept of social justice. In the time that I worked for Jim in 1983 and 1984 he demonstrated a genuine connection with the struggles of people trying to get a foothold in the country and become contributors to the economy.
His personal efforts and many charitable pursuits evidenced that the public policies he propelled were motivated by human concerns more than politics. In his book A Canada that works for everyone: changing the way we look at our future , he wrote in 1984:
There is an opportunity this year to examine two of our most fundamental national concerns: How to make the economic pie bigger and how to divide a bigger pie more fairly.
These goals defined his political party and continue to resonate today.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Bev Desjarlais Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal agriculture minister has not been upfront with residents of the Carrot River valley.
Before the last election, the minister agreed to work with the provincial and municipal governments on the Carrot River water pipeline project. This would bring water to residents of the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and local farmers who need it to diversify.
Agriculture Canada assured the province and the rural municipality that it would share the cost of the pipeline, but once the federal election was over it left the community high and dry with a half finished pipeline.
A letter the agriculture minister sent to the reeve on September 4 states:
--resources are not available beyond what has already been committed to the project.
We have since learned that this was not the case. Agriculture Canada has at least $75 million in farm aid funds it made inaccessible to farmers.
With millions in his kitty, the minister cannot say resources are not available. The truth is that he is hoarding this money while farm after farm goes under. Farmers in the Carrot River valley have started diversifying like the minister said they should, only to find the federal Liberal government will not cover its one-third share.
On behalf of my constituents, I call on the agriculture minister to honour his commitment and help finish the Carrot River water pipeline.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Gilles Duceppe Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, in order to pay tribute to the exceptional contribution made in recent years by individuals who have helped in the fight against AIDS, the Fondation Farha held its second annual "Hommage aux héros" on November 29 in Montreal. This event, coming just before World AIDS Day on December 1, underscored the extraordinary devotion and efforts of some remarkable people who deserve public recognition.
Ten persons were awarded the title of hero of 2001 at this evening ceremony, which I had the pleasure of attending.
One of those honoured was Lyse Pinault, a friend who, until very recently, was one of my closest collaborators. Lyse is a woman of great commitment who wants to get things moving, and does. I congratulate and thank her.
I would also like to take this opportunity to mention the wonderful work being done by the Fondation Farha, which helps men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister correctly characterized the terrorist assaults on Israel this past weekend as a "monstrous taking of innocent life".
Indeed, they are a clear violation of United Nations international law principles that terrorism, from whatever quarter, for whatever purpose, is unacceptable and that it is prohibited to facilitate, support or perpetrate acts of terrorism. On the contrary, it is the responsibility of governments to bring terrorists to justice.
Accordingly, whether Arafat is a partner for peace or a participant in terror will be determined by his own response to the following verification measures for counterterrorism.
Will Arafat and the Palestinian Authority: first, cease and desist from government sanctioned incitement to terror and violence against civilians?; second, disarm and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure that enjoys base and sanctuary within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority itself?; third, cease and desist from aiding and abetting acts of terror?; fourth, declare Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, organizations that publicly seek Israel's destruction and commit terrorist acts to that end, to be terrorist organizations?; and finally, will Arafat and the Palestinian Authority bring to justice--
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Dauphin--Swan River.
Statements by Members
December 4th, 2001 / 2:10 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Inky Mark Dauphin—Swan River, MB
Mr. Speaker, today the auditor general in her report to parliament repeats what has been said for many years about immigration, that is, the government's lack of attention to the report.
Section 12.70 states:
In 1997 we recommended that Citizenship and Immigration Canada review the mechanisms used in applying the eligibility criteria set out in the Immigration Act.
For undocumented claims, the report states that:
Under Bill C-11, the decision on eligibility must be made within three working days--
Why does Bill C-42 propose changes to the 72 hour requirement?
The auditor general is having a difficult time assessing this recommendation of Bill C-11.
The auditor general also found that the safe third country provision made in the 1997 report was totally ignored by the government. So much for listening to the Auditor General of Canada.


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I think "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains" rank right up there with the best Beatles singles. The one thing Brian Wilson lacked, however, was staying power. He did release some incredible work in the late '60s/early '70s, and some of his solo work shows flashes of brilliance. He's just never been as consistant as Macca - which is why Macca wins out in my book. I mean, the man can do everything. (Great studio work, great live performances, etc.) But Brian Wilson does deserve more credit than he gets.


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Wildfire Update
Forestry officials are reporting progress being made on the wildfires burning in Oregon, California and Nevada.
Among them- the Barry Point Fire near Lakeview was 30 percent contained at this morning. It has burned 79,000 acres across Oregon and California, and 85-hundred acres in the ODF's Klamath-Lake District.
The 39-hundred acre Fort Complex Fires is at 23 percent containment.
Officials report "good progress" on the Lick Fire within the complex. It is now 80 percent contained. Crews are now shifting to the Hello Fire that is at 15 percent containment. They are working on securing the final half mile of fire line around the perimeter. Meanwhile, the Goff Fire is burning away from residences along the Highway 96 corridor. Because of the topography, this fire is expected to grow. The fire is 5 percent contained.
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2013-2014 Design Team Introductions
May 13, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Hot Topics
Happy Monday! We hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday!
Today we begin a TWO WEEK event introducing our BRAND NEW Design Team! Each member created a layout just for their day on the blog so from today, May 13th -May 31st we will introduce a team member to you. Isn't that fun??!?!?!
AND TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENT WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PACK OF CARDSTOCK EVERY DAY! Tomorrow morning I will announce today's random winner…just leave a comment on THIS POST. And then come back and comment the next day. We will be doing this until the end of May so don't go far!!!
Today's winner will receive a pack of……
Please note we will only be posting Monday through Friday. We will pick a random winner the following morning (or Monday if it is the weekend) to win a pack of Core'dinations Cardstock. The cardstock pack may vary due to availability. Winners must email firstname.lastname@example.com by June 7 to claim their prizes with the cardstock they won in the subject line. Please include address and phone number in the email.
We are starting things off with returning Designer and Core lover Debbie Standard. Debbie has been with Core'dinations for years and knows and love this cardstock. She has an eye for mixing and matching our different cardstock collections and every time she creates something I say, "I don't know how she does it all!"
Make sure you visit her blog HERE for more Gorgeous creations!
My name is Debbie Standard and I live north of San Antonio, Texas. I have been scrapping for about 15 years now. I have been a Critical Care Nurse for 18 years. I work part time in a Level one Trauma Center in San Antonio. I am also a mother to four, three daughters and a son. Between my husband and myself we have a total of six children, eleven grandchildren and one great-greatchild (by his oldest granddaughter), two cats. I love scrapping – it's my therapy. I have been published in several magazines and can't say I have ever gotten over the thrill of seeing my work posted in magazines, blogs and facebook. I have met some wonderful people through design teams and boards. I am so excited to be a part of Core'dinations Design Team. I have been part of this team since 2009 and have loved every minute. This cardstock is such an exciting product and I am so looking forward with working with this impressive group of Design Team members!
Here is Debbie's layout. I loved learning something new about Debbie..she loves to Kayak! How cool is that???
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April 12, 2013 by Ellen
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Happy Friday! It is quite fabulous, isn't it???
Designer April Derrick always mixes elements in the coolest fashion. Check out the details on this layout! And see the scallop shape with the dots underneath the photo? That is one of our BRAND NEW core SMOOTH tags…this one in particular is our large Fashion Tag. Our same great cardstock with a smooth finish…they are GREAT!
And, of course, April used a Crafter's Workshop stencil on this layout while working her paint/misting skilz.
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The Council of Accountancy
The Department of Accountancy is proud of its affiliation with the Council on Accountancy, a group of over fifty accounting and financial executives who serve as advisors to the Department. This group works closely with the faculty of the Department in providing quality educational and professional opportunities for students and attracting superior students to the Canisius Accounting Programs. The Council has been instrumental in the creation of an endowment of over $4 million that provides scholarships for upper-class accounting, accounting information systems, and graduate students. The Department also offers a program that affords opportunities for a paid summer work experience. Other programs include advising students through a mentoring program, hosting students for breakfast meetings with professionals and mock job interviews. The Council also assists the Department in developing new programs and courses and job placement for graduates.
The 2013-2014 Accountancy Council
Angeline Beiter, CPA
Controller, AirSep Corporation
Norbert A. Bennett, CPA
Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Cares LLC/ D/B/A Taracares
Michael L. Bradley, CPA
Senior Vice President & CFO, NOCO Energy Corp.
Pamela J. Brewer
Chief Financial Officer, Mercantile Adjustment Bureau. LLC
Robert F. Cavallari, CPA
Financial Executive
Jeffrey H. Couchman, CPA
Partner, Gaines Kriner Elliott LLP
Eileen C. Crotty, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Hodgson Russ LLP
Michael F. Cucinotta, CPA
Director of Financial Services, Praxair Inc.
Maureen E. D'Orazio
Management Consultant
James R. Deuschle, CPA
Executive Vice President & CFO, Rich Products
Bryan Donohue, CPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, The Buffalo News
Thomas R. Emmerling, CPA
Managing Partner, Dopkins & Company LLP
Paul W. Evans, Jr., CPA
Corporate Controller, Uniland Development Co.
Patrick W. Finucane, CNE
CFO, Ronco Communications and Electronics Inc.
Donald R. Fishback, CPA
Vice President & CFO, Moog Inc.
Frank Forkl, Jr., CPA
Chief Audit Executive, Greatbatch Inc.
Thomas P. Grogan, CPA
Partner, Brock Schechter & Polakoff, LLP
Alfons P. Gutmann
Financial Consultant
Brendan M. Harrington, CPA
Sr. Vice President & CFO, Computer Task Group
Mark P. Higgins, CPA, CGMA
Chief Financial Officer, Lawley Service Inc.
Karen L. Howard, CPA
Executive Vice President, Kei Advisors, LLC
Ralph M. Jeswald, CPA
Partner, Dopkins & Company LLP
Mark I. Johnson, CFA
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Independent Health Association
Joseph M. Kessler, CPA
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Kaleida Health
Mark J. Koziel, CPA
Vice President-Firm Services & Global Alliance, AICPA
Henry Koziol, CPA
Director, Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPA's, PC
Steven J. Longo, CPA
Chief Operating Officer, The Benchmark Group
Martin C. Lougen, Jr., CPA
Partner, Lougen, Valenti, Bookbinder & Wientraub LLP
Stephen T. LoVullo, CPA
Partner, Lumsden & McCormick LLP
Philip A. Mann, CPA
Managing Partner-Buffalo, Bonadio & Co. LLP
Dale M. McKim, III, CPA
Partner, KPMG, LLP
Henry W. J. McWilliams, CPA
CFO & Chief Department Administor, UB Family Medicine, Inc
Jay McWatters, CPA
Partner, Dopkins & Company LLP
James C. Metzler, CPA
Vice President, Small Firm Interest, AICPA
Adam Mikols
Chief Financial Officer, Seal & Design Inc.
Michael J. O'Leary, CPA
Partner- Midwest Risk Practice Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
Ronald M. Olejniczak, CPA
Financial Executive
Gerald Pullano, CPA
Tax Partner, Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner
C. Anthony Rider, CPA
CFO, Locke Acquisition Group LLC
Gregory P. Rustowicz, CPA
VP- Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Columbus McKinnon Corporation
James J. Rzad, CPA
Financial Executive
David M. Schmidt, CPA
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Mark J.F. Schroeder
Comptroller, City of Buffalo
Daniel J. Scully, CPA
Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Medical Group, P.C.
James S. Segarra, CPA
Managing Partner, Tronconi Segarra & Associates, LLP
Barbara J. Smith, CPA
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer , Buffalo Public Schools
Michael J. Smith, CPA
Tax Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Michael R. Spychala, CPA
Sr. Vice President & Controller, M&T Bank
William J. Swierat, CPA
Principal, Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP
Ronald J. Tanski
President & CEO, National Fuel Gas Company
Kenneth J. Wilson, CPA
Financial Executive
Michael R. Winter, CPA
Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Morton H. Wittlin, CPA
Senior Partner, Wittlin Cain & Dry LLP
Kristin Zirnheld, CPA
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Iconic H.B. McDonald's mural painted over after vandalism
Coming to the United States from Iran via Vienna, young art student Saeed Danosian had a special place in his heart ... for McDonald's.
It was 1992, and working part-time as a manager at the Huntington Beach McDonald's while he went to school, Danosian used his artistic talents to create an iconic mural on a liquor store wall next to McDonald's that depicted characters like Ronald McDonald, the Hamburgler and Grimace frolicking at the beach next to the Huntington Beach Pier.
The mural could not have been a bigger target for graffiti artists, but it survived unscathed until early September. While the McDonald's was undergoing a facelift, vandals used black paint to print the word "VEGAN" across the middle of the 120-foot wide mural, effectively destroying it.
"I was just heartbroken when I came in and saw what had happened," said John Patterson, the longtime operations supervisor at McDonald's.
Patterson said McDonald's originally used a neutral paint to cover just the word "vegan," but it began to fade. McDonald's officials then felt their only option was to paint over the entire mural. Today, the liquor store wall is covered with a sea of red paint.
Sepi Danosian Bahadori, who was 12 when her father painted the mural, is asking why it couldn't have been saved.
"I thought the wall was really special because it kind of started my dad's career," said Bahadori, who is married, pregnant with her first child and living in Irvine. "He started doing murals after that, but the McDonald's one was his largest – his pride and joy."
Saeed Danosian died of a heart attack in 2008.
Born in Tehran and educated in Vienna, Saeed Danosian came to the United States in 1988 and settled in Mission Viejo, working as an assistant manager at McDonald's in Lake Forest. He was later named manager of the Huntington Beach McDonald's on Edinger Avenue.
Danosian had been a McDonald's manager in Vienna while he studied art in college, his daughter said. The blank wall next door to the Huntington Beach McDonald's got his attention and he came up with the idea to create the mural. He went on to create other murals at Harbor Christian School and in the Father Serra Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
But his most iconic was the McDonald's painting. Bahadori said the wall lasted 20 years "without a scratch on it."
Bahadori said she was "pretty upset" about the vandalism but she's more upset the entire mural was covered up. She also believes whoever wrote "vegan" on the mural was more interested in making a statement than defacing the wall.
"It could have been an ironic artistic statement," she said. "But I truly believe the person who did it didn't want to damage the mural. There's so much more damage they could have done."
She contacted city officials but they say it's out of their hands because the mural was on private property.
"It is on private property but ultimately, it's a budget issue," said Laurie Frymire, the city's community relations officer. "I suggested that she solicit help from a council member who is sympathetic to take up the cause."
Bahadori said she would have liked to see a call for volunteers to paint over the word "vegan."
"That's what my dad would have done," she said. "And if someone could re-create it, that would be ideal."
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