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While calculating RSA encryption key we take modulo $\varphi(n)$ rather than modulo $n$. I can't understand why it's done this way.
Firstly, a number theory textbook might well help here. I own An Introduction to the theory of numbers which will give you a grounding in this and many other number theory topics which crop up in crypto. It's not my favourite book notation-wise, but in terms of topics covered it is very thorough.
Now, on to what you need help with. There exists a theorem called the division theorem that says any number $n = pq + r$, with the constraints that $n > q > r \geq 0$. In plain words, any number $n$ may be represented by a quotient $q$ (possibly multiplied by a number $p$) and a remainder $r$. An example would be to say that $13 = 7 + 6$ - you recognise this in that $13/7$ could be written as "$1$ remainder $6$".
Modular arithmetic is related - let's start off with $13 \equiv 6 \mod 7$. Intuitively, modular arithmetic is often explained as "you take the remainder and that is the result" which isn't far from the truth - what we actually say is that $7$ and $13$ are part of the same congruence class - that is, $q$ and $r$ ($7$ and $6$) remain the same and the congruence class is made up of all the $n$ for all the $p$ possible. So for $p=2$, $n = 2*7 + 5 = 19$. So $19\equiv 5 \mod 7$ (feel free to check it!).
So, you're concerned with the use of $\mod \phi(n)$ in RSA - well the expression usually given is $de = 1 \mod \phi(n)$. We can re-write that in division-theorem form as $de = k\phi(n) + 1$ - where $k$ is $p$ from the previous example, but renamed so as not to be confused with the prime $p$ that forms $n$.
Now observe what you may have learnt about exponents - that $x^{a+b} = x^ax^b$ and that $x^{ab} = (x^a)^b)$ If you're not convinced, pick numeric examples. Now, a message $m$ raised to the power $de$ is $m^{de}$ - but we have a different expression for $de$ already - that is - $m^{de} = m^{k\phi(n) + 1}$. This can then be written as $(m^{\phi(n)})^k \times m^1$.
There is a very good reason for this form being desirable - namely the Euler-Fermat generalisation to Fermat's Little Theorem, which states that:
$$a^{\phi(n)} = 1 \mod n$$.
Hopefully you should see that our manipulating the algebra to get $m^{\phi(n)}$ in it is not an accident at all - since under $\mod n$, $(m^{\phi(n)})^k \times m^1$ becomes $1^k \times m^1 = m$. This is what makes RSA work the way it does.
I'd also like to address the point fgrieu has raised in his comment, since it is important. The requirement is for the private key is such that $de = 1 \mod \phi(n)$ - or $de = 1 + k\phi(n)$. Clearly, $k$ can be any number we like - any congruence class for which this relation holds will work.
The lowest common multiple of two numbers is the smallest possible number such that both these numbers divide it - for example, the lowest common multiple of $4$ and $6$ is $12$. n this case we observe $4$ divides $12$, as does $6$. Now, the lowest common multiple of $p-1, q-1$ is a number such that both $p-1$ and $q-1$ divide it - well $\phi(n)$ is one such number, for starters! However, (thanks to Poncho), we can say that it is not the smallest possible number. To explain this, consider that $p$ is an odd number and that odd numbers can all be written of the form $2k+1$ for some $k$. If we subtract one, we are left with an even number which will have at least one factor of $2$. Therefore, since $p-1$ and $q-1$ are both even and both have a factor of two, their product ($\phi(pq)$) will have two factors of $2$ at the least, which is 2x what is necessary (at the minimum). More generally, the definition of a lowest common multiple uses the fundamental theorem of arithmetic to demonstrate that the lcm is in fact equal to the product of the maximum power each prime is raised to in each number's prime expansion - eurgh, yes? Well, let's look at that. I chose $4$ and $6$ before - now the prime expansions are $4 = 2^2$ and $6=2\times 3$. Taking the maximum exponentiation of each prime, $2^2 \times 3 = 12$. However, if we did $4\times6 = 2^2 \times 2 \times 3 = 2^3 \times 3$ we see we have gained an extra, unnecessary factor of $2$.
It turns out the Euler-Fermat generalisation can be generalised again - to the Carmichael theorem which states that:
$$a^{\lambda(n)} = 1 \mod n$$
Where $\lambda(n)$ is the smallest such integer where this expression is true. A slight detour - $\phi(pq)=\phi(p)\phi(q)$ and since $\phi(p) = p-1$ that is how we end up with our definition of $\phi(pq)=(p-1)(q-1)$. Now, in the general case, it turns out that $\lambda(pq) = lcm(\lambda(p), \lambda(q)) = lcm(p-1, q-1)$. By the same reasoning as the case with $\phi(pq)$, $de = 1 \mod \lambda(pq)$ allows us to invert $m^e$ back to $m$ under $\mod n$.
fgrieu has used the term "Rings" - if you're interested in those, I highly recommend Rings, Fields and Groups which is possibly the best Maths textbook I have ever read. It's about (abstract) algebra and also covers some of the number theoretic points, but not as many as a pure number-theory textbook does.
In RSA, the public key is $e$ and private key is $d$, if:
$ed=1 \mod{\phi (n)} $
To rearrange:
$d=e^{-1} \mod{\phi (n)}$
In an public key system, it should be the case that one cannot compute the private key from the public key. Therefore, at least one of the variables should be kept private. In the above equation, everyone knows $e$, everyone can compute inverses, and if you were to use $n$ as the modulus, that would be known as well, allowing anyone to compute $d$.
The reason $\phi (n)$ is used as the modulus is that it is assumed to be hard to compute $\phi (n)$ given only $n$, but it is easy to compute if you know $p$ and $q$ such that $n=pq$: $\phi(n)=(p-1)(q-1)$. Essentially, the easiest way to compute $\phi (n)$ is to factor $n$ into $p$ and $q$, and then compute it.
There are deeper reasons why it is specifically $\phi (n)$ but this should get you started.
One usually wants to get back the plain text by decrypting the cipher text obtained by encrypting the plain text.
This works for RSA only by taking $d = e^{-1} \bmod \varphi(n)$ and NOT with $d = e^{-1} \bmod n$.
Security issues don't matter if the method does not work.
Better to view $ed \equiv 1 \pmod{\varphi (N)}$ as $ed=1 + k\varphi (N)$, then when we exponent message as $m^{ed}$ it becomes $m^{1 + k\varphi (N)}$, where $k\varphi (N)$ part strips out because of Euler's theorem $a^{\varphi(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod {n}$, so we get $\space m(m^{\varphi (N)})^k \equiv m$.
So if you use $ed \equiv 1 \pmod{N}$ it will be $ed=1 + kN$ which will make Euler's theorem not applicable.


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Many seniors may be looking to downsize from their current homes to smaller, more manageable condominiums or similar facilities. Just how complicated does the process have to be? Broker Lee Paull IV of Paull Associates in Wheeling said there is a lot involved when it comes to downsizing your living situation, so one of the most important things seniors can do is plan ahead. Paull recommends having your home appraised to determine its value before putting it on the market. An analysis of recent home sales in the area will make the appraisal process relatively simple, he added. Seniors also should consider their home's condition when determining a selling price. The idea of "Mr. and Mrs. Fixer-Upper" no longer exists, Paull said; often each member of a couple works full-time, leaving little time for home repairs. Spring is an excellent time to put a home on the market, because the natural surroundings will make it more appealing to a prospective home buyer. Because homes in the local area sit on the market for an average of 120 days — up from 90 — putting it up for sale between late February and early March ensures the sale period coincides with summer weather. Because of the downsize in square footage, seniors must decide what to do with much of their furniture and other belongings — whether they are going to sell, donate or pass them along to family.One option is to hire an auctioneer to auction off those possessions you wish to sell, which will also provide the seller with extra income. A seller may also need to hire a moving company to transport those items they plan on bringing into their new home. When looking for their new condo or apartment, there is more for seniors to consider than price, Paull said. Seniors should consider the unit's proximity to the places where they spend time outside of the home. Limited mobility can also be a factor in deciding on a new living situation. When looking for a new residence, seniors should consider parking availability and elevator or chair lift access. The worry-free outdoor maintenance of condos often appeals to seniors, Paull said, with snow removal and landscaping maintenance included in the fees.
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Funeral services for Michael L. Fleck were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi with Mike Fields officiating.
Barbara Karger was the organist.
Casketbearers were Greg Brown, Brian Cozart, Dean Hosick, Scott McDonald, Bill Newman, Frank Newman and Lindy Satterfield.
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I've used several DAWs over the years, and my sample library has grown to a considerable size. I've been playing with Reason lately, and I rather like it, but one big turnoff is that 99% of my drumloops are WAV. Is there any way to batch-convert WAV loops to REX?
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Not really. The trouble is the hit detection for the conversion is sort of hit and miss. And most tools, to even get semi-accurate hit detection happening, require you give it the BPM (as opposed to auto-detecting the BPM) before extracting hits.
There's a separate product available from Propellerhead for the creation of REX files called ReCycle that you might want to check out. I'm not sure if it has any batch processing facilities. It didn't the last time I used it, but that was many years ago.
You might also want to have a look at Translator from Chicken Systems. It's a more generic sample filer converter but it does support REX output. It's batch facilities are better, but again, going from WAV -> REX might not work. If you were moving from another sample format to REX it might be able to do batch conversion because the other sample format might have the hits and BPM embedded in the format as meta data already.
I used Reaper v4.261 To successfully convert a number of .rx2 files to .wav files
A trial version can be downloaded from http://www.reaper.fm/
Once installed, Go to:
File Batch File/Item converter
[Short cut: Ctrl+Shift+F]
A window will pop up - You need to add the files you want to convert into that window by clicking on the "Add" button and clicking "Add Files". Highlight the ones you want...
If you want to save the file with the same name, leave the box ticked that says "Use source file directory". You can also leave the Output format as "WAV" and the "Resample mode (if needed)" as Better.
Enter Filename as: "
Click "Convert all"
When done, go to your directory where the original rx2 files were kept and open it. Your new .WAV files should be in there. Go ahead and open them up in a wav editor such as Goldwave or a Digital Audio Workstation such as Reason.


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Councillor Simon Jevon
How to contact me
I hold regular Advice Bureaux for constituents within the Kings Norton Ward.
You can visit me my Advice Bureaux or contact me using the details below.
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Council Service
Elected: Kings Norton Ward
Joined Council: 22 May 2014
Office Expires: 2018
Council Service: May 2014 to date
Political Party: Conservative
Committee Membership 2016-2017:
Health, Wellbeing and the Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
As well as Regulatory Committees and Overview & Scrutiny Committees, Councillors also serve on their respective Ward Committee/Forum and District Committee.
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How do I modify the user interface language in SQL Server Management Studio?
For instance, if I installed in English, but wish to view in Japanese (to name but one possible example).
I am running this environment in a non-[English-as-a-first-language] environment, and would prefer all my windows to read in my natural language. (my particular natural language isn't really important is it?)


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Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series - Blu-Ray for $19.99 + free shipping
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$5 cheaper then the Amazon deal a few days ago (below). Doesn't look like many are in stock so act fast.
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Almost a third of the reviews for bensoutlet.com on resellerratings.com are negative.
@scmtim: I always reference resellerraatings.com, but I also take what it says with a grain of salt. As you can see with the woot! ratings below:
@coondogg97: yea, with review sites like this it seems people only find the motivation to post a review if they feel they have been wronged. We could drop lots of positive Woot reviews on the site and fix the skew... any takers?
Ordered this from Ben's in the past,took almost a month for it to arrive but I did get it. Ordered several other items from them and all were very very slow to actually ship but I did get all that I ordered and at a good price.


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- I collaborate with someone who insists on making every sentence (or two) in a business document into a bullet point, by prefacing it with a bullet.
- This is typically done across a multi-page document, which is divided into sections with section headings.
- Points which I consider real bullets then get a second level in the bullet point hierarchy. Numbering for 'bullet points' is almost never used.
- This is done for clarity, but I think this looks terrible, takes up space and makes things less clear.
- Are there any style references which explicitly discuss this practice? I'm looking for an objective discussion for why this a bad idea.
- Thanks for your help!
(As a side note, SE really really doesn't want me to stack bullets.)
Let your co-worker know that overuse of bullet points signifies a need to compartmentalise and control information in an attempt to render it harmless, and thus it is a sign of mental illness. Let your tone be sympathetic and understanding.
Seriously though, the reading of prose is becoming a lost art in the world of business, and complexities and nuances best presented in the format of a white paper or discussion document are now derided as a sign of fuzzy thinking and indecision.
So, while stylistically this rapid-fire bullet point presentation is bad for understanding, and in theory it's therefore bad for business, in practice to oppose it is probably politically bad for your career. It may be best to go along with it.
There's really only one way to keep your own sanity -- encourage your co-worker to exceed even the most fevered nightmares of bullet-pointilism, while privately implying to the future audience that the man has gone Quite Mad You Know. Hopefully you'll provoke a backlash that will keep him under control for a while.
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2008 Research Summary
Parallel Laboratory (Par Lab) (PAL Lab)
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Dave Patterson, Ras Bodik, James Demmel, Kurt Keutzer, Koushik Sen, Kathy Yelick and Krste Asanovic
Given the historic switch to parallelism, the greatest challenge facing computing is making it easy to write programs that execute efficiently on computing systems with hundreds of processors per chip. A multidisciplinary team is charting a novel approach based on targeting 13 "dwarfs" that will be the core of future applications instead of benchmarks, relying on "autotuners" instead of compilers, many simple processors instead fewer complex ones, and programming systems inspired more by principles of psychology than by hardware. The focus is on parallel applications, programming models, and testing, but we expect breakthroughs will also require advances in parallel architectures and operating systems.
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I am new to sharepoint 2010, here is what i am trying to do:
i am trying to hide a drop bown box when the user in entering in new info. I only want the drop down to show when the form is in edit mode.
I also have a workflow that is associated with this form.
- I want to send just 1 record to the manager to approve instead a long list of records to look thru.
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What's the deal with point releases in LTS versions?
The first LTS I ever installed was this latest one. I got word that the maintenance update 12.04.1 was released today. Should I download Precise again from Ubuntu? Or are all the updates since April covered in this latest release?


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The glorious Quran and Sunnah were revealed to Imam al-Anbia (The leader of all the Prophets and the messengers) Muhammad (p.b.u.h.). As Imam Tahawi said about him:Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) is undoubtedly Allah's most exalted creature, His most beloved Messenger and a chosen Prophet. He is the last of the Prophets, Imam of all pious people, the Master of all the Messengers and the most beloved to the Creator of this universe. Such were the qualities due to which Quran was revealed to him. Ibn Masud beautifully mentioned the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) when he said, 'Indeed Allah looked into the hearts of the servants and found the heart of the heart of the Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) to be the best of the hearts of His servants and so He chose him for himself and sent him as a messenger….. 'STATEMENTS OF NONMUSLIMS REGARDING PROPHET MUHAMMAD Timothy, Nestorian Christian and an eighth-century patriarch of the Assyrian Church stated:Muhammad is "worthy of all praise" and "walked in the path of the prophets" because he taught the unity of God. He taught the way of good works; he opposed idolatry and polytheism he taught about God, his Word, and his Spirit he showed his zeal by fighting against idolatry with the sword; like Abraham he left his kinfolk rather than worship idols.George Sale became the earliest Westerner to rise above bigotry toward Muhammad when he translated Quran into English from Arabic for the first time. That 1734 work, along with his clarifying notes, fulfilled his intention of giving "the original impartial justice." Sale, a Protestant lawyer, writes in his introduction:"Muhammad gave his Arabs the best religion he could, as well as the best laws; preferable, at least, to those of the ancient pagan lawgivers."For two centuries, Sale's work was the best single source in English for the study of Islam.Later in the eighteenth century, distinguished historian Edward Gibbon gave a balanced treatment of Muhammad's character. Gibbon recognized that Muhammad was "endowed with a pious and contemplative disposition and that he despised the pomp of royalty." Gibbon thought that Europeans who stress the prophet's amorous activities have "maliciously exaggerated the frailties of Muhammad."Thomas Carlyle, another outstanding English writer, became famous for his theory that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." He discovered Muhammad to have been a sincere leader after approaching him in this positive manner: "I mean to say all the good of him I justly can." Carlyle rejected the characteristic European outlook of the preceding millennium, that Muhammad was "a scheming impostor." While laudatory toward the founder of Islam, Carlyle's appreciation did not carry over to the style of Quran as he read it in English. He confessed:"It is as toilsome reading as I ever undertook a wearisome confused jumble."Writing at the time of Carlyle in the nineteenth century, European historian Johann Doellinger asserted: "No other mortal has ever, from the beginning of the world, exercised such an immeasurable influence upon the religious, moral, and political relations of mankind, as has the Arab Muhammad."In the twentieth century, non-Muslim scholars have increasingly acknowledged the greatness of Muhammad. For five decades Anglican bishop Kenneth Cragg has been writing books to publicize the admirable qualities of Islam and has translated selections from Arabic religious literature. He states: Bassetti-Sani is aware that the Bible contains this promise to Abraham: "As for lshmael, I have heard you; I will bless him ... and make him a great nation."According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad is a descendant of Hagar's grandson Nebaioth (or Nabit).Alfred Guillaume, the English translator of the most important Arabic biographical sources on the prophet, writes: "Trustworthy tradition depicts a man of amazing ability in winning men's hearts by persuasion and in coercing and disarming his opponents. . . . He stands out as one of the great figures of history."Historian Will Durant likewise concludes his treatment of Muhammad with this tribute:If we judge greatness by influence, he was one of the giants of history. He undertook to raise the spiritual and moral level of a people harassed into barbarism by heat and foodless wastes, and he succeeded more completely than any other reformer seldom has any man so fully realized his dream.... When he began, Arabia was a desert flotsam of idolatrous tribes; when he died it was a nation.Michael Hart, a contemporary American scientist, offers a similar estimate of Muhammad's impact. Hart ranks the three most influential persons in history in this order: Muhammad, Isaac Newton, and Jesus. Hart places Muhammad at the top of his list of one hundred humans because he was "the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels." Within a century, his followers controlled the largest empire in human history.


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Summer Learning Guides for Grades K-6: Get Ready for Back-to-School
Make sure that your child is prepared for the new school year with these packets of fun activities and skill-builders. Each activity has been selected to draw on prior knowledge and is a sneak peek of what he or she will learn in the next grade. Each packet includes summer reading suggestions, tips for cold and flu prevention, worksheets for improving grade-appropriate math and spelling skills, critical thinking activities for each subject, and other activities to enjoy and learn from over the summer.


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A Laboratory of Taste
By Arthur Lubow
Published: August 10, 2003
Several months before our defense secretary downgraded France to the ''old Europe'' and our restaurateurs started pouring French wine into the gutters, I was talking with Marc Veyrat, a French chef whose two restaurants have received top scores from the Michelin and Gault-Millau guides. To my surprise, Veyrat told me that the most creative cooks in Europe were no longer French; they were Spanish. Had my source been located in the Pentagon and not in a sumptuous auberge on the shores of Lake Annecy, I would have taken the assertion with several fistfuls of gros sel. However, this declaration of Spanish creative supremacy came from one of the most forward-looking chefs in France. I paid attention.
After a trip to Spain this summer, I'm convinced: the effervescence that buoyed French nouvelle cuisine in the 1970's has somehow been piped across the Pyrenees. Nor am I alone in feeling that way. A cover article in The Wine Spectator in June proclaimed that Spain is ''the new source of Europe's most exciting wine and food.'' Many prominent American chefs agree. ''Spain is where the zeitgeist has shifted,'' says Charlie Trotter, Chicago's most celebrated chef. ''In Spain, they're pushing the envelope.'' David Bouley, who oversees two distinguished restaurants in Lower Manhattan, told me: ''The Spanish don't have this rigor where they have to cook a certain way. They seem to be totally free. Something happened in France -- they ran out of gas. I don't hear about youthful passion as I used to in those kitchens. The real explosion is with all the young guys in Spain.'' Even Thomas Keller of the much-honored French Laundry, north of San Francisco, who has some qualms about new-wave Spanish cuisine, remarks that ''the French work ethic has deteriorated over the last few years'' and that compared with Spain, ''you have in France a much more traditional, fundamental-based cooking.''
You can still eat very well in France, as you did 20 years ago. The problem is that almost everywhere you eat in France, it could still be 20 years ago. Nothing has changed. The French nouvelle cuisine revolutionized the culinary world in the 1970's. Consolidating and advancing, the next generation of chefs maintained France's pre-eminence. But over the last decade, French innovation has congealed into complacency. With the advent of the Internet, as chefs scan the globe for new ideas, France is no longer the place they look. ''Everybody on eGullet wants to know what is happening in Spain,'' says Grant Achatz, the young chef at Trio, a foodie favorite in Evanston, Ill.
The two epicenters of the Spanish groundswell are both in the northern part of the country -- Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital, and the Basque country around San Sebastián. And while there are many exciting chefs throughout Spain, the name on everyone's lips, the man who is redefining haute cuisine into alta cocina, is a prodigiously talented, self-taught Catalan. Like Elvis or Miles, he is usually known by his first name alone: Ferran.
Ferran Adrià's restaurant El Bulli in the Catalan seaside town of Rosas, a two-hour drive north of Barcelona, is a gastronome's once-before-you-die mecca. It's not merely the three Michelin stars (although only three other Spanish restaurants boast that distinction) or the top rating in Spain's most influential food guide. The accolades from other cooks are dazzling. He is ''the best cook on the planet,'' the quintessentially French Joël Robuchon, who has garnered similar reviews himself, told the press a decade ago. (When I spoke with Robuchon, he backpedaled a little, saying carefully, ''Ferran is the best cook in the world for technique.'') Juan Mari Arzak, a three-star chef who is considered a father of new Spanish cuisine, told me, ''Ferran is the most imaginative cook in all history.''
Visiting El Bulli for the first time last fall, I discovered what they were talking about. Adrià was celebrating his 20th anniversary at the restaurant with a seasonlong retrospective of his greatest hits. The menu included 30 tapas-size dishes, each identified by the date of its introduction. Indicative of Adrià's accelerating creativity, most were from the previous three years. Welcoming cocktails of a frozen whisky sour and a foam mojito were accompanied by popcorn that had been powdered and reconstituted as kernels and a tempura of rose petals. The Catalan mainstay of pa amb tomàquet, which is grilled bread rubbed with tomato and drizzled with olive oil, was deconstructed into a white sorbet made from skinned tomatoes and topped with a dry cracker that was filled with olive oil. A chicken croquette contained liquid consommé. A ''Kellogg's paella'' consisted of puffed Rice Krispies, to which the waiter added an intense seafood reduction; on the side were a small, flash-fried shrimp, a piece of shrimp sashimi and an ampule containing a thick brown extract of shrimp heads that you were instructed to squeeze into your mouth. I vividly recall a cold, grainy heap of foie-gras powder on one side of a soup bowl that contained a hot chicken consommé. ''Don't mix,'' the waiter warned. ''Eat a little of one, then the other.'' (Who would have guessed?) Perhaps the most sublime dish was an array of seven warm gelatin blocks that resembled watercolor paints, each a vivid hue that proved to be a pure essence of a vegetable. I was handed a fresh vanilla bean to smell while eating vanilla-scented whipped potatoes. And so on, for three and a half hours.


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Charlotte, N.C. – The Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference team was announced on Thursday, with this year's team highlighted by returning Academic All-Conference honoree, Coye Still of Charlotte.
The teams were selected through voting conducted by the league's Sports Information Directors.
Still, a junior from Harrisburg, N.C., is a history major with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Still's performance for the Charlotte track and field program this season has been remarkable as well.
Still earned first-team All-Conference honors at the Atlantic 10 Championship after winning the long jump (24'02.5). His long jump mark ranks fifth on the Charlotte all-time list. He led the league in the long jump after his performance at the A-10 Championships and was ranked fourth in the conference in the high jump (6' 6.75)
On Thursday, Still qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Championship in the long jump where he is 40th in the region.
Men's Academic All-Conference Team
Kodi Mullins, Butler
Elias Coye Still, Charlotte
Kevin Fitzgerald, Fordham
Paul Reilly, La Salle
Alfredo Santana, La Salle
William Janes, Rhode Island
Tyler Oliveira, Rhode Island
Ryan Lee, Richmond
Tyler Gallen, Saint Joseph's
Michael Scolarici, Saint Louis
Women's Academic All-Conference
Katie Clark, Butler
Elizabeth Gleason, Dayton
Shannon Abraham, Duquesne
Ashley Adams, Duquesne
Nicole Cherok, Duquesne
Amber Valimont, Duquesne
Wendy Hutchinson, La Salle
Jessica Hoefert, Saint Louis
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Track and Field Resumes Indoor Slate at Clemson's Bob Pollack InvitationalJanuary 30, 2014
Following a two-week layoff, the Anderson men's and women's track and field teams will get back in action in familiar surroundings as they will take part in Clemson's Bob Pollock Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Tigers' Indoor Complex.
Anderson joins more than 20 schools slated to compete in the two-day event, including ACC members NC State and Pittsburgh and in-state Division I teams Coastal Carolina, Charleston Southern and SC State. In all, more than 700 athletes are scheduled to take part.
The meet is split into two days, with unseeded running events set for Friday and the top sections reserved for Saturday. Field events are the exception. All field events are seeded the same way, but are not divided into two days like the running events. Friday's schedule also includes the heptathlon, which starts at 9:30 a.m. with the 60 meter dash, and the pentathlon, set for a 10:30 start in the 60 meter hurdles.
The Trojans are coming off an appearance at ETSU's Niswonger Invitational that saw the women's veterans and newcomers post some strong performances. A trio of newcomers, Olivia Gardner, Grace Gerlock and Amber Worthy finished ninth, 14th and 16th, respectively in the 3000 meter run.
Freshman Sherin Malone finished 12th in the 60 meter hurdle preliminaries and posted a 69th-place finish in the 200 meter dash prelims. Juniors Savanna Keese and Brooklyn Watt, along with sophomore D'Yandra Morris all notched top-25 performances in the weight throw. Watt and Morris also placed 13th and 14th, respectively in the shot put. Junior Jill Baxter notched 18th in the high jump with a height of 1.53 meters.
Junior Sydney Hazel claimed 14th in the one mile run, with freshman Bari Robinson finishing 25th in the 800 meter run. Freshman Megan Shahoud placed 35th in the long jump with a distance of 4.44 meters.
The group of Hazel, Gardner, Robinson and Baxter claimed 10th in the women's distance medley.
The Trojan men also recorded strong efforts in Johnson City two weeks ago, as senior Parks Edwards and freshman Ben Boerma pacing AU with fourth and fifth-place finishes in the 3000 meter run. Westley Wilson placed 11th in the event and freshman Ned Kennedy posted a 12th-place finish.
Earlier, Malik Brown crossed the line in 32nd in the 60 meter hurdle preliminaries, with freshman Jonathan Shorter finishing 34th. Newcomer Caleb Knight placed 51st in the 400 meter dash prelims, while classmate Eric Hoover notched 68th in the prelims of the 60 meter dash and finished 23rd in the finals of the triple jump.


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We are planning on the ferry from Fukuoka to Busan and then fly back to Tokyo from Seoul a week later. What are the options for flying one way from Seoul to Tokyo? We would like to find something cheap for a one way trip. I read somewhere that there is an option between the smaller airports of Seoul and Tokyo. Which airline?
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Say the party goes off into the woods and kills a few wolves. Would anything useful come from the carcasses?
How about at higher levels when killing Dragons and such?
I understand with creatures that might be wearing gear they could loot them, but what about ones that don't wear gear?


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Man Dead, Trooper Wounded After Traffic Stop
Published: Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 10:21 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 10:38 p.m.
PALATKA | One person was shot to death and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper was wounded in an exchange of gunfire after a traffic stop early Saturday morning.
The trooper, Lawrence Andrew Litzell, was listed in stable condition at UF Health Shands Hospital, according to FHP. Dead is Somourian Jamal Wingo, 24, of Palatka.
FHP reported that Litzell was shot on Reid Street near downtown Palatka. The trooper was attempting to stop Wingo and another man about 12:45 a.m. when a foot chase began.
Litzell was shot about 100 yards from where he had pulled over a maroon Mercury Grand Marquis in a parking lot near a park just off the St. Johns River.
FHP Sgt. Dylan Bryan reported that Litzell was shot in the face but managed to return fire, killing Wingo. Litzell was taken by helicopter to Shands.
Litzell is an 11-year veteran of FHP. Agency policy requires that Litzell be placed on administrative leave with pay during the investigation.
The suspect who was with Wingo fled the scene and was not caught.
Relatives in Palatka said Wingo was born and raised in Putnam County and was the father of two small children. Saturday was his birthday.
"He lost both his parents when he was a teenager. He was forced to be an adult," said his cousin, Addie Hodges.
"He was just getting his life on track. Not to make excuses, but if you don't have your mother and your father, that sound foundation, who do you have? He had to live on the streets."
Several family members gathered at the scene, including his grandmother, Betty Jean Hodges.
"All I have are good things to say about my grandson. I loved my grandson," she said. "He was very close to me and to his family."
Wingo served time in state prison from 2010 to 2012 for a cocaine conviction in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
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I know you can use C# and F# together in the same project however i'm not sure if its a good idea to do so.
It seems to me that mixing two very different coding styles (functional vs OO) could cause a lack of cohesion in the design. Is that correct?


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Can LyX be used as an IDE for LaTeX? I am considering using LyX instead of Emacs to write my LaTeX papers. Emacs is powerful editor/IDE which helps me be more productive while writing LaTeX. LyX looks like more than an IDE, because it uses its own file format. Is LyX is a good option if the end result must be a LaTeX code?
No, LyX should not be considered as an IDE for LaTeX, even though it uses LaTeX as backend.
The point here is that while every LyX document can be exported to LaTeX, not every LaTeX document can be imported into LyX (even though simple stuff works pretty well). This means, if collaborating on a paper, all or no authors have to use LyX.
I personally use and prefer LyX for writing papers and larger documents, but fall back to plain LaTeX if one of my collaborators does not want to use LyX.
Here is a more detailed answer...
Is LyX an IDE for LaTeX?
"IDE" stands for Integrated Development Environment. That is a software application which is usually used for writing and developing new programs in a certain programming language. An IDE integrates several components into one big entity. The basic requirements are to provide:
Here the programming language corresponds to a language for typesetting documents: LaTeX.
Overall, LyX cannot be considered as an IDE for LaTeX, although it acts in parts similarly to an IDE.
Is LyX a good option if the end result must be LaTeX code?
This picture shows a LaTeX document, its LyX equivalent, and the final PDF. LyX comes close to the PDF!
Features of LyX: LyX has a reasonably good support of LaTeX from classes ("article", "book", "letter") to commands (
Not possible in LyX: As mentioned LyX does not offer to edit the LaTeX code at an arbitrary position! Though injection of TeX code at some points is possible. Hence, one somehow depends on the options that are supplied by LyX and its loadable modules.
A general recommendation: If you have some time, learn the basics of LaTeX before learning LyX. That is, how to write and compile a simple document with some figures and tables, e.g., see first LaTeX doc or Best Way to Start Using LaTeX or Best Book to Start Learning LaTeX. Then you will get a glimpse of what LyX does behind the scenes, and you can turn to LyX. (Note that LyX - generating LaTeX - is quite different from other document processors like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer.)
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@lll0228: Thanks :) He was great, couldn't have asked for a better dog, we adopted him when he was a little older, they estimated 8yrs old, we gave him 5 good years of a loving home. One day there will be pitter patters around here again!
My neighbor had 2 Shiba's, they were siblings, still has one, the other they had to let go last year, he had cancer. They are great dogs too, and beautiful!
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Budgie Parakeet
Traits & behavior
Parakeets love to be stroked and held and want to interact with their Pet Parents as much as possible. They require at least 30 minutes or more of daily interaction.
Smart and easily trained, these birds should be taught basic commands such as "step up" onto your hand and "step down" when putting them back into their cage. This will ensure easier handling.
Great disposition
Their friendly, loving personalities make parakeets the most popular companion bird.
Limited speaking ability
With their raspy voices, male parakeets can sometimes learn to talk.
Messy eaters
Your parakeet will drop a lot of food while eating.
Things to remember
Don't forget that children, pets and unfamiliar guests should be supervised when interacting with your parakeet.
Long-term companions
Before purchasing, be aware that a parakeet requires a long-term commitment of approximately 15-25 years.
Safety & cleanliness
Please remember that all pets may bite or scratch, and may transmit disease to humans. Keep your pet's home clean and wash your hands before and after handling your pet or cleaning his home. Infants, young children, pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems, and the infirm or elderly are at greater risk of infections and should use caution when in contact with the pet or its habitat. Consult your doctor for more information.
Staple diet
Feed her 1-2 teaspoons per day of a pellet or seed-based, fortified parakeet diet. Also, parakeets only eat off the top layer of the food dish, so if feeding seeds, be sure to check the food daily and remove empty seed hulls.
Fruits & vegetables*
About 5-10% of a parakeet's diet should be bite-sized fruits and veggies like apples, grapes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach, mustard greens and shredded carrots. Offer daily or every 2-3 days.
Be sure to provide a cuttle bone in your parakeet's cage at all times.
Parakeets should always have access to clean, fresh water in a bottle or bowl.
*Remember that fresh food requires its own dish and should be removed from the habitat within four hours to avoid spoilage.
Signs of a healthy parakeet:
- Clear, bright eyes
- Clean, smooth feathers
- Eats throughout the day
- Normal droppings that are not runny for more than a couple of days
- A curious and active disposition
Things to watch for:
- Decreased appetite; weight loss
- Decreased activity and grooming behavior
- Change in droppings in excess of two days
- Sitting at the bottom of cage
- Discharge from nose or mouth; sneezing
- Feathers fluffed for prolonged periods of time
If you notice any of the signs described above, consult an Avian Veterinarian.
Your parakeet's cage must be large enough for her to comfortably stretch her wings, climb and play with her toys. The bigger the cage, the better. Minimum cage size is 14"W x 16"L x 16"H.
Colony setting
Since these birds are very social, they prefer to be kept in a colony setting of two or more parakeets per cage.
Place two perches at different heights, so that your parakeet will be unable to soil her food bowls. Provide perches of differing widths, diameters and textures to help keep her feet healthy.
Cage placement
Place your bird's cage at or below eye level, away from drafts, open windows and the kitchen. Be aware that parakeets are sensitive to smoke and strong odors. Cover the cage at night to prevent drafts.
Give her at least 2-3 toys to keep her busy. But, not too many--she should be able to move about freely without bumping into any in the cage. Rotate toys often to keep her interested.
Provide a birdbath 2-3 times per week. You can offer a warm water bath or gently mist her with warm water from a clean spray bottle.
Food & water containers
It is important to clean your bird's containers every day, even if the bowl or bottle looks full.


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Where can a person buy the old-fashion drapes, inexpensively? (pinch-pleat)
I thought you can buy anything online, but I have been searching and I
cannot seem to find them anywhere, or if I do find them they have a
limited design and are way to much money!! Do they even make these anymore?
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not sure if this is what you are looking for ($29.99):
or this, but the price on these is a bit more ($79.99):
or these ($24.99):
hope that helps.
Pinch pleat drapes are still available, but I've never seen anything that I'd want to have in my house that came ready made. Penny's usually has a custom drapery section in the store (they are not usually employed by Penny's, just that the service is usually there). That's actually where I got my current drapes from. I'm not a blinds kind of person, and they don't look very nice with the eighteenth and very early nineteenth century furniture that is in most of the house.
You can find ready made pinch pleat drapes from Penny's in the store, so it's reasonable that those would be available on line as well, but I think that you will be displeased either with the price or the quality (or perhaps both). You can also make them, of course, if you're feeling brave.
[Edit] The links that @bgrunner321 posted seem okay, and not too different from what you're going to find at Penny's. I should also note that I have actual drapes, not just pinch pleat, in my home.
Thanks for your help!!. Would it be better to buy my own fabric and make myself? I do not need any blackout features, just something decorative. My Apt. already has the hardware and will not let me remove.
@shrdlu: Heads up about Penney's Decorator Division. I read just last week the company is cutting the availability of these services.
First article I could come up with: http://multichannelmerchant.com/catalog/jcpenney-closing-catalog-outles-0125/
@dlerew1: You can just buy inexpensive ones at places like Cost Plus World Market, or even Target, if it's just the hardware I'm thinking of. I actually converted some older drapes into ones with loops, just so that I could put them on those. They're very pretty, too.
Now that I'm realizing what it is that you want, I can tell you that Bed, Bath, and Beyond also carries drapes with loops (and they work just as well as the pinched pleat type, and are far less expensive).
I would make them, but then again, I'm retired, I've sewn all my life, and I'm reasonably skilled at it. You need to consider your time, the cost of materials (which may be far greater than just buying something at Target or BB&B), and so on.
@lavikinga: Thanks for the information, sad though it is. There are other places locally (for custom drapes) if I want more of them. Still, I hate to see people lose their jobs.
@dlerew1: take a look over at brylanehome.com You may find something there and the prices are generally reasonable.
I buy from Best Collection of Discount Curtains and Drapery for Window Coverings at http://www.zebrablinds.com/drapery.html


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Is there a difference between the protein found in red meat (like beef and ostrich) and white meat (like chicken and pork) and protein from fish and should you aim to get these in in any particular ratio to one another? Or could protein intake coming mostly from just one of these types be sufficient?
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Realistically, protein is just protein. Certainly there are some minor differences in types of protein as there are differences in carbohydrates and fats as well. The primary difference in terms of digestion, however, is what you are getting with your protein.
Protein in fish contains a very small amount of fat compared red meat. It's difficult to take in the fat that the body needs without eating it in meats unless you want to upset another ratio of your diet (e.g. you could drink milk to increase fat, but would jump your carbohydrate intake as well).
The primary idea is that you would want to balance your ratios of protein, carbohydrates, and fats to suit the type of diet you are undertaking, but don't worry too much about the various types of protein.


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Obviously four years old is too young to diagnose ADD; however, my daughter has always exibited ADD symptoms and it would not be surprising if one of our children has ADD as it runs in the family. We are finding that she is fine in Pre-K (according to the teachers; although keep in mind that activities in school at that age only last for about 15 minutes) but once she gets home in the afternoon she goes crazy. It seems that she is holding it together at school but is unable to once she gets home. She is much better on the weekends. How do I deal with the afternoon behavior understanding that it is caused by her working to hold it together at school?
My wife's and my general experience is that as a child tires there will be a notable decrease in attention span and attentiveness to authority. This is perfectly normal and should be expected in young children. One way that we help address this is allowing the child playtime — give your daughter a chance to run out the energy she held back while at school.
I am not a psychologist (though I do have ADD) but I will say that this does not sound like the symptoms of ADD. ADD is something which is consistent throughout the day, which means that her teachers would have noticed something too.
Of course, this is not to say that she definitively does not have ADD, merely that this is not something commonly considered a symptom. Only a trained medical professional can truly evaluate whether your child has the disease. If you are still concerned about this as a possibility, you may be able to go in and have her tested. (At this point, I will note that my ADD was diagnosed only after the second set of tests, so they were not the most conclusive twenty years ago. I have no idea what their state is right now).
What's your post-school routine? Children that age love predictable, tidy, daily plans that they can count on. Also, what time of day are we talking about? I'm assuming that it's a half-day being a 4yo.
I would suggest that you really tie down the first 2 hours after school into steady blocks, (:15 is great) regardless of what the activities are. Sure people will say "No TV it rots bla bla!" when the reality is that at this point, if you're not already doing it, a hard-set routine would be more beneficial than any particular activity. However I would say, since you're at home, keep it light and fluffy topics... things like helping with lunch/snack (with cleanup can be 2 segments), a walk outside (weather permitting) or tv/computer (with specific media every time, like 1 ep of Blues Clues for example), reading together followed by reading alone, color/drawing, etc... stuff like that. If you work it right, one of your segments may very well turn into cat-nap time.
I'm no psychologist, but it would stand to reason that you'd be able to see if they're having early attention issues.
Now here's the caveat . . . the adult problem with a routine for the child is that it's a routine for the adult as well. 100%. You cannot expect success if you're not there with them. That means if you're a work-at-home parent, this is a 2 hour block that you'll have to convince yourself is worth more than the 2 hours of work, and that is difficult. You can't 'sneak away for a couple minutes' to check msgs... you not only lose control, but are tempted to take :20 instead of :02.
On the drive home, be a listener. Ask about her day. If you get one-two word answers, let it be and let the ride home just be quiet. She is decompressing.
Once you get home, instill "quiet time" as part of the routine. This is time to do anything she wants that is silent. It'll help her brain turn off the "noise" from the day. I know you have other kids too, so it would probably be helpful to have this quiet time for all. Read books, meditate, sit individually and listen to calm music in headphones - whatever (15-20 minutes at least - longer if you can and it helps her).
Follow this with 15-20 minutes or so of active play. This will get the energy up, perk up moods and get the "wiggles" out. Run around the yard, do some kid's yoga if its cold outside (many kid's yoga poses are moving imitations of animals or rolling up in the mat to make a burrito etc - We use "Yoga Kid's" by Kristen Hall, but here are a bunch of options), play tag, have a tickle fight, try to laugh together.
If she needs the physical activity first, switch the two components order is only important once you establish which order works best for her - but many kids need both some "decompression" time (something we often forget about as adults) and the physical activity to settle back in.
Then go about things as you usually do.
She may need to get more sleep or more quiet time. It's hard to keep it together when you're sleep deprived. There is some evidence to suggest that 4 year olds need to sleep for 10 to 12 hours out of every 24.
The 10 out of 24 hours can be divided up, with naps being great ways to give you and her the time you need to recharge, as some of the other answers suggest. Even if she doesn't sleep, having the downtime in the day can help. You can ask her teacher about naptime at school.
You may also want to check out: Sleep in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a review of naturalistic and stimulant intervention studies. by Cohen-Zion et al in Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2004, 8(5):379-402.
If she can control herself at school, then it isn't ADD. Part of the definition of ADD is that it happens in two places (school and home).


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"Confederates at the Keyboard: Piano Music during the Civil War Era" with Dr. David B. Thompson, SC Humanities Scholar
Along with songs and military band music published in the South during the Civil War, a considerable repertoire of solo keyboard music written by white, black, male, and female composers also exists. This repertoire includes traditional dances such as the waltz, mazurka, schottische and polka, marches, song arrangements, and descriptive fantasies. This program, performed in period clothing, brings this unknown repertoire to modern ears. Throughout the program, excerpts from Confederate diaries, letters and memoirs are read recounting the moving effect of keyboard music in the home as well as the overwhelming grief resulting from the destruction of these prized possessions during the war. Funding for this program is partially provided by the Humanities Council of South Carolina. Dr. Thompson will perform at St. John's Lutheran Church, 157 Lady's Island Drive on Lady's Island. Details: 255-6468


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Aaron and Hur
During Ordinary Time, the first reading at Mass, usually taken from the Old Testament, is chosen in function of the Gospel. Today's Gospel gives the little paragraph about the wicked judge and pestering widow that Jesus told, Luke says, to illustrate "the need to pray always without becoming weary." The first reading was chosen to provide an example of perseverance in prayer in the story of Moses standing on a hill holding up a staff and watching a battle between Israelite and Amalek forces the outcome of which depended on whether Moses could hold the staff up high. When he grew weary, his assistants Aaron and Hur stepped in and held his hands up, and Israel wins the battle.
Not having a good commentary on Exodus in my personal library, I consulted the New Jerome Biblical Commentary about the passage and was again disappointed. Its rigorous constriction of its interest to the literal meaning of the biblical texts often dissuades a preacher from choosing a text like today's for his sermon or homily. So I went on the Internet and looked under "Aaron and Hur." Most of the sites were Protestant, although there was an extended rather allegorical interpretation of the passage in a blog on the website of the Archdiocese of Washington. I wonder how many Catholic preachers referred to today's OT passage and what they made of it.
I also discovered that in some American Protestant churches there were and perhaps still are "Aaron and Hur Societies" whose purpose was to pray for one another and in particular to support their ministers lest they grow weary. (One suggestion was that they meet for an hour before the service to ask God's blessing on the word.) I suppose they were like the prayer-chains one hears of today, which send out word when there are people in special need of prayers. But I must say that I do like the thought that there could be Aaron and Hur societies to pray for me and other ministers of the Lord. I recognize that I don't pray enough for my fellow priests, don't often enough offer them a steadying and strengthening arm. And I think that deacons, priests, bishops, and popes would be strengthened by the very knowledge that there was an Aaron or a Hur nearby to help them. I remember that Pope Francis before giving his first blessing on that balcony asked that people to pray for him. He was asking for Aaron and Hur.
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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When I was a kid, I heard the Exodus reading just as a weird story ("arms up we win, arms down we lose"), the lesson of which, if anything, was that God used meaningless criteria in choosing how to respond to human desires. Today I had the honor of proclaiming the reading at mass, and was quite moved with the message that came through to me: the imporance of praying, and the reality that we can grow weary and find it difficult to pray, at which point we are carried by the prayers of those around us. In a season with a barrage of bad health news for many friends and family members, when sometimes I feel like Aaron/Hur and other times like a tired Moses, that message was a real comfort.
On the subject of "Aaron and Hur Societies" and praying for our priests: Before mass I was writing some prayer requests in our book of intentions, and stopped to read the others. A combination of bad handwriting and my lack of eyeglasses led me momentarily to misread "For my family" as "For my homily." That led to a brief pre-Mass discussion with the presider about his preferred mode of preparing for preaching. :) (My family does pray nightly for our priests and our bishop.)
At the Mass I went to today, the homily was about Mission Sunday (which is today) and about how many people from that parish had gone out as missionaries to serve people in need and evangelize in other countries. The priest said that one of the greatest supporters of the Missions was St Therese of the Little Flower; that she had wanted to be a missionary, but because of ill health she joined a cloister instead. She prayed her whole life for missionaries, and she received many letters of thanks from missionaries for her prayers and support, and that today she is a patron saint of missions.
I thought it was a pretty good sermon.
When somebody offers to pray, and they are totally sincere, and when you know they are actually doing it, that is incredibly comforting and moving. It really is an act of love.
Prayer chains and Aaron and Hur societies seem to have a protestant flavour and so sometimes feel a bit foreign to me. But we are missing the boat on it. I think the key is that it needs to be done with pure heart and right intention. So powerful. Hard enough to do for are friends and loved ones and even more difficult for enemies!!
Fr. Tom Shelley said Mass at our parish today and gave a homily about persistence in prayer, but prayer broadly defined, constancy in love. He cited the persistence in "prayer" of Fr. John Grange, whom we've heard about below, Fr. Joseph Fitzpatrick who built the Hispanic ministry of the archdiocese, two sisters who run a half-way house for women recently released from prison, parents who care for a disabled child or relative. I couldn't help but think of Fr. Shelley himself and his sister Mary, who have cared for their own disabled sister, Helen, for many years. She died this past week. RIP
I pray for pope Francis, and sometimes for Benedict, and for this or that priest, and for this or that parish. I never think of praying for bishops because, with their formal wear and remoteness, they don't seem like real people.
But I worry that my comment will derail this thread and cause the comments to start listing our bishops' faults. Please let's not go down that road again here!
I see your issue less as bishops and more praying for those for whom we do not have a kind of natural or invested affinity. Aaron and Hur were on the same side. And it is easy enough, in a sense, (although it is an investment in time, love, and energy) to pray for those in or circle. More difficult for those more remote, and even more difficult for those we do not like.
Some years ago a friend suggested that I try praying for my boss (total barraccuda!). I could not bring myself to do it. The less time she could occupy in my mind the better!! So I am not there yet! Pray for me my friend!!
George D. --
Try praying for "all the evil ones". That way the miscreant gets lost in the shuffle:-) (I'm serious.)
The idea that Moses' raised hands indicates that he is praying in this scene is unfounded. What prayer does he utter? One should think of this gesture in relation to other similar gestures in Exodus where Moses stretches out his hands as in Exodus 9:22, 10:12, 14:16. in the war between the gods that the Exodus is, Moses is likened to a god (Exodus 7:1) and in the plague narratives the power of God flows through him to counter the magic of the Egyptian magicians. If the text was arranged in the lectionary in relation to the Gospel, then that arrangement mis-identified what is going on in the Exodus text. Had those who arranged the lectionary paid more attention to the literal sense of the text, it probbaly would not have been chosen for today readings. As Fr. Fitzmyer is wont to say pace Fr. Komanchak.
"Aaron and Hur Society" sounds too macho for the Catholic Church. I think the cult of martyrs has altered, perhaps even transformed, how Catholics think about manly virtues and military prowess.
I'd think the Catholic Church would be more likely to identify women martyrs who showed great perseverence, and name the society after them. The Agatha and Cecilia Society?
Gregory the Great, who has a lot of imagination, says that Moses represents the law and the rock he sits on prefigures the Church, so the law is resting on the Church but has heavy hands because it's a law that is hard on the people. Fortunately Aaron and Hur are there. Aaron means "mountain of strength", a reference to Christ, and Hur means "fire", a reference to the Holy Spirit, and between the two of them they make the law lighter on us, more bearable. In other words, when Christ replaced the burden of the commandments by the strength that comes with the profession of our faith, he lightened the hands of Moses.
I find his creativity delightful.
The text I saw is in French: http://home.nordnet.fr/caparisot/html/exoddixseptfin.html
Prof. Mitchall:
Your note is more informative than what was said in the NJB Commentary.
It would appear that those who constructed the Lectionary were deriving a spiritual sense for the episode to illustrate or anticipate the Gospel. From the existence of Aaron and Hur Societies and other indications, they weren't the first to make the association.
Your post could suggest an interesting question: In preparing a homily on the first (O. T.) reading at a Sunday Mass, should a preacher restrict himself to the literal or historical sense or may he read it in the light of the Gospel?
What was Fr. Fitzmyer wont to say that prompts your "pace Fr. Komanchak"?
Father Kononchak,
I am sorry. I was just having a little fun referencing your CUA colleage.
In part, I wrote what I wrote because of the homily I heard yesterday at Holy Trinity. The celebrant started by raising the quesion of what woses was doing and making a joke about how the Pentagon budget could be reduced greatly had they a Moses of their own. He then said, "Let's agree to pass over the first reading." And so he preached about the Gospel. I think he was caught in the dilemma of your question about how one should preach on a curious OT text. I don't know if he chose the right way out of it, but it underscored the problem you raise. I would not want to restrict the celebrant to the literal sense of the text, but it would take a bit of explaining to speak about it in light of the Gospel.
Father, do you know of the website, http://www.textweek.com? It has extraordinary exegetical resources.
Dr. Ford: No, I hadn't known of the website. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It does indeed have a lot of material that would be useful in preparing a sermon.
Prof Mitchell: Joe Fitzmyer deserves special applause for his vigorous defense of the historical critical method in the preparation of the document on "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church." I do wish, however, that he had been more theologically venturesome in his commentary on Luke...
Father Joseph Fitzpatrick was an amazing man, so dynamic and engaging. He was teaching Sociology when I was at Fordham, but he managed to draw students from all sorts of majors into his orbit. He had us taking beginner's Spanish, going to the annual San Juan day celebrations at Randall's Island stadium, and sitting in on his cultural assimilation class. His enthusiasm for the Hispanic ministry was contagious. It's nice to know he's not forgotten.
I'm staying in Rome at the moment, not far from the Church of St. Peter in Chains. The other day it occurred to me that St. Peter's escape wasn't made alone.
"So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him."
Susan: We've been talking about Fr. Fitzmyer, not Fr. Fitzpatrick, both happily named Joseph, and both deserving of praise.
Susan Gannon,
I knew Fr. Fitzpatrick when I was an undergraduate at Fordham. I actually thought he was a saint because of his devotion to the Hispanic poor. Thank you for reminding us of his great charism. And yes, he is not forgotten.
Margaret mentioned Fr.Fitzpatrick. When I was in school, I had a part-time job as a receptionist at his residence. A very, very nice man and it is just great so many people know and remember him.
Number of people (priest at confession, our spiritual advisors) have said that when people hurt you, or act unreasonably with you, to look at it as that person needing your prayers. When you look at it that way, praying sincerely for them becomes easy. And it works.
Would not Moses' gesture in this reading, and the other references to the plagues etc, be 'epicletic' ? -- acting as an evident 'catalytic pathway' for the great works of God? Thereby being a fertile source of explanation of what this gesture is for when found in each of the Sacraments and most commonly evident at the Mass Liturgy? [The aid and actions of Aaron and Hur fit into this dynamic too.]
In the Gospel it is not a gesture which is the emphasis but rather 'persistence'. Moses' gesture only 'worked' when it was persistent in calling upon the Lord's action. The widow's persistence calls to persistence in prayer etc.


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6 Mind-Blowing Ways Zombies and Vampires Explain America
#3. The Left Fears Zombies Because They're Mindless Consumers ...
In the wake of the debt ceiling crisis, left wing commentator Thom Hartmann warned that Tea Party zombies are loose in Washington and that their secret mission is to raze America to the ground and create a "second great depression," because that totally makes sense, at least if you're a Saturday morning cartoon villain.
Leftist New York Times columnist Paul Krugman calls conservative economic theories zombie economics.
Via Something Awful
We're going ahead and calling them "Zombinomics."
Someone else took the time to produce a Doom clone flash game in which you grab a shotgun and march through a trailer park, picking off shambling undead rednecks, climate skeptics and Fox News personalities. When someone from the left sees this:
... what they really fear is this:
If we know our protesters, these two groups smell pretty much the same.
It's a belief that conservatives are a mindless, stupid mass, just aimlessly ambling forward and devouring everything in their path.
The current incarnation of the zombie was given to us almost single-handedly by George Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead and its sequels. Specifically, it's the second movie in the series, Dawn of the Dead, in which Romero decided his blood-and-guts horror movie was going to double as a metaphor for mindless, mass consumerism (it's set in a shopping mall, a setting that was borrowed for Dead Rising).
Man, liberals have really bad tunnel vision. The zombie hoard is right there!
Unlike the minority vampires, zombies are always the majority. You've never seen a movie in which a group of survivors battle one or two zombies. An essential part of the whole trope is that the dead quickly outnumber the living. They're everywhere, and all they do is consume -- they have no other mission but a massive human-brain shopping spree.
In more recent incarnations, the culprit is explicitly some giant, evil corporation that unwittingly turns the world into zombies through its products -- the Resident Evil series has zombies unleashed by a transnational pharmaceutical corporation, in 28 Days Later, it's some company's evil animal testing division that brings about the zombageddon.
And then the rage infected monkeys are released. Thanks, PETA.
And to really drive the point home, the survivors who barricade themselves in the mall in Romero's movie immediately fall victim to the allures of capitalism. They greedily loot the place, and in one telling scene, the once hardass strong-female character, Fran, is seen pampering herself with perfume and lipstick in front of the mirror, and in the next scene, is shown cooking for the men. At one point, one of the characters looks upon the zombie horde and laments, "They're us." Yeah we get it George.
"Also maybe they want to kill us or something."
Conservatives will say this is a sign of elitism in the left, that they see themselves as the last thinking, enlightened surrounded by a brainless horde.
#2. ... They're Here to Stamp Out All Non-Conformists ...
Part and parcel with the zombie concept is the zombie apocalypse. As World War Z author Max Brooks points out, "Other monsters may threaten individual humans, but the living dead threaten the entire human race ... Zombies are slate wipers." The only goal that zombies have, if they can be said to have a goal, is worldwide assimilation.
"We'll do without her though. She can keep that brain."
Ever wonder why the hell zombies don't just attack each other? In 28 Days Later (in which the "zombies" are actually still technically living people), that was actually a plot point. The zombies actually starve to death in the end, as it apparently never occurs to them that they can just feast on each other's flesh instead of trying to track down the remaining five or so uninfected humans. Turning everyone into a zombie is more important even than individual survival.
Sounds like someone needs to get some brains.
That means what they really despise are minorities, those straggling ragtag survivors who refuse to assimilate to zombie culture. Zombies, you see, are basically white people.
It's not just an American thing. In 1994, Irish band The Cranberries released a popular protest song against British imperialism. The title? "Zombie." But the fear of right-wing, white, American consumerist culture taking over the world is a large part of what the whole zombie thing is all about. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, Latin, Asian or Eskimo, the zombies will come, and soon you'll abandon your personality and individualism for the kind of living-dead non-culture that zombies represent.
"Save Money, Kill Efficiently."
When you're watching a movie about mindless zombies eating up the world, what you really fear, deep down, is your parents sitting in their recliners watching Idol. You're afraid of McDonald's and Wal-Mart and 7-11. You're afraid of Cosmo, Facebook and Justin Bieber. You're afraid that monolithic, capitalist, zombie corporations are coming into your homes and eating your brains.
"One more hour of Farmville and I will happily chew someone else's arm off."
#1. ... And Can't Think for Themselves.
Part of the threat that the right represents to the left is this mass adherence to conformity. When boiled down to the simplest stereotypes, conservatives are in uniform dark suits with red ties, liberals are hippies in wild, non-conformist tie die dresses. The association of conservatives with religion is part of that, what the left sees as blind, mindless patriotism is another.
Which do we shoot? Which do we shoot?
Consider that the core of Christianity is based upon the story of a man who rose from the dead and started converting people. Zombies represent the typical irreligious critique of the religious -- they suppress critical thinking, and they're viciously evangelical. They come to your door, and suddenly you're a drooling religioid.
"Can I interest you in the word of the Lord and the edibility of your face?"
But it goes beyond religion. Part of conservatism is a passionate adherence to stability and tradition. The zombie apocalypse is the ultimate vision of a perfectly stable society -- zombies never attempt social reform or try to shoehorn amendments into the constitution, they just shamble about, moaning and bumping into things.
That actually brings us full circle, with what these fears have in common. Specifically, that both zombies and vampires have the ability to turn our children, friends and people we love into one of them. And we'll be next.
You would have thought these guys would be all about health care reform.
That's the most terrifying concept of all, that this other point of view that we find so ridiculous and inhuman is somehow contagious, that if exposed to it we might be forced to see the world their way, whether we like it or not. And neither a vampire or a zombie can be cured -- once converted, you never go back. And that's why they must be destroyed.
Hell, maybe we owe Stephenie Meyer an apology. Maybe her sympathetic, sexy vampires are an attempt at no less than staving off Civil War II. All we need is for somebody to write a book about sexy zombies.
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There's no such thing as a zombie love triangle when you can each have a limb!
S Peter Davis overanalyzes even more popular culture over at Three Minute Philosophy.
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6 Beloved Organizations (Started For Terrifying Reasons)
This article is not intended to portray any of these organizations as they exist now as evil, corrupt or even a little bit shady. That's not the point. If anything, it's remarkable how some of these groups have changed with the times to become pillars of the community. Especially when you consider that their origin stories would make COBRA Commander mutter "Jeee-sus."
Groups like ...
#6. Planned Parenthood
Cracked.com has about as much interest in debating women's reproductive rights as we have in pooping in a hat and calling it a Frisbee. That said, whether you consider Planned Parenthood the bee's knees or Lucifer's handmaidens put on this earth to entice virgins into wanton banging, you can't deny that the organization is both very influential and huge. It has more than 800 clinics in the U.S. alone and receives in the neighborhood of $335 million a year in government grants and contracts.
Also, they're the number one source for condoms you will never use.
International Planned Parenthood coordinates with the World Health Oorganization, the U.N. Development Program, UNICEF and a host of other global agencies to bring down the rate of AIDS and bring up the number of people with access to Trojans.
Its Sinister Origins
Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, was certainly interested in more reproductive choices for women, if those women weren't morons. Or idiots. Or feeble-minded, imbecilic spazzes. Because in that case, all choice-related bets were off. From Sanger's book The Pivot of Civilization:
The emergency problem of segregation and sterilization must be faced immediately. Every feeble-minded girl or woman of the hereditary type, especially of the moron class, should be segregated during the reproductive period.
She was remarkably uptight, for a girl wearing Mardi Gras beads.
And by "reproductive period," she didn't just mean when mentally disabled homegirls were ovulating (which would have been pretty hard to figure out without a First Response ovulating test kit) or even during the three decades they were capable of baby-making. She wanted the nonsterilized feeble-minded segregated onto special farms for their entire lives.
Friends of Sanger were 70 percent less likely to make their "goofy face" in photographs.
Like a lot of people at the time, Sanger was a fan of negative eugenics, which was the practice of lowering the fertility rate among people with less-desirable genetics. And don't think the mentally disabled were the only ones on her baby-ban radar, either. In 1932, Sanger proposed a Population Congress, whose objectives included:
- Keeping foreign mentally disabled people from immigrating to the U.S.
- Aaaaaand epileptics.
- Taking inventory of native-born illiterates, paupers, unemployables, prostitutes and dope-fiends and shipping them to funny farms as well.
That would gut our comments section.
All in the name of preventing a "harvest of imbecility." Her words, not ours. Margaret Sanger talked so much trash about the mentally disabled that Planned Parenthood itself felt compelled to go on the defensive about its founder.
And speaking of eugenics ...
#5. Mensa
See if you can answer this question: Two men get on a train at 8:17 a.m. One of the men weighs 456 pounds and tips the train off its track. The other has a wonky eye and a baby arm. If another train is traveling in a completely different part of the world at 735 miles per hour, which man is most likely to get laid that night?
Pencils down.
If you answered "the engineer," congratulations, you're Mensa smart. You should totally join the 100,000 or so other smart people around the world who claim to be in the top two percent of the population in smarts. For only $63 a year, you can enjoy the company of other dorkbombs, nerdlingers and even a brainiac NYT bestseller (just like us, btw).
Its Sinister Origins
If Mensa was a baby, its daddy would be Eugene the Eugenicist, and its momma would be Tiffany the Elitist Bitch.
Kevin Bacon could be godfather.
Back in 1946, a British psychologist named Cyril Burt suggested on the radio that there should be a club for people with high IQs. Like a social club, but where people who were at the tippity-top of society in the brains department could get together and chat without interference from dummies.
Apparently, forming a club for eggheads sounded like a great idea, because a few years later Mensa was founded, and Burt was named honorary president for his contributions to IQ testing. The only problem? Like Maggie Sanger, Burt was a eugenicist, meaning he believed intelligence was hereditary and that societies should keep the human race moving forward by encouraging the brightest of the bunch to breed.
"Hello, ladies."
This was in 1946, mind you, after the world had had its fill of another exclusive club called the Nazis.
Even after Burt was largely discredited for falsifying his research and eugenics as a movement fell out of favor, the whole "let's isolate the smarties" vibe still lingers in the Mensa air. For example, in 1980, known eugenicist Robert Klark Graham started his own genius sperm bank so that ladies could pick out certified genius baby-daddies. Where did Graham advertise his services for mommas? Mensa publications. Between 1980 and 1999, 217 babies were born under Graham's watch in what technically is one of the biggest eugenics projects since Nazi days.
Take that, Mengele.
So, 1999 wasn't that long ago, but still ... water under the bridge, right? Not quite. To this day, American Mensa has a special interest group devoted to eugenics. Presumably just in case anyone wants to get that "sterilizing the morons" ball rolling again.
#4. The Pew Charitable Trusts
If, like us, you spend your Saturdays cruising for street vendor tacos while jamming out to NPR and your Sundays lovemaking to the steady drone of PBS, you're probably familiar with the phrase, "Funding for this program is provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts."
No. Don't be stupid.
And you probably already know that Pew is one of the country's most respected nonpartisan, nongovernmental organizations, operating with over $5 billion worth of assets in its pot. The Pew Charitable Trusts is so invested in public policy that reading its list of causes is like reading a list of every cause there ever was ever.
Its Sinister Origins
The Pew was once like the Tea Party of charities, if the Tea Party was endowed with millions more dollars and was a bazillion times more conservative. The trust started with millionaire conservative Joseph N. Pew Jr., who was to the Republican Party as white is to rice.
And he hated FDR something fierce, because Roosevelt was all about bigger government and Pew was all about educating the public about the evils of bureaucracy, to the point where he said the following about the New Deal:
... a gigantic scheme to raze U.S. businesses to a dead level and debase the citizenry into a mass of ballot-casting serfs.
In other words, a conspiracy. He thought the New Deal was a governmentwide conspiracy to destroy capitalism and turn the American masses into a servant class. And the government itself was "the wickedest racket the world has ever seen."
So Pew used his millions to fund the campaigns of Republican presidential candidates for more than 20 years. Which is why it's hilarious that the Pew Charitable Trusts of today supports such liberal houses of ill repute as NPR and PBS and funds research on death penalty reform, clean energy and protecting sensitive marine areas. It's like finding out that 100 years, from now the Tea Party is the #1 contributor to a school for Muslim abortion doctors. Or that the Palins of 2111 are those Muslim abortion doctors.
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