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Two More Contraception Mandate Decisions
The past week has seen two new decisions in the fight over the HHS contraception mandate. Interestingly, both involved motions for preliminary injunctions by for-profit commercial enterprises. Likelihood of success on the merits of the claims is a central inquiry when courts consider a request for a preliminary injunction and so courts' decisions to grant or deny those motions provide a useful window into judges' thinking about the lawsuits. In these two very similar cases, the two federal district courts reached seemingly diametrically opposed conclusions about the mandate's likely legality, one court granting the motion for a preliminary injunction and the other denying it. On closer analysis, however, the two opinions are less far apart than they initially seem. A few thoughts after the jump.
The first case, decided last week, is Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. v. Sebelius. The second case, decided yesterday, is Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius.In the first case, the district court for the District of Columbia held that the mandate likely violated RFRA, and it therefore granted the requested preliminary injunction. The court began by side-stepping the government's argument that a for-profit corporation cannot exercise religion, declining to reach the issue directly. Instead, it allowed the corporation to assert the religious liberty claims on behalf of its owners. It then went on to hold that the mandate likely imposes a "substantial burden" on the owners' religious exercise, the threshold inquiry for triggering strict scrutiny of the law under RFRA. To survive strict scrutiny, the government must identify a compelling interest in enforcing the law. The court denied that the government had a compelling government interest in enforcing the mandate against religiously motivated, for-profit employers in light of the many exceptions to the mandate the government had already created.In the Hobby Lobby case, the district court for the Western District of Oklahoma expressly denied that corporations can raise RFRA or Free Exercise Clause claims. But it nevertheless considered the owners' claim that the imposition of the mandate on the corporation violated their own religious exercise rights. It concluded that the mandate does not impose a substantial burden on the individual plaintiffs' free exercise of religion because the causal chain between the mandated behavior (the provision of health insurance by the corporation to its employees) and the evil they complained they were being forced to facilitate (the use of contraception) was too long and "indirect."One feature of the substantial burden finding in Tyndale significantly limits its implications for other cases. In considering an earlier case from the Eastern District of Missouri (O'Brien v. HHS), which held that the mandate did not impose a substantial burden on a Catholic-owned for-profit company, the Tyndale court did not reject the O'Brien court's decision (or even its reasoning) out of hand (as this descriptionof Tyndale at the National Review erroneously implies). Instead, its principal response to O'Brien was to distinguish the case on the facts. Specifically, the Tyndale court placed a great deal of emphasis on the fact that the employer in Tyndale was (unlike the employer in O'Brien, or in Hobby Lobby for that matter) self-insured, implicitly suggesting that it might have ruled differently if presented with an employer who participated in a group plan. "This difference in the manner in which coverage is provided is significant," the Tyndale court said, "because while the company in O'Brien contributes to a health insurance plan which ultimately pays for the services used by the plan participants, Tyndale itself directly pays for the health care services used by its plan participants, thereby removing one of the 'degrees' of separation that the court deemed relevant in O'Brien." I agree with the Tyndale court that this distinction between self-insured and group plans is a significant one (at least as a matter of judging the proximity of the employer's involvement with the employee's use of contraception). Its emphasis on that distinction limits the reach of the Tyndale court's reasoning. But the question the distinction raises is whether burdening the choice to engage in self-insurance (which a religious employer may choose to engage in for non-religious reasons) constitutes a substantial burden of religious exercise.The Tyndale court did not discuss in great detail the nature of the substantial burden, continuing the trend of courts that have ruled against the mandate largely treating the question of the substantial nature of the burden as turning solely on the size of the penalty for violating the mandate rather than the degree of burden that compliance with the mandate would constitute on the plaintiffs' free religious exercise. This strikes me as a problem. A burden can fail to be substantial if there is only a small penalty for noncompliance. But the cost of noncompliance is only half of the equation. A burdencan also fail to be substantial (even in the presence of severe penalties for noncompliance) if compliance is not genuinely inconsistent with exercise of their religion (e.g., by imposing the penalty for not doing something their religious beliefs make merely disagreeable but not impermissible). Although courts have to tread lightly to avoid being put in the position of judging the truth of claimants' religious views, I do think they are entitled to probe the (internal) logic by which a claimant argues that the burden of compliance on their religious exercise is substantial rather than trivial. By utterly failing to interrogate the nature of the claimed burden, even on the claimant's own terms, the Tyndale court dilutes the "substantial" requirement.In contrast with the court in Tyndale, the Hobby Lobby court grappled at length with the substantiality question. Its efforts were somewhat unsatisfying, but I think it deserves credit for taking the issue seriously. The court employed a definition of "substantial" adopted by the Seventh Circuit: "a substantial burden on religious exercise is one that necessarily bears direct, primary and fundamental responsibility for rendering religious exercise . . . impracticable." Although the court got hung up on the question of directness and indirectness, it seemed to be gesturing in the direction of a distinction between proximate and remote involvement in the supposedly evil act. It seems to me perfectly appropriate for courts to take a claimant's religious beliefs about what is evil (i.e., the use of contraception) as given but then to ask how involved with such an evil the law requires the claimant to be and how the claimant has treated similarly remote (or proximate) cooperation with the same evil in comparable contexts. Impracticability is also an important part of the Seventh Circuit's definition, since many things that burden religious exercise (e.g., by cutting off paths we'd rather have available or by requiring things we'd -- all things considered -- rather not do) do not make the practice of one's faith impracticable.This brings me back to the Tindale court's group insurance/self-insurance distinction. If the contraception mandate cuts off the option of self-insurance for certain religious employers, by requiring self-insured employers to cooperate too closely with the employee's choice to use contraception, the question still remains (under the Tyndale court's reasoning) whether making that option less attractive (or even unavailable) to religious employers counts as a substantial burden. If it does not count as a substantial burden to require an employer who participates in a group plan to pay for contraceptive coverage (as two district courts have now held and as the Tindale court at least suggested), then burdening self-insurance with the mandate probably should not count as a substantial burden, since the self-insuring employer can always choose to shift to group coverage.
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It will be interesting to see if these muchly aggrieved uber religious employers will be offering IVF and/or vasectomy coverage under their plans.I also wonder if these hyper religious folks, if they went to work for a Christian Science employer, would be so accepting of the fact that they would not be offered blood transfusions because of the CS employers' religious scruples.BTW, blood transfusions cost just a wee bit more than contraceptives.
I think the very interesting recommendation by ACOG (reported on CBS last night) to make birth control pills an OTC drug is an interesting twist in the debate over contraception coverge.Most insurance policies do not now cover OTC drugs b/c they're readily available, don't require a doctor visit for a scrip, and b/c generics reduce prices within reach. Will changing the status of these drugs provide a "solution" for this conflict between Obamacare and those with religious objections? People will be able to buy their own, as they do condoms, out of their own pockets, nobody's business. All will be well.Oh, except for women who might be at risk for side effects.I was stymied by the ACOG move given that more and more women are going off BC pills and HRT. One spokesman for ACOG said the Pill had been around for so long that women were perfectly capable of self-screening. Hmmm. Even a 12-year-old girl? http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57552835/doctors-call-for-birth-co...
Jim McCrea raises the point that has been unclear to me throughout this case. Do, in fact, Christian Science employers (not only the "church" itself, but employers who profess Christian Science) refuse blood transfusions in their insurance programs? Is that the same as Jehovah's Witnesses - both in their own institutions and from employers of that belief? Are these groups self- insured? Have their been any precedents from cases if they do have these policies? Are there any other religious entities or individuals that have brought forth other similar suits?I appreciate any direction in this...
This is from a UK hospital advising its medical staff about religious Issues affecting treatment. As I understand it, Christian Science does not consider recourse to medical treatment to be intrinsically evil and recognizes that a Scientist may make a prudential decision to seek medical intervention, particularly for children. "BLOOD TRANSFUSION - The Christian Scientist would have no objection to blood transfusion as such. However, they would regard it as a material method of treatment, and therefore in conflict with their reliance on spiritual means of healing alone. They would therefore not normally wish to be either a donor or a recipient."http://www.ashfordstpeters.org.uk/attachments/526_Christian%20Scientist.pdf
Thank youj, John...I am going to ask some Christian Science acquaitances about this aspect also... just out of curiosity.. I know the rulings about childrena nd Jehovah's Witnesses on this, but am still intersted on what this means in the US rgarding the current controversy...
but then to ask how involved with such an evil the law requires the claimant to be Eduardo,This just seems like a backdoor way for the government to evaluate the religious claims. If the believer says they are material then its seems like the government needs to accept that, otherwise it is putting itself in the position of evaluating the validity of the religious beliefs. Formal, proximate and remote cooperation are religious concepts, not legal ones. The compelling interest in the least restrictive manner keeps the government away from the validity of the religious claims.Further, I think the non-profit/for-profit distinction is a red-herring. Clearly as a sole-proprietor, my business and my religion are inextricably linked because I am one and the same person. Choosing to operate my business in a corporate form doesn't change that. And adding other shareholders, just exercises my right to freedom of association.
John. Thanks for that UK information. However, this is the US and what if a CS employer declined to offer blood transfusions in health care programs (insured or self-insured) to her/his employees?Can employers, because of religious scruples, decline to provide IVF or vasectomies for their employees?This could become a real nightmare, the broadness of "religious scruples" in this country.
Jim, minor point, but I don't know of any health insurer that covers IVF. Vasectomies, yes.
Bruce wrote: "The compelling interest in the least restrictive manner keeps the government away from the validity of the religious claims."As I understand the RFRA, if the government can demonstrate compelling interest and least restrictive manner, there is no limit to the burden it can put put on anyone's free exercise of religion. On paper,at least, there is no balancing test by which a bigger burden requires a bigger compelling interest. So he court doesn't have to evaluate the burden, although it might throw out cases based on obviously frivolous claims. Although the complaints I have read include first amendment claims, given the Supreme Court's prior decisions it seems likely that RFRA is what will determine the outcome.
Jim McCrea wrote "John. Thanks for that UK information. However, this is the US and what if a CS employer declined to offer blood transfusions in health care programs (insured or self-insured) to her/his employees?"It wouldn't be a good business decision to do that. You pay the lowest tax penalty if you just don't provide any health insurance to your employees. You pay a much higher tax penalty if you provide insurance but exclude some of the required coverages. I haven't seen any cases filed by Christian Science or Jehovah's Witnesses employers. I don't know whether their theology includes the concern about cooperation in evil that ours does. Do we know that they have a problem with providing insurance coverage for benefits they wouldn't use themselves?
As far as birth control being sold OTC, may I point out that all states sell alcohol as an OTC drug and still manage to require ID as proof of age? OTC doesn't automatically equal 12-year-olds with access, unless you factor in shoplifting. There are also retail techniques to prevent that, such as the methods currently employed in many locations to restrict access to Sudafed--no prescription needed, but it is kept behind the counter and in some states a signature is required. There are plenty of middle-ground options that would avoid the problems of the current mandate controversy. The biggest barrier to these in my opinion is the medical offices that would lose the revenue from hundreds of thousands of otherwise healthy women who currently have annual appointments solely to get their BC prescriptions renewed.
Jean Raber, changing to OTC will not meet the HHS goal of making contraception available without cost to employees. It will just shift the cost from the employer/insuror to the employee.I take omeprazole which is also sold OTC as Prilosec. After buying it OTC for a while at a very substantial price, i asked my doctor to write a prescription for for it. Now it is paid for by my insurance.
After five years in the British courts, the Leeds Catholic adoption agency has exhausted its appeals against a decision that it cannot refuse to place children with same-sex couples.The explanation of why it will have to close down its service seems strange - because it will no longer receive donations if it acts against its doctrine. "The Leeds tribunal refused the argument that homosexual candidates for adoption could go elsewhere. The former bishop of Leeds, Bishop Arthur Roche, had claimed during the procedure that the law ought to respect the Churchs opinion in the matter, just as it does in not obliging her to celebrate same-sex unions. The court answered that the religious ceremony is a private matter, whereas the adoption procedure is a public service partially funded by the State, who thus has a right to oversee this activity.The association pointed out that this decision was going to force it to give up its activity, since once it acts against the demands of its own doctrine, it will no longer receive the donations that allowed it to continue its activity."
All this counting of angels on pins could have been avoided if Obama had cared enough about religious sensibilities to resist the temptation to give a favor to one of the groups in his political coalition. Politics over religion, clearly. In other words, hostility to religion.Of course, in your view, religion has no business messing with women's bodies. So, good for politics, eh? Damn the backward bishops; full speed ahead.
Perhaps the Administration did cave to its interest groups since it obviously did not anticipate this reaction. However, no one in this blog has completely satisfied the issue about how other religions deal with their own religious restrictions about certain health care. Until that is more common knowledge and/or adjudicated, I don't know how we expect a fair analysis of how this should affect Catholic institutions. And then we'e the Taco Bell arguments!This is a hornets nest, but I find myself very surprisingly leaning with Antonin Scalia and not with the always so insightful and balanced Tom Reese.
Maybe CS and JW employers don't have the same restricted ideas of cooperation with evil as do SOME RCs. Does the same level of concern for evel .. remote, material, whtever .. apply to cooperatin with the death penalty? The idea that contraception is evil and the death penalty is "prudential" boggles my mind.
Here is a statement from a Christian Sceince group in Illinois:"Another remark made recently is that if there is a religious exemption for institutions from the employer mandate, that Christian Science employers could decide no health insurance for their employees, whether they were Christian Scientists or not. This is ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I had an employer many years ago who was a Christian Scientist and her business included health insurance for its employees that covered both Christian Science and medical care.Christian Scientists do not dictate the health care decisions of other individuals, whether they are Christian Scientists or not. There are certainly no Christian Science business owners who would impose their religious beliefs on their employees in this way.And:The recent heated debates concerning church mandates to cover contraceptives and abortion in their health insurance coverage has unleashed many opinions. This has been a very emotionally charged debate. Our Church, The Church of Christ, Scientist, is not involved in this issue. It is understood as a personal decision."http://www.csillinois.com/2012/02/27/christian-science-and-the-debate-ov...


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[Oracle Identity Manager] Custom Event Handlers
By mustafakaya on Jul 22, 2014
- Validation: Stage to perform validation on the orchestration, such as validity of orchestration parameters. Orchestration parameter is the data that is required to carry out the orchestration operation.
- Preprocess: Stage to perform orchestration parameter manipulations or get approvals or perform Segregation of Duties (SoD) checks.
- Action: Stage in which the action takes place.
- Audit: Stage in which the auditing of operation is performed.
- Postprocess: Stage in which consequent operations related to the current operation takes place. Examples of consequent operations are auto role membership and policy evaluation on a user creation.
- Finalization: Last stage in the process to perform any clean up.
Oracle Identity Manager allows you to implement Service Provider Interfaces (SPIs) to customize the functionality of orchestration operations. Only customization of preprocess, postprocess, validation, and finalization stages of an operation in an entity orchestration is supported.
In my example, i will explain user enable operation. For example, we may want to change user's end-date when user's status change to enable.
1-) Develop custom event handler Java code.
For our example, I will use Postprocess stage therefore our class must be extended from oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.PostProcessHandler.
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<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?><xl-ddm-data version="22.214.171.124" user="XELSYSADM" database="jdbc:oracle:thin:@trkist01-odb-01:1521/MIDM" exported-date="1354621487559" description="RoleUserEventManagement"><eventhandlers repo-type="MDS" name="RoleUserEventManagement" mds-path="/db" mds-file="RoleUserEventManagement.xml"><completeXml><eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd"><action-handler orch-target="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.EntityOrchestration" class="com.mypackage.oim.plugins.events.RoleUserEventManagement" entity-type="RoleUser" operation="CREATE" name="RoleUserEventManagement" stage="postprocess" sync="TRUE" order="FIRST" /></eventhandlers></completeXml></eventhandlers></xl-ddm-data>
b.Package the plug-in XML and the JAR file that contains the custom class or classes into a plug-in ZIP file.
You can use the Plugin Registration Utility for registering and unregistering plug-ins. The utility uses the following files:
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Before using the utility, perform the following:
- Set the values for WLS_HOME and OIM_HOME in ant.properties.
- Build the wlfullclient.jar in Oracle WebLogic server:
- Change directories to WLS_HOME/server/lib.
- Run the following command:
For example:
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OIM_HOME =..../middleware/Oracle_IDM1/server
In addition, set the path for MW_HOME in the ant.properties file.
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To register a plug-in:
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The March 2006 issue of Budget & Tax News features extensive coverage of public-sector pension issues. While Adam Summers of Reason Foundation warns the crisis is worsening, Keith Brainard of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators says the situation is not dire.
On page 1:
- saying "state government should not reap a financial windfall" simply because natural gas and liquid propane prices are currently high, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue issued an executive order temporarily cutting the state sales tax on those commodities. The state legislature approved;
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If you've ever wondered where Washburn's Ichabod Mascot comes from -- it honors the man who made the donation to keep the school's doors open nearly 150 years ago. Ichabod Washburn would have turned 213 years old Thursday, August 18th.
It's Welcome Week at Washburn University and crowds showed up to celebrate the 213th birthday of the man for whom the school is named-- Ichabod Washburn.
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Selbständig and selbstständig seem to share the same meaning. What are the differences in tone and usage?
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"Selbständig" is the traditional orthography of the word (double "st" was collapsed). It also resembles the pronunciation more closely, since saying a double "st" is hard, even for a German.
"Selbstständig" is the more modern variant that is allowed since the orthography reform. It is also the "more logical" variant, since it really is a composite adjective consisting of selbst and ständig.
These are just two ways to spell the same word. There is no difference in tone or usage.
There's no difference. Both are one and the same word, and there's also no difference in tonation. But "selbstständig" is the preffered way to use. As you can see in the "Duden", "selbständig" is just an alternative form for the word.
I think selbständig was the correct form until the spelling reform. Since then you can use both.
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Long answer (also addressing some questions, that were only asked in a "duplicate" of this question)
First of all, there are two possible origins of this words: selbst + ständig and selb + ständig. The latter uses the particle selb which is also used in other German words like selber or selbst. It is most probably impossible to tell which of these two is older.
Secondly, despite many people considering this a spelling issue, it is not. For non-loanwords, like selbständig, all German orthographies (from new spelling over failed spelling reforms to very old spelling) are mainly phonetic and only operate within a certain range of tolerance, such that the following holds (taking into account all orthographies at once): A given spelt word may only represent a very limited number of spoken words and vice versa, e.g., Maß may only represent the pronunciations [mas] and [maːs], and [maːs] may only be spelt with maß, mass, masz, mas, mahs, maas, maahß or other combinations of the elements used therein (ignoring capitalisation).
So, unless an orthography chooses to ignore several major spelling paradigms for this single case only (see below), there is no way that the two pronounced words [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪç] and [ˈzɛlpstʃtɛndɪç] are represented by the same spelling. Also, the other way round, any non-sloppy pronunciation of selbstständig has to contain at least two more phonemes than for selbständig. Admittedly, [ˈzɛlpstʃtɛndɪç] may be reduced to [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪç] without the speaker noticing, but the same also holds for some other words or pairs of words like Schwellenwert/Schwellwert, the difference between which nobody would consider a spelling issue. (Note that one still might consider such differences an issue of style.)
Another argument for are constructions, where the words are decomposed:
Here, there is a clear difference in pronunciation and I do not think that anybody would consider the difference between the two a spelling issue.
However, over some decades prior to 1996, the Duden dictionary was the official orthographical authority and therefore it could declare single-word rules and indeed did (sort of):
However, one can still argue that, even then, selbstständig was orthographically correct, since a German speaker could create a new word selbstständig as a composite of selbst and ständig impromptu, which is not addressed by the above quote and therefore orthographically correct (just as one can create the orthographically correct word Hundekotbeutelspender impromptu). Also, one could argue that this is not an orthography issue and therefore was not under the "jurisdiction" of the Duden's orthographical authority (or any other orthography).
With the orthography reform of 1996, the Duden's questionable single-word rule was not adopted, so there is no orthographical argument against either word anymore. It should be noted, that the current spelling rules use selbständig and the Duden's position regarding selbständig was criticised also by Theodor Ickler, a prominent opponent of the orthography reforms of 1996 and 2006.
Finally, which variant is preferable? Historically and etymologically, both are justified, and neither variant is more logical or orthographically preferable (see above). Selbständig is easier to pronounce and hence most probably the dominant word in spoken language. One might also consider it to be easier to read. Selbstständig on the other hand is more consistent with other words beginning with selbst, such as selbsttätig, selbstredend or selbstvergessen.
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There's no difference in the usage of those words. In fact, they are different spellings of the same word.
This seems to be a case of simplification of a word, that's combined of two other words (selbst and ständig). The combination is a bit difficult to write and pronounce. So the colloquial just "merges" both st and this has also been transfered to the written language – both are valid spellings.
"Selbständig" seems to be used by people who forgot another "st" in "selbstständig".
As long as the meaning of "selbstständig" is intended, I honestly can't think of another explanation.


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I'm taking a course on stochastic analysis. I'm stuck on the very first problem of the lecture notes:
$\lim_{n \to \infty} \left(1+\frac{\lambda}{n} + o(n^{-1})\right)^n = \exp(\lambda)$
Prior to the problem, the lecturer mentioned infinitesimal functions and introduced the Taylor series. I'm not sure how they are useful in proving the above, however.
I thought about taking the log of both sides:
$\lim_{n \to \infty} n\log \left(1+\frac{\lambda}{n} + o(n^{-1})\right) = \lambda$
then substituting $m=n^{-1}$ to get:
$\lim_{m \to 0} m^{-1} \log \left(1+\lambda m + o(m)\right) = \lambda$
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Cook up some sweet treats for your sweethearts this Valentine's Day. You can even have your kids join in for sugary fun.
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Almond Biscotti
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Oscar believes Chelsea plays offensively just like Brazil
Champions League goal-king Oscar believes Chelsea's new attacking style is just like watching Brazil.
The dazzling young forward, who is loving every minute of his new life in London, believes that the adventurous passing game demanded by Blues boss Roberto Di Matteo has allowed him to take to English football like a duck to water.
"It's a pleasure to play for a team which attacks like this. I'm Brazilian so of course I like playing this style of football a lot. It makes me happy to be part of a team playing this way," The Sun quoted Oscar, as saying.
"After every 90 minutes we feel as though we have a better understanding of each other's game and, hopefully, there is much more to come from us," he added.
According to the paper, the Brazil ian international was expecting to be given a gradual introduction to life in the Premier League following his 25 million pound summer move from Internacional.
But he has been an ever-present since marking his first Chelsea start with two memorable Champions League goals against Juventus two months ago, the paper said.
"It's very important to me to enjoy my football and to be with a club which has the same philosophy. I have already struck up a good understanding with Juan Mata and Eden Hazard and our relationship is improving with every match we play together," he added. (ANI)


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When I add a member to a Trello board, the UI pops up a list of possible choices. This list includes people who have accepted the invite I have previously sent for other Trello boards.
If I choose a user from this list, do they get an invite email or are they just automatically added to the board without waiting for a response from an invite email?


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My character has a Cat familiar (lvl 16) with an INT of 11 and a DEX of 15. Previously our DM has ruled that the Cat can retrieve a potion from the characters Heward's Handy Haversack. The question for today is could the Cat familiar open the potion after he retrieves it, and what sort of action would it be (move, standard or full round)?
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It's a magical cat. It doesn't sound any more or less crazy to have it be able to uncork a potion and drink it. Sounds like a full-round action, though.
There is nothing about it on the SRD about cats, but I do remember about a race called Tibbits that could transform into house cats, and the description said something along the lines of "while in cat form, Tibbits function as normal cats and cannot manipulate fine objects or activate magic items", so I'd rule the same for cat familiars.
EDIT: Found it. "A tibbit's cat form is unable to speak or use her paws to manipulate fine objects. She cannot cast spells with a verbal or somatic component, use scrolls, or otherwise activate magic items." it's from the Dragon Compendium, though.
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EDIT 2: Whatever the answer of whether it can open the potion or not, it can sure enough drink it. "Any corporeal creature can imbibe a potion. The potion must be swallowed."
The mechanics of the stopper matter a lot here.
Could a cat uncork a potion bottle? Under a literal interpretation I would say yes. Two paws grab the bottle, the cat uses it's mouth to grab the cork (it's teeth will sink in and grip) and pulls.
I would likewise let it open any bottle whose stopper was some sort of bulb and wasn't too big to go in the cat's mouth.
However, if the stopper were neither of these things and something a human would remove by simply squeezing to get a grip the cat would be unable to do so.
Drinking the potion is another matter. A cat isn't going to be able to upend the bottle and drink the contents, period. Assuming a suitable surface is available, though, the cat could deliberately spill the bottle and then lap it up. I would not require the cat to lap it all up, I would say it has it's normal effect when the cat laps up something like 5-10% of it (the cat's size vs a normal PCs size.)
I would say probably not. Typically, creatures that don't have hands can't manipulate objects designed for those that do. As a DM, I might allow a DC 15-20 Dex check as a full-round action to let a cat open a potion. Looking at the potion activation rules in the DMG, there's nothing explicitly preventing animals from opening potions, but it does say you need to remove the stopper and drink, which is difficult with paws.
I'd let the cat break the bottle if the terrain allows for it (i.e. if the bottle was stored on a table or shelf) and drink a cat-sized dose from the spill, losing the rest, but not allow it to open the bottle intact and get a human-sized dose out of it.
I don't think you'll find anything definite in the rules. It's something that falls into the grey area of "GMs call".
As a game master, I would look at the campaign frame. Is it gritty realism or a cinematic tale of high adventure? If the latter, I would ask myself, would this be something I would expect the pet sidekick of the hero(es) to be able to do? If so, allowing it would probably be reasonable, and what fits best with the frame of the campaign. In that case, I would probably decide how long it takes based on what's most dramatically exciting.;)
I would suggest that it takes a dexterity check for anyone to open a bottle which utilizes a mechanism not optimized for its species' grip style. I would further suggest to the owner of said cat that these issues can be dodged in the future by purchasing, for a slight markup, cat-friendly potion bottles.


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This Week's Liturgy
You are witnesses
April 19th, 2015 (see other dates)
Third Sunday of Easter
Discussion Questions for Reading 1What are some ways people can choose to respond when they discover that they have made a serious mistake? Give examples of what they might say or do. How do you think the Jewish people who heard Peter's speech might have responded? When others object to our beliefs as Catholics, what do you think is the best way to respond? Why?
Imagine that a friend or classmate has made a bad decision that has hurt others as well as himself or herself. How might you help this person to turn back to God?
Reading 1 Acts 3:13-15, 17-19
Reading 1 ReflectionIf you have ever made a serious mistake out of ignorance, you will have some idea how the people in today's reading felt when they heard Peter's speech. It was shortly after Jesus' death and resurrection. Peter wanted them to understand that they had disowned their own Messiah when they insisted that Pilate release Barabbas rather than Jesus. They did not expect a suffering Messiah. So they "put to death the Author of Life."
But now they have an opportunity to recognize the truth about Jesus and accept him as the Savior sent by God. Peter urges them to reform their lives and turn back to God.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Imagine that a younger brother or sister has done something wrong. He or she is afraid to tell Mom or Dad about it. How might you try to be helpful in this situation? If you decided to speak to your parents on behalf of your brother or sister, you would be acting as an intercessor. How is Jesus an intercessor for us? When is the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins renewed and celebrated in our parish?
Why do you think forgiveness is a sign of genuine love? What is your favorite story of forgiveness, inside or outside the Bible?
Reading 2 1 John 2:1-5a
Reading 2 ReflectionIn past ages, it was common for parents and grandparents to write letters of advice and encouragement to their children. Today's reading is from a letter of John to his spiritual children, the Christian community. The letter assures us that even when we sin, Jesus continues to love us. He intercedes for us with the Father. And the Father hears Jesus' prayer because Jesus gave his life as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the world.
If we live by John's advice, we will show our love for God by keeping his commandments. We will forgive others as we have been forgiven.
Discussion Questions for GospelRecall a time when a friend or family member appeared "out of the blue" when he or she was not expected. How did you respond? What are some of the reasons you think the disciples had such a hard time believing that their unexpected visitor was really Jesus? Why do you think disciples then and now do not always understand the Scriptures? Think of a time when you had a "Eureka!" experience of really catching on to what God's word meant. What was that like?
The two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus also did not recognize Jesus until they shared a meal with him. How does the gospel say they came to know him? How do we know him in that same way?
Gospel Luke 24:35-48
Gospel ReflectionThis reading from Luke's Gospel could be called "The Ghost Story That Wasn't." Two disciples who had just met the risen Jesus on the road are telling their story to the other disciples. Then right in the middle of their story, Jesus appears and says, "Peace be with you." The frightened disciples think they are seeing a ghost. Jesus has to show them his wounds and even eat a piece of fish to prove that he is real. The good news is so good that the disciples find it hard to believe at first.
Because they are still not sure what to make of him, Jesus explains how he has fulfilled the Scriptures by his suffering, death and resurrection. In his name, they will go out to preach repentance and forgiveness of sins for all people.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
My WitnessesThe gospel reading concludes with Jesus telling his disciples that they are to witness to his life, death, and Resurrection. Teach the following song to the children to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb.
You shall be my witnesses,
My witnesses, my witnesses.
You shall be my witnesses
To everyone you meet.
Tell them how I lived and died,
Lived and died, lived and died.
Tell them how I lived and died;
And rose to have new life.
The Risen JesusRead the gospel and then discuss it with the children. Ask questions such as,
"How did the disciples react when they saw the risen Jesus?"Gather the children in a circle. Place a picture of the risen Jesus in the center of the circle. Lead the children in the following prayer.
"Why were they afraid?"
"Have you ever been afraid?"
"Do you think you would have reacted the same way as the apostles if you saw the risen Jesus?"
"What did Jesus do to calm the fears of the apostles?"
"Dear Jesus, Lord of peace,
be with us today and always.
Calm our fears and doubts.
Help us to live as your faithful children.
This we pray. Amen."
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Interceding for OthersTo intercede for someone is to pray to God on their behalf, as Jesus prays to the Father for us. Alone or with a partner, write three prayers or petitions under each of the three categories listed below. Offer these petitions daily for one week.
For Individuals
For Groups
For Peace and Justice Causes
Share your petitions in a group prayer service.
Recognizing JesusThe disciples did not at first recognize the risen Jesus. He was the same Jesus they had known before he rose from the dead. But he was transformed in some way that made it harder to recognize him.
Complete each of the following statements to share how you have recognized Jesus in those who follow him.
I have recognized Jesus in a friend or classmate who ___________________________________
I have recognized Jesus in a parent or teacher who ___________________________________
I have recognized Jesus in a priest or missionary who ___________________________________
I hope others have recognized Jesus in me when I _______________________________________
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Something is wrong with my cobweb plot code but I couldn't figure out where do the mistakes come from.
So basically we have the iterative map $x_n == x_{n-1}^{2} - 3 \mu$. I would like to draw a cobweb diagram that shows in the range $-\frac{1}{12}<\mu<\frac{1}{4}$ there exists a fixed point $\frac{1}{2}(1-\sqrt{1+12\mu})$.
Below are the code and the diagram:
My questions are:
1. Why the diagonal line in the cobweb is not appearing and why is it replaced by a horizontal blue line?
2. The label on top is wrong and I couldn't fix it.
3. How can I fix the cobweb code so that I can show, say let $-\frac{1}{12}<\mu=0.2<\frac{1}{4}$ and initial value 2, there is a convergence towards a fixed point $\frac{1}{2}(1-\sqrt{1+12\mu})$.
Many thanks. I really appreciate any helps.


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What are the best practices for drawing attention to specific parts of a design?
Here are some ways you can draw attention, roughly from the least subtle to the most:
In my (limited) experience with graphic design there are a few key ways for drawing focus:
High contrast items tend to draw focus more than low contrast items.
Placement is a little more difficult as it depends on the media. For web design eyes tend to scan webpages in an "F" pattern.
As humans we still haven't lost our "look over there! it's a tiger: run!" instincts toward motion. A little bit of shaking/waving, and we've been distracted from whatever it was that we were paying attention to.
Good summary by VirtuousMedia
I would add shape. Things with harsh angles/corners draw attention more than those that are rounded. However it's also important to keep in mind that things with sharp corners are less enjoyable to look at over time (some evolutionary thing about shark teeth maybe) so that technique is better used for things that need to be seen just once, not things where you want to draw attention and keep it indefinitely


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Stocks Notch Strong Finish After Reeling From Fake Tweet
U.S. stocks ended a tumultuous day with strong gains after a false tweet briefly sent financial markets veering on Tuesday, underscoring technology's role in tightly linking global markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly plunged Tuesday afternoon before finishing with a gain of 152.29 points, or 1.05%, to 14719.46. Oil also briefly dipped, while U.S. Treasury bond prices soared, after a tweet from the Associated Press's Twitter account claimed that there were two explosions in the White House and that President Barack Obama had been injured.
Markets quickly swung back after the Associated Press said on its corporate website that its account had been hacked. The White House confirmed that there had been no incident.
At the height of the confusion, the blue-chip Dow plunged by about 145 points between 1:08 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. Eastern time, following the erroneous tweet. But stocks soon recovered.
Observers said the episode highlighted the growing use by players in financial markets of social media such as Twitter and Facebook, and underscored the dangers of security breaches at a time when many investors are quick to trade on news.
Keith Bliss, senior vice president with New York brokerage Cuttone & Co. on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, said he heard a slow wave of noise across the exchange floor as traders responded to the first tweet.
"We all started looking at it to figure out what was going on, and just as quickly there was another wave of noise after the AP denied the story," Mr. Bliss said. "Just goes to show, you shouldn't have a knee-jerk reaction to anything that comes across Twitter."
The stock move was echoed by similar gyrations in other markets, where oil momentarily lost 0.7% before recovering, and the CBOE Market Volatility Index, the "fear gauge" known as the VIX, spiked 9% before falling back to its level just a few minutes earlier, down 5% on the day.
Trading volumes in S&P 500 e-mini contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, futures contracts tracking the S&P 500, shot up to 83,388 traded contracts at 1:09 p.m. ET, from about 295 traded contracts just two minutes earlier. In all, some 314,000 contracts changed hands in five minutes.
The dollar fell against the Japanese yen after the AP's tweet, dropping as low as ¥98.58 from ¥99.27 before the tweet. It snapped back from all losses within four minutes.
Among precious metals, gold futures saw a brief bump of more than $5 per troy ounce but gold quickly fell back to its previous level, around $1,409; silver futures moved less than $1 per troy ounce and also reverted to their prior level when it became clear the report was a hoax.
At about 1:10 p.m., yields on 10-year safe-haven Treasurys fell about 0.05 percentage points, to 1.648% from 1.703%, according to Tradeweb. But by 1:20 p.m., yields were back up to 1.694%.
"It's a huge drop in such a short period of time, and it could only have been due to some type of huge flight to quality resulting from geopolitical concerns," said Gary Pollack, managing director at Deutsche Bank DB 1.43 % Asset & Wealth Management. "An explosion at the White House that was rumored to have occurred would certainly be a good example of something like that."
Peter Donovan, an oil-options broker at Vantage Trading working on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, said some traders quickly exited positions after the erroneous report of a terrorist attack. "That sort of stuff gets our attention, as you can imagine…but it was immediately met with skepticism," he said.
As the false Twitter report first spread, a staffer at Los Angeles-based JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC said over a companywide loudspeaker: "Careful, those things can be hacked," said Tom Carter, a managing director at the brokerage.
"We made sure no one made a call on it, and sure enough, look what happened," Mr. Carter said. "You've really got to be careful in those moments. It would be irresponsible to start calling clients about it."
Adding to the investor confusion, the website of retail stock brokerage Charles Schwab SCHW -1.01 % couldn't be accessed during the final minutes of stock trading. In a Twitter message, the company said: "We are experiencing technical issues with our site and mobile app and are working on resolution."
The momentary scare came on a day of broad gains for the market, the third-straight advance for the major U.S. large-cap benchmarks. The blue-chip Dow finished near the day's highs, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 16.27 points, or 1.04%, to 1578.78. All 10 sectors of the index finished in positive territory. The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, advanced 35.78 points, or 1.11%, to 3269.33.
Financial stocks led the market higher following a pair of strong reports on the housing market and some dividend increases in the sector. Bank of America BAC -1.29 % and Travelers TRV -1.18 % rose after the insurer raised its dividend and reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations.
DuPont DD -0.10 % climbed the most among Dow components, gaining after it boosted its dividend and beat analysts' earnings estimates. United Technologies UTX 0.07 % fell to lead the Dow decliners after it missed analysts' earnings and revenue estimates.
Netflix NFLX -0.44 % soared to lead the S&P 500 components after the movie-subscription company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results, amid strong growth in new U.S. subscribers. The stock is on pace to finish at its highest level since September 2011.
"We're not hearing the dour reports out of companies that we had expected to see," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist with Janney Montgomery Scott, which oversees $2.6 billion in its asset-management arm. "It's the qualitative aspects of it, and not just the numbers themselves, that have been relatively decent."
In economic headlines, Markit Economics' composite purchasing managers index for the U.S. showed a reading of 52 for April. Readings above 50 signal expansion.
Meanwhile, the Federal Housing Finance Agency's February home-price index showed a monthly rise of 0.7% in February, while new-home sales for March rose 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 417,000. Both readings on the housing market were roughly in line with expectations, and bolstered shares of home builders. PulteGroup, PHM -2.49 % D.R. Horton DHI -2.55 % and Lennar LEN.B -3.30 % rose.
European markets rallied. The Stoxx Europe 600 index climbed 2.4%, as signs of further weakening of the euro-zone economy sparked hopes of a shift away from austerity and toward policies that stimulate growth.
On Monday, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said the austerity policy the European Union has been pursuing no longer has the public backing needed to work. The European Central Bank meets next week, amid growing hopes for stimulative action by the central bank.
Markit's purchasing managers index for the euro zone was unchanged at 46.5 in April. In the region's largest economy, Germany, the composite PMI fell to a six-month low of 48.8 from 50.6 in March. Meantime, France's PMI rose to 44.2 in April, from a four-year low in March. Germany's DAX 30 index gained 2.4% for its best day in five months, while France's CAC-40 jumped 3.6% for its biggest gain since last August.
"In Europe, it's all about the rate of change—we're going from horrible data to not-so-bad data, and the market will rally off that," said Andres Garcia-Amaya, global market strategist at the mutual-fund arm of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which oversees $400 billion. More generally in Europe, Mr. Garcia-Amaya argued, "they can't just use austerity without a plan to help these countries grow. If we see a change from leaders on that perspective, that'll be very positive for Europe."
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite tumbled 2.6% after HSBC's HSBC 1.14 % preliminary purchasing manager's index for April declined more than expected, slipping to 50.5 from 51.6 in March. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average declined 0.3%.
Gold futures finished the day down 0.9% to $1,408.60 an ounce, while silver fell 2.2% to an October 2010 low. Crude-oil futures ended flat at $89.18 a barrel. The dollar rose against the euro and the yen. Demand for Treasurys slipped, nudging the yield on the benchmark 10-year note up to 1.70%.
In other stock movers, MetLife MET -0.79 % rose after the insurer raised its dividend for the first time since 2007, coming after clashes with federal regulators on its capital requirements. The stock had given up 11% since mid-March.
Apple, AAPL -0.12 % which climbed 1.9% in regular trading, rose 4.5% in after-hours trading after reporting quarterly earnings and revenue that beat expectations, while boosting its dividend and expanding its buyback program.
Coach COH 0.72 % surged after the luxury-goods company beat earnings and revenue expectations, raised its dividends and unveiled a succession plan.
—Kaitlyn Kiernan, Matt Jarzemsky, Alexandra Scaggs, Chris Dieterich, Nicole Hong and Christian Berthelsen contributed to this article.
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Cottage Grove Speedway Set For Annual Historical Night On Saturday August 2nd; Fireworks To Close Out The Night
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- it's that time of the year again. Time for the Cottage Grove Speedway to dedicate an entire night reflecting on the decade's long legacy of the ¼-mile clay oval. The annual Historical Night is set for this Saturday August 2nd. Classes that will be on tap include the Huddle Automotive Repair 360 Sprints, Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Hornets. During the course of the night the 2014 class will be inducted into the Wall Of Fame and after all the racing has concluded a Fireworks display will be on tap.
In the Huddle Automotive Repair 360 Sprints two drivers have managed to win twice, those being Henry Van Dam and Seth Bergman. Drivers gracing victory lane on just one occasion include Kyle Hirst, J.J. Hickle, Roger Crockett, Logan Forler, and Colin Baker.
The Late Models in 2014 have been dominated by the "House of Mayea". Rob Mayea has scored three wins while his nephew Shaun has two. The only other driver to finish on top in main event action has been Blaine Taylor.
The IMCA Modifieds are coming off of a very busy Wild West Modified Speedweek. Braedon Hand still has the most wins, with four, while the only of multi-feature winner is Mark Wauge with his three victories. Tom Berry Jr., Jesse Williamson, Nick Trenchard, and Alex Stanford have been in the winner's circle just once in the current campaign.
Evan Britton's win last week kept him on top of the win chart this season in the Street Stock division. Britton has five wins while Justin Evans has three wins while Steve Begley and T.J. Langan have one each.
In the Hornets Taunton Swaim got back into victory lane last time he was out to record his fifth victory of the year. Chris Pierce is the only other multi-feature winner with four with Josh Corley, K.C. Scott, and Eric Cooper all single feature winners.
Tickets are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE and a Family Pass will be offered for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $35.00. Front Gates will open at 4:00 PM and Racing starts around 6:45. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com and click "Fan Info".
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During pregnancy your joints and ligaments are soft, making them prone to injury. You can help strengthen the muscles around these weak areas with gentle stretches every day.
These few exercises will get you started, but don't stop here. There are several very good books and videos on the market today that will help you plan a healthy prenatal exercise program. Talk about your plans with your doctor and then do yourself and your baby a favor and get to work.
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The 5 Most Badass Tales of Wartime Survival
We all know Bear Grylls is fond of looking like a badass on TV, as he "escapes" numerous wilderness areas, sleeps inside a dead camel and drinks his own urine (or at least he did, before he got his ass fired). But we also know that while he's jumping over lava and running through the wilderness, someone else is doing most of the same things while also carrying a camera.
That's why every single person on this list puts Bear Grylls' tales of "badassery" to shame ...
#5. Colter's Run
In 1808, a trapper named John Colter and another trapper named John Potts (the two would go on to inspire the name of the '80s hospital drama Trapper John, M.D., according to a lie we just told) set out in canoes on a trapping expedition near what is now Three Forks, Montana. Suddenly, they were surrounded by 800 Blackfeet Indian warriors on the shore. Colter decided that 2 vs. 800 were hopeless odds and surrendered, but Potts disagreed and started shooting at the Blackfeet. It was an inspiring moment for underdogs everywhere; Potts was basically Rudy.
Except the Blackfeet quickly killed him, ripped out his guts and threw them in Colter's face. In that way he was less like Rudy, and more like nightmares.
Via Legendsofamerica.com
Though judging from his outfit, he might have just seen the intestines as an accessory.
Rather than killing Colter outright, the Blackfeet decided to make the kind of miscalculation that you would think only happens in movies. They asked Colter how fast he could run, to which he replied "Oh, like, totally slower than Native Americans" (we're paraphrasing a bit). With that knowledge, they stripped him naked, spotted him a 100-yard head start and told him to run. They were literally turning his impending death into a race, with the prize being Colter's scalp.
One problem, though ... Colter lied. He was actually a very fast runner. After two and half miles, he had left all the Blackfeet behind except for one. He then stopped and waited for that man to catch up. When the Native American lunged at him with his spear, he grabbed the spear point with his bare hands, broke it off and impaled the man with it. But the Hollywood movie style exploits were just getting started.
And thus, the first three-legged race was born.
After hiding out in a beaver lodge for a few hours, Colter swam five miles downriver, only to find that his would-be killers were still looking for him, likely shocked that someone would be so crass as to lie about how fast he could run when faced with an unspeakably painful death. The only way out of the valley he was in was through a narrow pass that was probably being guarded. So he decided to do the last thing they would expect and climbed over a mountain (still naked, we have to assume). After scaling sheer cliffs by hand, he spent the night on top of the mountain in the snow before coming down the other side the next day.
After that, there was nothing left to do but walk. And walk and walk and walk and walk. After 11 days, he finally reached Fort Raymond. He was half-starved, his feet were torn and bloody and his limbs were swollen. All told, he had run, walked, climbed and swam 250 miles. After watching his good friend get murdered.
Immortalized by his home town in this incredibly disturbing graphic.
Suck it, Bear Grylls.
#4. Meth Saves the Day
In June 1986, during Namibia's war for independence from South Africa, two Namibian guerrillas were on a mission just north of the border inside Angola when they realized they were being followed. They split up. One man went north and made an easy getaway. The other began running south and made a less easy but far more drug-fueled and entertaining getaway.
His trail was picked up by South African Special Forces trackers who began chasing after him in Casspir armored personnel carriers. Despite the fact that the trackers had vehicles with engines, and he was just a dude with legs, he actually managed to increase the distance between himself and the people tracking him.
Via Army-guide.com
Yeah, we're not talking about vehicles that have trouble when you remove the road.
When faced with a man who could outrun automobiles, the trackers upped the ante and called some helicopters, but that didn't work either, somehow. It's like they were chasing some kind of unstoppable half man/half god.
Say, what makes regular people think they're living gods? Ooh, we know: It's drugs!
The South Africans following his tracks found no evidence that he ever stopped to sleep. What they did find, however, was a bunch of used syringes. See, it wasn't adrenaline or fear that allowed this uncatchable guerrilla to get away; it was good old-fashioned methamphetamines. The drugs were so effective in keeping his run toward safety going that the trackers actually found spots where he had collapsed from exhaustion, then gotten back up and started running again.
"Hey, sometimes it takes a few seconds to find the vein."
This went on for five days. Finally, the Special Forces tracked his path to a road and the trail went dead. The South Africans gave up the chase, probably out of pure respect.
The guy is really lucky that he just happened to be carrying enough drugs to fuel him for 230 miles holy shit that's a lot of meth! Jesus. What was his plan with all of that meth if he wasn't being chased by Special Forces? Suicide? The worst two-man bachelor party? We really just want to meet this guy, we have so many questions.
Dude, nobody is chasing you!
#3. Chris Ryan: The One That Got Away
Chris Ryan was a member of patrol Bravo Two Zero, an eight-man British Special Air Service patrol sent to infiltrate Iraq in the opening days of the first Gulf War. Their mission was to cut a buried fiber-optic cable in the desert that ran alongside a busy road.
As soon as they landed, things started to go wrong. They found out they had been dropped right next to an Iraqi Army base, but were unable to tell anyone because their radios stopped working. Then their hiding place was discovered by a goat herder, who ran off and told the Iraqi Army. Never trust a goat herder. Never.
Tell us that goat isn't getting fucked by one right now.
They were then attacked by several truckloads of Iraqi soldiers and ended up ditching most of their packs and gear in order to get away.
With no radio contact, the men decided to walk to Syria, which was 200 miles away across the desert. Unfortunately, at that exact moment, the desert decided to stop being a desert. Temperatures dropped to freezing, and it actually started snowing. Chris Ryan and two other men -- Vince Phillips and Malcolm MacGown -- got separated from the rest. The other five were all killed or captured by the pursuing Iraqi Army.
Ryan, Phillips and MacGown pressed on. None of them had brought any cold-weather gear, because, hey, you don't expect it to snow, especially in the desert, especially when you're only going to be there for a little while to cut some goddamned cable. After three days of this, Phillips started to lose it after lying in snow all day and developed hypothermia. He kept falling out of line, and finally wandered off at night and got lost. MacGown and Ryan decided that if they didn't leave him and keep going, all three of them would die. So they pressed on.
"Hey, MacGown? Remember that part of the application that asked if you'd ever been cursed by the devil?"
The next day, MacGown and Ryan were found by another goat herder. Ryan decided he'd had enough of this goat herder crap and drew a knife to stab the guy, but MacGown stopped him and instead decided to ask the man for food. The herder told MacGown to follow him, and led him straight to the Iraqi Army, who captured him and tortured him. Vintage goat herder bullshit.
Ryan continued on, but soon ran out of water and began to suffer from hypothermia and dehydration. After a few more days, he found what he thought was water in a stream and filled his canteen. When he drank it, he found that it was actually toxic waste from an industrial plant, because why the fuck not, right? Life's terrible sometimes.
"Possible cancer in 20 years or certain death now? Boy, that's a hard one."
Well, there must have been some magic in that toxic waste, because it filled Ryan with the superpower of not dying for just a little bit longer. He was almost dead when he came to the border fence; every joint in his body hurt, his feet were covered in sores and most of his friends had been killed as a result of dick-faced goat herders. He still had enough strength to climb over the barbed wire fence with his bare hands, which we imagine had to add at least a little more pain into the mix, but he made it over the border and into Syria, where a local family that had absolutely nothing to do with goats gave him food and water.
A year later, he was still making regular hospital visits for kidney failure and malnutrition due to his journey. He wasn't declared fit for duty for two years, although we're guessing he was declared fit for loads of sympathy sex much sooner than that.
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One conference per answer. Explain why it was great (mathematically or otherwise), and preferably post a link to the conference website or to abstracts/proceedings.
The famous AMS Summer Research Institute on Automorphic Representations and L-functions held at Corvallis in 1977. It was organized by Borel, Casselman, Deligne, Jacquet, Langlands, and Tate to give a coherent account of the state of the Langlands program. Beyond the organizers, speakers included Springer, Tits, Cartier, Lusztig, Piatetski-Shapiro and Arthur. Generally, speakers were assigned topics to talk on. The proceedings have been a wonderful resource during the thirty years since they were published. They are available on the AMS website (http://www.ams.org/online_bks/online_author.html#B).
Now that this is turned into a community wiki post, I'll throw an answer out there: No, a non-answer!
And my non-answer is this: There are too many conferences, and the vast majority of them too specialized for most of us, to answer this question in a way that would be useful to most mathematicians. (Yeah, I am sticking my neck out here, speaking for "most mathematicians" when it's not altogether clear that I am competent to speak for myself.)
I tend to prefer narrowly focused conferences myself, in a field that I actually know something about. That way, I can at least feel appropriately ashamed when I can't follow a talk on a subject I had thought I understood. Which provides an incentive to do something about it. So if I may add to the original question, then? Why do people go to big general conferences? What do they get out of it? Okay, this may sound too negative. Breadth is good, and I wish I had more of it, but mathematics is a vast field and only a few of us can attain deep understanding in more than a couple of subfields, at best.
The 1900's Paris ICM... just because of Hilbert's talk, in which he modelled the shape of a rather big amount of the mathematics that were to come; and not just by becoming fancy, but by identifying really difficult and interesting problems and, even more importantly, by pointing to logic and rigor so that others could see the necessity for a thorough cleaning of their mathematical building.
(Sorry, I could not locate any link to the proceedings ;P)
The Talbot workshops are mostly aimed at graduate students and early professionals. The topics and plenary speakers vary year-to-year, but the ones I have attended were all very illuminating. The 2009 workshop, on the Fukaya category, was especially good, and there are notes from each talk on the web page linked above.
I'll start. The New Zealand Institute of Mathematics holds a conference every year, a different location and topic each time. In 2006, at Taipa, the topic was geometric topology. Jeff Cheeger gave an excellent plenary series of talks on spaces of Einstein metrics. He and Tian proved certain collapsing results for these metrics, laying the framework for compactifying moduli spaces of Einstein metrics. There were two talks in the morning, and one in the evening after dinner, leaving the afternoon free for activities such as windsurfing. If you can make it, I recommend it. This year (January 2010) will be on quantum topology (although I have to say I won't be able to go).
The Solvay Conference (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Conference), although formally being a physics conference, was attended by Poincare and was fundamental to establishing quantum mechanics and general relativity as important topics in mathematical physics.


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For example:
\delta % ok
\Delta % ok
\epsilon % ok
\Epsilon % error
Uppercase epsilon is E.
To quote from The LaTeX Companion (p. 527),
So basically, nobody would use a capital epsilon in a formula because it'd be visually indistinguishable from E.
If this bothers you, you could define the missing macros for Greek letters, e.g.
and so on.
David's point is worth underlining:
If you wanted to type something actually in Greek, then you would use one of the packages designed for that (search on CTAN for "greek" to get an idea of what's available). The Greek letters that are defined in unadorned LaTeX should not be viewed as letters but as mathematical symbols. So α should be viewed in the same regard as something like ≤. This is underlined by their appearance: just as "x" looks different in text and in maths, so "α" will look different in text and in maths. So the fact that "Α" (
So, in summary, if you want to type
Other answers have made this fairly clear: a capital epsilon is identical to a capital E, so there's no need for a separate LaTeX command. However, there is a point missing from the answers above. Roman letters (by which I mean letters from the Roman alphabet) are conventionally set italic in math mode, to make clearer the distinction between maths and text. But Greek letters are set upright by default (though some journals deviate), because there's no distinction that needs making (assuming you're not writing in Greek). So if you really want a capital epsilon, and you want a consistent look for all your capital Greek letters, you should use \mathrm{E}.
Well, my wild guess is that such macros are missing because CM has no such glyphs to begin with, Knuth's Greek is meant for use in math and not for running text and thus there were no point in duplicating glyphs that are visually indistinguishable from Latin counterparts.


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The web is a mess of incompatible cookie schemes, asinine requirements ("your password must contain letters, numbers, and at least one symbol from !()-_., and must begin with a letter, and once you change it you can't reuse it"), and unreliable (not to mention centralized) third-party authentication protocols.
It seems to me that the web would be more secure and standardized if public keys were universally treated as online identities the way email addresses currently are. Authenticating a piece of information would be as simple as signing it cryptographically. It could even happen on the application layer, e.g. with an HTTP header
Signature: algorithm=sha256;encoding=base64;signed-digest=...;public-key=...
Is public key cryptography truly unfit to serve universal identification and authentication on all internet layers? Or is non-cryptographic authentication a market failure?


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Power to the papal
It's great reading something like Forbes's annual power rankings, because you get article teasers like this: "There are nearly 7.2 billion people on the planet. These are the 72 that matter the most" and puffed-chest pronouncements like this, touting the methodology used in compiling the
annual snapshot of the heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who truly run the world. The list represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet's 72 power brokers — one for every 100 million on Earth.
Forbes measures power "along four dimensions": whether the candidate "has power over lots of people," the financial resources each candidate controls, whether "the candidate is powerful in multiple spheres," and whether the candidate "actively uses that power." By those criteria Vladimir Putin tops this year's list, with Barack Obama falling to second and Xi Jinping, secretary general of the Communist Party of China, coming in third.
Fourth? Pope Francis, whose title Forbes helpfully lists as "pope." His "power profile" doesn't immediately make clear the criteria that helped Francis finish that high. But then here's another great paragraph, again from the methodology, that sheds some light and includes an interesting juxtaposition:
Pope Francis (No. 4) is the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics, or about 1/6th of the world's population. Michael Duke (No. 10), CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, employs 2.1 million people and is the top private employer on the planet.
Thus, Forbes Dimension Number One: power over lots of people (just like Benedict, who made the top ten in previous years). As for Bill Gates, David Cameron, and Benjamin Netanyahu: all comparative weaklings. The evidence is here.
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I want to know how they decide amongst themselves which 100 million people they get to be the power-broker of (or to?). And does the pope have to sign over some of his 1.2 billion Catholics to someone like Michael Duke, who has room for more minions?
Re: Popes being named powerful
The exact opposite of what Jesus intended. Actually sad that they are so named in Forbes :(
In putting the list together, the editors of Forbes used a highly specialized process very much like the ones used by Commonweal editors in scoring their interview with Pope Francis. Non-pros will never grasp its intricacies. In any list longer than 50 names, the reigning pope must appear along with the reigning president and Carlos Slim. Other names are optional
A lot depends on what you mean by power. I think of it as coercive, the power to fire, fine, imprison or execute others. Or maybe to make the kids go to their room.
Popes used to have that kind of power, but now it's more like influence, the power of persuasion. Yes, they still have a lot of the old power over bishops, priests, and possibly some nuns. Maybe there are a hundred million of them remaining, I'm not sure. Seems like it for bishops.
But the Catholic laity is another matter. Increasingly, they listen politely to what popes say, and then decide for themselves whether it makes sense in their own lives. If they decide no, you can condemn it as independent thinking or backsliding or sin, but it's still no. The current pope seems to get that.
Annoying as it may be, making people use a missal they don't like is not a daunting exercise of power.
Apparently, the NSA agrees with the Forbes editors!
If this is a sample of how Francis plans to wield his "power" - then I am very encouraged!
(Scroll down to the letter from Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri)
The Pope wants to hear our opinions -- he wants our input on issues in preparation for the Ot. 2014 synod.
I hope the US Bishops don't thwart this and actually do what the letter suggests.
I don't know if this is exactly pertinent to this blog-stream discussion but I believe the link below goes a long way to explaining the political mystic of Papa Francesco's leadership:
Jorge Bergoglio has that very human touch that inspires hope even in the most jaundice of us.


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This is either a spelling or a pronunciation anomaly; I'm not sure which. Why is "eye" pronounced as the letter "I"?
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Looking at the Etymonline entry:
the g in Old English ege would be the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/. This sound does not exist in modern English as it was palatalised to /ʝ/ and later became /j/, which we usually write with y.
Both spelling and pronunciation are reasonably regular. The word is from Mercian ēge [e:ɣe] (West Saxon ēage). In Middle English the [ɣ] became [j], and the combination [e:j] developed into the diphthong [eɪ]. In later Middle English this diphthong was monophthongized to [i:], which developed into modern [aɪ] in the course of the Great Vowel Shift. The later Middle English pronunciation can be seen in such spellings as igh(e), ihe, and ie; the modern spelling, however, represents the earlier Middle English pronunciation.


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Juneau, Alaska - The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer.
The Juneau-based beer maker has installed a unique boiler system in order to cut its fuel costs. It purchased a $1.8 million furnace that burns the company's spent grain - the waste accumulated from the brewing process - into steam, which powers the majority of the brewery's operations.
Company officials joke they are serving "beer-powered beer."
What to do with spent grain was seemingly solved decades ago by breweries operating in the Lower 48. Most send the used grain, a good source of protein, to nearby farms and ranches to be used as animal feed.
But there are only 37 farms in southeast Alaska and 680 in the entire state as of 2011, and the problem of what to do with the excess spent grain - made up of the residual barley - became more problematic after the brewery expanded in 1995.
The Alaskan Brewing Co. had to resort to shipping its spent grain to buyers in the Lower 48. Shipping costs for Juneau businesses are especially high because there are no roads leading in or out of the city; everything has to be flown or shipped in. However, the grain is a relatively wet byproduct of the brewing process, so it needs to be dried before it is shipped - another heat intensive and expensive process.
"We had to be a little more innovative just so that we could do what we love to do, but do it where we're located," Alaskan Brewing co-founder Geoff Larson said.
But the company was barely turning a profit by selling its spent grain. Alaskan Brewery gets $60 for every ton of it sent to farms in the Lower 48, but it costs them $30 to ship each ton.
So four years ago, officials at the Alaskan Brewing Co. started looking at whether it could use spent grain as an in-house, renewable energy source and reduce costs at the same time.
While breweries around the world use spent grain as a co-fuel in energy recovery systems, "nobody was burning spent grain as a sole fuel source for an energy recovery system, for a steam boiler," says Brandon Smith, the company's brewing operations and engineering manager.
It contracted with a North Dakota company to build the special boiler system after the project was awarded nearly $500,000 in a grant from the federal Rural Energy for America Program.
The craft brewery is expecting big savings once the system is fully operational in about a month's time. Smith estimates that the spent grain steam boiler will offset the company's yearly energy costs by 70 percent, which amounts to about $450,000 a year.
Alaskan Brewing Co. makes about 150,000 barrels of beer a year. The beer is distributed in 14 states after recent entries into the Texas, Wisconsin and Minnesota markets. It brews several varieties of beer, but is best-known for its Alaskan Amber, an alt-style beer. The company is also known for its distinctive beer labels, including featuring a polar bear on its Alaskan White Belgian-style ale.
When asked which beer's spent grain burns the best Smith joked "we're still trying to figure that out. We have our suspicions."
Smith said he hasn't been contacted by other breweries regarding implementing the project, but "absolutely" believes the system could be applied at other, bigger breweries that dry their spent grain.
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- Database
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Are these correct usages of English, or not, and why?
Are these correct usages of English, or not, and why?
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"Database" and "hyperlink" are proper in English; "performant" is not.
Those two "proper" words were invented to fulfill a lexical gap for a new technology; by counting these as improper English, things like "computer" would also become improper English; there is no other way to say "computer," "database," or "hyperlink" that is more commonplace.
However, if a non-standard word like "performant" overtakes a standard word like "capable," "agile," or "efficient" in general usage, then it can be considered proper English.
'Proper English' is a hopelessly inadequate term for any description of the language. English exists in many varieties, and all have equal linguistic validity. The dialect most widely understood, and the one that non-native speakers learn is called Standard English, but it is spoken only by a minority.
Jargon describes the vocabulary used in a specialized field. It is very useful for those working in particular areas because it means they can economize in their use of language. A linguist, for example, can with advantage use the word cataphora when speaking to another linguist because it's shorter than saying 'a feature of grammatical structure that refers forward to another unit'. Used outside a specialized field, however, jargon will normally hinder rather than aid communication.
That said, some words that begin life in specialized use can become part of the wider language and, given the prevalence of technology, both database and hyperlink may now be two such words. On the other hand, performant probably still belongs to the jargon of computing.
Yes 'jargon' is a proper English term. Words that can be classified as jargon could also be proper English words and phrases, in such cases they would be "English jargon". The commonest meaning of jargon is the vocabulary used by people belonging to a particular profession. A layman, hardly can make out words belonging to such jargon unless he/she has an interest in the field.
Ex; A computer jargon would involve such words as Monitor, Keyboard, Microprocessor, Hard disk drive, LED, LCD etc
Like wise a software/internet jargon will have such words as database, hyperlink, performant etc.