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My professor has asked us to give a substantive presentation in order to complete a course. I needed to look up the dictionary as this was a new word for me. Dictionaries do not point to a clear difference between substantive and substantial. How do these words differ in terms of the usage? Their etymology is the same, so this is a matter of usage, I guess.
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Beyond the dictionary definitions, something that is
must have some substance to it, must not be trivial, must be meaningful. It is probably not simply pithy (on the short side), but still needs some support.
Something that is
needs bulk to it (in comparison).
That is, in quantity, 'substantial' is more than 'substantive', but substantive is not brief.
Another way to say this is that 'substantial' is a lot, and substantive has been filled out.
I think there's an emerging difference in usage. By dictionary definitions, both words have a range of meanings, with considerable overlap.
Google's first three entries for substantial cover most usages today 1: Of considerable importance, size, or worth. 2: Strongly built or made. 3: (of a meal) Large and filling.
Their first two entries for substantive are 1: Having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable. 2: Having a separate and independent existence.
Here's a chart showing how substantive has crept up in recent decades.
I'll just throw in an OED definition for substantiate - To demonstrate or verify by proof or evidence. I believe that increasingly, substantive is used to mean capable of being substantiated.
TL;DR: Substantial today tends to refer to physical attributes; substantive is less common overall, and is more likely to be used metaphorically (of abstract concepts).


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In many textbooks, in fact all textbooks I've seen, the fiberwise group action on the principal bundle is on the right. It seems to me that left actions and right actions are essentially the same. Then why do people keep acting on the right for the principal bundle, while acting on the left for many other cases? Is it because one might want to consider the possible additional left action on the bundle?
The answer to the first question is:
Because in local chart we want the action to commute with transition functions, and the latter are traditionally assumed to be acting on the left.
I'll explain better below. Assume we're working with a ringed space $(X, \mathcal{O})$ with structure sheaf $\mathcal{O}$ in your favourite geometry: $\mathcal{C}^{\; 0}$, $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}$, analytic, algebraic,...
First of all, what's a fiber bundle with fiber $F$ on a space $X$? It's essentially the datum of a covering {$U_i$} of $X$ and, for each double intersection $U_{ij}=U_i\cap U_j$ , some transition functions
$\varphi_{ij}:U_{ij}\times F\rightarrow U_{ij}\times F$
that verify some cocycle condition. The transition functions may be tautologically seen as functions
$g_{ij}:U_{ij}\rightarrow \mathrm{Aut}(F)$,
$x\mapsto g_{ij}(x)$
and the traditional convention is that $\mathrm{Aut}(F)$ acts on $F$ on the left.
Now, what's a principal bundle? It's a fiber bundle with $F=G$ and with transition functions $g_{ij}$ with values in the group $Left(G)\subset \mathrm{Aut}_{sp}(G)$ of left translations of $G$ (which is, btw, isomorphic to $G$ itself; and here of course we're considering automorphisms of $G$ as a space not as a group).
So, in local chart, we have: $\varphi_{ij}:(x,g)\mapsto (x,g_{ij}(x)\cdot g)$, where the dot is left group multiplication in $G$, and even actual left matrix multiplication in case $G$ is a matrix group.
Let's stick to the case $G=$ matrix group, for the sake of clearness (but the case of general $G$ is not different). Suppose we want to define an action of $G$ itself on the total space of the bundle.
The spontaneous idea is to write down things in local chart (like physicists usually do) and try the obvious matrix multiplication, say, on the left:
$h_{\cdot}:(x,g)\mapsto (x,h\cdot g)$ for $h\in G$. But... wait!! That doesn't glue, as that locally defined action doesn't commute with the action of the "gauge group" (i.e. transition functions), so it doesn't define an intrinsically defined global left action.
What about trying to do the same on the right?
$h:(x,g)\mapsto (x,g\cdot h)$ for $h\in G$
Well, now it works as the two actions clearly commute:
$h \circ g_{ij}=g_{ij}\circ h:(x,g)\mapsto (x, g_{ij}(x)\cdot g\cdot h)$
and we can glue and get a globally well defined right action.
Recall one way of defining a fibre bundle is a quintuple $(p,E,B,F,G)$, where $E$ is the total space, $B$ is the base, $p:E \rightarrow B$ is the projection, $F$ is the typical fibre, and $G$ is the structure group - that is, $G$ is a Lie group which acts on $F$ on the left.
Then a principal bundle is simply the special case where $G=F$ and the action is given by left translation. It is then an (easy) lemma that such a bundle $(p,E,B,G,G)$ carries a right action of $G$ on the total space $E$.
Left and right is mostly just a matter of convention: a left action by $G$ is precisely the same as a right action by the opposite group: the same object but with the multiplication in the reverse order.
In relation to you last question, you might want to consider the additional left action on the bundle, in a compatible way (acting left then right should be the same as acting right then left). This object is called a principal bibundle if the left action is also principal. These objects come up in two areas that I am aware of. They are used when defining non-abelian bundle gerbes, which are geometric objects representing classes in nonabelian cohomology $H^2(X,AUT(G))$ (here $AUT(G)$ is a coefficient object determined from a group $G$ - it is technically a 2-group or equivalently a crossed module).
The other place they turn up is via generalisation when $G$ is replaced by a (topological) groupoid (or Lie groupoid, if you are in a smooth setting), and you can in fact have two different groupoids, one acting on the left, and one acting on the right. These right principal bibundles (drop the principality of the left action here) are then generalised morphisms between topological/Lie groupoids which are used when presenting stacks by groupoids, especially in the Lie groupoid literature.
There is another possible reason for this convention: to make the notation for the Borel construction $EG \times_G X$ a little nicer. Writing $Y\times_G X$ generally implies that $Y$ has a right action and $X$ has a left action (although of course there really isn't any difference between right and left $G$-spaces). If we habitually work with left $G$-spaces $X$, then we end up wanting the universal principal bundle $EG \to BG$ to be defined by a right action.
I would propose this "explanation" : the archetypical principal bundles are tangent frame bundles of a given type on differentiable manifold (arbitrary or, say, orthonormal ones on a riemannian manifold, oriented ones on an oriented manifold, etc). Sticking to the bundle $P\to M$ of arbitrary tangent frames on $M$ for definiteness, they are naturally viewed as linear isomorphisms $p:\mathbb{R}^n\to T_x M$, $x\in M$.
Thus, using the "standard" (or not ?) convention for composition of maps ($g\circ f$ applies $f$ then $g$), the structure group $G=GL_n(\mathbb{R})$ naturally acts on the right.
Also, note that when you have a left action of $G$ on some space $F$, you naturally construct the associated bundle $P\times_G F \to M$ with fiber $F$, taking the quotient of $P\times F$ by $(p.g,\xi)\sim(p,g.\xi)$. If $F$ is a linear representation of $G$, this is very closely related to the local index notation of tensor fields on $M$ : local coordinates $(x_i)_i$ on $U\subset M$ define a local trivialization of $P$ (via the section $(\partial/\partial x_i)_i$), in which a tensor field of type $F$ is simply a map $U\to F$.
You can look at principal fiber bundles as "half" of groupoids. And for a groupoid right and left actions have a more balanced and obvious meaning.
Consider a connected groupoid ${\bf K}$ (that is, between two objects there is always at least an arrow) and pick an object $x \in X = {\rm Obj}({\bf K})$. Let ${\bf K}(x)$ be the isotropy of $x$, that is the arrows with source and target $x$ (since the groupoid is connected, all the isotropies are isomorphic). This group acts by pre-composition on the arrows with source $x$ and by post-composition on arrows of target $x$. Let us make that clear, let us introduce $$ {\bf K}(x,-) \mbox{ the space of all arrows with source } x.$$ $$ {\bf K}(-,x) \mbox{ the space of all arrows with target } x.$$ We have two "actions" of $g \in {\bf K}(x)$, considering ${\bf K}(x,-)$ or ${\bf K}(-,x)$, that is:
\begin{align} \mbox{ For all $f \in {\bf K}(x,-)$,} & \mbox{ $g \cdot f \in {\bf K}(x,-)$.} \\ \mbox{ For all $f \in {\bf K}(-,x)$,} & \mbox{ $f \cdot g \in {\bf K}(x,-)$.} \\ \end{align}
The first one is an action of the group ${\bf K}(x)$, the second one is an anti-action. If we want also an action we have to consider $f \cdot g^{-1}$, but is not fundamental. So, ${\bf K}(x,-)$ and ${\bf K}(-,x)$ are two (equivalent) principal bundles over $X$, and the projection is given by the target map ${\rm trg} : {\rm Mor}({\bf K}) \to X$ in the first case, and the source map ${\rm src} : {\rm Mor}({\bf K}) \to X$ in the second case.
Conversely, if you have a principal bundle, taking the fiber square of the bundle and then the quotient by the diagonal action of the structure group, you get a groupoid, and these two constructions are inverse one from each other.
Now, if you want to consider not just algebraic principal bundles but smooth ones, you may equip the space of objects and the space of arrows of the groupoid with an accordingly smooth structure: manifold or whatever (I did it for diffeological spaces, actually it's this way diffeological fiber bundles are defined).
As David Roberts said (and you seem to already know), left vs right is just convention. In the same way that Riemannian geometry literature was influenced by the role it played in general relativity, perhaps the literature on principal bundles was influenced by the role they played in particle physics. In particular, Yang-Mills mills theory, the actions are on the right [Bleecker, D. ``Gauge theory and variational principles'' (1985) ]


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Supermodified Racing - Super SecretsWritten by on October 1, 2006 Supermodifieds Are The Ultimate Thrill In Circle Track Ranks
Imagine a car with the speed of an Indy Car and the handling of a Midget. Imagine a car so fast in the corners that it'll try to suck your head off your shoulders. Imagine 847 hp dangling next to your left leg. Imagine no more. We are going to introduce you to one of the most exciting forms of circle track racing there is and take a look at the demographics and technical details of these wild race cars.
Welcome to the world of Supermodified racing, possibly the best kept secret in American motorsports. Fans of the Supermodifieds call them the ultimate short-track racing machines on the planet. They are viciously fast, handle like they're glued to the track, and deliver heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat excitement.
Supers, as they are affectionately called, are largely home-built race cars with monster engines, different-sized tires, and mammoth wings on the top of the car. They are lightweight open-wheeled machines with tube frames scantily clad in aluminum bodywork. If we could picture Steve Kinser rear ending Michael Schumacher, that's a Super. Part Sprint car, part F-1 ride, the Super is a hybrid that sits a razor-thin 3 inches off the ground. In the hands of a capable driver, these cars can do things that a Nextel Cup car could only dream about.
Supers are raced primarily on short tracks under a mile in length. It's not uncommon to see a pack of winged Supers three and four abreast, darting in and out of traffic, and even changing lanes in the middle of the of the turns.
Coast To Coast
Supermodified racing is a cult phenomenon. It is club racing in one area of the country and a touring series in another. Bare-to-the-bones, big-block race cars on one coast, and highly tunable chassis with small-blocks on the other.
There are four sanctioning bodies putting on Supermodified events in the USA. The New York-based International SuperModified Association, or ISMA, is the largest of the four and a true touring series. In 2006, ISMA Supers will visit 12 tracks in 6 states and Canada during their 16-race schedule. Routinely packing the grandstands, it is not unusual for 30 cars to show up for the ISMA shows, which run from May to October.
ISMA's West Coast counterpart is the Western States Supermodified Racing League, or WSSRL. It is the youngest sanction and an outgrowth of the old Supermodified Racing League. This year, its first full year of competition, it will sanction 11 races at 6 tracks. Two smaller sanctions are the Colorado-based Englewood Supermodified Association (ESA), which puts on five races at two tracks, and the Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA), sanctioning 11 races in Ohio and Michigan.
The Most Outrageous Race Car
Not only is ISMA the biggest sanction, but it is also the home of the baddest of the bad. An ISMA Supermodified is unlike any other race car in the country. The first thing you'll notice about it is the wing. It resembles a Sprint car wing, with 24 square feet of surface area and multiple foils across the back. But any similarities to Sprinters end when the cars hit the track. The wing moves as the car is in motion. It lies flat when the car runs down the straightaway and then pops back up when the car races through the turns.
"It lets you get down the straightaway a lot faster," says veteran Supermodified racer Joey Payne, aka The Jersey Jet. "When you decelerate going into the corner, that's when it shoots back up. A lot of people think we have a control inside the car. That's the number-one question asked: 'How do you control that wing?"
Like everything on a Super, the wing is all about speed-drag reduction on the straights, increased traction in the turns. How the wing accomplishes this is painfully simple. A Super's wing is mounted onto air shocks that are bolted directly to the rear suspension, not the frame. There is a single air-filled cylinder that controls the amount of pressure inside the shocks.
The amount of pressure controls the wing's distance of travel. The higher straightaway speeds cause more downforce, which compresses the shocks to lower the wing. Then, as the car slows going into the turns, the gas pressure pushes the rear of the wing back up.
"On a high-speed track like Thompson, we'll put around 150 pounds of air pressure in the cylinder. The goal is to have the wing come down just over center. That picks the back of the car up, taking all the drag off of the car," continues Payne.
Other than the monster wing on top, the most noticeable feature of a Supermodified is the engine placement. Hanging precariously on the left side of the car is a fuel-injected, methanol-burning 470ci Chevy big-block. These motors feature intake stacks that can be raised or lowered to fine-tune torque. Taller stacks equal more torque. On a short track, teams will run the taller stacks to gain more torque and better drive off the corners. The stacks will be lowered on bigger tracks, reducing torque and gaining straightaway speed.
With the engine offset so far to the inside, a Super can carry up to 67 percent of its total weight on the left side of the car. All the weight on the inside greatly increases the cornering speed and handling capabilities of the Super.
With a compression ratio of 17:1, a Supermodified engine will easily make over 800 hp. All of those ponies bolted onto a 1,850-pound race car add up to an insane power-to-weight ratio. In fact, when the West Coast Super contingent ran at Phoenix International Raceway several years ago, the four fastest Supers would have easily qualified for the IRL race being held the same weekend.
Getting all that power to the pavement can be a tricky proposition. The solution lies within innovative suspensions and four different-sized tires. The right-rear tire is the largest at a hefty 18 inches wide, while the left front is the smallest at 13 inches. The right front and left rear are both 14 inches wide, but the left rear has a bigger circumference. Using different-sized tires on all four corners increases the amount of cornering traction and handling.
Tire stagger also plays an important role in the Super's performance. Depending on the track, teams will run anywhere from 2.5 inches of stagger all the way up to 7 inches. In a 1998 race at Sandusky, the paper-clip-shaped 51/48-mile Ohio oval, Payne used a combination of tire stagger and crossweight to reduce his lap times. He increased the rear-tire stagger to 6.5 inches. To compensate for the big stagger, he increased the crossweight by 4 percent to help load the left rear. He made the car turn with the stagger and made it drive off the corner with the crossweight. The result was a big win for the Fairlawn, New Jersey, driver.
Super Chassis Design
While fire-breathing big-blocks, moving wings, and big stagger are all part of Super racing, the true nerve center of the car is the chassis and suspension combination. There are literally dozens of different suspension combinations in ISMA racing. From torsion bar cars, to coil cars, to pushrod cars, if somebody can dream it up, you'll probably find it in the ISMA pits.
Payne's '06 car features a pushrod suspension with inboard-mounted coilover shocks. Designed to be user friendly, Shadow Racing Products built the bell cranks with proprietary motion ratios and shock valving to allow Payne to use a more standard spring rate ranging from 325 to 425 pounds. Other cars using a pushrod suspension may require spring rates of up to 1,600 pounds if the motion ratios are not properly calibrated. Of course, the motion ratio is the key and a closely guarded secret. "If I told you the numbers, I would have to bury you out back," said Bob DuBois, owner of Shadow.
In 2005, Payne's brother, Johnny, raced a torsion bar car in ISMA. Bar cars have the spring base next to the wheel, while the main rear bar goes directly underneath the 45-gallon fuel tank. With the wider spring base and the extra fuel tank support from the torsion bar support tube, a torsion bar car tends to be more stable and more forgiving to drive than other cars. But that comfort comes with a price-it is also heavier. The solid bars add 18 pounds to each corner. That's a lot of weight. And in today's world of Supermodified racing, that's also a problem. "The name of the game nowadays is you've got to be light. If you're not light, you're not going to win. Fortunately, the rules let you add weight where you need it," says Payne.
Most Supermodified sanctioning bodies don't allow bolt-on weights, but they do allow freedom of weight placement. That means weight placement and its adjustability has to be built into the race car, making the design stage the most important step in building a Super.
If you don't want to deal with motion ratios in bell cranks and heavier torsion bars, another option is the coil car. These designs have the spring base set in against the frame. While the coil car is lighter on the corners, the downside shows up on the racetrack when the car gets loose. They tend to be harder to gather up once they get loose, whereas a torsion bar car will snap back in line quicker. To gain the best of both worlds, some teams have gone to a combination torsion bar in the rear and coilover in the front.
The wide variety of suspension designs is a testament to the creativity of the Supermodified teams. The best design is largely a matter of opinion and driver preference. Guys are winning with all three designs and more. "Torsion bars, coil cars, pushrod suspensions, some of the stuff you see is really off the wall," says Midget legend and winning ISMA driver Nokie Fornoro. "But it's all about weight on the wheel."
The simplicity of the ISMA's rule book lends to the creative engineering of the Supers. It looks like a memo pad compared to the phone book of NASCAR. ISMA rules govern the width, length, total weight, and offset weight of the cars. Beyond that, the car's design is limited only by a team's imagination.
Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up, And Hold On
The process of getting into a Super is as unique as the car itself. Squeeze into the cockpit feet first through the top of the rollcage, taking care not to smack your head on the wing. Tucked snugly into the driver's seat, you quickly realize that you're nearly lying flat. Your head is a mere 24 inches above the ground, and you can barely see the left-front tire because of the intake stacks on the engine that sit just in front of your left thigh.
Once you're in the Super and it's go time, getting rolling takes a little help. These direct drive cars do not have transmissions, so they have to be pushed to be started. Plus, you have to bump the engine back to get all the fuel out of the cylinders. Once you've got that taken care of, the process is pretty simple. "Lock it in gear, then the push truck will come up behind you. You put the ignition switch on and he starts pushing you," describes Payne. "Make sure you've got your oil pressure up. Hit the switch and that's it; the fire starts."
The g-force these cars create is something straight out of Top Gun. "We go to some racetracks where the top of your head is trying to get sucked off of your body because of the vacuum that the wings create," says 22-year-old Kyle "The Smile" Carpenter, who drives the Lane Racing No. 9 Super. "On racetracks like Sandusky Speedway, when you step on the brakes you feel like you're going to go through the windshield area. You get down into the corners and the g-forces just try to rip you out of the race car."
The Tracks And The Stars
Even though you can find these race cars across the country, the acknowledged hotbed of Supermodified racing is the Northeast. Tracks such as Oswego Speedway in New York, Thompson Speedway in Connecticut, Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire, and Jennerstown Speedway in Pennsylvania all host Supermodified events under the ISMA sanction.
Supermodified racing is full of colorful personalities. Walk the pits at an ISMA event and you can meet The Jersey Jet Joey Payne, Kyle "The Smile" Carpenter, Liquid Lou Cicconi, and two-time ISMA Champ, Chris Perley The Rowley Rocket with his trademark floppy hat.
While Perley, runner-up for the 2005 ISMA title, is the man to beat in 2006, a third championship is not guaranteed. Longtime ISMA powerhouse Dunigan Racing parked their cars for 2006, leaving reigning champion Pat Abold searching for a ride, and their head wrench Brian Allegresso is now the man behind Liquid Lou's effort. Adding Allegresso, the Ray Evernham of Supermodifieds, makes Cicconi an instant contender.
Perley will also have to fend off the guy who finished Third in the points last year, Fornoro. Fornoro is on a two-year win streak. If that wasn't enough, guys like Mike Lichty, Kyle the Smile, Mark Sammut, and Dave McKnight will all be nipping at Perley's bumper.
"The competition is so close, it's impossible to predict a champion," says Cicconi. "Any of these guys can win it."
The Future
Ironically, Supermodifieds have been around for decades; however, there are fewer than 100 full-time teams racing today. But don't think they're a dying breed. Supermodified racing is alive and well, at least under ISMA's umbrella. It seems that everywhere the Supers go, the fans follow.
Last year during their stop at Lee USA Speedway, promoters had to hold up the start of the heat races because fans were still filing into the grandstands. By the time the line dissipated, Lee's 5,500 seats were full. They were all there to see the Supers. That's a good sign for the struggling short-track owner, if you can get the Supers to come. "We actually said no to at least five or six speedways," said ISMA President Howie Lane. "Only because we didn't have the dates." With that kind of demand, the future for Supermodified racing is a bright one.
If the sanctions and their teams can work together to generate more publicity and maybe a little television coverage, the most outrageous racing on the planet won't be the best kept secret in motorsports for much longer.
The WSSRL
Supermodified racing isn't just a northeastern phenomenon. For years, guys like Davey Hamilton and the members of the legendary Vukovich family pounded the pavement at short tracks on the West Coast in the Supermodified Racing League (SRL). Midway through their '05 season, SRL owner Davey Hamilton sold the league to driver Rick Cameron, who finished Fifth in the '05 points. Cameron renamed it Western States Supermodified Racing League, or WSSRL, and looked to take the series to the next level. "I wanted to grow those [West Coast] markets, particularly Southern California, which is the largest automotive enthusiast market in the world," said Cameron.
While they look similar, WSSRL Supers are different from the ISMA Supers. The biggest difference is the motor. WSSRL cars run small-block engines up to 350 ci and, at most tracks, they are required to run mufflers. Even so, the fuel-injected motors deliver over 800 hp and 700 ft-lb of torque running on methanol. The engines are all aluminum, with no one on the West Coast running the cast-iron blocks found in the east.
Unlike an East Coast Super, West Coast Supers feature fully adjustable suspensions, which can be controlled by the driver during the race. The fuel, shock bias, and crossweight can be adjusted on the fly. A WSSRL car also has a smaller fixed wing as opposed to the movable monster found in ISMA. The WSSRL wing can be adjusted horizontally; move it forward to loosen the car and backward to get it tighter. Those adjustments have to be made in the pits.
Like ISMA and most other forms of motorsports, WSSRL faces a slew of challenges, including rising fuel costs, keeping car counts up, and maximizing purse structures. In almost every case, the solution to these problems is through sponsorship, and Cameron is taking his bid to attract sponsors to the airwaves.
The WSSRL has teamed up with a producer from the hit Speed show Pinks to craft a pilot for the cable network. The show will follow the building of a Super from start to finish, culminating in an actual race. Cameron's hope is that this exposure can translate into better coverage for his league. "We want to draw a parallel line of how Supermodified racing is old school, build it, then run it. We're hoping that the pilot will give us the exposure to get Speed to pick up six or eight of our races."
By turning up the publicity through television, Cameron hopes to attract sponsor dollars that will help him achieve his vision. Five years down the road, he wants to be sanctioning 16-18 races in a season running from March through November. The primary season will be bolstered by a winter heat series held at a track such as Tucson Raceway Park. He envisions a field of 28-30 cars with quasi-spec chassis and spec motors racing for purses in the $35,000 range.
While spec'ing chassis and engines goes against Supermodified philosophy, Cameron feels it may be necessary. "The excitement of Supermodified racing is that the modifications are pretty open. The downside of it is because they are, [the spending] can be crazy. So we're working on modifying some things where we can contain the costs, because they're getting out of control." Lowering costs and raising income, Cameron's plans for the WSSRL are ambitious, but it is that type of drive and innovation that has kept all of the Supermodifieds on the track and not in the garage. CT


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Sencha Architect 2.1 - The toolbox disappeared and unable to get it back
I have this wierd error. I have been using Sencha Architect 2.1 since it was released. But today, the toolbox pane on the left side of Architect just disappeared. I am unable to get the toolbox pane on the left hand side. Did uninstall and install and still the same problem. Rebooted the machine and the same problem. Is there a way I can get the toolbox back. Here is a screenshot below
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Oh man not good.
Can you try removing the appData directory?Phil Strong
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Left Pane not working
I forgot to mention I use a Mac OS 10.8.2. Do you know anyway I can clear the app data. I went to the interface section of application framework tab in Project Settings. I checked Project Inspector Left button and the toolbox showed up on the right, but the project inspector disappeared. So it looks like the left pane that used to be there is no longer working!
Uninstall is not helping as after a install it still has the issue. So there is some leftover configuration files that is causing this.
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Remove this directory and then restart.
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For -ic vs -ical see a Metrolingua entry that basically states that most uses overlap almost entirely, but in some cases there is a distinction, as in economic vs economical, where economical implies thrifty, and economic really just refers to anything relating to economy. I don't know if this applies to any examples of the -ogous suffix.
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Why didn't I get radiation for ovarian cancer? I just had surgery and chemo. Would radiation have decreased the chance of my cancer coming back?
Michael Corradetti, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology Resident at Penn Medicine, responds:
Unlike surgery and chemotherapy, radiation therapy is not typically employed as part of the primary treatment algorithm for ovarian cancer. Radiation is most often reserved for palliation (to relieve symptoms), and occasionally in the setting of recurrent disease. Clinical trials to re-examine the use of radiation therapy in the primary treatment setting are underway at various institutions but in general do not reflect the current standard of care.
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New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute will host a day-long discussion on news coverage of the September 11 attacks and its aftermath on Friday, September 9, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor (between 5th and 6th Streets). The event will feature more than two dozen reporters, photographers, and editors, including Pete Hamill, CNN's Soledad O'Brien, and the New York Times' Jim Dwyer, who covered the attacks 10 years ago.
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According to the Book of Genesis, Noah saved his family and representatives of every animal from a flood by constructing a boat. So since all of humanity should be descended from Noah, does that mean everyone is Jewish?
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As David Perlman stated in his answer, Biblical Noah was not Jewish. Depending on how you define Judaism, the first "Jew", or rather, the first person to recognize the G-d that Jews worship as the Creator and Master of the universe, was Abraham.
If you are interested in nationality, it goes something like this: Noah and his children were the only survivors of the Biblical flood. This means that everyone alive today stems from them. Nationality, then, as outlined in Genesis, stems from them as well. Noah had three sons: Shem (or Sem in English), Ham, and Yefeth (or Japheth in English). See here for a more extensive, but pretty clear, treatment of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Noah
Abraham was a 10th generation descendant from Noah through his son Shem. Jews and Muslims believe they are descended from Abraham via his sons Isaac and Yishmael, respectively. These are the only two groups (that I know of) that identify as Semites, and thus the reason "anti-semitism" has, since the 19th Century, been the name given to hatred of Jews, and the reason Muslims in the latter half of the 20th Century began to object to this term.
So, if you are not descended from Abraham, you are most likely not descended from Shem, but one of the other two sons. Traditionally, Europe is descended from Yefeth and Africa is descended from Ham, but some have viewed this as racist theory because Ham was cursed due to some impropriety that involved his embarrassing his father (Noah) and not treating him with proper respect.
But without getting into all of that, the short answer to your question, based on the additional comments you made to David Perlman's answer, is no, not everyone is Jewish. Only the Jews are Jewish, but we're all cousins.
It's kind of like if Johnson has three kids, and they each have kids, and 9 generations later there's a Johnson daughter who marries a Smith, and they have kids, not everyone who descended from Johnson is automatically a Smith just because one set of Johnson's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren are Smiths.
Biblical Noah was not Jewish. The first Jew was Abraham. Abraham came along ten generations after Noah.
From a Jewish perspective all people are children of Noah. All children of a maternal descent of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are Jewish.
So no, not everyone is Jewish.
Thanks to Seth's comment I did a bit more research on the topic.
The question of who is a Jew is a halachic question. Halacha states (Even Haezer 44) that Jews are those men and women born to a Jewish mother. This is based on the Tamlud Kidushin 68b.
The keeping of halacha began with the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. From that point on Jewish nationality became based on maternal descent.
However, the original question relates to the time of Noah, some four hundred years before the giving of the Torah. To generalize the question we could ask to whom was the Torah given? Who were the people who stood at Mount Sinai and were declared the people of Israel?
I could not find a halachic source for this, and the number of Midrashim that deal with this period seem to contradict one another. There must have been some criteria ... and this seems like a good question to post on it own ...
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It seems my beloved teams are making a habit out of this Ridiculous Postseason Run business. In retrospect, it was the only way it could have gone down.
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Because I'm the only Arizona fan many people know, I've been asked often to comment on the utter ridiculousness of Glendale hosting the NFC Championship game. For brevity, I've put together a Buzzsaw FAQ.
An hour before the tailgating area in Glendale opened Saturday, I met more Arizona Cardinals fans than I'd met in my life. There were three. We were packing the car.
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Liebman shared his expertise on human rights and legal reforms in China with leading administration officials
The White House invited Professor Benjamin L. Liebman to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration advisers one week prior to a February visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinpin. Xi is widely expected to become China's top leader later this year.
At the White House, Liebman discussed human rights and legal reforms in China. The meeting was believed to indicate the United States' commitment to human rights issues abroad, as well as its interest in China's stability and growth.
"Vice President Biden made his view clear that developing a society that provides robust protections of basic rights is in China's interest both politically and economically," Liebman said. "The U.S.-China relationship is extremely complex. It is clear that human rights and rule of law issues continue to be one important aspect of the relationship."
Liebman maintains a grassroots perspective on China's legal problems through regular visits to major Chinese cities and small towns, as well as through interactions with the country's legal community. He said White House officials display a growing awareness that human rights initiatives must address the rights of average Chinese citizens.
Rule of law issues, in particular, provide a viable area of cooperation between China and the U.S. While legal reform has slowed in China, Liebman notes that there is a growing number of well-trained officials who support meaningful change. "Despite recent setbacks and very serious ongoing problems, it is also important to recognize the progress China has made," he said.
China continues to face many challenges, Liebman added, but it is in the interest of both that country and the U.S. to push for legal reforms. "In the long run," he said, "China needs to continue improving its legal system if it is going to maintain stability."


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Freshmen physics textbooks use Gauss's law plus symmetry to calculate the electric field. I was wondering if this method of finding the electric field using a symmetry is used in real applications in life, science, research, or technology. For example do researchers use symmetry to find the electric field due to a charged virus that is spherically symmetric, or a charged DNA that has some kind of symmetry or charged symmetrical objects in nanotechnology. I am looking for such specific applications.
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do researchers use symmetry to find the electric field due to a charged virus that is spherically symmetric?
The answer is no. Why they need to reinvent the wheel? They just use the known formula that exists for such situations that can be proved using Gauss Laws (though they all can be proved without using Gauss laws)
Similar answer can be given to your other question. Though note that since sizes are of atomic level, other forces can come into play.
Theoretically we don't need Gauss law. Only law we need in electrostatics is Coulomb's law to find $\vec E$ and $\vec F = m\vec E$. Gauss Laws and all other tools only help to simplify the calculations. So there is no application of Gauss Law per se but I think you must appreciate the power of Gauss Laws in simplification of many tough situations,many of which have profound practical applications. However theoretically all situations can be solved without using Gauss Laws or symmetry arguments.
Though I recommend checking out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage a really outstanding application of electrostatics and its working can be explained using Gauss' Laws along with properties of conductors.
Gauss theorem is a law relating the distribution of electric charge to the resulting electric field.
So if scientist knows the distribution of charge on some DNA or the surfaces of some virus then they can calculate the electric field.
If you know that charge distribution is symmetrical, you can expect same result for electric field. For example if the charge distribution has spherical symmetry then the field will depend only on the distance:
$$E = k\frac{q}{r^2} \sim \frac{1}{r^2}.$$
More examples of charge distributions you could find here:
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The freshman physics textbooks use the integral forms of Gauss's law, which (in the vacuum) look like this:
$$ \int \mathbf{E} \cdot d\mathbf{A}=Q_{enc}/\epsilon_0 $$ $$ \int \mathbf{B} \cdot d\mathbf{A}=0 $$
These laws also have differential forms, which look like this:
$$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{E}=\rho/\epsilon_0 $$ $$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0 $$
These equations don't really require symmetry to be useful, and can be solved with standard partial differential equation techniques on a computer. For problems involving surfaces with variable charges (like cavities with conductive sides), these differential forms (and the PDEs for the scalar and vector potentials that they imply) are practically the only way to solve for the $\mathbf{E}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ fields everywhere.


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Bystanders react as emergency personnel work the scene where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- Federal investigators say the warning signals at a railroad crossing in West Texas were activated before a parade float crossed the tracks in an accident that killed military veterans.
National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind made that announcement at a news conference Saturday. He said the signals had been activated seven seconds before the float crossed the tracks.
Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed Thursday when a freight train slammed into the parade float in Midland. Sixteen people were injured.
Rosekind said the NTSB reconstructed the accident using video cameras from the train and a sheriff's vehicle.
He said the train started sounding its horn nine seconds before it hit the float. The train engineer also used the emergency brake five second before the crash.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Authorities say that divers hired by the owner of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire on Friday have recovered a body near the site.
Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega said the unidentified person was found Saturday evening by divers hired by Houston-based Black Elk Energy who were inspecting the platform. Vega said the Coast Guard was turning over the remains to local authorities.
The news came shortly after the Coast Guard suspended a 32-hour-long search for two workers missing after the fire erupted. The search covered a 1,400-square-foot area. Vega said the Guard could resume the search if there is credible evidence that one of the workers survived.
Four other workers who were severely burned remained at Baton Rouge General Medical Center on Saturday night.
6 police injured as helicopters collide in LA area
ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say six Pasadena officers have minor injuries after two police helicopters collided over a helipad Saturday in the Los Angeles area.
Police Lt. Phlunte Riddle says a chopper that was landing came into contact with one that was taking off.
The collision caused the rotor blade of one of the helicopters to fall off and its tail to break.
The injured were taken to hospitals for further evaluation after the 4 p.m. collision in Altadena.
Riddle says they included a pilot and an observer in each of the Bell OH-58A helicopters and two officers on the ground.
FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer says his agency and the NTSB will investigate.
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OWLS HEAD, Maine (AP) -- The University of Maine has identified the three victims of a fiery plane crash as two current students and one alumnus.
The school and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said Saturday that the victims were 22-year-old David Cheney, of Beverly, Mass.; 24-year-old Marcelo Rugini, an exchange student from Brazil; and 24-year-old William "B.J." Hannigan III, of South Portland.
All three were members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Cheney was the fraternity's president.
The plane was taking off at the Knox County Regional Airport on Friday night when it struck a pickup truck. A deputy sheriff says the truck was authorized to be on airport grounds. The plane continued to climb but then spiraled downward into thick woods and burst into flames.
The university says DNA tests to confirm the identities aren't expected until Wednesday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police say a southwest Missouri man who confessed to plotting to shoot up a screening of `Twilight' and a Walmart store had been detained after threatening a store clerk three years ago.
Bolivar Police Chief Steve Hamilton said Saturday that in 2009, 20-year-old Blaec Lammers followed a worker around a Walmart and threatened her. He wasn't charged but was committed for 96 hours.
In Missouri, hospitals, law enforcement and citizens can request a person be held against their will for up to 96 hours if he or she appears to be a threat to themselves or others.
Lammers was charged Friday with first-degree assault, making a terroristic threat and armed criminal action. His mother turned him in. He is jailed in Polk County.
Hamilton says Lammers doesn't have an attorney.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities say a New York City boutique owner was shot to death in the head with the same gun that killed two other shopkeepers in the same borough over the summer.
The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/ULUD1F ) that the shop owner was behind the counter of She She in the Flatbush section when he was shot Friday night. The News says the gunman dragged his body toward the back of the store and covered it with clothing.
Police have identified the victim as 78-year-old Rahmatollah Vahidipour (rah-mah-TOH'-lah vah-HEE'-dee-pour) of Great Neck.
Leon Nwabueze (nwah-boo-EH'-zeh) owns the Nanso clothing shop across the street from the victim's store. He says Vahidipour was quiet and worked hard and closed his store each Saturday to observe the Jewish Sabbath.
No one has been arrested in the three shootings.
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RIDGEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Prosecutors say large amounts of chemicals commonly used for making bombs and explosive devices have been found at the home of an unemployed northern New Jersey doctor.
Sixty-year-old Roberto Rivera, of Ridgewood, faces several charges, including possession of a destructive device and recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury. His bail was set at $1 million cash. It wasn't known Saturday if he had retained a lawyer.
Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli says investigators also found several assault rifles and other weapons when they searched Rivera's home Friday night. Ridgewood police had initially responded to the home after receiving a report that potentially hazardous materials might be at the residence.
Prosecutors say Rivera is unemployed but has a license to practice medicine in New York.
SC man arrested in deaths of 2 found in barrels
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina authorities say they've arrested a man accused of killing two people more than a month ago and stuffing their bodies in barrels before dumping them into a lake.
Anderson County Sheriff's spokesman Chad McBride says John Michael Young was arrested early Saturday. A jail spokesman says Young was likely to make a first appearance before a judge later Saturday. He did not know if Young had an attorney.
Deputies charged Young with two counts of murder after collecting a chainsaw and machetes from his home near Lake Hartwell.
Authorities say Young killed 52-year-old Tony McGinnis in September and 37-year-old Andrea Mitchell in October by beating them in the head in woods near his home. Investigators haven't given a motive but say the slayings weren't random.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The gentle whir of passing barges is as much a part of life in St. Louis as the Gateway Arch and the Cardinals. It's a constant backdrop to a community intricately intertwined with the Mississippi River.
But next month, those barges packing such necessities as coal, farm products and petroleum could instead be parked along the river's banks.
The drought that has gripped the Midwest has left the Mighty Mississippi critically low. It'll get lower if the Army Corps of Engineers presses ahead with plans to reduce the flow from a Missouri River dam.
Mississippi River interests fear the reduction will force a halt to barge traffic at St. Louis, perhaps within weeks.
They warn the economic fallout could force layoffs, raise fuel costs and pinch the nation's food supply.
Another US military serviceman arrested on Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese police have arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of trespassing on the southern island of Okinawa amid anger over military crimes and demands for stricter regulations for U.S. troops.
Police say 1st Lt. Tomas Chanquet of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma allegedly sneaked into a room through an unlocked door and slept until spotted by a resident who called police.
An alleged rape by two Navy sailors last month enraged Okinawans and reignited deep-rooted anti-base sentiment on the island, home to more than half the 52,000 U.S. troops in Japan.
The case led to a curfew on all troops in Japan, but two weeks later a U.S. airman allegedly assaulted a teenager. Sunday's incident also raises questions over the effectiveness of the curfew and other disciplinary steps.
Obama travels to Southeast Asia
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is due to arrive Sunday in Bangkok where he'll tour a monastery and then meet with the king and the prime minister of Thailand.
On Monday, Obama will travel to Myanmar where he'll meet with that country's president as well as activist Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) and deliver a speech encouraging Myanmar's ongoing democratic transition.
Afterward, Obama heads to Cambodia to attend the East Asia Summit. Obama is hoping to show that America is firmly committed to the region and will serve as a counter balance to growing Chinese power and influence.
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House says it believes Israel "has the right to defend itself" against attack and that the Israelis will make their own decisions about their "military tactics and operations."
A top aide to President Barack Obama tells reporters traveling with the president to Asia on Air Force One that the U.S. and Israel both want an end to the rocket fire that's coming from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes says Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree that "de-escalation is preferred," provided that Hamas stops firing into Israel.
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SAN ANTONIO (January 17, 2013) – The American Hockey League (AHL) today announced that San Antonio Rampage rookie forward Drew Shore has been selected to the Western Conference AHL All-Star Team for the league's 2013 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Classic set to be played on Jan. 28 in Providence, R.I.
Shore, 21, is tied for the team lead with 29 points in 39 games this season. The first-year center leads the Rampage and is tied for second in the league among rookies with 19 assists on the year. The Denver, Colo., native also holds a plus-4 rating – the third highest plus-minus rating on the team. Shore has recorded six multi-point games in his young professional career and has recorded seven power-play points. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound forward was selected in the second round (44th overall) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers.
Shore is among 13 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders representing the Western Conference. He is the 12th player to be nominated to represent the Rampage in the annual event and was chosen by a committee of the league's coaches.
The 2013 Dunkin' Donuts All-Star Classic in Providence will feature the top young talent in the American Hockey League, competing in the AHL All-Star Skills Competition and the AHL All-Star Game to be televised nationally in the United States and Canada. Of the 597 players to take part in the AHL All-Star Classic since the event was reinstated in 1995, more than 92 percent have competed in the National Hockey League, including Patrice Bergeron, Daniel Briere, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Mike Cammalleri, Zdeno Chara, Miikka Kiprusoff, Ryan Miller, Zach Parise, Tuukka Rask, Pekka Rinne, Bobby Ryan, Martin St. Louis, Cory Schneider, Jason Spezza and Eric Staal.
The 2013 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Classic, pitting the top players from the AHL's Eastern Conference against the best of the Western Conference, will begin with the AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. ET. The AHL All-Star Game will follow on Monday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. ET.
Beginning Friday and until Jan. 24, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the starting lineups for the 2013 AHL All-Star Game by visiting the AHL's Facebook page and completing the official CCM AHL All-Star Fan Ballot. Voters will also be entered to win prizes of a team-signed 2013 AHL All-Star stick (two) and team-signed 2013 AHL All-Star commemorative programs (10).


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Brandeis University is hosting a two-day international conference, April 27-28, to explore the impact of the Holocaust on Israel and its art, literature, music, foreign policy, politics, Zionism, memory and identity.
The conference is presented by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis, and co-sponsored by the Israel Institute and by the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis.
International scholars and public intellectuals, including representatives from Israel, Hungary, Romania, India, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, will join those from the United States for a two-day conference, "The Shoah in Israeli Culture, Memory and Politics."
The speakers include:
• Elie Wiesel (via video)
• Stuart Eizenstat, special adviser on Holocaust issues to Secretary of State John Kerry
• Dan Michman, of Bar-Ilan University and Yad Vashem
• Yehudah Mirsky, of Brandeis University and former special adviser to the U.S. State Department's human rights bureau
• Jan Darsa, director of Jewish education at Facing History and Ourselves
• Mooli Brog, head of education for Taglit-Birthright Israel
• Faculty from Brandeis University, Harvard University, Tel Aviv University, University of Pennsylvania and University of London
The event runs Sunday, April 27, from 12:30 to 6:15 p.m., in Sherman Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center, and Monday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Levin Ballroom, Usdan Student Center.
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Short-term Treasury yields rose and stocks fell as investors worried that talks to reopen the U.S. government and avoid a debt crisis were stumbling again.
The Senate's talks on a plan to raise the U.S. borrowing limit stalled Tuesday, following a move by the House of Representatives to push ahead with its own plan.
The competing proposals from the House and Senate are clouding the prospect of a quick resolution to the political divide that has kept the federal government in shutdown mode for two weeks and threatened to push the country into default. Thursday is the deadline set by the Treasury Department to raise the federal borrowing limit.
The U.S. dollar fell against the yen, recently shedding 0.4% to ¥98.19. The U.S. currency rose against the euro and the Swiss franc but gave up some of those gains in late trade. U.S. stocks slumped late in the session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.9% at 15168.
"We're being held hostage by the headlines," said John Lynch, a regional chief investment officer with Wells Fargo Private Bank in Charlotte, N.C. "I think we're still seeing some gamesmanship here."
In the Treasury market, yields on Treasury bills maturing on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 surged to 0.345% and 0.510%, respectively, as hopes for a deal dissipated. Bond prices move inversely to yields.
Treasury auctions of three- and six-month bills attracted only tepid demand for investors Tuesday, with both sold at rates higher than similar bills in circulation. That continued a trend seen in recent short-term auctions, as many investors avoided debt they believe could be hit in a potential default.
"If we do not get any deal, the market will have an even more severe reaction," said Robert Haworth, a senior investment strategist with U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Seattle. But "it's hard for us to see [congressional leaders] really testing this too hard, because the market will pressure politicians into an agreement."
Gold, reflecting renewed worries that talks may fall apart, climbed in after-hours trading. Futures were recently up 0.4% at $1,281.50 a troy ounce, after ending regular trading down 0.3%.
Investors were more optimistic earlier Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "tremendous progress" had been made toward a deal.
The agreement then under discussion would reopen the government at current spending levels until Jan. 15 and extend the federal borrowing limit until early February, according to aides familiar with the talks. Lawmakers also would begin longer-term negotiations on the budget, with the task of reaching an agreement by Dec. 13.
However, the proposal was rejected by some conservative members at the House, which plans to vote later Tuesday on a new plan that accepts many terms of the Senate plan but would make larger changes to the 2010 health law championed by President Barack Obama.
—Nicole Hong contributed to this article.
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Lincoln evangelist Ed Collins brought his "heal our land" outreach to Nebraska City Friday asking people to remember Jesus Christ and the sacrifices of military service that allow us to be free.
Collins, 61, plans to carry the cross in Nebraska City, Shenandoah and Clarinda before heading to his former hometown of Hamburg, Iowa.
A 1970 graduate of Hamburg High School, Collins said his spiritual journey and acceptance of Jesus as Lord of his life delivered him from alcoholism 28 years ago.
"There were many well-meaning Christians who laid hands on me and prayed for healing. One day I prayed for forgiveness from the sin of alcoholism. I wasn't sick. I was a sinner," he said.
He said following his conversion he was led into street ministry.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Quiz Time at the Grocery Store
20 comments:
- Martin Brazeau said...
She was kidding, right? Please tell me that either she was joking or you're joking.
Great site. So many fantastic recipes. Thanks!
- July 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- Janet said...
LOL!!! That is too funny. "Some kind of fruit"...like a banana? I wonder if she would have known what they were if you bought the green ones.
- July 24, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Alida Saxon said...
Whew. Someone isn't eating their vegetables...
Usually it's just the more exotic fruits like pomegranates that stump the cashiers where I live.
- July 24, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- Lily Girl said...
That made me simultaneously laugh and shake my head in sadness. It's no wonder less than 11% of Americans get their recommend daily servings of fruits and vegetables and that more than 60% of adults are overweight.
- July 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Vinnie G. said...
My personal favorite is the whole cilantro/ parsley confusion which I can understand but I once had a clerk ask me what a zucchini was.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- Natjenn said...
LOL yes I can relate! and waiting patiently while the cashier tries to find it on their list. Although we all have our issues: I'm still trying to convince my onion-hating husband that chives are okay to eat...
- July 24, 2008 at 8:20 PM
- Tofu Mom (AKA Tofu-n-Sprouts) said...
The cashiers at my market always add ..."But how do you COOK that?" and I have to hold up the line or give a SUPER-high-speed-abbreviated version of "How to cook portabello mushrooms"... {{sigh}} or be rude and blow them off which would be... rude I guess. HAHAHAHA. Love your blog.
- July 24, 2008 at 10:20 PM
- Stephanie said...
Haha! I can totally commiserate! I have become so accustom to this that I sometimes say what things are before they can ask, because I can see by their faces that they are stumped before they can form the question. My favorite is anise/fennel, because it is usually listed as fennel in the produce section but anise on the cashier's card. Oh, and jicama is fun too, because no one can pronounce it, much less spell it!
- July 24, 2008 at 10:39 PM
- shelby said...
I had the same thing happen to me a couple weeks ago! She asked me about like 6 things, I mean yeah some are strange but come on, green beans...and mine were really green!
- July 24, 2008 at 10:56 PM
- Matt said...
I especially feel bad when I'm in a trainee's line. I've always got a full load of produce and they seem to have a problem even with simple things like turnips and parsnips. On the up side, I can usually get my heads of raddicio for the price of red cabbage =)
- July 25, 2008 at 12:43 AM
- Asmith80 said...
haha that reminded me of a funny story... A couple years ago I was in Chicago in some mall and stopped by the smoothie place... I was like okay I can't have any dairy... Can you tell me which ones do not contain any dairy? and she was like okay... and struggled with it... The board said what the smoothies mostly contained and my mom pointed to the banana berry one and goes how about that one? and the lady (swear to god) said "oh she can't have that one, it has bananas in it." Dead serious, suggested another one, I go no, I think this will be fine thanks... Just shook my head... Dumbfounded...
- July 25, 2008 at 1:50 AM
- mollyjade said...
I had a clerk who had never heard of cilantro or LIMES before. So sad.
- July 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- allularpunk said...
this happens to me EVERY time i go to the store. they can't tell parsley from cilantro, they don't know what avocados are, they don't know the different types of lettuce (which are different prices)... seriously! come on!
- July 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- leslie said...
I'm about to memorize the PLUs for kale and chard, so as to speed things up. (I'm a green smoothie afficianado!)
- July 25, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- Cravin' Veggies said...
This brings to mind the day I was buying a bag of dried beans. The girl at the register asked me, "What are you going to do with THESE??" When I told her I was going to EAT them, she said something like, "But they are so hard!"
- July 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- FatMom said...
Oh, man! I hear ya, VD! I guess we're kind of lucky here in California, though...but yes, sometimes I DO have to help out the cashier... "That's escarole...that's endive...that's dandelion...("like the weed?")...those are nopalitos..." ("like a cactus leaf?" YES, exactly!)...oh, boy...
- July 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- operagirl79 said...
Sorry, but I had no idea what those things in the last picture were. Seriously, I've never seen them yellow before.
- July 30, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Amanda Sevall said...
I live in California. On the central coast.... produce capital of THE WORLD. And every week at the grocery store I give my friendly clerks a pop quiz of sorts. Good times, good times! Thanks for a good laugh that I can totally relate to!! :)
- July 31, 2008 at 1:41 AM
- denestria said...
This used to happen to me at the store ALL the time. I bought at least one thing a week that caused a stir at the register. Greens, mushrooms, lettuces, squashes, daikon, eggplant, etc always caused problems. No more though!
Our store now has produce scales that you can enter the ID# and it prints out a scanable label with the weight, name and price to stick on the bag. So my husband and I label our produce to avoid confusing the poor schmuck at the register and to avoid being charged for portobellos when we actually bought white buttons!
- February 6, 2009 at 10:06 PM
- reactoss said...
two words: self-checkout!
- March 18, 2010 at 2:23 AM


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It's easy to dance when nobody's watching; in front of a crowd is a much different story. But, through the help of Shall We Dance?, there's no reason to fear tangling your toes on the dance floor, with the expert instruction of the company's co-owners and former professional dance partners, Kimberly Hassman and Brandon Thompson.
Located in Anchorage, Shall We Dance? opened in 2004 in the Louisville area, before welcoming a satellite studio to New Albany the following year. Hassmann and Thompson, along with three part-time staffers, help train men and women to move with fearless elegance, whether preparing for their first dance at their wedding or an upcoming charity ball. The studio offers lessons in salsa, merengue, mambo, the cha cha, tango, fox trot, swing, plus many other styles, in a private or group setting. Shall We Dance? also hosts several travel opportunities, including an upcoming student trip to Argentina, where adults can learn Argentine tango while witnessing the beautiful scenery of Buenos Aires.
Aside from dancing, the studios' space is available to rent for private events, where you can showcase your newfound talent in dance. "It's a great venue for smaller sizes," Kimberly said. "It's a nice venue, it's a very beautiful area, it's just very quaint."
The Voice-Tribune visited Kimberly to learn more about Shall We Dance? and sit in on her lesson with Craig Stevenson and The Voice-Tribune's Lauren DePaso, who were rehearsing their act for the upcoming Motown Idol, part of Louisville Collegiate School's Motown Gala fundraiser.
– Ashley Anderson, Staff Writer, The Voice-Tribune
What type of people do you typically teach at Shall We Dance?
Mostly it's couples. I would say our average age is somewhere between 40 and 60, just wanting to get comfortable. And a lot of it is they're making it date night. Something to do together.
For something choreographed it's usually to get ready for their first dance for their wedding. … (Or) a lot of times a father (and) daughter will come and they'll want something put together, because dad does not want to embarrass (his) daughter.
That's most of the time when people come in for something specific. I would say probably 95 percent of everybody that walks through the door, they just want to be able to look comfortable out on the dance floor, whether it's for a wedding, going to a high school reunion, some type of charity event, a gala.
What's the key to staying comfortable?
Most important is for the guy to stay in charge. The guy is the leader; the girl is the follower. And a lot of times, the guy may not be a really strong leader, but if the girl will just follow whatever signals he's giving her, what direction to move, timing and just do the best you can to stay together, that always looks better than the girl kind of taking off on her own and turning herself, where it looks like she's doing everything.
What else should a new dancer know before hitting the dance floor?
There is dance etiquette. Normally if you're in a dance that travels around the floor, you should be moving counter-clockwise, and a lot of people don't know that. So they're going the wrong way, and so you kind of have people everywhere.
What are the most popular types of dances to learn?
I would say most of the songs that people bring in for their first dance will either fall into a rumba or a fox trot, occasionally a waltz.
What's the best dance for date night or a romantic occasion?
Rumba's the dance of love. Rumba or bolero. Bolero's a little bit slower, very elegant. It has characteristics of waltz, it has the rise and fall, but it also has hip action in it. So it's definitely very sensual, very romantic.
What's the most rewarding part of teaching at Shall We Dance?
I like the idea of being the only studio in New Albany on that side of the river. … The other thing is, I guess what would be most rewarding for me is I've danced all my life but I've been in ballroom dancing for about 22 years now, off and on, teaching. And I love to work with adults because I know the older we get, the harder (it is and) the longer it takes to learn and pick up things. Our brains are not sponges anymore like (they) used to be. And it's very rewarding to see a couple struggling, trying to get through a step or get around the room in a dance, and then all of the sudden the light bulb going off, it making sense, and they tell me, "It's not work anymore, it's fun. I (feel) like I'm really dancing."
Dancing is a great way of expression, and I think it's great for couples because a lot of times maybe there's not so much expression at home, communication, but here you have to communicate together or it's not going to work.
Collegiate Motown Gala
Craig Stevenson and The Voice-Tribune's Lauren DePaso will represent The Voice in Motown Idol, an unforgettable talent contest featured at Louisville Collegiate School's annual Motown Gala, held Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
The Collegiate fundraiser will also include an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, dinner, a Platinum Record Raffle and a live auction. Tickets are $125; Platinum Record Raffle tickets are $100 each for a chance to win $5,000 or your first pick of any live auction item.
Event proceeds fund scholarships, arts, technology and faculty professional development. For more information, visit www.loucol.com/gala.
Shall We Dance? is located at 1404 Evergreen Road in Anchorage and 208 Pearl St. in New Albany, Ind. For more information on the studio, visit www.shallwedancelouisville.com.
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UK bank ex-CEO asks to be stripped of knighthood
(AP) LONDON - The ex-chief executive of failed British bank HBOS wants to be stripped of his knighthood following a scathing report from the parliamentary banking standards committee.
James Crosby says he'll also give up 30 percent of his 580,000 pound ($887,000) annual pension after lawmakers blamed executives' "toxic" decisions for the bank's downfall.
Last week legislators accused Crosby and two other executives of failures in judgment that led the bank to the brink of collapse.
Crosby says he's deeply sorry for what happened at HBOS and that it's right to take steps to remove the knighthood.
Lloyds Banking Group agreed to buy HBOS in 2008 to save it from collapse. The British government spent 20.5 billion pounds bailing out the combined bank, which is still about 40 percent owned by British taxpayers.
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Recently, I was at Jim Wood Park with my family and a few other families while our children played ball. We were enjoying ourselves when a lady came over and asked if she could borrow a cell phone to call her neighbor to help get her car open because her dog was locked inside.
My husband and I went over to see if we could somehow open it for her (there was one slightly opened window.) We were not able to help, so she used our phone to ask her neighbor to help. The neighbor had a key to her house, which amazed me. She told the neighbor where the spare key was and asked her to bring the key as soon as possible. The neighbor was able to come with the key in a timely manner, and my husband and I went back to the game.
Later on that night I thought about the experience and how wonderful it was to be able to help someone. It was a very simple gesture, but I'm sure the lady with the dog was grateful. It dawned on me how unusual it was for a neighbor to have a key to her house ... not that it was a problem, it's just that you don't hear of people really being neighbors like that much anymore.
My reflection did not stop there. I thought about our country and how we are heading into an election year. I have been disappointed with the direction our country had been heading in. What has happened that neighbors aren't as neighborly anymore? Why was I so amazed at the generosity of a neighbor? I guess it's because I realized that our society has become so dependent on the government to help that we don't look to be there for each other or reach out to help like we used to. I don't want the government to take care of my problems. I want good neighbors - how about you? Do you have a neighbor you can call for help, or would you have called the police to help?
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A Simple Themeing Question
I'm just starting to play around with generating a theme for my Ext JS 4.1 (4.2) application. What I want to have as my theme is basically the gray theme, with some customizations. I managed to get this working by moving some image directories around, but when I upgraded to the latest Sencha Cmd (3.0.2) I see to only be able to get the 'default' (or 'theme') images (i.e. the blue ones). Can someone spell out the process by which I can create and use a custom theme in my application which is based on the gray theme?
My initial attempt was to create an app.scss file which sort of looked like this:
$theme-name: 'gray'; $base-color: #ccc; //panel $panel-header-background-gradient: color-stops(#F0F0F0, #D7D7D7); $panel-border-color: #D0D0D0; $panel-header-color: #333; ... etc, making some tweaks to some of the variables to suit our desired look ... @import 'compass'; @import 'ext4/default/all'; /* added some additional CSS styles here */
I noticed after one of my 'builds' that the theme name was changed from "$theme-name: 'gray'" to "$theme-name: 'theme'". I had used the 'gray' name to pick up the gray images (at least that seemed to work).
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Did you follow the Cmd theme guide? http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!.../command_theme It will have some changes as mentioned by Don but for 4.1.3 that guide worked pretty well for me: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...s-in-Cmd-3.0.2Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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5 Jan 2013 8:05 AM #3
I thought I was following the process described in the guide, but it's possible that I missed something. The problem I'm having is that it seems that no matter what I try I can't get rid of the 'default' images. When I run the build from sencha cmd, it seems that it is hardwired to always copy images from the 'default' theme which isn't what I want. However, it is entirely possible that I'm just doing something stupid.
7 Jan 2013 11:49 AM #4
I've gone over the documentation and there is still something which isn't clear to me. My application will only need one theme, so it doesn't seem like I should have to generate a second theme. However, the look I want for my application is based on the gray theme, not the blue 'default' theme. What is the recommended way to build a theme based on something other than the default?
My biggest question concerns the way the images are dealt with. The build process always copies the Sencha images from the 'default' images directory, which means the blue images. If I want the gray, am I supposed to copy the gray images into my own 'resources/images' directory before building the theme? I could solve this problem by just copying the gray images into the 'default' directory, but that seems heavy handed.
I guess my question could be rephrased, what is the proper way to customize an existing Sencha theme that isn't the default theme?
8 Jan 2013 8:59 AM #5
+1 from me.
I also would like to know how to remove default theme from my project and instead use gray theme or some custom build theme.
It is possible with current version of CMD Tool (18.104.22.1688)?
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Just to avoid repeatedly saying いただきました too much, can I occasionally switch it with 下さりました or 下さいました?
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いただきました is past tense of いただく, which is a polite version of もらう, which means 'to receive'.
下さいました is past tense of 下さる, which is a polite version of くれる, which means 'to give'.
They are different words but can be used in the same context as long as you correctly assign who is the giver and who is the receiver. But do take note that the emphasis of the sentence and the particles used may change if use one over the other. Example:
Note: In general, くれる is only used when the giver is the third person (neither the speaker nor the person he/she is speaking to) or if the giver is second person and the receiver is first person. If the giver is first or second person, あげる should be used. Or another way to see it, くれる is used when the giver is out-group, and あげる is used if the giver is in-group. Maybe it's easier to see from a diagram:
Note: the receiver always uses もらう or its variants.
Lukman already gave a nice answer, but let me add some comments in the context of the question.
The question is about ~ていただきました and ~てくださいました, two different methods of making 敬語 out of other verbs. While strictly speaking Lukman's answer focuses on the basic use of いただきました and くださいました as receiving and giving physical items, the same explanation also applies to ~ていただきました and ~てくださいました. In short, they are not interchangeable unless you change the other part of the sentence suitably.
For example, a master of ceremony can introduce a speaker before a speech as "Today we have Prof. Tanaka from Kyoto University (as a speaker)":
The first sentence does not have a subject, but the implicit subject would be someone who "received" the visit, in other words, "us." The second sentence is incorrect. The third sentence has subject 田中先生 and is correct.
However, as a separate issue, some people may find the third sentence not appropriate, because it is usually more polite to avoid using a person to be respected as a grammatical subject of a sentence.