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Morning reads: Bulger, Spitzer, Bishops on VRA
Somewhat overshadowed by events was the release of a statement from the USCCB on the Supreme Court decision overturning Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Cultural Diversity, said:
The recent Supreme Court decision necessitates that Congress act swiftly to assure that the right to vote be protected and afforded to all eligible citizens. We urge policymakers to quickly come together to reaffirm the bipartisan consensus that has long supported the Voting Rights Act and to move forward new legislation that assures modern and effective protections for all voters so that they may exercise their right and moral obligation to participate in political life.
Meanwhile, the Catholic Health Association says today that the current combination of exemptions and accommodations within the HHS's contraception mandate are sufficient.
Campaign-ish notes: Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor of Texas (I didn't know either), won't run for that office again, but is reflecting and, yes, praying, about his plans for the future.
Newark mayor Cory Booker is dominating the Democratic polls in his New Jersey senate race. Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, is considering a senate run in Wyoming against the popular incumbent Mike Enzi, creating some interesting tensions within the state's Republican establishment. And if you like New York City politics, you'll love the entry of Elliott Spitzer (one of New York's shortest-serving governors) into the race for city comptroller. He's already facing serious opposition from Wall Street and organized labor.
In an open letter to Teach for America recruits, progressive education reform advocate Katie Osgood implores them rethink their choice, contending that five weeks of training is not simply insufficient preparation for the classroom, but that any model based on the assumption it is can only serve to harm the intended beneficiaries:
TFA claims to fight to end educational inequality and yet ends up exacerbating one of the greatest inequalities in education today: that low-income children of color are much more likely to be given inexperienced, uncertified teachers. TFA's five weeks of Institute are simply not enough time to prepare anyone, no matter how dedicated or intelligent, to have the skills necessary to help our neediest children. This fall, on that first day of school, you will be alone with kids who need so much more. You will represent one more inequality in our education system denying kids from low-income backgrounds equitable educational opportunities.
She also looks at TFA's approach in the context of the corporate-driven educational reform efforts underway across the country.
Two somewhat different trials continue: Those of George Zimmerman, accused in the so-called "stand-your-ground" killing of Trayvon Martin, in Florida, and Whitey Bulger, accused of lots of things, in Boston. (The live tweets of testimony from the trial are pretty good reading. Sample: "Bulger rejected ID when Weeks brought it to him in Chicago cuz Jack's fake mustache looked like caterpillar, Whitey's was thin.")
Finally, Christian Lorentzen, in the London Review of Books, bucks the consensus trend on Alice Munro in his blunt critique of her work (h/t Matt Boudway), even as the otherwise widely esteemed writer proceeds with what's beginning to seem like a somewhat choreographed retirement campaign, timed as it is with the paperback release of her final collection, Dear Life.
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Re: Spitzer
This interesting Libertarian candidate, Kristen Davis, in New York has a pertinent and very relevant policy question for him:
"I'll ask his position on prostitution," says Davis. "And if he thinks johns should be arrested and charged just like madams and prostitutes. If he thought it was fair that he was never charged as a john under his new felony law but that I spent four months in Rikers Island from which I returned penniless, homeless, and forced to take sex offender classes for five months with pedophiles and perverts while he returned to his wife in his 5th Ave. high rise without ever being fingerprinted, mug shot, remanded, or charged with a crime under the very law he signed."
Good question Ms. Davis.
Anyone who wants to understand Whitey Bulger and the culture out of which he comes should probably read the novels of Dennis Lehane (try We Live By Night, for instance, though it's set back in the 1920s and 30s. But though Lehane has plenty of corrupt police, and by no means only in Boston, I'm not sure he ever has a corrupted FBI. Nor, I think. do any of his crooks have brothers who become university presidents, like William Bulger, who headed the U. of Massachusetts for a while, retiring under pressure because of his seeming reluctance to talk about his brother..
I'm glad Robert Barrett's comment on the Laurentzen review was included in your digital reference. It made me laugh when I encountered it in the next number of LRB.
Will Spitzer's entrance cancel the Weiner surge? Maybe New Yorkers could vote for one of these guys, but both??? And now maybe none. Hold your bets.
I'm praying that Texas Governor Rick Perry will have the good sense (it may be the only good sense he's shown) to not run for any other public office. After he leaves office, Perry should go back to school and get his GED. As a NY Times columnist observed, there's a significant difference between Weiner and Spitzer. I'd vote for Spitzer, but not Weiner.
Re: Spitzer and Weiner. Now, they apologized. I find those who want to give each of these men second chances acting as if they had few choices but to put them into office, regardless of their past very bad behavior. If their wives want to forgive and forget, all well and good. They married these guys and have an intimate history with them, and perhaps a way to reconcile and even build a better marriage -- for them, this is an admirable effort to fix a family.
Voters, on the other hand, have overarching reasons to dismiss them as viable candidates. They have displayed poor character traits in the not so distant past, and voters have no good reason to just let it slide. These men will not be damaged by not being elected to public office.
Weiner was an ineffective congressman. Spitzer was a good attorney general and a crazed governor. Are we supposed to forgive their bad politics or bad sex?
There is another question: why must we be stuck with re-runs again (and not just in NY)? Seriously, what does it signify for a repub,ican form of government that we have so much difficulty recruiting good, strong people to national service? I imagine Spitzer is correct that one needs a hide like a rhino, and he may have one, but is that much of a qualification?
Why must we be stuck with re-runs? Because the people who pay for campaigns know what they can do. The tragedy of democratic elections (which didn't seem to turn out too hot in Egypt lately; and whatever happened to the Turkish demonstations against a popular elected president?) is that if you are thoroughly disgusted with the first candidate, you still have to ask what's wrong with the second candidate. You can't finally rule out the first until you have figured out how disgusting the second is likely to be.
why must we be stuck with re-runs?
A big part of the answer is campaign finance. Spitzer can try to pull off this last minute campaign because he has daddy's big real estate bucks and does not have to raise any money. Weiner had like $4 million stashed away from when he was a congressman.
NYC has a decent public financing system -- but both these guys are bucking that system
One caveat -- I would not be surprised if Spitzer does not make the ballot. As someone somewhat familar with arcane NYS ballot access laws, gathering enough good signatures on his petitions in 4 short days would be quite a feat. I asked someone who is a NYC political operative and he said he does not think anything like this has ever been pulled off. He gave Spitzer less than a 50% chance. Spitzer will have enough signatures when he hands them in on Thursday, but that is only the beginning of the battle. An army of lawyers will be able to disqualify a lot of the signatures. There are ways to disqualify whole pages containing good signatures if the person who collected does not fill out his/her part of the petition correctly. Money doesn't help as much in petitioning. Sure, he can hire people to collect signatures, but they won't be the real pros who know how do it right. Most of those folks are die-hard members of local political clubs who volunteer to do this. The fact that this is being done on such a rushed basis also makes the likelihood of mistakes very high.
I wish Spitzer well. He didn't say "I made a mistake", he said "I sinned". At least he knows the difference. Nobody ever admits that anymore, but he did. He might even have learned the value of honesty through his being caught.
As for the "incompetent" Teach for America volunteers, some of them are some of the brightest kids in the country, and they can't possibly be any worse teachers than some of the education majors i've taught. After Katrina many, many TFA kids came to help the schools, and the schools continue to improve mightily. We're not there yet but are very, very hopeful.
Katie Osgood probably has a point, but she is not a neutral bystander, she is very opposed to charter schools and school choice, it seems.
And my questions is: would someone getting a two year degree in education truly be better trained- or enough that it matters-than the folks with the six week training from Teach for America? I imagine becoming a good teacher grows from experience on the job.
Irene --
In my experience it seems that certain principles of good teaching can be taught and learned by people who aren't the smartest. That includes, for instance, principles of testing such as "Avoid doubly negative questions" and "Avoid using vocabulary in your questions that the students are not likely to know". In my experience the best teachers were the smartest ones, and you can't teach intelligence. Not that all intellegent teachers are good teachers -- sometimes they do not understand how less intelligent people think (I mean people like me in a math class). For instance, they don't realize that dumb kids need to begin a thinking process with stuff that is obvious to the ordinary kids, and they don't realize how limited the vocabulary of dumb kids is.
I'd say that on average the smartest kids *who are interested in teaching all kinds of kids* will generally be at least mediocre teachers, and they'll sometimes be great ones. That seems to be the experience in the post-Katrina school system in New Orleans. No, it isn't fair that some are smarter than others, but kids themselves don't mind brainy teachers if the brainiacs are genuinely concerned about all the students. Not to mention the fact that the smartest teachers can answer the hard questions of the smartest students, which isn't always the case with the less smart teachers. So, Yes, above average intelligence is often a plus in a teacher.
"Are we supposed to forgive their bad politics or bad sex?"
Bad sex = irrelevant (unless one is involved).
Bad politics = the only cogent factor.
But about the Weiner surge .... } ; < }}
Spitzer is reported to have spent $80,000.00 on prostitutes. $80.000.00!!! Surely, at least one of those times had to be even mediocre?
But, all kidding aside, the issue is not really his sins of the flesh. It is that he imposed two standards through force of law and legislation. He, of all people should have known the dark underside of this world. And his personal familiarity should have given him more compassion not a Javert styled prosecutorial complex.
At any rate......for the people of New York to ultimately decide. He will no doubt face tough questions and scrutiny and if he addresses these to the satisfaction of the voters (his employers lets not forget!!), then that is that.


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I have been wondering, is computer science a branch of mathematics? No one has ever adequately described it to me. It all seems very math-like to me. My second question is, are there any books about computer science/programming that are very rigorous and take an axiomatic approach? Basically, putting computer science and programming on a rigorous foundation.
I think your first question has been answered eloquently by others here. I'd just like to add a group of references for your second question. As a math major / CS minor, I was taught CS by people in "Dijkstra's school", which I would consider more rigorously grounded in mathematics than Knuth's. To get a taste of Dijkstra's ideas, you can read all his articles, letters etc., in all their glorious idiosyncrasy, at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/; a favourite of mine is The notational conventions I adopted, and why (EWD1300). An excellent introduction to his view of programming and computer science is:
This was the foundational book for me - really the only CS book for first year university. Kaldewaij is Dijkstra's academic grandchild, by the way.
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Theoretical computer science could certainly be considered a branch of mathematics. This branch of computer science deals with computers and computer programs as mathematical objects. Theoretical computer scientists could be described as computer scientists who know little about computers.
However, when people say "computer science" they usually include many things which would not be considered mathematics, for instance computer architecture, specific programming languages, etc.
Let $C$ and $M$ be the set of all things which are considered "computer science" and "mathematics", respectively. If I understand you correctly, your question is: Is $C\subset M$?
If this is the case, your question is not well posed because neither $C$ nor $M$ are well defined. How do you draw the line between what is math and what is not math without ambiguity? No reasonable answer can be given if you try to treat them as sets.
However, I do believe that $C\cap M\neq \varnothing$ because certain aspects of both "sets" are shared, as others have pointed out (e.g. logic, proofs, etc.)
I would say that computer science is a branch of mathematics.
Donald Knuth is a famous computer scientists and is also considered a great mathematician. He wrote a series of books called "The Art of Computer Programming" which is extremely rigorous and mathematical.
To make my position more clear since it is apparently controversial.
Almost all of computer science is about answering two questions: "What can a turing machine do?" and "How do we make a turing machine do X?". A Turing machine is an abstract mathematical object and any question about Turing machines or their capabilities will be mathematical in nature.
Now, we have implemented Turing machines in various ways (e.g. your PC), but the details of the particular implementation are the subject of computer engineering, not computer science.
It is not uncommon to hear ideas along the lines that
Each subject in the chain is seen as a limiting case of the one before, where some parameter describing constraints or resource limits goes to zero or infinity. From this point of view, mathematics is degenerate special case of theoretical computer science, which is a degenerate case of computer science, which is ...
That depends on whether you consider software engineering to be computer science. I don't. The theory of computation is absolutely a branch of mathematics, and one of the most difficult. Forget P vs. NP, we can't even decide the Collatz conjecture, which can be understood by the average third-grader in a minute or two.
On the other hand, software engineering is applied psychology: how do we economically build and maintain complex software systems, given the limits of human intellect?
If you create a Cayley graph of a group, is that mathematics? What if you simulate the orbit of an element from the group? Where do mathematical models cease to become mathematics? The natural numbers still behave the way they do in an accurate model of them when the model isn't being used by any person. The sole purpose of a computer is to model mathematical objects.
The goal of computer science is to construct or describe a model of mathematical objects, even if there's no implementation of them on any computer or way to get the result that the program is to compute.
Algorithms, ironically, are the aspect of computer science that has the most influence on other fields of mathematics.
A simple case is if you determine an algorithm's time complexity to be too great to actually implement, that is still a contribution to computer science. On the other hand, if you show two constructions are equivalent, say the clique decision problem and factoring large numbers, and there's an algorithm to do one of those things which is of lower time complexity, there must be an algorithm of that same complexity for the second property. The question is, how much information you can avoid obtaining about one problem from the information in the solution or exhaustion of another? The time complexity of an algorithm is an invariant measure of it that gives you a feel for how hard a problem is. When two problems are not equally hard, complex, or time consuming, the harder one cannot be solved using just the easier one's solutions (without those solutions being processed by an algorithm that closes the difference in complexity in the total algorithm). Studying different problems and their time complexities, you see how the genericness of a problem relates to its difficulty to be solved in general. It's also useful to see, for example, logic gates implemented as the solution to a game of Minesweeper, because it shows you what the properties of a Turing-complete system look and feel like.
However, these things can also be deceptive: Initially it might look like you must check every permutation of a type of object to find out what the subset of those permutations satisfy a property, which indicates a hard problem if those permutations grow quickly, say, with the size of the set of permutations. However, it might have a second stage where there's a saturation of independent information and the permutations tried no longer contribute just themselves to the solution of the problem, or else are all determined by the amount of information collected. Like reaching that minimum 3 points to determine a circle.
There are also theorems that characterize the type of data that are viable members of the search space. This is sort of a Mandelbrot program - use your eyes to see what solutions to the problem look like, find a way to enforce those characteristics, and show that they hold for all possible solutions. A good example of this is with projective planes, where the incidence diagrams for finite planes don't have enough symmetry to decide whether even large groups of arrangements which form partial matches are viable pieces of the incidence diagram or not, leading most algorithms to require orders of magnitude beyond the age of the universe to determine the projective planes of a given order, and even those that have managed to find a second stage require massive amounts of searching and weaving of the data together over years of actual runtime to come to a conclusion. The picture I'm painting here is not a success story, it's the reflection of a real lack of understanding of what incidence diagrams for projective planes are like, what rules govern them. An understood object should have an algorithm from the examination of which one can understand the difference between that object and pure noise, a strategy which works well enough to make guesses about the nature of the solutions. So are projective planes' incidence diagrams pure noise? Looking at the incidence diagrams for small planes, they look very distinctive, so the suggestion is that the typical plane looks nothing like any known plane. But in fact, that overall pattern can be induced in a binary matrix, and is shown to hold in planes in general, which means it's possible, starting from that characterization, to greatly reduce the problem's search space. Hence, characterizing the search space of a hard problem is a lot like characterizing the object itself through invariant properties.
I would say that problems relate to their complexity in much the same way as the positions of elements of an infinite set of natural numbers relates to the set's density.
But what is an algorithm? What is a program?
I refer you to Wikipedia for Martin-Loef type theory and Calculus of Constructions for some specific implementations of computation. For full coverage, Practical Foundations for Programming Languages (Harper). For a treatment of domain theory I refer you to Domain Theory in Logical Form (Abramsky).
One answer, given in domain theory by Scott domains, is that the logical structure of a program, as a space of properties and inferences, is like a lattice of subalgebras or normal subalgebras of an abstract algebra that doesn't need a head or abstract algebra containing them all, just a forked or flawed crystal converging to the space where it would be, and that to formulate recursive definitions of program logic is to find the fixed points of the endomorphisms of this order structure, which are equivalent to continuous maps onto itself of a topological space derived from this unfinished lattice. The Stone dual of this is the executed program operating according to this logic, which is a locale whose points are the algorithms. In actual domain theory you have to generalize this a bit, because Scott domains don't form a cartesian closed category, meaning they aren't enough like a topos for programs represented by Scott domains to be arbitrarily expressive.
All of this is a buried version of Lawvere's famous statement that there's a Galois connection between syntax and semantics. More specifically, between a theory and models of the theory, or between a logic and the space of computations it performs (denotational semantics).
On the other hand, there is the relationship between constructions of an object and proofs of a theorem. I don't know if this is the exact reasoning, but if you think about it if propositions can be converted to existential, simultaneously holding properties, then in aggregate they describe a kind of object whose definition is the thing which simultaneously holds those properties, so that to prove those propositions true is to prove the type is occupied by some actual thing. The Curry-Howard correspondence is a proof that proofs are equivalent to programs or constructions, and more generally that intuitionistic logics correspond to typed lambda calculi, and thence to cartesian closed categories (which agrees with how, for logicians, a topos is just the categories of sets for an intuitionistic logic). This affects language design quite a bit, because it provides a means of computing with proofs instead of algorithms. It is the basis for the philosophy of Homotopy Type Theory (Univalent Foundations Program), as well as much of intuitionistic logic and computer science.
There is some degree of interplay between linear logic (i.e. noncommutative geometry) and computer science here. Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone (Baez, Stay) shows that if you replace cartesian closed categories with closed monoidal categories, you can generalize the Curry-Howard isomorphism to get all sorts of wonderful quantum behavior and semantics. Stone duality features again in the study of Chu spaces, which are a model of linear logic that is ultimately pretty similar to Domain theory in effect.
So, if all this applies to intuitionistic logic, what's classical logic? It turns out certain implementations of continuation passing, like call/cc from Scheme, as well as introducing control flow passing or procedural programming into purely functional language like Haskell amounts to making it a nonconstructive logic. The thing that makes Haskell so bothersome (many say outright useless) is that you can't make a program communicate with the outside world or depend on outside communication, even runtime-dependent parameters, without full-stop breaking the format of the language to talk in procedures with the so-called IO monad, or else destroying all the built-in logic that verifies your program behavior. So the lesson is that non-constructive mathematics is like an interactive program, and constructive mathematics is like a library.
Any science, whether it is physics, computer science, or statistics, is driven forward by a combination of engineering "this usually works" and mathematics "this can be proved to be true under certain assumptions".
I would say there is mathematics in computer science, but computer science has elements which are not yet mathematics.
Is Computer Science a branch of mathematics?
In my opinion it is not. It's true that it uses nearly every aspect of mathematics. And heavily depends on Logic. But the questions posed are way different then the ones in mathematics.
In mathematics you normally try to understand the structure of objects and try to categorize them. Mostly it is totally unnecesairy if they are easy to compute or not. For example the Algorithm for a determinant of a $n\times n$ matrix is given by $\sum_{\sigma \in S_n} a_{1\sigma(1)}\cdots a_{n\sigma(n)}$ this formula is highly usefull in mathematics, calculating this is nearly impossible with $|S_n| = n!$. So this formula says a lot about the structure of matrices but it says nothing about how to compute it.
You got these kind of problems in computer science too. But normally you want a solution that is fast and precise not perfect. It does also contain parts like Software engineering which are not mathematical at all.
For me it's like physics, all written down in the language of math. But still knowing math will not help you at all! I mean you could also ask if chemistry is just part of physics as it heavily relies on it. Or biology beeing part of chemistry because it also heavily depends on it.
But I guess there are a lot different opinions. I always felt that I have to bend my brain differently if I want to solve problems in computer science. And that a lot mathematicians can't really programm at all!
Is there a good axiomatic Book
I've never read it myself but "The Art of Computer Programming" from Donald Knuth was often noted to be very good! Althought it is quite old.
For a rigorous approach inspired by Bourbaki, you may be interested in Alexander Stepanov and Paul McJones's Elements of Programming (2009).
It works with a subset of C++, and proves various interesting theorems. But not all propositions have proofs (e.g., the first two lemmas do not have proofs given).
The authors apparently wanted to work in the "Axiomatic method", which seems to be the OP's interest...
the two fields of CS and mathematics are becoming increasingly intertwined especially on the theoretical side and once "more sharp" boundaries are getting blurred by various active/ongoing research programs and developments, and one would expect this trend to continue and heighten gradually over the long term, this century. possibly a whole essay, paper or book could be written on this subject. some examples/highlights where there are strong connections or overlap:
I say that computer science is a branch of mathematics, but it has many branches connected to other sciences or fields of study as well. Many of the founding contributors to the field were mathematicians. The analogy of a musician to sports has no bearing because the person's sports accomplishments weren't necessarily any by-product of this person's musical talents. Computer science was fostered from mathematical carving.
Computer Science touches a lot of different areas of study, and Mathematics is one of them.
I would probably reword the idea to say that Computer Science involves Mathematics. Computer Math is a specialized field because the way computers have been designed has created a focus on mathematics involving Base 2, 8 and other number systems, and a focus on Algorithm designed and efficient use of algorithms.
The study of Cryptology is almost 100% mathematics.
I think of Computer Science as Mathematics with a whole bunch of Application and O/S development mixed in.
I think Computer Science is really a Branch of Engineering. Now whether Engineering is a branch of Mathematics, or whether Mathematics is a branch of Engineering will entirely depend on your perspective and your definitions of both. Because Mathematics is a system of tools, or an abstracted view of accounting for things, I would say Math is more of a branch of Language, and a tool for Engineering and Science.
Of course, computer science is part of mathematics and not the other way around. Why? Take away all the math out of computer science and computers and what do you get? Nothing but metal. Take away all the computer science out of math and what do you get? Math without Boolean Algebra and Binary Numbers. Math will still have the decimal number system.
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Have you seen Amazon's Kindle FreeTime Unlimited?
Amazon just launched Kindle FreeTime Unlimited: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000863021 I'm thinking of picking up a Kindle HD for my nephews for Christmas. They are three and one. The three year old constantly using my wife's Nexus to watch cartoons and such. I thought this might be a more thoughtful and less worrisome gift for them than a Nexus 7.
Have you seen this yet? What do you think?
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Wait.. they CHARGE for that feature? Disappointing, Amazon.
Did the marketing department have any input in on this one? I'd be hard pressed to call something "Free"Time that charges a monthly fee
Its a better deal than it looked on the surface. Top tier books, shows and games for one monthly price. Here is the breakdown of how many of each are included:
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited
Sesame Street (33)
PBS Kids (42)
Nickelodeon (213)
Disney (111)
Houghton Mifflin (50)
Kindle Books (1,027)
Amazon Instant Video (329)
Android Apps (158)
@br0seidon: It's a subscription service. Think of it like Netflix. Amazon charges a monthly fee to access certain kid-friendly books, games, movies and apps. Makes perfect sense.
This is different from the FreeTime app that was already on the Kindle Fire. That allows parents to limit a kid's time on the tablet, and limit what they can do (web access, read certain books, use certain apps, etc.). That's still free.
For this it makes sense to charge since they actually provide content. Not for everyone, but it's an interesting idea. Annoying they called it "FreeTime Unlimited" though, when that clearly will cause confusion with the FreeTime already out there (even though their plans are to integrate them).
They are trying to compete with Barnes and Noble. Amazon lacks any kind of decent childs selection so they know they need to try and edge. BN introduced profiles when they launched their HD and HD+ devices. Amazon is just trying to copy that since they don't have an on device mechanism for it. Barnes andNobles doesn't charge.
@agent019: I'm totally oblivious to Nook offerings so help me out here. What does B&N offer for a children's solution that competes with the FreeTime offering? I found quite a bit on the kids section but it all had prices. Point me in the right direction!
I also found the Nabi device - http://www.nabitablet.com/ . This looks promising... anyone with feedback on it?
@br0seidon: Why is it disappointing? Why should Amazon give you stuff for free?
I was upset that it cost $2.99 a month but once I saw what it included it's a bargain. I would be spending way more in books, movies & aps each month. This keeps them replenished at no additional charge based on the childs preferences & age. Also no accidental purchases. It is password protected so the child can't get out of it. Also you can log into it from other units & set up multiple children.


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Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, Viola. Rev. John Thieryoung, officiating. Serving as pallbearers are Eric Adams, Brian Adams, Travis Boswell, Tony Magnafici, Monte Adams and Tommy Adams. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Viola. Visitation is Friday, March 15 from 4 – 7 p.m. at Dennison Funeral Home, Viola, with Liturgy of the Word recited at 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be left for the Viola Public Library.
Carlene was born April 17, 1926 in Quincy, a daughter of Frank and Catherine Waterman Schalk. She attended schools in Quincy and Sherrard, graduating from Sherrard High School in 1944.
She married Jimmie L. Adams on November 13, 1948 at St. Catherine's Church in Aledo. He died January 16, 1981.
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Glucksman Ireland House has created "Memories of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade," a podcast to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the event:
The podcast, part of Glucksman Ireland House's Oral History of Irish America Project, includes excerpts from interviews with 10 Irish and Irish American New Yorkers—including New York City Police Commissioner and former parade Grand Marshall Ray Kelly, parade participant Joan Dolan, and parade historian John Ridge—all with different experiences and relationships to the parade.
The podcast will also be featured as part of "Ireland America: The Ties That Bind," an exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center (Oenslager Gallery, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza). Curated by NYU Professor Marion R. Casey, the exhibition will be on view from March 14 through August 13, 2011.
This exhibition is part of "Imagine Ireland," an initiative of Culture Ireland, which is a year-long season of Irish Arts in the United States in 2011.
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From [Takahashi][2], I validated some models I have for estimating diffusion coefficients (methods of Fuller modified by Riazi for high-pressures, all pulled from [Poling][3]). Here is the figure mixing experimental data and the models I was looking at.
The experimental data was measuring diffusion coefficients between CO2 and C2H4 over a range of pressure. As expected, at low pressures, does not matter if we are looking at how a trace of CO2 diffuses into C2H4 or if a trace of C2H4 diffuses in CO2, the mass is being diffused at the same speed and thus the diffusion coefficients are the same. However, at high pressures, it is not the case. I've seen complex mathematical expressions modeling it however, and clearly, even my crude model picks up at least the trend, but I'm not sure I understand exactly why it happens. Is it the diffusion matrix that becomes non-symmetric? Or the diffusion process can no longer be modeled just by this diffusion coefficient and other terms appear? Either way, from a molecular point of view, what explains this change of behavior?
[2]: S. Takahashi and M. Hongo. Diffusion coefficients of gases at high pressures in the CO2-C2H4 system. Journal of Chemical Engineering Japan, 15:57–59, 1982.
[3]: B. E. Poling, J. M. Prausnitz, and J. P. O'Connell. The Properties of Gases and Liquids, Fifth Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2001.


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Suppose that $\Omega=\mathbf{R}^n_+$ and consider a function $0<u<\sup\limits_\Omega u=M<\infty$ such that: $$\Delta u+u-1=0 \ \ \text{in} \ \ \Omega,$$ $$u=0 \ \ \text{on} \ \ \partial\Omega.$$ If $u$ exists, then $M>1$.
I don't know to argue this. My idea is to try by contradiction. Suppose that $M\leq1$, so $$\Delta u=1-u\geq0,$$ that is, $u$ is a subharmonic function. If $u$ attains a maximum in the interior of $\Omega$, for the maximum principle, $u$ should be a constant function and this would be the contradiction. But I don't know how to prove that the maximum is attain in interior.


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[carbon capture]
Westlake Chemical Corp. will perform
planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene
unit at its complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the first
quarter of 2013. This expansion will increase ethane-based
ethylene capacity by approximately 230 million lb/yr240
million lb/yr in support of the companys ethylene integration strategy. The unit is
expected to be down approximately 50 days for the work to be
Evonik Industries is undertaking an
engineering study for a new multimillion-dollar methyl
methacrylate (MMA) plant at its site in Mobile, Alabama.
The Evonik executive board authorized the basic
engineering study to evaluate the sites feasibility for a
120,000-tpy facility last month, said Gregor Hetzke, head
of Evoniks Performance Polymers Business Unit.
If approved by the Evonik executive board, the new facility
is expected to start up in mid 2015.
The Lubrizol Corp. intends to build a resin
and compounding manufacturing facility in Deer Park, Texas. The
new plant will require a total investment of approximately $125
million over a three-year period.
Lubrizol evaluated several options for the plans first
phase and determined that the most efficient and effective next
step is to build a new plant located adjacent to its existing
Deer Park additives facility, leveraging current Lubrizol
infrastructure and expertise. Additional site benefits include
its close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico shipping channel and
direct access to pipeline chlorine. The world-class facility is
expected to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2014, and
is designed to complement the companys existing
chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) manufacturing facilities.
CB&I has been awarded contracts by
Occidental Chemical Corp. for the technology license, basic
engineering and front-end engineering and design (FEED)
services for a proposed new ethane cracker. The proposed
cracker is anticipated to have a capacity of approximately 1.2
billion lb/yr of ethylene.
The scope of work includes the basic engineering for the
ethylene technology and five short-residence-time (SRT)
cracking heaters from CB&Is Lummus
Technology business sector. Feedstock for the proposed cracker
is anticipated to be ethane derived from domestic shale
Shell has selected Fluor
Corp. as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for
the carbon-capture facility for its
flagship Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Quest project at the Athabasca Oil Sands
project in Alberta, Canada. The project is being built on
behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands project joint-venture owners (Shell,
Chevron and Marathon Oil),
with support from the Canadian and Alberta governments.
The Athabasca Oil Sands project produces bitumen, which is
piped to Shells Scotford upgrader. Fluor will provide
full EPC services using its patented and innovative 3rd Gen
Modular Execution approach for a 1.1 million-tpy carbon-capture
facility at the Scotford upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta.
Captured carbon dioxide will be sent about 80
km from the facility via underground pipeline to an underground
storage site. Fluor has been providing preliminary services and
front-end engineering and design for Quest since 2009.
Clariant plans to expand the production
capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts, through a
low-double-digit-million Swiss francs investment, at its plant
in Louisville, Kentucky. Production is planned to start in
September 2013.
The Houdry catalysts are part of the broad portfolio of
highly innovative catalyst products from Clariants
business unit Catalysis & Energy (formerly
Süd-Chemie). It is headquartered in
Munich, Germany, and has 16 catalyst production sites
Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts are used in the petrochemical industry to produce
C3 and C4 olefins from light paraffins
(including butadiene), using the CATOFIN and CATADIENE
technologies, which are exclusively licensed through
Lummus Technology, a
CB&I business sector.
ThyssenKrupp Uhde has been selected by
OCI Construction Group for an
engineering and procurement contract to construct what will
reportedly be one of the worlds largest single-train
liquid fertilizer plants to be built in the US.
ThyssenKrupp Uhde will design and supply the plant, which
will be built near Wever, Iowa, through its US business partner
Uhde Corp. of America. The liquid fertilizer
urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) is produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide, with urea solution,
nitric acid and ammonium nitrate being produced as
intermediates. Orascom Construction Industries
(OCI) is building the entire complex for its subsidiary,
Iowa Fertilizer Co. (IFCo). Commissioning is
scheduled for 2015.
This will reportedly be the first new sizeable fertilizer
complex to be built in the US in almost 25 years. ThyssenKrupp
Uhde will develop the engineering for six of the seven process
plants, as well as supply the required process equipment and
machinery. As an additional product, the plant will produce a
high-purity urea solution, also called diesel exhaust fluid
(DEF), that will be used to improve the environmental performance of diesel
engines by reducing nitrogen oxides in the exhaust. The scope
of supplies also includes a plant for manufacturing urea
granules which will be produced using the ThyssenKrupp Uhde
Fertilizer Technology (UFT) process.
ThyssenKrupp Uhdes processes are also being used in
the nitric acid, ammonium nitrate and UAN plants. The urea
plant will use the synthesis process from
Stamicarbon. From 2006 to 2008, ThyssenKrupp
Uhde successfully engineered a similar-sized plant at Point
Lisas, Trinidad, and provided the plants key equipment.
The Point Lisas plant and the new Iowa fertilizer plant, with
its production capacity 4,300 tpd, will be the largest
single-train UAN plants in the
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Baseball Falls 8-6 in Extra Innings to Tusculum, Closes 2014 SeasonApril 25, 2014
FOREST CITY, N.C. – Unable to hang on to its eighth-inning lead, sixth-seeded Anderson University baseball fell victim to a late-inning rally produced by fifth-seeded Tusculum, as the Pioneers eliminated the Trojans from the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament with an 8-6 extra-inning win in a consolation bracket matchup Friday afternoon at McNair Field.
With the setback, AU closes the 2014 season with a 19-32 overall record after earning the program's first bid into the SAC Tournament. The Pioneers, which improve to 27-20 for the year, move on in the consolation bracket as they await the loser of the second-seeded Wingate and third-seeded Lincoln Memorial contest scheduled for late Friday evening.
Despite Anderson out-hitting Tusculum 13-11 for the game, the Pioneers took advantage of six costly defensive miscues by the Trojan defense, scoring just four earned runs for the game. The six errors in a season-high and the most since an 8-7 win over Newberry on March 30, 2013.
The Anderson offense was paced by designated hitter LJ Newman and shortstop Brett Cash, as the tandem combined for six of AU's 13 hits. For Newman, the sophomore matched a season-high two doubles for the game, highlighted by an RBI two-bagger in the fourth inning to put the Trojans ahead, 2-1. Later, Newman crossed the plate in the sixth inning en route to a three-run frame.
Cash, who went 3-for-4 against Catawba on Thursday, matched his three-hit total with a 3-for-5 performance on the afternoon. Cash headlined his day with an RBI double in the fifth inning, which plated sophomore Steven Cooper from second base. For the tournament, Cash finished 6-for-9 (.667) with two doubles, a pair of RBI and a run scored.
Cooper also pounded out a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-4 with a run scored. Despite leading the conference in hits after the regular season wrapped up, Cooper's multi-hit game was just his second in his last seven contests after leading the team with 20 multi-hit contests prior to the span. The All-SAC First Team selection closes the 2014 campaign with a .347 average and a team-high 70 hits for the year.
Sophomore second baseman Kyle Bailey added two hits while scoring a run, and senior center fielder Josh Hickman joined Cash and Newman with a two-RBI double in the sixth inning for his only hit of the contest.
Senior left fielder Nathan Galliford tallied a 10th-inning single for his lone hit of the game, but added to his league-leading RBI total of 50 with two RBI for the game. Galliford became the first player in the league with 50 RBI this season, while closing the year tied for the program record in home runs with 15.
On the hill, senior right-hander Thomas Goodman tossed seven complete innings and struck out four Tusculum hitters, while giving up two earned runs. Goodman walked four batters, but left the game with the lead at 6-5. Despite the slim advantage, the Tusculum offense got to AU's relievers, claiming five hits for three runs in the final three innings to clinch the tournament victory.
Tusculum's Heath Comerford and Trey Drewery, who are slotted No. 3 and No. 4 in the Pioneer lineup, combined for four hits, headlined by Comberford's two-RBI double in the 10th, bringing home the eventual winning runs. The double was TC's only extra-base hit of the contest.
Defensively, Tusculum's bullpen solidified the victory as Billy Sivyer tossed four shutout innings with four strikeouts, while TJ Miller entered in the game's only extra frame and struck out two Trojans en route to his second save of the year. Starter Christian Raasch went five complete innings and allowed eight hits with five earned runs.
Tusculum, which claimed its third win over Anderson this season, looks to advance through the consolation round as it snapped a five-game losing streak with the win.


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For easier installing, this is the list of the required libraries. They are explained below.
subversion git cmake build-essential yasm libqt4-dev kdelibs5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libxml2-dev libx264-dev libtheora-dev libxvidcore-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libschroedinger-dev libmp3lame-dev libfaac-dev libfaad-dev libgsm1-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libsamplerate0-dev libjack-dev libsox-dev ladspa-sdk swh-plugins libmad0-dev libpango1.0-dev
To download the source code you will need to install Subversion and git.
Additionally required for compiling stuff:
MLT relies on FFmpeg compilation parameters. If your distribution ships with an outdated FFmpeg version, it may not be able to use the audio and video codecs like H.264 or AVCHD. In this case, recompile FFmpeg with all needed options or ask FFmpeg packager to upgrade.
Please inform us of additional dependencies that we may have forgotten.
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for OpenSuse11.0 see:
for Mandriva:
install with urpmi the following packages:
subversion cmake task-c-devel task-c++-devel qt4-devel libSDL-devel
kdelibs4-devel gettext sox-devel libdv-dev jack-devel ladspa-devel
You also need to install and use the Kommander for KDE 3 version when
running this script.
for Kubuntu 8.10:
1) sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
2) on a single line:
sudo apt-get install gettext kommander gawk x11proto-core-dev libxau-dev libxdmcp-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev xtrans-dev libpthread-stubs0 libpthread-stubs0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-xlib0-dev libx11-dev mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libice-dev libsm-dev x11proto-render-dev libxfixes-dev libxcursor-dev libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev pkg-config libfontconfig1-dev libxft-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libxinerama-dev libxmu-headers x11proto-randr-dev libxrandr-dev libxt-dev x11proto-record-dev libxtst-dev cmake cvs libstdc++6-4.3-dev g++-4.3 g++ libxmu-dev liblcms1-dev libjpeg62-dev libmng-dev libpng12-dev xlibmesa-gl-dev libglu1-xorg-dev libaudio-dev libssl-dev libkadm55 comerr-dev libkrb5-dev libpq-dev libglib2.0-dev libsqlite0 libsqlite0-dev libqt4-dev libsoprano-dev automoc libphonon-dev libasound2-dev libgpg-error-dev libgcrypt11-dev libtasn1-3-dev libgnutls-dev libcups2-dev libdbus-1-dev libkeyutils-dev libstreams-dev libstreamanalyzer-dev libxml2-dev libxml2-utils libxslt1-dev libgif-dev libavahi-common-dev libbz2-dev libenchant-dev libattr1-dev libacl1-dev libjasper-dev libilmbase-dev libopenexr-dev libpcrecpp0 libpcre3-dev libtiffxx0c2 libtiff4-dev hspell xsltproc kdesdk-scripts kdelibs5-dev libslang2-dev libncurses5-dev libaa1-dev libapr1 libaprutil1 libartsc0-dev libaudiofile-dev libcucul-dev libcaca-dev libdirectfb-extra libsysfs-dev libdirectfb-dev libesd0-dev libneon27-gnutls libqt4-opengl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsvn1 subversion libglib1.2ldbl libgtk1.2-common libgtk1.2 libavc1394-0 libiec61883-0 libfreebob0 libjack0 libsndfile1 jackd ladspa-sdk libavutil49 libgsm1 libavcodec51 libdv4 libfaad0 libjack-dev libmad0 libmad0-dev libogg-dev libpopt-dev libqt4-gui libswscale0 libquicktime1 libsamplerate0-dev libvorbis-dev qjackctl dvgrab libdv-bin libdv4-dev libfaac0 libfaac-dev libfaad-dev libmp3lame0 libmp3lame-dev libtheora-dev
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Kubuntu is a Debian system. So you only need to run:
apt-get build-dep ffmpeg to build FFmpeg dependant libraries. Then you can compile FFmpeg by hand.
Same applies for MLT and Kdenlive, after using our repositories:
apt-get build-dep mlt
apt-get build-dep kdenlive
Thu, 03/26/2009 - 10:56
thx jmpoure,
i didn't know abut apt-get build-dep and had been whiling away the hours individually gathering and compiling every dependency. when i could have let apt-get do it for me. you saved me a bunch of time and frustration thx. jayson
Thu, 04/08/2010 - 06:24
Based on the configure command line you specified -dev libraries are also needed for:
and FWIW it builds nicely on a Kubuntu 10.4 system ...


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I have some frames of a security IR camera. The images are black and white. Is there any way to represent these images with colors. I use GIMP in Ubuntu operating system. Thank you!
There are no colours to restore; the image was recorded in black and white. You could create a false colour image by switching the image to a paletted image (256 colours), then assigning a different colour palette. I'm not familiar enough with the GIMP (and, people, the "the" is not optional; the name of the program is "the GIMP") to know whether it has a split-toning option in the current(ish) releases or add-ins, but you can use that to false-colour a black-and-white image as well. If you're interested in recovering the original colours in the scene, though, you're out of luck—you'd need to hand-tint the image.
Nope - sorry!
All colour information is lost (unrecorded), it cannot be recovered, no matter what software you use.


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It's sometimes difficult to discern fact from fiction when it comes to the information coming from Mayor Will Flanagan and his administration. The latest case in point: the city's "surprise" deficit. The administration only this month revealed to the City Council that the city faced a $10 million deficit, necessitating the potential layoffs of firefighters Flanagan announced in February.
Come to find out the administration, way back in August, identified that projected budget gap to federal officials in justifying the need for additional funding in its 2013 SAFER grant application.
So what did the administration know and when did they know it? The story told in the SAFER grant application in August belies the rosy picture painted by the administration to the council and the public for nearly a year now. In June, former City Administrator Shawn Cadime and Treasurer John Nunes told the City Council that the city's finances "had never been better," City Council President Joseph Camara recalled Tuesday. In October, the administration reported to the council that the city's bond rating had increased and it was solvent, recalled Councilor Michael Miozza, who requested the review of the 20013 grant application.
Just weeks ago, City Administrator Cathy Ann Viveiros told the council the administration only learned about the deficit in January. It's understandable if Viveiros — who just started the job at the beginning of the year — did not have a handle on the cloudy fiscal situation. But what about Treasurer John Nunes? He told the council he did not recall being involved in the SAFER grant meetings.
Had the administration simply been honest with the City Council — and the city — about the situation, all sides could have devised a plan to address it instead of scrambling at the last minute to close a gaping budget gap. Instead, they kept this important information bottled up until it had reached a crisis point.
After receiving two of the largest SAFER grants in the country from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city is still requesting more than $3.2 million in federal funding to pay for the salaries of 16 firefighters. In that grant application, the administration committed to funding the firefighter positions paid for through a $14.4 million SAFER grant in 2011. But then Flanagan in February told the city a different story, announcing that he planned to lay off 30 percent of the city's firefighters — 60 firefighters — unless the firefighters' union agreed to concessions.
As Firefighters Union President Jason Burns asked at the City Council meeting Tuesday night, is Flanagan misrepresenting the facts to the city or is he misleading the federal government? Flanagan's deception has jeopardized the city's public safety and the city's standing with the federal government.
Page 2 of 2 - The public trust has been broken by Flanagan so many times, in so many ways, it may be beyond repair. All of the fiscal shell games and political spin are only making matters worse. It's time for the Flanagan administration to quit playing with fire.
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Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out - with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel - but said they still didn't know who did it and why.
An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement and released late Tuesday includes a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag the FBI says were part of a bomb.
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies repeatedly pleaded for members of the public to come forward with photos, videos or anything suspicious they might have seen or heard.
"The range of suspects and motives remains wide open," Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said at a news conference. He vowed to "go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime."
President Barack Obama branded the attack an act of terrorism but said officials don't know "whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual."
Scores of victims of the Boston bombing remained in hospitals, many with grievous injuries, a day after the twin explosions near the marathon's finish line killed three people, wounded more than 170 and reawakened fears of terrorism. A 9-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition.
Heightening jitters in Washington, where security already had been tightened after the bombing, a letter addressed to a senator and poisoned with ricin or a similarly toxic substance was intercepted at a mail facility outside the capital, lawmakers said.
There was no immediate indication the episode was related to the Boston attack. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the letter was sent to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
Officials found that the bombs in Boston consisted of explosives put in ordinary, 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails, according to a person close to the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was still going on.
Both bombs were stuffed into black duffel bags and left on the ground, the person said.
DesLauriers confirmed that investigators had found pieces of black nylon from a bag or backpack and fragments of BBs and nails, possibly contained in a pressure cooker. He said the items were sent to the FBI laboratory at Quantico, Va., for analysis.
The FBI said it is looking at what Boston television station WHDH said are photos sent by a viewer that show the scene right before and after the bombs went off. The photo shows something next to a mailbox that appears to be a bag, but it's unclear what the significance is.
"We're taking a look at hundreds of photos and that's one of them," said Jason Pack, FBI spokesman in Boston.
Investigators said they have not yet determined what was used to set off the explosives.
Pressure-cooker explosives have been used in international terrorism, and have been recommended for lone-wolf operatives by Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen.
But information on how to make the bombs is readily found online, and U.S. officials said Americans should not rush to judgment in linking the attack to overseas terrorists.
DesLauriers said there had been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
He urged people to come forward with anything suspicious, such as hearing someone express an interest in explosives or a desire to attack the marathon, seeing someone carrying a dark heavy bag at the race, or hearing mysterious explosions recently.
"Someone knows who did this," the FBI agent said.
The bombs exploded 10 or more seconds apart, tearing off victims' limbs and spattering streets with blood, instantly turning the festive race into a hellish scene of confusion, horror and heroics.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford, Mass., and a third victim, identified only as a graduate student at Boston University.
Doctors who treated the wounded corroborated reports that the bombs were packed with shrapnel intended to cause mayhem.
"We've removed BBs and we've removed nails from kids. One of the sickest things for me was just to see nails sticking out of a little girl's body," said Dr. David Mooney, director of the trauma center at Boston Children's Hospital.
At Massachusetts General Hospital, all four amputations performed there were above the knee, with no hope of saving more of the legs, said Dr. George Velmahos, chief of trauma surgery.
"It wasn't a hard decision to make," he said. "We just completed the ugly job that the bomb did."


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Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a birational morphism between smooth varieties and $F$ a torsion free sheaf. Is $f_{\ast} F$ torsion free? If not, are there conditions on either $F$, $f$, $X$ or $Y$ that could ensure the torsion freeness of $F$? For example if $f$ is surj. and $F$ is the canonical bundle on $X$ a theorem of Kollar ensure the torsion freeness of $f_*(\omega_X)$.
Actually much more is true. In fact there is the following result, whose proof can be found in
[Grothendieck - Dieudonné: EGA 1 (Elements de Géométrie Algebrique), Proposition 8.4.5 page 351].
Kollar's result is much deeper since he proves the torsion-freeness of the higher direct images $R^if_* \omega_X$.
As already mentioned by Donu and Francesco, you don't need such big guns as Kollár's theorem. Also, the Proposition Francesco cites might seem more serious than it is by virtue of being in EGA...
The point is this: For an open set $V\subseteq Y$, the module $f_*\mathscr F(V)$ is the same as the module $\mathscr F(f^{-1}V)$. Being torsion on an integral scheme is equivalent to having a non-empty support that is strictly smaller than the ambient scheme. If $f$ is surjective this already gives you what you want, and if it is only dominant you need to think a little more to see that the statement is true.


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The Butler Community College Dance Department will present its "Mistletoes Christmas 2012" performance Friday and Saturday.
The performance will feature the dance students of Kris Anderson and Valerie Lippoldt Mack.
The students will perform to "We Need a Little Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "All I Want for Christmas is You," "Swingin' Santas," "Children Go Where I Send Thee," "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel," "Sleigh Ride," "Merry Christmas," "Christmas Day in the Morning," "Christmas Waltz," "Nutcracker Divertissement," "Bring Me Love," "Xina's Christmas," "Feliz Navidad," "Miracle/Carol of the Bells," "Oh Magnum Mysterium," "All My Bells Are Ringing," "Rockin' Rockettes," "Oh Santa" and "Jingle Bells."
If you go
What Butler's Mistletoes Christmas 2012
When 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where Butler Community College Theatre
Tickets $5 for adults; $2 for students
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Giant chocolate chip cookies (allergy-free)
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
These thick, golden, chewy cookies, crammed full of chocolate chips, are delicious eaten warm, straight from the oven. With dairy-, egg-, and gluten-free variations.
Prep Time: 20M
Cooking Time: 20M
Serves: makes 18 giant or 24 medium cookies
Nut free
- 3/4 cup butter
- generous 1 cup soft light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 21/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- generous 11/2 cups bittersweet or semisweet nut-free
- chocolate chips
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- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugars, stirring until no lumps remain.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Add the melted butter and sugars, the beaten egg, and vanilla extract and mix to a soft dough.
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- With wet hands, shape the dough into 18 or 24 balls. Place well apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and well spread but still slightly soft. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
- You can make the dough in advance, roll it into a log, and freeze it, ready for cutting into cookies at a later date.
Dairy free also nut free: Follow the nut-free recipe, but replace the butter with dairy-free spread and add an extra 1/4 cup of flour. Make sure the chocolate chips are dairy free.
Egg free also nut free: Follow the nut-free recipe, but omit the egg and replace with 1 tablespoon of potato flour added in step 3 and 3 tablespoons of cream, milk, or water in step 4.
Gluten free also nut free: Follow the nut-free recipe, but replace the flour with an equal quantity of gluten-free flour.
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I'm thinking about ditching my iPhone and going Android, so far the best contenders are the HTC Desire HD and the Samsung, which one has superior hardware specifications?
It really depends what you mean by superior. The Desire HD will be basically the same as the existing Desire but with a 4.3" screen and will have the same amount of internal storage as the Galaxy S.
The Desire HD will have 768 MB of RAM instead of 512 MB on the Galaxy S.
But the Desire HD will have the same Snapdragon processor as the old Desire, whereas the Galaxy S has the superior Hummingbird.
However, the Desire HD will have a 8 MP camera whereas the Galaxy S only has 5 MP, and the Desire HD has dual LED camera flash whereas some of the Galaxy S phones don't have a flash at all.
That sums up the major differences, and personally I'd lean toward the Desire HD, but you should compare for yourself and see what better fits your needs:
I chose the Desire HD over the Galaxy for a couple of fairly qualitative unscientific reasons.
On a more scientific level. As has been mentioned, while the Desire HD is still clocked at 1Ghz, it's snapdragon is the latest revision, made with the smaller process than the old Desire, and with the improved graphics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_%28processor%29
The screen on the desire is also bigger (and to my eyes awesome), but most reviews I've read say the colour and sharpness of the Galaxy is better. The Desire HD is also a big package overall, it may be a little too large for some pockets, I don't know how much more comact (if any) the galaxy is.


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University Honors Program
You're clearly way above average. You care about the world. You have a great GPA and exceptional test scores. You work hard. You've taken on formidable challenges and met them with merit. You're creative, and think for yourself. You've already accomplished much in your intellectual life. You've done yourself proud, and proud you should be.
But are you ready for more?
University Honors at the University of Detroit Mercy is looking for more than good students who are good at getting good grades. We're looking for good students who possess an intense curiosity about the world and who are not adverse to risking their GPA for the sake of intellectual gratification.
If this challenge sends a thrill through the very middle of your being, then University Honors at UDM is the place for you — a place where you can enlarge your world and let your mind flourish. The Honors Program creates and supports an environment of academic adventure for students who want to study a variety of subjects intensively and be challenged by an exceptionally demanding curriculum.
But be warned: The classes in University Honors at UDM are not like any of the Advanced Placement classes you might be taking right now. Honors classes are not just "harder" or "more" than regular classes—they are an exciting and qualitatively different intellectual experience. The Honors Program is dedicated to the delight of reflecting on great ideas and bringing creative projects to fruition. Honors education is not only about the what of learning; it's about the joy of seeing the world through fresh eyes, again and again and again.
University Honors at UDM: High academic achievement. An honors degree for your transcript. Public recognition at commencement. The satisfaction that you faced the challenge. And fresh eyes with which to see the world.


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Annual "Ladies Day" Celebration to Recognize Women in the Courts
For its annual "Ladies Day" celebration on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, the Women's Law Forum (WLF) at Rutgers School of Law–Newark will feature a panel of female judges from federal, state, and local courts, a networking forum and reception.
WLF also will present its Outstanding Woman of the Year Award to the Honorable Rosemary Gambardella '79, Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Upon graduating from Rutgers–Newark Law School, Judge Gambardella served as law clerk to the late Chief Bankruptcy Judge Vincent J. Commisa and then senior staff counsel to Hugh M. Leonard, the first U.S. Trustee for the Districts of New Jersey and Delaware. Judge Gambardella was sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in May 1985, becoming the first woman on the Bankruptcy Court in the District of New Jersey. She served as Chief Judge from August 1998 to August 2005. Judge Gambardella sits in the Newark vicinage where she oversees commercial and consumer bankruptcy cases.
The Ladies' Day event traces its history to Harvard Law School in the 1960s when it was the only day on which then Property professor W. Barton Leach would allow female students to speak in class. Inspired by the evolution of the role of women in both law schools and the legal community, student groups throughout the country now use Ladies' Day to commemorate women's progress in the legal profession and to highlight the barriers women have overcome to become successful lawyers.
The charge for the event, which includes the panel discussion, networking forum and post-event cocktail reception, is $20. For more information, contact email@example.com.
|Women's Law Forum "Ladies Day" program on "Women in the Courts"
|Hon. Rosemary Gambardella '79, Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
|Hon. Ellen Koblitz, Judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Division
|Hon. Lois Lipton, Judge of the Superior Court
|Hon. Victoria Pratt '98, Judge of the Municipal Court, City of Newark
|Professor Suzanne Kim, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator
|6:30 pm, Tuesday, November 5, 2013
|Third-floor Atrium, Rutgers School of Law–Newark


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June 16, 2010
Cape Town gets behind Bafana Bafana
Bafana Bafana fans at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Photos by Travis Robertson
Several thousand people gathered at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) tonight to support Bafana Bafana in their 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match against Uruguay in Pretoria. Even though Bafana showed much courage, they were simply outclassed and received a 3-0 drubbing.
With six big screens and two long bars, the CTICC provided the warmest, liveliest place to watch the match in Cape Town, while fans and players in Pretoria had to contend with freezing conditions.
Those who arrived at Cape Town's Biggest Football Party remained in great spirits, blowing their vuvuzelas and screaming every time Bafana Bafana launched an attack.
Diego Forlan opened the scoring for Uruguay in the first half. Following a vcontroversial penalty in the second half, which resulted in Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune being sent off, Forland slotted a penalty to put the game out of Bafana's reach.
Álvaro Pereira scored Uruguay's third goal in the dying minutes to add to the woes of the host nation.
On Thursday night the CTICC will host dance act Flash Republic, who will perform after the match between Korea Republic and Argentina.
Find out how you can win tickets to see superstar disc jockey, Fatboy Slim.
If you happen to be based in Johannesburg or Pretoria and aren't enjoying the cold evenings and traffic, check out our domestic flight and accommodation specials and get down to Cape Town to enjoy the atmosphere here. No trip to South Africa is complete without seeing Cape Town.
See also:
Supporters at Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest for Bafana Bafana vs Uruguay – Photos


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The Perfect Seduction (Mass Market Paperback)
To burn with passion . . . to surrender to the power of a man's desire . . . Kathryn de St. Marie's years in a French convent have taught her such things are forbidden. Still the chaste Norman beauty dreams of a soul-stirring love. But cruel destiny intrudes when she is taken prisoner by Scot barbarians—though a kinder fate intervenes when she is rescued by proud, haunted Edric of Braxton Fell, a bitter Saxon lord displaced by Norman rule.
Though he despises the conquerors, Edric can sense that Kathryn is different—gentle and giving, yet possessing a fire that enflames Edric in turn—and he grudgingly allows her into his broken life. For Kathryn's capture has tainted her in the eyes of her people, and she can never again return home. Her future rests in the strong hands of her enemy champion . . . and in a long-cherished dream of a perfect seduction and a dangerous, rapturous love.
About the Author
Margo Maguire is the author of nineteen historical romance novels. Formerly a critical care nurse, she worked for many years in a large Detroit trauma center. Margo writes full time and loves to hear from readers.


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Introducing the El33tonline Android app, a new way to keep up with the games you loveWritten by: / / 40 Comments
It's been a long time coming, but it took the efforts of El33tonline friend and reader Wayne Crous (aka creepy360 on Twitter) to volunteer his time to get the ball rolling on an El33tonline mobile application!
Available now on the Google Play Store, the free El33tonline app will let you keep up-to-date with El33tonline's news, reviews, features and competitions all conveniently gathered together in the palm of your hand… if that's how you still hold your mobile device (that's so 2013).
How do you get the El33tonline app? It's a very easy five step process:
– 1.) Go to the Google Play Store on your Android phone (or go directly here)
– 2.) Search for El33tonline (or… go directly here)
– 3.) Tap that Install button
– 4.) Share the app on Google Plus
– 5.) And finally rate the app, with a useful and constructive review (if you please)
Here's what you'll see during the process:
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What are our plans for the future of the El33tonline app?
With this Android application we're keen to gather your thoughts on what you want out of it and find out which new features you want the most, with plans to expand to other platforms in the future.
For now, though, be sure to support the El33tonline app by downloading it, using it at your leisure, providing feedback and spreading the word of its existence – we'll do the rest!
Thanks again to Wayne Crous for his work and for inspiring us to finally get this ball rolling!
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The spell Armor of earth pg. 216 in L5R 2ed Player's guide states:
For the duration of the spell all damage dice rolled against a shugenja which are less than or equal to their caster's school rank are ignored.
So if the caster's school rank is 4, what does that mean?
a) The opponent gets to roll 5 dice and 4 are ignored.
b) Of the dice rolled by the opponent, any value of 4 or lower doesn't affect the caster.
c) Something else completely?


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September 23, 2009
Celebrating diversity in the Northern Suburbs and Helderberg
Cape Town Tourism continues to "celebrate diversity" in World Tourism Month 2009 by Living it. Loving it. LOUDER! We are encouraging all Capetonians to explore the natural and cultural diversity of the Mother City in preparation for being welcoming hosts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This week the focus is on the Northern Suburbs, which includes the vast area referred to as Tygerberg, as well as Langa and the Helderberg, dominated by the Hottentots Holland mountain range. The Northern Suburbs offer residents and visitors commercial activity, residential areas, small nature reserves, the rolling vineyards of the Durbanville Wine Route and the urban and rural areas in Brackenfell, Kraaifontein and Kuilsriver.
Head for the Helderberg to experience the best of township life in Khayelitsha, the coastal splendour of Gordon's Bay and Strand, and historic wine estates such as Vergelegen.
What's happening in the Northern Suburbs and Helderberg?
- Exciting Cape Town Tourism activations taking place from September 21-26 include:
Langa is celebrating with all things sweet and will be hosting residents from the local old age home for entertainment and a lunch, as well as providing cake and tea for its neighbours.
Khayelitsha is going to shake things up at the Khayelitsha Mall on September 25 from 14h00 until 17h00. The first hour will be dedicated to learning how to do the diski dance!
Giveaways will be taking place at the Willowbridge Mall from September 21-26.
A five-a-side soccer game will take place on the beach in front of the Gordon's Bay Visitor's Information Centre (VIC) on September 22, with two local schools battling it out from 14h00 until 17h00. Keep an eye out for the colourful Cape Town Tourism banners that mark the soccer pitch!
Blow your vuvuzela and pop a balloon for a prize all week long at the Southey's Vines VIC.
- As part of its Heritage Day celebrations, entrance to all Iziko Museums will be free from September 21-27.
- Catch local band Mr Cat and The Jackal at Die Boer Theatre and Restaurant in Durbanville on September 23 and Idols runner-up Andriette Norman on September 24.
Spring special
Four-star guesthouse Celtic Manor, in Gordon's Bay, promises a pampering experience tailor-made for you. Celtic Manor offers the visitor:
- A chic, well-equipped spa that is an oasis of peace and calm.
- Magnificent ocean vistas spanning False Bay and Table Mountain.
- Celtic Manor is offering a spring special, which includes overnight accommodation, a full buffet breakfast, three-course candlelit dinner, Celtic full-body couples massage using spring detoxifying essential oils and use of spa facilities for only R1 150.00 per person.
For more information on our World Tourism Month activations, visit www.capetown.travel. For an update of what's on at Die Boer Theatre and Restaurant, visit www.dieboer.com and for a preview of Celtic luxury browse, www.celticmanor.co.za.
Remember to enter our fantastic My Cape Town Flickr competition online at www.capetown.travel for a chance to win a R15 000.00 cash prize!


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Reviewed By: Anonymous on 4/14/10
these took a little time to break in, but since then are quite comfortable. I wore them under jeans or thermal tights on my commute, either in cool or freezing weather. I like having pockets and wearing regular shorts, so I'll be getting a few more pairs. And let's face it, I'm just not a guy people want to see walking around the grocery store in lycra.