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When finding representations of finite groups over $\mathbb{F}_p$, (i.e. homomorphism from $G$ to $GL(n,\mathbb{F}_p$), it requires many times presentation of $GL(n,p)$. What is presentation of GL(n,p)?
To focus just on the question of giving a presentation of a finite general linear group over the prime field (or other finite field), leaving aside the fuzzy connection with representations of finite groups: This can be looked at profitably in the broader setting of finite groups of Lie type as studied by Steinberg in the early 1960s, even though there is a little distance between general linear and special linear groups. For a "universal" Chevalley group such as a special linear group over an arbitrary field, Steinberg gives a nice presentation in section 6 of his 1967-68 Yale lecture notes, building on his earlier Brussels conference note (published in French). None of this material seems to be readily available online, unfortunately, though Steinberg's papers are collected in an affordable AMS volume. Attempts over the years to publish the Yale lectures more formally fell through.
Steinberg's presentation is based on the BN-pair structure, but with some refinements. Treating the finite general linear group doesn't require too much modification, but perhaps isn't written down explicitly (?) In any case, this type of presentation is transparent and has the added merit of leading (over commutative rings) to fundamental ideas in algebraic K-theory involving Steinberg symbols, etc. Meanwhile finite group theorists involved with the classification of simple groups have made their own good use of BN-pair ideas following Tits and Steinberg.
ADDED: Notice at the end of Steinberg's section 6 (page 72) the simple explicit presentation of $SL_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$ given by his method. You could get this by taking shortcuts in his proof, but keep in mind that the case $n=2$ requires extra care. To get instead the general linear group you just have to add some generators corresponding to scalar matrices along with suitable relations. Nothing is gained in this approach by working only over the prime field, which anyway would be inadequate for most applications.
It is straightforward to read off a presentation of $GL_n(p)$, and for that matter any group of Lie type, by representing it as a BN-pair. For $GL_n$, $B$ is the group of upper triangular matrices, and $N$ is the group of matrices with one non-zero entry in each row and column. Each of these two subgroups has an easy presentation, and the axioms for a BN pair combine these into a presentation for $GL_n$.
In line with commenters, I'm not convinced that your motivation for the question is well founded, but it's an interesting question in its own right. My impresssion is that finding reasonably nice presentations for finite simple groups in general is challenging, and there is probably much still to be learned. Perhaps the geometric "inside" view of finite groups still has room to develop, to catch up a little bit with the far more mature "outside" view based on representation theory.
One place to start concerning presentations of finite quasisimple groups (from which you can work out $GL(n,p)$) is the work of Guralnick, Kanotor, Kassabov and Lubotzky, link text. They're focused here on profinite presentations, which only distinguish the given group from other finite and residually finite groups, but these may be what you actually want, and it seems that it's easier to establish simpler profinite presentations than ordinary presentations. I think chasing references and citations should lead you to the relevant material.
This isn't a presentation, but this file gives generating sets (of size 2) for $GL_n(F_q)$ and other finite matrix groups. I think it's kind of awesome: http://talus.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/don/papers/genAC.pdf
Generators and relations for $GL(n, Z)$ (which answer the question over $\mathbb{F}_p$, as well) are given in Morris Newman's "Integral Matrices" (which is a wonderful book for many other reasons as well). Newman derives them in a completely elementary way, as well (no BN pairs), which, I am guessing, should appeal to OP.
MR1871620 (2002i:20068) Chiaselotti, Giampiero(I-CLBR) Some presentations for the special linear groups on finite fields. (English summary) Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4) 180 (2001), no. 3, 359–372.


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I just bought a new usb webcam for my desktop setup of Ubuntu Natty Narwhal. I plugged it in, started up Cheese, and saw my smiling face. But it was green and lined, very poor quality overall. I am skeptical that this is due to a poor quality webcam. :P
I tried it in Skype, Google+, and Gchat, but all of those showed only a black screen. They recognized the webcam as present, but showed no stream from it.
Kamoso showed a black screen as well, and Camorama had even poorer quality than Cheese.
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The seventh grade girls moved to 13-6 with a 28-21 win and the eighth grade team moved to 20-1 with a 43-17 win.
The seventh grade team was led by Abby Vaughan, who scored nine points with nine rebounds and five steals.
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Given a convex set S ⊂ ℝd and an appropriately differentiable convex function f: S → ℝ, a Bregman divergence Bf(x, y) = f (x) - f (y) -〈x- y , ∇f (y)〉 for x, y ∈ S.
For any x, consider the function b(y) = Bf(x, y). It is known that this is not always convex (choose f (x) = x3 for S ⊂ ℝ) and I can show that for S ⊂ ℝ it is always quasi-convex (i.e., b(λy+(1-λ)y') ≤ max{ b(y), b(y') } for λ∈[0,1], y, y' ∈ S) but cannot prove or find a counter-example in the general case.
I've done a quick hunt around the literature on Bregman divergences but cannot find an answer either way.


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I learnt from book that magnetic field does no work because the force is proportional to $\vec{v}\times\vec{B}$ where $\vec{v}$ is the particle velocity. That vector cross product is always at right angles to $\vec{v}$, so that $\vec{F}\cdot\vec{v}=0$, i.e. no work is done on the particle. But then how come does an inductor store energy in the magnetic field?
From a circuit theory perspective, recall that the product of voltage and current is power:
$p(t) = v(t) \cdot i(t)$
Also, for the inductor:
$v_L(t) = L \dfrac{d}{dt}i_L(t)$
So, there is only a voltage across an inductor when the inductor current is changing with time.
It follows that power (time rate of change of work) is supplied to or delivered from the inductor when the inductor current is changing with time.
But, the magnetic field threading the inductor must be changing with time if the inductor current is changing with time.
Finally, recall that a changing magnetic field induces a non-conservative electric field which can do work.
Remember, for a constant current through an (ideal) inductor, there is no associated power as there is only a steady magnetic field and thus no induced electric field.
I think you're relating an Inductor coil with Magnetic Lorentz force.
Specifically, Lorentz force is experienced by a charged particle moving in an uniform magnetic field. $F=q(\vec{v}\times\vec{B})$. Let's see Inductor first...
Please keep in mind that an Inductor always has a self-inductance $L$ and some resistance $R$ (of the material it's made of - except for an ideal one..!) associated with it. Hence, Some work has to be done by external agencies in establishing current. This work done is stored as electromagnetic potential energy in an inductor.
Induced emf, $e=-L\frac{dI}{dt}$ (negative sign indicates the opposing nature, consequence of Lenz law)
The small amount of work done over a small time $dt$ is $$dw=e.I.dt$$ $$\implies dw=-LI.dI$$ (Power $P=VI$ is used here, because Power is the rate of doing work as we know...)
Thus, the total work done is establishing a steady current (say $I_o$) is $$W=-L\int_0^{I_0}I.dI=-\frac{1}2LI_o^2$$
Negative sign shows the opposing nature of the emf (same consequence of Lenz law). The small time $dt$ is taken into account because - Whenever you pass current through an inductor, steady current would be established only after some period of time. The current would be established in an increasing order. When the power supply is provided, the induced emf opposes the growth of current and when the power supply is cut-off, the emf now opposes the decay of current. (i.e. It goes in a decreasing order)
Hence, the work done by these agencies is referred to as the energy stored in an inductor.
It's an electric field moving that particle inside of an inductor and it does the work.
in inductor if we passed the alternating current it produced the magnetic field.this magnetic field is chaneg with the current.the change in magnetic field produced the induced emf(according to faraday low).this induced emf oppose the main source which caused it(according to lenz law).this emf now has the ability to flow the electron so we called it the energy


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I started learning PHP and I was able to get myself familiar with it. Now, I want to explore other programming languages like PERL so that I can compare it myself to PHP. Will I be confused to learn two language? Or are there any disadvantages?
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I would spend some time getting decent at your first language, but once you have done that start exploring. There are a lot of languages out there and a lot of them are nicer then PHP or do something better.
I would take a look at the book "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks" which will walk you threw Ruby, IO, Scala, Prolog, Erlang, Clojure and Haskell which will make you learn a whole bunch of new ways to code.
Short Answer: If you're just starting your programming career, then I would advise you to focus on learning just one programming language at a time.
This is because there's little to be gained by listing many programming languages on your resume without really being good or highly skilled in any of them!
As a general rule, it's far better to learn one programming language and master it well before learning other programming languages.
Learn anything that interests you. If you want to learn Perl instead of studying PHP go ahead. The most important thing is to be learning something. In my opinion, knowing multiple languages at some level makes a better programmer than knowing only one in depth.
I too started out with PHP. It's a good first choice as there is a pretty large community, and there is a good chance you can pick up a job writing it.
I wouldn't recommend picking up another similar language (such as PERL, Python, etc), as ultimately, you won't probably learn much other than more syntax. However, you might take some time and brush up on your javascript. jQuery is great, but that choice is yours. The best part? You can use both at the same time, so you can continue to grow professionally in both directions.


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MSR WhisperLite backpacking stoves are ubiquitous, but they lack a key function: the ability to simmer easily. How can you set a WhisperLite to simmer without having to constantly watch the stove and micro-adjust the fuel valve?
The short answer: don't. Edit: Instead of simmering on the stove, remove the pot from the flame and keep it insulated to retain heat. See @KateGregory's excellent answer for more details.
The long answer: you can reduce the pressure in the fuel bottle, and this will reduce the flow rate of the fuel.
This is done by pumping fewer times! The exact number will vary over bottle size and amount of air in it--how full it is.
After you brought your pot to a boil, using the stove at regular pressure as per the manual, remove the pot from the stove and turn off the gas valve. Once the stove is off, take a hold of the bottle, hold it up vertically, and carefully unscrew the pump to release the pressure. Do this carefully, and be sure there is no flame immediately nearby, because if the fuel vapour lights up, you are going to have a very bad time. Once the pressure is released, re-seal the pump on the bottle, give it one or two pumps, open the fuel valve and relight the stove. If your flame is still too strong, repeat this procedure with fewer pumps. Ultimately, it's the pressure in the fuel bottle that determines the flow to the stove.
The vapour coming out as you depressurize the fuel bottle can catch fire if you are not careful. You must be sure there are no fire sources nearby that will light it!
Given the risk involved, I think it's best to avoid doing this. I have been able to make fancy rice, soup, sauce, eggs, pancakes, and other types of meals that benefit from simmering on this stove with regular operation. An easy solution is to simply elevate the pot higher over the fire. If you know you will be in a setting that calls for long-term simmering, then an LPG stove will do a much better job of it.
Edit: Here's an article on how to do this, including a short video
When I get to the "simmer" part of cooking on the Whisperlite, I take the pot off the stove, put the lid on, and wrap it in a towel including underneath and on top. Whatever I am cooking will stay simmery for at least 20-30 minutes that way. It's great for making a sauce with dehydrated ingredients. While the sauce is sitting aside staying hot, I can cook pasta or rice with the stove. It's one of the tricks to eating well in the backcountry without taking a lot of equipment. Pasta with sauce over it, or rice with sauce over it, tastes better than a one-pot all-mixed-up meal. And if you have kids with you, you can accomodate their desires for more sauce, less sauce, or the sauce not to touch the starch. Everybody wins.
Use a food Thermos to retain heat and simulate a pressure cooker. Save fuel. Opens up the burner for cooking other dishes. Thermos can be used to carry other items when not in use. Cheers
As an alternate solution, if you are doing a lot of simmering and don't mind taking an additional piece of equipment, look into heat diffusers. There is even a company that makes back-country ovens based on the principle of heat diffusion and insulation. All these ovens are is a heat diffuser, a pan with a lid and a thermometer, and a cozy for the pan.
While the depressurization trick does work very well, its also not necessary. I've used the whisperlite to simmer just by turning the flame down real low. You have to be very gentle on the valve and be looking right at the flame to gauge it, but it works.
Based on experience using this stove for 70+ days of trail work (breakfast and dinner each day).
Part of my kitchen is 3 twelve inch gutter nails. When a pot needs to simmer, it goes on the nails, which act to increase the distance from the Whisperlite's flame. Lots easier than working to adjust the gas pressure.


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In Japan, the meme character doesn't quite have a name yet—it's that new. In a pure visual sense, the character is cute, but this isn't a purely visual character. It's portrayed as a four-legged crawler, who goes around saying "Homoo..." or "Gimme Homoo" Here, have a look: ┌(┌^o^)┐ホモォ...
The crawler was born on Twitter in Japan and was created to parody "fujoshi" (腐女子) or women who dig boys' love comics. Boys' love, or "BL", depicts relations between male characters. That's why the crawler is going around, looking for gay men.
Many view the word "homo" as a slur—not just in the West, but in Japan, too. Sure, there are people who don't think it's a slur (gay or straight). However, it is a loaded word, even in Japanese.
Moreover, the character and its depiction of fujoshi isn't exactly flattering, either, with this four-legged critter, crawling around, looking for gay men. Sure, it's a parody, and those propagating the character would just brush off it off as a joke.
In Japan, gay people might appear on television on a regular basis—they might even voice characters in Pokémon movies. But the country isn't exactly leading the way on gay issues.
This "homoo" crawler appears to have captured the imagination of the Japanese internet, much like the Yarnaika Guy before it. You see the character pop up in threads, tweets, and all over Japanese cyberspace. Companies are even attempting to cash in, releasing cell phone trinkets and pen stands later this month. But cash in on what, exactly? And at whose expense?


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After the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 my desktop background turns black after I try to set a image for that. How to fix it?
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After the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 my desktop background turns black after I try to set a image for that. How to fix it?
This is my desktop screen:
I tried this and it worked!
Having the same problem.
A workaround I've found through random clicking is to turn on desktop icons.
This can be done with dconf-editor or ubuntu-tweak-tool. The second is the easiest:
Then launch it from the menu.
Under System/Desktop Icons you'll find a toggle to enable icons on the desktop. Switch this on, and suddenly -- wallpaper! This stays there if you turn off desktop icons but disappears again on login.
I've just allowed desktop icons to stay enabled, but simply any from my desktop.
Right click isn't working for me either...cause the desktop is not handled by file manager now.
Try doing reset of dconf/
Maybe this can help.
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or just Ctrl+Alt+F1.
Check your spelling, and/or print this first.
Quick fix - install "Gnome Tweak Tool" and in the Desktop section uncheck "Have file manager handle the desktop."
Un-tick "Have file manager handle the desktop" in Gnome Tweak Tool and your wallpaper should show up again.
I got my desktop with these steps
I got my desktop screen back with those steps
Right click the desktop and untick "show desktop icons" or "show icons" does that fix the wallpaper display issue? If so, go through Gconf editor to the gnome desktop settings, set draw desktop to off, reboot, set it to on, reboot, and it should work. I had the same issue
No need to turn off "Have file manager handle the desktop" or reinstall anything.
Just change theme to default, that will work until this is fixed. Ergo, change GTK theme to Adwaita (using a tool like Gnome Tweak Tool).
Same thing happened to me. To resolve I removed the Nautilus (with purge to remove the configuration files), and then installed again. Problems arose broken packages, but it was enough to remove them all and install again also. I ended the session and everything was normal.
You need to purge the PPA from GNOME3. This is probably the issue here an update could cause the problem from this PPA.
I had similar issues for 13.04 and purging this solved it.
Open terminal & follow these steps:
I had this problem when I installed Ubuntu-Gnome 13.10. For me, in order to use a background, I can not use the settings as they just leave me a white screen. Instead, I choose any screen I want to use with Firefox. I right click on the image and choose to use as background. This actually works with the options for stretch, fit, tile, etc.
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If one launches a new website, can he recite Shehecheyanu? Or perhaps Hatov Ve-Hametiv, if others derive benefit from it?
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How about simply, Besha'ah Tovah!
Following the lead of the new fruit for the second day of Rosh Hashana (because we're not sure if we should say that bracha for that day), shouldn't you find some other reason to say Shehecheyanu in close proximity to the questionable event?
I think the question about the website being a physical entity that one finishes or acquires is an interesting one - can it get a brocha? Like a new shirt of a new tallis?
I think yes. Any website still has existence on a server somewhere - even if its data is stored energy on a laser disk - it still exists as a physical recording on the physical plane.
Now I think the more interesting question - is that do we need to stand next to the designated server in order to make the brocha - or is looking at the computer screen enough? And by extension can I make a brocha on a picture of a new tallis that someone bought for me and took a photo of?
hatov vehametiv I'm certain that you don't, the only case is when someone brings a second bottle of wine during a meal you have with other people.
as for sheehianu, it would make sense if you are happy, I guess comparable to printing a book. but the website is not done, it is a work in progress and also there's no takana of beracha on this case.
it doesn't mean that you shouldn't thank hashem for it, praying or making a seuda.


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Many people advocate using the Golden Ratio in design (e.g. logo design).
Is the Golden Ratio's purported aesthetic appeal supported by scientific evidence?
Many people advocate using the Golden Ratio in design (e.g. logo design).
Is the Golden Ratio's purported aesthetic appeal supported by scientific evidence?
I found a little discussion of the issue in Russell (2000), where he summarises some of the views of the scientific literature:
Green (1995) argues that "[t]here seems to be, in fact, real psychological effects associated with the golden section, but they are relatively sensitive to careless methodological practices."
Russel (2000) explored the height to width ratio of a large database of famous paintings and did not find any particular support for a preference for the golden-section. Russel suggests that in the real world functional factors tend to constrain ratios.
McManus (1980, PDF) provides an interesting discussion of the methodological issues and the findings of research that has empirically studied aesthetic judgements of simple figures. McManus advocates the use of the paired-comparison method whereby participants make aesthetic judgements on which of series of pairs of objects is more aesthetically attractive. McManus observed that there were substantial individual differences in such preferences. McManus felt that existing empirical research was unable to adequately differentiate preference for the golden-section versus other similar ratios such as 1.5, 1.6 or 1.75.
To add a small neuroscientific point to excellent @JeromyAnglim answer - there has been an interesting study by Rizzolatti group (guy who 'discovered' mirror neurons) published in PLoS ONE. Di Dio, et al. (2007) looked at the brain responses to Classical and Renaissance sculptures, but they manipulated the proportion of sculptures' features by violating the golden ratio, as showed on the figure below (source: Di Dio et al., 2007):
During the experiment participant's were asked to either observe sculptures as if they were in a museum, or give an aesthetic/proportion judgements. fMRI scans were taken during the task. Following the results from brain activity, authors concluded that:
Therefore, the presence of the golden ratio in the sculpture determined brain activations different to those where this parameter was violated. It's quite interesting result that indirectly supports the association between positive aesthetic perception and the presence of golden ratio.
other answers are helpful but what is missing from them so far is that there seems to be basic golden ratios built into the natural human body proportions eg relative dimensions of body parts, including esp in the face dimensions, which is highly oriented with perception of beauty (but dont have an immediate authoritative/scientific ref for this). not sure but possibly DaVinci was interested in this connection eg in the iconic Vitruvian Man diagram but whether DaVinci used the golden ratio intentionally is subject to intense scholarly debate. it is possible that his artwork was just so lifelike that it naturally mimicked the golden ratio in natural human proportions.
it is natural to speculate whether these proportions emerged from maybe evolutionary constraints, or some kind of feedback loop between psychology and biology ala evolutionary psychology. but in any case the golden ratio has emerged in many other biological organism morphology/dimensions, so it is not outlandish to observe it naturally evolving in humans also.
so the appearance of the golden ratio in geometric designs as "intrinsically beautiful to humans" might have marginal scientific support, but it seems to be encoded into natural human dimensions. also it is now well established in the field of evolutionary psychology that human [sexual] attraction is highly oriented around ideal physical features, esp in the face. this overall topic could easily fill a thesis or book. for now heres at least one ref


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Fred Hoch, an artist of Swiss extraction, multilingual, elegant, died
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Guardian Angel pencil/watercolor 12 x 18.5 inches 1994The "Guardian Angel" hovers over the cottage where Fred Hoch is dying of cancer, where he elegantly adjusted to frugal living as age and ill-health decimated his income. How simply and discreetly he handled being in New York for "just an out-patient procedure!" He left for it looking as smart and as chipper as if he were off to a meeting. Only later did his friends learn it was for one of the most traumatic treatments for his spreading cancer.
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ACA & Ryan White: 6 Ways to Prepare - Providers
1. Become Involved in Marketplace Planning
See what ACA changes are under way in your state. See what's going on in your state around Marketplaces in terms of Medicaid expansion as well as individual and small-group coverage options. Seek out planning/advisory activities in your state around ACA and Marketplaces. Look especially to Ryan White planning groups that are involved in ACA implementation (eg, planning councils, state planning groups, collaborative activities with Medicaid).
Notably, Ryan White planning groups--and individual grantees--are reviewing their service priorities, allocations, contracts, and budgets as they consider changes in utilization of Ryan White resources in relation to new ACA insurance coverage options and other ACA activities. See guidance from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
2. Expand Payer Options
Many Ryan White clients will be securing new coverage via Marketplaces. Coverage might come under expanded Medicaid or new individual health insurance coverage. Make sure your agency can continue to serve your clients, and be reimbursed for services, by lining up connections to payers. One option is to secure status as an approved Medicaid provider (work with your state's Medicaid office). Alternatively, become a provider under a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MMCO), which is how most states are serving their Medicaid populations.
Another option is to establish new connections with health provider networks that have arrangements with health insurance companies that are offering individual and small-group coverage. A fourth option is to work directly with health insurance plans to become participating providers. Finally, designation under new care delivery models (eg, a Primary Care Medical Home or a Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC] or Look-Alike FQHC through the HRSA Health Center program, described below) offers enhanced reimbursement options.
Regardless of the approach, understand the implications of being designated as a primary care provider versus a specialty care provider (i.e., an entity would need to be designated as a primary care provider in order to refer out to specialty care), and know what quality-of-care standards your agency must meet.
3. Maximize Reimbursement and Explore Restructuring Options
At a minimum, Ryan White agencies should review and, as necessary, enhance their third-party billing systems to make sure they are maximizing reimbursement by Medicaid and health plans. Agencies with limited services and reimbursement options may want to assess options for reorganization (eg, new partnerships or even mergers).
4. Explore Care Delivery Innovations
See how ACA is changing health care delivery. Consider new options for delivery of services, which may be eligible for added reimbursement. Under Medicaid, where many Ryan White clients will become newly eligible, most states deliver care to eligible individuals via Medicaid managed care.
ACA allows states the option to create Health Homes to provide coordinated care for persons with chronic conditions. Medicaid Health Homes also offer enhanced reimbursement rates. Other delivery and reimbursement options include securing status as a Primary Care Medical Home and exploring status under the HRSA Health Center program (as an FQHC or FQHC Look Alike).
Incentive payments for meeting meaningful use eligibility requirements for Electronic Health Records (see HealthIT.gov) also are available. Learn more about ACA care delivery reforms through the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
5. Adjust Eligibility/Benefits Systems
ACA has established online systems to facilitate eligibility and enrollment for various coverage options (ie, Medicaid; individual, including tax credits/subsidies; small group). This "no wrong door" approach is for all state Marketplaces (state run, state partnership, and federally facilitated).
Adjust your agency's screening and eligibility systems in relation to HRSA/HAB policy guidances and this new streamlined environment. In addition, line up staff personnel (inside your agency or with an outside partner) who will help clients with benefits counseling, eligibility determinations, and tax credits/subsidies.
6. Engage in Outreach and Enrollment
Access enrollment resources, including tools tailored for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. See HRSA/HAB policy guidances on outreach, benefits counseling, and enrollment as well as premium and cost-sharing assistance for Ryan White clients receiving private health insurance and Medicaid.


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7 Bizarre Early Versions of Famous Characters
It's easy to assume that the whole world swooned the moment it saw Batman or James Bond appear on screen -- certain characters are just so undeniably awesome that they couldn't possibly fail. But the reality is that lots of your favorite franchises had to suffer through ill-conceived false starts before rounding into shape, at which point their creators hoped you would forget all about the early efforts.
That's why it's so strange to look back at ...
#7. Batman's (Racist) Black-and-White Films of the 1940s
Columbia Pictures
The Version You Know:
The first Batman comics came out in 1939, but it wasn't until the 1966 show with Adam West that the Dark Knight really became a cultural phenomenon. Suddenly, Batman's adventures weren't only accessible to the intellectual elite who knew how to read speech balloons.
20th Century Fox Television, Warner Bros.
Clearly it's also where Nolan got this idea from.
Then Tim Burton resurrected the franchise with the 1989 film, and it's been an unstoppable box office juggernaut ever since. Mostly.
The Original Version:
Turns out there's an older live-action version of Batman that DC Comics understandably doesn't like to talk about.
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With the black and white, there's always the uneasy feeling that those legging might not be leggings at all.
Why? For starters, in this low-budget 1943 Batman serial, the costumes were crappy, the Batmobile was a regular car, and the Batcave was ... well, a cave. An empty, bat-infested cave where Batman drops criminals to terrorize them.
Also, it's kinda racist. In this version, Batman is actually a government agent fighting against the "shifty-eyed Japs" -- that's his entire origin. No traumatic witnessing of his parents' murder as a child, just "the government asked him to put on a bat costume and punch Asians" (the CIA had to stop doing that in 1957). This Batman truly didn't give a fuck: When he wasn't letting innocent window cleaners fall to their deaths or losing his cape and mysteriously regaining it, he was stashing cigarettes in his costume:
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And not bothering to reshoot the scene after dropping them.
Twenty years later, a producer slapped together some episodes of the serial into a movie -- those sophisticated '60s audiences thought it was hilarious, so ABC turned it into a campy humor TV show.
#6. James Bond's Cheap Made-for-TV Movie
The Version You Know:
Even if you've somehow never seen a James Bond movie before, you probably still know that the first person to play everyone's favorite nymphomaniac superspy on film was Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962). The movie turned the already successful literary character into an international sex god, spawning like 80 freaking sequels.
Eon Productions
You actually have to name all of them on the British SATs.
However, the first Bond novel was actually Casino Royale, not Dr. No. Ever wonder why they didn't adapt that one first?
The Original Version:
Because they did, only as a low-budget black-and-white TV movie no one watched, way back in 1954. Before Connery or any of the others, the first onscreen James Bond was ... um, some fucking guy. Watch this clip where the villain (Peter Lorre from Casablanca) tortures Bond with a pair of pliers -- the most shocking part is that "Jimmy Bond," as he's called throughout the movie, has an American accent. Because he's a U.S. government agent.
"Budweiser. Shaken, not stirred."
The one-hour movie aired as part of CBS's Climax Mystery Theater and failed to cause thousands of women to throw themselves at the actor, so it was deemed a disappointment. Still, at one point Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, was in negotiations with CBS and NBC to expand the movie into a TV series and even wrote some scripts, but there just wasn't enough interest from the networks to make it happen, for some reason.
"Bond ... Jimmy Bond, license to kill ..."
"An audience? A franchise? My sex drive?"
Eventually someone realized that a Bond film would be way better with some hairy Scottish guy in the lead, and the rest is history.
#5. Machete's First Appearance in a Spy Kids Movie
Dimension Films
The Version You Know:
Probably the best thing to come out of Grindhouse, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez tribute to bad movies that lived up to its premise, was a fake trailer called Machete about a badass Mexican maniac played by real-life badass Mexican maniac Danny Trejo. The trailer was so popular that it spawned an actual movie of its own, complete with all the violence and sex the original promised.
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And all the "disappointing Lindsay Lohan nudity" it didn't, but you're gonna have to go to Google for that.
This hard-R picture was successful enough to warrant an upcoming sequel, Machete Kills, but what many viewers don't realize is that this franchise does not mark the first time Rodriguez brought the batshit insane character of Machete Cortez to audiences.
The Original Version:
So what other ultraviolent Robert Rodriguez picture contains the first onscreen appearance of Machete? Does he make a cameo as a psychotic hit man in Sin City? Or a vampire slayer in From Dusk Till Dawn? Or maybe he's a desperado in Desperado?
Nope. He's the exasperated uncle in motherfucking Spy Kids.
Dimension Films
"Is that tomato juice on your jacket, Uncle Machete?"
"Uh ... yeah, V8."
You see, when not making the types of films that testosterone-fueled teenage boys wish their lives resembled, Rodriguez makes family-friendly movies in the Spy Kids series. Machete Cortez has appeared in all four movies as the brother of the kids' dad, Gregorio Cortez (Antonio Banderas). His part in the story involves watching after his niece and nephew, inventing wacky new gadgets for the kids to use, and, sadly, not brutally murdering anyone. Here's a clip where the little spies go through his workshop and find tiny light sabers, spy planes, and such:
Maybe it's just a name coincidence? ("Machete" is the fourth most popular baby name in Mexico, after all.) Nope: Danny Trejo already confirmed that "Machete Cortez in Machete is what Machete Cortez in Spy Kids does when he's not taking care of the kids." We're looking forward to the inevitable crossover, Machete Spies Kids.
#4. Jason Bourne's 1980s TV Movie
Warner Bros. Television
The Version You Know:
When The Bourne Identity came out in 2002, it offered a fresh new take on the by-then tired superspy genre: Fast-paced action! Conflicted personalities! Shaky cameras!
Universal Studios
Matt Damon!
Damon stars as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac badass who tries to figure out who he is while everyone else tries to kill him. Four Bourne movies have been made so far, with the latest one replacing Damon with Hawkeye from The Avengers -- they probably hope to keep making these movies with different actors until the end of time, like with the James Bond films.
The Original Version:
There's another thing Bourne stole from Bond: the part where the character also starred in an earlier TV movie no one knows about. Back in 1988, when Matt Damon was only ... 18? Seriously? How old is that dude? Anyway, back then, ABC aired a version of The Bourne Identity starring Richard Chamberlain as the title character.
Warner Bros. Television
Not Damon!
The plot is pretty much the same, but whereas the 2002 version is tightly paced and more tense than running out of toilet paper in a mall toilet, the original was criticized for being painfully slow and boring, in large part due to its outrageous three-hour length (four hours with ads). Another reason why the remake worked was the chemistry between Matt Damon and Franka Potente, but the '80s version had none of that -- compare this (flagged by YouTube) make-out session with Damon and Potente from 2002 with this awkward, almost hilariously bad bedroom scene between Chamberlain and his co-star, Jaclyn Smith.
Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Television
There are also certain ... size differences.
You can watch the original Bourne Identity here, or you can do something more productive with those three hours, like rewatching the remake one and half times.


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Sean Moth is the man behind the microphone at the KFC Yum! Center and at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The Cards' P.A. announcer has made "threeee" and "Cards' first down" famous sayings throughout the city.
The handpicked successor for legendary P.A. announcer John Tong, Moth lends his voice to just about every sport on the UofL campus. He is the public address announcer for football, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and does play-by-play on the radio for baseball.
KENT TAYLOR: When did you know that you wanted to be an announcer?
SEAN MOTH: I actually grew up wanting to be a National Park Ranger because I spent a lot of time out west. As I was finishing up college, I was in radio, and arbitrarily had an opportunity to do a Colorado State men's basketball game. Ironically against UTEP, Don Haskins was on the other bench. The first game I ever did, I never did a high school game, I never did a jayvee game – (I) did a division I men's basketball game. It kind of worked and so I just went with it.
TAYLOR: Did you love it right away?
MOTH: I did, but I still had a love for radio because there is a little more control there and I guess you get to use the language a little more, so it's a little more fun to do radio, but the seat is not bad, and I did enjoy it a lot.
TAYLOR: From there, what were the steps that got you to Louisville?
MOTH: At Colorado State I started to be a fill in guy for men's basketball, I did some sideline stuff at football games, and I became the voice of the women's basketball and volleyball teams, on the radio and in the arenas.
The Denver Nuggets had an exhibition game in Fort Collins, Colo., against the Pistons. It was Grant Hill's rookie year and Rodney Rogers' rookie year, and the Nuggets staff came down from Denver. They brought the entire staff, everybody except for the P.A. announcer. They asked me to do the game, I did the game, got to know them.
The Quebec Nordiques moved from Quebec to Colorado, to become the Avalanche. I called the guys I had worked with, I said do you need a guy, they said, yeah. So I auditioned and eventually, over 25 people, got that spot as the voice of the Avalanche.
I spent four years with the Avs, the last two of which I also did the Nuggets, and in the time that I was at Colorado State, Tom Jurich was there. When it was apparent that John Tong was going to hang up his microphone after 37 amazing years, he called me and offered me a position here. It was like I was being recruited. He brought me out here, showed me around. I knew I wanted to work for Tom, I had never been to Louisville, but it didn't take long to realize it was a great move.
TAYLOR: What do you miss about the pro sports?
MOTH: I miss hockey big time.
TAYLOR: Did you ever meet John Tong?
MOTH: No, I didn't. I heard him do a game or two here, but I never had the privileged of meeting him. He sadly passed away the summer before I arrived. I have spoken with his family, I have met his sons, great family, great people.
TAYLOR: How tough was that to replace a legend?
MOTH: Luckily I had time to cultivate my style at Colorado State and in Denver, so that really wasn't a concern.
What I didn't realize was a concern was how many people here weren't very happy with the job that I did. I don't know that people are different in Colorado, but I didn't have people complain about me in Colorado. I came here and there were emails, there were phone calls, letters to the editor, the message boards were blowing up, Terry Meiners was ripping on me on his show.
TAYLOR: What is your favorite thing to say into a microphone?
MOTH: Your final score, Louisville more than the other team. I love winning.
I guess I'm known for the "threeeee" call, that's something that I enjoy.
TAYLOR: Did you have that from the beginning?
MOTH: Just in doing P.A., I realized that R's and E's are good letters, and so I was doing "threeeees," that Nuggets exhibition game. I thought, you know what, instead of saying so and so for three, why not lead with it, because it's such a great word, so I did it at that Nuggets game and I've done it ever since.
TAYLOR: Is there a player name that stands out?
MOTH: I did enjoy Larry O'Bannon while he was here. The Avalanche had a forward from Russia named Valeri Kamensky – with the R's and the E's, that was a fun one to say.
TAYLOR: Is there a game or games that stand out?
MOTH: Three. The Super Regional to go to Omaha for the baseball team. I am the radio voice for the baseball team, I've been doing those games for nine years now, that was the first.
The second was the last game in Freedom Hall. That was unforgettable, that will always be with me.
Interestingly enough, the third game is the UCLA-Louisville men's soccer snow storm game. I stood on the roof top of the press box and did the webcast of that. The game itself was just unreal, the conditions added to it, and then the fans that showed up, and stuck through, just made it unreal. That was a goal with :52 seconds left to send the team to the Final Four, much like the Super Regional, so the implications were big. Every game is unique.


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Audi has debuted many vehicles at the Geneva Auto Show this year. One of the most eye catching of them has been the 2013 Audi A3, which is the lighter and more efficient variant of the older A3 hatch. The changes incorporated in the new A3 are quite stark compared to the older one and it will compete in the market against BMW 1 Series, Volvo V40 and Mercedes Benz A-Class.


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Large glass bottles just don't strike me as a "good idea" for hiking.
What options are there for carrying wine and preserving the flavor for a couple of days while hiking?
The key to preserving the flavor of wine is to minimize the amount of oxygen in contact with the wine. One option is to use a container which is flexible, so that you can compress it in order to remove all the air inside, leaving only the wine. Just be sure it is well sealed, so that you don't get wine all over your backpack. There are a few manufacturers who make containers specifically designed for this purpose, for example this one or this one. I have never used them myself, but all the reviews I have seen are very positive.
Just for @Russell:
Buy boxed wines and remove the box. This leaves you with a flexible bladder containing wine with a drip-free tap. It might not be classy, but it works.
Most of the white wine boxes have a foil lined bladder, which also helps keep the wine cool (well, cooler.)


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In Drupal, I want the title of my story/blog to refer to an external link rather than pointing it to my own domain. The reason is, I only want to write the title (turned into the external link from where the news originated) and then not write anything on the body of that node. Please let me know if there is a module which will help me achieve this or if there is a some hack.
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Body fields of nodes is not required and you can via settings remove it from the node.
I don't think you'll find a module for doing what you want, as it should be done in the theming layer, which is usually site specific. Anyways it can be done without too much trouble.
The stuff happens in
You could actually write the link into the title itself, but you would need to allow html in your titles then, as it is escaped by default. You could also use CCK to store and external link, and use theming to link it to the node title.


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If you play piano you immediately see what notes construct what chord. For example you see on your keyboard that C Major is constructed of C E G. It's much harder to visual that on guitar even if you know fretboard well.
It's fairly important unless you're going to play via shapes and/or patterns. You can get away with it for a long time; I did, for the first 4 or 5 years of playing. As soon as someone asked you to play something for which you don't have a ready shape or pattern you're in trouble.
In my opinion, at a minimum you should know how to build simple chords on the fly:
I would also learn how to use the Nashville Number System, developed in the late 1950s and still in use by studio, stage and touring musicians in the music industry in Nashville, Tennessee and elsewhere.
This depends entirely on your aspirations. Different people think about music in different ways, and you need to find your own preferences.
If you're happy to strum or pick chords by learning shapes, then it's OK to just learn the shapes and play them without thinking about the rhyme or reason. It's definitely worth knowing which string is the root note of each chord shape, because a strum often sounds better if you start on the root, and the root note is the basis of a picked pattern.
From there, it's your choice how smart you want to be. It's never harmful to know more!
Bear in mind that many good classical musicians don't reason about the notes they are playing -- they just play what's written on the stave. It's not a learning style that works for me; but it works for many.
If you know the names of which notes you're playing, you can reason about how the chords are constructed. This makes it easier to remember the shapes because they are no longer just random clusters of dots to you; you can see patterns in how they're arranged.
There are two ways to look at this:
It's great to be able to do both of these, but you're likely to find that you're more comfortable with one and will have to work harder on the other. Which one it is, depends on you.
Then there's the opposite direction -- where you know what notes make a chord, and are able to construct a shape from that. This allows you to create your own inversions higher up the fretboard, rather than learning them all by rote.
Using a combination of all of the above, you can modify chords you know, to create new chords. For example:
So yes, it's very useful. But, if your ambitions are low, you don't need it.
I'd just like to say (quite seriously),
One of the many ways of becoming a better guitarist, is to know the notes which make up a chord
JimR gave you a good answer, I'd like to add my $.02 to that by mentioning that it'll depend on what you're playing and who you're playing with. For a long time I played in a choir's backing band, and we were mostly given sheet music matching the choir's arrangement. It was not uncommon to encounter chord progressions with 6s, 9s, flats and sharps, or with a non-root note in the bass. Knowing how to build chords made life easier for me since I could use it to figure out a guitar part that would have the right chords and fit with what the others where doing, as in this case "the others" meant both a bass and a keyboard player as well as a choir.


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Assuming that one should only learn secular topics for the purpose of parnassah (making a living), to what extent may one learn those topics? Is it only permitted to learn enough to get a job that requires the least amount of knowledge? May one learn more in order to get a better job so he may live more comfortably and/or perform hiddur mitzvah? What if one must sacrifice a certain amount of Torah learning now in order to do more secular learning, but having a better job will facilitate much more time to learn Torah later?
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Rabbi Shnuer Zalman of Liadi (author of Shulchan Aruch Harav) writes in Tanya Chapter 8 (English translation/commentary from here) that it is permitted to learn secular topics in order to secure a livelihood:
In the Chassidus Mevueres explanation on Tanya they explain (footnote 50) based on the comments of the Lubavitcher Rebbe that by this the Alter Rebbe intends that even if one could survive minimally without a secular education - if by studying such topics he will have a more comfortable livelihood which he can utilize to serve Hashem on a higher level, this is permitted. The gauge would be that if such additional income is simply bettering his physical standards it would not be allowed, whereas if it will uplift his spiritual service it is.
Rabbi Yishmael says in Menachot (99b) that one cannot learn "Greek Wisdom" because it would take away time from learning Torah and the passuk says " לא ימוש ספר התורה הזה מפיך". However, the Gemara in Berachot 35b discusses this passuk, and while R. Shimon b. Yochai says one should not work, R. Yishmael says it is something one should do as it says "ואספת דגנך". This raises an apparent contradiction in R. Yishamel's position on what לא ימוש means.
Some explain R. Yishmael's view by saying that he only allows one to take off time from learning for Parnasah, but not for learning "Greek Wisdom". Some then equate Greek Wisdom with secular studies, which would create a prohibition to study secular studies if it isn't for earning a living. (However, it does not seem like we hold like R. Yishmael in Menachot, and Greek Wisdom is probably much narrower than all secular studies, see this post.)
The Gemara in Berachot continues:
Abaye says that R. Yishmael's approach worked out better in practice. Rava is then quoted as telling his students not to come before him [to learn] during Nissan and Tishrei so that they won't need to spend as much time on parnasah during the year.
Rava's statement shows that one should sacrifice time from learning at one point in a year if it will leave him with more time to learn later. This argument can probably be extended to learning less torah for a couple of years if it really will leave a person with more time to learn later.
What about choosing a career based on personal preference that will take more time to study for but without providing more time later? I think this would also be permitted even according to those who only allow studying for a livelihood. Since the studies are for a livelihood, they would be included in the "heter". One is not required to make calculations about which would take the least amount of time away from learning without regarding any other factors. (Even by more severe prohibitions, if something is permitted, one often does not need to make calculations to find the least violations.)
See also the Mishnah at the end of Kiddushin which discusses what livelihood one should teach his son. While it does mention teaching " אומנות נקיה וקלה", it doesn't seem that a career should be avoided just because it involves more training time. There are many other important factors. In fact the whole question may be more complex than something that can just be looked up in the "shulchan aruch", since it involves lifetime personal decisions.


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ApplyWebTemplate() is raising an SPException. The only further details (including from the InnerException property) I have is that it says:
"Cannot complete this action. Please try again. 0x80004005" with the stacktrace clearly leading me back to ApplyWebTemplate().
This template that I'm applying did call on a custom content type/page layout I had - so I removed all that to ensure that there were no 'missing file' issues.
Can anybody shed any light on where this exception could be coming from?
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I need to map AD's "Member Of" property in sharepoint 2010 user profile properties. I found a guide on how to do that, How to map a user's Active Directory group membership to their SharePoint profile but unfortunately it refers to sharepoint 2007, and to be honest I was hoping that meanwhile there was some faster/easier way to do that.
If you don't like the idea of running the scheduled powershell, you can resort to a WebPart in the profile (person.aspx) page.
But beware that doing direct queries to AD can bite you back for it was not built to be queried extensively (there is a good reason SharePoint synchronizes and makes a local copy of the domain), but your use case may fit in it.
That said, your web part just needs to run this
I'm not sure about that, I did this in 2007 last week, and it was easy in the corresponding User Profile Synchronization Service in the dialogue for mapping AD properties to SharePoint... I guess it hasn't changed much in 2010, but if there's a simpler way, I'm happy to know too :)


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I have a document which uses the standard
\cite to cite a reference. At the end of my document, I have a
\bibliography to place the References section there. However, the fellowship I'm applying to asks to submit the essay and references in different documents. Is there any way I can split the two from each other. That is to say, have the essay on one document, and the references on another?
There is one way I can think of doing this but it doesn't use LaTeX. I have a software that can print anything to PDF. I can use it to print the essay pages to a PDF and name it
Essay.pdf, and then use it to print only the references seciton to PDF and name it
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I'm a mathematician. I want to be able to read recent ArXiv postings on high energy physics theory (String theory) (and perhaps be able to do research). I want to understand compactifications, Dualities, D-branes, M-branes etc. What's the easiest way to do so provided I have the necessary knowledge in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, analysis and differential geometry?
Many string theorists would like to know more algebraic geometry. There are a few of us who know algebraic geometry at a pretty high level (not me) but many more who would like to learn more and feel it would help with their research but find the literature very difficult. I think the optimal solution would be to find such a string theorist and agree that you will teach them algebraic geometry if they will teach you string theory.
I mean, if you are really trying to understand String Theory, then you're going to have to become fluent in Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, and General Relativity first... otherwise the papers are going to be unmotivated and you won't understand the linguistics and you won't know how the results connect to the universe (i.e. they're more than just a sequence of symbols which we call math).
That being said, assuming CM/QM/QFT/GR are under the belt, the best place to start is Green-Witten-Schwarz's (GWS) Superstring Theory, followed by skimming Polchinski's String Theory. This is supported by my string theory professor when I took it a while ago, Petr Horava (discoverer of D-branes). From here you can supplement other notes and papers.
In Vol.1 of GWS, chapter 2/3 will explain the bosonic string theory (i.e. ignoring fermions) and BRST quantization, which leads to a critical dimension $D=26$. Then chapter 4 will fix this with supersymmetry (i.e. putting back in the fermions), leading to the actual critical dimension $D=10$. After this, gauge anomalies and compactification and dualities and D-branes can start being assessed.
Since I am a mathematician and also spent quite efforts on learning string theory, etc., let me add some comments.
I agree with David Roberts suggesting this (published book is a little more complete, but not essentially), I partly agree with Chris Gerig "This is more just QFT, and would be a good mathematical perspective after you understand the physics of QFT / String Theory..." I would say that this more concerns lectures by mathematicians: Deligne, Kazhdan, Bernstein, which I would suggest to skip at first reading. And just look at physicits lectures: Faddeev, Gawedzki (fall semester) and Witten, D'Hoker (spring semester)
"... , in particular I don't think it help for the papers that get posted on arXiv hep-ph and hep-th." Well, yes, this volume does not cover most interesting developments made in 90-ies, but nevertheless as some basics sources, it should be Okay.
Let me also agree with Chris Gerig "I mean, if you are really trying to understand String Theory, then you're going to have to become fluent in Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, and General Relativity first... "
The way which many people in Russia are doing this - is via volumes by Landua Lifshitz. Let me say that volumes 1-3 (Classical mechanics, Field theory(Classical electrodynamics and General relativity), Quantum mechanics) are quite accessible for mathematicians, even for last years undergrads. But this does not contain Feynman path integral. You may look at Feynman, R.P. and Hibbs, A.R. Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals. Also LL does not include quantum field theory. You may look at Ramond's short book. And IAS volume discussed above.
You may also look at Igor Dolgachev's (mathematician) "Introduction to physics" http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~idolga/lecturenotes.html
Another question it might be worth to figure out - what aim you are setting for yourself. To become a physicist? Let me tell the story - a friend of mine started as a physicist, but later turned to mathematics, I asked him why ? (cause he is really smart and surely had good perspectives). He answered: "you know in physics 1+2+3+4+.... = -1/12, can you live with this ? Me not." Another story about I. Gelfand who being at Rutgers decided to learn some physics, it is started Okay, but at some point, physicist said "here we divide by the volume of the diffeomorphism group" (you always do it in Faddeev's-Popov approach), after that Gelfand stopped this. (The story from my friend who was Gelfand's student and was personally there). I mean for a mathematician absence of proof/(clear understanding) is like a teeth pain, but true physicists will not even observe a problem :) So there is certain cultural and mental difference, and should choose what is more suitable for you.
However, my strong feeling is that mathematical community MUST somehow "learn/absorb/rework/rethink" ideas of QFT and string theory. There are certain important tools and ideas which are now hidden in some physical language and sometimes looks as trick, heuristics, etc..., but should be cleared out, polished, placed in the right position of our mathematical knowledge. We are at certain point where the part of math. community and hep-th community are quite close to each other, this will not be forever. So it is important not to loose a chance of gaining physical "intuition" and making from it mathematical theory.
Let me speculate a little on the possible place of physical ideas in math. It seems to me they are to certain extent "differential geometry of specific infinite-dimensional manifolds". I mean typically in physics we consider the space of all smooth maps from one manifold to another. We write a kind of differential form on this space and integrate it. The problem is that such integration is ill-defined business, however it somehow works. I think that the manifolds we work are not some abstract infinite-dimensional manifolds, but we should take into account that we consider the space of maps from one finite-dim manifold to another finite-dim - an this will lead to certain "semi-infinite" structures. Like vertex operator algebras more or less are loop algebras of finite-dimensional Lie algebras. To certain extent these ideas kind be made quite precise in topological quantum fields theories see e.g. this discussion: Doing geometry using Feynman Path Integral?
You could do worse than starting with this book: http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Quantum_Fields_and_Strings.html?id=ecruIiTk05EC&redir_esc=y.
the most basic book I know of is Enumerative Geometry and String Theory by Sheldon Katz.
but of course it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the topics you (and not only you) want to understand.
I have the following book and deals with all the topics you mentioned in addition to Conformal Field Theory for a layman's perspective.


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