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These are the notes from the The 286th Meeting of Noisebridge. Note-taker: metaone; Moderator: Danny.
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I am a bit embarrassed to ask this question, but still: assume that I have a finite morphism $\pi:X\to Y$ of affine algebraic varieties over a field (probably finiteness is too strong an assumption, but it is true in my situation, so let me assume it), which is an isomorphism over an open subset $U$ of $Y$. Let $Z$ be the complement of $U$. Assume that I am given a regular function $f$ on $X$ which vanishes on the scheme-theoretic preimage $\pi^{-1}(Z)$ of $Z$. Does it come from a function on $Y$?
I don't think so. Let $Y$ be the plane curve $y_1^2=y_2^5$, let $X$ be the line with coordinate $x$, and define $\pi:X\to Y$ by $y_1=x^5,y_2=x^2$. It's an isomorphism outside the closed point $y_1=0=y_2$. The function $x^3$ vanishes on the scheme-theoretic preimage (that is, it belongs to the ideal of $k[x]$ generated by $x^5$ and $x^2$), but it doesn't come from a function on $Y$ (that is, it is not in the subring of $k[x]$ generated by $x^5$ and $x^2$).
I was in fact pondering the same question just yesterday, and ended up with this: there is a thickening $Z'\subset X$ of $\pi^{-1}Z$ such that every regular function vanishing on $Z'$ comes from $Y$.
Proof is straight forward, but anyway: in terms of rings, let $\phi\colon A \subset B$ be a finite extension of rings, with $B$ generated by finitely many $x_i$ as an $A$-module, let $I\subset A$ be an ideal and suppose $A_f \cong B_f$ for all $f\in I$. Let $f\in I$. For each $i$ we can then write $\phi(a_i) = x_i \phi(f)^{n_i}$ for some $a_i\in A$. Choose $n > n_i$ for all $i$ and let $I'\subset A$ be generated by all $f^n$ for $f$ running through a generator set of $I$ (with $n$ varying with $f$). Now $I'B$ defines $Z'$: its elements are $A$-linear combinations of $\phi(f^n)x_i =\phi(f^{n-n_i})\phi(a_i)$, which is in $I$.
(Still interested if there is a better statement. Also I was still looking for an example where the thickening was needed, so thanks, Tom!)


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Hi Folks,
I'm new to the forum (pleased to me you) and new to spherical panoramas. I'm working on a project that involves making qtvr type panoramas and now just getting my feet wet. I've shot a series of images and stitched them using Hugin, but I'm having trouble with the next step, viewing the image as a spherical, navigable, panorama. Does it need to be converted to qtvr? Did I miss something in Hugin's output?
Any tips, or pointers to tutorials, would be appreciated. I've searched around a bit myself, on Hugin's site, YouTube and so on with no luck. Your help would be much appreciated.
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I am asking for a way to compute the rank of the 'join' of a bunch of subspaces whose pairwise intersections might be non-zero. So in the case n=2 this is just $\dim(A_1+A_2) = \dim(A_1) + \dim(A_2) - \dim(A_1\cap A_2)$. For general $n$, I don't know a good formula.
As the blog link points out, for any finite collection of subspaces U_1,...,U_n there's a chain complex
$$0 \to \cap U_i \to \ldots \to \bigoplus U_i \cap U_j \cap U_k \to \bigoplus U_i \cap U_j \to \bigoplus U_i \to \sum U_i \to 0$$
where the rth term after the left hand zero is the external direct sum of (n-r+1)-fold intersections of U_i's. The differential sends $$x \in U_{i_1} \cap \cdots \cap U_{i_r}$$ to $$\sum_j (-1)^j (x \in U_{i_1} \cap \cdots \hat{U_{i_j}} \cap \cdots \cap U_{i_r})$$
Failure of "inclusion-exclusion for vector spaces" is failure of exactness of this sequence. For example, for three subspaces the only non-trivial homology is H^1 which is $(U \cap (V+W))/(U\cap V + U \cap W)$ i.e. it measures failure of distributivity.
You can find out what the Euler characteristic of the sequence is by repeatedly using the formula for dim(U+V). What this gives for 4 subspaces is that the alternating sum of Betti numbers is
$$|((U \cap V) \cap (U\cap W + U \cap X)) / (U \cap V \cap W + U \cap V \cap X) |$$ minus the sum of $$| (V \cap (W+X))/(V \cap W + V \cap X) |$$ and $$| ( U \cap (V+W+X) )/ (U\cap V + U\cap W + U \cap X) |$$
where I've written |s for "dim". First homology is the direct sum $$( U \cap (V+W+X) )/ (U\cap V + U\cap W + U \cap X) \oplus (V \cap (W+X))/(V \cap W + V \cap X) $$
Example1: 4 planes in R^3, with the intersection of any 3 being {0}. Then 2nd homology is 1-dim and 1st homology is zero. Euler char is 3-8+6=1.
Example2: 4 planes in R^3, three of which meet in a line, the other in "general position". Euler char 3-8+6-1=0, no homology.
This ought to be part of some kind of homology theory for subspace configurations, but it doesn't seem to be in the literature.
Disclaimer: this is all from some ancient notes of mine, and I can't vouch for how reliable it is
What goes wrong with a proof of inclusion-exclusion, as was tried in the post that Qiaochu links to, is that $A \cap (B + C) \neq (A \cap B) + (A \cap C)$. You might be able to get a useful expression for the dimension of the join of a bunch of subspaces by looking at the dimension of more complicated spaces expressed using meets and joins.
In the paper "A Quantum Lovasz Local Lemma" (arxiv link; don't be scared by the "quantum" in the title -- the motivation is quantum, but the theorems are just about dimensions of joins, meets, and complements of subspaces) there is a definitely non-trivial theorem proved about dimensions of spaces using this calculus of meets and joints. So depending on what you want it for, you might be able to find some interesting expressions for the dimension of the join of a set of spaces.
One way to look at this question is via quiver representations. Two subspaces of a vector space form a representation of the quiver $A_3$ with orientations $\bullet \rightarrow \bullet \leftarrow \bullet$ with the additional condition that both maps are injective (that's tautology). Now, every representation of $A_3$ is a sum of indecomposables, whose dimension vectors are (1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1), (1,1,0), (0,1,1), (1,1,1), where for the first and the third one the maps are not injective, and for the remaining four the maps are injective. Thus, the dimension vector for a generic representation with injective maps is a(0,1,0)+b(1,1,0)+c(0,1,1)+d(1,1,1)=(b+d,a+b+c+d,c+d). Clearly, the dimension of the sum of the two subspaces is b+c+d (the complement is represented by the first summand a(0,1,0)), which is (b+d)+(c+d)-d, and d is the dimension of the intersection.
Now, for the three subspaces we deal with representations of the quiver $D_4$ with injective maps. (I am too lazy to draw $D_4$ on MO, sorry!). Indecomposable representations have dimension vectors $(d_1,d_2,d_3,d)$ (note different ordering of dimensions - the largest one is the last one) being (1,0,0,0), (0,1,0,0), (0,0,1,0), (0,0,0,1), (1,0,0,1), (0,1,0,1), (0,0,1,1), (1,1,0,1), (1,0,1,1), (0,1,1,1), (1,1,1,1), (1,1,1,2) - altogether 12 vectors. Among them, the first three have non-injective maps, and the fourth one captures the complement of the sum of our three subspaces. Thus, there are 8 numbers through which the dimension can be expressed (not 7, as in the inclusion-exclusion formula), and what remains is to choose the 8th number, in addition to the dimensions of all possible intersections, reasonably for your needs.
For $k>3$ subspaces the classification problem stops being of finite type so it becomes a bit more nasty...
I just wanted to point out, for other readers, the excellent paper by Gian-Carlo Rota "On the foundations of combinatorial theory I. Theory of Möbius function"
The paper somehow sets up the proper framework to generalize the inclusion-exclusion principle (which is basically a special case of Möbius inversion).
(I wanted to make a comment following Shor's answer, but it seems I don't have enough reputation credit ^^ ...)
The question immediately reminded me of this answer to the famous post of "Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics". Obviously, it does not answer the question, but I believe it adds something informative and worthy.


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When Men Were Men and Women Wore Girdles
Wives With Beehives
Thursday, Dec. 27 , 10 p.m on TLC
If nothing else, the title promised a look at an era long gone. The 1950s, that is: the object of knowing derision today buried in clichés about a time when America was the land of happy automatons—a people unthinking, accepting and repressed. Especially its serious, non-revolutionary, jobs- and marriage-focused young, who have for decades been dismissed as "the silent generation" by sociologists enamored of the more colorful decades to come—years of riots, bomb-throwing, seizure of the universities, the reign of the Weathermen.
True, that title didn't sound altogether free of clichéd views—"wives with beehives" isn't all that far, tonally, from "the silent generation." Still, a film promising a look at women of the 21st century who choose—apparently for deep-rooted reasons—a hairdo popular in the 1950s along with a lot else associated with that decade could lead who knows where.
One place this breezy portrait of such women doesn't lead is to the sight of hair done in a beehive. There are other stand-out hairdos, to be sure, some clearly the product of fevered fantasies about the '50s, but nothing approaching the style the title mentions. That should have been the first sign that this TLC production about a group of Los Angeles housewives who pride themselves on adherence to the manners, morals and dress of the 1950s might be a bit short in the authenticity department. There would be others in regular succession.
When Dollie, one of the film's most impassioned spokespersons for the looks, the values, the style of the era, flounces around bare-shouldered, sporting a large tattoo, it's clear that somebody has an odd view of the way women of the '50s looked. And talked. The first time one of these devotees of the past burbles about something being "so awesome!" you may want to laugh. It's a reminder. Visits to retro clothing and furniture stores, and the solemn testaments to the virtues of the past, notwithstanding, these are women very much of their time.
It's not long, in fact, before the tone of the relationships between them, mannerly to begin with, degenerates into resentments of a familiar kind. For a while at least, we could be watching "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," in vintage clothing.
That clothing plays a central role in the concerns of the four women introduced here, whose reasons for their choice of lifestyle are all roughly similar. Dollie, who had a difficult childhood, wants order, and also a world like the one she connects with the '50s, when men were men and women were women. Unlike today—when, she charges, men have surrendered their masculinity. As she speaks a scene unfolds in her living room by way of illustration, showing her husband striding purposefully to a table lamp to change the bulb—presumably an example of male assertiveness. How many manly husbands does it take to screw in a light bulb?...
Amber, who also wants a stable and peaceful life, wants no children and may, it's suggested, be trying to overcome memories of her strict religious upbringing. Fifties fashion of all kinds is central to her life, if this report is to be believed. She prides herself on her cocktail parties featuring appropriate taste treats of the era: deviled eggs and cheese puffs. The dressing room that holds her huge vintage wardrobe is the largest room in the house—a fact that would likely have been incomprehensible to an American homemaker of the '50s.
Shelby, married to a U.S. Navy man, is proud to feed her husband what she considers 1950s meals when he's home on leave. Potato-chip casserole, freezer-box pie and blue Jello, etc. She believes, as does the elegant Leslie, that the values of the '50s will keep her family intact.
As far as one can tell from these lives and preoccupations, the values the film's subjects hold so dear are centered mostly on objects, possessions—the vintage outfits packed into their houses, the '50s sofas and kitchen, the underwear they buy at retro shops. One scene is devoted to a shopping trip in which the girls happily try on midcentury undergarments—bras and corsets—that give them the '50s look they long for.
We learn here, in the end, nothing about the beehive (a style that endured through much of the 1960s) and certainly nothing about the '50s itself, except for the image that has endured, and filtered down. A picture of a time at odds with the sneering pontifications about "the age of conformity," the aforementioned "silent generation." A decade that felt, even in the shadow of the Cold War and amid dire fears about atomic war, far more secure than life does now, far more sane, though the battle against segregation was yet to be won. It was a time of incomparably greater literacy, a decade unequaled for its outpouring of great American novels—a time, in short, that deserves far better than this film with its potato casseroles and retrofashion obsession. But say this about these women who decided to embrace the '50s—they were on to something. If only they knew why and what it was.
The Year in Pup Culture
Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m. on Animal Planet
"The Year in Pup Culture" could have done more to live up to its endearing title. A jokey take on the year's major events and stars, with dogs and a few cats in the central roles, the joke doesn't deliver much fun till its midpoint. The producers of these films have yet to figure out that puppies draped in silly costumes aren't just unfunny—they're painful to behold. The whole point of puppies, and grown dogs too, is those fabulous bodies, those heads—which we see here covered in stupid hats and spectacles. Things do pick up when the film gets to larger events—the Olympics, the presidential election, the dogs preparing for the predicted end of the world. Best scene: the doggie Olympics star who decides to curl up and snooze on his balance beam.


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I need sprites and images, such as characters, landscapes and others. Where can I find them?
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Lost Garden has lots of free graphics that you can use in your games.
For RPG Games you have a cool 32x32 tileset and lots of free to use sprites, objects, icons, etc..
http://www.opengameart.org has lots of art available under many licenses
You can find 2D art, including textures and others at a number of sites:
Google is your friend, but always read the license agreements carefully. Even if you are careful, there is a chance that the source of any texture found online might indirectly come from a copyrighted source.
Tile Map Editors
3D models
Most of them are probably old and not mantained, but should find lots of resources in those. Have fun!
No - be very careful that you use the "Usage rights" dropdown in the search tools, and even then take your time to read the actual license in the source page. If you use a texture, you should be sure that you have the rights to use it, or you open yourself up to lawsuits. Most of the images you'll find via a google image search (without specifying usage rights) will not be free for use in a game.
Here is a texture generation tool: http://www.filterforge.com/
You can tweak the settings of every texture, to generate a unique texture for your game. Most textures can create an associated normal map, ambient occlusion map, diffuse map, specular power map, specular exponent map, etc.
This means that you can generate a rock texture, and then composite the various maps for that texture together to form dynamic specular highlights in your game engine, instead of having a picture of real-life rocks, which may have specular highlights for the particular angle that the camera took the picture from -- this is less convincing in the game world.
A de-facto place to go for textures is http://www.cgtextures.com/ You'll even find textures from CGTextures in AAA games!
And finally, a good method for getting textures, is to take a picture yourself, and then open your favorite image editing tool and make the image tile.
In photoshop, you would do this by cropping the image to the portion that you want to tile, and then Filter->Offset, and choose an offset that is half the width and half the height of the image. Now your image seam is at the horizontal and vertical center of the image. Pull out the healing brush or clone stamp tool, and smooth out the seams. Voila, a tiling texture.
SpriteLib is a GPL-licensed library of sprites that you can use in your game. A big (but now slightly outdated) public domain texture set is the Golgotha texture pack. You can also browse an artist storefront such as Turbo Squid for free stuff.
The pygame site has tons of links to resources. Be very careful though...I'm not sure how well they vet the links, some might have content which you are not legally allowed to use. It's fine to use them for your little game clone, but if you put it online & it gets popular, you might run into trouble.
Go take some pictures of the sky, ground, and trees. Really.
Grab a part of the image that looks like it would make for a good texture, then just make it tileable (in Photoshop: just offset the image 50% horizontally and vertically, and remove the seams using the patch and healing tools).
Check out TIGSource's Assemblee competition! Part one asked people to create graphics and audio assets while part two asked people to create games with only materials provided in part one. All assets were released under a creative commons non-commercial license.
Mayang's Free Texture Library is other site with free textures.
There doesn't seem to be one central hub for this unfortunately. A few examples that I've come across though:
Sprite Database is pretty good.
You can also ask beginner artists to make some stuff. I know a lot of them would love to work on a game. You may even find some who are very talented. There are many sites out there where you can find people like this.
A good collection of completely free 2D and 3D art, all by the same artist with the same look and feel:
Some sites I found:
I have made some assets available as well as compiled a list of other assets I know about/techniques for finding artwork:
Sorry since my rank is low I apparently can't link more stuff. You should be able to get to it from the above though.
Here's a great resource for writing a roguelike that nobody has mentioned yet: http://rltiles.sourceforge.net/
You should check out the Yoyo games Game Maker resources page. They have tons of sprites, including explosions. I used some before I went over to particle physics explosions, which I strongly recommend you consider doing also.
Other than that, Google is your friend and turbosquid have some 2d images too.
You could try CGTextures.com.
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Epic Games has offered up a free, remastered version of XBLA release Shadow Complex for Windows PC.
Castle Crashers Remastered launching on Xbox One this summer, PC to follow
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State of Decay sells 2m copies
Undead Labs has announced its zombie survival game State of Decay has sold 2m copies across Xbox 360 and Windows PC platforms.
Rekoil heads to XBLA, Steam later this month
Plastic Piranha's upcoming FPS Rekoil will land on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam later this month, publisher 505 Games has announced.
Telltale's The Wolf Among Us launches this week on PC, Xbox 360
The Walking Dead developer has announced release info for its next episodic effort, The Wolf Among Us.
XBLA favourite State of Decay coming to PC
State of Decay, the open-world zombie-fest will launch on PC later this year.
Monaco developer calls XBLA sales performance "disappointing"
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine developer Andy Schatz has expressed his disappointment in the Xbox Live Arcade sales performance of his title.
Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013 lineup revealed
Microsoft has revealed launch date and pricing info for Xbox Live Arcade's annual Summer of Arcade promo.
Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013 games priced and dated
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360 Ford Engine Rebuild - Blown BlocksWritten by on August 30, 2011 A Ford 360 Redux
As a high-mileage, daily driven truck, my FE-powered 1968 F-100 has seen its fair share of bumps and bruises externally, but nothing prepared me for what was going to happen to the tough-as-nails, 360 big-block on a hot summer day.
On a drive out to pick up a basket case motorcycle, I purchased via the internet, about half way into my trip I noticed that the truck's temp gauge was traveling into the red zone and on the stop-and-go SoCal freeways with no place to go, this is not a good thing. Being jammed-up on the not-so-open road left me nowhere to pull off, and I was helpless to witness my 42-year-old truck's powerplant meltdown like Three Mile Island.
Once the truck was towed back to my house, I was able to put in on my Bendpack lift, pull the motor, and survey the damage.
After some troubleshooting I noticed that one of the four-decade-old freeze plugs had rusted through and left the motor with no coolant therefore causing some serious top end head gasket damage due to heat.
I was now at a crossroads. Do I yank the big-block all together and go with a remanufactured small-block? Or do I keep the numbers-matching mill in it and upgrade the top end?
After racking my brain for what seemed like forever, I liked the current options of FE aftermarket products available and chose to keep the stock engine, but give it a top end redo.
With a call made to Edlebrock, I was able to get an FE-specific parts package that consisted of a Performer RPM aluminum intake manifold and heads, and a 600-cfm carb. To add a little snazziness under the hood, Eldelbrock also kicked in with a set of its classic-series FE valve covers and air cleaner in black.
Further delving into the engine's issue I saw many worn parts that were also in need of an upgrade. Luckily, our friends at Summit Racing stepped in to further ensure this engine redo would be a success.
Summit Racing has a ton of company-branded products that have every bit of performance and technology behind them as the big brands, but at a fraction of the price. We went with Summit's own FE Cam, timing gear set, lifters, pushrods, gaskets, and even some hardware from ARP to keep it all locked down.
Outside of the engine we used a Summit Racing water and fuel pump, thermostat, and water neck.
We also wanted to expand the oil capacity of the FE and since we put a front IFS from Fatman Fabrications on this truck while it was out of commission, we needed a van oil pan with a rear sump. Yet again we called Summit and ordered a Milodon oil pan, pickup, and gasket as well as new Summit extra-capacity oil pump to do all the heavy liquid lifting.
Once the motor's top end was back together, we needed to get the engine's electrical juices flowing, so Pertronix supplied us with a new distributor and coil.
To expend all the new gasses, the Edlebrock carb will be sucking in, we went with a set of Patriot's FE truck headers and secured them to the big-block with a set of Percy's Splitlock locking fasteners.
The engine redo went together rather easily with a set of skilled hands and the right tools as you can see for yourself.
We will be excited to see what kind of power the truck makes over stock when we get it back in the truck and on the dyno. CCT
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We wasted no time in pulling everything but the bottom end off the 360 FE mill and adding new freeze plugs.Once the block was thoroughly cleaned and checked out to be in good working order, we started the rebuild by installing the cam from Summit Racing.At that time we installed the rear-sump oil pan needed for the truck's new Fatman IFS, which we installed in CCT last month.
After the new Edlebrock Performer RPM intake was mounted, pushrods from Summit were installed through it due to the design of the FE motor.The OEM rockers were in good shape, so we decided to go with them over a more expensive alternative.
A set of new valve cover gaskets was installed on the Edlebrock heads and classic black aluminum covers were bolted down.The new 600-cfm Edelbrock carburetor was installed as we all as a matching classic aluminum air cleaner in black.Once the induction was all bolted into place, we slapped a set of Patriot truck headers on it and secured them with a set of Percy's locking fasteners.


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MORRISTOWN - If Harrison Central hopes to taste the postseason they could ill-afford another setback.
The Huskies breathed life into its playoff hopes, snapping a two-game losing skid, with a 33-12 victory over Union Local Friday night.
Harrison Central, in the thick of the Ohio Division IV Region 15 playoff chase, suffered consecutive losses at the hands of Bellaire and Indian Creek the past two weeks. The win improved the Huskies to 6-3.
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"We understand the situation," Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka said. "We came out here tonight and took care of business. We had a nice drive on the first series but came up empty and that kind of took the wind out of sails.
"You have to give Union Local a lot of credit though. They really came to play tonight. There is a lot of fight in their kids and that says something about them and their staff."
Harrison's next step in securing a postseason berth will be Friday night when Buckeye Local visits Cadiz.
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Harrison Central 33, Union Local 12
Harrison Central 6 14 13 0 - 33
Union Local 0 6 0 6 - 12
HC: R. Mitchell 9 run (kick failed)
HC: Olmstead 51 pass from Mitchell (Teixiera kick)
UL: McDiffitt 46 pass from Porter (kick failed)
HC: Olmstead 12 from Mitchell (Teixiera kick)
HC: Hython 57 pass from Mitchell (Teixiera kick)
HC: Hython 4 run (bad snap)
UL: Tipton 10 run (run failed)
RUSHING: HC (34-126) Hython, 18-96-1; Mitchell, 5-(-7); Lindsey, 2-(-2); Stinson, 3-10; Porter, 6-29, UL (26-92) Blake, 14-68; Ware, 2-(-1); Pritz, 2-7; Brown, 1-1; Tipton, 7-17-1.
PASSING: HC (11-18-241-3-0x) all by Mitchell. UL (5-13-60-td-x) Porter, 3-6-50-td-0; Tipton, 2-7-10-0-x.
RECEIVING: HC (11-241-3) Rutter, 1-34; Moore, 2-17; Williams, 1-14; Olmstead, 4-108-2; Hython, 2-60-1; Watt, 1-8. UL (5-60) Blake, 2-(6); Pritz, 1-7; McDiffitt, 1-46-td; Ware 1-1.
Union Local, meanwhile, fell to 1-8.
"Harrison has a really nice team," Jets boss Mark Cisar explained. "They have a senior-dominated team with some very nice play-makers.
"I am pleased with how we battled though. We have a bunch of young kids out there and I have seen zero quit in them. We know we are one or two years away, but the effort is there."
Harrison Central used a balanced attack featuring signal caller Rashaen Mitchell doing most of the damage through the air. The senior completed 11-of-18 for 241 yards and three scores, He also scampered in from 9 yards out for the first Huskies score of the night.
"We got them into a fourth down on the first TD and Mitchell makes a great play with his legs, but that's what talented athletes do," Cisar said.
Following a UL three-and-out, Harrison's quick-strike offense needed just one play for Mitchell to find Nate Olmstead for a 51-yard scoring play. Rafael Teixiera booted the PAT to make it 13-0.
Union Local answered quickly with Gavin Porter finding Kaleb McDiffitt open down the left sideline for a 46-yard scoring play. The point after was no good and the Jets trailed 13-6.
Harrison was able to tack on a TD with 2:28 left in the first half as Mitchell found Olmstead again, this time from 12 yards out. Teixiera booted the extra point to make it 20-6.
"Union Local showed some schemes that we hadn't seen on film," Kropka explained. "They did a nice job slowing down our running game, so we went to our pass game and Rashaen did a nice job. We feel we are balanced on offense and tonight we showed that."
Harrison forced another UL three-and-out to open the second half. The Huskies needed just one play as senior bulldozer Maurtice Hython took a little swing pass from Mitchell and turned it into a 57-yard scoring play.
Hython, who finished with 96 yards on 18 carries, added a four-yard scoring burst later in the third quarter to close the Harrison scoring.
Union Local capped the scoring with freshman Trenton Tipton finding paydirt from 10 yards out.
"We had some injuries coming into the game," Cisar said. "And we had a few more kids get banged up during the game. Hopefully, we can get some of those guys back for next week."
The Jets close out the season at home against undefeated St. Clairsville. The Jets lost Porter during the game and were without all-purpose running back Eric Dunfee.
"We host St. Clairsville next week and I guarantee our kids won't lay down," Cisar said. "I expect us to battle like we have all season."
Olmstead was Mitchell's favorite target with four catches for 108 yards and two scores.


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A Conversion Story
The great English philosopher Michael Dummett recounts his journey to Catholicism in an intellectual autobiography in a recent volume of essays on his philosophy:
During my time at Winchester, my religious opinions underwent a radical swing. Initially, I had an atheist and scientistic outlook; in company with many others in College (the scholars house), I declined to receive an Anglican confirmation at the designated age. My parents protested mildly; neither was a practising Christian, and I think their objection was to any unconventional behaviour rather than to religious dissent. Then my opinions started gradually to shift. From a diffuse pantheism I came to believe in God, as understood in the Semitic religions. I was much influenced by a heterogeneous sect of Catholic writersG.K. Chesterton, Eric Gill, Christopher Dawson. One by one, I came to accept the tenets of the faith. That which I found it hardest to swallow, and which was the last I came to accept, was that of life after death. I do not think that I understood at the time that this rested absolutely on the belief in that, on the face of it, bafflingly unlikely event, the general resurrection: I think I had then a dualist conception of our souls as naturally capable of existing separated from our bodies. I should probably have been puzzled if I had learned of St. Thomass dictum Anima mea non est ego (My soul is not me). I was received into the Church in February 1944. My parents were very upset, not, I think, because my action was unconventional, but because of a deep prejudice against Catholicism which had been instilled into them in childhood and survived their loss of all religious faith. Apart from three distant cousins, all female and two of an older generation, whom I very much liked, I had never known any Catholics, and had never attended a Catholic service; I now went to two nearby churches, and found the forms of worship strange, and fascinating. I later learned much more about my religion, and became critical in various ways and a strong advocate of liturgical reform; but my faith was deeply rooted, and it was not for twelve years or more that the first doubts assailed me about whether it was all true.
I have undergone several periods when I have been overcome by such doubts; during them, I have not ceased to attend Sunday Mass, but have abstained from the sacraments. My doubts have always been global rather than local; my reasons for believing in God are philosophical rather than affective; they can suddenly strike me as unconvincing. The liturgy enables those who take part to feel themselves present at the long-past events of Christs life; something similar is a feature of all religions, I think. But during such periods I was oppressed by the thought that all that is actually happening is the present performance of the liturgy. But most usually my doubts have been engendered by what troubles everyone: can a world in which such suffering occurs be one made by a God who is said to love? What a tender love was His, Who from realms of highest bliss Came into a world like this the Christmas hymn exclaims: it was the world He created. That world looks as if governed by uncaring forces. The pain of animals is a good example; I once saw on television a sloth carried off by some bird of prey and then devoured alive. As for human pain, it is not its mere occurrence that has usually troubled me: after the Cross, no one can say to God, You dont know what it is like. After the great cry of dereliction no one can say this even about the feeling that the Sicilian heroine Rita Atria had, that God had abandoned her. What troubles me most is the way some people die. Some deaths are too devoid of dignity or peace to allow any self-surrender; how can they be the means by which anyones soul is supposed to pass into eternity? I have no answer to these questions; they trouble me continually. It has been only sporadically, and not for a long time now, that they have overwhelmed me and prevented me for a period from being a whole-hearted believer. When the period has ended and my faith in God has been restored, it has not been because I have found the answers, but because I have become able to live with the agony of not knowing them, confident that they are to be found.
"I have celebrated my seventy-fifth birthday," Dummett concludes. "I remain a Catholic, and hope to die one."
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John--Thanks for this very poignant excerpt. I found the last few lines especially apt: "What troubles me most is the way some people die. Some deaths are too devoid of dignity or peace to allow any self-surrender; how can they be the means by which anyones soul is supposed to pass into eternity? I have no answer to these questions; they trouble me continually. It has been only sporadically, and not for a long time now, that they have overwhelmed me and prevented me for a period from being a whole-hearted believer. When the period has ended and my faith in God has been restored, it has not been because I have found the answers, but because I have become able to live with the agony of not knowing them, confident that they are to be found.I'm buoyed that someone so brilliant, despite the "agony" of not having found answers, remains "confident" the answers will be found.Dummett's thoughts remind me of the many musings on faith and doubt in Commonweal over the years by John Garvey, whose essay on our inability to understand why God would have allowed the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami still remains vivid to me. An excerpt: "Eastern Orthodox Christianity emphasizes apophatic theology-the Western equivalent is sometimes called negative theology. At its center is the fact that Gods nature is completely unknowable. If we speak of God as good or all-powerful, this has to do with our needs and the limitations of our language; good means something different from the sort of thing we mean when we speak of good pizza or even a good deed. Orthodox theology says that while God may not be understood and is unknowable, we participate in Gods being through sharing in Gods divine energies. But God is finally unknowable, and, because of his infinite otherness we can only approach-but never fully arrive at-God. (This dynamic sense of approaching God, and of being continuously transformed as we do, is the heart of Gregory of Nyssas sense of eternal life.)"
That line of Aquinas ("My soul is not me") is echoed when, commenting on the word of Jesus: "God is a God of the living, not of the dead," he remarks: "Anima Abrahae non est Abraham" ("Abraham's soul is not Abraham"). Aquinas was of the view that it was very difficult to prove the immortality of the soul without the resurrection of the body. I suspect most people would put it the other way down, or at least seem to think that the immortality of the soul goes without saying, with the resurrected body often not entering into consideration. Someone has commented that today probably more people believe in reincarnation than in the resurrection of the body.Joseph Pieper's little book, "Death and Immortality," is a fine treatment.
"Aquinas was of the view that it was very difficult to prove the immortality of the soul without the resurrection of the body. "That is very interesting - did Aquinas see it that way as following logically from the unity of body and soul?
I believe that Thomas found it hard to see how a soul--an Aristotelian soul, not a Platonic one--could operate after it lost its whole body, but since like all Christians and many Jews in the late second temple period--including the Pharisees--he believed in the resurrection of the dead on the last day, he was naturally led to postulate the survival of the soul after its loss of its body. If I remember correctly the only philosophical argument he uses is one from the ability of the human mind to have knowledge that transcends the sensible. Plato--at least in the dialogue Phaedo--imagines the soul as entity whose natural state is not to be embodied. For him the reward of virtue and detachment from the bodily is escape from the cycle of reincarnation. He seems to hold that it is of the essence of the soul that it exist. The concept of "immortality" in the Hellenic world strongly suggested divinity. We are mortals, the gods and goddesses are immortals.
Professor Gannon --For Thomas, as for Aristotle, the soul is the form of the body, and as such is a constituent of it. It not only determines shape somehow but provides operative principles of the bodies physical actions -- e.g., nutrition, growth, reproduction. How this immaterial principle can be presnt within a spatial thing is mysterious, but theree it is, most notably in consciousness which is itself non-quantitative.John -- I know Geatch has written on "soul" when all other philosophers don't dare say the word which itself shows courage. What would you recommend that read by him that is readily available?(i see that your dissertaton topic is about presence in space. Fascinating topic!)
However we cut it we still have not come up with a better answer than Genesis and Original Sin. It is astounding the wonder of the human person and what wo/man is capable of. Yet with all our marvels there is the universal belief that something is wrong (original sin). No one, no matter how wealthy and wise is assured tomorrow. And few seem to have come up with a better reconciliation than Paul in Romans: "I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. 19 For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God; 20 for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; 23 and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that sees for itself is not hope. For who hopes for what one sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance. 26 In the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. 27 And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will."
Here's Aquinas' text: Aquinas is commenting on the statement of St. Paul: If it is only for this life that we have hoped in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men. Someone objects that this is not universally true, because they could say that even though their bodies have good things only in this mortal life, in their souls they have many good things in the other life. Aquinas answers:Two answers may be given. First, if the resurrection of the body is denied, it is not easy, in fact it is difficult, to maintain the immortality of the soul. For the soul is naturally united to the body, and for it to be separated from it is against its nature and per accidens; soul stripped of its body is imperfect for as long as it is without its body. Now it is impossible that what is natural and per se be finite and almost nothing, while what is against nature and per accidens is infinite, [which is what would be the case] if the soul were to perdure without its body. That is why Platonists, positing immortality, also posited reincarnation, even though this is heretical. Therefore, if the dead do not rise, it is only in this life that we have hope.Second, man naturally desires the salvation of himself. But the soul, although it is a part of the human body, is not the whole man, and my soul is not me. Hence, although the soul attains salvation in another life, I do not, or any other man. Besides, since man naturally desires salvation of his body also, that natural desire would be frustrated [without the resurrection of the body]."
8-12-09In the writings of Dummett that I have read I find him to be the consumate nerd -- an inhabitant ot the upper reaches of the most abstract reaches of the ivory tower, and he is excruciating exact, as you would expect a great 20th century logician to be. He's a convert who came to believe in God through reason, not through any affective or mystical experience, or even Pascalian wager based on mathematical probability. Nevertheless, he has been far from the stereotypical cold-fish that such philosophers of logic, language and metaphysics are supposed to be. He took a leave of absence from teaching to work for racial justice in England, and has devoted much time to moral issues of immigration, not only writing about it but serving on commissions to combat prejudice. He has also invented a proportional system of voting to insure a more accurate voting system, though I don't know that any place has adopted it. Not to mention writing a theological defense of the Eucharist as a rational belief He is also the world's greatest authority on the game of Tarot, which, I suppose, also makes him an English eccentric :-) And, in my humble opinion, he is also the most respected English Catholic intellectual since Chesterton. No small feat.
Thomass first argument I would analyse along these lines:Premisses: (1) The soul survives the death of the body; (2) The soul without the body is incomplete. Conclusion: We can expect that at some point in a world governed by Gods providence that the soul will again be united with its body. The only oddity I see is that for a Christian the resurrection of the body (carnis resurrectionem) is an article of faith and quite central in the New Testament. So one might expect the survival of the soul to be inferred from the certainty of a future resurrection. But the oddity can be explained as arising from the way Thomas reads the Pauline passage. As for the note that these premisses led the Platonists to postulate reincarnation, it is simply false. Platonists--unless they are also Christians--do not belie ve that the soul without the body is incomplete.The second argument also seems to assume the survival of the soul and the argue for bodily resurrection. There is one point I found puzzling. The Thomas says: the soul, although it is a part of the human body, is not the whole man... Can Thomas really have written that the soul is part of the body? Does body here stand for composite? Or is there some form of corruption in the text?
AnnWould you consider Elizabeth Anscombe and Peter Geach as candidates for most respected? Anscombe's book on the Tractatus was a life saver for me in a course I took long ago.
Would you consider Elizabeth Anscombe and Peter Geach as candidates for most respected?
I would put Anscombe in the same class as Dummett, but Geach isn't quite up there.
I agree that Anscombe probably has an equally great reputation as a philosopher, if one includes the Catholic conservative philosophers who love her defense of the Church's position on contraception. (I think it's pretty bad.) But I was thinking of these philosophers as intellectuals -- that is, as having influence beyond philosophy departments. I think that as an intellectual Dummett is tops because of his political activism. Yes, I think Geatch doesn't have the reputation of either of them, and I gather that's probably deserved. I haven't read any of his works.I happen to be reading Dummett's "The Logic of Metaphysics" right now. What a brilliant man! I've never reacted to Anscombe like that, but I haven't read much by her. She does have the grea merit of making intentionality comprehensible to contemporary thinkers. She too was politically active somewhat, She objected to granting an honorary degree to Truman because he dropped the bomb, and she demonstrated against some of the wars. But she didn't have much general influence because of it as far as I know, nothing like Ruyssell, for instance.
Anscombe's Intention is arguably (though certainly not incontestably) the greatest philosophical work written in English of the past century, and her translation of the Philosophical Investigations is obviously a classic; in addition, many of her papers - like "The First Person", "Modern Moral Philosophy", and a number of others - remain among the very most influential written in the analytic tradition. Beyond philosophy, she did make a name for herself by opposing Britain's entry into the Second World War (because she knew it would involve the bombing of civilian populations) and the decision to honor Truman (whom she rightly called a war criminal); she was also involved in Operation Rescue efforts, and was a key voice in the Church during the middle of the century. So while it's certainly true that she never produced anything like Dummett's work on voting (or Tarot!), her overall influence on the intellectual scene is at least as great as his.
P.S. Geach's work is genuinely brilliant, though not genre-defining in the way that Dummett and Anscombe have been. But Mental Acts, for example, is still read and cited.
Among Geach's books, Mental Acts is probably the most famous. I haven't read God and the Soul, but I'm sure it's worth a look - fact is, though, that I'm not that familiar with the body of his work.


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When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the initial priority is to treat the disease. This treatment may include lumpectomy, radiation therapy, mastectomy, with or without reconstruction, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or a combination of these. However, during the search for an appropriate treatment option, the woman must also be informed about many other issues, often in a short period of time. One issue that is frequently overlooked is the sexuality needs of a woman before and after treatment.
Following are interviews with five women who were diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent different cancer treatments at various stages of life. They share their experiences of diagnosis and treatment and their changes in sexuality. As much as possible, the responses of the interviewees were unchanged during editing.
Cynthia Moorhead was diagnosed in 1985 at age 38. At diagnosis she had no lymph node involvement. She had a mastectomy and 6 months later had a prophylactic mastectomy of the other breast. She had reconstruction with implants at the time of her second mastectomy. She did not have chemotherapy, because at that time it was not recommended for women who had no lymph node involvement. Cynthia is married and has three children. One of her children was conceived after her cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Cindy Supnick was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer 13 years ago at age 29. She had bilateral mastectomies 6 months apart followed by reconstruction with implants. The first breast was reconstructed 3 months after her first mastectomy, and the other breast at the time of the second mastectomy. She did not elect to have chemotherapy or radiation, but rather a more holistic therapy of diet and positive thinking. She also underwent tubal ligation because her doctors felt her high estrogen level would make it dangerous for her to become pregnant. Cindy was newly married at the time of her breast cancer diagnosis and has since divorced. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in social work as a result of her experience.
Lydia Buonaguro was diagnosed 7 years ago at age 39. She had a lumpectomy, removal of lymph nodes, and radiation therapy. One year later she had another lump in the same breast and had a mastectomy. She also developed lumps in the opposite breast and opted to have a rophylactic mastectomy. One year later she had reconstruction of both breasts, including nipple reconstruction. The diagnosis, treatment, and reconstruction (with saline implants) spanned a period of 3 years. Lydia is married and has 2 children.
Linda Bloom was diagnosed in March 1991 at age 44. Her therapy consisted of adriamycin and cyclophosphamide for four cycles, a lumpectomy, and 33 radiation treatments. Linda is married. Since her breast cancer experience, she has initiated efforts to study the loss of sexual desire in women related to androgen deficiency that may be stimulated by chemotherapy.
Following my surgery I dealt with the psychological pain of confronting the change in my body and the loss. I deferred sexual relations until I had reconstruction.
I felt like my body failed me because I had cancer and also because I had a miscarriage a few months before my cancer diagnosis. My self-image and body image paid the price. l didn't want to permit myself to feel good about myself or about my sexuality. Even when I had reconstruction, I wasn't happy with the results. For some time l even contemplated having the implants removed. They were no substitute what I had.
I also had physical changes in terms of touch and sensation in the area of my breasts. I also experienced many complications. Skin grafting was required, so I had nipples made from my ear- lobes, and I had grafting from my thigh. My entire body was affected. I had no problems after my first implant was placed. However, the implant on the second mastectomy site collapsed, had to be removed, and was replaced. This second implant traveled and collapsed and is still in my body.
Psychologically, l experienced feelings of anger and victimization from my physical complications, and l was disappointed with the outcome of the surgery.
I had concerns about going out in public. I was conscious of people always looking at my breasts first and my face second. I also had to reorient my center of sexuality away from my breasts, where it had always been.
I went through the radiation therapy very easily, with minimal fatigue and "sunburn" to the irradiated breast. l was, however, very sick with the chemotherapy. l wasn't too alarmed about the sexual problems at first, because l felt so horrible. It was months after that-when I had my vigor back, was working out in an aerobics class, and was strong again but still had the same symptoms-that I was really certain that something was hormonally wrong with me. I continued to report these symptoms throughout the months after my treatments ended. The doctors continued to tell me, "Give it time." After I knew that I had given it time, I began to realize that l had sustained some type of physical damage. None of the doctors ever validated that.
I think because I was young, single, had short-term therapy (a mastectomy), and had a good prognosis, I was hell-bent on getting back to a normal life. What I didn't know was how to play the game-so I searched for a step-by-step plan of what other people had done (e.g., How do you tell people about your past experience? When do you tell them?). My main fear was one of rejection. Another fear was my inability to imagine being in a sexual situation after what had happened to my body.
I had a boyfriend at the time. Although one might expect that you grab any person available, that wasn't my reaction. It was as though I had to prove that I could handle this on my own. I also thought about getting involved with someone I had been in a relationship with before, who knew me before my breast cancer experience.
One boyfriend said, "No," and I was outraged and accused him of rejecting me because of what had happened. I found out later that it had nothing to do with my breast or the cancer. He didn't want to be a testing ground for what l wanted to prove to myself, and then have me move on.
I was always able to discuss sexual issues without difficulty with my husband. We were also able to talk about sexual issues related to my cancer. I sought counseling by Barbara Rabinowitz, a nurse and social worker who is trained in women's issues. My husband came with me the first time. He was also with me when my bandages were removed following surgery.
My husband and I were overwhelmed with the simple physical matter of trying to have intimacy post surgery and with the fear of dying. We also had to cope with not being able to have children. All of these factors affected my self-esteem.
My husband was very sensitive. He asked me to tell him what my needs were and how he could help. He didn't want to press me to have sex before I was ready, so he let me take the lead, always remaining affectionate and caring. Perhaps because he was so understanding, it didn't take long for me to begin to readjust. We had a difficult period leading up to the first time that we had sex after my second mastectomy, because i didn't feel the same. When we did actually have sex after the mastectomy, we found other erogenous zones that made sex natural and exciting.
I was not even told that I would go into menopause, let alone experience sexual changes. My consent form for chemotherapy only outlined nausea, fatigue, and hair loss. I made a big fuss to my physician about that later and said that the appropriate information should be on a hand- out in addition to being communicated verbally.
Of all the doctors I spoke with, my surgeon was the most kindhearted, but he admitted that sexual issues were not his area of expertise. l was grateful that he told me the truth, because some people just tried to fudge the issue and wouldn't admit that they didn't have sexual information to share. No one gave me any resource information either.
I'm fairly vocal, so I just got involved and started writing about my experience. I interviewed other women with breast cancer and published our experiences.
I was faced with the fact that my children still depended on me. When you're recovering from something like this, it's nice to know that there are people expecting you to recover.
I definitely went through quite a depression. My children knew that there were times that Mommy was in her room and didn't want to come down for dinner. I don't know how much they understood, but they knew that I wasn't myself.
Finally, I received general support from friends who knew I was experiencing a loss.
I was in need of therapeutic support to deal with the loss of my breast, the possibility of death, the loss of the ability to have children, how to deal with the sexual act, and any necessary precautions and ramifications of the surgery. The plastic surgeon really needed to be more specific. The only comment made to me was "Your breasts will last longer than you will."
Strong psychosocial services should have been available from the time I saw the physician, and information and support should have been given to my significant other before surgery. I've thought a lot about where in the continuum education and support should be given to the patient and her partner. The average stay in the hospital is 2 days. Should the nursing staff be responsible? Does the nurse have time and is the patient able to comprehend this information anyway? On the other hand, who does the woman see postsurgery? After I worked some of the emotional issues, I turned to the American Cancer Society to become a Reach to Recovery volunteer. Through that journey I came across a lot of the information that I needed so long ago.
My therapist, Barbara Rabinowitz, met with both my husband and me for some sessions and with me alone for others. We worked with her for a few months. She was able to identify exactly what we were talking about without our having to elaborate at great length. Both of them were helpful in my decision to have reconstruction.
I also went to a support group at a hospital that was very good, but I wasn't able to discuss some of my innermost issues in the group. I feel that often women will not open up in a group. They were helpful to a point, but I also needed one-on-one therapy. They also had a group for women and husbands/supportive others. I gave talks to each on general issues about cancer and living after the diagnosis and answered their questions.
My husband is a beautiful, patient, and understanding man. He listened to me for hours and held me while I cried and when I was angry about being robbed of my sexuality. He is a therapist also and often served as my sounding board. We have a wonderful marriage, and we've worked hard over the years to achieve trust and communication.
I also have a devoted group of female friends who listened to me express my feelings. I went to a breast cancer support group for a few months during chemotherapy and a couple of months afterwards. I didn't feel that the women in my group had the necessary level of support to give me. Many women were shy and didn't say very much. I was struggling with losing my sexuality. I ultimately left the group because I felt the other women were on a different wave-length.
I also feel it is necessary that women be given the opportunity to network with a trained Reach to Recovery volunteer -- someone who has been through a similar experience. I am a volunteer, and I provide a booklet about sexuality and other useful information to women facing circumstances similar to what I've been through. Often this is the first chance that a woman has to talk with someone else who has had breast cancer.
Another piece of information that I lacked was the knowledge that when women are affected sexually by diagnosis and treatment, it is not unusual to become inorgasmic for some time. It is important to know this is temporary.
I was in such a rage against medical community after my chemotherapy that I couldn't deal with any of them. I didn't go back for follow-up mammograms chest x-rays, and blood work for several months. My trust was so diminished.
When I chose an oncologist, I purposely chose a woman because I thought that there would be and more caring. She turned out to be the coldest and most rushed of all of my physicians. My gynecologist with whom I also had problems was a woman too. So, in my experience I did not receive more compassion from female physicians.
To health care professionals: Somehow the dialogue regarding sexual issues has to be open and an integral part of the treatment. Women should not go through this experience with the presumption that they won't have any problems or that everything will go back to normal after cancer treatment. Women need to be asked if they have concerns and, if necessary, to be referred to places where they can discuss sexual issues.
One has to reestablish a sexual relationship with a partner slowly and relearn what was once taken for granted. It's also important for couples to understand that sex does not necessarily have to mean intercourse. I found it helpful to keep a personal diary and encouraged myself to have fantasies and to rethink my body.
I think that health care professionals have to deal with the entire person and not just physical problems. This is part of their responsibility, and they should take it upon themselves to be educated and responsible for giving out the information. If information was disseminated by health care professionals, I feel that it would add more credibility to the subject matter.
Health care professionals should be sensitive to all patients' issues and concerns. I felt that in my case, the nurses were more sensitive. After my lumpectomy, the nurse hugged me and shared a similar experience of her own. Just prior to my prophylactic mastectomy my nurses gave me verbal support about my treatment decision.
Male health care professionals need to be more sensitive to the woman's sexuality issues. Even though cancer is a life-threatening situation, one can't assume that sexuality isn't important, because it's part of life. The assumption should be that the woman will live, and sexuality will be part of her life.
It's ironic that the Bobbitt case in Manassas, Virginia, has received such monumental coverage because the husband's penis was severed. Women have their breasts removed, and it's so matter of fact, it's incredible. The fact that it's taken so long to develop conservative treatment options for women is overwhelming. Not enough energy has been used to look at these issues.
I want health care professionals to hear what women with breast cancer are saying and to be advocates for them. I feel that it would be so easy to determine women's testosterone levels before chemotherapy and at intervals following treatment. I feel certain that they would find that they plummet from the chemotherapy. I would really like to see research done in this area.
Linda Bloom is conducting research via a questionnaire about sexual side effects of women who have received chemotherapy for breast cancer. If you are a breast cancer survivor who has had chemotherapy and would like to participate, you can contact her at:
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My question is the following. Which representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb Z)$ are extendable to representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb C)$ or $Sp(2g, \mathbb R)$. Is there a general theory and a good beginning reference for these type of questions. Some Representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb Z)$ dont seem to extend such as coset spaces associated to quotients with respect to congruence subgroups. The question is are these the only ones in some sense. I am a novice in this branch of mathematics so any references would be appreciated. The question arose because I want to understand complex vector bundles admitting a flat Connection on $\mathcal A_g(\mathbb C)$.
The result you are looking for is the Margulis superrigidity theorem. See Chapter 13 of the book "Introduction to Arithmetic Groups" by Dave Witte Morris for more details.
Perhaps I can take the liberty of amplifying on Andy Putman's answer. We are looking for, say,(finite dimensional complex) representations of $\Gamma = Sp_{2g}({\mathbb Z})$ for $g\geq 2$, so we are in "higher rank". Using super-rigidity, it can be proved that all representations of $\Gamma$ are completely reducible. We may therefore, need only describe the irreducible complex representations $\rho $ of $\Gamma$.
Any such $\rho$ is a tensor product of the form $\tau \otimes \sigma$ where $\tau$ is an irreducible {\bf algebraic} representation of $Sp_{2g}({\mathbb C})$ (hence given by highest weight theory) and $\sigma$ is an irreducible representation of $Sp_{2g}({\mathbb Z}/m{\mathbb Z})$ (a finite congruence quotient of $\Gamma $). This can be easily deduced from the reference of Prof. Jim Humphreys (Bass-Milnor-Serre paper)


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A truly unique brand, Trainerspotter is an independent UK clothing company which has been gaining popularity at an alarming rate. Blending fresh-looking sportswear with skate style, Trainerspotter puts out a range of clothes to suit all needs. If you need a parka, or a mountain vest jacket, something civilised and urbane, or a T-Shirt saying 'Death to Everyone' on it, then look no further. This brand has all your aesthetic and practical needs covered.


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Native packaged app doesn't start up
After managing to finally get my application packaged with the Sencha SDK Tools and get it on my iPhone I stumbled onto another issue.
My app doesn't start up . I thought it might be something to do with my app itself so I tried one of the samples called Device but that one has the same behavior. Does anybody know what it could be why the apps don't start up?
Basically what happens is that a black screen pops-up and than immediately goes away. I hope someone has a clue why this is the case.
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Moved to Sencha Touch discussion forum - GXT doesn't have any native packaging, so this doesn't seem to apply.


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If two equal circles intersect so that each circle's centre lies on the other circle's circumference, what is the ratio of the part of a circle's circumference that overlaps, to its whole circumference?
Hint: if you draw segments from each center to the intersection points of the circles and from one center to the other, you make a pair of triangles. Is there anything interesting about them?
Segments $BC$, $BA$, and $BD$ are all radii of circle $c_1$, and segments $AC$, $AB = BA$, and $AD$ are all radii of circle $c_2$. Since the circles are equal in size, their $radii$ are equal, and so all five segments (blue dashed lines) are equal in length.
In particular, $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle ABD$ are equilateral triangles, and so the measure of all the angles of each triangle are equal: 3 equal angles totaling $180^\circ \rightarrow\;$ each angle of each triangle must be $60^\circ$. If we focus on circle $c_1$, we can see that $$m(\angle CBD) = m(\angle CBA) + m(\angle ABD) = 60 + 60 = 120^\circ.$$
Now, a full revolution of a circle corresponds to $360^\circ$. So the angle in $c_1$ by point $B$ and the points at which the two circles intersect is $\frac {1}{3}$ of a complete revolution. The ratio of length of the arc $CD$ to the circumference of the circle must therefore be $1:3$.


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An Investment in Promise
Few in his shoes would have been able to contain their curiosity. Several months earlier, Moseley—a cell biologist—had been chosen as Dartmouth's sole nominee for the prestigious 2011 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. Would this be the answer he had been hoping for, he wondered?
"I saw the first word—'Congratulations!'—and I was over-the-moon excited," says Moseley about the moment when he learned that he'd been selected as a Pew Scholar.
For a promising early-career scientist like Moseley, the endorsement that comes with this award is as significant as the funding it provides. "The Pew's scientific review board is made up of a very impressive list of scientists, so the fact that they consider my ideas worthwhile is a tremendous honor," says Moseley.
Each year, a select group of institutions, including Dartmouth, is invited to put forward just one young investigator each for the highly competitive award, which provides $240,000 in funding over four years. Past Pew Scholars are an elite community of scientists that includes three Nobel Prize winners, three MacArthur Fellows, and two recipients of the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award.
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"The Pew Scholars Program selects the brightest young researchers in biomedical sciences for their support," says Duane Compton, PhD, DMS's senior associate dean for research. "Jamie is one of several top-notch young researchers who have come to Dartmouth in the past year, and we have a strong reputation for nurturing their career development. He has an outstanding track record of accomplishment, and this prestigious award will provide important recognition and support for him to succeed in these very competitive times."
Moseley came to DMS last summer from the lab of Nobel laureate Paul Nurse at Rockefeller University, where he was a postdoctoral fellow. It was there that he began the work he is now pursuing in his own lab—probing the mechanisms by which cells measure their size and shape and use that information to control the cell cycle. This area of inquiry is important to understanding the misregulated and uncontrolled cell growth that occurs in many types of cancer.
"It's that kind of promise that the Pew Scholars Program invests in," says the chair of biochemistry.
"One of Jamie's strengths is his ability to distill very complex questions down into testable models," says Charles Barlowe, PhD, chair of biochemistry. "Already, he's published 20 papers in some of the field's most prestigious journals. It's that kind of promise that the Pew Scholars Program invests in. I think we can look forward to a bright future and to exciting discoveries from him here at Dartmouth."
Moseley eagerly anticipates the chance to pursue his best ideas—a freedom that comes along with the Pew Scholars award. "Pew wants us to think openly and think big," says Moseley. It's evident he is ready to do just that.
By Kate Villars
This article is reprinted from the Summer 2011 issue of Dartmouth Medicine.
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I'm a solo business owner. I regularly have to talk to business partners on the phone for my business, and need to keep track of what we've talked about and what to do next.
Right now I just write little reports which I keep on my computer, and I try to keep an eye on them. Sometimes I put something in my calendar to remind me to work on it.
The problem is that in each conversation topics come up which have to do with certain projects and activities (e.g. we have to get this software done this month, after which we have to get a video done, and then we have to create a site around it, blabla ...).
I might have multiple conversation with different people around the same topics, projects, activities ... and I have to keep track of what different people are saying about the same thing.
I'm not sure how to keep track of all this in a very simple fashion, without using complicated CRM and ticketing systems, all of which would require me to input issues seperately and keep it all updated and in sync.
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New Database Trial - The American Civil War Research Database
The library has a new database trial, The American Civil War Research Database: Give it a look and let us know what you think; add a comment here or drop us an email. The trial expires March 14, 2008. Unfortunately, this database is only available on-campus. To find out what trials we have access to at any given time, click on the "Databases by Subject" link on the Library's Homepage and then click on the "Database Trials" link.
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It is interesting to know how events in the distant past have parallels to what we have going on. For example, did you know of the link between the American Civil War and Mumbai's rise to industrial age. There was a cotton bubble going on at that time in Mumbai. Right now it is real estate and credit bubble.


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Especially when there is sauce in the food. It seems the sauce heats less evenly in the microwave. I suspect the kind of flour used in the sauce is the problem but am not sure.
I believe it has more to do with HOW a microwave cooks or reheats food vs. the way a conventional stove top does it.
When you put something into a microwave to reheat it, it does not apply heat the way a stove does. Microwaves use their namesakes -microwave radiation- to jostle the molecules contained within the food, causing friction, which in turn causes heat, and heats up the food, from the inside out. This means that food with a higher density, such as meat or veggies, will heat up more quickly than liquids, which are less dense. Also, microwaves don't just heat up the food, but also the container, be it plastic, foam, or the stereotypical white paper boxes. When this happens, the particles within the container (which are being heated) will give off various chemicals, which can alter the taste of food.
When you reheat food on a stove top, you are using a container that is much more resistant to heat (a pan) and you are applying heat evenly, from the outside of the food, regardless of it's density. This means that the pan (90% of the time) will not alter the way your food tastes, and because everything is being heated at the same time and rate, your food tastes more like it did yesterday, or whenever it was that you brought it home.
There are probably several factors which lead to the perception that chinese food heats less evenly in a microwave than on the stove top.
There are lots of types of Chinese food, but due to the mention of sauce on the original question, I am going to assume its a dish with meat and vegetables in a sauce, like (as often available in US Chinese restaurants), Kung Pao chicken or beef with broccoli. Since the liquid is thickened, and only part of the dish, little convection can occur--transfer of heat within the food itself will be by conduction unless the dish is stirred.
Contributing factors probably include:
All of this leads to the main probable cause: less stirring. You are probably more likely to be actively stirring the food on the stovetop, where the heat only happens at the bottom, and may burn on the pan, thus distributing the heat throughout the dish.
With the microwave, stirring still is important due to all of the factors listed above, but you have to stop the cooking and open the oven to do it so it possibly doesnt' happen as much.
Truthfully, I find the microwave the superior method for reheating Chinese food. Try these suggestions to make it successful:
It depends on the dish. Reheating Mongolian beef or Kung Pao chicken in a microwave does not produce a better result than reheating on the stove, but reheating General Tso's chicken or sesame chicken does. The latter two turn soggy or slimy or both.
(My opinion, as I'm not really sure):
Have you ever put a piece of bread (or a sandwich) in the microwave too long and the bread gets soggy, slimy, and/or gummy? I think that's what's happening to dishes like General Tso's and sesame chicken, as both dishes (and other similar ones) involve meat being coated in flour/corn starch and then deep-fried (before being sauced). In a sense, these dishes are like bread-coated meat fried in oil and then sauced, and it's reheating that bread coating that makes them awful on reheat, like putting a sandwich in the microwave.
Mongolian beef and Kung Pao chicken are not coated in dough. Nor are they deep-fried. They reheat fine in a microwave. General Tso's and sesame chicken are coated and deep-fried, and they're always awful when reheated, in a microwave or otherwise. Reheating most fried food usually results in a soggy, slimy, gummy travesty, and I think (but don't know if) that's the issue here.


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Police have released pictures of two men wanted for allegedly setting a man on fire on Christmas Day.
Willie Summersett and Alex Cineas are the two men suspected of setting Darrel Brackett ablaze in Miami.
MUGSHOTS: Who Got Arrested In South Florida?
Investigators said Summersett has an extensive criminal history and should be considered a danger to society.
They said Brackett, 44, ran out of of gas, and walked to a gas station where he bought a gas can and a couple dollars worth fuel.
They said the two suspects approached Brackett, then poured the fuel from that can on him, then set him on fire.
Brackett remains hospitalized and is listed in serious condition, but his doctors said he's improving.
It's not clear if the suspects knew Brackett or if the incident was a random one.


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I use the google example (gcm-demo-appengine - Google Demo)
but i think there may be some problems with google source code, when i run it, it throws
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/android/gcm/server/Sender
at cloud.spam.filter.server.SendMessageServlet.newSender(SendMessageServlet.java:63)
at cloud.spam.filter.server.SendMessageServlet.init(SendMessageServlet.java:54)
There is some problems with the sender class (seriously?)
Can we replace sender class with something else? This is the first time I use GCM thus I have no idea how important sender class is and what it is used for.
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I have read that CURL is way too fast than File Get Contents and less memory consuming. So, I will go with CURL. I read some articles to find info about it and how to use it properly and efficiently.
The problem is that I found many ways of using CURL, I posted 3 variations below.
My question is which one is the best to use?
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
$content = curl_exec($ch);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $path);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$cache = curl_exec($ch);
$ch = curl_init("");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
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I don't know about you, but I hate it how I had to research about the best WIFI Chipset and then search for brands that sell WIFI cards that made with the specific chipset, then go to my local computer store to find out it is not there!!! Sometimes a model with a higher number exists, and the salesman persuade you to buy it since it is the same thing but newer, just to find out it uses a completely different chipset!!!
I am getting sick of this.
Linux has gaining desktop share today and simply be treated as 3rd class citizen by some hardware Vendors and most computer stores. (Mac being 2nd, I've seen more Mac-compatible stickers.)
I heard many people asking for Linux compatibility at computer stores and get a weird look and I have been asking too. And then some even go as far as asking for a Windows refund!!!
So here's my crazy idea:
We shall all have a 'linux day' kind of thing, where we all go to any computer-related stores and ask for linux compatible products. Having 5+ customers asking about linux all day would be far better than some random guy asking at random day then whoever salesman has probably forgotten about it at the end of the day!!!
And I have made a pledge thing: http://www.en-gb.pledgebank.com/linuxday
I know it is crazy, asking for 10'000 people. But keep in mind that this doesn't necessarily cost anything, if 1'000 people are willing to donate $10 why can't 10'000 people donate some time and maybe a bit of thinking/arguing/acting?


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Which package contains the implementation of IPsec and which package contains the implementation of encryption algorithms that IPsec uses for encryption? I need to use custom crytographic algorithms in IPsec, so I need to edit the implementations of these packages.
On Linux and most other unices, IPsec and other network protocols up to the transport layer are implemented in the kernel. There are additional userland tools that handle key exchange; several implementations exist.
The cryptographic algorithms are in


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QRP Quarterly back issues
The October 2015 issue of QRP Quarterly is in stock.
We have a few back issues from other years.
Members with a current subscription to QRP Quarterly can receive a digital copy of an individual issue.
These are in PDF format and are sent by email.
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QRP ARCI announces the publication of a new book - "The Best of Idea Exchange"
This will quickly become a needed information source for your work bench. The content is drawn from 20 years of the Idea Exchange in past QRP Quarterly magazines.
There are 138 pages of useful information divided into seven sections -
This is an excellent resource full of useful data. We hope you enjoy it.
Steve Fletcher, G4GXL
President - QRP ARCI