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What's the difference between "to confirm" and "to verify"?
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Verification requires external evidence.
Confirmation requires a re-issuance of a believed statement.
Sometimes, one may trust a third party to obtain and review the evidence required for a verification, which could lead to both word choices being valid.
I don't think that these words can be used interchangeably. These words are similar, but are usually used in different ways. To verify something usually means being able to provide convincing evidence that it is true. When something is to be verified, there is usually some doubt as to whether it is actually true. To confirm something usually means providing some additional evidence that it is true. When something is to be confirmed, it is usually already believed to be true.
Confirm means that the truth is there and you double check. Verify means that you doubt something is 100% true, so you double check.
These are synonyms that can mostly be used interchangeably to mean "establish the truth of a thing." Nevertheless, confirm also has the additional meanings of to affirm and to ratify or authorize. Verify can also mean to test something's validity.
Pretty much same. It is matter of personal history of how the word has been received. Confirm sounds more official to me.
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I'm writing a text where the object of the text is the sprinkle on top of the cupcake, "cupcake sprinkle". But I've searched it and it all turns up "sprinkle cupcakes".
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You have to use quotes if you want to impose a specific order on a Google search.
"Cupcake sprinkle" returns more than 20000 results.
Sprinkle can be used both as a noun (to designate the candies you put on top of cakes) and as a verb (to designate the act of sprinkling the candies).
EDIT: as psmears points out the plural form sprinkles is more commonly used.
If you're talking about the little sugary tidbits that are commonly sprinkled over cakes, ice cream and so on, then that's usually called sprinkles (or hundreds and thousands or a few other names).
If you want to refer to this sort of confectionery, specifically intended for cupcakes, then you can say cupcake sprinkles. But you might not need to, because the word sprinkles already has that connotation.

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A group of guys (soldiers) area in a tank, they're Americans I think, who are either lost, defected, went AWOL, or something. They travel throughout a desert area and I cannot remember whether they "make it" or not. I seem to remember them slowly losing members of the platoon as they went along.
For me the most memorable scene is when one of the group goes nuts/left on his own and is strung up by locals against a rock with a grenade perched on his neck or head or some place precarious -- so that when he is cut away or shifted (saved) the thing falls, hits the ground and blows the soldier up and his savior(s). I can't remember whether he was saved or not.
In another scene, the group's commander catches one of the men drinking something like power steering fluid, radiator fluid, or something and getting drunk/high.
There is another recent movie about a tank that also gets out on its own (Israeli maybe?). The film I'm looking for is older.
I remember this film being good, gritty as @#@%$#$! and good. Saw it about 1996.


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Tail risk represents the probability that the magnitude of returns on an asset/portfolio will exceed some threshold (usually three standard deviations) on the normal curve. If you visualize a normal curve on standard axes, the tail on the left side corresponds to an extreme low return and the tail on the right side corresponds to an extreme high return.
In other words, left vs right is a measurement of (the likelihood of) extreme low or high returns. An analyst might look at these in order to estimate the impact of rare but significant events.


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The schools and colleges of New York University join together in celebrating one Commencement ceremony each year. This invitation is extended to all graduates and degree candidates for the 2015-2016 academic year.
On Wednesday, May 18, the NYU community will join together to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.
With banners flying and wearing their violet caps and gowns, the Class of 2016 will make history as it graces the stands of Yankee Stadium for New York University's 184th Commencement Exercises.
The ceremony includes a presidential address, a student speaker, the awarding of honorary degrees to a number of distinguished individuals, and the conferring of degrees and certificates by the president of the University only after all classes have been recognized by their deans. The program concludes with the ceremonial passing of the University torch.
The University will continue its tradition of officially announcing the names of the honorary degree recipients shortly before Commencement. Because over 8,000 students are expected to attend, it is not possible to recognize each individual by name. Instead the deans will introduce each class as a whole and a representative selected in advance will receive a symbolic diploma for degree categories. All students are required to stay until ALL schools' class representatives have received their symbolic diplomas. OFFICIAL conferring of degrees for ALL schools will follow.
(Diplomas are mailed to the graduates' permanent addresses by the Office of the University Registrar approximately eight weeks following the date of graduation.)
In addition to the All-University Commencement, each of the 17 schools and three programs may host individual school graduations and/or receptions. These smaller, more intimate ceremonies are held at various venues at the University and around New York City.
The University welcomes the friends and families of the Class of 2016 and extends heartfelt congratulations to our graduates.
Safety is the No. 1 priority at Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees will take every reasonable step to provide a secure and enjoyable environment for everyone entering the Stadium.
In addition to the presence of security personnel and uniformed police officers throughout the Stadium, the Yankees administer several important security measures in accordance with Major League Baseball security regulations and in conjunction with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Inspection points have been established at all Stadium entrances. The Yankees reserve the right to inspect any bags, clothing or other articles prior to entry into the Stadium and prohibit entry or require removal of any items at their sole and absolute discretion.
NOTICE: For the safety of every Guest, all persons specifically consent to and are subject to metal detector and physical pat-down inspections prior to entry. Any persons or property that could affect the safety of Yankee Stadium, its occupants or its property shall be denied entry. Guests may bring into the Stadium one soft-sided bag no larger than 16 inches by 16 inches by 8 inches.
Guests may not carry the following into the Stadium:
The Yankees reserve the right to change or modify this policy without notice.
If, after carefully reviewing the Commencement section of the NYU.edu Web site, you still have questions about the All-University Commencement in Yankee Stadium, please call the Office of University Events at 212-998-6860.
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There is no rain date. Commencement will take place rain or shine. If rain is heavy, the ceremony will be abbreviated. Participants should come prepared if inclement weather is expected on Commencement day.
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- A flea's main diet is blood.
- Fleas are generally less than 3/16" long.
- A female flea consumes 15 times her body weight in blood daily.
- Fleas are attracted to animals by body heat, movement and the carbon dioxide the host exhales.
- Fleas accelerate the equivalent of 50 times faster than a space shuttle does after liftoff.
- Fleas can jump up to 150 times the length of their bodies, about 7" vertically and 14" horizontally. An equivalent human jump would be 250' vertically and 450' horizontally.
- There are 250 species of fleas in North America.
- A temperate, subtropical climate presents the most favorable conditions for fleas to exist.
- The five most commonly encountered flea species are:
Cat Flea
Dog Flea
Northern Rat Flea
Oriental Rat Flea
Rabbit Flea
- Oriental Rat Fleas can transmit murine typhus fever among rats and from rats to humans.
- Fleas may transmit bubonic plague from rodent to rodent and from rodent to humans.
- Hot, dry periods give maximum adult flea production.
- The greatest adult flea populations are produced in August through September.
- Cat and dog fleas may be intermediate hosts for the dog tapeworm. If ingested, tapeworms that normally infest dogs and cats may appear in children.
- It is estimated that pet owners alone spend over $1 billion each year controlling fleas.
- Typical flea population consists of 50% eggs, 35% larvae, 10% pupae and 5% adult.
- Typical life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months, depending on the temperature, humidity, food and species.
- Female fleas lay their tiny white eggs loosely on hairs, feathers or in the habitat of the host. The eggs fall off the host onto the ground, floors, bedding or furniture.
- After a blood meal, a female flea normally lays about 15-20 eggs per day, up to 600 in a lifetime.
- Sand and gravel are very suitable for larval development, which is the reason fleas are erroneously called "sand fleas".
- lay eggs without a blood meal, but may live from two months to one year without feeding.
- In 30 days, 10 female fleas under ideal conditions can multiply to over a quarter million different life stages.
Regional Flea Facts
- The cat flea is the most frequently found flea in Florida and Ohio.
- Dog, human and sticktight fleas are also found in Florida.
- In July through October, fleas are most troublesome in Ohio.
- Fleas are most abundant during humid, rainy summers and are more common outside in the southern U.S. than in the north.
- Nearly all known cases of plague in humans in the U.S. since 1925 have been associated with wild rodents (mostly from the Rocky Mountain States) and their fleas.
- Plague in the sylvatic form, is endemic in the western U.S. among rodents such as chipmunks, ground squirrels and prairie dogs.
- The rabbit flea is most often found on cottontail rabbits in the east an jackrabbits in the west.


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Dealing with the death of a loved family member or friend is one of the most stressful events children ever face. Parents, who often are also grieving themselves, are frequently at a loss as to what they can say or do to help their children cope. We hope that this handout will help parents better understand how children often react to death and how parents can help their children with the grieving process.
Children of all ages go through a grieving process. Any child who is old enough to emotionally care for someone is old enough to grieve. However, there is no one way that children grieve. Children react to, and cope with, death in various ways. There are many things that determine how an individual child grieves. One thing that relates to how children grieve is their age. Children under six usually do not understand the finality of death. Many children in this age range believe that death is temporary or reversible. They may appear unaffected by the death, especially if their immediate needs for security and reassurance are being met, because they believe the person will eventually return. Young children who have a limited understanding of death often react according to how others around them are reacting because it is difficult for them to understand exactly what has happened. It is usually not until somewhere between the ages of six and nine years that children begin to truly understand the finality of death.
Age is only one factor that impacts how children react to death. Other factors include a child's personality, their past experiences with death, and how other family members and friends are reacting. The important point to understand is that different children grieve in different ways. There is no one "right way" for children to react or grieve. Listed below are some common ways children react to the death of a family member or friend.
Denial: Accepting the death of someone we love is a very difficult task. Denial (refusing to accept the death) is one of the reactions that we often see initially, especially during the six to eight week period following the death.
Sadness: The death of someone we love is a very sad experience for children, as with adults. As the sense of loss sets in, sadness may increase. For young children, sadness may intensify when they finally realize that the person that they love is not going to come back. While sadness is a common reaction, significant ongoing depression is not. If you are concerned that your child is significantly depressed you should seek professional assistance.
Anxiety: Most children have very limited, if any, experiences related to the death of a family member or friend. When death does occur, many children become anxious about the unknown. They may worry that they will die, or if a parent died that their other parent will die.
Guilt: Young children may have a difficult time with guilt because of their lack of understanding of "cause and effect." They may believe that their bad thoughts or bad actions caused the death. For example, if a child in anger said, "I wish he were dead" and if that person then dies, the child may feel that they caused the death.
Misbehavior: Some children misbehave a lot following a death. There are many reasons why such misbehavior may occur. For example, some children may misbehave to get attention or because of the guilt they may feel. Other children may "regress" in their behavior. This means they behave as if they were younger than they are. Older children and adolescents may act out (drug or alcohol use, risky behaviors, disobeying rules, sex, or other harmful activities).
Anger: Anger is a common reaction of many children. Such anger can be directed at anyone or anything. It is not uncommon for children to express anger at the person who died because they may feel deserted by that person. Some children do not express a lot of anger but are very irritable.
Physical: Changes in sleeping and eating habits and physical symptoms are common in some children. Children may be having difficulty falling asleep, waking up, dreaming, increased or decreased appetite, stomachaches, headaches, and difficulty concentrating.
During the grieving process almost all children will display some of the reactions listed above. Remember, for the most part, these are normal reactions. It is impossible to say how long such reactions will last. The grieving process is an ongoing process--there is no one point when a child (or adult) stops grieving. However, parents can help their children with the grieving process and hopefully minimize the length and severity of the behaviors listed above. The following section offers advice to parents on helping their children mourn.
What's the best way for you to talk to your children about death? How can you help your children deal with the thoughts and feelings that naturally follow someone's death? The fact is that there is no magical or "one size fits all" answer to those questions. Rather, how you deal with those issues partly depends upon details like your children's age, the nature of the death, and so forth. It also partly depends upon your own experiences with death and grief, and your comfort level in discussing those subjects. With that in mind, what follows are some suggestions on how to communicate with your children about death and grief, how to help them cope with this very important part of your life, and how to help them deal with future losses.
Perhaps the most important thing that you can do is LISTEN to your children. Allow your children to express their thoughts and fears, talk about their feelings, and ask you questions individually. Don't try to convince your children that they do not or even should not feel bad, and don't just change the subject or quickly talk about something else. Let them know that it's okay to say whatever they want, and that you want to hear whatever they have to say. Sometimes, this is easier said (or written) than done. That is, often parents believe that they should try to get their children to not talk or even think about someone's death. This is often done under the mistaken notion the (a) children can easily be helped to "forget" about someone's death, and (b) talking about the death will only make things worse. In fact, the opposite is generally true on both points. Children can no more "forget" about a death than can an adult. And, research has shown us that the more we actively try to put something out of our minds, the more we may actually think about it.
How do you HELP YOUR CHILDREN EXPRESS themselves and COMMUNICATE with you and others? Older children and teenagers are often able to express themselves relatively well with words. Keep in mind, though, that many children, especially younger ones, don't always express themselves very well with words, or they may not be able to express themselves as well with words as they can in other ways. For those children, acting out stories about death and grief with dolls or puppets, writing letters to the deceased, drawing pictures about the person's life and death, having a "conversation" with the deceased on a toy telephone, and making scrapbooks of memories are some ways that children can communicate their thoughts and feelings. You might suggest those projects to your children and see if they want to do any of them. Don't force them - they'll let you know if they want to participate, either now or later. Another way to help your children process information and express their thoughts and feelings is to put yourselves in situations which can naturally open up communication. For example, visit the grave or mausoleum with your children, look at photographs or videos of the deceased, let them help you put away the person's belongings, and don't be afraid to read books or watch movies which deal with normal feelings about death and grief. Above all, don't expect only one discussion, or one trip to the grave, or one look through a photo album to be "enough" to make everything right again. Children need time to cope with a death - time, and your help and understanding.
Another major way in which you can help your child is to demonstrate healthy ways to cope with death and grief through YOUR EXAMPLE. Don't underestimate the fact that your children learn a great deal about what to do and how to handle difficult situations by observing you. Don't be afraid to cry or express your sadness and grief in front of your child. Demonstrating that it is okay to cry and to be sad and dismiss the deceased, or to even be angry that the person had to die, will help your child to honestly and openly express his or her own feelings. Hiding your feelings and avoiding discussion of death will only teach your child that such feelings are not okay, that feelings should not be expressed openly, and that grief should be dealt with alone. Children (and adults) are generally greatly comforted by not having to deal with death and grief alone. An important point, though, is that if you feel that you are having extreme difficulty coping with a death, then you should talk about that with another adult or seek professional help. Remember, your child will look to you to see how to react and cope, and not the other way around. They cannot and should not be expected to demonstrate to you how to cope, and they will only become more anxious if they see that you are unable to cope yourself. In addition, they should not be put in a situation of feeling as though they have to act as an adult before they are able and ready to do so. For that reason, avoid comments to children such as "you need to be strong now," or "you're the man (or woman) in the house now." Those statements typically only worry and stress children more.
Finally, another task will be to REASSURE your children that they are okay, as are other family members and friends, despite the fact that someone has, indeed, died. One of the most common reactions by children of all ages (yes, including teenagers) following someone's death is worry and anxiety about their own mortality. This can usually be addressed well by reminding your children specifically why the person died, and pointing out that they (your children) are healthy and not, for instance, elderly, suffering from a disease, etc. It can also help to remind them of the steps they take to stay healthy (e.g., eat right, get enough sleep, know how to be safe). Another way to address this issue, and also to avoid confusing and distressing your children, is by talking with them about the inevitability of death both honestly and in a way which makes sense to them. How you discuss this should be guided by you own religious or spiritual beliefs and, very importantly, by your child's level of understanding of the concept of death. One thing to remember, though, is that simple and truthful statements are most appropriate. Do not be afraid to say that someone "died." Terms such as "Dad flew up to heaven," "we lost your Grandpa last night," "God took Aunt Wilma today," "your brother went to sleep forever," and "Mom has gone on a very long trip" all can simply confuse and even terrorize young children.
Another reaction by virtually all children (and again, including teenagers) following someone's death is worry and anxiety about what would happen to them if one or both parents, or other relatives, were to die. That is, children frequently worry a great deal about who would care for them if others were also to die. The points covered in the previous paragraph are also relevant to this situation, but, in addition, it is also important to reassure your children that someone will always be available to care for him/her, no matter what. In order for you to discuss this with your children honestly (since children are good at knowing when parents are telling the truth!), and also for your own peace of mind, it is very important for you to actually have a plan for who would be your children's legal guardian. Take this seriously, think it through, and make sure that a plan is written in a will or other legal document. This will benefit everyone tremendously.
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Nicholas Long, Sam Hackworth, Patti Bryant, Pam Giardina, Marcella Morgan, & Flo Hawks.Arkansas Children's Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.Copyright 1995Revised 9/2002
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How important is he to the way your team plays, and how much of an impact can he have on team performances?
How important is he to the way your team plays, and how much of an impact can he have on team performances?
What about things like pressing style, marking and playing style? How would that effect the way the team plays if it isn't how I've set the team up to play?
If it isn't how you set the team up to play I don't know how it would affect it?
What I want to know is how badly, if at all, does it effect the team if say I've got pressing on full but my assmans style is stand off.
Those settings are only for when he takes charge of a game in your place. You have the final word, so his preference of play has no bearing. All staff have these presets in the event they are in charge of a team.
I'm not sure it always implemented though. Just check how your U19/reserves sides play in comparison to the coach preferences. If the coach you have selected to take charge of U19s prefers 4-3-3 then they should play that, assuming you haven't stated to use current match tactics.
Sadly if you edit your AssMan to max attributes and then play the same season with min attributes you will notice that there is no difference whatsoever.
I'm sorry but anyone who believes otherwise is deluding themselves. I have similar suspicions about all staff but have not tested them.
I don't think that's true.
Try different Assistant Managers - instead just changing their attributes with an editor.
Try an Ass Man with poor media and ask them to do press conferences - I had an Assman with poor media before and he upset my star player when he got injured by telling the media "it wasn't a big loss and lots of players could fill his role" - which wasn't true. The player got upset and took about a season to get his morale back up.
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I refer you to my previous post. Obviously if an AssMan has all his attributes set to minmum then he'll have poor media. It makes no difference. You'd like to think it does and perhaps you are brainwashed into thinking it does but alas it doesn't.
Try as I've suggested. There will be differences due to the nature of computers and random events but adjust all his attributes to max then redo the same season with all attributes set to min.
Perhaps you're brainwashed into thinking it doesn't?
Do you notice over time your players that you've edited slowly return their stats to what they were? There's more to the Ass Man or any position than just the Attributes.
Did you also change all their Hidden Attributes? Did you change their personalities?
Please read properly what I have written.
I never mentioned editing players, I said ASSISTANT MANAGER. I also mentioned his ATTRIBUTES. An assistant manager's "attributes" make no difference. They should but they don't.
OH Sorry - I inadvertently said "Do you notice over time your players that you've edited slowly return their stats to what they were? "
I meant "staff" - or any of the AI roles, players, coaches, scouts, assmans, directors etc.
In my tests. No the Assman's attributes did not change during the season.
Yes, I usually take my Assistant Manager's advice on how to set up my team before the match. From what I noticed, Assistant Managers with better attributes tend to provide more detailed feedback.


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Taught in the context of biological research, this course helps biologists understand the data analysis and visualization language R. It is a continuation of CS101B R for Biologists, Level 1 and covers advanced topics and projects.
Course outline
- Day 1: Review of basic R commands for loading, manipulating and visualizing data
- How to create, manage and visualize data in R objects – vectors, matrices, data frames, lists
- Good programming practices
- Specials notes, shortcuts, and basic commands that you may have forgotten
- Project: create a function that will compute the t-statistic, fold change, difference and p-value for all genes, and filter the data to keep the up- or down-regulated genes.
- Day 2: Case studies in linear regression, t-test, anova
- Day 3: Advanced graphics with par()
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The Ohio inspector general's office failed to perform legally required duties in preparing its recently released but long-overdue report on the Coingate scandal at the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
State law says that if the inspector general finds mismanagement in state government, the report shall identify who did it. Instead of being about mismanagement, the Coingate report is a compilation of criminal matters, legislative reforms, and changes to the bureau's operations.
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MARS HILL, N.C. – The Anderson men's basketball team built a double-digit second-half lead, then held off a furious late rally to defeat Mars Hill, 79-70, in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday night at Sanford Arena.
Anderson improved to 10-5 overall and 5-4 in conference play, while Mars Hill slipped to 2-12 overall and 0-9 in league action with its sixth straight setback. With the win, the Trojans evened the all-time series at nine apiece with their sixth consecutive win past the Lions and improved their road record to 6-1 on the season.
Senior guards Chandler Hash and CJ Gleaton shared game-high scoring honors, as each posted 19 points on the night. Gleaton notched 15 in the decisive second half, while recording a team-high eight rebounds and dishing out four assists on the night. Senior forward Kyle Sledge added a season-high 10 points, with junior guard Myson Jones scoring nine points and handing out four assists in 20 minutes of action.
Junior guard Devonte Williams led the Lions' attack with 19 points and nine assists, while sophomore guard Kevin Haynes netted 16 and sophomore guard Carter Wright chipped in 15 points. Junior forward Thomas Anderson pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Trojans won the battle of the boards, 47-43, and overcame a slow start to shoot 40.9 percent from the field, while the Lions shot 35.9 percent on the night. Led by Hash's four 3-pointers and Jones' three treys, AU equaled its' season-high with 11 triples.
"We were fortunate to survive," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "Chandler [Hash] made a huge shot from the corner. Mars Hill has good players and keeps improving. We needed a win, so I am happy about that."
The game featured four lead changes in the first four minutes, with the Lions taking a an early 11-7 advantage on consecutive baskets by Williams and Haynes, with Haynes' 3-pointer giving the Lions a 14-9 edge with just more than 14 minutes left in the first half.
But Anderson countered with three consecutive 3-pointers, first from Jones, then back-to-back treys from Hash, as the Trojans took their third lead of the opening frame and their first since the opening minute of the game, at 18-16, with exactly 12 minutes on the clock.
Less than two minutes later, Wright's consecutive 3-pointers in a 36-second span, followed by a free throws by Haynes and Isaiah Cuthberston gave MHU their largest lead of the contest, 24-18, as shooting woes plagued the Trojans. Anderson connected on just six of the first 21 attempts from the field (29 percent).
Gleaton's layup with 6:55 left in the half snapped the Lions' 8-0 surge and Sledge's layup pulled the Trojans within 24-22 at the 5:35 mark, but it was as close as AU would get until 1:25 remained in the half. MHU rebuilt its advantage to five on four occasions and held a 33-28 lead before AU closed the half with a 10-2 outburst to take a 38-35 lead into intermission. Junior guard Alani Adekambi sparked the rally with a pair of free throws and guard DJ McGowan capped the run with a 3-pointer.
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The Trojans steadily built a 15-point advantage (71-56) with 4:56 remaining, only to see Mars Hill rattle off 14 unanswered points to pull within 71-70 on Williams' second trey of the night with more than two minutes left. But Anderson regained its composure, as junior center Chris Ross grabbed a Daniel miss and scored on the putback, while Hash followed with a deep 3-pointer from the corner and AU closed the contest with an 8-0 run to set the final score.
Anderson gets back on the hardwood for a brief one-game homestand on Saturday, as Lenoir-Rhyne invades the Abney Center for the second meeting this season between the two squads. L-R edged the Trojans, 74-73, in Hickory, N.C. on Nov. 23.


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24 Apr 2012 4:15 PM #1
MVC Master/Detail & delegates
I'm converting an iOS application to Sencha and was wondering if there are any examples of a fairly typical pattern from iOS in Sencha. The pattern is delegation.
The master view passes a piece of information and sets itself as the delegate for events on the detail view. Typical example is a row on a list is clicked and the detail view you edit the info. When done editing, the detail view calls a Done method on the master and "passes" the information back async.
Is there an example of how to do this in Sencha? I'm using the Architect, so focussing on using MVC like code as far as possible. Any help would be great.
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The view shouldn't set itself to listen for events, the controller should do this.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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A message may be accompanied with a digital signature, a MAC or a message hash, as a proof of some kind.
Which assurances does each primitive provide to the recipient?
What kind of keys are needed?
A message may be accompanied with a digital signature, a MAC or a message hash, as a proof of some kind.
Which assurances does each primitive provide to the recipient?
What kind of keys are needed?
These types of cryptographic primitive can be distinguished by the security goals they fulfill (in the simple protocol of "appending to a message"):
Also important is this question:
I think the short answer is best explained with a table:
Please remember that authentication without confidence in the keys used is useless. For digital signatures, a recipient must be confident that the verification key actually belongs to the sender. For MACs, a recipient must be confident that the shared symmetric key has only been shared with the sender.
The longer answer:
A (unkeyed) hash of the message, if appended to the message itself, only protects against accidental changes to the message (or the hash itself), as an attacker who modifies the message can simply calculate a new hash and use it instead of the original one. So this only gives integrity.
If the hash is transmitted over a different, protected channel, it can also protect the message against modifications. This is sometimes be used with hashes of very big files (like ISO-images), where the hash itself is delivered over HTTPS, while the big file can be transmitted over an insecure channel.
A message authentication code (MAC) (sometimes also known as keyed hash) protects against message forgery by anyone who doesn't know the secret key (shared by sender and receiver).
This means that the receiver can forge any message – thus we have both integrity and authentication (as long as the receiver doesn't have a split personality), but not non-repudiation.
Also an attacker could replay earlier messages authenticated with the same key, so a protocol should take measures against this (e.g. by including message numbers or timestamps). (Also, in case of a two-sided conversation, make sure that either both sides have different keys, or by another way make sure that messages from one side can't sent back by an attacker to this side.)
MACs can be created from unkeyed hashes (e.g. with the HMAC construction), or created directly as MAC algorithms.
A (digital) signature is created with a private key, and verified with the corresponding public key of an asymmetric key-pair. Only the holder of the private key can create this signature, and normally anyone knowing the public key can verify it. Digital signatures don't prevent the replay attack mentioned previously.
There is the special case of designated verifier signature, which only ones with knowledge of another key can verify, but this is not normally meant when saying "signature".
So this provides all of integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation.
Most signature schemes actually are implemented with the help of a hash function. Also, they are usually slower than MACs, and as such used normally only when there is not yet a shared secret, or the non-repudiation property is important.


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My friend asked me for a tool to do something and I wanted to ask him if he wants me to do it for him but I mistakenly said "I'll do it to you". Is that offensive?
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The sentence itself could be offensive, particularly because without any context, "do it" can be interpreted as sexual.
In the context you describe, though, it should be obvious that it was a mistake for "I'll do it for you."
If someone tells you that a remark offended them and you are not trying to start an argument, say it was a mistake, apologize, and that should be the end of it. If it isn't -- if the person insists on remaining offended -- there's nothing you can do. This person likes being offended so that he can complain about how terrible his life is. Shrug your shoulders and move on.
If you are a politician, take it for granted that anything you say that could possibly be interpreted to be offensive, will be so interpreted by opponents.
Prepositions are one of the most common mistakes made by 2nd language learners of English as they are often used in different contexts in different languages — what might be 'at' in English could be 'in' or 'of' in French, etc.
I doubt your friend would have given it a second thought, since I presume he knows you're learning English. Lots of things can be interpretted sexually if you try hard enough ;)


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Protect Children from Third Hand Smoke Exposure
How tobacco smoke lives and lingers long after the smoke has "supposedly" cleared
Many people today are aware of the dangers of second hand smoke—the smoke that comes off a lit cigarette or is exhaled by a smoker. That's why there have been increased restrictions on indoor smoking, and why many smokers today go outside to smoke. Now medical researchers are asking what happens after second hand smoke has cleared? Could other dangers exist beyond the visible plumes a lit cigarette emits? Studies have shown that when just one cigarette was smoked in a bedroom with the door closed, it took two hours for particulates in the air to return to below the threshold for harm.
What is third hand smoke?
What happens when second hand smoke collects on our clothes, or in the car seats, furniture, carpets, and even the wallboard that surround us? The contamination that persists after second hand smoke has dissipated is called third hand smoke (THS).
Researchers have identified significant amounts of toxins from third hand smoke in homes and cars of smokers even months after no smoking has occurred. Residual pollutants remain on surfaces and in dust; they re-emit as nicotine gas or as ultrafine particles; and they can collect in textiles and other materials to create a reservoir that emits gas over time. These pollutants can also react with other compounds in the environment, like ozone, to create secondary pollutants.
We know these residual toxins exist, but researchers haven't yet established what constitutes a harmful dose, partly because it is difficult to isolate which negative health effects are caused specifically by third hand rather than second hand smoke exposure.
Children are most vulnerable to third hand smoke exposure
Because they crawl on carpets and furniture and put things in their mouths, children are most vulnerable to third hand smoke. They have smaller body mass, breathe faster, have less-developed defenses against environmental pollutants, and spend more time indoors.
Susanne E. Tanski, MD, MPH, FAAP, a Norris Cotton Cancer Center researcher and Dartmouth-Hitchcock pediatrician who studies the effect of third hand smoke on children, noticed in her practice that the smoking parents of her patients were often unaware of third hand smoke exposure. She wanted to help them learn about reducing this exposure, and to support them if they wanted to quit smoking.
Tanski notes that it was nonsmoking flight attendants who first raised awareness about the health hazards of secondhand smoke when they successfully brought a class action law suit against the tobacco industry in 1997. "Kids are a lot like flight attendants," she said. "They have no choice and no voice with regard to their own exposure: adults expose kids to smoke."
"We really need to have 100% smoke free homes and cars," Tanski explained at a recent NCCC Grand Rounds presentation. "You can't smoke in one room with the door closed and say that whole space is safe."
Even when parents understand the dangers of second hand smoke in the home, many think it is safe to smoke in a car if children aren't in it. "For many smokers the car is the last place they can smoke," she said.
But smoking in the car creates an especially intense environment for third hand smoke exposure. The nicotine can combine with nitrous acid from exhaust to create cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) that settle into the dust on the dashboard, seats, and carpets. And these TSNA's can be absorbed through the skin—when you open a glove compartment or dust off the dash with your hand.
Help smokers stop exposing their loved ones to third hand smoke
The only way to protect nonsmoking family members completely is for all family smokers to quit completely, Tanski says, but there are things you can do if this is not a possibility:
- Create (and enforce) 100% smoke-free home and car rules
- Be specific about what these rules mean: It does not mean smoking in a room with the door closed, near an exhaust fan, or in the car with the windows open.
- Help those who are not yet able to quit by suggesting support tools like smoking cessation programs, or using nicotine replacement therapy as a way to maintain a smoke free home and car.
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The PG Diploma in Creative Writing is a two-year part-time programme, aimed at writers wishing to develop their creative and critical skills at an advanced level. The programme adopts an all-encompassing approach to the discipline of creative writing, taking in a variety of genres and exploring the major forms of prose, poetry and scripts.
The programme starts in late September/early October each academic year, as well as a second start date in January each year – places are limited to ensure a constructive atmosphere for workshops.
This is a part-time, postgraduate-level programme delivered wholly online in a fully-supported learning environment. Students can exit with a Postgraduate Certificate after successful completion of the first year if their circumstances change.
The programme is a keen mix of writing exercises and literary analysis, and students will develop an understanding of the following key areas:
This part-time two-year programme will comprise six 20-credit modules which will develop students' writing skills and their critical faculties in a range of genres. These modules are:
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Students will be required to complete all these modules in the first instance, though additional modules may be added in the future to accommodate future programme growth and offer a broader learning experience.
Assessments will comprise a balance of creative portfolios at the conclusion of every module, alongside critical essays, reflective journals and literary reviews.
Our approach to e-learning is distinctive and may be different from your general perceptions about online study:
A key feature of our programme is the availability and quality of support that we offer through module tutors, pastoral support and a dedicated administrative and technical support team.
We hold two optional two-day Residential Weekends at York each year. Each event is an opportunity to meet your fellow students and staff, engage in writing workshops and hear from writers about their experiences of the writing process and publication. These events are free of charge, though students are expected to meet the costs of their travel, accommodation and sustenance. For students who are unable to attend these weekends, there is the option to engage via real-time video conferencing or to watch recordings of the key sessions from each weekend. In the first two years, we anticipate that we will be joined at the weekends by John Baker, Helen Cross, Antony Dunn and Mike Kenny.
The programme is aimed at experienced writers who are comfortable with exploring the possibilities of the English language.
Normally students will be expected to hold a Bachelor's Degree in a related subject area (such as English). CLL will also favourably consider any student previously awarded a BA/BSc in any subject, and with evidence of recent HE level creative writing study.
As a Centre based upon the cornerstone of open access, CLL will also seek to ensure that those without the qualifications highlighted above, but with the obvious ability to succeed, have the opportunity to engage.
In such instances, a portfolio of recent creative/imaginative writing and/or the presentation of a critical literary essay may be requested and considered by the admissions panel; CLL reserves the right to ask any student for such a portfolio to support their application.
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Students must have an IELTS score of 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in Writing (or equivalent).
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For 2016/17, the cost of the Diploma award will be £5,320, split between the two years of the programme. The price of the second year may rise incrementally in line with standard University tuition fees, if appropriate.
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17 Nov 2009 4:35 AM #81
We want ExtJS be secure by default. We don't want to reconfigure every single widget with the appropriate formatter by hand. Don't you get it?
17 Nov 2009 4:49 AM #82
@naapuri -- Your various use-cases are dizzying (to me anyway).
On the one hand, we acknowledge that:
Servers SHOULD remove any markup they receive from clients (thus eliminating the need to escape anything outbound to clients). But, what if the server is a CMS (where markup/visual context is important the next time it's delivered)? Would you HTML-escape the content from a CMS engine? Probably could ?
Clients COULD remove any markup from data streams intended for servers (if not a CMS?).
Clearly, the client-side developer plays a pivotal role in enforcing any rules and interpreting decoding requirements.
My point is, that it's just not practical for a client-framework (like Ext) to make broad decoding decisions in isolation. The developer must ultimately decide whether its appropriate to deal with servers rules (either accept no markup in responses or always HTML-escaped eg. render anything in such a fashion that might cause something to '<blink>').
What if the developer decided to base64 encode everything to/from that grid cell?
A frame-work can't make that blanket decision for you, could it? Should it?"be dom-ready..."
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17 Nov 2009 5:27 AM #83
I don't understand why so simple question sparkles so much debate. It seems like people wrongly assume that:
- Data on the server should be stored in encoded form so that web clients don't bother encoding it.
- It leads people to believe that it is the server's responsibility to encode user data received from web client prior to storing it in the database, otherwise it would be trivial to override web client's behavior (with help of FireBug or os) and expose that application to all sort of problems.
But this is plain wrong for a number of reasons. I've already provided one.
Under no circumstances web server should store escaped data in the database. Instead, every time a ExtJS client displays that data received from the server it should take care to format and sanitize it properly.
Please don't be confused about direction of data flow.
Whatever data users enter in an application, simply store it as is. Every single frontend must take care to escape that data and format it properly just before displaying it. Everything else is insecure by default.
User entered data is still subject to business rules validation, but that is completely orthogonal problem to XSS attacks.
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Any time you let users enter anything into a text box or text area, etc., you are at risk of XSS. vBulletin constantly releases new updates to fix XSS exploits, because there's so many places (like on member pages, in PMs, etc., etc.) you can enter malicious tags that can be displayed to another user. It's quite a challenging problem.
I do not think that the data should be scrubbed before going into the database. I like to do a mysqldump and grep through the ascii text for malicious looking tags to see what users are doing... The argument that the content may not be for HTML/Browser consumption is quite valid as well.
ExtJS should have nothing to do with scrubbing content. You can scrub it on the server side, which is expensive IMO, or you can scrub it on the client. For grids, you have renderer which can scrub the content before it gets rendered. Perfect! For fields you know are user entered, scrub the content.
17 Nov 2009 7:51 AM #85
Sure, you can monkey-patch Ext so it defaults to a htmlEncode renderer, but that's besides the point. You would assume a toolkit like Ext to "do the right thing" by default, and it doesn't.
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I assure you that monkey-patching it to undo any scrubbing ExtJS would automatically do would be far more painful than doing the scrubbing for the few user entered fields you need to protect from XSS.
The  tag and <email@example.com> issues are trivial:
renderer: function(value) { return value.replace(/</g, '>'); }
17 Nov 2009 9:08 AM #87
As usual, there is a flip-side to all of this: there are two computers involved here, not just one. We do not want to allow the user to insert undesirable content, and we do not want the content that they do provide to become "lost in translation."
For instance, the bulletin-board software allows me to do this:"I am currently having a problem with the  tag."
So... who's "responsible" for this magick? Well, both computers are: yours, and theirs. The responsibility cannot rest with "only one of the two," or you'll wind up either with the opportunity for injection or the corruption of legitimately-entered special characters. The paradox of this whole situation is that... ExtJS (literally, "by definition ...") can't successfully address the issue "on its own."
18 Nov 2009 2:05 AM #88
It seems like it would be helpful to newcomers for Ext to provide config options for user facing components to toggle the automatic encoding of html entitities when displaying. For people who want their javascript to handle this it's currently a fair bit of work to create overrides / renderers / templates for all components to encode everything before display and they may not have the option of altering the backend to do it before sending.
18 Nov 2009 2:52 AM #89
hendricd wrote:
I'd like to hear how you would fix 'the foo problem' I mentioned earlier.
I'd need to understand what you believe is broken first, but wouldn't you just override the Editor class or column editor instance to achieve the degree of safety you're after?
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The  tag and <firstname.lastname@example.com> issues are trivial:
renderer: function(value) { return value.replace(/</g, '>'); }
This fix implies not html escaping the data on the server (when requested via a JSON or XML request) - which has been my point of the whole discussion.
19 Nov 2009 9:16 AM #90
I'll likely regret rekindling this, but I gave some thought to the dilemna, as it were, and from Ext's standpoint, flexibility on the entry side solves one-half of the problem.
VTypes seemed like a logical focal point, so I'll offer this one. It's designed for optional rigidity, and undoubtedly could be improved.
The focus here is a step towards disallowing 'dangerous markup' in the first place.
(function(){ // Protect these from Firebuggers /* Basic: standard markup tags as:
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I'm going back home to Virginia for the Thanksgiving holiday and I'll be taking a taxi to Boston Logan. I've noticed that in the past, the cabbie tends to take a longer route, and I was wondering if was bad etiquette to dictate which route I'd like him/her to take.
Wow. I want to thank everyone who's answered. I just got back in Boston today and I was so busy during the Thanksgiving holiday I completely forgot about this question. Seriously wow. You guys here at Travel Stack Exchange really know your stuff :)


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In the recent walk -outs in France, all the communist organizations there have supported the PKK. The members of the PKK have a communist structure. All the communists in the world support this terror organization. This threat has to be seen. The activities of the PKK are discussed unilaterally. You need to respond the ideology of the PKK intellectually; you need to prepare works that will refute Darwinism, Marxism, Leninism.
Our state must engage in work in this respect. Alternatively, they need to provide support to those who engage in anti-communist scientific works. Many states in the world are still oblivious to the fact that they are in thrall to anti-Christ. In our country also, Darwinism is still being taught. They continue to provide the fake drawings of Haeckel and erroneous information that has been admitted to be invalid by scientific circles. The state can give information about Darwinism, but they should let us give a response of three pages. They should devote a space for the response to Darwinism.
Recently some businessmen from Southeast Anatolia visited us. They told me, "My Master, in that region, the KCK is more dangerous than the PKK. They are the ones that promulgate communism, Leninism. They are the ones that try to deceive the people." Our state must prevent this.
Some commentators in the media say, "The PKK will be stopped by our methods." If you give away that region to them, of course the PKK will cease for a while. Once you give them what they want and allow the disintegration of the country, why should they not stop? That is just what they ask for. Otherwise they will never abandon terror unless communism is defeated.
Fethullah Gülen made a statement recently saying, "Let's have peace reign." Everyone wants that. The name of Islam is "Peace", it comes from the Arabic word root, "Slm". But peace can only be attained by engaging in ideological work and refuting the PKK ideologically.
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Dallas Prince Sterling Silver 34" Multi Gemstone Tassel Pendant w/ Beaded Chain
This bejeweled tassel lends itself well as the stylish focal point of your outfit. Crafted from polished rhodium plated sterling silver, the necklace has been strung with various faceted 2-4mm black hematite beads. Adding to the drama are three round cut 2mm white sapphires in bead settings, while a round cut 4mm London blue topaz stone, set in a bezel, shines at the top.
Delicate fleur-de-lis designs and a satin finish complete the look. The total sapphire weight is 0.15ct, and the London blue topaz weighs 0.30ct (both approximate). Measuring 3-1/8"L x 3/4"W, the tassel pendant features an enhancer bail and a 34" beaded chain that secures with a toggle clasp.
Please note: Hematite bead count may vary.
Complete the look with the matching earrings J410362.
Part of the Dallas Prince Collection. All weights pertaining to diamond weights are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. Click here for important information about gemstone enhancements and special care requirements.
Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
Hematite gets its name from the Greek word meaning "blood-like" because of the red color of its powder. American Indians used to crush hematite and mix it with animal fat to produce red and brown paint for their artwork and bodies. Interestingly, red hematite is essentially rust. Its reddish brown and orange colors appear when its high iron content comes into contact with water and oxygen. But when the stone is smooth and polished, hematite features a beautiful steel gray color with a metallic and earthy luster. It is this exquisite gray color that is most often used in jewelry.
Although both red and gray hematite is common on Earth, it also occurs everywhere on Mars, making it responsible for the planet's distinctive red color. The reddish landscape of Mars is due to the oxidized iron on its surface, proving that water and oxygen must have been present on the Red Planet at one time. In 2004, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity discovered small spheres believed to be made partly or mostly of hematite, proving that Mars was once a wetter world long ago.
Grey hematite usually forms over long periods of time in the presence of liquid water. It is typically found in layers at the bottom of standing water, such as lakes or mineral hot springs. Hematite can also occur as the result of volcanic activity. While England is the best-known supplier, hematite is also found in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, New Zealand and the United States.
Hematite is the most important source of iron ore in the world, which leads to the production of steel, and is therefore vital to the economy of major countries. Because of its high iron content, hematite has magnetic attraction. It is often fashioned into carvings, cameos, intaglios and beads and ranks a hardness of 5.0-6.5 on the Mohs Scale.
It was once believed that large deposits of hematite were formed in places where battles had been fought. The subsequent blood that flowed into the ground was thought to turn into the stone. Hematite is a symbol for the Roman god of war and is thought to be a stone of protection, a belief originating from the Roman belief that it could strengthen warriors going into battle. Ancient warriors even used to rub their bodies with hematite believing it would protect them.
Since the silvery-gray stones can be polished to such a high sheen, they were long ago used as mirrors. Because of this reflective quality, it is believed today to help deflect the emotions of others. It is said to deepen the connection between spirit and body while balancing yin/yang energies and emotions. Folklore also says that hematite can transform and dissolve negativity. It is considered an excellent "worry stone" with emotional grounding properties that calm the mind and clear it of stress. Hematite is also thought to be a "lawyer's stone" that brings positive judgments and helps one remain true to his or her inner self.


text: Is the Future non-western? "A future dominated by Pacific Rim economies and Indian outsourcing has been a popular theme in SF since the cyberpunk wave and before. Is the world now moving in this direction, and if so what path will it take? Will this affect SF writing?" This is the topic of a panel which I will be on at Worldcon in Glasgow. If you have any ideas on this, anything that you would like discussed, please feel free to add to this thread! Would love to hear from you, even if you aren't going to Worldcon. I will tell you about it here afterwards, promise.


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When I give up my laptop I like to securely delete the hard drive. I would assume that since it's full disk encrypted using file vault that I should be able to just delete the real key for boot partition and be done. No need to write 0s over the filesystem.
Is this true, or do I need to do something extra to make sure that I can safely part with my hard drive?


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Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but dubbed himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet -- one who spoke in the language of film and measured his meter in frames.
In 2004, about a year after Brakhage died at age 70, a New York Times film critic put it this way: "His films, which are mostly without dialogue, text or words of any kind, are more often compared to poetry than are other, presumably nearer forms of visual expression."
Senior Film Studies Instructor, Don Yannacito, a colleague of Stan Brakhage, talks about the late filmmaker's work.
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PRACTICING LAW: Carl A. Frankovitch is now an associate attorney with Frankovitch, Antetakis, Colantonio & Simon, the law firm started by his grandfather Carl Frankovitch Sr. in 1934.
Frankovitch is the son of attorney Eric and Alice Frankovitch and grandson of Carl and Rose Frankovitch.
A 2005 graduate of Weir High School, he graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Washington & Jefferson College in 2009, where he majored in business administration and minored in history and Russian. He attended the International University of Moscow for an intercession program.
Frankovitch received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in May 2012. While at Pitt he served as executive editor of the law review, Journal of Law & Commerce, and founded and served as president of the University of Pittsburgh Energy Society, a group which focused on legal issues in the oil and gas industry.
He will have a concentration in personal injury litigation and oil and gas law. He will practice primarily out of the firm's Weirton office, though he will see clients at the Chester and Wheeling offices as well.
APPOINTED: Nickolas A. Kamarados, a certified financial planner, has been appointed to Prudential's Field Advisory Council.
Members of the Field Advisory Council and its 18 committees provide input and feedback to their home office partners on field-related programs and initiatives.
Kamarados said the appointment "allows me to bring to the Council an in-depth understanding of the tools and programs that will best support the needs of our clients and our PENN agency."
The FAC, which is made up of committee chairs and vice chairs as well as a cross-section of the company's 51 agency offices across the country, meet face to face in New Jersey with their home office partners twice a year.
EXPANDING: Peacock Keller, a full-service law firm headquartered in Washington, Pa., expanded its civil litigation group with the addition of a new associate, Eric D. Harbison, who will concentrate his practice on coal, oil, gas, shale gas, mineral and energy law.
Peacock Keller Managing partner Douglas R. Nolin said Harbison's collective experience with agencies throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania "aligns with and enhances our firm's continued efforts in providing exemplary legal services to our community."
Prior to joining Peacock Keller, Harbison worked with a boutique management consulting firm in Latrobe, Pa., where he focused his practice on the management side of employment law and commercial disputes. He is a licensed practitioner in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2010, serving as a topics editor for the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and completing several internships with organizations such as the Allegheny and Westmoreland County District Attorney's offices and the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army. He also was recognized by the Westmoreland Bar Foundation with its Donald Laird Hankey Memorial and Honorable David H. Weiss Memorial scholarships.
Harbison earned his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University, graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in economics. While at Bucknell he served as a writing tutor for the university's writing center, section editor for the school's weekly campus newspaper The Bucknellian.
He resides in Greensburg, Pa.
RESPONSIBILITY: ArcelorMittal USA reports that more than $1.9 million was donated to 356 nonprofit groups through the company's Give Boldly employee matching gifts program.
Additionally, company officials said that by the end of 2011, 13 worksites in the U.S. had been voluntarily certified to Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services health and safety standards.
The company also received the 2011 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award, marking the fourth consecutive time it received the award from the U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Energy.
GRANTS: The West Virginia Division of Energy is accepting applications for the Local Energy Efficiency Grant Program, which is designed to provide grant funds to units of local government with community projects intending to help business owners and homeowners become more energy efficient.
Applicants will be limited to county commissions and municipalities with projects to benefit county businesses and residents only.
The West Virginia Division of Energy anticipates awarding five grants with a funding range of up to $10,000. A local match of 20 percent is required.
Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 30 and may be obtained at www.wvcommerce.org/energy/energy-efficiency/leegp.aspx.
NEW MEMBER: Daniel Pinciaro is now a member of Clinical Counseling Associates, 141 Brady Circle West.
Pinciaro, owner/operator of Daniel Pinciaro Consulting Service, is a licensed professional counselor in Ohio. He offers services ranging from counseling and mental health consultations to the medical, educational and pastoral communities, and mental wellness education to businesses as well as community organizations.
He is a board member of the Jefferson County Prevention and Recovery Board and past chairman of the Jefferson County Anti-Drug Abuse Coalition and the Jefferson County Coalition on Housing and Homelessness.
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