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He Collects Fine Art. I Don't Get It.
On the wall above the bird cage hangs a tiny pencil sketch of a meadow and house. It's 7 inches wide by 2 inches tall and cost us $600.
It's a 17th-century Dutch landscape, I'm told, once owned by a famous collector. My husband brought it home recently, excited that it went for so much less than its $1,000-plus estimate. To me, it looks sort of smudgy.
It was joined, a few weeks later, by a bigger drawing of a nature scene with boaters and a distant village. Another $600, but this one is even more of a prize, John says, as it should have sold at auction for 10 times more.
I am a collecting widow.
As readers of this column know, John and I are sometimes in conflict over spending. With daily household decisions, John is frugal, I am more self-indulgent. But when it comes to collecting, we switch roles: I am the Grinchy one. Where John sees painstaking observation and skill that brings another era alive, I see $43 per square inch that might have been allocated differently in our tight budget.
John has always been a collector, wooing me with gifts of stained glass and medieval manuscript leaves. Over the years of our marriage he's had to sell most of his treasures to help support our family, which he has done without hesitation or bitterness. But lately John has been dipping a toe back into the water with the two sketches, each of which he paid for by selling other possessions such as books and maps.
I didn't begrudge him doing it—in fact, I encouraged it. Selfishly, I imagined it may give me leverage should I wish to spend on my own nonessentials. But I did ask: Why are we spending $1,200 on artwork, rather than putting it in our woefully deficient emergency fund?
John's answer is that he thinks this is a good investment. He also believes it's liquid enough to be available in an emergency.
I accept both answers. Yet the question raises a bigger issue that all couples face when one spouse is a collector and one isn't. That is, how do you put a price on something when each spouse values it so differently? It's like a Muggle talking to a Wizard about things that are beyond the Muggle's understanding. One collector I know cited Oscar Wilde's quote about cynics in describing how collectors view noncollectors, "as knowing the price of everything, and the value of nothing."
And yet, at least in this world, Muggles and Wizards often must live in the same house. So, how do they do it?
When I asked that question of several such mixed-marriage couples, I got a lot of eye rolls, with one partner pulling me aside to tell me about how collectible spending had put a strain on their finances and marriage. Sometimes it has meant economies elsewhere, such as delaying vacations, driving 20-year-old cars or living in smaller houses. Sometimes it has required separating financial accounts.
My friends Howard and Barbara travel the world together, and his eye for local crafts and workmanship has filled their home with color from Indonesian masks, Kachina dolls and more. Barbara has tried to apply the brakes, especially when he chooses something she doesn't like very much, knowing her husband's enthusiasm can exceed practical space limitations. "If we agree," she says, "the odds are good it will be beautifully displayed in our shared space, as opposed to in the tool room on the wall."
A colleague of mine offers another kind of compromise. For years, his wife liked to collect small animal figurines. She spent many weekends traveling to out-of-town antique stores and flea markets looking for them. To everybody else in the family, it made no sense—either in terms of the money or time spent. They didn't get it.
So they sought a middle ground. The husband and kids would decide places they wanted to go for a weekend. Then she would find antique shops and flea markets in that area, and agree to limit her shopping to a few hours. Everybody else got something they valued (a day or weekend trip to a place they chose, as a family), and she got to shop for her figurines.
As for the money, she agreed not to question when once a month, the husband would spend money on a special meal of sushi. That was his equivalent of the collecting passion.
Then they worked both passions into their overall budget and cut back things that were important to both of them, but not as important as what they were getting.
John is thrilled to expose our girls to fine works of art in our home. He acknowledges that he values works of art and historical objects differently than he does most utilitarian purchases on which he's prone to skimp. "A good illuminated manuscript really brings you back to the time it was made," he says. "It captures the spirit of the 13th century."
Though initially skeptical, I now love these sketches, because they've made John happy. I trust him to not spend more than we can afford, and I'm glad he's finally seeing some room for more pleasures in our budget.
I may be colorblind and tone-deaf to the hues and hum of history, but I am attuned to my husband and the health of our marriage. And I have no doubt that in that sense, these sketches are invaluable.
—Demetria Gallegosis community editor for WSJ.com. Write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also join the conversation at WSJ.com/Juggle.


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#3. Wilmer Valderrama
Who Is This Wuss?
Wilmer Valderrama made his name playing Fez, the dark alley beating-worthy, foreign exchange student of indeterminate descent for eight goddamned seasons on That '70s Show. In real life, well, not much different. After moving to the United States at the age of 13, Valderrama quickly picked up English in part by watching episodes of I Love Lucy. Badass! It was said in one teen magazine that Rob Thomas of MATCHBOX TWENTY helped him learn English, also. Whether it was in person or through the magic of his songs isn't specified, but either way, that manages to out-pussy I Love Lucy reruns.
Aside from That '70s Show, Valderrama hosted Yo Momma, an MTV show so offensively bad it actually becomes surreal if you manage to look directly at the TV screen for more than 60 seconds.
He's also been victimized on "best friend" Ashton Kutcher's MTV show Punk'd a whopping three times. That's a record folks!
Why He Owns You:
In a word, chicks. Lots and lots of chicks. It's not unusual for the occasional Hollywood doofus to land a smokin'-hot young starlet seemingly millions of light years out of his league. It happens all the time. But over the past decade, Wilmer Valderrama has put together a string of conquests that would make even the most hardened cocksman flaccid with envy.
A certified friggin' sex machine, on a 2006 appearance on the the Howard Stern Show, Fez went into detail about his time spent nailing hookers as a youth in Venezuela, his time spent nailing hot actresses as an asshole in Hollywood, and his reportedly 8 plus-inch wang.
Sure, that last part could be a fabrication, but it's probably not respect for his acting talent that has him being romantically linked to the likes of Mandy Moore, Lindsay Lohan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Biel, Sofia Vergara and Jessica motherfuckin' Alba. Our team of researchers confirms the chances of you ever speaking to, much less boning, any of these women are scientifically less than zero.
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#2. Elvis Stojko
Who Is This Wuss?
We'd venture a guess that no sport in the world incites more multilingual shouts of "look at that fucking queer!" then male figure skating. With the graceful, flowing choreography, raging crotch bulges and costumes that look like they were designed for Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, it's hard to fathom a heterosexual male seeing another guy figure skating and saying, "Yes, I want to do that!"
In this world of questionable sexuality, Elvis Stojko is probably as good as anyone else. We really don't know enough about male figure skating to tell you for sure either way. Let's see, according to Wikipedia, he was the first male to land a quadruple double jump combo. Awesome, we guess. In 1994, he won his first world championship at Chiba, Japan while skating to, wait, is this right? While skating to Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Nice!
In 1995, he won his second world championship skating on a not fully-healed broken ankle and landing a triple lutz, triple toe loop combination in the free skate event. Hmmm, the broken ankle thing is cool, and triple toe loop would be cool if they called it what it is: a 1080. At the 1997 Grand Prix finals, while skating to the Dragonheart soundtrack, he became the first man ever to land a quadruple triple combination. Shit, he sounds pretty alright ... for, ahem, someone who is obviously such a total pussy.
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Looks like there's one more section to his Wikipedia entry. Martial arts? Oh, holy shit! Elvis Stojko is trained in karate and received a black belt at the age of 16. We could summarize what happened next, but really the facts are so badass that quoting directly from Wikipedia is better than anything we could come up with. After getting a black belt in plane old karate, Elvis felt "he needed ... to find a style that would truly fit him (and) ended up meeting Sifu Glen Doyle, a three-time Canadian Kung Fu Champion ... Sifu Doyle's style of kung fu 'Hung Gar' was for combat and not flash and that is what caught Elvis' eye."
So, not content with just learning plain old karate, Elvis wanted something a little more applicable to ass kicking. Why would a figure skater ever need to fuck someone up? We like to imagine Stojko spends his free time cruising the frozen lakes of Canada until he finds a hockey game, straps on a pair of ice skates and practices his triple toe loops in hopes of drawing some taunts. And when those taunts come, let the combat begin!
If you would like to join Elvis in his fight to bring justice to maligned figure skaters everywhere, he spends his free time teaching at the Cead Bua Fighting Faction School, which based on the name we're guessing looks something like this when in session.
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#1. MC Hammer
Who Is This Wuss?
In the late '80s, MC Hammer made the world a less-awesome place for just about everybody with the release of the album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. With the album's first single, "U Can't Touch This," MC Hammer took what had previously been a form of music embraced almost exclusively by badasses and pimps and catapulted it into the shopping malls. Had this been accomplished by someone like Rakim or Big Daddy Kane, you might be wearing an eye patch and drinking out of a bejeweled goblet right now. Instead, mainstream America's first exposure to rap came in the form of a smiley song and dance man in shiny clown pants, giving most white people the impression that good hip-hop is just a catchy beat, and a willingness to dance once the cameras roll. Apparently that impression stuck and 20 years later, we get to hear "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" 10 times a day and could probably do the damn dance if some sadistic bastard put a gun to our head.
Why He Owns You:
If we told a fat joke at your mother's expense what would you do about it? Probably nothing. If you were MC Hammer though, you would most likely get on the phone with a gang leader and put out a hit on our life. That's exactly what he allegedly did in 1990 after white rap duo 3rd Bass repeatedly dissed him on their debut LP The Cactus Album. In particular, the line "the cactus turned Hammer's mother out" prompted Hammer to put a $60,000 hit out with one of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles.
Thats right, the man spent the 1990 equivalent of two Lexuses to avenge a phrase that sounds like random words being read off a Scrabble board. We'd always heard he liked to spend money, but we had no idea how very little MC Hammer fucks around when it comes to his mother.
After being warned of the impending hit, Def Jam Records president Russell Simmons phoned Bloods leader Mike Concepcion to try to have the order stopped, and was told it was too late. With 3rd Bass already on a flight to L.A., there was nothing that could be done to prevent it. We would've, you know, just had them turn around and fly back to New York, but whatevs.
During the phone call with Simmons, Concepcion hinted that he could maybe see to it that the Bloods would call off the hit. 3rd Bass was coming to town to attend the American Music Awards and Concepcion wanted to go. But he didn't just want to go, one of the most dangerous men in America wanted to sit next to ...
Michael Jackson. Russell Simmons made it happen, thus allowing 3rd Bass to live another day and record one more shitty album before disbanding into obscurity.
At this point in our research, we weren't sure whether to put Hammer at No. 1 for ordering a hit on someone's life over a yo' momma joke, put Michael Jackson on the list for preventing a hit just by being fucking Michael Jackson, or to banish the damn list altogether in disbelief. In the end, Hammer makes No. 1. Go ahead, make jokes, M.J. may not have enough star power to stop the next hit. If someone loans Hammer the 60 grand, you're screwed.
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Right after defeating Kanda, you get a chance to wander around Kamurocho with Rikia.
While you show him around the town, it is hinted that you should probably take him to a specific tattooist located off a back alley in Pink street, so that he may get the viper tattoo on his back finished.
However, I simply ended up going with Rikia to wherever he wanted to go and didn't make the detour. You eventually go your separate ways, though apparently Rikia will meet up with you again later.
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Let's suppose P = NP is independent (of ZFC). Then there is a model of ZFC in which there is a polynomial time algorithm for SAT. But suppose this algorithm is correct, wouldn't this algorithm exist in the standard model? In the end an algorithm is a number. My question is: How can it be that there exists a polynomial time algorithm for SAT in a model of ZFC and yet P = NP is unprovable? In other words, how can P = NP be independent?
There are examples such as the one due to Levin mentioned here which you can write down explicitly, but whose running time is polynomial if and only if P=NP. Thus in some [admittedly rather trivial] sense it's not finding an algorithm which is hard, but proving that it runs in polynomial time. This is the part which could conceivably be independent.
I think the following is implicit in earlier answers, but let me state it briefly. I'm addressing only the original question, not CH or other matters that gradually entered this discussion.
The main point is that a model of ZFC can have non-standard natural numbers; they're larger than all the standard ones, so we sometimes call them "infinite" even though from the point of view of the model they're finite. (That is, they satisfy, in the model, the formula that defines "finite ordinal number".) Now suppose such a model satisfies "There is PTime algorithm for SAT." Fix such an algorithm in the model, say a Turing machine program. It is true in the model that this algorithm has a finite number of control states (because that's part of the definition of "Turing machine") and that its running time is bounded by a polynomial, of some finite degree, of the input length (because that's part of the definition of "PTime"). Unfortunately, both of the occurrences of "finite" in the preceding sentence are (like the whole sentence) to be understood in the sense of the model. Neither the number of states nor the degree of the polynomial will necessarily be an actual natural number (in the sense of the real world rather than the model); they can be non-standard numbers. So the model's Turing machine might not be an actual Turing machine, and, even if it is, its running time might not be bounded by an actual polynomial.
This answer is basically an elaboration of Jason's answer, but it's too big to be a comment.
It's a little hard to speculate on a proof that doesn't exist, but most likely if someone constructed a model of ZFC where P=NP, then the "algorithm" in the model wouldn't be a real algorithm. You can formalize the notion of algorithm in first-order logic over the natural numbers, but the formalization is incomplete in the sense that there will be non-standard models that satisfy the same axioms. It's possible that someone will write down a model of ZFC where the set of natural numbers is "too big" — it contains natural numbers other than $0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots$ — such that for "algorithms" defined using these non-natural natural numbers, P=NP.
For example, the "algorithms" in the model could correspond to algorithms where you can take infinitely many steps. A non-standard natural number (by necessity) must be strictly bigger than every standard natural number, so Turing machines in this model would have extra states at infinity. Since time itself is a natural number, the running time of algorithms can take on infinite values. So now you have algorithms that have infinite steps, and can take infinitely long to run. From this, we can't learn much about whether P=NP in the real world.
I know this is all counterintuitive, but the reason is that once you are cooking up a model of ZFC, the only thing you have to do is formally satisfy the axioms, and the axioms don't constrain you enough to prevent you from creating non-standard models. If you want to understand this better, I suggest reading up on Skolem's construction of non-standard models of the natural numbers over Peano Arithmetic.
Let me ask you a question instead. The consistency of PA is known to be independent of PA so we have a model of PA that thinks there is a proof of something contradictory like $0 \neq 0$. Therefore, this "proof" that $0 \neq 0$ is in the set-theoretic universe $V$. So does $V$ think that Peano Arithmetic is inconsistent?
The answer is no because $V$ realizes that this is not a true proof but rather a proof involving nonstandard numbers either with formulas or length. The same type of idea is happening here. Even if we have a nonstandard model thinking that it has a polynomial time algorithm for SAT, a standard model looking at this algorithm may see things differently. For an even more extreme example, consider the fact that if we take a total computable function $f$ with any given running time, a nonstandard model computes the standard portion of it in a time amount that it views as constant because it has a fixed $c$ that's greater than every Natural number. But does this mean that the function can actually be computed in constant time? Of course not, because $c$ is not a true finite number.
I should also make mention that the last thing I said is of a slightly different nature since even the nonstandard model will not view itself as computing the function in constant time. Mainly, it does not know where the standard portion ends and the nonstandard part begins.
Edit (addition to address comments at top of thread):
If P = NP turned out to be independent of ZFC, then we'd have a model of ZFC that would think that P = NP since by the definition of independence, P $\neq$ NP would not be provable from the axioms of ZFC. However, this would not be sufficient for generalizing the result to all models as you conjectured since there would also have to be a model of ZFC thinking that P $\neq$ NP by virtue of ZFC not proving P = NP. These results follow directly from Gödel's completeness theorem. On the other hand, if P = NP were provable in ZFC, then all models of ZFC would think that P = NP.
I think the source of the confusion here is the idea that all models of ZFC have the same notion of what a "natural number" (and hence, by an appropriate encoding, an "algorithm") is. Unfortunately, Godel's incompleteness theorem tells us that no recursively enumerable axiom system (of which ZFC is an example) can precisely pin down the theory of the true natural numbers (i.e. true arithmetic), which can thus only be fully described in the metatheory rather than in any formal system. As such, there exist statements G about natural numbers which are true in some models of ZFC and false in others, because these two models have genuinely different interpretations of the natural number system.
It is a proiri conceivable (though, in my opinion, unlikely), that P=NP is one of these statements. Specifically, it is conceivable that SAT is not solvable in polynomial time in the standard model of the natural numbers, but is solvable in polynomial time in an exotic model of the natural numbers, even if both models of the natural numbers are part of respective models of set theory obeying ZFC. The point here is that the exotic algorithm could have a length which is an exotic natural number, which could be larger than every standard natural number; similarly, the constants in the polynomial run time for this exotic algorithm could also be larger than every standard number. So there is no obvious way to convert the exotic polynomial time SAT solver into a standardly polynomial time SAT solver; it may even be that the exotic algorithm cannot be described at all in the standard model, let alone have a polynomial run time.
[Edit: actually, with Levin's trick, if SAT is solvable, it is always solvable with a bounded-length algorithm (namely, "run all possible algorithms in parallel in a carefully chosen manner"), so exotic length is not a genuine issue. However, this still does not exclude the possibility of exotic run time constants.]
It is even conceivable (though, again, I believe it to be unlikely) that the reverse is true: SAT is solvable in polynomial time in the standard model, but not in a exotic model. Here, the standard algorithm has a length which is a standard natural number, so the algorithm can at least be described in the exotic world. But just because it has a polynomial run time in the standard model, this does not necessarily imply a polynomial run time in the exotic model (unless one has a transfer principle, as is the case in the models coming from nonstandard analysis, but not all exotic models are of this type); the algorithm may solve all standard SAT problems in a polynomial amount of time, but require super-polynomial time to solve an exotic SAT problem. [In this scenario, ZFC + P!=NP would be $\omega$-inconsistent, but could still be consistent.]
This answer started life as a nascent comment intended for the back-and-forth above, but it ballooned into what follows.
ZW, as I pointed out above, your current question does parallel your earlier question about CH, as do the (very good) answers in each case. From your further comments, though, I think I now have some idea why the answers haven't satisfied you; I'll take a stab at answering what I think's bothering you. (If I'm right, then it's a fairly simple matter, but just one that wouldn't be the initial guess as the issue on MO. And if I'm wrong about what you don't like, oh well; but I've genuinely tried to figure out why you're unhappy with the answers so far given.)
The answers given try to clarify a (very common and understandable) mathematical confusion that people can have about independence results, but your further comment:
My confusion is, people take V as the standard model. But why so?
suggests something else is at the heart of what's bothering you personally. And now looking at your original question about $CH$, it seems clear there as well:
OK, Cohen has constructed a model in which both ZFC and ~CH are true. Isn't this model an answer to the continuum problem? Hasn't he showed that it is indeed possible to construct a set with cardinality between that of the integers and that of the reals? Why is it still not considered sufficient to settle CH? Why is one model not enough? Why for all models? In other words, why do we have to answer whether "ZFC |- CH" instead of just "CH" itself?
So it seems that part of what you're not happy with is simply the (extra-mathematical, somewhat conventional) privileged position of $ZFC$ as a foundational theory for mathematics. (Again, if I'm wrong in ascribing such thoughts to you, my apologies.) And that's perfectly fair; plenty of people have taken issue with that status for myriad reasons.
So maybe you're really thinking: "Hey, Cohen constructed this model $\mathcal{M}\models ZFC + \neg CH$, and I think this $\mathcal{M}$ can be (or should be, or is) the mathematical universe we all work in." Well that's a perfectly acceptable way to think, but now you no longer have a purely mathematical pursuit on your hands (one reason, by the way, why myself and others generally would be expecting to answer the question the way they did), thanks to the privileged position $ZFC$ enjoys. Now you've also got a sociological (and dare I say philosophical) endeavor, namely that of convincing fellow mathematicians of the truth/efficacy/beauty/... of your favored universe.
Those who answered you were working under the accepted convention that "settling" a problem means either proving it in $ZFC$, or refuting it there, or establishing its independence from $ZFC$, and answered your initial queries accordingly (and accurately). If I'm right about what you're finding unsatisfactory here, then you now get to immerse yourself in the delights of the philosophy of mathematics. Enjoy! (And if I'm wrong, at least I've only wasted my own time.)
As an addition to arsmath's answer, to make it clearer how these "additional" numbers may look like:
Lets say you have defined the class of ordinals $\mathbb{O}$, the successor-functor $S$, and the set of finite ordinals ("naturals") $\omega$. Then $a < b$ can be defined by $a\in b$ for $a,b\in\mathbb{O}$. Now you can create the formulas $A_0=n\in\omega\wedge n>\emptyset$, $A_1=n\in\omega\wedge n>S\emptyset$, $A_2=n\in\omega\wedge n>SS\emptyset$, ..., i.e. $A_i$ states that that there is a natural number $n$ that is larger than $i$.
Trivially, $ZFC\models A_i$. Hence, assuming $ZFC$ was consistent, by the Compactness Theorem, also $ZFC\cup \{ A_i|i\in\omega \}$ is consistent, and has a model. In this model, there is a number $n$ of which the model "thinks" it was finite (since it is in the $\omega$ of this model), which is not in "our" $\omega$ of the metatheory, since all the $A_i$ force this additional element to be larger than everything we consider finite.
Especially, there may be algorithms that - if they even make sense - will not terminate in "finitely" many steps, since this model has another understanding of finity. Since $X^n$ for this $n$ would be a polynomial for this model, such an algorithm could as well be in $P$ for this model.
This doesn't seem like much of a research-level question or discussion, but anyway I'm surprised to see no mention of Scott Aaronson's article: "Is P Versus NP Formally Independent?". It explains a lot of these basic issues in logic and would probably be helpful.


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WEIRTON - It's another year and another challenge for a group of bicycle riders working to raise money to provide scholarships for Tri-State Christian Academy.
For the fourth year, a group of volunteers will be riding their bicycles for hundreds of miles using a series of recreational trails with the hope of helping out the local Christian school.
This year five individuals - the Rev. Marlin Hawley, George Miller, the Rev. Darrell Maze, Bruce Trushel and Darald Channing - will be riding a distance of 404 miles, trekking between Weirton and Cumberland, Md.
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RAISING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS — The five riders taking part in this year's "404 Bike Ride," as well as many of their supporters, gathered at the head of the Panhandle Trail Sunday to officially kick off the trip. The bicycle trip will include 404 miles, riding between Weirton and Cumberland, Md., and returning to Weirton, all to raise money for scholarship funds at Tri-State Christian Academy. - Craig Howell
Hawley, who, along with Miller, started the effort in 2010, recalled how it began, initially traveling 400 miles from Weirton to Washington, D.C. The next year, they began seeing new riders step forward and increased the distance to 500 miles, and last year went up to 600 miles with four members of the team.
This year, they went back to the original 400 miles, adding an additional four in honor of the fourth year for the ride.
He thanked all those who have backed them over the years and continue to help as they try to aid the school.
"We're thankful for the support," he said.
Trushel, among the veterans of the group, gave credit to Tom Straight and Herb Nolder, who have been the support team for the group since the beginning.
"We're blessed to have Herb and Mr. Straight," Trushel said. "We couldn't do it without them."
Channing, the newest rider to join, said he is looking forward to the journey and the fellowship, adding, however, they didn't get to begin training until later in the year. "It's going to make it a little rougher," Channing said.
Miller noted some of his own difficulty this year, explaining four months ago he had been fighting an infection in his left knee and had been told he may never regain full movement as a result. He said that wasn't going to stop him from taking part this year, though.
Tri-State Christian Academy Principal Jarrett Gum took a moment Sunday to thank the riders for their effort and encouraged prayers and support for them while on their journey.
For information on the ride, or to make a donation, contact either Tri-State Christian Academy at (724) 947-8722 or Mercy Baptist Church at (304) 723-0700.


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Grothendieck, before he disappeared, was working on a manuscript called "Les Derivateurs", which detailed the theory of derivators. Prof. Cisinski has done work with them as he mentioned in this post. However, most of his work is in French, and I was wondering if there are any typed up references in english (the nLab has written notes from a seminar, but that's it). I intend to read the references in French later, but could someone explain or give a reference that explains in English the definition of a derivator and the motivation for them?
For a few references in English, there are the papers of Heller, the main one being:
A. Heller, Homotopy theories, Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (383) (1988)
There is also a paper I wrote with A. Neeman, in which there is a little introduction to derivators in the second half of: Additivity for derivator K-theory, Adv. Math. 217 (2008), no. 4, 1381-1475
One can see derivators in action in the work of G. Tabuada (he explains Bousfield localization and stabilization in this setting, and compares with the model category point of view): Higher K-theory via universal invariants, Duke Math. J. 145 (2008), no. 1, 121–206 (availabe as arXiv:0706.2420).
George Maltsiniotis has given a mini-course in Seville last year, they include some handwritten notes in English, which are the part 3 of the course:
For the other parts of the course notes see the conference page.
Some very brief remarks on derivateurs are in Bertrand Toen's habilitation thesis on pages 12-14 and 27-29, available here. They mainly emphasize how derivateurs are sort of a 2-truncated homotopy theory of homotopy theories - nothing to learn derivateur-language from, but maybe a nice addition to the general picture.
My recommendation would be Moritz Groth's excellent notes
He also has a follow-up paper on
as well as a
These are great introductions to all of these topics.
Urs Schreiber updated the nLab page 40 minutes or so ago with an explanation from Prof. Cisinski.
A theory of a very similar flavour can be found in a preprint of Jens Franke.


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Prosecutors say Aaron Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton, spoke with Hernandez's alleged accomplice Carlos Ortiz about helping Ortiz travel to Puerto Rico after Odin Lloyd's murder on June 17.
Singleton is also accused of discarding a cellphone in her name that Ernest Wallace, another alleged accomplice, is said to have used to speak with Hernandez and Lloyd on the night of the murder, prosecutors said during a Thursday bail hearing at Fall River Superior Court.
Dressed in a Suffolk County House of Correction uniform, Singleton, who is charged with conspiracy and criminal contempt, was ordered held on $15,000 cash bail. First Assistant District Attorney William McCauley had asked Judge E. Susan Garsh to set bail at $100,000 cash.
"The bail is set at a high amount and the conditions are very stringent, so we are not displeased," said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.
Singleton's lawyer, E. Peter Parker, who had asked for Singleton to be released on personal recognizance, questioned prosecutors' decision to charge her with conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact, arguing that she did not assist the principal defendant, Hernandez, 23, who is charged with murder and firearm offenses.
In addition to allegedly discarding a cellphone, which has not been recovered, prosecutors said they believe Wallace, 44, used a different cellphone to communicate with Singleton after the murder. Prosecutors have also said Singleton drove Wallace, 44, to Georgia, and then helped him buy a bus ticket to his family's house in Miramar, Fla., where local police later arrested him.
Prosecutors also said Singleton invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when called twice to testify before the grand jury, and that she refused to answer questions even after being granted immunity. A judge held her in contempt, prosecutors said.
Parker said he had not seen any evidence about the cellphone or Puerto Rico conversation. He also questioned whether helping someone travel violated the accessory statute.
Parker also said Singleton has no criminal record and did not know that Wallace and Ortiz were being investigated for Lloyd's murder when she tried to assist them.
Singleton also has no means to flee, said Parker, who added that his client is disabled, on public assistance and, while incarcerated, she has been transported to a hospital to undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer.
"She seems to be doing okay on that front," said Parker, who added that Singleton has two young sons — ages 4 and 7 — for whom she is the sole provider.
"She would never dream of taking her children and going on the lam," said Parker, who added that the contempt charge is "difficult" to sustain when prosecutors pressure witnesses to testify against their loved ones. Parker said other people might have made a similar choice in Singleton's situation.
Page 2 of 2 - Singleton, a resident of Bristol, Conn., had been held without bail, without prejudice, up until Thursday's hearing. She is scheduled to return to court Dec. 5 for a status review conference.
If Singleton posts bail, she will be required to live in Bristol County, report to a probation officer twice a week, wear a GPS monitoring bracelet and avoid contact with the victim's relatives and witnesses. She can communicate with her co-defendants.
Parker said Singleton would not post bail Thursday, but he declined to answer questions if she will be able to post bail soon.
Wallace, 44, who is charged with accessory to murder after the fact, is being held on $500,000 cash bail. Ortiz, 27, of Bristol, Conn., who is also charged with accessory to murder after the fact, is being held without bail, without prejudice, meaning his bail can be revisited at a later date.
Hernandez, the former Patriots star tight end, is being held without bail at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth. Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, 24, of North Attleborough, who is charged with perjury, is free on personal recognizance.
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I'm looking for the name of a movie from the 1950s. It involved an alien race that put a forcefield around a major city (Maybe LA) and some survivors were stuck inside. The most identifying thing I can remember is that the aliens used spears and one of the heroes discovered that if he knocked the tip off and stabbed one of the aliens with the hollow shaft its own body pressure forced its blood out through the spear and killed it.
The movie is The Slime People (1963). The hollow-shaft impalement scene is at the end of the trailer.
From the Wikipedia entry:
The image that sticks with me is that of the contorted dead man, still standing, that the heroes find embedded in the solidified fog.
It could be Invasion 1965
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****, Hibbert seems to be in pain.
Put in David now. Let's hope that Roy is ok
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Man if Roy is hurt we are screwed ........
I hate it when guys grab onto their knees like that, but I think Roy'll be ok.
Looks like he just banged knees.
God please
Thanks Frank!
I don't know what happened.
left for a few mins and see all the Hibbert posts, stop frightening me
That's ACL, looks just like Reggie Wayne's injury.
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That Hibbert injury scares me.... alot
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Mahinmi's twin brother is in the game.
Calm down guys...just stomp them for Roy
Solo Jones looks better with hair.
Only positive is he didn't stay on the ground long
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Why are our starters still in after what happened to Roy?
when did one injury increase the likelihood of others?
12 point game with 2 to play? Little early to roll out the V formation.
Oh god
Thanks Frank!
Man if Roy's down our playoff stock went way down
Thanks Frank!
Season is essentially over if Roy is done. We are just the Hawks if we don't have Roy.
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Kings was a short run series that aired on NBC in the US that told, in a modern sense, the story of David from the bible.
The series seemed to have a sense of where it was going and aired a full season before being cancelled by NBC.
The initial reviews and ratings seemed to have a strong reaction to them and did not suffer from the same mistake Fox made with Firefly, airing episodes out of order.


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quote: Marketshare is a precursor to revenue and profits.
quote: For proof of this, look at the 'loss leader' business model of the ps3 and xbox360. For years, both Sony and MS bent over backwards to establish market share, because marketshare is what it's all about . Both of those companies established this business model because they knew that profits flow from market share, eventually.


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Parkway Drive after repaving last year
City staff are also working with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to coordinate needed water/sewer projects as they finalize a list of street repaving projects for the 5-year plan. As it prioritizes repaving projects based on road conditions, the city is working with other agencies, such as CFPUA and the NC Department of Transportation, in an effort avoid duplicate street closures or unnecessary cost.
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2 May 2012 11:54 PM #11
GXT 3 Support
Any plans for GXT 3 support? it would be just awesome
3 May 2012 12:55 AM #12
For a now i don't have such plans. GXT 3 internal design was completely changed compared to GXT 2.x. So it requires a lot of time and energy to add RTL support there.
3 May 2012 1:13 AM #13
How to
Could make a quick how-to/tutorial on how to apply RTL-changes. maybe this would help attracting people to contribute
3 May 2012 1:17 AM #14
As i told GXT 3 internals was completely changed so the techniquie i used in GXT 2.x RTL can't be applied to GXT 3 in the same condition. So i can't provide such tutorial.
5 May 2012 2:48 AM #15
Sencha GXT 3.0 RTL Support
The good thing is that if you take a look at this blog entry (http://www.sencha.com/blog/announcing-sencha-gxt-3-0/) where they announced GXT 3.0, you will see this:
The GXT 3.x Roadmap
Sencha GXT 3.0 lays the groundwork for the next generation of web application frameworks. We are planning to add support for the Gray theme, and following that, we plan to introduce RTL and ARIA support.
So hold your horses and hopefully soon we'll see GXT RTL fully developed and supported by Sencha.
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Of course you can use jaggery in all of these recipes or in any recipe in lieu of sugar, but like all substitutions, they may not be perfect or one to one. The outcome and flavor profile will be slightly different.
Consider what jaggery is made of (per the infamous wikipedia):
The parts that are not sucrose are the parts that are interesting. How will they affect your recipe? What adjustments should you make?
In regards to the specific foods you have mentioned:
Note that everything I have written is based on the science, and internet descriptions of local food items I am not familiar with. You should also consult local recipe books, and find variations which use jaggery--or the lack thereof. That should give you some idea what is common, and how recipes using jaggery vary from those that don't for the same item.
The primary difference between white sugar and jaggery is that white sugar is refined and jaggery isn't and is in a more natural state. White sugar is simply crystalised sucrose whereas jaggery is unrefined whole cane sugar which includes the molasses component that refined sugar has lost.
It's this molasses component that gives jaggery its brownish colour which refined white sugar has had removed.
Molasses gives jaggery a more caramel flavour over refined white sugar and is probably a far better, purer product to use in place of refined white sugar in the examples you give. But do bear in mind the slight caramel flavour jaggery will impart due to the molasses component.
Jaggery gives more sweetness than the white sugar. Jaggery is used for making sweetened pongal. Even it can be added to coffee instead of white sugar to get taste.


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Two Ionia men are dead after a road rage incident led to a shooting shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, officials say.
Preliminary investigation indicates James Pullum, 43, and Robert Taylor, 56, were involved in a confrontation while they were driving separate vehicles, according to Ionia Department of Public Safety Director Troy Thomas. Both men pulled into the driveway of the Wonder Wand Car Wash at 426 S. Steele St., drew pistols and exchanged shots. Both had valid licenses to carry concealed weapons.
Pullum, the driver of the first vehicle, had two passengers with him, but neither were injured in the incident, said Thomas.
When officers responded to a shots-fired call at the car wash, they found the two men suffering from gunshot wounds. They secured the scene, and first responders provided emergency care to both men, including CPR. They were transported to Sparrow Ionia Hospital by Life EMS, where both were pronounced dead.
No suspects are unaccounted for in this incident, said Thomas. Michigan State Police crime lab and the Ionia County Sheriff's Office are assisting the IDPS in the investigation.
Also assisting with the incident were Ionia County Central Dispatch and Ionia County Victim Services.
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what is the use of ~ tilde in URL?
I am using cPanel, and have link including tilde, why is tilde there?
When we buy server space but do not have dns or don't want to use it for development purposes,we use the like
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
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Actually tilde
Well, a webserver is free to use any character after the leading URI part for whatever purpose it wants.
That being said, the use of
So when people started putting up web servers, they would generally let every user in the system have their own web space, which is accesible from the root of the webserver by using
For example, a very old website of mine (now defunct) provided by an old ISP (Telepath) was at http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/
Tilde isn't anything special in the URLs. It's just another character like a %20 character or a -.
Some web host companies use it to identify users by giving the users directories like /~(username)/
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White House Death Star Petition Wouldn't Pass New Threshold
Eliciting an official response to your petition just got tougher. The White House now requires a petition on its We the People platform to get 100,000 signatures within 30 days in order to get an official response.
When We the People went live in September 2011, a White House response only required 5,000 signatures in that time. Just a month later, that threshold bounced to 25,000.
The most recent change is meant to "ensure we're able to continue to give the most popular ideas the time they deserve," writes Marcon Phillips, director of digital strategy.
As we reported in December, the site "has become a hotbed of pro- and anti-gun sentiment in the wake of the Connecticut shootings, but many of those petitions have served essentially as vehicles to flog public figures who've waded into the heated debate."
Blogger Jeff Jarvis created his own petition, writing, "If you'd like media to stop making fake stories out of fake petitions, sign below."
Recent official responses include rejecting a petition that asks for the U.S. to build a Death Star by 2016 (the petition had 34,435 signatures).
In the White House blog, Phillips says the use of We the People more than doubled in the last two months of 2012. As of Jan. 14, the White House reports, We the People has garnered nearly 9.2 million signatures and more than 5.4 million users.
Searching petitions by popularity, the most signatures have gone to a petition to "Legally recognize Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group." Other top petitions include support for the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, repealing Obamacare and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.
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After putting away some excellent bratwurst, courtesy of the Fahrt Schnell Merkur XR4Ti team, I've dug up photos of the top ten contenders at the end of Day One of LeMons South racing.
We're not quite sure what to make of this list. A Saab leading? An Audi in the top ten? A Fiero? Two Jettas? There's no telling what will happen tomorrow, but we're guessing that this herd will be thinned somewhat by mechanical problems... or maybe not! Check in tomorrow for more LeMons action right here!
Thanks to Ashley Freed for many of these photos. For you completist freaks, here's the complete standings list. You might need to cross-reference the team names with the car models using the team list . That's all for me tonight; time to go drink beer and watch The Road Warrior with the Tunachuckers (who have a projector-on-sheet setup in their pit/campsite).


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I have a shapefile with 180 points. I'm using shp2pgsql-gui via pgAdminIII. This is an error it gives me when I try to import shapefile.
Failed in pgui_exec(): ERROR: Coordinate values are out of range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY type
This is information about coordinate system:
Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
Datum: D_WGS_1984
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Angular Unit: Degree
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Don't get in a whirl over lighting choices. The Vortex Collection by ET2 is sure to augment any space. This incredible range of design-led yet functional pieces has something for everyone. Gorgeously Gothic, elegantly extravagant and simply stunning, lights from this collection have interesting, angular lines and come in an oil-rubbed bronze or polished-chrome finish.
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Normally Android questions on Stack Overflow are programming questions. Is it OK to ask an administration question?
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
If your Android question is about programming, ask it on Stack Overflow. If it's about simply using a device (or fixing, tinkering, or otherwise not programming) you should take a look at Android Enthusiasts, a Stack Exchange site for Android users.
It's not uncommon for people interested in Android to have accounts on both sites.
It is difficult to answer this question without knowing what you mean by an "administration question," but my hunch is -- probably not.
Overall, SO is for specific programming questions that can be answered. While your question sounds like it would fit most of those criteria, it doesn't sound like a direct programming question.
Questions about using the tools programmers commonly use to do their jobs can also be on-topic, but questions like these also tend to fall in to a grey area fairly frequently. Therefore, when you mention an administration question, I wonder if it would fall in to this category. Again, without knowing the question it is hard to say, but my experience is that by and large admin questions are almost always off-topic at SO. Evidence of this is the existence of other SE sites where such a question would be directly on-topic for certian platforms, such as askubuntu.
Long story short, I would say it's probably not on-topic, but it really depends on the actual question.


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What is a Whirlpool Chiller and how does it work? What are the advantages or disadvantages?
Whirlpool chilling utlilizes a pump and an immersion chiller. Many brewers that have an immersion chiller will find that an upgrade to a pump for other uses allows them to get better chilling from the immersion chiller.
A whirlpool chiller uses a pump to pull wort from the base of the kettle, then returns the wort to the top of the kettle. The return is just beneath the surface of the wort in the kettle to minimize aeration effects while the wort is hot. The returned wort is pumped under the surface at an angle that is closer to parallel with the surface. This creates a sideways force which makes the entire wort volume whirlpool.
The whirlpooling action increases contact volume of the wort with the chiller surface. Whirlpool chilling stirs the wort over the immersion chiller coil and reduces the total chill time as compared to just an immersion chiller alone.
The second advantage after chill time is the whirlpool action itself. The forces created by the whirlpool help to create a cone of hop debris and break material in the center of the kettle. After the chilling is complete, one can rack or draw off from the side of the kettle, normally without pulling much of this material into the fermentor. Getting clearer wort for fermentation is an advantage of whirlpooling used by the pros.
A downside to whirlpool chilling is the requirement of a pump. However, a pump often becomes a standard upgrade for more serious brewers eventually. The second down side is the water usage with the immersion chiller. Plate chillers tend to be better on water. However, using a whirlpool setup does chill faster than an immersion chiller alone, hence reducing some water useage.
For some pictures of a whirlpool setup you can check out Jamil Zainasheff's site at Mr. Malty.com.
As brewchez mentions, whirlpool chilling typically uses an immersion chiller, however you can whirlpool chill with counterflow and plate chillers also. The principle of recirculating the wort is the same - the wort is pumped into the plate or counterflow chiller and back into the kettle, where it creates a whirlpool.
When plate and counterflow chillers are used without recirculating (the "normal" way), the cold break forms in the chiller, and has nowhere to go but end up in the fermentor. By recirculating the wort, the cold break ends up back in the kettle, and a good whirlpool can ensure most of it stays there.
An advantage of circulating the wort with these chillers is that each drop of wort is chilled very quickly, typically dropping from near boiling to 75F/23C in the time it takes to pass through the chiller. This is beneficial since a rapid chill forms a good cold break, which helps reduce chill haze. Yet, since the wort is then recycled, the wort is chilled as a whole. Chilling the whole wort rather than a small part of it is beneficial as it reduces production of DMS and locks in more hop aroma.
The combination of rapid chill and whole-wort chilling is unique to whirlpooling with plate chillers and counterflow chillers.


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Task Force on Prizes & Awards
Charge to the Task Force
The presentation of Prizes and Awards is one of the important responsibilities of the American Physical Society. In 1997, APS President Bromley appointed a Task Force on APS Prizes and Awards, and one of its recommendations was that such a group be appointed every four or five years "to review policy issues regarding prizes and awards to insure that current policies are functioning as intended and to recommend new policies or changes where necessary." In line with that recommendation, and in response to some recent concerns, we are now appointing a new Task Force on APS Prizes and Awards.
Since 1997, several new prizes and awards have been established: the Francis Pipkin Award, the prize in gravitational physics, the George E. Valley Prize, and the history of physics award. Additional prizes are currently in various stages of discussion and development.
We request that the Task Force address and make recommendations on the following issues:
- What should be the Society's response to the proliferation of proposals for new prizes?
- Are the value and awarding frequency of the prizes and awards appropriate, given the potential pool of recipients? Do some prizes overlap in a detrimental way, and, if so, can correction be made?
- APS currently bestows 36 prizes and awards, many of which have their own rules and idiosyncrasies. Should there be some attempt at standardization of the process?
- Should there be a designated minimum time interval between bestowing two different APS prizes or awards to a single individual?
- Should selection committees be urged to seek more international candidates for APS prizes and awards?
- In the administration of each prize and award, what is the appropriate balance between the role of the unit involved in that prize or award and the Society's responsibility to ensure adequate uniformity in the selection process?
- Are the size and mechanism of appointment of selection committees appropriate?
- Are there comments on any other topics relevant to the issue of prizes and awards that the Task Force wishes to provide?
Members of the 2002 Task Force
- Myriam Sarachik (Chair)
- Robert Cah
- Jerry Gollub
- Wick Haxton
- Richard Hazeltine
- Timothy Lodge
- Dennis McWhan
- Alan Chodos (APS Senior Staff Liaison)
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Day Trip from Rio: Petrópolis
Exploring Petrópolis by foot is easy, but if you're feeling lazy, or romantic, or both, you can also hire a horse-drawn carriage, available in front of the Museu Imperial. Having a car, while not essential, is a bonus since you can easily go zooming off to nearby towns and take in a fuller range of natural attractions. Many appealing (and luxurious) lodges are hidden in beautifully remote spots, as are many gourmet restaurants.
Information & Getting There
Petrotur (tel. 0800/024-1516) operates several kiosks throughout town, including at the Rodoviária (8 a.m.–6 p.m. daily) and at the Palácio de Cristal (Rua Alfredo Pacha, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Tues.–Sun.). The website offers information in both Portuguese and English.
From Rio (1.5 hours), Única/Fácil (tel. 21/2263-8792) provides bus service to Petrópolis's spanking new bus station, the Terminal Rodoviário Leonel Brizola (tel. 24/2249-9858). From here, connect to a local bus to get to Centro (R$2) or take a cab (R$25). Buses leave approximately every 15 minutes. The 90-minute ride costs around R$16. By car from Rio, take BR-040, which offers a splendid if hair-raising hour-long drive through the mountains (beware of rain and crowded weekend rush hours).
Most of historic Petrópolis lies beyond the somewhat congested commercial center, concentrated in a bucolic cluster of streets lined with 19th-century mansions and laced with tree-shaded canals. Many of the most splendid casas are on the main street of Avenida Koeler.
Museu Imperial
Surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens, the elegant neoclassical pink edifice that functioned as Dom Pedro II's summer digs now houses the Museu Imperial (Rua da Imperatriz 220, tel. 24/2245-5550, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Tues.–Sun., R$8). After replacing your shoes with soft-soled slippers, you can glide around the gleaming parquet floors and inspect the myriad regal trappings whose highlights include Dom Pedro I's golden scepter and Dom Pedro II's fairy tale–like crown encrusted with 639 diamonds and 77 pearls. From the ceremonial throne room and the ornate dining room—where the elaborately set table makes you feel as if hungry royals could show up at any minute—to the stables and even the royal commode, the palace gives you a rare day-in-the-life glimpse of an emperor in the tropics. At night a sound-and-light show (8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., R$20) illuminates the palace facade. Even if you don't understand the Portuguese narration, the music and setting create a beguiling atmosphere.
Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara
The imposing French neo-Gothic Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara (Rua São Pedro de Alcântara 60, tel. 24/2242-4300, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. daily), with its 70-meter (230-foot) tower (you can climb to the top—169 stairs—for R$8), wasn't completed until 1939. Aside from its somber aura and lovely stained-glass windows—depicting scenes from poems written by the multitalented Dom Pedro II—its main attraction is the marble, bronze, and onyx Imperial Mausoleum housing the mortal remains of Dom Pedro II, his wife, Dona Teresa Cristina, and their daughter, Princesa Isabel.
Palácio de Cristal
The Palácio de Cristal (Rua Alfredo Pacha, tel. 24/2247-3721, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tues.–Sun.) is a striking iron-structured glass palace that was made in France and assembled in Brazil for Princesa Isabel. The princess held fashionable balls and parties here, the most memorable of which occurred in 1888, when she gave out letters of liberation to slaves before signing the Lei Áurea, which officially ended slavery in Brazil. Isabel's husband, the Conde d'Eu, used the palace as a hothouse, where he cultivated orchids. In modern times, it is used as a stage for theatrical and musical events.
Casa de Santos Dumont
Brazilians have long snubbed their noses at the Wright Brothers. As far as they're concerned, the first human being to take to the skies in a plane was Alberto Santos Dumont, who in 1906 completed the first nonassisted flight in his plane, which he baptized 14-Bis. Flying machines aside, Santos Dumont was an avid builder and inventor. He designed the gracious house known as Casa de Santos Dumont (Rua do Encanto 22, tel. 24/2247- 3158, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Tues.–Sun., R$5). Aside from his personal effects, the house displays various other inventions, among them an alcohol-heated shower and a bed that can be transformed into a desk.
Palácio Quitandinha
Slightly outside of the center, most easily reached by car or taxi, the Palácio Quitandinha (Av. Joaquim Rola 2, tel. 24/2245-2020, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Tues.–Sat., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun., R$5) is an impressive if slightly jarring Norman-style palace that was built in the 1940s to house the largest and most glamorous hotel-casino in all of Latin America. While it attracted the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, and Lana Turner, its days as a luxury gaming den were short-lived; in 1946 gambling was outlawed in Brazil, and the casino was transformed into a posh apartment complex. Today, it functions as a SESC events center. You can explore its surprisingly vibrant interior—the work of famed American decorator and Hollywood set designer Dorothy Draper, who irreverently colored the walls in tones of shocking pink, scarlet, and turquoise, reminiscent of a Technicolor movie. Note that the lagoon out front is shaped like Brazil.
Casa de Petrópolis
The former home of José Tavares Guerra, nephew of the Barão de Mauá, the Casa de Petrópolis (Rua Ipiranga 716, tel. 24/2231-8718, noon–6 p.m. Thurs.–Tues., R$6)—also known as the Casa da Ipiranga—is a Victorian mansion whose architecture was inspired by Guerra's early years spent living and studying in England. Guided tours are offered of the sumptuous interior with its crystal chandeliers, brocade-covered walls, marble fireplaces, and polished jacaranda furniture. The lovely gardens were a favorite strolling spot of Dom Pedro II.
Other Petrópolis palaces of note aren't open to visitors, but their exteriors are worth a look. These include the pretty pink Palácio Princesa Isabel (Av. Koeler, 42), home of the imperial princess, and the grand Palácio Rio Negro (Av. Koeler, 255), built by the Barão do Rio Negro, a rich coffee planter. After he sold it, the house became the official summer residence of Brazil's presidents. The Casa do Barão de Mauá (Praça da Confluência 3) was home to the Barão de Mauá—one Brazil's most famous entrepreneurs, he founded the Banco do Brasil and was the man behind the construction of the nation's first railroad, linking Rio and Petrópolis.
Accommodations in Petrópolis
If you choose to stay overnight in Petrópolis, you'll find a handful of basic options in the commercial center, as well as several nice hotels in the older, residential neighborhoods. An even larger number of pousadas—often quite posh and set in the midst of gorgeous landscapes—are located in the mountains surrounding town, but you'll need a car to reach them. Take note that Sunday–Thursday rates can be 20–50 percent lower.
Pousada 14 Bis (Rua Buenos Aires 192, tel. 24/2231-0946, R$130–160 d), named after Santos Dumont's historic plane, is centrally situated and fetchingly rustic to boot. The lounge pays homage to the homegrown aviator-inventor with a smattering of engaging artifacts related to his life and times. Rooms are cozy and comfortable. Occupying an attractive European-style manor built in 1814, Pousada Magister (Rua Monsenhor Bacelar 71, tel. 24/2242-1054, R$200–250 d) is in the midst of all of Petrópolis's historic attractions. The comfortable rooms lack much of a decorative scheme—giving undue attention to the somewhat overly dainty floral bedspreads (rooms are named after flowers)—but all boast soaring ceilings, immense windows, and polished wood floors.
A steep uphill walk from the center of town, the Pousada Monte Imperial (Rua José de Alencar 27, tel. 24/2237-1664, R$195–265 d) is worth the physical exertion. With friendly service and small but cozy rooms offering views of the town below, this pousada is a lovely rural retreat within spitting distance of Petrópolis proper. Surrounded by mansions that once belonged to barons and counts, Hotel Solar do Império (Av. Koeler 376, tel. 24/2103-3000, R$430–600 d) will make you feel quite regal. In fact, this ornate 1875 mansion provided refuge for Princesa Isabel while her own palácio down the street was undergoing renovation. The stately rooms are decorated with period furniture while offering all modern conveniences. There's a swimming pool and a spa, and the hotel's Leopoldina restaurant is a gastronomic reference.
If you do have a car, and some bucks to boot, consider treating yourself to the natural and artificial luxuries proffered by the Tankamana Eco Resort (Estrada Júlio Capua, Vale do Cuiabá, tel. 24/2232-2900, R$390–820 d), whose welcome ritual includes fresh flowers, chocolate truffles, and bath salts. Idyllically located in the gloriously isolated Cuiabá Valley, this back-tonature resort features spacious log-and-stone cabins—outfitted with king beds, DVD and CD players, and whirlpools—laid out to ensure maximum privacy. The hotel organizes walking and horseback-riding excursions through the surrounding mountains, but you can also easily stay put and unwind at the hotel's private waterfall. Among other delicacies, the restaurant serves up inspired versions of the regional specialty: fresh trout. Service is both discreet and attentive, and kids under 14 are not permitted. The resort is 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Petrópolis—take the Estrada Aldo Gelli—near the town of Itaipava.
Food in Petrópolis
Petrópolis has become somewhat of a gourmet destination, but many of the finest restaurants are located far from the city center—along the Estrada União-Indústria that winds from the Centro through the rural districts of Corrêas, Araras, and Itaipava—requiring a car to get to them. In the center itself, occupying a lovely old house with vaulted ceilings, Massas Luigi (Praça da Liberdade 185, tel. 24/2244-4444, 11 a.m.–midnight daily, R$15–20) is a fine place to go for tasty homemade pasta and pizzas—try the cannelloni with carne seca (sun-dried beef) in a creamy Catupiry cheese sauce.
For a light meal or snack in imperial surroundings, the Museu Imperial's Arcádia Bistro Imperatriz (Av. Imperatriz 220, tel. 24/2231-1188, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Sun. and Tues.–Wed., 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., R$15–25) is a great option. Aside from a few entrées, there are salads and sweet and savory pastries. Another irresistible setting is that of Bordeaux (Rua Ipiranga 716, tel. 24/2242-5711, noon–1 a.m. Mon.–Sat., noon–7 p.m. Sun., R$15–25), an atmospheric emporium and bistro whose tables are sprinkled in the shadow of the Casa de Petrópolis. Aside from wine, there are delicious beers to wash down the nicely priced appetizers and hefty gourmet sandwiches.
Empada Brasil (Rua Dr. Nelson de Sá Earp 234, tel. 24/2237-7979, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) makes some of the most tasty empadas around. Fillings range from heart of palm to leek with crab meat. If you want to venture out of town for an unforgettable meal in an unforgettable setting, one of the closest and most delicious options is the Pousada da Alcobaça (Rua Agostinho Goulão 298, tel. 24/2221-1240, 1:30–10 p.m. daily, R$45–55). Located in the bucolic region of Corrêas (11 kilometers/7 miles from the center of Petrópolis), this beautiful pousada occupies an early-20th-century Norman country house surrounded by fragrant herb and vegetable gardens that supply the produce for the excellent breakfasts, lunches, and teas prepared by owner and chef Laura Góes. What Góes doesn't grow or raise herself she purchases from neighbors who do. Specialties include trout in delicate sauces, roast veal and duck, and a highly reputed feijoada that is served on Saturdays. Reservations are a must.
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The NBA's Opening Day spectacular matched such high-profile teams, it was hard to pick winners. Indeed, only a savvy gambler would have tried to take a day of entertainment and turn it into a gold-digging expedition. It all followed on a preseason in which the Mavericks went drilling for oil with the Lamar Odom trade while the future of Chris Paul remained a cliffhanger. Also, ESPN's Brian Windhorst picked his nose.
Knicks 106, Celtics 104: Carmelo Anthony scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to lead New York past the Celtics in TNT's sole basketball broadcast of the day, one preceded by this bad-ass anachronistic "then & now" video. Afterward, Kevin Garnett started choking fools.
Bulls 88, Lakers 87: Derrick Rose hit the winning shot with 4.8 seconds left to seal any lingering buyer's remorse for the voters who named him MVP. He did so after taking an elbow to the skull.
Thunder 97, Magic 89: Dwight Howard showed how valuable he could be to any team willing to trade for him with a powerful performance. No, just kidding. He scored 11 on 4-11 shooting and played particularly terrible defense. Kevin Durant and James Harden combined for 49 Oklahoma City points in the game everybody skipped to eat dinner.