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Experimenting with VoIP
By Greg Price on Dec 26, 2008
- Being part of a multinational company with distributed engineering means most meetings are conducted partly or purely over the phone. While phone companies were able to leverage cost benefits due to technology improvements, competitive pressure from new technologies are forcing some to drop their tariffs for basic services. VoIP is the prime example. Unfortunately, they didn't deliver the feature bundles and rate plans at truly competitive prices to prevent the proliferation of providers.
I pay my local "traditional" telco to deliver dial tone, but they're trying to milk every last cent out of me for this service, rather than innovate. While they're service is reliable (which is an important criteria for me), their prices keep going up and I know their costs are going down (apart from executive salaries). A$30 per month just for dial tone! No included calls, etc. I even have to pay an extra charge to have an unlisted number – I need to pay them "hush money" so they don't sell my personal details.
My ISP
- Now for the good news - my ISP in Australia is Internode. They regularly drop their prices, provide more download quota and greater bandwidth, which matches my ever increasing data demands. Their service is also very reliable, I can't recommend them highly enough. It's usually weeks or longer between DSLAM resets or other outages. A$90 per month for 25G of ADSL2+. This will be even cheaper when my ISP populates the exchange / CO with more of their own equipment, and I'll get more service offerings!
My Australian VoIP Provider
- Apart from data, voice the is other vital component for my environment. I've experimented with a few VoIP providers, but settled on a local one (recommended by a peer) - My Net Fone. Voice is hard to do, when packets don't arrive quickly and regularly - the wheels fall off. My provider has some interesting plans, but the one I use (GlobalSaver) gives me a DID (local number) which can be anywhere in Australia and 100 free calls per month that can be within Australia or to 30 countries. Voice-mail is included, and you can even have that delivered as an email attachment. Having it delivered to my iPhone (which could be anywhere in the world) is neat, being able to forward it to my wife is even better! This costs A$15 per month.
My US toll free number!
- One thing that my local VoIP provider can't do are US DID's. (local numbers). The choice of providers in the US is large, but I don't need a calling plan in the US – I'm happy with my local provider. I don't really want my local calls within Australia going via the US – the latency would hurt. I recently found a US wholesale VoIP provider called Gafachi. Being a wholesaler means the rates are good, but you don't get assistance configuring your device – you're supposed to handle that. They also don't mind having direct end users as customers, the only difference is that my volumes are lower, but it's no extra cost for them. The particular product that interested me was the inbound US toll free number. It costs US$2 per month, then US$0.0176 per minute of use! Now my colleagues and friends in the US can call me cheaply. Calling home when I'm traveling also becomes a lot easier, and cheaper.
My modem / router / VoIP & wireless device
- The device I use to tie all this together and do wireless is a DrayTek 2700VG. I try to reduce the number of devices running, so this was a good one to combine all this at a reasonable price. From a VOIP perspective it provides two FXS ports, i.e. two independent lines that can be configured to send calls (by default) to different providers (SIP accounts), and can also route calls through the PSTN (the ADSL line).
- Configuring VoIP should be considered in each direction independently – inbound and outbound. Configuration information tends to vary slightly between providers so experiment a little. While I have NAT enabled, the VoIP component isn't really behind the NAT, so I don't need a STUN server.
- Calls from the VoIP device:
- The SIP server is entered into the proxy field.
- The domain / realm specifies the domain of the authentication information. Some providers don't check it, while others want the server name.
- The account name is the SIP login name from the provider.
- Some providers require the authentication field, but tends to be the same as the account name.
- The main SIP account list screen shows whether the Draytek has registered with the SIP server. If it has, you should be in business. There are a number of other settings like CODEC, but they tend to be obvious from the providers documentation. It's also easy to test outbound calls, but remember to use the correct long distance codes depending what provider you use.
- Calls to the VoIP device:
- Receiving calls can be a little more complicated depending on the addressing information sent by your provider and where the call originated from. This router expects addresses in URL form. e.g. sip: email@example.com. Non-PSTN originated calls shouldn't be a problem as the caller would specify your SIP account, but PSTN originated are different as the caller doesn't specify a URL – your provider does a translation and routes the call to your device. This requires your provider to know where you are on the internet, hence it's important the router register with the SIP server (so it knows your IP address and port), particularly for internet connections using dynamically assigned addresses. The other important thing is the destination address your provider sends with the call. Some providers map your account name in, while others like Gafachi send the number the caller dialed. This is understandable for a wholesaler – you could could have many inbound lines from them, all with different phone numbers, and you may want to route them to different extensions on a PABX. This is where the Draytek caught me – it won't accept a call if it doesn't know about an account or number (it will reject it with a 404 response code). I needed to configure a simple SIP entry where the account name was the PSTN number (this is the yyyyy entry above, e.g. 18669536677). The entry doesn't need to register with the SIP server (as it knows where you are from the other entry), but it tells the router to accept a call to that number, and also specifies which FXS port(s) to send the call to.
- The Draytek can be configured via a browser or CLI (for the brave), but the CLI will provide some debugging information.
> voip debug showmsg
- This is a normal registration
-->Send Message to 126.96.36.199:5060 <09:48:17> REGISTER sip:sip.gafachi.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 22.214.171.124:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-bRg-14631;rport From: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=kZg-4725 To: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Call-ID: firstname.lastname@example.com CSeq: 101 REGISTER Contact: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Authorization: Digest username="wwwww", realm="sip.gafachi.com", nonce="acc78e806fd414c4", uri="sip:sip.gafachi.com", response="30c41178afb803cd364d41aeeaf1961a", algorithm=MD5 Max-Forwards: 70 Expires: 3600 User-Agent: DrayTek UA-1.2.3 Vigor2700 Series 2.8.1 Content-Length: 0 <--Receive Message from 22.214.171.124:5060 <09:48:17> SIP/2.0 200 OK Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 188.8.131.52:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-bRg-14631;received=184.108.40.206;rport=5060 From: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=kZg-4725 To: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=gss4c84aae7a21bfdb5b154dc4225a071d1 Call-ID: email@example.com CSeq: 101 REGISTER Server: Gafachi UAS v110.08 Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE Contact: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:55:03 GMT Content-Length: 0
This is the start of an incoming call
<--Receive Message from 220.127.116.11:5060 <09:57:01> INVITE sip:firstname.lastname@example.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 22.214.171.124:5060;branch=z9hG4bKe803f015 From: "unknown" <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=gss2a44da3efeecfb41933a9e31e7509ced To: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Contact: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Call-ID: email@example.com CSeq: 102 INVITE User-Agent: Gafachi UAC v110.08 Max-Forwards: 70 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:03:46 GMT Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE Content-Type: application/sdp Content-Length: 238 v=0 o=root 2125136926 2125136926 IN IP4 188.8.131.52 s=session c=IN IP4 126.96.36.199 t=0 0 m=audio 46896 RTP/AVP 0 101 a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000 a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000 a=fmtp:101 0-15 a=silenceSupp:off - - - - a=ptime:20 -->Send Message to 220.127.116.11:5060 <09:57:01> SIP/2.0 100 Trying Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 220.127.116.11:5060;branch=z9hG4bKe803f015 From: "unknown" <sip:email@example.com>;tag=gss2a44da3efeecfb41933a9e31e7509ced To: <sip:email@example.com> Call-ID: firstname.lastname@example.com CSeq: 102 INVITE Content-Length: 0 -->Send Message to 188.8.131.52:5060 <09:57:01> SIP/2.0 180 Ringing Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 184.108.40.206:5060;branch=z9hG4bKe803f015 From: "unknown" <sip:email@example.com>;tag=gss2a44da3efeecfb41933a9e31e7509ced To: <sip:email@example.com>;tag=BEC-22495 Call-ID: email@example.com CSeq: 102 INVITE Contact: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Content-Length: 0
- Seeing this debugging information gave me some insight of the interaction between the Draytek VoIP device and service provider.
Going mobile
- Something I'm yet to try is using a cheap, portable VoIP device, or software phone on the laptop when I travel. I can connect to my VoIP providers from anywhere in the world, so I have true number portability. My VoIP provider lets me have two lines in the plan - I assume one for home and one for traveling!


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Anyone else concerned about Hurricane Sandy?
She is marching up the East Coast...
Will she turn left? Will she turn right or will she plow straight ahead??
Will she be a recurrence of the Gail of 1938?
My tags: Hurricane-Sandy, Gail-of-1938, Weather
The weather tag is for the Mod who stripped all the other tags from my hurricane question last year... :-)
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Methinks you mean to say the gale of 1938... I don't think they used to name hurricanes by women's names back then.
We are seeing LOTS of rain here, but it's anyone's guess what happens next with the crazy weather...
A little worried but we're inland. More worried about family on the coast, but they're hurricane pros and hate my evacuate if they tell you to 'suggestions.'
I'm not personally in the pathway, but I have family on both sides in New Jersey and Virginia.
Irene scattered so much debris at my Aunt and Uncle's place in Virginia that they spent like a month cleaning it up. They have a creek in their backyard and their house was almost flooded. It looks like Sandy is headed right for them again.
Yes. I blame Danny Zuko for her picking up that filthy smoking habit.
Not really worried, as there's not much more/else I can do. I'm staying up late tonight, so I can sleep through a lot of it tomorrow.
sigh ... right in it's path about a mile from the coast (I live a mile from sandy hook ((no pun intended)) if anyone's familiar. Really hilly area so personally not concerned with flooding but the surrounding areas are going to get flooded really bad (the neighboring sea level towns were all evacuated today). It was a mad house around here today at the gas station and food stores. You could feel the panic. I'm not one to over react but I think the damage toll will be pretty heavy.
EVERYBODY took off because of overhyped storm scare. Companies as far out as 35 miles inland already sent me notices that they are closing shop for the day... What a waste. I think that there is some genuine cause for alarm on the coast. But inland it's just heavy rain.
@stark: I can't believe anyone else even thought of this song besides me! Very nice!
I'm down here in the Virginia Beach area and people are freaking out about it pretty badly especially tonight when parts of the James River Bridge flooded. I evacuated for Hurricane Irene and in the end I didn't need to soooo I think I'm just going to grab some bread and water (Just in case) and ride this one out. Either way, stay safe everybody!
Not a bit. (I live in western PA)
I think it's a lot of hype for a category 1 storm. I'm not taking anything away from it that it's a hurricane, but in more recent years major hurricanes have gotten way less media attention in other areas of the US. And they didn't give them ridiculous nicknames either, they just called them what they were. The media is putting a lot of needless panic into the community. Stay indoors, make sure you have food in case of a power-outage, and keep your generator around.
I'm more worried than I've been before for two reasons: flooding levels and apparently both my dad and brother are idiots. I live on the Delaware near the bay, so there has to be some serious storm surge on this side (which is not likely to happen) for me to have severe damage to my physical house, but there will be severe damage in my area. The water was already really high yesterday with just half the wind, and that was before either high tide today which will be much, much worse.
My dad left his boat in the marina (in an evac area) and thinks he's just going to run down and check it throughout the storm, and my brother is in an evac area but had no idea and is totally unprepared. he may try and ride it out cuz he's an idiot, but he is not prepared to do that either. He is inland near a riverfront, but pretty close to the coast. Hopefully we can talk some sense into him this morning.
Well, I'm in Baltimore and I came in to work today (but it looks like very few other people did in the business park my office is in). I plan on staying until the power goes out... Our governor is already calling it a "killer storm" although I don't think anyone has died yet (as a result of the storm).
@benyust2: Hurricane Sandy has so far been responsible for 65 deaths.
They closed my office today, and I am very far from any shoreline. THey are concerned with flooding, and downed trees from the wind. Storm isn't expected to hit here for several hours yet. I shouldn't complain, but the work will be piling up and be expected to be completed as if nothing ever happened. 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.
No traffic driving into Boston this morning!!! Usual 1 1/2 hour drive was only about 45 minutes... Light to moderate rain blowing at a 45 degree angle at 7AM... Now it is almost horizontal...
City Traffic is light and the MBTA is expected to shut down at 2PM... Banks and many offices are closed... Tree limbs have started to come down... Just got a fax that the local pizza shop is open during the storm... Yumm Food...
I expect the real fun will start about the time I head home tonight... In the mean time we are looking down the barrel as Sandy starts her rare turn to the West towards New Jersey and NY...
Not anymore worried than I am about any other hurricane/killer storm.
Seeing that I live on the Delmarva peninsula - yes. Mostly wind and LOTS of rain so far, but this storm is not suppose to reach land (NJ) until this evening. This storm is moving at a snails pace, which makes the prolonged rain a major safety concern. Until this storm and it's full winds reach us, I am taking every precaution. At least the power is still on.
Well I'm still stuck at work, but I believe we are getting out early and hopefully won't have work tomorrow. So I guess you could say I'm okay with it.
I'm concerned because I know some people won't heed evac notices. Come on folks, it's for your own good.


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George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut
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Please join us at Columbia Law School on November 20 for a special public event, The Changing Nature of the Employment Relationship, featuring George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, and Andrew L. Stern, Ronald O. Perelman Senior Fellow at the Richman Paul Center for Business, Law and Public Policy. Mr. Stern and Attorney General Jepsen will discuss the breakdown of the traditional employer-employee relationship and the role that state regulators, employers and workers can play in resisting or influencing these changes to ensure that: workers receive the wages and benefits to which they are entitled by law, businesses compete on a level playing field, and states can establish and sustain healthy workers' compensation and unemployment insurance programs and collect tax revenue properly arising out of the employment relationship. This topic lies at the heart of the social and economic fabric of the country, affecting the state of trust, sustainability and competitiveness at every level.
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I took a brief look into Buddypress yesterday and was just overwhelmed by the massive amount of template files that got added (during installation) to my theme.
After looking over the template files, I couldn't get rid of the feeling that BuddyPress is - maybe only in parts? - written pretty crappy.
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Is it possible to disable all the fields in an InfoPath 2010 form after it has been submitted to a SharePoint list? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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You can can add a field to your infopath form's data set that basically says "Form has been submitted" as a boolean. When you publish the form, promote that field.
Once promoted, the form status can look and update that field.
Then, your infopath form hides and shows information as needed based on the value of that field.
From your post I'm assuming you want to disable the fields in the actual form. In the submit rules, you can switch the form to a different view that contains some or all of the fields of the original view. In this view you can have some or all of the controls set to Read-Only. Or you can go into the properties of the view and set the entire view to Read-Only.
In our office we often automate common processes such as requests etc. An example is a request for telephone access. What happens here is the initial user opens the form and fills in all his details (actually pulled from a web service) and the details of the access he is requesting.
This form is the changed to a manager view and submitted. The manager the gets an email with a link to the form that opens in his view. All the details filled in by the user is in a Read-Only state in this view and the manager has his own specific fields to complete regarding approving or rejecting the request.
Needless to say the form opened in the browser and the ribbon is disabled and all means of switching of views by the user. The form goes through some more processing, including steps at the service desk and tele-communications. After the last step the form switches to a completed view where the whole view is set to Read-Only.


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FAIRMONT -The Golden Bears are headed to Charleston as regional champions.
The Oak Glen volleyball team defeated Roane County, 25-9, 25-13, 25-9, in the semifinals and Ritchie County, 25-20, 25-10, 25-21, in the finals en route to winning the West Virginia Class AA Region 1 Tournament title Saturday down at East Fairmont High School.
Weir High dropped a 25-14, 25-17, 22-25, 25-17 decision to Ritchie County to fall out of the tournament.
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BOUND FOR CHARLESTON — The Oak Glen volleyball team won the West Virginia Class AA?Region 1 Tournament Saturday with victories over Roane County (25-9, 25-13, 25-9) and Ritchie County (25-20, 25-10, 25-21) Saturday to head to the state tournament.
For the Red Riders, Erin Hawthorne totaled 52 digs, Samantha McCartney 47 sets, Ontasia Petteway four digs, eight kills and two blocks and Haley McLaughlin eight digs and 51 sets.
Selena Wolverton contributed seven kills, 17 digs and three aces, Elizabeth Kush eight kills, Morgan Goff 13 digs, Michayla Dobosz two kills and four digs and Lauren Rosnick 10 digs and three kills.
"It is another step in heading to the state tournament," Oak Glen head coach Ethel Riser said. "Hopefully, it is another step on winning a state title. It means we are right on track. We are where we need to be. We are going to be one of the top seeds in the tournament. We will be playing a No. 2 team instead of a No. 1. It means a lot."
Oak Glen defeated Ritchie County in the state final last year. The Rebels had defeated the Golden Bears in the Region 1 Final heading into the state tournament.
"Three of our main starters didn't play varsity last year," Riser said. "The girls filled in, and we didn't miss a beat."
With the two wins, the Golden Bears are now 37-6 on the season.
"Overall, we played well," Riser said. "There were a few mistakes, but nothing major. It was a total-team effort. Everyone played as a team. That is what we need to have happen."
Oak Glen will now play in the state tournament beginning Friday morning at the Charleston Civic Center.
"We are where I thought we would be," Riser said. "I'm sure some of them thought we were going to be here. Most of the girls were in the same place last year except last year we were not regional champions. We were the runner-up to Ritchie County.
"Being the regional champion makes it a little easier. We won't know until probably Monday who play play on Friday."
For the Golden Bears against the Raiders, Sydney Kell collected 12 points, 48 sets and 11 assists, Morgan Poling three points, 10 kills, three blocks and two digs and Lacee Porter two points and 11 kills.
Vanessa Hissam added five kills, Abby Tice 18 points, five aces and nine digs, Jessica Stivason seven kills, Jessica Hutton two points, Kaitlyn Smith four points and six digs, Carissa Williams 18 sets and five assists and Madison Juszczak three points.
Riser said her players were not nervous heading into the regional tournament.
"No, not really," she said. "The first team was of course much easier. The second team, we already played them once, and we beaten them. I would say no, they were not really nervous."
Against the Rebels, Kell tallied five points, 55 sets and two kills, Poling eight points, six kills, seven blocks and seven digs and Porter five points, 13 kills and four digs.
Hissam scored four points and nine kills, Tice five points and 13 digs, Stivason seven kills and three blocks, Hutton three points, Smith 14 points and 13 digs, Williams 45 sets and 10 assists and Juszczak four kills and three blocks.
"Yes, the girls were very excited," Riser said about winning the regional title. "This is something we have been planning on. We are looking toward next week. We don't know what the schedule is going to be yet."
The Golden Bears are led on and off the court by their four seniors - Tice, Kell, Smith and Porter.
"The seniors definitely lead," Riser said. "They keep everyone in line. They get everyone enthused when they need to be enthused. They keep everyone calm when they need to keep calm. They are the leaders on and off the court. They take control. They lead by example. That is what they have to do."
Prior to last year, Oak Glen previously won state titles in Class AA-A back in 1997 and 1998 as well the Class AA title in 2008.
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The theorem in its entirety is as follows:
Let $a_1,\ldots,a_l\in\mathbb{C}$ be pairwise different non-integral numbers. Let f be an analytic function in $\mathbb{C}-\{a_1,\ldots,a_l\}$ and set $g(z):=\pi \cot(\pi z)f(z)$, such that $|z^2f(z)|$ is bounded outside a suitable compact set. Then:
$$\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty f(n) = -\sum_{j=1}^l \operatorname{Res}(g;a_j)$$
The book wants me to use this theorem to prove that $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^{2}} = \frac{\pi^2}{6}$. Everything points to me setting $f(z)=\frac{1}{z^2}$, but the pole of $\frac{1}{z^2}$ is zero which is an integral number and is thus a point at which f must be analytic, thus the theorem cannot be applied, what am I missing here? Thanks.
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an alternative to "fuck" that is less offensive but often still satisfying. Used in casual conversation rather than genuine anger. It is less versatile than the real f-word, and is not used to refer to sex.
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Alternative to "fuck". From the oppressive factory manager "Henry Clay Frick" who was hated by his workers. Frick was shot multiple times by the anarchist Alexander Berkman, then stabbed repeatedly until Berkman was pulled off the mangled near-corpse of Frick.
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From Andrew Carnegie's partner Henry Clay Frick, whose name became a "dirty word" in southwest Pennsylvania in 1892 after Pinkerton goons, whom Frick had hired, assaulted and murdered striking steel workers in the town of Homestead.
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Treatment is based on radiochemotherapy for locally advanced tumours. The objective of treatment is to provide a cure without resorting to abdominoperineal amputation, while preserving sphincter function.
The prognosis is mainly related to tumour size and lymph node invasion. The large majority of patients do not show any spread remote from the tumour at the time of diagnosis (2).
Recurrences are mainly of a local/regional nature and require abdominoperineal amputation. This type of intervention is not always possible or complete, which then gives rise to the particularly distressing risk of local progression, with survival at 3 years of approximately 30% (3).
It is therefore very important to achieve a complete and permanent tumour response from initial treatment with radiochemotherapy.
Furthermore, the use of an anti-EGFR antibody in combination with exclusive radiotherapy in ENT cancer was able to increase recurrence-free survival and overall survival in these patients. These data are in favour of the use of a combination of chemotherapy and anti-EGFR antibodies in epidermoid cancer of the anus.
Epidermoid Carcinoma
Drug: radiochemotherapy
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|Phase I-II on Radiochemotherapy Combined With Panitumumab in the Treatment of Localised Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anus
- Phase I = determination the maximum tolerated dose 5FU and panitumumab in combination with radiotherapy and mitomycin, and thereby to deduce the maximum tolerated dose in patient with localised epidermoid carcinoma of the anus [ Time Frame: 9 weeks after the beginning of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Phase I = determine the dose limiting toxicity of 5FU and panitumumab in combination with radiotherapy and mitomycin, and thereby to deduce the maximum tolerated dose in patient with localised epidermoid carcinoma of the anus
- Phase II = Complete response of the tumor rectal examination and morphological exams [ Time Frame: 8 weeks evaluations after the end of the treatment by radiochemotherapy ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]phase II = Response criteria: complete desappearance of the tumor upon rectal examination and morphological exams (MRI, endoscopic ultrasonography) and non appearance of secondary lesions, response validated by an independant committee.
- Phase II = Partial response rate, stable disease and progression [ Time Frame: 6 weeks and 17 weeks after the beginning of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Intermediate objective response rate (complete and partial) at 6 weeks (before the additional radiotherapy). The 80% reduction rate in the largest tumour diameter will also be recorded.
- Partial response rate, stable disease and progression 8 weeks after the end of treatment
- Phase II = Colostomy-free survival [ Time Frame: At 3 years after randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Phase II = Recurrence-free survival at 3 years [ Time Frame: At 3 years after randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Phase II = Overall survival [ Time Frame: At 3 years after randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Phase II = Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30 + Wexner questionnaire) [ Time Frame: At 3 years after randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|Study Start Date:
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|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
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Experimental: 5Fu-mitomycine-panitumumab + radiotherapy
5 FU = 400 or 600 or 80 or 1000 mg depending of phase I results, days 1 to 4 weeks 1, 5 and 8 mitomicyne = 10 mg/m² day 1 week 1 and days 1, weeks 5 and 8 Panitumumab = 3 or 6 mg/kg (depending of phase I results) days 1, weeks: 1, 3, 5, 8 and 10
Drug: radiochemotherapy
Radiotherapy : PTV1 45 Gy 5 weeks PTV2 20 Gy 2 weeks Chemotherapy : 5Fu (400 to 1000 mg/m²) mitomycin : 10 mg/m²Drug: Panitumumab
3 or 6 mg/kg (according to dose level)
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|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically proven epidermoid carcinoma of the anus
- Locally advanced tumour without metastases
- Stage T2>3 cm or T3 or T4, irrespective of N
- Stage N1-N3 irrespective of T stage (T1 to T4)
- General condition WHO 0-1
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- Signed informed consent form
- Age > 18 years
- Effective contraception in female and/or male patients having reached sexual maturity during treatment and up to 6 months after the end of treatment
- CD4 > 400 / mm3
- Measureable tumor on at least one of the following exams : MRI, endoscopic ultrasonography, clinical exam
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of metastases
- Previous anti-EGFR therapy
- Stage T1N0 or T2 < 3 cm N0
- History of pelvic radiotherapy
- At least one of the following laboratory test results: Neutrophils < 1500 /mm3, platelets < 100 000 /mm3, Hb < 9 g/dl, leukocytes < 3000/mm3, blood bilirubin > 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal range, transaminase (ASAT and ALAT) > 2.5 times the upper limit of the normal range, creatinine clearance < 50 mL/min (Cockcroft's formula Appendix x), Mg2+ < the lower limit of the normal range, Ca2+ < the lower limit of the normal range
- Significant coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction in the past year
- Follow-up not possible due to psychological or geographic reasons
- History of interstitial pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis
- History of malignant disease in the past five years apart from basocellular skin carcinoma or in situ cervical carcinoma having received adequate treatment
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women, women of child-bearing potential not having taken a pregnancy test.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01581840
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|Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive
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|Principal Investigator:
|APARICIO Thomas, MD - PhD
|CHU Avicenne - Bobigny - APHP
|Responsible Party:
|Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive
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|NCT01581840 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 6, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 5, 2016
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|France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)
France: Committee for the Protection of Personnes
Keywords provided by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anus Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Rectal Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Anus Diseases
Rectal Diseases
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Immunologic Factors
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I'm trying to increase the resolution of images containing lots of rasterized circle and ellipse parts, is there any algorithm that kind of detects these and uses a mathematical model to rescale them? Currently to me hqx looks best, but it's not specifically designed for this I think.
Astronomers and especially planetary scientists working with images from spacecraft are always needing to fit circles and ellipses to pixelated images. It is routine to find edges and centers of circles to 1/10 pixel accuracy by skillful fitting to the jaggies. However, converting the image to a sharp-looking higher res one is not among the goals of scientists. But there's no reason the geometric models coming from an ellipse-fitting couldn't be used that way.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any software tool or body of source code that's easily made use of for what you want to do (assuming you're not a planetary scientist working on spacecraft images) Google for keywords like "subpixel limb fitting planet" One large piece of software used which iirc can do this is IRAF.
This paper (may cost $ to download) might be useful http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1759470


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Whether you are a Birmingham resident or simply visiting we feel you should be able to make informed choices about where you buy and/or eat food within the city. If you are choosing a restaurant, takeaway, cafe, sandwich shop, pub, hotel, supermarket or any other retail food outlet we think you should not just be able to check out the menu but be able to check out the food hygiene rating of that food business as well!
Birmingham has over 8,000 food businesses across the city with all of those businesses regularly inspected by our team of Environmental Health officers. When an inspection takes place an assessment is made of the overall level of hygiene at the business and the business is then awarded a score of between 0 (urgent improvement necessary) at the bottom to 5 (very good) at the top. This information should be available to you the customer and for that reason the hygiene ratings for Birmingham food businesses are available online at:-
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text: Hey everyone. I'm back again today with another fun lesson for all you artists out there that love drawing easy animals. Here is "how to draw a pug for kids", step by step. I know there is already a tutorial on the site on a pug, and I'm positive it was done by Duskeyes. I just wanted everyone to have the chance to draw a pug in a very simple manner. Pugs are one of the worlds most popular small dog breeds and I think they became popular after the release of the first Men in Black movie. Anyways, this tutorial is going to be very basic. There is little detailing which means you don't have to worry about getting things drawn in a specific manner. My nine year old sister had a blast with this lesson so I know you will too. I have to zoom out of here because there is some fun submissions I want to get uploaded before it gets too late in the day. Adios mi amigos!


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Master of Architecture Attracting International Attention
With the addition of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program, as well as the institute's push toward experiential learning and external collaboration, Wentworth is continuing to evolve and attract new students. To continue this movement of teaching to increasing audiences, Jonathan Foote, director, College of Architecture, Design and Construction, and Jennifer Lee, assistant professor, College of Architecture, Design and Construction, are traveling to China.
The whirlwind trip will consist of four cities in five days and the end result, Foote hopes, is a group of Chinese students who want Wentworth to be their choice for a master's degree in architecture.
Wentworth Institute of Technology: Why are you and Jennifer Lee heading overseas?
Jonathan Foote: We really want to increase the international profile within the master's program. Right now, the program consists of 99.9 percent internal candidates. We think there is a lot of interesting perspective that external students can bring to Wentworth. The problem, of course, is finding the students and one of the strategies, among others, is to reach outside of the country, specifically looking for regions around the world that have an emerging middle class, that have digital applicant pools, and who have residents that have shown interest in coming here.
WIT: And you arrived at China for the time being.
JF: We had a few students from China who have applied to the architecture program last year, so the interest is already there. And, with China being an emerging middle class, there is a lot of cultural and financial exchange happening between our two countries. There is a lot of movement going on. Additionally, Jennifer Lee has taken students to Hong Kong in the past and believes that there is great interest there in our program.
The M.Arch program consists of a one-year program for internal candidates and a two-year program for external candidates, the latter of which would include students from China who choose to enroll at Wentworth. Classes examine the history, theory, culture, and technology of the built environment, making full use of the surrounding Boston landscape, and regularly inviting a wide range of experts to work with students in a hands-on fashion.
WIT: Why should Chinese students pursue their Master of Architecture with Wentworth as opposed to other schools?
JF: We can offer things that are very unique to students here. Boston is known around the world. You can ask practically anyone to name two or three cities in the United States and Boston is probably one of them. International students are aware of the history in the city and the richness of architecture. Beyond that, Wentworth is unique for its EPIC Learning initiative. We can offer hands-on, real-world classes, and we are thoroughly preparing graduates for successful careers.
WIT: What is the plan when you get to China?
JF: We will lecture and meet people in four cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chong Qing, and Beijing. My basic strategy is to connect students through the discipline and the content. Especially for grad students, there is an interest in resonating with a body of expertise or interesting people. Rather than going to the schools and saying, "Hey, come to Wentworth," we're going to talk about specific topics and interesting projects we're working on.
At the same time, we'll have our program featured on posters around the school. We'll meet administrators and other faculty, they get to see who we are. And we're also expressing a desire to be a digital avenue for undergraduates if they're interested.
There are also a few blank areas. I have certain appointments set up, but the schedule is somewhat open for flexibility. Having some trust in the informal potential of just being there is part of what we're believing in here. I think if we devote time to personally respond to students there we will find a greater enthusiasm from them.
With the master's program we are moving outside of our walls a bit and we're externally collaborating. And we're hopeful that trips like this one to China will continue to diversify our student population.
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KILLEEN (October 30, 2012)—Bond was set at $1 million Tuesday for a Fort Hood soldier who was arrested in California on a murder warrant issued in an attack that left a woman dead and her son injured.
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Vega was arrested early in the morning on Oct. 11 after a Turlock, police officer spotted a suspicious gold Jeep Cherokee in a motel parking lot whose license plate turned out to have been stolen from another vehicle.
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I have a fundamental region in $\mathbb{R}^3$ defined solely by inequalities (i.e. the region is the intersection of 5 half-spaces and is a kind of square pyramid), and a function which is only well-defined inside that region.
I would like to plot that function's level surfaces inside the region using
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What would be an equivalent expression to the Spanish "cortar por lo sano", probably something like "cutting by the healthy part", to convey the idea that to solve a problem from spreading, like gangrene, sometimes the solution chosen is to cut deep even through the healthy parts of the limb.
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I'm not sure it fits exactly, but there is a phrase with similar intent in the medical profession: "life over limb". It directly mirrors your gangrene example because you might have to sacrifice part of a healthy limb to save the patient's life.
It is sometimes used beyond the literal meaning as well. For instance, moving a patient with a suspected neck injury might risk paralysis, but might be done anyway when the alternative is certain death. Someone might justify that decision by saying "life over limb."
A fairly accurate translation would be to make a clean break. Similar idioms include: cash in your chips or cut your losses.
The idea here is that something bad has already occurred, so one must take an extreme or decisive measure to avoid further negative outcomes.
The nearest one I can think of is "cut out the cancer", though it is more to do with complete elimination than stopping spreading.
cut out the cancer: a figurative expression meaning to eliminate
Another possibility is "root out"
I don't think this is idiomatic, but I think "back burning," as in the forest firefighting technique wherein firefighters create a small, controlled fire to stop a larger fire, has the sense of sacrificing or even removing something to halt the advance of some danger.
I don't know of an idiomatic equivalent in English of Spanish "cortar por lo sano"; with the possible exception of root out, previously suggested phrases (particularly cut to the quick and cut to the chase) do not have senses that suggest a need for deep cutting through healthy tissue to keep a problem from spreading. For such a sense, consider phrases like ruthless triage or dispassionate triage.
You would "nip it in the bud".
..and, if you miss your first chance, then "a stitch in time saves nine".
I think you'll find that to 'nip in the bud' is the closest exact expression to "cortar por lo sano" because
One says [para] 'cortar por lo sano'- when making a tough decision/ruthlessly attacking a problem with extreme measures without compromise. The idiom clearly of medical origins- making reference to amputation of, say, a gangrenous limb, which in turn would remove all the diseased part, leaving only the healthy is often and most commonly MIStranslated as 'cut to the chase'.
The two idiomatic phrases best suited to express this vary based on purpose. The first,
Truly, either is appropriate and it is a personal choice. :)
Best to you, and may I suggest looking for a dictionary of idioms.
Note: This is just from a little bit of personal research and experience as a native speaker of both.
The corresponding expression you are looking for in English is cutting to the quick.
For taking extreme measures to rescue the organism
The medical term in which you remove a gangrenous limb (and some healthy flesh) in order to save the life of the patient is amputate.
I have culled some amputate synonyms from thesaurus.com that convey a sense of removal that is so extreme that some of the healthy part is also removed.
For example,
For foolishly removing the good with the bad
There is an idiomatic phrase, Throw out the baby with the bath water, which connotes getting rid of something precious (the baby) while getting rid of something useless (the bath water). But the perspectives on the Spanish proverb and this English proverb seem to be different. The former focuses on the urgency of the removal, while the latter focuses on not being discriminating.
For the harshness of the action taken
Draco was fabled to have written laws that were unjustly harsh. An adjective reflects this harshness.
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There is an Italian proverb, "Traduttore, tradittore" or "Translator, traitor." I think you will have to decide what mirrors your intention for "cortar por lo sano," knowing that your translation won't be completely faithful.
While there may not be a fixed idiom in this case, you can try "to sacrifice the good with the bad" or a more common fixed phrase, used more commonly in America I think is to, "Sacrifice the good for the perfect" but doesn't have the connotations of bad being cut away.
Sacrifice also has, of course, the connotations of knives, blood and pain.
Less dramatically our idioms to express a similar idea of gaining by losing include; no pain no gain, good medicine tastes bitter, you win some you lose some, you can't have everything, etc. These all sound very light hearted and jolly (as they are supposed to be!) and I don't hear much blood!


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How does one extend the sound of the daleth in the echod of the shema as prescribed in OC 61 (6)?. The letter as we say it does not seem to allow extension. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalet which defines it as a "a voiced alveolar plosive" and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosive which defines the last term.
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It is possible to prolong a plosive (stop). You will hear some who are very careful with reading the prayers or the Tora pronounce a dagesh chazak (dagesh forte) as a geminate consonant; this is a longer consonant, and can be done even with a stop. (If you ever hear someone speaking Arabic or Italian (tutto), you can hear geminate stops also. Many other languages have them, too.) Essentially, the voice box keeps trying to operate (in the case of a voiced stop like dalet), but whatever is stopping the airflow (the tongue in the case of dalet) stops it for longer. A book on phonetics will explain it better; I recommend Ladefoged, A Course in Phonetics.
However, I don't know that that's what the halacha is referring to when discussing the dalet of "echad". As always, CYLOR with practical questions.
Chanoch and Ariel K are correct in their answer, but one can answer at greater length and detail.
The letters beged kefet, בגד כפת are distinguished from other Hebrew letters in taking a dagesh kal, a 'weak' dagesh, at the start of words or after a shva nach. The function of this dagesh kal is to distinguish between the plosive and fricative versions of the letters:
(There is also beged kaperet, where there is a distinction between a resh in front or the back.)
Over the years, different groups have dropped certain of these distinctions, or mapped them to the closest phoneme in the language in their vicinity.
The daled in echad appears at the end of a word, and does not have a dagesh kal. Thus, it should be the fricative -- like the /dh/ in 'either', just as we see the Yemenites have it. The gemara speaks of elongating it, which strongly suggests that they made this distinction.
What about us? Well, we could either adopt the /dh/ for the word, for the duration of Shema; or we can ignore the Talmudic instruction, since it is no longer relevant for us.
Similarly, I would not worry about putting a pause between Eisev | BeSadcha and Hakanaf | Petil or Tizkeru | VaAsitem (the last according to the Rif's girsa) in Shema, despite Rava's instruction in Berachot 15b, because Rava was operating with different phonology, as I discuss here: http://parsha.blogspot.com/2005/03/daf-yomi-brachot-15b-feh_16.html
See also my post on this matter, when we reached it in Daf Yomi, where I also discuss the surrounding gemara.
We pronounce it like the "th" in the word "the".
During the time of the Gemara, they pronounced it like 'Th' in the. Nowadays, ashkenazim pronounce it differently, so we can no longer extend its sound.
Here what I learn from a Rav on the same question : It is written that we should extend the dalet of the word e'had so we not confuse it with a reish (that would give a'her and not e'had). Strange assertion as the nekudot are differents anyway and the sounds are asunder. In fact it could be that this law is part of il'hot sofrim. So it is about writing not pronouncing. The top of the dalet must be extended so we can not confuse it with a reish ! So it is nothing about extending the sound of the dalet.
It's kind of hard to describe this in print, but it can be done if you allow the gap between the tongue and the palate to slowly fill with air as you pronounce the letter.
It says יאריך בד' but I always thought that it doesn't necessarily mean at the end. You can have the kavonah for aleph before starting to say the word, the kavonah for ches during the eh and the kavonah for daled during the uh. It even makes more sense that you should have the kavonah in your head before you start saying the letter. Imagine saying baruch atah hashem and then thinking about what it meant.
Rav Dovid Grossman, in his Daf-Yomi shiur on daf 13a says that according to the Shulchan Aruch, the sound of the Dalet is not supposed to be audibly extended, since it would result in either a d-d-d, or dah sound, and this would ruin the word echad by making it sound like a different word. Rather, one should extend their kavanah beyond pronouncing the letter Dalet, by keeping in mind that hashem is one in all the four directions. This extra kavana is considered elongated, but the sound of the Dalet is still short.
Also, one should extend the sound of the Chet to make sure they don't rush the Dalet. This is done by having in mind that hashem is one above and below (in the heavens and earth [7 heavens+ 1 earth = 8]). This is hinted at by the little point above the letter Chet.
א - Hashem is one
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- Develop your own family emergency plan so that every family member knows what to do. Practice it regularly.
- Assemble a disaster supplies kit that includes emergency water and food supplies.
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What would happen if a domain that was banned from google was redirected to an unbanned domain? Would the ban follow over to the new domain, or would the new domain be unaffected?
Also, if the ban follows over, wouldn't that mean that someone could sabotage a sites rankings by redirecting a banned domain? If so, what can be done about it?


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I found our DB2 server configs all the index into one table space. And it then defines the table space to use 32kb data page. Is this good? How to judge it? Any advice is welcome.
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From what I have read (check out Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples), IBM recommends that you place data, indexes, and long data (meaning
Main reason is for maintenance and support. If the data is in different tablespaces you can backup/restore based on your needs. For example, table data is "more" important than indexes (as indexes have no purpose without data in the tables). So if your indexes are in a separate tablespace and end up corrupted or needing a restore, you only have to restore the indexes, not the whole table (of course you may need to run reorgs and runstats to make sure your indexes are up to date).
Regarding LOB's - unless they are declared INLINE, they are not stored directly with the table data anyway (and
So if you think of IBM's recommendation. They would recommend you build your table as such:
As for size....I would recommend that you only put your tables and indexes and long/LOB data in the right sized page. If your indexes don't require a 32K tablespace, why put them there? It just wastes pages (a lot of space on the page will be ununsed) and thus waste disk. If you need to later move the indexes or the tables or the long/lob to a higher page size tablespace, it isn't too hard to do that later. (Of course you may need to have a maintenance window to do it in, but again, I think...even though disk is "cheap" so to say...why waste money?).
We used to put the tables in whatever size they needed and put the indexes only in a 4K unless they needed larger, figuring we could always change them later. But we recently have started to make sure the indexes are in the same tablespace size as the table data and LOB data. Reason being is you cannot change a tablespace after a table is created. To move the data you essentially have to create a new table and move all the data from one to the other.
Same goes for a few LOB's we have in other tables. I figured out their size and put them in an appropriately sized tablespace.
I have found the following pages on Space requirements for storage very helpful for understanding what sizes for tables and LOB's determine the required page size (and thus tablespace). The Space requirements for indexes link is helpful for indexes. Note: this is for DB2 9.7. If you need a different version, trying changing the number in the link, or start from IBM's main page.


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Starting from the triple point, is the melting line between solid-phase and liquid-phase infinite? If not, why does it end? Because pressures are so high that classical inter-molecular interactions break down? Is this related in any way to the concept of degenerate matter? Can such pressure (at which the line ends) be easily computed?
No, the boundary doesn't suddenly "end" or "fade away", as the liquid-gas boundary fades away near the critical point.
Instead, the sudden end indicates that many other things may happen in the region of these extremely high pressures and the diagram doesn't want to discuss those because they're outside the limits of interest of the author of the diagram. By other things, I mean primarily new triple junctions that separate new phases of "ice", like those on this more detailed phase diagram of water:
Fifteen phases of ice are known today and the other triple junctions are counted as "triple points", too.
The required pressures to see these new phase transitions are extreme – thousands of atmospheres or much more – but the new phases are still much less extreme than the matter of white dwarfs or neutron stars. It's still some kind of ice that just wants to arrange a bit differently than normal ice.


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How does Judaism regard emotional abuse in a marriage? (More focused form of this question.)
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Let's start by saying that - duh, it's prohibited. Anyone is prohibited from ona'at devarim, wronging others verbally. Additionally the Talmud says "love your neighbor like yourself" is a guiding principle prohibiting going into a marriage likely to be one filled with contempt, so it should be a no-brainer that abusive behavior is out.
The Talmud, in the seventh chapter of Ketubot, lists a series of behaviors that would be grounds for divorce with a financial settlement favoring the wife. It's clearly describing some forms of psychologically abusive behavior.
So emotional abuse certainly can be grounds for a divorce, and will affect the monetary settlement.
Traditionally, Jewish law with regards to torts is limited to actions, not words. (Though testifying in court is considered an action.) I would be obligated to pay for embarrassment for slapping someone in the face, pulling down his pants in public, or spitting on him; but the courts per se wouldn't do anything if I just called him a name (albeit a terrible one that horribly hurt him). Nonetheless, per Rabbi Warburg's article in Tradition (Spring 2012), occasionally Jewish courts have ruled that extrajudicial measures may be necessary as a matter of public policy, and have awarded damages for verbal abuse as well.


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In answering a question on this site yesterday, I was led to introduce a non-separated scheme, which I said was normal.
However when I tried to check the definition of "normal scheme" in EGA , in order to make sure that "normal" didn't have "separated" in its definition, I was surprised to find that I couldn't find the definition, although "normal prescheme" is used in many places (which seems to indicate that normal doesn't imply separated, else the authors would have said normal scheme: schemes were supposed to be separated in contradistinction to preschemes).
Another ambiguity: it is not clear to me whether for Grothendieck-Dieudonné, "normal" only depends on the local rings of the scheme : do they consider that the spectrum of the product of two copies of a field $k$ is normal, even though $k\times k$ is not a domain, hence not an integrally closed domain ?
[My guess is "yes", but I don't want to guess]
So, my question is:Do the EGA contain a definition of "normal (pre)scheme" ?
I'm interested because I have never used a definition at odds with EGA, and I have no intention to start now...


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I am trying to replicate the functionality of the page below where there are two tabs (Lady Gaga and Enrique Iglesias) which force users to like a page before they are able to use the app. With the latest Facebook changes is it still possible to be done? I am in the process of building my first app have been googling for the past week and have not gotten anywhere. I am literally pulling my hair :(. I hope somebody can help. Thanks in advance,


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Kind of, based on the provisions of the 2.5 dimensions of D&D.
Therefore, the original rules presume a 2d landscape. Walls, however, extend for a length in the vertical dimension as a function of their spell. There is no restriction that the contiguous squares be the bottom-most square, therefore there is no rule against it.
There is also no rule for it, as the wording deals only with two (and a half) dimensions. As the verticality of the wall is not a function of its dimensionality, but rather its power wording... this is one of those "ask your GM" grey areas that isn't much fun at all in this game.


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When stating an estimation of the accuracy of my measurements (of electric current, in this case) would I state that it is equal to the residual error, or the limit of reading? (in this case, ±0.2 or ±0.01). Why?
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I am in the process of redesigning my portfolio and I was planning to use create a portfolio with a filter, like this example.
Though my initial plan was to have just two major categories, namely user experience projects and website design, I've realized that I could include other stuff relevant to my UX experience, as such as heuristic evaluation reports, Fitts's law evaluations, contextual enquiries, stand-alone wireframes, and prototypes.
Now, the question is what category would these fall into since they are technically not projects on their own but rather small deliverables, which were completed independently.
This might not be a strictly UX question as such but I can't think of a better forum to ask since I am pretty sure this is a challenge a lot of designers might face while designing their portfolio.


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I have a box with known bounding coordinates (latitudes and longitudes):
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P to any point
I need a function that tells me whether this point is inside or outside the box.


text: ...and I have just about 10 days of playing time behind me, should I seek help? I've been to work normally, but have been sick for two times during the last month and played plenty during those times, but I still feel like a bad person for playing so much. I'm so totally addicted. First I spent three seasons at Leeds and then took over at Tottenham and am at my fifth season there. I just realized that there must be something wrong with me.


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Revision as of 15:50, 25 March 2014 by 184.108.40.206 (Talk)
A teaching collaboration on how to organize and analyze information in physical memory and on media.
We meet once a week for presentations and discussion of problem sets.
Participants work on problems outside of the weekly meeting.
Summary: File:Day1-20140317.pdf
Glossary: File:Glossary-20140317.pdf
Organization of Presentations
- Announcements
- New Topics
- New Problem
- Question / Answer; New Topics & Problems
- Question / Answer; Old Topics & Problems
We hope to record presentations on video, then upload to the creative commons.