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6 Movies With Political Agendas You Didn't Notice
Here's the thing, Hollywood: If you're making a movie about, say, the plight of homeless veterans, then by all means feel free to insert a political message into that. The audience might not agree with it, but you're fully in your rights to make a movie with a message. You'll probably even win an Oscar for it. But if your movie is about, say, giant robots or ghost police, that's probably not the time to try to cram in some message about how we should vote next November.
So try to learn the lesson from movies like ...
#6. The Dark Knight -- Batman Kidnaps Foreign Citizens (Just Like the CIA)
The Scene:
It's a subplot that largely gets forgotten in a movie that winds up being all about the Joker. At the beginning, a guy named Lau, the accountant of all the mobsters in Gotham City, flies to Hong Kong to hide their money. Lt. Gordon really needs to interrogate Lau, but obviously Asia is a little outside his jurisdiction. No problem: His pal the Batman simply flies over to China, grabs the accountant from his highly protected office and escapes back to Gotham by reverse-parachuting up into an airplane. It's kind of awesome.
Above: The audience's expression during this scene.
The Intended Point:
We've mentioned before that The Dark Knight is an allegory for everything about the War on Terror, and this sequence is undoubtedly the most transparent attempt by Christopher Nolan to draw a parallel between Batman and George Bush (OK, maybe it's second after the "We have to tap every citizen's phone for their own safety" thing). Swooping into Hong Kong and dragging Lau back to Gotham to be interrogated is supposed to mimic the CIA's controversial policy of forcibly extraditing citizens from foreign countries and dropping them at Guantanamo, while dressed like bats.
How It Messes Up the Plot:
Some of you are already thinking, "What? Where the hell are you getting this Bush stuff from? Why can't it just be a cool scene?" But stop and think about how the whole sequence sticks out like a sore thumb. First, how often do you even see Batman leaving Gotham, in any film incarnation? This is Batman, not Mission: Impossible. Spectacular globetrotting raid missions isn't what Batman does.
Somebody get CBS on the horn!
But more importantly, taking Batman out of the country creates a bunch of weird inconsistencies. For example, to set up the whole thing, there's a scene where Gordon and Harvey Dent talk about how Batman could retrieve Lau from Hong Kong since he's "under no one's jurisdiction" (and the Joker says pretty much the same thing to the mobsters). But why would they even assume that Batman has the resources to pull that off? They don't know he's a billionaire.
Think about the strings that would have to get pulled, not just to perform that elaborate kidnapping under the noses of all of this guy's armed guards (in his own building, in his home country), but to then get out of the country after. We're talking about escaping who knows how many police waiting on the ground at every nearby airport and/or all of the jet fighters that Hong Kong would use to intercept the slow-flying plane that just took one of their citizens hostage. It's the kind of operation that very few governments could pull off, yet Dent and Gordon are saying, "Yeah, our local costumed vigilante could do it for us."
This also means that you have to think of a very convincing alibi for Bruce Wayne -- by the way, "He absconded with the entire Russian ballet" isn't one, because there's an entire Russian ballet that knows it isn't true.
"Bruce is the old British dude, right?"
And it wouldn't have been hard for somebody to figure it out after the fact. Lau disappeared right after meeting with a Wayne Enterprises employee (Morgan Freeman), who traveled across the world for basically no reason. Did no one think that was weird?
The point to all of this is, why does the movie introduce all of those complications? If you just wanted that cool skyscraper/plane scene, couldn't the accountant have escaped to Denver or Metropolis or something? No, they wanted to insert that whole bit about how justice trumps those petty rules about "jurisdiction" and "the sovereignty of other countries." Besides, cutting it would mean that Nolan would have been left with just the other 19 allusions to the War on Terror in the movie, and we can't have that.
#5. Ghostbusters -- If You Give the Federal Government Too Much Power, Ghosts!
The Scene:
After successfully busting ghosts all over New York City, and while attempting to prevent the summoning of an ancient Sumerian god, the Ghostbusters are visited by Environmental Protection Agency representative Walter Peck (aka "Dickless") who demands that they immediately shut off the nuclear-powered ghost containment unit in their basement.
"And this, random man off the street, is our wildly illegal nuclear battery."
Despite the protests from both the Busters and the mechanic Peck brought along to do his dirty work, the unit is shut down, releasing hundreds of ghosts into the city all at once.
The Intended Point:
So, the plot point was "ghosts escape and wreak havoc." But why did it have to be due to the EPA? Why couldn't it have been due to, say, some wacky accident? Or some super strong ghost breaking containment? Or one of the two possessed characters turning off the machine under the influence of the giant demon dogs? Because this was the Reagan '80s, and so the villain had to be a weasely dickless government bureaucrat, to shoehorn in some point about how, damn it, the EPA just shouldn't stick its nose into private enterprises.
Honestly, how are entrepreneurs expected to prevent the coming of destructive deities with the federal government imposing all of these oppressive regulations on their businesses?
"If you cut me, do I not bleed money?"
How It Messes Up the Plot:
Wait a second. Why is that scene in the movie at all?
Remember all those ghosts we just mentioned being released, causing havoc across the city? If you do, then congratulations on having a better memory than the writers of this movie, because no one ever busts these ghosts. After the authorities let the Ghostbusters free, they charge off to rescue Sigourney Weaver from the aforementioned Sumerian god, Gozer. They succeed, cover the EPA douchebag with ectoplasmic marshmallow goo ...
Boiling to death in molten sugar is a fair penalty for diligence.
... and call it a day, driving off while dramatic music plays, leaving the city in the grips of a rampaging army of pissed-off supernatural beings.
"Thus solving the problem forever!"
Once you realize that they never deal with the ghosts, it's painfully obvious that this scene has no real purpose in the movie. Its only connection to the plot are the two seconds where we see the possessed Rick Moranis sort of staying behind -- the Ghostbusters lose track of him and he goes off and releases Gozer, but that could have easily happened without forcing the EPA into the story to make a point, especially since they weren't exactly keeping a tight leash on Moranis on the first place.
Also, why would a machine designed to contain ghosts use nuclear power? Remember, that's what brings the EPA to the Ghostbusters' doorstep: They were operating a nuclear device in the middle of New York City and apparently didn't even bother to get the necessary permits. But hey, at least we got some great one-liners out of the whole situation.
#4. Saw VI -- Jigsaw Pushes for Health Insurance Reform
The Scene:
The Saw series focuses on a serial killer called Jigsaw who tortures people in intricate ways, but only to "test their will to live" (the makers of these films probably use the same excuse). In the sixth movie, a flashback sequence shows Jigsaw arguing with his insurance provider about their refusal to pay for his experimental cancer treatment.
"I'm sorry, sir, we just can't justify $30 million for a 1:100 dilution of aspirin."
After some unconvincing displays of sympathy from the sleazy insurance guy, Jigsaw calls him out on his bullshit and says:
These politicians keep saying that decisions should be made by doctors and their patients, not by the government, but now I know that decisions aren't made by doctors or patients, or the government. They're made by the fucking insurance companies.
While he says this, we see a TV with Hillary Clinton on it.
Because subtlety can suck it.
The Intended Point:
Jigsaw is saying that other parties (such as insurance companies) shouldn't make decisions about your personal health. Jigsaw may be the one who kills people, but the real villain in this movie is the greedy businessman -- in fact, he literally keeps a tank of piranhas in his office.
"Do you like my pets, Mr. Bon- Kramer, I mean Kramer."
How It Messes Up the Plot:
Wait, no, the serial killer is definitely the villain here, and a hypocrite to boot: We're pretty sure tying people to torture devices, chopping off their limbs and bleeding them to death counts as "making decisions about their personal health." Bear in mind that Jigsaw's philosophy throughout the seven movies is "Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life" -- he keeps insisting that he only tortures people to make them stronger.
"Just think how much faster you'll run without that extra arm weighing you down!"
And yet, by that logic, the insurance guy was only "helping" Jigsaw (and who knows how many more people) by denying him coverage for his cancer treatment. Jigsaw's speech makes absolutely no sense in the context of these movies. Any point those words were trying to make is immediately obscured by the fact that, a few scenes earlier, the person saying them was forcing a guy to cut open his own stomach while screws were drilled into his temples.
"This hurts me more than it hurts you."
That's the problem with moralizing in a franchise where your only consistent character is a serial torture-murderer. Insurance companies can be shady as shit, but it's hard to make anyone look like the bad guy when they're standing next to someone whose signature is cutting jigsaw pieces out of his victims' skin after he kills them. Even Halliburton looks good compared to that.


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I can't easily find a left handed bass guitar. Can I restring the bass to be for a leftie (reverse the ordering of the strings)?
I think that you can do this with an electric guitar, for sure with an accoustic guitar.
I can't easily find a left handed bass guitar. Can I restring the bass to be for a leftie (reverse the ordering of the strings)?
I think that you can do this with an electric guitar, for sure with an accoustic guitar.
Sure, of course you can. But getting it to playable condition won't be quite so simple. You'll have to re-adjust the bridge to account for the fact that the thickest string is now located where the thinnest string was, and vice-versa. If you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself (although it's pretty easy), any competent guitar tech will do it for around $25 or so.
Depending on the pickups on your bass (I'm thinking of P-pickups in particular), you'll get a slightly different sound than you would have gotten if you hadn't restrung it. This isn't a bad thing, just something to be aware of. You may also have to adjust the pickup heights, for the same reasons that you'll want to adjust the bridge.
Finally, the ergonomics of the bass will be a bit strange. Your left forearm will rest near where the knobs are, the formerly-upper-now-lower bout of the bass will restrict access to the upper frets, etc. None of this is a deal-breaker, but you may find it a bit awkward at first. If you haven't yet purchased a bass, you might want to try several different models in your preferred playing position to see if any of them feel more physically comfortable.
You say you think this can be done with electric guitar, and of course you're right: Jimi Hendrix played right-handed Strats that he re-strung, turned upside down, and played left-handed. If the greatest guitar virtuoso ever can get by playing right-handed guitars left-handed, so can you.
If everything else is OK (what the other answer talks about), you would need to reverse the nut if possible or get a new one. The larger strings won't fit into the grooves for the smaller ones, and the small strings will be too lose in the large grooves.

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Bach without a score
Bernard Bach's Michelin-starred restaurant is located in the little village of Pujaudran, not far from the Airbus plant in Toulouse. This closeness to Toulouse is a source of great inspiration to him. His culinary skills are sufficiently well-known for his customers to be prepared to travel even longer distances in order to enjoy his delicious creations.
Bernard Bach was born in 1961. He learnt his craft with renowned French chefs and in 1995 moved to Porto-Vecchio on Corsica, where he was awarded a Michelin star for his culinary expertise in 1997. In 1999, he returned home with his wife Anne to Pujaudran and took over the Le Puits Saint Jacques restaurant. He not only retained the star held by his predecessor at the restaurant, but even received a second Michelin star for his culinary skills in 2008.
We could not have chosen anyone more appropriate than Bernard Bach to create our in-flight menus, for Bach and our A380 not only hail from the same region, they also share the same goals — further, higher, better.
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5 Amazing Advances That Are About to Make Hard Work Obsolete
#2. Food Delivered Via High-Speed Tubes
Eating is a lot like dating: Everyone loves the end result, but it would be so much better if we could just turn on the tap and have it fire burritos and genitals our way without all of the preliminary effort. Sure, we no longer have to hunt or gather for our food, but shouldn't mankind be taking the extra step that keeps us from actually having to get up at all?
"... and then I decided, 'fuck legs.'"
Science to the Rescue
Lucky for us, FoodTubes is giving evolution a kick in the pants by working to transform our species from hunters and gathers into sitters and inhalers.
FoodTubes is a U.K.-based program that promises a food delivery system hearkening back to the old-timey pneumatic postal systems that crisscrossed many major cities back in the late 19th century. This guy will explain using his rudimentary PowerPoint skills and his best David Attenborough impression:
The idea is that computer-controlled linear induction motors would move consumer goods in lightweight cargo capsules through an intricate series of underground pipelines connecting homes to grocery stores. Each capsule would be routed similarly to how an Internet data packet is transported across the Web today. There would be thousands of terminals in homes, schools, and waste management facilities -- essentially eliminating the need for traditional cargo transport in many cases.
What initially appears to border on batshit crazy starts to make more sense when you realize that we rely on these exact types of systems to deal with sewage, water, and natural gas every freaking day. It also costs a dick-ton less to maintain an underground pipeline than it does to constantly resurface all those highways and roads that are continually getting pummeled by semis and delivery vans.
Plus, open-world video games have taught us that when a semi is around, bad shit happens.
What we're trying to say is that soon we may be feeding the masses by shoving sandwiches into those bank tubes your parents use to deposit checks (yes, checks are still things, last time we checked). So turn on the tap, baby, 'cause Jimmy John's ain't got shit on the future.
#1. Learning Via Information Injected Directly into Your Brain
There comes a time in every person's life when, lazy or not, they want or need to learn a new skill. But goddamn, learning stuff is hard -- hours upon hours of studying and practice, sometimes requiring you to actually leave the house. Well, learning may be about to get a whole hell of a lot simpler, because scientists are ripping a page directly out of The Matrix and waving their science wands at it to turn it into a reality.
"When I said 'show me,' I meant for you to demonstrate your kung fu -- not show me the scans, smartass."
Science to the Rescue
We couldn't put it much better than the National Science Foundation press release:
"New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress, or hit a curveball with little or no conscious effort."
"He's not playing with it ... he's building it."
In case all you saw there was "Blah blah little or no conscious effort FUCK YES," allow us to elaborate: Research conducted at Boston University and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, demonstrated that it's possible to use decoded functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the brain activity patterns of, say, a professional athlete and then, by using visual stimuli to recreate those same patterns in a target subject's brain, improve that subject's level of performance in that particular skill. And perhaps most interestingly, "the approach worked even when test subjects were not aware of what they were learning." That's right: Science is figuring out how to beam knowledge directly from one person's brain to another.
The research is in its early stages, but for anyone with even a passing interest in sci-fi, this conjures up a possible future in which you'll be able to download a concert pianist brain app on your smartphone and then, after a few short hours of staring at patterns on your screen, your new nickname's Beethoven ... along with everyone else who got the urge to become a concert pianist that day, but still.
And on that day, every magician in the world suddenly lost his source of income.
Of course, it's clear that such a technology could never really take off, because everyone knows that the true reward of perfecting a skill lies in all the heavy lifting and sweat that you pour into achieving your goals. Ahahaha! Shit! Sorry, we're just messing with you.
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I am currently developing a game that includes a server and some clients. Currently, the server does its work based on user input then draws the image the clients should see and sends it. Unfortunately, the server's time is taken up almost exclusively by the drawing and encoding. Is there a better way for me to design this?
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J. R. R. Tolkien's youth in Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, a Birds' Eye View in 1904.
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Tolkien's lodgings in Edgbaston
In 1902 the Tolkiens moved across Birmingham to a house in Edgbaston to be near the Oratory church. To save money Tolkien was removed from King Edward's, he and his brother Hilary were enrolled at the school attached to the Oratory, St. Philip's, in April 2002. Ronald was only there for one term. With coaching from his mother he gained a scholarship for free tuition at King Edward's, and returned there in January 1903. The Tolkiens had little money, Mabel had a small income from South African shares left to her by Arthur. Her brother-in-law Walter Incledon had given some help, but he stopped when she converted to Catholicism in 1900.
Perhaps because of stress caused by money worries Mabel developed diabetes late in 1903. There was no effective treatment in those days, and she died in November 1904.
She and the boys had been staying at the postman's cottage in Rednal, next to the Oratory Retreat in the Lickey Hills on the southern edge of Birmingham. Mabel had appointed Father Francis Xavier Morgan, a priest of the Oratory, to be the boys' guardian. In December the boys stayed with a Tolkien uncle and aunt in King's Norton, Birmingham. In January 1905 Hilary Tolkien started at King Edward's School. For the next three years the brothers lived in Stirling Road, Edgbaston, with their aunt Beatrice. She was the widow of William Suffield, Mabel's younger brother, he had also died in 1904.
From early 1908 the brothers moved a short distance to lodge at the Faulkners, 37 Duchess Road, Edgbaston. Tolkien commented many years later that the duchess was rather decayed! They were close to Edgbaston Canal Reservoir, set in a large park where there were entertainments, and sailing on the lake. On the way from Duchess Road to the park there are two towers, the Waterworks Chimney, and Perrott's Folly.
Perrott's Folly, Edgbaston, 1994
Perrott's Folly was built in 1758, possibly as a hunting-lodge. It is 96 foot high, and offers an excellent view for miles, of Birmingham's hills and trees, and beyond. From 1884 until the 1970s it was used as a weather observatory, and the brothers could have seen the equipment on top. It has been suggested that Perrott's Folly and the Waterworks Chimney may have inspired the title of The Two Towers. For more about this see: The Two Towers
In 1908 Tolkien met and fell in love with his future wife, Edith Bratt. She was also lodging with the Faulkners; like the Tolkien brothers she was an orphan. One afternoon late in 1909 they cycled out to the Lickeys and had tea in Rednal.
Rednal Hill from the south-west
Father Francis Morgan heard about this excursion. He disapproved of the relationship as he considered Tolkien should be devoting all his time to his studies; it was essential that he win a scholarship if he wished to go to university. Father Francis forbade Tolkien to see or contact Edith for the next three years, until he came of age. From January 1910 the brothers lived in new lodgings in Highfield Road, very close to the Oratory. Eventually Ronald and Edith got married in 1916, just before he left to fight in France.
King Edward's School in New Street, Birmingham, circa 1890
King Edward's School was of fundamental importance to Tolkien's future life and career. It was then in New Street in the centre of Birmingham. The school had been rebuilt in 1836, designed by Sir Charles Barry who would later design the Houses of Parliament. Eventually in December 1910 Tolkien gained an exhibition - a form of scholarship - to study classics at Exeter College, part of the University of Oxford. He stayed at school until July 1911, and left Birmingham for Oxford in October.
King Edward's School, Birmingham
King Edward's School Sports Day, July 1909 Tolkien was an enthusiastic participant in various activities organised by the School Club. He became captain of his house rugby team, and wrote an epic poem about one match in February 1911 for the school magazine. As Secretary of the School Debating Society he was described in the school magazine as 'ever-active' and 'ingenious', and accused of 'highwaymanism'. He also enjoyed acting. He was one of the school librarians, he and his friends would meet in the school library to have illicit picnics, brewing tea over a small stove. They then started to go to the cafe over Barrow's Stores in Corporation Street at lunchtime.
Barrows cafe circa 1905, from the Arts and Industries magazine
After Tolkien had left this was described jokingly by Christopher Wiseman, one of his friends, as the T.C.B.S. - Tea Club Barrovian Society. The friends would discuss language, literature, mythology as well as music, art and current affairs. To discover more about them select Tolkien and his Circle
Several of Tolkien's relatives (Thomas Ewart Mitton, cousin) attended King Edward's School; one younger cousin had a volume of poetry published after his death in the First World War.
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text: Hailed by some as the worst sitcom in television history, Small Wonder (1985-1989) is going to come to DVD on February 16, 2010. Basically, its about an inventor who creates a little female robot named V.I.C.I. who creates havoc in the household. I'm not denying I saw this show when I was a kid, but it somehow seems criminal that we have to deal with slop like this while The Wonder Years and Batman are still having trouble being released. Is anybody truly going to pick this up?


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Pregnancy: Interviewing Your Doctor
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Who is the doctor's backup?8. Will you personally be delivering my baby or another doctor? Who is your backup?
I will do my very best to be the doctor who will deliver your baby; however, it is possible I may not be available on the very day you go into labor. If that situation does arrive, then a close associate of mine would be asked to deliver you and manage your labor and delivery. And I would introduce you to various providers in my group who might deliver you.
The doctor should know her vacation schedule and more or less whether or not she will be out of town around the time of your delivery. All doctors have backups. You need to know who the backup is and have a name to call if necessary, although the hospital should also have the backup name on file for your doctor and will also place the call.
9. Will my charts be available if you're not the doctor?
Yes the short answer.
If you were to deliver at a different hospital than planned, your records would be sent over or faxed from the hospital you'd chosen. If the delivery is after hours, there is someone who may have access to the doctor's records. Some hospitals still use paper documentation, but increasingly, more hospitals use electronic documentation, so they will have immediate access to files.
10. When should I call you if I have a problem and what type of problem would necessitate a call?
Whenever you have a concern that you're not sure about, then that's good enough for me. Call and ask because you may have a serious question or problem. If you're unsure, then call anyway. It's better to be safe.
At times, symptoms may be considered minor, yet at the same time, they may provoke anxiety or concern in the patient about how well the pregnancy is going. If a patient is concerned, she should not hesitate to call her doctor. At other times, symptoms may be more obvious, for example, vaginal bleeding or unusual pain that is not improving or any type of leakage that could indicate her bag of water might have broken. At this point, there would be concerns about infection. Or perhaps the baby hasn't moved when the mother knows it should. These are all examples of problems that should be addressed immediately.
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Unfortunately I am very ignorant when it comes to mathematics. Please understand and forgive me if this question reflects that. Thank you!
I have an observation: Every curve and every circle in the real world is really just a bunch of straight lines and angles. There is no "real" curve that can be seen.
Take any circle. At some point in the circle, however miniscule, is a straight line. Even if to see it you would have to use a microscope that is so powerful it doesn't exist, in theory the straight line has to be there. If it weren't, the curvature of the circle would be so sharp that it would converge on itself. Now take it one step further. If you'd take a microscope to any point in a curve, if you take a small enough space, you'll find a straight line. For the same reason – if it isn't straight even as you go infinitely small, then at that point it has to keep curving infinitely, which means it should converge on itself. Since it doesn't, there must be a straight line there. To get to the next point, also a straight line, there must be an angle.
Is this correct?


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I have a form that allows anonymous users to submit parking requests. I have an approval workflow set up but it won't start because anonymous users don't have permission to do so. Would an event handler make it possible to run the workflow on ItemAdded regardless of who adds it?
Is this currently a Visual Studio workflow, or a SP Designer workflow? Also, is this SP2010 or 2007? If it's SPD, and you're on 2010, you can now wrap your actions in an Elevated block directly in Designer.
If you're already in Visual Studio, you can follow Ybbest's suggestion and run the code with Elevated Privileges.
You can wrap up you code in a elevated privileges code block in your event handler.It is similar to impersonation used in asp.net.You can have a look at the following example. http://code-journey.com/2010/run-code-with-elevated-privileges-in-sharepoint/
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The Long Suffering Husband is smart. Well, for the most part - he did marry me, after all, implying he might not be as smart as I think.
He is especially talented with math, and he adores spread sheets and calculations. He's held dominion over the household finances for about a decade now, calculating income and outgoing bills and charting our mortgage in order to pay it off early.
Once upon a time, I handled the household bills, until he staged a coup d'etat after I badly bungled balancing the checkbook. Twice.
The first time, he figured out I'd squirreled away a couple hundred dollars in the checking account by rounding every check up to the next dollar ... for several years. In my defense, this made the math easier and also offered me a cushion in case I might overdraw. It drove him bonkers. I maintained having a few hundred dollars you didn't know you had was a good thing. He gnashed his teeth because of accuracy. Or something. Anyway, I was to keep an accurate accounting, because otherwise his head would explode.
The second time was a simple typo. I was to pay off a credit card, so I wrote the $800 check and sent it off. Then I started bouncing checks like I was in an extreme trampoline competition. I couldn't understand it - I had hundreds of dollars in the bank. Then I looked in the checkbook, where I'd written that $800 check as $80 ... and had subtracted $80 from the account. Oopsie.
Of course, if I still had my rounding-up cushion, I wouldn't have bounced any checks. The argument fell on deaf ears, and I was barred from balancing.
It's OK. I'm happier not doing all that math and stressing over the imbalance in the in and out columns, while he gets to play with banking suites, accounting programs and spread sheets. He's more suited to it, and I think he not-so-secretly enjoys it.
Because, you know, he's really smart ... but not smarter than my espresso machine.
A recent busy Sunday looked like we were headed out the door without my having a chance to consume my morning coffee. I'm not exactly the sweetest even with my morning java jolt, so he tried to make me a latte.
Tried being the operative word. It didn't occur to him that I put more water in the machine than he needed for coffee so there would be steam left to froth the milk. Then he turned it on and walked away. Very shortly, there was weak coffee all over the counter and the pungent aroma of burning coffee hanging in the air.
I should have known better when he had to ask me how to turn it on - it has three settings, one marked "off," a second with the illustration of a coffee cup for brewing and a third, illustrated with a puff of steam, for frothing.
I tried not to laugh; really, I did.
"It's not a complicated machine," I said. "It has three settings. Common sense should tell you that you need additional water for steam so you can froth the milk."
He sopped up the coffee and sulked. "You didn't tell me I had to watch it the entire time."
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This morning the Vatican announced the revised membership of the influential Congregation for Bishops--that would be the body that recommends the men who run Catholic dioceses around the world. Pope Francis confirmed Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the congregation, but he removed ultraconservative Cardinal Raymond Burke--he of the substantial vestment--and Cardinal Justin Rigali, long known as a bishopmaker in the U.S. church. The pope added Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., as well as Cardinal João Braz de Aviz--a semi-papabile who has said that the crackdown on U.S. women religious caused him "much pain."
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- confirmed Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;
- appointed the following as members of the same dicastery: Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico; Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, U.S.A.; Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia; Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life; Archbishop Pietro Parolin, secretary of State; Archbishop Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops; Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols of Westminster, Great Britain; Archbishop Paolo Rabitti, emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy; Archbishop Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, Italy; Bishop Felix Genn of Munster, Germany;
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Chicago is due to get a new archbishop soon - so this is of interest.
Big deal - I agree.
For us here in California, this can't be good news for the upwardly ambitious SF archbishop Salvatore Cordileone - rumor had it that he lusted after the red hat that came with Chicago.
Cordileone is so very devoted to, and modeled himself after, his beloved mentor and patrone, and clerical fashion-ista and right-wing reactionary ideologue Raymond Burke - poor thing, to be pushed aside after all those years of obsequious grovelling.
Chicago: How about Archbishop Wilton Gregory? A native of the great city.
Margaret - he'd be a great choice. He was an auxiliary bishop here for a number of years already.
I hope Albany gets a good bishop. I''ve always admired Bishop Hubbard from afar; he seems very pastoral.
I realize that this is a silly question, but I'll ask it anyway. In light of Francis' expressed interest in giving women meaningful positions (non cardinalate, of course!) in the church, could not there be a woman member of dicasteries such as this? Is it cast in stone somewhere that members of commissions that recommend the appointment of bishops all be ordained males over the age of 60?
As someone who spends time in Maine, I hope that the diocese of Portland gets a good pastoral leader who can undo some of the damage done by Bishop Malone, who really is a good man and should have known better.
The removal of Crdinals Rigali and Burke is wonderful, but I imagine theri influence will yet be felt in other ways. Magna cappa, anyone?
Yes, those removals are splendid news. But what about the other members of that dicastery who are being retained? They include Pell and Levada, both highly conservative. And some of the others (I don't know anything about them) might also be extremely conservative. Hmm. Maybe the news isn't all that good.
One other question: why are there so very many members of the dicastery? Its sheer size would seem to promise inefficiency.
It is an understatement to call this a big deal. Francis is working on denting the Empire and replacing it with the Gospel. Angelo Roncalli paved the way.
Bill Mazella,
There is a reason he was referred to by my parents and their friends as "Good Pope John." Almost as if it were part of his official title. I think we may not be far from bringing that name out of mothballs. Good pope Francis had a nice ring, no?
Jim P - good ole Bobbie Barron is lusting after George's seat. And, of course, any of the other IL bishops think they deserve it - Paprocki, Braxton, Jenky.
Yep, the process is beginning.
Was in Rome in October and visited the Basilica of Mary Major - given the size of that apartment, it has room for Burke and Law together.
And in the same interview he squashes the idea of women cardinals.
Mr. deHaas,
You seem to have been gifted with insight into Father Barron's heart. May I suggest that we might profit from Pope Francis' insight in Evangelii Gaudium:
"98. How many wars take place within the people of God and in our different communities! In our neighbourhoods and in the workplace, how many wars are caused by envy and jealousy, even among Christians! Spiritual worldliness leads some Christians to war with other Christians who stand in the way of their quest for power, prestige, pleasure and economic security. Some are even no longer content to live as part of the greater Church community but stoke a spirit of exclusivity, creating an "inner circle". Instead of belonging to the whole Church in all its rich variety, they belong to this or that group which thinks itself different or special."
Ms. Steifels and Dcn. Pauwels,
Could you be referring to the same Wilton Gregory, who as President of the USCCB in 2002 declared ceremoniously at the annual meeting in Dallas, of all places, that the sex abuse scandal was behind them? Do you still want this careerist to be Archbishop of Chicago?
The most charitable explanation of Bishop Burke's fashion sense is that the vestments existed long before he had occasion to wear them, and he wasn't going to let them hang in the closet unused. Understand, I don't know if that's true, but even if it is...
Wretched excess much? His cape must be longer than the train on Princess Diana's wedding gown.
Anybody who dresses up like Cardinal Burke can't see the difference between Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. His judgment is not to be trusted.
I was intrigued by the only bishop on the list of appointees, Bishop Felix Genn. In the hope of uncovering what may have brought him to Pope Francis's attention, I googled him. There is not much in English. He is most noted on the English-language internets for following that well-known gospel mandate, "If someone strikes you with a broomstick, whack him back with a thurible."
There is also something on a very conservative Catholic blog complaining that he is overly repentant about clergy abuse.
Hoping the latter aspect of his character is what Francis is looking for. Maybe it's a combo – Francis is looking for? Someone who will swing a swift and forceful thurible at churchmen* who fail in their sacred duty to protect children.
*Deliberately using non-inclusive language since women have so little authority in the church and bear next to no responsibility for the abuse crisis
When are the bishops going to decide to stop wearing mitres and all the rest of it?
Why can't ordained men dress like normal people?
What is the purpose of the wardrobes, the vestments, the jewelry?
"OVERLY REPENTANT about clergy abuse?" My jaw just dropped to about the South Pole.
And people who profess to be Catholic wonder why fellow Catholics have left the Church over the abuse scandals.
My brother and I have long joked about becoming Pope,(long story how it started) though as married fathers of 2 and 3 it seems unlikely. We both agreed that upon appointment we would immediately replace mitres with baseball caps. Not out of any sense of wardrobe modernization, but because we figure we'd probably get smacked for blocking the view of people behind us in our new summer Vatican to be established in the Fenway Park Bleachers. My brother has suggested that as Pope he might move to box seats, but I, Francis-like, intend to stay in center field with the real fans.
Surely the only thing more ridiculous than a capa magna is a grown man in a ball cap. Plus the theurgic utility of the mitre must be greater.
Agree that mitres, like big masks, etc., are theurgic. Taking them off would be like ripping the curtain from the Wizard of Oz. For a magician to give up his top hat is tough/impossible. You can't pull a rabbit out of a baseball cap.
(Interesting story on front page NYT this morning about the auction of Hopi artifacts: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/design/secret-bids-guide-hopi-ind... )
I think that ritualization, which includes garments, is essential to religion, and so I was not being dismissive of them. Now, with respect to the non-cultic dimensions of the garments, that is more complicated.
Agree that the robes, masks, hats, aspergilla, etc., etc. are essential. Marching/dancing/processing, too. Chanting. Darkness/fire. Etc.
Strip it all away and the powerful become ordinary. Reduced to the lowity.
Yes, when ritual objects have distinctive religious meaning theycan be extremely valuable, even necessary. But when an object, e.g., the cappa magna, is perceived as outlandish it becomes severly distracting and defeats its own purpose.
Another great choice for Chicago would be Bishop George Murry, S.J. of Youngstown. He is also former Auxialry in Chicago. And surely, Pope Francis should be cognizant that the Jesuits need to fill his now-vacant seat in the College of Cardinals!!!
Do Cardinals move around? I think Cardinal Dolan would be a terrific choice for Chicago; plus he's from the MIdwest originally.
Fr. Imbelli - you, again, seem to be gifted with insight into Mr. deHaas's heart. Sorry, it works both ways and your condescension is not appreciated.
You just might have to realize that Fr. Barron may be known by many of us (just not you) and that our experiences of him may be very different...and thus, our comments and opinions may be different.
I could also post numerous quotes from Francis and apply those to clerics such as Barron.
Please preach to someone else - your students?


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Hi All,
Thanks in advanced for looking into the issue. I have a extjs page with multiple drop downs and you'd have to click on the image icon so see the dropdown list.
This is the code below will select the image for the drop down list in Selenium IDE
//img[contains(@class, 'x-form-trigger x-form-arrow-trigger')]
after the image icon is pressed below is the code to select the item for from the drop down
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the issue is the //img class "x-form-trigger x-form-arrow-trigger" has the same class names for all the dropdowns on the page.
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selecting multiple drop down images.
//div[@class='x-layer x-editor x-small-editor x-grid-editor'][2]/div[contains(@class,'x-form-field-wrap')]/parent::*//img
In the above xpath [2] represents which column you are presently.
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One could try to apply the Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence to the pullback diagram • → X ← •, obtaining a spectral sequence TorH•(X, R)(R, R) => H•(ΩX, R), but could there be differentials or extension problems which differ for different spaces X with the same cohomology ring?
Tyler's comment to my earlier answer seems to give a solution; he suggests comparing the space $T=(S^3\vee S^3)\cup\_{[x,[x,y]]} e^8$ with a wedge $S^3\vee S^3\vee S^8$. It's probably easier to think about homology with the Pontryagin product. Homology of loops on on the wedge will be a tensor algebra on classes in 2,2,7 (since it's loops of a suspension). The homology of loops on Tyler-space $T$ should differ in dimension 6: the homology class [x,[x,y]] will be 0 (where x,y are now the homology generators in dimension 2), "killed" by the new attaching map. So H_6 (and thus H^6) of the two spaces have different rank.
To make this explicit, we have $S^7 \xrightarrow{f} X \rightarrow T$, where X is the wedge of two 3-spheres. The restriction of $\Omega f: \Omega S^7 \to \Omega X$ is a map $S^6 \to \Omega X$ adjoint to f, and on homology this hits the homology class corresponding to the [x,[x,y]]. The result follows because $\Omega S^7 \to \Omega X \to \Omega T$ is null homotopic. (I'm basically using the Hilton-Milnor theorem to understand $\Omega X$.)
Well, simply connected Lie groups tend to have cohomology which is an exterior algebra. For instance, SU and X = S3 x S5 x S7 x ... have the same cohomology ring. But ΩSU=BU, and ΩX isn't. Since each H∗ΩSn is a divided power algebra, while H∗BU is a polynomial algebra, this should provide a counterexample, I think. I'm guessing this shows up in the Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence as a non-trivial extension problem.
Complementing the other answers in this thread: while the cohomology ring of a simply connected space does not determine the cohomology of the loop space, the rational cohomology viewed as an $A_\infty$-algebra does.
Namely, the cohomology of any $A_\infty$-algebra $A$ over $\mathbf{Q}$ (in particular, of any differential graded algebra) carries an $A_\infty$-structure such that there is an $A_\infty$ map $H^\ast(A)\to A$ inducing the identity in cohomology; this $A_\infty$ structure is unique up to a non-unique isomorphism. See e.g. Keller, Introduction to A-infinity algebras and modules, 3.3 and references therein. By taking $A$ to be the rational singular cochains of a topological space $X$ we get an $A_\infty$-structure on $H^\ast(X,\mathbf{Q})$.
To each $A_\infty$ algebra $H$ there corresponds a bar construction, which is a free differential coalgebra on $H$ shifted by 1 to the left (see e.g. 3.6 of Keller's paper mentioned above). It is an old result of Kadeishvili (see MR0580645) the that if $H$ is the cohomology of a simply-connected space $X$ with the above $A_\infty$-structure, then the cohomology of the bar construction is the cohomology of $\Omega (X)$.
This also explains why we should expect a negative answer to the question as it is stated: all components of the $A_\infty$ structure on the cohomology participate in the bar construction, and not just the product.
It seems hard to come up with an example in which the cohomology groups of the loop spaces differ. I imagine something like the following should produce an example, in the context of rational homotopy:
Find two rational commutative dgas A and B whose cohomology algebras are the same as rings, but which have different massey product structures. Then I think it's likely that the derived tensor products Q ⊗A Q and Q ⊗B Q will have different cohomology. I can't find an example small enough that I'd like to compute it, though.
My feeling is that Charles is on the right track with the answer above. But rather than looking for a counterexample, I think we should have a go at correcting the original question. Now I'm not quite sure over which rings the next statements work, possibly only over rings over a field of char 0. Perhaps someone knows the details better than I, but to make it work will probably require working with simplicial algebras as these carry a model structure over any ring.
The cochains of X carry a dg-algebra structure A. Since ΩX is the homotopy pullback of • → X ← • and taking cochains should preserve the relevant (co)limits (can someone help me here), then the cochains ring of ΩX is the homotopy pushout of k ← A → k, that is, the derived tensor product. We can then take cohomology.
For the next bit we probably do need characteristic 0. The cochains ring will be rather large, so to keep track of things we could take the cohomology, but remember the higher operations. Then as an infinity ring the cohomology H(A) will be quasi-isomorphic to A (which isn't necessarily true if we don't remember the higher operations). Then with that in mind we can calculate the derived form of k ⊗_H(A) k. Its cohomology should be the cohomology of the loop space.
It would be nice to have a counterexample though, how about complements of links, the cohomology rings aren't so bad to calculate (only depending on the number of links over the rationals at least). What about the loop spaces?


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Keith Davis wants long term position
Keith Davis is seeking the position of Alderman Ward 4 in the City of Carmi. This is his first foray into politics, however he noted in his questionnaire he has been attending council meetings and has received a copy of the city's budget and union contract agreements since turning in his petition.
Keith graduated from Bosse High School in Evansville, Ind., and is employed by Dillman Services in Carmi. He and his wife Jane (Gray) Davis have two children. Hope, 22, lives in Naperville and Jacob, 21, is a student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Keith is a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Carmi Elks Lodge. He enjoys spending time with family, boating, NASCAR and traveling.
WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST CHANGE YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IF ELECTED TO OFFICE? "I want to work with the mayor, city officials, city employees and other aldermen to make the best decisions for my ward and our city."
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN YOUR RACE FOR OFFICE? "I want to be an alderman for a long time, not just four years, so I can help make this a great community.
WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE CITY OF CARMI? "The community steps in and helps people in need and everybody works together in a disaster, such as the flood."
WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT THE CITY OF CARMI AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE OR CORRECT IT? "I believe we need to keep having growth in businesses and keep on improving the great community that we have."
WHAT ARE YOUR LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS? "Dedicated. Open-minded. Fresh approach. Willing to listen to the needs of the community."
WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE ELECTED TO THIS OFFICE? "So I can help the community have a voice in Ward 4 and to make the best decisions based on what the residents of Carmi want for our community."
GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PLATFORM? "I want to continue Mr. [Ralph] Anselment's ideas that he has been involved in for so many years and also bring my open mind, fresh ideas and help with the growth of Carmi."
OTHER COMMENTS: "I would like to thank everyone for their continued support and to thank The Carmi Times for this opportunity."
Leon Groves says all get equal treatment
Leon V. Groves is seeking the position of Alderman Ward 4 in the City of Carmi. He is also making his first foray into politics.
He has worked in newspaper printing for 20 years, including a stint as production manager for The Carmi Times. He was also employed by Webb Oil Co. for 27 years and Davis and Sons for seven years. He is currently working part-time for CPS Crop Production Services of Carmi.
Page 2 of 3 - Leon and his wife, Vonda (Hamblin) Groves, reside in Carmi and have three children, Lesa, Kent and Yvonne, and one grandson, Parker. Leon grew up in Evansville, Ind., but has been in Carmi for 37 years. His wife grew up near Epworth.
Leon is a member of the Lakeview Optimists, Lions Club, League of Arts, St. Jude and the Phoenix Foundation.
He enjoys researching the Holy Bible and being around people. Leon said he "never knows a stranger."
He feels his greatest accomplishment is helping others and seeing people that are now grown that remember him from their childhood for giving them a ride in the church van or a piece of bubble gum at a gas station where he used to work.
WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST CHANGE YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IF ELECTED TO OFFICE? "No one can do so without full agreement of the council. We still have a Democracy. But one thing I would like to see changed is a new fire station for the city. I have some idea of what can be done to accomplish this with little or no cost to the city."
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN YOUR RACE FOR OFFICE? "I generally get done what I set my head to. I feel I have been more involved in community activities."
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WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT THE CITY OF CARMI AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE OR CORRECT IT? "Not enough property owners taking pride in the place of their residence. By showing and encouraging them to take pride in Carmi and help make it a cleaner place."
WHAT ARE YOUR LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS? "Charter member, secretary-treasurer of Lakeview Optimists, Evansville, Ind.; 10-year fireman of Perry Township; Deacon of various local churches; production manager, Carmi Times; former member, Carmi Fire Department; Secretary and president, Lions Club; St. Jude's Bike-A-Thon coordinator for four years; coordinated fundraising for Phoenix Foundation; past member League of Arts; worked for Carmi Water Department; and on pastor's advisory council at New Beginning Church of God."
WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE ELECTED TO THIS OFFICE? "It is easy to lay back and complain. It is something else to get up and do something about it. I want to make Carmi a place where people can be proud and others have a desire to live here."
GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PLATFORM? "A desire to help the people of Carmi. They are the ones, in my district or others, that I will listen to and see what needs to be done. I will not show favor to friends or family above anyone else."
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We got premature twins that have a tube connected to their stomach. We use the tube to control the digestion and sometimes to feed them. When we suck the food from the stomach to see how much did they digest often a lot of air is coming out. Should we put the air to the stomach together with the food?
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Girls basketball roundup: Wolcott downs Woodland; Watertown, Torrington pevail
Wolcott 52, Woodland 43: Katie Jacques netted 18 points and grabbed four rebounds to lead host Wolcott over Woodland, 52-43, Wednesday in Naugatuck Valley League girls basketball action.
Madison Hanlon added 18 points and two rebounds for Wolcot (1-0), while Amber Gianni pulled down three rebounds. Kayla Briere also chipped in with seven points.
Nicole Fowler led Woodland (0-1) with 19 points, and Alma Rizvani recorded 17 points.
Watertown 52, Seymour 19: Freshman Abby Collier recorded 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks to lead Watertown over Seymour.
Sara Selimovski scored a gamehigh 13 points for the Indians (1-0) and pulled down six boards, while Olivia Gugliotti had five steals. Meg Perrin added nine points.
Angela Tacinelli had seven points for the Wildcats (0-1).
Naugatuck 58, Crosby 49: Angelina Piccirillo dropped in 18 points, grabbed six reounds and handed out five assists for Naugatuck as it defeated the Bulldogs at home.
Amy Dietz recorded a doubledouble for the Greyhounds (1-0) with 16 points and 11 boards.
Zanayia Love had a game-high 22 points for the Bulldogs (0-1), while Rashana Siders added 10.
Kennedy 52, Kaynor Tech 15: D.J. Alberto dropped in a gamehigh 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Eagles downed the Panthers in an nonleague game at Kennedy.
Shontia Punter scored 13 points while Jocelyn Alberto chipped in with seven points. Dominique Moss had five points with 12 rebounds for Kennedy (1-0).
Donyeah Bryant and Daelyn Kale both had five points for Kaynor Tech (0-1).
Oxford 49, Litchfield 36: Sarah Woolfrey scored a game-high 18 points to lead host Oxford in a nonleague game. Taylor Drayton chipped in with 13 points for Oxford (1-0).
Isabelle Binstadt scored a team-high 14 points for Litchfield (0-1) and Tara Shakley added 12. Sierra Markelon scored eight of her 10 points on the foul line.
Nonnewaug 57, Gilbert 26: Katie Burke recorded a doubledouble with 12 points and handed out 10 assists as the Chiefs took care of the Yellowjackets in Woodbury.
Jess Fengler and Courtney Carlson both had 10 points while Erin South contributed nine points for Nonnewaug (1-0).
Nikki Nash had 17 points for Gilbert (0-1).
Chase Collegiate 46, Green Farms Academy 29: Idallas Miranda poured in a game-high 19 points for the Highlanders in Waterbury.
Taylor Brady added nine points and dished out seven assists while Natalie Fitzgerald contributed with eight points and 10 rebounds for Chase (3-0).
Claire Camey had 15 points for Green Farms (1-1).
Canterbury 45, Hopkins 26: Abby Jones netted a game-high 20 points to lead Canterbury.
Abby Woodworth dropped in 12 points while Shannon Lenihan-Burke and Christine Cotte both contributed with six points for Canterbury (1-0).
Terryville 35, Northwestern 34: Olivia Pilarski dropped 18 points and the Terryville High girls basketball team surprised Northwestern in a Berkshire League season opener on Wednesday night in Terryville.
Bailey Doran added 14 points for the Kangaroos (1-0), while Julia Pilarski chipped in with three points.
Rasa Hamel had 15 points for the Highlanders (0-1), and Emma Beltrandi recorded 10.
Thomaston 67, Shepaug 16: Abby Hurlbert scored a gamehigh 17 points to lead Thomaston over Shepaug in Washington, Conn.
Maggie Eberhardt added 15 points for the Golden Bears (1-0), and Morgan Sanson chipped in with 10.
Bridget McCarthy led the Spartans (0-1) with eight points.
Torrington 62, Wilby 25: Caroline Teti recorded a game-high 20 points for Torrington in a seasonopening NVL victory in Waterbury.
Nicole Kozlak added 16 points for the Red Raiders (1-0) while Paige Middleton chipped in with seven points.
Tchaiwanda Chambers led the Wildcats (0-1) with seven points.
St. Paul 62, Derby 12: Kelly McMahon netted a game-high 13 points, including three 3-pointers as the Falcons outscored the Red Raiders, 33-6, in the first half en route to the win in Bristol.
Theresa Swanke recorded a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds while Lizzy Ferraro contributed with 10 points. Mekaela Giantonio had eight points for St. Paul (1-0).
Lindsay Sampson and Shelby Mendillo both had four points for Derby (0-1).
Miss Hall's 36, Westover 34: Nanya Okeke scored a game-high 17 points for visiting Miss Hall's.
Marisa Littmann scored a team-high 11 points for Westover (0-2) and also contributed four rebounds, three steals, two assists and two blocks.
Paige Cunningham added 10 points, six rebounds, four steals and three blocks while Katie Solley recorded five rebounds.
Platt Tech 35, Wolcott Tech 28: Camilea Collier netted a gamehigh 11 points as Platt Tech edged Wolcott Tech in CSC action in Torrington.
Aaliyeh Bohannon and Brooke Paislak both had eight points for Platt Tech (1-0).
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Maggie O'Neil netted four points, dished out five assists and made two blocks, and Lauren Drakeley chipped in with six points and four assists.
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The Old Farmer's Almanac officially lists the dog days of summer as the 40 days between July 3rd and August 11th, the hottest stretch of summer. Right dab smack in the middle of those long hot days, St. Croix Valley Raceway is going to ratchet the thermometer up even hotter with some intense WISSOTA Modified racing action.
In a rare Thursday night event, St. Croix Valley Raceway will host the Modified Dawg Days Dash on July 18th, featuring WISSOTA Modified racing along with all five regular weekly classes – WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, UMSS Micro Sprints, Pure Stocks, Future Fours and UMSS Traditional Sprints. The Modifieds will be chasing after a $700 first place prize, and all qualifiers will earn at least $70 to start the headlining event.
Other events coming up on the SCVR calendar include The Traditional 40 on July 12, and Thunder in the Valley #4 on July 26. Start times for these shows, and the July 18 Thursday night Dawg Days Dash is 7:05, with the grandstands opening up at 5:30. Information for these and other event can be found on the track's web site, www.SCVRaceway.com.
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If Mochizuki's proof of abc is correct, why would this provide a new proof of FLT?
Edit: In proof of asymptotic FLT, does Mochizuki claim a specific value of n and if so what is this value?
If Mochizuki's proof of abc is correct, why would this provide a new proof of FLT?
Edit: In proof of asymptotic FLT, does Mochizuki claim a specific value of n and if so what is this value?
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Let us suppose that $x^{n}+y^{n}= z^{n}$ with $x, y,$ and $z$ relatively prime. By the abc conjecture, $|x^{n}|\ll |xyz|^{1+\epsilon}$, $|y^{n}|\ll |xyz|^{1+\epsilon}$ and $|z^{n}|\ll |xyz|^{1+\epsilon}$. Therefore, $|xyz|^{n}\ll |xyz|^{3+\epsilon}$ which implies that for $|xyz|>1$, $n$ is bounded. So, what we actually have is a proof of an asymptotic version of FLT. Nevertheless, if we have explicit information regarding the constant in the abc conjecture, we could determine explicit bounds for $n$.
The two answers of J.H.S and Igor Rivin don't really answer the question : they prove FLT only for an exposant $n$ large enough. Since Mochizuki's version of ABC is effective, one could certainly find an effective bound for $n$, and maybe prove by hand the remaining $n$. But as they stand, they are incomplete.
Here is a short proof that Mochizuku implies Fermat. If the proof is correct, since it is also incorrect (cf. the second answer to [this question] by Vasselin Dimitrov), it implies trivially Fermat't last theorem as well as its contrary.
I guess I should explicit my point: it is prematurate to ask precise questions on the consequence of Mochizuki's proof. As for vague philosophical question, as the one given in the link above, that have a problem too : they are vague. Let us at least wait for the MO community to accept or not Vasselin Dimitrov's very interesting answer, which moreover is exactly about the effective version of ABC conjecture needed to answer the PO's question, before asking such questions.
[1] Philosophy behind Mochizuki's work on the ABC conjecture


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Hello Everyone,
FIRST, please exccuse and ignroe all typos and grammer and spell errors through out...this is not exaclty one of my biggest brightest spots and I do type to damn fast so my applogies.
Even thou i'm still tehcnicaly early off in this new mod and i'm a bit bheind where I want to be due to some thins that I will explain cleary latter. I figured its time to go ahead and talk about and get information about my first real EAW/FOC mod out there for you all and to hear your feedback and question and ideas
First this is an Expansion Mod, meaning the mod aims to be simlar to an acutally offical expansion as much as we moddinly can of course
The goals of the mod is simple, add new gameplay compontes, a brand new playable faction, a new single player story campaign with his new playable faction and more balance, and addtions to multiplayer skirmish and galatic conquest. Seems straight foward enough so lets get to the details of it.
First how the mod is going to be released I have decided the best way since it will take time is version phases heres how they will go and what you can expect of them:
- As the name suggests this is the first and will probley be the most messy release...its primary porpuse is bug fixing and balance checking. This rlease will including new units, heros, and galatic maps for the Empire, Rebels, And Zarn Consturinutm. The new omega tek faction will not be added yet, also there will be no skirmsh cahnges and since the single player campaighn will be replaced latter thsi will also be removed.
So what all can you expect in this release, a lot, this is after all a foundation relse, meaning eveyrhting else will be built on this, the new Galatic Campaigns will have a new more SW accurte map, this dosnt mean i'm changing eveyrthing to be cannon or anything, but expetc things to be mroe in there palce and a lot mroe plantes and them maps that accompy them of course.
- This is where the fun acutally begisn i think
The Beta relase will include the new omage tek faction and its major goal is of course balance and bug fixes. Also the skirmish will be updated for the mod not only to included the Omega Tek Faction but all th new ships and things of that nature. Expect bug fixes and probley even mroe additions as well as possibly a small start to the acutall new single player campaign as well.
This for me is going to be the funnest not only to get it all working but acutaly scripting things as much as we can should be very intresting
I'm hoping to have some suprises and other thigns that can continue a lot like FOC did in the story with the new faction
So Expect his storyline to take place cant wait to see
- As the name suggests thsi is the last release phase, this will include the fully working new single player campain (hopefully lol) and all the last baalnce changes at this point the mod should be nearly if not all but finshed baring bug fxies balance changes and any small or major additions/cahnges
wih everthing working we can hope
So theres a basic breakdown of how the mod wil be rlease and summary of things and goals with them, now lets get to mroe of the meat of the mod whats incldued and what will all be in it. Of course the major point is the new playable faction, that hte mod is named for, the Omega Tek (OT for short). The OT is a fully playable faction to go with the Empire, Rebels, and the Consurtum. The OT will have there own unquie way of geting there tech nleves witch if I can work it they way I want should be a collection of nealry all 3 methods already. (ie, researching/building/stealing) The OT will be expalin story wise and play wise with there own new single palyer camapign withc will somewhat replace the origanl FOC campaign.
Besides the OT and the most obvious thisn in the mods, new units heros and the like some unquie new features is more plant unquire special and tatical advantages. For Example, the planet Genosis whenevr controled by any faction allows that faction to build Droid Control ships, witch in turn like the arc hammer allow Battle Droids and Super Battle Droids to be built. To keep the planet stratigic importance you have to hold Genisos to build the Droid Control Ships and the Droids themselevses...if you lsoe the planet you can no longer build them thou any you may posses are still yours untill there destoryed or sold.
Also another aspect is 'upgraded heros' basicly this prety much space based but you can build a new space ship for some of them ajor heros n the game, for example the emepero can gain a soverign class super star destoryer, once you build the exector and the death star II. Once built the 'soverign' emperor automaticly replaces the land only emperor.
Also all factions can build platform defesne, for the Rebels and Empires these are golan platforms, for the Constirum these are XQ platforms and for the Omega Tek there a comobination of the two.
Some new additions/imrpovemtns have been made, for exmaple all starfigthers now have at least a fighter version of the conncusion missle. This missle is fairly low damage and does damges sheilds so it does not ignroe them. Also some new warheads have been added, mainly the Heavy Rockets..a bigger much mroe lower and powerfull version of the torpedo, and Space bombs, a huge immentsly slow torpdo that right now is only avlaible to missle boats that does tremndious damage.
Another feature that I am currnelty working on and i want to show you al lsome screenshots of here in a bit, is all new creaft and stations will be destrutible, ie they will have breakoff parts. From the soverign, to the Golan stations.. ALL will be break-off I'm doing this even thou its a lot of owkr because i think it makes it mroe like an expansion mod and fanrkly I think its really ool and easier to see just how damged a ship is when a good chuck breaks off dont you
(ITS COOL!!! lol)
This is the basic of thsi expansion mod so lets show you some of the progress and wherei 'm at at the moment. I acutaly ahve qutie a bit in...but most of it is being 'repalced' as a lot of themodels i have are static modles (no breakoff points) and i want to repalce them so there placehodler right now....some will rmain *liek the fighters* and of course all proper credits will be given * goign to be a loooooomng list lol) but lets go ahead and see what i've done so far.
First once of the new features, the plantary netural advantges, whoever controsl the planet gets to do build or control soemhing as long as they contro lit. in this screen shot here, you can see that as long as you control wayland, you get cotnrol of a netual hero, in this case the Dark jedi Master C'baoth (if his name isnt speleld irght n the screenshto dont worry IT wll be fixed!) if I was to lsoethis palent to the rbeles or cosntruim C'baoth would be removed and they would gain control of him and so on.
Under my control.....for now.....
Besdies the new heros for all factions for the ALPHA verision of the mod all Omega tek heros will temporlary be placed in one of the three existing factions. Currnlty one of the heros, Genreal Quickshot14 (yeah yeah i know
) is on the Empire side..they will distrubuted as evily as possible bwten the three so they can be balanced and bug-freed untill the OT faction is added then they will move to where they belong.
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As I mentioend before all new ships being added will be break-offable like we see in the orignal EAW and FOC...there are a few ships from EAW filefreont I was able to get that were already like htis and there proper credit will be givien but a lot that I had in there already i'm doing myself now... Now i wont pretend to be a modler I'm not...I cant even make these ships from scratch but I can break them apart and make them look like they been shot to hell...or at least try *grins* so thats what I have been doing...the soverign is a good example of this
I got the orignal soverign model from the warlords model pack we all know and improteted it into max 6 and got work...the soverign is finshed yet but shes fully basic hardpointed..meaning all imporant systems and her breakoff hard poitns are in, including her superlaser witch not only works perfectly but will also be disabled will not fire if the frot hardpoint that is the spire is destoryeed! heres screenshots blow...please rmeebr this is still a wip and the soverign is not finshes yet but her breakofs and ablity is fully working.
About the soverign.....
The Soverigns Axial Superlaser In Action
The Soverign losses is superlaser!
As you may note the butons for the supers laser dont get greyed out but you cant target anything, once the piece is destoryed the superlaser is totaly disbaled! this of course makes the hardpoint the msot important target and of curse will be heavily balance tested. Its also important to ntoe that the Soverigns super laser is JUST an axial superlaser, it is nto a superlaser like on the death star II or eclipse capable of destorying planets. This should provide some extra balance. Also as ntoed the soverign is a one time build ship and is the emeperos upgraded version..the version show here is just the ship for tesing reasons as I finsh it up. The upgraded emperor soverign can not be built untill you build the exectour and the death start two only then can you build/upgrade him to his soverign form 9witch is space and land isntead of just land)
You may also hve ntoiced vader is there and sois the buildable exectour...like the empero vader is upgradable...starting in his orignal eaw hero form then upgraded to his FOC exectour form once built. I also decided to make the arc hammer to be purchased/built first as i figrued that make mroe sesne.
Also its important to note when you reach tech 5 as Empire you can build Super Star Destoryers but they can not be built until AFTER the execotur is built....these are some of things i'm doing ot gameplay and balance and i'm hoping this works out well...
Theres obviouslya lot more thensome neat things i'm leaning to do and elments beyond the upgrading heros and the unquie units like for instance a way to be able to bring the noghir assians permlty to the rebel side and the meepire losses the ablity to create anymroe and even have any regardless if they have honogor or not..and more....I hope to reveal mroe as the mod comes a long...right now the thing thats taking the msot time is coverting these basic warlord modles to eaw destructibls as you can imagne its quite a long processes esppcaily for big ships like the soberign...
I will glady anwer any questions you have and ides or concersn you may liek to know as wlel as i know I couldnt cover eevrything here so please by all means fire away
I hope you all like wha you see and I hope you will have fun playing it wheneevr I mange to stat realesing it as I will
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