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6 Ironic Coincidences Behind the Scenes of Famous Movies
#3. Tron and Tron: Legacy -- Jeff Bridges Is Creepily Scanned into a Computer
The original Tron stars Jeff Bridges as game developer Kevin Flynn in the most confusing plot ever summarized on Wikipedia. It doesn't matter, it's all setup for him getting sucked into a computer and having adventures inside its digital fantasy world. This happens when he sits down at the terminal and a beam zaps him, scanning his body and rebuilding it inside the computerized realm.
The computer then closed multiple pages and cleared its history.
There he teams up with programs named Ram and Tron, and is forced to participate in bizarre DayGlo Olympic challenges, all at the dizzying speed of 1982. Eventually he defeats the villainous computer (which it turns out was trying to take over the world somehow) and then -- spoiler! -- everything is fine again.
"By 1986, everyone will be wearing this!"
Now, despite the fact that the movie takes place mostly in a digital world and has an old-school CGI look, the original Tron actually involved almost no computer graphics as we know them. All of the live-action effects were made by rotoscoping, which is a form of animation where animators essentially trace over live-action footage frame by frame. If that sounds like a huge pain in the ass, you have no idea; to get all of the glowing computery shit in the movie, each special effect shot was layered and animated by hand, one goddamn frame at a time, and then individually backlit and refilmed, one goddamn frame at a time, to get the final frame.
Now flash forward 30 years later, to the most unnecessary sequel of all time, Tron: Legacy.
And trust us, there was a lot of competition for that title.
We learn that Flynn is incredibly bad at learning life lessons and has gotten his silly ass stuck inside the computer again, with the twist that he must face a copy of his computerized self from 30 years ago. In other words, the filmmakers needed both young and old versions of Jeff Bridges to perform scenes onscreen together.
Of course, now we have this little thing called CGI to accomplish tasks like that. So, to create the young Flynn for Tron: Legacy, the filmmakers scanned Jeff Bridges into a computer. And where in the original film Flynn was able to sit comfortably in a chair while a laser zapped him from behind, in real life Bridges had to wear a terrifying scanning cage thing on his face ...
... so that every element of his soul could be captured and uploaded to the glowing, digital realm of Tron:
Presumably this came after a lengthy conversation convincing him that he wouldn't suddenly wake up dressed like a glow in the dark suppository throwing Frisbees in a Daft Punk music video.
#2. Knocked Up -- Ken Jeong Is a Wacky Doctor in the Movie and Real Life
Most of you probably recognize Ken Jeong as the drug-addled, adorably penised crime lord Mr. Chow from the Hangover series, or possibly the zany racist Spanish teacher from Community. However, the first feature film role that Jeong landed was the part of the irritated doctor at the end of Knocked Up.
Pretending to be annoyed with Katherine Heigl tests an actor's abilities to their very limit.
Playing the part of Dr. Kuni gave Jeong some insight and experience in distinguishing his personal life from his stage life, which would become useful later on in his career. In one, he was a cynical, burned-out doctor, brusque with his patients and fed up with working in a hospital, while in the other, he was acting in a Judd Apatow movie.
That's right -- Ken Jeong really is a doctor. And a pretty well-credentialed one at that, having studied at Duke University and the University of North Carolina before specializing in internal medicine at a clinic in Los Angeles. Throughout all this, however, Jeong remained unsatisfied with his choice to practice medicine and harbored a desire to become a comedic actor, presumably jotting down dick jokes on unused prescription slips after every hernia exam.
"Seriously, you've got to stop giving people prescriptions for '200 ml of Deeznuts'."
So he began performing standup gigs at local comedy clubs, hoping to hone his craft and eventually get noticed by someone who could give him his big break. Which is exactly what happened. One night at the Laugh Factory, the producers of Knocked Up, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, were in the audience looking for someone who could portray a doctor who, for some reason, would be less than thrilled to see the Jew-froed blob of self-entitlement that would inevitably burst from Katherine Heigl's Rogen-sown womb.
Dr. Ken Jeong was performing that night, and when Rogen and Goldberg saw his performance, they offered him the role more or less immediately, having no idea that the guy they were casting to play their goofy doctor character had in fact graduated from med school and (presumably) saved lives.
#1. Sid & Nancy -- Courtney Love Auditions for Nancy, then Becomes Her
For those of you who haven't heard of Courtney Love, we consider you kind of lucky, but we will remedy that situation immediately, because what is laughter without a few tears? Love shot to popularity in the early '90s as lead singer of the band Hole and wife/coattail passenger of Kurt Cobain (for those of you who haven't heard of Kurt Cobain, kindly close your browser and leave the room).
They were a grunge rock power couple, two lead singers of popular bands joined together like some Megazord stomping out the remains of '80s hair metal like a really lame campfire (one made with Lincoln Logs and construction paper flames). However, they were perhaps equally famous for their domestic disputes and mutual rampaging heroin addiction.
In a rare moment of sobriety, Kurt slowly realizes that he married Courtney Love.
All this is pretty common knowledge, but what most people don't know is that years before Courtney Love was anyone even close to being famous (read: before she'd ever heard of Kurt Cobain), she was just a struggling actress like 98 percent of the Los Angeles population, landing her first feature film role in 1986 in the biopic Sid & Nancy, about the ill-fated relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
We're not sure Courtney Love ever made out somewhere as classy as a dumpster.
Though ultimately cast as one of the titular couple's junkie friends (a self-fulfilling prophecy in and of itself), Love had initially auditioned to play Nancy Spungen. She even declared "I am Nancy" in her audition tape, and if you listen closely, you can hear the cosmos realigning to keep her from being a liar.
The grossest example of life imitating art.
Love was actually the first choice of director Alex Cox, but the studio wanted someone more experienced in the lead role, forcing him to give Love a smaller part, albeit one still soaked in heroin and lunacy. To recap, Courtney Love was almost cast as Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of Sid Vicious, who was in the hugely famous punk band the Sex Pistols, and the two spent most of their relationship beating the shit out of each other and doing heroin.
Cut to eight years after the movie's release, and Love's audition tape hubris had come true. She was married to Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the hugely famous band Nirvana, in a relationship fueled predominately by heroin and beating the shit out of each other. Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain both died young (Vicious by heroin overdose, Cobain by shotgun). But while Nancy was found stabbed to death in her hotel room, Love managed to avoid the specter of a young death and is still around, doing ... something. We think.
She doesn't know, either.
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Anarchy 101
Anarchy 101 is class and/or seminar discussing what anarchy is, the principles and philosophies behind anarchy, and how anarchy impacts the individuals and groups within the anarchy.
The class will be facilitated by Reverend Mik, who uses a combination of Socratic method, class/audience participation, and role-play scenarios in order to help people understand what the subject means and does not mean.
Anarchy 101 is a recurring event, currently scheduled for Fridays from 19:00 to 21:00 in the Church room at Noisebridge.
You can add information or suggestions for topics on the [| Discuss] tab.
Session 1
Session One was February 1st.
- What does anarchy mean? (and why it always bad, besides "because the media says so")
- What is government? (and why it always always good, besides "because the government says so")
- the function of government
- a brief evaluation of whether government actually achieves these functions
Session 2
Session Two was February 8th.
- Forms of government
- Structures of government
- The Perfect Form of Government
Session 3
Session Three will be February 15th. Suggestions for discussion so far are:
- How Anarchy deals with the majority vs. the minority
- Specific examples of anarchy in action
Anyone is welcome to attend as many or as few sessions as they like, regardless of
- prior experience in social sciences or political activism
- current employment within the government
- subservience to any other political or social ideology
However, forming a logical argument, keeping an open mind, and maintaining intellectual honesty and ethics are strongly encouraged.
If you have to ask this question, you haven't been paying attention.
It has been brought to Reverend Mik's attention (and that of several members and regular users) that the term "anarchy" is being used improperly. Rather than ascribe negative motivations for this misuse of the term, Reverend Mik chose to assume that it was a question of a lack of education or information and volunteered to teach this class.

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Unanswered: BorderLayout question
Is it possible to hide the center panel of a border layout container? If not, can the east and west panels be expanded over the center panel so the right and left borders are touching?
Thank you.
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What happens if you simply don't set a widget in the center panel? A BorderLayoutContainer is just a SimpleContainer w/ the ability to allocate space for a North, South, East and/or West widget.
As such, looking at the SimpleContainer code, the default value for the center panel widget is null.


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Simple Definition of cooperate
: to work together : to work with another person or group to do something
: to be helpful by doing what someone asks or tells you to do
: to act in a way that makes something possible or likely : to produce the right conditions for something to happen
Full Definition of cooperate
intransitive verb
1 : to act or work with another or others : act together or in compliance <refused to cooperate with the police>
2 : to associate with another or others for mutual benefit <nations cooperating to fight terrorism>
cooperatorplay \-ˌrā-tər\ noun
Examples of cooperate in a sentence
It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
Witnesses were willing to cooperate.
Origin and Etymology of cooperate
Late Latin cooperatus, past participle of cooperari, from Latin co- + operari to work — more at operate
First Known Use: 1582
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With this expansion, the DuPont China R&D Center in Shanghai will add 17,500 square meters and house an additional 150 researchers. Those researchers will focus on new material applications in solar energy, bio-based materials and automotive materials and testing capabilities.
DuPont has opened the second phase of its
China research and development (R&D)
center, the company said on Monday.
With this expansion, the DuPont China R&D
Center adds 17,500 square meters and will house an additional
150 researchers, focusing on new material applications in solar
energy, bio-based materials and automotive materials and
testing capabilities.
Science is the engine that drives DuPont," said CEO Ellen
Kullman, who spoke at the opening ceremony. "Together with
our partners, we are applying our vast range of scientific
expertise and knowledge to address some of the worlds
most complex challenges in the areas of food, energy and
What distinguishes DuPont from other science companies is
the depth and breadth of our expertise and how we connect our
talent to help solve the challenges of the 21st century," she
added. "Our integrated science today combines biological
sciences with chemistry, materials science and engineering to
drive new growth opportunities for the corporation and our
The DuPont China R&D Center plays an important role in the
companys global business strategy, according to DuPont
officials, delivering innovative offerings to meet local
market needs since its opening in 2005.
As one of the companys major R&D facilities outside the US, the China
center currently provides technical expertise to customers
in this region and globally for research, application
development, training, technology transfer, and sales of
DuPont technologies and products. This center also
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We see greater potential for innovation in China since
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DuPont invested more than $2.1 billion in research and
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The DuPont China R&D Center is located in the Zhangjiang
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This expansion makes China a stronger
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more than 150 research centers in 35 countries and over
10,000 scientists and engineers who are dedicated to using
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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The Protea – A Cape Town Tourism Photo Essay
The Proteaceae family is virtually endemic to the Cape Floral Kingdom. This flower family can be found growing and blooming naturally on Table Mountain and other surrounding areas in the Cape. Unique to South Africa, the King Protea is the national flower of South Africa and forms part of the national rugby, cricket and soccer team emblems.
The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is the national flower of South Africa and is truly magnificent.
The Queen Protea (Protea magnifica) is somewhat "softer" and reminiscent of a queen wearing a soft, fur-lined coat.
The Protea aristata doesn't have the thick, leathery leaves of most proteas. Instead its leaves resemble pine-needles. They are attached very loosely to the stem and move with the slightest breath of wind.
The Sugarbush, or suikerbos, Protea (Protea repens) is much loved by sugarbirds and sunbirds for its sweet nectar. Early Cape farmers used to sweeten their coffee with the nectar!
The Protea family is named after Proteus, a Greek god whose name suggests "firstborn", or "primordial". This particular protea, colloquially known as the Blushing Bride (Serruria florida) is often found in a bride's bouquet and is exported from the Cape all over the world for this purpose.
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Who is your LEAST favorite spokesperson?
Flo from Progressive
Jared from Subway
The McDonalds talking Dollar
Max the Pig
There are so many more....who is your least favorite?
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All of the above..and then some..
Nationwide "World's Greatest Spokesperson in the World"...UGH!
The Gecko from Geico.
Wilford Brimley
ANY pitchman with a British accent! HATE them all! (No offense to the people of Britain or the Queen Mum tho!) Just the carnival-type sales pitches! AAaarrgghh!!! (ie: Sham-wow! etc. ....)
That dude on the sidelines tonight for the Chi-GB game on NFL Network. Not technically a spokesperson, but he spoke and it was annoying.
Any celeb who attempts to use their "status" to tell you why you should buy something, who you should vote for, or why you should feel sorry for some cause.
Liked Flo when the ads started. Done now. Ditto w/that horrid gecko. Same w/the Afflack (sp?) duck. (Cute duck, though.) Most ads annoy me. Some are amusing...for a while. Have NO problem fast forwarding through them. If live, I conveniently leave the room.
Can you hear me now? Thank whomever THAT campaign ran its' course.
I don't like the Geico gecko. And, the music teacher in the Target commercials as of late (not sure if he's a spokesperson, really)... he's kinda creepy.
>Max the Pig
Is that the geico pig? If so I'll back you up on that. Flo jumped the shark years ago, loved her at first now I can't stand her and I'm totally done with her.
@pickypickypicky for shame. Wilford Brimley is a national treasure.
I dunno about a least favorite. Maybe Sarah mcsomething with the sad dog commercials.


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Low-Income Health Access Open Door Forum
Low-Income Health Access Open Door Forum
Event Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT
The Low Income Health Access Open Door Forum focuses on the concerns of the beneficiary advocates, providers, and information intermediaries throughout the country interested in improving access to Medicare and Medicaid for lower income Americans. The agenda for this session is:
- Marketplace.gov/Healthcare.gov.
- Duals Office Update - State Integrated Care Demos
- HRSA & CMS Joint Presentation - Marketplace Outreach & Education Update.
- Medicaid Updates.
- Hospital Presumptive Eligibility- CMCS.
- Preventive Services Regulation (New Models for license providers & community health workers) – CMCS.
- Marketplace and Medicaid enrollment numbers.
- Latest "messaging" from the Department on Marketplace (potentially including the week's theme depending on date).
- Provider resources.
To participate: 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 71246839.


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COPPERAS COVE (November 16, 2012)--The Blue Santa program of Copperas Cove is accepting applications and toys for this year's toy drive.
The program provides toys to children in need in Copperas Cove, Kempner and Pidcoke.
Applications are still being accepted and can be picked up and dropped off from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and Monday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Tuesday's hours are the same as Monday's.
To apply for assistance residents must provide a photo ID, proof of residency, Medicaid or food stamp authorization letter, proof of relationship to the child and a recent income statement.
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Is there a (La)TeX distribution running on iPad?
As far as I'm aware you can't install LaTeX on the iPad because of the restrictions that Apple put on it. However, tex documents can be edited and compiled using Tex Touch . The editor is installed on the iPad and the tex document is then compiled online at TeX Cloud. I haven't used Tex Touch myself so I can't comment on how well it works.
Dick Koch, the creator of MacTeX, showed me his working installation on his iPad. You should drop a note to the MacTeX mailing list for further information.
Texpad developers here.
Since version 1.1 Texpad for iOS has had a built in LaTeX typesetter, no internet connection required. Most commonly used LaTeX packages are now included, and we expand the distribution with every update (9 updates in the past three months). It is now so good that one user edits LaTeX on his Mac and typesets on his iPhone because the distribution is leaner, simpler and faster than TeX Live.
PGF drivers are underway right now and the update with local TikZ/Beamer typesetting should be ready for download in Feburary.
In addition to the onboard typesetter, we still provide free cloud typesetting servers with the entirety of TexLive 2012 installed. If you have any further questions, email us at email@example.com.
A full version Plain TeX/LaTeX on iPad:
This app can compile TeX files on iPad without a cloud server.
If your device is jailbroken, you might find TeX Live for iPhone interesting (Often, apps for iPhone work on iPads). I haven't tried this "distribution" myself, so I can't give you any advice on or review of it, unfortunately.
(However, if you need information on jailbreaking, I can recommend a few good websites to you.)
If you are happy with being able to edit LaTeX on your iDevice but having the actual LaTeX binaries running on a server you have the following two browser based alternatives:
I have tried Tex Writer, Tex Touch, Texpad -- and a lot of small apps. I think Texpad and TeX Writer complement one another, Texpad with cool outlining mode while TeX Writer with ability to have Texlive with it. So I would recommend both of them but this suggestion may change.
Likes and Dislikes
I don't like that Texpad misses features to share short LaTex snippets to services such as Twitter, irritating. Then I don't like that it takes too long time to add images to LaTex document and adjust images, it could be done a way better with iPad's camera and even text -insertion with Mic could be done easier. Key reasons why I don't like them: features such as Vim -style movements, making writing faster, missing, and nothing like described at App to Add photos to LaTex -document with iPad camera?. The last features are totally missing in TexPad and TeX Writer which I would like to have.
Perhaps related
The online collaborative LaTeX editor writeLaTeX works well on the iPad. It compiles on the server, and so requires an internet connection, but is totally free to use and allows easy access to your LaTeX files when out and about.
As there's no sign up required, you can also try it out for free without any commitment.
(I should point out I'm one of the developers at writeLaTeX - we hope you find it useful, and any feedback is always appreciated, thanks)
Texpad currently delivers the most complete LaTeX system on iOS. Its LaTeX Bundle Manager effectively puts the whole of Texlive in your hands, but not in a monolithic block that takes up your expensive iOS storage space unnecessarily. See more here: http://support.texpadapp.com/kb/typesetting-ios/latex-bundle-manager-on-texpad-ios . Briefly, when you typeset, Texpad flags the missing package and the Texpad Bundle that includes it. All you have to do then is tell Texpad to go ahead and download and install the bundle that includes your missing package.
In addition to the Bundle Manager delivering the actual packages and font files, a lot of drivers had to be rewritten to cope with the iOS build requirements.
We believe that we're also the first app to deliver a working, local implementation of Beamer (for presentations) and TikZ (for graphics). It was a lot of work guys, but we're glad to have delivered it.
To answer a related question raised above: you can import images into Texpad from your Camera and from the Photo Library. See the iOS section of our KB article: http://support.texpadapp.com/kb/user-interface-ios/graphics-support-in-texpad-ios-and-os-x


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Building Features & Amenities
- Elevator
- Full-time Doorman
- Concierge
- Rooftop Deck
- On-site Garage
- Units: 683
- High-rise (26+ Floors)
- Built 1964
- Condo
At the Dorchester, a circular driveway around a lavishly landscaped garden mall leads to the building entrance. Service begins with a uniformed doorman serving you. A specially trained concierge offers additional service and information to you and your guests.
The lobby is dramatically designed and is an invitation to you and your guests into a new era in luxury living. Lobby and corridors are air conditioned for your added comfort. Corridors are tastefully carpeted and decorated. A total of nine high-speed, electronically controlled elevators, including separate service elevators, stand ready to whisk you to your floor in moments.
Separate mail and package rooms offer you quick, efficient service on all deliveries. A central mail chute is located on every floor for your convenience. Service halls on every floor contain a special stainless-steel refuse chute, for sanitary, soot-free, odor-free refuse disposal. Complete laundry room on every floor through the 21st floor. Tower suites are served by special laundry facilities on the 22nd floor. An attended, heated garage in the building includes complete service... direct elevator access to your floor, by all passenger elevators.
Security features include a guardsman alarm system that assures you of complete, 24-hour apartment security at your request; by activating an electronically controlled alarm switch, your apartment is put on alert. Closed-circuit TV monitors all tradesmen entering or leaving the building. Double-bolt lock on every apartment entry assures you of maximum protection. Special window locks provide additional security.
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If $n$ is given and $A$ is a subalgebra of $M_n(\mathbb C)$, the algebra of $n \times n$ matrices with entries in the field of complex numbers, then what are the possible values of dimension of $A$ as a vector space over $\mathbb C$?
Rough answer : almost all small dims can appear, there are some restrictions to large dims.
For example, considering 1 matrix all dims between 1 and n appear. Taking centralizers of these all numbers of the form sum a_i^2 where a is a partition of n appear.
In general, consider k-tuples of positive integers a and b such that their scalar product a.b=n (a should be thought of as the Morita setting, b as the matrix-sizes of the semi-simple part of the subalgebra), then any number of the form
sum b_i^2 + subsum b_ib_j
is possible (here 'subsum' means that one takes all terms b_xb_y for all x,y in a substring
1 <= i_1 < i_2 < ... < i_l <=k for any 0<=l<=k)
Edit : the subsum gives the dimension of the Jacobson radical. This answer cannot be the final one, as it only detects the subalgebras of global dimension 1. For example any n-diml algebra can be embedded in nxn matrices.
There are some obvious restriction wrt large dimensions. For example, there cannot be an 8-dml subalgebra of 3x3 matrices as its semi-simple part can be at most C x M_2(C) and so its dimension must be smaller or equal to 7.
For general n there cannot be subalgebras with dimensions between the dim of the largest parabolic subgroup of GL(n) and n^2.
Edit : a closely related question can be found here : problems concerning subspaces of mxm matrices.
Soit $E$ un $\mathbb C$-espace vectoriel de dimension $n$. J'ai démontré entre autres les deux résultats suivants dans un article à paraître dans la revue française Quadrature :
I think that the fact that every proper subalgebra is contained in am maximal parabollic follows immediately from Jacobson's density theorem because if a subalgebra does not preserve any subspace, then $C^n$ is a simple module for it. This is of course true over any field.
In the case of Lie algebras rather than associative algebras, then a classification of maximal subalgebras of finite dimensional simple Lie algebras over the complex numbers was obtained by Dynkin. In the positive characteristic case a classiifcation can probably be obtained using arguments which were used for the classifcation of maximal subgroups of finite simple groups. This is at least what I understood talking to Liebeck and Seitz, but I am not an expert on these matters.
However, in the Lie case an elementary argument that the maximal dimension of a proper subalgebra of $sl_n(F)$ is $n^2-n$, assuming $F$ has characteristic different than 2 can be found in Y. Barnea and A. Shalev, Hausdorff dimension, pro-p groups, and Kac-Moody algebras, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 349 (1997), 5073-5091 (Theorem 1.7). Other related stuff (related to possible dimensions) but more on the group theoretic side can be found in the same paper. A generalization of this to other classical Lie algebras can be found in Abért, Miklós; Nikolov, Nikolay; Szegedy, Balázs Congruence subgroup growth of arithmetic groups in positive characteristic. Duke Math. J. 117 (2003), no. 2, 367--383 (Theorem 4).


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Kim Dozier, Associated Press
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONNOLLY, Afghanistan — The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a cigarette with glowing embers in quick drags among the kneeling assaulters in the chilled dark.
They would be on the first two helicopters to drop into the villages of the Khogyani district in the shadows of the Tora Bora mountains, kicking off a four-day operation against the Taliban by roughly 175 Americans and 1,250 Afghan troops, in a teeth-clenching test of U.S. mentoring and training.
The Afghans were lined up behind the Americans, leaning back on their 130-pound backpacks, saving their strength to carry the loads onto the Chinooks for their first air assault, and without the Americans' high-tech goggles, letting their eyes adjust to the dark for the assault to come.
They didn't talk much.
A Predator drone feed showed the groups landing in the darkened district — dark spots trudging slowly up hills and sometimes falling into ditches — U.S. and Afghan alike. They set up a post to oversee the insurgent-ridden villages they would be guarding for the next four days as Afghan police cleared them out house by house.
Intelligence intercepts showed most of the insurgents already had fled to the farthest village just beneath Tora Bora, where Osama bin Laden escaped his American pursuers, after watching the Afghan troops and police mass the day before.
The Afghans and their American security advisers from the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, were less interested in pursuing them than in making sure they could not return, making way for the Afghan local police who would take their place.
In the daylight, village elders were invited to meet with the Afghan general who led the attack, and they said they welcomed the troops because they were Afghans, not foreigners.
The U.S. brigade's commander, Col. Joseph "J.P." McGee, sat quietly in a corner, making the briefest of comments. This was an Afghan-to-Afghan conversation.
Overall in the operation, there were tactical missteps that Americans pointed out privately to the Afghan commanders, tactfully out of earshot of their subordinates. There were shortfalls in supplies, and requests were sometimes denied for U.S. air support for nighttime bombing runs or medical assistance.
But in The Associated Press' visits to Khogyani district and some of the country's most contested southern and eastern provinces — Helmand, Nuristan, Kunar and Nangarhar — multiple operations were led or carried out mostly by Afghans. Their officers were doing the bulk of the planning and execution, responding without U.S. aid to large-scale Taliban attacks or choosing targets the Americans sometimes disagreed with, if the U.S. advisers were consulted at all.
The uneven but steady progress is encouraging for the U.S. commanders trying to hand off responsibility ahead of the December 2014 drawdown of most U.S. forces, from roughly 66,000 Americans at the start of this year, to an as-yet-undetermined residual force of NATO troops that have been estimated will be around 8,000 to 10,000.
The Afghans are paying heavily for that lead role, with casualty figures rising steadily, more than doubling from 550 Afghan soldiers and police killed in 2011 to more than 1,200 last year, according to data compiled by the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
This year is bloodier still, with 300 security personnel, mostly police, killed in March alone, according to a top Afghan security official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to discuss the unpublished figure. That monthly average is roughly equivalent to the total number of U.S. forces lost in 2012, according to AP's own count of 297 U.S. troops killed, out of a total of 394 coalition forces.
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STEUBENVILLE - Eastern Gateway Community College will bring a Commercial Drivers License program to Jefferson County in January.
The Big Rig Truck Driving School Inc., an Ohio licensed CDL training provider, and Eastern Gateway have partnered to offer a class A basic truck driver training program.
Explosive industry growth coupled with a lack of qualified personnel to meet it means there are more jobs available in the trucking industry than ever before, according to officials.
In addition, the opportunity for CDL drivers finding a high paying job within the shale and natural gas industry is high.
The class A basic truck driving training prepares adults, 18 or older, for entry-level positions as tractor-trailer drivers. This is a 160-hour program.
Course prerequisites include a valid driver's license, two years' passenger driving experience, an acceptable driving record, passing a state Department of Transportation physical exam, passing a DOT drug/alcohol screen, have no substance abuse convictions in the last five years, have basic reading/math skills and pass the state written test for the CDL temporary permit.
The first class begins Jan. 30. Classes are scheduled to begin the last Monday of every month excluding weeks with holidays on a Monday.
Class times are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. The classroom site is Eastern Gateway's Pugliese Center, 110 John Scott Highway.
The maneuverability location will be the Treasure Island Flea Market in Wintersville.
Cost of the course is $4,995. This includes all training materials, textbooks, DOT physical exam fee, drug and alcohol screen fee, CDL skills test fee and use of a tractor/trailer for taking the skills test.
Students are responsible for program payment in full before the first day of class to be included in class assignment.
Ohio and West Virginia WIA funding is available for those who qualify. Financial aid and funding options include personal loans through local financial institutions, and eligible students can apply for Ohio and West Virginia Workforce Investment Act.
Instructors are licensed by the Ohio Department of Public Safety and have an average of 15 years over-the-road truck driving experience.
Big Rig instructors have been trained to give the National Safety Council Professional Truck Driver Defensive Driving Course.
To register, call Big Rig TDS toll free at (800) 438-6180, fax (330) 456-2648 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Happy Pyromania, TF2 players! Sorry this is 2 or 3 days late, I was a bit lazy. Well, this has to be the worst tutorial I've ever done so far, it was done on paper and I forgot to put Scout's Scattergun in! I also failed the shading, that's for sure but I was too lazy to colour it in properly.


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Before the Labor Day holiday weekend starts, TxDOT reminds motorists: drinking and driving can bring a tragic end to your holiday.
Alcohol-related crashes are a serious problem in Texas. The state has a DUI-alcohol crash every 20 minutes and 37 seconds. Labor Day weekend is an especially dangerous time on our roads. According to TxDOT statistics, 336 people were killed and 680 were seriously injured in alcohol-related crashes last summer in Texas.
If you are going to consume alcohol, follow the rules of the road. Do not get behind the wheel. Designate a driver, catch a bus, call a cab or someone you trust to pick you up, or, if necessary, spend the night where you are.
A DWI arrest and conviction in Texas can cost up to $17,000. Offenders must pay a long list of costs, including vehicle towing and impoundment, bail, attorney fees, court and probation fees, fees to regain or retain a driver license, and a hike in auto insurance premiums.
To save lives and reduce impaired driving, TxDOT is hosting outreach events and running a series of public service announcements.


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WHEELING - Fans entering WesBanco Arena at 7 p.m. today for the Wheeling Nailers' 2012 home opener may have to do a double take.
The appearance - more specifically the fan experience that comes with it - of the 35-year-old venue is one of the first things the Hockey Club of the Ohio Valley set out to change. The club is a conglomerate of the Wheeling Amateur Hockey Association and the Regional Economic Development Partnership that owns the team.
''We have a culture that we need to build, both as a fanbase and as an organization,'' Don Rigby, executive director of RED, said Thursday morning during the team's media day festivities. ''There's a lot of things we had to put in place, wanted to put in place, that will take us even longer.
''We've brought folks in and tried to get the best experts in the field to say, 'What do we do to make the experience for our fans better?' I think a piece of that was, it needs to look more like your arena. It needs to have a little buzz, some of your colors need to be on the walls and those types of things.''
From small things such as a paint job - Vegas Gold and Black - for the concourse, to larger ones like video boards at each end of the arena, a combination of the Nailers, the city of Wheeling and WesBanco Arena, under the direction of Denny Magruder, has left no stone unturned.
''We're excited about it,'' Rigby said. ''We want to see how the fans react to the cleaning up, the new paint scheme, some of the changes that we made.
''Hopefully they react well," he added. "And if they don't, we'll react to what our customers have to say. But we think they're really going to enjoy it.''
Not only will the video boards enable hockey fans to be more a part of the game, but they also will serve that purpose for entertainment acts that make their way to Wheeling each year.
''The arena's hired a consulting firm, and they're going to be here this weekend,'' Rigby said. ''We have hired TSE (Total Sports Entertainment) for gameday promotions, help on the video boards - sort of look at what we do for a fan experience.
Rigby noted that many businesses like to take clients to sporting events to talk shop. With that in mind came the creation of the DeNoon Lumber Suite, which can be rented for games. It comes with as many as 40 seats, as well as a bar.
''Between DeNoon Lumber and Cattrell Companies, both of them worked hard to get that done. DeNoon supplied all the lumber, and Cattrell the labor,'' Rigby said. ''The DeNoon is the first step, and we would like to look at more (suites) in the future, (though) I don't think you'll see any more this year.''
What fans will see are a couple of bars/drink stations placed along the upper concourse to eliminate the need to exit the playing area and miss parts of the game. If patrons should continue to want to go that route, however, high-definition televisions will be available for their viewing pleasure.
''Between ourselves and the arena, we've split those costs and put two 51-inch TVs around each concession stand and some new TVs in the club,'' Rigby said. ''One, you can see the action on the ice, but if there happens to be a Steelers game or something along those lines, we can switch to that.''
Longtime fans will be interested to know that ''The Club,'' formerly known as the Health Plan Pavilion, is set to re-open for use before, during and after each game. The team will enter the ice through that area, making its way through a new beer garden, and return to the Club following games to mingle with fans.
''We're trying to make this arena more fan-friendly,'' Rigby said. ''We've turned it into sort of a private club for season ticket holders.
''It makes sense for the club to be for season ticket holders, and you can also buy your way in on a (daily) basis. We want something a little special, a thank-you for them for supporting this organization not only this year, but all the years,'' he continued.
Beginning probably next week, "roving barkers" will be making their way around the arena selling beer and soda, and eventually there will be new items available at concession stands.
In addition, the team shop has a permanent home inside the arena, which Rigby said is another example of the fine working relationship between the team and Magruder. The lodging for players has improved -20 players reside in cabins at Oglebay Park, and buses are being rented for road trips.
''Again, we talked about building a culture. We want to be known throughout the league as a quality organization, doing what's right,'' Rigby said. ''We compete with other teams, and it helps to have the affiliations we do. But players can choose to sign here or Las Vegas, or San Francisco, or Orlando. What you do as an organization, how you treat people, it's going to make a difference.
''Give us some time,'' Rigby said. ''It will be a process for us to get what we can done in a short amount of time, then move forward to the next piece and then the next.''


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To the editor:
I am compelled to express my utter disappointment and sadness over the decision to seize and euthanize the pet raccoon belonging to Cora Peterson of Smithfield.
Peterson took in the distressed baby raccoon, named him Meeko and cared for him for a year, as he became a beloved family pet. He was kept inside and was not a danger to anyone. Yet, for reasons known only to them, local officials demanded she relinquish her pet or release it into the wild. When she did not choose to do either, officials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources came in and quickly took her pet and euthanized it.
Why the rush? Even stray dogs taken to county dog pounds are protected by a mandatory holding period before action can be taken. This was not a rabid animal, no efforts were made to determine its temperament and sanctuary placement was being arranged. I'm not sure what is more terrifying: the swiftness with which the blow was dealt against this woman and her pet, or the notion by some that this was the humane thing to do. And how ironic is it that this incident occurred during "Be Kind to Animals Week?"
As the operator of a private animal shelter in Jefferson County, I see people who abuse animals, yet they face no consequences. Why is more effort put into seizing a poor raccoon than holding animal abusers accountable? I also see many people in our area who have a heart and much compassion for animals. That makes it even harder to understand this tragic incident. How was this allowed to happen? Someone let Cora Peterson and Meeko down.
Let's not let it happen again.
Robin Cibulka


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A History of Violence: 6 Old School Games as Brutal as GTA
Violent video games were around long before Grand Theft Auto and Dead Rising showed kids the fun of drunk driving and hitting golf balls into a crowded food court.
Here are some early generation video games that set the bloody tone for today's games. Even if you're too young to remember these, your parents probably played them, whether they admit it or not ...
#6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre of the Atari 2600
Very few Atari games let you be the bad guy. Just about every game involved eating dots, dodging dots or shooting at dots with more dots in order to stamp out the face of evil. The unauthorized video game version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tied that unspoken rule to a tree and vivisected it with a circular saw in 1983.
Players took control of Leatherface, or in this case, a pudgy bobblehead version of Leatherface if he dressed in light-blue spandex and styled his hair like Coach Buzzcut from Beavis and Butt-head.
As Leatherfaces, your goal is to run around your never-ending front yard and kill people with a chainsaw, or what appears to be a large blue tumor sticking out of your abdomen.
The game sold poorly (basically no stores would stock it) and has since become a rare and highly sought-after title from game aficionados.
So How Bad Was It?
There isn't any blood to speak of, so apparently the developers wanted the violence to be more psychological than physical. Or maybe it was the fact that having to draw three more red pixels back in the '80s would have added an extra three months and $2 million dollars to the game's development budget.
The victims are among the more pathetic opponents in gaming history. Their only defense is to hope you trip over one of the obstacles that randomly pops up while you stalk them (mostly sections of white fence, for some reason). As Leatherface, you don't run out of life, your chainsaw just runs out of gas. After all, we wouldn't want kids having to think about mortality while they stalk unarmed victims around a steeplechase course.
#5. Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior of the Commodore
The makers of Mortal Kombat took the brunt of the anti-video game violence brigade's fire catapults in the '90s for starting the violent fighter-game revolution, but Barbarian was doing it years earlier.
Barbarian took a page (ripped off) from the Conan the Barbarian series and featured two unnamed sword-wielding meatheads, swinging and slashing at each other until one of them died. That was it. Wow, what a long way we've come. Back then, you could buy a game and play the whole thing without spending two weeks vacation mainlining Red Bull.
The game did attract some controversy for its violence, but its critical acclaim overshadowed it. After all, how are you going to criticize a game with a cover that mechanics could hang in their garages.
You have to wonder how much of the game's budget went to chest oil.
So How Bad Was It?
The game could end one of two ways: Someone falls down with a single death-blow or someone's head gets cut clean off. Then to add insult to incapacitating injury, the head bounces off screen like a mound of bloody Silly Putty and the loser's lifeless corpse is carried off screen by a slave elf whose frowning face looks like he doesn't get the greatest health benefits for his hard work.
#4. Death Race for the Arcade and the NES
Here's another title that takes a gory grindhouse classic and cuts to the good parts without pesky things like plot, exposition and dialog getting in the way.
This game, developed by Exidy in the '70s and loosely based on the Paul Bartel film Death Race 2000, appeared on two different systems, but had the same fundamental idea: Run over people with your car and score points.
The arcade version was a simple black and white screen that awarded players a single point for every gremlin they ran over and assigned them a rating at the end of the game of "skeleton chaser," "bone cracker," "gremlin hunter" or "expert driver." We're assuming skeleton chaser was the lowest ranking because in real life it's totally easy to catch a skeleton.
The NES version had a little more advanced graphics than its predecessor, which is like comparing New Coke to a lukewarm puddle of whale vomit. American Game Cartridges resurrected (ripped off) the original game with 8-bit color and the option to pimp your death mobile with weapons like guns, missiles and flesh mulching tires called "cutters," "slashers," "slicers" and "dicers" which we're guessing also gave much better traction in the winter.
So How Bad Was It?
By comparison, the NES version was more violent, but the arcade version became one of the first titles to cause public controversy. According to The Dot Eaters' website, the game's cabinet featured some gruesome artwork, plus the victims would scream when you ran over them and, in a classy touch, would turn into little crosses to mark the spot where they became one with the road. Presumably, somewhere a young, starry-eyed Jack Thompson was getting an idea.
The game got skewered in the press and eventually was pulled off the market leaving gamers to take on more wholesome, less controversial titles for kids like Combat, Rampage and Pete Rose Baseball.


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I play guitar, and am attempting to teach myself the piano. Which notes from a scale form the chord on the keyboard? Is there a common rule for this?
Any keys you like. A chord in just two notes played at the same time, although typically three or more is used. Now, most combinations will sound bad of course (at least for a certain value of bad, it's all subjective) so the question rather needs to be specified into which chord you mean.
The rules to form nice sounding chords are complicated, but it's the same rules as for guitars, but because of the difference between the instruments you would typically not do the notes in the same order, or at least you would have the notes repeated higher and lower.
So the C Major on a guitar would for example be "E C E G C E", while on the piano you would just take "C E G". These are both C Majors, although there are complicated naming systems to actually name the guitar chord something more complicated, as it has an extra low E.
Pianos are both easier and more difficult than guitars. There are no barre chords you can just move up and down. On the other hand you can move every chord up and down with just minor modifications in how you hold your hand, which are needed because the black keys aren't regular.
So there are less chords to learn, you don't have to learn G Major separately from C Major, but you will have to learn to transpose the chords, which comes with practice, I'm told. :-)
Open up the piano so you can see the strings. They are laid out just like the frets of a guitar.
A friend of mine actually learned to play the piano this way as a little kid. He studied the strings instead of the keyboard. He didn't know anything about music theory -- not even the names "major" and "minor" -- but he noticed that a certain kind of chord (what we call "major") always looked a certain way: a hammer, skip three, next hammer, skip two, next hammer. Another kind (what we call "minor") was upside-down: hammer, skip two, hammer, skip 3, hammer.
The first, third, and fifth. For example:
C major scale: C D E F G A B C
Of course a Chord is any combination of notes played together so that's pretty broad.
Most piano players and composers approach piano chords from music where the chords are explicitely written out in sheet music notation. For people learning jazz, there are chord dictionaries and methods where most chords are listed in several notations.
What I will do is to suppose you want to play on piano songs you know on the guitar already.
Here is a way to see piano chords from a guitarist perspective
by putting fingers on the frets in a certain order, you add or substract semitones to the member of this arrangement.
Another thing you can do (it is fun but it takes time, it is a way to explore the keyboard) It is a bit cumbersome, it is a lot more practical to do that on paper if you know and can read sheet music notation. Or find a drawing of a piano keyboard and make diagrams of the chords that way: it is the equivalent of a tablature for the piano, but learning traditional music notation is a real asset:
You can do the same thing if you know sheetmusic notation : write the guitar chord in sheet music notation (you can start from a tablature applying the same principle than in the game with fingers on the piano or looking at your fingers if you know how to name a note you play on the guitar) then add or substract an octave to certain notes so that it fit in your left hand.
The most common chords used in western music are tertian chords. This means that they are built up in thirds from their underlying scale. Take the C Major scale:
Now, starting with C, move up in thirds (skipping a note each time)
This gives you the notes of a "C Major 7th" chord. Why is it called a 7th chord? Because it contains the 7th note of the scale:
Why is it called a "Major" chord? Because the 3rd (E) and the 7th (B) are both major intervals.
Pick a different mode (or scale) and you get a different chord. Triads are 3 note chords, built in the same way (in thirds from the root). A scale with a minor third (Eb is a minor third above C) will be a minor chord*. Here's some further reading on chord theory:
* It could be a diminished chord, but I am assuming diatonic harmony here rather than diminished.
If I am reading your question correctly, I believe you are referring to the type of chords besides just the chords.
The question as to the basic chords are answered by others already so I will just extrapolate.
My advise is to forget about scales if you want the fast track to getting chords. It will just like touching your nose the other way around. We can get back to the scale theory behind it later. In my profession, I strife to make learn as simole as possible for my 5000+ student in my 25 years of teaching. I hope this helps you.
Just think in terms of semitones (or half-steps in American Terms) and sharps and flats. With only 9 formulas, you can create at least 144 chords. There is absolutely nothing complicated with forming chords if you do it this way. Peel open your eyes and ears.
You already learnt that Chords are formed by pressing the Root note, next note 4 half steps up and then 3 half steps up. ie. C E and G in C chord. You can get every other major chords by using this R - 4 - 3 formula.
Now, to get the minor chord, just flatten the middle note (i.e. E flatted to E flat). So Cm chord = C Eb G. I do not want to use R - 3 - 4 because by doing so, you end up memorizing 12 formulas at least. I just want you to remember 9 for the time being)
For the suspended chord, just sharpen the middle note (i.e. E sharpened to F) Sharpen means raise the note 1 half step. So for Csus or Cs4 or Csus4 = C F G. You will get this is "McGyver's theme"
For the Diminished Fifth chord, just flatten the rightmost (fifth) note (i.e. G flatted to G flat). So Cm chord = C E Gb. It is most commonly used in m7-5 like in Cm7-5 which is C Eb Gb Bb. It will most commonly be used as Bm7-5 when playing songs in A minor key. Bm7-5 = B D F A. When playing Dm E7 Am progression, replace the Dm with Bm7-5 and you will get the an even more beautiful color to your song.
For the Augmented 5th chord, just sharpen the fifth, rightmost note (i.e. G sharpened to G#) So for CAug or C+5 or CAug5 = C E G+. You will find this is "Greatest Love of All" and "James Bond Theme"
Now for the 6th, 7th and Major 7th. Basically it means:
For 6th ADD a note 2 half steps from the 5th note. C6 will result in C E G A. You will find these sweet sounding chords prevalent in Hawaiian songs.
For 7th ADD a note 3 half steps from the 5th note. C7 will result in C E G Bb. These chords with "unfinished" feelings alway appear in pairs with root chords. I.e. G7 with C chord in C key; C7 with F Chord in F key; etc.
For Major7th ADD a note 4 half steps from the 5th note. CMaj7; CMaj;CM7 will result in C E G B. You will find these big broad sounding chords prevalent in Movie Themes to give you the big countryside feelings. You will also find it in songs with minor keys long root chord progressions like Feelings which goes Am - AmM7-Am7-Am6-Dm...
For Diminished Chords, this is a special exception. All the 4 notes are 3 half steps apart. ie. Cdim = C Eb Gb A. You will find these weird sounding chords prevalent in Hawaiian and Jazz songs as a passing chord ie. C C#dim Dm G7.... or C Ebdim Dm G7..... One of Bach's songs also uses this (I forgot the name) which is commonly used in Dracula Vampire movies. Try it out and see.
For all the above, you will see that all these adds to the color of sound and like an artist, these are your shades that will help you paint your masterpieces. How you use them will determine the quality and output of your music.
With the above, you can create 144 chords at least. Test it out as below
Major (try out all the 12 chords) Minor (try out all the 12 chords) 7th (try out all the 12 chords) m7th (try out all the 12 chords) m7-5 (try out all the 12 chords) dim (try out all the 12 chords) 6th (try out all the 12 chords) 7th (try out all the 12 chords) Maj7 (try out all the 12 chords) Dim (try out all the 12 chords) Aug5 (try out all the 12 chords) Sus4 (try out all the 12 chords)
With so much 144 colors, you should have enough to paint your masterpieces. Only after mastering these, we worry about the 9ths, 11ths, 13ths later.


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I want to allow a limited white list of HTML tags that users can use in my forum. So I have configured the HTML Purifier like so:
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$config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'p,a[href|rel|target|title],img[src],span[style],strong,em,ul,ol,li');
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What I am wondering is, does the default configuration of the HTML Purifier still apply, with the exception of a reduced number of accepted HTML tags or do I need to re-set every possible configuration parameter manually?
Additionally, should I tweak the default configuration in any way to stay safe? I am new to the whole XSS protection thing, new to HTML Purifier and didn't find that the manual gave a lot of 'basic' tips and hints.


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With key government positions to fill, President Barack Obama, a Columbia College
graduate, did not stray far from his alma mater. Five Columbia Law School alumni have joined the 44th president in his new administration.
Eric H. Holder Jr. '76, a partner at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., has become the first African-American attorney general of the United States. Holder, who served as deputy attorney general under President Clinton, said he looks forward to a few games of pickup basketball at the White House. "I'm not sure [Obama's] ready for my New York game," he joked.
Joining Holder in the new administration is fellow Covington & Burling partner Lanny A. Breuer '85, who was nominated as attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division. Breuer, who has represented President Clinton and baseball star Roger Clemens, could inherit a number of ongoing investigations, including the probe into the Bernard Madoff scandal. Jeh C. Johnson '82, a partner in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, returns to government work as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense. Johnson was previously general counsel to the Department of the Air Force under President Clinton.
Antony "Tony" Blinken '88, the former staff director of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, secured a position within the administration as national security advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden. And drawing directly from the Columbia Law School faculty, Obama selected Trevor W. Morrison '98 to become associate counsel to the president. In this role, which requires a one-year public service leave from Columbia, Morrison will advise the president on a range of legal issues.


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I'm going to travel to India from Canada soon. My account is with TD bank. So I would like to know which ATM or banks in India accepts debit card from TD.
From the TD Canada Trust Foreign Currency services page on taking trips:
They then link to an ATM locator page for finding any ATMs worldwide, and indeed, it finds ATMs in India.


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My company BCSG recently conducted some research to understand the attitudes smaller companies have towards hiring apprentices. We thought the results might be interesting in light of the government's appointment of entrepreneur Jason Holt to review the success of UK apprenticeship schemes.
Most businesses have never had an apprentice
I was surprised to uncover that 78% of the small business owners we surveyed have never hired apprentices to join their workforce. They don't have any plans to start, either. When asked what was stopping them, 44% said the associated training costs were too high and 30% said the red tape was too complex.
This perhaps explains why the government has recently introduced a flurry of new measures to encourage small businesses to hire and train apprentices:
I hope these measures help to boost apprentice recruitment, because although hiring apprentices may seem an expensive and labour intensive process, these aspiring business stars can make valuable contributions to the small business market:
Has your firm had any experience of employing apprentices? Has the red tape put you off? Leave a comment and let us know.
John Davis is managing director of Business Centric Services Group.
See also: http://www.lawdonut.co.uk/news/law/firms-must-take-on-apprentices-for-minimum-of-12-months


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The Grayville Volleyball team met the North Clay Lady Cardinals this past week and won in straight sets, 25-15, 25-21.
Scoring for Grayville was Jordan Bosecker with two points, two aces and two digs, Justinn Sexton with two points and two kills, Kassi Linnemann with two points, a kill, a block and a dig, Kerri Mitchell with two points, two kills, nine assists and five digs, Kodi Knight with six points, an ace, five kills, five assists and seven digs, Mia Buchova with two points, two kills and an assist, Shaylee Hart with seven digs, Shelby McGarvey with 11 points, an ace, seven kills, three blocks and seven digs and Taylor Knight with an assist and a dig.
The junior varsity team also defeated North Clay in straight sets, 25-19, 25-8.
The team was led by Allie Armstrong with two points and two kills, Ali Howard with four points, three aces and a kill, Haley Cason with two points, an ace, a kill, two assists and a dig, Kyla Harms with nine points, an ace and eight kills, Madison Martin with a point and a kill and Taylor Knight with two points, two kills and 10 assists.
The team will be in action again on Thursday when they host Wayne City.
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text: Espeon is easily one of my favorite Pokemon. Fittingly from the name, it is a psychic type that has amazing stats. Its three top stats are its Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed. This Pokemon was created a long time ago and is in the Pokedex for Johto (#184), Hoenn (#341), Sinnoh (#167) and the National Dex (#196). Espeon evolves from Eevee when your friendship is strong during the day OR when you use a sun shard- level does not effect whether it evolves or not. So let's get to drawing! :D


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There are features missing in multiuser side that are necessary to get it working the way I need it to work, like "theme options".
Here is a snap-shot of theme options http://screencast.com/t/5sx0umfYQs6
I'm thinking it must be a database issue as well as other things... I have no idea where to begin.