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I am aware of an intuitive explanation for $\operatorname{curl} \operatorname{grad} F = 0$ (a block placed on a mountainous frictionless surface will slide to lower ground without spinning), and was wondering if there were a similar explanation for $\operatorname{div} \operatorname{curl} F = 0$.
Update: I felt that in my original answer, the intuition got lost in all of the formalism, so I've rewritten it to make it clearer. The core idea is still much the same as Qiaochu's answer on the linked MO question.
First off, I don't think you're going to get an explanation for $\nabla\cdot (\nabla\times \mathbf F) = 0$ that's on quite the same level as your sliding block example, because while the gravitational force is well-known to be the gradient of the negative potential, there aren't any tangible vector fields that are the curl of something. The curl, like the cross product, is a little "unnatural" as it depends on the choice of handedness; classical physics, on the other hand, is independent of handedness, so you can never observe a curl directly, only hidden under an integral or cross product to make the handedness goes away.
Nevertheless, the most mathematically natural argument that $\nabla\cdot (\nabla\times \mathbf F) = 0$ is quite easy to grasp. For a warm-up, let's look at another explanation for why $\nabla\times (\nabla f) = 0$. The curl of any vector field $\mathbf F$ describes how much $\mathbf F$ "spins around", right? So take any closed loop in space; the net curl inside the loop is nothing but how much $\mathbf F$ "circulates" around the loop, i.e. $\oint \mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf x$. But if $\mathbf F$ is a gradient of something, say $f$, then $\mathbf F \cdot d\mathbf x$ is actually how much $f$ is going up or down as you walk along $d\mathbf x$. So if you walk along a closed loop and come back to where you started, the net change in $f$ has to be zero! Or as wzzx's comment states: you can't walk from home to school and back and have gone uphill both ways.
Now we can do the same thing for $\nabla\cdot(\nabla\times \mathbf F)$. Intuitively, the divergence of a vector field $\mathbf G$ measures how much $\mathbf G$ is "spreading out" or "pulling in". In other words, pick any region of space; what does the total divergence of $\mathbf G$ inside it tell you? It tells you exactly how much $\mathbf G$ is flowing out of the surface of the region, i.e. $\oint \mathbf G \cdot d\mathbf A$. But if $\mathbf G$ is the curl of another vector field $\mathbf F$, then $\int \mathbf G \cdot d\mathbf A$ on a surface just measures how much $\mathbf F$ circulates around the boundary of that surface. What's the boundary of a closed surface? Imagine taking a portion of the entire surface and growing it to cover the whole. Its boundary eventually gets smaller and smaller, and then disappears. So there is nothing for $\mathbf F$ to circulate around, and the circulation must be zero.
All I've shown here is that the integrals of $\nabla\times(\nabla f)$ and $\nabla\cdot(\nabla\times\mathbf F)$ are zero on any arbitrary region, but that should be enough to see that (at least for smooth $f$ and $\mathbf F$) their values must be zero everywhere.
Formal Intuition
"Formal intuition" is a bit of a contradiction, but look at
$$\mathbf{A} \cdot (\mathbf{A} \times \mathbf{B})$$
Cross products are perpendicular to the things being crossed, so $\mathbf{A \times B}$ is perpendicular to $\mathbf{A}$. The dot product of perpendicular vectors is zero, so
$$\mathbf{A} \cdot (\mathbf{A} \times \mathbf{B}) = 0$$
Replacing $\mathbf{A}$ with $\nabla$ would give the identity, but I'm not sure if this counts as intuitive. Note: This isn't supposed to be a proof. It's only supposed to suggest the identity.
Geometric Intuition
Here, I'll use Gauss's theorem and Stoke's theorem, which themselves have intuitive explanations.
Make a coordinate system like this:
Consider a cubical box. Make it centered at the origin with sides of length $1$, so the corners are $(.5,.5,.5)$, $(.5,.5,-.5)$, $(.5,-.5,.5)$, etc. This is for convenience - the area of each side is $1$ and the volume is $1$, so any time I need to divide or multiply by the area of a side or by the volume, nothing changes.
We are looking at $\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{F})$. Ignoring the stuff inside the parentheses, we're looking at a divergence of something. Let's call that thing $\mathbf{C}$ since it's a curl.
Gauss' theorem says that the integral of the divergence over the volume of the box is equal to the net flux coming out. This means that we can find the average divergence over the entire box by thinking only about the faces.
Consider the top face. To find the flux coming out of the top face, first find the average of $\mathbf{C}$ over that face. Then project that vector onto a unit normal vector, $\hat{z}$. This gives a vector $\mathbf{C}_z$ that either points into or out of the box. If it points out, it contributes positive flux, and if it points in, it contributes negative flux.
If we can show that all six such vectors (one for each face) contribute zero net flux when combined, we know that the average divergence over our box is zero. How do we get information about the average of $\mathbf{C}$, projected onto a normal vector, over some face?
This is where the curl comes in. Stokes' theorem says that the average of $\mathbf{C}_z = (\nabla \times \mathbf{F})\cdot\hat{z}$ over the top is equal to the line integral over the edges of the top face of $\mathbf{F}\cdot \hat{r}$, with $\hat{r}$ a unit tangent vector. In other words, each of the four edges of the top gives some contribution to the average of $\mathbf{C}_z$ on the top.
Grab one particular edge - the one from $(.5, -.5, .5)$ to $(.5,.5,.5)$ will do. Suppose we traverse it from left to right, and get a positive number, say $4.2$, out of the line integral of $\mathbf{F} \cdot \hat{r}$ along that edge.
The purple vector is the original vector field $\mathbf{F}$. It gets projected onto $\hat{r}$ to make $F_r$, the purple segment. This gets integrated along the edge, and contributes to the black vector $\mathbf{C_z}$, which itself contributes to the flux.
The important thing to note is that this $4.2$ value of the line integral along the edge gets used twice in finding the flux because the edge borders on two different faces. For the top face, going left-to-right on our edge means circling clockwise as viewed from above. The right-hand rule tells us that the positive $4.2$ of the line integral along our edge contributes positively to a vector $\mathbf{C_z}$ point out of the top. Since it points up out of the top, it contributes negative flux. All told, traversing our edge, thinking of it as part of the top of the cube, contributes $-4.2$ to the total flux.
When we look at the front of the cube, going left-to-right on our edge means going clockwise around the front, as viewed from in front of the cube. The right hand rule means that a positive clockwise line integral around the front creates a vector $\mathbf{C}_x$ pointing into the cube - positive flux. So this time our edge contributes $+4.2$ to the total flux.
The edge's two contributions to the flux cancel each other because one point outwards and the other points inwards. There is nothing special about this edge, so all edges will be canceled by their two contributions to the flux. The total flux for this cube is zero. That means the average of the divergence over the cube is zero. There was nothing special about this cube, so the average divergence over any cube is zero, and the divergence itself must simply be zero everywhere.
Physical Intuition
This theorem about the divergence of the curl is responsible for the conservation of charge. Begin with Maxwell's equation for the curl of the magnetic field
$$\nabla \times \mathbf{B} = \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial \mathbf{E}}{\partial t} + \frac{4 \pi}{c} \mathbf{J}$$
Take the divergence of both sides.
$$\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{B}) = \frac{1}{c} \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \nabla \cdot \mathbf{E} + \frac{4\pi}{c}\nabla\cdot\mathbf{J}$$
Now use Maxwell's equation for the divergence of the electric field
$$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{E} = 4\pi \rho$$
Insert this into the above to get
$$\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{B}) = \frac{4 \pi}{c} \left(\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot\mathbf{J}\right)$$
We expect that electric charge will be conserved. That means the the flux of charge current coming out of some region must be compensated by a loss of charge density there.
$$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{J} = -\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}$$
Plugging this into our previous expression gives
$$\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{B}) = \frac{4 \pi}{c} \left(\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} -\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}\right) = 0$$
This means that if electromagnetic fields obey Maxwell's equations and if electric charge is conserved, then the divergence of the curl of any magnetic field must be zero. However, I'm not sure how intuitive this is, and also the magnetic field cannot be chosen arbitrarily because it must be divergenceless.
We could repeat the procedure for Maxwell's equation for the curl of the electric field. There, we'd get
$$\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{E}) = \frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left(\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}\right) = 0$$
because the magnetic field is divergenceless. So the absence of magnetic charge implies that the divergence of the curl of all electric fields is zero. Electric fields, unlike magnetic fields, can be essentially arbitrary as far as I know, and so viewed in a certain light Maxwell's equations imply the sought vector identity.
Here's an explanation I was given while I was still in high school (but not in school, of course!). I didn't fully understand it at the time, but it might be illuminating if you're willing to accept the generalised Stokes theorem. Essentially, it's the claim that $$\int_{M} d\omega = \int_{\partial M} \omega$$ where $\omega$ is a differential $(n - 1)$-form, $d\omega$ is its exterior derivative, $M$ is an $n$-dimensional smooth manifold with boundary, and $\partial M$ its boundary. (There are some technical conditions which I'm glossing over.) I should probably explain what these things are though:
Now, I suppose I should explain what this has to do with div, grad, and curl. Let's start with a function $f$ of 3 real variables $(x, y, z)$. This can be regarded as a differential 0-form, and so it has an exterior derivative $df$. This is essentially the same thing as $\nabla f$; indeed, we can expand $df$ using the chain rule to get $$df = \frac{\partial f}{\partial x} \, dx + \frac{\partial f}{\partial y} \, dy + \frac{\partial f}{\partial z} \, dz$$ which, neglecting certain subtleties, is the same as $\nabla f$ expanded out in the standard basis. Suppose instead I give you a differential 1-form $F = a \, dx + b \, dy + c \, dz$. Its exterior derivative is $$dF = \left( \frac{\partial c}{\partial y} - \frac{\partial b}{\partial z} \right) \, dy \wedge dz + \left( \frac{\partial a}{\partial z} - \frac{\partial c}{\partial x} \right) \, dz \wedge dx + \left( \frac{\partial b}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial a}{\partial y} \right) \, dx \wedge dy$$ which, with a little squinting, is seen to be more-or-less the curl $\nabla \times F$. (This is basically the chain rule again, but you might be wondering why there aren't 9 terms in the exterior derivative and where all the minuses are coming from. This is because for any differential 1-form $\alpha$, $\alpha \wedge \alpha = 0$. Applying this to $(dx + dy) \wedge (dx + dy)$, we see that $dx \wedge dy = -dy \wedge dx$ — that is, the wedge product $\wedge$ of differential 1-forms is anticommutative, just like the cross product of two vectors.) Finally, suppose I have a differential 2-form $A = a \, dy \wedge dz + b \, dz \wedge dx + c \, dx \wedge dy$. Its exterior derivative is $$dA = \left( \frac{\partial a}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial b}{\partial y} + \frac{\partial c}{\partial z} \right) \, dx \wedge dy \wedge dz$$ which is quite obviously related to the divergence $\nabla \cdot A$.
The generalised Stokes theorem is a vast generalisation of the fundamental theorem of calculus, the Kelvin—Stokes theorem, and the divergence theorem. Indeed, they are all special cases: again, working in 3-dimensional Euclidean space, we get
Of course, exactly as with div, grad, and curl, just by fiddling with the definitions, you can show that for any differential $n$-form $\omega$, the exterior derivative of the exterior derivative is $d^2 \omega = 0$. But this doesn't explain why it should happen, and I think the best explanation is through the generalised Stokes theorem: $$\int_M d^2 \omega = \int_{\partial M} d\omega = \int_{\partial^2 M} \omega$$ This shows that the fact that $d^2 \omega = 0$ is intimately linked to the fact that $\partial^2 M = \emptyset$, i.e. that the boundary of a smooth manifold itself doesn't have a boundary. Translating this to the classical notation, we immediately have the identities $$\nabla \times (\nabla f) = 0$$ $$\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times F) = 0$$ as promised.
Think of the surface of water, and a two dimensional vector field $\mathbf{F}(x,y)$ which gives its velocity everywhere. Think that you put a needle that floats somewhere on its surface. If the needle is rotating, then it is in a region of non-zer curl, and if the needle (EDIT: a bunch of them) appears to be translating inwards or outwards towards or away from some point, then it is a region of non zero divergence. Finite divergence just means there's like a hose pipe somewhere which is sucking in or spewing out fluid radially. This is how you can think of the divergence and the curl individually.
For your question, think of a mixed region with non zero divergence and non-zero curl. The direction of the curl would be along the axis of rotation and hence perpendicular to the surface.
$$\mathbf{\nabla} \times \mathbf{F}(x,y) = g(x,y) \hat{z}$$
$$\nabla \cdot \mathbf{\nabla} \times \mathbf{F}(x,y) = \frac{\partial g(x,y) }{\partial z} = 0$$
Or intuitively, the curl is perpendicular to the divergence, which is an abuse of notation because divergence is really an operator, so this is as far as the analogy goes.
The curl of a vector field $F$ at a point on an infinitesimal surface $S$ can be thought of as how the vector field "spins" $S$. The divergence, on the other hand, describes how much the vector field "passes through" $S$. If you take the a vector field which spins a surface, how much does it pass through the surface? None.
Of course, this is a highly non-technical explanation.


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For the sixth year in a row, Columbia College has been ranked in the top tier of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report. Columbia College is ranked 44th in the category of "Best Universities-Master's" for the Midwest Region. This category evaluates institutions that offer a broad scope of undergraduate degrees as well as some master's degrees and doctoral programs.
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Shea is a former president of the McClosky Institute of Voice, a national nonprofit organization of certified voice therapists, and has conducted seminars and workshops in singing, speech and voice therapy for choruses, school systems, music educators and speech-language pathologists throughout the New England and West Coast areas. Among his conducting credits, Shea founded the Mozart at Newport Music Festival and appeared on PBS with the Festival Orchestra. He has been music director of the North Shore Light Opera, the Cambridge Madrigal Singers and the Orpheus Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he founded the Summer orchestral Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Shea was assistant conductor for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young People's Concert series, "What is Light Opera?," and has conducted operetta and musical theater productions at various universities.
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I noticed that when I played the piano in the very first town you go to it came up
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It seems that the strategic weight of specially breeded pigeons is much higher than I thought at first, based on the number of pigeons used and the effort to stop them. (In WW2 Germans even trained falcons to hunt pigeons, so there was a whole side-battlefield of birds). Wikipedia mentions the pigeons often, but doesn't really show a lot of details or links. I thought they were mainly used by secret services, but the French troops even used mobile pigeon coops.
So my question is, how often were the pigeons used in WW1&2? The Germans seem to have learned from WW1 and trained falcons. I would be interested what kind of information (situation report from the front, secret agent report, are there some photos/protocols) was carried by pigeons and on what time scales this was done (hours, days). What average distance did these pigeons have to fly?


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African Animal Necklace
This necklace can be given as a zawadi gift, or your child can make it for himself.Materials
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- Have your child shape clay into African animals, such as elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes.
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- You can divide the clay into batches, and add food coloring for each animal.
- Make a hole at the top of each animal shape for the thread.
- Once the clay is dry, attach each animal to a black satin cord with string or thread, making a knot to keep each animal in place.
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Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation of Florida in Tallahassee — which has helped the public and news media navigate the state's public records law for 30 years — said the university's stated exemption is dubious.
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Emails seeking further explanation sent to Provost Joe Glover, the general counsel's office and other UF officials had not been answered by late Friday.
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The Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a final statement following the conclusion of their 119th Ministerial Council session in Jeddah yesterday.
The delegates included Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal; Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah; Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa; UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan; Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Mahmoud; Kuwaiti Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry Khalid Sulaiman Al-Jarallah; and GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani.
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October 4, 2012
Donald Francis Appel
Funeral services are at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church Fulda, MN at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2012 with Fr. Andrew Vogel celebrating.
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Don Appel, the son of Edward and Mary (Ramert) Appel, was born on December 1, 1923 in Fulda, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm east of Fulda. He attended District #36 Country School and then Heron Lake High School. Don was united in marriage to Gerry Carlson on April 9, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After their marriage they lived and farmed east of Fulda. They retired from farming and moved to Worthington, Minnesota in the fall of 1984. They wintered in Arizona for many years. They moved to the Maple Wood Courts in Fulda in October of 2009 and then entered the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in April of 2012. Don passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda, Minnesota at the age of 88. He was a member of St. Gabriel's Church. He enjoyed restoring old tractors and cars and had a love of airplanes and aviation. Don also enjoyed hunting, Fishing and traveling.
Survivors include his wife Gerry Appel, Fulda, MN; three sons: Terry Appel, Fulda, MN, Tom (Mary) Appel, Fulda, MN and Todd Appel, Little Rock, IA; six grandchildren: Jason (Heidi) Appel, Fulda, MN, Lindsay (Wes) Grimmius, Spirit Lake, IA, Matthew Appel, Mitchell, SD and Andrew Bennett and Kameryn Appel all of Fulda, MN; two great-grandsons: Caleb and Aiden Appel, Fulda, MN. He is preceded in death by his parents; brother Harry Appel; sister Irene Stenzel and grandson Michael John Appel.
Funeral services are at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church Fulda, MN at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2012 with Fr. Andrew Vogel celebrating. The organist is Dana Hogan. The song leader is Sheila Crowley. The pallbearers are his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Interment at St. Gabriel's Cemetery Fulda, MN. Visitation will be Thursday, October 4 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel's Church in Fulda with a 6:00 p.m. prayer service and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. The Totzke Funeral Home in Fulda is assisting the family with arrangements. Sign guestbook online at www.totzkefuneralhome.com.
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Mission Creep Already
After hinting that there would be no U.S. military involvement in Iraq's current metldown/civil war...well, there is. President Obama has said he is sending 300 military advisors to??? advise? to target ISIS militants for air attacks? to show the Iraqi military how to do something they are unwilling or incapable of doing? And only 300? what about the air crews bringing them in? the translators? Well, you get it. And all of this while Mr. Maliki is still in power. And oh yes, maybe we'll take a few shots at Syria while we're bombing in Iraq.
NYTimes: "President Obama said Thursday that he would deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help its struggling security forces fend off a wave of Sunni militants who have overrun large parts of the country, edging the United States back into a conflict that Mr. Obama once thought he had left behind.
"Warning that the militants pose a threat not just to Iraq but also to the United States, Mr. Obama said he was prepared to take "targeted and precise military action," a campaign of airstrikes that a senior administration official said could be extended into neighboring Syria."
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Ms. Steinfels - any chance you are over-reacting? It is a complex dance - both foreign policy and managing the McCains of this world.
You base your reaction on a press briefing - do you really think Obama told us everything? Some retired military commentors noted that some of these advisors are probably the very folks who had trained the Iraqi military; had local, Baghdad or northern Iraqi tribal connections, etc. Any chance that these advisors might give us a more comprehensive and balanced picture of what is going on (rather than just Shia/Maliki viewpoint(?
You make no mention of the fact that Iraqi is in the process of forming a new government - any chance that Obama's announcement is part of a negotiation, initial leverage, etc.?
You make no mention of Kerry's trip - what is really his purpose/goal - what will be the outcomes?
Have relative in US military. According the the rumour mill, rangers and seal teams deployed for assassination of senior ISIS leaders. I don't think that solves the problems because they are supported by large swaths of their respective communities. Nonetheless, this is the buzz among military folks. We gossip and you decide!!
BdH: Could be I'm overreacting...hang over from the "advisors" trick in Vietnam!
Only a press conference, yes. But slipped in with the 300 (or how ever many) advisors is the mention of air strikes not only in Iraq but Syria. There are reported to be 5000 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, presumably some of them have a handle on the intelligence/military/political situation. Perhaps some among the 300 will have special insight into the situation, perhaps not.
Obama's earlier statements that the Iraqis must decide for themselves about Maliki, about battling with ISIS, about reconciliation among Sunnis, Shites, and Kurds was right. We can't want reconciliation more than they do... And John Kerry!!! Well what can I say? His brilliant performance with the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and the Ukranian-Russian stand-off could mean better luck with yet another crisis. Count me skeptical. The John McCains and Lindsay Grahams of this world, or for that matter the Dick Cheneys and Robert Kagans: They like war; they think it solves problems.
Of course, Obama didn't tell us everything (or at least I hope not). Where are talks with Turkey, Iran, Jordan, the Sunni ex-Batthist military, (who seems to be playing a very big role in organizing the liver-eaters, ISIS), and the Kurds, who actually know how to fight. Presumably a lot is going on; it might be helpful to have some of that leak out to reassure us that more is on the agenda than fighting and bombing. Maybe news of 300 advisors and possible air attacks is mean to quiet the war hawks. But that is not how these things usually work out.
Ms. Steinfels - thanks; and anticipate that leaks will happen (intentional and otherwise)
The *advisor* comparison with Vietnam is only partly true - in fact, my MA in Amer. History thesis is on US government mismangement in Vietnam 1945-1965. The story behind the *advisors* is complex, has many moving parts; changed with each administration; and each administration had different reasons for the use of advisors and there was never a consistent buildup until LBJ. Your comparison works best if you narrowly ascribe this comparison to LBJ's years.
A more apt comparison is European colonialism whether circa WWI or WWII:
- funny how French empire/colonialism stamped both Vietnam and Iraq.....in fact,at the end of WWII the US OSS forces had been fighting with our allies, Viet Minh, against Japanese forces for years and a transition per self-determination could have wisely led to a different direction an conclusion in Vietnam. Unfortunately, both Truman and Eisenhower allowed the French Empire to re-emerge in IndoChina despite UN votes, etc. Eventually, the French were defeated and withdrew leaving behind a divided Vietnam and a puppet Western aligned South Vietnamese government which the US then committed to (justified via domino theory). Truman/Eisenhower advisors and military aid went to French forces; not Vietnamese. (this is where your simple comparison breaks down)
- Sykes-Picot was a WWI arbitrary, secret agreement that artifically drew up international borders in the Middle East split between French and British areas of influence; if not mandates. No effort was made to include the tribal, national, or religious sects, peoples, etc. A series of failed Arab leaders traipsed through these kingdoms - all in the name of the French and British Empires. Isn't it time that we narrowly limit our advisors' roles, end the European empire travesties, and begin to lay out actual ways to work with each self-determined groups - use the Kurds as the template. (make it clear that self-determination can not be based upon Sharia law or terrorism, etc. Too many US political voices cite *terrorism* just like 50 years ago they cited the Domino Theory. Thus, *terrorism* justifies *advisors* - so, a civil war that can only be resolved politically is addressed using military means only - doomed to fail again and again. And we align the US with only one side (there really isn't much difference between Bao Dai in Vietnam and al-Maliki in Iraq)
It is a historical footnote that the Kurds never achieved self-determination after WWI or WWII - now there is a solid start. Wouldn't doubt that some advisors are already in place with the peshmerga.
And what happens when 36 "advisors are blown up and the Manchester Guardian has photos of grannies, moms, and babies killed by a US airstrike
Juan Cole as usuall has some interesting things to say about our view (and more particularly, our media's and our pundits' view) of what is happening in Iraq:
Nothing happens. They are not white Europeans or Americans. I am not being cynical or even sarcastic. That is just the reality. We already know that drones have killed countless civilians and have permanently soured a lot of people in Afghanistan against Americans. Has that changed the US's tactics even one bit? No. Has there been outpouring of concerns? No.
Just catching up (six grade graduation yesterday [remember the days when we just got a final report card and got sent home for the summer!?).
BdH: "advisors?" "advisers?" I am sure you're correct that they filled different roles in different periods. My mind goes back to the early 60s and Kennedy sending them with the caution that they were only advisory. Did that allow Kennedy and Johnson to up the ante? Send your thesis, I'd like to read it.
Nicholas C: Yes, Cole is excellent and confirming matters that I thought I remembered but have not seen mentioned: Oil: Basra in the south is the major source for Iraqi exports. Whatever the capture of Baiji means, it doesn't mean the end of Iraqi exports. Loss of Mosul and other towns: reported to be overrun by ISIS but Cole reports what is said elsewhere; the populations of these cities rose up against the army (Maliki's); they may well rise against ISIS if life proves even worse than under Maliki.
U.S. MSM by and large doesn't seem to have the skeptical fix necessary for reporting from the land of many tales, some true, many not. The PBS Newshour is a scandal in this respect (independent newsreporting indeed!).
The Kurds: Yes, was it Woodrow Wilson who promised them a country? The Iraqi Kurds are the only dependable and skilled fighting force in the region (except of course for the IDF with whom they are said to have very good relations). They also appear to be capable of self-governance though I suspect it would be a stretch to call Iraqi Kurdistan a constitutional democracy..
Treaty of Sevres - never ratified or acted on. Gave the Kurds their own nation.
Ms. Steinfels - thesis.....well, it was 1977, done on a typewriter. A few hardbound copies....one would be at DePaul University. Much of the thesis points are obviously based upon the research and documentation available at that time - so, prior to McNamara's admission that the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a lie; etc. Did use some documentation at the LBJ Library in Austin, TX but lots of documentation was, at that time, still sealed and off limits.
Sorry, don't have a pdf of the thesis.
Kennedy - unfortunatley, his death leaves a historical conundrum - would he have ceased US support and pulled out advisors by his second term? Historians project possible decisions from one extreme to another on this question. What we do know is that with the assassination of the Diem's, Kennedy was shaken and angry about the direction of US support.
1977? typewriter? MAthesis? How old were you? 7?
Vox: Looks slightly better informed than the Newshour...
Put a *2* in front of the *7*
Wow! you're almost as old as I am. No wonder you're so wise.
Well, passed my boards the following summer and got my degree. My daughter merely states that I am old with bad habits. How many folks these days have to do both boards and thesis for a masters?
Guess I will never catch up to you age wise; so there goes any wisdom.
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- Badges of frost / heroism etc. Should I spend them on heirloom items, or save them if they get converted to something usable in Cata?
- Honor - similar question - spend now or save?
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- Sell trade mats (at now rock bottom prices)? Or are some expected still to be in demand in Cata?
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I am certainly sure that any one who has read Gil Kalai's witty community wiki has benefited a lot. Here I follow a similar track in asking this question. So let's compose a list of fundamental theorems in mathematics which may not even have the tag "fundamental" but have serious wight in the respective branch of math.
I will start with the elementary and very popular ones.(Please add a description if the theorem is fundamental but still not so well-known)
Thanks for all your effort.
FTA: The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (or Unique-Prime-Factorization Theorem): ->Any integer greater than 1 can be written as a unique product (up to ordering of the factors) of prime numbers.
FTA: The Fundamental theorem of Algebra: -> The field of complex numbers is algebraically closed
FTC: The fundamental theorem of calculus: -> Has two parts and specifies the relationship between the two central operations of calculus: differentiation and integration.
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Caravaggio in Context
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Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Through Feb. 10
Everyone is calling this "The Caravaggio Show," although only eight of the 57 paintings on display are attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Since he first hit the big time in America (about 1985, when the Metropolitan Museum mounted the first major show of his work in the U.S., and Derek Jarman released his sordid biopic a year later), Caravaggio has all but edged out the other, earlier Michelangelo as the most written-about, filmed, documented, danced and exhibited of all the Italian Old Masters. Caravaggio is often credited with beginning Italian Baroque painting, with his nonidealized street-people models painted from life, his precisionist style, and his dazzlingly theatrical use of light amid darkness.
There are only about 65 (or possibly more—art historians disagree) surviving authentic Caravaggios. (His style, however epoch-making, turned out to be not that hard to copy.) Half of them are in Italy, and the best Caravaggios—mainly altarpieces in churches—don't travel. Only six U.S. museums own certified works of his.
My main problem with the Lacma exhibition, despite the value of our being able to survey an important, rarely seen movement in art, is that its eight Caravaggios include only three I would consider to be major: "St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness"—which plays a big role in Mr. Jarman's movie—from the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo.; "Ecce Homo," Pilate presenting a tortured Christ to the crowd before his execution, from Genoa, Italy; and the swooning, brilliantly back-lit "St. Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy," from the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, where the show will travel next. (A more extensive version of the exhibition was divided earlier this year between two French museums, which got the idea first.)
On a second level I would place works like "The Denial of St. Peter"—one of six paintings on the subject here, and not the best; "Martha and Mary Magdalene"—a dramatic encounter between the two legendary sisters—which seems more about rich fabrics and a beautiful woman's face than anything spiritual; and "Salome Receives the Head of St. John the Baptist," a masterpiece of differing expressions and the play of light. The two losers, I thought, were a stiff portrait of Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)—this fiercely independent artist rarely painted portraits of his patrons—and the ghastly "The Tooth Puller," which Lacma has hidden away in the exit gallery, and which I hope isn't genuine.
Which leaves the gallery-goer with 49 other paintings, most of them by artists one has probably never heard of, to look at between the Caravaggios. The museum pushes on to Velázquez and Georges de la Tour, whom we do know, but who hardly need Caravaggio to prove their worth, any more than do Rubens or Rembrandt.
Of the 49, one could vote on which artist succeeded best with a few popular emotion-rousing Counter-Reformation subjects. Of the four chopped-off heads (there were 10 in the French version of the show), I would give first place to Orazio Gentilleschi's "Judith and the Head of Holofernes." (His daughter Artemisia painted a more frightening version of the beheading itself.) Of the four grisly crownings of Christ with thorns, my vote would go to the one by Bartolomeo Manfredi, in which a single torturer in the dark forces Christ's bowed head almost horizontal. Of the several humbling images of St. Peter, denying on a dark night that he ever knew Christ, I responded most actively to that by the unknown "Tenant of Saraceni," because of his tight, brilliant focus on St. Peter and his accuser.
Following Caravaggio's bisexual path, artists working alongside or after him painted recumbent, spot-lit male nudes pretending to be St. Sebastian or the naked man saved by the Good Samaritan. ( Orazio Riminaldi's "Daedalus and Icarus" is as homoerotic as any important 17th-century Italian painting I've seen. I give high marks to painters who did justice to aging, wrinkled, thin-limbed subjects, like Simone Vouet's St. Jerome and Jusepe de Ribera's St. Mary of Egypt.
By the next generation, Caravaggio's once-shocking realism (see the filthy bare feet of the saint in Claude Vignon's "Martyrdom of St. Matthew") and dramatic film-noir spotlighting had spread over all Western Europe—notably to Holland, France and Spain—and were being used for vivid secular paintings of prostitutes, pickpockets, gamblers, gourmands, smokers and drinkers. There have been bigger and better Caravaggio & Co. shows, from New York in 1985 to Rome in 2010, but this is a first for California. Lacma owns six of the paintings on display, including "The Magdalen With the Smoking Flame," a perfect work by Georges de la Tour. The paintings' own brilliant lighting is brought to life by the high skylights of Lacma's new Resnick Pavilion, their images well spaced along white and yellow walls.
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I see both of these terms used in restaurants that seem to specialize in meat on a vertical rotisserie served in a pita sandwich. I'm not clear on whether there is a difference between the two or if they are just colloquial names for the same thing.
They're rather different.
Gyros are Greek in origin. They are simply meat, tomatoes, onion, and tzatziki sauce on pita. In Greece the meat is typically pork (never had one). In America, specifically here in Chicago (their local origin), the meat is a combination of beef & lamb.
Shwawarma is Middle Eastern in origin. The possible toppings are much more diverse, and can include: tahini, tabouli, fattoush, cucumber, and hummus. Tzatziki isn't typically used, at least not in America. The meat is also never pork, it can be lamb, beef or chicken.
They owe their similarities to their common Turkish ancestor the doner kebab.
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As sarge_smith hinted at in his comment to hobodave, at least from the gyros and shwarmas I've had.
As you slice the shawarma meat off the cone, you're cutting across the stacked slices, so it'll end up falling into lots of smaller bits, while the gyro meat is larger slices, but still tender because it's ground meat.
I don't know how much of it's a regional thing (as I think I've only had shawarmas twice in the US), but when we used to get shawarmas in the Netherlands, they were served with a garlic yoghurt sauce that was similar to tzatziki, but didn't have cucumber or herbs in it. They were also served inside pita pockets (with shredded carrot, lettuce and tomatoes) as opposed to wrapped in a flatbread.
I have many times been to Greece and have had gyros there and they are not ground meat but just like the shawarma it's pieces of meat stacked and roasted. Difference is just like the others say spices and the toppings that go into the pita. Also gyros in Greece are almost always pork meat.
Greek gyros is always cuts of meat, not homogenised with herbs etc. like a donner kebab, and comes as either pork, or less commonly, chicken. In the UK what is described as 'chicken donner' or 'chicken shawarma' is almost always very similar to what is called 'chicken gyros' in Greece in terms of the meat and its appearance, though spices etc are different and it will probably be served with different salads.
I'm a chef, trained by "off the boat" greeks, and gyro is lamb/beef..not pork, and I find it hard to believe that the Greek family that I was trained under would be making gyro wrong.. American style is typically in a "cone" meat form, and Greek style is stacked/layered meat, then sliced as the others said..souvlaki is typically pork, which is different than gyro..
Gyros are not usually pork. in Greece, they are wrapped lamb and beef with proper spices skewered and roasted. In America, I have made them with ground lamb and hambburger.


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Introducing: Project Old SchoolWritten by on July 28, 2003 Big Window or Bust: Totally Polished Goes Big With Project Old School
You should never buy a classic truck sight unseen. You'd think a magazine guy would know that. But, when I was looking for my next project, that's exactly what I did. My name is Jeremy Cook. I'm the new Associate Editor here at CLASSIC TRUCKS, and the truck you see below is now my ongoing project.
I've always had a soft spot for '64-66 GM trucks. Before I was born, my family campaigned a door-slammer GTO that was towed by a '65. That same gold truck remained the shop truck for the family business for many years and was finally restored for my older cousin to drive to high school. My father also had a sky blue '64 Custom that was his daily driver for most of the '70s, until it became a victim of a hit and run. Both trucks are long gone, yet are intertwined throughout my early memories. So much so, that when searching for a project that was well suited for a truck magazine, the only choice (in my mind) was a '64-66--hence the hasty purchase. In fact, when I made the deal, which was the bartering of some late-model Chevy stuff, the only information I had was the year of the truck and its location--which was a less-than-stellar body shop. The truck was owed a free paint job, but I waived it as soon as I saw the truck. You're seeing what I saw that day, so you can understand why. Beyond all the haphazardly applied body filler, I noticed that the cab on this truck was originally sky blue, while the doors were originally gold. I took this as a sign and trailered the truck home. Upon further inspection, I realized that the recent rash of filler-slinging is by far the worst aspect of the truck. The stock 327 and Powerglide are intact and seem to run pretty well. The interior sheetmetal wore a thick layer of glue-pot glue from a "custom" velour interior, but at least everything was there. Now when I'm asked why I started with such a poor example of a readily available truck, instead of telling this story, I say I did it for you guys. Because if I can turn this thing into the truck I am envisioning (with the help of the amazing rendering from Jimmy's Hot Rod Design, www.jimmyshotroddesign.com), you can do the same with yours.
Of course, I'll have plenty of help along the way. The majority of the work will be performed by Chris Daley and myself at Totally Polished in Oxnard, California (read more about TP on the next page). Brothers Truck Parts and Classic Performance Products have also helped out tremendously with this project. These companies are definitely two of your best resources if you own a truck of this vintage. Eastwood, PPG, Stockton Wheel, Coker Tire, Chevy Truck Salvage, and Airlift also play important roles in the buildup, as you will see in the months to come. Finally, if you're wondering what prompted me to go the black suede, red steelie/wide white, Mexican blanket for a seat cover route on a '60s-era truck, there are two reasons. One is because I lack deep pockets. For the other, check back to the Jul. '02 issue of Jimmy Smith's Sketchpad. The gears in my head have been turning ever since.
Totally Polished Goes Big With Project Old School
When I took possession of our run-of-the-mill '64 Chevy, the first order of business was to transform it into something that would justify the large amounts of time and energy we were about to throw at it. In my mind, the coolest truck available in 1964 would have been a 1/2-ton, two-link, Fleetside, shortbed, big window with a V-8 and automatic. But, I also like the GMC dual- headlight frontend better! I'm well aware that is a pretty tall order, considering no GMC ever came with a V-8 and nearly all had leafs in the rear (a GMC with trailing arms was special order only). This truck had what I wanted, drivetrain- and suspension-wise, and the frontend swap would be easy enough. It was the small window and longbed that was going be a challenge. That's where Totally Polished comes in. I came across a '65 pickup that shop owner Chris Daley had just finished working his magic on. That's right, from a small window to a big window and from a longbed to a shortbed. While Totally Polished is known mostly for its super-low show-quality suspensions, Chris and crew have more than proven their metalworking skills in recent years with creations like the world's only '67 Chevelle two-door wagon (his daily driver) and '01 two-door Excursion (TP's 2001 SEMA vehicle). Follow along as Chris and Steve cut out our little window, and don't miss next month's Part II when the TP crew slices through our Bondo-ridden bedsides.
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Here's where it all started. Before the '64 could even get comfortable in its new garage, we stripped the frontend down to the inner fenders and core support so we could swap all the pieces for GMC units. You'll hear all about that in a future installment.On an extremely cold So. Cal. evening, Chris began the process by grinding clean the area to be cut with a four-inch grinder with an 80-grit flap disc. Then the fun could begin.Chris borrowed the glass from the '65 he's building for use as a pattern, and with the glass perfectly centered, traced the outline onto the bare metal.Using an air hammer, Chris begins slicing through the sheetmetal. Because the hole in the cab needs to be slightly larger than the glass, Chris found that cutting on the outside of the line with the air hammer leaves the perfect size opening. Be extremely careful if you try this at home. One false move and you'll end up with a convertible.
A much smaller hole is cut on the inside of the cab with a plasma cutter. The extra metal is needed to fill the gap that will be left between the inner and outer sheetmetal.Once the outside corners are cut, the small window can be pulled free. Back in the day, the "full-view" rear glass option cost just $33.45. Unfortunately, TP has to charge a bit more for their efforts.Holes are drilled about 2 inches apart all the way around the outer lip. They will be used later to weld the inner and outer sheetmetal together.The heavily contoured inner cab corners were plasma cut so the top, bottom, and sides could be bent back to meet the outer skin. Then the contact areas of the inner and outer metal were ground down so they would weld up nicely.Chris creates a 1/2-inch crease in the inner sheetmetal so when it is pulled out to meet the outer metal, the two pieces will lie flat against each other. He then begins at the inside of each section, holding the metal in place with the pliers and welding each of the previously drilled holes. Chris switches from side to side so the metal lays down smoothly and does not warp.Once all four sides are welded solid to the outer skin, you're left with a big, triangle-shaped hole in each corner. Chris begins to prepare the area for patch pieces.
Chris now grinds all of his welds smooth and cleans up any rough edges left by the air hammer and plasma cutter.Eastwood Company sent us some stripping discs for our upcoming bodywork on the truck. We'd say they work pretty well. The entire back of the cab got this same treatment.Chris smoothed on a thin layer of Evercoat Z-Grip body filler, also from Eastwood. Then all corners were then sanded smooth with 80-grit sandpaper. By the time we were ready for paint on the inside, here's how we were lookin'.Chris shot a coat of PPG DP90LF from the roof line to the floor all the way around the cab wall. Since most of this area was down to bare metal, it was like we were replacing the factory primer. According to PPG, this is an epoxy primer with excellent sealing characteristics, which works out well since there's no telling when our old schooler will finally receive paint.Over at Pete's Auto Glass, Ben Tapia was kind enough to cut us a piece of rear glass for the new "full-view" hole in our cab. After he traces his pattern onto the factory-spec safety glass, he slices through one side with the glasscutter, flips the sheet over, and slices exactly on his line again.To cut the plastic layer in between the two layers of glass, Ben first squirts the cut section with alcohol, then lights it on fire. It's hard to see the flames in the photo, but they're there. The plastic melts in a few seconds, and the cut piece falls right off.Finally, Ben rounds off the razor sharp edges with his giant wet-belt sander and sends me on my way. Ben made the glass from start to finish in about 20 minutes.Back at TP, we installed our new glass with a new rubber from Brothers with the string and bruised-fingertips method. We purposely installed the rubber inside-out because we forgot to get the tool to install the lock bead and would be pulling the window out for future primering anyway. But hey, it had to look cool in the meantime. Stay tuned for Part II of our adventures at Totally Polished when we cut down our longbed and grind off gallons of unnecessary Bondo. It looked like it snowed in the shop that day.


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First off, I really like this program, and was starting to enjoy using the 7.1 release.
The 7.2 release doesn't like me...
On attempting to add a title clip, avi, or slideshow clip, the following message alert: displays
Clip /home/<username>/kdenlive/titles/title<num>.png is invalid, will be removed from project
Sorry if this has been answered previously. I did search for 'removed from project' and 'cannot load producer'
Thu, 02/05/2009 - 07:26
Hallo, I have the same error, have Debian Lenny, kdenlive 7.2.1. Upgrade am 4.2. The Kdenlive package 7.2.1 remove automaticly package inigo.
Sun, 02/08/2009 - 03:27
I have the same problem.
The problem afflicts the kdenlive live cd too ('cause it's a debian-live cd).
No truble with Ubuntu version, but it hasn't some nice effects (like dust and old film)
Mon, 02/09/2009 - 10:35
What's the version of MLT after the upgrade ? Where's the package from (which repository / dist) ?
How about the versions of packages MTL depends on ?
Could you please provide some information ?
Mon, 02/09/2009 - 15:41
for me too. I'm using kdenlive from debian-multimedia but on Ubuntu.
Tue, 02/10/2009 - 21:15
I can confirm that the latest version 0.3.6-0.1 of libmlt1 is required for kdenlive 0.7.2.1.
Now everything's working fine
Wed, 05/29/2013 - 00:12
The problem still persist in kdenlive.x86_64 0:0.9.6-1.fc18
Can not load any clip regardless of format (avi, mpg4, etc)
Simply the program does not work.
Installed Progs:
kdenlive.x86_64 0:0.9.6-1.fc18
ffmpeg-devel.x86_64 0:1.0.7-1.fc18


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In a decision released Wednesday, Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson upheld a decision by Bowling Green's City Commission and the Planning Commission to rezone 236 acres of land for the Transpark.
The rezoning decision was contested by Warren County Citizens for Managed Growth, a Transpark opponent group, who claimed both commission were biased in their decision-making, and charged the governing bodies didn't follow proper procedures.
This case was the 2nd such case involving a protest of Transpark rezoning, both protests have been denied by Circuit court judges.
ITA Finance Director Brian Dinning says his group has spent more than $150,000 in taxpayer money in legal fees to fight the 2 cases. "It's very frustrating, you know?" Minning said. That figure doesn't include the additional costs to the city to defend the city commission and the planning commission.
"This money could be used to fund an environmental system, which we've got a state-of-the-art groundwater retention system which captures water from all impervious surfaces," Dinning says.
Transpark opponents have consistently argued that the project is bad for the local environment, and say it would do long-term economic harm. One Transpark opponent who spoke to WBKO on Wednesday afternoon says his group still believes in its cause. He says despite the taxpayer cost involved, the long term ends will justify their means.


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It's 2012. The Capocalypse is upon us.
The OUSA (aka Otago University Students' Association) brings you more comedy, crack ups and oooohh too sooooon!
Over two weeks you'll have a chance to see the legendary Otago University Capping Show! It's the worlds second longest ...running capping revue, it sells out every year and omg it's 2012... will this be the last?
They tell us it's the Capocalypse... What will happen to Uni? Zombies? Campus Watch? Are the two even different?
Celebrate the end of the world with a script and sketches all written, directed and acted out by our own students.
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News Releases
Columbia College is pleased to announce the addition of the following employees for the month of May:
• Amber Barringer, academic advisor, Online Campus • Jeff Barringer, records coordinator, Student Records & Transcripts • Jerrod Bennett, evaluator, Evaluations • Janet Chance-Hetzler, full-time clinical instructor, Nursing Program • Ming-Yi Chao, Web design analyst, Technology Services • Ikaterina Fourman, marketing intelligence coordinator, Marketing • Paul Gill, analyst, Institutional Research • Theresa Veit, full-time clinical instructor, Nursing Program
Columbia College also is pleased to announce the following promotions:
• Ellis Benus, Web content analyst, Technology Services • Tammy Hendricks, academic advisor, Online Campus
Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military installations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 70,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.


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Dilated Pupils and Ritalin
Q: My nine-year-old daughter has been on Ritalin for six years now. I've noticed that her pupils are bigger than a normal person's. I also have a four-year-old who just went on the medication and now I notice that his pupils are larger than normal, also. I was wondering if this is one of the side effects of Ritalin.
A: Yes. One of the side effects of Ritalin is dilation of the pupils. The active substance in Ritalin is methylphenidate. It is a stimulant and has some of the same effects as adrenaline. It generally causes the heart rate to increase a little, and the pupils to dilate. The effect is transient, though. Once the Ritalin is out of a person's system, the heart rate and size of the pupils return to normal. If you look at your children's eyes first thing in the morning (before they take their Ritalin) you should notice that the pupils are smaller than they are later in the day.
There is no reason to worry about this side effect -- it does not cause any visual difficulties.
In general, any stimulant medication can cause this effect, while medicines that are sedatives cause the opposite effect: the pupils become smaller and constricted.
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Shari Nethersole is a physician at Children's Hospital, Boston, and an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Yale University and Harvard Medical School, and did her internship and residency at Children's Hospital, Boston. As a pediatrician, she tries to work with parents to identify and address their concerns.


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This recipe is great! I will definitely make again. I also added brocolli and some red bell pepper.
Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
From EatingWell: January/February 2008
Roasting isn't usually the first cooking method you think of for cauliflower but the results are quite delicious. The florets are cut into thick slices and tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and herbs. Wherever the flat surfaces come into contact with the hot roasting pan, a deep browning occurs that results in a sweet, nutty flavor.
109 Reviews for Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
This recipe is great! I will definitely make again. I also added brocolli and some red bell pepper.
Both my husband and I loved this cauliflower. We ate all of it and he was asking for more. I will certainly make this again. Also I used red wine vinegar in place of Balsamic and I added teaspoon of parsley along with the marjoram.
I decided to try this out on my not-cauliflower-loving hubby. When it came out of the oven, we both started picking at it. He kept saying, "I'm not sure if I like it" as he was popping pieces of it into his mouth. We were waiting for the rest of the dinner to finish cooking and the cauliflower almost didn't make it to the table! ;) We kept slapping each others' hands away from the pan. Now, just a few weeks later he is asking me to make this again so he can decide if he likes it. Haha (oh, btw I used oregano in place of marjoram).
This was soooooo good! Very easy and tastey.


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Podcast: Naxos Christmas Podcast 2008
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A Christmas Podcast featuring Christmas music from the ages, along with recipes from the time when the musical selections were written. A mouth watering podcast, thanks to the recipes from The Old Foodie. Album details… Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.557099 SCHUTZ: … Read More →


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Can you use arcpy.RasterToNumPyArray() to Graph a Raster with matplotlib?
I'm looking to graph a raster with X, Y, and Z values in a 3D bar graph. I just can't seem to translate the numpy array to the X ,Y, and Z columns required for matplotlib.
Any suggstion? Samples of how to do this is very much appreciated.
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Is there a way to mark an email as "incomplete" or "draft" in Outlook 07 so I cannot accidentally send it while I am still making changes to it?
We use something similar to the following script in Outlook 2003: -
I should add that it looks for the word Draft in the Message Subject and if found it will prevent the sending of the email.
Not the answer you are looking for, but a habit I have is to not fill in the To: address until I have finished writing the e-mail and it is ready to send. In the case of a reply, I typically just remove the To: address completely before authoring the e-mail. More of a behavioral change than a technology one.
Another option is while drafting the e-mail, click on the Options tab (ribbon... whatever it's called these days). There is a "Delay Delivery" option. Clicking on this button will bring up the Message Options dialog with the "Do not deliver before" option checked. Change the specified date to an arbitrary date in the future - next month for example - and then click close. Then write your e-mail as usual. If you accidentally click "Send" or Ctrl Enter the message will just sit in your Outbox folder.
When you are ready to send, just go back to the Delay Delivery option, uncheck the checkbox and click Close. Then send as normal.
If you accidentally click Send before you are ready, edit the message in your Outbox, disable the Delay Delivery option (again by going to Message Options), and click Send again.
After being bitten once, I only address an email after I have finished writing it.
I add garbage to the CC: line, like "ZZZ". Outlook won't send it that way.
This way you still get to prepare the To line with the proper recipients while composing the mail.
I also tell Outlook to delay all outgoing messages by 2 minutes, as I often remember something important just after I hit Send.
Set it to spellcheck all e-mails - chances are that there's something in there which it will catch. If in doubt make sure something in your signature isn't in the dictionary...


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The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Performs Free Concert in the Fenway
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(BOSTON - February 2012) The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Eric Hewitt conductor, presents a free concert, Friday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. at The Fenway Center at Northeastern University (77 Saint Stephen St.) The performance features two world premieres, including the winner of the 2011 Wind Ensemble Composition Competition.. For more information call The Boston Conservatory event line at (617) 912-9240.
DAVID T LITTLE: East Coast Attitude
ADAM ROBERTS: Leaf Metal (World Premiere)
JUSTIN BARISH, B.M., '12: Machinemusic (World Premiere, Winner of the 2011 Wind Ensemble Composition Competition)
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: "... and the mountains rising nowhere..."
Conductor and saxophonist Eric Hewitt has presented critically acclaimed premieres by Luciano Berio, Gunther Schuller, Christian Lauba and dozens of young and up-and-coming composers. He has been a soloist with nine Boston area ensembles, including the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the FROMM Players at Harvard and the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble. He has been featured as a soloist on tours to Japan, Venezuela and Cuba. Hewitt is a member of the Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet. He recorded the Donald Martino Saxophone Concerto in piano reduction (previously unreleased), working with Dr. Martino at the sessions, and has recorded the saxophone quartet music of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni. He was a member of the Ryles Jazz Orchestra from 2000-2004 and performed with jazz legends such as Arturo Sandoval, John Faddis, Bob Brookmeyer, Ed Calle, George Garzone, Frank Vardarous, Jerry Bergonzi, Slide Hampton, George Russell, Marvin Stam and Phil Wilson. Hewitt is the conductor of The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble and chair of the Woodwind Department. He is the founder and music director of White Rabbit, an avant-garde ensemble-in-residence at Harvard University, and the music director of the Charles River Wind Ensemble. Hewitt graduated from the New England Conservatory with degrees in saxophone and conducting.
About The Boston Conservatory
The Boston Conservatory trains exceptional young performing artists for careers that enrich and transform the human experience. Known for its intimate and supportive multi-disciplinary environment, The Boston Conservatory offers fully accredited graduate and undergraduate programs in music, dance and theater, and presents more than 200 performances each year by students, faculty and guest artists. Since its founding in 1867, The Boston Conservatory has shared its talent and creativity with the city of Boston, the region and the nation, and continues to grow today as a vibrant community of artists and educators. For more information, visit www.bostonconservatory.edu.
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