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I ended up with a differential equation that looks like this: $$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + \frac 1 x \frac{dy}{dx} - \frac{ay}{x^2} + \left(b -\frac c x - e x \right )y = 0.$$ I tried with Mathematica. But could not get the sensible answer. May you help me out how to solve it or give me some references that I can go over please? Thanks.
Let $x=e^u$. I changed $e$ to $f$ in the equation to avoid confusions. Then, multiplying by $x^2$ gives $${x^2}\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} + x\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} - ay + \left( {b{x^2} - cx - f{x^3}} \right)y = 0$$
Now, if $x=e^u$, then $$\eqalign{ & x\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{{dy}}{{du}} \cr & {x^2}\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{u^2}}} - \frac{{dy}}{{du}} \cr} $$ so the equation is
$$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{u^2}}} - \frac{{dy}}{{du}} + \frac{{dy}}{{du}} - ay + \left( {b{e^{2u}} - c{e^u} - f{e^{3u}}} \right)y = 0$$
or $$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{u^2}}} - ay + \left( {b{e^{2u}} - c{e^u} - f{e^{3u}}} \right)y = 0$$
$$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{u^2}}} + \left( {b{e^{2u}} - c{e^u} - f{e^{3u}} - a} \right)y = 0$$
$$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{u^2}}} + F\left( u \right)y = 0$$This is a $2^{\rm nd}$ degree DE. As Robert Israel points out, and shows in his answer, the solutions seem to be complicated. My inclination would be to aim for a series solution, finding the coefficients of $y$ recursively.
Series solution around zero:
The point $x= 0$ is a regular singular. Taking the anzats $$ y(x) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty q_n x^{n+s} $$ we have $$ \sum_{n=0}^\infty [(n+s)^2 - a]q_n x^{n+s-2} -\sum_{n=0}^\infty c q_n x^{n+s-1} + \sum_{n=0}^\infty b q_n x^{n+s} - \sum_{n=0}^\infty e q_n x^{n+s+1} = $$ \begin{multline} q_0(s^2 - a)x^{s-2} + \big[q_1\big((s+1)^2 - a\big) - c q_0\big] x^{s-1} + \\q_2 \big[\big((s+2)^2 - a\big) -c q_1 + b q_0\big]x^s + \sum_{n=0}^\infty \Big(...\Big) \end{multline}
The indicial equation is $s^2-a=0$, hence $s = \pm\sqrt{a}$.
Case $s = \sqrt{a}$
In this case \begin{align} q_1(2\sqrt{a} + 1) -c q_0 &=0,\\ q_2(4\sqrt{a} + 2) -c q_1 + b q_0 &=0, \end{align}
and the recurrence relation is $$ q_{m+3} = \frac{c q_{m+2} + b q_{m+1} - e q_m}{(m+3)(m + 3 + 2\sqrt{a})}. $$
This, assuming all my algebra is right.
What's important here is that $$ y(x) \sim x^\sqrt{a} z(x), $$
which, combined with the form of $F(u)$ obtained by Peter Tamaroff, might help to propose a solution of the type $$ y(x) = x^\sqrt{a} \exp[\sqrt{F(u)} x] v(x), $$ in a similiar way as it is done when solving the Hydrogen Atom or the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator as modern physics textbooks do (see Eisberg Fundamentals of Modern Physics, Hydrogen atom solution), that can lead to a relatively simple form for $v(x)$.
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Taking the change of variables $$ y(x) = \frac{z(x)}{\sqrt{x}}, $$ you end up with the equation $$ z'' + \left\{\frac{1-4\alpha}{x^2} + \beta - \frac{\gamma}{x} - \epsilon x\right\}z = 0 $$ (where I've changed the constants to greek letters to avoid the $e$ confussion).
If $\epsilon = 0$ then, as Robert Israel points out, it reduces to the Whittaker Differential Equation (using the proper rescaling). Also, for $\alpha =1/4$ and $\gamma = 0$, you have the Airy Differential Equation.
Using the WKB approximation, $$ z(x) \sim A f^{-1/4} e^{\int f^{1/2} dx} + B f^{-1/4} e^{-\int f^{1/2} dx} $$ where $$ f(x) = \frac{1-4\alpha}{x^2} + \beta -\frac{\gamma}{x} -\epsilon x. $$ you can try to find the asymptotic behavior of $z$, which I believe is $$ z(x) \sim \frac{e^{-\frac{2}{3}(\epsilon^{1/3} x)^{3/2}}}{(\epsilon^{1/3} x)^{1/4}} $$ for $x > 0$, and play with the differential equation resulting from taking $$ z(x) = \frac{e^{-\frac{2}{3}(\epsilon^{1/3} x)^{3/2}}}{(\epsilon^{1/3} x)^{1/4}} v(x). $$
I don't know if there are closed form solutions in general. In the case $e=0$, Maple finds a solution using Whittaker M and W functions: $$y \left( x \right) =c_{{1}} {{\rm \bf M}\left({\frac {ic}{2\sqrt {b}}},\,\sqrt {a},\,2\,i\sqrt {b}x\right)} {\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}}+c_{{2}} {{\rm \bf W}\left({\frac {ic}{2\sqrt {b}}},\,\sqrt {a},\,2\,i\sqrt {b}x\right)} {\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}} $$ Another interesting special case is $a=1/4$, $c=0$, where Maple's solution involves Airy functions: $$ y \left( x \right) =c_{{1}} {\text{Ai}\left(-{\frac {b-ex}{ \left( -e \right) ^{2/3}}}\right)}{\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}} +c_{{2}}{\text{Bi}\left(-{\frac {b-ex}{ \left( -e \right) ^{2/3}}}\right)}{\frac {1}{ \sqrt {x}}} $$
EDIT: Note that the scaling $x \to k x$ preserves the form of the differential equation with $(a,b,c,e) \to (a,k^2b, kc,k^3e)$. So if $e \ne 0$ we can assume WLOG that, say, $e=1$.
As @Pragabhava noted, the indicial roots are $\pm \sqrt{a}$, so unless $\sqrt{a}$ is an integer there will be two fundamental solutions of the form $$\eqalign{y_1(x) &= x^{\sqrt{a}} \left(1 + \sum_{j=1}^\infty u_j x^j\right)\cr y_2(x) &= x^{-\sqrt{a}} \left(1 + \sum_{j=1}^\infty v_j x^j\right)}$$ with coefficients satisfying the recurrences $(2 \sqrt{a} j+j^2) u_j - c u_{j-1} + b u_{j-2} - u_{j-3} = 0$ (with $u_0 = 1$, $u_j = 0$ for $j < 0$) and $(-2 \sqrt{a} j+j^2) v_j - c v_{j-1} + b v_{j-2} - v_{j-3} = 0$ (with $v_0 = 1$, $v_j = 0$ for $j < 0$). If $\sqrt{a}$ is an integer the second recurrence becomes singular at $j=2\sqrt{a}$, generally resulting in logarithmic terms. I don't think there are closed-form solutions for the recurrences.
Let $y=\dfrac{u}{\sqrt{x}}$ ,
Then $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\dfrac{du}{dx}-\dfrac{u}{2x\sqrt{x}}$
The above ODE is hypergeometric only when the special cases below:
$1$. $e=0$
$2$. $b=0$ and $c=0$
$3$. $c=0$ and $a=\dfrac{1}{4}$
Other than the above special cases the above ODE is not hypergeometric.
Unfortunately it also not belongs to any confluent forms of Heun's equation.
Therefore to solve the above ODE generally is extremely difficult.
One of the main reason is that the coefficient of $u$ has too many terms or contains too high power terms. The similar situation also appear in Titchmarsh's ODE.


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Did you pick up Peanuts 1 yesterday? If you love all ages books, you should have. The first issue of this ongoing KABOOM! monthly features new stories by Vicki Scott, Paige Braddock, Shane Houghton and Matt Whitlock–and original Charles Schulz stories of course. In fact, Braddock wears many hats on this project. First off, she is the creative director of Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. Secondly Braddock (also creator of the ensemble comedy comic strip, Jane's World) inks the stories, as well provides colors on the cover. Anytime an all ages title like this new release from the KABOOM! gang (in partnership with Peanuts Worldwide) comes out, I want to shout it from the rooftops. On a personal level, I am overjoyed to interview Braddock in this brief email interview, as I have been a fan of her work since her days many, many years ago–on staff as an illustrator at my local newspaper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. As much as I wanted to interview her some about Jane's World and The Martian Confederacy (her collaboration with Jason McNamera), I opted to make the focus of today's interview on Peanuts. My thanks to Braddock for her time.
Tim O'Shea: Were you involved in selecting the other writers of the stories, such as Shane Houghton and Vicki Scott?
Paige Braddock: Shane Houghton was selected by Boom, but I was familiar with his other work on Reed Gunther. Shane also did some test pages for Boom and we reviewed those at the studio. I met Vicki Scott during the Happiness is a Warm Blanket graphic novel project. It's a funny story actually… I had met her husband, Bob, who was at the time an animator at Pixar. I knew his work and contacted him about working on the graphic novel. He was pretty busy so he suggested that maybe his wife could help out. I was thinking to myself, his wife?! Then of course his wife, Vicki, turned out to be this incredibly talented artist. Since that first project, she and I have collaborated on a couple of children's books based on the Peanuts characters. Vicki also turned out to be quite gifted at writing and capturing the "voice and tone" of these characters.


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Which is Matthew?
Here is an opinion that will surprise:
"Many art historians identify Matthew with the bearded personage who with his hand seems to be pointing to himself, looking at Jesus. But more careful recent analysis of the painting has determined that this is one of the moneylenders -- with his other hand, he is giving money to one who is taking it -- and that his gesture is one of scandal, directed at the young man next to him. As if he were saying, 'Do you really mean him, the sinner, the unclean?'
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Bob: You beat me to it! Do you suppose that Sara Magister is a relative?
Anyone else have a sense of "deja vu all over again" (thanks, Yogi B., for that indelible quote) that this painting has been the topic of an earlier dotCommonweal discussion? A few clicks of the mouse revealed that Fr. Imbelli had included the painting in his 7/2/10 post titled "Painting Theology."http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=8946In reading through all the comments to the earlier post, I noticed that just about everyone (including me) assumed that Matthew is the bearded man pointing to himself. No one identified the hunched over figure to the far left as Matthew, and some commenters (including me) regarded him as little more than a scene-filling greedy young man counting his money.I like the new interpretation about who is Matthew in the picture. Upon reflection, the analysis seems correct to me both artistically and scripturally, and as the linked story by Sandro Magister notes, it would be so "caravaggesque" of this wonderful master painter to keep us guessing down the centuries.
Joe,Sara, an art historian, is Sandro's daughter.William,Being a great fan of Yogi, I try to keep his legacy alive!I also like the "new interpretation." As you suggest, Caravaggio has a way of confounding pious expectations: his Death of the Virgin and the Madonna dei Pellegrini being but two examples.I was always a bit puzzled that the older bearded man did not seem to be pointing to himself. It now seems likely that he is pointing to the young man to his right who, when one sees a larger reproduction of the painting, is older than the two youngsters in the foreground.On another note, on a recent trip to Rome, I saw the newly restored Christ Raising Lazarus (which is not easily seen because it is in Messina). It was exhibited by itself in a large room. The effect was overwhelming.
This probably reveals more about me than prudent but given this new interpretation (which just seems to feel right) when I now look at the picture it reminds me of a poker game. Matthew has just gone all-in on a bluff, and he's been "called" by Jesus. Not expecting to be called, all he can do is look down at his chips, knowing they soon won't be his, hoping against hope that the hand he's been dealt will miraculously change. Does anyone happen to know if Caravaggio played poker?
Mark,If you go to google images and enter: Caravaggio, "Cardsharps," you'll recognize the players.
I get so much out of these kinds of discussions, and I wish there were more posts like this. Certainly, I wish there were more emphasis placed on religious art at the local or even diocesan level. The retreats at the diocesan center are largely pretty prosaic and of the self-help variety ("Mom's Retreat: Finding Time for God Amidst the Diapers").I keep wishing for something more contemplative--and wonder what the Spirit might suggest if I were to spend a day with three or four paintings like this and somebody who could 'splain them to me.I also love Mark P's poker metaphor. How many of us feel we've "cashed out," only to realize that once that distraction is gone, we are faced with a more urgent and deeper sense of purpose in life? Well, not me, not yet. I'm not good at listening or obeying, so I may have squandered those moments. But I think these "epiphany" paintings of Caravaggio's are a promise that even the worst of us can have that kind of experience.
Jean,from your previous comments and suggestions regarding paintings, I think you do a pretty good job 'splaining stuff. But your comment encourages me because I'm on sabbatical this coming year and I hope to write a short book that will have four works of art that will form the substance of the book, my words seeking only to "exegete" a bit those "texts."
Exciting!For the first communion of my niece last month I gave her a book of famous paintings of scenes of the bible. Each chapter has first a photo of some closeup of a painting, then comments about the photo, then a photo of the entire painting and a reading of the corresponding passage of the bible.I had a lovely time with it. I particularly liked the order: we examine the painting first, so that by the time we get to the text, the structure which we saw in the art comes out in the writing in an obvious way, in words that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. Instead of the text telling us what to look for in the art, it is the art that tells us what to look for in the text. It gives us a fresh appreciation of the reading.My niece, on the other hand, prefers watching TV.
Ha, Claire! Isn't that the way with kids? You buy them something and end up getting more out of it than they do. Fr. Imbelli, now that's what I'm talking about! Four paintings with commentary would be perfect, and would not give someone sensory overload. I used to enjoy the art essays in the back of "Magnificat." Maybe Commonweal needs a "Last Look" column that takes on a work of art in addition to its "Last Word" column? There have been some very nice feature stories about visual art, but a weekly jolt would be nice.
Claire,Is the book in English or French? If English, could you give the reference?Jean,"Last Look" -- I hope the editors take notice! (Though there have been some wonderful covers with art works, as I recall.)
Merci, Claire; I'd enjoy seeing the "Jesus" book in the series and the paintings chosen.
There is a fine Italian work on Gospel episodes and figures which has now been translated and published as Gospel Figures in Art (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005). It goes from start to finish and illustrates figures and events with great works of art, with some serious work at interpreting the paintings.
This is a bit off-topic, but the St. John's Bible site has a nice little video that shows how the book was made. And there is also info on the site about the illuminated art that was contributed to the Bible. http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/I've used this site with my mass communication seminar students sometimes. In fact, we'll be using it next week. There's a nice little video to go with.
The TV program which Sandro Magister mentions in his piece -- in which the Sunday Gospel is first illustrated by works of art, then commented upon by Pope Benedict, and concluding with some musical selections from chant or polyphony -- is, in my opinion, a very promising and imaginative approach to evangelization and catechesis. The few times I was able to watch it, the art commentary was done by Msgr. Timothy Verdon who is a leader in Italy for the use of art in catechesis. He has some splendid volumes, but alas I don't think they've been translated. And the cost of reproducing the art works in the States might be prohibitive. Fine illustrated volumes is something the Italians do right!
Fine illustrated volumes is something the Italians do right!I hope you are able to write the book you have in mind, I would much like to read it if you do. I think including quality (and non-meager!) illustrations are essential. Maybe you can find an Italian publisher? Few things would please me more than saying, Did you check out the centerfold in Fr. Imbellis new book?
Idle Speculations is a site that I've enjoyed - it's been around since 2006, so by now it has a multitude of images with informative commentaries and extensive links to other sites featuring Catholic art.http://idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com/
Thank you, Patrick Malloy. I just took a look, and will be sure to return often.
I'm sorry -- Patrick Molloy.
Patrick,Indeed, thank you for the link. I don't know if Michelangelo's "Il Sogno" had been posted when you called attention to the site. The commentary on the drawing is quite good and could be substantiated by reference to any number of tyrants gross and petty.I wonder, however, if Dante's dreams in "Purgatorio" are somewhere in the background, given Michelangelo's passion for Dante.
Nice site, but I got distracted playing with the hamster in the right-hand bar.
Patrick M. -- Yes, thanks a bunch!Fr. Imbelli -- when I win a $1B lottery and start a Catholic TV channel, this is the sort of thing I think it could do -- with music, like the Italian one. I even wonder whether a TV series could be done using just color reproductions of the works. That might not be financially prohibitive. I've seen a couple of episode's of Fr. Barron's "Catholicism" series, which is OK, but the commentary is wea. It takes a real scholar, I think, to bring out the meanings in a great work.P. S. Why hasn't Michelangelo been declared at least Venerable? Surely his piety was extraordinary!


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Graduates Begin Clerkships at the Supreme Court
Jennifer B. Sokoler '10, Mark Musico '11, and James W. Crooks '13 will soon begin prestigious clerkships at the U.S. Supreme Court.
A member of the faculty for nearly six decades, Professor Michael I. Sovern '55 served as dean of Columbia Law School from 1970 to 1979 and as president of Columbia University from 1980 to 1993.
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Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger '71 recently announced the appointment of Gillian Lester as the next dean of Columbia Law School. Lester, an expert on employment law and policy, and the acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, will officially begin her tenure on January 1, 2015.
Robert E. Scott, the Alfred McCormack Professor of Law and incoming interim dean, has been named president of the American Law and Economics Association.
Six-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic discussed the business and legal aspects of professional tennis with members of the Law School community this spring.
Roberta A. Kaplan '91 was recognized for her successful representation of Edith Windsor in the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor, which struck down key components of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government's ban on marriage for same-sex couples.
Jennifer B. Sokoler '10, Mark Musico '11, and James W. Crooks '13 will soon begin prestigious clerkships at the U.S. Supreme Court.
A former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund director-counsel, Professor Theodore M. Shaw '79 spoke with Columbia Law School Magazine about the civil rights movement, his legal career, and teaching the next generation of public interest lawyers.
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The night I met Benny, I was walking out of the Crazy Train, one of those trendy coffee joints that pseudo-sophisticated types like to frequent, usually sitting in a corner with their laptop computers, sipping on a mocha latté, trying to give the impression of a struggling writer working diligently on a first novel. God knows where they come from.
As I stepped outside, trying unsuccessfully to light a cigarette with flimsy matches, I saw the manager of the Crazy Train leaning over one of the patio tables. His face was as red as a baboon's ass, and he was spraying spittle and profanity towards a nonchalant, elderly man sitting in a chair, his legs crossed and a tattered notebook resting in his lap.
"You been sitting here all night, and you ain't bought a damn thing. Do yourself a favor and fuck off before I call the cops," the manager said.
The man looked at the manager the way you might look at a dog turd on the sidewalk, and turned his attention back to his notebook. He held a stump of pencil loosely in his hand, and he sat with his head tilted at an angle, his brow furrowed as he studied the page, occasionally sketching lines.
"For Christ's sake, I…," said the manager.
"I'll please you to keep yer Christ-saking to yerself, thank you. I don't recall Jesus having a stake here," the man said, his eyes still on his notebook.
The manager slammed a ham-sized fist down on the table.
"I'm telling you, you gotta leave. I can't have a bum hanging around here. It'll offend my customers."
"That so?" the man said. "Hey, sonny boy," he said, snapping his fingers at me. "Is my presence here o-fending your sensibilities?"
"No, sir," I said. "I can't say that it is."
I had to grin. This guy had moxie.
"Well, there you go," the man said to the manager. "But, just the same, if it'll keep you from gittin yer pecker tied in a knot, I'll leave. Cain't git no work done here anyhow with you carryin' on so."
The man jammed his notebook into a rucksack sitting on the ground beside his chair and leaned forward, using the table to help push himself up. He lurched oddly to the right, off-balance. As he stood, the leg of his overalls inched up, and I could see why. Shoved into a scuffed Brogan work boot, his right leg wasn't a leg at all, but a prosthetic. I saw the manager staring wordlessly, coldly, at the limb, and, for a moment, I felt embarrassed for the man, as though he had accidentally shown us his penis.
"Let me get that for you," I said, picking up his rucksack and tossing it over my shoulder.
"You offering me a ride?" he asked.
"I walked. But I'll carry this to wherever you're going."
"It's 'bout a mile and a half walk for me," he said.
"I don't mind."
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Can I die if I have soul hearts but lose all my red hearts, either from making a deal with the devil or using the razor or using the blood donation machine?
Strictly speaking, whenever you lose all of your regular health you will die. However, this is not always easy to do when you have soul hearts. I'll treat each of the cases you listed individually:
Blood donation machine: On levels before the womb, blood donation machines do half a heart of damage. You'll start by losing regular hearts, until you have half a heart left, and then you'll start losing soul hearts (Source. I haven't felt suicidal enough in any of my playthroughs to actually try this out):
Starting at the womb, using the blood donation machine will use up a whole heart, so if you only have one heart left, using the machine will kill you.
Razor: This acts more or less like the blood donation machine, except the loss of regular hearts scales up more quickly (1/2 heart in basement/caves, 1 heart in Depths, 2 hearts in the Womb).
Making a deal with the devil: While making a deal with the devil is slightly different than the above as it will actually cost you heart containers instead of causing you damage, you will still get killed even if you have soul hearts left after the deal. Some consider this to be a bug, though that is debatable (see the bugs section here).
And of course, all of the above doesn't really apply to ???, who has no regular hearts to begin with, and cannot gain them.
Just tested it. Donation machine kills you, even if you have more soul hearts than the screen can show.


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- Baby food or other jar lid, or metal lid from frozen juice cans
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- Place a jar lid or the metal lid from a frozen juice can on the photograph you wish to frame and trace around it.
- Cut out the photo and glue it inside the lid.
- If you use a jar lid, tie a ribbon around the outside of the lid.
- Glue a magnet to the back of the lid and place it on the refrigerator.
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Obama's war on women: True but false!
posted at 2:41 pm on April 10, 2012 by Karl
It took Rathergate for the NYT to coin the phrase "Fake But Accurate," but WaPo "fact-checker" Glenn Kessler nearly matches it with his rarest of ratings today:
"For far too long women have been left behind in Obama's job market. Of the 740,000 jobs lost since Obama took office, 683,000 of them were held by women. That is truly unsustainable."
— Statement by Sharon Day, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, April 6, 2012
In an effort to fight back against Democratic claims of a Republican "war on women," the Republican National Committee has rolled out a new and startling fact—that under Obama, women have lost seven times as many jobs as men.
We found this statistic surprising because we had been under the impression that men had fared worse than women in the recession. So do the RNC's numbers add up?
It turns out they do, but Kessler throws a penalty flag anyway:
We cannot fault the RNC's math, as the numbers add up. But at this point this figure doesn't mean very much. It may simply a function of a coincidence of timing — a brief blip that could have little to do with "Obama's job market."
If trends hold up over the next few months, then the RNC might have a better case. But at this point we will give this statistic our rarely used label:
As fundraiser/consultant Nathan Wurtzel quipped: "Fair, but biased." That the WaPo shuttered its Ministry of Truth while Democrats controlled the elected branches of the federal government was sort of a general tip off. In this particular case, Kessler's analysis is based on measuring Obama's jobs record from the end of the recession (which favors Obama) rather than from the date of his inauguration (which Kessler admits is a common political and journalistic metric). Aside from the fairness issue in changing metrics, I would argue that policy lag should warrant not measuring from Day One (although not necessarily from the end of the recession (which artifically assumes a connection between the policy and the recovery). Yet Kessler concedes that even by his own metric, more than 2.2 million gross jobs have been added under Obama, but the gain for women was just 284,000. If we are going into the progressive narrative of identity politics, even Kessler's narrative is ugly for women.
Worse, Kessler does a half-baked analysis of why his narrative is ugly for women:
Now that the economy is growing again, men are recovering jobs at a faster pace than women. In fact, the latest employment report shows that male participation in the work force was up 14,000 while female participation fell 177,000, in part because women tend to work in retail or government jobs, which have been cut in recent months.
Is this a function of Obama's policies? It's unclear at this point, but it certainly is an under-reported phenomenon that the RNC, in its use of this statistic, is trying to highlight.
Contra Kessler, this is not unclear. Women far outnumber men on state and local government payrolls (especially in public schools), which were propped up by Obama's stimulus money. In fact, there is general agreement that the jobs "saved" by the stimulus were primarily in government, and education (which is mostly government). That money was spent. State and local governments then had to at least nod in the direction of rationalizing their spending, as the private sector already had. The result was unemployment for hundreds of thousands of women starting in 2010. Of course, this does not show that Obama is waging a war on women now so much as that he entered office waging a war for government at every level.
Bias and sloppy analysis aside, my biggest complaint with establishment media "fact-checking" is the condescension and arrogance involved in pretending political debates are much simpler questions of fact. The Orwellian — or Pythonesque — "True But False" rating is just the poster child for the problems inherent in the effort.
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Resplendent Chests only show up in special (randomized?) encounters within certain locations, I think there was one in the Cathedral during the beta. In my experience with them they drop some pretty good loot. What map locations can I look for these encounters and can I do it more than once?
Yes, they are generally at the end of a minidungeon, and yes, there are some along the maps generated in the game, but they are randomly placed, and are not always in the same area. Even in the minidungeons(if there is one, since sometimes there are none) they aren't in the same generated area of the map.
As for hunting for these chests for loot, it is not worth it anymore, as they decided to make Magic Find no longer affect the loot from chests, so better gear dropping is not as likely anymore.
If good armor is what you are looking for, you can find really nice gear for really cheap if you just get gear with 90% of the stats for 2k-20k, instead of the top stats for upwards of 1-25mil.
Actually, I'm fairly certain that in all dungeons, except for maybe cellars there is a small chance of finding one of these chests. I.e. I farmed the false crypts in Act 1 for a while to get the Matriarchs Bones event, and sometimes I found these chests, and sometimes in the same place there was only a normal chest.
They're basically the equivalent of Diablo II's glowing golden chests. They just have more gold + higher percentage of magic items in it. They can practically appear all over the place (of course with some restrictions), even in the overworld.
The mini-dungeons seem to have a fairly high chance of spawning resplendent chests.
I've found them in well over half of the mini-dungeons that I've explored in Act II, so far (ignoring the single room dungeons).
If a dungeon has two levels, it (almost?) always has a resplendent chest.
Act one, fields of misery;
In single player start from the quest beginning and run to where the Scoundrel is to save your checkpoint.
After that run left to find either the "Old man" tree boss, next to a resplendant, or the Dead beast that when you kill opens the cellar with the man and his ... "Wife"
If neither of those are there, restart your game, its like 3/5 games will have one or the other.
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You have a very high chance of getting such a chest on the second level of all random dungeons with multiple levels. For instance in the Cathedral on the second level there isn't always such a chest.
They can also spawn on the edges of a map, mostly at places where you don't come around if you rush through the game, but they can occur also in all other places on the map.
Notice that all chests aren't affected by MF any more so it is more viable once you reach level 60 to farm the elite packs, cause they will always drop a yellow item.


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An otherwise intelligent friend of mine launched a recent Facebook rant against "weapons that automatically feed bullets and can fire 100 rounds per second. I just don't get why the Average Joe needs one. Can you explain it to me?" I couldn't, I admitted. But I could explain that there is no hand-held gun in the world that fires that fast.
Even the machine guns mounted on military helicopters top out around 67 rounds a second, and any Average Civilian Joe caught with one of those would go straight to jail. Automatic weapons — that is, anything that fires a continuous stream of bullets as long as you hold the trigger down — are technically not illegal for civilians in the United States, but they're so highly regulated that they might as well be.
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Why did Saladin, when Richard the Lionhearted was sick with a fever, send him a gift of fruit? Or when Richard's horse was killed in battle, he sent a steed to be led to his camp?
Saladin was an unusual man who tried to win the "hearts and minds" of people he conquered.
When he reclaimed Jerusalem, he ordered his men NOT to kill and plunder (in contrast even to the crusaders).
When he ruled Cairo, Egypt, he built hospitals and universities for the city, even though he had to take harsh measures against the leaders of his former enemies.
In his dealings with the Crusaders, he allowed them to "save face" by permitting Christian pilgrimages to Jerusalem, even though he controlled the city. In an era when chivalry was just developing in Europe, Saladin won the reputation of being exceptionally "chivalrous." He and Richard I each became the other's "favorite" opponent.
Assuming this truly did happen, there are a couple of reasons that might explain why. First of all, Saladin was Muslim, and one of the of the main principles of Islam is that Muslims should help those in need. Secondly, Saladin could use this as an opportunity to send men into Richard's camp and report back on the condition and size of Richard's army, thereby giving Saladin a strategic advantage.
I believe Saladin showed kindness to Richard the Lionheart not because of religion or to spy, though that is a distinct possibility, but because of Saladin's respect towards Richard, even though they were enemies. This respect of an enemy is common throughout history, though not expressed like Saladin with gifts. Julius Caesar had respect for Pompey, Hannibal for Scipio Africanus, Genghis Khan towards Jelaudin, even in world war one there was a deep respect between Australia and the Turkish.
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I would like to make a First Person Shooter and move the camera with the mouse. The problem is that when the cursor reaches the limits of the screen, the camera won't turn anymore. How can I keep the mouse centered and detect its movements anyway?
The general approach to handling this in classic Win32 programming is to capture the mouse delta each frame, and then reset the mouse position to the center of the screen. You also want to make the mouse cursor invisible, obviously, as otherwise things look ugly.
You can do the same thing in XNA, you just work with a slightly different interface. So you might do something like:
EDIT: Also, here is a tutorial I dug up via a Google search for "XNA relative mouse input" (which is what you're asking about). It's a bit old, I think, so some of the methods may have had their names changed, but the concepts should still apply.
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Some on Right See Red Flags In GOP Report
The national Republican Party's new 97-page blueprint for rebuilding the GOP makes no fewer than 30 mentions of the need to become more welcoming and inclusive, mainly on immigration and social issues.
That has some social conservatives worried that the party may become less welcoming to them.
On social issues, the party will never win over young voters if it is seen as "totally intolerant of alternative points of view," a Republican National Committee panel said this past week in its report on rejuvenating the party. The report didn't mention gay marriage specifically, but it appeared to be talking about the issue when it said that "certain social issues" are "turning off young voters from the party," and that many young voters see these matters as "the civil rights issue of our time."
Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, is among a group of conservatives now holding up a large "Caution" sign, particularly on the subject of changing the party's stance on marriage.
As someone who consulted on the blueprint, Mr. Reed said he applauds its "cold-eyed, unreserved, unflinching look at the mistakes Republicans made" in losing last year's presidential election and several Senate races that the party had expected to win.
But a push to change the party's stance on social issues, particularly by playing down its opposition to gay marriage, "is not a freebie for the Republican Party," Mr. Reed said. A move in that direction, he said, "will bleed away support from evangelicals," traditionally one of the party's pillars.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a Christian conservative activist group, sent his warning to the party in an email to thousands of supporters.
"If the RNC abandons marriage, evangelicals will either sit the elections out completely—or move to create a third party," he wrote. "Either option puts Republicans on the path to a permanent minority."
The only other policy sphere that the report singled out was immigration, calling for the party to "embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform," a term that generally includes granting legal status and possibly citizenship to people who entered the country illegally. That idea has divided the evangelical community and the party as a whole, with some supporting it and others opposing what they say amounts to a reward for lawbreaking.
The national party's self-examination focused less on changing its policy stances than on a need to adjust its tone and find new ways to deliver its message to voters. It was particularly concerned with strategies for expanding the conservative brand into minority communities and other places where it hasn't been popular.
When party officials this past week did talk about adjusting policy, they had to navigate potent and conflicting opinions among Republicans. In the course of introducing the self-critique and revival plan, Reince Priebus, the national GOP chairman, noted that Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio had recently shifted positions to support gay marriage, a move Mr. Priebus said "made some pretty big inroads" in the direction of the inclusiveness the party seeks.
But he quickly clarified that the party wasn't moving away from its own view that "marriage is between one man and one woman."
Other social conservatives suggested social conservatives needn't worry that the party will abandon them.
"My first response on reading the report was, 'It's about time,' " said Richard Land, longtime president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission within the Southern Baptist Convention. He said the greater risk to the party would be a refusal to embrace a comprehensive immigration overhaul and to continue to lose support among Hispanics.
"I see no sign that anyone is trying to read social conservatives and tea partiers out of the party," he said.
Frank Cannon, who directs the conservative American Principles Project, said the authors of the RNC report erred in de-emphasizing social issues when singling out the electoral successes of the country's 30 Republican governors. Many of those governors are cutting taxes and taking on labor unions.
"They put all the focus on the fiscal and economic accomplishments [of the governors] but forget that those governors have also won their states on the strength of social issues," he said.
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I have got two sets of elements and a pruned graph of bipartite edges with weights assigned to each edge. I need to find the minimal set of edged with the minimum cost covering all nodes from both sets. Multiple assignment is ok as long as every element is covered.
I find the Assignment Problem is the closest to the problem I am trying to solve. Again with the exception that multiple assignments in both ways are permitted.
I tried using the Hungarian Algorithm. The problem is that it tries to avoid multiple assignments. Anyone has any hints on a way for solving this problem?


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Clara Boland didn't fully appreciate coal's role in her life until she did some digging. That meant going to Paonia, a small town in Western Colorado, which has mined coal for more than a century.
Boland's aim was to create a short documentary film for a course on conveying climate science through film. Her journey began in Boulder, where young people called coal "yesterday's fuel," dirty and toxic.
Longtime Paonia residents like Alan Austin said it's easy to "sit in our ivory towers and look down at coal miners." Actual life in a coal town is not, he said, so black and white.
As Boyd Boland, Clara's father, said on screen, coal fuels the American dream, providing good-paying jobs. "Without coal, I don't think this community could survive."
Boland acknowledges that burning coal produces greenhouse gases and harmful airborne particulates. "But when you're here, those problems are somebody else's problems."
In the film's final scene, Clara Boland strides across a small mountain of coal. She says that the North Fork Valley— a tightknit area that feels more distinctly western than the resort towns on the other side of McClure Pass—needs a "shift in thinking," and that Paonians can create safe, new jobs in clean energy.
It is early February. Boland and her professor, Rebecca Safran of ecology and evolutionary biology, are guest speakers in a new course at the University of Colorado Boulder that aims to explore innovative, creative and effective ways to convey climate-change science and its implications.
That course, called "Inside the Greenhouse," takes Safran's concept and runs with it. It is team-taught by two faculty members: Beth Osnes and Maxwell Boykoff from theatre and dance and environmental studies, respectively.
These disciplines seldom rub elbows. But in this course, cross-disciplinary teaching—collaboratively analyzing issues from the disparate lenses of social science, natural science and the arts and humanities—is intentional.
Boland is addressing the class that hopes to learn from her, as she herself has learned. In retrospect, she says, her film's conclusion might be a stretch. "I don't think a community like Paonia can easily make such a huge shift."
As Professor Safran noted, it is a challenge to convey scientific information on climate change in a way that "doesn't just spell depression." Osnes and Boykoff see that challenge and, have, from their respective disciplines, addressed it.
Disciplinary cross-pollination
Todd Gleeson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, explains that cross-disciplinary interaction of two faculty members "creates opportunities for new scholarship, research, and creative works that may not happen in the absence of these courses."
That description fits here: Osnes and Boykoff each has a distinguished academic record. Together, they make a synergistic powerhouse.
Besides teaching and researching in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Osnes, a former Fulbright Scholar, has a lead role in an award-winning 2011 documentary called Mother: Caring For 7 Billion, which features the contrasting lives of Osnes and an Ethiopian woman and which effectively frames the population explosion with these individual narratives.
Boykoff is the author of a 2011 book— Who Speaks for the Climate? —which has been called a "path-breaking" analysis of mass-media representations of climate science. He is a fellow in CU's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and a senior visiting research associate in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford. His research has been cited in Science, Nature, The New York Times, CNN and Columbia Journalism Review.
Coached by these two experts, small groups of students enrolled in "Inside the Greenhouse" will create two "compositions"—original expressions ranging from "choreopoems" to a video montage.
After creating both compositions, each group will choose one to revise and polish, drawing from feedback from the class, the professors and an outside expert panel.
Then collectively, the whole class will create a 30- to 40-minute program—also called "Inside the Greenhouse"—which will include work generated by students and will feature excerpts from an on-stage interview with a "high-profile public figure who has been wrestling with questions regarding climate science, policy and the public."
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That's all yet to come. But on this day in class, the students observe Clara Boland's work before describing their concepts for their own compositions.
One group, for instance, assembles at the front of the room and describes its concept: following a person who wastes energy all day. Then, the students say, the scenes will rewind, and the protagonist will make different choices—to conserve energy. At the end, there might be a message that each person can make easy, meaningful choices.
Perhaps the pivotal scene would involve a "drop-dead gorgeous guy" who's conducting survey about energy usage. A dreamy dude, Osnes suggest, could motivate behavioral change. Osnes observes that in a short video, only one artistic device should be employed. That will help drive the point home, she suggests. Further, she notes, it's not clear why the protagonist would change her behavior.
Another group of students proposes a variation on a series of commercials from Liberty Mutual, an insurance company. The original commercials depict a series of selfless acts that appear contagious. The tagline is "Responsibility. What's your policy?"
Boykoff, an expert in climate communication, says being overly earnest could be a "pitfall" that could keep the message from being effectively heard.
Osnes, whose expertise is communication from the stage, concurs: "If using clean energy doesn't look like fun, that won't work. Showing somebody freezing in a yurt won't work."
Before the class departs, Osnes challenges the students to commit fully to the project. "Let's do this for real," she says, emphasizing the point with a quotation from the poet Mary Oliver:
"What is it you're going to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Sometimes poskim will pasken from the Talmud (gemara) instead of the Shulchan Arukh. However, I thought that we pasken from the Shulchan Arukh and not from the Talmud. What is the proper way for deciding the halacha?
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The Talmud is the source of Halacha and not the Shulchan Aruch. The Shulchan Aruch, on the other hand, is really 'only' a useful guide as to which opinions within the Talmud are accepted as normative Halacha, and what normative Halacha considers to be proper applications of the numerous general concepts found in the Talmud. In that sense the Shulchan Aruch (with the Rema) is the most major/accepted Halachic authority, but the Talmud is still the source of all Halacha, and in theory the only authority a Posek needs to answer to.
Although I cannot remember where I learned this, I recently learned that the Vilna Gaon (a.k.a., the G.R.A.), one of the most knowledgable rabbinic luminaries of all time, famously innovatively taught his students that when there was a disagreement between the views of the Talmud and the Shulchan Arukh, it was better to follow the view of the Talmud.


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I know that $x e^x = e$ means $x = 1$, but how do you solve for it?
If you want to prove the proposition that if $x e^x = e$ then $x = 1$, one way to do it is to just show that (1) $x = 1$ is indeed a solution of $x e^x = e$ by plugging the value in, and that (2) $x = 1$ is the only solution, for which you can argue that $x e^x$ is an increasing function on $x \ge 0$, and the equation clearly has no solution for $x < 0$.
If that makes it sounds like you have to know the answer beforehand before you can solve for it, well, that's not far from the truth. In general, if the right-hand side is an arbitrary real number $y$ instead of $e$, then you cannot solve $x e^x = y$ for $x$ in terms of elementary functions. One in fact defines the Lambert W function as precisely the solution of this equation.
Another way is thinking of this as asking where do the graphs of the functions given by $f(x) = e^{x-1}$ and $g(x) = \frac{1}{x}$ intersect. This is because $$ xe^{x} = e \Leftrightarrow e^{x-1} = \frac{1}{x} \quad \text{for $x \neq 0$}$$ Then the answer you have would correspond to the only intersection point $(1, 1)$. So if you have no idea of where to start you could just draw the corresponding graphs and that could give you an idea of what is happening.
Then the graphs maybe would suggest to you the following line of reasoning. If $0 < x < 1$ then $$ \frac{1}{x} > 1 \quad \text{but} \quad e^{x-1} < e^{0} = 1$$ so their graphs can't meet in the interval $]0, 1[$. Then if $x > 1$ we have $$\frac{1}{x} < 1 \quad \text{but} \quad e^{x-1} > e^{0} = 1$$ so again there's no intersection point in the interval $]1, \infty[$.
This rules out all the possible solutions apart from $x = 1$ which you already knew and which could be guessed by looking at the graphs.
With logarithms.
Firstly $x>0$, Then :
$xe^{x}=e \Rightarrow \ln (xe^{x})=\ln e \Rightarrow \ln x + x = 1 $.
If $x>1$ then $ \ln x >0$, thus $\ln x +x > 1+0 =1$ (contradiction)
If $x<1$ then $ \ln x < 0$, thus $\ln x +x < 1+0 =1$ (contradiction)
Thus $x=1$
Assuming that we are only looking for real solutions,
$$xe^x = e.$$
Note that $e^x$ is always positive and so no solution for this equation is possible for $x<0$ or $x=0$. As x increases, both x and $e^x$ are strictly increasing. Therefore, there is only one value for which $xe^x = e$. We already know that solution to be $x=1$.


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Eat the Rainbow for Your Eyes
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Okay, we cheated. Water isn't considered a food, but staying hydrated helps with natural eye lubrication and can protect against various eye problems. Keep a water bottle nearby at work and at home to encourage better hydration all day long. Add sliced cucumber, also a source of lutein, to your water for a refreshing twist.
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Neighboring cities/towns are in "lock down:" Cambridge, Newton, Allston-Brighton areas of Boston. Eerie silence on streets of Newton. MBTA subways and buses shut down.Governor Patrick just announced all of Boston told to stay in doors: "shelter in place."
Evidently the dead man and the one on the loose are of Chechen origin.
It's an odd day in Boston, reminiscent---despite the gorgeous, spring-like weather---of nothing so much as weather disasters (hurricanes and blizzards) for those of us not immediately in harm's way. Basically, once you've readjusted your expectations for the day---not going to work, not meeting up with friends, not going to school---and settled into whatever routine you can, there's not much to do but wait.The occasional flashes of tweeted humor are especially welcome:"Now THAT's Boston. RT @DunkinDonuts: Our Watertown restaurant is open to serve first responders & law enforcement w/ free coffee & product.""Toss Matty Damon and Ben Affleck in a police uniform and this manhunt would be over. #Bourne #Argo #BostonLegends"
These Chechnyan young men seem very intelligent. Scholarships? The radical Al Quida overall plans also seems to be very stupid by the targeting and killing of innocent people. An intense, organized international plan to show up the stupidity of these radical plans may be the best long term defence against terrorism. Ridicule can be an effective counter measure. .
I do not think these two guys are the brains of the operation. I mean, if you bombed that marathon, why would you then rob a convenience store? A person of average intelligence would know enough to lay low or get out of there altogether.For this reason I hope they catch the guy alive; so they can ask about his motive and as important, who put him up to this, who is his boss.Like the mob, there are the foot soldiers (energetic but not too bright), the capos (to control the foot soldiers), and the bosses.
Some reporter tweeted earlier today (paraphrasing), "This is a day for collecting dots; there will be other days to connect the dots."Which is to say, among other things, we aren't even sure of the narrative of events over the past 24 hours, let alone over the past week. Thus, it's far too early (in my view) to speculate about 1) the intelligence (or lack there of) of the suspects; 2) the political and/or religious motivations of the bombers; 3) their connections (or lack thereof with al-Qaeda (or any other organizations); 4) any number of the other aspects of this case.
In the meantime, there have been moments today when Watertown looked (on TV) like a movie made in America. We don't know much; that's true. But you have to ask whether the people who are supposed to know really know anything. And I don't mean the media.
My hunch is that the older brother might have gone radical and then convinced the younger to follow him. However once the older brother died, the younger might have woke up, snapped out of it a bit and thought something like; I am out of here.We'll see.I hope the younger brother turns himself in, or that the police manage to catch him alive.
Ken: it has been reported that they did NOT rob the convenience store; others did.
yes: "But you have to ask whether the people who are supposed to know really know anything. And I dont mean the media."for example: reports that "a foreign power" warned U.S. intelligence about the older brother two years ago; yet he then spent 6 months in Russia last year. That seems to require looking into, if true.
May I say, I was relieved that one of them was not killed. When I heard the reports that the brothers had gunned down a police officer, I thought the possibility that they'd be captured alive, already pretty small in my estimation, had shrunk considerably. I know I am probably out of step with the majority of Americans, and perhaps with Bostonians, in this sentiment.
It was Russia. From the FBI statement:"The FBI also interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and family members. The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign, and those results were provided to the foreign government in the summer of 2011. The FBI requested but did not receive more specific or additional information from the foreign government."
Juan Cole has this interesting take on the Tsarnaeva family dynamic at work. He draws on the comments of the aunt, now living in Canada, who suggested that the father worked opposing the Muslim fundamentalists in Chechnya and Dagestan, and the uncle's claim that the brothers were raised as secularists.http://www.juancole.com/2013/04/fathers-sons-chechnya.htmlComplicated world!!
Jim McCrea - Wow, that is good to know!Reminds me a bit of the old saying "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?";-)
No, Jim, you are not the only one relieved the kid wasn't shot to death. I want to know what his story is before the judicial system metes out justice. Gunning people down before they can be tried panders to the notion that Americans are vigilante cowboys bent on vengeance rather than justice. It has also occurred to me that we need to rethink our policy of trying to flush out terrorists by baiting them in sting operations, which does NOT seem to be the case here.But it might be useful to contemplate the extent to which our own agencies inflame young men like these. Am I the only one who can imagine a situation in which the sting goes horribly wrong? In which forces charged with protecting us simply whip up a fervor that goes off their carefully concocted script? Or creates a nutbar who starts recruiting others? Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot.
Don't need that many sting operations when we're droning young men in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somali, and who knows where else. Doesn't this build resentment and create even more terrorists?And while we're still on Boston, did anyone else find offensive the self-congratulations of Frances Townsend (CNN), Bush era terrorism adviser, (but not her alone) in the moments following the capture of the younger brother. Why do I find this chest-thumping about how great we are so false at a moment like that? We are lucky to have captured him alive.
Margaret, I don't find the triumphalism as offensive as deluded. The notion is that "they can't do this to us; we're too smart for them!" In reality, terrorism DOES work. It blew up a lot of innocent people, scared the hell out of everybody in Watertown, and shut down a major metro area for 24 hours. And the surviving terrorist eluded a carefully coordinated dragnet involving hundreds of law enforcement and military personnel. The surviving suspect was found on a fluke, when a guy smoking a cig noticed his boat cover was kittywampus.More insidious is the way terrorism brings out the worst in victims. Statements like this posted to news report sites are chilling: "Please please please wherever you are blow your brains out and do everybody a favor." Or "Islam is as Islam does."
Okay, perhaps offensive because deluded. But offensive because people such as Townsend seem unable to see anything but a victory in this mess. Or is that the same thing as delusion?Also, an interesting rundown by the Boston Globe on the family; it certainly has had its troubles, which may explain some of the turns taken by the brothers.http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/19/relatives-marathon-bombing-s...
The reason he was taken alive is because the Feds were in charge and that was their call because they wanted more intelligence from him. Shooting a wounded man in a wooden boat whould have been easy. If terrorism, the killing of innocent women and children, is a terrorist publicity ploy why condemn triumphalism, like cheering law enforcement personal, as a legitimate counter measure? . Propaganda fought with propaganda is better than killing ...Yes??? The US triumphalism shown wordwide I believe will give pause to an intellegent enemy who will ask himself 'kill myself for what effect'
Ed, you mean these are public relations ploys pitted against one another? Hmmm!!!The triumphalism of talking heads on the media (especially one who helped shape Bush policies) is what I referred to. Cheering law enforcement personnel could be a sign of relief that the manhunt was over. Your point that the feds were in charge and (therefore) he was taken alive puts me in mind of a conversation I had earlier today with a former Boston resident who seemed to think that the Boston police might have just as readily shot up the boat as captured Tsarnaev. The lockdown in Boston and environs may have done as much to protect the citizens from the police as from the killer. We all live in cities where local police forces have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later; that is not unique to Boston.
John Sullivan of the New Yorker captures something of the "over the top" responses. "It was about 1 P.M. on Friday when I decided this fine country of ours had lost its moorings and gone a little nuts. That was when I heard that the authoritieswhich particular ones wasnt clearhad stopped the trains running between New York and Boston. At Penn Station, a radio reporter said, Amtrak passengers and trains were piling up."Worth a read: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/04/terrorist-hunt...
Ed, interesting point, but I'm not sure how effective that triumphalist propaganda is when a teenage terrorism suspect is able to shut down an entire city. After 9/11, it was a point of pride for many people around the country NOT to let terrorism shut us down. Margaret, thanks for the link to John Cassidy's blog post. I think he gets it about right.
Cassidy praises Israeles as paradigms for handling terrorism well -- for immediately going about their business as if it hadn't happened. Talk about heads in sand. But some of the Israelis are experts in denying history, so that shouldn't be a surprise. I'll take Massachusetts any day. And the Bostonians on the scene were great -- they didn't run, they stayed to help the injured, sometimes stanching the flow of blood with their own hands. Yay, Boston!


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Barclays Premier League
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Sunday 27th April 2014
Kick off – 4.10pm
Supporters are advised that tickets for our Barclays Premier League away game against Crystal Palace have now sold out.
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What to See in Rio de Janeiro's Centro District
Despite the traffic, navigating the area is quite easy on foot. Centro is also well served by buses from both the Zona Sul and Zona Norte (take anything marked "Centro," "Praça XV," or "Praça Mauá") and by Metrô (the most convenient stations are Cinelândia, Carioca, Uruguaiana, Presidente Vargas, and Praça Onze).
Sights in Centro
Although during the day and into the early evening Centro is usually jam-packed, at night and on weekends the area is as quiet as a ghost town and quite unsafe to stroll around. If you're thinking of taking in an exhibition or performance during these times, it's best to take a taxi.
Praça XV
Historically, Praça XV comprised the symbolic heart of Centro, and since most buses pass by this large plaza, it's a practical point from which to begin exploring the area. Its full name, Praça XV de Novembro, refers to November 15, 1899, the day when Brazil's first president, Manuel Deodoro de Fonseca, stood and declared Brazil to be a republic. Many significant historical events have taken place here—among them the crowning of Brazil's two emperors, Pedro I and Pedro II, and the abolition of slavery in 1888.
Paço Imperial
Praça XV's original name was Largo do Paço because it served as a large public patio to the stately Paço (Palácio) Imperial (Praça XV de Novembro 48, tel. 21/2215-2622, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Tues.–Sun., free). Built in 1743, the palace was a residence for Portugal's colonial governors. It then housed the Portuguese court itself when Dom João VI fled Napoleon's forces in 1808. When the royal palace moved to the Palácio da Quinta da Boa Vista (today the Museu Nacional), the Paço Imperial continued to host receptions and events. Today, it houses interesting temporary exhibits of contemporary art. Overlooking the internal courtyard is a lovely café and restaurant, the Bistrô do Paço, as well as a book and CD store and a small cinema that shows independent and repertory films.
Arco do Telles
Directly across Praça XV from the Paço Imperial, you'll notice an impressive arch that leads down the Beco de Telles, a cobblestoned alley lined with elegant 19th-century buildings. Wandering down this street and the equally narrow and atmospheric Travessa do Comércio, Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, and Rua Ouvidor allows you to get a sense of what Rio was like in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, these twisting streets are home to a vibrant collection of restaurants and bars where workers from the neighborhood congregate for a quick lunch or an after-work beer or caipirinha.
Igreja Nossa Senhora de Carmo da Antiga Sé
Across Rua 1 de Março from Praça XV is the Igreja Nossa Senhora de Carmo da Antiga Sé (Rua Sete de Setembro 14, tel. 21/2242-7766, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon.–Fri., free). Constructed in 1761, it served as Rio's principal cathedral until 1980. Many of the city's major religious commemorations—including Emperor Pedro I's coronation and the baptisms and marriages of Emperor Pedro II—were celebrated here. Although the exterior retains little of its original facade, the interior is a rococo feast with altars richly decorated in silver and a splendid panel of Nossa Senhora do Carmo. Serious history buffs (and those with a penchant for kitsch) might want to check out the soundand- light show, in which a holographic priest recounts the church's history (1:30 p.m. Tues.–Fri., noon and 1 p.m. Sat., 12:30 and 1 p.m. Sun., R$8). A small museum displays vestiges of the original 16th-century chapel along with a crypt containing selective remains of Brazil's "discoverer," Pedro Álvares Cabral (10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Tues.–Fri., 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sat.–Sun., R$5).
Cultural Centers and the Igreja Nossa Senhora da Candelária
As you walk along Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, you'll encounter several particularly impressive buildings. These former administrative palaces underwent inspired renovations in recent times and now operate as dynamic cultural centers. Most of the (usually very engaging) art exhibitions are free, as are many of the musical events. Built in 1922, the Espaço Cultural dos Correios (Rua Visconde de Itaboraí 20, tel. 21/2253-1580, noon–7 p.m. Tues.–Sun.) was formerly the headquarters of Rio's postal service, and there is still a small post office should you have the urge to send a postcard. A great café overlooks the adjacent Praça dos Correios, where live musical performances frequently take place.
Dating from 1816, the Casa França-Brasil (Rua Visconde de Itaboraí 78, tel. 21/2332-5120, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Tues.–Sun.) was Rio's first neoclassical construction and originally served as the city's main customs building. Aside from temporary art exhibits, there is a small bookstore and a charming French bistro.
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB (Rua 1 de Março 66, tel. 21/3808-2020, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Tues.–Sun.) is a splendid neoclassical building. Since the 1920s it has served as the headquarters for Banco do Brasil (which explains the convenient presence of ATMs in the foyer). Banco do Brasil is a major patron of the arts, and the CCBB's magnificent interior welcomes most major national and international art exhibits as well as musical and theatrical performances that travel to and throughout Brazil. With a bookstore, café, and decidedly regal tea salon, it is also a favorite meeting point for Cariocas to browse, nibble, sip, and simply hang out.
Igreja Nossa Senhora da Candelária
Across Rua 1 de Março from the CCBB you can't miss the monumental Igreja Nossa Senhora da Candelária (Praça Pio X, tel. 21/2233-2324, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–noon Sat., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sun., free), located on the site of Rio's first church. Begun in 1775, the present church took over 100 years to complete, which accounts for its eclectic mixture of baroque and Renaissance elements. The interior is filled with a splendid and multihued array of marble, along with decorative elements such as doors made from finely wrought bronze. Ceiling panels recount the legend of the original church's construction by a shipwrecked captain whose life was miraculously saved.
Igreja do Mosteiro de São Bento Located north of Praça Mauá, the Igreja do Mosteiro de São Bento (Rua Dom Geraldo 68, tel. 21/2206-8100, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. daily, guided visit R$5) is Rio's most magnificent example of baroque architecture. Crowning the Morro de São Bento, this 17th-century monastery is devoted to Nossa Senhora de Montserrat. The austere facade masks a startlingly lavish interior featuring delicately carved naves and columns, altars embellished with flocks of expressive angels, and cherubs covered in gold dust. Instead of being blindingly ostentatious, the excessive gold has a warm and burnished hue, the result of soft lighting used to preserve the precious artwork (which include some exceptionally fine sculpted saints and painted panels). On Sunday morning you can take part in the 10 a.m. mass in which the Benedictine monks chant Gregorian hymns accompanied by the church organ. Make sure you arrive early if you want a seat. The oasis-like cloisters can only be viewed on special occasions such as Palm Sunday and Corpus Christi. At other times, the monks have the leafy courtyard all to themselves. Access to the monastery is via an elevator located at Rua Dom Geraldo 40.
Espaço Cultural da Marinha and the Ilha Fiscal
Heading back toward Praça XV, along the waterfront is the Espaço Cultural da Marinha (Av. Alfred Agache, near Praça XV, tel. 21/2233-9165, noon–5 p.m. Tues.–Sun., free). Its collection of antique maps, navigating equipment, and buried treasure rescued from sunken ships in the Baía de Guanabara offers an engaging glimpse at Brazil's maritime history. Kids, in particular, will have fun clambering about on the World War II–era torpedo destroyer and a cool 1970s submarine, both moored outside the main building.
From here, you can take a guided trip by boat or minibus across the bay to the Ilha Fiscal, the site of a neo-Gothic castle that housed a customs collection center. The extravagant construction resembles something out of a fairy tale: It was here that the last legendary royal ball of the Brazilian empire was held—one week before the declaration of Brazil as a republic. Boat trips depart at 1, 2:30, and 4 p.m. Thurs.–Sun. Sept.–Mar. and 12:30, 2, and 3:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sun. Apr.–Aug. Tours (R$10) last 1.5 hours.
Largo and Rua da Carioca
The bustling area around Largo and Rua da Carioca is filled with a maze of interesting cobblestoned streets—some of them closed to vehicles; pockets here still capture the flavor of 19th- and early-20th-century Rio. Largo da Carioca itself is usually packed with outdoor vendors. From this square, you will immediately be impressed by the monumental hillside complex consisting of the Igreja de São Francisco da Penitência and the Convento de Santo Antônio.
Convento e Igreja de Santo Antônio
Built in the early 1600s to house Franciscan monks, the Convento de Santo Antônio (Largo da Carioca, tel. 21/2262-0129) is one of Rio's oldest surviving buildings. Although most of the church was modified, you can admire some baroque works and a finely wrought sacristy panel of blue-and-white Portuguese azulejos (ceramic tiles) illustrating the life of Santo Antônio. Currently undergoing renovation, it can only be visited during mass. Many of the convent's paintings, sculptures, and ceramic tiles work are original, but to see them you'll have to make an appointment.
Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco da Penitência
Far more impressive than the convento is the interior of the Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco da Penitência (Largo da Carioca, tel. 21/2262-0197, 9 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m. Tues.–Fri., R$2), one of Rio's most sumptuous baroque jewels. You're sure to be blinded by the sheer amount of pure gold on display—400 kilograms (880 pounds), to be precise. While the church itself took 115 years to build (construction began in 1657), the last 30 years were almost exclusively dedicated to covering the beautifully sculpted cedar altars and naves in gold.
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura
From the Largo da Carioca, walk down Rua da Carioca to Praça Tiradentes, and then take a right on Avenida Passos. At the intersection with Rua Luís de Camões, you'll come upon the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (Rua Luís de Camões 30, tel. 21/2221-3138, www.realgabinete.com.br, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Fri., free). The unusual facade with its stylized sailors' knots, seashells, and Moorish motifs is typical of Manueline style, which was popular in Portugal during the reign of Manuel I (1495–1521). Inside is one of the largest libraries of works in the Portuguese language. It's worth taking a peek at the stunning reading room with its mile-high ceilings, jacaranda tables, and seemingly endless polished wood bookshelves reminiscent of a medieval library.
Walking south from Largo de Carioca along Rua Uruguaiana, your path will intersect with Avenida Rio Branco, one of Centro's major thoroughfares. Early 20th-century photos reveal it to be a grand European-style avenue flanked with imposing neoclassical buildings and shaded by a canopy of trees. It was here that the city's artists, intellectuals, and fashionable elite came to promenade. Originally called Avenida Central, it cut a swath of modernity through the labyrinth of crumbling mansions, flophouses, and brothels that had dominated the district since colonial times.
Although most of this traffic-laden avenue has been disfigured by ugly modern high-rises, the stretch that opens up onto the monumental Praça Floriano has retained many of its magnificent buildings, among them the Theatro Municipal, the Biblioteca Nacional, and the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes. It gives an impression of how grand Rio must have been in the early 20th century.
The area encompassing Praça Floriano is known as Cinelândia: In the 1930s, ambitious plans existed to turn this elegant plaza into a Carioca version of Broadway—only instead of theaters, movie palaces were built, including Rio's first cinemas. Only one of these glamorous art deco palaces is still intact—the Cine Odeon Petrobras—while the rest were snatched up by churches, such as the Igreja Universal de Deus (Universal Kingdom of God). The many cafés scattered around Praça Floriano still draw an eclectic mixture of Cariocas who drop by during happy hour.
Theatro Municipal
If, when you first set eyes on the Theatro Municipal (Praça Floriano, tel. 21/2332-9134), you immediately think of Paris, it's probably because this grand theater was modeled after Paris's Opéra Garnier. Since 1909, Brazil's premier theater has played host to some of the world's most prestigious orchestras and opera, dance, and theater companies. The recently restored interior is a feast of marble, bronze, and gold with ample glitter provided by gilded mirrors and crystal chandeliers. Onyx banisters line the grand marble staircase, and there are some wonderful mosaic frescoes and stained-glass windows. If you're without the time or inclination to take in a performance, take a guided tour (R$10), offered hourly 1–5 p.m. weekdays.
Biblioteca Nacional
The largest library in Latin America, and the eighth largest in the world, Rio's Biblioteca Nacional (Av. Rio Branco 219, tel. 21/2220-9484, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Sat.) boasts some 13 million tomes—the first of which were brought to Brazil by Dom João VI in 1808. Completed in 1910, the building is an eclectic fusion of neoclassical and art nouveau styles. You don't have to be a serious bibliophile to opt for a guided tour (R$2) of the grandiose interior; 40-minute tours begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (in English), and 3 p.m. Monday–Friday.
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Adjacent to the Biblioteca is yet another imposing neoclassical temple—this one devoted to art. The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (Av. Rio Branco 199, tel. 21/2240-0068, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Tues.–Fri., noon–5 p.m. Sat.–Sun., R$5, free Sun.) housed Rio's national school of fine arts before being converted into a somewhat somber museum. It has a modest collection of European works, but you should really focus your attention on the national collection, which provides an excellent overview of 19th- and 20th-century Brazilian painting. Displayed chronologically, highlights include early–mid-20th-century painters who, departing from European influences, experimented with new and distinctly Brazilian styles and subject matter. Among those represented are Anita Malfatti, Cândido Portinari, Lasar Segall, and Alfredo Volpi. An interesting gallery displays Brazilian folk art. The museum hosts traveling exhibitions as well.
Museu Histórico Nacional
A 10–15-minute walk east of Praça Floriano will bring you to the Museu Histórico Nacional (Praça Marechal Âncora, tel. 21/2550- 9224, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tues.–Fri., 2–6 p.m. Sat.–Sun., R$6, free Sun.). This sprawling museum occupies three historic buildings: the 17th-century Forte de Santiago, an 18th-century arsenal, and an ammunitions depot. As such, there is ample space to showcase the 250,000 artifacts on display, ranging from carriages to canyons. Amid this vast collection are some truly precious objects, like the pen that Princesa Isabel used to sign the Abolition of Slavery in 1888. There are also marvelous glass vials and medicine bottles from the imperial pharmacy, Emperor Dom Pedro II's throne (and a chess set owned by his father, Pedro I), and the largest coin collection in Latin America. The collection does a fine job of illustrating Brazil's rich history, dating from the arrival of the first Europeans in 1500 to the declaration of the republic in 1889. If you're looking for an introduction to Brazil's past, a visit to this museum is highly recommended.
Excerpted from the Third Edition of Moon Brazil.


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