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Cognitive dissonance.
Yesterday on the First Thoughts blog Mary Rose Rybak posted a video of First Things Associate Editor David Goldman's appearance on the Larry Kudlow program. Kudlow had convened a panel to discuss the value of the U.S. dollar. "Watch FTs own David Goldman dominate the discussion on last nights Larry Kudlow show," Rybak wrote. About four minutes into the interview, while Goldman was lamenting the cheap dollar, he explained that "the probability of the collapse of America's world position and a correspondent collapse of the dollar is priced into gold at about one thousand sixty today." Then he offered the following digression: "It's likely to keep going up as long as Obama runs foreign policy as if it were the Special Olympics.""The Special Olympics!" Kudlow bellowed. "It's like we want to be C-plus students with everybody else. That's the part that really troubles me.""Yeah," Goldman agreed. "Everybody gets a prize. Everybody's equal."
This morning's lead story on the First Things homepage is written by Archbishop Charles Chaput. It's called "Conscience, Courage & Children with Down Syndrome."Remember when President Obama made an offensive "joke" about the Special Olympics? Care to guess what at least two First Things bloggers had to say about that? Check it out here, here, and here.
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I hope Goldman and Kudlow get roundly criticized for their totally insensitive remarks. I also hope that Abp. Chaput will join the criticism, especially in light of what I think is an excellent essay on his part. I don't always agree with him, but the Abp's essay is often eloquent:The real choice in accepting or rejecting a child with special needs is never between some imaginary perfection or imperfection. The real choice is between love and unlove, between courage and cowardice, between trust and fear. And thats the choice we face as a society in deciding which human lives we will treat as valuable, and which we will not.....Every child with Down syndrome, every adult with special needsin fact, every unwanted unborn child, every person who is poor, weak, abandoned, or homelessis an icon of Gods face and a vessel of his love. How we treat these personswhether we revere them and welcome them or throw them away in distasteshows what we really believe about human dignity, both as individuals and as a nation.
Both instances are clearly reprehensible. I hope other Commonwealers will join me in asking for the resignations of Goldman, Kudlow, and President Obama.
Every family I ever met with a Down syndrome child showed enormous love. It.s the 'lookie-lous' as mentioned above who are aghast.. and the families don't give a damn about them either. ..
It's quite clear that First Things values laissez-faire capitalism moreso than the welfare of the disabled.
What are the odds that the editors of First Things are now crafting a positive spin on Goldman's remarks, something like he was only using the President's own analogy regarding his bowling to describe his foreign policy?
Grant--What is the point you are trying to make with the First Things links? Cardinal Chaput's article is, as always, well worth reading, but I don't see what it has to do with your post. The other links to the blogs criticize the media for hypocrisy in handling Obamas gaffes compared to Bushs gaffes. Who can argue with that?
I confess I always found Goldman's "Spengler" column at the Asia Times worth a read - quirkily learned, and even when disagreeable, unlike anything or anyone else out there.But I think the First Things tent may have gotten a little too big - even for a self proclaimed ecumenical endeavor - by making him one of their flagship writers, to say nothing of one or two other recent post-Neuhaus additions. Certain...political tendencies which were always there seem to have been accelerated.Goldman's and Kudlow's comments were extremely unfortunate, to put it politely. Archbishop Chaput's essay is a welcome tonic.
"Its quite clear that First Things values laissez-faire capitalism moreso than the welfare of the disabled."I actually think the remarks were made on General Electric's CNBC television network, not in First Things. Unless you are saying since Mr. Goldman is associated with First Things that his remarks represented an editorial opinion of First Things in which case the same conclusion would apply to the Majority Party given the President's remarks referred to herein and his remarks regarding the torture and homicide of Terri Schiavo.
Would that all participants had heard Tim Shriver's address at this year's Commonweal Conversations dinner, when he spoke so eloquently about the Special Olympics. Everyone is equal, after all.
"Its quite clear that First Things values laissez-faire capitalism moreso than the welfare of the disabled."Hi, Morning's, I'd think you're not a regular reader of First Things if you have that impression.Here is a recent First Things feature article on capitalism, a reflection on economics and morality by Edmund Phelps, an economics professor at Columbia and a Nobel laureate. I thought it was interesting and balanced - well worth the read. By no means is it a manifesto for laissez-faire capitalism - in fact, it contains some judicious criticism of it.http://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/10/economic-justice-and-the-spir... readers of First Things also know that the topic of disabled children comes up fairly frequently in feature articles and opinion pieces - generally in the context of life issues, as Archbishop Chaput's very good blog post is. This is a vitally important topic, and I'm usually glad to read such thoughtful pieces.
I guess, if I'm scoring at home, I find President Obama's remark to be extremely offensive, Kudlow's "C+" remarks to subject to a construal that would make it offensive, and Goldman's ... I dunno. Someone needs to connect the dots for me on that one. I know very little about the Special Olympics, so I'm not entirely sure what he meant. Are all participants awarded a medal in the Special Olympics, whether they finish first or last in the race? If so, then I guess he's saying that the President's foreign policy treats all nations as equals, when in fact they are not equal? E.g., Israel and the Palestinians should not be treated as though they are morally equivalent? (Hazarding that guess because it sounds like the kind of thing Goldman would comment on). Really, I'm not sure what he was trying to say. I think it's possible that he wasn't using the term "Special Olympics" in a sense that denigrates people with disabilities.
I used to read FT a bit more often. There was a time when it be though provoking. Now, it has degenerated into yet another neocon mouthpiece, still defending the Iraq war and occupation, heavily pushing American exceptionalism, and winking at torture. At the same time, it has adopted the party line of laissez-faire liberalism, pushing ideology and fealty to individualism and the free market, snorting at notions of solidarity and the common good. In other words, its theology is more Calvinist and American-Gnostic than Catholic.
I agree with Morning's Minion. With the death of its guiding light, First Things has moved on to - using Cardinal George's famous phrase - "an exhausted project."
All I can say, Mornings, is I must not be getting all of the issues delivered, because you're definitely reading things I'm not recalling. They make all of their back-issue content freely available on the web (a WONDERFUL policy, if any Commonweal or America editors are reading :-)), so feel free to provide URLS pointing to snorts at the common good, oaths of fealty to individualism, winks at torture, etc.
I think we need to cut some slack for those of us (we all do it) who make remarks in questionable taste but without a hint of malice. If I have a memory lapse and say, "It must be Alzheimer's," am I really poking fun at Alzheimer's patients? I don't think so, although obviously there would be situations in which it would be totally inappropriate. If you criticize someone for a questionable remark and display less charity and more malice than was displayed by the person who made the remark, you have not contributed to making the world a better place for anybody.
Great point, David! But it's a good reminder that we should all try to think before we talk to question our motives before making a comment, to monitor any presence of malice. Of course, thinking before we talk is often very difficult to do in the give an take of conversation, especially conversations that are aired on live TV! Still, it's a lesson that is worth learning and is a point that I've tried to make myself. See http://wp.me/pFLQa-y and http://wp.me/pFLQa-b. Thanks for the post, Grant!
David Nickol, I actually don't think it is about Goldman's malice toward the handicapped any more than it was about Obama's. Their attitudes are almost beside the point, I think. It seems neither man thought it through. The real problems to me are twofold:One, First Things writers jumped all over Obama for making the same jibe--saying he was "offensive" and "insulting" the handicapped, and that it was proof of media bias that it wasn't a bigger story. His "unthinking slight" was also juxtaposed to the beauty of Sarah Palin's acceptance of her Down syndrome son and over and against the 90 percent abortion rate of said children by those of Obama's "eugenic" mindset. That's pretty strong stuff, and then to say nothing when one of your own makes the same jibe seems a bit of a double-standard. Two, Obama's jibe had at least the mitigating factor of being self-deprecating rather than intending to insult other nations and peoples, as Goldman was doing. Obama compared handicapped people to himself. Goldman was comparing them to communities that don't deserve to be treated as equals. It doesn't seem to undergird the supposed pro-life cred of First Things to go all self-righteous in one case and then ignore it when the problem hits closer to home. You'd almost think they were using the life issues for political ends. Heaven forfend!
David Gibson: One thing that might get lost in all this is your excellent point that "neither man thought it through." Bringing reason to bear on how it is we talk to one another is something we should all want to do. By the way, I completely agree. Goldman's dislike for Obama is clear and his engaging in this tepid emotional outburst is evidence enough of malice, malice toward Obama and his policies. The right thing for Goldman to have done is to refrain from editorializing and emoting by keeping conversation focused on what is happening with the dollar.
Mark P: Chaput is not a cardinal, just a lowly flunky archbishop ---- this week. However, he plays the game correctly, says all the right things, wears the right clothes, etc., so can SuperStardom be far behind? And, as I understand, he is part Native American! There has to be some affirmative action value in that, even for and to the Vatican.
Jimmy--Thanks for the correction (sometimes I get ahead of myself) but, dang, that's pretty cynical. Would you have said the same about Avery Dulles? Wears the right clothes??


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"Concordance," an exhibition of key works by the painter Alfred Jensen (1903-81), opens at Dia Center for the Arts on September 20, 2001. Included are large-scale multi-part paintings that span the artistís mature career. Composed in checkerboard, wheel-like, and other patterns, they elaborate Jensenís complex cosmological theories. A highlight of the show will be Jensenís final artistic statement, the monumental The Great Pyramid (1980), which will be on public exhibition for the first time.
Jensen was in many ways an autodidact, his aesthetic informed by the study of a broad range of esoteric interests, including the color theories of Goethe, the writings of Leonardo da Vinci, Pythagorean geometry, Mayan and ancient Chinese calendars, the I Ching, Greek religious rituals, and Michael Faradayís theories of electromagnetic forces.
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Alfred Jensen was born in 1903 in Guatemala to a Danish father and a Polish-German mother. He spent his early years in Denmark; in the mid-1920s, among other training, he briefly attended Hans Hoffman's art school in Munich and academies in Paris. He traveled widely until 1951, when he settled in New York City.
Support for this exhibition has been provided by the members of the Dia Art Council.
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"Concordance" will be accompanied by a catalogue that includes essays by Dia's curator, Lynne Cooke, as well as by art historian and philosopher Michael Newman, who situates Jensen's work in the art of the 1960s and 1970s, and art historian David Anfam, who relates the artist to his Abstract Expressionist colleagues. The hardcover volume, which is scheduled for publication in December 2001, will be available in Dia's bookshop for $35.
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In Probability Theory and Examples, Theorem $1.5.4$, Fatou's Lemma, says
If $f_n \ge 0$ then $$\liminf_{n \to \infty} \int f_n d\mu \ge \int \left(\liminf_{n \to \infty} f_n \right) d\mu. $$
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Former Anti-GMO Activist Says Science Changed His Mind
For years, British environmental activist Mark Lynas destroyed genetically modified food (GMO) crops in what he calls a successful campaign to force the business of agriculture to be more holistic and ecological in its practices.
His targets were companies like Monsanto and Syngenta — leaders in developing genetically modified crops.
Earlier this month he went in front of the world to reverse his position on GMOs.
At the Oxford Farming Conference in Britain, Lynas apologized for helping "to start the anti-GMO movement" and told his former allies to "get out of the way, and let the rest of us get on with feeding the world sustainably."
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On admitting fallibility
"I would be the first one to say that having been wrong before, I am not infallible now. For me, it's important to look at what the mainstream science is saying. We need to get on with developing more biotech crops because they can potentially be an enormous boon environmentally, and I think that is a message that has been lost in this debate so far."
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Chari Lynn (Syrjala) Manley, 51, of Kentwood formerly of Ionia, passed away Dec. 4, 2012 in Kentwood. She was born Aug. 13, 1961 in Ionia, the daughter of Robert and MableAnn (Bowerman) Syrjala.
Carri worked for Lacks in Grand Rapids for over 30 years.
She loved the beach and loved and adored her grandchildren. Chari is survived by her children, Trisha White of Ionia and Robert Aikens and Misty Cope of Lowell; grandchildren, Erica Hagen, Jacob Hagen, Brook White, Hailee White, Suri Patel and Cayden Aikens; father, Robert (Janet) Syrjala of Burton; brother, Mark Syrjala of Detroit; sister, Cary Dennany of Lansing; one niece and one nephew.
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It is often the case when I wish to show a particular polynomial in $k[x_1, \ldots ,x_n]$ is irreducible. Assuming that the polynomial is sufficiently friendly (i.e. one I would encounter as part of a question that's designed to be answerable...), are there any pointers you could give me on how to approach it?
For example, consider the polynomial $f = X_0^8 + X_1^8 + X_2^8 \in k[X_0, X_1, X_2]$. Why is this irreducible? It looks it (i.e. I wouldn't know how to factorise it), but obviously this isn't a proof (or even almost a proof).
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I'm trying to upload a local, user created photo from my application to the user's Facebook Wall. I'm developing an app in Objective-C and using the PhFacebook library to interact with the social network, but I think it's more likely my problem is coming from my flawed use of the actual interaction with Facebook.
Indeed, to upload a status to the user's profile, after having gotten an access token, this code works perfectly well:
NSMutableDictionary *variables = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:1];
[variables setObject:@"This is a test." forKey:@"message"];
[fb sendRequest:@"me/feed" params:variables usePostRequest:YES];
However, if I attempt to upload a photo directly to the
me/feed, using the following code, it fails systematically, as the image isn't shown and the surrounding text is:
NSString *path = @"some/path/to/some/image/on/my/computer";
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After having read the documentation about uploading photos: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/photo/, I've understood that the source parameter corresponds to a URL. I've tried directly uploading the image's data or the image's local path on the user's computer, but I still haven't found a way to upload an image that isn't already on Internet. I'm sure there's a way to do this, even the word upload implies that the image should be local !
Essentially, it seems I'm having the opposite of this problem: Upload a hosted image with Facebook's Graph API by url?.
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I'm doing fish fries tonight, and my wife doesn't like breaded fish.
The thought was to pan sear hers and finish it with a sauce. Unfortunately, I'm having a tough time finding sauce ideas for haddock. What flavors/base would go well with haddock? I want to avoid tartar sauce for a pan seared fillet.
I'm doing fish fries tonight, and my wife doesn't like breaded fish.
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Compound butter is a very nice accompaniment for fish.
"Compound butter is a mixture of softened butter and at least one other ingredient. Some ideas for compound butter are: herbs, spices, citrus zest/juice, honey, fresh mint, soft cheeses (like goat), fresh or dried peppers, and nuts…you get the idea – this list could be endless!"
You can cook the fish on its own and then put the compound butter on top to melt over it. While soft the butter can be put into a piping bag and piped as rosettes and refrigerated until ready to use. Makes for a nice presentation.
Another common accompaniment to fish is mango salso or a combination of tropical fruits (mango pineapple for example).
This seemed like a good link for ideas for sauces for Haddock:
If I was eating it, I'd simply squeeze some lemon juice over the fish on my plate. I've also had haddock with a white sauce or a cheese sauce. I'd suggest making a cheese sauce using philly cream cheese and some milk.
An alternative to pan seared would be to bake. There are lot of suggestions for baked haddock in google.
A bit late for your specific meal, but I've always found that mustard goes very well with fish. I usually do a roux using flour and butter, pour in some cream or milk to slightly thin it, and then add some hot mustard to it, and season with salt & pepper. To give it more texture and colour I add some coarse grain mustard if we've got it, but this isn't a must. Together with boiled potatoes and some lemon juice drizzled over the fish, I think it's delicious.
Mayonnaise, sweet mustard, curry powder and a dash of some salty seasoning. Blend and eat with rice. Roll the fish in wheat and spice with salt and lemon-pepper.


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The Accenture Match Play Championship is golf's version of March Madness. But filling out a bracket for this 64-player tournament might be less fun as it's nearly impossible to handicap. While a No. 1-seed has never lost their first game in the NCAA tournament, the biggest upset at the Match Play event could be if all four No. 1-seeded golfers (Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Luke Donald and Louis Oosthuizen) were still playing in round two.
Since 2008, six No. 1 seeds in golf have lost their first match, including Luke Donald last year. Only 30% of the No. 1 seeds over that same span have even advanced to the Sweet 16. By comparison, penciling in a No. 1 seed in your NCAA tournament bracket has been a pretty safe bet, with only two teams (Kansas in 2010, Pittsburgh in 2011) losing in the second round.
In the match-play golf format, nearly every early round match is a tossup, with the higher-seeded golfer only winning at a 58% rate in the first two rounds. But in the later rounds, the higher-ranked golfer usually prevails. Over the past five years, the higher seed has won 65% of the matches in the third and fourth round. And in the semifinals that percentage goes up to 100%.
While the favorite is 2-3 in the finals over this span, only last year's final with Hunter Mahan over Rory McIlroy could really be considered a Cinderella story.
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"Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, and Kindness in giving creates LOVE." ~ Lao Tzu
Every day we are faced with opportunities: opportunities to make our own life better, opportunities to make someone else's life better. How do we make the decisions needed to face these opportunities? My suggestion is with Kindness.
As the quote above from Lao Tzu, our actions have definite consequences. The consequences are far reaching, not only affecting our own life but the lives of those around us. A simple word can make – or break – someone's day. Thinking before you do or speak can make the difference in the response that you get back. Giving is the heart's way of expressing joy.
Many of you have heard of, and probably participated in, the program called "Random Acts of Kindness." This is a great way to, either through a planned event or through a spontaneous act, share the joy of giving with others. I love that this idea is often celebrated during the month of February, the "LOVE" month, but I would like to challenge you to try to do this year-around. The acts can be anywhere and with anyone and for anyone. That is the beauty of the whole program. The other beauty is the feeling that you receive once you have participated in this. It is a win-win situation for both parties!
Recently, I heard of another program called "Pay LOVE Forward." The idea here is similar to the Random Acts of Kindness. You do something loving for someone. I have asked some people if they would share a time where they were shown love by someone else. One person shared about a time when she and her daughter were in Meijer. Her little girl was sitting in the cart, and they were laughing as they shopped. A man and woman came up to her and told her that it brought joy to their hearts to see her happy little girl, and they said that she must be a good mother. This woman said that she was on "cloud nine" for the rest of her day.
I talked to gentleman about "Paying Love Forward." He thought for a minute, and said that he had taken his car to a friend of his who owns his own repair shop. He asked the man to do some repairs on his brakes. When it was time to pay, his friend said, "Give the money to the Antique Village. I know that you need some support for your Car Show." The man was in charge of the car show at the Antique Village and yes, indeed, they did need some sponsorship money. His friend's donation helped the man to provide special trophies for the people who brought their cars to the show.
Another couple that I talked to told of an instance in which they found themselves stranded in Grand Rapids with no way to get home. They had been there overnight at a truck stop. None of their friends or family members were able to go and pick them up. The woman called a person who had been taking her to church for several months. They were friends, but not really close. This person and her husband drove to Grand Rapids, got the couple and took them to their home. This young couple was so thankful for the help.
In each of these instances, "Love" was paid forward. I would like to challenge all of us to try to find opportunities to "Pay LOVE Forward." Also take a moment to remember a time when you were on the receiving end of "Paying LOVE Forward." Let's try to do this all year, and not just in the "Love" month of February!
Remember, as Lao Tzu said, "Kindness in giving creates LOVE."
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Within this market, Pirelli Tire focuses in particular on the high-end segments characterised by elevated technological contents and high performance. These are segments in which Pirelli has established itself in positions of leadership with regard to both its car and motorcycle tyres: Pirelli tyres are today seen as synonymous with quality, emotion and ultimate performance.
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I know that both Friedman and Bernanke wrote papers (or books, in Friedman's case) about the cause of the Great Depression. How do their points of view compare and contrast?
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Bernanke has sort of answered this question himself, in his Remarks On Milton Friedman's Ninetieth Birthday.
Friedman argued that the depression was basically caused by the Fed's contractionary monetary policy, and Bernanke seems to be in broad agreement with him, going so far as to say:
There seems to be some disagreement between the two on the relevance of the non-monetary effects of bank failures. Bernanke argued that
Friedman dismissed this, pointing to Canada as an example of a country that had no significant bank failures, but had a depression as severe as the US, due to the fact that their monetary policy was tied to that of the US.
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There are no new games as such featured in this week's Nintendo eShop update but if you're a fan of golden oldies then new Virtual Console releases Contra III: The Alien Wars and Mario Bros. should keep you entertained on Wii U and 3DS respectively. Both games support two player co-op so they're a great way to expose younger friends or family members to the joys of classic titles released during the '80s and '90s.
Here's this week's eShop Update in full:
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RIFFLE, Theodore E. "Ted", Sr., age 82, of Toronto, Ohio, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the Acuity Specialty Hospital, Steubenville, Ohio
He was born February 25, 1930, in Toronto, Ohio the son of the late Ezra and Grace Kilmer Riffle.
Ted was a member of the Hill Top Presbyterian Church; was a founding member and former fire chief of the Knoxville Volunteer Fire Department; Toronto American Legion Post 86; the Toronto Sunrise Senior Citizens and had served his country during the Korean War in the U.S. Army.
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He was preceded by his parents; daughter Vicki Riffle; grandfather George B. Kilmer; sister Kate Riffle; brothers Monty, John and Dan Riffle.
Ted is survived by his wife Edna E. (Bash) Riffle of the family home whom he married September 27, 1955; daughters Daya Swaykus (Bill Pethtel) of East Liverpool, Ohio and Lori Mills of Columbus, Ohio; son Theodore E. "Ted" Riffle, Jr. of Columbus, Ohio; sister Joy Cecil of Lancaster, Ohio; grandchildren Cory Gooch of Toronto, Ohio, Danielle McElroy of Tallmadge, Ohio, Daya N. Swaykus of Garrettsville, Ohio, Michael Swaykus of Toronto, Ohio, Matt Riffle of Columbus, Ohio, Jason Adams of Columbus, Ohio, Duke Marschalk of Georgia and Tabitha Marschalk of Michigan; great-grandchildren Blake Mc Elroy of Tallmadge, Ohio, Miley Quarles of Columbus, Ohio, Ella Quarles and Tayden Quarles of Georgia; cousins Shirley and David Amos.
Visitation hours for Ted will be 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Monday, February 11, at the Clarke Funeral Home 302 Main St. Toronto. 740-537-1234 or 855-847-1240.
There will be Knoxville Volunteer Fire Department services 7 p.m. Monday.
A celebration service of Ted's life will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, at the funeral home with the Reverend C. Robert Meyer officiating.
There will be full military service honors at the funeral home before the service Tuesday.
Memorial contributions in memory of Ted may be made to the Hill Top Presbyterian Church County Road 46 Toronto, OH 43964 or the American Cancer Society 1212 Jefferson St. Steubenville, OH 43952. To view the obituary, sign the guest register or send condolences to the family go to www.clarkefuneralhome.com


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Deputy State Fire Marshal Dan Jones confirmed on Wednesday that an "extremely unusual" mix of hand sanitizer, olive oil and static electricity was the reason behind a fire that burned an 11-year-old while in her hospital bed.
"We found that given the mixture of the olive oil and the hand sanitizer on the cotton shirt, it was like a candle wick that was easily ignited by the static that was in the bedding and clothing in her room," Jones said at a news conference at Oregon Health Science & University (OHSU).
Ireland Lane had used an ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer at Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Fire Marshal Mark Wallace said. The girl's father, Stephen Lane, has said she also likely wiped the sanitizer on her T-shirt and wiped her bedside table with it.
Olive oil on Ireland's T-shirt and hair compounded the severity of the Feb. 2 fire, Wallace said. Olive oil is sometimes used to remove the glue that holds electrodes to the scalp for an EEG exam. According to the report obtained by The Oregonian, the olive oil had been combed through Ireland's hair as well and was dripping on her shirt. She also wiped some of the oil onto her clothing.
"The ignition source would not have been adequate to ignite the olive oil on the shirt without the presence of the hand sanitizer as well," the report stated.
The girl, who turns 12 Thursday, had recently learned about static electricity and apparently was trying to create static sparks in her bed by scuffing her feet and rubbing the bed linens. Wallace said a static charge likely ignited fumes from the hand sanitizer and burned Ireland's olive oil-saturated cotton shirt.
The Klamath Falls child suffered second- and third-degree burns to about 19 percent of her body, The Oregonian has reported. Ireland has already undergone one skin graft surgery and a second surgery was scheduled for Thursday.
Her father Steven Lane told The Oregonian earlier that his daughter did not remember being on fire.
"She still has bad dreams, but she doesn't recall the actual incident, which from my perspective is very good," Steven told The Oregonian.
Her mother told CBSNews.com that her daughter celebrated her 12th birthday one day before on Wednesday because she was expected to be in surgery on her actual birthday.
"This was a very unusual combined set of circumstances that resulted in this young girl getting burned," the fire marshal said.
Jones added that the investigators tried several tests to recreate the fire, and discovered that the olive oil kept the fire in one area and stopped it from spreading, CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland, Ore. reported.
The hospital, which supplied the hand sanitizer, immediately announced changes in its protocols.
Patients sometimes use olive oil to remove the glue that holds electrodes to the scalp for an EEG exam if the patient is allergic to the common compound that is used, a hospital spokesman told The Oregonian.
"We are no longer suggesting the use of olive oil for patients who have an allergic reaction to EEG gel remover," Dr. Stacy Nicholson, hospital physician-in-chief, said after the findings were announced. "In addition, while our placement and use of hand sanitizer meets industry standards, we plan to review our procedures to see if there are any additional adjustments we can make to promote safety."
The hospital will also be looking at its evacuation procedures and policies based on the fire marshal's recommendations, KOIN said. The Oregonian reported that the hospital staff did not enact a "code red" page for the building when the fire took place, and other patients in the areas that were affected by smoke were not evacuated.
Wallace said alcohol-based hand sanitizers are safe when used according to instructions.
"OHSU, as all medical facilities in Oregon, are very safe places," he said. "There is no reason to believe that anyone at OHSU or any other medical facility is in danger based on this highly unusual event."
A survivor of a rare childhood kidney cancer, Ireland had been was admitted to the hospital initially because she hit her head at school and lost consciousness. She was due to leave the hospital the day of the fire.


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This week I review Sony Legacy's re-issue of the 30th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's classic "Texas Flood," originally released in 1983.
The newly re-mastered, double-CD reissue includes the original album plus one bonus track and another disc of Stevie and his band performing live at Ripley's Music Hall in Philadelphia on Oct. 30, 1983. The set retails for $11.99 on Amazon.com, which is a pretty good price for a two-CD set.
Stevie Ray Vaughan's appearance at the beginning of the 1980s seemed unusual in that no one was signing blues-rock bands in an era when big hair and synth bands were all the rage. No one seemed to care about guitar anymore, particularly if it was played well.
But trends in pop and rock only last so long before boredom sets in and tastes change. And that's actually one of the beautiful things about rock music in general, as it's cyclical - everything becomes anew again when a generation discovers there's more to music than the flavor of the week.
In fact, it was a dance album that really helped bring Stevie Ray to the general attention of the jaded public's ears.
Vaughan had performed during blues night at the Montreux Jazz Festival the year before, where he and his electric band were roundly booed by much of the purist and elitist audience.
But there were two sets of ears in the crowd that heard something different, and David Bowie and Jackson Browne both raved about Vaughan's set and offered their assistance.
Vaughan later added his stellar playing to Bowie's "Let's Dance," which became the Thin White Duke's best-selling album and introduced Vaughan's playing to a brand new audience.
Browne offered to let Stevie Ray and Double Trouble record at his studio and spread the word. Also, Columbia legend John Hammond, who "discovered" and promoted legends such as Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, to name a few, also became involved in Vaughan's career. Hammond was renowned for his uncanny ability to find the next exciting thing, and he helped the Austin, Texas, native get signed to Epic Records.
"Texas Flood" was the result - a smoldering romp through different rock and blues styles, including Chuck Berry-esque raveups, slow blues and instrumentals that displayed the band's prowess and Vaughan's near-perfect blues chops. The influence of rockers Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry and blues guitarist Albert King were obvious, only Vaughan had taken their mojo to a whole new level.
One of the most astonishing aspects of Vaughan's music was how huge his guitar sounded. Playing a Fender Stratocaster - a guitar known for sounding thin - Vaughan, like Hendrix, had the gift of turning the single coil beauty into a raging beast through combination of a modified guitar, remarkably heavy gauge strings and going through a combination of amplifiers at blistering volume levels. The result was an entirely new way to hear the guitar - highly compressed with lots of sustain but clean enough to hear even the smallest nuances in Vaughan's virtuoistic approach. I think it's safe to say Stevie Ray's sound was unlike any other guitarists, before or since.
And Vaughan also had soul. Endlessly inventive and inspired in the blue-rock idiom, Stevie Ray Vaughan was the real deal.
The public responded in kind, and word spread quickly this was someone who was completely different, and Vaughan soon became a hot commodity.
While his guitar gymnastics were something to behold, Vaughan, unlike Hendrix, wasn't a gifted songwriter, and much of the lyrical content on "Texas Flood" wasn't going to win Vaughan any poetry awards. But what he lacked in lyricism was more than made up for by the passion and even humor of his playing.
The title cut, a long, slow blues featuring Stevie Ray's stinging micro-bends, was by far the best song on the original album. Vaughan's ability to ratchet up the tension with six strings is really above and beyond what most guitarists are capable of, and his approach was both mature and fully formed by the time "Texas Flood" was released.
Vaughan was virtually raised in the small clubs of Austin, where he honed his chops and developed a reputation as a stunning live performer. The live set included here at Ripley's Music Hall is a tour-de-force of incendiary, blazing blues and rock guitar-playing. I have a lot of live Stevie Ray, where he really shined and took chances he wouldn't in the studio, and I have to say this is best live Vaughan I've ever heard. He is absolutely on top of his game here, and the set culminates in one of his best interpretations of Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" I've ever heard. This unreleased set is earth-shaking and well worth the price of admission alone.
Like Hendrix, we will never see another like Stevie Ray Vaughan. This anniversary edition of one of his most influential albums and is highly recommended.


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The Chilean has struggled for form and fitness since arriving at Camp Nou in July 2011, and Fabrizio Larini believes his style would suit the Gunners down to the groundArsenal would be an "ideal" destination for unsettled Barcelona attacker Alexis Sanchez, according to former Udinese sporting director Fabrizio Larini.
|Arsenal are 4/5 to finish in the top four with Coral
And Larini, who worked alongside the Chilean at Udinese, believes his style makes the Gunners a good fit.
"Sanchez needs to play the ball on the ground, just like Arsenal," he told reporters. "That would be his ideal game."
When questioned as to whether Sanchez could also play for Juventus or Inter, Larini was open-minded. "I don't see why not," he added. "He has all the qualities to do well.
"I do not know his current situation at the Spanish club. But his fitness problems have definitely limited his performances.
"The only thing that these teams will have to consider is that he is a player who needs freedom to play his way. In teams that have particularly rigid patterns of play he might have a few problems."


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A burgeoning residential area where more and more young singles and families are taking advantage of what many describe as a secret place to find great values. Hidden within the walls of towering architectural landmarks such as the Empire State Building and Chrysler Buildings, are beautiful townhouses over 100 years old, and a host of new luxury doorman buildings. Third Avenue above and below 34th Street offers a movie theater, a myriad of bars and diverse restaurants contributing to an active night-life for the community. There is the Morgan Library, Macy's at Herald Square, Lord and Taylor and the W-Hotel, and not to mention the serenity of Bryant Park and its proximity to neighboring hot spots such as Gramercy Park and Union Square.
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Unity in Mission: Theological Reflections on the Pilgrimage of Mission
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Talking about already existing ways that Christians share unity in mission through how they minister through word and sacrament,
Unity in Mission
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Police called when man swings bat at boys riding bikes
Police were called after a man got out of his vehicle and started swinging a baseball bat at boys riding bikes May 21.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
A few boys were riding bicycles on American Avenue and Chicago Road about 7:50 p.m. May 21.
A man drove by and stared at them. One of the boys game him the peace sign, and the man stopped and approached them with the bat.
He then chased them as they rode off.» Read Full Article
Man arrested after throwing glass in his girlfriend's face
A man was arrested for disorderly conduct after he threw shards of glass in his girlfriend's face May 3.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The man threw shards of glass in his girlfriend's face, broke numerous glass objects, then pinned her down and slapped her in the face and pulled her hair in her apartment in the 8800 block of South Oak Park Drive about 4 a.m. May 3.
The woman said the couple had an argument that started in a bar in Milwaukee and escalated while they were driving to her residence.
The Oak Creek Fire Department medical unit treated her injuries and she refused transportation to the hospital.
DOT to hold meeting on remake of S. 27th St.
The Department of Transportation is holding an open house-style meeting about the final design of Highway 241, or S. 27th St., from Drexel to College Avenues.
The public can provide input on the design and learn about the project, which is a complete reconstruction of the road intended to improve safety. There will be a new concrete pavement, wider shoulders with bike lanes, more turn lanes and new traffic signals.
Work is expected to start next spring and last until late 2015.
The meeting will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. James Church Hall, 7219 S. 27th St., in Franklin.
There will be exhibits on construction plans for the road and intersections, changes to medians and driveways, and right of way impacts.» Read Full Article
Woman robbed, vehicle stolen at Franklin Walmart
A customer at a Walmart in Franklin was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday.
The suspect robbed the 56-year-old Franklin woman at about 9:30 p.m. and stole her vehicle, according to a news release from the City of Franklin Police Department.
The woman wasn't hurt, and her vehicle was recovered a short distance away. Police are investigating, and no suspects were located.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Kevin Magno at (414) 425-2522.
Oak Creek man dead after freak accident in parking lot
A 77-year-old Oak Creek man's death was ruled accidental after a police officer found his body pinned underneath a vehicle in a parking lot of a Hales Corners business early Saturday morning.
According to the Hales Corners police report:
A patrol officer came across a deceased man in the parking lot at Hales Corners Beer & Liquor Depot, 10561 W. Forest Home Ave., about 2 a.m. Saturday.
The man, Robert Layne of Oak Creek, was found pinned under the left front driver-side tire of his vehicle.
A police investigation revealed that the man got out of his vehicle while it was still in reverse and was caught and pulled underneath the car, pinning him under the front driver-side wheel.» Read Full Article
A star is reborn: Restoration of landmark Avalon Theater in full swing
The stars are being put back up in the sky at Milwaukee's Avalon Theater.
Not literally, of course. But installing new twinkling lights on the ceiling to re-create the Avalon's atmospheric feel is among the tasks on property owner Lee Barczak's to-do list.
His $2.5 million restoration of the long-closed Bay View neighborhood landmark is in full swing.
Other jobs include carving out space for a new lounge; preparing areas for a new kitchen, as well as new restrooms; and building the new marquee, which will evoke a 1920s look.
The new marquee, which received Historic Preservation Commission approval in April, is replacing one that was "tacked on" in the 1950s, Barczak said. That old marquee has been removed, which uncovered some bricks that were crumbling and are being replaced, he said.» Read Full Article
Franklin police seeking males in armed home invasion
Franklin police are seeking two unknown males who forced their way into a home, displayed weapons and stole money from two of the residents on Saturday evening.
According to the Franklin police report:
A resident in the 4900 block of West Tumblecreek Drive called police after he was confronted by an unknown male armed with a long gun as he was opening his back patio door about 9:25 p.m. May 24.
When the male ordered the resident to go inside the home, another unknown male armed with a handgun also entered the home. The two stole $300 from one of the men and $80 from the other, and then fled the residence on foot in an unknown direction.
The males are described as two males wearing all black. Both suspects were also wearing masks and hoodies.» Read Full Article
Joe Koch takes over Greenfield head football coaching position
Success has followed Joe Koch through his 30 years of high school football coaching.
Koch's coaching road has led through strong tenures at Whitefish Bay Dominican, Oak Creek and Pius XI, and now it is taking him to Greenfield High School.
He accepted the head football position with the Hustlin' Hawks this week, taking over for Scott Otto, who resigned last month.
Both sides are happy with the arrangement.
"I am extremely excited to be a part of the Greenfield community as the new head football coach of the Hustlin' Hawks," Koch said in a statement. "We will build a team based on unity, discipline and the importance of every individual.» Read Full Article
Chick-fil-A construction progresses in Brookfield, Greendale
Chick-fil-A on Thursday plans to start building momentum for the autumn opening of its first two stand-alone restaurants in the Milwaukee metro area.
The suburban Atlanta company will unveil signs announcing the coming restaurants during a media event Thursday featuring Wisconsin Chick-fil-A franchise operator Jamie Fuller and the Chick-fil-A mascot, a cow that carries an "Eat Mor Chikin" sign. The sites are under construction.
The event begins at the Greendale site, 5351 S. 76th St., at 10:30 a.m., and in Brookfield, 12625 W. Capitol Drive, at 2:30 p.m.
As it does with its other restaurant openings, Chick-fil-A plans this fall to hold a First 100 giveaway at the metro Milwaukee restaurants. That promotion offers free food for a year — a card loaded with 52 ssandwich meals — to qualified contestants who show up and register. If more than 100 people show up — as almost certainly will be the case — a drawing will be held to name the winners.
Chick-fil-A has more than 1,800 restaurants in 39 states and Washington D.C.
Resident says elderly women screamed profanities at her children
An Oak Creek resident reported that two elderly women came to the back of her fence and started screaming profanities at her young children who were jumping on a trampoline May 7.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The resident said her children were jumping on a trampoline at 9 p.m. May 7 in the 8600 block of South Glen Forest Court.
The caller said that her children and two of their friends were making some noise, but nothing excessive, when two elderly woman approached her wooden, fenced-in backyard and started yelling at them at about 8:40 p.m.
Police checked the area but could not locate the women.


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I'm interested in developing a game who's background music changes with the mood and scenario of the game's action. Of course many existing games do this (halo for example), but I was interested in any resources/papers/articles talking about the techniques to develop a system like this.
I have some ideas, and I understand that this will be equally challenging to implement at the code level as it will be to come up or acquire music that fits this model. Any links or, answers with ideas in them would he appreciated.
Edit: this is the kind of info I'm looking for :) http://halo.bungie.org/misc/gdc.2002.music/


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Recommended ages: 5 and up
The fence behind Clover's house marks the town line that separates black people from white people. Clover's mother warns her that it isn't safe to cross the fence, but Clover is curious to meet Anna, the white girl who lives on the other side. The two girls work around the rules of segregation and form an unlikely friendship by sitting together on top of the fence.
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Palladino: Suarez beats buzzer, Eagles beat Raiders
Jairo Suarez dropped the ball in the hoop. The buzzer sounded. The Kennedy boys basketball team mobbed the floor to celebrate a heart-stopping 58-57 OT victory over Torrington. Spectators were left with two questions.
The first: How did Torrington not win that game? The second: How did Kennedy not lose?
The best comment came from Kennedy coach Armand Levasseur: "The best team did not win tonight."
But Kennedy did, and maybe we can tell you why.
The one word that best describes it all was wild. After a dull first 16 minutes, the second half and overtime were anything but. Three technical fouls were issued. There was a push, a shove and even one punch thrown.
Kennedy (15-2) played without starting guard Jaquan Love, for disciplinary reasons, and played the last 15 minutes of the game without Don Jarrett, who was involved in a third-quarter altercation. He received a second technical foul and was banished from the game.
The Raiders (8-8) played good basketball and were the team that gained the momentum boost after the brief tussle at 3:25 of the third.
"I thought we played really well," said Torrington coach Erin Gamari. "I thought we played with great energy. We did enough to win the game."
The Raiders enjoyed a big burst to start the fourth quarter and turned four steals into quick hoops by Zak Mancini (11 points) and John McCarthy (21 points, five assists, five steals). They led, 46-35, with 6:16 to play.
But then Torrington went scoreless for close to five minutes, and Kennedy charged back on the strength of good defense and strong full-court pressure. "We got them to play a faster game than they wanted to," was how Levasseur described it.
With Love out and Jarrett gone, everyone had a hand in it for Kennedy. Darryl Flowers (10 points, 13 rebounds) and Daquan Bowes (11 points, six steals) led the rally.
In regulation, Torrington had the edge when McCarthy scored on a brilliant baseline drive with 13.8 seconds left. But Bowes, the transfer form Hillhouse, beat the buzzer at the other end on a drive to the hoop. We were tied, 53-53.
In OT, it was all Torrington again, it seemed. The Raiders led by four with 1:03 to play. But those final 63 seconds were cruel.
Mancini could have made it a five-point game, but he missed a free throw. At the other end, Suarez scored a hoop and made a free throw. It was a one-point game, 57-56 Raiders, with 48.6 to play.
Mancini again missed at the free throw line, twice, but Torrington maintained possession on a tie-up after the miss. Still, Torrington could not finish it. On the inbounds, Suarez forced a tie-up. Now Kennedy had the ball, down one, with 16.6 seconds left.
Soon, there would be pandemonium.
The Eagles missed two shots in the final possession, a Bowes 3-pointer and a floating put-back by Flowers. But Suarez grabbed the rebound. He never came down with the ball. He softly dropped it in the hoop, the buzzer sounded and Kennedy had won.
"I tried to get the rebound first, before Darryl," Suarez said, "and once he got it I was kind of upset. When he went for the shot, I went as high as I could to get the rebound and put it in."
This Kennedy victory was impressive on many levels. The team played most of the game without two starters and fought back from almost certain defeat at least three times.
How did that happen?
"We talked it over and tried to stay focused," Suarez said, "and not let that moment get into our heads."
Torrington played well, was the best team on the floor for most of the night and lost.
"That's the frustrating part," Gamari said. "Woulda, coulda, shoulda."
Torrington, 7-7 in the Naugatuck Valley League, needed this victory in the race for a spot in the NVL tourney. Kennedy, which has beaten Torrington in two overtime games, found out a lot about a lot of different players.
"Our team is not based on one player," Suarez said. "We have different guys step up, night in and night out, who put up their numbers, rebound and play defense. That's what I love about my team."
Yep, it was just another typical, average, wild and wonderful night in the NVL.
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text: Well folks, here is what you call one cool, simple lesson on "how to draw a witch's hat", step by step. I know this doesn't seem like a great tut to tackle, but a witch hat is one of the main objects in Halloween coloring books, for sale on store shelves to complete a witch costume for trick or treaters, and the witch hat is a common object used for a mold when making cakes and candies. I wanted to make the hat simple enough for others to replicate while adding a quality of fun. I hope you will enjoy draw a witch hat. I will be back with one last lesson for you all to complete the Halloween celebration. Peace out!


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I'm trying to write a script in powershell to batch convert video files.
The way I intend to use it is to go to some folder full of video files and run it. It uses a conversion program that can be run in "command-line mode" (named handbrake) and saves the converted files with "-android" appended to them before the file extension. For example, if I have a file named video1.avi in the folder, after running the script the folder has 2 files: video1.avi and video1-android.avi
The reason I want to do this this way is so that I can check if, for each video file, there is a converted version of it (with -android appended to the name). And if so, skip the conversion for that file.
And this is where I'm having touble. The problem is the Test-Path's behavior (the cmdlet I'm using to test if a file exists).
What happens is, if the video file has an "unusual" name (for example in my case it's video[long].avi) Test-Path always returns False if you try to check if that file exists.
An easy way for you to test this is for example to do this:
Go to an empty folder, run notepad to create a file with "[" in its name:
¬epad test[x].txt
Save the file
then do this:
Get-ChildItem | ForEach-Object {Test-Path $_.FullName}
It does not return true! It should right? Well it doesn't if the file has "[" in its name (I didn't check for any other special characters)
I've realized that if you escape the "[" and "]" it works
Test-Path 'test`[x`].txt'
returns true.
How can I go around this issue? I want to be able to: given a BaseName of a file, append it "-android.avi" and check if a file with that name exists.
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Suppose that for all $\alpha<\kappa$ we have that $A_\alpha\subseteq\kappa$. We define the diagonal intersection to be $$\bigtriangleup_{\alpha<\kappa}A_\alpha = \left\lbrace\xi<\kappa\ \middle|\ \xi\in\bigcap_{i<\xi}A_i\right\rbrace$$
One of the most surprising theorems in basic set theory, I think, is that if $A_\alpha$ is closed and unbounded (and $\kappa$ is regular and uncountable) then this diagonal intersection is also a closed and unbounded set.
Looking at it from a measure theoretic point of view now, clubs correspond to sets of measure one. Is there any measure theoretic operation which corresponds to diagonal intersections?
Are there possibly other analogies in mathematics which can be used to describe this construction in a rather simple way that non-set theorists could relate to?
Furthermore, it is quite clear that changing the order of the $A_\alpha$ or taking a subsequence can completely change the resulting set. Is there some invariance? For example, up to order the result is unique modulo a non-stationary set?


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Hey Folks!
I'm using Kdenlive for about half a year now, haven't had major problems at all. A few days ago I updated my Gentoo-system to ~x86, which is the "unstable" branch of portage. From all I heard and looking at the other programs running fine, this "unstable" branch isn't very unstable.
With this update, Kdenlive was updated from 0.9.2. to 0.9.4 and mlt from 0.8.2 to 0.8.8. Now, when I try editing a video, the audio is out of sync with the video and stutters. A lot. I have a video-track without audio, an audio-track containing the videos audio and a second audio track. The project was generated with the old version of Kdenlive and all was fine. When I opened the project in the new version, the audio is out of sync, I think. Can't really tell, because of the stuttering, but I think it's a bit of. Also, when I try to render a part of the project, after about 2 minutes, my 8 GB Ram is full. That didn't happen before. I tested this with a part of the project I could successfully render before.
After playing around with audio-/video-drivers and opengl (and disabling pulseaudio via pasuspender), I gave up and decided to downgrade - which didn't make Kdenlive usable again. After downgrading back to 0.9.2 (mlt: 0.8.2) the audio and video is really badly out of sync. Not only in the preview, but also after rendering. Funny thing: I chopped the audio-tracks at their beginning and kdenlive does play the chopped part, which it shouldn't. Oh, and when i seek through the playing preview, the sound just continues playing like i wasn't seeking, while the video jumps to the correct position.
By the way: I tried using melt (both versions) to play videos, it worked like a charm.
Some more information about my system: 8 GB Ram, 3,2Ghz Quadcore (Intel i5), 2 graphic-cards (both nvidia, one GeForce GTX 295, one Quadro FX 580), using Gentoo (last synced: two days ago or so), using pulseaudio, but tried starting Kdenlive with pasuspender.
As you probably can imagine, i can't use Kdenlive like this. I really hope, someone can help me.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 14:14
What happens with new projects? Also what source files are being used? Also what version of ffmpeg?
As an aside I used 'unstable' Gentoo for a number of years in the early days and spent more time trying to fix stuff than actually using it, so your problems bring back memories. Not to say it's like that now and no reflection haven't used it for a long time. Just brought back memories. :-)
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 15:29
Thinking about it I did have issue with multiple audio for a while, as I use git builds these things get fixed, are you able to build kdenlive / MLT from source using the build script and test that?
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 17:02
So the git build works. Audio scrubbing is available if you have OpenGL playback activated in kdenlives config.
So audio is out of sync, you may need to use kdenlives proxy feature for playback, proxies are not used at render time unless specifically activated in the render dialogue.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 18:11
You could try decompressing your mp3's to uncompressed wav to see if it's a problem with mp3 playback in MLT. Or does all this work on your laptop?
OpenGL should allow audio scrubbing, does for me via hdmi. NVidia.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 18:59
Sorry to confuse, I mentioned audio scrubbing because you mentioned " I need to hear the audio in sync with the video to decide, where I can cut." and yes sync'd audio would be good. :-) and audio scrubbing can aide cutting, but if you already have it and others have not then lets forget audio scrubbing. :-)
Looks like Gentoo unstable has introduced some incompatibility with audio libraries, as you don't have the audio sync problems at all on the notebook.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 23:51
SDL I think is used for playback in kdenlive.
Sat, 03/02/2013 - 08:02
That's great, glad to hear you solved the problem.


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Double Cheeseburgers, Los Angeles-Style
Serving Size 4
Prep Time
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- 0.33 cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seed
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 brioche hamburger buns, split
- 2 Pound ground chuck, shaped into eight 1/4-inch-thick patties
- kosher salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 8 slices of cheddar cheese
- 4 butter lettuce leaves
- 4 shiso or sesame (perilla) leaves
- 4 thin slices of tomato
- 4 thin slices of red onion
- In a small bowl, mix the mayonnaise with the sesame seeds.
- Heat a large nonstick griddle or 2 nonstick skillets over moderate heat. Butter the cut sides of the hamburger buns and toast them on the griddle until golden, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a platter.
- Season the patties with salt and pepper. Brush the griddle with the olive oil, add the patties and cook over high heat for 2 minutes. Flip the patties and cook for 2 minutes longer, then top each one with a slice of cheddar cheese. Cook just until the cheese is melted, about 1 minute.
- Stack 2 burgers on each bun. Top with the lettuce, shiso leaves, tomato and onion. Spread the top halves of the buns with the sesame mayo, close the burgers and serve.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Center
Biologics for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
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How It Works
Biologics block harmful responses from the body's immune system that lead to the symptoms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
Why It Is Used
Biologics are used to treat moderate to severe JIA symptoms and to prevent joint damage, particularly in people who have had side effects or poor results from methotrexate treatment.
Biologics are usually used after nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, and methotrexate have been tried. A biologic is often used at the same time as these other medicines, especially to treat polyarticular JIA and extended oligoarticular JIA.1
Biologics may also be tried when eye inflammation has not improved after trying other drugs such as corticosteroids and mydriatics.
How Well It Works
Etanercept is most widely studied for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. In general, biologics improve symptoms, help prevent bone and cartilage damage, and may even help with healing.2
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine your child takes. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with the medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after your child takes the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother your child and you wonder if he or she should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower the dose or change the medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if your child has:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of his or her face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor right away if your child has:
- Hives.
- Signs of illness or infection, such as chills, cough, or fever.
- A rash on his or her head, face, or belly.
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Stomach pain.
- Painful throat.
- Redness, itching, or swelling at the injection site.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Warnings about serious side effects of biologics have been issued. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the drug's manufacturers have warned about:
- An increased risk of a serious infection. Biologics affect the body's ability to fight all infections. So if your child gets a fever, cold, or the flu while he or she is taking this medicine, let the doctor know right away.
- An increased risk of blood or nervous system disorders. Call the doctor if your child has symptoms of blood disorders (such as bruising or bleeding) or symptoms of nervous system problems (such as numbness, weakness, tingling, or vision problems).
- An increased risk of lymphoma (a type of blood cancer) in children and adolescents who take this medicine for longer than 2½ years (30 months). Adults, children, and adolescents who take this medicine also have a higher risk for leukemia and other cancers.
- An increased risk of psoriasis.
- An increased risk of liver injuries. Call the doctor if your child's skin starts to look yellow, if he or she is very tired, or if your child has a fever and dark brown urine.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. If your child takes medicine as your doctor suggests, it will improve your child's health and may prevent future problems. If your child doesn't take the medicines properly, his or her health (and perhaps life) may be at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Follow-up care is a key part of your child's treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if your child is having problems. It's also a good idea to know your child's test results and keep a list of the medicines your child takes.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
Weiss JR, Ilowite NT (2005). Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 52(2): 413-442.
Soep JB (2011). Rheumatic diseases. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 20th ed., pp. 825-831. New York: McGraw-Hill.
ByHealthwise Staff
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