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The dynamic and eclectic work of Johnathon Pape crosses many borders. Known as a director, writer, teacher, coach and frequent consultant for artistic projects spanning many disciplines, Pape joined The Boston Conservatory in the fall of 2011 as director of opera studies.
As a director, Pape's career spans theater, musical theater and opera, and he has staged a wide range of productions throughout the U.S. and abroad. Recent work includes Dead Man Walking and La Traviata for Tulsa Opera; La Fille du Regiment for Dayton Opera; Le Nozze di Figaro, The Secret Garden, Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and Lee Hoiby's This Is The Rill Speaking (original cast recording on Albany Records) for Eastman Opera Theatre. Career highlights include the world premiere of Griffelkin by Lukas Foss for New York City Opera; the U.S. premiere of Daniel Catan's La Hija da Rappaccini for San Diego Opera; the Los Angeles premiere of Richard Greenberg's Eastern Standard; Terrence McNally's Master Class for HaBimah, the National Theater of Israel; Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen and Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos for Tulsa Opera; Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney for an Irish Arts Festival; the Los Angeles premiere of Shirley Lauro's A Piece of My Heart, about the women who served in Viet Nam -- a special installation production mounted in the Los Angeles National Cemetery; Janacek's Jenufa for Portland Opera; and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd for Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee. His directorial credits also include such diverse productions as The Taming of the Shrew, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Evita, La Boheme, Tartuffe, Ain't Misbehavin', Don Giovanni, Trelawney of the "Wells," Street Scene and The Most Happy Fella.
Pape has frequently participated in the development of new works, directing workshops of Josephine, a musical about the life of Josephine Baker, and PoeSCrypt, a musical about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Edgar Allan Poe. He has a special affinity for the Czech repertoire, having received a Fulbright Research Grant in opera and theater to the Czech Republic in 1994. He is a long-standing member of SDC (Stage Director and Choreographer's Society) and AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists). He is a member of Opera America's Singer Training Forum, a body of various stakeholders within the professional opera community who are committed to providing the best training available to the next generation of operatic artists.
Pape recently served as associate director of Eastman Opera Theatre at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
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Recent and archived news articles by Derrick Henry of The New York Times.
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A man and woman tried to gain unauthorized access to MacDill Air Force Base outside Tampa, and weapons were found in their vehicle.
June 15, 2010, Tuesday
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Fifty-five bodies were reported recovered from an abandoned mine apparently used by gangs as a grave.
June 8, 2010, Tuesday
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Dorothy Kamenshek, a star player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the movie ''A League of Their Own,'' has died. She was 84. She died of natural causes Monday at her home in Palm...
May 23, 2010, Sunday
Dorothy Kamenshek, 'League of Their Own' Figure, Dies at 84
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May 22, 2010, Saturday
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London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports began to reopen, after a new cloud of volcanic ash forced the shutdowns for several hours.
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Arrest in Killing of Woman and Child
Amahal Lynch of East New York was charged with strangling a Brooklyn woman and her 8-year-old daughter, who were found dead on Sunday in a bathtub in their apartment.
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(October 18, 2012)--Many of the wounded soldiers and families of those killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage say they aren't the benefits they need because the government hasn't declared the massacre a terrorist attack.
A group of about 160 people affected by the shooting on the Texas Army post released a video Thursday expressing their frustration.
Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning, who was shot six times in the Nov. 5, 2009 rampage at the post's Soldier Readiness Center, says he's upset that the Defense Department has referred to the shooting as workplace violence.
Samuel Ray Jr., a former Fort Hood police officer who was on base the day of the shooting, says "workplace violence" is a disrespectful term.
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"To call it 'workplace violence,' is extremely disrespectful. It's disrespectful to the people that died that day, and to the people who put their lives on the line to stop Hasan," Ray said.
Survivors in the video say soldiers injured or killed deserve fair benefits and Purple Heart eligibility, but they say that won't happen until the shooting is declared a terrorist attack.
On October 10th, Rep. John Carter and Rep. Michael McCaul sent letters to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army. They requested better benefits and Purple Heart eligibility for soldiers injured during the shooting.
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There are so called "point releases" for LTS versions of Ubuntu. 10.04.3 for instance.
What are those "point releases" releases?
There are so called "point releases" for LTS versions of Ubuntu. 10.04.3 for instance.
What are those "point releases" releases?
If you are familiar with the way Microsoft Windows manages its versions, you can relate point releases to Service packs that are released after a while when the product is released to the general consumption.
The basic idea for having point releases in LTS versions is to ensure that the LTS version works on newer hardware and doesn't necessary have to download a huge amount of updates when freshly installed.
The point release essentially contains the bug fixes the version has gone since it was released to the public, which includes security fixes, package updates, translation packs updates, etc.
You can read Mark Shuttleworth's blog, where he talks about the point releases of 8.04. An excerpt from his blog that is relevant:
In addition to all the answers given here, I'm adding some info about how to see the milestones for the next point release so that, you can be sure whether your problem (if you have any) with your LTS release is going to be fixed there or not. It's also helpful for tracking bugs and helping Ubuntu development by informing about existing bugs
To see the milestone for the next release
You can then click on the bug link and participate on the bug tracking. More information on tracking bugs and reporting is in this question:
Point releases are specific for LTS (Long Term Supported) versions of Ubuntu. Because these versions get 3 years of support (5 years for servers), the changes between the initial release image (10.04 for instance) and the current packages grow huge.
To quote https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS:
Each point release is merely a snapshot of updated packages in the LTS version at that time which includes security updates and bug fixes.
Much of the general background on Ubuntu point releases for LTS support is covered in this Ask Ubuntu question. What follows is some additional details in regards to the 12.04.2 release coming up next month.
Excerpt from ubuntu-devel mailing list as of 11.01.2013:
Ubuntu 12.04.2 is currently scheduled to be released on Jan 31st 0... At this time we feel it is better to delay the release by two weeks to allow time for extra QA testing.
This would put the new release date on 14 Feb 2013. No other dates would change (i.e. freezes etc.), we are just using the extra two weeks for testing and possible bug fixing for identified issues.
According to the schedule, there are 4 point releases to be expected within the 12.04 lifecycle. 12.04.2 is scheduled for release on 14 Feb 2013 and the last point release 12.04.4 is scheduled for January 24 2014.
What is a Point Release?
12.04.2 will provide users with a new kernel as well as a roll up of previous 12.04 package updates and security patches.
Goals (as outlined in the Ubuntu Point Release Process):
How often do these updates come out?
Currently, the schedule for 12.04 LTS point releases looks like this:
Are there upgrades to the kernel version?
Yes. 12.04.2 will be shipping with a backported Quantal kernel according to Launchpad. See here for some additional details. (The following is speculation on my part) The current Quantal kernel is 3.5.0-18 and will move towards a 3.8 kernel as release candidates are available. I am expecting 12.04 to follow suit, but I have not sussed out all of the details just yet.
Will the system perform better after a point release?
I believe that is the goal. ;-)
To upgrade an ubuntu system type in the terminal:
...to update the package list.
...to install all new versions of the installed applications and handle changing dependencies.
You should then see this:
The point releases are new CD images including all the latest packages from
These will support newer hardware than the original lucid CDs, and save some download time + bandwidth for updates. So, if you find yourself downloading and burning a Lucid ISO, grab the latest point release. Also, if 10.04 won't install on a new machine, try the latest point release.
If you already have Ubuntu 10.04 installed, the point releases probably aren't of any interest. If you install updates, you're already running everything that the latest point release provides.
You can see thorough description about Ubuntu 12.04 maintenance releases (applies to other version of Ubuntu) in the following link:
Point releases are just the result of merging all the changes that has been made since the last point release or original release of the distribution.
They are the equivalent of the Service Packs of Microsoft in the Windows World
Ie : Ubuntu 12.04 went out in april 2012 the 12.04.1 wen out in august and had 186 fix included since 12.04 (see here : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/ubuntu-12.04.1)
Watch out, 186 fix is not 186 patches or packages.
One fix is the answer to a problem witch can include more than one package.
You'll find more information here for precise : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise and for all milestones of ubuntu here : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestones


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] sndlib problem by mpicc compiler
From: TERRY DONTJE (terry.dontje_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-30 07:25:44
On 7/30/2012 6:11 AM, Pawe³ Jaromin wrote:
> Hello
> Thanks for fast answer, but the problem looks a little different.
> Of course, I use this code only for master node (rank 0), because only
> this node has an access to file.
> As You can see i use "if" clause to check sndFile for NULL:
> if (sndFile == NULL)
> and it returns not NULL value, so the code can run forward.
> I have found the problem during check array:
> long numFrames = sf_readf_float(sndFile, snd_buffor, sfinfo.frames);
> // Check correct number of samples loaded
> if (numFrames != sfinfo.frames) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Did not read enough frames for source\n");
> sf_close(sndFile);
> free(snd_buffor);
> MPI_Finalize();
> return 1;
> }
> So, after that I went to debuger to check variables (I use Eclipse PTP
> and sdm enviroment), then after inicjalization variable "sndFile" has
> "no value" not "NULL" . Unfortunatelly sndFile has still the same
> value to the end of program :(.
What do you mean by sndFile has "no value"? There isn't a special "no
value" value to a variable unless you are debugging a code that somehow
had some variable optimized out at the particular line you are
interested in.
> Declarations:
> FILE *outfile = NULL ;
> SF_INFO sfinfo ;
> SNDFILE *sndFile= NULL;
> Very interesting is , that "sfinfo" from the same library works perfect.
> At the end of this story, I modified the program without MPI , then
> compiled it by gcc (not mpicc) and it works fine (in debuger sndFile
> has proper value).
So it seems you believe mpicc is doing something wrong when all mpicc is
is a wrapper to a compiler. Maybe doing a "mpicc --showme" will give
you an idea what compiler and options mpicc is passing to the compiler.
This should give you an idea the difference between your gcc and mpicc
compilation. I would suspect either mpicc is using a compiler
significantly different than gcc or that mpicc might be passing some
optimization parameter that is messing the code execution (just a guess).
> I hope, now is clear.
Not really.
> 2012/7/30 TERRY DONTJE<terry.dontje_at_[hidden]>:
>> I am not sure I am understanding the problem correctly so let me describe it
>> back to you with a couple clarifications.
>> So your program using sf_open compiles successfully when using gcc and
>> mpicc. However, when you run the executable compiled using mpicc sndFile is
>> null?
>> If the above is right can you tell us how you ran the code?
>> Will the code run ok if ran with "mpirun -np 1" on the same machine you run
>> the gcc code normally?
>> When the mpicc compiled code sf_open call returns NULL what does the
>> successive sf_strerror report?
>> My wild guess is when you run the mpicc compiled code one of the processes
>> is on a node that doesn't have access to the file passed to sf_open.
>> --td
>> On 7/28/2012 1:08 PM, Pawe³ Jaromin wrote:
>> Hello all
>> Because I try make a program to parallel procesing sound files, I use
>> libsndfile library to load and write wav files. Sytuation is strange,
>> because when I compile the program by gcc is good (no parallel), but
>> if I do it by mpicc is a problem with sndFile variable.
>> // Open sound file
>> SF_INFO sndInfo;
>> SNDFILE *sndFile = sf_open(argv[1], SFM_READ,&sndInfo);
>> if (sndFile == NULL) {
>> fprintf(stderr, "Error reading source file '%s': %s\n", argv[1],
>> sf_strerror(sndFile));
>> return 1;
>> }
>> This code run witout an error, but variable is "No value"
>> Maybe somone can help me ??
>> --
>> Terry D. Dontje | Principal Software Engineer
>> Developer Tools Engineering | +1.781.442.2631
>> Oracle - Performance Technologies
>> 95 Network Drive, Burlington, MA 01803
>> Email terry.dontje_at_[hidden]
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9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along
Being a movie villain is not easy. Nobody respects your work, everyone loves your sworn enemy, and cheers if he straight up murders your ass.
Of course, the villains deserve it, right? Well, actually Hollywood is littered with supposedly evil characters that, when you take a step back and ignore the cackling laughter and yellow teeth, were clearly the ones getting screwed over. Here are the so called bad guys who got the rawest deals of all:
#9. Edward Rooney (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
The "villain":
Mr. Rooney was the mean old Dean of Students who spent the entire movie trying to prove that Ferris was skipping school while pretending to be sick. What a mistrustful tight-ass. Why the hell does he care so much if one student takes a day off?
Above: The eyes of an educator.
Hold on a minute there:
Let's get the obvious out of the way: this is his goddamned job. He is the Dean of Students, not the Dean of Not Giving A Damn. People are always all up the public schools system's digestive tract for not taking a more active interest in their students and that's exactly what Mr. Rooney was doing. It doesn't matter if, on a personal level, he's a dick or not -- he is literally paid with your tax money to make sure kids aren't doing exactly what Ferris did. The kid can go to a museum and drive a sports car on the weekend. During the week, he and the other kids are Rooney's responsibility so they can, you know, get an education.
The movie glosses over the fact that Ferris couldn't read
And you know what? He was right all along. Ferris was skipping school. Worse yet, he lied to his parents and friends about being sick and pretty much got the whole town involved in the farce. He lied, he stole, and he caused millions in property damage by destroying Cameron's dad's beautiful car. That's not adorable, that's just being an egocentric cock. It wouldn't have been a satisfying movie ending to see Rooney expose Bueller for his douchebaggery, but it would have been by far the more just outcome. What happens instead is that Rooney loses his wallet and almost has his nipples ripped off by a Rottweiler.
And we're asked to sit back and say, "serves him right for caring about the future of our country!"
Suddenly the recession makes sense.
#8. Mutant Registration Side (X-Men)
The "villain":
Headed by Senator Robert Kelly in the first X-Men movie, the Mutant Registration Side are the speciecist.. spesist... racist ... the jerks who demand a legislative bill forcing every super-powered individual in the country to register with the government. Just like the Jews in Nazi Germany!
The Night of Broken Glasses would end differently.
Hold on a minute there:
The Nazi analogy would probably work a lot better if real-life Jews could shoot boiling acid out of their assholes or level entire cities by blinking, which our Jewish friends assure us only Mossad agents can do. The X-Men mutants on the other hand actually can conjure up hurricanes, stop time, and completely alter a person's mind until he really believes that Flavor Flav is a reasonable and intelligent media personality. It seems perfectly understandable that some folks might want to keep tabs on such individuals.
If they require licenses for concealed handguns, they should probably keep this guy on file too.
And what happens when he can't? As a human in the X-Men movies you constantly have to be on the lookout not only for the evil mutants who want to kill you, but also for the supposed "good guys" who are often in the process of accidentally killing you. In X-Men, Cyclops loses his protective goggles in a crowded train station and just starts straight fire-blasting with his Murder Vision uncontrollably, unable to handle his powers or discern between bad guys and random kids who happen to be in the same building. And he's the good guy! In X2, every human on the planet almost had their brains melted simultaneously by a mutant.
Obviously there is a thin line between cautious concern and downright mutant-prejudice but cut the civilians of the X-Men universe some slack. They live in constant fear, not knowing if the guy they just cut off on the freeway can explode their dick with his mind.
Let's just say you don't want a handjob from Gambit.
#7. The Hyenas (The Lion King)
The "villain":
In one of Disney's finest rip-offs to date, The Lion King hyenas were the mangy lowlifes who tried to kill Simba, assisted in the assassination of Mufasa and utterly destroyed the Pride Lands after helping Scar take over as king. Jesus, what is those assholes' problem?
Hyenas, chief douchebags of the Serengeti.
Hold on a minute there:
They want something to eat. That's their problem, and it's only a problem because Mufasa banished them from the Pride Land and forced them to live in an elephant graveyard, which is no place to raise a child, hyena or otherwise. We never know why they were banished to the Pride Slums, leaving us to assume Mufasa's unedited explaination of the Circle of Life went something like this:
Mufasa: Everything you see exists together, in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures-- from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.
Simba: But Dad, don't we eat the antelope?
Mufasa: Yes, Simba, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become grass. And the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.
Simba: Wow... Say, Dad, where do the hyenas fit into the great Circle of Life?
Mufasa: Ugh, the hyenas. No, f#@k those guys.
Simba: Yeah, that's fair.
That's the only way to explain how Scar got an entire army of these animals behind him with such dissident slogans as "Stick with me, and you will never go hungry again!" Scar wasn't promising them unlimited power, just the ability to eat and function as members of society. The hyenas were pissed because the oppressive lion regime had reduced them to second-class citizens, hoarding all the pie for themselves.
Hooray for racism!
No wonder they followed Mufasa's brother. What Scar offered the hyenas was a revolution of the common man. He was more or less their four-legged Lenin.
#6. Carl Anheuser (2012)
The "villain":
In Roland Emmerich's latest "planetary kablooey movie with a date in the title", 2012, Carl Anheuser is the asshole chief of staff-turned-president who in the film's climax closes the doors to the ships carrying the last surviving humans on Earth, allowing thousands outside to drown...
He certainly has the jowls of a mass-murderer.
Hold on a minute there:
...and securing the future of the human race.
So these giant arks...are they why our country is $13 trillion in debt?
Anheuser didn't simply wake up one day and think to himself "Today, I shall be a massive dickcheese for no good reason." When he closed the entrance to the arks, it was because a mile-long tsunami was coming their way, threatening to violently flush humanity's last hope down earth's crapper. It was either the few thousand people outside, or the few hundred thousand inside, and someone had to make that call. Luckily, Anheuser wasn't born with a burnt sack of crap where his brain should be.
We know it sucked for those who didn't get onboard, but the whole planet was about to go tits up and Carl had to make sure that the last human survivors on Earth... you know, survived. He didn't even let his own mother on the ships because she was like a million and, frankly, when you're picking survivors, you have to think long term, which means one thing: Repopulation.
By bringing his mother onto the ark, Anheuser would be implicitly stating "Yes, I want as many people as possible to have sex with my mom so we can repopulate the world. Everyone does their part, come on." The man had to make some very hard choices just so the arks' 400,000-something inhabitants could breed in peace in the future, but putting his mom out to stud was not one of them.
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I have an ObservableCollection in the VM that is displayed in the view in a ListView. When the selected item changes, the SelectionChanged event fires nicely. Below is how I have the ListView configured:
<ListView Grid.Row="3" Margin="5" AlternationCount="2" Name="_lvSettings"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=CollectionView}"
SelectedIndex="{Binding Path=SelectedSettingIndex}"
SelectionChanged="OnSelectionChanged" >
<GridViewColumn Width="170"
Header="{Binding Path=ShowAllDisplay}"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Setting}"/>
<GridViewColumn Header="Old Value" Width="150"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=OldVal}"/>
<GridViewColumn Header="New Value"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=NewVal}" />
The problem I have is when I change the filter on the collection. The selected item remains the same, which is good, but the ListView changes to display from the first item, and often the selected item is out of view (but still the selected item).
In the VM, I have the property "SelectedSettingIndex" that throws the PropertyChanged event when it changes. Even if I raise the event myself manually (base.OnPropertyChanged("SelectedSettingIndex");) from the VM when the filter changes, the event does not seem to really get raised as the property did not really change. There must be a way to call ScrollIntoView or something similar in this scenario, but I can't figure out the correct event or trigger to do so. What is it that I am missing?
Here is a, hopefully better, description of the issue I am concerned with:
1) I am using a CollectionViewSource in the VM to filter data.
2) There is a button for the user to toggle between a filter.
3) Lets assume the ListView has room to show up to 10 items at any given time.
4) The user selects item "A" in the filtered view which is at index 50 in the listview.
5) The user then clicks the button to turn filtering off.
Expected Results: The ListView is populated with the unfiltered list, Item "A" remains selected, and the ListView is "scrolled" such that item "A" is still visible.
Actual Results: The ListView is populated with the unfiltered list, Item "A" remains selected, and the ListView is "scrolled" to the top and showing the first 10 items. Item "A" is not in view.


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- How often do cleft lip and cleft palate occur?
- What are the causes and risk factors for developing a cleft lip and cleft palate?
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Cleft lip and cleft palate facts
- Cleft lip and palate are developmental defects of the upper lip and roof of the mouth that are present at birth (congenital malformations).
- Cleft lip and palate may occur separately and in combination.
- Both malformations occur as a consequence of incomplete fusion of the developing lip (normally occurs by 35 days of gestation) or of incomplete fusion of the hard or soft palate (normally occurs by the eighth to ninth week of gestation).
What is a cleft lip? What is a cleft palate?
A cleft lip is an opening extending through the upper lip. It may be in the midline (center) or left and/or right side of the lip. A cleft palate is an opening of the hard palate (the bony front portion of the roof of the mouth) or the soft palate (the muscular non-bony region in the rear of the roof of the mouth. Similar to a cleft lip, a cleft palate may be midline and/or to either right of left side of the palate. A cleft palate may extend from the upper jawbone to the rear of the throat.
Since development of the lip and palate occur at different times during gestation, an infant may have either a cleft lip or cleft palate or clefting of both regions.
How often do cleft lip and cleft palate occur?
Cleft lip, either as a sole malformation or coupled with cleft palate occur in approximately one in 700 live births. Boys are twice as likely to have a cleft lip with or without an associated cleft palate. On the other hand, girls are more likely to have a cleft palate alone (those not associated with a cleft lip malformation). Ethnic background has been shown to affect the frequency of clefts. Children of Asian, Latino, or Native American ancestry are more frequently affected when compared to those of Caucasian background.
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With safety in schools on everyone's minds due to the unfortunate, tragic events that have unfolded across the United States in recent months, the Bridgeport Exempted Village School District has already taken steps to ensure its students' well-being.
A Belmont County Sheriff's Department Deputy has been walking the campus hallways for the past several weeks as the district's resource officer, according to Superintendent Ted Downing.
"The board of education has picked up the tab for the remainder of the current school year," Downing said, noting the cost will be around $20,000 for the rest of the year. "The board understands that it's something that they want to do. They want to help protect the children in our district.
"But, to keep him (the resource officer) in the building, we are going to need the public's help," Downing explained. "The board cannot afford to absorb the entire cost each year."
To help off-set those costs, which Downing said could reach $50,000, the district will be placing a 1-mill levy on the May 7 ballot. "The 1-mill will take care of that, and it will also allow us to have a resource officer at most of our events.
"This will be a decision they, the public, can make," he added. "If they vote for the levy, then we will have a resource officer. If they don't, we won't and it will be a dead issue."
When asked if there was a need for a resource officer in his district, Downing quickly replied, "Do I think there's a need for an officer anywhere? In this day and age, if you go back 30 years, there's been almost 200 school shootings. If you break that down by when schools are in session, that's almost a shooting every month.
"You can never say, 'It'll never happen here' because it happens in districts like ours," Downing continued. "But our community and our district will have input. Is this how you want your tax dollars to be used? They will be able to make that choice."
Board of Education president Jodi Harkness had these comments concerning the proposed levy.
"In light of the recent events that have transpired, we feel that having a resource officer in the building only makes sense. With finances being the way they are, we have decided to ask the residents for help in covering the cost of the officer," she said.
"Personally, I feel a 'yes' vote on this levy is a no-brainer. We're talking about the safety of our children. For those residents who have questions or concerns, I encourage you to attend our informational meeting to have those addressed.
"Bridgeport is a close-knit district. Just about everyone has a friend or relative that is part of the school, so I know safety is a top priority for just about everyone here."
According to Downing, a resource officer does more than just patrol the hallways.
"They interact with the students on a daily basis and, in some instances, even teach classes," he said.
Downing also wanted to make it clear that the levy will be an "operating" levy.
"Some people in the community have expressed concern about how we've been spending our money," Downing revealed. "The money for the new lights at Perkins Field came out of the permanent improvement fund. That money can only be used to improve buildings and grounds and things like that. That money cannot be spent on anything but those areas.
"This is an entirely different area," he continued. "This is an operating expense, so it has to come out of the general fund."
The aforementioned informational meeting that Harkness alluded to will be held on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. in the school cafetorium.
"We will be there to answer any questions community members might have," he noted.


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Source: CERN
quote: Another point worth noting is that the majority of current technology is simply improvements made 1960s era tech...in other words, our level of innovation has hit a plateau.
quote: Just wait until graphene and other nano-materials take us into the next major revolution: super-conductor like materials, super-capacitors, nano-computing, new ultra-light products, etc.
quote: I think that pure science has its place, and the benefits of the LHC are somewhat unknown now. It might be that it takes us into a new future of infinite sub-atomic power, I don't know. The costs of pure science needs to be measured with the costs of practical science. They both must have a place or practical science will not move nearly as quickly without pure science pushing it forward.
quote: I'm still waiting for my hoverboard and video phone.


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Hirhurim just had a post about this topic, where he discussed some reasons that people should follow the aruch haShulchan. Yet in many circles, people just follow the Mishna Berura and rarely even study the aruch haShulchan for halacha. How did this develop and is it justified based on halachik principles?
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe says that he was worthy that his sefer was accepted by all Jews since he was "a man who wanted life" (Ish Ha-chofetz Chaim).
The Lubavitcher Rebbe there suggested that people learn Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, the Rama, the Nosei Keilim, Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch (the Shulchan Aruch Harav) and the Mishna Brura.
I think there may be a number of factors that led to the Mishnah Berurah becoming the accepted work in many circles.
In each topic, the aruch hashulchan presents the whole sugya, which makes it better for someone learning, but not as quick if you just want the final halacha. The mishnah berurah separates out the discussion part, so its quicker to see the halacha, which may have helped it become more accepted. However, this is not a good reason to follow the MB in a case of dispute.
Also, the Aruch haShulchan is more willing to pasken in a case of dispute, while the mishnah berurah often tries to be choshesh for both sides. This may have helped the MB become more accepted in yeshivish circles. However, some may favor an approach that analyzes the sources and reaches a conclusion. The article I linked to quotes R' Henkin for some reasons that the Aruch haShulchan should be considered more authoritative.
Just to add another point, the Mishna Berurah is the most comprehensive work in terms of analyzing all the different opinions both in the Rishonim and in the commentaries of the Shulchan Aruch and other Halachic works, and he addresses almost every issue and difficulty that arises when one learns a siman in Shulchan Aruch in depth. In this regard, his work is almost unparralleled. This is one reason why his book is learned by many. Of course in a case of a specific disagreement between the Mishna Berurah and the Aruch Hashulchan, a posek might prefer to rule like the Aruch Hashulchan, on the basis of reasoning related to each specific case.


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Physically Strenuous or Hazardous Work During Pregnancy
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Women are tough and they can do the work of any man, but your baby is not so tough right now. There are some jobs that can be too physically strenuous or toxic for a woman to continue throughout her pregnancy. These include…
- Work that requires hours of standing: Cooks, nurses, salesclerks, waiters, police officers, and others, have jobs that keep them on their feet all day. This can be difficult for a pregnant woman, but it might be downright dangerous for her unborn baby. Studies have found that long hours of standing during the last half of pregnancy disrupt the flow of blood. Too much standing on the job might increase the risk of the mother developing high blood pressure, as well as the risk of premature birth. That is why women in high-risk pregnancies, who work more than four hours a day on their feet, should switch to a desk job or quit by the 24th week. Those who stand for 30 minutes out of each hour should change jobs or quit by the 32nd week. (Women who are feeling fine on the job and have no medical problems, however, should feel free to continue working.)
- Jobs that require physical strength: Do you have to lift, push, bend, shove, and load materials all day? If you do, many experts believe you should ask for a job reassignment or quit by the 20th week of pregnancy. If you do this kind of work less intensely or strenuously, you can wait until the 28th week.
No matter what kind of job you have, you'll soon hear people say, "Put that down; it's too heavy for you." Heavy lifting is a concern during pregnancy, but the term heavy lifting is hard to define. Generally, it's agreed that pregnant women can lift items that weigh 25 pounds or under, all day long without harm. Also, they can occasionally lift items that weigh up to 50 pounds with no problem. This explains why you can carry your toddler and preschooler occasionally, but not constantly. But if your job requires you to lift weights between 25 and 50 pounds or more on a regular basis, you should ask for reassignment or take your leave on this schedule:
- Leave by the 20th week of pregnancy if you're repetitively lifting weights over 50 pounds.
- Leave by the 30th week if you are occasionally lifting weights over 50 pounds.
- Leave by the 34th week if you are repetitively lifting weights between 25 and 50 pounds.
- Jobs that involve toxic chemicals: The list of jobs that involve dangerous substances is miles long. Consider the artist who works with paint and solvents all day, the dry cleaner who breathes in cleaning fumes, the agricultural or horticultural worker who works with pesticides, the photographer who uses toxic chemicals to develop pictures, the tollbooth attendant who breathes in car and truck exhaust, or the printer who works with lead substances. All these and countless other occupations cause harm to the fetus. Examine your work and substitute dangerous materials for safe ones (perhaps by using water-based rather than lead-based paints). You can avoid the toxic aspects of your work by asking for reassignment or protect yourself by wearing a facemask and using better ventilation. No matter what you do, be sure to talk to your doctor about your job and the dangers of toxic exposure.
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By continuously adding features, content, and capabilities, Xbox One keeps getting better. Updates from Xbox Live will happen in the background while you enjoy your favorite game. Sign in to any Xbox One to see your home screen and play your digital games. Your digital content, profile, and saves go where you go. Xbox One was built by gamers, for gamers.
Xbox One's revolutionary architecture and the combination of its CPU, GPU, and ESRAM create the perfect balance of power and performance.
The best gaming controller just got better with 40 technology innovations, including new Impulse Triggers and streamlined D-pad.
Kinect is more precise, more responsive, and more intuitive on Xbox One, with an improved field of view, an all-new multi-microphone array, and more.
Xbox One wakes up instantly when you say "Xbox on," pauses games right where you left off, and updates and downloads content behind the scenes.
New this month is the #1 feature request in the Friends & Parties area on the Xbox Feedback site "Add audio message …" Users will be able to compose and play back Voice messages in the Messages snap app on Xbox One. Additionally, Voice Messages can be exchanged between Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles.
Recently we have added additional icons and notifications within the party chat experience so you can see everyone's connection status and their microphone status. This month, party chat is being improved by providing troubleshooting guidance when you're having difficulty connecting to a party or where you can't be heard.
Party Chat is being enhanced through dedicated party chat relay servers. This change will enable Xbox One owners with a Strict or Moderate NAT that is blocking party chat due to their home network settings to automatically connect to a dedicated server that will act as a relay to provide a reliable party chat experience. Moving forward, you should not see the dreaded "Network limitations" x807D0106 error when attempting to establish a Party Chat.
In February, we introduced Game hubs and provided the ability to follow a game or games. On the game's activity feed, game developers can share interesting content with anyone who follows the game. You'll be the first to get news on upcoming updates and DLC, featured game clips and trailers, behind the scenes content and more. All the news about your favourite games is delivered right to your console. Additionally, if you choose to follow a game from a Game hub, the game's activity feed content gets incorporated into your activity feed. With this update you can now more quickly access a Game hub, from an activity feed post, in that each post has a link back to the Game hub.
With this preview release, you can now see a 2nd line of text that explains why you received a specific achievement.
The "Staff Picks" are now more personalised based on your recent game activity.


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I'm not intimately familiar with MS PKI, but it was a question that came up in a discussion for an issue a coworker is having. When you input the request fields manually on a PKI server, the cert generated has an automatic name given to it. When requested via a pasted CSR, it's just called cert-new. Is there a field in the CSR that can control this?
From what I've seen, no - usually the certificate signing requests (CSR or PKCS10) are all about what the cert should look like, or what the cert will be describing. How it's stored when it's retrieved is a matter of the software you are using to request and retrieve the certificate.
I'm not sure quite what you are trying to do, but it's possible to rewrite the client side of the request if you have the time and money to spend - I seem to remember than the Microsoft CA and/or a fronting IIS server can be configured to listen for CSRs and respond appropriately - with that capability, you'd have the option of storing the output any way you like.


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If you walk into Sheraton Framingham Hotel on Valentine's Day, don't be surprised if you are serenaded by fiddles and banjos.
Welcome to the world of the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, a three-day musical oasis where the hottest bluegrass music offers an annual escape from the polar vortex, and features award-winning names in bluegrass music, from top band The Gibson Brothers to regional acts looking for a break.
The festival, being held Feb. 14-16, has been a mecca for bluegrass fans for 29 years.
Read more about the festival, see photos and watch videos of some of the acts who will be performing.
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Tonight the boys and I made cupcakes. (Mom, if you are reading this, we are holiday baking/class party mode. We usually don't make this many desserts) I have wanted to make these cupcakes since I got Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World but have never been able to find the agar powder the recipe calls for. And the chances of finding it here in northern Ontario are pretty much nil. So, I improvised. I substituted 1 tbsp of cornstarch for the agar (and still kept the arrowroot powder), and used firm tofu. I blended everything in a saucepan with an immersion blender, then whisked it over medium heat until it thickened. Once cooled, I piped it into the cupcakes as directed. I am not sure what the real version is supposed to be like, but this was pretty tasty.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Brooklyn vs. Boston Creme Cupcakes
8 comments:
- Katie said...
those look awesome - I have wanted to try them for forever.
- December 13, 2007 at 12:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oooooh!!! Those look yummy!
- December 13, 2007 at 6:30 AM
- Dawn said...
I love that you made a disclaimer for your mom!
These are beautiful. I bet the boys love them.
- December 13, 2007 at 12:43 PM
- SaraJane said...
Great picture! I have been wanting to make those for ages, too. I can get agar powder here for only a buck a package. And the packages are really full. I'd be happy to send you some if you like.
I've never made any of the filled cupcakes. Did you find it difficult at all to get the filling in?
- December 13, 2007 at 1:00 PM
- Neil said...
I made these first off when I got the book - hooray - I made them in mini cupcake form - my fave for kids coz they are bite sized & adorable PLUS added bonus - the creamy middle is proportionately larger in a teeny cake!! Look in a chinese food store for agar agar - it is much cheaper there than health store
from Vancouver Island BC
- December 13, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
SaraJane: Filled cupcakes are a snap. You create a hole by poking the top of the cupcake with your finger, fill by piping in the filling with an icing bag, then top with icing to cover the hole. Thanks for the offer of agar--I am sure I can get some next time I am in Toronto.
Neil: If you can believe it, there are exactly zero ethnic markets here. Not even one.
- December 13, 2007 at 1:49 PM
- VeggieGirl said...
FABULOUS cupcakes - they're so perfectly crafted, with the 'cream'-filling!!
- December 13, 2007 at 5:48 PM
- Alisa said...
Nice improv! They sure look creamy.
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6 Horrible Aftermaths Implied By Movies With Happy Endings
It's amazing how you can ruin a movie's perfectly happy ending with a little bit of analysis (as we've previously shown here and here). For instance, in the following films, the ending turned out just fine for the main character, but totally screwed characters who were left conveniently off-screen.
For instance ...
(Thankfully, analysis only makes the trailer for Cracked's new Star Wars mini-series even better.)
#6. The Battle at the End of Top Gun Would Have Triggered World War III
How It Ended:
Despite popular belief, the movie did not end here:
Although for many of us, it did.
The official ending involves an actual battle with enemy fighter jets over hostile waters. Tom Cruise and friends scratch four bogies and rescue a stricken communications ship. High-fives and hugs are liberally exchanged, and all seems to end pretty well for the Top Gun graduating class of 1985.
"Well done. Now take off your shirt and grab a ball."
The Horrific Aftermath:
While the film never made it clear which nation the U.S. engages, the initial script and audio commentary indicate that it was supposed to be North Korea. This would account for the red stars on the pilots' helmets and the fact that they were piloting state of the art MiGs they could have only gotten from the Soviet Union at the time.
"I have you now."
So, it's the height of the Cold War in the mid-1980s, when the USA and Soviet Union were at the closest to nuclear war they'd ever get after the Cuban Missile Crisis (in the real world, things were so tense that just two years earlier the two sides came seconds away from launching their nuclear arsenals). A stricken U.S. communications ship drifts into hostile waters, prompting the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise to launch its Tom Cruise, which engages and destroys four MiGs, forcing the remaining two MiGs to flee.
It's portrayed as a consequence-free victory in the movie, but by engaging in aggressive military actions without a formal declaration of war, the pilots of Top Gun forced the U.S. into a de facto state of war with North Korea (or whatever nation commanded those MiGs). Thanks to them, it's only a matter of time before said unnamed country addresses the United Nations about how the U.S. violated Article V of U.N. General Assembly Resolution 3314 by destroying some of their finest aircraft and killing some of their top pilots.
"Hell yeah, we did."
So the U.S. is either at war with the Soviet Union after engaging MiGs from their Pacific squadron, or Tom Cruise just kicked off a second Korean War with a North Korea so formidable they are now operating outside of the Pacific. Either way, the rest of the world has just been subjected to World War III, and it's pretty tough to play volleyball in a fallout suit.
#5. The Sad Story of Whoever Married Rose from Titanic
How It Ended:
At the end of her three-plus hour rambling response to Bill Paxton's single question of "Do you know where this comically oversized diamond is?" excruciatingly old Titanic survivor Rose finally tells him that she doesn't know, asks him not to disturb the ship's wreckage so as to leave the dead at peace and then predictably succumbs to her sheer oldness and (apparently) dies herself.
Then, as the movie ends and Rose appears to die in her sleep, we are treated to a scene where Rose and Leo DiCaprio share a passionate kiss to the thunderous applause of everyone else who perished in the sinking. The most common interpretation of this scene is that Rose and Jack have been reunited in the afterlife. It makes sense, since that's really the only way to give a Hollywood happy ending to a film about the drowning deaths of hundreds of people.
Strangely, they all booed when they started having sex, moments later.
The Horrific Aftermath:
At the beginning of the film, old Rose is brought to the ship by her granddaughter, which means that after surviving the sinking of the Titanic and arriving in New York, she met someone else and got married. She even mentions in her babbling to Bill Paxton that she had a husband whom she had never told about Jack.
While we understand that she loved Jack for those few hours they spent together on a luxury liner, it's really hard to not to consider Rose as kind of a terrible person for basically using some poor guy as a marital and sexual surrogate for the majority of his life. Old lady Rose tries to explain this away with some bullshit line about "a woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets," but essentially the sad man she wound up marrying is only filling a void for her -- he loved her and pledged to honor and cherish her, but she was thinking about Jack the whole time.
No mere man can compare to the memory of those suspenders.
To be fair, maybe her feelings for Jack only rekindled after all those years because she finally told her story to Bill Paxton. Maybe she really did love her husband, but talking about Jack reminded her how much she loved him, too.
Actually, it doesn't look like it -- right before the afterlife scene, the camera pans across the dozens of photos that Rose says she never goes anywhere without. Most of them depict her fulfilling many of the promises she had made to Jack while on the Titanic. Conspicuously absent are wedding photos, family photos or anything to indicate that Rose actually gave a single shit about her husband.
"And here's me with a guy I met at the deli. And a guy I once rode an elevator with."
And, if the "afterlife" interpretation of the film's ending is to be believed, her husband gets to stand around and watch as his wife of many years spends eons dancing with some 19-year-old guy that he's never even seen before. That's like a Twilight Zone episode.
#4. The Aliens Screw Over Hundreds of People in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
How It Ended:
Midwestern electrician Roy Neary gets buzzed by a UFO one night, and soon he gives up electrical work in favor of mashed potato sculpting and a slow descent into insanity.
"I need a dozen egg yolks -- don't ask why!"
Under the influence of the aliens, Roy abandons his family and takes off for Devil's Tower in Wyoming, where it turns out the UFO is landing. After a brief jam session with NASA, the aliens unload a bunch of people they've abducted over the decades, pick up Roy and shoot off into the cosmos for an intergalactic joyride.
The Horrific Aftermath:
What the upbeat ending tends to make everyone forget is that the aliens basically destroyed Roy's entire life for reasons that are never explained. After his initial encounter, Roy goes batshit crazy and ultimately loses his job, his home and his family because of it. With nothing left, he drives out to Wyoming with an equally unhinged woman (the aliens were nice enough to kidnap her son), escapes federal custody and risks being shot by the U.S. Army.
"Don't mind me. I am just a simple rock."
You can make the case that he did all of that for something bigger and better -- to become part of this human/alien exchange program and travel the stars. That's an opportunity not a whole lot of people get. Sure, that leaves his wife on her own to raise their kids, who now have to grow up without a father, but maybe they'll be fine with it when they are told that their dad went to go live in a human zoo on Mars.
But then we also see that dozens, possibly hundreds, of people have been drawn to Devil's Tower in a similar fashion, each of them having abandoned their lives in the pursuit of their sudden obsession ... yet Roy is the only one the aliens take. The rest of those people are basically screwed -- they made all the sacrifice but got none of the reward. They're left with totally ruined lives they have to try to put back together, and that's assuming they're still not completely consumed with visions of Wyoming, which honestly would be more than enough to drive most people to suicide.
"OK, we're packed and ready to g -- hey, where are you going?"
Then there's the people the aliens brought back, some of whom had been abducted as far back as World War II. Suddenly they have to adjust to the fact that they've been on a spaceship for three and half decades and everyone they knew is either dead or has long since moved on with their lives. Both technology and lifestyle are radically different, leaving them with a period of acclimation that could last months or years before they fully adjust, which doesn't account for the time the government will undoubtedly keep them detained for quarantine and interrogation. They'd have been better off if the aliens just ejected them into the cold vacuum of space.


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Information cascades
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We investigate whether experimental participants follow their private information and contradict herds in situations where it is empirically optimal to do so. We consider two sequences of players, an observed and an unobserved sequence. Observed players sequentially predict which of two options has been randomly chosen with the help of a medium quality private signal. Unobserved players predict which of the two options has been randomly chosen knowing previous choices of observed and with the help of a low, medium or high quality signal. We use preprogrammed computers as observed players in half the experimental sessions. Our new evidence suggests that participants are prone to a 'social-confirmation' bias and it gives support to the argument that they naively believe that each observable choice reveals a substantial amount of that person's private information. Though both the 'overweighting-of-private-information' and the 'social-confirmation' bias coexist in our data, participants forgo much larger parts of earnings when herding naively than when relying too much on their private information. Unobserved participants make the empirically optimal choice in 77 and 84 percent of the cases in the human-human and computer-human treatment which suggests that social learning improves in the presence of lower behavioral uncertainty.
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Depending on the grit coarseness you can sharpen very blunt objects or refine an already sharp edge. Generally speaking, one can expect that a kitchen knife is much less heavily used than say, for example, carpenter tools or a pocket knife used to cut wood. I suppose for a kitchen knife there is no need for very coarse stones (say, below 200). Am I wrong here?
Oh absolutely, you certainly don't want to sharpen a kitchen knife on a 200 grit stone! You'll want one medium stone in case you ever need to remove a nick or something (but then you should probably take your knife to a pro at that point), and then probably like 2000-4000-6000 grits for routine polishing. (Note Japanese grit numbers are different than American oil stones).
really rough stones (used for tools) aren't suitable for knives. they can be used to remove chips, but really require a skilled hand to not damange the knife.
most knives are sharpened with japanese waterstones (most easily available & cheap). you'll do most of your sharpening with something around a 1500 grit.
if you want a real fine edge (e.g. for sushi) you can use a 4000 or even 6000 grit for polishing. but that's what it does, polish to a mirror finish - for smoothness. you won't be removing much material with a stone that fine. usually used for finishing / honing only.
Maybe this link will help you find a proper set of grits: Choosing the right grit size of Shapton stones.
For example, a 120 grit stone is recommended for grinding of the following:
You can grind the rest of the kitchen knives with a stone of 220 or 320 grit.
For sharpening it seems that you can safely use something between 1000 and 2000 grit. Follow the given link to learn more.


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The 9 Most Insane Board Games of All Time
#4. Fruchtchen!
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Incredibly, this entry has nothing to do with the Nazis.
What It Looks Like:
Our fruits are tired of being juiced, and they aren't going to take it anymore! But there's one problem ... you're thirsty! Fight your way through hordes of marauding fruit revolutionaries and turn those malcontent treats into delicious juice drinks by draining them of their precious life blood. But beware of the Enraged Lemon! He's waiting around every corner, and he's dangerous. The first player to successfully turn that angry citrus into a delicious pitcher of lemonade wins!
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You have to eat all of that.
You roll dice, which allows you to "harvest" the fruit cards. "Harvest" of course is just a fancy word for "pick up." You can also pass a dice roll that you don't want to another player. And, well, that's pretty much it. Which leaves us wondering: Why is the lemon on the box so very angry? It seems like a happy, smiling cartoon lemon would've sold the game just as well. What terrible fruit-related trauma happened in the illustrator's childhood to make him convinced that lemons are out to get us?
Not that he's wrong, mind you.
#3. The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats
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Do NOT turn the box over. It'll make you puke.
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The (real) story goes that during the Irish rebellion of 1798, mercenaries in Kilkenny tied two cats together for a little blood sport. When an officer looked like he was going to stop the fun, they cut off the cats' tails to let them escape and then told him that the cats had eaten each other down to the tail. So we can only assume that "The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats" lets players recreate this awful and anatomically impossible story with adorably dressed cats fighting to the death. Amusing, indeed!
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Yes, we know there aren't going to be pistol-shooting cats in there, but come on.
It's Checkers meets Sorry! -- the players move their totally non-cat-looking pawns from one side to the other based on dice rolls. There's not even any fighting; if one player's piece lands on top of another, it's simply taken off the board.
With the elaborate pistols-at-dawn scenario on the box, you'd think they could at least have the players roll to see whose pawn gets removed, but apparently that took too much thinking about the rules. It's much easier to slap some cats in waistcoats on the cover, title it "An Amusing Game" and call it a day, which is exactly what they did.
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We're guessing this was the poor kids' version, called "Wood and Some Pieces."
#2. Grosse Walze
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Well, that looks perfectly reasonab-- no. No, it doesn't.
What It Looks Like:
Die Grosse Walze ("The Big Barrel") is as happy as an inanimate object can possibly be, but behind that smile is a dark secret ... it's only happy when it's killing. And trust us, you don't want to see the barrel when it isn't happy.
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If you're going to play it, you own up to the horror and LOOK AT THEIR FACES!
Use the barrel to crush as many civilians as possible before they can flee in terror and you'll keep the barrel happy and full with the blood of innocents.
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You roll the die and move your pieces onto the track. If you become the owner of the "big barrel," you can move your opponents' meeples off the board. For those of you not geeky enough to have heard the term meeples: First, congratulations. Second, meeples are wooden or plastic figures that stand for human beings in games, especially German ones. Unfortunately, the "big barrel" is only a figure of speech; you don't really get to physically crush anything. Equally disappointing is that although the cover shows figures with expressive faces, the pawns are just colored wood.
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If you want to drench the board in blood, you have to supply your own.
We realize that in 1929 Germany was on the brink of economic collapse, so there wasn't a lot of money to spend on anything fancy, but couldn't they have used some of the money spent on the elaborately deceptive box and put it toward a little bit of white paint to give the meeples some eyes?
#1. Alles Paletti?!
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"Good thing we thought to bottle up all of our shit."
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Little Tommy lives in an abusive home where he is buried up to the knees in dirt and/or feces while his evil parents pour bottles of beer and/or acid on his head. Roll the dice to try to rescue Tommy from his home while avoiding the attacks from his psychotic parents. Get there too late, and you'll find nothing but Tommy's acid-scarred bones in a shallow grave.
What It Is:
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Ninety percent of that is just variations of the word "testicles."
The game is designed to improve parent-child communication, which all but guarantees a horrible time for the entire family. The cards feature different moral situations that parents can discuss with their kids to find out how they would react if they were placed in said situations. In other words, it's a game designed to teach kids how to lie.
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In many ways the author of the article is correct.
The holocaust is just one of many Jewish tragedies that ever after changed the course of Jewish history and Jewish practice.
The article makes mention of the first of such historical events, such as the attack of Amalek against the Jewish people, which was the first time that the Jewish people were in a war of their own fighting.
Other similar historical events were the destruction of the beit Hamikdash, the exile from Israel, the Crusades, the inquisition, the many expulsions from various countries around the world, and the assimilation of the Jewish people into surrounding cultures, before these tragedies occurred.
However, the article is wrong in many points as well. Any objective observer who is not ridden by certain feelings can recognize that the Holocaust is a very unique event, which never happened before, and has not happened since. Similarly, all the great historical tragedies that I mentioned, also had not happened before, and except for the crusades which lasted over a 400 year period, and the destruction of the temple for the second time, these events have not been repeated.
Many Jewish observers have noted that the Gd of the Jews is the Gd of history. Gd uses history to shape the Jewish people, and it's practices over time. Most events in history which do this are good and pleasant ones, but some are seen by us as negative and we wish for them to never happen again.
In my experience, the orthodox world has never really been one that lived "in the shadow of the holocaust", and so most of what the author writes does not apply to Torah focused Jews. Each tragedy in the history of the Jewish people is important, and it's important to know and learn what Judaism was like before and after those events. It is also important to never let those tragedies happen again.
For many Jews, if there was no holocaust, we would still be living in the shadow of the Inquisition, which caused many Jews to believe that you must act one way in public, and another way in the privacy of your home.


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I would like to find all integer triples (x,y,z) such that: $\prod_{\theta}(x + y \theta + z \theta^2)=1$, where $\theta$ runs through the solutions to the cubic $x^3 + x^2 - 2x - 1=0$.
In his book "Diophantine equations" (p. 111-12) Mordell gives the equation
$w^n = \prod_{\theta}(x + y \theta + z \theta^2)$
where $\theta=\theta_1, \theta_2, \theta_3$ are the solutions to a cubic equation with integer coefficients.
Mordell's partial solution is,
$x + y\theta_1 + z \theta_1^2 = (p + q\theta_1 + r\theta_1^2)^n$,
$x + y\theta_2 + z \theta_2^2 = (p + q\theta_2 + r\theta_2^2)^n$,
$x + y\theta_3 + z \theta_3^2 = (p + q\theta_3 + r\theta_3^2)^n$,
$w = \prod_{\theta}(p + q \theta + r \theta^2) $
where $p,q,r$ are arbitrary integers and $n$ runs through the integers.''
He continues to say, " the general solution depends upon the theory of algebraic numbers and is connected with the units in an algebraic number field".


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I've searched the web for a Usability certification, which is widely accepted by practitioners, employers and customers without any luck. Either they are company specific, or a part of a association project several years back (and no information on todays status). Is there such a certificate available today?
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I also took the HFI CUA program and got that certification. While it is may not be universally accepted due to it being associated with a commercial company, it was valuable to me and has been well-received by those I've been in contact with. If you are on LinkedIn you can find some great discussion on the same topic in the group called "UX Professionals". There is a thread there with the title "Let's talk training and certification".
Your work needs to speak for itself to some degree and, no offense intended, but just in my experience and based on practitioners in the field, the UPA and other certifications are pretty much meaningless in the real world ... meaning in places where we don't endlessly discuss such issues and actually have to produce solid interaction design and usable product design.
In essence, from what I observe, such useful certifications don't exist or mean much because they are largely useless unless the prospective employer or client can be duped.
Human Factors International has their Certified Usability Analyst program and they have just started their second level certification - Certified User Experience Analyst.
I have the CUA certification and it's a pretty decent program. I haven't seen anything better out there.
One way to think about this is "education" vs. "accreditation". I just hired a woman from Cal Berkeley with a PhD in Human Computer Interaction. I value this much more than a certificate from somewhere.
I've searched the web for a Usability certification, which is widely accepted by
Is there such a certificate available today?
No, not in the UK market.
Things may vary from country to country however.
There are some Certified Usability Professional:
I. Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics
II. Back School of Atlanta
III. Columbia Southern University
IV. E.K. Gillin & Associates Inc
V. Ergonauts
VI. The Ergonomics Center — of North Carolina
VII. ErgoRehab Inc
VIII. Ergoworks
IX. Human Factors International
XI. ISR Institute
XII. OccuCare Systems & Solutions
XIII. Oxford Research Institute (ORI)
XIV. Roy Matheson and Associates
XV. University of Washington Human Centered Design and Engineering
There are many U.S. universities offering graduate-level certificates in HTI/HCI which bridge the gap between full-fledged academic immersion and professional certification.
Here's a couple examples:
As far as I know, there isn't.
I haven't seen any certifications specifically in Usability or even User Experience, but it seems that there are a lot of related fields that can be beneficial to the topic. I think it is best to have a resume or body of work that shows you are able to be a key contributor in the area of usability.
Any of the following are major areas that could contribute to skills in improving usability:
As James said, there is not a clear, official certification in usability in the US or the UK, only commercial vendor courses or a few certificate programs at Univs. (However, there IS one in Germany and in Russia, and I think Japan). The German one was initiated by the professional association, and is accredited through the German government just like any other such educational certification there.
The nearest official certification in the US is Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE), largely via the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association; you apply for the UX-related branch of ergonomics. http://www.bcpe.org/page/frequently-asked-questions They want to see a related degree such as a Masters, but will consider experience if you submit for an education waiver, then pass the test.
People who have taken the HFI commercial certificate seem to like it. This is not exactly validation, of course, but there's no reason to doubt the information HFI provides in the courses. There is also a Bentley University certificate program, plus a few other universities have similar light-weight study certificates (i.e., not degrees).
However that's not really an evaluation or verification of your skills and abilities. As someone else mentioned, a Masters or PhD shows you have 1-6 years intensive education in the field, and that's a heck of lot more valuable - plus if you're doing consulting, clients recognize that over any obscure techie certification. And a portfolio you can explain coherently works too.
As recently as 2011 there was an article about the latest approach that the usability professionals Association (UPA, now UXPA) is taking, which may be modeled after the certification established by their German UPA chapter. They are working on it. http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/2011/march/upa-certification.html
In Germany we have:
Here is a good reading describing all three in german language.
I did the Fraunhofer Institute Certification recently. And its worth its money, even if its quite pricey. Fraunhofer is a name, that stands for quality and one learned how to work compliant to ISO-standards, which is obligatory for some industries in Germany.
I was introduced to UX by generalassembly in NYC. They have beneficial courses, classes & workshops. Check 'em out.
Nielsen-Norman Group is one of the most prestigious (if not the most) usability agencies. They have certified seminars that could be good to show when required. Take a look: http://www.nngroup.com/events/


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What does "weón" mean? Someone told me that weon is used in Mexico and Chile, but he was not sre what it meant. Could anyone in these countries tell me what this word is? Or is it an offense calling somebody "weón" ?
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You got it! Here in Chile we say more like "güeón" but you could read it in chats as "weón" "wn" (abbreviated) "hueón" "hueon" "weon". Also there is something like "apelativo" which is "aweonao" "aweonado" "agüeonado"; most difficult one to translate. Note that in Chile we abused of this term, calling anything and using with every sentence as the situation could. Examples:
"Hola po weon cómo estay?" (hey dude how are you?) "Qué pasa aweonao? (what's up dude?) --rude one "Mira el weón como cruza la calle..." (look at that guy how cross the street) Look at this one, very rude and impolite:
"La wea que hizo el weon aweonao" (what a crap did that stupid guy)
Meanings of weón in Chile (apologies for poor grammar on english keyboard)
Weón = dude, bro, man; Cómo 'tai po weón?; [How are you, man?]
Weón = asshole, jerk; Ese árbitro es un weón; [That referee is a jerk]
Weá = a thing; Estamos al frente de la weá; [We're in front of the thing]
Puta la Weá = screw this shit [yes, this is rude to say]
Webiando = doing something, messing around; Los chicos estan webiando al frente de la weá; [The kids are doing something in front of that thing]
Webiar = to do something (usually annoying,) mess around; Quítate de webiar, hijo! [Son, stop being annoying!]
Example: My cousin describing the movie "Gravity" to me in Chilean Spanish:
Mira weón, habían dos tipos, weón, la Sandra Bullock y ese weón George Clooney, cachai? Y los dos están allí, weón, webiando en el espacio, weón... Encontré esa weá muy fome, weón, no me gustó la película...
In Mexico we don't use
Most importantly: None of these words should be written with W. It should be "huevón" (even if sometimes the v is not pronounced). As it has been explained, in Mexico it means lazy. "Güey" usually means stupid. Depending on the tone, none of these should be considered an insult (but they can be, of course).
I think should be
Los chilenos y los mexicanos además lo usan mucho para hablarse entre amigos, por ejemplo:
¿Qué es de tu vida
I live in Chile as an exchange student. This word appears in every sentence from any young Chilean. No exaggeration. Probably it comes from huevón but here it's written as weón in every situation(SMS, Whatsapp, FB etc.) It's totally different from its Mexican sense and it's of utmost importance not to confuse the two. At the very least if a Chilean calls you "weón" don't get angry XD. You should probably even be happy because they treat you as a close friend.
"weón" mostly means "dude, bro" in a casual and intimate sense. It's true it can also mean "moron"/"stupid person" but that usage is much much less common.
Also one says "wea" which means "cosa"(thing). "Qué wea" means "what?".
Could be use as an offense or to reffer a person or simply as an equivalent of "dude" or "bro", it depends of the context.
First, you can write it as hueón, huevón, güeón, güevón or weón, it doesn't matter (but we mostly use "wn" or "weón"). This is used in Chile and was propagated among other countries in South America due to the internet and social networks.
Weón 1) dude, bro, man 2) a person, a man, an unknown 3) jerk, asshole, stupid
Weá 1) a thing in general 2) an annoying thing or situation, something that is unpleasant, crap, shit
(if you see, it is a "normal" or "neutral" way as a first meaning, so you don't need to be upset if someone tells you "weón")
So, for example, if you heard "oye weón, el otro día estaba en la estación de metro y un weón casi se mata, quería saltar a la weá donde pasan los metros... y un weón que estaba al lado mío, se reía en vez de preocuparse... fue desagradable la wea", it would be something like "hey dude, the other day I was in the subway station and a man almost kills himself, he wanted to jump to the thing where the trains travel... and a jerk beside me was laughing instead of being worried... the situation was unpleasant"
Hope this helps ;)
Correct word is "huevón" and it is accepted by RAE (http://dle.rae.es/?id=KlzpOYH)
The fact is that when spoken, normally it is pronounced fast as "weón" (güeón, or whatever). When written, it could be as "wn"
I know that in Mexico, this means a lazy person, but in Chile it is normally used as the meaning of "pal" used by all people colloquially. In that context, this is not an insult but something like a pet word. In other context, it can mean a foolish or idiot guy.


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WHEELING - West Virginia turns 150 years old today, and to mark the 35th state's birthday Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and state legislators gathered Wednesday at West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling.
The event marked the first time in 50 years that a sitting governor and Legislature had convened at Independence Hall, which served as the gathering place during statehood talks in the early 1860s. The group heard speeches from June 20, 1863, the day West Virginia formally was admitted into the Union.
Tomblin told those present West Virginia has "a unique past." He recalled the state's 100th birthday - he was 11 - and the pride he felt during that time.
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PORTRAYING GOV. PIERPONT — West Virginia Independence Hall Site Manager Travis Henline portrays Gov. Francis Pierpont during a historical re-enactment of the debate leading to West Virginia's statehood in that building Wednesday evening. Watching is state Senate President Jeff Kessler. -- Scott McCloskey
"The centennial filled all of us with pride ... all of us West Virginians," Tomblin said. "It's a day I will never forget. Fifty years from now, people will still be talking about this great celebration and all those around the state of West Virginia. Today, everyone in this room is bursting with pride because they can say they are West Virginians.
"And today, I'm proud to be the 35th governor of the 35th state in the Union."
During the event, Travis Henline, Independence Hall site manager, portrayed Francis Pierpont, the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia. Henline presented the farewell speech Pierpont gave in Wheeling on June 20, 1863, when West Virginia became a state. Jeremy Richter of Wheeling portrayed Arthur Boreman, West Virginia's first governor, and presented Boreman's speech from that date.
Introduced during the event was Wheeling lawyer Harry Buch, who served in the Legislature from 1958 until 1964. Buch participated in the centennial events at West Virginia Independence Hall.
"In 1963, we all had to wear costumes," Buch said. "It was a fabulous time, and one of those things you never forget."
Northern Panhandle lawmakers also presented Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie with a check for $20,000 to help defray the cost of the sesquicentennial celebration in the city. City leaders had anticipated the 150th birthday celebration would cost Wheeling about $130,000.
McKenzie also spoke of Wheeling's role as the birthplace of West Virginia, and the pride he feels at being mayor of such a historic city.