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The Bogus Obamacare-Deficit Study
And calling this a "study" is probably too kind.
The Washington Post has an apparent blockbuster story today. It reports that a new study finds that Obamacare will increase the budget deficit, not decrease it, as the Congressional Budget Office has found:
President Obama's landmark health-care initiative, long touted as a means to control costs, will actually add more than $340 billion to the nation's budget woes over the next decade, according to a new study by a Republican member of the board that oversees Medicare financing.
That sounds pretty legit, right?
Actually, no. It's not even remotely legit.
The first thing to understand here is that this is not a study by a government agency. It's a paper by Charles Blahous. Who is Charles Blahous? He's a Republican policy guy. By tradition, the president appoints a member of each party to serve as a trustee of Medicare and Social Security. Blahous, who served under George W. Bush and was active in his attempt to introduce private accounts into Social Security, is the Republican trustee. But the other trustee, Robert Reischauer, has zero to do with his paper. It was published by the Mercatus Center, a Koch-funded organization that produces some quality work as well as a fair amount of schlock that does not meet the standards of your typical university economics paper. This paper is an example of the latter.
The Affordable Care Act spends a bunch of money to cover people who are too poor or sick to afford their own health care. To pay for that, it raises some taxes and cuts a bunch of spending from Medicare. The new revenue and the spending cuts outweigh the cost of the new spending, which is why the Congressional Budget Office projected it to reduce the deficit. Projections always have a margin for error attached, but the CBO's two year update actually bumped up the savings projections a bit.
You may wonder what methods Blahous used to obtain a more accurate measure of the bill's cost. The answer is that he relies on a simple conceptual trick. Medicare Part A has a trust fund. By law, the trust fund can't spend more than it takes in. So Blahous assumes that, when the trust fund reaches its expiration, it would automatically cut benefits.
The assumption is important because it forms the baseline against which he measures Obama's health-care law. He's assuming that Medicare's deficits will automatically go away. Therefore, the roughly $500 billion in Medicare savings that Obama used to help cover the uninsured is money that Blahous assumes the government wouldn't have spent anyway. Without the health-care law, in other words, we would have had Medicare cuts but no new spending on the uninsured. Now we have the Medicare cuts and new spending on the uninsured. Therefore, the new spending in the law counts toward increasing the deficit, but the spending cuts don't count toward reducing it.
That is a completely bizarre assumption. It's not an assumption that any scoring agency ever applies in other situations. We assume that, in the absence of action, Congress will keep paying Medicare benefits. That's why we have all these projections of future deficits. If Blahous's assumptions are right, then we don't really have an entitlement problem at all. Medicare can't exceed its trust fund, so problem solved! You know how Paul Ryan has been stalking the halls of Congress with disaster-movie music in the backdrop, warning that we're about to become Greece? He should relax! (Also, Blahous's methodology would show that Ryan's budget looks way worse, too.)
Anyway, that's the trick. Assume the Medicare savings don't count because Medicare would have reduced its payments anyway, and boom — Obamacare now increases the deficit.
There actually is a bit more in the paper, but it's even less persuasive. Blahous suggests that Congress might roll back some of the cost savings in the law. And yes, of course that's a risk — Republicans are trying to repeal the entire law. If Congress repeals some of the cost savings, then they won't save money.
That's not a way of saying Obamacare will drive up the deficit, it's a way of saying that future legislation will drive up the deficit. In 1993, Bill Clinton hiked taxes on the rich. You could have pointed out at the time that his plan raised less revenue than forecast because there was a chance that eventually people who hate taxes on the rich would take control of the government and roll back his tax hike. That is, in fact, what eventually happened. But it would be exceedingly odd to frame such an observation as "Clinton's tax cut won't raise as much revenue as we think."
Indeed, the whole argument is so bizarrely weak you have to wonder, "What is this doing on the front page of the Washington Post?" Here is what I think is going on. The author of the Post story, Lori Montgomery, is the author of a recent debt-negotiation narrative that seems to have been spoon-fed to her by John Boehner. Montgomery inserts a few cautionary notes into the story, but basically frames it the way Blahous would like.
Blahous is the Republican trustee for Medicare, so that title offers the hook for a paper he writes that, by adopting some mighty odd hypothetical scenarios, says that Obamacare will boost the deficit. Blahous's government position gives the claim enough juice that it can be pitched as a "study" by a government official, as opposed to just another Republican-authored polemic, which would never receive such prominent or relatively credulous coverage. The next step is for conservatives to adopt Blahous's figure as the "true" figure — but of course never to apply his strange assumptions to the GOP budget or to any other proposal — and browbeat the media into citing that alongside the CBO figure, for "balance."


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IDC Analyst Report Touts Oracle–Accenture Strategic Initiative
By kristin.jellison on Nov 06, 2013
Hi there, partners!
Oracle Engineered Systems have been getting some love lately, and we want to share it with you!
The market intelligence and advisory firm IDC recently released a report lauding Oracle and Accenture's strategic initiative to route the performance and flexibility of Oracle Engineered Systems to clients.
The report, "Oracle and Accenture Strategic Alliance Places Big Bet on Engineered Systems," by Steve White, reflects a largely positive analysis of the relationship. White notes that the alliance is "one of the largest in the industry."
Under the relationship, Accenture has incorporated Oracle Engineered Systems—including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle SuperCluster, and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine—into its leading datacenter transformation consulting services.
Together, the two companies have also created bespoke platforms, such as the Accenture Foundation Platform for Oracle, which helps clients accelerate deployments on Oracle Fusion Middleware, running Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Oracle Engineered Systems deliver a single, engineered platform—including server to storage and networking. This makes it easier and cheaper for Accenture clients around the world to prepare their datacenters for managing, processing and analyzing the massive amounts of data they (rightly) anticipate seeing in the next decade.
The new solutions can help reduce the effort and cost to migrate any vendor database to an Oracle Engineered Systems platform, which can lower the cost of ownership by up to 50 percent.
For its part, Accenture has built a team of 300 consultants to implement and increase the flexibility and stability of client datacenters. This move further expands one of the fastest-growing full-service Oracle Enterprise solutions. Over 52,000 Accenture consultants are qualified to implement, upgrade and outsource the Oracle product suite. Accenture is a Diamond-level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).
For Oracle Partners, this update should give you at least two things to walk away with.
First, this initiative is showing signs of success. As Marty Cole, group chief executive for Accenture's Technology growth platform, put it, "We are seeing an increasing number of clients recognizing the value of consolidating their databases and taking advantage of the cost and performance benefits delivered by these solutions."
The pipeline is there—and not just for Accenture. Use this example to show your clients that investments in Oracle Engineered Systems are on the rise.
Second, recognize that Oracle Engineered Systems represent one of the biggest platforms for growth that Oracle has to offer partners. As part of the agreement, Accenture is able to provide:
- Platform Readiness Assessments
- Platform Implementation
- App Rationalization
- Database Rationalization
- Managed Services
These are all enablement opportunities you can offer customers under Oracle's partner programs —to continue building the value of their investments, and the value of your relationship with Oracle.
Take a read through the IDC report. To learn more about the partnership, see this press release.
Happy selling!
The OPN Communications Team

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Background and motivation
The following is copied from my blog since someone thought it was the clearest statement I had made regarding a problem I recently posed. On their advice, it is a community wiki. I would encourage, however, I discussion somewhere else (meta.MO perhaps?) on what seems to be a serious disconnect between pure mathematicians and physicists (note: I straddle the line but my PhD is in Math). I should add that nowhere on this site does it say that questions are to be restricted to pure mathematics (as opposed to applied mathematics). Some of the greatest discoveries in the history of mathematics came out of the consideration of physical problems. And I can't emphasis enough how important it is that the communities not drift apart (and I see it happening even within my own sub-discipline). On to the question, then.
Background: One particularly contentious question in the foundations of both mathematics and physics is whether mathematics is discovered or invented. Related to this is whether mathematics is the way the world actually is or if it is simply a way in which we can model the world.
This is a particularly difficult question to answer since it is quite clear that there are physically impossible situations that can be spoken about in mathematics.
Example: taking $n$ copies of a quantum channel should start to approach something that can be approximated by unitaries as n approaches infinity, i.e. in the asymptotic limit, $n$ copies of a channel have a unitary representation (roughly speaking and if the theorem is correct). But, from a physical point of view, this is ridiculous since it is literally impossible for an infinite number of channels (or anything else, for that matter) to physically exist. Yet whole branches of mathematics are devoted to working with infinity (infinite sets, for example).
Clearly some mathematical results have been originally thought to be entirely abstract only to much later find some application in the physical world. But it could be argued that concrete, mathematical analyses of infinite things could never, by their very definition, find an application in the physical world.
Main questions
What are the different notions of infinity as used by mathematicians? To what extent does the use of infinity inform our understanding of the relationships between mathematics and the real world? Specifically:
To what extent is mathematics invented and/or discovered? Is there variance that correlates with how infinitary the area of mathematics is? How does "infinity" inform this question in other ways?
Should the use of infinity within mathematics inform our understanding of the (meta-)physical world? One popular interpretation of the quantum-field-theory formalism is in terms of "many worlds", but there's a lack of consensus on exactly how seriously to take this interpretation. Should the use of infinity be taken as "evidence" for the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI), e.g. because MWI includes infinitely many universes, and therefore gives physical meaning to "infinity".


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My machine can't play encrypted DVDs on a fresh install. How do I add this capability? Another useful bit of information would be what programs are best for playing DVDs, once I'm able to do so. See the similar question here. Will I be able to play DVD movies from any region?
To Enable Playback:
Best Players:
According to the Ubuntu Wiki, Kaffeine, MPlayer, xine, Totem-xine, VLC, and Ogle will play DVDs with libdvdread and libdvdcss installed.
I use both Totem and VLC to play DVDs. It's useful to have both installed, because sometimes one will have a playback quirk that the other will not.
I believe playback will work in any region.
Commercial DVDs are copy protected to ensure that you aren't able to backup your legally acquired movies, but instead have to buy new ones if they break. You also aren't allowed to enjoy them in just any manner you please; you may only watch them on certain devices with pre-installed decryption keys. Unless those devices are too old, of course; Then you have to buy new ones.
To get around this, install libdvdcss.
From help.ubuntu.com:
Installing libdvdcss
Legal Warning: Check with your local laws to make sure usage of libdvdcss2 would be legal in your area. *[Unless you live in Somalia or some other place with no rule of law, it's not legal]
Ubuntu 10.04 (i386, amd64), 10.10 and 11.04 (i386, amd64)
[edit: This method has been used successfully in 11.10 and 12.04 as well]
Works for old releases that are no longer supported if you have repositories on Cd/Dvd or somewhere. So, anything from 9.04 onwards. The latest LTS, 10.04, and the radically different 11.04 also work this way.
Install the libdvdread4 package (no need to add third party repositories) via Synaptic or command line:
Then open a terminal window and execute:
Rebooting may be necessary.
After this, VLC will automatically use it. Some programs may need recompilation.
If after doing all this, you still get messages about not being able to play DVDs, check that the DVD drive has a region set (see below).
This is explained in the official Ubuntu documentation under, well "Playing DVDs" ;) https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
Install the libdvdnav4, libdvdread4, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad and gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly packages and run the following in a terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal ):
You can add the medibuntu repository. It will add some other niceties like the ability to play some windows-only codecs.
You can find a how-to here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
Please note that installing this packages can be illegal in some jurisdictions. You can always buy Power DVD from canonical web store, if your concerned about it.
If you want to avoid legal issues with libdvdcss, you'll need to install Fluendo DVD Player ($24.95) from Ubuntu Software Center.
I used AcidRip DVD Ripper and all my problems with playing DVD are gone.
Fluendo produces a binary-only DVD player for purchase that (supposedly) works in Ubuntu quite well. You can get it from their webshop.
Please note that in some jurisdictions (Finland at least) even engaging in discussion about circumvention of copy protections is illegal.
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Miserando atque Eligendo
The editorial in today's L'Osservatore Romano recounts an event that transpired on this day sixty years ago:
As the Bishop of Rome confided to his priests, it was on the feast of St Matthew 60 years ago – 21 September 1953 – that he suddenly discovered his priestly vocation. The 17 year old went to confession and, as Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti recount, "I understood something strange. I don't know exactly what it was, but it changed my life".
There is the root of the Jesuit and the Bishop who chose as his episcopal motto a unique Latin expression used by the Monk Bede to describe the calling of the Apostle Matthew, when Jesus "had mercy on him and chose him" (miserando atque eligendo). This phrase expresses perfectly the heart of our Pope, clearly shown again in his interview: the awareness of being loved by God and the need to respond to his gaze.
The Pope himself in his "Interview" speaks of visits to one of his favorite places in Rome:
When I had to come to Rome, I always stayed in [the neighborhood of] Via della Scrofa. From there I often visited the Church of St. Louis of France, and I went there to contemplate the painting of 'The Calling of St. Matthew,' by Caravaggio.
"That finger of Jesus, pointing at Matthew. That's me. I feel like him. Like Matthew." Here the pope becomes determined, as if he had finally found the image he was looking for: "It is the gesture of Matthew that strikes me: he holds on to his money as if to say, 'No, not me! No, this money is mine.' Here, this is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff." Then the pope whispers in Latin: "I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance."
Recent analysis shows that Caravaggio first painted Christ entering alone. Only later was the figure of Peter added, hesitantly imitating, with feeble finger outstretched, the gesture of his Lord. But the mediation of the Church is crucial ... as is the office of Peter's successor.
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Recently, I was examining the Caravaggio's painting of the "Calling of St, Matthew" so that I could present it to a class on Church History next week. I decided to add it to the presentation, since Pope Francis mentioned it in his interview.
One interpreter of the painting pointed out that the hand of Christ mirrored that of Adam in the Creation of Adam panel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Now, logically one would think that in the Caravaggio painting it would have been a copy of God's hand as in other paintings, notably the hand of Peter in Poussin's Sts. Peter & John Healing the Lame Man in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY. I downloaded Michelangelo's fresco flipped it horizontally and indeed it is a copy of Adam's hand. But why? What was Caravaggio intending?
Perhaps, he was showing Christ as a human being and the second Adam.
Helen, Michelangelo has the right hand of God reacing out to the left hand of Adam. Carvaggio copies the gesture of Adam's hand, but it is Jesus' right hand, not left that reaches out. I'd take that to be an affirmation of Christ's two natures, true God and true man.
There are some insightful takes on the painting from a 2010 post: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/painting-theology
I also remember reading about some controversy over the figure of Matthew in the painting. I've always taken it to be the older man who seems to be pointing at himself but it's also been suggested that Matthew is the young man in the foreground absorbed in the coins on the table. Pope Francis seems to take the latter view, which might be the more fruitful interpretation.
Powerful imagery. Showing mercy and choosing. Great aid to humility and reality.
Richard Smith muses: "I also remember reading about some controversy over the figure of Matthew in the painting."
Mirabile dictu: where else would he have read it if not here.
Richard Smith:
I prefer the interpretation of Pope Francis re the finger pointing of the older man to himself even though I doubt that it is true.
I read about that recent interpretation that Matthew is really the young man (not, sorry to say, on Commonweal).
The older man's hand does seem to be pointing to the young man. My interpretation was that the older man is saying something like: "You can't mean me (or I don't want it to be me). You must mean him."
But now…I just looked more closely at what the old and young man are doing. The right hand of the older man seems to be holding down a coin. Why? Ican it be that the young man hiding several coins with his right hand. His left hand seems to be holding a bag, perhaps to keep his stolen coins. (like Judas?)
(Another interpretation is that the older man is handing a coin to the young man but I don't think so despite the fact that I know I am going against the interpretation of a much more expert art historian.)
Aha! Something else Pope Francis has stirred up.
On his blog Settimo Cielo, Sandro Magister continues today to defend the opinion of his art historian daughter, Sara Magister, that Jesus is pointing at the young man. He clinches his argument by saying that this is unfailingly the spontaneous reaction of children on seeing the painting. He entitles his brief piece, "Un papa con sguardo di bambinino." (More or less,"a pope with the eyes of a child.") A compliment, I think. Magister has been rather critical of Papa Francesco.
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For those of us in Washington it's a major feast, the titular of the cathedral, St Matthew the Apostle, at Connecticut and Rhode Island Avenues.
bambino -- my shaky one-finger typing
The feast of St. Matthew has now given way to the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, but perhaps my late in the day reflection might yet interest one or two readers.
It has been pointed out a number of times by now that Pope Francis's motto,"miserando atque eligendo" is from a homily of Bede the Venerable on the calling of Matthew. That homily is the second reading from the Office of Readings for St. Matthew's feast in the revised breviary (1971). I find Bede charming, an odd reaction perhaps. As well, his Latin is very accessible to a stumbler like me.
Here is the opening of the homily:
" 'Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office, and said to him: Follow me.' Jesus saw Matthew, not merely in the usual sense, but more significantly with his merciful understanding of humankind.
He saw the tax collector and, because he saw him THROUGH THE EYES OF MERCY AND CHOSE HIM, he said to him: 'Follow me'. This following meant imitating the pattern of his life -- not just walking after him. Saint John tells us: 'Whoever says he abides in Christ ought to walk in the same way in which he walked'.
'And he rose and followed him'. There is no reason for surprise that the tax collector abandoned earthly wealth as soon as the Lord commanded him. Nor should one be amazed that neglecting his wealth, he joined a band of men whose leader had, on Matthew's assessment, no riches at all. Our Lord summoned Matthew by speaking to him in words. By an invisible, interior impulse flooding his mind with the light of grace, he instructed him to walk in his footsteps. In this way Matthew could understand that Christ, who was summoning him away from earthly possessions, had incorruptible treasures of heaven in his gift."
The Liturgy of the Hours, 21 September, Matthew, apostle and evangelist


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I feel i really need to take a break for a while now, i have a complex project to keep in mind, I am basically working on it all day, but after a while it starts to overwhelm me, and I cant clear my mind to concentrate on anything else, because i am worried, that i forget important details of my project. On the while i started to acting awkward, and i have ,at least right now, a really annoying headache.
I have important appointments coming, and i have to clear my thoughts to make reasonable decisions about my life. How can I clear my head for a while, and then pick the process up just where I left it?
An easy solution would be to write everything down, but I already have endless to-do lists, post-it notes, and sketches on every surface i own. Instant advice, and long term suggestion would also be appreciated.


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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).
MS; Demyelinating disease
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects women more than men. The disorder is most commonly diagnosed between ages 20 and 40, but can be seen at any age.
MS is caused by damage to the myelin sheath, the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. When this nerve covering is damaged, nerve signals slow down or stop.
The nerve damage is caused by inflammation. Inflammation occurs when the body's own immune cells attack the nervous system. This can occur along any area of the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord.
It is unknown what exactly causes this to happen. The most common thought is that a virus or gene defect, or both, are to blame. Environmental factors may play a role.
You are slightly more likely to get this condition if you have a family history of MS or live in an part of the world where MS is more common.
Symptoms vary, because the location and severity of each attack can be different. Attacks can last for days, weeks, or months. Attacks are followed by periods of reduced or no symptoms (remissions). Fever, hot baths, sun exposure, and stress can trigger or worsen attacks.
It is common for the disease to return (relapse). However, the disease may continue to get worse without periods of remission.
Nerves in any part of the brain or spinal cord may be damaged. Because of this, MS symptoms can appear in many parts of the body.
Muscle symptoms:
Bowel and bladder symptoms:
Eye symptoms:
Numbness, tingling, or pain:
Other brain and nerve symptoms:
Sexual symptoms:
Speech and swallowing symptoms:
Fatigue is a common and bothersome symptom as MS progresses. It is often worse in the late afternoon.
Symptoms of MS may be mimic those of many other nervous system problems. MS is diagnosed by ruling out other conditions.
People who have a form of MS called relapsing-remitting may have a history of at least two attacks, separated by a period of reduced or no symptoms.
The doctor may suspect MS if there are decreases in the function of two different parts of the central nervous system (such as abnormal reflexes) at two different times.
An exam of the nervous system may show reduced nerve function in one area of the body. Or it may be spread over many parts of the body. This may include:
An eye examination may show:
Tests to diagnose multiple sclerosis include:
There is no known cure for multiple sclerosis at this time. But, there are treatments that may slow the disease. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms and help you maintain a normal quality of life.
Medicines are often taken long-term. These include:
The following may also be helpful for people with MS:
Living with MS may be a challenge. You can ease the stress of illness by joining an MS support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
Outcome varies, and is hard to predict. Although the disorder is chronic and incurable, life expectancy can be normal or almost normal. Most people with MS are active and function at work with little disability.
The following typically have the best outlook:
The amount of disability and discomfort depends on:
Most people return to normal or near-normal function between attacks. Slowly, there is greater loss of function with less improvement between attacks.
Call your health care provider if:
Houtchens MK, Lublin FD, Miller AE, Khoury SJ. Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 54.
Polman CH, Reingold SC, Banwell B, et al. Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria. Ann Neurol. 2011;69:292–302.
Rubin S. Management of multiple sclerosis: an overview. Disease-a-Month. 2013;59:253–260.


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The holiday spirit will be shining bright Saturday in downtown Steubenville when the city's annual Christmas parade works its way down Fourth Street.
Organizers have been working hard for several months now to make sure this year's event, which is presented by Eastern Gateway Community College, is the biggest holiday parade in recent memory. Sponsored by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, the Steubenville Visitors Center and WTOV-TV, the event will feature more than 90 units.
Leading the parade, scheduled for a noon start, will be Steubenville native and Catholic Central High School graduate Rich Donnelly, who has been chosen as the grand marshal.
Among the many jobs he has had in a career in professional baseball that has spanned more than 40 years, is a stint as a coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The committee behind this year's parade, which carries the theme of the?"Sights and Sounds of Christmas," has been working hard to help revitalize an annual event that had lost some of its luster.
It appears they have done that, with marching bands from many area high schools, floats provided by numerous civic organizations and businesses and costumed characters scheduled to make the journey south from North Street to Adams Street. Of course, the highlight of the parade will be the arrival of Santa Claus.
It's an event designed to draw residents from across the Tri-State Area to Steubenville. For those who are out-of-town or not able to travel, the parade will be telecast on WTOV-TV and streamed live at wtov9.com.
Those who attend the parade also will be able to see the renovation that already has taken place at the Grand Theater at 121 S. Fourth St. The lobby at the theater will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors will be able to see the restoration work that already has been accomplished. For a fee, visitors also will be able to see the main floor and stage areas of the historic structure, with proceeds helping the Grand Theater Restoration Project.
While Steubenville's parade is scheduled for noon, a parade that starts at 6 p.m. will wind through the villages of Rayland, Tiltonsville and Yorkville, with a community gathering to immediately follow at the Warren Township Park.
We hope you'll allow your holiday spirit and community pride to show this weekend, and we'll see you downtown.


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For Immediate Release August 6, 2004
GENESEO, N.Y. The Alumni Fieldhouse at the State University of New York at Geneseo an on-campus, multi-use sports facility will be formally dedicated on Friday, Aug. 6, as the Dr. Myrtle A. Merritt Athletic Center. The re-naming was approved by the SUNY Geneseo College Council and the State University of New York Board of Trustees earlier this year.
A dedication ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. outside of the Athletic Center. A reception, dinner and salute to Merritt will be held immediately following in the new Mary Jemison Dining Hall. Merritt, a longtime resident of Geneseo, will be on hand for the event, and more than 200 people are expected to be in attendance for this very special dedication.
The fieldhouse will bear the name of Geneseo resident Myrt Merritt, professor emerita of health, physical education and recreation, who served the college with distinction as a faculty member and administrator for thirty years. As a former department chair, she helped plan both Schrader Gym and the Alumni Fieldhouse.
Merritt was a pioneer and champion of efforts to expand opportunities for young women to participate in athletics. "She provided both vision and encouragement for the growth of womens athletics at the college, and the young women who so well represent Geneseo in varsity athletics today owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Myrt for paving the way," said SUNY Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl. "Myrt is one of those exceptional individuals whose loyalty and commitment to the college know no bounds and who has helped make Geneseo a very special place. Naming the fieldhouse in recognition of her contributions to Geneseo is a most appropriate and fitting tribute."
Since her retirement in 1982, Merritt has been one of Geneseos most active volunteer leaders and generous benefactors. Among other gifts of time and money, Merritt established an endowment for womens athletics and funded academic scholarships for many worthy students. "Myrts remarkable and ongoing commitment to the college and Geneseo athletics continues to enrich the lives of many students and colleagues," said Marilyn Moore, director of athletics. "As a friend and mentor, she is respected and admired for her knowledge and enthusiasm. As President of the Blue Knights Roundtable booster club, Myrt gives unselfishly of her time and support of intercollegiate athletics, and is by far our number one fan and friend."
During her years at Geneseo, Merritt served as chair of the Department of Physical Education and directed the womens intramural program. Highly respected by her professional colleagues, Merritt was elected to leadership roles in numerous state, regional and national physical education organizations throughout her career.
Merritt was the first recipient of the SUNY Geneseo Medal for Philanthropy in 2002 and earned the Geneseo Foundations Meritorious Service Award in 1992.
"Myrt is one of a handful of legendary faculty members who built the foundation of todays Geneseo and continues to be a shining example to others of what leaving a legacy, giving back, and making a difference really means," said Art Hatton, vice president for college advancement and president of the Geneseo Foundation. "Naming the physical space where she spent much of her life and dreamed so many dreams in her honor means the world to Myrt and to Geneseo."
The Alumni Fieldhouse contains the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena, Louise Kuhl Gymnasium, the Alumni Pool, a top-of-the-line fitness center, squash courts, and the offices of the athletic department staff. The facility was completed in 1973.


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The Tottenham boss has slammed his QPR counterpart for suggesting it would be difficult not to succeed at Chelsea - the club from which the Portuguese was recently sackedTottenham manager Andre-Villas Boas has hit back at Harry Redknapp over the QPR boss' recent assertion that "only a real dope" could fail at Chelsea.
The Portuguese was sacked by the west London club halfway through last season, with Roberto Di Matteo going on to lift the Champions League and FA Cup as his successor.
Upon being informed of the jibe from the 65-year-old ahead of the managers going toe-to-toe this weekend, Villas-Boas sent his own barb at Redknapp.
|Tottenham are 8/1 to beat QPR 2-0 with Paddy Power
"It's a different type of club. You have to experience it and then you have to survive in it."
The former Porto coach went on to dismiss further questions regarding the Englishman, saying: "No. I have never spoken to him," when probed by journalists.


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I can't continuously study more than 2.5 hours. After that, I become exhausted. If I continue to study after that time limit, I read something but the materials seem to be not entering my head. I just read and can not pick any meaning from the texts.
If I still continue to study, I become burnt out and can not study again for the next 5-7 days.
My head can be freed off by sleeping. But the problem is, when exam is knocking at the door, I lose valuable hours if I sleep.
How to solve my problem?


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The global economy is in a meltdown, and so are our skills.
Alright enough crap comparisons to the economy, I will stick to crap commentary on WoW.
On of the things I have found recently is how devalued certain skills have become. I was reminded of this the other day by Part Time Druid, and also by someone else that now escapes me (although Big Bear Butt's discussion about 360 tanking made me /cry a little inside). Oh found another one from Tobold Seen any sheeps lately?
It just seems that in an effort to make everything playable by everyone, it is all becoming quite… well a bit plain. Sort of like pre-work life when Granny gave you $5 in your Christmas card and you couldn't contain your enthusiasm… then you get a job, and you start to look sideways at the stingy old bag (bless her soul – you warlocks keep your filthy soul shards of it!). Now in reality there is the same emotion and even power behind the gift of the cash (or skill/spell etc), but you can't help but feeling let down.
Back before WoLK hit the shops, just before that is, when the 3.0 changes came out, I was jumping from Thunder Bluff in joy.. AoE as a fire Mage became sooo much fun. It was new and powerful. Blizzard told us it would be much more important, we couldn't imagine how AoE was going to make us the Kings & Queens of DPS, but for the time being it was just pure Win!
Less value than the Zimbabwe dollar
Of course now the empty feeling has settled in. Yes we are the kings and Queens of DPS with AoE, but then we don't really have any choice. You AoE, or you fail as a toon and a player. You AoE everything. You AoE the trash. You AoE the bosses, You AoE the Horde in the BGs, You AoE the mailbox open, you AoE instead of buffing, because, well what else is there to do?
No joy in big numbers
Big numbers used to turn me on… but now they leave a hollow feeling deep down in my boots (which would probably be your stomach if you aren't a Gnome). I used to love seeing the big Fireball numbers… but by the time I have ramped up my 1st one, the target is down, assuming they aren't all down under the AoE that everyone is capable of these days. I don't think healers heal any more do they, why bother, when another lot of AoE means that the mobs wont hit anyone.
Remember Kara
Do you remember Kara.. Attumen down, here comes the AoE fun.
It was such a rare event that you got to AoE. Most people probably only got the joys of AoE in Shattered Halls or Kara… assuming they had someone to hold the pile of mobs together… and gods forbid if someone pulled a bunch of elite mobs in Kara.. then it was seat of the pants AoE (well, in my case inevitably it was face to the floor AoE)
Fire Mage AoE
AoE was a guilty pleasure for me pre WoLK. It was one of those things that I only did in groups or in Battle Grounds. I knew how every fight would end out. Mobs hurting bad… 10-20% health. Me hurting worse… 0% health. Now days I find myself riding madly through bunches of mobs, not particularly concerned if I get unsaddled. When I do, it roll around on the floor laughing, and once back to my chair I set to decimating them with AoE.
The thing is, I don't want to do this. I always used to think of myself as a surgeon with a red hot poker… I would carve though the enemy, precisely, one mob at a time. It took skill to pick them off and finish them one by one and when aggro mattered, then the extra balance between hurting the mob, and being hurt by the mob became so much more important.
Ohh, sorry, for you WoLK babies, CC stands for Crowd Control. It comes in many forms and many classes possess at least one form of CC. Most likely you haven't seen it, except maybe mentioned in one of those long outdated TBC guides. More likely than not, you wont find it on people's tool bars.
Zero value spells, even in solo play
When I first logged on in January, after an extended absence, I had forgotten about it. When I remembered it, I panicked.. Ohh my gods, there go my instance invites… I can't even remember what key I have bound.
So I got myself back into form… but soon realized that I would more quickly and efficiently dispatch the few foes with a dragons breath, instant Flame Strike, Blastwave, instant Flame Strike, and whoah be told if I needed an Arcane Explosion or two.
My 1st instance was a Nexus run through by some overpowered friends. I nearly cried. I developed a cramp in my CC finger. It hovered over the Polymorph: Turtle button (I love my turtle so much) the whole run… I was crippled… I had no use for it. I felt 1/2 a Mage (OK, no short Gnome jokes OK!). Yes it's such a little thing, but I knew I was a good party member when I kept that mob sheeped until the time came to dispatch it. Even if I died, I made sure the last thing I did was refresh my turtle, just to give the rest of the party an extra 40 seconds.
Focus – who needs focus?
Remember Focus Macros?
They were the most sought after Macro around. Assuming they are still on WoW Wiki have a look at the sheep focus macros… you wont find one, you will find a dozen. All with slightly different modifications. Focus macro writers were heroes. Blogs and Strategy sites and forums had pages devoted to informing the unwashed majority of the power of the focus macro.
Now, well, who needs it. On the rare occasion that you do sheep something, it is unlikely that"
- It will live long enough to be sheeped again, or
- It will be taken out singly anyway… might as well wrap it up in the AoE.
High value knowledge?
My greatest fear is that Blizzard will reintroduce the need for CC, but the skill will have withered away. There will be some ol'timers shouting angrily at the newcomers with their flashy AoE, that they need to focus, and that the polymorphed penguin/rabbit/cat/fart needs to be maintained.
But who will be there to pass on their sage wisdom. Ohh well, I guess there are at least a lot of Blog Authors out there that can recycle their old posts when that day comes. It will be a big hit earner.
Battle Rez
I loved Battle Rez. Tree Hugger Dave's had my name on it. I doubt he had a battle rez button, he would have just had a Gnomer button. This would have been a macro which did 2 things.
- if Gnomeaggedon is alive: 1 x lifebloom to full health.
- if Gnomeggedon is dead (again): Battle Rez.
It probably had my name in the Macro… cause no one else ever got it. I loved it. It was what made me stay by the PC even when I died. I knew it was coming.
Any Rez
But now it is an Any Rez. Yes yes, I know it's still the only Battle Rez (unless you like Braaiiinnnzz), but it just isn't that special to me any more. It's just another Rez, which them Druids can pop anytime.
Ultimately the same thing goes for buffs. Every Gnome and their pet cow can give a buff. The buffs are the same, but different. Really, I know it was Blizzards policy to take the player not the class, but lately the 1st time I look at party composition is when we enter the instance… and I know it will be worse (OK better) come duel spec. 5 DPS will walk into an instance, 2 will quickly respec and "here we go matey!". I can assure you I hate the LFG chanel as much, if not more than the next Gnome. I have spent many a lonely night in LFG dreaming that a healer or tank or both will either log on to find their raid spot gone, or maybe finish a raid early.
But ummm… it is all a bit like when eat when you have a cold. You eat some chilli… no pain. You eat some icecream… well it's cold… but tastes like cardboard. It's substantial, you get what you need… but ultimately, do you enjoy the feast?
I think that's the way many of the skill devaluations have taken me. They get the job done. I am full of gear, XP, Rep, Achievements etc… but I feel like I have been chowing down on cardboard for 2 hours.
No flavor at all
Gnomer & Out!
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I'll be at Intervention7 this September!
We STILL seem to have a RANDOM ARCHIVE GLITCH where clicking on the next comic will take you to the next comic page, but oddly display a comic from a totally different date. Hitting Refresh sometimes helps.
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Trying to limit Ref-Links for the current story (like "Minon Master Trained"). For this chapter I'll link when I think it's really important.


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Children should obey their parents
What I got from ALC is that a child isn't fit, unqualified, to be one's child if it disobeys its parents. Or is it just "Those who are children..."?
What I got from ALC is that a child isn't fit, unqualified, to be one's child if it disobeys its parents. Or is it just "Those who are children..."?
H'm, I dunno. たる is actually not the classic form of the copula である; it is most likely from とある (quotative particle + aru). なる describes what someone/-thing is (essential nature), but たる describes how someone/-thing appears, or acts, or should act (assigned role, etc.). There is often an implied judgment (nowadays it is often paired with 〜すべきである or 〜てはならない, etc., and used to prescribe behavior to people in certain positions). I would say that Louis's sample sentence does indeed imply that a child who disobeys their parents is in that way unfit to be their child -- it's not an uncommon idea at all in Confucian thought.
So, as sawa says below, you might say that a more "literal" translation would be "Whoever is supposed to be a child should obey their parents," or "A person in the position of a child should obey all of their parents' commands," etc. For a more natural translation, just "Children" might work in many cases (especially if you believed that たる者 was just being used to add archaic flavor), or you might say "All children" to emphasize that you are prescribing behavior required of anyone meeting the description "child", not just suggesting a general rule. You might even use a word like "duty" to bring the prescriptiveness out: "Obeying one's parents is one's duty as a child." There are many possible translations that would be more or less appropriate depending on context, translation philosophy, etc.
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Paper Border
Generations of children have enjoyed making paper-doll chains. Your child can use this technique to make a border for his bedroom, the mantel, or a plain wall in your home.
- Large sheet of paper
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- Cut a strip of paper about 36 inches long and 6 inches wide.
- Fold the strip of paper accordion style, making each panel about 3 inches wide.
- Have your child draw a simple figure on the top panel. Make sure part of the figure touches the fold on each side.
- Carefully cut out the figure, making sure not to cut along the folds.
- Let your child unfold the chain of figures and decorate it with crayons, markers, or paint.
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Lets say I have a key and door. My third class (player) needs to pick up a key and open the doors. How should those objects communicate without making too much dependencies between them?
Precise answer usually (or always?) depends on the specific situation and circumstances but I think it's a good idea to try to model the real-world relations between objects.
Like in your example - the human is the only entity that actually does something (takes action). So probably this class should call key and door's methods. Key doesn't have to know or do anything. It only has to have some kind of ID (to check if that's the right one). The door has to know what key fits into its lock (have the key's ID). Nothing else. Well, it can also have some kind of Open() method (to allow player to pass through it, but that's a different thing, actually). The human takes the actions (take/produce a key, put it in the door's lock and try to open the door).
Modeling the real-world relations between objects is good... because it's proven to work! It works in real-life so it should work in your application, too (provided it's not too complex/impossible to implement).
Also, as always, try to keep things as simple as possible and use common sense - if your app or the situation your trying to implement is small/simple - it's sometimes just better to do it the easiest way you can think of without overthinking and overdesigning objects' relationships - because there's no point in it.
The simplest way to enforce a relationship without strong coupling is to use a Mediator. There could be an
Here's some C# code to illustrate. If you need clarification just leave a comment.
In this example, OnCollision is registered to the collision system, which activates it (and the other collision handlers) when two entities collide.
As you can see, this simple Unlocker class added a new set of behaviors dependent on the player, keys, and doors without creating any coupling between the entities themselves. This is especially important for object models like composition where entities are not able to implement their own behaviors.


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Urban Legal Clinic (ULC) students Kelly Targett '09 and Matt Coleman '09, supervised by Clinical Professor Laura Cohen, recently spearheaded a successful amicus curiae effort in In re P.M.P., a juvenile delinquency case decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court in July 2009.
The ULC amicus brief, which was co-authored by the National Juvenile Defender Center and signed by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, the Northeast Juvenile Defender Center, and the Rutgers–Camden Children's Justice Clinic, argued that cutting-edge adolescent psychological and brain development research establishes that young people are particularly vulnerable to overreaching by police and other adults. They further do not understand their constitutional rights or the consequences of waiving those rights, thus requiring access to counsel from the earliest stages of a delinquency case. The brief also included a 50-state survey of statutes, court rules, and case law governing the right to counsel in juvenile court proceedings.
A 5-2 majority of the Court held that the right to counsel attaches as early as the filing of the delinquency complaint and issuance of an arrest warrant and cannot be waived except in the presence of and after consultation with a defense attorney. As a result of the Court's decision, a statement that P.M.P. made during a post-complaint custodial interrogation was suppressed. More generally, the opinion ensures that, consistent with the United States Supreme Court's ruling in In re Gault, children's right to counsel — and the advocacy, advice, and assistance embedded in that right — will be vigilantly protected throughout the course of delinquency proceedings.
This re-affirmation of children's due process rights was heralded by legal experts and newspapers across the state, including an editorial in the Star-Ledger.


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From Fundamentals of Number Theory by LeVeque, section 3.1, prob. 1
Let $f(x) = a_0x^n + \cdots + a_n$ be a polynomial over Z. Show that if $r$ consecutive values of $f$ (i.e., values for consecutive integers) are all divisible by $r$, then $r|f(m)$ for all $m \in Z$. Show by an example that this can happen with $r \gt 1$, even when $(a_0, \cdots, a_n) = 1$.
Can someone give me a hint on how to proceed? (not a full answer please.. just a nudge in the right direction.) I tried playing around with the division algorithm and looking for $r$ as as the $GCD(f(m), f(x))$ but I'm not making any headway. Seems to me the only way this can happen is if $r|a_i$ across the board but the last line about 'even when $(a_0, \cdots, a_n) = 1$' says that's not true..
Thanks in advance.
Also props to anyone who can think of a specific applications of this property in a non-number theory situation like an optimization or how this might come up when coding.
Possible Answer -- Thanks for all the help guys! Here's what I came up with after fiddling with your suggestions:
Starting with the binomial theorm:
$(x+y)^n = \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}x^{n-k}y^k = \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}x^{k}y^{n-k}$
I write,
$(rp + q)^n = \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}(rp)^{k}q^{n-k}= {n \choose 0}q^n$ mod $r= q^n$ mod $r$
$\Rightarrow f(rp+q) \equiv f(q)$ mod $r$
Now, since (1) any $m \in Z$ can be written as $m=rp+q$ for some $p,q \in Z$, and (2) we know the $r$ consecutive values of integers cover all members of $Z_r$, and (3) $r|f(q)$ for all $q \in Z_r$ then by (1), (2), (3) and the binomial calculation above $r|f(m)$ for all $m \in Z$.
I think that works. Can anyone confirm?


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Kings Norton Ward
Kings Norton is on the southern boundary of the City, adjoining Worcestershire, and includes a variety of communities such as Hawkesley, Pool Farm, Primrose Hill, West Heath and Walker Heath.
It is an historical place on the edge of the countryside. There is a lot of greenery around Kings Norton and some lovely areas to live. It also has a high level of deprivation.
For demographic information about the people who live in this ward, take a look at our population and census pages
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Contributors can choose to donate a pre-determined amount of money per bottle sold, the proceeds from a particular varietal or cuvée, or a specified percentage of total bottle sales. These donations can be made year round or periodically with a portion of bottle sales from a specific day, weekend, or special event.
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Carmen de Lavallade is the type of name that rolls off the tongue. It's the type of name you'd expect to see in big lights on a marquee and in rolling credits. It is the name of an artist in every sense. And whether it be dancing, singing, acting or directing, Carmen de Lavallade does it all, and she's just that: a true artist.
De Lavallade currently appears in Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire alongside Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega. The arts still remain the focal point of the 81-year-old legend's life, as they have been since she trained under the apprenticeship of Leslie Horton, before later packed her bags for Broadway. Her passion for the arts also led her to another love in her life, husband Geoffrey Holder, whom she met while dancing in House of Flowers on Broadway.
During her career, De Lavallade has worked with Diahann Carroll, Harry Belafonte, Duke Ellington, and called Alvin Ailey her best friend. She was not the first person in her family to pursue performing arts. Her cousin, Janet Collins, was the first African-American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera. De Lavallade followed suit, landing the same title in 1956. Before the age of 20, with the help of Lena Horne, De Lavallade appeared in four motion pictures, including "Carmen Jones."
Today, she is still performing with a grace and dignity that many artists, both young and old, could learn a great learn deal from. She is proof that passion and pursuit no know age. At a time when many African-Americans were not welcome on the stage, she not only found her way to the center, she also did it smiling, oozing with sensuality and moving with a hunger and skill that still defines her today.
De Lavallade chatted with EBONY about her rich life as a performer, her advice to young dancers, and how she maintains her sense of well being.
EBONY: Tell us about how your role in Streetcar Named Desire came about.
Carmen De Lavallde: Count Stovall and I were at his home and this producer was there. Count and I were saying how nice it would be to be a part of this production. I said 'well, there are only a couple of things I can do, maybe The Lady of Flowers.' Later, I was at an award ceremony being honored with Daphne Vega, who stars in the play, and told her it would be nice to part of the production. The next thing I knew, she called me about the role. I knew that I wanted to be a part of history. The play has been done before, but never on Broadway, and never with an interracial cast.
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EBONY: How did it feel to be back on Broadway?
CD: Broadway is another stage. I'm always on different stages. I mean, it's Broadway. What can you say? It's thrilling. It feels good because you get different kinds of audiences and I'm very pleased. People come from all over the world. Broadway is a wonderful place to be. When I came to Broadway in 1954 for House of Flowers, it was wonderful then too. I met so many talented people.
EBONY: There are still many performers struggling to be seen in the arts world. Misty Copeland is one such dancer making great strides. What advice do you have for young African-American dancers who are seeking to land a leading role?
CD: You have to really know your craft and be awfully good at what you're doing. Misty is a ballet dancer, which can be harder to break into. Modern and contemporary companies are a bit easier to break into, and there are a lot of good ones. I am thrilled to hear that Dance Theater of Harlem is starting to come up again for ballet dancers under the artistic direction of Virginia Johnson. We have a lot of contemporary dance companies. You have Alvin Ailey and Complexions, for example. You have to keep studying you have to really be on top of your form to get into those companies. Dance is hard. Today, it's easier to find a company than when I came up. At least you're accepted into companies if you're really good. I would tell young dancers today to really push at what you want to do. Really get out into the trenches and try to audition for companies, no matter how small they are, as well as the big companies. It is very demanding work. You must push yourself and be so good that they can't resist.
EBONY: You and Alvin Ailey packed your bags and moved to New York City for Broadway in 1954. What passion did you all share that gave you that determination?
CD: Alvin and I were two dancers coming from Los Angeles. We actually had no idea how