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Massimo Agus, photographer and professor, received his B.F.A. in Architecture from the University of Florence in 1975. Dr. Agus teaches courses in Photography History at the University of Siena, and courses in Photographic Technique at Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence.
Massimo Avuri has a degree in Foreign Language and Literature from the University of Florence and a specialization in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language from the University of Siena for Foreigners.
He has worked as an editorial consultant for French and German language fiction and has translated two novels by the French author Henri-Frédéric Blanc. After a long stay in Germany, where he taught Italian language courses at public and private schools, he served as a collaborator and Italian language expert for the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo at the University of Florence. Currently, he is a professor of Italian language at NYU Florence, where he has contributed to the creation of teaching materials.
Fancesca M. Baldry, Collection Manager of the Acton Collection at Villa La Pietra, NYU, received her PhD in Art History and History of Conservation from the University of Florence in 1996. She has worked extensively in European museums and teaches courses in the field of Art History, including "Florentine Villas", and "Art Collecting and Museology".
Dorothea Barrett received her PhD in Literature from Cambridge University (UK). She has been teaching for NYU in Florence since Fall 2001 and offers "Postmodern Fiction: International Perspective" and "Survey of Modern Italian Literature".
Alessandra Capodacqua received her degree in English Language and Literature from the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples (Italy). She is a photographer and a curator of exhibitions. She teaches photography courses at all levels for NYU in Florence.
Dorothea Barrett received her PhD in Literature from Cambridge University (UK). She has been teaching for NYU in Florence since Fall 2001 and offers "Postmodern Fiction: International Perspective" and "Survey of Modern Italian Literature".
RENATA CARLONI, Master Degree in Philosophy and Post-graduate Degrees in Language Teaching and Media and Communication, is currently the Language Coordinator at New York University in Florence. Before being appointed at NYU in Florence she ran private companies in the field of education and media, coordinated EU-funded projects and taught Italian language at the University of Florence. At NYU in Florence, and in collaboration with the Italian Dept at home campus, she supervises the Italian Language Program and the exchange initiatives with Italian schools and universities. Her field of research is the teaching and acquisition of Italian as a second/foreign language. She published several articles as well as teaching materials. She runs regular training workshops for Italian Language Faculty in Florence and in New York. Recently she acted as General Editor of the new Italian Language Textbook, "Allora", for learning the Italian language at New York University that was published by New York University Press in 2013, and also wrote several chapters for this book. The publication is the result of a collective effort on both sides of the Atlantic: Florence and Washington Square and reinforced the shared beliefs and teaching practices of the language programs.
Lisa Cesarani received her PhD in American Literature from NYU in May 2000. In addition to teaching "Cultural Foundations" in the Liberal Studies Program in Florence, she is also the Assistant Director for Academic Support at NYU in Florence.
Silvia Chegia obtained a Master of Arts degree with first-class honors in Italian Literature in 1990 at the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia at the University of Florence. She afterwards received a Diploma of specialization in teaching Italian as a foreign language at the University of Siena for Foreigners.
She taught Italian at the Centro di Cultura per Stranieri at the University of Florence, at the Centro Linguistico at the University of Siena for Foreigners, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and at the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo at the University of Florence.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Italian language at the NYU Florence where she has been teaching since 1999.
Alessandro Chiaramonte received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Florence where he is currently an associate professor. He teaches "Italian Politics and Government."
Margherita Ciacci is a professor of Sociology at the University of Florence where she also received her PhD. She teaches "Sociology of Consumerism" and "Sociology of the Arts" and has been a member of the NYU Florence faculty since Fall 1998.
Nicolò Conti received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Florence. He is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Unitelma Sapienza University in Rome. His main research focus is on parties, political elites and the EU. At NYU Florence, he teaches Western European Politics.
Valentina Contini received her PhD in Italian Studies from the Facolta' di Lettere e Filosofia of the University of Florence. She taught Italian and Italian Literature at the Centro di Cultura per Stranieri and Italian language at the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo of the University of Florence. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Italian language at the NYU in Florence where she has been teaching since 1999.
Nicole Cuddeback has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston and a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. She has taught Writing I and II in NYU's Liberal Studies Program in Florence since 2000. Author of the book of poems The Saint of Burning Down and works that have appeared in a variety of literary journals, she is also currently pursuing a degree in Archeology at the University of Florence.
Matteo Duni received his PhD in History and Civilization from the European University Institute. He teaches the courses on "Medieval Church", "Italy during the Renaissance: Florence" and "Magic, Religion and Inquisition" at NYU in Florence.
Bruce Edelstein, Coordinator for Graduate Programs and Advanced Research at NYU in Florence, received his PhD in Fine Arts at Harvard University in 1995. Prof. Edelstein has a wide array of research interests in the history of Italian Renaissance art and architecture, including patronage, court culture, and women's studies. Since 1999, he has taught various courses at NYU in Florence, including: "Medici Patronage", "Early Masters of Italian Renaissance Painting", "The Age of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo", "European Architecture of the Renaissance", and, for the Graduate Program, the "Works in Progress Seminar".
Charles Ewell received his BA from Yale University and his PhD in Humanities/Classical Archaeology from Florida State University in 2000. Dr. Ewell teaches "Etruscan Art and Archaeology" at NYU in Florence, and is director of the summer archaeological excavations at Palazzaccio (Lucca).
Giampiero Gallo is Professor of Econometrics at the School of Economics, University of Florence. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. Previous appointments were with the Department of Econometrics at the University of Geneva, the World Bank, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of California at San Diego. He has authored several scientific articles on forecasting, financial volatility, and European exchange rate management. At NYU in Florence, he teaches "Statistics", "International Finance", and "Money and Banking".
Grazia Giannelli received her degree in Foreign Languages and Literature from the University of Florence, thesis on the Acquisition of Syntax. She has taught Italian language at the Arizona University and at the University of Florence. Since 2005, she has been teaching courses in Italian language at NYU Florence and from 2008 to 2012 she also taught "Service Learning: Community Service in Florence" in the graduate and undergraduate programs.
Jeff Kiesner, Assistant Professor at the University of Padova, received his PhD in School Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1997. Dr. Kiesner teaches courses in developmental psychology, clinical psychology, and statistical methods for research in psychology.
Nancy A. Leszczynski, Landscape Architect, received her MLA from the University of Virginia in 1991. Ms. Leszczynski teaches courses in art history, including "Gardens and Landscapes of Tuscany" at NYU in Florence.
Giovanni Liberatore is Professor of Corporate Valuation at the University of Florence. He holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Pisa (1992). As an Adjunct Professor, he teaches "Financial Accounting" at NYU in Florence, and "Management Control" at LUISS Business School in Rome. He has been a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Auditor in Italy since 1992.
Hin-Yan Liu is a Research Fellow in the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute. He holds a PhD in Law from King's College London, a LLM specialising in Human Rights Law with Distinction from University College London, in addition to a law degree and a psychology degree. Dr Liu's articles have appeared regularly in Oxford and Cambridge Journals and he has two forthcoming books under contract with Hart Publishing, Oxford. He teaches International Human Rights at NYU Florence.
Davide Lombardo is preparing his dissertation at the European University Institute (EUI) in the field of History. He teaches the "Culture of the City: Italian Urban Life" course at NYU in Florence and also continues to lecture at the EUI.
Mauro Mussolin, Adjunct Professor at NYU in Florence, received his PhD in History of Architecture in 2001. Dr. Mussolin teaches courses in Architectural and Art History, including "Holy People, Holy Places", "Renaissance Art", and "Renaissance Architecture".
Eric Nicholson received his PhD in Renaissance Studies from Yale University (1991), and has performed in and directed numerous early modern plays, as well as published several articles in this same field. At NYU in Florence, he teaches courses on cultural history, early modern drama, and the performance of classic theatre.
Scott Palmer, Coordinator for Instructional Technology and Digital Initiatives, received his PhD in English from Tufts University in 2006. His areas of specialization include: nineteenth-century transatlantic literature of migration, travel, tourism; early nineteenth-century visual culture (photography, lithography, cartography); race and cultural studies.
Professor Raveggi received his BA/MA from Università di Firenze in 2004 and his PhD at Università di Bologna in 2008. Professor Raveggi has published articles and chapters in books on Italo Calvino, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Carlo Levi, Carlo Collodi, literary theory, postmodern fiction and the Latin-American novel. He wrote a monograph on Calvino and his cultural experience of America, Calvino Americano. Identità e viaggio nel Nuovo Mondo, published in 2012 for Le Lettere.. At NYU Florence He has taught the "Graduate Seminar in 20th Century Italian Literature" and "Readings in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature". Professor Raveggi is also a novelist and a poet.
Massimo Reale graduated from the University of Florence in Humanities and Philosophy. He teaches both advanced Italian language courses:"Quattro Chiacchiere: Conversations in Italian," and "Advanced Review of Modern Italian."
Giorgio Ricchiuti is Assistant Professor at the University of Florence, where he received his PhD in Development Economics in 2004. At NYU in Florence, Dr. Ricchiuti has taught "Economic Principles I" (Macroeconomics) since 2007.
Matteo Sansone studied piano and composition at the Conservatorio S. Pietro a Maiella, Naples. He received his PhD in Italian from Edinburgh University, where he also taught for many years. Since 2001, he has taught "Italian Opera" at NYU in Florence.
Debora Spini received her PhD in the History of Political Thought at the Scuola Superiore di Studio all'Università di S. Anna in Pisa in 1995. She has been a member of the General Studies Program faculty at NYU in Florence since 1998 and teaches the "Social Foundations" course.
Laura Tarabusi received her degree in Foreign Languages and Literature from the University of Florence in 1990. She was the Director of the University of Florence Language Resource Center from 1997 to 2000. Since 2000, she has been teaching courses in Italian language and culture at NYU in Florence, including "Service Learning: Community Service in Florence", and "Conversations in Italian".
Giuseppe Toscano received his Diploma in Photography at Fondazione Studio Marangoni in 2003, where he teaches all levels of photography courses to NYU in Florence students. He has exhibited in Italy and abroad.
Margherita Velucchi received her degree in Statistics and completed her PhD in Economics from the University of Siena in 2005. At NYU in Florence, Dr. Velucchi teaches "Economic Principles II", "Introduction to Economic Issues", and "Contemporary Issues in Economics: Italy".
Vito Zagarrio received his PhD in Cinema Studies from NYU in 1995. He is a Professor at the University of Rome 3 DAMS. He teaches the "Italian Cinema" course at NYU in Florence.


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Try to delete it directly on your iPod.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Unable to end its South Atlantic Conference schedule with a victory, Anderson University men's tennis dropped a 5-1 decision to league newcomer Queens University of Charlotte Sunday afternoon at Freedom Park.
With the setback, the Trojans closed their conference slate at 8-3 for the year, earning the No. 5 seed in next week's Food Lions SAC Tournament. Anderson will have a rematch with the Royals in the opening round, as Queens won the tiebreak with the Trojans in the SAC standings, also closing the league schedule with an 8-3 mark. Overall, AU falls to 9-8.
Anderson's lone victory of the day came in the doubles round as an altered lineup took to the courts for the second straight match. Freshman Juan Carracedo and sophomore Inaki Iriberry, who played their first doubles match together this season, captured an 8-5 win over Queens' Will Roberson and Ignacio Casali at the No. 3 position.
In the singles round, the Trojans fell short of claiming a win, as the home side took three straight matches to seal the victory. All three AU players fell in three sets, as Carracedo drooped a 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 decision to Per-Erik Soler at No. 1, while sophomore Tomas Passalacqua fell to Jules Athalis 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 at the No. 2 slot.
At No. 3, freshman Mateo Rivas was defeated by Andre Bafume 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to round out the singles portion.
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Monique Morgan Named to Jamaica Olympic Team
Another former Villanova great has earned a nomination to the 2016 Summer Olympics, as sprinter Monique Morgan was named to the Jamaica's Olympic Team in a press release earlier this week. Morgan, who competes in the 100 meter hurdles, was one of 63 athletes nominated to the country's squad for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next month. Morgan, a 2007 graduate who has also been a Wildcats volunteer assistant coach, is headed to the Olympics for the first time.
Water Polo Has 13 Named to MAAC Academic Team
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced the 2014-15 Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The Honor Roll is open to both full-time and associate members in the MAAC. All 25 sports that the conference sponsors are represented.
Nicole Hutchinson Lowers PR in 1500 at World U20 Championships
Rising sophomore Nicole Hutchinson (West Vancouver, B.C.) continued her terrific summer season with another personal best in the 1500 meters on Friday morning at the World U20 Championships. In the preliminary heats of the event, Hutchinson crossed the finish line in 4:22.88 at Stadion Zawisza and finished seventh in her heat.
Villanova Names Kevin Mulvey Head Coach of Baseball Program
A well-known name in the Villanova baseball program was tabbed as the Wildcats next head coach on Thursday afternoon, as Kevin Mulvey was named the 11th full-time head coach in the program's 150-plus year history. Mulvey, a former standout pitcher for Villanova who reached the major leagues during a successful professional career, is elevated to the head coaching position after spending the previous four seasons as the team's lead assistant coach.
Sam McEntee and Patrick Tiernan Named to Australia Olympic Team
A pair of Villanova teammates and countrymen were each officially named to the Australian Olympic Team on Wednesday afternoon and will represent their country at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next month. Current senior Patrick Tiernan (Toowoomba, Australia) and 2015 graduate Sam McEntee (Perth, Australia) were among the country's 61 selections to the Olympic team in Athletics. They will each run the 5000 meters in Rio.
Matchups for 2016 Gildan Charleston Classic Announced
Teams participating in the tournament include NCAA National Champion Villanova, as well as Boise State, Charleston, Mississippi State, UCF, UTEP, Wake Forest and Western Michigan.
Villanova Finishes Eighth in 2015-16 Capital One Cup Men's Standings
The final men's and women's standings for the Capital One Cup were announced this week and Villanova finished in a tie for eighth place in the men's standings of the annual competition. A national championship in men's basketball enabled the Wildcats to score 60 points in the standings. The Capital One Cup, in its sixth year, recognizes national postseason success of collegiate athletics programs in nearly two dozen Division I sports.
Ryan Arcidiacono Wins BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award
Villanova senior Ryan Arcidiacono (Langhorne, Pa.) was named the winner of a BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award for men's basketball in an announcement by the conference office on Monday afternoon. He was one of two Wildcats who earned the honor, as men's cross country senior Patrick Tiernan was presented with the same award for his sport.


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8 Customers Everyone Hates
#4. Cellphone Shitheads
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Either a) Glued to a cellphone, or b) Having the appearance of a schizophrenic engaged in a one-sided conversation with themselves.
The advent of personal communication devices has given birth to a relatively new species of horrible customers: the Cellphone Shithead. Apparently there are people who have not caught on to the fact that talking on the phone in a store is both obnoxious and extremely rude. Sometimes they will up the ante, and choose to engage in a phone conversation while simultaneously ordering food, paying for said food and ultimately eating food, all while giving a play by play to the poor bastard they're talking to.
"Let me just call my bro and tell him I'm eating."
Seriously people, we don't want to listen to you shouting at your phone through a mouthful of hamburger. The Cellphone Shithead's coup de grace, however, is when they have the audacity to give the "just a minute" finger when you ask them "how can I help you?"
Suitable Punishment in Hell:
A bluetooth permanently grafted to skull, but the only person on the other line is Fran Drescher.
#3. The Ticking Timebomb
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Steam billowing from ears, hooves.
As soon as T.T.T. comes through the door, you sense a disturbance in the Force. You feel the wind shift and realize that there's a storm coming, one that's about to rain an ungodly amount of shit on you and everyone within earshot. The Ticking Timebomb enters with an enormous chip upon their shoulder, and its only a matter of time until they snap.
Try as you may to please this customer, they'll find something to explode with rage over. Oh shit, the cold cook forgot to hold the onions on the salad, here comes the hurricane. The Ticking Time Bomb has now transformed into the Fire-Breathing Dragon of Rage. Sure to be insulted are: you, the restaurant, the food, the prices, the service, the management, the consistency, the wait, the lighting, the music, the bathrooms, that horrible smell and how weak his wife's margarita is.
And being that the customer is always right, you have no choice but to bend over and take it like this is Cell Block D. Nothing you do can possibly console the F.B.D.R., and your only hope is that he'll punch you in the face so that you can a) karate-chop his ass, or b) sue him for punitive damages.
Suitable Punishment in Hell:
There is an entire circle of Hell devoted to these people, and their punishment is that they have to live around each other.
#2. The Procrastinator
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Blank stares, preoccupation.
When you arrive at a business establishment and begin your journey through the line towards the register, it is wise to take advantage of this free time and figure out what the fuck you want to eat. The Procrastinator, however, finds this concept foreign.
"Apparently I've been in some sort of line. Huh."
Seriously, you've been waiting in line for ten minutes now--just now-- you notice there's a menu? All this time, the Procrastinator's been too occupied texting, rocking out to his iPod or chitchatting with his stupid friends. The world starts and stops at the Procrastinator's convenience and, when the Procrastinator is your customer, there is not a damn thing you can do about it.
Suitable Punishment in Hell:
Spending the rest of eternity in a line waiting to get into Heaven, while some guy at the front of the line forever tries to decide what color robe he wants to wear.
#1. The Dinosaur
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Crotchety behavior, dementia.
Don't get us wrong, there's actually quite a few cool elderly folks, like Grandma from Garfield. For some however, keeping up with the times seems as pointless as watching Deal or No Deal. Meet the Dinosaur, who among other things doesn't seem to realize that inflation is a very real and constant thing, prices adjust over time and that's that.
Unfortunately, the Dinosaur believes that there is a worldwide conspiracy involving inflating prices in order to scam them out of their pensions. But that's not all. This conspiracy also includes you personally removing or replacing the old products that they've grown so fond of. Why would they show patience for companies putting a fresh face on their products every now and then, when they can tell you that "Goldbond hasn't changed their packaging for the last hundred years, and they're doing alright."
But if there's just one concept that the Dinosaur cannot grasp, it's the fact that you, the lowly clerk, have absolutely no control over what is on the shelves. Of course bitching at you is like a parent going to their child's elementary school and complaining about poor educational standards to the janitor. They're talking to the wrong person; you could honestly give less than a shit. But you can't tell that to them.
Not even close to giving a shit.
Suitable Punishment in Hell:
Forget hell, just force them to live in the future. Or Tokyo.
For more people to hate, check out The 5 Worst Sources of Advice on Television. Or find out what science has to say about our number one in 6 Obnoxious Old People Habits (Explained by Science).
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Andy's American Odyssey - We're Here!
In short, where should we visit to get a 'Flavorsic of the U S of A'?
Patches for my favourite suggestions.
We arrived in NYC lunchtime yesterday and are now ensconced on the 14th floor of a hotel in the Chelsea 28th St flower district and we're watching the storekeepers putting out their displays on the sidewalk for the day. (See, I'm picking up the lingo;¬)
Bear in mind here that back in Blighty we live in a village of around 100 houses, surrounded by gently rolling hills and fields - NYC is a bit of a culture shock, but in a really good way. We're stunned by the verticallity of the place. We're looking UP all the time as we get a glimpse of a landmark building through other buildings.
Cold drinks were the order of the day when we arrived hot and sweaty after lugging out baggage around the Airtrain, LIRR and to the hotel from Penn station, then a walk around the neighborhood and chill out in Madison Square park before excellent pizzas in a Broadway diner.
We had a good night's sleep after our 22 hour day yesterday (not too many sirens in the night) and off to the Empire State building and Macy's today and maybe a museum, then Times Square this evening after dark.
NYC - Incredible place.
(I'm not going to post an ongoing blog on our travels, but may post back from time to time, if anyone's interested.)
We've walked miles, been riding the subways, been to parks, museums, up Extremely Tall Buildings; stood in the longest line I've ever been in yesterday for the Ellis and Liberty Island ferry and just stopped back at the hotel for a breather before we go out tonight to Little Italy for a meal.
Watching NY1 on TV is great. More than once we've been places where they've had a newsteam and seen the report they were filming later in the evening. Doesn't come much more local than that!
I thought New Yorkers had a reputation of rudeness, but we've found everyone here very polite and welcoming. We've seen a few 'characters' and it was amusing watching a couple of people going through the trash bags of the local flower shops and walking off with armfuls of foliage.
Last full day here in NYC as we're catching the Amtrak from Penn and going down to Washington DC for the next phase of the holiday tomorrow.
We're flying to JFK in NYC, staying in Midtown for 5 days then Amtrak down to Washington DC. Picking up a hire car and driving to relatives on the coast near Lusby, MD.
Few days there to chill out and then driving across to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenendoah Valley for 5 or 6 days. Then back to the relatives and a few local day-trips before going back to DC and Amtrak up to NYC for the plane.
A question; We want to take in a local baseball match and looking at the schedule HERE, they are shown as being over 3 or 4 days. What's going on here? Do they play a match each day? (If it was cricket I could understand - that goes on until it rains ;¬)
If you keep using all those weird words and phrases, Andy, people are going to know yer a furriner :-)
- "hire car" ==> "rental car"
- "match" ==> "game"
As Yoko said, teams play one game per day (double-headers are almost non-existent nowadays :-( ), but they usually have 3-4 game stands before changing opponents or travelling.
If you go to a Major League game, the tickets will be much more expensive ($25 each, or more), but you will see a much more "professional" (consistent) level of play. I highly encourage you to follow your first instinct and take in the Baltimore Minor League team. The venue will be smaller and more intimate, the tickets (and concessions!) will be cheaper, and everyone there will be invested in the game, not making a fashion statement :-/
I looked at the price of tickets at the Yankees stadium - Ouch! The minor league team appeals more and we'll make a night out of it with our relatives. After all, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs are the winningest team in the league!
Kelsey, I see you've spelled 'travelling' with a double 'l'. I've always seen it from that side of the pond spelled with one. Do you use both ways over there?
<--- If you need tourist info on New York City, just consult the Robolocity Traveling Robot Gnome.
Purchase a "day pass"metrocard to ride the buses and subways. It is the best way to get about the city. You will have to purchase the pass only at a subway station with a live clerk, not with the vendor machine. Ask for the free cool subway map. As a tourist, the cabbies will take advantage of you.
Find the NYC info kiosks/centers for discount coupons to some of the attractions.
"Downtown" starting at the southern tip of Manhattan, you can get on the free Staten Island Ferry. Ride it back and forth. It does go past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Islands. The tour there is way too crowded.
You can wander down to Wall Street, see the outside of the New York Stock Exchange or take a picture of the iconic Bull statue on Broadway.
You can then walk uptown to South Street Seaport, tourist mall shops/boat tours. New York City hall area has J&R electronics superstore or Century 21 for shopping. World Trade Center grounds are nearby. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
Chinatown and Little Italy are next. Weekends are mega crowded. You will be approached by those selling counterfeit goods.
SOHO(south of Houston Street) is the trendy boutique area, Apple Store and maybe spot some TV or movie celebrities.
You then have the Village - funky mishmash - New York University.
34th Street - Macy's and shopping. Look for Jacks Discount City, mega dollar store. Empire State Building, go to the observatory
42nd Street - Times Square - the crossroads of the world. Get discount tickets for a matinee Broadway play at the TKTS booth.
45th Street -5th Ave work your way up to Rockerfeller Center -upscale window shopping- Observatory, St Patrick's Cathedral
59th Street Central Park, FAO Schwartz toy store
Work your way up to museum mile - Metropolitan Museum of Art or on the opposite side of Central Park, the famous Museum of Natural History and the Rose planetarium.
Well, so much more to do to add to the list.
Expect it to be hot and muggy in the city in August. Have fun!
Try http://www.bhphotovideo.com/, drop the gang off to see the Intrepid sea/air museum while you go to the toy store.
Or if in the downtown World Trade Center Ground Zero area, try http://www.jr.com/. drop the gang off to go walk the Brooklyn Bridge or see Ground Zero, shop at Century 21(discount-type of Harrods?) while you go to the toy store. The NYC visitor center might have a $10US discount coupon.
These are two megastores that are reputable and where pros and pro-sumers(semi pro professional consumers) go. Do not get suckered into those other phot/video/audio places with that cater to tourists in selling grey-market goods that are not warrantied because the are not sold in their designated country of import. Fun to browse in those kind of shops if you like haggling and walk out.
We've just about got it worked out. We'll be taking a train up to New York and staying there for a couple of days to see what we can of the sights, and then the same for Washington DC. We'll also be driving across to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah National Park, then down into Tennessee.
Should be an interesting mix and we're really looking forward to it.
(I hear you drive on the wrong side of the road over there, and your cars don't have gear-sticks #;¬)
Be careful...
We went to America (well, Florida) before most 'iblers were born, and used a rental car for a couple of weeks,
When we came back, I spent several days stalling my car at every junction, when I kept trying to pull away in fourth...
(Oh, and I am told that, unlike the UK, US traffic cops take credit cards, so you can't rely on leaving the country at the end of your holiday to avoid a ticket.)
Sounds like you've constructed a nice itinterary; have a great trip!
- Chick and Ruth's (Make sure you ask why there are bagels hanging from the ceiling!)
- Buddy's (For Sunday brunch, make sure you don't eat anything for dinner the night before!)
- Charthouse (Order the chocolate lava cake!)
- Joss cafe (Sushi. If you like sushi, Joss is some of the best I've ever had. Go to the one on Main St.)
- Rent a boat! Annapolis is known as the sailing capital of the world, and there are tons of places to sail to and rent boats from!
- Go sightseeing! Annapolis is a very historic town and there are a lot of historic buildings to see.
- Walk up and down Main Street. There are a ton of shops and fun things to do there.
Let me know if you want to know anything else!
Other than that, I'm afraid all I can offer are clichés, although Roger-X did enjoy the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum when his uncle took him to New York last Easter.
I remember that Caitlinsdad is NY-way, Lira is somewhere with tornadoes...
There is also an out of date map of Iblers' locations, which might be useful as a resource.
Lexington park to San Francisco. I've driven from Cheltenham to Oban. How much further could it be ??? ;¬) (2880 miles according to the Google Earth route planner.)
Nothing decided yet but there's plenty of food for thought.
I'll update here when we know where we'll be going, and probably have more questions too.
Having said that, the DC area is great for the kind of "official America" stuff. The Northeast and Southwest have unbelievable, and completely different, natural scenery. New York and L.A. are kind of the canonical urban metropoli.
Also Yellowstone is one of those places you have to go before you die. Its a little far though, but you won't be sorry. when i went a few years ago i remember getting to a point each day when i couldn't look at one more beautiful thing.


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What properties does a distribution (in the generalized function sense) has to have in order to be a function. That is, when is $T(\varphi) = \int f \varphi$ for some $f$?
First of all, $T$ must have order zero, i.e., $|T(\varphi)|\le C(K)\sup|\varphi|$ for any test function $\varphi$ supported on a compact set $K$. By Riesz representation theorem, $T$ is a measure. To be a locally integrable function, it must be absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure. One way to express this condition: $C(K)\to 0$ as the Lebesgue measure of $K$ tends to zero, which $K$ staying within a fixed compact set.
I haven't thought about this carefully enough, but it seems that there is some ambiguity in your question about what the integral $\int f\varphi$ is supposed to mean. As Ryan and Leonid have said: if you want the representing function $f$ to be locally integrable then the Radon-Nikodym theorem is what you need.
On the other hand, if you allow principal-value integrals (which is probably not what you want, I'm guessing, but I wasn't sure from your question) then I think
$$ \varphi \mapsto \int_{\rm p.v.} \frac{\varphi(t)}{t}\ dt $$
would be a tempered distribution that is in some sense `represented by a function', even though the function is not everywhere locally integrable.
Assuming that the question is to be understood in the sense of when a distribution is represented by a locally integrable function, here is a characterisation which is perhaps more applicable than the solution already given: for each compact $K$ and each sequence $(\phi_n)$ of test functions with support in $K$ which are uniformly bounded and converge in the $L^1$-norm to zero, $T(\phi_n) \to 0$. This is because there is a nice, complete topology on $L^\infty(K)$ for which the test functions are dense, the dual is $L^1$ and the convergence is as above. There are several explicit descriptions of this topology---as a strict topoogy, as a mixed topology or as the Mackey topology for the duality $(L^\infty,L^1)$ (see the book "Saks Spaces and Applications to Functional Analysis").


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Can anybody provide a single word for labelling someone a disbeliever in a particular religion despite them adhering to that religion?
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A single word for labelling someone a disbeliever in a particular religion despite them adhering to it
If I understand the question correctly I would use the word "nominal" e.g. a nominal christian. From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal 1.being such in name only
I think the best word would be heretic. A heretic claims to be a believer, but either professes ideas contrary to the official religious doctrine or rejects ideas included in that doctrine.
During the Reformation (and in some contemporary circles, for that matter) a Catholic would have called a Protestant a 'heretic', though the Protestant would have called him/herself a Christian.
The judgment is ultimately subjective.
Though hypocrite is the probable expected one-word answer, there is another concept which fits the description. Throughout history there have been many instances where an invading or ruling class forces a group of people to convert to the main religion (at least in the west this has occurred in many directions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims). In English such a person is called a:
Many convert altogether, but some, despite outwardly keeping the converted practices, maintain hidden privately the religious practices and beliefs of preconversion religion (and this can be for generations).
There are a number of specific terms for a Jew who was forced to convert but maintained practices and/or beliefs in private (and descendants who maintain them too). The accepted term in English is the borrowing from Hebrew:
I think the normal word is 'hypocrite'.
I don't know about other belief systems, but Christians commonly refer to this as in name -- as in somebody is a Christian in name if they label themselves as Christians but don't actually believe in its tenants or live by them. It is also common to use expressions like cultural Christian for those who let themselves wear the label but don't actually know or believe in the teachings.
In spite of the dictionary definition being so similar, the term nominal tends to have a different shade of meaning than saying in name. A nominal Christian, for example, would imply a shade stronger adherence to the beliefs, but would be somebody who doesn't take them very seriously.
If the disbelief you mention is more active than passive, you could call them doubters or dissenters. It's possible to belief something and yet doubt aspects of it, in which case it's acceptable to be labeled like this. However at some point, if the doubting or dissenting becomes the defining feature, stronger descriptors such as hypocrite start becoming appropriate. Somebody who actively disbelieves rather than just questions and yet still labels themselves as Christian eventually stops having the right to use that label at all. If you keep down this path of holding dissenting views and yet claiming those views belong to the whole, eventually you become a heretic. Note that it's somebody who does not claim that their beliefs are Christian at all can't be labeled as a heretic. Heretical teachings give false doctrines under a wrong label.
Wikipedia's article on atheism and religion lists a term Humanistic Judaism where
It would fit a specific type of disbeliever - so it might be completely inappropriate. Also, it seems to be a common term only for Judaism.
You should define what kind of adhering and for what purpose is going on for the term you seek.
Is it possible to adhere to a religion and not believe it? Usually belief is one of the requirements of most religions.
Anyway: I'm a Christian and when my Christian friends don't go to church I say they're a "heathen" or a "backslider"
Or for add emphasis you could say a "heathen backslider"
You could also say "non-practicing" as in "I'm a non-practicing Catholic"
Such a person would have been called "sanctimonious":
Putting that into noun form, he could be:
Try agnostic. Or perhaps agnostic theist.
EDIT: Unfaithful seems to work.
'The early Catholics excommunicated the Protestants.'


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Andy_Hodapp,It must be exciting to have the opportunity. I rarely see an eagle and then only golden. Bet you were wishing you had a longer lens or could get closer!Jack
Andy_Hodapp, so majestic even though it's small! Bet you're following AlanF's evaluation on the Tammy. If I didn't have my 300 X2 I have no doubt that's what I'd get.I'm still stuck on my deck resorting to bribry.6D 300 X1.4 1600th F16 ISO 1250Jack
CarlTN, I was a lot closer than 20'! Remember my friends the chickadees love me so they pose.Actually Downy was pretty cooperative too. Sure would like some variety. Today Sammy Jay and Maggie Magpie showed up - for 1/10 second! They don't like me for sure.6D 300 X1.4 3200th F6.3 ISO 400Jack
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It's not every day that U.S. college students have to fully imagine themselves as citizens of another nation—say, Pakistan, for example. But that's exactly how one Denison political science class spent part of their Thanksgiving break.
Sophia Chen '11 (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Matthew Coglianese '11 (East Islip, N.Y.) are two of the students who participated in the 21st Annual American Model United Nations (A.M.U.N.) International Conference in Chicago, Nov. 20-23. And it wasn't your typical attend-a-meeting-then-eat-lunch sort of symposium. This was a "simulation," so they had to practically become the subjects of their research.
As members of the Historical Security Council, for example, Chen and Coglianese spent a whole day negotiating hot button topics from the year 1993. They were just looking forward to some well deserved relaxation when a swelling crisis in Bosnia demanded an emergency meeting. So Chen and Coglianese brokered solutions until sunrise, which helped them to snag Best Delegate awards. (They were also able to sleep in the next day.)
Emergency midnight meetings are just part of the package at the A.M.U.N. annual simulation. Members of Assistant Professor of Political Science Katy Crossley-Frolick's United Nations/World Problems class represented the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the conference. Mirroring the actual U.N., the students hashed out global issues, discussing everything from nuclear power to post-conflict peace building–and all from the viewpoint of their assigned country.
"Sometimes I'd get worked up over a resolution, and I had to remind myself this wasn't the real United Nations and lives didn't actually hinge on my decision," said Coglianese.
To gear up for the event, Crossley-Frolick's students spent the fall semester compiling research binders that were pertinent to actual U.N. development goals, and they poured over topics relevant to their assigned committees. Students also participated in a weekly lab, where they practiced negotiation strategies.
Erin Saul '11, (Cincinnati, Ohio), who won an award at the conference last year, returned as a teacher's assistant and as head delegate to assist the new batch of blossoming diplomats. She recognized what might seem like a disconnect between research and practice–between compiling information and actually exercising strategies. But, she said, "the binders don't just get shoved away. They actually apply."
The hours of research paid off. Crossley-Frolick said the students "ran the table" in each of their committees. Their preparation, she noted, allowed the students to build coalitions and to urge along their resolutions, despite representing a smaller country.
After the conference, the students returned to class with an intimate attachment to the topics they had researched. Mary Schaefer '13 (Northbrook, Ill.) recently parlayed her work on Pakistan's position in the economic crisis into a class debate.
"Researching topics in such depth during the semester caused me to be really invested in the class," explained Schaefer.
And many of the global issues addressed during the conference trickled down to students on a personal level. The simulation reinforced the desire of Malick Guisse '13 (Cincinnati, Ohio) to help alleviate poverty in his home country of Senegal.
"I want to be among the people who will have an impact on the world," he said.
Meanwhile, the Denison-Model UN connection continues. Next year, our team represents Spain.


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A new article published on the front page of otn/java, by Yogesh Tewari and Rajesh Kawad, of Infosys Limited Labs in Bangalore, India, titled "Real-Time Topic Modeling of Microblogs," explores "the challenge of real-time extraction of topics from a continuous stream of incoming microblogs or tweets that are particular to an application" that they created. From a simple tweet text, the application is designed to accurately suggest relevant topics discussed in the tweet, and provide real-time timelines of topics generated from the tweet streams.
They explain that this is no simple tasks since a tweet, "considered as a text corpus, contains only 140 characters and second, given their brevity, tweets may not provide useful information and may contain different forms of text such as 'smileys' and short-form URLs. Finally, tweets are generated in real time."
Yogesh and Rajesh apply LDA (latent Dirichlet allocation) to topic model tweets and make use of the Machine Learning for Language Toolkit (MALLET) API as the implementation for LDA – all performed in a Java environment. The LDA implementation is in turn encapsulated within the MALLET API, which here functions as a command line–based Java tool.
As they state: "Our targets are the actual Java classes that perform the LDA logic whose methods we invoke with required input in real-time. Storm is our choice of a free and open source distributed real time computation engine implemented in Java and running in a distributed mode. Storm is highly scalable and easily capable of handling incoming tweet streams. We use Twitter4J to stream tweets, which require valid Twitter authentication. So our task is to design a topology that will consume tweet streams and output a timeline of topics."
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Ext.ComponentQuery.query() not working
Hi all,
Followed the documentation for the class and I tried to use this method to lookup a bunch of checkboxes ... Ext.ComponentQuery.query('#container .checkboxfield') .. fails on line 5935 within debug-w-comments file. -
// no root, use all Components in the document
if (!root) {
workingItems = Ext.ComponentMgr.all.items.slice();
Error - Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'slice' of undefined
I reverted to a different way of calling (specifying the root) to avoid executing the above codepath.
Seems like this is a bug? What am I doing wrong?
3 Feb 2011 5:21 PM #2
I got the same behavior. It does appear to be a bug. Ext.ComponentMgr is storing the reference to managed components inside map, not inside a MixedCollection. Therefore, the property items of all does not exist.
9 Jul 2011 4:49 PM #3
I submitted a bug against this. Thanks for reporting it.
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Was this solved? I get the exact same error a year later in some ST1 code. Also is there a public bug tracker?
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21 Jun 2012 12:09 AM #1
How to resize components (Rectangle for a case) ?
I am just newbie to ExtJs, i want to know how to resize a rectangle by pulling its side by mouse pointer. I have tried something like this :
var drawComponent = Ext.create('Ext.draw.Component', {
viewBox: false,
renderTo: Ext.getBody(),
resizable: {
dynamic: true,
handles: 'all',
layout: 'fit',
widthIncrement: 20,
minHeight: 50,
preserveRatio: true
items: [{
type: 'rect',
fill: '#ffc',
x: 100,
y: 100,
anchor: '100%',
width: 200,
height: 200,
id: 'circle',
draggble: true
But its not woking, its only rezise the outside container that contains rectangle but NOT the actual rectangle.Please help me for the same, Thanks in advance
21 Jun 2012 3:31 AM #2
put your draw container into window
Hi Sencha_user,
Put your draw container into panel or window and add config viewBox : true ( bydefault it is true) at draw container for example..
Code:Ext.onReady(function(){ var drawComponent = Ext.create('Ext.draw.Component', { viewBox: true, resizable: true, items: [{ type: 'rect', fill: '#ffc', x: 100, y: 100, anchor: '100%', width: 200, height: 200, id: 'circle', draggble: true}] }); Ext.create('Ext.panel.Panel', { layout: 'fit', resizable:true, renderTo: Ext.getBody(), width: 200, height: 200, items: [drawComponent] }).show(); });
21 Jun 2012 4:34 AM #3
Hi Sword,
Thanks buddy its woking.
You have solved my problem.
21 Jun 2012 4:48 AM #4
Hey Sword,
For a case if it is circle then how can we acheive it as panel or window are rectangular and it seems to be a circle in an a box.But i just want to resize just circle and as UI ,I want it will be containing circle only and on pulling the the edges of circle it will expand or shrink.
Sorry if I am asking something silly, its just the curiosity. Thanks buddy
21 Jun 2012 5:16 AM #5
The Draw Component is a surface in which sprites can be rendered, draw component have resizable config so you can resize the draw component. you didn't resize sprite because it don't have resizable config.
Idea is put sprite into container and it's automatically resize according container width/height.
21 Jun 2012 10:27 PM #6
Ok, like if we want our circle or rectangle to be draggable then we need to just put them in container and set the config of container as draggble to true. Am i right? It will automaticaly adapt the property as according to container in that case?


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Given two quadrics in $RP^3$ of the following form
$q_1(Z_1^2+Z_2^2)+q_2(Z_1Z_3-Z_2Z_4)+q_3(Z_2Z_3+Z_1Z_4) +q_4(Z_1Z_3+Z_2Z_4)$ $+ q_5(Z_2Z_3-Z_1Z_4)+q_6Z_3Z_4 +q_7(Z_3^2-Z_4^2)+q_{8}(Z_3^2+Z_4^2)=0,$
where coefficients $q_1=0, q_2 = 2a_0l_1, q_3 = 2a_0l_2, q_4 = 0, q_5 = 0, q_6 = -2a_1l_2+2a_2l_1, q_7=-a_1l_1-a_2l_2, q_8 = a_0l_3$, and $a_i, l_i$ are known for the two quadrics, how do I find the degree of the intersection curve of the two quadrics? Bezout theorem tells us that the maximum degree would be 4, but in this case, I am told that it is 3. How?
A more general question would be: is there an analytical method to find the degree of an intersection curve of any two given quadrics not necessarily in the above form?


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COPPERAS COVE (September 28, 2012)-The city of Copperas Cove General Administration Offices will be moving to two new locations beginning Monday.
The city manager's office, human resources department, and information systems department will be relocated to 207 South 3rd Street.
The building and development department has moved to the public works facility, located at 1601 North 1st Street.
The finance department and city secretary's office will be relocated to 221 West Avenue D.
City Council meetings will continue to be held at city hall, located at 507 South Main Street.
Reminders for all city council meetings will be posted at 207 South 3rd Street.
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I have just updated my MacBook to Mountain Lion. Since then, my MAMP installation does not work properly so I decided to use the build httpd/php stuff. For this, I have additionally installed a new mysql server (following this tutorial). Everything runs very well. Now my question is, how to use my old databases in my new server? I tried to create a new database which creates a folder "databasename". Into this folder I moved all the .frm files, corrected rights and owner and started mysql, but unfortunately, phpmyadmin does not recognize the tables... did I something wrong? Alternatively, I would just set the data directory of the new mysql server to my old directory, but I cannot find the my.cnf file :-( Where is it stored?
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The best thing to do is to export the databases from the MAMP server and import them to your new database server.
Here's a guide with MySQL dump and restore: http://www.patrickpatoray.com/?Page=30


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I've found two mentions on Wikipedia that Elliptic Curve Menezes–Qu–Vanstone (ECMVQ) was dropped from NSA's Suite B however they seem to imply different reasons. One mention is preceded by talk of how some Elliptic Curve algorithms are covered by patents which suggests this is why is was dropped however the other mention is preceded by talk of weaknesses in MQV which suggests to me that this is why it might have been dropped. Some brief Googling couldn't reveal any other sources for it being dropped or why it happened.
So is it known why ECMQV was dropped from Suite B?


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Basic care for all needed
March 16, 2014
To the editor: If you don't like Obamacare, remember it was the hospitals, doctors and insurance industry that brought it about....
Thanks Mr. Buck. I think the ACA is a step in the right direction. More work is needed. Let's vote in a congress that will work together for the greater good.
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Mr. Buck I have to ask you, do you have a job? Pay taxes? If you do neither, you should not have a say in the matter. The lack of knowledge of how the economy, and supply and demand works is exactly what leads to this flawed line of thinking. Say we all have a national healthcare system. The worthless slobs that never contribute have the same level of care as a man that spends 60 hours a week underground in a coal mine. That is batcrap crazy!!! Where is the incentive to go to medical school? Say you had your way, think ER waiting times are bad now? LOL! Wait until all the slobs realize that they can just say they have back pain and get their opiates for free.
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bKnees, you are just lost out in space somewhere. The only way our healthcare system will ever get better is if our government gets out of our healthcare system.
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a broken web site that cost hundreds of millions of dollars with virtually no security for enrollees
inability to account for how many folks actually paid
MILLIONS of people losing their health insurance and barely a few million signed up (NOT the tens of millions the Dems claimed were "desperate" for health insurance)
cancer patients being denied their treatments
folks losing their previous health insurance, that our president promised would NOT happen, over and over
folks losing their doctors, that our president promised would NOT happen, over and over
tax dollars spent for ads to get young, healthy folks to enroll, instead of the needy that we were told ObamaCare was meant for (how many old, sick people do you see in the HealthCare.gov ads?)
Instead of saving $2,500 per family per year, that our president promised, we see increases of thousands of dollars a year for our health care
bknees, The "Affordable" Health Care is certainly NOT the answer.
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The Affordable Care Act has moved this country in the right direction. My healthcare overall costs are now less then they use to be. Yes, I work and have insurance through my employer. The preventative care provisions, carry your kids till 26, and unlimited lifetime coverage are wonderful. I thank President Obama for the ACA.
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Our president promised no loss of our medical plan, no loss of our doctor, $2,500 less in medical insurance costs, no penalty for pre-existing conditions.
Who would have imagined you would be the lucky one?
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Tomsays, in most countries, "kids" become adults when they turn 18. Here they are considered kids until age 26, then they move into the basement until 40 when they seek employment at McDonalds. I never thought I'd see such a dismal outlook for my country. Thanks Obama, your love for the poor has created more poor people than any president since the great depression.
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One Third of Uninsured Won't Sign Up for Obamacare finance.yahoo(dot)com/news/one-third-uninsured-won-t-101500681.html
As the White House scrambles to get people signed up for health insurance before the March 31 deadline, many uninsured Americans say they are still planning to take their chances and remain without coverage.
But, but, the Dems told us tens of millions were desperaste for health insurance.
bknees, tomsys, can you explain?
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Today's Headlines (for those who don't watch Fox News or read Drudge Report):
Obamacare leaves man owing $407,000 in doctor bills...
Pastor With Cancer: 'No Compassion in Affordable Care Act'...
Sigh: No, Obamacare Hasn't Reached 'Five Million Enrollments'
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Recent Headlines (for those who don't watch Fox News):
REPORT: Obamacare premiums about to skyrocket...
Premiums rising faster than 8 years before Obamacare -- Combined!
FDA prevents 6-year-old boy from getting life-saving treatments...
Rule change lets insurance companies keep more profits, pay less for care...
Concerns about access to cancer centers under health law...
ABC's 'NIGHTLINE' Skipped ObamaCare for 123 Days...
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Obama just said that minimum wage is the same as it was back when Ronald Regan was president. LOL!!! The negus in chief is more stupid than I could ever imagine. Min wage was $4.75 back in the 90's when I got my first job. It is $7.50+ now. How is that the same. OBAMA= one big a*s mistake America.
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Today's Obamacare News:
Woman Stuck Paying for 2 Healthcare Plans After She Can't Disenroll From Obamacare...
Biden Admits Obamacare to Fall Short By 1 or 2 Million ...
Biden to Hold 'Off the Record' Obamacare Conference ... (the most transparent administration my behind!)
Pelosi: Stop calling it ObamaCare. It's the Affordable Care Act. Affordable, affordable, affordable. (Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.)
It's come to this: Lefty groups now offering young people cash prizes to enroll in Obamacare
New glitch on ObamaCare site providing faulty info about cost
Leading medical group says obscure ObamaCare rule could hurt doctors
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The shortages underscore California's relative isolation from the rest of the nation in terms of energy. The state is the largest fuel market in the nation, but its strict production rules make importing gasoline from other areas difficult; and there are no fuel pipelines connecting it to markets across the Rocky Mountains.
By JIM CARLTON and ERICA ORDEN
SAN FRANCISCO -- Experts predict California's skyrocketing
gasoline prices will start easing in the next few days, after
an idled refinery resumed production and Gov.
Jerry Brown ordered refineries be allowed to make winter-blend
gasoline earlier than usual.
Even so, some are questioning whether the price surge was a
result of market manipulation, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein has
called for a government investigation into the matter.
The call came as California gas prices have jumped 50
cents/gal over the past week to a statewide average of
$4.67/gal for regular unleaded gasoline Monday. That compares
with $4.17/gal a week ago and $3.89 nationally, according to
estimates by AAA, the national automobile club.
The increase was largely the result of oil-supply problems
caused by ExxonMobils big refinery in Torrance, Calif., losing
power and going out of service, which compounded disruptions
from an Aug. 6 fire at a Chevron Corp. refinery in Richmond,
Calif., said Trilby Lundberg, president of the Lundberg Survey,
which tracks gasoline prices nationwide.
ExxonMobil said it had fully restored production in Torrance
as of Friday, but production still hasn't been fully restored
at the Chevron refinery in Richmond. Both refineries produce a
special formulation of gasoline that meets California's
stringent air-quality standards.
Ms. Lundberg predicted gasoline prices would start easing in
California over the next several days, due to the refinery going back on line.
In addition, Mr. Brown called Sunday for production of the
winter-blend gas that is used when ozone-causing smog isn't
such a problem. Winter gasoline usually isn't released until
after Oct. 31.
The shortages underscore California's relative isolation
from the rest of the nation in terms of energy. The state is
the largest fuel market in the nation, but its strict
production rules make importing gasoline from other areas
difficult; and there are no fuel pipelines connecting it to
markets across the Rocky Mountains.
Also, because its 14 refineries are operating near the
limits of their capacity, disruptions can quickly cause
Other refineries outside California, including along the
Gulf Coast, could make the cleaner-burning blend of gasoline
that the state requires in a critical shortage, provided a
worthwhile price, said Ms. Lundberg.
They would have to be incentivized to spend more to
make our formula and ship it here, she said.
Despite the state's known production limits and their effect
on prices, an outcry over the increase erupted over the
weekend. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission Sunday,
Ms. Feinstein, a Democrat, said California motorists are facing
the highest gas prices and longest commutes in the country and
that a probe is needed to make sure the price hikes are
California's consumers are all too familiar with
energy price spikes, which cannot be explained by market
fundamentals, and which turn out years later to have been the
result of malicious and manipulative trading activity,
Ms. Feinstein said in her letter to FTC chairman Jon
In a statement, Mr. Leibowitz said, We do not confirm
investigations, but we do have enormous respect for Sen.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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The 5 Ballsiest Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games
If you're reading this, the odds are good that you 1) hate your job and 2) can't really do much about it. But if you, say, were working on a project that would be seen by millions of people, then you could get creative about expressing your displeasure. We recently pointed out comic book artists who hid "screw you" Easter Eggs in their work, but really, nobody does this better than video game programmers.
#5. Skyrim Tributes Minecraft Creator (While the Company Sues Him)
Even if you don't give a shit about video games, you're probably aware that two of the most popular games of the past year were Skyrim and Minecraft, because anyone who plays either of them won't shut up about it. And while these two games are at the exact opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to graphics, they do have some things in common, like fantasy-inspired open-ended game play, gigantic interactive worlds and rabid fan bases prone to spewing out nonsensical memes on your Facebook feed (also an awesome lawyer-aggravating Easter egg, but we'll get to that in a moment).
After we finish methodically setting fire to teenagers.
But there is a less friendly connection between the games: Bethesda Softworks (Skyrim's publisher) is now suing Minecraft's creator over the name of his next game. Why? Because the game is called Scrolls, and they claim people could confuse it with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (even though it's mostly known as just Skyrim).
Whereas Minecraft is best known as "Where the hell did my week go?"
When Minecraft's creator Markus "Notch" Persson first heard from Bethesda's lawyers in August 2011, he offered to add a subtitle to his game or even flat-out drop the trademark, but Bethesda refused the offer and went on with the lawsuit anyway. Notch then proposed to settle the matter by playing a Quake 3 deathmatch (a Bethesda game -- an obvious show of good faith), but the other side didn't even acknowledge the offer. Clearly, Bethesda's lawyers weren't in a very friendly mood.
"And then we're going after The Legend of Zelda, for using the letters 'THE' and 'ELD'."
However, the part of Bethesda that actually makes the games feels differently ... and apparently went so far as to include a righteous dig at their own corporate legal department in Skyrim. At the top of a mountain called the Throat of the World, players can find something called the Notched Pickaxe, a pretty transparent reference to both the creator of Minecraft and the primary tool you use in the game. While the lawyers were doing everything possible to distance the games, the programmers actually brought them closer together.
If you turn it upside-down, it kinda looks like a middle finger, too.
It turns out that Skyrim's creator Todd Howard is still chums with Notch, who acknowledged the shout-out, tweeting: "Adding the Toddhowared Pickaxe to Minecraft." It seems that not even corporate law shenanigans can keep a good game-design bromance down.
#4. Dreamcast Programmer Includes Instructions for Pirates
In 1999, Sega launched their ill-fated Dreamcast console, the last one they'd ever make. The system had a number of problems that doomed it, one being that the games were extremely easy to pirate -- anything Sega put out would be posted online within days, and one hacker group, called Echelon, was behind the majority of it.
Until one day, Sega just stopped caring.
This all culminated with Sega Smash Pack: Volume 1, a rerelease of several classic Sega Genesis games that happened to come out on January 31, 2001 -- the same day Sega announced they were discontinuing the Dreamcast. Echelon didn't just pirate Sega Smash Pack -- they actually found a way to modify it so that it could be used to play pretty much every Sega Genesis game ever on the Dreamcast.
That's seven whole non-Sonic games.
They didn't crack one game. They effectively cracked hundreds at the same time, a feat for which they bizarrely gave thanks to one "Uncle Sonic." How is this even possible? Well, they had help. From the inside.
Years later, two gamers were going through some old Sega games when they noticed something odd: a file on the disc for Sega Smash Pack titled "ECHELON.TXT." Upon opening it, they found instructions intended for Echelon pirates explaining exactly how to use the game's files to play any Genesis game on the Dreamcast. The functionality was programmed in from the start, and someone at Sega had let Echelon know all about it ... as if they knew that no new games would be made for the console and wanted to give fans something to do.
Turns out that to win a console war, your secret messages have to be written on the hardware in blood.
The text file even asked the pirates to "pay your respects to Uncle Sonic" and was signed "Gary." Incidentally, the lead American programmer for Sega Smash Pack was named Gary Lake, and this was his last game at Sega, for some reason. Obviously, after this came to light, Lake was never hired in the industry again -- nah, just kidding, he's now the director of technology at Capcom.
#3. Educational Game Curses at Impatient Kids
Secret Writer's Society is an educational game that uses jaunty songs and videos to teach kids things like capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure -- it's like a digital schoolteacher, right down to the part where it occasionally loses its shit and yells curse words at the kids.
We're actually members of the Secret Writer's Society ... and yeah, it's mainly about teaching naughty words to kids.
You see, the game includes a text-to-voice tool that encourages kids to write down sentences and then reads them back to the players. If you type more than four lines, though, and click the text box twice instead of once, it spices up the message by prefacing it with random curse words like "cock," "asshole" or "masturbation."
The company that published it, Panasonic Interactive Media, blamed the game's Tourette's syndrome on a programming bug -- they said it was an error in the word filter, a list of curse words they compiled and banned from the game to prevent kids from actually having fun with it, which they then ... recorded and included in the disc anyway?
"Our marketing team is insisting we make our game accessible to the 8- to 12-year-old pimp demographic."
Here's a more likely explanation: RTMark.com, an activist collective who trolled big companies before Anonymous was a thing, released a statement saying they paid $1,000 to a programmer at Panasonic who was willing include this Easter egg to teach neglectful parents a lesson. The anonymous programmer claims he "wanted to wake parents up to reality -- here's what happens if you hand your responsibility to some machine," adding that "letting a third-rate piece of software take over for you is wrong."
"Teaching kids to say 'fellatio' is OK, though, because it's hilarious."
While he makes a pretty good point, what about all the children whose fragile psyches he permanently damaged when this game came out in 1998? You can probably find them populating YouTube's comments section today.


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I was watching a song video lesson earlier today and it mentioned that the guitar should be tuned to concert pitch. What does that mean? Is it different from the normal EADGBE tuning?
"Concert pitch" comes from how symphonies have learned to deal with tuning various instruments to a common pitch over the years. According to the ISO it's 440 Hertz, which is in the A above middle C range, but, over the years it's been as low as 415, and, even after standardization, is still considered to be in the 430 range in some symphonies. And, according the the linked Wikipedia article, some Baroque ensembles are using A-415 again. So much for standards.
So, it comes from classical music, but for those of us not playing classical it has some useful considerations.
Think in terms of tuning an individual instrument without the aide of a tuner, and then that instrument in relation to another, again without a tuner:
Using an agreed-upon reference pitch AKA "Concert Pitch", such as A-440, lets you tune separately then be in pitch together later. Again, 440 is not a magic number, it's only an agreed-up value and you, and your fellow musicians are free to use something else.
I have several standalone tuners, plus tuners in one amp, and another in my Pod X3, plus one in GarageBand on my Mac. They all allow me to adjust what they should use as their reference pitch, so, once you've shared the reference value it should be no problem for everyone to adjust their particular tuner, so no excuses. :-)
For most of us playing guitar in a band, A-440 is perfectly good. Some bands like to be tuned 1/2 step or a whole step down though. Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughn are two I heard that liked being down 1/2 step. Rather than everyone in the band learn the songs in E-flat or A-flat, they'd tune down and play normally; It's a bit of musical sleight-of-hand that really throws other guitarists off periodically.
Tuning down (or up) can be done either by adjusting the reference frequency, or by leaving it at A-440 then using the tuner's display to track when you're at 1/2 step or 1 step from the reference. Either works, it's really what works for you. It's those less-than-half steps (microtones) that can be a problem and that force adjusting the reference.
Concert pitch basically means that the note A above middle C on a piano (which is the same as A on the 5th fret of the first string of a guitar) shall have a frequency of 440 hertz (Hz). So, tuning to concert pitch means that the entire guitar shall be tuned relative to an A with a frequency of 440 hertz. There are other tunings that utilize different bases for A above middle C (a.k.a. sweetened tunings--see the Peterson Strobostomp page for more information on this) and if you'll notice most tuners like the Strobostomp or the Turbo Tuner allow you to set the base frequency you will be tuning to.


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9 Jun 2010 10:39 AM #1
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9 Jun 2010 1:35 PM #2
Generally, Apple does not. The most common way is to size things such that half of an item in a list is show. For example, in the iPhone settings app, you can see a partial item shown at the bottom. They don't have scrollbars as an indicator without first touching, and they never have more toolbar buttons than can be shown at once. Content scrolls, not the chrome.--- Illuminations: ExtJS in Firebug --------- sroussey.com --------- twitter.com/sroussey
9 Jun 2010 6:32 PM #3
Yeah, in general I think you should make sure you dont have more buttons in your toolbar then you can see. We enabled scrolling on those toolbars just to make the example work on both the phone and the iPad.
15 Jun 2010 10:56 AM #4
How does one enable the scrolling for the toolbar if it has more buttons than are visible?
I would personally like to see the "more" icon as an option, or some other indicator that there are more buttons if you swipe/scroll.
15 Jun 2010 11:14 AM #5
oh i think i figured it out:
var tabPanel = new Ext.TabPanel({
tabBar: {
scroll: 'horizontal'
however, I still feel that users will not know to scroll if there are more items, it needs some visual indicator that there are more...
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