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5 Scientific Ways to Trick Yourself into Being a Good Person
One of our favorite subjects is how your brain tricks you into acting like a dick and other destructive habits. Well, we don't want to always be negative here. Are there ways you can trick yourself for the better? Sure. For instance ...
#5. Signing Your Name at the Top Makes You More Honest
If someone handed you a form and told you to sign it, without specifying where, you'd probably do it on the bottom -- that's been the convention for hundreds of years, so you'd have to be some sort of jackass to mess things up by signing at the top of the page, right? Well, that might be so, but it turns out that signing at the top also predisposes you to become a more ethical person.
"Shit. I guess I won't kill those guys."
Yep, it turns out that whether you lie or not can be influenced by something as mundane as the placement of your signature, and it may sound bizarre, but there's a perfectly rational explanation for it.
In one study, researchers gave participants two different forms. On one form, they had to answer a math test, and the higher their score, the more money they'd be given. For the second form, they had to file claims for reimbursement of certain expenses. But here's the thing: Both forms were completely self-reported, so they could put down whatever they wanted.
Which is why half the participants claimed their name was "Speed McSexhaver."
On some forms, the signature was required at the top, and on others, it was asked for at the bottom. And what do you know: On average, people who were made to sign their names at the top reported lower math scores and also filed for fewer reimbursements. Unless those people just happened to be dumber and more forgetful, this means that signing at the top makes you more honest.
But why would that happen? This is actually the result of a psychological phenomenon called the signature effect -- when we write down our names, we are subconsciously reminded of who we are and what we aspire to be. And whether you believe it or not, most people aspire to be good, and good guys don't generally lie.
"Unless it's about condoms -- then it's time for the candy wrapper gambit."
So when we write our signatures before we are forced to decide if we'll lie or not, we're subconsciously throttling that tiny devil inside of us that makes us do bad things. On the other hand, when we write it at the bottom after filling out the form, the effect is made redundant, since we've already lied our asses off.
#4. Text Messaging Makes You Less Likely to Lie
The digital era introduced a plethora of new ways for people to behave like douchebags -- for example, breaking up with someone over text message wasn't really in the average jerk's playbook 20 years ago. The older you are, the more you probably distrust this whole "texting" fad; movies and shows have taught us to associate sending text messages with gossipy teenagers, cheating spouses, and shady double agents in Martin Scorsese movies.
However, texting isn't as bad as you think: Researchers from the University of Michigan have found that people are less likely to lie through text messages.
"Where's the 'I'll try to make it to your party' emoticon? Oh well, I'll just tell her to eat shit."
Half of the participants in the study were asked questions through text, the other half in person. They had to answer some simple numerical questions, like "How many songs do you have on your iPod?" along with somewhat more embarrassing things like "How many times have you gotten drunk this month?" or, we don't know, "How many episodes of My Little Pony have you wanked to?"
As it turns out, the people who answered through text messages gave more honest answers than the rest -- they admitted to drinking more and engaged less in "satisficing," which is the act of rounding up your answer to a number ending in zero when you can't be bothered to give a specific figure. If you've ever agreed to take a poll and instantly regretted it, then you're definitely guilty of this.
"What answer gets you to shut up? That's the one I'm going with."
Even when the people who responded through text messages were doing other things, like walking down the street or shopping, they still gave more detailed responses than those who answered in person. This happens because when you're in person, you might feel stressed to answer quickly, so it's easier to make yourself lie, but when you're on the phone and whomever you're talking with isn't staring at you and judging you for every moment you delay, you feel more relaxed.
"How often do I smoke crack? At least twice a week."
So whatever that jackass texting in the cinema is talking about, you can take solace in the fact that at least he's being super honest about it.
#3. Washing Your Hands Makes You Less Prejudiced
If you saw your friend shake hands with a member of another race and then immediately run to the bathroom and start furiously scrubbing himself, you'd probably think that person might be just a little bit racist. And if he's the type to have to disinfect his body after interacting with any other people, you probably see him as just terrified of the world in general. It might not be his fault that he's so afraid of microbes, but you would also assume that he is, on some level, intolerant. How else could you describe someone who thinks everyone else is "unclean"?
Well, science says there is a connection ... but it's not what you'd expect.
"Dude, that homeless guy peed on my hands. Stop overanalyzing."
There's an interesting evolutionary link between fear of germs and prejudice, and researchers from Harvard, Yale, and MIT conducted several experiments to learn more about it. At the height of the swine flu scare in 2009, they gathered the subjects and had half of them wash their hands with antimicrobial wipes while the other half left their hands encrusted in whatever filth they carried in with them. Everyone read a note explaining that washing your hands kills germs.
Then the subjects were asked to fill out a form that gauged how they felt about other groups, completely disconnected from the hand-washing part. For instance, they were asked how they felt about the obese, or drug addicts, or immigrants. Strangely, hand washers were less likely to be prejudiced toward others. For the next part of the experiment, they split the group between people who had been vaccinated for the flu and those who hadn't. Once again, the ones protected by the vaccine were more tolerant of people different from them.
"Y'know what? I'm cool with black people now."
The theory goes that back in the days when we were divided into tribes that were fairly isolated from each other, our immunity to each other's diseases wasn't so great (also, medical care at the time consisted of the tribe witch smashing you in the face with the bones of your ancestors until you stopped coughing). Every person from a foreign land would potentially bring enough diseases to wipe out your entire ancient empire, so we developed instincts to avoid people who look different.
Over time, the trait stuck around in our brains like an unwanted, extremely racist house guest. And even though we've consciously forgotten the germ part of the equation, just disinfecting your hands is enough to make you a little more comfortable around people who are different.
"Hand me some Purell. I'm getting nauseous."


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For the first time, AUTrojans.com is counting down Anderson University athletics' 25 most memorable games, matches and meets from the 2013-14 academic year. This season's countdown began on Monday, June 16 and will continue throughout the summer.
Be sure to check AUTrojans.com during the offseason to relive all the highlights of another successful year at Anderson.
Schyberg, Trojans Knock Off Young Harris, 2-1
September 11, 2013
ANDERSON, S.C. – Junior Mattias Schyberg's 102nd minute double overtime golden goal propelled Anderson University men's soccer to a 2-1 victory over Young Harris Wednesday afternoon at Trojan Stadium.
The key region win moves the Trojans to 3-0 on the early season as they have outscored their opponents 13-4 in the trio of matches. The victory also gives AU its first double-overtime victory since the 2011 season when the Trojans knocked off Tusculum on Oct. 15.
"This match is a very good lesson for us," head coach John Murphy said. "I thought in the first two games we were very expansive and created a lot of chances and a lot of goals. We needed a game like this where we needed to tighten up."
Despite the action at the end of the second overtime period, the Trojans opened scoring in the 42nd minute when AU was awarded a free kick within the Young Harris defending zone. Redshirt sophomore Benoit Torres chipped in a pass and nicked the head of freshman Paul von Hinueber to give Anderson the 1-0 lead. For von Hinueber, the goal was his third on the season, as the freshman has now scored a goal in each of the three matches to begin the year.
In what looked to be a Trojan victory, the Mountain Lions got their equalizer off a play similar to AU's opening goal. Off a free kick, Niall McCabe found Paco Craig in the box who headed the ball to an open Illja Ilic who scored on the empty net. The Lion goal came with just 27 seconds left in regulation, as it was Ilic's third goal of the season.
After a first overtime period that saw no goals, Schyberg's winner came off a long pass that scooted past the YHC backline. Schyberg was able to control the long ball, made a 15-yard run and fired the game-winner behind Lion goalkeeper Pedro Ozi. The golden goal was Schyberg's second tally of the season.
"I thought the backline, Stefan Veljovic in particular, was magnificent," Murphy said. "He played like a senior and as good as I have ever seen him."
Goalkeeper Bo Haug earns his second win of the season, making eight saves, while redshirt sophomore Andre Carle led the team in shots with three.
AUTrojans.com's Most Memorable Moments of 2013-14
25. Women's Tennis 6, Carson-Newman 3 – April 11, 2014
24. Setro Finishes Sixth at State Farm Intercollegiate – Oct. 14, 2013
23. Baseball 5, Southern Wesleyan 2 - March 5, 2014
22. Women's Cross Country Finishes 4th at SAC Championships - Oct. 14, 2013
21. Katie Eskew Earns All-Tournament Honors at Patsy Rendleman Invitational – Oct. 15, 2013
20. Men's Tennis 5, Erskine 4 - April 10, 2014
19. Men's Cross Country Finishes Third at SAC Championships – Oct. 26, 2013
18. Women's Soccer 1, Lincoln Memorial 0 – Oct. 19, 2013
17. Freshman Ben Boerma Sets School Record in 5000 meter (Outdoor) – March 21, 2014
16. Jones Drains Game-Winning Shot to Lift Trojans over Carson-Newman – Jan. 29, 2014
15. Men's Soccer 2, Young Harris 1 – Sept. 11, 2013


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As they reach the end of life, people suffering from conditions like Alzheimer's disease [1] (AD) or Parkinson's disease can present special problems for caregivers. People live with these diseases for years, becoming increasingly disabled. Because they do not die soon after they are diagnosed, it can be hard to think of these as terminal diseases. But they do contribute to death.
Illnesses like Alzheimer's disease make it difficult for those who want to provide supportive care at the end of life to know what is needed. Because people with advanced dementia [2] can no longer communicate, they cannot share their concerns. Is Uncle Bert refusing food because he is not hungry or because he's confused? Why does Grandma Ruth seem agitated? Is she in pain and needs medication to relieve it, but can't tell you?
As these conditions progress, they also obstruct efforts to provide emotional or spiritual comfort. How can you let Grandpa know how much his life has meant to you? How do you make peace with your mother if she no longer knows who you are? Someone who has severe memory loss [3] might not take spiritual comfort from sharing family memories or understand when others express what an important part of their life this person has been. Palliative care or hospice can be helpful in many ways to families of people with dementia.
Sensory connections—targeting someone's senses, like hearing, touch, or sight—can bring comfort to people with Alzheimer's disease. Being touched or massaged and listening to music, "white" noise, or sounds from nature seem to soothe some people and lessen their agitation.
When an illness like Alzheimer's disease is first diagnosed, if everyone understands that there is no cure, then plans for the end of life [4] can be made before thinking and speaking abilities fail and people can no longer legally complete documents like advance directives [5]. That didn't happen in Ethel's family. She had been forgetful for years, but even after her family knew that AD was the cause of her forgetfulness, they never talked about what the future would bring. As time passed and the disease eroded Ethel's memory and her ability to think and speak, she became less and less able to share her concerns and desires with those close to her. This made it hard for her daughter Barbara to know what Ethel needed or wanted. Barbara's decisions, therefore, had to be based on what she knew about her mom's values and priorities, rather than on what Ethel actually said she would like.
Quality of life is an important issue when making health care decisions for people with Alzheimer's disease. For example, there are medicines available [6] that might slow the progression of this devastating disease for a short time in some patients, generally early in the illness. However, in more advanced AD, some caregivers might not want these drugs prescribed. They may believe that the quality of life is already so diminished and that the medicine is unlikely to make a difference. If the drug has serious side effects, they are even more likely to decide against it.
End-of-life care decisions are more complicated for caregivers if the dying person has not expressed the kind of end-of-life care he or she would prefer. Someone newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease [7] might not be able to imagine the later stages of the disease. Ethel was like that. She and Barbara never talked about things like feeding tubes, machines that help with breathing, antibiotics for pneumonia, or transfers to the hospital. So when doctors raised some of these questions, Barbara didn't know how to best reflect her mother's wishes. When making care decisions for someone else near the end of life, it is important to consider how a treatment will benefit the person and what the side effects and risks might be. Sometimes you might decide to try the health care team's suggestion for a short time. Other times you might decide that the best choice is to do nothing.
Alzheimer's disease and similar conditions often progress slowly and unpredictably. Experts suggest that signs of the final stage of Alzheimer's disease include some of the following:
Because of their unique experience with what happens at the end of life, hospice and palliative care experts might also be of help identifying when someone in the final stage of Alzheimer's disease is beginning to die.
Caring for people with Alzheimer's [8] disease at home can be demanding and stressful for the family caregiver. Depression [9] is a problem for some family caregivers, as is fatigue, because many feel they are always "on call." More than half of one group of family caregivers reported cutting back on work hours or giving up their jobs because of the demands of caregiving. Most of those family members taking care of dying Alzheimer's disease patients at home expressed relief when death happened—for themselves and for the person who died. It is important to realize such feelings are normal. Hospice—whether used at home or in a facility—gives family caregivers needed support near the end of life, as well as help with their grief, both before and after their family member dies.
You will want to understand how the available medical options presented by the health care team fit into your family's particular needs. You might want to ask questions such as:
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I am unable to connect to internet using my modem. I followed instructions to seek help at http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging and posted on http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2011-October/msg00194.html.
There was an initial response from the mailing list, but now its silent. What should I do in this situation? Do I go ahead and just file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org?
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1. I have chronic nosebleeds. It's nothing serious, and yes my doctor knows about it. It's just wicked annoying. And disgusting. And happens pretty much all winter long.
2. The only long-term solution is to have a vein inside my nose cauterized. WITH FIRE. Or something. Cigarette lighter from a 1978 Honda Civic? I don't know what they use.
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about the seaweed-infused nose tampon.
4. To try to prevent the nosebleeds, I snort saline spray up my nose many times a day. I'm like a cross between someone who's a little too into yoga and a cokehead.
5. At a certain point, the saline nasal spray system fails me, and then I suddenly go from "slightly irritated" to "multiple nosebleeds a day that look like something out of a really cheap horror flick." That magical point was yesterday.
6. There is no good time for a nosebleed to start. Particularly bad times include while trying to get the kids ready for school and while changing someone's Pull-Up.
7. There are two ways to deal with my nosebleeds: lie on the couch for 40 minutes; or jam what is essentially a very special nose tampon into my head. I do not have 40 minutes to lie on the couch.
8. The nose tampons are coated with some kind of seaweed extract. Also, they smell funny.
9. I used my last very special nose tampon yesterday. I went to four damn stores to find more of the stuff, but it's apparently is a rare commodity in Pennsylvania. They sold it everywhere in Texas, so props to you Texas. Cannot freaking find it here.
10. I just had to order my very special nose tampons online. The nose tampon company doesn't offer any kind of expedited shipping. So I'm just screwed for however long it takes for the things to get here.
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GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo has named Anjoo Sikka the new dean of the Ella Cline Shear School of Education, effective Sept. 1.
Sikka comes to Geneseo from the University of Houston-Downtown, where she has served in various academic capacities since 1994, most recently as professor of education in the university's Department of Urban Education. She also served as associate dean in the university's College of Public Service and associate dean for graduate and off-campus programs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Before going to Houston, Sikka taught at Mississippi State University's Meridian Campus and worked on several federally funded research and training projects in the area of blindness and visual impairment.
"When I first stepped onto the Geneseo campus, I was very excited to feel an atmosphere of excellence, and I want everyone to experience that," said Sikka. "My goal is to foster an active, thriving academic and learning community in the School of Education so our students and faculty feel energized and excited about teaching as a profession and a lifelong learning experience."
Sikka received her doctorate in educational psychology from Mississippi State University and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India. Her research has focused on perceptions of effective teaching, self-silencing and depression, and teacher assessment. She has published and presented widely on those topics.
Sikka received the Professional Service Award twice from the University of Houston-Downtown. She is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi educational honor society and Phi Delta Kappa professional association for educators. In addition, she is a founding member of the Association for Psychological Science and a long-standing member of American Educational Research Association.
"I'm delighted to welcome Dr. Sikka to this very important leadership position," said SUNY Geneseo Provost Carol Long. "She brings a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to Geneseo that will benefit both students and faculty members in the School of Education. She has a keen grasp of the issues facing education in this country and innovative ideas to create a more agile system of teacher preparation. I look forward to the contributions she will make on our campus."
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February 14, 2014 - 6:00pm to February 16, 2014 - 2:00pm
WAAF will be at Monster Jam at the DCU Center on February 14th through February 16th. Join us for all four shows and a pit party hosted by Mike Hsu at the Saturday matinee show!
Friday, February 14th - 7:30PM
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6 Geniuses Who Saw Their Inventions Go Terribly Wrong
#3. Mary Phelps Jacob (1892-1970)
The bra.
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"Bra-burning" feminists calling it a symbol of oppression.
In 1910, Mary Phelps Jacob was struggling with her outfit, specifically with the whalebone corset that was showing through her sheer evening gown and out over the neckline. Picture a life jacket under a one-piece bathing suit and you can see just how not hot this must have been.
Displaying oodles of pluck and daring that's even more exciting once we realize she was probably topless at this point, Jacob refused to wear the corset, demanded that her chaperon bring her two handkerchiefs, a needle and some thread, and stitched together what she would call the "backless brassiere." Her friends gathered around her, inquiring excitedly about the new accessory, and soon all the ladies were back in the dressing room, giggling, tearing off their corsets and... oh, wait, that was actually a scene from Naughty Debutantes on Cinemax. Sorry.
In 1914, after years of selling the garments to her circle of friends, Jacob applied for and received the first-ever patent in the newly created category of "brassieres." The way women's boobs dressed changed forever.
Before the Internet, young men relied on the Patent Office for their porn needs.
Considering how incredibly freeing the brassiere she created was in comparison with the corset, Jacob must have been shocked that, by the time of her death in 1970, it was seen by feminists as a symbol of oppression, with a burning bra the classic image of women's liberation protests (and it was just an image, the actual burning of the bras never happened).
1968 Miss America Pageant protest. Shown: bra. Not shown: burning.
Even without the actual flames, the bra itself was socially charged, with the choice of whether to wear one being one of the simplest and most visible ways (well, depending on the temperature) that a woman could display her political views.
Knowing Mary Phelps Jacob (who lived one of the most interesting lives ever) been born 60 years later, there is no doubt that she would have gone braless. Hell, she most likely considered it back in 1910, except that it was probably a capital offense at that point.
#2. Robert Propst (1921-2000)
Revolutionary open-landscape offices.
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The cubicle farm.
While virtually unknown to the general public, designer Robert Propst's ideas have shaped our world, especially our offices. While working for a furniture company in the 1960s, Propst studied the workplace, finding it "tailored around equipment, rather than around the people that use the equipment," and concluding, "today's office is a wasteland. It saps vitality, blocks talent, frustrates accomplishment. It is the daily scene of unfulfilled intentions and failed effort."
Yeah, we know; we can't imagine what that must have been like.
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In 1968, he published The Office: A Facility Based on Change, which we didn't actually read, but it gave us an excuse to take a break and watch the episode where Jim puts all of Dwight's possessions in the vending machine and makes him buy it with nickels.
But Propst's work led to the invention of the "Action Office," a revolutionary open-landscape office system with reconfigurable, low dividers. It incorporated lots of ideas to make your work life more pleasant, including bigger work surfaces and adjustable height desks that would give you the option to work standing up if you felt like it. Offices all over the world started adapting the ideas right away.
Robert Propst was completely aware that a lot of you are thinking, "Wait a minute... that's the asshole who came up with the cubicle?!"
While he regretted the part he played in the modern office's "monolithic insanity," he refused to take the blame for the soul-sapping evolution of his creation. It was a fair point. Whatever utopian workplace Propst had envisioned evolving from the Action Office was soon superseded by the ever-increasing white-collar workforce and companies that liked the idea of building much cheaper modular offices rather than permanent ones.
As more and more workspaces were jammed into offices, each cubicle became smaller and more uniform, and the idea of customization was lost. Voila, the dreaded modern cube farm, or as Propst referred to them, "hellholes" and "barren, rat-hole places."
Yeah, that's almost what a smile looks like.
These days, cubicles are linked to isolation, depression, stress, contagious illnesses and countless photos of your office manager's cats and nephews. However the Dilbert comic strip industry has been thriving ever since.
#1. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)
Dynamite, for mining purposes.
Lived to See:
It used to blow the shit out of many people.
Alfred Nobel came from a family that liked to blow stuff up real good. His father, who had declared bankruptcy the same year Alfred was born, eventually rebuilt his wealth in the early 1850s selling explosive mines to the Russian military (still a great way to raise a few extra bucks, by the way). When the Crimean War ended and the Russian bomb cash stopped coming in, Alfred and his brothers began experimenting with ways to safely manufacture, transport and use the recently discovered explosive nitroglycerin.
"Safely" was the main issue. In 1864, the Nobel family's factory exploded, killing five employees and Alfred's youngest brother. It was this and numerous other deadly accidents that led to Nobel's invention of dynamite, a less dangerous, more easily transported form of nitroglycerin, in 1866.
#594 from the 1865 Topps trading card set "America's Wackiest Nitroglycerin Explosions."
Dynamite, as were all of Nobel's explosive inventions, was meant for industrial purposes such as rock blasting and mine excavation. While he certainly wasn't naïve enough not to be able to imagine their dismembering potential, he believed that it was precisely this capability that might prohibit their violent use. "My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions," he wrote. "As soon as men will find that in one instant whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace."
Sure, we can totally see that.
In the annals of regret, nobody holds a candle to Alfred Nobel, and not just because any flame near him would've ignited a huge freaking explosion. Nobel's regret is celebrated annually like Christmas, and bestowed upon worthy recipients like a laurel wreath.
In 1888, after a couple of decades of armies using dynamite in various ways to blow people into chunks, Alfred's older brother Ludvig died of a heart attack. A French newspaper, having received a jumbled report, printed an obituary of Alfred instead, and not one of those nice, cheerful obituaries.
It featured the headline "The Merchant of Death is Dead," and wrote that "his fortune was amassed finding new ways to mutilate and kill." So distraught by this evidence of how he would be remembered, and probably noticing the lack of the glow that his predicted "golden peace" would have given off, Alfred Nobel bequeathed 94 percent of his fortune to establish the prizes that bear his name, honoring those who "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."
Holy shit, newspapers should write nasty premature obituaries more often. It seems to really make people think.
To find out about some more inventions that were a result of dumb luck, check out5 Accidental Inventions That Changed The World. Or find out about some inventions that are just plain dumb, in The 10 Most Ridiculous Inventions Ever Patented.
And go to Cracked.com's Top Picks to see we reinvented the wheel (read: ass and titties).


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By Newton's Formula: $$(a+b)^n = \sum_{k=0}^n \binom{n}{k} a^{n-k}b^k $$ Proof that every $\dbinom{n}{k}$ is odd if and only if $n=2^r-1$.
I have already shown that if $n$ is of the form $2^r-1$, having used the property $$\binom{n-1}{k} = \binom{n}{k}-\binom{n}{k-1}+ \binom{n}{k-2} - \cdots \pm \binom{n}{0}.$$ But I have not been able to demonstrate "$\Rightarrow$".
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Tonight, December 20, 2010, there will be a full lunar eclipse visible from North America and many other areas. I recall there is a Gemara that says that a lunar eclipse is a bad omen for the Jews as the Jews are compared to the moon. By a rainbow it is mentioned not to show it to others as it is a bad sign due to the fact that Hashem would of destroyed the world. Is there any issur of looking or showing a lunar eclipse to others?
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Rashi in Bereishis, chapter 1, Verse 14 on "והיו לאתת" mentions this issue of a bad omen from the eclipse. He says:
Rashi appears to be clarifying the nature of what "signs" the verse is referring to. He states that the nation of Israel does not have to be concerned with the "bad sign" of an eclipse as the whole world considers it to be a bad sign.
Why does the world consider it to be a "bad sign"? Without wisdom and knowledge man tends to be primitive and superstitious. Primitive man attaches superstitious significance to the celestial bodies. Perhaps when the normative pattern is broken it shakes his sense of security and he anticipates a bad omen.
Why does the nation of Israel not need to be concerned? The nation of Israel when they keep the system of Torah properly operate based on a system of "חכמה", wisdom. Since they are operating based on wisdom they do not need to worry about a fear that comes from a superstitious reality. It will not affect them.
While researching another answer, I came across a comment by R' Yonasan Eibeschutz (in Yaaros Devash), that the Gemara's expression ליקוי חמה isn't referring to eclipses at all, but to sunspots.
(He doesn't seem to say what ליקוי לבנה might mean in this context. But I guess, according to his explanation, that it would also mean some kind of short-term phenomenon that reduces the moon's albedo - though I don't know what that might be.)
There is sicha of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on in his Likutei Sichos Vol. 15 on Bereshis explaining meaning of this Gemara. It does not mean that our influenced it but rather that force of Divine in the world is diminished and therefore it is to be and act as one should... go look it up..
Here's a link to an English translation of this Sicha from the book Mind Over Matter.


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Hmm, and I would call it a half full stadium.
Cowher would be nice. Since Chan was his idea anyways, he kinda owes us.
Ralph's "advisors" try to keep a pulse on the fan base to make sure they will be able to sell tickets. These guys understand how upset Bills fans are and they won't risk keeping Chan here next season to watch all the home games play in front of a half empty stadium.
Mark my words, this organization will do everything it can to land Bill Cowher again. This time is different. Bill's wife has passed away to cancer (God Bless her soul) , and his children are grown up. His reasons to stay in North Carolina aren't there anymore. This roster is also much more talented than it was the previous time when Bill ultimately decided to stay home. The pieces for a winning team are in place and Bill would have the chance to put his mark on the team by drafting a franchise QB.
Brush this off as "fantasy" if you want but this is a very real possibility.
Hmm, and I would call it a half full stadium.
Cowher would be nice. Since Chan was his idea anyways, he kinda owes us.
"I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it."
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Cowher is not coming to the Bills. Ralph will not pay for Chan and Cowher the same year. It is not about the talent, it is about the situation. He is not going to have Nix as his GM. He is not going into a place where future ownership is unknown.
He won't take his friend's job away.
I hate speculation with no merit to it.
This could be said for any team with a coaching vacancy...
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." --- Thomas Jefferson
While this could happen I am pretty sure Cowher's wife had already passed away the last time we were trying to hire him.
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It really isn't.
Sure, they might want Cowher, and sure he might want an NFL job. But not this one. Bank on it.
And as for Ralph's willingness to fire coaches to sell tickets, is that why Jauron got hired for a fourth year over overwhelming fan dissatisfaction about the decision? Ralph doesn't hire and fire coaches to sell tickets. He's made too many decisions on GMs and coaches that were hated by the fan base for anyone to even think that's part of his decision-making process. He hires coaches and GMs he trusts and thinks will win. He hasn't been right in a long time, basically since Polian, but he's at least tried.
also coaches don't want to come to a toxic wasteland. they know if they come here the impatient fans will start running him out of town within a couple seasons.
he really almost came here last time... it was his wife's illness that stopped him
and BTW, he was going to bring Chan as his OC.
Find a way to get Clowney or Mack!
On both sides of the ball there is potential to be great. Heck an AVERAGE or better QB the Bills could be 7-6 and in the playoff hunt. (Titans / Rams)
So lets say the bills have a top 10 pick. Your new Coach _____ Get your QB and a middle linebacker and see what happens.
O line- Check
Running backs- Check
Tightend- Chandler isnt great but not bad
Wide Recievers- good but need help (receivers are easy to find in the draft)
D-line- Check
secondary- Check (bills secondary has gotten better) I am afraid to say this Mckelvin hasnt been bad.
Linebackers- Needs help
special teams- Lindell is old get a new kicker (isnt hard to find one)
Mckelvin - check He has progressed into a good special teamer.
I have been off the EJ is a "franchise QB" bandwagon since week 2 of 2013 season vs Carolina
Yea your right. They do have so much more talent then 3 years ago. Why don't you go look at the scores of the games against playoff teams this year..they have beaten one winning team in 3 years,where do you people come up with this nonsense. LET ME ALSO STATE NO COACH WITH ANY GREAT RÉSUMÉ WILL COME TO BUFFALO UNTIL RALPH IS GONE. THEY WILL NOTCOME HERE,SO STop
Anybody is better than Failey
If they fire chan. And hire chin ill buy 4 season tickets next year instead of 2
lol if they retain chan ill laugh so hard to whoever attends the bills games next season
i dont see it. the bills will hire some bum for cheap.
We have looked like crap since fitz signed his contract. I am so tired of thier ridiculos press conferences ??
Chan Gailey, fitzpatrick are from the same dam farm. We are doomed with this pair including wannebe wanstandt.
Please Ralph Wilson, will you bring in some pride of ownership back to this once great team !!
My pop warner football team does not want to be named the little bills any longer, my kids are embarrased of the way this team
has given up !! I do believe we have talent on this team, but the loser's in control are destroying all the guy's
You Senior members bring up the same topics week in and week out, Who cares Bill Cowher won half as many super bowls as Mike Tomlin and the same amount as the Ravens Offensive Coordinator! big deal we need a complete overhaul of the organization from Russ Brandon down, these guys are losers to the bone. Ralph and the big guys need to spike the fans support and shake these guys up, Cut Fitz now! Bench Graham, start Tavaris Jackson, fire Wandstedt, let the fans know you care!! These guys quit at home (tor) again 4 games 40+ points against 2 50+ and no statement moves?


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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General has elected Sandy Cochran, president and CEO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, to its board of directors, effective December 5.
"We are excited to add Sandy to the Dollar General board of directors," said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General's chairman and CEO. "Sandy's extensive experience and perspective will provide us with valuable insights as we continue to grow our business. Her expertise will complement our board as we strive to build shareholder value."
The election of Cochran to Dollar General's board will bring the total number of directors to nine, and the total number of independent directors to five. Cochran, who has been designated an audit committee financial expert, will serve on the audit committee of Dollar General's board. With the appointment of Cochran, Dollar General has a majority of independent directors on its board.
Cochran joined Cracker Barrel in April 2009 as EVP and CFO and was named president and COO in November 2010. She was named to her current position in September 2011. From February 2004 to April 2009, she was CEO at book retailer Books-A-Million. She also served as that company's president, CFO and VP of finance. Cochran has 20 years of experience in the retail industry. She is a director of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., and served as a director of Books-A-Million from 2006 to 2009.


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Posted this sucker on StackOverflow, but I think its probably more germane to this crowd :
Having an issue with sending an MSMQ message to the second DNS name on a server. If we send the IP for that same server, we're fine, but thats not where we are going architecturally. Any ideas as to why MSMQ would care about which name it receives?
Here is our example :
Server Information: The physical server load-int-01, has a second IP and DNS name associated with it. First ip/dns: load-int-01, with IP 10.0.10.10 Second ip/dns: load-intv, with IP 10.0.10.20
Queue Path Formats Used: FormatName:DIRECT=OS:load-int-01\private$\MyQueue -> Works Fine FormatName:DIRECT=OS:load-intv\private$\MyQueue -> Returns the error "The queue does not exist or you do not have sufficient permissions to perform this operation"
We have also tried using the IP addresses instead, and both sets of IPs work fine. FormatName:DIRECT=TCP:10.0.10.10\private$\MyQueue -> Works Fine FormatName:DIRECT=TCP:10.0.10.20\private$\MyQueue -> Works Fine
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The therapy, which involves eight weekly group
sessions, has been endorsed by the National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as an effective treatment for
preventing the relapse of depression – but only for patients who
have had three or more previous episodes of major depression.
In this study, researchers from Maastricht
University Medical Centre, under the lead of Dr Marieke Wichers,
recruited 130 adults living in The Netherlands. Participants had
experienced at least one episode of major depressive disorder and
were still experiencing some residual depressive symptoms, such as
fatigue, anxiety, low mood and insomnia. Of the 130 participants,
71 had had two or fewer previous episodes of depression, and
59 had had three or more episodes.
The participants were randomly allocated to
two groups. One group, comprising 64 people, received eight MBCT
training sessions from experienced trainers. The weekly sessions
included guided meditation, experiential exercises and discussions.
In addition to the weekly group sessions, the participants received
CDs with guided exercises, and were given daily homework exercises
taking 30-60 minutes. The other group, comprising 66 people, were
put on a waiting list for treatment and acted as a control.
The research team found that MBCT
significantly reduced people's residual depressive symptoms,
thereby improving their quality of life. On average, the MBCT group
experienced a 30-35% reduction in their residual symptoms, compared
to 10% in the control group. Importantly, the researchers found no
evidence that MBCT had a greater effect on people who had had three
or more previous episodes of depression than those who had had only
one or two previous episodes, as was found in previous studies.
First author and study coordinator Dr Nicole
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study shows that MBCT is effective in reducing depressive symptoms
also in people with only one or two prior depressive episodes.
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or more prior depressive episodes – though replication of our
findings with further research is needed. At the very least, the
current practice of restricting MBCT to patients with three or more
episodes of depression needs urgent re-examination."
Geschwind N, Peeters F, Huibers M, van Os J and Wichers M. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and number of previous depressive episodes. British Journal of Psychiatry, epub ahead of print, 9 August 2012
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I've published a ArcServer service that is going to be consumed by out of the box, standard ArcGIS on the desktop. My question is, is it possible to write custom tools in VB to query layers from that service in the ArcMap interface. I'm using ArcGIS 9.3. Thanks in advance.
Yes, you can. Basically, you have two options to query ArcGIS Server layers in ArcMap via ArcObjects.
The first way is to get a reference to an individual AGS sublayer (IMapServerSubLayer). Those layers (i.e. sublayers in this context) which have the Query capability enabled can be cast to IFind interface. You can use this interface to perform simple (and quite limited) querying.
The second way means getting access to the actual AGS server object and making use of its search capabilities. First you get a reference to the top-level AGS layer (IMapServerLayer) and use its GetConnectionInfo method to obtain information about the connection. Then you would get access to the server object (map server) and call one of the IMapServer methods, such as QueryFeatureData. This approach is much more involved (see my example code), but the search is not as limited as in the first case.
I believe you will need arcobjects. It is the vb api for esri.


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Present Movement...Ene Or 70 Degrees At 6 Mph...9 Km/H
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