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WHEELING - In a game that was like a championship prize fight, Wahama was successful with a two-point conversion in overtime and came out with a thrilling 43-42 victory to win the 2012 West virginia Class A championship Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium.
The teams battled through four quarters with big play after big play and hard hit after hard hit to finish tied in regulation at 35-35.
The game was not without its dramatic moments, especially in the overtime. The White Falcons won the toss and elected to start the overtime on defense.
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HEARTBRAKING?LOSS — Madonna's Eliott Nero is hugged by his brother Nick?Nero following the Blue Don's 43-42 overtime loss to Wahama in the West Virginia Class A state championship game Saturday at Wheeling Island Stadium.
It took the Blue dons (12-2) five plays to march the 20 yards for the score with junior quarterback and Madoonna player of the game, Ross Comis burrowing his way into the end zone from two yards out. Comis provided the bulk of the offense for the Blue Dons rushing the ball 27 times for 145 yards and five touchdowns. Sophomore Matt Green booted the ball between the uprights as he had done on Madonna's five previous scores to give his team the lead at 42-35.
Wahama responded when it got the ball at the 20-yard line with a three-play drive that was highlighted by an 18-yard pass from quarterback Trenton Gibbs to running back Kane Roush on the second play to put the ball on the one-yard line. From there, burly fullback, Zack Wamsley bulled his way to paydirt.
Wahama coach, Ed Cromley, called time out to set up the winning play.
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Wahama 43, Madonna 42, OT
Madonna 7 7 7 14 7 - 42
Wahama 6 6 16 7 8 - 43
M: Comis 17 run (Green kick)
W: Wamsley 9 run (run failed)
M: Comis 2 run (Green kick)
W: Wamsley 1 run (pass failed)
W: Rouch 17 run (Wamsley pass from Gibbs)
M: Comis 12 run (Green kick)
W: Roush 4 run (Roush run)
M: Comis 6 run (Green kick)
W: Roush 41 run (Wamsley kick)
M: Biondello 21 pass from Comis (Green kick)
M: Comis 2 run (Green kick)
W: Wamsley 1 run (Gibbs run)
RUSHING: Madonna: 41-226 (Comis 27-145-5td, Nero 8-64, Ossman 6-26). Wahama: 56-338 (Roush 23-170-3, Wamsley 21-113-3, Gibbs 8-56, Neal 4-2.
PASSING: Madonna 8-9-131-1-0 (all by Comis); Wahama 5-9-78-0-1x (Gibbs 5-8-78-0-0, Zuspan (0-1-0-0-1x).
RECEIVING: Madonna: Hypes 3-56, Bowser 2-19, Guio 1-41, Biondillo 1-21-1. Wahama: Roush 5-78.
FIRST DOWNS: Madonna 18, Wahama 21.
PENALTIES: Madonna 8-63, Wahama 2-15.
FUMBLES: Madonna 0-0, Wahama 0-0.
POSSESSION: Madonna 21:39; Wahama 38:21.
"I favored going for two in that situation because I didn't want it to become and extra point kicking contest because they had drilled all of theirs and we had trouble with ours," said Cromley, who has been 18 years at the helm of the White Falcons. "I just felt we had better go ahead and try for two points."
As the teams lined up for the two-pointer from the 3-yard line, the Blue Dons were called for being off side. With the ball moved halfway between the one and two yard lines, the White Falcons quickly lined up in what Cromley termed his "bear" formation. Gibbs faked a handoff to Wamlsey, who had punished the Blue Don defense all game with plunges into the middle, pulled the ball in and dashed over the left side for the points that won the school's first state championship.
"We wanted to be on defense first in the overtime, but Wahama won the toss and took defense," said second-year Blue Don coach, Doug Taylor. "I thought we did well getting the ball in for the score. We thought about going for two after we scored first in the overtime, but we decided to kick instead."
Those two series of plays in the overtime were just a postlude to regulation time.
The Blue Dons took the early lead, but fell behind and were forced to drive 67 yards in the final 6:45 of the game to score the touchdown that sent the game into overtime.The drive took 14 plays and lasted 5:58. It culminated whan a scrambling Comis found junior Marcello Biondillo wide open in the left corner of the end zone from 21 yards out with 47.6 seconds left in regulation time.
Coach Taylor called his last time out and the Blue Dons went back out on the field obviously intending to go for the two-point conversion that would allow them to take home their third state championship trophy.
However, as Madonna lined up, they were short a player. With no time outs left, the play clock ticked down to zero as the tardy Blue Don raced out onto the field. Madonna was penalized five yards and forced to have Green kick the point to tie the game.
"We originally decided to kick for the point, but during the time out we changed and were going for the two-ponter, but the penalty forced us to go back to the kick," Taylor explained.
The two teams exchanged touchdowns in the first quarter with Comis going 16 yards for the score on Madonna's second possession of the game. Wahama retaliated with a nin-yard Wamsley run up the middle, but the white Falcons had trouble with thesnap on the extra point kick try to Wamsley leaving the Blue Dons with a 7-6 lead after the first period.
Madonna came back quickly as Garrett Hypes, one of four Blue Don seniors, returned the kickoff from his own 35 to the Wahama 38. Comis reeled off 22 yards on a keeper and junior Elliott nero dashed for 14 more. That put the ball at the White Falcon two from where Comis went through the middle for the score that gave madonna a 14-6 lead.
Wahama came right back with Wamsley, who gained 112 yards on 21 carries with three touchdowns, bulled into the end zone from the one.The White Falcons attempted to pass for the two-pointer, but the ball fell incomplete. That gave Madonna the 14-12 lead that they took with them to the locker room at halftime.
Wahama, which got the first possession in the second half, drove 60 yards to take the lead for the first time, but it was during this drive that the momentum of the game changed. The Madonna defense, which hadn't allowed more than 28 points in a game all season, forced the White Falcons to punt from their own 46-yard line. However, a Blue Don defender ran into the punter on the play giving Wahama a first down at midfield.
The White Falcons to advantage of the mistake and wound up scoring when senior Kane Roush, who led all rushers with 179 yards in the game, scored the first of his three second half touchdowns. With the ball at the Madonna 17, Roush took a handoff and raced outside to the right, shook off a tackler and pranced into the end zone. Gibbs passed to Wyatt Zuspan for the two-point conversion that gave the White Falcons a 20-14 lead.
"That penalty on the punt was definitely a big play for them," said Taylor. "We had them stopped. But, hey, they are kids and they are going to make mistakes."
Madonna struck quickly again on the ensuring possession. An alert Travis Brown pounced on an attempted onside kick by Wahama giving the Blue Dons good field possession at their onw 49. Four plays later, Comis kept the ball over the right side and got into the end zone as he was hit at the one. Highlight of the short drive was a 28-yard scamper by Nero. Green's kick got the lead back for Madonna at 21-20.
It didn't last long, however. Wahama bounced right back with a 55-yard drive that finished when Roush powered his way into the end zone from four yards out. Roush added two more points with another power sweep for the two-pointer giving the White Falcons the lead at 28-21 going into the fourth quarter.
Madonna scored to tie the game at 28 on the next possession going 68 yards in 11 plays. Comis covered the last six yards with a keeper through left guard.
Waham didn't waste any time taking the lead again. They drove 70 yards in four plays with Roush sweeping right and cutting back toward the middle of the field to find an opening. The scoring play covered 41 yards. Wamsley's kick gave the White Falcons at 35-28 lead with 6:45 left in the game to set up Madonna's final drive the tie the game in regulation.
"People talked about Wahama being a physical team, but that's the way we play, too. We wanted to show that tonight ," added Taylor. "It's a heart breaking loss for our kids, but we'll be back. Tomorrow the sun's going to rise and we'll be back on the right side of the horizon again."
Taylor said the Blue Dons were take a couple weeks off and get back into the weight room to begin preparations for the 2013 season.
"I can't say enough about the way our offensive line played tonight," Taylor continued. "The way Ross (Comis) played tonight is the way he's played all season. And our other backs had outstanding games, too - Nero and Ossman. (Wil) Bowser did well and so did (Garrett) Hypes.
Comis, who went into the game needing just 53 all-purpose yards to eclipse 3,000 for the season, finished with 276 total yards rushing and passing giving him 3,223 for the year. He completed eight of nine passes for 131 yards giving him 1,561 stripes through the air. his 145 yards on the ground gave him 1,662 total rushing yards.


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Heading East on Interstate 20, it's almost impossible to figure out how to get to the Wendy's Restaurant tucked away off State Highway 351.
Construction on the frontage roads in the area has caused big problems for the business.
"When you get off at 288 and come down 351, you can't see us at all. You don't know where we're at. We have one little sign. If you just happen to see that and make that turn you just have to look and you'll see us in the background," said Ashleigh Templin, Manager at Wendy's.
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She says most people don't want to bother getting off the interstate because it's hard to get to.
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One driver said he almost didn't stop because he couldn't find it.
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She said they are doing what they can to help businesses with solutions during the process.
Templin is hoping Wendy's can stay afloat for the two-year process.
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In April 2012, industry experts discussed the issue of atypical visible particles in pharmaceutical raw materials, including excipients, at the joint International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council's (IPEC) Regulatory Conference and ExcipientFest-Americas Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On the panel were Dr. Lucinda Buhse, director of the Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Science at CDER; Ann Van Meter, chair of the IPEC GMP Committee and of the IPEC Atypical Visible Particles Working Group; Dave Schoneker, director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Colorcon and past IPEC–Americas Chairman; and Dale Carter, current chair of IPEC–Americas. The following pages include an edited excerpt of the transcribed roundtable, which was moderated by Pharmaceutical Technology Editorial Director Angie Drakulich. To listen to the complete and unedited discussion, click here.
Schoneker (Colorcon): Probably the most common cause of the particles that everybody sees is charring. There are various points in the process where it's going to get charred and turn a little bit brown or black, and there are various points where there's motion, or compression, that over time will form such particles. It's important to understand that these particles are inherent to the excipient manufacturing process and always will be. There are also errant particles, particles that you don't typically see that show up and probably need a different level of assessment.
What IPEC really wants to talk about with the industry is zero tolerance (that is, absolutely no visible particles in the excipient material). Zero tolerance should not be the goal because it's unrealistic. What we're trying to do (with the IPEC guideline) is to figure out how to look at the particles that are inherent versus the particles that are not inherent, and how one can come up with procedures and controls to deal with each type. Right now, there is no regulatory guidance on this subject, and everybody is assuming that every particle is atypical—or not inherent—when in fact, they are. This is creating a lot of controversy throughout the industry.
Carter (IPEC): To add to that, if you have an abrasive product going through stainless-steel pipes and other things, you're going to scour that product. When you have big crystallizers and large dryers, there is buildup. Even in crystallizations, the color can be just how the crystal formed. It may appear slightly different in color than the next particle. Trying to remove these aesthetically unpleasing specks should not be the industry's main interest. What should be focused on is identifying the reasonable state of art for individual products, following GMP, and separating those occasional off-colored materials from real contamination.


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I have a mind set that I do things when I want to do things, and I think this had led to a procrastination technique that my mind uses against itself. There are days that I'm just "not in the mood" for doing certain things. Especially when it comes to tackling a big piece of work or something that requires a lot of effort (like writing). Did anybody have the same problem, and got over it? How do I convince that I can start working no matter what mood I am in?
Getting into the mood is about momentum. If you're watching TV, your momentum will be to watch more TV. If you feel like eating something, but you're having fun watching TV, it takes a strong enough force (like hunger or drowsiness) to get you off the couch or the activity would have to stop (e.g. the episode ending).
If you never start on something, you'll never be in the mood to do it. Start with small bits first, and you'll slowly gain that momentum. Just deciding how to do it would help. Or write a blog/talk to yourself to get yourself in the mood.
Eventually, if you're doing something often enough, you won't feel the urge to do something else.
Well, get rid of your mind set. It's the mind set that is the problem, so ditch it. Set your mind to "I do things when I have to do things", and your problem will go away. :-)
Think about the aims. The bigger picture. Am I in a mood to have a clean house? Am I in a mood to graduate in few years? Am I in a mood to get paid for my work? You lack motivation. Find some. Actively search for motivation. Otherwise you'll just end up in a downward spiral loop because your procrastination will lead to depression and then to passivity which leads to more procrastination.
Let's be honest. There are some tasks that we never are in the mood to do (at least that's true for me). So you can argue that in a certain moment you are not in the mood to do the dishes, but is that really required to do them? No, requirements for washing the dishes are warm water and 20 Minutes of free time.
Tim Pychyl (and probably other researchers/authors) talks a lot about how we are bad at predicting our future mood. So the thought "tomorrow I will feel more like it" is in most cases wrong. A way to combat these flaws of our thinking you can make concrete plans beforehand that don't factor in mood: "For the next weeks I will start writing on my thesis at 9am every weekday". Note: My experience is that the bad feelings/anxiety gets better a few minutes into doing the task, because my mind realizes that I'm doing the right thing and that I'm working towards the goal I also thought about before ("It really would be awesome to finally have that degree...")
If it's an activity that I can build into a routine, then that routine sees me through much of the "I don't feel like it" phase. A set routine helps make it less about how you feel and more about just sticking to the routine and letting the work come as part of that.
It's not complex (though not necessarily easy) to build these work routines that lead to working habits, but they are very powerful when it comes to out-thinking yourself by thinking less. I just need to get over the initial hurdle of starting...once I've gotten started it's a lot easier (and then I can take advantage of Pomodoro or other techniques).
It also works for me to not only have concrete plans but, if possible, some easily achievable first steps ready to go for the time I am going to work.
Structured procrastination gives some amazing tipps to trick yourself into doing something. The main idea is as follows. Procrastinators tend to do many things in order to avoid the things they really should be doing. The trick is now to give your self some really annoying things to do, which you can put off by doing all that what you originally planned to do. :-)
One of the great ways when working on large tasks is to break it in manageable bits. This will helps you do tasks a lot easier. Another good thing to do when working on tasks is to set an estimated amount of time, which allows you to stay focus on tasks, limit wasted time and get things done. This is what I personally do at work. I spend most of the time in front of the computer that makes me vulnerable to different kinds of distractions. I track time accurately using Time Doctor. My key in order to do tasks and finish it on time is with "Self Discipline". At the end of the day I feel the fulfillment at work each time I can finish tasks without wasting too much time.


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Is it possible to save current workspace of QGIS for offline usage like in mapinfo? My workspace has link to database. and when I reopen workspace unlink in mapinfo it can't open it.
Database linked tables are a MapInfo construct but can be replicated
The best bet would be to extract your data via ogr2ogr If you make changes you would upload it back to your database
You could run an action on the table in QGIS to run this download / upload each time you need to refresh or load your changes into the db
There is such a solution for offline work and merging results together but it requires PostGIS as a backend.
Another idea is to load SQL Server Express onto your users' workstation pc and setup replication with your central database. This way all your users will maintain connection to their replicated versions of the data and you can manage the transactions back to the server when they are connected to your network.


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I was wondering: is there a good place to find exercises in Hodge theory? Mostly computations and proving small (preferably nifty) theorems, is what I have in mind. Something roughly like the Problems in Group Theory book by Dixon, or many other such problem books.
The biggest difficulty I'm having is that I don't have an adequate number of problems to do, as Griffiths & Harris's Principles has none, and Voisin's otherwise excellent books have only a couple of exercises each chapter, and I've not been able to find a book or paper on the arxiv that does.


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Why is $\int_{-1}^1 x =\frac{x^2}{2}$ rather than $x^2$?
First, the integral of $x$ from $-1$ to $1$ is a number, not a function. Definite integrals give you the net signed area between the $X$-axis and the function. So the integral of $x$ from $-1$ to $1$ is neither $x^2$ nor $x^2/2$.
Second, the indefinite integral of $x$ is a family of functions, namely, the family of all functions $F(x)$ such that $F'(x)=x$; that is, the family of antiderivatives of $x$. Since the indefinite integral is a family of functions and not a single function, the indefinite integral of $x$ is neither $x^2/2$ nor $x^2$.
Now, by the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, if you are trying to compute the definite integral of a function $f(x)$ that is continuous on $[a,b]$, and you are lucky enough to have any antiderivative $F(x)$ of $f(x)$, then you can compute the definite integral as the Total Change of $F(x)$ on $[a,b]$. That is, $$\int_a^b f(x)\,dx = F(b)-F(a).$$
So, in order to compute $$\int_{-1}^1 x\,dx$$ you have several choices:
Consider $f(x)=x$ for x equals 0 to a, it is a right-angled triangle (the blue region in figure below). The area of the square (having sides equal a) is $a^2$. Since there are two identical triangles each filling half the area, the area under the curve of f(x)=x for x=0 to a is $\frac{a^2}{2}$, which is precisely what you get from computing the definite integral, since a definite integral calculates area under the curve.
Another example, consider f(x)=x from a to b, with a>=0. The definite integral from a to b calculated the area of the blue region illustrated below. It can be reduced to the previous case as the area of the bigger triangle from 0 to b minus the area of the smaller triangle from 0 to a. Hence $\frac{b^2}{2} -\frac{a^2}{2}$.
Perhaps I should also mention, when the area is below the x-axis, such as f(x) for x=a to 0 (a<0), a change of sign is needed, i.e $\frac{-a^2}{2}$.
Integration is the opposite of differentiation.
If you differentiate x^2/2 you get x (you bring down the power of 2, which cancels with the 1/2 out front) which means that when you integrate x you must get x^2/2.


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Trying to draw the Amoeba
With Mathematica, it's possible to graph $e^{-k x} + e^{-k y} = 1,e^{-k x} - e^{-k y} = 1$ and $e^{-k x} + e^{-k y} = -1$ to get the amoeba of 1 + x + y when k = 1. Then by plotting when $k \to \infty$, these graphs converge to the tropical polynomial
However, I meant to draw Min(1,x,y) which I fixed by shifting my coordinates x,y by the vector (1,1). This is a bit ad-hoc and I am probably not understanding how constant functions "tropicalize".
Main question
I would like to "fatten" Min[x, y, 1, x + y + 1] into its amoeba, so I thought the right curve should be 1 + x + y + xy. However, my "neck" is disappearing in the scaling limit. How should I scale the coefficients correctly to get my amoeba?
Following Zeb's suggestion (but a few second before he posted it) I came up with this imge
However, this "dequantization" procedure doesn't always produce the whole tropical curve. Here's the curve I drew to "requantize" Min[1, x , y , x+ y + 1, -2 + 2x , 2y]. A line has to be missing b/c of the zero tension condition, as in Tropical Mathematics by David Speyer and Bernd Sturmfels.
Here is the code. You have to draw 4 different versions of the curve to get all the absolute values. Maybe this should somehow involve complex phases as well.
q[x_] := E^( x)
f[a_, b_, c_] := c + a + b + c a b + (1/c^2) a^2 + b^2;
{x0, y0} = { -1, -3};
k = 8;
{ f[q[k x], q[k y], q[k ]] == 0, f[-q[k x], q[k y], q[k ]] == 0,
f[q[k x], -q[k y], q[k ]] == 0, f[-q[k x], -q[k y], q[k ]] == 0},
{x, x0, x0 + L}, {y, y0, y0 + L}
Ideally, I want to take any tropical curve and fatten it into its amoeba. Tropical conics and cubics seem the best starting point.
In anticipation of comments, by "amoeba" here I think I mean the boundary of the 2D region which is usually called "amoeba".


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For playing to win, what building/unit upgrades are the most helpful and which ones are a waste of time. For example, the Zerg Brood Queen seems worth the resources for the extra larva, but burrowing seems like a waste in a close game.
The Queen is not "research", it is a 100% vital in every game as Zerg. Unless you are rushing, you should be getting her immediately after your spawning pool finishes. Inject larvae as often as you can (you must be vigilant). Also the spawn creep tumor is very useful. Create 1 and use it to spread a "creep highway" across the map, which helps give you vision and get your units to their destination sooner.
The upgrades for each race depend on which build you go.
Absolute best upgrade is the slow for Marauders. Marauder's are a very powerful unit with the slow upgrade. They are an extremely strong unit especially with the slow upgrade.
If you get tanks, siege mode is definitely worth it.
Get your orbital command on your command center ASAP (not really a research, but an structure upgrade which is vital). Mules are amazing miners, and will get you about 300 minerals in their lifetime, so get them often and consistantly.
I hope these answers help you.
The answer is and always will be: It depends.
It depends on what your opponent is trying to do. It depends on what you're trying to do. There is no one "best" strategy that will work every time, and there is not an upgrade that is "never" useful.


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Can You Use Heat Transfer to Predict Migration of Contaminants?
Alexandra Foley | July 10, 2013
The flow of fluid through a porous medium is usually described by Darcy's Law. However, what if you wanted to look at a combination of fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transport in a porous medium? Instead of using Darcy's Law, which calculates an average linear velocity for fluid flow in porous media, the Navier-Stokes equations would be necessary in order to obtain accurate results. In addition, heat convection and conduction, as well as mass transport would need to be […]Read More
Mads Herring Jensen | July 8, 2013
Last month, the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and the Canadian Acoustical Association (CAA) held the 21st joint meeting of the International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) in Montreal, Canada. This joint congress is one of the major acoustics conferences of 2013, featuring a range of parallel sessions that covered most topics in acoustics. These included, among other things, psycho acoustics, underwater acoustics, transducer modeling, acoustics of musical instruments, nonlinear acoustics, and many more. This year's acoustics conference also featured a […]Read More
Gerard Hegemans | July 4, 2013
Philips Research Laboratories, located in Eindhoven, is often considered to be an incubator of ideas. The prestigious institute has traditionally been the core of all new product developments at Philips, and many of their forefront discoveries were made here. In October, Senior Scientist Alwin Verschueren of Philips Research Laboratories will hold a keynote talk on pulmonary drug delivery at the COMSOL Conference Rotterdam 2013.Read More
Valerio Marra | July 2, 2013
Of all boats, I find sailboats to be the most fascinating, especially when sails are their only means of propulsion. Kinetic energy is transferred from the wind to the sails, which results in a lift force that balances drag forces and allows the sailboat to move through the water. We are all familiar with the parts of a boat above the waterline: deck, spars, sails, and the rudder used to turn the boat (figure 1c). Not everyone pays attention to […]Read More
Alexandra Foley | June 28, 2013
It's been a busy and exciting past few weeks here at COMSOL, with the recent release of COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b and all the updates it entails. We have been working on quite a bit of release-related content, including creating videos about the capabilities added to the COMSOL family, making updates to the Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics tutorial, and generating many new simulations using the new features and modules. In the same vein, we've also been working to put together the […]Read More
Laura Bowen | June 26, 2013
It's not always obvious what a major role temperature control plays in modern technology, as the interchange happens in the background. Plate heat exchangers, made up of successions of metal plates and various coiled pipes, regulate and manipulate temperature, and they get the job done quickly — thanks to an active surface that is large with respect to their volume.Read More
Alexandra Foley | July 5, 2013
We've probably all seen centrifugal force in action in one way or another, whether it be riding on a merry-go-round as a child, spinning a bucket of water upside and observing as the contents hug the insides of the bucket, or watching mud spinning off of a turning tire. In addition to making dizzying carnival rides, this force can be used in the design of many mechanical applications, where it is harnessed to control a variety of effects. One such […]Read More
Fanny Littmarck | July 3, 2013
Aircraft rely on landing gear in order to taxi, take off, and land. The landing gear of your average commercial airplane consists of a shock-absorber cylinder and piston, and a pair of tires. Intuitively, the shock-absorber experiences stresses as the landing gear touches the ground — but how much? In order to design a landing gear mechanism that can withstand many landings, and to determine when it's time to swap out an old one, we can perform a multibody dynamics […]Read More
Gerard Hegemans | July 1, 2013
My colleagues have been talking about the upcoming user's conference in relation to attending and presenting. Now I would like to draw your attention to another aspect of it: your opportunity to exhibit at the multiphysics event of the year. The exhibition and poster areas are the focal points of the event, buzzing with activity and networking opportunities. As a sponsor, your exhibition booth will be right in the middle of it all. If you're hoping to meet prospects and […]Read More
Edmund Dickinson | June 27, 2013
During my time as a PhD student, a blue "Chemical Landmark" plaque was fitted to the building a couple of hundred yards down the road from my lab. The plaque commemorates the achievements of the researchers who made the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery viable. Whether or not you know about the electrochemistry of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, you probably rely on one. We carry them around in our phones and laptops, and ride in cars and planes that use them for power. […]Read More
Daniel Smith | June 25, 2013
Quite often we get asked the question "can I 3D print my COMSOL model?" Well, as of version 4.3b, the answer is "yes!" This is because it is now possible to export geometries and meshes as STL files, which is one of the standard file formats for 3D printing. This allows for rapid prototyping of designs; there is no need to outsource parts to machine shops. It is quite remarkable that you could conceive, simulate, optimize, and prototype a design […]Read More


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The Durango High School volleyball team continued its rugged preseason schedule at the annual Cherry Creek Tournament in Englewood on Saturday.
�We definitely saw some big teams ... some physically big teams,� DHS assistant coach Colleen Keresey said. �That�s one of the things that makes the Cherry Creek Tournament worth it every year.�
The Class 4A Demons played five matches against Class 5A competition at Cherry Creek.
The Demons opened with a 2-0 win over Mountain Range of Westminster (25-13, 25-22).
Durango then lost a 2-1 match to Heritage of Littleton (17-25, 27-25, 15-12).
Boulder Fairview beat the Demons 2-0 (25-22, 25-21).
Durango then beat Rocky Mountain of Fort Collins 25-18, 30-28 to advance to the championship match of the Gold Division at the Cherry Creek Tournament.
The Demons fell 2-1 in the title match against Ponderosa of Parker 25-19, 20-25, 15-11.
�We really had another great weekend,� Keresey said of the Demons (5-4). �We had excellent serve-receive, and all of our hitters were on (Saturday).�
She said Durango setter Natalie Bulen was voted to the all-tournament team at Cherry Creek.
�I think that really shows how solid we played all day,� Keresey said.
�This tournament helps with our experience, and it helps with the confidence ... knowing we can play with these big schools,� Keresey said.
The Demons will return to Durango to host their first home matches of the season Friday and Saturday.
Durango will play Fruita Monument on Friday night and Grand Junction on Saturday afternoon in a pair of Southwestern League matches.


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Meet Poppy, a year old black pug who we were asked to rehome on Wednesday. It took us all of about er, let me think, 5 mins to make the decision. We just couldn't bear the thought that she might be given away to somebody who wouldn't love and care for her like we would, I mean who knew that going from somebody who hates dogs and animals because they moult and smell, I would end up falling in love with Albert as much as I did. I think its safe to say I am truly obsessed by Pugs and confess to still being petrified of Staffs and Rotties, they make my beach walks a complete misery especially when off the lead and the owners say "oh she's alright" as the hairs on the back of their neck go up and I stand there frozen and shaking like a leaf!
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Some more fabulous magazine freebies this month including a Jemma Kidd mascara with Marie Claire and a Dune gift card with Elle mag. I already have this mascara, it came free with a magazine a few months ago and I am pleased to report that for somebody who usually only sticks to a couple of tried and trusted brands because they seem to smudge so easily on me, this doesn't smudge, so well worth buying another magazine and keeping it as back up for when the Chanel runs out!


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One of the requirements one must meet to obtain an indulgence is to pray for the intentions of the pope. When there's no pope, what's the substitute? I guess it's the conclave and the next pope, but I don't know the exact rules on this.
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It's not a prayer for the Pope; it's a prayer for the intention of the Pope.
From the Enchiridion of Indulgences issued on 29 June 1968:
Although certain functions of the Papacy are carried out during a vacancy under the Cardinal Camerlengo, there is no "Sovereign Pontiff".
Given that a prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff cannot be properly fulfilled in a vacancy, it would appear that any indulgence will be partial only.
Each year, the Vatican announces the Pope's Intentions for the year ahead (see e.g. http://www.ewtn.com/faith/papalprayer.htm ) - so by praying for the intentions the last Supreme Pontiff indicated for that month, surely you are praying for the Pope's Intentions, even when there is no current Pope?
I made some research myself, and I found that someone tried hard to learn after death of John Paul II. Here is an English translation of a latin answer from the office of Apostolic Penitentiary, answering our question:
The answer is awesome: Communion of Saints! It's the pope's job to pray for the Church (and while we pray for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff, we support mainly this kind of prayers). If he does it while living as a member of ecclesia militans, he will certainly continue in heaven or purgatory.


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For some reason I have yet to understand, when I upgraded from 11.10 (working flawlessly) to 12.04, internet seems not to work after a while and the only solutions are either to reboot or to disable and enable wireless.
This is my network device, 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 (rev 67)
I could attach some of my latest logs but I don't know how to format that properly. This looks problematic (I changed the mac and SRC just in case):
lobato kernel: [ 9561.859976] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
lobato kernel: [ 9563.341424] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=01:xx:xx:xx:xx:01:f4:ec:38:be:d6:3c:08:00 SRC=126.96.36.199 DST=18.104.22.168 LEN=32
TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
lobato kernel: [ 9564.764594] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=40:xx:xx:xx:xx:58:ec:55:f9:41:08:f7:08:00 SRC=220.127.116.11 DST=126.96.36.199 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=13535 PROTO=2
lobato NetworkManager[1379]: <info> (wlan0): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.


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A federal judge says Detroit police violated the rights of many people who were arrested or searched during a raid at an art gallery four years ago.
Police swarmed the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in May 2008 after they reported smelling marijuana and seeing illegal alcohol sales.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of nine patrons, saying more than 100 people were illegally searched and arrested despite possessing no alcohol. Dozens of cars were also seized.
Federal Judge Victoria Roberts says there's no evidence that all gallery patrons knew there was illegal activity. She says "mere presence" isn't enough to detain someone.
The decision released Tuesday means Roberts will hold a trial to determine a financial award unless the city and ACLU reach a settlement.
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Are you allowed to drink wine that non-Jews touched? Why?
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Even if it is not cooked, a non-Jew merely touching the bottle is not enough to prohibit it.
I am not writing a source because it is an inferred answer: If one would look up the Halachos of Yayin Nesech/Stam Yanum in Yorah Deah he will see that what is forbidden is poured wine (and the wine that was in the neck of the bottle as it was being poured and went back into the bottle when it was set down). The concern would be that the Aku"m had in mind to pour it for idolatry. But touching is not even an issue.
According to Kabbalah, one should avoid drinking wine that was even looked upon by a non-Jew. (The Lubavitcher Rebbe would have the wine covered by farbrengens to avoid this issue).
There is also a letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe where he says that wine owned by a non-shomer-shabbos Jew is forbidden, even if there is a seal within a seal.
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Arlene Henrietta (Gartner) Gruber, 89, died at the Louisville Care Center on Nov. 7, 2012. She was born Sept. 16, 1923 on a farm in Otoe to Henry and Anna (Hahne) Gartner. They later moved to a farm south of Unadilla.
She was married on May 23, 1948 to Ernest Gruber and moved to Louisville. Arlene was a homemaker and enjoyed baking, sewing, gardening and canning while raising her family. She was involved in United Methodist Women, various evening social groups, taught Sunday School and Bible School for many years, and was a Cub Scout den mother. She enjoyed traveling to visit family and friends.
She is survived by husband Ernest Gruber, sons and daughters-in-law Terry (Jackie) Gruber, Loveland, Colo., Rick (Marlene) Gruber, Louisville, and Randy (Gina) Gruber, Shawnee, Kan.; grandchildren Travis Gruber, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Caleb Gruber, Denver, Sheri (Shane) Meredith, Omaha, and Nick Gruber (fiancée Tammy Palmer), Omaha; great-grandchildren Prestin and Payton, Omaha; sisters-in-law Viola Gartner and Averil Gartner of Unadilla and Mary Gartner of Syracuse; brother-in-law Robert (Dick) Fredrickson; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by brothers Ralph, Randall and Alton (Hantz) Gartner; brothers-in-law John (Jiggs) and Robert Gruber; and sisters-in-law Pauline Fredrickson and Lorene Gruber.
Funeral services are Saturday, Nov. 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Louisville. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Louisville.
Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church or the Alzheimer's Association.
Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Home, Louisville, is in charge of arrangements.
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I covered hyperbolic trigonometric functions in a recent maths course. However I was never presented with any reasons as to why (or even if) they are useful.
Is there any good examples of their uses outside academia?
I covered hyperbolic trigonometric functions in a recent maths course. However I was never presented with any reasons as to why (or even if) they are useful.
Is there any good examples of their uses outside academia?
If you take a rope, fix the two ends, and let it hang under the force of gravity, it will naturally form a hyperbolic cosine curve.
The catenary has been mentioned a number of times, but apparently not the corresponding surface of revolution, the catenoid. It and the plane are the only surfaces of revolution that have zero mean curvature (i.e. they are minimal surfaces). This surface is the form a soap bubble (approximately) takes when it is stretched across two rings:
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On a map using the Mercator projection, the relationship between the latitude L of a point and its y coordinate on the map is given by $y = \operatorname{arctanh}(\sin(L))$, where $\operatorname{arctanh}$ is the inverse of the hyperbolic tangent function.
I don't know if you consider General Relativity "outside acadamia"(and I don't care to argue the point!) but if you do,
the group of symmetries with respect to the Lorentzian Metric can be written as Matrices containing hyperbolic trig functions as elements.
Note Kenny's comment.
Velocity addition in (special) relativity is not linear, but becomes linear when expressed in terms of hyperbolic tangent functions.
More precisely, if you add two motions in the same direction, such as a man walking at velocity $v_1$ on a train that moves at $v_2$ relative to the ground, the velocity $v$ of the man relative to ground is not $v_1 + v_2$; velocities don't add (otherwise by adding enough of them you could exceed the speed of light). What does add is the inverse hyperbolic tangent of the velocities (in speed-of-light units, i.e., $v/c$).
$$\tanh^{-1}(v/c)=\tanh^{-1}(v_1/c) + \tanh^{-1}(v_2/c)$$
This is one way of deriving special relativity: assume that a velocity addition formula holds, respecting a maximum speed of light and some other assumptions, and show that it has to be the above.
Many kinds of nonlinear PDE have wave solutions explicitly expressed using hyperbolic tangents and secants: shock-wave profiles, solitons, reaction-diffusion fronts, and phase-transition fronts, for starters.
An equation for a catenary curve can be given in terms of hyperbolic cosine. Catenary curves appear in many places, such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO.
If a pendulum oscillates near its stable equilibrium, the equation of motion is $x''=-\omega^2 x$, and the solution is any linear combination of $\sin\omega t$ and $\cos\omega t$. If the pendulum has a stiff arm (rather than a string), then there is a second, unstable equilibrium, where it's straight up. This is like balancing a pencil on its tip. The equation of motion is $x''=\omega^2 x$, and the solution is any linear combination of $\sinh\omega t$ and $\cosh\omega t$.
Apart from occuring naturally in the form of the catenary mentioned, hyperbolic trig functions are also fundamentally important in calculus. I hope you'll agree that calculus has many, many real world applications!
Most curves that look parabolic are actually Catenaries, which is based in the hyperbolic cosine function. A good example of a Catenary would be the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri.
The tractrix, which is based in the hyperbolic secant, is also known as the pursuit curve, which models objects like cargo trucks turning corners, or a dog on a porch starting to chase a car in the street.


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Each year, students in Petrus' class participate in "High Tea," a program complete with scones, clotted cream and hot tea. The students wear their "Sunday best," and may pick the type of tea they would like to sample. Petrus says she usually gives them a choice between Earl Gray, peppermint, an English Breakfast tea and vanilla Chei.
In years passed, the annual event has been held at the school, but, this year, students were able to go to the First United Methodist Church, where the setting was in order to English homes. For many of the students, it is a glimpse into some of the traditions Petrus loves, while showing them how they do things "across the big pond." Seniors look forward to the ritual each year and even though they may like their tea cold and with sugar, it is an experience.
"My students always enjoy the day of getting to dress up and I love sharing with them things I have learned in my travels to England," Petrus said.
"It's different, but I really enjoyed it," Senior Avianna Battle said.
The students are working on research papers this semester and will soon read the Oscar Wilde play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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The First and Second Families are asking all Americans to join together in service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration, the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) is encouraging all Americans to participate in a National Day of Service on Saturday, Jan. 19, by signing up on the PIC's new webpage, www.2013pic.org/service.
In Ionia County, activities will include a community supper from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at Ionia First United Methodist Church, and a variety of volunteer opportunities. Visit the Ionia County Peace Community website, ioniacountypeacecommunity.org, to learn more.
In 2009, President Obama and the First Lady started the tradition of holding a National Day of Service the weekend before the swearing-in. President Obama has always believed that everyone has something they can contribute to their community, and that America works best when neighbors help neighbors. Volunteers are organizing service events in all 50 states and the PIC will host a major service fair on the National Mall. Events are organized into seven service themes: Community Resilience, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Faith, Health, and Veterans and Military Families. The First and Second Families will also participate in service events in the Washington, D.C. area. Americans can find an event or sign up to host their own at the National Day of Service webpage.
"Service is more than a one-off event, it's a lifelong commitment," President Barack Obama said. "The strength of America depends on the strength of our people. That's why I'm calling on all Americans to take part in the National Day of Service. We all can give back to our communities on January 19 and throughout the coming year."
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I have read that there is an elementary way to show that the above mentioned trace fromulas are equivalent in the sense, that each of them can be derived directly from the other. There should exist a short elegant method by Zagier. Where?
In short, I know how to deduce the Selberg trace formula from Arthur's trace formula at least in principle, how should one proceed to deduce the Kuznetsov formula from the arthur trace formula. What is the utility of the Kuznetsov formula? For which applications is this trace formula more suitable than the Selberg trace formula?


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The Bruins on Friday announced new deals for six of their restricted free agents.
Jordan Caron, Tommy Cross, Craig Cunningham and Tyler Randell have all signed one-year contracts, while Justin Florek has agreed to terms on a one-year deal. Zach Trotman received a two-year contract.
Trotman's deal is a two-way deal for 2014-15 ($600,000 in the NHL, $80,000 in the AHL) and one-way for 2015-16 ($650,000). The structure reflects how the Bruins feel about the defenseman's future and a plan to promote him to the varsity after next summer, when Matt Bartkowski, Johnny Boychuk and Adam McQuaid are all unrestricted free agents.
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None the less, we have a photo of the final result and a seven-spotted ladybird walking around on it too! There were lots of seven-spotted ladybirds on hollyhocks as they died so when I cut the plants down (had to, they were leaning all over the place) I stacked them at the back of the bed where they look dreadful but I know who's sleeping inside and I feel smug with the secret.
In this picture, the seed has grown and is really clear to see.
Finally, the petals (which have been un-nervingly perfect until now) fall away and the seed is left, polished and exposed on the end of a stick which probably has a botanical name but I don't know what it is! (Again!)
Although I'm trying to be objective, I'm having to steel my nerve. Looking at plants in this way feels un-seemly; over-intimate. When I looked into the delicate flowers of Lemon Balm, I felt uncomfortable. It was as if I was looking up the skirts of flowers. (These are the flowers at the top of this post.) Hence the title.
I never managed to see what the balm did next. I chopped the tops off by mistake. And I never looked at the Cowslip flowers much either before they produced their seeds - I had the idea too late. But the seeds arrived, of course they did, whether I noticed them coming or not.
These are much less embarrassing plants to peer into than some of the others.
Close up and magnified, the seeds look like little lumps of sugar in a bowl.
Finally, the outer layers shrivel and go brown and I come along and shake out the ripe seeds around the garden. This is very noble of me because I like Cowslips only marginally better than Busy Lizzies. (I like weeds the most in my garden but I have to grow 'proper' flowers for other people and, when I planted the Cowslip, I thought it was endangered. I was doing 'my bit'. I'm no longer certain Cowslips are at risk at all but . . )
So, that is why I was crawling along the pavement when my new neighbours arrived - only this time I was looking into the faces of California Poppies.


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The 5 Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book Cameos
#4. Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran meets The Joker (1988)
The team-up of The Joker and Ayatollah Khomeini in Batman #429 may seem unorthodox, but there was historical precedent for it. Political leaders have appeared alongside superheroes ever since the inception of the modern comic serial. For example, Captain America and Superman took on Hitler and his Nazis during World War II. More recently, First Lady Hillary Clinton appeared with supervillain Lex Luthor at Superman's 1993 funeral.
How that hasn't been turned into an Obama campaign ad is beyond us.
Where it goes wrong ...
This cameo provides what has to be the most fucked up portrayal of '80s-era international affairs since Rocky IV.
The Ayatollah appeared in the infamous "Death in The Family" issue, in which the Joker blew up a warehouse on Jason Todd, the second Robin. On September 15, 1988, Batman fans had a mere 36 hours to call DC's 900 number and choose whether his taut little green-Speedoed ass survived the blast. Being the charitable souls they are, comic fans voted 5343 to 5271 to ice the Boy Wonder, thus sparing him a lifetime of counseling and sexual maladjustment.
For killing the most famous sidekick in comic history, The Joker was now the second-most evil man on the planet. Obviously, he had nowhere to go but up. Luckily, opportunity came a-knocking when the Ayatollah, the first-most evil man, appeared out of nowhere to offer the Clown Prince of Crime a job.
The Joker's new gig gave him diplomatic immunity and the chance to fill the United Nations with toxic laughing gas, a deed only Batman could anticipate because, y'know, he's Batman. He's omniscient and shit.
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The 1980s--a decade when comics didn't have to be PC because we knew we were right.


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What scenarios are better shot with a prime lens? A zoom lens? A macro lens?
Prime lenses are better suited to specific environments - a 50mm f/1.8 is great for food photography, a 100mm macro is quite flattering for portraiture, but neither work well as a general purpose "carry-round" lens. I use Canon's 28-135 IS lens as a carry round, and can't sing its praises higher, even performing well doing some music photography the other week.
My definitions follow...
Prime: fixed-length lens. Shorter ones are good for portraits, while longer primes are better distance shooters than the zoom varieties. You have to use your feet to get the right setup.
Zoom: lens can zoom in and out. Can be versatile, depending on the lens. Tends to have lower performance than prime lenses.
Macro: for closeups of small objects, and sometimes portraits. Not for distance shooting.
I use prime lenses for portraits (e.g. Canon 50mm 1.8), zoom lenses for traveling/holidays and my 100mm macro for well... macro shots :).
I use a Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-F4.5 DC most as it is most versatile. But prime lenses are usually sharper and allow a shorter DOF which is preferrable for portraits.
Whether to use primes or zooms is largely a matter of personal preference. That said, zooms are usually considered to be more versatile and better suited for fast-moving environments--i.e., photojournalism, sports, etc--since you can probably achieve your desired framing more quickly by zooming than by running or changing lenses. When speed is not an issue--say, when making art--primes are great, usually having advantages in size, maximum aperture, and price/performance ratio. Fast primes are a huge asset in low-light situations where flash is not allowed (e.g., performing arts), and/or when small depth-of-field is desirable (e.g., portraiture).
As for macro lenses, well, most true macro lenses are primes. Macro lenses are best for macro (i.e., close-up) photography, but there are macro lenses that also happen to be great walk-around lenses, such as the highly-regarded Pentax DA 35 f2.8.
Macro = any time you need a close-up shot, typically for detail of small objects. Macro refers to the minimum focus distance. Macro lenses are typically prime, though could be zoom.
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Meeting the Beatles
Of all the commemorations of the Beatles' arrival on these shores fifty years ago, my favorite is this roundup of hilarious-in-retrospect negative critical reactions, compiled by Cary Schneider at the Los Angeles Times. While teenagers were falling over each other to get a glimpse of a Beatle (and paying good money for mop-top novelty wigs), cultural critics were trying to outdo one another in expressing contempt for the flash-in-the-pan Fab Four.
That critics would have rolled their eyes at the hype is understandable. That they would have gone out of their way to proclaim the Beatles' music without merit is bizarre. And yet, as this roundup shows, one serious person after another declared confidently that the group owed no part of its fame to talent: "Not even their mothers would claim that they sing well," sniffed the L.A. Times. William F. Buckley, as usual putting a little too much effort into seeming totally above it all, proclaimed, "They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music, even as the imposter popes went down in history as 'anti-popes.'" And Newsweek said, "Musically they are a near disaster, guitars and drums slamming out a merciless beat that does away with secondary rhythms, harmony and melody."
It's difficult for me to imagine a time when the Beatles' hair, as it appeared in February 1964, would have struck observers as remarkably long and unruly. And yet it did, to judge from the amount of commentary from that era focused on their hairdos alone. So obviously that was a matter of perspective. But how is it possible for anyone to have heard even the earliest Beatles hits and insist that they had no talent for singing and no aptitude for music? It's not just bad judgment to say that their songs -- "Please Please Me," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "All My Loving" and so on -- were devoid of "secondary rhythms, harmony, and melody"; it's factually incorrect. Could it be that even fifty years ago, cultural critics, and columnists, and editorial boards, were pronouncing on matters of taste without doing their research first?
These examples of people getting the Beatles wrong are fascinating not only because they turned out to be so wrong, but also because they are a flagrant example of ego-driven blindness, of status anxiety turned into contempt. Why were so many "serious" people so eager to insist that the Beatles would pass away quickly, leaving no trace exept embarrassment and wonderment at what all the fuss was about? When George Dixon of the Washington Post wrote, "They have a commonplace, rather dull act that hardly seems to merit mentioning," why did no part of him think, Gee, maybe I should watch it first, just in case I'm wrong? It's a cautionary tale for the rest of us -- "Don't criticize what you can't understand," as another '60s songwriter would say.
Even Commonweal didn't quite see the writing on the wall (though to be fair, the magazine was a bit wrapped up in the Council at the time). Come back soon for a follow-up post looking at what this magazine said about the lads from Liverpool.
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The other night David Letterman said that if you remember seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, "it may be time to ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you."
I remember well seeing them, and I also remember seeing them live in Cincinnati in 1966. What I remember about their live performance was how terrific they sounded, even over the continuous screaming of most of the female members of the audience. I remember my father had no use for rock music at all, but my mother was somewhat of a fan. My older sister and I played records or listened to the radio a lot, and my mother was around most of the time. She also was frequently involved with the parish CYO events, which involved very informal dances (to which everyone brought their favorite records) once a month. I do remember she was puzzled by the lyrics of "Who Wrote the Book of Love?" by the Monotones, who admittedly did not enunciate clearly. Her best bet was that they were singing "Who Loves the Moo Cow Now?"
The William F. Buckley quote is about what I would expect from him. The Beatles were exciting as performers and were, of course, brilliant songwriters. The thing I do worry about nowadays is when I hates something (and I hate almost everything having to do with rap), I wonder if it is just because I am as far removed from it as my father or WFB were from rock and had no way of appreciating what was good about it, or if it really is as terrible as I think it is. I am not a prude, and some of my favorite songs of the past few years could not have been played on the radio when I was young. Many of the songs on the Spotify top 100 tracks are labeled EXPLICIT, and they aren't kidding. Some of them are quite wonderful, but most of them sound (to me) like foul-mouthed jerks either ranting or cynically trying to get the EXPLICIT lable to be like everybody else.
I still listen to The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, many other popular groups from the 1960s, and even many of the one-hit wondersIt was great music, and The Beatles were a major influence and not only wrote great music, but inspired others to write and perform great music, too.
I was at that time an outraged under thirty seminarian who thought the Beattles were detrimental at the time. What changed me rather rapidly was that the students in my catechism class, who were by all other criteria virtuous kids were absolutely wild about the this loud group from England. I said to myself they cannot be too bad if such youth liked them. It turned out the kids were right about the new group which became recognized as unmistakle artists of music.
It was truly a case of youth teaching others about what was good in music.
Love the Beatles - have seen A Hard Day's Night many times :)
"A Hard Day's Night" remains a little gem of pop culture. The schtick about Paul's "clean grandfather" has an interesting casting story that probably went over the heads of Americans; the actor Wilfrid Brambell played a shopkeeper known for being a dirty slob in "Steptoe and Son," a popular BritCom.
Brambell's scene with Ringo at the police station remains one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Grandfather also makes the Irish connection between McCartney and the many other Irish immigrants living in Liverpool.
Thanks, Jean - I didn't know that. I wrote a post about the movie on my blog after getting it from Netflix in 2009, if anyone's interested .... http://povcrystal.blogspot.com/2009/11/hard-days-night.html
I like that Science Newsletter went for broke and got Elvis and Sinatra wrong, as well.
There are, of course, still people who don't like the Beatles, and others who think they're overrated (they could hardly be underrated). Interestingly, those who dislike the Beatles now tend to dislike them for the opposite reason: not because they were uncouth, but because they were too smooth and too pretty. On this view, the Rolling Stones were the real beginning of rock and the Beatles—at least the Beatles as they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show—were just the last gasp of prerock pop. By the way, do we know that George Dixon hadn't seen their act? Isn't it possible that he really did find it dull and commonplace, hard as that is for most of us to imagine? De gustibus. Buckley, by the way, would go on to write a whole column about the lyrics of John Lennon's "Imagine," which Buckley considered a kind of anthem of all that he loathed.
But, Matt, I would say that their act wasn't dull and commonplace as a matter of fact, not taste. Insisting that they offered nothing new or original wilfully blind. It's not hard for me to believe that people didn't care for the Beatles' music, especially people of a certain age. God knows I'm not usually excited about whatever music is popular now. But what makes these reactions embarrassing is that they go beyond declarations of taste -- "It's not for me" or "it's overrated" -- to a categorical condemnation -- "It's totally worthless, nothing but hype, and will have no lasting impact."
One great thing about the Beatles, especially Lennon, is that they returned the disregard they got from people like Buckley. That quality of theirs took people by surprise -- those journalists who actually were paying attention in 1964 couldn't help but notice it.
I'm tired of the Beatles. I find these public, media-driven celebrations of anniversaries worse than boring when the personalities or events have never really faded from public consciousness in the first place. I felt the same way about last year's Kennedy assassination retrospectives.
I'm young enough to have missed the Beatles hoopla when it actually broke upon the shores of the US. My overexposure to them has been purely nostalgia-driven. And yet I've heard their music so much for so long - for the most part without particularly seeking it out - that if I never hear another Beatles song again, I'd be ok with it.
Jim P., please don't take this the wrong way, but if you're tired of the Beatles and don't seek them out, how come you're reading this? :-)
I think he who is tired of the Beatles is, in reality, tired of the Baby Boomers.
In another 20 years, there won't be many of us left, and you can listen to Eminem and Bieber instead. Boy that'll be a big improvement!
I think he who is tired of the Beatles is, in reality, tired of the Baby Boomers.
Probably. They find themselves a lot more interesting than I do. I guess technically I'm one of them, but I'm at the tail end so I missed all their cultural markers.
Crystal, thanks for posting your blog link. I enjoyed Ebert's review of "A Hard Day's Night." I think even Jim P. would like it.
My friend Michael Gerber has written at much greater length about the pathology of "Fuddy-Duddy Beatle Haters" in this post at Hey Dullblog. He has a lot of interesting things to say, about the Beatles and other matters. Buckley, for example: "William F. Buckley's talent was in being certain, not wise."
I love the Beatles. Help, Please Please Me & Abbey Road are my favorite albums. I just say Beatles were rock.


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At the Recess mini-convention this weekend, someone was telling me about a classic D&D module that involved seafaring and presented rules for falling overboard in armor, etc. I'm wondering if anyone can identify what this might have been and/or suggest other published adventures in which naval combat, exploration, etc. is handled.
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For dnd-3.5 there is Stormwrack - which I found in a used bookstore for a reasonable price:
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I've also scored a used copy of Swashbuckling Adventures' Ships and Sea Battles - which has rules and stats for d20 and 7th-sea. It specifically deals with fleet combat as well as day-to-day seafaring details.
Though not even close to compatible with 4th edition, I've found these invaluable for planning the sea-voyage/encounters portion of my new campaign.
Ship of Horrors, an AD&D adventure for TSR's (imo amazing) Ravenloft setting was published in 1991. It did (nomen est omen ;)) feature a lot of 'waterborne' events, and, as far as I can remember, some extra rules for such situations too, and was, apart from a few strange bits--like a 20th level wizard villain--an interesting and inspiring read. (I never got to DM it, though... because I always liked to write my own stories.)
Should you feel interested, the Fraternity of Shadows (a site dedicated to Ravenloft gaming) has a quite thorough review about it.
There was an adventure path in Dungeon called Savage Tide that looked rather interesting. Here's the wikipedia article about it. Not sure if that fits your desire for a classic adventure though.
By "classic" I take you to mean "pre-2000" or so. Sea-going adventures/settings were one area clearly overlooked in early D&D published materials, as there are very few of these taking place on the ocean (or underwater). Going by that guideline:
D&D Gazeteer #4 The Kingdom of Ierendi: This basic D&D guidebook has a large section on seafaring adventures among the Ierendi Isles, and a lot of info on shipboard combat.
The AD&D adventure pack I13 has one adventure, "To Kill a Kraken", that takes place on the high seas. Unusual in the fact it might have been the ONLY 1E adventure taking place on the sea.
The 2E AD&D supplement "Of Ships and the Seas" has rules for sailing and all sorts of ocean info
The D&D solo adventure XS1 Lathan's Gold takes place at sea, but quickly looking it over I cannot find and specific rules for drowning, etc.
There are a few AD&D and D&D adventures that involve ships (notably, X1 Isle of Dread, U1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, A dragonlance adventure or two), the Ravenloft adventure Ship of Horrors that was mentioned) but it was not a central feature of the adventure. Now, if the adventure happens to be one featured in Dungeon magazine, there were plenty in that publication that might fit the bill.


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Rice-Almond Salad
Categories: Vegetarian
Type: Salads
Type: Salads
Brown rice is healthier than white rice, and it tastes better too! Combine it with mango chutney and ginger, and you have the beginnings of a heart-smart salad.
Serves: 6 servings
- 2 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
- 1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons nonfat or reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon mango chutney
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon curry paste
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- Place the rice, celery, carrot, almonds, and raisins in a large bowl, and toss to mix well.
- Place the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, and stir to mix. Add the dressing to the rice mixture, and toss to mix well, adding a little more mayonnaise if the mixture seems too dry.
- Cover the salad, and chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
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Excerpted from The Best-Kept Secrets of Healthy Cooking by Sandra Woodruff, R.D. Copyright � 2000 by Sandra Woodruff.
To order this book go to www.penguin.com. Get a 15% discount with the coupon code FENPARENT.
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