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Idun Reiten was born on January 1, 1942, in Klaebu, Norway. Both her parents had a strong interest in mathematics and this love was passed on to their daughter. When she was only 12 years old she was one of only five participants to solve all 10 problems in a 10-week math competition that was part of a radio show from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Reiten earned a Masters degree in mathematics in 1968 from the University of Oslo with a thesis on a problem in number theory. In 1971 she became only the second Norwegian woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics when she wrote her dissertation on "Trivial Extensions and Gorenstein Rings" at the University of Illinois. Her advisor, Robert Fossum, whom she had met while he was a visiting professor at Oslo, describes her as "one of the best PhD students to ever attend the University of Illinois" [2]. After a brief time at MIT as a Lecturer, she returned to Norway in 1974 to teach in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Trondheim (which became the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1996). She was appointed Professor of Mathematics in 1982.
Reiten works in the area of representation theory of finite dimensional algebras, commutative algebras, and noncommutative algebraic geometry. She has over 130 publications and has written one book, Representation Theory of Artin Algebras, with Maurice Auslander and Sverre Smalo [Google Books Preview]. Reiten received the Humboldt Research Prize in 2005, the Mobius Prize for outstanding research in algebra in 2007 from the Norwegian Research Council, and the 2009 Fridtjof Nansen Award from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The last award was presented to her for "her original and profound contributions to algebra and representation theory."
Reiten was elected to the Royal Swedish Society of Science and Letters in 2007. She presented the 2010 Emmy Noether Lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010 in Hyderabad. A special conference was held in her honor in March 2012 in recognition of her 70th birthday.
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Lions easing Ansah back into fold, holding him out of Friday's game
There's a bit of turmoil on the inside of the Detroit Lions' defensive line.
But the Lions are close to getting some stability back elsewhere.
Ezekiel Ansah did not take part in contact drills Wednesday afternoon, a day after he was moved off the physically unable to perform list. The Lions plan to ease him in gradually after he underwent offseason shoulder surgery.
Coach Jim Caldwell ruled him out for Friday's exhibition game at Oakland, but doesn't think Ansah will have much trouble catching on after a strong rookie season.
''He'll be able to catch up pretty quickly,'' Caldwell said. ''But we'll take our time and there will be a progression to it.''
A first-round selection in the 2013 draft, Ansah had eight sacks - best among NFL rookies - and forced a pair of fumbles while starting 12 of the 14 games he played.
The 6-foot-5, 278-pounder's speed got him noticed quickly last season and Caldwell said he can't wait to get him back on the field.
''He's either going to collapse the pocket with his size or run around the other guy to create mismatches,'' the coach said. ''And he can get us some sacks, too.''
''He's a force.''
Ansah's gradual return comes as tackle Nick Fairley continues to see most of his reps with the second-team defense. Caldwell said not to read anything into it, but Fairley's body language seems to indicate he's fallen out of favor.
His weight - Fairley is listed at 308 pounds - reportedly is the reason why. Fairley, who's entering what could be his last season in Detroit after the team declined to exercise an option in his contract, ran past reporters when practice ended.
Veteran C.J. Mosley has taken Fairley's place on the first team alongside Ndamukong Suh in practice, but it's not certain the move will extend to Friday's game.
Mosley said he's simply stepping in when his number is called, but added he's hardly glad it came at what appears to be Fairley's expense.
''We're still teammates you always support your teammates,'' he said.
Detroit begins the regular season Sept. 8 when the New York Giants visit for the Monday Night Football opener.
Notes: The competition to be the Lions' kicker got a new wrinkle Wednesday as Giorgio Tavecchio and Nate Freese took turns trying field goals while surrounded by a gauntlet of shouting players. Both were successful from 57 yards before missing tries of 62 and 67 yards. ''It was unique,'' Tavecchio said. ... Wednesday was the last training camp practice open to the public.

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It's not hard to find hundreds of search results for workout tips when searching the internet. That's why I was on a mission to find quick and easy workout tips that actually work, proven by scientific studies. Below are my findings:
Talk to Yourself
While most people get bothered, and slightly scared, by others who talk to themselves while working out, the results of a recent study might get you mumbling too. In a study published in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Journal, researchers found that physical exhaustion, or the desire to stop working out, is largely psychological. The study recommends consistent and orderly self-talk in order to produce desired effects. By using statement such as "I am strong," or "I can do two more reps," you may find yourself pumping out an extra rep or running longer than ever before.
Grow a Milk Moustache
Chocolate milk, that is. While some athletes turn to a protein shake for post-workout, chocolate milk may be just as good of an option. Chocolate milk is a good post workout drink because it is a great blend of carbohydrates and proteins, all mixed into one. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition discovered that muscles protein synthesis is greater when milk-based proteins are consumed post workout, versus soy- based proteins.
Hit the coffee shop
This may be no different than usual for you coffee-lovers out there, but studies show there is a perk to having coffee or caffeine before a workout. Not only can caffeine help you burn a greater number of calories during your workout, it can also delay depletion of muscle glycogen, according to an article by the American College of Sports Medicine. More endurance-boosting perks of drinking coffee can be found on Cafepoint.
Activate your Glut-4
Doing 60 seconds of exercise right before eating and 60 seconds of exercise about 90 minutes after eating will activate your Glucose Transporter 4. Doing this will allow more calories to flow toward muscle cells than fat cells. Also known as glut-4, this naturally-occurring protein in your body can do amazing things with the excess sugar and calories in your body.
The most effective workout tips are those that work for you. Every person's physical make-up is different, but most important everyone's motivation for exercising is different. Some of the above tips may help you tremendously, and others not at all. Give them a try!
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With Independence Pass opening up for the season over Memorial Day weekend, Hans Flinch, Christina Vela, Bart Rose and I elected to take advantage of the easy camping and excellent access to big spring lines in the area. The three of them skied La Plata on Saturday while a kart race kept me in Denver until Saturday night. Our target for Sunday would be the beautiful northeast facing, 1200' Hopeful Couloir on 13,933' Mt. Hope. Just 77 feet short of being a fourteener (and therefore crowded), we were treated to great snow, a long and consistent pitch, and best of all, total solitude.Read More


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Following the return of volatility to equity markets from the summer of 2014 onwards, only two things could soothe the nerves of the Schroders convertible bond team in Zurich: good convertibles and Swiss chocolate. Fortunately we had both in abundance. Now, with attractive valuations and demand remaining strong, what lies ahead for the hybrid asset class? First we need to consider the macro-economic situation.
ECB lagging in liquidity race
Compared to previous recoveries, the current economic improvement from the 2008 recession is still slow and will need longer than usual. Recent US growth data show the diverging trend between the US and Europe, as the Federal Reserve's (Fed) quantitative easing (QE) clearly caused the US economy to accelerate at a far greater pace than the eurozone. QE drew to a close in the US – at least for the time being – in October 2014.
Elsewhere, we think that the European Central Bank (ECB) will need to pick up the liquidity baton and up its pace in the liquidity race. The Bank of Japan surprised markets on the final trading day in October, with an announcement of vastly increased-asset purchases. At the same, the lower yen will continue to give the Fed yet another good reason to delay introducing any tightening policy.
With the ECB lagging behind in the liquidity race, it has started its Asset Backed Securities purchase programme, but still needs to do more to fulfill Mario Draghi's Jackson Hole promise of doing even more of 'whatever it takes'. The low eurozone inflation figures, paired with historic low yields for German bunds, evokes the ghost of 'Japanisation'. The eurozone needs more than a weaker euro to bring the economy back onto a sustainable growth path. We expect further supportive monetary policy from the central banks in 2015.
We will start the New Year with a clear overweight to equity exposure. A healthy bias towards US IT and biotech will help us to participate from continuing pace of the US economy. At the same time, we have little-to-no exposure to the energy sector.
Equities to guide convertibles
The main driver of performance for convertible bonds in 2015 will be the equity market. Due to the attached conversion right – which offers investors the chance to switch the bond into equity – a strong equity market is good news for investors in convertibles. However, as a hybrid strategy which combines equity and bond features, convertibles retain a degree of capital protection, which makes them attractive for fixed income investors. Given that both credit and sovereign yields have fallen to historic lows, the potential for investors to retain bond-like qualities while potentially benefiting from supportive equity markets can make convertibles a compelling opportunity.
The convertible bond market is niche; it is characterized by high investor demand but can suffer from periodic patches of low new issuance. This can have a significant effect on convertible valuations in certain market characteristics can also vary widely. Being aware of these differences is integral to generating outperformance. The US convertible market is by far the biggest, most efficient and over the long-run, the most fairly-priced. At the other end of the spectrum, Asia is the smallest, least-liquid and on average comes with the highest credit exposure.
Attractive valuations
To invest successfully in convertibles, therefore, diligent internal research is crucial. Modelling conversion rights and detecting cheapness of convertible bonds is part of our daily work. We will start 2015 with a slight undervaluation of convertible bonds. Implied volatility, the main measure of quantifying convertible value, stands at under 30%, which gives investors a cheap access right to long-running equity market participation. Generally such a backdrop can be a good time to invest in convertibles.
Active primary market
The primary market in 2014 was very active, and we saw an increasing universe of outstanding convertible bonds. At Schroders we believe we have the necessary market weight to be an active player in the primary market. With long-term rates in the US starting to rise, we forecast a solid new issue market for 2015. Within the large and most effective US market we expect further growth companies from IT and healthcare coming to the market. We are carefully aware that the equity market rally and the extreme tightening of credit spreads will attract all sorts of companies to come to the market. Hence, 2015 will be a year where bond selection will be crucial.
Volatility to prevail
Despite all the market noise created by geopolitics from Ukraine to Iraq, we feel that investors can retain a risk-on bias. We expect equity markets to remain supportive for the start of 2015. In contrast to the start of 2014 when volatility had been low – even too low – we believe that more volatile market conditions will prevail. This should not upset investors after a long rally. In fact, we think that stockmarket setbacks are a healthy part of a long-running bull market and that convertible bonds offer a compelling risk-reward profile. Convertible bond valuations, which have recently fallen, mean that convertibles are fairly priced for the asymmetric return profile they offer (i.e. they maximise upside potential while capping downside risk). The strategic growth tilt, participation in the equity market via a long term option, paired with strong credit selection, can provide investors with a good mix of equity exposure and safety.


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Lemony Grilled Salmon Fillets With Dill Sauce
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- 2 medium lemons
- 4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
Lemon Dill Sauce
- 1½ teaspoons cornstarch
- ½ cup water
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 3 lemon slices, quartered
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh dill
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon dried chervil
- Dash cayenne pepper
Trim both ends from each lemon; cut lemons into thick slices. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill salmon and lemon slices, covered, over high heat (or broil 3–4 inches from the heat) for 3–5 minutes on each side or until the fish flakes easily with a fork and lemons are lightly browned.
For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, water and lemon juice; add butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat; stir in quartered lemon slices and seasonings.
Serve with salmon and grilled lemon slices.
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Armenian Benedictines, founded by Mechitar in 1712. In its inception the order was looked upon merely as an attempted reform of Eastern monachism. P. Filippo Bonanni, S.J., writes at Rome, in 1712 when the order received its approval, of the arrival of P. Elias Martyr and P. Joannes Simon, two Armenian monks sent by Mechitar to Pope Clement XI to offer His Holiness the most humble subjection of himself and convent (Ut ei se cum suis religiosis humillime subjiceret). There is no mention, at the moment, of the Benedictine rule. The monks, such as St. Anthony instituted in Egypt (quos St. Antonius in Aegypto instituerat), have begun a foundation in Modon with Mechitar (Mochtàr) as abbot.
After two years' noviceship, they take the usual vows, with a fourth in addition — "to give obedience to the preceptor or master deputed by their superior to teach them the dogmas of the Catholic Faith". Many of them vow themselves also to missionary work in Armenia, Persia, and Turkey, where they live on alms and wear as a badge, beneath the tunic, a cross of red cloth, on which are certain letters signifying their desire to shed their blood for the Catholic Faith. They promise on oath to work together in harmony so that they may the better win the schismatics back to God. They elect an abbot for life, who has the power to dismiss summarily any of his monks who should prove disorderly. They wear the beard, Oriental fashion, and have a black habit — tunic, cloak and hood. In the engraving attached to the description, the Mechitarist would be undistinguishable from a regular hermit of St. Augustine, except for his beard. When however, Pope Clement XI gave them his approval, it was as monks under the rule of St. Benedict, and he appointed Mechitar the first abbot. This was a great innovation; nothing less than the introduction of Western monasticism into the East. There, up to this time a monk undertook no duties but to fill his place in the monastery. He admitted no vocation but to save his soul in the cloister. He had, in theory, at least, broken off all relations with the outside world. He had no idea of making himself useful to mankind, or of any good works whatsoever save his choir duties, his prayers, his fastings, and the monastic observance. He belonged to no religious order but was simply a monk. Now, as a Benedictine, he would be expected to devote himself to some useful work and take some thought of his neighbour. It is clear, from P. Bonanni's description, that Mechitar and his monks wished this change and had already adopted the Western idea of the monk's vocation. The adoption of the Benedictine rule, therefore, was merely a recognition of their desire to devote themselves to apostolic work among their schismatic brethren, to instruct their ignorance, excite their devotion and bring them back into the communion of the one true Catholic and Apostolic Church. And it was also a security that they would not afterwards lapse into the apathy and inactivity associated in the Eastern mind with the life of the cloister. It is not quite accurate to speak of them as a Benedictine "Congregation", though it is their customary description. They are a new "Order" of monks living under the rule of St. Benedict, as distinct from the parent order as the Cistercians, Camaldolese, Silvestrines, or Olivetans. Hence we do not find them classed among the numerous congregations of the Benedictine order.
Missionaries, writers, and educationists, devoted to the service of their Armenian brethren wherever they might be found, such were and are these Benedictines of the Eastern Church. Their subjects usually enter the convent at an early age, eight or nine years old, receive in it their elementary schooling, spend about nine years in philosophical and theological study, at the canonical age of twenty-five, if sufficiently prepared, are ordained priests by their bishop-abbot, and are then employed by him in the various enterprises of the order. First, there is the work of the mission — not the conversion of the heathen, but priestly ministry to the Armenian communities settled in most of the commercial centres of Europe. With this is joined, where needed and possible, the apostolate of union with Rome. Next there is the education of the Armenian youth and, associated with this, the preparation and publication of good and useful Armenian literature.
The parent abbey is that of St. Lazzaro at Venice; next in importance is that at Vienna, founded in 1810; there is a large convent and college for lay-students at Padua, the legacy of a pious Armenian who died at Madras; in the year 1846 another rich benefactor, Samuel Morin, founded a similar establishment at Paris. Other houses are in Austria-Hungary, Russia, Persia and Turkey — fourteen in all, according to the latest statistics, with one hundred and fifty-two monks, the majority of whom are priests. Not a great development for an order two hundred years old; but its extension is necessarily restricted because of its exclusive devotion to persons and things Armenian. Amongst their countrymen the influence of the monks has been not only directive in the way of holiness and true service to God and His Church, but creative of a wholesome national ambition and self-respect. Apostles of culture and progress, they may be said, with strict justice, to have preserved from degradation and neglect the language and literature of their country, and in so doing, have been the saviours of the Armenian race. Individually, the monks are distinguished by their linguistic accomplishments, and the Vienna establishment has attracted attention by the institution of a Literary Academy, which confers honorary membership without regard to race or religion.
In every one of their many undertakings their founder, Mechitar, personally showed them the way. To him they owe the initiative in the study of the Armenian writings of the fourth and fifth centuries, which has resulted in the development and adoption of a literary language, nearly as distinct from the vulgar tongue as Latin is from Italian. Thus the modern Armenian remains in touch with a distinguished and inspiring past, and has at his service a rich and important literature which otherwise would have been left, unknown or unheeded, to decay. Mechitar, with his Armenian "Imitation" and "Bible", began that series of translations of great books, continued unceasingly during two centuries, and ranging from the early Fathers of the Church and the works of St. Thomas of Aquin (one of their first labours) to Homer and Virgil and the best known poets and historians of later days.
At one period, in connexion with their Vienna house, there existed an association for the propagation of good books, which is said to have distributed nearly a million volumes, and printed and published six new works each year. To him also they owe the guidance of their first steps in exegesis — the branch of learning in which they have won most distinction — and the kindred studies of the Liturgy and the religious history of their country. At S. Lazzaro he founded the printing press from which the most notable of their productions have been issued, and commenced there the collection of Armenian manuscripts for which their library has become famous. To any but members of the order the history of the Mechitarists has been uneventful, because of the quiet, untiring plodding along ancient, traditional paths, and the admirable fidelity to the spirit and ideals of their founder (see MECHITAR).
It has been principally by means of the Mechitarists' innumerable periodicals, pious manuals, Bibles, maps, engravings, dictionaries, histories, geographies and other contributions to educational and popular literature, that they have done good service to the Armenian Church and nation. Following are the most valuable of their contributions to the common cause of learning. First, there is the recovery, in ancient Armenian translations, of some lost works of the Fathers of the Church. Among them may be noted "Letters (thirteen) of St. Ignatius of Antioch" and a fuller and more authentic "History of the Martyrdom of St. Ignatius"; some works of St. Ephrem the Syrian, notably a sort of "Harmony of the Gospels" and a "Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul"; an exceptionally valuable edition of "Eusebius's History". The publication of these works is due to the famous Mechitarist Dom J. B. Aucher, who was assisted in the last of them by Cardinal Mai. To Aucher also we are indebted for a German translation of the "Armenian Missal" (Tübingen, 1845) and "Dom Johannis philosophi Ozniensis Armeniorum Catholici (A.D., 718) Opera" (Venice, 1534). Two original historical works may also be noted: "The History of Armenia", by P. Michel Tschamtschenanz (1784-6) and the "Quadro della storia letteraria di Armenia" by Mgr. Pl. Sukias Somal (Venice, 1829).
TSCHAMTSCHENANZ, Compendiose notizie sulla congregazione dei monachi Armeni Mechitaristici (Venice, 1819) NEUMANN, Essai d'une histoire de la Littérature arménienne (Leipzig, 1836); KALEMKIAR, Une esquisse de l'activité littéraire-typographique de la congrégation méchitariste à Vienne; GOSCHLER, Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la Théol. Cathol., XIV, Art. Mechitaristes.
APA citation. (1911). Mechitarists. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102b.htm
MLA citation. "Mechitarists." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10102b.htm>.
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Title text: Maybe I should've tried Wexler?
The Bellman-Ford algorithm is an algorithm that calculates the shortest path(s) through a weighted digraph or collection of connected nodes or vertices. The "Wexler" in the title text refers to Wexler's algorithm, which is used to deal with the inverse problem of electrical impedance tomography, or simply stated: the electrical conductivity of an (inhomogenous) object.
Both of these would make terrible pillow talk. Pillow talk is the conversation made by lovers after they have had sex, and is usually relaxed and intimate instead of technical.
- Cueball: Staring at the ceiling, she asked me what I was thinking about.
- Cueball: I should have made something up.
- Cueball: The Bellman-Ford algorithm makes terrible pillow talk.
- The number of this comic is 69. This number is a term for mutual oral sex, sex being the subject of the comic.
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How terrible of "pillow talk" it makes depends heavily on how geeky your significant other is. My wife has a T-Shirt that reads, "Talk Nerdy to Me!" -- mwburden 220.127.116.11 21:53, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Electrical Impedance Tomography involves attaching electrodes to things ... was he not trying to get a bit kinky? -- 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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I need to print some passport-sized photos for visa applications. They each need to be 35mm x 45mm.
Is there an easy way to take a single photo of my face and create a new jpeg file from it that I can just print in 6"x4" and have several passport photos on it in the right size that I can just cut out?


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The Obama administration has stopped fighting a court order that insisted minors be able to obtain emergency contraceptive, known as the morning-after pill. The administration dropped its appeal of Brooklyn federal judge Edward Korman's order requiring it to be sold over the counter, CNN reported June 11. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services eventually agreed to make the single-pill version of the drug available "without age or point-of-sale restrictions." But the FDA won't allow girls to obtain a two-pill version of the drug, saying there is less safety data available on the use of the product by younger adolescents.
More News to Cheer This Week:
In an address at the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, Hillary Clinton focused on increasing opportunities for women, something she called the "great unfinished business of the 21st century," NBC News reported June 13.
The Supreme Court ruled June 13 that human genes cannot be patented, USA Today reported. The decision will have immediate benefits for some breast and ovarian cancer patients and long-lasting repercussions for biotechnology research.
The lives of women and girls in Colorado have greatly improved in recent decades — if the women are white, according to a report released by The Women's Foundation of Colorado, The Denver Post reported June 12. Between 1999 and 2010, the state's gender wage gap between white women and white men narrowed, but the gap between women from other racial and ethnic groups and white men grew larger.
President Obama said June 10 as the Equal Pay Act turned 50: "Until equal pay truly is a reality, we're also here to recommit ourselves to the work that remains to be done."
Obama went on to say, "Our journey to equality is not complete until our wives, our mothers, our daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts," according to the transcript published by Politico. Additionally, the White House launched a website with information about equal pay.
Women may be catching up with men in the race for jobs in the United States, USA Today reported June 9. The Labor Department said June 7 that the economy added 175,000 jobs in May, with nearly half going to women.
Prayers by a liberal Jewish women's group at a key Jerusalem holy site passed without incident June 9, in contrast to violent scuffles with ultra-Orthodox protesters a month ago, the Associated Press reported.
Women have been at the forefront of Turkish protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Time Magazine reported June 8. Women's grievances include Erdogan's repeated call for women to have three children, his attempts to pass abortion restrictions, and turning the ministry responsible for women into the Ministry for Family and Social Policy, while not doing enough to tackle violence against women. Read more in the Women's eNews story "Turkish Protests Rattle Erdogan's Female Loyalists."
The U.S. Air Force announced that it has named a woman to head its troubled Sexual Assault Prevention program, Think Progress reported June 7. Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward is a much higher rank than the former director, who was arrested on charges of sexual assault.
The Supreme Court let stand a court order barring abortion protesters from displaying images of aborted fetuses in places where they might disturb children, The New York Times reported June 10.
A 13-year-old Egyptian teen has died undergoing female genital mutilation in a village near Cairo, Egyptian media reported last weekend, The New York Daily News reported June 11. The police ordered an autopsy of the girl, whose name was Suhair al-Bata'a, and summoned the doctor to find the cause of the young girl's death.
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As Iran held the first round of the presidential election, many women said that their limited gains have been rolled back by the outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, NPR reported June 12 in a piece featuring the voices of four Iranian women. The women say most candidates are conservative and would be likely to continue adopting policies that target the social and educational advances by women.
The Australian army launched an investigation over the distribution of demeaning emails to or about female members of the defense force, The Guardian reported June 13. The chief of the army, Lt. Gen. David Morrison, said inappropriate and explicit emails containing text and images that demeaned women had been distributed by a group of male defense force members. Three male army personnel have already been suspended.
Aboriginal women are 80 times more likely to be hospitalized for assault and injury, News.com reported June 10. Many of the assaults are perpetrated by the women's husbands or partners and include rape and murder.
Afghanistan's human rights commission accused the police of a significant amount of violence against women, Reuters reported June 10. Nearly 15 percent of so-called honor killings and sexual assaults were committed by police, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a report.
Endemic levels of sexual abuse and gender-based violence have made El Salvador one of the most dangerous countries in the world for girls and women, Al Jazeera reported June 7.
A Texas group wants to stop violence against women — by giving away free guns, MNSBC reported June 10. Yet, a recent study conducted by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center suggested women are in fact less safe with guns in the home.
Hillary Clinton has officially joined Twitter, ABC News reported June 10.
Ariel Castro, the Ohio man accused of keeping three kidnapped women captive in his home for a decade, pleaded not guilty today to 329 counts of rape, torture and murder, ABC News reported June 12.
France is bucking the trend with the highest birth rate on the continent, France 24 reported June 11. While birth rates had dropped noticeably across Europe and North America following the financial crisis starting in 2008, fertility in France has remained stable. On average, French women had 2.01 children in 2012, according to the most recent data.
Over half of Americans support same-sex marriage, TIME reported June 7. According to a poll by the Pew Research Center, 72 percent of Americans say that legal recognition of same-sex marriage is inevitable, although only 51 percent actually approve of allowing it.


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Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here. The cast of characters is located here. And, there is an accounting of people about whom I have little information here.
The numbering of these posts had been modified to signify that I am posting items from my archival book two, hence the 2-xx numbering. The posts from this book will contain more thumbnails, you will find that the pages with signatures, text and other important details will enlarge upon clicking.
Greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
The Ferris Carter's
Ferris Coulton Carter, 1897-1975, a nephew of Belle, was the son of Andrew Jackson Carter and his wife, Emily Lamunion. Emily was Belle's sister. Ferris married, in 1922, Goldia H. Willbrandt, 1902-1945. I cannot date this card.
I thought it was interesting to see spring like birds on the card, rather than a typical Christmas scene.


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Men Model Their Lives After Christ
March 11 issue feature on how Catholic conferences prompt conversions.
Five years ago, Richard Lane of St. Louis attended an event with Promise Keepers, a Protestant organization that helps men develop a relationship with Christ. It drew 15,000. He was inspired by the event, but wondered why the Catholic Church didn't have a similar movement.
So he went to his archbishop, Raymond Burke, and asked him if he could launch an annual Catholic conference for men in the archdiocese. The conference's purpose was to get men excited about living their Catholic faith, and then to return to their parishes to form Catholic men's apostolates that would meet regularly and support and encourage one another in the faith. Archbishop Burke (today a Rome-based cardinal in charge of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court) gave him an enthusiastic "Yes." That was the beginning of Catholic Men for Christ (CatholicMenforChrist.org).
The first conference was held in 2008, with 1,200 attending. The conference featured many prominent Catholic speakers, such as Detroit deacon and convert Alex Jones. The conferences have continued annually and still draw many: The 2012 conference was just held Super Bowl weekend. The featured speakers included the current archbishop of St. Louis, Robert Carlson.
"The men really enjoy it and can't wait for it each year," said Lane.
The successful story of the men's conference movement over the last decade has been repeated in many major cities and dioceses across the country. Father Larry Richards, one of the most popular speakers on the men's conference circuit, called it "the biggest movement in the Church."
Lane, himself a sought-after speaker, remarked, "Men's conferences give Catholic men the opportunity to share the fire of the Gospel with other Catholic men."
His own experience fuels his evangelization zeal. Lane was raised a Lutheran and converted to Catholicism in 2003. He began passing out Bibles and preaching on street corners. Today, he has a full-time Catholic apostolate, Qorban Ministries.
Lane is the son of NFL Hall of Fame member Dick "Night Train" Lane (1927-2002), and he frequently uses sports analogies in his talks. In one of his talks, for example, he speaks about the "six inches of daylight" a running back in football looks for to break through a defensive line: "Matthew 7:13 tells us the road to heaven is narrow and the gate to hell wide. When that running back sees his 'six inches of daylight,' he hits it hard to break through and score. When we recognize that narrow road, we have to hit it hard and break through to heaven."
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is also a favorite speaker at men's conferences. He is a deacon serving the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., and also has an evangelization apostolate (DynamicDeacon.com).
He recognizes how vital faith formation is for men: "Men are sucked into the many lies of our culture. They get involved with the culture of pornography, contraception and abortion and get pulled away from the men they're called to be."
He seeks to be "a witness of Christ and Christ crucified" and "to encourage men not to just know, but live the Catholic faith." As he puts it, "The Holy Spirit can transform us, and we can turn the culture around."
Burke-Sivers' experiences with his father, who was hostile to religion and divorced his mother, taught him from an early age the importance of men accepting the responsibilities of fatherhood. He lamented, "My dad loved alcohol, women and cigarettes more than us. Men need to be servant leaders to their wives and children and be an example of Christ to them." (Burke-Sivers would later have an emotional reconciliation with his father, who came to embrace religion after watching a series his son did for EWTN.)
Burke-Sivers was naturally drawn to the Catholic faith, became an altar boy and even spent four years in a Benedictine monastery. "I found the life of a monk appealing," he recalled. "The Benedictine's motto is 'Pray and work,' a wonderful combination."
He chose marriage as his vocation, moved to Portland, and today is the father of four children. He works in college security, but devotes much of his free time to the diaconate and his apostolate.
He said there has been an "explosion" in the number of men's conferences in recent years, perhaps due to more men "recognizing the emptiness of their lives and wanting to be free from the power of Satan."
Burke-Sivers said the end goal of the conferences is to "create a spark to get men to be active in men's groups in their own parishes, so that they can continue to grow spiritually when the post-conference feeling goes away."
Hector Molina is another popular men's conference speaker. He became active in the Catholic faith at age 15, after having a conversion experience on a retreat. He worked as a pastoral associate at a Brooklyn parish for 11 years. He became director of Hispanic ministry for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and then was appointed by then-Archbishop Burke as head of the Office of New Evangelization.
Two years ago he became a "freelance" apologist (HectorMolina.net): "I discovered I had a passion for evangelization, preaching the Good News."
He speaks regularly at men's conferences and retreats and also leads seminars. He is dedicated to men's ministry because he believes "it is the most under-served community in the Church."
He wants to reach the men who conclude that religion is "a woman's domain." He sees a direct correlation between men not going to church and their failure to fulfill their proper roles in society, such as not taking responsibility for their offspring.
The good news, he believes, is that "the pendulum is swinging back in the other direction." More men do want to assume the role of shepherd and guide to their families, and those involved in evangelization, including bishops, are seeing the need to reach out specifically to men. Men's conferences are a tool in "awakening the sleeping giant" of well-meaning but misguided men, teaching them what it means to be Catholic men.
Molina recently led a men's retreat in Phoenix. Many attendees told him, "If I'd only heard this when I was younger."
"Men need to be mentored, to be properly formed," Molina said. "They need to know God has a plan for their lives and that they should follow Christ, the ultimate model of manhood."
He said that Christ teaches men such things as heroic virtue, self-sacrifice, devotion to others, and how to be a "suffering servant." Men, in turn, need to be an image of Christ to their wives, models of virtue and protectors of their families. The role of the evangelist, Molina believes, is to point men to this noble end: "A man needs another man to call him to manhood."
Jim Graves writes from Newport Beach, California.


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A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
Prolific writer and speaker, McLaren is the author of popular works including A New Kind of Christian (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001) and A Generous Orthodoxy (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004). Coming from a Plymouth Brethren dispensational background, the author addresses the irrelevance of the church in a postmodern world and urges a reinterpretation of biblical faith that is freshly applicable for today. A leading voice in the "emergent" movement, the author expresses concern that conventional Christianity is not working. Written in a personable, aggressive style, A New Kind of Christianity sets forth ten primary questions that when answered, McLaren suggests, will transform Christianity. The work contends that just about all Christianity has failed: its expressions lack vibrancy, social ills are justified via Scripture, scientific facts are feared, homosexuals are despised, and world crises are ignored. He invites readers to join him in "the quest for a new kind of Christian faith," much as did the followers of Martin Luther (pp. 17–18, 256–57).
In the first section, "Book I: Unlocking and Opening" (chaps. 4–15), McLaren raises five questions that can potentially free people "from a prison in which we have been held hostage for a long time; once we unbolt long-held assumptions and raise these questions, new possibilities will open" (p. xiii). McLaren asks, What is the overarching story line of Scripture? How should the Bible be understood? Is God violent? Who is Jesus, and why is He important? What is the gospel? "Book II: Emerging and Exploring" (chaps. 16–22) continues with five more questions that target so-called "constricting conventional paradigms" (p. xiii) that have misguided people concerning the church, sex, eschatology, religious pluralism, and kingdom engagement. In reality McLaren's outline for a new reformation is considerably more radical than Luther ever dreamed.
In Book I the author declares that Christian theology has misread the Bible by replacing the dynamic, engaging God (elohim) of the scriptural narrative with a static, transcendent Greco-Roman God (theos) who cannot tolerate a nonperfect world. One's quest must begin by reconceiving the story line with which believers have all been raised: Eden, the Fall, condemnation, salvation, hell, and heaven—what McLaren calls the six-line Greco-Roman framework. The dread cosmic dictator of such a worldview "is an idol, a damnable idol" (p. 65). McLaren describes this traditional Christianity as "soul-sort narrative" (p. 215), meaning that the purpose and end of creation is the separation of souls into heaven or hell. Instead, he argues, Christians must discover the true biblical story by reading Jesus "forward" through the lens of Adam, Abraham, and the unfolding Jewish vision of life rather than "backwards" through Paul, Augustine, and the traditional church. The "more mature," "responsible" way to understand the biblical message (p. 76) is not as a "constitution" but as an "inspired library" with its many genres of literature (p. 83). Scripture is intended (and inspired) to open horizons, engender dialogue, and "stimulate conversation" (p. 92).
The Hebrew representations of God are inferior and "immature." Only in Jesus, the Son of God, can people encounter the "mature" revelation of God's character and the true nature of the kingdom as one of hope, grace, and reconciliation. True Christian faith must be grounded in the full revelation in Jesus Christ as seen in the synoptic Gospels. For example Jesus defined the gospel not in terms of the redemption of sinful people but as the invitation for all people to participate in the kingdom of God—an upward, open-ended working of the Spirit that leads to a fraternity of all humankind before God.
In Book II McLaren applies his vision of a new Christianity to five major issues with which traditional faith struggles. To the question "What Do We Do about the Church?" he suggests that all forms of churches fit stages in people's lives. Unity in diversity strengthens the church in its "one goal of forming Christlike people, people who live in the way of love, the way of peacemaking, the way of the kingdom of God, the way of Jesus, the way of the Spirit" (p. 170). Regarding "the Sex Question" Christians should be accepting of homosexuals together with all who struggle with sexual issues; both homosexuals and heterosexuals need liberation. The new Christianity must move beyond traditional impasses regarding gays and straight, married and single, celibate and sexually active "to construct not just a more humane sexual ethic in particular, but a more honest and robust Christian anthropology in general" (p. 190). Regarding "The Future Question," McLaren sees an eschatology full of hope. He particularly rejects literalism and dispensational eschatology, warning of the dire political consequences that such views carry. Rather than the Book of Revelation depicting a literal, linear view of God's judgment, McLaren says the future is a constant continuation of liberation.
Addressing "The Pluralism Question" McLaren says that Jesus is not the way, the truth, and the life as people have understood it. Rather, all religions will be reconciled to God through living out the gospel message of love and fraternity as part of the kingdom of God. Jesus "was not a gift to one religion, but to the whole world" (p. 215). "Evangelism would cease to be a matter of saving souls from a bad ending in the Greco-Roman soul-sort narrative. It would cease to be a proclamation of the superiority of the Christian religion. . . . No, instead, a reborn, postimperial evangelism would mean proclaiming the same good news as the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed" (p. 216). McLaren's last chapters urge readers to action, first by seeking a "robust" walk with God and then by living out this new Christianity in their churches or forming new communities of faith. He urges people to ask questions, to seek and find the new Christianity that in actuality is very old, from the very proclamation of Jesus Himself.
With 2.3 billion professing Christians in the world, traditional Christianity is an easy target. Of course there is a lack of vibrancy in some circles of Christianity today. When the church is arthritic, stiff, and crotchety, who does not want to see Christian disciples reflect a freshness of life? True, misuse of the Bible has occurred regarding war, racism, slavery, and homophobia. No one denies what McLaren calls the "scientific mess" (p. 68) and the difficult tensions with the Genesis creation account. And yes—Jesus is bigger than one's theology (p. 126). But McLaren's response to the problems is to reinvent Christian faith. He has made up his own religion, cobbled from almost anyone who is not a traditionalist. His solution to the ills of traditional Christianity is to set aside all passages that affirm God's holiness, justice, and wrath and to elevate all that is happy, nondivisive, and optimistic. McLaren rightly scorns traditionalism's selective exegesis that favors biases, but then he himself does precisely the same thing.
McLaren does not like a lot of what the Bible says about God and about sinful humanity. Therefore he sets about to reread Scripture in order to excise ideas of a perfect Eden, the Fall, alienation from God, blood atonement, historic evangelism and missions, and eternal judgment. If some readers are uneasy with McLaren's new Christianity, perhaps it is because these doctrines have been and are held nearly unanimously through all historic Christian faith and around the globe—Indian, Coptic, Orthodox, Jacobite, Nestorian, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal. The chapter "Is God Violent?" disparages passages on divine judgment based on the "immaturity" of the biblical writers (pp. 98–107). McLaren apologizes for the Flood account: "I'm not trying to defend the view of God in the Noah story as morally acceptable, ethically satisfying, and theologically mature" (p. 110). And while God Himself does not evolve (McLaren is an open theist but not a process theist), he argues at length that the perception of God by the biblical authors did evolve.
Jesus is the full perfection of God's revelation. Yet McLaren does not say much about Jesus other than that the real Jesus is not at all like what conventional Christians have "precritically" assumed. He is all about love, peace, and the kingdom. The Book of Revelation can be interpreted literally as divine judgment or as a book that reflects a "moment of creative possibility." The literalist interpretation "subverts" the loving, reconciling message of Jesus, whereas McLaren's view "reinforces" it (p. 124).
McLaren denigrates just about all mainstream Christianity over two thousand years. He deems as "immature" all those who are cautious of the new "conversation" and unimpressed with McLaren's novel ideas. Ironically his "new Christianity" of love, peace, and reconciliation includes just about everyone except traditional Christians.
In this book the author raises difficult issues, exhorts believers to exercise genuine, thoughtful belief, and proposes a different Christian faith. McLaren joins a host of other innovators over the last two centuries, many far more theologically sophisticated than he, who have set about to resurrect a culturally obsolete Christian religion and have failed. This book will no doubt tantalize some who have experienced the darker alleys of cheap theological constructs and churches that dismayed them. But underneath McLaren's soft tones is an American elitism and spiritual arrogance. Brisk, invigorating expressions of biblical faith are needed, but abandoning primary Christian doctrine, as McLaren has done, is the road to powerless, irrelevant religion.
About the Contributors
J. Scott Horrell
Scott Horrell, Th.D, until recently was Senior Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and continues as adjunct professor at DTS (including the DMin Brazil program), the Seminário Teológico Centroamericano (DET/PhD SETECA) in Guatemala, the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary (Amman), and the Centro de Desenvolvimento de Liderança in Maputo, Mozambique. Most of his ministry years have been outside the US and centered on theological education and pastoral training especially in basic doctrines of the faith. While teaching at several schools in Brazil he was coordinator of graduate studies at the Baptist Theological Seminary in São Paulo, and co-founder/editor of Vox Scripturae, at that time the largest Protestant journal in Latin America. He has written and contributed to various books and written multiple articles in Portuguese and English, notably From the Ground Up: Biblical Foundations for the 21st Century Church (Kregel 2004), Exploring Christian Theology, Vol 1, eds. N. Holsteen and M. Svigel (Bethany, 2014), and A Trindade, a Igreja, e a Realidade Social (2021). His current writing centers on the doctrine of the Trinity, the supernatural world, and human personhood.
His wife Ruth, children, and eight grandchildren currently reside in Dallas and Houston.


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Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing that the company publicising the issue is seeking to put its competitors in an unfavourable light.
Spider.io, a U.K. based company in the advertising analytics field, alleged that two unnamed companies are improperly using a flaw that allows them to track whether display advertisements, sometimes buried far down in web pages, are actually viewed by users.
Spider.io charged in a video that using such a flaw is improper, and that it uses a different method to collect the same data on display ad visibility.
Microsoft disagrees with Spider.io. "The underlying issue has more to do with competition between analytics companies than consumer safety or privacy," wrote Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president for Internet Explorer.
Spider.io's CEO, Douglas de Jager, said via email that it is a notable data leak and that Microsoft's accusation is an attack on his company. He said in an interview that at least one other ad analytics company was aware of the flaw but deliberately decided not to use it to gather display ad statistics.
Spider.io also alleged the issue could be used by an attacker to figure out what keys a person is clicking on a virtual keyboard, which are sometimes displayed in software products to avoid using the physical keyboard, which could be monitored with malicious software. Microsoft rejected the allegation, saying there's no way for an attacker to know what kind of content is below a cursor.
It's not uncommon for the security community to be somewhat in flux about whether to call a problematic issue in software a security vulnerability or not, and debate often ensues on how to classify an issue.
Still, Microsoft said it is contacting companies that are using the information leak as part of their ad-tracking metrics. It appears Microsoft does regard it as a minor issue that could be remedied in some way.
"We are actively working to adjust this behavior in IE and will provide more information when it is available," Hachamovitch said in an email.


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text: From John Blakey 's new book, The Trusted Executive , published just a couple weeks ago, here are these four tips from Jim Collins for how to be a humble leader : Demonstrate a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and never be boastful. Act with quiet, calm determination and motivate others through inspired standards, not inspiring charisma. Channel ambition into the company, not the self, and set up successors for even more greatness in the next generation. Look in the mirror, not out of the window, when apportioning responsibility for poor performance.


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It's been a few weeks now since Full Tilt released Rush poker into the ether. I've played several thousand hands North of too many. I figure it takes 10,000 hands to become an expert at poker. I'm there. Now, I'm the expert. Here's the view from my side of the LCD and what I've learned playing this ridonkulous game. I'm sharing them with you so that you too can bask in my greatness (my sarcasm font is in the shop, pretend it's not).
Beginning in 3, 2, 1...whooosh
- You almost always start in the big blind. You will almost always be raised from the middle position to the button. You will almost always have a decent starting hand or complete and utter crap. There's never a middle ground. If you 3 bet your crap, the dude will mostly either 4 bet or smooth call, if he smooth calls, you will hit the flop. All your chips will go into the middle, he'll draw to the nuts and you'll get stacked. If he 4 bets and you have AA or KK, your gonna get stacked by K T crubs. This is a lock.
- You have AA and raised from under the gun 3 bets will result in one of two outcomes: 1) it will be a walk and you'll collect the blinds (most common). 2) 7 of your closest friends will join the pot. The flop will come 842 rainbow. Blinds check, you raise pot. Folds to the BB who shoves. You call to find out that his 84 of crubs got there. You can't improve, there's only 2 aces in the deck and the other cards exist as only the cards of their rank. You end up stacked.
- AA raised in middle position 3 bets. Almost always a walk, except when the BB calls. The flop comes 842 rainbow. Checks back to you, you raise pot. Folds to the BB who shoves. You call to find out that his 82o looks like the hand of god hitting the two pair. You don't improve, you end up stacked.
- You are dealt KK. Fold them. They can't possibly win. You raise, you get 3 callers. Each has ace high until they hit the case ace on the flop. The board then hits a set and they chop with a boat. You end up stacked.
- AA from the button. Almost always get called or 3 bet. When you get 3 bet, repop. You are guaranteed a shove and the dude with the suited KT will get there. You'll end up stacked. If you just got called, you might as well not continuation bet. He just flopped the god's immortal nuts and you are drawing dead. Never mind, you have aces...and you get stacked again.
- Get friggin' sick and tired of always getting sacked by suited under cards, you get saucy and raise it up with J9s. You get called by the BB. Flop comes J93 rainbow. Cha-ching! You get it all in, BB shows aces. Turn a 9! River is an ace. 2 outers always hit. You get stacked...again.


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HttpClient is the Jetty component that allows to make requests and interpret responses to HTTP servers.
This tutorial takes you through the steps necessary to use the HttpClient in the most effective way.
The HttpClient is by its nature asynchronous. This means that the code that sends the request does not wait for the response to arrive before continuing. Instead, the request is sent concurrently to your code, and the response is interpreted also concurrently with your code.
The HttpClient API offers you callbacks to interact with the request-response lifecycle. These callbacks will be called by the HttpClient implementation to allow further actions to be performed during each request-response event.
A request-response unit is called exchange, and represent the exchange of information with the HTTP server.
There are two main classes in the HttpClient API:
- org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient, which manages the thread pooling, the proxy setting, the authentication settings, the connector type (blocking or non-blocking), the SSL settings and the timeouts. HttpClient manages the configuration that does not depend on a particular exchange.
- org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpExchange, which is the base class that you normally have to subclass that represent the exchange with the HTTP server, and manages HTTP method, the request URI, HTTP headers, request content, HTTP response code, HTTP response headers and response content.
HttpClient Setup
Before exchanging requests/responses with the HTTP server, you need to setup the HttpClient and then start it:
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.setConnectorType(HttpClient.CONNECTOR_SELECT_CHANNEL); client.start();
You can also choose to setup the maximum number of connections per address (connections are pooled up to that maximum number), or to specify the thread pool, or the timeout:
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.setConnectorType(HttpClient.CONNECTOR_SELECT_CHANNEL); client.setMaxConnectionsPerAddress(200); // max 200 concurrent connections to every address client.setThreadPool(new QueuedThreadPool(250)); // max 250 threads client.setTimeout(30000); // 30 seconds timeout; if no server reply, the request expires client.start();
Remember to configure the HttpClient before starting it, or the settings will not have effect.
Since HttpClient does not have any settings related to a particular address, it can be used to exchange requests/responses with several HTTP servers. You normally need one HttpClient instance for all your needs, even if you plan to connect to multiple HTTP servers.
Asynchronous Exchanges
Once the HttpClient has been setup, exchanges may be initiated by using the HttpClient.send(HttpExchange exchange) method.
The exchange must be configured with two mandatory fields: the address to connect to, and the request URI, or equivalently with an absolute URL:
HttpExchange exchange = new HttpExchange(); // Optionally set the HTTP method exchange.setMethod("POST"); exchange.setAddress(new Address("ping.host.com", 80)); exchange.setURI("/ping"); // Or, equivalently, this: exchange.setURL("http://ping.host.com/ping"); client.send(exchange); System.out.println("Exchange sent");
The most important thing to remember is that the send() method returns immediately after dispatching the exchange to a thread pool for execution, so the System.out is executed immediately after the send() method. It may be well true that the System.out is executed well before the exchange is actually executed, as well as it may be well true that the System.out is executed after the exchange is completely executed (when even the request has been received).
Beware of not assuming anything about the status of the exchange just because you called send().
Controlling the Exchange Progress
Because we used the HttpExchange class directly, without subclassing it, we have neither control nor notifications about the status of the exchange. The HttpExchange class exposes the following callback methods to be overridden to be notified of the status of the exchange:
- onRequestCommitted(), called when the request line and the request headers have been sent to the HTTP server.
- onRequestComplete(), called when the request content has been sent to the HTTP server.
- onResponseStatus(Buffer httpVersion, int statusCode, Buffer statusMessage), called when the response line has been processed; the three parameters hold, respectively, the HTTP version string (e.g. "HTTP/1.1"), the response status code (e.g. 200) and the response status message (e.g. "OK").
- onResponseHeader(Buffer name, Buffer value), called for each response header that has been processed; the parameters hold the name of the header (e.g. "Content-Length") and the value of the header (e.g. "16384").
- onResponseHeaderComplete(), called when all response headers have been processed.
- onResponseContent(Buffer content), called multiple times for each chunk of the response content; the parameter holds the chunk of the content that has been received.
- onResponseComplete(), called when the response content has been completely received.
Additionally four more methods can be overridden to be notified of non-normal conditions:
- onConnectionFailed(Throwable x), called when it is not possible to connect to the address specified in the exchange; the parameter holds the exception received while trying to connect.
- onException(Throwable x), called when a connection was possible, but an error happened later; the parameter holds the exception happened.
- onExpire(), called when the server did not respond before the timeout configured in the HttpClient.
- onRetry(), called when the exchange is resent (e.g. after an attempt to authenticate with no credentials).
You can of course extend HttpExchange directly, but it's probably best to use Jetty's built-in class org.eclipse.jetty.client.ContentExchange. This class overrides most of the callback methods above to allow easy retrieval of the response status code, response headers and response body.
Most of the times, you want to override onResponseComplete() to allow your business logic to read the response information (e.g. response status code or response body) and perform additional operations:
ContentExchange exchange = new ContentExchange(true) { protected void onResponseComplete() throws IOException { int status = getResponseStatus(); if (status == 200) doSomething(); else handleError(); } };
Synchronous Exchanges
While asynchronous exchanges offer the most in term of performances, sometimes it is necessary to perform a synchronous exchange without the hassle of overriding methods to be notified of response completion. This is possible by using the HttpExchange.waitForDone() method:
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.start(); ContentExchange exchange = new ContentExchange(true); exchange.setURL("http://foobar.com/baz"); client.send(exchange); // Waits until the exchange is terminated int exchangeState = exchange.waitForDone(); if (exchangeState == HttpExchange.STATUS_COMPLETED) doSomething(); else if (exchangeState == HttpExchange.STATUS_EXCEPTED) handleError(); else if (exchangeState == HttpExchange.STATUS_EXPIRED) handleSlowServer();
The waitForDone() method waits until the exchange state is in a "final" state, which could be that the exchange terminated successfully, or an exception was thrown or it expired.
SSL Connections
In order to configure HttpClient to validate SSL certificates and/or to supply a client certificate to the server, follow the instructions in SSL Connectors Reference to configure a SslContextFactory object and pass it as a parameter to the HttpClient's constructor.


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FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. On our program this week, we tell about compulsive hoarding syndrome. It is both a mental sickness and a public safety issue.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Many people in the United States are looking forward to the return of spring. During this season, millions of Americans do what is known as Spring Cleaning. They open windows in their homes to let in fresh air. They use cleaning products that make their homes smell nice. And some organize their belongings.
Many Americans have a strong desire to clean up their homes. This can also be called removing clutter. Clutter can be described as a disorganized collection of things. To remove clutter means to throw away the things you do not want. Then, you organize the things you have decided to keep.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: In recent years, it has become easy to find information on how to attack clutter. There are books, websites and television programs on the subject. Specialty stores sell containers and boxes for storing things around the house.
Some Americans pay people to come to their homes to remove clutter. Such people provide advice on what to keep and what to throw away. They also help with organizing things. However, the services of a professional organizer can be costly. Such services can cost up to two hundred dollars an hour.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Some people have serious problems with clutter. They have a mental disorder called compulsive hoarding syndrome. Compulsive hoarding syndrome affects an estimated one million people in the United States.
Compulsive hoarding is commonly connected to obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. This disorder causes people to have ideas that interfere with their daily activities. Such persons act on these ideas, even when they know the resulting actions are not reasonable.
Fear of being dirty may cause persons with OCD to wash their hands again and again. They may inspect things repeatedly, like making sure all electrical devices are turned off.CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: People with untreated OCD may not be able to control the urge to repeat senseless activities. People with Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome gather many objects and seemingly cannot remove them. Most people would say the objects that hoarders collect are useless or worthless. However, hoarders believe the objects could be useful some day. They may even develop an emotional connection to such things.
Hoarders are afraid to throw away things. At the same time, they continue to bring more and more things into their homes. They may save objects such as newspapers, clothing, and even old food.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Hoarders live with so much clutter that it may endanger their physical health. Dirt, insects and bacteria that form over time can cause sickness.
Safety experts say the homes of hoarders often are unsafe. A room filled with newspapers, for example, can cause floor supports to break down. In many cases, a room is filled from top to bottom with useless things. There is only a small space to walk from one end of the room to the other.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: One of the most famous hoarding cases involved two brothers in New York City. Homer and Langley Collyer were found dead in their home in nineteen forty-seven. Langley Collyer was buried under what appeared to be a mountain of old newspapers. The weight of the newspapers crushed him. Langley was Homer's caretaker. Medical experts believed Langley had been dead for several days before his brother Homer died of starvation.
Police found the home filled with thousands of unread books, pieces of wood, and skins from large fruits and vegetables. The brothers also saved pipes and very large automobile parts.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Compulsive hoarding can have a severe effect on a family. Family members who share a home with a hoarder cannot understand why their loved one keeps so many useless and sometimes dangerous things. It prevents the family from enjoying their home. Experts say the hoarder should make a greater effort to keep the home clean and organized. However, it is not that simple.
Randy Frost is a psychologist at Smith College in the American state of Massachusetts. He has studied hoarding. Professor Frost says it is more than a mental disorder. He says hoarding is a public health problem.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Severe health risks can result from collecting waste, food or materials that can cause fires. In the United States, hoarding violates laws that were created to protect public safety and property. Some cities have formed groups to deal with the problems caused by hoarding. Each group usually has representatives from one or more government agencies.
Agency officials say they often hear about hoarders from people who live near someone affected with the disorder. Those people no longer want to see broken household objects or old clothing lying on property near their homes.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Persons suffering from Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome do not only collect objects. Some collect cats, dogs, birds, snakes or other animals. Most animal hoarders believe they are rescuing the animals to care for them. However, hoarders do not realize when they have too many animals. They are really doing more harm than good. They may not be able to provide health care for the animals. Some animals may not be washed or fed.
Officials have been shocked at the condition of the homes of animal hoarders. Floors were covered with animal wastes. Infectious diseases were a problem. Some animals were found starving, while others had died.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: A grand jury in New York recently charged a man and his wife with hoarding one hundred cats. The cats clearly had not received good care. Investigators said some of the animals were missing teeth or eyes. Others were suffering from many insect bites and dehydration - a lack of needed fluids in the body. The owners were charged with torturing and injuring animals.
FAITH LAPIDUS: The American public has shown deep interest in the strange behavior of animal hoarders like the people in New York. Several television channels show reality programs about hoarders. Reality programs present events as they happen, such as the rescue of animals from hoarders' homes.
Television cameras capture the sadness of the owners as animal police take away their pets. And the cameras show the struggles of the hoarders and the efforts of people who want to help them.
Gregory Chasson is a mental health expert and professor at Towson University in Maryland. He says the public's interest in hoarding programs comes from most people's own natural human desire to collect things.
The professor says that for most people, this simply means behavior like keeping too many papers or having a little clutter. But he says hoarding becomes a mental health problem when it interferes with normal life.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Professor Chasson says compulsive hoarding is extremely difficult to treat. He says hoarders are less likely than others to recognize that they have a problem. But he suggests that cognitive-behavioral therapy can help. In this method, hoarders work with an expert to understand why they gather and save so many things.
When reasons are found for the hoarding, he says, people can develop a plan for organization. They can learn how to decide what to throw away. They can learn to resist the urge to bring home more things.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Some hoarders improve by meeting with others and talking over their struggles. These group therapy meetings can take place in the hoarders' homes. But the therapy does not always happen in direct meetings. Some meetings for hoarders are held through the Internet. And, some hoarders use their computers to communicate with a supportive person.
A method as easy as taking a picture of the area to be organized before and after the work is done can give hoarders a feeling of progress. With improved decision-making skills and ways of thinking, it is possible for a hoarder to become a former hoarder.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This SCIENCE IN THE NEWS was written by Lawan Davis and Jerilyn Watson. June Simms was our producer. I'm Christopher Cruise.
FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Visit us at voaspecialenglish.com, where you can find transcripts and MP3s of our reports. Join us again next week for more news about science in Special English on the Voice of America.


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Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis has found a home in the Republican Party and now needs a mission to suit his talents. I hope he'll find it in 2014. Among other things, Mr. Davis is a serious reader. In the American Spectator's Christmas books symposium, he recommends The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln by Sean Wilentz (among other interesting selections). A Bancroft Prize-winning book, The Rise of American Democracy weighs in at 1104 pages.
The Claremont Review of Books published a memorable review of Wilentz's book by Allen Guelzo around the time of its publication in 2005. Here is the opening of Guelzo's review:
What the Democratic Party has most liked to say about itself—that it is the party of the working man, the voice of the oppressed, the tribune of the people—loses some of its strut in the light of a rather long list of inconvenient facts, chiefly having to do with slavery and race. Such facts as these: that the Democrats were the party that championed chattel bondage, backed an expansionist war to expand slavery's realm, and corrupted the Supreme Court in order to open the western territories to the cancer. The party's Southern wing then led the nation into civil war in defense of slavery while its Northern wing did its best to stymie the administration of Abraham Lincoln, widely regarded by the Democrats as an accidental, even illegitimate, president. Thereafter, the party embraced Jim Crow as slavery's next-best substitute, elected a president who imposed segregation on the federal workforce, and remained the chief opponent of racial equality in much of the United States (though with important dissenters) up to the brink of the 1960s. The wonder, however, is not that the Democratic Party survived its six-decades-long infatuation with slavery and its century-long alliance with segregation, but that the party repressed all memory of that infatuation and that alliance so quickly—and made so successfully the argument that it had never ever, in its heart of hearts, been slavery's best friend after all.
Professor Guelzo winds up the review with an assessment of the historic animus of the Democratic Party:
Wilentz is correct in at least one respect: the Democracy was consistent in its commitment to some form of equality. The difficulty is that this notion of equality was an equality of restraint and suspicion, the conviction that no one deserves to have more than I do; and if they do have more, it can only be because of unjustifiable luck or illegitimate scheming. Despite Wilentz's struggle to dissociate the racism of the "bad" Democrats from the shining virtues of his "good" Democrats, an idea of equality based on restraint means narrowing the field of those whom equality can afford to admit to its ranks—which is why Wilentz's workingmen were so strangely indifferent to slavery. In a world of limited resources, lines had to be drawn defining who would be allowed to exploit those resources, and the racial line was a convenient one for white slaveholders and white workingmen alike. The Whigs, on the other hand, were not so much the critics of democracy as they were the partisans of an entirely different concept of democracy, built on the openness of a competitive economic society but also accepting the up-and-down risks of open markets. What Jackson's Democrats thought of as the ideal political economy was a pyramid in which everyone was guaranteed a fixed place, so that the justly rich were secure and the poor were subsidized (and in the South, literally subsidized through slaveholding and appropriations of Indian land).
That may, in the end, show how very little has changed in the fundamental ideology of the Democratic Party since Jackson's day. And this, in turn, may explain the anxiety of Democratic apologists to distance themselves from the ugly remembrance of slavery. For them, The Rise of American Democracy will deliver a very usable past; but it will be a mythic past, and in support of a mythic politics.
Whole thing here (all of it timely and still worth reading).


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Hi, I'm Conrad Parker, kfish on #haskell. I work on trading strategies in Haskell at Tsuru Capital in Singapore.
Haskell stuff:
- Type-Level Instant Insanity, an introductory tutorial about type-level programming.
- HOgg, a library and a commandline tool for manipulating Ogg files.
Summer of Code 2008
- Blog articles:
- Introductory Haskell Programming in the Unix Environment, examining laziness with strace
- Review: TagSoup
- Haskell Unicode Support, a comparative review of three Unicode libraries (iconv, utf8-string and encoding)
- Continuation Fest 2008: Continuations for video decoding and scrubbing
Personal web sites:
- www.kfish.org -- Homepage
- blog.kfish.org -- Blog
- bother.kfish.org -- Bug tracking, wiki
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Yesterday I wrote a fairly conventional analysis of the outcome of the FOMC meeting and the subsequent press conference by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. I think that analysis is consistent with that of the median policymaker on Constitution Avenue: As long as the economy continues to grind upward at a moderate pace and inflation pressures remain constrained, the expected path of short term interest rates is one of a slow rise with the first hike somewhere around a year away.
That view is, of course, data dependent, and given the current readings on inflation and unemployment, combined with a policy stance that is basically ignoring both in favor of untested measures of underemployment, the risk is that the rate path is steeper, and the first hike comes sooner, than currently anticipated. Under the current circumstances, I expect the median policymaker's willingness to risk falling behind the curve will decrease during the next six months.
Moreover, I would caution against interpreting Yellen's soft inflation outlook as her being soft on inflation. I think quite the opposite message came through at yesterday's press conference. Yellen was showing her hawkish side.
First, note that the Fed's terminal Federal Funds rate edged down to 3.75% from 4% in March, a consequence of falling estimates of potential growth. The Fed thus appears to be conforming to the "new normal" in which equilibrium interest rates have fallen. In short, the Fed appears to take the terminal Fed Funds rates as exogenous.
The terminal Fed Funds rates, however, is not exogenous. It is an inflation markup over estimates of potential growth. The Fed could allow interest rates to return to normal by allowing expected inflation to rise. From the Fed's point of view, however, the inflation rate is really not an endogenous choice. They view the 2% target is essentially exogenous, a number handed down in scripture, an element of the Ten Commandments. That the Fed should allow estimates of the terminal Fed Funds rate to fall is a testament to their commitment to the 2% target.
Second, it is not clear that the potential growth rate is entirely exogenous. In her press conference, Yellen commented that lower potential growth estimates are a consequence of slower investment (less capital formation) and persistent damage to the labor market. In the secular stagnation scenario, however, these are arguably the consequences of holding real interest rates too high and deliberately allowing the cyclical damage to become structural. But at the zero bound, the Fed would need to target higher inflation expectations to lower the real interest rate further. That is not on the table. The lower bound on real interest rates is -2% because the upper bound on inflation is 2%.
In other words, Yellen and Co. are so committed to the 2% inflation target that they are willing to tolerate a persistently lower level of national output to maintain that target. That sounds pretty hawkish to me.
Finally, Yellen's willingness of allow overshooting of the inflation target are, in my opinion, less than meets the eye. Financial reporters very much need to pin her and other policymakers down on this topic. I suspect when they say overshooting, what they mean is no more than 25bp over target in the context of anchored inflation expectations. If inflation expectations are anchored, however, expected real interest rates are not changing. The loose comments about overshooting are nothing more than a commitment to not overreact to forecast errors. It doesn't mean that the Fed will not raise interest rates in the face of overshooting, only that they will calibrate the rate of increase relative to their confidence that the overshooting is a forecast error.
Bottom Line: Soft on the inflation forecast is not the same as soft on inflation. Don't underestimate the Fed's commitment to the 2% target. That commitment is what pushes the risk to the hawkish side of the policy equation in the current environment.
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