Why is Congress used without the definite article the?
Possible Duplicate:             When I listen to major news programs, often I notice that they seem to intentionally omit "the" before the name of the government organizations. For example:     We contacted E.P.A. for comment but they refused our requests.   or     Others consider the actions of treasury to be detrimental to the economy.   These just sound wrong to me. I think it should be "the E.P.A" or "the treasury". However I most often hear this on very credible news programs (The PBS News Hour and Frontline come to mind) so I am sure they know what they're doing...  Is it proper to use "the" before the name of a government organization, or is it optional?
I bought a used iPhone 4.  The previous owner re-set the phone, but did not remove the device from their iCloud.  It is asking me for their iCloud information when I try to set-up the phone.  I don't have contact with the previous owner anymore.  Is there a way to remove the device from their iCloud so I can use a new one? Obtaining client IP address in WCF 3.0 I heard about nautilus-gksu and would like to install it. Unfortunately, when I try, I get this:  glemi@XPS:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package nautilus-gksu   How and where can I get this package? Answering beyond the question's scope Is answering beyond the scope of the question a valid thing? Or should we just stick to the question asked and ignore any potential bugs which might be present (of course OP is unaware of that, as of now).  To make myself more clear, please have a look at this .  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Is there something similar in Python? eg. something like: from somemodule import foo print(foo.methods)  # or whatever is the correct method to call This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading Macbook Pro 13" 2015 with OS X Yosemite on board. I've been trying to install OS X El Capitan, but always get the following message:  "This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading."  By the way this is not a date time issue, date is correct on my computer.    How can I fix this? Who knows the solution, please help. When using unicode-math, how do I get the original calligraphic alphabet back? I am happy with the great majority of what unicode-math does. But at times I find that I prefer a symbol the way it was before. With \varnothing and \complement, for example. In those cases I was able to save them under a different name before loading unicode-math, but this doesn't always work.  Right now I'm trying to access the \mathcal alphabet from plain LaTeX. How might I accomplish this?    Additional Question  I've been looking through unicode-math, trying to figure out where exactly the original \mathcal alphabet gets discarded, but I eventually gave up.  It would be interesting if someone could explain:   how/where the original \mathcal font is defined anyway, and what kind of 'switch' is thrown by unicode-math that makes it unavailable. How do I create a partially transparent flag? Is it possible for an encryption method to exist which is impossible to crack, even using quantum computers? Quantum computers are known to be able to crack  a broad range of cryptographic algorithms which were previously thought to be solvable only by resources increasing exponentially with the bit size of the key. An example for that is .  But, as far I know, not all problems fall into this category. On , we can read     Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that doesn’t solve problems but instead creates them for the purpose of evaluating quantum computers.   Can we still expect a new cryptographic algorithm which will be hard to crack using even a quantum computer? For clarity: the question refers to specifically to the design of new algorithms. Finding all functions $ f : \mathbb N^*\to\mathbb N^*$ such that for every $ x , y \in \mathbb N ^ * $, $ f ( x ) + f ( y ) \mid x ^ n + y ^ n $ Let $\mathbb N^*$ be the set of positive integers and $n$ be a fixed positive integer. How many functions $ f : \mathbb N^*\to\mathbb N^*$ are there such that for all positive integers $x$ and $y$, $f(x) + f(y)$ divides $x^n + y^n$? Removed Windows 7 and installed Ubuntu Server 12.04, but Windows Boot Manager still appears Measure of Image of Linear Map I am trying to work my way through the proof of the change of variables theorem for Lebesgue integrals. A key lemma in this context is as follows:  If $T:\mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ is a linear map and $A \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is Lebesgue measurable then $\lambda(T(A)) = |\det T \  | \cdot \lambda (A)$, where $\lambda(X)$ denotes the Lebesgue measure of $X$.  Can anyone provide a reference for a proof of this lemma that clearly references the facts from linear algebra that are necessary to effect the proof? The source I have for this lemma refers to German texts that I am incapable of reading and I have been unsuccessful at finding an alternate proof.  Added For the Benefit of Future Readers: In addition to the excellent references I received in response to this question, I have managed to find an additional reference that also provides a good proof of this fact: Aliprantis and Burkinshaw's Principles of Real Analysis, Third Edition, Lemma 40.4 pp 389-390.