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Q: What are the complete set of steps to fully build a Monotouch app bundle from the command line? I'd like to know what the complete set of steps is to build a MonoTouch C# app consisting of the main application assembly containing xib files and a set of library assemblies that also possibly contain xib files.
We're trying to automate these steps via a proper MSBuild script (which MonoTouch has yet to support) for various reasons which I won't go into, to focus on the question here.
So far, here's what I've come up with:
1) Compile each assembly using smcs, e.g.
/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/bin/smcs /noconfig
"/out:/Users/bright/src/MonoTouchAppWithLib/AppLib/bin/Debug/AppLib.dll
"/r:/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.dll"
"/r:/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.Xml.dll"
"/r:/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.Core.dll"
"/r:/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/monotouch.dll"
/nologo /warn:4 /debug:+ /debug:full /optimize- /codepage:utf8
"/define:DEBUG"
/t:library "/Users/bright/src/MonoTouchAppWithLib/AppLib/Class1.cs"

2) Compile interface definitions: run ibtool on each xib file in each assembly, e.g
/Developer/usr/bin/ibtool
--errors --warnings --notices --output-format human-readable-text
"/Users/bright/src/App/App/ViewController_iPhone.xib"
--compile "/Users/bright/src/App/App/bin/Debug/App.app/ViewController_iPhone.nib"
--sdk "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/
SDKs/iPhoneSimulator4.3.sdk"

3) Compile to native code:
/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/bin/mtouch
-sdkroot "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer"
-v --nomanifest --nosign -sim
"/Users/bright/src/App/App/bin/iPhoneSimulator/Debug/App.app"
-r "/Users/bright/src/App/AppLib/bin/Debug/AppLib.dll"
-r "/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.dll"
-r "/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.Xml.dll"
-r "/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/System.Core.dll"
-r "/Developer/MonoTouch/usr/lib/mono/2.1/monotouch.dll"
-debug -profiling -nolink -sdk "5.0"
"/Users/bright/src/App/App/bin/iPhoneSimulator/Debug/App.exe"

However, it isn't clear how to do the following (taken from MonoDevelop's build output window), and in what order:
1) Extract embedded content. MonoDevelop just outputs this:
Extracted HelloWorldScreen_iPhone.nib from MtLib.dll
Extracted HelloWorldScreen_iPad.nib from MtLib.dll

2) Update application manifest: There's no command line given in the MonoDevelop build output window.
3) Update debug configuration file: There's no command line given in the MonoDevelop build output window.
4) Update debug settings file: There's no command line given in the MonoDevelop build output window.
And other steps I haven't gotten do yet like app signing and resources.
Hopefully we can get enough information here to make a go of it.

A: You can run, from a terminal window or from within an MSBuild task, the /Applications/MonoDevelop.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool tool that is supplied with MonoDevelop. E.g.
/Applications/MonoDevelop.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool -v build -t:Build "-c:Debug|iPhoneSimulator" /path/to/your/app.csproj

That will build the MonoTouch application, including all your steps above and any future feature that will be added.

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The foreign exchange (FX) market has the highest daily trading of all financial assets; annualized FX trading equates to an astounding 13 times global GDP. Multinational corporations are, necessarily, major participants in the FX market. In order to hedge their currency risk, these companies trade large volumes of FX-based derivatives. However, the playing field for these trades is often tilted in favor of their banking partners.
Multinational corporations usually obtain FX derivatives from banks through over-the-counter (OTC) trading. The unregulated OTC derivatives market generally offers companies the best selection of instruments, but a series of scandals in which banks have been caught gaming various OTC markets indicates that caution is appropriate.
In 2011, the Bank of New York Mellon was sued by both the New York attorney general and the United States attorney general in Manhattan for routinely overcharging customers in the processing of FX transactions. The AGs claimed that the bank defrauded clients of more than $2 billion. In the same year, State Street Bank was sued by several state pension funds and investigated by the SEC for similar allegations. A year later, it was determined that many of the largest banks were gaming LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate), which underpins $350 trillion in derivatives. Some were found guilty and fined, including Barclays ($200 million) and UBS ($1.5 billion).
Then, one year after the LIBOR scandal, a systematic rigging of the WM/Reuters fixing rates was revealed. (See the sidebar How WM/Reuters Fixing Works, below.) Apparently, some major banks were front-running clients' closing spot trade orders, which were large enough to move the market. A bank would sell or buy ahead of the client, then try to move the benchmark rate in its favor. While one bank alone may not have enough reserves to substantially change the rate, the four largest banks—Deutsche, Citigroup, Barclays, and UBS—control more than 50 percent of the market. Traders at these banks would text one another to determine when client orders matched up enough to facilitate moving the fix. By making a large number of low-volume trades within the one-minute window during which the WM/Reuters rates are calculated (also known as "banging the close"), the banks could move the fix and square their positions profitably.
Price manipulation is not the only way in which banks pose risks for their foreign exchange clients. Counterparty credit risk is another concern. When Lehman Brothers moved from investment-grade credit to bankruptcy over a single weekend in 2008, the company had more than 67,000 open trades. While Dodd-Frank, Basel III, and other regulatory changes have reduced this risk by requiring banks to maintain higher Tier 1 capital ratios, multinational corporations still risk having their derivatives contracts become worthless should a bank default during times of high volatility/low liquidity.
Like any corporation, banks are the fiduciary of no one but themselves. It behooves anyone trading derivatives to do so with caution and with a defensive attitude. Fortunately, there are specific actions that a corporate treasurer can take to create transparency and safety where obfuscation and danger prevail.
One of the most effective methods for minimizing costs is to bid out every trade, especially every trade that is a significant size. To guard against price manipulation, multinational corporations need to establish trading relationships with multiple counterparties and ask for bids from each one. For a treasurer who's shopping around an FX transaction or derivatives trade, it's crucial to know where the market is. Companies should not depend on their banks for quotes of the spot rate or forward points.
Instead, you need to use independent third-party sources to determine the spot and forward prices at the time of each trade. This exposes each bank's true bid-ask spread. Spot rates are easy to verify using services such as TrueFX, but forward points are not as easy to pinpoint. Subscriptions to Bloomberg, SuperDerivatives, WM/Reuters FX Indices, and Interactive Brokers are not cheap, but they can pay for themselves by revealing where the market truly is. Avoiding a misquote of 10 basis points (bps) on the forward rate—which consists of the spot rate plus forward points—for a trade worth US$2.5 million per month would cover the cost of a typical subscription.
A treasurer may also want to specify that trade pricing will be tied to the WM/Reuters fixing rate. Despite the recent scandal, WM/Reuters fixing rates are the most transparent and liquid in the foreign exchange market. Specifying that trades will be priced at the WM/Reuters spot rate allows a treasurer to bid out the trade's forward points, preventing any possibility of a skewed spot quote.
Very large corporations must make very large trades to hedge their transactional risk, and the size of those trades creates another kind of pricing risk. Very large trades can actually move the market, and large companies' banks may be tempted to front-run their trades. Banks will usually know the direction a client needs to trade, and this may skew their bid-ask spread for the client's trade.
A corporation can use several tactics to address this risk. The first tactic is to split the trade among several counterparties. This reduces any one bank's visibility into the size of the overall trade, which may remove the temptation to front-run it. Tying the trade's pricing to the WM/Reuters fixing rate and placing the trade just before the fixing period will prevent banks from communicating to determine the total size of the trade.
OTC derivatives usually serve corporate hedging needs better than exchanges because they enable the company to set tenors and notionals with precision. (See OTC vs. Exchange-Based Trading, below.) However, savvy corporate treasurers use the futures market in two ways. The first way is through exchange-based trading; when a company's desired notionals and tenors match the size and expiries of available instruments, trading on an exchange offers much lower counterparty risk and more pricing transparency.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) recently developed a hybrid facility that offers some of the benefits of exchange-based trading while preserving some of the flexibility of the OTC market. Essentially, the CME allows for a variety of OTC trades to be settled and cleared through the exchange. This eliminates bank counterparty risk because the CME becomes the counterparty. Thirty-eight currency combinations are eligible for trading through this service, and maturities can be any valid business day between spot and two years. Both the bank and the corporate FX client have to agree to use the CME service, of course.
The second way in which exchanges can help corporate treasurers is by creating pricing transparency in the OTC market. Exchange-traded derivatives usually expire on the third Wednesday of the month. The value of a future and a forward of the same expiry must converge, or else there would be an arbitrage opportunity. If a treasurer specifies that his OTC trades should expire on the third Wednesday of the month, the OTC prices that banks quote should match the exchange pricing, thus creating pricing transparency.
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement is the cornerstone of any transactional relationship between two parties engaged in OTC financial transactions. (See ISDA Key Components, at right.) It should come as no surprise that ISDAs between corporations and banks have traditionally been rather one-sided. If a company's credit rating is downgraded beyond a certain level, its banking counterparty will notify it that it has triggered the terms of its CSA and that it needs to post additional collateral. But even if a bank actually defaults on a corporate customer, the company will likely have no opportunity to collect any collateral.
For example, a typical CSA might call for the exchange of collateral if either party's credit rating is BBB or lower. The company may be able to operate for quite some time with a BBB rating, or even at a below-investment-grade level. If the company's credit rating were to drop to BBB, the bank would have ample opportunity to obtain collateral under this CSA. However, if a major bank's credit rating fell to BBB, that would likely be the straw that broke the camel's back. The bank would no longer have sufficient capital to post collateral, and its cost of funds would have already increased to a level that makes operating as a bank problematic. The bank would be much more likely to default at this same credit rating, so a CSA with these terms would provide a false sense of security to the corporate counterparty. What can a corporate treasurer do to level the credit-risk playing field? First, it's imperative to monitor counterparty exposures on a timely basis and to set triggers for action. These triggers should be based onreal-time indicators of a bank's risk of default, such as its level of credit default swaps (CDS). As the bank approaches the limits you've set, reallocate your short-term trades and/or cash deposits as much as possible.
One other approach to reducing the counterparty risks posed by banks is to limit their re-hypothecation rights. Figure 2, below, demonstrates how re-hypothecation works. In the illustration, Company X is required to post collateral because it is out of the money on a series of trades with Bank A, its counterparty bank. Bank A, in turn, is out of the money with respect to some transactions it's engaged in with Bank B. So at the end of the day, Bank A must post collateral to Bank B. Rather than coming up with its own funds to use as collateral, Bank A prefers to cover its agreement with Bank B by "re-hypothecating" the collateral it receives from Company X.
For Company X, this arrangement can be highly problematic if Bank A is at risk of default. If the trades happen to move back in Company X's favor, Bank A may no longer have the funds to return Company X's collateral. Rules have been very loose in governing how banks can re-hypothecate collateral, under the argument that it frees up capital and makes lending cheaper. Unfortunately, this has resulted in some circumstances where multiple counterparties have claims on the same collateral. In the bankruptcy of MF Global, for example, untangling the complex trail of commingled assets and collateral claims took years.
Whether or not to grant your banking counterparties re-hypothecation rights on the collateral you might end up sending them is an item for negotiation. If you do not grant re-hypothecation rights, the bank will likely add to the trade a funding charge, which may be significant. One Fortune 100 treasury manager, with whom we recently discussed this issue, noted that the funding charge his company faced during negotiations would have been prohibitively expensive, so although the company considered its options, in the end it granted re-hypothecation rights to its counterparty.
Because it is largely unregulated, the over-the-counter market for FX derivatives is full of hidden and costly traps that threaten to catch up unsuspecting corporate treasurers. Tactics companies might encounter from their banking counterparties include outright price misquotes, skewed bid-ask spreads, front-running of large trades, asymmetric ISDAs and CSAs, and re-hypothecation.
Fortunately, multinational corporations have a number of options for leveling the playing field. All treasurers engaging in derivatives trades should obtain accurate and unbiased market information, and should bid out large transactions. Once they know where the market is, treasurers can consider splitting trades among multiple counterparties or trading anonymously to prevent front-running. They can time their OTC trades to coincide with CME maturity dates and the WM/Reuters fixing schedule. They can negotiate CSAs that are more fair. They should monitor their banks' credit ratings along with their exposure to the banks, and they should consider utilizing third-party collateral managers. A corporate treasury team that uses these tactics in its FX derivatives trading dramatically reduces its risk of being overcharged or caught flat-footed by credit issues among its banking counterparties.


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Q: argTypes in nested object for controls I'm trying to migrate from Knobs to Controls and I am having trouble with nested objects.
As an example, lets say I have an object like this as props for a Component...
object : {
 properties: {
   color: 'black',
   size: '1'
 }
}

The project uses .tsx extensions for story files, no MDX as of now. I've tried accessing the nested properties like this to customize their Control...
Card.argTypes = {
 object: {
  properties: {
   color: {control: {type: 'color'}},
   size: {control: {type: 'range', options:{min:1,max:5,step:1}}}
  }
 }
}

But the control remains an object field with the entirety of the JSON right in there, which is not user friendly, you might agree.
Is there a way to access objects to give control over their nested properties? Given the size of the project, I can't go around flattening all the objects and their props in the components.
Thanks!

A: Not at present.
There's an open issue about it currently aimed at the 6.2 release.


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ST. ELMO – The St. Elmo High School volleyball team won the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament last Friday, defeating Christ Our Rock Lutheran in three sets.
Junior Megan Maxey led the Lady Eagles with nine kills and junior Katie Stites added eight of her own during the 25-18, 23-25, 15-10 victory on St. Elmo's home floor.
ST. ELMO – Patoka kept the game close against Beecher City last Friday, but the Lady Warriors were unable to get the win in the seventh-place game of the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament.
The Lady Eagles won the game, 26-24, 25-22.
That loss came a day after Patoka also had a close battle with Cowden-Herrick in the final game of pool play, which saw Patoka lose, 25-18, 25-20.
When attending a minor league baseball game, a decent amount of the entertainment value doesn't even come from the players on the field.
At Kane County Cougars games, it's a St. Elmo graduate who helps ensure that fans get their money's worth when the team isn't on the field.
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Q: Rails 4: Validate duplicates in a custom model validator I have this models:
Ofert.rb
class Ofert < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :shipping_fees
end

Shipping_fee.rb
class ShippingFee < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :ofert
end

ShippingFee has an attribute city. I want to validate that user does not input the same city for the same Ofert
I already have it working like this:
class ShippingFee < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :ofert
    validate :not_reapeated_cities

    def not_reapeated_cities
        ofert = Ofert.find self.ofert_id
        ofert.shipping_fees.each do |shipping_fee|
            errors.add(:city, "has been already added") if shipping_fee.city == self.city
            break if not errors.empty?
        end
    end
end

However I think there is a better way of do it, I want to optimize the app as much as possible. And when there are a lot of ShippingFee's it won't be helpful for performance.

A: You can use the scope option of the uniqueness validation like below
  validates_uniqueness_of :city, scope: :ofert_id

You also need to add an unique index to the shipping_fees table like below
add_index(:shipping_fees, [:city, :ofert_id], unique: true)


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Memorial soccer seniors look to finish strong careers with another state title
Kyle Sokeland
EVANSVILLE – Bill Vieth only asks of a few things from each member of the Memorial soccer team.
One, be committed. Two, work hard. And three, try to become the best player, and in turn team, possible. Those pillars make this program one of the most successful in state history.
Those components describe one group in particular. One that has won many games. One that came together either years ago or just in high school. One that embraced the characteristics Vieth looks for in his players.
The Memorial soccer senior class.
"They've done what we've asked of them," said Vieth. "Some have been with us since freshman year on the varsity team. Some are in their first year. It's hard to tell the difference when you talk to them about it, because they are so invested in it."
Ten athletes will represent Memorial soccer for the final time on Friday night. The No. 1 Tigers (17-3) face No. 19 Fort Wayne Canterbury (13-5-6) in the Class 2A state championship at Grand Park Sports Event Center in Westfield.
A win would give Memorial its fourth state championship in five years. This senior class has been a part of 68 victories and is taking aim at its third title. Is it fair to give them credit for all of those wins? Of course not. Other talented classes have come and gone.
Only midfielder Garland Hall (86 career games), forward Max Brasseale (84 games) and goalkeeper Ben Weikert (61 games) saw varsity action as freshmen. But the impact of this group, no matter how big an individual's role, is undeniable. A conference title every year. A sectional title every year.
And now another trip to the state championship.
"I just think it's our mentality and effort," said Hall. "We come to train every day and put that same effort into our games. To be around these guys for five or six years now and a part of the program together, it's a big deal to me."
Vieth officially meets each class as early as fourth or fifth grade at youth camps. But he's known about some members of this group longer. They are younger brothers of past players or even the son of a former Tiger.
Not every member of the group took the same path here. Some attended Evansville Christian School. Others attended St. Benedict, Holy Rosary or other feeder schools together. Isaac Bennett, the leader in goals (25) and assists (12), didn't join the program until his sophomore year but played travel soccer with a few.
Their identity and passion can be seen all over this season. The seniors represent 73 percent of the scoring, 60 percent of the assists and the top two goalkeepers. They showed determination during a season like no other. But the seniors say it goes beyond talent.
"It's mostly coach Vieth," said Brasseale. "He unites us and puts all of our good qualities together. A lot of these other teams, you'll see have amazing talent but aren't getting results. That's how important coach Vieth is to this team."
This program represents family for these seniors. For someone like Bennett, that is quite literal. His father played for Vieth Jr. His grandfather coached with Bill Vieth Sr. The chance to represent something bigger than yourself goes a long way for many athletes.
"It's a tradition and a lot of respect," said Bennett. "Just knowing coach Vieth and how far he's come, being able to play for him is a big honor. There are some guys on this team I didn't know I'd be friends with until this year. We've grown together."
Memorial earned its way back to the state championship game. Every postseason victory came against a ranked opponent. And the latest was the toughest, a 4-3 overtime win versus No. 2 Guerin Catholic in the semistate.
Vieth knew it would be a battle. It was last year and many of the same players returned on both sides. Memorial didn't help itself with a rough start, which included an own goal. But the Tigers had the firepower and experience on their side.
"A lot of it was keeping your head in those games," said Bennett. "We knew it would be a high scoring game. Just knew that we had to put more balls in the back of the net."
"It speaks a lot for our team about how we never give up and keep going," added Brasseale.
Their attention is now on Canterbury. The Cavaliers rebounded from a three-win campaign to make their third state title appearance in four years. It is their first in Class 2A. Make no mistake. This program is among the bluebloods with seven state championships.
All Memorial can do is focus on playing its best soccer come Friday night. Although it gave up three goals to Guerin Catholic, the Tigers thought they defended well in the semistate. And every time the offense has scored this fall, the team has won.
It will come down to a handful of moments in that final game.
"We have to play a good, fundamentally sound game," said Vieth. "It always ends up on both ends. Do you defend well in critical spots? And when you have a chance, do you score those goals? I think all of these big games boil down to those things."
Follow Courier & Press sports reporter Kyle Sokeland on Twitter @kylesokeland.
IHSAA Class 2A State Championship
Who: Memorial vs Fort Wayne Canterbury
When: Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. CDT
Where: Grand Park Sports Event Center, 19000 Grand Park Boulevard, Westfield, IN
Video stream: All six state matches will be available at IHSAAtv.org via pay-per-view for $14.95 per match or $19.95 for access to all matches.


This this video, created from of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 1999 JD6 was collected by NASA scientists on July 25, 2015. The images show the rotation of the asteroid, which made its closest approach on July 24 at 9:55 p.m. PDT (12:55 a.m. EDT on July 25) at a distance of about 4.5 million miles (7.2 million kilometers, or about 19 times the distance from Earth to the moon).
The asteroid appears to be a contact binary -- an asteroid with two lobes that are stuck together. The radar images show the asteroid is highly elongated, with a length of approximately 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) on its long axis.
These images are radar echoes, which are more like a sonogram than a photograph. The views were obtained by pairing NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, with the 330-foot (100-meter) National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. Using this approach, the Goldstone antenna beams a radar signal at an asteroid and Green Bank receives the reflections. The technique, referred to as a bistatic observation, dramatically improves the amount of detail that can be seen in radar images. The new views obtained with the technique show features as small as about 25 feet (7.5 meters) wide.


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Town Turns Out for Opening of New Cherryville YMCA
Bill Poteat
The Gaston Gazette
Traffic jams in downtown Cherryville are about as rare as lightning bugs in December, but a pretty good one developed Thursday afternoon.
No, it wasn't the fried chicken special at Home Folks Restaurant which led to the brief traffic snarl, it was the grand opening of the YMCA's new location at 215 N. Mountain St., just up the sidewalk from the Beam Truck Museum.
"Amazing," said Gaston County YMCA CEO Sharon Padgett as she watched the crowd gathering. "What a great day for the Y and what a great day for Cherryville."
The Cherryville Y had been in a small storefront location on Main Street since 2003.
The new location is in an older brick building which decades ago housed the only Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Gaston County.
The building's owner, developer Patrick O'Leary, totally refurbished the facility, providing space for a comprehensive gym and for exercise classrooms.
"This YMCA will be very important to the community of Cherryville and to our daily life," O'Leary said in addressing the crowd. "The building's interior now has an edgy, urban feel. And I'm proud to say that all the vendors involved in the renovations were local. Every dollar spent was local."
Cherryville Mayor H.L. Beam noted with pride the size of the crowd turned out for the grand opening and said the new facility is, "absolutely state of the art and absolutely beautiful."
In her remarks, Padgett praised Cherryville for the "spirit of cooperation" which made the new Y possible, speaking especially of the efforts of O'Leary and of real estate agent Vickie Spurling.
The opening ceremonies concluded with the presentation of a check for $53,910.63 to the Cherryville Y by Home Trust Bank.
Bill Poteat may be reached at 828-488-0195 or bpoteat@gastongazette.com.


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I recently contacted the BBC about the headline of this article: Erdington Murder Probe after Man 'Deliberately' Driven at by Car.
I suggested to them that it would be better to make clear that a person was driving, rather assigning blame to the vehicle. The wording of the headline could have a psychological effect, and contribute to the situation in the UK where road violence is not taken seriously enough, and is regarded as inevitable and a fact of life.
I asked them, would they write a headline saying that a knife stabbed someone, a baseball bat hit someone over the head, or a gun shot someone? Why should it be different when a car is the weapon?
The BBC didn't understand the point I was making; instead, they answered questions I didn't raise. They said they didn't think anyone would be misled into believing it was a self-driving car. It is frustrating when someone attributes daft arguments to you, then answers them.
As a result, I looked into this in more depth, and here are the results.
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A StreetsBlogUSA article explains the relevant points.
It reports academic researchers' findings that '…the framing of articles greatly affects public perceptions of vehicle violence...A team of researchers found that even subtle differences in how an article is framed greatly affects readers' interpretation of crashes and their attitudes toward policy...Seemingly trivial editorial differences have been shown to influence how readers make sense of a story.'
The first of the recommendations noted in the article is: 'Avoid non-agentive, object-based language.' That means avoid the language used in the BBC headline, where it was the car that did it, not a person.
The idea of agency is explained in a Frontiers in Psychology article.
'In language, one finds pervasive and systematic ways of construing and interpreting the world. Patterns in everyday descriptions (e.g., whether someone says "He shattered the crystal" or "The crystal shattered") may serve as pervasive and powerful cues to agency.'
'For example, English speakers who read a report about Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction containing the agentive expression "tore the bodice" not only blamed Timberlake more, but also levied 53% more in fines for the offense than those who read the non-agentive "the bodice tore." The linguistic framing had a big effect on blame and punishment even when people watched a video of the event and were able to witness the tearing with their own eyes.'
Road Collision Reporting Guidelines in the UK
In the UK, Laura Laker and Martin Porter QC have recently argued that 'language and accuracy matter, and too often reporting contributes to making the roads less safe'.
They have contributed to suggestions for Road Collision Reporting Guidelines.
Martin Porter QC says: 'Reporting Guidelines for journalism about road traffic crashes and criminal offences committed on our roads are long overdue and of vital importance. Language matters. The language of journalists, with any accompanying prejudices and assumptions, are so easily imported into the attitudes of road users and into our criminal and civil justice systems.'
'It may seem harmless to speak of vehicles speeding, running lights or running people down, thereby implying no human responsibility...but the knock on effects contribute to increased danger on our roads and to failings throughout the justice system.'
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Jonathan Safran Foer attends the 2011 WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year Awards at the Museum of Modern Art on October 27, 2011 in New York City. (Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)
Incredibly, Incredibly Close: Deborah Solomon on novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times Magazine, Feb. 27:
[Our correspondence] came to include, in scarcely more than a month, some 150 e-mail messages from Foer, many of them wickedly hilarious, others gravely literary, and running to thousands of words ….
"That's a lot to think about," Foer wrote with his usual intensity. "It would take 1,000 letters just to scratch the surface, and I doubt the scratch would be too deep. I'll give it a shot …. When I come back I'll get started with letter #1."
No. 1: I'm back now from walking the dog. You had asked me what I meant by giving you a piece of blank paper from the desk of Isaac Bashevis Singer: Was it "a comment on the futility of texts," or "an evocation of all the beautiful ideas and feelings … that remain to be inscribed on that great blank page known as the future"? I'm starting to think that perhaps it was both. Or neither. Or some combination of the two.
No. 3: I must again stress, despite the source of that blank paper, and despite the portrait of Singer on my wall, and despite the fact that I, too, use three names, that it would be inaccurate to compare or equate myself to Singer in any way.
No. 15: That was a beautiful passage you wrote, about how when we said goodbye at 4 p.m., "the fading daylight lent the moment a veiled, elegiac feeling, an unsettling suggestion of oblivion." Sometimes I weep at the end of the day. And I wonder: Is the sun truly going away from us, or are we the ones who are going away from it?
No. 23: It was kind or perceptive of you to say that I "might be called a European novelist who happens to be writing in America." In the end, I think we are all sometimes prisoners of plate tectonics.
No. 120: I was walking George in the park again earlier this hour when she suddenly lunged and gobbled up half the remains of a dead squirrel. Five minutes later, she vomited it all over the grass. She vomited it up so easily and nonchalantly, it gave me a pang. Dogs have such pure, honest reactions to things-both coming and going.
No. 152: You don't think it seems too aggressively butch for me to call my female dog "George," do you? For what it's worth, I adopted a tomcat this past weekend. I have named him Princess Jasmine Fluffytoes.
No. 274 or 275 (depending): Remember how I sent you that e-mail while I was waiting to meet up with you, so you'd get it when you got back from the interview? I am sending you this e-mail in the middle of writing another e-mail, so it gets there sooner. Wait till you see what I've already told you!
No. 338: Wrting this on my new BlackBerry frmo the bathroom. I'm hvaing a little troouble getting used to thesse tiny keys. But it occurred to me that every trip to the bathroom is a little act of letting go. I needed to tell you that.
No. 339: Well, not every act. If you're just brushing your teeth, for instance. But even that, really. Suppose you brushed your teeth and you spat out a little strand of meat that had been stuck there and then you got hit by a truck? That would have been your last meal, and you would have missed the very last part of it.
No. 443: Paper towels, dish soap (unscented), mushrooms, milk (2 percent, skim). Am I forgetting anything? Oh, onions.
No. 516: The pineapple has such a tough, leathery skin. It's almost an imposture to drink pineapple juice; it's hardly a true experience of the pineapple. Drinking pineapple juice is life made easy. It's fraudulence. I adore my pineapple juice, though.
No. 590: if the world were already silent, what would stillness sound like? then i think it would sound like the soft rustle of the newest leaves in a spring breeze. everyone would feel awkward.
No. 627: I told you that I wished I could talk like a black person. It's more than that, really: I wish, in the give and take between us, that I could give myself to you as a strong black man. You could receive my thoughts as if I were making strong love to you on satin sheets with the music of Barry White or Marvin Gaye playing-making love to you with my large penis, which would not be an offensive racial stereotype yet would be a penis of unmistakable substance. Instead I feel as if I'm humping away in a rabbity fashion on a futon, after a dinner of takeout Italian, with Dido on the stereo, and I'm hoping to make up for my shortcomings with earnest cunnilingus in a little while. This is all just a figure of speech!
No. 820: Princess Jasmine Fluffytoes is asleep in my lap right this second.
No. 875: Writing is above all, I think, an act of faith. You put the words out there and hope. For instance, I can write "pat your head," but I have no way of knowing whether you would actually pat your head in response. Or "stand up." Now sit down. Stand up again. Blink three times. See? Pure faith.
No. 999: I feel as if I made a hopelessly inadequate profile subject. You are too kind to have paid so much attention to me. I really would be glad if I could give you the chance to do another profile. Maybe this one could be good enough to be on the cover. I know a literary novelist is less important than movie stars, especially Oscar week, but maybe there won't be movie stars. I will try to give you everything you need. I am putty in your hands.
No. 1,000: It wouldn't have to be the cover!
Some leading shopping experts had to miss out on last month's Presidents' Day specials: While New Yorkers enjoyed the three-day weekend, part of the staff at Condé Nast's Cargo spent the holiday inside 4 Times Square, putting in extra hours on a revamp of the men's shopping magazine.
"It is not common for staff to work on weekends," Cargo spokesperson Mistrella Murphy said. "From time to time, as with the May issue, it is necessary for some staff to work extra hours to meet the closing schedule."
Though the changes may have been time-consuming, editor in chief Ariel Foxman said they fell short of an outright redesign. "I consider us still in our launch mode," Mr. Foxman said. "[ Cargo] has been evolving in terms of balance, in terms of depth of coverage, and in terms of breadth of coverage. We've sort of been tinkering with that all along."
In the current Cargo, a feature on facial-hair shaping is sandwiched between a feature on clothes trends and a two-page spread on S.U.V. accessorizing. With the May issue, the magazine will begin segregating the consumer products by category: style, gadgets, body, wheels and culture. A travel section will follow in June.
That structure should make the magalog more quickly accessible-that is, more like a catalog.
Mr. Foxman said that as the magazine becomes bigger, the simplification becomes more necessary. "We were able to allow our reader to jump around a little bit in the previous incarnation," Mr. Foxman said. "At a certain point, the element of confusion would overtake the element of surprise."
Last month, Cargo ramped up its publishing schedule, jumping to 10 issues a year from six. In 2005, ad pages are up 45 percent over the same period last year, and circulation climbed 17 percent from 300,000 to 350,000.
Cargo and its older sister Lucky are closely identified with now-departed Condé Nast editorial director James Truman. But Mr. Foxman and Tom Wallace, Mr. Truman's successor, said that the overhaul was not a symptom of the changes in the directorship.
"The current changes at Cargo are evolutionary changes that were well underway before James left. Ariel is perfectly up to the job implanting them," Mr. Wallace said. "I think a magazine launch and its business plan are based on a lot of assumptions, and once the magazine is in the marketplace, it has the benefit of experience and can make adjustments. This will continue to happen."
-Gabriel Sherman
Due to a series of elementary reporting failures, last week's Off the Record misidentified the writer of a letter to the New York Times sports page. The Kevin Brown who wrote to The Times in defense of Jason Giambi was not the same Kevin Brown who pitches for the Yankees. "[I]f it had been the Yankees pitcher, we would have said so," Times sports editor Tom Jolly wrote in an e-mail. "There's more than one of me in the city," the epistolary Mr. Brown said, reached at his office at the BBG-BBGM architecture firm (the pitching Mr. Brown was in Florida, at spring training). Mr. Brown said he is "more or less" a Yankees fan-"I have a cap," he added-but that he is not especially fond of the pitcher, whom he described as "not very worthy." And he was unaware himself that The Times had published his letter. "Nobody called to check that it was me or whatever," he said. Off the Record regrets the error.
"I'm looking forward to being surprised," New York Times editorial-page editor Gail Collins said. Ms. Collins was elaborating on The Times' March 1 announcement that reporter John Tierney would be the newest addition to her stable of Op-Ed columnists.
Mr. Tierney, Ms. Collins said, is an "out-of-the-box" thinker with a knack for contrariness. Her department, she said, "has never quite recovered" from a 1996 piece that Mr. Tierney wrote for The New York Times Magazine, in which he argued that recycling was futile.
"As an editorial board, we really do love recycling a lot," Ms. Collins said.
Mr. Tierney fills a vacancy created by the retirement of William Safire. Like Mr. Safire, he is seen as starboard-side ballast on a page accused of listing to port.
But also like Mr. Safire, Mr. Tierney is not a yellow-dog Republican. "My inclination is libertarian," Mr. Tierney said.
Whether or not they agree with Mr. Tierney's assessments-down with rent control! Up with automobiles!- Times readers should benefit, Ms. Collins argued, from having their "universal truths" challenged. "It's still just really useful to be exposed to these kind of things," Ms. Collins said.
If some of Mr. Tierney's pronouncements may be unexpected, his appointment was not. Ms. Collins said that The Times had looked a list of a dozen possible candidates (some of whom, she added, may never have realized they were under consideration). But Mr. Tierney's career has traced a more or less perfect trajectory toward an Op-Ed column, and Mr. Safire's retirement created a more or less ideal spot for him to land.
"I've had editors starting with Joe Lelyveld saying, 'You should think about trying to write there someday,'" Mr. Tierney said. " … It was always a hope of mine."
Author Christopher Buckley, Mr. Tierney's longtime friend, said that Mr. Tierney's position as a right-leaning Times columnist wasn't always foreordained. When the two met at the Yale Daily News in 1973, Mr. Buckley said, "I'd have bet all the tea in China against it." The young Mr. Tierney, Mr. Buckley explained, was "redistributionist, socialist, he was anti-authoritarian"-though not, Mr. Buckley added, to the point of "throwing Molotov cocktails at the National Guard."
"So it's really quite fascinating to have watched that evolution," Mr. Buckley said.
Mr. Tierney is known for a puckish, often conceptual approach to reporting. "He brings as much zest to the table as a half-dozen lemons," Mr. Buckley said. In 1999, Mr. Buckley recalled, when Rosie O'Donnell criticized a crackdown on the city's homeless, Mr. Tierney showed up on the sidewalk outside the actress' suburban house, unshaven and shabbily dressed, and wrote about being rousted-a stunt it's hard to imagine Paul Krugman carrying off.
It's not as easy to do shoe-leather reporting on the federal government as it is on metro-section subjects in New York, Mr. Tierney allowed. "No, there's an awful lot of phone-leather here," he said.
John Podhoretz said Mr. Tierney's hiring brings "a welcome addition of actual levity to the page." Is he funnier than incumbent rightish contrarian David Brooks? No, Mr. Podhoretz said. "Few people are as funny as David Brooks," he added. " … He's funny in a different way."
During last year's Democratic convention, Mr. Tierney distributed surveys to his fellow reporters about which candidate they were supporting-then, to isolate the effects of their professional self-interest, he asked them which potential President they would rather report on.
Mr. Tierney did vote in the 2004 Presidential election, he said, but he declined to say whether that vote had been for George Bush or John Kerry: "In the last campaign, I had plenty of objections to both candidates."
Mr. Tierney said that unlike some newly minted columnists, he doesn't anticipate any nightmares about blank pages. Having already written the biweekly "Big City" column for the metro section, he said, he has learned a central lesson of column-writing: "Somehow, the space does get filled."
Ms. Collins said that Mr. Tierney's metro experience "reduces the trauma" of launching the column. "The trick of being able to do something twice a week at 705 words … it's a very unusual gift, so it's nice to have somebody who has already done it," she said.
While Mr. Tierney is inheriting Mr. Safire's newsprint real estate, he is not inheriting his predecessor's well-appointed corner office. That space, with its burgundy leather couch, will be taken over by Thomas Friedman, according to a source in the Washington bureau. Mr. Tierney, currently in a cubicle, will inherit Mr. Friedman's old digs.
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Check-in: Karen will check with Kerry to see how he is doing and if he wishes to stay involved in the Board.
Peggy received an email to OSI-US requesting contact regarding some project or service in Kashmir. It may be unsolicited advertisement mail, but it is hard to say. Some said it felt like a random email broadcast for advertisement.
Agreed to let it go - if it is a real request for Open Space of some kind, the requestor will contact us again.
Thank you Doug for all your work on it - it is really quite fabulous. Peggy is thinking about Tree's question - since its key purpose is fundraising for OSI-US - why not a sentence up front or putting that bullet first? Is our purpose first in the letter to spread the word about, open and hold space for OS -or- to generate income?
Gabriel noted the Obama campaign's email blast was good about that sort of thing - weaving asking for money into a larger story in a really nice way. Every time significant things happen or they reach a significant goal in the campaign they lead with gratitude for previous support, then say what opportunities exist, then their next goal, then opportunities for participation. As theirs is a repetitive thing that pattern seems to work well. Tree notes we do not have to limit ourselves to one letter a year - a later letter can remind folks of ways to open space. Gabriel adds we could have incremental goals through the year and make a letter/campaign around various things. Lisa shared how Access Queen invites people to contribute money and other resources - whatever is the amount they can contribute.
Doug wanted to make the first item something that people easily could do - and he would like us to recall we were excited about doing the letter in this fashion as it was a new way to look at it - let's give rather than go to people with our hand out. Also he feels the folks who have been giving are used to seeing an email from us asking for money - he feels that will trigger their response. He does not want us to hold our hand out, but instead to get people involved in many ways. Karen recommends putting the question 'where do you want to open space' as a lead in.
Peggy's thought - she was talking with a colleague about mass mailings - he says the mailings that say 'dear so and so' even when they are a mass mailing get a much higher response rate. If she provided the email list is someone equipped to do an email mail merge that would make this more personal? About 400 names - with a high percentage of bounce-backs. With a more personal touch she would be more comfortable with this dual-purpose letter. Karen cautions against using someone's names too many times; Lisa also recommends using first name only (first and last sounds like a bulk mail letter for sure). Gabriel underlines it feels better coming from a person rather than an institution and it is great to respond to a human being. It is signed 'Peggy Holman, Open Space Institute' and Peggy is fine with this.
Tree is willing to put names in manually and send out each email individually. Knowing that this is will take several hours, Tree is interested in taking it on. Peggy will help her with the technicality of how to send it 'from within' the osi-us mailbox and will send Tree the email list. Peggy has sent out the adjusted letter to us so Tree now has a copy to use as well.
Doug contacted Becky through Larry (not having Becky's email address) to invite her to a future Board meeting. No word yet.
Lisa's thought about young people and OS: her impression by reading the minutes from this discussion was that this concern (where are the young OS facilitators) sprang up because folks noted all the 'white hairs' at OSonOS by the Sea. She sees lots of young OS facilitators - many come through her workshops, she recommends some for work, she mentors many. She recommends that the group is older at something like OS by the Sea because of cost issues - cost of air travel, hotel, and so on. What makes it so that Lisa sees so many young people at her workshops? asks Christine. All Lisa's workshops are 'pay-your-own-price' - plus there is very low cost accommodation nearby (a hostel for $30/night) for those who may need it. There also are 2 meals a day offered in the workshops, as well, for any price anyone pays. Lisa feels this cost accessibility brings in more diversity and more youth.
Lisa's parental care day, for the time being, is usually on Tuesdays or Thursdays. All of us can meet on most Fridays - though when some of us travel, we often have Fridays as travel days. Peggy recommends we move it to the THIRD week of the month to avoid confusion.
Agreement that now our meetings will be held on the Third Friday of each month. As there was a question about adjusting the start time and we needed to end this particular meeting, we agreed to discuss adjusting or keeping the same start time at our next meeting.
The Girl Scout Convention video from 2005 is coming our way for OSI-US - Christine ordered 40 copies to be delivered to Peggy's house. Peggy noted the distribution for OSI-US product is now being done by Breakpoint Books in Florida (not by her). She doesn't know if Dave can keep 40 in stock - perhaps ship 10 or 15 to Dave and the rest to Peggy, who can ship him the remaining copies as needed. They will be in a little plastic case. After those 40 copies (CWS co-owns it) we can probably get some more made ourselves if we want to do that. This video will be disseminated through the Girl Scouts to 3-4000 people.
These first 40 copies are free to us and we can price them for sale however we wish (Peggy says that extra copies may be $8 per cd for 100 copies). Christine has been showing this at workshops - it gives a good feel for very large scale use of OS - people get really excited because of how they see the energy and the process. It is not a how-to video, but more of a 15-minute long case study.
Peggy's thought on pricing - drop the price on the USWest video from $40 to $25. Doug suggests possibly bundling them? $30 for each? Karen also notes there may be Phelim's video if it's still existing after his computer loss. Gabriel reminds us to ask what is our purpose - if it's not an income generator, look at how we get it out there more. Peggy says we make the most money on these - she suspects if we frame it right it might be a great income generator. Christine asks if we can consider having it a downloadable payable thing, to reduce the footprint and the expense for folks outside the country for mailing? This technical aspect can be discussed with Michael Herman.
By the way: Peggy knows of a site that lets you send really large files. Yousendit.com You can do it free up to 100 megabytes.
The video for 2008 convention will be produced externally - which will create nice web versions and make it work much faster.
Gabriel will send us a link to the video soon so we can make an assessment as to how to price it. Christine will let us know when it is approved for public release.
When we are ready to go live with it, we will contact Michael H to add it to the website. Check at that time to see if it is Christine or someone else who will take this action item.
Agreement to keep this item in the bin.
As Karen was doing the previous month's notes - and looking also at our 'going deeper' session notes - this came to mind. She wants to be sure everyone is comfortable including some of these personal things on the wiki. Gabriel does not have a personal reaction to that stuff being out there but he wonders about its purpose out of context. Such as if someone from a business 'googles' one of us when we are seeking a position with them, and they find a set of minutes with those personal comments - which would potentially be out of context for the reader. It is one thing to send these personal thoughts to share out to Board - posting on wiki however is another issue. Our thanks to Karen for bringing that up.
Recommendation to not post that part of our minutes publicly - if those sorts of reflective, personal thoughts are captured, that version could go out via email to the Board but deleted from the version going to the wiki.
As Kerry was not present, this was not discussed in this meeting.
Keep in the bin - when Karen asks Kerry how he's doing and if he still wishes to participate on the Board, she will ask him about keeping or retiring these several agenda items linked to his name.
Agreement that we drop this item until we have an excuse for another anniversary.
The website is almost almost ready, visa invitation letters are going out to folks who are requesting them, registrations are happening, and everyone who registers receives a personal thank you from Lisa with an accommodation list. Lisa is also responding to special requests (for example sources of information for family-friendly activities in town, links to resources for lesbians and gays, etc. as per each request).
Lisa will give updates at our meetings.
1. Kerry's 'Linking Videos on YouTube?' etc. and 'US Website for Practioners' items - keep in bin or retire?


Reclassifying English Language Learners: What's the effect on Wisconsin high schoolers?
Those watching election results recently know voter demographics, and how they've changed over time, play a major role during primary campaign season. These national demographic trends not only influence presidential campaigns but also affect schools across the country. Today 10 percent of all students attending public schools in the US are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs)—the number of students with this classification has increased by 14 percent over the past decade. A priority for all public schools with ELL students is to help them achieve proficiency in English, commonly known as "exiting" ELL status or "reclassifying." In research forthcoming in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management we use data from Wisconsin to examine how reclassifying an ELL student as fully English proficient during his or her high school years affects important subsequent outcomes.
ELL students are a heterogeneous population, varying from young children of immigrants born in the US to refugees arriving in the country during their adolescence. The policies and practices surrounding the education of ELLs are likewise wide-ranging and diverse. Within broad federal requirements laid out in Title III of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are given substantial latitude in determining the process and criteria for reclassifying ELLs.
As in many other states, reclassification decisions in Wisconsin rely heavily on students' performance on the state's English proficiency assessment—the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS) exam. Students scoring above the proficiency threshold on the ACCESS exam are automatically reclassified as fully English proficient. District personnel can also manually reclassify students scoring just below the proficiency threshold as fully English proficient, but evidence suggests that manual reclassifications are relatively rare in Wisconsin.
Reclassifying a student as fully English proficient changes several aspects of students' educational environment. At the high school level, reclassification has the potential to put students on an educational track that has access to resources that better prepare them for postsecondary education. On the other hand, exiting ELL status often eliminates access to instructional accommodations and supports tailored to promote these students' success.
In our research we examine this by estimating the effect of reclassification that occurs prior to a student's 11th grade year on his or her ACT scores, likelihood of high school graduation, and postsecondary enrollment. We focus on reclassification occurring prior to 11th grade because junior year is typically when postsecondary preparation begins in earnest—students generally take the ACT in 11th grade and high schools typically first offer postsecondary counseling at this time. The postsecondary preparation experiences of students classified as ELLs may differ significantly from those of students who have been reclassified as fully English proficient.
We estimate the effect of reclassification by taking advantage of Wisconsin's policy that automatically reclassifies students who score above the proficiency threshold on the ACCESS exam. In particular, we compare the outcomes of students who score just above the proficiency threshold—most of whom are reclassified as fully proficient—to the outcomes of their peers who fall just short and are likely to remain classified as ELLs in 11th grade. This design allows us to make causal claims about the impact of being reclassified by the beginning of 11th grade for those students who scored near the proficiency threshold on the ACCESS.
For these students, we find that reclassification increases students' composite ACT score by about one full point. Most of this increase is attributable to improved performance on the English and reading portions of the ACT. Our results also indicate that reclassification increases postsecondary enrollment in the fall after high school graduation, with the increase largely due to increased enrollment at four-year institutions.
We theorize that the positive effects of scoring above the automatic reclassification threshold are attributable to students being exposed to different college preparation activities and resources than their peers who scored just below the cutoff and remain classified as ELLs—ACT preparation, college counseling, and assistance with the application or financial aid process are potential examples. Although our research provides indirect evidence in support of this explanation, we acknowledge that we do not know the mechanisms responsible for producing the effects we find. For example, it could be the case that reclassification serves as a motivator for students and give them a positive view of the schooling environment. We hope additional research will provide further insight into the mechanisms through which reclassification during a students' high school years affects the outcomes we study.
Our results have important implications for policy governing the education of ELLs. At a basic level, our results indicate the importance of a student's ELL classification at the beginning of his or her junior year, at least for Wisconsin students scoring near the English proficiency threshold on the ACCESS exam. This suggests that schools and districts should ensure that students scoring just below the English proficiency threshold have access to the same postsecondary preparation activities and resources as students scoring just above the cutoff. Additionally, schools and districts may wish to more closely consider whether to manually reclassify students scoring just below the ACCESS proficiency threshold—currently, less than 25 percent of students who score just below the cutoff are manually reclassified as fully proficient. However, under current policy, schools that aggressively reclassify students will find that the decreased ELL enrollment size results in reduced funding for their ELL program.
More generally, our research suggests policymakers face a complex set of considerations when designing the accountability systems for ELL student performance that are required by ESSA. Indeed, these systems should strive to encourage both achievement of English proficiency and mastery of academic content while ensuring that students' options in other domains, such as postsecondary education or extracurricular activities, remain unaffected by the incentives that schools and districts face with respect to reclassification. And all of this must be done while incorporating the uniformity in identification, entrance, and exit procedures for ELL classification that ESSA requires.
Our research does not point to a single resolution to this challenge, particularly given the substantial variation in both the ELL population and in the design and quality of programs that serve these students. However, it does point to the fact that getting the design of these systems right is incredibly important. Doing so has the potential to improve the outcomes of a large (and ever-growing) number of students.


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Q: If $\gamma : G \rightarrow G/H$ is defined by $\gamma (g)=gH$, prove that $ker(\gamma)=H$ I get that $G/H$ is the set of left cosets of $H$ by $G$, but I'm drawing a blank after that. Any hints would be nice.

A: To determine the kernel of the mapping we must find all the elements that are mapped to the identity of the group.
Hopefully you can appreciate by construction of the group the identity will be the left coset of $H$ by the identity of $G$ that is $1.H=H$.
So we must determine all $g \in G$ such that $\gamma(g)=H$.
It is conjectured that $\ker(\gamma)=H$ so we in order to prove this we must show two things.
Firstly any element $h \in H$ is such that $\gamma(h)=H$ and secondly that if $g\notin H$ then $\gamma(g) \neq H$.
So firstly let $h \in H$ then $\gamma(h)=gH=\{hh':h \in H\}=\{h'':h'' \in H\}=H$.
Now if $g \notin H$. We claim that $gH$ and $H$ are distinct indeed suppose they share an element $k$ then $k=gh'$ for some $h' \in H$ thus multiplying on the right by $(h')^{-1}$ gives $k(h')^{-1}=g$ but then $g \in H$ which is a contradiction.


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CRT0066101, a small molecule inhibitor of protein kinase D, demonstrates in vitro and in vivo anticancer efficacy
Stephen Jamieson, Azadeh Bagherzadeh, Mark Charles, Neil Jones, Florence Chan, Rachel Sutherland, Gregoire Pave, Julia Gilliatt, Kevin Stewart, Tim Hammonds, Caroline Foxton, Tony Raynham, Lloyd Kelland, Christopher Ireson
Cancer Research Technology Discovery Laboratories, University College London, London, UK
Protein Kinase D (PKD) has been shown to play an important role in promoting tumour proliferation, angiogenesis and cell survival. As such, PKD represents a promising novel target for therapeutic intervention in cancer.
We have developed 2 series of structurally-distinct small molecule inhibitors of PKD that phenocopy the antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of siRNA-mediated knockdown of PKD. Chemical optimisation of series 1 resulted in the selection of a lead PKD inhibitor, CRT0066101, with sub nM biochemical IC50 potency, favourable ADME properties and a clean selectivity profile against other kinases. CRT0066101 had sub μM potency against phorbol ester-stimulated PKD1 serine 916 autophosphorylation, a biomarker of PKD activity, in a variety of human cancer cell lines, including panc1, A549 and PC3M. In addition, treatment with CRT0066101 resulted in an inhibition of proliferation and a marked induction of apoptosis in these cell lines. Mouse pharmacokinetic studies revealed that CRT0066101 is orally bioavailable and that drug levels in excess of those required to inhibit PKD and induce anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects in vitro are achievable following administration of a single dose of 10 mg/kg CRT0066101 by oral gavage. Furthermore, chronic dosing in mice of CRT0066101 by oral gavage (80 mg/kg for 5 days a week) caused a reduction in tumour growth rate in a panc1 xenograft model and increased tumour doubling time, a surrogate marker of survival.
These data indicate that inhibiting PKD is an effective anticancer strategy and support the progression of PKD inhibitors, such as CRT0066101, into clinical studies.


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Vol. 42, No. 1 | Spring 2009
Going Going Gone?
Saving the Lesser Prairie-Chicken from the Endangered Species List
Photo Courtesy of Heather Whitlaw.
An extraordinary little bird recently found itself in big trouble. Once present in large numbers, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (LPC) population has declined significantly since and now is a candidate for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Listing the bird would allow the federal government to modify ranching and farming activities in areas containing critical LPC habitat, prompting stake-holders to work toward increasing the population.
A ground-nesting bird native to the mixed grass prairies of the Texas Panhandle, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, LPC numbers have plummeted by approximately 90 percent since the early 1900s. While Kansas currently harbors the most extensive remaining range and largest population of LPC, Texas biologists now estimate the birds occupy less than 50 percent of their former range in the Lone Star State.
Loss, degradation, and fragmentation of grassland habitats due to drought, improper grazing practices, land development, and conversion of native grasslands to cropland have contributed to the LPC decline. The already limited habitat is expected to be splintered further by wind industry and farm expansion, pushing the birds into small groups with low chances for survival, according to biologists and wildlife specialists.
The situation has perplexed experts as they wrestle with their desire to protect a vulnerable species while promoting renewable energy and co-exisence with farmers and ranchers.
"A healthy population of prairie chickens requires about 25,000 acres of mostly native range to survive and be healthy," said Heather Whitlaw, a Wildlife Diversity Biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife. "Lesser Prairie Chickens are a fragile and kind of selfish bird species from the habitat end of things, and any change in their habitat can be devastating to the population," she explained.
Lacy Vardeman
While the LPC refuses to adapt, land use practices continue to alter its habitat. The birds are wary of tall structures where predators can perch to see their nests. Recent studies conducted by Kansas State University showed a distinct avoidance of man-made structures by LPC. Generally, most hens avoided nesting or rearing their broods within a quarter of a mile of power lines and within a third of a mile of improved roads. Buildings, communication towers, tall trees and suburban homes also are LPC deterrents. More recently, wind energy development has become a major concern for conservationists.
Much of the current LPC occupied habitat in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma overlaps with land suitable for wind turbines. In fact, 87 of the 96 known LPC breeding areas in Oklahoma are within five miles of "excellent" wind farm territory, according to a federal report. Whitlaw feels the situation presents a need for proactive cooperation between wildlife managers and wind energy developers to prevent ecological or regulatory hazards to all stakeholders.
Grassland preservation also is of the utmost importance to the LPC population. Whitlaw cited that almost 80 percent of the land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will be up for re-enrollment in the next two years.
CRP grass cover supports a significant number of LPC populations, particularly in Kansas where expansion of the LPC is directly related to the amount of land enrolled in CRP planted to a mixture of native grasses. Wildlife biologists have identified the direct conversion of grassland to other land uses as the most common cause of LPC habitat fragmentation.
While efforts have been undertaken by state wildlife agencies, federal conservation agencies, non-governmental conservation groups, and private land owners, experts say conservation will be complicated since no regulations currently protect the bird. Although the Endangered Species Act would offer federal protection, the LPC currently is only a "candidate species" for listing.
"Classification as a candidate species basically means that the time and financial resources required to protect the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species are currently being utilized for animals in more dire need," said Whitlaw. "It's important to rebuild the lesser prairie chicken population before the bird is listed to avoid the inevitable obstacles a federally mandated conservation program would cause for landowners."
If the LPC is classified as an endangered species, the federal government would be responsible for LPC population management. Whitlaw explained that any landowner in a county containing the birds or any counties adjacent to LPC habitats will be required to consult with governmental agencies to ensure their land use practices do not harm the LPC. All federal agencies would be prohibited from authorizing, funding, or carrying out any program that would jeopardize a listed species or destroy or modify its "critical habitat," the limited area where an endangered species lives.
The plight of the LPC and its impact on agriculture has captured the attention of a large cross-section of the industry. As a rancher's daughter, a farmer's wife, a mother of three, and an active conservationist, Lacy Vardeman has a unique perspective into all sides of the LPC predicament.
Vardeman has a strong love for agriculture as her father's family has been ranchers in Colorado and New Mexico since the 1850s, and her husband, Dean, farms cotton south of Lubbock, Texas. Interested in conservation, she helped organize the Sand Hills Area Recreation Association (SARA) which concentrates on conservation and eco-tourism in the Texas Sandhills area of Bailey and Cochran counties. SARA operates in the heart of Texas LPC country.
"Anyone involved in ranching and farming is a conservationist," Vardeman explained. "When you make a living from the land, you try your best to be a good steward and care for it without plundering and ruining it. I have been raised by my parents to take care of what we have been entrusted with in this world whether it be animals, land or water," she concluded.
The success of conservation efforts relies on the cooperation and coordination of private landowners, land users, and public agencies to manage and conserve habitats for LPC. There are many opportunities for private landowners who want to manage their rangeland habitats, even CRP land, for the birds. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service all provide confidential, voluntary, and non-binding technical assistance to landowners who want to manage for wildlife values.
"The situation has perplexed experts as they wrestle with their desire to protect a vulnerable species while promoting renewable energy and coexistence with farmers and ranchers."
These agencies can provide information on cost-share and incentive programs to help defray some of the costs of habitat improvements. There also are many qualified people who are willing to help landowners determine if they have LPC on their property.
"If you have Lesser Prairie Chickens on your land, you obviously are doing good things," Whitlaw said. Vardeman agrees the management of LPC habitat is compatible with good farming and ranching practices and believes conservation is a landownerÕs responsibility.
"In Texas, over 90 percent of the land is privately owned," Vardeman said. "We literally own our state and the minerals and water under our property; therefore, we must be proactive in protecting and caring for our resources. It is not necessary for the government or any organization to care for our water and land if landowners step up to the plate," she explained.
Do you have Lesser Prairie Chickens on your land?
A member of the grouse species, the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) is approximately the size of a domestic chicken. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the LPC is mostly brown in color with darker, extensive horizontal barring on its breast, back, wings and belly. The adult male boasts a yellow- orange comb, dark, elongated head feathers, and a circular, pinkish-orange unfeathered neck patch that is inflated during displaying. Females are similar, but lack the yellow comb and neck patch.
The rare birds are best known for their unique mating ritual that begins in March and continues into May. Groups of males assemble on communal mating grounds, known to biologists as leks, to perform a colorful courtship ritual that includes strutting, stomping, cackling, jumping and bowing. The intricate mating dance is accompanied by a deep booming sound which occurs as the male inflates and deflates the orange air sacs on his neck. On a quiet spring morning, these sounds can carry as much as two miles across the open prairie, serving as an audible beacon to LPC hens.
The females generally begin nesting activities during the peak of mating displays, usually during the second and third weeks in April. Nest sites, which consist of shallow depressions lined with dried grass and feathers, occur on the ground in areas of tall grass. The females lay between 9 to 13 olive, buff colored or speckled eggs which hatch within 21 to 23 days. The chicks are able to run when they leave the shell, and can leave the nest within a few hours after hatching. By September, they appear full grown. If you see this bird, please contact any of the following:
Heather Whitlaw
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Box 42125, TTU
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2125
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Canadian, Texas 79014
Charles Coffman
Natural Resources Conservation Service
4609 W. Loop 289
Farm Service Agency
www.fsa.usda.gov
Other articles within issue: Vol. 42, No. 1 | Spring 2009
PCCA Board Chairman to Lead Cotton Industry in 2010
Alexander Was the First But Not the Last…
PCCA Creates New Company to Produce Denim Jeans
The Voice of Texas Cooperatives Celebrates its 75th Anniversary
Cotton Day at the Capitol
TACC Honors Cooperative Leaders
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Jam, Butter and Bread.
"How much Jam, Butter and bread do you need for a camping for a night?" she though for one last time before setting out the foot out of the wild. She tried calculating it for a bit and then gave up, who cared anyway?
Deep forest, one weekend with Jam, Butter and bread, she smiled at the prospect of it. No one in her village could understand her fixation of going back into woods again and again. She had to be there, that was were she felt safe. One weekend safely into the woods and back to the mundane daily monotonous life.
For last three years she was going back into the woods and no one knew why. The elders knew it had to be because of that fateful day, the day she got lost into the woods. Something inside the woods changed her life forever.
"She kept running," recounted the old lady from the church, "I remember seeing her running into the woods, who was chasing her God knows."
"She was chased by the wolves," said the village pawn broker, "I tell you, I saw it. Bad girls get chased by the wolves."
"I think she was running away from the village pawn broker," confirmed the local cop, "But she won't complain with us so we can do nothing, can we?"
She walked away again into the woods just like she did last time, only last time she was running into it.
"She won't say what got into her," complained the old lady from the church, "They all are possessed, I tell you, possessed by the devil." Obviously no one believed in her for she had earlier claim Devil lurked in the television set too.
But the girl was possessed by the Devil, she smirked as she stepped into the woods, a charming devil indeed. It was four months ago when she had stumbled on the same muddy path running away from the shady village pawn broker. Her mother had always warned her about the woods but that was not the time to escape was it? If she wasn't fast enough the evil man would feast on her.
She ran faster than she ever did to save herself and into the dark woods. The light faded into darkness and the density of woods increased. She did not stop to look behind, her predator had already given up the chase long back.
It took her a while to realize that and when she did, it was too late, she was deep inside the woods and had no way to return. She was lost but alive, which was good. She wandered around a bit in the darkness of the forest. Her mother had warned her about the wolves but she found none, oh how wrong her mother was.
After ten minutes of wandering she came across a campfire in the woods with a lone man sitting besides it.
"Hello," the man said in a ringing voice, "Care to join me."
"Join you in what?" she asked surprised but cautious tone, she was wary of men.
"Jam, butter and bread," he asked handing her a bread, "Its good and I roasted."
"Are a strange man?" she asked, "Eating Jam, Butter and bread in the middle of the woods?"
"No, I am eating jam, butter and bread because I am hungry and yes, I am a strange man."
"What are you doing in the woods?" she asked.
"Eating jam, butter and bread," he replied.
"No you silly man, what are you doing in the woods at this hour?"
"Me? I am waiting for someone," he replied eating his bread.
"Someone special?" she asked now more curious.
He looked at her wearily then glanced at his stop watch, "It is time, he should be here any minute." He kept on eating his bread and butter. She just kept staring at him waiting for something to happen.
Darkness increased as the night grew old and the moon knew its time would be soon up. It would be a brand new day. Suddenly she saw it, two wolves coming out of the bushes. They first looked at her and sniffed her. They encircled them from far, she was scared. The man simply ate his bread, butter and jam without paying heed to the predators. Soon the wolves left them and she felt relived.
"So then? Wolves?" she asked.
"Aah, good creatures, bad smell. I once tried teaching them how to brush but then it was hard for them to know the difference between tooth brush and food item," he said simply finishing his last bread.
A hole suddenly appeared in the ground revealing a big tunnel underneath.
"Aah he is here," he smiled watching the hole.
A head popped up from inside the hole and looked up, "Hey you again..."
"Hi..." the man replied, "Not expecting me here did you?"
"No no, I thought they executed you in China, didn't they?" the man from the hole asked.
"Yes they did and thanks for that..." the other man replied.
There was a pause, a long pause. Eventually the man from the hole spoke, "So, who is she?"
"Oh, right, who are you?" asked the other man.
"Nobody..." she replied joining in the weird conversation.
"Oh there, nobody," the man with bread said, "Shall I kill you here?" he asked the man in the hole.
"No, give me another chance. Let me try it again, shall I?" the man asked.
"Go on then, dig deep this time..." the man with bread replied.
The man in the hole went inside the hole. The man with bread got up and turned to leave.
"Wait, you are not leaving me here alone are you?" she asked.
"I did not bring you here, did I?" the man asked, "But yes I cannot leave you here alone. Here."
He handed her his second bag of bread, butter and jam.
"Now then, How much Jam, Butter and bread do you need for a camping for a night?" he asked.
She smiled today as she was going back into the woods, just like that night and every night after that. They call her delusional, mad and crackpot. The village pawn broker lives in terror for the night she returned. They say she has befriended the wolves. She smiles, doesn't really care about what others think. But she will go there again and again, waiting for him. The man with the jam, butter and bread.
Now then, How much Jam, Butter and bread do you need for a camping for a night?
Halahal Series short story Stories
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You're on fire with stories man. Nice mysterious elements in this one. cool.
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Q: How to configure SSL on Spring Boot - Angular app on EC2 instance I can't get my backend to send data after switching to secure connection.
I was able to successfully configure SSL with ssl_mod on Apache web server that serves my Angular app on AWS Linux 2 instance, the site is secure - but my Spring Boot backend is not responding, it is not sending any data. When I additionally convert .crt and .key files to PK12 that Spring understands and I use it in Spring app - I get this error:
net::ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

I've tried using AWS Load Balancer, but same thing happens, frontend is loaded in secure environment, but backend is not sending any data even after I change backend calls from http to https://my-site.com. I've tried following documentation and added this to my backend app properties file:
server.tomcat.remoteip.remote-ip-header=x-forwarded-for
server.tomcat.remoteip.protocol-header=x-forwarded-proto

and security configuration upgraded with this:
 http.requiresChannel().anyRequest().requiresSecure()...

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*but to no avail.

Lastly, I created a new instance on EC2 and this time I didn't configure apache for the frontend on linux, I just used SSL certificate on my backend app with following properties:
server.ssl.enabled=true
server.ssl.key-store=/etc/ssl/mydomain_com.p12
server.ssl.key-store-password=******
server.ssl.key-alias=mydomain

To no avail, now my site doesn't load at all. I'm despearate, struggling with this for a week now. What is the procedure for a full stack app? How do I do it?

A: Let me respond because on the same day I asked the question - I found a solution. The solution was - converting free SSL certificate with the help of this website:
https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-converter.html
After I've plugged it in my Spring Boot app - it works. Before that, I made the conversion with OpenSSL on Windows, and it seems it was faulty. I'm so happy now... I read so many articles on this website on my one and a half year journey of learning to code - and got stuck on the last step. I'm so happy. Thank you all for this amazing website and all the help. I love you! I'm proud of being a part of this programming community... the best humor, the best people!
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Canadians Boost Air Tattoo Participation
Published: 25 Jan 2018 updated: 31 Jan 2018
Official RAF Centenary celebrations taking place at the Royal International Air Tattoo this summer have been given an extra boost thanks to one of the UK's closest Commonwealth and NATO allies.
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), which had already confirmed it was sending its hugely popular CF-18 Demo Team to the airshow at RAF Fairford on July 13-15, has announced that an additional three aircraft would be crossing the Atlantic to take part.
Illustrating the RCAF's capabilities will be a CC-130 Hercules, a CC-177 Globemaster and a CP-140 Aurora, all of which will be on display in the airshow's static park.
Based at Greenwood, Nova Scotia and Comox, British Columbia, the CP-140 Aurora has been used primarily for maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare since it entered service with the RCAF in the early 1980s. Its endurance and 7,400km range make it ideal for a variety of missions including search and rescue and disaster relief. It also provides vital support to other government agencies in combating illegal immigration, illegal fishing, pollution and drug trafficking.
Arriving from Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario, the CC-177 Globemaster III transports troops, cargo and oversized combat equipment from coast to coast and around the world. Its ability to fly long distances and land at remote airfields makes it a premier transporter for military, humanitarian and peacekeeping missions.
Since 2015 it has supported disaster relief operations in Nepal, it has transported personnel and equipment to battle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and continues to support the global coalition against terrorism. Also arriving at RAF Fairford will be a Lockheed Martin CC-130 Hercules, which is used for troop transport, tactical airlift and aircrew training.
Air Tattoo spokesman Richard Arquati said: "From the Battle of Britain to current missions in the Middle East, the Royal Canadian Air Force has operated side-by-side with the Royal Air Force. Sending four aircraft to the Air Tattoo to mark the RAF's centenary re-affirms the strong and enduring bond that exists between them."


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BIG 10 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Dec 14, 2020 | BIG 10 NEWS, BIG 10 SPORTS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL | 0 comments
Offensive Player of the Week
Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Iowa
Sr., WR, Newark, N.J./Weequahic
Caught seven passes for a career-high 140 yards and two touchdowns in Iowa's 28-7 win over Wisconsin on Saturday
His 140 receiving yards were the most by a Hawkeye since Nov. 19, 2011 (Marvin McNutt – 151 yards at Purdue)
Finished with 167 all-purpose yards to move into 10th place on the school's all-time list (3,415 yards)
Collects his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
Last Iowa Offensive Player of the Week: Nate Stanley (Oct. 15, 2018)
Defensive Player of the Week
Mariano Sori-Marin, Minnesota
Jr., LB, Mokena, Ill./Providence Catholic
Recorded a career-high 18 tackles (six solo, 12 assisted) Saturday in leading Minnesota to a 24-17 win at Nebraska
Posted the most tackles by a Golden Gopher since Nov. 17, 2018 (Blake Cashman – 20 vs. Northwestern)
Also forced a fumble to help Minnesota to its third win in its last four outings
Claims his first career Defensive Player of the Week honor
Last Minnesota Defensive Player of the Week: Antoine Winfield Jr. (Nov. 11, 2019)
Special Teams Players of the Week
Jahan Dotson, Penn State
Jr., WR/KR, Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area
Had an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of Penn State's 39-24 win over Michigan State on Saturday
Added eight catches for 108 yards, becoming the third Big Ten student-athlete since 2000 with 100 receiving yards and a punt return touchdown in the same game (Wisconsin's Brandon Williams vs. Indiana – Oct. 1, 2005; Michigan's Steve Breaston at Indiana – Nov. 11, 2006)
Registered the first PSU punt return for a touchdown since Sept. 8, 2018 (DeAndre Thompkins – 39 yards at Pittsburgh)
Earns his first career Special Teams Player of the Week honor
Last Penn State Special Teams Player of the Week: Blake Gillikin (Oct. 28, 2019)
Freshman of the Week
Cam Porter, Northwestern
RB, Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle
Set career highs with 24 carries for 142 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to pace Northwestern to a 28-10 win over visiting Illinois
Helped the Wildcats rush for a season-high 411 yards, their highest total since Nov. 22, 2003 (444 vs. Illinois)
Only played the first three quarters as NU secured the Land of Lincoln Trophy for the sixth consecutive year
Collects his first career Freshman of the Week award
Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Brandon Joseph (Nov. 23, 2020)