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Dean Hunt set to retire in the Spring of 2015
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Dean Gregory Hunt
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Dean Gregory Hunt, the founding dean of the School of Architecture, is set to retire at the end of the 2015 spring semester.
Marywood's School of Architecture is the first one to be established in NEPA.
"Originally, I came on as a consultant to the then Academic VP." said Dean Hunt "I then got an invitation to become the founding Dean of Architecture here at Marywood. I accepted, and we began working on the design of this building, which being an architect was very important to me, and I was very enthusiastic about it."
That was six years ago.
In the past six years, the School of Architecture and Dean Hunt have been able to make major strides.
Just last May the School of Architecture graduated its first 5th Year class.
"I always say those students took a leap of faith. They really believed in the new curriculum, the
new school and a whole new enterprise that was going to be made, and we made it with their help," said Hunt.
In 2009, Dean Hunt was the recipient of the Virginia Society American Institute of Architects' (AIA)
most prestigious award, the William C. Noland Medal.
The Noland Medal is the highest award for service in the profession bestowed upon a member of the
Society.
"I think I've been able to give a good strong and broad foundation to the education of the students in
our school, so that's the thing I probably feel best about," said Hunt. "Which is why, at my age, I'm ready to retire."
Dean Hunt received his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Middlebury College in Vermont.
He then attended Colombia University in New York City for his master's in Architecture.
When Dean Hunt officially retires in the spring, Dean Collier Parker of the Insalaco College of Creative and Performing Arts, will be the Senior Dean on Campus.
Dean Parker joined Marywood five years ago, coming from Delta State University in Mississippi.
"The thing I love most about Marywood is that it is a very welcoming and embracing community, and I
think the enthusiasm for the arts here is really amazing," said Parker.
Dean Hunt plans to spend more time with his grandchildren and family when he retires in the
"I'm really proud of this building and all the people that make it work," concluded Hunt.
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Q: Calculate marginal effect for GLM (logistic) models in R I came across 2 packages to calculate marginal effect for a logistic regression model in R with some interaction terms.
margins package https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/margins/vignettes/Introduction.html
and mfx pacakge https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mfx/mfx.pdf
I want to calculate the average marginal effect and don't know which package is appropriate. For some reason, I cannot use the first one. So I have tried
install.packages("margins-package")
library(margins) ## Library not found
margins(logit)    ## Logit is my glm model but that function is not found

The author of the margins package criticised mfx package and other packages used to calculate marginal effect as they do not account for interaction term properly. Does anyone have experience with one of the packages or both? I'd like to hear your feedback.
Thank you!

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While a vast majority of the conversations revolve around Christy Brown, at one point Bridget (aka Mrs. Brown) tells Sharon to come in for tea, and Sharon acquiesces. A very short conversation, but it passes nevertheless.


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THE PICKIEST EATER IN THE WORLD: STEAK AND FRITES AT L'ENTRECOTE!
STEAK AND FRITES AT L'ENTRECOTE!
Some time last year, My boy Eric, one of my readers whose been following my site since it's early days (much appreciated, buddy!) sent me a message on Facebook suggesting me to try "L' Entrecote". I did a little research on it, and I could see exactly why he would think I would be interested in trying it out.
Just like its international namesakes, L' Entrecote is famous for its "Steak and Frites" (for you not familiar with the language, Frites is French for "French Fries".. wait.. so tecnically, shouldn't they call it just "fries" over there? Aaaanyway..). Since I have professed my love for meat and potatoes in the past, this was right up my alley.. except it came with a rather stiff price tag. Because I didn't want to have to sell a kidney just to eat some steak and fries, "L' Entrecote" fell lower down my list of restaurants to try.. however the important thing was it was always on my list (I actually do have a list).
Then along came the group buying site Pakyaw.com.ph with an offer that I could not refuse. I actually had refrained from buying from Pakyaw in the past (I missed out on the Lolo Dad's and Momo Deals.. and now I'm sad.) because they didnt have Paypal yet, but when I saw the L' Entrecote deal, I whipped out my credit card said "Screw it".
One fine Saturday morning, armed with our Pakyaw Vouchers, Rina & I sped over to Burgos Circle for an early celebration of my very first Father's Day at L' Entrecote.
I couldn't exactly make out the feel of L' Entrecote. It LOOKED classy, but it still gave off a loose, casual vibe of a place that you could just kick back and relax in. You were spared of the trappings of Society's formal dining etiquette (Although I was reprimanded by Rina when I took off my shoes and put my feet up on the table. I'm kidding). The ground floor area felt a little bit cramped, and we couldn't really figure out which was the best spot, until Rina's growling tummy (She claims it was the baby's) finally demanded we just settle down at a booth near the window. Rina enjoyed the ambiance of the place, and tweeted that she felt like she was in a bistro in Paris. They even have French pop music blaring on their speakers!
Dudes who wanna take their girls out on a date, I strongly suggest you stay in second floor dining area. It's more spacious and I felt I would've enjoyed more if we stayed by the picture window there, but alas, since they just opened for the day (we were the first customers, as usual) and the place wasn't expected to be packed for lunch, it was closed off (It didn't matter though, because Rina was already pregnant so no need to score more "points" ;) ).
The waitress informed me that our Pakyaw Voucher, which gave us 50% off on L' Entrecote's famed "Geneva Set Meal", included a glass of wine that we could swap for an ice tea or a soft drink. I was glad to hear that because I don't drink and Rina is pregnant, so that would've been money wasted.
Rina ordered their Iced Tea, and found it to be absolutely refreshing, especially on a sunny day like it was that morning. I didn't get a good taste, but Rina said it had a lightly sweet, fruity taste to it that she enjoyed.
L' Entrecote and I were off to a good start. The bread was delicious.. The exterior let out a quiet crack when I split it open, to reveal the steaming white dough.. Making it the perfect canvas to smear my butter on (I only wish they offered me more bread hehe).
The first course from the Geneva Set meal was their House Salad with dressing and Walnuts. It had lettuce. It had Tomatoes. It had a sprinkling of walnuts. And it had other green stuff.
And just as you would expect, I have no idea what it tasted like. Although my initial attempt to exchange my salad for Rina's steak was not well received by my wife, I still gave it to her anyway because she and my baby needs the veggies more than I do (See how I sacrifice for my wife and my baby?).
It wasn't part of the Menu Geneva, so I ordered the "Cheese Bites" (P220) for Rina as soon as I saw it on the menu. The concept was similar to that of the "Shrimp Toast" of Harbor City and The Mango Tree, except instead of using ground shrimp, they used Cheese. The sharp cheese is placed on a small piece of bread and deep fried. I would have enjoyed this more if they used a milder cheese. It could have used a sour cream dip to counteract with the cheese's strong taste. Also, the bread totally soaked up all the oil in it, so.. you can imagine it wasn't very pleasant (Even for someone with a high tolerance for oily food such as myself).
I was intrigued when they placed a wooden casing on the small silver stand on the table which had some candles below it. Apparently this contraption would become the stage in which the main event would be held..
When the waitress placed the steaks down in front of us, I had to pause for a second, because it really was a beautiful sight. The steak was completely bathed in the Special, Secret Herb butter sauce, and looked perfectly cooked to the medium well like what we asked for (Rina actually wanted well done at first to be sure it wasn't raw, but I told her that there's a tendency for some places to overdo it when going for the well done, so medium well would be safer). The silver platter actually kept our steak hot, and you could visibly see the herb sauce still bubbling on the plate.
The "frites" came in seconds later, cooked to a beautiful golden crisp. It's important to note that our set meal entitled us to an unlimited order of fries. Truth be told tho, they weren't exactly anything that would blow your mind, but I'm a kind of guy that loves homemade French fries, the kind that you don't buy pre-cut and ready to fry, so I enjoyed this as a companion to my steak.
The waitress even takes time to serve some pieces up into your plate for you. Of course she didn't put nearly enough for me, so I told her that I could take it from here. Good service though, with their staff always on top of our needs. They keept things loose and casual, without losing the touch of class that their restaurant offers.
Rina, ready to rock her "Steak and Frites"
Admittedly, the quality of the steak itself was a few notches below that of Gustavus, however it was still pretty amazing. The outer part of the meat had a darkened charring to it, but upon slicing, the meat revealed itself to be cooked just right. Every meat bite I took blended wonderfully with the creaminess of the herb sauce. I was honestly getting worried that one order wasn't enough for me. It was only then that i revealed my diabolical plan along.. Fill Rina up with salad, cheese bites and fries to get her so full she won't be able to finish her steak.. and then THAT'S when I swoop in!
Let's just say.. Mission Accomplished.
For its finale, the Menu Geneva came with a Walnut and Raspberry Iced Vacherin Cake. It seemed more like a creamy sorbet.. or an ice cream cake to put it simply. I found the raspberry portion a bit too sour for my liking, and not even the delicious creamy walnut ice cream could quell it.. It was just a little bit too overpowering.
I said, "With great looks, comes great responsibility". Then Rina thwaps me upside the head.
The token shot once again.
It's honestly a little bit out of my price range, but because of group sites such as Pakyaw.ph, I finally get to cross off "L' Entrecote" off my wish list! I'd love to go back again some day.. maybe during another promo? I heard they have a fish and frites version too.. something I'd love to try.. but It would be difficult for me to NOT order the steak again.
i can't believe i just ate lunch and am now hungry again because of this post!!!
wah! i didn't catch this promo. i wanted to try l'entrecote for the loonnngeest time, but i just can't get myself to spend that much. way, way out of my price range kasi. eek.
after reading this i found myself registering to pakyaw haha... i hope l'entrecote will have another promo so that i can buy a voucher and try it too.
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Big Ten Primer: Questions surround possible title contenders Ohio State
Luke Winn
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Sullinger's space-creating, extrasensory backside was such an asset last year that it inspired entire articles, including one in which he said, "my butt is my best friend." He shed 15 pounds after a freshman season in which he averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds, but assured me he retained his most valuable bulk.
"That weight went nowhere," Sullinger said. "I was playing open gym against [former Buckeye forward] Terrence Dials and he was like, 'Boy, you lost all that weight but you've still got that [butt]. I said, 'Hey, I can't help it.'"
More stamina plus same backside sounds like a formula for a 20-and-12 season, and a run at national Player of the Year honors, too.
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
The Big Ten doesn't have an impact freshman in the Anthony Davis/Marquis Teague/Austin Rivers sense. Indiana's Cody Zeller is the league's highest-rated recruit, but his body type (6-11, 230) suggests he might need two years to be great, rather than dominate immediately. That's why Dawson -- a physical, 6-foot-6 rookie who Tom Izzo thinks can be an elite rebounder in the Big Ten -- gets the nod. Dawson will be the undersized guy playing inside for the Spartans, while senior Draymond Green will be the oversized guy playing on the outside.
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
In his short stints of playing time last season, Thomas actually took a higher percentage of shots (30.5) than did Sullinger (25.2) or William Buford (26.8), and was remarkably efficient, with a 115.0 rating. Now that Thomas is likely to start, he shouldn't be commandeering a larger portion of the Buckeyes' offense than Sullinger. But Indiana's all-time prep scoring leader will get a fair share of shots. Shooting is what he's hard-wired to do.
The percentage of offensive possessions on which Wisconsin committed a turnover last season, the lowest in the country. Ohio State finished second among Big Ten teams at 15.8 percent; Iowa was last, at 21.6.
1. Ohio State
The Buckeyes have a sure thing in Sullinger, but plenty of questions around him. Will senior shooting guard William Buford -- whom we last saw going 2-of-16 against Kentucky in the Sweet 16 -- be a more efficient scorer and consistent defender? Will sophomore defensive stopper Aaron Craft run the point 80-90 percent of the time, or will coach Thad Matta put freshman Shannon Scott on the floor to pilot the offense? If it all comes together, OSU can make a national title run.
2. Wisconsin
If Jordan Taylor can post the same efficiency rating (126.9 on 27.4 percent usage) after losing pick-and-pop marksmen Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil, then just hand the Badgers' point guard the Naismith and Wooden Awards. Taylor has justified his standing as a first-team, preseason All-America point guard, but he'll probably have to work even harder for his points as a senior.
3. Michigan/Purdue (tied)
Michigan is being regarded as the Big Ten's "third top-25 team," even after losing point guard Darius Morris. The gap between the Wolverines, Purdue and Michigan State is tiny at the start of the season. It widens if freshman Trey Burke emerges as a steady replacement at the point, and if sophomore forward Jordan Morgan has the kind of breakout season that his rookie-year stats portend. (You already know that wing Tim Hardaway Jr. is going to be good. The kid can score.)
For all the talk about Sullinger and Taylor, there's only one returning player in the Big Ten who's been first-team all-league twice: the Boilers' Robbie Hummel, who's back for a fifth year after rehabbing from his second major knee injury. And he isn't alone: Senior Ryne Smith, a 44.1-percent long-range shooter, could have a Jon Diebler-like final season, and senior point guard Lewis Jackson quietly posted a 110.4 efficiency rating last season, on par with that of E'Twaun Moore's (albeit with only three-fourths the usage rate).
5. Michigan State
Draymond Green's point-forward skills will be in even greater demand this season, as the Spartans try to operate with Keith Appling, who's more of a combo-guard, at the point. Although I named Dawson the Big Ten's "impact freshman," the league's highest-impact newcomer could be Valparaiso transfer Brandon Wood. The fifth-year senior is a gunner who took 30.2 percent of Valpo's shots last year, and might just lead the Spartans in scoring.
6. Minnesota
The Gophers had one of the nation's worst free-falls last season, going from a 16-4, NCAA-tourney-bound team to a 17-14 team that missed the NIT. If they solve their point-guard situation -- three-star freshman Andre Hollins could start -- they could be dangerous, as they already have a formidable front line in Rodney Williams, Trevor Mbakwe and Ralph Sampson III.
7. Northwestern
The 'Cats have enough firepower back (particularly in senior John Shurna, a 43.4 percent long-range shooter) to at least flirt with ending their all-time NCAA tournament drought. Their two biggest questions: Can junior Alex Marcotullio adequately replace Juice Thompson (who played 92.2 percent of minutes last season) at the point? And can they avoid finishing last in the Big Ten in defensive efficiency for the third straight year? NU won't make the big dance if it doesn't learn how to guard.
The Huskers were lured to the Big Ten because of football, not hoops, but don't sleep on this team, which went 19-13 last season (7-9 in the Big 12) and only lost one starter, senior Lance Jeter. LSU transfer Bo Spencer will slide in at the point for his final year of eligibility, and the offense will revolve around forwards Jorge Brian Diaz and Toney McCray. Expect them to pull off a few upsets against squads making their first trip to Lincoln.
Look for 7-foot sophomore Meyers Leonard to have a breakout year after struggling mightily as a freshman. He had an impressive final few games at the FIBA Under-19 World Championships this summer in Latvia, and should be a more physical, athletic replacement for Mike Tisdale at the five spot. The Brandon Paul-D.J. Richardson backcourt is experienced enough to help the Illini get to the NIT, but they may not really take off until 2012-13.
10. Indiana
Tom Crean has a fine front line in Zeller and underrated forward Christian Watford, who could be a first-team All-Big Ten pick if he keeps progressing. The Hoosiers still don't have a backcourt to contend for an NCAA bid, though, and last year they had the league's second-worst defense, mostly due to a league-worst foul rate (0.552 free-throw attempts allowed per field-goal attempt) and the 40.0 percent clip they let opponents shoot from beyond the arc.
11. Iowa
Learn the name Melsahn Basabe: He's the best forward in the Big Ten you don't know about, and should be the anchor of an improving Iowa frontcourt over the next three seasons. The 6-9 sophomore made a strong impact on the glass (his OR/DR% splits of 13.0/19.6 were among the best in the league, as was his block percentage of 6.1).
12. Penn State
Talor Battle was almost everything on offense (32.0 percent of shots) for the Nittany Lions. The shots he didn't take, Jeff Brooks took, and the shots Brooks didn't take, David Jackson took. All of them are gone, and new coach Patrick Chambers is in for a long winter in Happy Valley. Junior guard Tim Frazier, last year's defensive stopper, will have to take on a much bigger offensive load after averaging 6.3 points as a sophomore.
Luke Winn: Big Ten Primer: MSU remains class of league, but watch out for Illinois
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Luke Winn: Early Warnings List reveals contenders, pretenders to watch


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Coronavirus in Texas 4/7: State reports reports 8,262 cases and 154 deaths;5 more die at San Antonio
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Grain exporters stymied by Gulf Coast "choke point"
With rail lines to Gulf Coast ports out of commission, ships grounded, and crews surveying ship channels for shifting sand and displaced navigation aids, cotton, sorghum and wheat growers fear a halt in deliveries will lower prices and force foreign grain importers to look for other markets.
As of Thursday, port facilities remained closed at Houston and Corpus Christi, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection also reported suspended commercial trade operations at the ports of Port Arthur, Galveston and Freeport through Friday. Union Pacific Railroad had tracks shut down along the Gulf Coast from Kingsville all the way up to Lake Charles, Louisiana. CBP urged exporters to try to divert their cargo.
"We are inspecting and repairing track, bridges and signals to return to service as quickly and safely as possible. We are beginning to inspect most areas in Houston and west of Houston," Union Pacific said in a notice to customers. "In areas where we have no road access, we are utilizing helicopters and drones to inspect areas by air. The majority of areas east of Houston are still inaccessible at this time."
Hurricane Harvey's impact to the nation's agricultural exporters was still unknown. Louisiana ports withstood the storm, which is good news to corn and soybean growers sending product down the Mississippi River to be shipped out to customers in Asia, Europe and Africa. But a good deal of the state's cotton and sorghum heads out from Houston and Corpus Christi, and Texas Gulf Coast ports handle about a quarter of the nation's wheat.
"You've got a lot of production in Kansas and Texas and Oklahoma and some of the western states where you're far removed from the inland water system and so you just rail it down to the Texas Gulf," said Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Des Moines, Iowa-based Soy Transportation Coalition. "And so for those particular commodities, Harvey's very seismic for them."
"Clearly, the Texas Gulf is one big choke point right now," Steenhoek, said. "And so how pernicious the impact is depends on how elongated it remains."
Hurricane Katrina remains a very vivid example of how crucial shipping routes are, he said.
"A key link in our logistics chain was shut down for a prolonged period of time, and all of a sudden farmers in the Midwest really saw a real kind of a real compelling example of how linked their profitability is to the logistics system," he said. "All of a sudden you saw farmers getting paid less for their soybeans and for their corn, not because of anything that they did wrong or due to the poor quality of the crop, but just simply because grain elevators in the Midwest weren't in a position to receive any more. And if you're a grain elevator, if you can't move things out the back door because the lower Mississippi River is a choke point, you're not going to be able to accept anything through the front door."
Interstate Grain Corp., a grain elevator at the port of Corpus Christi, got its computers back up by the end of the day Wednesday, but there were no ships available to load the waiting sorghum.
"Everybody really didn't come back to work until today, because of no electricity," administrative assistant Sherry Bradley said.
Jarl Pedersen, the port's chief commercial officer, said that the ripple effect stemming from refineries shut down due to the nonfunctioning shipping channel was enormous.
"If they don't run, you have impact on fuel supply," he said. "That impacts transportation including rail, so that's why its so critical to get that channel open for business."
He said the port was eager to be back in business, but couldn't risk ships getting stuck in the channel.
"There could be some places where the draft has been impacted and they might need to do some dredging," he said. "Rail is key, so similar to our focus is to get the ship channel running, their focus is to get rail service, so they're doing similar assessments of bridges and so forth. We have a lot of record flood levels on the major rivers in Texas and that could have damaged some of the bridges and other infrastructure. We all want to get back into business but we also want to make sure that when we do we're doing it safely."
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Grain-exporters-stymied-by-Gulf-Coast-choke-12164757.php
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new Dunk of the Year. In the second quarter of the final game on Saturday night's schedule, a cutting Harrison Barnes received a bounce pass from David Lee. The perfectly-timed dish put Barnes in position to score, but with the imposing, six-foot-eleven, 300-pound presence that is Nikola Pekovic looming between he and the goal, Harrison knew it would take the most powerful finish of his basketball career. Without fear, he launched himself forward and upward. As he extended his right arm behind his head, he firmly planted his left into the chest of Pekovic. Contact had been made, and the airborne Barnes remained feet from the rim. Remarkably, his momentum proved forceful enough to dislodge the hulking Pekovic. Within arm's length of the rim, Harrison dropped his hammer with the utmost velocity. Over 3,000 miles away, I believe I felt my couch shake.
So does this mean Harrison gets to have a gnarly image of himself holding a severed warrior's head tattooed on his shoulder? That would be pretty awesome, and I think he'd be well within his rights to do so.
Honorable mentions to Chris Singleton and DeMarcus Cousins. Especially DeMarcus Cousins. That dunk wins on basically any other day.


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Port-Royal des Champs  fue un convento cisterciense femenino situado en el valle de Chevreuse al suroeste de París, célebre por la comunidad religiosa de orientación jansenista que se desarrolló allí desde 1634 a 1708.

Port-Royal des Champs y el jansenismo
El convento de Port-Royal fue fundado en 1204, y su nombre está atestiguado desde 1216. Jean Racine, que fue alumno de las escuelas de Port-Royal, escribió una defensa e historia de la obra y de los valores de Port-Royal en la que testimonia que la abadía de Port-Royal, en las proximidades cenagosas de Chevreuse:

El  papa Honorio III «acordó a esta abadía grandes privilegios (…). Entre ellos permitirles a las religiosas dar pensión a los seculares que, disgustados del mundo, y pudiendo disponer de sus personas, podrían refugiarse en el convento para hacer penitencia sin necesariamente ligarse por los votos». Para explicar la pertinencia o razones valederas de que la familia Arnauld se hiciera cargo del lugar y comenzara a gobernarla bajo criterios muy distintos a los que se ejercían en lugares análogos, Racine indica que «sobre el fin del último siglo (XVI) este monasterio, como muchos otros, incurrió en un gran relajamiento de sus normas. La regla de San Benito no era prácticamente conocida entonces, la clausura misma no fue observada todo el tiempo porque el espíritu del siglo había desterrado la regularidad».
Port Royal llegó a la fama como sede de instrucción primera de la reforma de la disciplina cisterciense introducida en 1602 por la abadesa, Jacqueline Arnauld. La familia Arnauld dio al convento su protección y luego la dirección del mismo quedó en manos de sus miembros. En 1625 algunos religiosos crearon en París un nuevo convento denominado Port-Royal de Paris, con lo que el convento originario tomó el nombre de Port-Royal des Champs.

En los alrededores del convento se fundaron varias escuelas, conocidas con el nombre de Pequeñas escuelas de Port-Royal. En 1634 Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, abad de Saint-Cyran fue nombrado director espiritual de la comunidad; había sido amigo de Cornelio Jansen, conocido como Jansenio y a partir de este momento los conventos y las escuelas de Port-Royal se adhirieron estrechamente a la corriente teológica del jansenismo.

La atmósfera de estudios intensos y de religiosidad que se daba en los conventos jansenistas atrajo a personalidades de la vida cultural de la época. La reunión de personalidades dedicadas a la observación de las costumbres se dio en llamar Los Solitarios; una instancia que incluiría algunos sacerdotes, pronto despertó el interés de mucho noble o alto burgués desventurado que estaba en busca de paz o, como diría Antonio Arnauld, personas del mundo pero de fe que en un acto de conciencia y de suprema libertad llegan en «busca del mejor tránsito entre la vida y la muerte».

Finalmente el edificio fue demolido en 1710 y el lugar quedó como parte de la propiedad del convento de Port Royal de París.

Tras la revolución
Durante la Revolución francesa, tras la confiscación de los bienes del clero, en 1791 el convento pasó a ser propiedad del estado y una parte fue transformada en fábrica y vendida a campesinos. Esta parte volvió a ser propiedad estatal en 1951.

La otra parte, que eran las ruinas de la abadía, fue vendida a una mujer cercana a los ambientes jansenistas, madame Desprez. Su familia se mantuvo como propietaria hasta 1828 cuando los jansenistas lograron comprarla instalando allí una escuela gratuita para niños de la región, centro que continuó hasta 1867. En 2004 el lugar volvió a la administración estatal y todo el complejo puede ser visitado.

Lógica de Port-Royal
Con el título de Lógica de Port-Royal o bien el arte de pensar, Antoine Arnauld y Pierre Nicole, dos importantes exponentes del jansenismo, publicaron un tratado de lógica que se caracterizaba por integrar, además de los capítulos habituales que tratan sobre los actos del entendimiento, un cuarto capítulo dedicado al método, según el pensamiento de Descartes. La lógica de Port-Royal se caracteriza por una orientación mentalista: de hecho el tema principal no son los términos o signos sino los modos con los que la mente realiza las relaciones entre los nombres. En este sentido ha de entenderse la expresión arte de pensar. La lógica no se entiende desde el punto de vista formal, como construcción pura de razonamientos deductivos, sino como un método para conducir a la mente al conocimiento de ideas claras y distintas, por tanto, al descubrimiento y a la invención.

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The Movies was een in 1999 in Boston opgerichte Amerikaanse band, ontstaan uit de as van The Vehicle Birth (Crank! Records).

Bezetting

 Brian Cleary
 Jessica Gelt
 Stevie Treichel
 Timothy James (zang, gitaar)

Geschiedenis
Na het spelen van de eerste show zonder drummer in Boston, verbond de band zich met oude vriend Stevie Triechel, de oprichter van Five State Drive en The Aerealist in Arlington. Spoedig daarna kreeg de band vier dagen studiotijd bij Trans Am's National Recording Studios in Washington D.C., waar ze hun eerste album In One Era Out The Other opnamen met Jonathan Krienik, die onder andere ook eerdere albums opnam voor Trans Am. Kort na de opnamen verhuisde de band naar Los Angeles in Silver Lake. De band speelde  zowel bij CMJ in 2000 en 2002 als bij South By Southwest in 2003.

In 2000 kreeg Houston Party Records uit Barcelona een geluidsband van In One Era Out The Other via The Beachwood Sparks (Sub Pop). Het label bracht het album spoedig overzees uit met gunstige recensies van de Europese pers. De band toerde dat jaar in Spanje met The Tea Servants, oogsten een aanzienlijke fanschare en een positieve pers. In 2002 bracht Gern Blandsten Records (Ted Leo, Liars, Radio 4, Rye Coalition, Dalek, Canyon) het album uit in de Verenigde Staten, Australië, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en elders.

In de herfst van 2003 toerde de band door de Verenigde Staten met Trans Am en namen hun tweede album net na de tournee 'American Oil' op. In 2004 toerde de band weer door Spanje en deelden deze keer het podium met Luna, Matthew Sweet, Matt Sharp (Weezer) en Goldenboy. De tournee volgde op het uitbrengen van American Oil bij Houston Party Records.

In 2005 sloten The Movies aan voor Best Rock/Pop band in de LA Weekly Music Awards. De band had zoiets als een cultstatus bereikt met een trouwe schare buiten Los Angeles. The Silversun Pickups coverden op hun debuut-ep Creation Lake van The Movies en sloten vaak hun liveshows af met de song. De Movies zijn bekend voor hun grillige, hoog energieke, onberekenbare liveshows, deels door de uitzinnige grollen van zanger Timothy James. In 2006 haalden ze gitarist Marcos Lopez.

In 2008 nam de band het nieuwe album Based On A True Story op met Dave Newton, de oprichter van de jaren 1980-band The Mighty Lemon Drops. Het album werd opgenomen in de opnamestudio Chermak Studios van The Movies in Burbank en zelf uitgebracht in december 2008 met direct hoog kritisch lof in de pers van Los Angeles. Ze belandden op diverse 'Best of 2008'-lijsten (You Set The Scene, Buzzbands.la, Classical Geek Theatre...).

In december 2008 namen elk van hun vijf maandagen voor een verblijf in Spaceland met gastbands Everest, Voxhaul Broadcast, Adam Ficek (van Babyshambles), Eagle & Talon, Nico Stai en meer.

Leden van The Movies speelden ook in andere bands. Tables & Chairs is een instrumentale band met Cleary, Triechel, Lopez en Radar Bros. zanger/songwriter Jim Putnam (basgitaar). Cleary, Triechel en Putnam speelden ook in Adeline & The Philistines met Adeline Park (oprichter van Panty Lions en Joe Lies) en Aaron Kyle van Le Switch.

Belangrijk
Deze band dient niet te worden verward met de Britse band The Movies, die de lp The Movies - Double A uitbrachten in 1977 bij GTO Records. De bezetting van deze band was: Jon Cole (zang, gitaar), Mick Parker (keyboards), Greg Knowles (leadgitaar), Julian Diggle (percussie), Jamie Lane (drums) en Dave Quinn (basgitaar).

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Marketing Campaign Case Studies
HAPPY COWS CAMPAIGN
In an effort to promote the state's dairy products and to deal with its growing milk surplus, the CaliforniaMilk Advisory Board (CMAB) established the ''Real California Cheese'' campaign in 1982. With the creation of the ''Real California Cheese'' label, the active marketing of the state's cheese began. During the first campaign, which used the tagline ''California cheese is great cheese,'' California surpassedWisconsin as the leadingU.S. dairy state and jumped into the number two spot in the production of cheese. In 1995 ''It's the Cheese'' was introduced as the new tagline. The ''Real California Cheese'' campaign continued to be extremely popular and helped California to close in further on Wisconsin as the national leader in cheese production.
The tagline ''Great cheese comes from Happy Cows. Happy Cows come from California'' was introduced in 2000 with the clear intent to take over the number one spot.
Supported by a $33 million marketing budget, the ''Happy Cows'' campaign was created by the advertising agency Deutsch LA. Television advertisements first appeared on local stations and then, beginning in December 2003, appeared on national cable channels, where the ''Happy Cows'' campaign would eventually have an audience of more than 500 million viewers. The spots aired during the 2004 and 2005 Super Bowls were especially important. Using humor and a sense of fun to convey their message, the television spots portrayed the lives of California cows as being carefree. In ''Ding Dong,'' for instance, a couple of cows broke into fits of giggles as they played the ''ring-doorbell-and-run'' trick on their farmer. In addition to television spots there also were radio commercials, ads for buses and bus shelters, and outdoor billboards.
The ''Happy Cows'' campaign met with incredible success. It was overwhelmingly popular with the public, and it won various advertising awards, including being named by Adweek to its list of Creative Best Spots. The campaign was accompanied by increased sales of California cheese as well as of California dairy products generally. Partly as a result of the campaign's success, California was able to narrow the gap in cheese production between itself and Wisconsin. In 2004 the production of cheese in California neared 2 billion pounds, which was an increase of 163 million pounds, or 8.9 percent, over 2003. Although cheese production in Wisconsin in 2004 was almost 2.5 billion pounds, the CMAB continued its campaign to help California eventually take the lead.
The CMAB was established in 1969 in an effort by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to promote the state's high-quality dairy products and to deal with the state's developing milk surplus. The state was producing 10.8 billion pounds of milk annually by 1975, and in the following years the amount increased dramatically. By 1982 it had become clear that California needed to face the problem of an ever-growing production of milk, which coincided with a declining rate of consumption. With the assistance of the Stanford Research Institute, the CMAB developed the idea that cheese might be a solution to the problem. Because 10 pounds of milk were generally needed to make 1 pound of cheese and because the nation's rate of cheese consumption was rising, this seemed to be a sensible solution. The ''Real California Cheese'' campaign was the result. Although the ''Real California Cheese'' campaign began somewhat cautiously, starting with local markets and only slowly expanding nationwide, it quickly gained success. Within a decade of its introduction the campaign had helped make California the biggest dairy state in the United States, surpassing Wisconsin and bringing tremendous revenue to the state. Initially the tagline for the campaign was simply ''California cheese is great cheese.'' Targeted mostly toward California women between the ages of 25 and 54, the ''Real California Cheese'' campaign represented an attempt to create an emotional connection to products made in the state. To achieve their goals, the advertisements were marked by intelligence and sincerity, along with a sense of humor. In 1995 the ''Real California Cheese'' campaign introduced a new tagline, ''It's the Cheese.'' This series of popular ads played on the humorous claim that the real reason people traveled to California was for its cheese. The advertisements used a representation of the ''Real California Cheese'' seal with the tagline, ''It's the Cheese,'' next to it. Even the words in the ads were made of cheese. Running from 1995 to 2000, these ads appeared everywhere—on television; in outdoor advertising, including billboards, buses, and bus shelters; in retail stores; and on coupons and other printed materials. The success of the campaign helped to pave the way for the ''Happy Cows'' campaign, which was introduced in 2000. Like its predecessors, this campaign relied on a combination of humor and love for the state in its marketing of California cheese.
With some 60 makers producing more than 250 varieties of cheese, the target market of the ''Happy Cows'' campaign was diverse. In a breakdown of California cheese production that was done in 2004, the major types were identified as follows: 45 percent mozzarella, 27 percent cheddar, 15 percent Monterey Jack, 4 percent Hispanic style, 3 percent Parmesan, 2 percent provolone, and 4 percent other. This wide variety, which included many higher-priced specialty cheeses, resulted from an extraordinarily diverse consumer base that ranged from ordinary families to individual connoisseurs.
Though the ''Happy Cows'' campaign, as well as previous campaigns, targeted any consumer of cheese, the primary focus was on women between the ages of 25 and 54. Women in this age range were thought to have slightly higher incomes than other women, and they were more likely to be mothers and, thus, often the grocery shoppers for a household. It was for this reason that television spots were aired more often during daytime programming than during the evening (60 percent versus 40 percent).
While the ''Real California Cheese'' campaign began by focusing on the local market, by the time of the ''Happy Cows'' campaign the marketing goals had been expanded, and the effort had become national. Thus, the ''Happy Cows'' campaign promoted California's cheese far beyond the state's borders.
Although Wisconsin remained the number one producer of cheese in the United States, California appeared to be catching up. Wisconsin was working hard, however, to keep its number one spot. After California surpassed Wisconsin as the nation's top dairy producer in 1993, the Wisconsin dairy industry threw additional resources into its cheese industry, including $150 million for the expansion of production facilities. Under the guidance of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, established in 1983, there were continuing efforts to maintain the state's leading position. Ventures such as the Chef Ambassadors Program, which published recipes calling for the use of various Wisconsin cheeses, were established for this purpose. Advertising campaigns such as ''Where It Comes from Matters,'' which was launched in 2005, got right to the point, asking customers, ''Why order your cheese from anyplace but Wisconsin?'' Cheese manufacturers located in other parts of the United States, such as the Tillamook County Creamery Association in Oregon and Agri-Mark, Inc., in New England, provided smaller-scale competition for California. Tillamook, a co-op owned by 150 Oregon dairy farmers, offered a range of dairy products, including milk, butter, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, and dry whey. Still, Tillamook's focus was on cheese, in particular, cheddar, which accounted for 85 percent of the company's overall production. Agri-Mark, another privately owned co-op of farmers in Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York, had sold cheese since its startup in 1916. The co-op's cheese offerings included both the Cabot and the McCadam brands. Tillamook's sales in 2003 were $270 million, while Agri-Mark's were $600 million.
In 2000 ''Great cheese comes from Happy Cows. Happy Cows come from California'' was introduced as the campaign's new tagline. The tagline proclaimed that happy cows produced great cheese and that, because of the many things that made California great, California cows would, of course, be happy. The campaign, developed by the advertising agency Deutsch LA, began appearing in local television, radio, and print ads as well as in outdoor venues.
Several television spots were aired in rotation. Hailed as funny, clever, and cute, the commercials portrayed cows thinking and acting like humans. California loyalists, the cows affectionately revealed various aspects of life in the state, including the good weather, the beautiful scenery, and even earthquakes. ''Cloud,'' for example, showed cows fleeing in panic from a tiny cloud in the sky, calling attention to California's sunny climate. ''Race,'' which played on the carefree lifestyle of California, highlighted a race between cows, with a couple of bulls looking on. ''Keep your eye on Doris; she's a rocket out of the gate,'' said one bull to the other. When the race began, Doris took the lead. ''I'm winning!'' she exclaimed; ''I'm winning!'' But when a fresh patch of dandelions, as well as the other runners, distracted her, the race was over. ''We gotta move that finish line closer,'' said one of the bulls. The spot ended with the ''Great cheese comes from Happy Cows. Happy Cows comes from California'' tagline.
Although they started locally, the advertisements of the ''Happy Cows'' campaign appeared on national television beginning in December 2003, and they eventually reached the homes of more than 500 million viewers. As part of the national campaign, ''Happy Cows'' spots aired during both the 2004 and 2005 Super Bowls. There were further promotions in print and on the radio, and retail promotions included in-store coupons and a sampling program. There also were comprehensive public-relations and food-service promotions, as well as promotions through the ''Real California Cheese'' website, which covered the ''Happy Cows'' campaign in detail. The site even allowed visitors to view a selection of ''Happy Cows'' television commercials. The total annual budget for the campaign reached $33 million in 2004.
ARE THEY REALLY HAPPY?
When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sued the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) over its ''Happy Cows'' campaign, a superior court judge in 2003 sided with the defendant, but only on a technicality. PETA, arguing that the ads wrongfully idealized the lives of dairy cows as being pastoral and peaceful, had sued the CMAB for false advertising. The judge did not rule against PETA on the grounds that the cows were happy. Instead, he cited the fact that the government was exempt from the laws on false advertising that applied to private individuals.
The public loved the ''HappyCows'' campaign. Consumers from around the United States submitted comments about the ads to the ''Real California Cheese'' website. One Idaho viewer said, ''When your ads come on everything comes to a stop, people run in from different rooms just to watch because they are so wonderful . . . the sheep are adorable, they look just like ours! Too bad we didn't have you design an ad campaign for Idaho potatoes! Thank you again for giving us a few minutes of pure fun.'' The ads not only made the general public smile, but they also won numerous advertising awards, including being chosen by Adweek for its list of Creative Best Spots.
The ''Happy Cows'' campaign also seemed to spread the word about California cheese and to support the general ''Real California Cheese'' undertaking. By 1993 California had become the nation's largest supplier of milk and the largest dairy state overall. A decade later, after the debut of the ''Happy Cows'' campaign, milk production in California had increased by another 44 percent, to 36.4 billion pounds per year. Further, by 2004, through the efforts of the CMAB and the ''Real California Cheese'' program, California was selling 40 percent of its milk production—in the form of cheese, butter, and powdered milk—out of state. In addition, between 1983 and 2004 the production of cheese in California increased by an astonishing 609 percent, seven times the national growth rate. Over this period California had become the second-largest manufacturer and distributor of cheese in the United States. Of course, the eventual goal of the CMAB was to replace longtime leader Wisconsin as the number one state in cheese production, and some strides toward this goal seemed to have been made. For example, in 2004 California was producing 25 percent of all mozzarella cheese in the United States. Being a top cheese producer and distributor had tremendous economic benefits for the state. In 2003 the U.S. cheese industry posted $40 billion in total sales. By 2002 the dairy industry in California was bringing in $35 billion year, approaching the income from the state's lucrative wine industry, which made $45 billion in that same year. It appeared that California got into the right business at the right time, with a good product supported by an effective advertising campaign. The ''Happy Cows'' campaign and the remarkable success of ''Real California Cheese'' not only sparked the interest of cheese lovers across the United States but also gained the attention of academics. In 2005 Columbia University's Graduate School of Business published a case study of the CMAB's ''Real California Cheese'' campaign. The 34-page study, which was created as a teaching study at Columbia, was made available for use in business schools worldwide. As the case study's author, Michelle Greenwald, put it, ''The growth of the California cheese industry over the past twenty-plus years is nothing short of a tremendous success story.''
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Q: How to use pictureBox as textBox? I've been trying this for a while with transparent textBox, but it seems that it's completely bugged so I have to ask it here. How do I use this pictureBox to write text on it (use pictureBox as textBox):

Thanks a lot for any answer you'll give me.

A: The whole way winforms does transparency is a hack, and what you're trying to do isn't really going to be possible.
It does this by taking the background color of the layer below it and sets it to its own color. You can see this in your own image as the background color of the picture box is the default control color, which in turn means that the labels color is this.
In the image you've shown, the image seems to be a solid color, so it might be an option to set the text's background color to the same as that.
If its a dynamic image then you'll have to hack your own solution together, some that come to mind are:

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*Work out the color of the image at the labels position and then set it to the same (and hope its a solid color)

*Have a panel around the controls so it at least looks presentable, of course you'd see less image this way

*A picture box is essentially just a graphics canvas so you could just draw a string on it, but this is still a hack.


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Q: Why Does a $-string not work in function() I've read a lot about this, found some nice answers and fixed my problem. but I still don't understand the reason why.
_check.php is included on every page to check some things, including if someone is loggen in.
after a lot of checks (if/elseif/else) it ends with:
{$chklogin = 'yes'} else {$chklogin = 'no';}

when i display this string ($chklogin) on a page, it works perfectly... anything missing in the check and $chklogin displays no. only when all checks are ok it will display yes.
when i put this string in a function...
 function login() {
 if($chklogin == 'yes') {return 'J';} else {return 'N';}}

the $chklogin is still yes, calling the function login() returns N.
i solved this problem by putting the $chklogin in a $_SESSION...
function login() {
if($_SESSION['chklogin'] == 'yes') {return 'J';} else {return 'N';}}

now both$chklogin and $_SESSION['chklogin'] have the same result.
Can anybody tell me why the first function ain't working (the one with $chklogin), I really like to understand what I am doing wrong.
EDIT: thanx a lot guys, I still don't understand exactly, but you've send me on the right learning path. Already reading more about globals and passing the value as an argument.
Ithink my question is answered, thanks again!

A: It has to do with scoping. Inside your function, $chklogin refers to a local variable that is only visible inside the function and just happens to have the same name as the global variable $chklogin.
Try this:
function login()
{
    global $chklogin; # use the global variable instead of a local one
    if($_SESSION['chklogin'] == 'yes')
    {
        return 'J';
    }
    else
    {
        return 'N';
    }
}

A: $variable = ($_SESSION['chklogin'] == 'yes') ? 'J' : 'N';

You can use TURNARY operator


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Q: Priority queue which can be stored on disk? I need to implement a application which has a priority queue which has more than 100M records. My problem is I am not able to keep all this data in memory, so I need to store it on disk. Is there any cache solution where I can store all this information to disk?

A: I think that you can solve this by using a B-tree with a few minor modifications.
B-trees are specifically designed to store sorted elements on-disk in a way that minimizes the number of disk reads necessary to locate any element. Because they store their elements in sorted order, you can use them as priority queues by performing insertions as normal and finding the minimum element by taking the leftmost element in the tree (i.e. the first element of the leftmost leaf node).
In a B-tree of order d, you can find the minimum element using O(logd n) disk reads and writes, where n is the total number of elements. Insertions and deletions will also only require O(logd n) disk reads and writes.
However, you can significantly speed this up by storing a pointer to the leftmost leaf node in the B-tree. This node will store the minimum key plus other keys close to the minimum. If you have this pointer, you can look up the minimum value in a single disk read by taking the first element in the node. This also speeds up the extract-min operation: you can delete the key directly from that node without having to search for it. There may be some B-tree rebalancing operations necessary to make this work, though you can show that these operations happen so infrequently that the amortized work to do a deletion is only O(1).
In other words, using a B-tree with a pointer to the leftmost leaf has the following time complexities in terms of disk reads and writes:

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*find-min: O(1)

*insert: O(logd n)

*extract-min: O(1) amortized

Hope this helps!


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Lauren reads and writes across a range of genres, including crime, romance, and non-fiction. With an interest in relationships and the human psyche, it's no wonder her focus is now on writing psychological thrillers in Australian settings.
Lauren has seven complete full-length manuscripts.
Lauren is currently seeking representation for her crime thriller novel, Exposed. An eccentric psychiatrist has to confront her troubled past when she learns of the death of a former patient.
Secrets That Bind Us, is a psychological thriller set in semi-rural Australia. A traumatised psychologist will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it means taking the law into her own hands. This manuscript will be out on submission in late 2018.
Lauren is currently working on another psychological thriller, The Perfect Sister (working title), set in rural Australia that explores memory, mental illness and family relationships.
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