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The Portland Timbers latest blockbuster Argentine signings – announced Wednesday with the acquisitions of striker Gastón Fernández and center back Norberto Paparatto – were less about their country of origin and more about augmenting the club's emerging style under head coach Caleb Porter.
Sure, adding Fernández and Paparatto give the Timbers four players from Argentina currently on their roster – in addition to midfielder Diego Valeri and forward Maximilliano Urruti. And with Valeri's emergence as one of MLS' top players in just one year, who wouldn't want to go back to that well?
But Portland's newest players could have been from Mars, as far as general manager Gavin Wilkinson was concerned, as long as they could do a job for the Timbers in 2014.
"When you look at what our system is, what our target is and what our identity is, I think the signings that we've made further reinforce the identity that we have," Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com in a phone conversation from Philadelphia, where he and the rest of the Timbers technical office are ahead of Thursday's SuperDraft (noon ET, ESPNEWS).
So what roles are the two newcomers expected to fill?
Fernández, 30, who grew up in Lanús, the same hometown as Valeri, has spent the bulk of his career in the top flights of Argentina and Mexico and adds to Portland's attack "experience, ability to finish, technical ability and intelligence," Wilkinson said.
Portland are facing the likely departure of striker Ryan Johnson, who was second on the team with nine goals last season, and earlier this offseason Wilkinson hinted that they were looking for a player in the vein of a Camilo, Robbie Keane or Mike Magee. They got it with Fernández, Wilkinson said.
"I think you would label him as a 9½," Wilkinson said. "He's not your target player; I think everyone knows that. He's very intelligent, he finds little pockets within the game, gets himself on the ball and he deserves the attention of the defenders and is someone who will occupy several defenders. He's a perfect fit."
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Wilkinson said that before signing, Fernández spoke to Valeri about the club, living in Portland and playing under Porter. And the fact that the Timbers will make their CONCACAF Champions League debut this year factored into his decision, Wilkinson said.
"He's ambitious," Wilkinson said. "We were very lucky to get his signature."
Paparatto, 30, is another proven commodity from Argentina's top levels, having most recently served as Tigre's captain. Along with experienced center backs Mamadou "Futty" Danso and Pa Modou Kah, who the Timbers relied heavily on down the stretch, Paparatto gives Portland another veteran presence in defense.
"Having a little bit more depth and experience would have been a positive [last year]," Wilkinson said.
Wilkinson also noted that Paparatto's size at 6-foot-3, something Portland lacked last season, gives them more aerial defending ability, and that "for a big man is very technical."
"Everybody knows we would like to play out of the back a little bit more maybe, and this gives us that option," Wilkinson said.
All in all, Wilkinson said it was a good day for the club.
"It's exciting times, to be honest," he said. "… It shows a little bit more about the direction the club is taking and the quality of players we are looking to bring to both the Timbers and MLS in general."
Dan Itel covers the Timbers for MLSsoccer.com.


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These devices are vault type structures or holding tanks that are installed below ground and interrupt the flow of wastewater exceeding 50 gallons per min into the POTW. This interruption in flow allows for the grease and oil portion of the flow to float to the top of the unit, the solids to sink to the bottom, and the remaining water to flow into the collection system. These units are required by the Sewer Use Ordinance and Florida Building code to be a minimum of 750 gallons and no more than 1250 gallons in capacity. Only these types of units are allowed by the City of Apopka's Sewer Use Ordinance. These units may be installed in series as needed to achieve compliance with the Ordinance.
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These devices are holding tanks that are designed to interrupt the flow of wastewater of less than 50 gallons per min. They work in exactly the same way as the interceptor but are much smaller in size. These types of units may only be used by a facility that has completed a variance application and received written approval from the Director of Public Services. The minimum size of these units is 50-gallon capacity and they are typically installed above ground and inside the building. These types of units must be cleaned out by a professional hauler every 90 days or if the unit exceed 20% of its removal capacity. These types of units will be considered in violation if the layer of grease exceeds two (2) inches and/or the layer of solids exceeds five (5) inches.
The City's Sewer Use Ordinance requires non-residential users who have the potential to produce oil and grease and or grit, that are connected to the City's sanitary collection system to have and maintain an oil and grease trap, an interceptor, an oil and water separator, and/or a grit and water separator. Additionally, the City requires that all facilities be permitted or registered to discharge to the POTW. Permitted and registered facilities will be subject to random inspections to ensure effluent standards of compliance are being met. It is the responsibility of each facility to ensure that their trap/interceptors/separators are being pumped and maintained properly to remain in compliance with the Ordinance.
As time passes these units fill with oils, greases, and solids. Once the unit exceeds 20% of its removal capacity (or every 90 days) with the oil, grease, and solids, it is time for it to be pumped out by a professional hauler. Pumping out the units prevents the oil, grease, and solids from entering the collections system. Your hauler should then dispose of this waste material at an approved licensed facility.
All non-residential facilities that are required to have and maintain an interceptor or separator must participate in the OGMP in order to send wastewater to the City's POTW. Through this program, the City monitors that these users are complying with all the requirements of the Sewer Use Ordinance, by maintaining these units to prevent oil and grease from entering the collection system.
The City will perform an initial inspection of each facility to verify the information submitted in the application and to review the interceptor/separator condition and layout. At random intervals the City will come and inspect each facility for all relevant paperwork and the conditions of the unit. The City will monitor the hauler manifests to ensure compliance with the program. All facilities on the program are required to maintain necessary paperwork onsite and have their units pumped and maintained to the intervals laid out in the Ordinance.
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Can one assume that there is a perfectly rational approach to superstitious ideas? May one go out of one's way to come up with rational approaches if these ideas bother him? My thinking is, LeHavdil, along the lines of being Dan LeChaf Zechuth - judging someone favorably - when you are pretty sure someone is doing something wrong.
Instead of assuming the sages meant exactly what it sounds like they said, even if it offends my rational consciousness, and facing the painful choice of A) The sages got it totally right or B)The sages got it totally wrong, can there be a C)I've got a really good explanation that perhaps nobody's ever thought of before?
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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Saturday, January 15, 2011
I haven't been doing much in the way of interesting cooking lately, as life has been a bit helter-skelter due to my mother's illness. I have alot of things I want to experiment with, but it's just not going to happen right now, so I'm making quick or slow-cooking favorites. Soup is a life-saver these days. The following soup is my "go-to" when I want something really hearty and filling, but quick to make and low in fat. We'll probably have leftovers for dinner when we get off the ferry tonight from being with my mom in Courtenay.
One thing good about this time is that I have to slow down on certain things, and do some reflection. This has led me to take care of some parts of me that have been neglected. I've started dancing with my dance sisters, Gillian and Bronwyn, once a week again (and vowed to do some by myself, too!)-- good for the spirit and the body. We're eating simply, which is what we need after the Christmas season. I've also started up a new cooking journal like I used to keep (read about those here), with a brand new red and black volume of blank lined pages-- you know, there's something satisfying about putting pen to paper sometimes, rather than using the computer. I'm enjoying sitting down and reading randomly from the old ones.
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- Carin said...
This soup is something I'm definitely making. It sounds like a meal that will give you a lot energy.
I want to let you know that you, your mom and family are prayed for. - Sat Jan 15, 06:26:00 PM PST
- Monica said...
I've got a butternut squash that needs to be used and this soup is inspiring, exactly what I'm in the mood for these days - rich, warming comfort foods. Best wishes to you, your mom and your family.
- Sun Jan 16, 02:26:00 AM PST
Beautiful soup! It's nice to have comforting foods.
I wish you all the best to you and your family. - Mon Jan 17, 09:22:00 AM PST
- Culinarian said...
Lovely; comforting;low fat; delicious; TRUTH
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- Becky said...
Made this and it was great!
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- Rebekah said...
This was so tasty! Do you mind if I post it on our family's blog, greenereating.com?
- Sat Feb 05, 05:34:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Glad you enjoyed it, Rebekah! I'd be honored!
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On a beautiful weekend with brisk SE trade winds the kitesurfers and windsurfers flock to l'Escapade Island Resort on Ilot Maitre. It is a marvellous carnival of color, speed and enthusiasm. For the uninitiated the wonder is that all those kite strings don't get tangled. As I watched I kept expecting the kitesurfers, streaking along at 20+ knots, to collide or at least get the lines to their kites crossed with one another. But despite the confusion of headlong flight, mid-air leaps, spins, and spills I never saw any entanglements.
Many of the people in this image are taking lessons with one of Noumea's Kitesurfing schools. Students and instructors wear radios strapped to their helmets so the instructor can give pointers while the student is learning how to handle the giant kite.
Noumea is the capital and vacation centre of the Islands of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. Noumea is a "French" city, but the 91,000 inhabitants are a very mixed cultural group with French, Melanesian, Polynesian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and lots of mixtures of these. Over 60% of the population of New Caledonia lives in Noumea.Noumea is a peninsula on the southwestern end of Grande Terre and the central business district (Centre Ville) is next to one of the best natural harbours in the South Pacific. The lagoon side of the peninsula has two picturesque bays with white sand beaches and is called Anse Vata and Baie des Citrons. These twin bays are the international tourism capital of New Caledonia with hotels, restaurants and bars on the landward side of "La Promenade".First settled by the French in 1854, Noumea retains close political ties with France. It has excellent schools and public facilities - parks, recreation areas, exercise paths, schools and medical facilities. Today it is the fastest growing city in the South Pacific. There are 23 hotels in Noumea ranging from one to five stars and over 100 Restaurants.


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Glasgow's city centre is bounded by the High Street to the east, the River Clyde to the south and the M8 motorway to the west and north which was built through the Townhead, Charing Cross, Cowcaddens and Anderston areas in the 1960s.
The heart of the city is George Square, site of many of Glasgow's public statues and the elaborate Victorian Glasgow City Chambers, headquarters of Glasgow City Council. To the south and west are the shopping precincts of Argyle Street, Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan Street, the latter featuring more upmarket retailers and winner of the Academy of Urbanism 'Great Street Award' 2008.
The main shopping centres are Buchanan Galleries and the St. Enoch Centre, with the up-market Princes Square and the Italian Centre specialising in designer labels. Glasgow's retail portfolio forms the UK's second largest and most economically important retail sector after Central London.
The city centre is home to most of Glasgow's main cultural venues: The Theatre Royal (home of Scottish Opera and formerly Scottish Ballet (which now resides in the Tramway theatre)), The Pavilion Theatre, The King's Theatre, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Film Theatre, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Mitchell Library and Theatre, the Centre for Contemporary Arts, McLellan Galleries and The Lighthouse Museum of Architecture. The world's tallest cinema, the eighteen-screen Cineworld is situated on Renfrew Street. The city centre is also home to four of Glasgow's higher education institutions: The University of Strathclyde, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow Caledonian University.
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By Robert Bilotti, Managing Director, Novita Training
The only difference between a franchise and a collection of "mom-and-pop shops" is training. Think about it, what is a franchise? It's a brand, and what makes up a brand? It's the products and services you sell, but mostly it's the way you do business. When you bring on a new franchisee, you must train them on the way you do business. When that franchisee hires new employees, they, too, must be trained on that way. The reason a McDonald's in Paris, TX, is the same as one in Paris, France, is because it sells mostly the same products, but also because the experience is the same. Brand = Consistency, and consistency comes from effective training.
Training is one of the most significant competitive differentiators you have, if not the most. So why is it an afterthought for most franchisors? Why do the majority of franchisors…
- Reluctantlyallocate money for training.
- Half-hardheartedly spend the time developing training.
- Grudgingly allow employees time off for training.
One reason is because much of what's considered training out there today is grossly ineffective. But it's also an attitude toward training, a disrespect, if you will.
Here are common mistakes franchisors (big and small) make when it comes to training:
Startups—wait-and-see approach. I've had several new franchisors say to me, "I'll wait until I sell my first few franchises, then I'll worry about training." So for your first few locations, the most important ones in terms of proving the concept, you're going to wing it?!
Growing—failing to revise training to fit the new growth model. We've seen brands trying to open 100 locations a year the same way they were opening 10 a year, and they wonder why they're not getting the same results. You can hold the hands of 10; you can't hold the hands of 100.
Established—resting on their laurels. As your market becomes saturated, same-store sales is what drives your revenue, and that requires changes, innovations, improvements, efficiencies, reductions, etc., and training is crucial to achieving each.
So how should franchisors "respect" training? Here are a few ways:
- Name a training person to your executive team.
- Add a discussion about training to every executive team meeting, regional meeting, national meeting, town hall meeting, etc.
- Hire or appoint a training manager; depending upon your size, this could be a half-time person or a department of 20.
- Allocate annual dollars to a training fund (think co-op for training).
- Devise a training "program," not just individual classes. Training is not en event; it's a process.
- Develop effective training. If you don't know how, hire a vendor that does. Hint: If your idea of training is PowerPoint slides, it may be time to bring in an expert.
- Base your training on your processes, i.e., your standards or best practices. Hint: If you don't know what your best practices are, it may be time to bring in an expert.
- Invest in a learning management system (LMS). Any franchisor with more than 10 locations should have one. Hint: If you didn't know what LMS stands for until reading this article, it may be time to bring in an expert.
If you're thinking, "Whoa, this is going to take time and money," you're right. Each of these requires know-how and effort, and that's not free. What's more, this is only the tip of the iceberg. But don't get paralyzed by trying to do too much at once. Start off small. Do something, get yourself a "win" and then move on to the next thing.
One final thought: If you devote even half the time, money, and effort to training as you do to franchise sales, you'll soon be operating an efficient and profitable brand. And isn't that easier to sell?
Robert Bilotti is managing director of Novita Training, an employee and franchise training and development firm. Novita works with corporations and franchisors in designing custom-made training programs that increase performance and operational efficiency, decrease costs, and boost revenue. For more information, visit http://novitatraining.com.


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Daniel Samuelson, a disabled atheist steampunk author whom you might know as Luarian on comments or Teh Tweeters, is in a bit of a bind with regard to making his rent. I've long said that we atheists need to be far better at taking care of our own when each of us finds ourselves in need.
As you can see in the video, I'm kind of between being homeless and not being homeless right now. I paid rent to live in the place I'm in this month and it's the first time I've had a room in over two years. I am also disabled, as you can hear, and I am unable to work anymore. This leaves me with very few options for doing anything to support myself. While I have applied to Social Security for support, I still haven't heard back on this decision and, even if it's successful, it could be months before I get my benefits and it could be over a year before they could find a place for me to live. The HUD lines are, essentially, closed in Orange County and there are no other systems for disabled people to get rental support here.
Except for you. That's why I'm reaching out – with a little bit of help, I can pay this deposit and no longer be homeless. My partner is paying for my rent but she can't afford the deposit being asked for. I already have a fifth of my goal met by a variety of awesome people, but it will take more. It'll take more donations to be sure, but it'll also take more sharing, more conversations, and more discussion. It'll take all of us working together to pitch in a little bit to do a big thing. My health and wellbeing suffer every day since as my disability has grown to affect me more, I have been unable to deal with it effectively due to being homeless. With a little bit of help, you could make my life infinitely better.
Please, consider pitching in $5, and please share with your friends on your favorite social networks. I need all the help I can get, and I appreciate everything everyone has, and will do, for me.
~ Danny
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Animal Wildlife | Frigatebird | The frigatebird is a large species of sea-bird that has an enormous wingspan that often exceeds two meters in length. Male frigatebirds are most commonly known for their red throat pouch, which are inflated to attract female frigatebirds during the mating season.
The frigatebird (also known as the man of war bird and the pirate bird) is a species of sea-bird found in warmer, tropical regions. Frigatebirds are thought to be most closely related to pelicans giving rise to another name for them, which is the frigate pelican.
Frigatebirds are generally black in colour although some frigatebirds look slightly browner than black. Outside of the mating season, male frigatebirds and female frigatebirds can be easily identified due to the fact that the female frigatebird has a white patch on her underside.
There are five different species of frigatebird that inhabit tropical islands and coasts, with the majority of frigatebird individuals being found in the Pacific Ocean although some do inhabit areas of both the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The magnificent frigatebird, the Ascension frigatebird, the Christmas frigatebird, the great frigatebird and the lesser frigatebird are the five different frigatebird species.
The frigatebird has the largest wingspan in comparison to it's body of any bird species in the world, so the frigatebird is naturally an adept pilot. Frigatebirds have been known to stay in the air for nearly a whole week and only land on the rocky cliffs to breed or to rest.
Unlike the incredible flying ability of the frigatebird, the frigatebird is unable to walk that well and cannot swim. Frigatebirds have a diet that consists of marine animals and so frigatebirds have to pluck their prey from the water without landing as they are unable to take-off from a flat surface such as water.
Frigatebirds are sea-birds and therefore tend to have a meat-based carnivorous diet. Firgatebirds primarily eat fish including flying fish, along with crustaceans, molluscs and even small sea turtles.
Due to the large size of the frigatebird and the fact that the frigatebird spends the majority of it's life in the air, frigatebirds have few natural predators with humans being the main predator of the frigatebird. Introduced species such as rats, stoats and domestic cats are commonly found hunting frigatebirds and their eggs on the land.
Female frigatebirds lay only one egg every couple of years as the frigatebird chicks taken an average of 9 months to rear. Both the male frigatebird and the female frigatebird feed their chick for the first few months but the male frigatebird will then leave the colony leaving the female frigatebird to do the rest of the rearing by herself.
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NewsBar is available from the Mac App Store for US$4.99.
"Out of sight, out of mind" is an old saw that's absolutely true about RSS readers. Relegating RSS feeds to a tab in a Web browser, website or standalone application keeps news out of sight and consequently out of mind.
NewsBar addresses that problem by placing a vertical bar on a Mac's display where feed headlines can be constantly seen and read.
The app is attractively designed, and for news junkies, it's a dream come true.
It's Tabulous
When you launch NewsBar, you'll see it has a number of feeds already in the app. The feeds are organized in category folders: news, tech and sports.
In the news category, there's a feed from USA Today; in Tech, feeds from Engadget and Apple Hot News; and in Sports, a feed from ESPN.
Each category appears as a vertical tab on the side of NewsBar. Along with the name of the category on the tab is the number of items associated with the category.
The tabs allow you to jump to the latest items in a category. There's also an All Feeds tab that lets you see items across all categories.
Feed headlines are displayed in a vertical bar that can be placed to taste on your display — left, right or floating. You can also control the size of the type in the headline, the box it's enclosed in, the size of the icon associated with it and the color and opacity of the bar's background.
Should your eyes wander from NewsBar from time to time, you can set the app to notify you of a potential high-interest item through the use of keywords and the OS X notification center, as well as color-coding important items as they arrive.
A Gem of an App
Feedly users will love NewsBar. That's because you can link the app to a Feedly account so the account's feeds will appear in NewsBar.
When tying Feedly to NewsBar, you can choose to have the Feedly feeds added to NewsBar's native feeds, replace NewsBar's feeds with Feedly's feeds or replace Feedly's feeds with NewsBar's.
All Feedly information will be imported into NewsBar — feeds, categories and favorites. The app will create tabs for five or six Feedly categories. If you have more than that, you'll have to make some hard decisions about which categories you'll want tabbed. However, items from all Feedly streams will appear when you click the All Feeds tab.
If you don't have a Feedly account, adding new feeds is as simple as clicking the plus-sign tool topping the NewsBar or dragging and dropping a feed's URL from your browser to the app. What's more, NewsBar uses iCloud to sync its feeds to versions of the app running on your other Apple devices.
Since the burial of Google Reader, lots of RSS readers have appeared in the market, but NewsBar is one of the best I've seen to date. Its refreshing approach to displaying news feeds, thoughtful choice of features and intuitive design make it an outstanding program in its category.
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Disk Diag is available from the Mac App Store for free.
Disk housekeeping, like its mop-and-broom counterpart, is a necessary chore. Fortunately, there are apps like Disk Diag to make the chore less toilsome.
Disk Diag is a lighter-weight program than DaisyDisk, which I reviewed earlier this month, but that can be an advantage for disk sweepers who want to do their housekeeping with a minimum of effort and don't want to be bogged down in features.
When you open Disk Diag, it asks you to choose a home folder. It then opens a window touting its developer's other products — Duplicate Finder, RSS Notifier and Wake Up Time — and asks you to subscribe to a newsletter so you can be kept up-to-date about discounts and new releases — and, no doubt, be targeted with marketing materials as well. That window will pop up every time you launch the program, but thankfully, the developer allows you to turn it off after the first time it appears.
After closing the promo window, you can access the Disk Diag interface. It's in the shape of a dial with a start button at its bottom. Click the button and Disk Diag rapidly scans your disk and opens a window with a list of its findings.
The findings are organized into seven categories: downloads, caches, browser data, logs, mail downloads, trash and large files.
Feeling Lucky?
If you're feeling lucky, you can trash all the files tagged as junk by Disk Diag with a single click of the Delete Files button.
A wiser course, though, is to check the files flagged for termination by Disk Diag, just to make sure the app wasn't overly enthusiastic in its zeal to free up space on your hard drive.
When your cursor hovers over a category, two icons will appear. One offers some minimal help. For example, help for the download category says: "Delete the entire content of your Downloads folder. Check the folder content before removal. Te help for Logs notes, "Application log files can grow quite large over time and become unnecessary."
The other icon allows you to open a Finder window with the files tagged for deletion in a category. Since the importance of many of those files won't be apparent to you, you can either trust Disk Diag's judgment or play it safe and only scotch files you're confident won't bring your system to its knees.
Disk Diag is useful for getting a quick look at potential junk on your computer, but as with all utilities like this, care needs to taken to avoid mishaps.


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Stephen Colbert is a noted Marvel fan. He met Spider-Man that one time, he's schmoozed with Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada and he's even got Captain America's shield on the set of The Colbert Report. But now he's breaking ranks with the House of Ideas over the new Ms. Marvel, who will be a teenage Muslim named Kamala Khan in a new ongoing series by writer G. Willow Wilson (Cairo) and ar


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Advanced Physics 2
Module PH9106
Module version of SS 2019
There are historic module descriptions of this module. A module description is valid until replaced by a newer one.
Whether the module's courses are offered during a specific semester is listed in the section Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature below.
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Basic Information
PH9106 is a semester module in German language at Master's level which is offered in summer semester.
This Module is included in the following catalogues within the study programs in physics.
- Physics Modules for Students of Education
If not stated otherwise for export to a non-physics program the student workload is given in the following table.
Total workload | Contact hours | Credits (ECTS) |
300 h | 90 h | 10 CP |
Responsible coordinator of the module PH9106 in the version of SS 2019 was Christine Papadakis.
Content, Learning Outcome and Preconditions
- Solid state physics: structural, electronic and optical properties, material classes, cooperative phenomena like magnetism and superconductivity
- nuclear physics: atomic nuclei, mesons, decay processes, fundamental interactions, particle accelerators and detectors
- symmetry of elementary particles, hadrons, ß-decay
- principles in physics and technical realisation of selected experiments in solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics
- current advances in physics science
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the module the student is able to:
- comprehend and illustrate the quantum physics aspects of solid state physics
- understand and explain the physics characteristics of material classes and band structures
- understand the optical properties of different solid state matter from a quantum physics view and explain the resulting applications in optics / optoelectronics
- comprehend and explain the electric conductivity of solid state matter depending on temperature
- know specific semiconductor devices, their functional principle and technical importance and illustrate them in a comprehensible manner
- describe magnetic and superconductive properties as cooperative phenomena
- understand and sketch experimental setups which are important for scientific measurements in solid state physics, nuclear and particle physics
- comprehend and describe the structure of the atomic nucleus
- reproduce the different classes of elementary particles and decay processes and decide in which case certain particles / decay processes are relevant
- understand and explain the fundamental interactions and the corresponding energy / length scales
- recognise universal concepts and methods in physics and see independently correlations between different fields in physics
Knowledge in physics at the level of the successful completed bachelor course "vocational education" with school subject "physics"
Advanced Physics 1 (PH9105)
Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature
Courses and Schedule
Type | SWS | Title | Lecturer(s) | Dates | Links |
VO | 4 | Advanced Physics 2 | Hugenschmidt, C. |
Fri, 08:00–12:00, PH 2271 |
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UE | 2 | Exercise to Advanced Physics 2 |
Chryssos, L.
Responsible/Coordination: Hugenschmidt, C. |
dates in groups |
eLearning |
Learning and Teaching Methods
In the thematically structured lecture the learning content is presented. With cross references between different topics the universal concepts in physics are shown. In scientific discussions the students are involved to stimulate their analytic-physics intellectual power.
In the Tutorial the learning content is deepened and exercised using problem examples and calculations. Thus the students are able to explain and apply the learned physics knowledge independently.
writing on blackboard, presentations, videos, computer animations, visiting of laboratory
freely available lecture notes
exercise problems
Any standard physics textbook covering the field of nuclear and particle physics.
For concepts of solid state physics: P. Hofmann, Solid State Physics – An Introduction or C. Kittel - Introduction to Solid State Physics
F. Embacher, Mathematische Grundlagen für das Lehramtsstudium Physik
Module Exam
Description of exams and course work
The learning outcome is tested in an oral exam of about 30 minutes consisting of comprehension questions and short quantitative estimations. The student has to prove that she/he has comprehended the fundamental topics of solid state physics as well as nuclear and particle physics. Especially important is to prove that she/he has realised the correlation between different topics in physics and is able to deal independently with this knowledge and refine her/his own ideas. In an (developing) oral exam this can be proved in the most efficient way.
Exam Repetition
The exam may be repeated at the end of the semester.


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This paper concerns the problem of inferring the effects of covariates on intergenerational income mobility, i.e. on the relationship between the incomes of parents and future earnings of their children. The authors focus on two different measures of mobility--1) traditional transition probability of movement across income quantiles over generations, and 2) a new direct measure of upward mobility, viz. the probability that an adult child's relative position exceeds that of the parents. The authors estimate the effect of possibly continuously distributed covariates from data using nonparametric regression and average derivatives and derive the distribution theory for these measures. The analytical novelty in the derivation is that the dependent variables involve nonsmooth functions of estimated components- marginal quantiles for transition probabilities and relative ranks for upward mobility- thus necessitating nontrivial modifications of standard nonparametric regression theory. They use these methods on U.S. data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to study black-white differences in intergenerational mobility, a topic which has received scant attention in the literature. They document that whites experience greater intergenerational mobility than blacks. Estimates of conditional mobility using nonparametric regression reveal that most of the interracial mobility gap can be accounted for by differences in cognitive skills during adolescence. The methods developed here have wider applicability to estimation of nonparametric regression and average derivatives where the dependent variable either involves a preliminary finite-dimensional estimate in a nonsmooth way or is a nonsmooth functional of ranks of one or more random variables.
Working Papers,
No. 2007-12,
A Nonparametric Analysis of Black-White Differences in Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States (REVISED March 2011)


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Trapped by Indifference
By Sumayyah Meehan, MMNS Middle East Correspondent
His eyes glaze over as his head droops in defeat. His hair is a dingy shade of blonde. His plaintive wail can be heard all night, up until dawn when an eerie silence fills the air. He lays against a wall, slumped in such a way that it is difficult to see if he is alive or dead. His only crime was curiosity. He is a stray dog who made the mistake of climbing onto the roof of an abandoned building in Kuwait. Now he is stuck there, with little to no hope of rescue.
Unlike in the West, domestic animals like cats and dogs are not man's best friend. In fact, they are considered to be filthy creatures often likened to cockroaches as carriers of disease. Cats, in particular, are as prevalent on the streets of Kuwait as squirrels are in rural America. They dig out their daily meals from dumpsters, sneak a snooze on the roof of a car and spend their days searching for small puddles of water to quench their thirst in the unforgiving desert where temperatures often well exceed 100 F.
It has only been within the past couple of years that stray dogs have made their presence known on the streets. More and more misguided travelers bring a dog home with them after trips abroad to Europe or the USA. Once back in Kuwait, reality sets in as pet supplies are not always plentiful and walking a dog in the desert heat several times a day is not always a welcome activity. It's unfortunate that, for many, the best option is to simply open up the front door and let the dog run away to live a life of fending for itself on the harsh streets.
And the streets are brutal. There is a general lack of empathy for animals in Kuwait, which is surprising given that it is an Islamic nation. The Holy Quran gave rights to both man and beast centuries ago. It's not uncommon to find children torturing a defenseless animal in a vacant lot and reports of building caretakers throwing stray cats from the rooftops down to their deaths is a too often reported crime appearing in the local newspapers.
Thankfully, there are some loving souls that have chosen to give animals the rights that they deserve. Even in the case of the dog trapped on the roof, several local residents have thrown food up to him and some have scaled a wall below the roof in an attempt to reach him. Unfortunately, the dog backs away. He fears humans as probably every experience he has ever had has taught him to do.
There are two primary animal relief agencies in Kuwait. PAWS and Animal Friends League of Kuwait are fighting an uphill battle as the unwanted pet population in Kuwait continues its upward spiral. Both organizations are active in the community, providing food and shelter for unwanted animals. And both have hotlines where members from the public can call in to report a stray animal or animal abuse.
As of press time, the stray dog on the roof remains stranded. But help is hopefully on the way, thanks to the animal relief agencies in Kuwait who have recently been contacted. While there is light at the end of the tunnel for this dog, scores of other animals will most likely have bleaker futures in Kuwait as the indifference to their suffering goes on.
Update: Animal Friends came and one of their volunteers scaled the wall and grabbed the dog.


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Reverse Sting Operation of Naveen Jindal on Zee News
Sting Operation
Two editors of Zee News Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia got arrested and were sent to two-day police custody, in the 'Jindal Extortion Case'.Industrialist Naveen Jindal has alleged them of trying to extort money from him to suppress news against Jindal Group.Jindal Groups' officials had done a sting operation on Zee News editors trying to negotiate a deal to suppress the news.Soon,Naveen Jindal released the video in public and filed a case against Zee News.This has ignited the debate over whether there is a need for regulation of the media. Paid news is becoming a shameful fact of journalism and news reporting and the Media is surely going through a Credibility Crises because after all even Media Houses are running their show for monetary benefits.Who can assure the Media Houses do not manipulate the truth ?
In a country like ours where corruption has penetrated inside day-to-day life of commoners,can the Media be spared without scrutiny ?


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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #3
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Tyr, created by Cary Bates and Dave Cockrum, first appeared in SUPERBOY #197. Neutrax, created by Gerry Conway and Joe Staton, first appeared in SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #253. Ol-Vir, created by Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen, first appeared in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #294.
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Yeah, Karate Kids don't have much luck. Tusker, created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney, first appeared in ADVENTURE COMICS #331.
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Valor is an alternate version of Mon-El whose backstory makes my sinuses flare up. Andromeda, here, is the L(II) variation on L(I)'s Laurel Gand--created by Mark Waid, Tom McCraw and Lee Moder, she first appeared in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #66 in 1995, but the original Laurel was created by Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Keith Giffen and Al Gordon, and first appeared five years earlier in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #5.
Andromeda hasn't seen Kal-El on panel before; this has to be a reference to Johns' "untold first meeting of the three Legions" thing.
Apparition is the L(II) version of Phantom Girl.
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Luthor lived in Smallville (and started losing his hair in his teenage years) per ADVENTURE COMICS #271, as well as SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT.
Luthor's father is Lionel Luthor on the Smallville TV series; was he ever given a name in pre-Smallville comics? Anyway, showing him from the back and leaving him unnamed here gets around the problem.
Which sister? Not Lena Thorul? Or is it? I imagine we'll be seeing more of this stuff in Johns' forthcoming history-of-Superman mini.
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Only one brain in a jar!
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The Legion Omnicom has a pretty comprehensive rundown of what's in the trophy room, so I won't repeat it here.
Earth-247 out of... 52? We saw it before in INFINITE CRISIS #6.
"The keystone to the multiverse"? Earth-0, then? The Flash connection to Keystone City is appropriate, I suppose.
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Okay, this is all fairly baffling, so let's try to debaffle:
Don and Dawn Allen, the original Tornado Twins, were created by Jim Shooter and Win Mortimer, and first appeared in ADVENTURE COMICS #373. (...In a story that's now out-of-continuity post-Crisis, but does have a fine Neal Adams cover.) Don Allen and Meloni Thawne are the parents of Bart Allen, a.k.a. Impulse/Flash IV/Kid Flash. (Meloni and Digger Harkness are also the parents of Owen Mercer, the new Captain Boomerang.) Dawn Allen and Jeven Ognats are the parents of Jenni Ognats, a.k.a. XS.
The whole business with Professor Zoom, his "25th century speed soldiers," Starman's uniform as a map to the multiverse, etc.--the first Lo3W story--is all being mentioned for the first time here.
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Tharok, created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan, first appeared in ADVENTURE COMICS #352.
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Bart Allen/Kid Flash here, created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo, first appeared in 1994's FLASH #91.
And that's it until the last two issues come out, which I gather is going to be a while--#4 is currently scheduled for Mar. 25 and #5 for May 13, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them later than that...
Also, in reply to a couple of queries, I don't think I'm going to be dealing with the FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH books here. But I look forward to seeing what other people have to say about them.
3 comments:
- Wild Card said...
Starman's uniform as a map to the multi-verse was introduced in the recent JSA vs Gog story that just ended. That was also where it revealed that it was part of the unseen first Lo3W adventure. Personally, I am loving these teasers for the first Lo3W adventure. I wonder when (or if) we will ever see it.
- February 15, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Regarding Earth-247: My theory is that there are still an infinite number of universes, but the current 52 are the only ones connected via the Bleed--all the others are still there (and have been there all along), but are currently inaccesable due to the Bleed barrier.
- February 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Squashua said...
Valor's backstory isn't so tough. At least, from what I can recall (possibly incorrectly):
Post-Zero Hour (and a little pre-), Valor was some Daxamite who hung out with L.E.G.I.O.N. and Vril Dox aka Brainiac II. At some point, he took a bunch of genetically altered humans, victims of Dominator manipulation from "Invasion!", and seeded a ton of planets with them, creating the precursor Legionnaire planets.
Then Valor loses his memory and is sent to Earth as "Champion", where he hangs out for a bit and fights Superboy (Kon-El). Superboy figures out Valor's deal, and before he dies of Lead Poisoning (originally cured by Brainiac II), he puts him into a Phantom Zone. S-Boy got the Phantom Zone access by putting together some tech used by a Phantom-Zone-jumping villain.
Meanwhile, in LSH/Legionnaires, it is revealed that Valor is worshipped the universe-over by the planets he seeded. The Legionnaires (with help from Superboy, who they abduct from our time), rescue Valor from the Phantom Zone and B5 gives him a lead cure. In order to disguise him from his mad worshippers, R.J. Brande keeps Valor on Mars and gives him the name "M'Onel", which is Martian for something. This is one of the first few hints that R.J. is Martian Manhunter.
And there you go. - February 16, 2009 at 7:00 AM


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Assistant District Attorney Richard Alpert of North Richland Hills will replace former board Chairman John Bradley, district attorney of Williamson County. Bradley's controversial appointment two years ago gave rise to criticism that the governor had hand-picked the prosecutor to block findings that Texas had executed an innocent man.
While Bradley was a lightning rod on the commission, Alpert said he is "hoping to be more weather-resistant."
Also stepping down from the panel is Lance Evans, a Tarrant County defense attorney appointed in 2009. He said this change will likely not make waves. "It's not going to have near the turmoil this time as it did last time," Evans said.
Evans is being replaced by Robert Lerma, a Brownsville attorney in private practice and former president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
The Tarrant County medical examiner, Dr. Nizam Peerwani, appointed to the commission in December 2009, was reappointed and will continue to serve as chairman for "a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor," according to Monday's announcement.
The other new member is Dr. Vincent Di Maio of San Antonio, a former chief medical examiner for Bexar County. Di Maio replaces Dr. Norma Farley, chief forensic pathologist in Hidalgo and Cameron counties.
It remains to be seen what the Commission will be doing going forward now that the Attorney General has shut down all their active investigations. One situation likely to move to the front burner involves allegations by a national accrediting agency that controlled substance testing at the El Paso crime lab suffered from incompetent analysts; inadequate supervision; overstating the thoroughness of testing; failure to follow their own laboratory policies; failure to base laboratory procedures on known standards; inadequate intensity on their mass spectrometer; failure to document testing/calibration of instruments; improper access to the lab by police officers and other department personnel; and failing to require a written test to determine labworker competency. The national Innocence Project has filed a complaint asking the FSC to independently investigate.
Also, though the AG opinion precludes taking up new investigations in older cases or in non-accredited disciplines, the FSC report (large pdf) on the Willingham/Willis cases urged a "retroactive review" of old arson cases, urging the state fire marshal to formally adopt a "duty to correct" past errors and a "duty to inform" defendants when flawed science was used to secure their conviction. Dr. Peerwani has been working with the State Fire Marshal's Office and my employers at the Innocence Project of Texas to develop a methodology and protocols for such a review.
To truly reach its full potential, though, the Forensic Science Commission needs the Legislature to clean up its jurisdictional authority. They also need for politicians, particularly the Governor, to forswear interference in their work long enough for the FSC to complete investigations, which after the AG opinion must now all begin again at square one. The Commission's charge - to investigate flawed science used in criminal courtrooms - is particularly timely given the national re-evaluation of various non-science based forensics. But so far the agency has been blocked from reaching its full potential, and until the Lege expands the FSC's jurisdiction, I fear commissioners will continue to find themselves unduly hamstrung.


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Partition naming is thanksfully simpler than drive one. Partitions are simply given a number from 0 up (decimal). Sometime a "p" is appended on front of the number:
cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 488386584 sda 8 1 52436128 sda1 8 2 1 sda2 8 5 2104483 sda5 8 6 20972826 sda6 8 7 52436128 sda7 8 8 360434308 sda8 179 0 3979776 mmcblk0 179 1 3975680 mmcblk0p1 |
As you see, partition devices are listed in /proc/partition. This file... is not a real file but is created on the fly. Don't worry, for what we need it's a file.
Notice the "p1" partition name for the SDHC card.
Max number of partitions is 15 for SCSI and all the drives using the new SATA driver, 63 for IDE drives (0 is the full drive, 0 to 15 is four bits 0 to 64, 6 bits)
Not all the numbers have the same meaning. This mess come from the PC history. One can divide floppies with partitions, but then 4 ones seems sufficient. But then come Hard drives :-). So the partitons numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 are primarypartitions. One drive can only have 4 primaries.
To go further, we have to use one of these primary as a big one and sub-partition this one, so to have logicalpartitions. The big extendedpartition can be any of the 4.
So, remember, the primary partitions are inside the drive and the logical partitions are inside one of the primary, called the extendedpartition.
Once the logical partitions are created, it's no more recommended to write directly to the extended one. Writing to an extended partition would erase the logical ones like writing directly to a hard drive erase the partitons. Beware, it's possible!!
If, after creating 4 primary partitions, all the disk space is not used, the remaining space is lost (unusable), so most of the time, create the desired primaries, then at last the extended one with all the remaining room.
It's not necessary to create 4 primaries. You could use only one extended (Linux only), but there are some advantages of using primaries.
Primaries being 4, the first logical partition is always 5. So any partition with number of five and up is a logical one.


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What Are the Most Dangerous Toys This Holiday Season?
Before you start adding too many toys to your holiday-shopping list this year, perhaps you should consider a couple of reports released earlier this week scrupulously pinpointing the most dangerous toys of 2012.
The latest "Trouble in Toyland" report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group indicates that the Fisher Price-made 'Dora the Explorer' guitar is far too loud, while dozens of other popular toys present definite choking hazards. "We should be able to trust that the toys we buy are safe," said Nasima Hossain, public health advocate for U.S. PIRG. "However, until that's the case, parents need to watch out for common hazards when shopping for toys."
Another report from the advocacy group WATCH also warns parents about the potential harm that can come to a child from certain toys. In its annual "10 Worst Toys" list, the group reveals toys that can cause potential hazards, such as strangulation, choking, eye injuries, impact injuries and puncture wounds.
Top 10 Worst Toys
- Magnetic Fishing Game
- Bongo Ball
- Dart Zone Quick Fire 12 Dart Gun
- Spinner Shark 4-Wheel Kneeboard
- Explore and Learn Helicopter
- N-Force Vendetta Double Sword
- Water Balloon Launcher
- Power Rangers Super Samurai Shogun Helmet
- Playful Xylophone
- The Avengers Gamma Green Smash Fists


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TSA to revise nudie scanner software
Security theatre gets a 'G' rating
America's Transport Security Administration has decided it doesn't need full nude outlines to work out whether or not someone is carrying a bomb under their clothing.
Since their introduction, the voyeuristic millimeter-wave scanners have been defended by the TSA as indispensable, in spite of failing to detect guns in tests, and triggering outrage at the detail revealed by the devices.
Nudie scans on the way out
Others have criticized the scanners as unnecessarily irradiating both travelers and their operators.
According to the Washington Post, the TSA has bowed, at least on the matter of privacy. Instead of projecting the target's victim's traveller's scanned body image on the operator's screen, the administration is rolling out new software that will display a generic human outline identifying any concealed objects it discovers.
Lapsing into the jargon of someone terminally-infected by the managerial virus, TSA administrator John Pistole said the new software will maintain security "while improving the passenger experience at checkpoints".
The new software is, according to the Washington Post, a response to a "vocal minority of Americans". It adds that those triggering an alert, along with those who refuse scanning, will still get a TSA groping pat-down (including, we presume, grandmothers and children).
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Why priests ought to wear black vestments for funerals and for All Souls' Day
12 comments:
- Fr Ray Blake said...
I am sure the rubric in the Missal which allows white for funerals was put there to accomodate those cultures in Asia where white is the traditional colour of mourning. It wasn't meant for the West.
- October 31, 2012 at 1:32 AM
- Deo volente said...
Thanks for posting this! As one who celebrated the Usus Antiquior as a young man, I vividly recall the black vestments at funerals and on All Soul's Day. We recently had a funeral in my family, and the wise Irish priest spoke (for the first time I can remember) about the soul of the deceased now being in a period of purification and how we should all pray for her soul. That is the first time I had purgatory mentioned in eons!
I love your blog, and thank you especially for this post.
Pax tecum!
D.v. - October 31, 2012 at 8:24 AM
- Marko Ivančičević said...
I think it is worth noting that in the Ambrosian Rite(the Rite of the See of Milan) black is used during the Lent, and not violet.
- October 31, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Father Mitchell said...
The liturgy, especially the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and its proper celebration, can never be anything but profound. It may not be your usual focus but it can never be less profound for it is the Sacrifice of the Cross.
- November 1, 2012 at 5:37 AM
I heard an interesting commentary once that the decline of the Requiem Mass has led to a decline in our popular concept of death which may be reflected in the "holy" cards given out at the funeral home. In the old days, the card had a prayer--frequently from the requiem--praying for the repose of the deceased, not too long ago, the prayer for the dead was replaced with some ambiguous prayer, usually Psalm 23, now that has, in turn, been replaced with some stupid poem like the abominable "afterglow". The obserse of the card went from a picture of our Lord or our Lady to a nature photo, to a picture of the deceased!
- November 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM
I received a black chasuble and stole as a gift from parishioners in 1999. It is of a modern design. The pastor reported me to the bishop, even though I had not yet worn it!
The bishop, at the time a Cardinal Archbishop in the United States, told me that it was an allowed liturgical color but also would raise questions in the minds of the laity. I told him I hoped so.
He asked me to refrain from wearing it without the permission of the pastor, and of course I assented to his request. I was subsequently transferred and wore it that All Souls Day and ever since.
- November 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- Eric Nicolai said...
I usually use the black for all votive masses for the dead, but I can imagine it would be awkward to use black if you have concelebrants who join you for a funeral, simply because there are usually more white chasubles available. That's why it would be a good idea to invest in several black chasubles for these occasions, especially for the funeral of a priest. Wearing white for funerals is meant to give hope, but it really seems to suggest that the deceased is already in heaven, as though he were a saint already.
- November 1, 2012 at 7:37 AM
I have never seen a priest wear black. I will ask my pastor about it for next year's All Souls. May God grant you many years, Father.
- November 1, 2012 at 11:29 AM
This evening I was surprised to see the priest wearing a black stole over a white chasuble, all the more so since I naturally expected a mass at 7:00 PM on All Saints' Day to be the mass for All Saints's Day. It was, however, a mass for All Souls' Day.
I am not quite sure what the message of the black stole was, since the priest in his homily assured us that all the parishioners who had died in the last year (he read a list of names) were already in Heaven and left us a model of sanctity. The focus was on our loss and mourning and need to remember the dead, no mention being made that there might be souls of the faithful departed in need of our prayers, especially the prayer of the All Souls' Day mass.
While the re-introduction of black vestments is praiseworthy, it is not necessarily accompanied by sounder theology. - November 1, 2012 at 8:57 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Steven H,
It sounds like that priest made several serious errors in judgment. - November 2, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- CónegoZ+ said...
Fr. Ryan,
You have exceeded yourself. I know that your own blog rules call for comments to "keep it short..., to the point, and civil". May I say that your comment concerning Steven H's parish priest more than fully filled those criteria (as well as being a masterpiece of understatement).
Pax Tecum,
- November 5, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- CónegoZ+ said...
Father Erlunbush,
I am glad to see you extending this column into liturgics. The liturgy is, arguably, the way the Church best communicates its theology to the non-theologically-minded world at large (both Catholic and non-), and I'd argue that bad liturgy results in bad belief-- or, if you go to too many folk Masses, your faith turns to mush.
Pax tecum,
FrZ+ - November 5, 2012 at 11:12 PM
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On Saturday 19th January, His Lordship Bishop Bernard Fellay was at the Society of Saint Pius X's new Church in Gateshead, near Newcastle, UK. Some of the Transalpine Redemptorists were also present, and played a large part in the ceremonies. The Ceremony was attended by many of the Society's faithful coming from all over the UK, some from a great distance. The Church was named "The Holy Name of Jesus". After the blessing and Pontifical High Mass, there were some refreshments, followed by Pontifical Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
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On Thursday, the United Nations' member states will consider two resolutions: One resolution would ban all human cloning methods, including efforts to use cloned embryonic stem cells to try and generate healthy tissues, or to treat degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's. The second resolution would ban only efforts to clone babies.
"AAAS, along with most of the world's mainstream scientists, endorses a legally enforceable ban on any efforts to clone a human being," said Alan I. Leshner, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of its journal, Science. "Our fear of reproductive cloning is understandable and appropriate. But, we must not allow those concerns to block medical advances that may someday be achieved through other kinds of research that involve cloned cells. AAAS urges the United Nations to support research cloning methods intended to alleviate human suffering caused by injuries and disease."
The AAAS Board of Directors on 14 February 2002 endorsed a legally enforceable ban on reproductive cloning, citing "serious health risks." But the Board supported research using nuclear transplantation methods under appropriate government oversight.
What is research cloning, and how is it different from reproductive cloning?
Both involve a technique called nuclear transplantation—replacing the nucleus of a donor's egg with the DNA from an adult cell. Under certain conditions, the resulting entity will begin developing like a fertilized egg. In reproductive cloning, the entity is implanted into a uterus, where it has the potential to develop into a full organism; a clone of the donor of the adult cell. In research cloning, the entity is not implanted in a uterus. Instead, after several days, researchers harvest embryonic stem cells, which theoretically can develop into any type of cell and, according to many researchers, may someday be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases or other conditions.


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Asiana Airlines Inc. has offered $10,000 to each of the 288 surviving passengers of the flight that crash landed in San Francisco last month.
Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said Tuesday the payout is not a settlement and accepting the money does not prevent passengers from suing the airline.
"Regardless of the degree of the injury, we are offering $10,000 to everyone,'' Lee said. "There could be situations when the money is urgently needed and this could reduce inconveniences.''
The Asiana Boeing 777 landed short of the runway on July 6, killing three passengers and injuring dozens. There were 307 people on board, including 291 passengers.
Lee said Asiana has already made payments to the families of three passengers who were killed. She did not know the amount.
A mother of one passenger said an Asiana manager contacted the family in Seoul by telephone last week offering $10,000. The family declined because the offer wasn't made in writing, no explanation on conditions was given and they feared accepting the payment would bar lawsuits.
"We said no on the phone. We felt offended and didn't want to accept,'' said Jeong Ouek-yoon, mother of passenger Kim Ye-rim. "We didn't know whether there were conditions to the payment.''
South Korean news agency Yonhap said multiple crash survivors and their families had been made the offer in writing. The report said Asiana stipulated eight conditions but the company declined to disclose them citing their possible impact on future lawsuits.
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April 27, 2017
In my office, we use a PA as a scribe for new patient office visits for our doctors. We have an electronic medical record and the scribe signs in under her own name when she begins notating for the doctor. What is the correct way to notate in the medical record that the PA is only acting as a scribe and not performing the service personally?
Good question. In order to clearly indicate what was performed, the documentation must identify who rendered the service and that the PA was acting solely as a scribe and did not perform any of the services. Remember, a scribe does not ask the patient questions or perform any examination of the patient. Both parties need to sign the medical record (electronically will suffice) and attest to the situation. Noridian, the Jurisdiction E local Medicare contractor, gives the following acceptable attestation example:
"I, _____________, am scribing for, and in the presence of, Dr. ____________." for the scribe; and
"I, Dr. __________, personally performed the services described in this documentation, as scribed by ________________ in my presence, and it is both accurate and complete." for the physician.
Some payors only require the physician to sign the note as an attestation and not make a separate statement (as in the Noridian example above). You may want to check with your payors to see if they have specific verbiage that they look for to support the use of a scribe.
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British retailer WH Smith has shuttered its UK site and will keep it offline until all particularly objectionable sexual content is removed from its offerings.
Last week, technology news site The Kernel reported that WH Smith — along with Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers — was selling pornographic e-books, including titles that featured rape, incest and bestiality.
WH Smith takes e-book content from Kobo.com, a Toronto-based e-reading company. Kobo.com reacted by conceding that some authors and publishers had violated its self-publishing policies, but added that it still strived "not to negatively impact the freedom of expression" found at Kobo.com.
Not long after issuing that statement, Kobo removed all self-published e-books from its shelves.
Amazon, too, has been cleansing itself of such content.
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Aussie Police Recruitment Ad Lands on Criminal Website
Online banner advertisements for Australia's Victoria Police appeared on the website of a motorcycle gang, the Mongols Nation Motorcycle Club.
Police Minister Kim Wells accused Google of not adhering to ad placement guidelines set out by Victoria Police.
The twist is that Victoria law enforcement has launched a campaign against bike gangs, and even established an investigation team — "Echo Taskforce" — assigned with stamping out the gangs.
The ads reportedly garnered about 200 clicks, meaning the police would theoretically be on the hook for paying Google about US$2.00. Google, however, reportedly will refund the dough.
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BlackBerry: It's All Good!
BlackBerry penned an open letter — ostensibly for customers and partners, but republished in dozens of outlets in numerous countries — to declare that the company is "here to stay" despite red ink-soaked books and massive layoffs.
BlackBerry Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben told Reuters that the letter was inspired in part by the "noise and confusion" created by news stories about BlackBerry. He was talking, presumably, about stories like BlackBerry laying off dozens of U.S. workers, or Blackberry laying off 40 percent of its workforce, or BlackBerry being in even worse shape than experts had initially thought.
Boulben stressed that the company has cash on hand, and that it has no debt.
Fairfax Financial Holding has made a $9-a-share offer for BlackBerry, but Google, Cisco and SAP have all reportedly been in talks with BlackBerry about acquiring some or even all of the smartphone maker.
[Source: Reuters]
Snowden's Email Service Files Suit
Attorneys representing Lavabit, the Texas-based email service used by Edward Snowden, have filed their opening brief in a case that is reportedly linked to the Justice Department's handling of the Snowden investigation.
Lavabit founder Ladar Levison this summer declined federal requests to fork over encryption information to gain access to data stored on the company's servers. Instead, he simply shut down the service. He was found in contempt of court, but now is fighting in the hope of proving that requests to access Lavabit information were unlawful.
Snowden, the man at the center of all this, is still in Russia. He recently received a visit from his father.
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New Norwegian Coalition Vows Better Broadband
The coalition government elected in Norway's recent parliamentary elections put better nationwide broadband on its agenda.
The government said that all citizens should have access to a 100 Mbps connection, a significant increase over the previous target. The government also said that it will take on more responsibility to ensure nationwide broadband access, while the previous administration had a more free market approach.
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More U.S. Women Turning to Long-Acting Contraceptives: CDC
Pill remains leading method of choice, but devices such as IUDs becoming more popular
Thursday, October 18, 2012
One method of preventing pregnancy that is losing ground: condoms.
The report, from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at data from interviews conducted with nearly 23,000 females aged 15 to 44 between 2006 and 2010.
Overall, close to two-thirds (62 percent) of those quizzed were using some form of contraception at the time of the interview, say researchers led by NCHS statistician Jo Jones. About one in 10 women (11 percent) at risk of an unwanted pregnancy said they were not using any form of contraception.
"Of women using a contraceptive method in the month of the interview, the most common method used are the pill (28.6 percent, or 10.6 million women) and female sterilization (27 percent, or 10.2 million women)," the researchers said. Those percentages are roughly similar to rates tabulated back in 1995, the CDC noted.
However, the use of IUDs has risen from less than 1 percent in 1995 to almost 6 percent of women by 2006-2010, the CDC team noted. And use of the contraceptive patch or ring has risen from 4 percent in 1995 to 7 percent by the time of the latest survey.
Younger women (under 30) and blacks were less likely to use these long-acting methods than older women and whites, the report found.
At the same time, the condom's popularity has taken a tumble, from 20 percent in 1995 to 16 percent a decade later. "Fewer women report that their partners are using condoms as their current, most effective contraceptive method," the report authors wrote.
Planned Parenthood weighed in on the new findings. In a statement, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, the group's vice president for external medical affairs, said that "Planned Parenthood is encouraged by this new CDC data, which shows an increasing number of women and teens are using long-acting reversible contraceptives [LARC] like IUDs and implants, as they are among the most effective methods for preventing unintended pregnancy."
However, she added that, "while the use of long-acting birth control methods like IUDs has grown, this data shows that women who are at the highest risk for unintended pregnancy are less likely to use them."
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