Caperton\u27s Next Generation: Beyond the Bank

The article looks at a panel discussion on judicial responsibility and the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s decision in \u27Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.\u27 discussed by several law professionals including Jed Shugerman, Debra Lyn Bassett and Dmitry Bam at a 2014 symposium held in the New York University

Non-geometric String Backgrounds and Worldsheet Algebras

Using worldsheet Hamiltonian methods we derive a charge algebra which generalizes the Courant bracket to include fluxes of general index type. This is achieved by coupling a bi-vector to the Hamiltonian of the Polyakov model. This bracket is useful to describe so-called non-geometric backgrounds and has been discussed in the mathematics literature by Dmitry Roytenberg.Comment: 18 page

Incidence combinatorics of resolutions

We introduce notions of combinatorial blowups, building sets, and nested sets for arbitrary meet-semilattices. This gives a common abstract framework for the incidence combinatorics occurring in the context of De Concini-Procesi models of subspace arrangements and resolutions of singularities in toric varieties. Our main theorem states that a sequence of combinatorial blowups, prescribed by a building set in linear extension compatible order, gives the face poset of the corresponding simplicial complex of nested sets. As applications we trace the incidence combinatorics through every step of the De Concini-Procesi model construction, and we introduce the notions of building sets and nested sets to the context of toric varieties. There are several other instances, such as models of stratified manifolds and certain graded algebras associated with finite lattices, where our combinatorial framework has been put to work; we present an outline in the end of this paper.Comment: 20 pages; this is a revised version of our preprint dated Nov 2000 and May 2003; to appear in Selecta Mathematica (N.S.

Boston University Wind Ensemble, February 25, 2003

This is the concert program of the Boston University Wind Ensemble performance on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were "Festive Overture," Op. 96 by Dmitry Shostakovich (transc. Hunsberger), "Dixtuor" by Claude Arrieu, "MeTro!" by Greg Sanders, and Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings"by Johann de Meij. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Faculty recital by Leslie Parnas, cello, January 5, 1965

This is the concert program of the Faculty Recital by Leslie Parnas, cello on Tuesday, January 5, 1965 at 8:30 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Gamba Sonata No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert, Sonata by Claude Debussy, and Sonata, Op. 40 by Dmitry Shostakovich. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund