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6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You to Believe
Mental illness is one of those issues that not even smart people have a good grasp of. So we probably shouldn't be surprised that Hollywood's treatment of it is about as informed and respectful as showing up drunk to a stranger's funeral and crapping in the casket.
From serial killer movies to sappy mental hospital dramas, Hollywood uses mental illness as a convenient plot point, often forgetting to do even five minutes of Googling on the subject first. As a result we get things like...
#6. The Magic Key/Instant Cure
On the Season 6 premiere of House, our hero discovers that a catatonic patient is constantly staring at something in the nurses' office. Anyone without House's keen intellect would've assumed that "something" was a ham sandwich, but House discovers that it's actually a music box which, when played, brings this particular patient back to the land of not pissing on herself in the corner (keep in mind this is something the staff has failed to notice for years, but Hugh Laurie spots in a single goddamn day).
But it's not just in medical dramas. We've seen this in pretty much all of the Hannibal Lecter movies (figuring out the one thing that makes the killer an insane murder machine allows the cops to predict who, when and where he'll strike next) and in every film where the primary villain gets talked out of his psychotic master plan by a hero that "understands" him.
Hell, that's even the ending of Spider-Man 2: Spidey talking Doc Ock out of his murderous insanity. "You're completely right, Spider-Man, I did say that people need to let dreams go sometimes. To Hell with my dead wife and everything else that I've lost, I'm totally pulling this fusion reactor on top of myself to save the lives of all the people I was hell-bent on vaporizing mere seconds ago."
In the medical community, this phenomena is known as "complete and utter whale shit" [citation needed], but in Hollywood it's call it "the magic key."
"Just stick this in your crazy hole and we'll unlock the sanity!"
See, Hollywood is convinced that sometimes there is just one specific thing that has to be discovered in order to cure a person of their shoelace-eating lunacy--or at least unravel the mystery behind it--long-term treatment and medication be damned.
Why It's Bullshit:
Simply put, psychology is not a game of Jenga, wherein one crucial block can bring down the entire tower of mental illness. No one factor made the person snap, and shoving one thing back into place won't make them whole. If it did, this mental illness stuff would be easy.
In the real world people with severe personality disorders are about as predictable as the weather, and so far the fact that we all know what causes lightning hasn't helped us figure out when and where it's going to strike with any kind of certainty.
For instance, think about all those cinematic serial killers brought to justice by the cunning insight of a psychological profiler. In real life that shit only leads to arrests about two percent of the time. The linked Malcolm Gladwell article took a comprehensive look at serial killer profiling and found that it's nothing more than cold reading - a parlor trick utilized by old-timey magicians and psychics to con people into thinking their mind was being read. People want to believe that Sherlock Holmes and his modern day incarnation, Dr. House (or Ben Matlock for you high-brow types) really exists. In reality, the only cases of successful psychological profiling were heavily doctored by the profilers themselves to make their predictions seem more accurate.
"And here's where I'll tell them the killer's address instead of screwing up everyone's lunch order like I actually did!"
#5. A Day With a Crazy Badass Shall Cure Them All
There's seemingly one person in every silver screen mental hospital who's there either by choice or because the squares on the outside couldn't deal with how "real" they are. See Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted; or Michael Keaton in The Dream Team. Once they get inside, the rebellion starts small--screwing with the staff, shaking the other patients out of their passivity and generally doing things that in any other situation would brand you a totally disruptive penis.
Like this.
Whether it's by getting them to refuse to take their medication, taking them on an unsupervised adventure through the city or getting one of them laid, the rebel does more to help these poor nuts in one day than all their doctors and nurses with their fancy big city book learning have done in years.
Why It's Bullshit:
This isn't just idiotic, it's insulting. It plays to that stupid Hollywood notion that decades of schooling and experience with thousands of patients means nothing compared to one tough guy ready to give them a good old fashioned kick in the pants.
Tough guys.
See, if you could really break somebody out of a psychological shell with a single unsupervised trip led by a gruff tour guide in a leather jacket, we would fucking do that. That's way easier than what we're doing now.
But it's not the implied insult toward the mental health profession that makes this so irritating. It's the implication that in each crazy person, good mental health is lurking about one-inch beneath the surface, ready to be cured in a couple of days. So when somebody raised on these movies actually runs into an actual mentally ill person, they can't help but wonder why they don't just get over it already.
"You all need to stop being such GODDAMN LUNATICS."
#4. Electroshock Treatment is a Savage, Primitive Treatment
According to movies like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Shine, A Beautiful Mind and Changeling, electroshock treatment (electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) is the equivalent of treating testicular cancer with thumbtacks and a crescent wrench.
A bunch of savagely indifferent doctors strap some poor bastard down and try to shock the crazy out - leaving the victim docile, slightly charred and with a bucket of fried chicken where their brain used to be. The portrayal of ECT is so overwhelmingly negative that it frequently gets picked last for kickball, behind Nazis and child molesters.
Go ahead and get in kids. It's not like he's got an ECT machine in there.
Why It's Bullshit:
In reality, ECT works and it's safe. It's painless and has the same level of risk as general anesthesia, and has been used successfully for years to treat depression. Patients who undergo the treatment typically find themselves more engaged, more active and altogether happier people.
See? Look how happy he is.
The only negative thing is that they have to keep getting the treatment to stay healthy. And as for the screaming, struggling patient being dragged down the hall to the electroshock room? Unless the patient is catatonic and their life is in immediate danger, ECT can only be administered with informed consent.
See, Hollywood always leaves out the part where the doctors sit down and carefully explain the benefits and risks of ECT to their patient so a rational decision can be made. Then they drag them down the hall to shock their balls off.


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Smoothly embed a genus g surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$, and pick a normal vector pointing "out" of the surface at each point. Then on each tangent plane, I have a map which rotates the tangent plane 90 degrees in the direction given by the right hand rule. This gives an almost complex structure on the manifold, and every almost complex structure is integrable in real dimension 2, so this defines a complex structure on the surface.
Question 1: Does the above paragraph make sense? I am at the point where I think I can make grammatically correct sentences using the words above, but I am still not sure about all of the logical interconnections.
Say the first paragraph is correct. Then for each smooth embedding of the g-holed torus into $\mathbb{R}^3$ I get a complex structure on that surface. But I know that there are many different complex structures on the g-holed torus (and that the moduli space of such curves is 3g-3 complex dimensional for g>1).
Question 2,3,4: How many of these complex structures can I get through different embeddings? If I give you actual equations for an embedding, can you compute which point in the moduli space I am determining? In the particular case of the torus, can you tell me which $\tau$ corresponds to a given embedding?


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I am looking for a function that maps an integer vector onto a single number. Actually it is a algorithmic problem I am having. But there must be such functions around, especially when thinking of cryptography.
Assuming the length is fixed, you can just interleave the bits of the numbers.
For example, if the vector is $(1,2,3)$ we have $1 = 01_2$, $2=10_2$, $3=11_2$, so the result is $53 = 110101_2$. The first bit of $53$ is the first bit of $1$, the second bit is the first bit of $2$, ..., the sixth bit of $53$ is the second bit of $3$. This works essentially the same way if the values are real. A similar construction is used to prove the cardinal equation 𝕮$^2$ = 𝕮.
To encode a 3-vector this way in C:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdint.h> uint32_t zip(uint8_t a, uint8_t b, uint8_t c) { int i; uint32_t d = 0; for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i) { d |= (a & (1 << i)) << (0 + (i << 1)); d |= (b & (1 << i)) << (1 + (i << 1)); d |= (c & (1 << i)) << (2 + (i << 1)); } return d; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { printf("%u\n", zip(1, 2, 3)); return 0; }
Here's something that almost works: map the integer vector $(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n)$ to the (rational) number $2^{a_1}3^{a_2}\times\cdots\times p_n^{a_n}$, where the numbers $2,3,\dots,p_n$ are the first $n$ primes. The Unique Factorization Theorem almost guarantees that no two distinct vectors go to the same number.
The problem is with zeros: $(-5,6,0)$ and $(-5,6)$ both go to $729/32$. We can fix it by letting $f$ be any 1-1 map from the integers to the nonzero integers, for example, $f(x)=x+1$ if $x\ge0$, $f(x)=x$ if $x\lt0$, and then map $(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n)$ to $2^{f(a_1)}3^{f(a_2)}\times\cdots\times p_n^{f(a_n)}$. This map answers the question.
EDIT: After I posted what's above, OP commented elsewhere that the image is to be an integer. This can be achieved by letting $f$ be any 1-1 map from the integers to the positive integers, for example, $f(n)=2n$ if $n\gt0$, $f(n)=1-2n$ if $n\le0$. Now $(-5,6,0)$ maps to $2^{11}3^{12}5$, and $(-5,6)$ maps to $2^{11}3^{12}$. The map is not quite a bijection, e.g., nothing maps to $3$.
You could use an adaptation of Cantor's method of counting the rational numbers. Take a two-dimensional vector instead of the rational numbers, include the numbers with alternationg sign to get the negatives and you are there. For higher dimension, you could use the same method rescursively.
If the vector contains fixed-length integers, then you can compute a digest for it, say using MD5, SHA1, SHA2, etc. This is certainly not bijective (because it's not injective) but is unlikely that there'll any be collisions.
Actually there is an easy way to map a vector of integers to a single integer in a bijective way. First treat numbers as strings say 0 1 00 01 10 11 .. for 0,1,2,3,4,5, ... then bijectively combine the strings a pair at a time using a method like http://bijective.dogma.net/compres8.htm The method on that page is for bytes but its easy to make it work for bits. If you can't see how to do that you and change bijectively each string to bytes. example so you want to map a vector or three integers to a single integer. Using method from that page. convert to a strings each of the three integers and then convert to bytes. DSC adds bijectively a number from 0 to N-1 to any file bijectively. For first nunber let it be ZERO then when you add the second number which you have as bytes you use N from the length of previous result it has to be at least one since its non zero. Then for third integer you combine as previous where N is the length of previous result. Its that easy. know that you have this final file you can bijectively convert to string and then that string to a number.


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An exhibit of more than 50 photographs, news articles, and historic front pages from El Diario/La Prensa -- the longest-publishing Spanish language daily newspaper in the United States – chronicling the growth and transformation of the Hispanic Community in New York City from the start of the so-called "Hispanic Decade" of the 1980's through September 11th, 2001, will be inaugurated with an opening reception Wednesday, September 25, at 6:30 p.m. at New York University's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South (between Thompson and Sullivan streets).
Rosanna Rosado, Director, El Diario/La Prensa, will join in marking the launch of new exhibit, which will be free and open to the public.
The show runs through December 18. It is presented by the King Juan Carlos I Center in partnership with El Diario/La Prensa; Columbia University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER), and the Rare Books and Manuscript Library's Latino Arts and Activism Archive, which recently acquired the El Diario/La Prensa photo archive; the Columbia School of the Arts and its Office of Community Outreach and Education; Hostos Community College; El Museo del Barrio; and the Bronx Council on the Arts, in commemoration of El Diario/La Prensa's 100th Anniversary.
For further information, contact NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at 212. 998. 3650; or visit www.nyu.edu/kjc .
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Fuel Cell Mounting Tips - Safe In The CityWritten by on November 28, 2011 Fuel cell mounting tips or: How to incorrectly use every cutting device known to mankind
I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm fearless, but when it comes to most four-wheeled automotive tasks, I don't really scare all that easily. Ask me to do a donut in a car with no seats; I'm in. Tell me a car may or may not have working brakes and I'll probably jump in and find out for myself. Racing school buses on a figure-8? I'm down for the invite (hint, hint) and would be more than willing to give it a go with a little instruction and a GoPro strapped to my helmet.
There is just a certain comfort in a car that I'm OK with-unlike in my normal life-where I live in a pretty much constant fear of being attacked by a sasquatch, getting touched by any kind of spider, seeing Editor Fisher the week of or after deadlines are missed, and, well, pretty much anything else that involves scary looking animals or bugs. It's not like I'm a weirdo (ding, dong!) but, I just don't like creepy-crawlies, they scare me. And don't even get me started on fish...
Point is, cars-and especially race cars-don't really scare me except for one all too real issue: Fire. I'm terrified of fire and couldn't imagine a situation worse than being trapped inside a race car at a track when it goes up in flames. Unlike my potentially silly sasquatch fear, ending up in a blazing car after a wreck isn't very uncommon and the reality is grounded in stories, videos, and firsthand experience from racers and fans all around the country.
If you're racing out there with a cut up race car and a poorly mounted and/or protected fuel cell, it's not just a bad idea, it's one that could easily land you in the hospital or, worst case, in a box thanks to a relatively minor on-track incident. Unfortunately, even with this knowledge, many racers think of a 12-gallon fuel cell as an afterthought, a piece of equipment necessary to carry the fuel you need for a race and nothing more. Knowing that a quality cell is well worth its price tag, we spent our last story with the City Boy working on a safe structure to hold our ATL fuel cell. This month, we're covering the installation and fitment of the cell and structure and hope that you too will consider safety first when it comes to this vital piece of equipment.
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1 City Boy still isn't much of a looker, but this month we're going to drop a few pounds of sheetmetal in search of a new home for our ATL fuel cell and support structure.2 Before starting to cut, Pete Epple grabbed a 10mm socket and got to work removing the stock rear bumper. While not completely necessary for this portion of the install, it gave us more room to work and access to the lower portion of the trunk.3 With the bumper removed, Pete unbolted the stock rear support bar (right) by removing the four bolts found on each side and tossed the heavy metal support aside. In the future, we will build a new and improved bumper support, so this piece was just taking up space.4 With the bumper removed, Pete unbolted the stock rear support bar (right) by removing the four bolts found on each side and tossed the heavy metal support aside. In the future, we will build a new and improved bumper support, so this piece was just taking up space.5 The new fuel cell won't use the stock fill nozzle or door, so Pete unbolted those components next and threw them in the trash. We did keep the stock car door incase we need to reinstall it at a later point, but you probably won't need it on your project, depending on the body.6 Since we don't really know what we're doing, as you have hopefully gathered by now, we spent the majority of our day slowly cutting parts off the City Boy with the wrong tools. Here, you can see Pete using a cutting wheel, which had he stuck with would have still been working right now to make the first cut.7 This little air-powered reciprocating body saw actually worked really well on the thin sheetmetal surrounding the stock spare tire well and was fairly simple to work with, although Pete ended up breaking every blade we had before the day was done!8 After a full pass with the reciprocating body saw, Pete broke out the prybars and worked his way around the spare tire well, slowly separating the sheetmetal from the remaining body.
10 A Fox-body mustang has two main supports under the floor, which you can see directly behind the rearend and on the back bumper area. These support structures are tough and a bit thicker than the flimsy tire well metal, so Pete had to take his time cutting them to free the main portion of the floor.11 Because City Boy needs to maintain the factory rails, we just needed to cut away the metal leading up to them, giving us a solid mounting point for the fuel cell cage. You can see Pete using a cutting shear here to make rough cuts toward the framerails.12 As we got closer to the rails we broke out the big guns…the Craftsman Sawzall. Why we didn't use this from the get go still alludes me (Pete claims we didn't need it) but it made quick work of the remaining sheetmetal and got our hole right up to the factory framerails.13 Ta-da! It fits, sort of! I was hoping this was going to be enough work but the fuel cell cage needed a little bit of trimming and work to get in place. No worries, at this point we were well on our way to a safe mounting solution.14 Ta-da! It fits, sort of! I was hoping this was going to be enough work but the fuel cell cage needed a little bit of trimming and work to get in place. No worries, at this point we were well on our way to a safe mounting solution.15 While Pete was trimming the fuel cell cage, I decided to actually do something besides sit around and make fun of him, so I broke out the hammer and worked on rounding the edge of our sheetmetal, which is probably the best part of the entire project so far, if I do say so myself.16 While Pete was trimming the fuel cell cage, I decided to actually do something besides sit around and make fun of him, so I broke out the hammer and worked on rounding the edge of our sheetmetal, which is probably the best part of the entire project so far, if I do say so myself.17 Stepping back, you can see that all of this work has opened up a large area in the back of our Mini Stock Mustang and has given us ample room to install a proper fuel cell mount. While we probably could have done a lot less and got by tech, it's our (and your) life on the line, so it wasn't worth skimping on anything.
19 With our rear suspension plans still in limbo we chose to set the cage back in the chassis leaving almost 5 inches between the bottom of the cell and the rearend. Who knows, maybe a Panhard bar finds its way in that space in the future…20 Another fear of mine is going blind from watching people weld but in the name of quality journalism and just because welding shots are cool, I braved my eyeballs to get a shot of Pete welding the cage in place.21 Before the smoke could clear, we jumped under the car to check out the cage structure, make sure everything was square and confirm that we had enough room for future suspension modification. Lookin' good so far.23 Not only does the cell look great but it is protected by several bars on the cage itself and will be even further isolated with the addition of our rear bumper system, which we will work on in a future issue of Circle Track.24 Like a glove! The ATL Sports Cell (PN SP112) dropped right in the center of our fuel cell cage and looked all business in the rear of the City Boy. With a strong surrounding structure, a quality fuel cell and a ton of time, the Mini Stock has a safe and legal cell mount. Tune in next time to see what's next for City Boy and make sure to email us any questions or comments, especially if you need help with your particular fuel cell installation. CT


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27 Jul 2012 2:07 AM #1
[2.1.0 B1] Local storage proxy does not load dates in MS format
Ext version tested:
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- Chrome (20) (Win7)
The Local Storage proxy saves dates in MS date format, but will not read them back into a store.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
Run the supplied Test Case
Click on Load Server
Reload the browser
Click on Load Local
The result that was expected:
When the Load Local button is clicked is clicked, the dates should be displayed the same as when saved.
The result that occurs instead:
The date field is null.
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Does anyone know of a work around for this? It's preventing me from further developing a crucial part of my application.
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It's showing the data fine in local storage: "DoneDate":"\\/Date(1352394180000)\\/"
but when it actually goes to load it up in the model it shows up as null. I have the field as:
{ name: 'DoneDate', type: 'date', dateFormat: "MS" }
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I've been working with this problem, and have found a workaround.
parseFunctions: { "MS": function(input, strict) { // note: the timezone offset is ignored since the MS Ajax server sends // a UTC milliseconds-since-Unix-epoch value (negative values are allowed) var re = new RegExp('\\\\?/Date\\(([-+])?(\\d+)(?:[+-]\\d{4})?\\)\\\\?/'); var r = (input || '').match(re); return r? new Date(((r[1] || '') + r[2]) * 1) : null; } }


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BROOKSIDE - Friends, family and neighbors turned out Sunday for the funeral vigil for former Rep. Charles Wilson, and they remembered him as a man who showed joy and care while serving his community.
Wilson died April 14 in Florida due to complications from a stroke he suffered while visiting Disney World with his family in late February. Sunday's vigil took place in the gymnasium at Bridgeport High School.
Among those attending was Christopher Gagin, who served as Wilson's district director when Wilson was a member of Congress.
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PAYING RESPECT — Mourners attended a funeral vigil for former Rep. Charles Wilson Sunday at Bridgeport High School. Wilson died April 14 of complications from a stroke he suffered in February.
"He was a man who truly cared about the Ohio Valley," Gagin said. "He never forgot where he came from - Dillonvale and the Ohio Valley. In his latter years, he faced a lot of tough political battles, but he never lost sight of his friends and neighbors. I hope that will be his legacy."
John Payne also worked for Wilson as his adviser on military and veterans affairs.
"I'm saddened by his death," Payne said. "I will remember him as being a humble person who was always thinking of other people, and always looking out for his district. He was also a friend."
Wilson, a Democrat, served in the House from January 2007 through December 2010. Prior to this, he was a member of the Ohio General Assembly, and was first elected to the Ohio House in 1996.
Frankie Lee Carnes, chairwoman of the Belmont County board of elections and wife of former Ohio Sen. Jim Carnes, said she remembered watching Wilson be sworn in to his first elected office at the Ohio Statehouse.
"His facial expression that day showed such joy," she said. "He truly loved what he was doing. He just beamed. So many politicians are so blase when they are sworn into office. But he was truly excited to be there."
Sue Douglass, executive director of the Belmont County Department of Development, said she was saddened by Wilson's death.
"I've known Charlie forever," she said. "Our families have been connected for a very long time."
Robert Dodrill of Bellaire said he also had known Wilson for many years.
"I love him dearly - it's a great family," he said. "I just can't believe he is gone."


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Latest CoD: Ghosts patch rolling out on Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 gets new personalisation packs, tooWritten by: / / 1 Comment
Infinity Ward has revealed what is included in the latest patch for Call of Duty: Ghosts, now available on all platforms – get the full list of changes, features and fixes over here.
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El33tonline's on-the-ball Call of Duty tipster, Antonov, has let us know that a brand new Xbox 360 patch has arrived for Call of Duty: Ghosts, bringing with it the latest personalisation packs for the game.
The patch weighs in at 288MB and includes the opportunity to pick up the Makarov Legend downloadable content pack (priced at $3.99), available for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One, to let you play as "arguably the darkest villain in COD lore" in the multiplayer of Ghosts, with customisation options including weapon camo, reticle, player card and background, and a custom patch.
Which other characters are included in today's personalisation packs? How about skins for Rorke, Zakhaev and a HAZMAT suited fellow, each for $1.99? They're available today.
In addition, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has received four new personalisation packs, too, with new reticles, an animated calling card and a weapon camo on offer. Each pack costs $1.99, and entail the following:
– Beast, which is "inspired by nature's most lethal predators"
– Dead Man's Hand, influenced by Old West gunslingers and card players
– Octane, which aims to please racing fans
– Weaponized 115, based on the Treyarch's epic Zombies experience, Origins
Have you been keeping up with the personalisation packs for Call of Duty: Ghosts, and will you be going back to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 to check out the new DLC?
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I recently found out about full-screen writing applications like OmniWriter and DarkRoom and I'm interested in using them, but I'm skeptical as to whether or not these are actually useful for improving productivity. Based on experiences, do these applications really help one towards writing? Why or why not?
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If you're easy distracted by shiny things (or Twitter, your RSS feed, Facebook page, chat window, weather updates, email, or desktop photo) then having a program which blocks them all out may help keep you focused on your work. So it depends on your workflow and your weaknesses.
Full-screen writing environments help me focus but I bounce back and forth between two specific tools depending on the eventual destination of the writing.
The two I use most often are Scrivener and Blogo.
Scrivener is a full-featured writing environment for the Macintosh only. [Edit: Scriveer is apparently available as a beta for Windows, as well. Great!] It has a quite beautiful, powerful and customizable full-screen mode. I use Scrivener to organize notes and research and write longer articles and short stories.
For blogging, I really enjoy using Blogo. It also has a full-screen mode that's ideal for banging out something quick but unfortunately it's not very customizable. Still, it's a much better interface for tumblr than the native, Web-based one. (I've found tumblr to be a good place for writing experiments that are easily created and easily disposed of.)
I've used TextRoom and Bean (plain text mode in both) - I just typed stuff in Markdown markup, converted it to HTML, and did all of the further editing in OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.
My own theory is that when I'm writing, it's not really the distractions that count - it's the access to the features. If you write stuff in full-featured word processors, you can spend all day tweaking useless little details in formatting. In these programs, you have zero control over formatting, as it should be. When I type text, all I really care is support for UTF-8 and typography (pandoc, the tool that I use for Markdown conversions, does the smart quotes and en dashes for me, and the LanguageTool in LibreOffice does the rest of the fixups), support for text files with long lines, and a way to enter emphasis (just do this in Markdown).
And as far as user interface goes, all I really need is that the text is readable. WYSIWYG programs force you to look at the text in the "final" form, which is probably not the same as the final final form anyway. TextRoom and Bean, on the other hand, just let me edit the text with blue background and white text. No need to dig up WordPerfect 5.1 and run it in DOSBox. =)
I'm in big favour of the Unix toolbox approach: there's no single tool that does all aspects well, but if you have a bunch of individual tools that do one aspect well, you get things done one way or other.
I don't believe that full-screen writing on a computer, which is designed expressly to allow you to multitask, helps to eliminate distraction.
The problem with becoming distracted is not in seeing the edge of your Facebook window behind your writing app: it's having Facebook open at all, or letting it invade your mind.
I do, however, find it visually pleasing to write in a full-screen editor, and use them for that reason.
I've not found it helpful; I work in bursts, and need to let some steam go from time to time. Having nothing to quickly distract me from the problem at hand for a few seconds is distracting in a counterproductive (and slightly annoying way).
The usefulness depends on your style of work. If you find yourself stopping your work unnecessarily because chat windows pop up or so, you're better of closing the chat programs instead of working full screen; changing the work environment slows down your work until you get used to it.
Also, using those editors you mentioned would slow down some quick editing (at least I'm prone to using different fonts, bolds, italics, superscript (
As I said, it depends on the way you work. The only way to find out if it works for you is trying it for at least a week.
I created one of my own because I have a windows computer and I like to program. I have a version on my work computer to help with notes and keeping a log of what I'm doing. The home copy is more personal.
Here are some of the features I added an why I like them:
I've thought about adding a timer. This could make you keep some sort of writing schedule or free up your brain by not having to worry about making some appointment. Kind of a time management strategy.
In general I find that discussions over the tools associated with writing are distractions from writing itself, in much the same way that I used to distract myself with endlessly tweaking my IDE/text editor when I was an undergrad CS major. We do this because tweaking and experimenting is easier than doing the thing itself. It's a form of procrastination, but it's a "productive" kind of procrastination--unlike gaming--we're better able to fool ourselves into thinking that we've accomplished something.
(This phenomenon's close cousin is incessant checking of social networks, IMing people, refreshing email, etc.)
All that being said...
My preferred tool is determined by the type of writing I'm doing. When I'm writing fiction (rare), I like a fullscreen environment, specifically DarkRoom, because it's just me and my characters. That being said, Notepad is my favorite writing application. I compose emails, replies to people (like this one, for instance), and I even wrote ~85% of my thesis in Notepad before moving it to Word.
Why Notepad? Well it's basically pure writing. There's nothing between you and your words: no UI bells and whistles. No distractions, no formatting beyond what you can do with whitespace and capital letters. (That's really all you need when you're doing an initial draft, anyway.) But you can look at other open windows, which is helpful when I'm composing a reply to someone, or need to reference another document or webpage.
One of these days I'm doing to re-write it to get rid of the bugs that've been in it since at least Windows 95. One of these days...
I find full screen writing environments to be very helpful, because it's just you and the page. This may be a function of my distractable nature, but any aid to focus is a good thing in my book.
It is also quite easy to simulate a full screen writing environment using any text editor with a minimal UI. I like gvim, but this should work with Notepad or even emacs.
If you have a busy desktop with more icons than can be covered while keeping the narrow strip aesthetic, then:
I follow this approach when I am on a Windows machine away from my Scrivener session.
If you're an Office 2007, Office 2010 user, you can use Word with no Ribbon. I do this when I'm working on some creative writing.
It's a combination of things. I like using Word 2010 but want to see as much of the document as possible. Minimising the ribbon helps but if I'm in the thick of a writing burst I don't want to distract myself with anything on screen I don't need.
Press ALT then v then u
Press esc to make the ribbon return.
I use Q10 a lot and find that it really helps me focus. But I'm not certain that it is all down to the fact that it is full screen. It also has keystroke sounds and a carriage return like an old style typewriter which I'm sure help keep me writing.
It's a love it or hate it thing though.
I always a have a browser open and use Alt+Tab to flick between the two windows when I need to check external sources.
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I bought a mini ball head which isn't strong enough, I regret not spending enough on the head.
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Your first comment on RedGrittyBrick's answer fills in some much-needed detail. One of the main features of the 190XPROB is the center column's ability to go horizontal (for shoot-down capability). It is a good set of legs, but you do pay a premium for that one feature. The same legs without the trick center column (the 190XB) is $40-50 dollars cheaper if you don't need the feature. Nobody, though, ever got fired for buying Manfrotto (or Bogen/Avenger, when the American version carried a different brand), and you won't feel like you've settled for something less than you deserve if you get either of those sets of legs.
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A Roseville police spokesman says one officer with a jaw wound and a federal agent shot in the leg remain hospitalized in serious condition. Four other Roseville officers injured by shrapnel were treated and released.
The 32-year-old suspect in the violent confrontation is a validated gang member with a criminal record that includes assault and carjacking.
Samuel Nathan Duran was taken to the Placer County jail Saturday after being treated for scrapes and cuts after surrendering just after midnight.
Duran is being held on a parole violation, but Roseville Police Chief Daniel Hahn says he expects multiple charges of attempted murder would be added.
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Officers fatally shot Sergio Munoz (moon-YOHS') Friday after he killed one woman and wounded a man, then called police to say he would "wreak havoc" on the small city of Ridgecrest.
Munoz's 15-year-old daughter says in a Facebook post that her dad was a good person whose life was hijacked by drugs.
Police have said that Munoz recently lost his job, and his estranged wife says she was distancing herself and their kids from him because he was making bad choices.
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Yvan Delporte is one of the most influential members of the Walloon "School of Marcinelle". He was the editor-in-chief of Spirou during the heyday of this comic weekly (1955-1968). He also produced an immense amount of stories for several artists during this period, like 'Saki' for René Hausman, 'Alain Cardan' for Gérald Forton, 'La Ribambelle' by Jean Roba and 'Starter' by Jidéhem. Most memorable was his collaboration with Peyo, which gave the world the tribe of famous blue good-natured dwarfs, 'Les Schtroumpfs' ('The Smurfs'), and the introduction of 'Gaston', at first in the editorial sections and later in the gag strip by André Franquin.
After his period as editor-in-chief, he continued a successful career writing comics for other artists, publishers and magazines. For Le Journal de Mickey, he did the scripts of 'Les Zingari' for René Follet, as well as 'Onkr' for artist Tenas. Delporte was also present in Dutch magazines like Eppo ('Steven Severijn' with Follet) and Pep ('Alfred de Wees' with Claire Brétécher, 'Anna Tommy' with Peter de Smet and 'Llewelyn Flint' with Peter van Straaten). For Spirou, he continued to write 'Isabelle' for Will, 'Mulligan' for Berck, both in cooperation with Raymond Macherot. Additionally, with Ryssack, he made 'Colin Colas' ('Brammetje Bram') in Super-As/Zack.
Isabelle, artwork by Will
Together with André Franquin he was responsible for Le Trombone Illustré in 1977, the legendary supplement of Spirou containing more adult comics. Notable series that appeared in this supplement were 'Idées Noires' by Franquin, and 'Arnest Ringard' by Frédéric Jannin, with scripts by Franquin and Delporte.
Throughout the years, Delporte had continued to work with Peyo and his characters. He wrote scripts for the 'Smurfs' cartoon series, and in 1989, Delporte became the editor of the magazine Schtroumpf. In the 1990s he returned to comics with the scripts of new episodes with 'Johan et Pirlouit', drawn by Alain Maury. Delporte's witty and lively comic scripts stand as a landmark for future generations. Also, his colorful persona and appearance have been captured by many of his colleagues, since the editor-in-chief with the characteristic beard has made guest appearances in many comic series.


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Memory leak with 'mousewheel' event (via TabPanel.enableTabScroll)
Hey there Sencha,
We've been using Chrome Developer Tools to find memory leaks, and I've found one in Ext.EventManager.addListener:
... if(el.addEventListener && ename == "mousewheel"){ var args = ["DOMMouseScroll", wrap, false]; el.addEventListener.apply(el, args); Ext.EventManager.addListener(WINDOW, 'unload', function(){ el.removeEventListener.apply(el, args); }); } ...
Bottom line, my tabs are never being cleaned up.
Commenting out the addListener for the window frees up a bunch of memory in my application after opening and closing some tabs.
Unfortunately, I can't fix this with an override since this method is private. Are you familiar with this leak, and is there a better way to fix it than to change ext-all.js?
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This doesn't fix other "mousewheel" events, but our application is tab-scrolling heavy, so this override saves us quite a bit of memory:
Ext.override(Ext.TabPanel, { initEvents : function(){ Ext.TabPanel.superclass.initEvents.call(this); this.mon(this.strip, { scope: this, mousedown: this.onStripMouseDown, contextmenu: this.onStripContextMenu }); // if(this.enableTabScroll){ // this.mon(this.strip, 'mousewheel', this.onWheel, this); // } } });


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April 12th, 2015 (see other dates)
Second Sunday of Easter
Discussion Questions for Reading 1Choose one statement from this reading that you think shows the greatest contrast with today's world. Why do you think it is so difficult even for Christians to "be of one heart and one mind"? Why is it sometimes hard for us to share what we have with those who have less? Who are some of the people or groups you know of who do share generously so that others are not in need? What do you think members of Catholic religious orders might share with us about how to share our property and possessions?
What signs of sharing material resources do you see in your own parish? What signs do you give?
Reading 1 Acts 4:32-35
Reading 1 ReflectionDoes this reading sound like it is describing a dream world? Can we even imagine a world in which everyone shared what they had and no one was in need? The first Christian communities did indeed live in harmony and hold all of their property and possessions in common. They believed that the end of the world was coming soon. And they wanted to be ready for Jesus' second coming.
We do not know exactly when Jesus will come again. But we do know that he wants to find us providing for others' needs and living together in harmony.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Think of someone who has proven his or her love or true friendship for you. How has he or she shown love? How have you shown your love for this person? What connections do you see between loving God and relating to others as God commands? If someone complained to you that God's commandments are "too hard," what might you say in response?
If you wanted to help a child grow in understanding how Jesus loves us, how would you do it? Why?
Reading 2 1 John 5:1-6
Reading 2 ReflectionA small child may say, "I love you" to Mom or Dad, and immediately go off to do something Mom or Dad has told him not to do. But as we grow up, we come to understand that love is proven in action. Most importantly, as this reading reminds us, we prove our love for God and others by living as God has commanded.
Our model in what true love means is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who gave his life for us.
Discussion Questions for GospelWhat is the first thing Jesus says to his disciples who are hiding behind locked doors? Why do you think he says this? What does receiving the power of the Holy Spirit enable the disciples to do? What good would you say came out of Thomas' missing out on Jesus' first visit?
How do we experience the peace and forgiveness of Jesus in the Church today? Sometimes when we hide behind the locked doors of doubt, fear, or anger, Jesus makes his presence known to us. What are some of the ways he might do that?
Gospel John 20:19-31
Gospel ReflectionPut yourself in Thomas' place. When the risen Jesus appeared to the other disciples, you were absent. Now they are insisting that not only did they see him, but he breathed the power of the Holy Spirit on them. Poor Thomas! You definitely feel left out. So you insist that you will never believe unless you get to stick your finger into Jesus' wounded hands and side.
A week later you have an opportunity to be true to your word. Jesus once again appears and invites you to touch and examine his wounds. Your doubts are blown away! You exclaim, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus points out that you believe because you have seen him for yourself. But who do you now hear him praising?
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
The Fruits of SharingIn the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we learn that the community of believers shared all things in common. Illustrate this concept by making a fruit salad. Have each child bring one piece of fruit. Clean and cut these and put the small fruit pieces in a large bowl. Then give each child a serving of the fruit in a paper cup or bowl.
Greetings of PeaceIn the gospel, the risen Jesus appears to his apostles and greets them with words of peace. Gather the children around the prayer table. Read the gospel to them. Then have children share a sign of peace with each other, such as a handshake or hug. Encourage them to share these signs of peace with others throughout the week.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Taking InventoryPicture all of your talents, skills, and possessions gathered together in a barn. Take an inventory by listing the first five items that come to mind under the following columns:
My Talents My Skills My Possessions
Now picture someone who is hungry or homeless, lonely or sick coming to your barn to receive help. Decide what you will take from your inventory to share what God has given you with this person in need. Describe your plan in writing.
Illustrating the Blest BelieversToday's gospel includes one of the most profound prayers in the Bible and one of the most consoling praises Jesus voiced about his followers. Look again at the reading to find both the prayer of Thomas and the praise of those who believe in the risen Lord.
With your group or partner, make a collage of illustrations and photos to represent the phrase, "Blest are they who have not seen and have believed." Use Catholic magazines and newspapers, as well as any available parish and family photos.
Decide how you will incorporate Thomas' prayer into the collage as the prayer of all believers.
For Bibles and other scripture resources, please see the Sadlier Religion Catalog.
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The LGBT Rights Committee of the New York City Bar is pleased to present a panel discussion on what it means for lawyers to be out in the workplace today. Many law firms and offices are welcoming environments for LGBT attorneys, and some even actively recruit from the LGBT community. Nevertheless, whether to be out at work can be a difficult issue for new (and sometimes for experienced) lawyers. Law students and young lawyers who may be wondering how to handle this question are encouraged to join us for an overview of the particular challenges and benefits of practicing openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender attorney. Our panel will discuss what it is like to work in several different legal settings, including law firms, in-house, public interest, and the government. We'll begin with a moderated discussion, during which each panelist will speak to their particular experience of how being out at work has impacted and shaped his or her career. Afterwards, audience members will have the opportunity to address their own concerns in a Q&A session. Young lawyers should leave the event feeling confidently equipped with the tools to help them navigate this sometimes tricky issue as they embark on their new legal careers. Attendees are invited to remain after the panel discussion for networking and socializing. Program Moderator: Jordan Backman, Chair, Committee on LGBT RightsPanelists: Richard Bettan Counsel Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP; Gina Bonica Vice President & Associate General Counsel Alliance Healthcare Services;Sunu Chandy Senior Trial Attorney U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Robyn Gigl Partner Stein, McGuire, Pantages & Gigl, LLP; Scott Kohanowski Staff Attorney City Bar Justice CenterSponsoring Committee: Committee on LGBT Rights Co-Sponsoring Committees: Committee on Career Advancement and Management, Committee on Diversity Pipeline Initiatives, Committee on Law Student Perspectives, Committee on Minorities in the Profession, Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers, Committee on Sex and Law, Committee on Women in the Profession Also co-sponsored by the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
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DENVER (From CNN) – Ann Romney's plane made an emergency landing in Colorado on Friday, a spokeswoman from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign tweeted.
"All okay. Thank goodness," the spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, wrote on Twitter.
Saul added the cause of the emergency was apparently "an electrical fire" after the cabin of the plane filled with smoke. Romney's plane was headed to Los Angeles but landed in Denver, where it was met with emergency vehicles on the runway.
Ann Romney's press secretary, Sarah Haley, was also on the plane.
An official with the Federal Aviation Administration said no injuries were reported on the plane, which was on its way from Omaha, Nebraska.
"A Canadair Challenger 601 charter flight operated by World Wide Jet, diverted to Denver today at about 2:40 p.m. MDT after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. The flight was en route from Omaha, NE to Santa Monica, CA. The aircraft landed safely on runway 35L and passengers exited the aircraft via stairs on a taxiway. No injuries were reported," Laura J. Brown, deputy assistant administrator for public affairs with the FAA, said in a statement. A Secret Service official confirmed the incident.
"We can confirm that a plane carrying Mrs. Romney and two Secret Service personnel did make an emergency landing about 4:25 ET. It was at the Denver airport," the official said. "Basically what we understand there was some type of smoke in the cabin. All personnel were safe." The official could not say who else was on board.
Campaign spokesman Rick Gorka said Mitt Romney spoke with his wife on the phone and is set to take the stage at a campaign event in Las Vegas.
Unrelatedly, the emergency landing came days after Romney's campaign canceled an event in Colorado on Sunday due to investigations of a plane crash at the Pueblo airport. The campaign said they did not want to "interfere" with the investigation.
– CNN's Rachel Streitfeld, Kevin Liptak, Ashley Killough and Aaron Cooper contributed to this report.


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Revival meeting
at local church
The Steubenville Church of the Nazarene located at 511 Woodlawn Road invites the public to a four-day revival meeting to be held Nov. 3-6.
Evangelist Rev. Bob Flint will be preaching, and "The Life With The Word" ministry team will be leading in worship.
The Sunday services will begin at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. with the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday services beginning at 7 p.m.
A church spokesperson said Flint is well-known in the area, having been one of the preachers in the Steubenville Crusade for Christ in recent years. He also has preached for revival meetings at the church several times.
Election Day soup,
sandwich sale set
A soup and sandwich event will be held on Election Day Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Unionport United Methodist Church.
Featured will be homemade vegetable, potato pepper, chili and chicken noodle soups; chicken, hot dogs and barbecued ham sandwiches; and pie and cake.
Cost is by donation. The event is sponsored by the Unionport United Methodist Women.
Two Ridges details
special event
The congregation of Two Ridges Presbyterian Church located at 1085 Canton Road in Wintersville will gather for a covered-dish dinner on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., welcoming
Special guests Brain and Jolyn Hermiller.
The Hermillers are a young missionary couple with five children who are serving with Frontiers, a mission organization based in Phoenix, Ariz. Frontiers is committed to training mission personnel to share Jesus Christ in Muslim nations.
The couple served in the Sudan until they were expelled in January along with several other missionaries. They served in Kenya for a time and are awaiting a new assignment to another Muslim nation.
The Hermillers are both graduates of Ohio Northern University in Ada.
"Everyone is cordially invited to share in this evening with us," a church spokesperson said.
Those unable to attend the dinner can come at 6:15 p.m. to hear the Hermillers speak.
Laity Sunday
to be observed
Laity Sunday will be observed at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service at the Unionport Methodist Church.
This will be a combined service with Bloomingdale United Methodist Church.
Following the service, both churches will be honoring Pastor Chuck Mehl with a covered-dish dinner in the church basement.
Bazaar planned
at Franklin UMC
The fall/Christmas bazaar at Franklin United Methodist Church is set for Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A variety of crafts, baked goods and white elephant goods will be available for purchase. A lunch featuring soup and sandwich also will be available.
The Independence United Methodist Church also will be participating in the event.
Franklin UMC is located at 1231 Washington Pike, Wellsburg on state Route 27, 4 miles east of Wellsburg.
Bazaar proceeds will support mission projects at the local, national and international level. The public is invited.
Kum Joyne Us
Class meets
The Kum Joyne Us Class of Kolmont Church met Oct. 4 in the fellowship hall with Angel Nixon offering the blessing for the covered-dish dinner attended by 13.
President Shirley McCartney presided at the meeting, fielding prayer requests and leading in devotions to the theme "Time." Scripture references were Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:13. She read the definition of time, noted there are 1,440 minutes in a 24-hour period and urged members to consider how they are using their time for God.
Members answered roll call with a scripture.
Reports were given by Sharlene Wade, Virginia Young, Lora Grimes and Sara Peeler.
Marlene Black, chairperson for the annual Christmas party, reported the theme for this year will be "Everlasting Light." There will be a $10 optional gift exchange. Alice Brandon will be in charge of reservations.
Elections of new officers will be held at the January meeting. Members decided to keep the monthly meetings on the first Friday of the month.
McCartney closed the meeting with prayer.
The Nov. 1 meeting will be held in the home of Ruby Grimes. Lora and Ruby Grimes and Maureen Black will be the hostesses and will serve the members a complete Thanksgiving dinner.
Peeler held the monthly auction.
Special ministry
at Pa. church
A "ministry to the homosexual" will be held Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greater Faith Family Worship Center, 2033 Midland/Beaver Road, Industry, Pa.
The conference speaker will be evangelist Torchee Smith.
A lite lunch will be served. For information, call (724) 643-0603.
Hopedale church to host sale
A used Christmas decoration sale is an upcoming event in the basement of Sacred Heart Church in Hopedale.
It will be held Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Catholic Women's Club, the sale also will feature lunch and bake sale items.
For information, call (740) 937-2941 or (740) 937-2062.
Harmony women
planing projects
The Mingo Junction Women of Harmony held their October meeting at Harmony United Methodist Church's social hall with Mary Joy VanDyne, president, opening the meeting with a welcome and a prayer.
Ethel Kerwood read devotions entitled "Do Not Worry."
Chris Davis reported proceeds from the benefit vendor show held at the church went to the Pamela Shoemaker Foundation.
Ginny Howell was the leader for the evening, distributing handouts entitled "Angels of the Bible" and then solar-powered praise angles.
Old projects for the group include buying a new wall clock for the church and researching buying new large print hymnals.
New projects will include collecting gift bags for the Urban Mission teen stocking program for Christmas, collecting items for the Urban Mission hat and mitten tree, and donating to Urban Mission for Thanksgiving baskets and to Mingo Junction Social Services. Fruit baskets for the shut-ins for Thanksgiving and poinsettias for Christmas will be purchased.
The group's Christmas party will be held at 5 p.m. on Dec. 11 at Manfred's.
Absentee hostess for the evening was Jeannie Dimmit, who donated the food. Ethel Kerwood and Lillian Criss set up the table. November's leader will be Pam Pietro. Criss will be the hostess.
Church to hold pasta dinner
Olde St. John's Episcopal Church, at the intersection of Eldersville and St. John's roads in Colliers, will hold a spaghetti dinner from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 2.
The cost is $7.50 for the meal, which includes spaghetti with choice of meat or marinara sauce, salad, roll and beverage.
Takeout will be available.
New pastor at
area church
The New Manchester Christian Church welcomed the Rev. Tim Canter as its new pastor at the Oct. 6 service at the church located at 172 High St.
Canter and his wife, Jennifer, relocated to the area from Versailles, Ky., where Canter was a youth minister. The couple has a son who lives in Kentucky.
Canter gave his first sermon during the 11 a.m. service.
Anyone without a church family is invited to join the congregation as they continue their ministry with the help of Tim and Jennifer Canter.


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Place to save: mission creep in defense
Sen. Tom Coburn has a singular ability to frustrate and please fiscal conservatives. The Oklahoman's willingness to accept what he's called "revenue increases" has incurred the wrath of anti-tax warriors, but on the asset side of the limited-government ledger, his crusade against pork and inefficiency is relentless. Coburn's had the guts to question expenditures by some of the holiest federal cows.


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It seems like Stack Overflow is being watered down by the same old questions and answers. I am constantly seeing questions that can easily be googled in less than 2 minutes. Does this bother anyone else that no one even tries to answer their own questions now? I'm starting to see an increasing number of easy to answer questions. I really don't know how to rectify this except making the rules more strict and start deleting posts or closing them more often.
I just want to see what everyone else thinks because it seems like it's becoming that way.