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October 15, 2013. Overactive dopamine receptors during brain development can leave a lasting impression on the brain, according to a study published October 13 in Nature Neuroscience. Researchers led by Zheng Li at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, found that activity through D2 dopamine receptors (D2Rs) in the hippocampus of mice reduced dendritic spine numbers, but only when the signaling was boosted during a stage of mouse development loosely equivalent to adolescence in humans. This overactive D2R signaling in adolescence resulted in connectivity disruptions and a working memory deficit in adulthood.
The findings point to a link between two features of schizophrenia: the overactive D2R signaling hypothesized to precede and drive psychosis (see SRF hypothesis paper) and the reduction in dendritic spines found in postmortem brain samples from people with schizophrenia (Glausier et al., 2013; see SRF related news story). Dendritic spines are the receiving end of excitatory synapses, and changes to them could significantly alter information flow through the brain. Brain imaging continues to uncover connectivity changes in schizophrenia (see SRF related news story) that may be related to cognition (see SRF related news story).
The findings also highlight adolescence as a special time in brain development. Though early brain development has captured the bulk of research interest, the teenage brain is starting to be recognized for the important maturational processes underway at that time (see SRF conference report): When derailed, these might heighten risk for schizophrenia (see SRF related news story). The adolescent brain also seems more plastic than the adult brain: In a rat model of schizophrenia, adolescent rats benefit from cognitive training that was not helpful to adult rats (see SRF news related story). The new study, too, points to enhanced plasticity in adolescence, which may guide future treatment strategies.
Sculpting spines
Using several approaches, first author Jie-Min Jia and colleagues found that D2R activity influenced dendritic spine numbers in mice at postnatal day 21—an age that might be considered comparable to early adolescence in humans—just after weaning, but before sexual maturity. Excitatory synapses are actively being made at this time. The researchers injected these mice with D2R agonists (quinpirole or bromocriptine), waited 24 hours, then made hippocampal slices from their brains and labeled CA1 neurons. This revealed a slight decrease in spine density compared to mice injected with vehicle. In contrast, injection with the D2R blocker eticlopride increased spine density relative to controls. Likewise, overexpressing D2Rs with constructs delivered to the hippocampus via a lentiviral vector resulted in lower spine density, whereas knocking down D2Rs increased spine density.
D2R activation seemed to stall the transition from immature to mature dendritic spines. Spines begin as a stringy filopodium, then fatten into stubby spines before constricting at the stalk and bloating at the tip to take on a mature mushroom shape or a thinner shape marked by a small head and a long neck. In hippocampal neurons cultured for 14 days, D2R agonists reduced the density of mushroom and thin spines, increased filopodium density, but produced no change in stubby spines. Time-lapse imaging during one hour of quinpirole treatment revealed active spine remodeling in which fewer mature spines successfully took root compared to controls.
Inside the neurons, the researchers identified some of the molecular middlepersons between D2R activation and spine reduction. The cAMP pathway downstream of D2Rs was involved, as were GluN2Bs, a subunit of the NMDA type of glutamate receptor (NMDAR) that characterizes immature synapses.
Age dependence
The researchers next looked at mice that overexpressed D2Rs. Called "sandy" mice, these animals carry a natural deletion in dysbindin, a gene linked to schizophrenia that is involved in trafficking D2Rs to the cell membrane (see SRF related news story; SRF news story). Consistent with the previous experiments, the sandy mice showed a reduction in spine density relative to wild-type littermates—either in slices made from P21 mice or in hippocampal cultures. This reduction could be counteracted by knockdown of D2Rs via siRNA transfection or by boosting cAMP, suggesting the same connection with D2R signaling. D2Rs were central: The selective D2R blocker loxapine normalized spine density in sandy mice, whereas the less selective clozapine did not.
But the spine reduction occurred only during the time window of mouse "early adolescence": while sandy mice showed reduced spine density in the hippocampus relative to wild-type mice between three and six weeks of age, at two, eight, and 12 weeks their spine density was normal. Even knocking down D2Rs in adult sandy mice via lentivirus vector could not force a change in dendritic spine density, as though the D2R-spine mechanism becomes uncoupled in adulthood. Similar results were found in wild-type mice, and further experiments indicated that the critical time window hinged on GluN2Bs: Mature neurons could be tricked into responding to quinpirole with a decrease in dendritic spines when GluN2Bs were overexpressed, as is found in young synapses.
Connection to working memory?
Although spine density returns to normal in adults, the researchers found that the period of D2R overactivation at P21 had lasting effects on connectivity between the entorhinal cortex and its hippocampal target. Retrograde tracers injected into the CA1 layer of the hippocampus filled neurons in both the medial and lateral parts of the entorhinal cortex in adult wild-type mice, but this connectivity was shifted toward the lateral part in adult sandy mice. Treating them with a D2R blocker at P21—but not in adulthood—prevented this shift, and similar results were obtained in wild-type mice treated with quinpirole.
Overactive dopamine signaling in early adolescence may have also spurred deficits in spatial working memory, which relies on connectivity between hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. When placed in a Y maze, mice will typically enter each of the three arms consecutively, which reflects some memory for where they have recently been. Adult sandy mice alternated between the arms a bit less than wild-type mice did; similarly, wild-type mice that received a pharmacological boost to D2R activity at P21 alternated less than sandy mice treated with D2R blockers at the same age did. Finally, sandy mice treated with D2R blockers as adults still showed deficient alternation, which suggests that the window for engaging the dopamine-dendritic spine mechanism had closed.
Although future experiments will have to probe more thoroughly the cognitive effects of such dendritic spine changes, the findings point to early adolescence as a special time for brain plasticity. Schizophrenia does not usually announce itself until late adolescence or early adulthood, but studies of the prodrome may increasingly identify signs of derailed brain maturation. If these coincide with times of enhanced adolescent plasticity, then this may provide a special opportunity for treatment, or even prevention.—Michele Solis.
Jia JM, Zhao J, Hu Z, Lindberg D, Li Z. Age-dependent regulation of synaptic connections by dopamine D2 receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 2013 Oct 13. Abstract
PRIMARY PAPERSAge-dependent regulation of synaptic connections by dopamine D2 receptors.
RELATED PAPERSThe dopamine dysfunction in schizophrenia revisited: new insights into topography and course.Dendritic spine pathology in schizophrenia.
RELATED NEWSSfN 2010—Curbing Excitation: Dendritic Spines in Mental DisordersLag in Verbal Growth Marks Vulnerability to SchizophreniaStudies Suggest Potential Roles for Dysbindin in SchizophreniaDefault Mode Network Acts Up in SchizophreniaResearch Roundup—What's the Matter With White Matter in Schizophrenia?Is Early Cognitive Training Key to Minimizing Schizophrenia Impact?Dissecting Dysbindin—Mice, Flies Point to Different RolesOveractive dopamine reworks brain's wiring diagramThe Life of the Spine: Do Gene Knockdowns Add Insight Into Schizophrenia?


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I'm trying to monitor the progress of a sqlite3 command importing a large .sql file into a database using
zenity --progress.
I've tried the following which will import the file, however progress is not shown:
sqlite3 DATABASE < import_file.sql | zenity --progress --percentage=0 --auto-close
I know I need to provide
zenity a numeric source for the progress, but don't really know how to obtain the number.
Can anyone help me?

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Im stuck, please help me :)
First of all I would like to say HI to everyone on the fourms, the place looks great, thanks!
I was on another GTA forum and it sucked, so hopefully someone here will be able to help me!
For the past 3 weeks I have been getting no mission updates at all. I have been stuck on side missions and meeting random people for little petty stuff.
Here is what I have done.
The last mission I have completed and the mission it says Im on whenever I load the game is "Diamonds are a girls best friend". I am positive that I beat that mission, because I have read the guide to the mission and I have done all the steps.
According to the stats screen I have completed everyones missions up to 100 percent expect Roman, I have about 76 percent of his missions done. It also says that I have 73 percent game completion.
I was driving around after me and roman went to visit Bernie for the first time and I saw that Bernie had called or text me ( i dont remember which) and he wanted me to come over. Well I was doing something else at that time and I never went there, since then I have never heard from Bernie or done a single mission for him. I have tried to call him but there was no answer.
I have got all the cars for brucie and stevie, did all the missions for Jacob, everyone that is my friend I have unlocked there special ability. And I am just going on dates, hanging out with friends, and there are no more missions for me to do. I have read around and tried everything that is obvious, like make calls, etc.
I have checked the internet and have no emails. Its like I am in a stale mate with the game and mission progress.
There has to be something that I am doing or not doing that is not letting me progress. I have run out of things to do.
The only thing I have not done is all of the cop car missions. I still need to complete that, but damn I need to access Bernie missions or something!!!
Please help me as I am getting discouraged :(
Hmmmm hold on i will see if i can help you welcome to the forums by the way i use to go to gtaforums and i agree it sucked to but yeah i will go and see if i can find you some answers ok.
this may be the problem, on your phone go to options and ther will be a thing that says sleep mode or somthind like that but if you turned it on somehow it will stop the main story completly
remember i said it may be called sleepmode so if ther is nothing that says that than it is called something other than that
I remember somthing similar happening to me at this point in the game....unfortunatly i cant remember what i had to do, have you tried phoning people in your phone for missions or checked your emails theres usually something there, im fairly sure it will be in your email.
if i remember i'll edit this post :)
Hmm, my mate's got this problem. I didn't have this problem, all I can think of is ring Roman then probably seeing as you haven't done his missions 100%, or just try ringing everyone in your contact list.
Try checking your emails.
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Dave Checketts is not a professionally trained clergyman. The former chairman of Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks is currently CEO of Legends Hospitality, the concessions and merchandise company he jointly owns with the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys.
But he's also a lay minister for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with oversight of 10 Mormon congregations in Fairfield County, Conn., including the one in Newtown.
On Friday morning, Checketts had left his New Canaan, Conn., home and headed to his Park Avenue office to prepare for a weekend business trip to Dallas for Sunday's Cowboys-Steelers game. He and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones planned to host a group of new investors. But late morning he got an email about a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. From his laptop, he accessed the church records for Mormon families in Newtown. Five of them had children that attended the school.
A series of phone calls confirmed that all of those children were accounted for except one — 6-year-old Emilie Parker, a first-grader.
Suddenly, it wasn't possible to focus on business. Checketts cleared his calendar for the afternoon.
Robbie and Alyssa Parker had just moved to Connecticut from Ogden, Utah. Along with Emilie, they have daughters ages 2 and 4. Robbie, a health care professional, worked at Danbury Hospital. When Checketts reached him there, the facility was on lockdown due to the school shooting. Robbie was heading to meet his wife at the fire station in Newtown. She was there with other parents awaiting word on the children.
Checketts emailed leaders of Mormon congregations throughout western Connecticut: "Pray for Emilie Parker."
He also organized a prayer service for that night. Then he headed back to Connecticut. He was almost to the Parkers' home when he got word that Emilie was among the 20 children who had died.
"I didn't know what to say," Checketts said. "I go back and forth between tears and anger. It is just hard to comprehend."
The business trip to Dallas got canceled. In an email, Checketts notified Jones and the investors. One by one, they expressed condolences and promised prayers.
When Checketts reached the Parker home, Robbie asked him to lead his family in prayer. While praying, Checketts felt impressed to say that Robbie would deal with his grief by speaking publicly about the tragedy, and that he would emerge as a powerful voice for compassion and peace.
After the prayer, the family's needs were discussed. Chief among them was finding a mortician. But funeral homes in the area were overwhelmed. Checketts promised to take care of everything, including all burial and funeral expenses.
He called a funeral home in a nearby town. Six years earlier, Checketts had attended a service there for a young Mormon missionary who was killed by a drunk driver in Argentina.
"I had to go tell that boy's parents that he wasn't coming home alive," Checketts said.
It was the hardest thing he'd ever done as an ecclesiastical leader. However, that experience had introduced Checketts to an empathetic funeral director.
Suddenly facing an even harder situation, Checketts reached out to him and asked if he would prepare Emily's body for burial. Checketts explained how all the expenses would be covered.
"There will be no expenses," the funeral director said.
The following day, after authorities released the names of the victims, Robbie Parker was the first parent to speak to the national media. Without notes or a spokesman, Robbie choked back tears and expressed sympathy for the family of the man who killed 27 people and himself. "I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you," he said.
Checketts was moved to tears.


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I downloaded Ubuntu on a USB stick, then the Windows installer, and ran
wubi.exe. When I rebooted to complete the installation, it froze 3/4 of the way through. After 30 minutes of waiting I removed the USB stick. I've tried again and the same thing happens.
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I am appalled at the suggestion of using our beautiful park for something as horrid as a "gore films fest."
The description of these movies from four different movie review guides: hard-core blood and gore, man-eating corpses. If you have a weak stomach, avoid this one. Rated R gruesome, very violent, gory, graphic and shocking, violence, apocalyptic horror, hideously gory effects, shocking ( and extremely gory) horror, flesh eaters.
To quote Pastor Bill Marinelli, "There is NO good in this!"
What is the first thing people think when they hear "Bellaire ... mutilation ... massacre"?
With God's help, we have survived this dark day.
Please do NOT let our park be disgraced with such putrid images. Some have described our park as "the Garden of Eden."
As Bellaire prosperity continues, may our park be a haven for only family-friendly activity and events.
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6 Emails You Get When Your Company Is About to Go Under
#3. You Get a Raise, But No Money
The Email You'll Get:
"Hi, this is Jan from HR. This year, instead of issuing direct pay raises, you'll be receiving a raise in company stock! We're excited to bring you this new opportunity to be a bigger part of the DoomedCorp family!"
What's Actually Going On:
The stock option for the regular employee is a lot of things: an ability for them to invest in the company, a symbol of ownership, a massive tax scam. But the most important thing about the stock option? It's not actual MONEY.
A stock option is just a promise that you'll be able to buy stock in the company at a certain (low) price after a certain number of years, if you want to. Obviously, the idea behind it is that the company's stock will be worth a fortune and these options are a great deal.
Still not money, though.
On the other hand, it's worth asking if you're worth so much and they want to keep you around for so long, why they're not offering you cash, as well. You might also ask yourself why instead of a bonus you just got a t-shirt with the company logo on it.
Time to Go:
The smaller the company, the more paying you in stock options hurts them. After all, the more the shares, the less they're actually worth.
So if you're at a tiny company, and all of a sudden they're throwing around stock options like parade confetti, you probably shouldn't look forward to retiring with that company in your golden years.
#2. You Have the Opportunity to Meet New and Fascinating People
The Email You'll Get:
"I hope you'll all welcome Jennie Thurber. She's visiting to take a look around for us and offer some perspective to management. Give her any help you can. Thanks!"
What's Actually Going On:
Just as a dead body attracts flies, a dying company collects "off-site visitors" in the form of lawyers, accountants, and auditors. Jennie isn't here to offer feedback on the company's process. She's there to count the computers and furniture for when they're auctioned off to cover DoomedCorp's crushing burden of debt. Hey, tell them about all that valuable porn you've got on the hard drive! They can surely get something out of that.
"So you don't have a single non-pornographic file on your computer?"
Time to Go:
If somebody is touring the facility, asking about the heating system, knocking on the walls, generally getting a good idea of the place, and you've got no idea who they are, well, they're the people that are going to be moving in, once your company leaves its current digs for oblivion.
#1. Lots of New and Arbitrary Office Rules Turn Up Out of the Blue
The Email You'll Get:
"Hi, everybody. We're implementing a new management strategy, as you've probably heard, and we've got a few revisions to policy that you'll need to review. Be sure to print off the attachment, sign it, and bring it to Jan in HR by the end of the week."
"As part of the new policy, you may no longer..."
(Three full pages of rules follow)
What's Actually Going On:
"No more lights after 2pm."
So suddenly, they're clamping down on everything. You have to shut off your PC at night to save electricity. They've somehow found an even cheaper brand of toilet paper, which appears to be made from pressed corn husks.
But worst of all, is the crackdown on office supplies. That's a sign money is so tight, or vendor invoices have remained unpaid for so long, that they can't afford you using too many of them. Out of working pens? OK, here's one.
Time to Go:
Some of these rules may be so arbitrary that you'll wonder if they're intentionally trying to make your life hell. They've made it basically impossible to do your job and every time you break one of the long lists of arbitrary new rules, you get a written notice stuck in your file.
Friend, you may very well be the target of "constructive discharge." This is when a business wants to get rid of you, but doesn't want to have to pay unemployment. So, they pressure you to quit by making it too annoying to work there.
Please note that in some workplaces constructive discharge is difficult to implement because the harassment so closely resembles normal working conditions.
For other ways the man's trying to keep you down check out 6 Brainwashing Techniques They're Using On You Right Now. Or check out The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich.


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At the end of my rope - I've edited and effected a 1:28 minute concert film, but can't get it out of kdenlive.
The source is footage from three cameras, two encoded to DV AVI files and one in it's native mp4. Since it's a concert, I've alinged all the video clips with the best audio track and made cuts to see the angles I want. I can play without flaw in kdenlive.
The problem arises when I render. I loose audio sync, but differently depending on the export format. I realize that some effects may be caused by players rather than the encoded file, so I tested each with both GMplayer and VLC. Results:
Destination: DVD>NTSC 4:3 VOB VLC Result: Loses sync at 33:18 on a particular cut;shots from only one track are out of sync. GMPlayer result:Same
Destination: File Rendering>MPEG-2 VLC Result: Loses sync at 33:18 on a particular cut;shots from only one track are out of sync. GMPlayer result:Same
Destination: File Rendering>MPEG I-Frame Only + MP2 VLC Result: Loses sync at 33:18 on a particular cut;shots from only one track are out of sync. GMPlayer result:Same
Destination: File Rendering>AVI DV>DV NTSC 4:3 VLC Result: Audio in bursts about once every 5 seconds. GMPlayer result:No audio
Destination: File Rendering>Raw DV>DV NTSC 4:3 VLC Result: Audio Drastically out of sync from the start. GMPlayer result:No audio
Destination: Lossless/HQ>HuffYUV + PCM VLC Result: No audio. GMPlayer result:Audio Drastically out of sync from the start
My Project Profile is DV/DVD NTSC
Kdenlive Version 0.8.2.1
Using KDE Development Platform 4.8.5 (4.8.5)
Running on Ubuntu 12.04.
I will add any detail as needed; without knowing if there's a clue in what I've posted so far, I don't know how best to proceed.
Thanks in advance for any clues.
Mon, 02/11/2013 - 06:49
If I had this issue I think I'd start by encoding out the video without sound to one of the lossless codecs, import it back in to a copy of the same project, mute the existing video track containing the vobs an mp4, what codec is inside it btw, interlaced h264, the issue could be right there.
Then retime the audio track where needed to the lossless import and encode out.
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 07:15
Forgot to mention, did you split your audio from the source video clips? Also an alternative there's a extract audio to wav option you could also try that syncing wavs to huffy.
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 15:01
Which version of mlt do you use? For the last nearly year I had AV out of sync issue, until Mlt 0.8.6 solved all of those problem for me, and we we have 0.8.8.
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 17:12
I'd missed the fact you're on kdenlive 0.8.2.1, easy to make wrong assumption that everyone on Ubuntu is using sunabs repo's. OP best to update kdenlive & MLT to latest versions via sunabs PPA whether that be 'stable' or git PPA.
Good catch Vylaern. :-)
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 13:25
> Good catch Vylaern. :-)
So this is why I recommend in future release of Kdenlive to have such tool somewhere in the menu, to generate small text report about kdenlive and most important parts, so will be much easier to see before any answer what's wrong. Everyone could copy and paste it into eg. forum or buglist. Now kdenlive can use ffmpeg or libav, in many distribution available ffmpeg is now quite old (in compare to libav), so maybe the same version of kdenlive may behave in differnt way. Not everyone knows which version of which sub-packages kdenlive use, and in this way will be generated automatically.
Bellow eg. file
kdenlive 0.9.4
mlt 0.8.8
ffmpeg 0.10.6
libav -----
frei0r-plugins 1.3
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 13:42
But anyway, it might be some kind of bug in kdenlive.
I have problem with few effects (eg. Vertigo or denoise) which works fine in Kdenlive in Project Monitor, but rendering stops after 1 sec. It means, the effect works (I can see it), but doesn't work for some reason during rendering.


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It's a long story of why I am trying to do this (basically supporting a business that has not updated their servers in a LONG time). In any case, I am trying to mount an ISO in VMWare View player so I can get access to it inside a snapshot of Yarrow. (I am using VMWare View Player 5.)
When I "Connect" to the ISO, it does see the drive - it even recognizes the name of the image (FC-1 i386). However, when I try to navigate to /mnt/cdrom and perform 'ls', nothing is listed. The application installer keeps asking me for the CD.
Here is my /etc/fstab:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
There was a "kudzu" option in with the noauto,owner,ro, but I removed that after doing some reading.
Unfortunately, nothing seems to be working at this point. I know the ROM is good because I used it to install another image of Fedora Core 1 just to test that out. Anybody have any suggestions/pointers?


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Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family—his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children—have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?
Widely praised by the greatest crime and thriller writers of our time, Cross My Heart set a jaw-dropping story in motion. Hope to Die propels Alex Cross's greatest challenge to its astonishing finish, proving why Jeffery Deaver says "nobody does it better" than James Patterson.
Part One
Chapter 1
WHEN MARCUS SUNDAY ARRIVED at Whodunit Books in Philadelphia around seven that evening, the manager told him not to expect much of a crowd. It was the Tuesday after Easter, lots of people were still away on vacation, and it was raining.
But Sunday and the manager were pleasantly surprised when twenty-five people showed up to hear him read and discuss his controversial true-crime book The Perfect Criminal.
The manager introduced him, saying, "Marcus Sunday, who has a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard, has hit best-seller lists around the country with this book, a fascinating look at two unsolved mass-murder cases explained by a truly original mind focused on the depths of the criminal soul."
The crowd clapped, and Sunday, a tall, sturdy man who looked to be in his late thirties, stepped to the lectern wearing a black leather jacket, jeans, and a crisp white shirt.
"I appreciate you coming out on a rainy night," he said. "And it's a pleasure to be here at Whodunit Books."
Then he talked about the killings.
Seven years earlier, two nights before Christmas, the five members of the Daley family of suburban Omaha had been slain in their home. Except for the wife, they were all found in their beds. Their throats had been cut with a scalpel or razor. The wife had died similarly, but in the bathroom, and naked. Either the doors had been unlocked, or the killer had had a key. There had been a snowstorm during the night, and any tracks were buried.
Fourteen months later, in the aftermath of a violent thunderstorm, the Monahan family of suburban Fort Worth was discovered in a similar state: A father and four children under the age of thirteen were found in their beds with their throats slit; the wife, also with her throat slit, was found naked on the bathroom floor. Once more, either the doors had been unlocked or the killer had had a key. Again, owing to the storm and the killer's meticulous methods, the police found no usable evidence.
"I became interested because of that lack of evidence, that void," Sunday informed his rapt audience.
Sunday said that the dearth of evidence had confused him at first. He talked to all the investigators working the case, but they were equally baffled. Then his academic training took over, and he began to theorize about the philosophical world-view of such a perfect killer.
"I came to the conclusion that he had to be an existentialist of some twisted sort," he said. "Someone who thinks life is meaningless, absurd, without value. Someone who does not believe in God or laws or any other kind of moral or ethical basis to life."
Sunday went on in this vein for some time, reading from the book and explaining how the evidence surrounding the murder scenes supported his controversial theories and led to others. The killer's disbelief in concepts like good and evil, for example, "perfected" him as a criminal, made it impossible for him to feel guilty, which was what allowed him to commit such heinous acts with dispassionate precision.
A man raised his hand. "You sound like you admire the killer, sir."
Sunday shook his head. "I tried to describe his worldview accurately and let readers draw their own conclusions."
A woman with dirty-blond hair, more handsome than beautiful, raised her hand, revealing a sleeve tattoo that depicted a panther in a colorful jungle setting.
"I've read your book," she said in a southern accent. "I liked it."
"That's a relief," Sunday said.
Several people in the audience chuckled.
The woman smiled, said, "Can you talk a little about your theory of the perfect criminal's opposite, the perfect detective?"
Sunday hesitated, and then said, "I speculated that the only way the perfect killer would ever get caught was by a detective who was his direct antithesis —someone who believed absolutely in God, someone who was emblematic of the moral, ethical universe and of a meaningful life. The problem is that the perfect detective does not exist, and cannot exist."
"Why is that?" she asked.
"Because detectives are human, not monsters like the perfect killer," he said, seeing some confusion in the audience.
Sunday smiled, said, "Let me put it this way. Can you imagine a real cold-blooded, calculating mass or serial murderer suddenly turning noble, doing the right thing, saving the day?"
Most of the audience shook their heads.
"Exactly," he went on. "The perfect killer is who he is. An animal like that doesn't change."
Sunday paused for effect.
"But how hard is it to imagine a noble detective brought low by the horrors of his job? How hard is it to imagine him abandoning God? How hard is it to imagine him so beaten down by events that he finds life meaningless, valueless, and hopeless to the point that he becomes an existential monster and a perfect killer himself ? That's not hard at all to imagine, now, is it?"
Copyright © 2014 by James Patterson
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What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) and what are some of the things to look for in an effective one? Why would you deploy a WAF instead of just an IPS?
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is an appliance, server plugin, or filter that applies a set of rules to an HTTP conversation. By making use of the rules many attacks such as Cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL Injection, can be detected and blocked.
For a more depth description see the OWASP Website and Wikipedia.
When it comes to choosing a Web Application Firewall there is a good list on Wikipedia. Personally I would recommend ModSecurity when using Apache.
When choosing a WAF personally the two most critical things I would consider are how effective its default ruleset is (aka how effective is it out the box) and how customisable the ruleset is to suite your specific application. Most of the time by using the default ruleset applications will break and the ruleset will need modifying. Obviously over things to consider are how effective its logging is, what sort of speeds it can handle, platforms it can support and how well maintained it is. As with any firewall its needs to be kept up-to-date to perform at its best against new attacks.
Although some IPS systems such as Snort do have rulesets that can monitor for Web Application attacks. In my experience I have found that an IPS is better for catching attacks at the Network level and a WAF with a good ruleset will work best for catching stuff at the application layer. Also by using a WAF you have a better choice of responses than you do with a IPS where you don't have to make a choice between block or allow instead you can take over actions.


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If I think of a photon as a particle, I think a parallel wire filter should transmit proportionally to the uncovered area. (and reflect proportionally to the covered area). Obviously polarization adds complexity by introducing a second factor to be considered.
On the other hand, if I consider the photons as waves, I think the transmission should be less sensitive to the area covered. Both a fairly thick and a fairly thin filter should transmit most of the light in one polarization and reflect most of the light in the opposite polarization.
Which is correct?
To be more precise, consider a spectrum of filters with thick and thin wires. (on the same spacing). At one extreme end of the spectrum the thinest wires approach an empty space or vacuum, which transmits everything and reflects nothing. At the other end the thickest wires merge together and form a continuous surface, in effect a mirror which reflects everything and transmits nothing. My question is what happens in between these two extremes? Of course there are two answers, one for parallel polarization and one for perpendicular polarization. What are the two formulas for transmission as a function of wire thickness, or percent of space blocked?
My guess is the answer for the transmitted polarization is close to a step function, only rounded off in the corners. Other possibilities is a linear function decreasing from one hundred percent to zero, or from fifty percent to zero. What are the two correct equations for the two complementary polarizations? Or more specifically, what is the correct formula for the transmitted polarization?
For part credit, just give a reference or a convincing derivation showing whether this function is closer to a step function or closer to a linear approximation. For full credit, provide a reasonably accurate formula with source or derivation showing the full transition from zero to one hundred percent wire coverage. It should be accurate enough to get the round off in the corners right to a percent or two (at least 5%) or prove that there is no significant round off. A good answer will have either a derivation or a reference to a reputable source.


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How does one find recipes given an ingredient rather than the recipe name?
I'd like to get a recipe by given food (fridge content;)...
I'd like to get a recipe by given food (fridge content;)...
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This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
After years of cooking, I don't really need this service anymore, but I sure did wish there was something good like this 5 years ago. I couldn't find anything then, though. However, I've seen a couple of sites pop up since then. I can't really testify to how well they work, because I haven't used any of them. But here are some things to explore:
Recipe Key - Lets you create your own pantry and then get matching recipes. This looks like it could be a really cool tool if you use it regularly as well as a good spot solution for inspiration.
Recipe Matcher - Lets you type in the ingredients you have for matches.
And now I need to run, so here are a couple more sites to check out:
Hope one of those helps. I think the first two (recipe key and recipe matcher) look like your best options. Let us know how you fare.
@yossarian provides excellent links, and I would like to add that typing the ingredients into Google is a good starting point.
This is a great one...


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Can cats become addicted to catnip?
I bought my cats some toys for Christmas. Yes, I know, I am weird. They are freaking because they contain catnip. They act like they are on some serious drugs. Do I have to take them to kitty rehab and call Dr. Drew to conduct and intervention?
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According to experts (aka, my wife), no they can't. I can attest to my own experience that it wears off, and they don't seem to go through withdrawal. So no celebrity rehab for your kittehs.
I'm going with no also. I give my cat catnip at random. I poor some on the floor, he eats a little, wonders off. Might eat some more the next day.
He doesn't keep going back to it.
No. We grow catnip and the cats have access to the nip. If they were addicted, they'd be in the patch all day long.
They do like the dried stuff (which I sell online, not much, it's a small patch), that will have them growling and slapping one another over what I've put on the patio (our cats have access to our backyard, the fence is modified so that they can't get out). But I think if I did that on a daily basis, they'd get bored with it.
Kitty, you have to calm down! Here, I'll get you some catnip.
I didn't think they could either... but then my cat started to develop out-of-character mood swings. After a while I would notice that my wallet would be missing $$. My cat started staying out until all hours of the night, and hanging around with a rather shifty crowd.
I finally confronted my cat about his 'nip usage, and he said he had it under control, and could stop anytime he wanted. Before you know it, he had pawned my great grandmothers silver, just so that he could get some Bolivian Catnip. I told him enough was enough... my house, my rules, and catnip use was forbidden. I was worried that it was a gateway drug that would lead my cat into harder, more dangerous highs. It's been a long battle to keep my cat 'off the junk', but it's been worth it. I have him duct taped to the wall currently... it seems to be an effective deterrent.
All that being said, no, not addictive at all =)
No, but it is a gateway drug. Catnip today, meth tomorrow.
@sil40: LOL, I know what you mean, all the other cats in the neighborhood have started hanging out in our yard. I think my cat is dealing to try to support the catnip habit.
I don't think my cat is addicted, but when I get his spray bottle of catnip juice he totally freaks out and starts meowing nonstop. So at minimum, he's a junkie.
Maybe I could attract Halle Berry with some catnip. Meow!
For added fun, after getting the cat(s) stoned, pull out the laser pointer and see how close to the ceiling you can get them to run up a wall.
I keep the catnip treats on the top of the fridge (only place high enough to keep the cats out of). Now, the cats rub on the fridge and look at it as if it is the magical catnip factory...
I help my cat shoot up the catnip by mixing it with water and drawing the green liquid. When i give it to her every day she doesn't respond to it, so i skip days and even if i skip one or two days she totally reacts and rolls in it. If o skip days she sleepsall day and yawns a lot, just like withdrawals. She definitely has a tolerance to it but doesn't seem dependent on it, but when she hasn't had it in a while she freaks out when i give it to her. That's all true except the shooting up part. She smokes it, obviously.


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Nine Take-It-with-You Dorm-Room Essentials for Gluten-Free Students
Take plenty of safe food and snacks.
Take a good supply of food with you to hold you over until you figure out where you can buy safe snacks on campus or in town. If you've been on a gluten-free diet before college, you've likely already identified your favorite snacks.
Some suggestions of safe food include popcorn, packaged cookies and crackers, breakfast cereal, gluten-free oatmeal, soup, nuts, trail mix, snack bars, a loaf of "safe" bread, and peanut butter and jelly.


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I have an edge to edge stud finder with a power line detector. It found the stud but at the same the power detector lighted up. Is it safe to drill that stud. I'm installing a wall mount for a 39" flat tv.
Power lines can be run either through a hole drilled through the stud (i.e. horizontally) or stapled along the edge of the stud (i.e. vertically).
Horizontal runs are generally used to connect multiple sockets in the same room. For normal outlets at about 1' above floor level, the wiring will usually be a few inches above the outlets, but you could have them at other heights too, like if you have a kitchen or bathroom on the other side of the wall, or wall sconces for lighting.
Vertical runs of wire generally bring power into a room from wire runs (that eventually lead back to the service panel) in the attic, crawlspace/basement or the space between floors.
If it's running through the stud, there should be a metal plate attached to the front of the stud to prevent you from driving nails or screws into the power line.
Of course, things aren't always done the way they should be, so you can detect if you have these plates with a strong magnet.
My current house may have me a bit paranoid about these sorts of things, but honestly, I have seen things that astounded me and also nearly killed me with this home.
One possible thing that this could be that happened in my home when I was remodeling the bathroom, was that one of the previous owners ran electric line from the wall switch to the mirror vanity lights, but not up, over and down like it should have been done. Instead to use several less feet of electric line, they gouged out a channel in the plaster wall, ran the line through this, unprotected, and then proceeded to plaster over it all.
I didn't find out what happened until I started hitting at the wall with my claw hammer and the power shut out suddenly. Fortunately the GFCI outlet tripped and saved me from a not so pleasant situation.
Oh and on a side note, it wasn't even 12 gauge copper like the rest of the house either, it was 16 gauge ALUMINUM, I was shocked that the house didn't burn down well before this!
The point I am trying to make is that unless the walls are down or you cut a small view hole, you NEVER know what could really be happening behind that wall, so it is ALWAYS best to play it safe just in case.
When drilling in the area where a power line is detected, always shut off the breaker feeding that line. If unsure switch all of the breakers.


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Antony and the Johnsons
Performing Arts
"Right now my favorite band in the whole world is Antony and the Johnsons...when he sings it is the most exquisite thing you will ever hear in your life."--Laurie Anderson
Enter the completely unforgettable, weirdly beautiful realm of Antony and the Johnsons.
An English transplant to the New York scene, Antony became a mainstay on the drag performance circuit. Since then, he has crossed over to cabaret clubs and concert halls, earning raves from all quarters.
Attired in his flounciest finery, shaven head painted white, Antony has an unsettling stage presence amplified by his ethereal, quavery voice. Its purity lends a dark twist to the torch songs he favors. Fronting his supremely talented faux chamber orchestra, Antony offers inspired readings of Nina Simone's burner "Be My Husband," Lou Reed's "Candy Says"--an ode to Candy Darling, the Warholian transgender icon--as well as his own riveting tunes, including the cult fave "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy."
Admission$14 members
$16 students (tickets required)
Season Support
Lead support for the 2001-02 performing arts season is provided by AT&T and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Major season support is provided by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Additional season support is provided by the Ohio Arts Council and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.


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Transcribed for your viewing pleasure, a drunk dialing disaster. Dominic phones Ryan, whom she met earlier that night, to inform him that she loved his "lil shirt and lil pants" and that they have an undeniable love connection.
She also tells him she'll wait for him at Jamba Juice. And girlfriend's still there, slurping her Mango-a-go-go waiting for her prince.


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Sometimes perhaps only for an instant we fail to recognize a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we come to doubt our own. The effect is at its most acute in a couple, where our existence is given meaning by our perception of a lover, and theirs of us.
With his astonishing skill at building on and out from the significant moment, Kundera has placed such a situation and the resulting wave of panic at the core of his new novel. In a narrative as intense as it is brief, a moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which forces the reader to cross and recross the divide between fantasy and reality.
About the Author
The Franco-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in Brno and has lived in France, his second homeland, since 1975. He is the author of the novels The Joke, Farewell Waltz, Life Is Elsewhere, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Immortality, and the short-story collection Laughable Loves all originally written in Czech. His most recent novels Slowness, Identity, and Ignorance, as well as his nonfiction works The Art of the Novel, Testaments Betrayed, The Curtain, and Encounter, were originally written in French.
Asher is highly regarded for translations of Milan Kundera's work, and received the 2000 Translation Prize of the French-American Foundation for her Translation of The Case of Doctor Sachs by Martin Winckler.


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Good afternoon! I downloaded OSFClone today and started creating an image in aff format from a hard drive to an external hard drive. It got to 17.57% and then stopped. Nothing has updated on the screen for over an hour.
The screen says it's writing, but the free space amount, like the other data, has not changed. Does this mean that it encountered a hard drive problem, or does it normally take a long time to write data, then continue with reading?
Thanks! I appreciate very much your creating this product and making it available for our use.


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Mila Kunis Gossip
Mila Kunis gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Bad Moms, Bad Trailer
Last week, Lainey wrote about Mila Kunis revealing her former f-ckbuddy relationship with Ashton Kutcher on Howard Stern. It's notable because Mila and Ashton are privacy scolds Full Story
Mila Kunis's very private casual sex
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Mila Kunis is currently out there promoting Bad Moms. As part of the media tour, she stopped by Howard Stern Full Story
Smutty Social Media, May 2, 2016
That 70s Show reunion, minus Topher. He doesn't seem like the reunion type. Family #that70sshow 💓💓 Full Story
Mila & Ashton at Kimmel
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No Strings Attached was on one of the movie channels the other night. I can't not watch it. Ashton Kutcher is a terrible actor. And he's terrible in this movie. Like when he tells Natalie Portman at the end that this is it and she can't be f-cking around with his feelings anymore, I'm into it, the way you're into romantic comedies and you feel compelled to want the knots in your stomach to release for a happy ending, but at the same time, I am dying for the art of acting, watching him kill the craft. Full Story
Russell Brand on the "vapid, vacuous life" of Katy Perry
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Russell Brand has a new documentary coming out called BRAND: A Second Coming. The trailer is below. And everyone's talking about how he talks about his failed marriage to Katy Perry, specifically about their lifestyle and how intolerable it was to maintain a relationship under the duress of fame and fortune. Full Story
Mila Kunis in London
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But she's not promoting Ted 2. I say this because someone just came into my office, saw the photos of her up on the screen, and remarked casually that, "Oh, is she promoting Ted 2?" Because Ted 2, as you've likely seen, is currently being promoted and it's opening this coming Friday. Full Story
Mila Kunis is Cool Girl
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Mila Kunis is currently promoting hot mess Jupiter Ascending and is dutifully doing the talk show rounds – I wrote about her appearance on Ellen here. Yesterday she was on Reddit for an AMA and she definitely has a twinkle. Full Story
Ashton's private but public love note for Mila
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis (the Kutchers?) are always telling us how private they are – they issued a baby photo montage when their daughter was born and like to talk about privacy. And how much they dislike the paparazzi, because they just want to be left in peace (courtside at the Lakers game Full Story
Jupiter is not Norbit
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Premiere of Jupiter Ascending last night. Reviews haven't been great. BUT some noteworthy critics have given it some love. Like Hitfix's Drew McWeeny who called it a "wicked slice of entertainment". Alonso Duralde over at The Wrap Full Story
Mila adores Ashton courtside
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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were at the Laker game the other night. Courtside seats. Only. Obviously. As you can see, she adores him. At least that's what I'm reading on her face. She looks at him like no one could possibly be more interesting, more fascinating, more intelligent… I mean, at this point, what choice do you have? You can't have a baby with someone and think the father of your child is a f-cking idiot, can you? You know what's grossing me out about these shots? It's the way his left arm is hanging between his legs. Full Story
Ashton the Dadsplainer
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Between the Sony hack and the Golden Globes nominations (and snubs), it's been a great week for gossip. So why are we talking about Ashton Kutcher? Oh, right, because he had a baby. Ashton was on Ellen (what was he promoting – the end of his sh-tty ass sexist stupid sitcom?) and the focus of the interview was the baby and how he and Mila take care of the baby. Full Story


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5 Unfought Wars That Would Have Changed Everything
#2. Defense Scheme No. 1, aka The Canadian Invasion of the U.S.
Remember that whole invasion of Canada we were just talking about? Well, it turns out that the whole time the U.S. Army was planning to invade Canada, the Canadians were secretly planning their own invasion of the United States of America. Defence Scheme No. 1 was the brainchild of Canada's Director of Military Operations and Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel James "Buster" Sutherland Brown.
With a hat like that, he could have conquered anything.
Which Buster probably wouldn't have done if The New York Times hadn't accidentally broke a story on their front page about War Plan Red on May 1, 1935.
What Stopped It:
Common sense.
Despite being described as a "fantastic desperate plan [which] just might have worked," Defence Scheme No. 1 was terminated by the Canadian Chief of the General Staff Andrew McNaughton on the grounds that Canada had better things to do than invade the U.S. The scheme and its schemer were dismissed as "quixotic," which is probably a good thing in light of how Defense Scheme No. 1 was basically the bow and arrows to War Plan Red's uzis.
Actually, "Quixotic" was a good word to describe it.
If The War Had Happened...
If "Buster" Brown had his way, Seattle, Great Falls and Minneapolis would have all felt the full might of the Mounties in a spectacular sneak attack. Then, Albany and Maine would have been invaded as part of a counterattack against an anticipated Yankee invasion.
Canada would then fight a defensive war with the U.S. while they waited for the Royal Navy to sail in and finish the job from either ocean. The U.S. would have been under siege from every front. Had the United States and Canada gone to war again, there's a good chance that the winner would have been whoever struck first.
#1. Operation Unthinkable
As World War II started to wind down in Europe, it became clear that the U.S. and USSR would emerge as the two dominant superpowers of Earth. This did not bode well with various Allied leaders on account of Joseph Stalin being just as big an asshole as Hitler, but seriously... what could these guys do?
Without Stalin, they didn't have a prayer of winning "Best A Capella Group" in the talent show.
The Soviets had already taken the biggest beating in history and emerged stronger than the Incredible Hulk. They possessed half of Europe, some of the best generals that ever lived and a military that now numbered something north of 10 million; the largest army in history, ever, and perhaps the most experienced one to boot. Seriously, who would want to mess with these guys, especially after winning World War II thanks enormously to their help?
Google the nearest liquor stores to your house and drive to 10 of them. You still won't see half as much booze as this man alone put away between '39 to '45.
Churchill's fear of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe led to the British Chiefs of Staff Committee forming Operation Unthinkable on May 22, 1945. Although Churchill insisted that the operation was purely "hypothetical," it is worth noting that the plan's "overall or political object is to impose upon Russia the will of the United States and British Empire." In short, it was a contingency plan for a Soviet invasion that the Brits knew would never be coming because it was actually Churchill's plan for a preemptive war with the Soviet Union.
Operation Unthinkable called for "the date for the opening of hostilities" on July 1, 1945, a declaration of World War III while World War II was still winding down. And it didn't help that Churchill was fully aware of America's successful nuclear tests. In his mind, the United States and the United Kingdom would United Ass Kick the USSR if the Soviets kept up their aggressive posturing in Europe.
What Stopped It:
Numbers. Sheer numbers.
Ten million commies ain't nothin' but a thang.
As blood drunk as Churchill was, his Chiefs of Staff were sober enough to recognize that the Soviet land forces outnumbered the Allies two to one. And that's after the British planned to rearm 100,000 captured German soldiers to invade the Soviet Union. Bear in mind, this would be the second time the Germans invaded the USSR.
Second time's a charm!
The success of Operation Unthinkable would depend on the Americans, who weren't interested in jumping back into war while they were still fighting in the Pacific. Or, at all. Truman wasn't interested in fighting the Soviets. Ultimately, the whole thing was dropped before it got off the ground. And then Churchill was given the sack.
If The War Had Happened...
If there is one thing that should be taken out of the entire chronicle of military history, it is that Russia is really freaking hard to conquer. Hell, we're not even talking about Moscow here; Stalin was prepared all the way back to the Ural Mountains during WWII. Russia had winters, it had rivers, it had more mud than roads, it had the army that killed the most of the Germans during World War II.
Also, bear cavalry.
The only way we could have come even close to winning this war would be if the U.S. dropped the A-bomb. Since the U.S. had only two of them in its arsenal and it took exactly two to win the war in Japan, we would have pretty much started this war by stalling the one in the Pacific.
Most likely scenario: the Soviets would have kicked the ever-loving shit out of England and marched all the way to the Channel, while Truman told Churchill "I told you so."
For more baffling plans of war, check out Nuke the Moon: 5 Certifiably Insane Cold War Projects. Or learn about some conflicts that were just plain stupid, in The 5 Most Retarded Wars Ever Fought.
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The area's hopes for a state championship now rest squarely on the shoulders of the Madonna football team.
The Blue Dons, 10-1, began their quest for a West Virginia Class A title with a 58-12 first- round victory over Tug Valley Saturday. Next up for Madonna, winners of nine straight, is a Friday date with fifth-seeded St. Marys. Kickoff at Jimmy Carey Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m.
St. Marys whipped No. 12 Wirt County 40-14 to earn its shot at Madonna. The Blue Devils also are 10-1, their only loss coming to Wirt County (35-22) in Week 2. During the regular season, St. Marys beat Ritchie County, Parkersburg Catholic, Tyler Consolidated, Williamstown, Calhoun, Gilmer County, South Harrison, Ravenswood and Doddridge County.
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READY FOR PLAYOFF ACTION -- Ross Comis and his Weirton Madonna teammates will continue their playoff run Friday night.
-- Mike Mathison
The winner of Friday's battle will advance to meet the survivor of the Tucker County (the No. 1 seed) and eighth-seeded Clay-Battelle. Greenbrier West will face Wahama and East Hardy will visit Magnolia in the other quarterfinal matches.
The Blue Devils, based in Pleasants County, feature a ground-oriented offense that averages 41 points a game. St. Marys nets nearly 300 yards per outing via its rushing attack. The passing game contributes 75 stripes per game.
Quarterback Andrew Cosper has thrown for 711 yards and run for 408 more. David Gray has 916 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. Noah Spitzer has contributed 897 on the ground and 11 scores.
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High School football playoffs
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Division II
Home Team Listed First
Region 5
4 Chardon (10-2) vs. 3 Aurora (11-1) at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
Region 6
4 Avon (11-1) vs. 2 Toledo Central Catholic (11-1) at Clyde Robert Bishop Jr. Stadium
Region 7
4 New Albany (10-2) vs. 3 Columbus Marion-Franklin (11-1) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
Region 8
1 Cincinnati Turpin (12-0) vs. 6 Trotwood-Madison (10-2) at Kings Stadium
Division II State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Region 5 vs. Region 6 Region 7 vs. Region 8
Division II State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
Division IV
Home Team Listed First
Region 13
1 Brookfield (12-0) vs. 2 Creston Norwayne (12-0) at Stow Ron Marhofer Auto Family Field
Region 14
1 Columbus Bishop Hartley (12-0) vs. 2 Ottawa-Glandorf (12-0) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field
Region 15
1 St. Clairsville (12-0) vs. 3 Johnstown-Monroe (10-2) at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium
Region 16
1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (12-0) vs. 7 West Milton Milton-Union (10-2) at Centerville Stadium
Division IV State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Region 13 vs. Region 15 Region 14 vs. Region 16
Division IV State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 3 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium
Division VI
Home Team Listed First
Region 21
1 Mogadore (12-0) vs. 6 Youngstown Christian (9-2) at Ravenna Gilcrest Field
Region 22
1 McComb (12-0) vs. 6 Delphos St. John's (8-4) at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 23
1 Danville (11-1) vs. 2 Newark Catholic (10-2) at Westerville Central Warhawk Field
Region 24
4 St. Henry (9-3) vs. 3 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-2) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
Division VI State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Region 21 vs. Region 23 Region 22 vs. Region 24
Division VI State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
Saturday, 7 p.m. (unless noted)
Division I
Home Team Listed First
Region 1
4 Mentor (11-1) vs. 2 Cleveland St. Ignatius (11-1) at Parma Byers Field
Region 2
1 Massillon Washington (11-1) vs. 2 Toledo Whitmer (12-0) at Mansfield Arlin Field
Region 3
4 Pickerington North (11-1) vs. 7 Hilliard Davidson (10-2) at Ohio Wesleyan University Selby Stadium
Region 4
1 Cincinnati Colerain (12-0) vs. 3 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (9-3) at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Division I State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Region 1 vs. Region 2 Region 3 vs. Region 4
Division I State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium
Division III
Home Team Listed First
Region 9
1 Chagrin Falls (11-1) vs. 6 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (10-2) at Solon Stewart Field
Region 10
1 Napoleon (11-0-1) vs. 2 Bellevue (11-1) at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 11
4 Dover (10-2) vs. 2 Millersburg West Holmes (11-1) at Canton Fawcett Stadium
Region 12
1 Dayton Thurgood Marshall (11-1) vs. 3 The Plains Athens (11-1) at Reynoldsburg Raider Stadium
Division III State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Region 9 vs. Region 11 Region 10 vs. Region 12
Division III State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium
Division V
Home Team Listed First
Region 17
1 Kirtland (12-0) vs. 7 Youngstown Ursuline (8-4) at Aurora Veterans Stadium
Region 18
4 Findlay Liberty-Benton (11-1) vs. 7 Hamler Patrick Henry (10-2) at Lima Stadium
Region 19
1 Lucasville Valley (12-0) vs. 6 Baltimore Liberty Union (10-2) at Nelsonville Boston Field
Region 20
1 Coldwater (12-0) vs. 3 Covington (12-0) at Dayton Welcome Stadium
Division V State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Region 17 vs. Region 19 Region 18 vs. Region 20
Division V State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
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8 Spring Valley at 1 Cabell-Midland
5 Morgantown at 4 Huntington
10 Musselman at 2 Martinsburg
11 Lewis County at 3 George Washington
Class AA
9 Nicholas County at 1 Wayne
5 Bluefield at 4 Robert C. Byrd
6 Frankfort at 3 Bridgeport
Class A
5 St. Marys at 4 Madonna
Class AA
7 Scott at 2 Keyser, 1:30 p.m.
Class A
8 Clay-Battelle at Tucker County, 1:30 p.m.
7 East Hardy at 2 Madnolia, 7:30 p.m.
6 Greenbrier West vs. 3 Wahama at Point Pleasant, 1:30 p.m.
Johnny Riggs leads the team with 16 catches. Gray collected 130 stripes in the win over Wirt County and Spitzer added 105 on 18 trips.
As a team, St. Marys collected 296 yards, all but 37 on the ground.
The defense limited Wirt County to just 102, 129 passing but minus-27 rushing.
The first time the teams played, back in August, St. Marys led 22-7 after three quarters but Wirt rallied with a 28-0 fourth period to triumph 35-22.
Madonna and St. Marys last met in the 2008 semifinals, a 27-6 Blue Dons win. Madonna lost in the state title game that year, but came back the next season to dominate any and all in winning the Class A championship.
As generally has been the case in 2012, junior quarterback Ross Comis led the Blue Dons in the win over Tug Valley. He completed 7 of 12 passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns. Comis has thrown for 1,166 and 15 scores with just four interceptions. The Madonna signal caller has completed 64 percent of his attempts.
On the ground, Comis added 82 yards and another touchdown. His rushing line for the season reads like this: 149 carries, 1,359 yards and 20 touchdowns.
The Blue Dons are averaging 380 yards a game and 42 points. Defensively, Madonna surrenders 201 yards an outing and just 10 points.
Madonna's defense held Tug Valley to two touchdowns, the second being the only second-half six-pointer it has given up since a Week 2 loss at Wheeling Central.
The Blue Dons held Steubenville Catholic Central to 67 yards on 24 plays in a Week 9 come-from-behind 21-20 victory at Harding Stadium.
"It was a huge half for us," junior linebacker Travis Brown admitted. "They didn't get many yards, at all, and it gave our offense an opportunity to come back and win the game."
That win also allowed Madonna a home game in the second round of the playoffs.
Heading into the Region 11 semifinal bout with West Holmes, Big Red's Reno Saccoccia noted the Knights were one of the strongest second round foes his teams have faced. Turns out the veteran coach was spot on.
The Knights combined a solid offense with a stingy defense to eliminate Big Red 35-7. West Holmes advances to face its first non-Jefferson County opponent, Dover, in the regional finals.
For the second straight week, the Knights rallied from an early deficit to win by 28. Against Indian Creek, West Holmes was down 7-0 before reeling off 35 unanswered points. On Saturday in New Philadelphia, Big Red jumped out to a 7-6 lead only to see the Holmes County squad run off 29 straight.
"They have tough kids and they are well coached," Saccoccia said following the contest. "Tonight, they played a great game."
Big Red dropped the 2012 curtain at 9-3. Saccoccia-coached clubs have qualified for the postseason 12 years in a row and 25 times overall (the fifth best showing in Ohio playoff history). Big Red now has a 47-22 all-time record in the tournament.
Senior Corey Stinson finished his Big Red career and his first as a starter by throwing for 164 yards and a touchdown. During the 12-game season, he threw for 1,357 stripes and 11 scores. He currently in the second ranked passer (Catholic Central's Brenton Colabella finished as the top quarterback) in The Herald Star/Daily Times coverage area.
Another senior, Matt Petrella, led the squad in receiving (37 catches for 498 yards and six scores). His reception total is third best in the area, trailing Central's Zack Herrington (52) and Kyle Laukert (39).
Senior Dashon Redman was Big Red's top rusher with 906 yards on 161 totes and nine scores. His total is third best in the area.
"Our kids had a great season," Saccoccia said. "They fought through adversity all year. It was just not our night."


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Sleep remains a mysterious, but necessary, process
But research now reveals that nightly eight hours might affect more than just whether we feel drowsy during an afternoon meeting. Sleep can affect how much money we make, what we eat and where we live.
That's what journalist David Randall discovered in researching :Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep: (Norton, $25.95), which explores the little-understood world of sleep, a science that many believe is on the cusp of its golden age.
Randall says he was inspired to write the book after he started sleepwalking and went to a doctor for help. "Science doesn't know much about sleep," Randall's doctor said. His advice: Take it easy and hope it doesn't happen again.
"People forget about sleep because they think it's this break from life, this elegant on-off switch," Randall says. "You forget it's a third of our lives. That third is really a missing part of the puzzle in terms of how we live."
He spoke by phone from New York; this is an edited version of the conversation.
Q: Why is sleep such a little-understood science?
A: We still don't really know what (the evolutionary purpose) of sleep is. It's not just rest, because you can rest in a hammock all day long, but after about 24 hours, you're going to be in bad shape.
That's one reason why sleep scientists feel like they're in the golden age of this science. Sleep scientists only discovered REM sleep in the late '50s, early '60s. Before that, most scientists and most doctors thought their responsibilities ended as soon as you fell asleep. Now there are over 75 sleep disorders recognized.
Q: You're unpacking an everyday part of our lives. What did you find most interesting about this topic?
A: The chapter on how sleep helps us learn was fascinating to me. It looks like dreaming is the time our brains make connections to what's important. You pick up so much information throughout the day: what my voice sounds like, what the person next to you is wearing. Maybe sleep is the time where your brain chucks what's not important.
Q: You say that more than 75 sleep disorders have been recognized. What do studies reveal about insomnia?
A: For a long time people thought that insomnia was a byproduct of depression, and now they're realizing that perhaps depression is a byproduct of insomnia. Somebody who suffers from insomnia, it's almost like they need sleep so badly, they can't get it. So you can think yourself into that cycle.
Q: How does the culture of sleep differ around the world?
A: One of the problems several multinational companies have when they open offices in China, is that people there still tend to have an afternoon nap. They might fall asleep at their desks. An American manager thinks: "This guy is sleeping at work, what's going on?" It's a bigger cultural issue. In Spain there are still siestas, but in 2008 the government severely curtailed them for government workers. A lot of it is cultural. You don't want to give up the natural rhythm of life.
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When I hear the phrase "line bundle" the first thing that pops into my head is a mobius band. But this is a bad picture from an algebraic point of view since any line bundle on an affine variety is trivial. Anyway, my question is: is there a way of seeing more concretely what "goes wrong" when you try to construct the mobius band as an algebraic line bundle over ℝ, and what changes when you move to analytic line bundles?
Consider the real algebraic line bundle $\mathcal{O}(-1)$ over the real algebraic variety $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^1$. It is nontrivial hence continuously isomorphic to the "Moebius" line bundle (there are only 2 line bundles on the circle, up to continuous isomorphism), so its total space is homeomorphic o the "Moebius strip".
By the way, it is false that line bundles on affine algebraic varieties are trivial. One example is the above universal line bundle over $\mathbb{R}\mathbb{P}^1$. If you want an example over $\mathbb{C}$, consider the complement of a point in an elliptic curve: it's an affine variety but its Picard group is far from being trivial.


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AZUSA, Calif.-- It definitely wasn't a case of the Mondays.
The Azusa Pacific women's tennis team didn't drop a set, sweeping Hope International 9-0 in a dominating performance on Monday afternoon. The Cougars didn't give up a game in four matches, and tabbed three 6-0, 6-0 victories in singles action to improve to 9-2 this season.
Bethany Duval highlighted the effort, winning 8-0 in doubles, and recording a perfect straight-sets singles win. She paired with Kim Koetterheinrich to beat Becca Roeser and Alyssa Pritchett 8-0 at No. 3 doubles before grabbing a 6-0, 6-0 win against Pritchett at No. 6. Koetterheinrich, who didn't play singles, registered her eighth straight doubles win.
Stephanie Quan went 2-0 on the day, winning 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 against Roeser after teaming with Brejohn McCrary for an 8-2 victory over Jazmin Zaragoza and Jeannette Rodriguez on court two. No. 10 ranked Emily Harris and Danae Ingwaldson tallied an 8-4 doubles defeat of Caroline Houston and Sabrina Miller.
No. 17 ranked (NCAA Division II) Harris later put it on No. 48 (NAIA) Zaragoza in singles, making quick work of a 6-0, 6-0 match. Ingwaldson beat Houston 6-2, 6-1, while Samantha Kaneta notched a 6-0, 6-3 win against Rodriguez. Lindsey Yeom closed the day, beating Mille 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.
The Cougars, who have played in three matches in the past four days, will enjoy a week off before welcoming Hawai'i Hilo for a 1:30 match on March 4.


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In the past I have used the Look road pedals and the SPD system, however I know that there are many other systems, including some that work purely on magnets.
What are the advantages of the various systems, and when would you recommend them?
I have used SPD and Crank Brothers (I have a set of Mallets on my mountain bike, and Candy SLs on my road bike). Both the Mallet and the Candy are built around the egg beaters.
I have to say I greatly prefer the Crank Brothers.
This is not to say that the SPD system is bad. Your mileage may vary.
I am a big guy, and have ridden SPD (Mountain bike version, not SPD-R) and Look systems.
I like have the bigger platform to stand and connect with.
Walking in SPD's is usually (depends on the shoe of course) way easier than in Look cleats.
SpeedPlay are pretty good I am told, and some people swear by Crank Brothers Egg Beaters.
I have SPDs on my commuter.


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It has been noticed on several occasions that
DayOfWeek function is rather slow when applied to a large list of dates, e.g. in this recent question. What faster alternatives do we have in such situations?
It has been noticed on several occasions that
Just a literal implementation of a formula for the day of the week:
Seems to give a 5-fold speed increase:
Your function is readily compilable:
I will provide one solution which will be using Java and a simple Java reloader I recently introduced. This solution brings to the table up to 100-fold speed-up for large lists of dates.
I will borrow @Mike's functions to generate a random list of dates, from his code in his recent question
The input is a nested list of the type we construct randomly, which is a natural date format as it appears in Mathematica. I subtract 1 from month, to comply with the Java conventions.
Use and benchmarks
There is a 100-fold speedup for this example. Note that there is a small constant overhead of calling Java, so the larger is your list of dates, the more you gain.
I think that this can be one of the "canonical" examples of a situation where the use of Java is more than appropriate. Generally, this happens when some of the following is true:
Effective use of Java / JLink implies that loops are outsourced to Java. Only then the overhead of Java / JLink will not play a big role. Performing looping in Mathematica while invoking Java functions is likely to not be faster, and often be slower, than doing it all in Mathematica.
A big thanks goes to @Mike for spotting a bug in the reloader (which has been now fixed).
I've shown off Larsen's method before (and see this as well), but here it is as a formal answer:
This assumes the use of the Gregorian system, so this will require some modification if you need to work with dates older than the switching date September 14, 1752 (where the Julian system was still in use).
Here's how to adapt
This recent post reminded me that
Using the
~ 41X speed-up.
Super-fast. You need the Joda Time library for that.
If you're a hardcore JLink user, you have the first two lines in your init.m anyway, so the problem reduces to 71 characters, with an amazing speed.
Joda Time is ISO 8601-compliant.
I will provide one solution which will be using ANSI C and LibraryLink. Needless to say that this is a speeder...(Platform: MacOSX, gcc 4.2)
The preparations are the same as in Leonid's answer.
Create the Library and load it
Microsoft's compiler (CL) has similar options with just different naming...
The dayOfWeek function
As the argumentation holds to use Java, because of it's simple interface I think I've shown that this holds as well for C/C++ and is unbeatable fast.


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Microsoft UK has just announced a £30 price cut for the Xbox One in the region, starting February 28th. The bundle will also include a free copy of Titanfall. The announcement was made on Twitter, thus:
There's never been a better time to #JumpAhead – from 28.02 pick up an #XboxOne in the UK for £399.99
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In an interview with CVG, Xbox UK's Harvey Eagle confirmed that Xbox One will go on sale for the special price of £399 in the region, and additionally announced that free copies of Titanfall would be included with these price-reduced Xbox One consoles 'while stocks last,' while revealing that this offer is limited to the UK only.
Be sure to read through the full interview with Eagle over here to find out how the offer might be limited as compared to the previous FIFA 14 bundle, and to see what the motivations behind the offer might be.
If you're in the UK, will you be taking advantage of this price cut (and free copy of Titanfall) offer starting this Friday?
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The experienced goalkeeper has urged the Bianconeri management to offer the playmaker a new deal with his current contract set to expire next summer.Gianluigi Buffon feels it would be disastrous for Juventus if Andrea Pirlo were to leave the club at the end of the season.
The influential midfielder's current contract with the Serie A champions is due to expire in the summer of 2014 and general director Giuseppe Marotta stated earlier this week that Juve are in no immediate rush to offer Pirlo a renewal.
Nevertheless, Buffon has urged the Turin giants to act and offer the 34-year-old a new deal as soon as possible, or else risk destroying the foundations of the team.
"Not holding on to Pirlo should not even be an option," Buffon told Sky Sport Italia. "If Pirlo were to leave, we might as well dismantle the stadium bit by bit and stop playing football altogether.
"I hope that we will never deprive ourselves of a great player like him."
Pirlo joined Juventus from AC Milan in the summer of 2011 and has since helped the Bianconeri to back-to-back Serie A titles.


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I would like some advice on how to balance work, family, kids, etc. while facing cancer and treatment. Where can I go for help/support?
Tracy Lautenbach, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, Oncology Social Worker at Penn Medicine, responds:
Balancing work, family, children and cancer treatment can be very challenging for some.
This would be the time to call on those that have offered to help you when you were first diagnosed. Friends, neighbors, co workers all want to know what they can contribute. Be thinking about what kind of concrete help you need. For instance: childcare, shopping, meal prep, housekeeping just to name a few. People want to know what they can do for you and your family. Remember to make time for yourself- even if it is a mere 30 mintues to take a walk or a bath or sit and look at a magazine or book.
Adjusting your expectations about what all needs to be done is also necessary.
Cancer and Careers is a wonderful resource to help with balancing work and cancer treatment. A support group may also be a good resource for you as you will get ideas and network with others in your situation. Look for a Cancer Support Community or Gilda's Club in your area.
Some good resources about employment are:
www.cancerandcareers.org - cancer and careers
www.cancer.org - The American Cancer Society
www.disabilityrightlegalcenter.org -Cancer Legal resource Center
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What's your favorite Fall foods?
Since tomorrow is the 1st day of Fall, what's your favorite Fall foods (e.g., cranberries sauce, pumpkin pie, or perhaps candy corns)?
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Chowdahs, chilis, and carbonnade (a la flamande only!! ...well, wallonne, to be partisan about it)! I'm big into hearty, stew-y, liquid-y foods (properly sopped up with fresh breads and/or frites) once it gets cold and damp. Tomorrow, I'm making Ina Garten's lobster corn chowder (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lobster-corn-chowder-recipe/index.html). So good! Just got home from food shopping for it, actually.
Apples, I pick my own at the orchard, so I know they're fresh. Home-made apple pie is just another excuse for ice cream. :) I have to go with pumpkin pie too, one of my favorites. I also tend to make spicier foods like chili when the weather cools off.
I don't know if it would be considered fall food but when the temps start to get cooler I love a big crock pot full of homemade Taco Soup with Chicken Enchilada soup being a close 2nd
I love real apple cider, not the pasteurized kind or the stuff that's really just apple juice, but real, refrigeration required cider. Mmmm.... And fresh apples. I don't have anywhere to pick them around here, but I try to get my parents to buy some at the orchard near them when they go to visit...and then I sneak some home on my backpack. I think they know about it, but it's still a fun game. :)
What's your favorite fall food?
What ARE your favorite fall foodS?
Pumpkin roll, homemade soup, anything baked with apples, and making apple pie cider :)
Apple Cider and Chili, though not at the same time.
I'm with the apple cider crowd.
Chili, hands down.
pizza. It's never a question of pizza, pizza is always the answer.
Green Chile! Enchiladas, burritos and pie! Oh my! And don't forget green chile cheeseburgers!
Green chile is a favorite year-round, but in the fall the smell of chiles roasting fills the air and sets one's mouth to drooling in anticipation!
Chili, Hot Mulled Apple Cider & Hot Apple Pie w/ a slice of sharp cheese!
I was planning on providing an answer until I read @goldenthorn's; right on the money. When the weather turns cool/cold, nothing says wicked good like chowdah or stew!
pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, pumpkin soup...Pumpkin.
Pumpkin everything! Slow roasted potatoes and onions as well. Thick soups and stews. Yum!
Well, it looks like apples, especially baked (perhaps with a touch of cinnamon, yummy) and apple cider; chili or chowder; and any and everything pumpkin are among everyone favorites.
Just waiting on the first cold snap to make a batch of chili.
I'm going to take a different tack. I live in the country, away from any city restrictions. We always have piles of wood from fallen trees, branches from trimming all the other vegetation. This is the time of year we have bonfires in the evening. Cold air on our backs but the side facing the fire is toasty warm.
Every fall we have these cookouts over the fire, with red hot sausages, bratwurst and thick cut pork chops. We have a selection of good beers. The food is always incredible. Maybe it is the environment and ambiance.
In any case, my favorite fall food(s) has/have to be sausages, hot dogs and pork chops roasted over the coals of a bonfire, washed down with a great beer.
Apple Cider and hot greasy cider mill donuts.