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Friday Night's High School Football Games (October 18)
Published: Friday, October 18, 2013 at 3:10 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 18, 2013 at 3:10 a.m.
Mulberry at Auburndale
RECORDS: Mulberry 2-5, Auburndale 1-5.
QUICK HITS: Both teams are coming off disappointing losses, with Mulberry being shut out by Ridge 33-0 and Auburndale falling to Lake Gibson 34-12.
ADMISSION: $6, $5 parking.
at Bartow
RECORDS: Lakeland 7-0, Bartow 2-3.
QUICK HITS: The 7-0 Dreadnaughts moved up to No. 4 in Class 7A in the AP Florida High School Football Poll. Lakeland recently lost sophomore OL A.J. Deshommes for the season because of a dislocated kneecap. Bartow had a bye last week after tough losses to Fort Meade and Kathleen.
ADMISSION: $6, $5 parking.
Fort Meade at Spring Hill Bishop McLaughlin
RECORDS: Fort Meade 5-1, Bishop McLaughlin 1-5.
QUICK HITS: The Miners return from a bye week and head coach Jemalle Cornelius said Thursday his team is healthy and ready to go.
ADMISSION: $5 adult, $3 child.
Frostproof at Lakeland Christian
RECORDS: Frostproof 5-2, Lakeland Christian 6-0.
QUICK HITS: Frostproof will face a big challenge following the Bulldogs' lopsided 62-21 win over DeSoto County. Lakeland Christian remains undefeated at 6-0.
ADMISSION: $6 adult, $5 student.
George Jenkins at Ridge Community
RECORDS: George Jenkins 1-5, Ridge Community 4-2.
QUICK HITS: Ridge is coming off a 33-0 throttling of Mulberry in which quarterback Kareem Smith rushed for 136 yards and three touchdowns. Ridge head coach Russ Rogers said George Jenkins is better than its record indicates. "They're a good team," Rogers said. "They just played several good teams early. We're expecting a very physical game."
ADMISSION: $6, $5 parking.
Haines City
at Kathleen
RECORDS: Haines City 4-2, Kathleen 5-1.
QUICK HITS: Both teams had byes last week before tonight's highly anticipated Class 7A, District 5 showdown. Both teams have many weapons and speedsters at the skill positions. The red Devils have Ja'Von Harrison, Kevin Wilson and Anthony Ware, while Haines City has D.J. Law and Derwin James. "Two teams with great athletes," Kathleen coach Irving Strickland said. "It's going to be a track meet," added Haines City coach Ron Johnson.
ADMISSION: $6, $5 parking.
Lake Gibson at Lake Region
RECORDS: Lake Gibson 3-2, Lake Region 3-3
QUICK HITS: With only four teams in Class 6A, District 11, the loser of this game will drop out of playoff contention. Last week Braves' quarterback Trey Congdon fired five touchdown passes in the first half against Auburndale. It's homecoming for the Thunder, a team that is revitalized under head coach Randy Howze.
Sebring at
Winter Haven
RECORDS: Sebring 5-1, Winter Haven 4-2
QUICK HITS: With both teams tied for first place, the winner of this Class 6A, District 11 game will assure themselves of a playoff spot regardless of next week's district finales for both schools. Sebring racked up 35 first-half points last week against Tenoroc. Winter Haven outlasted Lake Wales last week 22-10 and appear to be picking up steam heading into this homecoming showdown.
Victory Christian at Foundation
RECORDS: Victory Christian 4-2, Foundation 3-2
QUICK HITS: With only three teams in the district Victory Christian can seize a state playoff spot with a win in this 2A-3 matchup. The Storm is 1-0 in district play, having already beaten Agape Christian. Foundation has yet to play a district game but has outscored opponents 128-79 this season.
All Saints at Monteverde
RECORDS: Monteverde 5-2, All Saints Academy 1-4
QUICK HITS: The Saints are coming off a tough 36-16 loss to Faith Christian after running out of gas in the fourth quarter with a small roster. However, the team is improving weekly and running back Cedric King, who has six touchdowns on the season, is always a threat to score at any time.
Cornerstone at Geneva Classical
RECORDS: Cornerstone 4-0, Geneva Classical 2-4
QUICK HITS: Geneva scored 20 unanswered points in a 38-20 loss to Life Christian last week. Cornerstone is one of the hottest teams in the FCAPPS conference and is coming off a 66-20 win against Old Plank.
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Four cherry trees were vandalized on December 11, 1941. It was speculated that the trees were cut down in retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hoping to prevent future vandalism, the trees were renamed "Oriental" flowering cherries for the duration of World War II.
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Dow Shakes Off Europe Drama and Gains
Blue Chips Nearly Erase the Week's Losses, While European Stock Index Turns In the Worst Week in Four Months
U.S. stocks gained ground Friday, nearly erasing the week's losses for the Dow industrials as investors started to look past the latest euro-zone debt drama.
For European markets, however, it was a different story, as the turmoil in Cyprus continued to damp sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 90.54 points, or 0.6%, to 14512.03 Friday, bouncing back from a 90-point slide on Thursday, which was its biggest one-day loss since Feb. 25. Cyprus's effort to secure a bailout from its euro-zone partners raised concerns about the region's woes this week.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 11.09 points, or 0.7%, to 1556.89. The Nasdaq NDAQ -0.16 % Composite Index rose 22.40 points, or 0.7%, to 3245.00. About 5.3 billion shares changed hands, 16% below the average daily volume for U.S. stocks this year.
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"If you want to find a reason to stay away from the stock market, this week has given you yet another one: this Cyprus situation," said Art Steinmetz, chief investment officer at OppenheimerFunds Inc., which manages $208 billion in assets. "What is interesting to me, though, is the U.S. stock market seems to have shrugged off this latest issue very quickly. You've had continuing strong economic numbers in the U.S. this week. That's the more important story."
A deadline looms on Monday that could result in the European Central Bank withdrawing support from Cyprus's banking system. The Cypriot episode has led to losses for U.S. stocks in recent days. For the week, the S&P 500 fell 0.2%, just its second weekly decline this year. The Dow ended the week lower by just two points, or less than 0.1%.
"Europe is going to continue to wallow in misery for the foreseeable future," Mr. Steinmetz said. "They're still wallowing in the mud, and the U.S. is puttering along at a reasonable pace."
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.1%, capping its biggest weekly loss since mid-November. Germany's DAX slid 0.3%. Demand for Treasury prices rose as investors sought a haven, sending the yield on the 10-year note down to 1.915%.
Some U.S. stock investors declined to position their portfolios defensively going into the weekend, a departure from past euro-zone crises.
"We had those kinds of conversations back in 2008, 2009 and parts of 2010, when the Europe crisis was much more uncertain, but have not had those kinds of conversations around Cyprus," said Patrick Kaser, a managing director at Brandywine Global, which oversees $42 billion in Philadelphia. "One thing that changed last summer was this idea that Europe was going to do whatever it took to support the financial system," Mr. Kaser said. "And the private sector of the U.S. economy has a number of tailwinds now that appear self-sustaining."
In addition to signs of recovery, bulls are pointing to continued stimulus from the Federal Reserve, said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners, which manages about $4 billion in Chicago.
"We're still seeing modest U.S. economic growth and a Fed that's got the printing presses going," said Mr. Nolte. He added he is having a harder time finding underpriced shares of large U.S. companies after the market's gains this year.
Among U.S. stocks, consumer-oriented shares in the S&P 500 led gains across all 10 of the index's sectors. Nike NKE 0.09 % jumped after reporting a quarterly profit that beat analysts' expectations, amid higher global shoes and apparel sales.
Tiffany TIF 1.85 % rose after the high-end jewelry retailer reported better-than-expected earnings and gave an upbeat earnings and revenue growth outlook for the year.
In Asia, Japanese stocks declined, as a strengthening yen undermined exporters' shares. The Nikkei Stock Average slid 2.4%. The yen was on track to close at a 2½-week high against the dollar amid disappointment that the new Bank of Japan governor renewed his pledge to expand monetary easing but gave no indication of new, more aggressive stimulus measures.
Meanwhile, China's Shanghai Composite Index and Australia's S&P ASX 200 both gained.
Crude-oil prices gained 1.4%, to settle at $93.71 a barrel, while gold eased 0.5%, to settle at $1,606.20 a troy ounce. The dollar lost ground against the euro.
Elsewhere in the corporate arena, Micron Technology MU -0.51 % rallied after the memory-chip maker's better-than-expected revenue and improved margins offset a wider-than-anticipated loss.
Tibco Software slumped after the data-management-software maker's fiscal first-quarter earnings matched estimates, but sales missed, gross margin narrowed, and some license revenue declined from year-earlier levels.
Ad-tracking software provider Marin Software jumped after its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Conference-call specialist West Corp. fell after its debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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I have three pages, and I want them all to display the comments form from a post with id=343. What code would I use within the pages to make that happen?
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$id=343; // sample, I get the latest post id of a particular category
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10 Sep 2012 10:16 AM #1
How to get the x and y position inside an image
I have an image that I would like to be able to tap on and get the x and y position of the "tap" event.
In the tap event, e.pageX and e.pageY give me the absolute position on the screen. If the page has been scrolled, then the value is still relative to the viewport and not to the page.
How can I get the position of the tap event?
Also, how can I get the position of the image (or its container)?
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I've now check every parent (container, panel and view) of the image but none them has a valid scroller...
Two of them returns an object from getScrollable(), they are both of type Ext.scroll.View.
However, they fail with this error: Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'getScroller'
How do I get the scroller (using getScroller())?
14 Sep 2012 1:24 PM #5
Checked the source, src/scroll/View.js and found something strange (I think). The getScroller() method does not seem to be implemented, there is only a comment in the file:
* @method getScroller
* Returns the scroller instance in this view. Checkout the documentation of {@link Ext.scroll.Scroller} and
* {@link Ext.Container#getScrollable} for more information.
* @return {Ext.scroll.View} The scroller
* @private
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Is this an error or am I looking in the wrong file?
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I think I found the solution: I just added the getScroller() method:
getScroller: function() {
return this.scroller;
Now I get the current scrolling position by using: getScroller().postition.y
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I've been developing casual iPhone/iPod Touch games touch for about two years. I'd like to port some games to the Android platform. Since I'm stuck w/ a two year iPhone contract I don't want to get an Android phone that requires a service plan. What is the best phone to get for development in this situation?
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Updated September 2011.
To develop on Android, you need many devices for two reasons:
But if you need one, buy a Nexus S (S or One), because it is an official Google Phone. You will have GingerBread (Android 2.3). And you must know that Debug on NDK with Android is bugged. You can't debug easily multi-thread programs (OpenGL). There is a fix in NDK r6 ( or r5) but its needs a Gingerbread phone. For HoneyComb dev (Tablet), you need a Tegra2 device (or OMAP 44x0).
To check your Android games, i recommend to have one device per GPU family at minimum.
So in September 2011, I recommend to have these phones:
and these tablets:
But, i check on these devices too:
Outdated devices:
I'm one of developper of Moblox (a featured Android game) and i needed all these phones. If you don't use OpenGL, you can have only one Phone and check with Emulator. For HoneyComb, the emultator is so slow that i recommend a real device.
Ps: i made a collections of OGL 2.0 extensions on this page
ps2: my gpubench can give hints about GPU on Android (results)
I think you can buy most motorola phones without a contract. If you did want to use them they would only work on Verizon. Like you can probably buy the Droid 2 by itself.
The Moto Droid seems to be a decent benchmark to go by, as most android phones coming out now either match or exceed its specs, and the Droid is one of the more popular android phones out there currently. You can find unlocked Droids on ebay for ~$100. One of the nice things about android is you can develop and test on any android phone, so if you know anyone with an android phone (when you want to test on different handsets), you can just connect, deploy, and test.
what about HTC Desire? I search a lot about android phone, Moto XT720 has a good price, but it's ROM is too old, even haven't Android 2.2. Buy a Android phone is very confused me...
I suggest you get at least two phones. An older model like HTC G1, HTC Magic or Samsung Spica (or generally something with the lowest specs you want to support), and a newer model like Nexus or HTC Desire. Ideally you would like to test your game on as many phones as you can get (See Ellis answer) but not everyone could afford that many phones. This setup gives you basic coverage which can be improved by testing on friends phones for example. If you're game isn't too complex and you got a good development computer you can get even away with using the emulator in early stages of development.
Actually I came across a device that was custom built for just developing android games on it. Been a while since I have worked with android.. Here is the link.


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Professor Frank Askin Receives RU Human Dignity Award for Role in Creating Minority Student Program
April 18, 2006 –Professor Frank Askin '66 of Rutgers School of Law–Newark has been selected to receive a Rutgers University Human Dignity Award, which recognizes extraordinary achievement and commitment in promoting the value and importance of diversity at the university and in society. Askin was chosen for his work in establishing the law school's Minority Student Program (MSP) and helping foster its mission for nearly 40 years. "Frank Askin richly deserves this award," said Stuart L. Deutsch, Dean and Professor of Law. "Not only did he play a key role in creating the MSP but he has devoted his career to advancing equal opportunity in the legal profession and protecting the rights of people in New Jersey, especially the poor and those without voice."
In 1968 Askin was appointed to chair a special faculty committee charged with developing a program that would significantly increase the number of minority students at the law school, which at the time was almost exclusively white and male. While the initial focus was on increasing the number of African-American students, the program has been expanded over the years to include Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and disadvantaged applicants of all races. More than 2,000 students have participated in the MSP and have graduated from the law school, making it a nationally recognized model for educating and preparing minorities and disadvantaged students of all races for a law career. MSP alums can be found on the bench, in the U.S. Senate, in the Cabinet of the Governor of New Jersey, in private practice, government agencies, major corporations, legislative bodies, public interest organizations, and academic institutions across the country.
Frank Askin has been a member of the law faculty since graduating with highest honors in 1966. In 1970 he founded the Constitutional Litigation Clinic, which has established numerous important legal precedents in civil rights and international human rights cases. In addition to directing the Clinic, Askin teaches Civil Procedure, Election Law, and Public Interest Advocacy.
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192.168.11.5: and hence copying the file to the remote computer.
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Not by default but if you want something quick you could just create a wrapper around it something like move the original binary to scp.orig and have a new shell script which takes the input, checks that there is a : in the input and passes it, if not prompts to continue ?
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Rob Portman called this week's spending proposal by President Barack Obama "irresponsible" and said it shows Obama "is not serious" about dealing with the nation's financial problems.
The Ohio Republican has sent a letter to Obama urging him to work with members of Congress "as partners" in addressing the "fiscal cliff." If lawmakers fail to reach a compromise before the end of the year, 2 percent payroll tax cuts for Americans will expire after Dec. 31 and automatic spending cuts kick in.
Portman said 43 of his Senate colleagues signed the letter.
"It talks about the fact the Congressional Budget Office has made it clear if we don't deal with the fiscal cliff, we will go back into a recession," Portman said. "This would result in lost jobs in Ohio. I think it is irresponsible for us not to find a way to resolve this issue."
In his most recent proposal, Obama suggested eliminating Congress's authority to set a debt limit for federal government, Portman continued.
"That proposal had a number of flaws in it," he said. "For one, it does nothing on the spending side. It has $1 in spending cuts for every $17 in new taxes. This is just the opposite of the Simpson-Bowles proposal that has $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in new taxes.
"If we're going to rein in spending - and get this debt that is at record levels under control - we have to have the ability in Congress to use the process of raising the debt limit to get some spending restraint. It's the only thing that's worked."
Some have argued Congress already can reduce federal spending through legislative appropriations bills.
"The problem now is that 60 percent of government spending is in the mandatory category, meaning it is not appropriated," Portman countered. "This is a part of the congressional spending that essentially grows on auto pilot ... therefore the debt limit is the way to address the biggest part of congressional spending, and the fastest growing part.
"Second, Congress is not doing its work. The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years," he added. "Without a budget, you then don't have the agreement between the two houses on how you deal with spending."
Portman said it is unfortunate Democrats are willing to allow the country to go over the fiscal cliff so they can achieve their goal of taxing the wealthiest Americans at higher rates.
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Guillermo ("Ta") Herrera came to Bowdoin in July 2000. En route, he received his A.B. in Biology (with emphases on sociobiology and population dynamics) from Harvard College, followed by two years working in a human cancer genetics lab. He then attended the University of Washington, receiving a M.S. in Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management followed by an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics.
Professor Herrera's educational path is mirrored in his research program, which primarily resides at the interface between natural biological systems and the human communities that utilize them; much of his work involves active communication and collaboration with natural scientists as well as other economists. Commercial fisheries, with complex and diverse biological dynamics, imperfectly specified property rights, incomplete and asymmetric information, and a wide range of institutional arrangements present a rich and technically challenging set of research questions. Fisheries also have a long and culturally important history in Maine and the larger region, making Bowdoin an ideal vantage point from which to study these issues. Professor Herrera approaches this research area from a variety of perspectives, including theoretical "bioeconomic" modeling, design of community-based fisheries management systems, and estimation in dollar terms of the economic impacts of specific policy initiatives.
Professor Herrera's work has examined the management of multispecies fisheries, where various stocks are harvested at the same time using a nonselective technology; the impact of spatial structure – how both fish and fishermen move in space – on optimal harvest; and the impacts of imperfect information and strategic interactions between harvesters and regulators on the scale and type of regulation. Professor Herrera and his colleagues developed models of spatially structured resources that illuminate the potential role of closed areas (marine reserves) in economically optimal management, and the fact that spatially refined regulations can have benefits in terms of employment and political acceptance of regulations. With collaborators from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, U. of Maine, and USM, Professor Herrera was also involved in a large-scale project to study biological and economic connections between lobster, herring, and groundfish resources in the Gulf of Maine.
Professor Herrera was involved in a project in Miches, a municipality in the Dominican Republic, helping t design and implement a sustainable system of local governance of small-scale fisheries in this community, and to better understand what makes such governance systems succeed. This involves an understanding of the various biological resources themselves, of the social, political, and economic connections between the communities, and of technical interactions (or externalities) between them.
Professor Herrera is currently engaged in a comparative investigation of the use of Maine's rivers (primarily the Androscoggin and the Kennebec) and the development of a set of surveys and models that can be used to estimate the potential benefits and costs of river restoration policies (e.g., dam removals, improvements in fish passage, or habitat enhancements). This work, in which Professor Herrera collaborates with natural and social scientists at Bowdoin, Bates, and the University of Southern Maine, is part of a larger "Sustainability Solutions Initiative," funded by the National Science Foundation and centered at the University of Maine at Orono. This project explicitly emphasizes "knowledge-to-action:" the way in which stakeholders in the socioecological system influence, and are in turn affected by, the research process.
Professor Herrera's research has been published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Marine Resource Economics, Natural Resource Modeling, the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, and Marine Policy. In addition to internal research support provided by Bowdoin, Professor Herrera has received external funding from the National Science Foundation (Coupled Natural and Human Systems; EPSCoR; Mathematical Social & Behavioral Sciences), NOAA-Seagrant, and USAID. Professor Herrera currently is an Adjunct Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he has held positions as Research Fellow during two sabbaticals. He maintains active collaborations with members of the WHOI Biology department as well as the Marine Policy Center.
Professor Herrera teaches microeconomics at both the introductory and intermediate levels, as well as environmental and natural resource economics – these latter courses cross-listed with Environmental Studies. He has supervised many independent study and honors students in their research of matters related to environmental regulation, renewable energy, and natural resource use.
A reformed competitive cyclist, Professor Herrera is faculty advisor to the Bowdoin Cycling Club and, on a good day, can keep up with most of them. He lives in Brunswick with his wife Jerry, their sons Oscar and Nico, and their boxer Phinney. The family enjoys traveling together, as well as cycling, skiing, fishing, and exploring the wilds of Maine.
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In a hospital I can see a long queue of pregnant women waiting for their turn for ultrasound. Is it safe to go through the ultrasound during pregnancy, especially during last few weeks? Is ultrasound really required? What if it is not done? How does ultrasound affect baby?
As Luke points out, the ultrasound is very safe. However, in many cases it is not required. Typically by 20 weeks into the pregnancy, and sometimes earlier, a baby's sex can be determined by examining the genitals via ultrasound. My experience is that this is the most common reason for an ultrasound during pregnancy.
Of course if there are complications during the pregnancy, an ultrasound might be helpful to visualize the fetus and diagnose any problems. However there is no definite need for an ultrasound during the course of a normal pregnancy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the following information regarding the risks of ultrasound imaging;
I had a bit of a look through PubMed and Scopus for any papers relating to ultrasound risk, but didn't find any.


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I'm doing a total kitchen renovation with solid hardwood flooring. Do I go hardwood all the way under the cabinets to the wall or stop just past the toe kick and finish the rest with ply of the same thickness?
In your situation, using real 3/4" hardwood flooring should be a lifetime floor. I cannot see any reason to remove it as any other type of flooring in the future could be installed right over it. Since it is much more likely to have some type of cabinet upgrade rather than actually needing to remove the hardwood, I would install the hardwood wall to wall and install cabinets over it. The actual extra amount of hardwood used under the cabinet area is minimal, and will make installation easier and faster than working around the cabinet footprint.
You can do either, but in my opinion it's better to use plywood as the base because:
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6 Brainwashing Techniques They're Using On You Right Now
Brainwashing doesn't take any sci-fi gadgetry or Manchurian Candidate hypnotism bullshit. There are all sorts of tried-and-true techniques that anyone can use to bypass the thinking part of your brain and flip a switch deep inside that says "OBEY."
Now I know what you're thinking. "Sure, just make an ad with some big ol' titties on there! That'll convince people!"
While that's certainly true ...
... they've got a whole arsenal of manipulation techniques that go way beyond even the most effective of titties. Techniques like ...
#6. Chanting Slogans
Every cult leader, drill sergeant, self-help guru and politician knows that if you want to quiet all of those pesky doubting thoughts in a crowd, get them to chant a repetitive phrase or slogan. Those are referred to as thought-stopping techniques, because for better or worse, they do exactly that.
Sounds like:
"Say it with me now, folks!"
"One, two, three, four, I, Love, The Marine, Corps. One, two..."
Why It Works:
The "Analytical" part of your brain and the "Repetitive Task" part tend to operate in separate rooms. But you didn't need an expert to tell you that. You know you can't solve a complex logic puzzle if I force you to scream the chorus to that Chumbawamba song over and over again while you're doing it. Try it.
Meditation works the same way, with chants or mantras meant to "calm the mind." Shutting down those nagging voices in the head is helpful for stressed-out individuals, but even more helpful to a guy who wants to shut down an audience full of nagging internal voices suggesting that what he's saying might be retarded.
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At the political conventions, notice how they trained the audiences to fill the gaps between applause lines with chants ("U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!") rather than, say, pensive silence to carefully consider what the speaker has just said.
Also, those of you who've worked at Wal-Mart are familiar with the "Wal-Mart Cheer" that begins every shift:
They used to sacrifice a goat at the end, but PETA put a stop to it.
#5. Slipping Bullshit Into Your Subconscious
The rise of the internet news portal has given birth to a whole new, sly technique of bullshit insertion. What They (and from here on, "They" with a capital T means anyone who draws a paycheck by manipulating your opinion) have figured out is that most of you don't read the stories, you just browse the headlines. And there's a way to exploit that, based on how the brain stores memories.
The Drudge Report lives off this. A single anonymous source will report to some news blog that, say, Senator Smith runs a secret gay bordello in New Orleans. Drudge will run the headline:
Or perhaps there'll just be a question mark on the end:
It doesn't matter that the headline merely involves "questions" about the bordello. The idea has been planted, and two months later when somebody mentions Senator Smith around the water cooler you'll say, "The gay bordello guy, right?"
Sounds like:
Why It Works:
They call it "Source Amnesia." For instance, you know what a wolverine is, but probably don't remember exactly how you learned that piece of information. The brain has limited storage, so it stores just the important nugget (that a wolverine is a small, ferocious animal) but usually discards the trivial context, such as when and where you learned about it (the movie Red Dawn, probably).
In the era of the web and information overload, that's a mechanism They can exploit very easily. What They have found is that a piece of information--say, an ugly rumor about a politician--can be presented with all sorts of qualifiers (a question mark, attribution to a shitty source, the word "unconfirmed") but often the brain will only remember the ugly rumor and completely forget the qualifier.
And get this: it happens even if the headline we read was specifically about the rumor being untrue.
You'll see this daily, in every election cycle. The entire point of putting a shaky rumor into the press is to force your opponent to deny it. Why? Because They know that the denial works just as well as the accusation. Thanks to Source Amnesia, for millions of people all three of these ...
... register as the exact same headline.
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During the presidential primaries, Drudge ran a huge photo of Barack Obama wearing a turban. Under it was an inflammatory headline about how disgusting it was that Clinton staffers were circulating such a picture.
But a huge number of people who saw it only remembered the picture (months later, 13% of voters still thought he was a muslim). That's the idea.
#4. Controlling What You Watch and Read
Restriction of reading and/or viewing material is common to pretty much every cult. Here on the internet, we've all heard horror stories about Scientology, which goes as far as filtering members' internet access. Obviously the idea is to insulate the members from any opposing points of view, to keep them marching in line.
That technique works just as well outside of the cult world, but They have to be more subtle about it. It just takes a little poison in the well, that's all.
Sounds like:
"Of course the public is misinformed! They're reading that trash in the liberal mainstream media!"
"Of course the public is misinformed! They're watching Faux News and the other trash in the corporate mainstream media!"
Why It Works:
Studies show the brain is wired to get a quick high from reading things that agree with our point of view. The same studies proved that, strangely, we also get a rush from intentionally dismissing information that disagrees, no matter how well supported it is. Yes, our brain rewards us for being closed-minded dicks.
So with a little prodding, the followers will happily close themselves in the same echo chamber of talk radio, blogs and cable news outlets that give them that little "They agree with ME!" high.
This wouldn't have been possible even 20 years ago. I grew up in the 80s, in a house with three TV stations. Three. We got one newspaper, the local one. You didn't get to pick from the conservative news or liberal news, back in my day you took what you got and you were thankful for what you had, dammit.
Today, I go through that many outlets a day just to get my freaking video game news.
And now, that explosion of the 24-hour cable news stations and, later, the web and blogosphere, has created these parallel universes of Right vs. Left media outlets, complete with their own publishing arms.
And for each, their favorite topic of discussion is how corrupt and ridiculous the other side's media is. They each even have "watchdog" groups that exist purely for the reason of hammering away at each other (the left has FAIR and MediaMatters, the right has the Media Research Center).
Recently Seen:
When an MSNBC interview with candidate John McCain got tense, he responded to the question by openly accusing the reporter of being an operative for the other side:
Just days later the campaign called The New York Times "a pro-Obama advocacy organization."
This technique is relatively new, but you'll see a lot more of it in future elections. The candidate will talk right past the reporter asking the questions and says to his supporters, "These guys work for the enemy, don't believe a word they say. Their lies will only poison your mind."


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No, this is not the start of a joke about a bunch of people walking into a bar. Rather, I thought it would be helpful to clarify various titles that people give to leadership roles in churches.
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Catholic version
Priest The biblical order of presbyters. One who conducts sacrifices
Pastor The priest who is in charge or a parish, he may have associate pastors - recently ordained priests start as associate pastors.
Minister Ordinary ministers are the bishops, priests and deacons who administer the sacraments to the faithful. Extraordinary ministers are laypersons appointed by the priest to help in the administration of the sacraments.
Chaplain An ordained person whose vocation is specific to their task (i.e. hospital chaplain, military chaplain etc..) not to a parish.
Preacher Not a specifically Catholic term.
Reverend A title given to any priest deacon or bishop (to varying degrees)
Deacon An ordained person in the order below priests. Deacons cannot celebrate Mass or administer the sacrament of reconciliation (strictly speaking, they can hear your confession - but they can't do anything about it). Deacons come in two flavors. The permanent deaconate (people ordained specifically as helpers to the priests) and transitional deconate (seminarians ordained a few years before their eventual ordination to the priesthood)
Elder Not a specifically Catholic term.
Bishop The successors of the apostles who oversee their diocese or bishopric (in the Eastern Catholic churches). Together with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, they are the top of the Catholic hierarchy. They are the ones who can confirm with the Holy Spirit (or appoint priests to do so in their stead) and only they can ordain priests.
An attempt at a generic Protestant version. Note that these are guidelines, and additional tradition-specific versions should be consulted!
Depends on the tradition:
Note: In the NT, deacons, elders, and later bishops are the only mentioned leadership positions.
Some of the primary differences are due to the believed place of the clergy.
In some churches being clergyman is considered a "vocation". If someone is called to be ordained they are ordained for life (barring exceptional circumstances). Even if they stop doing the job of a priest, they remain one. The denominations that practice this typically have a three-level clergy: bishops, priests and deacons. These churches include Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Anglican and Lutherans. In these denominations:
Reverend is a title applied to one of these e.g. "Reverend John Smith". To call someone "a reverend" is technically incorrect.
Other protestant churches reject the idea of ordained clergy. A church leader is appointed to a specific job, and can leave it. When a pastor quits his job he is no longer a pastor. These churches use different terms for their leaders:
Other terms:
An etymology-based perspective
Here are some meanings for these roles based on the original meanings as used in the New Testament. Many denominations attempt to use these terms in the same way, such as the Brethren, Presbyterians and some Baptist churches.
Pastor: a shepherd. Someone who looks after the 'flock' of God: his people. Pastors are listed in Ephesians 4:11 as one of the gifts that God has given the church. There are varying opinions about gifts: some think this is a leadership role, and others that it describes regular church members - in both cases they would be the people who are naturally good at caring for the spiritual health of the other church members.
Priest: someone who mediates between a god and people. Jesus is called our Great High Priest, while many Protestants support a doctrine called the Priesthood of all Believers, which is based on 1 Peter 2. Those who support that doctrine believe that all Christians are priests because we are all meant to go between God and the people around us, and therefore the leaders of a church should not be called priests because they are not special in that regard.
Minister: a servant. (We may not think of it that way, but in politics a Prime Minister is the head of the Public Servants, so the meaning is still hidden there.) There is a sense in which all Christians are meant to serve each other, and so we are all ministers, and we all do ministry. There is another sense for people who are particularly gifted at serving others - this is the sense found in Romans 12:7. And there is another sense: the Greek word for 'minister' is 'diakonia', from which we get the word Deacon. Most denominations believe that a Deacon is a person who has been specifically appointed to a position. Passages like 1 Timothy 3:8-13 might be indicating an appointed position, or they might not - I'm not particularly sure either way.
And though you didn't ask for this one, I'll include it too:
Elders, Presbyters and Bishops: Presbyter is a transliteration of the Greek word meaning Elder. The idea is like a village elder, the natural leaders of a small community because of their age, wisdom and experience. In most Protestant denominations except for the Anglicans Bishops are thought to be equivalent to Elders - the word Bishop means an Overseer (which is how some Bibles translate it.) The idea is that they are there to oversee the church, to "hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it." (Titus 1:9)
None of the terms I have described necessarily imply an employed position in a church. Most churches will use one of these terms and use it to mean that the person is an employed staff member of the church, which can give the wrong idea that their title is used because they are employed rather than because they are a servant or an overseer etc.
The English words you cite come with an awful lot of denominational baggage.
The word minister was originally used to denote someone who served others (ministered to them).
Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
minister = diakoneō = to be an attendant, to wait upon
The word priest was used to describe someone in the old testament who offered sacrifices in the temple. Hebrews describes Jesus who fulfills all the requirements of the priesthood. Peter refers to believers as a royal priesthood.
The word pastor is used only once in the new testament as a noun in Ephesians and it is grammatically joined with the word teach such that the idea is given that shepherding is accomplished by teaching.
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When I want to delete a file in Finder or in the Desktop a popup appears and it says it will be deleted immediately, and I need to confirm.
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For quite a long time I'm trying to prove convergence of an iterative algorithm in case of a particular system of nonlinear equations.
Here are some characteristics of this system:
It consists of n equation and n variables.
Every equation is in similar form - sum of products = constant.
The lenght of every product is the same (it will be denoted as k).
The number of elements in sum might be different in each equation.
In every product in equation $i$ one of elements is $x_{i}$ - this is very important.
This system is "symmetrical", it means that if $x_{i} \cdot x_{j} \cdot ...$ is one of elements of equation i, then it is also in equaton j.
$b_{i} > 0$ - where $b_{i}$ is intercept in equation i.
I'll write an example of such equation for k=3 and n=6:
$x_{1} \cdot x_{3} \cdot x_{6} + x_{1} \cdot x_{2} \cdot x_{4} = b_{1}$
$x_{2} \cdot x_{1} \cdot x_{4} + x_{2} \cdot x_{5} \cdot x_{6} = b_{2}$
$x_{3} \cdot x_{1} \cdot x_{6} + x_{3} \cdot x_{4} \cdot x_{6} = b_{3}$
$x_{4} \cdot x_{1} \cdot x_{2} + x_{4} \cdot x_{3} \cdot x_{6} = b_{4}$
$x_{5} \cdot x_{2} \cdot x_{6} = b_{5}$
$x_{6} \cdot x_{1} \cdot x_{3} + x_{6} \cdot x_{2} \cdot x_{5} + x_{6} \cdot x_{3} \cdot x_{4} = b_{6}$
It is very easy to transform this equation to following form (it just need to be divided once).
$x_{i} = b_{i} / something$ , $x_{i}$ is only on left-hand side of ith equation.
If we have all equation in such form then the fixed point is solution of it.
I've experimentally checked that algorithm analogic to Gauss-Seidel is covergent (i've checked ~100 random examples, and in every case it was convergent).
By analogic to Gauss-Seidel algorithm I mean:
1) Choose any initial solution $[x_{1}^{0} , ... , x_{n}^{0}]$
2.1) Calculate value of $x_{1}^{i+1}$ using $[x_{2}^{i} , ... , x_{n}^{i}]$
2.2) Calculate value of $x_{2}^{i+1}$ using $[x_{1}^{i+1} , ... , x_{n}^{i}]$
2.n) Calculate value of $x_{n}^{i+1}$ using $[x_{1}^{i+1} , ... , x_{n-1}^{i+1}]$
3) If solution is good enough stop, otherwise go to 2.1
I've tried Banach fixed point theorem, but is hard to say anything about spectral radius. Does anyone have a clue how to prove convergence of this algorithm?
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I've found another restriction. If we denote by $m$ number of all products (in this example it would be 12, becuase in 1st,2nd,3th,4th we have 2 products, in 5th we have 1, and in 6th we have 3). Then following equation is true:
$m = k \cdot \sum_{i=1}^{n}{b_{i}}$ Which also implies thah $\sum_{i=1}^{n}{b_{i}}$ is a natural number (from the symmetry), but it doesn't imply that any of $b_{i}$ is natural.


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As time goes on in our age of increasing reliance on computerized kanji input, this question may become increasingly irrelevant, but when I'm writing a sentence with (gasp!) pen and paper, I have always struggled to remember where the dividing line between kanji and okurigana lies with each character. Is there any way (aside from brute-force memorization, which I'm attempting at the moment) to learn and reliably recall okurigana? Are there any patterns I can rely on?
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Other than brute-force memorization (棒暗記), the only thing I can suggest is material regarding the Kanji-Kentei (漢検), because I know some of the (lower?) levels focus on 送り仮名. Some materials I have are books of tests from previous years (問題集), and a Nintendo DS 漢検 game. However, I got all of this in Japan, so I don't know how accessible this kind of stuff would be for you (Amazon.co.jp, have friends from Japan send you stuff, etc.) There's always Google to maybe search for some online 送り仮名 quizzes.
For い-adjective, of course the い is always 送り仮名. There are also the 〜やか/〜らか type adjectives, where that suffix is always 送り仮名 as well.
Learning verbs by their dictionary form will also help. Note however, that there are often times where multiple forms of 送り仮名 are accepted. For example, the verb とらわれる can be written both as 捕らわれる and 捕われる. This can throw a kink into some verbs, but I think the ratio of multiple-accepted-送り仮名 verbs to one-accepted-送り仮名 is probably pretty low.
Since the kanji part of both verbs and adjective is the part conveying the root meaning of this particular adjective form, the okurigana (i.e. everything that follows the part written in kanji) is rarely composed of anything else except for derivation and conjugation suffixes.
Conjugation suffixes are easy enough, and I doubt they pose any problem for you. You know that the
I guess your problem really begins when you get to verbs like 変える and 帰る. Both look essentially the same in their Rentaikei (base) forms, and in both only the last syllable (る) changes - so why is the え in 変える spelled out in the okurigana, while it is considered part of the Kanji in 帰る?
The answer for that is that the え here is part of the derivational suffix. If we look at the verb's history, then it's original stem was actually
These origin of these derivational suffixes may be a bit obscure nowadays, but it's still easy to recognize the difference between 変える and 帰る by just comparing them to their counterpart verbs written with the same kanji: 変わる and 帰す. You can see that in 変わる the two last syllables change and in 帰す only the last syllable changes. That's why writing down the derivational suffixes in okurigana is still relevant even today: because these parts of the verb still change.
Now, it should be noted here (and it was already noted by istrasci, in fact) that some verbs have more than one acceptable okurigana. Looking at older texts, it seems to me that the standardization of okurigana is actually quite recent, so we naturally have quite a few exceptions, whether they are officially (or semi-officialy) accepted or not. But these exceptions to the rule shouldn't bother you most of the time, since all it really means is that you have an extra form, for which the derivational suffixes aren't fully spelled out in okurigana (e.g. 捕われる, which derives from 捕る) - the other form (with fully spelled out derivational suffixes) is still accepted, and usually it's also the more common one.
As for い-"adjectives", they are a bit easier (like istrasci has noted), since they are less often derived, but you should pay attention to the cases where such adjectives are derived. They're usually easy to detect because of the ending: adjectives ending with ない (such as 少ない and もったいない/勿体ない, but not 汚い), たい (重たい) and しい (悲しい、親しい).
The gist: There is a kind of computerized kanji input system that puts you back in charge of which letter to write in Kanji and which one in Kana. Namely, SKK. With SKK, you can actively learn okurigana rules even when writing text on the computer.
The disclaimer: While I have been using SKK for 8 years now, I haven't intentionally used it for the purpose of learning okurigana. So I can't testify that SKK will improve your okurigana skills, nor do I have any study data on that matter.
The why: That said, SKK gives you the environment to actively and constantly engage in the act of deciding the okurigana, which can help you get better with it. This is just like pen-and-paper writing on the computer, but with instant feedback from the system.
The example:
AquaSKK's "making the switch" article (ja) also has a good fleshed out example.
The caveat: SKK's okurigana dictionary lists extra forms alongside with standardized forms. If you want to restrict the acceptable okuriganas to standardized forms only, you need to find or create a dictionary file with extra forms weeded out.
Where to get it: There are various versions of SKK for several operating systems. You can check out the Japanese Wikipedia article for a comprehensive list.
Why force it at all? Simply expose yourself to the language (reading, etc) and let nature take its course.
I like learning new vocabulary via study-methods as much as the next guy, but learning to actually use the words comes best from seeing/hearing them in use.


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REG completed the acquisition of the former Soy Energy refinery on July 31. REG immediately began efforts to repair and restart the plant, which began producing biodiesel on October 1. REG also announced that it has begun a $20 million project to upgrade the plant to a multi-feedstock facility.
Renewable Energy Group (REG) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on
Monday to formally open their recently-acquired biodiesel refinery in Mason City, Iowa, the
company said on Monday.
REG also announced that it has begun a $20 million project to upgrade the plant to a
multi-feedstock facility.
REG completed the acquisition of the former Soy Energy refinery on July 31. REG immediately
began efforts to repair and restart the plant, which began
producing biodiesel on October 1.
REG Mason City fits into our existing network of
biodiesel plants very well and is an ideal location to bring in
raw materials for biodiesel production, is a good distribution
point, and is sited well to serve our customers and
terminals, said Daniel J. Oh, CEO of Renewable
Energy Group. As we continue to grow as a company and an
industry, we are dedicated to our communities like Mason City,
and providing America with advanced biofuel.
Brad Albin, vice president of manufacturing for
REG, described the upgrades the company will soon make.
With these upgrades, we will be able to utilize lower
cost raw materials like inedible corn oil from ethanol production, used cooking oil
and animal fats, with the majority coming from a close
proximity to Mason City, Albin said. This will give
REG Mason City the ability to deliver the highest quality
product available, in line with the REG quality
REG now has eight active biorefineries in four states, with
Mason City being the companys third Iowa facility,
joining the companys first refinery in Ralston and a
plant in Newton. The company also has a multi-feedstock biorefinery in nearby Albert Lea,
Minnesota, where a $21 million multi-feedstock upgrade was just recently
completed. REG also has two refineries in both Illinois and
Texas, respectively.
The REG-owned biodiesel production fleet has an annual
production capacity of 257 million gallons.
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Definition of sponsor in English:
1A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising: the production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors
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- For example, be a sponsor of a local art contest or an artist award.
- The competition was such a positive experience because it was so well organized and because everyone involved - volunteers, sponsors - was excited about the event.
- The Water Tower sponsors such events as art classes, auctions and a local film festival, in addition to housing gallery space for cutting-edge artworks.
1.2chiefly US A business or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising: NBC found a sponsor willing to put the election up on prime time
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- The broadcaster was one of those who lead the charge, using private money when the television sponsors refused to finance their programme.
- The last thing the media want is something with any hint of reality, any threatening sound or sentiment that disturbs the cosy world of MTV, sponsors and commercial radio.
- Would the sponsors and the television network be happy with do-overs?
backer, patron, promoter, subsidizer, benefactor, benefactress, guarantor, underwriter, supporter, friend
informal angel
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2A person who introduces and supports a proposal for legislation: a leading sponsor of the bill
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- Cooperatives can help bring stability, economic development and democracy according to a principal sponsor of the legislation.
- The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, the sponsor of this bill, states that hundreds, if not thousands, of people are affected annually by pesticide exposures.
- Eventually, the lead sponsor of the bill, and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee testified to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
2.2A godparent at a child's baptism.
Example sentences
- Sir Walter's involvement as a sponsor for his own child would not have required his own adult baptism or re-baptism.
verb[with object]
1Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out): Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme
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- The Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art sponsored the art project and exhibited the photo in August.
- He sponsors the project and watches the costs rocket to over a million above the original budget.
- The project was sponsored by the US Government and cost more than $1,000,000.
finance, put up the money for, fund, subsidize, underwrite, back, promote, lend one's name to, be a patron of, act as guarantor of, support
informal foot the bill for, pick up the tab for
North American informal bankroll
1.1Pay some or all of the costs involved in staging (a sporting or artistic event) in return for advertising: the event is sponsored by Cathay Pacific
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- Those businesses that don't host an artist will often sponsor the events.
- The funny thing is, many sponsors just do not realize that they can get a lot more mileage sponsoring women's events.
- We are delighted that KITT, manufacturers of quality equestrian products and safety items, are sponsoring these events.
1.3 (often as adjective sponsored) Pledge to donate money to a participant in (a fund-raising event): they raised £70 by a sponsored walk
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- The Japanese don't have a tradition of raising money by sponsored walks, nor generally of giving to charity, unlike in the West.
2Introduce and support (a proposal) in a legislative assembly: a Labour MP sponsored the bill
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- A bipartisan coalition of some 50 members backs the House bill, sponsored by U.S. Reps.
- Kaptur sponsored a bill in the House of Representatives to toughen the Agricultural Fair Practices Act, which protects farmers in bargaining groups from retribution.
- Earlier this year, McCain and Joseph Lieberman sponsored a bipartisan bill calling for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
2.1Propose and organize (negotiations or talks) between other people or groups: the USA sponsored negotiations between the two sides
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- At the end of last month the US held talks with North Korea in a meeting sponsored by China.
Mid 17th century (as a noun): from Latin, from spondere 'promise solemnly'. The verb dates from the late 19th century.
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What techniques would you suggest for cooling a lager during the lagering phase? Further, how important is the stability of that temperature?
Find a 4.2 cubic feet (or larger) minifridge on craigslist. I usually see them go for around $50 to $70, but YMMV depending on where you live. With the shelves removed, 4.2 cu. ft. should be large enough to hold a carboy.
Grab a temperature controller and use it with the minifridge. This will allow you to regulate the exact temperature inside, making it perfect for lagering, and for fermenting any other style of beer at the exact temperature you want. The Johnson Controls models are often highly recommended, but if the ~$80 price range is above your budget, I've seen them go on eBay for much less. You can also check your LHBS or look online -- there are often people getting rid of kegging setups that include them.
Cheapest = Brew in the winter =P
Move to Minnesota, nature's refrigerator/freezer, where I live? Controlling added heat is much easier when your entire garage is 36-38F for 4 months of the year and you don't have to do much to get the cooling side of things.
This seems to be cheap and easy solution. If you have a cooler, you can probably pull the whole thing off for $20.
Earlier this year, Basic Brewing Radio covered this exact topic.
Dig a hole in your back yard! Seriously a small bunker type hole just big enough to fit your brew is fairly cheap to build. Build a well insulated roof for it, make sure it's sealed to keep out pests. Underground temperatures are much cooler than above ground in warm areas, and much warmer than above ground in cooler areas. The temperature stays fairly consistent. I recommend digging about 6 feet in your back yard and drop a thermometer in there and throw some insulation on top and see what the temp is.
Another option is underwater brewing in a pool (if you have one) but this is much more complicated and kids complain when they can't swim cause dad is brewing again. lol Here's a video of an undersea brewery! http://vimeo.com/30311858#
There's also the Cool Brewing fermentation cooler ($55). It works surprising well as long as you change the ice packs (or whatever you use to cool it) every 12-24 hours.
Here is a video on how to use the Cool Brewing Fermentation cooler.


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Unanswered: Resize handling. Getting info on when resize is finished vs started?
I cant seem to find the documentation on how to detect ( if possible ) resize handling of a browser window, to differentiate the start of the resize versus the end of the resize.
Can someone toss me the URL which explains this?
BTW I currently use listeners on my viewport such as
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Usually you don't need this info.
Components will relay themselves upon resize (as long as they are within a Container configured to perform sizing on its child Components).
What do you need this information for?
http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!...onWindowResizeSearch the forum: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...%3Az7of1ufqccu
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Mental Health and Delusional Disorder
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How Is Delusional Disorder Treated?
Treatment for delusional disorder most often includes medication and psychotherapy (a type of counseling). Delusional disorder can be very difficult to treat in part because its sufferers often have poor insight and do not recognize that a psychiatric problem exists. Studies show that close to half of patients treated with antipsychotic medications show at least partial improvement.
Antipsychotic medicines are the primary treatment for delusional disorder. Sometimes, psychotherapy can also be a helpful adjunct to medications as a way to help patients better manage and cope with the stresses related to their delusional beliefs and its impact on their lives. Psychotherapies that may be helpful in delusional disorder include the following:
- Individual psychotherapy: Can help the person recognize and correct the underlying thinking that has become distorted.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT): Can help the person learn to recognize and change thought patterns and behaviors that lead to troublesome feelings.
- Family therapy: Can help families deal more effectively with a loved one who has delusional disorder, enabling them to contribute to a better outcome for the person.
The primary medications used to attempt to treat delusional disorder are called anti-psychotics. Drugs used include:
- Conventional antipsychotics: Also called neuroleptics, these have been used to treat mental disorders since the mid-1950s. They work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter believed to be involved in the development of delusions. Conventional antipsychotics include Thorazine, Loxapine, Prolixin, Haldol, Navane, Stelazine, Trilafon, and Mellaril.
- Atypical antipsychotics: These newer drugs appear to be effective in treating the symptoms of delusional disorder with fewer movement-related side effects than the older typical antipsychotics. They work by blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain. Serotonin is another neurotransmitter believed to be involved in delusional disorder. These drugs include Risperdal, Clozaril, Seroquel, Geodon, and Zyprexa.
- Other medications: Tranquilizers and antidepressants might also be used to treat anxiety or mood symptoms if they occur in combination with delusional disorder. Tranquilizers might be used if the person has a very high level of anxiety or problems sleeping. Antidepressants might be used to treat depression, which often occurs in people with delusional disorder
People with severe symptoms or who are at risk of hurting themselves or others might need to be hospitalized until the condition is stabilized.


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