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Making beer at home is cheap, easy, and great fun. Learn about the initial phase, which is basically tea made from grains (usually oats, wheat, or some similar combination thereof) and then adding sugar in.
It consists of a lot of boiling and since we haven't tried it on this stove before... may be upwards of 3 hours long. Bring something to keep yourself entertained in the meantime (like a great book, some home brew you've already made, or your latest project).
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I am trying to understand how complex numbers made their way into QM. Can we have a theory of the same physics without complex numbers? If so, is the theory using complex numbers easier?
The nature of complex numbers in QM turned up in a recent discussion, and I got called a stupid hack for questioning their relevance. Mainly for therapeutic reasons, I wrote up my take on the issue:
On the Role of Complex Numbers in Quantum Mechanics
It has been claimed that one of the defining characteristics that separate the quantum world from the classical one is the use of complex numbers. It's dogma, and there's some truth to it, but it's not the whole story:
While complex numbers necessarily turn up as first-class citizen of the quantum world, I'll argue that our old friend the reals shouldn't be underestimated.
A bird's eye view of quantum mechanics
In the algebraic formulation, we have a set of observables of a quantum system that comes with the structure of a real vector space. The states of our system can be realized as normalized positive (thus necessarily real) linear functionals on that space.
In the wave-function formulation, the Schrödinger equation is manifestly complex and acts on complex-valued functions. However, it is written in terms of ordinary partial derivatives of real variables and separates into two coupled real equations - the continuity equation for the probability amplitude and a Hamilton-Jacobi-type equation for the phase angle.
The manifestly real model of 2-state quantum systems is well known.
Complex and Real Algebraic Formulation
Let's take a look at how we end up with complex numbers in the algebraic formulation:
We complexify the space of observables and make it into a $C^*$-algebra. We then go ahead and represent it by linear operators on a complex Hilbert space (GNS construction).
Pure states end up as complex rays, mixed ones as density operators.
However, that's not the only way to do it:
We can let the real space be real and endow it with the structure of a Lie-Jordan-Algebra. We then go ahead and represent it by linear operators on a real Hilbert space (Hilbert-Schmidt construction).
Both pure and mixed states will end up as real rays. While the pure ones are necessarily unique, the mixed ones in general are not.
The Reason for Complexity
Even in manifestly real formulations, the complex structure is still there, but in disguise:
There's a 2-out-of-3 property connecting the unitary group $U(n)$ with the orthogonal group $O(2n)$, the symplectic group $Sp(2n,\mathbb R)$ and the complex general linear group $GL(n,\mathbb C)$: If two of the last three are present and compatible, you'll get the third one for free.
An example for this is the Lie-bracket and Jordan product: Together with a compatibility condition, these are enough to reconstruct the associative product of the $C^*$-algebra.
Another instance of this is the Kähler structure of the projective complex Hilbert space taken as a real manifold, which is what you end up with when you remove the gauge freedom from your representation of pure states:
It comes with a symplectic product which specifies the dynamics via Hamiltonian vector fields, and a Riemannian metric that gives you probabilities. Make them compatible and you'll get an implicitly-defined almost-complex structure.
Quantum mechanics is unitary, with the symplectic structure being responsible for the dynamics, the orthogonal structure being responsible for probabilities and the complex structure connecting these two. It can be realized on both real and complex spaces in reasonably natural ways, but all structure is necessarily present, even if not manifestly so.
Is the preference for complex spaces just a historical accident? Not really. The complex formulation is a simplification as structure gets pushed down into the scalars of our theory, and there's a certain elegance to unifying two real structures into a single complex one.
On the other hand, one could argue that it doesn't make sense to mix structures responsible for distinct features of our theory (dynamics and probabilities), or that introducing un-observables to our algebra is a design smell as preferably we should only use interior operations.
While we'll probably keep doing quantum mechanics in terms of complex realizations, one should keep in mind that the theory can be made manifestly real. This fact shouldn't really surprise anyone who has taken the bird's eye view instead of just looking throught the blinders of specific formalisms.
The complex numbers in quantum mechanics are mostly a fake. They can be replaced everywhere by real numbers, but you need to have two wavefunctions to encode the real and imaginary parts. The reason is just because the eigenvalues of the time evolution operator $e^{iHt}$ are complex, so the real and imaginary parts are degenerage pairs which mix by rotation, and you can relabel them using i.
The reason you know i is fake is that not every physical symmetry respects the complex structure. Time reversal changes the sign of "i". The operation of time reversal does this because it is reversing the sense in which the real and imaginary parts of the eigenvectors rotate into each other, but without reversing the sign of energy (since a time reversed state has the same energy, not negative of the energy).
This property means that the "i" you see in quantum mechanics can be thought of as shorthand for the matrix (0,1;-1,0), which is algebraically equivalent, and then you can use real and imaginary part wavefunctions. Then time reversal is simple to understand--- it's an orthogonal transformation that takes i to -i, so it doesn't commute with i.
The proper way to ask "why i" is to ask why the i operator, considered as a matrix, commutes with all physical observables. In other words, why are states doubled in quantum mechanics in indistinguishable pairs. The reason we can use it as a c-number imaginary unit is because it has this property. By construction, i commutes with H, but the question is why it must commute with everything else.
One way to understand this is to consider two finite dimensional systems with isolated Hamiltonians $H_1$ and $H_2$, with an interaction Hamiltonian $f(t)H_i$. These must interact in such a way that if you freeze the interaction at any one time, so that $f(t)$ rises to a constant and stays there, the result is going to be a meaningful quantum system, with nonzero energy. If there is any point where $H_i(t)$ doesn't commute with the i operator, there will be energy states which cannot rotate in time, because they have no partner of the same energy to rotate into. Such states must be necessarily of zero energy. The only zero energy state is the vacuum, so this is not possible.
You conclude that any mixing through an interaction hamiltonian between two quantum systems must respect the i structure, so entangling two systems to do a measurement on one will equally entangle with the two state which together make the complex state.
It is possible to truncate quantum mechanics (at least for sure in a pure bosnic theory with a real Hamiltonian, that is, PT symmetric) so that the ground state (and only the ground state) has exactly zero energy, and doesn't have a partner. For a bosonic system, the ground state wavefunction is real and positive, and if it has energy zero, it will never need the imaginary partner to mix with. Such a truncation happens naturally in the analytic continuation of SUSY QM systems with unbroken SUSY.
If you don't like complex numbers, you can use pairs of real numbers (x,y). You can "add" two pairs by (x,y)+(z,w) = (x+z,y+w), and you can "multiply" two pairs by (x,y) * (z,w) = (xz-yw, xw+yz). (If don't think that multiplication should work that way, you can call this operation "shmultiplication" instead.)
Now you can do anything in quantum mechanics. Wavefunctions are represented by vectors where each entry is a pair of real numbers. (Or you can say that wavefunctions are represented by a pair of real vectors.) Operators are represented by matrices where each entry is a pair of real numbers, or alternatively operators are represented by a pair of real matrices. Shmultiplication is used in many formulas. Etc. Etc.
I'm sure you see that these are exactly the same as complex numbers. (see Lubos's comment: "a contrived machinery that imitates complex numbers") They are "complex numbers for people who have philosophical problems with complex numbers". But it would make more sense to get over those philosophical problems. :-)
Let the old master Dirac speak:
So if I interpret Dirac right, the use of complex numbers helps to distinguish between quantities, that can be measured simultaneously and the one which can't. You would loose that feature, if you would formulate QM purely with real numbers.
Frank, I would suggest buying or borrowing a copy of Richard Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Or, you can just go directly to the online New Zealand video version of the lectures that gave rise to the book.
In QED you will see how Feynman dispenses with complex numbers entirely, and instead describes the wave functions of photons (light particles) as nothing more than clock-like dials that rotate as they move through space. In a book-version footnote he mentions in passing "oh by the way, complex numbers are really good for representing the situation of dials that rotate as they move through space," but he intentionally avoids making the exact equivalence that is tacit or at least implied in many textbooks. Feynman is quite clear on one point: It's the rotation-of-phase as you move through space that is the more fundamental physical concept for describing quantum mechanics, not the complex numbers themselves.[1]
I should be quick to point out that Feynman was not disrespecting the remarkable usefulness of complex numbers for describing physical phenomena. Far from it! He was fascinating for example by the complex-plane equation known as Euler's Identity, $e^{i\pi} = -1$ (or, equivalently, $e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$), and considered it one of the most profound equations in all of mathematics: see his Volume 1, Chapter 22 of "The Feynman Lectures in Physics.
It's just that Feynman in QED wanted to emphasize the remarkable conceptual simplicity of some of the most fundamental concepts of modern physics. In QED for example, he goes on to use his little clock dials to show how in principle his entire method for predicting the behavior of electrodynamic fields and systems could be done using such moving dials.
That's not practical of course, but that was never Feynman's point in the first place. His message in QED was more akin to this: Hold on tight to simplicity when simplicity is available! Always build up the more complicated things from that simplicity, rather than replacing simplicity with complexity. That way, when you see something horribly and seemingly unsolvable, that little voice can kick in and say "I know that the simple principle I learned still has to be in this mess, somewhere! So all I have to do is find it, and all of this showy snowy blowy razzamatazz will disappear!"
[1] Ironically, since physical dials have a particularly simple form of circular symmetry in which all dial positions (phases) are absolutely identical in all properties, you could argue that such dials provide a more accurate way to represent quantum phase than complex numbers. That's because as with the dials, a quantum phase in a real system seems to have absolutely nothing at all unique about it -- one "dial position" is as good as any other one, just as long as all of the phases maintain the same positions relative to each other. In contrast, if you use a complex number to represent a quantum phase, there is a subtle structural asymmetry that shows up if you do certain operations such as squaring the number (phase). If you do that do a complex number, then for example the clock position represented by $1$ (call it 3pm) stays at $1$, while in contrast the clock position represented by $-1$ (9pm) turns into a $1$ (3pm). This is no big deal in a properly set up equation, but that curious small asymmetry is definitely not part of the physically detectable quantum phase. So in that sense, representing such a phase by using a complex number adds a small bit of mathematical "noise" that is not in the physical system.
Complex numbers "show up" in many areas such as, for example, AC analysis in electrical engineering and Fourier analysis of real functions.
The complex exponential, $e^{st},\ s = \sigma + i\omega$ shows up in differential equations, Laplace transforms etc.
Actually, it just shouldn't be all that surprising that complex numbers are used in QM; they're ubiquitous in other areas of physics and engineering.
And yes, using complex numbers makes many problems far easier to solve and to understand.
I particularly enjoyed this book (written by an EE) which gives many enlightening examples of using complex numbers to greatly simplify problems.
I am not very well versed in the history, but I believe that people doing classical wave physics had long since notes the close correspondence between the many $\sin \theta$s and $\cos \theta$s flying around their equations and the behavior of $e^{i \theta}$. In fact most wave related calculation can be done with less hassle in the exponential form.
Then in the early history of quantum mechanics we find things described in terms of de Broglie's matter waves.
And it works which is really the final word on the matter.
Finally, all the math involing complex numbers can be decomposed into compound operations on real numbers so you can obviously re-formulate the theory in those terms there is no reason to think that you will gain anything in terms of ease or insight.
Yes, we can have a theory of the same physics without complex numbers (without using pairs of real functions instead of complex functions), at least in some of the most important general quantum theories. For example, Schrödinger (Nature (London) 169, 538 (1952)) noted that one can make a scalar wavefunction real by a gauge transform. Furthermore, surprisingly, the Dirac equation in electromagnetic field is generally equivalent to a fourth-order partial differential equation for just one complex component, which component can also be made real by a gauge transform (http://akhmeteli.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JMAPAQ528082303_1.pdf (an article published in the Journal of Mathematical Physics) or http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4828 ).
Complex numbers are used for practical reasons only: QM includes helices and similar functions. The Euler formula
$${e^{i\alpha}} = \sin \alpha + i \cos \alpha$$
is describing three-dimensional helices in a very simple way, but if you want to use it you must replace one real axis by an imaginary axis. This is why QM generally works with an imaginary axis. For the same reason complex numbers are used in engineering: In every case a helix-like process is to be described.
The rotation group, its representations, and their carrier spaces are fundamental parts of quantum mechanics. Every object in the universe is either a spin=0, 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2,… object. For the integer spin objects, the rotation group is O(3), and the rotation matrices contain only real numbers. However, there are half integer spin particles in the world, and matrices with complex numbers in them are needed to rotate them. The group that covers all rotations is SU(2) which has a 2 x 2 array of generators $J$. The 3 rotation angles must be encoded into the 2 x 2 array of lie group parameters $\Theta$. The group element (ie: the rotation matrix) is then $$ R=e^{\Theta^{mn} J^{nm}} $$ The special "S" in SU(2) means $det(R)=1$ which implies $Trace(\Theta)=0$. R is unitary which makes $(\Theta^{nm})^* + \Theta^{mn} = 0$. If the elements in $\Theta$ are real, then $\Theta$ is antisymmetric. So $$ \Theta = \begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ -b & -a \end{bmatrix} $$ Notice there is no way to stuff a third angle c into $\Theta$ without using $ i $. Then using $i$ the 3 rotations can be put into $\Theta$. $$ \Theta=(i/2)\begin{bmatrix} -\theta_z & \theta_x + i\theta_y \\ \theta_x - i\theta_y & \theta_z \end{bmatrix} $$
Therefore, a reason complex numbers are needed in quantum mechanics is because there exists half-integer spin particles.
Update: This answer has been superseded by my second one. I'll leave it as-is for now as it is more concrete in some places. If a moderator thinks it should be deleted, feel free to do so.
I do not know of any simple answer to your question - any simple answer I have encountered so far wasn't really convincing.
Take the Schrödinger equation, which does contain the imaginary unit explicitly. However, if you write the wave function in polar form, you'll arrive at a (mostly) equivalent system of two real equations: The continuity equation together with another one that looks remarkably like a Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
Then there's the argument that the commutator of two observables is anti-hermitian. However, the observables form a real Lie-algebra with bracket $-i[\cdot,\cdot]$, which Dirac calls the quantum Poisson bracket.
All expectation values are of course real, and any state $\psi$ can be characterized by the real-valued function $$ P_\psi(·) = |\langle \psi,·\rangle|^2 $$
For example, the qubit does have a real description, but I do not know if this can be generalized to other quantum systems.
I used to believe that we need complex Hilbert spaces to get a unique characterization of operators in your observable algebra by their expectation values.
In particular, $$ \langle\psi,A\psi\rangle = \langle\psi,B\psi\rangle \;\;\forall\psi \Rightarrow A=B $$ only holds for complex vector spaces.
Of course, you then impose the additional restriction that expectation values should be real and thus end up with self-adjoint operators.
For real vectors spaces, the latter automatically holds. However, if you impose the former condition, you end up with self-adjoint operators as well; if your conditions are real expectation values and a unique representation of observables, there's no need to prefer complex over real spaces.
The most convincing argument I've heard so far is that linear superposition of quantum states doesn't only depend on the quotient of the absolute values of the coefficients $|α|/|β|$, but also their phase difference $\arg(α) - \arg(β)$.
Update: There's another geometric argument which I came across recently and find reasonably convincing: The description of quantum states as vectors in a Hilbert space is redundant - we need to go to the projective space to get rid of this gauge freedom. The real and imaginary parts of the hermitian product induce a metric and a symplectic structure on the projective space - in fact, projective complex Hilbert spaces are Kähler manifolds. While the metric structure is responsible for probabilities, the symplectic one provides the dynamics via Hamilton's equations. Because of the 2-out-of-3 property, requiring the metric and symplectic structures to be compatible will get us an almost-complex structure for free.
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YORKVILLE - A town hall meeting concerning hours at the Yorkville post office is scheduled, and a Christmas parade involving Yorkville, Tiltonsville and Rayland has been proposed, according to Village Council.
Councilman Tom Magnone reported the town hall meeting is slated for 5 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the firehouse.
The discussion will revolve around cutting hours at the post office, and area residents are encouraged to attend, Magnone said.
The village is one of several Eastern Ohio municipalities where post office hour reductions are proposed during the weekdays. The post office currently is open eight hours a day during the week, and it has been proposed the hours be reduced to four a day.
A review process for certain post offices known as the POST Plan has been established by the U.S. Postal Service, and the Yorkville office is among those being evaluated under POST Plan criteria, officials said.
The Nov. 14 meeting is to answer questions and provide information about the POST Plan. At the meeting, local management will share results of a survey to be filled out by residents, answer questions and seek input regarding the time of day the post office will be open.
A 260-page list of post offices facing reduced hours throughout the nation was posted in May. In addition to noting current hours, the list includes proposed retail hours for the post offices named. The proposed retail hours for post offices listed vary from two to four to six.
It is noted the 260-page list of post offices is preliminary, and additional review, analysis and verification are needed. The list is subject to change, it was noted.
Among those on the preliminary list in addition to Yorkville are Beallsville, Adena, Bergholz, Brilliant, Colerain, New Athens, Mount Pleasant, Bowerston, Irondale, Smithfield, Tiltonsville, Harrisville, Jewett and Scio.
In other matters, Councilman Dana Brown reported that he, Rayland Mayor Tammy Morelli and Rayland fire Chief Jim Doughty discussed the possibility of an annual Christmas parade involving Yorkville, Tiltonsville and Rayland.
The proposed parade, discussed tentatively for Dec. 8, would begin in Rayland, go through Tiltonsville and then Yorkville, concluding at the Warren Township Park, where everyone would gather. Brown said he would attend a Tiltonsville Council meeting about the proposed tri-community parade.
If the parade plans move forward, area communities will be notified about participating, according to the councilman.
Brown also said the Christmas Memory Tree, a tradition in Yorkville, will be put up Dec. 3, and an indoor service will be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15 at firehouse.
He said every year, participation regarding the memory tree increases.
In other matters regarding the holidays, Yorkville officials scheduled Trick-or-Treat from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31, and residents wishing to give treats are to have their porch lights on. This event is for youngsters age 12 and under.


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Can a woman with carcinoid ever become pregnant? Is somatostatin safe during pregnancy?
Carolyn Vachani, RN, MSN, AOCN OncoLink Nurse Educator responds.
Octreotide is not thought to be harmful to an unborn baby. However, you should talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
Using octreotide can affect certain hormones (it blocks excess growth hormone) that may make it easier for you to get pregnant, even if you were unable to get pregnant before. Keep this in mind, as you may need to use birth control to avoid pregnancy.
It is not known whether octreotide passes into breast milk. Ask your doctor about using octreotide if you are breast-feeding.
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Nerves of steel were required of 2013 Traditional 40 champion Jeff Pellersels, as the journeyman sprinter narrowly held off a pair of seasoned veteran racers in a marathon battle during the second annual event and St. Croix Valley Raceway. Other winners on Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative and Polk-Burnett Propane night included Tim Baxter in the Pure Stocks, Damon Roberts in the Future Four division, Allison Berger in the UMSS Micro Sprints, and Justin Oestreich in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.
The night's penultimate race had the crowd in awe at the multi-car, multi-groove display put on by the AMSOIL WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. John Remington and Kevin Marlett paced the field to green with Remington grabbing the early lead. Remington, it seemed, was trying to out run the entire starting grid. From the moment the green light blinked on, the racers fanned out into three, four, and sometimes even five different racing grooves. Fourth starting Tony Schill used a good start to jump to second, while Marlett, Mitch Weiss, second heat race winner Ryan Bowers, Ryan Olson, Josh Bazey and first heat race winner Justin Oestreich gobbled up every square inch of available clay in pursuit of Remington. By lap thee, Marlett had edged a bumper in front Schill with Bowers in tow and Oestreich – who started eighth – cracked the top five by lap four. At the halfway point, Bowers claimed the lead, but only for a lap as Remington charged back to the point on lap eleven. By then Oestreich had clawed his way through the swarm of racers enough to sneak a front bumper into third place. Remington continued his charge at the point, scant inches in front of battle for position between Bowers, Oestreich and Marlett. On the seventeenth circuit, the duo of Oestreich and Olson catapulted to the font leaving Remington and Bowers to battle for third. On the race's final lap, Remington and Bowers both got back around Olson, but no one could catch Oestreich on this night as he picked up another Valley sticker in the caution-free affair. Remington, Bowers, Olson and Marlett rounded out the top five.
It was a memorable night for Woodbury, Minnesota driver Jeff "Race Doc" Pellersels, as he led all the way in the Traditional 40 with a hearty car count record of seventeen non-winged sprints in the pits for the second annual event.
Pellersels grabbed the early lead from his outside front row starting spot over pole sitter Cam Schafer. There was really only one fast way around the little 1/4 mile oval on this breezy night, as the cushion up top provided the best avenue. Pellersels' victory did not come without some drama though, as the race was only slowed twice under caution and on two occasions Pellersels found himself in a bit of trouble on the cushion. The first yellow waved when rookie Jake Kouba had a cooling hose blow off his car, dumping water on the track. On the restart, rookie racer
Brian VanMeveren spun in turn two and collected Katrina Sautbine and Doug Taubert. All three cars were out of the race, as Tom Porter also pulled off under the caution. The race would then run 26 laps nonstop to the finish.
Pellersels maintained his lead throughout the race, but twice he bobbled on the cushion and momentarily lost the lead to Rob Caho, Jr. each time. Caho ran third in line until lap 25 when he got by Schafer for the runner-up spot. In the final 10 laps, Caho twice ducked under Pellersels exiting turn four only to see Race Doc return the favor on each occasion to lead at the line by a narrow margin. With a right front tire beginning to lose some air pressure in the final few laps, Pellersels was able to hold off Caho for the win. Caho, Schafer, rookie Mike Mueller and Johnny Parsons III completed the top five. Kevin Bradwell, Lucas Milz, Wes Hendrickson, in his series debut and Denny Stordahl finished the race. Jack Clark rounded out the top ten, although he did not finish. Sautbine, Taubert, Van Meveren, Porter and Kouba were the other DNFs. Joe Jesmore experienced engine issues in his heat race and did not start the feature while Ryan Olson had a radiator break in hot laps and ended up being scratched for the evening.
Allison Berger took over the top spot from Bryan Patrick with less than two laps remaining and went on the record her first ever UMSS micro sprint feature win and her first at the St. Croix Valley Raceway. Berger defeated Ty Sampair, Patrick, Steve Polhill and Grant McIntosh. Sandy Traaseth finished sixth while Tony Duran and Collin Olson dropped out of the race.
Ty Sampair led the first two laps before being involved in an incident in turn two with Tony Duran. Duran's car was pushed back to the pits while Sampair was sent to the tail on the restart. Patrick led laps 3-10 up front with Berger in second. Sampair steadily worked his way forward in the final 10 lap green flag run to the checkers. Coming out of turn 4 to take the white flag, Berger ducked under Patrick for the lead. Sampair did likewise coming to the checkers to place second.
For the first time all season, a driver not named Jason Havel won the Pure Stock feature, with the honor going to Tim Baxter. Baxter shared the front row with pole-starting Jake Silbernagel and Baxter immediately jumped to the point. Silbernagel gave chase for the first five laps while Ben Kaphing and Krysta Swearingen followed in the next two spots. Just prior to the midpoint, Swearingen powered past Silbernagel into second. At the twelve lap mark, Havel had worked around Silbernagel, but took his Thunderbird pit side just a lap later. At the final double checkers, it was Baxter picking up the win over Swearingen, Silbernagel, Jon Wigchers and Kaphing.
Damon Roberts won his heat race and redrew the pole for the Future Fours. Starting the main event alongside Bob Carver Jr., Roberts assumed control at the drop of the green and never looked back. Carver was runner-up the first few laps before being overtaken by Derek Reding. Once in second, Reding made some headway reeling in Roberts for a few laps, but eventually Roberts pulled away winning by a comfortable margin over Reding, Nicki DuBois, Carver and Samantha Yarusso.
The next event scheduled for St. Croix Valley Raceway will celebrate the return of the WISSOTA Modifieds to the quarter-mile with the Thursday night Modified Dawg Days Dash on July 18. Also in action will be The Valley's regular classes: Pure Stocks, Future Fours, UMSS Micro Sprints, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and UMSS Traditional Sprints. No races will be held the following night, Friday July 19. Details are available on the track's website, www.SCVRaceway.com.
Race summary:
Pure Stocks: Heat 1- Ben Kaphing, Kyle Dahlhiemer, Jon Wichers, Mason McEvers, Jason Havel. Heat 2- Jake Silbernagel, Tim Baxter, Tony DuBois, Krysta Swearingen, Kaylee Remington. Feature- Tim Baxter, Krysta Swearingen, Jake Silbernagel, Jon Wigchers, Ben Kaphing Kyle Dahlhiemer, Kaylee Remington, Jason Havel, Mason McEvers, Tony Dubois.
Future Fours: Heat- Damon Roberts, Dylan Roberts, Bob Carver Jr., Brock Anderson, Derek Reding, Nicki DuBois, Alex Hallin, Samantha Yarusso. Feature- Damon Roberts, Derek Reding, Nicki DuBois, Bob Carver Jr., Samantha Yarusso, Alex Hallin, Brock Anderson, Dylan Roberts
UMSS Micro Sprints: Heat- Tony Duran, Ty Sampair, Grant McIntosh, Sandy Traaseth, Allison Berger, Bryan Patrick, Steve Polhill, Collin Olson. Feature- Allison Berger, Ty Sampair, Bryan Patrick, Steve Polhill, Grant McIntosh, Sandy Traaseth, Tony Duran, Collin Olson
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Heat 1- Justin Oestreich, Kevin Marlett, Tony Schill, John Remington, Doug Toepper, Greg Anderson, Kyle Hallin, Greg Arnt. Heat 2- Ryan Bowers, Ryan Olson, Josh Bazey, Mitch Weiss, Jim Giossi, Kevin Marlett, Jared Gorka. Feature- Justin Oestreich, John Remington, Ryan Bowers, Ryan Olson, Kevin Marlett, Josh Bazey, Tony Schill, Mitch Wiess, David Mastell, Doug Toepper, Kyle Hallin, Greg Anderson, Jared Gorka, Jim Giossi, Greg Arnt.
UMSS Traditional Sprints: Heat 1- Cam Shafer, Jeff Pellerseles, Kevin Bradwell, Lucas Milz, Jack Clark, Wes Hendrickson. Heat 2- Mike Mueller, Katrina Sautbine, Brian VanMeveren, Jake Kouba, Denny Stordahl, Joe Jesmore. Heat 3- Rob Caho Jr., Johnny Parsons, Tom Porter, D Taubert, Ryan Olson. UMSS Traditional 40: Jeff Pellersels, Rob Caho Jr., Cam Shafer, Mike Mueller, Johnny Parsons, Kevin Bradwell, Lucas Milz, Wes Hendrickson, Denny Stordahl, Jack Clark, Katrina Sautbine, D Taubert, Brian VanMeveren, Tom Porter, Jake Kouba, Ryan Olson, Joe Jesmore
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I started working out on Tuesday and today is my second workout. I did squats on Tuesday and today my legs are still so sore I have trouble going from standing to sitting, sitting to standing, and stairs are just mean and nasty. Should I still do squats today or skip them? I am not injured, its not that kind of pain, but I am VERY sore. To add to my question what causes this kind of soreness and is there anything that can be done to minimize it or shorten the recovery?
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The short answer is yes continue your normally scheduled workout session. The soreness will be greatly lessened over time as you get used to using your muscles regularly. It is better to have a light day and keep exercising than it is to skip altogether.
Now, severe DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), as it sounds like you are experiencing, is a symptom of asking your unadapted body to do a lot more work than it was ready for. The problem is not strength, but fatigue and recovery. Your body isn't used to bouncing back from doing hard work yet.
My recommendation for you is to:
Let's say for example, you jumped in your first session with 135lb squats and you are not accustomed to that type of exercise. You would deload to 105lb and work up from there. Now, let's say when you did the 135lb squats you only went halfway down. The weight was too heavy for you then and it's too heavy for you now. You might have to go all the way down to 65lb or even the empty bar to get the technique right. When you are starting out, technique is more important than the weight on the bar.
Getting stronger is not a sprint. You get there slowly.
Muscle soreness is caused by damage to your muscles from your workout. This is a good thing, as it tells your muscles to adapt. As long as you are differentiating between soreness and injury, you can work out while sore. In fact, working out the same muscles will probably reduce the soreness you are feeling. Once you warm up, you might find the majority of your pain has dissipated.
One thing you can do on your off days to reduce soreness is active recovery. This involves light exercise that increases blood flow. Just walking or cycling slowly are examples that would help with your leg soreness.
Finally, you can use ice to reduce inflammation, reduce pain, and speed up the recovery process.


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The tip-off to the college basketball season had New York flavor with a made-for-TV season-opener pitting No. 3 Kentucky and Maryland against each other at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday.
Now, after a 53-year hiatus, the NCAA tournament will return to the mecca of basketball, Madison Square Garden.
OPENING ACT: College hoops first weekend breakdown
TOP 25 RANKINGS: USA TODAY Sports' latest coaches poll
Madison Square Garden, which has often hosted the NIT and Big East Tournament, will serve as the East Regional site in the 2014 championship. The Garden hosted 71 tournament games between 1943 and 1961.
The NCAA announced the news for the preliminary round sites of the 2014 and 2015 tournaments on Monday.
"The bid process was as competitive as ever, with 53 cities expressing the desire to be a part of one of the world's premier sporting events," NCAA vice president of men's basketball Dan Gavitt said in a statement. "We are thrilled for our hosts for the '14 and '15 tournaments, as they include a mix of cities that have proven over the course of several decades how to stage this great event, as well as cities that have come on to the scene in recent years and have embraced the tournament.
"And we are excited about the tournament returning to the world's most famous arena. Only three arenas have hosted more tournament games than Madison Square Garden, despite it being more than five decades since the last time it hosted. That gives you a great sense of the historical significance of bringing the tournament back there."
Dayton will continue to host the opening round, which it has done since 2001. The other 2014 regional sites: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis), FedEx Forum (Memphis) and Honda Center (Anaheim). And in 2015 the regional sites are: Carrier Dome (Syracuse), Reliant Stadium (Houston), Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland) and Staples Center (Los Angeles).
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North West of the island of Manhattan 151 Street.
Easy access to go any where in the city, a short walk to 145 Street is the subway stop of the famous "A" train that travel express to 59th Street & Columbus and all the way Downtown. The 1 train on 145 street and broadway takes you all the way to South Ferry to see Lady Liberty.
Everything you need is all here in the neighborhood, supermarkets, Laundromat, coffee shops, restaurants & bars the basic needs of every day life!
The apartment is a 3 floors walk up. Comfortable and very quite. There is 2 bedrooms one is the Guest room fully furnished with a comfortable Queen Size Bed, the second room is Me! The bathroom is located next to your room, the Living room & Kitchen is spacious and cozy that you and I can use any time. Kitchen is open anytime you want where you can organize some food for yourself.
In Other Words…. You Are a Guest in my home….with the same attention and guidance that I provide to my friends or family. You will have the experience and surrounding of a real New Yorker.
If you like the situation, You are most Welcome!
There are good restaurants in the neighborhood , you can also hang out and listen to good Jazz or latin music in very authentic place.
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We had a wonderfull time. Thanks for all. We will definatly book again if we visit NY again. Nice flat and totally quiet. Sophia you are the best hostess:))))
I had a wunderful and unforgettable time in New York, in Harlem and in sophias apartment. It was just perfect for my trip.
Thank you for evrything Sophia! Je reviens bientôt, hasta pronto.
We had a wonderful time. On arrival, we were handed out a pile of information about subway lines, neighborhood restaurants, things to see and other places of interest or importance. We were also given personal tips and recommendation about booking sights in advance, best times to see etc., and talked a lot about the city. The room was quite and suitably located in harlem a few blocks from an A-line stop. 25 Minutes downtown. We can very much recommend the place if you are looking for a (small) place to stay and be in touch with a lovely host.
We spent two weeks in this room and our trip was amazing ! We had the opportunity to meet very lovely people and we had a great time.
The room is perfect, very quiet and comfortable, with more than enough space for two. The AC works very well and that is a very good point. We could use the kitchen anytime, alone or to spend some good moments with our hosts !
The neighbourhood was very safe and plaisant, with everything you need (stores, restaurants, bars...). We felt safe to go home, even at night. A very good thing is that the A train station is only a few minutes away, so it is a good way to get to Times square or anywhere downtown easily.
We will definitely go back to stay there if we go to NY again, and strongly recommend this place to anybody who wants to visit the city as a real new yorker !
We hope to see you soon guys, enjoy your summer :-)
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We staid for a week with Sophia and enjoyed every minute. She was very helpful and had lots of recommendations for us. The room was simple but clean, the bed very comfortable, the neighbourhood quiet.. There are groceries, corner shops and restaurants within easy walking distance as well as two bus lines and a subway station (A Train) around the corner, so the connection to midtown/uptown is excellent, the ride to Columbus Circle/Grand Army Plaza takes between 20 min (subway) and 35 min (bus). It is nothing fancy, just a good accommodation at a very reasonable price. We recommend it and will stay with Sophia on our next visit to New York.
Dirk and Katja
It was very nice to stay in the apartment from Sophia.
They are kind, helpful, nice, respectful and told us everything we asked how to go or where to go!
We feld "at home" and very welcome!
And sure.... if we go back to New York (and we do!!) than i like to stay again in this apartment!
And if you want to come to Holland.... feel welcome to stay with us!
I think we have friends in New York :)
We had a wonderful stay! The room was perfect and Ana & Engin are so nice and generous people! We are so happy we got to know them! They gave us a lot of tips of what to go see in New York and how to get there. They helped make our stay wonderful and we could not have asked for a better place to stay! Wishing Ana & Engin the best and hope to see them again! They will definitely be our first choice next time we come to New York!
Sophia ist eine sehr nette und hilfsbereite Frau. Sie hat uns jede Menge Tipps gegeben und unterschiedliche Dinge empfohlen. Das Zimmer war sehr sauber und ordentlich. Mehrere Subway Stationensind nur ein paar Gehminuten entfernt. Nur in ein paar Minuten ist man Downtown.
Wir können die Unterkunft von Sophia nur weiter empfehlen. Wir waren sehr gerne bei ihr und hoffe bald wieder hin zu fahren.
Es war sehr schön bei Sophia. Sie ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit und natürlich war auch alles sehr sauber. Man fühlt sich wie daheim. Ist nur zu empfehlen.
Wir waren sehr zufrieden mit der Unterkunft in NYC. Sophia ist eine sehr freundliche und hilfsbereite Gastgeberin. Uns hat es an nichts gefehlt. Das Zimmer ist ruhig, sauber und gemütlich. Die Lage ist sehr zentral. Subway ist nur wenige Minuten zu Fuss entfernt. Wir können die Unterkunft nur empfehlen.
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By Paula Crossfield of Civil Eats
[I can't help but notice in this fascinating interview by Paula, Daniel Imhoff describes himself as a "less-meatarian" – a word-phrase I coined. Maybe it's starting to gain traction. – mb]
A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO, is an Environmental Protection Agency designation for a farming facility that keeps numerous animals raised for food in close confinement, with the potential to pollute. These facilities often produce extreme amounts of waste, which ends up in toxic lagoons, sprayed on the land, and eventually in the watershed; require the use of high doses of antibiotics, thereby adding to the growth of drug-resistant bacteria; and are exempt from most animal cruelty laws. I spoke with Daniel Imhoff, editor of The CAFO Reader – a new book featuring essays by farmers Wendell Berry, Becky Weed, and Fred Kirschenmann, religious conservative Matthew Scully, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, and journalist Michael Pollan, among many others – about recent legislation and the future of the CAFO.
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Nearly three years ago on November 22nd 2009, the parking lot of the Bowling Green Parks and Rec. was the scene of a brutal murder.
Now, it's leaving police with many questions left unanswered, but, they say they're not giving up.
Lead investigator on the case, Detective Melinda Jones, says they're still searching for who did this,
"someone out there knows what happened to Bettina Richmond," she says.
51-year-old Bettina Richmond went to the Bowling Green Parks and Rec. to play racquetball, just like she did often, but this time she would not return home.
"Mr. Richmond actually found her," says Detective Jones, "when she left earlier in the evening, she went to play racquetball, she didn't return home in what he thought was a reasonable amount of time, that's when he found her"
She was found stabbed to death in her Honda Odyssey van when her husband Tom Richmond found her just before 11:00.
Police say a passer-by, then called 911.
"There was a lot of blood," says Jones.
Surveillance footage shows Bettina leaving Parks and Rec., that's the last time she was seen alive.
In her hand were rackets and a duffel bag, the bag was missing from the scene of her murder.
Bettina was a math professor at Western Kentucky University, the school and community were in disbelief after they heard the news.
Dr. Lance Hahn, also a professor at WKU says it shook the entire campus, "it was the week before Thanksgiving so it took a while for everyone to find out but it was just like, how could this happen. Just shock!"
Two weeks later Bettinas WKU ID card was found in a mailbox on Crewdson Drive.
Investigators believe that ID card may have been inside the missing duffel bag.
"We were hoping it was the suspect that placed it there," says Jones, "or someone involved in the case, but nothing came of it. Someone could have found it on the ground and just put in in that mailbox."
Months after the murder, friends and family members put together a 10,000 dollar reward for information leading to a conviction.
After about a year without any useful information, the reward was doubled.
"What we hope is to just give some closure in this case," says Dr. Hahn, "we are offering a monetary reward for any information about the ID in the mailbox, the crime scene itself, or anything that might lead to a conviction in the case."
Bettina's husband Tom, talked about the reward when it first came into place in 2009.
"Bettina brought so much joy to our family and that can't be replaced," he said, "Her friends and relatives have been so great through this. I am hoping this reward will help police solve this"
Still grieving the loss of his wife, he says they want closure, "we struggle daily with our senseless loss and urge anyone with information to please report it to the police."
"Just stop and put yourself in their position," says Jones, "would you want somebody to help? Because we're asking people to help."
With hundreds of pieces of evidence, investigators say it will take years to process all of it.
From the clothes Bettina was wearing, to the napkin on the floorboard.
Investigators are hoping as this evidence comes back, it will lead them to more clues.
Warren County Commonwealth Attorney Chris Cohron says investigators aren't giving up," any homicide case that is open, we are always working off multiple theories. The info we receive, many times, no matter how old the case is, those leads are followed up. Thankfully, over the past few years we've been able to solve some cases we thought would never be solved," says Cohron.
Cohron says a conviction in this case, could mean the ultimate penalty.
"There are several cases of homicides, but in the most serious cases they are eligible for the death penalty."
"People talk about the need for closure, but for me Bettina's place in our hearts will never be closed," says her husband, Tom.
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The woman, 100 year-old Waco resident Thelma Little, received a call from someone who told her she had won the prize and that a Yellow Cab was being sent to pick her up to take her to her bank.
The caller told Little she needed with withdraw $2,000 in order to claim her winnings.
The caller then told Little not to tell anyone about the prize and to call back when the cab arrived.
But Little hasn't lost her street smarts, even at the age of 100.
"I didn't get excited about it right away," Little said.
"I just had a feeling I didn't win that much money."
Yellow Cab, meanwhile, received a call requesting the cab and asking that the driver call back when the woman was picked up.
But Little had already taken down the caller's number and phoned Waco Police
"I don't get in a taxi like that alone not knowing anything about the people I'm dealing with. Nope, I'm not going to do that," Little said.
Waco Police told the cab company to cancel the cab.
The caller phoned the cab company again after not getting a callback from either the woman or the company and requested a second cab.
No suspect information has been released yet, but Waco Police say scams like these need public attention.
"We want our public to know that scammers are out there. If it seems to good to be true, then it probably is a scam," Sgt. Patrick Swanton of Waco Police said.
Not to mention you can't win from the Publisher's Clearing House unless you enter, something Little says she never did.
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With the normal fighter builds found in the PHB, is there any weapon choice (hammers, light blade, heavy blade, axes, etc) that does statistically better damage based on weapon damage, power selection, and appropriate stat?
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It depends on what you are looking for specifically. These weapon groups are generally the "best" for non-specialized builds. The other weapon groups do not have nearly the same power and/or feat support..
Heavy blades have the best proficiency bonus, this will lead to more hits and great DPR. As a fighter it will also help you enforce your mark by hitting more. Requires a moderate to high dexterity.
Axes - Requires a moderate investment in constitution. Not quite as much DPR as hammers but there are a lot of high crit weapons so your damage output will be spikier. (Doing 60+ on a crit can be a lot of fun)
Hammers - Requires a high investment in constitution. They will have the highest DPR in paragon levels and up thanks to Hammer Rhythm (does con modifier damage on miss)
Polearms - You will pay for the reach with a lower DPR per hit. However the increased reach may mean that you get more swings. The Paragon feat Polearm Gamble gives you threatening reach (more or less). Requires some wisdom.
Remember that strength and constitution feed the same defense (Fortitude). So if you use Axes or Hammers you are almost certainly hurting your Reflex and Will defenses compared to a fighter using a heavy blade or polearm.
Within each weapon group its pretty easy to spot the optimal weapon for yourself. Whether one handed or two handed, there is also a superior version in the Adventurer's Vault. The key is deciding whether you want to spend a feat obtain the superior version. Typically the superior version grants you +1 damage on average. If you are short on feats, its better to spend a feat on Weapon Focus (+1 damage/tier) than Weapon Proficiency. A striker should probably spend every feat possible to pump up their DPR while you, as a defender might wish to prioritize other things.
Statistically better for what? Some fighters are more focused on soaking hits, doing damage, repositioning enemies.. Weapon choice plays into all of that.
You seem to be asking about what will be the best damage-dealer though. Since you are asking about PHB builds only I'll leave off the Battle-rager for now (he gets a damage bonus when he has temp hit points) and the Essentials Slayer. If those were included, I think it's clear that the Slayer is the biggest damage dealer.
Here's one way to do it:
Great Weapon Fighter with max strength and the biggest two-hander you can manage (fullblade, and mordenkrad are good if you have the feat space to go exotic, greataxe is good for when you just want to hew.) Dragonborn is a nice choice. Weapon Focus and Fighter Weapon Specialization (it's a feat) actually stack, and another untyped bonus might be something like Savage Axe. Brutal Flnker is good too. Again, some of this isn't in the PHB.
Let's say Greataxe. Save your feats for buffing that up.
For Powers there are some that let you toss in Strength + Con bonus: Brash Strike, for example, and the one you really want is Wicked Strike. Neither of those are in the standard PHB, though. I think you are stuck with reaping strike and cleave.
There are other options as well!
Let me rephrase the question so it focuses on equipment, rather than power choice:
Given the set of single-weapon level 1 at-will powers, which power will produce the best average damage per round (determined by a +3 proficiency weapon having 55% chance to hit, and a +2 having 50% according to the average defences per level mechanics)?
There are four components in answer to your question:
We can then consider these in light of synergies possible through feats and magic items.
Accuracy is the easiest component to deal with. Weapons have either a +2 or +3 proficiency.
The assessment to make is: "Does 5% of a weapons static damage outweigh equivalent damage at that level?"
When looking at damaging weapons, we'll only look at the superior archetypes (found in Adventurer's vault and dark sun):
Question 1: At which static mod does the fullblade contribute the same damage as the execution axe? (.55)(6.5+x) = (.50)(5.5+2+x) Wolfram alpha says 3.5. (That was... slightly counterintuitive) Therefore, at a normal strength mod of +4, a fullblade is superior to an execution axe, despite the latter's brutal 2.
Question 2: What are the item/feat combos (for a fighter) that result in superior damage over each tier?
Answer: It's possible to find something interesting in every combo. My personal preference in paragon is the Greatspear (does less damage but has reach) or glaive (counts as heavy blade which opens up Heavy blade opportunity) with polearm momentum and polearm gamble and forceful opportunist. Looking at the options in the Guide:
and so on.
There is a fighter build, by now, to suit any weapon choice, though most builds will be better with a decent idea of what you want to do in paragon (as the stat requirements can be a bit touchy.) I recommend choosing an at-will, one of the superior weapons, (1h or 2h) and then sitting down with the guide to figure out how to implement your choice. With a fighter, the only real requirement for damage is a superior weapon.
If you are talking about damage, Hammers will edge out other weapons due, at least in part, to hammers rhythm (as mentioned above). Keep in mind that a Str/Con fight will end up with two weak defenses which is often especially rough on a tank. Race can play a role in it too. If you are going to be a dwarf (a fine choice) the dwarven weapon training feat gives you a nice boost during heroic tier but that dwindles a bit with level. Also, are you going to be core forever, or is that what you're limited to at the moment due to funds, etc. Most of the weapon types that were weaker in PHB1 have since reserved some more feats to help with balance.
For heroic to paragon, core only, I'd go with a STR/con/wis dwarf with a shield and warhammer. That will give you the flexibility to swing it with both hands and get numbers close to a greataxe, but when you need the defense you can switch to hammer and shield. Dwarf Wep Training will keep you competitive at low levels and HR will kick in at paragon level. Dwarf plus a decent wis will give you an okay will defense and the shield will offset a less than amazing dex/int for your reflex def.


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The results of the presidential election dampened the spirits of many small-business owners who now worry that forthcoming federal policies, including potentially higher taxes and health-care reform, could stunt growth and hiring at their firms.
A November survey from Vistage International Inc. and The Wall Street Journal found a significant drop in optimism compared with the months leading up to the election, as respondents anticipated a worsening economy in 2013.
The survey's overall confidence index, based on responses of 740 small-business owners, fell to 83.9 from 95.3 in October. That is the lowest in the survey's six-month history.
Specifically, the survey's index of expected economic conditions fell to 77 from 105, a result of 43% of the respondents anticipating worse U.S. conditions in the next 12 months. That is nearly twice as many as October's 23%. The index of business profits also fell to 122 from 135 as only 43% of owners anticipate higher profits in the coming year, down from 50% last month.
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Anticipating higher taxes under President Obama, more business owners are preparing cutbacks to their payroll and other overhead expenses. November's employment index fell to 124 from 141 as 16% of owners are planning to reduce staff in the next year, up from 9% in October. And the fixed-investment index fell to 107 from 123, in part because 23% of owners plan to decrease their investment expenditures, up from 14% last month.
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Is there way to have multiple WYSIWYG editors for a custom post type? For example, if I had a 2 column layout I wanted to have one editor for one column and another editor for the other.
Say your custom post type was called
Then, taking this as the most basic example, you must attach the tinyMCE editor to a textarea. We still have to define our
There are a couple of issues which I'm not sure of how to overcome. The tinyMCE editor will be nested inside of a metabox, which might not be ideal, and it will not feature the ability to switch between HTML and Visual editing modes, as well as the the media insertion commands which the normal post editor has. Switching the modes appears to be defined as a function who's first argument is the ID, but yet it also appears to coded into the wp-tinymce script. It is possible to use the built in tinyMCE functions to do so, but this changes the textarea between full tinyMCE and a basic textarea, without any of the WP HTML insertion buttons.
First: Big Thanks to @Thomas McDonald for his answer; I needed to figure out exactly the same question that @Paul Sheldrake asked and Thomas' code got me started in the right direction.
Unfortunately I then got stuck because I needed to change the layout from the default to a simpler and smaller layout since I needed to use the TinyMCE in a side metabox. I looked practically everywhere for a solution and especially on the MoxieCode TinyMCE Wiki and TinyMCE Tips & How To Forum and found nothing! 1 Everything I found explained how to set
I was about stumped when I ran across the article multiple TinyMCE 3 instances on one page by Hamilton Chua, and he nailed it! His solution was to assign
The sad part is this was really not hard, but it wasn't documented anywhere else I could find. It's amazing to discover almost nobody else has experienced this issue.
So anyway the above code generated the following second TinyMCE in exactly the format/layout that my client needed:
So if you are using @Thomas McDonald code above you find you have any need to modify the layout be sure to check out Hamilton Chua's awesome article (thanks Ham!):
P.S. If you do something even slightly wrong the TinyMCE may just not show at all. For example in my case I use
1: Very frustrating! After little more than a month with WordPress Answer I'm now expecting to find answers to all my questions as the same level of quality as here, and elsewhere I'm typically finding disappointment!
Since I found this article as the first result in Google, I just wanted to comment that WP now offers a function to handle this sort of task.
Within the
Wherever you want to add the TinyMCE editor
The default editor, tinymce, is loaded by a function in wp-admin/includes/post.php called wp_tiny_mce(); Look in the source at line 1350. There is an array of settings at line 1478. One of the options apparently designates the textarea selector to apply the javascript editor to. I was reading this post by Keighl on his blog that pointed me toward it. Read the article, and maybe there's a way to call wp_tiny_mce() in an admin section plugin and apply it to a second text area you create.
I got it just by adding "theEditor" as class attribute to a textarea:
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My computer experience dates from 1961 but I am an Ubuntu/Linux rookie. I am accustomed to downloading software, saving it, and merely clicking on it and voila it is installed.
I have downloaaded Clamav and Clamtk. I just noticed the surceforge similar question and shall check it out, but to be on the safeside have my back with another source for installation by the numbers installation. Incidentally naturally I'm a DOS/Windows guy and struggle with much of the Linux/Ubuntu terminology so any references or other help on this would also be appreciated.


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Can't set SDKTools v2 Path in Windows
I realize this is probably a newby error, but I can't seem to figure out why Secha Designer 2.0 can't seem to find the sencha.js file. I'm getting an error message stating "Error: Can not find ..\command\sencha.js The specified config file "C:/Sencha" does not exist." Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!! Gregg
17 Apr 2012 7:21 AM #2
I have the same problem in 2.0.0 GA. (build 410)
Architect confirms that the SDK-tools are installed, gives the package.json options and let me save and deploy.
Then it gives the error message:
Error: Can not find ..\command\sencha.js ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools\android" create project --target android-7 --name EcoInteractive --activity STActivity --path build/\ --package no.ecoconsult.EcoInteractive" Can not open destination file for writing Failed to copy packager library Failed to package application
All forum quotes etc about deploying from the designer has been in the area "Yes, we have a lot to do on the deploy and packaging side of things.." So, testing this in the beta seemed useless, since you where aware of the problem.
The other SDK-tools problems was related to 64-bit windows, and installing in the x86 folder. Is this still a problem with the latest sdk-tools beta?Sven Tore Iversen
17 Apr 2012 7:35 AM #3
In settings: application
SDK Tools V2 Path: should be something like this - /Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Beta
do no go below this like into bin/Phil Strong
17 Apr 2012 7:43 AM #4
But where should one configure the SDK v2 path in Architect?
I guess the "sdkPath" is the android sdk-path. As in the samples docs, and the error message.
Error message referes to the tools catalog in the android sdk.Sven Tore Iversen
17 Apr 2012 7:49 AM #5
Btw, docs state "*Sencha SDK Tools. Download and install the SDK Tools, and then set the SDK Tools path in Architect to the location where you install the tools. Go to Settings-->Application and enter the location in the SDK Tools V2 path field."
But this option does not exist in Settings, on 2.0.0 GA on Win 7 64.
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17 Apr 2012 9:56 AM #6
Yes this is incorrectly missing from Windows as when it first came out only OSX had SDKTools2 access. Expect a hot patch for this.Phil Strong
17 Apr 2012 9:58 AM #7
Also note that on Windows the first
Error: Can not find ..\command\sencha.js
This is because of an issue related to sdktools that for windows fails reliably the first time it's run so you'll notice sencha is running all by itself first to get past this issue.Phil Strong
17 Apr 2012 10:06 AM #8
17 Apr 2012 11:18 AM #9
17 Apr 2012 12:17 PM #10
So.. I guess the path is not needed, since architect confirms it is installed. But still no direct build on windowsSven Tore Iversen


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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] How to disable paffinity
From: Ralph Castain (rhc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-01 23:39:36
The rsh component checks for the existence of "fork", which may not be present in vxworks. Is it? I'm afraid that component uses fork, so you may have to create a vxworks component that doesn't, or at least uses the equivalent.
On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Õž§ wrote:
> Hi Ralph,
> I just copy your code in the trunk ,it seems working well. But the
> "mpirun ls " still stuck at the orte_plm_select ,after using ompi_info
> ,there is no available component for plm. I think my configure option
> is not the problem, for I use the same configure option to build the
> program under the linux ,the rsh & slurm component are both available
> . Maybe it is a problem of my enviroment , but I really don't know how
> to find the condition to include rsh component.
> 2010/6/30 Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]>:
>> You may be working off of an old version of OMPI - I updated opal_paffinity awhile ago to no longer require that a component be selected. Then you can no-build all paffinity components if you like and the system will still startup okay.
>> I don't believe this was moved over to the 1.4 release branch - afraid you would have to use a developer's trunk tarball or svn checkout. It -might- be in the 1.5.0 release candidates, though (I haven't looked).
>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Õž§ wrote:
>>> Hi all ,
>>> I tried to run the openmpi on vxworks. Now I can run program ompi_info
>>> etc. But it failed running "mpirun ls", the error is :
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> It looks like opal_init failed for some reason; your parallel process is
>>> likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can
>>> fail during opal_init; some of which are due to configuration or
>>> environment problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure;
>>> here's some additional information (which may only be relevant to an
>>> Open MPI developer):
>>> opal_paffinity_base_select failed
>>> --> Returned value -13 instead of OPAL_SUCCESS
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> After using the ompi_info , I cann't find any available component for
>>> paffinity. It seems the linux component of paffinity isn't available
>>> . As the paffinity is not a must in openmpi . I wonder whether I can
>>> disable the paffinity during the running of mpirun?
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