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5 Hilariously Low-Tech Weapons Against Dangerous Animals
Even in this advanced age of iPads and handjob robots (they have those, right?), mankind is still fighting a battle against nature. Whether the challenge is invasive swarms that we created through our own stupidity or simply trying to find a way to protect ourselves that doesn't include outright extinction, we're constantly being reminded that we're not the only link in the food chain. But damn it, we're humans, and we just need to use our big, tool-making primate brains to get an edge. And that's how we wound up ...
#5. Taking on Rampaging Elephants With Ping-Pong Balls
On the one hand, elephants are constantly under threat of being poached out of existence, thanks to their carrying valuable ivory around in their faces. On the other hand, it's hard to feel sorry for them when you're an African village watching a herd of them ruin your life -- one elephant raid can wipe out an entire village's food supply for a year. It's estimated that the annual damages per farmer range from $60 in Uganda to $510 in Cameroon. Many farmers feel that they have no other alternative but to use poisons like Furadan to kill marauding pachyderms. What the hell else is going to deter them? They're freaking huge.
Fortunately, the U.N. put their best and brightest on it, and they came up with an effective, if unconventional, solution: Ping-Pong balls.
Filled with C4.
It being the United Nations, they likely first sent the elephants a series of increasingly strongly worded letters in the hope that they would self-disarm. When that didn't work, their Food and Agriculture Organization recommended the use of a device called a Mhiripiri Bomber -- a gun that launches chili-pepper-filled Ping-Pong balls up to 150 feet. Research has proven that elephants do not like getting shot in the face with them. So poor African villagers have an effective, nonlethal way to deal with Dumbo and kin, and all it took was marrying a spicy South American seasoning blend with NERF technology.
It works equally well against those damn teenagers who won't stay off your lawn.
And if Plan A doesn't work, they also have a backup plan involving bees (which we'll call "Plan Two"). Elephants, it turns out, are terrified of bees, which sting their sensitive eyes and trunk. In fact, research has shown that elephants even have a word that means "Run like hell, the bees are coming!" Normally, this would not be terribly helpful, because it's kind of hard to train bees to attack things on command (it would qualify as an awesome superpower if you could). But they will defend their hive to the death. So, hey, why not stick a bunch of beehives on the fence?
It worked like a charm -- scientists monitored one stretch of bee fence for two years, and when it came to elephant attacks, the score was 44-1 in favor of the bees (44 elephants turned away, one got through, probably in a rage from being shot in the face with chili powder). And if maintaining a fence full of beehives sounds like a pain in the ass, it also works if you just play a recording of bee sounds over a loudspeaker.
OU/Lucy King
Eight people died to get this photograph.
#4. Fighting Snakes With Tylenol
We're having trouble imagining something worse than a snake infestation, other than perhaps a flying snake infestation. But the former is what they were dealing with in Guam, after some brown tree snakes were accidentally introduced there after World War II. Since then, brown tree snakes have gone apeshit insane and eaten just about everything.
National Geographic
"You gonna finish that?"
There are about 2 million or so ravenous serpents out there now (that's about 12,000 snakes per square mile, in case you were wondering). Of the original 12 indigenous bird species, only two are left, and of those there are about 200 individuals alive ... at least until the snakes find them. And now the absence of birds is causing other problems. For instance, in recent years, Guam has seen a huge increase in spider populations. Without birds to keep their numbers in check, the spider population has grown up to 40 times normal. So millions of snakes and millions of spiders on a tiny strip of tropical paradise. Sounds lovely, right? But then you have the larger question of what millions of venomous snakes do when they run out of food. The answer is they start invading homes, crawling into beds and causing regular power outages. Note that they can grow up to 11 feet long, can cross gaps 65 percent of their body length and are great climbers.
Bruce Jayne, Sciencemag.org
Yeah. They can stand up now.
Hilariously, at this point much of the anti-snake efforts are devoted to trying to keep the damned things on Guam so they don't take over the rest of the world. They actually run spotlights along the fences at airports to make sure snakes don't sneak in and then stow away on a plane to end up some place politicians actually care about, like Hawaii. We're pretty sure they're this close to just fencing off the whole island and declaring it a snake prison, like a reptilian Escape from New York. Clearly, it was time to get creative.
The snakes, as it turns out, have a weakness: A mere 80 milligrams of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is 100 percent deadly to a brown tree snake. For comparison, a normal human adult dosage is about 1,000 milligrams. The acetaminophen interferes with the snake's blood, disrupting its ability to carry oxygen.
Get the truck -- we're goin' snake huntin', bitches!"
Unfortunately, holding the snakes down and forcing them to ingest pediatric fever medication is even harder than it sounds. So the USDA and the EPA have been injecting dead rats with Children's Tylenol and air dropping them all across the island. The snakes eat the rats, the snakes die, everybody wins (except the snakes). And yes, we said "air dropping." Since the snakes mostly live in trees, they get the poison to the snakes by parachuting boxes of moldering rat corpses into the canopy, which has to be extremely confusing to any hiking tourists.
#3. Warding off Lions With Flashlight Parts
Nairobi National Park in Kenya has the world's highest density of lions. And if a park sounds like a fine place to keep them, keep in mind that it's only about four miles outside of the country's capital. Pulling lions out of people's backyards isn't uncommon, which sucks for the farmers (and their livestock) who live near the unfenced border.
Fortunately, 11-year-old Richard Turere solved the problem that has been plaguing mankind since the dawn of time ... for under $10. Richard noticed that there were never any lion attacks when people walked around the farms at night. He reasoned that lions don't like the flashlights people carry with them, probably because the lions think they're light sabers.
Stephanie M. Dloniak, NY Times
"Dad, I think it's Billy's turn to take out the trash."
"Nice try. Billy's dead, son."
If you're thinking that the answer is to just put up a bunch of light poles, keep in mind that it's not the lights they hate -- it's the humans carrying them. There's no way to patrol every property night after night, so Richard figured that he just needed to find a way to make it look like they were patrolling. So he took LED bulbs from broken flashlights and gathered them together in round arrays. He put four or five arrays around the outside of his family's livestock enclosure, pointing outward. Then he set them to flash in sequence, so it looked from a distance like somebody was patrolling the property, flicking their flashlight around.
If you think the lions would see through this ruse pretty quickly, you're wrong -- they've had two straight years of lion-free nights. A tween with no access to any sort of technical information or research took some spare parts and designed a system that halted all lion attacks -- something whole governments have been failing to do since forever.
Come on, at least tell us it shoots out lasers or something.
Oh, and did we mention they're solar-powered? The family has a car battery that they charge up with a solar panel; they use it to run their TV and, now, to hold lions at bay. Richard's little device of four or five lamps, some wires and a few batteries costs less than 10 bucks. His inventive genius has saved the cattle of his family and neighbors, possibly some family member or neighbor lives, as well as the lives of a number of lions who would have likely been shot in their raids.
"I intimidated an entire species of the fiercest predator on the planet. What did you do today?"


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Arthur G. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Vice President for University Advancement Professor of Environmental Science
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|University of Texas at Arlington
Additional Education
* Workshop on Conducting Capital Campaigns, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004
* Graduated, Leadership Columbus Program, 1996
* Participant, Georgia Conference on Planned Giving, 1995
* Harvard University School of Public Health Workshop on Commercializing Biotechnology, 1992
* American Council on Education Program, "Academic Departments," for Deans, Division Heads, and Department Chairs, 1991
Courses Taught
* In other institutions: numerous biology courses
* environmental science courses
* museum science
* leadership
* workshops for teacher education
* mentored graduate students
Academic Areas & Scholarly Interests
* Environmental Science - Microbial Remediation
* Protection of endangered mammal species; research in mammalian ecology, especially rodents and bats
Teaching Experience
* Columbus State University, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, July 1995 - June 2004
* University of the Incarnate Word, Armer Professor of Science, August 1989 - July 1994
* Texas Wesleyan University, Assistant Professor to Professor of Biology, September 1965 - August 1989
* Texas Christian University, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, January 1973 - May 1983
Research, Presentations, & Publications
2014. (Review) The nine-banded armadillo: A natural history. J. Mammalogy: 95(2):432.
2013. Environmental factors influencing the status and management of bats under Georgia (USA) bridges. Proc. of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET 2013). (with J. Jackson).
2009. (Review) Mammals of Southeastern Asia. J. Mammalogy 90(3):779-780.
2009. (Review) Bats of Florida. J. Mammalogy 90(1): 252.
2006. Environmental factors influencing distribution and numbers of bats under bridges in Georgia. Report to Georgia Dept of Transportation.
2002. Mammals of Callaway Gardens, Georgia. (Funded research project report). July. (with M. Smith).
2000. Waste treatment using nature's processes. Soil, Sediment and Groundwater. Oct/Nov. (with B. York, J. Mayer, J. Andrews)
2000. Bats of Callaway Gardens and vicinity, Georgia. (Funded research project report) with M. Smith.
1999. Rapid reduction of biological oxygen demand (BOD) in a waste water pond utilizing a new microbial augmentation system. Sixth Inter-American Congress on Environmental Issues. Monterrey, Mexico (Sept) Proceedings. (with B. York)
1998. Distribution and management needs of woodrats (Neotoma) in North Georgia. A report to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (with B. Birkhead)
1996. Tardigrada from southern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. ( with C. Beasley). Zoological Jour. of the Linnean Soc. 116:239-243.
1995. Niviventertrema yunnanensis gen.n., sp. n. (Lecithodendriidae: Pleurogenetinae) from Niviventer cremoriventor
(Muridae) From Yunnan Province of the Peoples Republic of China. (with N. Dronen and Z. Homesley) J. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 62(1):18-21.
1995. Conodiplostomum asymmetricum sp. n. (Neodiplostomidae: Crassiphialinae), from Niviventer cremoriventer (Muridae) from Yunnan Province of the Peoples Republic of China. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 62(2), pp. 131-134.
1992. Final report to the U.S. Air Force. Floral and faunal survey of the Lackland Annex Wildlife Area (with D. McLain).
1992. A preliminary study of small rodent communities in a brushland of south Texas, U.S.A. (with Wu Delin) Zool. Research (China) 13 (2):132-135.
1991. The role of constructed wetlands in the improvement of water quality. Final Report to the U.S. Department of Interior (Office of Surface Mining). (with D. McLain)
1990. The barn owl (Tyto alba) as a major predator of bats in southern Yunnan, China. Bat Research News 31 (4):87 (with Wm Lopez-Foremnt and Wu Delin).
1990. Diel activity patterns of two female small Indian Mongooses (Herpestes javanicus) in relation to weather. (with S. Buskirk and Wu Delin). Zool. Research (China) ll (4):355-358.
1990. Ectoparasites of some mammals from southern China. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 15(l)53-58. (with J. Baccus and J. Whitaker).
1988. Mammals of Dinghushan Reserve, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. (Abst.) Asian-Pacific Mammalogy Symposium, Beijing (with J. Baccus, Liao Weiping).
1988. Bamboo Rats (Rhizomys), species threatened before we know their role. (Abst.) Asian-Pacific Mammalogy Symposium, Beijing (with Wu Deling, B. Chapman, V. Choate).
22 additional titles of publications prior to 1988
1988. Comparative anatomy of the vertebrates: A laboratory manual. 4th Ed. (with G. Kent and D. Martin) July. William C. Brown Publisher. 100pp.
2000. Granted U.S. Patent (#6,087,155) for an "On-site microbial bioremediation system." (with B. York, J. Mayer, J. Andrews)
Church Membership & Activities
Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church
Community Service & Involvement
* International Board of Examiners Member, Genetic Computer Education, Singapore
* Board Member, Lincoln Club of Riverside County
Interests & Hobbies
Collecting and enjoying old maps and books. Travel, especially to spoil grandchildren in Texas, Georgia and Florida. My wife Vicki and I enjoy hiking, home projects, and world travel.
Personal Philosophy
"A college is an institution which, because it recognizes that the enemy is the trivial, makes a deliberate attempt, not only to create the vision of greatness, but to create it habitually..."
- Elton Trueblood in his book "The Idea of a College."
pray without ceasing;
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Communal kitchens are difficult to maintain.
Due to the need for sanitation, freshness and the near simultaneous use of tools, communal kitchens are a complex collaborative workplace. Everyone using the kitchen should conciously participate in preventing entropy.
Communication between everyone using the kitchen is essential. Minimalistic direct communication is essential or disfunction, spailed food, and an unsanitary environment rapidly ensues.
If you are not sure, or are certain you don't know how to use the kitchen, find collaboratores who already have a comprehensive understanding of kitchen excelence.
kitchen maxims
Use oldest items first. (eg. stock rotation)
Add new to old, never add old to new.
Clean as you go. Leave it cleaner than you found it.
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Keep drawers and cupboards cloaed when not in use.
Everything in its place, a place for everything.
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September 17, 2013
Give our #LoveCapeTown bloggers a warm Mother City Welcome
In 2012, Cape Town Tourism rocked the social networking world by hosting four international bloggers on a series of experiences around our hometown and getting them to share their adventures on their platforms , which contributed to us winning the Travel + Leisure SMITTY Awards (Social Media in Travel + Tourism Awards) in the category Best Overall Use of Social Media, CVB, Global.
From Wednesday 18 September to Monday 7 October 2013, we are set to do it again so join us in giving our #LoveCapeTown bloggers Rachel Lucas, Abigail King and Carol T. More a warm welcome to our inspirational Mother City!
What's it all about?
Through following the blogs and tweets of the travelling trio you, our #LoveCapeTown fanatics, will get an insider's view of how the bloggers' adventures in Cape Town unfold and will have the opportunity to participate and be able to suggest things for the writers to do.
Each of the bloggers will stay in the #LoveCapeTown house for a week and explore the Mother City through activities and experiences centred on three key themes: Food, Travel and Design.
The Bloggers:
Who are these gorgeous world travellers, we hear you ask? The three bloggers (all of whom are frequent Tweeters) are from key tourism source markets for Cape Town:
• Rachel Lucas from The Travel Bite (USA) looks at travel through the prism of food and wine: @TravelBlggr
•Abigail King from Inside The Travel Lab (UK) is a travel and lifestyle blogger: @insidetravellab
•Carol T. More from Follow the Colours (Brazil) has a distinct take on creativity and design: @follow_colours
The Itineraries:
What are Rachel, Abigail and Carol going to get up to while they are here?
Cape Town is home to so many fantastic attractions and activities. The list is quite endless, but top of their action-packed itineraries are a visit to our gorgeous wonder of nature, Table Mountain; luxury spa treatments with a view at the Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa ; people watching at the Mother City's sizzling coffee shops; a meet and greet with our friendly African Penguins at Boulder's Beach; a walking tour of our creative Fringe District and Woodstock; giving back to the Masiphumelele community with an AWOL Cycle Tour; a thrilling ride on the Flying Dutchman Funicular at Cape Point; a surfing lesson at Muizenberg Beach; a shopping trip and walkabout the harbour at the V&A Waterfront; high tea at the decadent Mount Nelson Hotel; a taste of the township life in Langa; an underground tour through the tunnels of Cape Town and so much more.
The Hosts:
What would a holiday to #LoveCapeTown be without good hosts?
Luckily for our bloggers, we have a few seasoned local and domestic companion writers to guide them on their escapades around the Mother City.
Each international blogger will be paired with her South African genre counterpart and these include Merushka Govender (Travel); Angie Batis (Design) and Kamini Pather (Food).
Where can you see this happening?
Want in on the #LoveCapeTown action?
Visit our mini-site for a collage of images, blogs and lists of what's happening or share your brilliant ideas of things for our bloggers to do by following the conversation on Twitter and tagging us with #LoveCapeTown.
If you've spotted the girls around town, get your inner shutterbug on and share your dazzling images with us on Instagram or our Facebook Fanpage.


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Barrett Jackson Auction - Betting the FarmWritten by Steven Rupp on July 10, 2008 The inside scoop on what's involved with selling a car at the Barrett-Jackson auction.
It's the automotive equivalent to the circus coming to town. Every January, sellers, buyers, and window shoppers descend upon Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction. Why? It's the biggest event of its type around. This year, 1,163 vehicles went before the gavel and over 280,000 visitors were there to see it happen. It's a car show with a catch: You can have any car for your very own, provided you have a bidder's card, and enough cash.
The real drama of the event is on the seller's side, because Scottsdale is a "no reserve" auction. The sellers are really rolling the dice, since there's no minimum that a car can sell for. Your $50,000 ride could bring $80,000, or it could theoretically net you a dollar. The good news for sellers was that Barrett-Jackson was thick with genuine buyers, over 8,000 of them. And these weren't just wishers and dreamers; each one had to pay $500 for the chance to bid. Whether a car brings in the long green simply depends on if the car catches a buyer's attention. Actually, a ride needs to be wanted by at least two bidders for the price to ratchet up.
We decided to follow a car through the process and see what's really involved in selling a car this way. When we found out Air Ride Technologies was selling their Forza Motorsports '05 Mustang, we contacted them. We knew they wouldn't mind us peering over their shoulders for a few days. Bret Voelkel of Air Ride Technologies told PHR: "The Barrett-Jackson auction is a huge, unique marriage of money, cars, and fun. The adrenaline runs high because it is a no-reserve auction, and whatever the car brings, it brings. It's the ultimate affirmation of the level of car that you have brought. It's definitely not for the faint of heart or the easily offended!" This '05 'Stang they decided to sell was originally built as a SEMA project for the Ford Motor Company, and was used to develop Air Ride Technologies' kits. Later, it was used to compete, and win, the Forza Motorsports Showdown that aired on the Speed Channel in the spring of '07. So this wasn't your garden variety Mustang GT, it had some celebrity to it, but what would that translate into come auction time?
Transport-The Hidden Cost
One cost that's often overlooked by both sellers and buyers is transportation to and from the event. Air Ride Technologies had a booth at the show, so it was easy to get the Mustang to Scottsdale. But for the average guy, this can run from a few hundred bucks to a few grand. Buyers also need to arrange to have their new purchase insured. Barrett-Jackson has thought of all these details and has insurance companies like Hagerty, and transport companies like Intercity Lines, on hand to help buyers with the entire car-buying minutia.
One big difference for the buyers is the aspect of sales tax. Yep, local and state officials are on hand to make sure they get their cut. If a buyer isn't having his car professionally moved out of state, complete with a bill of lading, he will have to pay sales tax. This means a buyer can't bring his trailer and say the car is going out of state.
The Costs of Doing Business
Barrett-Jackson is a business, and it makes its money off fees and commissions. Nonetheless, it's not all profit. Barrett-Jackson spends quite a bit putting on the week-long event, and promoting the cars up for sale. Still, when you do the math, it's definitely a business we all wish we had thought of first. Here's a sampling of the costs involved.
Buyer's premium: 10 percent
Internet/phone buyer's premium: 12 percent
Absentee bidder fee: $100
Seller's commission: 8 percent
Bidder's card: $500
Seller's entry fee: $600 to $1,500, depending on lot number
General admission into show: from $15 on Monday, to $55 on Saturday. A week-long pass runs $160
The Deal of the Auction
Barrett-Jackson has a somewhat unfair reputation as a place where buyers typically overpay for cars. While this does happen, it's more of an exception rather than the rule. Many times, buyers can scoop up cars at a fraction of their build cost. Case in point is the Hemi powered Dart, lot number 1017, picked up by Yancy Johns, of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. PHR featured this Dodge back in January of '06, and at that time the builder had roughly $250,000 into this highly modified Dart. Since then, he had refurbished the fuel-injected Hemi, and added a very nice high-end interior. A battery issue prevented the car from starting, and had to be pushed over to the auction block. We don't know if that scared away the bidders, or if other factors came into play, but Yancy ended up winning the Dart for the meager sum of $51,000. That's about 18 cents on the dollar, and less than what was in the drivetrain alone. "I didn't really expect to win when I put in my bid since it was so low," says Yancy. "Next thing I know, I was told that the car was mine, and I was figuring out how I was going to explain this to my wife." Turns out that Yancy didn't have to worry about telling his wife, since the action was broadcast on TV, resulting in a phone call from the missus. We've since heard that Yancy is out of the doghouse, and enjoying his new Mopar.
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The first fee for a Barrett-Jackson seller is the one to be included in the event. In the case of Air Ride's Mustang, it was $1,500, since they got a prime time slot. Every car pays an amount based on the lot number assigned. That price does get you a bidder's card (in case you want to replace what you're selling), a drink card to help lubricate your desire to buy, and a guest pass. Once the car is delivered to Barrett-Jackson, it's checked in and the VIN number is checked against the title. With the keys and titles safely in Barrett-Jackson's control, this is considered the point of no return.The Forza Mustang was cool enough to secure a display slot in the big tent with all the heavy hitters. Nonetheless, most cars ended up outside, on the grass, and under smaller tents. Where you're located is completely at the discretion of Barrett-Jackson, and is based on which cars they think have the possibility of going big. The buyers get to check out the car and see if they want to bid or not, so it's important for the seller to be on hand to "pitch" the car. In Air Ride's case, they had flyers on hand detailing the car, banners from the TV show, the big trophy, and a bigger check.Also on hand to help promote the car to potential bidders was the team from the show. Britt Marolf, Angela Cope, and Brad Coomer answered questions, posed for pictures, and even signed a few autographs. It's all part of getting the car noticed and hopefully generating some excitement that will carry into the bidding arena.Twenty-five-year-old Angela Cope was the driver who piloted the Air Ride Mustang to victory in the Forza Challenge. For obvious reasons, she helped get the Mustang noticed. Angela's dad, Darren, was heavily into racing as was her granddad, Don. Her uncle, Derrike Cope, won the '90 Daytona 500. It's no wonder that racing is in her blood. Oh, and she has a twin sister named Amber who races as well.Each car at the auction was given a lot number with Number One being the first car for sale on Tuesday, and lot number 1613 being the last car sold on Sunday. Air Ride's lot number of 993 meant that it was set for early Friday evening, which is a prime spot for both TV coverage, and for bidding. Barrett-Jackson assigns lot numbers based on when they want cars to go across the auction block. The cars expected to generate the most excitement are set to sell on Friday and Saturday evenings with Saturday being reserved for the biggest players. Here, Barrett-Jackson crewmen push the Mustang out of the tent towards the auction block.The trip from the display spot to the auction block can take several hours, which is a good thing since it gives buyers a chance to see the car outside and even hear it run. After leaving the tent, a Barrett-Jackson representative meets with the seller to go over last minute details, and a picture is taken of the car for Barrett-Jackson's records.The covered staging area before the auction block is the last chance for the sellers to pitch the car to potential buyers. Between the Speed Channel cameras and buyer's questions, it was a real zoo.The moment of truth was when the Mustang hit the stage. Sellers were given the choice of pushing the car on stage, having a Barrett-Jackson crewman drive it onstage, or driving it onstage themselves. Air Ride chose the later and even threw some big revs to get the crowd's attention. Once onstage, the car officially belongs to Barrett-Jackson until the new owner takes possession.
As the auctioneer introduced the Mustang and gave a brief history of the car, potential bidders were allowed up on the block to get one last look at the ride. Air Ride team members were also on hand to show off memorabilia, like the Forza trophy and check. All of this while the Speed Channel rolled tape of the event. In Air Ride's case, the TV coverage was a definite bonus.We asked Bret Voelkel, owner of Air Ride Technologies, what he was hoping to get for the Mustang, and he felt $50,000 was a reasonable target. The bidding stalled out at $30,000, but after some work by the auctioneer, it ratcheted up to a final sale price of $45,000. Not quite $50,000, but it was close enough to make Bret happy. The ending price means Air Ride got $41,400 and the buyer paid $49,500. Do the math and Barrett-Jackson's commission came out to $8,100. Ouch!Once the sold sticker is slapped on, it's moved outside to a tent where paperwork is finalized, and the new buyer has a chance to check out his purchase. We tried to find the buyer of the Mustang, but had no luck. We imagine some buyers just want to stay incognito. As for the Air Ride team, their job was done and they could relax and enjoy the rest of the show.The Mustang now temporarily belongs to Barrett-Jackson until the title paperwork and payment is completed with the new owner. Their handlers put the Mustang back in its original display spot.


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SHERMAN, TX -- Roughly 49 million Americans, or 16% of us, are living in poverty. For those that are homeless in Grayson and surrounding counties, there's a shelter looking to help.
A study just released by The Salvation Army reports that two of every five Americans say they've received financial assistance or housing support. In Grayson County alone there are roughly 250 people who are homeless. With a new location opening soon, the North Texas Youth Connection, is working on bringing this number down.
'We do residential and non-residential services for homes and abused children and also children and families in crisis that need counseling and other services,' said Chief Advancement Officer Dr. Jan Elias.
Founded in 1979, NTYC's emergency shelter houses runaway, homeless and neglected kids ages 10-17 and transitional living services for youth and young adults age 16-24. They provide a home for about 125 minors each year.
'We are talking about young people who are on their own for the first time either by circumstance or by choice," said Interim Executive Director Sharon M. Watson. "They may start out and then find they don't have money or a job, or lose a job, and they are homeless."
Shelter and Transitional Living program staff are present 24/7 and act as the parents the young people are missing. They provide life skills and mentoring as well as get them ready for school, teaching them how to do laundry and cook, helping with their homework and more.
NTYC has acquired a new facility and has just begun a fundraising campaign to renovate the building at 100 Memorial, next to the old TMC. The building is double the size of the current space.
The extra room is to take in more kids whom Jan says need a lot of love. And that caring for them not only enriches the children's lives, but the lives of her and all of the NTYC staff.
"I think that our program and many of the non-profit organizations in this area are vital to the well-being of the community." said Jan.
North Texas Youth Connection hopes to start renovations at the new site in September. The center is also one of six area shelters that recently received the Emergency Shelter Grant from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
This means NTYC can provide emergency shelter to kids aged 10-17 along with education, lifeskills and employment so they have the tools to never be homeless again.


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Johnson heads to Texas atop NASCAR standings
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Who hasn't heard this before late in a Sprint Cup Series season? Jimmie Johnson is your race winner and points leader. Johnson held off Kyle Busch to win Sunday's Tums 500 at Martinsville Speedway and take a two-point lead over Brad Keselowski in the series standings with three races left in the season.


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Dia Center for the Arts announced the acquisition of Richard Serra's group of three "Torqued Ellipses." This represents the first major addition to Dia's collection since 1984. This landmark acquisition was made possible through a generous gift by Leonard Riggio, CEO of Barnes & Noble, Inc., who is also an avid collector of modern and contemporary art, particularly sculpture.
According to Director of Dia Center for the Arts, Michael Govan, "This is an historic occasion for us, and it symbolizes Dia's revitalized interest in collecting unique and significant works by leading figures of the 1960s and 70s. Leonard Riggio's generous gift, one of the largest single contributions to Dia since Menil family patronage ended in the early 1980s, has enabled us to add to our holdings works by Richard Serra, one of this century's most important artists."
Richard Serra's "Torqued Ellipses" is the result of four years of research, and marks a new departure in the artist's oeuvre. This new series, for which he created over twenty models resulting in four works realized to date, involves bending steel in a totally unprecedented manner. The result has been recognized as yet another breakthrough for Mr. Serra.
The Dia collection is presently comprised of extensive holdings by twelve prominent artists including Joseph Beuys, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Blinky Palermo, Fred Sandback, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol. Taken together it is one of the foremost public collections of art of the 1960s and 1970s in the world. Dia also maintains several major long-term installations: Walter De Maria's Lighting Field in New Mexico, and The Broken Kilometer and New York Earth Room in New York; as well as The Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton, Long Island. Some of Dia's artworks became founding collections for The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, and the Cy Twombly Gallery, Houston.
Since 1987, Dia's facility on West 22nd Street in Chelsea has presented a program of yearlong exhibitions of work by these and other contemporary artists, as well as lectures, symposia, poetry readings, and performances. "Torqued Ellipses" will remain on view at Dia Center for the Arts through June 14, 1998. Located at 545 West 22nd Street, just across from Dia's main facility, this 5,000 square-foot building was renovated by architect Richard Gluckman. Opening hours for the Serra exhibition are Thursday through Sunday, 12:00 noon to sunset. A catalogue is available at the Dia bookstore.
In the fall of 1998, "Torqued Ellipses" will travel to Los Angeles where they will be exhibited at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA as part of a large retrospective of works by Richard Serra.
Dia Center for the Arts is a tax-exempt charitable organization. Established in 1974, the organization has become one of the largest in the United States dedicated to contemporary art and contemporary culture. For more information about Dia Center for the Arts, please visit our website at www.diacenter.org.
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Someone asked me to help her find a new book to read based on what she just read (and liked), so I thought I'd share this list (with credit to Lifehacker.com):
http://www.goodreads.com/ - most popular tool according to one website
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/ - Simple interface (type the title in slowly and select from a drop down list) - but no covers to browse until you click "more info" and land on a book's Amazon record.
http://www.mindthebook.com/ - selects a book based on a question, eg. "How to be happy?" - probably best for non-fiction
http://www.shelfari.com/ - kind of like facebook for readers, but the recommendations seem to be less relevant. No need to create an account to search, though.
http://www.lazylibrary.com/ - helps you find short books
http://www.authonomy.com/?from=bookarmy - I wasn't able to get the search function to work, so i don't know how good the results are
http://booklamp.org/ - promises to find books based on writing style, but I couldn't get it to pull up any books I'd read (even popular titles like "The Help", and "Catch-22")
http://www.whichbook.net/ - Instead of searching, you slide scales on the side eg. (Funny or Sad, Unusual or Conventional). You can also browse by Author, but that doesn't give you recommendations for other authors, just shows you where their books are on the scales. Fun to use, but not sure how useful.
http://www.yournextread.com/us/ - Easy to use interface, some of the recommendations are similar to Shelfari, so maybe the two websites are sharing data.
http://bookseer.com/ - Very simple interface, but you need to know the title and the author to search
http://www.librarything.com/ - Has been around a long time, free to join but there is a paid membership option. No searching without signing up.
http://getglue.com/ - Searching for members only. Free.
And of course, there is always http://www.amazon.com - probably the most powerful in terms of data, but what you will see is only the most popular books other people liked, and sometimes what is most popular is not particularly well written.
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Anyone need Deadshot or Guardian? I bought mine off of Urban Collector and instead of Super Powers Mantis, I got two extras of these guys (*@#$ing !*&^%!). I sure hope I see the WalMart wave for Christmas. They're impossible on ebay.
I'm finding some wierd restocks at Targets and Walmarts that used to be completely cleaned out. They now have pegs full of waves 4, 6, and 7 figures. For example, a Target restocked with 1 Wonder Woman, 2 Cyborgs, 2 Boosters, 4 Aquamen, 1 Dr. Impossible, and 2 Captain Colds. Is anyone else finding this restock of old product? It seems like Mattel is trying to get rid of its surplus, which is just burying me in old figures that won't clear the shelves in time for the rest of the new product this year.
"I look upon my powers as a gift, not mine alone but for anyone who needs them." (Superman: Peace on Earth)
GO FORWARD. Please support the Christopher Reeve Foundation by purchasing a set of Superman tags at www.ChristopherReeve.org
If nine hundred He-Man.Org members get eaten by Thundercats fans, but neither of them has a toyline, does it still count as a fan movement?
HA!!! I have a great story for you guys. I called Wal-mart corporate and they put in a request with the Perris Wal-mart to contact me over these figures to see if they could help me locate them. I think they contacted them twice. They never got back to me. Meanwhile I have kept in close contact w/the person in toys as I call everyday. Turns out the one day I don't call they come in and are now all sold out except for 1 forager. Needles to say I called corporte again after what happened!
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Not a big surprise, but Mattel just confirmed Raven won the second fan's choice poll and will be appearing in Wave 15 next year.
"That's very interesting...but silly."
Mattel needs at add a disclaimer. Yes Raven won our Fan's choie poll and will be in Wave 15 if you can find it that is....
Thexxwatcherxx's Newly Chosen:
Batman1180~The Godbeast~TheFallen~
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In the Land of Candy where the Gingerbreads lie.
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Rob Liefeld isn't a comic artist, he's a women's clothing designer. Think about it
OK, I just bit the bullet and Bought Batman, Joker, Manbat and Powergirl on ebay for $143.96 and I'm sure I will regret it. The plus side is I don't have to call Walmart ever again over these figures. I am done with this line and I will not step foot in a Walmart for a long time as they have some of the worst customer service aside from Mattel/Digital River. These figures should not be so HTF or expensive but it is a sad fact of how our hobby has evolved. It has become more business then fun hobby.
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Rant time...
I was at my early morning job when the Wal-Mart that I was checking every night for four weeks got Wave 10 in.
Needless to say, I was pretty volcanic when I found out! Still ****** about that. I had to fight every urge to go to eBay and pay 3 times the normal amount for the peace of mind it brings.
I'm really sick of Wal-Mart. I'm sick of the poor customer service and shenanighans I've endured for 4 straight weeks. I'm sick of pallets filled with tons of Transformers, Secret Saturdays, G.I. Joe, even out of date Wolverine and Iron Man stuff, but not one box of DCUC. Not even Waves 6-7. Down and out, minimum wage employees who don't want to be there, much less help and lazy managers couldn't be bothered. I've encounted employees who can't even type numbers into the Telzon!!!! I've learned on Facebook that Wal-Mart won't even put Wave 10 on their website because it's an exclusive. That's right. DCUC Wave 10 is exclusive only to Wal-Mart and yet friggin' Wal-Mart can't sell a friggin' Wal-Mart exclusive on the friggin' Wal-Mart website?!! Every night I pass the exact same employees who try not to look at me, who know what I'm after, but since they won't help, they see me every night.
"I don't know how to use the Telzon"
"We only have ____ Telzon's and no one knows where they are"
"We never order anything--it just comes in"
"We don't stock on weekends"
"What you see is out already"
"Only the assistant manager can check that"
"Have you looked in the toy department?"
"There's nothing in the back"
"We're getting a truck in ______, check back then"
"We'll have new stock tomorrow, check back then"
Seriously...when I get my figures, I'm not stepping foot in a Wal-Mart for a looooooong time.
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I hear you Mega. This WalMart wave was the absolute worst to get my hands on. I had been stalking my local one for weeks when I noticed that the old wave 6/7 stock had been completely cleared out. I figured that must have meant that Wave 10 was coming soon. I was so relentless, checking them before I left for work in the morning and when I got home in the evening. I finally lucked out, when I saw a pallet of toys that hadn't been put out.
I made no attempt to wait for them to put anything out. I found the box of DCUC Classics (only one freaking box, btw), tore into it and found Wave 10. It's so insane to me that we have to resort to this to get our hands on these products. Unfortunately, it seems like just sheer luck that anyone is able to get these figures without resorting the paying ridiculous ebay prices.
Friend of mine has a friend in Walmart who ordered about 8 boxes. Some woman came by and bought six of those boxes. SIX?!! What a hog! The friend had set two boxes aside, one for my friend and one for someone else. The other guy got his, but my friend's box was missing when he got there. He said he'd asked to reserve two next time (one maybe for me!), but it's not hopeful. All the stores in my area have nothing but the old restocks. Lots of Captain Cold, Blue Beetle, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg--even some Firestorm, but nothing new. I'm hoping things will pick up closer to Christmas. I won't go to ebay until after then.
Found these tonight:
"Power Girl"
"Batman" (There were 2 of these on the pegs)
I really hate Wal-Mart exclusives.......
I guess by at least finding the packaging, I'm getting closer to finding these guys!
This space for rent, apparently.....
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or worse case. SELL the toys that you were going to repack and make money that way.
do what i do and give away unwanted extra toys to kids that REALLY want them!!!
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
OMG, is "repacking" common? Someone packed a Black Panther figure in a Batman Beyond package at my local Giant, and I thought it was just bizarre.
i have seen some pretty bad examples.
i DID catch one at target as he was trying to return the toy at customer service. long story short he got charged convicted with fraud and theft of goods if i remember right. i'd have to look it up again.
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
they have a list of every Wal-Mart store taht SHOULD get wave 10.
i hope this helps everyone.
all it tells me is that every store around me SHOULD get them but so far nadda
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
It's only happened to me once or twice, but thinking you've found something you're hunting for on the pegs only to realize the item inside isn't quite what you'd expected is incredibly frustrating.
I have seen no sign of anything new by me. In fact, outside of seeing Vigilante (a couple of times, actually) at one Target near me, I have seen nothing for DCUC post Wave 7.
Fortunately, a friend of mine & I ordered Waves 8 & 9 online, but this is nuts - there are five Targets near me, three TRUs, and 1 Wal-mart - and they have nothing. (Unless, of course, you need Firestorm, Cyborg or Captain Cold.)
"That's very interesting...but silly."
Hit the link to see the rest! Negative Man! Cyclotron! Blue Beetle! Blue Devil!
The Official 200X Sorceress vs 200X Evil-Lyn 2 Pack Support Thread
The Blonde Teela Thread
Sagitar (Jetlag) Azdar Belzar Chazdar 200X Evil-Lyn 200X Teenage Prince Adam 200X Teenage Teela 200X Sorceress General Rattlor (MYP) 200X King Randor and Queen Marlena 200X Battle Armor King Randor and Battle Armor Queen Marlena Ice Armor He-Man WMD Roboto
The Official 200X Sorceress vs 200X Evil-Lyn 2 Pack Support Thread
The Blonde Teela Thread
Sagitar (Jetlag) Azdar Belzar Chazdar 200X Evil-Lyn 200X Teenage Prince Adam 200X Teenage Teela 200X Sorceress General Rattlor (MYP) 200X King Randor and Queen Marlena 200X Battle Armor King Randor and Battle Armor Queen Marlena Ice Armor He-Man WMD Roboto
Donna Troy... AS Wonder Girl?! EEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Favorite character of all time in my favorite costume of all time!!! I am swooning!!!
I want most of these, but don't like Negative Man (no shocker) or cheesy 90s Superboy. Blue Devil is AMAZING! Modern Blue Beetle is nice too. Such a great costume design.
And I totally want the Priscilla Rich Cheetah over the Barbara Minerva (very disappointing face sculpt on Barbara... too placid and calm), but still smarting at not getting a Deborah Domaine version. (That was the version I always fantasized about seeing in Super Powers, but it never happened.)
WHOA! THOSE LOOK GREAT! I just hope they make a Superboy variant of his current costume. The t-shirt and jeans outfit.
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Are there any safe (secure) web apps available that will allow you to do P2P sharing? Before anyone asks no i am not referring to pb or anything of that nature, however something that could be a limewire replacement in the web would be most close to what I am seeking.
closed as off-topic by Al E., jonsca♦ Mar 3 '15 at 4:40
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
p2p normally means endpoint to endpoint. webapps run on the server / the cloud, a user connects to the services through a browser.
so, real peer 2 peer will be a bit .. strange with browser-server.
to establish a session between end points (through firewalls) you have to have a central instance which helps to establish the connection. i do not think that this kind of help could be called "webapplication".
anyway, some things look promising:
put.io is invite only right now but is basically a web based torrent client. Works with rapidshare links as well.


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I understand that the maximum free charge carrier density for aluminum has been measured using the Hall effect (in the case of electric current). However, I'm not clear how to determine the maximum surface charge density to which aluminum (or any conductor) can be charged, assuming the neighboring medium does not breakdown.
Say for instance we had a parallel plate capacitor with an idealized dielectric that could withstand infinite potential across it. What is the max surface charge density that the plates could be charged to? I assume that at some point all of the surface atoms are ionized.
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Study: Latino Catholics joining the "nones"
For decades, polls and studies have tracked the movement of Latinos from the Catholic Church to Protestant denominations, especially Pentecostalism. But a new Pew Research poll shows that large numbers of Latinos, particularly young adults, have switched from Catholicism to the "nones."
Since Latinos are the future of the U.S. Catholic Church, the consequences are huge for American Catholicism. The percentage of Latino adults in the U.S. who consider themselves Catholic has dropped from two-thirds as recently as 2010 to 55 percent, Pew reports, based on a poll of 5,000 Latinos. One in 4 Latino adults in the U.S. is a former Catholic.
A great deal of attention has been focused on the number of Latino Catholics who join Protestant churches. Pew says that 22 percent of Latino adults in the U.S. are Protestant, mainly evangelical. But that's not much more than the proportion of religiously unaffiliated Latinos, 18 percent. The biggest movement to the "nones" is among adults under age 30.
Pew's poll is the second major report this week to underline how crucial it is for the U.S. Catholic Church to respond to secularization among Latinos, especially young adults. Earlier, Boston College researchers, working with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, pointed to this secularization as a major issue.
The sharp increase in religiously unaffiliated Latinos, especially among the young, suggests that Latinos are assimilating into American society rapidly and reflecting its trends. Many dioceses have very vibrant youth ministries in Latino parishes, but these studies tell the church that something more is needed to retain those who are not so much drawn to Pentecostalism as to no church at all.
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Paul Moses, a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY, is the author of The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace (Doubleday, 2009) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (NYU Press, 2015).
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The fact that so many "nones" are young adults seems to be evidence that our transmission of the faith from one generation to another is in crisis.
This poll shold be a bucket of cold water on those who hoped that the Latin "future of the U.S. Catholic church" would save us. Of course, young Latinos are going to act like their peer group in the surrounding culture. That is what young people do. The idea that they would cling to the culture of their parents and to Our Lady of Guadaloupe always was more wish than fact.
My mental image of immigrants stems from my time in Trenton, N.J. during the '80s. There the first generation never got too comfortable in English. The second generation, though, claimed it didn't know a word of Italian by the time the third generation came along. ("But what about when you talk to Nana?" "That's different.") So when people in the third generation went looking for their roots and signed up with Perillo Tours, they had to go to "the German lady" who taught Italian for tourists at night.
Our experience in Florida is a little different because the Hispanics keep coming so there is always a first generation around. But in most of the country, you are on the second generation, which is forgetting all the Spanish it knows (except to talk to the parents, but "that's different"). If Americans want a Catholic culture we are going to have to change the culture we offer, not sit around and wait for migrants to import a new one.
Tom - I agree. One of my classmate couples, both of them persons of color and with Hispanic surnames, get pegged as Spanish speakers and steered toward Spanish-speaking ministry, when in fact both of them are second-generation and don't consider themselves particularly fluent in Spanish. It's a big source of frustration for them.
And I agree, strongly, with your concluding point.
Que sopresa!
Why should Latinos be any different than any other ethnicity that as they gain education and economic status in the culture that they wouldn't have the same reaction to the church's failed patriarchy and ideology - as has been the case with every other ethnic group?
Face it, Catholics and especially the hierarchy has been whistling past the graveyard for decades with their heads stuck in a cloud of self-reverential nonsense.
No wonder that as Papa Francesco struggles mightily to pull the church from the abyss into which it has fallen, he has to contend with what he has described as the "leprosy of the church."
Well, one reason why Latino immigrants might be different is the fact that travel back to native lands is a lot more common and practical than it was for prior generations, particularly when it does not require crossing an ocean. All of us travel more than our forebears did. Moreover, the persistent push to adopt English instead of (and not just in addition to) a native language has relaxed considerably (my kids attend a Spanish immersion school -- a concept that was unthinkable 100 years ago for Italian, for instance). Indeed, there are schools where descendants of prior immigrant groups are seeking a wider range of language instruction options in public school curriculum.
So while I am not surprised by assimilation into the Nones, I am also not convinced that Jim Jenkins' point is correct, that current generations of immigrants are "just like" prior generations. Assimilation on matters of religion is not necessarily accompanied by total assimilation in matters of language and culture.
The study also noted that the majority of Latinos live in areas of the country where Catholics are already underserved (e.g., fewer priests proportionately), and I would add, in areas where "native" Catholics might not be so friendly to newcomers -- Arizona and Colorado, let's say. So a little soul searching might definitely be in order on those grounds as well. Who was it who said that the Catholic Church can maintain Latin America as a Catholic continent, or it can maintain clerical celibacy, but it can't do both?
Yeah, America is the "melting pot," where your original heritage melts away so you can reinvent yourself the way the market place tells you to instead of your pastor and your faith.
Americans tend to conflate cultural differences among Hispanic Americans along national lines, or along socio-economic divides. We assume "they're all Catholic," and they'll happily worship with whatever Catholics already exist here.
But that doesn't happen. Catholics can be quite jealous of "their" parishes. When we moved here 25 years ago, members of several Mexican families were already well established in the community. They have served as village clerks and council members, worked on the election board, operated restaurants, been employed with local businesses, served on committees to organize the yearly village festival, belong to the Lions, attend the ever-popular Dale Carnegie courses, have taught our children in the local schools.
The local parish, which is largely Czech and German, has been the place where assimilation seems to have happened most slowly. A few members of two Mexican families attend Mass at the local parish regularly. The rest attend local Protestant churches or drive 30 miles to attend Mass at Cristo Rey in Lansing.
Two years ago, in an effort to make the church seem more welcoming, a Virgen de Guadalupe was installed opposite Our Lady of Perpetual Help. There are still mutterings about how the Virgen "clashes" with the general decor of the place.
In the late 19th and ealry 20th century this "clash of immigrants" was more easily resolved because there were so many Catholic immigrants and so many priests that you could divide them into separate parishes with churches that might be, literally, across the street from one another, and it was no problem. It cannot be said enough, the annihilation of cultural differences happened in a very specific way in the U.S. that related largely to compulsory military service in a time of national need. "Assimilation" of Catholics across immigrant groups did not really occur until after WWII, when people moved to the suburbs and intermarriage and cultural immersion via the military softened if it did not eliminate entirely differences among groups. My mother's family belonged to a "German Catholic parish" for generations, and that parish church closed in the early 60s, when families like mine moved to the suburbs.
New immigrants, mostly Latino, do not share this history of cultural immersion that the Czechs and Germans do (in the old land, Czechs who speak Czech and Germans don't see each other as being part of the same group), and their shared experience, if you will, is more likely to occur by other ways -- among their peer group, for instance, going to high school and college. I live in a place with a lot of Latino immigration, where more than half of the district's school enrollment have parents whose native language is Spanish. I see this every day.
@ Barbara: I didn't say "that current generations of immigrants are "just like" prior generations." You did.
My point was that there are underlying sociological and evolutionary processes at work that trumps anything that our hapless Catholic hierarchs have done for at least the last four decades to maintain their hegemony over the rest of the church.
My point is supported by the facts that in every culture and ethnicity around the world where women are educated they begin to gain economic power within their families of origin, then the birth rate begins to fall precipitously, and women begin to emerge from the runious misogynous patriarchy that has ruled women's lives for millennia.
And since women are the primary educators and acculturators of their children, these changes in the collective consciousness begins to spread expotentially through the population. Hence, people are increasingly letting go of the bonds which have tied them to the spent ideology of our Catholic hierarchs.
In other words, the sheeple have been increasingly voting with their feet for decades.
Is the Holy Spirit perhaps trying to tell us something? Yah think?
Jim, those are different points from what you said above. I am not disagreeing with you, I am pointing out that there are reasons why one might not necessarily expect Latinos to acculturate in the same way that prior generations of immigrants did, largely having to do with why many immigrant groups might not acculturate in the same way. For instance, if you look at immigrant groups from Somalia (in Minnesota, primarily) or from Iran (in Los Angeles) you might find the maintenance of much closer contacts with their home land than was possible before innovation in communications. It is not pre-ordained that this would stop the children of those people from becoming more Americanized, but it's clearly a phenomenon that could be studied. Just to take a very specific example: the perpetrators of the Boston marathon bombing, particularly, the younger, apparently very Americanized brother. True, they were born abroad, so it is just one example.
@ Barbara: Well ... have it your way. From my point of view, both my postings were consistent - although in a different voice, for sure. You're pointing to a distinction without a difference.
This "phenomenon" your talking about has an abundant body of literature, research and analysis that deals with acculturation into American society which has repeated itself over the generations since the early 19th century with each new ethnic group to come to America.
Again, the main factor across ethnic domains seems to be the increase in access to education [especially for women] which in turn gives greater access to economic development, and eventually leads to political power.
Trust me, it only took a generation before you started to see Iranian women waltzing down Rodeo Drive in LA festooned and coiffed very much like any other California girls!
The rapid rise in California of South Asians mainly from India is most telling. Many of these Indian immigrants were already members of the elite classes in India being highly educated and relatively affluent. Already today in only a generation or two these folks exert tremendous influence in the Silicon Valley economy. [My children go to school with these kids.]
This year successful hi-tech entrepeneur Ro Kahanna, a Democratic candidate for Congress, is challenging an incumbent fellow Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, Peace Corp veteran and a former classroom teacher, who spent his early childhood in a Japanese American internment camp in Colorado during WW2. Both have educational ties to Stanford. Only in California! Our diversity is what makes us strong.
More to the real underlying issue for this blog discussion is that there are evolutionary, sociological and economic forces that are making the hierarchal structures and practices of the church more and more vestigial organs on the Body of Christ.
Then, maybe you can explain why the custom of arranged marriage persists among Indians in the United States. It may also be the case that many Iranians behaved that way in Iran -- prior to 1979.
It isn't only in California, by the way. The kid that George Allen dissed before he lost his reelection to the Senate in Virginia, "Sid" short for Siddhartha, was a dual computer science and political science at UVA who was volunteering for the Democratic candidate -- his dad was a mortgage loan officer originally from India. He was on his high school football and chess team. The kind of kid you can only hope your daughter might bring home some day.
For all of that assimilation, it also appears that assimilation is more successful and more thorough in cases of economic success, whereas, those who are not successful may continue to embrace traditional mores to a degree that did not happen in prior generations of immigration. That does appear to be the case with some Muslim communities, for instance, Somalis in Minneapolis.
The phenomenon you are talking about, the education of women bringing dramatic cultural changes occurs regardless of immigration status. Educated women in India are very different from uneducated women in India. In that context, you are using the effects of immigration as a proxy for other sociological variables. To the extent that, for instance, high educational attainment makes it less likely one will continue to adhere to the faith of one's family, it probably doesn't matter whether the adherent is the child of immigrants. I don't disagree with that.
West and East Oakland, CA, are dotted with little storefront churches with signs and notice boards all in Spanish. They are in the main a Heinz 57 of Pentecostal groups. If you go by them on a Sunday day or Wednesday night you can see lots of cars, hear a lot of upbeat music and see younger as well as middle and older ages coming and going.
Then go to one of the FEW parishes in Oakland that "minister" to Hispanics on a Sunday morning and you'll find a church half empty with spectators at a rather pathetic attempt to attract people to a cultural expression is not theirs.
And people wonder why the RCC doesn't keep Hispanics in the US. I don't.
I hung up too soon. I have taken to noticing the names of the pastors on these storefronts. It seems that there is a substantial number of WOMEN leading some of these churches.
When is the mountain of Catholicism going to move to the Mohammed of the Hispanic communities?
An obvious problem is the need for an ordained celibate male priest to minister to parishes. These storefronts don't need/bother with that. Does that mean that Catholicism can't compete at this level? Isn't there an old truism that a will with find a way?
@ Barbara: I am no supporter of arranged marriages - in our western patriarchial societies and cultures. However I will say, divorces in India are a fraction of what they are in American culture. Maybe we here in America could learn a few different principles and expectations of marriage from the Indians?
For the record, the fact that there are arranged marriages in Indian Hindu culture does not support your argument. Arranged marriages are NOT de facto abusive to women - in the Indian cultural context. There are cultural, ethical and religious differences from American or western marriages that must be considered.
When it came time for a physician friend and my wife's colleague who is from India - a doctor who has a fabulous education and professional training - to get married she travelled back to Delhi to meet her proposed husband and accepted the marriage as arranged by her high caste family. They now have a very lovely family.
The key seems to be - something that you seem to agree with me about - education and economic status of women. All of which brings me back to what I originally argued.
I live in East Oakland and can attest to what you're saying. One critical question RC churches must address is breaking through the disconnect FOX News Catholics receive about immigrant populations and the reality of their lives. The FOX-ified brethern are most likely to make immigrants feel unwelcome.
Secondly is the massive wall of ignorance Americans in general have about Mexico and Latin America in general. And no :"marque dos" does not qualify as cultural literacy.
A third issue is the culture shock many experience coming to the US. This includes family ties, commercialism, consumerism and a worldview quite different from that of rural immigrants especially..
And then there are the inter-Latino conflicts which play out in East Oakland. Spanish-speaking Guatemalans vs. Mayan-speaking Guatemalans y mas!
Driven out by the malice, arrogance, uselessness, and irrelevance of the church.
Because there is no "malice, arrogance, uselessness and irrelevance" outside the church?
Who knew.
I certainly did not.
Using a sinlge word, Latino or Hispanic, to describe Spanish-speaking immigrants and their children and grandchildren probably obfuscates our ability to see what's before us. In NYC, where a significant Spanish-speaking population came from Puerto Rico over many decades and who are not immigrants (they are U.S. citizens), the church seems to have been welcoming, or as welcoming as it is to anyone! Read Sonya Sotomayor's autobio for the praise and criticism about the church from one American of Puerto Rican descent.
Our "Spanglish-speaking" parish has the children and grandchildren of those Puerto Ricans (though many have moved to the suburbs). There are also parishioners from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, etc. Many attend the "English" Mass, though there are two Masses in Spanish.
One of the culture questions facing any parish or Catholic community is which Spanish culture they ought to relate to? And then, how do they see the English-speakiing children of Spanish-speaking immigrants. Are they any different from all the English-speaking children and young adults?
@ Tom Webb: [I'm assuming that you're responding to both Jim McCrea and/or myself!?!] You are articulating very much my own experience.
It would be great to put see and hear their voices in Commonweal.
New York has always catered to Spanish newcomers. Whether from Puerto Rico or South of the Border. They thrive when the majority is Spanis. They have usually stayed separate when part of a white parish.
The conctept of "nones" is peculiar. Maybe it helps to keep those on the rolls who only come for baptism, communion, confirmation and marriage. You might say they are the "nones." They still insist on sending their children to get the sacraments while they do no take them to Eucharist on Sunday. It is more traditional and cultural than religious. Very strange the whole counting business.
BTW, why doesn't Commonweal give these pages a spell check???
Why are Latinos joining the "nones?"
This is the 22nd comment of the thread and the first 21 have ZERO mentions of Jesus Christ, but a boatload of "Catholic" references.
I wonder if there's a connection in there somewhere.
Joe McDonald,
The connection is that you were meant to be a Holy Roller.
It is quaint how persistently some people regard demographics and ethnicity as sure indicators of "the future" of the Catholic Church. As if faith isn't a personal phenomenon but rather a calculatable outgrowth of ethnic identity. It's as if all the data about people changing or abandoning the religion of their upbringing goes in one ear and out the other -- and we are left with the naive presumption that the growth of a particular ethnic cohort will automatically yield a new generation of believers.
Welcome to the postmodern world! Being in flux is the new normal.
An interesting possible cause-effect relationship does occur to me in this instance, however, which goes beyond a general flux. Latinos have voted against the Republicans in the last couple of national elections. It may not have been lost on them that they were, therefore, the object of the opprobrium of their bishops for having voted for "the party of death." They may even have been told that they excommunicated themselves by voting, as some priests were wont to say at the time.
"Arranged marriages are NOT de facto abusive to women - in the Indian cultural context."
I never said they were. They are, however, evidence of non-assimilation in a key area of life (marriage).
Also, like I said above, my main point is that you are using immigration as a proxy for education in discussing changes among groups over time. Which means that educational attainment in (let's say) Mexico would bring about many of the same changes in the Mexican population in Mexico that it does in the Mexican immigrant population in the U.S. -- less religiosity, lower birth rate, a more egalitarian workplace, and so on.


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My aim is to, via pattern analysis and statistics, (as well as piece mobility and position) build a chess position evaluation analyzer (rather than simply going brute force ply-searching).
Id like to hear some thoughts a language that will be interesting/fun/challenging to learn and reason with. Ideally the language would have be well suited for:
- Statistical Analysis
- Pattern Analysis
- Native Array and Vector Operations
- Native Mathematical Functions
- I have no need for a GUI, and may not even get to the point of a 'move engine' but simply stop at a position evaluation engine
- I am not interested in speed.
- I am personally most comfortable with Python but I might be interested in trying something else. (though feel free to suggest this if you think it fits).
- I am particularly curious about how good a fit a functional language would be in this context.


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I get annoyed most times when someone does something wrong, as result I can't work properly and it effects my productivity as IT professional. e.g. one of my work mate answers question to one of SO by looking at Bing most of day, which annoys me because of continuous typing noise and one person trying to answer things he never experienced or have knowledge about that particular topic however good at searching.
Now I tried to ignore things but it gets to my mind and as a result I get pissed off and not able to work most of day.
My question is how to ignore things that one doesn't like and concentrate on work.


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Wanna look at a good joke book? read the Holy Bible
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A self-proclaimed holy text consisting of 66 books which create an Old Testament and New Testament. There are many varying interpretations of the bible which has led to many wars in the name of the bible's proposed author Jehovah which still consists to this day (see George Bush). According to the text, if you don't accept Jesus Christ into your life, you will burn forever in hell.
A fundamentalist Christian is a person who reads and believes every word of the Holy Bible.
by Goddunit October 19, 2008
The sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen". God's book.
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A book with holes in it.
I looked in the holy bible, but it wasn't there!
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6 Valuable (And Disgusting) Ways They're Reusing Human Waste
#3. Your Poop
What is it Good For?
Building materials.
Putting a new twist on the old phrase "built like a brick shit house," the Japanese have found a way to make up for the annoying lack of natural building materials in their country by patenting systems that use a much more common resource--sewage--to mold bricks.
There are several companies making these types of bricks, some of which use 100 percent sewer sludge while others prefer a more refined mixture of sludge and debris from standard ceramic tile factories. The bricks are molded and then fired at extreme temperatures, which we assume smells something like cookies baking in Hell.
The end product is a durable building material often used for outdoor plaza flooring, walkways... oh who are we kidding? The end product is a motherfucking brick of cooked shit. Enjoy.
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Turn on the news on any given night and you're likely to see depressing images of some animal or another marinating in the aftermath of an oil spill like appetizers at a chocolate fondue party.
Back in 1989, an American hairdresser named Phil McCrory was watching just such footage and decided he wouldn't be helpless any longer. Using his hairdressing knowledge, he reasoned that if the hair of a 50s greaser could hold a pint of oil, huge mats of hair could be used to soak up entire tanker spills.
History cannot agree on the exact amount of acid McCrory had taken when he got this idea, but it is generally accepted he was naked and eating macaroni out of a sock. At any rate, he began experimenting with the notion, and as a result there are now hair mats being used to combat crude oil spills worldwide.
The mats are quite effective, though they look a lot like a dreadlock that's been used as a dipstick and/or the top of Samuel L. Jackson's head in Pulp Fiction. Once laden with oil, the mats are tossed into compost heaps to be broken down into top soil by an army of worms and bacteria, which experts note is like disposing of radioactive material by stuffing it into a Twinkie and feeding it to James Gandolfini [citation needed].
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A company called Intercytex is now using some of those wee snippets of penis hat to create Vavelta, a skin treatment used to fight wrinkles and scarring.
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Striving for skin as smooth as a baby's... er, foreskin, over 150 patients have now undergone the procedure, paying a stunning $1000 per vial. Each vial contains enough material to treat an area of skin the size of a postage stamp and is stuffed with over 20 million live fibroblast cells, all isolated from the original foreskins and then multiplied in a lab.
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My question is aimed at death match games, such as Halo and Call of Duty. Assume a high degree of comfort with single-player FPSs, but no experience with multiplayer.
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Some tips:
Keep moving. Learn to aim while circle strafing. Be unpredictable in your movements. AI can't recognise patterns well, players can.
In order of importance:
Be brazen. Single-player mode teaches you to peak around corners and be generally very cautious; peaking around corners in multiplayer generally means getting your head blown off by a sniper who has been camping that spot for the last ten minutes. As counter-intuitive as it is, it's often safer to sprint to cover through an open field then to peak around corners and try to sneak around.
A lot of these answers are great, but they don't really address the question. Since you say "a high degree of comfort" with single-player FPS, I assume you already know things like mouse look and circle-strafe.
If you want to get good at MULTIPLAYER FPSs, you definitely have to recognize that your squadmates are humans, and internalize that to the point where you are an actual TEAM. This means the skills you need to work on are communication, tactics and keeping morale high.
Communication is essential - if you're a silent lurker, you're essentially the same as an AI bot except more unpredictable, and basically just looking out for yourself. But if you communicate and work together, that's where bigger tactics can work out. Think of a tactic that only a bunch of thinking humans can pull off when working together, like "You, me and Jack go left to draw their fire, we'll use grenades but stay alive and pull back while ninja-boy sneaks in from the right to steal the flag". If a team doesn't communicate and try tactics like that, then it's just a bunch of people playing single-player, but they happen to be on the same map as part of a so-called "team". Get that mic and start talking about intentions ("gonna try reaching the scorpion tank", passing information ("sniper on left cliff!"), and encourage your mates when something doesn't work as planned ("no worries, good try on that one, they got lucky one guy saw us").
Tactics - every game has different ways to be played, and thus different group tactics to apply so it's hard to generalize. You gotta learn and try it out. Different classes do different things as an attempt to force people to play differently by doing different things - if you're in a specific class, understand how that class helps your teammates best. For team deathmatch games, tactics might involve different weapon combinations or different ways to cover an area, or setting ambushes up, flushing out campers, providing cover fire, etc.
Morale - this will probably sound really cheesy, but this is a big one, actually. When a team is demoralized, they're much more prone to losing, all other things being equal. You don't have to be an artificially chippy cheerleader, but at least be aware of when your teammates are getting frustrated, and encourage them to brush it off, or focus on something different. Also, when something goes well, congratulate everyone ("way to go!"), or offer praise for something done really well ("nice headshot on the last guard"), for instance.
For good examples of this, you should actually watch someone take part in a large WOW raid - in order for a high-level raid to go well, people have to coordinate and help each other. Watch for the kinds of communication, tactics and encouragement they give each other. A big, failed raid is a substantial loss of time and effort, and so you see the players coordinating carefully to be successful.
I've never really played Halo (gasp) so I'm not sure if this tip applies to that series... But in CoD you should always, always, always watch the entire kill cam. I've learned hiding places, tactics, loadouts, etc from simply watching how someone destroyed me. Even if it seemed obvious how you died it can still be instructive to watch it from their point of view.
Plus it can sometimes show you how a player made it to a glitched spot so you can subsequently harass them into giving it up and stop being cheap.
This may sound nerdy, but I suggest watching YouTube videos of people playing and explaining their thought process. Seeing how "pros" play will most likely improve your game.
One of the biggest things in FPS games: never try to win a "fair fight" unless you have no choice. ALWAYS try to sneak up on the enemy or use a better weapon than they have.
This is the #1 mistake I see noobs make. They think it's honorable or something to try and go toe-to-toe with somebody. Don't do it. When you see someone and they see you, get out of sight and re-engage only when you're sure you have the jump.
You will learn aim and circle-strafing and sniping and all sorts of advanced strategies in time, but at the beginning, just follow that simple rule and your kdr will go up.
Also, learn the maps, watch youtube videos.
Play a lot and train your reflexes. Even if you die a lot, try to improve your aiming. For instance, instead of shooting straight ahead, take a little time and re-aim your crosshair. You are probably dead by then, but with time you'll be blazing fast and shoot at the right moment.
Also, put your melee key at close reach to your moving arrows. Some like it on the mouse, some on Alt, some on E (near W). Like that you can knife people very fast when they're close or you're out of ammo.
Ah yes, when you're running out of ammo, change weapons quickly or use melee. Don't waste time reloading unless you're sure nobody's gonna kill you.
For PC games, one easy way to make your aim better is to use a lower resolution. It makes your opponents bigger on-screen and easier to hit. You may lose some peripheral vision but for me it has been a worthwhile trade-off.
For example, playing Natural Selection 2, a game where I find it challenging to hit other players, I recently switched from a 1920X1200 resolution down to a 800X600 resolution and it is much easier to hit my opponents since they are much bigger on-screen. The game isn't as pretty as before, but I'm now much more competitive and get more kills.


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TILTONSVILLE - Plans for several meetings and the YTR Christmas parade drew attention at this week's meeting of Village Council.
Councilwoman Kelly Klubert said the water board committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. prior to the Nov. 20 meeting of council.
Council also was informed a meeting involving Tiltonsville, Yorkville and Rayland has been called by Ty Lollini for 7 p.m. on Tuesday to discuss preparations if a community disaster would occur.
The session is for mayors and police chiefs and will be held at the Tiltonsville Municipal Building.
A meeting to discuss changes in postal hours at the Tiltonsville post office is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday in the city building.
In other matters, Mayor Jerry Vinci and council members discussed the village's participation in the Christmas parade planned by Yorkville, Tiltonsville and Rayland. The parade will be held on Dec. 8, and Dan Brown of Yorkville said James Bouchard, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Esmark, will be the grand marshal.
Brown said he also received a call that Esmark has signed up as the official sponsor of the parade.
Mentioning positive committed entries, Brown said it appears the parade will be a large one.
Rayland Mayor Tammy Morelli, who is among the parade planners, said a 50-50 drawing is scheduled, and she asked officials to help in selling tickets.
Brown said fire chiefs from the three villages will inspect the floats.
In other business:
Vinci said for the last year and a half, drivers have been asked not to park on yellow lines, but they still do. The village has wiped out some yellow lines to create more parking spaces, he added. Motorists, however, continue to park on yellow lines so tickets are being issued, according to the mayor. He told of an incident when a ticket was issued to a driver for parking in front of a fire hydrant, and the driver not only used profanity but ripped up the ticket in front of the police officer.
Indicating traffic rules are in effect for the safety of children and residents, he informed council members they might be receiving telephone calls about the matter.
The lease with Heavenly Home Health, which is renting the former city building, has been completed, and the agency has paid a month's rent of $500 and a $500 security deposit, according to Vinci.
Council gave the second reading to a proposed ordinance to amend the policy establishing rules for the code administrator.
Approval was given to the policy and procedures for the use of the village's credit cards.
Council approved a three-year fire and emergency medical services contract with the Tiltonsville Fire Department, and the pact will extend to Feb. 1, 2015. For the first year, the department will be paid $2,500; second year, $2,600; and third year, $2,700.
The next regular meeting of council will be at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.


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One of the biggest hurdles I came across when switching to all-grain was learning how to sparge. I honestly still don't think I do it 100% correctly. There are very detailed descriptions online, but they are pretty confusing if you haven't done it before. I'd love to see a detailed, easy to understand explanation of sparging, the different techniques, tips, pitfalls, etc. And where the word "sparge" came from.
Sparge means "sprinkle".
The purpose of sparging is to rinse all the sugars out of the mash. In concept, that's really all you are doing - rinsing your grain bed.
It also halts enzymatic activity because alpha and beta amylase become denatured around 170° F. The benefit is if you are really good at mashing you know exactly when to stop so your malt flavor profile is where you want it.
There are a few "right" ways to do it and the measure of how well you sparge depends entirely on the targets you set for the mash. Answering these questions help you decide what method to use:
There are three main methods of sparging: no-sparge, batch and, fly (continuous). The Homebrewing Wiki has a decent discussion of the methods. I'll give you a summary of each.
You should vorlauf before each of these (see below).
No-sparge is exactly what it sounds.
It has a few advantages, primarily its simplicity and that you are never in danger of extracting tannins from the grain husk. It is the least efficient, meaning some desirable sugars remain in the grain. The less efficient you are, the more grain you need to use.
Batch sparging is the next simplest.
This method is less labor intensive and quicker than continuous sparging. It also eliminates channeling - a concern if you have a single pick-up (like a braided hose) in the bottom of your tun. The efficiency of batch sparging falls somewhere between no-sparge and fly, but is is fairly close to the higher end of efficiency.
Fly sparging works best with an automated system.
Using continuous sparging you can get upwards of 85% efficiency. That means of all the sugars that you could get out of your grain, you extracted eighty-five percent of them. Fly sparging requires another piece of equipment, however it is easy to make. The geometry of your mash tun and the wort pick-up should not promote channeling because the wort is always moving down the grain bed.
One step that is technically not sparging, but comes between mashing and sparging, is vorlauf. This is simply removing some wort from the mash tun drain and gently returning it to the top. By recirculating the wort you set the gain bed up to filter out husks and other larger particles. Vorlauf increases the clarity of your beer because those bits never make it to the kettle. A pump is the easiest way to do it, but you can use a pitcher, just don't disturb the grain bed. Recirculate until you stop seeing floaties in the return.
Here is what I do and I find it works really well.
I have a sparge arm I built out of copper tubing that is shaped in a flat spiral (hope that makes sense).
I balance the out flow with the sparge, keep about 1-2" of water over the grain bed at all times and I average about 1gal in the kettle per 12min.
Plain simple, easy to follow.
Now, ha you knew there was more.
I have recently started playing around with batch sparging which I absolutely love but your efficiency goes right in the crapper and you have to compensate for it with increased grain bills. So you have to decide if you want to spend a couple extra dollars on grain and save an hour or not.
Just remember that slow is good. If you sparge and run off too fast you'll drag all those nasty undesirables out of your mash and into your kettle. If you're using some form of mash plate or filter you could end up blocking that too. If you're able to you should always recirculate your wort back into your mash to clarify it. it'll smooth the process out for you.
My efficiency at home is around 75-80 when batch sparging. At the brewery, I am getting about 88%, which is nutz. My IPA turned into an Imperial IPA, the easy drinking Pale turned into an IPA, etc.


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