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It depends on whether the locker number has an even or odd number of factors, even number = closed, odd number = open. Factors come in pairs unless the number is a square number where there is only a single factor multiplied by itself therefore if the number is a square then the locker is open otherwise closed. Simple really.
from math import sqrt
I got this question in an interview at an Internet start-up. I solved in a few minutes (the previous poster stated the solution). I didn't get the job though, in part because they didn't like the -way- that I solved it :rolleyes. The whole thing was an Interview 2.0.
The "nerds" in these classes must have been real idiots to have never solved it faster than the jocks. I spent a few minutes on it, but even on paper you wouldn't get more than a couple iterations in, much less actually using physical lockers. I'm fairly intelligent, but even in high school I wasn't top of my class (~11 out of 250, though I was kinda lazy, that's why I like computers).
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-05 23:01 • by Daniel (unregistered)
Lockers 1 was toggled once
Lockers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97 were toggled twice
Lockers 4, 9, 25, and 49 were toggled 3 times
Lockers 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 21, 22, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 46, 51, 55, 57, 58, 62, 65, 69, 74, 77, 82, 85, 86, 87, 91, 93, 94, and 95 were toggled 4 times
Lockers 16, and 81 were toggled 5 times
Lockers 12, 18, 20, 28, 32, 44, 45, 50, 52, 63, 68, 75, 76, 92, 98, and 99 were toggled 6 times
Lockers 64 was toggled 7 times
Lockers 24, 30, 40, 42, 54, 56, 66, 70, 78, and 88 were toggled 8 times
Lockers 36, and 100 were toggled 9 times
Lockers 48, and 80 were toggled 10 times
Lockers 60, 72, 84, 90, and 96 were toggled 12 times
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-05 23:04 • by Daniel (unregistered)
There are 5 lockers that were toggled 12 times.
Lockers 60, 72, 84, 90, and 96.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-05 23:17 • by Richard (unregistered)
This first, it gets toggled only once, and remains open.
"The nerds never stood a chance, especially when it came to his "locker challenge.""
lol, it took me less than 5 minutes to figure out that it was perfect squares, and judging by this article, those nerds are unworthy of the title for having so much trouble figuring it out.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-05 23:39 • by TR (unregistered)
Um...that's a WTF in itself. The only locker that is toggled
only once: #1.
ruby makes me happy - so quick to write
given BruteForce is O(1) this problem appears to have amazingly less to do with a ftw.
Huh? No C++ Template Metaprogramming solution? Ok then:
Actually that's only one of the whole points, not all of them.
I ran the simulation once, and saw the pattern, after you see it it's pretty easy.
0 is open 1 is closed.
def locker(n):
result = ""
c = 0
while (len(result) < n):
result += ("1"*c) + "0"
c += 2
return result
print (locker(100))
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 01:06 • by Shriike (unregistered)
oops, messed up formatting and realized I made a mistake
I glanced through the comments and couldn't find a SQL solution... So here it is.
-- drop table #LockerChallenge
create table #LockerChallenge
( LockerDoor int null,
OpenClosed bit null,
Toggled int null )
declare @i int
select @i = 0
while @i < 100
select @i = @i + 1
insert into #LockerChallenge
( LockerDoor,
Toggled )
select @i, -- LockerDoor
0, -- OpenClosed
0 -- Toggled
declare @DoorNo int,
@Increment int
select @DoorNo = 0,
@Increment = 0
while @Increment < 100
select @Increment = @Increment + 1
while @DoorNo <= 100
select @DoorNo = @DoorNo + @Increment
update #LockerChallenge
set OpenClosed = 1 - OpenClosed,
Toggled = Toggled + 1
where LockerDoor = @DoorNo
select @DoorNo = 0
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 02:04 • by Gonad the Barbarian (unregistered)
The very first locker gets opened the least...
Every other locker gets opened at least twice, once for the very first run, then for the nth run, where n is its locker number...
OMFG you guys are the biggest nerds ever, see you in the locker room, get ready for atomic wedgies!
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So... the number of times locker n is toggled is the number of divisors it has in the set of integers from 1 to 100. If locker n has an odd number of divisors (like that first locker does, having only one as a divisor) it ends up open. Otherwise, closed.
The teacher isn't really being very nice to the nerds here. If this had a really simple formula, wouldn't that mean we could easily do things like find primes and factor large numbers? You know, those things we base encryption on?
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Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 03:22 • by smartass (unregistered)
Thats an easy one. There is only one locker that gets toggled only once. All others are toggled in the first round and in their round (at least).
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 03:27 • by Charlie (unregistered)
Wait, let me reason this out a little more.
Every number will have one and itself among its divisors. Except for locker 1, that's two free toggles for everybody, which cancel one another out as far as the final open/shut state goes.
For locker n, if n is prime, that's it. No more divisors and the locker will end up shut.
If n is a perfect square, the square root of n will be another factor, so in that case we'll add another toggle and call it open.
Of course, the perfect square can easily still have other divisors we haven't considered yet. 16 for example has 2 and 8. 100 has a bunch. Somehow we still need to show that there will be an even number of these... argh, it's late. Maybe I'll wake up seeing the obviousness of it...
Too tired to read through all the comments but I saw an awful lot of 1+3+5+7+9+11... stuff in there being used as arguments against the i^2 method.
It's the same thing.
using i as an iterator in F(i)
F(i) returns the i'th locker to end in an open state.
define F(1) = 1 (to make it explicit that i is not a zero based index)
d is the absolute difference between F(i) and F(i-1)
F(i)-F(i-1) = 2i - 1 as proven below.
i^2 - (i-1)^2 = d :
i^2 - (i^2 -2i + 1) = d :expand (i-1)^2
i^2 - i^2 + 2i -1 = d :extract terms from parenthesis
2i - 1 = d :cancel i^2 terms
So yes guys. the difference between two adjacent squares is double the larger root minus 1.
Given that modern processors can do multiplication in just as many clock cycles as addition, the i+d method requires more registers to run and is probably going to be slightly slower than the i^2 method. Additionally, i^2 is easier to understand and maintain later.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 03:33 • by Charlie (unregistered)
Oh wait... it is simple. If n isn't a perfect square, you can pair off all its factors with the one number they'll need to multiply in order to get n.
If n is a perfect square, its square root can pair only with itself. Our locker game doesn't let you count a factor twice this way. On our "10" round, locker 100 gets touched once.
That's basically the whole thing right there. Why all the code solutions anyway? That's little better than the jocks here.
In Haskell, using prime factorization:
The result it quite predictable. The only times when the number of changes is odd is when each of the prime factorizations has an even power. So:
1 (with no factorizations)
2^2 -> 4
3^2 -> 9
2^4 -> 16
5^2 -> 25
2^2 * 3^2 -> 36
7^2 -> 49
2^6 -> 64
9^2 -> 81
2^2 * 5^2 -> 100
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 03:55 • by noah Richards (unregistered)
Prime numbers - they'll only be toggled for 1 and themselves.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 04:29 • by Rob G (unregistered)
How does it work in c or c++? I'd assume it would do this:
num := 100
c := 0
c := c + 1
c*c = 1
num = 100
false: exit_while
true: continue
c*c = 1
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(no readed the previous comments, this is all my fault :D )
now for the code:
# no costants?
$opened = 1
$closed = 0
learn toggle $X {
$X1 = $closed
if $X == $closed {
$X1 = $opened
return $X1
learn test $howMany {
if $howMany < 1 {
print "no lockers, no party..."
forward 20
# algorithm:
# the locker is toggled if it is evenly divisible for a predecessor
# test it for every predecessor
learn getOpenLockers $nLockers {
# 1 is ever unlocked
print 1
forward 20
# we start from 3 because 2 is ever locked
for $currentLocker = 3 to $nLockers {
$thisLocker = $closed
for $prevLocker = 2 to ($currentLocker -1) {
# is evenly divisible, aka remainder is 0 ?
if ((round($currentLocker / $prevLocker)) * $prevLocker) == $currentLocker {
$thisLocker = toggle ($thisLocker)
# output
if $thisLocker == $opened {
print $currentLocker
forward 20
$howmanyLockers = ask "How many lockers?"
print "Start"
forward 20
getOpenLockers ($howmanyLockers)
print "End"
forward 20
# now, for real :D
learn TR_getOpenLockers $nLockers {
for $i = 1 to round((sqrt($nLockers))-0.5) {
print $i * $i
forward 20
print "not really... :D "
forward 20
TR_getOpenLockers ($howmanyLockers)
print "_this_ is the end... :)"
forward 20
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 04:39 • by Repetition makes it right? (unregistered)
That sounds fine and dandy, but 36 doesn't stay closed... (see brute force js-implementation in original Praxis posting).
Have you tried the brute force approach or did you just come up with a fancy "solution" to a problem and want to advertise it even though it's incorrect?
In case anyone is interested, this problem (only, with light switches) is covered at http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts along with many others.
The principle is very simple. Count the divisors of any number, including 1 and itself, and you get the number of times it's switched. If it's odd then it remains open.
The least switched number are of course the prime numbers, switched two times, and the 1, switched one time. The most switched are the numbers who have the greatest amount of divisors.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 05:04 • by Massimo (unregistered)
The first one, obviously. It's always toggled only one time.
The 'most' and 'least' questions are trivial. The least triggered locker is the first one, which only gets triggered once. The most triggered locker is the sixtieth, because it's a Highly Composite Number.
(Lockers are triggered whenever the number that comes up in the list is a divisor of the locker's number.)
Come to think about it, a locker is left open if it is toggled an odd number of times. In other words, a locker is left open only if its number has an odd number of divisors. But for every divisor of a number, there is another number, lockerNumber/divisor, which is also a divisor. Divisors come in pairs, in other words, which means numbers have an even number of divisors. Unless the number is square, at which point lockerNumber/divisor = divisor for one and only one divisor, the square root, which means it doesn't form a pair. So only squares have odd numbers of divisors. So only square numbered lockers are left open. That makes ten of them, since only the numbers one through ten have squares between one and one hundred inclusive.
Alright, I'll make a code solution, just give me a minute...
bool isOpen(int door)
return (floor(sqrt((double)door))==sqrt((double)door))
In bad Haskell...
Well, the 'clever' solution is
But the more normal solution is probably something along the lines of
Yes, but doing it efficiently is tricky.
To find the maximum number of divisors you need to find the largest highly composite number in the set - we'll call it n0 <= N. I don't know an easy way of generating highly composite numbers other than by filtering products of primorials. So
Step 1. Generate a list of primorials q_i <= N. This is easy - q_i is the product of the ith smallest primes (so q_0=1, q_1=2, q_2=2*3, q_3=2*3*5, q_4=2*3*5*7, q_5=2*3*5*7*11, etc.) We shall ignore q_0 subsequently, since it's not very helpful here.
Step 2. For each number formed by the product of powers of primorials which is <= N (that part is a bit messy) compute the number of divisors. This is again easy - you effectively already have the factorisation. Select the largest number of divisors, and call that d.
Step 3. Find all numbers <= N with d divisors: for every factorisation of derive a prime structure and use on small primes until you exceed N.
Worked example: N = 100.
Step 1: Primorials <= 100 are 2, 6, 30.
Step 2: Candidates are the primorials themselves (30 has 6 divisors), powers of two (64 has 7 divisors), powers of two multiplied by 6 (96 has 12 divisors), powers of two multiplied by 36 (72 has 12 divisors), and 2*30 = 60 (12 divisors). So d=12.
Step 3: 12 factors as 1*12, 2*6, 2*2*3, 3*4; the corresponding prime structures are p0^11, p0^5 * p1, p0^2 * p1 * p2, p0^3 * p1^2.
p0^11: No solutions <= 100
p0^5 * p1: 2^5 * 3 = 96
p0^2 * p1 * p2: 2^2 * 3 * 5 = 60, 2^2 * 3 * 7 = 84, 3^2 * 2 * 5 = 90
p0^3 * p1^2: 2^3 * 3^2 = 72
So the solution set is {96, 60, 84, 90, 72}.
Addendum (2009-08-06 06:02):
s/for every factorisation of derive/for every factorisation of d, derive/
Addendum (2009-08-06 06:22):
s/30 has 6 divisors/30 has 8 divisors/
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 05:54 • by 2ti6x (unregistered)
the first, duh!
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 06:13 • by k1 (unregistered)
Well, I've realized that the test can stop at the half of the current locker number/position. So...
for $prevLocker = 2 to (round($currentLocker/2)) {
And, yes, I've learned the use of the "code" tag ^_^;
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 06:16 • by k1 (unregistered)
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 06:49 • by .. ....'s Hospital for the Nameless (unregistered)
Though it is a brute-force way of doing it - at least it is a solution in R.
This problem immediately remembered me of the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
2nd derivative of x^2: 2
3rd derivative of x^3: 2 * 3
Nth derivative of x^N: N!
Pick any sequence of powers to the N, write the difference of subsequent powers, then write the difference of subsequent differences, N times (after that all differences are zero). The differences at the Nth level will always be N!.
This is a fun fact that made me happy as a kid.
Since that was such fun, how about this:
"A magician deposits the same number of rabbits (at least one) at each of five houses. To get to the first house he crosses a magic river once, and to get to any house from another, he also crosses a magic river once. Each time he crosses a magic river, the number of rabbits he has doubles. He has no rabbits left when he leaves the fifth house. What is the minimum number of rabbits he could have at the start?"
That is probably the least efficient algorithm for finding perfect squares I could think of.
Here's a better (still shitty) one that runs in O(logN) -ish time.
void find_open_lockers(char *lockers[], int num_lockers)
int i = 1;
do {
lockers[(i*i)-1] = 1;
if ((i*i) >num_lockers) return;
} while (1)
Looked at the comments too soon.
I was working through the problem (without the timer as I'm a coward ;)) and had gotten to the fact that it comes down to the number of factors (or rather the oddness/evenness of the number of factors). I hadn't made the step to the fact that only square numbers have an even number of factors though, so failed at the challenge :(
That said, here's a quick python solution anyway ;)
Addendum (2009-08-06 07:33):
Wow... looks like that's the shortest python solution so far.
Has everyone else posting python forgotten about list comprehensions, the built-in power operator and the fact that int() performs a floor? As shown, makes it a one-liner :)
Addendum (2009-08-06 07:35):
Also, I meant in my original post that I hadn't noticed that only squares had odd numbers of factors, not even.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 07:49 • by The General
Proof that without work, there's no Collatz.*
Actually this appears not to be the Collatz theorem (or really the Collatz conjecture) anyway - that's the one about the sequence of numbers generated by the rule "if N is even, halve it, else triple it and add 1". The Collatz conjecture is that if N starts as a positive integer, it always reaches the value 1.
* -10 for tortured translingual pun, I'm sure.
This assumes that the ForEach extension-function for IEnumerable is defined, which in my projects it always is. But the Mofties forgot it somehow, so with plain .NET 3.5 you have to define it yourself or work around it like
new List<int>(Squares(100)).ForEach(Console.WriteLine);
Captcha: "validus", so I guess I have to provide the proof:
Every door is open that gets toggled an odd number of times.
The number of times each door is toggled is equal to its number of dividers (follows directly from the used algorithm).
If X is the number of doors, then for each divider N of X that is smaller than sqrt(X) there must be a number M greater than sqrt(X) such that N*M = X (else N wouldn't be a divider of X and if M <= sqrt(x) then N*M < sqrt(x)*sqrt(x) = X). So M is a divider of X, too, which makes the number of dividers even, except when sqrt(X) is itself an divider of X, which is true only for square-numbers.
So the open doors correspond to all square numbers (including 1) smaller or equal than X.
BTW: The Jocks still won in my case :-/
What's the graph of permitted movement between houses? K5? And is he allowed to visit the fifth house only once?
If my understanding of the problem is correct then the answer is 1, and he leaves 2 rabbits in each house. One way to accomplish this is to visit each house except the fifth twice.
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 08:27 • by Hizard (unregistered)
1 will be toggled least :)
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 08:37 • by Hans (unregistered)
I've worked with guys like you: math background (right?), thinks of himself as much better than all those lowly computer scientists around him, hired as a programmer because there is zero money in math, but refuses to do menial work like actually programming because there's just no challenge in it for a genius like himself.
I've also seen the disorganized piles of shit that such people call code, after they had finally left. And then I'm grateful I don't work with them right now.
Anyway, I feel for you: living between all those stupid people, and chances are you will _never_ solve a new problem in your life. Happiness must be hard to reach under those conditions...
Re: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers
2009-08-06 08:41 • by !? (unregistered)
And the jocks would never lose track of which locker they should toggle.... Yeah, right.
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LHA 6, the first ship of the LHA(R) program, would be able to operate and support a detachment of 20+ F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. LHA 6 featurs several aviation capabilities enhanced beyond previous amphibious assault ships. These include an enlarged hangar deck, realignment and expansion of the aviation maintenance facilities, a significant increase in available stowage for parts and support equipment, and increased aviation fuel capacity. LHA 6 would be multi-functional and versatile, modifying existing Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) spaces to allow for flexible mission dependent reconfiguration. LHA 6 would also have increased cargo magazine capacity, better survivability, and greater service life margins. LHA 6 would use the same gas turbine propulsion plant, zonal electrical distribution and electric auxiliary systems being designed and built for LHD 8, the final of the Wasp class amphibious assault ships.
The amphibious fleet was expected to become organized for forward presence into twelve ARGs (eventually Expeditionary Support Groups), each with three ships. The centerpiece of the ARG was a Wasp-class or Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. The first five Tarawa (LHA-1)-class amphibious assault ships were commissioned between 1976 and 1980. The five ships of the Tarawa class general-purpose amphibious assault ships (LHA) reach the end of their expected service lives at the rate of one per year from 2011 to 2015. Originally intended for a service life of 20 years, this was later extended to 35 years through limited mid-life upgrades. Although the Navy had considered a SLEP for the LHAs, this was ultimately assessed to be technically infeasible and unaffordable. LHD 8 would replace one of the LHAs, while the LHA(R) program would replace the last four Tarawa-class LHAs.
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Unbelievable you didn't mention any cheap resorts in Colorado, one of the easiest to get to and most popular ski destinations in the country!! How about Ski Cooper near Leadville, Monarch near Salida, Ski Sunlight near Glenwood Springs, all near the big corporate mountains of Colorado, but light years away in pricing, family experience and value!!
Let's give a serious look to Montana Snowbowl for a minute. The ski area is only 10 miles from the city of Butte, which is a college town. Butte has an airport served by Delta Airlines. While there is a small amount of base lodging most of the lodging choices are 10 miles from the ski area at the freeway exit off of I-90 or in-town. Montana Snowbowl is a large ski area at 2600 ft. vertical drop and it has two chairlifts plus a beginner lift rather than just one chairlift. The cost? $44. What about apres-ski nightlife? Didn't I tell you that Butte was a college town and a former mining town? Believe me, there is enough competition in the nightlife business there to keep prices reasonable too.
What about the East? How many decent mid-priced hills did you miss? How about Magic Mountain or Pico in Vermont? Magic has a 1700 ft drop and Pico has 1967 ft. Both have base lodging, bars, and restaurants, and the cost? Magic is $49 midweek and $63 weekend, if you don't buy a discount somewhere else, and Pico is $52 midweek and $67 on the weekend. What about New Hampshire? How about Sunapee or Wildcat? Both have base-to-summit high-speed lifts. Sunapee has a 1500 ft vertical and Wildcat 2112 ft vertical. They are a little more-expensive but much less expensive than Sugarloaf. Sunapee is $72 midweek and $76 on weekends but if you buy in online in advance the cost drops as much as 33%. Wildcat is $63 midweek and $70 weekends and their tickets are interchangeable with Attitash, another decent mid-priced ski hill.
I'm partial to the closest ski hill to my house. Eldora has a 1600 ft vertical drop and four main mountain fixed-grip chairs and four beginner or easy intermediate lifts, plus an extensive snowmaking system. and they do a fair amount of grooming every night too. Why buy lift tickets at the ski hill when you can stop at the grocery store on the way and get them for $56? In the fall a 4-day pass can be ordered online for as little as $129 too. One great thing about Eldora is that I-70 isn't involved so no stop & go traffic for 3 hours to get there! The nearby town of Nederland has several decent restaurants and microbreweries and limited lodging, and Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado and hundreds of bars, restaurants, and lodging choices is only 18 miles from the ski hill, plus a city bus serves the ski hill and Nederland from Boulder once per hour all day long for a reasonable price too.
Those are my five choices for decent mid-priced ski hills. Honorable mention goes to Bogus Basin near Boise, ID, which is only $49, and Red Lodge, MT, is 2400 ft vertical and only $50. Turner Mt wouldn't be a bad choice if one were an advanced or expert skier and they lived in Libby but it isn't a ski hill that caters to beginners. One more tip. Next time that you are driving all the way to Jay Peak why not just keep right on going to Owl's Head, Quebec, which has 9 chairlifts on a 1772 ft vertical drop and is only $45 on the weekend? Owl's Head is only 30 minutes further up Rt. 101 from the Jay Peak turn off.
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The halls of Metro: Last Light are dense with shadows, pitfalls, side routes, trip wires and inconveniently well-lit chokepoints. Enemies rarely cohere into nice tidy groups, and they won't miraculously lose interest when you evade line of sight. The guns, meanwhile, are as beautifully makeshift and unreliable as they were in the original. "Bastard" SMGs must be gingerly handled, lest they sputter precious rounds in a wide arc around your crosshairs. Sniper rifles must be pressurised by hand, lest their ball bearings bounce uselessly from the helmets of armoured enemies. There are useful quirks, once again, to how each resentfully imperfect cluster of salvaged parts behaves - a tap of the reload button adds a single shell to the breach of your shotgun, while clenching it slots in the full six.
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Salma Hayek had on a very tight-fitted leather jacket as she left Madeo restaurant in West Hollywood earlier this week. Hayek looks terrific as she shows off her voluptuous figure. Happy Birthday to Salma, she turns 44 tomorrow!
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Can you believe Salma is turning 44 tomorrow? She looks amazing for her age, doesn't she? I think Salma, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and a handful of other gorgeous 40ish female celebrities should start a "How to look this great after 40″ blog.
Salma is married to French billionaire, François-Henri Pinault. The couple have a 2-year-old daughter together. Did you know they married twice last year? Once on Valentine's Day in Paris and the second time in Venice, Italy, two months later? How romantic! But the year prior to their marriage, the couple broke up and reconciliated.
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According to release from the U.S. attorney's office, Newcomb and Head Teller Teresa Humphries allegedly concocted this scheme back in 2000. The release says Newcomb and Humphries would draft and approve fraudulent loans in the names of Lynrocten members.
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Humphries admitted she was stealing around three to four thousand dollars a month --- which she deposited into family members accounts.
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What would you tell children about pursuing their Dreams and Changing the World?
Hi everyone,
I'd like to ask you all what you would tell young people, whether your own children or people you've never met - about pursuing their dreams and trying to change the world?
With permission from each of you, I would like to ask to quote some of the answers that are provided in a video I'm creating for a project of mine that is all about encouraging people to pursue their dreams and aiming to better enable them to do what they truly want in life. I'd love to credit each of you by name, but if you'd rather I don't, just let me know.
These quotations will be put alongside some beautiful works of art about dreams to create a kind of 'Dream Wall' that is filmed as part of the video.
I'm looking for any honest feelings you have. And am really excited to see what this great community thinks about something so wonderful and, I think, central to this period of great opportunity.
Thank you so much.
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Dec 2 2011: I'd tell them: "Go for it! You can achieve your goals! You can change the world! You are a gorgeous piece of this everything that is everywhere at all times! You have infinite potential! You are powerful! You are great! Do everything with love!"
Here's some powerful quotes:
"Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility. Around me is boundless opportunity. Why should I fear?" - Mac Anderson
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Don't curse the darkness - light a candle." - Chinese Proverb
"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela
"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment." - Anthony Robbins
And here's a link to a beautiful song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFY9h8DImg
Dec 6 2011: Thanks a lot Andreea! Hahah actually as a matter of fact, John Lennon's "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" line is going to be the first shot that we see in this whole sequence involving everyone's contributions :)
All the quotations you've put forward are great, and I particularly like the Mac Anderson one, its really powerful!
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A 38-year-old Lake Charles man, a convicted sex offender, is facing charges of burglary and failure to register, according to records from the Calcasieu Correctional Center.
Steven Paul Burns was arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of simple burglary, unauthorized entry of a place of business, failure to register and notify as a sex offender or child predator and failure to comply with sex offender identification requirements.
Burns, who was convicted of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in January 2002, was picked up by Lake Charles Police while on Bilbo Street at 3:52 a.m. Tuesday.
Bond was pending.
Mark Anthony Handy, of Westlake, was arrested with Burns on charges of simple burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office reported the following arrests:
• Peter John Batiste, 48, Lake Charles: drug possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, drug use in presence of minors. Bond: $175,000.
• Latoya Nicole Cyprian, 35, Lake Charles: five counts of marijuana possession with intent to distribute. Bond: $175,000.
• Alexander Hutchinson, 32, Sulphur: simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $61,500.
• Nathaniel Joseph Conner, 24, Lake Charles: drug possession, first-offense marijuana possession. Bond: $50,000.
• Dylon Tait Smith, 19, Crowley: simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, theft under $500, simple criminal damage to property $500 to $50,000, contributing to the delinquency of minors. Bond: $23,000.
• Brandt Lane Brossette, 27, Sulphur: theft over $1,500, firearm theft, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Bond: $22,000.
• Glenn D. Richard Jr., 32, Lake Charles: simple burglary, possession of stolen things over $500. Bond: $22,000.
• Paige Lea Self, 26, Lake Charles: drug possession with intent to distribute. Bond: $20,000.
• Randy Canute Warren, 46, Lake Charles: simple burglary, possession of stolen things, resisting an officer, criminal conspiracy. Bond: $14,000.
• Megan Hope Duhon, 24, Lake Charles: aggravated battery, domestic abuse battery. Bond: $12,000.
• Kalab Patrick LaFleur, 18, Westlake: first-offense marijuana possession, drug possession in a drug-free zone. Bond: $10,000.
• Carl Lannye Perkins Jr., 38, Lake Charles: cruelty to juveniles, aggravated battery.
• Gerell K. Coco, 23, Baton Rouge: two counts of drug possession with intent to distribute.
• Alan Michael Johnson, 22, Baton Rouge: two counts of drug possession with intent to distribute.
• Kirk Dewayne August, 36, Lake Charles: simple burglary, theft under $500, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
• Ivan Lee Ashworth, 18, Sulphur: two counts of simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, firearm theft, theft over $1,500.
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office reported the following arrests:
• Ricky Aymond, 20, Lake Charles: second-offense marijuana possession. Bond: $20,000.
• Darla Seneca, 49, Maurice: bank fraud. Bond: $15,000.
• Courtney Deal, 31, Ragley: drug possession, driving with a suspended license, disturbing the peace, open-container violation, disturbing the peace. Bond: $10,500.
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Obama argues that Mike Lee is the bad guy. Weiner's return. Sequester grounds pilots at Hill Air Force Base.
Happy Wednesday. Will Anthony Weiner rise again? The ex-congressman resigned in 2011 after a terribly embarrassing scandal where he sent lewd pictures of himself to strangers online and then lied about it. He says he's changed and he has an eye on becoming New York City's next mayor. [NYTimes]
Topping the news: The president unveiled his $3.77 trillion budget proposal today that lowers the tax hikes he has previously requested and reduces costs in Medicare and Social Security in a bid to get Republicans thinking of a grand bargain again. [WaPost] [NYTimes] [FoxNews]
-> Obama is painting Sen. Mike Lee and his Senate allies as obstructionists getting in the way of passing gun control legislation. Lee is filibustering a Senate gun deal with fellow conservatives Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says they are protecting Second Amendment right. [Trib]
-> Not all filibusters are the talk-to-you-drop kind. Lee is requiring Democrats to get 60 votes to begin debating the bill and that test vote is slated for Thursday. [DNews]
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Tweet of the day: From @gopTODD: "Today I saw a "Wallack for Congress" billboard on I-15 and a Frougal Dougall for auditor yard sign to boot. #timewarp"
In other news: Sen. Orrin Hatch will join fellow GOP lawmakers at a dinner at the White House with Obama on Wednesday night to talk about policy issues and the budget. [Trib]
-> A squadron of F-16 fighter jets stationed at Hill Air Force Base expect to be grounded when they return from a mission in the Pacific due to the sequester. [Trib]
-> Utah AG John Swallow joined with 35 other attorneys general in calling on Congress to act on implement a comprehensive immigration reform bill. [Trib]
-> Swallow responds to allegations that he violated election laws last year, but it will be up to the state elections office to see if that document will get released to the public. [DNews]
-> The investigation into Lt. Gov. Greg Bell and his interaction with the Division of Child and Family Services stems from a man from Bell's LDS ward who asked him for help. [Trib]
-> U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin joined with Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to do a "wellness walk" around Utah's state capitol, urging Utahns to take "small measures" to improve their health. [Trib]
-> Federal investigators are tossing out another eight cases related to West Valley City's drug cops. [Trib] [DNews]
-> The Salt Lake County Council backed up County Sheriff Jim Winder's refusal to release in bulk thousands of mugshots to a website owner, saying while the images are public record, there are still limits. [Trib]
-> Have a great idea for Salt Lake City's bicycle and pedestrian plans? Take it to City Hall at a public forum later this week. [DNews]
-> A candidate to be a state judge in Utah withdraws his name, possibly because of family financial trouble. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley on Annette Funicello and Margaret Thatcher's passing. [Trib]
Nationally: President Barack Obama's budget – rolled out Tuesday – includes $235 million more for mental health spending in the wake of a national debate about how mental health factors into gun violence. [WaPost]
-> Despite being the highest-ranking member of his party eligible for the Oval Office in 2016, Vice President Joe Biden faces a unique situation as the underdog – if he chooses to run. [NYTimes]
-> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign is claiming their office was bugged after a recording of campaign staffers blasting then-opponent Ashley Judd surfaced on Mother Jones. While Judd denies any involvement, McConnell is asking the FBI to investigate. [WaPost] [Politico] [AtlanticWire]
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I met Annabelle at the presentation of Ayzit Bostan, my favorite from Munich (take a look at her beautiful summer 2012 collection video). Annabelle's relaxed, yet flamboyant floor length kaftan-dress immediately caught my eye after the style-frenzy at the tents.
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DoD to host a performance symposium open to all
500 performance improvement leaders from across the Department of Defense, including Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Agencies and activities, and federal government agencies get ready to gather and compare notes, and you're invited! We get details from J. D. Sicilia, the director of the Defense Department's Lean Six Sigma Program Office.
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KNOXVILLE (WATE) - It's official! The 2013 Girl Scout cookie selling season is open.
This weekend Girl Scouts across East Tennessee gathered for pep rallies to celebrate.
Some scouts held their kick off at the Episcopal School of Knoxville.
"I like girl scouts because a lot because I get to help the community and it's just a fun way to do fun things with people," said Girl Scout Madison Bryant.
Cookie orders will be taken now until Feb. 10, and there are six varieties available this year.
"I like that we can work together and do things together. I like the team work and how we work together," said Girl Scout Payton Todd.
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