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The candidates for state representative for House District 13 and for state Senate District 8 squared off Wednesday night, Oct. 24, at the Middle Park High School auditorium.
The forum, organized by the Sky-Hi News and the Middle Park High School civics classes, included: Claire Levy, a Democrat running for House District 13; Adam Ochs, a Republican candidate for the same seat; Randy Baumgardner, a Republican candidate for the state Senate District 8; and Emily Tracy, a Democrat running for Senate District 8.
Middle Park High School seniors Emily Dee, Morgan Milstead, Maddie Lutz, and Nico Larsen acted as moderators for the forum and asked questions concerning numerous topics.
Partisan divides on a number of topics came to forefront as candidates offered their perspectives on topics including: Funding for k-12 education, regulations for driving under the influence of marijuana, subsidies for low income families and their children, traffic congestion on the Interstate 70 corridor, and gun control.
K-12 Funding
Republican candidates believed that funding for K-12 education was adequate and should be handled more on a local level.
"What is not adequate is how we use those funds," Ochs said. Ochs stated that he believed individual school districts should be able to decide what is the best way to apply funding from the state to their children.
While Democratic candidates proposed the need to rebuild state funding of K-12 education after funding cuts have been made by the state in the wake of the recession.
"K-12 education, I think, is one of the most vital things that your tax dollars do for the future of Colorado," Levy said.
Marijuana regulation
With Colorado already legalizing the use of medical marijuana and Amendment 64 on the ballot for this year, which, if passed, would legalize recreational use of marijuana for persons over the age of 21, the topic of setting a limit as to the amount active THC that should be allowed in a person's system while driving was a hot topic during the forum and is sure to be brought up in the Legislature this session.
All of the candidates agreed that more research needs to be done to establish a limit for the amount of marijuana in a person's blood stream while driving.
"I don't think the science is clear enough yet that we know exactly what that limit needs to be," Tracy said.
Rep. Levy previously sponsored a House bill that sought to establish a limit of five nanograms/liter of active THC in a person's bloodstream while operating a motor vehicle. The bill did not pass and Levy did not support similar bills after the initial one, saying she believed more research needed to be completed before a limit was established.
Ochs commented that he didn't necessarily approve of per se laws.
"If you are driving on the road and a police officer has a reason to pull you over, you probably need to be pulled off the road for some period of time," Ochs said. "At that point an arrest should be made and you should not be driving for the rest of the night."
"In that case legal limits are not all that important because when you get a person off the road and at that point it goes into the judicial system and we let the courts decide," Ochs said.
Child care and education
Republican candidates said providing subsidies to low income families for early childhood education and child care was not the role of government but instead the role of our social institutions.
"I don't think it's the government's role to get totally involved in the child care industry," Baumgardner said. "There are organizations out there that do provide assistance other than the government."
Baumgardner continued to say he believes the amount of money that would be required for the state to become involved in child care was too much a financial burden.
Democrats strongly supported such measures, citing the belief that early childhood education and quality child care is crucial to the future of children.
"Many children who come from lower income families who don't have access to good child care aren't ready to learn when they get to kindergarten and it takes years for them to catch up, if ever," Levy said.
I-70 congestion
In regards to addressing congestion on the I-70 corridor, Republicans and Democrats agreed that a public project to address this issue would involve large expenditures by the state. They hinted that the issue would be best sorted out through the private sector and solutions that have been discussed so far, including widening the interstate and building a rail system, are not the best alternatives.
Discussion took place concerning how the congestion on I-70 spawns from a peak-demand problem.
"People have been working on this issue for more than 15 years," Levy said. "Looking at how to smooth out the peak travel to make better use of this highway."
Levy commented on possibly having incentives through the private sector, such as ski resorts, offering deals for people to go skiing during the week instead of on the weekend.
Ochs commented on the uncertainty that surrounds building a rail system.
"How long will it take? How much will it cost?" he said. "Will it actually relive any traffic congestion? Will people use it?"
Ochs believes there may be more opportunity through a free market solution by allowing people to advertise themselves to provide rides to other people, something that is not allowed at the state level without burdensome regulation, according to Ochs.
Gun control
When discussing gun control issues the candidates all seemed to agree there would be no danger posed to Second Amendment rights for Colorado residents. While Democrats believed there were some possibilities for stricter controls, those possibilities would need to be discussed by all interested parties before any regulations were passed.
"I don't have a position, I don't have a solution, but I know we need to talk about it as a community," Tracy said.
Republican candidates believed that the right to own and use weapons should not be infringed upon by the government in any way and that gun controls already in place in the state of Colorado are adequate.
"We can't legislate people that walk into a theater and kill people," Baumgardner said. Baumgardner is endorsed by three different pro-Second Amendment groups and said he has been a champion of Second Amendment rights as the representative for District 57. "The gun itself does nothing," Baumgardner said. "It's the person holding that weapon that actually inflicts the injury."
More information about the candidates can be located at skyhidailynews.com by viewing the questionnaires they responded to or by visiting the individual website for each candidate.


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5 Big News Stories That Left Out the Most Important Part
#2. The Chevy Volt Is a Fiery Death Trap (if You Really Try)
In November of 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated that the Chevy Volt's lithium battery had a nasty tendency to murder your entire extended family with fire if you looked at it the wrong way ("looked at it the wrong way" in this context meaning "wrapped it around a telephone pole at 20 mph").
Hybrid haters nationwide leaped at the opportunity to point out just how terribly unsafe these newfangled hippiemobiles are. Oh, and also to remind us that anyone looking for a form of transportation that isn't reliant on burning dinosaur goop is a goddamn communist.
"Da, comrade. Da."
But They Forgot to Mention ...
If you smacked into the Volt at just the right spot, and then flipped it at just the right speed, the battery would indeed catch fire ... three weeks later, which Volt head developer Bob Lutz wryly noted was probably plenty of time for passengers to exit the vehicle. And that fire only occurred because the NHTSA didn't follow GM's recommended handling procedure for post-crash Volts. But that still didn't stop critics from declaring the Volt to be a liberal-funded crematory on wheels.
"This car will literally eat your children! And Obama is doing nothing to stop it!"
That's because prior to going all Hindenburg, the Volt was already controversial for the $7,500 tax credit its buyers received to offset the high sticker price, on top of the GM bailout screaming matches that continue to this day. News of the Volt's pyromaniacal tendencies quickly became a huge political story, helping to tank its sales in the process.
For GM's part, they offered to buy back Volts from worried customers while the issue got sorted out. And sorted out it got, when two months later the NHTSA completed their investigation and declared the Volt to be just as safe as its fossil-chomping cousins. Volt sales recovered (though are still a tiny fraction of those of its all-gas peers) and it remains the most fuel-efficient full-size car in production.
Narrowly edging out the Yocto Gas Miser.
Oh, and that $7,500 tax credit that was the root cause of turning a news story about a broken freaking battery into yet another left-versus-right political shit-fling? That was actually President Bush's idea.
#1. The "Fukushima 50" Sacrificed Their Lives to Prevent Disaster (also, They're All Still Alive)
It was one of the truly inspirational stories that came out of the horrific Japanese earthquake/tsunami and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant: A group of heroic workers colloquially known as "The Fukushima 50" stayed behind to try to bring the reactors under control. It was reported that the workers had received lethal doses of radiation, but that -- although they expected to die within weeks -- they would carry on as long as necessary to try to protect Japanese citizens.
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"There's at least a 20 percent chance that some of us will get superpowers instead of dying slowly and horribly."
But They Forgot to Mention ...
They're fine.
You have a right to be surprised; to provide a point of comparison, during the cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the 1980s, 134 "liquidators" were diagnosed as having radiation poisoning, and 28 of them died within two months of the accident. On the other hand, over a year after the Fukushima disaster, the number of workers who have died from radiation poisoning is ... zero.
Not a single worker has died from radiation-related causes, and in fact none of the workers have even shown symptoms of radiation poisoning. But what about the report from the workers that they were prepared to die from radiation poisoning? Well, that claim came from a single worker who yanked his hypothesis straight out of his ass and told his mother about it, who then passed it on to reporters. That's right -- all the news reports you heard about Fukushima workers expecting to die within weeks or months literally stemmed from the claims of one worried mom.
"They're not even cutting the crusts off his sandwiches! It's barbaric!"
But that's just short-term risks. Surely we can expect to see that Big C asshole popping up over the long term, right? Probably not. A panel of experts found that the average cancer risk for the workers is 0.002 percent higher than the normal population. Even the most exposed worker (who received a dose of 670 millisieverts, over twice the emergency limit of 250 mSv) only has a 6.7 percent higher chance of getting cancer.
So why all the panic? Well, the effects of different types of radiation are difficult to explain to the layperson, and when you have the queen of the Uruk-hai (aka Nancy Grace) belching out a cloud of undiluted, pants-shitting sensationalism, it's easy to see how misinformation can spread so quickly. But while the press had a field day comparing the accident to Chernobyl, in reality it wasn't nearly as bad. As a matter of fact, Japanese officials are already starting to permit people to return to their homes and businesses, and looking back now, it turns out that the workers were never really in much danger.
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Except from Godzilla.
Now, don't get us wrong -- each and every one of those workers is a hero and stood tall in the face of disaster. But why not reward them by gaping in awe of their badassery and not by looking at them with solemn pity, waiting for the next one to keel over?
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Hackers on a Train 2012
Mitch, and others, are creating:
Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012!
Can we do a workshop at your hackerspace this summer?
(North America only, this summer.)
Please email me for questions, or to get more info:
maltman23 *at* hotmail *dot* com
I bought a 45-day Amtrak USA Rail Pass.
I will be starting by going from San Francisco to New York City on 27-June. I have a few plans already, but if people/hackerspaces are interested, I'd love to do lots of workshops in cities with hackerspaces (or forming hackerspaces) in cities nearby Amtrak stations.
Jimmie Rodgers will be joining me, and so will other cool people -- for either all or part of this Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012.
Our workshops are for all ages, and all skill levels.
Would you be interested in having us do workshops at your space?
Would you be interested in joining us for all or part of the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012?
Lemme know!
I have the following plans so far -- and there's room for plenty more!
- July 1 -- arrive in NY, NY
- July 7 -- workshop at The Hacktory, Philadelphia, PA
- July 13-15 -- HOPE #9, NY, NY
- July 21-22 -- Awesome Foundation Summit, Boston, MA
- July 27-29 -- World Future Society conference, Toronto, ON
- August 8-12 -- ToorCamp, NW corner of WA state
Hackerspaces who've responded, and that I have to work into the Tour
- HackPhilly -- Philadelphia, PA
- Hive76 -- Philadelphia, PA
- MakeLV -- Allentown, PA
- MakerBar -- Hoboken, NJ
- AlphaOne Labs -- NY, NY
- CT Hackerspace -- CT
- Parts and Crafts -- Sommerville, MA
- Uplift DC -- DC
- HacDC -- DC
- Syracuse Innovators Guild -- Syracuse, NY
- Buffalo Lab -- Buffalo, NY
- HackPittsburgh -- Pittsburgh, PA
- UnLab -- London, ON
- i3 Detroit -- Detroit, MI
- Dayton Diode -- Dayton, OH (1 hour from Cincinatti)
- Maker's Alliance -- Cleveland, OH
- Bloominglabs -- Bloomington, IN (1.5 hours from Indianapolis)
- Pumping Station: One -- Chicago, IL
- Workshop 88 -- Glen Ellyn, IL
- Bucketworks -- Milwaukee, WI
- The Hack Factory -- Minneapolis, MN
- Urbana Maker Space -- Urbana, IL
- CCCKC -- Kansas City, MO
- Science Center in Union Station -- Kansas City, MO
- Area42 -- St. Louis, MO
- ArchReactor -- St. Louis, MO
- Freeside -- Atlanta, GA
- Tx/Rx Labs -- Houston, TX
- Quelab -- Albuquerque, NM
- ALTspace -- Seattle, WA
- Black Lodge Research -- Seattle, WA
- Vancouver Hacker Space -- Vancouver, BC
- Rogue Hack Lab -- Medford, OR (1.5 hours from Klamouth Falls Amtrak station)
- 23b Shop -- Fullerton, CA
We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone. We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- soldering actually is easy! And we can teach more advanced topics, too. I can also give my "Arduino For Total Newbies" workshop. And Jimmie can give his "Circuit Bending" workshop. We can also give talks, if there's interest. Anything that can help out your hackerspace!
Here's some of the kits that will be available:
- TV-B-Gone -- (turn off any TV in public places!)
- "Hi My Name Is" badge -- (you may have seen me wearing mine)
- Brain Machine -- (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
- Mignonette Game -- (build your own handheld game console!)
- Trippy RGB Waves -- (interac tive blinky lights!)
- LEDcube -- (animated 3D cube of LEDs!)
- MiniPOV -- (more cool blinky lights!)
- BoArduino -- (solderless breadborad Arduino!)
- Diavolino -- (shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)
- OpenHeart -- (animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)
- LoL Shield -- (Lots of LEDs for your Arduino!)
- Atari Punk Console -- (make noise!)
- microcontroller programmer (USBtinyISP)-- (program all your AVR family chips!)
And more!
Workshops are great ways to get new people to your hackerspace, and to energize people already at the space. You can also use them to raise funds, if you like.
Me and Jimmie don't make money from our workshops. The money we charge ($10 to $35, depending on the kit) pays for kit parts and travel. We do this because we love teaching people how to make cool things! And we love helping hackerspaces.
Publicity from Midwest Workshop Tour 2010
Here are a few links to articles from our Midwest tour a couple summers ago:
Add you hackerspace to the Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012!
I'd love to add your hackerspace to our tour. Please let me know if you're interested, and I'll reply with an email with a minimal list of what's required on your end.
And please let me know if you'd like to join us on the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012.
Please email me for questions, or to get more info:
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Hoosiers Just Say No to Neon Camouflage
As any college basketball fan who glanced at the Internet on Thursday can tell you, six teams are getting some eye-exploding new uniforms courtesy of Adidas. (See Jason Gay's column.) In the hoops high season of March, Cincinnati, Kansas, Notre Dame, Baylor, UCLA and Louisville will wear outfits featuring wild-patterned shorts that look like they could serve as camouflage on the Great Barrier Reef.
Notably absent from the Three Stripes' latest fashion lineup: Indiana. The No. 1 Hoosiers are an Adidas-wearing team, and a storied one at that. But that's precisely why Indiana won't be seen any time soon in the new get-ups. "We wouldn't consider a change," an IU spokesman said by email. Instead, the Hoosiers will stick with their traditional, understated uniforms—which include red-and-white candy-striped warm-up pants.
—Rachel Bachman
Rodman's New Friend
Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out Thursday with North Korea's Kim Jong Eun on the third day of his journey to Pyongyang. "You have a friend for life," Rodman told Kim before a crowd at a local gymnasium. Rodman made the trip with members of the Harlem Globetrotters and a VICE production crew—a weekly HBO series.
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EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY — ESU Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Lana Oleen and ESU Interim President Ed Flentje announced today a new partnership that expands scholarship funding at Emporia State University by $7.5 million over the next five years.
"This agreement represents a significant partnership between the University and the Foundation," said Oleen, who has served as a trustee since 2006.
"The role of the Foundation is to raise, receive, invest, allocate, and exercise stewardship for private gifts benefiting ESU. We believe our students' futures are our most important investments," said Oleen who earned both bachelor's and master's degrees from ESU.
"I am very pleased that the ESU Trustees have made this decision, as their collective action puts in motion the ability to more than double the level of scholarship awards over the next five years."
The new plan, which takes effect for students entering ESU in Fall 2012, has two important components. First, it increases the dollar amount of merit-based scholarships for both first-time freshmen and transfer students. Second, it extends the renewability of the scholarships based on academic performance.
"We believe this partnership with the ESU Foundation will be a major step in attracting new full-time, on-campus students," said Flentje, "and keeping them as ESU Hornets throughout their academic career."
"This action by Foundation trustees will make ESU's already affordable tuition even more affordable," said Flentje.
Laura Eddy, director of ESU Admissions, explained the new scholarship plan: "Under the program, awards for first-time freshmen are offered at three scholarship levels — ESU Presidential Scholars, ESU Foundation Scholars and ESU Hornet Scholars — that are tied to college entrance scores and high school grades."
"I am also proud that action by the Foundation Board allows the University to re-establish Presidential Scholars with our highest level of merit scholarships," Flentje said. "We also want to commend the ESU Foundation for its significant contribution and support with the establishment of Foundation Scholars.
"The University could not offer these awards without the stewardship of the Foundation."
Freshman scholarship recipients who achieve and maintain academic standards may gain funding for a total of eight semesters. Scholarships for first-time transfer students are renewable for up to four total semesters, said Eddy.
Under the program, first-time freshmen can qualify for funding ranging from $1,000 to $3,600, based on academic performance. With current tuition at $4,952, scholarships could pay from one-fifth to nearly three-quarters of the bill.
Awards for transfer students range from $1,600 to $3,000 and equate to one-third to two-thirds of tuition, based on academic performance.
More information about the new 2012-13 scholarship program is online at http://www.emporia.edu/finaid/scholarships/#ESU_Scholarship_Programs or by calling toll-free 1-877-GO-TO-ESU (877-468-6378)
The priority application deadline for Fall 2012 scholarships is February 15th of next year.


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K-State Track & Field Adds Home Meet To Schedule
Posted: 2:39 PM Jan 11, 2013
Reporter: K-State Sports Information (posted by J.B. Bauersfeld)
K-State news release:
K-State Track & Field Adds Home Meet to Schedule
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With track and field season getting into the swing of things this weekend across the nation, K-State Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Cliff Rovelto announced the addition of another home meet to his team's indoor schedule on Friday. The Wildcats will host the KSU Open on February 16 at Ahearn Field House, one week prior to the Big 12 Championship hosted by Iowa State.
The addition of the KSU Open gives Rovelto's Wildcats a total of four home meets during the indoor season, counting the Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon and KSU All-Comers from December. K-State's next home meet will be January 19 when the Wildcat Invitational takes place as a triple dual meet with Oklahoma State, Tulsa and UMKC. K-State is hosting one outdoor meet this year on May 11.
K-State is set to compete at the Jayhawk Challenge today at Anschutz Sports Pavilion in Lawrence. Action in field events starts at 3 p.m. with track events starting at 4 p.m. Fans can follow live results online at blacksquirreltiming.com and get updates on Twitter via the handle @kstate_gameday.
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Hosta Nightstand
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Part of Greenington's original Hosta collection, this beautiful, lightly apportioned nightstand is the perfect size to give you the bedside storage you need without crowding your bedroom (visually or spatially). This bamboo bedside table comes in a "caramelized" finish, created by a process of heating the bamboo as it's being made into laminate boards. The end result is a highly durable nightstand with a beautiful finish that's integral to the wood.
A well-made and eco-friendly piece of furniture, the Hosta Nightstand makes a perfect set with the Hosta Queen Bed or Hosta King Bed.
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KILLEEN (February 27, 2013) ---Civilian Department of Defense workers in the communities surrounding Fort Hood could lose their jobs or be furloughed without pay if automatic budget cuts kick in Friday.
With close to 6,000 workers on that list locally, area businesses could feel the impact, as well.
Chamber of Commerce President John Crutchfield said job cuts and furloughs could force some households are to look at their own budgets.
"People impacted are going to cut back, they're probably going to cut out some of the luxuries or maybe not go out for dinners much as they were and it's conceivable if it goes on for long you'll see some major purchases put off like vehicles," Crutchfield said.
Two days before the looming deadline for a budget deal that would head off the cuts, a co-owner of Billy Bob's Burgers in Killeen said he'll be watching his business to see he needs to make changes in the restaurant's budget.
"We haven't seen any effect I'm sure down the road if our business did go down that would be something we would have to consider," co-owner Tommy Ray said.
Some critics say the impact of the cuts has been exaggerated, but it's clear nobody has a firm handle on what will happen if they kick in Friday.
"How long this is going to stay unresolved, how long it's going to play out whether the cuts are permanent or not, whether it's going to be restored, there's a lot of speculation now that they'll be restored it'll only last a matter of days but we don't know that any of that is true," Crutchfield said.


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My Aim is to just play the game by LLM rules and see where the game takes me. I wont be setting any goals due to the fact i feel ill follow them rather than enjoying the reality of the game.
Leagues Loaded:
I will be adding more leagues as and when i want to.
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The 2014 campaign for Maryland governor is well under way, with contested primary races in both the Democratic and Republican parties. The primary election is June 24. Candidates include three Democrats and four Republicans. -- Michael Dresser
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How to unlock New Motorola W409G by code ?
Unlocking New Motorola W409G by code is very easy, it is also safest and non-invasive method of unlocking your phone. To get code for unlock New Motorola W409G you need to provide IMEI number of your New Motorola. Type on keyboard *#06# or remove battery from your New Motorola W409G to check IMEI number. IMEI is written on the information label as shown in this picture.
New Motorola phones ie: Defy, Flipout, Atrix, MB200, MB300, MB511, XT720, Milestone etc., mostly based on Android system. These phones have new security unlock codes, which must be order from the new base.


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I've been working in Sublime Text 2 on my own time to learn web development. Now I'm laying out another book in InDesign and just dreaming of having some of Sublime Text 2's workflow. Does anyone know if there are any extensions / plug-ins that offer this? Particularly the ability to select a segment of text, instantly select all instances of it, and edit them all simultaneously IN COLUMN as opposed to the very tedious find and replace functionality.
I don't know of any extensions that solve this problem. I've always wished there was a backdoor to InD's markup where you could perform edits in a structured way -- obviously, at your own risk ;)
Scripting may provide a little productivity boost for you -- though not as elegant as what you seek. A javascript could grab your selection, ask for your edits, then run the search for you with predefined options. Assign it a keystroke and it's starting to feel almost native! The kind folks over at the InDesign Scripting forum could probably give you a jump start.
The short but unhappy answer is "No," but @plainclothes suggestion to check in with the ID scripting forum is a good one. I'd add that this would be a good item to submit as a feature request to Adobe. Chris Kitchener, the ID Product Manager really does read every single bug report and feature request. It helps the InDesign team pitch the feature to management (and marketing!) if you give a detailed description of the workflow.


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WACO (December 31, 2012)-A Waco man was being held Monday in the McLennan County Jail charged with robbery and kidnapping.
Milton Donovan Forcey, 19, was ordered held on bonds totaling $1 million, charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping.
Forcey was arrested after Waco police identified him as a suspect in an early Sunday morning series of events during which a victim reported he was held at gunpoint, robbed and forced to drive from one location to another in an attempt to get more money for a gunman.
Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said officers were sent just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday to an area near 18th Street and Bosque Boulevard where a victim reported he had been robbed and forced to drive his assailant to several areas of town in an attempt to get more money for the robber.
The victim said he was at a traffic light at 18th and Bosque when a man pulled up in another car and asked for help.
The victim offered to help but at one point the assailant got into the victim's car, pulled a handgun and demanded money.
The victim said he was then forced to drive to several other location where he tried to get money from ATM's but was unsuccessful.
The victim told officers at one point the gunman told him to ask other people for money.
Swanton said the victim made no effort to escape his attacker.
After the gunman released the victim, the man notified police.
Officers were able to identify a suspect using information they gathered from the second car.
Forcey was arrested about an hour later at a residence on Cole Avenue.
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I write erotica about Zac Efron. I'm up for dirty talk on Skype: sirjfrankie. Or, message me on Kik: sirjfrankie.
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some fun for the weekend
I just LOVE this thread!
I've got a couple of gif files to share:
I'll see if I can find some more.
Never regret anything, because in that moment it's exactly what you wanted.
These aren't "Erotic" but they're fun:
Grab the scroll arrow....if you can.
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Never regret anything, because in that moment it's exactly what you wanted.
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Never regret anything, because in that moment it's exactly what you wanted.
I don't know. I grabbed it from gayporngifs.tumblr.com -- the guy who runs that site made it and the one above it, and has a contact email on his site. I would ask him; he probably knows.
some more fun ones I have
What fun!! Keep 'em comin!!
some fun ones
Two shots from the previews from Southern Strokes were crying out for animation
I wish I were under him while he's doing that...
Swaggering US Olympic Gymnast Sam Mikulak
Had to share this.
Not perfect animation but fun all the same
Where the hell have I been as far as this thread is concerned. It's my NEW favorite thread. Keep up the great work folks.
a few more from my vault. They are fun
Rapid hand job!
New York Straight Men - Doug gets a seeing to!
Vintage Randy Blue
^^ Awesome!!!
Swaggering US Olympic Gymnast Sam Mikulak
Absolutely fabulous!
Especially for rewind freaks like me.
I like these, might make one of myself in the next couple of days
Flower Power
Someone posted one of this guy earlier, but this one's a little different.
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I was browsing through the non-mandatory tasks on my college's website and I stumbled upon one which cracks my head quite a bit. It goes as follows:
Prove why multiplying two numbers with different signs gives us a negative number while multiplying two of the same sign - positive.
Thing is... I don't even know where to start. How is one supposed to prove thing like that? I mean - it seems so natural, uncontested and taken as granted from one's early years of life that I can't even figure how one could prove it. Is there some proof of such thing I could read or the question itself is somehow tricky?


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Does anyone besides my husband insist on adding an -ed to sour cream? Etymonline dates "sour cream" to 1855, but has no mention of "soured", so I don't think this is analogous to "iced tea" or "ice cream". Is this a regional thing? He grew up in New England, but English is not his parents' first language, so his accent is more Uncle Walter than This Old House.
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After a quick Google Ngram search, soured cream appears to be used very little. Personally, I have never heard it used. On the product itself, (in Canada), the label declares it to be sour cream. There are 39.8 million hits for sour cream on Google, and 0.6 million for soured cream. If we change the Google Ngram to British English, soured cream's popularity increases, so I assume that this is mainly a British expression. Changing it to American English shows almost no results for soured cream.
Soured cream is English and sour cream is American English. We don't eat it as much, dips are not as popular here (although on the rise) and we tend to use yogurt or creme fraiche, that's why it shows lower search results.
As a New Englander, I have never heard it called "soured cream".
According to Google ngrams, "sour cream" is FAR more popular, but this result indicates that it was originally "soured cream" (not sure how reliable it is).
Looking at the entry for sour (the verb) in the NOAD, I find the following definition:
Soured cream is a valid alternative to sour cream.
Looking at the Corpus of Contemporary American English, I notice that the most used phrase is sour cream.
The data for soured cream is not visible because the CoCA reports just one or two sentences containing that phrase.


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Cottage Grove Speedway Information Guide For Saturday May 17th
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Looking for what time the action starts at Cottage Grove Speedway, how much it is to get in to the races, what classes are running, etc. Well check out this information guide to help you get your race weekend started with all the answers to the questions above and more. It will also provide you with the latest statistical information on all the classes scheduled to race this weekend. Don't forget to pick up your discount coupons at either the Cottage Grove Community Center, Jim's Tire Factory, Boyce & Sons Landscaping and Building Materials, and Aesthetic Surgical Arts.
What: Cottage Grove Chamber Night- Race #4
4-Cylinder Nationals/Pepsi Family Night
When: Saturday May 17th, 2014
Where: Cottage Grove Speedway
2150 North Douglas Street, Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424
Pit Gates- 2:00
Front Gates- 4:00
Racing- 6:45
Adults- $12.00
Seniors/Military/Juniors- $10.00
Youths (Ages 12-6)- $5.00
Children Under The Age Of 5- FREE
Family Pass (Two Adults and Up To Four Youths)- $35.00 (FREE SODA INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE OF A FAMILY PASS)
Northwest Extreme Sprints
IMCA Modifieds
Street Stocks
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Website- www.cottagegrovespeedway.com
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Twitter (@CGSpeedway1956)
Statistical Breakdown Of Classes On Tap:
Northwest Extreme Sprints
1. Dave Hibbard- 66
T Jesse Thistle- 66
3. Mike Griffith- 59
4. Raquel Ivie- 57
5. Dusty Redmond- 53
Main Event Wins
Dave Hibbard- 1
Top Five Finishes
Mike Griffith- 1
Dave Hibbard
Dusty Redmond
Jesse Thistle
Don Waddell
Heat Race Wins
Raquel Ivie- 1
Jesse Thistle
Trophy Dash Wins
Jesse Thistle- 1
Jim's Tire Factory Fast Times
Jesse Thistle- 1
IMCA Modifieds
1. Braedon Hand- 76
2. Mark Wauge- 75
3. Tom Berry Jr.- 68
4. Collen Winebarger- 39
5. Craig Cassell- 37
Main Event Wins
Braedon Hand- 1
Mark Wauge
Top Five Finishes
Bradon Hand- 2
Mark Wauge
Tom Berry Jr.- 1
Mark Carrell
Craig Cassell
Steven Sturdevant
Collen Winebarger
Tom Yeack
Heat Race Wins
Braedon Hand- 2
Collen Winebarger- 1
Trophy Dash Wins
Braedon Hand- 2
Jim's Tire Factory Fast Times
Braedon Hand- 2
Street Stocks
1. Justin Evans- 70
2. Steve Begley- 62
3. Brett Provost- 60
4. Ethan Landers- 57
5. Joey Cannon- 52
Main Event Wins
Justin Evans- 1
Top Five Finishes
Steve Begley- 1
Joey Cannon
Justin Evans
Ethan Landers
Brett Provost
Heat Race Wins
Justin Evans- 1
Trophy Dash Wins
Craig Loomis- 1
Jim's Tire Factory Fast Times
Justin Evans- 1
1. Taunton Swaim- 69
2. Mike Swaim- 65
3. K.C. Scott- 59
4. Jessi House- 50
Main Event Wins
K.C. Scott- 1
Taunton Swaim
Top Five Finishes
K.C. Scott- 2
Jessi House- 1
Jason Nelson
Jim Simmons
Mike Swaim
Taunton Swaim
Heat Race Wins
K.C. Scott- 1
Mike Swaim
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Taunton Swaim- 1
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Citing personal correspondence with function of cited person via email?
How do you guys quote the email address of an author in your library section? What
bst styles and
bib packages do you use? How do you code the library entry?
That's how my German university wants to have it like (follows the rule "DIN1505").
Morgner, U. <firstname.lastname@example.com> ; Steinmeyer, G. ; Mitschke,
F.: Systematic evaluation and prediction of the pulse width of
synchronously pumped lasers. URL:
verfügbar am 1.3.1998
This is a weblink, I also have a book, where I want to quote the email of the author. According to this template, there is an
By the way, I use the
natbib package and
alphadin.bst for DIN1505 support.


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Does any body know any reference in which the geometry of compactified moduli space of genus two curves ( Which is a three dimensional variety/stack/...) has been studied?
Genus 2 curves are hyperelliptic and so their coarse moduli space is just the Riemann-Hurwitz space $(\mathbb{P}^1)^6/(SL_2 \cdot S_6)$. So the description of $M_2$ is closedly linked with the invariants of binary sextic forms. The classic reference is the paper
J. Igusa, Arithmetic Variety of Moduli for Genus Two, Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 72, No. 3 (1960), pp. 612-649.
Brendan Hassett's paper Classical and minimal models of the moduli space of curves of genus two is also a nice paper studying explicit compactifications for $M_2$ and their birational geometry properties.
I recommend part III, the case g=2, of Mumford's ":Towards an enumerative geometry of the moduli space of curves", in the Shafarevich 60th birthday volume.
Over the complex numbers, you might be interested in: Mostafa:Die Singularitäten der Modulmannigfaltigkeit $\overline M_g(n)$ der stabilen Kurven vom Geschlecht $g\geq 2$ mit $n$-Teilungspunktstruktur. (German) [The singularities of the moduli variety $\overline M_{g}(n)$ of stable curves of genus $g\geq 2$ with $n$-division point structure] J. Reine Angew. Math. 343 (1983), 81–98.
Over a field of any characteristic, in my paper § 3, the scheme $\overline M_{2}$ over $\mathbb Z$ (and over any field $k$) is described as the normalization of the blowup of the weighted projective scheme $$\mathrm{Proj}\mathbb Z[J_2, J_4, J_6, J_8, J_{10}]/(J_4^2-J_2J_6+4J_8)$$ (the $J_i$'s are Igusa invariants and have weight $i$) along some explicit center. The singularities over $k$ are described as well.
For a birational viewpoint:
W. Rulla, The birational geometry of $\overline{M}_{3}$ and $\overline{M}_{2,1}$, Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2001.


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KILLEEN (November 16, 2012)--A man died Thursday night after crashing his motorcycle on a Killeen city street.
Fort Hood Sgt. Brandon L. Martin, 29, of Killeen, was taken from the scene of the accident in the 5300 block of Bridle Drive to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
A Killeen police spokeswoman said officers were sent just before 10 p.m. to the scene where they found Martin critically injured, lying in the roadway.
Authorities ordered his body sent to Southwest Institute of Forensic Science, in Dallas, for autopsy.
A preliminary investigation showed Martin was riding his 2003 Yamaha at a high rate of speed southbound on Bridle when he lost control.
The victim was thrown from his motorcycle, rolled on the asphalt, and struck a 2001 Ford Focus that was parked on the east side of the roadway.
His motorcycle continued to slide several feet before striking a flat bed utility trailer that was parked in the 5400 block of Bridle.
Martin was wearing a helmet.
The crash is under investigation.
Martin joined the Army in 2005 and had been assigned since June to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 206th Military Intelligence Battalion.
He deployed to Iraq from October 2008 to September 2009.


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I need to track users of my mobile application. When they are connected using wifi, they have a static IP address which never changes - this makes tracking easy. However, if they use their mobile network their IP addresses change on every request which makes tracking difficult.
I'm interested to see how other may have approached this problem and implemented a suitable tracking strategy in this situation?
EDIT: The solution needs to be as secure as possible to prevent users circumventing being tracked.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- State officials are predicting that Alabama's Education Trust Fund will pull in enough money to meet its spending target for this fiscal year and avoid cuts in budgeted spending from proration.
The Birmingham News reports that the state Finance Department said Monday that the trust fund collected $4.25 billion in October through June, an increase of $269.9 million, or 6.8 percent, from the same period a year earlier.
Tax collections by the trust fund are the main source of state tax dollars for public schools and colleges. They need to grow by about 5.6 percent this fiscal year to reach the budgeted spending total of $5.63 billion.
Lawmakers this year approved taking an additional $40 million from the fund this fiscal year to reserve it for spending in the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. The fund's tax collections need to grow by about 6.3 percent in this fiscal year to meet the combined budgeted spending and put away the planned money in reserve for next year.


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Hawks fly past Raiders
TORRINGTON — The quick-strike, fast-start ability of Woodland's spread offense is no secret. But the defensive power behind the Hawks' initial punch might not be quite as well known — yet.
Woodland's offense scored seven touchdowns and its defense added three more as the Hawks routed Torrington, 68-20, in an NVL Copper Division matchup Saturday night at the Robert H. Frost Complex.
Woodland (4-1, 4-0 NVL Copper) needed just less than five total minutes of possession to establish a 14-7 lead on Tanner Kingsley's pretty touchdown passes to Rahmi Rountree and Anthony Scirpo. But the unit who usually does most of Woodland's scoring got plenty of backup from then on out.
Late in the first quarter, linebacker Mike Coelho tipped a pass by Connor Finn that ended
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up in Scirpo's hands (this usually ends poorly for opponents). Scirpo returned it 62 yards for a touchdown to give Woodland a 20-7 lead.
The Hawks added another touchdown early in the second quarter on a 69-yard shovel pass from Kingsley to Brian Zaccagnini before their defense struck again.
With Torrington (2-4, 2-2) starting a drive at its own 35, defensive end Kevin Brennan lucked upon a straight shot at Finn's blind side. Brennan took advantage with a strip sack and linebacker Nick Brown cleaned it up by scooping and scoring from 30 yards out to make it a 34-7 lead midway through the second.
"Kevin rushed the quarterback and made a great play," Brown said. "We knew all week we had to get some pressure and we did."
Late in the game, Jim Barrett recorded a fumble-recovery touchdown of his own to give the Hawks their third defensive score of the night.
"We were opportunistic," Woodland coach Tim Shea said. "It was a matter of being in the right place at the right times on some things. Our pick-six and the fumble recoveries for touchdowns meant we had players around the ball."
It all came without one of the team's best defenders, Levi Fancher, who was out with an illness.
"We were missing one of our key defensive players but it was a matter of the next guy stepping up," said Fancher's older brother Joe, who also rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown. "We did a great job of swarming to the ball, that's one of our goals."
Scirpo, who added a supremely athletic, 15-yard touchdown reception from Kingsley just before halftime, thinks Woodland's defense is stronger than some might think.
"We just have to keep making plays," Scirpo said. "Three turnovers returned for touchdowns says that we have a good defense that can make plays. I think we're a little underrated."
Kingsley doesn't mind the help one bit.
"When the defense is making plays it sets us up with good field position," Kingsley said. "When they score it takes some pressure off the offense."
Woodland's offense didn't face much pressure all night although a few good Torrington punts allowed the Hawks to mount some of their longest drives of the season.
The varsity unit's scoring series—of 66, 72, 92, 81, 80 and 48 yards—gave Kingsley plenty of field to chew up with his left arm. He recorded a season-high 24 completions on 33 attempts while racking up 323 yards and four touchdowns. He connected with seven different targets.
"It was nice to finally move the ball a little bit," Kingsley said. "We've been scoring pretty quickly usually but tonight we had some good, long drives. I just have confidence in every wide receiver. I know that if I put the ball there they're going to catch it and make big plays."
Shea said Kingsley, a junior in his second season as Woodland's starter, is being allowed to take more reign over the offense.
"As the weeks go on we're giving him more ability to make checks," Shea said. "From what he sees and what we see might be different. If he has it, he's been coached to make a check."
The victory put Woodland atop the Copper as the division's only unbeaten team. The Hawks visit Naugatuck next week before hosting Holy Cross on Nov. 2.
"We've been talking to the seniors all year that with each game, that's one less they have to play," Shea said. "We want them to write their own ending and I think tonight was a good step in them doing that."
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It is simple someone tries to defend themself from a assassion, then the next person finds a way to kill them and defend themself (it can simply be an action that sets off a chain reaction that leads to their death later on, if so list those events), then the next person saves the first person, kills the would-be and defends themself.
So every person after the first 2 will perform 3 actions.
I will start:
I lock myself in a concrete cube buried under 99999999999999 lbs. of dirt with a plant


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Welcome to the
Florida History Fair!
Sponsored by the Museum of Florida History, the Florida History Fair (FHF) is an annual, statewide activity that enhances the teaching and learning of history at elementary and secondary levels. Florida joins 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and international schools in East and South Asia as an affiliate of National History Day (NHD), which was established in 1974. NHD promotes history in the classroom by offering students the resources and support to do original research about people, ideas, and events of the past. The curriculum relies on project-based learning. The Museum of Florida History has coordinated FHF since the 1988–89 school year.
NHD Works!
In January 2011, NHD announced exciting findings about the impact of participation on student achievement. In a report titled "National History Day Works," available at www.nhd.org, researchers cite the outcome of a multi-year study in four school districts in the nation. Here are some of the key findings.
- NHD students outperform their non-NHD peers on state standardized tests, not only in social studies but also in reading, science, and math.
- NHD students are better writers, write with a purpose and a real voice, and marshal solid evidence to support their viewpoint.
- NHD students are critical thinkers who can digest, analyze, and synthesize information.
- NHD students learn 21st-century skills. They learn how to collaborate with team members, talk to experts, manage their time, and persevere.
- NHD has a positive impact among students whose interest in academic subjects may wane in high school.
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Students who participate in the history fair acquire valuable, life-long skills. Among these are
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- the ability to convey synthesized information in popular formats;
- awareness of past events and their impact on society; and
- poise and self-assurance during contests with peers.
Because students can present their new-found knowledge in one of five media, the history fair facilitates academic and creative expression among students with different learning styles.
Program Overview
Based on a theme selected annually by NHD, students in grades 6 to 12 use primary and secondary sources to research a topic relating to local, national, or world history. The 2015–16 theme is "Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History." After analyzing and interpreting the information they have gathered, students express their findings in a paper, exhibit, performance, documentary, or website. They may work individually or in groups of up to five members except in the historical paper category, which is open only to individuals. Students' entries are judged in two divisions—junior (grades 6–8) and senior (grades 9–12)—during the various levels of competition. First- and second-place county winners in each category and division advance to the state contest in Tallahassee in May. Similarly, first- and second-place state winners in each category and division earn the right to represent Florida at the National History Day competition in College Park, Maryland, in June.
Nearly 53,500 students in 32 counties participated in the 2014–15 Florida History Fair. More than 1,100 youths registered for the state contest in May, and nearly 64 students from 15 counties represented Florida at the National History Day competition.
Participating counties pay an annual fee of $80, which enables all public, private, charter, and homeschool students to compete. Each county has a local coordinator, who oversees the school and district contests in her/his area. The statewide coordinator assists local efforts by preparing contest and curriculum materials, maintaining a website, providing training workshops for teachers and students, administering the state competition, and coordinating Florida's involvement in the national program.
Counties that participated in the 2014–15 Florida History Fair include: Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Leon, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, and Volusia. Interested students in counties not listed above should contact the Florida History Fair state office for information about how to become involved.


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Episode #4 of the 2013 countdown season has Joey and Rick talking about all sorts of little Random things that we haven't covered as of yet. We're crammed inside C9 Studio "B" for the first time in a room that is about the size of Rick's breakout session rooms.
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Love the #90Days2MCSA shout-out. Thanks!
You missed some links for Europe on those bullet items. The Blog Bling and Pre-Cons links listed are for North America. The links for those two items for Europe are:
Love all the info you guys provide!! Really looking forward to your next one!! I was wondering, for us who are new, can you tell us a bit about yourselves? Do you guys work for Microsoft?
@Jedicary:I'm a 8 year MSFT veteran, Joey is 5+ at MSFT. we're both long time IT Professionals / Sys Admins / Consultants / Trainers / "guys who jiggled the cables" who eventually landed at MSFT. We work for the group who produces Channel 9 content where we are 2 of 4 guys who focus on infrastructure content. you can catch more details about us at http://about.me/rickclaus and http://about.me/joeysnow
oh - and yes - if you can't tell, we love our jobs!
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Girls hoop: Woodland edges Wilby; Mills stops Housatonic
Carla Picolo hit two free throws with 1.9 seconds left in the game to break the tie as Woodland edged Wilby, 42-40, Friday in an NVL girls basketball game in Beacon Falls.
Andrea Piccolo had a team-high 13 points for the Hawks (3-8) and Jen Triana added 10 points. Cameron Caswell chipped in with nine points.
Chaiwanda Chambers had a game-high 14 points for Wilby (2-9) and Kari Ervin added 13.
Lewis Mills 49, Housatonic 41: Natalie Ruel scored six of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Spartans fended off the Mountaineers' comeback bid in Burlington.
Teagan Dunn had 15 points and Lesleigh Carter eight for Mills (9-1), which led 25-18 at halftime only to watch Housy pull within two, 34-32, through three periods. Lauren Segalla led the way for the Mountaineers (7-3) with 13 points while Heather Kearns added 10, including three 3-pointers.
Torrington 52, Ansonia 20: Caroline Teti recorded 19 points to lead visiting Torrington in NVL action. Paige Middleton added 14 points for the Raiders (9-2).
Kristina Fiallos and Marlia Maiolo each had five points for the Chargers (0-12).
Kennedy 63, Derby 40: Dominique Moss recorded 24 rebounds to go with nine points to lead the Eagles in Waterbury. D.J. Alberto had 16 points and nine rebounds for Kennedy (5-6), and Lynadia Whiting added 14 points.
Rebecca Adanti had a game-high 20 points for Derby (3-7).
Sacred Heart 42, Wolcott 28: Maya Eggelston contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds, six steals and four assists for the Hearts in Waterbury.
Mikyla Jacobs added 18 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks for the Hearts (8-3). Kayla Briere had a team-high nine points for the Eagles (7-5).
Crosby 46, Seymour 33: Za'Nayia Love had a game-high 17 points for visiting Crosby.
Destiny Trammell netted 11 points for Crosby (5-5), and Ninoshka Figueroa added nine. Katie Dow had a team-high 10 points for Seymour (2-9) and Faith Thurmond added eight.
Nonnewaug 48, Shepaug 31: Jess Fengler had a team-high 13 points for Nonnewaug in Washington, Conn.
Courtney Carlson added nine points for Nonnewaug (9-1). Caroline Kelly had a game-high 19 points for the Spartans (3-8).
St. Paul 51, Naugatuck 18: Theresa Swanke had a game-high 15 points for the Falcons (10-1) and Lizzy Cretella added eight.
Kolbe Cathedral 50, Oxford 30: Kiara Epps, Kayla Weaver and Nakayla Nelson all had a game-high 10 points as the Cougars pulled away in the second half after trailing at halftime by four on the road.
Taylor Drayton scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Wolverines (3-7), who led 19-15 at halftime. Kolbe shot 21-of-27 at the foul line to Oxford's 2-of-5.
Pomperaug 70, Bunnell 53: In Southbury, Hannah Metcalf returned from one game out with a sore knee and buried seven 3-pointers en route to a 33-point evening for the Panthers, and Kaitlyn Perrotti contributed a triple-double with 15 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.
Metcalf, whose knee was deemed OK after an MRI earlier this week, also had nine steals for Pomperaug (7-3). Lauren Rubinstein contributed eight points and seven assists.
Bunnell (5-6) was led by Jessica Bogdwicz with 20 points and Erin Koletar with 12.
Cheshire 57, Foran 49: Sara Como netted a team-high 21 points to lead host Cheshire in SCC competition.
Jill Howard recorded 10 points and 15 rebounds for the Rams (8-5) while Lily Dolyak added 10 points.
Teneya McLaughlin had a game-high 23 points for the Lions (3-9).
Wolcott Tech 56, Grasso Tech 47: Mikey Albreada scored a career-high 24 points for the Wildcats in Groton.
Taylor Wheeler had 12 points for Wolcott Tech (4-5), and Sarah Morey chipped in with four rebounds and four assists.
Kaynor Tech 47, Holy Family: 30: Taleeha Green scored 23 pionts with 15 rebounds and six blocks for the Panthers in Baltic.
Cassie Couture recorded six assists for Kaynor (5-5) and Cinthia Vega chipped with five steals. Nathalia Vega chipped in with nine points.
Greens Farms 52, Westover 28: Lexi Kimball dropped in 25 points to lead Greens Farms (5-5) in Middlebury.
Marissa Littmann had 16 points for the Wildcats (2-5) while Paige Cunningham added 10 rebounds.
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According to most scholars, Mark was the first of the four gospels to be written. Matthew and Luke then relied upon Mark and a second written source called Q. What is the evidence for the existence of Q?
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Q is an entirely theoretical document that nevertheless seems likely to have existed if Mark was the the first written Gospel.
It's long been known that Matthew, Mark, and Luke share significant material and we know from internal evidence that Luke incorporated a variety of sources:
What are the other narratives1 he refers to? Matthew and Mark are obvious candidates as are Luke's unique sources for his genealogy, birth, and resurrection accounts. But as Beorn might have said, "This is the first time I've heard anyone call 3 or 4 many!"
The traditional view is that Matthew was the first written Gospel and that Mark summarized that account for easier consumption. More recently, however, scholars find the case for Markian priority stronger and therefore Matthew was an expansion of Mark. When all three synoptics share text (the triple-tradition), Luke invariably follows the Mark reading rather than the Matthew reading. This strongly suggests that Luke did not actually have access to Matthew as one of his sources.
But Luke does share material with Matthew. Many of these passages match nearly word-for-word. Consider, for instance Jesus' instruction to lay up treasure in heaven:
I've italicized the phrases that are strong parallels. Mark does not contain this saying, so Luke and Matthew could not have copied it from there. Therefore, if neither Luke nor Matthew copied from the other, they must have had a common source2 for this body of shared material. Since we have no documentary evidence of such a source, we simply label it with the German word for "source": Quelle.
Austin Farrer proposed a simpler hypothesis: Luke had access to both Mark and Matthew. Under this scenario, Luke would tend to follow Mark and supplement it with material from Matthew and from his own unique sources. Easily the most attractive element of the theory is that we can dispense with the Q proposal.
But the Farrer theory does not explain why or how Matthew and Luke could present contradictory evidence on key points of the story. What was Jesus' genealogy? Who was at the tomb when the women arrived? How many demon-possessed men or blind men did Jesus heal? How did Judas die? Why does Luke provide his own birth narratives and resurrection appearances without referencing Matthew's different accounts?
Farrer responded to similar objections:
That is certainly true, but we must follow that line of thought to discover what sort of edifice Luke was attempting to construct. Thankfully, Luke tells us in his prologue quoted above:
Assuming Theophilus had both Mark and Matthew in front of him, we can easily sympathize with his confusion. If we add in a few other traditions that we may or may not have, we can further empathize. But adding in Luke seems only to make the problem worse. As a historian, we would expect him to deal with the sources available to him and reconcile (or at least acknowledge) their apparent contradictions. Certainly Luke failed to harmonize the various accounts to the satisfaction of later readers.
Therefore, I find the simplicity of rejecting Q to be counter-balanced by the complexity of explaining Luke's purpose in writing his version of events. It seems more likely that Luke had many sources, but that Matthew was not among them. In this case, Luke succeeded in harmonizing Mark, Q, and Luke's unique sources of biographical information.
1. The NET Bible notes that Luke need not refer to written sources:
In terms of Q, this could imply that the source was oral rather than written. But most analysts find good reason to assume that Q was either written down or a product of careful rote memory.
2. One intriguing possibility is that Jesus was the common source. Although it's unlikely he would have written down his teaching, it's quite likely he required his disciples to memorize his version of the oral Torah. If Matthew really was the author of the gospel bearing his name, he could have simply penned (or dictated) the teaching from Jesus that he had memorized. Similarly, Luke could have transcribed the same material from some other disciple of Jesus. However, as Noah Snyder commented, "Matthew and Luke agree a lot in Greek, a common Aramaic source does not really explain that." This entire proposal is even more speculative than the Q hypothesis.
The Synoptics are very similar to each other, and it's almost universally agreed that this similarity is such that there had to be a literary relationship between them. That is, in many places the authors had access to one of the other Gospels, or that the authors of two gospels had a common written source.
There are two basic patterns which any solution to the Synoptic problem must explain:
There are two main theories which explain the pattern in the triple tradition:
Most scholars find the case for Markan priority to be very strong (and from what I've read I have to say I find the arguments very compelling), but people who subscribe to Griesbach theory hold the latter position. There's already a great answer explaining the arguments for Markan priority, so I won't repeat them.
Assuming Markan priority, how are we to explain the double tradition? Again there are two main possibilities:
Since those are essentially the only two possible explanations of the double traditions (assuming Markan priority) the main arguments for Q are arguments ruling out the first possibility. That is you argue that Luke couldn't possibly have had a copy of Matthew. Here are some of the arguments people make:
If you want to read more about this stuff, there's an introductory textbook available online: Mark Goodacre's The Synoptic Problem. I found it very readable. You should be warned that Goodacre is a proponent of Farrer theory and so disagrees with most scholars about whether Q exists. Nonetheless, he does present both sides of the argument at an introductory level. A shorter, but still thorough summary of the arguments for Markan priority and Q can be found at Peter Kirby's site. He find the arguments for Markan priority overwhelming, and leans towards the existence of Q.


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WELLSBURG -Wellsburg City Council has moved forward with plans to improve the brick sidewalk along a block of Charles Street and the Town Square.
On Tuesday council authorized City Manager Mark Henne and City Solicitor Bill Cipriani to negotiate a proposed $120,000 contract with Land Planning and Design Associates of Sterling, Va. to plan restoration of the brick sidewalks on Charles Street from Sixth to Seventh streets and the brick sections of the town square.
The city was awarded a $164,000 grant from the West Virginia Department of Transportation to restore the walks and add crosswalks, benches and trash cans. Plans call for the brick to be lifted and reset.
The move was approved by 1st Ward Councilman Bruce Hunter, 2nd Ward Councilmen Paul T. Billiard and Ron Michaux and 4th Ward Council members Jeff Tarr and Della Serevicz.
It was opposed by 3rd Ward Councilman Randy Fletcher and 1st Ward Councilman Mike Mitchell.
Third Ward Councilman Tom Diserio didn't attend the meeting.
Fletcher questioned the engineer's distance from the city, a concern that also was raised by Billiard. Mitchell questioned the need for an engineer, saying it would be less costly to hire a contractor only for the project.
Simonetti said the committee that interviewed the engineers selected LPDA because it had designed the town square and representatives of the company said they would be working with Triad Engineering of Morgantown during the project.
She said an engineer is required because the project is being funded by a state grant. Mitchell said he's not convinced the project wouldn't be less costly to the city if it returned the grant and used its own funds to pay a contractor.
Asked about the $41,000 local match required of the grant, Simonetti said $25,500 has been set aside from money donated by Chesapeake Energy and other funds and LPDA has agreed to assist in seeking other funds for the match.
Simonetti, who obtained the grant, said she has applied for another to restore the brick walks on Charles Street from Seventh to Eighth streets and plans to apply for another for those from Eighth to Ninth.
There had been a proposal to charge property owners along the street for 20 percent of the cost to restore the section of sidewalk in front of their buildings. But Simonetti said there are no plans to do that at this time and the city plans to seek funds elsewhere.
Council also:
Agreed to hire Yost Excavating of Wellsburg, at a cost of $2,500, to remove playground equipment at the former St. John School that has been donated to the city by St. John Catholic Church. Henne said the equipment may be stored temporarily before being installed at the 4th Ward Park.
Learned the city has been awarded a second $5,000 brownfield assessment grant to determine the feasibility of using the former Brooke Glass factory for other purposes. Simonetti said Ryan Weld, chairman of the city's redevelopment authority, delivered an outstanding presentation, with the help of John Brown of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission, that led to the city being selected from several applicants.
Agreed to close City Hall on Christmas Eve at the request of Henne, who noted it had been slated to be opened for a half-day.
Simonetti and Billiard praised volunteers involved in decorating the town square for Christmas and City Hall Clerk Dena Furioli and Councilman Tarr for decorating Central Park. Simonetti said the Christmas tree was donated by Pikevue Nursery of Wellsburg while decorations were donated by Tom and Mark Cipoletti, Brenda Zurbuch and Dr. Dave Edwards.
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#3. 1-900 Santa Scam
As we saw in the Freddy Bed Time Stories, most 900 numbers make the product something so incredibly ridiculous that the kids wouldn't dare actually ask before calling. But how do you steal money from parents with kids who are not only too young to make responsible buying decisions, but too young to know how to dial the phone?
Well, thanks to 1980s technology, you could tell children to hold the telephone receiver up to their television speaker, and play the 900 number's touch tones for you, causing their phone to actually dial the number! Which is exactly what happened in Seattle in 1989, when an infomercial encouraged kids to use this method to call Santa's 900 number.
Complaints lead to the infomercial being pulled after about ten minutes on the air, so fortunately for Santa, the ad never made it to YouTube. Unfortunately for parents, other Santas continue to charge children willing to spend Mom and Dad's money on something they could get free at any mall:
#2. Children's Breakfast Cereals
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The "complete breakfast" often resembles a $30 room service tray from the nearest Westin, and almost always included orange juice, toast, and an entire pitcher of milk. Why so much milk? Probably to keep kids from going into diabetic shock from the cereal in their bowl.
Here's an ad for Nerds cereal, which constitutes the rock candy part of the complete breakfast.
So why is this more shady than any other toy marketed to children? Well, a recent study at Yale revealed that breakfast cereals marketed most aggressively to children also have the lowest nutritional quality.
The corporations knew that parents weren't going to voluntarily buy cereals with names like Kellogg's Mini Swirlz Crisp Fudge Ripple Cereal and Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp Cereal ("It smells like peanut butter cookies... but it's a breakfast cereal!). But they also know that for many Americans, parenting is just another word for "get the kid to stop shrieking." And fortunately for cereal companies, they don't sell Rozerem in the cereal aisle.
#1. Partnership for a Drug Free America - Your Brain on Drugs
In contrast to ads that convince kids to buy things they shouldn't are ads that don't do the greatest job convincing them not to buy things they shouldn't. The Partnership for a Drug Free America was responsible for the ubiquitous 1980s fried egg commercial:
Apparently, the ad left some kids with questions, because 20 years later, they were still doing drugs just as much as they were back before they knew how similar their brain was to an empty frying pan. Maybe kids realized a frying pan with a delicious egg in it is better than one without.
At this point, you might have expected the partnership to look back at the ad and feel embarrassed that they had tried to cure the drug problem with such an insultingly retarded metaphor. Maybe you're imagining someone raising their hand at the meeting and saying, "Wasn't that ad basically the equivalent of a WWF wrestler pointing at his opponent and then crushing something in his hand?"
Instead, they decided that the previous metaphor was entirely too subtle, and hired Rachel Leigh Cook to beat the living shit out of an entire kitchen:
Thus teaching children the important lesson that despite your parents' flaws, you're lucky Rachel Leigh Cook is not your mom, because she makes the worst fried eggs in town.
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Cougars stumble in final week of NEA play
Chewelah faces loser out gameThe Jenkins High School Cougars stumbled to the finish of the Northeast A League regular season, losing three of four to finish third in the baseball standings. Chewelah played a loser out game in the first round of the NEA playoffs that started on Tuesday at the home of the higher seeded team.Chewelah hosted Riverside on Tuesday. The survivor will advance to Colville on Wednesday to play in the Indians in the double elimination round of the District 7 1A Tournament. The tournament moves on to league champion Lakeside on Saturday. A seeding game is scheduled at 11 a.m., with the championship at approximately 3 p.m.Chewelah loses late to Colville comebackBack on April 24, the Colville Indians came to play in Chewelah in the game that would go a long way in deciding which team would finish second in the NEA. Dylan Bigler was on the mound for the Cougars and opposing him on the mound was Colville's Cody Boggs. Boggs would work his way out of jams in each of the first three innings before Chewelah finally pushed across a run in the bottom of the fourth. Leadoff hitter Caleb Wiebe reached first on an error and was advanced to second on a groundout by Cody Sweat. Joey Baker came to bat and delivered a RBI double to deep left to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. Bigler, on the other hand, cruised through the first four innings, only allowing two walks and no hits. In the top of the fifth inning, a single and double put runners on second and third with nobody out and Kyle Baker drove in one run with a sacrifice fly to center that tied the game at one. Bigler managed to get out of the inning without any more runs scoring, and the Cougars got the lead back in the bottom of the fifth inning. Chewelah takes lead in fifth inningLukyn Holling replaced Boggs to start the inning and was greeted by a long double by Calvin Connell. After a wild pitch put him on third, Derek Smith scored him on a fly ball to center to give Chewelah a 2-1 lead. The top of the sixth inning proved to be the pivotal inning of the game--two hits, an intentional walk, a balk and an error allowed the Indians to score three runs off Bigler and take a 4-2 lead. "We had a couple mental mistakes in that inning that kind of cost us the game," said head coach Luke Jeanneret. From there, Holling shut the Cougars down in order in the sixth and seventh, and Colville had an important victory, locking up a tiebreaker over Chewelah for second place.The Cougars played well the rest of week, but big innings proved to be their downfall. Against Freeman, Chewelah gave up five runs early, including a windblown home run to Mitchell Vander Linden. "That was a tough break," Jeanneret said. "That ball was a pop fly in any other park we play in." The Cougars scored two in the seventh to close the gap, but couldn't score the tying run and fell 5-4.On Saturday, the Cougars traveled to Newport to take on the Grizzlies in a doubleheader. In game one, the Cougars led 2-0 early before Newport tied it in the fifth at two. But in the top of the seventh, the Cougars scored five runs to break the game open and win 7-2. Cody Sweat pitched a complete game, giving up six hits and two runs to run his record to 4-0 on the season. "Cody pitched a fantastic game," his coach said. "He has been lights out all year and has put together a great senior season." Cougars save their staff in the second game with NewportIn game two, Chewelah did not pitch Caleb Wiebe or Calvin Connell with Tuesday's playoff game in mind. "I didn't want to pitch anybody I thought they might have a chance to see the next game," said coach Jeanneret. "So I gave a couple of the younger guys a chance to pitch; they did a pretty good job." Starter Joey Baker and reliever Carson Coleman were touched up for seven runs in the second inning and that was all the runs the Grizzlies would need to cruise to a 7-3 win.


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I have an expression involving matrices, of the form:
$$f(k)=x^T A_k^{-1}A x$$
where $x$ is a $1\times N$ vector, $A_k = A + k I$ and $A$ is an $N\times N$ matrix ($A_k$ is invertible for all $k$) and $k>0$. It is known that $f(k)$ is real and monotonic increasing, but nothing more. I need to further analyze the behaviour of $f(k)$ and the simplest way would be to plugin my matrices and plot it. However, this becomes computationally intensive for large $N$ as it involves calculating the inverses repeatedly.
One thought I had was to create a one-to-one map from $f(k)$ to an equivalent algebraic expression $g(k)$, which is easy to evaluate and investigate analytically. Indeed, if the expression had involved traces of inverses, one could've used the Stieltjes transform for some insight, but that doesn't seem likely here.
My question is: Are there general approaches/references I can look at to learn how to tackle such problems?