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In words like think and lank, we actually seem to be saying "thing-k" and "lang-k." Can anyone thing-k of any words or rules for sound use where this doesn't happen?
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There aren't really any words with this property. It is a rule of English phonology that nasals assimilate in place before stops, so all nasals before /k/ and /g/ are velar nasals—that is, it is always the case that words which are written "-nc-" or "-nk-" will be pronounced with the "ng" sound, the velar nasal.
It is possible, in careful speech, to produce an alveolar nasal (the "n" sound) before /k/ or /g/, but in normal speech all nasals are assimilated. Because /k/ and /g/ are velar stops, any nasal sounds that precede it will always be produced as a velar nasal, regardless of underlying form (or spelling). Dictionaries vary in whether or not they mark the pronunciation with the symbol for the velar nasal (ŋ) or not because the assimilation is predictable. Merriam-Webster, for example, seems to mark nasal place assimilation when the following consonant is not the onset of a stressed syllable or across a morpheme boundary.
Regardless of the symbols used in dictionaries, everyone pronounces these nasals assimilated, as velars. You may not think you're pronouncing a velar nasal in those words, but in almost all cases you actually are. Even if you are speaking really carefully and attempting an [n] it is almost certainly an [ŋ]. This has been established by studies with acoustic analysis and is an uncontroversial feature of English phonology. Some languages have a much higher load on this distinction so they have much more precise timing in articulation, but English doesn't have the kind of precision in timing synchronization for nasalization/place articulation for the nasal sound NOT to be a /ŋ/. In order to make a true [nk] or [ng] you would have to have completely raised the velum and halted voicing to stop producing a nasal before even beginning to move the tongue tip away from the alveolar ridge to articulate the velar stop following. In normal speech the tongue tip leaving the alveolar ridge is much faster than the velum raising and voicing is continuous until just before the onset of the stop, so you're going to end up with a velar nasal.
This assimilation happens even across morpheme and word boundaries. When there is an underlying /ŋ/ (as in thing) this often affects preceding vowel quality, so when there is an underlying /n/ (as in thin) you may think you're producing an [n] because you are using a different vowel than if there were an underlying /ŋ/ but you are actually producing an [ŋ] if the following sound is a velar stop like /k/ or /g/. For example, in thin king vs. thinking, what you hear as the distinction is not actually the position of the tongue during production of the nasal, but other acoustic cues. The main distinctions are actually in vowel quality, stress, and timing, not in tongue placement. Unless there is a very unnatural complete pause in production, the 'n' in thin king is produced as [ŋ].
Sure, there are plenty of words like that:
And so on.
I deleted another answer I put here as it seems to me I misunderstood the question.
Viewing the question a different way (the correct way?) there are the non- type words:
Then there are:
Also: Doncaster, ironclad, oncology, uncanny.
The question asks "What about in other languages?" as well. I wonder if these fail the test put forward by @nohat.
Thai and Lao make extensive use of the 'ng', 'n' and 'k' sounds. They're more or less the same but I'll deal with Thai here.
Therefore there are words such as:
Obviously, what I'm doing here is building up words the way the Thai language does, on a base of คน, i.e. 'person'.
There are many other examples where a 'k' sound doesn't follow a 'ng' sound including: ขอนแก่น which is the name of a city. It sounds like kon-kaen... or [kʰɔ̌ːn kɛ̀n] or [kʰɔ̌n kɛ̀n] (whatever that means).
And now from Thai to a world language: The language of chemistry.
What about N-substituted molecules? I'll only give one example but there are an indefinite number of them.
Fig. 1 - N-chlorosuccinimide.
Whether these remain distinct varies by speaker. For example:
For the second group, there is a clear distinction between /nk/ and /ŋk/ (resp. -/ɡ/) in some positions, both within and across words: inculcate, increase /ɪn/- vs. inkling /ɪŋ/; thin king /ˈθɪnˈkɪŋ/ vs. thinking /ˈθɪŋˌkɪŋ/; raisin clumps /n.k/ vs. raising clumps /ŋ.k/.
/nɡ/ /nk/ within a morpheme
However, almost all the examples of such words occur across morpheme boundaries, where the first morpheme ends in /n/ (e.g. income). So then a possible refinement of the question would be, does /nɡ/ or /nk/ ever occur within a morpheme?
Well, some speakers in the American Midwest (and perhaps elsewhere), however, pronounce penguin as /pɛn.ɡwɪn/ [n.ɡ]. Wiktionary lists this as a second pronunciation. This sounds jarring and seems like an affectation to me, but it exists, and it's distinct from the same speakers' pronunciation of e.g. Engels.
Another possible example: Wikipedia says of "Vancouver":
/nɡ/ or /nk/ within a syllable coda
Another refinement: do they ever occur within a syllable coda? I think not; it's phonotactically forbidden. (For that matter, -/ŋɡ/ is also phonotactically forbidden, so we only need look at *-/nk/.)
Examples with g and k (not mentioned in other answers): ungrateful, ingratitude, ongoing, ... ; non-kosher, unkind, ... .


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Is it possible to make a pie that does not include gluten or dairy? What techniques and ingredients can I use?
You have several options for the crust. It is possible to purchase mixes that will get you started. There are also several recipes available. A good resource for all your gluten-free baking is Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef, and you can find a recipe there. Another great option is former pastry chef Helene at Tartlette. This question has compiled a list of gluten-free baking recipes which may also provide you good jumping off points.
You can make a dairy free crust by replacing butter with lard or vegetable shortening. Margarine is likely not be dairy free. Lard will provide a texture and taste that is better than an all shortening crust, but shortening is easier to find in stores. If the dairy free requirement is a requirement to avoid casein, you will have to do some experimentation on your own to find an appropriate egg replacement, as gluten free crusts appear to require eggs to hold together. Options for egg replacers can be found in this question and this question.
Once you have assembled a crust recipe from these tips, if you have questions about it or are struggling you can ask a follow-on question here about how to improve the crust and the community can provide specific help on a provided recipe.
In general it appears that the gluten free crusts available are actually similar to work with versus a regular pie crust, something that is not always the case in gluten free baking. As usual you want to do everything cold and refrigerate your dough over night. Pie dough of all forms is easiest to roll when you place it between two floured sheets of parchment paper. Remove the top piece of parchment paper, flip the bottom piece with crust on it (hold it all together, because your crust shouldn't be sticking) into the pie plate or onto your pie, and remove the top piece.
Apple pie is sometimes thickened with flour, and obviously you do not want to do this when cooking gluten-free. The absolute best pie thickener is actually not flour, so you are set here. In taste tests the editors of Cooks Illustrated determined that instant tapioca, a gluten-free product, is the best pie thickener. Make sure, however, not to use more than 2 tablespoons or your pie may be gummy. Since apple slices contain pectin, you shouldn't need more than 2 tablespoons for your pie to set up.
Sugar, apples, and the usual apple pie spices (if you choose to spice your pie - with good apples you can actually make an amazing pie with simply sugar, instant tapioca, and apples) should all be gluten free and dairy free, with the usual caveat that in gluten-free cooking and baking you want to make sure that there has been no gluten added to anything by carefully reading labels.
Spread apples and jam out on a corn tortilla and then bake in the oven for individual gluten free tartlets. Quick, easy, tasty, and a little odd.
I make an Indian Corn Pudding with a bottom layer of apples that has the same feel as pie for dessert, but without the gluten. http://cookloose.com/index.php?n=Recipes.IndianCornPudding


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I have started using CentOS recently. I have some packages which end with .ipk. I need to install a cross compiler and the steps in the compiler's manual says I should do the following:
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter
#2. Try Looking at an Apple Logo
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No, really.
There's nothing magical about the logo itself, and even Apple fans wouldn't claim that their devices have mystical brain-boosting powers. But, for about 30 straight years, Apple has been marketing their products as the tools of eccentric, outside-the-box thinkers (people who "think different," in fact). And advertising works. So today, if you mentally picture a bunch of artsy eccentric types working in a room, you're not picturing them with a bunch of Dells. You're picturing a room full of glowing white Apple silhouettes. You just can't help but make that association.
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So, according to a paper from the Journal of Consumer Research, one way to keep your nonlinear-thinking muscles well-oiled and flexing like the cast of Predator might be to simply look at the Apple logo. Fortunately, odds are there's one within your field of vision this very moment. Otherwise you may need to head to a coffee shop to get this one to work.
The study itself was originally based on the idea that people assign specific human traits to various corporate logos -- the McDonald's "M" seems warm and friendly, the Walmart brand is cold and impassive. All of this is based on how we view these companies in the culture, due to their relentless ad campaigns, or whatever other reason. So the researchers found that when people are "primed" with certain logos, it puts them in a certain frame of mind. And in the case of Apple, test subjects experienced an increase in both creativity and ingenuity just from being exposed to the company's half-eaten-fruit bannerman.
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"What about a stick-shaped pinata? You could use it to hit other pinatas and get double the candy!"
The research was conducted with 341 university students split into two groups, with one group being shown a series of subliminal Apple logos and the other being shown the logo for IBM. Each group was then tasked with listing as many unusual uses for a brick as they could think of, because if you're going to test a person's ingenuity, you might as well give them an object with precisely one non-bludgeoning function.
Sure enough, the study found that the Apple group was able to come up with more uses for the brick than the IBM group, all because of the feelings of technomancing discovery the Apple logo had instilled within them. So if your boss happens to walk by your desk and see you staring intently at your iPhone, you can tell him or her that you are busy stoking the roaring fires of innovation without a shred of irony.
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The connection between abstract thinking and hand motions is both weird and pervasive -- we have previously mentioned that scientists found that you could improve your memory by associating a hand gesture with the thing you're memorizing and that public speakers use hand gestures to trick you into agreeing with them. And sure enough, according to a study published in Psychological Science in 2011, making small physical gestures with both of your hands can help increase your creative thinking.
We're not suggesting that you start juggling bean bags or doing card tricks at your desk (although that would make you irresistible to your co-workers), but the mere act of using your hands to represent different aspects of a problem can help your mind separate and organize ideas. It's the difference between merely describing how you'd, say, perform a chokehold on a victim, versus actually getting up and demonstrating it. It just helps you visualize the idea -- and the more complex the idea, the more help you need visualizing it.
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And it helps to use both hands -- the above study examined a group of people who were presented with a series of common objects and asked to come up with unusual new ways the objects could be put to use, such as using a coin as a makeshift flat head screwdriver or, say, turning a bra into a slingshot. Some people were instructed to make gestures with both hands while they came up with their answers, whereas the others were told to use only one.
The group that made dual-handed gestures provided the most inventive responses, which makes sense when you consider that there are only so many gestures you can make with a single hand. But it's surprising that limiting the ability to gesture actually prevented the rest from coming up with ideas ... and that you might be stifling your brain by sitting there with your left hand on your chin and your right on the mouse.
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J'onn J'onzz makes a new friend while Martians invade Earth in this preview of Rob Williams and Eddy Barrows' "Martian Manhunter" #1 from DC.
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The Doctor and Co. discover an ancient secret that will change the course of human history in Rob Williams & Warren Pleece's "Eleventh Doctor" #12.
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TEMPLE (October 2, 2012)—A new book is out, written by a Temple native.
Author James Van Ness, PhD, has written a book entitled "In Defense of Liberty" in which he attempts to provide a thorough understanding of the origins, nature and legacy of the first Tea Party.
That information, he believes, provides valuable insight into understanding the modern Tea Party movement.
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Conservative voices offered perhaps the broadest defense of reporters' rights during oral arguments in a case involving the refusal of a reporter to disclose sources.
May 10, 2008, Saturday
F.B.I. Raids Office of Special Counsel
A federal agency that is charged with protecting the rights of government whistle-blowers has been accused of retaliating against whistle-blowers in its own ranks.
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Lawyers Fear Monitoring in Cases on Terrorism
Across the country, particularly in Oregon, lawyers who represent suspects in terrorism-related investigations fear their clients are being secretly monitored by the U.S. government.
April 28, 2008, Monday
Navy Officer Describes Working as a Prostitute
Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson acknowledged that money and marital problems had led her to moonlight as a prostitute for the rich and powerful of Washington.
April 12, 2008, Saturday
Leak Inquiry Said to Focus on Calls With Times
Former government officials have been called before a grand jury and confronted with phone records documenting calls with a reporter who covers intelligence issues.
April 12, 2008, Saturday
Mukasey Distances Himself From a Memo on Searches
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey faced questioning on a 2001 memorandum that suggested the Constitution's protections against unreasonable searches did not apply to the military when it operated on American soil.
April 11, 2008, Friday
Ex-Governor of Alabama Is Ordered Released
Don Siegelman was ordered released from prison pending his appeal of a bribery conviction that Democrats say resulted from a politically driven prosecution.
March 28, 2008, Friday
U.S. Says Hussein Spy Agency and Iraqi-American Arranged '02 Trip by Lawmakers
The Justice Department did not claim any wrongdoing by the three lawmakers, whose five-day trip to Iraq occurred five months before the American invasion.
March 27, 2008, Thursday
Mukasey Goes to Court to Argue a Terrorism Case
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey argued to reinstate an explosives-related charge against Ahmed Ressam, who tried to cross the border from Canada in a car full of explosives.
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(WIBW) - Kansas is in line for nearly a half-million dollars to beef up police forces with military veterans.
The money comes from the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
More than $111 million was awarded to more than 220 cities and counties nationwide. The money will create 600 new law enforcement positions and save 200 more threatened by local budget cuts. All new positions must be filled by veterans who've served post-9/11 for at least 180 days.
Kansas will receive a total of $481,963. The money will be shared by the City of Andover ($125,000), the Dickinson County Sheriff's Department ($113,468), the city of Liberal ($118,495) and the Paola Police Department ($125,000).
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Monday announced funding awards to over 220 cities and counties, aimed at creating or saving approximately 800 law enforcement positions. The grants will fund over 600 new law enforcement positions and save an additional 200 positions recently lost or in jeopardy of being cut due to local budget cuts. All new law enforcement positions funded in the COPS 2012 Hiring Program must be filled by recent military veterans who have served at least 180 days since September 11, 2001.
More than $111 million is being awarded to local public safety agencies across the country. The list of this year's grantees includes the City of Andover ($125,000), the Dickinson County Sheriff's Department ($113,468), the city of Liberal ($118,495) and the Paola Police Department ($125,000). The COPS Office will work with transition centers across the country to connect veterans with the new grant-funded law enforcement opportunities. For the entire list of grantees and additional information about the 2012 COPS Hiring Program, visit the COPS website at www.cops.usdoj.gov.
"Today, we step up our support for recent veterans by offering them the chance to pursue meaningful careers in law enforcement," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "At a time of budget shortfalls, these grants will provide opportunities for much-needed, highly-trained professionals – with a proven commitment to service - to continue their careers in communities all across the country."
"This new opportunity for veterans is a commitment to support those who are coming home from their tour of duty," said Bernard Melekian, COPS Office Director. "We sincerely hope this effort encourages our veterans to continue to protect and serve the United States through new law enforcement careers."
"This program is a win-win for law enforcement agencies in Kansas and for our military veterans," said U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom. "These men and women have so much to offer to the communities they will be employed to serve and protect."
The COPS Hiring Program makes grants to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire community policing officers. The program provides the salary and benefits for officer and deputy hires for three years. Along with the pledge to hire military veterans, grantees for the 2012 Hiring Program were selected based on fiscal need and local crime rates. An additional factor in the selection process was each agency's strategy to address specific problems such as increased homicide rates and gun violence.
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for a new Veterans Jobs Corps initiative to help put veterans back to work on a range of projects that leverage skills developed in the military, including first responder jobs. In February, the President announced that preference for this year's COPS and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants would be given to communities that recruit and hire post-9/11 veterans to serve as police officers and firefighters.


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5 Miracles Deleted From the Bible For Being Too Awesome
You probably already know that the Bible you have on your lap as you fact-check Cracked articles has been heavily edited. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that, as you can imagine, over the centuries lots of people have tried adding their own books to it, to advance an agenda or because they thought it would spice things up.
The point is, there are whole other books that used to be part of the Bible, until someone took a hard look and said, "No way." And it's too bad, because some of the miracles performed in these apocryphal texts are freaking amazing.
#5. John: Commander of Bed Bugs
Early Christians considered The Acts of John to be the gospel truth, just like the Four Gospels and the fact that it's going to rain right after you get your car washed. That is, until church officials took a harder look at the stories in the book in 325. Not only was The Acts of John bounced out of the Bible, but the church burned all known copies. That's how bananas it was. Keep that in mind as you read further.
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"And it came to pass that the LORD did a sick-ass back flip, and the panties did fly with the wings of a dove."
So, John is traveling around to spread the gospel as far as he can and has amassed a decent following. The group he is traveling with comes to an abandoned inn, and they decide to rest for the night. Too bad there's only one bed, which obviously goes to John. Double too bad that the bed is full of bed bugs. How do the apostles know? Because John talks to them. Not the friends, the bugs:
I say unto you, O bugs, behave yourselves, one and all, and leave your abode for this night and remain quiet in one place, and keep your distance from the servants of God.
"Behave yourselves," he says, like he's talking to a pre-K room of humans or characters in an Austin Powers movie. The next morning, when the group wakes up, they see a brigade of bed bugs standing patiently outside the door of the inn, waiting:
"Since ye have well behaved yourselves in hearkening to my rebuke, come unto your place."
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"But wipe your damn feet, I just mopped!"
John invites the bed bugs back into the house, and they immediately crawl back into the bed and disappear into the crevices. Win-win for everyone.
#4. Peter, the Talking Dog and the Resurrected Fish
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If The Acts of Peter are to be believed, Peter was like that kid who would eat hot sauce laced with dirt if you just dared him hard enough. He'd do anything to convince unbelievers he was a true representative of God, which kind of makes sense if you remember that Peter was the guy who denied even knowing Jesus three times the night before the Crucifixion. He had a lot of making up to do.
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"We don't even have a number for how many Hail Marys that is. Just keep praying till I tell you to stop."
Now, we're going to go more into this in a minute, but Peter had a bizarre grudge against a Jewish magician named Simon. Simon, according to Peter, was leading people astray and sullying God's name. In Peter's head, the whole Simon thing could be solved with a few miracles. Miracle One: Give a dog the voice of a man to send a warning.
And Peter, seeing a great dog bound with a strong chain, went to him and loosed him, and when he was loosed the dog received a man's voice and said unto Peter: What dost thou bid me to do, thou servant of the unspeakable and living God? Peter said unto him: Go in and say unto Simon in the midst of his company: Peter saith unto thee, Come forth abroad, for thy sake am I come to Rome, thou wicked one and deceiver of simple souls.
Oh, shiiiiit. Peter just summoned Simon via dog. VIA DOG. And check this out.
And immediately the dog ran and entered in, and rushed into the midst of them that were with Simon, and lifted up his forefeet and in a loud voice said ...
What he said was not important. He said what Peter told him to say, which, P.S., isn't too crazy in the Bible world since a donkey got the power of speech in the Old Testament. What's crazy is that this dog stands up to deliver the message. He stood up like people. This dog becomes the star of the show, which kind of plays out like a low-rent soap opera.
But Simon saith to the dog: Say that I am not here.
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"Just be cool and cover for me, dude."
To which Dog replies:
Hast thou taken thought so long, to say at last: 'Tell him that I am not within?' Art thou not ashamed to utter thy feeble and useless words against Peter the minister and apostle of Christ.
Simon gets shamed by a walking, shockingly eloquent dog. Eventually Dog reports back to Peter.
And when the dog had said this he fell down at the apostle Peter's feet and gave up the ghost.
He died. The dog died. And still the people weren't totally convinced Peter was the real deal. Maybe because HE KILLED A DOG to prove a point. So Peter, Jesus' favorite fuckup, makes things right with another miracle. He looks around the room and, completely overlooking the fact that the greatest dog that has ever lived is lying dead right in front of him, notices a smoked herring (or sardine, depending on the translation) in the window and asks the crowd if he should resurrect it:
If ye now see this swimming in the water like a fish, will ye be able to believe in him whom I preach?
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Only if it sings "Putting on the Ritz."
"Pleeeeeease?" (We're imagining he was kind of whiney about it.) The crowd agrees that seeing a dead fish swim would be enough of a sign for them to believe Peter. So Peter steps over the dead dog, grabs the fish, and throws what is undoubtedly someone's supper into a bath. It immediately starts swimming. The next thing you know ...
And seeing this, many followed Peter and believed in the Lord.
Talking, walking dog, not so much. A resurrected fish? Truly your God is the one and only true God.
#3. Jesus Returns as a Giant
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Most of us have seen enough church to know the story of Jesus' resurrection from the dead. He's buried in a tomb, which is kind of like a cave with a big rock in front of it. Three days after his death, there's a great commotion, and one or two angels come down from heaven to roll away the stone blocking the tomb. Jesus emerges and proceeds to rock history with his message.
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Complete with a 20-minute guitar solo.
But when fragments of The Gospel of Peter were found buried in Egypt in 1886, the details of the resurrection story were a little different. The first to get on the scene on Easter Sunday see this:
... they saw again three men come out of the sepulchre, and two of them sustaining the other, and a cross following, after them. And of the two they saw that their heads reached unto heaven, but of him that was led by them that it overpassed the heavens. And they heard a voice out of the heavens saying: "Hast thou (or Thou hast) preached unto them that sleep?" And an answer was heard from the cross, saying: "Yea."
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"Would you mind taking him down? He's starting to get a little heavy."
When the angels and Jesus get out of the tomb where Jesus used to be dead, they turn into giants. The angels' heads reach up to the clouds and Jesus' noggin went up even further so that he can have some one-on-one time with God. Then God says,
"YEAH," said the cross.
"Yes," the cross answered. We don't even know if the cross was walking along on its own legs or bouncing behind them like a pogo stick. Maybe it had a mouth. The writer didn't specify. Honestly, if you've got a choice between staring at giant Jesus and an anthropomorphic cross, where are you going to look? It's no wonder he didn't get all the details down.


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MSD 6AL Ignition Control and Distributor InstallWritten by on March 1, 2013 Easy Electric
Whenever we talk to racers-which is practically every day-it seems universal that one of the most hated jobs is diagnosing electrical problems. Electricity isn't voodoo, but for some of us it might as well be.
Of course, it doesn't have to be that way. We don't have the space here to provide you with everything you need to know to earn a degree in electrical engineering, but maybe we can at least provide you with a few tips to help make your life a little easier when it comes to your race car's electrical system.
We recently spoke with Kyle Stricker of High Side Bodies & Fabrication about electrical issues that racers face and he offered up a few ideas based on his years as a racer and building race cars for others. Dirt race cars are often designed so that the ignition box, coil, and the backs of the gauges are protected from the elements underneath the dash. Strickler says that after one-too-many times spent frantically trying to untangle a knot of wires so that he could replace an ignition box (or do any other number of electrical repairs) at the racetrack, he decided that there had to be a better way. The answer he came up with is a removable plate he could mount both the coil and ignition box to so that he could remove the entire assembly as a single unit. Many racers have similar setups, but Strickler was willing to allow us to photograph his removable ignition panel so that our readers may use it for inspiration to design their own.
The key to the system? Keep all the wiring as simple and short as possible to eliminate the possibility for tangles and the frustration that comes with it. Wires should be trimmed to the proper length and not left any longer than necessary. Strickler, like many dirt track racers, prefers to change out the standard plugs for what's commonly known as "weatherpack" connectors. You can get weatherpack connectors from practically any autoparts store, and their advantage is they are designed to protect the connections from moisture, dirt and all the other crud that's common in dirt racing that can foul your electrical connections.
Assembling your own weatherpack connectors isn't difficult. There's really nothing more to it than stripping wires, slipping on the silicone gasket plug and crimping the plugs into place. What's critical is to make sure you keep all the correct wires connecting to each other. MSD's wiring can often give racers trouble if they don't pay close attention before cutting off the original plugs. When working with MSD's popular 6AL box and an MSD distributor, there is a solid green and a solid purple (MSD calls it "violet") wires coming from the box that connect to two wires from the distributor that are black with a red stripe and black with a purple stripe. As long as the stock connectors are in place, there is no way to hook the wires up wrong. But if you cut the connector off to build your own weatherpack connector, you have to remember that the green wire connects to the black-and-purple wire and the violet wire connects to the black-and-red wire. Get it wrong and it will significantly throw off engine timing.
Strickler also showed us his setup for remotely charging the battery. Like most Saturday-night racers, Strickler prefers not to run an alternator whenever possible to eliminate the horsepower drain. That means that he must make sure the battery is fully charged every time he hits the track. But a battery is also heavy, so it should be considered ballast and placed where it will benefit chassis handling the most. This means that the battery is often placed in areas on the chassis that isn't easy to reach. To fix this, Strickler runs heavyweight wires from the battery terminals to remote charging posts that are easy to reach.
A remote battery terminal won't exactly make you any faster, but it can make your life at the track a little easier. And we've found that anything you can do to reduce your workload at the racetrack will benefit you long term by freeing you up to concentrate on the things that really matter. Now let's get to it.
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3. Here, you can see just how cramped the area is for packing in all the vital ignition components. Still, everything is mounted neatly and the wires are routed thoughtfully for easy access.4. This is a shot of Strickler's older backup car. You can see that the area is still relatively well laid out, but he said it was still quite difficult to work in there.5. Strickler pulls the ignition panel from his new car. The first step is to clip the zip-ties that keep the wires from flopping around and separate the weatherpack connectors. Strickler makes sure to use different connectors for each so that it is impossible to hook up the wires wrong.6. Here's the panel out of the car. It is simply an sheet of aluminum cut to shape. Vibrations can be harmful to ignition boxes, so make sure to use rubber insulators between the aluminum panel and the chassis bars they connect to.7. The ignition panel mounts to the car's chassis bars with a few threaded inserts welded into the bars, as you can see here.8. To make topping off the charge on the battery easier between heats, Strickler uses a remote terminal. The terminal is wired to the battery and mounts just below the deck on a piece of aluminum pop riveted into place.
11. This is the stock connector for an MSD ignition between the distributor and a 6AL ignition box. If you plan to remove the stock connectors and install weatherpack connectors for greater resistance to moisture from both the racetrack and the car wash, make sure to pay attention when configuring your connectors. Notice that the black and purple striped wire on one side does not mate to the purple wire on the other side. Reversing the wires will advance your timing up to 30 degrees or more, which will cause damaging engine detonation.12. As we mentioned earlier, building your own weatherpack connectors isn't difficult, and they do a great job of protecting your electrical connections from the elements. The first step is to strip about 3/16-inch from the end of your wires. You will notice we are using mockup wires, so they aren't marked the same as we showed you earlier.13. Now slide one of the small insulators over the wire with the shoulder closest to the stripped wire.14. This is the stock connector for an MSD ignition between the distributor and a 6AL ignition box. If you plan to remove the stock connectors and install weatherpack connectors for greater resistance to moisture from both the racetrack and the car wash, make sure to pay attention when configuring your connectors. Notice that the black and purple striped wire on one side does not mate to the purple wire on the other side. Reversing the wires will advance your timing up to 30 degrees or more, which will cause damaging engine detonation.15. We purchased this crimper at our local speed shop right along with the connectors. It only cost around $15 and makes the job a lot easier. Crimp the metal fitting to both the wire and the shoulder of the insulator.16. Here's the metal connector properly crimped into place. Make sure not to give your full Superman grip when crimping the silicone insulator; you just want to give it enough pressure to make sure the insulator is locked in position.17. Now slide the assembly into the plastic housing. Remember, male metal connector goes to female housing and female metal connector goes to male housing. Once you push the wire into position, tabs on the metal connector will lock it into place in the plastic housing and the insulator will seal the plug from the back side. Now bend down the locking tab on the back until you hear the click, this helps keep the wire from backing out.


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I'm planning to buy a Scott Speedster S30 (This is my first road bike) and I'm looking at the size chart. I'm around 177 cm tall, and this fits exactly in between the M and L section. Just wondering, in general, is it better to choose the bigger or smaller option?
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If this is your first bike, go to your local bike store and have them fit you professionally. Then, ask if they have loaner bikes so that you can get a feel for the size of the bike before you invest. Some people prefer bikes on the smaller side and some prefer them a bit larger. You'll get a definite feel for this over time, but I wouldn't recommend learning this by purchasing an uncomfortable bike!
I, for example, generally ride a 56cm road bike. However, I once rode a 56cm Surly Long Haul Trucker that felt too large. Some of that feeling was the components (stem length, in particular), and some of it was the frame geometry. Road bikes are built with a variety of geometries catered to every style of riding. Each bike is as different as each respective cyclist, but riding an uncomfortable bike will ruin riding for you. Your LBS will be able to help a great deal in picking a size and adjusting everything to fit you correctly.
Lots of people ask for definite answers based on their exact leg/inseam/PBH/height-leg-ratio-distance-whatever...but most of it will come down to what fits comfortably.
Rivendell bikes argues that most road bikes sold are too small. They're probably in the minority opinion as far as bike shops go, but they have (collectively) a lot of experience in frame geometry and riding styles.
Their argument is based on their belief that most shops assume that road riders should emulate racers -- experts who are willing to put up with a lot of discomfort to gain small efficiencies -- and that this alienates a lot of casual riders, commuters, and tourists who would be better served by a bike that fits comfortably.
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On a road bike its probably a toss up. Seats can be raised or lowered. Stems can be brought in or out. As long as the standover is comfortable, you should be fine on the large.
I just returned a bike that was slightly too large. The issue with stand over height is a safety concern for your personal parts and to avoid injury (don't just 'stand over' it, lower yourself a bit, see how far you have before you might touch if you had to dismount quickly in that fashion), but the more relevant measurement for me ended up being the 'effective top tube' length (yes, exactly what it sounds like, the horizontal distance parallel to the ground ignoring the actual angle of the top tube). I was reaching too far forward for the handle bars and this was causing strain on my back and pressure on my wrists. I just bought at the top of my budget so I didn't have cash for a new stem, etc.
Lowering the seat on the larger size helped but it was still too far to reach the bars. I stopped at the point where the pedaling would have become silly, so technically I could have lowered the seat more to have a shorter reach distance, but then the other issue appears. Indeed, I may end up getting a longer seat post, but that's not as important as avoiding back strain.
I went to several LBSs in the area and all of them paired me with the larger size, partly b/c I was just at the edge of height range for the size down, so they didn't want me to get something too small. But bodies are particular and I would suggest a comparison ride of about 20-30 minutes on each size (that's what it took me in the end, and this was a big 'first' for me too, so I don't have my 'correct feel' honed yet) to figure out what really works. The 'parking lot' test definitely failed me this time around, and will likely continue to do so for future purchases. You need time to settle-in to feel what really works, especially if you're new to purchasing (actually sport activity experience aside).
You can raise the saddle and handlebars on a medium to meet your needs, but lowering them on a large might be tricky, depending on the bike's design.
Also, there's standover to consider. There should be at least an inch between the top of the frame and your "gentleman area" when you're standing forward of the saddle with the bike between your legs and your feet flat to the ground (not standing on tip toes). If you can manage that okay on the large bike then it should be okay for you. If not, go for the medium.
Best bet is to actually try out the two different sizes for yourself if at all possible. Ideally you'd want to take them for a test drive, but failing that, at least do a standover test of both sizes in a bike shop.
As several have pointed out, it is best to get something that actually fits you but with that in mind, it is better to go a little smaller than a little larger of a frame. For example, look at George Hincapie. He is 191 CM or 6 foot 3 and rides a bike that is just a little bigger than my 56 CM and I am just 5' 10 or 155 CM. He rides a 57.5. Putting on a longer stem and setting the seat back as far as it can go and pulling out the seat tube is how he fits on a bike that is just a tad bigger than mine while having a lot longer legs and body than I do. If he got something more like a 61-63, his bike would be heavier and not as stiff.
It also depends on a few other factors. The length of the top tube, riding preferences, riding style. Keep in mind that on a typical bike, if you got one that is smaller and just added a longer stem and pulled out the seat post as far as you could go, handling will also be a bit different because your center of gravity would be different than what it was built for. It wouldn't be as easy to go downhill, steering would be a bit more squirmy.
All bikes are built different. I have been on 56 CM's that were too big and too small for me in the stock format and even though I have owned my own bike for years, I am always adjusting the fit according to where I am in the season or how I feel on the bike.
A bike which is too small can be gnarly, a bike too large can be cumbersome and unwieldy. If you can, test ride both of them if possible! Or test ride a similar bike from the same manufacturer, in the size you want to compare. I test rode a 19" and 21" Orange Gringo mountain bike, it took two 5-10 minute rides on both to realise which one felt right. Don't be intimidated by shop assistants, it's your money and bike, faff and be 100% happy.
Also it depends on what use the bike will have, if your going to race the bike the fit is more important and a shorter bike might serve you better - as you'll be able to get out the seat easier.
Here is another take coming from a 67 year old.
In my early twenties I picked up a used 55 top tube Peugeot, of course with down tube shifters. I am only 5'6", with short legs and long arms. I got used to the stretched out feeling, so have always preferred a big bike.
The most important thing is that you are comfortable riding it. In my experience a slightly smaller offers the benefit of more agility & lighter weight. However where you will be riding is a factor as well.
As most of my riding is in city streets with traffic I find utility in a smaller fit for the above reasons, I tend to ride with my bars significantly below my seat height but not so far that I cannot grab the top of the handlebars & ride upright cruiser style. This gives me a reasonable balance between power transfer from the lower position to comfort when I have a load on my back in the upright position.
However, riding like this out in the country can get old pretty quick. Mainly I think because in city riding there is a lot of stop/go & opportunities to adjust where as country riding tends to be more distance traveling.
The bottom line however is still: If you cannot find a 'perfect' fit, which feels more comfortable to your style
It's all about personal preference. I bought slightly too small in a 29er mountain bike. It's slightly lighter than the larger one and more agile, though the seat was too low for me and I had to get an extra long seatpost. This I found out by buying before trying. I recommend trying first.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to sizing charts and the like. They are OK, but we are all different in how we balance. I'm just under 6 feet tall yet I ride an extra large Boardman. As someone said, with seat adjustments it works well and I like being up high. The critical thing is to get the right position regarding knee to peddle, to make sure the handle bars are the right height with the correct length stem to avoid back pain, and being able to comfortably get your toes on the ground whilst sitting on the bike. In other words, try them and see.
You can (almost) always make a small bike fit bigger, but you can only make a big bike fit so small. If you're a 'tweener you can typically go either direction. Take sizing charts with more than a grain of salt.
I have two bikes. An older (1980s) Nishiki, heavier bike chromoloy frame that my LSB claims is too big (probably equivalent to a 58cm), and a new light aluminum 56cm Cannondale that feels too small but that is my "exact" fit according to the sizing charts. (I'm 5'10" with a 30-inch inseam.) Anyway, the bigger bike is my preferred bike. It might have to do with a longer wheelbase (3-4 inches longer), but the bigger bike performs better. Fast going downhills (faster than the Cannondale and everyone else I have ever ridden with) and much more stable. Quick on starts too. Slower climbing and not as many gears. I know there are a lot variables here, but I think size (or wheelbase) is the most important one. And don't think sizing charts and LSB's have all the answers.


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The June 2008 issue of Info Tech & Telecom News highlights news from wi-fi systems in Illinois, Colorado, and Florida ... on buses, in state parks, and at golf courses. On page 1:
- The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation heard from FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and others during a hearing on network neutrality and "The Future of the Internet."
- A lawsuit filed in a Gainesville, Florida U.S. District Court could determine whether university professors can claim exclusive rights to their lecture notes.
- The Maryland legislature has opted to repeal the state's "tech tax," a levy on computer services.
- The Longmont, Colorado City Council has approved the sale of the city's wireless network to Ohio-based DHB Networks.
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For several reasons our company cannot accept the terms of the SENCHA TOOLS LICENSE v1.2. So my question is if the SDK Tools are necessary for developing Sencha Touch 2.0 Applications for iOS?
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My homepage where the ajax request is fired has this #someIDonHomepage div and i want my page to jump to that position.
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I wrote this animated scroll script with jquery that animates the jump when clicking on anchors.
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There are countless videos showing BMX/freeride/downhill etc. riders jumping and dropping from heights. For the unprofessional spectator, they seem impossible to survive. From the physical point of view, the bike reaches the ground with a given kinetic energy which is dependent on the height of the drop and on the combined mass of the rider and the bike. Where is all this energy dissipated? I assume that most of this energy is absorbed in the bike, and some by the rider. How is this energy distributed in various components of the bike?
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When you combine all of these elements in harmony you've got a really substantial amount of movement, and although it only takes a fraction of a second to land a big jump, it's enough time to slow down a rider's mass and keep them from becoming a grease spot at the bottom of The Tooney Drop.
You mentioned KINETIC ENERGY, which obviously have to go somewhere. Sometimes you have reception, and the bike comes at speed, but sometimes, like in bike trial, the bike lands "flat" on plain concrete. Sometimes, too, freeriders land on flat concrete at speed, and at least the vertical component of the drop's kinetic energy disappears.
I would say there are only three places where this energy can go:
It is important to mention that rigid elements of bike (frame, wheels) don't take up the kinetic energy, only transmit forces to somewhere else. Also, just to add to what @jm2 said, the joints only transmit the forces and (fortunately) don't take up any significant amount of energy: the landing kinetic energy is couteracted by muscle contraction acting through the joint.
As already stated by jm2...there are many reasons riders can take bigger drops. However as your question was how is it distributed...
Look at the swing arm for an example...vertical impact of the bike causes the rear lower stay to move upwards from the pivot point at the crank. That movement (force) is redirected to the upper rear stay and transferred to the shock that absorbs the majority of the force before finally transferring the last amount to the seat tube at a perpendicular angle to the rider not up through the rider.
That's why the full force isn't placed directly on the riders legs.
The geometry is what's splitting the lion's share out to 10 inch shocks which allow the rider to drop 20 feet without destroying the bike first and then being left with a much smaller amount of energy to suck up in his/her legs and arms.


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A police detective in Winchester, a town southeast of Lexington, is calling a brutal attack of a woman the most vicious he's ever seen. Police arrested Virgil Lee Kelly on charges of raping a local woman at knifepoint and attempting to cut off his victim's finger, wrist, and thigh.
According to a report, he then threw her from a window late Friday. A neighbor says she saw the suspect push the victim over and flip her out of the second floor apartment window.
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6 Hilarious Ways Game Designers Are Screwing With Pirates
#3. Japanese Game Outs You as a Pervert
Cross Days is an "erotic visual novel" (porn game) released last year in Japan, but you already knew that. Imagine a cross-dressing anime version of Heavy Rain, with more boning, if you will. This clearly isn't the sort of PC game you would recommend to someone at the office, or set your Facebook profile to post "achievements" of -- which is really unfortunate for those who tried to pirate it.
Really, this is one of the tamest covers to a porno we've ever seen.
What They Did:
As usual, it only took a few days since Cross Days was released for it to be cracked and posted to torrent sites and such. However, some of those pirated copies included a little surprise: a hidden trojan virus passing itself as the game installer that would ask players to fill out a survey full of personal information (like real name and phone number) ... and then post it online for everyone to read.
"Please check the box if you suffer from premature ejaculation."
But most pirates would be likely to lie on that survey, right? Sure, and that's why the virus also took a screenshot of the player's desktop and uploaded it to the same website. If they were hoping to catch the pirates doing something embarrassing, they succeeded: One guy was caught reading plant-related erotica.
At least one guy.
The exposed pirates could always ask for their information to be taken down ... as long as they publicly admitted to illegally downloading a Japanese porn game. The makers probably intended the "illegally downloaded" part to be the most shameful, but we're guessing that's not what the mothers of the pirates took issue with.
"No, you see, mom -- they only look like they're 12!"
The site that hosted the surveys has since been taken down, although some of the compromising desktop screenshots still remain (we'd look for more examples but honestly, we're afraid to).
If one more intern commits ritual suicide, we'll lose our liability coverage.
Most sources seem to imply that the developers themselves uploaded the trojan. Is that even legal? In this case, it actually is: The nature of the virus was mentioned and explained in the installer's Terms of Service agreement -- thus proving that even the companies know nobody reads those things.
#2. Ubisoft Assaults the Ears of Michael Jackson Fans
Illegal downloading of DS games has become such a big problem that Nintendo specifically designed the 3DS to be impossible to hack -- and it still happened within 24 hours. Ubisoft, the company responsible for the DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience, came up with a much more efficient solution to the piracy problem: create the most unbearably annoying video game of all time.
And then put an anti-piracy feature on it.
What They Did:
The feature is simple, yet utterly effective. The game renders pirated copies unplayable by obliterating the entire soundtrack with the most obnoxious noise known to man: a shitload of vuvuzelas blasting at full volume.
If you ever wondered what Hitler's soul would sound like, there you go. It reminds us of the black plague, or worse yet, a soccer match.
Hell is other people. With vuvuzelas.
As if that wasn't cruel enough, it also makes the game controls disappear as soon as the vuvuzelas come up, presumably in order to drive the player to suicide as he struggles to find a way to exit the current screen. As soon as your instinct of self-preservation kicks in, there will be little you can do to stop yourself from smashing the DS with a rock until it no longer exists.
We'd recommend a pickax. Fewer glass shards end up in your face that way.
So apparently by "The Experience" they meant "the worst moment in your life, possibly." The only way this could get more awful is if they took that soundtrack and slapped it on top of the despicable E.T. game for Atari, creating a vortex of evilness in the fabric of reality.
"This was our plan all along."
#1. Earthbound Crushes Your Soul
Some of the anti-piracy measures in this article are pretty brutal, but none can compare to the classic Super Nintendo RPG Earthbound. For one of the oldest and cutest-looking games on this list, it used surprisingly vicious tactics to not just punish pirates, but also make sure they completely hate themselves afterward.
You don't mess with Ness.
What They Did:
Right off the bat, when you start the game and it detects that you're using a pirated cartridge, you get this warning screen:
"All right, I'll see what the booklet sa- SHIT, I don't have one! BASTARDS!"
Seems like a pretty standard warning, and in fact most pirates would probably assume it's included in every version of the game and ignore it. We believe the creators were counting on that, because what comes afterward is so much worse.
If you've played the game before, you might notice that this time around there seems to be a lot more enemies than you remember. That is fully intentional: The programmers specifically made the game harder in order to mess with your mind. Bear in mind that this is an RPG, so every time run into an enemy you have to go into that stupid "fight" screen.
OK, so it might take you significantly longer to reach the last level, but getting there is by no means impossible. You might even enjoy the challenge if you're an experienced player. Again, that's exactly as the programmers planned it, because after you make your way to the last boss, and just as you're preparing yourself for the final battle ... the screen freezes.
That's right, the game crashes itself entirely out of spite, forcing you to reset the console and reload your saved game in order to- wait a minute, what happened to all your saved games?!
Pictured: 30 to 40 hours down the drain.
Damn. That's cold, Nintendo.
To read more from Kyle, read his blog or friend the shit out of his Facebook.
To see how developers lure you in, check out 5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted. Or learn about The 7 Commandments All Video Games Should Obey.


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(Matt Holm is the recipient this year of the Saul Morse and Anne Morgan Scholarship which supports students in the College of Public Affairs and Administration.)
My name is Matt Holm, and I'm a Senior here at UIS double majoring in Legal Studies and Political Science. I also hold a position on Student Government as the Senator for the College of Public Affairs and Administration. I came here last Fall as a transfer student from Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, where I earned my Associate's Degree.
I chose to come to the University of Illinois at Springfield because of this school's outstanding educational opportunities, networks, and influence in the field of public and governmental affairs.
As a student with the intent to pursue law school, I feel strongly that my undergraduate coursework here has prepared me for the next step of my educational career. I have developed strong relationships with my professors, who have not only been approachable and helpful, but have actually tried to get to know me, something that I know doesn't necessarily happen at other schools, especially public universities. Class is the kind of personal environment where if you miss a class, the professor will notice, and you'll probably get an email asking if you're alright, which is kind of nice.
The size of this campus also makes it easy and a lot of fun to become involved with student life activities. There are a wide variety of clubs and organizations for students to get involved in, and I've even had the opportunity to be involved in the formation of two clubs which are new to campus this semester: the American Red Cross Student Organization and the Innocence Club, a student support organization for the Innocence Project movement.
The Innocence Project is an international movement that works to exonerate prisoners who have been wrongfully convicted for crimes that they did not commit. This University is fortunate to house the Illinois Innocence Project.
The Applied Study Term here has given me the opportunity to be interning with the Project this semester for credit, and the school also helped me secure an internship with the office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin over this last summer.
I also took the LSAT this summer, and I am currently in the process of applying to law school. I know that my relationships with professors and advisors here has made the process of application much easier, and the advising and programs of the PreLaw Center have been incredibly helpful.
Just yesterday, a group of other pre-law students and I participated in a law school fair event at the Urbana campus that was facilitated by the PreLaw Center and its Director, Suzanne Borland, who is also a professor in the Legal Studies Department. As a result of the guidance that I have received from the supportive and engaged faculty on this campus, I feel confident not only in my choice to pursue law school, but with the University of Illinois degree I am working to achieve I am confident in my application and that I can get in.
But funding my education has been an issue at every step of the way. My family has been able to partially support me through community college, but going further even at a state school puts a burden on my family that is definitely felt.
while I was at Rock Valley College, there was a period where I was working three different part time jobs in order to earn enough money, on top of taking more than a full-time course load at 18 credit hours and holding a seat on student government there.
When I started here at UIS, I worked a part-time job for a few months to help ease some of my financial burden. I am so grateful for the scholarship I received, because as a result of it, I have been able to not only focus on my schoolwork, but take on unpaid internships that offer amazing opportunities for experience and exposure through Senator Durbin's office and the Innocence Project.
I want to thank Mr. Morse and Dr. Morgan for their generous gifts that have contributed to my scholarship, and on behalf of all scholarship recipients I want to express my gratitude to all donors who are here this afternoon. Your generosity is appreciated, and your thoughtfulness in contributing to these scholarships truly does make a difference in the lives of students. Thank you.
Please consider your own scholarship at UIS. Learn more about a special 1:1 match opportunity through the Access Illinois Scholarship Initiative.