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I had that look on my face, the one that, translated, says, "Go ahead. Ask me what I'm thinking."
The look got no anticipated response at all from Better Half, so I forged ahead anyway and popped the traditional end-of-January question.
No way would I just let it slide.
"Do you know what time it is?" I asked Better Half, my voice full of musical mirthfulness.
Startled, even a bit scared at the prospect of all the negative ramifications that such an inquiry could entail - from surprise visitors to grimace-generating honey-do lists - Better Half shook his head like a doomed soul off walking the green mile.
"I give up," he said, defeat evident in his voice.
I laughed.
And clapped.
And laughed some more.
A sinister laugh, no less.
"It's time for you to think about Valentine's Day!" I gushed with gusto.
There was a lingering stretch of silence, then an "Ohhhh!" from Better Half, a kind of "Ohhhh" I've-forgotten-something-important sort of "Ohhhh!"
But then again it was an "Ohhhh!" that was more of a mix between sweet relief and great regret.
The relief is that it wasn't something worse, say a potential painting project or a traumatizing trip I had planned for him to take me somewhere he would have absolutely no interest in going.
The regret is that there's Valentine's Day angst in the fishbowl world of being the Significant Other of a Sunday columnist with space to fill here week after week after week.
E-gads. You should have heard the guy sigh.
The noise was courtesy of the deadline pressure to keep holiday tradition alive and play Mr. Creative Cupid.
It's a tough act to follow, year after year, considering what he's done for me in years past on Feb. 14, this clever man of mine.
One year it was a broom because I "swept" him off his feet.
Another year it was not one, but two shovels because he "double digs" me.
There was the coffeepot year, a reminder that our union is "grounds" for happiness and a love ever "brewing."
And let's not forget the electric pencil sharpener. It makes the "point" that we are, after all, two legs on an alligator, two bumps on a log, peas and carrots.
Me? I get him some bread from Steubenville Bakery so I don't spend much "dough" or wrap a can of cashews because I'm "nuts" about him.
Sadly, we couldn't remember what Better Half did last year for Valentine's Day until I rustled up a copy of my column from 2012.
Turns out he "fell" for me - literally. Slipped on the ice en route to the car, en route to buy whatever it was to surprise me that day. Ended up in the emergency room.
This year, that won't do, I told him. It's time to pony up.
And enjoy another swim around the fishbowl.
(Kiaski, a resident of Steubenville, is a staff columnist and features writer for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and community editor for the Herald-Star. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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The truth is (slightly more) out there. This month the FBI announced an improved document area on its website, The Vault, with more than 2,000 government files. Many of them had previously been available, but not easily accessible. Now they've all been scanned and are searchable. The UK made a... Read more

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KILLEEN (October 24, 2012)--Central Texas College will host its annual Haunted House and Fall Carnival in the Student Center building Friday and Saturday.
The haunted house will be open to the public both days from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Games, costume contests and food will be available for families to enjoy with 10 rooms of activities that have been decorated by various campus organizations.
A tour through the haunted house is $5 and carnival games start at 50 cents.
Tickets can be purchased at the door and 10 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the CTC Foundation Scholarship Program.
The rest of the proceeds will benefit campus clubs' community service projects.
The Mayborn Planetarium and Space Theater, also on campus, will hold Friday Family Fun Fest which will feature Halloween-themed laser light shows every hour, karaoke, costume contests and more.
A discounted admission to the Mayborn Planetarium and Space Theater can be found on each ticket.


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Associate Professor of Government
Chair of Government and Legal Studies Department
Government And Legal Studies
Hubbard Hall - 200
Current teaching schedule available on the public course finder.
Personal website: www.mikemfranz.com
Campaign Advertising and American Democracy (with Paul Freedman, Kenneth Goldstein, and Travis Ridout) (Temple University Press, 2007)
Choices and Changes: Interest Groups in the Electoral Process (Temple University Press, 2008). Research for this book was based on my dissertation, which was awarded the American Political Science Association's E.E. Schattschneider Award the best doctoral dissertation in the field of American government.
Michael Franz, Paul Freedman, Kenneth Goldstein, and Travis Ridout. Forthcoming. "Understanding the Effect of Political Ads on Voter Turnout: A Response to Krasno and Green" Journal of Politics.
Michael Franz and Travis Ridout. 2007. "Do Political Ads Persuade?" Political Behavior.
Travis Ridout and Michael Franz. 2007. "Measures Matter: Assessing Measures of Campaign Tone," Political Communication.
Michael M. Franz, Joel Rivlin, and Kenneth Goldstein. 2006. "Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post-BCRA," in Michael Malbin (ed.) The Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Travis Ridout, Dhavan Shah, Kenneth Goldstein, and Michael M. Franz. 2004. "Evaluating Measures of Campaign Advertising Exposure on Political Learning," Political Behavior. 26 (3): 201-225
Paul Freedman, Michael M. Franz, and Kenneth Goldstein. 2004. "Campaign Advertising and Democratic Citizenship," American Journal of Political Science.
Michael M. Franz and Kenneth Goldstein. 2002. "Following the (Soft) Money: Party Advertisements in American Elections," in Sandy Maisel (ed.) The Parties Respond, 4th Edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.


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NFL: Peyton, Atlanta for Real?
The NFL regular season is halfway over—halfway! This seems really rushed, no? After all, an NBA season trudges on as if it spans eight years. The NHL, meanwhile, postponed the start of its 2012-13 campaign because league geniuses worried the sport had become too popular, and there's a rumor that baseball wrapped three hours ago, and the Yankees didn't win another World Series. But impatient football waits for nobody. Nobody! Blink, and you will miss the 12 annual minutes of San Diego Chargers optimism.
The big news thus far about this NFL season—besides those dreadful replace-o-refs and how much everyone despises Thursday Night Football, the middle seat of the football schedule—is how closely-matched the competition has been. Any Given Sunday, so on, yadda yadda. Parity is a strange thing to brag about: Isn't it better to have some standard bearers, a few obvious, clear choices? When you're ordering at a restaurant, and can't make the call between the steak and the salmon, and ask the wait staff, do you want the waitperson (in this case, Jon Gruden) to say "Oooh…so tough to decide…on 'Any Given Sunday,' steak or salmon could win." You would be annoyed at that waitperson. And then you would pack up your family and miniature dachshunds, leave the table and go to the gas station and dine on grape soda and scratch tickets.
But it's November, and the NFL feels so confusing. Your tense family Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and you have no idea if you're going to make up an excuse to watch the Lions game yet (you should! They play the Texans!) Here are answers to some midseason dilemmas. As always, all answers are preapproved by the office of Donald Trump.
Are the Atlanta Falcons for realsies?
The 8-0 Falcons are the only remaining undefeated team in the NFL, and fans treat them like they're a Starbucks SBUX 0.00 % cappuccino they've accidentally left on the sunroof. When does the inevitable fall come? Does the cup fly off immediately upon leaving the mini-mall, or does Atlanta stun everyone and cling to the car all the way home? There are upcoming tests—two games against the (improving, less crummy) Saints and a mid-December joust with the Giants, who bounced Atlanta from the playoffs last season. Undefeated team speculation is always tedious, but there appears to be little standing in the way between the Falcons and a top postseason seed. What they do with it, of course, is the Fraught Story of the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Jay Cutler has the Bears at 7-1. The world is a strange and mystifying place. Mega game Sunday night between Chicago and Houston. Weasel your way out of that Sunday night dinner party.
What's the surprise team?
Hard to top the Indianapolis Colts at 5-3. A feel-good story that got feel-better (feel-betterer?) with the genuinely inspiring battle of head coach Chuck Pagano, fighting back from leukemia treatment. Andrew Luck (who shaved his head in support of Pagano, as many Colts players did) looks at least like a franchise-carrying answer and the Colts (who play Thursday against Jacksonville) have an outside shot at making the playoffs. Yay. Who roots against that?
Is old Peyton Manning like young Peyton Manning?
Kinda! Lot of doubt about his health entering 2012, but nobody wants to face that geezer in the fourth quarter. Denver looks like an ideal fit. As at least forty bazillion people pointed out on Twitter Tuesday night, Manning closed on a deal for a series of pizza franchises just days before Colorado voted to legalize marijuana. If only he'd bought a few Cinnabons.
Explain the Cowboys.
Pretty inexplicable. It does feel like the Cowboys have been the same experience for a long time—talented in places, capable of quality things, but often unreliable, forced to rely on late comebacks that flail and leave Jerry Jones sad and droopy-shouldered. Now there is talk that exiled Saints coach Sean Payton could be at the helm in Dallas next year. No shocker. At some point, all of us will be rumored to be the next Cowboys coach.
Does everyone truly loathe Thursday Night Football?
Have you ever tried explaining Thursday Night Football to a non-NFL fan? Why is there football on Thursday? Well, it was an opening on weekly schedule, and people really love football. Don't you have 11 hours of football on Sunday plus Monday Night Football plus all that college football, too? Right. Please leave me alone.
Name a Midseason MVP.
No. Because once you start doing things like picking midseason MVPs to a season that is only 16 games, it's a slippery slope before you stop shaving and wearing Vikings slippers to work and driving to the airport to eat lunch by yourself. But OK, Falcons QB Matt Ryan looks pretty great.
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Is image stabilization useful when shooting from a flying plane or helicopter?
Yes, it can help minimize camera shake. To take it to the extreme, serious aerial photographers sometimes use a gyroscope mount.
Related but not directly answering the question: you want to ensure that the camera is not touching the airplane or helicopter - you'll end up transferring all sorts of vibration from the aircraft to the camera.
This article about Nikon VR suggests that not all forms of VR are best when taking photographs from a helicopter. Search for the word "helicopter" and note that it suggests you use "Active VR".
Basically, Active and Normal VR help with two different kinds of camera-shake. The former helps with camera-shake due to vibrations in your surroundings while the latter helps with unsteady hands. The lens uses a different algorithm based on the pattern of vibration in these different situations to stabilize the image.
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A 31-year-old Redford woman accused of using more than $140,000 of her father's money for her own personal use has been charged with felony embezzlement from a vulnerable adult.
Attorney General Bill Schuette says in a statement Wednesday that Renee Bullock faces up to 10 years in prison, if convicted.
Bullock was granted general power of attorney by her father in June, 2010 and named his temporary guardian and conservator in January.
Schuette says during that time Bullock failed to pay the nursing facility and paid for a leased Cadillac CTS and Chevrolet Tahoe using her father's funds.
Bullock remains free on a $10,000 personal bond. A Dec. 6 preliminary exam is scheduled.
Bullock tells WDIV-TV she's "never taken any money" from her father.
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I guess this is not considered a true MITM attack since the attacker does not have to be between the server and client. My question is how it is possible to poison a DNS cache, and redirect traffic to your computer that is hosting a proxy that then forwards traffic to the actual web server? I wanted to simulate an such an attack by setting up BIND on my network but I'm not sure how to configure a proxy like paros to forward traffic to a specific web server. For example, I will run Apache on 192.168.1.2 which will host www.example.com on my LAN, BIND on 192.168.1.2, and Paros on 192.168.1.3. I will then use Kaminsky's improved birthday attack to poison the cache of the bind server which will redirect all queries of www.example.com (192.168.1.2) to 192.168.1.3 which runs Paros. I can do everything up to this point, but I don't know how to properly configure Paros to then forward traffic to the actual web server @ 192.168.1.2 whenever www.example.com is queried by another host on my network.
This is not exactly what you were asking for, and I'm not sure if it's close enough...
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Specifically to what you were asking, if a DNS server or client is not configured correctly, they may accept DNS responses, even if they did not originally send that request. In that case, it would be possible to send an arbitrary DNS record, that will be cached and saved by the DNS server.


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Men in serious relationships need affection and true love
Actually, there's good evidence that you do.
Oakland University sociology professor Terri Orbuch, who has been studying the same 373 married couples for more than 25 years, has looked at the impact of "affective affirmation" - the words or gestures you use to show your partner that he is special, noticed or cared for - on the long-term health of a marriage.
Her findings, she says, are surprising.
"When husbands reported that they did not get affective affirmation from their wives often, that couple was two times more likely to divorce over time," Orbuch says. "And that was not true when wives didn't get that affirmation."
Intrigued by Orbuch's research, we went looking for other examples of male relationship needs that run counter to common wisdom, and we didn't have to look far.
Studies show that men fall in love faster and harbor more romantic notions of the "love conquers all" variety. Warren Farrell, author of the best-seller "Why Men Are the Way They Are" (Berkley), says man-cave hype obscures a basic truth he saw while conducting relationship workshops: Men want to talk to their spouses about what's troubling them. Often, he says, it's women who get uncomfortable when their husbands or boyfriends reveal their fears and vulnerabilities.
Psychologist David Schnarch, author of the best-seller "Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships" (W.W. Norton & Co.), says that there are a lot of men who want to talk more than women do - and they're not hiding their needs.
The problem, he says, is that stereotypes about women being "all heart and no crotch" - and men being just the opposite - are so strong that they often prevent us from seeing the men who are right in front of us.
Whether you agree with Schnarch that men and women are more alike than different in the relationship realm, or you're interested, like Orbuch, in parsing the differences, there's little question that a lot of information that runs counter to popular wisdom has gone unremarked and undiscussed.
For Orbuch, author of the new book "Finding Love Again: 6 Steps to a New and Happy Relationship" (Sourcebooks Casablanca), a key moment came when men and women in her study were asked to map the five closest relationships in their lives onto a series of concentric circles. The inner circle represented the people closest to the person in question and the larger circles represented degrees of decreasing closeness.
Women, Orbuch says, tended to put all five of their nearest and dearest in the intimate center circle. Men put only their wives in the center circle, and their other confidants in various "outer" circles.
That pattern makes men heavily emotionally dependent on their wives, and may help explain why "affective affirmation" in marriage is so important to them, Orbuch says.
"Women need affirmative affirmation as much as men, but we're lucky because we can get it from lots of other people," she says. "We don't crave it and need it only from our partners. Women in our studies reported they get it from their best friends, their mothers, their sisters, their children - even strangers and people they've just met."
Men's emotional reliance on their wives or partners may also help explain why men fall in love faster and tend to idealize their romantic relationships, Orbuch says.
"We know men are more likely to believe in love at first sight and that love conquers all," she says. "Men are more likely to believe you need love in order to have commitment. I think it also has to do with needs getting met in that primary relationship. There's an awful lot invested in that primary relationship for men."
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The lecture notes appeared in the second volume of "Quantum Fields and Strings, a course for mathematicians". I would like to understand the derivation of (1.3), the 2-point correlation function:
$$ \int_{C_{\rm{per}}([0,L])} \phi(x_1) \phi(x_2) d\mu_G(\phi) = \text{tr } e^{-x_1 H} \phi e^{(x_2 - x_1)H} / \text{tr } e^{-LH} $$
which is listed as a problem, under the heading of Feynman kac's formula. Specifically I would like to know how exactly $\mu_G$ is defined and how it relates to Wiener measure.
On a more practical note, I would like to know what's a good source (if not here) for obtaining solutions to these sporadic exercises in high level lecture notes. Since time is limited, those of us who do not want to specialize in an area, but only want to get a taste of a subject, but do not want to sacrifice rigor, might find this kind of information very useful.


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I am given a transfer function of a second-order system as: $$G(s)=\frac{a}{s^{2}+4s+a}$$
and I need to find the value of the parameter $a$ that will make the damping coefficient $\zeta=.7$. I am not sure how to do this but I might have found something that might have helped so I am going to take a stab at it. I found a transfer function in the book of a second order spring-mass-damper system with an external applied force in the book as: $$G(s)=\frac{a}{m\omega_{n}^{2}}(\frac{\omega_{n}^{2}}{s^{2}+2\zeta \omega_{n}+\omega_{n}^{2}})$$
I was thinking that I could just write $\omega_{n}^{2}=a$ and $2\omega_{n}\zeta=4$. Then I could just solve for $a$. Is this possible?


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MOGADORE - Catholic Central faces a huge challenge today when it travels to Summit County for a date with powerful Mogadore.
The 6-4 Crusaders, losers of two in a row, earned the eighth seed in Division VI Region 21 thanks to their body of work during the 2012 season. The top-seeded Wildcats (10-0) ran through the regular season unbeaten and, earlier this week, captured their sixth Associated Press poll state championship.
Champions of the Portage Trail Conference County Division, Mogadore won eight of its 10 games by double-digits, including all seven league matchups. The team's average margin of victory this season was 23.6 points.
Kickoff for today's contest is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Wildcats, who earned the 600th victory in school history earlier this season, have qualified for the playoffs 14 years in a row and 26 times overall. They have captured three state titles and sport a 46-22 postseason record.
Central is no stranger to the playoffs, either. The Crusaders, who last made it in 2007, will make their 10th appearance and earned an Ohio championship in 1993. The last meeting between the schools came in the 2005 playoffs, Central recording a 35-13 win.
"We know we have our work cut out for us with Mogadore," Steve Daley said. "But, at the same time, they have to deal with us too and that's the way we have to look at things."
For Central, the winning record was the first in four seasons. Daley indicated that was one of the goals set by his team.
"At the beginning of the season, the kids wanted to have a winning record and make the playoffs," he noted. "They worked really hard to achieve both goals and here we are.
"Now starts a new season. We've preached every week go 1-0 each week and we were able to do that six times. Now, it's a situation of you have no choice - you have to go 1-0 or you're done. We got in, we're here and now teams have to deal with us. That is the attitude and approach we are taking. We're not looking at seeds; we're just realizing we're in."
Harrison Central (7-3) at St. Clairsville (10-0)
ST. CLAIRSVILLE - When St. Clairsville and Harrison Central met in Week 5 of the regular season, it was a big game with Buckeye 8 position, bragging rights and the Coal Bucket on the line.
However, when the two meet at 7:30 today at Red Devil Stadium, the only thing that will matter will be a trip to the Ohio Division IV, Region 15 semifinals the following week. Coach Brett McLean's Red Devils will bring a 10-0 record and top seed in the region into the first-round playoff encounter, while Coach Justin Kropka's Huskies (7-3) enter as the No. 8 seed.
"It is one of those things that you hate to play another OVAC team in the first round because someone is getting knocked out," McLean said. "But the Buckeye 8 is such a quality conference and it gets teams ready for big games and there are a lot of points available for teams to make the playoffs.
"And yes, we are familiar with Harrison Central, but they are very familiar with us, as well. We meet earlier in the season now, but it used to be a huge Week 10 game for both teams. There is also just so much respect between the two coaching staffs and the kids, it is a very sportsmanship-oriented rivalry."
It will be the third consecutive home playoff game for St. Clairsville, with the Devils edging Chesapeake by a 30-27 count last year, before losing in the second round, and being upset by Lakeview, 42-21, in the 2010 regional quarterfinals.
This year brings a familiar opponent in Harrison Central, one in which St. C. has had its way with the last three times they have met. Not only have the Red Devils won all three of those games, they have outscored the Huskies by a whopping 124-13 margin, including this year's 42-6 victory.
Actually, the 42 points McLean's team tallied that night represents a season low for St. Clairsville's high-powered offense.
"We tried for an entire week earlier this season to find a chink in their armor," Kropka commented. "Now they are giving me a second shot and I still don't know if there is any there. Let's just call a spade a spade - they are a great football team. When you complete a 10-0 regular season and beat everyone on your schedule by at least three or fourth touchdowns you have earned the right to be called that.
"But upsets happen, and it is why they play the games. We know that we are heavy underdogs and anyone who doesn't realize that must have missed the first 10 games of the season. But this is what I love, if I didn't I would never have taken this job. It's always fun, but when I got here it wasn't a very good situation, now not only are we sitting here talking about the playoffs, but I can even use the word, 'again,' and that is great stuff."
Clay-Battelle (9-0) at Madonna (8-1)
WEIRTON - The Madonna Blue Dons are on a roll with an 8-1 record, seven straight wins, the Class 1A Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship and the lofty No. 5 spot in the West Virginia Class A rankings.
They clinched a playoff spot with the 48-6 victory over Toronto last week, and they are pretty much assured of home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but if they want to solidify that they truly are one of the better Class A teams in the state, they need to knock off unbeaten Clay-Battelle, which invades Jimmy Carey Stadium at 7 p.m. today.
The game was originally on the Blue Don schedule as a Saturday night contest. However, the schedule was drawn up months ago before anyone knew that the Weir High football team wasn't playing this Friday. So, to facilitate the planning for the playoffs, which begin with a Sunday morning meeting at the WVSSAC offices in Parkersburg, the game was moved to Friday.
The Cee Bees are big and physical, according to Madonna coach Doug Taylor, who said that seems to be the description of the Clay-Battelle football team year in and year out.
Taylor, who has scouted the Cee Bees twice, said one of his concerns is the two big tackles they have.
"They are a typical Clay-Battelle team and our major concern for us, particularly on the defensive side, are their two big tackles," he said.
He was referring to Hunter Six (6-0, 305) and Dustin Varner (6-5, 325). Both are juniors. Six has a freshman brother on the roster that goes 6-feet 4-inches and weighs in at 285 pounds.
Magnolia (8-1) at Oak Glen (4-5)
NEW MANCHESTER - It is a case of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire as the Oak Glen football team prepares to end its first season under head coach Ian Whittington.
The Golden Bears will take their 4-5 record and host Magnolia at 7 p.m. today.
"Point Pleasant was a good Class AAA team," Whittington said about the Golden Bears' 50-6 loss to the state- ranked Big Blacks. "Now we turn our attention to Magnolia, which is a really tough assignment."
The Blue Eagles boast an 8-1 record, have won all eight games in a row since the 21-20 loss to Linsly in the opener, and they are ranked second in the latest state Class A rankings.
Magnolia, which had been a very good Class AA team over the past few years. even winning the state championship in 2010, dropped to Class A this year because of decreased enrollment. Now, they could be a dominant team in the lower classification.
"They probably are the best team in Class A," Whittington said. "They have one of the best football players in the state in (Stephen) Rogalski and their running back (Drew) Keller isn't too bad either."
Brooke (3-6) at Morgantown (7-2)
MORGANTOWN - Though its season ends tonight at 7-2 Morgantown, the Brooke Bruins (3-6) get a little taste of postseason action when they take on a Mohigans squad that is state-ranked in West Virginia Class AAA and coming off a dominant 35-14 win over University.
"There's no doubt that's how we've been approaching it," said Brooke head coach Sean Blumette.
"Definitely this is our playoff game. It's a chance to show what we're capable of.
"We've won three of our last four and two in a row. This would be something to something to build on. To go into Morgantown, where Coach Bowers has continued to build on a strong program with a lot of talent, on their home field, in a nice environment, and play well is very important."
Adding to the game's importance is this is the first of two consecutive regular season games between the teams.
"It is even more important because it's where we open up next year," said Blumette. "It is slightly awkward in that regard because scheduling issues forced us to move this to the opener, but it makes it even more important to have a good showing."
Working in the Bruins favor is they have, for only the second time this season, the duo of seniors Alec Buchmelter and Raleigh Mason together in the lineup.


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In December 2008, Dow said Kuwaiti officials informed it the Persian Gulf country was scrapping a deal under which the state-owned petroleum firm was to pay Dow Chemical $7.5 billion for a 50% stake in several chemical plants. Dow intended to use that money to help finance its purchase of Rohm & Haas.
By SAABIRA CHAUDHURI
Dow Chemical has been awarded an additional $318 million in
an arbitration case with Petrochemical Industries Co. of
The additional award is tied to a dispute over a scuttled
multibillion-dollar joint venture in 2008 that almost derailed
the chemical company's efforts to complete a huge
The award, from the International Court of Arbitration of
the International Chamber of Commerce, brings the total amount
Dow Chemical has been awarded to $2.48 billion and is the last
step in the disciplined arbitration process, bringing the
process to an end. The partial award of $2.16 billion was
announced last May.
"Payment of these damages of nearly $2.5 billion will allow
Dow to accelerate its priority uses for cash by further
strengthening our balance sheet," Dow CEO Andrew N. Liveris
said. "Dow and Kuwait share a long history and strong
partnership, and this award ruling brings suitable closure to
the arbitration process."
In December 2008, Dow said Kuwaiti officials informed it the
Persian Gulf country was scrapping a deal under which the
state-owned petroleum company was to pay Dow Chemical $7.5
billion for a 50% stake in several chemical plants.
Dow intended to use that money to help finance its $15.3
billion purchase of Rohm & Haas Co., which makes coatings
and electronic materials.
The decision -- by Kuwait's top petroleum-policy council to bail out came amid
fears that plunging oil prices had made the deal less
attractive -- came less than a week before the deal was to
become effective. Both Dow and the Kuwaiti company were also
planning to collect $1.5 billion apiece from the joint venture,
known as K-Dow Petrochemicals.
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The thing about covering events for a newspaper is that you witness things beginning and progressing in communities, and you see things come to an end, too.
The latter was the case when the Trinity Health System Auxiliary held its swan song holiday dinner meeting Dec. 13 at the Steubenville Country Club.
Diane Macedonia, auxiliary president, presided at the meeting where the auxiliary presented a check for $180,000 to Trinity Health System, which was accepted with gratitude by Fred Brower, its president and chief executive officer.
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Trinity auxiliary officers at its swan song event Dec. 13 included, from left, Dolores Pirraglia, treasurer; Eleanor Weiss, vice president; Diane Macedonia, president; Judy Brancazio, corresponding secretary; and Barbara Kowalsky, secretary.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Among members of the Heather Twig, which will remain active and connected to the Trinity Foundation, are, from left, seated, co-chairs Cerryn Cottrell-Marshall and Elena Crisante, and standing, LeeAnn Emmerling, Leslie Lancia, Melissa Carapellotti, Anita Jackson, Theresa O'Brien and Lisa Biasi.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Cypress Twig members officially gather for the last time, including, from left, seated, Lu Grimm, Judy Anastasio, Dorina Hoover, Lil Ferguson, and standing, Marian Moore, Marjean Sizemore, Margaret Frederick, Helen DiAndrea and Barbara Kowalsky.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Daisy Twig members officially gather for the last time, including, from left, treasurer Noreen Peterson, Mary Louise Morgan, President Marilyn Mosti, Beverly Mayhew and Kay Gorby. Its remaining members also included Betty Masters and Carole Montgomery.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Josephine DiNovo, center, 99, longtime auxiliary member, with Helen Reed, left, and Rose Potenzini.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
The money generated from in-house projects and profit from the gift shops at Trinity Medical Center East and Trinity Medical Center West, Macedonia said, will go toward continued improvements at the YMCA Wellness Center in the former St. John Arena.
For a little history here, the Trinity Auxiliary has been in place 13 years after the former Ohio Valley Hospital and St. John Medical Center merged, blending its twig and guild organizations that have been around as long as each of those facilities came into existence. They raised incredible amounts of money to do an incredible amount of good when it comes to supporting health care locally.
The Women's Advisory Board of Ohio Valley Hospital organized in 1922, for instance, and had at one time 16 Twig units under it. The meeting Dec. 13 signaled an end as well to two of the three remaining Twigs - the Cypress and the Daisy twigs. The Heather Twig, however, led by co-chairs Elena Crisante and Cerryn Cottrell-Marshall, will continue under the same name and remain active. It will stay connected to the Trinity Foundation, the hospital system's fundraising arm.
Keith Murdock, director of the foundation, said the Heather Twig will be supporting in its continued fundraising efforts the hospital's acquisition of a breast cancer diagnostic machine - three-dimensional imaging with breast tomosynthesis.
"This is like a breast CT and is the most indicative test we can do for women with breast cancer," Murdock said. "We can identify the cancer and come up with a treatment plan even before any lump is removed, so this is the type of thing that the Heather Twigs are going to be supporting, and this is the program that we're going to be working for throughout the remainder of 2013," Murdock said.
The Heather Twig has a beer and wine-tasting fundraiser set for March 1 at the Steubenville Country Club.
"Breast health is a major issue in today's society, and this is the type of thing we're looking to eradicate in Steubenville. We still have the highest incidence of breast cancer in the state of Ohio in Jefferson County," Murdock said, noting the machine is to be installed and operational in January.
That the auxiliary has now come to an end as a working unit of the hospital system is a sign of the times as membership wanes, an affliction not uncommon to many organizations.
So the dinner meeting was the auxiliary's last hurrah and with it, I offer these parting notes:
"Bittersweet" was a word used by several at the event to lament the end of the auxiliary. "It's a bittersweet moment because women have been the driving force behind hospitals in this town for over a hundred years, and this is really a tribute to all the women who have raised the money," Murdock said before the dinner got under way. "In 1912, the women raised $200,000 in eight days to build Ohio Valley Hospital. That's the kind of power women have in health care in this community."
Macedonia offered thanks for all the members' support during her presidency and acknowledged her fellow officers, including Eleanor Weiss, its vice president and a 34-year member; Barbara Kowalsky, secretary; Dolores Pirraglia, treasurer; and Judy Brancazio, corresponding secretary.
Three individuals singled out for special recognition were Glenda Fordyce, manager of the gift shop at Trinity East; Mary Roe, manager of the gift shop at Trinity West; and Jaye Needham, volunteer coordinator at Trinity East.
Birthday wishes were mentioned for longtime auxiliary member Josephine DiNova, who turned 99 on Dec. 16.
Sister Nancy Ferguson, director of mission integration, offered the blessing.
Although the auxiliary is no more, Macedonia stressed that the volunteer programs at East and West are alive and well. "Several people were concerned that without the auxiliary there would no longer be volunteers. Please let everyone know that new volunteers are always welcome," Macedonia said. Anyone interested in such opportunities can contact Jaye Needham at Trinity East or Carol Bonar at Trinity West.
In addition to the auxiliary's $180,000 donation, it accepted a donation of $5,300 from the Daisy Twig with Noreen Peterson making the presentation to Macedonia. In recent months, the Heather Twig presented a check for $9,000.


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Why do people wear black hats if their kippa has 2 layers?
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See pg. 127 ff. of this publication from YCT. It is an article by Jason Weiner titled "ON THE HALAKHIC BASIS FOR WEARING BLACK HATS". In this article he discusses 5 reasons given by the Rabbinical Authorities for wearing a black hat:
The Chayei Adam says for birkas hamazon, "and wear a hat, like any respectable person would do if they were walking in the street."
R' Yitzchak Hutner once told a fellow: "wear a hat. A yarmulka is too easy to fold up and put in your pocket if you get embarrassed of being Jewish." (Very similar to the Lubavitcher Rebbe's letter about sheitels vs. kerchiefs.)
The Zohar is meramez that a talmid chacham needs an extra level of head covering, especially upon saying a davar shebik'dusha. Regarding the hat, it not only is a second cover, but it is bigger and more demonstrative of one's devotion.
The Zohar adds, for instance, that one should wrap oneself with a tallis during davening; apparently, standing with a kippah is not enough. The same wrapping concept would apply to a hat that hovers above the head very much like a tallis, albeit slightly less.
All of these head coverings indicate deference to someone greater, and that we commit to G-D's commands even when we cannot understand and even if our ideas conflict with it; we still accept.
For a great shiur on the topic see Here: http://www.khalbneitorah.com/1024/index.htm The shiur is called Hats And Jakets
Look in Aruch Hashluchan in Hilchos Dayanim and Birkas Hamazon where he mentions that Atifa (enwrapment) mentioned in SA is applied nowadays through a hat (and possible jacket, I don;t have an Aruch Hashulchan on me).
The main reason people wore hats during davening was because thats what they would wear when in front of someone important. Nowadays, they mainly wear it so as not to change from before, or to differentiate themselves from other people. The two-layer thing is not in the shulchan aruch, but if one does want to follow it, I could see why one item wouldn't make the cut.
There is more than one reason to wear a hat while praying. -the idea of the double covering. having two layers bidieved fulfills this. a seperate hat is considred better than just the two layers of the kipa. main reason for two layers in a kipa is in case one might not have their hat with them at all times and at some point will want to make a bracha on food. -the idea of getting dressed up in a more respectful manner to speak with Hashem. Likewise if one would wear nice clothing to see someone important there is a kal vachomer to prayer. -this is a good class which speaks about this at length... http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/736994/Rabbi_Ally_Ehrman/Hat_And_Jacket_For_Davening:_The_True_Story
i think its becouse its a tradition that we do when we turn the age of thirteen. i dont think you have to do it


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Google's 2nd set of $.25 apps are up
Empty your piggy banks and pull out your quarters!
...yes it's the same link as before, but I thought people would want to know!
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Cut the Rope: Experiments
doubleTwist Alarm Clock
World of Goo
SketchBook Mobile
Paper Camera
The Going to Bed Book
Flick Nations Rugby
Shark Dash
Dungeon Village
Mini Motor Racing
Color & Draw for kids
Color & Draw for kids HD
Some good apps there.
If you don't have World of Goo yet, I would highly recommend it.
Yes! I've been waiting for FIFA 12 to go on sale for Android. Was able to snag it when iTunes had it on sale for iPad but have been dying to have it on my Galaxy II.
@luvche21: I have it for PC, but picked it up for my tablet here too. Great game to play on the road.
The apps in today's sale are really good! I snagged sketchbook mobile, paper camera cut the rope, and dungeon Village for less than the cost of just one of those apps!
The images being used to promote the sale on the Play store include the "Where's My Perry?" app icon. A preview of tomorrow, perhaps?
World of Goo is fantastic. The cheap kids books are hard to beat for us parents as well.
FYI, Amazon is price matching most of these for today and yesterday.
Good for those who have Kindle Fire etc...
iPhone gets free Tiger and we get FIFA? Boo!!! (FIFA's still a good game though)
How many days is this sale going on? I hope we get more apps tomorrow. I love google.
@rockytrh: That's exactly where I was at. The PC version rocked, but I think I'm going to like the touch version better. We'll see.
Kairosoft's Dungeon Village is included in the sale, if you're a fan of the Game Dev Story type games (and a lot of people are)
In for the new Cut the Rope, and World of Goo, too.
Google's 2nd set of $.25 apps are up?really?
lol, running out of harddrive space on my phone with all these cheap games/apps. But it's nice to have some great selections (actually paid regular price for a lot of these) since I usually check the free "popular" app a day on amazon and that selection is often pure junk lately. Started strong but not even worth checking most days now.
The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton should be worth .25 when we're on vacation and need one of the favorites :)
I'm a fan of Kairosoft's games, I just wish they all at some point went to 25 cents so I didn't have to pay $5 everytime they repackage a game with a slightly different theme, lol. Dungeon village was cool, and a +1 for world of goo.
I got a bunch of these yesterday, and I bought a couple today, but Google Wallet started declining both of my cards. Anyone else having problems?
@portezbie: I got an email today saying that the sale lasts through Sunday. Five days of apps!
Google's second set of $.25 apps IS up.
("Set" is the subject; "apps" is the object of the preposition "of". You're welcome.)
@schultr8: i had the same problem yesterday...my card company started declining them due to fraud alerts...after i verified the charges, everything was ok.
So, I bought three of these apps yesterday. Then last night, I happened to be checking my credit card statement, and noticed that I had 3 pending transactions for $1.25 each from Google checkout, and none for $0.25. Anyone else notice this?
@dmdavis Just saw the same thing. I purchased one app and my card receive two charges. One charge for $0.25 and another for $1.00.
Apparently this is normal, it's a pending authorization from google. See below (from http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=105940)
You may also notice a $1.00 transaction from Google, which is actually a pending authorization request between our billing system and the bank that issued your credit or debit card, so you won't end up paying the extra $1.00.
When you check your bank account or credit card statement, payment authorizations are often listed as pending. These transactions might remain in your account between 1-14 business days, depending on your card-issuing bank. Please keep in mind they are authorization requests only, not actual charges.


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In the comments to this post, it was hinted that proving that the force acting on a charge at a vertical distance from a uniformly charged plane is independent of that distance can be done by recalling the scale invariance symmetry. Can someone explain that to me?
Here's Coulomb's Law:
If you scale everything by $\lambda$, you get $\frac{1}{\lambda^2}$ in the denominator, but you must also introduce a Jacobian for the integral.
For a volume charge, the Jacobian is $\lambda^3$, so you're on the surface of a ball of charge and you make the ball bigger (with the same charge density), the E-field increases proportionately.
For a surface charge, though, the Jacobian is $\lambda^2$, which cancels the $\frac{1}{\lambda^2}$ in the denominator of Coulomb's law. Thus, a 2-d distribution of charge is "scale invariant". Since scaling an infinite sheet leaves it unchanged, scaling changes only the distance from the sheet, and we see that the E-field is independent of distance.
One way to see this is to just work the math out. Put a test charge Q at a vertical distance $z$ above a surface with a constant surface charge density $\sigma$. The potential clearly depends only on the vertical distance too: $$ \phi(z) = Q\sigma\int_0^{2\pi}\!d\theta \int_0^\infty\!dr\,\frac{r}{\sqrt{r^2+z^2}}\,. $$ Here $r$ is the radial coordinate in a polar coordinate system on the charged plane.
The electric field acting on the test charge is also only a function of the vertical distance (and also only has a component in the vertical direction): $$ E_z(z) = -\phi^\prime(z) = 2\pi Q\sigma \int_0^\infty\!dr\,\frac{rz}{(r^2+z^2)^{3/2}}\,. $$ Now, change the vertical distance $z \rightarrow \lambda z$, for some arbitrary (as long as it's not zero) scaling factor $\lambda$. Then, change variables of integration also, $r \rightarrow \lambda r$. \begin{align} E_z(\lambda z) &= 2\pi Q\sigma\int_0^\infty\!dr\,\frac{r\,(\lambda z)}{(r^2+(\lambda z)^2)^{3/2}}\\ &= 2\pi Q\sigma\int_0^\infty\!dr^\prime\,\frac{r^\prime z}{(r^\prime{}^2+z^2)^{3/2}}\\ &= E_z(z)\,. \end{align} The factors of $\lambda$ cancel out, i.e. there is a scaling invariance because a rescaling is seen to be irrelevant. As pointed out by Mark Eichenlaub, this hinged on the exact power-law behavior in Gauss' Law: $E \propto |x|^{-2}$ around a point source.


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MOGADORE - A whole lot of Gary Strain and a couple of critical second half mistakes spelled big problems for Catholic Central in its Region 21 playoff opener Friday.
Strain, the 6-1, 205 pound senior, ran for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns as top-seeded Mogadore rolled to a 49-24 victory at Wildcat Field. With the win, the 11-0 Wildcats advance to face Berlin Western Reserve in the second round.
Meanwhile, the Crusaders, 6-5, left Summit County knowing their mistakes (special teams miscues and a costly penalty) severely hurt their chances to pull an upset in their first postseason appearance since 2005.
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Down just 14-6 at the half, Steve Daley's club surrendered scores on Mogadore's first three possessions of the third period. Two were set up by Jake Cramer kickoff returns and the third thanks to face-mask penalty on a punt.
Cramer's run on the second-half kick gave his team a first down at the Central 50. Eight plays, Brandon Berry bolted in from 11 yards out. Riley Jones' kick made it 21-6.
The eighth-seeded Crusaders would answer immediately, moving 53 yards in just three snaps. Senior Doug Maslowski broke two tackles, spun out of a third and raced 40 yards to the house. The run for the two-pointer (Central failed all four of its conversion attempts) was stopped short.
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Mogadore 49, Catholic Central 24
Central 0 6 6 12 - 24
Mogadore 7 7 28 7 - 49
M: Strain 40 run (Jones kick)
C: Fletcher 19 pass from Colabella (kick blocked)
M: Berry 13 run (Jones kick)
M: Berry 11 run (Jones kick)
C: Maslowski 40 run (pass failed)
M: Strain 2 run (Jones kick)
M: Strain 7 run (Jones kick)
M: Berry 1 run (Jones kick)
M: Owens 15 run (Jones kick)
C: Herrington 11 pass from Colabella (pass failed)
C: Laukert 21 pass from Herrington (pass failed)
RUSHING: Central 21-71-1 (Maslowski 9-76-1; Colabella 7-(-6); Romano 3-12; Murphy 1-4; Team 1-(-15)); Mogadore 46-355-7 (Strain 24-215-3; Ricci 1-3; Berry 14-106-3; Owens 3-16-1; Pollock 1-(-5); Tompkins 1-5; Cramer 2-25).
PASSING: Central 33-52-302-3-1 (all by Colabella); Mogadore 6-11-92-0-1 (all by Ricci)
RECEIVING: Central (Herrington 13-134-1; Laukert 9-89-1; Carapellotti 4-33; Fletcher 7-67-1); Mogadore (Beard 2-43; Pierce 1-22; Strain 2-14; Van Camp 1-13).
FIRST DOWNS: Central 25; Mogadore 25.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Central 5-40; Mogadore 8-60.
PUNTS: Central 4-33; Mogadore 1-38.
FUMBLES-LOST: Central 1-0; Mogadore 1-0.
Cramer then stung Central again, taking the kick all the way to the Crusader 19. Strain bulled over from the two and Jones was perfect again, advancing the Mogadore advantage to 28-12.
After the defense recorded a stop, the Wildcats basically put the game on ice, Starting at their own 43 after the Crusader penalty, the Division VI AP poll champions marched 57 yards in six plays. Strain recorded the six-pointer on a seven-yard run.
The Crusaders would get two more scores, Brenton Colabella hitting Zack Herrington from 11 yards out and Kyle Laukert from 21 stripes away.
"They took control of the game there," Daley said of the Mogadore performance in the third stanza. "Strain is a heck of a player and they were able to give us some problems with splits on the line. We were late adjusting to it. They were getting off the ball, beating us at the point of attack and that was the difference.
"Had we come out and got a stop,
then scored and evened it up, things may have been different.
"Instead, they pulled ahead by two scores and we let it get away from us."
Strain rumbled for 214 yards on 24 carries to pace Mogadore. Berry added 106 on 14 trips and also scored three times. As a team, the Wildcats had 447 yards of offense (355 on the ground and 92 via the air).
Colabella threw for 322 yards (hitting 33 of 52 attempts). Herrington had 13 catches for 134. Laukert nine and Ryan Fletcher seven.
Mogadore got on the board first early in the opening period thanks to a 40-yard burst by Strain. Jones added the extra point.
Central answered early in the second quarter on a 19-yard Colabella strike to Fletcher. Running a skinny post, Fletcher grabbed the pigskin in the center of the end zone, took a few shots from the defense but was able to hold on for the score. Stone Romano's conversion try was blocked by Strain.
Berry's 13-yard scamper combined with another Jones boot put the Wildcats up 14-6. The Mogadore offense was moving on its next possession before Central's Fletcher came through with a big defensive play, picking off Anthony Ricci near mid-field.
Starting at the Wildcat 44, the Crusaders moved to the 14 following Colabella completions to Michael Carapellotti, Fletcher and Laukert (his catch turned a fourth and five into a new set of downs). Unfortunately, Central was unable to capitalize, three passes falling incomplete and a fourth dropped in the end zone.
"We knew what we were up against coming in," Daley noted. "Mogadore's a good team. We had to step it up a little more than we did and take advantage of opportunities when we had them. That's a learning thing.
"I feel bad for our seniors. We're losing nine good ones. They worked hard and put everything on the line. They are going to be missed."


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I'm using images from 3d.sk to do some character modeling but I'm having trouble setting up the front image in Photoshop. The model's head in the photosgraph is turned slightly to the side. I tried messing around with lens correction but didn't really know what I was doing. How can I fix this image to make it better for 3d modeling?
Rotate the image plane. Not sure how you've set it up and what program you are using, but if you can't rotate it, map the reference image to a plane with the same aspect ratio. Put it in the scene (behind the model) and rotate that instead. You will have to make your model transparent or semi-transparent to help you trace the shape.
You can either spend a long time in Photoshop mashing the face around into a front on image (which will never be perfect unless your one hell of a digital artist) or find another set of images and start fresh
But by far the best way to do it (which is how I was taught) was to take photo's ourselves, you get all the angles references etc... you need and if you take them of yourself and you realise you need more reference you can always take more.


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22 Aug 2012 4:49 AM #1
Issues with line chart
I'm using the com.sencha.gxt.chart.client.chart.Chart class with LineSeries.
When I'm presenting the yAxis on the left, the last value of the chart is cut.
This also happens when I add the yAxis both on the right and on the left.
However, when I add the yAxis on the right, the values are presented correctly (See screenshots at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6hmjsj1k463ua1/JF2KDMZ0En).
Note that the data and all other configurations are exactly the same.
Please advise,
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Looking at your screen shots it might be a text alignment issue for the axis labels. What version of GXT are you using? There were some text alignment issues in 3.0 that now have been resolved in 3.0.1.
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In GXT 3.1, we've added a method Chart.setDefaultInsets(Region) which allows you to define how much space there is on each side, which should make it possible to fix cases like this.


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Alice, are you thinking about choosing an answer? You've collected quite a bunch of answers and it would be good if you mark that or those you think that answers your question. That's how SO works. Otherwise, it's unclear if your question has been answered or not.
was posted 20 minutes or so after this question was originally asked on SO. I really think the acceptance rate nagging is getting out of hand - perhaps we could have a clear statement in the blog or somewhere that people don't have to immediately accept answers, and should in fact wait to give people a chance to reply? As it happens, the replies to this question were rather poor, so I would be sympathetic with the OP not accepting any of them.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Huskies are headed west.
Led by a strong performance from senior ace Rashaen Mitchell, the Harrison Central baseball team made some history Wednesday as the Huskies rallied for a 6-2 victory over Dover in an Ohio Division II Eastern District Co-Final at Vaccaro Field.
With the win, the Huskies (21-6) advanced to the regional tournament for the first time in school history. Harrison Central will play in the regional semifinals against Vincent Warren at 2 p.m. May 30 at Gant Municipal Stadium in Zanesville.
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BRINGING HOME A TROPHY — Harrison Central's Dalton Rutter is congratualted by his teammates after a sacrifice fly RBI during the Huskies 6-2 District title win over Dover Wednesday.
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"The kids have come a long way," Harrison Central head coach Justin Clifford said. "They won two or three games their freshman year. This is a tribute to their work ethic, their parents and everyone involved. It takes a community. I am at a loss of words."
Vincent Warren defeated Washington Court House, 11-3, in a district co-final Wednesday at Ohio University in Athens.
The offensively-potent Tornadoes (25-4) struggled to get anything going against Mitchell. Mitchell collected eight strikeouts while not walking a batter en route to picking up his eighth win of the season. Mitchell, who has only lost one game, limited the Tornadoes to just a pair of base hits.
"It means a lot," Mitchell said about advancing to the regional tournament. "It shows we have come a long way from where we were."
Offensively, the Huskies received contributions from everyone in the lineup as all nine batter reached safely. Eight of the nine reached on at least one hit. Harrison Central tallied nine hits in the win.
Individually, Austin Kowalski contributed two singles and an RBI, Drew Horn recorded a two-run single and Dalton Rutter and Mitchell each tallied a single and an RBI. Also, Nick Staten netted a double, and Dustin Redish, Nick Pelegreen and Rhett Kuryn all collected a base hit. Kalub Mitchell reached on a walk.
The Huskies also made multiple key plays on defense to help shutdown Dover.
"We talked about throwing strikes and fielding the ball," Clifford said. "That was a great performance by Rashaen Mitchell. He only allowed two hits against a team with 25 wins. We played well in the field. Nick Pelegreen, Dustin Redish, Ryan Rose, Drew Horn, I could name all of them.
"We threw it. We hit it. We fielded it."
Kyle Abel was saddled with the loss for Dover. Abel struck out three and walked three in 3 1/3 innings of work on the mound. Nick Lung came on in relief in the fourth, and he pitched the rest of the way. Lung recorded three strikeouts while issuing one free pass.
The Tornadoes took the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first inning.
Mason Mamarella reached on a chopper over the head of Horn at third, and Mamarella moved up when the ball got away from Ryan Rose in left. Then after a strikeout, Abel lofted a long fly ball to center. Rutter was able to run it down for the second out of the inning, but he slipped as he attempted to throw the ball back into the infield. Mamrella, who tagged up on the play, was able to score all the way from second base to give Dover a 1-0 lead.
The Huskies tied the score at 1 with a run in the top of the second.
Pelegreen started the inning off with a base hit. After a flyout, Staten reached on a walk. Then, Kuryn nearly hit into a double play to end the inning, but Alex Bowman failed to catch the ball cleanly at first base, which would have ended the inning, allowing Pelegreen to come around and score the tying run.
Harrison Central plated another run in the third thanks to another Dover error.
With one out, Rutter was hit by a pitch, and he moved up on a pitch in the dirt. After a popup, Mitchell ripped a single to left, and just like in the first inning, the ball bounced away in left allowing Rutter to record the go-ahead run to put the Huskies ahead 2-1.
The victors scored in their third-straight inning in the fourth.
With one out, Staten doubled, and Kuryn was hit by a pitch. Next, Kowalski singled home Staten to make the score 3-1. Kalub Mitchell followed with a walk, and Rutter plated a run with a sacrifice fly to increase the Huskies advantage to 4-1.
The Tornadoes got a run back in the bottom half of the inning thanks to a pair of errant throws to first.
With two outs, Jordan Mills singled. Mills moved up to second when Rashaen Mitchell's pick-off throw alluded Pelegreen. Mills also stole third. Next, Justin Crone struck out, but Staten's throw to Pelegreen to complete the out sailed over the first baseman's head allowing Mills to score making it 4-2.
Rashean Mitchell slammed the door shut on the Tornadoes from that point.
Harrison Central tallied two insurance runs in the seventh.
Rutter and Redish ripped back-to-back singles to get the ball rolling. After a strikeout, Pelegreen drew a walk to load the bases. Then, Horn rocketed a single scoring Rutter and Redish increasing the Huskies lead to 6-2.
The Tornadoes were sent down in order in the seventh to end the game.
"I wanted to strike that last kid out," Rashean Mitchell said. "Our fielders did a pretty good job."
Harrison Central advanced to the district tournament by defeating Buckeye Local, 13-3, in the sectional semifinals, and Carrollton, 8-7, in the sectional co-final Saturday at Vaccaro Field.
"Rashaen threw four innings of relief," Clifford said. "We would have been disappointed if the rain came. It was a gutsy performance. He has had a great year, and a great career. He is a great athlete."
Dover advanced by defeating River View, 11-2, in the sectional semifinals before defeating John Glenn, 5-4, in 10 innings in the co-final at Gant.
"We are going to enjoy this tonight, and then we are going to get back at it tomorrow," Clifford said. "Hopefully, we will have a field to practice on. We are going to get back at it."
Harrison Central 6, Dover 2
Harrison Central 011 200 2 - 6 9 3
Dover 100 100 0 - 2 2 2
HARRISON CENTRAL: R. Mitchell (WP, 8K, 0BB) and Staten. Pelegreen S; R. Mitchell S, RBI; Staten D; Kuryn S; Kowalski 2S, RBI; Rutter S, RBI; Horn S, RBI.
DOVER: Abel (LP, 3K, 3BB), Lunq (4th, 3K, 1BB) and Birtcher. Mamarella S; Abel RBI; Mills S.


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Wrestling's Hale Prepares for NCAA ChampionshipsMarch 13, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – After finishing in fifth place at the Midwest Super Regional two weeks ago, sophomore Zak Hale qualified for his second straight NCAA Championship as the only wrestler from Anderson. Hale begins his two-day tournament run on Friday at Public Hall in Cleveland, Ohio.
Hale finished the season with a team-high 21 victories, going 21-6 overall and 18-4 for the dual schedule. After beginning the season 0-3 at the Virginia Quad Meet in November, Hale bounced back with 15 straight victories, which included four straight pins. While Hale will be slotted at the 133 weight class for the national tournament, the sophomore made 19 appearances at 141 to start the year.
The Shaftsbury, Vt. native looks to improve on last season's tournament campaign, posting a 1-2 record, but claiming his only win in the first round over two-time national champion Trevor Franklin of Upper Iowa in his opening bout. Hale closed out the 2012-13 year with a 22-7 record.
This season, Hale posted wins against Division I's The Citadel, Davidson and George Mason, along with posting teams points against Appalachian State. Against Division II or lower opponents, Hale is 17-3 as two setbacks came against the brother duo of Justin and Josh Kieffer of Indianapolis.
Hale may face off against Josh Kieffer again in the second round if both grapplers win their opening bouts of the tournament. In the first round, the sophomore drew Kutztown's Evan Yenolevich who did not participate at the Midwest Super Regional to open the month. Despite missing the regional, Yenolevich enters the weekend with a 12-1 record. Kieffer drew Central Oklahoma's Casy Rowell for his first round match, as Rowell enters the tournament with a 34-5 record.
The only other participate at 133 Hale has faced this season is Coker's Charlie Huff, who was placed in the bottom bracket. In their first meeting, Hale defeated Huff at the Abney Athletic Center on Jan. 30 with hard-fought 8-7 decision. The two met again at the Midwest Super Duals if Tiffin, Ohio two weeks ago as Huff responded with a 4-2 overtime win in the consolation bracket, sending Hale to the fifth-place bout. Huff would eventually finish fourth at the regional tournament with a loss McKendree's Brenden Murphy.
The action on Friday begins at 11 a.m. with the opening rounds, followed by the first two rounds of the consolation bracket and the second round of the championship bracket at 5 p.m. The championship rounds are set for 7 p.m. on Saturday.


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6 Insane Laws We'll Need in the Future
From the war on drugs to gay marriage to file sharing, it seems like the law is in a continual, often losing, battle to keep up with the modern world.
But it's only going to get worse from here. Advances in genetic engineering and AI are going to change what it means to be human, and that means lots and lots of work for the future's lawyers.
#6. Mandatory Life Span Limits
See this clam?
If nobody eats it, it can live to be 400 years old. So if it can do it, what's stopping us from living that long? Or longer?
Nothing, according to researchers like Dr. Aubrey de Grey. He wrote a paper in 2005 mapping out a research path for treatments that would keep us alive for multiple normal lifespans.
Your medicine cabinet will need to be walk-in though.
And We'll Need New Laws Because...
Feel free to take this out of context if we ever run for office later, but we sort of need people to die. Our entire society and economy depends on it, and at some point we'd have no choice but to impose a lifespan cap.
First, it will cost money to keep these people going (it already costs far, far more to care for the elderly than it does for young people). Only the population of elderly will have exploded, because they won't be dying off.
Also, the vast majority of you have the job you have now because at some point in the past the last guy who had it quit, or retired, or died. Picture a future where every high-paying position in your department or company is held by somebody who's been there for 200 years.
It's also worth keeping in mind that big, positive social changes tend to take generational changes--some attitudes die so hard that they don't go away until the people holding them are in the ground. For instance, Thomas Jefferson didn't think slavery would go away until there was some future generation that wouldn't tolerate it, and he was right. And then the civil rights movement didn't happen until the last of the slaveholders--and many of their children--had died off.
If you'd like more insight on the subject, ask an Oakland Raiders fan how they feel about the idea of Al Davis running the team for another 300 years.
#5. Genetic Discrimination Laws
June 26, 2000: A joint announcement by Prime Minister Blair and President Clinton revealed that the human genome had been mapped. The world blinked, shrugged and continued waiting in line for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. After all, what does it mean to them?
September 2, 2009: A woman gives birth to the first genetically screened baby. Once more, the world yawns and returns to discussing Disney buying Marvel. That's right; someone created a real version of Judge Dredd, and we're all, "Meh."
Not even Stallone wants to relive this.
Designer baby techniques are here (hell, they even describe them on a popular science website aimed at kids). They will become widespread in the next 20 years. And from birth, society will know whether your child is predisposed to health problems (with insurance rates adjusted accordingly) or even, dare we say, certain behaviors.
Discrimination based on outdated prejudices will be replaced by discrimination based on scientific fact. Holy crap! It's Gattaca!
And We'll Need New Laws Because...
When we said they would pass "Genetic Discrimination Laws," we bet you thought we meant anti-discrimination laws. It doesn't look that way. In China, sterilization for people with genetic disorders was made legal back in the 90s.
Pre-implant screening of genetic defects is now becoming standard for in vitro fertilization treatments, and people have been using sperm sorting companies to select the sex of their child since 2001. Additional "designer baby" options were planned to be rolled out by fertility institutes last February only to be withdrawn due to widespread "HEY THAT'S TOTALLY THE PLOT OF GATTACA!" criticism.
And we may feel the need to protect the rights of the Ethan Hawkes of the future... for a while. But once the designer baby practice becomes common, there is the real threat of creating a permanent underclass of people more prone to disease and genetic disorders, unless they start legally requiring a certain amount of genetic tinkering to offset the disparity.
And while we're on the subject...
#4. Legally Redefining "Parents"
Mother's Day and Father's Day are already confusing affairs now, what with surrogate moms and transgendered dads.
Remember this guy?
Hell, we can even make babies with three parents (although legally only with animals thus far).
The standard nuclear family in 2050 (artist's Conception).
Yep, science is well on the way to reinventing the concept of family altogether. For instance we already know how to make sperm from stem cells. No need for a father at all.
Before you feminists get all cocky, women are no longer really necessary either, as artificial ova and artificial wombs are now a reality.
But wait--they'll still need DNA, right?
Wrong. We have been working on making DNA in the lab since the 70s. The only reason we're not on the cusp of a factory that can turn out parentless kids is that nobody has figured out how to make money off such an operation.
Don't even think about it, Disney.
And We'll Need New Laws Because...
Still, it seems like it's just a matter of time until someone does it. So who would the kid belong to? Do they become a ward of the state?
Some of you may remember that immediately after the death of Michael Jackson there was some speculation about who exactly had guardianship of the kids, based on the fact that (rumor had it) they were carried by a mother Michael had never slept with, and was fertilized with sperm from some other dude. Meaning Michael had no more of a biological relationship to "his" children than you do. If one of the other two involved parties had asked for parental rights, on what grounds would he have objected?
On the grounds that puny Earth-laws do not apply to Captain Eo.
Likewise, if a wealthy man or a corporation manufactures a child and claims their rights as its parent, who's to say they can't? Don't be surprised if, based on the legal confusion created by a test tube orphan, we eventually get Organic Replacement Laws--if you want to make a kid, a penis and a vagina have to be involved. No sex, no kid.
Hey, speaking of sex, we'll also see courts of the future...


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I'm using Keynote '09 for the first time, and I find myself wanting some bits of clip art or additional shapes. At the moment, I just want a big check mark. It's hard to believe that this isn't provided, but I can't find it.
Keynote doesn't really come with clip art. It is easy, however, to add images.
I did a Google Images search for
To add the image to Keynote, click See Full Size Image and click-and-drag it to your slide.
Most fonts have a check mark dingbat. In a text box, type in option v to see it. Then change the color to green like you would any other text.
For additional clip at, look at the dingbat fonts already be installed on your system. Some common ones are webdings, wingdings and zapf dingbats.


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Bb Learn - Grade Assignment
Grading an Assignment in Blackboard Learn
In this scenario, you will
Although Blackboard Learn offers a number of options to choose from when you grade an assignment, the steps listed in this scenario address only a few of them. You are encouraged to explore the other options on your own.
Log in to Blackboard Learn
To log in to Blackboard Learn (if you are not already logged in), follow these steps:
- Go to bblearn.nau.edu.
- Click the Log in to Bb Learn button.
- On the Central Authentication Service (CAS) page, in the UserID field type your NAU login ID, and in the Password field, type your password.
(NOTE: If you have already authenticated through CAS from some other campus website, you might not have to complete this step or the next. Instead, you automatically will be routed to the Blackboard Learn My Institution tab.)
- Click the Login button.
Navigate to the Correct Course
After you have logged in, make sure you are on the My Institution tab, and then from the My Courses block, select a listed course.
Configure Blackboard Learn for Editing
Near the upper right corner of the window, make sure the Edit Mode is button is set to ON. You click the button to toggle between ON and OFF.
Open the Full Grade Center
- From the Course Management Control Panel on the left, click Grade Center and then click Full Grade Center.
The Grade Center: Full Grade Center page will be displayed.
- In the Grade Information Bar, use the horizontal scroll bar to scroll right until you see the column titled Assignment 1.
- In the Assignment 1 column, look for the green exclamation mark (!) in the Student One row, which indicates the assignment needs to be graded, and then place your mouse pointer over that cell. At the right side of the cell you will see an action menu icon . Click that action menu icon and then select the bottom item in the list, Attempt 6/18/10, which indicates the date the assignment was turned in.
View and Grade the Assignment
- On the Grade Assignment: Assignment 1 page, scroll to the 2. Review Current Attempt section, and then click the link in the Attached Files row to view or download the attached student submission.
- In the 3. Grade Current Attempt section, type a point value of
25 in the Grade field.
- In the Feedback to User field, type your comments for the student. Optionally, you can attach a separate comment file for the student.
- To finish, click Save and Exit.
You can see that 25 points show up in the Assignment 1 column for Student One.


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How to correctly punctuate this?
He said "she is pretty".
Is a comma a must after 'said'? Do we need to make 's' in 'she' capitalized?
How to correctly punctuate this?
Is a comma a must after 'said'? Do we need to make 's' in 'she' capitalized?
closed as general reference by Andrew Leach♦, cornbread ninja 麵包忍者, FumbleFingers, Hellion, aedia λ Jan 28 '13 at 19:20
This question is too basic; it can be definitively and permanently answered by a single link to a standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
There are two common styles, referred to as "American" and "British" though each is found in each place.
In both,
For commas and periods, American style always puts the period inside the quotes:
British style puts it in the quotes if it was part of the quote:
Some who favour American style favour British style in technical contexts where it may be more important to make sure the reader knows if the period is part of the quoted text (e.g. it could make a big difference if quoting computer code).
Less common styles include play format:
Play format with quotes:
And James Joyce style:
Which as much as I quite like it, you only gets to use if you'r James Joyce, and few editors will put up with from anyone else.
You would normally capitalise within the quotes. If you want to signify that something had gone before within the same sentence, then you might use ellipses:
But not if running a quote into a sentence as in:
Left and right quotes like " and " should be favoured where possible, but informal contexts can tolerate straight quote like ". I would normally use " here without worry, but for this particular post being on the topic of quotation marks.
Standard British punctuation for speech is:
Note the full stop inside the inverted commas - he spoke a sentence which ended with pretty, and then he stopped speaking.
Jon Hanna has explained the difference between British and American practice. The late R L Trask (a distinguished academic linguist, born in New York State, but who worked in the UK) sets out the arguments here, coming down in favour of the British way, or the logical way, as he calls it. He is also quite definitely of the view that no comma is required immediately before opening quotation marks. He makes a good case, but his advice conflicts with the practice of many publishers.
You need to start the quoted speech with a capital letter because it's the start of a sentence.
I'd use a colon
unless you mean something like


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Ben Peterson has received one of 275 Goldwater Scholarships awarded this year in the nation.
GENESEO, N.Y. - A SUNY Geneseo student has received a national Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for his achievement and potential in his field of biochemistry.
Ben Peterson, a junior from Nekoosa, Wisc., received one of 275 scholarships that the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from the United States for the 2011-12 academic year. The students were selected on academic merit from a field of 1,095 mathematics, science and engineering students nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The award covers the cost of tuition, fees, books, room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Peterson is the 15th Geneseo student to receive a Goldwater Scholarship since 1992. Another Geneseo student, Evan Losh, a physics/music double major from Fairport, N.Y., received an honorable mention from the foundation in this year's competition.
Peterson started examining the production of chemicals in plants as an undergraduate researcher at Geneseo under the tutelage of George Briggs, associate professor and chair of the Department of Biology.
"Ben is quite deserving of this award," said Briggs. "He is very resourceful and works well independently but he is very inquisitive and willing to ask questions."
Peterson has expanded his interest to the effects of stimuli on protein expression in plants and started working with Eric Helms, assistant professor chemistry, on more in-depth chemical analysis of plant content.
"I like research - trying to find out something new, trying to contribute to the body of science as a whole," says Peterson. "Geneseo offers many research opportunities to students early in their undergraduate career and that has been good for me."
Among other activities, Peterson is a member of Geneseo cross country team. He has secured an internship this summer at the University at Buffalo where he will work with a researcher who is exploring how proteins control the electrical activity of neurons.
The Goldwater Scholarship was established in 1986 in honor of the former U.S. Senator from Arizona. The goal is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
Media Contact:
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Dec. 14, 2012 -- Adding essential amino acids and whey protein to a weight loss plan appears to increase fat loss, according to new research.
The study was done in older, obese adults, but the strategy may also work for younger adults, says researcher Robert Coker, PhD. He is an associate professor of geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
In his new study, he compared two kinds of meal replacements. One was a protein replacement without essential amino acids. The other was a meal replacement with essential amino acids and whey protein.
The replacement with whey won.
"Essential amino acids, included as part of a meal replacement, along with whey protein, improved the synthesis of muscle and led to a greater loss of fat," he says.
Both groups lost about 7% of their total body weight. But the amino acids and whey group lost a greater percentage of fat to lean tissue.
Increasing fat loss during a weight loss program translates to a better and healthier body composition, experts say.
Adding Whey, Amino Acids: Study Details
Coker studied 12 obese men and women, all 65 to 80 years old.
They were assigned to the meal replacement group or the meal replacement with amino acids and whey group. All were allotted 1,200 calories a day.
Coker evaluated the 11 who completed the eight-week program to see the effect of each plan on fat and muscle.
The meal replacement with whey and amino acids did not preserve lean muscle tissue much better than the other meal replacement.
It did boost fat loss. At the start of the study, the meal-replacement-alone group was about 39% fat; at the study end, they averaged 37.5% fat. The group getting meal replacement with amino acids and whey had 41.8% body fat at the start but 36.3% at the end.
Body weight losses were similar -- both groups started at about 200 pounds and finished at an average of 185.
The whey and amino acid supplement ''increased muscle metabolism, and this may have triggered a greater reduction in body fat," Coker says.


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Residence Hall Linens FAQ
|How soon do I have to order?
|We ask that you respond quickly because it ensures you get your first choice of color. However, we can take orders until just before move-in.
|Which items are most popular?
|Over 70% of responding parents and students select a Value Pak. You get FREE SHIPPING and discounts on the contents too. The most popular Pak by far is the Complete Campus Collection. Additional items ordered most are the Shower Value Pak and the Quick Fix Pak. All our Value Paks have TWO sheet sets so you'll always have a change of sheets handy, plus you get two different styles.
|What color sheets do you have?
|We are pleased to offer at least 20 solids AND PATTERNS this year , including new stripes and plaids!
|Can I mix colors in my Value Pak?
|Absolutely. We have displayed over 20 popular color combinations. Pick the Pak that you like best! If you don't see your desired color combination, please call us at 1-800-892-8731 and we'd be glad to help you place your order.
|When will I receive my linens?
|Orders usually arrive within 7-10 days of the time you place your order. Orders received by the deadline should arrive by the time you go to school. Call us at 1-800-892-8731 if you want to order after the deadline. We usually can do this too!
|Can you ship my order to school?
|We ship orders home for two reasons. First, most parents and students we have contacted like to check the box and wash their linens before school. Second, many campus mailrooms are not open prior to move-in or ready for packages.
|Are these linens guaranteed?
|ABSOLUTELY, all our products are first quality and "guaranteed 'til graduation." If you are not satisfied for any reason, simply contact us for a refund.
|Why am I receiving similar offers from other sources?
|There are companies that wish to make money by masquerading as the school despite no formal affiliation. We have been working with the schools directly for 19 years. When you order from this site, you are choosing the service that schools have been formally partnered with since 1990.
|Do your memory foam topper and egg crate pad meet fire safety requirements?
|Absolutely, our products are in accordance with the fire safety policies outlined in CAL-117 – California Technical Bulletin 117 which specifically addresses requirements for flame retardants in polyurethane materials. This is considered the industry standard for mattress toppers. CTB-129 is a separate requirement for mattresses and does not pertain to mattress toppers.
|Will I be required to pay sales tax for online orders?
|Your online purchase may include sales tax depending on the type of item purchased and the destination of the shipment. In accordance with the applicable state laws, our Company collects sales tax for orders where sales taxes are applicable. Shipping charges may also be subject to sales tax in certain states. We do not collect sales or use taxes in all states. For states imposing sales or use taxes, your purchase is subject to use tax unless it is specifically exempt from taxation. Your purchase is not exempt merely because it is made over the Internet or by other remote means. Many states require purchasers to file a sales/use tax return at the end of the year reporting all of the taxable purchases that were not taxed and to pay tax on those purchases. Details of how to file these returns may be found at the websites of your respective taxing authority.
|How is sales tax calculated?
The tax rate applied to your order will be the combined state and local rate for the
address where your order ships. State and local sales tax rates are subject to change
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|Effective July 1st, 2012 Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, and Florida states require rhl.org to collect state sales tax: Kentucky sales tax at the rate of 6%, Michigan sales tax at the rate of 6% and Virginia sales tax at the rate of 5%. Florida sales tax is a variable rate depending on the shipping destination.
|Can I receive a sales tax exemption for my online purchase?
|We're sorry, we don't currently have tax exempt status for online purchases.
|Special Notices for Colorado and Oklahoma Purchasers
For Oklahoma purchasers, the use tax may be reported and paid on the Oklahoma individual
income tax return [Form 511] or by filing a consumer use tax return [Form 21-1]. The
referenced forms and corresponding instructions are available on the Oklahoma Tax
Commission website, http://www.tax.ok.gov.
We are required to provide the notice (but not the reports) above for Oklahoma purchases based on an Oklahoma law (HB 2359) enacted in June 2010.
Colorado HB 1193, enacted in February 2010, required online retailers to provide a detailed purchase report to customers with more than $500 of annual Colorado purchases by January 31st and to provide a summary purchase report with the total amount of each customer's annual Colorado purchases to the Colorado Department of Revenue by March 31st.
This law is currently the subject of a legal challenge brought by the Direct Marketing Association and others. In the meantime, the U.S. District Court has suspended enactment of the law while the legal challenge proceeds.


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According to the specification here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/pagetab/ I want to autorize user with the server-side flow on page tab. I use PHP-SDK.
My redirect_uri parameter is build like that:
and I keep getting:
API Error Code: 191
API Error Description: The specified URL is not owned by the application
I was trying many different settings combinations. Now I have filled fields:
App Domains,Site URL,Canvas URL,Secure Canvas URL,Page Tab URL,Secure Page Tab URL but still without success. Addresses are ending with
/ and are all the same.
Link are build proper by the sdk. I test building it "by hand" without encoding of redirect_uri param and redirect link build like that:
Can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong?


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Sentencing has been rescheduled in the case of a Leavenworth man who was convicted last month of several drug charges.
Benny R. Bush, III, 33, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court. But, sentencing was continued until Aug. 13 at the request of the defense.
A jury found Bush guilty of one count of distribution of hydrocodone within 1,000 feet of a school, two counts of distribution of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, and one count of possessing marijuana without having the proper Kansas drug tax stamp affixed to it.
In May 2012, the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office used a confidential informant to make multiple drug purchases from Bush. He reportedly sold the drugs from his home, which is within 1,000 feet from Earl M. Lawson Elementary School, according to a news release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.
Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant in May 2012 at Bush's residence. They found a large amount of marijuana, cash, ammunition and several bottles containing prescription medication.
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There are many clipboard managers available.
The first one I used, I found out if messes clipboard history if clipboard contents was multiline - which I found to be very lame and naive
Second one which I use now is also faulty - I wanted recent clipboard content and I found it's not present in history. I deliberately copied piece of text and text is not copied in history so I can't reuse it, although if I select edit clipboard I find the contents that I just copied
Can someone with more experience suggest reliable clipboard manager, with panel icon or indicator icon feature?


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Basically, i am intrigued to find out how many people use them.
Now i am almost certain that around 99% of people use the space-bar (and if it has lettering on it, would be nearly all smudged off after repetitive usage)
But i am interested to know whether people use any of the other pre-set keyboard shortcuts, or wether people have created there own like myself.
My shortcuts are as follows:
S is my first team club squad (this is where it all started for me, as England manager as well as club manager, it took effort to find my club squad.
A is fixtures (for Away)
F is finances
T is transfers


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Some soup recipes want the soup to cook on the stove for a few hours. Most of the time it is not a problem for me to do that if I am home. However, sometimes I have to leave the house for a few hours and I do not like leaving with the stove on. To me, crock pots seem safer for that. I am not asking about the safety of leaving the house with the stove on though. I want to know what setting to put the crock pot on if the soup recipe says to simmer on low (referring to the stove).
It depends on what kind of settings your crock pot has. A low simmer on the stove is probably equivalent to something fairly low on your slow cooker, though. If all you have is warm, low, and high, you want low - in some cases it might be too hot, though. You're aiming for just short of boiling, so a setting that gets you a few bubbles now and then is good. More than that and you're cooking a bit vigorously, and on a "warm" setting you likely aren't heating it enough to cook properly and stay safe. If you have some kind of continuous settings, you can possibly adjust to get exactly where you want!
An alternative to the crock pot is the oven: preheat your oven to 200F/90C; meanwhile, assemble the soup in a heavy oven-proof pot (no plastic handles!), bring to a simmer on the stove, then cover and bake.
There are two reasons you may want to boil soup:
You're not likely to be able to reduce soup effectively in a crock pot. For one thing, they are only likely to bring the liquid to a very gentle boil -- usually to reduce soup we bring it to a full rolling boil, to lose as much water as possible. For another thing, crock pots are designed to be run with the lid on, so very little steam gets lost.
Crock pots are brilliant, however, for holding food at boiling point. Start it on high; as soon as you see bubbles, bump it down to low. If you're going out, just set it to low - it'll reach boiling point eventually.
If you usually add water to the soup, use slightly less when using a crock pot, because less of it will boil away.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq closed up between 1.3% and 1.4% on a post-Thanksgiving shortened trading day Friday. All three indexes ended the week up more than 3%, racking up five straight days of gains. The Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since Election Day.
Investors were cheered by the sight of busy shopping malls on the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. Leading retailers Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) and Target (TGT, Fortune 500) opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, and large crowds were reported at those stores and others.
During a Friday morning interview with CNN, Toys "R" US CEO Jerry Storch said the long lines at stores were probably a sign that "people do feel a little more relaxed about the economy." Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren, also speaking on CNN, said he enjoyed watching the "stream of humanity" flow into his stores.
Shares of Macy's Inc (M, Fortune 500), Wal-Mart and Target were higher Friday, as were the stocks of other prominent retailers such Sears (SHLD, Fortune 500) and Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500).
Besides Black Friday retail sales, there was little else to move the markets Friday. But investors also stayed focused on Europe and the continued questions over Greece's finances.
European finance ministers failed to finalize the details of a debt-reduction package for Greece before the close of their meeting Wednesday. The officials had been expected to agree to release the funds for Greece so it would be able to make payments due in December.