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I need a Spatial Grid as a master grid for diverse thematic maps. How do I produce a Spatial Grid from a raster discarding all NA pixels?
You can get all the non-NA coordinates of cells in a raster with:
those are the cells that are not NA. You can then probably feed these to SpatialPixels
Although personally anything on a grid I'd keep as a raster.
I'm not totally sure still what it is you want -
To transform a RasterLayer to a Spatial* object (Grid or Pixels) you can use the coercion function "as"
Your two requirements seem to be about different things:
1) Some kind of reliable raster grid template.
2) A sparse grid that doesn't explicitly store missing cells.
sp::GridTopology provides the first one, it's just a description of the grid based on the lower left cell coordinate (cellcentre.offset), the cell spacing (cellsize), and the dimensions of the grid (cells.dim).
The sp::SpatialPixelsDataFrame class allows you to store sparse grids, but on its own it stores much more than the "template" - it also stores every coordinate explicitly. This is because it does two jobs, one it allows you to preserve the original coordinates that come from the grid and are possibly slightly irregular, two it lets you store only those cells that have valid values. (Arguably* these two goals should have been separated, but that's another story).
I don't think the raster package has an explicit analogue to GridTopology, but you can get hold of the components to "roll your own":
Linking these all together, we can go from raster to sp:
(Note how the dimensions have to be reversed). Another simpler way is to coerce to SpatialGrid and use sp's getGridTopology, though this is more expensive since the coordinates end up being generated along the way:
Those three parts of the raster "topology" are not all necessary, since some are redundant but there isn't otherwise a way to capture them all as one object - except, that raster created above is "empty" and so it can do the job that GridTopology does for sp. I'm not sure on the details of how "empty" it is, but it certainly does not explicitly store the "data" slot and is smaller than it would be with values in it. The raster package does in general do its best to keep memory usage to a minimum, and so with it you might not need to worry about really being "sparse".
That might help explain a little more, I know I'm overlapping Spacedman's answer but it's still not clear exactly what you mean in the question yet.


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I'm recreating a Character Sheet for an RPG, but it might as well be a form. In the original sheet I notice that all the text is in capital letters. At first I thought it was in small-caps, but it isn't, it is in full capitals. It has the same letter height all the way through. Is this a good or a bad example of design? Should all caps be used for certain types of heading?
All caps is a common and always acceptable setting for headlines, titles, main heads and even subheads in some cases. Form field labels are titles, and uppercase works fine.
In your example, the uppercase enhances the clean look of the form, helps to quiet the page and creates crisp little rectangles that help guide the eye. Using title case would be okay, but the form would definitely look busier and the labels would lose the air of authority that helps make the page feel organized, so in this case I would say the choice of uppercase is appropriate. Note the designer's good choice of point size and weight: small enough not to crowd the space between the rules (just about lowercase/small cap size, in fact), bold enough to have authority.
Setting text in caps conveys importance or emphasis, similarly to italics, boldface and underscore. It speaks, you might say, with a louder voice. That's why, in the netiquette advice columns, you'll see it referred to as the net equivalent of shouting. (Back in the ASCII-only days, we didn't have sissy text frippery like bold or italic, so SHOUTING was the only practical way to tick everyone off.) So, while you wouldn't set paragraph text in uppercase (or all small caps -- same thing), there's nothing wrong with using it where you need a stronger voice on the page.
All caps are certainly OK. The key is to use them sparingly rather as the norm. Use them for contrast.
As text headings? That could work. For setting pages of a novel? Avoid that.
People avoid all-caps because it's bad for readability (easy fast reading). Native readers recognise words as units in parallel to recognising letters, and using all caps (which are less familiar) disrupts that.
So - should designers maximise readability? Normally, yes, but occasionally there are good reasons to make a careful tradeoff.
Capital letters are usually fine for legibility (people being able to see clearly and unambiguously what each letter is), and sometimes they are actually better for legibility (e.g. at small sizes in many fonts). One example of a case where choosing all caps is a legitimate good design decision is if you have a reason for forcing slightly slower, more effortful reading. Part of the reason someone typing something like PAY ATTENTION in all capitals feels so in-your-face is that it genuinely forces you to use slightly more direct attention and expend slightly more energy processing that text - usually a bad thing, definitely not something to overdo, but occasionally useful.
Other possible benefits are contrast, and consistency of height, shape and colour (colour in the typographic sense meaning the effect of lightness or darkness given by the density of the text). This seems to be the benefit gained by using caps in the form you link to: the perfectly consistent short lines of caps of the labels will contrast sharply and nicely with the presumably mixed case, inconsistent, freeform handwriting written on the printed forms.
The important thing is, with any design decision, be aware of what you are sacrificing (readability), how big a deal that is in this case (somewhat but not very for one-word labels) and what you are gaining (which depending on the context could be small gains in legibility, reader focus, contrast, consistency, or could be nothing at all): and why you are making that trade-off in this case.
Yes there are times when all caps is acceptable. It is a tool like any other - how you use it is entirely up to you in deciding whether it works or not.
For me I use all caps or drop caps pretty rarely but when I do it is usually to account for line spacing allowing me to use a smaller gap especially if say I have three lines of text and line one has no descenders but line two does. I could only space it evenly by accounting for those descenders so using capital letters is a way around that.


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How do I leave the new abilities I've got? It says to see the trainer - where can I find them?
How do I leave the new abilities I've got? It says to see the trainer - where can I find them?
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Yes there are many such lists.
It's really easy to find them using a search engine such as Google. Here's some results using both English and Spanish keywords to get lots of results.
And the first result (for me at least) is my favourite open dictionary that anybody can edit! (Disclaimer: I'm a long-time contributor to Wiktionary.) This list is divided up into pages. Here is the first 1000. This particular list is counted by word form but also gives the lemma or dictionary form for each entry. Here's the first few:
As you can see the top of the list is all function words. But as you get further into the list you get to the vocabulary words such as verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
I have found 6000+ Essential Spanish Words to be quite useful. It is organized in the manner that Flimzy mentions in his answer.
I don't think you're going to find a very universally useful list like this. Many Spanish text books have such lists, but I think the best practice is to make your own list, that focuses on the area(s) of Spanish you wish to learn about. Keep a notebook handy, and as you find yourself wishing you knew how to say XYZ, add it to your list. Then look up the Spanish word when you have a chance, and learn it.
As you go through life, you'll discover that you care about different types of grammar. I find that I use grammar in the following areas:
There are some more or less universally useful vocabulary categories, but you'll find any of these in a first-level Spanish text book:
There are other areas I almost never talk about:
The proper vocabulary for many of these things also depends very much on region, so if possible, you should learn your vocabulary from a native speaker in the area where you'll be speaking.


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Texas A&M University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Karan Watson is featured in the March issue of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine as one of the nation's top 25 extraordinary women leaders who are "making a difference" in higher education and beyond.
In celebration of Women's History Month, the editors of the influential publication decided to introduce readers to some of the dynamic women who have brought new ways of thinking and leadership to the world of higher education. The editors wrote that narrowing the list of honorees to only 25 was a major challenge and that they "hope these women will provide encouragement to their colleagues as well as those who will follow in their esteemed footsteps."
The Diverse editors noted that when Watson assumed her present leadership position, "she brought with her an arsenal of administrative experience and a relentless commitment to keeping campus diversity at the forefront of her institution." Part of her approach over the years, they added, has been ". . . to ask continually if we really are willing to appropriately change our educational and professional systems and cultures so it does value diversity."
"This is another well-deserved honor for Dr. Watson," noted Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin. "She is, indeed, providing inspired leadership in moving our institution forward in all areas of diversity, in addition to having a major role in helping enhance our academic programs, which is key to our quest in attaining our Vision 2020 goals and being recognized as a top-10 public university."
The Diverse editors pointed out she is the first woman to serve as Texas A&M provost.
Watson, who has been associated with Texas A&M since 1983, was named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in March of 2011 and continues to also serve as Regents Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering and in the Department of Computer Science. In addition to her previous teaching and research positions, she has served as associate dean of engineering, dean of faculties and associate provost.
She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering Education. Her awards and recognitions include the U.S. President's Award for Mentoring Minorities and Women in Science and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science mentoring award, the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Dwight Look College of Engineering Crawford Teaching Award, and two University-level Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Texas A&M University Association of Former Students — one in student relations in 1992 and one in administration in 2010.
In 2003–2004, she served as a Senior Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. Since 1991, she has served as an accreditation evaluator and commissioner and is now on the board of directors for ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. In October of 2011, she was named President-Elect ABET with her full term as President beginning later this year.
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The 5 Scientific Experiments Most Likely to End the World
Let's face it, we really trust science. In fact, studies suggest that the vast majority of people will murder another human being, if a guy in a lab coat tells them it's OK.
But surely in their insatiable curiosity and desire to put knowledge above all things, science would never, say, inadvertently set off a chain of events that lead to some sort of disaster that ended the world. Right?
Well, here's five experiments that may prove us wrong.
#5. Recreating the Big Bang
Scientists are kind of pissed that they weren't around when the Big Bang happened. Here we had an event that holds all of the secrets to reality, and we missed it because we were lazy enough not to evolve for another 13 billion years.
The solution, science says, is to make it happen again. They assure us that they can stage a new Big Bang if they smash some protons together really, really fucking hard. In fact, they can make a million of them per second, which is 999,999 more than God managed.
God, 1. Science, 999,999.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Well, first imagine an apocalyptic nuclear holocaust. Multiply that by about one hundred and twenty thousand billion, and then multiply that by around the neighborhood of infinity. That equals around one eighth of the magnitude of the Big Bang. Nevertheless, scientists are pretty sure they can contain their Big Bang in an erlenmeyer flask, just so long as they remember to cork it.
So, Basically It's Like...
Imagine you have a huge tanker truck parked outside a children's hospital. You don't know what's inside it, but you're fairly confident that it's either a cure for cancer, or 20,000 gallons of explosive nitroglycerin. To find out which, you have to shoot at it with an AK-47.
How Long Have We Got?
Meet the Large Hadron Collider.
This is not only the largest particle accelerator ever built, it's the largest anything ever built. Originally set to come online in 2005, then delayed until September 2008, the LHC will fire very small objects around its 17-mile circumference at close to the speed of light, before smashing the shit out of them and watching what comes out.
The problem, of course, is that even the eggheads don't really know what's going to happen, which is sort of why they're doing it in the first place. That's also why a lawsuit was filed to put a stop to it. Scientists on the LHC project insist there is no danger, and predict that the resulting observations could revolutionize science and send us into a golden age of knowledge, in the event that we actually survive.
Risk Level: 3
Experts assure us that based on everything we know about science, the chances of doom are fairly slim. Experts also say LHC will change everything we know about science. So there is a certain chance that one of the brand new things they learn about the LHC is that the LHC has the ability turn the entire planet into a fine cloud of particles.
#4. The Quantum Zeno Effect
For years, scientists have been scouring the cosmos for some kind of bizarre hypothetical anti-gravity bullshit they're calling "dark energy". And they've had some success with it ... perhaps at the expense of our mortal souls.
To grossly simplify it, on a scale smaller than atoms, the quantum level, everything suddenly turns into a goddamn circus. Quantum physics is to regular everyday physics as a David Lynch film is to a mainstream blockbuster. We're talking particles popping in and out of existence, being in two places at the same time, and generally acting like assholes.
Look at that particle. What an asshole.
No doubt the strangest part is the Quantum Zeno effect, which points out that simply observing and measuring particles changes them (specifically, changing the rate at which they decay). How? No one knows. It appears to be the closest science has ever come to proving black magic exists.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
One prominent scientist theorized that the changes caused by simply observing dark energy could cause it to collapse, taking the universe with it.
Scientists, eager to see if this is true, are furiously observing dark energy whenever they get the chance.
So, Basically It's Like...
It's like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters, apparently.
How Long Have We Got?
That scientist, Professor Lawrence Krauss, thinks it may already be underway. Apparently, in the late 90s, scientists were looking at a bunch of shit exploding in space when they caught their first glimpse of some dark energy. This may have put the universe into a state where it may or may not pop like a soap bubble at any given instant. Just because we looked at it. Holy balls.
This, but with our universe in it. And about to pop.
Risk Level: 3
This ... this can't be right, can it? Surely the guy's just nuts. Then again, he appears to be one of the most prominent physicists in the country and has published a huge list of papers and books on the subject.
Then again, one of them was The Physics of Star Trek and, now that we think about it, we're pretty sure he stole this whole scenario from an episode of The Next Generation.
#3. Strange Matter
As you've probably worked out by now, there's some weird shit out there in the world of science. That's because a whole lot of the fundamental theories about reality are based on mathematical equations rather than actual observation. So there are all sorts of things out there that seem to exist in theory, but we've never seen them. At least one scientist has suggested that if we ever saw them with our own eyes, it's likely that we would start screaming and never stop. Well, it wasn't so much a scientists as HP Lovecraft.
Anyway, Strange matter is one of these things. It's a hypothetical material made up of quarks, which are one of the building blocks of reality, things so small that you can't even possibly imagine. Seriously, don't even try to think about it.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
There are two hypotheses about strange matter. One is that the stuff will simply disappear a fraction of a second after it appears. The other is that it will stabilize and convert every atom it comes in contact with into more strange matter. It could go either way, really.
There's a theory that there are entire stars out there in the universe that are made out of strange matter, just because a microscopic fragment of the stuff made contact once and then everything went to hell.
Now imagine, just theoretically, if some of this strange matter should appear on Earth. And, just theoretically, it should be stable enough to start a reaction with regular matter. Theoretically, we'd all be fucking dead.
Not Pictured: Life.
So, Basically It's Like...
Imagine you're like the fabled King Midas, and you have the power to convert matter with a single touch. Except that instead of gold, everything you touch turns into shit. And everything it touches turns to shit. Before you know it, the whole world is shit, and it's all your fault.
How Long Have We Got?
Luckily for us, strange matter can only be created in high-energy particle collisions, and nothing like that ever happens here, right? Oh, wait.
Meet the Large Hadron Collider. Again.
That's right, our friends at the LHC project expect a lot of weird things to pop up when they start smashing atoms together, and strange matter is one such possibility. That's why scientists have written papers with boring titles such as Will Relativistic Heavy-ion Colliders Destroy Our Planet?, the rebuttals to which were basically, "Let's turn them on and find out!"
At this point we're kind of wondering whether there's anything this machine can do that doesn't involve killing you and everyone you care about.
Risk Level: 5
Scientists respond to the strange matter problem by saying if it was ever going to happen, it would have happened already (since these kind of reactions happen a zillion times a second in our atmosphere anyway). We like to call this piece of rhetoric the cop-out hypothesis, because they know damned well that if it turns out they're wrong, there won't be anyone left to sue them.


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Within the EU, road traffic emissions of nitrogen oxides have dropped by over 30 percent during the past decade, although transport itself has increased by 20 percent during the same period. This has brought about a significant improvement in air quality in many cities and suburbs. A similar development can be seen in countries such as the US and Japan. Many countries in other parts of the world are closely following either European or American legislation.
For heavy diesel vehicles, the main focus is on nitrogen oxides and particulates. Emissions of these substances from new trucks are almost 100 times less than 20 years ago.
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quote: I don't care what party you support or what your belief system is, there's just NO WAY you can be okay with this!
quote: It was an illegal war, because the reasons for the invasion were hyped up or faked by the Bush administration.
quote: I've lost many friends in Iraq and Afghanistan
quote: Just because our lawmakers voted going to war against a sovereign nation because of hyped up and faked intelligence, does not make it legal in the eyes of the world body.
quote: By the same reasoning if Iran or North Korea bombs the US because they believe that the US is a threat to them, then it'd be legal because their government voted to bomb the US.
quote: By the same reasoning if Iran or North Korea bombs the US because they believe that the US is a threat to them, then it'd be legal because their government voted to bomb the US.
quote: Why do you think that the Taliban and others like them come from it is from those that think the US and other Western countries are terrorists.
quote: I personally can a rats ass what the "World body" thinks when it comes to American interests abroad.
quote: Look I get your have issues with Bush. Hell, we all did. But it's honestly time to put that aside. It's 2013 and he's been out of power for five years.
quote: If Obama ran a platform against the Patriot Act, you really think he'd win?
quote: Bush and Fox News did long term damage to the psyche of Americans.
quote: Yes and for eight years under Bush all we heard about was "tyranny and warmongering" and bla bla bla.
quote: You don't give a fuck about what the President is doing.
quote: None of you dumbasses actually care about what is happening you only care about championing the party or political ideology you support.
quote: For fucks sake the Republicans control the House and pass all kinds of batshit crazy unconstitutional shit literally monthly.
quote: You are anti-Democrat.
quote: Uhh can you please list some of these "crazy" things the House has somehow passed? For five years anything the House has passed has been veto-bait for Obama, but okay, I'll play along.


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Assuming I'd like to give the user the option to hide the carousel view by swiping it to the left/right, will it be considered "User friendly"?
What's the best practice for hiding views that already use gestures? I mean the user already needs to swipe left/right in order to change the centered image, so asking him to "Swipe left/right to hide the view entirely" sounds a little awkward.
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I took the ESL certification test and I was wondering: what is it called when you add 'im' to 'possible'?
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(Making a word have the opposite meaning by adding a negating prefix is also a form of negation.)
Adding a prefix to a word is called prefixation, as Kosmonaut pointed out.
A further point: as several dictionaries say, impossible comes from the prefix in- and possible, so why is in + possible = impossible, rather than *inpossible?
The answer is that in- becomes im- before words starting with 'p', 'b', or 'm' (as in impatient, imbalance, immature, etc.), because of a process of euphonic sound change known in Sanskrit as sandhi (pron. "sun-thee"), a term that appears to have some currency among general linguists as well. Specifically, it's a form of internal sandhi (the kind that would be called parasavarṇa sandhi in Sanskrit, but I don't know the equivalent term in English linguistics).
To add a prefix to a word is called prefixation, as Kosmonaut points out.
To add any kind of affix (prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix) to a word is called affixation.
To form a new word out of another word by means of affixation is called derivation or sometimes agglutination.
The semantic process (effect on the meaning) is called "negation" or "privation".


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Both the negative sign symbol and subtraction's minus symbol look the same, so how does anyone tell them apart?
The same way we distinguish different meanings of '$\cdot$', for instance (e.g., $x\cdot y$, meaning ordinary multiplication of real numbers $a$ and $b$; $\vec a\cdot\vec y$, meaning the dot product of vectors $\vec x$ and $\vec y$; $\|\cdot\|$, in which the dot is a place-holder): by context. It's no different from dealing with the problem in English of distinguishing various quite different meanings of strike, including 'a labor action' and the baseball player's strike that occurs when he swings and does not manage to strike the ball.
Everyday language is full of words with multiple meanings, sometimes even contradictory meanings (cleave 'to cut something' and cleave 'to adhere'). Mathematical language may perhaps suffer a bit less from such overloading, but it's far from immune: just look at the overloading of the words regular and normal. The same goes for mathematical notation; the use of a single symbol for unary and binary minus is just one of the most familiar examples. And in all of these settings the answer to your question is that we rely on the context to disambiguate the word or symbol. This generally works quite well, especially in mathematics; occasionally it fails.
In the specific case under discussion, the most relevant contextual clue is simply the number of operands associated with the $-$: if there are two, as in $a-b$, it's the binary operator of subtraction; if there is just one, as is clear from the parenthesis in $a(-b)$, it's the unary operator of taking the additive inverse.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: +/-#-.
I beg to differ with the wikipedia description, which seems to be written for the feeble of mind, but does not describe the use of the sign "$-$" in mathematics, or in computer programming, correctly. Notably there is no need at all to distinguish the use of a "negative indicator" (case 2., as in $-5$) from the use as a (unary) "negation operator" (case 3. ,as in $-x$, or I suppose for instance in $-\pi$ or in $-i$ when $i$ designates the imaginary unit). One can of course decree that case 2. applies if and only if the sign "$-$" has no left operand and a right operand that is an explicit numeric constant (a sequence of digits, possible fractional part starting with decimal point); one then needs to remove that case from case 3. to avoid ambiguity. But the point is that case 3. perfectly well covers cases like $-5$ or $-5.272023$: the value denoted is the opposite of that of the (right) operand of the minus sign. Saying that case 2. is a "negative sign" has no added value; it just happens that explicit numeric constants as described above always designate non-negative numbers, so that particular case always describes a non-positive real number. Making the distinction just raises useless questions like whether there is a negative indicator in $-\frac15$, and in $-1/5$? Or in $-0.00$, which is no more negative than $0$ is positive. Therefore I would say
The fact that $-5$ is not an explicit constant expression like $24$, but the resultof applying a unary operator to "$5$", and that the value denoted by "$-5$" does not have any direct numeric representation should not be shocking; neither do $\pi$ or $\frac17$ (because decimals have to stop somewhere) or $3+4i$ have any numeric constant designating them, without using operators. As far as programming goes, I hardly know any language whose syntax for numeric constants allows for $-5$; most if not all would take that to be the unary minus applied to the constant $5$. (However if scientific notation with exponent-of-$10$ is included, the possible minus sign for the exponent will be part of the constant syntax, as an operator makes no sense in that position.)
So the only relevant question is whether "$-$" is used in a specific case as unary or binary operator, which is determined merely by the absence or presence of an applicable left operand; which is the case is quite clear in practice.
I might add that it makes sense in the points above to reverse the order in discussing unary and binary use, making $-x$ the more basic case (the unique value $z$ with $z+x=0$), and considering $x-y$ and abbreviation for $x+-y$; in the end for the meaning of each operator it makes no difference which approach is used.
The sign "-" as a unary operator is derived from the fundamental definitions. This is usually done in the framework of abelian groups where the basic operation is "+". By definition there is an identity (additive) denoted by say $0$: $a+0=a$. Also each element has an additive inverse say $a'$: $a+a'=0$. This invese is unique. So we write $-a$ instead of $a'$. $b-a$ is by definition $b+(-a)$. And we can extend to any number of elements and operations.


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May God's peace and blessing be upon you.
The tragic, bloody and painful events that took place in the heart of our dear capital, Riyadh, last night, in which innocent citizens and residents were killed or injured, prove once again that terrorists are criminals and murderers with total disregard for any Islamic and human values or decency. They are no different from vicious animals whose only concern is to shed blood and bring terror to those innocents under God's protection.
These tragic events should serve as a warning to the unwary, and should restore sanity to the deluded. The perpetrators are but a small group of deviants whose objective is to do harm to our society by doing damage to its security.
On the other hand, the whole Saudi nation, old and young, men and women, stand shoulder-to-shoulder in condemning this heinous act and expressing their rejection of those who perpetrated it. We will be steadfast in defending our homeland, the cradle of Islam, and the heart of the Arab world.
If these murderers believe that their criminal and bloody act will shake our nation or its unity, they are mistaken. And if they believe they can disrupt the security and tranquility of our nation, they are dreaming. This is because the Saudi people, who have embraced the Holy Book as their guide and the Shari'a as their way of life, and who have rallied behind their leaders, who in turn embraced them, will not permit a deviant few to shed the blood of the innocent which God Almighty, in His infinite wisdom and justice, has sanctified. The entire Saudi nation, and not just its valiant security forces, will not hesitate to confront the murderous criminals.
There can be no acceptance or justification for terrorism. Nor is there a place for any ideology which promotes it, or beliefs which condone it. We specifically warn anyone who tries to justify these crimes in the name of religion. And we say that anyone who tries to do so will be considered a full partner to the terrorists and will share their fate. As revealed in the Holy Qur'an: "If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (forever): and the wrath and the curse of God are upon him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him."
Further, as revealed in the Holy Qur'an, the taking of an innocent life is a crime against all of humanity. In the words of the Prophet (God's peace and mercy be upon him): "He who kills a resident living in peace among you, will never breathe the air of heaven."
These messages, which do not require any interpretation, provide clear evidence that the fate of those murderers is damnation on earth and the fury of Hell in the thereafter.
I vow to my fellow citizens and to the friends who reside among us, that the State will be vigilant about their security and well-being. Our nation is capable, by the Grace of God Almighty and the unity of its citizens, to confront and destroy the threat posed by a deviant few and those who endorse or support them. With the help of God Almighty, we shall prevail.


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Sometimes, a student who has a lack of knowledge, tries to change the topic of a question so that it will be about what he knows and can speak about. Is this a known phenomenon in psychology?
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Tom Boardman's suggestion in the question comments about the Law of the Instrument ("if all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail") seems to capture an important aspect of this, especially with respect to illustrating that it's not necessarily done out of malice.
The simplest theoretical explanation would cast this in terms of top-down processing and attention (Ward, 2008), combined with the availability heuristic (Schwarz et al., 1991). These two factors lead to a situation where whatever a student is knowledgeable about is more likely to come to mind in a discussion, and then whatever is on the student's mind is incorporated into the discussion. When the student encounters something that doesn't fit into what they know well, they might inadvertently change the subject to something that does, simply because that's what comes to mind and thus ends up being what shapes their thoughts.


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TEMPLE (February 7, 2013)—The Temple City Council voted Thursday to authorize a $7.25 million settlement in a lawsuit the city filed over the discovery of mold in the Temple Police Department's building.
The amount of the settlement, which was the product of a court-ordered mediation, will cover the $5.3 million the city spent on mold remediation, court costs and other fees, City Manager David Blackburn said.
The vote came a little more than a year after police moved back into the building at 209 East Ave. A after vacating the building in 2011 so contractors could go to work on renovations and mold remediation.
Police moved into the building in 2005.
Mold was first discovered in the building in November 2009, but tests determined the molds that were present weren't of the type that posed significant health risks.
In an effort to get the contractor and architects involved with the heating and cooling systems to address the mold issue The City of Temple filed a lawsuit claiming negligence, breach of contract, and damages.
The architect who designed the building and the contractor who built it failed to come up with a plan to eliminate the mold so the city hired an attorney experienced in construction law to pursue damages in a suit to which there were ultimately nearly 20 parties.
In the meantime city officials decided to uses taxpayer dollars to pay for the cleanup.


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Post-Newtown reality check
On this feast day, a sobering finding: Gallup finds that 54 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association, while 38 percent have an unfavorable opinion. The public does not agree with all the NRA's positions, but this shows that gun control advocates have a steep uphill battle.
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John Prior - ". . . would women really have more abortions just because abortion was illegal?"One argument: women would have abortions, not above ground but in back alley abortion mills. In the absence of proper medical attention and instruction in more responsible behavior that is available above ground many women would then have multiple abortions, more than is already the case.Another argument that restricting abortions is counter-productive rests not on the number of abortions but on the indirect effect of high abortion rates on crime rates. Steven Leavitt, the freakonomics author, made this argument a few years ago and it's often heard sotto voce even in the best of places. To simplify the argument, since most abortions occur among the "riff-raff" a reduction in abortions would only lead to more unwanted poverty-stricken children creating in a few years an explosion of violence and a dramatic increase in welfare cases in the inner cities.As you properly recognized, these are not my arguments. But I notice that it's easy to be "defeatist" regarding one problem that seems widespread and popular but regarding another problem even when seen as overwhelming "we must do something even if we don't know that it will be effective" (and perhaps demonize our opponents in the process.)Irene Baldwin asks "Where ARE the pro-lifers on gun violence?"We might also ask "Where ARE the gun controllers on abortion."Actually I would guess that pro-lifers favor gun control more than pro-choicers. It would be interesting to see a study.
Yes. Sobering.
Well, if those slopes are a continued trend, we can hope to have gun control in around 13 years.
Might it be notable that the chart also shows that the favorable rating has dropped six points since 2005, and seems to be on a decline? Possible sidenote of interest from the sticks: Local NRA members put on hunter safety programs for young people in rural areas like mine that are very good. Yeah, there's talk about our constitutional right to own a gun--and it's an opportunity to recruit members--but the program also covered a lot of info about the responsibilities of gun ownership and staying safe.Frankly, this was far more comprehensive and useful training than I got from Dad and Grandpa when we went bird hunting, and if my kid had shown an interest in hunting, I would have enrolled him in the program. There is also a state DNR hunter education course available on line, but I'm not sure that it makes the same impact as a responsible adult bringing these lessons home "live."
Left on abortion = Right on gun control: The same arguments can be used by either side. For example, the practice is too widespread to be curbed by laws. Any restrictive policy is likely to be futile or, even worse, counter-productive. Root causes (inequality, oppression, cultural laxity) must be addressed before the more popular cosmetic changes which are merely a distraction. Policy entrepreneurs are hypocritical, inconsistent etc., etc.
Where ARE the pro-lifers on gun violence?
"Any restrictive policy is likely to be futile or, even worse, counter-productive."Patrick Malloy,I understand the argument is not your argument, and I suppose that some people might feel a need to acquire more guns if they were made illegal. But would women really have more abortions just because abortion was illegal? It seems like a very cumbersome form of civil disobedience.
From an American political point of view, the banning of firearms is not possible, and probably not even desirable. The NRA is successful because it has been consistent in setting up a straw-man argument: that the Government, specifically the Federal Government, wants to take away your right to have firearms. To a great many people, that is the argument and is as deep as their thinking goes on the matter. People who use guns to commit illegal acts are, by definition criminals, or perhaps mentally ill.Changing this will take time and persistence. First one needs to change the argument. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court dealt gun control advocates a blow by finding an individual right to own guns, separate from any organized militia, and complete ignoring the opening phrase of the Second Amendment.Still, the Court did allow for reasonable regulations and restrictions, without defining parameters. I believe that a long-term successful strategy can be structured around regulation, licensing and enforcement. Many sports users of firearms are already compliant with a number of hunting regulations, including the size of gun magazines, types of bullets, carrying restrictions, etc. We need to expand these kinds of regulations to include firearms of all types, such as limiting the size of magazines, and perhaps elimination removable magazines altogether. We need to fight the expansion and reverse the trend of concealed carry permits. We need to pass and enforce sentencing laws for crimes where a firearm is present, and make it provision not amenable to plea bargain.There are lots of things that can be done, and accomplished, if the effort is coordinated and sustained. One thing that will not work, in my opinion, is expending a lot of energy trying to define and restrict 'assault-style' weapons. The fact is that they are used in only a small number of crimes, compared to handguns. By diverting our energies into this one narrow area, we get hung up in definitions and debate without ever getting around to the much larger problem.Anyway, that's one person's opinion.
The poll can be misinterpreted and I believe it is. Many people who are members of the NRA do support wiser regulations. Within the organization they are fighting the few at the top who seeem to profit most from the proliferation of guns. We have to distiguish well. S/he who distinguishes well knows well. For Gene and others who are jolted by my Latin. Here is a translation of the English. "Qui bene distinguit, bene cognoscit."
By the way, the PPP Poll found a majority in FAVOR of restricting assault weapons, difference with Gallup is in how the question was asked.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/28/1174401/-PPP-found-wide-majorit...
But Patrick, I ask not about the anti-abortion people or the anti-gun people, or where they are on the other issue; I'm asking specifically but about that universe of people who publicly identify themselves as "pro-life" and who publicly advocate on "life" issues. I would think gun violence would be a big issue for that movement, but I haven't read anything at all from them in the paper. The National Right to Life people, for example. Their homepage is completely silent on this.
jbruns ==Nate Silver has pointed out that in recent years the Gallup poll in national elections has tended to predict tht conservative candidates are stronger than they actually prove to be. In other words, Gallup leans towards the conservatives. Maybe this has something to do with its NRA polls as well.
Here's Nate's Nov. 10 blog which shows how the different polling organizations did with the Obama-Romney election. Gallup was dead last. It was wrong by over 7 points.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-be...
What the far left simply cant process is that tragedies like Newton understandably increase support for the 2nd amendment, so that we can better defend ourselves. Really, what is so hard to understand about that?
@Mark. You're right. People often respond illogically to events that are hard to comprehend. @Ann. In this case I think there is an obvious difference in how the question was posed.
What the far right simply can't process is that more guns is no more a solution to gun violence than is more alcohol a response to drunk driving.
And it is beyond ridiculous to try and dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the NRA "more guns" proposals as "far left": PTAs, school districts and police organizations have all said the NRA proposal is a bad one. Main Street America, where common sense prevails, is overwhelming against it.
jbruns/Irene--Despite everything, all 3 of us wish that one of the teachers in Newtown was trained in the use of firearms, and had the means to put down the gunman, no? I think we should start from that shared wish, and build out.
Mark, there you go again!
Bill, your insightful comments are always most welcome. Why not share some of them with us?
Mark, As long as we're wishing, I wish the fellow had never had access to a cache of firearms. I wish he had, instead, gone to the school with a case of spray paint. But, as they say, 'if wishes were fishes..." Think about it. Who among the teachers would be armed? All of them? Just the principal? Just the gym teacher? Or a random selection? Then, how would they be trained? Keep in mind that statistically, NO armed teacher would EVER be called upon to use her gun in an intervention with an armed madman. So the training would all be theoretical. We know that trained police officers, who are rarely called upon to use their weapon, often miss (see Columbine) or shoot each other or innocent bystanders. What chance would a social science teacher have of intervening successfully and safely?Then there is the question of liability. Let's say a teacher shoots someone, who is liable, particularly if that person is a school kid or a fellow teacher, or a policeman? One incident would likely bankrupt the school district.And, of course, there is message it sends children. Is our country so lawless that we need teachers to be armed? As my son said, 'nothing shouts freedom like armed teachers in elementary schools.'I concede that there are schools and districts where sworn police officers are prudently present. But that's not out of the chance of the crazed mass killer, it is because of drugs and violence in our communities. But I will never concede that the general answer to shootings will be more shooting.Finally, an anecdote. I actually did wear a sidearm into a classroom, and into a Catholic orphanage as well. It was in Vietnam as part of a Civil Action Team, and we taught in the school and worked to improve the conditions in the orphanage as well as play with the kids some. We were embarrassed to wear the guns, but it was required -- not to protect the kids, but for self protection. And that's pretty much the limited use of a sidearm, self-protection. It would be little use against a determined individual with a long gun.
I'm a pro lifer[anti legalized abortion]and where am I on gun violence?I'm against gun violence.If you ask where am I on gun possession or assault weapons then that is more complicated.As an apartment dweller in a congested city where my police department is but a few blocks away-I can distance myself from being part of the pervasive gun culture in america.I do recognize that a belief in owning guns is part of americana.For many americans owning a gun is not only something they own for pragmatic reasons[living in a rural area where without a gun in their home they feel vulnerable to intruders]but also as a cultural belief that you cannot be said to be truly free if you don't own a weapon.That ingrained belief-that only if you own a weapon can you feel secure that you are not at the mercy of the state-is why they belive we have a second amendment and why they interpret that amendent to mean every one can own weapon[s.]I myself from the security of living in a big city with a belief in a cental government would interpret a militia to mean a police department ,or state milita or a national guard.But for many americans owning a weapon is an essential part of what it means to be an american.Though I as a new yorker do not share or partake of that cultural[or subculture dependeng on the percentages of people who think this way] -I recognize it exists and though I can take a pristine hands off -I abhore guns- attitude as an urban dweller-I believe people have a right to their cultural[or subcultural] beliefs.Obviously there is a problem though as we now are faced with an arms race here at home.If having one hand gun or one rifle was once enough to make a person feel secure from intruders-now without an assault weapon to match the "bad guys" military style assault weapon the gun owner now feels vulnerable to both the bad guy and feels the ever ingrained need to be able to ward off the[potential] tyranny of the state.I don't know what the solution is.There is a polarized impasse in the culture at large.I know in the past that right wingers on cultural issues-though they resist at first the changing laws imposed by the left-eventually they come along and accept them.I don't know if the same would happen over time concerning more restrictive gun laws. I do believe that our glorification of all things military and our never ending wars abroad have the effect of increased paranoia against our own governemnt and increased polarization.People are walking around with visions of apocalyptic totalizing good vs. evil, us vs. them warfare dancing in their heads.We do partake in a culture of death where the individual is not as important as the cause.[cold blooded assasinations, detentions without trial in prisons outside the law,drone strikes to get one bad guy and everyone around him gets killed too but that's acceptable and yes-abortion and euthanasia].Us vs. them can mean people abroad or the government or even our fellow citizen.We glorify violence done by our military "heros" , graphic war games proliferate ,yet act surprised when our own"mentally ill" citizens who are seeped in this glorification of violence ,this culture of death bring it home.
What about this deal?http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/336573/laws-are-little-people-mar... Gregory waving an ammo-clip around on TV - in direct violation of the local gun laws with NBC and other members of the mainstream media saying it is nothing because it is obvious he was not going to commit a crime. I do not have a gun, but my brother does and it is obvious enough that he is not going to commit a crime either.Should the media elite not be subjected to the same laws under which the rest of us must operate? Why should they get a pass when the avergage Joe certainly would not? I do not think civilians should be allowed to have machine guns, but gnorance of the law is no excuse and if the high and mighties at NBC - with the vast staff and resources they have at their beckon call - can't even be bothered to do a quick review of the local gun laws, why should the rest of us worry about obeying gun control laws?Jeez!
I am no gun-guy, but one fact of modern life is that we (wisely it seems) routinely station armed security guards in areas where we think somehow things have a chance to become dangerous; airports, government buildings, banks, etc..Considering what has happened recently in Newtown, why would we not allow a school district if the people in that district so choose to station armed police or armed security guards on those properties? If a school district in Chicago (for example) thinks they might be at risk for some sort of violent outburst from one of the assorted maniacs they allow to wander the streets of that city, it seems they should be allowed to use part of their budget to hire armed guards.Obviously not all schools would need this, but those that want to hire guards should be allowed to as long as they use local money to finance it.I just do not want to see yet another federal solution to what in fact is a local problem; I think the notion of subsidiarity should prevail. I think it would be wrong if the Federal Department of Education would set up a federal school security force (like the TSA for airports), with fat lazy federal employees feeding at the government trough in perpetuity. The TSA should be run by and paid for by the airlines, not the federal government and in fact I agreed with Reagan when he wanted to close the Federal Department of Education. I cannot think of one worthwhile thing that either of those departments has ever accomplished.
David Gregory waving an ammo-clip around on TV in direct violation of the local gun laws with NBC and other members of the mainstream media saying it is nothing because it is obvious he was not going to commit a crime.
I am not familiar with the incident and did not watch the program but - yes - clearly he should be charged.I am not sure what his point was though. If it was to demonstrate the lack of enforcability of gun laws, then he surely succeeded.If it was to show the ease of access, he also succeeded.However, the law should be respected. If I am not mistaken, Thomas Aquinas argued against excessive laws because then breaking the law becomes a trivial matter.But laws need to be enforced and strict penalties DOES deter behaviour. Look at impaired driving. At one time it was a joke, after numerous deaths, most countries cracked down seriously. Heavy fines, suspension of licence, possible night in jail, doubling insurance rates all, I think, have had their effrect.Bottom line, if the law is on the books enforce it. I had a close friend who died as a result of a hunting accident. It was his sbiling who shot him accidentally. Clearly and accident and very tragic. The sibling was still charged with careless use of a firearm and this was pychologically important for him in terms of accountability and important for the public as well.If David Gregory is not charged and convicted, after blantantly defying them. then all this talk of gun control laws will be rendered moot.


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Is Charlie Sykes being positioned to be next Glenn Beck?
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Some people have the skills that make them good at pumping sewage and driving a "honey-wagon". Thank goodness those people have a skill lest their children starve. Charlie Sykes is that person.Hide replies
I am an obama supporter and need help with your statement
Really reaching on that one geoman.
Psycho is a right wing wack job whose sole job is to spew right rig propaganda. Typical arrogant, spoiled, rich boy looking down at the rest of society. Total jerk as a human being.
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I don't see him as a crier, though. His make-up would run.
Are you insinuating Charlie Sykes has behaved like John Edwards and Newt Gingrich when it comes to marital faithfulness?
Irony here is that Sykes isn't shy about telling you he's a conservative with conservative views and positions, yet this newspaper, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, still trys to pass itself off as an "unbiased" new source.
For example, at the very least, you'd think in the heat of such an important Senate election they could show us Tammy Baldwin's voting record.
The hysteria of the Left is quite entertaining though.Hide replies
You need the MJS to tell you Tammy Baldwin's voting record? You shouldn't be allowed to vote if you are that lazy and/or ignorant.
I don't need to hear it, but those who rely on the paper (the ignorant ones) for their news need to see it.
Nice try.
The ignornat ones are those who lap up the Sykes drivel
There's no reason NOT to publish her voting record, unless you don't want the truth known for fear it might upset your political agenda....
How about they publish her voting record when her opponent publishes his tx returns?
Why r u people obsessed with tax returns????????????????????
They are obsessed with tax returns because it's one of the ways they can create a negative buzz about the opponent. If they can't beat you with the issues and a debate, they can demonize you for earning too much money which feeds into the narrative of poor vs the rich. More class warfare.
if Charlie were remotely conservative, he would have backed Santorum's "Make it in America."
If Charlie were remotely conservative he would have backed Ron Paul on Wall Street, legalizing pot, and ending the occupations.
If Charlie were remotely conservative, he would call out the JS for accepting ad dollars from the taxpayers via Gov. Walker's WEDC. It's on the front-page bracketing the Newswatch box.
If you were remotely conservative you would notice.
JRN Chairman, Steve Smith, is creating a special pay wall for Charlie. What's wrong with the one he's already got at the JS? JS can do webinars and video.
It looks to me like this will cannibalize WTMJ620's listeners. Why listen to Charlie live when you can skip all the commercials and get the good stuff in podcasts, blogs, tweets. It's an invitation to listen to another station.
Worse, non-compete clauses understandably don't hold up in court. JRN is taking on all the risk. They're investing in building Charlie's state-wide and national reputation with their Journal Broadcast Group outlets: Omaha, Boise, Tulsa, ........ In a few year Charlie will claim RightWisconsin/JRN isn't letting him be "conservative," enough and bolt. Then he'll self-incorporate and rake all the subscriber fees in directly. The sponsors will drop JRN and pay Charlie directly.
I don't see the similarities. Glenn Beck was way more of a Libertarian or constitutionalist than a conservative In my opinion. I love this country, served 6 years in the military and if I had to define myself politically it would be "libertarian". That said if I had a hard time getting to sleep I would just toss on one of Glenn Beck's constitutional rants and I would be out like a baby.Hide replies
Libs hate the constitution....Good Night Moon is more ur speed
How do you cheat on ex-wife? Must be a non-factor that the likes of Clinton, Edward, Kennedy, etc. all did quite well at wife cheating.Hide replies
Good point I cheat on my ex-wife all the time.
Duane..change the name of your column. You have 2/3rds an alliteration, yet you opt for a lebowskiesque handle.
I won't root for him to fail, like he does for so many.
But Milwaukee to National is a BIG jump. I hope he and his loved ones are ready to have ALL the skeletons dragged out of the closet...Hide replies
National? It's called "Right Wisconsin".
If they want to position him to be a figure as recognizable as Beck, they're hoping for national attention.
Jumping from Milwaukee to national is not as big of a leap as you might think. Mark Belling has been filling in for Rush Limbaugh for some time now. Of course it helps that Clear Chaneel owns WISN-AM and a subisidiary of Clear Channel syndicates Rush's show. But from what I understand (I do not listen to Rush) Mr. Belling is doing rather well at filling in for Rush. With today's technology, Belling does not have to leave Milwaukee to do this.
Charlie Sykes would be a much better sub for Rush Limbaugh that Mark Belling. CS is smarter, has a more agile mind, and can keep an audience awake. Belling can't.
No doubt Journal Broadcast Group wants to take Charlie Sykes national. First, their cross town rival is already doing this with Mark Belling. Second, Journal Communications wants to boost profits and stock price anyway they can since the Journal Sentinel has been dragging both down in a year with the broadcast group is having a great year financially. If anyone hasn't noticed, the MJS is now a right wing newspaper, and they are pushing any and all staff, not just journalists, who are not far right of center out the door as fast as they can offer buyouts.
Have you read a J. Stein article lately?????????
You mean like how he was found with his now wife (on the lake lighting "fireworks") while he was still married to his ex?
"Hard conservative talk"?
Sykes is a conservative talk radio host. There's nothing hard about it.Hide replies
I don't agree with everything Sykes has to say but most of the things he talks about is common sense in my opinion. Common sense can be a hard thing to comprehend these days.
"... nothing hard about it." TWSS
the next intelligent thing Sykes says will be the first!!! DB
Charlie's an old school liberal who used to have the Milwaukee city hall beat back in the days when a place like Milwaukee could support two daily newspapers. Times change. Now he's a hard edged conservative on talk radio.
I hope he doesn't follow Beck's path. It's less substance and mostly rant.
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The Dodge City High School Red Demons football team had a welcome win on the road Friday night, topping the Great Bend Panthers 47 to 13. Prior to the game, coach Foster stressed the importance of mastering offensive details, mentioning the number of dropped passes in last week's game. He also mentioned the importance of slowing down the Panthers' run game. Early in the first quarter the Panthers fumbled on a low snap. This allowed the Demons to recover and a hand-off to Middleton brought the ball close to the end zone. A pass to Unruh in the far corner made for the first touchdown of the game, bringing the score to 6 to 0. Early in the second quarter, Middleton took the ball down to the 20. Burkhard made the kick, bringing the score to 9 to 0. The Panthers received the ball, taking it down to the 40 and eventually into the end zone for a touchdown, brining the score to 9 to 6. Once the Demons received, Middleton again took the ball down to the four and then into the end zone for a touchdown, brining the score to 16 to 6. The Panthers received the ball but soon fumbled, resulting in the Demons' possession. Wells, who scooped up the fumble, took the ball down to the 4, then Newton ran in for the touchdown, bringing the score to 23 to 6. Once the Panthers received they took it down to the 6 yard line, running the ball in for a touchdown. The score was 23 to 13 in favor of the Demons. Early in the third quarter, a high snap resulted in the Panthers' kicker being sacked at the 10 yard line. The Demons took over and Burkhard kicked the field goal, bringing the score to 26 to 13. Again on the Panthers' punt they fumbled and this time were taken down at the 12. Once the Demons took over, Newton ran up the middle for a touchdown, bringing the score up to 33 to 13. The Panthers received but fumbled again and the Demons recovered at the 18. A pass off to Middleton resulted in another touchdown, turning the score to 40 to 13. Early in the fourth quarter, Middleton took the ball down to the one yard line. Newton then took the ball in for the touchdown, bringing the score to 47 to 13. The Panthers tried to make something happen but it was too late and the clock wound down to the end of the quarter. Overall, the Demons remained energetic throughout the game and kept momentum going in their favor, especially when taking advantage of the Panthers' mistakes. After the game, coach Foster commented on the impressive performance of the offensive line, especially noting Blaik Middleton's exceptional performance. He also commended the defense for standing their ground and said that overall the team came out and played as themselves Friday night.
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