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Note that this is not about graphics/physics/2D/3D/etc.! Rather I'd like to know whether there are dedicated solutions available for implementing custom rules/scoring on top of an existing framework, ideally addressing most common concepts already, for example players, matches, rule variations, game selection, preferences, high scores and the like?
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- BSO Case Number: BS01-12-12252 (UPDATE 3)
- PIO Number: 02-1-5
- Date: Dec. 28, 2001 – Jan. 2, 2002
- Time: 1900
- Place of Occurrence: New River, 2500 block of NW 6 St., uninc. Ft. Lauderdale
- Marita White, 22, 4/20/79, 1720 NE 2 Terr., Pompano Beach (DECEASED)
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BSO detectives have recovered what is believed to be the last body part belonging to a young Pompano Beach woman who was dismembered and dumped in the New River near Fort Lauderdale last week.
A BSO Crime Scene detective found a left leg floating in the river at about 7 p.m. Wednesday. The discovery capped a second full day of scouring the waterway and surrounding area for body parts and clues.
At about 5 p.m. Tuesday (1/1/02), a passerby noticed a woman's right leg floating in the river and called 911. BSO deputies responded to the scene and the limb, a woman's right leg, was recovered. Investigators arranged for the BSO Dive Team to muster at Samuel Delevoe Park Wednesday morning to further check the waterway for additional body parts and evidence. As members of the dive team were arriving at the park at 10 a.m. two passersby observed a torso in the river and alerted the deputies.
The head and both arms were found in the river last Friday (12/28/01). All six body parts are now at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office. They are presumed to belong to the victim, 22-year-old Marita White of Pompano Beach. The Medical Examiner is expected to conduct additional tests to officially link the parts. The cause of death remains undetermined.
BSO Homicide detectives are asking for help in determining Marita White's most recent whereabouts and in identifying her associates. Anyone with any information is urged to call the Broward Sheriff's Office at (954) 765-4321. Information can be relayed anonymously through CrimeStoppers at (954) 493-TIPS and a reward is available.
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After my live USB (ubuntu 12.04 lts) refused to boot, I proceeded to install the same Ubuntu version on the laptop hard drive (a dual boot next to Win xp). This all went well without a hitch. Previous to this, I spent several weeks enjoying and exploring ubuntu from the usb pendrive. During this time I changed lots of settings and customized Firefox and more. Now, I'd like to import the home folder from the usb drive into the new install home folder on the hard disk, which is the purported folder that holds all those special settings to my knowledge.
Unfortunately and only being familiar with Windows file systems, the view of the usb file system from the new hdd install is totally perplexing. I can't find anything that looks anywhere close to the original file system. More, I can't find any of the files I had created and stored there, like the LibreOfficeCalc file that has all my passwords (this one is really discouraging) that was stored on the ubuntu desktop. Help me find this file alone and I'll bow down with full apologies to any and all computer gods. Being able to import all those customizing settings into the new install would be a major bonus also, but hey, I'm not greedy. I'll take the passwords file and be happy! And humble!
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Is it faster to jump constantly while sprinting, or just sprint? It seems to me that Jumping is faster but I'm not sure.
After doing some testing, I've found that jumping does not allow you to cover ground faster than sprinting.
To test this, I created two videos of the same character moving across a relatively level area just outside of Sanctuary - first by only sprinting and second by jumping repeatedly while sprinting. I started by backing my character against the save point near the Sanctuary entrance and pointing him toward the center of a large boulder in the distance. I then recorded 30 seconds of jumping/sprinting in a straight line (after having a few takes interrupted by Rakks, Bullymongs and bandits). Incidentally, the reason that the videos are that length is that I have the trial version of Fraps, which stops recording after exactly 30 seconds.
I then uploaded the videos to Youtube and used Youtubedoubler to compare the two. You can see that at the end of each video I'm at almost exactly the same place (right in front of some bullet holes and dead Bullymongs). The jumping looks like it's very slightly ahead, but I think that is due to the fact that I started moving a bit sooner in that video.
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It is a stupid question i guess but like they say if you ask you are stupid for 5 minutes and if you don't ask you are stupid forever . here is the question given a closed manifold $(M,g)$ and $\alpha$ in $\pi_1(M,p)$ we can define the length of $\alpha$ as the minimum riemannian length of a representative now obviousle length $\alpha^2$ is less or equal then $2\mathrm{length}(\alpha)$ but it seems it is always equal $2\mathrm{length}(\alpha)$ i want to know why ?
There are geometric hypotheses that ensure the property you want. For example, suppose that $(M,g)$ has negative curvature. Then every $\alpha \in \pi_1(M)$ is freely homotopic to a unique geodesic representative $\alpha^*$. Usually people write $\ell_g(\alpha)$ for the length of $\alpha^*$. Finally, uniqueness of geodesic representatives implies that $\ell_g(\alpha^k) = k \cdot \ell_g(\alpha)$. This is just the beginning of an important area in Riemannian geometry. (When are geodesic representatives unique? What is the interaction between the metric and the variational properties of geodesics? And in a different direction: How does the fundamental group act on the universal cover? What does the metric tell us about the algebraic topology of $M$ and the universal cover? Etc.)
It is amusing to contemplate all the ways in which the real projective plane, or more generally any closed manifold with finite fundamental group, differs from a negatively curved manifold.
The following construction shows why algebraic properties will never give you what you're looking for. I hope the idea is clear without much detail. Take any $\alpha \in \pi_1(M, p)$ and let $\gamma$ be a simple curve in the homotopy class of $\alpha^2$. (If dimension of $M$ is at least 3 this is always possible.)
Now, we're going to construct a metric, and we're going to construct it so that $l_g(\alpha^2) < 2 l_g(\alpha)$. First, measure the tangent vectors to $\gamma$ so that the length of $\gamma$ is very small. Then, measure vectors in a tubular neighborhood of $\gamma$ so that any path which "escapes" $\gamma$ incurs a huge length. Then extend the metric to the whole manifold, but make sure that you keep the length of any curve in $\alpha$ of medium size.
In contrast, in Lemma 5 of A lower bound for the diameter of solutions to the Ricci flow with nonzero $H_1(M^n;\mathbb{R})$, the authors (Tom Ilmanen and Dan Knopf) show that if the image of $\alpha$ in $H_1(M, \mathbb{R})$ is nonzero, then $$\liminf_{k \to \infty}\frac{l_g(\alpha^k)}{k}>0$$


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I'm trying to work out which DSLR to buy. One of my main use cases is photographing live bands in dimly lit bars. This often involves fast movement (particularly drummers) as well as low light. Which features should I prioritise in a camera for shooting in this environment?
The most important body features are:
Moving away from the body, also keep in mind that a fast lens (nifty fifty or similar) will help both the exposure and the camera's ability to auto focus. Also, In some situations you may want to use a flash. An off-camera flashgun is a good candidate to avoid the direct glare on the cymbals/guitars, but this is often not possible since it distracts from the show.
The single biggest feature will be strong high ISO performance. There are a number of cameras that fit that, much will depend on your budget. In general, the full-frame dSLR options will perform very well at high ISO, but in the more budget realm, the current king of the heap seems to be the Pentax K-x. After that, you need fast lenses, the wider the aperture the better. So, things like a 50mm f/1.4 and the like.
That's just the basics for low light, but I think there are some concert shooters on the site that can give you some good tips on that as well.
Are you going to be close to the band - like on stage or behind the stage or very near?
I am assuming you are close to the band: For drummers, you typically want to use moderate shutter speed instead of very fast, since you still want the hand movement to be blurry (from movement) but yet most of the person to be quite still. Use wider lens to get the whole drum kit + drummer. If you elect to use flash, you can use the rear curtain.
If you are far from the stage: What @chills42 says and a tele-photo lens.
In addition to all of these things, make sure that your camera can autofocus with fast primes. For instance! For the longest time, Nikon D40 users were left out in the cold when it came to fast primes; now, they have the 35mm and the 50mm, but still can't use the 85mm (at least, in the Nikon lineups). When I've shot bands, it's been with these fast primes rather than zooms, and I found manually focusing to be very hit-and-miss.
As has already been said, low light performance is the most important thing from a body to shoot live bands.
I love my Nikon 50mm / f1.4, but for live performances, I find that you are often restricted in your movements (most venues will not allow you to be on stage during a show). So I tend to prefer to use a zoom. I also like close-ups, so most of the time I shoot with a Sigma 70-200mm / f2.8.
As an aside, keep in mind that the public is there to enjoy the show, not to enjoy the photographs. I find it very annoying when the first rank at a concert is busy with 6 photographers who dont care if they ruin the show for everybody else ...
In my experience a fast lens is the most important thing for shooting in low light environments. As other posters have pointed out, high ISO is helpful, but most Canon or Nikon DSLRs now have sufficiently decent low light performance. The biggest determinant is going to be the lens, where you really should get something good. A versatile 70-200/f2.8 is a good one, with a 24-70/f2.8 (or equivalent) for closer up. I've had lots of success even with older Nikon D70s and D100s as long as I used a fast lens.
Even with fast primes, you may need a small LED flash light. If you go this route, you will have to set your exposure and auto-focus separately, but most cameras allow this (and many people prefer it!)
I think there are a few flash/body combos out there that will allow you to use the auto-focus assist light, but not fire the flash, but they are tricky to figure out. I believe the Canon ST-E2 will also provide this function for you.
You could of course learn to manual focus, but this can get tricky if you are trying to work fast.


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BELLAIRE - Bellaire Police Chief Mike Kovalyk is still looking for that raise for his officers.
The department has received just one raise in the last decade.
The village's current financial state dictates that a bump in pay isn't likely to come to fruition any time soon.
However, Kovalyk and his department have been reaping the benefits recently of inter-governmental cooperation between the village's police and water departments, along with the court system in Belmont County.
Kovalyk, along with Village Administrator Dan Marling, announced a deal the two had in the works in relation to the selling and subsequent purchase of a new cruiser of the police department.
Instead of going outside village government to try and fetch a reasonable price of sale for one of the police department's older Ford Crown Victoria cruisers, the water department is going to purchase it.
The department needs a new vehicle for the meter reader.
So while the "miles per gallon" rating of the Crown Vic may be more than the other vehicles Marling was considering for purchase, he'll gain the piece of mind knowing the usage and maintenance history of the PD's cruiser.
"We had another vehicle in mind and it was more efficient fuel-wise," Marling noted. "But knowing the history of the cruiser, even though it will take a bit more gas, in my opinion, that vehicle has been well taken care of.
"We know the longevity we'll be able to get out of it."
Marling said he's trying to implement a fleet management system so that when the police department gets done with a particular vehicle, it can move down the line to different departments. When the vehicle's capital worth is depleted, it can head to the junkyard.
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Judges Frank Fregiato and Eric Costine from Northern and Western Division courts, along with Mark Costine from the juvenile court, agreed to similar fee structures for all county departments.
It's not a large sum of money. However, it goes a long way into paying for fuel costs and vehicle maintenance that area departments incur picking up people on outstanding warrants and transferring them to St. Clairsville.
"I want to thank Judge John Vavra for taking the lead, as well as judges Frank Fregiato, Eric Costine and Mark Costine. We should start seeing some results soon after the mechanics are worked out on how we'll be paid," Kovalyk said.
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"Human trafficking is the force, fraud or coercion of another person to compel them to force labor or commercial sex acts," said Director of Human Trafficking Outreach, Gia Hughes.
You may remember the arrest of Alonso Santiagito in August.
He is accused of holding a 17-year-old girl captive in a Dothan motel.
Investigators say he kidnapped the victim in Mississippi and forced her to engage in drugs and prostitution.
"It is an issue in the wiregrass; it's an issue everywhere in the world," said Hughes.
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
There's 29,800,000 slaves worldwide.
Public transportation and highways are a main source of trafficking these victims.
"The interstates, I-20 and I-10 are huge resources for people to get traffic victims from one place to another."
"Victims that stay in a place too long are often noticed as something is not right. You don't have to be moved around to be considered trafficked. But when they move them around it's a lot less easier for them to be caught," said Hughes.
There is a way for the public to help.
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Love in Action Ministries has tips on their website to spot victims so you can help put a stop to the problem.
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If we let $R=\mathbb{Z}[x]$ and $D=\mathbb{Z}[[x]]$. We say that $z\in D$ is rational if there is $g\in R$, $g\ne 0$ such that $zg\in R$. Let $S$ be the set of all rational elements in $D$. Then $S$ is a subring of $D$.
So, in this case, we may assume that $zg=f\in R$ with $f,g$ have no common factors. By some computations, we get that $g(0)=\pm 1$.
So, is it still true for the finitely many variables case and also, infinitely many variables?
In particular, if we let $P$ be the kernel of the map from $R$ to $\mathbb{Z}$ mapping all the variables to 0, fixing the constant term, then $P=(x_1,x_2,\cdots)$ is a prime ideal in $R$. Let $S^*$ be the set of invertible elements in $S$, so, may we have
$S^*\cap R=\pm 1 + P$ ???
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What should you be putting into your pack when you head up to a tree stand, beyond your gun or bow and ammo, to hunt whitetail deer?
You're making a big safety mistake by putting your gun in your pack when you climb into a tree stand.
In reality, it is safer to haul up all of your gear, including your pack, and your gun unloaded with the action open by a rope, rather than have it on your back where it could a) go off or b) hurt you when you fall. You could also damage the gun.
As for other things to bring, the list is subjective:
You can bring more items, and leave them at the bottom of the tree stand, say in your pack, and use the rope to bring up just what you need. You can always go back down to get something - as it can get awkward sometimes having a lot of equipment in the stand with you.


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The three altitudes of a triangle are concurrent -- this is true in all three constant curvature geometries (Euclidean, hyperbolic, spherical), but, as far as I know, the proofs are different in the three cases. Is there a "uniform" proof?
The spherical and hyperbolic versions may be proved in a uniform way.
Consider the cross product $\times$ on $\mathbb{R^3}$ or on $\mathbb{R}^{2,1}$. If the vertices of the triangle are $a,b,c$ thought of as vectors in the unit sphere or hyperboloid, then the line through $a,b$ is perpendicular to $a\times b$, etc. The altitude of $c$ to $\overline{ab}$ is the line through $c$ and $a\times b$, which is perpendicular to $c\times (a\times b)$. The intersection of two altitudes is therefore perpendicular to $c\times (a\times b)$ and $a\times (b\times c)$, which is therefore parallel to $(c\times (a\times b))\times (a\times (b\times c)))$. But by the Jacobi identity, $a\times (b\times c) = -c\times (a\times b) -(b\times (c\times a))$, so this is parallel to $-(c\times (a\times b)) \times (b\times (c\times a))$, which is parallel to the intersection of two other altitudes, so the three altitudes intersect.
The Euclidean case is a limit of the spherical or hyperbolic cases by shrinking triangles down to zero diameter, so I think this gives a uniform proof.
Addendum: There are some degenerate spherical cases, when $a\times(b\times c)=0$. This happens when there are two right angles at the corners $b$ and $c$. In this case, two altitudes will be the interval $\overline{bc}$, and the other can be any geodesic going through $a$. If all three angles are right angles, then all three cross products are zero, and altitudes don't necessarily meet (although certainly there are triples of altitudes which intersect at any point on the sphere).
In the hyperbolic case, the orthocenter might lie outside of hyperbolic space, or at its boundary. See jc's links in the comments for a discussion.
I think this (and other similar facts) can be derived uniformly using elementary analyticity arguments. First you prove it for the round unit sphere. by rescaling this implies that it's true for the round sphere of any radius. now look at the cosine law in the simply connected space form of constant curvature $k$. since this formula is analytic in $k$, the "size" of the potential failure of the altitudes to intersect at the same point (measured in any reasonable way) will also be analytic in $k$ and since it's constantly zero for $k>0$ it must be constantly zero for all $k$. It should not be hard to make the above into a rigorous argument.


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March 13, 2013 -- Babies of moms who take antidepressants have a slightly higher risk of being born preterm and other problems. But the risk to the mom and baby of stopping antidepressants may outweigh the risks of using them, new research suggests.
The research, an analysis of 23 studies, shows that being exposed to antidepressants while in the womb is linked to preterm delivery, shorter gestational age, and lower Apgar scores (a test used to check the health of the baby right after birth) compared with babies who were unexposed.
However, "group differences were small," the researchers write.
Compared with their healthy peers, moms who took antidepressants during pregnancy were also at risk for babies with lower birth weight.
The researchers note that significant links were found for all of these outcomes. But because the effects were so small, significance of these risks is "questionable."
The study is published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
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According to the researchers, 12.8% of women have depression during their second trimester of pregnancy, and 12% have it during their third trimester.
"Untreated depression during pregnancy or post-partum has been associated with increased [harm and death] in the mother and her children," write the researchers.
"Despite this, there is evidence that depression is markedly undetected and undertreated during pregnancy."
The researchers examined 23 studies that looked at antidepressant treatments during pregnancy, including older antidepressants and SSRIs, which are more commonly used today.
The results show that infants who were exposed to antidepressants in the womb had a shorter gestational age (about three days shorter), had a lower Apgar score, and were more likely to undergo a preterm delivery than babies who were unexposed.
Nevertheless, "in light of established risks associated with untreated prenatal depression for both mother and infant, the clinical relevance of these increased risks should be interpreted with caution," write the researchers.
How Big a Risk?
"I think this was a very high-quality [study], and they took great care in accounting for a lot of different issues," says Katrina C. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta.


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During a meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 1996, President Bill Clinton of the United States of America, reviewed with His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the close and excellent Saudi-American relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.
On bilateral relations, they expressed satisfaction with the convergence of the political will of both countries to continue reinforcing fruitful cooperation in various fields and with the level of consultation and coordination between them.
On the situation in Iraq, they noted the commitment of both governments to the full and strict implementation of Security Council Resolutions relevant to the Iraqi aggression against the State of Kuwait, and expressed satisfaction with the continued cooperation between the countries of the international coalition pursuing the implementation of these resolutions. They reiterated the extreme importance attached by both governments to the continued solidity and strength of the international coalition, the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq, and the relieving of the suffering of the Iraqi people.
On the peace process in the Middle East, identical views were expressed on the importance of safeguarding the process from stagnation or setbacks. This underlines the necessity to resume bilateral negotiations on all tracks on the basis and principles of the Madrid conference and to fully implement all agreements and undertakings reached so far within the framework of the peace process. In this regard, special importance was given to the provision of moral and financial support to the National Palestinian Authority and to the prompt completion of the implementation of the interim status agreements as well as to the resumption of the final status negotiations and the provision of an appropriate environment to ensure their success.


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BALL JR., Everett D. "Papa Smurf", 70, of Richmond, OH, transformed from this life to everlasting life with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Valley Hospice Care Center North, with his daughter by his side.
He was born in Steubenville on Oct. 1, 1942, a son of the late Everett D. Ball Sr. and Agnes McNeil Ball Vujanovich.
Everett was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Coke Plant and was the owner of the former Exxon Gas Station in Wintersville. He had also worked for Reisbeck's Grocery Store. Everett was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Jefferson Sportsman's Club and Wintersville Legion Post No. 557. He was an avid Dallas Cowboy fan and enjoyed hunting, archery and vacationing at Myrtle Beach.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Sondra E. Ball; brother PFC Charles Homer Ball; step-father, George Vujanovich; half-brother, Robert Vujanovich; grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McNeil.
Everett is survived by his daughter, Tracy Gratzmiller of Bloomingdale, OH; brothers, Richard and George Ball; half-brothers, Pete and Joe Vujanovich; step-sons, Kenneth (Lee) Feist and Darren (Sherry) Feist; step-grandson, Kenneth James Feist II; step-great-grandson, Kenneth James Feist III; uncles, William and Howard McNeil and aunt, Aline Keenan.
Everett had faith in God. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that who so ever believeth in him should never perish, but have everlasting life in heaven." John 3:16.
Friends may call at Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home, 215 Fernwood Road, Wintersville, OH on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., where funeral services will be held on Monday at 11:45 a.m. with Rev. Randy Sells officiating. Burial at Fort Steuben Burial Estates.
Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Hospice or Colonial Baptist Church. Ohio Valley Veterans Memorial Squad will conduct graveside services.
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Let $D$ be a region in $R^n$. If $f:D\to R^n$ is continuous, nonzero on $\partial D$ and of Brower degree 0, does there exists a continuous function $g=f$ on $\partial D$ and $g\neq 0$ on $D$?
If $D$ is a smooth compact manifold with boundary, then any $f: \partial D \to \mathbb{R}^n \setminus 0$ of degree $0$ can be extended to a map $D \to \mathbb{R}^n \setminus 0$. Proof: A theorem of Hopf asserts that homotopy classes of maps $\partial D \to S^{n-1}$ are determined by their degree. Thus your map $f|_{\partial D}$ is nullhomotopic. Use the nullhomotopy to extend $f$ over a small interior collar of $\partial D$ inside $D$. On the interior boundary of the collar, it is constant and can be extended by the constant map to all of $D$.
I assume that the setting is as described by Pietro in the comments above, so $D$ is a connected open set and $f(\partial D)$ does not contain $0$. You can perturb $f$ so that $f|_D$ is smooth and $0$ is a regular value. Then $f^{-1}(0)$ consists of finitely many points $x_1,\ldots, x_{2n}$ contained in the open domain $D$ and $f$ is a local diffeomorphism at each $x_i$. Since the degree is zero, half of these local diffeomorphisms are orientation-preserving, say on $x_1,\ldots, x_n$. The others are orientation-reversing. Choose $n$ disjoint smooth arcs in $D$ that connect $x_i$ to $x_{i+n}$. Take a small regular neighborhood of each arc: it is an open ball with smooth boundary. On each such ball $B$ the map $f|_B$ has degree zero and you can apply Ebert's argument to modify $f|_B$ such that it avoids $0$.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A former Kansas House member from Topeka will become interim executive director of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition next month.
The coalition says former Rep. Sean Gatewood will replace executive director Anna Lambertson, who is leaving to lead the Kansas City-based International Relations Council. The council promotes understanding of international affairs among residents in Kansas and Missouri.
Lambertson has been the Health Consumer Coalition's executive director since 2010.
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As the gun debate continues, gun shops are still finding it difficult to fill their shelves with supplies.
Local gun shop owners fear, what they feel may be happening in the government.
Like several others, Bowling Green gun shop owner Sherwood Davis has seen record-breaking gun sales over the last four months.
"Products were flying off the shelves at the distributors and manufactures also, and all of the sudden it became hard to get anything so where we've got a normally excellent stocked gun shop. It became more difficult for us to have the selection that we like to keep," Davis says.
Recently popular purchases like the AR are now restocked in Sherwood's stock room, but he's having trouble getting enough ammunition to satisfy customers.
He questions if the lack of ammunition is actually a case of supply and demand.
"We cannot acquire the ammo. We are getting it trickled into us, and you see reports all the time about the huge quantities that the government is ordering and buying. I'm not sure that they are not underhandedly trying to control firearms, because they couldn't get the bills through legally," he says.
Before the Newtown shooting, Sherwood says he ordered 10 to 12 cases for a two week supply, now he's lucky to get 2 cases every two weeks.
The lack of ammunition has hunters frustrated.
"Unfortunately, a lot of people who want to own guns, or own guns are responding by trying to buy everything that they can, trying to keep back ammunition so they have that to keep the weapons that they own and it's just unfortunate that we are focusing on that guns are inherently bad instead of the people who commit these crimes are bad," says hunter, Tom Baker.
Congress met today to discuss a possible agreement about strengthening background checks when purchasing guns over the internet and at gun shows.
Baker says anything Congress can do to keep criminals from buying guns, while keeping the second amendment in tact is a good thing.


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Softball Opens Four-Game Homestand on SaturdayMarch 21, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson University softball team opens a four-game South Atlantic Conference homestand on Saturday, as Newberry invades Smethers Field for a 2 p.m. doubleheader.
Between games of the twin bill, the softball team will host Military Appreciation Day, recognizing veterans who are in attendance.
AU has dropped three of its last four outings, while the Wolves have suffered losses in five of their last seven decisions.
The Trojans
Sophomore Molly Child enters the weekend twin bill riding a team-best 14-game hitting streak and has boosted her team-high batting average (.440) by 76 points over the four-week span. The center fielder ranks second in the league with seven home runs and is third in the conference in hitting, slugging percentage (.769), runs scored (34), hits (40) and RBI (29) and is also fourth with her .519 on-base percentage. Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh is close behind in fourth with a .427 batting average. The Lawrenceville, Ga. native has hit safely in 11 consecutive games and 17 of the last 18 contests.
Senior Abby Child is third on the team with a .398 batting average and ranks seventh in the conference in that category, while leading the league in home runs (8), RBI (38), walks (21) and slugging percentage (.795). The veteran also ranks in the league's top seven in four additional offensive categories.
Junior outfielder Rebecca Martin continues to post career numbers at the plate, boasting a .385 batting average and has a career-high six home runs on the season. The outfielder would rank 12th in the conference in hitting, but does not own enough at-bats to qualify. The six round-trippers are tied for third in the SAC. Senior Danielle Swygert is fifth on the team and ranks 13th in the league with her .371 batting average and is in the top-10 in five additional offensive categories. Freshman outfielder Courtney Czentnar is hitting .342 and is currently on a six-game hitting streak.
In the circle, junior hurler Katelynn Howser (8-2) has a 1.86 ERA, which ranks seventh in the conference and has recorded 66 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings of work. Freshman Lauren Rudesheim (9-4) leads the pitching staff with 18 appearances and has tossed a pair of shutouts on the season. Fellow freshman Augie Pena is 4-1 on the season in 14 appearances and recorded the Trojans' lone win in their last four outings with her relief effort in the win past Mars Hill on Thursday. She has 48 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings of work on the season and ranks second in the conference with her 9.51 strikeouts per contest.
The Wolves
Newberry was a preseason pick to finish 11th in the South Atlantic Conference in a poll of the league's coaches after finishing ninth in last season's league standings with a 16-24 overall record and a 4-14 mark in the SAC a year ago.
Junior outfielder Gabby Bedard was named to the preseason all-conference second team after playing in all 40 games during the 2013 season. A starter in each of Newberry's games a year ago, Bedard was second on the team in hitting with a .329 clip. Sitting atop the Newberry lineup, Bedard posted a .382 on-base percentage, while leading the team in hits with 46 and runs with 25.
Bedard currently ranks sixth in the league with her .416 batting average and her .489 on-base percentage is ninth in the conference. The Winder, Ga. native has four triples on the season, which ties her for second in the SAC.
The Wolves, who are currently 15-11 overall and 2-2 in the conference, enter Saturday's twin bill alone in sixth place in the conference standings. Newberry stands one game ahead of Anderson, Mars Hill, Coker and Tusculum, all of whom have posted one conference victory through the first week of conference action.
Newberry ranks fourth in the conference with a .374 on-base percentage and behind the efforts of Bedard and teammate Danielle Basch, who have combined to swipe 16 stolen bases, the Wolves are tops in the conference with 39 stolen bases on the season.
The Wolves dropped a twin bill, 9-1 and 3-0, at home to 21st-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne two days ago after sweeping a SAC doubleheader from Brevard last Wednesday. The Wolves have dropped five of their last seven decisions and open a four-game home stand following Saturday afternoon's matchups at Smethers Field.
The Series vs. Newberry
The Trojans and Wolves have met 28 times in a series that dates back to the 1998 season, with six of the meetings occurring since Anderson joined the South Atlantic Conference for the 2011 campaign. Anderson leads the all-time series, 16-12, and has won five of the last six matchups, including three straight. The early 2000s saw the Trojans win nine straight in the series, while Newberry countered with five consecutive victories from 2004 through 2007. Following the 2007 campaign the series lapsed for three years before AU joined the SAC.
In the regular-season doubleheader last season, the Trojans ripped 24 hits, including four home runs, with Abby Child leading the way. The shortstop was 4-for-6 at the plate with a home run, a double and three walks, while scoring four times and driving in four runs. Molly Child added three hits on the afternoon, including a home run and a triple. She also drew three free passes, scored three times and knocked in three runs. Neidigh chipped in four singles and scored three runs in 10 at-bats, with Swygert belting two home runs, scoring four times and recording seven RBI. Laura Jansky added a pair of doubles and a single in eight trips to the plate.


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Kentucky post offices in a few communities are getting into the holiday spirit -- with requests for their Christmas-themed postmarks.
The post offices in Bethlehem, Nazareth and Partridge annually receive Christmas cards from all over the world with requests they be canceled and mailed from their locations.
Bethlehem Postmaster Susan Leopold told the Lexington Herald-Leader she has three to four volunteers working this year canceling letters with a special cancellation.
In Nazareth in Nelson County, Postmaster Norine Masterson canceled more than 16,000 letters last year. This year, she designed a postmark showing the traditional manger scene to pay tribute to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth ministry.
In Partridge in Letcher County, Postmaster Joy Short uses red ink in her date stamp to provide a Christmas cancellation when requested.


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Saintly Politics
Pope Francis is proving himself to be a genuinely holy man, a brilliant politician, and a leader who knows that reform requires a keen understanding of how creating a better future demands sophisticated invocations of the past.
Nothing demonstrated all three traits better than Francis' announcement that he would make both Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII saints. The obvious political analysis here is correct: On the whole, conservative Catholics will cheer swift sainthood for John Paul while progressive Catholics will welcome the news that an overly long process of elevating John to the same status had reached its culmination. One for one side, one for the other -- it's a good formula for harmony, something Catholicism needs right now.
But much more is going on here. Rapid sainthood for John Paul was inevitable, partly because of widespread devotion to him around the church and not simply in its conservative wing. A campaign to sanctify him took off from the moment of his death. Whatever criticisms might be directed his way -- on his sluggishness in facing up to the clerical abuse scandal, for example -- there should be no denying his standing as a world-historical figure.
His vital role in the collapse of Soviet communism will always be recognized as the product of faith married to shrewd statesmanship. And, speaking personally, getting to cover John Paul's 1986 visit to a synagogue in Rome where he robustly and decisively condemned anti-Semitism will always endure as one of the most moving experiences of my journalistic life.
But that story is a perfect example of why it was essential to sanctify Popes John and John Paul at the same time. Without Pope John, there would not have been the John Paul we came to admire.
I should acknowledge my interest here since I argued two years ago for just this result. Elevating both popes was the only way to make clear that the sweeping reforms of the Second Vatican Council, called by Pope John, opened the way for John Paul's greatest achievements. These were, in large part, liberal triumphs involving a commitment to human rights, religious liberty and democracy as well as a stern opposition to religious prejudice and an emphasis on social justice and workers' rights.
Yet except among the ranks of scholars and older progressive Catholics, Vatican II is so often a dim memory. Moreover, there are conservative voices in the church that have sought to play down just how important the council was in opening Catholicism to the modern world. Pope John embraced modernity and the lessons it had to teach Catholics even as he was critical of modernity's failings.
By lifting up John, Pope Francis is telling Catholics to embrace this legacy again -- beginning by paying attention to it. In so doing, he will reinforce comparisons already being made between himself and Pope John.
My Georgetown University colleague John Borelli noted recently in The Tablet, the British Catholic magazine, that Francis, like Pope John, has placed a heavy emphasis on social justice, has a deep and long-standing commitment to dialogue with other faiths, and has a similar unpretentious personal style. The National Catholic Reporter has repeatedly linked the two popes and noted a few months ago that Francis expressed his affinity with the pope of Vatican II by saying: "I see him with the eyes of my heart."
What might have looked like wishful thinking on the part of progressive Catholics for a re-engagement with Pope John's approach now seems much more like a clear-eyed view of reality.
There will be questions in both cases about Pope Francis' flexibility with the church's requirement that two miracles be attributed to saints. But as retired Newsweek writer Ken Woodward noted in his definitive 1990 book Making Saints, the church's process of honoring holy people has always been, shall we say, complex, and not without considerations that might be seen as political. Saints are made, after all, for the enlightenment of the living, and for those who come later.
Woodward followed the sociologist Robert Bellah in noting that telling the stories of saints creates "communities of memory that tie us to the past" and "also turn us toward the future as communities of hope."
By reminding Catholics of which aspects of the past he wants to celebrate, Francis has pointed the way for a more open, less divided church that examines the present and looks to the future with hope, not fear.
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About the Author
E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist, professor of government at Georgetown University, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (Bloomsbury Press).
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Romero will de done soon too..
John XXIII should have been declared a saint years ago, in my opinion. As a practicing Catholic who became an adult at the beginning of Vatican Council II and one who welcomed the renewal that came with Vatican Council II, I think it is not hyperbole to say that he changed the lives—and for the better—of my generation of Catholics, as well as many older faithful Catholics who were open to the Holy Spirit. He mediated the love of God and the hope brought by the Good News better than any pope I can remember; and I remember them all from Pope Pius XII to Francis (I think Francis may be able to do the same). Also, thanks to John XXIII and Pope Paul VI many pastoral bishops were appointed in the United States.
All that changed with John Paul II's appointment of bishops. I think he did a terrible job in selecting bishops, and he did a terrible job in dealing with the sexual abuse crisis, especially when he gave unreserved support for Marcial Maciel Degollado , the former head of the Legionnaires of Christ. On the other hand, he did a great job in advancing Catholic Social Teaching; for that, I am very, very grateful.
" ...there should be no denying his standing as a world-historical figure. "
But is that a criterion for sainthood? If that were the case, they list would be a mile long. How about John F. Kennedy?
Although no great fan of JP II, I applaud this choice. I think JPII's process is way too quick, but I'm with those who think the "miracle system" is completely bogus, but I've yet to read a good process. A by-product may be that we recognize -since the flaws of JP II are still becoming evident-- that we may realize that saints were not perfect...
I think the Church would not be damaged if we waited another century or two for these canonizations. John XX111 I doubt would care if he were canonized - a humble man. There are too many stains on JP's record to rush through a canonization. His treatment of theologians for one. He learned all the wrong lessons in his dealings with the communists in Poland. Brute force, tyranny and bullying win the day. More important, his warm and clueless acceptance of Maciel is the worst blot on his record. Even when warned of the accusations against this deviant charlatan, he embraced him. All those new priests, all that money flowing in? What could go wrong? And Maciel's uncle declared a saint and his mother in line for beatification - a scandal and a cynical manipulation of the saint making tradition. It is sickening. And to praise Francis for playing into this charade ostensibly to please "both sides" is to reward that cynicism. This political play does not fool everyone.
Agree with Holloway. Dionne's article is dripping with the now pervasive catholic infantilism.
Although I think that the Church should abstain from canonizing popes, Pope John XXIII's canonization is long overdue. Obviously, he was a victim of the Vatican bureaucracy, which hates change.
There is no justification for the canonization of John Paul II. he devoted a very large portion of his papacy to undoing the advances of Vatican II , weakening the voice of the bishops in church governance and refusing to recognize the impoortance of the voice of the laity. let's add to that his appointment of so many truly bad bishops.
His failure to deal with the scandal of priestly abuse was a huge failure of his leadership which alone should disqualify him from canonization or beatification. He had multiple opportunities to show he was aware of this scandal and ignored them. As already pointed out by readers he ignored years of complaints about Marcial Marciel and instead embraced him. In addition he gave Cardinal law safe passage from any criminal action in Boston into a honored sinecure at the Vatican.
In the field of social justice in Latin America he was a total failure. Canonization efforts on behalf of Archbishop Romero were blocked by the Confraternity of the Doctrine of the Faith until 2005. As to recogniton of the four murdered church women and the jesuits and their housekeeper in El salvador . Nothing!. Is the Pope rewarding his crack down on Liberation Theologians and their advocacy of the poor. How does that square with Pope Francis' advocacy of the poor. All in all this is a bad decision to advance his canonization at this time or possibly any time.
To those questioning the elevation of JPII, the title of Dionne's editorial was "Saintly Politics." It's about using sainthood to achieve a political goal -- in this case, acceptance of canonization of John 23 by conservatives through the sugar of co-elevation of JP 2, with an additional hoped-for benefit being a partial narrowing of the conservative/liberal schism. In other words, it wasn't simply about who was "deserving" of canonization, it had goals (according to Dionne's speculation) which were part religious and part political.
I found it to be an interesting point of view.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
I think EJD is absolutely correct in his assessment of the twinned canonizations, but I also agree with thomas heyman that JP2 should not have been elevated nearly so quickly, if at all. In terms of personality and (in the non-technical sense of) "charisma" he was superb, especially in his connection with the young. Nonetheless, his antagonism toward almost all progressive tendencies in the Church was, I think, such a huge flaw that it will take decades, if not centuries, to evaluate properly. As the kids say, too soon.
I am 81, the same age that Pope John 23 was when he died. In 1959 my secretary, who was Italian American, had an uncle who worked at the Vatican. He provided me a magical morning. A chauffeured car picked me up at a hotel in Rome, took me past the Swiss guards and led me into the small Pauline Chapel. There were about 50 people ready for Mass, when John 23 came down the aisle. He knelt on a prie dieu. His confessor, a Franciscan priest, gave the homily in Italian. I didn't understand a word he said. It appeared he was giving instruction to John, and even wagged his finger at the Pope. When he walked down the aisle with a broad grin I caught his eyes. Now, many years later I can "see" my half hour with him in the small chapel. Vatican II opened the dusty shutters and fresh air rushed in. My spiritual life, and my wife's, radically changed from being told in those long ago days, everything was a sin and we were on the road to hell. Thanks to Pope John we have the peace that Christ promised. JP2 tried to shut the doors, but we all know you cannot stop an idea whose time has come. Now Pope Francis, like St. Francis and John 23, will hopefully continue to change the Catholic church.
You say: "By lifting up John, Pope Francis is telling Catholics to embrace this legacy again -- beginning by paying attention to it. In so doing, he will reinforce comparisons already being made between himself and Pope John."
But I caution. He is a Jesuit, and quite capable of seeing values as dyads rather than single. In other words, not just liberty but Liberty balanced by Fairness. The Neo-LIberals and radical Capitalists and racists have made Liberty the only value to talk about. The pope is restoring Fairness by properly yoking to Liberty. There can be no Liberty without Fairness for all, and no fairnesss for All without Liberty.
By linking the two popes as simultaneously canonized this pope is not merely throwing a poltical bouquet to the conservatives and liberals within a divided a church, but he is announcing that his appacy will be about uniting the church, uniting doctrinal conservatism with active and not pretend advocacy and action for the poor. The Acton Institute will not like this, but they'll manage to find a way to claim that the pope is condemning any government aid to the poor and saying that Social Security is evil. They have had great success with this supposedly Catholic doctrine among Evangelical pastors but less success wth Catholics, even conservative bishops.
I read Gary Wills comment in the New York Review of Books on the double canonization of the two Johns, and then E.J's. Wills sees the canonization of John XXlll as a way to sneak in John Paul ll, and is unhappy about it. E.J. sees it as a way to give John XXlll his rightful place and is delighted-- a classic case of glass half-empty or half-full. I'm an optimist like E.J, which is why I never miss his columns.
A rare case where I disagree with this good journalist. Convention sees me as a progressive Catholic -- long active in the ministries of my Church. Also of like mind with many fellow Catholics (active) as none- pleased with the dictum that John Paul II is, on balance, saintly. Fully recognizing his popularity, sense of holiness, rich journey and good works, I find breathtaking a singular characterization of "sluggish" to describe his willingness to recognize and act to clean up sexual abuse within his Church. By any measure these crimes were widespread and severe-- pain exponentially reaching the hearts of many and rocking an entire church to the point where so many have simply stopped going to mass. And considering the intimate proximity of this issue to the Curia and the fact that Pope John Paul II was privy to much more than was in the public domain, it is impossible for many of us to square sainthood with a person who, armed with the authority to act to invoke meaningful reforms to protect the most vulnerable among us, chose not to. The Church will honor as they see fit, but that act does not reconcile the Pope's "commitment to human rights" and "social justice" to the goliath he turned his back to.
I so much agree with Ms. Feidman. We have John xxiii, who in eternity, could care less about sainthood because he already has his place. We look to the Church to give us models and certainly he is one of the best. John Paul ii, on the other hand, is not a model for me but a good example of playing politics to the nth degree. He performed good deeds to be sure but closing the windows and returning to Vatican I will far overshadow his idea of social justice. Telling us that the Vatican could punish the priests, most of whom were sick and were not helped by being put into the role of pastor of the people with the autonomy that went with the position. At the same time, telling us that bishops were princes of the Church, decendants of the apostles, and they coulld not be judged by their Roman equals was a slap at our intelligence. Cardinal Law, celebrating the televised first Mass after John Paul's death made me throw up. If his canonization happens, it will make me feel like I have to go somewhere else to pray and to listen to someone else reflect on the words of Jesus and their meaning in our lives today.
I generally agree with E.J. Dionne, Jr, but I do not share his optimism reflected in this piece. JPII began to clamp down on Vatican II's initiatives, ignored repeated complaints about his (and his curia's) pervert cleric and benefactor Maciel, and made life hell for theologians with whom the pope disagreed.
I was hoping that if --- God forbid --- JPII was going to be declared an official saint of the church, he would be the first former pope to enjoy canonization without the involvement of the devil's advocate function charged with arguing against proposed canonization. I can only hope that JPII will be declared a saint, first, and John XXIII afterward. I'd love the juxtaposition: JPII being the first pontiff to be made an official saint without benefit of the office he abolished!
It'll be the proverbial cold day in hell before I step onto ground or into a building dedicated to "Saint" JPII. Some things are worth avoiding.
Reading the range of comments it is difficult not to notice the informed voices who question the worthiness of one candidate on the very mixed-bag character of his papal record alone.
As one who found the hypocrisy of looking the other way on the sexual abuse scandal unacceptable (two consecutive pastors who had been disocesean senior staff during the period of shame) I find the notion of canonizing the Patron Saint of feckless denial one more example of how the Church kowtows to people who are about as worldly as you can get.
The idea the in Canonizing JPII the spiritual lift of the Catholic Church would increase is unfathomable. It may be that in the day and age of the internet that the mystery of veneration of character abstracted from the attendant untidiness of real lives has outlived its utility.
We Americans would do well to recall that between JPII and his successor (both before and after his elevation) it was acceptable to practice a "my way or the highway" papacy. Looking toward shameless autocrats like Bishop Finn and the utter lies from fellow bishops regarding fraternal correction this is not a time, in my view, to be looking away from the face of evil for "a little relief."
My hopes for Francis remain alive; I don't envy him the mess he faces, but were he to let the seeming enthusiasm for JPII canonization fade from his agenda for a good long time I'd not be heartbroken.
EJ, I don't think a simultaneous double-canonization has been determined. I'm following Vatican Insid in Italian and today I read that many of us ate hoping for that, but it is not established yet. Your fine article seems to imply this.
Excuse me, but popes canonizing popes is always a political move reinforcing papacy as the be-all and end-all of Catholic authority, something which inevitably downgrades the work of the Holy Spirit in all the rest of the Church. Those who accuse us of popolatry have reason.
Ken Smits, Capuchin
Excuse me, but popes canonizing popes is always a political move reinforcing papacy as the be-all and end-all of Catholic authority, something which inevitably downgrades the work of the Holy Spirit in all the rest of the Church. Those who accuse us of popolatry have reason.
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7 Horrifying Moments from Classic Kids Movies
#3. The Brave Little Toaster: Suicide and Clowns
Beloved Because...
The Brave Little Toaster is the 1987 tale of five talking appliances' odyssey to get back to their original owner, who presumably left them behind to cover his security deposit.
But Then, the Horror...
Knowing that children are impressionable, the filmmakers made the wise decision to fill as many frames as they could with mechanized horror-beasts based on items every child could find in their very own home:
The air conditioner points out the fruitlessness of the other appliances' hope that their master will return, probably because he killed the guy himself.
The air conditioner then works himself into a resentment-fueled frenzy over being stuck in a wall, as opposed to being free to suck up stale Cocoa Puffs and broken shot glass shards like the lucky vacuum cleaner. He becomes so filled with anger that he overheats and fucking burns to death, and the rest of the appliances leave his charred corpse to rot in the windowsill.
"Where the fuck is the talking fire extinguisher?!"
Also, later on in the movie we're treated to this:
Because as long as we're rounding the bases of irrational phobias, we might as well toss in a satanic clown.
Sweet dreams, kiddies!
#2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Childcatcher
Beloved Because...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the 1968 Dick Van Dyke classic about a family that turns a busted piece of shit into a magical car and takes it on a grand adventure.
He can fly.
But Then, the Horror...
Amidst the traditional love story and all the happy singing, there's a nefarious Baron that inexplicably wants Chitty Chitty Bang Bang all to himself--because we all know a flying jalopy is the key to world domination.
He makes numerous attempts to acquire the vehicle, sending various henchmen to do his bidd- oh, hey, who's this gaily adorned and not-at-all frightening man?
This jaunty fellow has free candy and an awesome carriage. What could possibly go wrong here?
The answer is this. This could go wrong.
This magnificent bastard is called the Childcatcher. See, the Baron wants that car so badly that instead of, you know, maybe building one himself since he is a goddamn baron, he sends Vulgaria's premier freelance abductor up there to catch and kill the kids. At one point in the movie, Childcatcher even admits that he can smell the children's blood. Holy shit.
Hey, give credit where credit is due. The man knows his trade.
#1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: The Forest
Beloved Because...
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But Then, the Horror...
That fucking forest.
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Every tree trunk a monster:
Every floating log an alligator:
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Are you allowed to vote inside a church? (Answers supplying sources would be preferred, as always.)
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According to this answer at the Institute for Dayanim (an organization I had not previously heard of), voting in a church, not in the sanctuary, is permitted if that's your only option, but you should try to avoid it if you can. They don't address how far you need to go to avoid it (e.g. do you have to leave town for the day so you can use an absentee ballot instead?).
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On distancing oneself from a church in general, they cite: Rema Yoreh De'ah 149:2; Iggros Moshe 3:129; Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah 150 and Darchei Teshuva 150:2; Chai Ha'Levi 4:63.
As long as you don't go into the main sanctuary there should not be a problem.
There is a makhloket poskim as to whether belief in the trinity is forbidden only for a Jew. Many say a non-Jew may follow these tenets since belief in the omnipotent G-d is still present.
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The "Paradox"
Suppose there exists a man in a village (the barber) who must shave those and only those men in that village who do not shave themselves. (No, the barber can't be a woman or from out of town OR a robot!) Does the barber shave himself? Applying the definition of the barber to the barber himself, we obtain a contradiction: If he shaves himself, then he must not shave himself. And if he does not shave himself, then he must shave himself.
The Usual First-Order Resolution
Since postulating the existence of such a man in the village to leads a logical contradiction, no such barber can exist. Or, in first order predicate language (FOPL):
$$\neg \exists b(Mb \wedge \forall x(Mx \rightarrow (bSx \leftrightarrow \neg xSx)))$$
where $M$ is the "is a man in the village" predicate, and $S$ is the "shaves" predicate
A Set-Theoretic Resolution
If, however, we replace the predicates M and S by sets, m and s respectively, where s is a set of ordered pairs, we can obtain other more "natural" resolutions including the following:
$$\forall m \forall b(b \in m \rightarrow \neg \exists s \forall x(x \in m \rightarrow ((b,x) \in s \leftrightarrow \neg (x,x) \in s)))$$
Why "more natural?" In trying to devise a popular version of BP (at my website, bottom of my homepage), I found it easier to explain it by first supposing that the barber actually is man in the village and then showing that no combination of shavers and shaved could possibly meet the requirement that the barber shave those and only men in the village who do not shave themselves. (To say the barber simply didn't exist would have been a bit of an anti-climax as I told the story.)
My Question
Is a set-theoretic approach the only way to reach arrive at the non-existence of the shaves relation? Any comments would be appreciated.


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The Most Absurd Deleted Scenes of All Time
2. Jared Leto is TOO Funny
Movie: Phone Booth
Director: Joel Schumacher
Why this scene was deleted: Jared Leto has actually claimed in interviews that the reason this scene-and with it his entire role-was cut out of the movie is because it was "too funny." A claim that, while hilarious in its own right, sounds very much like the studio trying to let him down easy: "Oh, no, Jared-you were great. In fact, you were"�TOO good. Yeah, just TOO FUNNY. I mean, you're Jared Leto-you can't NOT be funny!" They should have included footage of that phone call as an extra feature. Now THAT would have been funny.
Why this scene was ever shot: Because Schumacher is so largely inept as a director-see: Batman & Robin, D.C. Cab-he probably thought Jared Leto WAS funny, and that a scene of pure Catalano-driven gold was exactly what this tense thriller needed. Self-Loathing Fun Fact: When a fan on the street yelled "You ruined Batman!" at him, Schumacher responded, "I know I did!"
1. Kevin Smith is TOO Funny
Movie: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Director: Kevin Smith
Why this scene was deleted: Because just before the movie was released it was discovered that this monologue, in which Jay gives graphic description of a series of vulgar sex acts, had appeared almost verbatim in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Why this scene was ever shot: Because Kevin Smith is an auteur and asserts creative control over every aspect of his films, meaning he can write, direct and star in as many scenes that feature the phrase "tongue my bung" as he sees fit.


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