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MARTINS FERRY - The impending modifications to the intersection of Ohio 7 and Hanover St. should help some in curtailing the high rate of accidents that occur at one of the more dangerous intersections on the road.
The usage of a red-arrow for the northbound turning lane onto Hanover St. will help some.
The additions of a turning late heading southbound onto Hanover will help even more. But that's not coming until 2016 at the earliest.
In the meantime, officers with the Martins Ferry Police Department are doing their part to help curb the issue by tackling what seems to be the prevailing cause of accidents, at least in the southbound lanes of travel ... speed.
"A lot of those accidents have to do with speeding," Martins Ferry Mayor Paul Riethmiller explained. "Drivers are traveling too fast and are unable to stop in time and end up rear-ending the car in front of them."
Martins Ferry officers have been standing in the middle of the footbridge that spans atop Ohio 7 just north of the intersection of Ohio 7 and Hanover St.
It's a two-man system. One officers, utilizing a laser-reading system, clocks the speed of oncoming drivers as they approach the intersection.
Those clocked going in excess of the speed limit have their vehicle description given via radio to a second officer waiting to pull them over.
Riethmiller noted that in one month, 192 people came before him during mayor's court. Of that total, 168 were cited for speeding on Ohio 7.
"I just don't get it," Riethmiller admitted. "They know we are up there. They see a guy standing there and come into court and say they weren't speeding."
The laser system, according to Riethmiller, is more difficult to pinpoint on a vehicle. But on the other hand, there is far less error in reading the correct vehicle.
The laser has to be targeted on the license plate of a particular vehicle. One a reading is taken, the first officer has the rate of speed and the distance from the gun to the vehicle.
Riethmiller noted while 50 miles per hour is the speed limit, he asked the officers to give some leeway in how fast a car can be traveling before being pulled over.
And yet ... "The average speed of people who are pulled over and taken to mayor's court is 64 mpg," Riethmiller said. "They are getting pulled over on (Ohio) 7 going at least 14 miles over the speed limit.
"We've had people driving in the 70s, the 80s and have had two since I've been in office travelling 90. Last week, we clocked someone going 93."
Cars traveling southbound in excess are having difficulty stopping when approaching the red light at the intersection.
Worse, the light is green, but a car is still sitting in the turning lane on Hanover, unable to complete its turn because of traffic.
Cars that are speeding are unable to slow down in time, or, the driver is not paying attention and doesn't see the car unable to turn.
The results have been rear-end collisions.
For northbound traffic, drivers are trying to beat the light and barrel down on the gas pedal when approaching the intersection. After all, it's the last traffic light drivers will see between Martins Ferry and Steubenville. It's smooth sailing in between.
Throw in distracted driver issues, including texting, cell phone calls, messing with the radio ... any number of distractions ... and the problem only increases.
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A University of Colorado Boulder professor is leading a major NASA airborne science campaign this summer that will probe weather patterns and air pollution over a vast expanse of North America that have potential global climate consequences.
The campaign, known as the Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys, or SEAC4RS, will allow researchers to look at the atmosphere from top to bottom at a critical time of year when strong weather systems pump chemicals from regional air pollution high into the atmosphere, said CU-Boulder Professor Brian Toon, the project science leader. The team will use a suite of scientific instruments aboard three aircraft: a NASA DC-8 airliner converted into a flying laboratory, the agency's high-altitude ER-2 -- a modern version of the Air Force U2-S reconnaissance aircraft -- and a Spec Inc. Lear Jet from Boulder equipped with advanced sensors to measure the properties of clouds.
The multimillion-dollar project will involve more than 250 scientists, engineers, students and flight personnel from five different NASA centers, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 15 universities, including CU-Boulder, Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Innsbruck. The research flights in the SEAC4Rs campaign are slated to begin in August and run through the end of September.
There are several mission goals, said Toon, a professor in CU-Boulder's atmospheric and oceanic sciences department. The team wants to understand how air pollution and other substances like water, for example, are carried from Earth's surface to the stratosphere, since they can impact climate and the ozone layer. While such vertical transport occurs daily during random thunderstorms, it also occurs in organized systems like hurricanes and the North American Monsoon, which covers a large region of the American Southwest as well as Mexico, Central America and northern South America each summer, bringing rain to arid lands, he said.
A second goal is to chart how emissions from plants and domestic animals are interacting with air pollution, said Toon, who also is affiliated with CU's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. "In the southeast United States, there are large atmospheric emissions from plants and people that affect air quality," he said. "When the air from these two sources is mixed, unusual chemistry can occur, potentially impacting human health. Satellites show a large change in these emissions between August and September, which we would like to know more about."
The team also is interested in better understanding how smoke impacts climate and will study intense North American forest fires hurling huge plumes of smoke into the atmosphere that can drift across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. "By altering cloud properties and by absorbing sunlight, smoke can have a significant effect on the climate," he said.
In addition, the SEAC4RS air campaign will be used to measure the accuracy of NASA satellites, develop new techniques for gathering atmospheric data and to learn more about the planet from space. Numerous NASA Earth-observing satellites are involved in the project, including CloudSat, CALYPSO and GOES.
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STEUBENVILLE - For the past 38 years, Sears merchandise customer assistant Pam Threet has spent Thanksgiving Day much like a student preparing for the first day of a new school year.
She lays out the clothes she plans to wear, sets and double checks her alarm clock for fear she'll oversleep and has what's a restless night of slumber, nervous about what's to come.
But there's no "classroom" in this case for the Steubenville woman whose post turkey day tradition isn't about shopping on Black Friday. What's in store for her is the retail side of this super bowl of holiday shopping.
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READY FOR THE LAST ONE — With retirement on the horizon come February, 38-year Sears merchandise customer assistant Pam Threet is ready for her final Black Friday, which for Sears begins early this year, starting today at 8 p.m. -- Janice Kiaski
For Threet, it will be her final one with retirement on the horizon come February. This year's Black Friday, however, has a new twist.
While past years have meant reporting to work at the Fort Steuben Mall store at 4 a.m. on Black Friday, she'll be on the job from 8 p.m. today through 8 a.m. Friday as Sears and other retailers bump up the store hours to accommodate eager consumers looking for deals.
"Normally I would come in to work at 4 o'clock in the morning on Friday," said Threet, noting with a laugh, "I was always afraid my alarm wouldn't go off, and I'd be late for work."
Having to be on the job so early has meant an abbreviated Thanksgiving Day celebration and less time spent with family, but Threet has adapted.
"Now maybe next year, I'll be able to kick back," she said. "Anybody who's been in retailing knows how it is. You just learn to accept it."
Threet's approach actually is to have her work clothes ready for the whole week of Black Friday and her Christmas shopping already done, knowing the busy retail season will mean less time for her personal to-do list.
"It's a habit that your brain has formed, and that is just how you work with it," Threet said.
Just as she prepares herself for the high-energy day that Black Friday is, so do the shoppers, who fall into different categories, she has observed.
Some shoppers are super organized, arriving with lists and a strategy. "Some are out there just for the thrill," Threet said. Others like the socializing opportunity that Black Friday affords, a forum in which people run into friends, relatives and acquaintances.
And many shoppers, through the years, have become like friends, she said. One male shopper who recently passed away would bring doughnuts for Threet, knowing there'd be little time to stop and eat. "He was such a sweet guy," she said.
Others have brought cookies, too.
But by the end of a Black Friday work day of keeping fitting rooms tidy, putting merchandise out and giving approvals, Threet is beat.
"It's just a busy time," she said, noting she looks forward to going home and relaxing when it's all said and done.
"You take your phone off the hook," she said. "Everyone in the family knows not to bother me," she added.
But Black Fridays have been fun.
"Through the years you make a connection with people," she said. "There's a lot of joy with it. You run into some people who have such a kind heart, and so many people have told me that they're going to miss me," she said.
Threet said her retirement will include some relaxation, some time to herself and some time to enjoy her 5-year-old grandson, Jaki Threet. She also predicts she'll help her aunt, Connie Vinson, in the family funeral home and eventually get a part-time job somewhere.
Threet said her advice to bargain-hunting shoppers this Black Friday is to be patient and friendly.
"It's a busy, crowded time, and if somebody hasn't seen someone in a while and they're gathering in the middle, understand it's just the season. It's just love and joy and peace, you know. You only get it once a year, and that's it," Threet said with a laugh.
"I'm so thankful this is my last one."


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Quick Explanation For Unplanned Blog Hiatus
If you follow this blog, you can't have missed the fact that I haven't posted anything in over a year. First illness prevented me from posting. Then came the frantic catching up to everything that hadn't been done during this period. Genealogy and this blog were pushed aside for other, more urgent matters. Thankfully, life has calmed down quite a bit in the past month or so. I've cautiously started up my genealogy research again, mostly by internet, and I finally feel like I am in a place where I can pay attention to my blog again. I'll be jumping right in by writing a post for the next COG. Expect to see semi-regular updates again as my research starts up again!
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Glad to see you are back! Now if I could just get caught up at work and get back to genealogy and blogging....ReplyDelete
Welcome back, glad the ickies from the past year are behind you. (Hint, keep pacing yourself, so you don't have a relapse.)ReplyDelete
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Mount Marty College enrolls over 1100 students of all faiths. Students come from 25 states and 5 foreign countries. Classes are taught by professors, not graduate students. The small student-faculty ratio fosters personalized learning, where teaching is the highest priority.
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Mount Marty College is located in Yankton, South Dakota, a town of 15,000 people. Located on the bluffs of the Missouri River, the 80-acre campus has a mix of modern and historic buildings.
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Rich Donnelly felt helpless two weeks ago and still does.
The Brooklyn Cyclones manager watched on television as Superstorm Sandy ripped through the New York/New Jersey area, including Brooklyn and MCU Park.
"We got hammered pretty good," he said. "I was told my office was under four feet of water. MCU Park sustained about $2 million in damage. They told me all the first-floor stuff has to be redone - locker rooms and offices. They said it would take about three to four months.
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HIT BY SANDY — MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, managed by Rich Donnelly, sustained approximately $2 million in damage by Superstorm Sandy two weeks ago.
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"I was watching CNN the other day and they showed a shelter giving away stuff and I said 'Hey, that's my parking spot.' The parking lot at MCU Park is pretty big so they are using that to help the residents. The water is gone now, but the Boardwalk is literally 30 feet from right field and that is all sand.
"Sand got into all the Coney Island rides, the Cyclone rollercoaster. It's not good.
"Where I live during the season is about three quarters of a mile from the ocean and it was under four feet of water.
"I feel so badly for all those people up there. I know that area and I know a lot of those people. It's like Steubenville being flooded up to Fourth Street.
"Everyone was told to evacuate Coney Island. The batters eye (in center field to help the batters see the pitch) was blown down and destroyed. You cannot believe the sand. It is everywhere. It went up about five blocks and it's in everything.
"I wish I could do more. A lot of people work at that ballpark. They rely on the Cyclones for a living. We employ over 150 people and have anywhere between 7,000 to 9,000 fans a night.
"We have a great fan base. Brooklyn is beautiful. We have every nationality there. They love their Cyclones. There aren't a lot of people left who were there when they took the Dodgers out of Brooklyn, but we have their decendents. They needed a team and we are it."
Coney Island, including Nathan's Famous, was hit by waters from the Atlantic Ocean and Gravesend Bay.
"That's where I go to lunch about three or four times a week," Donnelly said. "They got hit hard. That's my mainstay. They are the Naples of Brooklyn."
On the field, Donnelly finished his second season leading the Cyclones to the playoffs as the wild card entrant for the second year in a row in the New York-Penn League.
"We had a young team," he said. "I was told to not worry about the playoffs. We had the youngest team in the league. I think we had three college players on the field. We had a lot of kids who were 19."
His leading 19-year-old was Brandon Nimmo, who is the first players ever selected in the first round of the MLB draft from the state of Wyoming, where high school baseball is not sanctioned.
He played in 69 of the 76 games, batting .248 with 28 of his 66 hits being for extra bases (20 doubles, two triples and six homers).
Donnelly also had catcher Kevin Plawecki, the Big 10 Player of the Year from Purdue, who ended up hitting .250 with seven home runs after a horrendous start.
"It is not easy on this level," said Donnelly. "We had the Big 10 Player of the Year and he struggled."
Plawecki was a finalist for the Johnny Bench award (nation's top collegiate catcher), was a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy. He also struck out only eight times in 223 at-bats as a junior.
He struck out 24 times in 216 at-bats in rookie ball.
"That tells you how hard it is up here," said Donnelly. "Players don't make the big jumps here from like rookie ball to double A. If they do, it is very rare. Normally, kids go to each level - to low A, to high A, to double A, to triple A. Players find out this is really hard. These players will move up to either Savannah (low A) or Port St. Lucie (high A) next year."
That means the roster is new each year for Donnelly. The year starts in June and ends in September.
"I tell people all the time that the celebration in our clubhouse is just as satisfying as when they do it in the big leagues," said Donnelly, who spent 27 years in the bigs. "This was a fun year. We had a lot of good players. Our hitting wasn't very good, but our pitching carried us through.
"I love coaching these kids. I think back to when I tried to play this game and how hard it is."


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Welcome to the KZYX Public Service Announcement (PSA) site, now titled "Events Calendar." You can submit your event anytime. The quick instructions are here followed by a FAQ section.
NOTE: you must have "cookies" enabled on your web browser in order to post a submission. Go to either preferences, tools, options , etc (depends on what browser you use) and turn them on. If cookies are not turned on, your text will show up on your screen but it will not be submitted. You can turn them back off afterwards if you prefer. But you have to enable them for this function.
Submitting an event:
1. Click on the "Events Calendar" link in the "Events" drop-down window on the KZYX website.
2. Find the link "Submit A New event".(left side of page).
3. Enter as much information as you can. DO NOT MAKE "CALLS TO ACTION" OR USE SUPERLATIVE LANGUAGE. SUCH THINGS CANNOT BE READ OVER THE AIR. JUST FACTUALLY DESCRIBE THE EVENT.
4. Note, all sections with a red prompt are required fields. Your event cannot be processed without the information for Event Title, Event Category, Event Start Date, Event Start Time, Event End Time, Venue Name, City, State, Zip, Submitted By, Your Name, Your Email Address.
5. When complete press the "Next" button at the bottom of the page.
6. You can now choose to "Go Back & Edit" (correct the event) or press "Approve" to submit.
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1. You can scroll through all of the events, or
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What events can be posted?
Any event taking place within our listening area, essentially the counties of Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, and Humboldt.
Who can submit an event?
Anyone can post an event but no event will be accepted if there is no contact information.
When can an event be submitted?
Events can be submitted at any time of day, and as far in the future as our calendar will allow. If you want your item read over the air by Beth Lang on her Community Calendar, you need to post your submission two weeks before. The earlier the better! And indeed, you can post events far in advance of their date.
How are events categorized?
You should select the best category that most closely defines your event. From time to time KZYX will increase the available categories to keep the calendar as inclusive as possible.
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What is your workflow for managing references? How does this workflow scale?
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jabref? What are their pros and cons?
Does it allow easy integration of BibLaTeX or it is BibTeX only?
What is your workflow for managing references? How does this workflow scale?
Do you use programs like
Does it allow easy integration of BibLaTeX or it is BibTeX only?
I use Zotero and I found this workflow works well so far, let me know if you find a better way to get the same job done. The following workflow will provide
automated human-error-proof bibliography citation in LaTeX, or a road map for bibliogrpahy management and citation in PhD thesis
Workflow settings:
The below workflow makes use of Zotero citation manager +
Zotero citation manager:
It is a versatile bibliography management tool. You should know how to use Zotero by reading the documentation and tutorials and assuming you have a data bank of all references in this open-source free software, you want now to export these entries into another file of
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There seem to be three distinct questions here. I'll answer them each in turn for my favourite set up.
I use Emacs (with AUCTeX and RefTeX) for my writing, so when I want to add a reference it's a matter of C-[ and then typing the beginning of the key. If the work I want to cite isn't in my bibliography, I switch to the bibliography file and add it in immediately with C-c C-b. This way, I don't have that horrible period at the end of the writing process where you have to put in all the references in the right place.
Bibliography management
I have one giant bibliography file that I use for all my work. I don't use Zotero, Mendeley or their like. They seem more trouble than they're worth, to my mind. Since I reference a lot of books, I have to add plenty of references by hand anyway.
RefTeX allows me to search this and insert entries in a sensible way. I fail to see how automating this is all that useful. Maybe that's because, in my field, reference lists tend to be relatively small, and the Mendeley database (which I did try once) is poorly curated...
Any system should work fine with BibLaTeX. Switching to BibLaTeX doesn't really involve much work and it shouldn't really affect your workflow. If you're using say
You may want to switch to using biber too.
I use Mendeley.
HOWTO: Use Mendeley to create citations using LaTeX and BibTeX.
I use it's feature of create one
Mendeley is comfortable, cause it keeps exports up-to-date and synchronized.
Thanks to that, I avoid one giant
Instead of linking TeX document directly, I use script which copies
Thanks to use of Git Source Code Versioning I can keep track on changes in bibliography and feel secure - if Mendeley would crash or lost something I always have previous versions.
Thanks to manual update of bib file in document directory, I can came back to document directory after long time, and still compile it. Cause it has it's own private
To sum it up: Mendeley + Git + LaTeX + BibTex plus a few other indirectly connected with reference management, but with workflow and efficiency: Vim + SnipMate
At the moment I have the following work flow:
I manage my paper collection with Zotero. It makes it very easy to add a newly read paper or a paper that is still to be read to the collection. It is just one click, once you found the paper in the internet! With the help of tags you can organize your collection by topic. While it is possible to export the database to a
Therefor I don't use the export function of Zotero, but I use JabRef to generate the actual
This workflow works for BibTeX and BibLaTeX.
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WACO (December 10, 2012)--A Waco man who already is serving a prison term for sexually abusing a family member and who was convicted of similar charges in court in September was sentenced to even more prison time Monday after pleading guilty to yet more charges.
State District Judge Ralph Strother sentenced Victor Espinoza to four 15-year terms on individual counts of sexual assault of a child and ordered the terms served concurrently.
Espinoza, 54, was sentenced Sept. 21 to one life term after a jury found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child and a 20-year term for indecency with a child by contact.
Judge Ralph Strother also ordered Espinoza to pay a $10,000 fine on each count and ordered the sentences served consecutively.
Then Strother ordered those sentences stacked on a 15-year term Espinoza currently is serving for a conviction in Denton County on another sexual abuse charge.
Each of the counts to which Espinoza pleaded and those of which he was found guilty stemmed from separate incidents, a district attorney's spokesman said.
Espinoza has been serving his first sentence at the Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, in Huntsville.


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I am trying to find the three cube roots of $1-i$ and I am unsure of how to proceed. My math teacher recommended I use de Moivre's formula, however I do not know how to set it up. How do you suggest I continue?
de Moivre's formula
$$(\cos x + i\sin x)^n = \cos(nx) + i\sin(nx)$$


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Wrestling Unveils 2014-15 SlateAugust 4, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Headlined by five home duals featuring one Division I opponent, Anderson University wrestling head coach Dock Kelly has announced the program's 2014-15 schedule on Monday as expectations are high for the upcoming season.
Five Division I opponents are lined up for 2014-15, two fewer than last season's schedule which featured seven schools that sent at least one wrestler to the 2014 NCAA Division I Championships. Also highlighting the slate are regional powers in Newberry and UNC Pembroke, which combined for five All-Americans at last year's Division II National Championships.
The Trojans begin their grueling month of November at the Virginia Quad Meet on Nov. 2, which will feature duals with Division I opponents in UVa, VMI and George Mason. The trip to Charlottesville marks the sixth consecutive season Anderson will begin its slate at Virginia's Memorial Gymnasium, as the Trojans fell short on posting a win at UVa a season ago, dropping to the Cavaliers, West Virginia and GMU.
"The Division I competition is a huge and vital piece of our puzzle to recruit," Kelly said. "In order to attract quality student-athletes, you have to show them that you can wrestle Division I competition. You have to find the right balance on the schedule to get just enough fierce competition."
Three days after its trip to Virginia, AU returns home for its earliest home match since the 2012-13 season when it welcomes St. Andrews to the Abney Athletic Center. The Trojans look to avenge a loss in Laurinburg a season ago to SAU after coming into the match winners of three of their last four over the Knights.
Anderson steps away from its dual schedule on Nov. 9 when it travels to the Pembroke Classic for an all-day tournament. A season ago, Kelly sent four Trojans to the tournament as Eric DeAngelis highlighted the squad with a technical fall.
Following the trip to Pembroke, Anderson returns to the Upstate and welcomes Spartanburg Methodist on Nov. 12. The Trojans and the Pioneers failed to meet during the 2013-14 season, snapping a long trend of consecutive matchups.
"The SMC match will be the first of two senior nights for us," Kelly said. "We have a couple of guys graduating from the nursing program, so we want to send them off for the contributions they made for our program."
On Nov. 16, Anderson heads south to square off against Division I power The Citadel. The Bulldogs finished 31st at the Division I NCAA Championships a season ago and placed two on the podium, headlined by Turtogtokh Luvsandorj's sixth place finish at 165. Luvsandorj's brother, Turbat, was part of AU's 2014-15 recruiting class and will look to follow in his brother's footsteps and reach the NCAA Championships.
Anderson closes out 2014 by visiting Newberry for the eighth annual Newberry Duals on Nov. 29. After a two-year hiatus from the Newberry Duals, the Trojans return seeking wins against top teams from across the country. Last year, teams from West Virginia, Georgia and Ohio visited Newberry for the duals, headlined by eventual national champion, Lake Erie.
The Trojans return to action on Jan. 5 when they head to Mount Vernon, Ga. for a tri-match with Brewton-Parker and first-year program, Huntingdon. Anderson and BPC were to square off last season, but inclement weather forced the dual to be cancelled. Huntingdon, based out of Montgomery, Ala., became the only four-year college in Alabama to sponsor a wrestling program in September 2013 and the first of two first-year programs the Trojans will face in 2014-15.
"I'm excited to be wrestling both first-year programs because we try to do what is right for the sport of wrestling," Kelly said. "The only way to get those programs exposure is to wrestle those programs. Now we can start casting our recruiting net into New York and Alabama to say we wrestled against these teams and our future recruits will have the opportunity to wrestle people they know. Division II wrestling in the South is thriving and if we can help out another southern team, we'll do it."
The Virginia Duals await AU following the Georgia visit, as the Trojans return to the annual tournament on Jan. 9-10. Anderson finished seventh in the two-day tournament a season ago, posting a 30-22 victory over Central Florida in its final match.
"It's rare at the Division II level to wrestle in front of a couple thousand people in an open arena," Kelly added. "It kind of gives you a national feel and the tournament is a good measuring stick on where we are. There will be two teams from the region (UNC Pembroke and Limestone) that will be in that tournament this year, so if we go to that tournament to win it, which we will try to, we'll have to go through two regional opponents."
The Trojans conclude a long road stretch on Jan. 14 when they travel to Limestone for a regional contest. The Saints bested AU in Gaffney a season ago, despite Zane Newton and Stephen Wylie's decisions at 157 and 165, respectively.
Back-to-back home duals await Anderson following the in-state battle, as Division I Davidson travels to the Upstate on Jan. 17 and King visits on Jan. 22. A year ago, Anderson earned a narrow 28-27 victory over the Tornado, as then-senior Cory Monteforte's early takedown at 125 clinched the tiebreaker to give AU the victory.
Anderson closes the month of January at the Super Region 2 Duals on Jan. 30-31, which will be held in Tiffin, Ohio, the site of last year's Midwest Super Regional. In last season's regional duals, the Trojans came up empty in four matches, but scored a combined 52 points throughout the day.
"This is probably the most grueling trip on our schedule," Kelly said. "Having to wrestle your best matches of the year to jockey for seeding for the regional tournament is tough. We do that because you have to put yourself in the best position at the regional tournament."
As AU opens the month of February, the Trojans hit the road to Coker on Feb. 4 for an in-state matchup. Coker, which started its program last season, claimed a 28-17 win at the Abney Center a season ago despite major decisions from Monteforte and then-senior Ian Harper.
AU's second tri-match of the year follows its visit to Coker, as the Trojans head to UNC Pembroke for the second time this season, as they will lock up with the Braves for the "Battle of the Belt" and first-year program LIU-Post. After the Braves retained the Belt a season ago, UNCP's 2013-14 season was capped off by Daniel Ownbey's win at the 141-pound title match at the NCAA Division II Championships, leading the Braves to an 11th place finish.
"(UNCP) has had the belt for several years now, but the Battle of the Belt is something we actively talk about whenever Pembroke is mentioned," Kelly said. "Even though it will be a tri-meet, I anticipate they will have rowdy crowd like they always do. We have talked this rivalry up and this is very important to us."
The Black and Gold will honors its seniors on Feb. 10 when Belmont Abbey comes to town, as Anderson seeks revenge against the Crusaders who nabbed a convincing victory over AU in Belmont, N.C. a season ago. BAC has won the previous two duals against Anderson after AU held a three-match winning streak over the Crusaders prior to the 2012-13 season.
"We want to establish dominance at home," Kelly said. "The way to do that is wrestle at home early, then in the middle of the schedule and then wrestling late. Belmont Abbey makes it difficult for us at their place, so we want to try to do the same at our place. I expect us to go 5-0 at home this year and I'll be shocked if you see anything else."
After closing its home schedule, Anderson takes back-to-back trips to Newberry, beginning with the Newberry Open on Feb. 14. At last season's Open, senior Dan Telhada, who wrestled unattached, placed second at 157, recording a pin, a major decision and a 9-4 decision to advance to the final. Three days later, the Trojans conclude their regular season with a dual against the Wolves on Feb. 17 at Eleazer Arena.
The Midwest Super Regional is set for Feb. 27-28 and will be hosted by UNC Pembroke. In last year's tournament, Monteforte, Newton and Zak Hale advanced to the final day of competition as Hale was the lone Trojan to earn a berth into the NCAA Division II Championships. If Hale were to advance to the national tournament for the third straight year, the site will be at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
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Senate Republican leaders are promising quick action on legislation aimed at shoring up a Kentucky public pension system plagued by a massive unfunded liability.
The bill is expected to be introduced Tuesday, and Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer says the measure could clear the full Senate by the end of next week.
The measure would then head to the House with a few weeks left in the 2013 General Assembly session.
Top Senate Republicans attended a news conference Friday by business groups that urged lawmakers to overhaul the pension system, which has an unfunded liability exceeding $30 billion. Business leaders said pension burdens threaten to drain money that could go for education and economic development.
Senate President Robert Stivers say the pension bill will reflect proposals by a legislative task force.


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KILLEEN (December 10, 2012)—An Orange County, Florida judge has denied bond for a man who is accused in the June 15 shooting death of a Killeen High School graduate outside an Orlando Florida nightclub.
Circuit Judge Marc Lubet ruled that Durick D. Ingraham, 25, will stay in jail while he waits for trial in connection with the June 15 murder of Dino Cannon outside Club LimeLite in downtown Orlando.
Ingraham was ordered to remain without bond in the Orange County Jail where he has been since his arrest June 25.
Orlando police investigators say Ingraham fired two shots that fatally wounded Dino Cannon after two men were asked to leave the nightclub following a fight inside.
Prosecutor Ken Lewis said during Friday's hearing that four separate witnesses gave sworn statements that showed Ingraham admitted to the shooting.
Ingraham, a convicted felon, faces up to life in prison if he is found guilty of the murder.
Another man is charged in the murder, as well, Orlando police said.
Cannon, 18, was a Killeen High School football standout who graduated on June 3, while his family was on vacation, celebrating his graduation.
Cannon was shot at around 2:30 a.m. on June 15 as he walked in the club's parking lot and later died at Orlando Regional Medical Center, police said.
Cannon planned to attend Prairie View A&M University this fall and major in computer science, relatives said.
He was the last of his family's five children to graduate from Killeen High School.


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The Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council (SQCC) concluded its third session in Riyadh on Tuesday under the co-chairmanship of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Crown Prince of Qatar. The two countries signed four agreements and memoranda of understanding covering security cooperation, anti-drug efforts and meteorology.
Afterwards, the Council issued a joint statement commending Saudi-Qatari cooperation and stressing the importance of achieving unity between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. The two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening coordination between security departments in both countries to maintain stability in the region, particularly in the fight against terrorism. The Qatari side expressed its desire to open a communication channel between the commands of the border guards of the Qatari Armed Forces and the General Directorate of Border Guards of the Saudi Ministry of Interior.
Furthermore, both sides agreed on the importance of continuing direct coordination on economic, financial, tax and budgetary issues and expressed their satisfaction at the current level of bilateral trade. Extensive Saudi-Qatari cooperation in the field of culture and information was also lauded.
Finally, the Qatari side expressed its thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for his approval of scholarships for Qatari students at Saudi universities.
The SQCC session was attended on the Saudi side by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal; Minister of State Musaed Al-Eiban; Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf; Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja; Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah bin Ahmed Zaynal Ali Reza; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani; Saudi Ambassador to Qatar Ahmed Al-Qahtani; Legal Advisor to the Crown Prince Mohammed Al-Ameel; and Secretary Abdullah Al-Anzi.
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Also DUH, it is all coach speak. It is really freaking long
Here is what he said about free agency
(On bringing in the right players you want from free agency) - Yeah, when we entered free agency, when we entered the offseason, we identified some priorities in terms of positions we felt that needed to be upgraded whether it would be free agency, the draft, college free agency somehow, someway. Just like the college recruiting process you identify some prospects. You go after them. People make decisions for a variety of reasons and were happy that Paul Soliai decided to resign back with us. We identified the cornerback position as one that was important. Were excited about Richard Marshall, I think hes going to add something. Artis Hicks is a veteran that we think is going to give us some versatility in the offensive line. David Garrard came in and had an excellent workout. Obviously, some players made decision to go elsewhere in the course of our meetings when they were here with us I thought we had productive, excellent meetings. And sometimes those things work out and sometimes both parties have to want to dance. Those things happen. (On any areas that concern you right now) - Im concern about everything, but I think its important that we get on the field with these guys in the offseason program to have a better hand. Weve watched a lot of tape. Weve identified some areas that need to get better and Im confident that well do that. But when I came for the interview one of the things I told Steve (Stephen Ross) and Jeff (Ireland) was there been a ton of focus and I mentioned it to you guys as well, on the quarterback position as it should be in this league and my feeling as I watched the tape the offensive line needs to get better if our quarterback position is going to play better and so thats going to be a priority. And we have to make sure that happens as we move forward.


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Stealth Inc: Ultimate Edition headed to PS4 next month, Curve Studios announcing 3 more games in FebruaryWritten by: / / No Comments
Curve Studios has become one of the largest publishers of digital titles on the PlayStation Network over the past year and will soon be expanding to PS4 with 'Stealth Inc: Ultimate Edition'- the definitive version of this popular puzzle platformer featuring both level packs released for the game. The addition of The Teleporter Chambers and The Lost Clones adds an extra 40 levels to the main game, bringing the total level count up to 120. The game will be released in early March.
"Stealth Inc: Ultimate edition is an exciting first release for Curve on the PlayStation 4," said Marketing Manager Rob Clarke in a press release. "The DLC levels of Stealth Inc are some of the absolute best the game has to offer, so it's great to be able to offer those as part of the main game on a next-gen console."
Curve Studios will also be announcing three more games over the next three weeks, all of which are headed to PS4 along with other PlayStation platforms.
Clarke said: "We're excited about the power and potential of the PlayStation 4, but we're also not abandoning the Vita or the PlayStation 3, and we'll be continuing to offer cross-buy titles whenever and wherever we can."
Head over here for El33tonline's previous coverage of Stealth Inc which includes our review of this challenging 2D platformer.
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I'm just a beginner so bear with me. Consider two frames at rest wrt to each other separated by distance enough for light to take a minute or so. At a given instant we create two large dipoles by some method. Electric field will start to travel at the time of creation at speed of light. But before electric field reaches frame 1, we reunite the dipole in frame 1. so when electric field reaches from frame 2 to frame 1, there'll be no effect on it, since net charge is zero. But electric field from frame 1 when reaches, creates force on dipole of frame 2. So in reality what happens? Is conservation of momentum violated? Or law of equal and opposite forces???
Does constraint for speed of Electric and magnetic fields violates Conservation of momentum or Newton's third law?
Action equals reaction isn't generally true in electrodynamics such as the simple case of magnetic forces acting upon moving charges, whereas the conservation of momentum holds in all areas of physics. There is momentum associated with the electromagnetic field which must be added to that of the momentum of the charges it acts upon to get the total momentum of the electrodynamic system.
Although the total momentum of any electromagnetic system is conserved, once you take into account the momentum stored in the field, as John McVirgo points out, the action-reaction law only really holds in electrostatics.
In fact, you don't even need the finite propagation speed of the field as in your example. Consider two equal positive charges moving towards the origin along the positive $x$ and $y$ axes. Then they experience magnetic fields in the positive and negative $z$ directions, respectively, and therefore magnetic forces in the positive $y$ and positive $x$ directions, resp., and these cannot cancel each other out. In a full description, this motion induces crossed electric and magnetic fields throughout space, which store the momentum not accounted for by the non-cancelling forces on the charges.


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A WKU student is recovering from 19 stabbed wounds he received during a fight at a fraternity house on Saturday night. Tony Brewer, 20, of Hopkinsville was treated and released from the Medical Center Saturday night after police were called to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house.
According to police reports, officers encountered a "chaotic scene" when they arrived, with beer bottles and rocks being thrown in the backyard of the house on Chestnut street.
Brewer told officers he was involved in a fight with another man who stabbed Brewer, who was found lying on the front steps of the Pi Kappa Alpha house.
Brewer, who is under the legal drinking age, admitted he was intoxicated during the incident. He also told police the fight was the result of bad blood between he and members of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, but Western officials aren't ready to conclude the incident was an inter-frat fight.
"You have individuals that came in contact with one another after there was some alcohol abuse who happened to be members of different organizations," says Howard Bailey, WKU Dean of Student Life. "I'm not ready to say this was two Greek organizations by any means."
Bailey says the university's investigation into the incident will include an examination of who supplied the alcohol and who instigated the confrontation. "We don't want students conducting themselves that way. That's not representative of the university or the student body."


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The 6 Least Impressive Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich
#3. Thrift Store Declaration of Independence
So you're rumbling through a thrift store when you spot a cheap-ass-looking copy of the Declaration of Independence. What do you do? If your answer is, "What the hell? How is that even a question? Of course I will leave that shit where it lies," then good for you! You just saved $2.48. If you say, "Of course I'll buy the shit of that shit. Shiiiit," then congratulations! You're Michael Sparks, and you've just earned yourself $477,000.
Just a few tea mop-ups and it'll be as good as old.
It turns out an actual, official copy of the Declaration of Independence that was commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820 was found slumming in the thrift store circuit. But surely this is just a one-off fluke? It's not as if there are dozens of copies of the Declaration just hanging around, waiting to be found, right?
Think again: 201 of those 1820 Decs were printed, and only 31 have been found so far. And if you want to up the ante a bit, there's always the Dunlap broadside, which was a version of the Declaration that was printed even earlier. Again, some 200 copies were produced -- and a mere 26 have been found. It's not even that they've all succumbed to time, as the latest emerged as recently as 2008.
"Well, we're out of rolling papers. But I found this weird old thing in my grandpa's garage."
So, barring fire, moisture, paper-eating dogs and overzealous neat freaks, there should be well over three hundred copies of the Declaration still out there, waiting for someone to find them anytime now. And just in case you didn't realize it, when we say "out there" we mean at some garage sale or flea market, waiting for you to find one and, like with Mr. Sparks, find all of your money problems suddenly and spectacularly solved.
Just be glad you're not Mr. Sparks' document's previous owner, Stan Caffy, the pipe fitter who hung his genuine Declaration of Independence in his garage as a decorative poster for 10 years before finally donating it to a thrift store (especially because it'd mean you have really bad taste in posters).
"No worries. I think my authentic 'Garfield smokin' a doobie' poster will make up for it."
#2. The World's Luckiest Cafeteria Chef
Imagine you're a chef looking for a new job. You're no newbie in the business, and in fact you command a pretty decent salary -- it's just that you feel like doing something different. Out of your employment options, one company sticks out in particular. They're not offering you anything spectacular -- in fact, the salary would be roughly half of what you're currently getting -- but there's health benefits, and the owners seem like a pretty decent bunch. They're a fledgling software company, and they want you to come cook in their cafeteria.
"No, don't worry about OSHA certification. We're a wacky company with scooters that plays against the rules."
Adorably, the new company even offers you a bunch of stock options you can cash in should they ever hit it big. It all seems pretty cute, so you accept their offer. Startups are always happy to throw around stock options as an incentive (it's risk-free, because the options are worth nothing, and will continue to be worth nothing unless the company takes off). So, you run the company's cafeteria for several years, no big deal.
Less than 10 years later, you cash in your stock options and leave a cool $26 million richer.
Because the company in question was a little operation called "Google."
You should Bing it.
The above scenario played out in full for Charlie Ayers, Google Employee number 53. He was among the many millionaires generated by the company's meteoric rise, thanks to the generous stock options they threw around like Monopoly money back before the company was on anyone's radar. Charlie was one among the many to take the bait in 1998, and capitalized heavily despite technically having precisely nothing at all to do with the actual work that made Google Google.
For example, he has never once set fire to a puppy for ad revenue.
However, a warning to those of you who are planning to attempt this: The strategy is starting to get noticed by the companies as something that can potentially bite them in the ass big time, and some are trying to bail out of the whole "potential millions in stock options" thing they promised their employees in exchange for petty wages back in the day. Perhaps the most extreme example of this is the FarmVille juggernaut Zynga, who have actually started to arbitrarily demand that the employees they deem unworthy (i.e., low level) give back their stock options on pain of getting fired.
"You make a compelling offer. May I counter with 'Fuck you, yacht time'?"
You know, in case you needed another reason to hate FarmVille.
#1. The Serial Lottery Winner
If good fortune were a finite resource, the amount Joan Ginther has been hogging would be responsible for the misfortunes of the entire Third World. This Texas math professor made her reputation as a goddamn human cloverleaf by winning the Texas lottery in 1993, winning a cool $5.4 million.
Then she did it again in 2006, this time winning $2 million.
Then in 2008, she buys yet another lottery ticket because what the hell, she can afford it. And she wins again, for $3 million this time.
"I only do this to see what the poor people do with their meager disposable income. It's a hoot."
Seriously, now. What the hell are the odds of somebody winning three tim --
Wait, what?
In 2010, she won again? And for the biggest jackpot yet -- $10 million?
OK, there's a lot of ways to describe that kind of luck. "Uncanny," perhaps. "Unbelievable," sure. "Unfair," definitely. She's got to be cheating somehow. We mean, she's a math professor, right? Surely, she's devised some sort of ingenious counting system that enables her to score a jackpot whenever she feels strapped for cash. Hell, two of the tickets have even been bought at the same store! Shenanigans, we tell you!
Or X-ray vision.
But here's the thing: Three of her victories have come from scratch tickets, which, according to experts, are impossible to cheat with, short of actually stealing a bunch and physically scratching them all. But whether Ginther is merely a compulsive gambler who plays with vast amounts of money, or has figured out some sort of secret code to cheating the system, or is the embodiment of Fortuna, the goddess of luck, the fact remains that she's beaten unbeatable odds four times in 17 years.
That phrase usually coincides with surviving cancer, but right now all we feel is bile and rage.
What adds to the annoyance of the cynics is that she flat out doesn't care what anyone else thinks about her almighty capacity for luck. In fact, she purposefully remains a complete mystery and refuses to discuss her system (if she even has one). But neither would you, if you had made a deal with Satan.
Read more of Pauli's articles here or follow his yearlong struggle with First World problems at Year of the Fat Bastard.
For more ludicrous ways for you to make bank, check out The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich and 5 Ways to Get Rich (Without a Single Discernible Skill).


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Martin captures pole position for Cup race in Phoenix
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 10:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 10:20 p.m.
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Mark Martin may be getting better with age.
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Coming off a third-place finish at the Daytona 500, Martin became the second-oldest driver to win a Sprint Cup pole on Friday by earning the top spot at Phoenix International Raceway for the second straight year.
"A lot of people describe Mark by saying 'Mark's on it,' " Martin's crew chief Rodney Childers said. "Well, for 2013, Mark's on it squared."
Martin went around PIR's mile oval with a speed of 138.074 mph for his 56th career pole, passing Bill Elliott for seventh all-time.
Martin turned 54 in January, leaving him just a few months behind Harry Gant, who was 54 years and 7 months when he won his last pole at Bristol in 1994.
Martin will be joined on the front row by Kasey Kahne for Sunday's 312-mile race, with Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch in the second row.
"I said it last week and had some people make some snide remarks about it, but at this stage of the game it's pretty amazing I get to drive something like this," Martin said.
Martin started on the pole at PIR last year before finishing ninth and won from the pole in 2009. He had a solid opening to the 2013 season, starting 14th at Daytona last Sunday and working his way to the front to make a big move on the final lap to finish behind Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Martin followed it up with his third pole at Phoenix to put himself in position to win for the first time since Loudon in 2009.
Not bad for a driver who's got a part-time gig with Michael Waltrip Racing this season.
"I deeply admire him and his passion for the sport," said Johnson, a five-time Sprint Cup series champion and Martin's former teammate. "He's tried to walk away a few times — I think we had a farewell tour for him once — and he came back. He couldn't do it. He just loves driving his car and is an inspiration for any team he works for."
Johnson had a whirlwind tour after winning his second Daytona 500 last Sunday, hitting eight states and David Letterman's guest chair — along with announcing a new deal with primary sponsor Lowe's — in the four days before arriving at PIR.
"Five-Time" didn't have a chance to debrief with his team and arrived in the desert exhausted. He won't get much of a break here, either, with Sprint Cup practice and qualifying on Friday, his second career Nationwide Series race today and Sunday's race.
Johnson cut it close on qualifying, too, walking back from pit road to the garage to his car, which had to go through part of the pre-qualifying inspection before being allowed out. It arrived on pit road three cars before Johnson's turn and had a strong second lap to earn a spot on the second row.
"I was fortunate to get in the car early and buckled in, kind of catch my breath, but my crew guys were winded by the time we got down there," said Johnson, whose chance for a sixth Sprint Cup title derailed with a blown tire during the fall Chase race in Phoenix last year. "But a great lap. I'm very excited about how things have started off this season."
Kahne had a disappointing Daytona 500, collected in the race's first wreck on his way to finishing 36th after starting sixth. He's had some success at Phoenix, though, winning the fall race in 2011 and put together a good qualifying run early in the session.
"It was a pretty good lap for right now and hopefully it will stay somewhere in the top 10," Kahn said. "I would imagine we'll get quicker as we go, but you never know."
Danica Patrick struggled with her car in practice and didn't get it fixed for qualifying, bobbling around turns 3 and 4. She will start 40th after becoming the first woman win the pole and lead green-flag laps in a Sprint Cup race last week at the Daytona 500.
''It's just not a good qualifying effort. It's not what I was looking for," she said. "I know how important it is on these short tracks to qualify well."
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Q: My four-year-old son is generally very happy. He goes to school at a YMCA co-op nursery two mornings a week (9-11:45) and likes his friends there. But, every morning he tells me he doesn't want me to work and he doesn't want to go to school. He's not very adamant about it, but he is consistent.
Tommy separates easily each time we go. I tell him I'll see him after the "goodbye circle." He gives me big bear hugs and a kiss and then goes off to play.
He's also been very clingy, more so than in years. He was in tears when my husband and I went out on the weekend (and he had the same babysitter he's had since he was born). Is this common at this age? Is there anything you can suggest to help him look forward to school? Next year the program is five mornings a week.
A: I think Tommy sounds like a well-adjusted, happy three-year-old. I would focus on his contentment while at school and your satisfaction with the program. I understand that it's tough to hear his not wanting you to go to work and his not wanting to go to school every morning. Although it's a consistent routine, he's clearly not traumatized by this routine; in fact, he really likes what happens on both these mornings. So I'd treat his before school statements with some standard replies of your own like, "I understand that you don't like me to go to work and you don't want to go to school but now it's time for mommy to take you to see all your friends at school. I wonder what you'll have fun doing today. I can't wait to hear about it later. Will you promise to tell me all about it?" As to his going next year for 5 mornings, he'll be a different child next year with all that emotional and social growth behind him, including a great present experience for him to use as a reference point.
I think he does look forward to school. As to his clinging, this is perfectly age-appropriate. I would suggest asking Tommy what special things he might like to do all alone with mommy or daddy alone or together. Give him the power to dictate some time alone doing something with him that he would like to do; do this on a regular basis. He hasn't exactly been able to call many shots lately about where he or you go or what he does; this affords him these opportunities. Enjoy your little guy, he's having a great life!
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There are several commandments that contain the phrase "b'amecha" (or a variation thereof). The gemarah darshans "b'oseh ma'aseh amcha" that those commandments only apply to a Jew who is acting in a way that is in keeping with the Jewish nation. Would conservative, reform and formerly orthodox ("off the derech") Jews be considered "oseh ma'aseh amcha" and if not are they therefore precluded from all of those commandments eg. one may speak lashon hara about them etc.
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Strictly speaking such a question would have to be addressed on a case by case basis, as the criteria are not straightforward and different areas of halacha don't always use the same criteria.
Assessing a Jew's halachic status within the Jewish community depends on a wide range of factors of which the objective fact of his observance (or lack thereof) is only the first step. Much depends on exactly what he fails to observe, how he fails to observe, and why he fails to observe. Moreover, the "why" question includes both the non-observant Jew's stated reasons and our (i.e. the religious community's) understanding of why he fails to observe, even if they are in conflict. Thus, the classic case of a "tinok sh'nishba" ("captured child"), referring to a Jew who was raised in a non-Jewish environment. Such a Jew may believe that his non-observance derives from a rejection of Judaism, but we may well conclude that his non-observance is simply the result of his environment.
In general, the general thrust of most modern poskim (going back at least to the Chazon Ish) is to be very hesitant to exclude a non-observant Jew from his full status within the community.
Rav Ettlinger in the Binyan Tzion suggests two ways of being inclusive of those who are not observant. The first is to say that the children of the reformers are tinbokot she'nishbu (children who were taken captive and didnt know any better). The second is to put them into the category of Omrei Mutar (those who claim a certain action is permitted despite it being forbidden)
In both of these categories those who are not observant can be considered Shogegim or even anussim in certain cases (mistaken transgressors or transgressors who had no ability to avoid transgression)
Despite this a simple read of Rambam Hilkhot Teshuva would indicate that these people are not. What Rav Ettlinger does is explain why the modern Jew who is not frum does not fall into the categories which the Rambam describes.
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I would like to map the "Archived" folder that's created when you Archive mail to the "All Mail" folder in my Gmail account. How can I do this?
You can't do this in Lion. File a bug if you want to be able to do this.
For some reason stackexchange isn't letting me comment on the approved answer.
In any case, jtbandes' comment is incomplete, you have to set the custom app shortcut as:
"Message>Move To>All Mail"
Note the lack of spaces between the words. This is critical; it won't work otherwise. Simply typing "All Mail" will trigger multiple, redundantly named menu items with the keyboard shortcut.
I've assigned mine to Command-Y to approximate the Gmail shortcut.
I learned this from a comment by LaraCroft_NYC at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2572960?start=0&tstart=0
The odd thing is that for me, until this morning, (Aug 11/11) the archive button was sending emails to the All Mail folder. Suddenly today Mail created a new "archive" folder and is now putting archived emails there instead of All Mail.
I thought was dreaming, but I checked my all mail folder and I have emails there dated since I upgraded to Lion until yesterday.


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1969 Pontiac Firebird - Buddies, Beer, & Body ToolsWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: David Freiburger How Five Guys Spent Eight Days And Nights To Transform A Beater Firebird Into A Respectable Cover Car.
It's nearly impossible for a legit hot rodder to pass up a screamin' deal on a car, especially when unencumbered by certain relationship and financial responsibilities. When you find a deal you need to act fast, and without the reservations posed by a significant other, there's really nothing holding you back. So it was that we came into possession of a '69 Pontiac Firebird. The ad on Craigslist said it was a 400, four-speed 'Bird and they wanted three grand. If you've priced any first-gen F-body, you realize that's a pretty good deal, assuming the car is all there. Turns out the car was a lien sale at a body shop, a project that had been hit on the left front corner and left for dead when the owner couldn't afford to fix it. It was mostly complete but needed some bodywork on that corner, and the lower control arm was wrecked from what appeared to be the left front wheel falling off. "I can fix that!" was the rally cry, and for $1,500 it was mine.
How it came to be the subject of this month's cover involves bench racing, a few adult beverages, and unfortunate selective memory on how other "I can fix that" projects have gone in the past. Nevertheless, we decided it would be the ideal scheme for this month's budget-themed issue, and when several of our car buddies stepped up to help, we took the bait and buried the hook deep in the cheek.
The idea was to turn it from an eyesore into a nice car using as little money as possible and leaning on as many friends as we could dredge up. We'd do everything in my driveway (and garage, backyard, porch, kitchen ...) except spray the paint, since the state of California will shoot you on sight for spraying paint outside. Once the bodywork was done, we would have a 1-Day type of place spray the color for us, and end up with a true budget-based street machine. The first step was getting the car on a frame rack. We were fairly certain that the suspension damage could be fixed, but two frame shops told us we'd be far better off replacing the subframe. We had a bare subframe off of an old project car down at the HOT ROD shop, but the rest of the Firebird suspension needed rebuilding. Then our eyes turned to my '69 Camaro in the garage, which had everything freshly rebuilt on the stock subframe and front sheetmetal that was just loosely hung. So the Camaro came apart, sacrificing its front stub to the Firebird. That car must hate me.
With deadlines hovering like a thundercloud over a picnic, we spent an entire week of 18-hour days replacing the front subframe and doing all the bodywork to make the car straight, then having the paint applied by someone who knows what they're doing. In doing so, we transformed the car from a zero to a hero-and we really don't know what we're doing. While the finished piece will not win Street Machine of the Year, it's a pretty good-looking car and we'd have no qualms driv-ing it on Power Tour(r) or anywhere else. We learned a lot doing it, too. Specifically, that our fear of bodywork is partially unfounded, and that with enough time and patience anyone can make their car straight. Lack of sufficient time is a standard excuse for a poor finished product, but the clich is true: With a few more days the car would have been near perfect. If you take your time and don't give yourself a concrete deadline, you too can do it yourself.
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The original idea was to have a1-Day type of place actually spray the color after we did all the bodywork, but when it got to crunch time the local quickie paint stores couldn't guarantee that they'd turn it around in time. So we called in a favor and had Jerry Sievers at Paint 'n Place spray the paint for us. Paint N Place is a top-quality shop (they paint all of John Force's Funny Car bodies) and Jerry teaches a body and paint class at Riverside Community College, so he's good at explaining how he's making your car look so damn great. It was also not as ridiculously expensive as you'd think. 1-Day quoted us around $650 for a single-stage job, and Jerry charged $1,500 for a basecoat/clearcoat job using quality PPG paint. That price included the paint (stuff's expensive these days), minor work to the door and hood gaps, and some touchup of obvious areas we had missed, which a quickie shop probably won't do.
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Here's the Firebird as it had sat for over a year, with a missing left front suspension, a bent fender, and plenty of gray primer. Aren't you jealous?This was the scene about halfway through the project, which wouldn't have happened without the help of Chad Reynolds, Kristen Kazarian, and Grant Rimback.With Wes Allison setting up his lights and camera, Chad helped install the front sheetmetal, trim, and wheels and tires. This was 12:30 a.m. The neighbors hate me almost as much as the Camaro hates me.The first step was to remove all the front sheetmetal and unbolt the subframe with the engine and trans still in it.Kristen "The Girl" Kazarian got dirty degreasing the engine and trans, then spray-can-rebuilt it with Duplicolor Cast Iron Gray. New chrome bits from Spectre Performance (not seen here) made it shine.The engine is a '70 400, and after draining 4.5 gallons (no joke) of what looked like chocolate milk out of the pan, it fired up and ran shockingly well.Against our better judgment, we cannibalized the '69 Camaro in the garage, stealing its assembled stock subframe and suspension since it was already together and had good bushings.At first mount the replacement Year One fender scared us, but a few pushes over a spare tire and wheel had the curvature perfect. Special kudos to Grant Rimback for hooking us up on that.
Some hammer work on the fender lip got it closer to straight, and several applications of Evercoat Rage Gold filler, each followed with judicious sanding, priming, and block sanding, rewarded us with a darn straight panel.The bracketry that mounts the headlights, grille, and front-end hardware was pretty whacked. We heat-and-beat it well enough to get everything lined up, but we'll still need to replace it.When sanding the old primer off, it's pretty obvious where the high spots are: Bare metal means it's higher than the surrounding areas. We tapped it down with a body hammer (don't hit it too hard) and kept sanding.Most people (us included) will never get the panel perfectly straight with a hammer and dolly, so a thin coat of filler is necessary. You're going to sand off 95 percent of it anyway, so don't worry about it.Using a block or longboard (as shown here) with 220-grit sandpaper, sand in long strokes to reveal high and low spots. A high spot will show as bare metal, whereas a low spot will be filler or primer.Fingers are better at finding high and low spots than eyes, so prepare to caress your car a lot. Sanding is the most time-consuming part of the process-we did the fill-sand-feel-repeat routine many times on each panel.After we were fairly convinced the body was straight, we hosed the car down with gray filler primer, which fills most of the sanding scratches and evens out some very minor low spots. A local automotive paint supply store had this Seymour gray filler primer in a rattle can, which is way more convenient than spraying it from a gun when you're working outside on the patio. After applying the filler primer, wet-sand the car with 400-grit and check for high and low spots. Then do it about 10 more times to get it right.
Because we had to load it on the trailer as quickly as possible, Jerry baked the paint in his heated booth for half an hour.


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I'm looking for a tool that will let me draw out a map of dependencies for applications, servers, etc. We have a lot of servers and a lot of databases, and no way of tracking what depends on what. Note that I'm not talking about code or class dependencies within a project, but rather dependencies on servers, databases, and so on.
When I sat down to create a sample map, I ended up with something like this:
Now, the problem I have with doing this on paper or in MS Paint is that the layout is not adjustable. For example, if I took a node in the above example and moved it, I want the other lines and nodes to adjust to the new position of the one I just moved.
I checked out some "mind mapping" applications, like FreeMind, and found it to be too restrictive. For example, in that application, you can't just freely draw stuff and connect it, you have to specify nodes and their relationships (child, parent, sibling). Also, there was no ability to comment on anything. For example in the above image, I'd like to be able to include comments for each thing in the map, but have them be hidden until that object is clicked. In this way, I can write a lot of text regarding the relationship and it's history, without muddling up the map.
At the most basic level, all I want is a super simple application that will just let me draw squares, insert text (and hidden comments) in, and connect them with arrows, and then allow me to move the squares around and have the surrounding squares and arrows adjust automatically.


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