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Sometimes I feel really bad for someone who has just 10 or 20 rep and gets downvoted once or twice. In most cases, the downvoter doesn't leave feedback.
I know that downvoting has it's time and place, and that negative feedback is vital to keep users in line. However, I do feel like newer users should be given some kind of incentive to keep posting answers.
So here's my question(s):
Suppose if a newer user posts a response or question that may or may not be wrong, and shows lack of research and lack of depth. (I'm setting up the situation such that if someone with higher rep posted it, they would certainly not be upvoted)
Should you upvote this question to encourage the user to keep posting answers, and let them learn the "right" way to post a question/answer later?
Should you downvote this user so that they learn the "right" way right from the start?
Do the answers to 1. and/or 2. change if this user has been neg-rep'ed? (i.e. +1 to offset -1)
If those who neg-rep do not explain why, should you explain this to the newer user? Or is it not your place to do so?
Basically, do new users get points just for trying?


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When it comes to the lady in your life (wife, sister, mother, aunt, etc) it can be hard not to stray and pick out things you want for yourself. No harm in that, now is there? But today's guide is dedicated to those gift-less husbands out there on the hunt for the perfect pick. Ladies, feel free to take notes – and drop subtle hints for hubs while you're at it!
1. Lulu Frost x J.Crew bracelet
2. Kate Spade Polka Dot iPhone case
3. Grace: A Memoir
4. Frends "Layla" Rose Gold Headphones
5. Sunday Riley Juno Transformative Serum
6. Tory Burch Charlie Box Chain Necklace
7. Jayson Home Tyrol Horn Vase
8. Alejandro Ingelmo Origami Platform Booties
9. Plymouth Blanket
10. Spread the Love "Best Year Ever" Calendar
11. J.Crew Glitter Mini Overnighter
12. Marc by Marc Jacobs Belmont Mini Melly Satchel

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Carol's Story
Bonnie Schuman
Last Modified: May 25, 1997
I'm Carol, a wife, a mother, a teacher and counselor. Now, I'm also Carol, with cancer. I used to dissolve at that thought. But, by coming to The Wellness Community, I have discovered that there can be a life -- with cancer -- and without despair. It's true that right now I have a lot less energy, but I am still living a full life. At The Wellness Community, I have learned to look for rainbows every hour -- and to find them.
Three years ago I was diagnosed with melanoma. After surgery and six weeks of radiation, I believed I was cured. But, twenty two months later, it became metastatic melanoma, with tumors that had spread to some internal organs. After surgery, I needed help getting through the upcoming six months of chemotherapy and interferon treatments. At my parents suggestion, I attended an Orientation meeting at The Wellness Community, which I cried all the way through. Being in the mental health-care field, and knowing the positive statistics about cancer patients who participate in groups with other cancer patients, I immediately joined a support group. That group has become my weekly "life boat." It is a resource that is always there for me. When I have been given bad news, after the tears, I have called someone from group, someone who knows what it's like to be told you have cancer in your liver, someone who knows the grief of a recurrence. This has been a tremendous source of comfort for me. It was in group that I learned to accept that I have cancer and that acceptance is not resignation.
With the encouragement of my group, I have become the 5th person to join a clinical trial of gene therapy vaccines. I have many things yet to do in my life: to hold a grandchild in my arms; to hear music in Vienna; to walk in the mountains with my husband. And, if this treatment does not work, I will try something else -- because I have no doubt that I am going to beat cancer.


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1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 - Project Max EffortWritten by on November 1, 2010 Contributors: Colin Sebern We Pull Out All The Stops For Our Newest Project Car-A '67 Cougar XR-7.
Rendering by Tavis Highlander
Life is full of compromises, and unfortunately project cars often are as well. Rather than pick a goal and just go for it with abandon, many rodders opt to try and build a performance-oriented muscle car that also has excellent street manners, creature comforts, and overall civility. That's not a bad plan if the intention is simply to build a nice street car that's competent on the track, but there are always trade-offs to be made to walk that line. The suspension can't be too punishing, the interior should be comfortable, it needs to idle smoothly, get decent mileage, have air conditioning of course-the list of unnecessary necessities goes on. That won't be the case with this project car.
For this car, we're switching around our typical ethos of building street cars imbued with a serious performance predilection, to maximum-effort road course runner and autocross conqueror that happens to also be street legal. No excuses and no apologies; we're going all the way with this one. Priority one will be fast lap times and corner carving-fast enough to raise the eyebrows of the best modified Vettes and tuned European-born sports cars, and in most cases leave them struggling to keep up. Actually, there may be some American iron extreme cars in the rearview as well. This thing will be on the bleeding edge of what can be accomplished with a street-legal muscle car.
We fully realize that's a tall order, so to accomplish our stipulated aspirations there's another prevailing philosophy behind project Max Effort: Every part put into the car will have a rationale behind it-no bling, no frills, just function way before form. It certainly won't be a good commuter, but who cares? It'll still be fun for blasts through the canyons when traffic is light and the corners are tight.
What put such a wild hair up our butts? Actually the concept is partially based on ideas we gleaned while talking to some of the country's top builders for the "What's Next?" feature that took a glance into hot rodding's future in the September '10 issue. Every builder we spoke with said the ante was constantly being raised by technology, and the demands of their customers who may be vacillating between purchasing a new Porsche 911 or building a performance muscle car. The cost may be close, so they want the performance to be as well.
One car in particular struck a chord with us: the Trans-Cammer. Built by Philip Koenen at Grand Touring Garage in North Bend, Oregon, the Trans-Cammer is a hard car to describe. It's somewhere between Trans-Am, Pro Touring, and custom show car. At the same time, it was built to function before everything else. We'll actually lay a bit of the blame on the two head gearheads at the shop helping Max Effort come to fruition: Filip Trojanek and Colin Sebern of CorteX Precision Racing Technology. A few laps in one of their in-house development cars around Infineon Raceway confirmed exactly what we wanted.
So why a Cougar? Initially we had a goal in mind, but the platform had still yet to be decided. Both Mustangs and Camaros were scratched off the list since we wanted this car to stand out amongst the horde. But we still wanted it to be relatable and easy to find parts for. The consistently overlooked Cougar fit the bill to a tee. It is mostly a Mustang, after all.
Usually we'd give you a rundown of the particular parts to look for on this build, but we'll have to leave you in suspense this time as the Max Effort Cougar will be using a great deal of never-before-seen and never-before-tested components and parts, many of which are being developed just for this project and are still in the works. That doesn't mean exclusive one-off exotica; through exclusive collaboration among PHR, CorteX, and the various suppliers, nearly everything will have a part number and be available for you to craft your own road-course warrior.
You won't have long to wait though; starting next month we'll have the first installment of the Max Effort Cougar and the first of several world-exclusive components available to you. We're starting at the rear with CorteX Racing's exclusive new rearend, built to spec by Speedway Engineering of Sylmar, California. Trust us; you haven't seen a rearend like this for a muscle car before, and we'll show you exactly why it's the best live axle for our high g-force pursuit.
The Build Team
Our partners in crime for this project will be the team at CorteX Precision Racing Technology. With an R&D shop situated right on Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, right next door to the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche race team, you know these guys don't play around.
There's a reason CorteX's unofficial motto is "Everything Engineered." Founder Filip Trojanek (left) is a lifelong car nut who holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on structural mechanics from Oregon State University. He's done everything from semiconductor manufacturing and Space Systems for Lockheed Martin, to chemical weapons demilitarization, and even nuclear power component design and analysis. To say he's a stickler for details and perfection is an extreme understatement. He's in charge of designing and evaluating everything that CorteX produces, and he won't put their name on it unless it's proven through engineering tools such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and real-world racing. CorteX even offers design engineering, 3-D modeling, FEA, and testing services to other companies in search of the "unfair advantage."
Colin Sebern (right) is CorteX's in-house Stig, and brings years of racing experience and stunt driving for blockbuster movies to the table as well as four years at Lotus Racing and three years at the BMW Design Center. You can usually find him lapping pure race cars in his stock drivetrain '08 Mustang prepped by CorteX. He's the one Trojanek turns to when it's time to see how much lap time a design change is worth, and he'll have carte blanche to make sure Max Effort is dialed in to the fullest extent. He'll also be the one making sure we're actually qualified to drive this Cougar.
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The original white interior is mostly stock and fairly nice; ignore the black velour inserts in the seats, if you can... Interestingly, this Cougar never had a lower console, which we always thought was standard for XR-7s.For those who missed it last month, this is the Trans-Cammer Mustang-one of the inspirations for the Max Effort Cougar. You can see more of it on Grand Touring Garage's website at www.GrandTouringGarage.com.The other inspiration is this Bud Moore-prepped No. 98 Cougar that Dan Gurney drove in Trans-Am in '67. The three-car Mercury team placed Second behind the Mustangs that year and never returned to Trans-Am, but DeWayne "Tiny" Lund took the No. 16 Cougar and dominated the NASCAR Grand Touring series in '68, taking the championship.One of our favorite parts of the XR-7 interior: the switches and the oil pressure gauge mounted in the dash. It's like it's begging to be a track car.The menacing red Mustang peeking in at the side of the photo is CorteX's rolling testbed, dubbed "The Beast," and the No. 45 white SN-95 Mustang in the rear is an AIX competition car. Check out CorteXRacing.com for extreme testing videos on Infineon of the Beast, No. 45, and Colin's '08 Mustang GT daily driver.


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I always cook pasta with the lid of the pot open, because otherwise foam starts to build up and eventually boils over, maikng a huge mess. I would prefer to keep the lid on for energy saving purposes. Is this possible at all? What makes the foam build up, why does it not when the lid is open?
Use the pasta cooking techniques in this answer: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/3949/pasta-simmering-water-or-rolling-boil/3965#3965
Bring just enough water to cover the pasta to a boil, put the lid on and let it sit.
Use less water, less energy, and it can't boil over if it's not boiling.
You can use a larger pot. I always use my 12 qt stock pot to boil pasta in. I fill it anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 full and have no problems with boil over. I too always use it with the lid on. Granted, you're going to use more energy to heat a larger quantity of water, but meh. I'd bet that your refrigerator and A/C use gobs more energy than your range.
As to why it happens? I'm speculating here, but maybe it's the back pressure on the foam bubbles when the lid is on. With the lid off the bubbles can expand rapidly, and break. With the lid on, there is slight back pressure which could restrict the bubbles ability to expand as quickly.
Once the water reaches a boil and you've added the pasta you can also turn down the heat on the burner; this should reduce the creation of foam. I do not have the problem, though I also add salt and olive oil to the water and typically do not have foam.
You can use a boil over preventer, also known as a milk watcher, among other things. It's a disk with a raised edge and a notch at one side, which you place at the bottom of the pot. It works by collecting a lot of the bubbles from the bottom underneath, enclosed by the raised edge, and releasing them as fewer, larger bubbles through the notch, so that they don't cause the foam that leads to boiling over.
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Cooking pasta without boiling over is very simple if you have a simple little piece of "pottery" called "Boil Master". I bought this in a shop somewhere when we were traveling. It is approx. 2" in Dia. and Approx. 1/2" thick. The little card that came with it said it was called "Boil Master" and was made in New Mexico by Mountain High Pottery. I have not been able to find the company or the product. It works like magic every time. It has never boiled over and I have used it for years.
you can use a lid with holes in it - i use it for cooking and it works pretty good
If the only reason you put the lid on your cooker is to save energy, then I'd recommend just not putting the lid on. You're not "saving" anything. Your burner will be running the entire time you are cooking, lid on or off. Furthermore, regardless of whether the lid is on or off, you will be cooking your pasta at the same temperature -- 100 deg (C).


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On all Yomim Tovim we say "Chag Hassukos Hazeh" or "Chag Hamatzos Hazeh" but on Shmini Atzeres/Simchas Torah we say "Shmini Atzeres Hachag Hazeh" going in a different order. Why do we change the order specifically on Shmini Atzeres?
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Actually, there are two different formats, depending on your nusach, but both different from the "standard":
Either way, you should realize that the chag's name is not "Shmini Atzeret", but it is "an Atzeret on the eighth day".
This now explains both formats above: we actually say "... B'yom hashmini atzeret hachag" i.e. the eighth day which is an "Atzeret" for "The Chag" (i.e. Sukkot), or "chag haatzeret" i.e. it is a chag, but it is only known as "Atzeret".


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Eminem's Childhood Home Demolished [Video]
Two weeks after a raging fire ravaged Eminem's childhood home on 19946 Dresden St., in Detroit, the property has been demolished. The home is famous for being on the cover of Em's classic album, 2000's 'The Marshall Mathers LP,' and his latest platinum effort, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2.'
MLive posted a video of a demolition crew tearing down the charred house Wednesday morning (Nov. 20). The fire damaged the top floor of the house on Nov. 7 and has been deemed inhabitable.
Michigan Land Bank, which owns the property, said the home was "structurally unsafe" and therefore had to be razed.
"The condition of the property post-fire presents a safety hazard that the Land Bank is responsible for removing," Michigan Land Bank director Kim Homan said in a statement. "The goal is to demolish and clean up the site, so neighborhood safety and order can be restored."
Eminem's home was up for auction prior to the fire. According to Land Bank, they did receive a bid from Shelly Hazlett, a fan of the rapper who wanted to turn the house into a museum.
Ms. Hazlett told MLive that she received a phone call from the bank on Tuesday (Nov. 19), telling her that Slim Shady's home would be destroyed.
"My heart just literally dropped when I heard the news," she said. "The woman told me there's absolutely nothing I can do."
A clean-up crew is expected to finish removing the remaining debris by the end of the month.
According to Eminem's publicist, Dennis Dennehy, the rapper will likely have no comment about the demolition or the historical significance of the home.


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After many months of work and effort, AWF has signed two new agreements on the '4 corners' and 'Insaka' activities which will support AWF's new program in southern Africa.
The 4 corners agreement was signed in a ceremony Monday afternoon in Gaborone, Botswana. This long-awaited cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Regional Center for South Africa (RCSA) will fund AWF's program in the Victoria Falls area where Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia meet.
Thanks to the generosity of advertising legends Leo Burnett, the African Wildlife Foundation is proud to announce the launch of our new visibility campaign. Using the art of photographer James Balog, who generously donated several captivating, still-life images for the campaign, the Leo Burnett creative team developed a distinctive look to capture the work and essence of AWF, including the tagline "Conserving Wildlife. Respecting All Life."
AWF's Katie Frohardt was a phone-in guest on the March 22, 2001, edition of "Africa Journal," a television program produced by Worldnet, Voice of America. Broadcast live by stations in 27 sub-Saharan African countries, "Africa Journal" focuses on political, social, health, gender and cultural issues unique and important to Africans.
The African Wildlife Foundation has been awarded a major grant from USAID Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA) to lead a conservation initiative across national borders.
The African Wildlife Foundation has announced selection of five Charlotte Fellows for 2000-2001. The Charlotte Conservation Fellowship Program began in 1996, in memory of AWF supporter Charlotte Kidder Ramsay, who strongly endorsed AWF efforts to encourage young African professionals to work in conservation. The program provides educational and financial assistance to Africans pursuing master's or doctoral studies in subjects such as species and ecosystem conservation, community conservation, and resource economics.


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6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries (With Really Obvious Solutions)
#3. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
In Mattoon, Illinois in the early 1930s, reports started popping up of a man or woman deliberately spraying poisonous gasses into people's homes via the windows, and in some cases, building crude barricades to keep the victims inside. The barricade thing may seem weird, but people in the 30s were the trusting type, and apparently didn't go out to investigate when they heard the sound of sawing and hammering right outside their front doors.
Anyway, the victims complained of nausea and sore throats, and sometimes would catch a glimpse of something moving outside in the distance. The town was gripped with panic, terrified that the villain would attack again with his arsenal of pretty much harmless chemicals.
Finally an official inquiry was started into the matter, to solve it once and for all. They gathered eye witness reports and wound up with descriptions of the perpetrator as a tall, short, male, female, fat, thin, human, ghost, Nazi, dinosaur ... pretty much the whole spectrum of life past and present on planet earth.
Investigators filed the incident under "What the fuck?" which just happens to be conspiracy theorists favorite question to answer.
Mad Gasser?
The Obvious Answer:
Two weeks after it all started Thomas Wright, the commissioner of public health came and said:
"There is no doubt that a gas maniac exists and has made a number of attacks. But many of the reported attacks are nothing more than hysteria. Fear of the gas man is entirely out of proportion to the menace of the relatively harmless gas he is spraying. The whole town is sick with hysteria."
Yes, good job calming the hysteria with the phrase "Gas Maniac."
The town police chief, on the other hand, came out and said there was actually no gasser at all, that the people were freaking out because they heard a noise, checked the window, and smelled something funny. Not unusual seeing as how their town was filled with factories and the town itself was constantly awash in chemical fumes (back then environmental regulations were pretty much done on the honor system).
After the reassuring statements from Wright and the chief of police, the public decided maybe it was time to calm down. Oh wait, no they didn't. They decided it was time to fucking freak out more. There were countless more reports, none of them ever confirmed.
Oh, there may have been an actual gasser at some point, a recent book points to a local medical student who could have carried out the few actual attacks that led to the hysteria. When asked why, he reportedly stated, "Because I'm fucking insane."
#2. The Starchild Skull
Found in a mine tunnel in 1930, this odd-shaped skull is believed to be that of an alien or other magical creature (Goblin? Leprechaun?) After carbon dating, the skull was found to be about 900 years old.
Paranormal researchers were quick to tell anyone who would listen that it was the skull of an alien human hybrid, or just alien, or anything paranormal. They were just happy someone was talking to them.
A paranormal researcher (probably).
The Obvious Answer:
Well... look at it. We only have three full-time archeologists on the staff here at Cracked, but it's pretty obvious that that is a human skull. Luckily skull experts agree that it's from a young child, 3 to 5 years old, with some type of physical deformity. The list of diseases and defects can cause this kind of abnormality is extensive. The list of paranormal reasons that have been proven to cause this isn't a list at all, it's more of a napkin smeared with Cheetoh smudges and crazy.
This one goes back to Ufologists' rather bizarre belief that aliens would look exactly like us (two eyes, a mouth, a nose, etc.) with only tiny variations (they're grey or have a weird bone in the middle of their face). Why would beings that evolved on different planets under totally different conditions look alike? If you believe the conspiracy theory that often accompanies the Starchild Skull, you'd know it's because aliens planted humans on earth thousands of years ago!
So either we're just a giant colony of sea monkeys for extremely bored aliens, or 900 years ago at least one kid had a weird-shaped head.
#1. The Bermuda Triangle
Well for one thing, that's not even a triangle.
This is the granddaddy of supposed paranormal phenomena. You know the story: you go into the Triangle, you don't come out. It's some kind of magical black hole around Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda where ships, planes and probably countless confused whales have disappeared. According to paranormal "experts" this is easily attributable to either aliens, interdimensional portals, demons, ghosts, Bigfoot, ghost Bigfoot, sea monsters or stargates.
Or Bigfoot riding a Sea Monster. Aaaaahhh
Even Christopher Columbus claimed he saw weird shit there more than 500 years ago. To read books about the subject, you'd think ships disappear by the hundreds every week.
So what's the deal? Are the boats getting sucked through a time portal? Being sunk by savages from the mystical lost city of Atlantis? Or is it Cthulhu? It's Cthulhu, isn't it?
The Obvious Answer:
Again we must refer to the scientific phenomenon called People Making Up Bullshit. As experts have pointed out, the entire Bermuda Triangle mystery is based around people taking routine disappearances and spicing them up in the retelling. So for instance, part of the legend is a plane inexplicably vanished off the coast of Daytona on a sunny day in 1957. A search of the newspaper that day revealed that either it didn't happen, or all the witnesses signed a pact of silence in their own blood lest the triangle take them too.
They like to describe missing ships as having "disappeared" or saying they "were never seen again", which immediately brings to mind magic. In reality when a boat sinks you're probably not going to see it again because, you know, it's on the bottom of the fucking ocean.
Believers often fail to mention that many of the disappearances happen during storms and rough seas, when you'd pretty much expect ships to sink. Other times ships would be reported missing and thus added to the Triangle's tally, then nobody bothers to correct it when the ships turn up later unharmed (like because the Captain was drunk off his ass and accidentally sailed to Portugal).
But the final stake into the heart of the Dracula that is the Bermuda Triangle mystery is the fact that the number of disappearances is no larger than any other well-traveled part of the ocean (the Triangle includes some of the busiest waters on the planet).
Once again, the only magic at work is the mystical human hunger for bullshit.
The REAL Bermuda Triangle.
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His comparison of Obama to Lincoln is absolutely false. Lincoln took a bitterly divided nation and through his strength of character brought the nation back together to a mostly united country. Obama has taken a mostly united nation and in four years has made us a bitterly divided country. Pitting blacks against whites, the poor against the rich, the left against the right.
Like Franklin Roosevelt, Obama faced a economic collapse, much of it caused by his own parties defense of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Roosevelt who after four years in office and billions spent had an unemployment problems worse than when he took over. In 1938 the unemployment rate was higher still than in 1932. The only thing this country had to show for Roosevelt's years was a massive debt.
Obama has in four years passed a healthcare bill that will cost many times what it was originally sold on. The Consumer Protection reform which has stifled the banks from making loans due to the regulations that are TBD, and has kept this economy from recovering , Obama did not save the Auto industry, he saved union jobs, he gave access to student loans to ILLEGAL aliens with better terms than those given to citizens.
He was reelected with the support of those who only want more money for nothing. This has become a nation of takers and four more years, if this country survives, will seal the fate of this once great nation. "
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I didn't believe it could happen in this country but I was proven wrong. The election was a fraud. We are no better than Hussien's Iraq or Chavez's Velezuela. The fix was in. Over 150 polling places in Ohio and PA where Romney didn't receive 1 single vote. That can not be explained by even the biggest kool-aid drinkers. Too many to name polling districts where OVER 100% of registered voters voted. (even kitty the numbers queen cant explain that)
Friends complained to me that Bush fixed his elections. I didnt buy it, but now I do. My eyes are wide open. This once God driven Great Republic is no better than any othe rGodless crooked government. "
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After taking over holds and towns with the legion or the stormcloak, can you still access the place, or your house in that area? Does it change anything with your house or the area? Can you still visit/do quests in it?
The only major difference after a town is captured is that the Jarl will change (Solitude is an exception to this).
There is no need to worry about your house, potential quests, or followers - the only casualties of war (aside from Tullius / Ulfric) are nameless "Imperial / Stormcloak Soldier"s. The Dohvakiin is unaffected.
It's worth noting that some NPC houses (such as Heimskr's) may be inaccessible after battles have been fought in their towns. Therefore, certain random quests that require access to them may be bugged.
It doesn't make your house unaccessible, but you'd better finish up any outstanding miscellanous quests you have for the Jarl of Windhelm before finishing the civil war (and the Jarl of Riften, if I recall correctly), otherwise you won't be able to finish their quests.
Defending Whiterun from Stormcloacks will destroy several houses (The Talos preacher's and Severio Pelagia's) and kill a named NPC (Severio Pelagia, who buys vegetables from you). You will also be unable to do special quests for deposed jarls, and their replacements will not offer unique quests, but they will make you a thane.
Also, a named, (minor) quest-giving Thalmor justicar will be relocated from Markarth Keep to the adjacent Hall of the Dead, if the Stormcloaks take the Reach.
I would suggest that you make sure you finish everything else in the game before you proceed with the civil war. I have experienced very nasty bugs like Legate Rikke not talking to me, General Tullius not talking to me, Soldiers not massing for attack outside Windhelm, Palace of Kings fight sequence not activating, etc., - I am guessing this is because I did not finish up on meeting Aventus Aretino, retrieving the White Phial, etc., before embarking on the Reunification.


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5 Amazing Things You Didn't Know Babies Could Do
Infants tend to be lazy, stupid turds, as anyone who has had to work with one can attest. Even if you find babies adorable, you have to admit that the only "amazing" thing about them is how they can turn milk into poop that looks and smells like it came out of a trucker who only eats at buffets.
Yet there are some other weird mutant superpowers that infants are born with, abilities that simply shouldn't be possible in a floppy little person who probably hasn't lived long enough to see a Christmas. For example ...
#5. Babies Are Seekers of Justice
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If you've ever taken a psychology class or watched Lost, you're probably familiar with the theory that people are born as blank slates. The idea is that we soak up ethics from our caregivers and environment, that we're born as morally ambiguous as a really good Breaking Bad episode. But recently, science has proven otherwise. Before we're able to talk or walk or take care of our own poops without sitting in them for a while first, we're able to distinguish between good and evil. Not only that, but we're also able to choose the right side. (Good ... the right side is good.)
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Why else is "sinister" the Latin word for "left"?
Researchers at Yale stuck babies between 6 and 10 months old in front of a puppet show, a morality tale featuring anthropomorphic geometric shapes, which sounds like the shittiest puppet show ever. Basically it boiled down to a yellow triangle helping a red ball up a hill, while a blue square tried to push the red ball back down. All of these shapes had eyes, if that helps with your mental picture. The important part is that when given a choice on which shapes they preferred, 80 percent of the babies reached for the helper shape, as if to say "You are the best and I want you" (or possibly "You are the one I am going to eat because I too am evil," but probably that first one).
If you think that was just a coincidence (like maybe the helper shape was also shaped like a boob), they've done multiple versions of the study -- for instance, babies as young as 8 months agree that justice should be rewarded and evil should be punished. That study was again conducted with puppets (the universal language of babies), and in this one a bad puppet was either rewarded or punished as the babies watched. This time, the babies picked the punisher as their favorite. Not the victim or the bad guy, but the one who administered justice.
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A baby who doesn't love Frank Castle isn't a baby we'd want to keep anyway.
And the older the kids get, the more intensely they feel right and wrong (one toddler actually smacked the bad puppet). But all of it happens at an age when they shouldn't even have witnessed enough good or evil to even know what it is. We practically come out of the womb wanting to administer pain to bad guys. Or bad puppets, at least.
#4. Newborn Babies Have a Monkey-Strength Grip
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We're about to tell you something about babies that you have to promise you'll never test in real life. Because you'll be tempted to, trust us. Do you promise? OK ...
An infant's grip is so strong that he can support his own weight if you dangle him.
This could be the discovery that finally knocks duct tape off its pedestal.
Again: There are absolutely no real-world scenarios where you're allowed to put this knowledge to the test, unless you're the woman in the video below, dangling her naked newborn for shits and giggles:
The reflex is called the palmar grasp, and it happens when you stroke an infant's palm or put anything in his hand (which makes the idea of the baby reaching for his mother's nipple before latching on even more painful -- he's going to squeeze the shit out of it first).
The instinct doesn't just appear out of nowhere at birth, either. It's seen even in the womb. In fact, anti-abortion activists have used images of babies grasping the hands of their surgeon during in utero operations as propaganda for their cause. What those activists probably didn't appreciate is that the reflex to wrap your hands around whatever you can get your chubby fingers on is found in baby monkeys as well. Monkeys don't have the advantage of getting carted around in BabyBjorns, after all, and the ability to cling to your monkey mom while she's swinging through the vines could be the difference between surviving infancy and getting eaten by a rhino.
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Monkey veal is a delicacy in many alpaca herds as well.
Where things get interesting is when doctors test out exactly how strong infant grips can be. Way back in 1891, one researcher decided to test baby grips by dangling 60 different newborns from a walking stick (one at a time, sadly). What he found was that most were able to hang on for at least 10 seconds, and one of them lasted two minutes and 35 seconds. A separate researcher did the same test with monkeys and found that they could make it between seven and 33 minutes, and with just one hand to boot. But again, human babies aren't required to grip their mothers to stay alive, so it makes sense that we're a little behind our monkey cousins.
The bad news is that a baby's superstrength grip disappears when he's between 6 and 12 months old. So if you're ever in a situation where you're attacked by babies, you better hope they're not newborns, because you might not make it out alive.
#3. Newborns Can Crawl to Boobs
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Picture a newborn baby. Not a nice clean 2-week-old who's figured out how to be semi-human looking, but a squishy infant still wrinkled and soggy from his mom's inside juices. This thing is a full seven to 10 months away from learning to crawl, and no wonder -- newborns don't even have the muscle definition to haul around their own enormous heads. After nine months of having everything fed to them via mom's cord, babies have neither the strength nor the instinct to do anything but lie there and scream.
Yet researchers have discovered newborns doing what they describe as the "breast crawl," a phenomenon that has shockingly little to do with spring break. If you place a brand new minutes-old baby in the middle of his mother's chest, the baby will slowly but methodically migrate to one of her nipples, latch on, and start sucking (quick warning: If you click this breast crawl link, you're going to see new mom nipples, which are probably a lot less sexy than the nipples you're used to seeing on your browser).
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If you've ever wondered why your parents seem to harbor resentment toward you, just remember what you did to your mom's rack.
To get there, this little blob of weak sauce has to do push-ups while using his feet to step on his mother's abdomen, propelling himself to the boob of choice. With each little push-up, he lowers one arm and reaches to the nipple for leverage before pulling himself to his milk-filled destination. At which point he instinctively figures out how to latch on and start sucking.
Now, if you're thinking, "Of course babies instinctively know how to breastfeed, DUH," think again. The process of breastfeeding can be so anxiety-ridden, unintuitive, and painful for some moms that they quit before they even leave the hospital. But those mothers are probably guiding their babies to their breasts, not letting their brand new infants do the hard work of figuring out the business of eating on their own.
Man: The only species that has to be taught how to feed AND how to bang.
So how can babies do it? Researchers think the mother's breasts emit a secret smell that only her child can sense, and it's that smell calling him to action. Which also explains a lot of what we know about the teenage years, but not how the weakest thing on the planet can pretty much do one-armed push-ups right after birth.


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Sandy Is an Ill Wind That Blew Some Good for Ahold
On top of the economic crisis which hit consumer spending, the U.S. east coast economy suffered another severe blow: the havoc wreaked by Sandy.
But even the fiercest cloud, it seems, has a silver lining. Dutch retailer Ahold , whose Stop & Shop and Giant stores are spread around the east coast, saw a rise in sales due to Sandy. Ahold's chief executive Dick Boer explained this remarkable effect in the sidelines of Ahold's third quarter results.
Preparing for a storm, consumers stockpile food in their homes, in case they are forced to stay at home after the storm has passed. This leads to higher sales.
Moreover, Ahold has an advantage over its competitors, according to ABN Amro analyst Robert Jan Vos.
"Ahold has more downtown stores, whereas its competitors rely on stores outside city borders," he said. "Those large malls are easy to drive to on sunny days, but when there is a storm raging, people stay close to home and walk to the nearest store [downtown]," Mr. Jan Vos said. And this may well be one of Ahold's U.S. brands.
Mr. Boer estimates the positive sales effect from Sandy to add 1% to sales for the fourth quarter. "That is about the same as the effect from hurricane Irene in the third quarter last year", Mr. Boer said.
Of course there is another side to the story. A potentially damaging storm requires precautions. Personnel have to protect stores, or might be forced to stay when they cannot reach their homes. So labor costs will be higher. Also, extra costs build up when, for example, the power network goes down and Ahold needs to hire generators for mobile power supply.
Such measures fuel costs. But these costs are temporary and they enable Ahold to keep on serving customers for as long as possible in a crisis situation, such as Sandy. High levels of service may well be rewarded with customer loyalty. And returning shoppers will boost sales when the weather has become quiet. Without the extra costs.


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Yordon's words got results for Watertown
WATERTOWN — It was an impromptu decision by Watertown High's Anthony Yordon that had a compelling result.
Moments before the 2012 kickoff against Seymour on Senior Night late last November, Yordon, then a junior, made a plea to his teammates to win the game for the 19 seniors, including his closest friend, Paulo Villaneuva.
"We had so many seniors and I didn't care about anything else, but to help the seniors get a win," said Yordon. "It was very emotional for me. I told them, 'Let's do it for them.' I was really fired up, probably the most I've ever been before a game. I wanted to make every single tackle and every single big play."
Yordon's surge resonated with his teammates, according to two-way starter Bobby Ernst, and the Indians played their finest game of the year with a 30-7 win.
"Anthony puts a lot of effort into everything that he does," said Ernst. "Everyone respects what he does and says. So when he talked to us before that game, everyone responded and reacted positively."
As the 2013 preseason got underway this week, Yordon is using this intense football mentality to help lead a very young squad, which consists of only a few who played considerable time on the varsity last year. Ernst and Leonel Mideros are the only other two.
Because of the team's overall varsity inexperience, Yordon, a starting middle linebacker last season, will need to become major player on offense as a full-time running back. Despite a few nagging injuries last year, Yordon played through them and never missed a game.
Watertown head coach Mike Veronneau, in his fourth season, likes Yordon's moxie.
"Anthony is such a tough kid, and even at 50 percent, he was still effective
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and wasn't going to let his teammates down," said Veronneau. "He never asked out of a game."
Yordon said he did what he is supposed to do and wasn't going to let an injury prevent him from dressing. Now he's 100 percent healthy and eager to produce.
Twelve years ago, Watertown linebacker and offensive lineman and team sparkplug Dan Spadola volunteered in the preseason to become the Indians' tailback, despite never having carried the ball. All Spadola did was run for the first of two consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.
When told that story, Yordon was inspired.
"I'm planning to give it my all on every single drill, and realize that I need to pay particular attention to detail when coach Veronneau talks over the next few weeks," said Yordon. "I've always been a pretty good listener, but I need to be even better now, so I can learn the offense quicker and more efficiently.
"I know that I am nothing special as a running back, but if I keep working hard and stay focused, good things can happen," said Yordon, who's taking a lesson from his brother, Nick Yordon. Nick, now 25, was a senior captain for the Indians in 2005 and had a career-high 223 rushing yards against Wolcott.
"When I was younger, coaches put me on the offensive line and I told them that I wanted to be just like my brother," said Yordon. "I finally realized that I needed to play where I was needed, but I still learned plenty from Nick. He never played scared or intimidated. He always stressed to me to follow my instincts on the field, and if I did, I would rarely be disappointed."
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Jack Anderson
Jack L. Anderson, a lifelong resident of the Colville area, passed away on June 8, 2011 in Spokane at the age of 82. Jack was born on July 15, 1928 near Barstow, the son of Paul Michael and Evelyn Lloydeen (Terry) Anderson.Jack began school in Orient and finished his education as a 1948 graduate of Colville High School. He then worked for two years with the U.S. Forest Service. Jack entered the U.S. Army on Nov. 10, 1950 and served overseas in the occupation of Japan and received the Bronze Star for service during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 8, 1952 at Fort Lewis. Jack returned home to the Colville area and worked as a CAT driver, pushing tailings at the Vanstone Mine. He also drove truck for Mayflower Trucking Company before beginning a career in carpentry and home construction. Jack began an extended friendship with Lydia Goopio Sinadjan as pen pals. Their relationship grew into marriage on April 15, 1974 in Cebu, Philippines. Together they began a family in Colville. Jack was very frugal and invested wisely in his future, which allowed him to retire in the early 1980's and spend time with his family. Jack would pick up the occasional odd job, but spent most of his time working on his home and caring for his yard and garden.Jack loved to fish and hunt. He spent many hours fishing alongside his wife, Lydia, and enjoying the company of his family. He also volunteered his love of yard care at the Dominion Meadows Golf Course, mowing greens and fairways. Jack often reminisced of his climb to the top of Mount Fuji while stationed in Japan. His family will, in turn, remember his stories with a smile as a loving father and husband with a touch of "sweet grouch".Jack is survived by his wife, Lydia Anderson, at the home; sons, Amphil Anderson, Spokane; Domino Anderson, Colville; daughter, Christelle Callen and husband, Logan, Spokane; brother, Terry Anderson and his wife, Twila, Spokane; nieces and nephews, Terry Jr., Steven, Joyce, Russell, Paula, Mark and Gayle. A Mass of Christian burial was held June 13, 2011 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colville. A graveside service and military honors followed at the Calvary Cemetery in Colville. Father Steve Werner celebrated the Mass and graveside. Memorial contributions may be given to the Shriner's Hospital for Children. Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at HYPERLINK "http://www.danekasfuneralchapel.com" www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel, 155 W. First Ave., Colville, WA 99114 is entrusted with the arrangements.


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So, this weekend, I want to celebrate by giving one lucky commenter an ebook copy of Make Me :) If you haven't read this story, trust me, you'll love it!! Make Me has got to be one of Sierra's hottest, sexiest release yet :) You'll definitely fall in love with her hero, Adrian *drool*
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Oooh, and let me tell you now that this won't be the last we'll see of Sierra... she's an upcoming guest blogger on Simply Ali! :)
This giveaway will be open until Tuesday night :)
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I'm traveling to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico soon and I'd like to do some mountain biking while I'm there. I've heard the country side is quite beautiful there. I would like to avoid being alone so if there are; perhaps, guides or group adventures, that would be a place.
I was in Puerto Vallarta last week, and did some asking around, but with very little success. Cycling doesn't seem to be popular there. The closest I found was some motorcycle and 4-wheeler rental places. I know it's not quite the same experience, but at least you could be "out in nature" on some wheels...
Also, in my experience in other parts of Mexico, mountain biking just isn't popular. Hiking is, to a degree, and cross-country biking. But I've never seen or heard of mountain biking, per se. And I've never seen any trails suitable for mountain biking (but maybe they're kept at great distance from the hiking trails where I've been... shrug)
Here are a couple places I found:
Harley Davidson Rentals
Cool Rentals & Cool Tours
Avenida México is the main street that runs one-way north to south through the main part of Puerto Vallarta, so both of these places should be easy to find.
They were both closed when I went by, so I was not able to go in and ask for any details or prices. Likewise, I cannot make any actual recommendations.
I hope this is of some use to you, even though it's not related to bicycles directly.
Have fun in Puerto Vallarta!
I definitely would recommend going with a group. I don't think mountain biking is that big in Mexico but you might want to check with the hotel you're staying.
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This is via Newegg's Ebay store. Free delivery has the purchase I made today (Thansgiving day) sometime early to mid next week. Thanks OP!
@bobbyscon - Thanks for mentioning it was from newegg's store, I usually don't even open links that say ebay.com. Been burned too many times. But this was a great find! Comparable product on newegg.com is over 40 bucks - Thanks again!
this is a great deal and you can stack these on your xBox live account. I pay about $65 a year when I buy this directly from Microsoft. It you have a teenage boy this is a must buy for them. I'm going to buy 2 of these for myself.
I actually got one before they sold out. So happy. This holiday season, I am thankful for OP.
They are not sold out yet, Just picked one up also. Thx OP
I have been waiting for an unbeatable price on these! Thanks, OP!
Great price, thanks for OP for the deal.
So good. Thanks!
it has ended now.
Sadly sold out. Oh well, another time.
There's more up there.....Just gotta look.
they listed more on their account just look below where it says sold out
@greencow1 @imacrackr: Where? I've been looking, can't see anything.
@drchops: newegg does not have any listed at the price shown on this deal. these are white triangles...they know not what they speak of.
@pinchecat: Haha.. it looks like after they posted they really did throw up a couple hundred more - I found another deal. Sold out in like 5 minutes though.. or somebody did, not sure if it was NewEgg.
Oh hey, reminds me tons of BF sales for guns and accessories.. If you want get on Wootchat later and I'll do the same after I'm done stuffing my face.. or I'll forget, one or the other.
i got one earlier, gold ran out last week, silver is a bad place to be!
newegg cancelled my order
^ Same, got an email a couple hours after ordering. I'm pretty irritated.
For anyone who hasn't seen, they are doing the sale again on eBay, starting at 2am CT. http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/6cf094e0-9fcc-4d74-a919-44d2fd39771b/xbox-12-month-gold-card


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Trojans Claim Doubleheader from South Carolina StateFebruary 17, 2014
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Paced by senior Danielle Swygert and freshman Courtney Czentnar at the plate, the Anderson softball team began a stretch of eight games in seven days by sweeping NCAA Division I foe South Carolina State, 10-2 and 7-1, in a nonconference twinbill Monday afternoon at the Lady Bulldogs Softball Field.
"[South Carolina State] is a much-improved team than we played in the past." said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt. "They swing the bat extremely well. I could tell the snow layoff hampered us at the plate. Our pitchers pitched pretty well."
Anderson (8-0) is off best start in school history, eclipsing the 2010 squad's seven consecutive victories to start the season, while improving to 4-0 versus S.C. State, which fell to 2-4 on the season.
Game #1
Anderson 10, South Carolina State 2 (6 innings)
Czentnar was a perfect 3-for-3 in the opener, with a double and a pair of singles and scored twice. Swygert was 2-for-4, with a single and her first home run of the season. The hard-hitting left-hander crossed the plate twice and drove in three runs. Junior Jessica Neidigh extended her hitting streak to seven games with a pair of singles and she also scored once. Sophomore Molly Child was 1-for-3 on the afternoon with a two-run single in the fifth inning, while senior Charlotte Sieber added a run-scoring double in the fifth.
Freshman Augie Pena (2-0) started in the circle for the Trojans , tossing four complete innings and surrendering just two earned runs on four hits. The right-hander struck out six and walked just one batter. Freshman Katelynn Howser threw two innings and allowed just a sixth-inning single.
The Trojans opened the game by sending 12 batters to the plate in the top of the decisive first inning and scoring six times before recording an out. AU hitters ripped four singles and took advantage of four walks in the opening outburst.
In the circle, Pena held South Carolina State to one single through three innings before the Lady Bulldogs broke through for a pair of runs on the strength of a two-run single off the bat of freshman Jasmine Harris.
Anderson answered with three runs in the top of the fifth, as Czentnar opened the frame with a double and Bri Cason was hit by a pitch for the second straight at-bat. Two batters later, Sieber ripped a one-out double to plate Czentnar, while Molly Child's clutch two-out single brought home both Cason and Sieber, giving AU a 9-2 advantage heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.
Howser retired the Lady Bulldogs in order in the bottom of the frame and Swygert led off the seventh inning with her round-tripper to give the Trojans an eight-run cushion. SCSU's Harris reached base with a one-out single in the Lady Bulldogs' last at-bat, but was erased as the AU defense ended the contest with a double play.
Game #2
Anderson 7, South Carolina State 1
Junior Rebecca Martin was 2-for-3 in the nightcap, with two singles, while Swygert added a single and a triple, while also reaching twice on a pair of S.C. State errors. Senior Abby Child stretched her hitting streak to six games by tallying a single and a pair of walks in four trips to the plate.
Newcomer Lauren Rudesheim improved to 4-0 on the season after going five full innings, while giving up just one hit and striking out four and walking one.
Howser tossed two innings and allowed just one hit, while striking out three and walked one.
Anderson took advantage of five Lady Bulldog errors in the nightcap en route to recording six unearned runs in the contest.
Swygert led off the second inning by reaching on an error, while senior catcher Laura Jansky followed with a walk and Czentnar was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Cason then drew a bases-loaded walk to force home Swygert and Jansky scored the Trojans' second run when Martin bounced out to the shortstop.
SCSU pulled within 2-1 by plating an unearned run in the third, while AU countered with three unearned runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
Rudesheim and Howser combined to limit S.C. State to just one base runner over the final four innings.
Anderson will get back in action Thursday at Lander. First-pitch versus the Bearcats in Greenwood, S.C. is set for 5 p.m.


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I wanted to Know any SOURCES and their answers as to if I steal 1 dollar or one hundred dollars is it the same Sin or is it different? Is it one sin of stealing or one Hundred? When you are punished is it the same for the Hundred dollar theif and the one dollar theif?
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It would seem to be one single sin of stealing in either case. A possible proof is from Rambam, Hil. Geneivah 3:14, discussing the cases in which a person is or isn't sold as a Jewish slave in payment of his theft. The Rambam writes (translation from here):
Now, if the theft of 100 zuz was really 100 separate thefts of one zuz each, then the two cases would be exactly similar: in both of them he's worth more than what he stole. The fact that halachah says he should be sold in the first case indicates that it's considered one unitary theft.


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Winsted: Soup kitchen offers thanks to donors
The board of directors, volunteers and clients of the Open Door Soup Kitchen in Winsted would like to give a huge thank-you to Jay Budahazy and his crew of helpers for the amazing food drive he sponsored at Stop & Shop on Nov. 17. The generosity of Mr. Budahazy, his crew and all the people who donated food items is truly appreciated. Thank you all so much.
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text: Here is a character face that you may have seen before if you are a fan of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Today I will fill a request by showing you "how to draw The Moon" from the game. The Moon is a big part of Majora's Mask as you game players like myself know. If you remember correctly, It was Skull Kid who used the mask to redirect The Moon in a position to obliterate Termina. The idea for this lesson came to me after a conversation my brother and I had. We where talking about Majora's Mask and I was saying how I finally realized that The Moon was a real creepy character in the game. I mean, he was really dark and scary. His piercing eyes with that lifeless color of grey make his presence that much more awkward. Anyways, instead of keeping his color pale, I went ahead and added a two toned look while keeping that depressing flare. If you are a fan of Majora's Mask you will love this tut. Adios mi amigos.


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Homecoming 2011: Same Locations, New Creations
- Photo Galleries
- Peacebuilding Events
- Alumna of the Year Leymah Gbowee
- Distinguished Service Award Glen Lapp
In 2011 EMU celebrated the lives of two peace activists; embraced music and theater performances; enjoyed fellowship with alumni and donors; and cheered on the Royals during Homecoming and Family Weekend 2011.
Following university chapel on Friday, Nobel Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee discussed her memoir, "Mighty Be Our Powers," life in Liberia and other topics at a press conference hosted by EMU President Loren Swartzendruber.
Alumni, parents and the Harrisonburg community were welcomed to Homecoming and Family Weekend with a vibrant rendition of "When the Saints Come Marching In," by EMU Jazz and Swing Sisters, who had an all-time reunion. Many arrived on campus to celebrate with fellow classmates at class reunions.
A classic theater masterpiece that revolved around a case of "manufactured" mistaken identity gave the Homecoming audience a chance to enjoy the latest EMU theater production, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Art shows
Four unique shows and artists openings and talks during the weekend festivities:
- Consumed, a trash portrait show is a project by three EMU seniors that used trash, recyclables and coffee grounds to create a large scale portrait. Learn more about the project
- Familial Colors is displayed in the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery and is produced by Washington, D.C., artists and sisters Jill and Susan Finsen. Both Finsens are known for their relentless evolution in media and styles. See photos and learn more about their project.
- MacroCosmos opened earlier this year. Susan Alexander, a senior digital media and art major described her senior show, MacroCosmos, as a "happy accident." The show takes images from different gardens and transposes them onto windows using gel. Learn more about her show
- Roots, a project produced by EMU alum Mark Fenton '10, is a repurposed piano that now resides in a form several times reincarnated and embedded in the south lawn of the Art Center. An earlier version of Fenton's work, titled "Oliver," can be found on YouTube.
Peacebuilding events and honors
EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding hosted alumni and friends for several special events, including an alumni reunion, a symposium on societies in transition, and a book signing with Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, and 2007 EMU alum! Eager readers began forming the book signing line hours before the event began.
The Harrisonburg community packed out Yoder Arena for a viewing of the award-winning film "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" featuring Leymah, who was honored with the EMU "Alumna of the Year" award.
Glen Lapp was honored posthumously with the "Distinguished Service Award" for his years of service work in the Middle East. Glen, a nurse, was killed during a Christian relief trip to Afghanistan. The two were celebrated during Sunday worship service, showcasing EMU's mission to serve and lead in a global context.
Athletic events
The Loyal Royals also inducted three graduates into the Hall of Honor during the Saturday morning breakfast. New Hall of Honor members are:
- Mike Gale ('01) – Baseball
- Sara Nissley (01) – Field Hockey
- Danielle Conser Siembida ('99) – Women's Volleyball
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When redesigning an organizations DNS infrastructure, the question of using Forwarders instead of Root Hints comes up. What kinds of issues should I be aware of when the admins and designers start asking for my input? Are there any particular gotchas that I need to make sure they address?
It's an interesting question and one I've been looking at recently too.
I've opted for adding delegation in the internal root zone rather than using forwarders. It simplifies configuration on the DNS servers as they all look at the root zone, but forwarders must be manually configured on each DNS server.
I would only use forwarders if you need to direct queries for a zone to IP addresses that are different from those in the root (i.e. when communicating to/from a DMZ).
Having proper delegation also allows you to run commands like


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If two parties want to communicate with securely using OTP , how is the key ( that is lengthy as plain text) shared with other party for decryption ?
One way of sharing a OTP is to draw a random sequence (a huge list of randomly chosen characters or btis) in advance and to disclose it beforehand to the other party (physical meeting). The obvious disadvantage is the need to keep secret a big amount of information.
Another way is to share a short secret (key) in advance (e.g. during a physical meeting). This is much more practical in the sense that the information to be kept secret is much shorter. In order to share a random sequence as long a the plaintext to be transmitted, a cryptographic primitive is then used such as a stream cipher (or, e.g. a block cipher or hash function running in counter mode). An IV (a public short string) is used to derive a random sequence anew for each plaintext. The drawback compared to sharing a long random sequence before hand is that the random sequences thus genereated are "only" pseudo-random (i.e. in the best case scenario, they appear random to a computationally bounded adversary provided some hard computational assumption holds, such as the hardness of computing quadratic residues for instance; sometimes, the security is even more ad-hoc, like when using hash functions in counter mode).
Finally, an additional way is provided by quantum key distribution (Bennett and Brassard, 1984). The key is distributed through a quantum channel and it is assumed that tampering will be detected due to the physical properties of the channel. The advantage is that the whole system can be made to rely on inconditionally secure primitives only. The disadvantage is that the rate of random sequence generation is pretty low nowadays and do not compete at all with the previous solution. Also, it is highly susceptible to denial of service attacks.
That's a well-known disadvantage of using OTP. Like in the ancient times, you could e.g. employ a trusted courier for that transfer.
One way to share a OTP key is to separately send several different independently-generated OTP keys, each one in its own tamper-evident package (often more than one layer).
When Bob receives the package, if the seal shows the package hasn't been opened in transit, then therefore no one has opened the package and copied or modified or entirely replaced the OTP key inside, and therefore that key is safe to use between Bob and whoever sent the package.
When Bob receives the package, if the seal shows the package has been opened (or if shippers have banged it up so much it's hard to tell), then he simply discards it. That makes the key inside that package useless to whoever might have copied or replaced it.
The various quantum key distribution systems can each be seen as a high-tech way of sending one bit at a time, and discarding bits that might have been tampered with.
The tamper-detection system isn't perfect on its own. How can Bob be sure the package came from Alice and not Mallory? If Mallory has intercepted one of the OTP key packages from Alice, how can Alice discriminate between "good" over-the-air ciphertext messages from Bob vs "bad" over-the-air ciphertext messages that claim to be from Bob, but they're actually from Mallory? How do we prevent a denial-of-service attack? There exist work-arounds to these problems by combining tamper-detection with trusted couriers, or armed couriers, or some sort of back-and-forth key-agreement protocol, or some combination.
Given that the key does not need to be constructed in any particular way any secret sharing method such as the Diffie-Hellman exchange be repeated to build up to the required key length. And simply concatenating the acquired secrets (after potentially passing them through a cryptographically secure PRNG to remove any exchange artifacts). However this method is susceptible to the same attacks as the chosen secret sharing method.


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KILLEEN (December 7, 2012)—Michael Enriquez, Joseph Davis and Roxanne Alcozer were arrested on drug possession charges and outstanding warrants after the Bell County Organized Crime Unit served a search warrant Thursday in the 2700 block of Armadillo Drive in Killeen.
The unit, assisted by Killeen police and the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force seized cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana with an estimated street value of $18,000, authorities said.
The unit said all three were in the Bell County Jail Friday, but their names did not appear on a list of current inmates.


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WHEELING - U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley says he could challenge U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat now held by Jay Rockefeller if she fails to call for a hard line on federal spending in the coming months.
McKinley, R-Wheeling, is beginning his second two-year term representing West Virginia's 1st District. Capito, R-Charleston, was first elected in the 2nd District in 2000.
McKinley spokesman Jim Forbes confirmed Friday that McKinley made the comments to a statewide news audience Thursday.
"I have told them (Republican leaders) I am, right now, watching to see what happens with Shelley, how well she continues to maintain a fiscal policy that is good for this country," McKinley said. "If she is not going to be that fiscal hawk that is going to make sure that we get our spending under control, then we'll find another candidate."
Capito announced in late November she would not seek re-election to the House in 2014, but instead would run for Senate.
Interest in a potential GOP primary matchup between the two came to the forefront Friday after Rockefeller, D-W.Va., announced he would not seek re-election.
"Basically, he hasn't ruled it out," Forbes said Friday.
Capito said Rockefeller has served West Virginia with distinction for more than 40 years.
"Jay has always been a true gentlemen and hard-working statesman while working hard on the challenges that face our state and country," she said.
"While we disagree on many policy issues, the number one concern for both of us has always been the welfare of West Virginians," she added. "I consider him a personal friend and thank him for his service. Best wishes for him, his wife Sharon and their family."
McKinley also thanked Rockefeller for his service.
"Jay has devoted much of his life to working on behalf of the people of the Mountain State," McKinley said. "I wish him a fulfilling retirement to be spent with his wife, Sharon, and his children and grandchildren."


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5 Things You Use Every Day That Are Getting Awesome Upgrades
#2. Paint That Re-Paints Itself
Paint. Now there's something you don't think about until you absolutely have to. For instance, you don't think about the paint on your car until it gets scratched and you have a choice of either leaving it or paying a body shop five months' rent to fix it. Or we suppose you could buy an armload of spray paint and make your car look like you're about to enter it in a demolition derby.
The fumes will get you even higher than the whiplash.
But, again, is this not exactly the way we were painting things, oh, a thousand years ago? Slapping on colored mixtures and having to do it all over again if it gets messed up or we get tired of the color? Is there seriously no place to go with this technology?
But what are we asking for here? Paint that can fix its own scratches? Or change its own color?
Wait, they can make it do that?
For starters, in the future paint will be able to repair itself. No more having to break out your Gundam model paint kit every time you scratch your bumper. Researchers have developed a type of polyurethane coating that, thanks to a chemical reaction, can sort of melt and fill in scratches when exposed to sunlight. So an angry ex-girlfriend drags her keys across your car door at work; by the time you drive home, it's fine again.
And if you don't like the color, punch a button and watch it change. In the lab, they've developed a coating embedded with iron oxide particles that change how they reflect light when hit with a magnetic field (you need a small electrical current running through it to get the effect, so the paint goes back to the default color when you turn off the engine). Think about it -- a different kick-ass airbrush mural on your custom van every day!
But can they animate it?
Who has it now?
The military, which obviously can afford to spend millions of your tax dollars on paint jobs, claims it's not far from putting it in the field. They're thinking bigger than turning their Corvette from black to fire engine red, though -- they want a smart system that will automatically change the camouflage to match the vehicle's surroundings and even send a signal to the repair guys to let them know when it's starting to rust.
"Attention! This Humvee is stuck. Please note that water damage voids the warranty."
As for the rest of us, before bringing it to market they'll have to get around the objections of the all-powerful body shop lobbyists.
#1. Clothes
Where are the clothes we were promised in Back to the Future Part II? You know, the self-adjusting jacket that could detect when it was wet and then dry itself? The self-tying shoes? The double neckties?
The terrible, bile-inducing hats?
Because we seem to be wearing the same boring cloth they were wearing in the Old Testament. Where did we go wrong? It's time to bring on the clothes that can think and adjust on the fly.
Wait, they can make it do that?
We're not necessarily talking about having a computer in your pants, either. A lot of those "e-clothing" concepts are still at the "silly and ridiculously impractical stage," like this prototype jacket that is stuffed with electronics intended to gauge your mood. Supposedly it'll measure your skin galvanic responses, and if you're upset, it'll text you pictures of puppies. Seriously.
"Our instruments indicate that you have either been shot in a mugging gone wrong or just achieved orgasm.
Either way, here are some puppies."
No, there are much more practical and realistic future-clothes out there. For instance, researchers in the U.K. developed a fabric that automatically changes based on how hot you're getting, and it's as simple as a system of tiny threads that stand up to let in air when they get wet (that is, the fabric becomes breathable when you sweat). If you're cold and your skin is dry, they clamp shut to warm you up.
Or, if you want to get serious about your climate control, they've developed an air-conditioned vest that, batteries and everything, doesn't weigh any more than a pair of pants. It uses a bunch of cooling disks located over parts of your body where blood vessels are the most dense (and where cooling is most efficient). No fans, no backpack to keep the battery. The finished product could be made to look like any ol' vest.
In the retain version the cooling disks are invisible
behind the outer layer of fabric, obviously.
And in winter, flip a switch and the same system warms you. So now you have a system that's actually less bulky and cumbersome than your parka.
We can't leave the feet out of this. AT&T has developed shoes that monitor your balance and can immediately notify somebody over a wireless connection when you've taken a bad fall. They're for the elderly, obviously, though we see no reason they couldn't be rigged so that at the moment they detect a potential fall, they automatically turn on a nearby camera and prepare to upload the feed to YouTube, automatically dubbing in wacky sound effects.
Who has it now?
One issue with all of these clothing innovations is that we've gotten used to paying very little money for our clothes thanks to, you know, sweatshops. So for instance, the A/C vest up there is being developed for the military and athletes (that is, enthusiasts who'll fork over extra cash for their hobby).
Ski goggles with built-in heads up display -- $500 and worth every penny
For the rest of us, the prices have to come down to a point that we don't have to sell blood. For instance, did you even know that Adidas came out with a processor-embedded shoe that could adjust its cushioning on the fly, based on your weight and running style? It was pulled from the market in 2006 because the shoes were, by the way, $250. But someone will try again, once the technology gets cheap enough so that the shoes don't come with a laugh-out-loud-at-the-salesman price tag.
So the future's out there. We just need that shit to go on sale.
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The Idea of the Month Award should certainly be given to Andrew Scheidecker who created a personal genome explorer tool in order to analyze his own data from 23andMe. But let's read his explanation:
At the time, 23andme's website didn't allow you to download the data they gathered from your DNA; my first goal was to write a tool that would allow you to do that. The tool connects to their website via HTTP and parses the raw data from the HTML pages. This doesn't violate their terms of service and shouldn't overload their servers; a maximum of 2 simultaneous connections is used by the tool.
The raw data it reads is in the form of a mapping from Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms that 23andme tests (around 600,000 SNPs) to the genotype of that SNP that you matched. It will take a few hours for it to download your data; it's spread out over thousands of HTML pages.
The traits analyzed are taken from SNPedia; if you see any errors, please update the relevant page on SNPedia.
If we talk about 23andMe, here are the latest updates from Blaine Bettinger, the genetic genealogist.
And you really should take a look at this story written by a new 23andMe customer. I just loved this part:
So how does it feel? It feels a bit scary, actually. I wasn't expecting the degree of approach-avoidance that I felt, looking at that little plastic tube … and then looking at the fedex envelope to ship it off. I know better than most people that "genetics is not destiny," … and I've been saying for a long time that more accurate information *always* leads to superior decision making. Still … do I really want to know about Hodgkin's?
Yes. Yes I do.
Anyway, the 23andMe company will hold a press meeting at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 23rd.
This is the future? (Image Credit: cdwan.org)
Further reading:
- Navigenics, 23andMe and Helix Health: The Review
- 23andMe: The Re-Review
- 23andMe's animated guides to genetics
- Collection of Personalized Genetics-related articles


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The following real estate transactions were filed in Jefferson County:
Eric and Jamie Traczyk to Betty Love, lot 209, Dillsworth Addition.
Ridgetop Capital LP to Bruner Land Co. Inc., 147.58 acres, Island Creek Township.
Roseanne Zeigler to Roseanne and Larry Zeigler, lot 171, Buena Vista Heights (survivorship.)
Ida O'Hara to Patrick O'Hara, part outlot 2, Linduff.
Nancy Kendjorsky to John Kendjorsky, lots 20-21, Brooks.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Christopher Gorney, lots 19, 20, 22, 26, 31-34, Garrettson Fourth.
Earl Davenport to Judy McDowell, 0.82 acre, 0.90 acre and metes, Wayne Township.
Rodney Bell (deceased) to Wyatt Pugh and others, metes, Mount Pleasant Township; and lot 24, Charlestown.
James and Betty Robbins Sr. to Ethan Robbins, metes, Wayne Township.
Carol Anderson (deceased) to Russell Anderson, 5.735 acres, Wayne Township; 1.8 acres, Cross Creek Township; and 17.243 acres, Wayne Township.
Mary McHugh (deceased0 to Brian McHugh, 0.337 acre, Wayne Township.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., lot 142, Country Club Estates; and part lots 42-43, Simmons & Foster.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Bank of America, metes, Salem Township.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Liberty Savings Bank, lot 46, Hollywood.
Cynthia Puckett to Jeffrey Puckett, metes, Springfield Township.
Mary Rankin (deceased) to Jeffrey Rankin and Kathleen Rankin, Unit 4365, Steeple Chase.
Rick Mellott Sr. to Michael Mellott, lot 64, Original New Somerset.
David Joseph (deceased) to William Herrmann, lot 12, Hillcrest.
Arlene Fray (deceased) to Charles Fray, metes, Cross Creek Township.
Robert Hickle (deceased) to Black Cat Properties LLC, metes, Cross Creek Township; metes, Wayne Township.
Cindi and Anthony Gratchen to Rick Burnworth, metes, Cross Creek Township.
Eric Burnworth to Rick Burnworth, metes, Cross Creek Township.
William Green (deceased) to Rosemary Green, lots 1-7, Casey's Addition; lot 127, Kelly & Hess; metes, Springfield Township.
Robert Brettell Bankruptcy Estate to G&M Smith Family LLC, 13.488 acres, Steubenville Township.
James and Paula Hudson to Paul and Dana Brown, 16.6722 acres, Wells-Warren Township.
Kathleen Bell (deceased) to Martin Bell, lots 11-12, Wilkinson & Stewart Addition.
Martin Bell to Martin Bell and Shelly Alford, lots 11-12, Wilkinson & Stewart (survivorship).
John Johnson and Lisa Radick to Sherd and Susan Pardee, 5.0097 acres, Salem Township (survivorship).
Lee Ann Realty and others to Innovative Groceries Corp., part lots 1-4, 11-14 and 19-20, Robertson First.
Rose Filler to Todd Filler, metes, Wells-Warren Township.
Alberta Dixon (deceased) to William Dixon, 0.414 acre, Smithfield Township.
Alice Baker to Robert Baker, 7.207 acres, Springfield Township.
Alice Baker to William Baker, 19.001 acres, Springfield Township.
Brady and Merrilee Thomas to Mark and Neysa Rogers, lots 20-21, Shelly Addition (survivorship).
Gregory and Christine Dormer to Alyssa Burkey, part lot 79, Clark Second.
Lloyd Nalley (deceased) to Dona Nalley, lot 232, Country Club Estate.
Donna Nalley to Donna Nalley and Kristen Carnansky, lot 232, Country Club Estates (survivorship).
Bonita Kmatz (deceased) to Walter Kmatz and others, metes, Springfield Township.
Joseph Kmatz Jr. and Bonita Kmatz (both deceased) to Walter Kmatz and others, 23.43 acres, Springfield Township.
Thomas Fregiato (deceased) to Evelyn Fregiato, metes, Island Creek Township.
James Jewett (deceased) to David Jewett and others, lots 1-3, 9-11, 13-20, Willow Bank Farm.
Eugene and Dorothy Calabrese to Toronto Properties LLC, 0.112 acre, Island Creek Township; lot 108, Walton Acres No. 2; lots 142-143, Robert Clark Third; lots 4-5, Sinclair First; lot 1, 3 and 7, Banfield Improvement, and lots 36-43, Morris First.
William and Janene Smith Jr. to Candace and Carmen DeStefano, lot 8 and part lot 9, Midler (survivorship).
Delbert and Barbara Oldham to Jeff Bruzzese, lot 137, Country Club Estates.
James Boyer (deceased) to Elizabeth Boyer, lot 234, Pleasant Heights Improvement vacated; and lot 235, Pleasant Heights Improvement.
Elizabeth Boyer to Laura Marks and Tonia Revay, lot 234, Pleasant Heights Improvement vacated; and lot 235, Pleasant Heights Improvement.
Louis and Nicki Giannamore Jr. to K2 Real Estate LLC, metes, Cross Creek Township; and part lot 26, Green Acres.
Twila Stone (deceased) to Richard Stone, 0.59 acre, Springfield Township.
Robert Grimm (deceased) to Margery Grimm, lots 22-23, Findley Gardens.
Cheryl and Thomas Connery to Robert and Carolyn Strobel, metes, Cross Creek Township (survivorship).
Daryl and Elizabeth Strobel to Robert and Carolyn Strobel, metes, Cross Creek Township (survivorship).
James and Donna Strobel to Robert and Carolyn Strobel, metes, Cross Creek Township (survivorship).
Joanne Augenstein to Larry Middleton, lot 169, Buena Vista Heights.
JP Morgan Chase Bank to George Lollathin Jr., lot 94, Mary Norman Addition.
James Saunders (deceased) to Catherine Saunders, metes, Salem Township.
Norma Evangelista to Guido Evangelista, lot 22, Moon Valley Estates.
Edward Palombizio (deceased) to Edward Palombizio Jr., 9,658 square feet, Steubenville Township.
James and Sandra Barber to Gary and Karen Barber, lot 35, Parr's Second (survivorship).
Tina Scelsi (deceased) to Shirley Ogden, part lot 15, Original Smithfield.
Wells Fargo to Jeffrey and Oma Wszeborowski, lot 109, Altamont.
Innovative Groceries Corp. to North Fourth and Main LLC, part lots 1-4, Robertson First.
Innovative Groceries Corp. to Toronto DOHP VIII LLC, part lots 12-13 and 20 and lots 11, 14 and 19, Robertson's First.
Kelly White to Jared White, metes, Ross Township.
Fannie Mae to Hilltop Properties of WV LLC, 0.804 acre, Wells-Warren Township.
Clifford Bernard to James Rice, 1.9366 acres, Wayne Township.
Betty Dolenc (deceased) to Sonya Dolenc, metes, Mount Pleasant Township.
Vance Realty Associates Inc. to OME-RESA Info Technology Center, lot 3-6 and part lot 7, Linduff.
Kenneth Clark and Mary McDonald to Eddie and Bonnie Fiddler, lot 77, Carr's New Addition (survivorship).
Kathryn Adams to Melissa and William Timko, lot 6, Marshall Duvall proposed (survivorship).
Janice Petrozzi and others to Gregory Verhovec and Gary Verhovec, 1.0282 acres, Wells-Warren Township (survivorship).
Fannie Mae to Timothy and Melissa Morris, lots 30-31, Manhattan.
GMAC Mortgage to Housing & Urban Development, lots 186-189, Riverview Terrace.
Federal National Mortgage Association to HSBC Bank, lot 14, Brentwood Estates.
HSBC Bank to Dino Magazzeni, lot 14, Brentwood Estates.
Linda Morrow (deceased) to Lori Piergallini and Colleen Haines, lot 11, John Spahn's Third.


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State Senator Charlie Janssen introduced LB381 today, a bill that would require citizens to present government-issued photo-identification to vote. The only type of fraud this bill protects against is voter impersonation— the rarest form of voter fraud in the nation. The Nebraska Deputy Secretary of State testified on Senator Janssen's Voter ID bill last session and admitted that voter impersonation is not an issue for Nebraska.
The bill, if passed, would affect the voting rights or primarily students, seniors, low-income, and rural Nebraskans. For highly mobile populations such as students and low-income voters, this creates an unnecessary barrier and added costs to casting one's ballot on Election Day. This bill creates barriers for elderly and homebound Nebraskans who are unable to make it to the DMV to get proper identification to vote. For rural Nebraskans, DMV offices are often further away and have limited hours, presenting a barrier for them as well.
Executive Director of Nebraskans for Civic Reform Adam Morfeld stated: "Voter impersonation is a nonexistent issue for Nebraskans, and requiring ID at the polls is an unnecessary law that impedes on our fundamental right to vote." Morfeld went on to state, "NCR and the Nebraska Voting Rights Coalition will continue to advocate against, and work to defeat voter suppression legislation such as LB 381."
Senator Janssen's similar bill last session was met by the Voting Rights Coalition of over 30 community groups—including groups such as Nebraskans for Civic Reform, Nebraska Appleseed, Nebraska ACLU, Center for People in Need, AARP Nebraska, and the Nebraska State Education Association— who united in opposition to the bill and defeated it last session. The coalition will work once again to defeat this bill and ensure that all Nebraskans can easily and fairly exercise their right to vote.
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