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Big East Conference Hits the Restart Button
On the eve of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament, next year's season will round into shape as a newfangled Big East Conference holds its coming out party.
After weeks of rumors and negotiations, the seven Catholic universities who bought the rights to the name "Big East" from their fellow members will unveil the sort of television deal that has become the lifeblood of big-time college sports with the new, 24-hour sports network Fox Sports 1.
The deal between the network and what is expected to be a 10-team Big East conference is valued at $500 million over the next 12 years. Butler, Xavier and Creighton are expected to join a conference that already includes St. John's, Providence, Georgetown, Villanova, Marquette, DePaul, and Seton Hall. According to a person with knowledge of the deal, if the conference can add two more members, the value will approach $600 million. News Corp. owns Fox Sports 1 as well as The Wall Street Journal.
The new conference has yet to name a commissioner for the league and decisions are being made by the presidents of each of the schools. The conference is also expected Wednesday to announce a deal to continue holding its postseason tournament at Madison Square Garden.
The formation of the new Big East represents the latest round of musical chairs known as realignment—a football-driven escapade that has broken up long-standing rivalries and traditions as schools chase the multi-billion-dollar riches that television networks desperate for DVR-proof programming are now willing to pay.
In a sense, the formation of this new, smaller Big East represents a return to the roots of the conference, when St. John's, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Providence and Villanova joined forces in 1979 to form the core of a new basketball-centric league. The conference launched the same year as a new 24-hour sports network, ESPN, which bought the media rights to Big East games and made them an early staple of its programming.
"The schools have so much to build on because of the national identities they were able to build over the years," said Bill Raftery, the former coach at Seton Hall and veteran announcer who built his career calling the games of the original Big East. "Having the television contract, they feel they can become recognized and achieve the same kind of notoriety they achieved the last time around."
That won't be easy. Last time around, the conference had three teams in the Final Four just six years after its creation. That, combined with the sizzle of a postseason tournament at Madison Square Garden, quickly helped make the Big East a top destination for many of the country's biggest recruits.
This time around the Big East will have to compete with power teams and rich conferences in nearly every region. And it will have to do it playing games on yet another startup network, albeit a startup that will be in some 90 million homes when it launches in August and has the muscle of one of the world's most powerful media conglomerates behind it.
"There should be a level of acceptance that will be enhanced as they progress," Raftery said of the new Big East. "As the kids are able to see the schools and be aware of that progress, they'll begin to understand what could become the norm."
Corrections & Amplifications
The University of Alabama is in the Southeastern Conference and Creighton University is expected to move from the Missouri Valley Conference to the new Big East conference. A early version of this graphic incorrectly identified Alabama in the Pac-12 and Creighton as moving from the Atlantic 10.

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For the first time, AUTrojans.com is counting down Anderson University athletics' 25 most memorable games, matches and meets from the 2013-14 academic year. This season's countdown began on Monday, June 16 and will continue throughout the summer.
Be sure to check AUTrojans.com during the offseason to relive all the highlights of another successful year at Anderson.
Women's Tennis Earns 6-3 Victory over Carson-Newman
April 11, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Highlighted by four singles victories, Anderson University women's tennis tallied its seventh South Atlantic Conference win of the season by knocking off Carson-Newman 6-3 Friday afternoon at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
The triumph moves the Trojans above .500 for the year at 8-7 and 7-3 in conference play, while the Eagles drop to 9-13 overall and 2-8 for the league. Anderson snaps a two-match losing streak and has now won four of its last six matches.
After senior Avery Owens and junior Karen Ching cruised to an 8-0 shutout at the No. 1 doubles spot, the sophomore duo of Alexandra Ebner and Nikkola Wichenko captured an 8-3 win over Carson-Newman's Brooke Sanderson and Katie Brown at the No. 3 position. With the back-to-back wins, both of Anderson's tandems snapped losing skids on the year, headlined by Ebner and Wichenko's three-match skid.
In the singles round, Owens continued the trend of shutouts with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Stefy Stand at the No. 2 position in her final match at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts, while freshman Rebecca Bruning got back on the winning track after suffering a setback against Erskine on Thursday. The freshman earned a 6-0, 6-2 triumph over C-N's Jennifer Ott at No. 3, as she leads the team in singles wins with 12 for the year.
Staying perfect for the night, Ebner grabbed a 6-4, 6-2 decision from Sanderson at the No. 4 spot, while Wichenko defeated Haleigh Chastain 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 6 position.
The Trojans close SAC action on Sunday when it heads to the Queen City to square off against conference newcomer, Queens. First serve against the Royals is scheduled for 1 p.m.
AUTrojans.com's Most Memorable Moments of 2013-14
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Titans have imprisoned Neptina, Neptune's daughter! They've shattered his magical Trident and scattered its pieces far and wide. Without his trident, Neptune is powerless.
Proteus, a member of Neptune's Court, longs to free the lovely mermaid. He sets out to find the missing pieces of the Trident. He roams land and sea, changing from a dolphin to a seagull and back again in order to deceive the mermaid's captors. Deadly trials confront Proteus -- octopuses, tangled beds of kelp, screaming flocks of black birds, even erupting volcanoes! But he fights on valiantly!

Game Information

- Game Name: Fathom
- Released By: Imagic, 1983
- Left Difficulty: N / A
- Right Difficulty: N / A
- Game Mode: Default

Challenges

- Unfathomable! - Score 1000 points or higher and you get 3 bonus points.

Current High Scores

- 24,300 (Frostbite76) [+11][+3]
- 21,748 (DT Kofoed) [+10][+3]
- 21,105 (JacobZu7zu7) [+9][+3]
- 20,905 (Jifremok) [+8][+3]
- 20,662 (toymailman) [+7][+3]
- 18,566 (Chuck D. Head) [+6][+3]
- 14,842 (Stan) [+5][+3]
- 12,960 (Vocelli) [+4][+3]
- 225 (dwane413) [+3]
- 210 (Zach) [+2]
- 147 (pokeplayer984) [+1]
- 144 (Mister VCS) [+1]
- 119 (roadrunner) [+1]
- 118 (Amstari) [+1]
- 115 (Krytol) [+1]
- 110 (classicgamer_27330) [+1]
- 65 (Scrabbler15) [+1]
- 56 (Miss 2600) [+1]
- 10 (Gorfy) [+1]

Best Tips

Frostbite76 [+2]

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(Game 1, Difficulty B)

- 1,110,500 (Todd Rogers)
- 116 (Greg Troutman)
- JacobZu7zu7 [142]
- oyamafamily [140]
- toymailman [130]
- Vocelli [108]
- Frostbite76 [93]
- Deteacher [76]
- Gorfy [74]
- classicgamer_27330 [53]
- SpiceWare [48]
- Scrabbler15 [46]
- Miss 2600 [40]
- Amstari [40]
- pis [38]
- keilbaca [37]
- Stan [32]
- DT Kofoed [30]
- roadrunner [25]
- Cynicaster [20]
- SeaGtGruff [20]
- cparsley [17]
- HatefulGravey [17]
- Mister VCS [16]
- Curious Sofa [16]
- centiqueen81 [15]
- LarcenTyler [13]
- Krytol [12]
- pokeplayer984 [12]
- zylon [10]
- Jifremok [7]
- Wickeycolumbus [6]
- littleman jack [6]
- atarigal [5]
- Cortat G [5]
- bennybingo [5]
- atariUCLA24 [3]
- SpaceDice2010 [2]
- Mangia-Boy [1]
- rmaerz [1]
- Zach [1]
- Buck [1]
- 4Ks [1]
- Cream147 [1]
- theKLT [1]
- DickNixonArisen [1]
- leematari [1]

Scoring Points in Fathom

- The Level number appears at the bottom left of the screen. All games begin at Level 1.
- If you free Neptina, you automatically advance to the next level (2, 3, etc.). Your score for the new Level returns to 50.
- When you free Neptina, the points you earn on the Level are added to the point bank with the total number of points earned on all previous Levels.
- The points you earn are multiplied by the Level number you are on. Example: Earn 50 points on Level 2 and 100 points are stored in the point bank (50 x 2 = 100).

Hints and Tips

The Manual
As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Here are the hints it provides:
- Run into all the sea horses and pink clouds you can. They're worth points.
- Avoid obstacles -- black birds, grey clouds, octopuses, seaweed and volcanoes. They cost you points!
- Time freezes when the dolphin and the seagull appear on screen together. Otherwise you lose points as the seconds tick away.
- Here's how to fin and fly through Level 1. After that you're on your own!
As the dolphin swims down, octopuses and two sea horses appear. Touch both sea horses. Then touch the starfish that appears. A piece of the Trident now shows at the bottom of the screen. Note: You must reach both sea horses and the starfish without leaving that section of the sea. If you don't, return to the surface and try again.
Next dive through lines of seaweed. More sea horses appear. Touch one and a bird symbol shows at the bottom of your screen. Return to the surface now, or try to reach other sea horses for additional points.
Jump out of the water when you reach the surface. Fly to the left or right. Land appears. Flap your wings hard and fly up. Touch two pink clouds in that section of the sky and a star appears. Touch it. You'll have another piece of the Trident. Return to the dolphin. Fly until you reach land on the other side. Repeat the game of tag with pink clouds. Touch one pink cloud and acquire a fish symbol; touch the other and a star appears. Touch the star and the third piece of the Trident is yours. Return to the dolphin, change forms and dive for the bottom. When you arrive, the mermaid's prison will dissolve.
We played this game once before in the High Score Club, you might want to check out that thread for more hints.
DT Kofoed
- Remember that pulling down as a seagull makes you drop faster.
- It's vital to memorize the starting cloud positions for each screen, so that you enter a new sky screen hitting those low flying clouds rather than low flying birds (or avoiding them as your fall through grey-cloud skies, if you've taken too long).
- I find a free fall along the right side of the sky screens avoids both clouds and birds, allowing you to descend as quickly as the programming allows. Following down the left side will hit birds on the lower two screens if you're in free fall.
- Collect the pink clouds from the rooms that have the most of them it. If you're in level 6 for example, collect the pink clouds in the sky with six clouds. After you get all six clouds, go down to the sky with 5 but don't get any. Then go back and get the 6 clouds. Keep doing this until the clouds are grey.
- The water levels: go all the way to the right and go down to avoid most of the enemies if not all. Same thing to go back up
- Level 5-7. In the Water go to the 5th screen and collect all but one of the pink things. After you do this go back up one screen then go back down and collect all but one again. Keep doing this until you can't collect anymore. This is the fastest and safest way to collect.
- Study the map after you switch. I can stay there for as long as you want. You can even leave and go back there to freeze time.
- Level 5-7 are the most important levels by far, so be very careful. These are the levels you can really rack up the most points. Level 7 alone can get about 8,000 points. 1100x7. So do not hit the valcano on these levels. It could cost you about 1,000. every time you get hit.
- Fall down from the left side of the screen to avoid grey clouds. But don't go down too fast. To avoid getting hit by the birds on the two lower screens, move over about an inch to the right.
Chuck D. Head
How to finish level 1:
- Swim down from start, touch all seahorses on the screen and a star will appear - grab it.
- Go down a screen, grab more seahorses until your bird symbol appears at the bottom. Swim to the surface and press the button.
- Fly one screen to the right and one screen up. Touch both clouds and a star will appear. Grab it.
- Go back to the center screen (where you changed to a bird) and then repeat step three but to the left side. Once you touch the third star you have all three pieces of the trident.
- Go back to the center screen and press the button to turn back into a dolphin. Go down the side to avoid obstacles, all the way to the bottom and touch the mermaids cage to free her and complete the round.
- Unless you touched too many octopus, enemy birds, or grey clouds, you will now have a score. YAY!
I was having trouble avoiding birds in the sky because of how your character tends to hover. Tapping the button lightly makes him flap just enough, but usually you won't be accurate all the time to get it to stay in short flaps. Therefore, make a habit of using DOWN on the joystick religiously. By quickly pressing it down you can make your bird descend just a bit to slow down his ascent. Doing it rapidly gives you more control over hovering, and thus getting the clouds. You can also use this to descend rapidly through the sky by just holding down.


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I've got this crazy idea to have an adventure trip inner tubing down a large river in the USA and stopping off at various locations along the way. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any information as to whether or not this is legal. In general, what is the policy about inner tubing down rivers? Where would be the best place to find out if it is allowed in a local river?
I'll start by saying that you're right, the idea is crazy. However, your idea of a "large" river may be different from mine. I think of "large" as anything over 100 meters across that has commercial traffic: the Mississippi, to be sure, but also the Hudson, or even the lower Delaware. Here are the reasons I wouldn't do it:
My recommendation, if you want a river adventure, is to use a sea kayak. It doesn't have anywhere near the Huck Finn gestalt, but is a lot more practical.
I'd also recommend staying off large rivers. Aside from the negatives listed above, in my experience smaller rivers are much more interesting. Even man-made rivers: I've been thinking about a canoe/kayak trip on the Erie Canal.
But, you asked about laws. As one of the commenters said, it will depend on local state laws. You can generally find those laws by Googling for "STATE fish and boat" (generally fishing and boating are controlled by the same agency), or "STATE unpowered boat" (which might or might not take you to a page showing the rules).
In Pennsylvania (where I live), unpowered boats under a certain length do not need to be registered or licensed, unless you want to use a state-managed launch (although enforcement is rare; I've only seen rangers at a launch once). The rules do specifically address tubing:
So, if you want to float past the refineries of Philadelphia, you can do it legally. Although you might have to take a copy of the rules to show to the police.


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Cute. But unless you live in the arctic its gonna look pretty stupid for 3/4's of the year! xD
@dnlkolender: Maybe a deal will be coming for on custom skins or you might try knitting a custom cover for your snowman bell to change with the seasons? Picture having a scene of surfer dudes and bikini babes covering the bell, and a small beach ball for the ringer?
Or just pay a bit more and get something non-seasonal?
@ciabelle: Ooh! Creative! I had just envisioned taking it down when out of season, but I like the idea of decorating it for other seasons much better! Down here in South Louisiana, I can add some purple, green and gold ribbons and call it a Mardi Gras welcome bell.
@belyndag: I was mostly joking, but I'm glad you like the idea.. Feel free to run with it. Trinkets from King cakes could be used as a bell topper or ringer, and the cord itself could be robed with beads.
Have fun! And P.S. post photos of what you come up with!
@ciabelle: Will do! Although, truth be told, I have good intentions and a storage closet full of craft projects I've started, but never finished. LOL!


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The Powerless Power of Faith
Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona of Mosul, Iraq, whose predecessor was assassinated and so many of whose faithful have been murdered or have fled, has written a letter to Christians in the West. He says:
From the moment when we are waiting for death, under threat from someone who may shoot us at any time, we need to know how to live well. The greatest challenge in facing death because of our faith is to continue to know this faith in such a way as to live it constantly and fully — even in that very brief moment that separates us from death.
My goal in all this is to reinforce the fact that the Christian faith is not an abstract, rational theory, remote from actual, everyday life but a means of discovering its deepest meaning, its highest expression as revealed by the Incarnation. When the individual discovers this possibility, he or she will be willing to endure absolutely anything and will do everything to safeguard this discovery — even if this means having to die in its cause.
Many people living in freedom from persecution, in countries without problems like ours, ask me what they can do for us, how they can help us in our situation. First of all, anyone who wants to do something for us should make an effort to live out his or her own faith in a more profound manner, embracing the life of faith in daily practice. For us the greatest gift is to know that our situation is helping others to live out their own faith with greater strength, joy, and fidelity.
John Allen's new book, The Global War on Christians, is must reading to appreciate the extent and virulence of the attacks. And I also strongly recommend the recent Erasmus Lecture delivered by the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Lord Jonathan Sacks. It may be viewed here.
Sacks speaks insightfully of "creative minorities" in history, taking issue with the understanding promoted by Arnold Toynbee in his twelve volume Study of History, and contrasting a Jewish and Hellenistic understanding of "creative minority."
But at the 43 minute mark of his lecture, Sacks speaks movingly of Christians today being "under attack," calling it "the crime against humanity of our time." He finds the attacks to be "deliberate, brutal, and systematic," and says that he is "appalled that the world is silent."
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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I am a member of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation which meets twice a year, once at a Catholic and once at an Orthodox venue, and every five years we meet in Canada. Last week we met in Toronto and discussed two topics: celibacy in the western Church and the place and role of the laity in the Church. Several of our members, both Catholic and Orthodox, represent Churches in the Middle East, and we regularly hear reports on the situation of Catholics in that area. At this meeting we adopted a statement on the perilous conditions under which Christians must live there. You can find it at:
I continue to find it very puzzling that there seems to be such silence here in the US on the plight of Christians in the Middle East. I'm also really distressed that the unvierse I identify with most closely- people on the political left- are most especially silent. I don't want to open the door here to broad negative critiques about "the left" and "the right"; but we're not silent about other suffering peoples around the world (we may not do much to help them, but we're not silent), so why this zone of silence about persecuted Christians?
Is there some kind of political minefield I'm missing? Or am I incorrect in thinking that we seem even more indifferent to Christian minorities than we are to other persecuted peoples?
John Allen writes:
"If a female catechist is killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for instance, because she's persuading young people to stay out of militias and criminal gangs, one might say that's a tragedy but not martyrdom, because her assailants weren't driven by hatred of the Christian faith. Yet the crucial point isn't just what was in the mind of her killers, but what was in the heart of that catechist, who knowingly put her life on the line to serve the gospel. To make her attackers' motives the only test, rather than her own, is to distort reality."
John Allen seems to distort reality. A martyr is someone who is killed for her faith. A husband who kills his wife does not make her a martry because she is Christian. In Islam they are killing each other because of tribal identities---far more numerous than they are killing Christians. I know this is going around in some circles. But this is a sign of insular thinking. This kind of thought is saying that we have more martyrs than we ever had. Not true.
Certainly, we should be concerned about Christians who are being persecuted and people are. As well as all who are deprived of their rights throughout the world.
I think that for people to really get a grip on and do something about this terrible crisis, they will need to find a way to disassociate it from expectations surrounding the normative role of Christianity in the West, especially the United States. People need to be able to advocate for Christians suffering in other parts of the world without trying to claim a piece of that suffering for Christians in places like America. What I mean is that there has been a lot of rhetoric in the air recently coming from certain Christian sectors in the States about how Christianity is being hounded in the West (and with it comes the wholly insensitive and insulting notion that Christians in the West shoudl be looking to places like Nigeria or Syria with the expectation that a similar fate awaits them). Likewise, people need to be able to deal with the fact that acknowledging that Christians are being horribly persecuted in other parts of the world does not mean that one is lending credance to the aforementioned claims to persecuted status being laid by American Christians--that is just stupid. The fact that Christians are oppressive in the States does not mean that they are not being oppressed elsewhere!!!
I have to say, though, that I thought Sacks' bit about Hellenism vs Hebraism was pretty much crap.
There may be a desire to be "fair" that makes us hesitate before siding with those among conflict victims who are most like us. We naturally identify with their plight because they and we are both Christians, but we are reluctant to have favorites in our defense of victims, so we are overcompensating. We are asking ourselves: "Am I distressed by this drama because the victims are Christians like me? How would I react if they were, say, Moslem?". If the answer to the second question is: "Very differently. I would not be so upset by half", then we might chastise ourselves for our lack of fairness, and in the end we may remain silent.
I think there's a lot of persecution of religions other than Christianity that we don't pay attention to, like the Buddhists in Tibet (by the Chinese). There's a Pew Forum page on this ... Harassment of Particular Religious Groups ... http://www.pewforum.org/2011/08/09/rising-restrictions-on-religion5/
But maybe too some people are uncomfortable about discussing the persecution of Christians because for much of history it has been Christianity/Catholicism that has been the persecutor of other faiths.
Neither you nor I were there "for much of its history." We're here now.
And the Lord won't ask us about "them," but about "us."
My goodness, Robert, history is a bit more than a somewhat esoteric jaunt into the past. It contains facts, some of which have had profound consequences for the us in the present. I was not present at the moment my parents shared their first embrace but it was a fact that led to my being here and writing as I am now. Sharing notions here is a big deal for me.
All religions have a history and to assume God would have us be ignorant of that history suggest a remarkably myopic God. I feel more than a bit comfortable in my conviction God is fully aware of our humanity and the seemingly endless limitations it entails.
Surely anyone worth knowing would sincerely wish any individual or group suffering persecution will soon, very soon, see the end of it. I know of no reasons to suggest a particular religious affiliation is required to place a person in the "other" category. It can and is just as easily identified by race, native country, or even a thing as seemingly innocuous as choice of music, e.g., rap or country/western.
I believe things will get better when we are consistenly taught religion is a set of notions for which ones lives. One dies for those notions only as a last, a very last, resort. In my opinion even Christ felt that way.
To respond to Irene's valid concerns, I suppose most Christians and non-Christians alike wonder why so many Christians so often find themselves without adequate support when the fact is there are somewhere between 2 to 3 billion individuals in this world claiming to be Christians.
The good bishop's statement,
"I realized that, above all — in the face of suffering and persecution — a true knowledge of our own faith and the cause of our persecution is of fundamental importance."
Is as elegant and clear as a mountain spring, and whenever I read the Koran's and hadith's statements about how Jews and Christians ought to be delt with, I know exactly what is the cause.
Bob Schwartz, you are generally worth ignoring on a "don't feed the trolls" basis, but here there is actually a very practical point to make, which has nothing to do with trying to score points against your inanity and crankhood: The terrible behavior of American Christians, perhaps especially when it comes to Muslims, distracts from the terrible plight of Christians elsewhere. You could probably do much by saying less.
I agree that we behave terribly towards Muslims here. And I agree with Abe's earlier comment. I also wonder if we feel that supporting one group must mean we're anti another; like supporting Christians in Iraq would somehow imply we're anti Iraqi Muslim.
re. your first comment (yesterday @4:25 p.m.); I too find Sacks' disjunction a bit facile (not to use your more colorful epithet);
re. your recent comment: (though I may soon regret this) you could probably do much by saying more; such as, SOME American Christians, and clarifying WHOM does it distract?
of course we are the products of history, and the past does have consequences; but Ezekiel long ago saw that the fathers eating bitter grapes does not entail their childrens' responsibility. Rather, we stand responsible in the today of faith with its present demands: "If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts."
A followup to MightBe's comments:
We are all both the inheritors of and the ongoing participants in a long history of violence and persecution that we don't know how to bring to a peaceful conclusion.
The Christian response to this predicament is, I am convinced, is one of UNCONDITIONAL forgiveness. We all need forgiveness and we all have reason to offer it to everyone, whatever their conduct is or has been. This forgiveness is fully compatible with punishing inflictors of violence, provided that (1) we acknowledge our own failures and the harms they do, and (2) that the recognizable objective of the punishments are both the prevention of future wrongdoing and the rehabilitation of the peerpetrators into community. So far as I know, this Christian response to the perpetration of evils is also the response that many, if not all, major religions espouse.
I would also argue that the practice of universal and unconditional forgiveness is warranted by sensible political prudence. For example, whatever the flaws of Hobbes' Leviathan, one of the laws of nature that he proposes is that we always "endeavor peace." There is no prospect that we can construct and enforce a system of justice that would deal adequately with our history of violence. Hence, for the sake of our future together, universal unconditional forgiveness is called for.
Of course,I realize that this claim will not readily find acceptance. Part of the political justification for it is that there is no better alternative in sight. The Christian justification for it, I believe, is fully embodied in the traditions and best practices of the saints. So too, I take it, is the case with the adherents of other major religions faiths.
I continue to find it very puzzling that there seems to be such silence here in the US on the plight of Christians in the Middle East.
I expect there are various reasons, some of which have been touched on here already.
One reason surely is that there is not a lot of pan-Christian solidarity even within the West itself. Most of us, particularly of a certain age, have denominational identities that are stronger than our identity as Christians.
Somewhat related to this is that Middle Eastern Christians, even when they're Roman Catholic, don't quite seem like Roman Catholics we know. Most of us don't have ancestral roots in the Middle East (at least not as ancestry.com would track it). There aren't many Middle Eastern Catholic parishes around the US, nor Middle Eastern foreign priests. Most of us don't have that kind of a family or community connection.
As an add-on to the previous point: many Catholics in the Middle East are not Roman Catholics, yet they are still in communion with the Catholic Church. But we American Roman Catholics don't understand these histories and relationships very well (just was we don't understand religion in the Middle East very well in general). Are the Maronites Catholic? Are the Chaldeans Catholic? I'd need Google to tell me.
Related to the lack of pan-Christian solidarity, I believe that Roman Catholics, Orthodox and (at least some) Evangelicals in the US view the Middle East differently. I've already mentioned the Roman Catholic general confusion; the Orthodox , who tend to know the histories and realities of inter-church conflicts better than we Roman Catholics do, sometimes don't give the Catholic Church the benefit of the doubt that we naturally we assume we're entitled to; and some Evangelicals view anyone at all who isn't an Evangelical Christian, including Catholic or Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, as a candidate for conversion and/or proselytizing.
As has been mentioned by others here, the American Left in particular is rightly concerned with saying anything that would tend to give encouragement to the wacko's and haters here in the US who aim wacky hatred at American Muslims. The American Right should share that concern, but has a lot of work to do in that respect. Thus, both ideological sides have an excuse to stay silent: the Left because they are afraid it will inflame American crazies; the Right because American crazies are political allies. Both sides have to figure out how to speak out, the Left without inflaming American crazies, the Right at the risk of alienating political allies. So the Left and Right face different conundrums, but the net effect is the same: silence about Christian persecution in the Middle East.
For the American Left in particular, Christians in the Middle East being persecuted is hard to square with their critique of historical colonial Western oppression and hegemony. In the simplistic version of that story, Christians (and now Israeli Jews) are the oppressors, while Muslims are the victims.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I think you have articulated in a very personal way what Bernard Lonergan speaks of as "the law of the cross." Certainly we Christians have consistently found it a scandal; but I am not sure it is even affirmed by "adherents of other faiths," though some, of course, may live it out in practice.
You may be familiar with the magazine "One," published by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. I think it is an excellent way of keeping abreast of the situation in the Middle East, and the activities and sufferings of Christians there. Moreover, CNEWA provides assistance to refugees in the region and deserves our prayer and financial support.
Richard Dawkins has been known to say things like: religious faith is as evil as small pox but even harder to eradicate. Given that his brand of atheism is socially acceptable in some liberal circles, it would seem to follow that the eradication of Middle Eastern Catholics would not be such a bad thing.
No, I'm not saying that Dwkins et al would approve of the killing -- I'm only saying that for them the fewer the people of faith the better, and this belief can leads to a sort of indifference though not tolerance of such murders. We all seem to defend out own, and take the attitude that "the other" can fend for himself. Not a happy human trait, but there it is.
If there were a very vocal religious left then I suspect that the non-religious left might start to take it more seriously about religious freedom matters.
When I mentioned the church's past acts against other religions, I didn't mean that justified violence against Christians i the Middle East, just that it might be part of why some people haven't spoken strongly against it. Another example: violence agains the Jews in the Middle East is also wrong, but many don't speak out against it, including many of the Christians who now are upset against violence against Christian in the Middle East. Why is that?
I did not read or hear in the Bishop's comments any kind of universalizing of persecution of Christians such as is occurring in Iraq.
I like his idea around what Christians CAN do in their sphere to help; namely living out faith more profoundly in daily practice. That, I think will be quite effective.
Obviously broadsides in the west against Islam is not helpful at all. The reality is that the persecutions of Christians is relatively new. Christian communities in Iraq and Egypt lived for centuries with their Muslim neighbors in peace even though the society was predominantly Muslim.
What has and is occurring seems to be a rise of a particular kind of Islamism that reads texts in particular ways. I have read that many of these movements in Iraq are comprised of people from other areas who have been radicalized and in turn come to these countries to harass Christians. Whether this is due to associating (wrongly) Christianity with the West or because of tribalism, I don't know.
A political solution is required and inasmuch as the US and UK were largely responsible for the war int h first place, they need to continue to engage with Iraq in particular around constructive solutions and assistance with security and intelligence capabilities (assuming that these are wanted by the government leaders and I assume that they are).
As an aside, and maybe related to the whole question of mid-east security, I still wonder what the REAL reason was for Saudi Arabia declining a seat on the UN Security Council.
Does not forgiveness … unconditional or otherwise … presuppose repentance? Is not the Sacrament of Reconciliation based upon that premise?
Not sure if forgiveness, as far as Christ is concerned , presupposes repentance....
.Father forgive them for they know not what they do.....
Jim McCrea, For the Christian, each of us always needs God's forgiveness and so we ought to repent. But we also believe that God is always ready top forgive, indeed that He offers forgiveness regardless of whether we ask for it or not. Of course, we ought to accept it and repent, but the offer is never conditioned on our prior repentence.
Similarly, we as Christians are called, or so I believe, to hold out forgiveness to those who have harmed us, regardless of whether they accept it or not.
There is a philosophical argument based on Kant that supports this view of our offeringunconditional forgiveness, but whether we find that argument persuasive or not, I do believe that our faith does call us constantly to offer forgiveness, regardles of the circumstances.
Obviously. it's not easy to practice this kind of Christian forgiveness. i know that I regulaly fain to do so. But that's something for which I ought to ackn olwldege toat I need to accept the forgiveness that God constantly offers me.
I think doing nothing makes us complicit.
I'm very grateful to you for pointing out mt inanity and crankhood. So where in the word of Christ are the words equivalent to those in the Koran?
I will not be feeding you any troll snacks, troll. Go be a bigot in heavy traffic.
First of all, anyone who wants to do something for us should make an effort to live out his or her own faith in a more profound manner, embracing the life of faith in daily practice. For us the greatest gift is to know that our situation is helping others to live out their own faith with greater strength, joy, and fidelity.
Really? If someone is under threat of destruction from hostile neighbors, my advice would be to get out.
Joseph took his wife and child to safety in Egypt instead of waiting around to be killed.
Another example: violence agains the Jews in the Middle East is also wrong, but many don't speak out against it, including many of the Christians who now are upset against violence against Christian in the Middle East. Why is that?
I wondered if today's article in the NYT about Hamas textbooks would be mentioned here, but no one found it important enough to blog about.
Gerelyn and Crystal Watson:
Thanks for mentioning the hatred being heaped on Jews in the Middle East. Fortunately, there are only handful of Jews left in Arab countries. From a population of over 800,000 at the end of WWII, there are probably not more than 25,000 remaining, and the last I heard, only about 100 in Egypt. Most of them, either expelled or hounded out by persecution, with all of their property expropriated, fled to Israel, where they and their children and grandchildren now constitute a significant percentage of the Jews in Israel.
The sort of persecution of Christians now being witnessed has been occurring against Christians and Jews periodically in the Middle East and across North Africa for a thousand years and more, with periodic outbreaks here and there and now and then throughout the whole region.
I am not surprised by the hate-filled textbook, mentioned in the NYT article, with which Hamas is seeking to indoctrinate the youngsters of Gaza. Hamas is probably the most virulent anti-Semitic party to govern anywhere since the Nazis ruled Germany. Though Iran might give them a run for their money.
In article 7 of Hamas' charter, you will find that the only good Jew is a dead Jew, a belief Hamas attributes, falsely I presume, to Mohammad himself.
And in article 32, you will find that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion – the infamous czarist secret police forgery purporting to be the plan of the Jews to control the world – is actually a real document setting forth the Jews' plan of world conquest.
And in article 22, you will find that "the enemies" were behind WWI and WWII. That they were behind the French Revolution, the Communist revolution and almost every other revolution in the world. That they formed the League of Nations in order to control the world. That with their money, they have taken control of the world media. And founded the Rotary clubs, Lions clubs and Freemasons for the purpose of sabotaging the societies they live in and achieving "Zionist" interests. That "[w]ith their money they were able to control imperialistic countries and instigate them to colonize many countries in order to enable them to exploit their resources and spread corruption there." And that they instigated the United Nations and the Security Council "to enable them to rule the world through them."
You can find Hamas' charter here: avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
Strangely, Irene Baldwin, out of compassionate concern, turns the conversation to politics, faulting the silence of the liberal left. In fact, it has been the right-wing Republicans like the administration of George Bush and currently the insistent Senator McCain who have destabilized the Middle East and Afghanistan/Pakistan and contributed to the plight of Christians there.
There are many oligarchic and dictatorial regimes in the world but instead of using "soft power" and diplomatic/economic pressures to effect gradual change, the US has relied on poorly thought-out brutal miltary adventures against selected targets, many of whom it had supported and propped up in the past.
Because of domestic pressure groups, both Jewish and right-wing fundamentalist Christians, the US has selectively targeted Islamic countries in the Near East and Africa for regime change, without consideration of the unintended consequences fo Christians. The American public generally supports human rights and freedom of conscience, and thanks to corporate media, has largely supported these selective adventures until war fatigue has settled in.
The result of the overthrow of the secularist Sadaam Hussein, whose regime engaged in horrific violations of human rights but gave women access to participation in public life and protected Christian worshipers (but persecuted other Islamic sects), resulted in the threats of martyrdom expressed by The Archbishop of Mosul and exclusion of women from public life. The secularist regime of Bashar Al-Assad also ruled for the interests of a repressive Alawite Islamic sect, guilty of horrrific violations of human rights, but a regime that gave women access to education and particpation in public life and protected Christian religious monorities. Western weapons to the Sunni rebels, which includes a significant group of Al-Queda, has resulted in Islamist attacks on Christian towns and neighborhoods in Damascus and assassination of priests and lay people. US support of the overtrhow of Hosni Mabarack, our one-time ally, has resulted in assassination of Coptic priests, burning of their churches and the exodus of a large number of Coptic Christians. Our longest war in Afghanistan has resulted in persecution of Christians in neighboring Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the US is concerned to protect its relationship with the oligarchs of Saudi Arabia, despite their suppression of women and refusal to allow public Christian worship. The Saudis support of male madrasas around the world teaching the Wahhabi doctrines of intolerance and repression of women, a fertile recruiting ground for young terrorists and suicide bombers. The US has been silent at the brutal suppression of dissent in Bahrain and the violations of human rights in Kuwait. Many of the right-wing fundamentalist Christians, based on some unique theological understanding of the Second Coming and the "Rapture", suppport Israel's suppression of the Palestinians, who have the same human rights to freedom as Near Eastern Christians.
When one sect of Islam targets another, Sunni vs. Shiite, it is not tribalism, but theological certainty, absolutism, intolerance and the use of the state to enforce theological positions, which Pope Francis warned against in the Catholic Church.
George McGuire says, "Because of domestic pressure groups, both Jewish and right-wing fundamentalist Christians, the US has selectively targeted Islamic countries in the Near East and Africa for regime change, without consideration of the unintended consequences fo Christians."
I don't know of a basis for such a claim, at least in so far as it concerns Jews, whose activities I'm most familiar with. What regimes are you talking about? And what is your basis for claiming the U.S. acted because of pressure from Jews?
Jeff and George,
you're getting into another conversation; why don't you pursue it in another forum.


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I'm curious about the affects of "range of motion" when doing push-ups.
What are the pros/cons to doing push-ups using high reps, small range of motion vs low reps, full range of motion?
Here is how I define the differences between range of motion:
Full range - arms extended straight at the top, at the bottom the nose is touching the ground with hands near ears, push-up bars giving more range.
Small range - arms still slightly bent at the top, arms more bent at bottom, but nose not touching the floor.
My assumption: I've always thought doing push-ups with the full range of motion, even though you can't do as many reps, was better for strength.


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Miller Leads No. 8 OSU Past Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind – Braxton Miller had all the offensive answers for No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday night.
He ran for a 67-yard touchdown. He threw TD passes of 60 and 46 yards. He set up two Carlos Hyde touchdowns and threw a 46-yard TD pass that appeared to put the game out of reach, and Corey Brown recovered an onside kick to finally help the Buckeyes escape with a 52-49 victory at Indiana.
By Miller's standards, it was just another game.
He finished 13 of 24 for 211 yards with two TDs and one interception, ran 23 times for 149 yards – his third straight 100-yard game. The Buckeyes (7-0, 2-0 Big Ten) are the first ranked team with seven victories.
And Ohio State needed every bit of Miller's help on a wild night when the teams continually traded big play after big play and the Hoosiers (2-4, 0-3) rallied for 15 points in a 35-second span late in the fourth quarter.
Each team turned blocked punts into touchdowns in the first half.
Indiana scored on TD passes of 76 and 25 yards, a 59-yard TD run and made a field goal after a 60-yard kickoff return, producing its highest point total ever against the Buckeyes. The previous record was 41 in 1988, the Hoosiers last victory against Ohio State.
But it wasn't quite enough against Miller and the Buckeyes, who finished with 353 yards rushing and held the ball for nearly 37 minutes.
Miller had some help. Hyde ran 22 times for 156 yards and a touchdown and caught a 14-yard shovel pass for a TD from Kenny Guiton when Miller left briefly after a late-hit penalty. Devin Smith caught two passes for 106 yards – both for touchdowns.
Bradley Roby recovered the Hoosiers' blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown.
It was that kind of night.
The Hoosiers have now lost 11 straight league games, 21 consecutive Big Ten games against foes from outside the state and 18 straight to the Buckeyes.


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Washington (CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden said teachers "are under full blown assault" by Mitt Romney and "his allies in Congress" Tuesday. In response, the Romney campaign said the vice president was touting "failed" policies in his remarks.
Speaking before a large crowd of educators at the National Education Association 91st representative assembly, Biden blasted Romney for his education reform plan that includes allowing states to utilize Title I funds -originally intended to help schools in disadvantaged areas – to help students pay for private school education.
"You guys – educators, teachers, you are under full blown assault. Romney, Romney, Governor Romney and his allies in the Congress - their plan for public education in America is to let the states use Title I dollars to boost enrollment in private schools," Biden said.
The NEA, a strong supporter of President Obama, was a highly-receptive audience for the Vice President.
"I think we should have just a straight honest to God talk about the difference between the difference between how President Obama and I view education and how our Republican colleagues today view it," Biden said to applause.
Biden also said, "I can't think of a candidate for president who has ever made such a direct assault on such an honorable profession."
Discussing the Obama administration's education policy, Biden sought to draw a bright contrast.
"We believe that the way to build this country is the way we always have," Biden said. "From the middle out, that's how it's always been done: invest in the things that have always made our economy grow: innovation, research, development, infrastructure, and education."
While emphasizing the importance of teachers to the fabric of society, Biden also continued with the theme that Romney's candidacy is one that would put their beliefs in jeopardy. Continuing on Romney, Biden said "this ain't your father's Republican party. These guys have a different view of how to move America forward."
Amanda Henneberg, a spokesperson for Romney's campaign responded, "Vice President Biden today doubled down on the same policies that have failed to fix our economy and help the middle class. Instead of putting students first, Vice President Biden and this administration have stood with union bosses. Instead of creating good jobs for graduates, this administration has presided over one of the bleakest jobs markets for young people. Mitt Romney has the plan and record to put students first and make sure that they have a job waiting for them when they graduate."
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You can also do in-store pickup to save on shipping. I have a kmart that is only about 1 mile from me, so that works out.
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Inquiring minds want to know:
Will my moonshine taste just as good in these as in a Ball jar?
But seriously, is there any real difference between Ball, Kerr and Atlas jars?
/I grew up around and use Ball jars.
@msmetz: I use these Kerr jars with Ball lids and bands when I make batches of my Apple Pie. They work great, no different as far as I can tell.
$9.99 is usually what these go for at Fry's Foods when they are on sale(usually once a month or so). So it is a good deal if you do the instore pickup but I wouldn't do it if you need to pay shipping.
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"Against humanity?" E-e-even u-us, Dann-san?
Hahaha, this game is AWESOME. It's like apples to applies. Only dirtier. And funnier.
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It's pay as much as you like, but they suggest $5.
I can't express how awesome this game is, for those of you who haven't played it yet. Do yourselves a favor and get this game!
This is the best game in existence. Hilarious and so much fun. You will NOT be disappointed.
It is very good.
It abruptly forces those moments that happen in apples to apples to happen continuously.
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In tournament style Texas hold-em, how should the amount of chips I have left affect my play? Should I become more conservative as my stack declines and more risky as my stack grows? Does my position relative to the blinds affect this? Should I avoid playing low probability high value hands as my stack dwindles or do the opposite? Should the ratio of my chips to the current pot size also come into play?
Ratio of chips to current pot size always to me play, when you want look poker odds calculator software that will calculate that for you.
About chips what you have in stack this depends:
The higher the blinds/antes in relation to your stack, the more desperate you need to be to get (and keep) chips.
That first manifests when you reach a point that you should stop playing speculative hands. The risk/reward payoff for set-mining and searching a multi-way pot with a suited connector shifts to be too expensive. For me, that happens somewhere in the 40-50BB range.
Next, you begin to have a real need to up your aggression to take down pots and steal blinds. This often means playing more hands in position. It definitely means sticking entirely to a raise-or-fold gameplay. You want to start this type of adjustment while you still have enough chips to make your opponents fold. Often, you can make a significant profit from 3-bet shoving against aggressive opponents with hands that might otherwise be too marginal to continue with (e.g. AJs). I tend to enter this stage in the 20-30BB range.
Finally, you reach the point where you have to fight tooth and nail to avoid blinding out. You will take risks that would otherwise be poor plays, and you will make gambles. You should tend to shove preflop every hand that you play unless you have very specific reasons not to do so. Note that you will still play fewer hands in early position than in late position, but the range of hands that you will play begins to grow. I tend to enter this stage in the 10-15BB range, and I am still pretty selective about my early and mid position hands. With each orbit around the table that passes without adding chips to my stack, I become less selective.
If you are short-stacked, you should be picking and choosing which hands you are in much more carefully. You will not have the bankroll to intimidate other players, and you can count on table leaders to make you pay dearly for just about every hand you want to participate in. Stick with hands where you can expect to be in a good position pre-flop. If you get really short stacked, you want to look for some pre-flop all-in opportunities to help you get back in the game (or put you out of your misery!).
If you are ahead at the table, then you should be making bigger bets to put pressure on your opponents. This doesn't mean you should play lots of hands you wouldn't have played earlier in the tournament, just that the size of your bets should increase. If you've got a chip advantage, stealing small pots will help increase the distance.
As a tournament progresses, the blinds increase. The effect this has is to decrease the effective stack sizes for every player with respect to the size of the blinds. As your stack size decreases, you have fewer opportunities to correctly play speculative positions. This is true regardless of format -- whether in a tournament or in a cash game, the shorter you are, the less you can profitably draw and bluff.
Consider a board of As 7h 2h 5c, where you have Kh Qh. You have no chance for a straight, and you're opponent (you somehow "know") has an Ace. So, you are drawing to the nut flush. The pot is $100, and then your opponent bets $100. You are getting 2:1 on a $100 call. Are you correct to call?
Naturally, the answer is "it depends" -- in this case, on primarily Implied Odds. You're getting 2:1 on a 5:1 dog. In order for this call to be profitable, you would need to win at least an additional $250 at the end when you do make your flush. Can you do it?
Again it depends, and again, on primarily 2 considerations: 1) If you get there, will your opponent pay off $250 more? 2) Do you have enough in your stack to bet $250 more?
In a tournament, the answer to #2 is very often "no." Tournaments generally never play deep enough for these kinds of considerations to come in to play. In cash games they often do, but it all depends on the size of your (and your opponent's) stack. If you're to shallow to ever bet the $250, then your too shallow for this play to ever be profitable.


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I need to select points that have attributes that are within a relative number range of each other. For instance; given the following numbers: 95,705,139,65,537,266,525 and 188; I need to find all of those numbers that are within a range of 50, 100 and 150 of each other. I then need to find those that are within a distance of each other. I am using QGIS. Any ideas gratfully accepted. Thanks.
Since you have tagged the question "sql" I guess that sql is an option to solve this.
If I understand your question right, you want to find the 50 range case, 100 range case 150 range case in different queries?
There are other options for that but to look at the simplest first we do those assumptions:
In your table you have a geometry column for your points, we call it the_geom , an id column to identify the resulting records, we call id gid and a value column with the values you presented above, we call it the_value.
THen to make the 50 range query, with a fixed maximum distance of 100 (units of the projection you use) you can write query like this:
I wouldn't write any client code to get this. If it isn't huge tables it should be no problem to just create a view and use that in QGIS:
Another approach here could be to create a table that can keep ranges and distances. Then you can easily put range classes in your resulting view, and you can put different distances for different ranges for instance. This table is also the right place to put information about how to style the result in QGIS like size of markers.
First create the table:
Then you can create the view like this (here we make a two-point multipoint as result):
To get this running smooth you should put a gist-index on the point (the_geom) column and a btree index on the_value column.
I might add to Nicklas' well detailed answer: If you're looking to find points with the same table that are either a given distance from each other or have an attribute within a given value, then you can use the form:
Just work with the table twice using different aliases.


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Getting Up To Speed With...Mike Peters
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Cottage Grove Speedway for the last six seasons has hosted regular Late Model action at the historic ¼-mile clay oval. One of its regulars for the last few seasons has been Mike Peters. Peters is originally from McKinleyville, California but now calls Cottage Grove, Oregon his home. He also is a second generation driver following in the footsteps of his father Ron who raced back in California.
Mike would start his career back in 1999 on pavement down in the Golden State at Eureka's Redwood Acres Raceway and would also race at Shasta Speedway in Anderson. He would move up to Oregon around 2010 and since 2011 has been a regular fixture at "The Grove".
Peters will be back in 2014 and hopes to contend for the Late Model championship as he enters his fourth career season on dirt. We got a chance to talk to him about his racing background, why he appreciates his family so much, and what some of his goals are in racing. Now let's get up to speed with Mike Peters
Driver: Mike Peters
Home Track: Cottage Grove Speedway
Hometown: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Occupation: Freight Broker
Age: 46
Years Racing: 15
Classification: Late Model
Team: Peters Brothers Racing
Car: 88
Chassis: Swartz Race Cars
Sponsors: Send Transportation, Interstate Cargo, Sierra Ridge Cabinets, Ron Peters Cabinets, Bispo Masonry, Cottage Grove Taco Bell, Graphics by Carol Lee
Special Thanks: Azure Schinkel (Fiancée), Elle Peters (Daughter), Family
BD: Well Mike do you know what your plans for 2014 are?
MP: I'm going to run all the races at Cottage Grove this season and go to Lebanon a couple of times and maybe visit Coos Bay and Madras one time this year.
BD: How did you get your start in racing?
MP: My dad raced since I was two down in California and he even ran here a couple of times. I played sports when I was younger and that was my thing so I didn't really work on the cars.
I started on pavement at Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka and also raced at Shasta Speedway. Back then I was in the Real Stocks and raced a couple of times in the Asphalt Late Models with my dad's old car. I moved up here four years ago and I heard one of our neighbors with a motor making some noise and that sound kind of got me back into it.
So I got a Late Model and have been at it ever since. I've got to really thank my family especially my fiancée Azure and my daughter Elle because without them I wouldn't be able to do this.
BD: How fun is it to race at a place like Cottage Grove?
MP: I love it, it's the funnest track I've ever ran on in my entire life. The cars are fun to drive and no matter if I finish first or last I'm still having a good time.
BD: Is there a story for choosing to run the #88?
MP: That was my dad's number he ran since 1972. The colors on my car and the number is my way of honoring him.
BD: Do you have any goals that you've set for yourself for this season?
MP: My goal is every year to be faster than I was the year before and finish every race. This dirt stuff is still new to me so I'm still figuring it all out.
The Cottage Grove Speedway is set to host a test and tune play day on Saturday April 5th while the first race of the year is planned for the following Saturday on the 12th. Log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com for news stories and articles related to the upcoming 2014 campaign.
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Horner Scores CGS Victory; Martinez And Pierce Also Winners
By Ben Deatherage
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In addition to the Rolling Thunder Big Rigs being in competition at the Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday July 19th there were three other classes on tap. Those included the BC Motorsports Northwest Extreme Sprint Cars, Dwarf Cars, and Hornets.
Cottage Grove rookie Patrick Dills was on a mission in the BC Motorsports Northwest Extreme Sprints main event. Dills, in his All Seasons Equipment/Keith Whitaker Trucking/Inside Line Promotions/BC Motorsports #5D Hurricane, would lead the first nineteen laps before Danny Horner would make a move for the lead. Horner, also from Cottage Grove, would stay out in front for the rest of the distance to put his Horner's Inc./Steelhouse Metal Roofing Supply/BC Motorsports #75H Maxim in victory lane for the third time this year.
Patrick Dills would be a respectable second followed by the RCV Custom Coach Service/William & Mathis Accounting/Cobalt Computer Services/Commonwealth Financial Network/All Around Printing #4 XXX of Creswell's Jesse Thistle in third. The rest of the top five would be made up of Cottage Grove's Colby Carter in his Huddle Automotive Repair/Oregon West RV/Steelhouse Metal Roofing Supply/Hedge Carter Gutter Service/Astro Titanium #71JR Lunatik Fringe in fourth and in fifth Dave Hibbard from Medford in the C&H Motorsports/Tangible Real Estate Investments/Dave's Carpet and Vinyl Liquidators/Southern Oregon Veteran Benefit #3 Zeitler.
The Dwarf Car main event would be a thriller too as Dylan Chrisman of Albany would grab the early lead in his Drager Performance #66S M&M entry. Chrisman would lose the lead on lap three to Castle Rock, Washington's Guy Tow Jr. in the Two Guys Racing/Fusion Graphix/Hicks Family Raicng #37 Ebling.
Tow would pace the field for a few laps until Portland's Ryan Martinez would get to the top spot on lap five. Martinez would try and create some distance between his Auto Truck Wholesale/St. John's Tire Factory/Van Raden Industries #9 M&M and the rest of the field but he had some fast company.
One of them was John Chrisman from Albany in the Drager Performance #88S M&M. Chrisman would put an enormous amount of pressure on Martinez but Chrisman couldn't quite make it around him. Martinez would hold on for the win to earn his third victory at CGS in 2014.
John Chrisman was a close second while third was Guy Tow Jr. James Brinster of St. Helens in hid MAPS Auto Center/FinishLine #2 Hot Rod was fourth and in fifth was fellow St. Helens pilot Dennis Liebig in the Blueline Transportation #777 Hot Rod.
Last but not least the Hornets would have quite an exciting feature. Securing the lead on lap two the Quality RV Repair/Burnett Builders/Thela's Custom Jewelry #7C Nissan 200SX of Josh Corley from Westfir was mighty quick. Corley would create a fair amount of distance between himself and the main pack.
Corley would exit turn four to accept the white flag only for a flat right rear tire to go flat shaking things up quite a bit. Chris Pierce of Cottage Grove would be there to capitalize and seize the lead. Pierce would win the race putting his Froggy's Towing/Meineke Car Center/Bigg Dogg Recycling #28 Chevy Cavalier in the winner's circle for the fourth straight occasion.
Vancouver, Washington's Travis Koch was second in the North's Plumbing/Dusty's Automotive/Mac Tools/Dan's Cylinder Heads #21 Dodge Neon while in third was Joe Maricle of Veneta in his Maricle Stainless #11 Toyota Celica GT. The balance of the top five would comprise of the Randy Kuhl owned Bigg Dogg Recycling/DT Machine & Fab/More of Everything Racing Collectibles/Big B Tire #17 Toyota Tacoma of Taunton Swaim from Dexter while behind him was his father Mike Swaim, also from Dexter, in the Send Transportation/ Bigg Dogg Recycling/DT Machine & Fab/Big B Tire #48 Toyota Tacoma.
Cottage Grove Speedway will be ultra-busy next week as they host four races in the span of five nights. CGS will have the Wild West Modified Speedweek on Tuesday July 22nd and Wednesday the 23rd featuring the best IMCA Modified chauffeurs in the Pacific Northwest. Street Stocks will be the support class on Tuesday while on Wednesday it will be Hornets. Both of these races will offer a Carload Special, which gets a carload, truck¬load, RV-load, etc. of fans into the races for only $25 and Racing will begin around 6:45 PM each night.
On Friday July 25th the second Kage Kart race of 2014 will take place and on Saturday the 26th is Armed Forces Night featuring the BC Motorsports Northwest Extreme Sprints, Late Models, Northwest Extreme Modifieds, and Street Stocks. On this race all Military get in for just $5.00. For more information visit www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
Race Summary:
Saturday July 19th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
BC Motorsports Northwest Extreme Sprint Cars
A Feature: 1. 75H-Danny Horner; 2. 5D-Patrick Dills; 3. 4-Jesse Thistle; 4. 71JR-Colby Carter; 5. 3-David Hibbard; 6. 21-Mike Griffith; 7. 57-Dusty Redmond; 8. 10K-Don Waddell; 9. 70-Raquel Ivie; 10. 4D-Cooper Desbiens; 11. 91-Brian Crockett
A Feature: 1. 28-Chris Pierce; 2. 21-Travis Koch; 3. 11-Joe Maricle; 4. 17-Taunton Swaim; 5. 48-Mike Swaim; 6. 32-Eric Cooper; 7. 51-Jason Nelson; 8. 30-K.C. Scott; 9. 2-Alex Potter; 10. 7-Josh Corley; 11. NE1-Josh Linville; 12. OS-Scott Willie; 13. 41-Jim Simmons; DNS 0-James Donaldson
Dwarf Cars
A Feature: 1. 9-Ryan Martinez; 2. 88S-John Chrisman; 3. 37-Guy Tow Jr.; 4. 2-James Brinster; 5. 777-Dennis Liebig; 6. 07S-Brock Peters; 7. 46-Guy Tow Sr.; 8. 2S-Cody Peters; 9. 11S-Rob Gergel; 10. 66S-Dylan Chrisman; 11. 78-Bobby Wright; 12. 77-Brad Hicks; 13. 17-Max White; DNS 05-Bill Poehler
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Where can I find the block heater to plugin in the hood. My car is a Ford Taurus 1999.
edit: Does it even have one?
The location of the plug depends whether it was installed at the factory, by the dealer, or the third party. One of the most common places for the block heater plug on the third generation Ford Taurus (1996–1999) is the driver's side opening in the lower part of the bumper (with spring-loaded cap):
If it is not visible from the front (either as pictured, under the bumper, or cut into the bumper) it could be somewhere in the engine compartment, easily accessible from the top with the bonnet open.
And, of course, it may be so that it isn't there at all. It should be fairly easy to track down. One of the most common kinds of block heaters on these Fords is the simple contraption installed in place of one of the core plugs, so by checking all of them it can be easily seen where and if it is there, and where leads its wire harness.


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Scalia on severability: Making us read this entire bill would be cruel and unusual punishment
posted at 5:25 pm on March 28, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via the Washington Free Beacon, the oral argument laugh line du jour and further evidence that Scalia, whom the left once viewed as a potential vote to uphold the mandate, looks set to drop an atomic bomb on the whole scheme. The unspoken punchline is that Congress didn't want to read the bill either (right, Nancy?), which is how this landmark boondoggle with a dubious constitutional novelty at its core somehow ended up … without a severability clause. That was today's subject — if the mandate is struck down, does the rest of this thing have to die with it or can other provisions of the law be salvaged? Congress almost always adds a section about that when it drafts a bill. It forgot this time. Oops.
Two clips here, one of Scalia and the other a not very satisfying set of audio highlights from the AP. I think Sotomayor's point is fair: If the Court creates an insurance "death spiral" by knocking down the mandate but leaving everything else intact, there's nothing stopping Congress from eliminating that death spiral by simply repealing the rest of the statute and starting over. The argument for having the Court kill the whole thing is more pragmatic than legal, I think — no one wants to see insurers go out of business because Congress ends up gridlocked and paralyzed on yet another issue. But don't forget (a) the insurance industry has a lot of political muscle and they'll bring the full force of it to bear on incumbent congressmen to find a solution and (b) given that we're all going to have to put on our big-boy pants soon to reform Medicare, maybe a crisis now will be a wake-up call in forcing Congress to start thinking big. Surely they wouldn't sit idly by while America's health insurance industry disintegrated around them. And before you say, "But that's the left's path to single payer!", read Karl's Greenroom post. The Republican House will never, ever, ever pass it, and The One really, really, really doesn't want to preside over Americans losing their coverage as insurers go belly up. Especially in an election year.
Update: Speaking of single payer, Josh Marshall makes one of the left's most effective arguments for ObamaCare: How can the mandate be unconstitutional when a far more aggressive power grab like single payer, i.e. "Medicare for all," probably wouldn't be? The latter would fall under Congress's tax and spend powers, which dodges the Commerce Clause problem in forcing people to purchase things from third parties. But if liberty's your bottom line, it's cold comfort to know that the bigger of the two federal expansions is likely on safe ground constitutionally. For more on that, go read Jacob Sullum's depressing take at Reason.
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STEUBENVILLE - Progress Alliance will go out with a war of words.
Members of Community Improvement Corp. were at the Jefferson County commissioners' meeting Thursday to discuss funding for Progress Alliance, its public-private economic development arm, but instead certain members became the target of criticism from the commissioners.
The commissioners had been providing $75,000 annually in funding to Progress Alliance for economic development work in the county. The commissioners recently announced the board would provide up to $100,000 in funding to the port authority, leaving Progress Alliance wondering about its funding.
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PORT MONEY — AEP Ohio presented the Jefferson County commissioners Thursday a check for $5,000 that will be earmarked for the Jefferson County Port Authority to develop a website. AEP also made a $4,000 donation to the Fourth Street Health Center on Thursday. Accepting the port authority donation were, from left, county Commissioners Tom Gentile and Thomas Graham; Paul Prater, AEP community affairs manager; and Commissioner David Maple.
-- Mark Law
The CIC sent a letter to the commissioners on Dec. 10 stating its funding has dropped to a level where Progress Alliance needs to consider a timetable for the transition of pending economic development projects to the port authority, as well as turning over management of the county's industrial park, the revolving loan fund and the handling of the tax incentive review council meetings.
Several CIC members were at the meeting Thursday when county Commissioner Thomas Graham read a four-page prepared statement in which he alleged there had been "unethical decisions" made by the Progress Alliance.
Graham said Jim Emmerling of EM Media, a current board member, was quoted as saying the CIC has "done a damn good job."
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"It is no wonder Mr. Emmerling thinks that since his company EM Media has received over $297,000 from the CIC for media campaigns on behalf of the CIC. The problem is this: The jobs he received were seldom, if ever, put out to bid to get competitive pricing. Because he was a member, he got a deal. But that is not fair or ethical to the taxpayers or other companies who might want to bid on the job. I and others raised our concerns about this when we found out and did not make them public, and we went along but complained hoping it would stop. No wonder Mr. Emmerling wants the CIC to survive," Graham said.
Emmerling, after the meeting, responded by saying he questions the motivation behind the statements. He said he has been a paying partner in Progress Alliance for about 15 years. He said the $297,000, which has been spent during the last 20 years or so, was for media campaigns, such as the Burb of the Burg advertising campaign targeting the Pittsburgh area.
"EM Media made little to no income as a result," Emmerling said.
He said the money went to buy time on local and Pittsburgh media outlets, adding his company has provided free services to Progress Alliance over the years, such as allowing his building to be used.
"I did it to help the community," he said.
The advertising agreements with EM Media were voted upon by the Progress Alliance board, of which the three county commissioners were members. Emmerling wasn't a member of the board when any of the contracts were approved.
Emmerling asked that if Graham thought the matter was unethical, why did the commissioner hire EM Media to handle advertising for Graham during his last three election campaigns.
County Commissioner Tom Gentile questioned how money given to Progress Alliance was being spent, pointing to items such as golf outings and a series of breakfast meetings that Gentile said are not directly tied to economic development.
Gentile said he wants to reach out to the investors of the CIC to get money directed toward the port authority.
County Commissioner David Maple said the county increased funding to Progress Alliance from $50,000 to $75,000 and now will invest $100,000 a year in the port authority for economic development.
"It is disheartening at this time for people to imply the commissioners are standing in the way of economic development. It is not fair and not accurate," Maple said.
Maple believes the port authority will be a "better engine" for economic development in the county.
He said part of the $100,000 to the port authority can be used by the CIC until the port authority takes over the economic development job to "make sure there is a smooth transition."
Robert Chapman, CIC board president, who was at the meeting, said he was disappointed by the statements made by the commissioners.
"I didn't want Jefferson County to get a black eye but both eyes were blackened with those comments," Chapman said.
Ken Perkins, CIC treasurer, said he didn't want the meeting to become a public spectacle.
Chapman said the CIC was told to be at the meeting to receive a simple yes or no answer to the funding question.
(Law can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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I have seen both auf dem Weg and am Weg to be used in some circumstances. What is the exact difference in meaning and which one would I choose for following sentence :
On the way to work I have stopped by in the supermarket.
I have seen both auf dem Weg and am Weg to be used in some circumstances. What is the exact difference in meaning and which one would I choose for following sentence :
Literally auf dem Weg means "on the road" (on top of), am Weg is a contraction of an dem Weg and means "at the road" (near). For your example, it should be auf dem Weg:
If you're talking about somebody moving, it should always be auf dem Weg ("on your way"). If you're talking about something stationary, you should use am Weg ("near the road", unless it's physically on the road). Colloquially auf dem Weg is often used interchangeably with am Weg though.
Where you cannot simply exchange them is if you want to say something is near the (physical) road:
"Am" als (zusätzliche) Kontraktion von "auf dem" ist in Österreich unauffällige Standardsprache:
Ausserhalb von Österreich/Süddeutschland wird "am" meist lediglich als Kontraktion von "an dem" aufgefasst. Falls man Verwunderung oder Missverständnisse vermeiden möchte, sollte "auf dem" deshalb nicht kontrahiert werden.
Normally you can exchange "auf dem Weg" with "am Weg" if it means "on my way to...", for example:
EDIT: It seems that "am Weg" is the "Austrian way" to say it (no pun intended). People from Germany seem to exclusively use auf dem Weg.
There are cases where one or the other would be more appropriate though:
which means that a sign stood at the wayside.
The banana skin was on in the middle of the path. You could use use "am Weg" too, but then it's not clear if it was at the edge or at your feet.
You can say:
But you can't use 'am Weg' here because 'auf dem Weg' gets a connoation of 'unterwegs', which 'am Weg' doesn't seem to have.


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I needed some references which involves, the basic definition and motivation for Entanglement Entropy, and its one or two applications to many-body physics/black holes.
The standard reference for quantum information is Nielsen and Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. Here is the Google books preview.
On the free side, I strongly recomment the "Quantum Entanglement" review by Horodecki brothers (they are quite famous in quantum information). It contains almost anything you'd want to know about entanglement and references to the rest. You can download it freely from arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702225
None of these require you to learn either many body theory or quantum field theory. But for many body theory and QFT, this is usually a good choice Quantum Field Theory of Many Body Systems. I'm afraid when it comes to quantum many body theory, basic QFT is a must and you will not be able to do without it.
I don't know the subject, but I found interesting resources below, I hope it will help you :
Entanglement Entropy in QFT, Holographic Entanglement Entropy
Entanglement entropy from a holographic viewpoint
Entanglement Entropy in Many-Body Systems


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