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Extreme Flexibility
Why has Lisp persevered for more than 50 years while countless other languages have come and gone? There are probably complex reasons, but chief among them is likely the fact that Lisp as a language genotype fosters language flexibility in the extreme. Newcomers to Lisp are sometimes unnerved by its pervasive use of parentheses and prefix notation, which is different than non-Lisp programming languages. The regularity of this behavior not only reduces the number of syntax rules you have to remember, but also makes the writing of macros trivial. Let's take a look at one now. It's an example that we'll get working on in a moment:
(defn query [max] (SELECT [a b c] (FROM X (LEFT-JOIN Y :ON (= X.a Y.b))) (WHERE (AND (< a 5) (< b ~max)))))
We hope some of those words look familiar to you, because this isn't an article on SQL. Regardless, our point here is that Clojure
doesn't have SQL support built in. The words
FROM, and so forth aren't built-in forms. They're also not regular functions, because if
SELECT were, then the use of
b, and
c would be an error, because they haven't been defined yet.
So what does it take to define a domain-specific language (DSL) like this in Clojure? Well, it's not production-ready code and doesn't tie into any real database servers; but with just one macro and the three functions shown in Lisiting One, the preceding query returns these handy values:
(query 5) ;=> ["SELECT a, b, c FROM X LEFT JOIN Y ON (X.a = Y.b) WHERE ((a < 5) AND (b < ?))" [5]]
Note that some words such as
FROM and
ON are taken directly from the input expression, whereas others such as
~max and
AND are treated specially. The
max that was given the value
5 when the query was called is extracted from the literal SQL string and provided in a separate vector, perfect for using in
a prepared query in a way that will guard against SQL-injection attacks. The
AND form was converted from the prefix notation of Clojure to the infix notation required by SQL.
Listing One: A domain-specific language for embedding SQL queries in Clojure.
(ns joy.sql (:use [clojure.string :as str :only []]) (defn expand-expr [expr] (if (coll? expr) (if (= (first expr) 'unquote) "?" (let [[op & args] expr] (str "(" (str/join (str " " op " ") (map expand-expr args)) ")"))) expr)) (declare expand-clause) (def clause-map {'SELECT (fn [fields & clauses] (apply str "SELECT " (str/join ", " fields) (map expand-clause clauses))) 'FROM (fn [table & joins] (apply str " FROM " table (map expand-clause joins))) 'LEFT-JOIN (fn [table on expr] (str " LEFT JOIN " table " ON " (expand-expr expr))) 'WHERE (fn [expr] (str " WHERE " (expand-expr expr)))}) (defn expand-clause [[op & args]] (apply (clause-map op) args)) (defmacro SELECT [& args] [(expand-clause (cons 'SELECT args)) (vec (for [n (tree-seq coll? seq args) :when (and (coll? n) (= (first n) 'unquote))] (second n)))])
In Listing One, on line 2, we use core string functions. On line 6, we handle unsafe literals. On line 9-11, we convert prefix to infix. On lines 13-15, we support each kind of clause. On line 28, we call the appropriate converter. And starting on line 31, we provide the main entrypoint macro.
But the point here isn't that this is a particularly good SQL DSL more complete ones are available. Our point is that once you have the skill to easily create a DSL like this, you'll recognize opportunities to define your own that solve much narrower, application-specific problems than SQL does. Whether it's a query language for an unusual non-SQL datastore, a way to express functions in some obscure math discipline, or some other application we as authors can't imagine, having the flexibility to extend the base language like this, without losing access to any of the language's own features, is a game-changer.
Although we shouldn't get into too much detail about the implementation, take a brief look back at Listing One and follow along as we discuss important aspects of its implementation.
Reading from the bottom up, you'll notice the main entry point, the
SELECT macro. This returns a vector of two items the first is generated by calling
expand-clause, which returns the converted query string, whereas the second is another vector of expressions marked by
~ in the input. The
~ is known as unquote. Also note the use of
tree-seq here to succinctly extract items of interest from a tree of values, namely the input expression.
expand-clause function takes the first word of a clause, looks it up in the
clause-map, and calls the appropriate function to do the actual conversion from Clojure s-expression to SQL string. The
clause-map provides the specific functionality needed for each part of the SQL expression: inserting commas or other SQL syntax, and
sometimes recursively calling
expand-clause when subclauses need to be converted. One of these is the
WHERE clause, which handles the general conversion of prefix expressions to the infix form required by SQL by delegating to the
expand-expr function.
Overall, the flexibility of Clojure demonstrated in this example comes largely from the fact that macros accept code forms, such as the SQL DSL example we showed, and can treat them as data walking trees, converting values, and more. This works not only because code can be treated as data, but because in a Clojure program, code is data.
Code is Data
The notion that "code is data" is difficult to grasp at first. Implementing a programming language where code shares the same footing as its comprising data structures presupposes a fundamental malleability of the language itself. When your language is represented as the inherent data structures, the language itself can manipulate its own structure and behavior. You may have visions of Ouroboros after reading the previous sentence, and that wouldn't be inappropriate, because Lisp can be likened to a self-licking lollypop more formally defined as homoiconicity. Lisp's homoiconicity takes a great conceptual leap in order to fully grasp, but we'll lead you toward that understanding in hopes that you too will come to realize the inherent power.
Functional Programming
Quick, what does functional programming mean? Wrong answer.
Don't be too discouraged, however we don't really know the answer either. Functional programming is one of those computing terms that has a nebulous definition. If you ask 100 programmers for their definition, you'll likely receive 100 different answers. Sure, some definitions will be similar, but like snowflakes, no two will be exactly the same. To further muddy the waters, the cognoscenti of computer science will often contradict one another in their own independent definitions. Likewise, the basic structure of any definition of functional programming will be different depending on whether your answer comes from someone who favors writing their programs in Haskell, ML, Factor, Unlambda, Ruby, or Qi. How can any person, book, or language claim authority for functional programming? As it turns out, just as the multitudes of unique snowflakes are all made mostly of water, the core of functional programming across all meanings has its core tenets.
A Workable Definition of Functional Programming
Whether your own definition of functional programming hinges on the lambda calculus, monadic I/O, delegates, or
java.lang.Runnable, your basic unit of currency is likely to be some form of procedure, function, or method herein lies the root. Functional
programming concerns and facilitates the application and composition of functions. Further, for a language to be considered
functional, its notion of function must be first-class. The functions of a language must be able to be stored, passed, and returned just like any other piece of data within that
language. It's beyond this core concept that the definitions branch toward infinity, but thankfully, it's enough to start.
Of course, we'll also present a further definition of Clojure's style of functional programming that includes such topics
as purity, immutability, recursion, laziness, and referential transparency.
The Implications of Functional Programming
Object-oriented programmers and functional programmers will often see and solve a problem in different ways. Whereas an object-oriented mindset will foster the pproach of defining an application domain as a set of nouns (classes), the functional mind will see the solution as the composition of verbs (functions). Though both programmers may in all likelihood generate equivalent results, the functional solution will be more succinct, understandable, and reusable. Grand claims indeed! We hope that you'll agree that functional programming fosters elegance in programming. It takes a shift in mindset to start from thinking in nouns to arrive at thinking in verbs, but the journey is worthwhile. In any case, we think there's much that you can take from Clojure to apply to your chosen language if only you approach the subject with an open mind.
Why Clojure Isn't Especially Object-Oriented
Elegance and familiarity are orthogonal. Rich Hickey
Clojure was born out of frustration provoked in large part by the complexities of concurrent programming, complicated by the weaknesses of object-oriented programming in facilitating it. This section explores these weaknesses and lays the groundwork for why Clojure is functional and not object-oriented.
Defining Terms
Before we begin, it's useful to define terms. (These terms are also defined and elaborated on in Rich Hickey's presentation, "Are We There Yet?").
The first important term to define is time. Simply put, time refers to the relative moments when events occur. Over time, the properties associated with an entity both static and changing, singular or composite will form a concrescence and be logically deemed its identity. It follows from this that at any given time, a snapshot can be taken of an entity's properties defining its state. This notion of state is an immutable one because it's not defined as a mutation in the entity itself, but only as a manifestation of its properties at a given moment in time. Imagine a child's flip book to understand the terms fully. The book itself represents the identity. Whenever you wish to show a change in the illustration, you draw another picture and add it to the end of your flip book. The act of flipping the pages therefore represents the states over time of the image within. Stopping at any given page and observing the particular picture represents the state of the image at that moment in time.
It's important to note that in the canon of object-oriented programming, there's no clear distinction between state and identity. In other words, these two ideas are conflated into what's commonly referred to as mutable state. The classical object-oriented model allows unrestrained mutation of object properties without a willingness to preserve historical states. Clojure's implementation attempts to draw a clear separation between an object's state and identity as they relate to time. To state the difference to Clojure's model in terms of the aforementioned flip book, the mutable state model is different, so modeling state change with mutation requires that you stock up on erasers. Your book becomes a single page, requiring that in order to model changes, you must physically erase and redraw the parts of the picture requiring change. Using this model, you should see that mutation destroys all notion of time, and state and identity become one.
Immutability lies at the cornerstone of Clojure, and much of the implementation ensures that immutability is supported efficiently. By focusing on immutability, Clojure eliminates entirely the notion of mutable state (which is an oxymoron) and instead expounds that most of what's meant by objects are instead values. Value by definition refers to an object's constant representative amount, magnitude, or epoch. (Some entities have no representative value Pi is an example. But in the realm of computing, where we're ultimately referring to finite things, this is a moot point.) You might ask yourself: what are the implications of the value-based programming semantics of Clojure?


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As ruling looms, sides form in cooling towers debate
Waterford - A much-anticipated decision due Nov. 4 from the Environmental Protection Agency is not expected to settle whether the Millstone Power Station ultimately must construct cooling towers, massive concrete structures that environmental groups say would reduce the destruction of fish and other harm to the Long Island Sound ecosystem, but that others warn pose their own drawbacks.
But "nobody will literally be able to do the status quo," said Kent Zammit, senior program manager for the Electric Power Research Institute, which has weighed in on EPA reviews and researched the impact of cooling towers and other technologies. Any change, he said, would require studies of the potential environmental effects.
The decision the EPA is preparing to release on Nov. 4 will issue new standards for how the "best available technology" requirement of the federal Clean Water Act will be applied to 740 of the nation's power plants and other facilities, including nuclear energy plants such as Millstone.
The ruling stems from a 1993 lawsuit in which Riverkeeper, Soundkeeper and 17 other groups successfully argued that the EPA was failing to enforce the Clean Water Act by not requiring retrofitting of power plants that are cooled by large amounts of water drawn from nearby sources. Cooling towers remove waste heat from the plants by emitting it into the air through evaporation rather than by using a nearby body of water as a heat sink.
Nuclear plants built in recent decades have been required to have cooling towers, noted Reed Super, attorney for Riverkeeper, one of the environmental groups pushing for the retroactive requirement for all plants. Several U.S. plants not located on waterways have been successfully using the technology, he said.
"A plant couldn't be built today without cooling towers," he said. "They protect fish and dozens of other marine creatures."
Plants that use large amounts of water for cooling later discharge warmed water back into the same river, lake or estuary, he noted.
"It changes the habitat," Super said. "There are enormous environmental impacts."
Saltwater intake, output
At Millstone, the two operating plants pull in about 1.3 million gallons of water per minute to remove heat generated in the production of electricity and discharge that warmed water back into the Sound. The intake pipes are fitted with 3/8-inch mesh screens that stop many fish and other marinelife from entering the plant. Fish caught in the screens are washed and returned to Niantic Bay.
"The screening process has been very successful at reducing impingement impacts," said Ken Holt, spokesman for Millstone owner Dominion.
Millstone also curtails water use by 40 percent during he winter flounder spawning season, and has installed new equipment on cooling water pumps to reduce the amount of water used, Holt said. He could not provide an estimate of the numbers of fish and fish larvae that perish in the intake structures.
Instead of a definitive ruling on cooling towers, the EPA is expected to leave the matter up to state regulators as part of permitting requirements for plants, said William Skaff, director of policy analysis for the Nuclear Energy Institute.
"We think the final rule will be workable, environmentally sound, and sound in terms of the cost-benefit," he said. "State regulators would have to consider a number of factors, including environmental, social and economic considerations, before they determine what constitutes the 'best available technology.'"
In Connecticut, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is awaiting the EPA ruling to determine how it will proceed on Millstone's pending application for renewal of its water discharge permit, DEEP spokesman Dennis Schain said. The current permit expires in 2015.
As a condition of its last permit renewal, in 2010, Millstone was required to conduct a study of cooling technology and take steps to reduce water use and screen out more fish from its intake pipes. The requirements were the result of a settlement among DEEP, Soundkeeper and the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, which is continuing to advocate for cooling towers at Millstone, said Roger Reynolds, legal director of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment.
"Cooling towers should be required," he said, adding that water use would be reduced by 98 percent. "Millstone uses over 2 billion gallons of water a day. That's remarkably destructive to marine life."
The required study conducted by Millstone concluded that the equipment currently in use meets the "best available technology" standard, and that there is no upgrade that would be a substantial improvement. Reynolds said the Connecticut Fund for the Environment came to a different conclusion.
"They evaluated their options and determined what was feasible, and we disagree," Reynolds said. The plant is profitable, he said, and can afford the expense of installing cooling towers.
Flexible standards
EPA spokesman Dale Kemery, in an email last week, said the agency is considering instituting "flexible technology standards" that would require plants to reduce the numbers of aquatic organisms killed in intake structures, but not mandate one particular type of equipment to accomplish this. Possible methods include reducing water use or intake velocity, using advanced screens and fish return systems, and moving intake pipes, along with cooling towers.
The EPA would not impose a uniform standard for cooling towers, Kemery said, because of four factors: energy reliability, air emissions issues, land availability at power plant sites and age of plants. Cooling towers, according to David Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists, can reduce electricity output by 10 to 15 megawatts, would emit "vapors" over the surrounding area that are "like a cloud maker" in certain weather conditions, and are costly and complicated to retrofit onto existing plants, requiring a temporary shutdown.
"It's not as easy as it might seem," he said. "There are downsides."
Lochbaum said if Millstone were required to install cooling towers, "it might lead to a plant shutdown." But he said he believes the EPA "won't issue such a draconian edict."
Millstone estimates it would cost $2.6 billion to retrofit the plants with the three massive towers that would be needed. Each would rise about 500 feet - about as tall as a 50-story building. Reduced energy output caused by the towers would cost $16.9 million annually, Millstone said in its study, and annual operation and maintenance of the towers would cost $5.7 million. Holt said the plant would have to shut down for a year to install cooling towers, a retrofit "that has never been done onto an existing nuclear power plant."
"Dominion has not said it would shut down if forced to install cooling towers," Holt said. "However, like every business, Dominion constantly evaluates its various assets. The cost-benefit analysis will certainly be taken into consideration if we are mandated to install cooling towers at Millstone."
Waterford First Selectman Dan Steward opposes cooling towers at Millstone, the town's largest taxpayer.
"They would each be the size of a football field, and coming out of that is steam, which creates mist, which will fog the entire Niantic Bay and all the houses in that area will live in a fog," he said. "It's just ugly, and you don't need to do this."
The plant's current system of using seawater from the Sound to cool the plant, he said, has been working well.
Super, the attorney for Riverkeeper and Soundkeeper, and Reynolds, attorney for the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, both say opponents are exaggerating the cost estimates and effects of cooling towers on the surrounding landscape.
"It's overblown," Super said. He added that the costs for the retrofit at Millstone could be borne by ratepayers, increasing rates by about 50 cents to $1 per month.
Compared to cooling towers, he said, "any other technology is vastly inferior."
If the EPA acts as expected, and leaves the decision about how plants must meet the "best available technology" standard up to states to decide on a case-by-case basis, his group and others will renew their push for cooling towers, Super said.
"We'll be back in court as quick as you can say 'court,'" he said.
Staff Writer Johanna Somers contributed to this story.
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Shia LaBeouf tweeted Friday morning that he's "retiring from all public life."
What a drama queen.
The 27-year-old actor — who has been bogged down in recent months by plagiarism allegations — wrote, "In light of the recent attacks against my artistic integrity, I am retiring from all public life."
He added, "My love goes out to those who have supported me," then wrote "#stopcreating."
I wonder where he stole that line.
Last month it was revealed the actor plagiarized a Daniel Clowes' graphic novella for his short film "HowardCantour.com." LaBeouf then sent a number of apologetic tweets — several of which also reportedly included plagiarized liners — which culminated with him hiring a skywriter to apologize on New Year's Day.
He has since sent a number of bizarre tweets seemingly mocking Clowes, who responded this week by having his lawyer send the "Transformers" actor a cease-and-desist letter.


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The University of Colorado's Board of Regents will convene tonight for a closed-door meeting to discuss head football coach Jon Embree's firing.
CU's regents will not take any action on the personnel matter and the meeting is intended to keep board members in the loop about Embree's firing and the steps going forward to replace the coach, officials said.
The regents will meet and go into executive session at 6:30 p.m. at the CU system administration office, 1800 Grant St., in Denver.
Embree was fired Sunday afternoon by athletic director Mike Bohn. The firing came after the Buffs went 1-11 this past season and for the first time ever were winless in Folsom Stadium.
CU's regents don't vote on firings -- that's a decision made by top campus and university leaders. Nor will the board take any action on a buy-out because those stipulations already were outlined in Embree's contract that the regents approved.
The board does approve new contracts for coaches when such documents come forward.
"The regents vote to approve contracts for the football coach, but the dismissal is an administrative matter that doesn't require action from the Board of Regents," said CU system spokesman Ken McConnellogue.
The board's relatively new "athletic committee" will not be involved with the search for CU's next head coach, McConnellogue said. Regents approved formation of the athletic committee in November 2010, days after former head football coach Dan Hawkins was fired.
The committee is tasked with monitoring CU's compliance with NCAA rules and student athletes' academic performance, as well as reviewing construction plans for proposed athletic buildings.
A few regents voted against the measure, including Republican Steve Bosley, for fear that future board members would try to micro-manage hiring and firing decisions of coaches or try to set ticket prices for games.
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European Commission - Press release
Airports: Up to 28 million additional passengers could travel each year with more efficient use of European airport slots
Brussels, 30 May 2011 - By 2025 more than €5 billion in economic benefits could be gained by reviewing European rules on allocating slots for landing and takeoff at the European Union's busiest airports, according to a new study ordered by the European Commission and published today. The practical effect is that up to 28 million additional passengers could be accommodated each year at Europe's airports. Currently, there are some 26,000 flights in Europe's sky every day. With passenger numbers forecast to grow by up to 4.5% annually, airport capacity is reaching saturation, causing congestion and delays.
Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport said: "We have been concerned that the current system of allocating takeoff and landing slots at airports is inefficient, giving rise to delays and congestion. This has now been confirmed by today's report, showing that up to 28 million more passengers could travel each year through Europe's airports. I intend to bring forward legislation this autumn to tackle this issue".
The benefits of reforming EU slots rules
The net economic benefits of a combination of changes could be in excess of €5 billion over the period 2012-2025 (net present value). Up to 28 million additional passengers could be accommodated per year within the existing airport capacity were the changes identified in the study made to the system. Social benefits are also generated in the form of increased employment. The changes identified would be in line with the strategy set out in the recent White Paper which identified the optimisation of airport capacity as a key step towards the establishment of the Single European Transport Area. Such changes could therefore make a contribution to resolving the capacity problems at a number of important EU airports. The global financial crisis had caused reductions in traffic, but traffic is increasing again and demand is expected to recover in the medium term. As a result, airport capacity will not be sufficient to accommodate demand at a large number of European airports and therefore congestion will significantly worsen.
A series of problems identified
The study highlights a number of problems with the current slot allocation system1 which, taken together, prevents scarce capacity at busy airports from being used in the most optimal way, causes congestion and hinders competition. Problems identified in the study are for instance:
Possible solutions
The authors of the study point out that allowing for the introduction of market-based mechanisms would help to ensure that slots can be used by those carriers able to make the best use of them. Also, the rules which reserve a share of free slots to new entrants could be changed and stricter requirements could be placed on the use of slots (for example, a stricter minimum-usage requirement on slots when there is a higher demand from carriers). The operation of the slot allocation system could be improved by strengthened independence and transparency of slot coordinators and by ensuring a correct use of slots. Moreover, the system of slot allocation could be changed in order to bring it into line with reform of the European air traffic management system and improve the resilience of the aviation network.
Next steps
The Commission will present this autumn a policy package on airports, including slots.
More information
A slot is the permission given by a coordinator to use the full range of airport infrastructure necessary to operate an air service at a coordinated airport on a specific date and time for the purpose of landing or take-off, as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports.
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Julia Nunes (pronounced "noonz") grew up in New York state, but went to college far away from her hometown friends and family. To keep in touch, she posted videos to YouTube — mostly goofy scenes from her dorm room.
Late at night, when she was shooting these vignettes, she also started recording herself playing ukulele and singing. Sometimes she performed original material, but she mostly stuck to covers of songs by Kanye West, Destiny's Child and others — including the song "Gone." The original artist, Ben Folds, saw the video and asked her to open for him on tour.
"When I got the email saying, 'Open up for Ben Folds this May,' I thought it was spam," Nunes says. "His manager called my mom and said, 'Hey, Julia is ignoring Ben.'"
Last month, Nunes released an album that her fans helped finance through a Kickstarter campaign.
"I was really apprehensive at first; I didn't think fans would understand why all of a sudden I needed money," she says. "I had been making CDs for years without it, so why now? Easy to explain: I was working with friends. I wasn't using the best production or the best equipment. At this point in my career, I felt like I wanted to make the best thing that I possibly could. I made a budget of $18,000 for all 18 songs, 16 days at the studio, no room for breaks. I thought even that was too high for people to understand. I set it at $15,000 — that was a small enough number for people to grasp."
Nunes ended up raising $78,000. That album, Settle Down, is out now.
Julia Nunes grew up in New York state, but she went to college far away from her hometown friends and family. So, to keep in touch, she posted videos to YouTube - music videos and goofy scenes from her tempest-tossed dorm room.
JULIA NUNES: OK. News time. I am beating Tila Tequila in the most subscribed musicians on YouTube. It's just about my dream come true. OK. I love you guys. Bye.
SIMON: Didn't take long for Julia Nunes to gain a fan following online, including the singer Ben Folds, who asked Julia to open for him on tour. And now, she has her own CD out. It's called "Settle Down," and it was financed by her Internet fans, through the website Kickstarter. Julie Nunes joins us in NPR Studio 4A, along with guitarist and singer Mike Comite. Thanks so much for being with us.
NUNES: Thank you.
MIKE COMITE: Thank you.
SIMON: This has happening pretty quickly for you, hasn't it? Did Ben Folds discover you or what happened?
NUNES: Yeah. He found me doing his song, "Gone." And actually when I got the email saying open up for Ben Folds this May, I thought that they were spam.
SIMON: Yeah, I get that, I get that all the time.
NUNES: So, yeah. He discovered me in a way. But I think a lot of people came to me on their own.
SIMON: First song you're going to play for us is "Stay Awake."
NUNES: "Stay Awake."
SIMON: Julie Nunes, accompanied by Mike Comite, guitar and singing, in the song "Stay Awake." Is there a specific story about this or is this a story of 100 nights?
NUNES: Oh, just so many nights. Everything seems so important at 5 in the morning. And in the cold light of day, it's always a realization that I totally should have gone to sleep. But I never do. I never learn my lesson.
SIMON: Yeah. Tell, if you could, the corporate success side of your story. Because a lot of people have turned to places like Kickstarter to get some projects done. What was that like for you?
NUNES: I was really apprehensive at first. I didn't think that fans would understand why all of the sudden I needed money. Like, I've been making CDs and videos for years without it, so why now? That's easy to explain. I was working with friends and I wasn't using the best production or the best equipment. At this point in my career, I guess, I really wanted to make the best thing that I possibly could. And I made a budget for $18,000 for all 18 songs. We're going to do it in 16 days at the studio - no room for breaks. And I thought that even that was too high for people to grasp.
SIMON: You raised $78,000, right?
NUNES: Yeah.
SIMON: May I ask what'd you do with the rest? I mean, if it's cost $15,000 or $18,000, the way I do the math...
NUNES: I was already in the studio when the Kickstarter money started coming in. And we realized that we could spend more time. So, I definitely gave ourselves room to breathe and make mistakes 'cause the way we had it scheduled before, there was just like no breathing room at all.
SIMON: The next song you have for us here, I'm told, is "Comatose."
SIMON: You guys are great.
COMITE: Thank you.
SIMON: Julia Nunes, accompanied by Mike Comite. Does it get a little more challenging as you become more of a pro at it?
NUNES: No. I think it's gotten easier since I've started to really take it seriously. I've realized that I should be spending the time on myself to, like, work on my voice and drink water, whereas before I was, like, warm-ups? No way.
SIMON: Yeah. But you keep writing? I mean, writing, I mean, writing every - if not every day, every few days?
NUNES: Yes. Yeah. Whenever my mind wanders, it wanders to a songwriting place. I just stop immediately and write it down. I guess that's another way to come easier since I started taking it seriously. Like, before if I thought of a song idea, I'm just, like, nah, I don't remember it, whatever. But now it's something that I really want to make sure that I get together later.
SIMON: This CD has about 18 songs on it, and a lot of them are shorter than three minutes.
NUNES: Yeah, I'm concise. I like to say what I want to say and once it's out, it's done.
SIMON: We'd like to hear one now. "Pizza."
NUNES: I think I'm catering to my own attention span with those songs. I just wanted to, like, sing a 30-second song about pizza. Sometimes I write about, like, deep emotions and all that and sometimes all I got is pizza.
SIMON: Well, a two-minute song about pizza would be excessive.
NUNES: It would.
SIMON: Julia Nunes, along with her guitarist Mike Comite have joined us in NPR Studio 4A. The new CD, "Settle Down." It's out now. Thanks so much to both of you.
NUNES: Thank you.
COMITE: Thanks.
SIMON: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Hundreds of Coloradans showed up at the state Capitol on Monday to cheer or jeer seven Democratic gun-control measures that senators debated late into the night.
By late Monday, two Democrat-controlled Senate committees had passed all seven bills regarding stricter gun control.
Earlier in the day, a biplane flew over the stately gold dome with a banner directed at Gov. John Hickenlooper, and drivers drove around and around the Capitol honking their displeasure with the gun bills. Inside, the number of people lined up to testify — many of them gun-rights advocates — made it nearly impossible to navigate the hallways at times.
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Coloradans began lining up outside the state Capitol at 6:30 a.m. to testify, although the first bills to be heard in the Judiciary and State Affairs committee weren't scheduled to be heard until 10:30 a.m.
Among the star witnesses for Democrats was Capt. Mark Kelly — whose wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, was injured in a mass shooting outside a Tucson grocery store. He has testified in Congress in favor of stricter gun laws in the wake of mass shootings at a Colorado movie theater last July and at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
"We said this time, 'Enough is enough, and something needs to be done,' " Kelly told the Senate State Affairs committee members hearing a bill on universal background checks.
Before the Judiciary Committee, Patricia Maisch, who helped disable Giffords' shooter, testified for a bill limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines to 15 rounds.
"This bill is an attempt to reduce the slaughter," said the sponsor, Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton.
But victims of other tragedies, including survivors from the Columbine High School shooting, urged lawmakers to vote "no."
Adam Thompson was a junior when two classmates tried to blow up Columbine and then began shooting when their bombs failed.
"I struggled 12 years dealing with survivor guilt and that I was put in a position where I was defenseless and so were the people around me that were supposed to keep me safe," he said. "I never want to be defenseless again. ... I have become a firearms owner."
Opponents argued that the bills trample their constitutional rights and were unenforceable, and they accused Democrats of taking their marching orders from the White House.
"So, did the vice president give you help with this?" Sen. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, asked when a bill restricting firearms for domestic-violence offenders was debated.
Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, hotly reminded King that at the start of her testimony she said she was inspired to carry the bill because a student of hers who was being stalked was murdered.
But when Second Amendment expert Dave Kopel's phone rang in another committee as he was testifying against a bill requiring universal background checks, he couldn't resist. "Karl Rove just can't leave me alone," Kopel said, to laughter.
In both committees, some of the state's sheriffs stood side by side when one of their colleagues testified against the gun bills.
Three of the bills that passed Monday will be heard Wednesday in the Democrat-controlled Appropriations Committee, where public testimony traditionally is limited and usually restricted to the financial aspect of a proposal.
All seven bills will be debated Friday on the Senate floor, where Democrats have a 20-15 majority. Republicans need to peel off three votes to kill any of the measures.
Sen. Lois Tochtrop, D-Thornton, said she supports only two of her party's seven gun measures: Her bill to restrict online training for concealed-carry permit holders and universal background checks.
Retired police Officer David Strumillo of Colorado Springs brought his three children: Morgan, 14, and twins Eden and Indiana, 11.
"This is better than any civics lesson that can be taught in class," said Strumillo, who has concerns about the measures.
The biplane flying over the Capitol carried a not-so-subtle message to the Democratic governor: "Hick, don't take our guns."
In the parking circle around the Capitol, Sen. Greg Brophy created a stir by having Magpul, an Erie-based ammunition-magazine manufacturer, park a Unimog — an enormous four-wheel-drive vehicle — with a Magpul logo in his spot. The company has threatened to leave Colorado if one of the gun measures, limiting ammo rounds, passes.
Lynn Bartels: 303-954-5327, email@example.com or twitter.com/lynn_bartels Staff writers Tim Hoover and Ryan Parker contributed to this report.


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MONTGOMERY | A judge temporarily blocked the governor from signing a private school tax credit bill into law Tuesday after a teachers' group sued, saying that the Legislature broke open meetings laws and its own rules when it passed the legislation.
MONTGOMERY | A judge temporarily blocked the governor from signing a private school tax credit bill into law Tuesday after a teachers' group sued, saying that the Legislature broke open meetings laws and its own rules when it passed the legislation.
The Alabama Education Association maintains that the tax credits would hurt funding for public schools because Alabama's income tax supports public education. Republicans, including Gov. Robert Bentley, believe the bill would give students more choice for a quality education.
Circuit Judge Charles Price, a Democrat, said he would rule on whether to extend the temporary restraining order today.
Bentley had planned to sign the bill into law in a ceremony Tuesday afternoon. After the judge's action, he said he was ready to sign it as soon as he can. "This is the most important thing that has ever happened to education," he said.
The bill started out as a way to provide more flexibility to city and county school boards in complying with state education laws. After the House and Senate passed different versions, a Republican-dominated conference committee rewrote the bill and tripled its size.
The changes added tax credits for parents who decide to send their children to private schools rather than failing public schools. It also set up a scholarship program for parents who can't afford private school tuition, with businesses and individuals getting tax credits for contributing to the scholarships.
The Alliance for School Choice said Alabama would become the 12th state with a tax credit program.
"It's unfortunate that anyone would try to stop a bill that gives students in failing schools more options to receive a quality education," Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said.
AEA's suit maintains the Republican majority on the conference committee violated the open meetings law by writing the new version in private without any public notice and without including the two Democratic members of the committee.
"It was passed by the House and Senate under the cloak of darkness," AEA Executive Secretary Henry Mabry said.
AEA's suit argues that the Legislature didn't follow its own rules when Republicans in the House and Senate approved the changes on party-line votes Thursday night. The suit said the House and Senate each did it with one vote when two votes were necessary under legislative rules — one to approve the changes made by the conference committee and a second to approve the overall bill.
A Democratic member of the conference committee, Sen. Quinton Ross of Montgomery, and Democratic Rep. Joe Hubbard of Montgomery, backed up AEA's claims in testimony before the judge.
Attorneys for state officials named in the suit argued that the judge should dismiss the suit because the AEA employee named as the plaintiff in the suit wasn't at the Legislature to witness what happened Thursday. They also argued that any potential problems with the open meetings law were cured when the House and Senate approved the rewritten bill in a public meeting.
They also said the courts should leave enforcement of the Legislature's rules to the Legislature, not the courts.
Price disagreed. "If there were not rules governing actions, there would be total chaos," he said.


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- Dec 10:
- CU Buffs hire San Jose State's Mike MacIntyre to lead football program
- Dec 6:
- Mike Bohn to CU-Boulder faculty leaders: 'We will not cut corners'
- Phil DiStefano: CU Buffs 'not deterred' in search for new football coach
- Butch Jones turns down CU Buffs coaching job
- Dec 5:
- Butch Jones denies taking CU Buffs job, campus says coach search 'still active'
University of Colorado officials sharpened their pencils and straightened the pictures on the office walls in the Dal Ward Center dozens of times Tuesday. Every time the phone rang a nervous excitement bubbled up only to fizzle away when the voice on the line didn't belong to Cincinnati football coach Butch Jones or his agent.
Jones was supposed to decide Tuesday whether to accept Colorado's offer to become the 25th full-time football coach in the school's history as well as its highest paid coach at approximately $2.7 million annually. But Jones apparently needed another night to think it through after reportedly meeting with Cincinnati officials and receiving a counter offer.
Jones and his wife, Barb, visited Boulder and the CU campus Monday and received the job offer at Chancellor Phil DiStefano's residence. They had informed CU officials prior to making the trip that they would not commit to taking the job while still in Boulder. They wanted to return home to Cincinnati to discuss what they saw and learned with their three children and Jones' coaching staff.
All indications are those conversations happened Tuesday afternoon and evening and Jones could announce a decision today.
But there is a possible wild card.
Arkansas announced Tuesday it had hired Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema to take over its program, suddenly pushing Wisconsin into the market for a new coach.
Jones also took part in a press conference at Cincinnati on Tuesday to discuss the Bearcats' appearance in the Belk Bowl against Duke on Dec. 27 in Charlotte, N.C.
Cincinnati officials asked reporters to limit questions to the bowl game and the teams involved and not ask about Jones' job status or plans for the future. Reporters responded by making the first two questions aboutJones' job status.
"I think all you have to do is look at my past and the past years of what's happened and I'm still the head football coach here," Jones said. "I think that speaks volumes."
After the second questioner asked Jones if he planned to coach the bowl game, he said he "has every intention to" and then threatened to end the news conference.
Meanwhile back in Boulder, athletic director Mike Bohn and several assistants gathered in a small conference room where pictures of CU's previous ADs adorn the walls just off the athletic director's main office and discussed their options if Jones turns them down.
Sources said they wrote at least one new name down on a dry-erase board. CU officials would be interested in talking with Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter, San Jose State coach Mike McIntyre and at least one other possible candidate whom they only began to consider Tuesday.
CU has either ruled out or been told there is no reciprocal interest from candidates such as Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe, Brigham Young coach Bronco Mendenhall and Utah State coach Gary Andersen.
When the search for Jon Embree's replacement began more than a week ago, Bohn said he was targeting a coach with experience as a college head coach. But if CU doesn't hire a coach soon, it might be forced to add to that list by including coaches who have been coordinators and the college or pro level.
Bohn and his bosses also have previously ruled out taking a chance on a coach with serious NCAA violations or other problems in his past such as Jim Tressel or Bobby Petrino.
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Now that's a show
Event literally offers something for everyone
Jul 30, 2014 | 2 Comments
By Starla Pointer
Of the News-Register
If you're a good showman, you can show anything.
No one knows that more than Owen TenBrook, a 13-year-old middle schooler from Newberg. He wowed the judge and the audience at the cat and small pet show Wednesday afternoon and took home the top prize in his category, which I'm guess you'd have to call "other."
Owen showed a rock.
More precisely, Owen showed a pet rock named "Rocky 'The Destroctor' Jefferson." He tied a bandana around Rocky's head, a la Keith Richards, and plopped him down behind a drum kit built from cardboard tools.
He told judge Sally Forster all about Rocky's interests -- which, naturally, including hanging out with the Rolling Stones and many other rock stars. He talked about his pet's history, too. Owen adopted Rocky after finding him laying around on the beach.
"So he's all washed up?" the judge quipped.
No way, Owen indicated. Rocky has plenty of stadiums in his future.
After all, he said, "it's always time to rock."
And, for the next three days, it's always time for the Yamhill County Fair & Rodeo. Spend some time there -- you may not get to see Rocky, but you'll find plenty of other shows, displays and things to do.
The fair opens at 10 a.m. daily. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for kids, but children 12 and younger get in free before 3 p.m. Parking on the fairgrounds costs $3 and the lot may fill up during the vening rodeo shows and concerts.
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BOSTON -- Massachusetts gamblers could soon win the lottery, not by scratching a ticket, but by touching a screen.
State Sen. Jennifer Flanagan and Treasurer Steve Grossman are advocating for the passage of a bill that would allow the lottery to offer games that could be played on their home computers and smart phones.
"I've heard from people across the state asking, 'Why you can't do gaming through the Internet?'" said Flanagan, the Leominster Democrat who filed the bill. "If I have my smart phone, why can't I just do it through that? I may not be able to go to a store. It sort of goes in line with how society is right now."
While Flanagan and Grossman believe offering online games could help raise additional revenue for cash-strapped cities and towns, some worry the move will put brick and mortar stores out of business.
Steve Ryan, executive director of the New England Convenience Store Association, said his group opposes the measure. He argues the state's 7,500 lottery retailers, which depend on revenue from lottery sales, will be suffer if online lottery games are approved.
Lottery retailers, such as convenience stores, make about $37,000 per year from the lottery.
"It's something we think has the potential to hurt thousands of small businesses across Massachusetts," said Ryan.
Grossman, who oversees the state lottery , has said he is also concerned that online sales will hurt retailers. He supports requiring consumers to purchase pre-paid lottery cards at physical retailers, which would then be used to access online games, according to his spokesman, Jon Carlisle.
Flanagan also said she wants to protect traditional retailers.
"Nobody wants to put a store out of business," she said. "That's not the intent. We're not looking to streamline it so that businesses are obsolete. We want to make sure there is a way to work with businesses to make sure people have the convenience and ease of gaming, but also have the option for stores to benefit."
A December 2011 decision by the U.S. Department of Justice opened the door for online lottery games.
The Justice Department's opinion reversed its 1961 ruling that bets through telecommunications that cross state lines or international borders were illegal. Its new interpretation, written by Justice Department attorneys in response to requests for clarification from New York and Illinois, concluded that such wagering on sports is outlawed, but that other wagers, such as lotteries, are not.
Some say the opinion will help states cope with shrinking tax revenues and ballooning pension and health-care costs. The Massachusetts Lottery , which generates more than $4 billion in sales each year and sends about $900 million of that to cities and towns as local aid, is also facing competition from the prospect of casinos coming to Massachusetts.
Grossman has taken several other steps to ensure the lottery remains profitable.
For example, last year he began allowing customers to buy lottery tickets with debit cards. Grossman said the move would make it easier for customers to play the lottery, particularly in retail stores without ATMs.
Flanagan said online gaming is the next logical step.
"This is uncharted territory, so I expect there to be a lot of debate," she said. "I expect there to be a lot of questions. I look forward to the public weighing in."
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State wrestling finals from Saturday
Evan Bahler, Anthony Bauer and Alex Friedman finished on top as they completed their respective state finals runs Saturday with victories at the Assembly Hall.
For Friedman, his victory over Mike Kozyra gave the Pontiac senior a third-place finish at 160 pounds in Class 2A. Bahler of Prairie Central and Bauer of Dwight each placed fifth at 145 and 195 pounds, respectively, in Class 1A.
"It feels good to go out with a win," Friedman said. "I knew once I lost my semifinal (match) I had to come back. I got what I could.
"I'm happy with third. My goal was to be champion, but if you have settle, third isn't horrible."
Friedman's journey through the 160-pound bracket was as tough as anyone faced. His one loss in the five bouts was to Xavier Montalvo of Montini in the semifinal round. Montalvo went on to win the state title.
Three of Friedman's four wins were to wrestlers who finished fourth, fifth and sixth.
"That was a culmination of four years," PTHS head coach Corey Christenson said of Friedman. "He hit every takedown in that match, every simulation we've been working on; he hit every angle. He was focused and went by whistle-to-whistle."
Friedman (46-3) won his third-place bout by pinning Kozyra at 5:13. He had built a 10-3 advantage, including a pair of near-falls, before getting the stick.
"Once I got into my stuff he really couldn't stop me," Friedman said of his final bout. "I felt good flowing from move to move (and) once I got my turn series I knew I could turn him. I've been working it all year, that's my moneymaker. Once I hit it, I felt good."
Friedman defeated Mike Zelasco of Crystal Lake Central 8-6 in the wrestleback semifinals earlier Saturday. Zelasco took fifth.
Bahler (37-7) also finished his prep career on top with a 3-1 overtime victory over Dylan Knisley of Monticello. Both had yielded an escape to end regulation tied at 1-1 and force the sudden death extra period.
Bahler won with a move that put Knisley on his back with one second remaining.
"When I get into a bad position, I'll get an over-under and hit a lateral," Bahler said of the move that got the win and fifth place. "Luckily we got into that position where he tried tripping me and there was nothing else I could do but throw it."
The bout was slow moving throughout. Both escapes were basically giveaways in order to get into a better situation.
"It came down to the last takedown. It became a chess match," PC head coach Ben Morris said. "He ends his career with a win and that's what you want."
For Bahler, it was the second time in as many years that he brought home state hardware. He finished fourth at 138 pounds in 2012.
"I'm not too happy about it now, but down the road, when I look back, that's going to be one of the highlights winning my final match," Bahler said.
Bahler ran into a bad situation in his first bout of the day. He lost 12-4 to Talon Paul of Stillman Valley after losing a couple of scrambles and ending up on his back twice.
Bauer had to wrestle three matches on Saturday, and came away with fifth place after defeating Tanner VanDalsen of Monticello 11-7.
"I took him down 30 seconds in and just from there I knew I was going to win the match," Bauer, a Dwight junior, said. But he didn't have that confidence all weekend.
"I came in here thinking I was going to be one and done but I pulled it out," Bauer said. "I wanted to show people I'm as good as some of these kids."
Bauer had been showing that all season. He finished with a 39-13 record. His 39 wins tied a school record.
"This kid he got beat pretty bad at the super duals at Prairie Central (in December)," DTHS head coach Lenny Tryner said of Bauer's bout with VanDalsen. "He came in this weekend and beat some people he lost to earlier this year."
Bauer defeated El Paso-Gridley's Tristun Reeves with a 15-4 major decision early Saturday to reach the wrestleback semifinals and guarantee at placement. Terry Martin of Chicago Douglass claimed a 9-5 win over Bauer in that bout.
"We see a lot of these top wrestlers during the season," Tryner said. "Sometimes kids don't realize these are the same kids they will see in the finals matches at state."


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The oatmeal breakfast runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Pioneer Elementary School, 101 East Baseline Road. More than 200 gallons of oatmeal will be prepared for the breakfast, plus 4,000 oatmeal pancakes and 1,200 oatmeal muffins. The cost for the breakfast is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and youth (3-12); tots 2 and younger are free.
The baking contest is from 8 a.m. to noon at Pioneer Elementary.
The health fair is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bob L. Burger Recreation Center, 111 West Baseline Road.
The 5K starts at 9:30 a.m.
A free shuttle will run continuously from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. from Flatirons Community Church at 350 South Boulder Road to Pioneer Elementary.
For more information, call 303-666-9555 or visit lafayettecolorado.com.
LAFAYETTE -- Nothing warms up a chilly January morning like a warm bowl of oatmeal topped with fresh berries ... or bacon, or gummy bears, or candied jalapenos, or any of the 130-plus choices that make up the world's largest oatmeal toppings bar.
The toppings bar, along with the oatmeal, muffins and pancakes that have become Lafayette's winter breakfast of choice for the past 17 years, returns Saturday with the annual Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival.
The addition of bacon to the toppings bar lineup was so popular last year, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Pat Vero said, that this year's event will include an entire "savory" section featuring newcomers such as candied jalapenos and flavored nuts.
"We're right at around 130 toppings with those few new items this year," Vero said. "It keeps growing."
So does the health fair that corresponds with the festival. This year, in addition to the free screenings vendor booths, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine will demonstrate knee scans using its latest technology. BCSM will also discuss optimal cycling position and bike fitting.
The health fair, sponsored by Boulder Community Hospital and Community Medical Center, will overflow the Bob L. Burger Recreation Center gymnasium and spill into the adjacent racquetball courts.
Along with the oatmeal breakfast, the Oatmeal Festival baking contest -- featuring six categories -- will take place at Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School, just east of the recreation center.
Bonfils Blood Center will conduct a blood drive in the recreation center parking lot via its mobile unit.
The Quicker Quaker 5K Run/Walk, which attracted more than 1,400 participants last year, starts near Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, 200 East Baseline Road, before heading to Waneka Lake and back.
Vero said she doesn't expect the forecast of temperatures in the 20s and a chance of snow to freeze up the race this year.


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The Yreka Miners varsity football team gave the home fans quite the show on homecoming night on Friday.
Playing in Yreka for the first time this season, the Miners earned a 49-27 victory over Klamath Union of Oregon to improve to 3-1 for the year.
The Miners offense was running on all cylinders as they scored 21 points in the first quarter and 35 points in the first half despite a steady downpour of rain, which subsisted by the start of the second half.
Running back Jacob Maphet bowled over the Pelicans for 168 yards on 17 carries, including a 50-yard touchdown. Signal caller Ty Currie threw for 60 yards and three touchdowns. He also had 74 yards on the ground and a touchdown. Michael Schuler had two touchdown receptions for Yreka.
The Miners were able to bounce back against the Pelicans after losing at the last minute in a 22-21 heartbreaker to Phoenix, Ore., on the road the previous week.
"It motivated us," Currie said about the loss, adding the squad worked hard at practice to make sure things went well on Friday night.
It's always a positive to win on a night like this in front of the home fans, head coach Orlyn Culp said. He commended his team for the way they efficiently ran their offense and were able to steadily put points on the board.
While he was pleased with how the defense performed at times, he admitted more work still needs to be done in limiting points on the board. After all, Culp said, with the Northern Athletic League as strong as ever this season the defense must step up its game if they want to be in contention for a title this year.
Schuler started things off with a bang when he returned the opening kickoff to around the 46-yard line of Yreka. The Pelicans had no answer for the Miners as they cruised down the field. The drive cumulated with Currie connecting with wideout Stevie Albers, who was able to elude Pelicans defenders on his way to a 20-yard score as Yreka led 7-0 after Andy Andreas made the point-after kick.
The Miner defense proceeded to shut down the Klamath Union offense. On 4th down the Pelicans attempted a fake punt and threw the ball unsuccessfully as the Miners gained excellent field position at the 30-yard-line of the Pelicans. A short time later Currie used his running ability to scamper 17-yards for the score with 4:40 left to take a 14-0 advantage after Andreas made the PAT.
A short time later Justin Burch recovered a fumble to give the Miners the ball deep in Pelicans territory. Eventually, the Miners scored again on a 10-yard run by Gabe Durney as the Miners had a 21-0 lead after the PAT attempt with 3:40 still remaining in the first quarter.
In the second quarter the Miners found themselves in a 4th and 12 situation at the 30-yard line of Klamath Union. Yreka decided to go for it, which proved to be a great move. Currie was able to find an open Schuler, who grabbed the pass and ran in for the score with 8:51 left in the 2nd quarter and took a 27-0 lead after the PAT attempt failed.
Klamath Union finally scored with 6:11 remaining in the half to make things 27-6.
Yreka struck back quickly and less than a minute later Maphet found an opening and scampered 50-yards for the score to make things 35-6.
With 3:46 left in the half, the Pelicans scored again on a 50-yard TD pass as the half ended with Yreka going into the locker room with a 35-13 lead.
The Miners did not lose a step in the second half as Miner senior Quaid Blanchard picked off a pass and gave Yreka the ball at the 9-yard line of Klamath Union. Currie again found Schuler, this time for nine yards as Yreka had a 42-13 lead after the PAT was missed with 9:53 left in the third.
KU scored again a short time later but the Miners responded, cumulating in a 1-yard touchdown run by Thomas Bigelow to give the Miners a commanding 49-20 advantage after the PAT was made. The Pelicans scored on more time in the third quarter to make things 49-27, which was the score when the game ended.
The Miners have a bye this week and are at Modoc on Oct. 4 before opening league play Oct. 11 at home versus Anderson.
There's no place like home: Miners down Pelicans 49-27 on homecoming night
The Yreka Miners varsity football team gave the home fans quite the show on homecoming night on Friday.


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All eyes are on the thermometer tonight as temperatures will dip below zero for the third time in 2013. In fact, our projected low temperature of -5 is colder than it was all last winter.
The peak wind chill values by this morning will be in the -20 to -15 range. Frostbite can occur in less than 30 minutes in that type of cold. Be sure to check on elderly, pets and the kids in the morning.
Sunshine will fade into cloud cover today with some light snow expected after dinnertime. It will be very windy today so watch for some drifting snow, especially on the NW-SE roads.
Highs will reach into the middle teens with chills in the single digits all day.
About 1-3 inches of snow will fall Wednesday. Another few inches of snow will be possible Friday night into Saturday.


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E van Spence holds a miniature red iron in his right hand and a slab of light blue wax in his left.
He slowly drips the wax across an upturned ski resting on his workbench at REI Boulder.
"I'd say about one drop per square inch," Spence says, adding that it's more of an art than a science as he smoothes the wax across the flat plane of the ski.
Spence, 29, has been tuning and waxing skis since he was 19. Each season, many of the 1,100 skis and snowboards that come into REI Boulder will cross Spence's work bench.
Each November, ski shops in Boulder and the surrounding areas fill with anxious skiers and snowboarders raring to get out on the few open slopes. With Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Copper, Winter Park and Wolf Creek already open, and Vail and Eldora set to open Friday, business is starting to pick up at local ski shops.
Spence grew up in Clear Creek County, where he started working as a rental technician after high school. He's moved around to different ski-related positions, while keeping a focus on ski tuning and waxing.
Most of Spence's tuning knowledge has come from years of watching and talking with other technicians, and trial and error on his own skis. The art of tuning is a hand-me-down trade, he said.
"You have to show a mechanical inclination," Spence said. "You have to be really meticulous."
Though it can be nerve racking drilling into $1,000-plus skis or boards, the job has its perks. Spence knows exactly how to make his own skis fly, and he'll often gets a batch of cookies from happy clients.
Some of the strangest -- and best -- gifts that Neptune Mountaineering ski service manager Zach Holtzman has received have ranged from burritos to a French press coffee maker.
Holtzman began learning the trade from his aunt when he was 10, he said. He started at Neptune four years ago after stints at ski shops in Leadville and Lake Tahoe.
Neptune sees anywhere from 1,500 to 3,000 skis and boards each season, Holtzman said. But since the first snow in October, Holtzman said the shop has already had around 20 pairs of skis to tune each weekend.
"It seems like people are eager this year," he said, adding that people are anxious for a good snow year after last season's dismal precipitation.
Christy Sports in Boulder sees anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 pairs of skis or boards each season, depending on snowfall, said Boulder manager Dennis Meeker. Even though the techs see a lot of skis and boards, he said, they'll remember what they worked on -- even if they don't remember the skier or rider -- when they see those skis again later in the season.
He said ski techs are often snow-sports enthusiasts with a penchant for working with their hands. Though it isn't the most lucrative position, Meeker said, the job market for ski techs is competitive.
"It's not the most profitable business and not the most luxurious and not the highest paid, but it is a self-rewarding position," said Meeker, who learned to tune and wax skis 25 years ago.
Peter Boyer founded Alpine Base and Edge in 2005 as a no-frills ski tuning and merchandise shop -- nothing but skis, poles, boots and bindings, he said. Boyer learned ski tuning in 1977 as an 18-year-old at a shop in Vail.
"A well-tuned ski helps you ski better," he said. "It is absolutely essential for racing and big mountain skiing."
Alpine Base and Edge sees 8,000 to 10,000 skis each season. Boyer said that because the "core" of the business is ski tuning, his shop receives skis from all over the county.
"You wouldn't take your Porsche to Jiffy Lube for an oil change," he said, laughing.
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Event Type: Children's Story Time
Age Group(s): Children & Families
Date: 8/27/2014
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
We will work on developing early literacy skills by reading stories, dancing, playing and having fun! Groups must speak to hosting branch for registration. Children must be accompanied by an adult.Library: Indian Trails Branch Map
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TRAINING: I train 3 times a day, 6 days a week at Nova Uniao under Andre Pederneiras. Our training includes Muay Thai, wrestling, Jiu Jitsu techniques, conditioning and lots of sparring.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training when I was 14 at the old Ruas Vale Tudo Team in Rio de Janeiro.
What ranks and titles have you held? South American Shooto Champion, Shooto World Champion, WOCS Grand Prix Champion
Do you have any heroes? My father, who raised 5 children on his own
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's the realization of a dream to fight in the UFC and an honor to have the opportunity to fight in the first UFC in Rio de Janeiro.
What was your job before you started fighting? I was a glazer, panel builder and I managed a franchise at one point.
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? Entry in the UFC; this changes everything
Favorite grappling technique: Triangle
Favorite Striking technique: 1-2 combos with kicks
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text: This past weekend, Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, hosted the Sprint Cup Tums Fast Relief 500 and the Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200. The Nationwide Series returns to action next week with the O'Reilly Auto Part Challenge on Saturday, November 3rd at Texas Motor Speedway.NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTime Trials: Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Tums Fast Relief 500 with a lap of 97.598 mph. This is the No. 48 Chevrolet driver's 28th pole in 396 NSCS races. It is his third pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2012. This is Johnson's second pole in 22 races at Martinsville Speedway.Did Not Qualify: No. 19 Mike Bliss and No. 37 J.J. Yeley.Race Winner: Jimmie Johnson won the Tums Fast Relief 500, his 59th victory in 396 NSCS races. This is the No. 48 Chevrolet driver's fourth victory and 23rd top-10 finish in 2012. It is his seventh victory and 19th top-10 finish in 22 races at Martinsville Speedway. With Johnson's win today Chevrolet has clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for this season.Rookie of the Race:Stephen Leicht, the No. 33 Chevrolet driver, started 42nd and finished 34th. This was ahead of the rest of the 2012 Rookie of the Year contenders earning him the Rookie of the Race award. Leicht, who made 14 of the 33 races so far this season, is currently 41st in the points.Contingency Awards:- Jimmie Johnson won the $5,400 3M Lap Leader Award for leading the most laps (193 of 500). The No. 48 Chevrolet driver started on the pole and won the race.- Hendrick Engines won the $5,000 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. They supplied the engine in Johnson's Chevrolet.- Jimmie Johnson won the $5,000 American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award for recording the fastest average speed on restarts and finishing the race on the lead lap.- Kyle Busch's crew chief, Dave Rogers, won the DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race award. The $5,000 cash award is presented to the crew chief of the driver who demonstrates the best qualifying and race finish for each event. Busch started the No. 18 Toyota third in the lineup and finished second.- Paul Wolfe, crew chief on the No. 2 Dodge (Brad Keselowski), won the Moog Problem Solver of the Race award. The $5,500 award goes to the crew chief that improves the most (0.159 seconds) from first half of the race to the second half utilizing the 40 best lap times.- Greg Biffle won the $5,000 USG Improving the Finish Award which goes to the driver who improves the most from start to finish. The No. 17 Ford driver improved 20 places from 30th in the lineup to a 10th place finish.- Kyle Busch won the $5,000 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race award given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal. Busch is currently 13th in the 2012 point standings.Points Leader: Jimmie Johnson leads the point standings by 2 points over Brad Keselowski.NSCS Top 12 (G/L):1. Jimmie Johnson +12. Brad Keselowski -13. Clint Bowyer +14. Kasey Kahne +15. Denny Hamlin -26. Jeff Gordon +27. Martin Truex Jr. -18. Matt Kenseth +19. Greg Biffle +210. Tony Stewart -311. Kevin Harvick -112. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 0Next NSCS Race: AAA Texas 500, Sunday, November 4th at Texas Motor Speedway.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NASCAR Nationwide SeriesPoints Leader: Elliott Sadler leads the point standings by 6 points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Next NNS Race: O'Reilly Auto Part Challenge, Saturday, November 3rd at Texas Motor Speedway.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:Time Trials: Timothy Peters earned the $2,300 Keystone Light Pole Award for the Kroger 200 with a lap 96.411 mph, a new track record. The previous track qualifying record was held by Matt Crafton (96.352 mph 10/29/2011). This is the No. 17 Toyota Tundra driver's sixth pole in 137 NCWTS races. It is his second pole and 17th top-10 start in 2012. This is his first pole in 14 races at Martinsville Speedway. Peters led 59 laps in the race and finished in seventh place.Did Not Qualify: No. 36 Grant Enfinger, No. 14 Brennan Newberry, No. 38 Dennis Setzer, No. 10 Jake Crum and No. 96 Todd Peck.Race Winner: Sprint Cup driver Denny Hamlin won the Kroger 200, his second victory in 15 NCWTS races. This is the No. 51 Toyota Tundra driver's first victory and second top-10 finish in 2012. It is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in six NCWTS races at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin is ineligible for points in this series.Rookie of the Race: Max Gresham won the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award since his 11th place finish in the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado was better than the rest of the 2012 ROTY contenders. Gresham, who made 11 of the 19 races so far this season, moved up two spots to 25th in 2012 NCWTS points.Contingency Awards:- Nelson Piquet Jr. started fourth and his second place finish was 29 places better than his last NCWTS finish. This earned the No. 30 Chevrolet Silverado driver $2,200 and the Featherlite Most Improved Driver award.- Piquet also won the $1,500 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award. It is given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal.- Toyota Racing Technologies wins the $1,900 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. The award is determined by qualifying and finishing position of the truck (race winner Hamlin's No. 51 Toyota Tundra).Points Leader: James Buescher leads the standings by 21 points over Ty Dillon.NCWTS Top 10 (G/L):1. James Buescher +12. Ty Dillon -13. Timothy Peters 04. Parker Kligerman 05. Joey Coulter 06. Matt Crafton 07. Nelson Piquet Jr. +18. Justin Lofton -19. Johnny Sauter 010. Miguel Paludo 0Next NCWTS Race: WinStar World Casino 350K Friday, November 2nd, at Texas Motor Speedway.


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Anycast Assignments in the AfriNIC region
1) Summary of the Problem
Unless one is in charge of "critical infrastructure" in the AFRINIC region, an organization cannot get an allocation or assignment purely for anycast or GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) usage. There are organizations that would like to use anycast/GRX for non-critical infrastructure in the region, but cannot due to policy limitations.
In addition, current anycast practice announces an entire /24. AFRINIC current IPv4 policy states that the minimum allocation size on initial allocation is a /22. To use a /22 for anycast when you potentially are only using a few addresses in the block is wasteful.
2) Summary of How this Policy Addresses the Problem
This policy allows the use of one (1) /24 of IPv4 for anycast services from a PA allocation or end user assignment. These /24s will be assumed to be "fully utilised" by AfriNIC staff when considering utilisation for first allocation or for an additional allocation or assignment.
3) Policy
3.1 An organization may obtain one (1) /24 IPv4 prefix for anycast or GRX purposes from an allocation or end-user assignment. These prefixes must be used for the sole purpose of anycasting web or authoritative DNS servers as described in BCP126/RFC 4786 or for GPRS Roaming Exchange.
These prefixes will count as being fully utilised when an organization applies for additional resources. The utilization criteria that apply to all IPv4 initial allocation or assignment requests shall be waived for anycast allocation or assignment requests.
3.2 Blocks used for anycast services cannot be further assigned or sub-allocated. They shall be tagged with the status attribute in the AfriNIC DB as "ASSIGNED ANYCAST".
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Chase Winter broke a tie ballgame with 2.5 seconds in Rose Hill to help Augusta's boys basketball team defeat the Rockets 50-48 Friday night.
They dubbed him "Winter Freeze."
That's the nickname the Orioles coined for senior guard Chase Winter, who had ice-cold blood in his veins. Rose Hill's fans were frantic and causing a raucous as Winter stepped up to the free throw line. The game tied with 2.5 seconds left, Winter calmly swished two free throws to lift Augusta's boys basketball team to a 50-48 win at Rose Hill Friday night after the Rockets' desperation shot was off.
"I felt the pressure, but just shot them like in practice," Winter said. "It worked out."
"Intense. There's nothing else to it," junior guard Kyler Steinkamp said to describe the game. "That's what you live for. Those types of games are what you play for."
Winter was at the line because Rose Hill rallied from a big deficit to tie the game in the closing seconds. The Orioles were trying to get an inbound pass after a timeout, but a Rose Hill defender ran right over Winter as he tried setting a screen.
It was kind of a fitting way for Winter to end the game, because that's how he started it. Winter was diving all over the court trying to create pressure on Rose Hill's guards right from the tipoff and force turnovers.
"I came out and went after it, went as hard as I could because we need a good start," Winter said. "Because usually we come out kind of lackadaisical."
Not this time. Winter scored 12 of his team-high 14 points in the first quarter and had several of Augusta's five steals in the quarter and eight in the half.
"He's been clutch all year, and not just clutch by making shots. He's been clutch on D', he's been our best defender. He gets rebounds that a 5-foot-8 player shouldn't get," coach David Stephenson said of Winter. "He's been clutch all year.
The Orioles rolled to a 20-5 lead and later led 30-16 at halftime as Kolton Schenker got going in the second quarter with six of his 10 points.
Steinkamp played aggressively and caused problem for Rose Hill's defense as he got to the rim and finished several tough shots.
"I was trying to at least be more physical and just carry my weight around a little more," Steinkamp said. "Finishing those layups inside is something I've been iffy at, but it's getting there."
Steinkamp finished with 13 points on a balanced offensive attack that included drives and a 3-pointer.
Rose Hill has done this before, though. The Rockets nearly beat previously undefeated El Dorado, then Winfield, a ranked team at one point, with big rallies. They were at it again with Augusta as they dominated the glass (22-8 edge in the second half) and scored seven second-chance points to slowly climb back into the game. Brett Waddell scored a game-high 19 points for Rose Hill.
The Orioles held off the Rockets until the closing minutes when they made crucial shots and Augusta missed a couple free throws.
That is, until Winter made the most important free throws of them all.
"That's the best teammate you can have, someone who can step up there and hits those big shots and think nothing of it," Steinkamp said. "He's got ice in his veins."


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Rich Bloom, a reserve police officer with the Somerset Police Department, won a gold medal at the Canadian-American Police and Fire Games held in York, Pennsylvania, on July 19.
Rich Bloom, a reserve police officer with the Somerset Police Department, won a gold medal at the Canadian-American Police and Fire Games held in York, Pennsylvania, on July 19.
Bloom, 31, has an extensive wrestling background, having wrestled both at Weymouth High School and at Roger Williams University, yet said he didn't know a heck of a lot about the Police and Fire Games.
"I saw something on ESPN about wrestling," said Bloom, who lives in Holbrook. "It was about a father who got sick and one of his sons was a Lowell police officer who went off to take part in the World Police and Fire Games. I had never heard of it. I went and did some research on it."
Although he didn't take part in the world version of the games, he made his way to Pennsylvania, where he was a participant in the Canadian-American Police and Fire Games, an Olympic-style sporting event for law enforcement officers and firefighters featuring approximately 45 different sports.
"It was a lot of fun," Bloom said. "There are a bunch of different sports — wrestling, triathlon, etc. — and it's all done Olympic-style.
"You have to be working in police, fire, corrections, probation to compete."
Bloom defeated Kenneth Nakagawa (Lancaster Adult Probation and Parole Services) and Thomas Lazarus (NYPD) to earn the gold medal.
Little League
The Fall River City Little League Championship continues tonight (5:30 p.m.) at North Park when the American Division Orioles host the National Division Dodgers.
The Orioles' offense exploded in the series opener on Monday, when they defeated the Federal Division Tigers. Thomas Panchley led the Birds' offense with a 4-for-5 performance that included a pair of doubles. He also drove in three runs and scored twice.
The series will continue Friday night with the Dodgers hosting the Tigers at 5:30 p.m. at Dumont Field.
The two teams with the best records will match up in the championship game on Monday at a site to be determined.
The 10U all-stars (9- and 10-year-old players) of the Swansea Independent Baseball League recently captured its third successive North Region Tournament title in Swansea.
The championship earned the SIBL stars a berth in the 2014 Mustang League East Zone Tournament of PONY Baseball, where they dropped two straight outings at Iron Bridge Park in Chesterfield, Virginia, last weekend.
The SIBL roster in Virginia included Riley Tabicas, Cam Nadeau, Tyler Cabral, Aiden Branco, Jacob Aubin, Drew Crook, Riley Machado, Aidan Ramaglia, Sam Watts, Aidan Fyfe, Lucas McElroy, Ethan McElroy, Manager Andy Fyfe and coaches Scott McElroy and Tim Cabral.
The SIBL stars, now 10-3 in four tourney appearances this summer, will conclude their season with an appearance in the John B. Steele Memorial Tournament in Dartmouth opening this weekend.
SB pride
Somerset Berkley junior-to-be golfer Jared Silva qualified for the Mass Junior Amateur which will take place today at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord.
Silva, who finished 10th in the MIAA state individual tournament this past year with the Raiders, qualified by shooting 79 on Monday and Tuesday.


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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania man accused of shooting his 12-year-old brother had the charges against him dismissed after the boy refused to testify against him.
Charges against 19-year-old David Brooks including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment were dismissed at a preliminary hearing Tuesday before a Fayette County magistrate.
Uniontown police say Brooks told them he accidentally shot his brother, Timothy, in the hand and abdomen as he removed the gun from his pocket in September. Investigators say the older brother then threw the gun into a creek.