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Sanders says the contest is meant to engage students on the major issues facing the country.
He says he hopes the contest will provide an opportunity for students to explore current issues in depth, and will help develop their critical thinking about some of the problems facing the nation.
During the past two years, more than 500 Vermont students have written essays about topics such as the declining middle class, climate change, health care reform and the rising cost of a college education.
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The afterglow from violent explosions that led to the creation of galaxies can still be seen today and the evidence resolves a nagging question among astronomers, according to a study co-authored by University of Victoria astronomer Dr. Julio Navarro.
Navarro and colleagues at the University of Birmingham say the extremely hot gas (created by supernova explosions) they've observed trapped in galaxy groups answers whether structures in the universe start out small and expand, or whether they begin as large objects that then fragment.
In findings published in the Jan. 14 edition of the British science journal Nature, the team concludes that individual galaxies must have preceded the formation of groups and large clusters of galaxies.
In the structure of the universe, stars are grouped into galaxies and most galaxies (including the Milky Way) come together in groups and clusters containing thousands of other galaxies. The space between galaxies is filled with gas as hot as 10 million degrees Celsius that radiates X-rays.
Since X-rays are invisible to optical telescopes, the researchers turned to the orbiting ROSAT satellite and its telescopes, which are specially designed to pick up cosmic X-rays and extreme ultraviolet bands.
The team's calculations lead them to conclude that the amount of energy released when galaxies form could only account for the X-ray observations if it had heated the gas before the group of galaxies was present. In other words, galaxies had to have formed before groups and clusters.
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The ROSAT observatory was built by a consortium of German, British and American universities. After its launch in 1990, ROSAT took more than 100,000 images of cosmic X-ray sources. It was decommissioned just before Christmas after exceeding its nominal two year lifetime.
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I see the term ADHD and ADD used on here... I was just wondering if anyone else has an ADHD diagnosis and what symptoms they experience. I sometimes feel nuts because I can't sit still, sometimes I feel manic and wondered if I was Bipolar or something but the doctor seems to feel it's just part of the ADHD. I don't know if it's connected to the hyperactivity but I am incredibly impulsive, partly because I have so many ideas and want to do so many things and while I have the energy I can't stay focused or get organized enough to finish anything. The upside is I can go to the gym and workout for 2hrs straight and love it because I love to move and expel energy. My son has ADHD and his hyperactivity is off the charts too, he can't even sit through class without a wiggle seat and that's on the meds he takes 3 times a day. I am on meds too, but they have a limited effect for me as well. Just curious if anyone else experience the hyperactivity too.
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Gosh, it sounds like you've been through a lot. I'm so sorry you can't find some peace after all this time.
I looked up Metadate and I found a website that, at the bottom of the page, it says that anxiety, aggitation and tension can be intensified while on Metadate. http://www.drugs.com/pro/metadate-er.html that's the website where I found that information. I just wasn't sure if you had read anything like that or not. I've read many good things about Strattera but I'm like you...I need the stimulant. So, I'm wondering if Jen's combination of meds would be a good idea for you. I've been trying to tell my doctor that Adderall alone is not doing anything. I can suffer from agitated mood swings myself but I've noticed that once my doctor added an afternoon dosage and then increase that afternoon dosage, those mood swings have gone. I know everyone is different and we all just have to find our own combination through trial and error I guess. I just feel awful for you that you've been dealing with this for so long and have not found an answer yet. My psychologist told me to try something that, honestly...I've not been able to try yet. He told me I needed to do Yoga. I said, "YOGA??? Isn't that a little boring for me?" He started laughing and said, "That's precisely the point. Internally, your brain is on 'go mode' constantly and just spinning out of control. I think you really need to do SOME form of meditation." I probably gave him the biggest look of, "HUH?" But, I've thought about it and I think he's right. I tried to do it one day with my kids, but my 20mo old sat on my head and started hitting me with a toy....after that I figured that was something that needed to be done while he is asleep at some part of the day. But maybe you could try something like that too. He also told me that he thinks my agitation comes from not enough time alone. He said that I seem to be the kind of person that likes my privacy and time to myself and with three kids and a Husband that works a lot, I never get it anymore. Just throwing that out there in case it might help you out too. I had explained my agitation to my doctor like this: Every morning I start out with an empty bowl. As things begin to aggravate me, an 'angry ball' gets dropped in the bowl. Eventually, the bowl is full of 'angry balls' and I just explode!!!! But I have noticed...my afternoon dose of Adderall has helped my 'bowl' not get full!!
I wish there was a med for hypersensitivity. I HATE it...but I just cannot STAND for my kids OR my husband to touch me too much. I mean, there are times of the day that I'm in snuggle mode, but when I'm not....DO NOT TOUCH ME!!! That agitates me til no end!!! Does that sound horrible?
Anyway...I should get off the computer I suppose. I just wanted to offer up anything I could. It's not much. I hope you can find a better solution for yourself or a better doctor or something. Until then....we're always here for you!!! I might not have many words of wisdom for you, but I can listen! I know sometimes that's all we really need!
Right now I am on Zoloft and Metadate-ER. I was diagnosed with OCD at 11 and Bulimia at 12 and by the time I was in 9th grade I had a homebound teacher coming to the house so I could be in intensive out-patient therapy 5 days a week due to "multiple psychiatric issues" (4hrs a day). I have been "diagnosed" with everything under the sun including Borderline Personality when I was 15, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (also at 15), OCD, Bulimia, and with my menstration they said I had Premenstral Dysphoric Disorder and I have been on every med for depression and anxiety you can think of and nothing really helped until they added a stimulant to the SSRI, I wasn't diagnosed ADHD until I was an adult. My PMDD is still bad, when I am about to start I have a hair trigger... I have really tried my best to control it now that I have kids but before they came I would punch walls, scream at people, throw things, and fly off the handle at any little thing. I have never run across a med that helps that feeling, but I work diligently at changing the behavior.
I couldn't do YOGA, I just don't have the balance for it... I can't even stand on one foot for very long. Vigorous activity has a calming effect on me, a strange as it sounds I love getting on the eliptical machine or the treadmill with my music and going and just get "in the zone" as they say. I even have to be careful on the treadmill though, I have lost my footing and fallen off more than once lol. I guess it isn't meditative but it burns off steam and energy. As for YOGA for eating disorders, I dunno... there is such a disconnect and even disdain for the body (more accuratley your perception of your body) getting "in-tune" with it is sort of like sleeping with the enemy lol... I have been in recovery from that for almost 10yrs.
Stephanie, you mentioned being hypersensitive to touch and I am too! My poor husband can't even lay his arm across me while we sleep. I love my children and I hug and cuddle them often but as terrible as it sounds I have to force myself to do it at times...sometimes I feel like contact just makes me want to shoot out of my skin! I also can't touch things like peaches, potatos, chalk, or unglazed pottery (like flower pots) it makes my skin crawl. I am hypersensitive to smells and light too. My Autistic son had an Occupational Therapist evaluate him and diagnosis him with Sensory Processing Disorder and when we went over the symptoms and alot of it sounds like the trouble I have. She told me it often is secondary to ADHD and Autism (both of which my son has) so it would make sense for adults with ADD/ADHD to suffer from some sensory issues as well.
I haven't really had any terrible problems with the meds I am on now. As many SSRIs as I have been on and the copious ammounts of Serotonin that have flooded my neurotransmitters I could probably eat a bowl of Zoloft for breakfast and not feel drugged.
Thanks for sharing and listening, it's really nice not to feel so alone in dealing with this stuff!
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Airgun Maintenance
9 Quick Tips for Airguns Everyone Should Know
1. Do not dry fire spring air guns.
Do not fire your spring-powered air rifle or pistol without a pellet or two felt cleaning pellets in the chamber.
2. Do not over-adjust the trigger.
Over-adjusting could render the air gun inoperable.
3. Clean the bore of your air guns.
Get more spring airgun maintenance tips.
4. Use the correct lubrication on your air guns.
WD40 and 3-in-1 oils are NOT suitable. Use RWS lubes or similar high grade lubricants designed for air guns.
5. Always check for loose screws and parts before, during, and after shooting.
This ensures consistent performance and is a good practice for any mechanical system.
6. Always place one drop of airgun oil on the tip of the CO2 capsule before installing.
Click here to see more tips about using CO2 with airguns.
7. When using Rotary Magazines with Umarex pistols, make sure the pellet is seated properly.
Do not use conical (pointed) pellets. Pellets should not stick out past the rotary magazine's surface.
8. Hold spring air rifles loosely.
Holding a spring air rifle too tightly will reduce accuracy and could damage the gun.
9. Don't be forceful when returning cocking levers to their closed position.
Forcing a lever closed will bend the cocking lever. Under- and side-lever air rifles have a release button.
How to Change the Pull Rod on RWS Rifles
This article is specific to the RWS 48, 52, and 54.
The pull rod (27) on a side cocking air rifle is designed to be the weaker link in the cocking system. This is by design as the pull rod is easier to replace than other cocking components and is also less expensive. The pull rod should never break if the gun is operated as designed. However, if a person unfamiliar with the proper function does cock the rifle and then fails to depress the release button on the top left of gun when attempting to close the cocking handle, then the pull rod will be either bent or broken.
Here is how you change pull rod:
- Remove the e-clip (64) from the bottom of the pull rod pin (63) and then remove pull rod pin.
- Unscrew the pull rod (27) from the front hinge assembly (29-31).
- Remove the plastic sleeve (28) from the broken pull rod. If you try to pull it off, it sometimes tightens down and stubbornly resists being removed. The trick is to clamp the stub of the pull rod in a vise. Then, using pliers get between the plastic sleeve and the vise jaws and PUSH the sleeve off of the rod.
- Thread the new pull rod (27) fully into the front hinge assembly (29-31) until it bottoms out.
- Slide the plastic sleeve (28) over the new pull rod.
- Thread on the jam nut (26) and run it up to the end of the plastic sleeve.
- Thread on the rear hinge block (25).
- Place the rifle on a padded surface in a normal horizontal position.
- Position the Cocking Arm (59) so that the grip (58) end of Cocking Arm is in a partially opened position about 3" out from the stock of the rifle.
- Screw the rear hinge block (25) on or off of the pull rod until the holes of hinge block line up with the pin holes on the cocking arm (59).
- Drop the pin (63) in place. Now the pull rod assembly is just a little over-long. As you push the cocking arm closed it should snap lightly into place alongside of the stock. The rear hinge block (25) is the adjustment point to either increase or decrease the tension on closing the cocking arm. You can adjust the tension by making ½ turn adjustments on the hinge block.
- Replace the e-clip (64) and tighten the jam nut (26) up against the hinge block (25).
Don't Bend Your Break Barrel Rifle
The Umarex USA Service Department typically receives one or two break barrel rifles per week that have upward bent barrels. At first, this might seem like a strange phenomenon. After all, to cock a break barrel rifle, one typically has to pull down on the barrel of the gun, not up. Why, then, would we see so many upward bent barrels?
This upward bending of the barrel occurs when a person has the gun in an open cocked position, safety OFF, and then pulls the trigger. The result of this situation is that the barrel slams shut with extreme force and bends the barrel upwards. After this occurs, the gun may or may not cock depending on what sort of internal damage has occurred. When this situation happens, we suggest not firing the gun again until it has been evaluated by our qualified gunsmiths to see how the problem might be fixed.
The rifle most likely will not be able to be sighted in due to the barrel pointing in a slightly upwards direction. Many times the trigger tongue will be broken and the stock may be cracked at the pistol grip area when the rifle has been discharged in this way. In most situations, our gunsmith can disassemble the rifle and adjust the barrel back to its original position with the use of our barrel press. The barrel press is an extremely large, heavy press that exerts a tremendous amount of force on the barrel to straighten it out. The press itself is a fundamental tool to any quality gunsmith.
The rifle is reassembled and test fired after the barrel is straightened.
After the barrel is adjusted to once again be straight, the rifle is reassembled by our gun techs, and then it goes directly to our shooting range to fire several pellets in order to ensure it will properly sight in. We do initial testing on the gun range and sight the rifle in to be accurate. After the rifle's quality has been ensured, we take care to properly clean and service the other aspects of the rifle before returning the gun to its rightful owner.
To prevent this situation from ever occurring to you, please always practice safe gun handling, making certain that the gun is on Safe and your finger is not within the trigger guard area until a safe target has been acquired. Only after a target has been sighted should the gun's safety be moved to the fire position and your trigger finger placed inside the trigger guard area. Following these steps will ensure that your gun is never damaged and no one is injured in the process.
We can be reached between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM CDT. Please feel free to call us any time at (479) 646-4210 option 7 if you have a question about one of our products or send us an email via our contact us page.
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Introduction to the Gunsmith's Bench
by: Glenn
Editor's Note: This articles comes directly from gunsmiths who work at Umarex USA.
Have you ever shipped a gun to a manufacturer for service?
It's easy to overlook basic common sense and gun handling rules when you're anxious to get your gun back in working order. Many of you will appreciate the "alarm" among our service team when last month we received a package containing a rimfire rifle with a live round in the chamber. Yes, it actually happened. Calls were made immediately, apologies were given, but what was done was done. Thankfully, no one was injured as the gun passed many hands during its travel. Can you imagine how many people were put in harm's way or who may have been injured if the gun had accidentally discharged?
That aside, here's a quick glimpse of our service department:
When you first call Umarex USA for service you'll reach one of our gun techs who will provide you with technical assistance as needed. They are well trained professionals who pride themselves in making certain that you receive prompt, courteous and knowledgeable service. They have gun schematics digitally available at the click of a mouse for quick reference and utilize a state-of-the-art phone system that allows us to monitor and measure phone traffic and response. We know that you want a live person when you call, so we monitor our statistics—in fact, we achieved a 96.4% live answer rate during the month of August which we feel is quite exceptional.
If you have to ship a gun to us, a gun tech will provide you with a return authorization number and it will be opened in our new gun repair facility led by our Master Gunsmith, Danny. He's approaching 40 years of gunsmithing experience and has accumulated a wealth of knowledge over a lifetime of honing his skills. Our entire team of gunsmiths are steadily expanding their own knowledge encouraged by Danny's true passion for gunsmithing and his encyclopedia-like knowledge base on guns.
Expert and efficient assistance and repairs are top priority for us. Our entire service team takes great pride in performing quality work. Our turnaround time for a gun repair is 72 hours with most being completed within 48 hours of receipt. We receive many positive comments about our turn time and appreciate each one as we learn that they anticipated a wait of six to eight weeks which is typical for most gun repair facilities.
We can be reached between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM CDT. Please feel free to call us any time at (479) 646-4210 option 7 if you have a question about one of our products or send us an email via our contact us page.
And remember, if you ship a gun to us, make sure there is no ammunition anywhere in the gun or in the package and it's a good idea to remove any sighting devices as well.
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Dieseling Air Rifles
by: Glenn and Danny
Editor's Note: This articles comes directly from gunsmiths who work at Umarex USA.
Have you noticed smoke coming out of the barrel or breech of an air rifle or an unusually loud shot? Dieseling is the ignition of a fuel resulting from the heat generated by the compression of air in a cylinder. When the air within a spring-piston airgun's receiver tube is compressed, the temperature of the air rises to a very high level, igniting the tiny oil droplets that lubricate the piston seal and walls of the compression chamber. Thus, a combustion and sometimes detonation can result.
Dieseling in an air rifle is natural due to the lubrication required for smooth operation, but too much lubrication can be damaging to your airgun, and may even result in injury to you or others. This is why we stress you follow the RWS recommended air rifle 1000 shot maintenance schedule (also see 100 shot schedule) and specified amount of lubrication for all of your air rifles.
The accompanying picture of a broken spring is an example of what may happen if you over-lubricate your air rifle. The excessive amounts of oil can detonate, creating a powerful force within the receiver tube that violently slams the piston into the spring. When conditions are right, or rather wrong in this case, the force can cause the internal spring to break, rendering the rifle unusable.
The same thing can happen if you use the wrong type of lubricant. You should avoid using petroleum-based lubricants in your air rifle. These lubes are more prone to combustion and some formulas are known to deteriorate the piston's seal.
While a broken spring due to over-lubricating is one of the worst things you can do to your spring-piston rifle, excessive dieseling can also lead to tears in the piston seal, which will cause a decrease in power and consequently, the velocity.
Many of the air rifles we receive for repair have been over-lubricated. We've seen this so often that it's immediately recognizable, be it the black build-up of carbon on the piston seal, a torn seal, or a broken mainspring. We've even seen situations where excess oil has seeped out of the chamber and onto the stock.
Dieseling can cause heavy damage to the inside of an airgun if it is not controlled for.
To avoid dieseling, be sure to use non-petroleum based lubricants, like RWS Chamber Lube and Spring Cylinder Oil. Then, only apply the amount as specified in the gun's manual or in the RWS recommended air rifle 1000 shot maintenance schedule (also see 100 shot schedule).
If you have an air rifle that has been over-lubed, or lubed with petroleum-based oil, the best and safest thing you can do is to contact us at Umarex USA. Ship the gun to us un-cocked and unloaded with the Return Authorization number we've provided. We have the specific decompression equipment necessary to disassemble and clean your air rifle and we'll send it back to you shooting like new.


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'Winter 2012 will be widely recognised as the peaking of the current "Extreme Portmanteau Swear" trend'
Almost 1 per cent of spoken language is profane – that is to say, swearing. The average human being uses 80 to 90 words a day that are "bad".
And yet, there is no official body monitoring the scabrous 1 per cent. No one's taking notes, or compiling stats. So it's left to mere amateur observers of cussing trends to note that we are coming to the end of one of the Great Ages of Swearing.
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For the most part, Viagra, Levitra and Cialis are fine for patients with erectile dysfunction, according to guidelines out today from the American College of Physicians, a big group of primary care docs.
But there's not much good evidence to allow doctors to figure out which drug is best for which patient, so doctors should base their choice on factors such as patient preference, which may be determined in part by cost, the guidelines say.
"The evidence is insufficient to compare the efficacy and adverse effects" of the drugs because "few head-to-head trials are available," the guidelines say. This lack of evidence comparing one drug against another is familiar. Companies often launch studies comparing new drugs to placebos, rather than to existing drugs; without head-to-head trials, it can be tough to know how competing drugs stack up.
All of the drugs do have some side effects, including headache, flushing and stomach pain, the guidelines note. And they shouldn't be taken by certain patients, including those taking nitrate drugs for angina.
The guidelines also said there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against hormonal blood tests (which typically look at testosterone levels) or hormonal treatment for men with erectile dysfunction.
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Baby faced Olympic boxer Luke Campbell may have survived the Save Me Skate to make it through to the semi-final, but he could fall short of the final as bookies predict he will be eliminated tonight.
All four judges chose to save Luke and partner Jenna Smith over Coronation Street actress Samia Ghadie last week, after their performance to Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia.
However, things aren't looking as good this week for the Hull sportsman with Paddy Power offering odds of 2/5 that he'll be voted off and William Hill, odds of 4/11 that it'll be Luke's last skate.
Matt Lapinskas, who this week split with his EastEnders girlfriend Shona McGarty, is the favourite to win.
Boxer Luke is receiving lots of support from the public as well as celebrity backers including Rav Wilding.
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Rare-Earth Critics in Malaysia Forge Election Alliance
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A group protesting Australian Lynas Corp.'s rare-earth refinery in Malaysia has found common cause with the political opposition ahead of the country's general election.
"Save Malaysia Stop Lynas" is the name of the group that is tying its fortunes to a campaign to mobilize the anti-establishment vote on May 5 in two potential swing states. It is based in Kuantan, capital of the eastern Malaysian state of Pahang, and is run by volunteers.
For more than a year, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas has kept up an Internet-based campaign to disrupt Sydney-based Lynas' $800 million rare-earth production plant in Pahang. Lynas' refinery would help break China's near monopoly over the global production of the 17 metallic elements crucial to the manufacturing of high-tech products, such as missile systems and iPhones.
Save Malaysia Stop Lynas objects to what it describes as potentially dangerous radioactive waste that comes from processing the commodities. The company and the Malaysian government maintain the project is safe.
But it is election season in Malaysia, and the ruling National Front is fighting to extend its decades-old rule in what is likely to be a fierce election. The opposition has vowed in its manifesto to review the Lynas project if it is voted into power, and possibly to shut it down, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas Chairman Tan Bun Teet said.
"If we want to stop Lynas, one way is to vote for change, so that we have a change of government," Mr. Tan told The Wall Street Journal.
Lynas spokesman Alan Jury said the company had no comment on the group.
The environmental group has printed 20,000 stickers and 2,000 flags publicizing the Lynas issue for the election, and is distributing flyers by hand and on the Internet, Mr. Tan said.
Save Malaysia Stop Lynas is focusing its campaign on the states of Johor and Negeri Sembilan, two strongholds of the ruling coalition that analysts say could fall in the coming elections.
"Those two states are important to Pakatan Rakyat [the opposition] if they want to march into Putrajaya," Mr. Tan said, referring to Malaysia's administrative capital. "It's strategic. We can't be spraying bullets everywhere."
The southern state of Johor has 26 federal parliamentary seats, 20 of which the opposition believes are in play. The southwestern state of Negeri Sembilan, also widely viewed as competitive, has eight seats. Malaysia's federal parliament has 222 seats.
The group is also focusing on the Malay community, it said.
"The Malay community has been cut off from this issue for a long time, due to government media policy," Mr. Tan said.
The group is publishing most of its messages in three languages – English, Malay and Chinese – and is mobilizing talks in Malay and holding campaign rallies in traditional Malay markets. The government keeps a tight control over mainstream media, which pump out the administration's positions and offer little room to voices of dissent. Malaysia was ranked the 145th worst country on press freedom of 179 countries studied by Reporters Without Borders.
Still, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas said its tryst with the opposition is opportunistic to an extent.
If the National Front invites the group to a hearing, "we will definitely go as well," Mr. Tan said. But, so far, "when it comes to environmental issues, we have no takers except the Pakatan Rakyat."


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Yesterday, we requested to see the tax returns of the vice presidential candidates. And today, Democratic veep nominee Joe Biden released his and his wife's returns for the last ten years. You can access them here.
UPDATE: Here's the AP story. The story reports:
-Joe and Jill Biden earned $319,853 in 2007. Joe Biden earned $161,708 from his job as a U.S. Senator and additional $71,000 in book royalties.
-Jill Biden earned $66,546 as an English teacher at a local community college.
-The couple paid $42,516 in federal taxes and another $10,912 in Delaware state taxes in 2007.
-They paid the alternative minimum tax (AMT), which Biden is campaigning to change.
-Sen. Biden and his wife claimed an income of $280,146 last year under that provision, and paid $66,273 in income taxes.
-According to required disclosure forms from the Senate, Biden reported assets between $59,000 and $366,000
-The Bidens reported income is lower than that of their election counterparts. John McCain, who did not file with his wife Cindy, has a reported total income of of $405,409 in 2007. (Cindy's estimated wealth hovers around $100 million, reportedly.) The Obamas reported making $4.2 million in 2007.


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POSTED January 31, 2014
On June 27, 2008, Nicole Sesker, step-daughter of former Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, was found dead in the 3500 block of Garrison Avenue in Northwest Baltimore.
An autopsy report showed that Sesker had been killed by means of asphyxiation. With the suspect(s) still at large, detectives were baffled as to who committed such a heinous crime.
After a lengthy investigation, Detective Todd Corriveau developed a suspect. However it was DNA evidence, collected at the crime scene that enabled Detective Corriveau to close the case.
On November 6, 2008 at approximately 10:00 am, Joseph Antonio Bonds (35), of the 3500 block of Garrison Avenue was arrested in downtown Baltimore by the Homicide Operations Squad. Relative to this case, detectives questioned Bonds and ultimately charged him with 1st degree murder. Bonds now await trial in Baltimore Central Booking.


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A West Chester driver was arrested after he allegedly drove the wrong way on Interstate 75.
Police said the driver, who is in his 30s, crashed near Miamisburg, which is south of Dayton, Friday afternoon.
Witnesses said the man was traveling north in the southbound lanes.
Officers responding to the scene said the man put up a fight during the arrest.
Police said he was non-compliant when they arrived. They had to break out the window of his car and turn the car off. Police had five agencies on the scene to handle the situation.
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13-11-29 ... 13-09-49 Wonderful Early Georgia Confederate Artillery Shadow Box Relic Display: An honest, REAL, antique, Civil War Relics shadow box put together in the 1880s or 1890s … likely by a Confederate veteran. This surfaced at a Georgia flea market and was purchased by a Georgia friend of mine from a Georgia flea-marketeer. Until I got it, I don't think it had ever been outside the state of Georgia. My friend sold it to me on one of his trips "up North" to visit his daughter in Michigan. Inside the frame is an artillery horse hames, an iron artillery hammer, a military horse bit, a crude spur, and a crude and heavy picket pin that is designed to pound into a tree instead of the ground. (I found a similar rebel picket pin on the following relic page http://lookoutmountaincivilwarrelics.com/miscellaneous-items.html ) All the relics in this shadow box appear to be Confederate pieces. Best part is the large, original ancient Brown Ink label which at one time read "Confederate Artillery Hames"… Worst part is that portions of the label are missing so we actually see Conf------ Artillery H-mes". This is the real-deal. A southern made relic display full of southern relics. This item will require special shipping or arrangements for delivery or pick-up. A wonderful early lot of Rebel Relics ... $1,650.00
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#115 - Identified Twice-Wounded Confederate Officer's Boyle and Gamble staff sword and the Colt 1851 Navy revolver of the twice-captured Yankee who brought it home as a souvenir! I personally purchased these items directly from the family of James D. Gage, 1st R.I. and 1st N.H. Cavalry: Confederate Boyle and Gamble officer's sword of Capt. Mallory L. Henley, 35th North Carolina Infantry and Gage's own 1851 Colt Navy- relics of two early war volunteers on opposite sides who rose from enlistedmen to officers.
The regiment also suffered heavily at Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Second Manassas and a number of other engagements. Henley was well enough regarded that he was offered and accepted a commission in the 35th North Carolina 10/7/62. He is listed as going into the regiment as a sergeant, but is immediately promoted 2nd Lieutenant and then 1st Lieutenant five days later, 10/12/62.


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Why do we put ourselves through the repeated torture of family holiday dinners when we are not too fond of the company participating? Why do black sheep get asked back even though they constantly ruffle feathers, on purpose? Sometimes it's best to go Cold Turkey from the kooky kin.
Peter Bogdanovich stars as Poppy, the low-key retired scholar and patriarch hosting the fated Thanksgiving gathering, who seems to partake in more and more white wine on ice as more and more of his adult kids plea for exorbitant sums of cash. Daughter Lindsay tries to escape via yoga, but no amount of Zen can tune out her family. Jacob, Poppy's son by his new wife/ex-student, valiantly but futilely defends his Madre from his half-sisters' gibes, but foolishly thinks buying vacation real estate in Nicaragua is a good idea. And family misfit Nina (Alicia Witt) has a memory like a sieve and has made pushing others' buttons into a fine art. Add neighbors with secrets from the past, plus some hapless significant others, and chaos seems inevitable. But where most directors might end with the holiday gone awry, Will Slocombe continues with the aftermath of the following day and Christmas week, providing a very real and witty glimpse into changing family dynamics.
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text: Cash coffers seem to be overflowing in some of the country's largest firms. Currently, companies in the Nifty index are together sitting on a cash pile of Rs 4,32,377 crore, almost double of what it was in 2007. A healthy cash position is a good sign for any company. It primarily indicates that the company's performance is on a strong footing as the high cash flows coming into the company year after year are usually the result of sound business operations.


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I have dial-in serwer made using AR410 AlliedTelesyn router-with
4xasyn and modems, it works fine but when i login from windows I have
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using terminal-automaticly just like when i loged in to my ISP using
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I see all these posts on sleep training and CIO and moms having to go to the baby's room after a certain time period. Asides from maybe room space issues, I cannot understand why there are nurseries? I have a crib in a corner of our bedroom, not attached to the bed, and thats where the baby sleeps, and will sleep till likely 2, when he is ready to move to a toddler bed. I did this with ODS as well. I am just wondering why do most moms choose to have nurseries, just curious as to if i am missing out on something?
whats wrong with baby sleeping in same room
Love having LO in the same room/bed with me. Even EARLY this morning when he attempted crawling around the bed for an hour and a half. At least I didnt have to move to make sure he was ok.
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Yeah there is nothing wrong with it. Just a personal choice. I would just like my room back. Mostly because its a very small room and the pnp takes up quite a bit of space. It is very convenient though to have here in there with us.
There is nothing wrong with having LO sleep in your room AND there is nothing wrong with having a nursery. Whatever works. For us the reason initially was that LO was very loud at night and my husband is a very light sleeper and was getting absolutely NO sleep. We had decided at 2 months we would transition her anyway so we could get our room back. We like to talk, watch tv, have a shower together and have lots of loud sex and having LO in the room would prevent that. I'm sure some would think that these are selfish reasons for moving LO (and I fully admit that they are) but I enjoy that my DH and I have our evenings to ourselves, in our own bedroom with privacy.
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An iconic landmark helps protect most low-lying Bay Area communities from a devastating tsunami: the Golden Gate strait.
Huge currents would race through its narrow opening, but there's a limit to how much water can pour through the rock-lined channel into the San Francisco Bay -- a bottleneck that reduces the risk of inland flooding.
But while that world-famous geographic feature would spare the South Bay and much of the Peninsula from the type of surge that leveled parts of Japan, scientists say it would direct the brunt of the tsunami toward Alameda and the Port of Oakland.
"The narrow mouth of the bay really protects much of the area from the kinds of surges we saw in Japan," Humboldt State tsunami expert Lori Dengler said. Of greater concern, she said, "are the strong currents that cause damage to structures," particularly in San Francisco and Oakland.
Scientists consider such a tsunami a highly unlikely event. But as they have learned more about tsunamis in recent years, they have begun to focus on the possibility in earnest -- recently completing a report on the facilities around the Bay Area that could be threatened. They hope to use that report as a basis for better disaster planning.
The Japanese quake directed most of its energy north of the Bay Area, so the area was largely spared. It caused $22.5 million in damage to Santa Cruz Harbor, but far greater destruction in the northern coastal towns of Crescent City, Fort Bragg and Brookings, Ore. Flat coastal communities are the most vulnerable to tsunamis, and if the tsunami had hit at high tide, rather than low, their fate would have been far worse.
What worries Bay Area experts is a rupture of a different fault, which would send waves our way within four to five hours. This worrisome fault, called the Alaska-Aleutians subduction zone, is located along Alaska's far southwestern corner.
Waves from an earthquake there could threaten Oakland, with a giant port that holds concrete wharves and huge ship-to-shore container cranes, as well as tons of railroad infrastructure, empty 40-foot cargo containers, berthed oceangoing ships and stored products, and thousands of people.
That's because Oakland sits at the end of the Golden Gate's deep channel, which would deliver the waves from the ocean, through the strait, and directly to its shores.
"The shipping channel is a pretty efficient transmitter of tsunami energy through the Golden Gate and towards Oakland," said the U.S. Geological Survey's Eric Geist, an expert in the probability of tsunami generation.
Northern San Francisco, along Fishermen's Wharf and the Marina District, could also be at risk, inundated by water up to 15 feet above sea level, if it hits at high tide.
In southern San Mateo County, much of the inundated land would be marshlands around the 3,000-acre Bair Island. In southern Alameda County, the 30,000-acre Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge would flood.
Even in a large tsunami, Santa Clara County would be very safe, experts say. Alviso's marina could suffer damage, but "for the most part, we don't expect to be impacted directly," Santa Clara County spokeswoman Gwendolyn Mitchell said. "We may be in an area through which people evacuate."
By the time a tsunami tide would reach the San Mateo Bridge, its energy would have largely faded, Geist said. A new analysis shows that none of the county's hospitals, schools or other critical facilities would be inundated, even in the largest likely tsunami.
In the nine-county Bay Area, 365 "critical facilities," in water, transit and fire districts, have been identified as being at risk of tsunami damage, according to a model performed by the University of Southern California's Tsunami Research Center. This is a worst-case scenario, based on a mathematical model of all possible tsunamis for the region. The names of these vulnerable structures have not been released, because local governments have not yet been notified, said Danielle Hutchins, earthquake and hazards program coordinator for the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Of the at-risk structures, the greatest number -- 165 -- are in Alameda County. About 121 are in San Francisco and 35 are in San Mateo County. Just a handful are in Contra Costa County and none are in Santa Clara County.
The petroleum refineries in Richmond, sitting on the edge of the bay but to the north of the channel, would face somewhat less of the brunt, Dengler and Geist said. And they have been reinforced to resist impact. No Bay Area hospitals or public schools and universities are thought to be at risk.
In the north and south parts of the bay, "because a tsunami has to cross so much shallow water, it loses a lot of energy," Geist said.
Tsunami experts aren't too worried about quakes along the San Andreas, Calaveras and Hayward faults; they're the wrong type to trigger a tsunami.
They're not even that concerned about the Cascadia Fault, off the Oregon-Washington coast, the nearest fault that could trigger a large tsunami.
A rupture of this dangerous "subduction-type" fault would produce the state's largest tsunami; Native American accounts suggest that past Cascadia quakes produced 60-foot waves. But they would target the Northern California coast, rather than the Bay Area.
Rather, experts fear the Alaska-Aleutians subduction zone. If it ruptured, this 450-mile-long fault would deliver powerful tsunami waves directly toward the Bay Area.
"The biggest concern for the Bay Area and Central California coast is a great earthquake -- magnitude 9 or greater -- in Alaska, just to the west of the fault that broke in 1964," a 9.2 earthquake in Prince William Sound, Dengler said. "This could produce, in San Francisco, a wave that is twice as big as what we saw in 1964," when 7.5-foot waves hit the Presidio and caused extensive damage to structures around the Bay Area.
Geist said the USGS is in the process of researching the possible result of a major temblor at that fault.
Even if the communities around the bay are not directly affected, residents should be familiar with how to respond to news of a tsunami, Oregon State University tsunami expert Patrick Corcoran said.
"It's not enough to say "I don't live there,' " he said. "If you visit the coast, ask yourself: 'Where are those places I could go, in 15 to 30 minutes?'
"This isn't an engineering solution, it's a behavioral and educational solution. It might happen in our grandchildren's lifetime -- or before I finish this sentence."
To see the tsunami inundation map of the state of California, go to www.tsunami.ca.gov. Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 408-920-5565.


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During World War II, Hitler believed that one of the keys to victory was the manufacturing of new weaponry. Germany had some of the most brilliant scientific minds of all time on their side, and the Nazis put them to work in the creation of elaborate machines of death. Though these technological innovations wouldn't be enough to win them the war, their advancements were successful in advancing the world's approach to war. We all know that history is written by the victors, but this month on WETA watch Nazi Mega Weapons and see the groundbreaking engineering that happened on the losing side.
In 1942, the Nazis began work on an elaborate fortification
along the western coast of Europe that was meant to defend against a possible attack from Great Britain. This massive set of buildings was unlike any defensive structure that the world had ever seen, and some of Germany's top commanders were stationed in its forts. See an in-depth look at the 3 year building process and the overall fate of the Atlantic Wall. Airs Wednesday, July 17 at 10:00pm.
Germany is well-known for their advanced U-Boat submarines that they used extensively during
World War II. As the war progressed, the Nazis realized that advancements in bomb technology left their boats extremely vulnerable to aerial attack. As a result, the Germans created concrete pens that housed their submarines. These pens were very resistant to bombings, but their creation was anything but a simple process. Airs Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00pm.
Wernher von Braun was a rocket scientist who did extensive research for the Nazis during World War II. After receiving a grant from Germany, he created the prototype for what would
eventually become the V-2 rocket. The V-2 eventually became extremely important to Hitler, who wanted a weapon that would be seen as a morale changer. After the war, other countries raced to recover and research the intact V-2 rockets in order to develop their own versions of this technological marvel. Airs Wednesday, July 31 at 10:00pm.
If you can't get enough of the fascinating history behind World War II, watch the direct response to Germany's mega weapons on NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII. As the Allies realized how
powerful the new Nazi weapons were, they began an espionage expedition into German territory. Spies took photographs of potential German bases using cutting edge 3D technologies, and the photographs allowed them to interrupt German weapon development with strategic missile strikes. Witness the dangerous missions of World War II's unsung heroes. Airs Wednesday, June 24 at 9:00pm.


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Mr. T did a surprise entrance on Wendy Williams wearing his gold for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. While he now finds it disrespectful to flaunt his wealth, he knows that he needs to dress up for the Queen.
Mr. T also goes into a surprisingly hilarious tantrum when asked tired to block the development of an A-Team movie, saying that nobody should offer Mr. T "seconds."


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. There are new discussions about whether Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction should take over at the Grand Junction Regional Airport. Concerns about a federal investigation into alleged fraud at the airport have some questioning the leadership.
Grand Junction Mayor Sam Susuras said, "We've had one citizen come to council on a Wednesday night and make that request, but we have not even addressed it." Susuras, who's a member of the Airport Authority Board, said the City has no plans to take over.
Susuras said, "I think knowing the constituents in Grand Junction, they do not like government owning businesses. I think that we would probably have a lot of complaints from the public in taking over the business like that."
Denny Granum, the chair of the Airport Authority Board, said no official discussions have taken place. He said, "We get no money from the city or the county and we're self sufficient, and to me it doesn't make any sense at all. That's my personal opinion and certainly not one of the boards."
The FBI and U.S. Department of Transportation have sealed their investigation into the airport after raiding administrative offices last month. It's left local officials in the dark. "It's frustrating right now because we do have a lot of issues coming forward, but this is a great airport," said Susuras.
Under law, all the county can do is appoint and remove board members. Mesa County Commissioner, Steven Acquafresca, said, "At this time, we don't have evidence that the basic structure of the Airport Authority is a problem, but that could change as more information becomes available."
Mesa County Commissioners said they're waiting for the results of the Federal investigation and the Airport Authorities own internal investigation. "We don't want any of these side conversations going on to effect basic air service in and out of Grand Junction Regional Airport," said Acquafresca.
Granum said, "...but the airport authority is still functioning as it always has and is going to continue to function and we'll wait until the result of the investigation."
While Susuras said, "This board is determined to keep this airport moving forward and not let it go backwards."
Both the City and the County said they plan to meet with the airport authority more often now that they're doing an internal investigation. It's not uncommon for city and county governments to take over local airports. The Montrose Regional Airport is already owned by Montrose County and the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport has been owned by it's local government since 1956.


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SHAWANGUNK — Three men were arrested on drug charges after more than 30 pounds of marijuana were found in an Albany Post Road house during a probation home check Thursday, police said.
Robert Constestabile, 52, of 1605 Albany Post Road, was charged with first-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a felony.
David Felter III, of the same address, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a felony; and Richard Babcock, 18, of Port Jervis, was charged with a misdemeanor.
A search by members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team reportedly found a marijuana growing operation, including packaging material, scales and more than 30 pounds of marijuana.
The men were taken to Ulster County jail pending arraignment.
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Does petrol have a use-by date?
QuestionDoes petrol have a use-by date? If I leave my car for five years, would the petrol still be good after all that time? Or could it damage the car?
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Answer: Dave was quite right not to answer his car. If you have put unleaded petrol into old leaded petrol, you get a horrible gluey formula created at the bottom of the tank, ruining everything in the engine. Even if you don't have old leaded petrol, it does go stale and it tends to happen within months. Not years.
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Indian markets have seen testing times in the last two to three weeks, from the highs of close to 6400, nifty fell sharply all the way to 5693 which amounted to almost 10-12 per cent correction from the intermediate top. Million dollar question that remains on everyone's mind is when do Indian markets touch new highs and is Indian growth story here to stay? Abhinav Suri, takes a glance at the current market trends
In the last fortnight Indian markets have had a lot of negative news flows to digest. India as a country was already under tremendous pressure due to mis utilisation of funds that amount to several thousand crores. Yes, as we all know, this happened during the organisation of commonwealth games. Issue of corruption which surfaced during the commonwealth games dented India's reputation at the international level to a big extent. Next was the Adarsh society scam, then, followed the scam in the telecom sector. Former Telecom Minister A Raja was accused in the scam, which resulted in a loss of Rs 70000 Crores to the government. The said amount would have helped in solving the problem of fiscal deficit to a large extent.


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While many of you may be settling down to play StarCraft II this week, Toys R Us is having a sale it's worth taking some time to look at.
With the exception of PC games and pre-orders, you can purchase two games this week and get the cheaper title 50% off. So, for example, you could pick up Blur and Modern Warfare 2 which would usually cost $119.98, for $89.99. Or how about Dragon Quest IX and Pokemon Silver for $57.49 (usual price $74.98)?
You can mix and match any games they have in stock across consoles and handhelds, and there's nothing to stop you buying multiples of two. This may be a perfect opportunity to stock up on games you missed from earlier this year.
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KCPD: Officers shoot, kill 1 near 11th, Myrtle
No officers hurt
UPDATED 9:47 AM CDT Mar 30, 2013
Kansas City police are investigating an officer-involved shooting near 11th Street and Myrtle Avenue.
Police were called to the area about 5:30 p.m. on a reported disturbance. Police said when officers arrived, they spotted a man firing at a van full of people.
Investigators said the two officers had no choice but to fire on the man.
The man died at the scene.
The officers were not hurt. They were placed on routine administrative leave while the investigation into the shooting continues.
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Man critically injured after shooting in Randolph County
Woman may have shot boyfriend trying to break in, deputies say
Published 11:34 AM EST Jan 22, 2013
A man is in critical condition following a shooting in Randolph County over the weekend.
Dean Anthony Dimery, 37, of Lexington, was found with a gunshot wound to the face Sunday in the area of 7161 Dogwood Circle southeast of Thomasville.
Randolph County deputies are investigating the incident as a domestic-related shooting. Dimery may have been trying to break into his girlfriend's home at the time of the shooting, deputies said.
Investigators will speak with the Randolph County District Attorney to determine what, if any, charges will be filed.


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Billy Baron, the nation's fourth leading scorer, finished with 17 points on Saturday as Canisius College cruised to an easy, 84-58, victory over Fairfield in Bridgeport, Conn.
Canisius (16-7, 10-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) opened the second half on a 13-2 run, as the Stags (4-18, 1-10) made just 1 of 8 coming out of the break, and cruised to the big win.
The Golden Griffins forced 19 turnovers while committing just eight. Dominique Raney had 15 points, Chris Manhertz scored 14 points and gathered 10 rebounds while Zach Lewis added 11.
"This was a great team win, and it comes after we had a battle at Quinnipiac on Thursday," Canisius coach Jim Baron said. "We started off a little slow, but the guys kept to our game plan and I thought our pressure, especially in the second half, really forced their young guards to make mistakes. Chris Manhertz was a beast today. He is a match-up problem for Fairfield and he went to work at both ends of the floor."
The Griffs led by as many as 30 points after Raney connected on a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:05 left to play. In the second half, Canisius shot 48.4 percent from the field and turned 12 Fairfield turnovers into 16 points. The Stags ended the game by shooting 33.3 percent from the field, 24.3 percent from 3-point range and just 38.5 percent from the free-throw line. Fairfield has 19 turnovers in the loss and each team pulled down 44 rebounds for the contest.
In Poughkeepsie, Niagara University lost for the fourth time in its last five games as Jay Bowie's career-high 31 points led Marist to a 78-64 win.
Bowie was 11 of 14 from the field, including 4 of 6 3-point range, and pulled down eight rebounds. Marist (8-14, 5-7) got 14 points from Chavaughn Lewis and Adam Kemp had 10.
Niagara (6-17, 3-9) missed eight of its first nine shots in the second half as Marist went on an 11-0 run — including a pair of layups by Bowie — to open a 12-point lead midway through. A trey by Khallid Hart at 10:35 extended that lead to 22 and though Niagara chipped away, never really challenged down the stretch.
Antoine Mason, the nation's leading scorer, paced the Purple Eagles with 19 points. Marcus Ware added 14 and Marvin Jordan 12
In Big 4 women's basketball, St. Bonaventure defeated Fordham, 74-67, in the Reilly Center as Katie Healy (Lancaster) tied a career-high with 27 points and Chelsea Bowker scored all 13 of her points in the second half. The Bonnies (17-6, 6-2 Atlantic 10) extended its win streak to five games.
There were six different lead changes in the second half, but Fordham held its final lead before the Bonnies then went on a 21-12 run over the final seven minutes to seal the victory. Healy scored 11 of those points and Nyla Rueter hit two big jumpers in the final four minutes, one that extended St. Bonaventure's lead to six points. The Bonnies knocked down nine out of 10 free throws in the final minute and finished an 18-for-22 from the line.
Elsewhere, Niagara had four players in double figures but fell at home to Quinnipiac, 93-78. Four Purple Eagles finished the game in double-digit scoring. Megahn McGuinness shot 7-for-12 from the field and Victoria Rampado hit 7-of-8 free throws to tie for team scoring honors with 17 points.
The University at Buffalo men's and women's teams are on the road today. The men (11-6, 5-2 Mid-American Conference) play at Bowling Green (9-11, 3-4) at 2 p.m., while the women (11-7, 4-3), who have won their lsat five, face Akron (11-8, 5-3) also at 2 p.m.


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Sudarshan Sukhani, of Technical Trends, in a chat with ET Now talks about Central Bank.
What is your take on Central Bank?
Central Bank is more of a catch the falling knives trade. If banks are going to rally and they could, then Central Bank could be one of the better players on the upside.


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ONE DROP AT A TIME: With the Pleasanton City Council's May 6 decision to issue mandatory 25 percent cuts to water use for all residents, some local businesses are letting it be known they're doing their part. Acura of Pleasanton and Lexus of Pleasanton recently sent out emails alerting customers that their dealership will temporarily halt courtesy car washes. However, the dealer will continue cleaning windows and vacuuming the interiors of vehicles being serviced.
"Please remember that we are in this together, and we ask that everyone do their part in this time of need," the message reads. "By working together as a community, we will get through this one drop at a time."
TO PLANT OR NOT TO PLANT: The drought may complicate landscaping for a $32 million freeway lane project in Danville that is nearly finished.
The auxiliary lanes along two miles of Interstate 680 are expected to open some time in June after completion of the joint project by Caltrans and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.
The landscaping, however, is a little harder to predict.
Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this year issued a moratorium that bars most Caltrans landscaping projects on freeways in areas with serious water shortages.
Danville, however, is in the East Bay Municipal Utility District, where the water board has declared that its water shortages are not severe enough this summer to warrant drought restrictions or severe water restrictions.
Local officials say they think EBMUD will sign off on the water and Caltrans will sign off on the landscaping.
"We're optimistic, but we're still waiting to hear," said Randy Iwasaki, executive director for the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.
He noted that the landscaping contract will call for drought-resistant plants along the side of the freeway.
STAR-SPANGLED SWITCH: It's one thing to let the community know about a Fourth of July parade and fireworks show at a vendor booth; it's another to let the community know about the event at a vendor booth with residents dressed up as Uncle Sam and Captain America.
The Eye witnessed that firsthand Thursday at the Contra Costa County Fair.
The Celebrate Antioch Foundation passed out patriotic-wrapped Tootsie Rolls and index card-sized fliers to passers-by. The committee is holding Antioch's Fourth of July celebration at the fairgrounds instead of downtown.
Admission is free.
"It's just a lot of fun, and it's creating a lot of excitement," said Wayne Harrison, who dressed up as Uncle Sam.
Several youngsters wanted to meet the costumed characters. Some stopped in the early afternoon to shake Harrison's hand or take pictures with him.
Committee member Walter Ruehlig came later in the afternoon dressed as Captain America.
FROM MEDIUM TEMPO TO TEDIUM TEMPO: If the Lafayette City Council wants to boost attendance at its meetings -- especially when a sometimes Eye-glazing item such as the fiscal year budget is on the agenda -- here's a suggestion: Set those budget numbers to music.
At the council's Tuesday meeting, Stanley Middle School music director Bob Athayde and his Stanley Jazz Messengers big band made for a cool start to the meeting, playing before accepting a proclamation from Mayor Don Tatzin.
A noticeable draft occurred when parents, students and the band's fans rushed to depart Lafayette Community Hall after the council moved on. Tatzin then announced, "I'm sorry, the fun part of the meeting is over."
Budget talk soon commenced.
Staff writers Denis Cuff, Jeremy Thomas, Paul Burgarino and correspondent Lou Fancher contributed to this column.


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Lincoln, NE (AP) - Authorities suspect a 26-year-old Lincoln man of injuring his 5-month-old daughter.
The Lincoln Journal Star says Andrew Vossen was arrested Thursday. Lancaster County Jail records say Vossen remained in custody on Friday. Online court records don't list the name of his attorney.
Court records say Vossen took the baby to a doctor on Tuesday. An X-ray showed that five of her ribs had been broken. The arrest affidavit says Vossen told an investigator that he'd accidentally dropped the baby a few weeks earlier. A doctor told police the injuries weren't accidental.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
Paradise Lost Language and Communication Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Book Number, Line Number
Quote #4
"For while I sit with thee, I seem in Heav'n
And sweeter thy discourse is to my ear
Than Fruits of Palm-tree pleasantest to thirst" (8.210-12)
Adam tells Raphael how sweet is his words are. Satan is another guy whose words can be very sweet; Raphael is clearly not Satan, but we should think about what makes words actually sweet and what makes them problematically sweet.
Quote #5
"I named them, as they passed, and understood
Their nature, with such knowledge God endued
My sudden apprehension" (8.352-4)
The act of naming – assigning a word to something – is associated in Eden with understanding the "nature" of something. This suggests that names perfectly correspond with what name, that there is no gap or potential for ambiguity between word and thing as there will be after the Fall. The phrase "sudden apprehension" suggests how automatic or close the connection between word and thing is.
Quote #6
"Language of Man pronounced
By tongue of brute, and human sense expressed?
The first at least of these I thought denied
To beasts whom God on their creation-day
Created mute to all articulate sound" (9.553-7)
"Articulate sound" is a distinguishing feature of humans, God, and angels; Eve is curious for a moment but then (fatally) forgets about this incredibly strange disruption of God's hierarchies. As part of their punishment in Book 10, Satan (and his angels) will be temporarily deprived of the ability to use "articulate sound" (they will become figuratively "mute"), partly because of his misuse of that gift here.


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No, sorry, it isn't possible with the inbox software RAID.
Jeff [MSFT]
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> Does anyone know if there's a way to configure a "hot spare" disk when
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> an MS RAID 5 array? This is assuming I have an extra standalone disk to be
> used as the hot spare. I can't find anything to say its possible, but
> thought I'd ask or does anyone one know of a way to get similar
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Joachim's Custom Patches
As a producer and engineer Joachim Ekermann has worked with some of the best pop acts Sweden has to offer, including: Jenny Wilson, The Concretes, Frida Hyvönen and Peter Morén.
This collection of Combinator patches is picked from his presentation at The Producers Conference.
Thanks to Willbe for the backdrop!
A dual band compressor/limiter. Works both as a mastering unit and as a tool for beefing up sub mixes or loops.
Get a little reverb on everything! Insert this combinator in front of the mastering suite Combinator and put some depth into the mix.
Parallel comp
This is your typical parallel compressor in a sweet looking combinator! The mix knob is the most crucial parameter here. It works like a dry/wet balance. In the full clockwise position there's only compressed signal. Back it off and you get the parallel effect.
This patch can actually do a lot more than de-essing. It's a limiter with both a highpass and a lowpass on the sidechain. Try putting it on a drum loop and filter out both kick and cymbals for some crackling snares!
Dual Delay
So simple but yet so efficient! Stereo delay with independent time settings for left and right and a feedback loop with a lowpass filter on it.
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While most people were acclaiming an exciting draw, others broke off from their devoted investigation into the Illuminati, or their frame-by-frame analysis of the Zapruder film, to declare the whole thing a fix.
Fa cup draw is a fix if I have ever saw one..
— Jamie Murphy (@JamieMurf) January 26, 2014
FA CUP DRAW FIX. FOR SURE. — Gillian Fish (@GillsF) January 26, 2014
Not only was the integrity of the Football Association impugned, but also that of Andros Townsend, as the Tottenham winger and his father were the two lucky men asked to draw the balls out of the bag at Wembley.
Look what happens when you get a Spurs player to do the FA Cup draw... #fix
— Joseph S. Marchbank (@Marchbank45) January 26, 2014
A Tottenham player draws Man City v Chelsea and Arsenal v Liverpool. #Fix — Fluorine19 (@ItsFluorine19) January 26, 2014
And how did the governing body and the Tottenham winger so devilishly collude to fix the draw? Why of course, by heating certain balls - the go-to accusation for sporting draw conspiracy theorists.
Fa cup draw. Classic hot balls job.
— Adam Conant (@adamjconant) January 26, 2014
(Arsenal v Liverpool FA Cup) Hot balls draw if ever I saw one... — RAWK Meltdown (@RAWK_Meltdown) January 26, 2014
Some, though, were rather more sceptical about claims the FA had hoodwinked us all...
Kopites calling the FA Cup draw a fix? Who picks these balls out? Dynamo????
— Andy Roberts (@Robbo72uk) January 26, 2014
And one cheeky viewer saw the opportunity for a little dig at Tottenham midfielder Townsend...
Andros Townsend assisting the FA cup draw, first assist of the season? — Tom (@UTVilla) January 26, 2014
And so so the weekend's football action...
Manchester City had a patchy start to the season, but with 110 goals scored in all competitions, a spot in the League Cup final already assured, and Barcelona fans groaning when the all-conquering Catalans drew City in the Champions League, you'd think that people would have accepted that they're fairly good at football.
But a poor start and two goals against them in the early stages of Saturday's FA Cup clash against Watford was seemingly enough to erase all that hard work.
Watford almost playing in a 5-2-2-1 system and Man City haven't got a clue how to deal with it. Been absolutely battered in the first half.
— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonMEN) January 25, 2014
Something is wrong with my Twitter. It is saying that Watford are winning 2-0 at City. #david #goliath — Darren Lewis (@MirrorDarren) January 25, 2014
Even the FA's official Twitter account was ready to predict Doomsday:
Manchester City are currently trailing 2-0 at home to Watford. Can they get back into the tie? #FACup http://t.co/jQlHAqQUVX
— The FA (@FA) January 25, 2014
Of course, City hit back in style - as we knew they would - and Early Doors' only regret is not lumping on Manuel Pellegrini's side at 5-1 early in the second half as they still trailed by two goals. And you can almost hear the bookies' relief that nobody else bothered to do so either:
GOAL - It's heartbreak for Watford as Man City equalise, Sergio Aguero with his second. Can the Hornets take #MCFC back to Vicarage Road? — bet365 (@bet365) January 25, 2014
GOAL: Kolarov has broken Watford fans hearts. 3-2 Man City
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 25, 2014
In fairness, even Manchester City themselves appear to have stopped believing in their team, if their palapable relief at full-time is anything to go by:
92. Sergio nods down to beat Bond and that's game, set and match! Phew! City 4-2 Watford — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) January 25, 2014
Away from the FA Cup action, the big news was of course Manchester United's signing of Juan Mata, which met with almost universal acclaim:
Man United fans will love this: Juan Mata and Robin van Persie = £59m Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll = £55m
— Football__Tweet (@Football__Tweet) January 26, 2014
David Moyes even earned some rare praise:
Hats off David Moyes for shipping off Anderson. Getting Rooney play at his best. Buying Juan Mata. Working hard for MUFC. #InMoyesWeTrust — Man United Origin (@ManUnitedOrigin) January 26, 2014
But not everybody was convinced:
Merse on Mata: "They have bought a luxury player instead ... It's more like when Manchester City paid big money for James Milner".
— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) January 25, 2014
hear so much about Mata going to change United. He will but I dont think he will save their season needs more than that to make United good — Tommy Smyth (@TommySmythESPN) January 26, 2014
Matic is an upgraded version of Mikel, Oscar is an upgraded version of Mata. #CFC
— pamy del rey (@fahmyvevo) January 26, 2014
Mostly, though, everybody played nicely. Almost oddly so, as one football site pointed out:
How mad has the Juan Mata transfer been ? Everyone loves each other! We may never see a move like it again... — 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) January 26, 2014
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Consider the following three arguments against free will and justice in Christianity and similar religions:
Argument 1
Imagine that God, an omniscient being, has just appeared and told you what you will do 30 seconds from now. Suppose that it is something trivial and thus easily avoidable, e.g. you will eat a sandwich. Now assume that you have the desire to exercise your free will and change the future. There are only two possible outcomes:
1.) You eat the sandwich.
2.) You do not eat the sandwich.
If you do not eat the sandwich, you have proven that God does not know the future.
If you do eat the sandwich despite your stronger desire to prove your free will, you have proven that you do not actually have free will.
Therefore, human free will is incompatible with God's omniscience.
The only way around this problem is to claim that omniscience refers to total knowledge of the past and present, but not the future, which has not yet occurred. This is perhaps akin to adjusting omnipotence to mean "the power to do anything that is possible" instead of "the power to do anything." However, if God is ignorant of the future, then religions in which God's knowledge of the future is essential cannot be true.
Argument 2
Premise 1: The human lifespan varies from individual to individual.
Premise 2: Humans grow up in different conditions and with different genetics.
Premise 3: Humans develop different standards for truth.
Premise 4: An individual has no control over premises 1 and 2 and has only limited control, if any, over premise 3.
Premise 5: Christians often claim that humans can only find salvation through faith in God.
Conclusion 1: Therefore, it is not fair that human lifespans, conditions, and standards for truth vary. (Some people die much earlier than others, who therefore have more time to find salvation. Some people are born into conditions where the Bible is absent or even criticized while others are born into conditions where the Bible is present or even praised, which makes it easier for them to find salvation. Some people have a higher standard for truth than others, who therefore find it easier to accept the Bible and thus to find salvation.)
Premise 6: God has control over these factors.
Conclusion 2: Therefore, God is not just.
Premise 7: Christians claim that God is just.
Conclusion 3: Therefore, Christians (and those who share such beliefs) are wrong about something. Either God is not just or there are other means of finding salvation.
Argument 3
Premise 1: It is only really fair if God gives each individual enough time and the right conditions to find salvation. (One man might have found salvation if he had just lived one more day. Another might have found salvation if he had been born in a different country.)
Premise 2: God is fair. (A common Christian claim.)
Conclusion 1: Therefore, God gives each individual enough time and the right conditions to find salvation.
Premise 3: People who can find salvation would find salvation if given the time and conditions that would lead to salvation.
Premise 4: Some people do not find salvation.
Conclusion 2: Therefore, some people could not have found salvation in any amount of time or under any conditions.
Conclusion 3: Therefore, some people are predestined to be punished.
(I can imagine challenges to premise 3, but not good ones.)
Implications for Ethics
If humans do not have free will, then it is unjust for God to reward or punish some, but not others–or to punish anyone at all. This should be indisputable even among the religious unless they believe that God also lacks free will, in which case justice cannot apply. Without free will, the entire project of ethics is a sham.
If God is unjust or does not know the future, then God is not fit to deal out eternal reward and punishment. Some of the religious may argue that God is fit to do so by virtue of being Creator or omnipotent, but this is a very unsatisfying answer for those of us who do not define what is good by the imperfect or even arbitrary decisions of a single being.
I credit John Myste with the inspiration for and contributions to arguments 2 and 3 through his recent post, Sunday Inspiration. I also credit him with any logical inconsistency found in this post.