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In reading through the amicus briefs submitted by anti-gay groups to the Supreme Court, we've been generally impressed by the relative restraint of their legal arguments compared to their day-to-day anti-gay tirades. But not so with the two briefs submitted last week by a hodgepodge coalition of conservative groups. Citizens United's National Committee for Family, Faith and Prayer filed two no-holds-barred amicus briefs last week, one in defense of Prop 8 [pdf] and one in defense of DOMA [pdf]. They were joined in both by the anti-immigrant groups Declaration Alliance and English... MORE >
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The English First Political Victory Fund has endorsed Mitt Romney, calling him "a veritable Rock of Gibraltar on official English." MORE >
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While efforts to make English the official language of the U.S. and eliminate bilingual ballot access are usually linked directly to efforts to restrict immigration or crack down on immigrants, some people might remain confused, thinking that groups like English First are focused merely on promoting the English language. Jim Boulet, executive director of English First, helps to clear that up by opposing expanding English lessons for "the illegals": He says it is not the responsibility of the taxpayers to pay for English lessons for people who are in the country... MORE >
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We want to set up our aquarium and purchased a background poster. How can we attach it to the back aquarium glass?
the easiest method is to attach the poster with some double sided adhesive tape in the corners.
You can also cover it with a thin layer of clean, chemically inert silicone oil, press it to the back aquarium glass from the outside and then wipe out the air bubbles - a wallpaper brush or roller is useful.
Edible oil would have the same effect, but it may become rancid and then smell unpleasantly. This does not happen with silicone oil.
None of the oil must get into the aquarium. It is non-toxic, but it may form a layer on the surface that affects gas exchange, e.g. of oxygen or CO2.
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WINDBER - Caleb Kephart was a man on a mission Friday night at Windber Stadium.
Then again, the entire Portage rushing attack showed no mercy.
The 5-foot-8, 155 pound sophomore running back had 257 total yards and four touchdowns in the Mustangs' 32-0 blowout win at Windber in the storied WestPAC rivalry.
"We just had an overall great game," Portage coach Gary Gouse said. "We really dominated, especially in the second half. I'm really proud of the kids tonight."
"It's great," Kephart said of the shutout. "It's a big rivalry game. We weren't picked to win this game, but we came out and won. It's great."
Kephart ran the ball for 226 yards on 13 carries and had rushing touchdowns of 24, 65 and 27 yards.
And if that wasn't enough of an individual effort, he also added one reception - off of a tipped screen pass - that was good for a 31-yard score.
"Our line blocked tremendously," Kephart said. "I just blew through the hole every time."
"He's an explosive athlete," Gouse said of Kephart. "He has great speed. The wings blocked well, our guards pulled and led the play and that was good, too, but I liked how we hit people tonight. We really went after it."
The Portage defense showed up to play, too.
Windber (5-2, 5-1 WestPAC) got into the redzone three times - and got within three yards on two other possessions - and had nothing to show for it. The Ramblers were 1-for-4 on fourth down conversions, missed a 25-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter, failed to earn a first down in the third quarter and were shut out at home.
Windber gained only 133 yards on the ground - a far cry from its 233-yard average through six games - and had only 155 total yards.
"The defense played one heckuva football game," Gouse said. "I'm so proud of our defense. We played a very disciplined football game tonight. Every kid that played defense did what they were taught to do."
"We had two deep drives in the first half, and there were a couple points that we didn't get and that kind of changed momentum," Windber coach Matt Grohal said. "We were absolutely deflated at halftime and played with no emotion in the second half."
The Mustangs (6-1, 6-1), however, had no trouble moving the ball as they racked up 416 rushing yards.
Luke Dividock broke the century mark on his last carry late in the fourth quarter, a 25-yard pick up that gave him 117 yards on 14 touches.
He scored on a 20-yard run in the third quarter.
"We did some things that were really nice," Gouse said. "Once we got the edge, we were going. Once we got in a rhythm of what we knew we had, we just stayed with it."
"They ran the fullback trap and buck sweep and we practiced it 200 times this week with every look possible," Grohal said, "and we just could not stop it. They just kept running it and running it. We couldn't stop it."
Portage got most of its yards on big plays, mainly in the second half. The Mustangs gained 18 or more yards on 10 plays, effectively showing its dominance at the line of scrimmage.
"They controlled the line of scrimmage in both halves," Grohal said. "The better team won tonight."
Portage puts its five-game winning streak on the line next week when it hosts Conemaugh Township. Windber travels to Ferndale.
Portage0 6 19 7 - 32
Windber0 0 0 0 - 0
Second quarter
P-Ca. Kephart 31 pass from Price (kick failed), 1:47.
Third quarter
P-Ca. Kephart 24 run (run failed), 10:58.
P-Ca. Kephart 65 run (kick failed), 8:00.
P-Dividock 20 run (Lutz kick), 3:25.
Fourth quarter
P-Ca. Kephart 27 run (Lutz kick), 10:19.
RUSHING: Portage-Ca. Kephart 13-226, Dividock 14-117, Price 9-35, Co. Kephart 6-31, Harrison 1-10, TEAM 3-(-3). Windber-Barkley 1-45, Blough 13-41, Neri 9-23, Da. Tomlinson 10-21, De. Tomlinson 4-9, Gipe 1-4, Maurizio 103, Barbe 1-2, TEAM 1-(-15).
PASSING: Portage-Price 1-7-0-31. Windber-Gipe 3-14-0-22
RECEIVING: Portage-Ca. Kephart 1-31. Windber-Barkley 2-26, De. Tomlinson 1-(-4).
INTERCEPTIONS: None.
First downs209
Passing (comp.-att.-int.)1-7-03-14-0
Yards passing3122
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HOWLAND - Thirteen-year-old Elias Kondolios said the first thing he thought when he was given the word ''sotto voce'' to spell correctly to win the Trumbull County Spelling Bee was he was glad he studied.
The Howland Middle School eighth grader competed Wednesday along with 35 other public and parochial school students in the bee sponsored by the Trumbull County Educational Service Center.
Kondolios said he credits his parents with helping him prepare.
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Elias Kondolios, an eighth-grader from Howland Middle School, left, won the Trumbull County Spelling Bee held Wednesday at Liberty High School. At right is Daniel Campbell, a seventh-grader at Lincoln PK-8 in Warren, who was first runner-up.
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''My mom helped me prepare for this," he said. "She was my coach. I feel gifted to be able to spell.''
The winning word ''sotto voce'' is an Italian word meaning ''soft spoken,'' when someone intentionally lowers the volume of one's voice for emphasis.
''When I heard that word, I thanked God I had practiced,'' Kondolios said.
First runner-up Daniel Campbell, 13, a seventh-grader at Lincoln K-8 School in Warren, also credits practice and help from his mother, Kathy.
''I studied the words with her,'' he said.
Jaclyn Rausch, gifted coordinator at TCECS and event pronouncer, said the bee is one more chance for all the Trumbull County school spelling bee winners to advance to their local qualifying bee.
''This gives them another opportunity to practice and prepare for the next spelling bee,'' she said.
Kondolios and Campbell, along with many of the other spellers, will next advance to the Tribune Chronicle Bee on March 10 at LaBrae High School. The winner there advances to the National Spelling Bee in May.
Also among the top five finishers in the bee were Mallory Barkley of Lincoln PK-8 in Warren, Rebekah Stanhope of Joseph Badger Middle, Parker Paniagua of Champion Central, and Riki Kaiser of Mespo Elementary.


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It wasn't exactly a dress rehearsal for the regular-season opener on Oct. 31, but the Suns' annual open practice at US Airways Center on Saturday was a chance for fans to meet the new-look squad.
"We've got a lot of new faces and a lot of new players," coach Alvin Gentry said. "We just kind of want to get to know the fan base and the community, and I think they're going to appreciate these guys and the effort they play with and the intensity that they walk out on the floor with."
Forward Michael Beasley endeared himself to the crowd of approximately 5,000 fans with a game-high 10 points in the 10-minute scrimmage, working alongside Jared Dudley, Luis Scola, Marcin Gortat and Goran Dragic. But seven points from shooting guard Shannon Brown and back-to-back late shots from Solomon Jones helped their team win 27-25.
"It's for fans," Dudley said. "To be able to have this, I'm always excited for that, and then we have the season coming up. We had such a long off-season not making the playoffs. Guys are eager to get out there."
Twice is nice
The scrimmage ended with a two-handed dunk from Dudley, but it was a second attempt after drilling his first try off the rim.
"It's actually better I missed it, because if you saw the second dunk it might have been my most impressive dunk so far in the preseason," Dudley said. "Off the backboard. Two hands, two feet. Best dunk out there so far, I guarantee it."
Garrett's presence
On Friday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, point guard Diante Garrett's team-high five assists proved to be another reason coaches are keeping him in the conversation for a roster spot.
During Saturday's event, Garrett pulled out a different trick in his repertoire, winning a half-court shooting contest.
"It felt really good," Garrett said. "We were cracking jokes before saying who was going to hit that shot. I'm glad I came and hit it."
The competition was solely for fun, but as a player on a non-guaranteed contract, Garrett wants to show he has a range of skills — everything from being sound defensively to being picky with his shot selection.
"Just getting the chance to be out there, getting my opportunity to play and showcase my ability and just put everything I've been learning out there on the court, it paid off a little bit (Friday) night for me," Garrett said.
Decisions coming
Aside from settling Garrett's future, Suns brass also has to make a call on the three big men they invited to camp.
Jones, Ike Diogu and Luke Zeller all had strong performances against the Thunder, leaving Gentry and his staff with a tough task.
"We're going to have to make some decisions soon so that we can get our roster down to a working number," Gentry said. "I think all of those guys have shown that they're NBA players under the right situations."
The fact that a clear-cut answer hasn't emerged this far into camp is surprising but also a perk for a team still trying to find the right combination of depth players.
"You definitely expect a couple guys to tail off and get down to two," Dudley said. "But we have four guys that could make it and they all played well in one game, which is very rare."


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Asia, formed in early 1981, includes Steve Howe, lead guitarist for Yes for 10 years; drummer Carl Palmer, a founder of Emerson, Lake and...; Geoff Downes, onetime keyboardist with the Buggies; and bassist-lead vocalist John Wetton, who performed with Roxy Music, Uriah Heep and U.K., among other groups. It probably wouldn't be fair to say that the members of this British quartet are no longer progressive members of the rock community. They have, however, clearly settled down since the 70s. This is still serious rock music, propelled by Palmer's exciting, quirky drumming and Wetton's singing, which is restrained but aggressive enough. Yet on such simmering tunes as Heat of the Moment, Wildest Dreams and Here Comes the Feeling, a little of the rage that filled their youthful pasts is, for better or worse, missing.
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There is a rich and growing ecosystem of open source applications for mobile devices, just like the desktop. Learn about several free and open source drawing applications for Android.
Everyone can benefit from using version control—even artists. Jason van Gumster explains how.
Jared Nielsen shares why he uses open source tools to run his YouTube video series.
You've probably heard of Blender, but do you know about Natron? Our how-to will help you get started using this open source compositing tool.
Lauren Egts takes a new venture into creating a Raspberry Pi powered juggling pin routine for juggler, Charles Peachock.
Bill Kendrick created Tux Paint in only a couple of days. A friend asked why there wasn't a free and open source drawing program for kids, something like GIMP. Bill chuckled, knowing that many adults have a hard time learning how to use GIMP, much less kids. He replied, "I can probably put... Read more
If you've seen an unbelievable interactive projection or a mind-blowing piece of generative video art, odds are you've come across openFrameworks, an accessible programming platform that has helped create projects like Arturo Castro and
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Vocabulary Charts
Vocabulary charts can be very useful in helping students widen their passive and active vocabulary based on related word group areas. Typically, students will often learn new vocabulary by simply writing lists of new vocabulary words and then memorize these words by rote. Unfortunately, this technique often provides few contextual clues. Rote learning helps "short term" learning for exams etc. Unfortunately, it doesn't really provide a "hook" with which to remember new vocabulary. Vocabulary charts, on the other hand, provide this "hook" by placing vocabulary in connected categories thus helping "long term" memorization. In this lesson, you will find a printable vocabulary chart and a lesson outline focusing on creating in-class vocabulary charts.
Aim:Creation of vocabulary charts to be shared around the class
Activity:Awareness raising of effective vocabulary learning techniques followed by vocabulary tree creation in groups
Level: Any level
- Begin lesson by asking students to explain how they go about learning new vocabulary.
- Explain the concept of "short term" and "long term" learning and the importance of contextual clues for effective "long term" memorization.
- Present the idea of creating vocabulary charts to help students learn specific content related vocabulary.
- Distribute a copy of the example vocabulary chart.
- Divide students into small groups asking them to create vocabulary charts based on a particular subject area.
Example: house, sports, the office, etc.
- Students create vocabulary charts in small groups.
- Copy student created vocabulary charts and distribute the copies to the other groups. In this way, the class generates a large amount of new vocabulary in a relatively short amount of time.
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Port Authority Official Fired After Vulgar Comments Appear on Gawker
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey fired an employee from its real estate division — formerly a member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration – after a post on the website Gawker described him as "inebriated" and using offensive language at a Fashion Week party in Manhattan earlier this week.
The employee, Brandon Brice, was hired April 16 as a property representative in the Port Authority's Real Estate Services department, according to payroll records available on the authority's website. According to a biography posted on his personal website, Brice previously worked as Director of Education and African American Affairs for the Christie administration.
In the Gawker article, Brice is described introducing himself to the author as representing "the office of Chris Christie" and using a vulgar term for female anatomy. The first person account, by Gawker writer Caity Weaver, describes Brice approaching the author and a friend at a Fashion Week party for OK! Magazine in the West Village. After Brice mentioned his connection to Christie, suggesting he was still employed by the administration, Weaver wrote, she asked why the governor would have sent a representative to the party.
His response indicated that politicians are most successful in their efforts to woo women.
A spokesman for Christie declined to comment, referring questions to the Port Authority. A spokesman there said: "Brandon Brice is no longer employed by the Port Authority."
In an email to The Wall Street Journal, Brice called the Gawker account "inaccurate," and denied making "any vulgar comments towards her during the private event we both attended during New York Fashion Week." Brice also called the article "politically motivated."
"This comment, as stated by Ms. Weaver, does not reflect nor is it indicative of my character and conduct personally or professionally."
"The Port Authority did what they deemed necessary to protect the integrity of the agency; I have demanded a full retraction from Gawker," Brice wrote.
In a biographical sketch at the Foreign Policy Initiative, where he was a member of the New York Leaders program, Brice is described as being highly regarded for "his energetic, innovative, and solutions driven leadership in conservative politics," and as a master's degree candidate in public administration and finance at Columbia University. His website also lists him as a contributor to the site HiphopRepublican.com.


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Marshall University Math Colloquium
October 3, 2012
What is Strategic Voting and What Can Be Done About It?
Hint: Not Much
John Drost
Marshall University
In any election with three or more candidates there are many different schemes for choosing a winner. We will look at a couple of them, the 'instant-runoff' procedure and the Borda count. Also, these schemes are vulnerable to 'strategic voting'; the idea that by changing their votes from their real preferences, some voter or voters can obtain a more favorable outcome.


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Game 9: Florida Atlantic vs. USF
Shavar Richardson and the Owls host USF on Saturday.
Dec. 3, 2010
The Owls return to Boca Raton for the first of only two home games in month of December.
They will be seeking their second consecutive win over a school from one of the "Big Six" BCS conferences after defeating Mississippi State 61-59 on Tuesday night.
Tonight's game is a rematch from last season, when the Bulls defeated FAU 78-58 in- Tampa on the day after Thanksgiving. Greg Gantt scored 19 points in his first career start in that game.


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TUPELO – Five of Tupelo's firemen spent a good chunk of last week responding to swift water-rescue situations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Training Officer Romeco Traylor, Sgt. Chad Blankenship, Firefighter Adam Holt, Firefighter Chris Watkins and Capt. Brad Robinson left Tupelo on Tuesday to set up in the Forrest County staging area and await Hurricane Isaac.
Wednesday, from noon until that night, the firefighters traveled around Pearlington with Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries agents.
The five men are certified in swift water rescue and donned wetsuits and life preservers.
Robinson said the crew made six rescues the first day in Pearlington before being moved to Picayune.
"We're not from that area so when we got a call we would find the location and then, since the road is underwater, use GPS to get to it," Robinson said. "You get out, get to the people and help them get their belongings and get to a safe area."
The first night, the rescue crew had to cross the Pearl River in hurricane winds to get to a flood victim.
"We had to come in from the Louisiana side," Traylor said. "The rain was beating down so you couldn't look straight on and the waves were pretty high. They were white-capping."
The flooding meant they could get to most places by boat but sometimes they would have to carry the boats through ankle-deep water after bottoming out.
"They said this was the worst flooding they've ever had," Holt said. "There were areas flooded they said had never been flooded. They said it wasn't that deep during Katrina, it came in fast and hard and left but this one just sat there and spun. It just kept raining."
Robinson said the water would rise a foot sometimes during the course of a rescue.
The swift water rescue crews were used to access areas that had been flooded and had swift, riverlike currents.
"When you add swift water to anything it's tough," Blankenship said. "We got barbed wire stuck in our motor, the current just carried it in. People don't realize how powerful the currents are."
The five Tupelo firefighters recorded 27 rescues in three days.


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Singer/songwriter Juliana Finch shares IMPASSE theme song!
We are so honored to have singer/songwriter Juliana Finch as the creator of IMPASSE's theme song. Gorgeous and haunting, it's the perfect fit for our film.
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We are proud to announce we finally have a locked picture and can reveal the official poster for IMPASSE!
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To our wonderful, patient backers,
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URGENT: Screenwriter who is going blind needs our help! Only 4 hrs left!
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Jack Marchetti, a Chicago-based screenwriter was born with a degenerative retina disease, cone-rod dystrophy, leaving him with a ticking clock as to how long he... Read more
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IMPASSE shoots this weekend!
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In studio gear esoterica, the two-channel Fairchild 670 is the 'Holy Grail' of hardware compressors. Universal Audio went to great lengths to capture the unique and sublime sonics of this famous Variable Mu/Tube limiter — while simultaneously eliminating its 65 lb. girth, 14 transformers, 20 vacuum tubes, and $30,000 vintage-market price tag — for our UAD Powered Plug-In version. Modeled on noted engineer/producer Allen Side's favorite unit from Ocean Way Studios, the Fairchild 670 Legacy plug-in incorporates all of the features from the original unit. Several new UAD-only features round out this offering, giving the Fairchild 670 Legacy Powered Plug-In added flexibility in modern studio settings.
Great efforts were made to capture the unique and sublime sonics of this famous mu-type tube limiter. The UAD Fairchild 670 Legacy adds an auxiliary panel allowing access to rear access controls, common mods, and unique Universal Audio-only additions.
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Within the last few days, U.S. law enforcement agencies have foiled what appear to be unrelated terrorist plots in New York, Illinois and Texas. Analysts say the successful coordination that led to these arrests is rooted in policy changes that were implemented after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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The thump thump thump of hip-hop music vibrated over Ivy Strom's flesh, making the little hairs on her arms stand to attention. The rhythmic noise was so loud she could barely hear her own rapid heartbeat.
She took another sip of her tonic and lime, the liquid quenching her dry throat. From her perch on the stool at the main bar, she scanned the dance floor once more for her quarry, her eyes pausing every so often on lone males.
She'd been told that Sallos, the Great Duke of Hell, would be here, lurking around like the degenerate demon he was. He'd taken two girls from here in the past four months. This was supposedly one of his favorite hunting grounds. Now it was hers.
Ivy shifted in her seat; the silver daggers she had strapped to her sides underneath her T-shirt were starting to chafe. It was difficult to dress inconspicuously for a club and still carry as much hardware as she wanted.
She had no less than four knives on her, all silver; two ampuls of holy water, hidden carefully in her cleavage; and she'd hung a bag of salt from her belt. And of course she wore a blessed silver cross around her neck. She was prepared for anything to happen. With demons, it usually did.
She'd been hunting this one for a little over five months now. For the past year he'd been terrorizing the streets of San Francisco. Seven women had been murdered so far. They'd all been identified by their dental records and fingerprints. Because this demon didn't leave much to recognize.
But his reign was over as far as Ivy was concerned. She'd gotten a reliable tip that he'd be here at this club tonight and Ivy was ready for him. She'd take him out, but not before she got a chance to interrogate him. It was her job to hunt him down, but there was also a personal reason behind her need to find him. This demon supposedly had information that could locate Quinn Strom, Ivy's brother.
He'd been missing for three years now. He was the last of her family and she swore she'd never give up searching until she found him, dead or alive. At least then she'd know, and she could move on with her life. Or exact her revenge, which would be more like it. The Stroms were all about revenge and justice.
She'd been born into the hunting community. Her dad had been a hunter when he'd met her mother. He'd actually met her while chasing down a rogue priest who'd been possessed by a strong wrath demon. Ivy's mother had been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but her father had saved her life before the demon could do any permanent damage.
They never married, but they lived together, and she had learned the ways of the hunter. She had Quinn shortly after, then Ivy two years later. She'd died when Ivy was only nine. On the job, of course. It had always been about the job. Usually just their dad would go out on hunts, for days sometimes. But on a few occasions, both parents went. In this particular case, Quinn had been left to take care of her while their mom and dad hunted. Dad had come back alone.
Hunters rarely lived to a ripe old age.
Ivy ran a hand over the cross at her throat. The necklace had been a gift from Quinn about a month before he disappeared. When he gave it to her, he told her never to remove it. It would protect her day and night from everything, including the nightmares she sometimes had. After he left, she never did take it off. It was her last reminder of him. Everything else he had taken with him, wherever that was.
She missed him. When he disappeared it was as if he taken a part of her with him. They'd been close. Had to be to endure the constant moving around the country and their dad's long absences while he hunted. Quinn had never let her out of his sight. He'd always been there for her. When she'd have nightmares, which was often, he'd be there to soothe her back to sleep. In many ways, Quinn had raised her. Not her dad.
Then he'd vanished and she'd been left to pick up the pieces of her life and of the hunt.
She finished her drink and slid off her stool. She'd do a walk around the club. There were some dark areas that she couldn't quite see from the bar. This was where she could rely on the amulet she wore around her neck to help her search. When a demon was near, it lit up with a blue glow somewhat like a firefly. It heated up as well, so she'd feel it against her skin instantly if a demon crossed her path.
Brushing past some enthusiastic dancers, Ivy circled the dance floor. It was crammed with gyrating sweaty young people of every race and sexual orientation. As she moved past, she almost got swept up in the soulful throb of the music. The primal beats thumped in time to her heartbeat and she found she had to force herself not to move her body to the electrifying rhythm. On another night, she might've indulged. It had been too long since she'd had any sort of fun.
Because demon hunting had been part of her life since childhood, she'd been homeschooled so the family could travel often. So she'd never had those lifelong school friendships. In fact, she'd never had a real friend until she grew up and went out on her own. Even now, she had to keep her distance from people. She could never get too close in case she had to flee at the last second.
It was a rough life, but one she'd been born into. It suited her in many ways and she couldn't imagine doing anything else.
She'd done one sweep of the club and was about to go back to her seat at the bar when the amulet flared to life. Instantly, it was hot.
He was near. Close to her.
She stopped and eyed the dancing crowd. She'd know him the second she saw him. After years of hunting demons, she knew the signs to look for. Signs the regular folk mistook for dark and dangerous allure. To Ivy it was just dark and dangerous. Nothing alluring whatsoever.
She saw him. He was dancing with two young blondes. He was tall, with longish blond hair, not handsome or ugly. Average, mostly. Like a wolf in sheep's clothing. But it was the eyes that gave him away. When he turned ever so slightly to the left or the right, Ivy could see the flames in his soul.
The unholy fire that he carried within from the depths of hell.
She stepped onto the dance floor. She had to separate him from the women. If he spotted her now, he'd have no qualms about killing them right there and then.
Picking up the rhythm, Ivy danced her way through the writhing crowd. She tried not to stare directly but she needed to keep her eye on him. If she lost him now, it would take months to pick up his trail again. And more women would die. She'd already blown three previous tips because of her impatience. Something she should have grown out of years ago.
As she moved through the throng of people, someone grabbed her rear end. She stopped to glare at the guilty party. He had the presence of mind to turn and leave immediately. People didn't usually mess with Ivy, and if they did it was only once. She didn't suffer fools easily.
She had a reputation for being cold as steel and just as inflexible. This was probably why she didn't have a man or even bothered to date. What man could possibly live up to any of her expectations or abide by her rules of conduct?
None that she'd met so far.
The song changed tempo. The demon wrapped his arms around the two women and they slow danced together. His back was to her, which afforded her an opportunity to walk right up to him. And she did.
She tapped him on the shoulder. He turned and smiled at her. She tried to keep her face unreadable, a mask of indifference, when really she fumed with rage just being next to him.
"Can I cut in?" she asked with a grin she hoped was sexy and not laced with fury.
He looked her up and down. "Sure, Snow White."
She got that comment a lot. It was because of her chin-length jet-black hair and pale complexion. To top it off, she'd chosen a perfect shade of red for her lips. Demons were attracted to the fiery color. Probably reminded them of home sweet home.
She smiled at him and let him put his hands on her tiny waist.
The other two women sneered at her. She sneered right back and said, "You can get lost now. The main attraction's arrived."
They stomped off the dance floor.
One goal down, one more to go. She needed to get him outside so she could stun him with the holy water and salt. Then she'd take him somewhere she could bind him in a devil's trap and ask him questions. After he told her what she needed to hear she would slide her long silver blade through his heart. Or throat. Either spot would do to kill him and send him back home.
Ivy moved a little closer to him, trying hard not to cringe, and said, "Let's get out of here. My car is parked in the alley."
He grinned at her, and then leaned down to her ear. "Sure, Ivy. I'd love to."
Grinding her teeth, she took a step back from him.
"I saw you the second you walked into the club." He still danced in front of her, wriggling his hips seductively. "A guy just can't miss that devastating face and killer body. Get it, killer?" He licked his lips.
"What now?" she asked. She didn't want to make a scene. He had the upper hand here. He knew she wouldn't want him to do anything rash and start killing people.
"We could still go out back and get our groove on. I wouldn't mind tapping that ass of yours.''
Her fingers were itching to reach under her shirt and pull out her blades. She wondered if she could instead reach for the holy water and splash him with it. It might be enough to subdue him so she could take him out. Except the crowd was pushing in on her and she had barely enough room to shift from foot to foot.
"I'm going to kill you." She flashed him a big grin and as quick as she could reached into her cleavage and plucked out an ampul.
But he was quicker.
He pushed her into the crowd. She stumbled backwards, knocking over two people. By the time she righted herself, he was on the move.
He crossed the dance floor in seconds and made his way to the back of the club, shoving people to the side as he dashed past. Ivy followed him, trying not to ram into the same people in his wake.
She thought about unsheathing her knives, but knew it would be risky inside the club with so many people around. What if someone accidentally ran into her? There were no take backs in demon hunting. When a blade went in, that was it. There was no second chance. Her knives were lethally sharp, coated with salt and blessed by a priest. They were meant to kill. Demon or human, the result was usually the same.
He ran past the washrooms and through the kitchen. He was heading for the back door, that much she knew. She tried to keep up as best she could, but demons were fast and light on their feet. She'd even seen some run up walls and jump over cars. Agility was their strong suit.
Ivy weaved around the baffled kitchen staff; some were pointing to the back, cursing up a storm at having been interrupted. At least she knew which way the demon went.
The back door had just finished swinging when she pushed through it, one hand already snaking up her torso to snag a blade.
The second she was out the door, she hit a wall. Well, not a real wall, but a man built like a brick house.
She bounced off his chest and landed on her butt on the ground.
He reached down with his hand to help her up. "Are you okay?"
She took it and let him heave her to her feet, but she quickly let it go when she realized how hot her chest was getting. She glanced down and saw the glow of her amulet. It lit up the alleyway in blue.
"Damn it." She reached into her shirt and grabbed her last ampul. Setting it in the palm of her hand, she smashed it against the man's chin, then reaching down for her salt bag, she untied it and quickly dashed salt all over his head.
She stood back waiting for the wailing and the skin bubbling to begin. But nothing happened.
He just looked at her, a rather pissed-off look in his eyes, then wiped at the water dripping off his chin. The glass of the ampul made a nick in his skin. Blood beaded to the surface. He dabbed at it with his thumb.
"You're not melting."
He ran a big hand through his tousled dark hair, and then said, "Yeah, about that."


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Kansasville — The Badger golf squad remained in the hunt for a Southern Lakes title Monday night at Brighton Dale. Powered by Ryan Garske's 39, the Badgers soundly defeated Westosha Central, 164-186. Badger, ranked seventh in the latest Wisconsin Golf Coaches Association poll, improved to 6-1 in SLC meets. Coach Dave DeShambo was impressed by his team's performance.
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Williams Bay — The Williams Bay softball squad enjoyed a cupcake Friday night in the form of the Hustisford Falcons. The Bay erupted for 10 runs in the first inning and nine in the third on its way to a 21-2 shellacking in five innings. With the victory, the Bulldogs improved to 10-6 overall and 7-3 in the Trailways South Conference.
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Pardeeville Solid hitting and stellar pitching propelled the Williams Bay softball squad to a doubleheader sweep at Pardeeville Monday. In the second game, the Bulldogs blanked Pardeeville, 8-0, behind another strong outing on the hill from Sam Storms. The freshman hurler went the distance, striking out seven and forcing 12 groundouts.
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Whitewater The Badger boys track squad faced little resistance Friday at the Randy Lyon Invitational. The guys grabbed first place with a top score of 181.5, well ahead of Whitewaters second-place mark of 164. The highlight of the event was the 4x100 relay team of Jarek Kunz, Justin Bowers, Wes Aranda and Peter Scheuerman. They set a school record with a time of 43.73.
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Building Client Standards
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How to engage this season
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Is your business newsworthy?
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Yay for Halloween TV favorites! Some of my favorite shows have the best Halloween episodes! There are probably more out there but here are some awesome eps I like to watch again and again this time of year…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S02x06's "Halloween" – Buffy and co. get their Halloween costumes from an unusual costume shop where people turn into whatever their costume they are wearing. This is the episode they're referring to anytime anyone mentions Xander's time as "Army Guy." Oz sees Willow crossing the street and again says "Who's that girl?" (Aw, I love them – too cute!) Buffy and Angel share some cute and cuddly closeness and kissy face action at the end of this episode too♥.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S04x04's "Fear, Itself" – It's Halloween and Buffy, Xander, Willow and Oz go to a frat house Halloween party (poor Buffy is bummed because of stupid Parker). The house locks them in and we get to see Giles as a badass when he uses a chainsaw to save the gang. Oh yeah, and we learn Anya's biggest fear as she dresses up like a bunny when Xander told her to dress like something scary.
Angel: S05x05's "Life of the Party" – Lorne gets his sleep removed to prep for Wolfram & Hart's Halloween Party and unleashes a mega-hulked version of his subconscious. Everyone has to do whatever he says (much like Buffy's "Something Blue" when Willow had her "will" done), like Spike thinking positively, Gunn "marking his territory" all over the office, Angel and Eve "getting a room" and Wes and Fred being drunk after half a beer. Happy-fun-times for sure in this episode!
Friends: S08x06's "The One With the Halloween Party" – Monica and Chandler decide to throw a Halloween Party (yay! But in 10 seasons, there's only 1 Halloween episode, really?! Oh well, Friends, you're still my most favorite show ever, so I forgive you). Phoebe invites Ursula, who brings her new fiancé, Eric – and Phoebe develops a crush on special guest star Sean Penn. Rachel, recently pregnant, is trying to bond with the kids as she hands out candy but gets into an argument with one and agrees to go door-to-door with him as his girlfriend!
The Vampire Diaries: S01x07's "Haunted" – Vicki is not adjusting well to vampire-hood and Stefan tries to help her control her blood-lust. But trouble ensues when Vicki gets a way from Stefan and goes after Jeremy at the school's Haunted Halloween party. Caroline gives Bonnie a necklace she took from Damon, which then repels him when he tries to get it back and Bonnie learns more about what she really is.
The Vampire Diaries: S02x07's "Masquerade" – Stefan and Damon decide on a plan to finally kill Katherine at the Lockwood's masquerade ball but Katherine has another trick up her sleeve (of course) and has linked herself to Elena, so whatever she feels, Elena does as well. Matt and Tyler get drunk and after Katherine's compulsion over Matt, Tyler kills a girl, also someone under Katherine's will, and awakens the werewolf within.
Supernatural: S04x05's "Monster Movie" – It's Halloween and Sam and Dean are up against a shapeshifter who has a thing for impersonating old movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy. And it's in black and white. Which was annoying at first but then kinda fun!
Supernatural: S04x07's "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester" – Sam and Dean discover a witch is sacrificing people to summon the Halloween man, himself. Ashley Benson (yay for Pretty Little Liars!) guest stars.
Bones: S03x05's "Mummy in the Maze" – Booth and Bones check out a fun house, a Halloween maze and a church charity when two mummified girls pop up. Shawn Hunter-I mean Rider Strong (:)!) guest stars (pretty creepily too) on this episode.
Charmed: S03x04's "All Halliwell's Eve" – Prue, Piper and Phoebe are sent back in time on Halloween to save a baby from being born straight into evil and Leo and Darryl are left behind to keep the grimlocks at bay until the sisters get back.
Dead Like Me: S02x15's "Haunted" – Halloween is a busy day for the reapers as a serial killer stalks the city.
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ok so you may or may not have seen my project umbrella worklog thread (http://forums.xbox-s...pic=500873&st=0)
well someone suggested getting a matching skin, i cant skin so here i am asking for help!
ive seen various "resident evil" skins and such but i want a truly umbrella one.
if anyone fancies helping me out let me know and we can discuss ideas, ill give you full credit on the thread.
if not then ah well it was a nice idea
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Is the U.S. stock market poised for a correction? Is January's decline of 4% the start of a bigger correction?
These are perfectly understandable questions. In fact, we hear them repeatedly when meeting with our clients here at Newport Private Wealth. And they are being heavily debated within our Investment Committee and by investment experts whose opinions we value. After all, the S&P 500 has increased by almost 50% in the last two years including 30% in 2013.
The pessimists are arguing that:
- the S&P 500 has increased for five consecutive years and a six-year streak has only happened once before (1982-89); and
- market returns after two consecutive years of double digit returns have typically been modest; and
- the stock market is expensive at 16x earnings.
(Source: BMO Nesbitt)
The optimists have compelling points to make as well. They argue that:
- stock markets can and have traded well above the current P/E multiple when inflation is under 2%. (inflation is currently less than 1%); and
- private investors remain very "under-invested" in the stock market. They withdrew $451 billion from 2006-12 and only reinvested $60 billion last year.
This is a very common dilemma in the life of an investment manager such as Newport Private Wealth. We are repeatedly faced with conflicting facts and viewpoints, most of which are persuasive and compelling on some level.
Will there be a correction in 2014? We think it's likely. But corrections are a normal part of the investment cycle and they are often part of a long-term bull market. In fact, corrections are seen by many as a healthy part of the journey. They even provide an opening for those investors who are late to the game to get invested.
Take a quick look at the chart below. The S&P 500 has doubled in the last five years and there have been four pullbacks along the way, including one correction of almost 20%.
The more important question, in our view, is "are U.S. stocks a good place to make money over the next three or more years?" We have confidence in our positive view of this question. But we would not be surprised to see one or more corrections along the way.
However, we do feel that different strategies are in order at this point in the cycle. From our perspective, further gains in the U.S. market will have to be driven more by earnings growth rather than a broad-based market rise. Therefore, we believe that the right approach is to be more selective by way of prudent "stock-picking" as opposed to just owning "the market". Lastly, we are currently holding healthy cash balances in our equity funds with the hope that we will be able to put the money to work at more attractive prices.


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Lake Oswego 70, Westview 29: After falling behind 0-8 in the opening minutes of the first half, the Lakers (3-0) continued their winning ways with a big win against the Wildcats (2-2) of Washington County.
Seniors Calvin Hermanson and Colin Caslick each scored 15 for Lake Oswego. After the 0-8 run, the Lakers shut down the Wildcat offense and held Westview to single digits in the second and fourth quarters. Lake Oswego will play in the Red Bluff Holiday Classic starting Thursday.
Senior Dyrall Goods scored a game-high 18 for Westview, which plays Roosevelt on Friday.