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Because the true size of effects is uncertain, determining the sample size for a study is a challenge. A-priori power analysis is often recommended, but practically impossible when effect sizes are very uncertain. One situation in which effect sizes are by definition uncertain is a replication study where the goal is to establish whether a previously observed effect can be reproduced. When replication studies are too small, they lack informational value and cannot distinguish between the signal (true effects) and the noise (random variation). When studies are too large and data collection is costly, research becomes inefficient. The question is how we can efficiently collect informative data when effect sizes are uncertain. Simonsohn (2015) recently proposes to design replication studies using sample sizes 2.5 times as large as the original study. Such studies are designed to have 80% power to detect an effect the original study had 33% power to detect. The N * 2.5 rule is not a recommendation to design a study that will allow researchers make a decision about whether they will accept or reject H0. Because I think this is what most researchers want to know, I propose an easy to follow recommendation to design studies that will allow researchers to accept or reject the null-hypothesis efficiently without making too many errors. Thanks to Richard Morey and Uri Simonsohn for their comments on an earlier draft.
The two dominant approaches to design studies that will yield informative results when the true effect size is unknown are Bayesian statistics and sequential analyses (see Lakens, 2014). Both these approaches are based on repeatedly analyzing data, and making the decision of whether or not to proceed with the data collection conditional on the outcome of the performed statistical test. If the outcome of the test indicates the null hypothesis can be rejected or the alternative hypothesis is supported (based on p-values and Bayes Factors, respectively) the data collection is terminated. The data is interpreted as indicating the presence of a true effect. If the test indicates strong support for the null-hypothesis (based on Bayes Factors), or whenever it is unlikely that a statistically significant difference will be observed (given the maximum number of participants a researcher is willing to collect), the trial is terminated. The data is interpreted as indicating there is no true effect, or if there is an effect, it is most likely very small. If neither of these two sets of decisions can be made, data collection is continued.
Both Bayes Factors as p-values (interpreted within Neyman-Pearson theory) tell us something about the relation between the null-hypothesis and the data. Designing studies to yield informative Bayes Factors and p-values is therefore a logical goal if one wants to make decisions based on data that are not too often wrong, in the long run.
Simonsohn (2015) recently proposed an alternative approach to designing replication studies. He explains how a replication that is 2.5 times larger than the original study has 80% power to detect an effect that is 33% as large as that observed in the original study. For example, when an original study is performed with 20 participants per condition, it has 33% power to detect and effect of d = 0.5 in a two-sided t-test:
A replication with 2.5 times as many participants (i.e., 50 per condition) has 80% power to detect and effect of 0.5 in a one-sided t-test.
When you design a replication study using 2.5 times the original sample size, your goal is not to design a study that will allow you to draw correct conclusions about the presence or absence of an effect. When you use 2.5 times the sample size of the original study, the goal is to reject the null of a detectable effect (defined as an effect size the original sample had 33% power for) with 80% power. Note that in this question, the null is the assumption that d = 0.5, and the alternative hypothesis is d = 0 (a reversal of what we typically would call the null and alternative hypothesis). If we can reject the null (d = 0.5) when testing the alternative hypothesis (d = 0), this means the replication results are inconsistent with an effect size big enough to be detectable by the original study, 80% of the time. In other words, with 2.5 times the sample size of an original study, we can reject an effect size the original study had 33% power for 80% of the time, if the true effect size is 0. It has become less likely that the effect size estimate in the original study was accurate, but we have learned nothing about whether the effect is true or not.
Bayesian and sequential analyses allow researchers to design high-powered studies that provide informational value about the presence or absence of an effect efficiently. However, researchers rarely use these methods. One reason might be that there are no easy to use guidelines to help researchers to design a study where they will repeatedly analyze their data.
I believe researchers most often perform studies because they want to learn something about the presence or absence of an effect (and not to have an 80% probability to conclude the effect is smaller than the effect size the original study had 33% power to observe). I also worry that researchers will use the 2.5 * N rule without realizing which question they will be answering, just because it is so easy to use without reading or understanding Uri's paper – I've already seen it happen, and have even done it myself.
Here, I will provide a straightforward recommendation to design novel and replication studies that is easy to implement and will allow researchers to draw informative statistical inferences about the presence or absence of an effect. (I might work this into a future paper if people are interested, so feel free to leave comments below).
1) Determine the maximum sample size you are willing to collect (e.g., N = 400)
2) Plan equally spaced analyses (e.g., four looks at the data, after 50, 100, 150, and 200 participants per condition in a two-sample t-test).
3) Use alpha levels for each of the four looks at your data that control the Type 1 error rate (e.g., for four looks: 0.019 at each look; for three looks: 0.023 at each look; for two looks: 0.030 at each look).
4) Calculate one-sided p-values and JZS Bayes Factors (with a scale r on the effect size of 0.5) at every analysis. Stop when the effect is statistically significant and/or JZS Bayes Factors > 3. Stop when there is support for the null hypothesis based on a JZS Bayes Factor < 0.33. If the results are inconclusive, continue. In small samples (e.g., 50 participants per condition) the risk of Type 1 errors when accepting the null using Bayes Factors is relatively high, so always interpret results from small samples with caution.
5) When the maximum sample size is reached without providing convincing evidence for the null or alternative hypothesis, interpret the Bayes Factor while acknowledging the Bayes Factor provides weak support for either the null or the alternative hypothesis. Conclude that based on the power you had to observe a small effect size (e.g., 91% power to observe a d = 0.3) the true effect size is most likely either zero or small.
6) Report the effect size and its 95% confidence interval, and interpret it in relation to other findings in the literature or to theoretical predictions about the size of the effect.
See the footnote for the reason behind the specific choices in this procedure. You can use R, JASP, or online calculators to compute the Bayes Factor. This approach will give you a good chance of providing support for the alternative hypothesis if there is a true effect (i.e., a low Type 2 error). This makes it unlikely researchers will falsely conclude an effect is not replicable, when there is a true effect.
Demonstration 1: d = 0.5
If we run 10 simulations of replication studies where the true effect size is d=0.5, and the sample size in the original study was 20 participants per cell, we can compare different approaches to determine the sample size. The graphs display 10 lines for the p-values (top) and effect size (bottom) as the sample size grows from 20 to 200. The vertical colored lines represent the time when the data is analyzed. There are four looks after 50, 100, 150, and 200 participants in each condition. The green curve in the upper plot is the power for a d = 0.5 as the sample size increases, and the yellow lines in the bottom plot display the 95% prediction interval around a d = 0.5 as the sample size increases. P-values above the brown curved line are statistically different from 0 (the brown straight line) using a one-sided test with an alpha of 0.02. This plot is heavily inspired by Schönbrodt & Perugini, 2013.
Let's compare the results from the tests (both the p-values, Bayes Factors, and effect sizes) at the four looks at our data. The results from each test for the 10 simulations is presented below.
Our decision rules were to interpret the data as support of the presence of a true effect when p < α, or BF > 3. If we use sequential analyses, we rely on an alpha level of 0.018 for the first look. We can conclude an effect is present after the first look in four of the studies. We continue the data collection for 6 studies to the second looks, where three studies are now convincing support for the presence of an effect, but the remaining three are not. We continue to N = 150 and see all three remaining studies have now yielded significant p-values and stop the data collection. We make no Type 2 errors, and we have collected 4*50, 3*100, and 3*150 participants per condition across the 10 studies (950 per condition, or 1900 in total).
Based on 10000 simulations, we'd have 64%, 92%, 99%, and 99.9% power at each look to detect an effect of d = 0.5. Bayes Factors would correctly provide support for the alternative hypothesis at the four looks in 67%, 92%, 98%, and 99.7% of the studies, respectively. Bayes Factors would also incorrectly provide support for the null hypothesis at the four looks in 0.9%, 0.2%, 0.02%, and approximately 0% of the studies, respectively. Note that using BF > 3 as a decision rule in a Neyman-Pearson theory inflates the Type 1 error rate in the same way as it does for p-values, as Uri Simonsohn explains.
Using N * 2.5 to design a study
If our simulations were replications of an original study with 20 participants in each condition, analyzing the data after 50 participants in each condition would be identical to using the N * 2.5 rule. A study with a sample size of 20 per cell has 33% power for an effect with d = 0.5, and the power after 50 participants per cell is 80% (illustrated by the green power line for a one-sided test crossing the green horizontal line at 50 participants.
If we use the N*2.5 rule, and test after 50 participants with an alpha of .05 we see we can conclude 6 simulated studies reveal a data pattern that is surprising, assuming H0 is true. Even though we have approximately 80% power in the long run, in small dataset such as 10 replications, a success rate of 60% is no exception (but we could just as well have gotten lucky, and found 10 studies toe be statistically significant). There are 4 Type 2 errors, and have collected 10*50 = 500 participants in each condition (or 1000 participants in total).
It should be clear that the use of N * 2.5 is unrelated to the probability a study will provide convincing support for either the null hypothesis or the alternative hypothesis. If the original study was much larger than N = 20 per condition the study might have too much power (which is problematic if collecting data is costly), and when the true effect size is smaller than d = 0.5 in the current example, the N*2.5 rule could easily lead to studies that are substantially underpowered to detect a true effect. The N*2.5 rule is conditioned on the effect size that could reliably be observed based on the sample size used in the original study. It is not conditioned on the true effect size.
Demonstration 2: d = 0
Let's run the simulation 1000 times, while setting the true effect size to d=0, to evaluate our decision rule when there is no true effect.
The top plot has turned black, because p-values are uniformly distributed when H0 is true, and thus end up all over the place. The bottom plot shows 95% of the effect sizes fall within the 95% prediction interval around 0.
Sequential analyses yield approximately 2% Type 1 errors on the four looks, and (more importantly) control the overall Type 1 error rate so that it stays below 0.05 over the four looks combined. After the first look, 53% of the Bayes Factors correctly lead to the decision to accept the null hypothesis (which we can interpret as 53% power, or 53% chance of concluding the null hypothesis is true, when the null hypothesis is true). This percentage increases to 66%, 73%, and 76% in the subsequent 3 looks (based on 10000 simulations). When using Bayes Factors, we will also make Type 1 errors (concluding there is an effect, when there is no effect). Across the 4 looks, this will happen 2.2%, 1.9%, 1.4%, and 1.4% of the time. Thus, the error rates for the decision to accept the null hypothesis or rejecting the alternative hypothesis become smaller as the sample size increases.
I've run additional simulations (N = 10000 per simulation) and have plotted to probabilities of Type 1 errors and Type 2 errors below in the Table below.
When effect sizes are uncertain, an efficient way to design a study is to analyze data repeatedly, and decide to continue the data collection conditional upon the results of a statistical test. Using p-values and/or Bayes Factors from a Neyman-Pearson perspective on statistics it is possible to make correct decision about whether to accept or reject the null hypothesis without making too many mistakes (i.e., Type 1 and Type 2 errors). The six steps I propose are relatively straightforward to implement, and do not require any advanced statistics beyond calculating Bayes Factors, effect sizes, and their confidence intervals. Anyone interested in diving into the underlying rationale of sequential analyses can easily choose a different number or time on which to look at the data, choose a different alpha spending function, or design more advanced sequential analyses (see Lakens, 2014).
The larger the sample we are willing to collect, the more often we can make good decisions. The smaller the true effect size, the more data we typically need. For example, effects smaller than d = 0.3 quickly require more than 200 participants to find effect reliably, and testing these effects in smaller sample sizes (either using p-values or Bayes Factors) will often not allow you to make good decisions about whether to accept or reject the null hypothesis. When it is possible the true effect size is small, be especially careful in accepting the null-hypothesis based on Bayes Factors. The error rates when effect sizes are small (e.g., d = 0.3) and sample sizes are small (to detect small effects, e.g., N < 100 per condition) are relatively high (see Figure 3 above).
There will always remain studies where the data are inconclusive. Reporting and interpreting the effect size (and its 95% confidence interval) is always useful, even when conclusions about the presence or absence of an effect must be postponed to a future meta-analysis. The goal to accurately estimate effect sizes is a different question than the goal to distinguish a signal from the noise (for the sample sizes needed to accurately estimate effect sizes, see Maxwell, Kelley, & Rausch, 2008). Indeed, some people recommend a similar estimation focus when using Bayesian statistics (e.g., Kruschke). I think estimation procedures become more important after we are relatively certain the effect exists over multiple studies, and can also be done using meta-analysis.
Whenever researchers are interested in distinguishing the signal from the noise efficiently, and have a maximum number of participants they are willing to collect, the current approach allows researchers to design studies with high informational value that will allow them to accept or reject the null-hypothesis efficiently for large and medium effect sizes without making too many errors. Give it a try.
Obviously, all choices in this recommendation can be easily changed to your preferences, and I might change these recommendations based on progressive insights. To control the Type 1 error rate in sequential analyses, a spending function needs to be chosen. The Type 1 error rate can be spent in many different ways, but the continuous approximation of a Pocock spending function, which reduced the alpha level at each interim test to approximately the same alpha level, should work well in replication studies where the true effect size is unknown because it reduces the alpha level more or less to the same alpha level for each look. For four looks at the data, the alpha levels for the four one-sided tests are 0.018, 0.019, 0.020, and 0.021. It does not matter which test you perform when you look at the data. Lowering alpha levels reduces the power of the test, and thus requires somewhat more participants, but this is compensated by being able to stop the data collection early (see Lakens, 2014). These four looks after 50, 100, 150, and 200 participants per condition give you 90% power in a one-sided t-test to observe an effect of d = 0.68, d = 0.48, d = 0.39, and d = 0.33, respectively. You can also choose to look at the data less, or more. Finally, Bayes Factors come in many flavors: I use the JZS Bayes Factor, with a scale r on the effect size of 0.5, recommended by Rouder et al (2009) when one primarily expects small effects. This keep erroneous conclusions about H0 being true when there is a small effect reasonable acceptable (e.g., for d = 3, Type 2 errors are smaller than 5% after 100 participants in each condition of a t-test). It somewhat reduces the power to accept the null-hypothesis (e.g., 54%, 67%, 73%, and 77% in each of the four looks, respectively) but since inconclusive outcomes also indicate the true effect is either zero or very small, this decision procedure seems acceptable. Thanks to Uri Simonsohn for pointing to the importance of carefully choosing a scale r on the effect size.
The script used to run the simulations and create the graphs is available below:
The script used to run the simulations and create the graphs is available below:


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"Here," my friend Jeanette said, shoving a plastic grocery bag at me. Limp daffodil foliage flopped out of the top. "They're a gift from Pepper. She dug them up—again!—in the flowerbed by the back porch and I didn't have the energy to plug them back in for the third time."
Those of us who love gardening and love dogs have days like this. It's tough to find a good garden dog, one who will hang out with you without trashing the tulips. Cats, spectators to the core, are better suited to the job. They can lie there for hours utterly content to simply be, occasionally exchanging a look with you that says: "Isn't this the life?"
Not dogs. Dogs are participants. Idleness is anathema. If you don't give them a job, they'll find one on their own. Though I'd lived with dogs for years, I still didn't really get that fact when Else, our German Shepherd, arrived. At six weeks old, she was little more than a ball of fluff with two big eyes and two big ears, one of which flopped sideways as though its crinoline stiffener had gotten wet. Since she was so young, I assumed I could mold her into the garden dog of my dreams, teach her to hang out with me, lazing about the place companionably. I didn't suspect that she would view hanging out as dereliction of duty.
She was four months old that first spring when I gathered my tools and the two of us went out together. She trotted alongside with a relaxed, loose-jointed gait that made her look as though she had been put together with rubber bands. But her attitude, eager at first, grew alert as we went into the fencedin vegetable garden. When I stopped to survey the place, she sat down as though programmed to a perfect heel-and-sit. While trying to decide what to do first, I absently reached down to grab out a clump of errant timothy grass, self-seeded from the surrounding fields. Like furred lightning, Else clamped down firmly on my hand (gloved, thank goodness) and began to pull. I corrected her.
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"No, Else. Leave it."
She looked puzzled, slightly hurt. I reached for another weed; she chomped down on me again.
"No, Else. Leave it!" I insisted.
She sat down again, mystified. She was a team player. She was helping. It's what German Shepherds do. They protect and serve—even in the garden. And it was obvious that as she looked around, she could see a lot of opportunities to serve. A vermin population needed keeping in check. Barn swallows needed discipline, accomplished through a series of deep-chested woofs during what looked like a game of quiddich played back and forth across the yard. And the compost pile clearly needed regular excavations. She saw her duty then and over the past eight years, she has done it assiduously.
But while she has plenty of jobs to occupy her, she remains convinced that she was born to weed. That's probably because at heart, like most working dogs, she likes to work in tandem. I get that now. Fortunately, she has matured. She no longer grabs my hand the minute I go for a weed. She stands by quivering in anticipation, but not doing anything until given the order.
So when my daughter, Abby, and I revamped the weed-filled raspberry patch, we recruited Else. The patch was a mess. In addition to monster pokeweed and a miserable tangle of bindweed, we were dealing with saplings of invasive white mulberry that had sprung up.
We were a little daunted by the prospect before us, but Else, now part of our response team, was in her element. In the course of the morning, she helped yank out wads of bindweed and taught the pokeweed who was boss, but her favorite part of the project was getting rid of the mulberries. This was major weeding; the trees are deep-rooted even when young, and require digging. At each tree, Abby and I dug down to loosen the dirt and expose a length of long yellow taproot while Else waited, big ears erect and twitching, eyes riveted on the growing hole. When we reckoned there was enough root to grip, Abby deployed her.
"Okay, get it, Else!"
Legs splayed out like the platform on a drill rig, Else went at the root with gusto, growling as she yanked and yanked and yanked that thing out of its lair. After wresting it free, she brought it to Abby and spat it out at her feet, clearly pleased. Score one for the team. We did everything but high-five her.
Else will probably never be the garden dog of my dreams. She will never just hang out from morning to evening. She's too committed to participation. But over the years, I've adjusted my expectations and methods. I make sure she's had plenty of exercise and has done some kind of satisfying (to her) duty—ferreting out a mouse or rabbit, aerating the compost, playing another game of quiddich with the barn swallows, maybe doing a little more excavation behind the honeysuckle in her on-going quest to reach China. After a day spent participating, she's learned to relax. Although she remains on standby, ready for deployment, she's content to lie on the path at my feet while I sip a gin and tonic, the two of us watching the bees together companionably.

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On Monday we went on and on about how Emma Stone ("Easy A") was the perfect choice to play Mary Jane Watson in the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot. And how it was smart of her to go with the role of MJ even though Gwen Stacy was going to be the Wall Crawler's main squeeze in the first installment, because the former marries Peter Parker and the later gets thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin. We're idiots.
Stone's casting as Gwen Stacy in the next "Spider-Man" was announced via a press release yesterday (via Deadline) in which director Marc Webb ("(500) Days of Summer") discussed how it came to be.
"The chemistry between Andrew (Garfield) and Emma was stunning and made Emma the clear choice. At the heart of the story of Peter Parker is not only the amazing Spider-Man, but also an ordinary teenager who is wondering what he has to do to get the girl. Andrew and Emma will bring everything audiences expect to these roles, but also make them their own."
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Equally shocking was a secondary tidbit of personal information about everyone's new favorite ginger.
"Much to my surprise, it was fun to find out that our choice for Gwen (Emma) is also a natural blonde," revealed Webb.
As dumb as it sounds (and boy does this sound dumb), Stone's red hair is very much a part of her persona. This is not to suggest that her career could be hurt by going blonde, but this will take some getting used to.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Jared Smith has the dive.
That means his primary job today is to get fullback Eric Breitenstein to the ground — whether he has the ball or not.
That's the challenge confronting the all-conference defensive tackle when the University of New Hampshire football team meets Wofford (2 p.m., ESPN3) in the second round of the FCS playoffs.
Breitenstein is the focal point of the Terriers' triple option attack, which ranks second nationally in rushing.
"It doesn't matter who has the ball," Smith said following the Wildcats' practice Friday afternoon at Gibbs Stadium. "We all have certain people we're responsible for."
The quarterback and the pitch are the other two options.
Everyone knows Wofford is going to run the ball, but few have been able to stop it. The Wildcats struggled against the run their last time out in a 64-35 loss to Towson two weeks ago.
They practiced without a ball this week to illustrate the importance of playing assignment football against an offense the Terriers call the wingbone.
"We have to play our assignments," Smith said. "We have to stay in our gaps. We have to fire low. We have to knock them back. If we do that we're going to be in great shape."
Towson rushed for 415 yards. The Terriers are averaging 348.2.
"It's going to be difficult," Smith said. "After practicing this whole week it's going to be really interesting to go against them. I've never gone against the wishbone in my life. I know it's going to be tough. If I just stay low and do my job it's going to be all good."
Breitenstein is the two-time Southern Conference offensive player of the year. He averages slightly more than 150 yards per game.
He's a downhill runner who's lost only 8 yards this year in 244 carries. Smith leads the Wildcats in tackles for a loss this season with nine for 44 yards.
"It's tough for him to get tackled for a loss," Smith said, "because he lines up 3 to 4 yards behind the ball so he's really close. He's not a guy who finds holes. He creates holes for himself and plows through them and gets as many yards as he can."
If Breitenstein succeeds the Wildcats could be in for a long day. That will put pressure on the offense to maximize their scoring opportunities against a defense that allows only 17.7 points per game, 10th fewest in the country.
"Once we get the ball we're going to have to score," said quarterback Andy Vailas. "We really have to do what we do. Their defense is nothing we haven't seen before so if we do our jobs I think everything will work out."
The Wildcats are averaging 36.6 points per game to tie for 10th nationally. They're ninth in total offense.
"I think we just need to execute what we do well," said quarterback Sean Goldrich, "and stick to our basic plays. Do the little things well and I think it will all work out in the end. We know we have some playmakers and as long as we can move the ball down the field we'll find a way to get it in the end zone."
UNH looked out of sync offensively against Towson. The Wildcats matched the Tigers blow for blow early, but were outscored in the second half, 34-7.
"Coming off the Towson loss we're looking to bounce back," said receiver R.J. Harris. "We're trying to get into a rhythm and get back to playing our game."
They finished with 345 yards, their second lowest total of the season.
"Offensively, we didn't play our best," Vailas said. "We still put up a decent amount of points, but it wasn't our best and the second half of that game wasn't what we normally do.
"In a way," Vailas said, "we do have something to prove."
The Wildcats received a reprieve the following day with their ninth straight postseason appearance.
"We definitely didn't play to our potential," Goldrich said. "That would have been a bad way to go out. We know we've got a better team than that. … This team has another shot to go to the playoffs. It can be a great opportunity for us to let everyone know what we're all about."
With two late bye weeks, the Wildcats have essentially played just one game in four weeks and that could hurt their offensive continuity.
"Some people were worried that the Towson loss was due to the fact that we had too much time off," Vailas said. "Coach (Sean McDonnell) kind of adjusted that and didn't give us that much time off. We were always doing something each and every day so I think we are prepared."
Both QBs are expected to play today as they have in recent games.
"We'll try to get both guys on the field," said coach Sean McDonnell. "Both have been effective when they've played. Andy's done a great job running the ball. That's added something to our offense."
UNH has lost its last two playoff game and three of four. Both clubs received first-round byes after finishing the regular season with 8-3 records.
"It's a clean slate as we're saying around here," said offensive guard and co-captain Chris Zarkoskie. "We've got a chance to start writing on that new slate (today)."
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I'm a christian living in the UK. Some people on here have intimated that atheists in the US are persecuted in some ways. I have no idea what this means, but would very interested to find out. So the questions is how? Its a genuine question, and i'm not looking for discussion on whether God exists etc, just the topic at hand. Thanks.
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As almost any UK'er here will tell you, the UK has its own share of wackiness. If not related to atheism, then other things. The "loony left" for example, who back notions of political correctness that would curl your toenails.
Sadly, loony left notions are creeping into the US, especially in our educational system.
Political correctness has always irritated me. Like, if you can't say what you want, why bother with free speech?
It's not like that now, Olivia. The loony left were around in the 1980s. We can pretty much say and think what we like. The only people frowned upon are far-right racists and Islamic Jihad types. We still let them march and everything, but they are kept out of harm's way by the police. Actually, the left barely exist any more, everyone's gone "centre".
I hear of persecution all the time, but have not felt any.
I've been an Atheist since I was 16, and was agnostic for 3 years prior. I've always been open and honest with my lack of beliefs, and even my most fundie of friends don't think I'm any worse for it. I live in Northren KY in an area that is considered to be "Greater Cincinnati" (as in Cincinnati OH). Maybe I just get lucky and meet decent xians, or my area is more concerned with drama. Don't really care because my xian friends are always up for a good debate over a beer.
In certain other countries you can know people for decades and never even learn about their beliefs. They may be Christians, but religion just isn't really talked about in normal conversations.
I think atheists can be legally discriminated against in the U.S. because we have no laws recognizing us as a minority. If somebody refuses to sell a house to a black family, that's illegal. But -- unless I'm mistaken -- it's not illegal if it's an atheist family that is discriminated against.
Any lawyers here? What legal protections do atheists have?
The only law protecting us is the freedom of religion or lack of it, as far as I know.
But atheism is not a religion . . .
It is, however, a religious belief in the legal sense
Okay, Steve, I see no reason not to take your word for it . . .
It is, the Supreme Court made that point clear in Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985).
How about Jessica Ahlquist? Jessica is a courageous 17 year old high school student in Providence, R.I., - an atheist who objected to the unconstitutional posting of a Christian prayer in the school gymnasium. After some legal wrangling, the school was forced to remove it. The fallout has resulted in Jessica receiving numerous threats of injury and death to her and her family. THAT is persecution, not to mention a prime example of TRUE Christian love and charity.
Another high school student - a young man who was designated the school's valedictorian due to his exemplary academic record - was subsequently denied the right to deliver the customary valedictory at his graduation when it was discovered that he was an atheist. The school made it clear that atheism would not be tolerated at that school. Persecution? You tell me.
The Boy Scouts of America routinely expel members they discover to be atheists - even eagle scouts in some infamous cases.
Only ONE out of the 535 members of Congress is an avowed atheist. I assure you, that there are other atheists senators and representatives, but they are forced to hide it for fear of electoral persecution. Two of the recent candiates for the Republican nomination made it clear that if they gained the power to do so, they would exclude atheists from any participation in American life. They are called, "Dominionists."
Pharmacies and hospitals routinely deny services to people who do not share their religious beliefs.
School boards and state legislatures are busily passing laws to exclude the teaching of any science in their schools that does not conform to their Christian beliefs. As an atheist who believes science is vital to any modern society, I feel persecuted by these laws.
Perhaps most scary of all, there is widespread speculation that the 5 white, male, Catholic majority on the Supreme Court cannot wait to receive a case that will allow them to dismantle the constitutional separation of church and state. At that point, any student who refuses to pray to Jesus in schools will be vigorously persecuted.
I could provide you with MANY more examples, but I suspect that will be covered by others posting on this site.
There are atheists who feel persecuted by Jehovah's witnesses and/or Mormons on Saturday mornings. Not I. I persecute them first by politely pointing out that they are deluded idiots.


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DeLay, Tom
Tom DeLay (Thomas Dale DeLay), 1947–, American politician, b. Laredo, Tex., grad. Univ. of Houston (B.S., 1970). A conservative Republican businessman, he entered politics (1979) as a Texas state legislator, serving until 1984, when he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He rose quickly in House Republican ranks, becoming majority whip in 1995, and gaining a reputation for his exceptional fund-raising abilities. When Rep. Dennis Hastert was elected Speaker in 1999, many saw DeLay, who aquired the nickname
"the Hammer"
because of his strong, sometimes unsubtle efforts to assure and enforce party control of the House, as the greater force among House Republicans. His political tactics, however, also led to several admonishments from the House ethics committee.
DeLay became a leading voice for reduced Social Security and capital gains taxes, for the protection of business and free trade, and for deregulation in many areas of American life. He also expressed opposition to gun control while leading attacks on various aspects of modern culture, indicting such perceived evils as birth control, evolutionary theory, and day care. During the Lewinsky scandal, he led the successful effort to impeach President Bill Clinton, and he worked behind the scenes to orchestrate demonstrations opposing a recount in Florida in the 2000 presidential election. DeLay became House majority leader in 2003. In 2005 he was charged with conspiracy to circumvent Texas restrictions on corporate campaign contributions and money laundering; because of the indictment he temporarily resigned the majority leader's post. The circumvention charge was subsequently dismissed, but in 2006, under pressure, he made his resignation as majority leader permanent and subsequently resigned from Congress. In 2010 he was convicted in Texas of money laundering in the campaign finance case. His No Retreat, No Surrender (2007) is a combination of autobiography, manifesto, and attack on his presumed political enemies.


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Piniella set to enter Mariners Hall of Fame
SEATTLE -- Lou Piniella, the winningest manager in Mariners history, will become the eighth member of the club's Hall of Fame during a ceremony before Saturday's 6:10 p.m. PT game against the White Sox at Safeco Field.
The induction ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. and the first 20,000 fans will receive a Piniella Hall of Fame bobblehead. Tickets are still available through mariners.com.
Piniella will join the seven members of the Mariners Hall of Fame: Alvin Davis, Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Dan Wilson and Ken Griffey Jr.
Piniella is the only Mariners manager with a career record over .500 as he guided the team to seven winning seasons in his 10 years in Seattle, including the only four playoff appearances in franchise history.
Piniella led the team to its dramatic 1995 postseason run and also was the skipper of the record-setting 116-win team in 2001. Overall, he posted a .542 record (840-711) and won three American League West championships in his decade in Seattle.
Piniella managed in the Major Leagues for 23 years and was American League Manager of the Year in 1995 and '01 with Seattle and the NL Manager of the Year in '08 with the Cubs. He retired in 2010 with a career .517 winning percentage, having guided the Yankees (1986-88), Reds (1990-92), Mariners (1993-02), Rays (2003-05) and Cubs (2007-10).
To be eligible for selection, an individual must have been active in a Mariners uniform for at least five seasons and be retired at least two years. In addition to his impact on the field, other considerations for induction include a positive impact on the Northwest community outside of baseball and a positive impact in enhancing the image of the Mariners and/or Major League Baseball.


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Hook, Iron, Drive In, Large
A simple decorative iron hook for beams, doors, panelling and walls. Copied from the numerous original examples that have passed through our hands and wrought with a spike for driving into wood or mortar. These items are handmade by our local blacksmith leaving each unique so size may very slightly vary but for guide purposes only they measure about 6in long and stand 2 ½in from the wall.


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Born in South-Africa in 1934, Ronald Harwood moved to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he joined the Shakespeare Company of Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last 'actor-manager' of Great-Britain. From 1953 to 1958, Harwood became the personal dresser of Sir Donald. He would later ... See full bio »
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Two years at $1.9 million per. (Globesports.com)
We can't wait to see the gold and diamond-encrusted grill that Johnny Mac will start sporting now that he's rich.
Another reason why John McDonald deserves the Gold Glove
Ask any Hollywood starlet. When it comes to love, Derek Jeter's got no glove.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
It's official - Johnny Mac's a millionaire
3 comments:
- Drew said...
I'm officially never paying my cellphone bill again.
"If you're just going to piss it away Ted..."
- September 11, 2007 at 6:07 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Hey Kids, this is why you take those fielding drills for serious!
- September 11, 2007 at 6:57 PM
- halejon said...
How is this pissing it away? 2 mil is not a lot for a defensive specialist, let alone the best in the league...Alex freaking Cora gets 2 mil.
- September 12, 2007 at 12:44 AM
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The town of Seaside began with a story.
"The power of a story is pulling from the past and projecting it into the future, like a message in a bottle," said Seaside Founder Robert Davis.
Davis and his wife, Daryl, spoke Tuesday to the local chapter of Florida Public Relations Association about the town they built.
As Davis tells it, the story of Seaside began 70 years ago, as he grew up making family trips to the beach. He always remembered sitting on the porch and stoop of those simple houses at night, waiting for the inside to cool off enough to go back indoors since there was no air conditioning. While they waited, his elders told stories as the younger ones listened.
"Those times of stoop sitting and the storytelling became some of my favorite memories," he said.
As an adult, with the addition of air conditioning and modern entertainment, Davis found himself missing the old ways he grew up with. When he inherited 80 acres of undeveloped land along County Road 30A in South Walton, Davis envisioned creating a place where the lifestyle he experienced at the beach as a child was the norm.
In attempting to sell his vision to outsiders, Davis used the marketing tool he learned as a child: storytelling.
"We told our stories to would-be buyers in an effort to convince them to pass this tradition down to their grandchildren," said Davis.
Fortunately, the news media is always on the lookout for something new and different to write about, and the concept of Seaside was just that.
The Davises were fortunate to meet Louis Joyner, an editor at Southern Living magazine, before breaking ground. Later, he came down and was able to tell the story, thanks to long-lens cameras, since there was not much here, Davis says with a chuckle now.
Other breakthroughs that helped put Seaside on the map were a timely architectural exhibit in New York, and an article that came out in the Wall Street Journal.
"We were doing something different and reviving small town living. Kids had grown up in suburbia, but suburbia is not safe and the kids were spending a lot of time in cars, strapped in car seats," said Davis. "Here, we sat on the porch and tried to get people to slow down long enough to hear what we were doing."
With no real marketing/PR budget to speak of, the Davises did their own. They began creating events like sand-castle building, watermelon spitting, showing movies, bringing in storytellers from Port St. Joe � all in an effort to draw people out from Panama City. Some events went well, and the Davises kept repeating the popular ones and brainstorming new ones.
"People were not familiar with the area, but little by little the events caught on and people brought their friends and more people came," said Daryl.
Daryl began hosting weekly Seaside Saturday Markets, and they had shrimp boils, cooked gumbo and kosher hot dogs � anything to lure people out to the lonely stretch of road known as 30A.
Eventually, the Davises' homegrown marketing paid off and people began flocking to their little town, staying, making their own memories, and telling their own stories on the porches.
And, the town grew and grew.
"Everything we did had a story in it; we could weave a good tale," said Daryl. "Such as, how the 'soldiers of night crew' architects lived on the porch of the yellow house or in Quonset huts in Point Washington. The stories continued to grow as more people participated in building the town. Now, Seaside is made up of one story after another, and we are still making them."
As for the town's building code, it was drawn up on a sheet of paper over dinner by Davis and town architect Andres Duany.
With so much talk these days about accessibility and making it easier for people to get here, the Davises found that the people who would come here found the area's inaccessibility charming.
"There was an exciting element of not being able to easily get here," said Daryl. "It was helpful, along with the pristine beach."
"Seaside is only a few hours harder to get to than South Hampton and not as crowded and not overdeveloped," Davis chimed in. "If they could get to Hilton Head and its crowded overdevelopment with a change of planes, they could get here."
The Davises knew they had made it when the press started paying more attention and this was a place they wanted to come.
"When the press started crackling, and we started getting on magazine covers, the project began taking on a life of its own. Seaside came to resemble a cult of young, hip people as we had something new and different," said Daryl. "Ten or 15 years went by before we looked up again. It was a good opportunity to be part of something."
The Davises founded their town in 1981. The town has been described by Time magazine as astonishing. Many books and articles have hailed it as the embodiment of the New Urbanism movement, and the Davises have received numerous awards for their vision. The couple currently lives in Seaside about half the year, with the rest spent at their home in San Francisco, with frequent trips to Italy.
"I can't wait to see how the story evolves over the next 30 years," Davis said.


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Hoot! (SansMischevia)
We are experienced silicon valley software veterans working on a new and novel way for smartphone users to send voice texts to one another. PTT (Push to talk) is a hot arena where user adoption is skyrocketing.
Hoot is an Android and iPhone application that makes it super easy to send voice texts to a group of your friends. We are 90% completed, and we would like to concentrate our energy on the visual appeal of the application. The functionality of the application is complete.
The main audience targets Android users at first. Teenagers, young adults who are hip and up to date with mobile application trends will find this application appealing.
We are looking for an owl themed avatar to grace our mobile application. You're free to create a simple, clean design that can convey the following moods (not all):
- Cheerful
- Mysterious
- Playful
Since this is a voice messaging application where users send each other messages through Push-To-Talk technology, the owl can be depicted doing some sort of action, such as "hoot-ing", flying, sitting, etc.
The icon would ideally be suitable to be used in the following scenarios:
- Main application icon (the icon users click when they want to start the app)
- Splash landing page (the page that shows when users are waiting for the application to load)
- The icon the user presses and holds when recording a voice message.
The winner of the contest will have the opportunity to work with us on creating the remaining visual assets.
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Hi. Is there any way for the GPU to have persistent data storage(across kernel invocations), so that we don't have to repeatedly send the data, every time we invoke the kernel.
For example if the kernel takes 2 arguments - constant_data(let us say this is 10000 bytes and the data is constant) and variable_data(say 1000-10000 bytes and the data varies between every invocation of the kernel), and we invoke the kernel from the host program 10000 times, each time with the same constant_data, but different variable_data, I have to bear the extra overhead of sending the same constant_data, inspite of this data being constant across kernel invocations. So over multiple kernel invokes, can the constant data be stored in the GPU, so that for the next invocation of the kernel, I don't have to send the constant data, but I only send the variable data?
A case where this issues comes up is pattern matching. For example, if I have a kernel which implements the pattern matching algorithm, and I receive data as a stream in the host and the host invokes the kernel multiple times by sending as arguments a chunk of the data stream, and the set of patterns(where the set of patterns is always constant), then one has to bear the cost of sending the patterns, again when the kernel is invoked with the next chunk of data by the host. In such a case, it would be useful if one can store the patterns in the GPU and the kernel invocation from the host just supplies the next chunk of data against which the pattern matching has to be done.


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Here is a problem that emerged some time ago:
We needed to measure the emf(electromotive force) and internal resistance of a car battery. The only instruments were voltmeter and ammeter.
Someone suggested:
1) the first time connect voltmeter and ammeter in series to the battery and write up the results of the measurements.
2)the second time connect voltmeter and ammeter in parallel to the battery and write up the results of the measurements.
Based on these measurements only, calculate emf $E$ and internal resistance $r$ of the battery. To be specific,
1)for the first case $U_1=10V$ and $I_1=0.1A$
2)for the second case $U_2=1V$ and $I_2=1A$
How do you solve this problem?
Arguably, this method is advanced in the sense that the result do not depend on internal resistances(unknown) of voltmeter and ammeter. This last claim does not seem obvious.
Maybe there is an easy way prove(disprove) this claim!


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Arresting and reversing the decline of bats requires an integrated global effort, that not only includes those directly involved in bat education, conservation and research, but also governmental organizations as well as more diverse NGOs that will bring new sets of skills to the challenges we face for bat conservation. In Africa, BCI has forged partnerships with individuals and organizations at the local, country, and regional level, including the Bat Conservation Africa (BCA) network. BCI is working to expand and strengthen our partnerships in Africa and beyond with the long-term goal of building a unified global federation of networks, organizations, and individuals, all united in the cause of bat conservation.
On February 15, 2013, BCI hosted the first African Bat Conservation Summit, in Naivasha, Kenya, where a new continent-wide network, Bat Conservation Africa, was launched. BCA drew upon experiences of Bat Conservation International and existing bat conservation networks, such as the Latin American Bat Conservation Network (RELCOM), the Southeast Asia Bat Conservation and Research Unit (SEABCRU), the Australasian Bat Society (ABS), and the Chiropteran Conservation and Information Network of South Asia (CCINSA).
The BCA network is led by a Steering Committee composed entirely of Africans, with an advisory body from the international community. BCA's membership continues to grow from the 42 participants at its inception to over sixty, representing at least 25 African nations and numerous countries from outside of Africa. There are several other bat conservation, research or advocacy groups that work in Africa, some of which have joined BCA. Over time BCI plans to work with BCA and others to develop a comprehensive list of organizations working for bat conservation to facilitate greater communications and collaborations.
BCA's vision is for bats and humans living in harmony in Africa.
BCA's mission is to facilitate research on, and conservation actions for, bats in Africa, through providing a network open to all bat conservation workers in the continent.
BCA's primary objectives are to:
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In a large study, middle-aged women working night shifts didn't suffer any long-term impairment in their thinking skills.
Previous studies suggested working a mix of day and night shifts disrupts circadian rhythms - changes in the mind and body that follow a 24-hour cycle. Researchers have thought those disruptions could speed up brain aging.
"While we had a good rationale for thinking this association might exist, it simply did not in this dataset," Dr. Elizabeth E. Devore said.
She led the study at the Channing Division of Network Medicine of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
The researchers figured midlife would be a critical window for influencing early changes in the brain related to later memory loss and cognitive decline, Devore told Reuters Health in an email.
They looked at data from the Nurses' Health Study, a long-term study that began in 1976. The current analysis included more than 16,000 female nurses who reported on their history of night-shift work in 1988, when they were between the ages of 58 and 68.
The women reported for how many years they had worked at least three nights per month in addition to regular day and evening shifts.
Researchers then tested the same women's mental processing ability and memory by phone in 1995 and 2000, when they were all older than 70. Exercises included recalling a list of words or repeating a series of numbers backwards.
About 1,000 women reported doing at least 20 years of rotating shift work. Just over 6,000 had never done shift work.
Women who reported rotating night shifts for many years tended to be heavier and have less education than other women. But they scored similarly on the thinking and memory tests, the researchers wrote in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
One limitation of the study, Devore said, is that the researchers did not have information on which women worked night shifts after 1988. So they could have missed a link between shift work in older age and memory loss.
Other studies have tied shift work to chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes, Devore said.
"There is still plenty to be concerned about regarding shift work," said Jeanne M. Geiger-Brown of the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore.
"The problem with shift rotation is that the period between two successive shifts can be shorter than the equivalent number of hours on a day off between the same shift," she said.
"However, night shifts are difficult, no matter whether rotating or permanent."
In addition to the potential health risks for nurses who work night shifts, sleepiness at work could lead to accidents or harm for the patients they treat, said Geiger-Brown, who studies nursing, fatigue and cognition.
"Whether rotating or permanent, shift work can be detrimental to health, and the lifetime duration to shift work should be kept as low as possible," she told Reuters Health.
"Nurses who are concerned about the risk for cognitive decline can be assured that this risk is not elevated based on this large epidemiologic study," she said.
However, she added, women should do what they can to reduce their risk of heart disease and diabetes, especially when they have to work nights.
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According to Visionary Vehicles' spokeswoman Wendi "Oh Lord, Take Me Downtown, I'm Just Looking for Some" Tush, the Chery vehicles they're importing from China won't be branded as such in the US due to pressure from GM, who claim the word's too similar to "Chevy." "They're bigger than we are and they have more lawyers than we do," she explains. "It's all about keeping value to the consumer." That and not getting the dingleberries sued outta Bricklin's tush, we suspect.
Chinese car maker Chery will market under different name in US [Detroit News]
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Rug up: A chilly start to August means gloves and scarves are still a must. Photo: Jonathan Carroll Snow fall on Govetts Leap Road at Blackheath on Friday night. Photo: Rose Powell
If you thought it was particularly cold when you got out of bed this morning, you were right.
Sydney will wake up to its coldest morning in four years today, reaching a low of 5.5 degrees.
It's a chilly start to the day after a surprisingly warm week, which hosted the warmest three consecutive days in any July for the city, topped off with a balmy 25 degrees on Thursday.
Brett Dutschke, senior meteorologist with Weatherzone, said gloves and scarves would be a must for some this morning.
"It's the coldest morning in four years but it's also the coldest August morning in 6 years," he said.
"There is also still a bit of a gentle breeze, which will make it feel as cold as the temperature suggests."
Sunday is likely to reach a maximum of 17 degrees and should become reasonably comfortable as winds gradually drop off during the day.
Heading into the week the colder mornings are set to continue through until at least Thursday.
"The first half of August is going to be quite cool, as we will still have a few chilly nights and mornings and we are not going to get many days where we hit 20 degrees," Mr Dutschke said.
However he said the latter half of the month would see temperatures warm up noticably.
Snowfall in the Blue Mountains kicked off the chilly start to the month with heavy snow around Mount Victoria and Medlow Bath.
Canberra is experiencing an even colder start to Sunday, reaching a low of -3.2 at 8am.
Weatherzone is owned by Fairfax Media, publisher of this website.
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Here's the deal for those of you who might be confused:
World Cup qualifying games are going on right now. Mexico's national team, commonly referred to as "El Tri," has had a less-than-stellar qualifying performance. Seeing as how soccer is only second to God in terms of popularity in Mexico, this has many Mexican soccer fans... well... kinda pissed off. On Tuesday night, Mexico faced elimination from World Cup qualification unless they got either a win or a draw against Costa Rica.
They lost.
World Cup dreams over, right? Actually, no. As it turned out, Mexico had one last hope of going to the World Cup playoffs if the USMNT (United States Mens National Team) could win or draw against Panama, whom El Tri had previously lost to.
Going into the final minute of regulation, the United States was losing 2-1 against Panama. Meanwhile, Mexico despaired. It looks as if their World Cup dreams were truly gone...
However, at the last possible moment, a miracle happened. Graham Zusi, midfielder for the United States, banged in an equalizer to tie the game up at 2-2. The voice in the above video is TV Azteca announcer Christian Martinoli's reaction to Zusi's improbable goal. To add insult to injury, the United States scored another goal less than a minute later to make it 3-2.
Overnight, Zusi has become a sensation in Mexico. Hailed as a savior of Mexico's World Cup hopes, people have even started calling him "San Zusi." That's right, Saint Zusi. The word is that Zusi is exploring the possibility of free vacations to Mexico for life. Given the reaction to his heroics so far, hotel owners in Cancún are probably clearing out luxury suites as we speak...
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State of emergency declaration doesn't impact storm preps
Trempealeau County officials prepare in advance for winter weather
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wis. (WKBT) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency, but that doesn't impact how Trempealeau County officials prepare in advance for a winter storm.
Snowplows and salt trucks are on standby in Trempealeau County as residents could see up to a foot of snow overnight Thursday, but officials said they are prepared thanks to planning ahead of time.
Lt. Dan Schreiner with Emergency Management in Trempealeau County said preparation isn't just something you do overnight.
"Preparation isn't something that occurs for the moment, it's something that occurs all the time," said Schreiner.
Schreiner said you have to have a plan.
"We practice these kind of things whether its tabletop exercises, in late fall or early spring we gear up and make sure your equipment is in good working order. You make sure you have the resources at hand that you may need over the next several months," said Schreider.
"We always have our trucks ready and men ready. Check the trucks out to make sure mechanically they're working and have them loaded and ready to go when the guys jump in them," said Wayne Lien, highway superintendent for Trempealeau County.
Lien said salt is not an issue.
"We had like, over 1,500 tons hauled in here a week ago and so we are in good shape for the rest of the season," said Lien.
If the storm is severe enough, Walker can declare a state of emergency, but Schriener said it doesn't change much in terms of preparation on a county level.
"It just puts certain aspects of the state on higher alert," said Schreiner. "For example, there are teams with the National Guard that are ready to respond if needed."
A state of emergency is also declared to make sure residents are on high alert and take necessary precautions, such as limiting your travel plans and putting an emergency winter weather survival kit in your vehicle.
Click here for a list of counties under a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory.


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Atlanta, Ga. - An unbelievable off-balance, half-court shot by Georgia State at the buzzer sank the Tennessee State men's basketball team, 57-59 on Tuesday night.
"It was a tough way to end the game," head coach Travis Williams said. "It was a see-saw game, and it came down to the last possession."
A three-point shot by Jordan Cyphers gave Tennessee State (1-4) a one-point lead with 25 seconds to go, but a pair of free throws allowed GSU (2-2) to inch ahead.
After a timeout, Deshawn Dockery drove the ball down the lane and gave the Tigers another one-point lead with only two seconds remaining.
"We knew that [GSU] was in the double-bonus, so we just wanted to draw some contact. Dockery had a chance to get inside the lane and he got to the rim," Williams said.
Another timeout-this one by GSU- set up the crazy finish.
The Panthers threw the ball to the half-court line where Rashaad Richardson caught it. He then tossed up a wild turn-around jump shot with two Tigers draped all over him. The ball bounced off the backboard and swooshed into the basket.
"My hat goes off to GSU. They made a shot when they had to," Williams said.
Senior forward Robert Covington led the Tigers with 13 points, but Patrick Miller and Jordan Cyphers were close behind with 12 apiece.
The Tigers dominated the stat sheet in almost every category, but the final score.
Kellen Thornton had a game-high nine rebounds, helping TSU win the battle of the boards, 37-27.
TSU won the tip, and just like last game, Covington hit a jumper to give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead. He then added a layup with 17:57 on the clock and TSU was up by six.
However, GSU fought back and eventually took the lead at 10-9 when GSU's Devonta White nailed one of his three first-half jumpers from behind the arc.
White finished the game with 19 points, which led all scorers.
TSU was down by five at the 8:39 mark, but Cyphers cut into the advantage with his second three-pointer of the half.
Minutes later, Cyphers drained his third three and Covington buried another jumper to make the score 22-21 in favor of the road team.
TSU led by as many as seven in the half, but a 4-0 GSU to close the half meant that the Tigers went into the locker room trailing 24-25.
Although the hustle points were even at 13 a side during the opening frame, TSU hurt its chances of scoring more points by committing eight turnovers.
The teams went back-and-forth for almost the entirety of the second half, but Miller started the scoring by converting on a lay-up.
GSU eventually went on an 8-0 run that spanned nearly three minutes to take a big seven-point lead.
The Tigers chipped away at the cushion with a strong tip-in dunk by Covington and a pair of threes by Dockery and Miller. Miller's triple gave TSU the lead at 52-51 with 2:24 left in the game.
Tennessee State had more points off turnovers (17-15), second chance points (12-5) and fast-break points (7-2), yet still lost.
GSU shot 43.8 percent from the field for the game, while TSU shot just 39 percent.
"This one hurts," said Williams after falling to his alma mater. "We have to move on and get ready for another tough game versus Monmouth University."
TSU will look to rebound versus Monmouth tomorrow at 11 a.m.
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Least lucky seven: The Washington Wizards' amazing seven-game win streak comes to a screeching halt following a monumental triumph over the NBA's best team. Washington ignited a capacity MCI Center crowd with a thrilling fourth quarter rally to knock off the Phoenix Suns, 108-103 Saturday, January 15. The victory did not come without its burdens however, as the Wiz lost one of their leading scorers in Larry Hughes, thanks to a broken thumb that will sideline him for the next 4-6 weeks. Then just 48 hours later, Washington (22-14) is dismantled by the San Antonio Spurs (31-9) on the road, 101-73. "We always said that Gilbert Arenas and Larry Hughes play so well together," Wizard's coach Eddie Jordan told the AP. "I don't know if Hughes' absence affected Gilbert. He didn't shoot the ball well, but I thought he tried to run the team right away."
Worst Devil sightings: Debbie Ryan's UVA women's basketball team's magic finally runs out as America's No. 1-rated Duke Blue Devils (16-1, 3-0) invaded Charlottesville Friday, January 14. The Wahoos (13-4, 3-1) could sense a major upset with just a two point deficit as the second half tipped off, but the Devils quickly trounced these dreams with a 14-3 run that extended the longest win streak in the nation (14 games) with an 87-65 victory. Despite the setback, UVA quickly rebounds with their own 21-4 second half push to throttle the Clemson Tigers (7-8, 1-2) 69-48 at U-Hall Sunday, January 16. "I just felt like we were still playing the Duke game for some reason. I just felt like we were still in that game," Debbie Ryan told The Daily Progress as her team sat deadlocked in a 28-28 halftime tie. We just talked (at halftime) about our energy level and made sure they understood that there wasn't going to be any excuses today. You have to get out there and play."
Best established district leaders: It's only mid-January, yet the local high school hoop's scene continues to heat up as every district game begins to take on major playoff proportions. Central Virginia's fifth-ranked Western Albemarle Warriors and fourth-ranked Albemarle Patriots each take control of their respected districts with key victories over the holiday weekend. In the clash of the two Jefferson District unbeatens, WAHS (9-5, 4-0), behind the loyal support of the "Crozet Crazies," shut down Central Virginia's top-ranked Fluvanna Flucos (12-2, 3-1) 57-46, Friday, January 14. The Patriots (13-2, 5-1) meanwhile won a tight road game at Brooke Point Friday night, and then returned home Saturday to defeat the Stafford Indians 53-40 and also climb into first place. "We're a third quarter team," AHS junior guard Price Thomas said.
Biggest baby step: Despite falling to 0-4 in ACC play, the struggling UVA men's basketball squad finally shows some life with a valiant effort against a powerful opponent in a hostile environment. The Cavs fall 80-66 in Durham against the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils, (13-0, 3-0) but walk out of Cameron Indoor Stadium with a slight boost of confidence. "We took some steps forward," coach Pete Gillen told the AP. "Now we need to play well and win."
The Week Ahead:
Friday, January 21 @ 7pm
Short-handed Wiz look to get back on track. Various tickets are still available.
Saturday, January 22 @ 7:30pm
If there is a "must" game for UVA, it falls right here. Game is sold out.
Sunday, January 23 @ 2pm
Never underestimate Ivy League basketball. Admission $6 Adult, $4 Youth.


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24 April Sparkman
- Height:
- 5-11
- Year:
- Sr.
- Hometown:
- Walkersville, Md.
- High School:
- Walkersville
- Position:
- Major:
- Biology
2011-12: Returns to the Spartan lineup after missing last year with knee surgery ... looks to be fully recovered and ready to be a huge part of the Spartan efforts during the year ... is a dynamic scorer that will have the ability to thrive in the potent Spartan offense ... has worked to make her shot even more dangerous during her rehab ... is a great free throw shooter that has a knack for getting to the basket and draw fouls ... has already surpassed the 1,000 career point mark as she sits just 340 points out of the top five all time scorers in Spartan history.
2010-11: Sat out the year after suffering an ACL tear in the preseason ... served as a Spartan captain despite not seeing the court during the year.
2009-10: Had another All-CAC year as she played in 24 games, drawing a start in 22 of those contests ... earned first-team All-CAC accolades for the second consecutive year ... named to the d3hoops.com All-Atlantic Region second team ... averaged 24 minutes, a team-leading 17.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.3 steals per game during her standout junior campaign ... established a new career-high with 33 points in the February 17 win at Stevenson ... reached double figures in all but one game during the year including ten 20-point plus performances . . . recorded 10 double-doubles for the year ... notched a career-high 17 rebounds in the January 13 game at Salisbury ... reached double figures in rebounds in 10 games during the season and grabbed at least one rebound in every game during the year ... finished third in the CAC in scoring, third in free throw percentage, fourth in three point field goals made, fifth in rebounding, sixth in assists, sixth in three point field goal percentage, eighth in blocked shots, 14th in field goal percentage, and first in minutes played ... became the 13th member of the 1,000 career point club with her three point in the January 30 win over Hood ... has 1,145 career points and 553 career rebounds ... blocked 28 shots for the year including a career-high six in the January 2 win over Ursinus ... earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II honors for the second consecutive year as she was a second team selection.
2008-09: Played in all 30 of York's games, drawing a start in 29 of those contests ... was the second leading scorer in the Capital Athletic?Conference as she averaged 15.8 points per game ... shot 51.6% from the floor and 42.2%?from three as she earned first-team All-CAC accolades ... earned d3hoops.com all-region honors in addition to being named to ESPN The Magazine Academic District II regional honors ... reached double figures in 26 contests and scored at least six points in every game during the year ... notched a pair of double-doubles with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Franklin &?Marshall on January 4 and 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Stevenson on January 31 ... notched a career-high 24 points in the February 7 win at St.?Mary's as she also had a career-high with 11 field goals in the win ... handed out a career-high six assists in the November 18 win over Rowan ... set three career-highs in the win at Wesley on Valentine's Day with nine free throws made, four steals, and three blocked shots ... finished the campaign averaging 31.7 minutes, 5.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.1 blocked shots, and 0.8 steals per game ... was the CAC Player-of-the-Week on February 9.
2007-2008: Made an immediate impact on the Spartan squad as she played in all 27 games, earning a start in 26 of those contests ... finished the season averaging 29.0 minutes, 9.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game ... established her scoring season-high with her 18 points in the January 9 win at St. Mary's while she also set a new career rebounding mark with 12 in that same contest ... recorded two double-doubles for the year as she had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the December 1 win over Villa Julie in addition to her career night at St. Mary's ... she shot 45.8% from the floor and 34.8% from three ... converted 75%?of her attempts from the free throw line including a season-high five makes in the January 4 win over Oneonta State ... reached double figures in points in 16 games including her last five games of the season . . . pulled in at least one rebound in all 27 contests including a trio of double digit efforts . . . handed out a season-high five assists in the February 26 win over Wesley ... blocked 20 shots for the season including notching a season-high two blocks in the back-to-back home wins over Lycoming and Hood ... converted a season-high three three point field goals twice.
Personal: Is the daughter of Howard and Kathy Sparkman ... born January 10, 1989 ... is a Biology major . . . is one of the Spartans' top students with a 3.57 GPA ... played for Mike Mathis at Walkersville High School ... as a senior, earned first team Fredrick News Post, first team Maryland Gazette, and first team All-MVAL honors ... honorable mention Washington Post area squad.


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The first wave of swine flu vaccinations will come in the form of a nasal spray, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Some 3.4 million doses of MedImmune's needle-free nose spray, will be distributed in the first week of October, said CDC official Dr. Jay Butler.
"Initially we anticipate that 3.4 million doses of vaccine will be available," Butler said. "We estimate that the amount of vaccine that will be available will increase through October."
He said eventually delivery would rise to about 20 million doses a week.
The U.S. has ordered 195 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine from five companies, including MedImmune.
The World Health Organization believes all 6.3 billion people in the world should get vaccinated against the strain of flu, which has killed 3,500 people and could emerge more virulent than ever in the coming months. But the WHO said Friday that global production is lagging and fewer than 4.9 billion doses will likely be available.


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Over a quarter of a million army pension records have now been made available online at www.findmypast.co.uk
For soldiers that served in the British army before WW1, by far the best way to find any information on service and personal details is via the chelsea pensioner discharge papers. (National Archives WO97). This series holds over 900,000 records of soldiers that were eventually discharged to an army pension during the years 1760-1913.
Working with The National Archives, www.findmypast.co.uk have a plan to digitise the complete series, as well as another 500,000 militia records. The first phase has now been completed and 270,334 records from 1883-1900 are now online and ready for viewing (for a small charge – of course!).
So, what can a researcher find out about the old pensioners from these files? Well, usually these files are 4-6 pages long, although some are longer and take the form of the man's attestation (joining up) form, which was filled out when he joined the colours. Information on here would include date and place of birth, full name, civillian trade, a physical description including any distinguishing marks. There would then be a statement of service form which gives details of campaigns served in, details of any promotions, good conduct pay, wounds and any campaign and gallantry medal entitlement. The is sometimes extra information such as next of kin, details of marriage and children.
Soldiers were eligable for an army pension after 12 years of service, or earlier if they were wounded. However soldiers who died in action or whilst on service,a nd those who were discharged early did not recieve a pension, as a result they will not have a pension file. For those soldiers it is very difficult to get information. One way would be to check WO120 – The regimental registers which can give brief details of the soldiers.
One thing to bear in mind is that the dates that are referenced relate to the date the soldier was discharged. So the range that has been digitised will cover soldiers that were discharged between 1883 and 1900.
The rest of the files are being digitised and are planned to be released as follows:
- 1901-1913: By May 2010
- 1873-1882: By June 2010
- 1855-1872: By July 2010
- 1760-1854: By April 2011
These files are very popular at the National Archives, where they can only be viewed as original documents, so it is nice to see that they are being digitised. It is a shame however that the public are being forced to subscribe to another web based geneology site. The WW1 soldiers records are with ancestry.co.uk and these are with findmypast.co.uk. Finding out about your ancestors is not a cheap past-time!


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As a general rule, you must assign your workers to the same manual classification your clients use for workers who perform similar tasks.
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When to contact BWC manual classifications unit
- To add new manual classifications to your account.
- To obtain manual classifications for domestic or sole proprietors.
- To obtain correct manual classification when an employee has to do something outside the normal scope of the client's business.
- To obtain the correct manual classification when the temporary employee performs non-clerical office duties (for example, janitorial staff) and your client is assigned only manual number 8810 (clerical office workers).
- To obtain the correct manual classification when your client does not have workers' compensation coverage, or is a public employer. The classification is based on the occupational hazards of the contract or job performed.
Use manual number 8810 (clerical office employees), as assigned to you client, for office staff employees performing duties, such as bookkeeping, correspondence, drafting or computer work. These individuals should not perform duties of any other nature.
Use manual number 7380 (drivers) for employees who transport your employees to and from various work locations.
If the client is self-insuring, classify temporary workers in the same manner as if the client were in the state fund.
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Compile a list of employees' individual wages for each reporting period. Compile the list by employer (client) and by manual classification for each period. If an employee is assigned to multiple classifications in a reporting period, there must also be a total amount of wages for each classifcation the employee was assigned.
Provide verifiable segregation of all temporary personnel's wages and manual classifications by client for each reporting period.
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When you run a blog on WordPress, one of the handy features they give you (when they're not totally changing the format and functions without warning, while leaving the "Help" section unmodified), is a guide to the search terms people use each day to find the blog.
Why are you all so strange? Some of the search requests are so specific to Shadowplay that I have to assume somebody's not bothered to bookmark me and just uses a different weird search every time they want to find the site. But the ones I like best are the deeply peculiar requests that are in no way going to find satisfaction here, but which coincide in some peculiar way with some turn of phrase I've used or some subject I've mentioned in passing, like Walpamur Petrifying Liquid.
Here are a few:
The Great War Zeppelin (quite a popular one, this. All I did was mention Zeppo Marx.)
Giant squid (probably THE most popular search. Why, people?)
Songs with the word shovel (just BEAUTIFUL. I wanna party with this guy.)
Jessica Rabbit nude (very popular, beaten only by Angelina Jolie.)
Shelley Duvall fake (I'm slightly mystified.)
Williams Syndrome pictures (People, you need to learn about Google image search.)
Pittsburgh films Demonlover (Not sure I've ever mentioned the Olivier Assayas movie DEMONLOVER, which I like a lot, but I have mentioned the city of Pittsburgh in connection to George Romero, I think.)
Arthur Clarke pederast (I became the web's top source on this pressing issue when the Great Man died. Sorry, Art.)
Videos feet smelling (No comment.)
Cut her hair really short.
Rot wang.
Balloo emote (I love this one like a brother.)
Shorter people quotes (?)
Surreal train (OK, you got me, I'm hooked. Now please EXPLAIN.)
Mathew Broderick on March 15th, 2008 (Intriguing, but I'm damned if I'm going to Google this in turn to try and find out what he was up to. Give the man his privacy!)
Mans final breath.
Sexual mental hospital stories.
Lactulose (Which leads folks unerringly to MY MOST POPULAR POST EVER.)
The worst toilet in Scotland (Somebody wants to find it?)
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I'm gonna open up your gate Phaedra song.
Smeel feet movies (If anything, MORE disturbing than "Videos feet smelling" since it conjures the image of a horribly stupid person with a somewhat disgusting and comical fetish. Stay on the internet! Avoid reality!)
There is a post to be written about what John Waters calls "shrimpers" in the cinema, a field taking in not only Tarantino but also probably Bunuel. But I'm not ready to write it!


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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
ThunderCats return in a brand new British comic this week
Who says mainstream British comics are dead? The last few months have already seen the launch of Strip Magazine and The Phoenix, and now this Thursday (March 22nd) another all-new UK comic makes its debut with ThunderCats No.1.
Published by Panini UK, the 36 page ThunderCats Magazine will be published every four weeks and is based on the new series of ThunderCats animated adventures currently being shown on Channel 5 and Cartoon Network. The original ThunderCats TV series aired in 1987 and fast became a pop-culture phenomenon, spawning a regular comic from Marvel UK along the way. Fans of that comic will no doubt be pleased to see its return.
The new ThunderCats Magazine is aimed at 7 to 12 year old boys (although I'll bet some girls will enjoy it just as much) and will feature brand new comic strip expanding on the ThunderCats universe along with fact files, puzzles, activities, competitions and puzzle pages.
As you can see from the samples that editor Simon Frith kindly supplied, the standard of the comic strip is very high, with scripts by Ferg Handley, artwork by Cosmo White, and colours by Kat Nicholson. This is definitely looking like a quality production.
There's also a one-page action figure photo-strip in the first issue, which I'm sure will go down well with younger readers and inspire them to make up adventures with their own action figures. A nice idea, and well executed.
When the new ThunderCats cartoon show first aired in the UK on Cartoon Network it was viewed 157,000 times, and its screening on Channel 5 on December 18th gained it 197,000 viewers. There's clearly a potentially large market for this new comic so let's hope it does well.
ThunderCats Magazine No.1 will be on sale Thursday March 22nd priced £2.99, available at all major retail outlets across the UK. Every issue will carry a gift, with the first one being a Sword of Omens. Here's the polybagged comic and gift below to look out for in the shops:
Panini Comics UK website:
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Will include puzzles and fact files as well? I admire your tenacity Lew but if it isn't 100% comics (excluding ad pages) it can't be called a comic.
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 10:44:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
The comics that defined the medium (Comic Cuts, Chips, Funny Wonder etc) only had 50% strip content, and the legendary Eagle wasn't 100% comics either. As they qualify as comics I'm sure ThunderCats does as well.
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 11:08:00 GMT
- Matt Baxter said...
I studied Graphic Design with Cosmo, and recently bought his Blue Spear comic after he told me it was published by ComX. Well worth tracking down. He's a phenomenal British talent, I reckon. I hope the exposure that Thundercats gives him will ensure more people see his work. A shoo-in for Dredd, surely!
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 20:56:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
I'm not sure if I've seen his work before but I'm impressed by these ThunderCats pages. I'll be rushing 'round to Mr.Newsagent in the morning clutching my £2.99 to buy a copy.
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 21:13:00 GMT
- BristleKRS said...
Suddenly the new BlunderCats strip in Dandy makes a lot more sense!
- Thursday, 22 March 2012 at 19:43:00 GMT
A small detail I notice, not that it takes away enjoyment from the comic but the thing is, the writer apparently mistook Wilykit for Wilykat.
- Friday, 23 March 2012 at 20:18:00 GMT
- James Spiring said...
The comic strip content appears to have been dropped.
- Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 18:06:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
That's a shame. Last I noticed they'd halved the strip content to run one story across two issues so this must be due to another budget cut. Comics are having a tough time out there, folks. :(
- Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 22:36:00 GMT