$300 million in play: Powerball lottery numbers picked

By Gil Aegerter, Staff Writer, NBC News

The Powerball lottery jackpot jumped to $400 million after nobody won in Saturday night's drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday were?21-24-36-42-45 with Powerball 15.

There were no winners of the big prize, and the jackpot for the next drawing is now estimated at $400 million, Powerball officials said.?That would be worth more than $230 million before taxes if taken as a lump sum, Powerball said.

Tickets worth $2 million each were sold in Florida and Texas for Saturday's drawing, and $1 million tickets were sold in five states.

The pot had reached $300 million, bringing out lots of ticket buyers aiming to strike it rich.

?We?ve got the winning ticket, right here,? one man buying a ticket at a San Diego-area store told NBCSanDiego.com before the drawing. ?It?s going to help a lot of people.?

Or not.?

While $400 million is a lot, it?s not close to a lottery record. The largest prize ever was $656 million won in the Mega Millions contest on March 30, 2012. The biggest Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million, won in Florida in May by an 84-year-old widow.

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A California bill to boycott Florida? It's a bad idea.

How many laws has California passed, how many verdicts have its juries reached, how many social movements has it launched that other people in other states consider unjust or vile and would like to punish with a boycott?

That?s one of the questions members of The Times' editorial board asked one another in May 2010 when we were considering whether to weigh in for or against a boycott of Arizona to send a message of protest against SB 1070, our neighboring state?s strict anti-illegal immigration law.

And it?s a question that comes up again now, shortly before the Legislature is to take up Assemblyman Chris Holden?s proposed joint resolution calling for a boycott of Florida over the acquittal of George Zimmerman and -- or -- that state?s ?stand your ground? law.

Boycotts are a tricky business. Sometimes there are few options but to cut off contact, trade and any other connection with a government that has acted offensively or poses a danger; even then, a boycott is problematic. Liberals were angry at President Reagan?s policy of constructive engagement with the apartheid regime in South Africa. Conservatives were unhappy with a succession of presidents? pursuit of d?tente with the Soviet Union. Engage and persuade? Or isolate and punish? In international relations, nations go case by case, step by step.

Within the United States, boycotts are trickier still. What sense does it make, really, to launch an economic war between the states because the people or government of one is unhappy with the people or government of another? It may be that some people gave up avocados and trips to Disneyland or Malibu after voters here adopted Proposition 8, or Proposition 13. Or after juries here acquitted O.J. Simpson, or the officers who beat Rodney King. Or because of our abortion laws. Or any one of numerous slights, injustices or differences of opinion.

But if entire states actually turned their backs on California for every foolish or unfair thing we did, we?d either be pariahs or a population of unthinking, go-along-to-get-along people too scared of boycotts to think for ourselves.

Still -- is it impossible to imagine one state having laws or taking actions that are so repulsive that we want our government here to completely disengage? If apartheid was still practiced in some Southern state, for example, wouldn?t we embrace a boycott until the laws there were changed?

Boycotts of the segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala., launched the modern civil rights movement, and were conducted with the full weight of moral authority. But they were conducted not by some neighboring state but by the riders who were directly affected by the unjust and demeaning laws that mandated segregation, not by a sister state looking on from a safe distance.

The Times' editorial board is weighing in Sunday with an editorial opposing Holden?s call for a boycott of Florida. We don?t like that state?s ?stand your ground? law because we believe that it gives too much benefit of the doubt to shooters and not enough to their victims. But a boycott in response seems unfair. First, if the problem to be addressed is the law, why call for the boycott now, in the wake of the verdict, instead of when the law was passed, or when it was first cited in connection with this case?

And second, there are some 20 other states with ?stand your ground? laws that are at least as likely as Florida?s to encourage people to shoot rather than to avoid conflict and killing. Why target Florida?

The answer might be because that?s where Zimmerman needlessly followed, confronted and fatally shot Trayvon Martin. But Zimmerman did not invoke the ?stand your ground? law in his defense. Jury instructions used language from the law, but on that point they were not much different from self-defense instructions used in many states without ?stand your ground? laws, including California.

There is a national dialogue about this killing in particular -- regardless of what the shooter was thinking at the time -- because of race, and because of a history of laws that appear evenhanded on their face but that have been applied unequally against African Americans. The killing and the verdict can result in dialogue, understanding and a continuing effort for equal justice under the law, or they can result merely in a mutual turning of backs -- American against American, state against state. Holden?s proposed boycott resolution, to be introduced when the Legislature returns from vacation Aug. 5, is intended to promote the former, but it seems more likely geared toward the latter.

As for the Arizona boycott, The Times ended up going a different way, calling for Major League Baseball to take the very limited, message-sending step of moving the All-Star Game to another state.

It didn?t work.

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Central board president defends hiring of superintendent's son

Despite concerns raised, official says employment was handled properly.

York, PA -

The Central York School Board president said there was nothing improper about the hiring of the superintendent's son for a teaching position, despite concerns being raised.

The board's July 8 agenda included the hiring of Michael S. Snell II as a health and physical education teacher at Central York Middle School. Michael Wagner, board president, confirmed that Snell II is the son of district Supt. Michael Snell and said the seven board members present approved the hiring.

Anne Kahlbaugh, who will appear on the ballot for Central York School Board in the fall, said the matter was brought to her attention by a community member so she looked into it. She wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the decision, saying there were likely more experienced candidates unaffiliated with administrators.

She believes the board violated a policy on employment that states "Political patronage or favoritism based on family relationship at no time will enter into the employment, assignment or promotion of individuals."

The decision is a "blur of the trust" given the board, she said Thursday. "I just feel more due diligence needed to be done in that area."

Wagner said that he looked into the matter more because questions were being asked. In his opinion, that policy

has not been violated.

Board members knew the item would be on the agenda, he said, and at his request, Supt. Snell spoke to each board member prior to the meeting and told them they could speak to the hiring principal if they wanted. He knows of one board member that did.

Wagner said he sat down with the assistant superintendent, who was involved in the final interview process, and was convinced no one was pressured to hire the younger Snell.

The superintendent was not involved in the interviewing process, Wagner said. He said he heard a summary of the five finalists and was convinced administrators picked who they believed to be the best candidate for the job.

"I think I can appreciate the concern," he said, but he has faith in those doing the hiring that they "didn't feel compelled or pressured to make the decision they did."

Wagner said he also heard concerns about there being more experienced candidates. But he said Snell II has a teaching certificate that makes him qualified. Every teacher was a first-year teacher at some point, he said.

Kahlbaugh thinks the decision should be revisited.

"I know decisions are hard ... this seems to be pretty straightforward," she said.

Snell II could not be reached. District spokesman Julie Romig the district and superintendent would not have further comment.

Online

The Central York School Board posts meeting agendas, policies and other documents online.

Learn more at www.cysd.k12.pa.us.

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Gene mutation linked to obesity: Mice gain weight even when fed normal amounts of food

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have identified a genetic cause of severe obesity that, though rare, raises new questions about weight gain and energy use in the general obese population. The research involved genetic surveys of several groups of obese humans and experiments in mice.

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Gillmor Gang Live 07.18.13 (TCTV) | TechCrunch

Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. Scoble joined Microsoft in 2003, and although he often promoted Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, he also frequently criticized his own employer and praised its competitors like Apple and Google. Scoble is the author of Naked Conversations, a book on how blogs are changing...

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Countdown To The Eisners ? Best Archival Collection/Project ...

By Cameron Hatheway

Every morning my breakfast routine starts with the comic strips. Opinions, local news, and sports will follow in whatever order I see fit, but without question the comics always come first. For a lot of people, myself included, the comic strips were what first got me interested in comic books. Some of the comics that came out decades ago still appear in the paper today, whether they are dailies or Sundays only, with still a tremendous fan following. One of the things we take for granted nowadays is being able to purchase a collection of the restored older comics, be it Prince Valiant or Tarzan, but back in the 40s and 50s readers of all ages weren?t afforded such luxuries. Today I?ll be focusing on the Best Archival Collection/Project?Strips category. If you need a reminder of what?s been nominated, you can find the entire list right here, and see what I chose last time right here.

Keep in mind I cannot vote for who wins (nor can you, probably), as per the rules. However, that?s not keeping me from being vocal regardless!

Who is not eligible to vote?

• Comics press or reviewers (unless they are nominees)
• Non-creative publisher staff members (PR, marketing, assistants, etc.)
• Fans

Before I get back to stapling a bunch of Garfield Minus Garfield strips together so I can be eligible for next year, let the games begin!

Best Archival Collection/Project?Strips

Alex Raymond?s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, vol. 2, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)

Review copy unavailable.

Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann?s Sprightly Cousin, by Johnny Gruelle, edited by Rick Marschall (Fantagraphics)

Collecting Twee Deedle strips as well as the earlier comics and illustrations of Johnny Gruelle, this book is filled with wonderful adventures that were enjoyed by all ages back in the day when newspaper strips reigned supreme. Feeling a little like Little Nemo at times, Gruelle was a master storyteller as youngsters Dickie and Dolly learned about nature with the wood sprite Twee Deedle. Also his bird?s-eye view pieces were obviously influential to the Where?s Wally? artist Martin Handford.

Percy Crosby?s Skippy, vol. 1, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)

Review copy unavailable.

Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)

The second volume (of 12) of the dailies and Sunday strips following everyone?s favorite possum of the Okefenokee Swamp, Pogo. This collection is edited by Walt Kelly?s daughter Carolyn, and you can really feel the attention to detail in making sure the comics are crisp and colorful. Bona Fide Balderdash is a bona fide hit with Pogo fans.

Roy Crane?s Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

Lickety Whop! Filled with adventures at sea, exploring for treasure, and battling pirates, Captain Easy was one of the most action-packed Sunday strips of its time. In this third volume the action continues as Easy and Wash travel the globe getting themselves into some pretty precarious situations. The coloring is divine, and this collection does Crane?s storytelling justice.

Who I think should win:

Roy Crane?s Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

Before Indiana Jones, before Captain Action, there was Captain Easy. Yes, that name wouldn?t go over so well in today?s society, but after seeing how manly he is you wouldn?t think twice to make fun. This collection in particular takes our adventurer and his friends all over the world, and I could only imagine how painful it was back then waiting for the next Sunday to come. The coloring is fantastic, and looks like it was fresh from the original printer.

Crane?s illustrations really brought life and energy to the Sunday strips, and future collections are in great hands over at Fantagraphics.

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Who I think could win:
Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)

Starring some of the most popular anthropomorphic characters in comics, it?s no wonder that Walt Kelly?s Pogo has inspired generations of storytellers since its initial launch in the 1950s. In this second volume, you can really see where Kelly gets into his routine as the characters become livelier, and the stories sometimes blissfully wackier.

This collection in particular includes the famous Pogo running for president storyline (?I Go Pogo?). The meticulously-restored strips do this collection great justice.

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Who I think should have been nominated:
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel Publishing)

A boy and his tiger. They go on adventures, travel to other planets, and form the best club ever known to man; G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS).

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Who do you think should win / been nominated?

Cameron Hatheway is the host of Cammy?s Comic Corner and Arts & Entertainment Editor of the Sonoma State STAR. You can sell him a swink on Twitter @CamComicCorner.

Source: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/20/countdown-to-the-eisners-best-archival-collectionproject-strips/

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