Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight smiles at a banner honoring her for surpassing 700 strikeouts after Friday's area round win over Ferris The Lady Indians are among three local teams still alive in the UIL softball playoffs alongside Guyer and Aubrey Three Denton-area softball teams remain alive going into the regional semifinal round of the UIL playoffs this week Aubrey has reached the round for an area-high fifth consecutive season while Guyer and Sanger continued streaks of their own If you're not already a Denton Record-Chronicle subscriber, you can subscribe now for just $1 a month over the next six months and read all of our sports coverage Aubrey advanced to the round for an area-leading fifth consecutive season while Guyer is back in the round for a third straight year and Sanger returns for the second season in a row Thursday at Mansfield Legacy High; Game 3 (if needed): 7 p.m Sanger appears set to face Nevada Community (20-9-1) in the regional semifinal round later this week Community has been credited with a 2-1 series win over Henderson after winning Game 3 of the teams' area round matchup by a score of 5-4 in nine innings on Saturday Henderson has reportedly protested the result of Game 3 to the UIL based on a call made in the top of the seventh inning A Community baserunner was initially ruled to have been tagged out advancing home for what would have been the final out of the contest Officials conferred after the play and ultimately ruled that the runner was obstructed, according to etblitz.com the run was counted and left the game tied at 4-4 which held until Community broke the deadlock in the top of the ninth and held on through the bottom half The UIL had not yet ruled on Henderson's appeal at time of publication Wednesday at Lone Oak High; Game 2: 5:30 p.m Friday at Lone Oak High; Game 3 (if needed): 30 minutes after Game 2 Get the scoop on all the thrilling victories nail-biting games and standout performances — straight from the sidelines of Denton-area high schools JOHN FIELDS can be reached at 940-566-6869 and jfields@dentonrc.com For more than 120 years, the Denton Record-Chronicle has been Denton County's source for locally produced, fact-based journalism. Your support through a tax-deductible donation or low-cost subscription is vital to our ability to deliver credible Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Your essential companion for starting the day in Denton Delivered fresh to your inbox every morning Wake Up gives you a curated snapshot of local news for the day as well as the day’s e-edition and trending stories you may have missed Sign up for the Denton Record-Chronicle's absolutely free weekly newsletter highlighting winners and finalists from the 2024 Best of Denton awards Your weekly guide to surviving college and thriving in Denton local news and more exclusive content in your inbox every Tuesday afternoon There's always something going on in Denton Check out what's on the local events calendar and plan a fun weekend with friends Get a roundup of the 10+ puzzles and games available from the Denton Record-Chronicle for free Sudoku and other brain-busters are new every day the latest in puzzles and word games with a Wordle vibe From minor traffic accidents to neighborhood watch updates stay informed on public safety with the week’s top crime stories in your inbox every Wednesday morning Don’t miss out on breaking news in Denton from weather and traffic to big events and important headlines Be the first to know the latest on new stores restaurants and other businesses in Denton County so you can live better here we bring you the highlights and updates from our hometown college teams Prepare for the polls and stay informed on the candidates issues and deadlines for Denton County’s key races Save money and find what you need with promotions from local businesses and special DRC offers Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account A popular hangout and fast-food restaurant in Sanger will be closing its doors for good Tuesday the Fosters Freeze on Academy Avenue will fill its final orders and co-owner and long-time employee Minnie Medina says it will take a big part of her life with it Nearly 26 years after the day she first started working at the Fosters Freeze in Sanger Minnie Medina will be closing its doors Tuesday for the last time "I have been here since I graduated high school and I've known so many people." reminisced Medina People who came with their friends and family for good food a good time and that famous Fosters Freeze "To me it means happiness,"laughed Medina "It brings me happiness and it brings people together and they want to come and enjoy it with their family "That's what we want to give them Customer William Arnold know's what he'll be missing "I mean that's cooked to order," exclaimed Arnold pointing to a hot and juicy Fosters Freeze "Big Boss" burger everyone likes getting out of school or coming from work and getting a meal and then a sundae Foster Freeze in general is pretty nostalgic here in the valley and every year you see them slowly going away and away and away it's going to be a loss for sure." It's a loss Medina says she'll be feeling too "I've known a lot of people here I know them by name and they've all been coming these last few days to tell me how much they appreciate me I've been given the opportunity to give them the same how I appreciate everyone here and everybody being so kind to me so Medina says the reason she is leaving is not because of the economy Medina says her kids are growing up and as a mom she just wants more time with them and her family The company's website says Fosters Freeze was started by George Foster back in 1946 who opened his first ice cream shop in Inglewood in southern California His unique soft-serve ice cream became so popular that he opened a chain of restaurants adding all-american favorites like hamburgers and fries and this was years before McDonald's and Burger King were around The company even claims the Beach Boys song Fun" was inspired by its Hawthorne location By 1961 Foster sold the chain's 360 locations There are now 62 remaining Fosters Freeze locations but in 2015 a franchise investment group bought the company modernized the brand and it says sales have increased every year since It also says the company plans to add new locations for the first time since 2006 David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, has been named a second spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences during which he will meet with students and faculty interested in both journalism and national security topics “We’re very fortunate that the Distinguished Visiting Journalist program enables us to bring a renowned journalist like David Sanger to campus at this critical moment in history,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences. “With so much going on that threatens U.S. political stability, here and abroad, having David on campus to give us his perspective will be incredibly valuable.” On April 22, Sanger will participate in “New Cold Wars,” a public conversation with Loewen about Sanger’s recent book, “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West,” as well as other current national security issues. The conversation will be held at 5 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall (G76). In addition to covering the president and his administration, Sanger also reports on foreign policy, intelligence and military advisers who shape national security policy. He emphasizes analytical articles that explain the underlying factors that led to a major decision or place a major event in a historical frame. Sanger has worked for the New York Times for more than four decades, starting shortly after his graduation from Harvard University. As a business correspondent, he covered the early days of Silicon Valley and worked on the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the causes of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. He spent six years as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in Japan. He has covered five U.S. presidents and served on teams that won two other Pulitzers, most recently for uncovering Russia’s role in the 2016 election. He is the author of four books, including “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power” (2009); “Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power” (2012); and “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age” (2018), which later became an HBO documentary by the same title. Each semester, the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell to meet with faculty, students and the broader community. Linda B. Glaser is news and media relations manager for the College of Arts and Sciences. Get Cornell news delivered right to your inbox. Send help right to the people and causes you care about Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee Nathan Jacobson and I continue our conversation with Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger Sanger explains how his philosophy to decentralize the world’s knowledge plays into science and truth-seeking in the age of AI He talks about the shortcomings of large language models and why humans are irreplaceable and essential to increasing our understanding of the world Sanger also discusses the challenges that online encyclopedias like Wikipedia have faced in accurately and fairly reflecting controversial or important topics technical language with an air of “settled science.” No room is given in those entries to fairly reflect the difficulties with evolutionary theory or the plausible alternatives to the natural selection/random mutation mechanism.  Sanger explains Wikipedia’s early attempts to reflect a neutral point of view these methods attempted to reflect the consensus of multiple points of view through a process of compromise and mutual respect “but it was just a dream…Wikipedia does not work that way anymore at all.” Download the podcast or listen to it here. 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Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy Always display content from YouTube The 19-year-old has cancer and savors her days with an optimism that is downright inspiring Her home hospice nurse brings decades of caring and expertise to what has become a genuine friendship who first met the 19-year-old when she was in elementary school sees rare toughness from one and rare commitment from the other is the 19-year-old who has been dealing with cancer since she was a child Becky Jibben is the Sanford Health RN case manager who helps Sanger navigate the challenges of dealing with serious illness Sanford Health’s Daniel Mark, M.D., is the pediatric palliative care doctor who helps families and their children with difficult medical circumstances with the goal to make days as good as they can be for Sanger who shoulders her difficult prognosis with a spirit that combines grace and grit “I’ve always known that one day the cancer would take me out,” said Sanger a Lincoln High School graduate who counts knitting singing and playing the guitar as favorite hobbies “It’s not that big of a deal to me to adjust I mostly keep my eyes on the next big thing that I’m going to do instead of thinking about ‘Oh my God Which brings us to a recent “next big thing” that Sanford Hospice made possible for Sanger Sanger is a huge fan of SadGirl, a Los Angeles-based band that has played all over the United States at one time or another but does a great percentage of its performing on the West Coast Seeing them play live would involve significant obstacles for Sanger and her family but so does a lot of life they deal with on a daily basis there was no reason to be in a hurry to set up preemptive roadblocks for a SadGirl concert I was kind of bringing it up to them sort of jokingly,” Sanger said let’s do it.’ I was shocked by that.” sixth-grader Sanger was diagnosed with osteosarcoma doctors performed several surgeries to save her leg but by 2023 amputation was necessary which has since then advanced to her lungs and required additional procedures She now has stage 4 metastatic osteosarcoma that is no longer responding to treatment “She has gone through every single medical option that could potentially cure her,” Dr She is holding a hope of something happening in the future while also holding out the hope that the remaining time that she has can be as enjoyable and comfortable and happy as possible.” gave the journey the green light — but before the RV was loaded up and ready to roll westward This warranted home hospice care and threw into jeopardy what for Sanger represented the world’s coolest road trip Sanger’s hospice case manager with more than 37 years of nursing experience Jibben asked Sanger’s father for an itinerary of their trip then began contacting hospice care providers along the route Then there would be return visits to Las Vegas Jibben set up seven different hospice agency contracts that would ensure Sanger received care if needed her first call would be to me and I would try to help over the phone But if she would need to have someone come and visit her we would have somebody available to go out and see her,” Jibben said “We want our patients to be able to go out like Cheyenne and be able to fulfill their bucket list and do these types of things.” Which brings us to the trip itself and Sanger’s visit to the Glass House sent a message to lead singer Misha Lindes via Facebook and told them Sanger would be at the show She also filled them in on her granddaughter’s daunting circumstances “I didn’t tell my grandmother to do this,” Sanger said She basically told him ‘My granddaughter is a huge fan of you guys and she is coming all the way from South Dakota to see you at the Valentine’s show.’ And she probably pulled the ‘she’s dying’ card on them.” Lindes responded and prior to the show they got a chance to meet They talked about the TV show “Parks and Recreation” and snails “I was in the handicapped section next to the stage and Misha was everywhere running around before and during the concert,” Sanger said “He came and talked to me a few times and he gave me a gift bag full of stuff Sanger did not need hospice nurse attention along the route but she would not have been able to leave on such an extended trip without Jibben setting up a network Jibben and her colleagues involved in Sanford home hospice care will often see a patient’s challenge and problem-solve their way to making a dream a reality “This was such an exciting time to be able to see her go and to be able to do all these things and to be able to go with her family,” Jibben said “We want people on hospice to go and enjoy life We make sure that they have enough medications to take on their trips months or years that they’re on hospice we want them to get out and enjoy these things.” with Jibben ribbing Sanger about being high-maintenance – “Most of my patients want a trip to the Black Hills Cheyenne decides she is going to California.” For the camera at the request of a previous interviewer “But then she said she loved me,” said Jibben who had been at her side during the interview Sanger’s medical journey has included incremental amputations of her leg Mark has overseen pain management for these procedures and has worked closely with Sanger’s family physical therapists and hospice providers who have cared for her Mark’s job to help Sanger stay comfortable This demands a lot of questions and answers centered on “How are you feeling?” It can be a good way to get to know someone and see what they’re all about “She is an incredibly tough person in the way she was going to handle whatever was thrown at her,” Dr I wasn’t actually really needed when I first met her because she was going to tolerate a lot both in the manner she handles physical pain and the way she has dealt with her own situation Mark has been part of conversations with Sanger that involve life’s ultimate boundaries “Even when things have come about where it has been time to discuss some really serious and difficult news she hasn’t shied away from that,” Dr “She has been a part of it fully invested in the conversation That’s a rare quality to see in someone who is faced with some of the most difficult news that a person can be faced with.” Sanford hospice care has become a partner in Sanger’s journey but now also a road trip to California with her parents and her twin brother Dakota They made it through a snowy stretch in the mountains to see SadGirl and have a conversation with Misha Lindes and I thought I would never get to see SadGirl ever because they’re not coming all the way out here But I did get to see them and that was crazy It can be difficult to define hospice care you can get a better handle on it when you see it in action Sanger’s attitude is a combination of realism – recognizing what likely lay head – and hopes that may seem less possible “The role of our hospice team is to give her a chance to keep those hopes and help her attain them,” he said “I used to think I knew what the phrase ‘indomitable spirit’ meant What you see when you know her – that’s an indomitable spirit.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Mostly cloudy skies early with scattered thunderstorms developing late The Lady Indians celebrate with their area championship trophy after beating Ferris 8-0 at Carrollton Creekview High School on Friday Sanger’s Leala Kloewer winds up to deliver a pitch during the playoff game against Ferris Sanger's Lily Wilson celebrates after hitting an inside-the-park home run against Ferris Sanger's Lily Wilson hits an inside-the-park home run against Ferris Leala Kloewer spearheaded Sanger’s efforts Friday in an 8-0 playoff win over Ferris The senior Daytona State signee struck out 15 across a complete game one-hitter as the Lady Indians advanced to their second straight regional semifinal CARROLLTON — Leala Kloewer spearheaded Sanger’s efforts Friday in an 8-0 playoff win over Ferris The senior Daytona State signee no-hit the Lady Jackets through the first 5 2/3 innings and finished with a complete-game one-hitter as she struck out 12 while allowing a single Those efforts combined with an early burst of runs proved plenty for the Lady Indians to take the one-game 4A Division I area round matchup at Carrollton Creekview High “My rise ball was working really well,” Kloewer said “That’s one thing I’ve been struggling with for a couple of games now but I knew I had my team behind me and I knew I could trust them Sanger (18-8-3) advances to face Nevada Community (20-9-1) in next week’s regional semifinal round with details to be announced Community defeated Henderson 5-4 in nine innings Saturday in the decisive third game of their best-of-three series The Lady Indians earned that opportunity behind a hot start at the plate Tarryn Liechty sparked Sanger with a solo home run over the left-center-field wall in the bottom of the first inning “It was one of those one-gamers that always make me nervous win-or-go-home kind of thing,” Sanger coach Toby Kloewer said We had a great start when our two-hole hitter “That was a good way to get us on the board early and kind of set the tone right from the beginning.” Vivianne Lynch then drove a two-run double down the left-field line that scored Abby Chapmond and Niki Boone who courtesy ran for Leala Kloewer after she drew a walk Chelsea Walton added a sacrifice fly that plated Lynch from third Lily Wilson scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second and Liechty drove in Sophia Troegle with a sacrifice fly of her own to set the lead at 6-0 through two The Lady Indians added two more runs in the fourth on an inside-the-park home run by Wilson and another Liechty sacrifice fly to score Troegle Ferris got runners on first and second with two outs in the bottom of the sixth but Kloewer induced a groundout to strand them there and remain unscathed The victory marks another step forward for a Sanger team aiming to build on last year’s run to the state semifinals The Lady Indians lost several key players from that squad and went through some ups and downs throughout the regular season as a new-look group worked to find its way Now with three straight playoff wins secured after sweeping Frisco Panther Creek in last week’s bi-district round Sanger is trending upward at an opportune time “We are a completely different team,” Toby Kloewer said they’ve kind of jelled and gotten to know each other I’m super proud of how it’s starting to come together and click for them.” JOHN FIELDS can be reached at 940-566-6869 and jfields@dentonrc.com For more than 120 years, the Denton Record-Chronicle has been Denton County’s source for locally produced, fact-based journalism. Your support through a tax-deductible donation or low-cost subscription is vital to our ability to deliver credible (FOX26) — A 14-year-old and four men were arrested after a gang graffiti investigation in Sanger The Sanger Police Department says officers first received calls on February 21 for reports of people spray painting different areas while driving around town Officers were able to find the suspect car and arrest the driver for DUI and felony vandalism [RELATED]Two men arrested for 2016 Reedley double murder Sanger Police Detectives continued their investigation with the Fresno Probation Adult Compliance Team and were able to arrest three documented gang members They were identified as Andres Jaramillo Garcia A 14-year-old juvenile was also arrested in connection to the graffiti Aubrey outlasted Sanger for a 3-2 win Saturday in Game 3 of the Denton-area teams' competitive bi-district round series The Chaparrals are among four local teams moving on to Round 2 alongside Guyer This story was updated Friday with the night's local results This story was updated again Saturday with the result of Aubrey and Sanger's decisive third game Seven Denton-area baseball teams were in action in the bi-district round of the playoffs on Thursday The Chaparrals pulled out Game 3 of a competitive series over the Indians with Saturday’s victory in the clash between two Denton-area rivals Aubrey (18-14) led 2-0 through the first inning after an RBI single by Sebastian Marin and Ethan McMeen scoring on a wild pitch Sanger (19-12) tied it up with two runs in the top of the third on a sacrifice groundout by Reed Sebastian that scored Kade Phillips and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Rayden Walker that scored Twister Wilson Marin put the Chaps back in front for good with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third that scored Dallas College-Eastfield signee Braeden Flak That offense proved plenty for Aubrey amid a strong day from its pitchers Keriel Torres got the win as he allowed eight hits two walks and two earned runs with three strikeouts before Luke Hellman came on for a six-out save in which he struck out three and surrendered just one walk Aubrey advances to face Kennedale (16-11) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Wildcats completed a sweep of Rock Hill with their victory Friday in Game 2 of the teams’ bi-district round series Arkansas-Pine Bluff signee Jody Murillo helped fuel Guyer (20-13) as he struck out six while allowing four walks two hits and one earned run across five innings of work on the mound and added two RBIs at the plate Jacob Pruett led the way at the plate as he went 3 for 5 with a double Drew Barresi went 2 for 3 with a double and three runs scored and Vince Long added one RBI and two runs scored Guyer advances to face Arlington Lamar (14-15-3) or Richardson Pearce (14-16-1) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced Lamar and Pearce play Game 3 in their best-of-three series Saturday at noon The Eagles notched their second straight shutout win over Azle on Friday completing a bi-district round series sweep in the process Argyle (16-11-1) got a combined no-hitter from its pair of pitchers and scored at least one run in each of the final four innings to take the victory Brody Bomar struck out eight while allowing five walks and one hit batter across six innings of work before Jack Snakenberg worked around one walk to strike out the side in the final frame Texas commit Grady Emerson went 1 for 3 with a double and Tyler D’Angelo added a double and two RBIs Amarillo College signee Isaac Dunning went 2 for 3 with one RBI and Jaxon Casselberry went 2 for 3 with an RBI and one run scored Argyle advances to face Mansfield Timberview (19-10-1) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Falcons saw their season come to an end with Friday’s loss as perennial power Celina completed a sweep of the bi-district round series Lake Dallas finished the year with an overall record of 8-18 The Indians bested the Chaparrals in Friday’s second game between the pair of Denton-area foes evening the bi-district round series at one win apiece Aubrey (17-14) rallied from a 3-2 deficit to tie the contest in the bottom of the seventh inning on an RBI double by Sebastian Marin that scored Dallas College-Eastfield signee Braeden Flak The teams then remained tied until the top of the 12th when Sanger (19-11) scored twice on a sacrifice fly by Jonas Autry that plated Riley Tarwater and a Creedon Boerner RBI single that scored Rayden Walker The Indians held on in the bottom half to take the victory and keep their season alive Marcus Martinez pitched the final 5 2/3 innings for Sanger Kade Phillips threw the first 6 1/3 innings for the Indians striking out five while allowing five walks The Bobcats’ season came to an end with Friday’s loss as Van Alstyne completed the series sweep Krum trailed 3-0 through two innings before tying it at 3-3 in the top of the fourth Van Alstyne then scored three more runs in the bottom of the fifth to pull out of reach Arkansas State pledge Luke Tucker went 3 for 3 with a double one RBI and two runs scored to lead the Bobcats offensively Dillon Keyes and Nathan Flores added one RBI apiece Krum finishes the year with an overall record of 24-9 The Lions made quick work of Keene with Friday’s shutout victory in the teams’ one-game bi-district round clash Lincoln Perkins threw five innings of no-hit ball for Ponder (11-14) striking out 11 while allowing just one walk and a hit batter Central Oklahoma commit Landon Hardin and Houstton Webster drove in two runs apiece while Cash Thorson added a 2-for-3 day with one RBI and a run scored Tatum Albritton went 2 for 3 with a walk and three runs scored Blane Schulz added an RBI and one run scored Ponder advances to face Gunter (35-1) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Wildcats’ bats shined during their emphatic Game 1 victory over Rock Hill on Thursday to start their bi-district round series Guyer (19-13) racked up 16 hits in the contest and scored at least one run in all but one inning Arkansas-Pine Bluff signee Jody Murillo and Drew Barresi hit one solo home run apiece while Texas A&M-Texarkana signee Jake Canales added a 2-for-3 day with a double Ethan Ball and Case Sefcik scored two runs each Taylor Wiley struck out seven while allowing just three hits two walks and one earned run across 6 1/3 innings of work before Tanner Rennels entered to record the final two outs The Eagles took a low-scoring win over Azle on Thursday to start the teams’ bi-district round playoff series on a high note Argyle (15-11-1) pulled ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the third inning when Nathaniel Bruce scored on an error then added a second run to its tally on a Bruce RBI single that scored Trot Jordan Abilene Christian commit Baron Mannis struck out nine while surrendering just one hit and one run across six innings of work Amarillo College signee Isaac Dunning got the final three outs The Falcons fell to perennial power Celina in Thursday’s tight bi-district series opener Lake Dallas (8-17) fell behind 4-0 in the top of the first inning before plating its lone run in the bottom of the sixth on a Gabriel Frias RBI single that scored William Lopez-Lopez The Chaparrals bested the Indians in Thursday’s bi-district round clash between the pair of Denton-area baseball teams Sanger (18-11) scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning and held that same lead until the top of the seventh when Aubrey (17-13) plated five runs to pull ahead for good while Diego Tagliaferro added a 3-for-4 day with a double of his own Jimmy Hay and Dallas College-Eastfield signee Braeden Flak scored one run apiece Dallas College-Brookhaven signee Cole Govea struck out 10 while allowing just three walks two hits and two earned runs across a complete-game effort for Aubrey Levi Hendricks had a triple and drove in one run for Sanger as Kale Barr and Jonas Autry scored once each The Bobcats suffered a shutout loss to Van Alstyne in Thursday’s playoff opener Krum (24-8) trailed 1-0 through one inning and 2-0 through three innings before Van Alstyne scored three more in the seventh to pull away for good Nathan Flores and Nate Graham had the Bobcats’ two hits on the day Rainbow Valley residents observe water on their land which they say would be disturbed significantly if Megatel Homes is allowed to move forward with plans to develop a sewage treatment plant and housing development surrounding an artificial lagoon wants to build a lagoon community in Sanger similar to one the developer is building currently in Celina A sewage treatment plant is necessary for Megatel Homes’ development to proceed which would be on the land next to Rainbow Valley which is protected by the Texas Land Conservancy The residents of Rainbow Valley — 220 acres of prairie and woodlands north of Denton — aren't happy about a proposed sewage treatment facility tied to a major residential development by Megatel Homes A former legislator who owns the land next door is ready to provide the space for the project near Sanger but his neighbors are planning to push back the property owners of Rainbow Valley have lived like hobbits from the Shire on a swath of Texas’ quickly disappearing Blackland Prairie near where its extraterritorial jurisdiction meets Sanger’s Rainbow Valley is 220 acres of nature with a wildlife refuge where everyone built their own homes It’s a place whose fate is tied to the wildlife in the area longtime resident Jerry Langley said in 2023 to the Texas Land Conservancy said he gave an easement on his property so Rainbow Valley could have electricity run to it Horn and his neighbors had gotten along for many years and got other neighbors to support her bids for office other neighbors and even Rainbow Valley stop a gas distribution center in 2011 It would have been near the property the Horns owned Horn is selling the property near Rainbow Valley to Dallas developer Megatel Homes The company filed a petition with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Sept 16 to build a sewage treatment facility for a planned development The permit application is currently under the comment submission phase at the TCEQ the facility will have a daily discharge not to exceed 950,000 gallons into an unnamed tributary that Langley called Enoch Creek 12 email “would bear the brunt of the outflow from the proposed sewage treatment plant.” TCEQ sent letters alerting about 20 nearby property owners that the time to file protests or comments had opened 11 requested a public meeting and five asked for a contested hearing Denton is also planning to protest the proposed sewage treatment facility “It is right next to a very nice wildlife refuge and would wreak havoc on it We are the main proposed dump for the outflow It runs through the creek and goes down to Clear Creek.” Jim and Mary Horn tried selling the property in 2022 to a developer and filed a petition with the Sanger City Council seeking support for the creation of Clear Creek Municipal Utility District No They wrote that a MUD was needed because the area would have “immediate future” residential and commercial growth but didn’t have adequate water supply or sanitary sewer facilities and services Sources said Sanger doesn’t have the capacity to provide water and sewer services Horn was also under the impression that Denton couldn’t offer those services when the Denton Record-Chronicle spoke with him Thursday due to high interest rates and the developer backing out Horn started looking to sell the property again He said that Megatel Homes came highly recommended from people in positions of power that he knows Megatel Homes is known for its lagoon communities a mixture of single- and multifamily housing with a giant human-made lagoon — some with 10 million to 35 million gallons of water — in the center of the development Several such developments have been built around North Texas in recent years Megatel Homes began construction on a $1 billion residential community centered around what WFAA-TV called “a massive lagoon” in Anna a city of about 30,000 people north of McKinney The development at full buildout is projected to add more than 7,000 people The lagoon on Horn’s property would cover about 26 acres off FM2153 and the development at full buildout would cover about 830 acres off McReynolds Road and FM2153 according to the current version of the plan Horn is also creating a MUD for the development now called the Northwest Utility District 1 Megatel is building its lagoon communities at a time when the Texas Water Development Board projects Texas’ water supply will decrease by 18% by 2070 while demand will increase by 9% leaving approximately one-quarter of Texas’ population facing municipal water shortages without additional supplies according to a 2023 report by the Texas comptroller There’s also a groundwater shortage crisis in Texas and Horn’s neighbors wonder where the developer will get the water for the facility to treat the sewage Megatel representatives couldn’t be reached for comment by Friday afternoon “I did best the I could,” Horn said of picking Megatel I’m still their neighbor and have been over 20 years.” Denton is protesting Horn’s application to the TCEQ not because of water issues but because it would mess with the utility’s regional water and sewage plan for the area general manager of Denton’s water utilities said that not only is the city already expanding the Pecan Creek sewage plant it’s also in the process of a $195 million expansion of the drinking water facility at Ray Roberts Lake and another sewage treatment plant called the Clear Creek Facility on about 200 acres at Hartlee Field on the outskirts of Denton Gay said the Clear Creek Facility will manage wastewater from the growth along Milam Creek and the Interstate 35 corridor and the vacant land They’re relocating and adding wastewater lines as part of the Milam Creek Project and were trying to get easements from property owners in the area The updates are due to the growth and future growth affecting the area and will take roughly five years to complete Denton is part of the Texas Water Development Board’s regional planning group and the proposed sewage treatment facility on Horn’s property “We would not want to see a lot of package plants peppered throughout our service area,” Gay said “We want to have it all come into the Clear Creek Basin and coming into one of those facilities to treat it It offers us a greater advantage to reclaim water.” Denton hasn’t formally protested in the past but doing so begins the dialogue and puts Denton at the table for the discussion and helps articulate how these smaller package sewer plants such as the one proposed for Horn’s land affect local jurisdiction especially since they are project-specific and not for the wider public But Gay said Denton could service Megatel’s planned development “The flows would be factored into the current expansion while the Clear Creek Facility was being constructed,” Gay wrote in a Nov Horn wondered if city officials had shared that information with the developer The Record-Chronicle asked Gay but didn’t hear back from him by early Friday afternoon “They never brought water or sewer or anything ever,” Horn said about Denton “I don’t know why all of the sudden they are willing to do so.” Horn and the other applicants checked that a public involvement plan was not applicable for the sewage treatment facility because “no significant interest in this permit is anticipated.” Nearly two dozen property owners — including Langley Kelli — gathered at a public meeting Monday evening at North Branch Library planning their next steps in stopping the sewage treatment facility and those who had offered handouts that explained the process and told them to request a public meeting we’ll be able to confront Jim Horn and this Sanger group [Megatel] and ask them questions about the development and what their plans are,” property owner Katherine Dodd said Susan Moushegian shared the letter she was sending with the Record-Chronicle and wrote that she would be adversely affected as well as every resident in the surrounding area She said the sewer treatment facility is only the beginning of the infrastructure for the development Not all the neighbors are opposed to growth but they are unhappy about a sewer treatment facility and all that they fear will come with it Horn told the Record-Chronicle that with modern treatment plants the treated water is cleaner than what already runs through the creek which includes pesticides from nearby land and animal waste from cattle it is not beautiful water running downstream,” Horn said Moushegian and others do worry how a development that they said could bring about 2,700 homes would impact the two-lane road infrastructure of FM2164 which Moushegian told the TCEQ couldn’t support this type of traffic “Sanger and Denton have the responsibility to residents who will be impacted by this to recognize and retain the quality of life that we have chosen and to work with us to maintain this way of life,” Moushegian wrote in her letter “Sanger and Denton must work with residents — not force something on them that is not organized or lacks future insight.” Sanger City Manager John Noblitt didn’t return the Record-Chronicle‘s requests to discuss the development or plant The Denton City Council hasn’t mentioned it at its meetings yet At least three of the council members — Paul Meltzer Brandon Chase McGee and Brian Beck — didn’t know about the project or that Denton was planning to protest it “Shouldn’t we have known about that?” asked McGee Sam Alexander said he had called Horn to discuss the project and told him that while he understood development was coming they didn’t want a “crapper in their backyard.” Alexander said he couldn’t understand why Horn was doing this after his wife helped them stop the other development He told neighbors that Horn said he would sign their petitions against the project why don’t you just take your name off that TCEQ application That’s what I need you to do,’” Alexander recalled saying our friendship and our conversation is over.’” CHRISTIAN McPHATE can be reached at 940-220-4299 and cmcphate@dentonrc.com Metrics details With the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies it became possible to simultaneously analyze millions of variants it is generally still required to confirm the variants before reporting in recent years the dominant idea is that one could define the quality thresholds for “high quality” variants which do not require orthogonal validation no works to date report the concordance between variants from whole genome sequencing and their gold-standard Sanger validation In this study we analyzed the concordance for 1756 WGS variants in order to establish the appropriate thresholds for high-quality variants filtering Resulting thresholds allowed us to drastically reduce the number of variants which require validation to 4.8% and 1.2% of the initial set for caller-agnostic (DP AF) and caller-dependent (QUAL) thresholds seem to be of limited use for the whole genome sequencing as its mean depth of coverage is usually around 30x we could not encounter studies reporting validation results on the whole genome data and the minority of all the reported data considers BGI technological platform The aim of this study was to perform the analysis of the quality control parameters for 1756 potentially causative variants derived from WGS data of 1150 patients Each of these variants was validated by Sanger sequencing Based on this analysis we suggest a set of quality filters capable of separating variants which require Sanger validation from the “high quality” variants (the ones which do not require one) Implementing these metrics into routine practice will greatly reduce the need for Sanger sequencing—in our case to 1.2% of the initial set—therefore decreasing time and cost of overall clinical WGS analysis A cohort of 1150 WGS samples was analyzed to find the cause of the disease and to identify carriers of potentially pathogenic variants 1756 variants were subjected to further validation 1374 in exons) and 201 INDELS (20 in introns and 181 in exons) Mean coverage depth (DP) of the variants was 33 (3–81) All 1756 selected variants were subjected to validation by Sanger sequencing In 5 (0.28%) cases WGS data did not match Sanger data AF ≥ 0.2) allowed to filter out 210 “low-quality” variants resulting in 2.4% precision and outperforming other published thresholds As for quality parameter (QUAL), it can be analyzed separately as a caller-specific threshold. All the variants with QUAL of 100 and above demonstrated 100% concordance with Sanger data, while 5 out of 21 variants with QUAL lower than 100 were unconfirmed which resulted in 23.8% precision (Fig. 1B). magenta line represents caller-agnostic quality thresholds suggested in this work (DP ≥ 15 While these thresholds yield 100% sensitivity lowering the AF parameter to ≥ 0.34 already results in 4 unconfirmed variants in the “high quality” (HQ) bin with overall sensitivity of 98.3% outperform the original thresholds in terms of F1-score (0.760 vs 0.526) due to the increased precision (67.3% vs with 30 unconfirmed variants in the HQ bin) Efficacy of the caller-agnostic thresholds from this work in application to the dataset depends significantly on the exact enrichment panel used in the original study (Table S4 with the best results achieved for the hereditary deafness (HD) panel (96.7% sensitivity 1632 total variants with 2 unconfirmed variants in the HQ bin) sensitivity of the thresholds tends to decrease with the increase in panel size with the worst result achieved for the exome panel BGI_Exo (75.0% sensitivity 855 total variants with 16 unconfirmed variants in the HQ bin) The main aim of the validation policy for NGS data is to minimize the amount of additional testing without lowering the quality of a final result the goal of the study was to identify a set of thresholds which robustly separate high quality WGS variants from the ones that require validation with appropriate sensitivity and precision filtering out all the unconfirmed variants into the “low quality” (LQ) bin because of the differences in average sequencing depth between WES and WGS the threshold of DP ≥ 20 is too high for WGS data hence the precision of such approach is lower than one might expect (up to 2.4%) QUAL and FILTER parameters are caller-specific and therefore the values are not strictly comparable between bioinformatic pipelines better results can be obtained using only caller-agnostic parameters of DP and AF DP ≥ 15 and AF ≥ 0.25 achieve similarly sensitive results filtering out all 5 unconfirmed variants into the LQ bin while shrinking the bin itself 2.5 times would reduce the confirmatory testing cost accordingly These caller-agnostic thresholds work reasonably well on the existing panel/exome datasets as well achieving up to 97% sensitivity depending on the exact enrichment panel used false positive variants end up in the HQ bin defined with the AF ≥ 0.25 threshold regardless of the coverage depth and the number of these variants increases with the increase in the panel size (Table S4 This trend might be explained by the PCR and/or enrichment biases which leads to the unequal representation of alleles The absence of such variants in our dataset is also consistent with this explanation since the dataset is acquired using PCR-free WGS protocol An even greater result in terms of precision for the WGS data can be achieved using the QUAL parameter alone Setting a single QUAL > 100 threshold achieves 23.8% precision without the reduction in sensitivity for the unconfirmed variants which shrinks the LQ bin size to less than 2% of the total dataset This result is understandable since the QUAL parameter itself encompasses a complex set of rules aimed at providing an evaluation of confidence in the presence of the variant at a given site we would not recommend a direct transfer of this threshold to different callers apart from the one used in this work (HaplotypeCaller v.4.2) One must note that even for our best performing classification the LQ bin contains more than 75% of the validated variants such variants must not be hard filtered without validation in one way or another Apart from Sanger validation a consensus approach using another variant caller can be suggested We have evaluated this approach by calling variants with QUAL < 100 with DeepVariant v1.5 Two out of five (40%) unconfirmed variants were still called by DeepVariant while 5/16 (31%) of the confirmed ones were missed by the caller giving F1-score of 0.76 for such validation and indicating the need for the careful practical evaluation of such techniques which is beyond the scope of the current work Our study demonstrates that previously suggested thresholds (DP ≥ 20 QUAL ≥ 100) work reasonably well for WGS data separating the false positive variants with 100% sensitivity and 2.4% precision for WGS we suggest lowering the DP requirements for “high quality” variants 6.0% precision with the same sensitivity for caller-agnostic thresholds (DP ≥ 15 QUAL is shown to be an independent classification parameter can separate false positive variants with much greater precision of 23.8% using QUAL ≥ 100 threshold for HaplotypeCaller V4.2 thus tremendously reducing the need for validation Venous blood samples for whole genome sequencing were collected from patients (N = 1150) during their testing at Evogen LLC All participants gave an informed consent to Evogen LLC The study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Evogen LLC and fulfilled the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki Library preparation was performed using PCR-free enzymatic shearing protocol (MGIEasy FS PCR-Free DNA Library Prep Kit Whole genome sequencing of 1150 patients in PE150 mode was performed using DNBseq-T7 and DNBseq-G400 (MGI China) sequencers at EVOGEN LLC laboratory (Moscow All the experimental stages were conducted in accordance with the manufacturer’s standard protocols The average whole genome sequencing depth was 30x The variant calling of the genetic variants was conducted using bioinformatics analysis accelerators (EVA Pro (EVOGEN Raw reads were trimmed with fastp (0.23.1) mapped to the reference human genome (hg38) with minimap2 (2.17) Calling was performed after base recalibration with Haplotype Caller (4.2) in a single sample mode according to GATK best practice guidelines or with DeepVariant v1.5 (for low quality variants) After the bioinformatic analysis the data were reviewed by clinical variant scientists and geneticists in the search for the disease-causing variants according to the ACMG Standards and Guidelines likely pathogenic and uncertain significance Candidate variants for the reporting were assigned to the lab for Sanger sequencing validation Causative genetics variants revealed by WGS were validated by Sanger sequencing at EVOGEN LLC Sample DNA extraction was performed using QIAamp DNA blood Mini Kit (QIAGEN China) by standard manufacturer’s protocols Purified PCR products were sequenced using the BigDye Terminator Kit v3.1 and ABI 3500 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystems United States) by standard manufacturer’s protocols The analysis of the sequenced data was performed using Variant Reporter Software v3.0 (Applied Biosystems allele frequency and coverage depth was extracted from vcf files The dataset was analyzed with the custom python scripts For the evaluation of the thresholds the test (Test #1) was formulated as “Low quality bin correctly identifies variants unconfirmed with Sanger sequencing” true positives were calculated as unconfirmed variants in the “low quality” (LQ) bin false positives as confirmed variants in the LQ bin true negatives as confirmed variants in the “high quality” (HQ) bin and false negatives as unconfirmed variants in the HQ bin sensitivity (recall) was calculated as the number of unconfirmed variants in the LQ bin divided by the total number of unconfirmed variants precision was calculated as the same number (unconfirmed variants in the LQ bin) divided by the size of the LQ bin (total number of the unconfirmed variants) F1-score was subsequently calculated as the harmonic mean of precision and recall and used as a metric that balances these values A reverse test (Test #2) was also formulated as “High quality bin correctly identifies variants confirmed by Sanger sequencing” which allows more intuitive definition of true and false positives but is worse suited for the task at hand True and false positives for this test were calculated as confirmed and unconfirmed variants in the HQ bin respectively false negatives and true negatives as confirmed and unconfirmed variants in the LQ bin Statistical parameters based on these definitions were calculated accordingly and presented in Supplement ACMG clinical laboratory standards for next-generation sequencing A comprehensive assessment of next-generation sequencing variants validation using a secondary technology Targeted next-generation sequencing can replace Sanger sequencing in clinical diagnostics Sanger confirmation is required to achieve optimal sensitivity and specificity in next-generation sequencing panel testing Criteria for clinical reporting of variants from a broad target capture NGS assay without Sanger verification (2015) Next-generation sequencing for constitutional variants in the clinical laboratory 2021 revision: A technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Recommendations for next-generation sequencing germline variant confirmation: A joint report of the association for molecular pathology and national society of genetic counselors Confirming variants in next-generation sequencing panel testing by Sanger sequencing NISC Comparative Sequencing Program & Biesecker Systematic evaluation of Sanger validation of next-generation sequencing variants Assessing the necessity of confirmatory testing for exome-sequencing results in a clinical molecular diagnostic laboratory Sanger sequencing is no longer always necessary based on a single-center validation of 1109 NGS variants in 825 clinical exomes Clinical validation of targeted next-generation sequencing for inherited disorders Sanger validation of high-throughput sequencing in genetic diagnosis: Still the best practice? Download references data analysis for selected samples and variant validation by Sanger sequencing were performed in the Evogen LLC by laboratory staff (Antonenko A. The research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the RussianFederation (projects # FSMG-2024-0029 and # FGFG-2025-0017) Federal Research Center for Innovator and Emerging Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Daria Molodtsova-Zolotukhina & Olesya Sagaydak Veltischev Research and Clinical Institute for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery on the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Lyusya Melikyan & Elizaveta Bondarchuk Charity Fund for Medical and Social Genetic Aid Projects «Life Genome» The Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation worked on the pipeline and performed DeepVariant validation calculated the statistical data and devised the thresholds All authors participated in the discussion and reviewed the manuscript The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material Reprints and permissions Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87814-x Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Translational Research newsletter — top stories in biotechnology Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has publicly declared his Christian faith saying the time is right to "fully and publicly" share his beliefs described on Wikipedia as an "American Internet project developer and philosopher," is credited with naming the site and drafting early guidelines including the "neutral point of view" and "ignore all rules" policies that shape its editorial framework Sanger has now published a detailed and compelling testimony of his spiritual journey recounting his transformation from a non-believing rationalist for more than 35 years—surrounded by atheists—to a devoted follower of Jesus Christ and a somewhat hard-nosed and no-nonsense (but always open-minded) rigor,” writes Sanger a field dominated by atheists and agnostics I slummed about the fringes of the Ayn Rand community [named after the objectionist novelist-philosopher] old friends and colleagues who lost touch might be surprised though I spent over 35 years as a nonbeliever I will not try to portray myself as a converted ‘enemy of the faith.’ I never was; I was merely a skeptic.” Sanger expresses a desire to witness about the gospel to others by telling his story “I especially hope to reach those who are as I once was: rational thinkers who are perhaps open to the idea involved being influenced by the Lutheran Church He asked lots of theological and philosophical questions of his parents and school friends his family then stopped attending church — his father even turning to New Age religions although he eventually returned to Christianity — and Sanger lost his faith in his teen years finding that people disliked his questioning he even reached out to a church pastor but “he seemed to be brushing me off and even to treat me with contempt.” By the age of 17 he became committed to his disbelief and called himself a “methodological skeptic.”  “I was driven by a personal truth-seeking mission I honestly did not understand why most people were uninterested in the questions I was asking.” Sanger soon became influenced by the works of Ayn Rand “a fellow unbeliever.” He agreed with her belief in objective truth and thought it could be found through rational methods “full of liberal unbelievers” and then graduate school I neither believed nor disbelieved in the existence of God; I ‘withheld the proposition.’”  Although Sanger had intended to pursue a profession as an academic although he did teach some philosophy at Ohio State and nearby colleges inbetween the busyness of setting up Wikipedia in 2001 “I rarely saw any sincere concern for truth of the sort I had made my life’s mission,” recalls Sanger about his career change away from academia “Contemporary academia appeared to me (and still does) largely a sterile game with a methodology on some points incompatible with my own.” As a “confirmed agnostic,” Sanger felt uncomfortable with both the so-called New Atheists “crass and obnoxious” and the “ultimately intellectually dishonest” theists “But the atheists were—to my disappointment because I really wanted allies—actually worse and apparently incapable of addressing anything but the most simplistic versions of the arguments They insisted strongly that anyone who merely failed to believe in the existence of any god was properly called an ‘atheist.’ Yet I was not like them: I was always willing to consider seriously the possibility that God exists Sanger later found himself rejecting Ayn Rand’s objectionist beliefs He got married in 2001 with a first child in 2006 and could not align his desire to care for and protect loved ones with Rand’s “ridiculous notion that we can somehow justify our moral obligations toward other people in terms of our own self-interest “I stopped teaching philosophy in 2005 and started working full-time again on Internet projects,” recalls Sanger “I went through many years without giving much thought to God except as cultural phenomena and as an ongoing philosophical interest.” He found New Atheism increasingly “obnoxious” and discovered a great respect for Christian family and friends I observed Christians on social media often (though not always) behaving with maturity and grace while their critics often acted like obnoxious trolls And some of them were extremely intelligent It took time before Sanger began to question whether he had really given Christianity a “fair shake.” He began reading the Bible to his two sons finding the books “interesting literature” but seemingly not at a profound depth to change his views “I know now that I simply did not understand what I was reading very well I merely assumed there wasn’t anything terribly deep to understand.” Sanger began reading the Bible for himself and felt shock at realising its coherence He realised that his philosophical questions were not unique and others had “well-worked-out positions.”  There came a moment of realisation that he had never understood theology properly He began talking to God too and to weigh up the arguments of Christian apologists such as Stephen Meyer about the existence of God and formation of the Universe Sanger found himself acknowledging that God exists and then accepting the doctrines of Christianity —although he struggled with understanding how Jesus saved him from his sins He began sharing his Bible reading with his family including his parents and sisters Sanger started reading the four gospels and had an internal conversation where he confessed it was time to admit he believed in God and should pray properly laying out the reasons for the Lord’s existence Then came the moment of surrender to Christ: “I did so I’m not saying this is what I should have done I never had a mind-blowing conversion experience I approached faith in God slowly and reluctantly—with great interest but filled with confusion and consternation as late as April I was still saying I had a ‘provisional Christian belief.’” Sanger says that his journey to orthodox Christian faith happened only with “time come to better appreciate my own sinfulness and why one of our deepest obligations is to be thankful to God for adopting me into his family and forgiving my many sins “I thank God for what share of insight his Word and his faithful servants have given me as I have studied them; I thank him for the gift of faith that by ‘faith’ I do not mean that I believe absurdities against reason," adds Sanger quite rational grounds) is the full body of Christian doctrine as taught in the Bible; but my faith is in God I am loyal to him and to his Son and his Holy Spirit Help keep The Christian Daily free for everyone By making a recurring donation or a one-time donation of any amount you're helping to keep CDI's articles free and accessible for everyone Hope you’ll give us another try and check out some other articles. 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Already new life can be seen returning to the scarred LA landscape It is a reminder that in the face of overwhelming devastation and destruction we can retain hope in new creation through Jesus and work now in our environments to testify to that hope Heavy police presence on North Maroa and E Fedora Avenue Calif (FOX26) — A Sanger man is asking for the public’s help after his truck was stolen the man says the thieves also took off with handmade rustic cabinet doors that were ripped off his wall The victim says someone broke into his home over the past weekend and stole several other items is asked to contact the Sanger Police Department at (559) 875-8521 Andrew McDiarmid and Nathan Jacobson are releasing an inspiring two-part conversation with Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger He describes his intellectual and spiritual journey It takes courage to try to consider ultimate questions objectively with the possibility that you might have had them wrong for decades he left church involvement at age 18 when a pastor failed to be able to answer the young man’s questions Sanger now urges that clergy be trained not just in apologetics for their faith but in the philosophy of religion Sanger went on to obtain a PhD in philosophy He was content with his agnosticism until a student of his own posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature He was startled by the power and cogency of the challenge Later he would go on to read and listen to ID material from William Dembski The result from that and other study was Sanger’s religious conversion Jacobson and McDiarmid discuss with him his work with online encyclopedias Sanger came to our attention several years ago when he criticized the absurdly biased treatment of ID by Wikipedia’s anonymous editors Sanger promises to discuss why neutrality is so hard to achieve in that and other online contexts This, as I said, is Part 1. Download the podcast or listen to it here a third-floor office just off the main Wilson Center elevator bank served as newsroom and editing floor of an ambitious project to capture the strange zeitgeist of the current moment in geopolitics: The return of superpower confrontation.  Sanger set to answering that question the way he approaches all such mysteries: With vigorous reporting sourced from boots-on-the-ground trips around the world Sanger and Brooks used their office to launch travel to Europe and Asia meet with world leaders from Taiwan to India and Finland to South Korea and interview dozens of Washington DC national security policymakers including large swaths of President Biden’s national security cabinet Wilson’s Director of International Security Studies it was often to participate in lively debates over how to bring to life the effort to revive America’s semiconductor industry or capture Europe’s unwillingness to believe that Vladimir Putin would actually invade Ukraine—all of which are described in vivid detail in the book and their commitment to distilling complex geopolitics into a compelling narrative.”  Sanger highlighted the difficulty of writing about history as it happens He described New Cold Wars as an attempt to “frame today’s chaos,” contextualizing the global shocks from the miscalculations made at the end of the Cold War era Time was of the essence: his goal was to publish the book quickly so that its picture of a world on fire could illuminate both the presidential election and the inauguration of a new president.  Addressing questions many readers grapple with—Why was the West unprepared for Putin’s aggression How did the US become distracted by conflicts like Afghanistan?—Sanger juxtaposes past optimism with sobering lessons He highlights how misplaced assumptions about democracy’s inevitability and economic interdependence left Western policymakers blindsided by the ambitions of autocrats like Xi and Putin And he argues for renewed investment in alliances and industrial policies provides a roadmap for democratic resilience in the face of rising autocratic power New Cold Wars speaks to a broader audience warning against naivety in the face of authoritarian resurgence and advocating for proactive diplomacy and deterrence what sets New Cold Wars apart from Sanger’s earlier works is its scope which stretches from his return to Washington three decades ago to the dawn of a new era of superpower competition and America’s simultaneous confrontations with two nuclear-armed adversaries: Xi Jinping’s China and Putin’s Russia the book argues that the assumption that neither China nor Russia would challenge the United States or its allies for global supremacy was gravely mistaken—an error that underpins the volatility of today’s geopolitical landscape Anchored in interviews spanning five presidential administrations and featuring insights from intelligence agencies and global policymakers the book offers a timely and thought-provoking narrative of US assumptions and decision-making in the post-Cold War era Sanger and Brooks are grateful also for the help of Michelle Kurilla This article was researched and drafted by Samantha Carrillo Lake Dallas bounced back to win a decisive Game 3 over Celina on Saturday to take the teams' 4A Division I bi-district round series Sanger and Ponder among the local softball teams moving on to Round 2 This story was updated Friday night with all of the day's local results It was updated again Saturday evening with the day's local results Two Denton-area softball teams were in action Saturday to wrap up Round 1 of the playoffs How local squads fared throughout the week: The Lady Eagles' season came to an end with Saturday's narrow Game 3 loss to Brewer Argyle won the series opener Thursday before Brewer evened things up with a victory Friday Brewer scored the lone run of the rubber match in the top of the third inning as it surrendered just one hit and one walk to the Lady Eagles Argyle finishes its season with an overall record of 16-16 The Lady Falcons dropped Game 2 of their series Saturday against Celina but won the decisive third game to take the bi-district round matchup Lake Dallas (16-9) led 9-5 through three innings and added five runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull away for good Illinois College signee Alisha Christensen went 3 for 4 with a home run four RBIs and two runs scored in the decisive victory four RBIs and two runs scored to help lead the offensive effort while McPherson University signee Zoey Christensen added two RBIs and a run scored Madisynn Attaway was 2 for 3 with a double a walk and three runs scored and Parker Prewitt added a 3 for 4 showing with two runs scored Lake Dallas advances to face Godley (25-6) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Wildcats swept Friday's playoff doubleheader against Plano West to take the teams' bi-district round series Guyer (27-3) scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning to pull ahead in the first game and never trailed again from that point on in either game Notre Dame commit Finley Montgomery and Sterling College signee Mackie Ambriz combined to get the job done in the circle as Montgomery spun eight of the innings and Ambriz handled the other six with the two splitting time in both games Montgomery was also 2 for 3 with two RBIs in Game 1 two RBIs and one run scored alongside a triple two RBIs and one run scored from Emma Richard Cali Parham also tripled and scored twice as Annaleeia Martinez added two RBIs and a run scored one RBI and two runs scored to lead the way in Game 2 Creighton signee Aubriella Martinez was 2 for 4 with a double an RBI and one run scored alongside one RBI apiece from Parham and UT-Dallas signee Megan DeWitt Guyer advances to face Richardson Pearce (14-12-1) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Eagles dropped Friday's game against Brewer to even the teams' bi-district round series at one win apiece Argyle (16-15) led 1-0 through one inning and pulled to a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the third before Brewer added two more runs in the fifth to pull ahead for good Brooklyn Barnett went 2 for 3 with a double and one RBI for the Lady Eagles while Centre College signee Avery Hankins added their other RBI Emily Davis went 1 for 2 with two walks and scored both runs The teams wrap up the best-of-three series at 3 p.m The winner will advance to face Fort Worth South Hills (17-16-1) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Falcons rallied from an early deficit to best Celina in Friday's series opener at Celina High Lake Dallas (15-8) trailed 2-0 through one inning before rallying to a 3-3 tie through three then scoring one run apiece in the top of the fifth and sixth innings to go in front for good while Illinois College signee Alisha Christensen added a double and one run scored Hailey Garcia and Parker Prewitt had one RBI apiece McPherson University signee Zoey Christensen struck out two while allowing seven hits no walks and no earned runs across a complete-game effort Saturday at Lake Dallas High with Game 3 to follow The series winner will advance to face Godley (25-6) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Indians completed a series sweep of Panther Creek with Friday's come-from-behind victory Sanger (17-8-3) led 2-1 through six innings before falling behind 3-2 in the top of the seventh then scoring two runs in the bottom half to prevail Sophia Troegle doubled in Lily Wilson and scored from third on an RBI single by Dalilah Millan to take the walk-off victory Millan scored one run herself in the bottom of the first on an Abby Chapmond sacrifice groundout the same inning that Tarryn Liechty crossed on a wild pitch to give Sanger its first lead Daytona State signee Leala Kloewer struck out eight while allowing 10 hits three runs and one walk across a complete-game effort Sanger advances to face Ferris (14-12-2) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Chaparrals completed a series sweep of Bonham with Friday's victory TWU signee Mya Cherry spun her second straight complete game shutout to lead the way for Aubrey (26-3) tallying 16 strikeouts with just two hits and one walk allowed The Lady Chaps scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and five more in the sixth to set the final margin two RBIs and two runs scored as TWU signee Tamia Cherry added a home run Ole Miss commit Abby Lynch-Buxton added a double two RBIs and one run scored alongside a triple and one RBI by Mya Cherry Aubrey advances to face Hillsboro (17-10) or Dallas Lincoln (12-8-2) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Cats suffered a series sweep to Van Alstyne with Friday's loss Krum finishes the season with an overall record of 22-5 The Lady Lions wrapped up a dominant series sweep of Life Oak Cliff with Friday's victory Ponder (14-5) scored 13 of its runs in the bottom of the third inning to bring the run rule into effect Vada Cochrum struck out seven while allowing just one walk Sterling College signee Tessa Taft went 2 for 3 with a double while Grayson Wells was 2 for 2 with a double and four RBIs Skyler Medders chipped in a 2 for 3 day with three runs scored Ponder advances to face Gunter (21-9) in the area round of the playoffs next week with details to be announced The Lady Eagles knocked off Brewer on Thursday in Game 1 of the teams' best-of-three series Argyle (16-14) scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning and added a pair more in the top of the sixth before Brewer put up its lone run in the bottom half Kelsi Klein went 1 for 3 with a double and three RBIs while Centre College signee Avery Hankins was 2 for 3 with a triple Anniston Strittmatter and Emily Davis also scored one run each Bowling Green signee Avari Sandifer struck out nine while allowing three hits five walks and no earned runs across a complete-game effort Argyle aims to complete the series sweep in Game 2 at 6:30 p.m The Lady Indians surged late and held on to beat Panther Creek in Game 1 of the teams' series on Thursday Sanger (16-8-3) trailed 1-0 through four innings before putting up two runs in the top of the fifth and three apiece in the sixth and seventh That late surge proved enough to hold off Panther Creek's late rally as it scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh Daytona State signee Leala Kloewer went 1 for 3 with a double a walk and three RBIs at the plate while also striking out five with four hits four walks and five earned runs allowed across a complete-game effort in the circle Dalilah Millan went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored while Abby Chapmond was 2 for 2 with three walks one RBI and one run scored as Lily Wilson and Sophia Troegle scored twice apiece Sanger aims to complete the sweep in Game 2 at 6 p.m The Lady Chaparrals opened the playoffs with a run-rule win in Game 1 of their bi-district round series against Bonham TWU signee Mya Cherry led the way for Aubrey (25-3) as she struck out 13 while allowing just two hits and two walks across five innings of work while Molly Reid went 2 for 3 with a double TWU signee Tamia Cherry added an RBI and two runs scored and Fort Lewis College signee Carmen Alexander had one RBI and a run scored Aubrey looks to complete a series sweep at 5 p.m Friday back at McKinney North High with Game 3 to follow The Lady Cats saw a late rally effort come up just short in Friday's playoff-opening loss to Van Alstyne Krum (22-4) trailed 2-0 through the top of the sixth inning before scoring four runs in the bottom half to take its first lead Van Alstyne answered with four runs of its own in the top of the seventh to pull back in front for good as the Lady Cats scored once more in the bottom half to finish just short Jazmine Jackson went 1 for 3 with a double Lillian Williams and Weatherford College commit Paige Bianchi also doubled once each as Williams had one RBI and Bianchi scored a run Krum aims to rebound in Game 2 at 6:30 p.m Check out the Denton Record-Chronicle's full story on the game for analysis photos and quotes from Ponder coach Sydney Koelzer (FOX26) — A car smashed through the front of a smoke shop Tuesday morning in Sanger The scene was at The Smokeshop Guys on Academy Avenue you can see Sanger police officers at the scene and the front of the shop smashed in For now the front of the shop is boarded up until new windows can be installed There's also broken glass in some of the cases that will have to be cleaned up a key contributor to the international Human Genome Project is turning to NVIDIA accelerated computing to save energy while saving lives With one of the world’s largest sequencing facilities the U.K.-based institute has read more than 48 petabases — or 48 quadrillion base pairs — of DNA and RNA sequences to uncover crucial insights into health and disease Its Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation (CASM) program sequences and analyzes tens of thousands of cancer genomes a year to study the mutational processes driving cancer formation as well as genetic variations that determine treatment effectiveness To tackle such large-scale initiatives, the Sanger Institute is exploring the use of an NVIDIA DGX system with NVIDIA Parabricks, a scalable genomics analysis software suite that taps into accelerated computing to process data in just minutes “The Sanger Institute handles hundreds of thousands of somatic samples annually,” said Jingwei Wang principal software developer for CASM at the Wellcome Sanger Institute “NVIDIA accelerated computing and Parabricks will save us considerable time and we’re excited to explore NVIDIA’s advanced architectures for even higher performance and efficiency.” The Sanger Institute develops high-throughput models of cancer samples for genome-wide functional screens and drug testing NVIDIA accelerated computing and software drastically reduce the institute’s analysis runtime and energy consumption per genome To accelerate genomic analysis with Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) a software package for mapping DNA sequences against a large reference genome Sanger uses its proprietary CaVEMan workflow running on CPUs and is tapping into Parabricks on NVIDIA GPUs costs 24x and energy consumption up to 42x — using one NVIDIA DGX system compared with 128 dual-socket CPU servers About 125 million CPU hours are consumed per 10,000 genomes sequenced by the institute annually This means that the Sanger Institute could, each year, save $1 million and 1,000 megawatt-hours by switching to using BWA with Parabricks on GPUs. That’s about the amount of energy needed to power an average American home for a century The Sanger Institute’s NVIDIA-accelerated sequencing lab can be considered an AI factory where data comes in and intelligence comes out AI factories are next-generation data centers that host advanced full-stack accelerated computing platforms for the most computationally intensive tasks As it explores crucial scientific questions to discover new cancer genes and mutational processes, the Sanger Institute is boosting operational and energy efficiency by using NVIDIA infrastructure for its AI factory companies and organizations building AI factories are participating in cross-industry collaborations with leaders like Schneider Electric an energy management and automation company to optimize data center designs for running demanding workloads in the most energy-efficient way The Sanger Institute is collaborating with Schneider Electric to minimize data center downtime and equip the DNA sequencing lab’s data center with uninterruptible power supplies and cooling equipment among other technologies pivotal to reducing energy consumption At the NVIDIA GTC conference in March, Schneider Electric announced it’s helping organizations across industries optimize infrastructure by releasing AI data center reference designs tailored for NVIDIA accelerated computing clusters The reference designs — built for data processing computer-aided drug design and generative AI — will focus on high-power distribution liquid-cooling systems and other aspects of scalable In an NYC Climate Week panel this week hosted by The Economist Schneider Electric and NVIDIA will talk about their work Learn more about sustainable computing and the Sanger Institute’s potentially life-saving work Featured image courtesy of the Wellcome Sanger Institute CHOC Home News and stories about Children's Health of Orange County Link: https://inside.choc.org/dr-terence-sanger-honored-for-contributions-to-stem-education-the-mire-program/ CHOC Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Terence Sanger has been honored by University Lab Partners (ULP) for his contributions to STEM education and for a program he helped establish to address critical pediatric healthcare challenges an event to foster community support for med-tech as well as innovative educational programs In 2020, ULP and CHOC Research launched the Medical Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship (MIRE) program to equip the next generation of STEM leaders with the multidisciplinary skills essential for success in the biotech and med-tech entrepreneurial sectors MIRE has allowed students to engage directly with Orange County leaders in medicine The students are assigned project-based coursework and come up with ideas to address real-world unmet clinical needs in pediatric care.  “We are incredibly grateful for the support of our industry partners where ULP presented him with the Excellence Award we are shaping the future of our students and MIRE aims to integrate medical and engineering disciplines to devise optimal healthcare solutions more than 2,000 high school students have completed MIRE educational programs There have been 11 MIRE cohorts and nearly two dozen mentors and speakers MIRE has served 12 school districts in Orange County with a total of 58 high schools participating More than 15 MIRE graduates have gone on to attend UC schools The evening also celebrated the accomplishments of over 2,000 CHOC ULP MIRE students and guests including George Tolomiczenko formerly with Medtronic and now with Dexcom Additionally, 150 attendees recognized John Gerace for his service as a UCI Foundation trustee and for his contributions to the Iacocca Family. Attendees also welcomed Michelle Digman, PhD, the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UCI, and celebrated UCI’s renewal of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) alongside the achievements of students from The Sanger Lab Dr. Sanger will be speaking at the OC Impact Conference scheduled for Nov Our pediatric healthcare system is dedicated to preserving the magic of childhood Larry Sanger, who was influential in the founding of Wikipedia, on Monday said he was blown away by the response he’d received to a blog post on his website last week detailing his conversion to Christianity Sanger described growing up in a Lutheran church becoming what he characterized as a methodological skeptic and then ultimately returning to faith in Christ What were some of the factors that ultimately drew Sanger to Christ Sanger pointed to two things that he said laid the groundwork years before he converted Those two events were his marriage in 2001 His feelings about his wife and children helped him reject the idea that humans only ever act in their own interests as atheist philosophers like Ayn Rand suggested Sanger said he began to read the Bible deeply and for himself in December 2019 Sanger said many of his good friends in the early 2000s were Christians and he admired the ways that many Christians often—but not always—showed maturity and grace amid online disagreements with people of other worldviews Sanger said he grew more disenchanted with atheists who possessed what he characterized as vile online rhetoric that lacked a strong intellectual foundation He also said he grew disenchanted with prominent new-atheist thinkers such as Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins Sanger found himself bemoaning what he described as the moral abyss that modern culture had fallen into after rejecting a Christian moral framework He identified the ways that a Christian moral framework taught people how to live well together in society Sanger described his feelings toward Christianity at the time as warm and friendly He said they’d previously been cool and skeptical He recalled being shocked at how coherent the Bible was “The Bible could sustain interrogation; who knew?” he wrote Sanger said he also began experimentally praying for the first time During this time he began to believe in God but was not ready to admit to himself that he’d come to that belief Sanger grew to accept his own belief in God he said he struggled with the idea of his sinfulness He didn’t feel particularly distressed over his sins He struggled to understand how he could view Christ as his savior from his sins if he didn’t feel all that distressed about those sins he said he did grow into an orthodox Christian understanding including an understanding of his sin and an appreciation for the fact that Christ saved him from those sins Sanger said he is part of a Bible study group that will wrap up its two-year Bible study plan early next month He plans to re-read “The Apostolic Fathers” as well as the “Apocrypha” — both of which he acknowledged are not considered canonical he said he plans to begin re-reading the Bible Dig deeper: Read R Albert Mohler Jr.’s column in WORLD Opinions about how young men are rejecting their parents’ liberalism for conservatism—in both politics and Christianity If you enjoyed this article and would like to support WORLD's brand of Biblically sound journalism, click here Josh is a breaking news reporter for WORLD He’s a graduate of World Journalism Institute and Patrick Henry College An actual newsletter worth subscribing to instead of just a collection of links Please wait while we load the latest comments.. Please register, subscribe, or log in to comment on this article (KMPH) — FOX26 News has learned Greg Garner is no longer Chief of Police in Sanger “Yesterday was his last day after 4 1/2 years Olson couldn’t provide any information on the circumstances surrounding the departure Garner became Chief of the Sanger Police Department in 2020 – and served as interim city manager in early 2024 Garner’s picture still appears on the city’s website Olson says Commander Joshua Johnson is now the city's acting police chief Garner served six years as Chief of the Selma Police Department Garner had also been a 34-year veteran of the Fresno Police Department (FOX26) — The Sanger Police Department now has a new leader The Sanger City Council approved and appointed Michael Salvador as Interim Police Chief at Thursday night's City Council Meeting The City of Sanger is still currently recruiting for a full-time Police Chief Salvador will serve as Interim Chief until one is found to assist administrative matters within the Sanger Police Department Sanger finished off an important season sweep of Van Alstyne on Friday putting itself in position to take District 9-4A's top seed for the 4A DII playoff bracket Ryan completed a sweep of its own over Argyle behind a seven-run fifth inning A few Denton-area baseball teams were in action Friday to wrap up the second-to-last week of district play The Bengals suffered a shutout loss to Hebron in Friday's district clash Caleb Gardner and Davian Panameno had Braswell's three hits on the day 2-10) wraps up district play next week against Denton ISD foe Guyer Check out the Denton Record-Chronicle's full story on the game for analysis photos and quotes from Guyer coach Pat Watson and first baseman Asher Martinez The Raiders completed a series sweep of the local power Eagles with Friday's comfortable victory 3-7) scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning and answered one run from Argyle (13-10-1 5-5) in the bottom half with seven more in the top of the fifth to pull away for good Ryan's Brody Sullivan allowed just three hits four walks and no earned runs with two strikeouts across 6 1/3 innings of work before Gavyn Burns came on to record the final two outs Cole Bush and Brady Cardwell added one RBI apiece Brodey McConnico drove in Argyle's lone run Ryan and Argyle both remain in the playoff race heading into their final two games of district play next week The Raiders will face Denton ISD rival Denton High The Broncos bounced back to take Friday's second game of their nondistrict series against Crowley Denton High (9-15-2) scored one run apiece in the top half of the third fourth and sixth innings before Crowley put one on the board in the bottom of the seventh Jimmy Turner struck out nine while allowing just three hits two walks and one earned run in a complete-game effort on the mound Denton High plays its final district series next week against Denton ISD rival Ryan The Indians completed a crucial series sweep of Van Alstyne with Friday's victory 7-3) now holds a one-game lead over the 6-4 Panthers for second place in the district and 9-4A's top seed for the 4A Division II playoff bracket The Indians were locked into making the 4A DII bracket with Van Alstyne after Gainesville's 8-7 win over Bonham on Friday Sanger can officially clinch the district's top 4A DII seed with at least one win in next week's series against Gainesville or by Van Alstyne losing both to district champion Celina Sanger jumped out to a 6-0 lead through two innings and never looked back in its latest win over Van Alstyne Reed Sebastian struck out three while allowing just four hits four walks and one earned run across six innings of work before Marcus Martinez struck out one and allowed one hit on his way to a clean final inning while Levi Hendricks went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored Sanger finishes district play next week against Gainesville The Chaparrals have their district bye this week before wrapping up their 10-4A slate next week with a three-game set against Carrollton Ranchview The Bobcats have their district bye this week before wrapping up their 10-4A slate next week with a three-game set against Lake Dallas The Falcons have their district bye this week before wrapping up their 10-4A slate next week with a three-game set against Krum 3-7) have their district bye this week and finish their season next week with a pair of games against Boyd The Lions suffered a series sweep to state-ranked perennial power Boyd with Friday's loss 3-7) wraps up 10-3A play next week with a sweep-or-go-home series against Callisburg The Lions could qualify for the playoffs with two wins over Callisburg while one loss would officially eliminate them is among three local squads still alive in the playoffs heading into regional championship games on Friday Krum and Sanger are the last three Denton-area boys basketball teams still alive in the UIL playoffs and set to play regional championship games on Friday If you're not already a Denton Record-Chronicle subscriber, you can subscribe now for just $1 a month over the next six months and read all of our stories throughout high school basketball season Krum and Sanger are the last three Denton-area boys basketball teams alive in the UIL playoffs and are set to play regional championship games on Friday The Indians are in their first regional final dating back to at least 1980 the last year of complete playoff brackets in the UIL archives Krum is back in the round for the first time since winning the 2A state championship in 1998 and Guyer returns to the round after last making it for back-to-back seasons in 2018 and 2019 Here’s the schedule for each of their Round 4 contests: Welcome, Mickeymickey@disney.comManage MyDisney AccountLog Out2 arrested after multiple Sanger businesses shot with pellet gun, police saySunday are behind bars after multiple businesses were vandalized in Sanger.SANGER are behind bars after multiple businesses were vandalized in Sanger The Sanger Police Department says several businesses along Academy Avenue were shot at with a pellet gun The first incident was reported just before 11 p.m The pellet gun shattered and broke windows at the businesses The two suspects were arrested and face felony vandalism charges Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center would expand under Gov. Tony Evers' corrections reform plan that calls for closing the prison in Allouez The plan seeks to reform existing correctional facilities in the state through a "domino" series of projects instead of building a new facility in place of GBCI The reforms will provide the same benefits as a new facility and cost a fraction of the $1.2 billion one would require One of those dominos will be the expansion of the Sanger B Sanger Powers is an adult male correctional facility located in Outagamie County at N8375 County U It is in the town of Oneida and borders Hobart Its current operating capacity is 120 inmates The correctional center opened in 1982 to replace an aging bunkhouse that housed inmates who worked at the GBCI-operated Oneida Farm who created many correctional programs now used as models in the field Powers Correctional Center?Evers' reform plan will expand Sanger Powers by adding 200 minimum-security beds more than doubling the facility's current capacity The total budget for the domino series of reforms is $325 million There are five steps in the series of projects included in Evers' plan The state invested $325 million to complete all five projects medium-security institution," which will be designated as the state's first "vocational village," a model that emphasizes vocational training and workforce readiness.Vivian Barrett is the public safety reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette You can reach her at vmbarrett@greenbay.gannett.com or (920) 431-8314 Get our award-winning print editions of The Daily Pennsylvanian delivered to your doorstep every week The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site Penn field hockey beats Temple 3-1 Penn women’s basketball releases 2024-25 schedule delivered to your inbox every weekday morning The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, student-run newspaper. Please consider making a donation to support the coverage that shapes the University Your generosity ensures a future of strong journalism at Penn and who for decades has declared himself an agnostic and skeptic philosopher recently announced his conversion to Christianity Writing on his blog I will not try to portray myself as a converted ‘enemy of the faith.’ I never was; I was merely a skeptic I especially hope to reach those who are as I once was: rational thinkers who are perhaps open to the idea “The people with the most influence in the community are the ones who have the most time on their hands – not necessarily the most knowledgeable – and who manipulate Wikipedia’s eminently gameable system.” The internet project developer stepped away from the site way back in 2002 over conflicting philosophies specifically his desire for a fair and open forum that wouldn’t engage in viewpoint discrimination Sanger has suggested the site primarily consists of “establishment mouthpieces” and deliberately blocks alternative viewpoints “There’s a lot of Nobel prize winners and distinguished doctors whose views are not only not welcome on Wikipedia — they’re literally censored on YouTube and sometimes Facebook and Twitter [X} because they contradict the narrative,” he told the New York Post “There’s a global enforcement of a certain point of view on issues like COVID,” he insisted calling it “amazing to me as a libertarian Writing last week about his evolution from skeptic to believer details that can be instructive for mothers and fathers “I was confirmed at age 12 in the Lutheran Church my family stopped going to church,” he said Sanger’s father began dabbling in New Age religions and invited skeptics of the faith and philosophers to engage Larry in conversation Larry said he had all kinds of questions but was discouraged from asking them an individual he suggested was less than helpful and even dismissive of his skepticism he wasn’t taken seriously – so he began chasing after groups and individuals who would give him attention and make him feel like his agnosticism was well placed that he said “was full of liberal unbelievers.” At the time Sanger was a student there he said their unofficial motto was “Communism Sanger taught philosophy at Ohio State for a few years priding himself on his ability to conceal his true beliefs from students to seek the truth for themselves,” he wrote impressed with the many brilliant people who believed the Bible to be God’s Word – but still considering it to be “not much more than primitive Bronze Age myth and wisdom literature with the miraculous bits probably based on rich imagination and other natural psychological experiences.” Sanger found his sympathies inching towards Christians whenever he saw believers attacked for having the temerity to publicly share their faith He spoke out against what he considered bullying He also began speaking out against the New Atheist arguments being popularized and propagandized online “I scanned books produced by New Atheists such as Dawkins and Harris and could never bring myself to actually buy one: they were just so transparently mediocre.” but he’s at last felt the freedom to acknowledge that he believes the Bible is true Sanger has been writing a book that he’s titled God Exists: A Philosophical Case for the Christian God but at 203,484 words (and counting!) he has a penchant for being quite wordy While Sanger might not be expecting people to read his book Larry’s long and winding road demonstrates the power and influence of good and bad parenting the importance of welcoming questions from skeptics the need for humility and patience when encountering nonbelievers and the long-suffering and merciful patience of a Heavenly Father who will never stop pursuing us even when we might stop chasing after Him Christians Should Be Risk Takers Kansas Governor Vetoes ‘Help Not Harm’ Bill – Child Advocates Call for Override  Paul Batura HHS Releases Report on Harms of ‘Transgender’ Medical Interventions for Minors 18 Truth Bombs from Matt Walsh’s Interview with Tucker Carlson Wesley Huff is a Brilliant Christian Apologist You Must Know About Conrad Hilton and the National Day of Prayer The Sanger boys basketball team poses with its bi-district championship trophy after beating Summit Prep 86-29 in Monday's playoff clash at Sanger High Sanger’s Hunter Nelms shoots and scores a 3-point shot against Summit Prep Sanger's Tyler Grimes dribbles the basketball during the game between Sanger and Summit Prep Sanger’s boys basketball team has earned a spot in Round 2 of the playoffs The Indians dominated Arlington Uplift Summit Prep 86-29 Monday at Sanger High to take their first playoff win since beating Celina in 2011 The Indians rolled to an 86-29 triumph Monday over Arlington Uplift Summit Prep dominating the 4A Division II bi-district round bout at Sanger High to take their first playoff win since beating Celina 74-53 in 2011 Sanger fell to local power Krum in the opening round each of the last two years before breaking through this time around “Thank goodness it wasn’t Krum again,” Sanger coach Bobby Stastny joked postgame “It was a good feeling to get the monkey off their backs When you’re playing Krum every year [it’s tough] then we beat Krum at Krum this year and we’re not even in the same region Sanger (25-6) advances to face the winner of Monday night’s game between No 24 Dallas Roosevelt (18-15) and Venus (14-17) in the area round of the playoffs later this week with details to be determined Hunter Nelms led the Indians with 19 points Tyler Grimes contributed 11 points and four assists while Alex Dee added 10 points with a pair of made 3-pointers Kason Peebles notched eight points and four steals Dylan Brown posted seven points and seven rebounds and Kevin Thomas put up seven points and four assists Sanger led just 4-2 at the midpoint of the first quarter amid a sluggish offensive start before outscoring the Skyhawks 16-4 over the remainder of the period It was smooth sailing from there as the Indians took the second quarter 24-7 the third 19-8 and the fourth 23-8 to finish off the historic victory Stastny hopes ending the playoff win drought can help ease his team’s nerves going into Round 2 maybe they’ll breathe a little easier and come out not so tight You could tell they were a little bit tight [early].” Saint Jude is only 150 ticket sales away of reaching their goal Tickets are 100$1-800-543-5887 until 5 p.m The jury found that Torrence's offenses included kidnapping Torrence was found guilty of kidnapping a 21-year-old woman and sexually assaulting her at an isolated dead end He also raped a 67-year-old woman after following her into her home during a DUI investigation and assaulted a third victim by entering her apartment after midnight he repeatedly visited the home of a fourth victim under the guise of investigating a prior incident and sexually assaulted her “Law enforcement officers are entrusted with great power to protect the public and keep them safe from harm This officer’s crimes were an egregious breach of that trust and an appalling abuse of power as he repeatedly preyed on the women in his community and violated their civil rights,” said Acting U.S “The FBI Sacramento Field Office is grateful to the brave victims who came forward and trusted us to investigate the allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of a police officer." Torrence is scheduled to be sentenced on May 7th facing a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine for five counts The remaining counts each carry a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 Welcome, Mickeymickey@disney.comManage MyDisney AccountLog OutResidents in Sanger advised to shelter in place due to ammonia leakMonday 2024Stream Central California's News and Original Shows 24/7SANGER (KFSN) -- Residents near Pitman Farms in Sanger are being asked to shelter in place due to an ammonia leak Crews have been at the facility on North and Academy avenues throughout the morning Officials say that nearby residents may smell ammonia in the air They added that you should turn off any air conditioners and stay inside if you start to smell it Fresno Fire is assisting with the cleanup efforts (FOX26) — Two teenagers were hit by a car while crossing the street in Sanger Tuesday night [RELATED]Man hit and killed on Clinton Ave. in Fresno Sanger police officers responded and found two injured 17-year-olds Both were taken to Community Regional Medical Center but the boy identified as Hubert Hsu did not survive The girl is listed in critical but stable condition Police say the teens were walking together and attempting to cross Bethel Avenue at the intersection of Almond Avenue when they were hit by a vehicle traveling northbound on Bethel Avenue The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with law enforcement Sanger Unified issued a statement saying the teens were students in the district "Our crisis team has been mobilized to support students and families affected by this tragedy," the statement said " Counseling services are available at Sanger High School The investigation into the cause of the collision is ongoing (FOX26) — A body was found hanging from a tree Monday morning in Sanger prompting a suspicious death investigation The Sanger Police Department says a person riding a scooter in the area around 7:10 a.m noticed a male hanging from a tree and called 911 The area has been taped off and detectives are investigating it as a suspicious death A customer shops for pasta and sauce inside a Tom Thumb grocery store in Richardson in 2021 A new Tom Thumb supermarket is expected to open in Sanger by 2026 Concept plans for the Sanger Crossing retail development include a Tom Thumb grocery at the corner of Interstate 35 and Chapman Road (FM455) The city of Sanger announced that Tom Thumb is expected to open at the corner of FM455 and Interstate 35 within the Sanger Crossing retail development Sanger, which has lacked a grocery store for years, is finally getting a much-needed supermarket as the city is expected to grow rapidly Tom Thumb will open at the corner of Interstate 35 and Chapman Road (FM455) in the Sanger Crossing retail development, according to a city news release A highway expansion created a food desert after the Super Save grocery store was demolished in 2021. The Downtown Sanger Farmers’ Market has tried to fill the void by bringing local producers to Sanger Tom Thumb’s 50,000-square-foot grocery store will include a pharmacy and drive-thru service window and departments for fresh produce The Sanger Economic Development Corporation and the Sanger City Council approved an economic development incentive package to support the development of a new grocery store The incentive package includes a $1 million grant from Sanger’s 4B Economic Development Board It’s not clear when the grocery store will open, but the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation expects its completion in July 2025 Sanger has committed to a one-time construction completion grant of $750,000 contingent upon Tom Thumb securing a certificate of occupancy by Dec the city will offer up to $56,250 per full month for early occupancy and operation up to eight months before the December 2026 date for a total incentive package of up to $450,000 for early completion “The Sanger community has long expressed its desire for a quality grocery store and it has been one of our biggest priorities,” Mayor Thomas Muir said in the release “We are thrilled to welcome Tom Thumb to Sanger and we believe this development will serve as a cornerstone for continued growth and provide our residents with convenient access to the services they need.” the Sanger Crossing development will include 582 multifamily units 296 single residential units and 18 commercial lots A groundbreaking ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks “We are honored and grateful to the City of Sanger and excited about this opportunity,” Wes Jackson “The approval of the incentive package is an important step in bringing the potential new store to life The new Tom Thumb store will not only bring meaningful jobs to the area but will also provide residents with convenient access to fresh food JUAN BETANCOURT can be reached at juan.betancourt@dentonrc.com The city of Sanger is expected to double in size with expected residential units increasing from the current 3,438 to nearly 6,500 (FOX26) — Police arrested two suspects following a series of vandalism incidents that targeted businesses and residences in Sanger officers responded to reports of vandalism involving broken windows at multiple sites and a residential unit at Country Creek Apartments officers discovered 3/8-inch steel slingshot ammunition at two of the vandalized locations Surveillance footage from the city's camera system identified a 2020 Ram pickup truck as the suspect's vehicle Officers contacted the vehicle's registered owner at his residence where they found a box of steel ammunition matching that found at the crime scenes They also located a slingshot in the pickup was arrested along with his 17-year-old son who lived with him The suspects were booked into the Fresno County Jail and Fresno County Juvenile Justice Center on multiple felony charges and contributing to the delinquency of a minor The total damages are estimated to exceed $5,000 The case will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for prosecution (FOX26) — UPDATE: Sanger Police says the boy has been found safe The Sanger Police Department is asking for the public's help finding a missing juvenile 11-year-old Damien Romero was last seen Tuesday morning dressed in camo pants and a black hoodie If you have information regarding his whereabouts or see him please call the Sanger Police Department at (559) 875-8521 (FOX26) — Sanger High School senior Bryson Baker picked out his college destination Saturday evening at his 18th birthday party The standout wide receiver held 15 Division-I scholarship offers and teammates when he picked up a UCLA hat on the table His selection of UCLA elicited cheers - until he took off a sweatshirt that revealed Utah apparel Baker verbally committed to the University of Utah partly because of receivers coach Alvis Whitted's reputation; the former Oakland Raider has coached 10 receivers that made it to the NFL two former Apaches have played on Sundays this season: Jalen Cropper for the Dallas Cowboys and Arron Mosby for the Green Bay Packers.