The court said political map-makers cannot use race as the principal consideration in drawing congressional district boundary lines, but also agreed that using race as one factor could be constitutional.

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The commission picks the most compact solution, according to some simple criterion. (Say, add up the miles of boundary lines, giving any segments that track municipal borders a 50% discount, and go for the shortest total.) The mathematical challenge might inspire some gifted amateurs to weigh in.

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The daily chart looks very familiar, as it appears to have bounced from the lower boundary of its flag formation (lines e and f).

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The price action in 2012 and early 2013 could be a continuation or flag formation (lines d and h) with the upper boundary currently at 1.948%.

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Leaving the Scottish boundary commissioners to decide the right number is a cop-out: their task is to draw lines on maps according to instructions given them by politicians, not to make highly charged political decisions.

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