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So my dad is a esteemed now -retired city administrator does that mean I am as good, because I am the fruit of his loins?
So my dad is a esteemed now -retired city administrator does that mean I am as good, because I am the fruit of his loins?
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Ireland is married to the Tannehill pick. He will not be fired this offseason, IMO. By picking Tannehill, he set himself up for at least another 3 years.
And the next GM in MIA will not be some outsider, it will be KING CARL. You people crack me up here.
And if you would be happy with Carl Peterson, than you people are in for a rude awakening. I know what Carl is capable of, and know that his success was over 20 years ago. You know the devil in charge now, becareful of the devil you don't know.
KC Chief fans are grinning right now at the thought of someone thinking King Carl would be a upgrade over anyone.
I'll keep Jeff Ireland over Carl Peterson, thanks. Jeff Ireland is a bad GM, but at least there's a possibility that he can improve. Carl Peterson... not so much.
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get in line bro several of us have been jocking Eliot for over a year now.Originally Posted by TheJetsBlow
starting? Starting?!!Originally Posted by Hayden Fox
Fruit of the Loins I used to wear those! seriously, Wolf may be young, but he's been working for the Pack 20yrs; in-between he graduated from The U in 3yrs and is said to love SoFla. just sayinOriginally Posted by revkev
Again, if Ross believed as you and many others here, that this team w/ a young rookie QB could make the playoffs and SB....Ireland will be fired. If Ross believed as I and some others here, that this was a 2 to 4 year rebuild, he will be retained.
Once Tannehill was selected, Irelands tenure with the team was attached to Tannehills success or lack there of. And that success will not be judged on Tannehills rookie year. IMO, Ross will not make a snap judgement. He will either stay with the guy he put in charge prior to the season or if worse comes to worse, go with a guy he has history with and has had some success in the NFL.
Becareful what you wish for. If Ireland is gone, King Carl will be in. And then you and many others like you, will be bitching for the next 10 years.


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Biologists from OSU-Cascades and the High Desert Museum will present a program on a mulit-year experiment testing whether raptors help ravens to access meat and whether ravens help raptors to find carcasses. Matt Orr, assistant professor of biology at OSU-Cascades and Jon Nelson, curator of wildlife at the High Desert Museum, will present this pub.
Food and beverage sales in Father Luke's Room help support this popular lecture series. Seating is limited, and reservations are recommended.
Talks begin at 7pm, doors open at 5:30pm.
Discover the Cascades under the bright moonlight reflecting off of the white snow, and look for signs of animals in their nocturnal wonderland! Wanderlust Tours runs monthly moonlight snowshoe trips for the few nights surrounding each full moon from November to April.
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"Please don't suggest that a guide I'd recommend would fish gravel. It's just plain rude, wrong and insulting."
Don't get your shorts all in a bunch. What I suggested is that the majority of guides in Michigan fish gravel. And yes, I would say that the "big name" guides (some of the ones on your list?) do it too. Yep, there are exceptions and God bless em. But, let's at least face the facts. 1) Guides set the example 2) Most Michigan guides fish gravel 3) Other anglers are gonna do what the guides are doing until they know any different because it produces results. Not, the kind that you and I want...but, results none the less.
"You picked the wrong person to say that to in a big way." Please...idle threats?....on the net?
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|We all know most Steelheaders in the GL fish gravel. My point is that true sportsmen don't - and should "lead others by example". Please don't suggest that a guide I'd recommend would fish gravel. It's just plain rude, wrong and insulting. You picked the wrong person to say that to in a big way. When any of you actually want to catch Steelhead - in a challenging sporting manner, or share good truthful information, let me know. Until then, I think I'll just let you believe whatever you want. Happy Casting.
"As far as fishing gravel goes, why would a sportsman fish anywhere near bedding fish? Bedding fish make poor angling targets, day or night. Good fishermen leave gravel alone and lead others by example."
That's just plain silly. You and I both know who does it and why. Probably some of the people on your list of good guides do it with great regularity. Who's kiddin who here eh? If you consider yourself an angler who doesn't fish to gravel (as I do) then we are in the minority in this state my friend. Take a good look around.
I also know someone who just picked up his forest service permit for right around 20k as well.
20-40K? Get real. Do the math.
Won't mention the Baldwin giudes name, he told me his chit (which he bought from someone else) cost him 20k. I could not get one from the USFS etc. This is the permit that allows you to guide on the PM.
As far as fishing gravel goes, why would a sportsman fish anywhere near bedding fish? Bedding fish make poor angling targets, day or night. Good fishermen leave gravel alone and lead others by example.
Then there must be a ton of bad fisherman in the PM "holy water" everytime I go I see guys fishing to bedded fish and ignoring the deep dark water behind them. Please do not say they are from out of state, far too many Mi. plates in the parking lot to prove that.
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The PM has well over 100 miles of fishable water. I believe the flies only section has about 7 and Hal, in case you haven't heard, it is a no-kill section. As you mention, the upper branches and lower sections have plenty of spawning gravel for steelhead. The upper sections are closed Oct - end of April and the lower section has far less pressure than the flies only. There's plenty of good water if you know the river.
FWIW - The 2 canoe liveries each get 250 daily permits from the NFS and 100 are left for private individuals. Those are weekend numbers - they're less during the week. Permits are only needed from mid May to mid September and you can reserve them ahead. Boats are only allowed from 9AM-6PM which leaves good trout fishing before and after.
Guide Permits for the PM are another story. Permit numbers are prominently displayed on the boats of licensed guides. Not the same as watercraft numbers. There are only about 40 permits issued. Contrary to what some of you seem to think, there isn't a guide who's going to risk losing his permit by encroaching on other folks fishing and having someone complain to the NFS. The "guides" who might piss you off are likely unlicensed as well as unprofessional. These days, anyone who owns a driftboat seems to pass themselves off as a "guide". In addition to Guide Permits on the PM, all guides must also have a license to operate anywhere in Michigan. You'll learn from a good guide. Always hire one by someone else's recommendation. Email me if you're interested.
20-40K? Get real. Do the math.
As far as fishing gravel goes, why would a sportsman fish anywhere near bedding fish? Bedding fish make poor angling targets, day or night. Good fishermen leave gravel alone and lead others by example.
Both interesting responses, i am suprised this is all we got.
Two things;
Guide boats need to be licensed on Mi. rivers. They are not handing out new chits. The number has stayed the same for years. Which makes that chit worth big $$$$$$. Heard rumor of guys paying 20-40k for theirs.
As to night fishing/no kill. They say the numbers are up, but who says this local guides/tackle shops? Also if you banned night fishing wouldn't it stand to reason that there would be more fish.
My reasoning is that redds would not be trompped on in the dark and fish would do their thing unmolested. It may mean more fish in the long run.
Just 2 more thoughts to chew on.
Good topic.
In my opinion the best answer to, "when do they spawn" is "whenever they can". The Salmon seem to be doing pretty well on that river as far as natural reproduction is concerned even WITH all of the blatant snagging that goes on August-October....every year. It's kind of baffling really. Here's what I wanna know. If it was to become limited to daylight fishing only....when does the day begin/end? Who would enforce the policy? The answer to our problems isn't more rules/regs/enforcement. It's angler education! Most of the "problem" folks just don't seem to get it. They have no respect for the resource and in turn don't really care what happens to it.....Whether they are Billy Joe Spin Guy or Thabian the Flycast Master. Educate the masses and teach people how to be good stewards and you will get a more enjoyable resource. I believe it begins with the guides. What happened to paying someone to teach you something instead of paying someone to put you into fish...no matter what it takes. I have taken my fair share of guided trips (mostly before I got my boat) and I have to say the list of guides who provided an educational experience is short. The list of average joes willing to take $300 and hand you a D&C rig and point at a redd and say "have at it" is ENDLESS!!! This is how many of us get our start. Kinda scary eh?
I think alot of people that fish alot begin to lose interest in Salmon fishing. At least when they(salmon) are in the river for a while. I know I have. I am about 1000X happier with a 5 Wt and a #12 globug during salmon season. I'll also take a nice pocket/dropback fish in the spring over a gravel fish anyday. But, there are people who will sit there on polished gravel for hours. That baffles me too. I guess what it all boils down to what are people's individual prioritys. Do you want to spend a quality day in a beautiful place and soak it all in and maybe swim a fish or two? OR do you want to get into fish..no matter what? If the answer is the later then maybe you should take a look at yourself. Do worry too much Hal. I can come up with a list of at least 10-15 other guys my age who feel the exact same way. Us young bucks won't give her up without a fight.
PS As of last summer all boats must have a ranger station permit to float the PM during normal trout season dates. They are limited and usually the canoe liveries buy em all up.
Here you go based on my 23 years of fishing that blue ribbon rive which you know is my favorite.
1. Yes it is exhaustible and is much more used due to the many full time guides on the rivers every day of the year floating it plus the many walk in anglers due to the world wide press it has received the last 20 years.
2. Amazingly though its wild fish runs are still strong and the browns are coming back again since the no kill was put in a couple of years ago.
3. During the salmon and steelhead andramous runs night fishing should be banned. Other states have this rule such as Oregon. Lets be real, the majority of people I have seen fishing at night are lining or snagging the salmon and steelhead.
4. During the non andramous fish periods night fishing can resume on the entire river for the brown trout fisherman.
5. The number of drift boats per day on the river need to be limited all year.
6. The number of other boaters, canoes, raft, kayaks needs to be limited during the summer period. I have heard that there is a proposal for this on the PM that may go into effect this year.
7. Make the flys only no kill, also barbless hook in addition to the 1/2 inch hook size.
8. When the returns are low and the rivers are very low (like this year) the DNR should be monitoring and closing the PM and other rivers at times from all fishing. Particularly those with significant wild fish runs. We all know which rivers these are.
I think the only thing that is preserving the wild fish runs is that that over 60 miles of spawning tribs (Baldwin, Little South, and Main above M-37) are closed from 9/30 until the last saturday in April which protects a large number of spawning salmon and steelhead. I have went up there a couple of times during the closed season and there are a lot of them up there spawning in relative peace.
Also PM and michigan steelheaders in general have bought more into the C+R concept over the last 20 years. It is not just kill everything any more.
Been trying to decide where I would want my last fly fishing day on earth to be it would be either the Beaverkill or Pere Marquette, but I am leaning to the good old PM, as any one who has it fished a long time can attest.
Hopefully we can preserve for future generations but I am getting worried.
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24x7 fishing
I read an interesting statement in the PNW section concerning 24x7 fishing on the PM.
Since it was brought up I figured you guys can offer some valuable insights.
My particular concern is for the PM, but you can apply this to other rivers as well.
The PM has a no kill flys only section, which happens to be where the best spawning gravel is. She also is an expendable resource, time will prove that.
Should 24x7 fishing be allowed there during the height of the runs? (I understand the hex hatch, night fishing for big browns which adds another wrinkle.)
If we allow 24x7 fishing in prime spawning areas when do these babies have time to do their thing?
Also how does this no kill 24x7 impact lower sections of the river?
I look forward to your responses.
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I really appreciate Brian Lovett's article on the home page of T&TH. It's called Cutt and Run Hunting Revisited. I've never thought the term "cutt and run" was a very good description. Brian's term "piddle and crawl" (actually he attributes it to David Findley) seems more fitting. I've never thought the whole idea of "running" through the turkey woods trying to raise a gobble made much sense. And I've thought the term "cutt" is pretty limiting in terms of the approach to calling.
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I figured that after registering myself here I should probably do something here. The obvious first thing was try and certify people. Being lazy I decided to start with the people who had already certified me and was shocked to see people certify me who I don't even know.. weird but pleasant experience :)
New toys!
The university here sold some SGI indys and I got my hands on one of the blue pizzaboxes. Unfortunately it seems the Linux port isn't very stable yet and so far I've witnessed a lot of ext2fs errors, unexpected errors, internal failures and other interesting events.. it's still a cute machine though!
Another expo..
Also started preparing for the Linux expo in Montreal next week. I'm scheduled to leave here in saturday, but I still haven't seen the tickets yet or heard in what hotel I'm supposed to stay.. Lets hope the rest of the show is better organized..
It will be nice to get away for a week, hopefully I'll be able to relax and catch up on some overdue Debian work as well as check if Montreal is really as fun as everybody is telling me it is..


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This is something you should watch. Forms of government.
This is something you should watch. Forms of government.
The fact that we are a republic is clear. If we were a democracy GWB would have lost the 2000 election and Gore would have been president.
If "ifs and buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas....
Democratic republic indeed regards,
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Not bitter at all. However, threads that are pure rants are not very interesting since they have nothing to do with facts or fact-based analysis. Understand, I'm talking about rants in general, without regard to which "side" they come from. I usually find political discussions here more interesting that those I have with my more moderate (don't worry, I know you would use a different term) friends because of the differences of perspective and even the different "fact base" from which each of us operates.
However, when discussions sink to whether or not someone says "God bless America" at the end of a press conference, or bumps his head getting into a helicopter, reason has clearly left the room. Sometimes we all need a little more perspective, a little more humor, and a lot less hate. I don't hate my dogs when they fail to do what I ask. I enjoy my dogs and the things I do with them. I play retriever games because because of my dogs more than I have dogs because of the games.
I always enjoyed GWB's creative destruction of the English language, but never took them as the measure of the man. I believe that he will go down in history as one of our worst Presidents, but I recognize that I, like all of us, lack historical perspective and that history may judge him differently. Despite my feelings about Bush's Presidency, I also believe he is a good man who did the best that he could for a country that he loves. He is strong, intelligent, charismatic, and a patriot.
Obama is all of those things also. When we are unable to recognize and respect the character of even our worst enemies than we are giving up a core part of our humanity. We are also setting ourselves up for failure because you will almost always underestimate someone you demonize.


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Fran Drescher's first children's book covers familiar terrain-- learning to not only accept, but appreciate differences-- but has a unique quality all of its own: Readers will feel mysteriously compelled to read it in the Nanny's distinctive voice. It's due out in November.
Julianne Moore gives hope to redheaded, freckle-faced children everywhere with this book based on experiences from her own childhood. The book did so well that it was eventually adapted into an off-Broadway musical-- which American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar appeared in. Small world!
An ode to Billy Crystal's first grandchild, I Already Know I Love You follows Grandpa Crystal as he eagerly anticipates all of the things he hopes to share with the not-yet-born baby. Awww.
Fran Drescher's first children's book covers familiar terrain-- learning to not only accept, but appreciate differences-- but has a unique quality all of its own: Readers will feel mysteriously compelled to read it in the Nanny's distinctive voice. It's due out in November.
Yep: The Boy With Pink Hair has written a book called The Boy With Pink Hair. The anti-bullying story is due out in September.
I'm not entirely sure what Flanimals is about, but I imagine it has something to do with strange and wonderful creatures. Also available in pop-up form.
Former scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis has written a whole bunch of children's books; Today I Feel Silly spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Because even kids need to get used to having mood swings.
Mostly, I'm just amazed at how accurate the illustration of Little Jay is. It looks JUST LIKE HIM.
When I read The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles as a kid, I had no idea that it was written by Mary Poppins. This is mostly because Julie Andrews tends to write under the name Julie Edwards. She's had a long and successful career as a children's novelist, which cements my theory that there is nothing that Julie Andrews can't do.
Madonna writes books about sex. She also writes books about a collection of friends who call themselves the English Roses. I wonder what's going to happen when the English Roses learn about sex?
SNL alum Molly Shannon's book, due out in September, centers around a little girl who loves to play jokes on people. She's a little less thrilled when the joke is suddenly on her, but there's always a lesson to learn.
"Rocky Steady" is the name of a song on the Sting album ...Nothing Like the Sun. It's also the name of a children's book written by Sting about Noah's Ark. I'm not really sure how he got from point A to point B, but maybe some things are better left unanswered.
I kind of love Queen Latifah. This is another reason to love her. Queen of the Scene's girl-powered tale of playground awesomeness even comes with its own hip-hop CD.
Okay, so Bob Dylan may not have strictly written this one-- someone took the lyrics to the song of the same name from his 1979 album Slow Train Coming and illustrated them-- but hey, it's a great way to introduce your young'uns to Dylan at an early age.
The Duchess of York may sometimes be a bit of a mess, but she DID author an extremely successful series of children's books about an anthropomorphic helicopter. There's even a TV show. Nice.
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CME Group Mistakenly Revealed Swap Trades to Market ParticipantsMatthew Leising
CME Group Inc., the world's largest futures exchange, mistakenly disclosed energy and agricultural swap trade details to market participants, the company said.
The leak was caused by a malfunction in the Chicago-based exchange operator's swap data repository that allowed "a small number of market participants, who were entitled to make inquiries of the system, to view commodity swap trades of other market participants," CME Group said in an e-mailed statement today. New York-based hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. was affected by the leak, Dow Jones reported earlier today, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
"We regret this incident occurred as maintaining the confidentiality of market participant data at all times is vital to the operation of our markets and systems," CME Group said in the statement. Information on about 500 trades out of a total of nearly 1 million transactions was disclosed on April 1, CME Group said.
The Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 regulatory overhaul, gave the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission authority to write rules requiring swaps to be processed by clearinghouses and to have that trade data reported to the agencies and the public. The law, enacted in response to the 2008 credit crisis, set up so-called swap data repositories as record-keepers for information about buyers and sellers, volume and prices.
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CME customers alerted the company to the leak on April 2 and the issue was fixed by the next morning, the company said. Trade details are meant to be kept private as they can be acted on by competing market participants to gain advantage.
In March, CME Group won regulatory approval from the CFTC to have information about swaps routed to its own database over the objections of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. and banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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J.E. Sawyer answers questions
Over at formspring.me, Fallout: New Vegas lead designer J.E. Sawyer is answering various questions from fans, mostly general ones about game design. Here's some quotes.
- How does it feel to know you/Obsidian are one of the few great game devs us cynical WRPG fans have left, and that we're all relying on the likes o' youse to maintain quality writing in video games? :)
- I think it's sad, honestly. In my opinion, gamers set the bar very low for good writing.
- From a design standpoint, what's your favorite game?
- I think it's still the 1992 PC CRPG Darklands. That might seem narrowly-focused, but I love MicroProse for making an RPG that almost seemed like it was designed by non-RPGers -- like traditional conventions about how skills, leveling, races, classes, alignment, health, armor, etc. were "supposed" to work in RPGs really didn't matter. Being set in 15th century Holy Roman Empire didn't hurt, especially since they filled the game with so many details like canonical hours and Medieval currency.
- Have you ever played the STALKER games, if so, what do you think of them? Somewhat related to New Vegas.
- I only played a few hours of the original STALKER before my system died (for unrelated reasons... I think). I really want to play the newer games because I feel the series has a much different, and very interesting, take on a post-apocalyptic environments and gameplay than other PA games.
- Is PC gaming dying? Merely taking a break before it's big comeback? Just fine as it is?
- I think the PC market is definitely changing, mostly due to the rapidly rising ease of piracy in North American and European markets. There are some titles that do very well on PC, but I've seen some of the piracy figures for high-profile titles and they are depressing. Console piracy has been huge for over a decade in many Asian countries, but in North America and most of Europe, it's still far behind PC piracy. Publishers are trying a lot of different DRM schemes to combat it, but I honestly I think they need to take a step back and figure out a different profit model (and possibly a different high-level design aesthetic) if the want to focus solely on PC gaming.
- As a Project Director and Lead Designer for RPGs, obviously you have to deal with games that are heavy in story and narrative, while not sacrificing gameplay. In current generation games, how relevant and important do you believe cutscenes are?
- I think cutscenes are as relevant and important as developers and audiences make them. I believe that the library of top-selling games from the past few years shows that there's room for cutscene-heavy and cutscene-light game. Clearly Metal Gear Solid players don't mind cutscenes or they wouldn't keep buying games in the series. The Half-Life series is tremendously popular and it has scripted events, but virtually no "stop the gameplay" events.


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The Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002) reached the height of his fame in the 1960s and 1970s when several large exhibitions of his work toured internationally. The Australian photographer Athol Shmith (1914–1992) made his name in Australia in the 1940s through his society and celebrity portraits.
Karsh's detailed and dramatically lit portraits make his subjects quite monumental, while Shmith presented his subjects in softer light as more alluring characters. Both used techniques of stage and cinema lighting in developing the distinctive look of their portraiture.
Yousuf Karsh never visited Australia and most likely had never heard of Athol Shmith, who in turn thought Karsh made his subjects look like 'empty buildings'.
Portraits are often said to be able to capture the soul of the sitter. This exhibition opens debate on how the style of individual portraitists affects our response to the subject.
To complement the tour of this exhibition, the National Gallery asked Australian professional photographer and writer Peter Adams to contribute an article for the web site on the work of Yousuf Karsh and Athol Shmith. Adams interviewed Karsh in 1992 and Shmith in 1986. He raises a number of issues about portrait photography in general and compares the work of Karsh and Shmith. Discussion notes for students will also be on the web site.
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H. pylori infection occurs when a type of bacteria called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infects your stomach. This usually happens during childhood. A common cause of peptic ulcers, H. pylori infection may be present in more than half the people in the world.
Most people don't realize they have H. pylori infection, because they never get sick from it. If you develop signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer, your doctor will probably test you for H. pylori infection, because it can be treated with antibiotics.
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At the time you make the appointment, be sure to ask if there's anything you need to do in advance, such as restrict your diet. Before your appointment, you might want to write a list that answers the following questions:
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions to ask may help you make the most of your time together. For H. pylori infection, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask additional questions that occur to you during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may allow more time to cover other points you want to address. Your doctor may ask:
Tests and procedures used to determine whether you have an H. pylori infection include:
Breath test. During a breath test, you swallow a pill, liquid or pudding that contains tagged carbon molecules. If you have an H. pylori infection, carbon is released when the solution is broken down in your stomach.
Your body absorbs the carbon and expels it when you exhale. You exhale into a bag, and your doctor uses a special device to detect the carbon molecules.
Acid-suppressing drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) and antibiotics can interfere with the accuracy of this test. Your doctor will ask you to stop taking those medications for a week or two weeks before you have the test. This test is available for adults and children.
Scope test. You'll be sedated for this test, known as an endoscopy exam. During the exam, your doctor threads a long flexible tube equipped with a tiny camera (endoscope) down your throat and esophagus and into your stomach and duodenum. This instrument allows your doctor to view any irregularities in your upper digestive tract and remove tissue samples (biopsy).
These samples are analyzed for H. pylori infection. This test isn't generally recommended solely to diagnose an H. pylori infection because it's more invasive than a breath or stool test, but it may be used to diagnose H. pylori ulcers or if it's needed to rule out other digestive conditions.
H. pylori infections are usually treated with two varieties of antibiotics at once, to help prevent the bacteria from developing a resistance to one particular antibiotic. Your doctor also will prescribe an acid-suppressing drug, to help your stomach lining heal.
Drugs that can suppress acid include:
Your doctor may recommend that you undergo testing for H. pylori at least four weeks after your treatment. If the tests show the treatment was unsuccessful, you may undergo another round of treatment with a different combination of antibiotic medications.
In areas of the world where H. pylori infection and its complications are common, doctors sometimes test healthy people for H. pylori. Whether there is a benefit to treating H. pylori when you have no signs or symptoms of infection is controversial among doctors.
If you're concerned about H. pylori infection or think you may have a high risk of stomach cancer, talk to your doctor. Together you can decide whether you may benefit from H. pylori screening.
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Dimensions 3 1/2-4" (89-102 mm).
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Forests & woodlands, Cities, suburbs & towns, Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs, Meadows & fields, Grasslands & prairies.
Range Rocky Mountains, Western Canada, Southeast, California, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest, Florida, Northwest, New England, Eastern Canada, Texas, Great Lakes, Plains.


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STARKVILLE – Adam Frazier's offense took a big jump last year. If his teammates can follow suit, this season could be a special one for Mississippi State.
Frazier, a junior shortstop, led the Bulldogs last season with a .371 batting average, a 97-point jump from the previous year. Otherwise, MSU struggled to hit in 2012, posting a collective average of .251, which ranked 11th in the SEC.
As State opens preseason practices today, there is a belief among players and coaches that the offense will be much improved from last season. Frazier said other hitters have made a "big jump" this past offseason.
"Baseball's a mental game, and once the confidence is there, then that's all it takes for some guys," Frazier said. "Guys being in the league last year, they know what it takes this year, and they kind of understand what pitchers are going to do with them. That's what happened to me."
MSU went 40-24 last year, won the SEC Tournament, and reached an NCAA regional for the second consecutive season. A strong pitching staff carried that team, and most of it returns intact, the notable loss being first-round pick Chris Stratton.
The defense is expected to be strong, too, and if the offense comes around, big things could be in store. Baseball America has high expectations of the Bulldogs, placing them at No. 5 in their preseason rankings released on Thursday.
So who's likely to break out at the plate this year? Fifth-year coach John Cohen rattled off several names, including center fielder C.T. Bradford, third baseman Daryl Norris, first baseman Wes Rea and outfielder Hunter Renfroe.
Rea and Renfroe are two who could bring more pop to the lineup. Rea, a third-year sophomore, slimmed down this offseason and now weighs 272 pounds. He hit .249 with five home runs last season.
Renfroe, a junior, batted .252 with four homers last year. He went to the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League over the summer and bashed 19 home runs.
"If just a few of those guys or all those guys make a significant jump," Cohen said, "you're talking about a different type of ball club than we've had in the past."
Frazier and Bradford, who missed most of last season with injury, will likely sit atop MSU's batting order. Cohen loves that combination, but Frazier knows the lineup has to be strong throughout, and he believes it will be.
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Errol Zimmerman Makes Quick Work of Nikolaj Falin in Germany
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Errol Zimmerman got back in the ring today in Spergau, Germany. His opponent, Nikolaj Falin was coming off a nine second knockout loss to Mark Miller. Falin was originally scheduled to face off against Stefan Leko, but Leko had to withdraw.
It seems as if Zimmerman was actually trying to outdo Mark Miller. Well, he didn't quite do that but he managed to knock Falin out in fifteen seconds. Six seconds longer than it took Miller. Zimmerman cracked Falin with a counter left hook that left the German-Russian unable to get up. The win makes it three in a row for Errol, who was coming off of a pretty lackluster 2010 year in which he only had one win and four losses.
There was also a 4-man tournament on the card featuring Bakar Barakat, Egon Racz from Mike's Gym, Alban Ahmeti and Omar Tekin. Barakat advanced through to the finals with a close win over Egon Racz. Alban Ahmeti advanced to the finals by stopping Omar Tekin with low kicks. In the final Barakat and Ahmeti fought to a decision that reportedly could've gone either way. Barakat walked away with the decision and the tournament.


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This may seem like a simple question, but I'm still kind of a rookie when it comes to vintage.
The vintage figs were stamped with a date (usually on the leg). Was this the date that the mold was cast or the actual date the figure was manufactured?
For example Darth Vader was produced and stamped 1977. Obviously the original 12 backs would be stamped 1977. But what about the Darth Vader released on the ROTJ card? Would it still be stamped 1977 or 1983?
I am assuming that it serves as a type of "copy right" so all vintage Darth Vaders would be stamped 1977. Hence it would be impossible to determine the actual "age" of a loose vintage figure.
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Another cool new McFarlane line was that Monsters line he's got coming. Todd's take on classic monsters, really cool.
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Description ADULT Has mainly brown upperparts, except for the pale crown; underparts generally look pale white; body is mostly unmarked, except for streaked chest band (most obvious in females). In flight, seen from below, inner wing coverts are pale except for dark carpal patch, while flight feathers have dark brown barring; note the dark terminal band on the barred tail. JUVENILE Similar to adult, but dark elements of plumage are paler, back and upper wing covert feathers have pale margins, and nape and chest are often flushed orange-buff.
Dimensions Length: 21-24" (53-61 cm); Wngspn: 4' 6 "-6' (1.4-1.8 m)
Habitat Fairly common summer visitor to northern half of region. Associated with fish-rich lakes, rivers, and coasts. Most migrate south to Central and South America, but in southern states (notably Florida and Gulf coast) present year-round.
Observation Tips Usually easy to find on suitable wetland habitats within range. Spends long periods perched, often on a dead tree, and so careful scrutiny of waterside trees may be required. In some areas, they are bold enough to build their twiggy nests on manmade structures such as powerline poles and towers.
Range Southeast, Plains, Southwest, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, California, Texas, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Florida, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, New England, Northwest
Voice Utters various whistling calls.
Discussion The classic fish-eating raptor, invariably seen near water. In soaring flight, with its rather long, narrow wings, it can look rather gull-like. However, fishing technique is unmistakable: typically hovers and then plunges, talons first, into water.


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Thomas is the surname of a Muggle[1] family. They live in London, England[2].
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- Dean Thomas — the son of Mrs Thomas and her first husband; a half-blood wizard
- Mr Thomas — stepfather of Dean; father of several other children with Mrs Thomas
- Mrs Thomas — mother of Dean with a wizard, and several other children with Mr Thomas
- Several children of Mr and Mrs Thomas
Thomas is a surname derived from the Biblical given name, which is derived from the Aramaic t'om'a, meaning "twin". In England, the name was introduced by the Normans and became very popular due to Saint Thomas Becket, a twelfth-century Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr.[3]
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Election Day: Heading to the Polls
Voters heading to the polls in Madison County, Arkansas today will decide whether to allow alcohol sales in their county for the first time in 66 years.
"I don't think it makes any sense for the county to stay dry," Bob Barton, President of Keep the Money in Madison County, argues.
"Everything will change drastically if this county goes wet," Dianna Edmonson, spokesperson for Citizens to Keep Madison County Safe, counters.
"Citizens to Keep Madison County Safe" published an ad in the Madison County Record newspaper with a depiction of the devil saying "Those who drink belong to me."
"They're only tactic so far has been to try and scare people into not participating in the petition campaign or to scare them into voting the way that they want to," Barton says.
Edmonson said it's a healthy fear.
"People need to see this in their face of what happens and they need to see the fatality and they need to understand the destruction that come with alcohol," she says.
A wrecked car has been towed around the county with the slogan "Your future with alcohol."
Barton says the types of accidents in the picture, will happen more if the county stays dry.
"It's just requiring people to drive more miles to get their alcohol and if they're going to drive more, there's going to be more wrecks," he predicts.
Safety is an issue on the opposing side as well.
"Murder and rape and robbery and vandalism, all of that goes up in a wet county," Edmonson claims.
Edmonson says serious crimes are 106-percent more likely to occur in a wet county.
"It's still a source of revenue and we can hardly afford to ignore it," Barton says.
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Description ADULT MALE Has yellow head and underparts, with black stripe through eye. Nape and back are olive-yellow and wings are bluish with two striking white wing bars. Male "Brewster's" has mostly pale, whitish head and underparts with yellow restricted to forehead and breast. Male "Lawrence's" recalls dull male Blue-winged but with a dark throat and patch through eye. ADULT FEMALE Less colorful than male with less distinct wing bars. Hybrid females have duller plumage than their hybrid male counterparts. IMMATURE Duller than adult female.
Dimensions Length: 4 1/2" (11 cm)
Habitat Locally common summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to scrub and secondary woodland; population may be increasing.
Observation Tips Easiest to detect by hearing song.
Range Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Eastern Canada, New England, Rocky Mountains, Texas, Plains, Great Lakes
Voice Song is a high-pitched buzzing trill, in two parts with different tones; call is a sharp tsik.
Discussion Colorful wood-warbler. Forages unobtrusively for insects, and silent birds are easy to overlook. Almost unmistakable but, confusingly, hybridizes with Golden-winged; two distinct hybrid forms occur ("Brewster's" and "Lawrence's" Warblers), males of which are fairly easy to recognize. Sexes are dissimilar.


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Abd. Malik is the General Manager of Airport Fire & Rescue Services for Malaysia Airports.
Abd. Malik holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA, a Master's of Science in Emergency Response & Planning from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and a Graduate Diploma in Airport Management from the National University of Singapore under the Malaysia Airports-Airport Management Development Programme (AMDP).
He has vast experience in Airport Fire and Rescue Services (AFRS) since his first appointment in the Department of Civil Aviation.
He was given the task to head AFRS in Penang International Airport & KL International Airport (KLIA) and was directly involved in the establishment of AFRS service during KLIA construction.
He is a certified Green Book safety officer from Department of Occupational Safety and Health, and was involved in achieving OHSAS certification for Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn. Bhd. during his tenure as Safety Officer.
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Black Ice Retrievers
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Too many dogs to list (By some Bitch)
"Helping Hunters Train Their Dogs"
Way scary. I see this is sponsored by Rahm Emmanuel and others.
I would love to know how many on this forum would willingly go apply for the license on firearms they already own. The jails couldn't hold us all.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!----Benjamin Franklin
Is there any reason to believe that this is going anywhere? Most bills introduced never go (and are never intended to go) further that the resume of the politician whose name is on the bill. Is this different?
Edit: I don't see any co-sponsors at all for this bill suggesting that it is going no where. Rahm Emmanuel is no longer a member of congress and could not be a co-sponsor.
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Jeff Goodwin
You're right, I should have said supported not sponsored. As far as passage, I never would have thought billions for another stimulus or bank bailouts had a snowball's chance either. I truthfully am way more concerned about additional ammo legislation such as ammo taxes, imprinting, etc. vs gun legislation. All the weapons in the world do no good if you can't afford or unable to feed them.
Does anyone know about this? Feedback?
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!----Benjamin Franklin
R Little wrote in another thread;
"Where's Yardley,M Remington,Jdogger,Zeus,Backpashturd? Maybe they can explain exactley how all this is going to work."
I'll reply here, rather than dragging this topic back to the top on the other forum.
Speaking for myself, though I may disagree with some of you on politics and policy, I am not a supporter of Bobby Rush and his proposed, idiotic Bill.
I own guns, hunt, and support the the 2nd Amendment in its entirety, both hunting, and self-protection from the government and anyone else seeking to threaten myself or my family. Don't make the assumption that because someone may have a differing opinion on one issue, that extrapolates to differing opinions on all issues.
One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
I don't really see anything objectionable. Enlighten me.
I keep my PM box full. Use email to contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com.
This issue is covered in another thread. I wrote my congressman on this issue. How about you?
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I've been trying to get my head around the various papers on metamodeling available on the net. The concepts behind the "precise UML" efforts seem simple enough but the terminology can get quite confusing. There are not many mentors around here in Delhi with whom I can brainstorm about this stuff.
When I started doing real work, ie outside academia, I automatically assumed I would work better by myself than with a team. Now after 6 months of getting my wish and programming solo I miss being able to run ideas past workmates, especially those with different backgrounds. At my last job my teammates were a mathematician, a physicist and a philosopher. O ben, O tom, O channa, where are you now.... here were guys who didn't have half the programming experience I did, but when they told me I was wrong (on any subject ranging from cutting code to politics), I sat up and listened. Now I just have my own nagging doubts to argue with. :P
In the mean time my old friend Greg is telling me that "the key to a good modeler is ontological soundness." I wonder if Aristotle would have approved of UML. Greg is one of those people who has been infected with Hidden Markov Model Syndrome, a curious affliction propogated by one of our EE professors at unimelb. (greg: pls dont hurt me)
I've created a sort of declarative syntax for specifying metamodel association constraints, eg
(uml.Package, uml.Class, Containment), (uml.Class, dgm.DgClass, dgm.Representation), (uml.Class, uml.Class, uml.Generalization),
and so on. This is used as the modeler's internal representation of the metamodel, currently these rules are specified in python code but eventually I will build a MOF parser once my XMI load/save routines achieve closer to 100% coverage of the XMI DTD.
Now I have a simple querying engine that allows me to 1) ensure the user only builds models that conform to the metamodel constraints and 2) provide custom views of the model based on configurable subsets of the metamodel constraints (eg for a tree view of Project->Package->Class->Subclass etc, like ArgoUML).
The problem is that I am extremely rusty with logic and constraint programming (having dozed through most of the CS classes :P), and all I have is general knowledge of prolog and some functional languages. This is constraining (no pun intended) my ability to write decent querying routines for the metamodel, and I'm going to have to do some serious tuning to ensure that the existing routines scale to large models.
Adding metamodels to the classic MVC architecture, however, even with my currently quite lame implementation, allows for a quite neat framework for creating a whole range of applications. Python helps with this a great deal of course. more about this later...
also working on generating interaction diagrams using python's builtin trace hook. this is an excellent and underutilized (as far as I can see) feature in the python runtime and I expect to see more of it in the future.
Tomorrow I'm going to help migrate a convent school's computer lab to LTSP+KDE+OpenOffice. Should be fun, but the real fun will be watching the kids actually using it. I expect the kids will pick it up well before their teachers do. I really hope this goes well, it could set a great precendent for more prestigious schools in the country.
recent books: Amristar (Mark Tully), The Wreck (Rabindranath Tagore), a random yoga book, Ender's game (again, for old times' sake), The Honourable Company - History of the British East India Company (John Keay), the autobiography of punjabi playwright Balwant Gargi... I went and raided the family library in our ancestral house in punjab. If I didnt have to come back to Delhi I would have been lost in there for several years, as it contains the collections of three generations of a highly bookish family. The last time I saw it was when I was 17 and a lot of those books didnt really appeal to me back then, but now.... jackpot...


text: The problem with throwing a Super Bowl party in Brooklyn apartments is one of simple logistics: it requires space you don't have. Even if your Bushwick loft does have the capacity to host a couple dozen drunks and a fifteen-foot hoagie, chances are you and your nine roommates haven't gone in for basic cable, and maybe even a couple of them loathe sports and the average loud, loyal football fan. You've already shelled out to learn about football, so what do you do to keep your investment from being a waste? As with so many Brooklyn conundrums, where-to-watch-the-Super-Bowl is a question best answered with a trip to the bar. Here's a list of spots showing the Big Game. (more…)