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Seven Okeechobee business employees were issued summons for selling alcohol to an underage person as part of an Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force sting operation.
Alcohol compliance checks were conducted at multiple establishments, where an underage person was sent into stores with instructions to attempt to purchase alcohol.
People who sold were issued summons to appear in court and citations were issued by the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office.
Businesses where alcohol was sold to an underage person were: BP Store, 8605 Hwy 441 SE; Marathon Gas Station, 5600 Hwy 70 East; Bill's Mini Mart 3007 Hwy 70 East; Circle K, 400 SR 98 North; Shell Station, 3609 Hwy 441 SE; Max Food Store, 3621 SE 34 Avenue; and Texaco Station, 4993 Hwy 441 South.
Other businesses that were in compliance included 15A Drive Thru, 441 SE; Town Star Posey's Corner, SR 70 East; Town Star, Hwy 710; Mosquito Creek Grocery, Hwy 70 East and Shady Rest Grocery.
Sheriff Paul May said of the operation, "We wanted to do this operation before the prom and school letting out for the summer, to see how easy it would be for underage persons to purchase alcoholic beverages. We visited 12 locations where alcoholic beverages are sold and 7 sold to an underage person. This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. This time we issued criminal citations to appear in court to the clerk who sold to these minors, the next time they will be physically arrested and booked into the jail. We are listing the names of the stores who sold to minors and I think it is important to list the ones that did not. The ones who asked for ID's and refused the minors, from the whole community I say thank you, but to every place in Okeechobee County that sells alcoholic beverages we are going to do this again in the very near future. Please believe me, this is going to stop."


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To the editor:
I attended the meeting mentioned in April 2, Leavenworth Times by Dr. Glen F. Welch, field agent, The Conservative Party.
All the chairs were pretty much full and the message was simple. If you are dissatisfied with the actions of your present affiliation, then The Conservative Party is an alternative. Refreshments were provided and plenty of literature. Since the literature contains the guts of the party and this was an introductory affair, a short intro was given then questions could be asked.
The conversation was two-way and unhindered. The makings for a party willing to listen but stuck on conservative values and policies. As I stuck my toe in untried waters, it was gratifying to find out for myself what a conservative get-together was like.
Thanks to Dr. Welch, for putting himself out there in such a difficult endeavor. It ain't easy or we would have more parties than you could shake a stick at.
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I am struggling with these two problems:
1) Let $p$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients. Show that for each sequence of $k$-times iterating the polynomial, $n,p(n),p(p(n))=p^{(2)} (n),\ldots,p^{(k)}(n)$, we have to have $k\leqslant 2$, if $p^{(k)}(n)=n$ and $p(n) \neq n,p^{(2)} (n)\neq n,\ldots,p^{(k-1)}(n)\neq n$.
After thinking for some time about this problem, I have the strong impression, that I somehow have to make of use the fact, that the integer roots of a polynomial with integer coefficients, because the remainder of $p^{(k)}$ is $p^{(k)} (r)$, where $r$ is the remainder of $p$.
2) One has to show if there exists a polynomial such that $p(\frac{1}{k})=\frac{1}{2k+1}$, for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$.
My hunch here is, that this would be impossible, since $p$ would have to "oscillate" to much...but I can't make this precise.
Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: Second problem solved. What I've got for the first one with user9325's help: After proving that the distance between the iterates has to be constant, one can distinguish between the following cases: If $p(n)-n=0$, the we are finished. If $\alpha:=p(n)-n \neq0$, then we have to have $p^{(2)}(n)=n+2\alpha,\ldots,p^{(k-1)}(n)=n+(k-1)\alpha$, since $n-p(n)=p(n)-p^{(2)}(n)=\ldots=p^{(k-2)}(n)-p^{(k-1)}(n)=p^{(k-1)}(n)-n$. But $n-p(n)=p^{(k-1)}(n)-n$ implies that $p^{(k-1)}(n)=n-\alpha$. Combining these to equations concerning $p^{(k-1)}(n)$ gives us that $k=0$. This should be a contradiction but I am not sure how to make that crystal clear...I have the feeling, that I can't really see through this problem yet...


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9 Jun 2008 10:21 AM #1
[FIXED] BUG Password field & setEmptyText
There is a bug when using setEmptyText on a PasswordField (TextField with setPassword to true). The empty text is replaced by ****.
9 Jun 2008 11:24 AM #2
Empty text is disabled when the field is a password field. Fix is in SVN.
28 May 2009 1:25 AM #3
With all due respect, but that is not a very smart idea.
You would like to have empty text on password fields as well.
Let us say you have two text fields, username and password. Instead of putting labels, you can just set empty texts in both fields to notify that one is username and the other one is password.
Same way facebook is doing.
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24 Aug 2009 5:43 AM #6
I think this behavior should be provided by the library itself... It looks kind of weird if you have empty texts for all your fields EXCEPT the password field.... so if you want to have a nice look everyone has to implement this himself...
24 Jan 2010 3:44 PM #7
hi, I'm using gxt-2.0.1 and I'm having the same issue. I see above the "fix is in the SVN" could you please advise how I can get to the SVN. Sorry new to this forum so I'm not exactly sure what the SVN is.
Please help thanks.
Basically as above, I need emptyText fields available for textfields AND password textfields.
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25 Rare Photos of Jinkx Monsoon Before "Drag Superstardom"
Before she was racing to the winner's circle on RuPaul's Drag Race, season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon was already quite the local celebrity in her hometown of Seattle. Here's a slideshow of 25 exclusive photos (both in and out of drag) taken by Nate Gowdy to prove it.
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I am following a printing tutorial, but it's not working.
The tutorial is here: http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/NET/ViewCodePages/025b5da7-9b10-4623-a51e-c038c348ce29.PrintActiveViewCS_NetPrintActiveViewCS_Net.cs.htm
Maybe printing in ArcEngine 10 is different. The initial problem is that the PageLayout is null.
//I tried this like in the sample
docPaper.Orientation = m_hookHelper.PageLayout.Page.Orientation;
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yeah but where is the embed tag at the top it should be easier that you posting the code in the box? Also i never recieved a email saying you replied to the thread of mine. What up with that?
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The collections of the Houghton Library focus on the study of Western civilization. Materials relating to American, Continental, and English history and literature comprise the bulk of these collections and include special concentrations in printing, graphic arts, and the theatre. The collections encompass wonderfully diverse holdings such as ostraca, daguerreotypes, and the working papers of living novelists and poets. Houghton Library regularly exhibits highlights from its collections in the Edison and Newman Room. These often include the personal effects, notes, books, and other objects of interest from authors such as Copernicus, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Edward Lear, Dante, Tennessee Williams, Goethe, Cervantes, and Lewis Carroll.


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Ms. Rice wrong choice for State
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has made no secret of her desire to step down when President Obama's current term expires in January. At present, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice appears to be the front-runner to succeed Mrs. Clinton, but Mr. Obama would be wise to pick someone else. Coming on the heels of Mrs. Clinton's tenure, the president needs a chief diplomat possessed of strength, and Ms. Rice is not that person.
The Obama administration's foreign policy has mostly projected weakness, and Mrs. Clinton has been a staunchly loyal soldier.
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DIY Valentine Ideas
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Homestead boys basketball team falls just short of Hamilton, 46-39
Somewhere, the late Homestead Hall of Fame basketball coach John Chekouras is showing pride, if not exactly smiling.
The pride would have come from the grit, effort and sweat the Highlanders showed Friday night in falling to unbeaten and fifth-ranked in the state Milwaukee Hamilton, 46-39, in the final of Homestead's tournament that is named for Chekouras.
After the game, his widow and his daughter presented the championship plaque to Hamilton coach Tom Diener.
And then maybe Chekouras would have forced a small smile at what his old rival Diener said in honor of him.
"He was one of the finest teachers and coaches that I've ever met in my life," said Diener. "...This is a great event to honor an outstanding coach and an even better person."» Read Full Article
Looking for something to do this winter? Check out WhatNOW
Winter can feel pretty long in Wisconsin, especially once all the holiday hoopla is over.
In that spirit, MyCommunityNOW invites you to check out our special WhatNOW? section for some tips on how to stay busy this winter. You'll find a list of stories on interesting winter activities, a map of some great places to spend time this winter and more.
We also invite you to share your own ideas on what you like to do during the winter. Your comments may appear in a future issue of NOW newspapers.
Top Line Gym honors beloved dog with pet supply drive
Top Line Gym in Glendale is holding a pet supply drive to benefit the Humane Animal Welfare Society through Dec. 31.
Top Line owner Brett Summers is hosting the drive to honor his recently deceased dog and best friend Champ, who ran away in 2007 and was found in a busy intersection by a kind couple who took him to HAWS. Without HAWS, Summers said, their family would not have been able to enjoy the last five years with Champ.
The HAWS list of dog supplies includes: new or lightly used towels and blankets; Pup-eroni dog treats; Nature's Variety Instinct canned dog food and other high quality canned dog foods; Natural Balance Roll; Zuke's dog treats; large, American-made rawhide bones; limited slip/martingale collars; Kong dog toys; jars of meat based baby food; and general supplies like Q-tips, laundry detergent, hand soap, etc.
Donors can call (262) 309-5566 to arrange a drop-off, or can make a check out to HAWS and mail to: Top Line Gym, 2012 West Bender Road, Glendale WI 53209.
Mequon woman pleads guilty to tax evasion
A Mequon woman who ripped off her grandmother and her sister has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and filing a false claim against the IRS, according to court documents.
Leah M. Kuchta, 42, who worked as a certified public accountant, pleaded guilty earlier this month. Each of the counts carries up to five years in prison, but she is likely to get much less time under federal sentencing guidelines when she is sentenced in March.
In the plea agreement, the prosecutor agrees not to recommend a sentence of more than 30 months.
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You are allowed to roll a die up to six times. Anytime you stop, you get the dollar amount of the face value of your last roll.
Question: What is the best strategy?
According to my calculation, for the strategy 6,5,5,4,4, the expected value is $142/27\approx 5.26$, which I consider quite high. So this might be the best strategy.
Here, 6,5,5,4,4 means in the first roll you stop only when you get a 6; if you did not get a 6 in the first roll, then in the second roll you stop only when you roll a number 5 or higher (i.e. 5 or 6), etc.


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Chronic phencyclidine administration remains the single...
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Chronic phencyclidine administration remains the single best model for human psychosis. The crucial paper by Jentsch and colleagues (Jentsch et al., 1997), identifies every element needed for a satisfactory representation of the schizophrenia syndrome.
Though acute NMDA receptor antagonists induce hypermetabolism, prolonged phencyclidine induces a hypometabolic state (Wu et al., 1991; Tamminga et al., 1995) accompanied by severe dopaminergic disturbances (Aalto et al., 2005; Narendran et al., 2005).
Moghaddam's comments emphasize that there are multiple routes to psychosis, and these may converge on cortical glutamatergic/dopaminergic interactions (Narendran et al., 2005). But the numerous studies by her own group and those of Farber, Krystal, Vollenweider, Newcomer, Rowland, Tamminga, and Lahti suggest that there is much to be learned from additional work on the NMDA receptor antagonist preparation.
Jentsch JD, Redmond DE Jr, Elsworth JD, Taylor JR, Youngren KD, Roth RH. Enduring cognitive deficits and cortical dopamine dysfunction in monkeys after long-term administration of phencyclidine.
Science. 1997 Aug 15;277(5328):953-5.
Wu JC, Buchsbaum MS, Bunney WE. Positron emission tomography study of phencyclidine users as a possible drug model of schizophrenia.
Yakubutsu Seishin Kodo. 1991 Feb;11(1):47-8. No abstract available.
Aalto S, Ihalainen J, Hirvonen J, Kajander J, Scheinin H, Tanila H, Nagren K, Vilkman H, Gustafsson LL, Syvalahti E, Hietala J. Cortical glutamate-dopamine interaction and ketamine-induced psychotic symptoms in man.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005 Nov;182(3):375-83. Epub 2005 Oct 19.
Narendran R, Frankle WG, Keefe R, Gil R, Martinez D, Slifstein M, Kegeles LS, Talbot PS, Huang Y, Hwang DR, Khenissi L, Cooper TB, Laruelle M, Abi-Dargham A. Altered prefrontal dopaminergic function in chronic recreational ketamine users.
Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Dec;162(12):2352-9.
Moghaddam B, Adams B, Verma A, Daly D. Activation of glutamatergic neurotransmission by ketamine: a novel step in the pathway from NMDA receptor blockade to dopaminergic and cognitive disruptions associated with the prefrontal cortex.
J Neurosci. 1997 Apr 15;17(8):2921-7.
Farber NB, Kim SH, Dikranian K, Jiang XP, Heinkel C. Receptor mechanisms and circuitry underlying NMDA antagonist neurotoxicity.
Mol Psychiatry. 2002;7(1):32-43.
Krystal JH, Karper LP, Seibyl JP, Freeman GK, Delaney R, Bremner JD, Heninger GR, Bowers MB Jr, Charney DS. Subanesthetic effects of the noncompetitive NMDA antagonist, ketamine, in humans. Psychotomimetic, perceptual, cognitive, and neuroendocrine responses.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1994 Mar;51(3):199-214.
Vollenweider FX, Leenders KL, Scharfetter C, Antonini A, Maguire P, Missimer J, Angst J. Metabolic hyperfrontality and psychopathology in the ketamine model of psychosis using positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG).
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1997 Feb;7(1):9-24.
Newcomer JW, Farber NB, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Selke G, Melson AK, Hershey T, Craft S, Olney JW. Ketamine-induced NMDA receptor hypofunction as a model of memory impairment and psychosis.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 1999 Feb;20(2):106-18.
Rowland LM, Bustillo JR, Mullins PG, Jung RE, Lenroot R, Landgraf E, Barrow R, Yeo R, Lauriello J, Brooks WM. Effects of ketamine on anterior cingulate glutamate metabolism in healthy humans: a 4-T proton MRS study.
Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Feb;162(2):394-6.
Tamminga CA, Holcomb HH, Gao XM, Lahti AC. Glutamate pharmacology and the treatment of schizophrenia: current status and future directions.
Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 1995 Sep;10 Suppl 3:29-37.
Lahti AC, Weiler MA, Tamara Michaelidis BA, Parwani A, Tamminga CA. Effects of ketamine in normal and schizophrenic volunteers.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001 Oct;25(4):455-67.
Excellent overview. My daughter has been addicted to meth...
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Excellent overview. My daughter has been addicted to meth for over twenty years and I AM seeing her inability to make constructive, long-term decisions, even when "clean." Our oldest son has schizophrenia, and although he is highly functioning, shows some of the impairment(s) my daughter exhibits.
Moghaddam is correct in arguing that long-term intake of,...
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Moghaddam is correct in arguing that long-term intake of, or exposure to, amphetamine-like drugs produces a spectrum of changes in cortical and subcortical function that underlie cognitive and affective abnormalities that relate to the abuse potential of the drugs, as well as the associated drug-induced psychotic symptoms. This may be particularly true for methamphetamine (Yui et al., 1999). Indeed, Jane Taylor and I proposed 7 years ago now (Jentsch and Taylor, 1999) that dysregulation of frontal cortical function is a common feature of long-term exposure to drugs of abuse; today, this is a phenomenon that is generally accepted as contributing directly to the addictive process (London et al., 2000; Everitt et al., 2001; Robinson and Berridge, 2003; Goldstein and Volkow, 2002; Lubman et al., 2004). In that sense, the concept that amphetamine alters frontal lobe function in important ways relevant to both addictive and psychotic disorders is hardly new.
A separate question touched upon in the article and subsequent discussion is whether either amphetamine or phencyclidine represents a more informative or valid model for schizophrenia and/or its symptoms than the other.
For nearly 60 years, investigators have used amphetamine-like and phencyclidine-like drugs to simulate psychopathological states in human beings and animals that correspond (to varying degrees) with sequelae of schizophrenia. One clear issue that has emerged from the 6 decades of research is that these two drugs produce some similar and some different effects on behavior, which is not surprising, owing to their distinctive pharmacologic and neurochemical mechanisms of action. What is unfortunate is that the apparent differences have led to a history of conflict over which represents the better model for psychotic disorders. In opposition to the overly dogmatic arguments of those in favor of one approach or the other, I argue that we should focus on the commonalities of the action of these two classes of agents to find the mechanisms that will ultimately have the broadest implications for understanding schizophrenia.
What is clear is that, under the right conditions (dose, route of administration, frequency and duration of exposure, etc.), people who are passively exposed to these drugs or who voluntarily consume them can show psychopathological states that include behavioral dimensions of psychotic disorders; this is markedly different from a drug like nicotine which virtually never does. Although these agents very specifically produce psychopathology of interest to schizophrenia researchers, the "right conditions" required for each to achieve temporary or persistent psychotomimetic effects are not known. For example, it is simply not clear what determines which methamphetamine abusers will develop psychotic symptoms and which will not (is it ethnicity, age of onset, total lifetime dose, underlying genetic risk?).
If we knew what the right conditions were for both drugs and could mimic those in animals, I believe that we would find a common set of neuroadaptations in the prefrontal cortex and its striato-pallido-thalamic targets that represent the final common pathway by which these two otherwise distinct agents dysregulate the normal mental and emotional function of animals and people who are exposed to them. I further propose that, if we knew the right conditions under which cannabis induced psychotic symptoms, it would point to the same pathway. At this nexus, we will additionally discover mechanisms that help to explain the comorbidity between substance abuse and psychotic disorders, as the common features for all of these agents is their abuse liability and psychotomimetic properties.
Without the information about the right conditions, the conflict over the validity of amphetamine versus phencyclidine models is unresolvable. Clearly, there are many studies in which one or the other drug was given to animals with little behavioral, physiological, or anatomical feature of schizophrenia being induced. But this is not because there is no general validity for either model; it is because we haven't learned quite yet what the conditions are under which these drugs affect people in a manner relevant to the field and should be expected to affect animals.
At the current time, concluding that one or the other model is better (whatever that means, in scientific terms) or is more accurate in its ability to induce a model for the disorder is premature.
Everitt BJ, Dickinson A, Robbins TW. The neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviour.
Brain Res Brain Res Rev. 2001 Oct;36(2-3):129-38. Review.
Goldstein RZ, Volkow ND. Drug addiction and its underlying neurobiological basis: neuroimaging evidence for the involvement of the frontal cortex.
Am J Psychiatry. 2002 Oct;159(10):1642-52. Review.
Jentsch JD, Taylor JR. Impulsivity resulting from frontostriatal dysfunction in drug abuse: implications for the control of behavior by reward-related stimuli.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1999 Oct;146(4):373-90. Review.
London ED, Ernst M, Grant S, Bonson K, Weinstein A. Orbitofrontal cortex and human drug abuse: functional imaging. Cereb Cortex. 2000 Mar 1;10(3):334-42. Abstract
Lubman DI, Yucel M, Pantelis C. Addiction, a condition of compulsive behaviour? Neuroimaging and neuropsychological evidence of inhibitory dysregulation.
Addiction. 2004 Dec;99(12):1491-502. Review.
Robinson TE, Berridge KC. Addiction.
Annu Rev Psychol. 2003;54:25-53. Epub 2002 Jun 10. Review.
Yui K, Goto K, Ikemoto S, Ishiguro T, Angrist B, Duncan GE, Sheitman BB, Lieberman JA, Bracha SH, Ali SF. Neurobiological basis of relapse prediction in stimulant-induced psychosis and schizophrenia: the role of sensitization.
Mol Psychiatry. 1999 Nov;4(6):512-23. Review.
The acknowledgment that amphetamine psychosis (like...
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The acknowledgment that amphetamine psychosis (like schizophrenia) can have inverse effects (both hypo- and hyperfunction) on different regions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is an important one, and worth emphasizing. There is regional specificity of effects within the PFC, not just a global increase or decrease in function. In addition to the distinction between the orbital and medial PFC mentioned in the article, there is converging evidence from the working memory imaging literature that schizophrenia may have inverse effects on ventrolateral (VLPFC) and dorsolateral (DLPFC) prefrontal cortex, with increased VLPFC and decreased DLPFC activation in schizophrenia (Glahn et al., 2005). This has potentially important implications for understanding compensatory performance strategies, and for devising cognitive remediation interventions.
Glahn, D.C., Ragland, J.D., Abramoff, A., Barrett, J., Laird, A.R., Bearden, C.E., Velligan, D.I.: Beyond hypofrontality: a quantitative meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of working memory in schizophrenia. Hum Brain Mapp. 2005 May;25(1):60-9. Abstract
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When President John F. Kennedy was presented with a bird wearing a sign that read "Good Eatin' Mr. President" he responded with "Let's just keep him." This photograph was taken three days before President Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Turkey fact: Wild turkeys can fly short distances at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. Most domesticated turkeys cannot fly since they typically weigh more than twice the weight of wild turkeys.
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Pleasant Heights station closes
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STEUBENVILLE — The Pleasant Heights fire station was set to be closed this morning, two months after City Council members agreed it should remain open....
This is very wrong...I think that down-sizing vital services is poor thrift. Forensic accountants need to look at the City of Steubenville's books to see exactly what is going on...if anyone has any insights they need to contact federal authorities. Cities can become infected with the ENRON DISEASE.
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There has been a forensic accountant looking at Steubenville's finances and he has found a few things he has never seen in his 20+ years as a CPA and former finance director of Toledo Ohio. The city has almost a million dollars in a "safety fund" that was created without an ordinance or documentation of any kind.
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If I use my longsword as implement and have the Weapon Expertise Heavy Blade feat, does the +1 apply to implement attacks as well?
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If you have a character that plans to use a weapon as both an implement and a weapon it is a good idea to look at the new expertise feats published in Dragon 402 which include limited use expertise feats for both weapon and implement powers (or generic attacks).
From what I recall, no. Weapon expertise and implement expertise are different. Weapon expertise grants the bonus when you use the weapon to do physical damage with the weapon, such as a melee basic attack. Implement expertise gives you a bonus when you use the weapon as an implement for an attack, such as eldritch blast.


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D (Bun_G) =?= O(LocSys)
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I know this goes under the name of Geometric Langlands. Why?


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In the .NET space the overwhelming majority of web projects are built with ASP.NET in one form or another. For many of those projects this a good choice. But there are alternatives. Alternatives that offer other approaches, and supports other ways of thinking. Alternatives that are developed by the community. Altenratives that run on Mono. Maybe one those alternatives is the better fit for your next project - except if don't know about them you will never know. In this code heavy talk I'll show the same sample application in the three Open Source .NET web frameworks FubuMVC, OpenRasta and Nancy. You will not become an expert at anything by attending this talk - but your may discover just the right web framework for your next project.
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In the Driver's Seat of a Wild Cancer Cell
Like a GPS, DNA "directs" cancer cells. These genetic maps help doctors personalize treatment for tumors.
Physicians and scientists at Norris Cotton Cancer Center "map" DNA sequences by testing for gene changes—a missing or extra section or other tiny alterations. Since specific alterations in certain genes can determine how well a person responds to treatment, genetic tests can help people get the right amount of a medicine based on their particular genetic makeup.
What causes genetic mutations or damage?
Genes can be damaged or "mutated" in multiple ways. Some genetic mutations are passed down from one generation to another. Others occur from environmental damage, such as exposure to the sun or cigarette smoke.
NCCC conducts extensive research on the role of genetic mutations in cancer, and the most effective treatments, in research programs like Cancer Mechanisms and Molecular Therapeutics. We also operate scientific core facilities where researchers from all over New England send their samples for analysis.
As an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Norris Cotton is at the forefront of genomics in cancer diagnosis and treatment, contributing new knowledge to a worldwide scientific community working to cure cancers.
To learn more about genetic testing, visit: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/dna
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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Friday, June 8, 2012 purports to show a girl holding the Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- In a sign of how the conflict is aggravating regional tensions, Syria said Friday it shot down a Turkish military plane that entered Syrian air space. It was the clearest and most dramatic escalation in tensions between the two countries, which used to be allies before the Syrian revolt began. Turkey has become one of the strongest critics of the Syrian regime's response to the uprising.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Saturday his country would take "necessary" action against Syria, but suggested that the aircraft may have unintentionally violated the Syrian airspace.
The plane, an unarmed F-4, went down in the Mediterranean Sea about 8 miles (13 kilometers) away from the Syrian town of Latakia, Turkey said.
Syria says it shot down a Turkish military jet because the aircraft violated its airspace, but it's calling it an "accident, not an attack."
Turkey is threatening to retaliate, though it's not saying how.
Both sides are signaling that they do not want to escalate the episode, which has the potential to explode into a regional conflagration.
Turkey and Syria had once been allies, but that was before the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime began 15 months ago.
Turkey is now playing host to Syrian opposition groups, including hundreds of army defectors affiliated with the Free Syrian Army.
And Turkish officials suspect that Damascus now is turning a blind eye to Kurdish rebels based in Syria.
Meanwhile, the search for the two missing pilots continues in the Mediterranean. Syria's foreign ministry says the two countries are cooperating, at least on that effort.
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad formed a new government Saturday, but the key posts at the foreign, defense and interior ministries were not changed.
The government is headed by Riad Farid Hijab, a former agriculture minister and a loyalist member of the ruling Baath Party.
A deadly uprising has convulsed Syria for more than a year, and Assad has promised to enact political reforms. He had promised after the May 7 parliamentary elections to make the government more inclusive to politicians from other parties.
But the appointment of Hijab and the decision to keep the key posts unchanged raised questions about the commitment to that pledge.
The opposition boycotted the parliamentary elections, saying they were designed to strengthen Assad's grip on power.
Parliament is considered little more than a rubber stamp in Syria, where the president and a tight coterie of advisers hold the real power.
Activists estimate that more than 14,000 people have been killed since the start of the uprising against Assad's regime in March 2011.


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Just wondering if you guys have any suggestions, tips or ideas? According to the directions in the kit I got you basically mix in the bottling sugars, bottle, cap and wait a few weeks. Basically I am wondering if there are any tips you guy have in the process so I do not start and figure it out on my last bottle and think, "Well that would have been nice to know 48 bottles ago!"
Here are some things I've learned over the two or three years of bottling:
If you have them available, I like to bottle 2-3 into the plastic P.E.T. bottles. That way you can just give them a squeeze after a week or so to see if they have carbonated fully. Not a necessary step, but it will save you from opening un-carbed bottles down the road.
That pretty much sums it up. Just make sure you add the priming sugar. Sometimes in your excitement to get the beer bottled you can forget this step. If you do happen to forget the priming sugar you can always get coopers carbonation tabs. Instead of combining all the beer to a bucket and priming you can just pop the cap, add a tab and recap.
Store them the bottles at room temp for a week or two so the yeast stays active and carbonates the beer. After that you can put them in the fridge.
The one tip I can add is to write out each step in point form so nothing is missed. I have a white board in my brewing room and for each batch, I write out each step and a note or 2 on each (IE a target gravity read). This way I hopefully will leave no Leaf unturned or step missed along the way. I am new to this and write notes for each step too so I have referenece as my brewing continues to grow.
Hope that helps some
If you can get a hold of a bottling wand, it will save you all kinds of trouble in the bottling process. The wand has a valve in it that only lets liquid flow when it is pressed up against a surface. Press the wand against the bottom of the bottle, remove it just when the liquid level reaches the lip of the bottle, and when you pull it out, you'll have exactly enough head room.
All of the above are great suggestions. Don't try to prime each bottle (some directions suggest that this is the process), but prime the entire batch, then bottle it up (you'll get more consistent carbonation, just emphasizing JackSmith's suggestion to that end). If for some reason you want residual sweetness, use a non-fermenting sugar or substitute like sucralose or stevia (I do ciders and this is a must for most consumers). Here is a link to a priming sugar calculator that I have found to make my bottling more consistent. Cheers :-)


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Kim Clifford and his St Clairsville Red Devils closed out the 2012 portion of their schedule with a down-to-the-wire victory Friday night at Marietta.
Opposing Division I Upper Arlington in the annual Ohio River Classic at Marietta College, St. C. squeezed out a 66-63 triumph, improving to 4-1 at the holiday break.
St. Clairsville takes a week off before traveling to Cadiz for a Jan. 4 tipoff with rival Harrison Central.
In Friday night's contest at Marietta, Upper Arlington assumed a 16-12 upperhand after one panel before St. C. retaliated, outpointing the Golden Bears 20-14 during second stanza action for a 32-30 Red Devils' edge at intermission.
The Franklin County quint came back to forge a 45-45 lockup after three panels, setting the stage for a fourth quarter scoring outburst from St. C. all-Ohioan Dan Monteroso.
The Red Devils' 6-3 ace accounted for 17 of the Saints' 21 final frame tallies. All told, Monteroso finished with another sterling performance, knocking down a game-leading 35 markers.
St. C. was a 64-63 leader in the final ticks before Adam Jeffries was sent to the line with the clock showing 0:10. Jeffries twice converted for what proved the final reading. UA was able to launch a potential game-tying three-point attempt just prior to the final horn, a shot that missed the mark as time expired.
Backing Monteroso's output was veteran Riley Carlton who tossed in a dozen points. Jeffries hit for 10 and senior Dylan Campbell netted nine. Upper Arlington's Kevin Vannatta topped the Bears with 27 points. Teammate Gabe Akins provided 11-point support.
Monroe Central 70, Buckeye Local 56
In the Meadowbrook Hoop Classic, Scooter Tolzda's Seminoles led wire-to-wire as Monroe made it six wins in as many outings. The Noles' were scheduled to oppose host Meadowbrook this evening at 8:00.
Monroe Central raced to a 21-16 lead after one period and maintained 39-32 command at halftime. The Panthers of Jay Morris faced a 54-48 deficit after three quarters.
The Seminoles received a team-leading 24-point output from Korey Lafferre. Also in double digits for the winners were Cameron Jorris (13) and Kordell Antill (12).
Buckeye benefited from a game-high 28-point eruption from senior Kyle Michalo. The Panthers meet Morgan in tonight's third place contest. Tipoff is at 6:00.
Caldwell 68 Barnesville 64
At Caldwell, the invading Shamrocks saw a nine-point fourth quarter lead evaporate as Caldwell rallied to force overtime before eventually finishing off Chris Pack's club.
The foes were knotted at 11 following one quarter. The Green edged ahead 28-26 at halftime then extended the spread to 50-41 after three panels before Caldwell used a 18-9 final eight minutes to earn a 59-59 tie after regulation.
Double figure scorers for the Noble County quint included Jonathan Wiechman (20); Tanner Clark (17) and Tanner Baker (10).
Barnesville's Brandon Burkhart hooped a game-leading 21 tallies and landed 10 rebounds with teammate Zach Houston contributing 15 counters and nine boards.
The loss left Barnesville 4-4 at the holiday break. The Rocks play at Shadyside next Friday.


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Reviewer: Eric Shinohara MD, MSCI
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: May 26, 2008
Presenter: Frederick Vernimmen
Presenter's Affiliation: Stellenbosch University
Type of Session: Scientific
Materials and Methods
This is a retrospective single institution review of long term control in AVM, meningiomas and acoustic neuromas treated with fractionated stereotactic proton therapy. A total of 500 patients have been treated at Ithemba labs since 1993 and of these 500 patients, 81 were treated for AVM, 41 for meningioma, and 64 for acoustic neuroma. The majority of the 500 patients were treated with radiosurgery as the beam was available only two days a week. Only small fields were available due to limitation related to the passive scatter beam that was used.All patients were treated with 3-4 fields with two to three fractions. Fractions were given twice a week (Monday and Friday) and all fields were treated daily. A fixed 200 MeV passive scatter photon beam was used for treatment and custom collimation was used for each patient. Each patient was treated using a non-invasive stereophotogrammatic patient support and positioning system. A mask and bite block was used for immobilization. Markers on the mask were monitored using a video camera system and aligned using a computerized adjustable chair. Treatment planning was done using Voxelplan with the addition of Proxelplan for the Bragg peak dose calculation model. No distal beam shaping was used.
Author's Conclusions
Clinical/Scientific Implications
Current radiotherapy techniques with gamma knife and linac based stereotactic radiotherapy have been fairly effective in the treatment of the above mentioned benign conditions. How then do protons potentially improve on what can be achieved with photon based radiosurgery? There is the potential for better conformality with proton beam therapy due to the ability to control the distal boarder of the treatment field. Spot scanning beam proton therapy may allow even greater control of the dose distribution and spare even more normal tissue, which due to the location of these masses is critical. Specifically, in acoustic neuromas hearing preservation as well as sparing of the facial nerve is important and it may be possible to improve on the rates of nerve damage with proton therapy, perhaps best with fractionated therapy rather than radiosurgery. The present study appears to show a high rate of preservation of the facial nerve and hearing despite the higher dose used in the present study. The AVM, acoustic neuromas and meningiomas tended to be larger in this study and it is possible that proton based radiosurgery may be able to address larger tumors than can be treated with gammaknife safely. However, the proton range is not absolute and there is some uncertainty about where the distal boarder ends. Hence, until we are better able to account for this it critical to consider this uncertainty during treatment planning.
Whenever treating benign disease with radiation it is always important to consider serious side effects as these diseases can often be treated with other modalities and are usually not fatal. Secondary malignancy is one of the most serious potential late effects and unfortunately more follow up is needed for all three groups. In theory, there should be less dose delivered to normal tissues with proton therapy reducing the risk for secondary malignancy. Retrospective data from Harvard suggest that secondary malignancy is uncommon with proton treatment, despite concerns about neutron contamination. Hence, secondary malignancy may not be a large problem in the long term follow up of these patients.
For proton therapy to become a standard indication for treatment of these lesions, clinical trials showing superiority over conventional stereotactic and gamma knife are needed due to the cost of this therapy over the other modalities. This is particularly important in a disease where currently available treatments are tolerated well and successful.


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Is there a reason that magnetic field lines are drawn from north to south or is this a purely arbitrarily defined protocol (for convenience)? Essentially what I am asking is: without a reference magnet (like the earth) is there a way determining what pole of a magnet is north and which is south?
Lagerbaer's comment is correct: you can tell which way the magnetic field vectors point (i.e., which end of your bar magnet is "north") using a moving charge rather than a reference magnet.
But it's worth adding one more point: the original decision to draw magnetic field lines going away from "north" poles of magnets and towards "south" poles was an arbitrary one. We could have decided to draw all magnetic field lines the other way around, in which case the direction of the Lorentz force would be $-q({\bf v}\times{\bf B})$ instead of $q({\bf v}\times{\bf B})$. We'd either replace the right-hand rule with a left-hand rule, or more likely just reverse the order of ${\bf v}$ and ${\bf B}$ in the cross product, and keep using the same right-hand rule but with ${\bf v},{\bf B}$ interchanged.
Of course, we could also have decided to draw all electric fields the other way around too, by flipping the signs of all electric charges. Arguably some things would be simpler if the electron charge had originally been taken to be positive -- current would flow in metals in the same direction that the charges were moving, for instance -- but it's too late now.
The direction of the field lines is pure convention. Magnetic field lines are defined with respect to north magnetic "test charges" placed in the field (and how they move in the field). If they were defined with respect to test south magnetic test charges, the field lines would be reversed.
But as Lagerbaer points out, it is of course possible to distinguish between the two poles without using magnets - that is partly the point of "electromagnetism" :)


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Or that.
But the MD actually stands for Mogen David.20/20 means perfect as in vision.
joke of the 90s was with preservatives in foods, drinks.. that you'd get macular and 20/20 vision would be effected.
not a conspiracy, a sales tactic once. but not any longer.
just some i see are still pulling that.. no one believes it nor is it important but.. high concentrates of sugar can effects the circulartory system.
the MD means, macular degeneration. old joke... until now that is.. since md is a common visual disease of the macular.
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Mogen David, bro.
'Bout time somebody did.
All I see is a bunch of lies.
I don't get it.
I wish Bulkmailer posted more often. He completely owns this thread as far as I'm concerned. Seriously, his too drunk stories are the best.
We invented a drinking game with dice or di or whatever. It's called Shitty. We played last night and ended up taking a cab to ihop. I think I tipped the driver like $40. After she turned down our suggestion of paying her with our dicks.
If anyone plays League of Legends, I once went 0-31-2 on Teemo after a particularly hard night of drinking.
I think its when you ask for more of the stuff in the thing stuff goes in.
Or argue with a facebook post verbally.
I once had a cop pull me over for riding a tricycle while drunk.
I experienced exactly the same course of events twice - with a time difference of about 15 years.
Playing Goldeneye 64 and Gunstar Heroes with three friends while drinking obscure Czech Wokda, throwing semi-hard cheese at each other, and me puking from the balcony at some point (4th floor).
I'll never do it again
-7 white russians
-3 AMFs
-2 Irish Carbombs
-Half a bottle of Jameson
I then puked on Starkey's luggage at his hotel and blacked out. Julius carried me home and I remember puking on my shoes and on the side of the bed. The end.
To be fair, bet Starkey deserved it.
I once passed out in an alley. In the fucking rain. After socking my best friends girl, while trying to hit him, for dick punching me for laughs. I guess I ran after realizing I had hit a lady (later found out I had barely winged her actually), grabbed my skate and my bottle of Yager and just left the house. What Im told is, two hours later I was found in that alley, broken bottle, cut up hands, missing skate, soaked and had puked on myself. I was 23. what a great young person I was, but damn if thats not funny.


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Extension > Food > Food Safety > Preserving and Preparing > Fruits > Blackberry Syrup Made From Wild Fruit
Blackberry Syrup Made From Wild Fruit
Wild fruits from Minnesota's fields and woods can make very good syrups. A pound of blackberries will yield 1 to 1-1/3 cups of juice. Extraction of juice from the fruit is the first step in the preparation of fruit syrup.
Steps for Extracting Juice:
- Using ripe blackberries, gently wash in cool running water.
- Crush berries and place in a stainless steel or enamel kettle.
- Add 1/4 cup water per pound of fruit.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer for 5-10 minutes, covered.
- Cool and strain through cheesecloth or a damp jelly bag.
Making Blackberry Syrup
- 4 cups blackberry juice
- 4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
Combine all ingredients and simmer until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and pour into hot, sterilized canning jars. Seal with two-piece canning lids. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
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2 Jul 2012 4:59 PM #1
Pause scene 1 at end, start scene 2 with click?
Watched video for version1.0, but I am using the current 1.3 version. In 1.0, the scene boxes had a little play, pause, and scene# button you could change on the right side of the scene boxes at the bottom of the animator. I am looking to play a scene and at the conclusion of the scene, have it pause. Scene 2 would then start with a mouse click and pause at it's conclusion, scene 3 would start with a mouse click and so on & so forth. Is this achievable with 1.3 as I no longer see these easy buttons located on the scene boxes.
This is what I'm looking to duplicate.
It would need to pause on each slide, then navigate to next slide once screen is touched.
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Yes, the play/pause icons in version 1.0 was deprecated in favor of the actions which are more configurable.
Now, the default is that the scene will stop playing when done (e.g. paused). For any object on the screen (in base state) you can go the the properties -> action group and set an action. E.g. for example you can set a "go to scene" action for a click event for your object to advance to next scene.
If you want a second scene to play automatically, you can set the "end" action of the first scene to "go to next scene".


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For those who don't know, the Salar De Uyuni is the world's biggest salt desert and covers 10,000 square-kilometers. During the rainy season it reflects the sky like a huge mirror, giving some pretty cool out-of-this-world images :)
Well, I might pass there during the rainiest month (average 239mm of rain) and temperatures will be around 5 - 15C, so not freezing but cold. My cameras and most lenses are weather-sealed but I am worried about my tripod and me!
How can I take care of the tripod before, while there planted in a few inches of very salty water and after?
What would be best footwear? Maybe besides industrial rubber rain-boots I guess... I neither own any nor think there are convenient to carry in such remote places. I'll be limited to one backpack and camera bag which are expected to be very full already.
For the footwear, do the day-trip companies there usually provide boots? Or do they keep your shoes in the vehicle while photographers go barefoot?
There is apparently a solution for this which costs more than getting there! Gitzo makes an anti-corrosion version of their ocean traveler tripod. While the latter is only $840 USD, the former costs a whopping $1700 USD or a few hundreds short of a full-frame DSLR.


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This dataset contains fiscal year data from 2008 onward and is currently available in the following formats:
The goal of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to improve core services provided to the public and provide alternative methods for conducting business with the agency. In support of this goal, SSA provides a wide range of Internet services to allow the public to conduct business via this widely used medium. For example, SSA offers members of the public who receive benefits the opportunity to obtain a replacement Medicare Card via the Internet. Our goal is to make it easier and faster for individuals to request a Medicare Replacement Card via the Internet from the comfort and convenience of their homes or offices.
Agency Program Description
The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers a number of online applications that provide beneficiaries an alternative to visiting the office. In order to use the Medicare Replacement Card application, a beneficiary must be receiving Medicare benefits. Once the online application is completed, SSA will mail a replacement card to the beneficiary in about 30 days. If the beneficiary has moved and has not reported this to SSA, he/she will need to report this change before the replacement card application is processed.
Dataset Description
This dataset provides monthly volumes at the national level from federal fiscal year 2008 onwards for Internet Medicare Replacement Card.
The dataset includes only Internet Medicare Replacement Card transactions. It should be noted that, in addition to using our online Internet Medicare Replacement Card application, the public might request a replacement card by calling our 800 number, visiting a field office, or mailing us the request. This data set pertains only to the online alternative.
Data Collection Description
We get internet front-end activity counts from SSA's Online Medicare Replacement Card Application. We capture the transactions when public users access the application. We store the transactions nightly in the Electronic Services Operational Data Store (ODS). The next day we take the data from the ODS and store it in the Data Warehouse.
Data Dictionary
Field A: Federal Fiscal Year, a federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.
Field B: Month (by District Office Workload Reporting Month), the reporting month indicates the month the data was produced. Reporting months are administratively set reporting periods and do not necessarily correspond exactly to calendar months.
Field C: Internet Social Security Medicare Replacement Card Applications, indicates the number of Medicare replacement card applications submitted via the Internet.
Field D: Comments, includes information about a particular month's data collection and/or reporting.
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Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025
Hunter education courses in Georgia are offered three ways: by classroom, CD-Rom or online.
"Because of the importance of the information learned in a hunter education course, our agency has made efforts to meet the needs of many users," says Walter Lane, Wildlife Resources Division's Hunter Development Program Manager. "The options offered include a traditional classroom course, a CD-rom course and three online courses."
The classroom course and the CD-Rom courses are free of charge. The three available online courses each require a fee (from $9.95 - $24.95) but all are "pass or don't pay" courses. Fees for these courses are charged by and collected by the course developer.
Completion of a hunter education course is required for any person born on or after January 1, 1961, who:
The only exceptions include any person who:
For more information, go to www.gohuntgeorgia.com [1] (select "Hunting" and then "Hunter Education") or call 770-761-3010.
[1] http://www.georgiawildlife.com/hunting/education


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GPersons wrote: > Do not want to start a fracas but why do say this sucks? I think it will be > good for the hobby and lets face it, code is all but dead. I am sorry that > they have reduced the code requirement. It was always a right of passage to > me and I was and am working on that right. However, with modern technology > being what it is, do we really need code? The short answer is of course, no .... But like Tevele in Fiddler on the Roof, there is something to be said about tradition. Let's be honest about it too, the code requirement does and should act as a barrier to entry. No one wants to see HF become a glorified CB domain. John K0UWT (since 1959 with same call) > > > Gary > > At 04:16 PM 12/30/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > >The FCC has made its decision, and it SUCKS!!! > > > > > >NEWINGTON, CT, Dec 30, 1999--Amateur Radio will get a new look in the new > >millennium. The FCC today issued its long-awaited Report and Order in the > >1998 Biennial Regulatory Review of Part 97--more commonly known as "license > >restructuring." The bottom line is that starting April 15, 2000, there will > >be three license classes--Technician, General, and Amateur Extra--and a > >single Morse code requirement--5 WPM. > > > >"We believe that an individual's ability to demonstrate increased Morse > >code proficiency is not necessarily indicative of that individual's ability > >to contribute to the advancement of the radio art," the FCC said. > > > >Besides drastically streamlining the Amateur Radio licensing process, the > >FCC said its actions would "eliminate unnecessary requirements that may > >discourage or limit individuals from becoming trained operators, > >technicians, and electronic experts." > > > >Although no new Novice and Advanced licenses will be issued after the > >effective date of the Report and Order, the FCC does not plan to > >automatically upgrade any existing license privileges. The > >ARRL had proposed a one-time across-the-board upgrading of current Novice > >and Tech Plus licensees to General class, but the FCC declined to adopt the > >idea. This means that current licensees will retain their current operating > >privileges, including access to various modes and subbands, and will be > >able to renew their licenses indefinitely. > > > >Starting April 15, 2000, individuals who qualified for the Technician class > >license prior to March 21, 1987, will be able to upgrade to General class > >by providing documentary proof to a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator, paying > >an application fee, and completing FCC Form 605. > > > >The FCC's decision not to automatically upgrade Novice and Tech Plus > >licensees means the current Novice/Tech Plus HF subbands will remain and > >not be "refarmed" to higher class licensees as the ARRL had proposed. The > >FCC said it did not refarm these subbands because there was "no consensus" > >within the amateur community as to what to do with them. > > > >As it had proposed earlier, the FCC decided to lump Technician and Tech > >Plus licensees into a single licensee database, all designated as > >"Technician" licensees. Those who can document having passed the 5 WPM > >Morse code examination will continue to have the current Tech Plus HF > >privileges. "If documentation is needed to verify whether a licensee has > >passed a telegraphy examination, we may request the documentation from that > >licensee or the VECs," the FCC said. > > > >In addition to reducing the number of license classes from six to three and > >eliminating the 20 and 13 WPM code tests, the FCC also will reduce the > >number of written examination elements from five to three, authorize > >Advanced Class hams to prepare and administer General class examinations, > >and eliminate Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) station > >licenses. RACES will remain, however. "After review of the record, we > >conclude that we should eliminate RACES station licenses because RACES > >station licenses are unnecessary for amateur stations and amateur service > >licenses to provide emergency communications," the FCC said. > > > >Under the new licensing scheme, there will be four examination elements. > >Element 1 will be the 5 WPM Morse code exam. Element 2 will be a > >35-question written test to obtain a Technician license; Element 3 will be > >a 35-question written test to obtain a General license, and Element 4 will > >be a 50-question written test for the Amateur Extra license. The FCC has > >left it in the hands of the National Conference of VECs Question Pool > >Committee to determine the specific mix and makeup of written examination > >questions. Current Amateur Radio study materials remain valid at least > >until the new rules become effective in April. > > > >The FCC's new licensing plan means someone will be able to become a ham by > >passing a single 35-question written examination. The plan also simplifies > >and shortens the upgrade path from the ground floor through Amateur > >Extra--especially since amateurs will only have to pass one Morse code test. > > > >Elimination of the 13 and 20 WPM Morse requirements also means an end to > >physician certification waivers for applicants claiming an inability to > >pass the Morse code examination due to physical handicap. > > > >The effective date provides a window of upgrade opportunity for current > >Advanced licensees. Between now and April 15, current Advanced holders may > >take the existing Element 4B, a 40-question test, giving them credit for > >having passed the current Extra written examination. Likewise, holders of a > >Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) for Elements 3B > >or 4B dated on or after April 17, 1999, will be able to qualify for General > >or Amateur Extra respectively when the new rules go into effect on April > >15, 2000. > > > >The FCC disagreed with the League's suggestion that it undertake a > >restructuring of operating privileges along with licensing restructuring. > >"We believe that in light of ongoing discussions concerning implementation > >of new and more modern communications technologies within the amateur > >service community, we should accord the amateur service community an > >opportunity to complete such discussions and possibly reach a consensus > >regarding implementation of new technologies before we undertake a > >comprehensive restructuring of the amateur service operating privileges and > >frequencies," the FCC said in its Report and Order. > > > >In its amendments to Part 97, the FCC's Report and Order refers to a "Club > >Station Call Sign Administrator," something that does not exist under the > >current rules and which was not explained in the R&O itself. 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A machine in manufacturing usually is fed material or a workpiece to be processed. Sometimes, the orientation of the workpiece [synonyms?] is defined by a kind of jig into which the workpiece is inserted.
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Claiming offside when your teammate scores an own goal. what a chop
A bit fickle tbh
He missed a clear cut chance...
Ferguson is really getting old now
^ pretty sure that doesnt mean he started 4-2-4, it means he finished the game 4-2-4. that happens often.
I think he's pointing at Rio Ferdinand playing as forward..
Hardly that unrealistic in such a scenario. Plenty of teams put their DCs up front when in need of a goal, and just punt it up there hoping for the best.
Never seen this before, made me smile
Mind you, my centrebacks are crap in all departments so it would be of no use to me. Although my strikers are of no use at the moment either.
I'm not entirely sure what to think here.
1. How do they know when the ball's crossed the line? There are no lines!
2. The referee can now fulfill his dreams of being a ninja
3. Remind me never to go to the Ivory Coast if the grass looks like that.
But overall, my main thought is "ARGH!"
Sandro break his own appearance record... Could happen all the time but I aint seen it before.
I doubt i would win the lottery...
Beijing's pitch has shrunk...
Thought this little mishap by West Ham's kit manger was quite good:
So which one should I sign?
They are anti-wonderkids No wonder why he's alone in under 19s.
Sergio looks worse but is much braver so he sucks but at least he's not afraid of it. Plus he has much more stamina so he can suck for longer. His high teamwork means he is likely to make his teammates suck too. And he has high positioning so he knows where to suck that has to be a good thing. And 5 in concentration means he'll suck consistently because he's just so focused on it.
Hector on the other hand is much more aggresive meaning he will suck but he will look cool doing it. And he has better technique so he'll do better unless he has to kick the ball over 2 meters away. And he has more agility so he can suck more in a set amount of time. His higher influence means he'll spread his awesomeness to the team especially if made captain. He'll also do better in free-kicks if the opponents can't stop laughing becuase he's likely to trip over while running to take the kick.
so which one?
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not much of a pic but a video someone posted i thought deserved reposting
OMG!! that is the best video I have ever seen.
I heard this guy was good with the ladies.
The combination of the name and the haircut makes this player priceless.
I think it's more funny that he's a near-£4m striker, but look at his attacking stats
That's hilarious !
Is this the most depressing journeyman biography ever?
18 clubs. 30 years. 32 club appearances. He's actually made more international appearances than he has club appearances.
History (bottom of scrollbar)
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In fact, historically on FM I've noticed there's a lot of old people playing in Hong Kong.
I would sign him, and not play him! AND MAKE HIM RETIRE
18 years in the sport before his first match, I doubt even that would discourage him!
Unfortunately, it appears that this is a case of a person HAVING real-life appearances, but them just not being added to the FM database. See Wikipedia, for example.
Córdoba CF have recently been relegated from La Liga. The whole squad is unhappy at this result, understandably. Except one guy - the happiest person at Córdoba CF has an "Unh" next to him. So he's happy yet unhappy. Or something like that.
He isn't set as a freekick/throw-in taker is he?
I had a player once called Okay Kok... That was pretty funny, I should find a screen shot of him. He played on the right and Jean-Pierre Panis played down the left.
It's just perfect in so many ways. Especially the picture of him!
I've got just this image of him in my head now, sitting at the press conference, the side just won 4-0, there was an absolute wonder strike. He's about about his thoughts and with this grin on his face turns to the media and says:
"I thought it was terrible to be honest!"
Putting the room into a stunned silence!
Only Football Manager could conjure up moments like this:
Fortunately, I'm managing Arsenal. If it were the other way round I would've marched straight down the shop and got my money back.
What did you think of Ronaldo's 2006-07 season Lenny?
"I thought it was terrible!"
I still can't stop laughing!
An oldie:
Not with that agression you are not!
Just made me glad I didn't lose, not the capacity crowd
I think the report is reffering to all the listeners on the local radio, who were delighted... As you forgot to unlock the gates they all went home.
Go for it!
I think this guy struggles to give big performances
Lmao, He was blessed with a great name.
Just had my keeper (Alex Smithies) sent off in the 4th minute of a League 1 game between Leeds and Swindon.
Not posting up the images as they are too big, so I'll just post the links instead.
1) Swindon keeper claims ball from Leeds corner.
2) Swindon keeper hoofs ball down field.
3) Leeds keeper runs towards ball and makes pointless dramatic dive.
4) Leeds keeper falls just outside area.
5) Leeds keeper is shown straight red card.
6) Leeds forced to play out remaining 86 minutes (plus stoppages) with a striker in goal.
Not best pleased. Going to play the remaining 84 minutes of the match now and see how I fare with Jermaine Beckford in goal. /o\
Clearly not as determined to be a coach as he is to be a player.
Champions League FirstLeg:
Liverpool let 4 goal lead slip against Tottenham. Usually its the other way round.
Juande Ramos (who took over from Rafa Benitez) has endured the most embarrasing night in Champions League history.
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Not so much funny as in amusing, but more funny as in "What the hell?" Note the position of Valencia's keeper - he, along with his entire defence bar Alexis had gone up for a last minute corner. Alexis only got a yellow card for the foul on the edge of his own team's penalty area! Justice was done thought, because Gerrard smashed home the resulting free-kick.
Not funny, but creepy sort of. Exact same as real life!! The way the goal was scored and everything
deja vu supposed?haha..
I can afford the guy 3rd from bottom i could buy a squad for christmas at that rate
Not funny as such
Heavens, that's some woeful marking!
I suppose Zola couldn't tell his defenders to mark the -1 because he didn't have a -1 board magnet.
Well well well, what do we have here? Looks like a typical "score a late equaliser but forget to defend" scenario.
... Actually, my on-loan striker must be the least sporting player in the world...
Yeah, he didn't even bother to wait for the goalkeeper to get back into his goal, scoring from the restart.
FM08 :-) kind of missing that now.
Some journalist just didnt do enough research before coming into the Press Con
Press conference before FA cup final Arsenal (me) V. Spurs
Hang on a minute ..... I didn't realize this guy is in my team
He's back, and he's Brazilian!
Indulge me here guys - I'm trying to post a screenie for the first time via Megaupload and I'm not sure what I'm doing.
Let's go ....
Right, have these pictures appeared in my post, please? If not, how do I do it?
By the way, the screens are insights into life at the bottom of the barrel - my 10th teir wee Scottish village club.
That's where I started, but I couldn't figure out imageshack. I'll try again. So how do I do that with MU? I copied the link into the [img] box but nothing showed.
If I get my head round IS I'll post. Cheers.
As i say on IS when you've uploaded your image there should be about 5-6 links with descriptions like thumbnail for forums - i generally tend to ignore those ones and look for the link that says direct link to image - then copy that link and stick it in the img tags.
Next try via Imageshack - my favourite:
Bu99er me - it works!
Okay, I call this 'the worst career in footballing history'. I'm looking for a player/assman for my wee Level 10 amateur Scottish village - this is all I could get:
Now I's like to follow up my screenie with 2 real-life examples. Hey we Brits champion the underdog, especially when we manage teams with no chance of ever achieving anything.
And finally, thanks to Imageshack and you guys, my screenies of everyday life in the footballing Highlands. I give you, the life blood of any club, the supporters. In the second screenie all my season ticket holders along with the rest appear to have gone AWOL.
In the end we did get a packed crowd of just over 60, so I guess my hardcore turned up en mass after all!
i would say birmingham have the upper hand then?
This one is all of my all time favourites.
He is a wing back, and it has happened twice.
This guy caught my attention... probably not a big hit with the ladies


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Roll forming is a matter of two processes: shaping material using localized deformation with a large amount of material movement (in other words, bending and moving the material). Localized deformation (bending) is a permanent bend with a slight thickness reduction at the bending line. Material movement is a matter of relocating or rotating a section, either formed or unformed, without changing its shape. Although roll forming engineers often address these processes at the same time, it can be helpful to consider forming and movement separately.
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Considering that raw data from the shop floor forms the basis for all production reports, companies need to eliminate possible shortfalls in collecting this data. That's where automatic data collection can help.
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What kind of a difference did an automated fabricating system make for Wood Stone Corp., Bellingham, Wash.? Before the system, the company actually had more people in the shop, and they were working 10 hour days for about 4-6 months to make fewer products than are produced today.
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Have the Patriots Solved the NFL's Tight-End Riddle?
Foxborough, Mass.—For bona fide football nerds—the ones who sprinkle terms like "cover zero" into polite conversation and stay in on Friday nights to read the collected works of Bill Walsh—Sunday was a day for the ages.
On one side of the weekend's marquee matchup was Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, the reigning consensus "genius" of coaching strategy in professional football. On the other was Jimmy Graham, the freakishly talented tight end supremo from the New Orleans Saints, whose size and sure-handedness has helped his team shred defenses with a level of creativity rarely seen at any level of football.
For blackboard geeks, this was Garry Kasparov taking on Deep Blue, if only Deep Blue was wearing an old sweatshirt with the sleeves hacked off.
The game itself was a classic. The Patriots won 30-27 on a last-minute drive. But the outcome, exciting as it was, paled in comparison to a development that all but the most football-savvy fans missed: The Patriots seem to have figured out how to solve the NFL's tight-end problem.
By way of background: In recent years, many of the NFL's top offenses (the Patriots included) have made off with all sorts of riches by creating a new class of pass-catchers. These tight ends aren't just incredibly tall (think 6 feet 5) and only a step slower than a wide receiver; they also have unnaturally big hands that allow them to haul in anything thrown their way.
Teams that try to run "normal" NFL defenses against them used to respond the traditional way. They'd put their top cornerback on the offense's top wide receiver, their second-best cornerback on the No. 2 receiver, etc. As a result, these tight ends would be left to whatever linebacker or safety had shown up late for film study. And with a slower, smaller human guarding a physical freak like Graham, bad things happen.
The week before this Patriots game, Graham destroyed Bears linebacker Lance Briggs in coverage, catching three passes for 40 yards against him. Against Miami he caught a 19-yard pass against linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. After four straight 100-yard games, there was buzz that Graham was the best offensive weapon in the sport.
But then came Sunday's New England game and one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in the history of football. Graham's line: zero catches for zero yards. According to Stats LLC, no player on record has broken up a streak of four or more 100-yard games with a doughnut.
"We didn't want to play him how some teams play him, other teams," said New England defensive back Devin McCourty. "When coach Belichick and Matty [Patricia, defensive coordinator], when they've got a guy to stop, they are going to do different things to slow him down. That's what we did."
The "different things" McCourty refers to is basically a seismic shift in the Patriots defense. They had a secret weapon in 27-year-old Aqib Talib, last seen shutting down elite wide receivers such as the Atlanta Falcons' Julio Jones. According to Patriots cornerback Kyle Arrington, Talib was chosen as the Graham stopper because coaches knew he had some unique characteristics, namely long limbs that could mitigate Graham's four-inch height advantage.
And so, the Patriots lined Talib up with Graham in one-on-one coverage for much of the game as if he were a great wide receiver, not a hulking tight end. The result? Graham became the second player this season to be thrown at least six times and catch zero passes.
The first attempt of the game to Graham saw him spread out wide, like a receiver, to the left of Saints quarterback Drew Brees, with two running backs in the backfield and one wide receiver lined up inside of Graham, near where you'd expect a tight end to line up. The Saints' plan was clear—to get a linebacker to cover one of their speedsters. Instead, the Patriots went the other way and played almost no linebackers the entire game. With cornerbacks on all of their receivers in single coverage (something most quarterbacks love), Brees was baited into the Graham-Talib battle. Talib simply used his long arms to simply poke the ball out as it was thrown.
This isn't all good news for the Patriots, of course. Providing the blueprint to stop a supercharged tight end doesn't bode well for the future of their own tight end, Rob Gronkowski, who is returning from injury. Gronkowski equally feasts on safeties and linebackers with a tight end-centric scheme Belichick helped invent. Belichick wrote the destruction of his own strategy on Sunday.
This destructive strategy continued all afternoon, despite New Orleans' experimentation to get Graham a mismatch. On the fourth pass intended for Graham, in the second quarter, Graham lined up next to Brees in shotgun formation as a sort of fullback. He was practically begging for a linebacker to cover him, since no cornerback in the history of organized sports has ever covered a slow, prodding fullback. This was basically a terrible rope-a-dope strategy. Graham, fooling no one, ran to the line of scrimmage before the snap. By the time the pass was headed for Graham, he was draped by three defenders. Predictably, the pass into triple coverage failed.
"We changed a lot of the game plan but we just had a lot of faith in the coaches that they knew what they were doing," said cornerback Alfonzo Dennard, who smiled when asked if he thought the strategy wouldn't work. "It worked out well."
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