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Lucey-Driscoll syndrome
Other Names for this Disease
- Transient familial neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
- Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia
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transient familial hyperbilirubinemia, is a rare metabolic disorder that leads to very high levels of bilirubin in a newborn's blood. Babies with this disorder may be born with severe jaundice (yellow skin), yellow eyes and lethargy. It occurs when the body does not properly break down (metabolize) a certain form of bilirubin. If untreated, this condition can cause seizures, neurologic problems (kernicterus) and even death. Treatment for Lucey-Driscoll syndrome includes phototherapy with blue light (to treat the high level of bilirubin in the blood) and an exchange transfusion is sometimes necessary.[1] Different inheritance patterns have been reported and in some cases, it occurs in individuals with no family history of the condition.Lucey-Driscoll syndrome, a form of
Last updated: 11/15/2010
- Diana Chambers, David Zieve. Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia. MedlinePlus. August 11, 2009; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001196.htm. Accessed 11/8/2010.
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Basic Information
- Genetics Home Reference (GHR) contains information on Lucey-Driscoll syndrome. This website is maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
- MedlinePlus was designed by the National Library of Medicine to help you research your health questions, and it provides more information about this topic.
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- The Monarch Initiative brings together data about this condition from humans and other species to help physicians and biomedical researchers. Monarch's tools are designed to make it easier to compare the signs and symptoms (phenotypes) of different diseases and discover common features. This initiative is a collaboration between several academic institutions across the world and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Visit the website to explore the biology of this condition.
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Each entry has a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Orphanet is a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Access to this database is free of charge.
- PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Lucey-Driscoll syndrome. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
Other Names for this Disease
- Transient familial neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
- Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia
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9 Old-Timey Animal Photos You Won't Believe Are Real
In the old days, concepts like safety, animal rights and sanity weren't as well-defined as they are now. And while there's no question that we treat animals better today than we did a few decades ago, sometimes what's good for the animals is bad for the field of insanely badass photography.
So, we'll just have to fill that void with old-timey photos like these.
#9. Rocky VII: Rocky Fights a Bear
Gus Waldorf / Life
"And in the red corner ... oh God, ALL of the blood. Oh God."
Allow us to introduce the fighters of this 1949 bout: In the blue corner, Gus Waldorf, a boxer so distinguished that this picture is literally all he's known for. In the red corner, a goddamn bear.
Since they followed boxing protocol as opposed to the bear's preferred combat style of straight up mauling everyone, its teeth and claws were restricted with a muzzle and boxing gloves. And even though the bear went into the ring severely handicapped, Waldorf still lost the fight due to his handicap of not being a bear.
Gus Waldorf / Life
Also the bear was a southpaw, which put him right off his game.
This was not an isolated incident, by the way -- bear-fighting was apparently all the rage back in the day. Here's an Iranian man wrestling a bear in 1951, this time without any of that silly safety equipment.
Dmitri Kessel / Time
Bear knuckle fighting.
Which ended about as well for the guy as you'd expect:
Dmitri Kessel / Time
The inevitable grizzly outcome. Sorry.
We're not sure whether he's suffering the agony of defeat or engaging in some post-fight makeup humping here. The best part is how the guy in the hat registers zero emotion on his face as a bear and fellow human duke it out right in front of him. They might as well be pee-soaked panhandlers as far as Indiana Bored is concerned.
#8. He Was Later Found with a Dick Sharpied on His Forehead
Wallace Kirkland / Time
"What is that? Bud? Tastes like piss. Believe me, I know what piss tastes like."
Modern zoos keep animals on strictly controlled diets specifically planned to meet their particular nourishment needs. This is a vast improvement over the 1954 approach of "Dang, all we have left in the fridge is beer and pie and mmmhmm, that pie looks tasty."
Which is why that is, in fact, an official St. Louis Zoo worker offering his gorilla ward a cold one, presumably while his coworkers stand in the background chanting "Chug! Chug! Chug!" The animal in question is Phil the Gorilla, who was famous for his size, showmanship and DUI record. His fratboy persona in this picture is so spot on we're tempted to write Old School II just to cast him. Right after we invent that time machine.
#7. A Deer Gets a Taste of the High Life
Bob Willoughby
Five minutes later, the deer bursts into tears and confides the story of when Mom never came back.
First things first: Yes, that's a photo of Audrey Hepburn and Anthony "Psycho" Perkins boozing it up with a deer. The deer's name is Pippin.
We suppose it kind of makes sense that Hepburn, being the closest equivalent humanity has to a real-world Manic Pixie Dream Girl, would have had a deer as a pet. But Pippin the deer was far more than just a random pen-kept part of a celebrity petting zoo -- Hepburn lived with it, slept in the same bed with it and, apparently, got shitfaced with it.
Pippin and Hepburn met when it was set to appear in one of Hepburn's movies. She was tasked with spending some time with the deer so it would become comfortable around her. So, like any good actress working with a first-timer, Hepburn took the newcomer under her wing and introduced Pippin to the Hollywood lifestyle.
And judging from that photo, she did such a great job of it that we're pretty sure everyone in that party woke up naked in the same apartment, with a hangover big enough to kill a deity.
Bob Willoughby
"Wha ... what's that? Can I have that? That'll only make you fat. I can have that."
And then they went shopping and all was well again.
#6. Adventures in Babysitting
Folb / Life
One swing and we can find out how quickly evolution can make that baby fly.
Kids tend to picture the circus as a place of whimsy and wonder, as anyone who threatened to run away and join one as a child can tell you. That's because kids are idiots. Of course, in reality it is a job like any other, but only because it involves more shit-shoveling and carny talk than your average numbers-crunching cubicle job.
It's also pretty much a round-the-clock job, so a parent working the circus scene wouldn't always have spare time to spend with their kids. And that's when things got awesome for the children of olden times. Why waste money on a babysitter when you can have a coworker look after your child for you? One you can trust because you've trained her yourself?
And that, friends, is how we ended up with the above picture of an elephant named Kam calmly pushing his trainer's daughter around a London train station, no doubt to the delight of other passengers. We're not sure if the trainer was crazy good or just negligent as hell here, but we'd like to think he also taught Kam how to change the baby's diaper and give her a bath.
Or, at the very least, that game where you throw your baby up in the air and then catch her.
Man, we know it's wrong, but we kind of want to see a picture of that now.
#5. Meanwhile, in India ...
Yep, that's a big-ass gun mounted on a camel.
The Indian Army has a rich history of using camels in warfare, up to the point that when other countries' armies started throwing around big words such as "modernization" and "practicality," India just calmly took all the new technology and strapped them on their damn camels.
No matter how impractical that contraption is, you've got to give some props to that guy. Sure, his camel is likely to bolt the second he fires that thing, and sure, that's going to be the least of his worries once he's searching for his balls that the recoil sent flying farther than the actual mortar ever could -- but right now he's on top of the world, riding a goddamn armed camel.
And, of course, there was no reason to stop at a mere rifle. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Camel Cannon:
If those trousers were any tighter, we could see what caliber he has.
Because there's no kill like overkill. Practical? No. Awesome? Hell yes. And judging by the smug look on that camel's face, he damn well knows it. He's the Dromedary of Death now, and you will all bow to him. Or else.


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Please note that the additional expenses, other than the standard program fee, vary greatly based on individual student expectations, the cost of living in your host city, and the exchange rate. It is important to research the cost of living in your host city and country to effectively budget for optional excursions, independent travel, and other social activities.
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Let $A$ be an Abelian variety defined over the finite field with $q$ elements. Let $P_i(T)$ be the characteristic polynomial of the action of the Frobenius on the $i^{th}$ étale cohomology group.
Is the following assertion true:
"The Abelian variety $A$ is simple over the finite field with $q$ elements if and only if $P_1(T)$ is irreducible over $\mathbb Q$" ?
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Faculty Profile (Back to Menu)
Nadine Taub
S.I. Newhouse Professor of Law Emerita
Professor Taub received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her LL.B. from Yale. She has a Diploma in Graduate Legal Studies from Stockholm University. She joined the Rutgers faculty in 1974. Professor Taub, the co-author of The Law of Sex Discrimination, wrote widely on issues of equality theory, reproductive freedom, and women and work. Her litigation victories included one of the first cases to establish the right to sue for sexual harassment and Right to Choose v. Byrne, the case that required the State of New Jersey to pay for abortions as part of its Medicaid program. Professor Taub was director of the Women's Rights Litigation Clinic and also taught Civil Liberties and Constitutional Law.
- Education:
LL.B., Yale
B.A., Swarthmore


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Number One
this wiki
"Number One" was a female Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. She was a lieutenant who served in the command division aboard the USS Enterprise in 2254 under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. As well as being one of the ship's helmsman, she was its first officer. She was one of the most experienced officers on the ship. Her name was not Number One; this was the naval slang term given by Pike to his first officer on the USS Enterprise.
According to the Talosian magistrate, known as The Keeper, she had exceptional intelligence and rationality, and that her seeming lack of emotion was largely a pretense and she often had fantasies that involved Captain Pike.
In 2254, when Pike was kidnapped by the Talosians, Number One led the effort to rescue him, first by unsuccessfully attempting to use a laser cannon to blast open an entry to a Talosian underground lair where Pike was being held, and then by using the transporter in an attempt to infiltrate this layer. Number One was subsequently kidnapped, along with Yeoman Colt, for the purpose of providing Pike with a mate with whom he could procreate. In response to this, Number One set her laser pistol to overload, telling the Talosian Keeper that it was wrong to keep a colony of Humans as slaves, and that they would rather die. This, combined with an examination of the Enterprise's historical records, convinced the Talosians that Humans' unique hatred of captivity made them nonviable subjects, and they were subsequently allowed to return to the Enterprise. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")
Memorable quotesEdit
"It's wrong to create a race of Humans to keep as slaves."
"Who would have been Eve?"
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Background information Edit
It was rare that an officer with the rank of lieutenant served as the first officer of a starship. The likely reason for this was that, when Gene Roddenberry first created Star Trek, the first rank structure he employed was based on the system used in the 18th and 19th century British navy, in which a ship's second in command was generally a First Lieutenant in the sense of the most senior lieutenant, rather than 20th century naval ranks we have come to associate with Starfleet.
In the original version of the series outline Star Trek is... (as reprinted in The Making of Star Trek, pp. 22-30), Number One was initially described as "a glacierlike, efficient female who serves as ship's Executive Officer." (The Making of Star Trek, p. 24) A more detailed description of the character from exactly the same document reads as follows;
- The Executive Officer
- Never referred to as anything but "Number One", this officer is female. Almost mysteriously female, in fact -- slim and dark in a Nile Valley way, age uncertain, one of those women who will always look the same between years twenty and fifty. An extraordinarily efficient officer, "Number One" enjoys playing it expressionless, cool -- is probably Robert April's superior in detailed knowledge of the equipment, departments, and personnel aboard the vessel. When Captain April leaves the craft, "Number One" moves up to Acting Captain. (The Making of Star Trek, p. 29)
In the script of "The Cage", Number One was described as "Female, slim and dark in a Nile Valley way, age uncertain, one of those women who will always look the same between the ages of twenty and fifty [....] Almost glacier-like in her imperturbability and precision. From time to time we'll wonder just how much female exists under that icy facade."
The character was portrayed by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.
Number One was dropped from the series, however, as NBC executives did not respond well to her character. Reactions to her in the screen test of "The Cage" were also poor (by the women more negatively than the men, according to Roddenberry). Her highly-logical, steel-trap mind was given to the character of Spock in TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and maintained there onward.
Although Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was credited as Majel Barrett in "The Cage", she was credited as "M. Leigh Hudec" in "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II" (probably because the production team were endeavoring to hide from NBC the fact that the actress whose departure from the series had been demanded by the network was actually still in the series, recurring as Nurse Christine Chapel).
Apocrypha Edit
In the Marvel Star Trek: Early Voyages comic book series, this character was named Lieutenant Commander Robbins. Her first name was interrupted by other dialogue, but starts with "Eure-."
The novel Vulcan's Glory, by TOS writer D.C. Fontana, suggested this character's moniker was not simply a nickname or title – she was an Illyrian who was named "Number One," as the best intellect among her generation. The novels The Children of Kings and Child of Two Worlds explain that Number One does have a given name, but it's difficult to pronounce for non-Illyrians; the former suggests that she liked to be called by this name rather than her own as it enabled her to maintain a professional relationship with her captain.
In the Captain's Table novel Where Sea Meets Sky, Number One was given the last name Lefler (an allusion to Robin Lefler).
Peter David's New Frontier series of novels suggested that her name (at least in the 24th century) may have been "Morgan Primus," and that she was an immortal like Flint (from TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah"). She was the mother of Robin Lefler.
The early days of Number One were chronicled in the IDW Publishing miniseries Star Trek: Crew.
External links Edit
- Number One at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- Number One at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Morgan Primus at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Number One at Wikipedia


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STEUBENVILLE - Retired area businessman Jody Glaub recited a history of Steubenville and asked a large crowd attending the eighth-annual Faith in the Future annual breakfast if, "our faith in God will remain?"
Glaub was the keynote speaker Friday morning at the annual event that was held this year at the Starkdale Presbyterian Church.
"First I would like to tell you about a man born here in Steubenville 200 years ago. His name was Stephen Return Riggs. He and his wife went out west to do mission work among the Indians and he inspired later missionaries who traveled to Africa to do mission work," cited Glaub.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS — Retired area businessman Jody Glaub used a local history lesson to question where the community is heading as the shale oil and gas boom reaches Jefferson County. Glaub was the keynote speaker Friday morning at the eighth-annual Faith in the Future prayer breakfast held this year at the Starkdale Presbyterian Church in Steubenville. -- Dave Gossett
"Then there was Charles Clinton Beatty, who founded the female seminary in Steubenville. One of the young women there was Jessie Woodrow who married a young man named Wilson who was the son of a pastor and he became a pastor. They would have a son who went by his middle name and his mother's maiden name of Woodrow ... Woodrow Wilson.
"Today we have Franciscan University of Steubenville and all the good it is doing every day," continued Glaub.
"We had an outstanding baseball player in Steubenville who played for the local baseball team. He only agreed to play for the local team if his little brother could play, too. His name was Honus Wagner. You may have heard of him," noted Glaub.
"At one time Steubenville was known as the city of churches. St. Paul Episcopal Church was holding services here at the time of the original Fort Steuben. The Quinn A.M.E. Church was one of the first churches west of the Alleghenies. But Steubenville began to turn around," declared Glaub.
"Steubenville became known as 'Little Chicago.' The town was wide open. There was political corruption and prostitution that went on for decades. But 12 pastors in 1947 decided to take crime on. That was the turning point for the city. By the 1980s the steel industry was going down. Jobs left and then our children left town. Eight years ago Bishop (Daniel) Conlon said we needed to come together to pray about the future," related Glaub.
"That first year we had a large crowd at Lenora's Restaurant. Now, eight years later I saw ABC News talk about Steubenville boomtown. We have seen millions of dollars coming into our county. Trucks are carrying pipeline to the industrial park on a regular basis. But as men and wealth come back to the community will political corruption come back? Will our faith in God remain?" asked Glaub.
"Sometimes we forget about our history. It was great today to hear about our past and where we are going in the future," said Mike Florak prior to reading the prayer for economic development.
"We are all aware that God has blessed us. I urge everyone here to take home a prayer card and put it where you say your prayers," stated Tracey McManamon, chairman of Faith in the Future.


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6 Characteristics of Central Auditory Processing Disorderby Lindsay Hutton
Do you think your child might have Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)? Find out the most common characteristics of this disorder to help you decide whether your child needs to be tested.
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Poor Listening Skills
A child with CAPD may have difficulty paying attention, otherwise known as having an auditory memory deficit. He may make frequent requests for repetition. He may also have difficulty remembering or memorizing spoken information, and convey poor communication skills, such as being overly terse or abrupt when speaking.


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How can I install a bathroom GFCI, by connecting it to another outlet?
closed as not a real question by Steven, ChrisF♦ Feb 4 '13 at 21:09
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
If the only thing in your bathroom that needs to be GFCI protected is a single outlet then you can replace that one outlet with a GFCI outlet.


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it would be absolutely great if someone could help me with the following problem:
I have a simple Python-Plugin that starts another executable in a subprocess. From within this application (which can't be modified on a large scale) I want to start another python-script that shows some pois in QGIS. But the problem is, that this script doesn't seem to have access to the current QGIS instance (no qgis.utils.iface object).
Is there ay way to remember the QGis-instance object or access it by looking through the currently running processes?
Thanks a lot in advance! Kian


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http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.4287 I could not find any reviews for it, but if true its a major claim, because it says that $\Re(\rho) < 21/40$ where $\rho$ is a zeta zero.
My question:
Are there any reviews of this paper, that reject or accept the claims made in this paper? Any references will be highly appreciated.


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BELLMEAD (January 15, 2013)--The Holiday Inn brand has been ranked "Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Mid-Scale Full Service Hotel Chains" in the J.D. Power and Associates' annual North American Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study.
This was the second year in a row the chain earned the distinction.
The Holiday Inn-Waco Northwest was one of the hotels included in the study.
To receive the ranking, hotels must receive a high score in reservation, check-in/check-out, guest room, food and beverage, hotel services, hotel facilities and costs and fees.
The Waco hotel is located at 1801 Development Blvd in Bellmead.


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Ronald Reagan's 10 best quotes
November 5, 1994: From the letter in which Reagan announced his Alzheimer's diagnosis — five years after leaving office.
- Oldest first
- Newest first
- Most recommended
"I don't remember."
My favorite Reagan Quote, while defending his secret war.
- 11:52 a.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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The forgot this one:
"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower board reported, what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages."
Reagan was far, far from the worst president we've had, and I certainly admire his clarity of vision and ability to effectively communicate that vision (hence the nickname) but his recent near-deification by certain political elements is a puzzlement to me. Iran-Contra scandal. Voodoo economics. Record deficits. He presidency wasn't an unmitigated success by any measure, and though he's worthy of much respect, he is not worthy genuflection I sometimes witness. I suppose that could be said for most presidencies. Some years after he left office, he graciously posed for a picture with some of my classmates and me during a Pete Wilson campain rally held at my school, after hours, of course. So on a personal note, I've always thought Reagan rules.
- 12:16 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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I was in the army when he was president and the things he let happen in el salvador made me to never be a repulican or trust them. and the marines he let get blown up in beirut was bad too.
- 12:26 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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Once while he was campaigning for governor of California, he explained why he didn't like news photographers: "They always take my picture when I'm picking my nose."
- 12:39 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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In the future historians will rate President Reagan a C. Did some things right
(ahem) and left (ahem) out some things he should have done or answered for.
Joking about nuclear war was beyond the pale. Forgetting things in order to
smile and keep going? I honestly believe the man could not remember things,
alz. was already setting in.
Outside of the military industrial complex, who supports his militaristic views today? Outside of the "I got mine, tough luck about yours" crowd, who likes his social views today?
Remember he said, "When you have seen one redwood tree, you have seen them all." Oh my.................... not in today's new green world.
- 1:50 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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Meeting his wife in the emergency room just after being shot, he said, "Honey, I forgot to duck!"
- 1:59 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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# 5 - Government is the problem
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
January 20, 1981: Reagan's Inaugural Address.
Nothing has changed; except now we realize with greater urgency that government is the problem. President Obama and his projects did not start it. We have allowed it to overtake us so long, we think we are good and caring and do not realize that we have ensnared and enslaved young and old with the bondage of education and employment most of our lives.
God began us in the Garden of Eden to keep it; we lost it while looking for riches and honors. Now we are so smart in our own eyes we are destroying ourselves body, mind and spirit and destroying the air, land, water and food we need to survive. We can easily turn around and back out of the stressful employment lifestyle that causes our world problems and create a garden paradise that solves our problems with that one strategy. The abundant life is not in enslavement to employment but in freedom with your family together enjoying the good of the land. Tell President Obama we want change.
- 3:18 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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No, Mr. Reagan was not perfect, and he made a lot of mistakes, but during my lifetime no president, NO president--spanning from Harry Truman to Barrack Obama--has made Americans feel better about being Americans, and about the United States of America, than Ronald Reagan.
- 3:19 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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Oh my, the enlightened ones are out in force today. Those criticizing Reagan
are probably part of the same crowd that get all hot and bothered when Obama is
criticized. Reagan was a far greater president that Obama could ever hope to
"Reagan was far, far from the worst president we've had"
Ummm.... someone has not been paying attention the last few months.
- 3:27 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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President Reagan was a leader. He had strong personal/political philosophy that he didn't try to hide, didn't try to be someone else to please the masses. He didn't flinch when it came to difficult decisions, he didn't take a poll to see what was the most popular way to go. When the air traffic controllers said they were striking he said good bye. He deregulated AT&T and phone service which made it competitive and affordable. He was a capitalist and not ashamed of it. He contributed alot to "tearing down that wall" of the communist block. He wasn't a sniveling apologist trying to sneak through a marxist agenda that's for sure!!
- 4:41 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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We will never see another like him. God provided the right man at the right time as has always been the case for our country. Yes, liberals, he made a couple of mistakes, but he changed the course of the country and set the sage for two decades of prosperity. He was not ashamed of America and was proud of our accomplishments and values. As much as I would like to see another one, if he or she is there, I certainly can't see them.
- 4:52 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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I am 77 and well remember the Reagan years were the best. I do not choose to be a Monday morning quarter back. God gave us all the Freedom to choose even before the world was. We all some times make wrong choices in many ways. God does not get in our way to choose good or evil and neither should the Government. We have the Bible on the one hand and the Constituion on the other. The laws of our land are based on the Ten Commandments. God's hope is that we will have the good sense and con-science to govern ourselves so as not to cause others to feel they have to force good behavior. President Reagan had a lot of opposition in our Congress, their spending etc. He was a Capitalist, not a Socialist etc. thank God for that. Heaven help us now. Our Government as well as many of our people have taken a detour down some mighty rough roads ahead.
- 7:36 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" He was a great president. I believe he was responsible for dismantling the Soviet Union.
- 10:05 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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Reagan did some things well, like making the people of the United States more
hopeful about the country. He did other things NOT well, like most of what he
did as president -- raising taxes 11 times, increasing the deficit three-fold,
financing the beginning of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, making secret deals with
terrorists (Iran-Contra), retreating with his tail between his legs from Beirut,
The title of this article should read "Ronald Reagan's speechwriters' 10 best quotes."
- 7:46 a.m. Feb. 8, 2011
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Don't remember the quotes either, just the deficit and taxes increased wildly.
- 3:37 p.m. Feb. 9, 2011
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"The title of this article should read "Ronald Reagan's speechwriters'
10 best quotes."
Except that the speech writers kept taking "Tear down this wall" part out of the Berlin speech. Reagan kept insisting that they put it back. And even when they handed him the final copy with that part excluded, he put it in anyway.
Reagan was VERY active in creating his speeches. If you don't know that, it's because you've never read anything his former speech writers have written about him.
But the haters will keep on hating no matter what.
- 7:35 p.m. Feb. 18, 2011
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When Regan made is statement that "Government is the problem" he did
the whole country a tremendous diservice. His comment echoes through time until
too many American's now perceive their own elected government as the enemy.
Government may at times be a problem, but it is not "the" problem.
What is the problem is individual and corporate greed and overeaching coupled
with a political polemic that makes government increasingly incapable of solving
The truth is that we the people have been sold a bill of goods, and Ronald Regan was the designated salesman.
- 1:50 p.m. Feb. 23, 2011
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Libs -- don't rewrite history. Just google marginal tax rates during Reagan's administration, and you'll find that he was responsible for huge reductions in federal income tax. Both Republicans and Democrats have taken more and more of our money since Reagan left office, particularly in state and local governments. That's why the so-called Tea Party supporters are throwing politicians out. Most of us are sick of seeing our tax rates increase as it becomes harder and harder to make ends meet as the government keeps spending to satisfy special interest groups.
- 2:02 a.m. March 22, 2011
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oh he was a great actor and a c rated president but really does anyone remember how cia george sr..cried like a baby when he lost the nomination then the shannigans continued...why george jr is right up there with him for sure!
- 9:22 a.m. April 13, 2011
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You omitted my 'favorite' quote of all time from a sitting president:
You left off the Reagan quote from when (former CIA director, former VP and former US president #41) Bush was accused of selling weapons to terrorists in election meddling to defeat Carter. Bush was accused of selling 10 missiles to terrorists. to induce the Ayattolah Khomeni to keep US State Dept and US Marine corps troops prisoner until after the fall election.
He said, "I am sorry, I dont remember anything from then".
The arms dealer middleman who arranged the deal did time in prison. But Reagan was unable to shed any light on the sordid tale. And Congress refused to subpoena CIA officers in the field, as if losing the access to information those CIA witnesses would lose trumps a former CIA director manipulating public opinion during an election. Congress obeyed a law that said no testimony could be given if it might endanger CIA in the field. No one apparently thought of bringing them in and making the presidential succession more important than having X numbers of CIA in the field in Iran. Reagan had Alzheimers and could not remember anything about those times.
- 12:00 p.m. May 25, 2011
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Ronald Reagan was the worse human being in power during my life time:
Traded arms for hostages.
Promoted the wars in Central America, generating the largest exodus from South to North in US history.
Created the biggest deficit in history (up to then)
Injected the Republican camp with his failed "trickled down economics".
Poindexter and Oliver North became criminals by trying to do Reagan's bidding.
Invasion of Grenada,
Partnership with General Pinochet and other ruthless dictators around the world.
Corruption of the U.S. society into a cold economic system. Thousands of mental patients became homeless when the hospitals released because of the government's cuts.
We are not even going to talk about his dysfunctional family.
etc., etc., etc.
Why the DN is always so biased toward the right?
The man is dead let him rest in peace if he can. He does not represent the best of America.
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I am Absouletly delighted with his first season and the season is not even done He is surely on course for his first Prem Medal He has racked up 7 Internationals ( u21 )
I am actually going to sell one of ma key left mids as i have 3 in that position
End of season coming soon Watch this space
Shaunj I started at 31 i think ( Touted as the next jose mourinho )
And Jeez City`s Defence is Rock Solid lol
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Talk about timing before announcing their interest .. lol Jeez July 1st
I always use to tell my son " Son you are not going nowhere " . Case of De Ja Vu
I need Sheikh ______________ to take over
What is up with my chairman , I just won the premiership as well .. so Basically what he is saying he just wants to see the money floating in now . haha ( He gave me 68m )
Im looking to offload a one of these 2 because im intending on using Mohiddin much more .. lol Any suggestions ?? I would keep Janderson as he is younger and Nichols is getting 45m + Bids at 30 yr but from chelsea and city .. lol
Nice one on getting a son.
Sell nicholls if you're getting £45 million + offers for him.
I have had to clear out and ive managed to get some fantastic regens all 15yr and younger
Everyone signed is 15yr or younger
New season is upon me and I have just beaten City 1 - 0 for the charity shield - i decided to rest Mohiddin as i am playing city for the first match of the new season and look at what the genie took ou tof the box
You cant ask for mor e
Man this reminds me of Antonio Valencia ! People had doubts , He slowly started becoming a good first team player
Next Fixtures
WEST HAM AGAIN lol
ARSENAL , Should be interesting see how he performs
As im gearing up for my game with West Ham , England U21 have decided on calling up my kid
Fell akwardly 8 weeks out , Ive lost to Chelsea and Utd since
GOurcuff has been appointed manager of Bristol after a long playing career at NEwcastle , Then becoming a memeber of the coach team and this is what he does in return on his first game Also Mohiddin is on form
Back from injury and he has been brilliant
He really is starting to influence games
Note * Absolutely delights with Georcuff , After Making him class he has become a manager of Bristol City and he has managed his first point inhis first game in charge AGAINST ME
Half way through the season and its been wonderful to be honest Mohiddin suffered an injury which kept him out for 2 months but came back and performed ,
Valencia , Bayern have offered 7.5 m , What an insult :P
Does everyone get a son at some point in their save?
iWant one
Big Game Player .. lol
I think 150 - 170 is v good for prem , Who needs the ronaldos :P
Season Review
Premiership Champions , Fa Cup Champions , Charity Shield ( Community ) - Semi Finals C LEAGUE - Gutted to have lost . lol
Scouts say he has reached his potential - Is this a sample of his future season performances ?
He has been vital - Man of the match against Utd
Gourcuff got 2 points of me lol
wow, his stats have shot up again, is it me of does he have a ridiculous amount of fouls against him?
It's only about 2 fouls a game so not a ridiculous amount.
This is a great story. I don't understand though, I thought there was a massive problem with regen attributes but you seem to be getting some really good players coming into your game.
Nice thread, interesting read.
Create Player search filter form is a good way to find regens - Pick a player example kaka and Create Player search filter form you will get a list of all the players similar to kaka just check the ages and usually the youngest are meant to be good .
A lot quality regens have come up
Im trying to sign this 15 Year Old LB He is class , I have been trying to sign him to a point of making him a key player when i offer him a contract , He always decided to stay with his club.
Ive made 20 Offers for this kid , He just dont want to move .. lol
They want 16m for this kid .
New Season about to start - Mohiddin Journey Continues
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Looks like someone has had a change of heart
How about this
Just about to enter the transfer window ( July ) , Gotta keep them teams off my player
Eduardo Salvio is now a manager , should be interesting to see what team he will manage He had a wonderful career with me
6 Month Game update coming up shortly , Newcastle have gone off form and i find myself in 4th but hey its the joy of playing :P ( CHALLENGE )
I had to reject bids from ARSENAL CHELSEA BAYERN ZENIT AND SPORTING 8m for mohiddin , So far he has not been unsettled
Update coming !
Man City will never get bankrupt in this game , I am delighted with Mohiddin who has been very good in the first 6 months. He got the Winner against Chelsea and also scored against Man Utd
His record against Utd is now P : 4 Scored : 3 and has picked up 2 MOTM Awards
Bring on January
A More beautiful note could be Mohiddin might be going to the World Cup , He has been called up for International Senior Duty and World Cup is around the corner . I have to make sure he keeps him form...
Imagine if he wins the World Cup before me ... lol
Jeez i had to do this
can you explain ur player search? do i search 'kaka' and players like him will show up?
I thought I had a son come through my club once, as my surname isn't the most common name, but isn't a rare name either, but it was just a player with my surname, nothing else. Disappointed me, but he was rubbish anyway, and was duly released once his contract was out, and has since retired
great topic, keep us updated, very good read. Hope he makes the world cup!! to search, go to kaka, then on his scouting, choose start a player filter search using kaka
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excellent, on a different note, im in 2012 is there any world beaters i should snap up who arent regens that did amazing in your game??
These following have played into their late 30`s and i mean until 34 - 36
Sandro / Verrati / Salvio / Wilshere / Macheda / Otamendi / Renan / Guilano / Naldo / GOURCUFF / Rodwell from everton is SUPERB / Johny Evans is a player of the highest calibre .. lol , I actually have most of them in my coaching staff
Outof all i would say Verrati is the cheapest in the beginning of the season 100k beginning of the season ,
i dont get why you do a player filter form.... i done one for van der vaart, no one was under 24 yet im trying to buy a player who is dubbed the next van der vaart at 17
i tried to sign verratti but he said norwich was a step down haha
if you have a kid in real life now, you know your gonna call him danny lol
nice one hope i get one that good
After a long season I have managed to do the double , City 2nd Place - I WON THE LEAGUE AT THE CITY OF MANCHESTER !!
They have been chasing me all season. I've also bought in a youngster as i had to sell a key 30 yr old defender to Juventus for 10m , He was on his last year of his contract and i received a 10m offer so i had to accept it .
Now this is surely because he knew if we got to the city of manchester and avoid defeat , we win the premiership , I was confident
You see to me as a UTD fan this felt good , But also last season they won it and i was gutted believe me , they robbed all my coaches and 2 regens who i thought were going to be great .. They kept harrasing my players and unsettling everyone .. It hurt
And Mark Hughes was right ...
A Certain Dave Nichols is coming back to face his old club. He was brilliant for me , Nothing but respect for him ...
My Central Defender Expecting big things from him ...
Next up is The Champions League Final - Treble on the way hopefully unless Dave Nichols thinks othewise ... lol
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I have a player in my youth team with my surname but i am not in his favoured personel does that mean he not my son ?.
Well Fmanderson on your son he is looking very good.
Thats what i do to find young regens look at the create player search filter which is a very useful tool.
A beautiful Game capped by a nice assist by Mohiddin brings The Champions League back to the toon . This is my 3rd CL Trophy . I went 6 Years since my last one .
Dave Nichols played bad and his 5.2 was deserved - " Form is temporary , Class is permanent "
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How do you manage to get to 2027 ?
On my Newcastle save i played about 12 seasons before i got bored winning everything so i started a new game with Gateshead.
Champions League assist by Mohiddin can be seen here ,
Im trying to get the best quality video with this program i have , Its doing my head in
This thread has been a great read, looking forward to more updates
neer knew about this until a few weeks back, an looking back i had a player come through my youth with my surname an me as his prefered personel. I released his straight away cos he was pony. :/ lol.
Yeah. Having a son come through is an unlockable feature in FM Handheld as well.
Now this has to be the most dissapointing moment of my FM CAREER , SI this is the best game out there for a lot of people especially for me but when this happens after all the hard work you put in a game its not good
Is there any way to fix this , Im just entering my new season and i get this message .. I have tried saving into a different name but i get the same message.
Year 2027 as well ..
I cant even load any of my other saves or start a new game i keep getting the same messages !
That sucks...
If you can't open any of the other saves or start a new one it might be a problem with the game itself. Have you tried re-installing? (Make sure you dont delete the saved games).
After a scare the journey continues , The last 6 Months have seein Mohiddin JR Stay on the England Team as he made his debut againt Serbia ...
Mohiddins form in the premiership has been just ok But the Champions League he has aided to his team with 8 ASSITS - 4 GOALS in 9 Game
Pictures Below ...
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IT has been a good first half to the season , Looking forward to chasing City ,
Newcastle winning the premiership in Manchester last season has made them step up .. lol
One thing i had done was I put Mohiddin at LM instead of AML and set team intructions to Focus passing down left side of the flanks : )
I am pleased with the progress ....
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January saw Newcastle claim Top Spot and mohiddin went off form until FEBRUARY HiT !
3 Goals and 2 ASSISTS .......
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25 Years Old
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He's really improving fast ! I guess he'll reach (or reached?) his PA sooner than most players because he gets all the love !
This is an amazing story all i can say is Well Done!
i love this thread!
You can easily make urself a son with FMRTE if u wished Never heard of this feature before. Never seen it, and have 4 saves over 2018
What proved to be a brilliant Season for Mohiddin saw him get another Assist in a 4 - 1 Mauling of Man City and 2029 was the season Mohiddin broke his international Record and has since Scored 4 GOALS for ENGLAND .. World Cup is coming and surely he will be called up !
The Premier League has been fantastic challenge Newcastle are 2nd who are chasing Arsenal so the end of season will be anxious Just look at the table..
Mohiddin left his best form for his country..
FA CUP Final is upon him and The Premier League is still up for grabs..
The Season Finale sees Newcastle Take on Arsenal and im guessing Mohiddin is going to get a goal
FA CUP FINAL UP NEXT - Arsenal just made it easy for me - I beat them at Emirates
Bloody Hell What is up with Manchester UNITED !!!!!!
What a final even though Mohiddin was not playing really well , I am Delighted because The World Cup is upon Him and i want him to do well Overall good season
I made a mistake its Qualifiers not the World Cup but hey as long as he plays
Id like to think mi love for Utd made them do that :P
The big question is: Would you have named your son Danny?
Don't forget to make a backup
Someone, a SI-guy, or more likely, a moderator said that he thinks you clear the game if you win the world cup with your son.
The CONFEDERATIONS CUP MADE ME DO SOME SERIOUS MOVES as i was dissapointed Mohididn was not played for the first 2 Games and i decided to attend the Final and boy was it the right choice ..
Confederations Cup Medal on the way ....
Surely The World Cup is the only competition left he has not won I am going to apply for the England Job before the next World Cup ... lol
Haha! Great thread, hope you get the England job and win the world cup with him!
ps. Where are Leeds?
Fighting for their lives in the Coca Cola Championship .. lol 1 point from safety and thnx for the luck
Great thread, I've got one save at 2027 and not had a son yet I would love to get one it would add that bit extra to play the game for longer. Great stuff hope you win the World Cup together
As the new season Kicks Off Newcastle kick off their season in style as the beat Man City 3 - 1 to claim the community shield ..
Mohiddin played ok but couldnt find Form until playing West Brom he managed to get a goal after Utd were already 3 - 0 up , Still he has been involved in all games as to his Father keepith faith him till the end ,
Mohiddin went on to score against Norwich and has since picked up 9 goals and 10 assists until the atletico Madrid Game , He picked up an injury and it is not known how serious it is
Goals against the following teams made the season look impressive ..
He continued his great form against UTD
Breaking News !
Danny Mohiddin will miss the World Cup after breaking his leg , The Injury could see him miss out the first 2 weeks of the new season ..
A more dissapointing note was mohiddin had scored 3 goals in his last 4 England Games and was looking forward to playing at the World Cup ..
At 27 Years Old , People will be thinking he will not be able to keep up until the next world cup but his manager thought otherwise ..
" I will do everything in my power to make sure he makes the world cup , He is going to be out for 4 - 5 Months , We have had a good season and are premiership Champions already , We are in the Final of the C League and Fa Cup so it has not been downhill for us .. Mohiddin is a KEY PLAYER for newcastle united and he will still play for England in the next World Cup , I got a good feeling "
" And the world cup is over for him this season ? "
Mohiddin " He has had a wonderful season for us , He managed 42 Games 6 Goals and 9 Assists as well as picking up a MOTM Award was good for a winger and he will get the best treatment "
Thank you ..
NO FLIPPPIN WAY I HAVE BEEN OFFERED A STADIUM AND I HAVE A SON Surely that has not been done !!!!
Now this is a shock as they have made me change my mind about my future .. lol BRILLIANT I AM DELIGHTED ..
ROFL - Seriously, grats mate - luckiest son of a gun on these forums.
That's awesome!
Oh Crap... If the game every generates a son for me, his name will be Something Jim...
Oh crap!
If my board ever build me a new stadium (which looks unlikely because my board are terrible!) then they'll probably name it Jim Stadium...
Why oh why did I click the "refer to me by my first name" option and make myself Clarke Jim?!
My surname is Elcock... FML
Mental attributes are getting quite good... with Influence of 16, you might want to consider making him vice-captain sometime, with a view to the captaincy. Nepotism maybe, but...
I can't stop reading this thread, It makes me want a son in the game that would take Canada to glory
Great thread! Enjoyed every update!
I've been looking for my son but I guess he's not a footballer or he's still too young.
Good luck to the Mohiddin family!
You know what would be even better? If you could have another son come through the academy.
I'm still waiting for my son to come but with my journeyman of a career, doesn't look like it's happening any time soon.
Keep the updates coming.
This is too good to be true !!!!
England have just sacked their manager !!!
Delighted for England , Premier League and of course Danny !!!!


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Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission
The Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission performs the following duties and activities: 1) makes recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council concerning the interests, needs and welfare of the youth within the community on an annual basis; 2) advises the Mayor and the City Council and assists City departments on topics regarding youth issues and related matters within the City, and on ways in which information regarding youth issues can be disseminated; 3) encourages and promotes the education of youth regarding City government and the importance of citizen input, participation and responsibility; and 4) solicits from each of the City's middle and high schools qualified and interested persons eligible for appointment for Commission vacancies and forwards those names to the Mayor and the City Council.
The Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission is composed of twenty-four (24) members selected from residents of the City, or who attend school within the City, enrolled in seventh through twelfth grades. Membership shall be composed of at least one representative from each Tempe Elementary School District No. 3 and Kyrene School District middle school located within the City and at least two (2) representatives from each Tempe Union High School District school located within the City. Remaining members will be selected at large and shall reside in Tempe or attend school within the City. The Community Services Director or his designee shall serve the Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission in an advisory capacity. Members are selected for a three-year term by Tempe schools and youth group leaders. The Commission usually meets at 6:30 p.m., on the first and third Tuesday of each month during the school year (late September through early May), in the Tempe Public Library, 3500 South Rural Road, Tempe. (City Code, Chapter 2, Article V, Division 9)
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In the Everybody Loves Raymond series, why does Frank (the Grandfather) always opens the zip of his pants when he sits down in chair?
People sometimes undo their pants when the are bloated after a meal. The ever-uncouth Frank does this routinely, in front of others, reminding us that he really doesn't care what anyone thinks about him. This was a running gag that appears to have been originated by the creators of the show.
In a book about the creation of the series, You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom, Phil Rosenthal writes about the casting of Frank Barone. They were looking for a "nonethnic ethnic" to contrast with the more ethnic Italian/Jewish Ray Romano and Brad Garrett. When Peter Boyle arrived for the audition he was furious because he had had trouble finding the place.


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The unemployment rate in Leavenworth climbed slightly in October, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Kansas City office. The unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, ticked up from 6 percent in September to 6.2 percent in October. But compared to the rate from the same time a year ago, which economists say is a more accurate means of comparison, the unemployment rate is down 1.5 percent in Leavenworth County, from 7.7 percent in October 2011. The Kansas City metropolitan area as a whole saw unemployment rates increase slightly as well, from 6.1 percent in September to 6.2 percent in October. Over the year, unemployment fell from 7.5 to 6.2 percent for the area. Though the same as the regional average, Leavenworth County's unemployment rate is above that of the state as a whole, which reported an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent, down slightly from 5.3 percent in September and 6.2 percent a year ago. Kansas gained about 4,100 jobs since a year ago, the BLS reported. The national unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in October 2012, not seasonally adjusted, and 7.9 percent seasonally adjusted.
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In this note by Tom Leinster the Banach space $\mathrm{L}^1[0,1]$ is recovered by "abstract nonsense" as the initial object of a certain category of (decorated) Banach spaces. So a function space, that would habitually be defined through the machinery of Lebesgue measure and integration, is uniquely described (up to isomorphism) in terms of abstract functional analysis and a bit of category theory.
I would be curious to see more results, ideally in diverse areas of mathematics, in the spirit of the above one, in which a familiar and important "concrete" mathematical object is recovered by a universal property (in the technical categorical sense) or -more generally- by a characterizing property that is abstract and general or doesn't delve into the "concrete" habitual definition of that object.
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GAINESVILLE, TEXAS -- Health science was brought to life in Gainesville today when NCTC nursing professors welcomed 80 Lindsay 5th and 6th graders into their simulation lab.
"It's pretty cool I didn't really know they had this kind of technology," 6th grader Makenzie Fleitman said.
Lab coordinator Julie Martin used four mannequins, an adult, an adolescent and two babies, to show the students how they check vitals, talk to patients and treat them.
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"In school you learn, like, through textbooks but here you can actually see what's happened," 6th grader Olivia Hurtle said.
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As I study category theory, I'm finding the use of universal mapping properties in defining basic concepts to be both simple and clever. Yet, the idea seems non-obvious enough that I expect quite a bit of mathematics had been done before the discovery of the technique.
What is the chronologically earliest abstract definition given by a universal mapping property?
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How would I set up a good placement in Stratego, especially with bombs and the flag? What is a good strategy for varying the placement?
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I find that the key to Stratego lies in-
Of those, I find that #3 is the most crucial. Most players have a very hard time attacking pieces about which they have no information; every time you touch a piece, or even visibly consider moving it, you inform your opponent that that piece is NOT a bomb.
There is no hard and fast answer for a good placement in Stratego, in part because as soon as someone learns your regular setup they can easily counter. Many good strategies can work once but not regularly.
In general, common logic is to keep the flag in the back of your field surrounded by bombs. Corners are also great because they only require two bombs instead of three to cover. Both are excellent strategies with the weakness being predictability. It is still a good idea to protect a flag on as many sides as possible with mines. Setting up dummy flags with a Sergeant in wait for a miner is also common.
One of my favorite ploys is to leave the flag behind one of the lakes unprotected, or protected only on one side or both as not to be conspicuous. Many players will assume that the flag is in the back row and go charging past that ignored Lieutenant or Sergeant.
I also commonly pick one of my three entrances and double bomb it off. If the other player is set to attack all three fronts evenly it can throw a kink in their plans as they need to move a miner in to clear the way. Also the miner is sure to be gobbled up as soon as it defuses one of the mines to clear a path.
If you play the same person more than once, the most important setup strategy is to avoid being predictable. If I play someone who always surrounds their flags with bombs, I'll beat them almost every time because discovering the location of a bomb (or better yet several bombs) means there's a good chance the flag is nearby.
In order to avoid being predicable, I tend to rotate between the following types of setups:
I've found that more important than flags/bombs is the placement of your best pieces (1, 2, 3, 3, and Spy in the old, original version). If your best pieces are too far back and separate from each other, you'll be at a big disadvantage to the player who comes barreling through your front ranks with a concentration of good pieces.
If you're playing someone for the first time, it's important to get a sense of how much they've played and what bomb strategies they employ, if they're willing to tell you. For example, if you're able to determine they've never used or played against the semi-random bomb setup, you're very likely to win if you use that set up.
Above you have a classic 6 bomb matrix - your opponent will have no choice but to position 8's and 6's to get through it. This should give you plenty of moves to attack. Use the top row 7's and 6's to test enemy units. then use the row nearby 1,2,3... to kill enemy units once you know what they are. Leave the spy near the flag as a failsafe. Keep the nines close to each other to make a little 9 highway, they can get out of the way of each other very quickly.
This will work with all versions:
Great setups are nice, but are secondary to TACTICS. All placements have advantages and disadvantages. Generally, I don't like grouping bombs much in the first 2 rows because it impedes movement of your troops, likely will only kill lower ranked pieces, and gives away the location of your bombs too soon. Obviously you shouldn't NOT ever put bombs in the first 2 rows, just keep it to a minimum IMHO. Also, I save my Scouts for the end of the game by keeping them in the back rows. You will want them when you are at the end of the game and you have NO IDEA where to attack.
NOTE: This is an old school set so bear with my strategy if you have the new ones.
All of y'all's strategy is good, but I have a good one too :)
This may not be good for you but it's how I roll and how I win xD
Btw it's an old school set so bear with my strategy :D
All I can say now is enjoy the strategy and the game ;)
Here are a few key principles. It's important to play "systematically".
Make sure you evenly distribute your major pieces (e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). That means 1 six on the left, 2 in the center and 1 on the right and the same with your other pieces (7, 8, 9, 10). Once you reach end game you want to be able to quickly bring these pieces to the flanks between the lakes.
We outline more of how to play "systematically" in our e-book and also offer a lot of free content. Check out Strategy for Stratego
Bomb Decoys. I play an updated version with and 8x10 board and only 30 pcs per side. I always stack 4 bombs on one side and put the flag in the corner with the other two bombs. put your spy near the decoys so when your opponent thinks he has discovered your flag he sends in his ten. your opponent will put several 3s and 1s to uncover ur bomb.
Here are plenty of good tips for stratego: http://www.ultrastratego.com/tips.php
hide flag with bombs, make decoy bombs so they think your flag is hidden somewhere else, hide 4/5/6's near the decoys to kill any 3's they use to defuse the bombs, don't waste all your 2's at the start of the game, you will need them later on, 2's are great for finding out which piece is the spy - AND TWOS KILL THE SPY- so then your 10 is safe so you can go rampaging around killing anything that they move Finally they will be out if moving pieces and forced to surrender- you win!!
You Should place your flag in the corner and make a grid of bombs and fill that grid of bombs with 7s. 7s are the least useful.


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6-9 PF Matthew Atewe of Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts has cut his list to a final six, and Clemson is in the group. The others are Nebraska, Charlotte, Nevada, Wake Forest and Auburn. Atewe has taken official visits to Nebraska, Kansas State and Auburn. Right now he's planning to announce on his birthday, March 7th.Tweet
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Every now and then I provide myself with Gnomish Inspiration, or is that GnomInspiration…
Nearly always through a flippant comment, more often than not in reply to a comment on one of my own posts.
So I had an idea for a new instance, or rather new style of instance.
The Fight for Gnomeregan.
My initial inspiration is for Gnomeregan revisited, or maybe:
The Fight for Gnomeregan.
It will be another Caverns of Time instance, where you travel back to Gnomeregan, just as the Troggs break through, and it's up to you to repel them, or at the very least ensure that Gnomeregan is uninhabitable by setting off the radiation bomb at the request of Mekgineer Thermaplugg.
You will of course be "skinned" as Gnomes… no Humans, Elves, Draenei (maybe Dwarves… but Gnomes are best).
OK, nothing really special so far… so how about…
Only the Alliance get to be Gnomes!
Yep, this is a strictly Alliance only Instance.
Storming Gnomeregan!
Of course if you are Horde you get to run a slightly different version of the instance:
Storming Gnomeregan!
That's right, you are not Gnomes… you are Troggs, the Troggs that are overrunning Gnomeregan.
You objective is to secure Gnomeregan before you are either:
- Repelled, or
- The Gnomes press the self destruct button making Gnomeregan uninhabitable.
Now, let's throw in one more twist…
Gnomo e Troggo…
You may also enter this instance via the Battlemaster!
Yep, this can also be a new battleground.
Gnomes v. Troggs…
Gnomo e Troggo…
Same objective in mind, but now you are not just leading/fighting the opposing NPCs, but are also dealing with Player Characters.
What an awesome mix of:
- Zerging NPCs and crafty PCs
- Corridor combat and Open space combat
- In any mode you get XP and Rep, in the PvP mode you also receive Honor and marks.
- You can gain power ups by controlling binary punch card machines
- The alarm-bots will give the alliance warning of the approaching Horde or Alliance (but who knows whether they are NPCs or PCs?)
- Both sides can gain access and use land mines
- If you win, you gain control of the Clean Room and the vendors that go with it… which is the only way to redeem your Gnomeregan marks.
Ideally this can be run with multiple size groups, 5 man, 10 man, 25 man and even 40 man.
Don't dream of 24 hour long Alterac Valley battles, dream of 3 day Gnomeregan struggles.
More Instances?
How about:
- Deadmines: Pirates vs. Humans
- Wailing Caverns: The Fanglords fight back!
- Stormwind Stockade: The Prison Revolt!
- Shadowfang Keep: Wogen's Revenge
- Ragefire Chasm: Taking Orgrimmar from below
What do you think?
What you got and how would it play out?
Gnomer and Out!
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A few of the salient advances in the field are presented below, along with predictions on the future outcome in this crucial area of drug development.ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES
Better targets
An ideal target would be the one which is expressed at a high copy number in diseased cells relative to normal, is rapidly internalized, and is not down regulated. For example, human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2, target of Genentech/Roche's T-DM1, currently under review by FDA for approval) and CD-30, the target antigen of Adcetris, generally satisfy these criteria.
Better linkers
One of the primary reasons for the recent success of ADCs as a therapeutic modality is the technological advancement in linker technology, that is, the chemical group that forms a bridge between the toxin and the antibody. These linkers must combine the property of stability in the circulation with cleavability once the conjugate is internalized within the target cell.
Better toxins
A toxic payload must be sufficiently lethal to effectively kill the target cancer cells. Early studies with ADCs that employed doxorubicin were ineffective, and R&D teams focused on a search for more potent molecules such as DM-1 or the auristatins. Emtansine, or DM-1, developed by Immunogen is a derivative of the chemotherapeutic agent maytansine. Emtansine is 100-fold to 10,000-fold more potent than its parent compound. Auristatins are synthetic antineoplastic compounds developed by Seattle Genetics.
ADC developers
Seattle Genetics obtained FDA approval for its ADC product Adcetris (brentuximab, Brentuximabvedotin). Adcetris is composed of an anti-CD30 antibody linked to an auristatin derivative called vedotin, and is approved to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare lymphoma, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Additionally, the company is conducting several other late-stage clinical studies in several lymphatic cancer indications.
Immunogen is another leading company in the ADC landscape. Genentech/Roche's Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is one of the leading representatives of promising ADCs, which uses Immunogen's DM-1 toxin system. Composed of the HER2-targeted antibody trastuzumab, a stable thioether linker, and the potent cytotoxic agent DM1, it is in phase III development for HER2-positive cancer. DM-1 possesses in vitro cytotoxicity that is up to 200 times greater than other tubulin inhibitors, such as the taxanes and vinca alkaloids. In the conjugate phase, however, it behaves as a prodrug and is not toxic. When it enters the cell via the endosomes, the thioether bond is broken, releasing the toxin into the cell where it can bring about the demise of the target cancer cell (see Figure 1).
Recently, Roche announced results from the Phase III EMILIA study, which clearly demonstrate that previously treated patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer survived significantly longer when treated with T-DM1 compared with those who received the combination of lapatinib and Xeloda (capecitabine) (3).


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SEVEN SPRINGS, Pa. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania's winter adventure headquarters, is opening the slopes for skiing and snowboarding today.
Initial snowmaking began Nov. 23, with the resort's crew churning out fresh white snow on the front face of the mountain and the snow tubing park. After nearly a week of intense snowmaking, the resort has an average snow base of 16 inches.
"The entire team here at Seven Springs is excited to welcome back our guests as we gear up for another wonderful ski season," said Eric Mauck, CEO of Seven Springs. "Our snowmaking crew was able to make a tremendous amount of snow this week and we thank them for their tireless efforts."
Eight slopes and trails will be available to guests, as well as the Santa's Beard terrain park with at least six features. All areas will be serviced by three chairlifts. The slopes will be open until 4 p.m. today; and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sunday. Open terrain will include Tyrol, Stowe, Stowe trail, Cortina trail, Wagner, Phillip's Run, Fawn Lane and Stowe beginner area.
Ski and board tickets will be one price for all sessions - $45 per adult and $35 per children between the ages of 6 and 11. These tickets will be valid all day and can be purchased in the ski ticket office. Midweek season passholders are also welcome to ski this weekend. Lodging is available this weekend for those who would like to escape to the resort's winter wonderland and get in as many runs as possible.
Seven Springs Mountain Resort will once again partner with the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program to help make holiday dreams come true for children in Western Pennsylvania. Seven Springs will offer $10 off ski and board tickets with the donation of a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots campaign on Sunday. The five-year partnership has resulted in the collection of nearly 1,250 toys for children in the region.
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Managing beyond the organizational hierarchy with communities and social networks at Electronic Arts
How do you manage a very large, very complex organization that is geographically disbursed in many different countries around the world? You already know that the outdated hierarchal organizational structure won't work and if you are like many companies you are probably beginning to realize that... Read more
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Your Pregnancy Diet
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Vegetarian and low GI diets, and your calorie intake
A vegetarian diet
A vegetarian dietVegetarian mom-to-be). Babies born to vegetarians are in a healthy weight range, although vegans do need to be vigilant about obtaining adequate protein, as well as reliable sources of B12 and zinc. Vegans can discuss with their doctors whether they'll be able to meet their vitamin B12 needs through diet alone. Since vitamin B12 is found primarily in animal sources, a supplement may be required. Non-animal sources of B12 may be unreliable.
A low GI diet
Glucose, the product of carbohydrates, serves as the primary fuel for your growing baby. A new concept in nutrition is the glycemic index (GI), which looks at how much a food will raise the level of glucose in the bloodstream. Foods that release glucose gradually, such as unrefined carbohydrates, and thus have a low GI, appear to be healthier.
Benefits of a low GI diet
Evidence suggests that a low GI diet has health benefits for both the mother and baby. Maternal carbohydrate intake can affect glucose levels in the bloodstream, which in turn can affect the baby's growth. Higher glucose levels, even those in the normal range, can make for a bigger baby-above the 90th percentile (the top end of a baby's growth chart. There are health risks later in life linked to a high birth weight, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. One study found that women who consumed a low GI diet had infants that were a normal size, but had less body fat than those from women who consumed a high GI diet.
A low GI diet can also help control glucose levels in mothers with gestational diabetes, in turn reducing complications of labor and birth associated with this condition.
Your calorie intake
During pregnancy, most women need to increase their calorie intake by 100-300 calories a day for proper nutrition and weight gain. Your energy needs may vary depending on your pre-pregnancy weight and your activity levels.
Gaining the correct amount of weight in pregnancy has benefits for both mother and baby. You're more likely to return to your pre-pregnancy weight if you gain weight within the recommended guidelines (see How much weight will you gain?). Gaining too much weight is linked with bigger babies, which carries future risks to the baby's health. Conversely, gaining too little weight is also not ideal for a baby's future health.
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Hi Nick,
I played around with quick mount mini. I am referring to your picture with the Quick Mount Mini and adapter on top of pole without rotator. The easiest way for me to change Nadir Zenith position would be to turn the camera around the quick mount mini plate. This would be quicker for me than to take off the lens ring and turn the camera around. My question: to get the quick mount mini in a fixed position + - 90°, you could use the B1 holes at the bottom of the clamp. Can you add a feathered ball klick screw which uses the B1 holes to klick in and give a fixed +- 90° position? And add a white mark on the outside of the quick mount mini clamp which corresponds to a mark on the new adaptor to have a visible sign besides the klick? I do not know wether there is room enough to add the klick ball screw.
Just some thoughts to try to make it easy to change from Nadir to Zenith without taking the system apart but just loosen the quick mount mini screw a little bit?
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Nick's Chinese to English Translation:
"Oh, great! I hope to buy it soon."
PS although the forum support multi-languages, it is best to keep the discussion in English only.
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Besides, with many precise sockets and holes for alignment with different NNs, cost of QM mini is quite high already. Adding click ball will make further complication.
I can try to shorten the head of the anti-twisting screws so that you won't need to fully unscrew the tighten knob of QM mini adapter.
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Hi Nick,
Thx for reply,
any update on release date ?
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