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CL will be yours in few years! :o
CL will be yours in few years! :o
few hundred
The 10 Year Round Up
It has been quite an impressive rise for KFK in 10 years. In that time we have come from a club in the Icelandic 4th tier to a team who can compete in Europe, all be it in the qualifying rounds. In the round up I will be looking at the level of players that are at my club, the winners of various leagues and the cup winners.
To start with I will look at my goalkeepers, past and present.
Betir Olafsson He was my first goalkeeper and one that should really go down in club memory at without him we honestly wouldn't have been able to get promoted in my first full season in charge.
Rafael Claro My current goalkeeper wearing the number 1 jersey. As you can see his stats are much better in many key areas but he is much slower which does mean he does concede some really annoying goals. It is still an area I need to work on but he is a good shot stopper.
The second key area would have to be the striker, without a good striker your team won't score, without scoring you don't win.
Horour Guomundsson Other than having an impressive surname there wasn't really much going for him but at the level he was playing he was incredible.
Morten Thomsen This is one area in which we have made huge improvements, if I had Thomsen at the start I would have been scoring hundreds every season!
Club Status
Club Information
That is quite a big increase from when I started, when I started we have 100 attendance and were worth £130k. We now have 4100 average attendance and re worth £2.1m! This makes us the 5th richest club in Iceland, 4th if you ignore KB who have a tycoon splashing the cash.
Club Facilities
They still haven't changed in 10 years other than we now have a new stadium but we have some things in the pipeline.
Board Projects
As you can see we will soon have a Youth Academy and improved facilities which might mean that I start using Icelandic players!
I just thought I should show you this, I am currently employing 12 scouts, 8 coaches, 3 physios and an assistant manager, however the other teams are only employing 6 or 7 members of staff.
Affiliated Clubs
At the end of last season I managed to convince the board after 9 seasons to get a parent club, when they came back and saif that I could have Lillestrom as my parent club I jumped at the chance! Hopefully I will get some Danish prodigies on loan.
Past Winners
1. Deild KarlaCode:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |SEASON |Winner |Runner Up |Third | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2010 |FH |Fram (ISL) |Stjarnan | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2011 |Breioablik |Valur |Grindavik | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2012 |KR |FH |Valur | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2013 |KR |FH |Breioablik | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2014 |Fram (ISL) |Keflavik |Valur | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2015 |Fram (ISL) |Fylkir |Grindavik | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2016 |Fram (ISL) |Valur |Por | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2017 |Fram (ISL) |KR |Valur | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2018 |Breioablik |KFK |FH | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2019 |FH |KFK |Valur | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Icelandic Cup DeildabikarCode:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |SEASON |Winner |Runner Up |Third | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2010 |IA |Vikingur |Por | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2011 |Selfoss |IBV |Njarovik | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2012 |Prottur |Fylkir |IA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2013 |Fram (ISL) |Selfoss |Por | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2014 |Por |Stjarnan |HK | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2015 |KR |Volsungur |KFK | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2016 |FH |KA |KFK | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2017 |KFK |Haukar |Fylkir | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2018 |KB (ISL) |Keflavik |Fylkir | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2019 |KR |HK |IBV | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Icelandic Cup VISA-BikarCode:--------------------------------------------------------------- |SEASON |Winner |Runner Up | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2010 |Selfoss |IBV | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2011 |Vikingur |Grindavik | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2012 |Valur |Fram (ISL) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2013 |Grindavik |Fylkir | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2014 |Grindavik |Njarovik | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2015 |IA |Breioabik | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2016 |KR |FH | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2017 |KFK |Fram (ISL) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2018 |KFK |KB (ISL) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2019 |KA |KFK | ---------------------------------------------------------------
Code:--------------------------------------------------------------- |SEASON |Winner |Runner Up | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2010 |Valur |Breioablik | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2011 |Breioabik |Selfoss | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2012 |Keflavik |Grindavik | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2013 |Stjarnan |Fjonir | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2014 |Fram (ISL) |KFK | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2015 |Fram (ISL) |Vikingur | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2016 |Breioablik |Stjarnan | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2017 |FH |Vikingue | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2018 |KA |Valur | --------------------------------------------------------------- |2019 |KFK |Keflavik | ---------------------------------------------------------------
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And for my next season I will be playing a very interesting tactic...
Not quite... think more of one of the "last ten minute" strategies...
Just read this the whole way through, I have no idea how I had never done earlier, brilliant read. Keep it up!
Thank you I have an update ready and I will post it up soon
Season 11 Prevue - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Expectations | Media Expectations
The friendlies didn't go amazingly but we did do quite well in some periods of the games.
We now have a good transfer budget and wage budget for once, the media still don't think that we are going to come second, or 3rd in fact. They are still predicting us to finish 5th, I really can't understand why though.
Finances | Transfers
£1.5m in the bank now, it is incredible how much we have in the bank and with more facilities coming we should only get better!
Not many transfers have happened as my team are pretty good, however with the new budget I have starting spending on some really top quality players.
I have brought in some youths who will get "Trained at club" status which will help me in Europe.
Key Signings
1. Emilio Celiz. At 27 he's a bit of experience coming into my squad, he is a natural left back who will replace Hoy who left during last season for £150k.
If you want any more screenshots then just ask me.
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Just played my greatest game ever:
Season 11 January February and March Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Finances
Oh wow, it's not perfect but by god we were good is most of those games. I could hardly believe it was my team!
We are £20k down this season but I have spent £202k on transfers so this doesn't bother me.
Transfers | Squad
My Japanese striker is incredible, I can hardly believe it! My DM/MC is also working well so all in all I am very happy with how it's going.
My squad is looking amazing and we should do well.
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Says the results photo has been moved or deleted on Photobucket
Sorry, I have been a bit distracted today, I found out my grandfather passed away this morning...
Try now
Just got my first piece of silverware
Spoiler Alert
This was the cup final against the team that won the division last season:
Season 11 July Half Season Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | League Table
We lost in the Supercup, having one it once then the save game wouldn't load. However a special word has to be said for our 7-0 and 6-1 wins. They were a joy to walk and honestly we hardly put a foot wrong in either of the games.
The two draws see us second but still in touch with first, so we stand a good chance of doing the domestic triple!
Finances | Transfers
£1.5m in the bank and upgrading all of my facilities and this is all before Europe comes around which I am looking forward to! The attendances keep rising as well, the highest is over 6500 now!
The Japanese striker may have cost £170k but hes scored 0.99 goals per 90 minutes and has 6 MoM awards, he is also getting some serious interest from other clubs. All of this means that he is now valued at £250k!
Any information you want then just ask.
Last edited by Flamers; 09-03-2011 at 20:19.
Just been approached again:
Still only national reputation! I'm going to reject it as I am really getting places now. The weird thing is that they are only 3 games into the season, predicted to be 8th and currently 11th.
I wouldn't go to Karpaty either. I always destroy them. Wait for Shakhtar.
Also I would like to point out, I have earn't £22k in my whole career so far... I could get that in 6 weeks there :P
What an absolutely incredible win in a cup final. Just out of interest, how much are you earning? In my career my game has experienced a bug, and although the board have offered me larger contracts (around 3000K per week) it still says that I'm stuck on a measly £650. Have you had that too?
No, I negotiate it down I'm on abotu £100 p/w I think
Well I started on £1 p/w :P Before I needed it to get a good squad, we had no money. Now we are rich I might ask for more
And another offer:
Season 11 Review - Uravlsdeild:
League Results | Icelandic Cup Deildabikar Results | Icelandic Cup VISA-Bikar Results | Icelandic Supercup Result | European Results | League Table
We played well this season as you can see by the huge amount of green dots. Due to our consistently good performances we completed the triple, we also came very close to doing the domestic quadruple, only a savegame failing to load stopped it which was very annoying! The highlight performances for me have to be the 7-0 win over FH in the Deildabikar cup final avenging our Supercup defeat! The 1-1 draw with Rubin in Russia, only a poor performance at home stopped us going through. The 9-0 win against Vikingur O was also incredible, Yosuke Yoshikawa also got 6 goals that game to show how good he is!
We simply dominated the league but we had a little wobble near the end which nearly see me blow it by 1 point. To complete our rout of the league we got the top three goals of the season, 6 players in the team of the year and I won Manager of the Year!
Due to this success I was offered the Brisbane Roar job! I was tempted to take it but I love Iceland too much now.
Finances | Transfers
With £2.1m in the bank now finances don't bother me any more, we are getting new facilities which I'm looking forward to.
We sent out a lot of players on loan and they have a fee I'm also getting money from them!
Key Players
1. Yosuke Yoshikawa. Awesome, no other word. He is 19 and in 42 appearances he has scored 48 goals, honestly he is too good for Iceland but he isn't complaining so I will happily keep him! I brought him for £170k and he value has already risen to £500k.
2. Rafael Claro. Sometimes he used luck more than skill but he did manage 20 clean sheets in 42 appearances which is more than most clubs can dream of, he probably has 2 or 3 more good seasons left in him, luckily I have been buying young keepers who should be able to take up the reigns.
3. Leonel Baiao. He came in as the Runner Up in Footballer of the Year to Roberto Yalta but in my opinion Baiao was a bit more consistent this season, he is also younger so some room to improve as well.
If you want any more screenshots then just ask me.
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Congratz on a domestic treble and winning the league for the 1st time.
Yosuke Yoshikawa looks awesome as well
Thanks I really want to keep Yoshikawa
You must be dead chuffed with Yoshikawa, especially seen as he's only 19! Congrats - Champo League awaits!
I know, he was sat at a Japanese club valued at £230k. He was going to easily be my biggest signing as he was worth 3 times more than all of the players I had brought before but it worked and damn he is good!
Well done on the treble. Expectations will be higher from now on though! Good luck with the Champions League next season too
Yoshikawa might be making some headlines soon...
Why did Yoshikawa choose Iceland of all places to sign to?
Not a bad find from Albirex Niigata (the real name of that Japanese club )
Cos I'm awesome. Also would you stay in Japan if you could play UEFA League or Champions League football?
Season 12 Prevue - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Expectations | Media Expectations
We did well in our friendlies, even winning against an Argentine second division team.
The media now expects us to finish second and the board has really limited my options, it means I need to succeed now! We also turned professional.
Finances | Transfers
The facilities were cancelled even though we have over £2m in the bank, which is really annoying.
Yes, my Japanese striker sold for £1m! It was incredible, I was I could have got more but the chairman took over the deal.
The team is still good, it's a bit annoying that I lost my striker but oh well I will try and cope with it.
Key Signings
1. Franklin Bastardo. He does have a pretty awesome name, he should also work as a replacement for my Japanese striker.
2. Marco Russo. A good rotation player to give me some depth at the back, he also has some potential.
3. Fielipe Godoy. He should cover all of my left hand side which will be very helpful, he can also play across the defence.
If you want any more screenshots then just ask me.
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you lost the Japanese guy but £1mill is a hell of a lot.
you bought someone called Bastardo, looks pretty good as well
I think improving balance might be a good idea?
Bloody interfering chairmen! Still, good profit though!
Can't complain at a 500% profit in a year... The most annoying thing was when the chairman cancelled all upgrades due to "insufficient funds" with £2m in the bank!
Season 12 January February and March Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Finances
Lovely shiny green dots. I can't really say much more, we have played well and won every game.
Made a loss so far this season but hopefully gate receipts can keep us making a profit. It's turning Professional which is making it harder.
Transfers | Squad
I loaned out Eric Cousins for £160k up front and £500k future fee, he is valued at £475k and I doubt they will activate the future fee so it's £160k for a season and they pay his wages!
The squad looks awesome simply.
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Woah that's a massive squad, I count 16 different nationalities as well
They aren't good enough :P
He's getting on now, 31 and going over the hill. Worth £6.75m now and not in the national team....
The Welsh national team has very few regens in it...
Basically I have been told to lose :P
lol Tonga
Season 12 July Half Season Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | League Table
Two losses, one knocked me out of the cup which was a bit annoying but oh well. The one draw was a match we dominated but they played Contain and we couldn't find a way through which was very frustrating.
We are sitting pretty at the top of the league which is good and all seems to be going well.
Finances | Transfers
I'm a bit annoyed we are making a loss this season but that's because we are now a professional team but it does mean we are performing better and more consistently.
I released all of my reserve players on free's who were on month to month contract to get my wage bill down.
Any information you want then just ask.
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They currently sit 202nd in the world ranking. They are epic... /Sarcasm
On the bright side, you can't do any worse!
I spose...
On the plus side the club side is going well
First Tonga match coming soon!
good luck with Tonga, Flamers.
A great read so far, impressive to say the least. Keep it up and I'll keep reading
haha Tonga good luck!
I need it, the first game didn't go quite as planned...
I don't think i've ever seen such a big squad as yours with so many different nationalities! . How do they get on with the difference in language? Seeing as you're sat top of the league, I presume they gel well? What's your wage bill?
Well most of them speak Spanish or Portuguese and as I now how some Brazilians who have claimed Icelandic nationality they obviously speak Icelandic which means they gel quickly.
Current wage bid: £15,764 p/w. Max available: £47,500 p/w with no transfer budget.
The next update will be a big one
Season 12 Review - Uravlsdeild:
League Results | Icelandic Cup Deildabikar Results | Icelandic Cup VISA-Bikar Results | Icelandic Supercup Result | European Results | League Table
This season we didn't do very well in the cups, this was partly on purpose as I wanted to get far in Europe. I think I may have achieved my goal, we reached the Group Stages of the Champions League. Our group isn't the easiest in the world but due to our 100% home record in all competitions we managed to beat Zenit 2-1, this is possibly the greatest result I have every got and I can hardly believe it!
Here is the full draw for the Group Stages, no really "easy" group, Group H being possibly the easiest. We were ranked as 5000-1 outsiders to win the Cup which I can't complain at.
We properly dominated the league and I had the title with 1 game left, we could have won by more but a fluky 5-1 loss to KB stopped that. To complete our rout of the league we got the Golden Boot, 62 of the top 3 Footballers of the Year, Young Player of the Year,5 players in Team of the Year and I won Manager of the Year!
Finances | Transfers
Now try and cancel my facilities, stupid chairman. £9.5m in the bank and I'm still paying off this damn loan.
The main transfer news was Roberto Yalta leaving the club for £500k, he went top an Argentine Premier Division side but he has been called up into the Icelandic squad which is nice to hear.
Key Players
1. Franklin Bastardo. Not as good as Yoshiwaka but still pretty good! he netted 33 in 42 appearances which is respectable hopefully this team we can keep him over the off season.
2. Rafael Claro. Another 2nd place in my most important players. Claro has saved 6 penalties this season and with 19 clean sheets including 4 in Europe he is coming up good right when we need him to!
3. Juan Sanchez. A very good all round player and at 22 I can only see him getting better. He is a player who is never individually excellent but he makes everything work and I'm proud of him.
If you want any more screenshots then just ask me.
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Fantastic European run, just need to beat Man City and FC Bayern now
Those damn minnows :P
Man City took until the 70th minute to score a goal, the first one was a very unlucky own goal by my keeper!
Season 12 - International News:
OCE Nations Cup Preliminary Round Groups | International Results
We suck, there is nothing we can do about it. We are such a small country that is so insignificant we can't do anything, with only 112,000 people living here.
On the plus side we are now 185th in the world!
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Season 13 Prevue - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Expectations | Media Expectations
Due to our long season last year our season started much later this year, after league reset day. The board also gave me no choice, I need to win it. Talk about pressure?
The yes the media think I will do well, and they should do being the first club in Iceland to reach the Champions League groups stages (as far as I know).
Finances | Transfers
Yes, £10m turnover in a year, most of it came from Europe.
Cousins went, he has been an important part of my team for several seasons now but the offer was big and we can sign some new youngsters.
The team is still good, it's a bit annoying that I lost my striker but oh well I will try and cope with it.
Key Signings
1. Bara Sene. This is my replacement for Cousins, I am really glad I got him young as I can see him being a huge star in the future.
2. Thiago. I over paid for him and I know I did but he's young and should be a good Defensive Midfielder.
If you want any more screenshots then just ask me.
Last edited by Flamers; 09-03-2011 at 20:33.
2021 and still no Polish club in Champions League :P
Nice result against Bayern!
Tongo to win the 2026 World Cup please!
Great to see you making progress in Europe. I can't remember the last time an Icelandic team made the Group Stages IRL.
@DSYoungEsq Thanks, I was impressed as well. Just shows what Defensive football can do for you!
@jemparowkenastoprcent I beat a Polish side last year in the EURO Cup, they are awful :P
@AK22 I wish! A win would do me fine but being the worlds worst team it's VERY hard. I don't think one has made it *goes to google it*
No Icelandic club has ever made the group stages before, blue means never got to groups green means they have.
You're the first! I wonder what the folks in Iceland watch on a Tuesday/Wednesday night then?!
Dancing On Iceland?
Or they could listen to some music on Ice-Tunes! :o
I can't think of any bad Iceland puns
They place Ice-spy :L
Their favourite song is 'Ice Should Be So Lucky!
"Ice believe in miracle, you sexy thing"
This is so wrong but so right...
oh dear
Lovin' the Hot Chocolate lyric knowledge...
Last one from me, the Abba classic, 'Ice Had A Dream'!
I'll leave it there :P
unlucky in Europe mate. You are gonna struggle really with Europe being outside you normal season. Must be hard to get the boys up for the games.
When is the end of season break? does that impact on Europe at all
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Europe moves my break back which is really weird. If I get there nexy season I'm going to arrange friendlies to keep players fit between matches.
Also I was very lucky in Europe, I didn't expect to get this far, let alone get 2 wins!
There is also not a great synergy between your Transfer Budget and you wage allocation. I get £3m Tran and £105k pw wages in the championship. You won't get players in with such a low wage budget. You would do better to swing it the other way and hammer the wage bill at £150k pw on free transfers and keep the bulk of your cash to cover the wages and club development.
I have it on max wage right now, I get £92k p/w and £1.7m transfer kitty. I don't really need the transfer budget as my player are all young and still getting better, I only ever buy player that my scouts rate at 4.5 or 5 star potential and 3 star CA and I can get them for less than £500k
lol just checked you squad mate. Only one Ice Cream left in the squad.
Can you post the stats page saying who has the most nations represented. Are all Icelandic teams the same. Full of overseas players?
Just mine and KB who have had a tycoon at the helm for years. the other sides are gradually increasing.
I presume you mean this one:
KB paying a player £9k a week lol you have a tough job on your hands.
How do you compare to the league with attendances? Are KB miles ahead financially now?
I think HK need to sell Davio "the fat man" Karlsson if they are to stand a chance lol
Well I got news through at the beginning of this season that the Chairman was withdrawing financial support, since then they have lost £2m in value. I like heavy defenders if they are quite quick, they are great to stop strikers in there tracks Sene is a DC
I am top of the attendances by miles, about 500 ahead (out of 6000). THat £9kp/w player is about half as good as my £1.3kp/w and he isn't my best striker :P
ouch! that must hurt them big time.
The league could be all your then as they collapse like Leeds Utd
They are playing in Europe this year so that should help them but yer it will. They are also over paying EVERY player and only have a turnover of £500k per year, compared to my £10.5m last year...
Brilliant Read! Can you upload screenshots of Roberto Yalta and all the naturalised Iceland internationals.
He hasn't actually had a cap yet but has been called up a few times, I hope the next lot that have come in will get more as they are better
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Season 13 January February and March Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | Finances
The one draw but considering I had a 1 game preseason I can't complain!
Without Europe money we would be losing about £1m per season but I intend to make it to the groups every season.
Transfers | Squad
The two players I spent a lot on are 3 star already but have 4.5 potential, I brought in a couple of loans to cover some key spots as well.
The squad looks good really.
Last edited by Flamers; 09-03-2011 at 20:33.
You're terrible at linking screenies. Results is club info, and the other links don't exist.
GAH.. I really should check it first...
Fixed now...
Great couple of seasons, and a brilliant Champions League debut
Thanks Snakexe
?? Did you die? Or are you thinking up new "Iceland" puns??
No I had played it too much and my personal life is getting in the way, I'm into May though so I shall update you all soon enough
A couple of pieces of news:
We finally have a youth academy!
First player from my youth to be called up into the Iceland under 19's squad!
Great read and great career.
Thanks Blue_magic
I should have got to half season tomorrow, currently just beginning June


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Ubuntu Unity is fast in my computer running multiple windows etc., but after an update, Software Center suddenly shows and when a script stops running (usually when I'm on FB), it suddenly slows down and sometimes freezes.
How do I prevent the script to suddenly stop?
How do I choose a tag, its so difficult to put one?

subset: commoncrawl


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Let $C$ be an elliptic curve defined by $y^2=(x-e_1)(x-e_2)(x-e_3)$.
My question is how to determine the order of the differential $dx$ at infinity, $ord_{\infty}(dx)$.
Let $C$ be an elliptic curve defined by $y^2=(x-e_1)(x-e_2)(x-e_3)$.
My question is how to determine the order of the differential $dx$ at infinity, $ord_{\infty}(dx)$.
When I saw that example in Silverman for the first, it didn't understand much out of it either. I'm still not good at it, but I'm trying to solve it using theorems and examples in Silverman. However, It is possible that I don't see some trivial stuff and try to prove them. On the bright side, in the begining, not assuming any thing, has some benefits.
I want to use Proposition II.4.3.d. which says:
$\mathrm{ord}_p(fdx) = \mathrm{ord}_p(f) + \mathrm{ord}_p(x) - 1$
To compute $\mathrm{div}(x)$ We need to check all $P \in C$ and compute $\mathrm{ord}_p(dx)$. If $P = (x_0, y_0) \neq (e_i, 0)$ then $M_P = (x - x_0, y - y_0)$. However, on can see that $x - x_0$ is a uniformizer for $P$, because $x - x_0$ can generate the whole ideal. To see that, it is enough to show that it can generate $y - y_0$. We have:
$(x-x_0)f(x) = (x - e_1)(x - e_2)(x - e_3) - (x_0 - e_1)(x_0 - e_2)(x - e_3)$
For some $f(x) \in K[E]_{(x_0,y_0)}$, because $x_0$ is a root for the right hand side. Now using the curve equation we can write the right hand side as:
$(x-x_0)f(x) = y^2 - y_0^2$
Now because $y + y_0 \not \in (y - y_0, x-x_0)$ so $1/(y+y_0) \in K[E]_{(x_0,y_0)}$, so we can multiply both side by $1/(y+y_0)$ and we get:
$(x-x_0)\frac{f(x)}{y + y_0} = y - y_0$, hence $M_{(x_0, y_0)} = (x-x_0)$ and therefore $\mathrm{ord}_{(x_0, y_0)}(dx) = \mathrm{ord}_{(x_0, y_0)}(d(x-x_0)) = \mathrm{ord}_{(x_0, y_0)}(x-x_0) - 1 = 0$
Using Proposition II.4.3.d.
So we only need to compute $\mathrm{ord}_p(dx)$ for $p = (e_i, 0)$ and $p = \infty$.
We know that $M_{(e_i, 0)} = (y, x - e_i)$ However, clearly $y^2 = (x - e_i)f(x)$ for some $f(x) \in K[E]_{(e_i,0)}^*$. So, $y$ is a unifromizer for $M_{(e_i, 0)}$ and $\mathrm{ord}_{(e_i,0)}(x - e_i) = 2$. Using the same proposition we have: $\mathrm{ord}_{(e_i, 0)}(dx) = \mathrm{ord}_{(e_i, 0)}(d(x-e_i)) = \mathrm{ord}_{(e_i, 0)}(x-e_i) - 1 = 2 -1 =1$
For the point at infinity, We can use $dx = -x^2(d(1/x))$. Now from example II.3.3, We know that $ord_{\infty}(x) = -2$. So we can easily use the proposition again:
$ord_{\infty}(dx) = ord_{\infty}(-x^2d(1/x)) =$ $2ord_{\infty}(x) + ord_{\infty}(1/x) - 1 = 2 (-2) + (2) - 1 = -3$.
Therefore $\mathrm{div}(dx) = (e_1, 0) + (e_2, 0) + (e_3, 0) - 3\infty$


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The 5 Most Ridiculous Causes to Ever Get a Website
#2. Ric Silver Owns the Electric Slide
The Crusade:
There was a palpable sense of disillusionment and sadness in the air at the most recent Cracked Christmas Party and Winter Gala. What was once an event filled with merriment and metric tons of the cheapest of alcohol, was rendered dull and lifeless by, of all things, copyright laws.
"Anyone caught doing the Electric Slide will be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said a sign at the door. Yes, thanks to Ric Silver and his one-man crusade to stop people from performing the Electric Slide in public, we are hereby rendered forever unison danceless.
And on what grounds does Ric Silver think he can stop us and everyone else from line dancing the night away? Because he owns the copyright. To the Electric Slide.
According to his story, he invented the original choreography for the slide back in 1976 and realizing what kind of goldmine he had on his hands, trademarked the moves as his own. He has even gone so far as to sue the Ellen DeGeneres show after Teri Hatcher performed the dance on the air. And before any of you electric boogaloo types get any bright ideas, he also claims the copyrights to Poppin', Lockin' and the motherfucking Robot.
Why We Could Do Without It:
First of all, anyone with a website that looks like this isn't going to get us on board with a damn thing. But god awful HTML aside, seriously, shut the hell up, Ric Silver.
There are already very few people in this world who aren't disgusted to the point of violence by the mere mention of the Electric Slide. With the possible exception of the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey, it's probably the biggest scourge ever inflicted on group environments of any sort. So it would actually be great if Ric was trying to rid the world of the Electric Slide. Sign us up for that mission all day. But that's not Ric's beef. He just wants people to do it correctly.
Yes, if there is one thing worse than a bunch of people doing the slide, it's one person bitching about the technical imperfections of a group of people doing it.
#1. Rev. Will Bowen Complains About Complaints
The Crusade:
Hey, shut yer piehole! That's the gist of Rev. Will Bowen's one-man crusade to get the world to stop complaining. To be more precise, his exact words are, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude: don't complain."
No problem, Will. Can you give us one minute while we completely relearn everything we know about writing comedy articles? Would you like us to give up lists and dick jokes while we're at it?
Why We Could Do Without It:
While we will admit, there is some complaining we could certainly do without (looking at you, comments section), sometimes it's just what you have to do. Imagine if, instead of continuing to complain about British tyranny until enough people agreed and decided to revolt, the first person that brought it up decided, "Fuck it, I guess we're screwed, let me put this purple bracelet on the other wrist and change my attitude." We Americans would all be playing soccer and listening to fucking Robbie Williams right now.
If you're confused about that purple bracelet thing, allow us to introduce you to reason number two why we could do without this crusade.
Will hopes to accomplish his mission by way of those trendy rubber bracelets. People wear the bracelets as a reminder not to complain. If they catch themselves, they take the bracelet off, move it to the other arm and start over with their mission.
So, if you see someone with a purple rubber bracelet, you'll know you've found one of Bowen's followers. Unless of course they're wearing the Alzheimer's bracelet, which is also purple:
Or the "I Love My Dog" bracelet:
Or any number of other causes.
It appears there are way more causes than there are available bracelet colors. So, maybe they should restrict them to only the causes that, you know, actually matter.
We don't think the Reverend here qualifies.
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I have been wondering if it would be smart to form a single scrum team for several tiny projects. I am aware that it would be very hard to state a single sprint goal, if a team is working on several different projects. On the other hand: Putting projects that usually are assigned to single developers in a common team backlog would (IMHO) benefit by the synergies of a scrum team. I should mention, that the projects does not vary that much from a technical perspective.
I am in a consultancy department where we have projects of very different sizes. For some time I have been working on a larger project using Scrum. Lately, the team has been disassembled, and I am left with one-man assignments. The idea came to me because I was getting more and more frustrated about not having my old teammates for sparring, QA and good old fashioned team spirit. I realized that about half of my department is working on one-man assignments. Then it dawned on me, that there might be a way out of the solitude: A Scrum of small projects.
I am keen to hear your opinion on the matter:
What do you think of the idea?
What are the pitfalls?
What are the limitations? How do i convince management that it is a great idea?


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Could somebody tell me, what is the positive of the word "Abyss" ? As I know, abyss means an infinite depth or abode of evils, Hell. So isn't there any word which will mean the same as infinite depth or void but without pointing towards the negativity of Hell ?
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Yes: abyss, as in "abyssal depths" of the ocean. That's neutral and simply means "very very deep".
The infinite negativity of Hell is the Abyss with a capital A and (generally) the definite article.
A comment from OP suggests he's looking for a neutral/positive word to describe metaphoric "depth" as applied to a person, in which context I suggest the person is perhaps...
The opposite is often expressed as shallow - lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge.
It's a little archaic/formal, but you can also say that someone "lacks bottom" (meaning they lack roots, grounding, or principles, rather than lacking gravitas/profundity). I've rarely if ever seen the non-negated form (it's invariably he lacks bottom, not he has bottom).
In my opinion the word zenith may well explain the opposite of abyss. As abyss means very deep shasm, metaphorically related to very depressing emotions, the word Zenith is the highest point on the celestial sphere infinitely high as the climax but again metaphorically represent very high flying and positive state of mind. in Urdu Zeenet means ultimate beauty.
Could be 'vortex', if you mean some emptiness that causes a 'vertigo' sensation (being attracted to the void, or feeling like you could be falling). You could use 'precipice' as well. It would be nice to have some more clues about what is the context, so that it would be possible to make a more precise comment/suggestion on this.
I think infinite depth is pretty neutral.
Depending on your context, there are some geographic terms that have similar meanings to abyss (maybe without the "depth" aspect, though): ravine, gorge, canyon.
In Milton I believe the Abyss is anterior to Hell,
Perhaps the most positive 20th century association with an abyss is Georg Lukacs' Grand Hotel Abyss - pleasantly perched alongside "the womb of Nature," a little like the Columbia Gorge Hotel in Oregon, but with a picture of Schopenhauer instead of Rudolf Valentino in the lobby:
How about fathomless and unfathomable? Eg: The beauty of God's creation is indeed unfathomable; meaning it's too profound to fully understand it for mankind.


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I'm sure they are all spent now, but thanks.
The codes still work (just checked for giggles).. You can't use this code in conjunction with the free shipping over $75 - it's one or the other..
So this is really only good if your order is between $60 and $100-ish heh.. and even then it's probably only a few cents cheaper than the free S&H.
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Helderberg Wine Festival in photos
The fourth Helderberg Wine Festival, which was held from October 20 to 23, was a celebration of superb wines, irresistible food and thrilling events.
A series of fun activities and various set itineraries were planned along the wine route, which included the Somerbosch, Peter Falke and Bilton wine estates.
From mechanical bull rides and tractor rides for the little ones, and strawberry picking for the young at heart, to relaxing lunches on the lawns of Groenvlei while listening to the groovy sounds of the Brawou band, the Helderberg Wine Festival offered its attendees the perfect weekend.
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The 6 Most Insane People to Ever Run for President
#3. John Hagelin - 1992 Natural Law Party Nominee
The Natural Law Party was formed in 1992 in the political hotbed of Fairfield, Iowa. For the entirety of it's hilarious life as a political party (three election cycles), John Hagelin was their candidate.
John Hagelin is a doctor. That means he's smarter than you. So smart, in fact, that he has the problem of terrorism completely figured out. War? Not the answer. Better cooperation amongst intelligence departments? Not necessary. Transcendental meditation? Hell to the yeah!
According to Hagelin, the answer to all of the world's problems lies in having a bunch of people get together in a room and think about said problems, like, really hard. That's it, problem solved. No actual action is needed. Seriously, they say it's been "field tested" for 25 years and has shown clear reductions in terrorism! Though we're assuming those 25 years were not consecutive and did not include 2001.
"Oh, right, 2001. My bad."
According to them, the only reason we haven't already eradicated all of our problems is because not enough people are meditating on them at the same time. But it's not for lack of trying, once participation in the annual Invincible America Assembly reaches approximately the square root of 1% of the total population of the United States, all world events will tilt in our favor.
That makes sense, right?
#2. Jack Shepard - 2008 Candidate for the Republican Nomination
If you think it takes balls to run for president, try running for president while also running from the law. That's just what Jack Shepard did.
Jack Shepard's political activities, and there have been several, have all been conducted from Rome, Italy thanks to an outstanding warrant for his arrest issued 25 years ago after he was accused of arson for burning his Minneapolis home to the ground.
To be fair, he had a perfectly plausible story. "Someone kicked in my bedroom door and threw some fire in there and ran downstairs and ran away." We must admit, we were skeptical, until we realized that the assailants already had the fire burning and ready to throw prior to kicking in the bedroom door thus giving them plenty of time to escape.
Running for president as a fugitive--presumably so he can pardon himself once elected--is more than enough crazy to make this list, but it doesn't end there. Shepard also had his Minnesota dental license revoked due to "a string of violent incidents." No further details are available about the incidents themselves, but he did show up to the revocation hearing dressed as a soccer player, if that helps.
And then there are his claims of being a spy for the US government. "If I wanted to go home (President) Bush would clear the way. Bush knows me personally. How do I get new passports, travel and do not get arrested if Uncle Sam did not cover for one of his most well connected people in the Middle East, if I was not who I can not say I am?"
You can't argue with logic like that.
#1. Lee Mercer Jr. - 2008 Candidate for the Democratic Nomination
Why is America the greatest country in the world? Because a Lee Mercer Jr. can legally run for president.
After reading through his website, the thing that surprised us the most was that someone actually got Lee Mercer Jr. to take a long enough break from being absolutely out-of-his-gourd insane to stop and pose for that picture at the top. Not wanting to dilute Mercer's message, we shall now present him in his own words (misspelling his, emphasis ours).
From his biography:
"Since my high school graduation in 1969, I developed myself to my own academic interest to be a Collegiate Professional."
"On August 22, 1992, The State of Texas installed an intelligence hotwire in me at the United States Army Military Intelligence Academy Camp Bullis San Antonio, Texas."
"As a part of my continuing eduaction, I am making my presidential campaign part of my ROTC Intelligence Academics to record the learnings, doings, and examples of the United States Government as a government consultant, community developer, and financial planner appointed by the United States Federal Congress to record my biography in the United States Government Presidential Election for 2008 from Electronic Surveillance to develop records on the United States Government Presidential Campaign because I am on an academic intelligence hotwire that can not be unhooked by anyone."
"I have a doctor degree Phd. as a doctor of laws, medicine ( not practitioner of medicine, i.e. physicians, surgeons), theology, management, engineering and other subjects that are guaranteed by the United States Army in ROTC to be presented to me in a court of Law only."
On Why He's Running For President:
"1. The United States Federal Congress has encouraged me to want to become President of the United States so that I can do what the President of the United States of America is supposed to do and complete the federal and military government biography and autobiography in development in Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Business and Commerce Intelligence Education across the board National and International.
3. To prove that you need to pay the American Citizens before I die.
9. To prove that every person in the United States and world is hooked up on an Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Electronic surveillance hot-wires approved by the United States Congress for the U.S. Government Electronic Surveillance of every citizen in America for government intelligence circumstances will equal to the United States Government's Technocracy.
10. To prove the United States of America has two Governments and they are Government #1 and Government #2 and I own Government # 1..."
His Platform:
"My platform for President of the United States Of America is Criminal Law. It is developed from my Method of Education. I was ordered to create and or invent by the United States Army that is now intact regulating the United States Government protecting it through Military Intelligence Computerization Management a new Disipline I invented and the Administration of Criminal Law Laws across the board."
It is not Cracked.com's policy to endorse a presidential candidate. That said, it's clearly time to change that policy.
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Glad that none of them will become president? Then check out the guys that did get elected and still did insane shit in 6 Great US Presidents and Their Crimes Against Humanity. Or find out how some of those same presidents were total badasses in The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time.


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A woman or girl dressed seductively or whatever inciting rape.
Hey Gurly <grunt> cmere i got some lipstick to doll you up gurly.
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a word used to describes a guy who is very secure with his manhood (guy+really = gurly), so much so that he is comfortable engaging in activities that considered feminine. For example, He is willing to watch chick flicks etc...
Howard is so gurly, he listens to One Direction song while he works out his pecks.
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Where are my Access Point Names stored in the file system? Can I back them up via
adb shell?
My phone is unlocked (AT&T Contract. Le sigh.) and I'm inching towards modding it but I want to be sure I've got my APN settings.
Yes, just copy the
You can also use an app like APN Backup & Restore: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.APNBackupRestore
Edit: To backup manually-entered APNs (or ones otherwise not part of your ROM, such as ones "imported" when you insert a new SIM card) you also need to back up
APN Backup & Restore does not do this.


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Deceptive college students looking to cut corners have found ways of getting other people to do their homework for decades. Today, websites offering to do everything from single homework assignments to entire courses make it easier than ever before to cheat.Video Transcript
AT CHEATING IN COLLEGE ... IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM... BUT STUDENTS ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO DO IT AND ONLINE COMPANIES ARE MAKING IT EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE. ACTION NEWS SUNRISE ANCHOR MICHELLE IMPERATO HAS MORE. ## 16:06-09 it is not illegal what i do, is it immoral absolutely, but it is not illegal what i do IT'S A BOLD STATEMENT... BUT IT'S TRUE... JESSICA MOTT... FOUNDER OF PAY ME TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.COM - HELPS STUDENTS CHEAT THEIR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE... BY PROVIDING EXPERTS TO DO HOMEWORK, EXAMS AND ENTIRE ONLINE COURSES FOR STUDENTS WILLING TO PAY... BUT IT'S NOT ILLEGAL... 17:43-53skype screen logging i set the client up with the expert, they go directly through me, the client will contact us, the expert will complete the work for them SIMPLE AS THAT... OH AND IT'S EASY MONEY TOO... SHE MAKES HUNDREDS... SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ... OFF EVERY CLIENT ... AND MOTT SAYS... IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR OWN BACKYARD... 5:35-53 we've had california state university monterey bay that is an online, we do a lot with california, our number one that we do is florida, our second state of clients is definitely california MOTT EMAILED US SOME PAYMENT RECORDS, SHE SAYS PROVES SHE DOES BUSINESS WITH STUDENTS TAKING ONLINE COURSES AT CSUMB. HERE'S ONE MESSAGE FROM A STUDENT FOLLOWING UP ON A 200 DOLLAR QUOTE FOR AN EXPERT TO TAKE THEIR ONLINE TEST... SPECIFICALLY STATING CSUMB AS THEIR COLLEGE. AND THIS IS A CONVERSTION BETWEEN MOTT AND A STUDENT WHO'S LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FINAL EXAM... THE PRICE: UP TO 300 DOLLARS... THE STUDENT ONLY DISCLOSES THE SCHOOL IS CAL STATE ONLINE... BUT THE VISITOR DETAILS REVEAL MUCH MORE... LOCATION... MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. 1:48-57 its not surprising, a little disappointing, but not surprising that students from here might use those sites SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT CSUMB, JAMES TINNEY SAYS STUDENTS CHEATING IS NOTHING NEW... POINTING TO THE DAYS OF THE PAST WHEN STUDENTS WOULD PAY EACH OTHER TO COMPLETE COURSEWORK. TODAY, COLLEGES USE TOOLS LIKE TURN- IT-IN.COM... WHICH CHECKS A STUDENT'S WORK AGAINST AN ONLINE DATABASE TO SEE IF IT IS ORIGINAL. 13:44-02 we think most of our students we think most of our students are here for the right reasons but at the same time inevitably, we have 56 hundred students, inevitably there might be some people who are trying to game the system that's unfortunate and i think in the longrun it will backfire on them A QUICK GOOGLE SEACH... SHOWS JUST HOW MANY COMPANIES ARE OUT THERE OFFERING THE SAME SERVICES... MOTT, A MOTHER FROM OLEAN, NEW YORK SAYS SHE STARTED HER BUSINESS WITH JUST 20 DOLLARS ... AND HAS MADE MORE THAN 350 THOUSAND DOLLARS.. SHE ESTIMATES SHE'LL RAKE IN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BY THE TIME HER COMPANY TURNS 3. SO WHO EXACTLY IS FORKING OVER THE EXTRA CASH TO AVOID DOING THE WORK??? JUST ABOUT EVERYONE MOTT SAYS... YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS ... ADULT STUDENTS... SINGLE MOTHERS... THOSE TAKING CLASSES REQUIRED BY AN EMPLOYER... EVEN ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONEL... AND THE SUBJECTS THEY'RE SKIPPING OUT ON... IMPORTANT, SOME MIGHT SAY... 1:04-1:29 within the last week from the california region I would say microbiology um physics is a big one a lot of math. Because when you go into an online school they do require a lot of math classes, calculus, pre algebra all of that, yea I would say those are our main subjects that we work on, but there is no subject that we cannot do MOTT ACCUSES COLLEGES LIKE CSUMB OF NOT DOING ENOUGH... 16:35-51 because of the ip addresses, they can tell where its coming from, if the customer is not located in a certain area, they can tell, but will they actually spend the time and money to do that when the customer, their student is getting good grades? TINNEY MAINTAINS ... THEY CAN ONLY EXpend SO MUCH TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY ON THIS PROBLEM... AND REPORTS THE COLLEGE ONLY finds A DOZEN OR TWO CASES of cheating EVERY YEAR... 3:57-4:11 obviously we try to police these sorts of things and we don't, our faculty members definitely send the message that this is not tolerated and when these cases are brought to our attention we take action MOTT JOKES... SHE'LL SELL HER COMPANY WHEN HER OWN KIDS ASK HER TO HELP THEM CHEAT ... BUT FOR NOW... SHE MAKES NO APOLOGIES 12:44-13: me- a lot of controversy about it, do you understand where the controversy comes from though? -oh i do, and i get a lot of hate mail about it just like any other company that's kind of like me, and i do get the hate mail results in you're doing this for the money, well absolutely, but why do you go to work at 9 am and leave at 5 pm? you do it for the money. STANDUP WE HAVE MUCH MORE WITH JESSICA MOTT... INCLUDING WHY SHE THINKS IT'S OKAY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS NOT TO DO THEIR OWN WORK ... IT'S ALL ON KSBW.COM MICHELLE IMPERATO KSBW ACTION NEWS 8. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHING A NEW TOOL DESIGNED TO MAKE IT
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[FM12] "Chester - The Art Of Youth Development" (Arsenal Who?)
Welcome to my very first venture into the FM Career Forum! I will be embarking on a very long adventure with one of the newest clubs in English Football, with a very specific rule that most would turn their heads up at and not even give it any consideration! Here is the link to the challenge thread, incase anybody wants to join in!
What Am I Doing?
I am going to look to complete the following challenges with one big and very significant rule... The rule being a "No-Transfers In" policy! I will be doing my challenge, relying solely on the youth products we get each season in March... All of the best potential youth players who come in each March will be nicknamed with YP01 after their name (the number increases, 2 for the second, 3 for the third etc...).
Why Am I Doing This?
- Take Chester (newly promoted after a season on holiday), from the Blue Square North right up to the Premiership.
- Win the Premier League
- Win the FA Cup
- Win the League Cup
- Win the Community Shield
- Win the Champions League
- Win the World Club Championship
- Win the Super Cup
- Win everything in one season (Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup, Community Shield, Champions League & World Club Championship)
- Produce the World's Best Player
- Produce a World Beating Sammarinese player
- Help San Marino become a Nation feared by others, by producing Sammarinese players through my youth system
Since I moved from Championship Manager to Football Manager in 2007, i've played many different saves and lots of success, including a very proud moment in 2010 when I took FC United from the Blue Square North to the Premiership and won the Premier League and Champions League, but i've never set myself a hard challenge like this which could last me a long time, probably untill FM2013 comes out. I do like a challenge and this would provide the ultimate challenge for me. It will also be nice to focus on my own youth, rather than poaching other teams for their youth products.
I also think that this challenge might even provide a much tougher test than playing in a smaller country, due to the difficulty of moving up each league at a time, it could take up to 10 seasons at a time to reach promotion from each league.
Why Pick Chester?
Chester were established in 2010 which makes them one of the newest clubs in England that I'm able to manage and apart from winning the league to move up to the Blue Square Bet North, during my holiday season, they have won nothing! It provides me with the chance to make this club my own and know that any success this club has is because of me, creating the only history it will ever know!
Game Setup
Database Size: Large (Custom)
Player Count: 49,000
Game Start: England (July 2011)
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When reading about Schrödinger's fundamental solution in 1D,
$$u(t,x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi it}} \int_\mathbb{R} u_0(y) e^{\frac{i(x-y)^2}{4t}}dy$$
the author says thus Schrödinger evolution is instantaneously smoothing for localised data: if $u_0$ is so localised as to be absolutely integrable but is not smooth, the previous shows that at all other times $t>0$, $u(t)$ is smooth (but not localised).
I see that when differentiating under the integral sign, if $u_0$ is compactly supported (not necessarily smooth), the integral converges and thus the interchange is legitimate.
What can localised mean apart from compactly supported? Schwartz space would do, of course, but what non-smooth initial data are considered localised?
I'd like a good interpretation of the following too, please: high frequencies (Fourier space) travel very fast (we know dispersion is proportional to frequency in Schrödinger equation) and radiate quickly away from the origin (of physical space?) where they are initially localised, leaving only the low frequencies, which are always smooth, to remain near the origin. I see this when breaking an initial data in a finite number of waves which "sum" to it, but it seems to me that smoothness away from the origin wouldn't be guaranteed.


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H33rsay: European PS Plus content for March includes Dead Nation for PS4, Tomb RaiderWritten by: / / 12 Comments
H33rsay is El33tonline's round-up of game industry rumours and speculation where we have looks at unconfirmed and unannounced pieces of news emerging from anonymous tipsters, information leaks and generally dubious sources. It may not all be true, but it's still fun to talk about!
Last month Game Points Now's rumoured list of PlayStation Plus additions for PAL subscribers was spot on so it's worth taking a look at the games which the website claims will be included in March's PS Plus line-up.
According to the site, Housemarque's top-down, co-op shooter Dead Nation will be the only PS4 game offered to PS Plus subscribers in March while Tomb Raider and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons will be added to the massive list of PS3 titles already available through the service. Meanwhile, PS Vita titles Smart As and PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate HD will join the Instant Game Collection as part of March's PS Plus offering.
It's worth noting that Dead Nation hasn't even been announced for PS4 yet although there's still plenty of time for a new-gen port of this classic PS3 title to be unveiled.
Sony should confirm March's PS Plus line-up for Europe in the coming days so stay tuned to El33tonline for the official list as soon as it's announced.
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Am I human?
OK, so this one is a little silly.
I was going to join a website using my real Gnomish Name:
Things were going well, they even wanted to know where I lived…
But then things fell off the rails, and I decided not to join up…
Ummmm… Obviously not!
Humans… Hmmmph!
You know, I really wish I had a garden where I could put a couple of human statues.
Bloody humans realised I was going to use my Gnomish Secret Word Reader… well I would have if +15 racial bonus made me and Engineer…
Have I ever told you how I think that the Engineering mounts should just have an Engineering requirement of 15 so all sensible Gnomes could get about on Mechnostriders, Flying Machines and Choppers? Yeah I bet I have.. but this little green Gnome will not give up until Blizz realises that my living bomb is heading their way!
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by Melissa Brunner
I'm not sure anyone would call it a joyful experience to use a sick day or vacation day just so they could stand in line to renew their vehicle tags. It's become a fact of life the past couple weeks as the state's rolled out its new motor vehicle computer system.
I do sympathize with the computer glitches. It is a major change to bring a completely new system with millions of records into operation. I think back to our digital conversion and how big a task it was to switch out every cable and every connector in the building - there are bound to be kinks. However, that doesn't make it any easier to accept when you can't get the channel you want to see - or when you're the one who's been waiting in line for five hours, only to be told the computers are down, try back tomorrow.
Last week, the state said there were minor glitches that were fixed quickly and that workers just needed to become familiar with the nuances in the system. But Monday and Tuesday, they acknowledged problems causing slowdowns and, ultimately, by Tuesday afternoon, a shutdown. Techs installed a patch Tuesday afternoon they hoped would fix the problem. I'm sure people across the state are hoping it does.
On the bright side, the state did enact grace periods, giving people with expiring tags an extra month to get their renewals taken care of. That's certainly a step in the right direction because the problems are to the extent that it's not just procrastination getting people into trouble. Is that enough? What more should the state be doing?
I'm just glad my last name starts with a "B" - surely it will all be straightened out by next March?!


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I want to draw a UML diagram of my program. Class
Barney has a method
Yabadaba(Doo d) which takes a parameter of type
How do I represent that class
Doo is used in class
Barney in my UML diagram?
I want to draw a UML diagram of my program. Class
How do I represent that class
Smells like a homework. Oh well.
What type of UML diagram? Class, sequence, collaboration? You need to learn to be precise and clear when asking questions.
With that said, I am going to assume you meant to ask for a class diagram (and my answer will be based off that assumption.)
You represent it by having a class artifact for Barney, in a class diagram, and with a method that takes the type (Doo) in question
If, the class Barney has a member field of type Doo, in addition to a method that takes an instance of Doo, then, you will have Barney with a Doo field on it.
Either that, or as an aggregation/association of some type. This example would show a composition of Barney with Doo.
What association/method you use to represent this, that depends on what you want to do. And for that, well, the solution is to read the manual. Hope it helps.
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btw, these images were created with the yuml.me online drawing tool.
At the very least, you want a dependency relationship from class
If class
The association relationship can be made even strong by adding a direction.
You can also consider multiplicity, which is the number of elements. This is most useful for if the element is optional or for composition/aggregation relationships. You may also decide that it may not be appropriate to include the
The Class Barney have not any relationship, but next class Barney you put enumeration class Doo with the Doo property.


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Puma Running Shoes & Apparel – Save up to 50% Off
A tablet's portable, you can walk with it. That means shoes. See? We've just planned your entire shopping trip. You're welcome.
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Picked up a pair of the Puma FAAS 250 NMs at TJ Maxx a couple weeks back for $30. YMMV.
^ YMMV Literally means "Your mileage may vary" but is often used in forum talk meaning that your results will vary.
@fit410s: Thank you for saving me a ten-second trip to Google. Was wondering what that meant.
Ok, I was just on Puma's site. Nothing against Puma here but what ever happened to a clean looking pair of tennis shoes? I admit I am 35 years old but I still enjoy sports and just walking around in some good tennis shoes but all these new colors and paterns and designs......I just can't buy those. I think I would look weird, or like "that" guy that is trying to dress like a teenager again. Anyone else feel this way or am I just getting too old too fast?


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The 5 Most Maddeningly Unresolved TV Plotlines
#2. Tony Soprano's Unkillable Russian
In the 2001 episode "The Pine Barrens," Tony Soprano's nephew Christopher and capo Paulie shake down Valery, a mouthy Russian mobster.
Valery proceeds to piss off Tony's muscle to such an extent that Paulie smashes the Russian's prized universal remote control. And his wind pipe.
A broken universal remote is a tragedy, but a broken Russian is all in a day's work for Christopher and Paulie, so they drive to the New Jersey Pine Barrens to dump the body. Unfortunately, Valery isn't dead and promptly beats Paulie's ass with a shovel. As usual, Paulie totally overreacts and puts a bullet in the Russian's head.
To everyone's surprise, Valery shrugs off the headshot and capers off into the woods. At this point, the mooks get a concerned call from Tony:
According to Tony, Valery is a nigh unkillable ex-Russian military man. And what's this? Christopher's car has been stolen! Looks like the NJ Turnpike will run red with borscht and blood tonight!
Why It's Maddening:
This episode hints at an epic Goodfellas versus Eastern Promises style mob war. Valery is bulletproof, Tony's browning his trousers out of fear, and chances are Viggo Mortensen is en route for some naked wrastling with Edie Falco. There's enough material here for a decade worth of story arcs.
That is, if Valery ever reappeared on the show. Seriously, the one guy who could bring the full brunt of the Red Mafia down on the Soprano family never appears again.
Discounting some half-assed foreshadowing from Tony by episode's end ("Paulie, [...] he's your problem, not mine."), the entire cast totally forgets that there's an invincible Ruskie on the loose, plotting his revenge. What's the deal? Is chronic amnesia an obscure Italian stereotype we've never heard of?
"I cut off your leg and I don't-ah know why!"
Anyway, fan reaction to Valery's disappearance has irritated the show's writers so much that they'll just tell you to piss off should you dare bring him up.
Which is too bad. Imagine if instead of the "cut to black" series finale, we got a gunshot to Tony's head, and a pan up to the missing Russian mobster! Holy shit! We'd have bought multiple copies of the DVD just so David Chase could have the extra cash.
#1. 24 Silently Impeaches the President
In season four, President John Keeler suffers an audacious aerial assault on Air Force One. He survives, but is hanging onto his life by a thread! To make matters worse, Charles Logan, Keeler's Machiavellian vice president, now controls the Oval Office! Will Keeler pull through?
Why It's Maddening:
Eh, he's just the leader of the free world. Who gives a rat's ass?
See, 24 pulls this stunt so often that fans have a slang term for it: "Behroozing," after Behrooz Araz, a key player from the fourth season who inexplicably vanished from the face of the franchise. This example is particularly insane as the character the writers "Behrooz" is the goddamn President of the United States.
Behrooz, prior to his Behroozing
We realize that a lot of exciting stuff happens in the world of 24. Heck, it's so thrilling that no one has the time to drop a deuce. But the fact that Logan was permanently installed as president kind of indicates that, you know, the actual President fucking died.
Not that the show mentions it, ever again, in any capacity. In the universe of 24 the passing of the leader of the free world was met with no media coverage, no national day of mourning, no US Weekly retrospective. Hell, the writers didn't even bother to placate us with a throwaway line here and there ("We need the extra security for the President's funeral!")
Then again, in the world of 24 they've been through nine presidents in seven seasons, so maybe we can't blame them for reporting a dead president somewhere under the hockey scores.
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What's the best Windows-like taskbar for a Mac?
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Philip, believe me, it is much better spending some time to learn (and settle in) with OS X style of work than looking some Windows taskbar solution.
Assuming that you have a new OS X notebook, you probably have multitouch trackpad too, so try the following:
Later you will set direct opposites, (automatic scroll bars, jump on the clicked spot) but for the switchers the above is good for a start.
Next, go to Dock and set like:
The minimize-windows-into-application icon will partially simulate the Windows taskbar, so you will get:
where you can clearly see than the "doc" file is minimized into the app-icon and the untitled is opened.
Third: setup full trackpad gestures - click every checkbox on Trackpad preferences. Take some time to learn 3-finger and 4-finger gestures, especially "swipe 4 finger up/down" and move drag with "3-fingers" (instead of click & drag). This is very not-windows-like, but later will thanks to settle in with this.
After a while you will learn to use it automatically, and will find than you don't need a Taskbar. (Because of "Mission control", "Application windows" and "Show desktop" swipes,)
Four: Setup hot corners in the "System preferences -> Mission Control". Click "Hot corners...". My setup is:
In the "Mission control" uncheck "Show dashboard as space" - left-bottom corner will show to you the Dashboard when needed.
The hot corners will help when you don't want use "swipes". The bottom two corners (around the dock) are for the "applications" (Launch Pad & Dashboard), the upper two corners are for "windows" (Current app-windows and Mission control)
The above is my 2cents - maybe someone will suggest better setup - from my experience the above helps my "switchers friends" greatly.
EDIT after 1.5 years.
Because of commnents I want clarify some things. At time of the question, was not here really usable software what behaves exactly as windows taskbar.
Therefore I tried answer with a setup, what should help switchers as much is possible.
It is not easy to have windows-like taskbar - here are several points:
1.) The taskbar's notification area (commonly referred as systray). In the OS X the top menubar is the place where are placed the notification icons like, date, battery and so on. Moving them to some taskbar like sw is probably not easy.
2.) Taskbar's start-menu. With the above hot-corners setup, the "bottom left" corner is the "Lanuchpad", from where the user can launch any installed application. (Can group applications into categories and/or pages.) It is similar (only similar - not the same) as windows start menu.
3.) Some actions, (what are in the windowsish start menu) in the OS X are in the apple menu, like: shutdown, sleep, logout.
4.) Taskbar's quick-launch area. The whole Dock is like (again, only like - not the same) as the windows-taskbar's quick-launch area, from where you can launch frequently used applications. Similarly as in the taskbar, with the right click on the application icon you can see (and switch) to different instaces of running application or can open recently used files)
Soo, if for someone the above sounds as "opinion", sorry for this, but it is not true. I tried (again, only tried) to suggest a solution (with a setup) what should help switchers. A half year later as i wrote my original answer @Krav added the
Dock is the alternative for taskbar. Once you have Dock visible all the time (default), all the windows will use the remaining spaces.
I assume you are new to mac. I suggest to go through Dock 101 article from Apple. You can also refer Switch 101 - On Windows, I used to...
Welcome to Apple userland :)
There is now one. Check out iTaskbar :)
I'm affiliated to the product, but at the moment it's the only product in the category. To create a taskbar on OS X is not as trivial as on other operating systems. ;)
We hope it will be helpful to all those people who, just like us, need a taskbar to work efficiently.
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Philip, I would recommend you follow jm666 setup as per answer (above).
If you definitely need something that approximates a Windows-like taskbar, I would go with something like Hyperdock :
Hope this helps.
I developed uBar, which is a taskbar for OS X. It is very well maintained and while it is a Windows-style taskbar it follows the OS X aesthetic which is important. Feel free to check it out, I hope you'll enjoy it.


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Shannon Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.
Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
Contact information
421 Curie Blvd.
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421 Curie Blvd.
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Office: (215) 898-7886
Fax: (215) 898-9871
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B.S. (Chemistry)
Purdue University, 1985.
Johns Hopkins University, 1993.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
Johns Hopkins University, 1993.
B.S. (Chemistry)
Purdue University, 1985.
Johns Hopkins University, 1993.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
Johns Hopkins University, 1993.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
Skeletal development in the vertebrate embryo; transcriptional regulation and genome evolution
Key words
zebrafish, bone, cartilage, transcription factors, comparative genomics
Description of Research
The patterning and formation of the skeleton lends form and function to all vertebrate organisms; the maintenance and remodeling of bone in the adult is a striking example of tissue homeostasis via stem cells. We are taking genetic and cellular approaches in the zebrafish to understand both the early events in skeletal development and the regeneration of bone in the adult after injury. We have developed lines of transgenic zebrafish expressing fluorescent proteins in bone and cartilage, allowing us to visualize the establishment of the skeleton in live fish. We have also developed a method to trace cell lineages in the zebrafish, and used it to establish the contribution of neural crest to the skeleton.
Double transgenic embryo expressing egfp in cartilage and rfp in bone.
GFP expression marks neural crest descendents in a 2-day zebrafish embryo.
A second area of focus is in comparative genomics, examining how the sequences regulating transcription of important skeletal genes have evolved and function in diverse organisms. We have developed a highly efficient approach using zebrafish transgenesis to identify and study regulatory sequences, from the genomes of zebrafish and of distantly related species like human and mouse. We are applying this approach on a large scale to identify enhancers that control expression in skeletal tissues. These regulatory elements provide insight into the signaling pathways that control bone and cartilage formation, and variants in their sequence and function are likely to contribute to human diseases affecting the skeleton.
Rotation projects
Identify the regulatory elements for a gene important in skeletal development or associated with a human genetic disease, using zebrafish transgenesis
Describe an aspect of bone and cartilage formation using time-lapse microscopy, in wild-type or mutant zebrafish
Build and test constructs to aid in development of new technologies to manipulate the zebrafish genome
Lab personnel
Erika Kague, postdoctoral researcher
Gui Hu, research specialist
Michelle Kanther, postdoctoral fellow
Jaqueline Simonet, postdoctoral fellow
Nicolette Sookar, student worker
Selected PublicationsKague, E., Gallagher, M., Burke, S., Parsons, M., Franz-Odendaal, T., Fisher S.: Skeletogenic Fate of Zebrafish Cranial and Trunk Neural Crest. PLoS One 7: e47394, Nov 2012.
Fisher, S., Franz-Odendaal, T.: Evolution of the bone gene regulatory network. Curr Opin Genet Dev 22(4): 390-7, Aug 2012.
Hu, G., Codina, M., Fisher, S.: Multiple enhancers associated with ACAN suggest highly redundant transcriptional regulation in cartilage. Matrix Biology 31: 328-37, Jul 2012.
Gui, H., Goll, M.G., Fisher, S.: ΦC31 Integrase Mediates Efficient Cassette Exchange in the Zebrafish Germline. Developmental Dynamics 240(9): 2101-7, Sep 2011.
Knopf, F., Hammond, C., Chekuru, A., Kurth, T., Hans, S., Weber, C. W., Mahatma, G., Fisher, S., Brand, M., Schulte-Merker, S., Weidinger, G.: Bone regenerates via dedifferentiation of osteoblasts in the zebrafish fin. Developmental Cell 20(5): 713-24, May 2011.
Kague, E., Bessling, S. L., Lee, J., Hu, G., Passos-Bueno, M. R., Fisher, S.: Functionally conserved cis-regulatory elements of COL18A1 identified through zebrafish transgenesis. Developmental Biology 337(2): 496-505, Jan 2010.
Brown, A. M., Fisher, S., Iovine, M. K.: Osteoblast maturation occurs in overlapping proximal-distal compartments during fin regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics 238(11): 2922-8, Nov 2009.
Fisher, S.*, Grice, E. A., Vinton, R. M., Bessling, S. L., McCallion, A. S.*: Conservation of RET regulatory function from human to zebrafish without sequence similarity. Science 312(5771): 276-9, Apr 2006 Notes: *co-corresponding authors
Xie, J., Fisher, S.: Twisted gastrulation enhances BMP signaling through chordin dependent and independent mechanisms. Development 132(2): 383-91, Jan 2005.
Fisher, S.*, Jagadeeswaran, P., Halpern, M. E.: Radiographic analysis of zebrafish skeletal defects. Developmental Biology 264(1): 64-76, Dec 2003 Notes: *corresponding author.
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How do you throw away a kitchen knife (or for that matter, any knife)? It seems extremely dangerous to just throw it in the dumpster, even if it's wrapped up real well.
I agree on the Goodwill thing, but it pains me to think of putting tape on a knife blade -- someone's going to have to clean it off, and that risks someone getting injured.
Instead, find a piece of cardboard that's longer than the blade of the knife, and more than twice the depth of the blade with an inch (~3 cm) or more to spare.
Fold the cardboard in half, so it's now roughly larger than the size of the blade, and then place the blade so the back of the knife is against the fold (you can do it the other way, but you'll risk dulling the knife ... cutting paper isn't good for knives), then tape it down.
You want to make sure it's well compressed, so the knife is being held in by friction. You could always sandwich something rubbery in there with it to help with the friction.
(this is how I used to transport my knives when moving between apartments)
Another alternative, if you're really disposing of it, and don't mind dulling the blade, is to poke it into a piece of corrougated cardboard. Just find a piece that's longer and wider than the blade, set it on the edge of your counter, put a hand on top to hold it steady, and then slowly push the blade in.
First of all, consider donating it to Goodwill or another charitable organization. Even if it is barely usable by your standards, it might help someone else out. Whether giving your knife away or throwing it out, I think it is sufficient to put some duct tape over the edge and then wrap it in a couple layers of bubble wrap.
Check with your local recycling companies. We have a metal recycling facility that will accept kitchen items such as small appliances, utensils and dishes made of aluminum, tin, stainless steel, etc. It may be worthwhile to simply add the knife to their scrapheap where things will be melted down and recycled. Far better than disposal, in my opinion. (But consider the goodwill option as well.)
Just wrap in some newspaper and the tape the package up. This is how my knives always come back from a professional sharpen. It surprised me a little the first time I saw it, but it will render the knife harmless.
If you are dumping a whole set in a block, just glue them into the block and throw away.
Fold some foam rubber around the blade, then wrap it all up with duct tape. The foam rubber should hold against the blade and be resistant to being cut.
Since you're throwing the knife out, take a hammer to the edge. You don't need to hit hard -- the edge is obviously pretty thin, so it won't take much to roll the edge. Just place the back edge of the blade against something hard and heavy -- anvil, concrete block, etc. -- and tap firmly all along the sharp edge until sufficiently dull.
You're over thinking this. Just toss it in the bin.
There are plenty of other dangerous sharp things in bins already. Eg, broken glass, tin cans/lids, etc. Anyone going through bins (eg Freegans, garbage disposal workers, super spy's jumping out of buildings) knows to take precautions (or will learn quickly). Odds are that no one will go through your bin on that particular day anyway.
You can decrease that further by putting in in the bin the night before collection day.
If you must do something active, it's not worth the effort/waste to find something to wrap it, just stab it through anything plastic or cardboard you are throwing out (so I am seconding the news paper suggestion). Eg Milk Carton, empty plastic meat tray. It doesn't need to be perfect, you are just trying to add another chance on top of what is already fairly safe (just throwing it in the bin).
While performing on stage I adopted the "lob a full 360" approach but my juggling partner usually returned them.
Now I would take it to my dump, tip, recycling centre, and present it to a member of staff. This has three advantages:-
1/ No wrapping or unpleasant bending.
2/ It's a day out.
3/ It becomes an S.E.P. [Someone Else's Problem]
My brother, a chef, would have lodged it in a Kitchen Porter, thereby also creating an S.E.P.