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Some pretty good signings there, hopefully you can push towards promotion this season
Some pretty good signings there, hopefully you can push towards promotion this season
I do not understand my Board. I have $1M+ in the bank, making a profit, and they keep doing this...
Oh well...it gives me great profits at the end of the year
Generous bunch.
Your board obviously has more money than sense...
Hopefully you'll have a strong début season in your new stadium.
FIFA World Cup 2014
Group A: Brazil, Cameroon, United States, Ukraine
Group B: Russia, Gabon, Italy, Syria
Group C: Spain, Ecuador, Czech Republic, Japan
Group D: England, DR Congo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Paraguay
Group E: Uruguay, Portugal, Canada, Kuwait
Group F: Turkey, Croatia, Ghana, Australia
Group G: Slovenia, Argentina, South Korean, Jamaica
Group H: France, South Africa, Ireland, Chile
Third Place Playoff
Croatia 1p - 1 Portugal
The Stats
- FIFA World Cup addidas Golden Ball - Jérémy Ménez - France
- FIFA World Cup addidas Golden Shoe - Pedro - Spain
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player - Mateo Kovacic - Croatia
- FIFA World Cup Yashin Award for Best Goalkeeper - Victor - Brazil
FIFA World Cup Dream Team
Brazil wins in Brazil! Canada did fairly well in Group E, tying in points with 2nd place Portugal and only missing out on goal difference by two goals.
So far, only one national team has fired their manager, Italy. Two other managers has retired, from Spain and teh Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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2014 Mid-Season
Frigg Oslo FK - Adeccoligaen
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - This is a tight and hard fought league. However, halfway though and we are leading the league on a dominating goal difference. Our improvements so far, are huge. We are tied for the lowest goals against and leading in goals. We were actually leading the league by 3 points for most of the first half, but our last two matches have enabled Strømmen to catch up. We will need to maintain our composure in order to continue our quest for the title and promotion.
Players of Note
Tim Strøm Pedersen - D C, DM, M C - Pedersen is again our man in the back four. He's a dominant defender and has contributed a decent amount of goals from corners. However, his defending is his real benefit. He's also the top average rated player in the league.
Nikolai Djupesland - M R, AM C, ST - Our new right winger has been amazing, mainly due to his ability to outrun defenders down the side. Not as many assists as I'd like, but he has contributed in goals, getting on the end of the ball in the box.
Marcel Sacramento - M C, ST - Sacramento is the boss of the midfield again this year. His long shot is among the best I've seen.
Erlend Persgård - ST - Boateng's partner from season has started contributing his fair share of goals as well. Second in the league, he and Boateng have formed into the best and most offensive striker pair in the league.
Fosu Boateng - ST - League leader in goals, Boateng has also learned to pass when he can as well as shown by his 9 assists. Boateng, Persgård, and Pedersen are all listed as the top three players in the league at this point.
Around the World
Barclays Premier League - Liga BBVA - Bundesliga - Serie A TIM - Ligue 1 Orange
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Looking good for the top 2, and going up again.
1 August 2014
From the News Ticker...
Frigg, a club who was expected to fight a relegation battle this year, has found themselves instead fighting for promotion and the Adeccoligaen title. It is expected that the ambitions of both manager Cerud as well as their Board will change to meet this possibility as they make their unlikely, yet historic push.
In this, we have new expectations and budgets.
Adeccoligaen: Achieve a respectable league positions
Wage Budget: $563 181 (+ $252 595 from pre-season)
Currently Spending: $400 358 (+ $162 823 cap space available)
Transfer Budget: $131 112 (+ $46 037 from pre-season)
This increase tells me that our Board is serious about a promotion push. However, it doesn't necessarily mean I'll look for players to sign in this August transfer window. The squad I have got me here and I don`t want to disrupt it. We'll see what I find out there!
In other news, I finally got my Board to agree to a much needed improvement.
We have been upgraded from Basic to Adequate.
Last edited by cerud; 29-04-2012 at 16:40.
You're board seems to have a Friggin big bank account.
....I'll stop now.
24 September 2014
From the News Ticker...
With Frigg manager Cerud leading his squad to the top of the Adeccoligaen, his exploits are not going unnoticed. The Canadian manager is starting to field interest from his native land. Vancouver Whitecaps manager Martine Rennie may be leaving after leading the MLS for much of the season. Cerud, who was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta but lived in Vancouver, British Columbia before moving to Oslo, may be persuaded to take over the winning club. For his part in the matter, Cerud was unavailable for comment.
The first job that I've been attached to and it's my home club! I'm not getting ready to jump ship yet, but if the opportunity comes, I'd have to seriously think about it.
Now, to our current season. We have five matches left in the Adeccoligaen and our goalscoring has dried up. Thankfully, so has everyone else's. Somehow, we've been able to increase our point lead to seven in total. However, these final five matches will decide who gets promoted to the highest level of Norwegian football and who remains behind.
Here is the table for the final five.
You've got this in the bag
Great Season so far, just hold on for your lead and Promotion is yours.
You can do it! One more win and it should be yours.
Going really well. Im confident of a league title in the bag.
Keep it up and it's yours.Will be a good reward for a brilliant season.
Awesome so far mate!
Going up up up!
2014 Youth Candidates
Frigg Oslo FK - Adeccoligaen
Youth Candidates
So, I got our Board in increae youth facilities and junior coaching and I get this...
Seriously? What am I doing wrong? I have never had even a moderately decent youth prospect in all of FM12, any career save. But this is the worst. Even my assistant manager thinks as much.
Last edited by cerud; 30-04-2012 at 20:22.
2014 Season in Review
Frigg Oslo FK - Adeccoligaen
1st Place - League Title Champions
The League
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - There is no other way to say it. We got lucky. The second half of the season was often horrible to watch. Goal production dried up somewhat, which was hard especially given that we had the top two goalscorers in the league in the first half. One of those never scored at all in the second half and ended up sitting on the bench for the final few matches. We find ourselves promoted to the top league of Norwegian football, the Tippeligaen. However, many questions remain over what the squad will look like for next year because the current squad won't cut it.
The Cups
Norgesmesterskap Frisk Forsikring Cup - We made the 3rd Round as our Board wanted but that was as far as it went. An epic penalty shootout was required to decide our fate. Unfortunately, it didn't go in our favour.
The Stats
Goals Scored - 64 (+ 6 from last year, 1st in league)
Goals Conceded - 20 (- 27 from last year, 2nd in league)
Average Attendance - 1 271 (+ 504 from last year, 12th in league)
Prize Money Made - $151 000
The Players
Squad | Transfers - Only one signing in the August transfer window, a new young rightback. This squad will definitely need work for moving into the Tippeligaen.
Tim Strøm Pedersen - D C, DM, M C - Best player on the squad. A dominant force in defense, which helped us greatly improve our goals against.
Fosu Boateng - ST - Lead the league in goalscoring even though he slowed the pace in the second half of the season. I'm hoping he can make the jump up yet another league.
Finances - Our financial status has moved back up to Okay. We have done very well this year, helped on by the increase in attendance.
Facilities - We have just had announced an expansion to Frigg Stadium. Not really an expansion per se; they are basically making the stadium an all-seater. Should be finished in time for the new season.
The Awards
- Norweigan First Division Top Goalscorer - Fosu Boateng - 1st Place
- Players' Player of the Year - Fosu Boateng - 1st Place, Tim Strøm Pedersen - 3rd Place
- Fans' Player of the Year - Tim Strøm Pedersen
The Goals Revisited
- Build a competitive squad - Achieved. With a caveat...achieved for this level. We need to do it all over again next year.
- Finish in the top 5 - Achieved with another legaue title and promotion!
Around the World
Plans for Next Season
I'm conflicted. The Board have offered by a two year contract, the first time they've offered a multi-year deal to me. In addition, I'd be moving with the club up to the Tippeligaen, the highest level of Norwegian football. However, that second half kind of disillusioned me. I'm wondering if these boys have started to not play for me.
Martin Rennie in Vancouver has renewed his contract for three years so the one job I was attached to will not happen. If I left, I'd be heading into the open market, which may not bode well either. It might be worth it to stick with Frigg for another season in a higher league and build up my reputation.
Suggestions accepted!
Last edited by cerud; 01-05-2012 at 18:08.
Great season! You may have faded a bit but it doesn't take away from the rest of the year I'd say stick it out one more season at least and see what you can do in the top flight.
Definitely stay for another season and see what you can do in the top flight. If it doesn't work out then leave!
16 November 2014
From the News Ticker...
After securing promotion to the Tippeligaen with Frigg Oslo FK, manager Cerud has agreed to a one year contract extension. It was rumoured that Cerud may have been on his way out at Frigg Stadium, but the agreement has ensured the core of teh club will remain as they fight for survival in the highest level of Norwegian football.
Many congratulations on the league win, stadium increase and the new contract Hope you can do well in the Tippeligaen!
24 December 2014
From the News Ticker...
While the ink is barely dry on a new contract, Frigg Oslo FK manager Cerud has been tied to the open job with MLS club Portland Timbers. Cerud has been attached to the Vancouver Whitecaps before in the MLS; however, the Timbers seem to be actively pursuing the Canadian manager. Cerud, for his part, has not commented.
While it's nice to be more firmly attached to a job, I can't in good conscience declare interest in Portland. Portland and Seattle are both fierce rivals of Vancouver. So taking either of those jobs would be akin to bathing in sin.
Definitely should have a bash at the Premier Division anyway.
Congrats on the title win and stadium expansion
Excellent work in Norway. I'd stick around for a season in the top division unless a really good offer came in.
Such clean and tidy updates as well.
20 January 2015
Frigg Oslo FK
From the News Ticker...
In a surprise move, Cerud has resigned as manager of Frigg Oslo FK. Given that the resignation came immediately after the club's initial pre-season meeting for their first step into the Tippeligaen, rumours has been running wild as to the reason. However, there is one glaring aspect; the club is still officially listed as semi-professional, making them the only one in the top flight of Norwegian football.
At the press conference outside of the renovating Frigg Stadium, Cerud stated, "My time at Frigg has been truly amazing. Together, we have been able to grow this club, win leagues, and become one of the top clubs in the nation. While [Chairman Erling] Fossen and I have different perspectives on the continuing evolution of club, I respect and am honoured to have been a part of Frigg's legacy. I wish them all the best in the Tippeligaen and their future."
Managerial Club Record
In my three and a half years with Frigg, I have much to be proud of. Our two league titles have moved the club into the top flight of Norwegian football. However, this also forced me into a decision. The club was remaining a semi-pro club, the only one in a professional league. Can anyone imagine a semi-pro club fighting for a UEFA Champions League spot?!?!
This also brought a new problem. I couldn't sign players. No player wants a part time contract in a pro league. Therefore, it was time to leave. I have no job prospects at the moment. But I don't expect to disappear! I will be back; I just need to find a job
Last edited by cerud; 02-05-2012 at 01:35.
Great work with Frigg! Hopefully you find another good club soon (preferably one with a similarly funny name).
African CAF Cup of Nations 2015
Group A: Ivory Coast, Morocco, Tunisia, Zambia
Group B: Senegal, South Africa, Egypt, Guinea
Group C: Cape Verde, Mali, DR Congo, Gabon
Group D: Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Burkina Faso
The Stats
- Orange Africa Cup of Nations Best Player - Yannick Ndjeng - Cameroon
- Pepsi Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot - Manucho - Angola
- Samsung Fair Play Award - Seydou Doumbia - Ivory Coast
- Standard Bank Best Goalkeeper - Itumeleng Khune - South Africa
Orange Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team
Again, the Egyptian manager is gone. However, this time it is from resignation and not firing.
Well done on the promotion, cerud!
Does seem a bit daft that they aren't turning professional; that's just preparing for relegation, as far as I'm concerned, so I think I would have walked too
That's strange that they didn't turn pro. After the stadium and all the money they pumped into the club, it seemed like it was a pretty ambitious board. Understandable why you left, hope you find a new club soon!
I can't say I blame you for leaving.Not turning pro was an idiotic decision by the board.
Stupid decision to not turn pro. MLS next again?
Utter idiots they are, especially as it meant losing you as manager.
More to follow...
16 May 2015
From the News Ticker...
In a somewhat surprise appointment, Canadian manager Cerud has been handed the top job with Peterborough United FC. Peterborough, who recently finished in 8th place in the nPower Football League One, sacked former manager Peter Grant after he was unable guide the club into the playoff round in an attempt to regain Championship level football. Cerud inherits an experienced squad, yet it remains to be seen who will make the cut for next season as he will invariably move to shape the club to his fashion.
Peterborough United FC - nPower Football League One
After leaving Frigg, I applied to a few jobs. I was offered the position with Győri ETO FC in the Hungarian OTP Bank Liga, the top league in Hungary. However, I delayed my response until the end of their season as I was hoping for a higher level league (based on reputation) to come. I applied to a couple English Championship level sides and had some interest as well as clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Croatia.
There were not many spots open because it was after the halfway mark on many leagues and before the beginning of the seasons that run in a single year. I had to wait until seasons were completed for jobs to open up again.
I've signed a two year contract at $140 000/year with the Posh. The squad actually doesn't look too bad, highlighte by their 8th place finish. However, the Board wants to be promoted. It'll be my job to make that happen.
About the Club
Peterborough United FC were formed in 1934 and were admitted into the Football League in 1960. In recent history, the club has bounced around from League Two to the Championship. Their relegation a couple years ago has left them hungry to return to the Championship in order to beat their highest even finsih of 10th in that league. In the trophy cabinet, Peterborough FC have two nPower Football League Two league titles.
The Stats
Year Founded: 1934
Status: Professional
Reputation: Regional
Nickname: The Posh
Fierce Rivals: Cambridge, Northampton, MK Dons
Other Rivals: None
The Stadium - London Road
Location: Peterborough
Year Built: 1933
Capacity: 14 707 all-seater
Owner/Rent: $1.2M/year
Corporate: Adequate
Training: Average
Youth: Adequate
Junior Coaching: Adequate
Youth Recruitment: Fairly Basic
Here is London Road. Definitely bigger than Frigg Stadium!
The Transition
So, in moving nations, leagues, and teams, I thought I'd highlight the reputation differences of the leagues to show how far we've come.
Norway's FIFA Ranking: 75th
England's FIFA Ranking: 6th
Tippeligaen Reputation: 55th in Europe
nPower Football League One Reputation: 52nd in Europe
A move up, albiet a small one. However, there is more room to grow.
Last edited by cerud; 02-05-2012 at 03:33.
2015-2016 Pre-season
Peterborough United FC - nPower Football League One
The Stats
nPower Football League One: Win promotion
FA Cup with Budweiser: Reach the 3rd Round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy: Not regarded as important
Media Prediction: 8th of 24
Betclic Promotion Odds: 33-1
Wage Budget: $5 649 030
Currently Spending: $5 410 080 (+ $238 950 cap space available)
Transfer Budget: $4 925 912
Kit Sponsorship: $177 250 (ends 2016)
Additional Kit Sponsorship: $27 960 (ends 2016)
General Sponsorship: $15 331 (ends 2016)
TV Rights Deal: $710 000
Average Ticket Price: $29.00
Average Season Ticket Price: $512.00
Season Ticket Holders: 3 848
Current Loan Debt: None
Estimated Value: $2.2M
National Club Ranking in England: 58th
- Promotion.
- Turn in a profit.
Big budgets, finally!! While my promotion odds may not reflect it, I believe that there is a winning team here. I've already started to tailor the squad, trimming the bad and adding the good. I also have about 5-6 more players leaving the club in a week, which will ofter me even more wage cap space.
Last edited by cerud; 03-05-2012 at 04:28.
Nice move to Posh. Seems like its all in order for you to build the club up. Good luck.
Good luck at Peterborough.Hope you can meet the expectations and challenge for promotion.
Good luck going up first time.
Good luck with the Posh! Looking forward to seeing you up in the Premiership soon.
By the way, if Daggers come up to/already in L1 in your game, you're not allowed to beat them.....got it?....
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
Group A: Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Guatemala, Costa Rica
Group B: Mexico, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba
Group C: United States, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador
The Stats
- Miller Lite Most Valuable Player - Will Johnson - Canada
- Texaco Top Goal Scorer - Javier Hernández - Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup Dream Team
Interestingly, Canadian manager Stephen Hart resigned and was immediately replaced by U-23s manager John Limnatis. However, that is the only manager who has left their job.
Good luck with Peterborough cerud.
Go Go USA! It seems they never win this competition on peoples saves, glad to see them beat Mexico in one.
Good luck with Peterborough! I guess I'm going to have to go with some St. Peter jokes then?
Now you can Frigg some youngsters.
You left Norway? No friggin' way! Good luck with Posh in League 1 though
And joke away! I think this thread is good for it.
Copa América 2015
Group A: Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Jamaica
Group B: Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia
Group C: Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Peru
Third Place Playoff
Mexico 3 - 2 Uruguay
The Stats
- Copa América Best Player - Javier Mascherano - Argentina
- Copa América Golden Boot - Edinson Cavani - Uruguay
- Copa América Best Young Player - Erick Torres - Mexico
- Copa América Best Goalkeeper - Gomes - Brazil
Copa América Dream Team
There has been quite a bit of managerial change. Claudio Borghi has left Chile on a high after winning. Other managers that have left include those of Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Bolivia.
2015-2016 End of Pre-season
Peterborough United FC - nPower Football League One
The Matches
England - Barnet - lost 0-3
England - Chelmsford City - drew 0-0
Belgium - KV Oostende - won 4-0
England - Aldershot Town - won 2-0
Belgium - K Lierse SK - won 3-2
England - Altrincham - won 3-0
The Players
Squad | Transfers - While the core of the squad was decent, there were still positions to fill. I spent a chunck of my transfer budget, but still have more than half free for January.
Chris Maxwell - GK - Maxwell comes to us from Wrexham in the BSP. He's way too good of a goalkeeper for that level as he is rated at 3.5 stars for League 1. Will be our starting keeper for the beginning of the season.
Gareth Duffy - D C - Our only loan signing, coming from Stoke in the BPL. He has previous loan spells with Exeter and Barnet.
Antonio Pedroza - ST - Pedroza is our big marquee signing, coming from Crystal Palace in the Championship League. He's a top rated striker, contributing 15 goals to the Crystal Palace campaign last year. I expect at least that from him as we are a level below. I was very surprised to get him as he had many higher level clubs interested as well. Unfortunately, he's on suspension for the first 5 matches. I guess he killed someone last year.
Pre-Season Thoughts
I think this will be a hard fought campaign; however, I still believe that we can be promoted. I'm a little apprehensive about our defense, namely the lack of quality in a decent leftback. Hopefully, opposing teams attack us on the right! This will also be a much longer season than I am used to. There are 16 more league matches here than in Norway as well as three cup competitions as opposed to one in Norway. Squad juggling will be paramount and really test me.
Last edited by cerud; 03-05-2012 at 03:29.
Good luck with Peterborough! Pedroza looks like he will tear up League 1
Asian Cup 2015
Group A: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bangladesh
Group B: Japan, Uzbekistan, China, Maldives
Group C: South Korea, Syria, Jordan, Indonesia
Group D: Australia, Kuwait, Lebanon, UAE
Third Place Playoff
Australia 1p - 1 Japan
The Stats
- Asian Nations Cup Most Valuable Player - Keisuke Honda - Japan
- Asian Nations Cup Top Goalscorer - Park Chu-Young - South Korea
Asian Nations Cup All-Star XI
The usual round of managers leaving includes those from Uzbekistan, UAE, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Maldives, Kuwait, and Bangledesh.
I love the long slog of lower league football and wish you the best of luck going for promotion.
Good luck with Peterborough!
They always seem to be a bit of a yo-yo side between the Championship and League One, so if you get them up, the main challenge will be keeping them there.
This is getting annoying. I keep crashing after playing the same match. Happened about 3-4 times now always the same place. I think that whole add/remove feature that's is affecting others is finally starting to affect me. I've got a system that should be able to handle a huge load...annoying.
I will be starting a new career; however, I will be doing so with a much reduced nation and league list. Hoping this feature is fixed for next year because I think it is a great add on. I guess significant changes such as this do require a little while to iron out all the problems.
Stay tuned! I'll be back!
We'll be looking out for you.
unlucky Cerud, same thing seems to have happened to a number of people, it was a feature that tempted me to get FM12 but from other people on the forums experience with it I'm glad I stuck to FM10! Will be keeping an eye out for whatever you get up to next though
Unfortunate to see this happen to you man.
Will be looking out for your next save.
Crashes are such a ****ing pain.
Shame your save is knackered but that is how all those who have used the add leagues features seem to go.


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WARSAW - Dover softball head coach Jen Pfeiffer told her players to relish the moment as they headed into the bottom of the eighth inning of Tuesday's Division II district championship game with Indian Creek tied 1-1.
"I came into the dugout and said, 'This is great,' said Pfeiffer. "This is why we play the game. You never know what's going to happen, but its always more fun when you win."
One inning later, sophomore Kelsey Brass smashed an RBI single to rightfield to lift Dover to a 2-1, nine-inning win and the district title over Indian Creek for a second consecutive season at River View High.
While Brass was the offensive hero, senior Maggie Murphy starred in the pitcher's circle as she scattered three hits and fanned a career-high 18 batters.
Indian Creek head coach Angela Penner said it was hard-fought game by both clubs.
"It was a great game," said Penner, whose team ended up 18-4. "I'm so proud of my kids. This was a game that could have gone either way. Both pitchers were outstanding.
"We had a hard time hitting her (Murphy), but we battled and battled. We knew something had to happen either way.
"She had us off-balance the whole game. We knew going in that Maggie was going to be tough because we had a hard time with her last year."
The Tornadoes improved to 24-5 and will face either Columbus DeSales or Licking Valley in the regional semifinals at Pickerington on May 30 at 5 p.m.
It's Dover eighth trip to the Sweet 16.
"We're moving on," said Pfeiffer, whose Tornadoes knocked off Indian Creek 6-1 in the district final last season at Bill Rice Field. "They have a good program. We didn't come into this contest lightly."
With the game tied 1-1 in the ninth, Murphy got things started with a one-out single and was lifted for senior courtesy runner Emily Polce.
Junior Juila Jennings moved her to second on a ground out, setting the stage for Brass.
"I was thinking I'm going to get this hit and we're going to go home," said Brass. "Most of her pitches were low and outside and I don't normally hit outside pitches well, but it (the pitch) was down the middle so I got a little lucky."
Meanwhile, Murphy dominated with as she struck out 18 and walked just one in nine innings of work.
"I don't feel it right now, but I'll feel it in the morning," said Murphy about her effort. "I was really relaxed out there. Since one of our captains was out, I felt I had to step up and lead the group."
Murphy, who will be playing in the regional for the third time in four years, is happy to be going back to Pickerington again.
"I'm happy to be part of it," said Murphy. "I'm pleased we're going again."
Indian Creek's Paige Geanangel allowed just four hits, while striking out eight and walking two.
"I thought she pitched just as well as Maggie did," said Penner. "I'm proud of the kids. We were competitive and played really hard today."
Indian Creek drew first blood in the top of the sixth on Geanangel's RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
But Dover evened things in the bottom of the sixth when senior Miranda Dessecker hit a one-out triple and eventually scored on a throwing error as the Redskins were trying to pick her off third.
Junior Taylor Mathews had the fourth hit for the Tornadoes with a single, while Paige DeMattio and Alexis Monroe also had singles for the Redskins.
"We are losing Brey Mays, Paige DeMattio and Megan Markja," said Penner. "They were true senior leaders from the get-go."

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Metastatic pleural tumor is a type of cancer that has spread from another organ to the thin membrane (pleura) surrounding the lungs.
Tumor - metastatic pleural
The blood and lymph systems can carry cancer cells to other organs in the body, where they can produce new growths or tumors. The spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body often occurs in patients who are dying of cancer.
Almost any type of cancer can spread to the lungs and involve the pleura.
Symptoms may include any of the following:
The doctor or nurse will examine you and ask about your medical history and symptoms. Tests that may be done include:
Pleural tumors usually cannot be removed with surgery. The original (primary) cancer should be treated. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be appropriate, depending on the type of primary cancer.
Your health care provider may recommend thoracentesis if you have a lot of fluid collecting around your lungs and you have shortness of breath or low blood oxygen levels. This procedure removes the fluid and allows the lung to expand more, making it easier to breathe.
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Is it possible to add a custom field to menu items?
What I want to do is be able to add a field for 'French Navigation Label' and a 'French Title Attribute' in the wp menu interface.
Is it possible to add a custom field to menu items?
What I want to do is be able to add a field for 'French Navigation Label' and a 'French Title Attribute' in the wp menu interface.
This will add a custom field to the menu item edit. However, you will not see the custom field until you have saved the menu for the newly added menu item. When you first add an item, you will only see the standard fields. After save, the new field will be available also for edit. If you add additional menu items, you will again have to save the menu to see and edit the custom field for the newly added items. I hope that explanation makes sense.
I was able to create and user a custom walker for creating the menu item edit fields. When you first add a menu item to the menu it seems to be entirely creating it with jQuery instead of the walker which is why you won't see the custom field until after save.
I have creatively called the custom field I added "custom". So you can change/edit/duplicate for whatever values you need. There are comments in the walker to show where I added the new field.
I hope this is helpful.
But - changing the functionality of the menu UI is probably something you'd have to do with a plugin. Not sure if WordPress supports such modifications out of the box.
You could write a plugin that uses Javascript and adds those input fields where needed, then saves them, and adds a filter to the menu items when they are used on the site.
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Preps football photos of the week: Aug. 29
Teams were looking to continue winning ways or bounce back after opening-week losses Aug. 28 and 29.
Now Newspapers and Lake Country Publications compiled the best photos shared on social media featuring teams from our coverage area, predominantly in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties.
Here's the best sights and sounds from Week 2.
The social media story of Homestead at Arrowhead football
Homestead and Arrowhead met Thursday night after the two were among the state's best football programs in 2013.
Last year Homestead surprised a lot of people by beating Arrowhead early in the season, 13-7.
Homestead lost in a Division 3 Level 3 game to Kimberly, 37-7. Arrowhead won the Division 1 state title over Franklin, 45-24.
Here is what happened in the 2014 matchup.» Read Full Article
Allen leads Homestead football team to 24-20 victory over Arrowhead
Excited about it? Yes. The end-all and be-all for the season? Definitely not.
That was the attitude of the Homestead football players and coaches after they went into Taraska Stadium in Hartland Thursday night and, for the second season in a row, beat the two-time defending WIAA state D1 champs from Arrowhead, 24-20.
Everyone was on the same page afterward.
"It was a nice victory over a good team, but it doesn't make our season and we know we have a lot of work to do," said veteran coach Dave Keel.
"The first one felt great last year, it was a dog fight, and this one is a great feeling too," said all-state defensive lineman David Pfaff. "But we need to bring it home to Camp Randall this year (for a state championship). This is a building block to what we need to do to make that happen.» Read Full Article
Bay boys soccer team opens NSC defense with 3-0 win over GT
Only when forward Joey Borris headed in midfielder Sean Garwood's perfect diagonal crossing pass into the far left corner of the net at the 79:45 mark of the second half against Germantown Tuesday night did Whitefish Bay boys soccer coach Jeff Worzella take a deep breath.
The goal gave the Blue Dukes a more comfortable 2-0 lead which was extended to 3-0 eight minutes later when the two teammates traded places, this time with Garwood scoring off of Borris' corner kick.
And so with the 3-0 victory, the defending North Shore Conference Blue Dukes opened up defense of their 2013 league championship on a positive note.
"Oh yeah," said Worzella of the importance of the second goal. "In a 1-0 game, amnything can happen, one mistake, one slip, and you're tied, especially against Germantown, which is a great team and which gave us a real battle. It was a physical game, but we were able to survive."
The victory improved the Blue Dukes to 3-0-1 on the season while the Warhawks fell to 1-2.» Read Full Article
Reward offered in search for suspect in Mequon heroin dealing
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Drug Task Force is offering a $500 reward for information that helps authorities identify a man suspected of distributing heroin in Mequon this year.
Photos of the unidentified suspect were distributed Tuesday. To provide information to a Sheriff's tip line, citizens can send a text message to the number, 847411, with the key word OZSO.
The man allegedly provided an undercover officer with 2 grams of heroin on June 12 at a parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in Mequon, according to a criminal complaint.
Two other male suspects, both of Milwaukee, have been charged in Ozaukee County Circuit Court for their roles in heroin distribution in Mequon during June, according to Sheriff's Lt. Rod Galbraith, supervisor of the drug task force.
Matthew Brown, 29, was charged June 20 with three counts of heroin delivery and two counts of heroin delivery as party to a crime.» Read Full Article
Poll: Will Homestead or Arrowhead win in Week 2 matchup?
Week 2 of the preps football season showcases a huge matchup: Homestead at Arrowhead.
Last year Homestead surprised a lot of people by beating Arrowhead early in the season, 13-7.
And both teams were among the state's best in 2013. Homestead lost in a Division 3 Level 3 game to Kimberly, 37-7. Arrowhead won the Division 1 state title over Franklin, 45-24.
Who do you think will win this week? Cast your vote in our poll below and ask your friends who they think will win by sharing on Facebook and Twitter.
Shorewood man accused of voter fraud pleads insanity
A Shorewood man facing 13 counts of voter fraud has plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Robert Monroe, a 50-year-old health insurance executive, is accused of casting two ballots in the April 2011 Supreme Court election between David Prosser and Joann Kloppenburg, two ballots in the August 2011 recall election between Alberta Darling and Sandy Pasch, five ballots in the Gov. Scott Walker recall election in June 2012, one illegal ballot in the August 2012 partisan primary election and two ballots in the 2012 presidential election, according to a criminal complaint.
Monroe will undergo a psychological evaluation on Sept. 16, and court proceedings in the voter fraud case will resume on Oct. 14, according to online court records.
Each of the 13 charges carries a maximum prison sentence of three years and six months, as well as a $10,000 fine. The investigation into Monroe's voting history was conducted in part under the auspices of a John Doe proceedings into Walker's campaign activity, according to the complaint.
Shorewood man charged with illegal voting enters insanity plea
A Shorewood man charged with illegally casting multiple votes in various elections, including five in the 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall, has entered an insanity plea.
Robert L. Monroe, 50, will be examined next month by a forensic psychologist after entering a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect at a hearing on Friday. A report of the evaluation is due to be returned in October.
Monroe was charged in June with 13 counts of illegal voting, accused of casting multiple votes in four elections in 2011 and 2012 using addresses in Shorewood, Milwaukee and Indiana, the names of his son and his girlfriend's son in addition to his own.
The felony counts, which include providing false information to an election official and registering in more than one place, carry a total maximum penalty of up to 19 1/2 years in jail and a fine of $130,000.
Prosecutors in Milwaukee began investigating Monroe in early 2013 after the defendant's son, Benjamin Monroe, who was the initial suspect of the investigation, signaled that his father might have submitted a ballot "on his behalf" in the 2012 recall election.» Read Full Article
Bus driver dies after medical episode
Brown Deer — A Milwaukee County Transit bus veered off the road on Friday, Aug. 22, after the 57-year-old bus driver experienced a medical episode.
The accident occurred at 8:11 p.m. near Green Bay Road and Teutonia Avenue in Brown Deer. The driver, Milwaukee resident Robert Dowden, experienced a medical issue, and at some point either during or after the crash, went unconscious. Dowden, who was not breathing and did not have a pulse, was unable to be revived by emergency personnel.
There were four passengers on the bus at the time of the crash, none of whom were injured. The bus, which was found up an embankment and tilted to one side, was towed from the scene by MCTS.
Brown Deer and River Hills police responded to the scene, along with two engines, one truck company, a paramedic unit, a basic life-support ambulance and a battallion chief from North Shore Fire and Rescue.


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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
DASH Diet Combats Mental Decline
July 14, 2009 (Vienna, Austria) -- The low-fat, high-fiber diet recommended for lowering blood pressure may help prevent memory loss and sharpen mental skills.
Known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, the plan emphasizes fruits and vegetables, nuts and legumes, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products. Sodium, sweets, and red meats are to be consumed sparingly.
In a new study, the greater a person's adherence to the DASH diet, the slower the rate of mental decline, reports Heidi Wengreen, PhD, RD, assistant professor of nutrition at Utah State University in Logan, and colleagues.
It's not surprising that the diet worked: The DASH eating plan has been proven to lower blood pressure, and high blood pressure is a known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and dementia, says Ron Munger, PhD, a professor of nutrition at Utah State who also worked on the study.
"Over the years, researchers have tried to slow cognitive decline using single nutrients and supplements, with mixed results. [That's because] the total diet is greater than the sum of its parts," he tells WebMD.
Vegetables, Nuts, Whole Grains Help
The study involved 3,831 people 65 and older with no signs of dementia.
At the start of the study, they filled out a 142-item food questionnaire asking what they ate and how often they ate it. Based on their adherence to the components of the DASH diet, the participants were divided into five groups, or quintiles.
A standard test that measures overall cognitive function, including memory, attention span, and problem solving, was given at the outset and four other times over an 11-year period.
The researchers found that those in the highest quintile had the best cognitive functioning at the beginning of the study and the least decline in mental skills over time.
The best foods at curbing mental decline: vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and nuts and legumes, Munger says.
The findings were presented at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.
Not Easy to Follow
The DASH diet isn't easy to follow, he acknowledges. It calls for a total of eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, for example, and "only about 25% of Americans eat even five servings a day," Munger says.


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I'm about to embark on a pretty time consuming software project, so I'm looking for ways to improve my productivity over long periods of time. While searching for solutions, I found this article:
It claims that, when working for long periods of time, one must work for 30 minutes straight (completely absorbed in work) and then take a 30 minute long break. The author claims that it has worked "like magic" for him. However, I am quite skeptical. So I'm wondering: Has anyone tried this work cycle and has it worked for them?


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SMS spoofing involves faking the source ID, by replacing it with alphanumeric text. This can be useful for mobile providers, but can lead to security issues such as social engineering. How can we as users, or the providers themselves, detect illegitimate SMS spoofing?
The best way to detect if the message was spoof or not is to check the message-center. Normally, a spoofed source will have the message-center shows different gateway from the network of the gateway where the originating source is.
Spoofed ID: VERIZON Message-centre: +927566004455
Original ID: VERIZON Message-centre: +181800001111
got it?
From an end-user perspective it's often very hard or impossible to detect spoofed SMS.
This all depends on the configuration done by the various operators. As John mentioned, you might be able to tell it from the message-centre (SMSC addr), but again this is eg. changed in various routing scenarios and is not a secure source of information. As Karrax says, it's more about understanding the common types of SMS spoofs.
The problem is the protocol does not involve identity validation. So the only way to be sure, is to do the same as we do with email. Sign them with GPG.
Typically there are some tell signs you can look for in SMS spoofed messages:
Example phising message follows. Try notice the tell signs:


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So you're deeper into the game & caught your first Sorceror, Sorceress, Knight, Priest, Priestess or even Lord… or brought an untamed one from the Auction.
To tame this tought little prisoner, please follow the below.
Required Rooms
1) Torture Chamer = must have, at least level 1 or if you can, level 2.
- As a level 7 inquisitor, it's not possible to build lvl 2 Torture Chamber unless you've got 10 followers.
2) Hospital = must have, at least level 4
Taming Process
1) 1st Interrogation – take note of how much Tame ( more than 50 is a must)you've once you did the 1st interrogation.
2) Wait until the hour is up before you do the 2nd interrogation – look at the server time at your upper right, once it reads xx:00:01, you can start the 2nd interrogation.
3) Look at the Tame again, if u gain less than 4 points, upgrade your Hospital and/or Torture Chamber.
4) If u gained more than 4 points, just repeat an interrogation once every new hour (server time is xx:00:01) until you get the tame above 80.
5) Once it's over 80, the prisoner is tamed.
- If the 1st interrogation Tame is less than 50, it'll take u ~10 hours with 1 interrogation every hour if u gained 3 or more Tame each interrogation.
- If u gained less than 3 Tame each interrogation, it'll take u > 10 hours with 1 interrogation every hour.
- The prisoner will lose Tame every new hour. Having someone the prisoner cares for together in the Prison will lower the amount of Tame dropped.
- Prisoner regains blood every new hour, don't do interrogation if Prisoner has 1 blood! Hospital helps to recover more blood, hence more Tame gained when u interrogate again.


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Recently I have much interest in algebraic topology and algebraic geometry, I am a student of field of complex dynamic systems. According to my knowledge, my friends told me that there are many applications of algebraic geometry and algebraic topology in dimension of reduction in statistics and some other fields. I want to konw whether there exists some interesting applications of algebraic geometry and albebraic topology in dynamics system. Any comments and advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
Are there some original papers or books related to applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry in complex dynamic systems
The first application of algebraic geometry to dynamical systems that comes to my mind is the following preprint of Gromov -- very old one : ON THE ENTROPY OF HOLOMORPHIC MAPS
A recent, excellent survey of dynamics on algebraic surfaces is :
The emerging field of arithmetic dynamics has seen a lot of attention lately, and it is very intimately connected to algebraic geometry (and, to a lesser degree, algebraic topology as well). I think you would enjoy reading Silverman's ``The Arithmetic of Dynamical Systems''.
Another good place to start is to track the output of Marion Mrozek and Konstantin Mischaikow, and their various co-authors. There is a whole group at the University in Krakow centered on Mrozek doing algebraic topology applications to dynamical systems.
One place where papers on applications of algebraic topology — to dynamical systems as well as to statistics, data analysis, bio-medicine, computational geometry and other areas — gets aggregated is on the webpage of the Computational Topology group at Stanford. This page has a running listing of relevant preprints and papers that may form a good starting point for you.
You should look at the papers of Rafal Komendarczyk, and references therein (just look for his last name in google scholar).
Methods from arithmetic algebraic work have been used in the work of Christoph Deninger on dynamical systems. References can be found on the arXiv at Cornell, for example the papers "Number theory and dynamical systems on foliated spaces" (math/0204110, published in Jber. d. Dt. Math.-Verein. 103 (2001), 79-100), and his ICM contribution "Some analogies between number theory and dynamical systems" (Doc. Math. J. DMV, Extra Volume ICM I, 1998, 23-46). More recent papers concerning dynamical systems can be found on Deninger's website.
Densely scattered around the boundary of the Mandelbrot set $M$ you can find a miriad of tiny "Babybrots". We know that they are quasi-conformally isomorphic copies of $M$; that is to say, they are deformed, but not to wildly. Still, it is VERY surprising that they are visually recognizable. All the gray regions below seem to be bounded by circles and cardioids:
Surprise, surprise! The largest interior component of $M$ is indeed bounded by a cardioid, and the large disk to its left is truly round. But all other components are bounded by real algebraic curves of high degree, and are no longer true cardioids and circles:
The paper A Parameterization of the Period 3 Hyperbolic Components of the Mandelbrot Set by D. Giarrusso and Y. Fisher studies these boundaries as algebraic curves, and shows how to construct explicit parametrizations in the cases of period 1 (The Cardioid $C$), period 2 (The Disk), and period 3 (the two largest "disks" above and below $C$, plus the tiny "cardioid" visible in the middle of the left antenna).
I think this expository article: Algebraic Dynamics, Canonical Heights and Arakelov Geometry of Xinyi Yuan is useful.


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Public/Private keys and X.509 certificate
By hubertsblog on Nov 11, 2008
Browsing here and there I gathered the following steps to create a set of public/private keys to digitally sign messages (or assertions) along with the corresponding X.509 certificate (for the public key). The following steps assume OS X but most of it, being based on openssl, is pretty UNIX generic. Hopefully it can save someone else from searching for such info...
- Creating key pair
keytool -genkey -alias SL -keyalg RSA -validity 365 -keystore keys/my.keystore
- Displaying the result
(cd keys)
keytool -list -keystore my.keystore
keytool -list -v -keystore my.keystore
- Creating a CSR
(cd ..)
keytool -certreq -keystore keys/my.keystore -alias sl -file SL_certification_signing_Request.pem
openssl req -noout -text -in SL_certification_signing_Request.pem
- Resetting counter to 0
(mkdir demoCA)
echo 00 > demoCA/serial
- Creating a CA
/System/Library/OpenSSL/misc/CA.pl -newca
[You'll need to remember that PEM pass phrase]
- Signing the certificate request
openssl ca -in SL_certification_signing_Request.pem -out signed_cert_request.pem -keyfile demoCA/private/cakey.pem -cert demoCA/cacert.pem
- Verifying that the client cert was indeed signed by the CA
openssl verify -CAfile demoCA/cacert.pem signed_cert_request.pem
Additionaly, you may have to convert the certificate to something that's easier to deal with programmatically.
I have successfully used the following commands to do so:
- Converting signed certificate into file certificate with only data between "----CERTIFICATE---"
openssl x509 -in signed_cert_request.pem -out signed2_cert_request.pem
- Converting certificate into a PKCS#7 file
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile signed2_cert_request.pem -certfile demoCA/cacert.pem -outform DER -out certificate.p7c


text: It was a lucky night for 12-year-old Evan Naylor of Steubenville who went home as the winner of a 3/4-karat diamond ring valued in excess of $4,500 during the 18th-annual Taste of the County sponsored by the United Way of Jefferson County. During the festivities Tuesday night at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville, Naylor had one of eight keys that opened a treasure chest of special prizes, where lucky keyholders then selected an envelope with a number corresponding to their winning prize. Naylor, a seventh-grader at Harding Middle School and the son of Robert and Lisa Naylor, accepted his bling from Chip Warren of Discovery Jewelers in Wintersville, who donated the ring. Taste of the County attracted a crowd of United Way supporters who enjoyed the cuisine and desserts of area restaurants, bakeries and caterers and had an opportunity not only for treasure chest winnings but mystery bag items, a 50-50 drawing and a drawing for a gift tree with certificates valued at more than $1,200. Patrons voted Froehlich's Classic Corner in Steubenville as the recipient of the people's choice award. - Janice Kiaski


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S-U-M-M-E-R: That's How I Spell Fun, Fresh and Fit!
By The FIRM Master Instructor Robyn Smarr
I love summer! If you were listening to this post rather than reading it, you would surely hear me shouting this sentence as loudly as I possibly can.
Maybe it's because I was born in the crazy heat of August. (I have a theory that people tend to favor the season in which they were born.) Or maybe it's because I practically lived at the pool and the beach as a child. Or maybe it's because I can wear flip-flops every day during the warm summer months (the best "shoe" ever invented)! Regardless of the reason, I find so much joy and rejuvenation during the summer.
Here are my favorite tricks for making the most out of your S-U-M-M-E-R:


text: WESTRIM-Paper Bliss Adhesive Embellishments. These dimensional stickers feature a hand-made look that is sure to add some charm to all your scrapbook layouts; greeting cards and other paper craft projects. Find such media as sequins; gems; glitter; ribbon; paper; foam; string and cardstock. Exact media; size; shape and number of stickers varies by design. Acid free. Imported.


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I recently stumbled upon this and am checking here to see if what I am proposing is indeed feasible and can be considered a breach of privacy.
For obvious reasons I am not revealing the website which exhibits this property
The URLs are of the format :
https://xxxxxxxxyyyyyzzzz/xyz/<6 digit rand>_<17 digit rand>_<10 digit rand>_n.jpg
And requesting the above link will return you an image. Now, as you can see, the entropy of the possible URLs are quite large. But note that they are all integers(0-9).
This website hosts contents of millions of people
;) and my guess is that at least 10% of the URLs contained within these random number will work. Of course, its just a guess.
My question is : is this feasible ? Is my Claim true ? My presumption here is that these random numbers may be a non-cryptographic hash of some string. There is no way to confirm the above sentence. For the sake of this question, lets assume it does.
My code to generate these links looks like so (just a snippet)
first = str(random.randint(100000,999999))
third= str(random.randint(10000,99999))+str(random.randint(10000,99999))
print (image.read()).__len__()
print "fail"
I have not tried to run this for more than tens of requests for the fear of my IP being blocked by the server for excessive requests. I do not intend to either. Just want to clarify if my understanding is right.
P.S: Am not a python developer, so please forgive if my code is ugly (suggestions will be happily taken to improve)


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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative resets pollution cap
The nine member states of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- the nation's first power plant emissions reduction and trading program -- have opted for a new, lower cap on those emissions, the strictest one they were considering.
Beginning in 2014, the cap will be 91 million tons, which is the actual emissions level right now. It's a 45 percent reduction from the current cap of 165 million tons. The cap will then decline by 2.5 percent each year until 2020, an additional 17.5 percent decrease.
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I'm building a small Facebook application where i ended up needing to use methods from the Facebook SDK both on the client (JS) and server (PHP). On the client, i'm mostly using FB.ui methods, and on the server i'm working a lot with the Graph API.
But, is there a way of doing that without having to force the user to login twice? How can i make the user login once, and use that login for the both client and server? Is this possible?


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I was working on neo4j graph database in java. To get the reference node of this db:
GraphDatabaseService graphDb=new EmbeddedGraphDatabase(DB_PATH);
Node Root=graphDb.getReferenceNode()
I always forget to prefix graphDb when calling getReferenceNode(). So what I did :
public Node getRootNode(){
return graphDb.getReferenceNode(); }
Now after doing this , I thought this to be overkill as I am replacing a simple statement with a function call which surely has overhead but using getRootNode seems more intuitive to me.
So my question is am I right in thinking that doing the above mentioned thing is inefficient? Or does it not affect performance that much?


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We would really like to visit Australia next year. We are a couple with two kids. We are still in the very early stage of planning. This means that we don't even know if it is at all affordable when traveling with kids. Maybe Australia remains a backpackers paradise for the childless. Could someone give us an estimate on the budget range we should aim for? We are not so much interested in the metropolitan area's since I assume that that will be quite similar to European cities.
I guess you would need to consider airfares (1000-2000 Eur pp?), car rental (comparable to the fares in Europe?), accommodation (we do camp). I guess the rest would be comparable to a trip in Europe, am I right? We don't want to need a lottery winning to go, but we dont don't want to travel all the way to Australia to turn every penny before spending.
So basically the question is what rough figure (Eur5000, 10000, 15000, ....) should we aim for?


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What about Comcast's 250GB of traffic per month limit - Arcanology
- We're going to have to deal with that at some point. Hopefully we'll have the DSL before we hit that limit. If not, we may need to upgrade to a different level of service. ioerror 18:53, 1 October 2008 (PDT)


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Natural Pain Relief in Labor
In This Article:
Acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, and reflexology
This uses fine needles placed at specific points on the body to reduce pain by stimulating the production of endorphins. Acupuncture is a traditional form of Chinese medicine that believes there are channels within the body through which energy, or "chi" runs. Blockages can occur in these channels, and so by inserting needles at certain points, energy is unblocked, relieving pain and restoring balance to the body. Many women find acupuncture helpful to treat mild pregnancy symptoms, and some women use this therapy during labor. Acupuncture has no harmful side effects for the mother or baby and in labor, needles will usually be inserted in points that do not restrict your movement, for example in the ear. If you want to have acupuncture during labor, you will need to look for an acupuncturist who specializes in this area and arrange to have him or her with you during labor.
This is based on the principle of treating like with like. Talk to your doctor before using any homeopathic products during pregnancy or labor, since homeopathy is an area of complementary and alternative medicine that's associated with much debate and scientific controversy. If your doctor gives you the okay, a certified homeopath can prescribe remedies based on your individual needs. There is a lack of scientific evidence on the effectiveness of homeopathy, although many women find the remedies helpful.
Aromatherapy (essential) oils are derived from plants and used for their therapeutic properties. The use of these oils in childbirth can stimulate, refresh, and soothe you and to some extent your partner. There is some evidence that oils, such as lavender, reduce anxiety in labor, which in turn helps you cope with pain. Hot and cold compresses with essential oils added to the water used to wet the cloth can be soothing and massaging diluted essential oils (in a carrier oil) into the skin is therapeutic. Many experts recommend against aromatherapy during pregnancy and labor because some scents may be hazardous to pregnant women. The effects of most plant oils on pregnant women is unknown.
Reflexology involves massaging reflex zones on your feet that correspond with different parts of your body to improve your blood circulation and relax any tension you may be feeling. Reflexology is gaining some popularity as a coping technique in the early stages of labor. However, because many women naturally want to be active and move around during their labor, this may be more helpful in between early contractions.
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Excerpted from Pregnancy Day by Day.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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I'm tired of finder creating these .DS_Store metadata and finder view tracking files in all of my directories. How can I disable this in Finder?
As Fake Name pointed out, Total Finder comes with a kernel extension to redirect .DS_Store files which effectively prevents those pesky files from being created in your directories and without losing the function. What he/she didn't point out is that the kernel extension can be downloaded without Total Finder from github. You have to build it and drop it in your
Update: This is now a separate project from TotalFinder called Asepsis. There is now a lot more documentation on how it works and the installation process. The GitHub repo is now located here.
Your question is kind of like asking "git init" not to create the ".git" directory in your project. In other words, you're choosing to use a tool, but you want that tool to not store the metadata that it needs to store.
There is an Apple support document that describes how to disable the creation of .DS_Store files, but it is only relevant to how the finder treats remote file systems. It will not help you if you seek to have the Finder treat your local filesystem in this manner.
In this case, TotalFinder does allow you to disable (well, it really redirects all
If you turn the ability to see invisible files off, you won't see them.


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Scoops from Scratch! 10 Homemade Ice Cream Recipesby Erin Dower
Icy desserts taste amazing when you make them in your own kitchen using fresh ingredients. Try this variety of ice cream, sorbet, and granita recipes that will satisfy your sweet tooth this summer and beyond. Most of the recipes don't require an ice cream maker.
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Let's start with a classic. Vanilla ice cream is simply delicious. You'll love it even more when you whip it up yourself using real vanilla beans.
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By now most players know, or should know, that a monster knowledge check can make all the difference when you're fighting a monster for the very first time. But how can we make them both fun and not break the flow? What techniques can be used to improve the monster check experience?
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First of all, it's a Knowledge check
Don't lose sight of the fact that the player asked to make a Knowledge check because he or she wants information. There's no way around that. Don't worry about that information breaking the flow. If the player doesn't want to break the flow by getting that information, he or she would not be requesting the check.
Tease out the information
Take a minute and give the player some information, piece by piece. Make it into a little guessing game where the player is going to get all the information, but tease it out.
The goal is to get the player, as his character, involved in the information analysis. Simulate the training the character might have.
Obviously, if you pick some obscure monster that the player has never heard of ("a fell taint? really, that's what it's called? surely that's some kind of joke!"), then you might need to help out more than usual.
Handing them the Monster Manual probably will break the flow, so I wouldn't recommend that.
Make it personal
This is supposed to be knowledge the character has, right? So make it personal. Instead of telling the player, "It's an orc," and giving all the stats the Knowledge check provides, add in some history or back-story.
This is a golden opportunity for a Dungeon Master. Don't squander it!
Often I have a bunch of PCs all want to make the check, to get as much intel as possible. So I do the checks in secret and write them notes, with significant failures being rewarded with misinformation, and then am entertained by them trying to divine who is right. "The wizard's usually pretty smart but 'fell taint'? Really? Both Bob and Dave the fighters think it's a dread wraith, let's go with that."
(Amplifying my comment)
By handing players aspects of narrative control of the monsters, it can be possible to increase player investment in the setting. While the most trivial check should result in a small card being handed over for the monster defenses (because that just speeds up combat), more significant checks should allow players to describe the monsters' attacks.
Interesting monsters almost always have more than a simple at-will that they spam. While some of the encounter powers may be relevant to the story, others are merely "hey, that's cool." By letting players take ownership of the "hey that's cool" and, more to the point, describe the source of their information, they'll then start fleshing out parts of your world or their backstory for you.
The higher the role, the more generalized the addition. A "moderate" roll might be enough to describe an encounter power. A "hard" roll might go to differentiate a sub-species of monsters. Don't worry about balance as the players are not describing the mechanistic effects (use the Dm's cheat sheet for that)
For more details about this sort of play, check out the indie game Donjon, because it has quite a few aspects that could be profitably imported to 4e, and knowledge checks are the right way to hook those features in. It's also a way to make "known" monsters new and interesting for both the players and the GM.
In other systems, making a knowledge check lets you define a characteristic about the monster. I haven't actually tried this yet (mainly because I don't trust the wizard not to assert that every monster the group fights has lightning vulnerability), but it's certainly an interesting way to handle the problem.
I would give a successful knowledge check a heads up before the creature makes its next attack or give some kind of warning about what it is going to do next. "As you are dodging out of the way, you notice the scales around the throat flare, it is getting ready to breath fire." "An old memory from a bar long ago, the description of how a beholders eyestalk stiffens before it attacks - JUST LIKE IT IS NOW!!"
Or I would use a successful knowledge check as a negative modifier for the monster, as it is more predictable or could be anticipated. Depends on the situation.
You could allow players to use their knowledge modifiers as a bonus to combat rolls... kind of like the 3.5e Ranger's Favored class.
So if my character has +2 Knowledge(Beholders) - or whatever the actual knowledge skill would be - I can get a +2 to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks as well as damage rolls.
So at the beginning of combat just declare "if you have Knowledge(X) treat it as a combat bonus."
Now the characters with the appropriate knowledge can treat it as an implicit benefit, and the GM can then provide information as narrative; the character with +2 Knowledge(Smaug) rolled a crit? Narrate that they strike the left breast - knowing that's where the dragon's armor is weakest.
If PC's have no way knowing, simply don't allow them a check outright, but "advice" them they should observe the creature a little longer. In stead of a lot of attack rolls, you're going to make a lot of (hide/move silent/spot/knowledge) skill checks first, where successful knowledge checks actually represent correct interpretation of its' behavior, in stead of summing up an MM-entry. Having 5 ranks in Handle Animal or the like, could result in a synergy-bonus for knowledge (whatever relates to creature).
This does however, adds that little extra nasty flavor to PC's being surprised by the monster.


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How important is it to have gold plated 3.5 mm audio cables?
Some cables, especially cheap or generic cables, are not gold plated. Does this matter? And is gold plated connectors important for all audio cables?
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If it fits and it works, it's good enough. The gold plating is moreso that it doesn't oxidize as readily. Either way, Monoprice has them at great prices.
So what are they reported to do ? Ive never had a audo jack rust ....
Buy one of each, try them both. If one provides better quality, return the other. If the quality is equal, return the cheaper one.
I agree with @narfcake and @djbowman . If you can hear it, then it's fine. Never had any corrosion issues here.
Almost absolutely not.
Most silver-colored cables are plated with nickel or chrome. These are hard metals that are corrosion resistant and usually hold up well. These metals also conduct electricity well. That being said, the base metal is probably copper and it conducts electricity very well.
The gold plated plugs are plated with gold (well, duh!). It's still on top of the same base metal (copper). While it is true that gold is more conductive than nickel or chrome, the advantage is minimal. The biggest advantage is that it is even more resistant to corrosion than nickel or chrome.
If you will be using the plugs in a consistently wet and/or salty environment (your sweaty pocket while you're running) then go for the gold. If you're just tuning out the people on the bus, then nickel/chrome should be sufficient.
Assuming the plugs are brand new, there will be a tiny (not noticeable to the human ear) volume difference between the two due to the difference in conductance.
I switched to digital optical audio cables. The difference was so surprising I double checked the change was not a caused by my move of the equipment. I have a audio hum I googled it and it is called a ground loop. Even at very high volumes the silences are silent, no more white noise.
If you want a true improvement check them out, if your equipment supports them.
Sorry I was not clear. The hum was with the copper cables no matter the plating. The copper cable acts as an antenna, so that is what caused the hiss when there was no sound at high volume. The digital audio solved this. The ground loop was caused by an imbalance in my equipment. I could get it to go way with the copper by unhooking some equipment but this was unacceptable. The digital audio solved this too.
What is the application? If you are connecting a PMP which plays lossy 128 kb MP3s via an indifferent stereo system I'd say don't bother.
OK Here is my take on it. Unless you have a high end audio system do not waste your money. By high end I mean close to $10K or above. Also if you do live near a beach or a very humid area then I would also say go for it but only if your speaker connections and your amp or input device also have Gold fittings. Chances are if you are buying gold then your wire will be thicker giving you less resistance which is better. This is important on long speaker runs. I won;t repeat what was said regarding it being a better conductor or about it oxidation since I agree it is better but may not be necessarily useful unless the rest of your systems matchs up/ BTW I have gold on one of my system and standard on my others. Just so you know I was an audio salesman some 25 years back.


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The Sourcery Coat
A few weeks ago, a fellow Raveler told me about a beautiful coat she'd seen on Ravelry made with Berroco yarns. When we checked it out at the office, the whole team was blown away! The incredible patterning and color choices make this coat a masterpiece. Here it is, titled "Sourcery, A Pastiche" and knitted in Lustra with a hint of Lumina:
I contacted the coat's creator (polarbears on Ravelry) to find out more about her project, and what inspired her:
The name:
"I've been a volunteer editor on Ravelry since May of 2007 and my specialty came to be the sources (books, magazines, websites, etc.). My fellow editors started calling me "The Sourcerer". That's the origin of the name for the coat and the idea that I would draw bits and pieces from as wide a range of patterns as I could."
Check out the Ravelry project page for the complete list of her pattern sources.
The inspiration:
"I'm always cold in the winter and my ratty bathrobe over a sweater routine was as dreary and depressing as winter can be around here. Something warm but also pretty and outrageous to lift my spirits seemed like the way to go.
I'd been sketching a few ideas on and off for a while too but nothing specific and the finished coat didn't end up looking much like any of them.
Finally, one dreary day last spring when I was between projects I decided the time had come to start. I had a vague idea what I wanted – floor length, roomy enough to wear over clothes, with pockets and brightly colored to lift my spirits on a winter day."
The design process:
"As I went I decided I wanted to do as many different stranded patterns as I could and my color scheme became much more random than I had originally envisioned. My husband says there were knitting books strewn in every room of the house with slips of paper, strands of yarn, and spare needles sticking out all over as I marked my place for things that were interesting. Random bits from all sorts of things I'd admired. I picked the next motif only after I finished one. It got harder to try to find new ones from different places as I went along but that was part of the fun. My queue got a lot longer too as I kept coming across yet another pattern I'd love to knit….
I did confine myself to repeating the basic color scheme for each stripe on the skirt portion but there are different motifs and even different stripe widths on the two fronts and the back. Each sleeve is different and the bodice back is different from the front. On the snowflake stripes there are no two alike. The only two pieces that match are the bodice fronts. All that variety kept such a big project from getting boring, a great benefit for a long time sufferer from second sleeve syndrome.
I also decided I'd try my hand at embroidery, just to add to the excess. I was inspired by Kristin Nicholas here, especially her Color by Kristin book. Her exuberant color sense was also influential as was the work of Kaffe Fassett. I'm not much of an embroiderer but I decided that wonky stitch work would be just part of the charm. As the coat progressed it also became clear that for sheer outrageousness the only thing that would do for the embroidery would be to do it in gold metallic. I picked Lumina sight unseen."
What's next?
"Several people have asked if I'd be interested in designing some patterns for smaller items like a tote or accessory with a similar aesthetic and I've been thinking about it but I don't have anything quite ready to go yet. If I do go ahead I'll design my own colorwork charts this time. Funny how even the kindest commenter doesn't seem to want to tackle the whole coat!"
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I always thought that the words "gobsmacked" was ridiculously overused….but when I saw this coat – it was the only word that came to mind…..it is WONDEROUSAugust 2, 2012
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AND. IT'S. LINED.August 2, 2012
What an amazing coat! It reminds me a lot of the crochet / knit artwear coats of the late 1970s and early 1980s (the ones that Julie Schafler Dale was showing in her space in New York) but in a more contemporary design.August 3, 2012
Amazing work of art. Sometimes one is inspired.August 17, 2012
Her yarn ratings on her Rav page got me to thinking. Curious that this knitter completed this beautiful coat with yarns that she rated two of five stars. I think I would switch to a yarn I liked better for such an intricate project if I felt that way about Lustra and Lumina.
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Would heavy elements from space hitting the Earth slow down the earth's rotation as the difference between the masses of the core and surface would be less?
Does the Earth spin because its surface has less mass than its core as lighter things travel faster in space?
The Earth spin because of the collisions it withstood at its early begining. One theory stipulates that it actually collided with another planet form the solar system which was going opposite direction. The collision gave birth to the moon. It also explains why the moon is always facing earth the same way.
Nevertheless, it certainly has nothing to do with the difference of mass. You may also note that heavier elements do not travel slower, they are simply require more energy to accelerate.
Finaly, elements hitting Earth from space could slow Earth rotation if they had the right collision course, but the probability for any given object to hit Earth in a way that would slow it down is virtually the same as the probability for a collision that would accelerate it.
Rotation generally comes from existing angular momentum in the initial cloud that increases in angular speed as the collapse into a denser body lowers the moment of inertia.
I do not understand what you mean by "lighter things travel faster in space". It is a strange statement. It is known that light thinking travels faster than heavy thoughts, but I do not think that the properties of the noosphere extend to matter in the physical universe.
However, that is certainly not the reason for the Earth spin as, according to information you could have found yourself on the internet, the core of the earth spins a bit faster (a very tiny wee bit faster) than the outer part (example).
By the way, the surface of the planet does have less density than the core. To state that it has less mass, you should first make precise how deep you consider the surface to extend.
Change at the surface of the planet due to heavy matter hitting Earth from space is however relevant. This matter does hit the planet with some speed that could increase or decrease (very minutely) the rotation speed over time if it were always acting in the same way. However, increases and decreases probably average to nothing over time. Still, by increasing the mass at the suface of the planet, it does increase the moment of inertia (the resistance to changes of rotation speed of a spinning body), and hence it slows down extremely minutely over the millions of years the Earth rotation speed (exactly for the same reasons that the initial cloud rotated faster when collapsing into a planet). Note that this is dependent only on the total mass falling on the planet (and where it falls), it is not dependent on the heaviness of each chunk, or its density.
angular momentum of particles causes the body to spin. think of ice skaters. as they pull their arms in they speed up. same goes for particles sucked in by gravity. earth's collision with the body that formed the moon may have impacted the rotation speed. but it was already spinning.


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The new INEOS facility for high-density polyethylene is expected to be located in the US Gulf coast area. KBR's scope of work includes the FEED for the inside and outside battery limit facilities, development of an appropriation grade cost estimate, and order of long lead equipment for the project.
KBR has been awarded a front-end engineering and design
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The facility will produce 470,000 tpy of bimodal HDPE
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The facility is expected to be located in the US Gulf coast
KBRs scope of work includes the FEED for the inside
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Services will be provided out of KBRs Houston world
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A steady state of operation for this facility is targeted for
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I saw the article on Gene Therapy for Thoracic Cancer: A Trial for Malignant Mesothelioma. My dad was just diagnosed with mesothelioma. He has no asbestos exposure history and no other risk factor that we can discern. It only in one lung without spread.
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Has any progress been made in the treatment of mesotheliomas, including the above trial.
Thanks for the articles and the program it has given me, a layman, a better handle on what is really happening, for better or worse, in words I can understand.
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Thank you for your interest and question.
Mesothelioma is an uncommon entity. Though asbestos exposure places one at higher risk to develop mesothelioma, there are 30% to 50% of patients without any history of exposure, such as your father. The usual age of diagnosis is at age 60.
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Surgery for this disease includes pleurectomy/decortication and extrapleural pneumonectomy. Results of using surgery alone in these patients have been disappointing ? median survivals of approximately 10 months and perioperative mortality of 2% - 10%.
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The areas of furthering treatment options are numerous. Combined modality treatment or the use of more than one treatment may be beneficial. The use of surgery combined with either radiation or chemotherapy has been shown to increase the median survival by nearly double. The studies revealing these data are utilized by a small number of patients, thus, conclusive statements about these treatments cannot be made.
Gene therapy for any type of cancer remains very experimental. The goal of gene therapy is to incorporate from an outside source the damaged genetic material in the cancer cell that makes it aberrant. It is an enormous undertaking.
Finally, photodynamic therapy has been proposed for this type of cancer. This utilizes an intravenous photosensitizing drug that is taken up by the cancer cells. The photosensitizer is then activated by a specific wavelength of laser light to fatally damage the cancer cell. This again is in the preliminary stages of testing.
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