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Welcome to the fifth season of the Big Euro Nation Challenge, this year sponsored by iacovone, Lower Leagues Rule & rlipscombe in place of founder JoseRR.
The challenge runs similarly to many of the other popular challenges seen in the CSE forum (see dafuge's, Gundo's, Rancer's and Razor's) in that the aim is to guide a previously unplayable club from one of the below chosen league's to the top of the domestic and European food chain.
The Possible Countries
If you choose to manage in Scotland you should holiday for one year (as per usual) and then select the team that finished rock bottom of this league.
The League Rules
France | Spain | Italy | Portugal | Germany | Scotland | Turkey | Russia
Saved Games (holidayed):
I will add these as soon as I have some of them.
Unless otherwise stated these saves have a large database with All Players from Nation, and Top Clubs from EuropeCode:Nation - Save Date - Team (SCO) __________________________________ Spain - 8th July - Save Italy - 28th June - Save Portugal - 28th June - Save Turkey - 18th June - Save Germany - 18th June - Save Russia - 18th June - Save France - 18th June - Save (Veendee, Raon-I'Etape, Cannes & Romorantin) France - 18th June - Save (Plabennecois) France - 18th June - Save (Dunkerque, Amneville) France - 18th June - Save (Jura-Sud, Alfortville) France - 18th June - Save (Carquefou) France - 18th June - Save (Rodez) France - 18th June - Save (Louhans-Cuiseaux) France - 18th June - Save (Yzuere, Vity-Chatillons) Scotland - 1st June - Save (Queens Park) Scotland - 1st June - Save (Clyde) Scotland - 1st June - Save (Elgin) Spain - 9th July - Save (Barakaldo, Caudal, Diter Zafra, Lanzarote, Algeciras)
As Scotland and France's teams are already decided at the save date above, I have listed the available teams in each save. For the French ones there are four teams promoted, in the lower ones down my list if less teams listed then that means those are the new teams there.
For the other saves near the bottom I have just listed the teams I found as rare in my constant reloads, if anyone wants them they are the same set-up as the others, just have teams available.
League Reset Dates:
A list of all the league reset dates are shown below. If you have found any changes to this, please let me know.
All are now confirmed as correct in FM12.
Code:France - 19th June Turkey - 19th June Italy - 29th June Portugal - 29th June Spain - 9th July Germany - 19th June Russia - 19th June Scotland - N/A
The Rules - Playing
1) Load One Nation Only (All Available Divisions within your nation)
2) Your choice of Database Size (Large Recommended)
3) NO Edited Databases of any kind
4) Customising Database
5) Attribute Masking should be Enabled
- Players from Top Clubs (Europe or All Continents - This increases the challenge at Continental Level)
- Players Based in (Your Nation only - This can add up to 50% more players to your game)
- If you wish to have correct club names etc - This File allows it without a database edit.
- NO other additional customising is allowed.
6) Optional Ticks
The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you, as they shouldn't make a difference.
- Add Key Staff (This will give you a Scout, Physio & Ass Man by generating them if your club is without)
- Add Players in Playable Nations (This will ensure your club has enough players to start with)
Steps in the Game
1) Add yourself as an unemployed manager, you will not use this man to manage your club.
2) Go on holiday until the reset date of your chosen nation (Should take about an hour)Saving on the day before this date may give you a better choice of teams by reloading the game then going on holiday for one day, I would strongly recommend trying this.3) Retire your unemployed manager.
4) Add a new managera) Past Experience lowest Possible (Generally Sunday League)5) Choose to take over any club which has been promoted to the bottom playable league of your nation.
b) Other options are up to youEasiest way in FM12 to see this is using Overview Screen, if the right side of graph says anything but 11/12 this team is newly promoted.6) Manage them to National Title & European Championship
7) Celebrate Completing the Big Euro Challenge.
Other Things to Point out
1) If you are Sacked(i) You can Restart from the beginning or;(ii) Continue your game and pick a new club (Under Same Rules) at the end of the next season(iii) Add another Big Euro League/Remove Current League, holiday a whole season and continuea) You can still only have one nation running at a timeb) Once the league becomes active you MUST holiday a full seasonc) The club must be one of those unplayable from the beginning2) No Restrictions on Parent or Feeder Clubs
3) No International Management until after completion
Signing of Players
1) You must be able to scout themYou don't actually have to scout them, just be able to2) Alternatively (If you can't scout them), you should bring them on a trial first
3) And from FM11 onwards Agents offer players, you are able to sign anyone sent to you via Agent Offer(I suggest Screenshots of the offer)
The use of any external utilities and editors (Such as Genie Scout or FMM) are prohibited.
The Rules - Posting
1) Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
2) Discussion of tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
Expected Posting of Updates
We have minimum expectations when it comes to a first up post and also in the end of season updates. Here are some suggested ideas for screenshots, but also in bold is what is considered minimum for your updates. Please follow this as best you can.
First Post:
Personal Page (Manager)
Overview Screen (Club)
Profile (Manager)
Information (Club)
Squad (Club)
End of Season Updates:
Transfers (Club) - This is so we can see the ins & outs
League Table (Competition)
Squad (Club)
Profile (Manager)
Personal (Manager)
Information (Club)
Anything else is optional, but we love to see every little detail in your game, I will show some examples of updates down below in the next post so you can see some of the stuff previously posted. Progress of your club should be documented using this thread, we want to hear the story of your club all the way through. Please keep us updated, even if you are doing badly. If you title your end of season report in bold this makes it easier to identify. Everyone will be supportive, and really get into your game if you give more detail, I also provide a list of some previous star players that may have become household names in this thread.
How to Post a Screenshot
1) While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard).
2) Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image
3) Save the file as a JPEG or PNG
4) Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack
5) Post the direct Url to the image here.
Alternatively using ALT + F9 in game saves a screenshot to your user data folder. (You can also edit this in the shortcuts options)
The LLR Motivational
Finally I would like to wish everyone taking on this challenge the best of luck on a long and hard journey to managerial success!
The atmosphere and contribution in this thread has always been excellent, long may it continue. As core members for every year, LLR and rlipscombe would like to add that we are here to help for the new challengers and hope everybody that participates contributes considerably to the thread. There is nothing better than getting immersed not only in your own game but providing the encouragement to other people's attempts too. Remember we are all fighting the same battle - to defeat the AI (and uncover fabulous newgens!) - therefore it goes without saying that any form of cheating will be severely chastised. Don't do it! We have had an incident in the past, lets not see it again - it spoils the challenge for the hard workers in here.
Away we GO!!!!
Credit to TIR669 for the new Logo topping our challenge


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A funeral service for Velma Ellis, age 90, of Enfield, was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Springerton Christian Church. Family and friends visited together from 9 a.m. until the time of service in the church sanctuary.
Pastor Ron Lamp officiated the service, opening with the hymn, "Old Rugged Cross." Hyla Lamp accompanied him with voice and piano. The duet also sang, "I'll Fly Away." Mrs. Ellis's daughter, Sharon Ralph, shared memories of her mother with those in attendance. Pastor Lamp then delivered the message and closed the service with prayer.
Brad Miller, Caleb Miller, Jeff Gowdy, Jody Ridenour, Joseph Taylor and Dylan Rose served as pallbearers at Kitty Sweetin Cemetery where Mrs. Ellis was buried. Family and friends gathered at the church for a funeral luncheon following the committal service.
Stendeback Family Funeral Home of Enfield provided the arrangements. Condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com.
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Is there any "easy" way to calculate fractional moments from Laplace transform. To be more specyfic let us consider the following example. Let $X$ be a positive random variable and $L(\theta) := E \exp (-\theta X)$ be its Laplace transform. Of course it is easy to calculate $E X^n$ where $n$ is a natural number but what with e.g. $E X^{1/2}$.
For your example of X^{1/2} you can evaluate the fractional half derivative of the Laplace transform (see for example the Wikipedia article on fractional calculus) at theta = 0.
If $X$ is positive the following works. Let $F(\theta)=E(e^{-\theta X})$ be the Laplace transform. Given $s\in \mathbb{R}$ write $s=n-\alpha$ with $n$ an integer and $\alpha >0$. Then $$E(X^{s}) = (-1)^n\frac{1}{\Gamma(\alpha)} \int_0^\infty F^{(n)} (\theta) \theta^{\alpha} d \theta$$ with $\Gamma$ the usual Gamma function, $$\Gamma(\alpha) = \int_0^\infty \theta^{\alpha -1} e^{-\theta} d \theta.$$
Indeed by Fubini, $$\int_0^\infty F^{(n)}(\theta) \theta^{\alpha-1} d \theta = (-1)^n E (\int_0^\infty X^n e^{-\theta X} \theta^{\alpha-1} d \theta )= (-1)^n E(X^{n-\alpha}) \int_0^\infty \theta^{\alpha-1} e^{-\theta} d \theta,$$ and so long as $\alpha >0$ the integral on the right is convergent.


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Michael's - 40% off coupon(s)
4 Printable coupons - good for in-store use from 12/2-12/8.
40% off one regular item
There are 3 other coupons with specific brands/limitations on the page as well.
You can have them sent to your smart phone and the store will accept them!
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It's always bothered me that these coupons tend to exclude most of the things I actually buy at Michael's. Oh well, they've been good for the occasional canvas or miscellaneous art tool.
@vecry: Indeed. But know this!!! When vecry, vecry together.
(Heck, I'm still put out & cranky that they haven't a proper webshop! )
For all you crafty people, Joann Fabric also (usually) has a 40% coupon which is usually in their current circular. My local store keeps a bin of them right inside the front door, so I check as soon as I enter. Lots of craft stuff besides fabric, and tons of seasonal items.
Do people actually go in to stores to shop anymore? :)


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(from Meteorologist Oscar Fann)
Tropical Storm Ida appears headed to a landfall early Tuesday morning near or just west of Mobile.
Areas to the east of landfall are at the most risk from hurricanes and tropical storms.
The following weather update should help you in your planning and shows you where to find answers to questions about tropical systems affecting our WTVY-TV coverage area.
Stay tuned to WTVY-TV Today through Wednesday for updates on this weather situation or go to our web channel at www.wtvynews4.com
Early Week Outlook
Coastal TROPICAL STORM WARNING for late Monday into early Tuesday.
Inland TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING late Monday through Tuesday
FLOOD WATCH in effect for all through Tuesday evening
Heavy Rain and Tropical Storm Winds are a threat for all
Coastal Flooding is a concern Monday night into early Tuesday
(details on all the above below)
Cloudy..WINDY..East wind 10-20 with gusts near 25
Higher winds nearer the coast
Periods of rain..mostly light..heavier amounts nearer the coast
High in the upper 60s
Tonight -
Periods of rain..heavy at times
WINDY..East wind 15-25 with gusts near 35
Higher winds nearer the coast
Low in the 60s
Periods of Rain..heavy at times in the morning
Rain tapers off to showers during the afternoon
WINDY..East wind 15-25 with gusts near 35
Tuesday night
FLOOD WATCH ends
Showers ending late
Winds decrease a little, becoming NE 10-20
Additional Information.....
Ida was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier this morning and should weaken more as it moves through even cooler north Gulf waters tonight. Landfall for now appears to be early Tuesday morning around Mobile, possibly back toward the Alabama-Mississippi line.
The main concern appears to be potential heavy rains. 2 to 5+ inches of rain is likely for most of us between now and Tuesday night.
Secure light weight outdoor furniture and expect a few tree limbs or trees (mainly older and weaker ones) to come down. Also, there is a remote chance of a very isolated quick hitting and short lived tornado late Monday into Tuesday.
There is a slight chance of a localized power outage in the WTVY-TV coverage area from tonight through Tuesday. Also, a brief high wind gust or a downed tree/limb could cause a power outage.
A 2 to 5 foot storm surge could make Coastal Flooding a significant concern in nearly all coastal areas later Monday night into Tuesday morning. In addition, high tides will occur shortly after midnight Tuesday morning around the time of Ida's landfall. High Tides occurring at nearly the same time as landfall will aggrevate the coastal flooding and cause higher water levels. If you live on the coast, pay close attention during Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Periods of rain, likely heavy and possible thunder will occur tonight through the day on Tuesday as weakening Ida moves from west to east near the Alabama/Georgia/Florida line and will reform as a low off the Georgia/Carolina coast later Wednesday. Rains should be ending later Tuesday night.
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Pro-Lite was conceived in the minds of two traveling surfers, Bill Hapgood and Dave Neilson. At the time the pair was working for a major airline traveling the world. Soon into their travels they realized one key ingredient necessary to continue their journey, they needed to protect their surfboards.
In 1982 Pro-Lite was born. Bill and Dave searched out industrial sewers in Costa Mesa, CA and began making a limited line of surf travel bags. This put Pro-Lite on the map as the first bag manufacturer to make travel grade surfboard bags in the United States.
As the brands reputation as a quality travel bag manufacturer grew surfers from the United States and around the world looked to Pro-Lite to provide them with the gear to get their surfboards to their destination safely. Professional surfers from around the world used Pro-Lite travel bags as they bounced around the world on tour.
Through the 90's Pro-Lite expanded its product offering to include a full line of bags for day use as well as leashes, traction pads and racks. This put Pro-Lite in a position to be the go to brand for any products used to enhance your surfing experience.
The evolution of Pro-Lite continues today with new owners in place since 2005 and a renewed energy and vision to design and manufacture the best surfing accessories in the world. Pro-Lite's key focus is quality and innovation. Pro-Lite is first and foremost a travel company and will continue to make products that are designed for travel.
Later in 2013 Pro-Lite will introduce and release into the market a new line of Super Premium grade products under the STORMPROOF™ name. These products will use super high-end parts and materials and will feature new technology exclusive to Pro-Lite. This reinforces Pro-Lite's dedication to travel and commitment to provide the best products on the market.
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Sun Exposure and Cancer Risk
Last Modified: March 22, 2012
I work outside most of the year, how can I avoid getting skin cancer?
Gloria DiLullo, MSN, CRNP, OncoLink Content Specialist, responds:
Even though you must work outside, can do a lot to protect yourself from damaging UV rays and to detect skin cancer early. Start by practicing sun safety, including using a broad-spectrum sunscreen (protects against UVA & UVB rays) every day, avoiding peak sun times (10am-4pm, when the rays are strongest)-when possible, and wearing protective clothing such as hats, sunglasses and long sleeved shirts.
Performing a skin check for suspicious skin lesions does not require any x-rays or blood tests -- just your eyes and a mirror. Examine your skin regularly so you become familiar with any moles or birthmarks. If a mole has changed in any way, including a change in size, shape, or color, has developed scaliness, bleeding, or oozing, or has become itchy or painful, or you develop a sore that will not heal, you should have a healthcare provider examine the area. If you have many moles, it may be helpful to make note of moles using pictures or a mole map. SkinCancerNet has a helpful guide to performing a skin exam (http://www.skincarephysicians.com/skincancernet/skin_examinations.html).
Learn more about the types of skin cancer on OncoLink and the American Academy of Dermatology's SkinCancerNet and the Skin Cancer Foundation.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire Cancer Risk & Prevention Webchat transcript.
Vitamin D, sun safety
Getting Vitamin D Safely
If sun exposure is bad for you, how are we to get enough vitamin D?
Charles B. Simone, II, MD, Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine responds:
Sun exposure, in moderation, is actually very good for your health. Vitamin D has been linked to bone health and potentially as a means for decreasing the risk of developing other disease like cancer. For most, sun exposure is the primary means of getting Vitamin D, although some people with decreased bone density may need oral supplements of Vitamin D. The best compromise to avoid direct sun exposure during peak times of the day, particularly 11 am to 3 pm. Sun exposure at other times may be less harmful but still provide enough Vitamin D. In addition, of course, use sunscreen.
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Are you a WoW playing parent? Have you ever considered how transferable skills and terms from WoW are to parenthood?
Are you childless, but considering (or expecting) a family real soon?
I was chatting with Arrens this morning on Twitter, and it occurs to me how many of the concepts are transferable.
Maybe this little guide will help you better understand what is really happening in RL via the WoW analogy.
CC commonly mistaken for Crowd Control, is really meant to be Child Control. It's it funny how once something is abbreviated we loose the true meaning. Remember that next time you CC a Gnome… that Gnome is probably shorter than your own broodling.
Feign Death
Apparently working as intended because patch after patch there is no update, but it is really borked. In theory it's an instant aggro dump, but anyone with a child knows that it has the opposite effect. Play dead and you will have a toddler jumping all over you for hours. They must have found some targeting mod on "Curse you Parents" site.
Distracting Shot
Notice the little mob on your party member, dragging them down one "Why Mum?" at a time? What you going to do? Quick distracting shot then build up the "aggro" to give your party member a chance to recover. Nothing like tanking the little one.
Rolling restarts
Whether this is curious (or knowledgeable) fingers on the PC power button, or just general real life interruptus, children have an incredible ability to effect rolling restarts. Raids, movies, meals, roadtrips. You name it, they can and will reset it.
Going AFK on a guild raid may prompt a /gkick. Going AFK on your family may prompt a /homekick, or worst case /marriagekick.
Kids are master Goblin and Gnome Engineers combined. They challenge the laws of physics with everything they build. There is also a higher than average chance of malfunction. Especially if they have been modifying the DVD or video with toast, slices of ham or bananas.
Like to see things explode? Wonder what happens when you combine two otherwise pleasant ingredients. Leave it to the masters of alchemy. They can turn 6 different clean colors of play dough into one gray ball before you can say "Discovery".
My little one is currently fascinated by his master magician father. Dad can make a chicken egg appear and disappear from an egg carton with a few magic words and a flick of the wrist. Problem is that now he chases me around the house asking me to repeat the feat, constantly. Worst, be brings the props (sans egg) and waits expectantly for me to make the egg appear. I made a chick appear the other day… So now he wants me to make the egg appear & hatch!
Mana Shield
Parenting can be like the Mana Shield's debuff. You might get yourself to full mana after a good night's sleep, but a few hits from your little mob will leave you drained and dreaming on an instant evocation (stay away from those green mana gems!)
Gold Grinding
To support your raid you find the majority spent on brain numbing gold grinding. No sooner do you grind the gold, than you spend it on over inflated trinkets at the AH. Meanwhile, and much as your raid like appropriate gear and consumables, they don't appreciate your absence from major guild events.
Ninja Looter
You wait expectantly for the loot, hotdog, icecream, drink. Just as it's about to hit your hand, your ninja looter child grabs it and runs. Instead you wait patiently for the crumbs of the run.
DE the loot
Worse than the Ninja looting is that most likely your prized loot will be returned to you half eaten, covered in drool and dirt. At this point you need to make the decision to delete it, or take what's left of it's value.
Missing Guild firsts
Don't worry about missing your first Arthas kill.
Do worry about missing your child's DING!, 1st step, 1st solo run etc.
Non-combat pets
You may not like them, and may have no space to hold them. But explain that to your child. Best case your house becomes filled with fluffy surrogates, worst case you end up with a living breathing, pooping menagerie.
Angry Hordes
Every walked into a room of toddlers? There is no escape. SSO dailies on a PvP realm would be a cakewalk compared to 6+ toddlers vying for the spawns.
Bear Form
As a parent you become a Shapshifting Druid as soon as the child can straddle your back. I want to ride your bear, tiger, horse, seal etc. Constantly, and until I decide to dismiss you.
Summon Mount
Children learn the summon mount skill at birth. From that point onwards they know that a quick wail will save them legging it everywhere and get them access to a variety of very fast mounts.
When they get a bit older, thief fascination with fire is greater than a Gnome Fire Mage's. Watch out, what starts with flicking matches ends with the destruction of the guild house.
Zone bedroom is under attack
"Zone alert this, zone alert that". It's non stop, especially when you have a couple of the little PvP'ers in the house. Be warned, they will leave more traps around the house than a chain trapping hunter.
Want, want, want. Food, drinks, nappies, bandaids. They can consume them faster than you can grind the mats. Notice how they never help grinding the mats? Ohh yeah, the do don't they, that's how they level their Alchemy.
Spell Interrupts.
Make sure you have your spell interrupts keybound to a readily accessible key. Once that tantrum begins you need to shut it down before too many of your raid team are incapacitated.
Daily Quest Circuit
Wake child, feed child, cloth child, drop child off, pick up child, repair child, feed child, clean child, sleep child.
Bet you didn't think you were athletic right? Well not until you see your toddler wobble towards the busy road, ferocious dog, supermarket sweets isle, glassware cabinet etc. That's when you thank the gods you invested in that intercept talent.
Mana Burn
You think a Priest's mana burn hurts, wait until you encounter a toddler's mana burn. They, like their Warlock dots are designed to take you down when you can least afford it. The little buggers will kite you at the same time!
brb bio
Having problems keeping your WoW raid from unscheduled bios. Just wait till you see toilet training.
Soul Shards
The worst part is the way the little warlocks capture your soul and force you to do their bidding. They will twist your soul and turn you into anything they desire, at their whim.
Just for the record.
Arrens informs me that the following forms of CC (Child Control) are unacceptable.
kicking/Kidney shotting a baby is frowned upon. I need more subtle methods.
But that requires smoke bombs which she-who-must-be-obeyed frowns upon. My class is gimped by my damn family!
Undocumented changes?
Tell me, what other WoW skills, talents or situations do you the Blizzard devs derived from RL experiences? Shattered Halls anyone?
Gnomer and Out!
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I was told not to use Jquery as a beginner because it would hamper my learning of Javascript. Now I've read a couple books on Javascript, read loads of sites, and made a Javascript web app. Am I ready for Jquery? If not, then how will I know when I'm ready?
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Wow, I know this may go against some people's ideas about crawling then walking and then running. But Javascript is not some awesome language you need to totally understand and then you'll be a whizbang programmer.
Just use JQuery and have fun. Use it wiseley, use it cleverly!
I did my company's website 3 years ago with just Javascript and replaced nearly everything I did with JQuery over the last year.
Knowing every last IE6 browser quirk is not going to help in the long run, so just go for it man!
Should have already started
jQuery is the only syntactic sugar I find indispensable for daily development. Selectors and events make everything more pleasing.
If you understand the DOM API and the problems jQuery has historically solved (I highly recommend quirksmode.org if you don't yet), by all means start using jQuery. As you do, ask yourself how it works and then commit to learning what it's doing under the hood if you really want to upgrade your javascript skills.
Whether it's a must-have nowadays is certainly more of a dilemma than it used to be for starting a new app but I personally continue to find it helpful for reducing DOM API boilerplate/cruft and a convenient way to get a UI team on the same page quickly. It's also an ideal model for any tool/library in that it stays out of your way when you don't want or need it to help you.
I personally still like it for the way it implements generic events, the fact that it's selector API can still be faster than the querySelector methods in a lot of cases (they appear to plug into the right to left evaluating CSS engines for most browsers) and its implicit iteration of collections which reduces a ton of cruft for common DOM-handling. I could write my own much slimmer version but it's already there and minimized to the size of a medium-sized jpeg so I don't.
You don't have to listen to everything people say. Just download jQuery and start using it. Who cares if someone told you not to use it while you're a "beginner"?
The point is to write the best code you can, not to be a slave to every silly opinion another programmer has.
I am not certain I would insist on one before the other, but using jquery without a decent understanding of the underlying features of javascript sometimes leads to some odd complexity when a newer dev starts writing everything from a jquery point of view first.
IMHO the jquery is probably best mixed with more plain javascript than I see in many cases.
I would say if you are an experienced programmer with other languages (PHP, Java, whatever), then there's no reason not to just start with jquery right off the bat. Its just that immensely useful. Besides, jquery is a framework, so you'd still be using javascript - just instead of messing around with DOM, you're using jquery.
If you are new to programming alltogether... then I'd say do a couple projects w/ javascript to get a basic understanding of client-side scripting without jquery, so you can learn a bit about what it is doing for you. And then when you feel like you have a handle on things, move on to jquery.


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I got a recommendation from an experienced tourer to switch to Schwalbe Marathon Plus endurance tires during summer and Schwalbe Spike something during winter. I like the Marathon Plus tires, despite them being a bit slow, because I don't want to get a flat in locations called no-where. I am not interested about product recommendations but rather how can I know a good endurance tire for a certain touring location? If you know that a road is poor for the next 1000 kms, is it a good idea to switch to wider tires with greater volume? Is there any objective way to test a tire in a random shop? I have noticed that sometimes some LBSs have old tires but time-to-time it is hard to say. So how can I detect a good endurance tires if my favorite tires cannot be found? By it I mean that I want more objective ways to select tires rather than just brand.
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It's difficult to judge the quality of a tire hanging on a rack in a bike shop. Experience (including recommendations) is an important factor, since it takes 1000's of kms to put a tire to the test. When deciding on a touring tire, buy a set to try out pre-tour. You'll get an idea how they handle, how fast they wear, how puncture-resistant might be just by using them for everyday riding. Then when you're ready for the big trip, put a fresh set on the bike and save the worn ones for when you get back.
Certainly wider tires will help on rough roads. Thicker tires may last longer. For puncture resistance, stay away from racing tires and look for ones with a kevlar belt (or similar puncture protection layer).
If you know the roads may be bad, plan ahead and get a wider set for the entire tour. Don't plan to buy wider ones during the trip -- you never know what will be available when you get there. Conversely, if you find yourself having to replace a tire while on tour, your options will likely be limited. You'll just have to settle for what you can find. (I once had to replace a split road bike tire in a small mountain biking town but only one shop carried my size -- an off-road knobby tire. Still better than a split one!)
Two points to note when choosing an endurance tire are firstly the thickness of the side wall, since while touring you can easily get rock, sticks, nails, whatever hitting the side while you are riding. Secondly, you can "age" a tire a little bit by buying it before time, and placing it onto a rim with a tube pumped up to low pressure to help fill out the shape. After a month or so you will find that the tire has actually hardened a little, and will be slightly more puncture resistant.


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Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Summary: A free videoconferencing series which allows people to access legal experts in a wide range of practices.
WSSU has a free and exciting opportunity for North Carolina Residents. TALIAS (Technology Assisted Legal Instruction and Services) is a live, interactive, videoconference series which originates at the North Carolina Central University School of Law and broadcast to its participating hosted sites, Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, Elizabeth City State University and North Carolina A&T State University.
TALIAS WSSU is located at the Enterprise Center (former Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club at 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive). The videoconferencing series provides a communication forum, which allows people to access experts skilled in various practiced areas.
These volunteer attorneys hold free workshops for low-income North Carolina residents through NCCU School of LAW and broadcast live to TALIAS WSSU. Participants in the workshops may ask questions through the TALIAS videoconferencing system. TALIAS saves citizens the time and cost of commuting to attend meetings and workshops in person. The goal is to provide a convenient communication method for low-income North Carolina residents that need legal advice.
For more information please contact Tangelia Reed at (336) 734-6910.
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I have read this but I can't seem to find the following answers...
- How old is StackOverflow?
- What did the first version of StackOverflow look like and how much has it evolved since?
- How many days/months did it take to build the first StackOverflow?
I have read this but I can't seem to find the following answers...
The private beta for SO launched July 31st-ish 2008. The public beta started September 15th, 2008.
Aesthetically it hasn't really changed. Visually very small, incremental enhancements have been added periodically. Most of the work happens at the functionality level.
(That's a joke, AFAIK it started ~April/May and the beta launched end of July, so pre-beta work was ~16 weeks, and continuous additions and refinements since then).
Found under the entry "Stack Overflow Beta Design" is an early (pre-beta) image of the design:
Fall down into the comments and Jeff mentions this version:
This is what StackOverflow used to look like back in the days.
Yeah we had enter all of our ip packets manually man.. You kids don't know.
This whole black and white thing was pure luxery after the black-only monitor that I had before.
To add to the other screenshots, this is what Stack Overflow looked like when the public beta started on September 15:
It looks mostly the same today - the differences I see are:
are there any more?
You can always check StackOverflow's age by looking at the Community User.
It was born the same day as StackOverflow.
You should look at stackoverflow.com as it looked in the year 2000. Now that's interesting! (It redirected to www.mozquito.org; the company behind that project apparently was some Stack Overflow AG).
I have located the earliest live version of Stack Overflow available from the Internet Archive: 2008-09-15T10:33:43Z. This is the public beta. (The preceding snapshot is of a math cartoon.)
Interesting tidbit: back then, the favicon had a white background; now it's transparent (Firefox 16 on Linux):
It didn't look like much (but I guess the CSS probably wasn't archived properly):


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Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n>2$. Thanks to the late T.Branson we have the following definition of the so-called $Q$-curvature:
$Q= \Delta R + \frac{n^3-4n^2+16n-16}{4(n-1)(n-2)^2} R^2 - \frac{8(n-1)}{(n-2)^2}|Ric|^2.$
Here $\Delta = -div\nabla$, $R$ is the scalar curvature, and $|Ric|$ is the norm of the Ricci tensor. There has been much research on $Q$ curvature since its discovery in the eighties, motivated in large part by the conformal transformation properties that it possesses. A question that appears to be open, though, is whether or not there is a (relatively) concise geometric interpretation of this scalar curvature invariant. For $R$ we have the nice interpretation that it determines the rate at which the growth of a ball around a point differs from the flat case. Similarily the Ricci tensor measures the deviation of a solid angle from the Euclidean case. Can you think of a geometric interpretation of $Q$-curvature that is similarily elegant?


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Andy Ritchie, Olympic National Park Elwha project hydrologist, stands near a large cedar stump in what was Lake Aldwell. Stumps were left behind from when loggers cleared the timber before the Elwha Dam was built in 1910.
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Olympic National Park rangers are leading free two-hour walking tours along the Elwha River and through what was Lake Aldwell.
The walks are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Sunday.
They continue at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26; Sunday, Aug. 31; and Tuesday, Sept. 2.
The lake drained away after Elwha Dam was removed in 2012, part of the park's $325 million effort to restore the Elwha River and its once-legendary salmon runs.
The last hunks of Glines Canyon Dam, the river's second century-old dam, are expected to be blasted out next month.
What you can expect to see on the Elwha River Walk, according to a park statement, is "a fascinating, up-close look at shifting sediments, both old and new vegetation, giant stumps logged a century ago and the river re-establishing itself."
"If you have not been to the Olympic National Park in the last two years, the changes to Elwha Valley are dramatic and very exciting," said Rainey McKenna, ONP public information officer.
"Particularly as vegetation is restored and re-established, and salmon are returning to the river, we're seeing birds, otters, bears, elk and other animals that are returning to this once water-covered landscape."
In addition to joining the interpretive walks, she says park visitors also can look at the narrow canyon where Elwha Dam used to be.
The former dam site is fully accessible on foot to the public.
How to get there
The free walks begin at a former boat launch, located at the end of Lake Aldwell Road.
To get there, take U.S. Highway 101 and drive about 8 miles west of Port Angeles.
Turn north — a sharp right — off Highway 101 onto Lake Aldwell Road immediately after the Elwha River Bridge.
Visitors should wear sturdy walking shoes or boots and be prepared for windy conditions with no shade.
Visitors are free to continue exploring the river and lakebed area after the tours.
The land is controlled by ONP but technically is not part of the national park.
It is open year-round and has become a favorite hiking area for many Port Angeles-area residents.
Dogs on leashes are permitted. No park admission pass is needed.
For more information about the walks, phone the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles at 360-565-3130.
The visitor center also has information about nearby Hurricane Ridge and Lake Crescent.
To learn more about the Elwha River restoration, the world's largest-ever dam-removal project, including links to the project webcams, weekly dam-removal blog and Elwha River restoration Facebook page, visit the Olympic National Park website, http://tinyurl.com/Elwha-Restoration.
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With resolvconf, dig always shows the loopback address. Is there anyway to see which server is actually answering?
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With resolvconf, dig always shows the loopback address. Is there anyway to see which server is actually answering?
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That line of dig simply tells you where dig went for the answer, not its ultimate source.
On your system, assuming it is Ubuntu 12.04 or later Desktop and you haven't disabled the local nameserver, dnsmasq is listening at the loopback address, port 53. Dnsmasq is a lightweight nameserver that uses other nameservers to resolve names.
To see the server it uses enter the following:
or use aking1012's great suggestion:
In my case that's my router/modem, also running a lightweight server, obtained from my router/modem's DHCP server. I would have to sign on to the router and use a router-specific method to find out which dns server it uses. (It's configured by my ISP to forward to their domain name server).
You can certainly override the domain name server your system uses with NetworkManager, or, if you use ifup instead of NetworkManager, in ifup's configuratino file /etc/network/interfaces.
Assuming the request is forwarded to your ISP, the ISP's name server may do a recursive lookup to determine the answers, or, less probably, forward a recursive request even further. This chain of recursive requests continues until a domain name server is reached which is willing and able to do the full recursive look-up. It ends, perhaps prematurely, if there is no full domain name server before you reach one willing to respond to recursive requests. Most domain name servers won't do them for you, but an ISP will do them for its customers and business domain name servers will do them for their domains. You could install one yourself under Ubuntu. Google's 184.108.40.206 open domain name service will, as well.
For any particular address I enter I might get the answer from dnsmasq if it has the answer in its cache, from my router/modem, if it has the answer in its cache, or from the ISP or beyond.
Like aking1012, I don't think you can trace back the answers dig returns.
If you want to know where such information might ultimately come from you may want to know where the source of authority information is kept for a domain.
As an example:
So the authoritative source of information about the domain bing.com can come from either ns1.msft.net or msnhst.microsoft.com.
You can also track down information using the recursive algorithm a full domain name server does:
full domain name servers are configured with the address of at least one root server.
The Additional information section gives the domain name service address hints so it can easily find name servers.
the CNAME record says that the canonical name for the alias www.google.com is www.l.google.com.
Of course sites like google.com and msft.com do all kinds of things to distribute queries to various computers.
Not that I am aware of.
You could use:
It works for me.
A cleaner invocation that doesn't rely on entering the interface name is:


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Would someone be kind enough to tell me how to move on from a heart break. It's been almost 8 months and there are still remnants of past memories. Moving on is easier said than done.
She ditched me because I am skinny and not attractive, she took advantage of me for 3 years and when boredom struck she moved on to find someone else.
What are the initial steps to be taken to get out of it completely.
in other words...
How to make peace with your past bad experiences?


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I've been seeing a lot about this setting lately, and although I've looked over some of the material, I don't feel like I "get" it. That is by no means a criticism--I'm pretty interested, but it would help me a lot if someone could summarize what the setting is "about," or how it compares to other settings on a broad level.
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It is a D&D style fantasy setting where the adventure results from the conflict arising from the clash of culture, religion, and society.
The book itself is meant to do two things, first it is a collection of my house rules for Swords & Wizardry and all editions based on the original 1974 roleplaying game. second it is an overview of the Majestic Wilderlands. My version of Judges Guild's Wilderlands of High Fantasy. It is a campaign that has been continuously run since 1980 using a variety of fantasy RPGs notably; AD&D 1st, Fantasy Hero, GURPS Fantasy, D&D 3.X, D&D 4.0, Harnmaster, and now Swords & Wizardry. Despite the rules changes I never strayed far the bag of stuff that makes up AD&D so hence was not hard to write it up for Swords & Wizardry.
If you look at the classes I have written about the majority arises from the consequences of my setting. Since my assumptions are similar to most D&D like settings people find them useful outside of the Majestic Wilderlands. The same for the other material in the book.
One thing I don't do is try to FIX Swords & Wizardry and other older editions. The Majestic Wilderlands is IMPLEMENTING Swords & Wizardry for my setting. I stress this because for the majority of my market the point is to play older editions of D&D or one of the retro-clones. They don't want the game "fixed". It is a subtle but important distinction for my market.
These are my goals and thoughts I used for writing the Majestic Wilderlands. Obviously I like the attention to my product, but I hope my reply help people think about how they can contribute or publish for their favorite game.


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I have a lot of valuable loot that I collect in Skyrim. I have no need for most of it, and would like to sell it off, but it's hard to find a merchant that will buy all the random loot I've collected. How do I find a trader that will buy all my valuable loot?
In most cities, there's a number of merchants who will buy various different wares from you which are comparable in kind to the ones they sell. And most cities and towns have at least one "general goods" merchant who will pretty much buy anything. In Whiterun, you'll want to visit Belethor's General Goods.
For stolen merchandise, you'll need to find a fence. The earliest one you'll probably have access to is Tonilia, in the Ragged Flagon under Riften.
The main limitation you'll run into here is that most merchants only keep 500-750 gp on hand, and fences start at around 1k. So, if you empty their bank by selling too much to them, you'll need to wait a couple days before they have the funds to buy more from you. There's a few perks and other workarounds that can be used to deal with this.
Also, be aware that most stores are only open from 0800-2000. If you're trying to sell your wares at night or early morning, you'll probably have to wait.
I strongly recommend you search this site for other skyrim questions on this topic, as I'm sure there's at least one or two that will address all your merchant-related inquiries.
Is it possible to sell stolen items?
All of the perks that will help you sell stuff easier and to more people are in the Speechcraft skill tree. The ones you'll particularly be interested in are:
Merchant - Sell anything non-stolen to any merchant.
These are all on the left side of the tree, with Haggling and Allure as pre-requisites.
If you want to sell big-ticket items (items over 1000 gold) and you want to be able to sell your stuff without having to worry whether or not you killed Belethor, you need to improve your speechcraft to 100.
There's a quick way to level up Speechcraft:
Once you do that, you should accumulate and spend skill perks on the Speechcraft tree (the 'left' side), and you'll be able to do the following things:
If you're trying to sell at night, most inns will buy food, and some will buy weapons and apparel. The people at the general store will buy anything except stolen stuff, but only in the daytime. If you get a house, you can put stuff in there and go on quests unencombered until you want to sell.


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The Garden of Eden in Lucas has had a facelift. From rosy cheeks on faces to striped clothing to the red, white and blue of our nation's flag, colors dulled by dirt and mold are once again vivid, returning sculptures at the world-renowned grassroots art site to their former splendor. Artist Samuel Perry Dinsmoor mixed cement with crushed stone to create colors in the fascinating - and what some consider quirky - sculptures he formed from 1907 to 1932 on cement 'trees' eight to 40 feet above ground.
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Getting a Discussion Going
To guarantee a good conversation, students have to feel like they have something to say. This happens at the onset of a discussion through the very first discussion prompt. Writing a good discussion prompt may sound easier than it seems. Consequently, we need to learn how to ASK questions that engage students and guide their learning.
Writing a Good Discussion Prompt
Increase valuable student contributions in the online discussion by writing a good discussion prompt.
- Ask open-ended questions that will guide student learning.
- Try to link the student's education, prior knowledge, and personal experience to the course content.
Helpful Tips
Keep the questions short and purposefully vague
Avoid questions that have a "yes" or "no" answer.
End-of-chapter discussion or review questions often do NOT make good online discussion questions, but they can make good journal questions.
• As a student, did you enjoy and/or benefit from learning about [insert topic here]
instruction? Why or why not?
• What kinds of [insert tools, skills, knowledge here] do you use in your [student's work, family, academic environment]?
• What concerns do you have about [insert practice of a topic – doing or methods] into your [insert work, class, family environment]?
• How do you foster a love for [insert practice of a topic – doing or methods]? Share some [insert work, academic, or other environment] anecdotes and experiences.
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Kindle for $0
Amazon.com has The Complete Sherlock Holmes [Kindle Edition] for $0.00, and includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet. Pre-order for 12/13/12 delivery to the Kindle Cloud Reader.
This is the complete collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales.
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I was going to come here and be all, hey, it should be free anyway! But then I was like, wait, it's free and Conan Doyle is great. There is no problem here; I will just upvote and leave after encouraging everyone to get this.
It's a preorder. Mobileread.com's book section has the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus available now, DRM-free, in multiple formats.
The .mobi version is Kindle-compatible:
The .epub version is compatible with practically all other ebook readers:
It's a pre-order, but it will be downloaded tomorrow! I can wait a day!


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Works for me. staceyw, can you elaborate?
Yes, you can do everything I did today. Everyone can use the SDK to build and run an application locally, but to deploy to the cloud, you'll have to be provisioned.
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/azure/register.mspx to both download the SDK (you'll need the "Windows Azure SDK" and "Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio") and to sign up to get cloud access (but note that you'll be on a waitlist).
Try this link: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/videos.mspx
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It's incredibly frustrating that the Azure videos are not available for download - among other issues; it means that the videos cannot be viewed without an Internet connection!!
Excellent Video !!
MIcrosoft AZURE is Excellent and I am Totally Satisfied with its performance !!
I have hosted my site in Microsoft AZURE
Just Have a Look At it
Say, awesome demo.
Has anyone got any step-by-steps for publishing several local static HTML pages that make up a simple website from a local PC folder up into Azure?
doesn`t work for me to..
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Completely rewritten. More specific, more complete. Give it a chance.
I have rewritten the question in hope of salvaging respect with my peers.
One commenter below helped me find an analogy that I think will clarify my intentions, and make a more specific proposal. I'll re-tag the question accordingly.
The intention of this discussion is strictly to consider how reputation is handled, in particular when an existing accepted answer is unaccepted... nothing more.
If there is confusion yet, or parallel details I may have overlooked, please ask questions in the comments section and I'll edit this Question to address them.
As It is Today:
When the OP has already accepted an answer to his/her Question, and at some point another user comes along and provides a new answer. The OP finds the new answer more suitable, so he/she unaccepts the current answer and accepts it instead. The new answer's user is awarded
+15 reputation, and the original answer's user
The Concerns
If the purpose of earned user reputation on Stack Exchange is to encourage users to participate in an online community and to convey to their peers the expertise in their answers, then is it appropriate to revoke the reward earned for their accepted answer when a new answer is chosen?
- Should unaccepting the original answer cause reputation loss?
- Should a Question be worth a finite
15 reputation, or should accepted answers be considered independent?
The Analogy
As there can only be one accepted answer to a question, the scenario of a business contract is fitting.
A company (
OP) defines an offered contract (
Q) with a certain criteria, and awards the agreed contract (
AA = Accepted Answer) and its compensation (
Reputation) to the bidding company best suited to their needs.
Company A and Company B then come along and bid, and the contract is awarded to Company A. They are awarded the contract until it's term is up or the criteria has changed. Later, Company C comes along and the offering company is impressed.
Using this analogy, SO currently rewards Company C with the new contract and compensation, and revokes the contract from Company A. While this may seem fair at first, the issue is SO also revokes their compensation.
In the real world, the contract is honored until the criteria changes or the term of the contract expires. Meaning when the offering company awards Company C the new/altered contract and takes it back from Company A, but they do not ask nor can they expect their money back... services were rendered... the answer service its purpose.
My suggestion is that Stack Exchange limit questions to a single accepted answer, but that previously accepted answers honor the compensation offered... to treat them as separate contracts if you will.
As this would mean a question could produce an indefinite amount of reputation, I propose that some kind of terms be put it in place (much like the terms on a contract) to prevent exploitation. Ideas:
Time Period - if the accepted answer stands for X Days or Months, the user retains his/her compensation, else it is revoked.
Criteria Changed - if the question is edited the existing answer retains its value, as it was right for the original question.
OP Decision - let the OP decide/provide reason why the answer was unaccepted, and that reason determine whether or not the user keeps his reputation.
I suggest #1 as it seems the most unbiased, subject to the least exploitation, easiest to implement.


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Top 10 Tips to Boost Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
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Lie on Your Back
Although no definitive studies have proven this, many experts believe that having sex in the missionary position, and lying on your back afterwards, increases your odds of getting pregnant. Placing a pillow under your hips may increase your chances even further.
Why is this? Simply put--gravity. Lying on your back with your hips tilted up will encourage the flow of semen to your uterus.
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n this Sunday, April 1, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters are seen In a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Government and opposition forces clashed across Syria Monday as international envoy Kofi Annan prepared to brief the U.N. Security Council on the progress of his mission to ease the Syrian crisis. (AP Photo)
DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- Syria's prime minister became the highest-profile official to leave the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad on Monday.
Opposition leaders said Riyad Hijab had defected, while Syrian state television said al-Assad dismissed Hijab from his post Monday. There were conflicting reports about the whereabouts of Hijab, who was appointed prime minister in June.
A Syrian opposition official, Muhammad el-Etri, told CNN that Hijab had defected, was "in a country neighboring Syria" and would be heading to Qatar "sometime soon."
George Sabra, a spokesman for the opposition Syrian National Council, said Hijab fled Syria overnight and arrived with his family in Jordan.
Jordanian government spokesman Samih Maaytah said Hijab had not entered the country's territories, according to state television. But a senior Jordanian official told CNN that Hijab had defected to Jordan and was with his family.
"I announce today my defection from the killing and terrorist regime and I announce that I have joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution. I announce that I am from today a soldier in this blessed revolution," Hijab said in a written statement read by el-Etri on Al Jazeera Monday.
Government officials announced Hijab's sacking after officials discovered he had left Syria, el-Etri said. The former prime minister escaped Syria with the help of the rebel Free Syrian Army, el-Etri said, adding that the plan to defect had been in the works for two months.
"The flight of some personalities, however high-ranking, won't affect the Syrian state," the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said Monday, citing the country's information minister.
Analysts described Hijab's departure as a significant symbolic blow for al-Assad's government but noted that the former prime minister had been on the job for only a few months. Al-Assad appointed Hijab prime minister in June, a month after parliamentary elections that were boycotted by supporters of those seeking to oust al-Assad.
"In short, this isn't going to bring a lot of insight into what Assad is thinking or doing. It is certainly embarrassing and does some damage to regime," said David Hartwell, a senior analyst of Islamic Affairs at Jane's. "But all indications are that Hijab was probably kept in the dark. This wasn't a man who had Assad's ear. Assad appointed him just a few months ago. He was essentially just another Cabinet member without much power at all."
Hijab was tasked with creating a new Cabinet for al-Assad's regime.
On Monday, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said officials hadn't "heard anything from the former prime minister," according to SANA.
The information minister also "said that fleeing and leaving one's post in an illegitimate manner is an evasion of responsibility and shows lack of political and national awareness," the news agency reported.
In July, one of Syria's most senior diplomats -- Nawaf al-Fares -- defected, publicly embraced his country's uprising and called for a foreign military intervention. Al-Fares was Syria's ambassador to Iraq.
Manaf Tlas, a Sunni general in Syria's elite Republican Guards, also defected last month. Tlas is the son of a former defense minister and a cousin of a first lieutenant in al-Assad's army. Hijab, like al-Fares and Tlas, is a Sunni who served in a power structure dominated by the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiism.
"If strategically Hajib's defection means very little, it does have symbolic significance," said David Schenker, the director of the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute. "The more Sunnis who split off at this high level, the more it will encourage other Sunnis in their attitudes toward the regime."
Opposition leaders hailed the news of Hijab's defection.
"We consider the defection to be what is morally right and what is called for at this historic time," said Abdulbaset Sieda, head of the Syrian National Council. "This is a killer and criminal regime, and at this historic moment, there should be no further hesitation. It is imperative to stand by the people of Syria now."
Meanwhile, fighting raged in Aleppo, Syria's most populous city.
Snipers fired from the roofs of buildings and artillery fire rang out in the besieged neighborhood of Salaheddin.
CNN's Ben Wedeman said drivers had to dodge piles of rubble in the streets. Residents evacuating to safer neighborhoods left their homes with all the belongings they could carry, he said.
An elderly man, carrying a briefcase and a bag full of jam, said he was leaving the neighborhood to move in with his daughter.
"What kind of leader does this to his own people?" the man said as he left his home.
A dark plume of smoke rose in the air near Aleppo's ancient citadel.
At least one rebel-controlled neighborhood was notably calmer, Wedeman said. Shops and bakeries were open, and residents walked the streets.
Clashes raged for hours at various spots near the city center, some close to the presidential palace, said Bashir Al-Hajji, a spokesman for a Free Syrian Army brigade in Aleppo.
As rebels scrambled to fend off regime forces in Aleppo, fighting was reported in other parts of Syria.
At least 116 people were killed in fighting across the country Monday, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. The deaths included 10 people killed in fighting and the discovery of 20 bodies in Aleppo, the group said. CNN can not independently confirm reports of violence, as the government has severely restricted access to Syria by international journalists.
There were reports of a bombing Monday inside the Syrian state-run TV building in Damascus, the latest in a series of attacks to rock the nation's capital city as Syrian rebels and government forces battle for control of the country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
"There are some injuries, but Syrian media will continue to broadcast," the Ministry of Information said on state-run TV.
Three Iranian prisoners were killed in the Damascus suburbs during heavy shelling Monday, according to the LCC. The opposition network did not provide additional details.
State media reported over the weekend that "armed terrorists" had attacked and kidnapped 48 Iranian Shiite pilgrims on a bus near the capital.
Roughly 17,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict first flared in March 2011, when government forces began cracking down on protesters, Ban said last month. The opposition put the toll at more than 20,000.


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I don't know what the world Donald Trump was thinking when he decided to hold the Miss Universe pageant one week before Christmas. The whole holiday theme and set just felt a bit odd. For me, the pageant belongs in the spring or summer. Trump's people seriously need to knock some sense into him. I swear he's getting a bit more senile in his old age. In his defense, he probably thought airing it at this time might benefit the show's ratings. Last year's Victoria's Secret fashion show scored boffo ratings. They're practically the same show but with more clothing 😉
The Christmas trees and snowflakes were the least of his worries, the beauty pageant was probably the worst produced Miss Universe I can recall. From the audio glitches in the beginning and the awful pre-recorded segments, it was one big snooze fest. Thankfully, I taped it and watched the entire 2 hour pageant in just 30 minutes.
Once again Andy Cohen (my silver fox crush) and Giuliana Rancic hosted the event, with Jeannie Mai serving as fashion correspondent. A few of the notable celebrity judges included Nigel Barker (glad to see he's been busy since ANTM), Lisa Vanderpump (my fave RHOBH), Scott Disick, Brad Goreski, Diego Boneta and Kerri Walsh Jennings to name a few. On deck to perform were Train and Nigerian-born Aussie singer Timomatic.
Overall, this year's Top 5 were a decent bunch. That said, I was a little bummed, my early favorite, Miss South Africa, only made the Top 10. Speaking of Africa, this was the first time since 2002 that no black candidates made the semifinals. They didn't even win one of the special awards. Best National Costume went to Miss China and Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic went to Miss Guatemala and Miss Kosovo respectively. Check out this year's Top 5 below.


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January 02, 2009
Some of the best things in life – and Cape Town – are free
This time of year, despite all its festive charms, can be a tight time financially.
Everyone seems to have a claim on your hard-earned income – kids, family, friends, the tax man – and even if you're lucky enough to get an end-of-year bonus, once you've fulfilled all your financial commitments there never seems enough left over to spread around.
But even if you're saving your last few coins, you don't have to lock yourself away in the no-fun zone.
Here are our top 10 free (mahala, nada, gratis) things to do in Cape Town:
- Take your towel and sunscreen and go chill on the nearest beach. Cape Town is gloriously sunny (well, mostly!) at this time of the year, so head to the fantastic beaches – and there are so many to choose from, including Clifton, Camps Bay and Muizenberg.
- Hang out at the Waterfront and try to catch the free live music performances that sometimes happen at the amphitheatre. You can also enjoy window-shopping, or people-watching from a comfy perch.
- Enjoy the longish walk across Noordhoek beach and beyond to Kommetjie. A hike up the scenic Chapman's Peak is another option, though you'll need to be fairly fit.
- Take a stroll around the city centre. Cape Town's central area is quite compact when compared to other great cities of the world – and taking in its urban culture on foot is a fantastic way to experience the city.
- Head up to Signal Hill for gorgeous views of the city and Table Bay. Aim to be there at 12h00 for the firing of the noon gun.
- Go and watch the squirrels in the Company Gardens. The leafy gardens are a lovely spot for a stroll.
- In the mood for something really wacky and different? Join a Cape Town "flash mob" group on Facebook and be part of the crowd for some well-planned loony behaviour.
- The Sea Point promenade is great whether you want to walk it, sit and watch the sea and people, play putt-putt, swim in one of the most scenic swimming pools in the world, or play in the nearby park.
- Be creatively inspired – visit one of Cape Town Central's many art galleries, like the Irma Stern gallery at the University of Cape Town, the South African National Gallery in the Company Gardens, the Bell-Roberts Contemporary, the Linda Goodman Gallery in Woodstock or 34 On Long in Long Street. Kloof Street also features a number of small galleries displaying work by local artists. (See our extensive list of things to do relating to culture and heritage for more.)
- Take a drive around the peninsula, from the city centre or southern suburbs to Muizenberg and Simon's Town and on towards Cape Point. Or go the other way, from the city centre along the Atlantic Seaboard past Clifton, Camps Bay, Llandudno and on to Hout Bay. Stop and take pictures of the spectacular views along the way, and maybe take a picnic.


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Quick Low-Calorie Fish and Seafood Recipes (Slide 1)
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Black Bean & Salmon Tostadas
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Coctel de Camarones
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Mediterranean Tuna Panini
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Poached Cod & Asparagus
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Mussels South of Two Borders
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Creamy Garlic Pasta with Sh…
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Seafood Stew
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Spinach & Frisée Salad wit…
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Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce
This silky tomato sauce with a touch of cream makes mild-flavored cod sing. Serve with: Farro or ric…View slide
Salmon Rösti
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Crab Salad Melts
This crab and asparagus melt is delicious for a light spring dinner or lunch. You can use any type o…View slide
Pistachio-Crusted Tuna Steaks
Pistachio crust teams up with a savory mustard-dill sauce for an exceptional tuna dish. Choose "su…View slide
Salmon with Pepita-Lime Butter
Lime juice, chili powder and pepitas give this salmon Mexican flair. Serve with wild rice and steame…View slide
Crispy Fish Sandwich with P…
A fish sandwich doesn't have to be deep-fried to be delicious. Try our healthy crispy fish sandwic…View slide
Crab Roll
This healthier take on a lobster roll uses crab because it's usually easier (and less expensive) t…View slide
Scallops & Sweet Peas
Large, sweet sea scallops marry well with peas and thyme adds a contrasting herbal note.…View slide
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