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It was the early 1900's and Fred Thomas was living the life that young boys dream of. He was playing professional baseball. Fred was batting at pitches thrown by Walter Johnson and hoping his line drives would get by the glove of Ty Cobb. His teammates were the likes of Everett Scott, Harry Hooper and Babe Ruth.
Fred Thomas was playing third base with the Boston Red Sox. The highlight of his career was in 1918, when he helped Boston win the World Series against the Chicago Cubs. When Fred retired from Baseball in 1924, he knew where he was headed. He, his wife, and small sons were off to the wilderness of northern Wisconsin to build their dream -- a resort on Big Lake Chetac.
From a primitive beginning with no roads, electricity or running water, Fred and his wife, Connie, built a modern-day resort. Fred and Connie were determined to offer the best and the slogan "Perpetually New" has stood as a reminder to that commitment.
The Thomas family continues the management in the Fred Thomas tradition of "Perpetually New". This concept of continually upgrading the resort's facilities has ensured beautiful and immaculate accommodations that guests come back to enjoy year after year. Vacationers enjoy more than exceptional facilities when choosing our family owned resort. It is the intangible that makes your vacation experience truly special. It is the feeling of warmth and hospitality, that unique place in your heart when you know you have come home.
We invite you to come join our resort family for a memorable Up North vacation where friendly, caring attention shines daily.
Fred Thomas Resort is a northern Wisconsin premier family and fishing vacation choice for the ultimate "up north" getaway! Situated on the shore of Big Lake Chetac in Northwest Wisconsin, Fred Thomas Resort brings you comfort and hospitality. Our impeccable accommodations and peaceful surroundings combine to create the perfect northwoods vacation experience. Choose from cozy lakefront cabins and condo units that are ideal for families, couples and fishermen. Featuring fully equipped kitchens, large screened porches, wifi and cable TV, you'll find everything you need! Spend a day fishing on the lake where the Bass and game fishing is excellent and the pan fishing is unexcelled, or head out to the nearby casinos, or visit the Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward.
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|The Pope, the Rabbi, and the Moral Economy
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|Caritas in Veritate: Why Truth Matters
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|The Paradox of Liberty
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The Vibe 98.8 is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV. In Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, The Vibe is replaced with Vice City FM, however, Vice City FM plays 1980s pop and rock instead of R&B. The station is possibly based on Kiss 98.7 FM and Kiss 100 FM.
- Ne-Yo - "Because of You" (2007)
- R. Kelly - "Bump n' Grind" (1994)
- Mtume - "C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)" (1984)
- Alexander O'Neal - "Criticize" (1987)
- RAMP - "Daylight" (1977)
- The Isley Brothers - "Footsteps in the Dark" (1977)
- Jodeci - "Freek'n You" (1995)
- Lloyd - "Get It Shawty" (2007)
- Jill Scott - "Golden" (2004)
- Loose Ends - "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" (1985)
- Freddie Jackson - "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" (1986)
- Dru Hill - "In My Bed" (So So Def remix) (1996)
- Marvin Gaye - "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (1971)
- Minnie Riperton - "Inside My Love" (1975)
- Barry White - "It's Only Love Doing its Thing" (1978)
- C.J. - "I Want You" (2008)
- The SOS Band - "Just Be Good to Me" (1983)
- Ginuwine - "Pony" (1996)
- Raheem DeVaughn - "You" (2006)
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- Cassie - "Me & U" (2006) (listed in the file "american.gxt")
- This is the favorite radio station of Roman Bellic and Kate McReary, coincidentally the two that are killed at Roman's Wedding in either the deal or revenge endings.
- Bernie Crane sings "Golden" to himself in his car, as heard on a wire tap in The Lost and Damned.
- Dwayne Forge listens to "Footsteps in the Dark" in the cutscene for Undress to Kill.
- "Footsteps In The Dark" is also famous for being sampled by Ice Cube for his single "It Was A Good Day", which is featured in the San Andreas radio station Radio Los Santos.
- "I Want You" is included on the GTA IV soundtrack available on iTunes.
- The Vibe so far is the only R&B station with the most diverse playlist as it contains songs from every decade from the 1970's-2000's. Other R&B stations before would contain songs for a set time period (i.e.CSR 103.9).
- There is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta called Vibe Virgin Radio. The former name of Vibe Virgin Radio is The Vibe 98.5. Similarily, The Vibe 98.5 plays R&B music. Rockstar may have based The Vibe 98.8 off of Vibe Virgin Radio or it may be just a coincidence.
- A few pedestrians might wear a "The Vibe" shirt, and some may appear in L.C. Cage Fighters on TBOGT.
- The Vibe Plays in the Triangle Club and in the Honkers Club. But in the Episodes from Liberty City, the Music is Changed to Electro-Choc, while in the secret VIP room, the radio station is changed to Vice City FM, which is normal since The Vibe is replaced by Vice City FM in the EFLC Version.
- It is possible that "Me & U" by Cassie was removed from the final game because it was also used in Saint's Row 2
- In GTA IV, The Vibe can be heard in Dwayne's apartment. In EFLC the radio is switched to The Beat 102.7


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WASHINGTON,D.C. (WUSA) - In response to the Newtown School tragedy, people came together for a special Christmas Eve gathering on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
As Danielle Gill reports, the inspiration for Monday's circle Up for kids came from an unlikely source. Organizers say they were inspired by that part of the Grinch That Stole Christmas when the Whos in Whoville make a circle and sing.
So this group sang carols today -- and prayed for peace.
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Centerfire and rimfire cartridges primarily differ on the location of the primer. They consist of the following parts:
In rifles and handguns, a bullet serves as the projectile. It fits into the top of the cartridge case and is fired through the barrel of the firearm. The bullet is usually made out of lead and may have a copper jacket. The most common types for hunting are the pointed soft point, rounded soft point, hollow point and polymer tip.
A metal container that holds all of the components together, usually made of brass, aluminum or steel.
A high-energy propellant of a specific quantity (charge) that, when ignited, creates a high pressure inside the case. This pressure sends the bullet or projectile down the barrel of the firearm to exit at the muzzle.
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Asteroids: Probable Disaster, Or Unlikely Hoax
A lump of space detritus a mile across, hitting Earth at around 15 miles per second, would release energy equivalent to a million megatons of TNT, or a hundred million Hiroshima bombs. Computations of the effect of such a blast suggest global catastrophe. No matter where ground zero was located, we'd all be in deep trouble.
You may think this is just theory, but astronomers have seen such a cataclysm, on another planet. Inmid-1994, the 20-odd pieces of a broken-up comet called Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter. The black eyes that the planet received had areas ranging up to four times the surface area of Earth. And the largest of the comet fragments responsible were only a third of a mile in size.
We know also that such things have occurred on our deceptively docile planet. Geologists have so far identified more than 250 impact craters spread over the continents. On Earth, unlike on the dead, pock-marked moon, active geology and atmospheric weathering erode craters relatively quickly. In any case, 70 per cent of the globe is ocean.
But geologists have estimated how often Earth suffers a cataclysmic impact energetic enough to disrupt the climate globally. Astronomers like myself have made similar estimates from studying asteroids and comets in space.
Our answers agree. Once every 100,000 to 500,000 years, we can expect a major impact, sufficiently powerful to cause the deaths of perhaps half of humankind. That may seem like a comforting answer, but it implies, say, 2.5 billion deaths every 250,000 years, or ten thousand deaths per year, taken as a global long-term average. Read More >>


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MPBN to Debut Original TV Productions on Science, Sustainability
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Two episodes of Sustainable Maine to air Tuesday, September 27
beginning at 8:00 pm
(Lewiston, Maine) – The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will premiere two new original half-hour television productions about a new way of combining biophysical sciences with social science and economics to study Maine's changing landscape, and how to sustain it for future generations, on Tuesday, September 27 at 8:00 pm.
The first two episodes of Sustainable Maine focus on Maine fishermen, loggers and scientists from the University of Maine, USM, Bates College and Bowdoin College as they work together to balance economic growth with environmental sensitivity and local traditions of land and water use in Maine.
In The Triple Bottom Line the first of the two programs, the title refers to the business concept that economic activity should not only benefit the traditional bottom line of profit, but also "meet the needs of the people and the planet."
The show examines how this concept is being applied in real Maine settings, first in Cobscook Bay off the coast of Eastport, where potential new advances in tidal power generation must also co-exist with traditional fisheries, and on a private woodlot in Otisfield where the landowner must take into account long-term land productivity and Maine traditions of recreational land use on private woodlands.
In the second episode, Desperate Alewives, the relationship between science, sociology and economics is illustrated as scientists work with local fishermen and citizen scientists to study alewife runs in the Androscoggin and Kennebec River watersheds to highlight the social, ecological and economic links between the long-term health of fresh water rivers and lakes and the viability of coastal fisheries.
At its core, the Sustainable Maine series examines the emergence of a new branch of scientific inquiry known as "sustainability science" embraced by teams taking part in what is known as the Sustainability Solutions Initiative, or SSI, a project funded by Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine.
These two new productions are part of a new collaboration between MPBN and Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine and are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
EPSCoR – pronounced "EPS-core" – is an acronym for Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Maine EPSCoR is a 5-year project funded by a $20 million grant from the NSF, which funds similar initiatives in other states with a mission to form "collaborations among academic, government and private sector stakeholders that advance scientific research, promote innovation and provide multiple societal benefits."
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So if the movie is destined to sink without trace, what're you going to do with your afternoon instead? How about sitting down with a friend for a few rounds of the game that inspired the movie? It's likely to be a good deal more fun...but in order to have a good time, you've got to be in with a good chance of winning. Here's how to keep the wind at your back.
Marshal your forces
Just like real-life naval conflicts, many Battleship matches are won or lost before the first shot is fired. Getting your ship arrangement right is crucial, and you can often improve your odds of dodging the incoming fire by following some simple rules of thumb.
First up, don't leave your ships adjacent to each other. Do that, and an opponent who's working his way down one of your vessels can easily run off the end…right onto a new target. You don't want that.
Next, try to resist the urge to be too tidy. Once you've come up with the perfect pattern, you'll be tempted to mirror-image it to the other side. That's far from a winning strategy, for obvious reasons. As soon as your opponent figures it out, they'll be able to flatten your entire fleet in no time flat.
That applies to smaller groupings, too. It's easy to creep into habits -- like, say, always placing a patrol boat just next to your carrier, just because it seems balanced that way. A savvy opponent will soon figure that one out too, and you'll be left at a major disadvantage.
Ready to go? Here's one more tip: putting a ship along the edge of the board is usually a good idea. Your opponent will likely tend to drop most of their shots towards the middle of the board, and a shorter vessel lurking right at one of the edges can be a real beast to track down.
Know when to break the rules
That's the textbook approach. But the best admiral knows there are times when the best thing to do is the exact opposite of all that. Put all your ships together in one tightly packed group, for example. While that's anathema to traditional Battleship tactics, it'll confuse the heck out of your opponent. Or arrange your ships in a pretty, symmetrical pattern. It's a great way to throw experienced opponents off their game...until they figure out what you're doing, of course. Better sink all their ships before that happens.
Take aim
So now the ships are down, and it's time to get shooting. Tactics here are key, and there are a number of schools of thought. Some commanders prefer to methodically dot the seas with equally-spaced shots, hoping to checkerboard their opponents into submission. If that's you, bear in mind no Battleship is smaller than two spaces, and there are only two of those.
Others like to slice the grid into diagonal chunks, pizza-style, then drop shots in each slice to pinpoint larger ships. This has its advantages too -- but again, varying your approach is the key to long-term success. Use the same method in too many games, and your opponent will start to anticipate, placing his or her ships where you're less likely to shoot. So mix it up.
Want to get even more serious in your Battleship strategy? Check out this article by Aisha Harris at Slate.com, which explains how a 'probability density function' can help blast opponents more efficiently into smithereens. Fair warning: it involves a little math. Just a little.
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Former President George H.W. Bush was discharged Monday from the hospital in Houston where he spent several weeks receiving treatment for bronchitis, a bacterial infection and a persistent cough, his spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement.
Dr. Amy Mynderse, the internal medicine physician in charge of the former president's care, added that Bush "has improved to the point that he will not need any special medication when he goes home, but he will continue physical therapy."
Bush, who's been hospitalized in Houston since November 23, said he was "deeply grateful" for the doctors and nurses at The Methodist Hospital.
"Let me add just how touched we were by the many get-well messages we received from our friends and fellow Americans," Bush said in the statement. "Your prayers and good wishes helped more than you know, and as I head home my only concern is that I will not be able to thank each of you for your kind words."
He was moved out of the hospital's intensive care unit just over two weeks ago. He was listed in guarded condition while he received treatment for what McGrath called "a stubborn fever."
Doctors were at several points optimistic that his release was imminent. McGrath said in December that Bush had been undergoing physical therapy in preparation for discharge.
After release from the intensive care unit, McGrath said Bush's "exchanges with doctors and nurses now include singing." He received visits from family members including his wife over the Christmas holiday, and was serenaded by the gospel-turned-country quartet of the 1970s and '80s the Oak Ridge Boys.
Oak member Joe Bonsall said of their telephone performance for the former president, "We asked what song he would like to hear and he said 'Elvira,' so we blasted some 'oom pop a mau mau's' in the direction of Houston, Texas."
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The proceeding involving the two 12-year-old boys was closed to the public.
Two 12-year-old boys charged with causing the first two out of three major fires in Lewiston were brought before a judge today.
The proceeding was closed to the publc because a formal petition to detain the boys has not yet been officially filed. That process is underway, officials tell MPBN.
A formal arriagnment for the boys is scheduled for May 13.
The boys are accused of setting two separate fires - one a week ago and another on Sunday - which destroyed a total of seven buildings and left dozens homeless.
A third fire early this morning on Bartlett Street destroyed two more buildings, and is currently under investigation.
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Architecture has immense power. It creates experience, whether gazing upon a built work, or looking out through framed viewports to the world beyond. Helene Binet captures the essence of these experiences beautifully. I find her work to be breathtaking, allowing us to feel the impact of intangible elements such as light, shadow and movement of form. These visceral moments are often impossible to comprehend without having the fortunate opportunity to experience them first hand. They are often found in the smallest detail, or from a vantage point only the camera can document, yet are critical to understanding of the architects vision and intent. The dramatic effect of her craft uniquely conveys the countless hours the designers have spent to envision and create these experiences. The images provide me with inspiration, appreciation and beauty.
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We've got a 5K this coming Saturaday (Feb 11th) and my 10 year old son is taking part in it with me! I believe I'm more looking forward to it because he's going to be with me than the 5K itself. I told him he didn't have to hang back with me a... Read more
Saturday, January 14, 2012
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As part of this week's challenge - Blogging 7 days straight. So today addresses my first high stress reaction. In my previous blog I mentioned we're getting ready to to deal with major health issues with my husband. Well, we met with the onco... Read more
Sunday, January 01, 2012
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WOW, it's been a year since I last posted a blog. I've visited and left messages here and there on other Sparksters' pages, but no blogs. Well, I know from experience, blogging does help me stay not only accountable but also sane at times.
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Sunday, January 02, 2011
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Just posted to another Sparkster's blog, and I thought, hey lady you need to make sure you take your own advice. It is so easy to get overwhelmed when we have so many things to work on to make for a healthier lifestyle. So, stressing out over ... Read more
Saturday, January 01, 2011
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Last year at this time, I was miserable both emotionally and physically. Had just lost my job due to plant closing (first time unemployed in more than 30 years) and my health and self-esteem was not the best in the world. Fast forward to today... Read more
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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I've been reading a number of blogs this morning and I'm amazed at what the accomplishments of my fellow Sparksters (and myself in some instances) have enabled us to do. While any amount of weight is a challenge to lose, when you have the large... Read more
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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The following is a link to an article today concerning how weight appears to affect women's memory. Interesting reading!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100714/hl_hsn/excessweightinolderwomenlinkedtodiminishedmemory... Read more
Friday, July 09, 2010
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I don't know about you, but for most of my life I was happy not to be noticed. I guess it came from the taunting because of my size from grade school on ..... Other than recognition for my achievement in my studies, I was happy being in the ba... Read more
Thursday, July 08, 2010
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Had my annual physical today and the doctor was almost as elated as I am with the changes. She wanted to know what I'd been doing and I touted the great resources and tools (and friends) of Sparkpeople!
Since my last visit I had lost 51 ... Read more
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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to run further than 10 or 12 feet without having to stop. I started and completed the C25K program before the bad heat and humidity hit....and stayed. So my running continuously has been for shorter periods of time lately. Given that, I've be... Read more
Friday, June 25, 2010
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When I read the "Reflections" email this morning it really hit home. When we set up our goals here on SP, did we really think about what it would take to achieve them? Sure we knew we wanted to lose "X" number of pounds, but what was it going ... Read more
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Celebrated 50th today. Husband was great. He knew I didn't want a cake, so he got a small veggie tray with my favorites - pea pods, cherry tomatoes and baby carrots and a fruit tray. For gifts he got me a workout shirt, the Valerie Bertinelli... Read more
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Today was our day for the Go10Walk (fundraiser for missions). There were three legs each 10 miles long with 4-5 participants walking each leg. My husband and I along with two other of our church walked the first leg. We got up bright and earl... Read more
Monday, June 14, 2010
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As of this past Saturday, officially, 50 lbs are gone. So I had hubby take a pic so I could compare to my before pic. So.........
This is me at my starting weight of ... Read more
Friday, June 11, 2010
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Included in the governor's curtailment order is a plan to cut nearly $2 million from the Department of Corrections. Never a popular place to spend money even during flush times, the prison system has struggled in recent years to attract corrections officers. As Susan Sharon reports, managing the corrections cuts will not require any layoffs but it will mean leaving some jobs unfilled.
Associate Corrections Commissioner Jody Breton says the curtailment won't require layoffs, in part because her department has saved a significant amount of money this year in salaries.
The salary savings came primarily from vacant positions at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Breton puts the number at about two dozen corrections officers. About half those will be filled this month. But with the curtailment, some positions in the prison system will likely be phased out or remain vacant.
"With us, we looked at it very much from the data: What have we already accrued for savings? What can we realistically expect to fill?" Breton says. "We always have an attrition factor. It's not pleasant. It's going to mean some positions may stay open longer than people would like, but we really have to manage within our budget."
The starting base salary for a Maine corrections officer is less than $14 an hour, with more money added for direct care services and shift differentials. Breton says it's one of the reasons recruitment is difficult. In the past the shortage of officers has meant that the Department of Corrections has had to pay a lot more in overtime.
Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett says Commissioner Joseph Ponte has done a good job of reversing that trend.
"We went to a 12-hours on, 12-hours off corrections officer assignment in many of the prisons where it could be accomplished, and we saved, therefore, a lot of unbudgeted overtime," Millett says. "And under Commissioner Ponte's leadership, he's been really aggressive in doing that. So where he achieved $2 million in savings, I'm confident he believes he can achieve it."
Members of the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee say they want to know what the curtailment means for staffing.
"There's going to be impacts. I want to know where those impacts are going to be," says Democratic State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, of Brunswick. Gerzofsky chairs the committee which will oversee the proposed curtailment for the Department of Corrections.
Gerzovsky says it will be an uphill battle to challenge the cuts, given some of the even larger hits given to Education and Human Services.
"We're going to be competing with education for money. We're going to be competing with transportation for money," Gerzovsky says. "When you start competing with those sort of things or health and human services, legislators tend to not want to put it into criminals as much as they want to put it into mental health care."
If there's one bright spot in the prison system, it's juvenile corrections, where Associate Commissioner Jody Breton says a declining population of youthful offenders has allowed the closure of pods at the Long Creek and Mountain View juvenile facilities. That means fewer personnel are needed, and it helps cushion the curtailment blow.
Breton says additional savings will be achieved through a reduction in overtime in probation services. A call to the Maine State Employees Association, which represents some Department of Corrections staff, was not returned by airtime.


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Why do you think we fought WITH Afghanistan to keep the Russians from getting it back in the late 1980s?
Bottom line is there are just so many things that common people don't even know about. For instance, WTC 7 housed the same information that was stored in the exact part of the Pentagon that was hit. Coincidence? Maybe. But then realize that it was financial data that was being stored, and on 9/10 (day before attacks) Rumsfeld has a press conference and told the media that TRILLIONS of dollars from the pentagon were unaccounted for, that data was stored in building 7. If nothing else, it's just interesting, and things that not everyone is aware of..
there are just so many things that common people don't even know about
You're leaving out the part about the Area 51 extraterrestrial remains were stored in WTC 7....
And again, a person in politics or hollywood can't even fart without half the world knowing about it, but you tards seem to think more than a couple of people can get together and create this massive cover up.
It would involve real estate people, two or three gov. agencies, airline pilots, airline ground personel, media, etc, etc.
Your link has Rumsfeld saying something about two point three trillion dollars in transactions then cuts to someone else claiming something about information stored blah, blah, blah.
I say that the location hit on the Pentagon and Building 7 housed the same financial data, building 7 was the back up site. This is a fact
Who lost all of this money? Why aren't they bitching about it? Where did this money go?
I'm not hear to tell you
You "saying" it does not make it a fact.
Choke on your turkey, Paranoid Polly..
Incredible, truly incredible
"hear" and "here"?
quote:$2.3Tn and all evidence is contained in one of 2 locations? No record of defense contractors, contracts, or costs existed outside of those two buildings? Really?
2.3 trillion dollars in transactions was unaccounted for, and the information for that data was stored in the 2 sites that were destroyed on 911
Prove me wrong. Your video of Rumsfeld in no way has him connecting the Pentagon and WTC 7 as storing any shared data. There are actors making that claim. ACTORS!!!
You're just making shite up.
Pal, I showed you a clip of Rumsfeld saying it out of his own mouth that 2.3 trillion was missing.
Jesse Ventura isn't an actor
He stated a fact
our government announces that 25% of our GDP is missing
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26 U.S. Code § 179A - Deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and certain refueling property
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(a) Allowance of deduction
(1) In general
There shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the cost of—
The deduction under the preceding sentence with respect to any property shall be allowed for the taxable year in which such property is placed in service.
(b) Limitations
(1) Qualified clean-fuel vehicle property
(A) In general
The cost which may be taken into account under subsection (a)(1)(A) with respect to any motor vehicle shall not exceed—
(ii)in the case of any truck or van with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds but not greater than 26,000 pounds, $5,000, or
(2) Qualified clean-fuel vehicle refueling property
(A) In general
The aggregate cost which may be taken into account under subsection (a)(1)(B) with respect to qualified clean-fuel vehicle refueling property placed in service during the taxable year at a location shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—
(B) Related person
(c) Qualified clean-fuel vehicle property defined
For purposes of this section—
(1) In general
The term "qualified clean-fuel vehicle property" means property which is acquired for use by the taxpayer and not for resale, the original use of which commences with the taxpayer, with respect to which the environmental standards of paragraph (2) are met, and which is described in either of the following subparagraphs:
(A) Retrofit parts and components
Any property installed on a motor vehicle which is propelled by a fuel which is not a clean-burning fuel for purposes of permitting such vehicle to be propelled by a clean-burning fuel—
(B) Original equipment manufacturer's vehicles
A motor vehicle produced by an original equipment manufacturer and designed so that the vehicle may be propelled by a clean-burning fuel, but only to the extent of the portion of the basis of such vehicle which is attributable to an engine which may use such fuel, to the storage or delivery to the engine of such fuel, or to the exhaust of gases from combustion of such fuel.
(2) Environmental standards
Property shall not be treated as qualified clean-fuel vehicle property unless—
(A)the motor vehicle of which it is a part meets any applicable Federal or State emissions standards with respect to each fuel by which such vehicle is designed to be propelled, or
(d) Qualified clean-fuel vehicle refueling property defined
For purposes of this section, the term "qualified clean-fuel vehicle refueling property" means any property (not including a building and its structural components) if—
(3)such property is—
(A)for the storage or dispensing of a clean-burning fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle propelled by such fuel, but only if the storage or dispensing of the fuel is at the point where such fuel is delivered into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle, or
(e) Other definitions and special rules
For purposes of this section—
(1) Clean-burning fuel
The term "clean-burning fuel" means—
(2) Motor vehicle
The term "motor vehicle" means any vehicle which is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails) and which has at least 4 wheels.
(3) Cost of retrofit parts includes cost of installation
The cost of any qualified clean-fuel vehicle property referred to in subsection (c)(1)(A) shall include the cost of the original installation of such property.
(4) Recapture
The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any deduction allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property which ceases to be property eligible for such deduction.
(5) Property used outside United States, etc., not qualified
(6) Basis reduction
(A) In general
For purposes of this title, the basis of any property shall be reduced by the portion of the cost of such property taken into account under subsection (a).
(f) Termination
This section shall not apply to any property placed in service after December 31, 2005.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Added Pub. L. 102–486, title XIX, § 1913(a)(1),Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3016; amended Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1704(j)(2),Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1881; Pub. L. 107–147, title VI, § 606(a),Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 60; Pub. L. 108–311, title III, § 319(a),Oct. 4, 2004, 118 Stat. 1182; Pub. L. 109–58, title XIII, § 1348,Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1056.)
References in Text
Section 30, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), was amended generally by Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title I, § 1142(a),Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 328, and as so amended no longer defines "qualified electric vehicle".
2005—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 109–58substituted "December 31, 2005" for "December 31, 2006".
2004—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 108–311reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In the case of any qualified clean-fuel vehicle property placed in service after December 31, 2003, the limit otherwise applicable under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by—
"(i) 25 percent in the case of property placed in service in calendar year 2004,
"(ii) 50 percent in the case of property placed in service in calendar year 2005, and
"(iii) 75 percent in the case of property placed in service in calendar year 2006."
2002—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 107–147, § 606(a)(1)(A), substituted "December 31, 2003," for "December 31, 2001," in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(i). Pub. L. 107–147, § 606(a)(1)(B), substituted "2004" for "2002"
Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 107–147, § 606(a)(1)(B), substituted "2005" for "2003".
Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 107–147, § 606(a)(1)(B), substituted "2006" for "2004".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107–147, § 606(a)(2), substituted "December 31, 2006" for "December 31, 2004".
1996—Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 104–188redesignated subsec. (g) as (f).
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–311, title III, § 319(b),Oct. 4, 2004, 118 Stat. 1182, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2003."
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Pub. L. 107–147, title VI, § 606(b),Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 60, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2001."
Effective Date
Section applicable to property placed in service after June 30, 1993, see section 1913(c) ofPub. L. 102–486, set out as a note under section 30 of this title.
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Types of Gifts
Regardless of how donors have chosen to participate, their gifts to Volunteer State Community College make an investment in human potential and enhance opportunities for all of us as well as future generations through their support of learning.
Volunteer State College Foundation provides the following giving vehicles which allow donors the flexibility they seek in making philanthropic decisions. If you are interested in making a difference through any of the following ways, please contact our Vice President for Resource Development and Executive Director of the Foundation, Karen Mitchell, at (615)230-3505 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Outright Gifts
Outright gifts remain a valuable and viable source of donations for Volunteer State Community College and its programs. Regardless of size, an outright gift is an effective way of assisting VSCC to fund areas the donor considers important. The most common donations to the college come from outright gifts, such as cash, which are received and utilized right away.
- Cash
A gift of cash is the simplest form of giving, whether a donor wishes to support general scholarships, create a scholarship or endowment, benefit an academic program or designate monies to a capital campaign.
Cash gifts provide the most immediate benefits for the donor and the college. Individuals who itemize income tax returns can deduct donations of cash to VSCC.
- Securities
An alternative to cash is a gift of appreciated securities, which can offer income tax deduction benefits as well as savings on capital gains.
- Personal Property
Book, art, manuscript, and other special collections offer donors an opportunity to share coveted treasures as well as benefit from an income tax deduction and reduction of estate taxes.
As with all gifts, the Foundation Office can discuss ways to maximize the benefits of personal property gifts for both the donor and the college.
- Real Estate
Volunteer State Community College friends and alumni wish to tap into the value of their residences, vacation homes, farms, and other properties through donations of real estate.
An appreciated gift of property results in the benefits of an income tax charitable deduction as well as other economic advantages for the donor. Other special considerations can be discussed in consultation with a financial advisor.
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Through corporate matching, charitable contributions can be doubled or even tripled. The process is as simple as completing a standard matching gift form provided by your employer and mailing it with your gift to the Foundation. The proceeds from the match will be placed toward the same program as the original gift.
You may contact your Human Resources Department directly to learn whether your employer has a matching gifts program.
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Through planned gifts a donor arranges a gift to the college for realized benefit in the future.
A contributor to VSCC may find that planned giving offers attractive benefits. It can increase current income for the donor or others, reduce the donor's income tax and avoid capital gains tax and pass assets to family at a reduced tax cost, while offering a significant donation to the college.
- Gifts by Will (Bequests)
Gifts associated with a will and the final distribution of an estate offer donors and the college a great deal of potential. A bequest, or gift by will, is an attractive option when a donor is currently unable to make an outright gift, but wishes to make a contribution to VSCC in a meaningful way.
A specific bequest will involve donating a set amount or percentage of assets from an estate to the college. Residual bequests are left to the Foundation after all debts, expenses, and taxes have been paid from an estate.
- Living Trusts
A trust is a legal agreement that specifies how the assets placed under the trust will be managed. A living trust can be established to take effect during a donor's lifetime.
Benefits include possible savings in estate taxes if a charity is the beneficiary of the trust remainder. Also, the terms of the trust can be changed at any time.
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A qualified retirement plan remains one of the most ideal ways to accumulate wealth and a secure future. Yet, this may be an ineffective way of transferring wealth or preserving assets after a lifetime. A large portion of assets from a qualified retirement plan, such as profit sharing, a 401(k), a 403(b) or an IRA, can be exposed to taxation of up to 75 percent.
Income and estate taxes can be reduced through a charitable gift of retirement plan assets. A donor can choose the most ideal type of planned giving arrangement for transferring the balance on an account to Volunteer State Community College.
Some of the possibilities include naming Volunteer State College Foundation as the beneficiary of retirement assets through the plan administrator. A benefactor also can transfer retirement assets at death to a tax-exempt deferred giving plan, such as a charitable remainder unitrust or a charitable remainder annuity trust.
- Insurance
The procedure for donating a life insurance policy is simple and is a popular way to give with little expenditure. Whole life insurance can be offered by naming Volunteer State Community College as the irrevocable owner and beneficiary.
The policy can either be paid up or, if not, should follow these criteria as of the date of the gift:
- Minimum face value of $100,000 Payment schedule not to exceed ten years Assumes an interest rate not to exceed 2 percent below the prime interest rate as of the effective date of the policy.
- Charitable contributions from the donor to the Foundation in the amount of any premiums may be required with gifts of life insurance policies.
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
Donors often choose the charitable remainder trust as a way to achieve a variety of financial goals while making a significant gift to Volunteer State Community College. (A trust is a legal agreement that specifies how the assets placed under the trust will be managed.)
Through a charitable remainder trust, a donor can contribute assets to the trust and receive a life income. The remaining principal will go to the charity, specifically Volunteer State College Foundation.
There are two types of charitable remainder trusts - the unitrust and the annuity trust. Under a unitrust, annual income to the donor is paid as a fixed percentage of the fair market value of the assets. Under the annuity trust, the donor receives annual income as a fixed payment equaling at least 5 percent of the value of the asset at the time the deferred-giving agreement is signed.
The advantages of establishing a charitable remainder trust include an income stream for life, avoidance of taxes on capital gains for appreciated securities or real estate, and reduction of estate taxes, a charitable contribution income tax deduction based on life expectancy.
- Charitable Lead Trusts
The exact reverse of a charitable remainder trust, this type of deferred gift offers a charity, specifically Volunteer State College Foundation, an income for a period of time after which individual beneficiaries receive the remainder of the trust.
Creating a charitable lead trust will allow a donor to share surplus income with the college, then pass the principal to family at greatly reduced gift and estate taxes. The donor may also opt to retain the asset after the term of the income stream is completed.
- Gift Annuities
A popular way of establishing an immediate or deferred gift annuity is to make a gift of cash or appreciated securities to Volunteer State College Foundation (VSCF) with a minimum of $10,000. The donor is paid by the UHF a guaranteed fixed percentage of the value of the gift quarterly for the lives of two annuitants, who must be at least 50 years of age.
All immediate and deferred gift annuity contracts benefiting Volunteer State Community College will be initiated between VSCF and each individual annuitant. Per each gift annuity agreement, VSCF is responsible for the management of all assets contributed. Your return is backed by the full faith and credit of VSCF and is guaranteed for life. Recommended annuity rates are based on the age of the annuitant. PGCalc provides a table of American Council on Gift Annuities' suggested maximum payout rates for gift annuities.
A charitable gift annuity offers several advantages, including guaranteed fixed payments for life and a charitable tax deduction for the gift. Also, if funded with appreciated securities, capital gains taxes are reportable over the donor's lifetime. Gifts made are permanently removed from the donor's estate for estate tax calculation purposes.
- Retained Life Estates
- A home can be another way to give to Volunteer State Community College and benefit from the tax deduction for the property's discounted value. With a retained life estate, a donor can give a residence to the college and continue to reside in or rent the property. Also, money spent on property maintenance can be a charitable contribution to the institution.


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Hi Sitepointer,
I have written a website template system for multilingual websites. It's fairly simple.
There are 3 database tables, placeholder, placeholder_language and language (see structure below).
In my template I replace a word in squared brackets [example] with what ever that word is in the users selected language.
using str_replace I replace the bracketed word [example] for 'example' if the user is viewing the site in English and 'ejemplo' if the user is viewing the site in Spanish.
The placeholders are parsed is done on every page load. My worry is that this will cause excessive load with multiple users.
Since these variables don't change is there a way of holding them in RAM or making them available as variables to the application as a whole?
Many thanks. Muchas Gracias.
Tables follow.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS placeholder ( placeholder_id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, placeholder_name varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (placeholder_id)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=0;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS placeholder_language ( placeholder_language_id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, placeholder_id int(11) NOT NULL, language_id int(11) NOT NULL, placeholder_language_name varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (placeholder_language_id)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=0 ;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS language ( language_id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, language_name varchar(255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY (language_id)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=0 ;
have you thought about storing them in $_SESSION ?
Storing them as _SESSION variables will affect each user between page loads, not across multiple users accessing the system at the same time.
As long as your tables are properly indexed and you're not hitting the DB for each individual replacement term, you are not going to incur massive overhead by going to the DB multiple times. If you are concerned, you might look into using APC for caching, or even using a translation file for storing each language instead of a database.
Yup, +1. If you want them in memory, a properly indexed table / query is really the only way to go.
MySQL and most other DB engines have memcaches for the results of the most frequently ran queries, so without even touching the PHP code you can increase caching of the results by increasing the db engines' cache size. Within PHP itself there is APC and memcache. A final trick is to mount a RAM disk on your server and have PHP write to a file on that ram disk.
This is the function I use to replace the placeholders.
function replace_placeholders($output){
//replace placeholders
if (!empty($_GET['language_id'])) {
$_SESSION['language_id'] = $_GET['language_id'];
if (isset($_SESSION['language_id'])) {
$language_id = $_SESSION['language_id'];
else {
$language_id = '1';
$query = "SELECT placeholder_name, placeholder_language_name FROM placeholder, placeholder_language
WHERE placeholder.placeholder_id = placeholder_language.placeholder_id
AND language_id = '$language_id'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$pln_array = array();
$pn_array = array();
while ($array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$placeholder_name = $array['placeholder_name'];
$placeholder_language_name = ucfirst($array['placeholder_language_name']);
$output = str_replace($pn_array,$pln_array,$output);
return $output;
I would go this route as well. You can also manually store via APC and memcached as well. APC does a pretty good job of automatic caching with minimal configuration.
The problem with application scoping and PHP is that one cannot tell is a given session is the first or last, in order to facilitate proper cleanup. While you can write a counter to file, you probably shouldn't. Also, keep in mind the following things:
1) Memory is not share between machines, therefore, a later move to a cluster could potentially cause problems.2) Users of different sessions may have selected different languages/locales, and sharing this across all sessions would pose problems.
I post this information as further support for the db solution.
What I would do, however, is group certain phrases into phrasegroups in order to facilitate seletion of only the conversions you'll need. E.G. put all common phrases in a group, all phrases used on the login screen in a group.


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Tokelau, Nukunonu Lagoon; Source: CIA.
Tokelau is group of three low-lying coral atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu) enclosing large lagoons in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. The lagoons are surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level.
A self-administering territory of New Zealand, Tokelau is home to nearly 1,400 people.
Its major environmental issues include limited natural resources and overcrowding which are contributing to emigration to New Zealand.
Tokelau lies in Pacific typhoon belt.
Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889.
They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand. A UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status. Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island (Olohega) in its 2006 draft independence constitution.
Location: Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Geographic Coordinates: 9 00 S, 172 00 W
Area: 12 sq km
Coastline: 101 km
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Natural Hazards: lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Terrain: low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons. The highest point is an unnamed location 5 m.
Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
At roughly 8 km (5 mi) wide, Atafu Atoll is the smallest of three atolls comprising Tokelau. The primary settlement on Atafu is a village located at the northwestern corner of the atoll - indicated by an area of light gray dots in the left part of the photograph above. The typical ring shape of the atoll is the result of coral reefs building up around a former volcanic island. Over geologic time, the central volcano subsided beneath the water surface, leaving the fringing reefs and a central lagoon that contains submerged coral reefs.
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Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level.
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Asthma in Pregnancy
Asthma in Pregnancy Overview
Pregnancy is an exciting time in a woman's life. Changes in your body may be matched by changes in your emotions. You don't know what to expect from day to day. You may feel tired, uncomfortable, or cranky one day and energetic, healthy, and happy the next. The last thing you need is an asthma attack.
Asthma is one of the most common medical conditions in the U.S. and other developed countries. If you have asthma, you know what it means to have an exacerbation (attack). You may wheeze, cough, or have difficulty breathing. Remember that the fetus (developing baby) in your uterus (womb) depends on the air you breathe for its oxygen. When you have an asthma attack, the fetus may not get enough oxygen. This can put the fetus in great danger.
If you took medication for your asthma before you became pregnant, especially if your asthma was well controlled, you may be tempted to stop taking your medication out of fear that it might harm the fetus. That would be a mistake without the advice of your health-care provider. The risk to the fetus from most asthma medications is tiny compared to the risk from a severe asthma attack. Moreover, women with asthma that is uncontrolled are more likely to have complications during pregnancy. Their babies are more likely to be born preterm (premature), to be small or underweight at birth, and to require longer hospitalization after birth. Also, uncontrolled asthma can place your health at risk since you are more likely to experience preeclampsia or hypertension. Both of these conditions can place your baby at risk, as well. The more severe the asthma, the greater the risk to the fetus. In rare cases, the fetus can even die from oxygen deprivation.
How pregnancy may affect your asthma is unpredictable. About one-third of women with asthma experience improvement while they are pregnant, about one-third get worse, and the other third stay about the same. The milder your asthma was before pregnancy, and the better it is controlled during pregnancy, the better your chances of having few or no asthma symptoms during pregnancy.
If asthma control deteriorates during pregnancy, the symptoms tend to be at their worst during weeks 24-36 (months six through eight). Most women experience the same level of asthmatic symptoms in all their pregnancies. Although it is rare to have an asthma attack during delivery, some of the medications used during or immediately after delivery can worsen asthma. Now, as throughout your pregnancy, it is important to let health-care professionals know that you have asthma. In most cases, symptoms return to "normal" within three months after delivery.
The important thing to remember is that your asthma can be controlled during pregnancy. If your asthma is controlled, you have just as much chance of a healthy, normal pregnancy and delivery as a woman who does not have asthma.
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Gathered outside Royal Oak's Beaumont Hospital, dozens of K9s and their handlers offered prayer and support for Waterford Township police officer Annette Miller.
Miller, 46, was critically injured May 23 when she attempted to stop a speeding motorcyclist. Her K9 partner, Tondo, also was injured in the crash.
Miller's condition was upgraded Wednesday from serious to fair. She is still recovering at Beaumont Hospital.
Eastpointe police officer Randy Diegel was there to capture the vigil on camera.
"Just something I'll save. A cool memory," he said. "Just astounded. I shook my head and just thought the support is awesome because there's a lot of guys there that don't even know her, but they have that in common, you work a dog on the street."
Diegel and his partner, 8-year-old German Shepherd, Tico, know what it's like. A year ago, there was a vigil for him.
"One of them went down, but look at the show of support that they got," he said. "And it's not just the police community it's the canine community and there's a special bond."
Eastpointe K9 officer was struck by car
Diegel was working a traffic stop when he was hit by another car. The husband and father flirted with death as he spent days at a hospital. Tico also was injured, but he was in much better shape than his human partner.
As Diegel recovered, he was told his canine brothers and sisters, with their K9s, showed up outside the hospital for a vigil, just like the one Diegel was part of for Miller.
"You can talk about it and try to put it into words, but you really can't explain it. It's something you feel," he said.
Considered a walking miracle, Diegel has not only survived but thrived since the incident. A year after his near-deadly crash, he and Tico are back on the job stopping criminals, finding drugs and guns.
Diegel credits much of his recovery to his family and his extended family including canine officers and their partners with paws.
Officer believes K9s understand emotions
Diegel said Tico could sense the gravity of what was happening outside Miller's hospital window.
"I'm no dog whisperer or a dog psychologist but they call (the leash) or lead an extension of you. It goes from my hand down to (Tico) and it runs ... my emotions go down," Diegel said.
He said Tico's whimpering is the dog's way of acknowledging support for others in this tight-knit community.
"I looked around and thought we're all here for a reason and I really think the emotions run down the lead into the dog, and they're all there," he said.
They were joined by more than 100 officers and their dogs from across Metro Detroit, the country and even Canada.
"It's more than just a dog. There is a bond and a friendship not only between a handler and a dog, but between your fellow handlers, and it lasts a lifetime," Diegel said.
Diegel said the vigil was an outward expression of an internal feeling shared by the men, women and dogs within the exclusive community.
"For the people that maybe don't have a good attitude toward police or canines, I hope they see that too and they can say, 'Oh boy, man, look at that. One of them goes down, look how many come to help. That's what it's all about."
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Dictionary completions
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created July 19, 2001 · complexity basic · author Brian Medley · version 5.7
This tip will explain how to use the dictionary completion facilities provided by Vim. This can be useful if you use Vim to type your email, edit code, etc.
Dictionary completion is one of many search facilities provided by Insert mode completion. It allows the user to get a list of keywords, based off of the current word at the cursor. This is useful if you are typing a long word (e.g. acknowledgeable) and don't want to finish typing or don't remember the spelling.
To start, we must first tell Vim where our dictionary is located. This is done via the 'dictionary' option. Below is an example. Your location may vary. See :help 'dictionary' for hints as to where you should look.
:set dictionary-=/usr/share/dict/words dictionary+=/usr/share/dict/words
Now, to use this list we have to enter insert mode completion. This is done by hitting CTRL-X while in insert mode. Next, you have to specify what you want to complete. For dictionaries use CTRL-K. Once in this mode the keys CTRL-N and CTRL-P will cycle through the matches. So, to complete the word "acknowledgeable" I would do the following in insert mode:
It can be cumbersome to type CTRL-X CTRL-K for many different completions. So, Vim gives us a shortcut. While in insert mode CTRL-N and CTRL-P will cycle through a predetermined set of completion sources. By default, dictionary completion is not a part of this set. This set is defined by the 'complete' option. Therefore, we must add dictionary to this as shown below:
:set complete-=k complete+=k
Now, while in insert mode we can type the following to complete our example:
This shortcut may not save a whole lot of typing. However, I find that it requires less hand movement to only worry myself with two key combinations, rather than 4.
I find that the completion facilities provided by Vim save me a *HUGE* amount of typing. These savings can be realized in only a short amount of time if you are editing some code with functions and variables that have long names with underscores in them.
How I can get to do the same for Java/Perl/php/etc Key-words ? Lovely tip though .. :)
The syntax files often have lists of keywords. Cut 'em out, put 'em in a separate file (sorted, one per line), add the file to the front of your 'dictionary' setting. (If you add it to the back of your 'dictionary' setting, you'll have to go though all the other completions from the previous files before you get to your language keywords. Or use "setlocal dict=<whatever>" to set a value local to the current buffer. Put this in your .vimrc to set dict appropriately whenever you load *.c, *.java, etc.)
Also search the scripts section for 'complete' and 'completion'.
when programming I use tags on filed:\vim\TagFolder\tags, AND I set on my gvimrc file
set dict+=d:\vim\TagFolder\tags
Very useful for completing purpose...
Since windows doesn't come with word lists like linux, I found word lists from the scowl archives http://wordlist.sourceforge.net.
Tag files can be also searched for completion by adding "]" to the end of your "complete" setting. (e.g. "set complete=.,w,b,u,t,i,]")
> Tag files can be also searched for completion by adding "]" to the > end of your "complete" setting. (e.g. "set complete=.,w,b,u,t,i,]")
From :help 'complete'
] tag completion t same as "]"
(The default already includes 't')
Great tip so far, but how can I get the dictionary to understand compound words? e.g. 'Doctors of philosophy'? How does one complete those in without completion cutted off after 'doctors'?


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Black Receiver
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|Black Receiver
|English games
|"Black Needle" (黒針, Kokushin)
|Alternative names
|"Black Receiver" (黒い受信機, Kuroi Jushinki), "Black Rod" (黒い棒, Kuroibō), "Stake" (杭, Kui)
|Volume #36, Chapter #327
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #80
|Naruto 6: Road to Ninja
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This unnamed technique, used by Rinnegan wielders, creates multi-purpose black rods capable of transmitting and receiving chakra.
The chakra receivers can be generated from the user's own body,[1] their Six Paths of Pain,[2] as well as other objects such as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path[3] or Hashirama Senju's living clone.[4] Each user of this technique has the ability to manipulate the shape and size of the created receivers to fit their needs.[5] Every variation of the chakra receiver allows the user to transmit their chakra and by extension techniques across vast distances. According to Shizune, these receivers act as high-frequency chakra demodulators, which become appreciably warm to the touch whilst currently receiving chakra.[6] To make best use of the receivers, the user must transmit their chakra from the closest and highest point possible.[7] The user can also continuously change the frequency of the transmitted chakra signals to prevent being detected.[8] The rods possess incredible durability, damaging every scalpel Shizune used to extract just a small sample of them during her autopsy of the first Animal Path,[9] and even displaying some resistance when struck by Naruto Uzumaki's Rasengan.[10] When employed offensively, they have shown to be capable of easily piercing through their targets.[11][12] These rods are dangerous to even touch as they will disrupt the Chakra Pathway System of anyone who touches them, preventing them from using complex techniques. However, if someone gains the power of the Six Paths, they can gain immunity to these rods. The rods, as they are connected to their creator's chakra, will deteriorate and eventually disappear if their creator's chakra wanes.
Nagato made use of chakra receivers to manipulate his Six Paths of Pain by embedding several into each of the bodies and transmitting his chakra to them via the rods which had been embedded into his own body by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path when he summoned it during his battle with Hanzō of the Salamander.[3] Nagato also used the rods as weapons which, when used to pierce the enemy, disrupted their chakra flow by injecting them with his own chakra.[13] Through this means he also had the ability to take control of a living person while within a certain range of them.[14] The black rods were originally used by Madara Uchiha, who imbued his will into several, one of which he left protruding from the navel of Hashirama's living clone.[4] During the process of saving Obito Uchiha's life, Madara inserted some of these rods into his artificial body,[15] which he later used in an attempt to control Obito through the use of his chakra, resulting in the right half of Obito's body being covered in black matter.[16][17] Obito himself also demonstrated a unique use of these chakra receivers in the form of giant stakes.[12]
Chakra Receiver Rods
Nagato, upon summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path during his confrontation with Hanzō, was pierced by several of these rods, all of which originated from the Demonic Statue's navel.[3] The receivers implanted into Nagato's back allowed him to transfer his chakra to the statue and in doing so, manipulate it.[3] Nagato later incorporated the receivers into his Six Paths of Pain technique by implanting them into a number of corpses at various points along their body, much like piercings. Doing so allowed him to transmit his chakra into the bodies and control them remotely as if they were his own, while bestowing each with certain abilities that Nagato wielded thanks to his Rinnegan. The many animals summoned through the Animal Path technique also had a number of these body piercings, suggesting that Nagato controlled them in a similar manner.[18]
During the course of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Obito utilised these same rods to control his own Six Paths of Pain, comprised entirely from reincarnated jinchūriki, using only one receiver per body.[19] The rods also served to temporarily bind the tailed beasts to their former jinchūriki, while allowing him to control the beasts themselves as well as quickly reseal them within the Demonic Statue through the use of chakra chains.[20]
Chakra Disruption Blade
These chakra disruption blades are the bladed versions of the chakra receivers. Nagato was able to extend the blades from any of his Six Paths' arms as well as detach them when the use of several was required,[21] or to throw them as projectiles.[22] These blades disrupt the chakra of anyone they pierce, disorienting their movements and causing a vision of the Rinnegan to appear in their mind.[23][24] These blades are very sharp, as they were able to pierce the skin of Sage Mode users whose bodies were noted to be hardened to a greater degree by natural energy.[11]
Though the blades are made from durable material, they can be broken with enough force.[25] However, due to being made of the same material as the chakra receivers, they are durable enough to wear down metal blades such as scalpels without any trouble.[9] When launched from Obito's body by Madara, the blades were strong enough to deflect Susanoo arrows made up of black flames.[26] Like the Truth-Seeking Ball, as long as they're embedded a reincarnated shinobi is unable to regenerate and are rendered immobile until it is removed.
Nagato, due to being immobile, fired his chakra disruption blades from his mechanical seat, which then allowed him to control the victim like one of the Six Paths due to the close proximity between them. Naruto was able to resist Nagato's influence through a combination of Sage Mode and Kurama's chakra.[14]
Chakra Receiver Stakes
These stakes greatly differ in size and design. However, not unlike the other variations, the user is capable of channelling their chakra through them. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Obito employed these against Naruto and Killer B by forcefully ejecting them from another dimension. When applied with enough force, they can pierce the flesh of fully transformed tailed beasts. Also like the simpler chakra receiver, the user can channel their chakra into the stakes to manifest chakra chains, with which they are capable of binding the powers of a tailed beast.[12]
Other Media
In Naruto Shippūden: Shinobi Rumble, Pain has a technique called "Black Needle Stab" (黒針突, Kokushintō), in which he simply dashes at the opponent and stabs them with the blade variant, causing their controls to become temporarily reversed; an enhanced "Full Throttle" version is also available, called "Black Needle Stab: Destructive Flash" (黒針突・滅閃, Kokushintō: Metsusen). As no specific name was given for these weapons in the manga, this may imply that they are officially known as "Black Needles" (黒針, Kokushin).
- The main difference between the simple chakra receivers and their bladed version, is that the receivers begin transmitting chakra to his Six Paths of Pain when they are activated.[27] Nagato also seemingly went to some lengths to retrieve them.[28][29] These on the other hand, are used in battle and only transmits chakra when Nagato wants.[30]
- It has been shown that the receivers inserted in the reincarnated jinchūriki move position when they go through a transformation and get bigger. As seen with Rōshi, when he transformed into Son Gokū's full form, the receiver moved from his chest up to the tailed beast's neck.[31]
- ↑ Naruto chapter 647, pages 8-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 378, page 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Naruto chapter 447, pages 8-10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Naruto chapter 606, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 381, pages 1-2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 420, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 436, pages 3-4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 435, page 11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Naruto chapter 418, page 14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 565, pages 12-13
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Naruto chapter 381, page 1
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Naruto chapter 598, pages 9-10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 420, pages 8-9
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Naruto chapter 444, pages 3-4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 605, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 636, pages 14-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 637, page 1
- ↑ Naruto chapter 375, pages 8-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 565, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 569, pages 2-7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 442, pages 7-8
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 167
- ↑ Naruto chapter 420, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 435, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 433, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 637, page 8
- ↑ Naruto chapter 516, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 427, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 425, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 420, pages 8-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 569, page 7


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