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anyone playing at eu server having connection closed error?
kept getting stuck trying to enter game at charc screen.
anyone playing at eu server having connection closed error?
kept getting stuck trying to enter game at charc screen.
the questing is horribly bland and uninspired, but atleast they haven't released the main story so that might be well made, because the foundation for a good story is definitely there.
yes, the customization is poor, but they're working on it + working on every race having access to every class.
also the visuals are gorgeous and looks a lot better than that other recent game
I'm not sure if you assumed only 3 total, but you acquire 3 every day you log into the beta. These boxes will, however, only be given once the game launches, and apparently you can only open 1 or 3? every 22-24 hours or something close to that.For each day players log in
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Blade and Soul Taiwan - Viney - Wulin Faction
Skyforge - NA - Sir Vinn
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Everquest Next
I'm just logging on and off every day to collect my boom boxes on release.
well, decided to play as an Engineer in OB. Got to level 8 yesterday and some initial views on the bots. First, unlike some of the people on the official forums, I do find them useful right now. Blitz + Arty bot AoE + shotguns and lightning is awesome, and Blitz itself is great for taking the heat off me when fighting mini-bosses. However, I definitely agree that they need an AI upgrade, at least with bruiser bot. It will absolutely not close in to attack any enemies that get out of range of it, so I have to fling it with Blitz when I want it to be useful. They also really, really need to add behavior stances (aggressive, defensive, passive), cause right now there's just attack, stop, and go to, and it becomes a pain when I just want to rush back to the quest hub for turn-ins. Finally, and another definite agree, is a Dismiss option.
tl;dr: If you treat the bots like abilities on legs, they're fine. Otherwise, they're dismal pets right now outside of their abilities.
Bot problems aside, liking the Engy so far.
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Messing around.
And honestly I found the visuals rather ugly, maybe it's I'm just not fond of the art style or something but visually games like GW2 and FF14 still look far superior to me by a massive degree.
I'm glad I gave this game another try. I use to be part of full time testing and didn't feel the game was worth my time back when testing first began. I'm pretty impressed as to how much the game has been polished since then. Also, Engineer (which wasn't a class back in the day), is pretty dang fun!
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Fuquay-Varina High School named Jeb Hall its new head football coach on Friday. Hall had been the co-defensive coordinator last season. He inherits a team that was 7-5 last season.
Hall, who played collegiately at Western Carolina University, has been at Fuquay-Varina for nine seasons. He arrived at Fuquay-Varina from McDowell where he coached with David Riggs, who led Fuquay-Varina from 2004-2007. Hall was at Franklin before he joined Riggs at McDowell.
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The Northern New York Community Foundation will posthumously present its 2013 Spirit of Philanthropy Award to Mary H. Macsherry for her years of charitable work throughout the north country.
The Macsherry family will accept the award during the agencys annual meeting in June at Hospice of Jefferson County at the Ellis Farm, 1398 Gotham St.
If you look at the wide range of things they supported, theres very few community organizations that havent been impacted by their generosity, said Rande S. Richardson, foundation executive director. It went across so many areas of our community.
One way Mrs. Macsherry and her family did that was with funds and partnerships through the foundation since the 1970s.
She died Dec. 10 at the age of 94.
Im sure its bittersweet, but the timing seemed particularly appropriate for the (selection) committee, Mr. Richardson said. Its our hope that as time goes on that others will step up to the plate and do what this family has done for decades.
The Watertown residents legacy lives on through charitable work she accomplished and through gifts made in her honor by her husband, Richard R. After Mrs. Macsherrys death, Mr. Macsherry announced that $1 million will be given to each of the following organizations in remembrance of his wife: Samaritan Medical Center, Hospice of Jefferson County, Trinity Episcopal Church and River Hospital, Alexandria Bay.
In 1997, the couple provided funding to build the Macsherry Library in Alexandria Bay, where they were summer residents, and in 2010 they gave $1 million to establish an 11,000-square-foot addition, the Macsherry Parish Center, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 227 Sherman St.
Mrs. Macsherry also volunteered at many community organizations and churches.
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CHICAGO – Exelon today announced several changes in the leadership of its finance and strategy organizations, including the promotion of Stacie M. Frank to Exelon vice president of investor relations. Christopher D. Gould and Karie L. Anderson also will assume new and broader responsibilities within strategy and finance, respectively. The appointments take effect on April 12.
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Boulder County Subdivision Paving Public Improvement District Issue 5C
Formation, Mill Levy and Debt Authorization
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If you've ever been in a trailer park, you've seen the signs: Privately Managed Road, End of City Maintenance, things like that. Within that little subdivision, the city isn't maintaining the roads because the residents of that subdivision should pay to keep up what are basically their private roads.
ballot issue is asking the same thing about subdivisions in
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repairs, the Boulder County Commissioners have referred this question
about creating a new paving district to voters.
yes vote means a new Public Improvement District (PID) is created,
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repair the roads. A no vote means the same thing. See, the
commissioners also have the power to create a Local Improvement District
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does have precedent — to repair the roads. The commissioners' website
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"permanent solution" over the "temporary fix" of the LID, and it says
there's no avoiding a new district: A LID is coming if voters reject the
So like it or not, these subdivisions are being placed in a district and are being charged to repair their roads. It's just like the trailer parks with their signs — except this is something residents probably didn't know they'd have to do at some point. LID payments aren't tax-deductible, and PID payments typically are. We recommend a yes vote to avoid these voters having to pay twice to two different levels of government.
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Thank you for explaining the ballot issues! Your endorsements and explanations are tremedously helpful.
You are flat wrong about this. If a subdivision has to pay for it's own repaving, shouldn't the roads be private? Why don't folks in Newlands or Martin Acres have to pay for their own road maintainance? Those roads are just as publicly used as unincorporated subdivisions.
Folks in the County pay the same property tax as folks in the City: property taxes are what pays for road maintainance. The County Govenrment has not maintained the roads as well as the City (Look at the figures), now they want us to. If you folks at the Weekly would spend more than 10 minutes looking at this you would understand the issues.
Hey John! Thanks for your comment. I can assure you I spent a lot more than 10 minutes with this endorsement.
The question here is not whether there should be a district, as I said, because a district is coming no matter what. Commissioners have said so here: http://www.bouldercounty.org/roads/plans/pages/subpavingfaqs.aspx
The question is what kind of district it should be, and we believe a PID is better for residents than an LID. Thus the endorsement. Voting no on this question, commissioners have said, will not prevent a district from forming.
This article and endorsement completely misses the point.
The sub division roads are not private roads and are routinely used by the general public. The County has legal responsibility to maintain the roads and already collects tax revenue, including gas tax revenue, to pay for the upkeep of the roads. The County's share of the gas tax is directly proportional to the length of road it maintains and currently includes all the sub division roads.
If the County is unable to pay for the upkeep of the roads then the correct solution is to place a county wide measure on the ballot asking for tax revenue from all County residents.
Intimidating local voters with the threat of a LID (which is a violation of TABOR) destroys trust and is probably criminal intimidation.
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The Helper Arts and Music Festival was well-organized and succeeded in bringing out lots of people. I had more fun there than my last visit to the Sundance Film Festival.
I'm sorry to hear that Mr. Bryan Boucher felt that scheduling heavier music was a mistake; however, his statement that the music appealed only to 10 to 15 percent of the crowd was simply not factual. If he had stayed for a few songs, he may have realized the crowd assembled at the stage was at least large enough in numbers to make up for the people who left as soon as they realized the music would be loud. Everyone who was sitting with me agreed there was an equal proportion, or in terms of numbers, 50 percent.
Mr. Boucher also left too early to hear the announcement from the sound engineer, telling the crowd that The Victim Effect was invited to play because so many people requested them. Rather than complaining about the band that did play (for no cover charge, might I add), a more proactive approach would be to request an alternative band for next year.
I admit that heavier music meets my taste to begin with. This didn't stop me earlier in the day when the bluegrass bands were playing. While I don't particularly care for bluegrass, I still sat back and enjoyed it for the musicians' talent, instead of getting up and leaving. Plenty of older people took my same approach during the Victim Effect's show: they stayed and listened--and probably learned something.
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ALBANY As promised, state Sen. Joseph A. Griffo has introduced legislation intended to eliminate future unfunded mandates to local governments and school districts.
For too long, the state has solved its fiscal problems by passing the buck to county governments, cities, towns, villages and school districts, Mr. Griffo, R-Rome, said in a release. My bill is very plain common sense. When Albany passes a law or a new regulation, it has to provide the revenue to support the provision of whatever service is required. Enacting this law will allow Albany to be a good faith partner with local governments to help them reduce their costs and keep property taxes down.
The Griffo bill, S1294, would amend both General Municipal Law and Education Law to ban any future mandates that do not supply funding to pay for delivering the services.
This bill requires programs that originate from the state to be paid for by the state and not have the burden to find funding fall upon local municipalities, the proposed legislation states. This bill seeks to protect local municipalities and school districts from unfunded mandates and allow local officials to set priorities for their own area.
Mr. Griffo said the bill would also authorize the state Mandate Relief Council to conduct an expedited review of mandates that local governments believe are onerous burdens and eliminate those that add costs to local governments.
While local governments have done an outstanding job of reducing costs to stay within the states 2 percent property tax cap, their hands have been tied by rising costs of state-mandated programs, he said.
Mr. Griffo also is calling for a moratorium on mandates until the legislation can become law.
We all know the burden is too heavy already, he said. It would be wrong to add to the pile of mandates while we are trying to reduce it.
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Carbon Dino boys swimmers took first place in the three-way meet against Grand and Emery Jan. 8 in Price.
The girls team, struggling with illness and missing team mates, took second in a contest that was not decided until the last event.
The final scores for the boys were Carbon 94, Emery 76 and Grand 36. The girls' scores were Carbon 83, Emery 86 and Grand 37.
In the 200 medley relay, Carbon girls finished 2nd. The Carbon boys were 1st. In the 200 free, Lonnie Meneiche finished 1st with a time of 2:10.68. Her closest competitor was a 2:29.90. Team mate Ali Heath (2:41.26) was 3rd and Erica Mantz (2:50.48) 4th.
In the boys 200 free, Brent Keller won 1st with a time of 2:04.64. Team mate Austin Baker took 4th (2:33.81).
In the girls 200 IM Lauren Engar took 2nd (2:50.41). Boys 200 IM Joseph Keller
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In the girls 50 free Brittney Willson (29.67)took 2nd.
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2012. USA. Directed by Sarah J. Christman. This delicate, fascinating rumination on the nature of mortality focuses on the ecological impact of human consumption. Several years after her husband's death from cancer, the filmmaker's mother has a "memorial diamond" created through a process that extracts, purifies, and compresses carbon from human remains. Christman weaves this personal story into an exploration of various physical transformations in places such as Dead Horse Bay, where waste seeps out of the shoreline; Staten Island's Fresh Kills landfill, now an in-process public park; and a Belgian recycling plant where precious metals are salvaged from obsolete electronics. New York premiere. (IS) 50 min.
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You might be giving him more value than he's worth. He's a Seventh Inning guy that would earn 4M next year, Just remember, the other 29 teams had to pass up the chance to obtain him for nothing but the remainder of this year's salary for him to have cleared waivers and be traded.
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...and there's nothing stopping us from having one just as strong next year. The Padres and Rays have built strong bullpens year after year by using good scouting to find live arms and then putting those players in roles that will maximize their talents; not by paying overrated guys big bucks.
A_K wrote:Very concerned it might be Avery or Adams.
A_K wrote:The bullpen is still strong. We dealt from a position of extreme depth. If you don't like Saunders, that's one thing, but not liking what we gave up doesn't make sense. Lindstrom is nothing but a fungible bullpen arm. Our PTBNL is what I'm worried about at this point. Very concerned it might be Avery or Adams.
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I don't think it will even be a top 15 prospect. IMO Adams doesn't make that list.
A_K wrote:Keeping in mind of course that having Lindstrom for one more season at $4 million would be a bad thing, not a good thing.
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osforlife wrote:I'd be alright with it. Keeping a very solid reliever in the pen is a good thing. Would we get a better deal on the F/A market?
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Well, we acquired O'Day on waivers this time a year ago and Ayala for less in free agency a year ago, and both of them are used in higher leverage situations than Lindstrom right now, so yeah I don't think getting a contribution equal to Lindstrom for less than 4 mill should be a problem at all.
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Jun. 21, 2013
Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column analyzes tax-avoidance strategy built into bankruptcy restructuring of Tribune Company during its 2007 takeover by Samuel Zell; notes that company will likely pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes that would never have been owed without scheme; contends that scenario is indictment of corporate tax law that encourages companies to play games to minimize their tax bills. MORE
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Bankruptcy of the Tribune Company has not tarnished Samuel Zell's reputation in real estate; he is bidding for a stake in Archstone, a massive, privately held apartment landlord jointly owned by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy estate, Bank of America and Barclays. MORE
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Reporters From Paper Suing Chief of Tribune
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Tribune has joined forces with Samuel Zell to take the company private and pay shareholders $34 a share.April 3, 2007 businessNews
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Blackstone to Sell California Office Buildings for $3.5 Billion
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Albertsons is looking to sell more than 100 grocery stores to help gain approval for a planned merger with the rival grocer Safeway.
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When NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars Aug. 5, it captured the attention and imagination of the world. But the brainpower behind Curiosity's mission is right here in California. And it includes several CSU alumni and students.
Campus alumni from Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona, Sacramento and San Diego—as well as two students in CSU's STAR teacher education program—played a variety of roles in the mission, which is based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. JPL manages the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Project, which runs the rover.
San Diego State grad Jordan P. Evans is among the nearly 20 CSU alumni who work at JPL. Evans, who has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from SDSU, is the mission's Engineering Development and Operations Manager. He was in master control when Curiosity landed on Mars. Despite the successful landing, Evans says the most challenging part of his job is dealing with technical issues.
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Another alumnus, Martin Greco, wrote the procedure that is used for the last six days of the rover's journey to Mars—the intense period called the entry, descent and landing (EDL). In short, Greco had a lot of responsibility for that successful landing, too.
Greco, who earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Cal Poly Pomona, says his fascination with space started early.
"Since I was little playing with plastic blocks and putting together models, air and space have always been something I wanted to be a part of," Greco said. "I hope that one day we are able to land humans on Mars. This would not only increase our understanding of the planet itself, but more importantly provide a huge leap in our understanding of manned spaceflight."
But it wasn't just CSU alumni working on Curiosity. Future math and science teachers Jenna Murphy and Victoria Campbell contributed to the mission too. The CSU STEM Teachers and Researchers (STAR) program brought the two undergrads to the JPL for a summer internship that had them working full-time on research projects with the MSL.
Campbell, a Sacramento State geology major, took part in a research project to identify Martian rock minerals. Murphy, a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo applied mathematics major, focused on planning the samples' return mission.
In addition to their contributions to the MSL, the two also participated in weekly education workshops focused on exploring the nature of science—and how to transfer that experience to the classroom.
Murphy was at the JPL the night Curiosity landed, surrounded by the NASA team waiting in anticipation.
"When Curiosity landed, I cheered and celebrated with the scientists who worked on the project," Murphy said. "So many people put their hearts and souls into this, and it was amazing to be part of it and to feel connected to it."
Murphy and Campbell's connection to Curiosity is also sure to inspire their future pupils. The mission has already captured the curiosity of millions of young people.
President Obama recently called the team at JPL to congratulate them on the successful landing, and told them: "The byproduct of the kind of work you have done is the kind of thing that inspires kids across the country to get into the sciences."
Check out how CSU alumni have contributed to the mission:
- Charles Baker, CSU Sacramento
MSL Launch, Cruise and EDL Mission Planner
- Ed Bennet, CSU Los Angeles
Configuration Management Engineer
- Ekko Burt, Cal Poly Pomona
Electrical Engineer
- Michael Cayanan, Cal Poly Pomona
Software Engineer
- Dina El Deeb, CSU Northridge, CSU Los Angeles
Tactical Downlink Lead, Systems Engineer, Mission Assurance Support
- Jordan Evans, San Diego State
Engineering Development and Operations Manager-Mars Science Laboratory
- Barrie Gauthier, CSU Long Beach
Electrical Systems Engineer
- Martin Greco, Cal Poly Pomona
EDL Activity Lead
- Jose Guzman, Cal Poly Pomona
Integration and Test Engineer
- Quy Ho, Cal Poly Pomona
Software Engineer
- Ted Iskenderian, Cal Poly Pomona
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Cognizant Engineer of Rover Lift Mechanism
- Bill Kert, CSU Los Angeles
Contract Negotiator
- Alfred Khashaki, Cal Poly Pomona
Design Engineer
- Mark Ryne, San Diego State
Senior Member Technical Staff
- Paul Stella, CSU Northridge
Principal Engineer, Spacecraft Power Systems
- Scot Stride, CSU Fullerton
Member of Technical Staff
- Peter Xaypraseuth, Cal Poly Pomona
Mission Planner, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project


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Lions @ Vikings - Ugh. It's gonna be ugly for Detroit...
Bears @ Falcons - I just wonder if the Bears D will stop Michael Turner. If they do, the game is theirs to lose... but I don't think it'll be the case.
Raiders @ Saints - The Saints are just a MUCH better than Oakland.
Bengals @ Jets - See above. Same case, a playoff team against a bad one.
Dolphins @ Texans - I've got a good feeling about this 'Fins team.
Panthers @ Bucs - In case of doubt, go D. And I'll NEVER pick the Panthers over the Bucs.
Ravens @ Colts - Pay-a-ton is winning some very tough games for the Colts. This one won't be an exception.
Rams @ Redskins - If you thought the Raiders were the worst on the NFL, you have no idea...
Jaguars @ Broncos - I'll also go with the home team. Purely because I'm not confident enough on the Jags offense.
Cowboys @ Cardinals - Dallas D needs to step up one of these days.
Eagles @ 49ers - Philly has lost some very winnable games lately. It cannot keep happening.
Packers @ Seahawks - I have no idea why I'm picking the Seahawks. Probably because I can't stand the Packers.
Patriots @ Chargers - Honestly, these two teams are not what they were last year.
Giants @ Browns - Tough game for Derek Anderson, who's trying to keep his starting spot. NY seems to be getting better with each game, so the Browns won't have an easy time beating them.
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Lions @ Vikings - Got burned picking the Lions last week. Wont make that mistake again.
Bears @ Falcons -Bears have blitzed the QB 96 times this year, the most in the NFL. They have 4 QB sacks on those blitzes, by FAR the lowest % in the league. Conversely, Matt Ryan is the only QB in the league who has not been sacked on a blitz (been blitzed 46 times). I think it will be a close game but in the end, Bears win.
Raiders @ Saints - Saints have not been able to win the close game this year, lucky for them, this game wont be close.
Bengals @ Jets - Cincy is still a mess.
Dolphins@ Texans -Texans have to be completely deflated after two excuciating losses. I will go with momentum in this one.
Panthers @ Bucs - Going with the road upset in this one.
Ravens @ Colts - Maybe the unprobably come from behind win last week changes the whole season for the Colts.
Rams @ Redskins - I think it will be closer than most people think but Zorn knows the Rams personel well and Skins win.
Jaguars @ Broncos - Jags D has been dissapointing but I am picking them to win.
Cowboys @ Cardinals - If Cowboys run the ball, they win.
Eagles @ 49ers - Just because I WANT the Niners to lose.
Packers @ Seahawks - Hasselbeck looks like he wont play. Can we restart this year please!
Patriots @ Chargers - Chargers get a much needed win.
Giants @ Browns - 13 straight ROAD wins for the Giants. In the NFL, that is one of the more amazing streaks in recent memory.
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Mr. Crackerz Bold Predictions: Cool Song lyrics Edition!!!!!
Lions @ Vikings - "You gotta lose your mind in detroit rock city!"
Bears @ Falcons -"Welcome to Atlanta where the playa's play, where we ride on dem things like every day"
Raiders @ Saints - There is a house in New Orleans, they call the rising sun!"
Bengals @ Jets - "Its up to you New York, New York
Dolphins@ Texans - "Every city has it in me xept Houston"
Panthers@ Bucs - "Sweet Caroline[a], good times never seemed so good."
Ravens @ Colts - "And I kinda like the Streets of Baltimore"
Rams @ Redskins - "We're goin no where, Welcome to DC!"
Jaguars @ Broncos - "Rocky Mountain High"
Cowboys @ Cardinals - "Arizona, hey won'tcha go my way"
Eagles @ 49ers- "If your going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair"
Packers @ Seahawks - "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle"
Patriots @ Chargers - "I know a pretty little French restaurant down San Diego way"
Giants @ Browns - "Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks yeah yeah yeah!"
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Standings after Week 6...
Before Week 1 Competitors:
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2. xbay: 53-35
4. Mr. Crackerz: 52-36
5. Pawno: 51-37
After Week 1 Competitors:
RobDIKUM: 42-30
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GSW_United: 39-33
Only Mr. Crackerz chose the Browns. So either he'll be tied with TMC or fall behind Pawno in last.
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San Diego - Buffalo - Rivers had it going last week and LT looked a bit more like himself but SD's defense is pretty bad right now but the QB situation in Buffalo is dicey right now.
N.O - Carolina - Brees is rolling but NO having problems winning the close game, but this time they do.
Minnesota - Chicago Minn could EASILY be 1-5... unless they play WAY better, their luck ends this week.
Pittsburgh - Cincy- It is just impossible to pick the Bengals right now.
Tennessee - K.C - There have been several shocking results this season... this one would top them all but I dont see it happening.
Baltimore - Miami - Miami will struggle to score with the Wildcat O agains this defense, but Baltimore cant score either. Fins 13-10 winners.
S.F - Giants Not great timing for the Niners in this one after G-men got waxed on national TV last week but the Niners just dont have enough talent to win this game.
Detroit - Houston Nothing left for the Lions.
Dallas - S.t Louis - As dysfunctional as the Boys are right now, cant pick the Rams.
Indy - Greenbay- Rhodes should fill in for Addai with out too much loss to the offense.
Jets - Raiders Jets dont play well away from home and its a long trip. that is the bad news. the good news is they play the raiders
Cleveland - washington. They have to be pissed after last week's embarrasing loss at home
Seattle - Tampa Bay - Gimmie of the week. Senaca Wallace sucks and the defense is playing with their heads up their ass. Tampa ROLLS.
Denver - New England - Amazingly enough Bellichick is 2-9 lifetime against the Broncos
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Mr. Crackerz BOLD Predictions: Which QB has the cooler name/life?
Chargers @ Bills - Phillip Rivers or Trent Edwards (Rivers seems like an ass, and Edwards seems pretty chill).
Saints @ Panthers - Drew Brees or Jake Delholme (most definately MVP Brees... BTW, who called this in week 1.... I DID)
Vikings @ Bears - Gus Ferotte or Kyle Orton (Gus is a funny name, but Orton sounds like Popcorn... and Orton has more job security)
Steelers @ Bengals - Ben Rolthersberger or Ryan Fitzpatrick (How cool would it have been when a Sub in school spent 20 minutes on ur name... Ben Knows)
Titans @ Chiefs - Kerry Collins or Brodie Croyle (Collins went to a superbowl, Croyle wants to remain in the team by the next one)
Ravens @ Miami - Joe Flacco or Chad Pennington (having a name like Chad must of sucked. Chad is Bad, Chad's just a Fad, Chad sounds Mad, Chad's not rad)
49ers @ Giants - JTO'S or Eli Manning (Hmm being Archie Manning's son would be awesome.. have Peyton as a brother is just a bonus... But JTO'S has the best Acronym name)
Cowboys @ Rams - Tony Romo/Brad Johnson or Mark Bulger (Romo probably got picked on a lot with his name... see Chad Pennington... But Bulger has a bulge isnt any better.. oh and Romo can get any chick he wants...he wins!)
Lions @ Texans - Dan Orlovsky or Matt Schaub (Now clearly Orlovsky has the better name... say it 10 times fast...but life wise, he is living in Detroit... not worth it!)
Colts @ Packers - Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers (I bet people were saying when he was in Pee Wee's that they would pay ton's (peyton) of money to watch him later.. rodgers has a life to live up to Farve.)
Jets @ Raiders - Brett Farve or JaMarcus Russell (Hmm a living legend or a 1st overall pick... Records or money... i'll go with the Fame)
Browns @ Redskins - Derek Anderson or Jason Campbell (both are equals, but Anderson has Quinn sniffing a chance to play each and every week... plus i like soup!)
Seahawks @ Bucs - Seneca Wallace or Jeff Garcia (Garcia has a Hot wife.. nuff said).
Broncos @ Patriots - Jay Cutler or Matt Cassel (Cutler's got the job for a long time... Cassell is a shoe in... plus Cassell is always the number 2... have u seen Austin Powers... Number 2's don't have any fun!
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High Performance Computers
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Daniel O. Hill was named Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security on February 18, 2008. As Deputy Under Secretary, Mr. Hill manages the daily operations of the Bureau of Industry and Security, including ten field offices located throughout the United States, as well as five overseas attaches stationed in Moscow, New Delhi, Beijing, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Hill implemented and managed programs that ensured the U.S. defense industrial base had the capacity and capability to meet current and future national security, economic security, and homeland security requirements. Among other duties, Mr. Hill was a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and the U.S.G. Interagency Working Group on Offsets. Mr. Hill advised the National Security Council on key defense trade policy issues. Mr. Hill was also a member of the Government Coordinating Council for the Defense Industrial Base, the White House-chaired Policy Coordination Committee for Critical Infrastructure Protection, and advised the Homeland Security Council on critical infrastructure and defense industrial base issues. Mr. Hill represented the U.S.G. as a member of the Industrial Planning Committee at NATO.
Mr. Hill was previously the Assistant Administrator for Technology at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). He directed the SBA's Small Business Innovation and Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which award $1 billion in federal research and development projects to small businesses annually. In this position, Mr. Hill was a member of the White House National Science and Technology Council and chaired the small business working group of the United States Innovation Partnership. He was also a member of the National Science Foundation's Advisory Board and served on the President's Council for Y2K Conversion.
Just prior to joining the SBA, Mr. Hill served a one-year appointment with U.S. Senator Warren Rudman (R-NH) as a Legis Fellow.
Mr. Hill has a Bachelor's degree in history from Wheaton College and a Master's degree in International Law from the American University in Washington, D.C.


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High-Speed Rail Zhengzhou - Wuhan Debuts
The first high-speed train between Zhengzhou and Wuhan starts running... News PhotoBeginnings,Business,China - East Asia,Finance,High Speed Train,Horizontal,Hubei Province,Train - Vehicle,Transportation,Wuhan,ZhengzhouPhotographer ChinaFotoPressCollection: ChinaFotoPress 2012 ChinaFotoPressWUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) The first high-speed train between Zhengzhou and Wuhan starts running on September 28, 2012 in Xiaogan, Hubei Province of China. The high-speed train reduces the time between cities from four and a half hours to just two. It is a major part of the 2300km Bejing-Guangzhou high speed link which will be open by the year end. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)


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PAWTUCKET – In a move that was widely expected, the Red Sox named 47-year-old Dave Joppie as Pawtucket's new hitting coach on Friday. Joppie spent the previous five seasons with Double-A Portland and has been working in Boston's farm system since 2006.
According to farm director Ben Crockett, the reason for promoting Joppie stems from the work he's done with the organization's young talent. In his tenure with the Sea Dogs, Joppie worked with notables such as Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish, Jose Iglesias, Daniel Nava, Ryan Lavarnway and Will Middlebrooks. In 2012, Joppie's list of Portland pupils included promising sorts Bryce Brentz, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts.
"He's worked with our top prospects and had a ton of success at that level," Crockett stated. "He does a great job of building relationships by gaining their trust and sticking to the process – focusing on each at-bat and moment in time."
With Brentz having already reached Pawtucket and Bradley Jr. and Bogaerts close to doing the same, having a familiar face such as Joppie around figures to make for a seamless transition in terms of student-teacher relationship.
"Hopefully there will be a core of guys in Pawtucket that have played for Dave in Portland, which gives stability in terms of the message delivered," Crockett said. "Certainly we know he's going to work hard to reach every single player."
Serving as a hitting coach on a team that included Brentz during the recently completed Arizona Fall League, Joppie succeeds Gerald Perry, who Boston chose not to bring back to Pawtucket. Former Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman will assume the hitting-coach duties for Portland after spending last season with Single-A Salem.


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42 U.S. Code § 1395a - Free choice by patient guaranteed
(a) Basic freedom of choice
Any individual entitled to insurance benefits under this subchapter may obtain health services from any institution, agency, or person qualified to participate under this subchapter if such institution, agency, or person undertakes to provide him such services.
(b) Use of private contracts by medicare beneficiaries
(1) In general
Subject to the provisions of this subsection, nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a physician or practitioner from entering into a private contract with a medicare beneficiary for any item or service—
(B) for which the physician or practitioner receives—
(2) Beneficiary protections
(A) In general
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any contract unless—
(i) the contract is in writing and is signed by the medicare beneficiary before any item or service is provided pursuant to the contract;
(B) Items required to be included in contract
Any contract to provide items and services to which paragraph (1) applies shall clearly indicate to the medicare beneficiary that by signing such contract the beneficiary—
(i) agrees not to submit a claim (or to request that the physician or practitioner submit a claim) under this subchapter for such items or services even if such items or services are otherwise covered by this subchapter;
(ii) agrees to be responsible, whether through insurance or otherwise, for payment of such items or services and understands that no reimbursement will be provided under this subchapter for such items or services;
(iii) acknowledges that no limits under this subchapter (including the limits under section 1395w–4 (g) of this title) apply to amounts that may be charged for such items or services;
(iv) acknowledges that Medigap plans under section 1395ss of this title do not, and other supplemental insurance plans may elect not to, make payments for such items and services because payment is not made under this subchapter; and
(v) acknowledges that the medicare beneficiary has the right to have such items or services provided by other physicians or practitioners for whom payment would be made under this subchapter.
Such contract shall also clearly indicate whether the physician or practitioner is excluded from participation under the medicare program under section 1320a–7 of this title.
(3) Physician or practitioner requirements
(A) In general
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any contract entered into by a physician or practitioner unless an affidavit described in subparagraph (B) is in effect during the period any item or service is to be provided pursuant to the contract.
(B) Affidavit
An affidavit is described in this subparagraph if—
(i) the affidavit identifies the physician or practitioner and is in writing and is signed by the physician or practitioner;
(ii) the affidavit provides that the physician or practitioner will not submit any claim under this subchapter for any item or service provided to any medicare beneficiary (and will not receive any reimbursement or amount described in paragraph (1)(B) for any such item or service) during the 2-year period beginning on the date the affidavit is signed; and
(C) Enforcement
If a physician or practitioner signing an affidavit under subparagraph (B) knowingly and willfully submits a claim under this subchapter for any item or service provided during the 2-year period described in subparagraph (B)(ii) (or receives any reimbursement or amount described in paragraph (1)(B) for any such item or service) with respect to such affidavit—
(i) this subsection shall not apply with respect to any items and services provided by the physician or practitioner pursuant to any contract on and after the date of such submission and before the end of such period; and
(4) Limitation on actual charge and claim submission requirement not applicable
(5) Definitions
In this subsection:
(A) Medicare beneficiary
The term "medicare beneficiary" means an individual who is entitled to benefits under part A of this subchapter or enrolled under part B of this subchapter.
(B) Physician
(C) Practitioner
The term "practitioner" has the meaning given such term by section 1395u (b)(18)(C) of this title.
Source(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, § 1802, as added Pub. L. 89–97, title I, § 102(a),July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 291; amended Pub. L. 105–33, title IV, § 4507(a)(1), (2)(A),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 439, 441; Pub. L. 108–173, title VI, § 603,Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2301.)
2003—Subsec. (b)(5)(B). Pub. L. 108–173substituted "paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 1395x (r)" for "section 1395x (r)(1)".
1997—Pub. L. 105–33designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–33, title IV, § 4507(c),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 442, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section and section 1395y of this title] shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on and after January 1, 1998."
Report to Congress on Effect of Private Contracts
Pub. L. 105–33, title IV, § 4507(b),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 441, provided that: "Not later than October 1, 2001, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to Congress on the effect on the program under this title [see Tables for classification] of private contracts entered into under the amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section and section 1395y of this title]. Such report shall include—
"(1) analyses regarding—
"(A) the fiscal impact of such contracts on total Federal expenditures under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.] and on out-of-pocket expenditures by medicare beneficiaries for health services under such title; and
"(B) the quality of the health services provided under such contracts; and
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