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c1900 MOUNTAINSIDE GRANGE meeting sign #1328 GREAT folk ART 100.5″L x 22.5″ h
MOUNTAINSIDE GRANGE #1328 MEETINGS 1st & 3rd Weds Great sign – picked recently out of a central NY estate This is a wonderful sign for decor or use in a home or even commercial setting. Has primarly a white back ground with tint of yellow. Wonderful lettering on the sign. 100.5″ long x 22.5″ high […]
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circa 1880 vintage COUNTRY store COUNTER ~ WALNUT 9′ 8″ x 33″ high
Gorgeous walnut counter – circa 1880 vintage. Open back – nice paneled design with buttons added for detail. I actually had a 19′ & 21′ counter that matched this piece – those sold rather quickly. The one blemish here is the right side molding on the top has been cut – the missing baseboard piece […]
HUGE wooden ANTIQUE letters CINCINNATI – 36″ high
Easily the largest antique letters we've had. Circa 1910-20′s vintage. They spell CINCINNATI – measure 36″ high. Many of the letters have old metal braces on backsides. The letters are solid with typical wear for 75+ year old salvaged components. SELLING INDIVIDUALLY! C – 37 x 27 x 1.25″ – $250/ea I – 36 x […]
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Late 19th century COUNTRY store counter GORGEOUS grain painting
Gorrgeous circa 1860 COUNTRY store counter – purchased from a Maine dealer/picker. One of the most decorative (painted) counters we've had the pleasure of owning/selling. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL grain painted design – great patina on the surface (top) – would make for a great store counter – display or even repurposed as an island. Measures 112″ […]
Rotating HARDWARE store cabinets – C.1901 & 1903
Pictures & details of each available. Will attempt to list all individually (some all ready posted) #1 – $4800 #2 – $5200 #3 – SOLD #4 – $3600 (oak) #5 & 8 – SOLD #6 – $5100 #7 – $4600 #9 – SOLD
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6′ tall OAK – c1901 A. R. Brown hardware/country store rotating cabinet. 130 drawers
This circa 1901 Brown oak, rotating hardware store or country store cabinet is a first for me. I've had numerous American Bolt & Screw cases (Dayton, OH), but not an oak BROWN cabinet. I purchased this from a private collection – a couple in NY state collected, for years many high end & top quality […]
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c1900-10 antique MEACHAM's GROCERY sign 10′ Long x 10″ h MOLDED frame GRAY paint
MEACHAM's GROCERY Early 20th century sign – Upper/eastern NY state origin. 10′ long x 10 5/8″ high. 1 5/8″ on molded frame. Nice black lettering on OLD grey background – black, molded, wooden frame. Single board – Nice original dry surface! Single sided. Needs a good cleaning – FRESH barn pick (and the dirt and […]
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custom made OAK kitchen island counter from salvage 91″ GOTHIC paneling w/chestnut top
Custom made kitchen island counter – made from architectural salvage quartersawn oak & Chestnut bead board (top surface). The salvaged gothic paneling on the front & sides are from a church in Utica NY. There is a bow or curved design to the front & top of this counter/island. The front and side panels retain […]
Multi drawer COUNTRY store cabinet – tin line drawers 9′ 3″ L
I purchased this unique country store counter from a private collection in east-central NY near Saratoga. The couple had an amazing collection of many quality country store items. This was one of the cabinets. Base cabinet I believe is pine. The top of the cabinet has a custom made top (not old, but) the stain […]
c1880 VICTORIAN gingerbread corbel brackets LARGE – w/finials
Great, LARGE pair of victorian gingerbread corbels. Have wonderful chocolate brown paint. Nice design & finials. Measure 24″ high x 19″ deep & are 10″ wide on edge. Retain original molded edge. Large brackets like this, in this condition are not common. Solid – no issues. Great for shelves, mantles or even simple decor elements. […]
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What: South Carolina at Kentucky
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.
Where: Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky., 67,942
LEXINGTON, KY. — Kentucky is likely to be without starting defensive tackle Mister Cobble for the second straight game. Although hes out of the hospital and has an infection in his joints under control, coach Joker Phillips said he didnt eat for several days, would take time to get his strength back and might not practice this week.
Junior Tristian Johnson and sophomore Christian Coleman filled in for Cobble last weekend at Florida and held their own, defensive coordinator Rick Minter said. But Johnson weighs 272 pounds and Coleman 298. Cobble is a wide-bodied, 331-pound wrecking ball.
Theyre not 315 or 320, Minter said. Thats part of the issue playing in the SEC. They got knocked down a little bit; they battled hard and they played hard (but) if we add them both up together, they might be about as big as (Cobble).


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A Message From the Conference Chair
The NESUG team has been a rather quiet in public lately as we've been busy preparing for this year's conference. There's still lots to do but things are coming together nicely. We have a great line-up of formal and informal presentations and discussions, posters, workshops and social activities planned for Sunday through Wednesday, November 14 – 17. There should be something for every SAS user, whether you're new to the world of SAS or have been using it since the beginning of SAS, whether this is your first or your twenty-third NESUG.
I know that around this time of year, I get a bit of a back-to-school feeling and I'm especially hungry to learn something new. NESUG has satisfied that need for me for many years. While I may be too busy in Baltimore to pick up new SAS techniques myself this year, I hope that you will be able to participate in NESUG and take away new techniques to apply to your work.
We'll start out on Sunday with some optional, extra fee events: We have 3 half-day workshops on Sunday plus an afternoon walking tour to Mount Vernon. From then on, the presentations and activities are open to all registered attendees at no extra cost:
· There's a Warm-Up Session on Sunday afternoon which is a great start for those who haven't been to NESUG before or haven't been for a while. This session will help you get oriented to what's happening during the conference and how to get the most benefit out of your next three days.
· The Solution Center will open on Sunday afternoon and will also be open on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
· Opening Session will include dinner and a keynote address by Dave Thomas of New Marketing Labs, "Social Media: What SAS Pros Need to Know".
· Breakout presentations, posters and workshops, Code Clinic, Collaboration Cafe and access to SAS folks in the Solution Center will happen on Monday and Tuesday and until noon on Wednesday.
· During the lunch break on Monday, join us for "Spotlight on SAS" to hear what's new and exciting at SAS.
· We'll have sign-up sheets so that you can connect with like-minded attendees to have dinner on Monday at area restaurants if you're looking for company. (Dinner will be at your own expense.)· The NESUG Game Show will be back — by popular demand — on Monday evening.
· On Tuesday evening, the NESUG Coffeehouse will provide an opportunity to relax with your fellow attendees and reflect on what you've learned so far.
· At Closing Session, held at noon on Wednesday, you can hear about plans for NESUG 2011.
· You can take advantage of an Early Registration Discount for NESUG 2010 until September 25. Look for more information or register now.
· Rooms at the Renaissance Harborplace will be available at a discounted rate if you reserve by October 14. Click here to reserve.
· That's a very busy few days of NESUG content. Check http://www.nesug.org for updates and schedule details as they become available. A detailed schedule of which presentations are happening at what time should be available early in October.
I've told you here about what's included in NESUG. There will still be some time for you to enjoy Baltimore outside of the conference hotel. The Harborplace area is great. There's some Tourist Information on the NESUG website or you can Visit Baltimore to learn more. Also, I know that many of our attendees know the Baltimore Harbor better than I do. Do you have restaurant or entertainment recommendations in the area for your fellow NESUGers? If so, please share them here.
See you in Baltimore!
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Jessica Hampton permalinkNovember 23, 2010 12:34 pm
Where can I find a copy of Dave's Keynote address? I really enjoyed his talk during the opening session. Thanks!


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The mission of the Board of Psychologists is to protect the public by regulating the practice of psychology in the State of Oklahoma to insure that only properly qualified psychologists practice psychology in the state and that the psychology profession as a whole is conducted in the public's best interest.
The State Board of Examiners of Psychologists is the official licensing agency for the practice of psychology in the State of Oklahoma. The Board consists of seven members, five psychologists from various areas in psychology and two lay persons, each appointed by the Governor to serve for a period of four years.
The primary duties of the Board are as follows: to regulate the practice of psychology in this state to protect the public; examine and issue licenses pursuant to the provisions of the Psychologists Licensing Act to qualified applicants; continue in effect, suspend, revoke, modify, or deny a license; investigate complaints and hold hearings pursuant to the Act; adopt and promulgate standards of professional conduct for psychologists and other rules and regulations; publish a directory; furnish information to the public; collect dues; and exercise all incidental powers and duties necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Act.
Statutory Reference: Title 59, Section 1351, et seq, of the Oklahoma Statutes.
FY-93 FY-94 FY-95 Criteria/Service: Actual Actual Budgeted National examinations given 48 27 38 Oral examinations given 39 30 35 Total new licenses 37 20 30 Total psychologists on active status 421 456 480 Formal citizens' complaints received 22 25 25 Action taken against psychologists 4 3 3
FY-93 FY-94 FY-95 Type of Fund: Actual Actual Budgeted State Appropriated Funds $0 $0 $0 State Continuing/Revolving Funds: 200 Psychologists Lic. Revolving Fund 71,716 65,868 91,106 Federal Funds 0 0 0 Total Expenditures by Fund $71,716 $65,868 $91,106
FY-93 FY-94 FY-95 Object of Expenditure Actual Actual Budgeted Salaries and Benefits $40,714 $38,852 $56,656 Professional Services 5,436 651 0 Travel 8,915 7,713 10,000 Lease-Purchase Expenditures 0 0 0 Equipment 785 2,023 1,100 Payments to Local Gov'ts. 0 0 0 Other Operating Expenses 15,866 16,629 23,350 Total Expenditures by Object $71,716 $65,868 $91,106
EXPENDITURES BY BUDGET ACTIVITY / SUB-ACTIVITYFY-93 FY-94 FY-95 Activity No. and Name Actual Actual Budgeted 10 General Operations $71,716 $65,868 $90,106 88 Data Processing 0 0 1,000 Total Expenditures by Activity $71,716 $65,868 $91,106
FULL-TIME-EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) and VEHICLESFY-93 FY-94 FY-95 Activity No. and Name Actual Actual Budgeted 10 General Operations 1.0 1.0 1.6 Total FTE 1.0 1.0 1.6 Number of Vehicles 0 0 0
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School Daze
By now, you've probably heard about Bully. It's the game that was supposed to finally ruin America's youth.
Crusading lawyer Jack Thompson, the self-appointed schoolmarm of the videogame industry, called it a "Columbine simulator" and tried to block stores from selling it. Lou Dobbs -- who hasn't seen a videogame he liked since Galaga -- labeled Bully an example of "our culture in decline."
But it turns out the most shocking thing about Bully is that it isn't shocking at all. There's no blood or killing. No assault rifles. The most dangerous weapon you can use is a potato gun. Bully is full of harmless pranks, like panty raids in the girls' dorm. Instead of picking on weaker kids, you end up protecting them.
At its heart, Bully is a morality tale. It's the story of Jimmy Hopkins, a red-haired delinquent with a soft spot for losers, geeks, and anyone who's ever been on the receiving end of an atomic wedgie.
The story begins when Jimmy arrives at Bullworth Academy, the latest stop in his checkered academic career. A pug-ugly tough, Jimmy has been kicked out of every school he's attended, but he's never seen anything like Bullworth.
The school is Lord of the Flies meets Andover. Although beefy-shouldered prefects patrol the hallways, there are too few to maintain order. And crooked teachers are too busy scheming against each another to impose discipline.
It's up to Jimmy to bring Bullworth to heel. But it won't be easy. As the new kid, he's a target from day one. The bullies welcome him with a beatdown.
The bullies also torment the nerds, who hole up in the library, where they devise elaborate revenge scenarios when they're not playing Dungeons & Dragons. The townies, a white-trash gang, live in a trailer park off campus and hate the preppies, a sweater-vested clique that condescends to the non-rich.
But it's the steroidal jocks who pose the greatest threat. Lumbering brutes who barely speak in full sentences, they pack a wallop. Jimmy must avoid them until he boosts his fighting skills through training sessions with a homeless Vietnam vet.
Bully's combat system is simple but effective. As you learn new punch-and-kick combos, you inflict increasing damage. By the end of the game, you'll be able to drop even the meanest jocks with roundhouse kicks and overhand haymakers.
As the game progresses, Jimmy must win over all the cliques. When a local greaser thinks his girl is cheating, he commissions Jimmy to photograph her in the act. When a fat nerd needs to go to the bathroom, he'll ask Jimmy to escort him and offer protection. Complete these tasks and you gain respect, which unlocks new weapons, like a sniper slingshot.
There's also class to worry about. If Jimmy doesn't show up on time, the prefects will nab him for truancy. But there's another reason to hit the books: You actually learn something that helps in the game. English class teaches you how to talk your way out of fights. Chemistry instructs you how to make stinkbombs and other handy weapons.
Whether you pass or fail is determined by your performance in mini-games. Some are fun, like the two-minute word scramble in English class. Others are rote, like the mindless button-pushing in chemistry.
When the final bell rings, Bully rewards altruism and punishes assholes. You can't help but feel Rockstar decided to give Jack Thompson and his ilk a wet willie.
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From this week's Barron's, comes the latest bit of fiscal dishonesty from the White House:
"THIS SPACE DOESN'T USUALLY INDULGE in advice to the ailing. But we feel compelled by a revelation that came to light last week to do so, even though we lack even the most rudimentary medical training. (If it helps our credibility any here, we might note we're a faithful reader of the New England Journal of Medicine; the pictures aren't much, but some of the text — at least that part of it we can understand; we can't speak for the rest — is unfailingly informative.)
Enough of disclaimers. Let's get to the heart of the matter. Our advice is simple: Don't get sick in the last nine of the days of Uncle Sam's fiscal year; and if you're already sick, for gosh sakes, don't get sicker. Especially if you happen to be a geezer, or have the bad luck to be disabled.
This exhortation is not based on any new medical research or even quack notion, and it has absolutely nothing to do with any seasonal blips in the incidence of disease. Instead — and here's the beauty of it — it springs from cold, hard logic, derived from last week's disclosure of some smarmy accounting sleight of hand that the Bush administration plans to indulge in so as to make Medicare's deficit look better this waning fiscal year. Just the kind of manipulation, incidentally, that under Sarbanes-Oxley can land a slippery CEO or chief financial officer in the pokey.
The bureaucratic brainstorm was straightforward — simple-minded is, perhaps, a more appropriate description — don't pay doctors, hospitals and their army of auxiliaries tending to indisposed old folks and the afflicted disabled for their labors in the last nine days of the current fiscal year. Instead, send them a check for what you owe them, sometime after the first of October, the start of the government's fiscal '07. In essence, those doctors, hospitals et al. are making an involuntary loan of nine days' pay without interest.
That way, point out the gleeful budgeteers and Medicare pooh-bahs, all of whom presumably are glowing with health, Uncle Sam's Medicare tab this fading fiscal year will be $5.2 billion less than it otherwise would have been. Or at least would seem to be $5.2 billion less — in Washington, as we all know, appearance and reality are not invariably the same phenomena.
Of course, this oh-so-clever stratagem would mean that next fiscal year's Medicare bill will be $5.2 billion more than it would have been. But, not to worry, those indefatigable financial watchdogs in the Office of Management and Budget and their henchmen in the uppermost reaches of Medicare are on the case. And we have every confidence that next year they'll make up for any untoward increases in costs by ceasing to send checks to doctors, hospitals et al. in August or even July, if necessary.
It's never too early for the prudent sickie to begin to prepare for the worst and do everything in his or her power not to allow his or her condition to grow worse toward the end of the fiscal year. Get used to waiting until the start of the new fiscal year before letting it all hang out.
For it ineluctably follows that the doctors and their cohorts might feel some inhibiting hesitation about putting in an often onerous day's work for the promise of payment later. In the circumstances, who can blame them if they decide en masse to shut down their offices for the summer? And wasn't it the president, himself, after all, on an earlier occasion, who pointed out that government IOUs are just pieces of paper?
We have a modest counterproposal: Why not hold up the paychecks of the people in the upper echelons of the Medicare bureaucracy and at the Office of Management and Budget until the $5.2 billion target is reached? It might take more than a year or two. But, hey, they're dedicated public servants, so we're sure they wouldn't mind lending the government money for such a good cause. And, no matter how long it took, they'd be paid in full — but fair's fair, without interest."
This sort of nonsense is beyond disappointing — it is astounding . . .
The Medicare Scam
Barron's MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
Category: Corporate Management, Politics, Taxes and Policy
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State 's do this all the time
ever notice how your tax refunds are mailed in the next fiscal year ???
If this deferral is perpetuated in the next fiscal year, then the budgetary effect is the delta between the current year deferral v. next year's deferral, not the full tilt of the deferral as suggested in the column.
But God created accrual accounting v. cash basis to do away with such vagaries. It's a shame our government still operates on a cash basis.
Can't wait for Michael Moore's "Sicko".
If I'm not mistaken, the gov't has been doing this (making deferred salary payments) to their employees for years already. This actually diminishes even the minimal 'ingenuity' demonstrated by the genius who came up with this idea.
Dear Big Picture:
I'm torn between being disgusted at the govt accounting trick, and my glee at overpaid hospitals and docs being delayed their share of corporate welfare.
Please help me resolve my dilemma.
wow. 9 days of medicare is $5,200,000,000 or about $577,750,000 ($2.4m/hour). this before the bulk of boomers hit the rolls…
j d ess -
off a little – it's $24m/hr – or $400k/min or ~$7k/sec
ha…a rounding error on my part (i'm sure the admin would approve).
Too Clever by Half
TOO CLEVER BY HALF….Guess what? The end of the federal government's fiscal year
Too Clever by Half
TOO CLEVER BY HALF….Guess what? The end of the federal government's fiscal year
Too Clever by Half
TOO CLEVER BY HALF….Guess what? The end of the federal government's fiscal year
Too Clever by Half
TOO CLEVER BY HALF….Guess what? The end of the federal government's fiscal year
Heck, they just learned this from the insurance industry…..and it's easier to just deny Medicare claims, at the end of the fiscal year, so providers have to resubmit.
Corporate welfare? Exactly what is your definition or are you to wired up to right wing talk radio to give shit? I spend many hours each week seeing and treating Medicare patients and I should not be reimbursed? Maybe you should suspend posting until you return to reality.


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Written by Thalia Rahme On 29 December 2012 @ 21:14 pm | 2 Comments
In Arabic, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, English, Feature, Freedom of Speech, French, Human Rights, Mauritania, Middle East & North Africa, Photos, Politics, Protest, Weblog
Few people know about Mauritania [1], that African state. Even fewer know that it is a member of the Arab League, thus part of the Arab World.
But too much has happened in 2012 in Mauritania – the latest being the shooting [2] of President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz on October 13 [3] and its implication on the internal scene.
Despite the low rate of internet penetration, young people and activists are resorting to social media platforms in an attempt to say: "We exist" and to draw the world's attention to their country.
According to Nasser Weddady [4], a US based Mauritanian activist (@weddady [5]) "Facebook is at the center of the new e-dissent [6]" in Mauritania, where opposition groups and human rights movements as well as independent activists are expressing themselves. Twitter [7] is also gaining importance among Mauritanian netizens.
Yearning for the Arab Spring
Fed up with a military regime and dictatorship, coupled with dire socio-economic conditions, Mauritanians saw in the Arab Spring, a fresh breath for them.
They seized the opportunity to call for reforms and demand for the end of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz [8]'s rule.
Sit ins [9], marches [10], rallies and protests were held by the opposition, spearheaded by the 25th of February Movement [11] [ar, fr].
They were met by brutality and repression [12] by the regime, who naturally support other dictatorships like Syria [13].
A blog post by Ahmed Jedou [15] explains the state of affairs in the country [ar]:
"Today it is obvious that the military look at us as if we are a ball they are playing with. Our war should be for the establishment of a civil state which fights all the remnants of military rule and French guardianship, through a transitional period, which should be lead by civil society forces."
The February 25 Youth held a symbolic burial of the Constitutional Institutions [16] on November 12.
Tah Ould Habib [17] posts this photo and tweets:
هنا ترقد المؤسسات الدستورية برحمته المولى تغمدها
@tahabib [18]: Herein, lay the Constitutional Institutions, May the Lord have mercy upon them
A gloomy record in human rights
The year 2012 was also marked by the arrest of various activists and journalists.
The regime even tried to bribe students [19] so as to convince them to stop their activism.
Blogger Dada Ould Sheikh Ibrahim wrote [20] about the case:
فجر الطالب: ألمين ولد حمادي عضو المكتب التنفيذي للإتحاد الوطني لطلبة موريتانيا حقائق قوية عن إغرائه بالتوظيف والمال من طرف مدير ديوان رئيس الجمهورية ورئيس جامعة انواكشوط السابق السيد إسلك ولد إزيد بيه لشق صفوف الاتحاد الوطني بإشراف مباشر من العضو السابق بنفس الاتحاد السيد إطول عمر.
Almeen Ould Hamadi, member of the executive office of the National Union of Mauritanian Students, surprised everyone. He revealed that Isselkou Ould Izidbih, the president's chief of staff and the former president of the University of Nouakchott, had offered him a job and money to split the union, under the direct supervision of a former member of the same union, Mr Itwal Omar
Mauritanian journalist Obeid Ould Amegn was detained on April 29 [21]. His health is said to be deteriorating.
But if one is to speak about Mauritania's violation of human rights, then we can definitely not omit slavery. Despite it being abolished by the government since 1981 and considered as a crime in 2007, slavery is still rampant in the country [22].
On December 10th, Mauritania was elected Vice President of the UN Human Rights Council which outraged various associations and prompted UN Watch [23] to slam that decision. Also, discrimination [24] is a daily fact of life for black Mauritanians.
"It is obscene for the U.N. to use the occasion of Human Rights Day, when we commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to elect the world's worst enabler of slavery to this prestigious post," said Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive director. According to a recent report [25] by the Guardian, "up to 800,000 people in a nation of 3.5 million remain chattels," with power and wealth overwhelmingly concentrated among
lighter-skinned Moors, "leaving slave-descended darker-skinned Moors and black Africans on the edges of society."
Foreign Interference
Mauritania was once a French colony. Despite its independence in 1960, strong ties still exist between both countries, angering Mauritanians who demand an end to the French guardianship [26] over their country.
Mauritanian journalist and blogger Dr Elycheikh Bah Ahhmedtolba [27] explains the reasons behind this feeling of resentment:
The question of French-dependency exists since the advent of colonization and reached its peak during the so-presumed "independence", since then there has been a generation living on its rewards. [..] It is our duty as the young generation to, at least, discuss and share ideas about the doubtful positioning of the "Old Political Guardians" within the French negotiation with the military junta about the possibilities of keeping the disappeared Aziz on the top of the state or to push forward another accomplice for the looming war in Northern Mali
Mauritania is a country rich in mineral resources [28].
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[1] Mauritania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania
[2] shooting: http://themoornextdoor.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/re-the-accidental-shooting-of-the-mauritanian-president/
[3] October 13: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/15/mauritania-confusion-reigns-over-accidental-shots-that-wounded-president-aziz/
[4] Nasser Weddady: http://dekhnstan.wordpress.com/bio/
[5] @weddady: https://twitter.com/#!/weddady
[6] Facebook is at the center of the new e-dissent: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/03/05/mauritania-facebook-is-at-the-center-of-the-new-e-dissent/
[7] Twitter: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/08/15/mauritania-using-twitter-to-mock-the-president/
[8] Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Ould_Abdel_Aziz
[9] Sit ins: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/04/mauritania-opposition-sit-in-attacked-by-security-forces/
[10] marches: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/08/14/mauritania-the-people-want-the-end-of-military-rule/
[11] 25th of February Movement: https://www.facebook.com/m25fev
[12] brutality and repression: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/06/18/mauritania-security-forces-break-up-march-and-arrests-activists/
[13] Syria: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/07/13/mauritania-anger-at-foreign-ministers-support-for-assad/
[14] Image: https://twitter.com/ahmedj85/status/198028737541971968
[15] Ahmed Jedou: http://ahmedjedou.blogspot.com/2012/11/blog-post_23.html
[16] Constitutional Institutions: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/14/mauritania-rip-constitutional-institutions/
[17] Tah Ould Habib: https://twitter.com/tahabib
[18] @tahabib: https://twitter.com/tahabib/status/267986024515399681
[19] tried to bribe students: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/25/mauritania-student-scandal-rocks-presidential-palace/
[20] wrote: http://mauritaniafree.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html
[21] Obeid Ould Amegn was detained on April 29: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/07/21/mauritania-a-journalist-behind-bars/
[22] slavery is still rampant in the country: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/04/21/mauritania-the-face-of-modern-day-slavery/
[23] UN Watch: http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1316871&ct=12531747
[24] discrimination: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/30/mauritania-dont-touch-my-nationality-march-broken-by-police/
[25] recent report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/slavery-still-shackles-mauritania
[26] French guardianship: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/28/mauritania-february-25th-movement-says-no-to-guardianship-of-france/
[27] Dr Elycheikh Bah Ahhmedtolba: http://elycheikhba.blogspot.fr/2012/11/shady-expectations-french-guardianship.html
[28] mineral resources: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/05/a-mauritanian-blogging-week-against-foreign-mining/
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Two shot while sitting in vehicle in Salt Lake City
Two men were wounded overnight Sunday, one critically, after they were shot while sitting in their vehicle in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City police said the men were sitting inside their car at 405 N. Pamela Way (1820 West) about 12:25 a.m. when two unidentified men pulled up in a dark green, boxy-type, older SUV, possibly a Subaru.
The four men exchanged words before the men inside the SUV opened fire, shooting the men inside the car.
A 19-year-old victim was listed in extremely critical condition Sunday while a 20-year-old victim was recovering and expected to survive at a second area hospital, police said.
Gang and homicide detectives continue to investigate, though police said they're not sure the shooting was gang-related.
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Ohio county to use DHS money for emergency communications study
Grant will fund study's 2nd phase
TROY, Ohio —Miami County again will use federal Homeland Security money to continue a countywide emergency services communications study.
The county commission last year approved hiring RCC Consultants of Richmond, Va., to take a look at existing equipment and alternatives for future operations at a cost of almost $60,000.
The county used part of its annual Homeland Security grant for the project. Unlike many grants, the Homeland Security program does not require the county to provide matching dollars.
Ken Artz, county Emergency Management Agency director, told the commission in late October that he recommended using all of this year's grant of $105,229 for phase two of the study.
The communications system review and eventual equipment changes to update and meet today's needs fits requirements for use of the grant money, he said.
The county communications center, opened in Troy in 1990, handles police, fire and emergency medical services, calls and dispatch for all agencies across the county.
The second phase will require the input of a number of entities, Artz said. The phase will look at what needs to be done to the communication system to meet the specific needs of the county and list the equipment/work needed to carry out the task.
A third phase would involve purchase and installation of selected communications equipment.
Commission President Ron Widener, also chairman of the Communications Center board, said his understanding was RCC would come up with a list of projects and numbers and the county then could decide on priorities.
"Where do we want to go, and how do we do it?" Artz said of his expectations from the second phase.
Some of the projects probably can be spread out over time and specific items put in future requests for grants, he said.
Preliminary estimates on replacement costs for radios and other equipment have been in the millions of dollars. The county pays for the communication center, with an annual budget of around $2 million, with a portion of the sales tax.
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... and now I know why I must not buy an expensive leica...
Yesterday afternoon, I suppose the heat has really taken its toll on my overall awareness. I was stepping back to take a wide angle shot of a building, and I stepped into the void of a flight of steps. I completely lost my balance, was getting ready to feel myself hurting, when I heard the sound of my Pentax SV (+ mint SMC Takumar 3.5/24 Takumar) hitting the pavement.
I have not suffered any injury luckily, but my camera was badly affected : the lens mount was ripped off, still attached to the lens. The top plate now had a big bump in the corner (not the first one, mind you), and was bent to the extent of preventing the back to open, and raising the prism housing, leaving some space underneath. Lens itself only suffered a filter ring being bent, the glass seems not impacted.
Dammit, can't I just pay attention ? I was mad at myself, and so sorry, since I thought this must be the end of a 50 years old camera.
Anyway, later in the day I managed to dismount the front part of the camera, and eventually fix most of the damage ! These cameras are just plain incredible ! I have noticed that the camera now focuses pas infinity, although there is no sign of the lens mount being pushed in. This I hope will not affect pictures.
I will keep this as my battlefield camera, I guess. Pentax made such amazing products by then... Unbelievable.


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Structure of the BLV provirus: genes, RNA transcripts and viral protein. The provirus is flanked by two identical long terminal repeat sequences (LTRs) and contains the open reading frames (orfs) corresponding to gag, prt (protease), pol and env. Several orfs coding for Tax, Rex, R3 and G4 are present in the X region between env and the 3'LTR. The genomic RNA transcript initiates and terminates in the 5' and 3' LTRs, respectively. This genomic RNA serves as a template for the expression of the gag-prt-pol precursors (pr145, pr66 and pr44) that are processed in structure and enzymatic proteins: matrix (MA) p15, capsid (CA) p24, nucleocapsid (NC) p12, protease (PRT) p14 and, p80 (RT/IN) harboring reverse transcriptase, RNAse H and integrase activities. A large intron corresponding to gag-prt-pol is excised to yield the envelope (env) RNA. After translation, the pr72 precursor is cleaved in two subunits: the extracellular (SU) gp51 and the transmembrane (TM) gp30 glycoproteins. To generate the Tax/Rex messenger RNA, a second intron is cleaved. This double-spliced RNA encodes both the p34 Tax protein using an initiation codon at the end of pol and Rex which shares the same AUG as Env pr72. Two minor RNAs identified by RT/PCR code for p5 (R3) and p11 (G4). The R3 RNA is similar to the double-spliced Tax/Rex message but the second intron is shorter and splicing occurs at the 5' end of the R3 frame. The R3 protein shares its aminoterminal end with Rex and pr72. In the G4 message, a very large intron is excised between a particular splice donor site different from that of the other viral RNAs and an acceptor just 5' to the G4 frame. The G4 protein initiates at a suboptimal CUG codon located in R of the 5'LTR.
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Luis Rosales Rivera, Looks Like Machete But Used Sledgehammer, Gets 26 Years for Killing
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A Santa Ana jury in October had found the Stanton 59-year-old guilty of one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon. The judge today heard a victim impact statement from the dead 63-year-old victim's niece.
She said her uncle, Miguel Delacruz, was a loving and hard-working man, and that Rivera showed no remorse in killing him, according to an Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) statement. The niece asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence so her family could get justice for her uncle.
Rivera had lived in Stanton home's converted garage with Delacruz and another roommate. Around 9 p.m. on March 26, 2008, Rivera returned home after a night of pizza and beer with friends as his roommates slept. He then went to Delacruz's bed, disfigured and killed the man by hitting him at least three times in the head with a 4-pound sledgehammer and fled.
The other roommate awoke from the noise and informed the homeowner in the main house. The homeowner told the roommate to leave before dragging the body to an alley, where it was discovered shortly after midnight.
Rivera's defense attorney did not deny his client wielded the sledgehammer but said the small-framed dead man was a tyrant who belittled, peed on and once tried to stab Rivera. The OCDA statement noted that Delacruz made Rivera clean the bathroom, aired disparaging comments about Rivera's mother and regulated when Rivera could watch television.
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Many alleged drug dealers in Jackson County got an unexpected wake up call, Tuesday morning, when police showed up at their front door with a warrant for their arrest.
Overall, WKYT is told that a five month investigation by Jackson County Police and Kentucky State Police led to 36 warrants being issued; the majority of those for crimes related to drug trafficking.
Jackson County Police managed to arrest 23 alleged offenders by Tuesday afternoon.
One of the last stops of Tuesday's roundup was at a home in the Sandgap Community where police seized property and they'll soon be passing that over to Kentucky State Police.
Officers tell us that during Tuesday's roundup, they confiscated cash and a large amount of drugs ranging from marijuana to heroine. Right now, they say the most popular drug in Jackson County is suboxone.
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The proposed planning gain supplement (PGS) looks to be dead and buried after the government announced it would consider a tariff-based alternative championed by developers.
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If youre looking for a fun family film, check out Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
This adventure-comedy featuring science fiction, time travel, outlandish characters and clever dialogue is based on a classic cartoon. Some are old enough to remember Peabodys Improbable History from the Rocky and Bullwinkle TV series of the 1960s. The series was produced by the legendary Jay Ward, and now his daughter, Tiffany Ward, is behind the helm of this movie.
In Mr. Peabody & Sherman, a young boy named Sherman takes a joyride in a time machine to impress his friend Penny. They accidentally rip a hole in the universe, wreaking havoc on the most important events in world history. Thats when Shermans adoptive father, Mr. Peabody a super-smart and human-like dog comes to their rescue. But before Mr. Peabody can save the world, he must figure out how to be a parent.
Mr. Peabody invites Pennys parents, Paul and Patty, over for dinner to smooth over a rocky encounter between the kids at school. They have no idea what their daughter and her new friends are up to, because Mr. Peabody has ensured that time stands still for the clueless couple. Unbeknownst to them, their daughter is breaking and then trying to repair the time machine, while the films villain, Miss Grunion is in hot pursuit.
Miss Grunion works for the Bureau of Child Safety and Protection, and she is inflamed that Mr. Peabody a dog has been permitted to adopt Sherman.
Miss Grunion believes a dog, no matter what his IQ, is an unsuitable parent for a young boy, said filmmaker Alex Schwartz, in an interview with Upstate Parent. She believes shes doing the right thing in trying to take Sherman away from Peabody, which, of course, is the most insidious kind of villainy.
Actor Ty Burrell voices Mr. Peabody, and he said he prepared for his role by watching the classic television shorts upon which the film is based.
Mr. Peabody possesses the genius of Einstein, the wit of Oscar Wilde, the daring of Indiana Jones, the deductive skills of Sherlock Holmes, the sartorial style of James Bond, and the culinary skills of Mario Batali, Burrell said.
With all these personalities, Burrell admits his work was cut out for him.
Im playing a character that is essentially perfect, while Im so imperfect, he said. Peabody makes almost no mistakes, except in fatherhood, as all dads do. He can think himself out of any situation or problem, except when it comes to dealing with Sherman.
Meanwhile, actor Max Charles brings an authentic kids voice to Sherman. Schwartz said the actor is funny, has good timing, and talks like hes chewing on marbles.
Next to Mr. Peabody, the person who becomes closest to Sherman is his classmate Penny Peterson (voiced by actress Ariel Winter.) Penny rules her elementary school until she meets Sherman, who is even more of a nerd than she is.
Initially, Penny is at odds with Sherman, Schwartz said. But shes able to put aside her initial jealousy of Sherman, and see that hes an interesting kid. The great thing about Penny is that we really see her grow over the course of the movie.
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Penny, Sherman and Mr. Peabody begin their fateful journey in a time-traveling machine. Their first stop is the French Revolution and a meeting with that countrys queen, who loses her head literally after her encounter with the trio. Sherman and Mr. Peabody run afoul of the peasant uprising that will forever change France, and Mr. Peabody winds up with his neck on the guillotine. Fortunately, Mr. Peabody is able to escape the blade, thanks to some brilliant strategic moves and swashbuckling expertise.
We loved the idea of opening the film with a big action sequence, Schwartz said.
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The time travelers venture on to ancient Troy, where Sherman finds himself inside a giant Trojan horse. Its a mix of historical fact with fun and fantasy, as Sherman makes friends with Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek armed forces during the Trojan War.
The time travelers also meet Van Gogh, Einstein (voiced by legendary funnyman Mel Brooks), Lincoln and Shakespeare.
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Originally Posted by Stephen Benskin
As the paper says, W speed "is of particular interest in the mathematical theory of the shape of the sensitometric curve and its relation to speed."
Isn't that what this thread is about? My understanding is that one reason W-speed was not adopted because of lack of computing power. That is no longer the case.
Originally Posted by Bill Burk
My take-away from the W speed article that these different speed ratings are compared based on how well they correlate to the "Picture Tests".
Then the writer makes an outlandish statement that I will challenge: "It is, of course, too time-consuming to use the print-judgment method."
Of course they were interested in developing a universal standard. For one's own work an EI based on what gives one the best prints is the way to go.
What makes the fractional gradient speed method significant and still relevant is its connection to the print judgment speed test. Photography is a subjective medium and the only way to determine what process works or not is to evaluated the result from the process. The first excellent print test was just such a psychophysical test. Photographs were made of a range of subjects over a period of time. Detailed information for each scene and exposure was recorded. Sensitometric tests were run at each step. All of this is thoroughly covered in the Loyd Jones paper The Evaluation of Negative Film Speeds in Terms of Print Quality.
A series of prints were made from each negative and these prints were judged by a panel to determine the quality of the prints. The negatives were then evaluated to determine the correlation. The conclusion was print quality increased as negative exposure progressively increase, but only to a point. Then the level of quality leveled off.
The initial point where the prints were deemed excellent is call the first excellent print point. The results from the test indicates there is no ideal or correct exposure with black and white negatives. Only that a negative shouldnt be exposed below a certain point. In practice, there are advantages to using the minimum necessary exposure. Exposure times are increased. Sharpness is maximized and grain is reduced. When the tests were conducted in the late 30s, the average negative size would be considered large format today and didnt require a high degree of enlargement. Consequently, the range of over exposure without a change in print quality would be larger than with 35mm film. This still leaves a bit of room to chose from. What is key about determining the first excellent print point is that it defines the minimum, the base to work from.
As Nelson and Simonds writes, it is too time consuming to use the print judgment method except for basic studies. A sensitometric method is much more rapid. Once the basic study was finished, it was necessary to find a sensitometric alternative that would yield consistent results with was many different types of film agreeing closely to the print judgment speed tests. The legitimacy of any method is contingent upon this point.
I love that chart. My challenge to the method, while I accept as true that the "First Excellent Print" is the best place to begin.
I wonder how hard the darkroom workers had to work to make those prints.
That is why I choose, my own preference, to pick a point slightly to the right. So I overexpose a little past "First Excellent" deliberately. That makes my work in the darkroom easier.
On the surface this would appear to be an easy task. Just give the film more exposure than the first excellent print exposure. In reality theres more to it. In Jones and Nelsons paper A Study of Various Sensitometric Criteria of Negative Film Speeds, they evaluate a number of different methods. They write, after a careful examination of the sensitometric characteristics of the negative materials used, such a correlation was found. This correlation may be explained most conveniently by referring to Fig 1 (below). The negative from which the first excellent print was obtained was found to use a portion of this characteristic lying between the points M and O. Let the slope of the used portion of the curve be designated by G bar and the slope at point M by Gmin, this being the limiting gradient at the extreme shadow end of the object tonal scale.
Jones introduced the concept of the use of a minimum gradient in a 1935 paper, Minimum Useful Gradient as a Criterion of Photographic Speed. The paper makes no conclusions as to what the gradient would be. I believe this is what lead to the first excellent print test.
Nelson summarizes the different film speed methods, The inertia speed criterion was found to give poor correlation. Speeds measured at a density of 0.20 above fog were also unsatisfactory. Speeds measured at a density of 0.10 above fog were better than inertia or 0.20 density speeds, but did not correlate with the print judgment speed as closely as was desired for a primary standard method.
A good example of unsatisfactory correlation is the comparison of where the different methods would fall on curves of different shapes and with different gradients. In the example, S represents the print judgment speed. The tiny arrow represents the fractional gradient speed. S` represents the speed at 0.10 density above Fb+f, and the where the straight line extending down from the film curve intersect the line representing Fb+f is the inertia speed point.
What did Jones conclude? "From the standpoint of tone reproduction theory there seems to be no justification for the adoption of any value of density as a significant criterion of the speed of a photographic negative material. The primary function of the negative material is to record brightness (luminance) differences existing in the scene. Density, per se, has no significance as an indication of the ability of the photographic material to perform this function. The value of negative density by which any particular object brightness (luminance) is rendered, as, for instance, the deepest shadow, is of no consequence except insofar as it may have some bearing on the exposure time required to make a print from the negative."
"Tone reproduction theory indicates that there is only one characteristic of the negative curve that is significant in expressing the capacity of the material to reproduce brightness (luminance) differences, and it is upon the way in which brightness (luminance) differences are reproduced that the quality of the final positive must depend. This characteristic of the D-log E relationship is the gradient or slope, since this determines the magnitude of the density difference by which brightness (luminance) differences in the object will be rendered in the negative and eventually in the positive made therefrom."
As Nelson noted about the fractional gradient method in the introduction to Simple Methods, "This criteria was adopted because it gives speed values which correlate more closely with speeds obtained by picture tests than do the speeds obtained by any other known sensitometric speed criterion."
Stephen - I've gone through the Nelson/Simonds and Delta-X papers and I have some concerns and questions which I will try to post later tonight when I have some time. In particular the print judgement speeds in the figure with the six hypothetical curves surprised me at first - which leads me to more questions concerning 0.3G. And the papers really raised some fundamental questions for me.
As you know based on my many previous posts on the subject, I think Jones had it right when it comes to the underlying concept. Local contrast is what matters, not a density. Which is what led me to start this thread. How that principle evolved into practice though, I'm still not sure I "agree", which may ultimately help to bridge the gap between ISO and ZS-style personal EIs.
For now I'll leave you with one quick question. How did an extension of the straight line down to fog density end up being called Inertia Speed? What is the basis for that construction? Is it essentially a speed point such that there is zero toe/compression relative to the maximum gradient in any development scenario?
Originally Posted by Michael R 1974
For now I'll leave you with one quick question. How did an extension of the straight line down to fog density end up being called Inertia Speed? What is the basis for that construction? Is it essentially a speed point such that there is zero toe/compression relative to the maximum gradient in any development scenario?
Inertia Speed comes out of Hurter and Driffield's work. The line extending down is basically Gamma. Hurter and Driffield felt that the truest reproduction happened on the straight-line portion of the curve. This was based entirely on the sensitometric concepts. They never did psychohysical testing. That's what makes the first excellent print test so important. It began to tie the technical aspects of the photographic process in with the psychological.
I can't give you specifics on the Inertia Speed at the moment as I am at work, plus I've never played with the method. The use of inertia speed was discontinued sometime around 1918. Curve shape had too big of an effect on inertia speeds, and like with Gamma, it was difficult to accurately define the straight-line portion with some curve shapes.
Originally Posted by Michael R 1974
As you know based on my many previous posts on the subject, I think Jones had it right when it comes to the underlying concept. Local contrast is what matters, not a density. Which is what led me to start this thread. How that principle evolved into practice though, I'm still not sure I "agree", which may ultimately help to bridge the gap between ISO and ZS-style personal EIs.
Jones was the first ASA chairman of the Subcommittee on Photography. Not to start any conspiracies, but he probably exerted a great deal of influence during his tenure on which methods were adopted. But the answer to most questions about the adequacy of the speed point, the speed point is a place to calculate the speed. It doesn't necessarily imply where the shadow exposure is supposed will fall. Fractional gradient method defines the mininum useful gradient. The fractional gradient film speeds are 1/2 of what they would be using the current ISO method. What many of the popular methods tend to miss is the speed constant which actually determines where the exposure is supposed to fall. (more on this later)
I have been trying to make a mental picture about the Delta-X Criterion. Where I agree is that when pushing to expand contrast keeping the speed near the normal EI one moves up on the curve which results in a steeper gradient (one could shorten the development as a result) and one gets away from the toe.
What bothers me is when pulling. Looking at curves left of the 0.1 speed point the curve has largely the same shape as right of the speed point. So shortining the exposure would work out mathematically.
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"There are a lot of diet books and programs out there promising to work for you, but this device is something different," he said. "When you eat something bad, your blood sugar goes up. Even if you are not a diabetic person, your blood sugar does have variation. Even if you are a healthy adult. It can go up very rapidly if you, say, eat a donut and chug a soda. Your blood sugar is going to go up very quickly. What happens is that your body reacts to that sugar by dumping a lot of insulin. You can go down just as fast and you can actually go 'hypo' — and that can trigger cravings…. Then your brain says it needs sugar fast and begins thinking about things that it associates with sugar, which are always [unhealthy] food. Then you get on that rollercoaster."
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So this means that upgrading to JDK1.3 didn't work.
Well, how about what else is in your CLASSPATH. Is it possible you have an older jar file somewhere in there? Something that makes Tomcat run, but run 'not quite right'?
This is a pretty strange error.
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mike.....i swithced to
web server and its working now...
thanks a lot for ur help ... switching was one heluuva load off..
.. i am really gratefull for ur follow up!
in case u wonderred why i am going thru all this trouble to do the following:
* i want to make a small database app for kids from grade 5-8
* and i want it browser based rather than a java application
* and i want it an OFF-LINE BROWSER APPLICATION ...please dont ask the reasons
* so i gather that in order to distribute the app, i will have to bundle the web server too?
* in order to make the app,, what shd i use?...servlets?
? or both...... i am currently not familiar with any one of these ... basically i am a fortran/vb/oracle/sql database programmer
one reason i am chossing the browser is because a java app is slow anyway .. so why not use the browser to add fun stuff like animation etc..
is this a workable idea?
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Well uh,
If you program in VB, is there a reason that you can't use VB? If it doesn't *need* to be a web-based application, why make it one? Particularly if it's 'offline'.
If you make it browser based, but want it offline, then yes you need to bundle a webserver with the program, and you've just seen how hard it is to do set up a server on your computer.
I know this is a Java forum, but please everyone, with-hold your arrows...
... but is there any reason you can't use ASP (which uses VBScript, something you're more familiar with) and PWS, which comes on the Win9x CD's?
To defend java, I would say that their speed has improved remarkably in the last few years. This is partly to do with the speed increases in CPU's and also to do with JIT compiler advances.
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one reason i want to do java is becasue i want to.... i feel it gives me more options etc...
i have tried vb but its not as good as java....
even thought the first launch has already taken place in vb of what i want to do...
u see...i am in pakistan...and here the internet costs are high...so launcing a web based app offline makes more sense ... this way i can load the program on to the web when it becomes cost effective
i also save on costs as java is all free...
for example....if i want to use a nice background in vb ... it slows down the system to an extent that its a no go
also i want to get out of vb....i have noticed that deploying MS systems is mor expensive and THEIR products work better on their tools
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Anticipating that WeChat v5.0 will appear later this month, he reckons we'll see:
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Social gaming integration will arrive as promised.
In addition to all that, Guan Peng expects the WeChat brand/celebrity accounts to be given more emphasis and prominence.
Of course, none of that is officially coming in WeChat v5.0. We know there is a social gaming platform coming for sure – similar to those from rival apps Line and Kakaotalk – but it might not be ready to go live this month. E-payments are far from a certainty as well; indeed, when we listened in on Tencent's most recent earnings call in March – revealing $7 billion in revenue in 2012 – Tencent president Marin Lau had this to say of mobile payments:
We take a long-term view – there are so many hurdles and a lack of standardization [for payments]. So it's an experiment that we take a lot of interest in, but it takes a long time to see what needs to be done to build a business model on it.
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A few years into my gluten-free lifestyle, I was confident that I would ace my first endoscopy. I didn't. I still had scalloping of the villi in my small intestines, a telltale indicator of celiac disease.
I assured my gastroenterologist that I hadn't had a smidge of bread, pasta or cake in the past year.
"Do you use soy sauce, Ann?" The answer was yes. Constantly. Had no idea that the second ingredient is wheat. Here are just some of the many places where sneaky gluten is hiding out.
Brown rice syrup: If it isn't labeled gluten-free, it may contain barley.
Bulk section foods: Between the shared scoops and lack of supervision, who knows what kind of cross-contamination is happening in those bins.
Cosmetics: Think lipstick, lip balm, lip liner, foundations. These will be on your lips and then in your mouth.
Candy: Even licorice, like Twizzlers, are made with wheat.
Cereal: The box may say rice or oats, but many add malt flavoring.
Chips: My favorite, Wise Barbecue Potato Chips, contains wheat.
Couscous: Looks like quinoa, but made from wheat.
Fried food: Runs the risk of contamination from being fried with breaded foods.
Medications/vitamins: See glutenfreedrugs.com for a list.
Rice mixes: The flavoring packets may have gluten.
Shampoo and skin products: Lots of controversy surrounds this subject. According to Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Picco, "Gluten cannot be absorbed through the skin." That said, shampoo and skin products can easily end up on your lips and then ingested. However, if you get a topical reaction, then avoid gluten products.
Soy and teriyaki sauce: Both are made with wheat.
Tea: Companies such as Celestial Seasonings use roasted barley in some of their products.
Toothpaste/mouthwash: Goes directly into the mouth so better to buy gluten-free versions.
Wheat-free labeled products: They contain lesser-known gluten-filled grains.
Wine coolers: Wine is fine, but many wine coolers are filled with malt.
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$86.35 / each
$331.80 / box
4 x $82.95
$279.95 / each
$539.90 / box
2 x $269.95
$165.95 / each
$479.85 / box
3 x $159.95
$198.65 / each
$575.85 / box
3 x $191.95
$286.95 / each
$553.90 / box
2 x $276.95
$266.95 / each
$515.90 / box
2 x $257.95
$167.55 / each
$268.95 / each
$252.95 / each
$487.90 / box
2 x $243.95
$34.65 / each
$134.20 / box
4 x $33.55
$275.95 / each
$529.90 / box
2 x $264.95
$396.95 / each
$763.90 / box
2 x $381.95
$285.95 / each
$551.90 / box
2 x $275.95
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