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Without question the industry has faced some highs and lows since I began covering it.
The first part of the decade was quite positive while the last half was predominantly negative. Nevertheless, even at its worst there were reasons to be optimistic during the down times. The following represent the high and low points of the industry over the last decade.
No doubt many of the readers of these forums will remember the old days of betting on sports. The wagers were either placed with friends, with local bookmakers (who you weren't sure if they would be around the next week to collect), or in Las Vegas if one had the time and money. Then around the early 1990s some offshore sportsbooks based in England sprung up to take wagers from North America. Bowman's International was the first book for many in North America. In fact my first offshore wager was a bet on the Toronto Blue Jays to win the 1992 World Series at Bowman's International.
Betting minimums were high due to communication costs and bets were always placed on the phone. Other books followed, mostly based in Caribbean destinations and consequently offshore books like WWTS, Post-Time and SBG Global became popular phone options for North American bettors. Of course many scam operations like Top Turf or Dial-A-Bet emerged as well.
Then in 1996 the Internet became viable and several of the same books looked at the web as a cheaper form of communication. It allowed new ventures to open up with the Internet as their first offering. The Internet cut down on costs, opened a wider market and allowed reasonable minimums that were enticing to any income group. Intertops, which was based in Austria at the time, was arguably the first to go online followed closely by WSEX and a new way of betting emerged. All of a sudden sports bettors had the ability to wager on a wide variety of sports by a much easier communication and with minimums as low as $1 since there was really no extra overhead for the books. Some books such as WSEX and later Matchbook and Betfair offered the ability to wager on contests in play. Betfair and Matchbook also revolutionalized P2P betting which allowed sports bettors to wager against each other with the bookmaker acting as the intermediary. Of course prior to the internet most gambling was person to person with one friend taking one team while the other took the opposing team often offering points or odds. Betfair and Matchbook just made that more feasible.
Along with a whole new avenue for sports betting, the Internet also offered a great medium for poker networks. Prior to the Internet, poker was often played at people's houses or at land based clubs which often were dirty, smelly and off limits to many. The industry started slowly but many sites such as PokerStars, Party Poker and Full Tilt Poker opened up and the popularity really took off when a no name poker player named Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker after winning a spot in an online poker satellite tournament. Moneymaker was followed by Greg Raymer who also won a spot online and all of a sudden small time gamblers who never dreamed they would be good enough to win a real poker game or tournament were enticed to try the new system. Books on how to win at online poker were plentiful and what was once a small niche grew to the huge industry it is today.
While the Internet was a Godsend to small time sports bettors it was also a bonus to the larger players. Most big time gamblers were forced to use runners to try and find the best line but the Internet allowed sites like Don Best, Vegas Insider and others to emerge. They showed a list of real time line comparisons at various books allowing everyone the chance to find the best lines. Of course books also had the technology which consequently resulted in quicker line changes at all sportsbooks which effectively killed the opportunity for middles or scalps which many larger bettors feasted on. In Europe Oddschecker.com became a major source of information for any bettors who wanted to wager on sports.
But more important than the instant access to lines to players was the ability to access information they likely couldn't receive before. Many sports bettors used to rely on the Gold Sheet or other handicapping papers to get stats and information but the Internet provided everyone a new medium to get the information on their own. It seemed like everyone had a handicapping angle and tons of past stats which they were willing to release for a price. Stats such as batter success vs. specific pitchers; head to head past results in auto racing; etc. were all at hand. Mind you because everyone had the information the odds were often lower than they would have been if everyone didn't have access to the stats. Thus, some may consider the new ability to access information to be more of a negative than a positive but the new access to information and lines has been revolutionary.
While the U.S. government clearly could care less, given their actions, the growth of offshore gambling has given many struggling countries a new lease on life. Antigua and Costa Rica are known as great tourist destinations but their economies had been struggling as tourism dollars declined. Both countries (and particularly Antigua) saw the opportunity to help their economy by creating a new destination and tax haven for sportsbooks to operate. The United States didn?t oppose it at first but later did. In fact until the UIGEA passed it was reported that clerks working for sportsbooks were making far more than they could otherwise and the governments saw a new revenue stream at levels they couldn't have achieved otherwise. Furthermore in the small native reserve of Kahnawake, the Mohawks decided to help their struggling economy by providing betting companies the opportunity to operate from servers on the reserve. Mohawk Internet Technologies was deemed a huge success by Canadian government officials at the first Internet Gaming Conference and the reserve has benefited greatly ever since. In Europe small islands like the Isle of Man, Alderney, Gibraltar and Malta have flourished thanks to online gambling.
Last but not least a major high point for sports bettors and poker players has been the rise of Internet gambling forums such as MajorWager, 2+2 etc. The forums provided a new opportunity to not only gather information but have also allowed players from around the world to discuss games, handicapping strategies, experiences with gambling companies and various other pieces of information that bettors would deem valuable. As well, articles relating to the industry allowed bettors to stay in touch with all the latest news. Prior to the Internet this would have been impossible.
There are numerous low points over the last few years and it would be too long to detail them all. I'll focus on four. Obviously the crusade by John Kyl, Robert Goodlatte, Jim Leach and the other anti gambling factions in the Republican party to try and kill the industry in its infancy was a major low point in the industry especially after the trio gained steam in Congress after the election of George W. Bush. As well the rise and fall of very questionable books like Camelot, New Age Bets, First Fidelity etc. along with mainstays like Ace's Gold and Bet On Sports (albeit on totally different circumstances) can't be ignored as a low point. And the poker scandal at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet brought much disrepute to online poker but the four low points I will focus on are the Jay Cohen case, the passing of the UIGEA, the NETeller debacle and the WTO injustice.
After the successful launch of Internet wagering the Attorney General's office under Bill Clinton decided to crack down on offshore wagering. In 1998 Federal prosecutors in New York charged 14 individuals representing six offshore sports gambling businesses with violation of U.S. gaming laws. Janet Reno, then Attorney General stated "To Internet betting operators everywhere we have a simple message you can't hide online and you can't hide offshore." While the issue was previously a low priority for the government, Reno changed that at the bequest of John Kyl who was worried that people would "click the mouse and lose the house." This obviously could have been a great opportunity for all charged to pool their resources, hire a team of the best criminal and internet lawyers and present a defense that the courts couldn't simply wave off ,but instead only Jay Cohen, one of the owners of WSEX, returned to file a defense. The others that were named by the federal prosecutors either ignored the AG or returned and plead guilty. In fact Steve Budin, the head person of SBG Global cited in a book he wrote later that he returned because he knew he was guilty. Yet many who knew him have refuted that statement claiming Budin never believed what he was doing was wrong. In any case Cohen was forced to fight the charges alone and as the old union song states "no force on earth is weaker than the feeble might of one."
Cohen hired competent lawyers who argued their defense, valiantly claiming that Antigua is a sovereign state that is allowed to create its own laws and what Antigua was doing is no different than what Las Vegas has done. Moreover, Cohen's defense relied on the notion that a bet takes place where the server is located not where the original transmission was placed. So if someone places a wager from New York at WSEX's website the bet takes place in Antigua since it's only when the server processes the bet (in Antigua) that the bet is actually made. Cohen also pointed out the hypocrisy of the New York government since they allow bettors to wager on horse racing by phone and Internet. By all accounts the defense was solid but in a travesty of justice the judge told the jury that Cohen's defense was irrelevant. While he didn't come right out and tell the jury to find Cohen guilty, as that would be jury tampering, he left them with no real alternative. Cohen received a 21 month sentence and was released in 2004. Cohen stated that after the case one of the jurors told him that they wanted to find him not guilty but the judge really gave them no choice.
The Cohen case was a low point because it put a huge knife into the industry when it was really taking off but it also was a clear message to everyone that the U.S. government was prepared to do whatever it felt it needed to in an effort to stop online gambling including manipulation at the court level. The next 3 low points illustrate that as well.
Since 1997 several anti-gambling zealots like John Kyl, Robert Goodlatte etc. tried to have online gambling banned. They introduced law after law but none of them passed for varying reasons. In 2006 it appeared that the bill again would fail after it was voted down but Congressman Bill Frist, many believe at the behest of George W Bush, attached the anti gambling legislation called the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) to the Safe Port Act. The Safe Port Act was deemed essential at protecting the ports from terrorists and was a sure pass bill. Since the bill was already guaranteed to pass anything attached to it was pretty much guaranteed to pass as well. By passing it in that way the bill was never debated. Many in Congress such as Barney Frank were disgusted by the attempt to attach a totally unrelated bill to a security measure but it passed 98-0 in the Senate and 421-2 in the House. The way in which the bill was passed made it clear once again that the government had no concern about ethics in its crusade to block Americans from wagering online.
Almost immediately following the passage of the bill almost 60% of Party Poker's stock price was lost and all publicly traded companies including SportingBet, WWTS, 888 Gaming, Mansion etc. were forced to leave the U.S. market. Pinnacle Sports pulled out later and various payment firms were forced to leave. The law made it illegal for payment companies to accept wagers for online gambling with several exemptions carved out. Even though the law wasn't official until the regulations were written the companies left anyways and the regulations weren't actually passed for almost 3 years following George W. Bush's signing of the Safe Port Act. To make matters worse, the U.S. government then decided to prosecute companies for their involvement in online gambling even though the law wasn't in effect. To date the Remote Gaming Association in the EU has taken the U.S. government to task for its attempt to extort UK gambling operators who left when the UIGEA was enacted.
The UIGEA not only killed a lot of good companies but it also made it far more difficult for companies to process payments and dampened the excitement the industry was generating. Looking at any gambling forum or talking to online gamblers it's clear that the fun, excitement and vivaciousness that they were experiencing prior to the UIGEA just didn't exist after. The law didn't deter people from gambling offshore (no law can stop that) but it did make them less eager to talk about it publicly.
One positive that arose from the UIGEA was the organization of lobby groups to oppose it. iMEGA, the Poker Player's Alliance and a group of Congressmen led by Barney Frank have all emerged to try and overturn the UIGEA or at least minimize its impact.
When the UIGEA passed one company that decided to stick it out was NETeller (now called Neovia Financial PLC). The company was originally based in the Caribbean but moved its main headquarters to the Isle of Man with a subsidiary office in Canada. After the Safe Port Act passed NETeller decided to take some time to look at their options and indicated they would likely leave the U.S. market but wanted some time to restructure. It appeared Uncle Sam wasn't willing to go along with their timeline and forced the issue by arresting the original founders of the company. John Lefebvre and Stephen Lawrence were charged with money laundering. The charges were illogical since NETeller never hid their modus operandi and at the time of the arrests both Lefebvre and Lawrence had left the company. Nevertheless the arrests worked as NETeller ceased trading on the AIM for some time and in January 2007 NETeller announced it would no longer process transactions for Americans. If that had been the end of the story then it would have been regrettable but acceptable. The DoJ, however, once more trying to make a point took it one step further. They seized all ACH transfers in process and told U.S. banks to decline any transfers that were coming from NETeller. This left people with money in their accounts in a state of flux since Americans couldn't transfer money back to the books from NETeller, couldn't transfer it to their banks and couldn't transfer it to people in Canada or other countries who wanted to help them out. Their money was literally held hostage.
NETeller, to their credit did all they could to try and work things out with the government to get the money back to players but it took almost 7 months and required Americans to send a form requesting the money returned. Larger bettors who were certain submitting a claim would see their information wind up on the desks of the IRS decided to forego the request and it is still uncertain what the government did with those request forms. In April of 2007 NETeller also announced it was leaving the Canadian market, a decision which to this day seems to make little sense. NETeller may have received similar threats from the Canadian government, may have decided that with the Canadian office and the founders being Canadian that the risk wasn't worth the reward or may have just decided to get away from North America and focus on Europe and Asia instead. They have never let their reasons be known. Regardless of the reason, it left Canadian bettors out of the loop.
The significance of the NETeller situation, aside from once again indicating the lengths the DoJ was willing stoop to in an effort to stop online gambling and the inconvenience it caused Americans was that it effectively killed the ability to deposit and withdraw money in an easy fashion. Most Americans and Canadians relied on NETeller because its software provided the easiest means to move money around to gambling sites and friends, and when NETeller closed its operations almost every other E-Wallet followed suit. Americans have been forced to rely on checks, money transfers or similar options that are far more costly and less timely. Canadians have numerous other options such as Instadebit, Moneybookers and credit cards. They are still viable from most banks so they haven't suffered as much as Americans but to this day Americans state what used to be processed in minutes now can take weeks. In fact numerous Americans I spoke to told me they have returned to their local bookie because it's "just easier to deal with the mob."
The last major low point in the industry occurred with the Antigua-U.S. dispute filed at the WTO. After the Jay Cohen verdict Antigua hired Mark Mendel as an attorney to file a motion at the WTO claiming that the U.S. were in violation an agreement. Without going into great detail, Antigua argued that the U.S. signed an agreement under GATS stating that they would open their market to gambling products from other countries. The U.S. argued that it signed that in error and used a "morals" argument claiming that remote gambling goes against the country's principles. A WTO body heard the arguments and sided with Antigua stating that the U.S. allowed remote gambling on horse racing so allowing one form of remote gambling while trying to block another was hypocritical. The U.S. appealed the decision and the appellate court upheld the original decision but provided the U.S. an out. The courts told the U.S. that if it stopped remote gambling on horse racing in the United States then the courts would side with the States. The horse racing industry threatened to fight any attempts to block online or inter-track betting on their product tooth and nail and it was clear to the government that they were in a corner.
In typical U.S. government fashion, the U.S. didn't agree to correct things in a reasonable manner. At first they simply tried to ignore the ruling and later announced it would rewrite its commitment. While this was an option it was not one anyone felt the U.S. would stoop to since it was never done in the past and most countries believed rewriting commitments was just underhanded. All countries who felt they were affected or would be affected could file a claim for compensation and among those asking for compensation was the EU. It was believed by most in the industry that one of 2 scenarios would bring the U.S. to its knees. If the EU demanded excessive compensation since they were being badly hurt by the decision or if the WTO gave Antigua a large enough award for their lawsuit the U.S. would have no choice but to re-evaluate the whole situation. But alas neither happened. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson agreed to a small concession in the area of shipping and storage and later the WTO awarded Antigua $21 million a year to be used in the area of Copyrights and Trademarks. The $21 million wasn't even equal to what Antigua spent on legal fees and certainly wasn't large enough to be a deterrent to the U.S.
The decisions were a sham and to this date no one has been content with the outcome. Catherine Ashton, who took over for Mandelson, made many derogatory comments about the U.S. afterwards because of its gambling ban and it was evident she wasn't at all happy with Madelson's decision to settle with the U.S. The current EU trade commissioner Karel DeGucht was just elected and hasn't stated anything on the situation. And despite the ruling against Antigua, nothing was ever done. The U.S. has yet to rewrite its commitments, Antigua has yet to use its $21 million award (although it recently indicated it may) and no countries have been compensated. Instead you have a situation where the U.S. has used its "might makes right" bullying tactics to force a ruling in its direction and in the process has once again made the WTO look silly and meaningless.
In the last article I'll look at my predictions for the future of the industry.

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without question the industry has faced some highs and lows since i began covering it.
the first part of the decade was quite positive while the last half was predominantly negative. nevertheless, even at its worst there were reasons to be optimistic during the down times. the following represent the high and low points of the industry over the last decade.
no doubt many of the readers of these forums will remember the old days of betting on sports. the wagers were either placed with friends, with local bookmakers (who you weren't sure if they would be around the next week to collect), or in las vegas if one had the time and money. then around the early 1990s some offshore sportsbooks based in england sprung up to take wagers from north america. bowman's international was the first book for many in north america. in fact my first offshore wager was a bet on the toronto blue jays to win the 1992 world series at bowman's international.
betting minimums were high due to communication costs and bets were always placed on the phone. other books followed, mostly based in caribbean destinations and consequently offshore books like wwts, post-time and sbg global became popular phone options for north american bettors. of course many scam operations like top turf or dial-a-bet emerged as well.
then in 1996 the internet became viable and several of the same books looked at the web as a cheaper form of communication. it allowed new ventures to open up with the internet as their first offering. the internet cut down on costs, opened a wider market and allowed reasonable minimums that were enticing to any income group. intertops, which was based in austria at the time, was arguably the first to go online followed closely by wsex and a new way of betting emerged. all of a sudden sports bettors had the ability to wager on a wide variety of sports by a much easier communication and with minimums as low as $1 since there was really no extra overhead for the books. some books such as wsex and later matchbook and betfair offered the ability to wager on contests in play. betfair and matchbook also revolutionalized p2p betting which allowed sports bettors to wager against each other with the bookmaker acting as the intermediary. of course prior to the internet most gambling was person to person with one friend taking one team while the other took the opposing team often offering points or odds. betfair and matchbook just made that more feasible.
along with a whole new avenue for sports betting, the internet also offered a great medium for poker networks. prior to the internet, poker was often played at people's houses or at land based clubs which often were dirty, smelly and off limits to many. the industry started slowly but many sites such as pokerstars, party poker and full tilt poker opened up and the popularity really took off when a no name poker player named chris moneymaker won the world series of poker after winning a spot in an online poker satellite tournament. moneymaker was followed by greg raymer who also won a spot online and all of a sudden small time gamblers who never dreamed they would be good enough to win a real poker game or tournament were enticed to try the new system. books on how to win at online poker were plentiful and what was once a small niche grew to the huge industry it is today.
while the internet was a godsend to small time sports bettors it was also a bonus to the larger players. most big time gamblers were forced to use runners to try and find the best line but the internet allowed sites like don best, vegas insider and others to emerge. they showed a list of real time line comparisons at various books allowing everyone the chance to find the best lines. of course books also had the technology which consequently resulted in quicker line changes at all sportsbooks which effectively killed the opportunity for middles or scalps which many larger bettors feasted on. in europe oddschecker.com became a major source of information for any bettors who wanted to wager on sports.
but more important than the instant access to lines to players was the ability to access information they likely couldn't receive before. many sports bettors used to rely on the gold sheet or other handicapping papers to get stats and information but the internet provided everyone a new medium to get the information on their own. it seemed like everyone had a handicapping angle and tons of past stats which they were willing to release for a price. stats such as batter success vs. specific pitchers; head to head past results in auto racing; etc. were all at hand. mind you because everyone had the information the odds were often lower than they would have been if everyone didn't have access to the stats. thus, some may consider the new ability to access information to be more of a negative than a positive but the new access to information and lines has been revolutionary.
while the u.s. government clearly could care less, given their actions, the growth of offshore gambling has given many struggling countries a new lease on life. antigua and costa rica are known as great tourist destinations but their economies had been struggling as tourism dollars declined. both countries (and particularly antigua) saw the opportunity to help their economy by creating a new destination and tax haven for sportsbooks to operate. the united states didn?t oppose it at first but later did. in fact until the uigea passed it was reported that clerks working for sportsbooks were making far more than they could otherwise and the governments saw a new revenue stream at levels they couldn't have achieved otherwise. furthermore in the small native reserve of kahnawake, the mohawks decided to help their struggling economy by providing betting companies the opportunity to operate from servers on the reserve. mohawk internet technologies was deemed a huge success by canadian government officials at the first internet gaming conference and the reserve has benefited greatly ever since. in europe small islands like the isle of man, alderney, gibraltar and malta have flourished thanks to online gambling.
last but not least a major high point for sports bettors and poker players has been the rise of internet gambling forums such as majorwager, 2+2 etc. the forums provided a new opportunity to not only gather information but have also allowed players from around the world to discuss games, handicapping strategies, experiences with gambling companies and various other pieces of information that bettors would deem valuable. as well, articles relating to the industry allowed bettors to stay in touch with all the latest news. prior to the internet this would have been impossible.
there are numerous low points over the last few years and it would be too long to detail them all. i'll focus on four. obviously the crusade by john kyl, robert goodlatte, jim leach and the other anti gambling factions in the republican party to try and kill the industry in its infancy was a major low point in the industry especially after the trio gained steam in congress after the election of george w. bush. as well the rise and fall of very questionable books like camelot, new age bets, first fidelity etc. along with mainstays like ace's gold and bet on sports (albeit on totally different circumstances) can't be ignored as a low point. and the poker scandal at absolute poker and ultimate bet brought much disrepute to online poker but the four low points i will focus on are the jay cohen case, the passing of the uigea, the neteller debacle and the wto injustice.
after the successful launch of internet wagering the attorney general's office under bill clinton decided to crack down on offshore wagering. in 1998 federal prosecutors in new york charged 14 individuals representing six offshore sports gambling businesses with violation of u.s. gaming laws. janet reno, then attorney general stated "to internet betting operators everywhere we have a simple message you can't hide online and you can't hide offshore." while the issue was previously a low priority for the government, reno changed that at the bequest of john kyl who was worried that people would "click the mouse and lose the house." this obviously could have been a great opportunity for all charged to pool their resources, hire a team of the best criminal and internet lawyers and present a defense that the courts couldn't simply wave off ,but instead only jay cohen, one of the owners of wsex, returned to file a defense. the others that were named by the federal prosecutors either ignored the ag or returned and plead guilty. in fact steve budin, the head person of sbg global cited in a book he wrote later that he returned because he knew he was guilty. yet many who knew him have refuted that statement claiming budin never believed what he was doing was wrong. in any case cohen was forced to fight the charges alone and as the old union song states "no force on earth is weaker than the feeble might of one."
cohen hired competent lawyers who argued their defense, valiantly claiming that antigua is a sovereign state that is allowed to create its own laws and what antigua was doing is no different than what las vegas has done. moreover, cohen's defense relied on the notion that a bet takes place where the server is located not where the original transmission was placed. so if someone places a wager from new york at wsex's website the bet takes place in antigua since it's only when the server processes the bet (in antigua) that the bet is actually made. cohen also pointed out the hypocrisy of the new york government since they allow bettors to wager on horse racing by phone and internet. by all accounts the defense was solid but in a travesty of justice the judge told the jury that cohen's defense was irrelevant. while he didn't come right out and tell the jury to find cohen guilty, as that would be jury tampering, he left them with no real alternative. cohen received a 21 month sentence and was released in 2004. cohen stated that after the case one of the jurors told him that they wanted to find him not guilty but the judge really gave them no choice.
the cohen case was a low point because it put a huge knife into the industry when it was really taking off but it also was a clear message to everyone that the u.s. government was prepared to do whatever it felt it needed to in an effort to stop online gambling including manipulation at the court level. the next 3 low points illustrate that as well.
since 1997 several anti-gambling zealots like john kyl, robert goodlatte etc. tried to have online gambling banned. they introduced law after law but none of them passed for varying reasons. in 2006 it appeared that the bill again would fail after it was voted down but congressman bill frist, many believe at the behest of george w bush, attached the anti gambling legislation called the unlawful gambling enforcement act (uigea) to the safe port act. the safe port act was deemed essential at protecting the ports from terrorists and was a sure pass bill. since the bill was already guaranteed to pass anything attached to it was pretty much guaranteed to pass as well. by passing it in that way the bill was never debated. many in congress such as barney frank were disgusted by the attempt to attach a totally unrelated bill to a security measure but it passed 98-0 in the senate and 421-2 in the house. the way in which the bill was passed made it clear once again that the government had no concern about ethics in its crusade to block americans from wagering online.
almost immediately following the passage of the bill almost 60% of party poker's stock price was lost and all publicly traded companies including sportingbet, wwts, 888 gaming, mansion etc. were forced to leave the u.s. market. pinnacle sports pulled out later and various payment firms were forced to leave. the law made it illegal for payment companies to accept wagers for online gambling with several exemptions carved out. even though the law wasn't official until the regulations were written the companies left anyways and the regulations weren't actually passed for almost 3 years following george w. bush's signing of the safe port act. to make matters worse, the u.s. government then decided to prosecute companies for their involvement in online gambling even though the law wasn't in effect. to date the remote gaming association in the eu has taken the u.s. government to task for its attempt to extort uk gambling operators who left when the uigea was enacted.
the uigea not only killed a lot of good companies but it also made it far more difficult for companies to process payments and dampened the excitement the industry was generating. looking at any gambling forum or talking to online gamblers it's clear that the fun, excitement and vivaciousness that they were experiencing prior to the uigea just didn't exist after. the law didn't deter people from gambling offshore (no law can stop that) but it did make them less eager to talk about it publicly.
one positive that arose from the uigea was the organization of lobby groups to oppose it. imega, the poker player's alliance and a group of congressmen led by barney frank have all emerged to try and overturn the uigea or at least minimize its impact.
when the uigea passed one company that decided to stick it out was neteller (now called neovia financial plc). the company was originally based in the caribbean but moved its main headquarters to the isle of man with a subsidiary office in canada. after the safe port act passed neteller decided to take some time to look at their options and indicated they would likely leave the u.s. market but wanted some time to restructure. it appeared uncle sam wasn't willing to go along with their timeline and forced the issue by arresting the original founders of the company. john lefebvre and stephen lawrence were charged with money laundering. the charges were illogical since neteller never hid their modus operandi and at the time of the arrests both lefebvre and lawrence had left the company. nevertheless the arrests worked as neteller ceased trading on the aim for some time and in january 2007 neteller announced it would no longer process transactions for americans. if that had been the end of the story then it would have been regrettable but acceptable. the doj, however, once more trying to make a point took it one step further. they seized all ach transfers in process and told u.s. banks to decline any transfers that were coming from neteller. this left people with money in their accounts in a state of flux since americans couldn't transfer money back to the books from neteller, couldn't transfer it to their banks and couldn't transfer it to people in canada or other countries who wanted to help them out. their money was literally held hostage.
neteller, to their credit did all they could to try and work things out with the government to get the money back to players but it took almost 7 months and required americans to send a form requesting the money returned. larger bettors who were certain submitting a claim would see their information wind up on the desks of the irs decided to forego the request and it is still uncertain what the government did with those request forms. in april of 2007 neteller also announced it was leaving the canadian market, a decision which to this day seems to make little sense. neteller may have received similar threats from the canadian government, may have decided that with the canadian office and the founders being canadian that the risk wasn't worth the reward or may have just decided to get away from north america and focus on europe and asia instead. they have never let their reasons be known. regardless of the reason, it left canadian bettors out of the loop.
the significance of the neteller situation, aside from once again indicating the lengths the doj was willing stoop to in an effort to stop online gambling and the inconvenience it caused americans was that it effectively killed the ability to deposit and withdraw money in an easy fashion. most americans and canadians relied on neteller because its software provided the easiest means to move money around to gambling sites and friends, and when neteller closed its operations almost every other e-wallet followed suit. americans have been forced to rely on checks, money transfers or similar options that are far more costly and less timely. canadians have numerous other options such as instadebit, moneybookers and credit cards. they are still viable from most banks so they haven't suffered as much as americans but to this day americans state what used to be processed in minutes now can take weeks. in fact numerous americans i spoke to told me they have returned to their local bookie because it's "just easier to deal with the mob."
the last major low point in the industry occurred with the antigua-u.s. dispute filed at the wto. after the jay cohen verdict antigua hired mark mendel as an attorney to file a motion at the wto claiming that the u.s. were in violation an agreement. without going into great detail, antigua argued that the u.s. signed an agreement under gats stating that they would open their market to gambling products from other countries. the u.s. argued that it signed that in error and used a "morals" argument claiming that remote gambling goes against the country's principles. a wto body heard the arguments and sided with antigua stating that the u.s. allowed remote gambling on horse racing so allowing one form of remote gambling while trying to block another was hypocritical. the u.s. appealed the decision and the appellate court upheld the original decision but provided the u.s. an out. the courts told the u.s. that if it stopped remote gambling on horse racing in the united states then the courts would side with the states. the horse racing industry threatened to fight any attempts to block online or inter-track betting on their product tooth and nail and it was clear to the government that they were in a corner.
in typical u.s. government fashion, the u.s. didn't agree to correct things in a reasonable manner. at first they simply tried to ignore the ruling and later announced it would rewrite its commitment. while this was an option it was not one anyone felt the u.s. would stoop to since it was never done in the past and most countries believed rewriting commitments was just underhanded. all countries who felt they were affected or would be affected could file a claim for compensation and among those asking for compensation was the eu. it was believed by most in the industry that one of 2 scenarios would bring the u.s. to its knees. if the eu demanded excessive compensation since they were being badly hurt by the decision or if the wto gave antigua a large enough award for their lawsuit the u.s. would have no choice but to re-evaluate the whole situation. but alas neither happened. eu trade commissioner peter mandelson agreed to a small concession in the area of shipping and storage and later the wto awarded antigua $21 million a year to be used in the area of copyrights and trademarks. the $21 million wasn't even equal to what antigua spent on legal fees and certainly wasn't large enough to be a deterrent to the u.s.
the decisions were a sham and to this date no one has been content with the outcome. catherine ashton, who took over for mandelson, made many derogatory comments about the u.s. afterwards because of its gambling ban and it was evident she wasn't at all happy with madelson's decision to settle with the u.s. the current eu trade commissioner karel degucht was just elected and hasn't stated anything on the situation. and despite the ruling against antigua, nothing was ever done. the u.s. has yet to rewrite its commitments, antigua has yet to use its $21 million award (although it recently indicated it may) and no countries have been compensated. instead you have a situation where the u.s. has used its "might makes right" bullying tactics to force a ruling in its direction and in the process has once again made the wto look silly and meaningless.
in the last article i'll look at my predictions for the future of the industry.


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The Library of Congress > Chronicling America > Reedsburg herald.
Editors: C. Lowman, June 4-<Nov. 28, 1857>; E.G. Wheeler, S. Ramsey, & J. Mackey, <Dec. 26, 1857>-Jan. 23, 1858.
Suspended publication with Dec. 26, 1857 issue; resumed with Jan. 23, 1858 issue.

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the library of congress > chronicling america > reedsburg herald.
editors: c. lowman, june 4-<nov. 28, 1857>; e.g. wheeler, s. ramsey, & j. mackey, <dec. 26, 1857>-jan. 23, 1858.
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smooths and removes scratches in restorations that develop during contouring, and prepares the sur..
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How do I recreate Pipeline-calibrated Total Power Data?
The ALMA TP data is generally reduced using the TP data reduction pipeline which performs calibration and imaging; only in exceptional cases are ALMA TP data manually reduced using standard scripts. Details regarding the calibration and imaging of TP data using both the TP data reduction pipeline and manual reduction can be found in the following sections.
You can determine whether your data was reduced by Pipeline by looking for a file "PPR...xml" in the "script" subdirectory (below the directory containing this README). If such a file is present, your data was pipeline-reduced.
TP datasets will often consist of many execution blocks (EBs). Each of them was calibrated individually. Imaging is done on all calibrated data together.
The images included in delivery have native frequency resolution and a cell size that is 1/9 of beam size. If you want to change them to your preferred frequency resolution and cell size, import the delivered FITS cubes to CASA and regrid it using the task imregrid.
One important aspect of the calibration is the conversion of the data from K to Jy/beam. This is done per spectral window, antenna, and EB. In case of pipeline-reduced data, the Jy per K conversion factors can be found via the pipeline weblog in the "qa" directory or in the file "jyperk.csv" under the "calibration" directory of this package. The conversion factors were derived from an observatory database for which the obervatory conducts regular observations of standard single-dish calibrators and stores the measurements. This analysis is done using standard scripts. We are not providing those data by default to the users, but in case you would be interested to have them, you are welcome to contact the helpdesk of your region.
In order to reprocess your data, you first need to obtain the raw data in ASDM format from the request handler. If you downloaded and untarred all available files for this delivery as described in the notification email, then you will already see (in addition to the directories shown in the tree listing above) a directory "raw" containing your raw data in subdirectories named "uid*.asdm.sdm" and no further action is necessary. If you do not have a raw directory, you will need to download and untar the tar balls of the raw data belonging to this delivery.If you untar the raw data tarballs in the same directory that you untarred the tarball of the products then they should appear in the "raw" directory in your "member_ouss_..." directory.
If you wish to rerun the pipeline from scratch, you will need the right version of CASA to be installed. Please find the line starting with "CASA version used for reduction:" in your QA2 report or README. The version indicated there is what you need to use for running the scriptForPI.
Please note that processing may take a significant amount of time and may need a significant amount of resources. To know how long it will take, please see the "Execution Duration" which is shown on the top-page of the weblog. The data to be processed in pipeline cannot exceed limits 31GB of raw data for a reduction machine with 64GB of RAM.

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how do i recreate pipeline-calibrated total power data?
the alma tp data is generally reduced using the tp data reduction pipeline which performs calibration and imaging; only in exceptional cases are alma tp data manually reduced using standard scripts. details regarding the calibration and imaging of tp data using both the tp data reduction pipeline and manual reduction can be found in the following sections.
you can determine whether your data was reduced by pipeline by looking for a file "ppr...xml" in the "script" subdirectory (below the directory containing this readme). if such a file is present, your data was pipeline-reduced.
tp datasets will often consist of many execution blocks (ebs). each of them was calibrated individually. imaging is done on all calibrated data together.
the images included in delivery have native frequency resolution and a cell size that is 1/9 of beam size. if you want to change them to your preferred frequency resolution and cell size, import the delivered fits cubes to casa and regrid it using the task imregrid.
one important aspect of the calibration is the conversion of the data from k to jy/beam. this is done per spectral window, antenna, and eb. in case of pipeline-reduced data, the jy per k conversion factors can be found via the pipeline weblog in the "qa" directory or in the file "jyperk.csv" under the "calibration" directory of this package. the conversion factors were derived from an observatory database for which the obervatory conducts regular observations of standard single-dish calibrators and stores the measurements. this analysis is done using standard scripts. we are not providing those data by default to the users, but in case you would be interested to have them, you are welcome to contact the helpdesk of your region.
in order to reprocess your data, you first need to obtain the raw data in asdm format from the request handler. if you downloaded and untarred all available files for this delivery as described in the notification email, then you will already see (in addition to the directories shown in the tree listing above) a directory "raw" containing your raw data in subdirectories named "uid*.asdm.sdm" and no further action is necessary. if you do not have a raw directory, you will need to download and untar the tar balls of the raw data belonging to this delivery.if you untar the raw data tarballs in the same directory that you untarred the tarball of the products then they should appear in the "raw" directory in your "member_ouss_..." directory.
if you wish to rerun the pipeline from scratch, you will need the right version of casa to be installed. please find the line starting with "casa version used for reduction:" in your qa2 report or readme. the version indicated there is what you need to use for running the scriptforpi.
please note that processing may take a significant amount of time and may need a significant amount of resources. to know how long it will take, please see the "execution duration" which is shown on the top-page of the weblog. the data to be processed in pipeline cannot exceed limits 31gb of raw data for a reduction machine with 64gb of ram.


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ah! it kind of echoes what I feel too! something in my head that's just refusing to move out!!
Thanks Princess.. glad you liked!!

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ah! it kind of echoes what i feel too! something in my head that's just refusing to move out!!
thanks princess.. glad you liked!!


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Anyway, I obviously haven't written anything in a while. I'm filled with IDEAS! and I swear I will put them down on paper (or type them in a document, rather) eventually. For now, though, I'll be letting something else prevent me from falling asleep at night.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! I'm glad your girls are doing well, congratulations.
I'm so glad you and the twins are going well!

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anyway, i obviously haven't written anything in a while. i'm filled with ideas! and i swear i will put them down on paper (or type them in a document, rather) eventually. for now, though, i'll be letting something else prevent me from falling asleep at night.
happy mother's day!! i'm glad your girls are doing well, congratulations.
i'm so glad you and the twins are going well!


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Single and couple photo/movie studio with good features for the best effect – 100% mesh.
The studio has 25 female poses, 20 male poses and 20 couple (male and female) poses. Poses are adjustable. No pose balls or pose stand, just sit. For pose menu click on the tripod.
The backdrop has a physics shape applied so you can stand on it. 20 textures in the menu and you can add more. Just drag and drop them from your inventory into to content of backdrop prim.
Features include rain, smoke and sun effect.
Studio mat has 48 adult animations for your private videos.
Director chair has 11 animations (female and male).

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single and couple photo/movie studio with good features for the best effect – 100% mesh.
the studio has 25 female poses, 20 male poses and 20 couple (male and female) poses. poses are adjustable. no pose balls or pose stand, just sit. for pose menu click on the tripod.
the backdrop has a physics shape applied so you can stand on it. 20 textures in the menu and you can add more. just drag and drop them from your inventory into to content of backdrop prim.
features include rain, smoke and sun effect.
studio mat has 48 adult animations for your private videos.
director chair has 11 animations (female and male).


text: Much of the commentary is concerned with legal transactions and gives instructions about how to produce a valid legal document, such as putting the name of the reigning emperor at the start of the text. The commentary also discusses the different professions and occupations such as head of state, judge, advocate, soldier/knight, pugilist, archer, slave/servant, wife, farmer, philosopher, and logician; and there is a discussion about the properties of a saphire. Among the sources cited are the Digests of Justinian, Jerome, Isidore, Ambrose, and Lactantius. From the collection of E. H. and E. M. Dring.

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Yesterday, on the eve of Yom HaZikaron, Camp Moshava of Wild Rose, WI hosted a screening of “Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story.” Ari Pinchot, the films director, spoke to the large crowd about Operation Entebbe and Israels commitment to protect the Jewish people.
Check out the trailer below, pictures coming soon!
SAVE THE DATE! Exclusive showing! Chicago Premier of the powerful documentary film “Follow Me”: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, directed and produced by Ari Daniel Pinchot .
Where: AMC Crown Theatre Skokie.
There will be a “question & answer” session with Ari Pinchot following the film….

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yesterday, on the eve of yom hazikaron, camp moshava of wild rose, wi hosted a screening of “follow me: the yoni netanyahu story.” ari pinchot, the films director, spoke to the large crowd about operation entebbe and israels commitment to protect the jewish people.
check out the trailer below, pictures coming soon!
save the date! exclusive showing! chicago premier of the powerful documentary film “follow me”: the yoni netanyahu story, directed and produced by ari daniel pinchot .
where: amc crown theatre skokie.
there will be a “question & answer” session with ari pinchot following the film….


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Well hello friends. If you are here and we aren't friends, then we should definitely become friends. Welcome to my little slice of the Internet where I can't wait to share affordable design ideas, lucky finds, thrifting secrets, and all sorts of other crazy things with you. I'm a design on a dime kinda woman. Thrifted furniture circles in and out of my little apartment on the reg. and did I mention, I am a sucker for vintage goods that tell a story.
I started this little business early 2017 and it has done nothing but bring me great joy. I've met so many wonderful designers and people and can't wait to continue this entrepreneurial journey. To think it all started with selling a coffee mug! I am so thankful to be able to continue my passion for vintage through Thoughtfully Thrifted. I hope you keep following along. Thanks for being awesome.

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well hello friends. if you are here and we aren't friends, then we should definitely become friends. welcome to my little slice of the internet where i can't wait to share affordable design ideas, lucky finds, thrifting secrets, and all sorts of other crazy things with you. i'm a design on a dime kinda woman. thrifted furniture circles in and out of my little apartment on the reg. and did i mention, i am a sucker for vintage goods that tell a story.
i started this little business early 2017 and it has done nothing but bring me great joy. i've met so many wonderful designers and people and can't wait to continue this entrepreneurial journey. to think it all started with selling a coffee mug! i am so thankful to be able to continue my passion for vintage through thoughtfully thrifted. i hope you keep following along. thanks for being awesome.


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How to Select The Perfect List for Your Mailing!
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ALL of my lists are no more than five days old.
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The leads I send you will go to no other client because "I NEVER SELL THE SAME NAME TWICE"! And the leads I send you will belong to you for your Unlimited Use. Use them, share them, sell them. BEWARE: Other companies "rent" you the list for your one-time use.
Your package of peel & stick labels will include a Special CD that lets you easily print your list onto additional sets of 'Peel & Stick' labels automatically. Just put blank labels into your printer, open the special file on the CD, click the 'Print' button and the labels will print AUTOMATICALLY. No other list company provides this service!
My lists include phone numbers (my Private In-House list comes name & address only... no phones). The mailing labels I print and ship to you contain name & address only. The computer disc I'll enclose in your package contains the same leads with name, address and phone number.
CLICK HERE for an interactive price list for easy 1-click ordering.
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My phone number is 1-352-503-4668. If you want me to help you select the best list for your offer just call me, leave me a clear message and I'll call you back (M-F, approx 3-4pm EST, Florida time). Please make certain your phone is on and can accept blocked calls. To discuss any matter other than selecting a list please email me to Mark@ExcellentLists.com.
I'm the published author of three non-fiction books that have been very well received. You can read all about them and see my full bio at www.Amazon.com. Enter 'Mark Beshara' in the search box.

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how to select the perfect list for your mailing!
all of my lists are 100% suitable for any money-making opportunity, including mail-order, gifting, mlm, etc. as one client put it: "it's like a mailing list on steroids!".
all of my lists are 100% buyers.
all of my lists are no more than five days old.
all of my lists have been run through the us postal service change of address database.
all of my lists have been run through the social security death index.
all of my lists have been run through cass certification to ensure maximum deliverability.
click here for a 'printable price list'.
free shipping & handling is included on every order and all orders are shipped within 24 hours via usps priority mail (2-day delivery with tracking) at no extra cost to you. also, i include 20% extra free names with every list order: order 1000 and i'll send you 1200, order 500 and i'll send you 600, order 250 and i'll send you 300.
the leads i send you will go to no other client because "i never sell the same name twice"! and the leads i send you will belong to you for your unlimited use. use them, share them, sell them. beware: other companies "rent" you the list for your one-time use.
your package of peel & stick labels will include a special cd that lets you easily print your list onto additional sets of 'peel & stick' labels automatically. just put blank labels into your printer, open the special file on the cd, click the 'print' button and the labels will print automatically. no other list company provides this service!
my lists include phone numbers (my private in-house list comes name & address only... no phones). the mailing labels i print and ship to you contain name & address only. the computer disc i'll enclose in your package contains the same leads with name, address and phone number.
click here for an interactive price list for easy 1-click ordering.
want my help to select a mailing list that's perfect for you?
my phone number is 1-352-503-4668. if you want me to help you select the best list for your offer just call me, leave me a clear message and i'll call you back (m-f, approx 3-4pm est, florida time). please make certain your phone is on and can accept blocked calls. to discuss any matter other than selecting a list please email me to mark@excellentlists.com.
i'm the published author of three non-fiction books that have been very well received. you can read all about them and see my full bio at www.amazon.com. enter 'mark beshara' in the search box.


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For RNA analysis, I finished TopHat , HTseq-count. But When I run DESeq2 for two groups, error came out. Below is this error "An error occurred with this dataset: Fatal error: An undefined error occurred, please check your input carefully and contact your administrator. Error in row.names<-.data.frame(*tmp*, value = value) : duplicate 'row.names' are not allowed"
How can I solve this problem. Thanks!
I am having the exact same issue. Even using reference files that have worked previously, I am getting the row.names error upon running DEseq2. The htseq-count files do not have any replicated row names so I am unaware of what else I can do to move forward. Any advice would be appreciated.
I have seen many odd, seemingly unspecific errors come up for this tool when replicates are not input - which are required when using the tool in Galaxy (and line-command, if meaningful results are wanted). There have also been problems with headers in the count files versus the tool form settings used. I can't recall if this specific error came up related to either of those two known usage problems, but looking at an example will clarify what is going on. And if there is a new tool bug, we'll want to fix it.

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for rna analysis, i finished tophat , htseq-count. but when i run deseq2 for two groups, error came out. below is this error "an error occurred with this dataset: fatal error: an undefined error occurred, please check your input carefully and contact your administrator. error in row.names<-.data.frame(*tmp*, value = value) : duplicate 'row.names' are not allowed"
how can i solve this problem. thanks!
i am having the exact same issue. even using reference files that have worked previously, i am getting the row.names error upon running deseq2. the htseq-count files do not have any replicated row names so i am unaware of what else i can do to move forward. any advice would be appreciated.
i have seen many odd, seemingly unspecific errors come up for this tool when replicates are not input - which are required when using the tool in galaxy (and line-command, if meaningful results are wanted). there have also been problems with headers in the count files versus the tool form settings used. i can't recall if this specific error came up related to either of those two known usage problems, but looking at an example will clarify what is going on. and if there is a new tool bug, we'll want to fix it.


text: “GervanoRA’s Clinical trials report “Zika Virus Infections: Comprehensive Global Clinical Trials Analytics H2 2018” provides an in-depth analysis of the overall clinical trials for Zika Virus Infections. The report caters information related to the global clinical trials with respect to their Phase, Trial Status, Intervention, Trial type and Endpoint status. Our report exclusively focuses on providing insights and competitive opportunities based on Biomarker or target receptor, Drug Class and Mechanism of Action to aid in understanding the upcoming newer research trends in the field of Zika Virus Infections drug discovery. The report offers coverage of Zika Virus Infections clinical trials by region and average enrollment by country. Country based analytics are provided according to the Top 5 Clinical trial sites globally and the emerging countries supporting with a platform to conduct clinical trials effectively. Analytics are also provided for the subjects enrolled over a period of time, Zika Virus Infections clinical trials by sponsor type and the top companies involved in the R&D of Zika Virus Infections drug development. In addition, the report gives a brief overview on the major drugs undergoing trials and the recent advancements observed in the Zika Virus Infections clinical trials.

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The Champagne house Moutard Pere et Fils has been making wine for several generations, producing a range of Champagnes both from their own grapes and from grapes purchased from their vine-growing friends. The Côte des Bar soil, made up of clay and limestone, gives the traditional Champagne varieties – Pinot Noir and Chardonnay – those very special rich, fruity aromas which are so appreciated by connoisseurs. As is customary they blend wines kept from several years to enable them to offer a range of Champagnes of reliable quality. Their production is cellar-aged for at least three years or between ten and fifteen years for vintage wines.
Population records show the presence of the family in Buxeuil as early as 1642.
Very old cellar records also tell of their activities as winemakers and form the basis of their centuries-old family tradition.
At the close of the XIXth century, Hyacinthe Diligent was experimenting with techniques for distilling the Champagne marc which made the company famous.
Scrupulously set down in writing, these recipes are still the foundation stone of their wines.
The latest innovation is the ‘6 Cépages’ made from the six permitted grape varieties in Champagne: the well known Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with the addition of Pinot Blanc, Arbane and Petit Meslier.

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the champagne house moutard pere et fils has been making wine for several generations, producing a range of champagnes both from their own grapes and from grapes purchased from their vine-growing friends. the côte des bar soil, made up of clay and limestone, gives the traditional champagne varieties – pinot noir and chardonnay – those very special rich, fruity aromas which are so appreciated by connoisseurs. as is customary they blend wines kept from several years to enable them to offer a range of champagnes of reliable quality. their production is cellar-aged for at least three years or between ten and fifteen years for vintage wines.
population records show the presence of the family in buxeuil as early as 1642.
very old cellar records also tell of their activities as winemakers and form the basis of their centuries-old family tradition.
at the close of the xixth century, hyacinthe diligent was experimenting with techniques for distilling the champagne marc which made the company famous.
scrupulously set down in writing, these recipes are still the foundation stone of their wines.
the latest innovation is the ‘6 cépages’ made from the six permitted grape varieties in champagne: the well known chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, with the addition of pinot blanc, arbane and petit meslier.


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New York doctor Robert Rho plead not guilty to manslaughter charges last Tuesday, October 11 in relation to allegedly causing the death of his 30-year-old patient, Jamie Lee Morales. She underwent surgery with him on July 9, 2016, and he allegedly punctured her uterus and cut an artery and didn’t to do enough to stave off the bleeding, which she had to go to another hospital for, later.
He was released from his detention after paying a $400,000 bond.
Jeffrey Lichtman, Rho’s legal counsel, said last Wednesday, October 12, that while the death is obviously a tragedy, it doesn’t mean that it was a crime and that Rho does not fit the profile of someone who consistently botches abortions and should be charged with homicide.
Rho provides gynecological services such as abortions and female genital plastic surgery, which he promoted on his website, saying he is known for “natural-looking” results.
If you or someone you know has been injured or killed by a trusted medical professional during a procedure, you might be rightfully upset and be seeking compensation. Contact an attorney with Hach & Rose, LLP by calling (212) 779-0057 to speak with a potential representative for your case.

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new york doctor robert rho plead not guilty to manslaughter charges last tuesday, october 11 in relation to allegedly causing the death of his 30-year-old patient, jamie lee morales. she underwent surgery with him on july 9, 2016, and he allegedly punctured her uterus and cut an artery and didn’t to do enough to stave off the bleeding, which she had to go to another hospital for, later.
he was released from his detention after paying a $400,000 bond.
jeffrey lichtman, rho’s legal counsel, said last wednesday, october 12, that while the death is obviously a tragedy, it doesn’t mean that it was a crime and that rho does not fit the profile of someone who consistently botches abortions and should be charged with homicide.
rho provides gynecological services such as abortions and female genital plastic surgery, which he promoted on his website, saying he is known for “natural-looking” results.
if you or someone you know has been injured or killed by a trusted medical professional during a procedure, you might be rightfully upset and be seeking compensation. contact an attorney with hach & rose, llp by calling (212) 779-0057 to speak with a potential representative for your case.


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Is there a way to make the TextBox class non editable? I just want to use it as a log panel.
You could disable it, which will stop the events from reaching the text box.
However if you do this then the scrollbar won't work anymore.
So I would suggest using the ChatBox widget to create a log panel.
Thanks, lol I was just thinking of trying that.

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is there a way to make the textbox class non editable? i just want to use it as a log panel.
you could disable it, which will stop the events from reaching the text box.
however if you do this then the scrollbar won't work anymore.
so i would suggest using the chatbox widget to create a log panel.
thanks, lol i was just thinking of trying that.