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Download: http://ecc.phoenixinteractive.nl
Have fun!
Ps. please translate ECC v1.15 language files for your country, and post them on the forum so i can update these!
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ECC version 1.15 (2013.12.08)
- Added new platforms:
- Microsoft X-Box One
- Nintendo 3DS
- Sony Playstation 4
- Sony Playstation Vita
- MobyGames Importer (MGI)
- Grab developer/publisher/year and description of your roms from MobyGames.com
- You can do this Platform based (batch-auto) or Rom based (auto or manual).
- NOTE: Fetching description data isn't flawless, and may contain some
unwanted strings!
- Added thirdparty software: HEX Editor (HxD v188.8.131.52)
- Added Top-menu option to start notepad++ (tools)
- Added Top-menu option to start a HEX editor (tools)
- New startup sound (old one is still preserved)
- Replaced some files to do a bit of code cleanup!
- Fixed EmuMovies content download for Playstation 1
- Fixed possible startup problems on systems with other language charset
who has strange characters in the ECC path.
- Fixed a bug in the "use cue system" if there are more "." (dots) in the filename.
- Fixed the Link to the online documentation due to emuControlCenter CMS website.
- Updated ES language and FR INI language files.
- Updated PT language to v1.14.
- Script updates
- Platform DosBox v220.127.116.11
- Added new hotkey: SHIFT+C to configure your DOS game (setup.exe, etc.)
- Fixed problems when there are spaces in the path/folder names
- Platform: Amiga
- Winaue v220.127.116.11b
- Added GetGemusConfig v1.4 RELOADED permanently! (Phoenix)
- GAMEBASE/GEMUS ADD-ON v22.214.171.124
- Changed tray messages to "center" Tooltips.
- Winaue v184.108.40.206
- Fixed crash if there are too many config lines available.
- ECC url updates
- Website
- www.camya.com/ecc is now ecc.phoenixinteractive.nl
- Forum
- ecc.phoenixinteractive.nl is now eccforum.phoenixinteractive.nl
- MobyGames Importer (MGI)
- v220.127.116.11 (2013.11.09)
- Added better support to fetch the 4-digit release year if there is a month added.
- Fixed "Fixed RomName" where there is () and [] in the filename.
- v22.214.171.124 (2013.10.30)
- Initial release!
- ECC Startup
- v126.96.36.199 (2013.11.28)
- Fixed a bug where language settings for ecc startup aren't loaded properly.
- v22.214.171.124 (2012.12.31)
- Fixed a problem where the ECC version isn't generated at first startup.
- Adjusted file info's/details in ECC executable properties.
- eccScriptSystem
- v22.214.171.124 (2013.10.04)
- Fixed bugs where Amiga script variables are not declared, these where returning an error.
- v220.127.116.11 (2013.02.06)
- Fixed a bug where amiga settings are stored in the wrong folder.
- ImagePackCenter
- v18.104.22.168 (2013.02.19)
- Fixed a imagepack export bug in "name" style filenames (like emumovies)
with games that have a "." (dot) in their file name, the exported filenames
should be ok now.
- emuMoviesDownloader
- v188.8.131.52 (2013.12.01)
- Fixed "MAME Artwork" downloads, these download seems to be ZIP files now, so by
adding a unpack feature for ZIP files these images are now extracted from the
achives and given the proper name!
- Added check if 7Zip is working (due to "MAME Artwork" ZIP downloads)
- Added check if media is writable.
- Fixed a bug for the "Game Boy" platform when downloading resources from emuMovies
The platform was not good detected due to a wrong double string in the EMD list.
- v184.108.40.206 (2013.11.17)
- Improved search query's by removing "trash" in the search result
- v188.8.131.52 (2013.10.04)
- Redesigned the EMD GUI, textbox has been made bigger!
- Fixed bug where EMD did not close after server error message.
- Fixed url in the EMD banner on the login menu to go their website.
- eccUpdate
- v188.8.131.52 (2013.11.30)
- Made some change in the GUI notification screen, now the update info is displayed
first before the download starts, also made some other textual improvementents
- Added new feature to skip (big) update if there is a better update available
down the line, like MAME datfile updates, this save bandwith for both party's!
- Updated thirdparty tools
- Notepad++ v6.5
- 7-Zip v9.30
- Updated DAT files for:
- CPS-1 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- CPS-2 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- CPS-3 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- MAME : v0.150 to v0.151
- MODEL1 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- MODEL2 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- NAOMI : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- NEOGEO : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- PGM : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- S11 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- S16 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- S18 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- S22 : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- ZINC : v0.150 to v0.151 (mame)
- SVM : v0.99.1.8 (2013-10-03)

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Arsenic poisoning is the accidental ingestion, skin contact, or inhalation of products containing a toxic dose of arsenic. The most common cause of arsenic poisoning in cats is ingestion of ant baits that contain arsenic. The clinical signs of sudden arsenic poison can vary depending on the dose. Supportive therapy is a crucial part of treating arsenic poisoning. Aggressive fluid therapy and rehydration is necessary and helps the body to remove arsenic from the body.
Since we want the best for our pets, we should include them in the go green movement. Here are a few ways you can create a cleaner, greener home for you and your pet.
An unplanned weight loss of more than 10% of a dog's body weight is considered abnormal. Weight loss occurs because calories absorbed from the diet do not meet the calories being used by the body. This can occur due to many factors including excessive cold or physical activity, disease states that heighten the metabolic rate, insufficient calories or poor diet, inability to ingest the diet, inability to digest and/or absorb the nutrients in the diet, and loss of nutrients from vomiting, diarrhea, or polyuria. As well as a thorough history and physical exam, testing such as bloodwork, urinalysis, and imaging may be needed to determine the underlying cause in order to institute targeted treatment.
The simple description of an abscess is a pocket of pus located somewhere in the body. A cat with an abscess will often have a fever, even if the abscess has ruptured and drained to the outside of the body. Appropriate antibiotic therapy is a critical component of the successful treatment of abscesses, no matter the location.
The simple description of an abscess is a pocket of pus located somewhere in the body.
Ear Mites in Cats and Dogs
El ácaro del oído Otodectes cynotis es un ácaro de superficie que vive sobre los gatos, perros, conejos y hurones. Normalmente se encuentra en el canal auditivo, pero también puede vivir en otras superficies de la piel. Todo el ciclo vital del ácaro tiene lugar en el animal. Los ácaros del oído son muy contagiosos, y los gatos pueden llegar a infectarse por el contacto directo de otro animal infectado. El ácaro es apenas visible directamente y se identifica como pequeñas motas de polvo blanco sobre un fondo oscuro.
Acepromazine is a sedative/tranquilizer used primarily in cats and dogs as a pre-medication for anesthesia or for chemical restraint. It is given by injection in the clinic or by mouth in the form of a tablet. The most common side effect is low blood pressure. Acepromazine should not be used in conjunction with certain toxicities, or in pets with heart disease, low blood pressure. It should be used cautiously in pets with mild liver or heart disease, clotting problems, or in pregnant, debilitated, or young animals. If a negative reaction occurs, call your veterinary office.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol®, Paracetamol, APAP, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol) is a pain relief and fever-reducing medicine people use for many types of pain.
Acetaminophen is a medication that is used to treat fever and/or pain in humans. Cats have a genetic deficiency in a metabolic pathway in the liver that makes cats vulnerable to acetaminophen toxicity.
Acetaminophen is a medication that is used to treat fever and/or pain in humans. Acetaminophen is toxic for dogs, and unfortunately, acetaminophen toxicity in dogs is somewhat common as dog owners attempt to treat their dogs for pain without first consulting with a veterinarian.


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NAPA (AP) — Not a lot has changed in the year since Oakland Raiders quarterback Matt McGloin entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
He's still buried on Oakland's depth chart, still spending most of his time in practice waiting for the occasional rep or two with the offense.
The only difference might be in McGloin's expectations.
"Coming in here last year, I wouldn't get any reps actually," McGloin said. "To now get a few here and there is a lot better. In terms of being prepared mentally, it kind of makes you feel more comfortable day in and day out."
After starting six games during his rookie season and drawing high praise from coach Dennis Allen and offensive coordinator Greg Olson, the former Penn State walk-on didn't flinch when Oakland made a pair of offseason moves for quarterbacks and immediately penciled them in ahead of McGloin.
He embraced the arrivals of Matt Schaub and Derek Carr as positives for a team struggling to end an 11-year playoff drought. Still, he wants another crack at the starting job.
McGloin had an up-and-down day Sunday when the Raiders held their first practice in full pads but he finished strong with a pair of nice throws late in the afternoon workout.
In between, he stood behind the offense and patiently watched as Schaub ran the first-team offense while Carr worked with the second unit.
"My mentality has always been it is what it is," McGloin said. "There's two ways you can go: You can either be the guy who shows up every day and doesn't want to be there and complains and pouts, or you can be the guy who says I'm going to make the most out of my reps, I'm going to do whatever I can and I'm going to continue to fight and scratch and claw and compete every day."
A year ago McGloin would have been happy just to have a member of the coaching staff remember his name. The Raiders invited him to camp to give the other three quarterbacks ahead of him at the time a break.
It quickly became clear he could do much more than that.
By the time camp ended McGloin had outplayed Tyler Wilson, making the fourth-round draft pick expendable. When veteran Matt Flynn was released in October and Terrelle Pryor suffered a knee injury four weeks later, McGloin got the nod.
He passed for three touchdowns in a 28-23 win over Houston, raising hopes that Oakland might have accidentally stumbled upon their franchise quarterback.
Instead, what followed were five consecutive losses in which McGloin and the offense regressed. He sat out the season-finale against Denver when Allen opted to go with Pryor.
"There's good things you take away from it, and also a lot of bad things happened," said McGloin, who passed for 1,547 yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions. "I'm always searching for something better. That's what gets me up and gets me going every day."
Allen, who at times last season seemed to gush over McGloin, says the second-year quarterback remains a part of Oakland's plans.
"I love our quarterback room ... all the way from one to four on the depth chart," Allen said. "We feel very confident that if we needed to call on Matt to go in and perform and win a game for us, that he could go in and perform at a high level."
For now, McGloin will continue to try to soak up whatever knowledge he can from the two quarterbacks ahead of him.
"I'm glad it's a guy like Matt Schaub, who I can learn from every day, and a guy like Derek Carr who I can compete with every day," McGloin said. "It's a good opportunity for me. I'm learning a lot and I'm a lot further ahead than I was last year."
Notes: LB Marshall McFadden (hip flexor) and wide receiver Rod Streater did not finish practice. Streater was pulled out after landing hard on the ground trying to make a catch. ... TE Jake Murphy was held out after suffering a concussion Saturday.
NAPA (AP) — Not a lot has changed in the year since Oakland Raiders quarterback Matt McGloin entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.


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First Call Resolution Calculator Excel Tool
Measure and Forecast Cost Savings Attributable to Increases in First Call Resolution
As first call resolution (FCR) improves, the overall cost of providing support decreases. Industry analysts estimate the mean cost to resolve a service request on level one to be about $32. The mean cost to resolve an escalated service request is about $60. In an environment averaging 4000 calls per month, improving FCR from 50% to 75% reduces the number of service requests requiring escalation by 1000 per month. The total cost to support those service requests is commensurately reduced yielding an estimated savings of $28,000 per month, based on the averages.
Giva's first call resolution excel calculator tool allows CIOs and VPs of Customer Service to accurately forecast the cost benefits of programs to increase first call resolution such as using a knowledge base, investing in level 1 training, hiring more skilled level 1 personnel, etc.
The direct benefit of improved FCR is significant cost savings. Although hard to quantify, the indirect benefits are equally compelling:
- Mean time to resolution is decreased, improving end-user productivity
- Customer satisfaction increases
- Up-tier resources can concentrate on higher level tasks, optimizing system performance and speeding other projects to ROI and completion
- Job satisfaction improves for both Level 1 and Level 2 engineers
- Relations between teams improve
- Level 1 credibility builds, increasing utilization and opening the door for additional FCR opportunities
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Date Created: 4/16/2012
Date Modified: 12/24/2015
Making Annual $14,000 Gifts
What is the simplest estate planning tool around? Gifting! Make substantial annual gifts now while you can control the funds with flexibility. Reap the benefits and fun of being with your heirs and charities as they enjoy your generosity.
For 2015 and 2016, anyone can gift $14,000 a year to anyone, with no income or gift taxes. A few years ago, the limit began being raised from $10,000 to recognize the impact of inflation The recipients do not have to be non-profit organizations. Many individuals make gifts to children or grandchildren, but a relationship is not a requirement.
Making annual gifts can serve many purposes:
You can see the person receiving your gift use and enjoy it.
When you make the gift, that amount comes out of your ultimate taxable estate. Depending on the size of your estate, it may be subject to tax rates as high as 40%.
Transferring assets with annual gifts, instead of through your estate at the time of death, also removes any growth in the value of the assets from your taxable estate. Again, this can save substantial estate taxes.
Let us look at an example. Suppose you are 55 and are lucky enough to have plenty of money to live on for the rest of your life. Will a return of 5% on your total estate be more than enough for your daily needs, including other current income? Then perhaps you are ready to take advantage of this benefit. You have saved diligently. You have invested well. Now it is time to reward yourself.
See the fruits of your labors being enjoyed now, as you stave off the "tax man." How does it work? Simple! Write a check (or re-title a stock or bond holding) worth up to $14,000 annually to as many individuals as you would like. In fact, couples can gift $28,000 together to each recipient annually and the number of recipients is limited only by your means and desires.
If you want to give even more, and, of course, want to do it without affecting anyone's tax situation, consider paying tuition directly to your heir's educational institution. These amounts do not count against the annual $14,000. What a great back-to-school or graduation gift! And, a $14,000 would be a most valuable holiday gift.
Be aware that these gifts need an informational report to the Internal Revenue Service. You cannot go back and use this annual benefit if you forgot to do it last year. So, plan well. Remember, before year's end, to take advantage of this simple estate planning tool.
This information has been provided by Financial Wisdom Marketing Services, Inc. and is for educational purposes only. Content from Financial Wisdom and/or Redwood Credit Union is not, in any way, intended to provide legal, tax, or financial advice.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 1, 2013) – U.S. women's volleyball players Norisha Campbell and Jane Collymore have both received recognition for their singing talents.
|Jeff Menzel attacks during the CEV Champions League.
Now U.S. men's volleyball player Brad Lawson (Honolulu) is joining the chorus.
Lawson has been heard singing the U.S. national anthem at volleyball matches.
Most recently, he published a video of himself on YouTube singing I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz. You can view the video at youtube.com/watch?v=Dpzh-w4faWk.
CEV Champions League
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Zenit Kazan, which includes outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), defeated Russian rival Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 14-25, 25-13, 25-21, 25-19, in a CEV Champions League match on Oct. 30. Anderson led his team with 18 points on 15 kills, one block and two aces.
In other Champions League matches this week, middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and France's Tours Volleyball defeated Italy's Copra Elior Piacenza, 25-19, 27-29, 25-13, 22-25, 15-10 on Oct. 30. Jablonsky finished with 16 points on 13 kills, one block and two aces. Smith added eight points on six kills, one block and one ace.
Setter Kawika Shoji, outside hitter Scott Touzinsky and Germany's Berlin Recycling Volleys defeated Turkey's Arkas Izmir, 23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-21 on Oct. 29. Touzinsky scored 14 points on 13 kills and one block. He was also credited with 20 receptions, 70 percent positive. Shoji scored six points on three kills, two blocks and one ace and set Berlin to a 52.2 kill percent and a .435 hitting efficiency.
Libero Erik Shoji (Honolulu), middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) and Austria's Hypo Tirol Innsbruck fell to Poland's Jastrzebski Wegiel, 25-23, 25-22, 25-20 on Oct. 29. Hein scored five points on four kills and one block. Shoji was credited with 16 receptions, 63 percent positive.
Outside hitter Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Belgium's Noliko Maaseik defeated Czech Republic's VK Ostrava, which includes U.S. libero Nicholas Castello, 25-10, 25-20, 25-15 on Oct. 29. Menzel scored 11 points on nine attacks and two aces. Castello was credited with 16 receptions, 50 percent positive.
The next CEV Champions League matches will be played Nov. 5-7. Matches are being shown live and on-demand at http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/cev-denizbank-volleyball-champions-league-men/59.html.
Shoji, Touzinsky and the Berlin Recycling Volleys fell to evivo Düren, which includes U.S. setter Evan Barry (San Diego) and outside hitter AJ Nally (Brighton, N.Y.), 25-21, 17-25, 31-29, 25-22 on Oct. 27.
Touzinsky played as a substitute and started the third set, scoring two points on two kills. Shoji scored one point with a block.
Barry scored one point with a block. Nally scored 12 points on 11 kills and one block.
Smith scored 11 points and Jablonsky added eight as Tours defeated Ajaccio, 25-20, 23-25, 28-26, 26-24 on Oct. 27. Smith scored on eight kills and two blocks while Jablonsky had eight kills.
Middle blocker Futi Tavana (Kalaheo, Hawaii) scored seven points on five kills and two blocks as his team Toulouse defeated Lyon, 25-21, 19-25, 19-25, 25-16, 15-11 on Oct. 26.
Opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.) and St-Nazaire fell to Paris, 25-22, 25-22, 25-22 on Oct. 26. Troy led his team with 20 points on 14 kills, three blocks and three aces. Troy is third in the league in scoring with 116 points (5.65 points per set). He is also third in aces with nine (3.9 per set).
The Russian Super League regular season got started on Oct. 26 as Anderson and Zenit Kazan defeated Tyumen, 25-19, 25-22, 25-15. Anderson finished with 12 points on 10 kills, one block and one ace.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati) and Dinamo Moscow defeated Kuzbass, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-22 on Oct. 26. Holt scored nine points on seven kills, one block and one ace.
Middle blocker Jacek Ratajczak (Warsaw, Poland) scored 14 points on 10 kills, three blocks and one ace as VC Euphony Asse-Linnik defeated VBC Waremme, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 on Oct. 27.
Outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) played as a substitute and scored three points as Asseco Resovia defeated Jastrzębski Węgiel, 30-28, 25-19, 23-25, 25-22 on Oct. 26.


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Deadspin has long admired Sports Illustrated's weekly Sign of the Apocalypse, a cheeky chronicle of sports' wacky tapestry. But why stop at one sign per week? This civilization of ours has plenty of foibles to go around.
SI's SotA for the week of Aug. 27, 2012: A Worcester (Mass.) Tornadoes game in the independent Can-Am baseball league was delayed for an hour when repo men sent by a court attempted to seize the team's equipment for the Tornadoes' failure to pay a cleaning company.
Deadspin SotA for the week of Aug. 27, 2012: Researchers found that the Antarctic may contain 4 billion metric tons of previously unrecognized methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, that receding ice sheets could release into the atmosphere. Estimates of the overall carbon trapped under Antarctic ice rivals that of the northern permafrost, which if melted also threatens to alter the delicate chemistry of Earth's atmosphere.


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2013 Thanksmas efforts continue to pay off
ST. PETERSBURG -- Salvation Army shelters in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Bradenton, the Homeless Emergency Project in Clearwater and the Sallie House in St. Petersburg all received visits from Rays manager Joe Maddon, coaches and front-office staff last December as part of Maddon's annual Thanksmas Project.
Next week, those shelters will each receive a check for approximately $4,100, representing additional funds raised through Thanksmas efforts in 2013.
"These donations are made possible by the generosity of the many people who have supported Thanksmas and who share our vision in helping less fortunate members of our community," Maddon said.
Maddon has hosted Thanksmas for the past eight years. As he does for every Thanksmas, Maddon prepares a traditional Italian/Polish holiday feast for hundreds of needy citizens in the region. Maddon purchases the food and, with the help of volunteers, cooks and serves the meals.
Thankmas has served approximately 7,000 individuals in need and provided many with clothing and shoes.


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I have got this assignment and I'm really new to this world (Java world)>
I really wanna your help guys
In this assignment you are going to design and implement a Dictionary system that enables the user to efficiently add, remove, and search for words using a menu-driven system. The words will be organized as shown in figure 1 below. As you can see the system is a singly linked list of doubly linked lists. Read the technical details explained later to further understand how the system should behave. The completion of this assignment is heavily dependent on singly and doubly linked lists.
Technical Details:
The system consists of three main entities: dictionary, letter, and word. Clearly, we need to create only one dictionary that consists of many letters, which in turn consist of many words. Initially we should have an empty dictionary, which means no letters and no words. The letters will be stored in a singly linked list and words in doubly linked lists. The justification for this design will be explained later.
The dictionary entity has a field pointing at the first letter in the list. Each letter entity has three pointers: one pointing at the next letter, the second pointing at the first word and another pointing at the last word in the list. Each word entity has two pointers: one pointing at the previous, and another pointing at the next word in the list.
Since there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, the maximum number of elements in the singly linked list is 26. To make things easier, we will assume that we are only dealing with lowercase letters (a z).
The letters in the singly linked list and the words in the doubly linked lists should be stored in an alphabetical order. So you cant, for example, have the letter e before a.
The letter entity should have an additional field that keeps track of how many words start with this letter. So for example the letter m in figure 1, should have this field = 4 because there are four words in this list.
A letter should appear in the list only if there are words starting with it. For example, you cant find the letter a in figure 1 because there are no words starting with this letter.
Once a letter is added to the list, it will never be removed even if we remove the words linked to it.
You must create a menu that enables the user to perform the following tasks in a similar manner to what we did in the lab. The tasks are:
1. Search for a specific word.
In this task the user will provide a word that you need to report whether it exists in the dictionary or not. Your search method should be efficient.
2. Add a new word.
In this task, the user will provide a new word to add it to the dictionary. You must add the new word in the correct DLL (under the correct letter) and in the correct alphabetical order. If the letter doesnt already exist, you should add it. You should also increase the number of words which is a field stored in the letter entity.
3. Delete an existing word.
In this task, the user will provide a word to delete. Of course you will need to search for this word first and make sure it exists before you can delete it. You can use the search method of task 1 to complete this task. You need to decrease the number of words by one if the deletion is successful.
4. Report the number of words that start with a specific letter and print those words to the screen. You should give two options here: forward or backward print.
5. Print all the words that currently exist in the dictionary. Also print their total number.
The output for figure 1, for example, should look like this:
Total number of words: 10
c: cat, coin, cold
e: eye
m: man, mild, mom, myth
r: rain, rest
6. Exit
I suggest that you create four classes only: Dictionary, Letter, Word, and MainClass. You should be able to see now why I made the words in double linked lists; its because adding and deleting from DLLs is more convenient.


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While back in the days of MC and BWL, it was generally okay for a player to get tunnel-vision while playing whack-a-mole or flailing at a stationary boss. There were a few exceptions, like not standing in the lava, or by Onyxia's tail, or in the cleave range, or in the bombs being thrown by the goblin trash, or in LoS of Firemaw as a healer, or the odd dance that was done for Chromaggus, but those bosses had NOTHING on Sartharion+Drakes, Heigan, Thaddius, KT, Hodir, Mimiron, Vezax to name a few!
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- UI customization
- My Awareness methods:
Your UI
Your UI is one of the most important pieces for situational awareness. What makes a mod useful is how much more easily it will provide you important information; thus, how you set up your mods and UI really determines how well the mods do their job and get you that information without making things distractingly worse. Sometimes, adding mods can make your job more difficult than it was when you were running an unmodded UI, if they aren't set up well!
Key things to consider are:
- Can you easily see your raid frames?
- Can you easily see your own character?
- Can you easily see the debuffs?
- Can you easily see raid warnings?
- Can you easily see your surroundings?
You can see how I made an effort to organize my action bars, and this is even before the days of "needing" a spot for a threat meter! I was very proud of this UI, though I gag at it now :) It slowly morphed over time to what is now my current UI:
Between expanding my screen size, cutting down on the number of action bars, switching my raid frames, and killing the visible "combat log," I have really cut down on the amount of clutter on my screen while increasing the amount of important buffs/information I can see! At the same time, it feels "smoother" and more comfortable to work in.
My Methods for Awareness:
- Mods -
- Grid raidframes to reduce bar size and clutter
- Use a HuD addon
You can turn off any modules you do not want to use, and depending on the HUD, you can add extra timer bars of buffs you want to watch. A Combo Points counter comes standard, as well as a Lacerate Stack counter!
I chose to be able to click through my HUD bars so that they do not interfere with target selection.
- Debuff Filter and Power Auras
- Sexymap reduces Icon Clutter
The skins are all customizable, with gentle animations.
- Rely on DBM and raid warnings
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When adapting your UI to a widescreen monitor, however, remember that the peripheral sides are just that: peripheral. Don't stick things that you need to watch constantly off to the sides of your screen. My corners and sides are the place for: tooltips, minimap, bags, chat, threat meter, and personal health (I have IceHUD too!). All of my click-actions and Grid are clustered closer to the middle of the widescreen so that I can have them near to my own character.
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To the left you can see my LunarSphere with all three submenus open. The actions within the menus are used rarely or out of combat, or are keybound for use in combat.
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Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate whether members of Congress who sleep in their offices are violating House rules. CREW also asked the OCE to determine whether these members are violating tax law by failing to report lodging as a taxable fringe benefit. Press reports indicate that at least 33 members – 26 Republicans and 7 Democrats – have turned their offices into dorm rooms.
"House office buildings are not dorms or frat houses," said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. "If members didn't want to find housing in Washington, they shouldn't have run for Congress in the first place."
The list of members who sleep in their offices appears to include, but likely is not limited to:
Reps. Dan Boren (D-OK), John Carney (D-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Chris Gibson (R-NY), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Luis Guittierez (D-IL), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Joe Heck (R-NV), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), James Lankford (R-OK), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Ben Quayle (R-AZ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Paul Ryan (R-WI), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), John Sullivan (R-OK), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Todd Young (R-IN), and Tim Walberg (R-MI).
Superintendent of House office buildings Bill Weidemeyer has said that members sleeping in their offices adds some burden to the housekeeping staff and has made building maintenance more difficult since members complain they can't sleep through the noise of construction.
Living in a House office violates the prohibition on using taxpayer resources for anything other than the performance of official duties. The Members' Handbook states that the Member Representational Allowance may not be used for personal expenses.
Further, under the Internal Revenue Code, members who sleep in their offices are receiving a taxable benefit. The IRS treats lodging as a taxable fringe benefit unless it is offered on the employer's business premises, is for the employer's convenience, and is required as a condition of employment. As living in a House office clearly is not a condition of serving in Congress, members must pay taxes for imputed income based on the fair market value of their lodging.
Notably, members of Congress and congressional staff already have imputed taxable income based on the fair market value of their reserved parking spaces. If members must pay taxes to lodge their cars, surely they must pay taxes for their own lodging.
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It was just in November when a group of journalists and I spent a day at a church in the outskirts of Detroit, where the film Sparkle was shooting. We spent half a day in interviews with the cast until finally it was announced that "Ms. Houston" was here. There are rumors of what charisma is like: Being in Whitney Houston's company, the air took on a sharper more pronounced feel, everyone was seemingly in a trance in her presence because it was that absorbing. With warm glowing skin and exquisite features, visually she was arresting, but it was her candor that was so affecting. Equally ready to hand out praise or tough love, she seemed compelled to speak the truth. Her exuberance for the project sprung from her great respect for the civil rights movement (the era in which Sparkle is set), as well as the potential for this film to showcase a beautiful image of African Americans. This is a film, she conveyed, that will make families want to go to the movies. Her charm is one that now in the current landscape of calculated personas, feels antiquated and unmatchable. After a day of interviews, I recall noting what a self-possessed sense of ease Houston had; from both the brief time with her and the conversations with her castmates, she seemed a natural leader who had visibly, and yet quietly, charmed and encouraged the rest of the cast.
Hit the jump for the full interview between Houston (also an executive producer on the film) and Debra Martin Chase, her producing partner on Cindarella and The Preacher's Wife . They talked about why they wanted to do the project, what it was like for Houston to be in front of the camera again, the soundtrack, and so much more.
As usual, we're offering you two ways to get this interview: you can either click here for the audio, or the full transcript is below. Sparkle will be released this summer.
What made you want to bring this project to life again? What was it about Sparkle that excited you?
WHITNEY HOUSTON: As a young girl, back in the '70s, I was, you know, into that Black exploitation kind of movie thing. This was…kind of like a positive reinforcement for young African American women, who were becoming young women, and ultimately into full grown women. So, you know it was, it was just: anybody who wanted to pursue their dream or their, their desires, their goals, and present their gifts, it just appealed to me. And I would go every Saturday for like four months straight, and I'd watch the matinee to the evening show. Every Saturday for like three to four months. And I just never, ever let go of it. It's like, when it was, what, 15 years later, or 20 years later, I said, uh, Deb and I were talking, and I was like, Debra, have you ever looked at Sparkle? And she looked and she was like, wow, great project. Um, we started, what, you go from there.
DEBRA MARTIN CHASE: So we went to—Warner Brothers owns the movie—we went to Warner Brothers and said, you know, we want to make it. And they had just signed a deal—a three picture deal with Aaliyah. So they said, well, if Aaliyah's interested, when we'll develop it for her. We were like, great, love Aaliyah, right?
HOUSTON: Love her. Love her.
CHASE: So the first script was written by my dear friend, the late E. Lynn Harris, and we had a blinking green light. And we were gonna shoot, we were gonna try and fit it in right before Matrix Two or right after, which she was supposed to do.
So on that horrible Saturday, she actually was flying, leaving the Bahamas to fly to Los Angeles to have lunch with the director on Tuesday, and thought we would walk out with a green light on the movie. So, it was just, you know, horrible. I mean, it's unimaginable. [Aaliyah died that day in a plane crash.]
HOUSTON: (overlapping) Tragic. Very tragic.
CHASE: So tragic.
HOUSTON: Yeah.
CHASE: So then it's, nobody wanted to touch it for a few years. And then, you know, we talked about it…
HOUSTON: (overlapping) Well we didn't want to touch it. We were like, that's it, you know, that was it, for us. I mean, that's how we felt about it, because she was just so perfect for it.
CHASE: And she loved it.
HOUSTON: Yeah, she wanted it. She wanted it.
CHASE: She, she was, yeah.
HOUSTON: She did, she did.
CHASE: And then, you know, we go back to Warner Brothers and they'd say, well, who's gonna be Sparkle?
HOUSTON: That was the question.
CHASE: Yeah. We don't really want to touch it. But you know, we stayed on it. We'd keep in touch about it. And then about two years ago, I was having dinner with Michael Lynton, who's the chairman of Sony and an old friend, and somehow Sparkle came up. And he said "I'd make that movie". And I said, "Well you can't, Warner Brothers owns the rights". And he said "Well there's always a deal to be made". So, here we are.
HOUSTON: Yeah, Sony picked it up. And, um, they moved some folks out and moved some folks in, and they said this is a project. And it just all fit into place. Jordin came, the rest of the cast came, and it was just, it worked out perfectly.
How does it feel to be back in front of the camera after so many years?
HOUSTON: Now that I'm older and, I think more seasoned in this particular form of entertainment, I…after my experiences in life and things like that, you, you become more seasoned, more mature. You maturate in the time of life. It is, it is very…it coincides with my life as a mother. Because now I have three daughters. But I have one daughter that adds up to three for me, as far as I'm concerned (laughs).
Okay, but yeah. I'm comfortable with it, because I am an on-hands mother. And I am a disciplinary mother. And I don't make idol threats. You know what I'm saying, with my moods. So, basically it was good, it was a good position for me to be in, because, I feel very close to all three of them as my daughters, you know what I'm saying. So, I'm really comfortable with it, at this point. I am.
CHASE: She's killing it, too. I will say it. You don't have to say it. But, it's just, she's killing it. I mean, it's really neat.
HOUSTON: We're having fun. We are, we're having a great time.
CHASE: We're having a great time, yeah.
HOUSTON: (overlapping) We're having a good time. We are. Yeah.
In the original version, Effie didn't really have a major, major part. In the new version, will you have more of a vocal presence, and will you be singing more? Also, will you be contributing to the soundtrack?
HOUSTON: I am contributing to the soundtrack. Robert Kelly is doing the soundtrack. Jordin has some great, great material on there. We are compiling the material as we speak. Um, what did you say in the beginning, I'm sorry.
I said in the original version, Effie, the mom, she doesn't have a…
HOUSTON: Well let's start off with, my name isn't Effie in this movie. Not in this version. I'm not gonna tell you what it is (laughs). It'll be fun for you to wait. But it's not Effie. I didn't want it to be Effie. I wanted it to be another name. So I chose my name, and they accepted it. And, we all agreed that it was, it was, it was good.
CHASE: Because we've updated the characters. You know, the story in general has been updated, even though it, I mean, it's 1968 Detroit, but we, we're true to the period but we've infused it with some, with some modern themes, some timeless themes. So her character's much more complex, much more multi dimensional. I mean, Effie was, you know, working for the White folk. [Now] her character has her own history, and she's evolved to a certain point in her life, and her relationships with her daughters have been influenced by her life experiences, good and bad. So it's a good, juicy role.
HOUSTON: Yeah. What you will find in this version is that we have a foundation. We start in church, which was different from the original. We had no idea where the girls actually came from, where they got their talent from, their mother couldn't sing, whatever. So we, we just kind of just twisted it a little bit so we know that the girls have a foundation and where they came from. And it starts off singing gospel. You'll like that.
Hollywood has seemed to take on a lot of remakes over the last couple of years, and this is kind of like the first remake of a, an African American typecast movie. Do you think this will open the door for us to do more remakes of our classic cinema that we had in the '60s and '70s? And my second part of the question is, Whitney, I, I know you said it meant so much to you to go back and forth to the movies, weekend after weekend. Do you see this project doing the same thing for this generation? Maybe some inspiring in a way?
CHASE: Well they're, they're tied together, those two questions. And, we certainly hope so. We certainly hope that this is, that this opens the door for more great movies. This is, you know, it's, it's a huge little movie. You know? I mean, we've got great drama, great characters. Ruth Carter is killing it with the wardrobe.
HOUSTON: (overlapping) She's phenomenal. Just phenomenal.
CHASE: Phenomenal. We're filming at the Frank Lloyd Rice House. Salim [Director Salim Akil] has incredible vision. We all are going for it on this. And, you know, what's unfair for Black movies is that each one has such a huge burden, and we feel that responsibility. We know that if this movie doesn't, you know, live up to the hype, that if we don't perform, that it's gonna be that much harder for other movies to come behind it. So we are embracing it. We're up for it. Everybody is giving 200%, and that's why you guys [the journalists] are here! To spread the word, and share our excitement about what we're doing!
HOUSTON: The grand part of this whole movie is that you will be able to go with your children. Your mothers and fathers will be able to go to the movies with your children to see this movie. It is a family movie. It's inspiring. It's encouraging. You see the ups, the downs, the all-arounds, and we still come out all right. We still come out all right.
So, we're not trying to set a precedence for other Black movies to be done. If so, than God bless it. However, we just want to be able to make it available to families and daughters and mothers and fathers. You know, my daughter goes to the movies and I go, "I'm not gonna see that." You know what I'm saying? So you know, that's our goal, for families to be able to go back to the movies together. Mothers and fathers and daughters and sons. It's a good thing.
I was wondering, you could have taken this movie anywhere. Why was it important to actually film in Detroit and not use another city as the backdrop? Why was it so important for you to come here?
CHASE: Well, you know, the original movie was actually set in the '50s. And so we wanted to keep it period because there's an innocence to times past, and when you think about what was the most important period for Black music, you think about, the '60s and you think about Motown. So this was, creatively, the choice that was the most exciting and honestly, it was helpful that you had better tax incentives, so it was one of those,
HOUSTON: Rare times (laughs)
CHASE: (Laughs) Where, where the creative and the business came together beautifully.
And I have to say, Detroit's been great to us. I mean, really, it's been a great time to be here, because of the spirit of the city. But all these incredible venues that we're shooting at, you know. Cliff Bells and Bakers and, I mean, it's been fabulous.
Miss Chase, can you talk a little bit about, pitching musicals and if those are more challenging than doing regular, non-music films?
CHASE: You know, we're in a period which is the renaissance of the musical. I think with the popularity of Glee and High School Musical, and on the big screen, Chicago and Hair Spray, people understand the value of it, and Dream Girls, obviously. Because if you do them right, they are an event. Because you have everything, you know. You've got incredible songs. You have good stories. You've kind of got the whole ball of wax. So we are glad to be a part of it.
So actually, in some senses, if you have the right material—and that's why you find a lot of the musicals are remakes—because people know they have a following, then it's actually slightly, slightly easier.
HOUSTON: (Laughs) Just slightly.
You both have mentioned that this is kind of like a Black movie, but Whitney, you have fame and recognition on a much larger scale.
HOUSTON: Yes, thank you. (Laughs) It's just true.
What's your pressure like to comeback?
HOUSTON: I don't think of it as like, as a comeback. I don't think of it as a pressure. I think of it as, a gift that God gave me, to contribute to a cast of people who are working as hard, if not harder, than I. Um, I have three jobs. I'm executive, I'm soundtrack, actress, you know.
So, I've, I've done it before, you know. It's just in my life, it was not that I said, "Oh, I want to entertain; I want to be an entertainer." It's in my family blood line. I can't help it. It is something that God just said this is what you do. It's in me. And so to me, it's not like a comeback; It's just it's innate, it's natural.
How are you balancing everything?
HOUSTON: That's a good question. I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first. She also has it in her blood, too. So now she's, she's doing her acting classes and her, her vocal coaching. And, so I keep her busy with that. And, she's pretty happy with that. She's 18 now. She's gonna be—she's a young woman—gonna be a woman in a minute. Lord have mercy.
But I also have a son that I have now, my god-son. He's 22, a well balanced young man. That [my family] I took care of first, and now I can—I'm comfortable in doing, in keeping my focus on what I have to do here. You do that—it's like preproduction, you do prep work.
And you kind of like, you never know what happens in between, you know what I'm saying? But you just be ready for whatever it brings and you try to balance it and you try make the proper decisions and you be prayerful about it, and make sure that you confer with…with that inner, inner, inner spirit. And, you know, you just do the best you can.
Can you talk a little bit about working with with R. Kelly on the soundtrack, in developing what's going to be new material, as well as working on songs of that era? What do you bring out in each other? What do you like working with him on? Tell us stories (laughs).
HOUSTON: Oh, my goodness. Okay. I call him Robert. Let's get that straight. Hmm…he wrote a song for me about 12, 13 years ago that he'd been trying to get to me for years, which was called I Look To You. I finally got the song. I heard it back then, and we kind of passed it—kind of—but, he still kept on it.
The timing was correct for that particular song in my life at the time. I travelled up and down that Chicago highway a few times to his house. He is the kind of musician—the kind of person—whom you can stand there and sa this is how I feel, and he'll write a song in five minutes. He's that incredible. I have to give him props where props are due.
And he has, if anybody knows about the anointing, he has anointing on him that's powerful. Okay. I witnessed it myself. I've watched him. We've had our…had our share of words. And, I would win (laughs). But he is like my brother. He's like a brother to me. We talk, um, about life and things that happen in life, and our triumphs and our survival of it. And that makes a good song for anybody to sing, or anyone to write, you know. So, I'm extremely proud and I'm very, very grateful that he's apart of this project.
CHASE: And I think, look—one of the things about Sparkle is it has an incredibly iconic musical heritage.
HOUSTON: Right.
CHASE: Curtis Mayfield. You know.
HOUSTON: Curtis Mayfield, absolutely.
CHASE: And so, it was like, when you start thinking about remaking the movie, obviously you know, we've kept a lot of the iconic songs. Then you're like, well who's gonna step in?
HOUSTON: Who can live up to that?
CHASE: Yeah, who's gonna live up to it? And really he was the first name. And thank God he was, you know, excited about it.
HOUSTON: Yes.
CHASE: So he's, you're gonna be…
HOUSTON: You're gonna be so pleasantly surprised, man. He comes off, he delivers.
CHASE: He really delivered.
Looking back on the first time that you experienced Sparkle, I'm sure there were themes that really resonated, themes that just stuck with you. Can you describe what those were, and, now that you're knee-deep into the material now, is there something new about the material that's really speaking to you?
HOUSTON: For me—Debra and I were talking about this before we got here—it's not to say that it wouldn't have been a huge picture with Aaliyah, but it now has a real international flavor. It's crossing the boundaries. It's…It's crossing the barriers, you know. It's breaking down walls and whatever is left, it's tearing them down.
And it is presenting African Americans in a beautiful light…In a beautiful light. Everybody on camera is just beautiful, you know. And… we're….we're smart and we're educated, and we're dealing with our time of of civil unrest, you know what I'm saying. It was a year, Dr. King was assassinated. And we have drama. All of that feeling was all up in there.
And raising children at that time as a single parent must have been… truly [had] its tasks. However, that's why we put church in it, because it's a foundation in my life, I know, and I think anybody who was raised in the church will understand what I'm talking about. Or in the gospel of the word. And, you know it's just… That's exciting to add new stuff in there, that makes it international (laughs). Everybody will be able to feel it, you know. The songs, the music. And Jordin is just spectacular.
CHASE: And I think, listen, you know, when we talked about Sparkle for the first time, many years ago, both of us, you're in New Jersey, I'm on the other side of the country, but we both related to young girls of color finding their dreams, or pursuing their dream. Unfortunately, here we are, you know, some 40 years later—how many movies are there about young women of color, you know, pursuing their dreams?
So, in, in that sense, it's a timeless story. And it's, hopefully it will capture, it will have the same effect on new audiences that it did for us many years ago. And again, to Whitney's point, I think this is very much the universal in the specific. It's about a Black family, but the themes are for everybody. And so the hope is with the cast, like Whitney, like Jordin, like Derek Luke—people who are perceived as great actors, who happen to be people of color—that the movie, and the music, obviously, is universal. That the movie will transcend and appeal to everybody.
Could you talk about maybe the tone of the film and its rating process—I know you said it's a family film—have there been any compromises that you've had to make with the studio, or have there been any suggestions they have made that maybe changed the process from its inception?
HOUSTON: Oh yeah. Oh, yeah (laughs). We've had our battles, yeah. Yeah.
CHASE: I mean, it's gonna be PG-13. Right. It will be PG-13. And I think, and, you know, because we very much want this to be a family movie….I mean, look you deal with their [the character's] issues of drug abuse…there's certain things that you, and we've dealt with themin a…sophisticated manner.
HOUSTON: In a classy manner.
CHASE: In a classy manner. So that they, they're not, you know, we're not throwing them in your face.
HOUSTON: We're not exploiting anything, okay.
CHASE: Yes, exactly.
HOUSTON: Yeah, we're not telling people what to do or how to do it or whatever. We're just trying to give an example of what love can be and how strong it can be, you know. Yeah. God bless y'all.
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This image is part of a collection of 91 photographs taken between 1887 and 1890 by the Livernois Photography Studio of Quebec City. The photographs depict the development and economic expansion of the Saguenay Fjord and Lake Saint-John region of the province of Quebec at the end of the 19th century. Much of this growth was associated with the building of the new railroad system. The photographs show railroad construction, fishing, tourism activities, as well as various locations in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, including the village of Roberval. Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean is a vast area to the north of Quebec City that between 1652 and 1842 was set aside for the fur trade. During this period, only commercial traders and missionaries were allowed to enter the region. In 1842 Saguenay was officially opened to lumbering and agriculture. Roberval was founded in 1855 and became the Lake Saint-John terminal for the Quebec-Lake Saint-John Railway Company. The village underwent rapid growth in the final decades of the century, as can be seen from the hotels, mills, and scenes relating to tourism depicted in the photographs. The Livernois firm was founded in 1854 by Jules-Isaïe Benoît Livernois (1830−65). The business operated for 120 years—until 1974—under members of four generations of the Livernois family. The National Library and Archives of Quebec holds a collection of more than 300,000 photographs produced by the firm, most of which were taken by Jules-Ernest Livernois (1851−1933), the son of Jules-Isaïe, and Jules Livernois (1877−1952), son of Jules-Ernest.
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- Marie Laplante Mccomber, "Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que," The Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Historica Canada, 1985− ), article published September 25, 2009.
- Marie Laplante Mccomber, "Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que," The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada, 1985 (published February 8, 2006).
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The US Air Force's high-tech, unmanned X-37B spaceplane launched on March 5, 2011, entering low Earth orbit with the mission designation USA-226 and a set of tantalizingly vague mission parameters: to "demonstrate a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the United States Air Force."
Now, a report in Spaceflight magazine claims to have uncovered the true objective of flight USA-226: to eavesdrop on China's recently launched spacelab, Tiangong-1.
Popular Science's Clay Dillow gives a good summary of the facts we have at hand:
We know that Tiangong-1—which was launched back in September and is slated to host a manned crew sometime later this year—is in an orbit with an inclination of 42.78 degrees at an altitude of roughly 186 miles. And we know—not from the Pentagon but from a group of vigilant amateur space trackers—that the X-37B is orbiting at about the same altitude and at an inclination of 42.79 degrees. Not only is that orbit strange for a military recon satellite—they usually have polar orbits that offer better access to the entire globe—but it would periodically bring the two orbiters very close together.
It's worth mentioning that the "vigilant amateur space trackers" that Dillow refers to aren't exactly tinfoil-hat donning conspiracy theorists. This hypothesis comes from none other than David Baker — editor of the British Planetary Society's Spaceflight magazine.
"Space-to-space surveillance is a whole new ball game made possible by a finessed group of sensors and sensor suites, which we think the X-37B may be using to maintain a close watch on China's nascent space station," he explains.
Baker's theory isn't unfounded. The technical capabilities of X-37B are, after all, largely classified, and the U.S. government hasn't exactly come off as trustworthy of China's efforts to establish itself as a spacefaring nation in recent years. Then there's the curious circumstances under which X-37B's mission was recently extended; originally billed as being capable of being in orbit for up to 270 days, the Air Force announced on November 29th that mission USA-226 (which, you'll recall, launched 269 days earlier, on March 5th) would be extended indefinitely, in the interests of "[extracting] the maximum value out of the mission," according to Lt. Col Tom McIntyre, X-37B systems program director
China's Tiangong-1 launched at the end of September, and the country's unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully launched and docked with Tiangong-1 in early November. Was X-37B launched months ahead of China's space station with the intention of eventually monitoring it from space; was its mission extended when authorities realized that, according to the original mission timeline, they would only be able to squeeze in a few weeks of orbital espionage before having to return to Earth; or is X-37B simply going through test runs of totally non-espionagy equipment not spying on China at all? How far down the rabbit hole would you like to go?
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As noted in another thread, I am trying to convert a cheap Bachmann 2-6-0 into a Heywood-inspired Gn15' 0-6-0, with the option for a tender with a seat for a 1:12 scale engineer to represent a half-scale 7.5" gauge loco in 1:12 scale (to confuse matters further, I may also use it as a 1:18n1 loco with either a different tender or an interchanging seat).
Currently trying to decide whether to build the loco itself as a side tank 0-6-0T, with an extended back footplate for the 1:24 scale engineer, or as a non-tank loco with a tender (in which case I may want to leave off the side "deck" ahead of the spectacle plate, as it looks odd at a different height than the tender deck). Of course, running a side-tank loco with a tender in 1:12 scale will also look a bit odd. The side tank loco may also require a dedicated tailing car attached by a drawbar, as the overhang is likely to be more than the couplers can accommodate.


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Action brought on 9 October 2019 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union
(Case C-743/19)
Language of the case: Italian
Applicant: European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio, I. Anagnostopoulou, and C. Biz, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul Decision (EU) 2019/1199 of 13 June 2019; 1
order Council of the European Union to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
By its first plea in law, the Parliament claims that the author of the contested decision, be it the Council or all the Member States, does not have the power to determine the location of the seat of the European Labour Authority (ELA). The Parliament is of the opinion that:
Article 341 TFEU does not constitute an appropriate legal basis to determine the seat of bodies of the European Union such as decentralised agencies. In the present case, ELA was established by the EU legislature by Regulation (EU) 2019/1149, 2 adopted on the basis of Articles 46 and 48 TFUE by means of the ordinary legislative procedure. The Parliament considers that Article 341 TFEU cannot withdraw from the scope of competence of the EU legislature, which established ELA, the power to decide on the location of its seat, by attributing it instead to the Member States, and that therefore that provision cannot validily serve as the legal basis for the contested decision.
By the second plea in law, raised in the alternative in the event that the Court were to find that Article 341 TFEU provides an appropriate legal basis for the contested decision, the Parliament seeks to claim that that decision is vitiated by an absolute failure to state reasons. The Parliament considers that, as a legal act of the European Union, the constested decision is subject to the obligation to state reasons laid down in the second paragraph of Article 296 TFUE, which was not fulfilled in any way, since it utterly fails to specify the reasons why the city of Bratislava was chosen to host the seat of ELA.


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Several lanes of westbound Interstate 30 east of Downtown Dallas were closed Thursday morning due to a fatal crash.
Police said a disabled driver with a flat tire was struck by a passing motorist. That driver, a Hispanic male, ran from the crash on foot and is being sought by police.
The female driver of another car swerved to avoid the crash and was killed when she drove into the path of an 18-wheeler.
Other than the fatality, the conditions of the other drivers involved in the crashes are not yet known but one motorist was seen being loaded onto an ambulance.
The crashes closed the westbound lanes of I-30 between North Jim Miller Road and Ferguson Road for several hours Thursday morning, forcing commuters off the heavily-traveled road at S. Buckner Boulevard.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Officials said shortly before 6 a.m. that they do not expect all lanes to reopen for several hours. By 8:30 a.m., two lanes of westbound I-30 had reopened to traffic.
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Coffee Chronicles: Losing My Single-Origin Espresso Virginity
"Being into coffee means you have to put your feelers out there and try things you're skeptical of."
Every so often, a cafe will announce the arrival of a "guest espresso," which adds another layer to my quest for the perfect shot of espresso. Coffee is built for experimentation. You can mess around with all the variables and brew a coffee the way you want to, to find the flavor profile you want and a tolerable strength. With espresso, I'd prefer for someone else to do the experimentation, a barista who knows what he's doing, a respected shop with an edge. I looked to Kaffe 1668 in TriBeCa to school me.
I've been to Kaffe 1668 on many occasions for a triple ristretto shot of Intelligentsia's Black Cat, a seasonal espresso blend, also served at the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream/Coffee truck. This week was the first time I paid attention to their "guest espresso"—and a single-origin at that—which changes every few weeks. Meet Ecco Caffe's Guatemala La Maravilla.
I wondered whether single-origin coffees were even made for high pressure and brief extraction. Is twenty-five seconds enough for the earthiness to emerge from a Sumatra, or to awaken the essence of tomatoes from a Kenya? When I drink a single-origin brewed cup of coffee, even if I don't necessarily like it, I'm intrigued by the flavors that linger after four minutes in a French press. So maybe it won't hurt to try a single-origin espresso to see if I'm wrong—if it's roasted to the right level, then maybe I'll have the best macchiato of my life, something life-changing. Maybe twenty-five seconds is enough.
My first trip was for a macchiato, a good excuse to indulge in a couple ounces of delicious Ronnybrook Milk. Right after being pulled, the espresso had a relative thinness, not a good match for textured milk. My first sip was slightly citrusy (a characteristic of Guatemalan beans); it lacked the roundness normally associates with a great espresso, yet was enjoyable for a moment, since I had never had anything like it before.
It all changed with the second visit, as the novelty wore off. As a straight shot, the Guatemalan was nothing more than disappointing. The crema barely existed—one swirl, a tap and a quick sip, it reminded me of coffee from a stovetop espresso maker, and with the second sip, fell to the depths of a two-ounce pour from an over-brewed pot of coffee. Against the Black Cat, it was completely devoid of body. My partner-in-crime, a coffee aficionado, said it hit her tongue in all the wrong places. She wanted a shot with that inherent sweetness, the Northern Italian style, thick, caramelized. It didn't deliver.
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The barista, who was quite skilled and passionate about his craft, asked us our opinion. Instead of nitpicking, we said it was interesting. Different. We had engaged in a half hour discussion about the espresso up until that point.
"Wacky, right?" was his response, and I agree. But wacky won't work every day. We also tried it as an Americano, just to give it another chance. Unfortunately, body didn't come from eight ounces of hot water. This coffee was begging for a longer extraction.
Kaffe 1668 is notable for featuring new espressos from varied roasters, because it keeps the palate alive in the search for novelty. Even Black Cat will change with the coffee season, so last year's espresso will taste slightly different than this year's. Being into coffee means you have to put your feelers out there and try things you're skeptical of, in order for you to find your go-to espresso, the shot to beat all the others. I'm still searching.
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One would think in the age live in our political leaders down the road in Washington would seriously seek answers to the debacle in Syria rather than "strategically" drop bombs on empty buildings. But here we go again ("Amid doubts, Obama and Cameron make a case for Syria strike," Aug. 29).
This is pathetic and unacceptable. When will we as a nation strive to diffuse international crises through real diplomacy and dialogue? As a supposedly advanced nation, why are we still perceived as the world's watchdog?
And why was everyone laughing when ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman met with the leader of North Korea? I did not see any of our political leaders doing the same. I tip my hat to Mr. Rodman; at least he had the determination to meet with the North's childlike leader, Kim Jong-un.
Dropping bombs on vacated buildings -- Syrian citizens have been well-forewarned of the bombings -- is such a primitive approach that it is embarrassing to me as an American citizen when our country chooses the most cowardly, vague way to attempt to resolve a crisis in a land that's in complete turmoil. We are simply adding gasoline to a wood fire. Someone please tell me how that makes us a better nation.
The United States has to look at things from a larger perspective. In what specific ways are we bound to protect the people of Syria, a non-oil producing nation in the oil-rich Middle East? And what is the spineless United Nations Security Council doing about the meltdown in Syria?
The chest-thumping mindset that some elected politicians hold out as a means of resolving the situation only reinforces my impression of how very far we still have to learn and grow as a nation.
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The silly theory that the beauty of a race car correlates with its performance on track is sometimes true—witness the McLaren MP4/4—but is also often not true. Mercedes's rather pretty 2011 F1 car, the MGP W02, has not reached the podium in nine races, and even a lone race win for them this season would require 1996 Monaco levels of chaos.
But when a car is really, really ugly, it's a safe bet that it will suck on track, and not in the manner of the Chaparral 2J. McLaren's car for the 1995 season, the MP4/10, only scored two podiums, and those had more to do with the genius of Mika Häkkinen (below) than the car's speed—or reliability: Häkkinen retired from an incredible eight races.
Perhaps fittingly, the ugly MP4/10 was also the last Formula One car raced by Nigel Mansell, who, unfit, overweight, semi-retired and out of form, drove the car at Imola and Barcelona in his two-race McLaren career. That's him above in the Union Jack helmet, doing practice laps in the car which he would nurse to tenth place at the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix, two laps down the lead.
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The team discuss their favourite cinematic releases of 2014. With Thomas Caldwell, Tara Judah and Josh Nelson.
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Hawkeye & Malice bring you the last show of the year, and so much was discussed! This includes the the rise of the podcast Serial, trauma illiteracy and Australia's 'Love Voucher'. There are also many guests - the Bashevis Singers perform in studio, neonatologist Dr Andrew Watkins comes in to talk about neonatal...
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In this final episode of this great show, Digga, Olive and Laurel review the past 10 years of radio. They are joined by Huen and Hazel who represent some of the fantastic guest presenters that have been on the show. No advice to callers in this episode except - happy gardening! Good luck to the crew and thank...
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To finish a big year of food on Triple R we were joined in the studio by Joost Bakker. According to Joost, we should make 2015 the year of composting - in fact, over 100 restaurants in Melbourne are already sending their organic waste back to growers where it can make a positive difference rather than just ending up in...
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The use of the words sexual dysfunction and sexual disorder when searched often brings up articles defining sexual disorder as sexual dysfunction. The usage, of course, is incorrect because these two subjects are so vastly different.
Sexual dysfunction is actually an occurrence during the act of sex that has become problematic for one or both partners. These are things such as low libido or stamina, erectile dysfunction, or vaginal dryness. If any of these things occur and neither of the partners has a real problem with it, it is actually not considered a dysfunction.
When someone has a problem with their sexual function it can have a negative effect on more areas than just the area of sex. It can affect a person's mood and can seep into other relationships because of the emotional pain and embarrassment which flows through attitudes and outlook unknowingly.
Sexual dysfunction has a number of causes both in the emotional and physical realm. It could also be caused by a combination of factors instead of just one thing. Sometimes a medical condition can have an effect on a person's sexual function but because the person doesn't realize the problem is medically related it affects them mentally; which can create a kind of negative unending circle. Some medical conditions which are examples of this are cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression.
When looking at cardiovascular disease in connection with sexual dysfunction we can see that both men and women can be affected this way because the blood vessels change in such a way that they are unable to effectively supply extremities with necessary blood. When this happens the genital area, either male or female, does not have the blood flow it needs to operate properly.
Diabetes affects a person in a similar fashion, but diabetes actually affects the nerves in the tissue of the genital area.
Depression affects people on a whole other spectrum of the body. Because the chemicals in the brain are not working properly they cause a person's sex drive or libido to suffer. This is generally backed up by the inability to really feel any type of pleasure. This can in turn cause a loss of self confidence. Self confidence is highly important when recovering from depression, this can cause the same negative circle mentioned earlier.
Sexual dysfunction does have similar effects for men and women in some instances, but there are other things involved in sexual dysfunction that affect each person differently.
In men for example, there are some differing psychological aspects to be considered when looking at sexual dysfunction, these are concern for how they are performing sexually, marital difficulties, and feelings of guilt.
In women hormones and emotional/psychological issues seem to cause a lot of problems in this area. Things that cause a flux in the level of a woman's hormones are having a baby or moving into menopause. Other things that can lead to sexual dysfunction in women are not having a desire for sex, or losing arousal during sex, being unable to have an orgasm or feeling pain during sex. A women's emotional well being can have a lot to do with her ability to function sexually. If she is under a great deal of stress or anxiety, having conflicts with her partner or having issues with her body image can also become problematic.
There seem to be a lot of treatments for sexual dysfunction, but sometimes a health problem has to be treated first. Sometimes the treatment for the health problem is the cause of the sexual dysfunction and patients have to have treatment as a side effect of their medication. One way to avoid this would be to adjust the medication. This would be most ideal solution. When that doesn't work other options are given to the patient, they can include medications for impotence or strengthening of the genitals.
Sexual disorder is completely different when compared to sexual dysfunction. Sexual disorder includes acts or behaviors that are described as sexual deviancy. These sexual acts or desires include a variety of preferences. These can include animals, various objects or different kinds of materials. Other preferences can include children or pain, either to themselves or others.
There are many categories under the sexual disorder heading and quite a few subcategories as well. In fact there are far too many to explain all of them in this short article.
Disorders under the paraphilias heading include exhibitionism, fetishism, frotteurism, transvestism, and voyeurism. These are only a few disorders under this heading. Exhibitionists have a propensity to display their genitalia to people they don't know. They go through cycles where this action feels completely necessary.
Fetishists have an object they need to have involved in sex acts. Usually if the object is not there the person will either have difficulty with orgasm, or, will not be able to orgasm at all. Objects are generally anything from a certain type of material to a garment.
Frotteurism is a need to rub a person's body parts against another person and generally ahs the same type of cycles as an exhibitionist does, where this action feels completely necessary, it is a compulsion.
Transvestism is when a man feels a need to either imagine himself in women's or actually does dress in women's clothing in order to become aroused.
Voyeurism is when a person watches other people get undressed, usually unbeknownst to the person undressing.
There are many more disorders that involve things that the general population would consider weird or sinister. In fact many sexual disorders if uncontrolled will cause the person with the disorder to end up in jail, unfortunately there does not seem to be a cure for sexual disorders and thus the patient must depend on their own self control.
Sexual dysfunction and sexual disorder have similar names and are often intertwined when being described, but I feel that I have shown just how different they really are.


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David Beckham was back in Miami Tuesday night, having dinner at the home of a billionaire who is a potential partner for the Major League Soccer team he intends to bring to the Magic City, the Miami Herald reported.
The recently retired English soccer icon – who reportedly intends to start an MLS expansion team in Miami for the discounted rate of $25 million – was a dinner guest of Marcelo Claure, the president and CEO of Brightstar Corp., the newspaper reported.
Suzy Trutie, the assistant director of communications for Miami-Dade County, said in an email that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez was having dinner with Claure.
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"David Beckham is also invited to the dinner, but his attendance has not been confirmed," she said.
A source with knowledge of the MLS-to-Miami talks told the Herald that Beckham was having dinner at Claure's home, however.
A woman who answered the phone at the Los Angeles office of Beckham's management agency, XIX Entertainment, had no comment.
The Herald reported that Beckham and Claure will visit possible stadium sites for their would-be franchise Wednesday.
Trutie said Gimenez would not be on the scouting outing due to previous commitments.
Beckham isn't the only soccer hotshot in town, according to the Herald. Brazilian superstar Neymar, along with the rest of the South American powerhouse's national team, trained at Florida International University on Tuesday in preparation for a Saturday game against Honduras at Sun Life Stadium.
The contract Beckham signed when he joined the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 gave him the option to become a MLS team owner after his retirement.
During a previous visit in June Beckham met with Gimenez and toured Sun Life and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. University officials gave a presentation to Beckham and Claure – a Bolivian billionaire who is a member of the FIU Board of Trustees – as they explained the draw of a professional team in Miami.
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