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|18 November 2009, 00:13
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Not that they aren't impressive WB background pics tho...
The "hovering" NSFW boxes were a nice touch tho!
p.s. Nice quality video btw...
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|18 November 2009, 00:26
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About the subtitles:
What would you need sub titles for anyway? It's not like watching a movie in this kind of format would be a very pleasant experience, and what's the point? You'd have to convert the whole movie to raw, and then you have to convert all the frames to something the Amiga can display properly. Doesn't sound like anything that's going to be used for such purposes. An hour of video in this format already uses up about 3600 MB, so you'd need a dvd drive on your Amiga to use the video.
EHB and 32 colors will most certainly look uglier than some Ham fringing, so Ham 6 certainly has to be an option. It's better that way anyway. Let the maker of the video decide what image format to use, rather than to limit them to EHB or 32 colors.
|18 November 2009, 03:25
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You got yourself stuck on this subtitles thing, which was just mentioned.
HAM is not a viable option due to fringing, when i mentioned subtitles i was just adding just a tiny grain of sand against HAm, subtitles are not the primary issue, while fringing is, along with the other HAM limitations we all know.
Again subtitles are not that important! Video is!
While you say that watching a movie like this is not a pleasant experience, then you missed the point. Dude, we are speaking of Amigas, as a hobby computer, doing it for fun. We are not gonna convince the film industry to adopt this format, neither convince anyone over here to dare compare it with a PC displaying HDTV video. It is good enough, if you disagree then, what are you doing over here? Amigas are good machines but they cannot compete with mainstream PCs, Macs, etc. Look, the same happens when people use their Amigas to surf the net: You have no java, no flash, but if you are lucky you may have CSS! So following your point of view then that should be a "not pleasant experience". Another example could be playing 2D games with AGA resolution and paula audio. You may also say "this is not a pleasant experience". Yes we know we dont properly have accelerated 3D graphics 7.1 16 bit sound and the latest titles.
So my friend the point is that we keep our Amigas, not because they are better than everything else, but just because the fun of it, and the memories we have attached to their usage. So for you, watching a movie on an Amiga is not a pleasant experience, i get it, but then it is so cool to be able to do it on 80´s hardware, i for one will do it!
Of course format convertion needs to take place, but that is the job of the encoding software, which could be reasonably done on mainstream (while having it on an Amiga would be great too!). No one in their right mind would keep an hour of video in uncompressed format in an Amiga, due to space requirements, but as mentioned in a previous post, it should be fairly simple to reuse a simple file compression format and when the player needs to fetch that data, it uses one of those already available amiga libraries that let you read inside compressed files.
Of course, the developer can decide the image format to use, i am not saying this format is compulsory, it is merely a draft which is open to modifications and sugestions. It is a format designed with the goal of being playable on nearly every Amiga. As i mentioned before, if you dont like it, because you find it limiting, use another, better quality format like MPEG 2, but then, very few Amigas will be able to cope with it. So at the end you are free to choose, and that is what really counts!
I hope you dont take it personally, it is not my intention to annoy you, i am just trying to make a point
|18 November 2009, 05:09
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Subtitles are important to deaf people like me.
If you were to add subtitle support to an animation/video viewer like this, the text would not need to be overlaid on top of the image, but could be on a separate screen in front of the video screen, at the bottom. Like a screen that's dragged down to show the one behind it. This would avoid any HAM artifacts, and I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to make a program that starts showing a .srt file at the same time it starts playing the video.
|18 November 2009, 05:12
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Amigas have been used for timing subtitles for years. Everyone knows Amigas with genlocks were the perfect way to add titles to any video, and they have perfect timing with video playback.
|18 November 2009, 05:43
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|18 November 2009, 05:47
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I use MooVid/Action on my 030 50Mhz AGA machine, it has a HAM Storm dither which looks amazing if you stand well back from the monitor
It is very slow on my machine though, I guess that it's only running at about 4fps with a 320x200 AVI. A clocked 060 would do much better, apparently they can run such movies at 15fps+ which would make them perfectly watchable.....now, where can I get an 060 for < $100?
|18 November 2009, 06:33
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I agree HAM6 has problems but for different reasons....mainly it is not possible to display it in a workbench window so really is only useful in full screen modes of 320x200 or 320x256 etc. Subtitles aren't really a problem you can hard code those I guess. I don't see the point in playing a 160x100 movie on a blank background full screen and as that's the lowest resolution for the Amiga @320x2?? etc. But then maybe the player should be flagged a movie is HAM and automatically go full screen...whereas EHB and below give the option to be in a window on the desktop*
The bit about NTSC and PAL...really it's not an issue. The data is simply written to screen to form your frames and the modulator will display it as PAL or NTSC. The only issue is 320x200 on NTSC is 4:3 and 320x256 is more like 14:9 or something (the inbetween mode of zooming on old CRT 16:9 TVs etc)
The framerate really is not an issue as long as the screen changes are VSYNC'd...20 fps to us humans is a comfortably smooth rate of change to allow the illusion of movement to form
*That's still a problem though...32 colour workbench is not possible on ECS
|18 November 2009, 06:36
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How bad is the fringing
And how short are the EHB palettes to the source original.
If the video is highly saturated with many many transitions in Luma and Chroma within the frame then EHB is in trouble due to lack of colour resolution available but if it is a subtle kind of colouring like for example a clip from the movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow then HAM fringing will be more random and more unsettling to watch than a non dithered nicely processed EHB image. It's kinda like when do you use a 256 colour GIF or a compromised high compression JPEG on a webpage if you like.
Personally as long as BOTH EHB and HAM6 are there then that's fine, like I said for all 2 rev 0.0001AA board A1000 users in the world don't screw up a perfectly acceptable compromise...the number of non EHB A1000 machines still going today are negligible and should not be a factor in determining choices for 99.999999% of active Amiga users out there
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|18 November 2009, 07:55
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I think we should test the code on a standard WinUAE config for a 1mb Fast and 1mb Chip RAM A500 with a fast PC hard drive on the host computer supplying the video file. This way you can get a feel for what is possible and negate any issues with the transfer/seek times of an old Amiga hard drive and see if the chipset is up to it in the first place for each setting of colours/resolution/FPS required.
Does anyone have such a setup...say a 3.5" IDE PC drive formatted as an Amiga partition for UAE?
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I think we are waisting to much energy discussing wether or not HAM or EHB should be included. Lets include them both despite their own limitations, so that everyone is happy killing interface storage bandwith and living a fringing life
So for the others that think our Amigas cannot cope with that amount of data, we can simply skip the HAM/EHB bit at playback.
Those low resolutions, which are not fullscreen are for having the chance of displaying video on the workbench desktop, for previewing purposes, and for the cool thing it should be
@Cammy and @ImmortalA1000
When i said subtitles are not important, i said it in the context, that what it is really important at this point in time is to get first just the video playback, not the sound, timing, subtitles, scene selection, menus, and the other stuff. While your ideas about displaying subtitles in other screens or using sprites is of course very feasible and are really worth considering. Still, personally, i think we should have various options to display them so we can choose from what we like, or think it is best. I believe .srt support should not be difficult and is a must (so that we can leech subtitles from the internet and dont have the task of generating our own for every movie out there)
|18 November 2009, 11:06
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I think it looks good even with a camera pointed at the screen seems like a lot of work? how long does it take to convert-Is your Archos working yet and can the conversion software be uploaded.
Did anyone ever download anything from EAB member ziovax homepage when it was working? he had a project of converting some Manga style films to CDXL.
|18 November 2009, 13:12
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This is 320x200 EHB.
And this is the same image with the 6th bit ignored.
Clearly this is not a good idea
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Is there a program on the PC that will render EHB or HAM mode images (from standard PNG/BMP/JPEG files etc) and give an accurate preview?
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Atari 800XL video playback
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The "trick" is that this movie is pre-converted to an atari 8bit graphics format. It is called the GTIA mode. The GTIA mode is a cool and fast mode, allowing you to show 16 shades at one scanline. It takes not that much KB's to show one pic. With a modern HD connected (that is necessary!) & the right tool, it is possible to load and show all the pictures.The whole thing is streamed from the ide.
C64 video playback
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Not to be confused with famous 1988 Digitize Design fully digital demo. This one is actually a combination of digitized animation and SID chip generated music. Frames are being streamed realtime from 1541 disk drive, and as you can see, the playback is perfect.
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From what i could find out about this (some copy&paste) :
It is a work in progress. it's not compressed video at the moment, but to get the 1200 screen$ files for the short video was step one. Still I think this is already very cool! And for you to be able to do the same I included comments so you know how I did it. Oh, one step was to create a video with the correct resolution. I used Adobe Premiere Elements for that, but it should also be possible with Virtual Dub. Anyway, now I will start programming to get the algoritms I created for compressed video working. Have fun!
PS: Sorry, this is just for the fun of it
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Well, converting videos to formats that are easier on the CPU is no biggie, and no trick. It's done all the time for PSP, mobile phones etc.
To stream it properly, I think you need to write a custom player. HAM certainly promises the best quality for OCS/ECS. With a 68000 CPU, that leaves only 50% of the CPU memory accesses between vblanks. Losing color depth to say 16 colors would help, but I'd rather shrink the frame size. 288x216 isn't so small.
You need to load the frames, and show the frames. If a compressed format is used, there's very little time to decompress it, even if it's a lossless IFF-anim-like format and using the blitter to blit the changes between frames. If the blitter is used, it will run at 50% and CPU (without fastram) at "1%" for the duration of the bitplane DMA.
Also, you need to load the data, and I'm not so sure SCSI with DMA will allow stutter-free streaming. If IDE is used, CPU does all the loading, and unless you use CPU-based compression it will load to chipmem and could go as low as 300-500KB/s then.
At the above frame size, no compression, 25 fps, that's 46656 bytes/frame or 1.15 MB/s.
So, compression is necessary; the best CF cards load at about 800-900 KB/s with no fastmem. Best bet is something simple that uses the blitter, I think. But it's not 100% certain that 46k can't be loaded to chipmem in two vblanks' time on most controllers.
Reducing chroma a bit and using 16 greyscales as the HAM base colors would help with luma aberrations (at the penalty of introducing some grey pixels, but it would be 'more okay' than anything else I think).
Fastmem would instantly make it much more viable, even uncompressed, on an A1000 and up. But as you know I'm an A500 512k chip/512k slow fetishist... And then it would be less of a challenge, just shrink framesize until it loads smoothly, sort of.
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It seems a lot like you guys are trying to reinvent CDXL to do the same thing it already does, but making it more limited.
All we really need is a newer CDXL player.
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I wouldn't worry so much about fringing... TV and VHS recording will screw it up anyway and YouTube compression/encoding format won't see it. Secondly, we are talking a blink of an eye. A single frame of NTSC video is full of artifacts, bleed, ect. anyway so it will not be seen or much to notice anyway. Any Amiga still frame quality image is more then sufficient for TV animation. Not even the original drawings of a cartoon is perfect and crisp. They have subtle smudges/ect.
In the end, it don't mater. The artifacts /fringes are small and not much to worry.
I love to see a HAM8 video - true A1200/4000 power. Show me, boys and girls.
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how fast can you read in and display raw uncompressed HAM6/EHB images with agnus and CF-IDE in frames per second and go from there.
Depends what the fringe colours are...if it's bright blue or red next to black then you will notice it...like colour snow on a dodgy RF signal but worse
Youtube destroys resolution detail but at the expensive of keeping the colourpsace conversion higher...bit like WMV but a lot worse
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- Best moment of her athletic career to date was either running a personal record and placing 25th at the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials or winning the Marine Corps Marathon 2013.
- If you walked into Kelly's house, the first thing you'd probably notice is her crazy running partner: her dog, Aspen.
- Among reality shows, she would fare best on The Amazing Race.
- Best thing about being a Soldier-athlete is getting the chance to represent the United States at World Competitions. It's a huge responsibility to represent our country and our military during the CISM World competitions, and Kelly really enjoys it.
- Kelly would most like to meet the President.
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Best Athlete Ever Faced: Shalane Flanagan in college and during the Olympic Trials.
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If you always thought Shakespeare could use more ka-pow, this is the play for you.
In "Rough Magic," running at the Center for Performance Research this month, drag queens, love-struck lifeguards and Coney Island brawls make for a campy reimagining of "The Tempest," the bard's classic story of magic, fate and romance.
"The play is modern, but has shout-outs to Shakespeare and Greek tragedy," said Jesse Kane-Hartnett, an associate director of A Festival of Fools, a company devoted to staging modern verse plays. "I just had to do it."
With the help of some projection magic of their own, A Festival of Fools will tell the fantastical story of Melanie, a dramaturg who has the supernatural ability to bring fictional characters to life. As a result, she meets up with Caliban, who is on the run in New York from Prospero's island. But when the tyrannical magician begins to wreak havoc on the city, it's up to Melanie to defeat him — but not without the help of her young love interest, a high school lifeguard toiling the sands of Coney Island, and the Furies from the Oresteia — here reinvented as Lower East Side drag queens.
It all makes for great, melodramatic fun, with a few comic book-esque action scenes thrown in among all the heightened text.
"This one's going to be fun," said Kane-Hartnett. "We will have drag queens, and they will be fabulous."
"Rough Magic" at the Center for Performance Research [361 Manhattan Ave. between Withers and Jackson streets in Williamsburg, (718) 349-1210], Jan. 14-15 and 20-21 at 8 pm. Tickets $18. For info, visit www.afestivaloffools.com.
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After much hemming and hawing, Suzuki has finally committed to fielding only a single rider for the 2011 season. There has been much speculation that Suzuki would have only Alvaro Bautista at the helm of the Suzuki GSV-R next year, but Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta made it very clear that he was going to keep Suzuki to its commitment to field two bikes in MotoGP.
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The FBI has dropped its legal case against Apple after admitting it managed to bypass the security of the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters without Apple's help.
A Los Angeles court ruled earlier this year that Apple would have to help FBI investigators gain access to an iPhone 5C owned by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the perpetrators of the attack on 80 employees at a training event for the Department of Public Health in San Bernardino, California in December.
The FBI wanted Apple to make a new version of its iPhone operating system in order to circumvent its security features and gain access to the data within.
But the Bureau has admitted that it managed to crack the device using another method, which it would not disclose, and promptly dropped the court case.
Questions remain about how the sudden development would affect privacy in the future, and what happens the next time the US government is frustrated by digital security lockout features.
Government prosecutors had asked a federal judge to vacate a disputed order forcing Apple to help the FBI break into the iPhone, saying it was no longer necessary.
The US justice department said agents are now reviewing the information on the phone.
The government's brief court filing, in the US district court for the Central District of California, provided no details about how the FBI got into the phone. Nor did it identify the non-government 'outside party' who showed agents how to get past the phone's security defences.
Apple, who unveiled a smaller iPhone and iPad Pro at an event last week, responded by saying it will continue to increase the security of its products.
"We will continue to help law enforcement with their investigations, as we have done all along," the company said in a statement, while reiterating its argument that the government's demand for Apple's help was wrong. "This case should never have been brought," it said.
The FBI's assistant director David Bowdich implied that useful information had been gleaned from iPhone following its unlocking.
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Cyber-security expert Mark Skilton, a professor at Warwick Business School, said: "The evidence is that cyber threats are a growing issue that was a core part of the Apple case for not opening up the phone and giving way to potentially more weaknesses."
"Industry cyber threat reports say this is growing at 66 per cent annually. The issue now is whether this has resolved anything or whether it has simply created a scenario where, 'if we can get round your defence then that is ok' appears to be acceptable."
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The future of housing finance reform remains in limbo on Tuesday after Senate Banking Committee leaders postponed a key vote on legislation to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Mike Crapo, the panel's top Republican, pushed off a scheduled markup for their bipartisan plan to overhaul the mortgage finance market, citing ongoing efforts to bring several more panel members on board before a vote is held.
Rumors that Johnson and Crapo would need to delay the vote had been making the rounds through Washington for weeks, though the final decision to hold off apparently came late Monday night, just hours before the vote was scheduled to begin.
Still, the banking panel leaders, as well as other members on the committee, remained optimistic about the bill's prospects following the announcement, suggesting they believe they can attract additional votes.
"As all of the members already know, there continue to be important discussions to build a larger coalition supporting the bill. While we have the votes to report the bill out today, members of the committee have asked for a brief delay to try to work out additional issues prior to a final vote," Johnson said during the panel's brief meeting. "Staff will notify members when the committee is set to reconvene in the coming days."
The Johnson-Crapo bill builds off earlier work by Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., to remove the government-sponsored enterprises and build a new secondary market backed by a government guarantee in the case of catastrophic losses. That plan drew eight additional co-sponsors from the committee, who are expected to remain on the Johnson-Crapo bill, giving the legislation the support it needs to get out of committee.
But how many more members the bill can attract, and how long that effort will take, remains up in the air. Supporters would need something closer to 15 or 16 "yea" votes to have enough momentum to get to the Senate floor this year.
"We have a solid majority. We had meetings until very, very late last night, and there are other members who had expressed interest, and so we're going to talk about a couple more issues," Corker told reporters after the session. "So instead of passing it out, which we easily could have done today, we're going to have a little more conversation. We've sort of narrowed down into a very small group of points that potentially could bring a lot more members on."
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., one of the original co-sponsors of the Corker-Warner bill, told reporters that he wasn't sure how long the deliberations would take, noting that "I don't think you want to put time limits on it."
Banking Committee staff were similarly vague on a timeline for resuming consideration of the bill, pointing to Johnson's comments that more guidance is likely "in coming days."
Tester, meanwhile, lauded the effort to bring on additional backing for the plan.
"We're just getting a few more folks on board, which is important. I think it's good," he said. "The truth is I think any time you get folks together in a bipartisan way and build a bit more consensus, that's positive."
The White House has also been stepping up its outreach in recent weeks, with Shaun Donovan, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, making several high profile speeches in favor of the bill during the spring recess earlier this month. A source familiar with the negotiations noted that Donovan, who could be key to winning support from some affordable housing groups and liberal Democrats, continues to play a hands-on role in the deal-making. He reportedly spoke with lawmakers on the Senate floor Monday evening after votes and joined Banking Committee staff for several hours of discussions late into the night. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew also came out in favor of the legislation on Monday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
For now, the backroom dealing between lawmakers, their staff and Obama administration officials is likely to continue at fever pitch, in the hopes of coming to an agreement on several outstanding issues.
"There's clearly been a lot of work done to find compromises. They weren't there, but they feel they're close," said Jaret Seiberg, an analyst with Guggenheim Securities. "If that feeling doesn't get stronger over the next 72 hours, then I think it's fair to assume that they're just not going to get the votes. So then this gets out of committee with 13 or 14 votes and doesn't go anywhere in the Senate."
Observers suggested that a number of issues likely remain on the table, including those related to affordable housing, the criteria used for loans eligible for the government guarantee and the role of a new regulator, the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp., among others. The final decision on proposed changes is likely to focus on whether an amendment can bring on an additional vote without losing the support of any lawmakers already signed on to the legislation.
At this point, there are a handful of unsigned Democrats that likely remain at the center of talks, including Sens. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Charles Schumer of New York, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have both publicly signaled concerns with the legislation, with many observers predicting they may prove harder to convince.
Crapo singled out Reed, "who has put a lot of work into the issue," during his statements at the panel session on Tuesday, along with thanking Corker and Warner and the original members of that coalition. The move raised the eyebrows of some who have questioned whether Reed would sign on, with others wondering whether the mention was designed to further persuade the lawmaker.
Other lawmakers who are still discussed as potential hopefuls include Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, though bringing on the more conservative lawmakers while trying to capture the support of remaining liberal Democrats is a difficult task.
Meanwhile, industry stakeholders continue to try and influence the effort. Numerous mortgage and banking groups have submitted comments and suggestions to committee staff in recent weeks, while some housing advocates have come out opposed to the legislation, warning that it doesn't do enough to ensure access to the new system for low-income families and minorities.
The National Association of Realtors, a powerful industry group that has so far remained relatively quiet on the legislation, sent a letter to Senate Banking leaders on Tuesday raising concerns about affordability.
"NAR is concerned with the potential impact of this legislation on overall mortgage costs for consumers. Thus far, there is inconclusive evidence demonstrating the impact on mortgage prices for creditworthy borrowers at all levels," the letter says. "Therefore, we believe this issue needs further examination to accurately understand the effect this legislation may have on the U.S. housing market. We will continue to evaluate and work with you on this issue."
The letter may have even been an "unheralded contributor to the delay," said Charles Gabriel, managing partner at Capital Alpha Partners, in a client note.
"While the politically powerful NAR is unlikely lobbying this nuanced position—and is largely viewed as 'Switzerland' within the broader Washington legislative and policy world—we think the statement gives cover for wavering members on both sides to keep their powder dry or even oppose," he added.


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The ABC sitcom has kast Kim Kardashian in an upkoming episode, as TV Line konfirms the reality star/two-time divorcee will appear in a February Sweeps installment in a wooden, personality-free role: herself.
Show sources say Mandy, one of Mike's daughters on the series, will run into Kim on the episode. It's unclear where or how.
Incredibly, this marks Kardashian's fourth foray into primetime television. She has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother, 90210 and CSI: NY.
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Is X Factor's Honey G Faking It? Little Mix Seem To Think So
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It's no secret that Sharon Osbourne's decision to bring X Factor's Honey G to the live shows hasn't had fans of the show reaching for their nearest detective kits.
But X Factor winners, Little Mix, are the latest stars to say that the controversial contestant is faking it, revealing that 'She's an actress'!
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, band member Jade stressed: "I think it's a joke. I don't believe she's real. She's blatantly an actress. Let's just say, I've heard she's an actress."
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Little Mix's Leigh-Ann went on to say: "I'm all for entertainment, but I'm also all for real talent as well."
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Well he was pushing seven she was barely five
He rode up on his broomstick horse and said you wanna ride
His boots made a funny sound cause they were his daddy's size
His hat keep slippin' down below his eyes
And they rode off in the sunset down the sidewalk
She laughed at him every time that he talked
His two front teeth were missin' but he had the cutest smile
She thanked the cowboy for the ride
Well he was seventeen the next time he rode up
She'd never seen inside a pickup truck
Well he was tall and handsome smiling cuter than before
He'd grown up to fit them boots he wore
And they rode off in the sunset down the highway
They took their time gettin' home the back way
Later on in the front porch swing he pulled her by his side
She thanked the cowboy for the ride
Well he loved her like a child she'd always felt the same
So they settled down and hitched their dreams together
And they raised two broomstick cowboys and one little cowboy girl
To know God makes the sunsets of the world
Well he's almost sixty-seven and she'll admit to fourty-nine
He still loves her like a child and she still feels the same
Well he smiles a little slower at the twinkle in her eye
They still saddle up from time to time
And they ride off in the sunset in the evening
Stars as bright as if they'd never seen them
She never fails to say it before they go to bed at night
Well I love you cowboy thank you for the ride
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Polis is a relatively small and quiet tourist resort located in the North West of Cyprus. The town is mostly recognised for its agriculture and fishing. It is known for being an unspoilt part of Cyprus which remains immaculate. Holiday makers who visit Polis receive a real Cypriot experience due to its attractions and views that don't seem to horde big crowds of tourists. It is also a place in which Cypriots themselves visit for a quiet, peaceful relaxing break away. The resort is perfect for couples and the solo traveller offering both slow pace fun and romanticism. It holds an extremely romantic aura as well as lots of charm.
Eating out in Polis really will allow you to feel special. With the town being smaller and not having to attract bags of customers, the restaurants tend to be a lot cheaper than in mainland Cyprus as the food does not seem to be rushed and the quality of cuisine becomes higher. Most of its top rated eateries can be found on the resorts main pedestrian street, centre and town square. In Polis you will find mostly Greek foods, as well as a lot influenced by Britain and Spain. Dishes here include, tapas, fried breakfasts, steaks, grilled and barbecued meats and fish.
Polis is famous for its Latsi fishing port, which holds a reputation for its fishing taverns. The port also offers boat trips to Akamas, a stunning peninsula which holds a nature reserve showing breathtaking views of the Polis bay. Its main beaches are very clean and clear, and are most definitely not busy areas. They are surrounded by high hills and trees where you are guaranteed a quiet spot to watch the waves pass you by, which makes them truly irresistible. Why not also take a trip to the intriguing 'Museum of Marion Arsinoe ' located in Chrysochous, Polis? The museum was opened by the Cyprus government and exhibits both ancient and newer finds from the city of Marion.In the village you are able to roam and rummage through its unique and quirky souvenir shops.


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Inheriting a Legacy of Freedom
Lake County School District in central Florida includes 42 schools, 12 of which have been identified through Florida's Differentiated Accountability Model as in need of improvement. Since 2001, Lake County's population has increased by more than 38 percent, and the district has hired hundreds of new teachers in response to increased student enrollment. Inheriting a Legacy of Freedom will target schools in need of improvement and address district-identified gaps in teachers' content knowledge and qualifications through a program of interrelated activities: 8-day summer academies that focus on document-based questioning strategies, school and district-level Professional Learning Communities that meet throughout the grant period, technology-based learning that includes monthly book study sessions and podcasts of historians' lectures, and action research that encourages participants to examine their teaching practices. Four separate cohorts of 35 teachers will receive professional development, and lead teachers will be chosen from these cohorts each year to coach other teachers of American history on topics such as meeting individual student needs and integrating technology into classroom practice. Lead teachers will also model effective teaching practices for American history teachers at schools in need of improvement. Inheriting a Legacy of Freedom will incorporate several overarching themes, including constitutional interpretation and American identity, culture, and religious development. The primary instructional strategy employed to convey content will be document-based questioning, which develops students' skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking. Teacher participants will create museum-like interactive exhibits, accompanied by curriculum support guides, for use by educators across the district.


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Troubling revelations continue to emerge about the Florida hurricane relief operations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Congressional investigations into FEMA's wasteful spending should accelerate before this self-appointed Santa Claus gives away every federal asset that isn't tied down.
The latest finding uncovered by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel is that FEMA has been blaming deaths on last summer's hurricanes that had nothing to do with the storms. Medical examiners officially counted 123 hurricane-related fatalities. Yet FEMA, which seems to use a form of mathematics not found elsewhere on Earth, has paid for 315 funerals the agency says were storm-related.
FEMA's "explanation" is that not all hurricane-related deaths occur during the storms themselves. Sometimes people have a heart attack while clearing debris or fall off a roof while making repairs, the agency says. And that's true. That's why medical examiners already account for those kinds of deaths.
So, FEMA's lame excuse still doesn't explain the difference of 192 between its figures and the official statewide death count. In Palm Beach County alone, FEMA paid for 39 funerals while the official death count stood at eight.
The revelations come on the heels of earlier Sun-Sentinel reports that found FEMA handed out more than $31 million in hurricane relief checks to residents of Miami-Dade County, which didn't come within 100 miles of a hurricane last summer. The inexplicable generosity contrasts with the inability of many true victims in areas that were struck by hurricanes to have their claims honored by FEMA.
Some Florida residents probably committed fraud, which isn't necessarily FEMA's fault. But why can't FEMA better distinguish between fraudulent and legitimate claims? Investigators should demand an answer to that question, and also should examine whether the agency's criteria for approving aid are as consistent and as fully vetted as they should be.


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This month OpenView HD will surpass half a million activated households watching its free digital satellite TV service. The company has seen activation numbers increase significantly in recent months, some days seeing more than a thousand households activating OpenView HD.
As a result of this growth, and part of its annual content review, OpenView HD has announced some changes to the offering available on the popular free digital satellite TV platform. The changes will see four channels - ASTV, Spirit Word, Wild TV Africa and Ekurhuleni TV – no longer being available on the platform. These channels will start to go off air at the end September through to mid-October.
Ziyanda Mngomezulu, the Platform's Channel and Acquisitions Executive, says that the departing channels played a significant and integral role in getting the platform to where it is today, but that the company's overall audience and business imperatives require constant reassessment of the channel offering. "The decision to terminate the 4 channels' contracts came after careful consideration of their performance and the overall OpenView HD strategy going forward." she says.
Addressing concerns about the availability of OpenView HD decoders, Managing Director, Patrick Conroy, says this was a problem in the past but is being addressed. "Our retail partner, Game, has pumped tens of thousands of boxes into the market with a further 70 000 decoders destined to be in stores next month," he says. Conroy adds "Two additional retailers will also be stocking OpenView HD decoders over the festive period, to cope with the high demand we are experiencing".
OpenView HD says it will shortly be announcing a new channel launch in October to coincide with its 3rd birthday.
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Carver: I've enjoyed the experience
John Carver is convinced he will be a stronger man for the trials and tribulations he has experienced as Newcastle's head coach.
The 50-year-old was thrown in at the deep end in January following Alan Pardew's surprise departure for Crystal Palace, with the Magpies' main targets unavailable.
It has proved a baptism of fire as an understrength squad further depleted by injuries and suspensions has slid alarmingly down the Barclays Premier League table.
John Carver feels he has learned from his spell in charge of Newcastle
They have now reached the point where anything less than victory over West Ham on Sunday could see them suffer the unthinkable, relegation to the Sky Bet Championship for the second time in six years.
However, while Carver, as Pardew before him, has borne the brunt of fans' frustrations as the club's public face, he is adamant the lessons he has learned will serve him well in the future.
He said: "Listen, this job... It's about five months, isn't it? In five months, I don't think any other manager would have had to deal with everything that I've had to deal with in their whole career, never mind in five months.
"But in a really strange way, I have thoroughly enjoyed it, I really have. No, I have, I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
"I think I got softened up a little bit when Alan was here and Alan was taking a bit of abuse, and I think I got used to it, if you know what I mean.
"It's not a nice thing to accept, but I'm definitely a stronger person and better for it, without a shadow of a doubt, and whatever happens after Sunday, I'll be better for it one way or the other.
"If I had the chance again starting again, I would do exactly the same. I'd say, 'Yes, I want this job. I'll do it my way'.
"I would just like to think that I would just have a little bit more rub of the green and a little bit more luck.
"The one thing I have done, I have thrown every single minute of the day into this job. I have sacrificed so many different things.
"I have sacrificed my family life, my social life - but I don't mind that because I understood how big this job was.
"But it's very, very difficult when you are making all those sacrifices and taking the abuse you are taking. But I'd do it again."
Whatever happens on Sunday, there is little doubt that radical change will be required at a club which has lost the connection with large swathes of its support with critics denouncing a perceived lack of ambition.
Newcastle recorded a profit of £18.7million and banked £34million during the last financial year while opting not to further strengthen the squad, and that has sparked a furious reaction.
But for 90 minutes this weekend, all that will matter is edging over the finishing line, something a first win since February 28 - or at worst, matching the result achieved by 18th-placed Hull at home to Manchester United - will secure.
Asked what his reaction would be if he kept the club in the top flight, Carver, who this week found himself at the centre of a fresh storm after being pictured smiling at a charity golf day, said: "It will be the second time I have smiled in a week - and obviously I got stick for smiling the first time."
The job has undoubtedly taken its toll on Pardew's former number two, who freely admits his private and social lives have been affected with his wife noticing the change in him.
He said: "She thinks I'm mad. But I think most managers' wives think they are mad."
Nevertheless, asked if he would have any regrets on Sunday evening regardless of the outcome, he replied: "None whatsoever, none whatsoever."
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From Mesa, Arizona, USA:
About three months ago, I was diagnosed with celiac disease, and my gastroenterologist says I'm at risk for diabetes. My fasting glucose level has been the high normal range. I have trouble with my pancreas, and I'm taking an enzymes to help with digestion of foods to be absorbed into the bloodline. If I have not eaten for three hours or so, I tend to get dizzy and slur my speech. Any help would be appreciated. What do you think?
It is now well understood that celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder and thus it is relatively often associated with other organ-specific autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune thyroid diseases (such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis), adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease), type 1A (autoimmune) diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and others. The most common ones are diabetes and thyroid disease whilst this risk is much lower for other disorders. Your symptoms at three hours after eating are probably due to low blood sugar, a common phenomenon occurring to celiac patients and due to malabsorption.
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Axis Round Edges was founded in 1997. So we celebrate our 20th anniversary. The climbing holds are designed by Frank Bogerman and manufactured in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. All holds have a typical Axis feel and design: friendly for your fingers and very well produced, perfect for long, intense and pleasant climbing sessions.
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If you have a small bathroom, or more than one teenage daughter, odds are you are short of storage space. Shelving is a great source of additional storage in the bathroom to accommodate soaps, lotions, hair accessories and all those things we need to get ready for our day. Even in a large bathroom, extra storage space is always welcome. With or without towel bars, a shelf will help keep things off the crowded counter top.
Bathroom Wall Shelf from Online Discount Mart
This bathroom wall shelf has a five star rating at Amazon.com, It will fit in the space above a toilet, has a towel hanger, and two roomy shelves to hold accessories, lotions etc. so fills all the criteria of what most people want in bathroom shelving. Dimensions 19.75 x 8.25 x 17.75 inches.
Organize It All Metro 2-Tier Wall Rack with Towel Bars
This is another small unit that will fit in a narrow location, with a modern look, and has two towel bars. Easy to assemble. This type of shelving will also work in a kitchen to hold canisters and dish towels. Dimensions: 18.25″ h x 17.62″ w x 9.62″ l
Newport Linen Tower from Empire Industries
I'm fortunate enough to have a huge linen closet built into my ensuite bathroom, but if I didn't have that, I would consider something like this pretty curio cabinet for extra storage. If you have space for it, a free standing unit can add a lot of charm to a bathroom. Dimensions: 17.8 x 24 x 63 inches.
Organize It All Metro 4-Tier Shelf
A four-tier shelf is great if you need room for storing extra towels as well as your bathroom accessories. This one is narrow to fit neatly into small spots. Items like hair tools and toiletries can be kept in bins for easy retrieval in units like this, keeping clutter hidden yet easy at hand. Easy to assemble, no tools required. Dimensions: 41.12″ h x 13.00″ w x 12.25″ l
Gatco 4246 Latitude II Glass Shelf, Chrome
In many bathrooms a small, narrow shelf like this beautiful glass and chrome one will fit neatly over the faucet area, allowing storage of toothbrushes, soap and shaving products, especially useful when there is no counter space around the sink. Dimensions: 2.00″ h x 5.40″ w x 20.00″ l
Zenith Products Space Saver Rack
Space savers are an efficient way to maximize the space over a toilet, transforming otherwise wasted space into valuable storage space. Open shelving can make a room seem visually larger depending on the items you wish to store in your space saver. Dimensions: 23.00″ h x 7.38″ w x 64.50″l
Reclaimed, Wood Shelf, Pine with Brackets
This cute little shelf will add rustic charm to your bathroom. They're made from the roof boards of barns, and have a lot of nail holes and varied natural, unstained color, but can be matched if you buy more than one, or send a picture of yours later if you want to buy another. Let them know if you're mounting to brick for extra hardware at no extra charge. Dimensions: 24″ wide x 8″ deep x 1″ high
Slone Floor Cabinet
This floor cabinet is only 13 inches deep, so wouldn't take up too much space if you have a wall for it. A wall mounted shelf above it would give you hidden storage, counter space, and additional storage on the upper shelves. Easy assembly, tools required (not provided). Dimensions: -32" H x 26" W x 13" D
Dowell Single Corner Glass/Chrome Shelf
Another often overlooked space we can tuck a shelf or even a row of shelves into is a corner. You can tuck more than you would think into these modern glass and chrome shelves. Dimensions: 2.00″ h x 9.87″ w x 9.87″ l


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So in keeping with the subtitle of this subforum, I think it's time we had some real deep album related discussion! Now, there's plenty of room in here to debate which albums are better and worse (pointless as it is at this point), however the focus should be on discussing qualities you like about your favorite album. Conversely maybe what you don't like so much, but I feel more positive today so I'll start with what I like.
So briefly put, I love AFTK because it was the first album I listened to actively with my dad, and it was also a gift of sorts from him, and it contains both of our favorite Rush songs. In addition,the production is clear and powerful and unyielding, yet rustic and warm and fragile at the same time. The acoustics and the electrics live in perfect harmony. It also contains some of Ged and Neil's most compelling drum and bass work (AFTK, Cinderella Man, Xanadu of course, CTTH, etc.), yet Alex fills in their foundation with playing passionate, uncompromising, and economical, and genuinely fun to listen to. Also the synths sound very nostalgic but never out of touch, and Geds vocals are in top form, full if his youthful energy and power and height, but mature enough for the softer moments to sound fully sincere and touching, bringing out the poetry of Neil's lyrics, which are masterful whether fantastical or more mundane (though he often references the fantastic in his more real world songs as well). The whole album just feels magical, and it's never too long or too short. The cover art and overall aesthetic is very powerful and compelling, and every song serves a distinct purpose on the album. To me, it's not as "perfect" as MP or Hems may seem, but it's more personal (than Hems especially) and that's what I love about it. It's an album with a distinctive, strong, and likable character all it's own, which is well executed, but it spends every available moment engaging with the listener.
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Heading into a new year, the Orioles have much of the same team as they did in 2012.
That's by design, and apparently there is a push to continue that trend.
The Orioles have re-signed left fielder Nate McLouth, maintain dialogue with lefty starter Joe Saunders and, according to an industry source, are among the clubs showing legitimate interest in signing right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom, whom the Orioles traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in August for Saunders.
Lindstrom, 32, was 1-0 with a 2.72 ERA in 32 games with the Orioles, striking out 30 batters and walking 12 while allowing 35 hits in 36 1/3 innings. He was a key member of the Orioles' outstanding bullpen despite missing six weeks due to a right middle finger injury.


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A sudden worsening of heart failure, known as an exacerbation, usually occurs when some change places an increased demand on the weakened heart, which can't compensate by beating harder or faster. Heart failure exacerbations can be life-threatening, so it's important to recognize the signs of an exacerbation and know what to do.
When heart failure (sometimes called congestive heart failure is stabilized with good medication control and dietary management, it should be possible to prevent frequent exacerbations. Over time, however, the number of heart failure exacerbations is likely to rise as heart failure progresses and the heart is less able to handle increased loads. Often an exacerbation will require hospitalization until the doctor is convinced that the heart has stabilized. In severe cases, someone may need breathing support or IV medication, administered in an intensive care unit (ICU), to help the heart beat more strongly. The mechanical support of a ventilator may be needed until the acute symptoms have resolved.
Some triggers are within your control, and others are underlying conditions that can't be avoided. Here are the most frequent causes of exacerbations, along with how to avoid those that can be controlled.
Not taking medications correctly
Over time, many people with heart failure fail to follow the medication regimen the doctor has prescribed. One study found that nearly one-third of exacerbations occurred because patients failed to comply with their prescribed treatment. This happens for many reasons, including confusion and misreading labels, concern over side effects, and the high cost of medications. Often the medication regimen to control heart failure is complicated, requiring many medication doses throughout the day. Sometimes people with heart failure mistakenly think that because they feel better, they don't need the medications anymore.
How to avoid this trigger: The medications prescribed for heart failure treat the symptoms of the condition and rebuild the strength of the heart muscle. Careful medication management is key to preventing exacerbations and gives the best chance for recovery. Bring in all your loved one's medication bottles when you visit your doctor, so he or she can determine if any changes need to be made. Bringing in the bottles is always better then bringing in a list.
Pneumonia and the respiratory infections that lead to it -- such as colds, the flu, and sinus infections -- are the top cause of hospitalization for a heart failure exacerbation. Other common infections that can trigger exacerbations include urinary tract infections, shingles, and food-borne illnesses.
How to avoid this trigger: Make sure your loved one gets all the vaccinations recommended by the doctor, including a yearly flu shot and a pneumococcal vaccine every five years to prevent pneumonia. Help him or her avoid being in close quarters with people who are sick. Also, remind your loved one to wash his or her hands frequently, and make sure everyone in the family knows not to touch their eyes and nose with unwashed hands.
More triggers of heart failure exacerbations
Excessive salt intake
Eating too much salt causes fluid retention and puts pressure on the heart.
How to avoid this trigger: Follow suggestions for a low-sodium diet, and be careful to avoid hidden salt in canned soups, prepared foods, some juices, and other items.
Excessive fluid intake
Treatment for heart failure aims to eliminate extra water from your body, so drinking large amounts of fluid isn't recommended and may trigger an exacerbation. If you're drinking a lot of fluids and eating a diet high in sodium, you're at particular risk for exacerbation. Even though in general, health experts urge people to drink many glasses of water a day, this advice doesn't apply to those with heart failure.
How to avoid this trigger: Encourage your loved one to drink when thirsty but not to drink extra water. Drinking a lot of fluids to "flush your system" isn't necessary. Avoid beverages that contain sodium, such as some flavored waters, carbonated waters, and juice-water combinations.
Medication side effects
Some medications can make heart failure worse. For example, over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen and naproxen (known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) can cause fluid retention, increase blood pressure, and worsen kidney function. Those with heart failure should avoid these medications. Other drugs, such as thiazolidinediones used to treat diabetes, cause fluid retention, which worsens heart failure. Calcium channel blockers can cause exacerbations for those with systolic failure but may be prescribed for patients with preserved systolic failure, though they can cause fluid retention. Beta-blockers, which are an important part of heart failure treatment, can cause exacerbations when first started or when the dose is increased. Beta-blockers are known to be beneficial over the long term, though, so be sure to discuss the risk of exacerbation with the doctor.
How to avoid this trigger: Any time the doctor prescribes a medication for another condition, make sure he or she knows your loved one has heart failure; ask if there's a risk that the new drug will worsen heart failure. If a medication prescribed for heart failure is making your loved one feel worse, tell the doctor immediately. Also, ask the doctor if there are over-the-counter medicines your loved one should avoid. For example, both prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), are harmful for heart failure patients and can lead to an exacerbation.
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol of all types (beer, wine, liquor) can be harmful to heart failure patients. Alcohol can be the actual cause of heart failure for those with systolic failure, and it should be avoided. Alcohol can also increase blood pressure, which can be detrimental in both types of heart failure, systolic or preserved systolic heart failure. Although a glass or two of red wine is considered healthful -- and can even help prevent coronary artery disease (CAD) -- this isn't true for those with heart failure. There's also significant risk that alcohol might interact with medications prescribed for heart failure.
How to avoid this trigger: Be sure your loved one doesn't drink alcohol, not even a glass. If he or she wants to celebrate, encourage him or her to limit it to a sip or two just for the experience. Some people, particularly heavy drinkers and alcoholics, may find their heart muscle strength improves when they stop all alcohol intake.
More triggers of heart failure exacerbations
Uncontrolled hypertension
Uncontrolled high blood pressure weakens the heart muscle and affects the heart's pumping strength. High blood pressure can also cause fluid retention. Over time, failure to control cardiac risk factors, such as hypertension and high cholesterol, can lead to a heart attack, which can initiate heart failure.
How to avoid this trigger: Check blood pressure regularly and be sure your loved one takes all medications prescribed to control blood pressure. Bring in a log of blood pressure measurements when you visit the doctor and ask what his or her blood pressure goal is. If medications aren't working adequately, tell the doctor; dosages may need to be increased or a different medication prescribed.
When your loved one is anemic, there may not be enough oxygen delivered to his or her heart, and this adds to the strain on the heart muscle. Over time, this can lead to an exacerbation.
How to avoid this trigger: Make sure your loved one is getting enough iron, either from diet or in the form of supplements. If there's a concern, ask the doctor to test for anemia. If your loved one has been told to take iron but stopped because it's hard on his or her digestive system, talk to the doctor about other forms of iron he or she can take. Recognizing the role that anemia plays in worsening outcomes for heart failure, the doctor may have alternatives for your loved one's specific cause of anemia.
Other conditions that can trigger a heart failure exacerbation
Heart attack
Worsening kidney function
These heart failure triggers aren't necessarily under your control, so there isn't any action required to manage them, but it's important to be aware of the role they play in heart failure exacerbations. If kidney function is worsening or arrhythmia is an ongoing problem, these are reasons to be even more alert for sudden worsening of heart failure.