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Counter Culture Coffee, Twin, and Duke University developed an open-source toolkit to help structure workshops with coffee farmers to identify climate change adaptation solutions. By 2050, it is estimated that areas suitable for coffee growing will have reduced by 50 percent. Temperature and precipitation changes threaten the viability of coffee trees, coffee quality, and the livelihoods of coffee farmers and communities all over the world. These climate-specific Impacts vary across coffee-growing regions, so adaptation solutions to climate change need to also be location-specific. Recognizing the urgency of the issue, the companies developed a workshop and created this toolkit so that the workshop can be easily replicated by other companies and organizations across the wider coffee industry. The open-source toolkit contains all the resources necessary for facilitators—whether they are NGOs, coffee companies, roasters, or farmer organizations themselves—to work with farmers to develop their own solutions to help adapt to a changing climate.
In preparation for this toolkit, Counter Culture began conducting climate change adaptation workshops in countries like Peru and Guatemala in 2017. "Supporting producer partners to develop these solutions themselves means that they will be easier to implement," said Hannah Ward, Program Manager at Twin. "Producers have ownership over the success and ongoing management of the projects, which is really what sustainability is all about." Workshop activities rely on the knowledge and participation of the workshop attendees to generate and evaluate ideas. This results in the identification of solutions that are: 1. Specifically tailored to the environmental and social conditions of the area 2. Feasible based on the resources available to coffee farmers in that area 3. Fully owned by farmers, since ideas were generated and planned by the farmers themselves "While there's no shortage of scientific data about coffee and climate change, there's not much at the regional or local scale," said Taylor. "Rather than spending time and resources to collect this data, we can get reliable information from the people who live and work in these realities every day. In many cases this type of information is more useful than more traditional data points because it takes into account cultural and social norms and resources." Facilitators do not need to be experts in climate change science to implement adaptation solutions—the toolkit was designed to be used by any type of participant within the coffee value chain. The toolkit is now available to download via this link.
Counter Culture will be hosting a public Tasting at Ten on Friday, April 20, that will center around the workshops and the new toolkit in all of their Training Centers. For additional information, please contact Counter Culture at [email protected] and Twin at [email protected].
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Q: How do you run a synchronous timer in C#? I am writing an app which uses a timer to display a countdown on screen to when some event happens. I want to reuse the timer, as it would be handy for a few things in the app, so I specify the words I want to wrap round the timer. For example, the following function call:
CountdownTimer(90, "You have ", " until the computer reboots");

would show:
You have 1 minute 30 seconds until the computer reboots

and then count down.
I am using the following code:
    private void CountdownTimer(int Duration, string Prefix, string Suffix)
    {
        Countdown = new DispatcherTimer();
        Countdown.Tick += new EventHandler(Countdown_Tick);
        Countdown.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);

        CountdownTime = Duration;
        CountdownPrefix = Prefix;
        CountdownSuffix = Suffix;
        Countdown.Start();
    }

    private void Countdown_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CountdownTime--;
        if (CountdownTime > 0)
        {
            int seconds = CountdownTime % 60;
            int minutes = CountdownTime / 60;

            Timer.Content = CountdownPrefix;

            if (minutes != 0)
            {
                Timer.Content = Timer.Content + minutes.ToString() + @" minute";
                if (minutes != 1) { Timer.Content = Timer.Content + @"s"; }
                Timer.Content = Timer.Content + " ";
            }

            if (seconds != 0)
            {
                Timer.Content = Timer.Content + seconds.ToString() + @" second";
                if (seconds != 1) { Timer.Content = Timer.Content + @"s"; }
            }

            Timer.Content = Timer.Content + CountdownSuffix;

        }
        else
        {
            Countdown.Stop();
        }

    }

How do I make this run synchronously? For example I would want the following to wait 90 seconds and then reboot:
CountdownTimer(90, "You have ", " until the computer reboots");
ExitWindowsEx(2,0)

Whereas it calls the reboot immediately at present.
Any pointers would be most welcome!
Thanks,
Ben

A: Personally, I'd recommend having a callback happen at the end of your CountdownTimer - perhaps taking an Action as an argument, such that when it completed it'd be called.
private Action onCompleted;
private void CountdownTimer(int Duration, string Prefix, string Suffix, Action callback)
{
    Countdown = new DispatcherTimer();
    Countdown.Tick += new EventHandler(Countdown_Tick);
    Countdown.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);

    CountdownTime = Duration;
    CountdownPrefix = Prefix;
    CountdownSuffix = Suffix;
    Countdown.Start();

    this.onCompleted = callback;
}
...
    else
    {
        Countdown.Stop();
        Action temp = this.onCompleted; // thread-safe test for null delegates
        if (temp != null)
        {
            temp();
        }
    }

Then you could just change your usage to:
CountdownTimer(90, "You have ", " until the computer reboots",
    () => ExitWindowsEx(2,0));

A: You could use an AutoResetEvent:
System.Threading.AutoResetEvent _countdownFinishedEvent
    = new AutoResetEvent(false);

Add this at the end of CountdownTimer:
_countdownFinishedEvent.WaitOne();

And add this inside the else of Countdown_Tick just after Countdown.Stop():
_countdownFinishedEvent.Set();

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Posted on Mar 28, 2008 in Boardgames, Electronic Games, Front Page Features
Axis & Allies Miniatures: North Africa 1940-1943 – Day 5
By Paul Glasser
Avalon Hill is scheduled to release the latest booster pack, North Africa 1940-1943, for the Axis & Allies Miniatures game today! All this week, Armchair General has published exclusive previews about the units and gameplay, including this last sneak peak. So, what are you waiting for? Read on, then go and buy the game!
The new M10 Wolverine tank destroyer is good. Possibly too good.
The M10 is featured in the Axis and Allies: North Africa 1940-1943 miniatures set and offers the best counter to Rommel's PzIV tanks. With a 76.2mm main gun, the M10 has slightly better AT firepower than the Sherman.
However, it has less armor and is best used when flanking German tanks. The "Flanking" skill gives the M10 extra dice when attacking the rear armor of an enemy panzer. While flanking, it stands a good chance of destroying a PzIV outright at medium range.
At a cost of 19 points, the M10 gets all the benefits and none of the drawbacks M10 crews experienced in combat. The open-top M10 saw action in both Europe and the Pacific and was vulnerable to close-assaults from Japanese infantry. The turret was traversed using a hand-crank, and it took about 2 minutes to rotate a full 360 degrees. However, neither of these weaknesses are reflected in the M10 stat card.
Commanders will be able to deploy the improved PzIII Ausf. L to deal with the new American threat. The crew consists of experienced Afrika Corps veterans, and as such, they can still fire accurately and move while disrupted.
The Ausf. L model includes several improvements over the current Ausf. F. It has a new high-velocity 50mm gun for improved AT ability and 20mm of additional frontal armor. The Ausf. L also retains the "Smokescreen" skill, which will allow it to safely cross open territory.
To complement the fragile and highly flammable Italian armored fighting vehicles, players can now deploy low-quality fascist conscripts.
Historians frequently portray Italian riflemen as suffering from poor morale, and this new unit from North Africa 1940-1943 reflects that belief. With a noted "Lack of Determination" this low-quality infantry squad will be removed from the game as soon as it's pinned down. Conscripts also suffer from poor attack values against both infantry and tanks. The only redeeming value is the conscripts' low cost. However, aside from limited scenarios, they are unlikely to see much action.
The Owen SMG is one of two new Australian units to be released on Friday. This submachine gunner has good short-range attack values but can't engage enemies at medium or long range. Capable of firing 700 rounds a minute, the Owen gun was a rugged and reliable weapon. It was an essential weapon in jungle fighting and remained in service until the 1960s.
Commanders can also deploy the Owen gun as part of an Australian infantry platoon. The platoon includes an Australian officer, two SMGs and two veteran rifle squads and gives players a slight reduction in point cost.
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Council of Community Clinics Rebrand As HealthCare Center Partners
By Editor / March 3, 2016 / 2 Comments
SAN DIEGO—(March 1, 2016)—The Council of Community Clinics (CCC), a premier consortium of primary care organizations in Southern California, today announced its new name and branding, Health Center Partners, the new name for its subsidiary formerly known as Community Clinic Health Network, Health Quality Partners, and the launch of Integrated Health Partners. Integrated Health Partners is a fully integrated primary health network designed to advance standards of care, improve outcomes and reduce costs for member community health centers. On the heels of its recently augmented executive leadership team and the addition of new member Community Health Systems, Inc., Health Center Partners today unveiled its innovative vision for meeting the evolving health needs of nearly 800,000 low-income and uninsured Californians at a launch ceremony in San Diego.
"At Health Center Partners, we firmly believe that everyone deserves access to quality health care. Our highly experienced, dedicated staff works diligently every day to advocate for health care policy, deliver programs and provide resources designed to enrich the patient experience of the 'safety net' population within our communities," stated Henry Tuttle, CEO of Health Center Partners. "Our new name more accurately reflects our commitment to serving our members—championing the needs of the safety net population, enhancing the delivery of and access to high quality primary care, and acting as a trusted change agent and visionary by bringing forth innovative solutions and effective programs that positively impact health center outcomes."
The introduction of Integrated Health Partners unites community health centers for a common purpose: to address the shift to value-based care by leveraging aggregated member data for up to 500,000 patients to better analyze and understand the status of community health and drive performance improvement that will result in better patient outcomes, operational enhancements and treatment effectiveness. By harnessing critical information and important benchmarking statistics, Integrated Health Partners helps educate the care community and steward health resources for optimal use. Under this framework, Integrated Health Partners will advance solutions for effective population health management and drive quality improvements necessary for future success against a backdrop of the Affordable Care Act and related changes to the health care ecosystem.
"Integrated Health Partners is the solution for primary care in Southern California—by compiling and analyzing key performance indicators from across the region, we're able to better understand the communities we serve, overcome cultural and linguistic barriers, solve the most challenging health care delivery problems and address existing and emerging critical needs," noted Sabra Matovsky, executive vice president, Integrated Health Partners. "We are a united voice representing primary care providers, safeguarding the future of quality health care for the most vulnerable and ensuring a seat at the table for the important health care decisions on the horizon."
Health Center Partners has been representing and supporting community health centers for nearly 40 years, and today one in six San Diegans rely on its members for primary care. Consortium members support two million patient visits annually at more than 100 locations.
"As a long time member, we've found that the collaboration that exists between Health Center Partners and health centers is invaluable—providing a unique opportunity to speak with a strong, unified voice in support of primary care, meeting the growing needs of low-income and uninsured patients, and ensuring Southern California's health centers are well positioned for the future of health care," stated Kevin Mattson, Health Center Partners board chair and president and CEO of San Ysidro Health Center. "Health Center Partners is our region's preeminent health care authority and policy advocate—focused on improving lives by elevating the primary care profession and enhancing our ability to deliver quality health care."
Health Center Partners' Program of Work 2020, a comprehensive strategic framework designed to ensure members remain at the forefront in meeting the evolving health care needs of the most vulnerable in our communities, establishes broad-reaching and aggressive goals for organizational transformation. Changes underway are aimed at strengthening Health Center Partners' capacity to serve as a thought leader and health policy advocate in the emerging landscape of value-based health care.
Health Center Partners and its subsidiaries—Integrated Health Partners, Health Quality Partners and Council Connections—announced the new organizational vision and unveiled the new brands today at a ceremony held at San Diego Family Care's soon-to-open facility in Linda Vista. Attendees and participants included clinical and operational executives from member health centers, representatives of local and state elected officials, and other dignitaries.
About Health Center Partners – Health Center Partners and its subsidiaries serve as the nexus for its members and partners to transform primary care through the power of innovation and collaboration. Our health policy, public affairs and advocacy efforts enhance the development of and recognition for our members who enrich the patient experience and improve the human condition through access to quality health care and related services for their diverse communities, with an emphasis on low-income and uninsured populations. For more information, visit www.hcpsocal.org.
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In music theory, the wolf fifth (sometimes also called Procrustean fifth,
or imperfect fifth)
is a particularly dissonant musical interval spanning seven semitones. Strictly, the term refers to an interval produced by a specific tuning system, widely used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the quarter-comma meantone temperament. More broadly, it is also used to refer to similar intervals (of close, but variable magnitudes) produced by other tuning systems, including Pythagorean and most meantone temperaments.

When the twelve notes within the octave of a chromatic scale are tuned using the quarter-comma mean-tone systems of temperament, one of the twelve intervals spanning seven semitones (classified as a diminished sixth) turns out to be much wider than the others (classified as perfect fifths). In mean-tone systems, this interval is usually from C to A or from G to E but can be moved in either direction to favor certain groups of keys. The eleven perfect fifths sound almost perfectly consonant. Conversely, the diminished sixth is severely dissonant and seems to howl like a wolf, because of a phenomenon called beating. Since the diminished sixth is meant to be enharmonically equivalent to a perfect fifth, this anomalous interval has come to be called the wolf fifth.

Besides the above-mentioned quarter comma meantone, other tuning systems may produce severely dissonant diminished sixths. Conversely, in 12-tone equal temperament, which is currently the most commonly used tuning system, the diminished sixth is not a wolf fifth, as it has exactly the same size as a perfect fifth.

By extension, any interval which is perceived as severely dissonant and may be regarded as howling like a wolf may be called a wolf interval. For instance, in quarter comma meantone, the augmented second, augmented third, augmented fifth, diminished fourth and diminished seventh may be considered wolf intervals, as their size significantly deviates from the size of the corresponding justly tuned interval (see Size of quarter-comma meantone intervals).

Temperament and the wolf

In 12-tone scales, the average value of the twelve fifths must equal the 700 cents of equal temperament. If eleven of them have a value of 700 − ε cents, as in quarter-comma meantone and most other meantone temperament tuning systems, the other fifth (more properly called a diminished sixth) will equal 700 + 11ε cents. The value of ε changes depending on the tuning system. In other tuning systems (such as Pythagorean tuning and twelfth-comma meantone), eleven fifths may have a size of 700 + ε cents, thus the diminished sixth is 700 − 11ε cents. If 11ε is very large, as in the quarter-comma meantone tuning system, the diminished sixth is regarded as a wolf fifth.

In terms of frequency ratios, the product of the fifths must be 128, and if f is the size of a fifth, 128:f11, or f11:128, will be the size of the wolf.

We likewise find varied tunings for the thirds. Major thirds must average 400 cents, and to each pair of thirds of size 400 ∓ 4ε cents we have a third (or diminished fourth) of 400 ± 8ε cents, leading to eight thirds 4ε cents narrower or wider, and four diminished fourths 8ε cents wider or narrower than average. Three of these diminished fourths form major triads with perfect fifths, but one of them forms a major triad with the diminished sixth. If the diminished sixth is a wolf interval, this triad is called the wolf major triad.

Similarly, we obtain nine minor thirds of 300 ± 3ε cents and three minor thirds (or augmented seconds) of 300 ∓ 9ε cents.

Quarter comma meantone
In quarter-comma meantone, the fifth is of size , about 3.42157 cents (or exactly one twelfth of a diesis) flatter than 700 cents, and so the wolf is about 737.637 cents, or 35.682 cents sharper than a perfect fifth of size exactly 3:2, and this is the original howling wolf fifth.

The flat minor thirds are only about 2.335 cents sharper than a subminor third of size 7:6, and the sharp major thirds, of size exactly 32:25, are about 7.712 cents flatter than the supermajor third of 9:7. Meantone tunings with slightly flatter fifths produce even closer approximations to the subminor and supermajor thirds and corresponding triads. These thirds therefore hardly deserve the appellation of wolf, and in fact historically have not been given that name.

The wolf fifth of quarter-comma meantone can be approximated by the 7-limit just interval 49:32, which has a size of 737.652 cents.

Pythagorean tuning
In Pythagorean tuning, there are eleven justly tuned fifths sharper than 700 cents by about 1.955 cents (or exactly one twelfth of a Pythagorean comma), and hence one fifth will be flatter by twelve times that, which is 23.460 cents (one Pythagorean comma) flatter than a just fifth. A fifth this flat can also be regarded as howling like a wolf. There are also now eight sharp and four flat major thirds.

Five-limit tuning
Five-limit tuning was designed to maximize the number of pure intervals, but even in this system several intervals are markedly impure.  5-limit tuning yields a much larger number of wolf intervals with respect to Pythagorean tuning, which can be considered a 3-limit just intonation tuning. Namely, while Pythagorean tuning determines only 2 wolf intervals (a fifth and a fourth), the 5-limit symmetric scales produce 12 of them, and the asymmetric scale 14.  It is also important to note that the two fifths, three minor thirds, and three major sixths marked in orange in the tables (ratio 40:27, 32:27, and 27:16 (or G−, E−, and A+), even though they do not completely meet the conditions to be wolf intervals, deviate from the corresponding pure ratio by an amount (1 syntonic comma, i.e., 81:80, or about 21.5 cents) large enough to be clearly perceived as dissonant.

Five-limit tuning determines one diminished sixth of size 1024:675 (about 722 cents, i.e. 20 cents sharper than the 3:2 Pythagorean perfect fifth). Whether this interval should be considered dissonant enough to be called a wolf fifth is a controversial matter.

Five-limit tuning also creates two impure perfect fifths of size 40:27 (about 680 cents; less pure than the 3:2 Pythagorean perfect fifth). These are not diminished sixths, but relative to the Pythagorean perfect fifth they are less consonant (about 20 cents flatter) and hence, they might be considered to be wolf fifths. The corresponding inversion is an impure perfect fourth of size 27:20 (about 520 cents). For instance, in the C major diatonic scale, an impure perfect fifth arises between D and A, and its inversion arises between A and D.

Since the term perfect means, in this context, perfectly consonant, the impure perfect fourth and perfect fifth are sometimes simply called imperfect fourth and fifth. However, the widely adopted standard naming convention for musical intervals classifies them as perfect intervals, together with the octave and unison. This is also true for any perfect fourth or perfect fifth which slightly deviates from the perfectly consonant 4:3 or 3:2 ratios (for instance, those tuned using 12-tone equal or quarter-comma meantone temperament). Conversely, the expressions imperfect fourth and imperfect fifth do not conflict with the standard naming convention when they refer to a dissonant augmented third or diminished sixth (e.g. the wolf fourth and fifth in Pythagorean tuning).

"Taming the wolf"
Wolf intervals are a consequence of mapping a two-dimensional temperament to a one-dimensional keyboard. The only solution is to make the number of dimensions match. That is, either:
 Keep the (one-dimensional) piano keyboard, and shift to a one-dimensional temperament (e.g., equal temperament), or
 Keep the two-dimensional temperament, and shift to a two-dimensional keyboard.

Keep the piano keyboard
When the perfect fifth is tempered to be exactly 700 cents wide (that is, tempered by approximately  of a syntonic comma, or exactly  of a Pythagorean comma) then the tuning is identical to the familiar 12-tone equal temperament.

Because of the compromises (and wolf intervals) forced on meantone tunings by the one-dimensional piano-style keyboard, well temperaments and eventually equal temperament became more popular.

A fifth of the size Mozart favored, at or near the 55-equal fifth of 698.182 cents, will have a wolf of 720 cents, 18.045 cents sharper than a justly tuned fifth. This howls far less acutely, but still very noticeably.

The wolf can be tamed by adopting equal temperament or a well temperament. The very intrepid may simply want to treat it as a xenharmonic music interval; depending on the size of the meantone fifth it can be made to be exactly 20:13 or 17:11, or less commonly to 32:21 or 49:32.

With a more extreme meantone temperament, like 19 equal temperament, the wolf is large enough that it is closer in size to a sixth than a fifth, and sounds like a different interval altogether rather than a mistuned fifth.

Keep the two-dimensional tuning system

To use a two-dimensional temperament without wolf intervals, one needs a two-dimensional keyboard that is "isomorphic" with that temperament. A keyboard and temperament are isomorphic if they are generated by the same intervals. For example, the Wicki keyboard shown in Figure 1 is generated by the same musical intervals as the syntonic temperament—that is, by the octave and tempered perfect fifth—so they are isomorphic.

On an isomorphic keyboard, any given musical interval has the same shape wherever it appears—in any octave, key, and tuning—except at the edges. For example, on Wicki's keyboard, from any given note, the note that is a tempered perfect fifth higher is always up-and-rightwardly adjacent to the given note. There are no wolf intervals within the note-span of this keyboard. The only problem is at the edge, on the note E. The note that is a tempered perfect fifth higher than E is B, which is not included on the keyboard shown (although it could be included in a larger keyboard, placed just to the right of A, hence maintaining the keyboard's consistent note-pattern). Because there is no B button, when playing an E power chord, one must choose some other note that is close in pitch to B, such as C, to play instead of the missing B. That is, the interval from E to C would be a "wolf interval" on this keyboard. In 19-TET, the interval from E to C would be (enharmonic to) a perfect fifth.

However, such edge conditions produce wolf intervals only if the isomorphic keyboard has fewer buttons per octave than the tuning has enharmonically distinct notes. For example, the isomorphic keyboard in Figure 2 has 19 buttons per octave, so the above-cited edge condition, from E to C, is not a wolf interval in 12-TET, 17-TET, or 19-TET; however, it is a wolf interval in 26-TET, 31-TET, and 53-TET. In these latter tunings, using electronic transposition could keep the current key's notes centered on the isomorphic keyboard, in which case these wolf intervals would very rarely be encountered in tonal music, despite modulation to exotic keys.

A keyboard that is isomorphic with the syntonic temperament, such as Wicki's keyboard above, retains its isomorphism in any tuning within the tuning continuum of the syntonic temperament, even when changing tuning dynamically among such tunings. Figure 2 shows the valid tuning range of the syntonic temperament.

Listen to it
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References

Intervals (music)

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We are now only 3.5 weeks away from LIVE H2O, and last week I learned how the Living Water shall be involved in our physical salvation and spiritual protection from the advancing global genocide. The current H1N1 pandemic was seeded to become the Swine/Avian/Spanish flu "Big One" by this fall, according to the accumulated intelligence I have received, and am hereby passing on to you as a humble servant and "Watchman."
Ironically, and by Divine direction, we shall perform the Concert for the Living Water for protection and evolution, praying, chanting, and drumming together for lasting peace on earth, world health, and universal prosperity, June 19-21, 2009, with great assured success!
I am on my way to London this afternoon and will not return to the U.S. for more than a week. I had hoped to produce, before leaving, another SPECIAL REPORT on YouTube for broadcasting this new information, but I simply ran out of time. Not wanting to delay getting you this URGENT information, I pray the link and new web article will, with your help, get this critical message out to our extended family worldwide. It may be that your participation in prayer in honor of The Living Water, on June 21, 2009, at 5PM PST (8PM EST), may be the most important prayer you will ever pray in your life. It may be this prayer is required to seal you (spiritually) in the "Book of Life" during the forthcoming 42 months of GREAT TRIBULATION. For this, we now come together to sing and chant in honor of The Living Water in and around us, in LOVE (528Hz).
So please read, and re read, this new article I have posted on HealthyWorldSolutions.com at your earliest availability. I sincerely, with all my heart, request that you do this--attend to this information--to make your provisions for salvation.
Finally, again I am sending you this link to a FREE LIVEH2O.tv PLAYER with an instant EMBED CODE for ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO HAS A WEBSITE to become a broadcaster of LIVE H2O--Concert for the Living! Our goal is to have 1440 players installed on websites worldwide by June 18, 2009. That is only 3.5 weeks from now, SO DO NOT DELAY sending this urgent notice to your extended family and loved ones worldwide.
Thanks for your service to our glorious Creator.
LIVE H2O--Concert for the Living Water!


Embers falling on their heads, Venesa Rhodes and her husband had seconds to rush their two beloved cats into their SUV before a wildfire last summer would overtake them all. One cat got in. But the other, named Bella, bolted and disappeared as the blaze bore down. The couple had no choice but to flee, and their home and much of the neighborhood in Redding, California, soon was reduced to ash.
Loretta Root wipes her eyes while visiting the remains of her home in the Keswick area burned in a wildfire in Redding, Calif. More than 80 families who lost their homes in California's deadly Carr Fire in July have learned weeks or months later that their dogs and cats had survived the deadly disaster. A network of about 35 volunteers, called Carr Fire Pet Rescue and Reunification, is responsible for many of the happy endings and continues to track and catch missing pets nearly two months after the fire was extinguished.
Rhodes and her husband, Stephen Cobb, presumed Bella was dead. Devastated by their losses, they moved 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) to Rhodes' hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, to start over. Nearly six weeks later, they got a call that left them gobsmacked: Bella was alive. Volunteers had put out a feeding station at Rhodes' burned-out property, staked it out after spotting the cat, and then trapped her.
"I started bawling," Rhodes said from Anchorage, where Bella was curled up in a corner sleeping. "We were shocked. We were just so overjoyed and just hoping she was OK." Rhodes and Cobb are among dozens of people who lost their homes in the deadly Carr Fire but had their lives brightened weeks or months later when their pets were found.
Bray said each new reunion fuels her and the other volunteers, many of whom use their own money to trap and treat the animals. "We've seen amazing things," Bray said. "We're finding cats that were in a house and the owners presumed they had passed. The heat of fire breaks windows in houses and cats jump out and run and hide. They're survivalists."
It was a two-woman, two-hour operation. One woman crawled on the ground and placed food under a trap and the other waited in a truck and pulled a rope to complete the capture. Bray, a private pilot by day, once spent nearly seven hours trapping a cat. The wait was worth it, she said.
Jessica Pierce, a Lyons, Colorado-based bioethicist who studies end-of-life issues involving humans and their pets, said losing a beloved animal and a home is a double whammy of grief. "To then be reunited with a pet you thought was gone, that would be like getting a piece of your home back," she said. "For many people, pets are a sense of home, and they identify home with a sense of comfort and peace."
"It was just complete and utter devastation," she said. "It's just a miracle they're alive. It's like, life finds a way." Rhodes got her call on Sept. 2, 41 days after the fire began. Bella, who is 2, had some burns on her belly, her long black hair was singed to medium length and she was underweight. Her formerly gray paws are now permanently pink.


The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a collaborative organisation containing some of the most talented and innovative consultants and contractors in the region. The wide range of skills and diverse teams encourages creative and innovative thinking, with a focus on high performing team principles. The fully integrated partner structure provides the very best each has to offer to keep the Anglian Water @one Alliance at the forefront of the industry.
The @one Alliance offers a wide range of career and development opportunities, including a series of 'academies' to focus on efficiency, leadership and collaboration across a range of disciplines.
You can find our latest vacancies here.
As the Anglian Water @one Alliance's Organisational Development Manager I am responsible for the People Team, Communication and Customer.
I have worked in the water industry for 20 years, working on site, design and bid and project management. Prior to joining @one in 2014 I managed MWH's AMP6 bids leading multi-partner teams to develop business strategies, define processes, and secure frameworks through alignment, collaboration and integration.
As an engineer at heart, I love to hear what our delivery teams are doing, the innovation, best practice, processes, and tools being used to deliver our projects and look after Anglian Waters customers. I am passionate about developing high performing teams, growing our organisational capability and culture; keeping us at the forefront of collaboration in the water industry and beyond.
I have worked for Anglian Water for 22 years and have been in the @one Alliance since it was first set up. I work in the First Time Sewerage team providing rural communities with new mains sewerage and have been doing this for 12 years. It is rewarding knowing that I am providing people with a service most of us take for granted and in some circumstances have been able to resolve problems that people have been struggling with for a long time.
forecasts of the projects within my portfolio and I'm also the commercial conscience of the Programme Area Manager. Therefore I must give a commercial perspective to business decision making that both safeguards our commercial position and drives outperformance.
What I most enjoy about my job is the day to day challenge the commercial model brings. This is a forward-thinking Alliance with lots of opportunities to learn new and innovative ways of working. The commercial model itself is focused on outperformance which creates a collaborative working environment as opposed to the traditional contractual nature of construction projects.
I have worked in the @one Alliance for six and a half years. I work as a flooding engineer where I design solutions to alleviate the risks of flooding to properties.
What I enjoy the most, working in the flooding team, is the satisfaction of how my work has helped many customers who had previously suffered from flooding for years. I also enjoy the challenge I face daily with how to design the solution using the latest technology and the most cost effective, sustainable materials.
I have worked in the @one Alliance for five years. Being a process engineer means you're heavily involved in each project you work on all the way through the project. Right at the front end of the design it's your job to fully understand the problem and come up with different solutions to best suit Anglian Water and their customer's needs.
make sure everything you have designed is fully integrated into the overall works.
client. It leaves you knowing at the end of the day that what you have designed is the most effective solution, which both suits the needs of the business and is easy to operate for the guys on site who have to work with it on a day to day basis.


Deluxe Edition: One of only 13 deluxe hardcover in full navy blue goat skin, two colour foil block to front and rear, gold foil to spine, head and tail bands, charcoal grey Strathmore Grandee endpapers, 100gm munken cream paper, book ribbon. Slipcased with navy suedal covered in black cloth, 250 pages.
Authentic accounts of witchcraft accusations in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England and Wales are rare. There is of course a sensational pamphlet literature based on witchcraft trials but this source can be problematic, especially as the trial documents have disappeared. However, a rich archive of pre-trial documents relating to witchcraft accusations has been discovered in the records of the Court of Great Sessions of Wales. These unique documents are the complaints of those who believed themselves bewitched, the depositions of witnesses, and the examinations of suspected witches.
The Court of Great Sessions had the power of life and death and sent many convicted felons to the gallows. We know exactly when the first prosecution for murder by witchcraft took place in Wales. In 1594 Gwen ferch Ellis of Denbighshire was tried for felonious witchcraft, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. This case was something of a cause celebre. Remarkably the record survives of Gwen's interrogation by the bishop of St Asaph as well as the depositions of her accusers.
Written evidence survives from some 20 cases and these documents are printed in full for the first time. These texts reveal remarkable details and personalities that have remained hidden in the documentary record for over 300 years. In these cases we encounter cursers and healers, practitioners of image magic and love magic, confidence tricksters and believers in fairies.
The book has a comprehensive introduction and detailed commentaries on the cases. There is a definitive list of prosecutions with abstracts of indictments. A calendar of slander cases involving accusations of witchcraft provides a glimpse of witchcraft accusations that never resulted in prosecution as well as an insight into the vocabulary of witchcraft. The study makes a vital contribution to the understanding of witchcraft beliefs in one of the 'dark corners' of the British Isles.
Richard Suggett is a historian, currently senior investigator at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. He is the author of the A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales (2005) as well as studies on the architecture and social history of medieval and later Wales.


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Eating habits, body fat related to differences in brain chemistry
NIH study ties eating in response to food cues to habit-forming region in obese adults.
Co-authors Kevin Hall, Ph.D. (left) and Juen Guo, Ph.D. (right) examine PET data.
People who are obese may be more susceptible to environmental food cues than their lean counterparts due to differences in brain chemistry that make eating more habitual and less rewarding, according to a National Institutes of Health study published in Molecular Psychiatry .
Researchers at the NIH Clinical Center found that, when examining 43 men and women with varying amounts of body fat, obese participants tended to have greater dopamine activity in the habit-forming region of the brain than lean counterparts, and less activity in the region controlling reward. Those differences could potentially make the obese people more drawn to overeat in response to food triggers and simultaneously making food less rewarding to them. A chemical messenger in the brain, dopamine influences reward, motivation and habit formation.
"While we cannot say whether obesity is a cause or an effect of these patterns of dopamine activity, eating based on unconscious habits rather than conscious choices could make it harder to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, especially when appetizing food cues are practically everywhere," said Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D., lead author and a senior investigator at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of NIH. "This means that triggers such as the smell of popcorn at a movie theater or a commercial for a favorite food may have a stronger pull for an obese person — and a stronger reaction from their brain chemistry — than for a lean person exposed to the same trigger."
Study participants followed the same eating, sleeping and activity schedule. Tendency to overeat in response to triggers in the environment was determined from a detailed questionnaire. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans evaluated the sites in the brain where dopamine was able to act.
Dopamine signaling is thought to play a central role in orchestrating the processes of reward, motivation and habit formation. The depicted orange/yellow regions indicate where brain dopamine activity was positively related to obesity. The blue regions show where dopamine activity was negatively related to obesity and includes the ventromedial striatum.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death.
"These findings point to the complexity of obesity and contribute to our understanding of how people with varying amounts of body fat process information about food," said NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D. "Accounting for differences in brain activity and related behaviors has the potential to inform the design of effective weight-loss programs."
The study did not demonstrate cause and effect among habit formation, reward, dopamine activity, eating behavior and obesity. Future research will examine dopamine activity and eating behavior in people over time as they change their diets, physical activity, and their weight.
NIH support for this study (Clinical Trial #NCT00846040)comes from the NIDDK and the National Institute of Mental Health.
The NIDDK, a component of the NIH, conducts and supports research on diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutrition and obesity; and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases. Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe and disabling conditions affecting Americans. For more information about the NIDDK and its programs, visit http://www.niddk.nih.gov.
About the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): The mission of the NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure. For more information, visit http://www.nimh.nih.gov.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Krysten Carrera


Malachi - God will not be mocked by poor sacrifice.
God knows and a day is coming when He will judge the world. Connecting to Jesus: Jesus is the Judge and Saviour and His return will bring the day when the righteous and the wicked will be separated.


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Sweet tunes and sweet cakes! Join us for a jazzy, rummy party! We are hosting Coulter & Co. Jazz and their sweet holiday tunes. In addition, Rum Cakes of Wyoming is debuting their spectacular rum cakes made with our Sword Swallower Rum! You'll be able to sample and purchase some on sight. If you miss the party, we will keep some on hand in the Tasting Room for your holiday parties!


My hospital doesn't do epidurals, they do intrathecals instead. I'm told it's very similar to an epidural, but you can move your legs, and don't have to keep a shunt in your back the whole time. However, I also just found out that it's morphine mixed with some other drug. I really don't want morphine! Has anyone ever had this? What did it do for you? Did it lower your blood pressure? Did it stop you labor? (Nurse told us it could do this).
That's what I'm having too. I've never had one before, but several of my friends have. They have all said it was awesome. I'm going to look at the pluses instead of the minuses on this one...I figure if I don't get it, then I'll have to face the pains of going all natural, which is not something I think I want to do. I'm due Wed, so if I have my baby, I'll post my story and let you know how it worked....I hope I have my baby soon!
That sounds really interesting 'cause I am so afraid of getting an epidural and having that thing in my back the whole time, YET...I do want to be as close to 100% pain free as I can be with drugs! So, definately keep us posted!
The only thing I'm worried about is the medication wearing off. With the epidural, you have the port thing in your back and they can give you more if you need it...with the intrathecal, it's a one time shot in the back. My dr. said they wouldn't give it to me until I'm 5 cm...that could be painful!


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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (kurz AoE 2 oder Age 2) ist ein 1999 von Microsoft Game Studios veröffentlichtes Echtzeit-Strategiespiel von Entwickler Ensemble Studios. Der zweite Teil der Age-of-Empires-Serie ist thematisch im Mittelalter angesiedelt und erhielt bis heute mehrere Erweiterungen, Ableger und Neuauflagen.

Spielaufbau
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings knüpft spieletechnisch an seinen Vorgänger an. Zeitlich ist das Spiel zwischen dem Ende Roms und der Entdeckung Amerikas durch Christoph Kolumbus, also in der Zeit des Mittelalters, angesiedelt. Es reiht sich somit chronologisch ungefähr hinter The Rise of Rome ein, wobei sich die Entwickler viel Mühe mit dem geschichtlichen Hintergrund und dessen Umsetzung gegeben haben. Es sind dreizehn Völker verfügbar: Briten, Byzantiner, Chinesen, Franken, Goten, Japaner, Kelten, Mongolen, Perser, Sarazenen, Teutonen, Türken und Wikinger. Dabei wird der Spieler in fünf Kampagnen in die Rollen von William Wallace, Johanna von Orleans, Saladin, Dschingis Khan und Friedrich Barbarossa versetzt. Eine Kampagne besteht aus sechs Szenarien. Ähnlich wie bei Age of Empires muss, bevor das Spiel eine kriegerische Entwicklung nehmen kann, eine Wirtschaft aufgebaut werden, die auf den Rohstoffen Holz, Nahrung, Gold und Stein basiert. Die mit dem Spielverlauf knapper werdenden Rohstoffe auf der Karte führen mit der Zeit zwangsläufig zu einer Konfrontation zwischen den verschiedenen Spielern; Endlosspiele oder Wirtschaftssimulationen sind nicht denkbar.

Jedes Volk hat eine eigene Sprache, so antworten beispielsweise türkische Dorfbewohner mit evet und teutonische sowie gotische Holzfäller mit holza, wenn sie an die Arbeit geschickt werden. Die Völker sind in vier Gruppen eingeteilt, die jeweils einen einheitlichen Architekturstil für die ihnen angehörenden Völker haben. Zu den westeuropäischen Völkern zählen die Franken, die Briten und die Kelten, zu den nordeuropäischen die Goten, die Wikinger und die Teutonen. Die orientalische Völkergruppe besteht aus Byzantinern, Sarazenen, Persern und Türken und die asiatische aus Chinesen, Mongolen und Japanern.

Es gibt fünf große Gruppen von Militäreinheiten im Spiel: Nahkämpfer (Schwertträger, Speerkämpfer), Fernkämpfer (Bogenschützen, Armbrustschützen, Handrohrschützen), Kavallerie, Schiffe und Belagerungswaffen. Jede dieser Waffengattungen gliedert sich in noch weitere verschiedene Einheiten und jeweils verschiedene Rüstungstypen gegen Nahkampfschaden und Schussverletzungen. Die verschiedenen Arten von Kampfeinheiten schlagen sich nach dem Prinzip des Spiels "Schere, Stein, Papier", das heißt gemischte Armeen haben Vorteile, und einseitige Strategien sind tendenziell weniger erfolgversprechend.

Wie bei Age of Empires hat der Spieler auch bei Age of Kings wieder die Auswahl aus diesmal 13 Zivilisationen, denen bestimmte Technologien aus dem "Technologiebaum" fehlen. Neu sind zivilisationsspezifische Einheiten (und mit der Erweiterung auch Technologien), die das Gameplay der einzelnen Völker noch individueller und damit spannender machen. Jedes Volk verfügt auch über eine eigene Spezialeinheit: Briten: Langbogenschütze, Byzantiner: Gepanzerter Reiter, Chinesen: Chu-Ko-Nu, Franken: Axtwerfer, Goten: Huskarl, Japaner: Samurai, Kelten: Freischärler, Mongolen: Mangudai, Perser: Kriegselefant, Sarazenen: Mameluck, Teutonen: Deutschritter, Türken: Janitschar, Wikinger: Berserker und Drachenboot.

Rezeption

Die sehr lineare Kampagne sei ausgezeichnet gestaltet. Die Optik übertreffe den Vorgänger. Es gäbe deutlich mehr Möglichkeiten im Vergleich zu Konkurrenzprodukten. Die Bedienung der hohen Funktionsvielfalt sei gut gelöst. Lediglich die KI sei nicht perfekt. Die Vielfalt an Einheiten und somit an taktische Möglichkeiten sei im Genre ungeschlagen. Das Verhältnis zwischen Schlachten, Basenbau und Forschung sei ausgewogenen. Die Kampagnen seien geschichtlich fundiert und gewissenhaft umgesetzt. Die sehr große Mehrspielergemeinschaft vereinfache das Matchmaking. Es handele sich um eines der besten Spiele seiner Zeit. Mit der Erweiterung Conquerors seien viele Unzulänglichkeiten beseitigt worden.

Retrospektiv handele es sich um einen Spieleklassiker, der bei Fans der Serie einen hohen Beliebtheitswert habe. Das Spiel spreche sehr viele Leute an. Die Spielweise sei repetitiv, habe dabei aber etwas Beruhigendes. Nachteilig sei die lange Spieldauer.

Erweiterungen

The Conquerors

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors ist eine Erweiterung für Age of Kings, die zeitlich über die Entdeckung Amerikas durch Kolumbus hinausgeht und somit neue Völker und Einheiten bietet, vom Spielprinzip und den Taktiken jedoch etwa gleich bleibt. Die fünf neuen Völker sind Azteken (altamerikanische Völkergruppe), Hunnen (nordeuropäische Völkergruppe), Koreaner (asiatische Völkergruppe), Maya (altamerikanische Völkergruppe) und Spanier (westeuropäische Völkergruppe). In drei neuen Kampagnen (wieder jeweils sechs Szenarien) spielt der Benutzer als Attila der Hunne, El Cid und Montezuma. Zusätzlich gibt es die Eroberer-Kampagne, die aus acht voneinander unabhängigen Einsätzen besteht. Sie handelt von der Schlacht bei Tours, der Vinlandsaga, den Schlachten bei Hastings, Mantzikert, Azincourt und der Seeschlacht von Lepanto sowie der Einnahme Kyōtos durch Toyotomi Hideyoshi und von der Abwehr der japanischen Flotte durch die Koreaner unter Yi Sun-sin im Jahr 1598 (Imjin-Krieg). Mit der Erweiterung wurden ebenfalls wieder neue Technologien, vor allem auch zivilisationsspezifische, und Einheiten hinzugefügt. Es gibt auch Karten mit "echten" Umgebungen der Welt, so kann man beispielsweise auch auf den Britischen Inseln spielen.

Forgotten Empires
Ende 2012 wurde ein von Hobbyentwicklern seit 2009 gestaltetes kostenloses Add-on vorgestellt, das fünf neue Zivilisationen (Inder, Inka, Italiener, Magyaren, Slawen), 30 neue Technologien und neun zusätzliche Einheiten mitbringt. Außerdem erweitert es das Bevölkerungsmaximum auf 1000, stellt elf neue Karten bereit, bringt ein neues Gebäude und zwei neue Architektursets, 20 neue Szenarien für den Editor und neue Kampagnen. Weiterhin werden unbegrenzte Bildschirmauflösungen unterstützt.

Mobile

Age of Empires II Mobile ist eine speziell für Mobiltelefone entwickelte Variante von Age of Empires II, die im dritten Quartal 2005 auf den Markt kam. Sie läuft auf Java-fähigen Mobiltelefonen aller großen Anbieter.

Es gibt keine Völker, sondern nur einen einzigen Computergegner, ein Tutorial zum Einspielen mit drei Missionen, eine Kampagne mit sieben Missionen sowie einen Zufallsmodus mit drei Schwierigkeitsgraden, wobei eine neue Karte erst dann generiert wird, wenn die aktuelle einmal gewonnen wurde. Irgendwann wird jedoch wegen eines Programmfehlers eine Karte generiert, die nicht gewonnen werden kann (zum Beispiel weil sie keinen Gegner enthält oder sich das Dorfzentrum im Wasser befindet), wodurch der Zufallsmodus ab diesem Zeitpunkt unbrauchbar ist.

Die einzigen Rohstoffe sind Nahrung, Holz, Gold und Stein und werden von den Dorfbewohnern abgebaut. Von jedem Gebäudetyp kann nur ein Gebäude gebaut werden, nur Bergarbeiterlager (bis zu zwei), (Wohn-)Häuser (bis zu vier) und Verteidigungstürme (bis zu fünf) können in größerer Anzahl gebaut werden. Die Anzahl der Einheiten ist auf 25 beschränkt. Die Einheiten regenerieren automatisch, wenn sie weder kämpfen noch sich bewegen.

Das Spiel verfügt über echten "Nebel des Krieges" (engl.: Fog of War). Die Darstellung ist isometrisch, es gibt – anders als die deutsche Fernsehwerbung suggeriert – keine 3D-Elemente. Es kann zwischen dieser Darstellung und einer Kartenansicht gewechselt werden. Die Karten haben stets die Form eines Kreises, der an einzelnen Seiten durch diagonale Kanten beschnitten ist.

Man kann vier Zeitalter durchschreiten (Mittelalter, Feudalzeit, Ritterzeit, Imperialzeit), in denen jeweils bestimmte Technologien zur Verfügung stehen.

Die Gebäude dienen zum Erzeugen von Einheiten: die Kaserne zur Ausbildung von Pikenieren und Schwertkämpfern, die Schießanlage für Bogenschützen, der Stall für Späher und Chevaliers, die Waffenschmiede für Rammböcke und die Burg für Spezialeinheiten.

Da ohne Maus kein Auswahlrahmen zur Verfügung steht, wird eine spezielle Methode eingesetzt, um dem Spieler durch Mehrfachklick auf eine stehende Einheit die Auswahl mehrerer Einheiten zu ermöglichen.

Deluxe Edition Mobile

2006 erschien eine Deluxe Edition Mobile. Diese unterscheidet sich von der Ursprungsversion durch neue Missionen in der Kampagne, eine neue Einheit und Änderungen an der Grafik: Untergrund, Vegetation und Gebäude sind nicht dem Okzident, sondern dem Orient nachempfunden. Einziges neues Merkmal ist das Schnellspiel, bei dem ohne Bauphase sofort eine Schlacht beginnt.

HD Edition

Am 7. März 2013 wurde eine Neuveröffentlichung des Originalspiels angekündigt, die am 9. April exklusiv für Windows auf Steam erschien. Abgesehen vom fehlenden LAN-Modus hat diese Version inhaltlich denselben Umfang, bietet jedoch verbesserte, höher aufgelöste Grafik und unterstützt mehrere Monitore sowie Funktionen des Steam-Netzwerkes (bspw. Einladungen zu Mehrspieler-Sitzungen und Modifikationen durch den integrierten Steam Workshop).

Rezeption

Martin Deppe rechtfertigte seine Wertung in GameStar damit, dass das originale Age of Empires 2 weiterhin ein grandioses Spiel sei, dessen Missions-Design, Spieltiefe, Umfang, Einheiten, Massenschlachten, Wirtschaftssystem weiterhin erstklassig sei und in der HD-Fassung dort keine Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Die Änderungen für eine Wiederveröffentlichung rechtfertigen nicht den Preis der Neuauflage. Höhere Auflösungen oder detailliertes Gelände seien zu wenig. Im Mehrspielermodus wurde das Interface verschlechtert. Eigentümer des Originals werde vom Kauf der halbherzig entwickelten Neuauflage abgeraten. Sandro Odak von Gamezone bemängelte die geringen kosmetischen Änderungen und den fehlenden LAN-Modus. Der neu integrierte Steam Spielebrowser erleichtere hingegen das Matchmaking im Internet. Der Kaufpreis sei zu hoch angesetzt. Für Jörg Luibl von 4Players handele es sich um einen oberflächlichen Schnellschuss mit einem Texturpaket. Zudem sei die Performance weiterhin schlecht. Für Julian Minke von GamersGlobal handele es sich im besten Fall um eine werkgetreue Portierung bis hin zu einer Arbeitsverweigerung der Entwickler. Nervige Fehler wie Arbeiter, die sich selbst einmauern und mit Micromanagement befreit werden müssen, kosten weiterhin Nerven. Die grafischen Verbesserungen seien auch mit Mods möglich. Es wurde aufgrund von vermehrt auftretenden Lags im Mehrspielermodus vom Kauf abgeraten. Nur wer das Original nicht besitze und die Kampagne im Einzelspieler bestreiten möchte, könne das Computerspiel-Remake bedenkenlos kaufen. Die HD-Version sei spielerisch faszinierend, aber technisch unausgereift. Die Abstürze, Ruckler und Verbindungsprobleme auf modernen Rechnern seien schlicht nicht nachvollziehbar.

The Forgotten
Am 15. August 2013 wurde von Microsoft angekündigt, auf die Wünsche der Fans einzugehen und das inoffizielle Add-on Forgotten Empires auf Steam zu veröffentlichen. Es wurde am 7. November 2013 auf Steam veröffentlicht. Es beinhaltet verbesserte Wassereffekte und Kantenglättung, einen Zuschauer-Modus, eine Möglichkeit, direkt auf Twitch zu streamen, zwei neue Spielmodi und eine neue Kartengröße und neue Kulturen: Italiener, Inder, Inkas, Slawen und Ungarn. Das Spiel beinhaltet sechs Kampagnen, die aus drei bis fünf Einsätzen bestehen. Sie beschäftigen sich mit Alarich I., Vlad III. Drăculea, Bari, Francesco I. Sforza, der Suche nach Eldorado durch Gonzalo Pizarro und Francisco de Orellana sowie Prithviraj III. Chauhan. Weiterhin gibt es die Zusammenstellung "Vergessene Schlachten", diese handelt in acht Szenarien von Chosrau I., Dos Pilas, dem Großen Heidnischen Heer, den Magyaren, dem Konflikt zwischen Wuyue- und Wu-Reich, der Schlacht von Kurikara, der Eroberung Zyperns durch Richard Löwenherz und der Schlacht von Bapheus.

The African Kingdoms
Am 5. November 2015 erschien die Erweiterung The African Kingdoms auf Steam als DLC. Zu den inhaltlichen Neuerungen zählen unter anderem vier Kulturen (Berber, Äthiopier, Portugiesen und Malier), vier Kampagnen, neue Einheiten und ein neuer Sudden-Death-Modus. Die vier Kampagnen handeln von Tāriq ibn Ziyād, Sundiata Keïta, Francisco de Almeida und Gudit (Yodit); alle bestehen aus jeweils fünf Einsätzen.

Rise of the Rajas
Die Erweiterung Rise of the Rajas von Dezember 2016 hat ihren Schwerpunkt in Südostasien. Neue Zivilisationen sind die Khmer, Birmanen, Malaien und Vietnamesen. Weitere Neuheiten sind vier weitere Kampagnen, eine verbesserte KI, neue Karten und weitere kleinere Neuerungen. Wie die zwei Erweiterungen davor ist diese Erweiterung auf Steam verfügbar.

Definitive Edition

Auf der Gamescom 2017 wurde am 21. August 2017 die Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition angekündigt. Die 20 Jahre nach dem Original erschienene Neuauflage wurde am 14. November 2019 veröffentlicht. Merkmale der Definitive Edition sind eine Überarbeitung in der audiovisuellen Ebene (4K-Grafik; verbesserter Soundtrack) und neue Inhalte in Form von weiteren spielbaren Kulturen (Kumanen, Litauer, Tataren, Bulgaren) und Kampagnen. Am 31. Januar 2023 erschien die Definitive Edition für Xbox Series.

Lords of the West
Am 15. Dezember 2020 kündigte Microsoft das Erscheinen einer Erweiterung mit dem Titel Lords of the West für Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition an, die am 26. Januar 2021 erschien. Hauptmerkmale von Lords of the West sind zwei neue spielbare Kulturen (Burgunden und Sizilianer) sowie drei neue Einzelspielerkampagnen.

Dawn of the Dukes
Am 10. April 2021 kündigte Microsoft das Erscheinen der zweiten Erweiterung für die Definitive Edition von Age of Empires II mit dem Titel Dawn of the Dukes an, welche im August 2021 erscheinen soll. Es sind drei komplett neue Kampagnen enthalten sowie zwei neue spielbare Kulturen (Polen und Böhmen).

Dynasties of India
Am 14. April 2022 wurde der DLC Dynasties of India angekündigt und am 28. April 2022 veröffentlicht. Neu hinzugefügt werden die Zivilisationen der Bengalen, Draviden und Gurja und die Kampagnen Babur, Rajendra und Devapala. Um Verwirrungen im Kontext der neuen Völker vorzubeugen, wurde das bereits im Spiel existente Volk der Inder in das der Hindustanen umbenannt.

Rezeption

Forgotten Empires beweise wie zeitlos der Titel sei. Vielen modernen sehr auf Action getrimmten Titeln sei der Klassiker überlegen. Der LAN-Modus werde vermisst. Die Retro-Neuinterpretation sorge für viel Nostalgiegefühl. Die Definitive Edition sei zeitgemäß aufgehübscht, ohne die Wurzeln zu vergessen. Es handele sich nicht um ein vollständiges Computerspiel-Remake, sondern nur um einen Remaster. Das Spieldesign und die Präsentation sei nicht mehr zeitgemäß. Die Verbesserungen der Benutzeroberfläche, die überarbeiteten Grafiken und die neuen Sounds seien hingegen vorbildlich. Die KI zeige Verbesserungsbedarf. Das Spiel stürze öfter ab und die Server für den Mehrspieler laufen nicht stabil. Die Einzelspielerelemente seien überragend. Trotz zahlreicher Detailverbesserungen könne das über 20 Jahre alte Spiel nicht mit modernen Genrevertretern mithalten. Neulingen kann es nicht vorbehaltlos empfohlen werden. Es gäbe sinnvolle Ergänzung und viele neue Inhalte. Der Umfang erschlage den Spieler förmlich.

Die Definitive Edition wurde aufgrund von technischen Problemen Ziel von Review Bombing aufgebrachter Fans.

E-Sport
Im Juli 2018 wurde mit Team Secret das erste E-Sport-Team für Age of Empires II gegründet. Grund hierfür war das seit einiger Zeit wieder wachsende Interesse an dem Spiel und eine damit verbundene Steigerung der Spielerzahlen online. Maßgeblich dafür verantwortlich waren große englischsprachige Youtube-Kanäle wie Spirit of the Law, ZeroEmpires, T90Official oder TheViperAOC, die im Juli 2019 jeweils mehr als 100.000 Abonnenten auf ihren Kanälen verzeichnen konnten. Inzwischen finden regelmäßig Turniere statt, für die zumeist mehrere Tausend bis 100.000e Dollar Preisgeld ausgeschrieben sind. Wiederkehrende Turnierformate sind z. B. der von T90Official veranstaltete HiddenCup oder die Redbull-Wololo-Turniere.

Als erfolgreichster Spieler der Welt gilt dabei TheViper, der mit seinen live kommentierten Spielaufzeichnungen auf Youtube ebenfalls zur Popularität von Age of Empires II beitrug.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Webseite von Age of Empires II (englisch)
 Offizielle Webseite von Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

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David Diehl's court date coincides with camp start
Published: Jun 11, 2012 at 07:11 AM
Around The NFL Editor
New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl is likely to be late to training camp this year following his DWI arrest in New York on Sunday.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Monday that Diehl is due back in court on July 26, which just so happens to be the first day of the Giants' training camp.
"The defendant is accused of getting behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol and crashing his vehicle. Luckily, no one was injured. Drinking and driving is never a good idea -- and can often have serious consequences," Brown said in a news release.
Diehl, who is of Croatian descent, admitted to a police officer that he had been out drinking while watching a UEFA Euro 2012 soccer game in which Croatia beat Ireland. (A photo of Diehl out with fellow fans was spotted after the arrest was made.)
One witness told the New York Daily News that Diehl was discovered passed out at the wheel of his car, but police would not confirm that report.
Diehl blew a .182 on the intoxilyzer test, which is more than double the legal limit. Charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he was arraigned on Monday and released. His driver's license is suspended pending prosecution. A conviction would potentially land him in jail for up to one year and/or carry a $1,000 fine.
A 10-year veteran and noted leader of the Giants, Diehl has no previous arrest record. His teammates came out in support of him on Monday.
Everyone has made a mistake. Dave Diehl has been a Giant for 10 years, and been role model longer than that. He has my full support.
— Steve Weatherford (@Weatherford5) June 11, 2012
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Ben Roethlisberger 'happy' to adjust deal; expected back with Steelers after meeting with Art Rooney II
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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe;

import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.TargetParsingException;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.BlazeInterners;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.DetailedExitCode;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyFunction;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyFunctionException;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyFunctionException.Transience;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyFunctionName;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyKey;
import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyValue;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * SkyFunction that throws a {@link TargetParsingException} for target pattern that could not be
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The actress is now 41-year old and doesn't feel bad she will lose her shapes, while raising her sons. She is also known as one of the most natural celebrities in Hollywood.
According to her, motherhood is something she really likes. Despite her new movie premier, she claimed that all she thinks about is her children. Raising them keeps her present.
The actress admitted that when her second child was eight weeks old, she wasn't thinking how to get back in shape. She was feeding her sons alone and she didn't felt obsessed what will happen to her breast shapes.
Naomi revealed also that it is not easy to go at restaurants with her children, because they are still small and she never really gets to eat.
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FLASH MOB ALERT: University City, NOW NOT!
by: PhawkerPosted on: March 24, 2010 March 25, 2010
[Photo by AL IN PHILADELPHIA]
AL IN PHILADELPHIA: On Saturday, March 20, 2010 the South Street District was hit with what the media have been calling a "flash mob"–large groups of teenagers converging on areas organized through social networking websites and microblogs like Flickr. That night I would estimate between 10-20,000 mainly high school students filled the streets and sidewalks. There wasn't too much going on, as many of the store owners closed up shop in fear of riots and looting, as happened a few weeks earlier with another, much smaller "flash mob" in Center City. Overall, everyone was pretty well behaved, although there were a few minor altercations with the police, and every once in a while there would be a short-lived stampede. Most of the kids just wanted me to take their pictures, which is what you see here. Then at about 10:20 some gunshots were fired near 13th and Bainbridge (1/2 block south of South Street), very near to where I was shooting, as the crowds leaving the South Street district were pouring out onto Broad Street. The Police were starting to get very tense. At that point, I called it a night. MORE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: The Division of Public Safety has been made aware through various sources that a large gathering of juveniles will be convening on the 40th Street corridor later this afternoon. DPS is working closely with the City of Philadelphia and SEPTA Police to ensure there will be an enhanced police presence in the area. Please plan your routes away from 40th Street this afternoon. MORE
RELATED: City officials, police top brass and prosecutors, with a phalanx of police officers behind them, on Wednesday announced stepped-up enforcement measures to combat "flash mobs" and warned parents that they could face charges if their kids participate. Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey sought to send out a zero-tolerance message to teens and offer words of reassurance to residents, businesses and tourists that the city is safe. The message repeated by every speaker at a news conference near the site of Saturday's rioting: Parents must take responsibility for their children, or face the legal consequences. MORE
NBC PHILADELPHIA: A "large gathering of juveniles" will be gathering in University City this afternoon, the University of Pennsylvania's public safety division warns. Various messages on Twitter warn teens planning to swarm yet another part of the city Wednesday that police have the heads up on their dangerous game. "Philly flashmob folx, be careful PPS and Phila Police are going to be there today," a Twitter used named "mattack" tweeted at about 12:50 p.m. The university's division of public safety says it's working with Philadelphia and SEPTA authorities to make sure there is a large police presence at 40th and Market streets this afternoon in case another violent group of teens convene. MORE
NEW YORK TIMES: The flash mobs have raised questions about race and class. Most of the teenagers who have taken part in them are black and from poor neighborhoods. Most of the areas hit have been predominantly white business districts. In the flash mob on Saturday, groups of teenagers were chanting "black boys" and "burn the city," bystanders said. In a Feb. 16 melee, 150 teenagers spilled out of the Gallery shopping mall east of City Hall during rush hour and rampaged through Macy's, knocking down customers and damaging displays. The police arrested 15 of the teenagers and, according to one report, some had not been allowed to call their parents six hours after they were detained. Clay Yeager, a juvenile justice consultant and former director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Pennsylvania, said he believed the flash mobs were partly a result of a decline in state money for youth violence prevention programs. Financing for the programs has dropped 93 percent to $1.2 million in this year's budget compared with $16 million in 2002. City financing for such programs has dropped to $1.9 million in the past three years compared with $4.1 million from 1999 through 2002, a 53 percent drop. Mayor Nutter, who is black, rejected the notion that race or the city cut in services was a factor. "I don't think people should be finding excuses for inappropriate behavior," Mr. Nutter said. "There is no racial component to stupid behavior, and parents should not be looking to the government to provide entertainment for their children."
UPDATE: After online rumors stoked fears Wednesday of yet another potential flash mob – this time at 40th and Market Streets – police told businesses there to close, parked cruisers in the middle of street and stationed officers at each corner. No large, destructive group of teenagers materialized. Still, the police mobilization showed the city's heightened sensitivity to the phenomenon of flash mobs, which have struck Center City and South Street four times since December, fueling worries that the gatherings are harming businesses and the city's image. MORE
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger: \'We are too far away from Chelsea but can get closer every week\'
By Eduardo Fernandez-Abascal
Tomas Rosicky may return to action against Newcastle United Getty Images/Shaun Botterill
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea are still too far in the Premier League table to be caught but refuses to rule out a title fight just yet.
The north London club visit Newcastle United on 21 March sat third in the table, seven points behind the leaders who still have a game in hand.
After Chelsea drew 1-1 with Southampton, Blues manager Jose Mourinho claimed the Gunners were back in the title race.
When asked about that, Wenger said: "At the moment we are too far away from Chelsea. But we have an opportunity every week to get closer and for that we need positive results from us, and negative results from Chelsea. The only thing we can master is positive results from us. I believe Chelsea still has a very good cushion and very good security. They still have a game in hand so I believe they are too far apart at the moment."
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Arsenal would be better off in the Europa league, says Arsene Wenger
Frank De Boer wants Ajax to play like Arsenal
Nevertheless, the manager believes that before thinking about the Premier League title, they have to focus on securing a spot in the top four, as Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton are involved in the battle.
Wenger said: "It is very tight. We are on the neck of Manchester City but straight behind us we have Manchester United and Liverpool. Even Tottenham and Southampton are not completely out of it.
"It is down to our performances until the end of the season. I do not say second is good. I just think how can we win our next game at Newcastle, after giving it all on Tuesday night."
Meanwhile, Wenger confirmed Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Debuchy and Jack Wilshere will remain on the sidelines for the game against Newcastle but Tomas Rosicky may be ready to return.
"We have no new big injuries, we have some knocks, but nothing major. Mathieu Debuchy is two or three weeks away, Arteta and Wilshere as well. Arteta will maybe come back after the [international] break. Tomas Rosicky is hopefully available again for the weekend," he said.
And speaking about Arteta and Debuchy, he added: "They are still two or three weeks away."
The manager suggested he plans to make some rotations at St James Park after two tough games against West Ham United and Monaco.
"West Ham was a very physical game. In the second half of the Monaco game, we played some of our players offensively. We paid a little bit for it. It is a concern. We have to see how everyone recovers," he said.
While questioned about their north-east rivals, he added: "We have good memories at Newcastle but they are always very tight, very difficult games. They are in a position where they are not under threat to go down. They always have a very motivated crowd and they always play well against us, which makes it a tight game."
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Q: extracting url response values in iOS In my application I am trying to load a particular url on web view.The url is getting loaded properly. When the transaction fails the absolute url which is returned in response from the web view is https://abc.xxx.com/check/resources/load.html#failed And when it is successful the absolute url which is returned is
https://abc.xxx.com/check/resources/load.html#SUCCESSFUL:1048:7771.00:INR:1397312651798
I am having a problem in fetching the response like if I get a successful tag how do I fetch the string SUCCESSFUL from response. I want to perform a conditional check if the response is successful or failed.

A: You need to set a delegate on the UIWebView.
Then using the UIWebViewDelegate method -webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType:
When creating the web view:
webView.delegate = self;
Then add the delegate method in the view controller that the web view is contained in.
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Opa Opa: New Myrtle Beach restaurant to offer Greek food and freshly baked treats
by AdminOpa | Aug 16, 2021 | Latest News | 0 comments
BY ALAN BLONDIN
Liljana 'Lily' Parastatidis and her husband, Nick, have tried to retire a couple times.
The first time was in New Jersey a few years ago after Lily left the restaurant business. But they soon opened a jewelry store that they operated for three years.
The coronavirus pandemic curtailed that business, so they moved to Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach last May for their second retirement attempt.
"We retired for a year or so and it didn't work out for us," Lily said. "We've been working since we were kids, since we were 12 years old when we stepped in this country. We can't just sit, we have to do something, and this was the best thing. . . . This is my trade anyway. I've been doing it my entire life."
They've returned to the business they know best, and their Greek heritage.
Lily plans to open Opa Opa Taverna, a fast food Greek restaurant and bakery, on Monday, Aug. 23, in the Village Shops at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach. It's in the former location of a Chipotle.
She chose the name Opa Opa because she wants the atmosphere in the restaurant to be festive for customers and employees. Traditional Greek music will be playing and the menu is called "My Big Fat Greek Menu."
"Everybody's familiar with that word [Opa] and we didn't want to put a bunch of Greek names. You know, go wild and be happy, that's the idea," said Lily, who grew up in New York and spent 40 years in New Jersey, where she managed for 17 years the fine-dining Sir John's Restaurant & Banquet Hall.
Opa Opa will open at 9 a.m. for baked breakfast items including pastries and Greek pies such as spinach, feta cheese, meat and leek pies, and lunch and dinner will be served between 11 a.m. and about 9 p.m. Hours may be adjusted if demand warrants. The restaurant will have indoor and outdoor seating.
Read full article in the Myrtle Beach Sun Times here.
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