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package com.github.teocci.ntptimesync;

import com.github.teocci.ntptimesync.Utils.LogHelper;
import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.NtpUtils;
import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.NtpV3Impl;
import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.NtpV3Packet;
import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.TimeStamp;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;

import static com.github.teocci.ntptimesync.Utils.Config.LOCAL_HOST_PORT;

/**
 * The SimpleNTPServer class is a UDP implementation of a server for the
 * Network Time Protocol (NTP) version 3 as described in RFC 1305.
 * It is a minimal NTP server that doesn't actually adjust the time but
 * only responds to NTP datagram requests with response sent back to
 * originating host with info filled out using the current clock time.
 * To be used for debugging or testing.
 *

 * To prevent this from interfering with the actual NTP service it can be
 * run from any local port.
 *

 * Created by teocci.
 *
 * @author teocci@yandex.com on 2017-Aug-18
 */
public class SimpleNTPServer implements Runnable
{
    private static final String TAG = LogHelper.makeLogTag(NTPClient.class);

    private int port;

    private volatile boolean running;
    private boolean started;

    private DatagramSocket socket;

    /**
     * Create SimpleNTPServer listening on default NTP port.
     */
    public SimpleNTPServer()
    {
        this(NtpV3Packet.NTP_PORT);
    }

    /**
     * Create SimpleNTPServer.
     *
     * @param port the local port the server socket is bound to, or
     *             zero for a system selected free port.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if port number less than 0
     */
    public SimpleNTPServer(int port)
    {
        if (port < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        this.port = port;
    }

    public int getPort()
    {
        return port;
    }

    /**
     * Return state of whether time service is running.
     *
     * @return true if time service is running
     */
    public boolean isRunning()
    {
        return running;
    }

    /**
     * Return state of whether time service is running.
     *
     * @return true if time service is running
     */
    public boolean isStarted()
    {
        return started;
    }

    /**
     * Connect to server socket and listen for client connections.
     *
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
     */
    public void connect() throws IOException
    {
        if (socket == null) {
            socket = new DatagramSocket(port);
            // port = 0 is bound to available free port
            if (port == 0) {
                port = socket.getLocalPort();
            }
            System.out.println("Running NTP service on port " + port + "/UDP");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Start time service and provide time to client connections.
     *
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
     */
    public void start() throws IOException
    {
        if (socket == null) {
            connect();
        }
        if (!started) {
            started = true;
            new Thread(this).start();
        }
    }

    /**
     * main thread to service client connections.
     */
    @Override
    public void run()
    {
        running = true;
        byte buffer[] = new byte[48];
        final DatagramPacket request = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
        do {
            try {
                socket.receive(request);
                final long rcvTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                handlePacket(request, rcvTime);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                if (running) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                // otherwise socket thrown exception during shutdown
            }
        } while (running);
    }

    /**
     * Handle incoming packet. If NTP packet is client-mode then respond
     * to that host with a NTP response packet otherwise ignore.
     *
     * @param request incoming DatagramPacket
     * @param rcvTime time packet received
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    protected void handlePacket(DatagramPacket request, long rcvTime) throws IOException
    {
        NtpV3Packet message = new NtpV3Impl();
        message.setDatagramPacket(request);
        LogHelper.e(TAG, "NTP packet from %s mode=%s%n", request.getAddress().getHostAddress(),
                NtpUtils.getModeName(message.getMode()));
        if (message.getMode() == NtpV3Packet.MODE_CLIENT) {
            NtpV3Packet response = new NtpV3Impl();

            response.setStratum(1);
            response.setMode(NtpV3Packet.MODE_SERVER);
            response.setVersion(NtpV3Packet.VERSION_3);
            response.setPrecision(-20);
            response.setPoll(0);
            response.setRootDelay(62);
            response.setRootDispersion((int) (16.51 * 65.536));

            // originate time as defined in RFC-1305 (t1)
            response.setOriginateTimeStamp(message.getTransmitTimeStamp());
            // Receive Time is time request received by server (t2)
            response.setReceiveTimeStamp(TimeStamp.getNtpTime(rcvTime));
            response.setReferenceTime(response.getReceiveTimeStamp());
            response.setReferenceId(0x4C434C00); // LCL (Undisciplined Local Clock)

            // Transmit time is time reply sent by server (t3)
            response.setTransmitTime(TimeStamp.getNtpTime(System.currentTimeMillis()));

            DatagramPacket dp = response.getDatagramPacket();
            dp.setPort(request.getPort());
            dp.setAddress(request.getAddress());
            socket.send(dp);
        }
        // otherwise if received packet is other than CLIENT mode then ignore it
    }

    /**
     * Close server socket and stop listening.
     */
    public void stop()
    {
        running = false;
        if (socket != null) {
            socket.close();  // force closing of the socket
            socket = null;
        }
        started = false;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
//        int port = NtpV3Packet.NTP_PORT;
        int port = LOCAL_HOST_PORT;

        if (args.length != 0) {
            try {
                port = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
            } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                nfe.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        SimpleNTPServer timeServer = new SimpleNTPServer(port);
        try {
            timeServer.start();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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Age-related changes in memory and in acetylcholine functions in the hippocampus in the Ts65Dn mouse, a model of Down syndrome
Qing Chang, Paul E. Gold
Spatial working memory and the ability of a cholinesterase inhibitor to enhance memory were assessed at 4, 10, and 16 months of ages in control and Ts65Dn mice, a partial trisomy model of Down syndrome, with possibly significant relationships to Alzheimer's disease as well. In addition, ACh release during memory testing was measured in samples collected from the hippocampus using in vivo microdialysis at 4, 10, and 22-25 months of age. When tested on a four-arm spontaneous alternation task, the Ts65Dn mice exhibited impaired memory scores at both 4 and 10 months. At 16 months, control performance had declined toward that of the Ts65Dn mice and the difference in scores across genotypes was not significant. Physostigmine (50 μg/kg) fully reversed memory deficits in the Ts65Dn mice in the 4-month-old group but not in older mice. Ts65Dn and control mice exhibited comparable baseline levels of ACh release at all ages tested; these levels did not decline significantly across age in either genotype. ACh release increased significantly during alternation testing only in the young Ts65Dn and control mice. However, the increase in ACh release during alternation testing was significantly greater in control than Ts65Dn mice at this age. The controls exhibited a significant age-related decline in the testing-related increase in ACh release. With only a small increase during testing in young Ts65Dn mice, the age-related decline in responsiveness of ACh release to testing was not significant in these mice. Overall, these results suggest that diminished responsiveness of ACh release in the hippocampus to behavioral testing may contribute memory impairments in Ts65Dn mice.
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2007.05.007
Acetylcholine
Aging and memory
Microdialysis
Physostigmine
Spontaneous alternation
Ts65Dn mice
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
10.1016/j.nlm.2007.05.007
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Chang, Q., & Gold, P. E. (2008). Age-related changes in memory and in acetylcholine functions in the hippocampus in the Ts65Dn mouse, a model of Down syndrome. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89(2), 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2007.05.007
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In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Vol. 89, No. 2, 02.2008, p. 167-177.
Chang, Q & Gold, PE 2008, 'Age-related changes in memory and in acetylcholine functions in the hippocampus in the Ts65Dn mouse, a model of Down syndrome', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2007.05.007
Chang Q, Gold PE. Age-related changes in memory and in acetylcholine functions in the hippocampus in the Ts65Dn mouse, a model of Down syndrome. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2008 Feb;89(2):167-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2007.05.007
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Jorge Francisco Corona Méndez es un político mexicano, miembro del Partido Verde Ecologista de México, es diputado federal para el periodo que termina en 2021.

Biografía
Jorge Corona Méndez es contador público egresado de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, misma institución donde tiene un diplomado en Contraloría Interna.

Jorge Corona ha desarrollado toda su carrera política como secretario auxiliar de Enrique Peña Nieto, cuando fue gobernador del estado de México de 2005 a 2011, candidato a la presidencia de 2011 a 2012 y presidente de México de 2012 a 2018.

De 2012 a 2015 fue diputado suplente del titular Raúl Macías Sandoval, aunque nunca llegó a ejercer la diputación, en 2018 fue nuevamente electo diputado suplante, esta vez de Jorge Emilio González Martínez, quien solicitó licencia al cargo el 9 de abril de 2019; en consecuencia, el 29 de abril Jorge Corona protesto como diputado de la LXIV Legislatura, en la que es secretario de la comisión de Relaciones Exteriores, e integrante de la comisión de Infraestructura.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Jorge Francisco Corona Méndez en la página oficial de la Cámara de Diputados

Diputados de la LXIV Legislatura de México
Miembros del Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Políticos del Estado de México

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Natural Disasters Plus a Pandemic Equal Perfect Storms
Posted on October 30, 2020 by ericadminchia
Heather Anderson, BSN, RN, Director of the Medical Surgical Unit at Adventist Health St. Helena in northern California, received an unexpected call soon after she arrived home from work on August 19.
Heather Anderson, RN
Anderson, a member of the facility's disaster preparedness team, needed to return to the hospital immediately because winds had shifted the nearby LNU Lightning Complex Fire, and the state fire department had issued an evacuation order for the area.
Anderson knew this was not only the first evacuation in the hospital's 140-year history, it was also happening during a natural disaster and a pandemic.
Two days earlier, leaders from the hospital's disaster team had met after they heard about the fire. But actually communicating was challenging because the pandemic's social distancing requirements had forced the team to meet via Zoom.
The rural hospital did not have a large conference room where team members could sit six feet apart.
"Online, a conversation that would normally take 10 minutes took twice as long," Anderson said. "We had to learn how to avoid talking over one another, and on a screen, it's difficult to see body language cues that are critical for communication."
Evacuating 51 patients also was complicated by the fact that nearby hospitals were grappling with increased patient volumes from COVID-19 cases – not to mention the closest hospital was 30 minutes away.
"Our COVID-19 patients were among the last to leave because it was difficult to find hospitals that could take them," Anderson said.
As natural disasters such as fires and hurricanes ravage cities throughout the country, facilities like Adventist Health St. Helena have been confronting the fact that disaster plans must be updated to ensure the safety of patients, staff, and communities during the pandemic.
At Anderson's hospital, all 51 patients were successfully transferred in less than nine hours. The experience provided an opportunity to identify areas for improvement.
During the evacuation, for example, nurses relied on checklists to prepare patients for transfer, but it later became clear that certain items needed to be added to the list. One important discovery was that there were no reports being given to nurses at the facility receiving a patient.
As a result, sometimes EMTs were serving as go-betweens as they received patient information and passed along clinical details to staff. "Direct communication between nurses at each facility is important because it gives staff the opportunity to ask questions," Anderson said.
Gerald Bryant, RN
Protecting Patients During Natural Disasters
One week after Anderson started evacuating patients, Gerald Bryant, DPN, RN, Executive Vice President of Nursing and CNO of Lake Charles Memorial Health System in Louisiana confronted a similar situation as Hurricane Laura approached. Although the staff is well-versed in hurricane preparedness, the pandemic complicated things.
On August 26, 19 NICU babies had to be transferred from the one-story Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women to the 10-story main hospital's upper levels that were not at risk of flood damage.
The babies were moving from a large 24-bed NICU unit to a smaller 12-bed pediatric unit in the main hospital, and nurses worked carefully to ensure the patients were safely distanced from one another.
The same day, members of the main hospital's Team A group — nurses, physicians, and support staff who would stay at the hospital after the hurricane made landfall — arrived to care for 160 patients. During the height of the storm as the building swayed from winds up to 150 mph, nurses had to ensure patients were masked and six feet apart when staff moved beds into hallways away from windows that could shatter.
The hospital relied on generator power to maintain critical infrastructure and lost access to potable water.
According to Bryant, one of the struggles for staff amidst the chaos was prioritizing their personal safety as they lived at the hospital for 65 hours.
"Many of them were overstimulated because they were trying to keep patients safe while they simultaneously dealt with the stress of being separated from their families and uncertainty about the damage to their own homes," Bryant said. "It was tempting for people to let down their guard with details like keeping masks on at all times when they were not caring for patients. But the administrators gently reminded them."
As the storm started to subside, the Team A staff prepared all the patients for evacuation — including 15 who were COVID-19-positive — because forecasters were predicting "unsurvivable" storm surges. Many patients could be transported on the AMBUS — an EMS vehicle that can hold 18 patients — but COVID-19 patients were transferred individually. Hospital staff also carefully checked that the EMS providers transporting the COVID-19-positive patients were equipped with face shields or goggles, masks, disposable gowns, and gloves.
Social Distancing During a Storm
Jennifer Dumal, RN
As hurricanes strike during the pandemic, finding enough space for Team A staff members to sleep six feet apart also proved challenging, says Jennifer Dumal, BSN, MPH, RN, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and CNO of Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in Mississippi.
"To create more spacing, we decided to use new areas like the same-day surgery unit, cardiac rehab unit and cath lab," said Dumal, who oversees sleeping accommodations during hurricanes.
On September 16, 850 staff members who were part of Team A were called in to prepare for Hurricane Sally, but the socializing traditions for the staff had to be changed due to the pandemic.
"People like to share snacks and food they cooked at home as they hang out during a storm, but the managers and directors walked around and reminded people to stay six feet apart," Dumal said.
Dumal had also learned from past experiences with storms like Hurricane Katrina that it is critical to maintain access to supplies. Deliveries are not as reliable during the pandemic, she said.
The hospital was previously depending on a company in California for COVID-19 testing kits, but she knew this was risky. "It's important to have contracts with multiple vendors in case one is not able to deliver due to a disaster," she said.
Staff members at Baptist Health Care in Florida were also preparing for Hurricane Sally. The Category 2 storm drenched the Florida Panhandle with up to 30 inches of rain. Although the storm eventually weakened to a tropical depression, any hurricane — mild or severe — is an opportunity to practice disaster preparedness, said Cynthia Gamache, DBA, RN, NEA-BC, CNO for Baptist Hospital in Pensacola.
"We do not take any storms lightly," she said. "We always over-plan because things can change in an instant."
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Is Harry Kane the man to end England's 50 years of pain?
May 6, 2015 by Jerry Beatson
Report's from FA Chairman Greg Dyke have recently surfaced, as England's man of the moment and newly crowned Young Player Of The Year, Harry Kane, declared that he is to participate in this summer's European Championships for the Under-21 national side. This comes as somewhat of a surprise, considering that Kane has forced himself into the senior squad and also, that so many other top, young, English talents have previously declined to represent their nation at this level in to order play for the first team, often with limited success. By doing so, the Spurs front man is addressing an issue that has kept England from progressing as a footballing nation in the same way that more successful countries have. The issue of very good footballers not being able to replicate club form on an international level, where it actually matters.
England are a nation known for developing quality players who've just never made the grade at producing in pressured situations. I mean for starters, the current captain is somebody who completely epitomises this notion. We all remember stories from Brazil of Wayne Rooney seeking, (and scoring) his first World Cup goal last summer, at the FOURTH time of asking! This is the same Wayne Rooney who burst on the scene at 16-years old, beating David Seaman from 25 yards out. The very same Wayne Rooney who has scored 230 goals in over a decade for Manchester United. So with such a list of accolades, why was there ever the issue with a player of such quality falling short of expectation at the top level? One possible explanation is that Rooney was thrusted into the first team fold as a fresh-faced teenage prospect. Though at an age where he was available to play for younger side, his ability made him a regular full international, meaning he missed the experience from playing very often at this level.
Now tournaments such as the Under-21 European Championship offer huge amounts to a young footballer's development. For instance, they give players a chance to judge their ability against the best players of that particular age group. Additionally, these are more often than not, the bulk of the players who will go on to represent their nations in the future senior tournaments, providing the chance to gauge progress against their counterparts throughout the different stages of their careers.
By Harry Kane opting to represent the Under-21's as a full international, he is opening the door for more young players to follow suit. The likes of Luke Shaw, Ross Barkley and John Stones are all able to feature for both teams, yet are often selected for Hodgson's team in bit-part roles. There is surely more to learn by perfecting their craft as regulars with the younger side as opposed to featuring on the periphery of the full setup. Just look at some of Europe's 'better' footballing nations, who send many of their younger players to such competitions regardless of their prominence in their respected first team.
Take Netherlands for example, who opened their last Under-21 Championships campaign with 10 of their starting XI as full internationals. Many of which made up the core of the side that went on to finish 3rd at last summer's World Cup. These include Stef De Vrij, Bruno Martins-Indi and captain, Kevin Strootman who was unfortunately sidelined through serious injury throughout the tournament. Louis Van Gaal reportedly altered his team's entire system due to Strootman's absence, demonstrating how significant a loss such a young player was to the first team setup.
By allowing younger first team talents to progress accordingly throughout the system, these players are able to make the transition from potential prospects to international quality footballers with the experience and a certain know-how, only gained from competitive football. Something that English players have seemingly lacked, pretty much forever. I mean, can you imagine this year's Under-21 with the likes of Barkley, Sterling and The Ox featuring alongside Kane? Would simply be better for the nation to have as strong a squad as possible going into the Championships. Instead, all the above are likely to be called into the senior side for seemingly pointless friendlies or pretty straightforward qualifiers instead of actually playing relevant football. Including such talent would ensure that England would actually have a sniff of winning a competition for once, and by doing so, it could serve as a catalyst for future successes in such competition and if not, then at least give these young players a chance to make the mistakes while they are able to, as opposed to on the big stage where it matters. The sort of mistakes that can often be harmful to the development of young professional footballers.
So I guess Harry Kane is the man who could take English football to a whole new level. Barring his 30 odd goals this season, he has the right mentality to not only become a better player, but also to inspire those around him to adopt this continental mindset, which in this case isn't a bad thing. A couple more like him and who knows, maybe England's 50 something years of hurt could be a thing of the past.
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Columbia Pictures released their new James Bond 24 action flick, "Spectre" into theaters this weekend. I just checked it out, and thought it was highly entertaining, delivering nonstop action and suspense along with an interesting plotline. It stars: Andrew Scott, Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Naomie Harris and Ralph Fiennes.
In the new flick, James Bond, kicked things off by hunting down and killing two men that were trying to blow up a stadium. From there, Bond chased down one of the men, Marco Sciarra, who escaped from the building onto a helicopter, giving us a very suspenseful helicopter fight scene right out of the gate.
Bond eventually threw both the pilot and Marco off the helicopter after stealing Marco's octopus ring. This crazy event caused the current M to take Bond off field duty. M is also in a power struggle with C, who is the head of the Joint Intelligence Service, which consisted of the recently merged MI5 and MI6.
C also wanted to create the "Nine Eyes" intelligence co-operation agreement between nine countries, and close down the '00' section in the process.
Of course, Bond goes against M's orders and heads back into the field to hit up Rome and attend Marco's funeral. After that, a few events led to Bond getting caught up in a wicked car chase scene that ended with Bond just deciding to parachute out of the car and letting the $3 million dollar vehicle sink to the bottom of a river!
After getting a tip off, Bond located Mr. White, a former member of Quantum, a subsidiary of the Spectre organization. White was dying of thallium poisoning. White told Bond to find his daughter,Dr Madeline Swann,who would take him to L'Americain, which would ,in turn, lead him to the organization.
Shortly after Bond found Madeline, she got kidnapped, and that whole ordeal ended with Bond rescuing her by literally finding a plane and hunting them down with it. Shortly after that, Q revealed to Bond that the ring he stole off Marco, contained digital files linking Oberhauser, the leader of the organization, and Bond's previous missions. Swann let them know about Spectre, and that L'Americain is a hotel in Morocco.
Shortly after that, Bond got tortured by Oberhauser. While torturing Bond, Oberhauser informed him that C is part of Spectre, and he feeds all intelligence data straight to Spectre. Bond eventually escaped, via a bomb watch and destroyed Oberhauser's entire facility.
From there, Bond and company closed things out with a plan to arrest C and stop the launch of Nine Eyes. The conclusion ended in dramatic and suspenseful fashion as Bond had to rescue Madeline, again, and escape an exploding building before it crushed the both of them. Then he had to hunt down Oberhauser to shoot him and his helicopter out of the sky before he got away.
Again, I really enjoyed watching this flick from beginning to end. It never had a dull moment. I thought Daniel Craig delivered another great Bond performance. Also, I swear they always have Christoph Waltz play the bad guy. He did a great job as Oberhauser. I gave the movie a solid B+ grade.


Well, darned it if hasn't been two months since last I updated.
Wee fan base! Have you missed me?
It is cold here in Vancouver now – brrrr. Some snow and going down to -8C here tonight. Balmy compared to every other province but it is a wet cold. Yup.
As such, my regular bicycling has gone out the window. Too icy out there. I've gone to the local recreation centre a couple of times to ride the indoor bicycle but I haven't been consistent. I am walking a lot so that is good.
I look forward to cycling season again – it is supposed to warm up considerably next week so that might help de-ice things.
Work? You ask. The boss at the downtown school – she who won't give me classes but will throw me say seven hours a week – just sent the most passive aggressive e-mail. She had wanted volunteers to help chaperone the downtown school's xmas party. She had wanted teachers to volunteer. Three did (one of whom, like me, has been shunned and is getting few hours. Heck, maybe she'll get more now). So she just sent out an e-mail saying thanks so much to them for their team spirit. It is hard to express adequately how much of a 'to heck with those of you who wouldn't come and help for free" was oozing out of that e-mail.
So, yeah, I'm not really working at all. My Chinese teenage tutees have stopped until mid January and my most consistent one, D, will be completely done in April when she goes to Japan for the rest of the semester on a student exchange.
I could have had six weeks of work at Langara College in Feb. but had to turn it down for various reasons.
I am so so tired of my unemployed story! I don't really have anything new to add about it. I have thought many times about simply quitting the downtown school – I am hanging there by my fingernails and it is draining and humiliating really.
Oh I tried to be a closed captioning transcriptionist today but that didn't work out too well. That is a lot harder than you would think! Uh well, I gave it a try.
Those of you who have followed my blog here for awhile may note that I have been writing it for more than five years, since I first became unemployed. And here we are – going into the sixth year of it all! I have survived doing this and that but really, hmmm, feels like enough.
There was a woman on the bus tonight talking to someone on her cell phone.
Well, she said, well yeah. When she gets anxious she loses all control. I looked at her. You talkin' to me?!??!?!?! Ha, I did not actually say that.
Student D. came back from the downtown library's washroom during her break.
"Oh, yes," I said. Not sure why she was just noticing that tonight. Many times when we are in the public area on the third floor, some street involved men start screaming at each other or the air or whatever until security (usually a short thin guy or a tiny woman) comes over and tries to calm the situation down. Usually it inflames it and there is screaming and I have my rights! and all sorts.
Yes, yes, I know, we are all just one pay cheque away from being a homeless man screaming in the library. Also, I am aware that not all homeless folks are screamers and not all screamers are poor.Some have nice cars and such.
That last one I screamed there was a favourite saying of my father's, the kingpin of all anxiety. The godfather of nervousness and essential tremors. The pope of freak outs. The man who knew for a good cigar. He had a great career – he was a math teacher and then a vice-principal and then a principal. Has a nice pension that covers his expenses at the Ottawa assisted living home. I guess he would have started his career in the 1960s. Students seemed to love him and always seemed envious of my being his daughter. I was always like, really? Is he not the kingpin of all anxiety and anger at school? Go figure. He was able to retire in his early 60s. I hasten to add that his anger has mainly morphed into his anxiety and old broken down man-ness now.
My hairdresser de-bigged my hair today. It needed this de-bigging. Did I have the day off, he asked, forgetting our earlier conversations. No, I said, remember, I don't ever really work in that regular way that people have. He looked confused.
Mainly I scream in the library.
You can do that, he asked.


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Q: What is a good iPhone UI framework for a chess like game? I am trying to develop a chess like game for iphone/ipad, I have developed the internal game logic using objective-c and c++ , that's fine but I am wondering what's the possible ways to develope a good GUI on iphone/ipad ?
As far as I know I could use Core Graphic, cocos2d.
Are there any more ?
And which one might be best suitable for chess like game?
(e.g display a fixed board, add chess piece to the board, remove piece from board, move piece around on board)
If my question was causing come confusing, I have rephrased it, hope this makes it a bit clearer.
Many thanks

A: A couple of GUI apis.
CoconutKit - When designing components, I strongly emphasize on clean and documented interfaces, as well as on code quality. My goal is to create components that are easy to use, reliable, and which do what they claim they do, without nasty surprises. You should never have to look at a component implementation to know how it works, this should be obvious just by looking at its interface. I also strive to avoid components that leak or crash. If those are qualities you love to find in libraries, then you should start using CoconutKit now! Moreover, CoconutKit will never use any private API and will therefore always be AppStore friendly.
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Direct comments from their sites.

A: For game frameworks, the obvious one is cocos2d.
Having almost finished a - relatively - simple 2d game, I would highly recommend using a framework like cocos2d. With Core Animation you can do a lot of amazing stuff. However, for game type scenarios, you hit problems that Core Animation doesn't solve.
For example, what if the user gets a call during the game right in the middle of an animation? You'll have to handle all that manually. I mean, you'll have to check the state of thepresentationLayer, update the model layer, save all the state, then reconstruct it all when the app moves to the foreground again.
For this sort of issues, I'd seriously consider a game framework.
There are alternatives to cocos2d, e.g. Kobold2D. So definitely have a look around.

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It is again impossible to believe that petitioner being an M.P.A. when attended the Assembly Session remained unaware of the Press Report that he had left Jamhuri Watan Party or he knew nothing that he has joined B.N.P. Rather he contradicted the news that he had sent Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi to Nawab Buti to pardon him. Moreover, he justified his action of leaving J.W.P. as per Press Reports of March, 1998. Keeping in view the aforementioned conduct of petitioner we are of the view that he did address a Press conference declaring to quit his party. He joined B.N.P. in the said Press Conference, which not only came in the Press, but in Radio and Television as well. As such we are not inclined to exercise our discretion in favour of petitioner.[p. 14]C.
It may be observed that there is no cavil that provisions of Article 63-A of the Constitutions applicable to the Parliament shall equally apply to the members of the Provincial Assembly by dint of Article 127(a) and (f) of the Constitution. However, the learned counsel lost sight of the fact that the provisions of Article 63-A or 14th Amendment Act. 1997 have not been stayed.[p. 15]D.
Lastly, as observed in PLD 1995 that "disloyalty, treachery and corruption form the rank and file of the elected members to both the Houses, defection, horse-trading or floor-crossing by the members elected on a party ticket is the odious type of corruption"So, on the principle that Courts should not lean to maintain ill-gotten gains may not exercise discretion in favour of those who, on one pretext or the other, indulged in floor-crossing. As such on this count too, we are not inclined to exercise discretion in favour of petitioner.
For all such reasons, we are inclined to dismiss the petition with costs. A copy of the judgment be sent to Chief Election Commissioner for further necessary action in accordance with law.[p. 17]F.


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SteamWorld Heist on the Wii U (The Jacktendo Review)
Sep 30, 2016 October Feature, review, SteamWorld Heist, The Jacktendo Review, Wii U
My name is Jack Longman and this is The Jacketendo Review, the two-in-one game review that caters to all kind of readers as it consists of both a fast and a short review and a slow and long one. Undergoing The Jacktendo Review today is the brilliant turn-based strategy, action shooter, SteamWorld Heist for the Wii U.
*To anyone who's here just for the score, you'll find it near the end of the review.
SteamWorld Heist in a Nutshell: (The Speedy Review)
Thanks to the wonderful Image & Form, SteamWorld Heist is now playable of the Wii U and it is just great! I have never been a fan of turn-based games, played them, but never liked them, but I just loved this one. With the HD graphics, the colours and chosen style, Heist doesn't just play great, but it looks great too.
It's got music that belongs, characters who will make you laugh, references to look out for, and so many hats! I told myself when I started I wasn't really going to focus on them, but then I started collecting them, and putting them on my characters and now I can't stop, I need more! Then again that is this game in a nutshell. Sure the story may not be the greatest one in the world, but it is more than decent and the game is addictive. How addictive might you ask? 8 hours addictive. By that I mean I sat down yesterday to play it and when I finally turned the Wii U off, more than eight hours had passed. It's just that good!
It's also real easy to follow, the Wii U GamePad with the map screen is a godsend and there are so many robots you can recruit to take into battle with you. Regardless of whether or not you have played it before, you have not played it on the Wii U and that is a must experience because SteamWorld Heist on the Wii U is pretty fantastic and I just can't get enough of it. It has too many great qualities to list in such a short review, so I'm not going to try. I can do that in the lengthy one, but yes I love Heist, and it is a game I would recommend to whoever listens to me!
SteamWorld Heist in Full: (The Lengthy Review)
Oh yeah, the moment I have been waiting for has come, the moment I can talk about how much I enjoy SteamWorld Heist without having to worry about a word count. Oh what sweet joy awaits!
So what is SteamWorld Heist? SteamWorld Heist is Image & Form's latest entry in the SteamWorld series. Yes it initially released last year on the 3DS and has since taken its time getting to the Wii U, but for any Nintendo fan who owns a Wii U and has waited for what feels like forever for the game to come to the Wii U, the wait is worth it as SteamWorld Heist has never looked better. High Definition? Check! But how's the story? Sure we've had 10 months to learn it off by heart, but there are plenty of us out there who are learning it for the first time so here it is. SteamWorld Heist is a side-scrolling turn based, shooter strategy game, which is a follow-up to SteamWorld Dig. Sure there's a gap of about a few hundred years and that the Steambots have changed a great deal, what with becoming more intelligent and have made it into space, but it's still a sequel! A sequel that follows the exploits of one Piper Faraday, a Space Pirate who knows her way around a firearm!
Piper is a ready to rumble Cowbot, who leads a dastardly crew, only she doesn't exactly have the best of luck, what with the game starting with her in trouble as her latest heist sees only her crew taken from her and Piper having to make good her escape as Scrappers. The ensuing level then plays out as a tutorial, teaching us gamers the basics as Piper shoots her way across the level and eventually coming face to face with the last surviving crew member from the boarding party. With it being the first level, of course Piper and Gabriel Seabrass are going to make it out okay, but out of the frying pan into the fire. No sooner do they make it out okay, only to realise just how bad things are in the Outskirts. Scrappers are everywhere and they're causing all kinds of havoc for the locals.
In a lot of ways, SteamWorld Heist is something of a redemption story, but it's the good kind of redemption story because instead of a protagonist who has done bad and now wishes to amend the things they did, it's the kind of story that forces the protagonist to use the skills they've picked up from their chosen lifestyle to do good when a worse threat looms, but it doesn't just stop with the Scrappers, but there's Royalists and even Vectrons to deal with as well. Heist certainly comes packed with hours and hours of content and even after you have seen off every threat, there's a New Game+ mode that will let you keep all the hates you completed and the crew you've gone on to acquire and go through the whole thing again, but we can talk more on this in a bit, because right now I want to talk about the music.
SteamWorld Heist comes with its very own soundtrack, (Music From SteamWorld Heist,) composed and recorded by Steam Powered Giraffe, a steampunk band who actually appear in the game as Steambots you can encounter at Space Bars throughout the game, where they will actually play songs from the soundtrack. Now I've never been one in the whole steampunk scene. Or the western scene. Or even the folk music scene, but that did not stop me from enjoying every single track. In fact I'm actually surprised by how much I enjoyed this game, as usually when I play something like this, I walk away a little too eager to immediately play something else, but Heist just has me hooked. When I walk away, I walk away wanting to play it again, wanting to get some more hats and wanting to pull of some more tricky shots.
So yes SteamWorld boasts a vast enough world, one which can be extended upon thanks to The Outsider dlc pack, an intriguing story that draws you in and some good music as well, but wait, we haven't covered the real action yet, the shoot-outs! Being as so Heist is a turn based game, it of course means when playing through levels, you and the opposing force take it in turns moving your bots, except where the computer moves the resistance to advance upon you and lay waste to your Cowbots, you have to do more than that. There is plenty of swag to collect on each level and collect it all really does pay off, especially the levels where the objective requires you to collect a lot of it, so not only do you need to move your crew through opposing ships, but you've got to try and take them out whenever you can, complete certain objectives and collect the all-important swag, as swag and completing each level helps raise your reputation. There's also fact that swag enables you to get new weapons of varying rarity, gallons of water that enables you to buy new items and guns and even valuable objects that can be sold on. Very exciting stuff indeed!
The true excitement however is in how you play each level for there is an almost endless way you can play each one. As you progress through the game you can recruit more and more crew members, each with their own abilities, skills and appropriate weapons, which means each new crew member brings something new to the table and if you can't complete a certain level with the team you adore, a new member could make all the difference, or a different advancement strategy instead. But if you still struggle to complete some of the harder levels, well there are five difficulty settings, so simply take it down a notch and as for taking out the opposition, regardless of how you choose to take them out, remember to have fun as you do it. When using weapons with a scope attached, you can do all kinds of ricochet trick shots and they are perfect for shooting hats off your enemy's bonce, and it's rather funny too, just remember they will do it to you too if they get the chance. But yes, make sure you have fun when you play this game, because it may get hard, but it is funny, the bots are humorous, and there is nothing quite like pulling off an excellent trick shot and seeing an enemy be reduced to nuts and bolts in slow motion. This game is pure brilliance and everything about it just adds to the experience, especially the hats.
Sure you could argue the hats don't really serve a purpose but you would be wrong. Just because they don't really serve an in-game function of boosting stats (melee, health, movement) but they are a joy to collect and there really are plenty of them to be discovered and they make all the difference in battle, as Piper went from having a cowboy styled hat, to looking like a true pirate thanks to a certain black and white pirate's hat. (Seabrass however ended up being equipped with the traffic cone and that was indeed a brilliant sight, so if you haven't yet, make sure you do it as soon as you get the opportunity.) More importantly, they hats are very fun to acquire and although you could say they aren't all that important to the game's story, or to the game, but that's really not the case. The hats are more important than you realise, and do add a lot to the game, so if you want to play Heist properly, you will have to collect them all! But yes, this game is brilliant, everything about it is marvellous and it does a great way of complimenting itself. I really can't stress that enough.
Just like I can't stress enough the fact that I can honestly say that if it wasn't for the fact that I already intend to purchase SteamWorld Collection, playing through Heist has made me want to get it even more. Heist is incredible and sure I can pay for the Outsider dlc for the digital version I have now, but after having played Heist, I now need to play SteamWorld Dig in glorious HD. Sure the two differ in genre, but I don't care about that. I want more Steambots and I want them on my Wii U. Besides what kind of a writer for a Nintendo news site would I be if I didn't own at least 1 of the new Nintendo eShop Selects titles? The game is great, and it is something I can see myself playing fairly regularly over the coming months and that is why SteamWorld Heist on the Wii U scores an impressive 9/10! It is a game that has to be played, needs to be played, because if you don't, than you are really missing out on something good and I have truly let my excitement dominate this entire review!
THE VERDICT: 9/10
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This one has been in my to-play list forever. I should probably get to it sometime, and your review certainly made me with I had played it already.


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The president and vice president of the United States have weighed in on Kanye West's tirades on social media. Over the weekend, Kanye made a string of antisemitic remarks on the "Infowars" program. Kanye praised Adolf Hitler and his denial of the Holocaust and he criticized political leaders for not doing the same. President Biden took to Twitter less than 24 hours after Kanye made his statements. Biden tweeted: "I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity."
Vice President Kamala Harris echoed the president's sentiments in her own tweet: "Praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust is vile, appalling and must be condemned. Our Administration will continue to stand up against antisemitism and the epidemic of hate."
Nick Cannon was hospitalized with pneumonia after performing to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden with his Wild'n Out TV show. Nick posted a selfie on Instagram from his hospital bed with the caption: "I promised myself I would never be back at this place again… But this is a great lesson to take care of YOU or YOU won't be able to take care of everyone else." Nick stated that it was just pneumonia, nothing he can't handle. He also said he didn't need any well wishes or prayers, just some solid rest. We hope that you get well soon, Nick… your 12th child is on the way!
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WASHINGTON — Steve Kagen no longer has a congressional office on Capitol Hill.
However, he still has the lapel pin that allows him to use elevators reserved for members of Congress, and he still has the card that allows him to vote in the House of Representatives.
And he still has a sense of humor that allows him to cope with what some might perceive as the indignities of the transition from member of Congress to former member.
"I have no office right now, so I couldn't meet you in my office," Kagen said during a recent interview above the clang of silverware, the clink of glasses and the chatter of colleagues at nearby tables in the House members' dining room. "My staff has nowhere to congregate to do their work."
Kagen recalled having to assemble staff in an office building corridor to discuss the House agenda and his schedule. He shut down his office, in Room 1232 of the Russell Longworth Building, on Nov. 23 so it can be readied for one of the 96 new members — 87 Republicans and nine Democrats — who will be sworn in on Jan. 5. He now has a cubicle in a basement cafeteria of the Rayburn Building.
Kagen, D-Appleton, is a lame-duck member of a lame-duck Congress, one of scores of House lawmakers who are departing by choice or by dint of voter rejection on Nov. 2. Kagen is in the latter class.
Voters chose to replace him with former Kaukauna roofing contractor Reid Ribble, a Republican.
Friday, the expected adjournment of the 111th Congress, will be Kagen's final day at work, though he officially remains a member until the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 5. He uses retiring Wisconsin colleague Dave Obey's committee office in the Capitol to make a call or use a desk.
This transition thing is all new to the doctor-turned-politician who is looking to return to his allergy and immunology practice after having spent four years in Congress.
"This is my first time leaving office," he deadpanned. "I haven't stopped working for the people of northeast Wisconsin. People back home don't care if I got an office or not. They just want results."
He's not likely to get much in the way of results from the recent legislation he introduced that would block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Renard Isle Causeway project. He acknowledges that the bill is symbolic at best.
So how does one manage without an office?
"You got to scramble," he said. "You got to be a juggler, multitasking. It just takes a little longer to get the work done. It also means we have to have our ears everywhere to find out what's going on."
In that respect, there was angst over unemployment benefits about to run out and tax cuts set to expire. He voted for a House bill to extend the cuts for middle-class families.
There was food safety legislation and a child nutrition bill to be voted on. And, from a more parochial perspective, a shipbuilding contract to continue supporting on behalf of Marinette Marine. He voted for a government spending bill that includes the Littoral Combat Ship funding.
There was no trace of bitterness in Kagen's voice. He viewed his defeat as more of a consequence of the national political tide against President Barack Obama than as a referendum on his stint in Washington.
Kagen maintained that Obama faced a daunting task and that "history will show that he has guided our economy back from the brink of destruction, and we are now moving in a positive direction. We have a recovery. It's moving a lot slower than people would like, and that's where (voters) were sending a message: They didn't like the pace of recovery."
Proud of his record
Kagen said he was proud of his accomplishments in four years, such as helping to preserve Wisconsin paper industry jobs by fighting against China's unfair trade practices, supporting Marinette Marine's bid to build a new class of Navy combat ships and securing funding for veterans' projects like a new outpatient surgical center.
"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center," Kagen said. "It'll have a huge footprint and bring in millions of dollars of revenue to the entire county and the city of Green Bay."
The 61-year-old Democrat also spoke proudly of his work on health care reform. He said he was able to get eight of 10 recommendations from a health care advisory panel in his district inserted into the bill that became law.
Ironically, the health care legislation was a primary source of the voter anger that shoved Kagen and dozens of other Democrats out of office, resulting in a new Republican House majority.
Kagen also cited his push to protect Americans on Main Street from the "gamblers and speculators on Wall Street."
"I took on that fight," he said. "I stood up to some very powerful corporations. I think that's a battle that's going to continue, and I think that's a challenge for my successor."
Making the transition
Kagen said he has spoken to Ribble and has instructed his own staff to transfer constituent cases to Ribble's team.
For lawmakers leaving Capitol Hill because they lost an election, making the transition often means first coming to grips with defeat.
Then, there is a stream of decisions to make, both personal and professional. Decisions about one's future, whether to stay in Washington or return home, whether to give up politics or begin building a new campaign. There are questions about health care insurance, when will the final paycheck arrive.
To help these departing members cope with the fears, the stress and the uncertainties surrounding life after Congress, the Association of Former Members of Congress provides workshops and resources.
"It's an incredibly busy time," said Peter Weichlein, executive director of the nonprofit group whose president is Dennis Hertel, a former Democratic congressman from Michigan. "In addition to being full-time legislators, they're shutting down a congressional office, and a congressional office can be like a small business."
It is a "hard reality," Weichlein said, especially having to let go of loyal staffers.
"I hear over and over the concerns for staff," he added, "the eight, 10, 15 employees who at one point or another are out of a job."
And because of the change in the House majority, many departing Democrats' aides may find the job pickings on the Hill to be very slim.
The former members association conducted a seminar Monday for the new crop of former members. Weichlein said about 50 House members participated. While Kagen wasn't among them, his wife, Gayle, was, according to an aide.
'Doctor at heart'
For Kagen, life after Congress means a return to his life before Congress and a continuation of public service, though he has yet to decide in what role.
"I'm still a doctor at heart," he said. "I will practice medicine, and I will continue to serve people of northeast Wisconsin in every capacity possible."
Kagen hasn't ruled out making another run at Congress.
"I wouldn't rule out any possibility," he said. "It's not up to me. I have a family that needs me. It's really up to the voters."
During this lame-duck session, the congressman is taking the time to do some of the things he said he seldom took time for in the past, such as sitting for lunch in the members' dining room instead of grabbing a sandwich on the go. He also got a view of the Capitol from a tourist's perspective.
"I've been kind of busy here for the past four years, and I never had a tour of the Capitol until two days ago," Kagen said. "So two of my staff members took me on a very meaningful tour, and I got to hear and see what everybody else who's visiting here gets to hear and see."
In addition to praising the work of his staff, Kagen lauded the support from his wife for both his medical practice and his political career. He said she made many personal sacrifices as the wife of a congressman and became a public servant in her own right, pushing to establish a United Way information line for veterans.
As he reflected on the past four years, Kagen expressed awe over the devotion to public service he saw in many members on Capitol Hill. He said he will miss the routine of getting up at 6:30 or 7 a.m. and returning 12 to 14 hours later to his apartment, where he and fellow members would discuss one another's day.
Still, there was a hint of frustration at the partisan politics that tends to block progress on so many issues.
"It has been a tremendous experience, and I don't think public service in my lifetime is over," Kagen said. "I do think I will get a lot more done in these next two years as an outsider than the House will."
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"Draw your own life map" came from an idea I had while starting this blog. Well, really it was just after I started the blog, while writing my very first "About Me" section.
I imagined our lives laid out before us when we are born. They are all mapped out already. We start as babies, learning the basics of how to function, then move on into preschool, elementary school and high school.
At this point there are options, but for the most part, we have been conditioned to go out into the world and do the same thing as everyone else.
Either go to college or not, but whenever school is over, (or maybe even while you are still in school) go get a job. Then, if you haven't found them already, go find the person you will spend the rest of your life with. Buy a house, start a family, work for 40-45 years, retire (if you can financially) and then enjoy your retired years. Again, if you are able to, financially. Also at that point, if you are healthy enough.
Especially if you had to work into your later years, you may not be healthy enough to do the things you once enjoyed. The things you dreamed of doing when you finally retired.
"Draw your own life map" challenges all of that.
When I pictured this map, laid out ahead of us, fully filled out as if someone had already been there, had already experienced and explored our lives (my life), I became uncomfortable.
I don't want someone to tell me which turn to take next, or the best way to get around that mountain in front of me. I want a blank map. Which of course, is just a piece of paper.
I want a blank piece of paper.
I want to draw in where the mountains are and the best way to get around them. I want to draw in the forests and the beaches and I want to plan my own way from point A to point B.
By the time I came to this realization, I had already started inching off the pre-drawn path to sketch in my own. I had already started a business while home with my son, and I was now starting a blog. By this point, my husband had stopped working and was staying home with our infant while I was also at home working my business. These are things that are not "normal". It may be more accepted now than just a couple decades ago, but it is not "normal".
When the course actually opened, I was on my way home from visiting my daughter in the hospital in Greenville and I pulled off the road and paid for it. Ok, that's a lie to sound more responsible than I am. I paid for it while driving. I was on my phone and driving and it was irresponsible. Don't do that. It was mostly while at a stoplight, if that makes the situation any better, and anyway it was two years ago so please don't judge my current self on it.
I was determined (it was a highly sought after course with only a certain amount of openings) to get into this class. I was going to start a blog. My intuition was strong about it; I couldn't ignore it.
So I started to draw a new path on my map.
I was going into even more uncharted territory. I would come across mountains never seen before and have to figure out how to get over the rivers, or build my own bridges. But it will be MY map. All mine.
We are all out here deciding what's next for us, without the preconceived ideas of the generations before us. There are women who are deciding not to have children, women putting off marriage, women building and running their own empires, women lifting other women up who are building their own empires because they see such value in an idea.
Everyone should feel empowered to do this. To design their own life; to draw their own life map.
Through the next year OwlBeMe.com will be highlighting featured women who have already taken steps away from the pre-drawn map they started on. Some who decided never to start on it and others who took years to realize it wasn't the map they wanted to follow. Through interviews with these amazing women, I hope to inspire others to follow their inner voices, their intuition, to step out and start drawing their own life maps.
So, what would it look like? If you were to draw your own life map? Are you already? Let's see it on Instagram with the hashtag #drawyourownlifemap!
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I love this! I firmly believe your path is designed at birth. Along that road there may be obstacles and we are given choices. There are various intertwining roads.