We'd just left University, with our degrees and doctorates. We thought we could change the world, but all we wound up doing was making coffee."
Principia Malefex and Nocturne were first released in 1997. It was re-launched in 2000 with Best of Friends, followed by Fool�s Paradise. In 2002 rights to the game switched to Ragged Angel Ltd, and the Hidden line was launched with "Family Ties" in October 2002.
Mainly it is the fact that there are few monsters, which are rarely encountered, there is little or no organised or identifiable opposition, and the characters won't often know whose side they are actually on. Character death is rare, although there are a number of other fates out there for them.
Why is Malefex a mature content game?
It features drug abuse, grief, loss, crime and other adult themes. The game encourages players to treat these themes in a mature manner, and with respect. Quite simply, it is unlikely that young or inexperienced players would enjoy it.
If Malefex is so bleak and depressing, why play it?
Malefex games are designed to involve a lot of thinking and hard choices, which is why it is a mature content game. There isn't always a way to win, but this doesn't make the PCs' actions worthless. Malefex is very much like reality. The PCs' actions rarely affect large-scale events, but they matter to the people they do affect.
Many games start with the PCs as observers, not directly involved, and let them pull out at any time. Walking away is an easy and convenient option, just not the right one.
And if the players don�t want to get involved?
By Destiny, fate or sheer dumb chance, the PCs have been marked as people who may make a difference, and are given opportunities to do so. Of course, this doesn't mean they have to take advantage of them, but it is going to be a very dull game if they don't.
So what can I play?
PCs can be anything from a saint to a serial killer, all in the guise of the person on the street. In a world that utterly denies magic, they can be a mage of incredible power, or a legendary supernatural.
Where can I find neutral reviews of the game?
Try our Reviews page, available through the Product catalogue, or click here to go there directly.


London, United Kingdom: Bantam Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First UK PROOF Edition, First Printing. This is the very uncommon Proof copy of true first edition, first printing (first impression) of the second book in the series, a paperback original first published in the UK by Bantam Press. There is rubbing to the extremities, creases to spine and one to the lower front panel, the text is clean and unmarked it has clearly been read, very uncommon..


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Today we are going to reveal some of the intricacies of LMS implementation. Make sure that you learn how to avoid and overcome all the little problems or you might face a lot of big issues in the future.
The first essential you need is to choose software that is actually right for your business. Learning management systems are all built with the same purpose, which is to help engage learners and allow them to retain valuable knowledge, but there are many differences among them.
Companies must choose an LMS solution which is flexible enough to fit into and provide the features, functionality and structure which the organization wants.
Mobile compatibility is simply a must, as everyone has a smartphone and it's just the most convenient way to access the learning content. Also consider things such as integration options and features, when choosing an LMS.
If this happens, not only will your training processes be inefficient but you will also spend money on something you don't really need. Thoroughly analyze your training needs, and consider what your future needs might be to acquire the right solution.
Do you need training content in PDF, Word, video streaming or something else? Does the LMS support the format you need? At the same time, consider the type of content that can be created with your LMS. Do you plan on providing text, video, images, or modules such as quizzes or surveys? Narrow down your needs and find an LMS which supports the kind of learning content you need.
One of the oldest concepts that has been introduced in learning is gamification and it can be used in online learning as well. The concept has been taken from video games, as the name implies, and it refers to principles that help improve the user experience of learners and their level of engagement.
When playing video games, players are rewarded for their actions and this gives them the motivation to finish more tasks. This is one of the most effective gamification concepts that can work equally well in a learning course.
A proper implementation of a learning management system is essential. Take your time and make sure to analyze all the intricacies of implementing an LMS and your needs thoroughly, before narrowing down the list of potential software that might be right for you.
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Q: LiveAgent "No version header found" in API version 30 With the update from API version 29 to 30 our test chat button is now returning the error msg "No Version header found".
What changed from Version 29 to 30?
Thanks, Frank

A: Check the the header parameter it should be "X-LIVEAGENT-API-VERSION"

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En ornithologie, l'appellation Tangara à dos bleu peut désigner deux espèces d'oiseaux de la  des Thraupidae, mais n'est le nom normalisé décidé par le CINFO pour aucune espèce :
 Tangara à dos bleu - Buthraupis montana, aussi appelée Tangara montagnard ;
 Tangara à dos bleu - Cyanicterus cyanicterus.

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Articles connexes
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Nom d'oiseau ambigu

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Here is what Dr. Mercola says in his article "Scrubbing Yourself Clean and Purging Germs… But At What Cost to Your Health?"
Did you know that applying a substance to your skin isn't much different from eating it? In fact, I believe it may be even worse.
When you consider that products such as shower gels and soaps may be used daily, you can imagine the chemical residue that may build up over the years.
What's in Your Bottle of Shower Gel and Liquid Hand Soap?
Take a second and grab a bottle of your liquid hand soap or shower gel.
Typically the main ingredient listed in bath and shower gels. Functions as the liquid solvent for the other ingredients.
Act to increase foam and provide thickening for bath gels, giving them their gel-like consistency.
Used to clean the skin.
Create a lather or foam when the bath gel or liquid soap is applied to the skin.
Extend the shelf life of bath gels and liquid soaps and prevent microbial contamination.
Most shower gels contain fragrance to cover up the chemical smell of other ingredients and to help make using the shower gel a pleasing experience. Most fragrances used in shower gels are synthetic. Some may be derived from essential oils and plant extracts.
Certain chemical ingredients can potentially cause problems for your skin when applied as a liquid or bar soap and are best avoided.
Sodium lauryl sulfate is a surfactant, detergent, and emulsifier used in thousands of cosmetic products, as well as in industrial cleaners. Present in nearly all shampoos, toothpastes, body washes, and cleansers, liquid hand soaps, laundry detergents, and bath oils and bath salts.
Although SLS originates from coconuts, the manufacturing process results in SLES/SLS being contaminated with 1,4 dioxane, a carcinogenic byproduct.
SLS is the sodium salt of lauryl sulfate, and is rated by the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Skin Deep Cosmetics Database as a "moderate hazard."
SLS breaks down the skin's moisture barrier, easily penetrates the skin, and allows other chemicals to penetrate by increasing skin permeability by approximately 100-fold.
Combined with other chemicals, SLS becomes a "nitrosamine," a potent class of carcinogen.
Research studies have linked SLS to skin and eye irritation, organ toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity and endocrine disruption.
Common in a wide range of products as part of PEG, Polysorbates, Laureth, and ethoxylated alcohols. These compounds are usually contaminated with high concentrations of highly volatile 1,4-dioxane which is easily absorbed through the skin.
This "probable carcinogen to humans" substance has received a "high hazard" rating from EWG's Skin Deep and is especially toxic to your brain, central nervous system, kidneys, and liver.
A synthetic derivative of coconut, watch for misleading language on labels, stating "comes from coconut."
Avoid any product with indications of ethoxylation, which include: "myreth," "oleth," "laureth," "ceteareth," any other "eth," "PEG," "polyethylene," "polyethylene glycol," "polyoxyethylene," or "oxynol," in ingredient names.
Widely used as preservatives in an estimated 13,200 cosmetic and skin care products.
Parabens have hormone-disrupting qualities, mimicking estrogen, and interfere with the body's endocrine system. Studies have shown that parabens can affect your body much like estrogens, which can lead to diminished muscle mass, extra fat storage, and male breast growth.
The EPA has linked methyl parabens in particular to metabolic, developmental, hormonal, and neurological disorders.
A common ingredient in personal care products, it's been shown to cause dermatitis, kidney or liver abnormalities, and may inhibit skin cell growth or cause skin irritation.
Also found in engine coolants, antifreeze, rubber cleaners, adhesives, and paints and varnishes.
DEA readily reacts with nitrite preservatives and contaminants to create nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA), a known and potent carcinogen.
DEA also appears to block absorption of the nutrient choline, vital to brain development.
Toluene, made from petroleum or coal tar, is found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure is linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and may affect a developing fetus.
Synthetic fragrances can also be drying and irritating to your skin.
The antibacterial agent added to many liquid hand soaps to help kill germs. Triclosan is suspected of contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
Here's something else you may not know about that innocent-looking bottle of liquid hand soap sitting next to your sink.
When triclosan mixes with the chlorine in your tap water, chloroform is formed, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified as a probable human carcinogen.
And when combined with other disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in your tap water, this chloroform can raise the concentration of dangerous trihalomethanes (THMs) above the EPA's maximum allowable amount.
Trihalomethanes (THMs) are Cancer Group B carcinogens, meaning they've been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Disinfection byproducts (DPBs) have also been linked to reproductive problems in both animals and humans.
Not only do you absorb them into your skin, these antimicrobial chemicals flow down your drain, contaminating the environment and food chain.
So, let me ask you… do you really want to put triclosan, SLS, parabens, dioxane, DEA, toluene, synthetic fragrances, and propylene glycol (along with other chemicals we haven't even talked about here) on your skin?
In my opinion, you're better off switching to skin care products made of plant names you recognize, can pronounce, and could even eat (if you had to).


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Q: Encrypt json data How do I encrypt JSON data that is transferred back and forth from client to server? When I use firebug, I can see all the data (contents in result.d). I'm using ASP.NET 3.5 and C#. Our admin has setup the site to use https but I can still the POST requests and the data. What am I missing?
Thanks!

A: HTTPS is still your best option - you just need to ensure that HTTPS is, in fact, being used.  Firebug can do this for you - if you inspect the full URL being used.
However, Firebug is running on the client, so it is seeing the data before it is encrypted / after it is unencrypted.  (Just because you're seeing "all the data" doesn't mean that it isn't being encrypted "over the wire".)
If you need to really verify / see the data in its encrypted state, use something like Wireshark or Fiddler.
Extending upon Greg's comment, this encryption prevents other users on the network from viewing your data - both to and from the server.  I.E., if you're at a wireless hotspot, this will prevent other users at the hotspot or other less-than-honorable network operators from intercepting your data in clear-text.  If you're trying to prevent the end user (the user using the web browser) from viewing the data, you can't.  Any attempts to do so will be defective-by-design™.


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Pretty predator
Giovanna Fasanelli | VOLUME 29, ISSUE 2
Lionfish are the unchallenged peacocks of the ocean. Their extravagant, almost ostentatious beauty has dazzled divers and aquarists since their discovery. They are members of a large family, the scorpaenidae or scorpionfish, and all are show-stoppers in one way or another, many being masters of cunning, cryptic camouflage.
It is no mystery as to how this infamous group of predators acquired its name, for they all possess venom-tipped spines as their primary defence. Lionfish are grouped into five genera within the subfamily pteroinae. Their natural range is restricted to the Indian and Pacific oceans although, in the last two decades, the common lionfish (pterois volitans) and the Indian lionfish (pterois miles) have established burgeoning populations on reefs in the western Atlantic as a result of aquarium-related releases/escapes. These native ecosystems are now suffering catastrophic devastation at the hand of these two voracious predators.
In their native range, however, lionfish are welcomed treasures to find on any dive or snorkel. The common lionfish is a favourite of many marine enthusiasts, but some of the lesser-known species are no less impressive.
One character, in particular, rivals its larger, more conspicuous cousins in astonishing glamour. Fully grown at just 13cm the twin-spot lionfish (dendrochirus biocellatus) is nothing short of exquisite. As highly secretive, nocturnal hunters that prefer to hide upside-down in caves and under overhangs during daylight hours, these creatures are rarely seen by underwater explorers unless night diving is undertaken. They are found at depths of up to 40m on reefs from Mauritius eastwards to the Society Islands and from Japan southwards to Australia.
Upon close inspection, their outstretched, undulating pectoral fins seem to pulse with waves of colour in patterns that have an alluring, almost hypnotic effect on an observer. The dorsal fin sports two distinctive spots, or ocelli, likely functioning as a communication tool, since they vary in colour intensity from black to faded grey during a variety of intra-species interactions or simply when the fish is excited by prey. They have two long barbels extending out from their upper jaw, which lend an even more unique appearance to this pretty predator.
In stalking a victim, the twin-spot lionfish will either hop along using its pelvic fins or move by engaging its tail. Once a victim has been spotted and is within striking distance, the twin-spot has been observed to shake its head from side to side, rhythmically rattle its fin spines back and forth, and vibrate its lower pectoral fins. Following this interesting war-dance, it then lunges forward and rapidly opens its capacious mouth, sucking in the hapless quarry! Favoured food usually comprises small crustaceans, but may also include smaller individuals of the same species. If faced with a stubborn, territorial challenger, these small packets of fury may attack by biting and stabbing one another with their dorsal spines.
Between their mesmerising beauty, their pugnacious character and their secretive lives, I place this beauty of a lionfish at the top of my list of scorpionfish favourites.

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This is the description provided in the Maggs sales catalogue. The fragment is listed no. 53 and illustrated (plate XVII). It is marked as sold, suggesting that the sale was negotiated immediately prior to the printing, too late to drop it from the catalogue. The connection with Ege is not noted in the description.
Title: Illuminated vellum leaf from a Book of Devotions (the prayers in French).
Written in handsome large Gothic characters, with ornamental capitals.
From an unusually fine book of devotions; evidently a de-luxe production, and probably commissioned for a special gift.
With initials and leafy stems in gold and colours forming half borders.


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Q: is it possible to use facebook API locally? Can we implement Facebook applications and test it locally ? or we need to upload the script on the server each time we want to test the API ?

A: Yeah, you can implement Fb app via localhost. No need to upload them to web server.


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Completed in November 2019, Education First Credit Union has consolidated its business operations and main financial branch into one home on Mound Street in Columbus, Ohio. The project consists of interior and exterior renovation of an existing three-story 16,400 square foot downtown office building. The first floor will serve as the credit union's main financial branch location with the corporate executive offices located on the second floor.


One of Shakespeare's most famous and fearsome tragedies, "Macbeth" tells the story of the Thane of Glamis, a Scottish general who hears a prophecy from three witches that he will one day be king. He and his wife, Lady Macbeth, murder King Duncan and several others in order to fulfill the prophecy, but Macbeth is wracked with guilt and panic over his evil deeds.
The guilt Macbeth feels softens the character, which allows him to appear at least slightly sympathetic to the audience. His exclamations of guilt before and after he murders Duncan stay with him throughout the play, and provide some of its most memorable scenes. They're ruthless and ambitious, but it's their guilt and remorse which are the undoing of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth's guilt prevents him from fully enjoying his ill-gotten gains. At the start of the play, the character is described as a hero, and Shakespeare persuades us that the qualities which made Macbeth heroic are still present, even in the king's darkest moments.
For example, Macbeth is visited by the ghost of Banquo, whom he murdered to protect his secret. A close read of the play suggests that the apparition is the embodiment of Macbeth's guilt, which is why he nearly reveals the truth about King Duncan's murder.
Macbeth's sense of remorse is apparently not strong enough to prevent him from killing again, however, which spotlights another key theme of the play: a lack of morality in the two main characters. How else are we expected to believe Macbeth and his wife feel the guilt they express, yet are still able to continue their bloody rise to power?
Perhaps the two best-known scenes from Macbeth are based on a sense of dread or guilt that the central characters encounter.
Lady Macbeth is the driving force behind her husband's actions. In fact, it could be argued that Macbeth's strong sense of guilt suggests that he would not have realized his ambitions pr committed the murders without Lady Macbeth there to encourage him.
Unlike Macbeth's conscious guilt, Lady Macbeth's guilt is subconsciously expressed through her dreams and is evidenced by her sleepwalking. By presenting her guilt in this way, Shakespeare is perhaps suggesting that we are unable to escape remorse from wrongdoing, no matter how feverishly we may try to cleanse ourselves.


1 box cornbread mix, optional if you do not want to do Tia's cornbread, prepared according to box instructions, and cut into cubes.
First, make Tia's Cornbread at least one day before serving the stuffing.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Generously grease a 9-inch (23 cm) baking pan with 1 tablespoon of butter.
In a small bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the melted butter, buttermilk, corn, honey and eggs. Using a rubber spatula, add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool for at least 1 hour, then cut into 1-inch cubes for the stuffing.
For the stuffing, start by cutting the cornbread into cubes.
Spread 4 cups of white bread cubes and 4 cups of the cornbread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet and leave out overnight to dry out.
Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a 13x9x2-inch (33x23x2 cm) baking dish with butter and set aside.
Transfer the bread cubes to a large bowl.
In a large sauté pan set over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the onion, garlic, celery, fennel and sprinkle with the salt and cook until the vegetables are translucent, about 5 minutes.
Add the mixture to the bowl of bread and mix.
In the same sauté pan, add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and let brown for 30 seconds. Add the apples and nutmeg and sauté until the apples are tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the apples to the bread bowl and mix.
Add the sausage to the pan and cook, breaking it up as it browns, 8 to 10 minutes.
Transfer the sausage to the bread bowl and mix.
Mix in the parsley and sage.
Transfer the bread mixture to the buttered baking dish.
Pour the chicken stock around the edges of the baking dish.
Put the baking dish on the middle oven rack and bake at 400°F (200°C), uncovered for 40 minutes, until golden brown.
I added dried cranberries to this and it was amazing!
Wow! Tia & Cory, please add more recipes if this is how you cook. I made it just as directed and it was delicious. I had the leftovers for lunch...just the stuffing.
I've been making this stuffing for my families Thanksgiving feast for three years now and they love it.


So you should do your next sermon on . . . the first five commands again. And then be like, "oooooh you wanted me to do it on the second five? You didn't specify that!" and then they'll have to give you a THIRD time to do another sermon on the second five commandments. Mwahahaha. OR for the sake of balance, they may feel obliged to give you two sermons for the second five commandments. And then you can get a fifth one out of it by preaching on the third five commandments. You know, the ones dropped in Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part One".
Moses: The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... [drops one of the tablets] Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!
You've been tagged on my blog, so I guess you'd better come see what you've been tagged for!
If you have to tag five people, and let's say it takes about a week for turn-around time, and assuming that no one tags people who have already been tagged (because they read their blogs), the time it would take for every living member of the human race to get tagged is about 14 weeks* from when the guy who made up the survey posted it.
My point is that this is a system that is designed for interference, so if someone doesn't notice that you tagged them, you should not try to point it out to them.


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Anthony Gaines Miller Kopp Alpha Diallo Pete Nance David Duke Maliek White Luwane Pipkins Ryan Young Pat Spencer Sports Men's college basketball College basketball Basketball College sports Men's basketball Men's sports
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Northwestern hangs on for 72-63 win over Providence
By JOHN JACKSON - Nov. 14, 2019 12:42 AM EST
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — After opening the season with a stunning home loss last week, Northwestern bounced back in a big way Wednesday night.
Ryan Young had 16 points and Anthony Gaines added 14 as the Wildcats raced to a big lead and hung on for a 72-63 victory over Providence as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
Miller Kopp had 12 points and Pat Spencer 11 as Northwestern rebounded from a 71-61 loss to a Merrimack team playing just its second game as a Division I program.
"Obviously, this was a huge win for us; probably the understatement of the year," Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. "I'm just really proud of our guys. I thought we were really tight in our first game because everybody wants to do so well and they're young kids that really haven't done much at this level."
Alpha Diallo had 15 points and 14 rebounds and David Duke added 14 points as Providence dropped to 2-1.
Northwestern (1-1) led by 20 points in the second half before Providence closed within three points.
"They imposed their will on us early, then we weren't able to sustain it late," Friars coach Ed Cooley said. "You've got to play near perfect when you get down like that. They made some timely baskets."
The Wildcats closed the first half with a 12-2 run — seven points by Kopp — to take a 40-29 halftime lead. They were 12 for 20 from the field overall, including 5-for-8 shooting on 3-pointers.
The Wildcats continued their surge after the intermission, opening the second half with a 10-2 run for a 50-31 advantage.
A few minutes later, Young, a redshirt freshman, converted a 3-point play with 12:37 remaining for a 55-35 lead, NU's biggest of the game.
Providence, though, answered with a run of 14 straight points to pull within 55-49. Luwane Pipkins had a pair of 3-pointers and Maliek White added five points during the run.
"I was proud of us coming back, but that's the grit we have to show from the beginning and, honestly, I was caught off guard and surprised by the way we played," Cooley said.
The Wildcats went scoreless for 4:06 before Pete Nance hit an 18-footer with 8:31 to play.
The Friars continued to disrupt Northwestern with pressure and trimmed the deficit to 62-59 with a little more than two minutes to go. But Young answered with a basket down low and Gaines added a pair of free throws on the next possession for a 66-59 lead with 1:07 to play.
"I knew we were gonna play much better, I knew we were gonna play hard, I knew we were gonna play with a lot of fight," Collins said, "but I didn't know if that was gonna mean winning because I know how good Providence is and is going to be."
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is an annual eight-game series played between the Big Ten Conference and the Big East Conference to tip-off the college basketball season.
Providence: After opening with blowout wins over Sacred Heart and NJIT, the Friars struggled in stepping up to face a team from a Power 5 conference. They rallied late, but the deficit was too large to overcome.
Northwestern: Making shots cures most ills, so the Wildcats looked like a much different (and improved) team than in last week's opener before the basket tightened up down the stretch. One area of concern is defensive rebounding. Providence crashed the boards for 20 offensive rebounds.
Two days after the Merrimack loss, the NU players and coaches gathered before practice to clear the air.
"We came together Sunday, looked each other in the eyes and said, 'This can't happen,'" Gaines said.
Providence hosts Saint Peter's Saturday.
Northwestern hosts Radford Tuesday night.


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Although it has been over 10 years since Blu-ray first came out, DVD is still far more popular than Blu-ray. However, DVD can only be played with DVD players or BD players on TV or computer. Popular potable electronics such as smartphones, iPad and iPod are not compatible with this aging technology. How can I enjoy DVD movies on the go?
Well, DVD rippers bring us the solution. This kind of miraculous software can help to convert DVD movies to videos in formats supported by various popular media players with several clicks. As there are a large number of DVD rippers available in the market, it's not easy to tell which one is the best DVD ripper software.
This post, after testing most of all DVD rippers, introduces top 10 best ones and makes a comparison between those best DVD ripping software.
This fabulous DVD converter enables you to convert any kind of DVD without any barrier. It can help you to remove all the restrictions of DVD like CSS, Region, RCE, Sony ARccOS and Puppetlock. With the NVIDIA® CUDATM technology, the conversion is processed on NVIDIA's GPU instead of your computer's CPU, leaving more of your CPU available to handle other applications. Thus Aimersoft DVD Ripper has six-time-faster standard and high-definition video conversion, higher quality, and smoother playback for all videos. With a built-in video editor, you are also able to customize DVD movies as per your needs. You can rotate the videos, apply special visual effects, change the video parameters, trim, cropping, add subtitles, watermarks and so on.
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is a Windows-based DVD ripper software that can rip any DVD (even latest encrypted DVD discs/ISO images) to mainstream videos, for example It can rip DVD to AVI, DVD to MP4, H.264, MPEG, WMV, MOV, FLV and M2TS. It can also helps faultlessly to convert DVD to Apple (iPhone/6/6 Plus/5S, iPad/Air 2/mini 3, iPod/5, Apple TV/3), Android (Google New Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Note 4/Edge/S5 (Mini), HTC One M8, Amazon Kindle Fire HDX), Microsoft (WP8, Surface Pro 3, Xbox One), Chromecast, Sony PSP/PS4, Nokia Lumia 2520, etc. This DVD ripper brings fast DVD ripping solution due to the cutting-edge tech to support Multi-core (up to 8) CPU and Hyper-threading. Besides 350+ built-in profiles, this DVD ripping software has 4 DVD copy modes to meet users' up-to-date DVD backup demands – clone DVD disc to ISO image, to a folder at a 1:1 ratio, backup DVD main title content for playing on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox, Media Center, etc, and copy DVD title fully to a multi-track MPEG2 file, including all videos/audios/subtitles.
As a professional DVD ripping program, Leawo DVD Ripper can effortlessly escalating your home DVD movie experience without DVD player. According to your requirement, it can rip and convert DVD to video in more than 180 different video formats including MP4, WMV, MKV, FLV, and F4V. In addition, as the most popular DVD ripping software, this DVD ripper can also act as a DVD audio ripper by converting DVD to audio in MP3, AAC, etc. In this way, it lets you enjoy DVD movies on most popular mobile devices like iPhone 6 Plus, Galaxy S5, Lumia 1520, PS4, Xperia Z, Surface Pro 3, etc. The built-in handy video editor helps to customize video effects, including trimming, cropping, adding effects and watermarks. To create 3D movies, it provides different 3D modes for you to choose and set. For more detailed settings, you can set profile parameters, select subtitle/audio track, merge files into one, etc.
DVDFab DVD Ripper is one of the best DVD rippers for you if you want to watch DVD movies freely on any other media player devices. It will rip DVD video content from a disc, folder or image file to multiple formats suitable for iPod, iPhone (iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus), iPad (the New iPad), ZUNE, NDS, Apple TV and any other playback device, with high quality and fast conversion speed. It can also extract only the audio tracks for use with music players or other applications. It comes with preset profiles for many devices for simple, error-free setup and great output quality for your specific device. Generic presets are also available to accommodate other devices or video streaming applications. Want to rip more than one title at a time? Then use the handy batch conversion mode that is built in. And even using the preset profiles, it allows user to control over settings for frame rate, output resolution, video and audio bitrates, audio sample rate, image cropping and many more. Plus, DVDFab DVD Ripper provides an interface that is perfect for new or experienced users, making it easy to get great results.
Open DVD ripper 3 is very smart DVD ripping software to rip DVD movies with a variety of functions and incomparable quality. This magical DVD ripping tool enables you to rip DVD movies to various video and audio formats, such as AVI, MKV, WMV, 3GP, MP4, MOV, RM, ASF, MP3, M4A, WAV, MPEG-1/2, VOB, VCD, SVCD and so on, and encode AC3, MP2, WMA, OGG, RA, AAC, AU, AIFF, DTS, MPEG-1/2, H.264, etc. This marvelous DVD ripping software has the function of converting 2D movies to 3D format, brings GPU decoding and optimizes the encoding speed of H.264. The operation is more convenient with the "Express" and "Expert" interfaces to meet your different needs. There are many customized setups for you to choose, such as adjusting the movie background and the movie output effect, inserting watermarks, etc.
This powerful DVD ripping program is featured to help you quickly and easily rip your DVD movie collections into 3GP, MP4, AVI, ASF, WMV, etc. that can be played by portable devices including iPad, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Nokia, Android, HTC, Archos, MP4 players and so on. With this program, you can watch your favorite DVD movie on your favorite mobile devices anywhere, anytime. Besides, if you desire to make sophisticated movies, this DVD ripping software is the right product which enables you to trim, crop, merge, add watermark or subtitle, adjust video playback effects, flip or rotate for perfect movie enjoyments on the go! Moreover, this software is designed to remove all protections like CSS, RC, UOPs and Sony ARccOS while converting. It can also convert and rip DVD to MP4 for mobile devices with a high quality by removing warning screen and watermark.
Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate is powerful and easy-to-use DVD ripping software with the ability to rip DVD to almost all video and audio formats, for example, it can rip DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, RM, MOV, M4V, XviD, 3GP, MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, etc. With the powerful compatibility with iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate enables you to rip DVD to various portable media players supported formats. Additionally, it can help you clip video segment, merge several sources, crop video size, edit video effects, adjust subtitle and add watermarks/soundtracks.
123 Copy DVD Gold provides an efficient and progressive solution for ushering your media into the digital age and making it more universal with innovative file-conversion and copying technology. 123 Copy DVD Gold can quickly and easily convert DVD movies into high-quality digital files that you can access anywhere on your mobile phone, tablet, PC, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and so on. The software can convert your video into a variety of the most popular file formats, including DivX, AVI, MPEG4, Windows Media Video and so on — it's as easy as 123.
Magic DVD Ripper is convenient and powerful DVD ripping software which can rip DVD to VCD, SVCD, AVI (Xvid, DivX), WMV, MP3, MPEG2, MP4 (for iPod, iPad, PSP, PS3 or smartphone, mp4 player and so on) or backup DVD to hard drive without any loss of quality. You can enjoy DVD movies anytime and anywhere without inserting DVDs or burn them to blank DVD or CD using burning software. Compared with other DVD ripping software, Magic DVD Ripper comes with both converting and backup function with faster ripping speed. While other software may not can rip some certain DVDs. Magic DVD Ripper almost always works perfectly.
The most compelling aspect of this application is how easy it is to use. Its minimalist interface leaves little room for guesswork. In order to rip a DVD, all you need to do is click "Add DVD", load the disc you want to rip, select the video format you wish to convert to and click "Convert." This process is as simple as the best DVD rippers we reviewed. This application covers the basics when it comes to available file formats. All the usual file formats like MP4, MOV, ASI and MKV are available. If you dig into the program a bit, you'll find that you can adjust technical details like codecs, bitrate and all the rest of it. The result of a DVD ripping is as good as any other ripper we reviewed. There's nothing to complain about here.
As we can see from the table comparison chart above, all of these 10 piece of best DVD ripper software support Windows operating system, which means their windows version can play the role of the best DVD ripper for Windows or the best Windows DVD ripper. Among the Windows supporting list, there are Winodws 7 and Windows 8, so each one of these 10 best Windows DVD ripper can be regarded as the best DVD ripper for Windows 7 or the best DVD ripper for Windows 8.


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Q: Although freetds.conf set to charset UTF-8, pyodbc fetchall returns in unicode? I am using pyodbc, ODBC with freetds to access a remote MSSQL database. I recently migrated from Centos + Python 2.4 to Ubuntu + Python 2.7 and the two are behaving differently. My freetds.conf is:
[global]
        # TDS protocol version
        tds version = 4.2

        # If you get out-of-memory errors, it may mean that your client
        # is trying to allocate a huge buffer for a TEXT field.
        # Try setting 'text size' to a more reasonable limit
        text size = 64512

[server]
        host = server
        port = 1333
        tds version = 8.0
        client charset = UTF-8

My Python code is (simplified):
import pyodbc
msConn =  pyodbc.connect('DSN=%s;UID=%s;PWD=%s' % (self.dsn, self.user, self.passwd))

msCur = msConn.cursor()
msQuery='''select ...'''
msCur.execute(msQuery % startUpdateStamp)

for row in msRows:
    print rows

When I execute the code above on my Centos server (with python 2.4), any special characters are encoded in utf-8. However when executing the same code with same configuration on the Ubuntu server (python 2.7), the special characters are in unicode. It is as if the configuration client charset = UTF-8 is being completely ignored.
However I've tried setting client charset to other values, in return the server does not allow the connection. Which means the client charset setting is getting through. I have also tried changing the tds version = 8.0 to no avail.
I've also looked here, but the answer does not explain why given the same database, two systems give two encodings.
How can I have the Ubuntu return UTF-8 as well?
I'm not proficient at MSSQL or ODBC. Any help is greatly appreciated.


TVXQ's Max Changmin attended soccer player Koo Ja-Cheol's wedding at the Sheraton Grand Walker Hill Hotel on the 22nd.
Koo Ja-Cheol's bride-to-be is a Jeju Island native who is a year older than him, and the two met during his days as a member of the Jeju United team, leading to their marriage today.
The private wedding was officiated by Jung Hae Sung, the Game Management Chairman of the KOrean Football Association and presided over by Kim Suro. The wedding nuptial songs were performed by the GROSS ensemble team of vocalists and TVXQ's Max Changmin.


On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence finally released a declassified report on Russia's role in influencing the US election. And though it offers the most detailed official analysis yet of Russia's operations, critics in the cybersecurity community say it lacks the still-secret evidence needed to persuade skeptics that analysis is true.
The ODNI's 25-page report (embedded below) from US intelligence agencies lays out a vast Russian intelligence operation that extends from hacking both Democratic and Republican targets to propaganda campaigns to troll-fueled social media disinformation. It re-asserts the intelligence community's findings that the Kremlin is behind breaches of the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Hillary Clinton's campaign, and even state election board websites. And the express intention of those operations, the report states, was to not only disrupt the American electoral process, but to elect Donald Trump.
The report makes a few new assertions: stating plainly that WikiLeaks received hacked DNC data from Russian intelligence, and outlining a broader history of Russian meddling in US elections. It spends significant ink on Russia's state-sponsored propaganda efforts, and delves into state-sponsored social media disinformation strategies and widespread Russian media claims that the US is not a functioning democracy. The report points out, for example, that the RT America television channel has been running stories about the US's weak voting infrastructure and alleged election fraud since November 2012.
RT's role as a distributor for Russian government propaganda is hardly news, though. And while data leaks and disinformation campaigns were central to last year's campaign meddling, the report seems to give them disproportionate weight over technical hacking, perhaps because those sections of the report were redacted.
In terms of proving the core claim that Russia hacked American political targets, though, Friday's report is sure to leave any skeptic not privy to classified briefings briefings unconvinced: It fails to include even the already public evidence visible to the cybersecurity community over the last six months, which drew a thick dotted line from the DNC hack to the Kremlin. A hacker calling himself Guccifer 2.0, for instance, in June claimed to be a lone Romanian hacker responsible for the breach. But the stolen DNC files he published on the web—and also said he'd leaked to WikiLeaks—contained telltale Russian-language error messages. A piece of malware known as X-Agent was used in both the DNC hack and previous attacks long believed to be Russian intelligence operations. And an analysis of the URL shortening service used by the hacker who stole the Gmail password of Clinton staffer John Podesta shows that the same account was used to target more than 5,000 other Gmail accounts, including Russia-focused journalists and authors, and the spouses of American military officials.
Early leaks from a classified version of the report revealed some of the evidence intelligence agencies have to implicate Russia. Unnamed intelligence officials told the Washington Post that US agents had intercepted the communications of senior Russian officials celebrating Trump's win. In another leak to Reuters, intel officials said that they'd identified the intermediary who had passed files stolen by Russian hackers to WikiLeaks.
But critics from Trump's presidential transition team have accused Obama of acting against Russia before proving the sanctions were warranted. And no matter how strong the secret evidence to justify that action may be, Friday's intelligence report will do little to make Obama's case to the public.
1Corrected 1/6/17 6:42 pm EST to clarify the source and nature of rumors that the report would declassify more material.


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