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A Good Christian Raisin' and a Eighth Grade Education
AdMobile No Longer Mobile
But it still exists. Now, however, it's called The Billboard Truck.
About four years ago, the Admobile took Knoxville by storm. Everybody was talking about it. This was long before diesel prices skyrocketed to unsightly heights. This was before the scare tactic formerly known as Global Warming decided it wanted to be called Climate Change. The people that were talking about it were cussing it for the most part.
The earth was in a warming phase.
Back when it was called AdMobile, it actually moved. It could be seen cruising up and down Kingston Pike every day. In fact, my sources tell me that if a driver parked it for more than a couple of minutes the frugal owner, who was constantly refreshing the GPS position, would call them on a AdMobile cell phone and tell them to put it in gear.
As you can see by the video, the AdMobile is now parked in the Target parking lot in Maryville, and the name has been changed to protect the guilty. The ads no longer rotate, and only the ads on the side are sold, but mobile outdoor advertising lives in East Tennessee, making us all proud.
Penn and Teller Call Bullshit on Al Gore
Check out this great clip from Penn and Teller's show "Bullshit". Al Gore is such a clown, but the scary kind of clown. Penn and Teller, on the other hand, are funny.
Good pub for the Tennessee Center for Policy Research here, which highlights Gore's overuse of power while trying to make everyone else in the world feel guilty about their habits.
Oh wait, he bought carbon credits (from himself) to offset his consumption.
Fair Is Fair
I just heard on Boortz that The Unabomber had a copy of "Earth in the Balance" in his shack when they arrested him. Does that mean that Al Gore should be held responsible?
Seems reasonable using the logic that right wing nutjobs are responsible for this weekend's shootings.
I Would LOVE to RTFM
So I'm working on a project for my job job (I'm not quite able to support a family on blogging–yet), and have been wrestling with a biggish enterprise software package. As you'd expect, there's quite a bit of convolution to it–things like hundreds of database tables with nondescript names like T001, T0043, H3222, etc. (Was this thing designed to run on AS400?) It's actually not that big of a deal. A part of me secretly enjoys stuff like that. It's like a giant sudoku, except instead of 1-9 the numbers go 1-100. And no matter how much of the puzzle you solve, there's still more to work on. That means no boredom, provided you like puzzles.
Most packages of this size were designed and coded up long long ago in a galaxy far far away. Any growth, expansion, or enhancements they've undergone were probably done piecemeal with who knows who taking over and steering the thing onto the latest technology at each fork in the road. That's bound to happen to any project this size I guess. It's sort of like what you'd expect to happen to a person who was reasonably good looking in their youth and, as they aged, had countless plastic surgeries performed by different doctors of varying abilities. The individual pieces may be really nice, but put them together and you have an odd colored face mess.
Usually these type products involve a lot of RTFM.
Don't get me wrong…I like to RTFM. My willingness to RTFM means I'll probably never be out of a job for long unless I want to be. You could say I make a living Ring-TFM. But please, large software corporations who charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for your products, make the manuals readily available.
One of the manuals I was reading this morning referred to another manual–the "Installation and Tuning Guide". Like any good manual reader working for a company that's shelled out some bucks for this pricey behemoth, I used the login for our company (they don't give the info to just any old body), and searched for this manual on their site. No dice. So I searched the support base to see if anyone else had trouble finding it. That didn't work either. I did find two other manuals–one which whose title led me to believe it was relevant but wasn't, and the other to the last version of the same product.
So I asked my boss if they'd provided a DVD, pack of CDs, or even physical books when we bought the product. Nope. But he was able to find the manual I needed nonetheless. Guess where…
Freaking Google found it, even though their own search engine on their own site that is available only to customers who paid for support couldn't. Now, not only am I irritated that it couldn't be found on their site, I also feel like an idiot for not trying Google FIRST.
Knoxville's Miracle Mile? Huh?
Wh-wh-WHAT? KnoxTalks has the lowdown on an NBC reporter making the statement about the stretch of Kingston Pike between Sequoya Hills and UT:
"people call it The Miracle Mile"
C'mon. Making things up to make a news story more interesting is soooo 2003 New York Times. But I'll play along by making my own completely false and ridiculous statement and see if I get some play on big blogs for my nifty wordsmithing…
Big media clowns make up so much stuff about Knoxville, we call them all Jayson Blair.
Find me one Knoxvillian who has ever called this stretch "The Miracle Mile and I'll buy you both dinner at The Varsity, which everyone knows is the place where all Knoxville locals eat. It's located out there in the new Turkey River development.
I'm a Big Winner
Just wanted to say thanks to the guys over at Knoxify for rigging their random number generator so that I could win their contest. Look for me around town wearing a shiny new RootClip t-shirt. Hopefully by the end of the summer it won't look like it's two sizes too small.
I'll be repesentin' the Westland Ghetto in style.
Church Shooting Here in Knoxville
I was enjoying a nice peaceful day with the fam and just now heard about this. Not much to say except that I'm stunned. Things like this are so rare here. We were just having a conversation last night about what a great place this is to live and have a family. I'm reading a lot of other people's reactions right now, and I'll update this post with links…
SugarFatPie–"That is my church"
SayUncle–"The Mrs. often asks why I carry to church. It's because shootings keep happening at churches."
Michael Silence–A ton of updates and links to blogger reaction
More via Michael Silence–"Jim D. Adkisson singled out the church for its support of "liberal" and "gay" issues." Here's to hoping someone in prison gives him some enlightenment to gay issues.
More info on Jim David Adkisson–"He disliked blacks, gays, anyone who was a different color or just different from him."
More stuff, really good stuff, from SayUncle:
The only difference another citizen with a gun would have made in this particular case is that instead of going to jail for three hots and a cot, Jim D. Adkisson would be going to the morgue.
The people who subdued him did so quickly and bravely. And hats off to them for that!
KnoxvilleTalks: "I finally had to turn the radio off after the call in which a man literally said that the UU church was 'reaping what it sowed.'" That just proves that idiots can dial a phone.
::UPDATE::
I watched the local news, and I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in the coverage. Honestly, I expected programming to be preempted and coverage to be pretty heavy on this story.
::UPDATE #2::
Hat's off to the News Sentinel for doing a tremendous job of following this story with constant updates.
Without Being Told (or Forced)
I drove up to the boonies to help a friend move today. Actually, I drove up through hell Gatlinburg to get to his new place on top of the mountain. On the way back I took the backroads in order to avoid the traffic and enjoy the scenic drive. Something really cool happened on the way back, and it didn't really strike me as strange until a half hour or so afterwards.
A large tree had fallen across Highway 416, blocking the road in both directions. I was about 5 or 6 cars deep in one of the stuck lanes, but several of us got out of our cars and started disassembling the tree and moving the branches out of the way. Then a couple of guys (presumably locals) pulled up with their chainsaws and started cutting pieces for us to drag off. We had the road cleared in less than 10 minutes, jumped in our cars, and kept going.
This is a great example of why people work and government doesn't. Sure, there were some people who sat in their cars and watched as everyone else cleared the road for them ("It's not my job" types). But there were plenty of people who would rather roll up their sleeves and do some work to get where they want to go instead of waiting around on someone else. The guys who had chainsaws did the cutting. The rest of us did the moving. We didn't have to have someone coordinate it, and we didn't have to be forced into doing the work.
How long would it have taken for the road to be cleared if we'd all sat in our cars and waited for some gov'ment agency to take care of something we were perfectly able to handle ourselves?
We all saw a benefit in cooperating and working together to achieve a goal. Those of us who were moving limbs sure were happy some people had chainsaws, and I'm sure the guys with the chainsaws were happy they didn't have to drag big pieces of tree–all they had to do was run the saw.
Notice how everyone, even the people who weren't willing to help, benefited from the fact that each of us was acting out of 100% pure selfishness? We just wanted to get where we wanted to go.
Thinking Games Useful For Corporations
Most video games hold my attention for about 3 hours. That's not 3 hours at a time, that's 3 hours total. The one exception is strategy games, which I can play into the wee hours of the night. Civilization is my all-time favorite, mostly because it absolutely destroys me, but there are several other "thinking" games out there, and now they are being used to do good instead of evil–unless of course you find corporations evil, in which case they continue to do evil. Then again, that probably makes you a communist, so evil in your eyes is probably good in mine.
Now video games are making their way into corporations. These "serious games"—the term that's been kicking around the last few years to describe games that are learning tools—use the same technology as the latest PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 titles, but they're not targeted at Doritos-munching 14-year-olds
The Rise of Corporate Games.
Oh yeah…Rock Band 2 Comes out in September.
If You Have A Loved One That's Been Eaten By Pigs…
TCH sent this video of a clip on Knoxville hero John Bean. This is the original "Whoop Your Ass" Jerky Boy, and in my opinion the best. One of the things I love about these prank calls is that everyone he threatens responds to his threats with "Well come on down here then!" Gotta love K'Town.
Best quote from the video–"He sold it to one of them A-Rabs…"
And favorite quote from the tapes–"They's s'pose to be some damn good 'uns"
Let me know if you haven't heard these calls. We can arrange a listening for you!

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The Handmade Music Company has a roster of professional musicians on our books from all over the UK, meaning we are able to provide musicians to all corners of the country. All of our musicians have been carefully selected, and all are members of either the Musicians Union or the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
You will receive a copy of your bespoke compositions, recorded on vinyl with a beautiful sleeve cover. You will also receive a digital copy of your compositions.
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ARK: Survival Evolved adds Scorched Earth expansion as part of big update
Developer Studio Wildcard has announced Scorched Earth, a big expansion for its popular PC and Xbox One game ARK: Survival Evolved. The expansion, which adds a new map to the game, costs $19.99 to download and is part of an overall update to the main game.
Studio Wildcard states:
Scorched Earth is an completely new and different experience from The Island. Stranded naked, dehydrated and starving on a fiery, drought-ridden desert world, Survivors must immediately seek water, hunt for food, harvest new flora, craft new items, and build shelter from the extreme heat. Scorched Earth is an entirely new map, composed of seven unique, desert themed biomes – dunes, high desert, mountains, canyons, badlands, oasis and the ever-dangerous dragon trench – each with their own aesthetics, resources & ecosystems, and littered with ruins, geysers, and intricate ancient cave systems.The desert's biomes are filled with fantastical new creatures, many of which can be tamed. Lead a caravan of the camel-like Morellatops, or rain fire down on your enemies from the back of a Wyvern. Just mind your step in the vast desert, or you might attract a Death Worm!
While the expansion costs $19.99, PC and Xbox One players who have yet to purchase ARK: Survival Evolved will be able to do so at a 40% discount for the next several days. The game is also getting an overall free update, which will offer Xbox One owners some extras and improvements:
The update will also include a HD resolution upgrade to fully support 720p gameplay with 1080p UI's. Primitive+ is now an official part of ARK: Survival Evolved on Xbox One, which features over 100 new items, weapons, structures, and survival mechanics oriented towards "primitive" style living -- effectively doubling the amount of content within ARK! Newly available as part of the 'ARK Official Mods Program' today, Primitive+ is a functionality mod playable on official ARK maps, challenging players to use weapons and tools only made of wood and stone, without the benefit of advanced metals to create weapons such as guns. It's a whole new set of items and detailed mechanics focused on 'primitive' survival, which fits snugly in the world of ARK.In addition, the versatile Pelagornis and the pack-minded Allosaurus, along with a new Fishing Rod and fishing mechanic, and a flurry of additional gameplay features have been added!
ARK: Survival Evolved is still listed in Steam Early Access for PC and on Xbox One Game Preview.
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Disgusting charging for a dlc for one map at that price.
It's not one map. It's a huge map, tons of new items, and tons of new creatures, along with a new style of gameplay. Its basically a new game. That being said, I do agree that charging for a DLC is a little absurd when the game the DLC is for hasnt officially be released and is still in steam early access...
Also the game isn't fully released yet. It's still a preview and they are already making paid content.
yeah, as far as I'm concerned any development on something not release yet should go to the actual game they're trying to beta test.. why would they start working on a DLC before even finishing their game
This is getting ridiculous - first crazy pre order bonuses and now incomplete games are making paid DLCs.
I thought early access meant all future content was a part of it..
I agree. I could understand the price if it was a fully released game, but this is a preview program game... We already spent money and took a chance on them. They should appreciate our blind trust and support by allowing us to get the "DLC" free.
All you guys complaining, have you not seen star citizen?
Lol I spent far too much there, deserve a refund
I don't see why you feel you deserve a refund. Did you not get something you were promised? Were you tricked into spending so much money?
I don't understand the issue some have with the price. The initial game, with 20 buck, allow hundreds of gaming hours, now, the dlc, if it works as explained with new biomes, creature, mecanics, will do the exact same thing. Stop whining about price cause for whatever reason, the game is enjoyable and last far more longer than a huge majority of fully released games. And if you can't play 20 hours this game, which is the standard duration for a 40buck released game, I think it's just not your type of game and that is your problem, not the game status.
Well maybe I'm just dumb to look for the ratio "hour of enjoyment/money" for a game. Maybe the "this is marked as a dlc/beta so, even if I can play hours and hours without getting bored, it should still be free" is a more normal way to think, but seriously, this just piss me off to read that.
The problem is there asking more cash in dlc form for unfinished game if it was unfinished it should be dlc free letting everyone use it until release
If there is a DLc, it's never finished. Whatever the game is, if it needs a dlc, it is still in development. A lot of companies (I did not mention Ubisoft at all xD) would have released this game for a long time now, and all the news stuff they actually add for free would be paid dlc.
All online game like dota-like, mmorpgs, are "in development" too, they continue to add bug fixe, content, etc. But since they are flagged as released it is really different? In fact the real problem is that they did a DLC, rather than optimising the game for a release. We don't need content for now, but just a smooth gameplay.
In the other hand, people got borred reaaly quickly with the new "game as a fastfood" model, so they add content...
How do you send your character from the island to the desert? Are there any requirements and can you go back and forth as you want like using a bed?
Go to Am obelisk and upload your character. Then when you stay the new game download it. WARNING You will lose all inventory and when you go back to the island you won't be in your tribe any more.
Well....is it an expansion (ok to charge, I guess)...or a, how did he put it..."huge" UPDATE (not ok to charge for)? Just a thought....
Destiny 2 Lightfall prep guide: Bounties, patterns, materials, and more


to improve it before shipping it.
(2) The jar for doing the checks should not be downloaded to lib.
can do this not at the end but instead have *every* build.xml in the tree support the functionality.
That's more work but it would allow all test classes to be checked as well.
I'm putting together a change that will capture at least most of this.


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Northstar Recycling named No. 1 in Best Places to Work awards
Don Loepp
LAKE LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Northstar Recycling Co. Inc., a plastics recycler based in East Longmeadow, Mass., was named the No. 1 company in Plastics News Best Places to Work awards.
The top 10 companies were named Feb. 4 at the Plastics News Executive Forum in Lake Las Vegas.
Northstar, which has 21 employees, is a fifth-generation recycling businesses – the great grandfathers and great-great grandfathers of the current owners were in the business in the 1800s, starting out by recycling rags and paper.
The company's focus is on helping corporate customers achieve zero-waste-to-landfill, which it does by offering wide variety of waste management services.
Northstar was lauded for its benefits plan, which is full- and part-timers. The company funds a health reimbursement account that completely covers all employee and dependent in-network health insurance deductibles.
Jeff Cartun, Northstar's chief marketing officer, accepted the award.
Harrisburg, Pa.-based Best Companies Group independently manages the Best Places to Work project. BCG gathers information about company benefits and activities, and it solicits employee and management input via detailed surveys. The employer survey responses count for 25 percent of the grading, and the employee feedback accounts for 75 percent.
All of the Top 10 companies in the 2015 ranking will be profiled in Plastics News' March 23 issue. They also include, in order starting with No. 2:
• B & B Molders LLC, a 51-year-old family-owned injection molder based in Mishawaka, Ind.
• Sun Plastech Inc., the Parsippany, N.J.-based manufacturer and distributor of Asaclean purge compounds.
• Ayanna Plastics & Engineering Inc., an injection molder and toolmaker based in Clearwater, Fla.
• Plastic Components Inc., a custom injection molder based in Germantown, Wis.
• Colors For Plastics Inc., a plastics color compounder based in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
• CMD Corp., an Appleton, Wis.-based maker of plastic converting machinery.
• Extreme Tool & Engineering Inc., a toolmaker and low-volume injection molder in Wakefield, Mich.
• Team 1 Plastics Inc., an injection molder based in Albion, Mich.
• Custom Profile, plastic profile extruder based in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Plastics News will name its Processor of the Year and PN Excellence Award winners on Feb. 5.


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Николаос (Никос) Панайоту или капитан Кумбурас () е гръцки военен и революционер, деец на Гръцката въоръжена пропаганда в Македония от началото на XX век.

Биография
Николаос Панайоту е роден в 1880 година в Агринио, Етолоакарнания. Става военен и достига сержантски чин. Панайоту се присъединява към гръцката пропаганда в Македония. На 13 юли 1907 година Димитър Гоголаков заедно с четирима четници - Янис Урдас, Михалис Узунис, Теодорос Турлендес и Панайоту - влиза в сярската махала Каменица и се установява в къщата на свещеник в църквата "Благовещение Богородично", но е предаден от българина Дико на турските власти. Кварталът е обкръжен от турска войска и нередовни части. Гоголаков с четниците си се барикадира в камбанарията на църквата и оказва петчасова съпротива. Турлендес и Узунис загиват, а Панайоту и Урдас са ранени. За да не попадне в плен Гоголаков се самоубива. Панайоту е обесен заедно с Янис Урдас на площада в Сяр на 3 декември 1907 година.

Близо до кметството на Агринио е издигнат паметник на Николаос Панайоту.

Бележки

Дейци на гръцката въоръжена пропаганда в Македония
Хора от дем Агринио
Починали в Сяр
Екзекутирани в Османската империя

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The Obscurer
Barley Whine
by Quinn
I was in two minds about discussing Nathan Barley (AKA trashbat.co.ck), the Channel 4 sit-com that ended last Friday; but then I thought of a piss-poor pun as a title and decided "what the hell". I don't have a great deal to say about the programme, so feel free to skip this post, but for what it's worth I have enjoyed this series and it has been well worth videoing of a weekend, and watching it as and when. The main problem with taping it has been the possibility you end up with some of the dreadful Friday Night Project as well, but it is easily (and best) ignored.
While I have liked the series as it mocked the pretentious and moronic people who populate the dot.com and meeja landscapes, I did keep thinking that I should have been enjoying it more and finding it funnier. I appreciated much of Barley's absurd lingo ("peace and fucking!"), and thought it was clever; but I wasn't exactly laughing, just sort of smiling to myself. I don't know, but I wonder if some of it went a bit over my head, that unless you are part of London's medialand you simply won't get some of the in-jokes. I could be wrong, but as I sat there being mildly amused by some of the comic scenarios, I couldn't help imagining others creased up on the floor, screaming "oh it's so, so true". Perhaps that explains why I thought that the funniest moment was probably when Dan Ashcroft accidentally killed the barber's cat. Not very subtle, perhaps, or nice; but I did laugh.
That said, I thought the series improved as it went along, and it started hitting a few more bullseyes; perhaps it was because I became more familiar with the style, but I also think that some of the later episodes included more recognisable and better drawn caricatures such as Mandy the teenage coke-head and the Commissioning Editor of Channel Seven; earlier figures such as the piss "artist" 15Peter20 and tabloid fodder Dajve Bikinus (great name though) seemed far weaker.
The acting was generally very good; Julian Barratt as Dan was perfect, you could really feel his world weariness seeping through the screen. Similar praise must go to the rest of the cast, but in particular to Nicholas Burns as the self facilitating media node himself, Charlie Condou as Jonatton Yeah?, Richard Ayoade & Spencer Brown as the two idiotic SugarApe journos and Claire Keelan as Dan's sister.
Unfortuantely for me Dan's sister, Claire, was one of the weak points in the series; she was clearly meant to be the most sympathetic character as she toiled to make a serious documentary while everywhere she looked there were idiots getting commissions. The problem was that she spent most of the time (understandably) moaning and complaining and saying "God, Dan!" or "I mean it, Dan!" or "Get me my money, Dan!", so it was a bit difficult to see her as likeable. You could sympathise, but not exactly empathise with her.
Whatever my reservations, however, I have enjoyed Nathan Barley and will look forward to another series where perhaps some of the characters can be explored further. If nothing else it is something of a tribute to writers Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker that people are already referring to "the Nathan Barleys of this world", in the same way that Alan Partridge (who also came to our attention via Morris) has entered the language, and that can't be too bad. They must be doing something right.
Published: Thursday 24th March 2005
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Q: Protecting a question does not work with exactly 15000 reputation Today I got to 15000 reputation on Super User. I received the notification that I could now protect questions (eligible for protection as per the FAQ).
Interestingly enough, it didn't work. I just couldn't find the link. So I brought it up on Meta.SU.
It turns out: At exactly 15000 reputation, you can't protect a question. If you are at 15001, it works though. Probably the internal check uses a reputation > 15000 check instead of reputation ≥ 15000. Should be easy to fix.

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Elisabeth Werner (1823–after 1911)
Elisabeth Werner was a long-time friend of Clara Schumann, who ran the household and looked after and cared for Clara Schumann's children in their Berlin flat from 1858 – first at Dessauerstraße street 2, then at Schöneberger Ufer street 22 from 1861 – when Clara was on concert tours. At Schöneberger Ufer street 22, Elisabeth Werner and her widowed sister Anna Storch even lived with Clara Schumann on the same floor. An extensive correspondence between Elisabeth Werner and Clara Schumann has been preserved, which spans the period from 1840 to 1895 and provides, inter alia, private insights into everyday life of the Schumann children in Berlin, issues of upbringing, and the Berlin flats. During her numerous concert tours and stays at spa resorts, Clara would enquire about the well-being of her children, ask to arrange for gifts or do daily errands, or send her certain items which she needed on her concert tours but had forgotten to take along, such as warm clothing, sheet music or concert leaflets, always accompanied by detailed and vivid descriptions of where these objects could be found in the flat. At that time, Elisabeth Werner was an important private and professional aid to Clara Schumann by organising her household, looking after the children and maintaining correspondence between Berlin and the many concert places and spa resorts.
Clara Schumann and Elisabeth Werner met when Clara was staying with her mother, Mariane Bargiel, in Berlin between September 1839 and the beginning of June 1840, and Elisabeth's mother, Amalie Werner, née Lübbert, happened to be a friend of Clara's mother. In her youth, Elisabeth lived alternately in Berlin, Breslau (now Wrocław) and on the Lower Silesian estate of Altheide (now Polanica-Zdrój), which had been purchased by her brother-in-law, Rudolf Storch. Clara's half-siblings Woldemar and Clementine Bargiel spent the summer holidays several times in Altheide where, in 1848, Clementine received piano lessons from Elisabeth, and in 1849, in turn, Elisabeth was the pupil of Woldemar. In the 1850s, Elisabeth lived several years in Dresden where she ran their household until her mother's passing in February 1858. From the middle of the 1860s, Elisabeth lived again in Breslau with her sister, where she also put up Clara Schumann during her Breslau concerts in 1868, 1875, 1876 and 1879.
Cf. Schumann-Briefedition, Series II, Vol. 18: Briefwechsel mit Freunden und Künstlerkollegen (Briefwechsel Clara Schumanns mit Korrespondenten in Berlin 1856 bis 1896), edited by Klaus Martin Kopitz, Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik, Cologne, 2015, pp. 603–769, here pp. 605–608.


What about your fridge? Can it think?
Household appliances become smarter and smarter. The new generation of refrigerators is equipped with various features that are designed to denote us when to go shopping, what to buy and what to cook for dinner.
So lets take a closer look at these smart assistants.
1.Samsung company introduced a refrigerators' lineup that includes 8″ LCD displays with Wi-Fi options. Side-by-Side (RSG309AARS) and 4-Door (RF4289HARS) models let you not only watch video, listen to music or view photos just right on the display of the fridge, but also select recipes online with regard to the goods available. These smart appliances are capable of holding the lists of purchased products and information about their pull-dates in the database. When shelf life expires, the unit will inform you with an audio signal and will also send a notification to the smartphone.
Microwave ovens: how not to swallow a hook?
When we talk about fast and convenient cooking, microwave ovens can't be surpassed. Traditional models, that were used for re-heating the leftovers only, have already reached back. Nowadays smart and advanced appliances gain general recognition. Different types, various sizes, numerous features, so how to choose the right one? – Stay rational! Concerning the rest – depend upon us.
In the last few years the world of TV sets has been changed dramatically. Modern flat-panel models try to drive the oldies CRT TVs out of the market desperately and they succeed in this. So why these "flat-screeners" are so highly-demanded? Is this their own merit or just a well-thought-out marketing ploy? Or maybe the days of CRT TVs are gone?
Technological progress doesn't stand still and people try to keep abreast with the novelties. Yes, you may think that this is just a fashion race, but what about the features that modern flat-panel units offer? Do we really need all that? In particular we talk about: sizes, types, refresh rates, resolutions, contrast ratios, energy efficiency, various inputs, 3D and so on. If your answer is: "Yes", then read further and we will sort them out one-by-one. You can also save your time and choose a model that will meet your requirement perfectly, using our TV step-by-step service.
1. The amount of spaghetti is always is either more or less, than needed? – Forget about that! This unusual device allows to define the amount of spaghetti, needed for one person, easily and quickly.
In 1945 a chocolate bar in a pocket of American engineer, who dealt with microwaves, was melted. This is how the new era of products' thermal conditioning, that gives a rise to numerous myths today, has started. The working principle of a microwave is too obscure and this provokes new and new fables and rumors. So let's find out what is myth and what is a real fact?
How to avoid traps and effect a purchase?
Manufacturers spend millions of dollars to make you buy Their products in a supermarket. Recent researches show that one minute, spent in a modern American supermarket, is equal to 2,5 dollars spent. How can we resist the variety of traps and tricks of retailers?
Go shopping with a set list of products.
This list allows you to shop more economically and thoughtfully. Supermarket is organized in such manner as to make a customer stay there too long and to take decisions on the purchases on the spur of the moment. Admit, it is not so easy to work way through passages, obstructed with goods and busy workers. However this is another little ruse that is appealed to hold you back on the way to cashdesk.


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Norwegian guerrilla warfare in the Iron Age
At the same time the axe became a weapon of choice among Norwegian warriors, society collapsed and warfare became a free-for-all.
Hanne Jakobsen
Source - http://sciencenordic.com/norwegian-guerrilla-warfare-iron-age
This axe was used during the transition between the early and the late Iron Age. It was probably used for something akin to guerrilla warfare raids between chieftains at a time of social crisis. (Photo: Per Byhring)
This is the crux of a doctoral dissertation that researcher Ingrid Ystgaard will defend this spring at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
She has studied weapons found in graves and the battle techniques they suggest during the transition from the early to the late Iron Age. The division between these periods was around 500 AD.
This was the time when the Western Roman Empire collapsed, and the warfare practices of Southern Europe lost their foothold, even in the High North.
Major alliances were splintered and smaller bands of men started warring against one another. And significantly, the battle axe became a favoured weapon.
Mystery of the stone fortifications
Ystgaard has studied and written about the simple stone fortifications that were built for protection on hilltops or other sites that were easy to defend.
Research shows these fortifications were only in fashion for a while. They were relatively common and were maintained from around 400 AD to 600 AD.
Then, perhaps over the course of a single generation, they were abandoned and left to crumble.
Ystgaard wondered why people gave up fortifications that had been used for more than six generations.
Stone fortifications were used for protection during the chaos in wake of the fall of Rome. Seen here are moss-covered remains of one in Maridalen, on the outskirts of Oslo. (Photo: Lars Gustavsen/Flickr Creative Commons)
She found one answer in some 100 weapon graves in mid-Norway. These are ancient graves where the dead were buried along with the weapons they had carried. At the start of the period she studied – from 400 AD till nearly 500 AD – the Western Roman Empire was still intact and its warfare practices were still having an effect on life as far away as Northern Europe.
"The Roman Empire's weapon technology and warfare set the standards not just in the Empire and its provinces, but also here, in free Germania and up through Scandinavia. The arms we find until the 500s are a Germanic adaptation of Roman legionnaire equipment," explains Ystgaard.
Chaos weapon
The standard weaponry prior to around 500 AD included the double-edged sword, lances, javelins and shields. The idealised Roman battle stuck to rather well-organised rules as far as warfare went.
Two armies faced each over and soldiers began the fight by hurling javelins at each other. With a little luck this could take the enemies' shields out of the picture or kill them with a direct hit.
Then the armies would clash, jabbing with lances and trying to break each other's lines. The object would be to get around behind the enemy. Once that was accomplished, swords could be used in close combat.
There was no need for an axe in this type of battle. Nevertheless, around 500 AD axes started appearing in warrior graves.
"The axe can be used as a weapon against another person, but also as a tool for breaking into something. If you stop staging large battles in the field, but try and take out the boss where he can be found, in a raid on his home, then you need an axe. This is a completely different principle for warfare," explains Ystgaard.
"The axe provided a chaos factor, it arrived on the scene and changed the entire picture – what could it be used for? It was the start of a change, armaments were modified for guerrilla warfare, for raids and fighting at close quarters."
Free-for-all
Ystgaard's main theory is that the fall of Rome had consequences in the north, outside the Empire. Continental Europe was in crisis and important trade partners as well as sources of inspiration and knowledge vanished. This led to a local crisis in distant Norway.
"As I interpret it, the onset of the axe and the use of fortifications are interlinked. Warfare started to be directed toward people of the same social order. War used to be focused on other regions, but now the warlord in the neighbouring rural district was the enemy," says Ystgaard.
"It was kind of a free-for-all. You get a bunch of warlords who build fortifications and have their own troops of followers and they are trying to steal from each other. These were very rough times."
150 years of anarchy
But nothing lasts forever – not even anarchy like this. Suddenly, in just a few years around 600 AD, the stone fortifications go completely out of style.
Ystgaard thinks the costs of everybody fighting one another probably grew too excessive.
"This is such an unstable system − it was no longer viable. By around the year 600 most of the smaller chieftains had been vanquished, there were just a few rulers left. Then you get a new concentration of power in the country," she says.
This formed the foundation for centralising power among a few major chieftains, or petty kings. From that it was just another 200 years before the famous attack at Lindisfarne in England – the start of the Viking Era.
Translated by Glenn Ostling


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The Soul of a Hospital
Posted on April 2, 2020 by Ron Pavellas
Before retiring from employment, I worked in and around acute care hospitals for 40 years. Although not a clinician, I learned to love the professions represented in my workplace, and many of the professionals, as well.
Having had this experience, I am mindful of the role of first responders and care givers in these parlous times. I want to recognize, here, the love and admiration I feel for the many people responding, selflessly, to the current pandemic.
Papyrus text: fragment of Hippocratic oath. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Hippocrates (BC 460-370) is considered the father of modern medicine.
I offer these remarks I made before the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of [City], 1984. I have anonymized most of the names and locations of the hospitals which are mentioned.
The first inkling of the hospital's soul came to me during my childhood. I sensed it, at around age seven or eight, as a special, nameless feeling.
I had had, by this age, three hospital operations: appendectomy, tonsillectomy, and the last one, more serious. It was during the recuperative phase of the latter, at the University Hospital in San Francisco, when the special feeling first visited me.
While recovering I was allowed to roam the pediatric section in a wheelchair. I visited other young patients, including a teenager in an iron lung. This boy and I became friendly. He was cheerful, or so it seemed to me. Those attending him seemed also to be full of good cheer and with smiling faces.
The floors were old, gray tile, but they were clean and shiny. The halls were long and echoey. People in white bustled importantly through them. My home base was a two-bed room where I was the only occupant.
Strange smells were everywhere. Occasionally, I was asked not to run my wheelchair so fast. My family visited me. One of my aunts was a nurse and she was a special friend to me during this time. The doctor, a surgeon, was stern and commanding. Tension filled the air when he arrived. People and things gathered quickly around me when he visited.
Occasionally, I was strapped, immobile, to a table to have my infected ears lanced. It hurt terribly, but I knew it had to be done. It had all been explained to me, and I trusted everyone. I was, however, afraid of Dr. Morrison (I still see his seemingly angry face).
Despite the pain and the isolation from home, that special feeling was there. And, it was all so interesting!
Twenty years later in 1964, I was undergoing my one-year administrative residency in a community hospital south of San Francisco. For one month of my traineeship I was an orderly, under the direction of a male licensed vocational nurse who had been a medic in the military. The workstation was the Intensive Care Unit, First shift, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Patients in the ICU were ill with many problems, in some cases, not all of them identified. They were victims of internal trauma: diseased circulatory systems, nervous systems, digestive systems. All were aged 45 or more, some as old as 70, which seemed quite old to me then. Some were comatose; one was occasionally delirious with infection. I learned to feed them, change their bed linen, shave them, clean up their body wastes, massage them, listen to them. I took their TPRs regularly (temperature, pulse, and respiration). I measured their I&Os (the volume of fluid intake and output). I watched two people die, one from a worn- out liver and one who just wanted to be left alone and not be helped. He was old and tired and said he had had enough, despite (or because of?) the incessant encouragement of his family.
As these people lived out their destinies in our ICU, the activity around them was quietly enormous. RNs were day-to-day, hour-hour managers of patient care. The physicians were sometimes more than one to a patient, in and out daily, consulting with each other, quickly formulating strategies, readjusting orders.
The tension was constant. Sharp words sometimes snapped between players.
Alarms sounded when a patient's heart went into fibrillation. A nurse would leap onto the patient's chest to pound the heart and pump the lungs, while others quickly gathered to inject fluids and provide oxygen and other support.
I came to love these patients, even to dream about them.
In private and among each other, the employed staff engaged in locker room jargon and crude analogies. They sometimes expressed anger at patients. But all this disappeared upon our return to the serious, sacred duty.
The feeling of the specialness of a hospital came flooding back to me during this brief time.
Another twenty years have passed since then. I recall several times when patient care continued despite feelings in the administrative suite that everything was about to unravel.
Ten years ago, In one community-based, non-profit hospital of 250 beds, where I was chief executive for the first time, the board of trustees was split into two contending factions, members of the organized medical staff were angry with the board as a whole, my boss had been fired three months after I arrived as the number two man, and my boss had fired the director of nursing before that. Also, the finance director was angry because I was named acting CEO and not he. And, I was told to fire the human resources director, a friend.
In addition, the "California malpractice insurance crisis" of 1974 encouraged our surgeons to take a four-week holiday. Our business dropped significantly. As the new and interim CEO, I laid off employees, cut hours of everyone else, and reduced salaries of managers and executives by 20%. Strife and tension were rampant. We made it through, however, and the hospital is now a thriving, expanding entity. During the crisis and turmoil, the patients continued to receive the care they needed, even during a general evacuation during a false bomb threat.
1976: I was chief executive for a county hospital in California. The medical offices ("clinics") were integral to the hospital. The sign is a memento of days long gone by.
Later, I managed a 150-bed, rural county hospital in central California for four years. It had large outpatient clinics, an active emergency department and eighteen family practice residents in a three-year post-graduate medical training program. Ours was the oldest of the four hospitals in town, located across the street from the public cemetery. We were the hospital of last resort. Nonetheless, twenty-percent of our patients were able to choose, and they chose us.
Our old physical plant had the same clean, gray tiles I remembered from 30 years earlier.
We were just one of many county departments struggling for a share of limited property tax dollars. As a public entity, we were fair game for politicians and newspapers to criticize. All our business was done in public, with newspaper reporters at every board meeting. Employee morale was often low.
Our patients usually came to us not because of a single problem, but because of many problems. The young medical residents were amazed at how their patients could retain the will to continue under their past and present burdens of poverty, disease, hopelessness, and anomie.
Some of our patients were unpleasant people. They stank. Their behavior was ugly and sometimes crazy. We sometimes disagreed with, even hated their personal values. But we gave them what they needed, and we cared for them. Perhaps we even loved them. Maybe we loved them because when they left us, they took some of our caring with them.
Addressing the annual meeting of the organized medical staff
When I came four years ago to (this city), I found a hospital with a beautiful physical plant, dedicated employees, a committed board of trustees, an active medical staff with few but steadfast members, no money, bad politics, and an uncertain future. It was then a non-profit, community hospital which, over its sixteen years, had had three names and governances.
We had periods of almost no patients in a 199-bed acute hospital with high overhead. We weren't paying our mortgage. An agency of the U.S. government had commanded the mortgage holder to divest itself of the investment.
The press was full of imminent doom or portents of radical change. The physicians stayed away in droves. We laid off 35 people. Not one bank in (this city) would lend us operating capital, and I don't blame them.
The State of (xxx) provided financial aid to help us continue, and we sought out the state as a vehicle for refinancing the mortgage. We soon saw, however, that state control would ensue from this, and dollars for capital improvement would eventually be insufficient to maintain a current physical plant with up-to-date equipment.
The outcome is now history, as we brought business operations to the point where the hospital was salable to a national investor-owned company. We now have sufficient capital for us to confidently serve the community into the future.
During the years before this resolution to the uncertainty and fear among the employees and members of the medical staff, patient care continued: babies were born; people were diagnosed, treated and healed. Our employees stayed on the job and continued to care.
In these and other experiences, I have sensed something vital in a hospital, no matter what its circumstance, no matter who owns it or operates it. It has a purpose that will not be denied.
I believe a hospital has a soul. The soul resides, in part, in the people that work there, in the tenets of their professions and trades, and beyond them, in some place that attracts and dedicates them to such work.
It's there. I've seen it. I've felt it. It humbles me.
I must serve it.
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Location Large mountain cabin with a solar heated swimming pool and sauna on a remoted place by the forest, above the town Rokytnice nad Jizerou, 700 m from the ski area Studenov, 10 km from Harrachov in the Krkonose Mountains.
Lodging Year-round, mountain cabin 4+kitchenette with max. 14 beds.
Price Summer: up to 8 persons 110 € object/night.
Winter: up to 12 person 174 € object/night.
Off season: up to 8 person 89 € object/night. Each additional person for extra charge 9 € + always electricity consumption.
Equipment Equipped kitchenette (electric cooker, fridge, microwave, el. kettle, coffee maker) in the living room with dining table, TV-SAT-DVD, fireplace and 2 beds, 3 bedrooms (3/4), 1x bathroom with bath tub, shower and toilet, 1x bathroom with shower and toilet, 1x separate toilet, 1x pissoire, combined heating (solid fuel, electric infra red), sauna and cooling bath (for a fee), washing machine. Open property, solar heated outdoor swimming pool diam. 3,6 m, outdoor fireplace, garden furniture, terrace. Parking by the object, in the winter about 1 km, pets allowed with agreement. Own bed covers needed. Wi-Fi internet connection. A separate part of the building uses the landlord (without guests interruption).
Vacation The nearest swimming pool by the object, a swimming pool in Jablonec nad Jizerou and Harrachov 5 km, another swimming pool in Ponikla 10 km, indoor swimming pool in Jilemnice 15 km. The nearest ski lift Studenov 1 km. In the village chair lift and 11 ski tows, ski area Horni Domky (good for all skiers, bedinners as well as advanced), ski area Studenov is good for families and bedinners. The modern funicular which leads to a height of 1,312 m above sea level, is the starting place of the cross-country trails - Krkonosská ski trail. Hiking and biking in the Giant Mountains, collecting forest fruits and mushrooms. Trips: Bozkov Dolomite Caves, Devil`s Mountain, Mumlavský waterfall, Lysa hora, Source Elbe, mohyla Hanč and Vrbata, Medvedin, Spindleruv Mlyn, Snezka- highest peak of Czech republic. Trips to the Jizera Mountains (Bedrichov, water reservoirs Bedrichov) and the Bohemian Paradise (Prachovské Rocks, Dry, Besedické, Klokočské rocks, Trosky, Stone). Surrounding cities: Harrachov, Jablonec n.Jizerou, Jilemnice, Vrchlabi, Tanvald, Liberec (entertainment center and Aquapark Babylon).
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Press release: New partnership to boost access to solar-powered electricity for thousands in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
UNDP Indonesia
About 20,000 people living in rural and remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste will gain access to clean electricity and clean water from solar power as a result of a US$ 18 million initiative funded by a four-year Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) project.
Th ACCESS (Accelerating Clean Energy Access to Reduce Inequality) initiative is also a collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, the Ministry of State Administration of the Republic of Timor-Leste and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in both Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
"KOICA stands ready to work for the ACCESS partnership, committed to ensuring access to clean energy and tackling the issue of energy inequality. Under the framework of South-South and Triangular Cooperation between Timor-Leste and Indonesia, the Government of two countries, KOICA and UNDP will work together with a clear set of common goals so that the ACCESS project can make meaningful progress," said Mr. Jeong Hoe Jin, Country Director of KOICA Indonesia office.
Director General of New, Renewable and Energy Conservation (NREEC), F.X. Sutijastoto, from the Indonesia Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said that The ACCESS project is aligned with and supports the acceleration program of electrification in remote areas, with funding support from KOICA to build communal solar-PV power plants to increase the number of electrified villages. This project is a strategy to promote new and renewable energy development in line with Indonesia's target to increase the share of renewables in the national energy mix to 23 percent by 2025. The Directorate General of NREEC commits to support the ACCESS project's implementation as well as developing technical cooperation in the clean energy sector with Timor-Leste.
"By bringing access to reliable and affordable electricity, ACCESS will change the life of thousands of people who had not access to it in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia as well as Timor Leste. This project exemplifies the commitment of UNDP, together with KOICA, to reach out to the most deprived populations and reduce inequalities. It gives a true meaning to the "Leave No One Behind agenda," said UNDP Indonesia's acting Resident Representative, Sophie Kemkhadze. "ACCESS is also a climate action that the electricity generated will be clean and renewable as it will come from solar panels. UNDP Indonesia is grateful to KOICA for the support provided and to the Governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste with whom we will implement this major initiative"
To date, more than 10 million Indonesians and around 37,000 families in Timor-Leste do not have access to reliable electricity. The majority of them live in the remote parts of the country, where the project is focused.
In Indonesia, ACCESS will be carried out in 23 villages in the provinces of West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara and Central Kalimantan. It will see the construction of 1.2 Mega Watts of off-grid solar-PV power plants. In Timor-Leste it will take place in 25 villages in the Municipalities of Dili (Atauro island), Manatuto and Bobonaro, and will include deployment of around 1,000 high-efficient solar-PV lamps and 10 solar-PV water pumps to provide clean water access.
The ACCESS project is also an example of South-South cooperation in the clean energy sector with the establishment of a renewable energy service company/cooperative (RESCO) and technological exchange in solar-based lighting between Indonesia and Timor-Leste, with support from KOICA.
"Electrification in remote areas, nowadays, in the 21st century, is no longer considered a luxury or ornament for those with a self-sufficient life, but rather a basic need for everyone, whether in urban areas or rural areas. It is a great pride to see Timor-Leste's electric power development underway. I would like, on my own behalf and on behalf of the government of Timor-Leste, to thank you for the spectacular gesture of solidarity that KOICA has shown to the people of Timor-Leste through this magnificent initiative, called ACCESS. It is expected that in the next four years, rural communities in the 25 villages in Dili, Manatuto and Bobonaro will have access to the deployment of high-efficiency photovoltaic lamps and solar pumps." said Miguel Pereira de Carvalho, Minister of State Administration of Timor-Leste.
"ACCESS is a meaningful and timely project for Timor-Leste contributing to people's welfare in the country by improving access to electricity and water for local residents" said KOICA Country Director in Timor-Leste, Mr. Sikhyun KIM, adding, "Internationally, this project shall be a small stepping stone to heal the history of the past and to enhance the friendly relations between two countries through the South-South and Triangular cooperation between Timor-Leste and Indonesia. Also, I hope this could be a catalyst for Timor's long-cherished wish to join ASEAN".
"Communities living in the most remote and deprived areas of Timor-Leste face continuous challenges to access electricity and clean water –a situation worsened over recent years by climate change", said Ms. Munkhtuya Altangerel, UNDP Resident Representative in Timor-Leste, adding: "ACCESS provides timely support to people living in remote parts of the country with improved access to safe and reliable water sources through renewable energy solutions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic where hygiene and sanitation are crucial."
By providing clean energy to the most marginalised communities, the project will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 7 – affordable and clean energy and Goal 10 on reducing inequalities.
KOICA Indonesia Program Manager, Nikka Sassongko, nikkasasongko@overseas.koica.go.kr
MEMR Directorate General of NREEC's Public Relation, Dian Lorinsa, dian.lorinsa@esdm.go.id
UNDP Indonesia Communication Specialist, Tomi Soetjipto, suryo.tomi@undp.org
UNDP Indonesia Senor Adviser for Sustainable Energy, Verania Andria, verania.andria@undp.org
UNDP Timor-Leste ACCESS Project Manager, Bernardino da Costa Pereira, bernardino.pereira@undp.org
UNDP Timor-Leste media contact, media.tl@undp.org
Source: https://www.id.undp.org/content/indonesia/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2020/Launching-ACCESS-Project.html


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Aatif has a neutral London accent and is able to do both a Pakistani and Broad South Asian accent. Great comedic timing.
Aatif Nawaz is an award-winning actor, comedian, presenter and writer. His most recent show Instant GrAATIFication toured the UK including sell-out shows at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. He also co-wrote and co-starred in Muzlamic (BBC Three) and his other TV credits include The Tez O'Clock Show (Channel 4), Bounty (Channel 4), Asian Comedy Network (BBC Asian Network/BBC iPlayer), Newsnight (BBC Two) and Sunday Morning Live (BBC One).
In addition, he is a regular commentator on Test Match Special (BBC Radio 5 Live) and presented his own special for them called Aatif Nawaz in Rawalpindi. Aatif's other credits include Inconspicuous Consumption (BBC Radio 4), the Evil Genius with Russell Kane podcast (BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds), Laura Whitmore's Sunday Session (BBC Radio 5 Live), The Spin podcast (Guardian) and the Christmas: What The Fa-La-La-La-La? podcast (Audible). He also co-hosts The Doosra podcast for BBC Radio 5 Live. Aatif has featured in commercials for Vauxhall and EasyJet.
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DynamicCam automates camera transitions (and settings) between the many different 'situations' that your character can find themselves in. Using the new ActionCam settings reintroduced in 7.1, experience the game in a new way!
The addon stopped working for me since yesterday. I don't know if I did something wrong, but overnight it just stopped :( I tried to reinstall the addon but to no avail. Am I the only one having this issue currently?
For me it is still working as normal.
Then /reload the UI and see if any errors pop up.
After deleting the Saved Variables file and restarting the game the addon started working again.
Might it have had something do to with some custom situations I created?
Yes, I guess so. With 8.0 there were some changes in the Blizzard API that lead to errors with old situations. Can't remember what they were. You might scroll down here to find out. Otherwise, I am afraid the safest solution is to just recreate your situations. Or you manually copy-paste them from your old options file (if you made a backup like I suggested) to the new one to find out if only some are causing the error.
Is it possible to add an AFK event?
I would like to have this act like the AFK addon where it slowly rotates the camera.
Late response, but it might help people with similar request.
- above 1000 if you want it to work anytime period.
I have mine at 120. Personally, I wouldn't use any other value than that.
I assume you know how to do the rotation etc. to customize it to your liking.
If not, then here is my string for the situation I made, you can import it in the Import/Export tab of the addon and not bother with the settings.
I was lazy and imported yours and it works just the way I want.
Also if you could add an option to slow the camera speed down even more than the lowest value of 1, I'd like to see a speed available down to 0.1 because 1 feels too fast.
EDIT: Nevermind, found a way to do this in the advanced options by increasing the "transition time" value.
If you could add functionality to the fade/hide UI to not hide the minimap that would be fantastic! I love having the UI hidden but still need to have the minimap on screen so I can see where to go.
EDIT: is it possible to do this by adding a script line to the On Enter Script for the MOUNTED situation?
Double EDIT: In the meantime I've simply edited the Core.LUA line 253 to read Minimap:Show() instead of Hide() and unchecked the box to hide UI after fade under the Mounted situation. It's working exactly as I want but would rather not have to edit the code to do so since updates will overwrite it.
The add-ons great but I can't seem to get some of the functions to work.
Auto zoom and target focussing just straight up aren't working at all, any ideas?
Hi, Getting a few thousand errors in just a few minutes. whatcha think?
Its placement in the list shouldn't matter; I stuck it behind the spell id for The Innkeeper's Daughter (94719) just 'cause.
DC does not recognize "Annoying Spells" since today evening anymore. There is no LUA error.
EDIT: Solved. Created a custom situation which used the global variable "this.buffs". Renamed it, works.
Anyone getting the issue where the camera rotate does not work in taxi/mounted/vehicle modes?
Hi :D I have zero coding skills, so if possible, I'd like some help creating a custom situation. Should be fairly straightforward: whenever my character is channelling a spell, activate the situation. The spell in question is Eagle Eye. I don't like how close it gets to the ground when cast, so I'd like to pull the zoom all the way up for whenever I'm channelling and then return to the previous situation when I'm done. Is it possible?
I've been waiting for a fix for the LUA issues that were popping up with AceTimer.
As i was still getting the issues after the latest update, I came on here to check and found the "Reset profile to fix issues" problem.
This brings such a new feeling to the game. Thank you for this.
It would be cool if you implemented an optional "enemy coming within range" warning. Maybe with the range configurable. Either with the message in the error frame, or floating combat text, or chat, or whatever other outputs are available.
I find that sometimes when using the zoom for combat, I get nervous about other aggressive mobs nearby coming into my aggro range, and that I won't see them due to the zoom I'm using.


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Cremation accelerates the natural decomposition process, accomplishing in a matter of hours what would otherwise take months or years to occur. There are two types of cremation although one process is relatively new and not readily available. Both methods reduce the body to its basic elements of bone fragments through the use of intense heat. One (Flame Cremation) uses fire while the other (Flameless Cremation) uses water and an alkali solution.
Returned to the family in a temporary urn (or a more personal urn selected by the family), ashes can be kept, buried, or scattered. Many families choose to place a loved one's cremated remains in a more permanent urn; they can choose from a wide selection of simple urns up to hand-crafted pieces of cremation art.
Before the Cremation
Upon death, the body is received by a licensed funeral professional who establishes a chain-of-custody. This is critical in assuring their next of kin that the cremated body of the deceased is accurately identified following the cremation process. A written authorization to cremate is drafted, and signed by the family member with legal authority. Additional paperwork identifies the personal effects of the deceased, the casket or cremation container selected, and how the cremated remains are to be handled. In addition, the legal death certificate will be prepared, signed by a doctor or medical examiner, and filed with the county.
The body is then prepared for cremation. Personal effects and pacemakers are removed, and the body is placed in an alternative cremation container. A metal identification tag is added, to ensure proper identification throughout the cremation process. It will be cremated with the body to allow for proper identification of the cremated remains. At this point, the body is transported to the crematory.
Flame or Traditional Cremation
The process of flame cremation involves the use of very specialized equipment called a retort. Fuelled by either natural gas or propane, a retort is intended to cremate only one body at a time. When it is in use, the interior will reach temperatures of 1,500 to 1,900 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once a body arrives at the crematory, the identity of the deceased is again verified by all professionals involved, and placed with all due care into the retort.
The crematory operator then initiates the incineration cycle. It usually takes about two hours for a body to be completely reduced to just the bone fragments; this is dependent on the size of the physical remains as well as the age of the cremation unit being used in the cremation.
After incineration, a cool-down period is necessary to ensure the bone fragments can be appropriately handled. Once cooled, the cremated remains are removed by being thoroughly swept from the retort. All metal debris (such as a surgical pin or titanium joint) is removed manually from the cremated remains.
The remains are put into a special processor that pulverizes and reduces the bone fragments to a finer consistency. These are then placed inside a clear plastic bag within a temporary plastic or cardboard cremation container. Finally, arrangements are made for their transfer and safekeeping consistent with original paperwork signed by the next of kin.
Flameless Cremation
The latest innovation in cremation is a process of alkaline hydrolysis, also referred to as resomation, green cremation, or bio-cremation. The process itself dates back to the late 1800s but its use only became well known when the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota created a bio-cremation system for final disposition of its whole-body donors in 2006.
"The biocremation method, known as alkaline hydrolysis, is similar to many physiological processes that occur naturally in the body. Biocremation converts tissue and cells of the human body into a watery solution of micromolecules, leaving the bone structure of mineral compounds, such as calcium and phosphates. Since biocremation is not a combustion process, it is environmentally friendly and does not produce toxic gases or air pollutants. The biocremated remains are reduced to a powder consistency, placed in a temporary container and may be returned to the family or interred..."
Since that time, a handful of states and one province have legalized the process for human cremation. (Bio-cremation for animals is actually more readily available across North America.) Alkaline hydrolysis uses alkali in water at temperatures up to 180°C. No acid is used during this gentle process; the only chemical mixed with the water is potassium hydroxide (KOH). The process takes 3-4 hours, produces ash similar to that of flame cremation, uses significantly less energy, and produces minimal carbon emissions.
What is Direct Cremation?
Direct cremation is a personal choice, often made because of a personal preference or financial restraints. Typically, the body is not embalmed or prepared for viewings or visitations; there are no visitations or funeral ceremonies at the time of death; there is no need for a casket since a specialized cremation container is all that is required; and a memorial service can be held at any time at any location determined by the family. A funeral professional's direct cremation fee will include disbursements (transportation of remains, legal documents, obituary, etc.).
Essentially, direct cremation is the starting point; you and your family can choose from the various additional services and merchandise available from your closest provider. The costs vary from region to region and from provider to provider. It's your choice: The Funeral You Want — No More, No Less.
Following the cremation, family members can choose from a number of options for final disposition: inter in cemetery plot or place in columbarium, scatter, or keep urn in another location.
A memorial service of any kind can be coordinated at any time, in any location following the cremation. Some type of ceremony is recommended because it provides family and friends with the opportunity to say a final goodbye, share memories, and support one another. The diversity of a memorial service is only limited by the imagination of family members arranging the event.
For many, these services will often be followed by some sort of reception or gathering designed to provide support and thanks for coming. The location of these receptions can range from the family home, reception facilities, restaurants or favorite places of the deceased.
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Once a body arrives at the crematory, the identity of the deceased is again verified by all professionals involved and placed with all due care into the retort.
Essentially, direct cremation is the starting point; you and your family can choose from the various additional services and merchandise. It's your choice: The Funeral You Want — No More, No Less.
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If you have additional questions about the process of cremation, please call us at 613-389-7223. It is our goal to have an open, honest dialog with you and your family about the cremation process, and making cremation arrangements with Simpler Times.


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Like most people here I'm looking for players that will rise in the next reviews and I'm particularly looKing for players between 89 - 91 that can play F (C).
Would I be safe in thinking that Thorgan Hazard and Plea will both get a 1+ ?
Any other suggestions, particularly in the 90 / 91 range would be very gratefully received !
Not sure about Hazard but I expect Plea to get a rise. Alacacer should go back to 90 I think. Maybe Zaha and Lozano (I know they're wingers but can play CF in SM). Milik should rise too, although he's only 88 currently.
How is Pietro Pellegri doing?
Considering moving him on to snap up Jaden Sancho.
Injured atm. Wsn't playing much prior to injury. Would snap up Sancho in a heartbeat.
You didn't give names.. . So nothing.
I wasn't asked! Question was can I, in fact everyone else got it wrong!
The 'Middle Finger' award for the most smart-arsed post of the day.
Stop parading me like a trophy guys, I am a human being with feelings too.
Will Daniel CARVAJAL finally get to 93 do you think?
Would you sell G. GUEDES to get MARTIAL or COMAN or BRANDT or UNDER?
Actually, can you rank them please, including GUEDES?
Opinion - Waldemar Anton? Good player or average?
Will these players rise ?
No rise for Lewis Cook?
Would you rather have Manolas or Stones?
I think Zaha should get a 90. It's his club side holding his rating down.
Paqueta +5 --> 88 already.
Yeah loving it, I have him in 2 of my games.
If Paqueta got 88, Sancho should get 88 too!
Let's see how they do in the Clasico today.
I was about to say that they are in big trouble, but as I write Marcelo pulls one back.
Again though, Madrid's forwards aren't stepping up: CR7's old best bud has shouldered the scoring burden in recent games.
Choose 2 out of these 6 please.


Have you heard of Eastleigh's FREE summer sports programme, Park Sport 2013?
Park Sport 2013 is now in its 9th year. It is organised by Eastleigh Borough Council, provides 15 sports and activities at 25 locations across the borough.
The scheme offers girls and boys aged between 8 -16 years old the chance to get free professional coaching in a variety of sports including football, tennis, handball, street dance, netball, fishing, cricket 4 girls, volleyball and boxercise.
Most sessions are split into the 8-12 and 13-16 age group and will take place on a weekly basis from 29 July, finishing on Friday 30th August.
The programme kicks off on 29th July running to August 30th. If you are interested in taking part in this years event visit Eastleigh Park Sport or call 02380 688344.
You can click on the image to download the brochure (PDF format).


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Jul 17 1402 to Aug 12 1424
Reign of Yongle Emperor: The Third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
The Yongle Emperor (Traditional Chinese: 永樂; Simplified Chinese: 永乐; pinyin: Yǒnglè; Wade-Giles: Yung-lo; IPA: [jʊ̀ŋlɤ̂]) (May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di (Chu Ti), was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424.
His era name Yongle means "Perpetual Happiness". He was the Prince of Yan (燕王), possessing a heavy military base in Beiping. He became known as Chengzu of Ming Dynasty (明成祖 also written Cheng Zu, or Ch'eng Tsu (Cheng Tsu) in Wade-Giles) after becoming emperor (self title). He became emperor by conspiring to usurp the throne which was against Hongwu Emperor's wishes.
he Hongwu Emperor died on June 24, 1398. His grandson Zhu Yunwen, the son of the late Zhu Biao, was crowned as the Jianwen Emperor. Zhu Di and Jianwen began a deadly feud. When Zhu Di traveled with his guards to pay tribute to his father, Jianwen took his actions as a threat and sent troops to repel him. Zhu Di was forced to leave in humiliation. Jianwen persisted in refusing to let Zhu Di see his father's tomb; Zhu Di challenged the emperor's judgment. Zhu Di quickly became the biggest threat to the imperial court. Jianwen tried to avoid direct contact with Zhu Di as much as possible.
On January 15, 1402 Zhu Di made the bold decision to march his army straight to Nanjing, encountering stiff resistance. But his decision proved successful, forcing an imperial retreat to protect the defenseless residence of Jianwen. When Zhu Di reached the capital city, the frustrated and disgraced General Li Jinglong opened the doors and permitted Zhu Di's army to freely enter. In the wide spread panic caused by the sudden entry, the emperor's palace caught fire. Jianwen and his wife disappeared, most likely falling victim to the fire.
Having ended Jianwen's reign, Zhu Di and his administration spent the latter part of 1402 brutally purging China of Jianwen's supporters. Such an action was believed to be required to pacify China and maintain his rule. He ordered all records of the four-year-reign of Jianwen Emperor to be dated as year 32 through year 35 of the Hongwu Emperor, in order to establish himself as the legitimate successor of the Hongwu Emperor.
On July 17, 1402, after a brief visit to his father's tomb, Zhu Di was crowned Emperor Yongle at the age of 42. He would spend most of his early years suppressing rumors, stopping bandits, and healing the wounds of the land scarred by rebellion.
Source: Wikipedia Added by: Theo Skolnik
The Yongle Emperor or "Yung-lo Emperor" (永楽帝 ) May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di (Chu Ti; 朱棣; Pinyin Yonglo (reign name); temple name (Ming) Ch'eng Tsu; posthumous name (Ming) T'ai Tsung, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty (明朝) of China from 1402 to 1424. His father, the Hongwu Emperor, placed all of his sons as princes of strategic regions, and Zhu Di became Prince of Yan (燕王), possessing a heavy military base in Beijing. Though Zhu Di excelled as a military leader and administrator, the Hongwu emperor named Jianwen, the son of an older brother, as his successor. Zhu Di rose in rebellion, and by 1402, had taken the city of Nanking. His usurpation of the throne is now sometimes called the "Second Founding" of the Ming dynasty. His era name means "Perpetually Jubilant."
Though he was despotic and ruthless, Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, educational, and military reforms provided unprecedented benefits for the people and established the social and economic patterns for the rest of the Ming dynasty. Several major cultural landmarks were achieved during his reign, including the design and construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing; the completion of the monumental Yongle Encyclopedia (永樂大典); the erection of monuments such as the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing; and the exploratory sea voyages of Zheng He (鄭和).
As the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di was domineering and protective of his authority. He staffed his central government with his loyal young protégés, and relied on eunuchs to an unprecedented extent for services beyond their usual palace duties, sending them for foreign envoys, and using them for regional oversight of military garrisons, and requisition of supplies for special construction projects. In 1420 he created a special agency of eunuchs, the Eastern Depot (Tung-ch'ang), which was responsible for espionage and the exposure of treason, and later came to be hated and feared.
The Yongle Emperor also made use of an advisory group of young scholars recruited from the Hanlin Academy; by the end of his reign they had become the Grand Secretariat, a buffer between the Emperor and the administrative agencies of the government. The Emperor was quick-tempered and sometimes abusive, but he built a strong and effective administration. During his reign, the stable political and economic patterns which characterized the remainder of the Ming dynasty were established.
Yongle followed traditional rituals closely and remained superstitious. He did not overindulge in the luxuries of palace life, but used Buddhism and Buddhist festivals to overcome some of the backwardness of the Chinese frontier and to help calm civil unrest. He stopped the wars between the various Chinese tribes and reorganized the provinces to best ensure peace within China.
Source: New World Encyclopedia Added by: Theo Skolnik
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Chris Brown Shares 'Indigo' Album Cover
By LEGEND May 14, 2019
It's Breezy SZN and fans better get ready for his Indigo album because it's on the way on June 21. The 30-track opus will feature big names like Drake, Justin Bieber, Tory Lanez, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, G-Eazy, Juicy J, Tank, H.E.R and more so it'll have some bangers on there.
Today, Chris Brown reveals the front and back cover for the upcoming effort, which was illustrated by SATURNO and Jeff Cole.
Another single on the way?
FRONT AND BACK OF THE OFFICIAL "INDIGO" album double covers June 21st but with any possible delays JUNE 28th. (illustrations by @saturnoart @cole)
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Your kid could be on our cover!
Written by Amy Palser
Gather 'round, cute kids of all kinds! It's time to submit photos for the annual SPLURGE! Our Cover, Your Kid contest.
The grand prize winner will be featured on the cover of the 2019 December issue of the magazine and receive a certificate for Tobie Andrews Photography. The four finalists will participate in a photo shoot and appear inside the December issue.
"It's a favorite cover for a lot of our readers," said SPLURGE! publisher Jody Klein. "It's so fun to work with these kids. I'm thankful that a panel of judges has to pick the winner and not me, because there are so many cute kids! "
Here's how to enter the free contest
• Download the entry form at splurgemag.com, and email the completed form and a current photo of contestant to jodyxox@gmail.com. Entry forms can also be printed out and mailed, along with a photo, to SPLURGE! at 12950 E. 13th St. N., Wichita, KS 67202
• Single entries only (siblings must be entered separately and pictured individually)
• Must be between the ages of 6 months and 6 years and live in Wichita or the surrounding area
• Entry deadline is Nov. 11, 2019
• For complete rules and regulations, download the form here, or call the SPLURGE! office at 316.267.3678
First cover winner Is 2019 Outstanding Teen
The first-ever Our Cover, Your Kid winner is now Miss Kansas Outstanding Teen 2019, showing just how far the SPLURGE! annual contest can take you.
Tori Pedruzzi, a freshman at Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, was just 3 when she landed on the cover of the December 2008 issue of SPLURGE! Mom Kelly Pedruzzi said it was fun for friends and family members to see Tori on magazine racks around Wichita, and the toddler was delighted, too. "We'd go to Dillon's and Tori would see it and be so excited," Kelly said. "Every time we saw it we had to grab a few! I think I still have a stack of those Splurges in my house." Tori was dressed in a Santa coat and hat, so Kelly enlarged the cover to poster size and incorporated it into her Christmas décor.
Tori continued to model in SPLURGE! for the next year and appeared in the magazine's fashion section three or four times. Publisher Jody Klein said that, at the time, Wichita had three baby stores, so she was always on the lookout for babies and toddlers to model the stores' clothing in the magazine.
Two years ago, Tori resurrected her modeling career by participating in beauty pageants. She won Miss Wichita Outstanding Teen in August 2018, allowing her to compete for Miss Kansas Outstanding Teen in June 2019 in Pratt, Kansas. Tori was crowned the winner, and at just 14 years of age, is the title's youngest winner in over a decade. A student at Midwest Dance Mechanix, Tori danced for her talent portion of the pageant and arranged her own choreography.
Her platform issue is "Movement Matters: The Power of You," encouraging youth to put down devices and spend time being active. The Miss Kansas organization is a great scholarship program, Kelly said, and Tori already has a full-ride scholarship to the University of Alabama if she chooses to go there. Tori will hold the title of Miss Kansas Outstanding Teen until June 2020.