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Special Session: Overdue and Undervalued
Legislatively Speaking
By Senator Lena C. Taylor
Lena C. Taylor
Early in March, the 13th to be exact, I made an initial request that the Wisconsin State Legislature take up a special session to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Legislature finally met on April 15. Understanding both the obvious and unintended consequences of policy decisions to minimize the social spread of coronavirus, we should have met sooner. Over a month later, here we stand. In looking at what took us so long to get here, I can't attribute it to anything other than continued political division. We have a political disunion, that if we don't stop it, will irreparably harm this nation.
After all, when the President of the United States sought to downplay COVID-19 as nothing more than the flu, we knew we were in trouble. Following his lead, some Wisconsin Republican legislative and party leaders demonstrated a cavalier attitude when discussing this public health emergency. While deaths and positive tests for COVID-19 have risen, we've sunken deeper into our political camps. So far, the data supports that we should have acted earlier, both nationally and locally, to put guidelines and resources in place to assist residents during this time.
Compounding the Wisconsin Legislature's overdue response was the undervaluing of problems facing workers, businesses and communities of color. I represent portions of the city and county that are the hardest hit in the state. We have seen Milwaukeeans, that we know well, succumb to COVID-19. We've lost a police officer, a fire fighter, a church deacon and a journalist. We've mourned the passing of mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends. We've had scares upon learning that a judge, a pastor, and a fellow legislator have been battling coronavirus. When we've needed to unite to protect our citizens, wedge politics still reared its ugly head.
In the Extraordinary Session, called by Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin passed a bill intended to provide some relief. While elements of the legislation will help dollars to reach our neighbors sooner, there were many holes in our response to the needs of that state's residents. Republicans marginalized many of the issues that would have provided balanced resources and action to address hazard pay for essential and frontline workers equally. Small business owners, the elderly and families needing help with food or housing are left to fend for themselves. In fact, many Wisconsinites, from local governments to hospitals and healthcare facilities providing critical COVID-19, are being asked to shoulder the brunt of the state's response. In failing to provide many of the additional public health resources, so many have asked why did we take such a piecemeal approach to dealing with this pandemic. The broader question is, what is the price our state will pay for the lack of a comprehensive approach to dealing with this crisis?
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Gibson loses Firebird body shape trademark in EU court battle
By Michael Astley-Brown published 24 October 19
50-year wait to apply for trademark cited as contributing factor
Gibson has suffered another defeat in its quest to secure trademarks for its body shapes in the European Union: after losing the trademark for the Flying V shape back in June, the company has now had its mark for the Firebird shape cancelled, too.
According to Guitar.com, the Cancellation Division of the EU Intellectual Property Office came to a similar conclusion regarding the Firebird as the Flying V, claiming it "does not consider this to be significantly different from the normal style of electric guitars".
The fact that Gibson waited 50 years since launching the first Firebird models, first filing for trademarks in 2011, also contributed to the decision.
Guitar body shapes may perhaps function as trademarks for a tiny club of expert and discerning guitarists, but not for the average amateur, who is the relevant public in assessing distinctive character in this case
EU Intellectual Property Office
As with the Flying V case, Warwick and Framus owner Hans-Peter Wilfer brought the application against Gibson.
One of the more notable observations from the case was that even if guitarists can clearly identify a guitar outline, the more pertinent factor is whether it means anything to a non-player - which apparently it doesn't, at least when it comes to the Firebird.
"Guitar body shapes may perhaps function as trademarks for a tiny club of expert and discerning guitarists, but not for the average amateur, who is the relevant public in assessing distinctive character in this case," the EUIPO stated.
This decision only relates to the body shape as it appears on guitars; Gibson still possesses the trademark in all other areas, most notably merchandise.
And, of course, Gibson's trademarks remain in the USA, with the Flying V forming a key part of its ongoing lawsuit against Dean Guitars in the USA.
Michael Astley-Brown
Editor-in-Chief, GuitarWorld.com
Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.
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Tomato season is upon us. I had some beautifully ripe tomatoes on my kitchen counter, just begging to be used. I figured I would let them be the star of the show with their beautiful deep red color. That and I'll eat just about anything if you put cheese on it. Are you with me? For this low carb Oven Roasted Basil Parmesan Tomatoes recipe I used Roma tomatoes, but you can use any variety of tomatoes you have on hand. Tomatoes aren't the lowest carb fruit or vegetable in the world, but in my book, the health benefits of tomatoes far outweigh the higher carb count. Besides, I didn't get overweight in the first place from eating too many tomatoes.
Slice the ends off the tomatoes and then slice them into thirds. If you are using a larger tomato that a Roma, you will likely get double the amount of slices.
In a small bowl, combine the salt, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, and pepper.
Line the tomato slices in a single layer across the parchment paper. Sprinkle both sides of each slice with the seasoning blend.
Top each tomato slice with a fresh basil leaf and then top each slice generously with parmesan cheese.
We used a bit of goat cheese instead of parmesan, and it was delicious! Everyone loved them.


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A Prize-Winning Study of Environmental and Technology History
In a world increasingly defined by the catastrophic collision of technology and the environment, some historical perspective is helpful. Camille Cole's Joel A. Tarr Prize winning paper, "Precarious Empires: A Social and Environmental History of... read more
Remembering Lincoln Brower, Ph.D. '57, Foremost Expert on the Monarch Butterfly
Lincoln Brower, a major research scientist who studied monarch butterflies for decades, died on July 17 at his home in Roseland, Virginia. He was 86. Brower received his Ph.D. from Yale in Zoology in 1957. Over a career spanning six decades, he... read more
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Please take a minute (actually 56 seconds!) to view the video. Thanks to Dan Hebert, Kierstin Wesolowski, Kira Baum, Taylor Currie, Genevieve Brewer, and Devin Maloney for their terrific work in producing this year's thank-you email and video and... read more
A Scientific Breakthrough on West Campus
Breakthroughs in synthetic biology verging on a complete revolution of the field are all in a day's work for Karl Barber, who completed his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale in 2018. In recognition of his achievements, Barber was... read more
Where Do I Go from Yale? 2018: Managing Your Serendipity
"Where do I go from Yale?" On April 21, 2018 over a hundred current Yale College, graduate, and professional students met with dozens of Yale graduate school alumni in Linsly-Chittenden Hall to ask questions, share stories, and imagine answers to... read more
Catharine Bond Hill '85 Ph.D., to serve as senior trustee, Yale Board of Trustees
Article was published in the YaleNews on June 21, 2018 The Yale Board of Trustees — known formally as the Yale Corporation — has named its next senior trustee and will welcome three new members on July 1. Catharine Bond Hill '85 Ph.D. will serve as... read more
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Congratulations and welcome to the inaugural West Campus McDougal Fellows team!
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Hey PlanetMiner's (More so the pvpers).
Seeing as we can add custom kits to the arenas I think it would be useful to get your guys suggestions on what to add!
We CANNOT CREATE CUSTOM ABILITIES so do NOT add those into your suggestions.
Kits must be balanced and not overpowering I.E too much armour with high powering weapon(s).
Nothing "extreme" I.E strength, speed, epearls all in one etc.
Armour: Type of armour (If Leather, a colour?) List the armour I.E Iron Chestplate, Gold Helmet, Leather boots etc.
Weapons: The weapon + any enchants to go with it.
Items: Any certain items such as epearls, fishing rods, potions, (possibly knockback stick).
Potions: Simple, not too overpowering amounts.
Description: Short, simple, snappy idea of what the kit is all about.
(Could replace fisherman until there's a fix for people being dragged out of spawn, or added as a separate kit).
Could be useful for people who play lots of SG or UHC, rods can be extremely useful!
how bout night vis?!?! I mean, it's called hawkeye.
A simple kit with a shield. I didn't know if it was too op if it had sharpness on the sword so that's why the kit hasn't got any soups.
+ Personally I think there are enough kits that stray away from pvp to get kills. When people think of pvp they generally think of vanilla pvp as in bows, swords and armour, but when you throw lobbing tnt across the map into the mix it becomes a mineplex minigame, not a pvp server.
Desc: Thieving is a part time job. 50% more gold and exp per kill.
x1.5 gold and exp for every kill.
Maybe use spectral arrows instead of the normal arrows...?
Armour: Leather helmet(black), Diamond chestplate, Iron leggings, and black boots.
Desc: In a big fight with a stronger opponent? Why not run away.
Isnt there already a teleporter kit?
It's called Zen, enabling you to click a slimeball teleporting you to the closest player. I believe Scorch's kit wants to be able to teleport away from the player.
tbh this would still be kinda op with the movement speed, dps, and how hard you can mindgame someone.


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Q: eclipse bundle and lib-folder I have created an eclipse plugin/bundle which needs some additional jar-files. these jar-files are located in the 'lib'-folder and added to the build-path. so far, so good.
If I launch the application which uses the bundle, I get exceptions. It looks like the required jar-files are not known anymore. I'm confused.
all of our bundles (the others work fine) appear in the bundle cache (../configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/) and they contain their.jar + the lib-folder with all jars this bundle needs.
in the problematic bundle the lib-folder is missing.
other bundles from other people do not appear at all in this cache. why? should they appear there? if not, what am I doing wrong? if yes, how do I have to configure my bundle that it doe not miss the required jars?
can anybody help with this issue?

A: Even though the lib is on the build path, it may not be included in the build output. Open the plugin.xml or plugin manifest file, select the Build tab. Examine the *Binary Buil*d section to see if the JAR(s) from /lib are being included.

A: Which build path did you add them to? The project one, or the MANIFEST.MF->runtime->Classpath one? They need to be in the MANIFEST.MF file for them to be on the classpath at runtime.

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NATO Allies unite to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland – President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda; Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Paul W. Jones; Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges; other military delegates and political officials stood shoulder-to-shoulder to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Polish victory over Soviet Russia in 1920 during the Battle of Warsaw.
By Sgt. Justin Geiger, 7th Mobile Public Affairs DetachmentWarsaw, PolandAug 16, 2017
5 photos: NATO Allies unite to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw
Photo 1 of 5: Soldiers assigned to the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion marched down the capital of Poland during the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, which included Soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers. Download full-resolution version
Photo 2 of 5: U.S. Strykers with the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment drove passed the parade tower during the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, included Soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers Download full-resolution version
Photo 3 of 5: U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Paul W. Jones and Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges thanked the Soldiers assigned to the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion for participating in 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, included Soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers. Download full-resolution version
Photo 4 of 5: Soldiers assigned to the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion participated in the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, included Soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers. Download full-resolution version
Photo 5 of 5: Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz thanked the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges for his service during the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, which included soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers. Download full-resolution version
President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda; Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Paul W. Jones; Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges; other military delegates and political officials stood shoulder-to-shoulder to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Polish victory over Soviet Russia in 1920 during the Battle of Warsaw.
This national holiday in Poland, known as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces, included Soldiers from Canada, Estonia, Romania, United States and the United Kingdom. As part of the unified Alliance, the NATO Soldiers and their collective combat vehicles participated in the annual Polish Parade to celebrate that historic victory and honor active duty services members, veterans and fallen Soldiers Aug. 15, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland.
Before each nation's Soldiers and their vehicle paraded down the capital of Poland, the event began with President Duda addressing the large crowd in attendance and the Allied Soldiers partaking in the ceremony alongside their Polish counterparts. As part his opening speech, the President of Poland took the time to recognize Lt. Gen Hodges and presented him with the Commander's Cross with the star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
This Polish Award was rendered to the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe for his service in improving the professional relationship between Poland and U.S. forces, and his contributions toward the continuous efforts to strengthen the security and stability of Eastern Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
"Poland is a leader in NATO, we just saw some of their quality equipment and capabilities, and more important than that equipment is the well-trained men and women operating it," said Hodges during a press conference. "The leadership of the Polish military makes them a very reliable Ally, but it's a manifestation of Poland's commitment to the security of the Alliance."
"So to be here today, have our Soldiers and some of our capabilities take part in the parade and to receive an award from the President of Poland is a lifetime memory for me," he added.
The Soldiers who participated in the parade that made Hodges "very proud" were from the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion; the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade.
Following the completion of the parade, Paul Jones, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, also took a moment to express his thoughts on having U.S. forces and several other Allied nations contribute to strengthening NATO's eastern flank in Europe.
"I think the work that we're doing today between our militaries and our countries is a transformational turning point in the capabilities and the unity of NATO, especially in this region" said Jones. "I think Poland is a big part of that and I think we observed that as part of the parade."
The parade also included a variety of Polish and U.S. aircraft, a polish re-enactment formation and a Polish Cavalry unit, which demonstrated that Soldiers in the Alliance training together to deter any potential aggression, those Soldiers also celebrate local customs and traditions together.
"I'm very proud to have been apart of seeing Poland and the United States become such strong and reliable Allies to each other, which is a tradition that goes back 242 years," said Hodges. "I think as long as the nations in our Alliance, the most successful Alliance in the world, continue to stick together and invest in its own security like Poland does, then any sort of aggression is unlikely. We also want to make it unthinkable because we are so strong together that no potential adversary would ever seriously consider any aggression toward our Alliance."
U.S. Army Europe is uniquely positioned in its 51 country area of responsibility to advance American strategic interests in Europe and Eurasia. The relationships we build during more than 1,000 theater security cooperation events in more than 40 countries each year lead directly to support for multinational contingency operations around the world, strengthen regional partnership and enhance global security.
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Monumental art, and in particular sculpture, was a chronicle of the life of Soviet peoples, and the affirmation of the ideals of communist society. The desire of Soviet artists to always be together with the people, to express its thoughts and hopes, to be side by side in the struggle became one of the sacred traditions of socialist culture.
Accordingly, monumental and decorative art was a means of forming the spiritual climate of socialist cities and villages, a weapon of monumental propaganda, and not just a way to organize a material and spatial environment. The works of sculptors embodied high social ideals, educating millions of people. Also, images of heroes and events, which forever preserve the people's memory, were imprinted.
Mutually enriching, the monumental art of the Soviet republics retained its originality and uniqueness. We see this in the best works of our sculptors. In Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, young sculptors have grown up, now actively involved in this work. It is impossible to name all artists, but their talent serves a large and important state cause.


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"You do need to focus on yourself and your marriage," she told the Times. "You can feel a bit guilty you feel guilty if you do and if you don't. But if I put my oxygen mask on first, if I'm feeling fulfilled and present and good about myself, then I'm going to be a much more patient, loving, understanding mother and wife.
In their love affair with the democratic revolution of 1776, many Americans forget how hard it was to create a lasting secular democracy. Indeed, even the Founding Fathers placed constraints on democracy with an Electoral College, a Senate that favored small states and that was elected by state legislatures (until 1913) and strict separation of powers. And while white males gained universal suffrage in 1828, women waited until 1920, and huge numbers of African Americans until the Voting Rights Act of 1965..
His salt and pepper avatar has everyone drooling over him. He embracing his age in a sexy manner. He aged gracefully and is an inspiration to so many people. Beck and the 1 Percent Crowd claim to be Christians, but choose not to read or follow Proverbs. The Democratic platform is much closer to helping all but the wealthy. In fact, God tells us to give to the rich will make you poor.
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1) On moderation:moderation in religion may seem a reasonable position to stake out, in light of all that we have (and have not) learned about the universe, it offers no bulwark against religious extremism and religious violence. The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism. We cannot say that fundamentalists are crazy, because they are merely practicing their freedom of belief; we cannot even say that they are mistaken in religious terms, because their knowledge of scripture is generally unrivaled.
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Though it would be distinctly premature if not foolish to speak of the demise of the CPM, the fact can barely be disguised that the party had succeeded in rendering itself irrelevant. The post mortem will doubtless suggest where the party leadership erred, but the party's demise at the electoral booths calls for the kind of introspection that party apparatchiks, Karat and Buddhadeb included, have seldom shown themselves capable of displaying. The party leaders have long fancied themselves as the vanguard leading the listless, misled, and unenlightened masses to freedom, and at the heart of this bureaucratic and official Marxism lies a deep seated contempt for the very masses in whose name revolutions are to be fought.
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A ser extremadamente difcil que Malaysia Airlines alegue ausencia de negligencia porque el avin est perdido, dijo Brian Havel, profesor de Derecho y director del Instituto de Derecho de la Internacional de la Universidad DePaul. Negligencia podra haber iniciado en el proceso de aceptar pasaportes robados responsabilidad podra ir ms all de la aerolnea y hasta el fabricante del avin, Boeing, si se determina que la causa fue una falla mecnica. Sin embargo, eso sera difcil de demostrar si no se recupera el avin..
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If it went Karzai way, he would want all foreign troops out of Afghanistan. Yet he insisted that the Western forces should leave behind the high tech weaponry behind and that their governments should pour in billions of dollars every year into his country to keep the Afghan National Army afloat. He wants to be father of the nation, by appealing to nationalist sentiments and criticising the US to win the hearts of the Taliban and insisted that peace talks with the Taliban should be Afghan led, no US interference..
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A federal ban on new sales won't help much. The Gilroy shooter would have stolen or purchased his guns illegally. In any event, an assault weapons ban (and confiscation) is not likely to become law. Few stars command a bigger box office draw in Hollywood than Tom Cruise. His strong screen presence and ability to cull out bad scripts, has led Cruise to produce some of the biggest blockbuster movies of our generation from Top Gun to the Mission Impossible series to Jerry Maguire. In fact, three of his films are on the Top 100 all time Worldwide Box Office leaders..
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THEN, I moved. Moving can be tragic we all been there, and finding the hair person can be a journey. I inpatient, and I don think anything with my locks should be a journey ( I have had enough journeys in my life, and hair shouldn require this type of mileage).
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After he traces the popularity of rural dances in England and France and their immigration to America, he demonstrates the cultural role of escapism in square dancing or two stepping and the migration of dance to urban areas through the genre of honky tonk. In response to middle class America's contemporary infatuation with rural life, the movements of line dancing accompanied by the sounds of "new country" have graced the images of many music videos, including Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart," the song that launched this singer's ascendance to international fame. Malone brilliantly concludes that "this fusion of dance and song has taken the music into the farthest reaches of suburbia, [and] contributed to the greatest commercial growth that country music has ever experienced" (170).
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Move everything out of the room. Bigger pieces of furniture can sometimes be left covered in the center of larger rooms, unless you need to repair drywall. Drywall dust goes everywhere. Remove doors, light fixtures and hardware, and label everything with masking tape. Buy drop cloths, you'd be surprised how big of a mess a few drops of paint can make on the floor. High-quality drop cloths, like canvas or paper-backed plastic work the best.
Find and fix, cracks and dents. An old lamp with a bare bulb held close to a wall will show you all the minor cracks and bumps. Uses painter's putty or a lightweight spackle for minor cracks and dents. Use plaster of Paris for dents deeper than 1/8 inch.
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The pros all recommend painter's (blue) tape because it's easier to remove than masking tape. To prevent bleeding, use a putty knife to bed the tape. After letting the paint dry, he scores the edge of the tape line with a utility knife to avoid tearing the paint.
Primers are important they aren't just diluted paint. Primers are formulated to establish a solid, even base, seal stains and make sure that the paint goes on smoothly and bonds securely to the surface. Most homeowners use latex primers, but the pros stick to alcohol and alkyd primers because they'll cover almost anything.
In general, glossier paints are more stain-resistant and easier to keep clean. But a higher sheen also highlights any imperfections in the wall or in the paint job. Flat paints are fine for ceilings and formal rooms, but for most of my customers, I recommend an eggshell gloss. It's good for hallways, kids' rooms, even kitchens and baths. The key is to not skimp out on the paint quality. Spend at least $20 per gallon for top-shelf paint. Using two coats of paint will result in the best-looking job. Don't skimp on the coverage; if you're covering more than 400 square feet per gallon, you're spreading it too thin. Also, keep 1/4 to 1/2 gallon on hand for touch-ups.
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Once again three members of The Bearded journeyed together through a fun night of gaming. This time Sten was able to make it out while Mike had to spend time with the family and couldn't find the free time. Lee and I were in attendance once again as well.
We were able to intro some newer games to not only Sten but all 3 of us with a play through of a new purchase and an expansion we haven't gotten to play as of yet.
The day steadily dimmed into the night and many victory points were won and lost. All in all, a fantastic pilgrimage to that holy sanctuary we call board gaming.
Still a rather new game for the group, but a first time play through for Sten. I'm personally enamored with the simplicity and entertainment value of the game. Such a solid game for being so simple.
I'll be carrying my copy around with me at BGG.Con this year in case we find some down time between our filled grocery list of new games.
Another rather new game for the group and only the second game night we've owned it. This was a first play for Sten who did really well. I on the other hand found myself down by two hit points after the first round because I became overzealous.
Alas, this is another one I'll be dragging around BGG.Con for those rare down time games.
The third game of the evening was a new one to all of us. I picked this up almost a year and a half ago and it has slept on my shelf ever since. Recently I watched one of the Top 10 lists from the Dice Tower and someone mentioned Kingsburg as a game they enjoyed. After reading through the rules and watching a couple of videos on it we gave it a shot.
Very fun dice rolling game! Some of the reviews I'd read about it were rather negative which is part of the reason it didn't join us on the hunt since I purchased it. Pleasantly surprised by this game. After working through the kinks of the game we'll have to get this one back to the table as soon as possible.
And I hear the first expansion is a must buy. I'll have to look into that.
Next we played a game Sten has been working on for the better part of a year. We've played it a number of times back when he created the game by hand. Since that time he was able to get a prototype properly created and we gave it a try.
The game is called Minutes to Midnight. The theme centers around the doomsday clock created after WWII. It's a card driven game that plays similar to a classical card game (though I won't mention which one for the protection of his game). Some of the additions to this classic game really make the game enjoyable. And like any good game designer, Sten listens to our critiques, going so far as to jot down comments we make in passing as possible fixes for the future.
We've been encouraging him to get this in front of a publisher. He'll be attending BGG.Con this year, so maybe he can find some time to push his product.
It's been a while since I've seen any Dominion cards hit my table. And like any good fan of the game I've been diligently buying up the last expansions as they hit the store shelves.
We couple Dominion Intrigue with Guilds playing one of the scenarios included in the Guilds rule book. First time playing Guilds was rather enjoyable and I always remember why I like this game so much.
I may have to start insisting that we get at least one game of Dominion played at least once a month with The Bearded.
As mentioned above, we coupled this expansion with Intrigue. I liked it, though to be fair, some of the cards called for the use of the Guilds coins and they seemed rather pointless at times. I see the advantage of the coins. Collect them until you have enough to team them up with your hand coinage and go for that big score.
Overall I liked the expansion and will periodically include it in my Dominion plays.
Once again Hanabi finds its way to the table near the end of the night when we want to play a lite game. This time we included the "Wild Cards" as their own firework deck which always makes things more interesting.
Overall we had a problem with getting red and blue cards out, but we were able to finish 3 fireworks before we blew our fuse.
20 points later the crowd was pleased.
Sten had to work Saturday morning and needed to get some sleep so he took off. This left Lee and I to play a two player game. We reached for one we both thoroughly enjoy.
Omen: Reign of War is always welcome at the table. I have the game with the Forgotten Oaths expansion but we just went with the base game.
It was a close game but Lee ended up taking the victory on a last round assault.


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A new hub for tackling poverty, based in Narberth, has been opened by Eluned Morgan AM.
The old Victorian school hall in Narberth is the new home for PLANED and has been refurbished and given a fresh lease of life to provide a hub of activity to help address poverty, improve wellbeing and services.
PLANED will be able to offer a 'one stop shop' for activity and information to combat rural poverty. The hub will support digital connectivity in the county, at the same time offering skills and training in IT and local knowledge sharing, hosting organisations and facilities.
Lynne Upsdell, PLANED Board Chair said:"PLANED has evolved over time, and has a long and proud history of rural regeneration and support for community-led development. PLANED turns 30 this year.
"We help build capacity of communities so they can have a greater influence in decisions that affect them, particularly with regard to well-being, and support them to develop resilience to economic, environmental and social change."
Eluned Morgan, AM said:"I am delighted that in celebrating its 30th anniversary, PLANED is looking to the future with the opening of a brand new base that will allow the organisation to continue supporting communities in a digital future. We face many challenges in rural Wales, and since being elected to the National Assembly I have sought to identify practical measures to address them. PLANED has been instrumental in supporting communities across Pembrokeshire, it is part of the fabric of the County and I hope, against the backdrop of Brexit, PLANED will continue to enhance the wellbeing and resilience within our county for many more decades to come.
"I want to pay a special tribute to Joan Asby, PLANED's first Chief Executive for time and dedication she gave in creating a body that has had such a positive influence on our rural communities."
Projects housed in the building include the Pembrokeshire Community Land Trust project supporting community groups deliver genuine, permanently affordable homes and land owned and run by local people.
Datris project improving digital education and skills – training opportunities out in community venues, as well as developing an online community building resources and virtual forum.
Tir Coed, engaging people with woodlands through accredited training, volunteering and educational activities.
Pembrokeshire Community Shares and PLANED Community wellbeing and resilience project will also be based at the hub, supporting communities to purchase and manage local community assets, and to encourage town and community councils to work collaboratively to develop initiatives that meet wellbeing Goals.
PLANED continues to support local businesses and social enterprises through the Pembrokeshire Enterprise Network and as part of the current DTA Wales enterprising solutions project mentoring community groups who which to develop a more entrepreneurial approach and long term economic growth.


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b) They aren't. They are beoming more diverse in size, with larger and smaller ones available. Which lets people choose what balance of functionality and size suits them. What's not to like?
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HTC HD2 with 4.3 display fits nicely in my shirt pocket. I was reluctant to buy such a big mobile at first, but now after a year, I just don't want to go for any smartphone less than 4" display.
Trust me, once you get used to a large display, you can not enjoy smaller displays. With mobile software getting complex and bigger, it makes sense to use larger display. Who knows that after using a 4.8" display for a week or two, you decide that even 4.2" screen is small. It is a matter of personal liking.
Design is very stylish and slim and it seems to have the perfect display to edge ratio, wheras on most phones you just have too much plastic at the edges of the display making the phone unnecessarily bigger than it should be. Would of loved a 4inch display keeping display to edge ratios the same.
why are smartphones getting bigger and bigger? 4.8 inch is just too much if you ask me, even 3.7 inch is fine, if you want to watch movies in your portable device, 4.3 is also good but believe me you don't want to carry that around in your pocket or jeans (4.3 is as big as the sony psp's screen) and if you ask me the psp is already great for watching videos on a small device(but thanks to it's video format limitations this isn't really the best) but isn't a phone suppose to be pocket friendly? just stating my opinion here. .
Its really a cool smartphone. I would like to say This is a really Smart phone with high specs. Like it.
By reading the spec's it seems the price tag could me more then 750$.!!!
Impressive, but one thing is CPU, I miss dual core for such a big horse.
to big for me 4.0 or 4.3 inches is much better.


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New Details Revealed for Potential 'Green Arrow and the Canaries' Spinoff
Meredith Jacobs January 03, 2020 12:30 pm
Sergei Bachlakov/The CW
What does life look like post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths" for the characters of Arrow? Based on the newest details for the potential spinoff "Green Arrow and the Canaries" — the ninth episode of the final season serves as a backdoor pilot — things will be very different.
And that fits with what showrunner Beth Schwartz said about what's next: "It changes everything." Case in point, the CW's description for the episode reveals that Katherine McNamara's Mia Smoak will be going by Mia Queen. That presumably means that her existence isn't a secret in 2040. (Remember, Felicity had made sure no one knew about her in the future.)
'Arrow' Wraps Final Season — See How the Cast Said Goodbye (PHOTOS)
The series finale will air Tuesday, January 28, 2020.
"It's the year 2040 in Star City and Mia Queen has everything she could have ever wanted," according to the network. "However, when Laurel (Katie Cassidy) and Dinah (Juliana Harkavy) suddenly show up in her life again, things take a shocking turn and her perfect world is upended. Laurel and Dinah are tracking a kidnapping victim with direct ties to Mia and they need her help. Knowing it will change everything, Mia can't help but be a hero and she, Laurel and Dinah suit up once again to save the city."
When we first met Mia in 2040, she was going by Blackstar and her identity was a secret from pretty much everyone. However, the future team's trip back in time has presumably changed quite a bit about 2040. What could Mia having "everything she could have ever wanted" mean for Oliver's (Stephen Amell) fate? He left with The Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) when Mia was just a baby and the 2040 scenes thus far made it seem like he died. We'll likely have to wait until at least the end of "Crisis" to get a clearer picture as to what's going on and if Felicity's (Emily Bett Rickards) 2040 ending may be rewritten. (Rickards is returning for the series finale.)
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The January 21 episode was written by Schwartz, Marc Guggenheim, Jill Blankenship, and Oscar Balderrama and directed by Tara Miele.
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Letter from an Iranian Prisoner
Shaul Bakhash
In a letter composed shortly before his arrest on January 27 by agents of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, or state security, Faraj Sarkuhi, the Iranian writer and editor of the literary journal Adineh, writes: "I await imminent arrest or an incident whereby I will be murdered and my death will be presented as a suicide. Torture, prison, and death await me." This was Sarkuhi's fourth arrest in five months. Sarkuhi's journal has been a forum for left-wing views. But his troubles appear to derive not so much from the contents of Adineh as from his activities in support of freedom of expression and the war that Iran's security authorities have been waging against intellectuals of all stripes.
Sarkuhi also appears to be caught in the web of an elaborate plot hatched by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence to discredit the government of Germany, where a trial has been under way of an Iranian and four Lebanese. They are charged with the 1992 assassination of the leader of Iran's Kurdish Democratic Party and three companions while they were dining at the Mykonos restaurant in Berlin. In March 1996, the German Federal Prosecutor issued a warrant for the arrest of Ali Fallahian, the Iranian Minister of Intelligence, for his alleged role in planning the assassination; the prosecutor has also implicated Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. This direct linking of Iran's highest officials with the killing has roused the anger of the Iranian government and helps to explain Sarkuhi's nightmarish predicament.
Sarkuhi was one of the writers who signed the October 1994 Iranian "Declaration of 134," calling for freedom of literary expression. The declaration was in part a response to the imprisonment of the respected writer and satirist Ali-Akbar Saidi-Sirjani, who had been arrested on fabricated charges of spying, homosexuality, and drug use, and died while in police custody in November 1994. Since then, two more writers—both signers of the declaration—have died. The body of the translator Ahmad Mir-Alai was found in an Isfahan alley, far from his usual haunts, in October 1995—a death friends also attributed to interrogation at the hands of the security authorities. The essayist and translator Ghaffar Hosseini was found dead in his apartment in November 1996. These incidents explain Sarkuhi's fear that he would be killed and his death made to appear the result of an accident or suicide.
This past August, Sarkuhi and five other prominent writers and intellectuals were at dinner at the home of the German cultural attaché, Jens Gust, when security agents burst in, filmed all the guests, and briefly held the Iranians. News about the party, the fact that alcohol was served and that men and unveiled women were "fraternizing," was leaked to the papers. Nothing else happened at the time, but the Iranian participants feared, rightly as it turns out in the case of Sarkuhi, that the ground was being laid for charges of espionage and illicit activities.
In September the security authorities broke up a meeting of a number of writers, including Sarkuhi, who were drawing up a new charter for the Writers Association, which emphasized freedom of expression. Sarkuhi was subsequently arrested and held for two days, during which he was beaten and questioned.
On November 3, Sarkuhi "disappeared" at Tehran airport, where he was to catch a plane to Germany to visit his wife and children. The Iranian authorities claimed he had boarded his flight; the German authorities have stated that they have no record of his ever having arrived in Germany. On December 20, a distraught-looking Sarkuhi suddenly reappeared and held a press conference at Tehran airport, where he claimed he had been in Germany all this time but had never contacted his wife, and had returned to Iran by way of Turkmenistan. (The Iranians later produced Sarkuhi's passport showing a German entry stamp, but the German newspaper Die Welt said that its sources described the stamp as a fake.)
In fact, as Sarkuhi's letter reveals, he had been arrested at Tehran airport on November 3 and spent a harrowing seven weeks under interrogation. He was compelled, by beatings and intense psychological pressure, to confess, among other things, that he was in the pay of foreign governments; that he had been spying for France and Germany; that he gave his journal an ideological slant dictated by the French and German embassies; and that he had had extramarital relations with several women. He was also forced to implicate his writer friends in acts of sexual promiscuousness. The "confessions" were videotaped, Sarkuhi writes, and made to look like interviews. Sarkuhi was also compelled to "back-date" his interviews to his September arrest, so it could be said he "confessed" before he went to Germany. The statements he made at his December 20 press conference, Sarkuhi writes, were also dictated by the authorities. Sarkuhi concludes that, from the taped dinner party conversation at the house of the German cultural attaché to his forced confession and the trip-that-never-happened to Germany, the Intelligence Ministry was concocting "evidence" to implicate the Germans in espionage and to discredit the Iranian intelligentsia as treasonable and immoral.
Sarkuhi was released after his airport press conference on December 20. Certain that he would be arrested again, believing he would be killed, and wishing to explain why he had confessed to "lies" and "fabrications," Sarkuhi wrote an account of his arrest and interrogation which found its way abroad. Excerpts from this letter appear below.* It shows that the kinds of physical and psychological torture common in the USSR during the Stalin era are now being practiced in Iran.
Sarkuhi's fate is part of a general crackdown by Iran's security apparatus on writers and intellectuals. During the last three years, several newspapers and journals have been suspended or closed down. In January 1996 the editor of another literary magazine, Gardun, was sentenced to 65 lashes and six months in jail. His license to publish was revoked and he was barred for two years from any form of journalism. He managed to go abroad before being sent to jail. The well-known Islamic philosopher Abdol-Karim Sorush, who argues that Islam is compatible with pluralism and open debate, has been prevented from speaking publicly since 1995, when club-wielding bullies physically assaulted him, stopping him from addressing university students in Tehran and Isfahan. The Intelligence Ministry is probably behind the by-now-notorious weekly television program "Identity," which names and attacks supposedly Westernized intellectuals, writers, and artists as un-Islamic, morally corrupt, and disloyal to the Islamic Republic. On the program Benjamin Franklin's portrait on the US $100 bill is often seen dissolving into the face of the person being attacked.
The Iranian authorities say they arrested Sarkuhi at the end of January because he was trying to leave the country illegally. Sarkuhi's friends say he was rearrested while he was reporting in person to the Ministry of Intelligence, as he was required to do weekly. PEN reports that he remains under arrest.
AN OPEN LETTER
Faraj Sarkuhi
Today is January 3. I, Faraj Sarkuhi, am writing this note in great haste in the hope that one day someone or some people will read it so that Iranian and international public opinion and especially my loved ones—Farideh, Arash, and Bahar—will learn of the terrifying experiences I have had. Perhaps this note will never reach anyone. But I am hopeful that someone will read it and, after my arrest or death, will publish it so that there will be a document, a testament to the pain and suffering that I have experienced.
I don't know how long I have. I await imminent arrest or an incident whereby I will be murdered and my death will be presented as a suicide. Torture, prison, and death await me. In this note, I will try only to write what has happened although I wish I could also explain my situation.
I fell victim to a plan that the Ministry of Information of Iran devised, and executed, and still is in the process of fulfilling. I don't know what will follow next. I will write about everything that has happened until now.
I was arrested on November 3 at Mehrabad airport. They blindfolded me and took me by car to one of the secret prisons of the Ministry of Information. I remained there until [I was released on December 20]. The main phase of their plan had begun.
Based on the documents they showed me during the interrogations and the things they were saying among themselves, I found out that on that day [November 3], they had changed the photograph on my passport, and put someone else's photo in place of mine. That person got my foreign currency allowance, did some shopping at the airport, and then went to Hamburg with my passport and my name, since my passport now has the Hamburg entry stamp. Later I found out that they had sent someone to Parvin [a friend in Tehran] to tell her that my flight had been delayed, that I was now going to leave with Lufthansa, and that she should call Germany to tell my family not to meet me at the airport as planned. Parvin's message was received too late—and some people had come to meet me at the airport. By now, things were proceeding well, according to their plan.
From the very first or second day, they told me that I had been proclaimed "disappeared": "It has been officially announced that you have left Iran, and your entry into Germany has been documented at Hamburg airport. You will remain in solitary confinement for a while. After the interrogations, interviews, and other inquiries, we will kill you and bury you secretly—or we'll dump your body in Germany." On the third or fourth day, they played me a recorded telephone conversation between my brother Esmail and my wife Farideh in which Esmail was telling Farideh that Mehrabad airport had officially declared I had departed from Iran. They made me hear it so that I would know they were serious.
The pressure began to intensify. No one can understand my emotional and psychological state—I was condemned to death, I had no hope. I wasn't an official prisoner. I had "disappeared" without a trace. My situation was different from that of other prisoners, even the ones who were sentenced to die. A prisoner, even on death row, can hope for amnesty, can write a letter or draft a will. A regular prisoner can entertain hopes of being relieved from solitary confinement; but for me, imminent death was certain. I was formally declared to have left the country. Torture, pain—it felt as if I was buried alive. The physical and psychological pressure crushed me, destroyed me.
They began the interrogations. They forced me to write the September date—the date of my earlier two-day detention—on the interrogation forms. I subsequently discovered that their main objective was not so much to carry out interrogations as to stage-manage "interviews." They forced me to memorize and "recite" the texts they had prepared in a staged TV interview which they were taping with a video camera. They taped these forced, false, and fabricated interviews in that same prison. The "interviews" included a discussion about other writers; they provided the text, and most of it was lies.
However, the major part of the interviews was devoted to espionage. They made me "confess" that I spied for Manville, the French cultural attaché, and for Gust, the German one, and that I was being paid by them. They made me "confess" that the German government was giving money to my wife in Germany, that Manville and Gust gave me and our journal Adineh ideological instructions. They made up these lies and forced me to speak them. And to make it appear that these "interviews" were genuine, they would write down details about Gust or Manville's lives, and force me to memorize them and recite them in front of the camera. For example, that Gust is rich, that he has a big house and he loves antiques, and he likes so and so, and doesn't like so and so…. They beat me into performing this interview credibly. They repeated the interviews several times, and each time they would tell me to plead for forgiveness and clemency. Then they forced me to say that I had had sexual relations with several women. In truth, I had not even met some of these women. Then they forced me to speak about the sexual relations of other writers with each other's wives.
But the main point was espionage. You might ask why I gave in to such humiliation, why I allowed myself to give in to their demands. I don't want to justify my actions, but after each interview I felt a little closer to death. The physical and psychological pressure was overwhelming. I was shattered and I wanted them to finish up what they were doing quickly and kill me so that I would be relieved from the constant torture and madness. On many occasions, I wrote letters to them on the interrogation papers, begging them to kill me or to give me something so that I could take my own life.
In between the utter loneliness, the physical and emotional pain of the continuing interrogations, the sense of being on the brink of madness and despair, there were moments when I could think. I began to make sense of what their goals were.
The complicated plan which is still being implemented has several goals. The first goal is to stand up to the Germans regarding the Mykonos affair. The second goal is to provide propaganda to counter the negative implications of the Mykonos affair at home. The third goal is to discredit and vilify intellectuals, myself included, in the eyes of the public. And then there is the goal of frightening the intellectu-als into silence. In short, to trap the Germans, to provide propaganda to counter the effects of the Mykonos assassination, to discredit intellectuals inside Iran, to frighten writers, to destroy me physically and morally—all of these were their goals. Through my forced "interviews," they could attain the second, third, and fourth goals, but the first goal—implicating the Germans and forcing concessions out of them—has still eluded them. They are still in pursuit of that goal.
I spent eight years in the Shah's prisons. I was arrested and imprisoned several times during his reign. But all of those eight years together could not compare in pain and distress with a mere five minutes during these forty-seven days.
Their main problem was now to get the German government to confirm the entry stamp on my passport. To get that confirmation, they had to publicly show that stamp on my passport, so they proceeded to the next stage of the plan.
They told me that they would release me for a while with the condition that I say and do exactly as they say. I accepted. Anything—even death or rearrest, which will undoubtedly occur within a few days—seemed preferable to the situation that I was in. They told me that they planned to let me reappear in Mehrabad airport and have an interview with journalists. I did the interview in Mehrabad airport, and it was published. I also had an interview with the BBC and French radio, tel-ling everyone what I had been ordered to say. On December 20, I was ostensibly freed, but I am under constant surveillance.
They will definitely arrest me again. They will either kill me and mask it as a suicide, or they will force me into other interviews, or other things I cannot even guess about, and then kill me and mask it as suicide. Their main problem for now is to get the Hamburg stamp confirmed. When it is, they will say that Sarkuhi was lying about his family problems. He is really a spy.
I am a broken man. I am absolutely desolate and hopeless. George Orwell's 1984 seems tame compared to my story. I don't know what else to write. The end is near.
Should this letter come into anyone's possession, please make sure that it reaches my wife within three days of my arrest or one day after my death, so that she can get it published. If no one finds this, I will be dead anyway. In reality, I died on December 20.
More by Shaul Bakhash
Letter from Evin Prison
The Eyptian Gamble
November 4, 1999 issue
Iran's Unlikely President
Shaul Bakhash is Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University and the author of The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution. (September 2005)
The translation of the letter has been supplied by the writers' association PEN. The full text is on PEN's website (www.PEN.org). ↩
Gail Pressberg
Israel and the Occupied Territories: An Urgent Appeal by the ICRC
Amnesty International on Argentina
On the Bombing of Aleppo
The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions.
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To a Western Peace Activist
Ludvik Vaculik, translated by Barbara Day
The Czech Party
Jean-Francis Held
Valery Panov
A Statement By Valery Panov
A Letter of Resignation


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Чит-код ( — «код для обмана») — последовательность букв, цифр или нажатий клавиш, которая используется в компьютерных играх для добавления чего-либо полезного, но при этом не документирована.

Последовательности чит-кодов запрограммированы в коде компьютерной игры, при этом они могут быть как добавлены разработчиками для отладки и не удалены при выпуске игры, так и добавлены отдельно как «пасхальные яйца».

Чит-коды могут быть как функциональными — помогающими игроку в прохождении игры — так и развлекательными. Они весьма разнообразны: некоторые делают игрока неуязвимым или устраняют всех врагов с уровня, а другие — добавляют все доступные объекты одновременно или новые интересные объекты, недоступные при игре без чит-кодов.

Одним из наиболее известных чит-кодов является код Konami, впервые появившийся в 1986 году и использовавшийся во многих играх одноимённой компании. Его популярность уменьшила стигматизированность чит-кодов, однако и сейчас их использование обычно считается несколько нечестным.

Чит-коды нередко остаются в однопользовательских играх, но обычно их отключают или удаляют из многопользовательских игр, чтобы не давать одним игрокам несправедливое преимущество перед другими.

Разработчики игр создают и внедряют читы в код игры, чтобы тестирование геймплея осуществлялось проще. Например, QA-отдел команды тестирует босса на восьмом уровне игры. Было бы очень сложно проверять поведение босса, боевую систему, если бы нужно было каждый раз проходить всю игру до 8-го уровня. Поэтому программисты внедряют код, который перенесёт игрового персонажа прямо к боссу.

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Lamborghini Countach up 175% in 2014
Looking to invest in a classic car in 2015? The Lamborghini Countach is one to consider.
According to figures from classic car insurer Hargerty, the Italian model has increased in auction value by 175% during 2014.
The Countach's scissor doors were revolutionary in 1974
That makes it the best performing car in Hagerty's classic car index, beating off competition from other esteemed marques including Ferrari and Porsche.
Lamborghini produced just 2,000 Countachs between 1974 and 1990. That makes them rare today.
And, crucially, they're also hugely desirable. With its scissor doors and sleek lines, the Countach was the stuff of dreams for many an adolescent, and featured in bedroom posters across the land.
"People of that age now have a little bit of money and it's cool to have a Countach," McKeel Hagerty, Hagerty's CEO explained to CNBC.
"Not many people have a Countach. It was an amazing looking car, a little bit eccentric mechanically, but a wonderful car."
Countachs are now routinely making close to $750,000, whereas they were changing hands for as little as $200,000 last year.
Sunbeam Tigers have also had a strong year - up 61% in value.
$1.3bn worth of classic cars sold in the US in 2014, according to Hagerty. That's up from $1.2bn in 2013.
Yet these promising figures come amid a slow down for the classic car market.
According to classic car experts HAGI, the market has grown by 15.3% between January and November. Impressive stuff, but still significantly down on the 46.7% gains posted in 2013.
Hagerty predicts the market will increase by just 5% next year - still growth that puts many traditional investments to shame.