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Idol manager beta 21.3 free download1/26/2024 ![]() 7fea005 fixes and imrpovements Code cleanup, fix compiler warnings.c486262 sideloader version comparer incorrectly sorting mixed digit+letter versions.626bfe5 main window not showing on screen if saved position is out of bounds.09969e7 saved window size and location getting corrupted if window is closed while minimized.912e8b4 load zipmod preview thumbnails (major load time reduction).b5bed9b support for patcher plugins (listed alongside normal plugins).6d1b764 Sideloader Modpack ingest tool Minor fixes and improvements ( #102).8cf4938 UseProxy setting, disabled by default.ce7c6df Initial Room Girl Support ( #93).Fixed typo in TimeSpanUtils.cs by in #107.7070932 all UI localizable (check readme for instructions on how to translate).3b936de a contributing section to readme.1a2ea7b zipmods with missing manifest.xml breaking zipmod load.2ad64e2 broken properties panel in default configuration.06ec25b processing updates from FTP sources.37c4993 off FtpTrace for better debugging performance.2d9ee56 some update discovery timeouts. ![]() 5aa8cfa up log spam when cancelling an update.0be9125 stack traces in some error messages.5df71f4 cards with missing mods on the card list with pink background instead of logging them in console.daf7274 MissingZipmods and MissingPlugins properties to character cards.2f57056 Card Window > Tools > Export a list of missing mods.dd24b78 "Include subdirectories" toggle to card window.c70d683 "Relative Filename" column to card window.d9ba59d menu button for opening mod download website.1e9d36f P2P support to mod downloader ( #108).If you have any questions or issues, feel free to ask ManlyMarco on Discord or post an issue. If you'd like to help trasnslate KKManager to your language, check the contributing section of the readme. It is now possible to translate all KKManager windows to any language. If your update gets stuck on 0 B/s or otherwise fails to download, try turning P2P off. Warning: This feature is still in beta and can have issues. P2P transfers can be turned on/off in the Mod updater > P2P setttings menu (KKManager will ask if P2P should be enabled first time an update is started). This version adds P2P support to the mod updater - it allows clients to send parts of the update between each other so that the download speed stays high even if there are many people updating at the same time.
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Coronavirus nytimes1/26/2024 ![]() The pandemic has been characterized by border closure policies enacted to limit the spread of the virus potentially coming from outside the country. The first pandemic wave strongly impacted China, Europe (in particular Italy, France, United Kingdom, and Germany) and the United States (US) and, despite an increase in cases observed in the following waves, Asia, except for India (about 43.2 million cases to date), and Africa (11.6 million cases) have been less impacted by COVID-19. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Further studies are needed to investigate possible reasons for the low incidence observed in this population. Thus, irregular migrants who arrived in Italy during the observation period did not increase the COVID-19 burden. Our study found a low rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in migrants reaching Italy by sea with an incidence rate that is roughly a quarter of that of the resident population. 99% of cases reported no symptoms, no relevant comorbidities were reported and no cases were hospitalized. 89.7% of cases were male and 54.6% belonged to the 20–29 age group. During the same period, 177.6 (177.5-177.8) cases per 1,000 were reported in the resident population, with an IRR of 0.23 (0.22–0.24). ResultsĢ,861 migrants out of those landed in Italy during the observation period tested positive, with an incidence rate of 40.6 (39.1–42.1) cases per 1,000. The incidence rate ratio (IRR) was used to compare the incidence rates in migrants and the resident population. SARS-CoV-2 incidence rate per 1,000 (with 95%CI) in migrants and the resident population in Italy of the corresponding age group was computed. The population of interest was represented by 70,512 migrants (91% male, 99% <60 years old) who landed in Italy between January 20. MethodsĪ retrospective observational study has been designed. ![]() Our study aimed to investigate the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 infection among migrants who landed on the Italian coasts by analyzing both incidence and health outcomes. Italy is a transit and destination country for migrants who cross the Central Mediterranean route and, during the pandemic, all migrants who landed on Italian shores were COVID-19 tested and quarantined. ![]() During the COVID-19 pandemic, migrants arriving in host countries irregularly have not infrequently been perceived as increasing the COVID-19 burden.
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Toast titanium tivo1/26/2024 ![]() There is an antidote to that, for the networks and their advertisers. I love my TiVo, and I skip stupid commercials, so I guess that makes me a thief. Not too long ago a big media executive whined about how people who used TiVo were stealing. Author Alderete Posted on JanuAugCategories TiVo Tags apple, drm, fairplay, ipod, itunes, music, sonos, tivo Stop Stealing Feed Remember that the iPod didn’t start out as an iconic device, and a large part of its spread and success came from the same people who will be happy to see FairPlay opened up. Yeah, this is kind of touchy-feely, but if Apple opens up FairPlay voluntarily, before they are forced to, it will generate goodwill and positive buzz, and in the Internet age, that can spread pretty far and wide. There is a rumor this is the first of many.Ĭustomers. And when your partners start conspiring against you, you’re fucked.Īpple has apparently already licensed FairPlay to NetGear. At some point, “desperate times, desperate measures” will apply. Apple is so successful at selling music right now that Apple is in the driver’s seat, and that’s not something the recording industry has historically been good at accepting. The efforts of Apple’s competitors have to date been pretty laughable, but when their current partners, the record companies, start saying they might consider selling music without DRM attached, it’s not because they’re happy with the status quo. While it hasn’t lead to Microsoft’s downfall, it has added drag to their momentum. “Everyone but Microsoft” is constantly trying to make effective alliances, and constantly showing up to testify in lawsuits (see the previous item). Too much success will turn the competitive market into “everyone but Apple.” Apple is going to have to do it eventually.It’s already happening in Norway, the Netherlands, and other European states. That in turn will bring consumer lawsuits and government intervention. With the success Apple has had with the iTunes Store, they have or will reach a level that some will consider a monopoly. Too much success means lawsuits and government action, neither of which is good for business. Instead, I’ll simply buy CDs, and keep my basic cable and Netflix subscriptions. Those devices do not work as well as my Sonos and TiVo, not even close. I’m not going to buy an AirPort Express or an Apple TV for the privilege of buying content from the iTunes Store. And I won’t buy movies or TV shows from the iTunes Store because they can’t be played over the network via my TiVo. I’ve spent more than $400 on the iTunes Store, but I stopped buying FairPlay protected tracks 10 seconds after I realized they wouldn’t play over my new Sonos music system. Requiring people to give up things they like is more likely to lose sales than to convince them to buy new Apple stuff. Running into the wall of customers’ other (non-Apple) devices slows sales.Here I want to lay out a logical argument for why Apple should do this, in their own best interests. I have some very specific, personal reasons why I want to see Apple license their FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) system to other device makers I’ll publish those later this week. Author Alderete Posted on NovemAugCategories About This Site, TiVo Tags tivo 5 Comments on Announcing Aldo on TiVo Five reasons Apple should license FairPlay The article covers installing and configuring TiVo Desktop software on your computer, downloading video from the Internet using Miro, converting it to a TiVo-compatible format with VisualHub, and transferring it to your TiVo for playback.Ĭurrently the instructions are Mac-only, but a reasonably savvy person could easily figure out how to use them on a PC, with slightly different software (pointers are given in the article). Playing BitTorrent Downloads on a TiVo Series 3 It’s not nearly as easy-to-use as iTunes and an Apple TV, but it does work, and with the much wider variety of video content available on the Internet, something that iTunes can’t handle. Announcing Aldo on TiVo!Ĭurrently there is only one article in the section, Playing BitTorrent Downloads on a TiVo Series 3, reflecting a new trick that I figured out for my TiVo, namely downloading video from the Internet and playing it back, in high-definition (HD). Instead of working on updated versions of my instructions for importing audiobooks into iTunes, I have instead branched out, adding a new section covering a new topic.
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Macos big sur 11.51/26/2024 ![]() macOS Big Sur 11.5 = UniversalMac_11.5_20G71_Restore.ipsw I keep track of all of them in my Apple Silicon Firmware Database Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file UpdateĪpple has released the full IPSW restore file for Apple Silicon Macs. The Version of BridgeOS for your T2 Security Chip (2018-2020 Intel Macs) was updated. This version number is reported in System Information under “ System Firmware Version“Īpple Silicon M1 Firmware Update = NOT UPDATED – 6723.140.2 This is update is for updating from previous releases 11.0.1 > 11.5.2 Size = 2.93GB Intel Big Sur Update if you are more than one release behind This is the update is for updating from 11.5.1 > 11.5.2 ![]() Big Sur 11.1 Update Size = 3.26GB – (4.19GB Actual) Big Sur 11.2 Update Size = 2.5GB – (3.43GB Actual) ![]() Big Sur 11.3 Update Size = 2.4GB – (3.30GB Actual) Big Sur 11.4 Update Size = 3.06GB – (3.96GB Actual) Big Sur 11.5 Update Size = 2.93GB – (3.84GB Actual) The size listed is for one update behind. macOS Big Sur Update sizes for Intel and M1 Apple Silicon M1 Updateĭelta Update size for Apple Silicon M1 Mac devices. Requirements – macOS Big Sur 11 Requirements 7. Installing this package will add the full “Install macOS Big Sur.app” to your applications folder. In the link below, I have a listing and links to all of the Final & Beta versions of the macOS Big Sur Full installer. The full installer of MacOS Big Sur is now available. More Info – /7/apple-has-stopped-providing-standalone-installers-for-macos-updates/ 6. Note: Starting with macOS Big Sur, Combo and Delta update pkg’s aka packages are not available as standalone downloads. macOS Big Sur 11 Standalone Pkg downloads no longer available. Undocumented macOS Big Sur update changes & fixes Articles of interest & info related to the macOS Big Sur Updateģ. Apple LinksĪppleSeed Notes Link = /ĭeveloper Public Link = /documentation/macos-release-notesĭirect Link to macOS Big Sur Patch Notes – macOS Big Sur Release Notes / Patch Notes / ChangesĬlick “Continue Reading” for the rest of the article. Security Content of the macOS Big Sur Update What’s new for enterprise in macOS Big Sur macOS Big Sur Update sizes for Intel and M1 Undocumented macOS Big Sur Update changes & fixes Apple Articles of interest related to the macOS Big Sur Update My macOS Big Sur 11.5.2 Update (I had a little fun with the thumbnail LOL)
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Endurance exercises1/26/2024 ![]() Then, they return to the starting point and repeat. They need to do three squats, giving each other a high-five with both hands in between each rep. On "go," all kids run toward the center of the room and meet in the middle. Squat relay: Have kids line up on opposite sides of the room, facing each other.Again, give kids input on choosing the "hit it" skill. Finally, say "hit it!," a cue to incorporate another skill (such as a tuck jump or squat). ![]() Then call out "back," a prompt for them to run in reverse.
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Avast 1 pixel check1/26/2024 “If you would like to withdraw your consent, you may choose to opt-out in your product settings at any time.” “We understand you may not want your data to be used for trend analytics, and if that is your preference, we respect your choice,” Avast stated in its consent policy. Step 4: If you don’t want Avast to share your browsing data with Jumpshot or marketing companies, be sure to uncheck the box that reads “Allow usage data to be shared with 3rd parties for analysis of trends, business, and marketing.” For the privacy-conscious user, you may want to uncheck the other two options as well. Under the General tab, choose “Personal Privacy.” Step 2: Click on the Menu button on the upper right-hand side. Step 1: Open the Avast anti-virus software from the Windows Start menu. McAfee: Which Antivirus software is best for your small business? Leaving LastPass? Here’s how to take all your passwords with you Want to learn more about how Avast can keep you safe? Take a look at our Avast Antivirus solutions review (opens in new tab).How to stop your emails from being tracked, and preserve your privacy It’s also nice to have a browser that syncs across devices, as many users will be hopping between their desktop and mobile throughout the day or week. ![]() And with its own Addons store and access to the Chrome extensions (opens in new tab)store, you can add any functionality you’re missing out of the box. While Avast’s features are limited, they do make sense – changing your theme for better visibility and grouping tabs are both valuable options. If you’re visiting a lot of sites per day, this makes a big difference in time, and it strains your brain less because there’s not as much to pay attention to or work around. Pages load fast, and you don’t have to wait mid-read for an ad to pop up. ![]() Final verdictįor the daily internet user who may head online to shop or work, the most powerful and noticeable feature is the ad-blocker. The Anti-Fingerprint and Anti-Phishing features we talked about above are good examples of this. In terms of its privacy settings, Avast has a lot covered that other browsers don’t. However, tweaking settings for the browsers may show different results, and the score gap wasn’t vast to begin with, so you could argue that they’re all roughly the same speed-wise. The competitionĪvast feels faster than other browsers when ad-blocking is enabled, and in our testing using Speed Battle (opens in new tab), it did perform a bit faster than Chrome (opens in new tab), Firefox (opens in new tab), and Safari (opens in new tab). On mobile, you can turn on the ad and tracker blocking feature, and there are a number of mobile-specific security features you can turn on or off. And if there’s some reason why you don’t want your info synced, you don’t have to enable it, and you can use Avast on your devices independently. The Avast browser is available for Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows.īrowser data can be synced across all of your devices so that you can move between them freely without missing out on things like bookmarks and history. It also made for a cleaner appearance, closer to reading mode than a regular ad-filled page. ![]() When set to Strict, web pages loaded super-fast on Avast, and scrolling to read an article was more enjoyable, too, because there weren’t ads auto-populating along the way. The ad-blocker worked really well for us. Clicking the grayed-out Shield icon on the top-right of the browser lets you pause and unpause ad-blocking via a pop-up. If you have ad-block enabled on Avast, you can temporarily turn it off when you’re on a site where you may want to see ads. Clicking on the grey shield in the top right of a browser window lets you pause or unpause Avast's ad blocker (Image credit: Avast)
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Halo multiplayer1/25/2024 ![]() It isn’t just the best Halo game, it’s one of the most important games ever made. “Halo: Combat Evolved" is a game so future proofed, it’s as easy to pick up to play today as a Super Mario game would be to anyone who grew up in the 1980s. Even after 20 years, it’s remarkable how modern and evocative the Xbox launch title can be. And, of course, it finally cemented the right analog stick’s function to controlling cameras, forever changing how players would aim and look around in shooting games for the next two decades and beyond. Its music reacted dynamically to the player’s on-screen progress and actions, a groundbreaking audio storytelling technique that’s everywhere today. Faced with the limits of the Xbox console, Bungie would force players to keep only two weapons at a time, introducing a new strategic element to the shooter genre known for giving players dozens of guns at their disposal at any time. “Halo 2,” if anything, is impossible to forget.įirst-person shooters, including Call of Duty, would incorporate this game’s regenerating health system, forever changing the dynamics of the genre. And by exploring the enemy Covenant side of the story, “Halo 2” outlined important parallels across the war’s lines, including the reasons to fight. Although its linear levels betrayed the freedom offered in the first game, Bungie still experimented with the possibilities of the first Halo within level designs that felt far more confident. It’s remarkable, then, that “Halo 2” remains the best-written, best-acted game in the franchise, with the most memorable line readings in gaming history. All these decisions could be felt in probably the most frustrating cliffhanger ending in the video game medium, with the Master Chief returning to Earth and the story immediately fading to black. A documentary included with a special edition of “Halo 2” detailed much of the sleepless nights, scrapped plans and bad decisions that caused this game to get delayed several times. Production on this sequel became one of the most famous examples of big-budget video game crunch in mainstream consciousness. Please make sure you have the correct Xbox Live account and your Family Settings are turned off. The Multiplayer feature is blocked due to your Xbox Live settings. This is the only game in the entire series that feels unnecessary to play. Multiplayer not allowed So i just downloaded the game and when i try to play multiplayer this thing appears. But the intro cinematic, a noisy showcase of heroics reminiscent of a bad Marvel movie, is your first sign that this was a franchise beginning to lose its sense of self. It did address some issues from the fourth game, making 343′s new enemy type, Prometheans, more engaging to fight, as well as featuring larger levels. The Top 15 Halo Multiplayer Maps Xbox's biggest franchise has a history of great maps, but which ones are truly the best of the best By Zack Zwiezen Published NovemComments ( 31). ![]() Instead, we got large maps filled to the brim with enemies with very little attention given to pacing, with controls and gameplay that mirrored Call of Duty. This game was a hodgepodge of ideas, developed around the idea of four-player cooperative action. The story instead split the focus between Chief and another Spartan, Locke, as well as a cast of six other characters, many of them known only from the novels. The remover tool gun can crash the game if you abuse it.Skepticism of 343 Industries’s ability to shepherd the Halo series is strongly rooted in distaste for “Halo 5,″ specifically how the game was marketed as a “Master Chief gone rogue” story and the developers did little with that. ![]() In coop play though you will have to restart the level. If you get a fatal error while playing single player you can simply load the game back up and resume right from where you left off. There is a fairly rare crash involving dialog lines being loaded into the sound buffer. If you guys come into the discord and report this bug I will likely respond with an old man emoji. Do you plan to play primarily multiplayer, or singleplayer Im not a particularly hardcore Halo multiplayer guy, but I do enjoy it casually and as a way to. 343 will likely fix this bug in the next MCC update. All you have to do is exit to the main menu and start the next mission from the mission list manually. When playing coop online please be aware there is currently a desync bug! If you complete a level in coop and the game automatically loads the next level the game will desync. Suit upgrades only work in single player due to engine limitations and certain ai characters are replaced by the second player in coop. Make sure you launch MCC with anti-cheat off.Ĭertain features of the mod are enabled/disabled in online cooperative play. Open the workshop link below and subscribe to the mod.ģ. Make sure you have MCC installed and you have both the Halo 1 Campaign and Halo 1 Multiplayer downloaded.
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Korean candybar1/25/2024 Her father remembers frequenting military bases, where American GIs would give him and other hungry children chewing gum and candy bars. It wasn’t until she was in college that they began to share their experiences. Growing up, Susie Woo’s parents didn’t speak about the Korean War. Hehehe.The cover of Susie Woo's book, "Framed by War," features an ApNew York Times photo of "Korean Children's Choir Tunes Up for U.S. Maker Doll maker Cartoon doll maker Candy doll maker Dollz mania doll maker Unique doll maker Candy bar doll maker Prep doll maker Candybar doll makerġ9/03: Candybar Doll Maker. Spacesaver coffee maker - Unique doll maker,Elouai doll maker Have fun with our online game, accessorizing yourĬartoon Dolls - Doll Maker, Dollz, Dress Up Games & Avatar Chatĭoll maker dress-up games to create cartoon dolls and design avatars with HTML Codes for profiles Candy Doll Maker (Candybar) * Doll Makers & Dress-Ups:Ībout #1 Doll Maker site List of Makers eLouai's Candybar Doll Maker 2 Our Online Candybar Doll Maker 3 Looking for the latest candybar dollmaker? List of Makers The third installment of our latest Candybar doll maker.
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Dungeon lords steam edition key1/25/2024 ![]() The game’s narrative is rich and well thought out, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you hooked. One of the standout features of Dungeon Lords Steam Edition is its compelling storyline. Revised Spells, Consumables and usable Items. However the RPG has definitely potential for some hilarious and funny times – and if it only be due to bugs, glitches or weird things happening and you raging about everything. ![]() There are too many bad design decisions and bulky systems to bother with until you may see some positive aspects. Now Supports Steam Multiplayer up to 8 Players with support of Steam LobbyĪnd for most of the others ones, who have never played or even heard of ‘Dungeon Lords’ (probably 85%): Skip it, there’s better stuff out there. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy Of The Duelist Link Evolution Maybe you should wait grabbing it until the developers show that they now care for their game and support it with fixes and patches. There’s much stuff to fix but deep down there’s potential for a nice entertaining oldschool RPG. Else it will fail the same way as its ‘parents’. However the recommendation depends totally on the question if the developers are willing to continue the support for the game. I trend towards a recommendation, but mostly for players of the original ‘Dungeon Lords’ who didn’t already hate it back then. Enhanced Skill, Inventory and Spellbook Features in Dungeon Lords Steam Edition. You’ll be able to explore a vast and beautifully designed world filled with hidden treasures, challenging quests, and fearsome enemies. The gameplay is smooth, and the controls are easy to master. The game is set in a fantastical world, where you play as a hero tasked with saving the land from evil forces.
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