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At NIDA's last Chat Day, we got this question from a high school student:
"Why do people scratch a lot when they are high on heroin?"
A NIDA scientist responded that he had done years of research on this topic. He explained: "Heroin activates connections in the brain called opioid receptors. These receptors then activate fibers that transmit itch information (aka 'pruritus') to the brain. Thus, heroin users feel itchy. Good question."
But before heroin can activate opioid receptors, it has to enter the blood stream and reach the brain. So how does this happen?
People usually inject heroin into their blood stream with a syringe. Soon afterwards, the heroin crosses the "blood-brain barrier"—a protective membrane that separates circulating blood from brain fluid in the central nervous system. Once in the brain, heroin is converted to a chemical called morphine and binds rapidly to the opioid receptors already mentioned. These receptors recognize chemicals affecting pain, like morphine.
Heroin users typically report feeling a surge of pleasure, or a "rush," which makes sense because heroin enters the brain so rapidly. This quality also makes it extremely addictive. Along with the rush usually comes a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and a heavy feeling in the arms and legs, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and, of course, severe itching. Also, since heroin is a depressant, it clouds your thinking and can slow—or even stop—breathing.
Because heroin is mostly sold on the street, users can't be sure of the purity (or strength) of the drug they're taking. Also, because it's so addictive, they may crave bigger and bigger amounts of the drug to get the same rush they got the first time—which often leads to overdose and death.
Once again, delivering great information. I always noticed the "itch" when in contact with addicts, but never knew the science behind it. Thanks for sharing!
I really do not like heroin
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@bubbles According to Wikipedia, the chemical substance of heroin (diacetylmorphine) has also been used for pain management in some countries and as a maintenance drug to treat people addicted to opiates. opiate addicts. Neither of these treatments using heroin occurs in the United States.
this was really interesting and i started to ich a little
do you really have to ask why? use your common sense. why do you fun things? because they are fun and you like the feeling. Thats how it is with people trying drugs. They like the feeling after trying one so they try another.
@Stopheroin Good question. Regular heroin use can lead to a physical dependency. Over time, however, your body develops a tolerance, and users do not feel the same "high" once the brain and body become more accustomed to it, so you need more of the drug to get the same feeling. Other effects can be very serious - especially if you inject the heroin. These include: collapsed veins, bacterial infections, liver or kidney disease, lung problems (like pneumonia and tuberculosis), arthritis, and infectious diseases (like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C). For more information on what heroin can do in the longer term, you may want to check out NIDA's InfoFacts on heroin: http://drugabuse.gov/infofacts/heroin.html or the NIDA Research Report on Heroin: http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Heroin/Heroin.html
long term affacts are like liver disease and i think aids
thanks for post.i allways suggest to everyone not to take Heroin.
this causes so many problems with stupidity, i mean why would u use such a drug that can cause death and mess u up and not only u but your family aswell
this causes so many problems with stupidity, i mean why would u use such a drug that can cause death and mess u up and not only u but your family aswell
I think people are just really depressed and they stop caring about a lot so they turn to drugs.
@Nodrugs people are sometimes depressed or unhappy with their lives so they try new things that they think will make them feel better but in the long run it does not help them at all and they are actually made worse... lots of people have different reasons why they choose to do drugs. Although i think that people who do heroin they should know the side affects.
I also think they feel like they have the need to use it to fit in, they even have the need to fit in. They want attention, in other words, they want other's pity and they end up psychologically addicted. Getting addicted to drugs is an awful habit. I feel bad for the people who got themselves into the spiral of drug abuse. I am glad I am not.
Heroin gives you a "rush", similar to a roller coaster. That sounds like a good thing until the the "rush" doesn't come as easily as it did the first time. The "rush" only occurs for a second, then it leaves and you're left depressed, itchy, and longing for the drug. This drug can easily stop your breathing. If you're looking for a 'rush", look for a natural way to get that feeling. Go on a roller coaster or do something you enjoy. Don't use Heroine to find happiness because soon, that feeling will turn to depression. Roller coasters don't give you a short-term "rush" then leave sadness in its place.
The effects of heroin on the brain are scary... I just don't understand why people would choose to mess up their lives and the lives of others by taking it. You might think "I'm just going to do it once and then never again," But thats what they all say. Once the drug enters your limbic system and releases dopamine, you won't stop taking it and your whole life will go down the drain. DRUGS R BAD 4 U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find it very interesting that heroin users have the urge to itch their heads when they use heroin. I would never have guessed how that would happen. I wonder, since it turns into morphine when it's in the brain, if heroin users feel less pain? These questions could be answered if I search a bit more on this website.
My bfs a heroin addict and I'm anti drugs, I also wonderd if he couldn't feel pain because of it so I nipped him, turns out theyfeel pain, but not as sore as it would have been and their reaction time slows down.
The itching. To watch is strange.
Hi Jeffery. Heroin is a drug with powerful pain relieving properties. It also gives the user a feeling of intense pleasure and well-being. However, heroin is dangerous. It can make you feel sick, slow or stop your breathing, and even put you in a coma. Read Drug Facts: Heroin to learn more.


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AFAICT, nothing like this exists for Linux. Is it at all possible to do?
Clearly the Phoronix Test Suite measures FPS of various games, but I'm not a programmer and wouldn't be able to make nor heads nor tails from it.
Basically, I'm looking for even a quick-and-dirty solution which would show the FPS of an app (game) and dump it into a file for further processing. If possible, both for Linux and OS X.
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Is something like this doesn't exist, how hard/expensive would it be to make it?
I'm pretty sure the PTS simply uses the built in FPS counter in the games themselves.
I'm not really sure how something more general could be implemented, but I would guess it would be possible to hack something up in the drivers?
A programmer friend of mine says it needs to count framebuffer flips?
Anyway, for this to be useful at all it needs to work with nvidia/ati drivers, so I suppose hacking up drivers is out of the question.
The big problem lies in that there is no answers for you that don't require a bit of programming effort on your part at this time.
BuGlE will compile out of box on most systems without user intervention- but it requires a smidge of understanding about how to drive it, which isn't easy because it's more a debugging tool for developers than what you're actually looking for. It will, however do precisely what you're looking for. But...as I've said, there's a bit of assembly required for the parts to make it go. And it'll work with just about any 3D drivers for Linux.
Thanks, I'll... try to get it working. I suppose a programmer would be able to extract just the fps-measuring part from it fairly easily?
Once again, Wine proves to be a very potent tool indeed :-) Thank you, I'm sure it'll come in handy.
Any ideas about equivalent functionality for OS X? Is there a chance buGLe could be ported easily?
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dammarin, it looks like Xcode provides some sort of OpenGL profiler on OSX:
Yay, the profiler looks like it may do the job. Too bad I'm basically an idiot and I probably won't be able to use these tools :-(
How would I go about contracting someone to make something like this, following a design doc?
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Zack Wheeler's first start against his former organization couldn't have gone much better. What will he do Tuesday for an encore?
Wheeler, 23, was drafted sixth overall by the Giants in 2009 before they traded him to the Mets in 2011 for Carlos Beltran at the Trade Deadline. All Wheeler did at AT&T Park on July 10 was beat San Francisco with seven innings of one-run ball, striking out five and scattering three hits.
He'll get the ball again Tuesday night, this time at Citi Field, where the Giants will begin a six-game trip through New York. After three games in Queens, San Francisco will head to the Bronx for three against the Yankees, the first time the Giants will play two New York teams in the same week.
While Wheeler likely will always cause Giants fans to wonder what could have been, their starter Tuesday has them wondering what they might have. Right-hander Yusmeiro Petit is set to make his fifth start for San Francisco this season, having gone 3-0 with a 2.36 ERA -- and a near-perfect game -- in his first four.
The Giants have won each of the 28-year-old's four outings since Aug. 27. This will be his first career start against the Mets, though he faced them in a two-inning relief stint when he was with the Marlins in 2006.
Meanwhile, Wheeler has been has been on top of his game since the start of July, putting up a 2.85 ERA during that span. The right-hander has allowed two or fewer earned runs in six of his last seven starts, including a hard-luck loss against the Nationals on Wednesday, when he allowed one run in seven innings.
"I'm really impressed with the way Zack Wheeler goes about things," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "I really am. He's going to be really good."
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Outfielder Hunter Pence is hitting .421 with nine home runs and 25 RBIs this month and is the first Giants player to hit a homer in four straight games since Barry Bonds did so in 2005.
Pence might set another club record before the season's over, as he's started 159 straight games dating back to last year and could become the first Giants player in the San Francisco era to start every regular-season game in a season.
• Manager Bruce Bochy hinted that left-hander Barry Zito might get one more start with the Giants before the season ends. Bochy said the Giants "haven't changed anything" regarding scheduled starting assignments, but if they need an extra arm, Zito "would be the candidate." Zito's seven-year, $126 million contract ends this season, and San Francisco will almost surely decline to pick up his $18 million option, instead giving Zito a $7 million buyout.
Mets: Francisco unavailable
• Collins said reliever Frank Francisco will likely be unavailable for three to four days after taking a comebacker off his hand in the first half of Saturday's doubleheader against the Marlins. Francisco was sent for X-rays, which showed no broken bones, but the contusion is going to keep him off the mound for at least a few days.
"It doesn't hurt as much," Francisco said Sunday. "Last night, it was pumping. Now, it's only when I move it."
• LaTroy Hawkins has thrown nine straight scoreless innings and is unscored upon in 20 of his last 22 games. Hawkins' 10 saves are his most in a season since 2009 and have put him two away from 100 for his career.
Worth noting
• The Giants are trying to avoid becoming only the second team in the World Series era (since 1903) to finish in last place as the defending champion. The 1998 Marlins are the only team to do so.
• The Giants have made two errors in their last 17 games.
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Down one game in the division, the A's visit Anaheim for a four-game set against the first-place Angels, and it'll be the last time the teams meet until the second-to-last series of the season, in Oakland.
For Angels manager Mike Scioscia, however, the focus isn't so much on the playoff implications as it is on continuing to do what got his team to this point.
"The division lead is important after the last game of the season," Scioscia said. "That's when it becomes important. I think the standings are a distraction right now."
Added outfielder Kole Calhoun: "We just have to keep playing baseball. If we keep doing what we've been doing for the last month or so, I think we'll look up at the end of the season and we'll be all right. We have to take it one game at a time."
Right-hander Sonny Gray will get the ball for Oakland. He's 13-7 with a 3.00 ERA, and his previous start was a victory over the Angels, a game in which he allowed three runs on six hits in 8 1/3 innings.
Left-hander C.J. Wilson will start for the Angels, and he also last pitched against his division rival. Wilson, 10-8 with a 4.45 ERA, held the A's to just one run on five hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Wilson recognizes the importance of the series, but he's also on the same wavelength as his manager.
"When you have that many games against a competitive team, whether you're in first or second, it's always going to come down to the end," Wilson said. "You'd obviously like to win the rest of them. That's just kind of a no-brainer. But they're not going to roll over."
Athletics: Freiman sent to Beloit
The A's decision to use a sixth starter for Wednesday's series finale in Houston forced them to option first baseman Nate Freiman to the Minors before the game.
In order to make room for lefty Drew Pomeranz, Freiman was sent to Class A Beloit. He was sent there rather than Triple-A Sacramento so that he can make a prompt return to the A's on Tuesday, the day after Beloit's season concludes. Sacramento, on the other hand, is likely destined for the playoffs.
"He told me he was excited about it -- another league, another place to play, get to see some new ballparks," said manager Bob Melvin. "That's the kind of guy he is.
"That's one team you know is not going to the playoffs, and you try to get him back as soon as you can. That's the way to do it."
Angels: Saturday starter undecided
The Angels' search for a potential fifth starter took a hit on Tuesday night, when Chris Volstad was scratched from a start in Triple-A with a sore elbow.
Volstad, one of the few options the Angels had for Saturday against the A's, is not expected to be ready this weekend, seemingly narrowing the options to Double-A starters Michael Roth and Drew Rucinski and Triple-A left-hander Randy Wolf. The Halos need a starter with ace Garrett Richards out for the season.
Scioscia even mentioned reliever Cory Rasmus as a possible option. Rasmus threw a career-high 51 pitches on Monday but has never started a Major League game.
"We've got some guys that are currently on our 25-man roster that we could look to get that game done, and there are some guys in the organization we could look at," Scioscia said.
Roth appears the most likely option, having thrown seven shutout innings on Monday, which would put him on normal rest for Saturday. In 22 starts at Double-A Arkansas, he is 11-7 with a 2.62 ERA. He has appeared in two games for the Angels, allowing four runs in 6 2/3 innings.
Rucinski, meanwhile, started Sunday's game for Arkansas, giving up four runs in five innings while recording 11 strikeouts. Like Roth, Rucinski has pitched for the Angels (two runs in one inning in July) and remains on the 40-man roster.
Wolf is not on the 40-man roster -- meaning the Angels would need to make room for him by potentially losing a player -- and last pitched on Sunday, for Salt Lake. The 38-year-old veteran surrendered four runs on eight hits across seven innings.
Worth noting
• Jed Lowrie, nursing a fractured right index finger back to health, is back to playing catch with ease and could begin a rehab assignment as soon as this weekend.
• With a home run in the seventh inning on Wednesday, Mike Trout joined Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Jose Canseco and Alex Rodriguez as the only players with two 30-homer seasons by their age-22 campaigns.
Michael Lananna is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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No good will come of this. WTF happened to Gentoo Linux when the lead man in command stepped down? Where is Gentoo today?
Or, is this one of those "fake" stepdowns from CEO, like how Scott McNealy stepped down as CEO of Sun and supposedly let CEO Ponytail run the show at Sun? But you know McNealy is still running game from the back of the room and who Larry Ellison has on his Verizon Fav Five.
So Jane is going to run Canonical? Let's compare her performance to how did Hewlett Packard fare under the reign of Carly Fiorina? HP board of directors kicked her to curb in 2005. Maybe it doesn't matter because Canonical doesn't "make money" but it's obvious that Canonical is making MINDSHARE that few other companies/brands can even fantasize about competing with. Because I think Ubuntu is beautiful and HP-UX is a dried dog turd turning white in the late afternoon sun.
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The interior ministry, which joined Aramco's investigation into the attack that affected some 30,000 of the firm's computers, said it was carried out by organized hackers from several different foreign countries.
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Interior ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki said the joint investigation had established that an "organized group launched the attack from outside the kingdom and from different countries."
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Hometown: | Cerulean City |
Region: | Kanto |
Family: | Lily, Violet and Daisy |
Class: | Gym Leader Trainer |
Friends: | Ash Brock May Max |
First Appearance: | Pokémon - I Choose You! |
Voice actor: | Rachael Lillis (English)(4kids)
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Misty's first appearance was in the very first episode of the anime series, Pokémon - I Choose You!. In this episode, she first meets Ash after fishing him out of the water when he was trying to get away from Spearow. Ash then takes Misty's bike from her in order to escape the Spearow, which is then wrecked by Pikachu's ThunderShock. Misty then tracks down Ash and follows him around on his adventures until he can pay her back. She eventually forgets about the bike and becomes one of Ash's closest friends. She is also the Cerulean City Gym leader.
The youngest of the Four Cerulean Sisters. Misty's personality in the anime can be very complex at times. She can be very nice to her friends but will then quickly change moods in a short amount of time, particularly anger. She is quite proficient in anything having to do with water as can be seen in certain episodes where she has ability in fishing, swimming, and overall Water Pokémon training.
Eventually, after the Silver Conference in Johto, Misty's bike was repaired, leaving Misty without an excuse to follow Ash around. Around this time, Misty's sisters call her to inform her that they are going on a world tour and need her back at the Gym. Even though she wanted to stay with Ash, Misty felt obligated to watch over the Gym. The two went their separate ways, and Misty became the official Gym Leader at Cerulean City's Gym.
In the series, Misty first is seen wearing a yellow tank top with red suspenders and light blue denim shorts. Her shoes were colored red and white, with a yellow streak in the middle. In this costume, her midriff was showing, although her belly button is not most of the time (it is, however, shown when she is wearing a bikini).
Misty's second costume is later shown after she meets up with the main group in Hoenn, after she had already left. Here she wears a yellow, sleeveless jacket with a blue collar, and a large blue button. She also wears short, form-fitting shorts that is connected to a crimson colored upper body piece, which may be a swimsuit. Her shoes are now light and burnt orange.In Pokémon Chronicles, Misty is wearing a sleeveless yellow sweater and a blue shorts and a white belt and dark purple shoes.
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Misty has only appeared as a guest star in the remainder of the Pokémon series. In one of her cameo appearances in the Advanced Generation series, her Togepi evolves into Togetic. Misty releases Togetic after it chooses to stay behind to defend the Mirage Kingdom. After Ash finishes competing in the Hoenn League, he returns home to Pallet Town to find Misty waiting for him. However, she isn't the only one to rejoin Ash, as May, Max, and Brock join him as well for the Battle Frontier challenges. She travels with Ash for two episodes, and shortly after returns to her Gym.
In Jirachi Wish Maker, Ash mentions that he misses her every day and that they will always be friends forever (English dub only).
Diamond and Pearl series
Misty did not appear at all during the Diamond and Pearl series, although Ash mentioned her to Dawn when he once used her fishing lure to catch Buizel.
Misty is seen briefly in Pokémon DP Special Episode 2 in a photo, as well as May, Max, Ash, Pikachu, Dawn, and Piplup, in memory of their absence from the series.
Black and White series
Misty appeared in a series of flashbacks in BW118 when Ash tells the story of how he raised a Charmander that evolved into a Charizard, but has not had appeared in-person since the special, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.
Misty has a slight inferiority complex, mostly due to her three sisters Daisy, Lily, and Violet who formed the group "The Three Sensational Sisters" (their synchronized swimming group) and refer to Misty as the "runt". This complex diminishes over time as Misty grows closer to Daisy. The Sensational Sisters are the ones who usually run the Cerulean Gym, although Misty battled Ash when he challenged the Gym for his Cascade Badge.
Early in the series, Misty is depicted as having a quick temper, spoiled attitude, and being stubborn, as she and Ash are traveling through Viridian Forest,
Misty's least favorite Pokémon are Bug-types; she freaks out, whenever she encounters a Bug-type, this was first introduced when she refused to befriend Ash's Caterpie. Misty makes a statement that,Bugs are one of the three things she strongly dislikes, the other two being carrots and peppers. The only Bug-type Pokémon that Misty is not scared are ones that she thinks are cute or pretty like, Butterfree and Ledyba, or some that don't look like bugs, like Pineco, also there some she think there great like Heracross.
As the series continues, she gradually shows herself to be kind and sensible. She reins in Brock when he becomes enamoured with girls (with a style of Barbie, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, LEGO Friends, Easy-Bake, Polly Pocket, Bratz, Lite Sprites, Disney Princess, Disney Fairies, Cra-Z-Art Shimmer Sparkle, Cutie Pops, La Dee Da, Lalaloopsy, Squinkies, Little Miss Muffin, BrAun, Pretty Pedicure Salon, Littlest Pet Shop, FurReal Friends, Fijit Friends, Moxie Girlz, Monster High, Novi Stars and Puppy in My Pocket), often pulling him away by the ear.
Misty aims to be a world-class Water-type Pokémon trainer despite her sisters' ridicule. Her well-trained Pokémon reflect her aspiration. She admires the Ice-type trainer Lorelei.
When a Pokémon egg that Ash had been carrying in his backpack hatches, the new-born Pokémon Togepi chooses Misty as its "Mama". This causes Misty to take on a motherly role to Togepi, being virtually inseparable from it until its evolution. After it evolved, she released it into the Mirage Kingdom to protect other Togepi. She also has undeniable romantic feelings for Ash, which is hinted numerous time throughout the show and some of the songs she sings in (such as Misty's Song, which she sings about her love for him), though she never confesses, and Ash seems oblivious to her feelings.
She is currently the leader for the Cerulean City gym.
Voice actresses
- English: Rachael Lillis (main anime), Michele Knotz (Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, main anime)
- Japanese: Mayumi Iizuka
- Swedish: Anna Book
- Norwegian: Anine Kruse
- German: Angela Wiederhut
- Dutch: Marlies Somers
- Italian: Alessandra Karpoff
- Spanish: Miriam Valencia, Pilar Gonzalez-Aguado
- Czech: Eva Spoustova
- Greek: Michaella Antoniou
- Danish: Lulu Jacobsen (Season 1-2), Simone Drechsler (Season 7), Annevig Schlede-Ebbe (Season 6-8)
- Canadian French: Kim Jalabert
- Arabic: Majd Zaza
- Catalan: Nina Romero
- Polish: Iwona Rulewicz
- Russian: Tatiana Zinovenko
- Filipino: Candice Arellano
- Mandarin: Lin Kailing, Long Xianhui, Xie Jiaojuan, Lin Meixiu
- Brazilian Portuguese: Marcia Regina
- Serbian: Maja Dakic
- Croatian: Jasna Palic-Picukaric, Olga Pakalovic
- Korean: Chi Mi-Ae
- French: Fanny Roy
- Thai: Sansanee Wattananumomchan
- Hebrew: Adi Ben Israel, Na'ama Ozen, Talia Barkai
- Portuguese: Helena Montez, Paula Pais, Carla, Isabel Ribas
- Iberian Spanish: Xochitl Ugarte
- Turkish: Birtanem Coskun-Candaner
- Despite Misty being a Water-type trainer, she has had some exceptions in the anime which are, Togepi which is a normal type, Togetic which evolved from Togepi is a Normal/Flying Dual type, and Azurill which is a Normal type, but later evolves into a Water type Pokémon (Marill) and can learn Water type moves.
- Misty is the first victim of the recurring gag in the anime where Ash's Pikachu destroys every main female character's bike. This gag was also transferred to May and Dawn. However the gag did not affect Iris because she did not have a bike.
- In the anime, Misty possess a fear of most Bug-type (although certain bug Pokémon like Ash's Butterfree and Ash's Heracross don't seem to bother her). Both she and May have fear of Bug-type Pokémon, although May had overcome this fear after her Wurmple fully evolved into a Beautifly. It is unknown how she might react to encountering a Surskit due to it currently being the only known Bug/Water Dual type (however given her specializing in Water Pokémon it is likely she might not be afraid of them as she would other Bug-type Pokémon.
- She also has a fear on Gyarados after crawling into its mouth as a baby, despite it is part Water-type. She overcame this fear and she had a Gyarados on her own that knows Flamethrower.
- Misty was the one who originated the gag of pulling Brock away from pretty women. She pulled Brock on the ear every time he flirted with a pretty woman. This gag transferred to Max in Hoenn and then Brock's Croagunk in Sinnoh (though Croagunk used Poison Jab instead of pulling Brock's ear).
- Misty originally called Ash's Caterpie "ugly" and "disgusting" Ash later attempted to leave Misty only to have her secretly following him. One it evolved to Butterfree she warmed up to it.
- Misty has 3 things she has a strong dislike for. They are carrots , peppers, and bugs stated in episode 3 of the first series.
- At the end of Misty's journey Brock confirmed that Ash , Misty , and himself were best friends.
- In the first Pokemon movie , Misty get jealous after Melody kisses Ash. She denies liking him and being his girlfreind though.


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'Il pleut.'
Nice. Day off.
Il pleut. Which always comes as a shock in these parts but we awoke to the kind of grey, wet day that wouldn't seem out of place on the North Yorkshire Moors. This rather scuppered my plans for an active(ish) outdoor day but channelling the resigned optimism of my grandmother ('well at least it's warm rain') I headed out anyway. After days of staring at computer screens in a hotel room I was feeling like a giant blob of lard so took a hike, rather appropriately, down the Promenade des Anglais.
'La Prom' is the sea front boardwark that stretches from the old town practically as far as the airport. It's also a major motor thoroughfare, so focussing on the horizon rather than the traffic, I walked the length of the prom right into the old town. It's a fair old way ('a tidy walk' as they say where I come from) but if you can tune out the car noise and carbon monoxide there's plenty to look at en route. Madly flamboyant Beaux Arts and Deco hotels line the street, now the absolute epitome of faded grandeur. These are interspersed with smaller individual residences of equally opulent aspirations. This was the Victorians' South Beach Miami and must have been an idyllic place to stroll prior to the arrival of the constant bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Paused for tea in the old town and picked up a Herald Tribune before starting the hike back. By now a steady drizzle had set in which made this a bit more of a chore than the journey out, but it did feel good to do something remotely physical. Through rehearsals, with programming, editing and constant computer work, you can end up feeling dead from the eyes down if you're not careful.
Team AudioVisual regrouped in the IKEA penthouse for the afternoon to carry on with the translations. The sky was practically black and it was pouring with rain, which added an air of one of those school weekends where you had to stay indoors and play Monopoly because it was too wet to go outside on bikes. We still managed to have some fun with our chores though and carried on ploughing through the translations until tea time.
My evening plan had been to go and visit some friends over in Villefranche, but clearly this was not going to be a night for sitting out under the stars, so we've postponed til after the weekend. The rain did eventually stop, more or less, so Team AV settled for a stroll into the old town, my second of the day. En route we stopped for a cocktail at the American Bar of the Hotel Negresco, which felt like an aesthetic oasis after a week at the Hotel IKEA. It's a remarkable place - old school upmarket, with polished wood, oil paintings and tapestries, velvet sofas and even a huge, ginger, tomcat asleep on the couch next to us. Emboldened by a couple of Martinis we slipped into one of the polished-wood-and-brass elevators to see if we could take a look around some of the guest floors. This we managed, going up to a high floor then walking down the giant staircase. At this point the aesthetic oasis turned into more of a hallucinogenic swimming pool, with fantastically over the top, eclectic, high-gay, bonkers decor. There's no accounting for taste once you've got a taste of the accounts...
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- Supported the encoding for ID/PW.
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- Improved that DTMF dial is detected double.
- Supported the domain of "CONFERENCE_SERVER_URI@" on INVITE message when the user calls the conference server.
- Supported that codec is changed when the user picks up the held call.
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